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FORM NO. 37 2M-2-20
VOLUME LXJX. NUMBER 1.
IAV'859 SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1916
SubBCriptlon— {3.80 Per Year
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
——REOPENED^ —
and LATE CLOSING EVENTS
North Pacific Fair Association
GOOD TRACKS :: SHORT SHIPS :: FAIR PURSES
VANCOUVER, B. C, EXHIBI-
TION
August 14—19
H. S. ROLSTON, Secretary
TO CLOSE JULY 15th
3% to Enter and 7% from Money-Winners.
2:10 Pace or 2:05 Trot — 3 in 5 $500
Three-year-old Trot (B. C. Horses).. 200
2:15 Pace 700
Three-year-old Pace (B. C. Horses).. 200
2:12 Trot 500
2:25 Pace 500
2:25 Trot— 3 in 5 700
TO CLOSE AUGUST 1.
5% to Enter and 5% from Money Winners.
2:20 Pace $500
2:24 Trot (B. C. Horses) 200
2:15 Trot 500
2:30 Pace 300
2:20 Trot— Open 300
2:18 Pace .- 500
2:15 Pace (B. c. Horses) 200
Except where specified, races are on
three heat plan.
Running races every day — Overnight en-
tries— Send for special schedule.
THE SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON FAIR
Chehalis, Wash.
Aug. 28th— Sept. 2nd
GEO. R. WALKER, Secretary
TO CLOSE AUGUST 14th.
5% to Enter — 5% Deductions.
.$500
. 500
. 500
. 500
. 500
2:20 Pace
2:15 Trot
2:12 Trot
2:15 Pace
2:20 Trot
ALL ON THREE HEAT PLAN.
Two Running Races Every Day — Over-
night entries.
THE GRAYS HARBOR
COUNTY FAIR
Elma, Wash., Sept. 6-7-8-9-10
J. B. KIRKALDIE, Secretary
SPOKANE INTERSTATE
FAIR
Spokane, Wash.
Sept. 4-9
T. S. GRIFFITH, President
EVENTS CLOSING AUGUST 14th.
5% to Enter — 5% Deductions.
2:12 Trot— Three Heats $750
2:25 Trot — Three Heats 750
2:15 Trot— Three Heats 750
2:20 Trot— Three Heats 750
2:15 Pace — Three Heats 750
2:20 Pace— Three Heats 750
WASHINGTON STATE FAIR
September 18 to 23, 1916
North Yakima, Washington
FRANK MEREDITH, Secretary
(Mile Track)
CLOSING AUGUST 14th.
2:25 Trot — Three heat plan $500
2:08 Pace— 3 in 5 700
2:12 Trot — 3 in 5 700
2:30 Trot — Three heat plan 500
2:10 Pace — Three heat plan 600
Free-for-all Pace — 3 in 5 700
Three per cent to enter — seven per cent
from money winners.
CLOSING SEPTEMBER 4th.
2:15 Trot — Three heat plan $600
2:15 Pace — Three heat plan 600
2:20 Trot — Three heat plan 600
2:20 Pace — Three heat plan 500
All three heat plan. Five per cent to
enter and five per cent from money win-
ners. Running races every day except
Monday. Overnight events. Other condi-
tions same as before.
THE OREGON STATE FAIR
Salem, Oregon
Sept. 25-30
A. H. LEA, Secretary
(Mile Track)
EVENTS CLOSING AUGUST 23rd.
5% to Enter — 5% Deductions — 7 entries;
5 Starters.
2:20 Trot $250
2:25 Pace 250
2:30 Trot 250
2:15 Pace 250
2:15 Trot 250
2:18 Pace 250
Free-For-AII Trot 250
Free-For-AII Pace 250
EVENTS CLOSING AUGUST 6th.
Z% to Enter — 1% Deductions.
2:12 Trot (Three in Five) $2000
2:25 Trot (Three Heat Plan) 600
TO CLOSE SEPTEMBER 11th.
5% to Enter — 5% Deductions.
2:10 Pace (Three Heats) $750
2:15 Trot (Three Heats) 700
2:18 Pace (Three Heats) 750
Three-year-old Trot (Three Heats)... 400
Three-year-old Pace (Three Heats)... 400
3-Minute Trot (Farmers' Race, 2 in 3) 200
2:20 Pace (Three Heats) 750
2:18 Trot (Three Heats) 700
F. F. A. Pace (Three Heats) 750
Consolation Trot and Pace — In two-
year-old racts 3% entrance money will be
added to purses.
HALF MILE TRACKS EXCEPT WHERE NOTED.
Each Fair Offers List of Running Races and Special Events.
Send for Details.
STOP LAMENESS
From a BONE SPAVIN, RING BONE, SPLINT,
CURB, SIDE BONE or similar troubles, by applying
This will get your horse going sound -without blistering or re-
moving the hair. Horse can be worked during treatment.
Page 17 in pamphlet with each bottle tells how.
Augustine McNeill, Paimford Falls, Maine,
writes: "I have used your Absorbine on a
horse for two weeks for bone spavin and
am much pleased with the results, as he is
now going sound and well."
USE ABSORBINE t0 r.edUCDe B^.rsal Enlarge-
vh»a* nuovixuilll. ments, Bog Spavins, Thor-
oughpins, Puffs, Shoe Boils, Capped Hocks, Swollen
Glands. Infiltrated Parts, Thickened Tissues, Rheu-
matic DeposMs, Enlarged Veins, Painful Swellings
and Affections; to reduce any strain or lameness;
to repair strained ruptured tendons, ligaments or
muscles; to strengthen any part that needs it.
SEND FOR FREE HORSE BOOK H.
ABSORBINE, $2.00 a Bottle at Druggists or Postpaid.
W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54 Temple St., Springfield, Mass.
\ Saturday, July 1, ftl6
RIVERSIDE COUNTY FAIR and\ CE MEETING
RIVERSIDE, CaI
Fair Dates: October 10th to 141 iclusive
Programme of Harness /?:«'
Entries Close Tuesday, Augut 1st, 1916
ALL RACES LIMITED TO THREE EATS.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10th
2:30 Class Trotting $ 300.00
2:18 Class Pacing 1000.00
Matinee Prizes
ss-MHe Run 200.00
i/4- Mile Run 50.00
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11th
2:23 Class Pacing $300.00
2:14 Class Trotting 400.00
Matinee Prizes
34-MUe Run 75.00
|4-Mile Run 50.00
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13th
2:20 Class Trotting $1000.00
Free-for-AII Pace 500.00
($50.00 added money for each
starter over four)
Matinee Prizes
1 Mile Run 500.00
Vz Mile Ru, 75.00
SATURC-Y, OCTOBER 14th
7. 2:14 Class Icing $300.00
8. Free-for-AITrot 500.00
($50.00 add money for each
start over four)
SPECIAL ARNESS EVENTS
% Mile Run $100.00
Vz Mile Run 50.00
Special for n-winners In %
and 1 mile ces..
Entry blanks a conditions for running
races furnished oapptication to the Sec-
retary.
CONDITIONS.
Member National Trotting Association. Entries close Atast 1st
Horses to be named with entry and be eligible when enfes close.
All matinee entries will be classed by a classification mmittee prior to the
opening day of the races.
All races (except matinees), three heats, every heat a rac money to be divided
as follows: Twenty-five per cent of the purse to be paid on eacheat, and twenty-five
per cent to the winner of the race according to his rank in ie summary. Should
two or more horses be tied for the first place at the completion the third heat, such
horses only shall contest in a fourth heat and money divided aciding to rank in the
summary at the termination of this heat. (Under this arrangetnt, according to the
rules adopted by the National Trotting Association, of which his Association is a
member, only the horse winning the race would take a mark.)
Heat purses will be divided 50, 25. 15 and 10 per cent.
Any race not filling satisfactorily to the Association may b declared off.
In case class in which horse is entered does not fill, entry ay be transferred to
any race to which it is eligible, subject to the approval of the iminator.
Entrance fee five per cent to start. Three per cent due and^yable when entries
close, and two per cent before starting.
An additional five per cent of the division will be deducted fun money winners.
Nominators have the right of entering two or more horses ;i one ownership m
any race by the payment of two per cent additional, but only ,e horse so entered
shall be started in the race; the starter to be named by 4 o'clock, m. the day before
the race is to take place.
A horse may be entered in two classes and be held for but ne entry fee (entry
fee in larger purse will be charged), provided only one start is nde.
A distanced horse in any heat will be entitled to money alredv won. There will
be no more money than there are starters.
Entries.,not declared out by 4 o'clock p. m. on the day prececal the race shall be
required to start and declarations must be made in writing at tbVffice of the Secre-
tary on the grounds.
The Association reserves the right to change the order of t- program; also to
start any heat after the fourth score regardless of the position ofehe horses; also to
reject any and all entries and declare off or postpone any or all aces on account of
the weather or other sufficient cause.
Address all communications to
O. P. SANDERS, Secretary, Box 533, ^erside, California.
Kings County Fair Association
12th ANNUAL FAIR
Hanford, CaI.
October 2nd to 7th, 1916
ENTRIES TO RACES TO (LOSE
JULY FIRST, 1916
ALL RACES LIMITED TO
PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4th
2:12 Class Trotting $400
2:25. Class Pacing 400
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5th
2:14. Class Pacing $400
2:24. Class Trotting 400
THREE iEATS
FRIDAY, (CTOBER 6th
2:16. Class Trottig $400
2:20. Class Pacinc 400
SATURDAY~OCTOBER 7th
2: 10. Class Pacing $400
2:20.. Class Trottirj 400
Half Mile Track.
GENERAL CONDITIONS.
ALL RACES THREE HEATS — Money divided 25% to the rst heat, 25% to the
second heat, 25% to the third heat, and 25% to the race accordig to the rank In the
summary. Money in each division 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Should two or more
horses be tied for first place at the completion of the third heat.mch horses only shall
contest in a fourth heat and money divided according to rank i the summary at the
termination of that heat. A horse having won the first two htts and drawn or dis-
tanced in the third heat shall not lose position In the summar.
Nominators have the right of entering two or more horses i any race by the pay-
ment of 2% additional on each horse, but only one of the hcses so entered to be
started in the race, and the starter is to be named by 5 o'clock Pm. the day before the
race is to take place.
Usual 5% additional from winners.
The Association reserves the right to declare two starters aivalkover. When only
two start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, divitd 66 2-3% to the first,
and 33 1-3% to the second horse. A horse distancing the field _sall be entitled to first
and fourth money only and in no other case will a horse be ntitled to more than
one money.
The Association reserves the right to change the hour and Ay of any race, except
when it becomes necessary to antedate a race, in which instane the nominators will
receive three days' notice by mail to address of entry.
The right reserved to reject any or all entries and declare ee or postpone any or
all races on account of weather or other sufficient cause.
Entries not declared out by 5 o'clock P. M. the day precssng the race shall be
required to start and declarations must he in writing and m4d« at the office of the
Secretary at the track.
The Association reserves the right to start any heat after t it fourtn score, regard-
less of the position of the horses.
Any horse that started in 1915 without improving its recc d equaling its record,
and not winning a race, shall be entitled to one second.
Address all communications to the Secretary.
E. GRAVATT, Secre uyy mnford, Car. ?
Saturday, July 1, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast.
JP\ (Established 18S2.)
Published every Saturday.
F. w. KELLEY, Proprietor.
OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACFIC BUILDING
Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco.
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Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco P. O.
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Foreign postage $1 per year additional; Canadian postage
60c per year additional.
Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis-
tered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. O. Drawer
447. San Francisco, California.
Communications must be accompanied by the writer's
name and address, not necessarily for publication, but
as a private guarantee of good faith.
STALLIONS
A D V E
RT ISE
Co., San
D
LeGRAND McDONALD
Bridgford
Francisco
DATES OF FAIRS.
CALIFORNIA.
Monterey Co. Fair at Salinas July 10-11
Sonoma, Marin, Mendocino and Humboldt Fair,
(P. C. T. H. B. A. Meeting) at Santa Rosa, Aug. 9-12
Solano Co. Fair at Dixon Aug. 16-19
Yolo Co. Fair at Woodland Aug. 23-26
California State Fair at Sacramento Sept. 2- 9
Alameda Co. Fair at Pleasanton Sept. 13-16
Ventura Co. Fair at Ventura Sept. 13-16
Community Fair at Ripon Sept. 15-16
Fresno Co. Fair at Fresno Sept. 26-30
Kings Co. Fair at Hanford Oct. 2- 7
Riverside Co. Fair at Riverside Oct. 10-14
Kern County Fair at Bakersfield Oct. 24-28
ARIZONA.
Arizona State Fair at Phoenix Nov. 13-18
NORTH PACIFIC FAIR ASSOCIATION.
Vancouver, Can., Exhibition at Vancouver. . . .Aug. 14-19
Southwest Washington Fair at Chehalis, Aug. 28-Sept. 2
Interstate Fair at Spokane Sept. 4- 9
Grays Harbor Co. Fair at Elma Sept. 6-10
Walla Walla Co. Fair at Walla Walla Sept. 11-13
Washington State Fair at North Yakima Sept. 18-23
Oregon State Fair at Salem Sept. 25-30
INTER-MOUNTAIN FAIR CIRCUIT.
"Montpelier, Idaho August 14
Rexburg, Idaho August 21
Blackfoot, Idaho August 28
LaGrande, Oregon September 4
Baker, Oregon September 11
Ontario, Oregon September 18
Boise, Idaho September 25
Salt Lake. Utah October 2
GRAND CIRCUIT.
Cleveland. Ohio July 17-22
Detroit. Mich July 24-29
Kalamazoo, Mich July 31-Aug. 5
Grand Rapids. Mich Aug. 7-12
Columbus, Ohio Aug. 14-19
Cleveland. Ohio Aug. 21-26
Poughkeepsie, N. Y Aug. 28-Sept. 2
Hartford, Conn Sept. 4-9
Syracuse, N. Y Sept. 11-16
Columbus, Ohio Sept. 18-30
Lexington, Ky Oct. 2-14
Atlanta, Ga Oct. 16-21
GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT.
North Randall, Ohio July 17-22
Detroit, Mich July 24-29
Peoria, Hi July 31-Aug. 5
Galesburg, 111 Aug. 7-12
Burlington, la Aug. 14-19
Omaha, Neb Aug. 21-26
Des Moines, la Aug. 25-31
Hamline, Minn Sept. 4-9
Milwaukee. Wis Sept. 11-25
Springfield, HI Sept. 18-22
Sedalia, Mo Sept. 25-30
GEN. FUNSTON is said to think a good deal more
of the Texas cow pony for mounting troops in the
Mexican deserts than of the horses the army gets
from the western corn belt. The best horses the
United States army has been supplied with for many
years have come from the ranges of California, Ore-
gon, Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming and adjoining states
and were bred and raised on the ranges where they
ran out from the time they were foaled until taken
up and broken for sale to the Government. They
were generally out of good sized grade mares and
sired by trotting bred and thoroughbred stallions.
Some were by small, blocky stallions of Percheron
blood, crossed on ordinary range mares of mixed
breeding. Many of these range horses were small
but had wonderful feet and legs, were tough as pine
knots and weighing not over 800 or 900 pounds, would
carry a trooper weighing 160 pounds with his accou-
trements all day over deserts or mountain trails and
be ready to repeat the performance day after day.
The Texas cow ponies are of the same type, although
a smaller horse, and their toughness is also due to
their environment as much as anything. It is said
much of the Texas pony stock resulted from using
stallions of Quarter horse breeding on Texas range
mares which were very much of the same type as the
California mustangs so common in this Sti te when
gold was discovered, and which ran in bands of hun-
dreds on the estates of the Mexican and Spanish
dons who owned the greater part of this State at that
time. The old quarter horse was nearly if not quite
thoroughbred, had great speed and weight carrying
ability for that distance, and for light draft and
"buggy" use were excellent animals. This blood
crossed with the mustang, that had for generations
been accustomed to picking up its own living at all
seasons of the year, produced the Texas cow pony
that Gen. Funston is reported to place so much value
on as a cavalry animal suitable for a campaign in
Mexico. It is probably environment, more than
heredity, that has made the range horse, the mustang
and the Texas cow pony so suitable to use in a coun-
try where water and food are scarce and long
marches necessary. These animals, while growing to
maturity, are generally in constant training in an
effort to secure enough food to live on. If given the
best of food and shelter and put to breeding, and
their produce also treated in like manner, the won-
derful reputation of these horses for endurance would
decrease sadly in a few generations. All breeds of
horses that are in use today .have the ability to per-
form the things they have been bred to do, under the
same conditions which have surrounded their breed-
ing and development, but a change in the conditions
will work a change in them, and those who would
discard all but their favorite breed for the army are
permitting prejudice instead of reason to shape their
opinions.
The Breeder and Sportsman had a pleasant call
from Payne J. Shatter ,of Olema, one day last week.
While, as Mr. Shatter's host of friends in California
know, his eyesight is so impaired that he is not
able to read ordinary print any longer, the affliction
has not altered his genial good humor one particle
and he is still an ardent lover of all that is beautiful
in nature and good and true in horse and man. Mr.
Shatter lives a rather retired life on his estate in
Marin county but finds time occasionally to woo the
muse, and the following from his pen has, we think,
a true poetic touch:
To My Fire Place.
After the tasks of day are done
And I come home at set of sun
To meet the love of my desire.
To feel the glow of my wood fire,
There in my warm and cosy seat,
My cares forgot, my rest complete,
I look content with smiling face
Into the heart of my fire place.
Oh, heart of friend, so kind and true.
When tired at night I come to you.
I see the lofty pine laid low
In flame and smoke up chimney go.
See flames and sparks with shadows play;
They glance and dance, then waltz away.
I hear the pine knots blaze and roar
Like breakers sound on rockbound shore.
I hear the rain on windows beat,
But what care I in my retreat?
When sturdy oak and red madrone
Together burn on my hearth stone,
They burn not fast like pine away
But burn to glowing coals and stay.
I see faces when fire light gleams,
Faces that come to me in dreams.
I hear voices calling the years.
Coming to me thiough drowsy ears.
The air is chill, 'tis growing cold,
The night it wanes, 'tis growing old.
The fire burns low, the shadows creep,
The fire and I have gone to sleep.
Oakland Club to Give Racing Independence Day.
The Oakland Stadium Riding and Driving Club is
one of the most enthusiastic organizations in Cali-
fornia, even though the half mile track they have at
Eighteenth and Peralta streets, near the Sixteentb-St.
station in Oakland, is not fitted up with a stand that
can be called grand or stables where horses can be
kept. The club however is behind a movement, to
have the city of Oakland build a first-class half mile
track on land to be purchased and reclaimed for park
purposes just south of that city's $1,000,000 audito-
rium which was built last year, and if the club suc-
ceeds in this enterprise the new track will be the
scene of frequent matinees and horse shows.
The club has arranged a program of six har-
ness races for July Fourth at the half mile track.
One race with four entries is at mile heats, the
others being half mile heat races as many of the
horses entered are not in training and are therefore
short of work.
The committee that has Oakland's Fourth of July
celebration in charge has donated $150 for prizes, and
there will be a first second and third prize Id
race. The cily has also provided a band and the
crowd and a fine
afternoon of sport. Secretary Shaw says this will
be a sort of starter tor a stadium where the members
of the duo will not be ashamed to meet their San
Francisco friends and race with Ihem in the near
future.
Following are the entries — all Oakland horses:
First race, 2:25 mixed, 2' in 3, half mile heats —
and owners: Teddy B., H. Buckley; Tom
Wilkes. H. Olsen; Just Mac, A. P. Stott; Savannah,
R. A. Reisman.
Second race. 2:18 pace, 2 in 3, half mile heats —
Sleepy Dick, W. Rutherford; Hallie's Star, A. Ed-
strom ; Lena Lee, T. Le Ballister; King. G. Lanzer.
Third race, free-for-all pace. 2 in 3, half mile heats —
Little Dick ,A. P. Scott; Burbank, R. Seale; Allegro,
G. Schreiber; Francisca, J. V. Galindo.
Fourth race, 2:20 mixed, 2 in 3, mile heats — Elsa
Page, P. W. Bellingall; Oakland Boy, F. Hahn; Baby,
Mrs. Carlisle; Grand W., A. L. Hinds.
Fifth race, 2:30 mixed, 2 in 3, half mile heats-
Molly, H. Medan; Dinty Murphy, J. V. Galindo;
Rhoda, G. Meader; Teddy, W. Collins; Bell Sawyer,
A. Hanks.
Sixth race, 2:35 mixed, 2 in 3, half mile heats —
Ida May, A. Neubaumer; Babe, C. Pitts; Andy O..
W. M. Ray; Willis Baldwin, W. D. Willis; Dorca's
Boy, R. Seal.
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Matinee Races July 4th in Golden Gate Park.
Big fields of well-matched horses will furnish a
program of light harness races at the track in Golden
Gate Park on Tuesday next, July 4th, that should
result in the best and fastest racing seen at this
track since the San Francisco-California club opened
its summer racing season. The races will begin at
one o'clock p. m. The program is as follows:
First race, 2:20 trot, three-quarters of a mile —
Direct Rome, Dr. E. Fallon; Derby Mc. Joe McTigue;
Belle de Lopez, Jack Villard; Minequa, M. Ford; Bird
Eye, A. Combatalade; Matawan, J. MeNamara.
Second race, 2:20 pace, one mile — Black Jack, T. A.
Geilow; Silver Logan, Dan Healey; Sis Hopkins, Wil-
liam Hopkins; Rosa O., J. J. Ryan; Cookey, Joe Ver-
met; Dibble Wilkes, S. Benson.
Third race, free-for-all pace, one mile — Bold Harry'
Aerolite, George J. Giannini; Little Bernice, J. C.
Welsh; Vera Hal, H. Cohen; Mabel Dillon, B. Cohen;
W. J. K., W. J. Kenney.
Fourth race, free-for-all trot, one mile — Yoncalla,
A. Giovannetti; Brutus, M. Sanders; Ella M. R., Geo.
J. Giannini; Merrylina, J. A. Wilkins; Harold C, H.
Cohen.
Fifth race, 2:12 pace, one mile— Lottie P., P. S.
Vaughn; Emma M., William Malough; Frank N., M.
Ford; Senator H., J. M. Kidd; King Pointer, D. M.
Keating; Pointer Belle, Kidd & Luce; J. C. Simpson,
Frank Goulart; Little Jack, George Conlan.
Officers of the day: Judges — Bert Edwards, Luke
Marisch and J. C. Welsh. Timers — Joseph McTigue,
Fred Lauterwasser and Charles Becker. Starter —
J. J. Ryan. Marshal — Dr. Ira B. Dalziel. Secretary —
W. J. Kenney.
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Ed A. Tipton, for many years a resident of New
York, and president of the Fasig-Tipton Company,
will from now on be a permanent resident of his
native state, Kentucky. Recently Mr. Tipton bought
the handsome home of Dr. Charles A. Vance at Lex-
ington and will reside in that city for the future.
The Kern County Fair at Bakersfield will be one
of the big fairs on the California Circuit this year.
It will be held from October 24th to 28th. both dates
inclusive, and there will be an effort made to exhibit
the products of the rich county of Kern in a most
lavish manlier. There is no county in California that
has more diversified or greater resources, from fruits
to grain or from gold to oil. Bakersfield is a thriving
city with fine hotels, while the fair grounds contain
every modem improvement and furnish an ideal
place to show stock. The race track is a regulation
half mile, with turns well thrown up and safe and
last Besides an excellent program of harness races,
two running races will be given each day. See the
advertisement for particulars.
Three purses of $500 each lor the 2:09 and 2:12
class trotters and 2:10 class pacers to race at the
Breed) nta Kosa in August, will close
for entry on Monday next. July .'id. The fact that
all the other events at the Breeders' meeting which
have already closed have Large lists of eutri»
that the Santa Rosa Fi ival during which
thesew*aces are to be held will be one of the 1
of the year should induce every owner who
has a horse eligible to cither ol
enter him on Monday next. The Santa Rosa fair
will open the California Circuit this year and every
effort is being made to hold the best and the biggest
show ever held in Sonoma county. Applicatto
so numerous that a very large
exhibit of the products of Sonoma,
and Humboldt counties is assured, while the i
Santa Rosa track is to be in such condition (ha! It
will be a delight to the horsemeD to '.'. and
one of the bei
Iforala will he given. Entry for the 2:09 trot,
ill. 2:12 trot and the 2:10 pace close Mondtv
Make your entry in time.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 1, 1916
Harness Horses and Horsemen
Vera Hal Is Too Fast for Bradmont.
A good day and good track with a large and appre-
ciative crowd made the good racing put up by the
matinee horses at Golden Gate Park last Sunday
enjoyable to owners, trainers, drivers and spectators
alike.
The feature race of the day was of course the free-
for-all pace in which Harold Cohen's mare Vera Hal
was to make her first start for the season in a meet-
ing with Geo. Giannini's Bradmont and W. J. Ken-
ney's W. J. K. The last named was not figured to
come better than third in any heat, but there was
a decided difference of opinion as to whether the
Expressive Mac mare or the little Alto Leybum
gelding had the most speed. Many of the matinee
regulars took into consideration the fact that Brad-
mont had won every one of his four starts this sea-
son, while Vera Hal had not started since last year,
and on that made President Giannini's horse their
favorite. The race went to three heats and Brad-
mont won the second of these in the fastest time of
the race, but in that heat Cohen took his horse out
in front, while in the other two he let Machado take
the lead with Bradmont ,and made his race in the
stretch. Bradmont is a dead game little horse and
when in the final heat he drove Vera Hal to a break
just as the wire was reached, many of his friends in
the grand stand thought the heat should have been
awarded to him and expressed their disapproval of
the judges' decision in loud tones when the heat was
awarded to Vera Hal. In the first heat Vera Hal
paced the last half of the mile in 1:02% and beat
Bradmont by a length. It was a good race and should
the two meet again soon there will be just as much
division of opinion as to the merits of the two pacers
as there was last Sunday.
The 2:20 trot won by Yoncalla, the 2:20 pace won
by Rosa O. and the 2:18 pace won by Pointer Belle,
were all at three-quarter mile heats and finished in
straight order.
The 2:15 pace was quite a contest. It was at mile
heats with four starters. After King Pointer had
annexed the first heat in 2:14, Joe Kidd brought bis
horse Senator H. to the front and won the next two
heats in 2:12 and 2:15. The summary:
First race — 2:2 Otrot:
Yoncalla (A. Giovannetti) 1 1
Birdeye (A. Combatalade) 3 2
Minequa (M. Ford) 2 4
Darby Mac (Joe McTigue) 6 3
Matawan (J. McNamara) 4 5
Time— 1:43%, 1:44%.
Second race — 2:15 pace:
Senator H. J. M. Kidd) 4 1 1
King Pointer (H. Campodonico) 13 3
Victor Pointer (Dan Keating) 3 2 2
Emma M (William Malough) 2 4 4
Time— 2:14, 2:12, 2:15.
Third race — Free-for-all pace:
Vera Hal (H. Cohen) 12 1
Bradmont (G. J. Giannini) 2 12
\V. J. K (W. J. Kenney) 3 3d
Time— 2:10%, 2:09, 2:10%.
Fourth race — 2:20 pace:
Rosa O (J. J. Ryan) 1 1
Dibble Wilkes (S. Benson) 4 2
Sis Hopkins (William Hopkins) 2 4
Silver Logan (D. Healy) 3 3
Time— 1:46, 1:47%.
Fifth race — 2:18 pace:
Pointer BeUe (J. M. Kidd) 1 1
J. C. Simpson (Frank Goulart) 2 2
Little Jack (G. Conlan) 3 3
Time— 1:41%, 1:41.
Good Racing at Santa Rosa.
There was no very fast time made in any of the
matinee events carded at Santa Rosa last Sunday
by the Sonoma Driving Club, but there was good,
clean sport and several close finishes which gave
those who attended a very enjoyable afternoon.
Three of the four events were won in straight heats.
In the 2:10 trot there were three entries, Vallejo
King 2:10%, Nuristo 2:10% and Pfeister's Lynwood
2:20%. The first heat of this race resulted in a driv-
ing finish with the Lynwood horse a neck in front of
Vallejo King at the wire in 2:14%. The second heat
of the 2:10 pace was also very close, The Potreress
winning by a short margin from Linnie C. These
were the only really close finishes of the day but
the weather was pleasant and the track in good shape
and it was a pleasure to see the horses in action.
William Higginbottom acted as starter and got his
fields away promptly and in good order. Jos. Ryan
of Sonoma and John Lawler were the judges, and
Dick Abies and C. M. Oliver caught the time. The
results were as follows:
First race — 2:12 trot:
Pfeister's Lynwood (J. Compton) 1 1
Vallejo King (Tom Smith) 2 2
Nuristo (Alex Brown) 3 3
Time— 2:14Vi, 2:14%.
Second race — 2:15 pace:
Memento (N. Haverland) 1 1
Jessie Dillon (Frank McGregor) 2 2
Bonnie Quinn (W. Stewart) 3 3
Time— 2:17, 2:16.
Third race — 2:10 pace:
The Protreress (W. Stewart) 2 11
Linnie C (L. Cannon) 1 2 2
Sarah C (L. Morris) 3 3 3
Time— 2:13, 2:17, 2:15.
FiurLh race — 2:30, mixed:
Gu-. Carlton (H. Whiting) 1 1
Don Remo (W. Stewart) 2 2
Time— 2:23, 2:23%.
Greatness of George Wilkes 2:22.
It is only when the student of the trotting horse
compares the breeding on figures relating to the
great sires that the overwhelming greatness of
George Wilkes looms up. There are twenty-three
stallions whose son have sired more than 350 stand-
ard performers each, and George Wilkes heads the
list with 3,204 sired by his sons, Although with just
one exception every one of these twenty-three sires
are direct descendants of Rysdyk's Hamhletonian in
the male line, only three others are sons of that
horse, Electioneer, whose sons have sired 1,878,
Happy Medium, whose sons have sired 462, and Dic-
tator, whose sons have sired 366 standard performers.
The list of these sires — family builders they may well
be called — whose sons have sired more than 350
standard performers, is as follows:
George Wilkes 2:22, by Hambletonian 3,204
Electioneer, by Hambletonian 1,878
Hambletonian (Rysdyk's), by Abdallah 1,717
Nutwood 2:18%, by Belmont 1,338
Onward 2:25%, by George Wilkes 1,039
Red Wilkes, by George Wilkes 1,037
Baron Wilkes 2:18, by George Wilkes 982
Alcyone 2:27, by George Wilkes 728
Belmont, by Abdallah (Alexander's) 718
Jay Bird, by George Wilkes 626
Bingen 2:06%, by May King 617
Almont, by Abdallah .Alexander's) 610
Alcantara 2 :23, by George Wilkes 512
Wilkes Boy 2:24%, by George Wilkes 496
Happy Medium, by Hamhletonian 426
McKinney 2:11%, by Alcyone 438
Allerton 2:09%, by Jay Bird 394
Mambrino King, by Mambrino Patchen 394
Axtell 2:12, by William L 391
Gambetta Wilkes 2:19%, by George Wilkes 389
Dictator, by Hambletonian 366
Director 2:17, by Dictator 359
Pilot Medium, by Happy Medium 353
The one sire in this list not a descendant of Ham-
bletonian is Mambrino King, a grandson of Mambrino
Chief, a stallion contemporary with Hambletonian.
To go a step farther and total the number of per-
formers which the sons of George Wilkes' sons and
grandsons in this table have sired, it will be seen
that of the total number of 18,049 standard perform-
ers sired by sons of these twenty-three stallions,
10,236 are descendants in the male line of George
Wilkes.
2:10 Mares in the Breeding Ranks.
The returns for the Kentucky Futurity for mares
bred in 1915, or for foals of this spring, show that
nearly four-score of mares named in the leading colt
stake belong to the 2:10 speed list, and a greater per-
centage of them are mated with stallions in the
same list.
The Kentucky Futurity nomination list shows that
no less than fourteen mares with records of 2:09% or
faster were mated with Peter the Great last year,
and a majority are reported as having live foals. The
general speed average of these fourteen matrons is a
shade faster than 2:07%. Five of the fourteen have
pacing records with an average speed of a shade
faster than 2:06.
The same list shows that just nine mares with fast
trotting records were bred each to Peter the Great
and The Harvester last season, those mated with the
former having a trotting speed average of a shade
faster than 2:07%, while the average of the nine bred
to The Harvester is about 2:07%. The general aver-
age of the total of eighteen therefore is a shade faster
than 2:07%, a breeding record of speed to speed that
perhaps was never equaled in light harness breeding
history.
How many mares with fast records were bred last
year that were not entered in the Kentucky Stake
is not known, yet even with those recorded show a
great progress made in breeding operations and more
in succeeding years as the number of fast trotting
and pacing mares increases each season.
Making Arrangements for Alameda County Fair.
The Alameda County Fair Association is making
arrangements for many new features in its long list
of premiums and awards to be given at its annual
fair, which will be held this year the week following
the State Fair, commencing September 13th and clos-
ing on the 18th.
One new feature will be the horse show, which will
be arranged for the special benefit of local horsemen
in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. It will be so
arranged that the owners will be allowed to bring
their stallions and have them judged the same day,
the following day will be mares and colts day, and
the third day will be for draft horses, mares and geld-
ings with team contests for pulling. A silver cup
will be offered for the best pulling team under 3,000
pounds in weight and another for teams over that
weight.
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The full program of harness races to be given at
the Kern County Fair at Bakersfield in October
appears in our advertising columns. There are six
purses of ?400 each, all races to be limited to three
heats unless there is a tie at the end of the third
heat. The Kern County Fair will be one of the best
county fairs held in California this year. Entries
close August 1st.
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All McKinney paced a nice mile in 2:05 at Santa
Rosa last week. It is too bad this son of Nearest
McKinney is not named at the Breeders or the State
Fair meetings.
Death of Randolph Huntington.
Randolph Huntington, one of the most noted of
American horse breeders, passed away at Rochester,
New York, two weeks ago, at the ripe age of 88 years.
During the Civil War Mr. Huntington was in the
United States Government service collecting cavalry
and artillery mounts, almost during the entire war
and his experience naturally made him afterward one
of the greatest authorities on the kind, type and
variety of the horse that would answer that particular
purpose the best.
After leaving the service of the Government he
went into the horse breeding business with that view
and soon decided that the Clay family, at that time
considered a fashionable and useful strain, was the
best suited. He selected some of the choicest for
breeding purposes and soon attracted the attention
of breeders of his time all over the country.
His long study and experiments convinced him that
the Clay family, with the noted stallion Hemy Clay,
as the choicest representative, was best qualified for
the position judged by its progeny, of which there
were many in this state, the horse being then owned
by General Wadsworth of Livingston county, who
purchased him from his breeder at a long price after
the stallion had made a great reputation for speed
on Long Island and produced fine stock.
As Henry Clay traced directly to the imported
Arabian stallion Grand Bashaw, the grandsire of An-
drew Jackson, the sire of Henry Clay, Mr. Huntington
argued and advocated the infusion of further Arabian
blood for the production of a fixed type, but did not
have an opportunity to carry on his ideas until 1881,
when two pure-bred Arabian stallions arrived in this
country direct from the stables of the Sultan of
Turkey. These were Leopard and Linden Tree, pre-
sented to General Grant when he was on his tour of
the world. Mr. Huntington, being a personal friend
of the General, immediately selected six young Clay
mares of good breeding, took them to Washington and
mated them with what were known as General
Grant's Arabians.
Other Clay mares were later bred to these stallions
and the progeny became known as Americo-Arab.
About twenty-five years ago Mr. Huntington moved
bis entire stock from Rochester, N. Y., to Oyster Bay
and continued breeding operations, adding to his
stock pure-bred Anglo-Arabs which he secured from
reliable breeders in England, where many imported
Arabians were used for breeding purposes.
The Huntington Americo-Arab stock attracted wide
attention from horsemen and breeders as the hand-
somest type of horses. Ten years ago he sold his
stock to a corporation after many had gone to other
states, as far as California, and permanently retired
from breeding.
Long before he retired Mr. Huntington had the sat-
isfaction of seeing the prominence the descendants
of his favorite stallion, Henry Clay, gained, not only
as great trotters of their day, but also progenitors
of high-class trotters, this blood being extensively in-
fused among present-day trotters.
Although he found strong antagonism at the time,
was severely criticised and attacked for his enthusi-
asm, yet his opinion about the merits of the stallion
was so promptly verified that after the stallion was
dead and buried bis bones were dug up, the skeleton
mounted, set up and presented to the United States
National Museum at Washington, with the following
inscription on the pedestal: "The Progenitor of the
Entire Family of Clay Horses and the Foundation of
the American Trotting Horse."
Although retired from active breeding, Mr. Hunt-
ington kept direct interest in the Americo-Arab
horses that were distributed all over the country and
did much for the organization of the Arab Horse
Breeders' Club which now is quite a well organized
association and aims to bring the merits of the desert
1>red horse and its American progeny to public notice,
as its members still adhere to the Huntington idea
that a better and more useful type of general utility
horse can be produced through this breed than any
other now available for the use of farmers and small
breeders.
Although the efforts of Arabian horse breeders to
attract attention to their produce has been slow, yet
evidences are not lacking to prove that the breed as
a fixed type is of great value for many purposes,
especially as saddle and cavalry mounts, and will in
time be recognized by breeders as of great value.
At bis death Mr. Huntington owned one of the
finest collections .of old paintings, engravings and
photographs of noted horses, besides a fine library
pertaining to the scientific breeding and the general
history of the horse. He was the author of numerous
papers pertaining to the American trotter, Arabian
horses and the best methods of breeding, besides a
souvenir book handsomely engraved entitled "The
General Grant Arabians." — A. F. Asdikian in N. Y.
Telegraph.
If Bingen Silk Had Died.
If Gould's great colt had died a few weeks ago it
would have meant that all the futurity events would
have had at least 25 per cent more starters named,
as he and at least two others are conceded to have
a cinch on the first, second and third money. His
owner, however, has provided for at least one futurity
event. He is insured in the Hartford for $25,000.
This is a futurity that every horse owner should
enter. For rates and blanks address Magnus Flaws,
special representative Hartford Insurance Co., 542
South Dearborn street, Chicago. Special rates for the
racing season only.
Saturday, July 1, 1916]
Thoroughbred Matters
Reno Races Begin Today.
The Reno Fair and Racing Association will open a
nineteen days' meeting this afternoon at the well-
appointed Reno track and it is expected there will be
a large attendance of horsemen from California and
elsewhere. The feature race for today is the Opening
Handicap for three-year-olds and upwards for which
a purse of $1,000 is offered. During the meeting there
will be four $1000 purses, one of $2,000, and one of
$2,500. Owing to the fact that a majority of the
horses on the coast are still at Tiajuana, where the
racing will not close for several weeks, it is not
expected the fields at Reno will be large, but there
will be enough horses to make good racing and a
number of high class runners will start In the prin-
cipal events. The officers of the association are
J. B. Duncan, President and ,T. A. Schas, Secretary-
Manager. The racing officials are : Robert P. Leigh-
ton, presiding judge, S. Christenson and L. O. Hen-
derson, associates; Ralph H. Tozer, racing secretary.
Richard Dwyer will probably act as starter. Reno
is a thriving city with first class hotels, theatres, etc.,
and is itself worth visiting. It is the metropolis of
Nevada, and though in the extreme western portion,
in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, it is
also the commercial, industrial, social and educational
center of the state. Through it flows the beautiful
Truckee river, that has its birth in Lake Tahoe, high
up in the Sierra Nevadas, which dashes down into
the valley, impregnates thousands of fertile acres,
and empties into Pyramid and Winnemucea lakes.
Viewed from afar, from some mountain elevation,
Reno presents the appearance of a green oasis in a
brown desert. Perhaps this color contrast accent-
uates its beauty; certain it is that none have looked
upon the town and failed to recognize its physical
attractions.
Those who are lovers of the angling sport will find
a great field to satisfy their ambition upon those
lines, with Lake Tahoe bounding the western portion
of the county, Washoe Lake in the south, Pyramid
Lake in the north, and the Truckee river, all of which
bodies of water furnish the very best of good fishing.
To those who love the sports of racing or fishing,
a visit to Reno during the next three weeks will give
the opportunity of an outing during which both can
be fully enjoyed.
Racing at Chicago Will Begin July 15.
Racing at the famous Hawthorne track, Chicago,
will be revived July 15th when the Illinois Jockey
Club will open a thirteen day meeting. A revival of
the American Derby is the star feature offered by the
new jockey club. To show that they mean business
and intend to make this event attractive for the stars
among the three-year-old division, the club is offering
a purse of $10,000. The distance will be a mile and
a quarter.
In addition to the Derby, there is a $2,000 purse
offered in the Illinois Jockey Club Gold Cup Handi-
cap, at a mile and a sixteenth. This race will be for
three-year-olds and upward.
The club announces that there will be overnight
events for which $600 and over will be added and
there will be no purse of less than $500 on any day's
card.
The money for the purses has already been depos-
ited in the Fort Dearborn Bank of Chicago. The head-
quarters of the new club are in the Hotel Sherman,
Chicago, and Martin Nathanson is the racing secre-
tary, Captain Thomas J. Clay has agreed to act as
presiding judge and James Milton will do the starting.
The promoters of the meeting are spending sev-
eral thousand dollars putting the track in first-class
shape.
August Belmont's Friar Rock Wins Brooklyn Derby.
New York, June 25. — Friar Rock, bearing the colors
of August Belmont, Chairman of the Jockey Club,
yesterday added the Brooklyn Handicap to the other
valuable races which this son of Rock Sand has won
this spring.
Not only did Friar Rock win the event, but he
clipped three-quarters of a second off the track fig-
ures, and at the same time demonstrated that he is
one of the best three-year-olds which has looked
through a bridle in many years. While thorough-
breds of this age have won the Brooklyn Handicap
before, it is the first time that a horse in this divis-
ion has had the double honor of winning the Sub-
urban and the Brooklyn in the same season.
The occasion of Friar Rock's victory was the open-
ing of racing at the Queens County Jockey Club
course at Aqueduct. Twenty thousand persons crowd-
ed the grandstand and overflowed onto the lawns
and into the paddock. Long before the last trains
from Brooklyn and New York had unloaded every
available seat had been taken, and the late arrivals
were forced to stand or to take such points of vantage
as remained.
With such horses as Roamer, Pennant, Short Grass,
Slumber H., Friar Rock, and Churchill starting, the
twenty-seventh anniversary of the Brooklyn Handi-
cap will long be remembered as one of the greatest
contest between thoroughbreds since the inception of
THE BRHBDHR AND SPORTSMAN
this important turf event in 1887, when 25,000 per-
sons were thrilled by a nose-aud-nose battle between
Dry Monopole, Blue Wing, and Hidalgo, which fin-
ished in the order named.
Eight horses faced the starter. Andrew Miller's
four-year-old champion Roamer carried top weight
with 131 pounds and had his old rider, Butwell, in
the saddle. Pennant, winner of the Futurity in 1913,
who was starting for the first time this season, car-
ried the Whitney colors, with Joe Notter up. The
son of Peter Pan had an impost of 123 pounds and
carried it like a veteran. Friar Rock was in light,
with 108 pounds, and was ridden by young Haynes
in masterly fashion. Roamer was the favorite, being
heavily played at 11 to 5, while the winner was a
fairly long shot, at 5 to 1.
The race started from a chute to the extreme right
of the paddock, out of sight of the grand stand. While
Friar Rock broke well, he was taken off the pace for
the first seven furlongs. Schuttinger, with the im-
ported Sand Marsh, was the first to show as they
came out of the chute, with Slumber II. following
closely behind, although there was never daylight
between them. Pennant was third, half a length in
the rear. Notter had the Whitney horse well in
hand, with the winner behind Roamer and Achieve-
ment. The positions were maintained with very
little change until the horses came into the stretch.
The straight-away home at Aqueduct is three-eighths
of a mile long.
It was just after making the turn that Haynes, with
Friar Rock, started his run. Sand Marsh was still
in the lead, but his early effort had been too much
for him and the bearer of the white and pink silks
was tiring rapidly, with the result that he fell behind
and Pennant took the lead. Meanwhile Haynes
started to urge Friar Rock, and the youngster re-
sponded with a will and came up alongside of the
Whitney horse.
Then the real horse race began. For almost a
minute they came along stride for stride down the
centre of the track. Haynes was working like a Tro-
jan and Friar Rock seemed to be reveling in the
contest. The youngster was on his mettle and gave
as fine an exhibition of courage as has been seen in
a thoroughbred in many a long day.
Step by step he started to draw away as they
neared the finish. Horse and rider were straining
every muscle. The crowd was wild with enthusiasm
and shouted and yelled to Haynes to come on. Fifty
yards from the finish Friar Rock showed in front for
the first time during the race. At first only a nose,
the next few strides a head; finally he had a length
on Pennant, to finish the race more than that dis-
tance ahead of the son of Peter Pan.
Pennant, although beaten, was by no means dis-
graced, and ran a splendid race considering it was his
first time out this season. Slumber II., always well
up in the van, .finished strongly. Roamer was not
seen to advantage. Butwell never seemed to be able
to get into a position where he could place his mount
up with the leaders, and consequently the son of
Knight Errant was never better than fourth or fifth.
The spectators had another opportunity to get
enthusiastic when the time of 1:50 flat was placed
upon the board and it was seen that Friar Rock had
clipped nearly a second off the track record. Few
horses and their riders have received such a recep-
tion as the Belmont entry and Haynes found waiting
them when they returned to the judges' stand to
report. The crowd stood up, and for a minute pande-
monius reigned. Those acquainted with the Chair-
man of the Jockey Club rushed to congratulate him.
Meanwhile the spectators cheered themselves hoarse.
It was a race long to be remembered, and Friar
Rock's victory in the Brooklyn Handicap of 1916 will
go down in the annals of the turf as one of the great-
est contests which has ever been won by a three-
year-old, who has clearly demonstrated that he is
without a peer in his division. Summary:
The Brooklyn Handicap, for three-year-olds and up-
ward; guaranteed cash value, $5,000; one mile and a fur-
long:
Friar Rock, A. Belmont's ch. c, 3 years. 108 pounds,
by Rock Sand — Fairy Gold, 5 to 1, 2 to 1, and 4 to 5,
(E. Haynes) l1^
Pennant, H. P. Whitney's ch. h.. 5, 123, 7 to 1, 2V- to 1,
and 7 to 5, (J. Notter) 2%
Slumber II.. J. O. Talbott's b. g., 5, 111, 8 to 1, 3 to 1.
and 8 to 5, (J. McTaggart) 3%
Short Grass (imp.), Roamer. Achievement, Churchill,
and Sand Marsh also ran. Old Koenig scratched.
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Harry L, chestnut horse by Sir Huron — Watoma,
carrying 124 pounds, won a five and a half furlong
race at Tijuana on Wednesday of last week in the
good time of 1:061-5. The track record of 1:05 4-5
was made by Orange Blossom with only 106 pounds
on his back.
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"Eddie" Dugan is going to Russia to ride for the
Countess Eugenie Lazareff. He has signed a long-
term contract with the countess and may never be
seen in the saddle again on an American race track.
"Eddie" was riding in Russia when the war broke
out. He had been abroad during the dark days of
racing in this country, riding with great success in
Germany and Austria, as well as in the realm of the
Czar.
Alvin Untermeyer of New York, who has one of
the finest strings of polo ponies in Southern Cali-
fornia, has recently purchased, through Robert Lee
Bettner, the well known poloist, a twenty acre farm
near Riverside and will convert it into a breeding
farm for thoroughbred horses and polo ponieB.
Praises American Horses in English Artillery.
Close observers of the heavy army horses that
have been brought over to England from the U. S. A.
must surely have been struck with their tremendous
bone and scale, blended with a quality, at times, that
appears quite startling in such massive animals. We
particularly refer to gun teams, big, wide, heavy,
intelligent, docile horses, with the unmistakable
stamp of quality marked on their contour, both over
their tops and below the knee. Inquiry elicits the
fact that the American preference for the Perchcron
and the cross of that breed is responsible for the big
proportion of all the draft horses imported being of
the stamp we speak of — a foreign and unfamiliar look
about the heavy frame, but a thoroughbred, or, say,
a blood-like appearance ever and anon peeping out
of the horse at some point of its makeup. We now
have it on authority that this preference for the
Percheron horse is largely due to the "freeness" of
hair on the limbs. The American breeder, especially
in his rainy season, cannot be bothered with a lot of
hair, conducive to a great deal of trouble in the way
of scratches or grease.
Whence comes this "breedy" look about the Per-
cheron stock now in this country on war duty? The
answer is quite easy. It emanates from a thorough-
bred stallion fatefully named Gallipoli, who, when
crossed on the French draft mares of his day and
generation, impressed himself to a remarkable degree
on his progeny, and on that progeny the Percheron
breed of horses was founded. After he had served
his refining process the French breeders established
the heavy weight that the Percheron now boasts
of by continually selecting horses with weight to
breed from. The premier Percheron stallions at the
moment in the U. S. A. weigh practically as much
as the Shires and the Clydesdales over there, and
their limbs are much more free from feather or hair.
The cross of the Percheron stallions imported
from France and bred in the U. S. A. on the native
mares has undoubtedly produced a very useful
general-purpose horse, which gives every satisfaction
to the English Government buyer where the animal
has sufficient weight for heavy draft work. The
medium-sized horses, weighing from 1,250 to 1,500
pounds, have been the most useful gneral-purpose
horses. They are very tractable, active, and maintain
themselves on less food than any other types or
breeds of horses. This class of animal has supplied
our Government with some of the best gunners they
have had from any source. In short, quite 60 per
cent of the gun teams that we possess today are
bred on Percheron lines, and the thoroughbred cross
in the French breed has been wonderfully potent, and
has produced a horse with very much the same breed-
ing as the heavy gunner that at one time came from
Ireland. The stallion Gallipoli, therefore, possesses
the key to the secret which puzzled us not a little
when we first saw a string of R. F. A. horses march-
ing through London, boasting weight, cleau limbs and
heels, the intelligent lookout, the well-set-on head
and neck of the thoroughbred, but the limbs of a
Herold, a Premier or a Vulcan. — London Live Stock
Journal.
The Chicago Breeders Gazette of June 22d says:
"Horse trade is on an army basis. The United States
government is taking cavalry horses. The French,
British and Italians are running inspections, but are
exacting. Rejects from these inspections are hard
to move. Army trade is being done at $135@200 and
most of the commercial business at $175@225. Italy
is taking four-year-olds, but the specification calls for
a certain type of thick chunks, straight and sound.
For the French inspection stock must be up to the
15.1 mark and of full age. To pass the French in-
spection cavalry stock must have strong bone and
size. The British government is taking 1, 400-pound
chunks, 15.2 hands, solid colors and six years old or
more. The commission interest advises country ship-
pers to confine operations to army stock, as the com-
mercial outlet is not reliable at this season.
Nasturtium, son of imported Watercress and Mar-
gerique by imported Order, died at the stables of his
owner, Geo. J. Stoll, at Lexington, June 26th. Nastur-
tium was foaled in 1899, at Rancho del Paso, near
Sacramento, was sold as a two-year-old for $50,000,
and as a three-year-old won the Double Event, and
the Flatbush Stakes at Sheepshead Bay, besides many
other races. He was a high class race horse and
since being placed in the stud has sired a large num-
ber of winners.
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John E. Madden is the owner of more thorough-
bred foals of 1916 than any other American breeder.
At his Hamburg place there are eighty-seven colts
and Allies, foals of this year, the majority being by
the English bred stallions Star Shoot and Ocden.
There are forty-five colts and forty-two fillies. Fif-
teen of these foals are by Ormondale.
There was great excitement at Tla Juana the oiher
night. A trainer who had charge of a valuable string
of horses heard in San Diego that war had been de-
clared and rushed over to the racing town arid
sounded an alarm of preparedness, advising
trainer to get his horses out while the getting out
was good. It is said then- wo .i panic for
an hour or so and several strings of horses wen'
taken across the line Into California, but finally the
excitement died out and the horses were taken back
to their stalls.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 1, 1916
Notes and News
See here!
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Have you a 2:09 class trotter?
Or a trotter eligible to the 2:12 class?
Or a pacer that can start in the 2:10 class?
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If you have either remember that entries close
Monday, July 3d, for these classes at the Breeders'
Santa Rosa meeting. The purses are $500 each.
Chas. Silva and H. S. Cowell have sent their horses
in training from the Sacramento track to Woodland.
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A train load of Jastro cattle from Wasco, California,
sold in Kansas City last week for S9 per hundred
after a ride of 1.792 miles.
Lon Daniels started Kid Cupid at Rockport half
mile track, the week after his start at Cranwood, and
again won fourth money. This time he took the first
heat in 2:15%.
Geers worked the trotter Saint Frisco 2:07% a
mile in 2:09 last week and the son of San Francisco
came the last half a shade under 1 : 02. It is thought
2:04 will not stop him this year.
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There seems to be a pretty general opinion among
the eastern turf scribes that Lee Axworthy 2;031i
will come very near being the world's fourth 2:00
trotter before this year is ended.
Hanford entries close today, July 1st. There are
eight harness races, each for a purse of $400. The
Hanford half mile track is one of the best in the
State, and the fair there is always largely attended.
Hiss Loula Long has purchased of Thomas A. Crow,
Toronto, Ontario, the English hackney mare Countess
Seaton, by Polonius, out of Seaton Queen, the dam
of William H. Moore's champion harness mare, Lady
Seaton.
It is said that one hundred mares will be sent to
the court of J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08 this year. As
his fee is $200 his owner is not among those who
say there is no money in keeping a trotting stallion
for public service these days.
On Monday of last week Will DeRyder worked
Spriggan a mile in 2:08% at North Randall and Lon
Daniels gave John Malcolm a mile in 2:07. Spriggan
is said to be in better shape than ever and trots his
miles as if he had plentv of reserve speed.
There were but two days of racing at the Rockport
meeting, near Cleveland, last week. Rain compelled
the program to be cancelled on three days. Horse-
men experienced difficulty in getting cars to ship
away as the government had commandeered so many
cars.
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Pittsburg amateurs have put the taboo on pacers
for their harness racing matinees, in the same way
that the sidewheelers are barred in nearly all horse
shows where there are classes for light harness
horses. This year, for the first time, there will be no
races for pacers at Pittsburg.
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The Suisun Stock Farm annual auction sale will be
held at Suisun this afternoon. Twelve highly bred
two-year-olds by Demonio 2:11% and the Moko stal-
lion Montbaine. are to be offered. They are out of
the farm's best producing mares and are unbroken.
There will be bargains to be had at this sale.
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Guy Carlton 51846, son of Guy Dillon, that was
given a breeder's record of 2:30 at San Jose in 1911.
when he was four years old, is a greatly improved
horse. He won a matinee race at Santa Rosa last
Sunday in 2:23 and 2:23% and seemed to have re-
serve speed. He is a royally bred trotter, being out
of the great brood mare Carlotta Wilkes.
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California's oldest trotting horse trainer and driver
who is still actively engaged in road driving and
occasional matinee racing. Mr. A. L. Hinds, of Oak-
land, will be seen in the sulky at the matinee on
.Inly 4th at the half mile track at Eighteenth and
Peralta streets, near the Sixteenth-St. station of the
Southern Pacific.
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The free-for-all pace and the free-for-all trot at the
stadium track July 1th should be good races. In the
pace are entered Little Bernice 2:061i, Vera Hal 2:05,
Bradmont 2:13%, W. J. K. 2:12^, Bold Harry Aero-
lite and Mabel Dillon. In the free-for-all trot are
Harold C. 2:11%. Brutus 2:15'-.,. Ella M. R. 2:16%.
Merrylina 2:23 and Yoncalla. Both these races will
be at mile heats. 2:10 should be beaten in the pace
and a mile close to 2:12 may be seen in the trot.
T'iese with three other well filled races will make
excellent sport.
Eight half mile tracks in New York State have
announced purses and stakes totaling $100,000.
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Fifteen mutual machines are being installed at
Detroit for the Grand Circuit meeting there next
month.
A match race between the only two Chinese cow-
punchers in captivity will be one of the features of
the San Jose Round-Up on July 3rd. George Wong,
the challenger, has found a competitor in Hay Bow,
a Siskiyou China boy, and they will race for a special
prize offered by Sheriff Langford.
Hugo Schmidt, of Tacdma. Washington, has s^old
his fast pacer Uncle H. 2:14% by Garvin Wilkes, to
Al. J. Boyle of Tacoma.
The lack of ships to take them to Europe is keep-
ing the price of army horses down. Were ships plen-
tiful and freight rates lower army horses could be
disposed of at a much higher figure.
Riverside County Fair's race meeting, to be held
October 10th to 14th, offers a splendid program of
trotting, pacing and running events. The purses for
harne.ss horses range from $300 to $1000 each. The
free-for-all events have purses of $500 with $50 added
for each starter over four. This is a liberal con-
cession and should attract a full entry in those
classes where small fields are generally the rule.
Red Seal 2:10, bay horse foaled in 1899, is dead at
Ellensburgh, Washington, where he has been owned
for some time. Red Seal was bred by T. H. and H. E.
Ball at Aurora, Blinois. and made his record at Terre
Haute, Indiana in 1899, when he was five years old.
He was by Red Heart, son of Red Wilkes. Red Seal
sired King Seal 2:09 and a few more standard per-
formers.
The 2:13 trot at Rockport, Ohio, last week had five
starters and it took five heats for a decision. The
summary was: Harry Hamilton 4-2-1-1-2, Border
Scout 3-4-2-2-1, Todd Temple 2-1-3-4-4, Kid Cupid
1-3-4-3-3, Dowie B. 5-5-5. Time, 2:15%. 2:15%. 2:14%,
2:18%, 2:19% This was the second day of the meet-
ing and Kid Cupid was the only California horse that
started during the two davs.
The following is the list of entries for the $2,500
free-for-all pace at Rutland. Vt., which is to take
place in September: Frank Bogash, Jr. 1:59%, Earl,
Jr. 2:01%, Hal Boy 2:01%. Aconite 2:04% Baron A.
2:04%, Grand Opera 2:05%, Camelia 2:04%, San
Jacinto 2:05%, It Will Tell 2:05%, Greatest Line
2:06%, Ruth R. 2:06%, Fred W. 2:07%, Baron Hal
2:07%, B. M. 2:09% and Red Norton 2:14%. The
sixteen nominations makes the rich half-mile track
event the best-filled fast pacing class of the year.
$1200 is to be expended on new stalls and other
improvements at the Dixon track before the fair and
race meeting is held in August. There is no more
beautiful fair ground anywhere, a magnificent grove
of trees being one of its attractions. It has excellent
rail facilities, good water and is located in a thickly
settled community and in the midst of one of the
most productive farming sections of the State.
Billy Durfee says there are too kinds of trotters
that he does not care to train: one is a knee banger,
and the other a "strutter," and he says the latter is
the worst because there is practically no remedy for
him as the fault is due to a nervous condition. A
horse so constituted will in a tight place, no matter
if perfectly balanced, lost control of his limbs and
resort to strutting, then go into a break nine times
out of ten.
Fred Ward has entered the Hemet Stock Farm
horses in the races to be given by the Omaha Driving
Club August 22d to 26th. The purses range from
$500 to $2000. Ward has quite a string of horses,
including Allie Lou 2:12%, Bon Courage 2:08%, Dr.
Wayo 2:12%, Great Northern 2:12%. Don de Lopez
(2) 2:25, now a three-year-old, Louise de Lopez (2),
all trotters, the three-year-old pacer Fiesta Lou (2)
2:22%, and several others.
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E. R. Dunn, owner of Virginia Humbug 2:16% by
Cochato, winner of the two-year-old trotting division
of the Pacific Breeders' Futurity last year at the
P. P. I. E. races, has sent the filly as a three-year-old
to Walnut Hall Farm, Kentucky, to be mated with
Manrico 2:07%. Mr. Dunn is training his own horses
at North Randall, among them the three-year-old
The Puzzler by Cochato that divided fourth money
with Fiesta Lou in the two-year-old pacing division of
the Pacific Breeders' Futurity last year.
H. G. Angevine of San Jose writes: "In the last
number of your valued journal you announced the
arrival at Santa Rosa of T. W. Barstow's sensational
pacer All MeKinney, but you failed to mention that
H. G. Angevine of San Jose shipped with All MeKin-
ney his good trotting mare Loma Logan by Prince
MeKinney, and his three-year-old Jake Logan by
Nearest MeKinney 2:13% While Jake is not all
MeKinney, he will demonstrate to your satisfaction
that he is all trotter when he starts in the Breeders'
Futurity and under the able guidance of William
Cecil will try to keep the fast ones in sight."
The estate of the late Frederick Dietz, the lantern
manufacturer and well-known horseman of New York
City, was recently appraised at over a million dollars.
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M. Henry, who raised, trained and worked Will
Guthrie a trial mile in 2:07% and is now training the
Lanark Park stable owned by R. S. Irvine, worked
the filly Boretta Dee a mile in 2:10 flat over the
Stockton track. The first half of this mile was in
1:05%, the last half in 1:04% and the last quarter in
31% seconds. Boretta Dee wears nothing but a light
pair of quarter boots for protection. Boretta Dee is
by Charley D. 2:06%. Mr. Henry has nine head and
all are going along well so far, quarters being paced
in 31 and eighths in 14 seconds by some of them.
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DIXON'S PROGRAM IS PUBLISHED.
The first annual fair of the Solano County Fair
Association will be held at the Dixon Fair Grounds
where one of the fastest half mile tracks in the coun-
try is located, and the list of purses offered for
harness races is in the advertising columns of the
Breeder and Sportsman today.
There are eight purses of $300 each, every race
being limited to three heats unless there should be
a tie at the end of the third heat and then only the
horses tieing for first money will start in another
heat.
On the first day there will be the 2:20 trot and the
free-for-all pace, and the start of the four days' relay
race for saddle horses.
The second day will have the 2:10 pace and the
2:15 trot on the program and the second race of the
relay event.
On the third day the 2:20 pace and the 2:30 trot
will be decided, and the third lap in the relay race.
Saturday, August 19th. the fourth and last day will
be given over to the 2:13 pace and the 2:09 trot, and
then will come the final of the relay race. The latter
is expected to furnish the greatest excitement of the
meeting as some of the best relay riders in California
will compete and the rivalry is already great.
This fair at Dixon will follow the Breeders' meeting
at Santa Rosa and as the next will be the State
Fair horsemen should know that Dixon is on the
direct rail route between Santa Rosa and Sacramento,
making it a most convenient point to drop off at for
a few days' racing.
Entries to the Dixon purses will close Monday, July
10th. A. C. Madden is the Secretary. Read the
purses and full conditions in this number of the
Breeder and Sportsman.
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FRESNO FILLS EVERY RACE.
Just as we go to press the welcome news comes
from Secretary Eberhart at Fresno that every har-
ness race advertised for the big Fresno Fair in Sep-
tember has been declared filled. The entries are as
follows :
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26th.
2:14 Pacing— $600.
Best Direct, s s by Best Policy. J. A. Garner
McVerde, b 6 by Zolock, A. J. Donnely.
Babe, b m by H. AT. Stanley, J. Cuccotto.
Silver Tips, b g by Morris A. C. A Short.
Irene O., b m by Charley O., J. N. Jones.
Breezy Marie, b m by Athasbam, Bert Meigs.
Verna MeKinney, b f by Vernon MeKinney. J. W.
Marshall.
Dixon Boy, b g by Patchen Boy, C. F. Silva.
Julia M., b f by El Angelo, D. W. Wallis.
2:30 Trotting— 600.
Future Tramp, b g by Trampfast. T. D. Sexton.
Peter McKlyo, b s by Peter the Great, I,. H. Tod-
hunter.
Trigione, b g by Skidoo Wilkes, E. S. Wate.
Miss San Francisco, b m by San Francisco, Al.
Schwartz.
Ola Mack, b g by Expressive Mack, E. Manger.
Tom Murphy, b g by Red McK., A S. Murphy.
Martina Dillon, s m by Sidney Dillon, J. W. Zibbell.
Dr. S., b g by Carlokin. H. J. Stevens.
Rubell, b m by Del Coronado. S. C. Walton.
El Angelo. b s by The Angelus. D. W. Wallis.
Alice W., b f by El Angelo. D. W. Wallis.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th.
2:09 Trotting — $600.
Bon Cres. b h by Bon Voyage. J. J. Campbell.
Bert Kelly, b g by McAdrian. W. W. Gallup.
Harold C, b g by Bon Voyage, Harold Cohen.
Columbia T., b m by Bon Guy, Chas. F. Silva.
Pavana, b h by Stanford Mc Kinney, M. L. Woy.
2:10 Pacing — $600.
Best Direct, s s by Best Policy, J. A. Garner.
A. B. C, b g by Young Monterey, Wm. B. Alford.
Zomar. ch s by Zolock. Douion Bros.
McVerde. b g by Zolock, A J. Donnelly.
Hal J., br g by Hal B.. O. M. Katz.
Soumise. b m by Billy Dunlap, R. Friend.
Pointer's Daughter, b m by Star Pointer, Blosser &
Finley.
Stanley Quinn. b g bv Dan Logan, C. F. Silva.
Julia M.. b f by El Angelo. D. W. Wallis.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th.
2:20 Pacing — $600.
Santa Paula, b m by SUver Coin, Jas. Gill.
Silver Tips, b g by Morris A. C. A. Short.
Lauritz. b g by The Bondsman. Mrs. M. McDonald.
Hanover, b g by Hannibal. J. N. Jones.
Harry Mack, b s by Expressive Mac. Russell Gray.
Mono Ansel, b s by Monicrat, Blosser & Finley.
Dixon Boy. b g by Patchen Boy, C. F. Silva.
Villa, b g by Xearest MeKinney, D. W. Wallis.
Path C b f by El Angelo, D. W. Wallis.
2:15 Trotting — $600.
Camelia. b m by Altavcalia, M. D. Cole.
Future Tramp, b g by Trampfast, T. D. Sexton.
Sweet Bow. b m by Bon Voyage, L. H. Todhunter.
Brutus, b g by Strathway, S. Christenson.
Hanford Mack, b g by Expressive Mack, Geo. Russell.
Dick W.. b g by Walter Barker.
Dr. S-, b g by Carlokin, H. J. Stevens.
Eloise Dell, b m by Alconda Jav, C. F. Silva.
El Angelo, b s by The Angelus, D. W. Wallis.
Alice W., b t by El Angelo, D. W. Wallis.
Lulu B., br m by The Bondsman, M. L. "Woy.
Saturday, July 1, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SFORTSMA
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I Stock Breeders' Page I
A Fifty Thousand Dollar Bull.
At LaGrangeville, N. T., there is a bull that is so
valuable that his owners have never exhibited him at
a public exhibition, fearing to take any chances of
accident or injury to him.
He is of the Holstein breed and goes by the name
of King Segis Pontiac Alcartra 79602. When he was
a calf John Arfman, of Middletown, N. Y„ paid
$25,000 cash for a one-half interest in him. Because
of this fact he is known as "the $50,000 bull." His
original owner and breeder, the Lawson holding com-
pany of LaGrangeville, still owns one-half of him.
King Segis Pontiac Alcartra was born November
16, 1910. For the first time in his career he will
make a trip away from his two homes, the Lawson
farm and Fairmount farm at Middletown, next Octo-
ber, when he will be taken to the National dairy
show, Springfield, Mass.
His lineage is of the most distinguished character;
in fact, it was his lineage that influenced Mr. Arfman
to pay so great a price for his half of him before he
had any record of performance whatever. The sire
of this great bull was King Segis Pontiac 44444, one
of the most famous Holsteins that ever lived, the
father of 42 A. R. O. daughters. The dam of the
$50,000 bull was King Pontiac's Alcartra 99163, who
at the age of 3% years made a butterfat record of
30.87 pounds in seven days.
The judgment of the man who paid $25,000 for half
of this chap when he was still a calf has been justi-
fied. Though less than 6 years old, he already has
nine 20-pound two-year-old daughters; one is a 27-
pound cow and one has a record of more than 27
pounds of butterfat in seven days. As head of the
herds of Mr. Arfman and the Lawson company he
has more than 160 living daughters. Since these two
herds contain 50 30-pound cows, it is the firm belief
of his owners that King Segis Pontiac Alcartra will
in a few years have a record that no other Holstein
has ever approached. Only one of his daughters thus
far tested has failed to produce at least 20 pounds of
butterfat in seven days, and that one met with an
accident, in spite of which she made 16 pounds.
Record Year for Jerseys.
The American Jersey cattle club held its annual
meeting in New York last month and it was an-
nounce as the most successful year in the history of
the breed in America. Secretary R. M. Gow reported
that during the past year 32,882 individuals had been
registered, consisting of 9,560 bulls and 23,322 cows.
During the year 30,331 animals had been transferred.
The income of the club had increased $6,466 from
entries, and $8,555 from transfers. Fees on imported
animals brought in $10,365. During the year 5,227
new accounts were opened, showing an increase of
that number of Jersey breeders. These are new men
in the Jersey business and the increase indicates an
average of 17 new breeders each day that have gone
into breeding Jersey cows. At the present time there
are 26,199 breeders registering cattle of this kind.
Will Experiment With New Range Grasses.
Up in Humboldt county A. H. Christiansen, the
farm advisor, will assist stock men in the work of
planting and experimenting with new range grasses
for cattle and sheep. It is stated by the Humboldt
Standard that the natural range grass of the coast
range is gradually running out and cattlemen are
somewhat concerned about the situation.
"The range grasses are undoubtedly running out,"
states Farm Advisor Christiansen, "and the time is
not far distant when conditions will demand that
something radical be done. The time is now ripe for
making extensive experiments. I believe that Cana-
dian blue grass and red top clover would make a
nice combination. It should take hold quickly and
supersede the other grasses."
The experiments will be conducted in the vicinity
of Kneeland Prairie, where some extensive work is
being done already with alfalfa demonstrations.
These are working out splendidly.
Will Soon Have an All Registered Herd.
A. J. Morrey of Orland, Colusa county, California,
is operating a successful dairy on twenty acres, and
his method of handling cows is worthy of note. Mr.
Morrey at first purchased ordinary grade Jersey
cows. Later, he sold these cows and purchased a
similar number of high grade cows, and with them a
fine bull. From this herd he is keeping all the heifers
and is replacing the old cows with the heifers that
stand the required butterfat test. The money re-
ceived from sales of bull calves he places in what he
calls a "purebred fund," and when enough is accumu-
lated to purchase a registered cow he goes and gets
one and starts another fund for another purebred.
He feeds his cows all the alfalfa hay they will eat,
together with a pound of barley for each four or five
pounds of milk. This, he says, keeps up the milk
flow, saves hay and makes stronger calves.
The main point in Mr. Morrey's system is his calf
fund for registered milkers. He claims the bull calves
cost him nothing, except the feed for a few weeks,
and that coming from this source the money that
goes into registered stock is not missed from his
business.
Animal Diseases.
The report of the general committee of the National
Conservation Congress, Washington, D. C, gives some
very stubborn facts with reference to our annual
losses in preventable livestock diseases. The fact
that we could prevent much if not all of this loss
should spur us up to better sanitation, which can be
had by a knowledge of some of the principles of ani-
mal husbandry.
In his report for 1915 the secretary of agriculture
estimated, on the basis of data for 30 years, that the
annual direct losses from animal diseases are approx-
imately $212,000,000. This represents an annual tax
of almost five per cent on the total valuation of all
farm animals in the United States. The secretary of
agriculture ascribes the loss from each disease as
follows:
Hog cholera, $75,000,000; Texas fever and cattle
ticks, $40,000,000; tuberculosis, $25,000,000; contag-
ious abortion, $20,000,000; blackleg, $6,000,000: an-
thrax, $1,500,000; scabies of sheep and cattle, $4,600,-
000; glanders, $5,000,000; other livestock diseases,
$22,000,000; parasites, $5,000,000; poultry diseases
$8,750,000. It is not an extravagance to claim that
most, if not all, of these diseases can be eliminated.
Texas fever has for 25 years been under strict control
and for 10 years past has been steadily declining.
Hog cholera is now a controllable disease; who
knows that it may not be entirely eliminated?
Clean Milk Saves Lives of Children.
During the summer months more young children
die of intestinal diseases, most of which are caused
by drinking dirty milk, than during all the rest of
the year. The records of the California State Board
of Health show that in June, July, August and Sep-
tember of 1915, three hundred and fifty children under
two years of age died of diarrhoea and enteritis, while
three hundred and forty-five died during the other
eight months. Had the new milk law been in opera-
tion last year, it is probable that a large number of
these deaths would have been prevented. Since this
law does not go into effect until October, the Califor-
nia State Board of Health issues a warning to all
parents, particularly to those having children under
two years of age, to exercise the greatest care in
making certain that milk used during the summer
months is pasteurized or is produced under conditions
of scrupulous cleanliness.
Infant mortality is showing a decrease in Califor-
nia; in fact, the death rate for young children is
much lower in California than in most other states.
By properly safeguarding milk supplies, this rate can
be reduced still further.
Shorthorn Sales.
At Milan, Mo., June 15th, Mr. S. S. Spangler held
a very successful sale. Forty-four females sold for
$13,260 — average, $301. Nine males sold for $2,220 —
average, $224. Fifty-three head sold for $15,480 —
average, $292.22.
At Granger, Mo., the annual draft sale of Cumber-
land Shorthorns from the Oakdale Farm by Joseph
Miller & Sons was a success from start to finish.
Thirty-five females, $15.765— average, $450.43. Eight
bulls. $3.510 — average, $438.88. Forty-three head sold
for $19,275— average, $448.25.
J. W. Eral, Pocahontas Center, Iowa, made a clean-
up of his herd, selling thirty-nine head in a downpour
of rain. Thirty-one cows and heifers averaged $167.60,
eight bulls $144.35, and the thirty-nine head sold,
$162.80.
At Jasper Hill Farm, near Jasper, Minn., Alex
Mitchell held a successful sale of Shorthorns. Twenty-
seven females averaged $256.67; seven bulls, $235.70,
and the thirty-four head, $252.05.
How Hunters Are Bred in England.
James C. Cooley of the Meadow Brook Hunt, who
recently returned to New York from England, where
he purchased the thoroughbred stallion Iron Grey
for a syndicate with a farm near Warrenton. Virginia,
where breeding of high class hunters is to be attempt-
ed, says that the Hunter Stallion Show in England is
a rare treat to any horseman who admires that type
of horse. In the production of the hunter type suc-
cess is due in a great measure to the National Hunter
Stallion Association which has made the keeping of
a good sire a lucrative enterprise. This association
has perfected a premium system which works admir-
ably. England, Scotland and Wales are divided into
breeding districts in which fairs are held. The owner
of a thoroughbred stallion anywhere in the Kingdom
may elect to show his horse at any fair, but if he
wins a King's Premium, which is the gift of the gov-
ernment and worth the equivalent of $750 in our
money, he is compelled to keep the sire for service
in the particular district in which he was exhibited
for the ensuing breeding season.
In each division a certain number of King's Prem-
ius are awarded, and on the afternoon of the last day
of the show all King's Premium winners are judged
for the super premium of one hundred pounds addi-
tional. At the recent show seven of these were
awarded.
"The services of these horses," continued Mr. Coo-
ley, "may be had by the farmers for one pound, and
the maximum is piaced at ninety mares. The Na-
tional Association adds to this a fee of two pounds
ior each mare served and an additional sum for each
mare foaling to one of these horses. So that it is
possible to earn a profit of $2,500 or more with a good
sire.
"The mares that these stallions serve," resumed
Mr. Cooley, "are in a few cases thoroughbreds, bin
they are of distinctly good breeding, and the n
of these niatings are seen throughout the Kingdom.
which still contains many fine horses despite tl
mands of the army.
"Of course, all this breeding is distinct from the
thoroughbred industry, but there is nothing to pre-
vent anybody racing the produce of one of these
unions if the animal has merit and is clean-bred and
eligible for registration. It is the aim. howet
produce hunters of the type for which Great Britain
and Ireland are famous and which are a source of
inestimable economic value."
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A sale of 64 Angus cattle was held at St. Louis last
week. Secretary Charles E. Gray of the American
Aberdeen-Angus Association considered that with so
large a number of bulls so late in the season, it was
a good sale. The 42 bulls averaged $166; the 22
females averaged $138.45, and 64 head averaged $151.
A large share of these cattle were yearlings.
General Manager O. M. Plummer of the Pacific
International Live Stock Exposition, to be held at
North Portland, Ore., Dec. 4-9, announces that at a
meeting on Thursday last of the Oregon State Bank-
ers' Association Convention resolutions were adopted
appropriating $10,000 for the show.
Dr. W. J. Young of Stockton has recently purchased
3.000 acres of the Round Timber ranch, formerly
known as the Sargent ranch, fourteen miles east of
Lodi, California. Dr. Young already owns land ad-
joining _and will devote the entire tract to cattle
raising.
Six trainloads of beef cattle have been shipped to
Kansas City from Roseville, California, during the
past two months. Roseville is a convenient assem-
bling point for the buyers, who purchase horses or
cattle for the Kansas City and Chicago markets.
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At Williams. Colusa county, last week a buyer was
weighing cattle he had purchased for shipment to
Kansas City. One five-year-old steer weighed 2,000
pounds which, at 6% cents live weight, meant $130
for that steer. The market for beef cattle in carload
lots that day at Kansas City ranged from 9 to 11
cents, or $180 for the steer at the low price and $220
at the high price.
Three creameries in Tulare county paid out
$73,737.81 to the dairymen of that locality for their
butterfat during May.
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History shows that wool has always remained high
in price for a long time after the termination of every
war and if precedent is worth anything materially
lower prices are not likely for several years to come,
no matter how production may be stimulated. The
clothing needs of a vast population which will be
increased by the return to active civil life by millions
now engaged in military service must be provided
for and but few sheep will be left in Europe. We
must reckon with lessened wool production in most
countries, consequently the use of substitutes will
exert little influence on prices. In this country
stocks of raw wool are low, mills are running to full
capacity and both purchasing power and consumption
needs are improving right along.
Under the auspices of the University of California,
the Kern County Testing Association is ready to be-
gin operations around Bakersfield. With scientific
devices the dairymen will keep accurate tab on the
cdVs and ascertain exactly what each one Is doing
in the milk line. •
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Hog raisers differ widely regarding the quantity
of grain that should be fed to hops while on pas-
ture. Some feeders give them all they will consume.
Others feed a ration equal to about 2 to 3 per cent of
the live weight of the hog. Still others will allow
pigs to run on pasture and feed them a 1 per cent
grain ration. There is no fixed rule governing the
supplemental grain ration which should be fed in
combination with forage. The amount of grain fed
depends upon the kind of pasture used, the price of
grain, and the market.
A London milkman has just been prosecuted for
selling milk that wi water. He protested his
innocence of watering the milk and offered to demon-
10 the inspectors that he sold thi
as it flowed from his kine. Tests wen- made and the
man was vindicated of the first charge, but res
for "dll rows." It seem. id dis-
covered a food-mixture, which he d>
that caused a marvelous, but natural, secretion
of very watery milk in the eons' lacteal reservoirs.
Weak tea-water mixed with curdled grease skimmed
off the sloughs and backwaters of the i
London, where the dairy is situated, and bran
tags from the Hour mills with "a dash ot sweel spirits
of nitre," formed the recipe for this cunning ;
of cheating the public. The dairyman was found
guilty of "diluting his rows." but as the law mentions
no such act. he was liberated with a warning.
THB BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 1, 1916
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
ANGLING EXPERT GOES ON TRIP.
A. K. C. BARS CRABTREE AS JUDGE.
Doc. Royer, the veteran angler whose contribution
to sport is the justly celebrated "South Coast Min-
now," ranked as one of the best artificial lures ever
designed, has been scarce hereabouts since he sold
his launch five years back after as thorough a study
of the sporting nature of sea fish as any man yet has
made. But he did not quit fishing, merely changed
from study of the salt species to investigating the
natui'e of trout and bass. Within the last month
Royer has covered the eastern and western Sierra
slopes wherever he could drive his car within strik-
ing distance, and he has volunteered a few words of
advice very valuable to those planning vacation trips
in the uplands.
Royer says the Kern River is running like a mill
race and will provide its best fishing in September.
He had trouble in getting anything more than enough
fish for camp use, and advises those who try it later
on not to attempt to go as far as they can, but work
the middle stretches. Last year he went to the "head
of navigation," was disappointed, came back nine
miles and could not have asked better sport.
The Kern is full of truly enormous trout, and any
angler, however expert, is simply "whipped" with an
ordinary outfit. The big, savage brutes rip off ninety
feet of line in that fierce water at the first run, and
like as not take the spindle out of the reel to boot;
Royer recommends a regular surf-casting outfit for
them, long cane rod, and not less than 150 yards of
nine-thread linen line ; a cork float a yard above the
hook. This is baited and chucked out to float over
the rapids, maybe a couple of hundred feet down;
sooner or later one will be hooked and then the tug-
of-war is on.
This is the prescription for getting the big ones;
of course, no end of smaller fish offer the fly caster
opportunity to display all his skill in covering the
broad expanses of the stream; good pools are plenti-
ful and the chance of interesting something too heavy
to handle always presents itself. Anyone fortunate
enough to possess a wood two-handed salmon fly rod
and tackle to match might have a world of sport up
on the Kern, as those big fellows undoubtedly could
be interested in large flies, and some are big enough
to keep the salmon caster comfortably occupied.
OB
TRAP SHOOTER LOCATED ON FARM.
Trap shooters who have been wondering what has
become of "Charlie" Hagerman now have their an-
swer. C. D. H. has been fixing up a mountain ranch
in San Diego county up De Luz way, twenty miles
north of Oceanside and about eight northwest of
Pallbrook, reached from Murietta over the Santa
Rosa grade. He has 250 acres and a couple of trout
creeks included with a few fish in them. Hagerman
reports the place alive with quail and doves, breeding
freely, and already has some shooting spotted for the
coming season; but about the only powder he has
been burning for some time is blasting powder, mak-
ing a reservoir. He confirms the general reports
about plenty of game in northern San Diego county.
The De Luz country always has borne a fine repu-
tation for game ,and the Santa Rosa mountains are
much frequented by deer hunters, although there
is much brush any year and particularly dense this
season. The hills are so steep and the cover so
dense, however, that the quail shooters usually seek
their fun elsewhere ; yet there are places where good
sport can be enjoyed by those who know the country.
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INDIANS MUST RESPECT FISHING LAWS.
Seattle. — The contest between the State of Wash-
ington and the Indian residents of the State over the
refusal of the Indians to observe the State fish laws
has resulted in the defeat of the redmen, according
to Leslie C. Darwin, State Fish Commissioner. Under
the old treaties between the United States and the
Indian tribes the latter have the exclusive rights in
the streams of their own tribal lands, and this the
State concedes. The treaties also provide that the
Indians may take fish in "their usual and accustomed
places, in common with the whites."
The Indians have ignored the latter provision. The
State Supreme Court in three decisions has said that
off the reservations the Indians have no fishing rights
different from the whites. Cato Sells, United States
Indian Commissioner, has notified the Indian super-
intendents in the State that the decision of the Su-
preme Court must govern the Indians. This also is
the position of the United States Department of
fustice.
Lately the agent of the Yakima Indians is alleged
to have told the Indians they might take salmon at
the Prosser dam regardless of the State laws, and
not long ago the Lummi Indians asserted the right to
exclude white fishermen from the waters which the
Indi ins claim as tide-water land owners, and a claim
which the State does not concede.
A notice has been received by the Southampton
Kennel Club from the American Kennel Club, stating
that the British judge Samuel Crabtree is ineligible
to act as the dog show to be held on Saturday, July
8th. The ultimatus is based on the new rule that
forbids a professional handler serving as a judge,
except on the Pacific Coast, at American Kennel Club
shows.
Crabtree, who lives at Failsworth, Manchester,
England, has been an exhibitor and judge at the lead-
ing British and Continental shows for many years.
He is now in California, under engagement to Mrs.
Anita Baldwin, as adviser and temporary manager
of a kennel of show dogs she is establishing on a
large scale.
F. F. Dole, superintendent of the Southampton Ken-
nel Club, states that he regarded the presence of
Crabtree in the United States as an unrivaled oppor-
tunity to gain the opinion of a great international
expert on the breeds he was asked to judge, that
would be a real benefit to American dog breeders.
He had understood in an interview with Secretary
Vredenburgh of the American Kennel Club that there
was no question of Crabtree's status as a judge.
The edict against him followed a meeting of the
executive committee, and in Dole's opinion the Amer-
ican Kennel Club has made a blunder that may in-
volve it in a legal action with Crabtree.
The American Kennel Club's definition of a profes-
sional handler is "a person who handles, boards, con-
ditions o rshows dogs for money as a means of live-
lihood." Dole asserts that Crabtree is in no sense
a professional handler, and that he is the type of
efficient judge from whose placings the exhibitors
and breeders whold derive instruction and satisfac-
tion, as indicating whether or not they are conducting
their dog breeding operations on wise methods.
Crabtree, who is on his way to New York, it is
believed, will demand a vindication of his right to
judge. With the possible exception of George Raper,
the British breeder of fox terriers, who has often
judged at New York, Crabtree is said to have made
more trips about the world to act in that capacity at
dog shows than any other international expert.
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George Steadman Thomas of Hamilton, Mass.,
known wherever dog shows are held as the richest
man in the dog business and who is conceded to be
the greatest authority on terriers in the world, made
a very attractive offer for "Conjo Highbrow," a home-
bred wire haired fox terrier owned by Mrs. Roy A.
Rainey of New York. Mrs. Rainey refused, saying
that Highbrow was the best terrier she had ever bred.
Conjo Highbrow will be brought out for the first time
at Southampton next week.
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Otto Pohl, the well-known Irish setter fancier, who
is also treasurer of the Fremont (Neb.) Kennel Club
and was mainly responsible for its formation and
successful career, is enthusiastic over the prospects
for this year's show. He states that he looks for-
ward to one of the biggest shows in the middle west
and would not be surprised if they benched at least
400 dogs. The specials secured to date number over
125 and of these there are over forty silver cups.
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Denver fanciers are preparing for the third annual
bench show of the Denver Kennel Club, that will be
held at Lakeside Park, Denver, Colo., July 2, and a
large entry, including many well-known winners, will
be benched. J. B. Benedict will judge the terriers,
bulldogs and cocker spaniels; Frank Dulton, Boston
terriers, and George Atkinson, the other breeds. Mr.
Atkinson is president of the club and Dr. D. W. Van
Gilder, the secretary, the arrangements being in their
hands.
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DOE FIGHTS TO SAVE FAWN.
While enjoying a week-end fishing trip last week
Attorney D. R. Cole of Santa Rosa witnessed an inci-
dent which is best told in his own language, as fol-
lows:
"I was following the trail which leads along the
mountain on the easterly side of Elk Range, and
when near the 'Dipper Spring" I heard the plaintive
cry of a fawn. Hastening my steps in the direction
from which the cry came, I saw through the trees a
large doe in a patch of short poison oak brush. She
was endeavoring to shield the little one from danger
by keeping herself between the fawn and what proved
to be a wild cat. Evidently the doe had been fighting
for the life of her young for several minutes, for I
had repeatedly heard the cries of the fawn before I
came in sight of her, the fight being a running one
up the mountain side, and in the direction in which
I was going. Finally I had reached a point within
eighty yards of the last scene of the conflict, when
the cat heard or saw me, and started down the moun-
tain.
"Then began one of the swiftest and most deter-
mined charges down the mountain, the doe pursuing
the cat, crashing through the brush and with that
agility that cannot be described, striving to overtake
and pinion her foe with those wonderfully effective
weapons, her feet, and the cat dodging to escape her
furious attack. Down they went to Little Soda creek,
making a noise and confusion more like that of a
small herd than that of two animals. I stood for a
minute or two watching the little creature that the
mother had left behind. The foe was gone. The
little one was standing motionless at the place where
she had left it. Shortly the mother returned, and
with true signs of affection greeted the little creature.
The struggle was over, and I went on my way, and
when I last saw them they were standing like statues
looking wonderingly down upon me."
SB
Snow On Mountains. — There is more now on Kid
Mountain and, generally speaking, on the passes of
the Owens Valley than Deputy Fish and Game Com-
missioner Ed Ober ever saw in his years' experience
there. This snow is bound to keep up water levels
longer than usual. There is plenty of fishing to be
had in the valley, but it will be better later on the
east side of the range, just as on the other. Doc.
Royer took a nice mess for supper one night out of
Olancha Creek, eight and ten-inch fish. One can get
a mess almost anywhere and any time, but the cream
of the fishing is yet to come. The late campers in
September will get all the best of it this year. They
will have considerable shooting with deer, doves,
squirrels, mountain quail, grouse and sage hens to
draw on for camp meat. The fishing will be at its
height in September and the trout everywhere will
take the fly.
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OREGON PLAN OF LIBERATING GAME BIRDS.
The Oregon plan of liberating game birds is one
way of restocking a state with game. Farmers, ranch-
ers and country estate owners are all taken into
consideration and their co-operation enlisted in the
work by the Oregon Fish and Game Commission. In
every county game birds are being raised each year
by landholders, and each year a report is made to
the Commission by these landholders or a census is
taken to ascertain the number liberated.
A report has just been published in the Commis-
sion's official publication, the Oregon Sportsman, of
the number of different kinds of game birds liberated
by individuals, under the plan cited, during the year
from January 1, 1915, to December 31, 1915, and the
total makes a gratifying showing ,the landholders of
each county being given credit for the number they
liberated individually. The different kinds of birds
turned over to the state for the year mentioned fol-
low: Chinese or ring-necked pheasants, 2,914; Bob
White quails, 973; California valley quails, 959;
mountain quails, 142. By this plan of individual co-
operation the state of Oregon is richer by 4,988 game
birds — a splendid showing from the viewpoint of
conservation, not only in that they will multiply and
increase, with another year's product soon to be lib-
erated, but of equal, if not more importance, the
educating of the public in the great value of this kind
of co-operative work and an awakening of the public
conscience to the necessity of obeying the game laws,
one of the maxims of the Commission being, "More
game protection sentiment means less money spent
in patrol service," which means more money for
propagating purposes. Such work is drawing closer
the ties that bind the public and the Commission in
a common cause, and the Commission is not slow in
acknowledging this condition, as shown in the follow-
ing statement it has published : "The state game de-
partment feels that it owes a debt o£ gratitude to the
good people of Oregon who assisted so nobly in the
work of feeding and caring for the wild game during
the past winter. It will try to compensate them by
an even mort faithful service and co-operation this
coming season."
What a blessing it would be if this same spirit of
effective co-operation and unity of purpose could be
said of every state! And, why not? — American Field.
QB
DUCKS FROM THE GREAT SALT LAKE TAKEN
IN CALIFORNIA.
Last year there was recorded in our columns (Cal-
ifornia Fish and Game, Vol. 1, July, 1915, p. 191) an
instance of the taking at Herndon, Fresno county, of
a pintail duck bearing a band which led to the infor-
mation that the bird had been banded on Great Salt
Lake in September, 1914. A second instance of the
same sort has come to light in the taking of a banded
green-winged teal (Nettion carolinense) on the Heid-
zig ranch, twelve miles west of Delano, Kern county.
Mr. Edward Richardson, of Porterville, secured this
duck December 12, 1915. Word .was received from
Washington that this bird was labeled on September
16, 1914, at the mouth of Bear River, Great Salt Lake,
Utah, after having recovered from the peculiar mal-
ady which attacks the ducks of this lake. Mr. F. W.
Velie, of Porterville, also killed a green-winged teal
at the same place the past winter which had been
banded near the northern end of Great Salt Lake,
September 26, 1915. These instances throw further
light on routes of migration. It seems quite possible
also that many of our ducks, and quite probably also
many geese, arrive in California via the Great Basin.
— H. C. Bryant.
Saturday, July 1, 1916]
THE BREEDER ANL SPORTSMAN
Trap Shooters Will Celebrate the Fourth
TOURNAMENTS ARE SCHEDULED ON TOE COAST FOR THE HOLIDAY
Pacific Coast trapshooters are going to appropri-
ately celebrate July Fourth. Several registered tour-
naments are scheduled and other clubs "will put on
events so as to let the gunners blaze away for a noisy
Fourth. At Los Angeles the Vernon Club will pro-
mote a tournament on July 3 and 4. The Eureka boys
will get busy on the Fourth in a registered event and
the Green Lake Club of Seattle will be in the fun.
Quite a number of San Francisco shots are planning
to take in the different shoots.
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Fresno Club. — A good shoot was held by the Fresno
Blue Rock Club Sunday, Dr. J. L. Martin making a
record of 95 breaks out of a possible 100. L. W.
Slocum was second with 89, C. McNeil 87, and Grant
Adams 83.
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Golden Gate Club. — The Golden Gate Club staged a
ournament on the Alameda grounds Sunday, exclu-
sively for novice shooters, and the scores set up sur-
prised the old-time scatter gun artists. Eighteen
faced the traps and of the number eight turned in
percentages better than 80. The form displayed by
the boys who have shot at less than 500 targets up
to May 1st was a revelation.
H. Martine distinguished himself by missing only
one out of the twenty-five targets shot at. J. Nelson
was right behind with 23, and W. P. Smith, Al Durney,
J. B. Nichols, G. W. Jeatit, A. Korn and W. H. L.
Hynes scored 20 or better. The scores were as fol-
lows :
W. H. L. Hynes 20, W. L. Koch 13, A. M. Gearhart
14, Mrs. J. B. Hauer 8, A. Korn 20, La Montagne 18,
W. Ballard 17, J. B. Nichols 21, G. W. Jeatit 21,
\V. P. Van 17, W. P. Smith 22, Al Durney 21, J. Nel-
son 23, H. Fremont 19, F. J. Rainey 18, E. G. Nelson
14, H. Martine 24, S. G. Atwood 12.
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Seattle Association. — Breeder and Sportsman: Out-
done in shooting numbers only by the recent State
Tournament, the Beginners' and Ladies' Day program
held by the club on June 18th was a big success. The
day was forecasted by a rain which dampened the
enthusiasm somewhat, but those who turned out had
a very enjoyable time.
Tom Wilkes shot high amateur score while profes-
sional honors were tied between L. H. Reid and Geo.
Garrison.
H. S. Gibson copped the DuPont Beginners' trophy
and Mrs. J. E. Reid took away the DuPont Ladies'
trophy. The other lady shooters also received prizes
given by Ruth Alexander Pepple of the Outdoor Life.
Visiting lady shooters with the regular squads were
Miss Gladys Reid of Portland and Mrs. A. G. Wilkes
of San Francisco.
Beginners' scores, 25 targets: —
5 10 10 Total
H.S.Gibson 5 9 9 23
F. P. Wyandt 5 8 9 22
W. B. Cook 3 9 9 21
Wm. Easter 1 10 10 21
Hi Follerich 3 19 7 20
J .V. Hough 4 8 7 19
Geo. Scripture 3 9 7 19
Van Woodaman 4 8 6 18
J. R. Gibson 4 6 7 17
Chas. Godson 3 8 5 16
H. N. Carver 3 6 6 15
R. W. Brehm 3 6 6 15
F. P. Kaynor 2 5 8 15
A. W. Mathis 1 5 7 13
V. L. Parker 2 5 5 12
R. C. Jamieson 2 5 5 12
L. E. Woods 3 4 4 11
J. R. Hager 2 3 3 8
Douglas Huntington 1 4 3 8
Regulars, at 50 targets: —
15 15 20 Total
Tom Wilkes 14 15 20 49
George Garrison* 15 14 19 48
L. H. Reid* 13 15 20 48
R. S. Searle 12 15 20 47
J. H. King 13 15 19 47
L. S. Barnes 13 15 19 47
Fred Landwehr 14 13 19 46
I.Fischer* 13 14 19 46
Fred Call 13 13 20 46
J. E. Reid* 15 13 17 45
Matt Grossman 14 12 17 43
John Considine 12 13 17 42
Hugh Fleming 12 13 17 42
C. E. McKelvey 12 14 15 41
Ralph Kinker 12 12 17 41
Miss Gladys Reid 11 13 16 40
Jno. Ruppe 9 11 18 38
Mrs. A. G. Wilkes 11 9 15 35
R.A.Tyler 10 10 12 33
Deskin Reid 12 10 11 33
R. W. Brehm 9 10 14 33
J. H. Wilman 7 11 12 30
W. B. Taft 14 13 16 43
Regulars, 10 Otargets: —
10 15 25 50 Total
Tom Wilkes 10 14 25 49 98
L. H. Reid* 10 15 25 48 98
COMING REGISTERED TOURNAMENTS.
California.
Los Angeles, July 3, A — Vernon Gun Club.
Eureka, July A — Eureka Blue Rock Club, H. A.
Hine, President.
Oregon.
Portland, July 10— Portland Club, Frank Temple-
ton, Secretary.
Portland, Sept. 12, 13, 14— Pacific Coast Handicap.
Washington.
Seattle, July A — "Old Policy," Green Lake Gun
Club, W. C. Smith, Secretary
Tacoma, July 18, 19, 20, 21— Pacific Indians, F. C.
Riehl, Secretary.
yards is back near the fence, and to break 47 birds is
some shooting. The results:
Doubles event— H. E. Sargent 43. E. K. Mohler 42,
H. Pfirrmann 41, F. H. Melius 41, L. M. Packard 4<>,
C. E. Groat 39, F. H. Nichols 38, L. R. Melius 37. A.
Pachmayr 37, C. H. Betz 35.
Diamond trophy handicap: — ■
C. H. Betz, handicap 16, broke 45; G. A. Cable 16—
46, R. O. Pool 16—42, P. C. Carter 16—39, J. W. Meek
17—46, V. A. Rossbach 19—40, H. Cline 18—44, H E.
Sargent 19—41, F. H. Nichols 18—43, L. R. Melius
18—44, E. K. Mohler 20—43, F. H. Melius 21 17
C. F. Nichols 21—43, W. J. Rand 20—44, H. Pfirrmann
21—42, L. M. Packard 21—46, A. Pachmayr 16—46,
Mrs. Pfirrmann 16 — 43, H. C. Aarup 16 — 44, H. N.
Rand 16—43, J. E. Reid 16 — 44, J. Andrus 16—40.
Geo. Garrison* .... 9 14
I. Fisher* 9 14
J. E. Reid* 10 14
Fred Landwehr ... 8 15
Hugh Fleming 8 14
C. E. McKelvey 7 15
W. B. Taft 7 13
Mrs. A. G. Wilkes . . 10 14
Miss Gladys Reid.. 9 13
Deskin Reid 5 11
W. C. Smith 7 13
T. P. Wyandt 10 10
Douglas Huntington 5 10
Ladies, 25 targets: —
5
Mrs.. J. E. Reid 6
Mrs. Barnes 4
Mrs. Smith 2
Mrs. Ruppe 4
Mrs. L. H. Reid 2
'Professional.
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48 94 Western Handicap. — With the dial hovering around
46 92 the hour o£ *> o'clock, the curtain dropped on the big
45 92 shooting tournament on the Omaha Gun Club's model
46 91 grounds across the Big Bridge. This was the elev-
42 87 entn session of the great Western Handicap under
41 86 the splendid auspices of The Interstate Association,
43 82 witn the Hon- Elmer E. Shaner, as usual, the master
35 81 hand.
40 81 As is generally known, the Western Handicap is
33 71 one o£ the five stellar Interstate shoots, and second
39 onl>' t0 the Grand American. This is the third time
__ 3g Omaha, and the Omaha Gun Club, has been hon-
25 ored wita this event, and they are already laying
their plans to outbid all competitors for the 1917
10 Total session- which it is hardly likely in opposition with
, 2 so many enterprising and deserving cities, that they
4 12 wil1 l)e successful in their laudable ambition.
. On the opening morning exactly 148 gallant knights
, of the scatter tube faced the traps, fully 60 short of
g n the number sanguinely expected. Still that was an
array of talent any tournament may feel proud of.
The card, 150 targets, 16 yards, and 15 pairs, and
E. A. FRY. Billy Hoon of Jewell, Iowa, spilled the beans with
* 100 straight, winning the Introductory trophv over
Vernon Club. — Although the majority of the clay the field, setting the record.
bird smashers experienced difficult shooting because More than 200 shooters competed in the two 100-
of a strong cross-wind, twenty-seven contested Sun- bird programs and sensational scores were the rules,
day morning at the Vernon Gun Club for the Wm. H. despite the handicaps, imposed by the handicap com-
Hoegee trophy. C. W. Fish annexed a leg on the mittee and the high wind, which swept the traps
prize with his score of 49x50. Fred Kimble was from west to east, causing the targets to take diffi-
runner-up with 48x50. cult angles all afternoon.
Mrs. C. E. Groat, champion woman shooter, started Ninety-two out of 100 won the Western Handicap
out in her first event by smashing the entire 25, but on the closing afternoon of the big shoot, and that,
dropped three in the second 25, giving her a score of too, under as difficult and tantalizing conditions as
47x50 and third place. ever afflicted this great event before. A fierce old
The 20-gauge trophies were also contested for at wind blew transversely across the grounds with hur-
25 birds for sixteen yards. Billy Wilshire and C. W. ricane speed, causing the flying saucers to commite
Fish tied, each with a score of 23x25. The results all sorts of depredations . A lad from Kansas, E. T.
follow: Gibbs by name, was sturdy and steady enough to
Hoegee 20-Ga.Practice outstrip 151 opponents with a score of 92, the lowest
trophy, trophy, events notch at which the event has ever been won during
the eleven years of its existence.
Mr. Gibbs is from Cawker, Kansas, wherever that
48x50 is, and he is a shot not without considerable former
42x50 prestige, although this was his first essay in real,
fast classy company.
19x25 Then along came J. Gilbert Fye of Ollie, Iowa, a
wee bit of a village on the eastern side. Gilbert
62x75 had an excellent chance to beat Gibbs, but cracked
35x50 under the strain. He tied him, however, and after
42x50 the balance of the fellows had completed the pro-
41x50 gram, the big shoot-off was staged.
Gibbs ultimately won this, but it required two
41x50 twenty-target events to settle he argument.
47x50 To Billy Hoon of Jewell, Iowa, and C. C. Tappan
16x25 0£ Hoagland, Neb., went the honors for high average.
16x25 Both broke 339 out of a possible 350 in the sixteen-
10x25 vard events. Ed Varner of Adams, Neb., was third
48x50 with 337 out of 350, and C. B. Eaton of Fayette, Mo.,
11x50 William Ridley of What Cheer, and John Gauer of
Louisville, Neb., tied for fourth with 336 out of 350.
17x25 Western Handicap scores: —
21x25 E- T- Gibbs (17) 92, J. G. Fye (18) 92, R. Erickson
(19) 91, O. C. Bottger (202) 91, W. S. Fritz (17) 90,
x B. F. Elbert (18) 90, C. Atkinson (17) 89, H. K. Mlt-
ton (18 89, J. W. Thompson (18) 89, Geo. Nicolai (22)
23x25 89> L- c- Larsen (19) 88, C. L. Waggoner (21) 88,
C. C. Tappan (22) 88, F. A. Keister (17) 87, A. Koyen
21x25 <19> 87' H- s- McDonald (18) 87. Wm. Ridley (22) 87,
G. D. Hedges (16) 86, C. H. Larsan (18) 86, C. A.
, ,* ' * ,*, v, . . Sininger (18) 86, J. S. Frank (20) 86, F. U. Rose-
Los Angeles Club.— The first doubles target trap bery (20) 86
shooting contest staged on the Coast was held Sun- Trophy winners:— Western Introductory: W. S.
day at the Los Angeles Gun Club and world s records Hoon firgtj 100; E w varner second. 99; W. H.
for the five and ten-man teams were hung up. The Ficke, tWrd_ 99 Western Speciai: 0. C. Boiler
record on five men stood at 20/x2o0 and on ten men flrgt_ g9 Frank Card second 99 John Gauer third 98
at 393x500. Western Overture: C. H. Larson first. 97; C. C. Tap-
Each shooter fired at 50 birds, released from the pan second, 97; John Peterson third, 96. Prelim-
trap in doubles. Intermingled among the black spin- jnary Handicap: Geo. Nicolai first, 97: L. R. Conn
ners were two red ones, the shooter to break these second, 96; O. M. Coleman third, 96. Western Han-
getting his targets free of charge. dicap: E. T. Gibbs first, 92; J. G. Fye second, 92:
The first blond tarhawk to come out was potted by R. Erickson third, 91. Women's Trophies: Mr*. Ed-
Frank H. Melius. The second was chosen by R. O. monson first, 66; Mrs. Johnston second, 25.
Pool, but he missed.
The shooters also contested for the diamond scarf-
pin put up by Secretary Fred H. Teeple at 50 birds,
distance handicaps. The shooting marvel of South-
ern California, Frank H. Melius, won the diamond
with a score of 47x50 from 21 yards. Twenty-one
Hdcp.
Dierdoff 16
Dougherty 16
Hoyt 16
Miller 16
Wilshire 16
Evans 18
Manderville 16
Fish 16
Sloan 16
Pugh 18
Van Ness 16
C. E. Groat 16
Mrs. Groat 17
Mrs. Fish 16
Espitallier 16
Brauer 16
Council 16
Robb 16
S. A. Bruner 18
Monzhuber 16
Kimble 16
Collins 16
A. W. Bruner 16
Ed Pohding 16
Rehatre 16
Brawner 16
Palmer 16
50
44
44
46
43
44
45
46
49
45
44
42
42
47
45
46
48
30
46
46
25
23
23
21
15
Eugene E. Reed, former Mayor of Manchester, Now
Hampshire, and one of the best known irapshooters
in New England, has been appointed a Federal Com-
iner of the Philippine Islands and left for Ma-
nila on June 15. The office carries a four-year term.
II
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 1, 1916
1 Sportsmen's Row j
Jack Livingston, well-known sportsman, is planning
to organize a gun club among the movie stars on the
Coast. His plan is to have both a mountain and a
beach lodge, so that the screen players when seeking
recreation could have an opportunity for the various
kinds ot hunting popular in Southern California. Liv-
ingston's associates at the Morosco studios are enthu-
siastic over the idea, and as soon as he completes the
present picture in which he is working with Dustin
Farnum and Winifred Kingston he will begin active
organization work.
* * • *
One of the most improved of the many women
trapshooters on the Pacific Coast is Miss Genevieve
J. Meyers, of San Francisco. She is always to be
found near the 85 mark.
* • • *
A row of giant cotton wood trees on the new
grounds of the Los Angeles Gun Club prevents the
sun from reaching the shooter at any time during the
day.
» • » •
After a one-year lapse the Eastern Handicap Trap-
shooting Tournament is again on the sporting calen-
dar. The "Great Eastern." as it is more commonly
called by trapshooters. will be shot over the traps of
the Keystone Shooting League, Holmesburg Junc-
tion, Philadelphia, Pa., beginning on July 17 and
winding up on July 20. This will be the tenth run-
ning of the Eastern Handicap, the first tournament
being staged in Philadelphia in 1906, so that it is
only natural that Philadelphia should once more bring
the tournament to life. The Eastern Handicap cov-
ers a wide area, being open to shooters who reside
between Maine and Georgia, and the Atlantic Ocean
and Michigan.
* • • •
Trapshooting is tfie one sport where luck doesn't
figure. You have got to deliver the goods in shooting
at the targets. Close doesn't count. Every break
favors the shooter.
* • • •
In a recent shoot at the Portland (Ore.) Gun Club,
Mrs. James Reed and Mrs. Carl J. Schilling tied for
first honors and it was not until the ninth shoot-off
that Mrs. Reed obtained a verdict.
* * • «
The Green Lake Club, of Seattle, Wash., will stage
the 1917 Washington State tournament.
* • * *
The New York Athletic Club will add a George
Lyon Memorial shoot to its annual spring tournament
beginning in 1917.
* • • *
Trapshooting will be one of the features at the
three-day carnival at Mill Valley. On Sunday a tour-
nament will be staged on the old Millwood Gun
Club's grounds. Frank Lockwood is interested in
getting the bay shooters to come out and fire at the
targets.
* * * *
O. N. Ford writes from Rochester, Minn., that he
is enjoying success at the traps. At Aitkin, Minn.,
on June 12 he broke 146 out of 150 and was high and
the following day he got 143 out of 150, making a
total of 289 out of 300. At Minneapolis on June 17
and 18 he got 148 and 139, totalling 287 out of 300.
He will go to the Grand American Handicap at St.
Louis and return home in time for the Pacific Coast
handicap at Portland and his own shoot at San Jose
in September.
* * * *
Earl Downing of Pleasanton, the keen fish and
game observer, reports that trout are numerous and
quail more plentiful than in years in the Livermore
Valley.
* • * *
Hunting licenses fall due on July 1st. The old
issue will be checked up. Twelve counties are to
be heard from and 150,846 were taken out, exclusive
of the 17,000 out. It is probable that the number will
be around 160,000. Fishing licenses numbering
146,410 are out, according to John Fisher of the Fish
and Game Commission.
s * * *
Wild pigeons are on the increase. They are pro-
tected by the Federal law until September, 1918 and
are coming into their own again. Deputies of Plumas
county declare that there are about 2,000 doing well
and a flock of 5,000 are doing well in Nevada county.
* * * *
The Breeder and Sportsman called the turn on
H. P. Martine some time ago in regard to his shooting
ability. Now the secret is out. We have discovered
that he is the uncle of Foster Couts, the San Diego
champion. So it must run in the family. He had a
hard race Sunday. He arrived late and was informed
that he would have to shoot 23 to tie and 24 to win.
Well, he finished with 24 and that was going some
even for an old-timer, much less a beginner.
* * * *
Floyd Spence, President of the California Anglers'
Association, and seven or eight others will try the
Feather river at Tobin. They have been informed
< hat the river is down to normal and conditions ideal
for fly-casting.
It looks like a Glorious Fourth for the sportsmen.
Many parties are being made up for fishing trips.
* * * s
Benny Baum is going to be missed around the Cop-
per Kettle Club. Accompanied by his wife, Benny
is off for the Yosernite to try his hand at angling out
the trout.
San Rafael Elks' Club. — Two teams participated in
the gold spoon shoot at the Elks blue rock shoot at
Santa Venetia Sunday morning. Owing to the num-
ber of different attractions during the day, the attend-
ance was rathe rsmall. The first team consisted of
R. Johnson Jr.. District Attorney Ed. Butler, Sheriff
J. J. Keating, Dr. R. Dufficy and Mr. Stadfelt. The
second team consisted of Messrs. Cochrane, Ivanco-
vich and Saunders.
Mr. Stadfelt presented the winners of the teams
with a gold spoon. Rob Johnson won the first spoon
with a score of 39 out of 50 and Mr. Cochrane the
second with a score of 33. Following were the scores:
Butler 36, Cochrane 33, Dufficy 33, Keating 25,
Johnson 39, Saunders 22, Ivancovich 25, Stadfelt 36.
o
Vallejo Club. — Vallejo Club held a merchandise
shoot on Sunday. High scores were held down be-
cause of a trap that was not working in the best of
shape. The feature was provided by some competi-
tion between Andy Flickinger and Dick Reed, the
San Francisco professional. Andy wanted some prac-
tice from the 21-yard mark in anticipation of his
visit to the Grand American Handicap at St. Louis.
In a 15-bird race both of the crack shots tied w-ith 13
apiece . In 25 birds Flickinger beat out Reed, 25 to
23. The local star did some shooting to run out his
string straight from so far back. Eight participated
in the merchandise prizes set up. The scores were
as follows: —
Merchandise event, 25 targets —
Bke. Hdcp. Total
Yocom 18 5 13
Mann 19 8 11
Wisecarver 19 8 11
Magistrin 20 6 14
King 21 7 14
De La Mater 7 3 4
Humphreys 14 4 10
Peet 22 9 13
Reed (21 yds.) 21 9 12
Flickinger (21 yds.) 22 9 13
Practice scores were: F. K. Burnham 63x75, Bud
Havens 63x75, Herbert 17x50, Yocom 40x50, King
36x50, Magistrin 17x25, Peet 20x25, Mann 19x25,
Herbert 1625, Truscott 15x25, Reed 24x25, Moore
1925.
Team shoot, 15 targets each — Truscott 8, Yocom
12, Peet 11, De la Mater 8, King 7, total 46; Hum-
phreys 7, Magistrin 13, Mann 11. Wisecarver 10,
Moore 10. total 51; Reed (21 yards) 13, Flickinger
(20 yards), 13, total 26.
WOMAN IS A GAME KEEPER.
destination away up the mountain, hop out with all
your traps, and then all hands take a good pull at the
half pint, for it's cold up there in the hills and the
stuff hits the spot. 1
You say good-by to Old Bill, the hired man, and
get his dead-sure promise that he'll meet you at 4
p. m. by the old bridge, three miles below. The rig
disappears at the bend in the road and you and your
pal are left alone with nature. How still the world
seems to your city-throbbed ears. How beautiful the
first gleam of sunlight through the budding trees.
What merry music the little brook babbling through
the woods.
You find a nice spot on the bank of the stream,
unpack the cook kit, bacon and eggs, coffee and
bread, and then you make your little fire and pro-
ceed to cook your breakfast. My, how good that
coffee and bacon smells! You're so hungry you can
hardly wait until things are ready. How good that
breakfast tastes! How you enjoy it! The trout
brook at your feet just waiting to be fished, a noisy
little red squirrel in a big tree near by chattering
squirrel cuss words at you for trespassing in his
domain, the far-off thump, thump of some proud cock
partridge ; all are the voice of nature speaking to you.
Your breakfast over, you light up your old pipe
and proceed to clean up. You carefully burn all
rubbush so as not to desecrate the beautiful woods.
Then you kill your fire with water from the brook.
It is now 6 a. m. and you feel splendid. Yrou get
out your little fly rod, swing on your traps, pull up
your boots and head for the brook. Anticipation runs
high. Your old pipe never tasted better. Your cares
are behind and a long, long day is ahead. What
greater pleasure could a man wish for than this? —
Long Bill.
o
Peters Pointers. — At Norfolk, Nebr., June 4th, in a
field of 64 shooters, Messrs. A. Koyen of Fremont
and J. H. Sieverson of Wisner tied for High Amateur
Average, 96 ex 100. both using Peters shells.
High Amateur Average at Warren, Minn., June 7,
was won by Mr. A. W. Chapin, with Peters shells,
score 167 ex 175.
At the Indiana State Shoot, Indianapolis, June 6-8,
Mr. C. A. Edmonson tied for High Amateur Average.
480 ex 500, and Mr. C. A. Young won High General
Average, 481 ex 500. In the Interstate Championship
event Messrs. C. A. Edmonson, Walter Roach and
Seth C. Klein won second, third and fourth places
with scores of 289, 284 and 283 respectively. All
these winners shot the "P" brand. In the Interstate
Championship Mr. Edmonson tied for second score,
97 ex 100, and Messrs. Stutz and Klein tied for third,
96 ex 100.
Mr. J. H. Stair, shooting Peters "steel where steel
belongs" shells, won High General Average at Thief
River Falls, Minn., June 6, score 140 ex 150.
At the Beginners' Day Shoot at Seattle, Wash..
June 18, Mr. Thos. Wilkes was High Amateur, 98
out of 100, and Mr. L. H. Reid High Professional, 98
out of 100, both using Peters shells.
Miss Hilary Dent has been engaged as a game-
keeper by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, and. we believe,
is the first woman w7ho has received such an appoint-
ment. As soon as the idea was suggested to Lord
Montagu he recognized its feasibility and Miss Dent
was forthwith engaged. We understand she does not
go on night duty unaccompanied. She gets herself
up in short velveteen jacket and wears baggy breech-
es with leggings and thick boots, and often rides her
beats atside a New Forest pony. It must be said
that Miss Dent has had some training for her new
vocation, as she was brought up to a country life
and could shoot and handle dogs and ferrets in quite
praiseworthy style. She does not quite follow the
old practices of the veteran gamekeeper, as she does
not maintain a larder, but inters all the victims of
her traps and gun. — London Sportsman.
REMINISCENCES OF TROUTING.
Have you ever awakened about 4 a. m. on a cold
early morning in some little country hotel, pinched
your bunkie in the ribs to wake him, and then hop
out of bed to peer anxiously out in the semi-darkness
to see what the weather is going to be? Oh, the
anticipation of the long carefree day ahead! For you
and your pal are on a week-end trouting trip and are
bound for some little brook about five miles back in
the mountains.
You hastily dress, for you are all anticipation and
anxious to be off. Then down to the barnyard to
load your stuff in the wagon, arranged for the night
before. You find the hired man already hitching up,
right on time. When he's finished and you're all
ready to start a thought suddenly strikes you; you
whisper in his ear, and then follow him into the cold
dark little bar. where you hastily tuck away in your
fishing coat a half pint, the necessity which you
nearly forgot. Then out and into the rig with your
pal and you are off. Oh, the joy of that early morning
ride back over the hills to the brook! The cold
bracing air fills you with happy thoughts of the day
ahead; the beautiful hills and mist covered valleys
with the brook winding through make you glad you're
alive and privileged to live in such a grand old
world.
You roll briskly along behind the snappy little
mare that, no doubt, also feels the exhilarating effect
of the cold spring morning. Finally you reach your
Green Lake Club. — Owing to the fact that many of
the Green Lake members were attending the special
beginners' and ladies' day events at Harbor Island
on June 18th, the attendance at the north end traps
was comparatively small.
Don R. Baker proved to be the best target smasher
on the ground, getting forty-five out of his fifty, while
Dr. A. B. Kidd, J. W. Geltz and Dr. J. F. Hill divided
second honors by breaking forty-three out of fifty.
Practically all arrangements have been completed
for the big registered tournament at the Green Lake
Club July 4th, and programs covering this event may
be secured at any sporting goods house in the city.
The scores, 50 targets — Don R. Baker 45, Dr. A. B.
Kidd 43, Dr. J. F. Hill 43, J. W. Geltz 43, George O.
Olwell 42, George aEdling 42, George B. Baker 30,
Dr. S. W. Case 32, E. Chantrell 25, M. G. Knight 25.
Portland Club. — Twenty-one beginners ventured out
to the Everding Park traps of the Portland Gun Club
June 18th to compete in the second annual "begin-
ners' day shoot." A tie resulted in the first two shots,
W. A. Leith and M. Turner each breaking 20, but in
the shoot-off for the handsome DuPont watch fob
Mr. Leith outgamed his opponent.
Threatening weather kept the attendance down,
but President A. W. Strowger is confident that his
club will be awarded a handsome silver trophy for
having the largest shoot of its kind in Oregon. Two
women beginners were out, Miss Regina Bitts break-
ing 15 clay rocks, one more than Miss Florence Wirfs.
Miss Bitts won the spoon put up for first prize.
Among the "old timers" present, Frank Templeton
went high with 96 per cent, despite the heavy rain
and wind. Archie Parrott was second in line with
85 per cent.
Following are the scores made: —
Beginners— M. Winters 17, "F. W. Wirfs 13, A. M.
Crews 10, W. A. Leith 20, M. Turner 20, J. S. Harkins
15, R. T. Beeman 11, W. Reidt, Sr., 4, W. Reidt Jr. 1,
T. Taber 12, W. J. Derthick 7, C. -Wright 17, F. Sof ten-
berg 18, A. E. King 15, J. W. Jeter 16, G. L. Hoffman
16, C. Hawman 13. H. Hingley 1, H. Greeland 7, Miss
Regina Bitts 15, Miss Flarence Wirfs 14.
"Old-timers" — Charles Leith 67, H. A. Pollock, 75,
A. W. Strowger 85, J. S. Crane 71, Al Seguin 80,
J. Morris 80, J. H. Broadhead 70, A. L. Zachrison 58,
Archie Parrott 86, Frank Templeton 96, E. Hawman
78, and James W. Seavey 84.
Saturday, July 1, 1916]
THEBR BEDER AND SPORTSMAN
11
Mighty hunter cruises in with trophies
— BR- E. A. SALISBURG REACHES LOS ANGELES AFTER WONDERFUL nr"Ti:TC—
Unheralded and unsung, one of the mighty hunters
of the world cruised into Los Angeles harbor last
- week. This hunter is Dr. E. A. Salisbury, naturalist,
born explorer and world rover. His face is weather
beaten from eight months of tropical sun and the
glare of 10,000 miles of ocean brine.
This trip, which took him from New York into the
out-of-the-way places of Central and South America
and up the coast of Mexico to this port, was made in
a gasoline cruiser. Its name is the "Wisdom" — Salis-
bury's Wisdom.
It has traveled farther than any ohher gasoline pro-
pelled cruiser. The Wisdom has stuck its nose flush
into the hurricane and rammed straight through with
ocean slopping over from all sides.
Until one sees the cruiser with its long narrow
greyhound lines and deck that sheds water like a
duck's back, Dr. Salisbury's stories of its exploits
might seem flighty. The wildest tales seem tame
after seeing its revenue cutter lines and roaming
over it, above deck and below.
As if 10,000 miles of cruising were not enough
fame for any hoat, the Wisdom, loaded down with
gasoline, came straight from San Juan del Sur, Nica-
ragua, to San Diego, without once touching port. Just
out of San Diego the last gasoline gave out. Dr.
Salisbury drained a gasoline boat he had on board
dry and made anchorage.
He didn't touch the Mexican coast because the offi-
cers of the Raleigh, lying off the coast of Nicaragua,
told him that Gen. Scott and Obregon had fallen out
and war with Mexico was only a matter of hours.
Dr. Salisbury knew how the Mexican treats his en-
emy. The trip up the coast was made in twenty-six
days, two of these being idled away at uninhabited
islands hunting monkeys and parrots.
Only the briefest outline of Dr. Salisbury's trip is
possible. His hunts in tropical forests, his nosing
among queer Indians, his fighting through storms and
cruising off lazy, fever-infested coasts must all be
touched on the run.
After searching three months to find a boat capable
of making the trip, the doctor picked up the Wisdom
in one of the ports of the East. Originally the Wis-
dom had been built for the Havana race, but was
finished too late. It was built to go outside of the
reefs in the open ocean. It was made for all kinds of
weather. That was why the doctor bought it.
Dr. Salisbury and Rex Beach, the author, sailed out
of New York with a crew on board and the lagers full
October 28, 1915. On the coast back of Cape Hatteras
a month was spent hunting wild duck and studying
the migratory birds. That is one of the few hunting
grounds left on the Atlantic coast. The two sports-
men made the most of it.
At Jacksonville the crew departed in a body. The
Atlantic was too rough for them. They escaped more
than they thought, for the storms of the United States
were mere tempests in a teapot to the boiling waters
off the west end of Cuba.
A stop was made at Miami, Fla., and a hunting trip
up the river was made. From here the yacht went
between the reefs and the shore and from Key West
to Havana across the Gulf Stream in a terrible blow.
The worst was still to come. Off the coast of
Cuba the waves began to look like mountains. They
were washing clean over the Wisdom's deck, hitting
first one side and then the other. Everybody but the
doctor was down below, sick as dogs. The doctor
was at the wheel taking a rough shower bath.
The engineer came up and begged the doctor to
turn back, claiming the engines would stop under the
strain. He begged and whimpered like a whipped
dog. The doctor knew that if he turned back he
would again lose his crew. He ordered the engineer
to turn the engines off. When the latter refused he
beat him down into the engine room. For twenty-
four hours the Wisdom drifted, the sea raged and
the hurricane roared.
"We were 250 miles from land and could drift with-
out any danger of shipwreck," explained the doctor.
"Besides, the crew needed a lesson."
At the end of twenty-four hours the engineer
begged to be allowed to start the engines. The storm
had abated somewhat. The chuck, chuck of the
motors began. The Wisdom headed across the Yuca-
tan Channel and the Carribean Sea to Swan Island,
off the coast of Honduras. From there the Wisdom
made to Colon to find the canal closed and to pick up
Dr. and Mrs. Mary Roberts Rinehart.
Here once more the crew deserted, with more rea-
son than at Jacksonville.
Cruises were made up Costa Rica, where the hunt-
ers left the yachts, got in canoes and went inland to
hunt, investigate the Indians and study the industries
of Central America. San Jose, the capital of Costa
Rica, has a climate much like Southern California,
and is growing the vegetables for the Panama Canal.
Previously they were shipped in cold storage from
New York.
Specimens of all kinds of wild game and relics
from the graves of Indians were shipped by the
author and hunter to the museums of the East.
The best trip was still to come — the one south from
Colon to the Gulf of San Bias, where lives the pigmy
race of Indians, the cleanest and most exclusive of all
the people of the world. They were the first and
only mainland Indians seen by Columbus, and to this
day they have kept the trader laying off their coast
They have never intermarried and nobody knows
their land. Rex Beach and Dr. Salisbury went farther
inland and saw more of them than any white men that
t have ever lived, not excepting the great Columbus
who sold them their first clothes.
The Gulf of San Bias is sixty-five miles south and
east of Colon. It is 120 miles long and is studded
with 365 small islands. On these live 10,000 San
Bias Indians. Back in the jungle along the mountain
ridges live other San Bias. They are reported to be
fierce and savage. Nobody has seen them.
By treating the San Bias white, giving much and
never taking without paying, Dr. Salisbury and Rex
Beach won the friendship of the Indians. There was
also a San Bias who had wandered and was return-
ing home. He acted as interpreter and official intro-
ducer.
The palm huts of the San Bias Indians are over
the water. The little children, two and three years of
age, swim in the water like fish. The Indians have
two villages — one for the living and another for the
dead. They are identical— only one is silent and still,
filled with the crumpling remains of their forefathers.
The San Bias Indians believe in suffrage. The
wives have equal rights with the men. At 3 o'clock
in the morning they all rise, eat a meager meal and
go up the rivers in their mahogany dugout canoes to
fish. The women wash clothes. The children play.
They return at 3 o'clock for another meal. They all
eat out of a common bowl, and the meal is stewed up
at once in the same pot.
After the meal the councils meet. If a man wants
a canoe, he states what kind and size he wishes.
Men are assigned, and they fall to work. If he
wants a house he does the same, and enough men
and women to build the palm house start to work on
it the next morning. When his fellow San Bias wants
a house he is supposed to help also. The San Bias
is communistic.
They fish with spears. For that reason sometimes
they go hungry. Learning that fish were scarce, the
doctor and Beach cruised down to the mouth of the
river, threw over their lines, and the Wisdom came
back loaded.
A San Bias who had traveled some went aboard
the ship to learn the secret. He looked at the lines
and hooks, then grinned knowingly.
"I know," he said, "electricity."
Then followed hunting trips deep into the jungles,
where the tapir, jaguar and leopards live. These
were wild, fierce days of hunting.
They were the first white men that had ever gone
into those rivers. Traders have attempted to go
inland, knowing the country is rich in gold. But their
provisions have always mysteriously disappeared.
Hunger and fear of the jungle have forced them back
to the coast. There on the shore their provisions
have mysteriously come back. The San Bias is
honest.
Coeoanuts are his money. Gold is used only for
ornaments. He did not know how to count even
coeoanuts until he found the trader cheating him.
If he bought a cloth for 200 coeoanuts he would
throw coeoanuts aboard the trader's ship until the
latter told him to stop. Usually the trader became
tongue-tied when the 200 mark was reached. He
would find his speech at the 200 again. This was
too much even for a San Bias.
The tribe is extremely virtuous. Marriage is a
bargain. Once made the bond can only be broken
when the other proves lazy. Then he must remain
single and chaste for five years. So must the wife.
The least breaking from the narrow path and the
infringer is canoed up the river to meet his death.
If one San Bias cuts or injures another the injured
one cuts the offender in the identical same manner.
The San Bias never jokes.
Dr. Salisbury officiated over the first canoe race
ever held in San Bias. The race was to be around
an island and back in the little mahogany dugout
canoes.
As the canoes were coming around the island on
the home stretch all the canoes stopped. After every-
body was abreast they raced on to the finishing line.
When asked why they stopped they said simply so
everybody could catch up and have an even chance
for the prize.
Leaving the Gulf of San Bias, the Wisdom sailed
along the fever-infested, palm-ornamented, coral reef-
studded coast of Venezuela almost to the Brazilian
coast and back to Colon.
Rex Beach and the doctor swam in all the waters
famous for sharks and alligators ,and never were
bothered.
"Once one of those alleged 'man-eating sharks' was
following the cruiser," said the doctor. "We were
all watching the monster. 'Watch him get me,' cried
Rex Beach.
"Before anybody could stop him he was overboard
and swimming directly at the shark. The latter
turned like a coward and beat it for dear life."
From Colon followed other trips into the Mosquito
Gulf, where Mary Roberts Rinehart caught her first
tarpon.
Going through the canal Dr. Salisbury cruised down
the Colombia coast to Ecuador. On the way down,
at Buenaventura, the doctor had some sport cutting
the heads off live alligators with a big bowle knife.
That takes nerve, agility and science.
On returning to Panama the Wisdom began its
long trip home. Rex Beach deserted and hurried up
the Atlantic Coast to New York. With a new green
crew made up of boys from the commissary depart-
ment of the government at the canal, Dr. Salisbury
started the long trip home . Afraid to touch at a
Mexican port, the doctor sailed through stormy seas
and bad weather, spending as many as fifty-two hours
at a stretch at the wheel on watch.
Once they stopped to catch parrots and let the
mighty hunter kill his last monkey for all time.
"I saw a beautiful specimen of monkey at the top
of a palm tree," said the doctor. "I shot It. The
animal dropped down about twenty feet. It caught
a limb with one hand, reached over its shoulder and
put a little monkey on the limb. Then it dropped to
the ground dead. It was the most human act I ever
saw. Never will I kill a monkey again."
Now the Wisdom is anchored at the motor-boat
club being overhauled. The monkeys died. Parrots
are flapping all over. Some time next winter Rex
Beach will come to California and Dr. Salisbury and
he will sail for the South Sea Islands. The famous
naturalist will find new wonders for the American
public. Depend upon him to find something that all
the others have overlooked.
Rex Beach and Mary Roberts Rinehart will winter
hereafter in Southern California near the doctor.
He is the greatest Los Angeles booster. — By Howard
Angus, Los Angeles Times.
ENCOURAGEMENT OF RIFLE PRACTICE.
The following is an extract from the Army Reor-
ganization Bill. This bill is a report of the con-
ferees. It has passed the Senate and House. With
the President's signature it becomes effective July 1,
1916:
Sec. 133. Encouragement of Rifle Practice, H. R.
12766:
"The Secretary of War shall annually submit to
Congress recommendations and estimates for the
establishment and maintenance of indoor and out-
door rifle ranges, under such a comprehensive plan
as will ultimately result in providing adequate facili-
ties for rifle practice in all sections of the country.
And that all ranges so established and all ranges
which may have already been constructed, In whole
or in part, with funds provided by Congress shall be
open for use by those in any branch of the military
or naval service of the United States and by all able-
bodied males capable of bearing arms, under reason-
able regulations to be prescribed by the controlling
authorities and approved by the Secretary of War.
That the President may detail capable officers and
noncommissioned officers of the Regular Army and
National Guard to duty at such ranges as instructors
for the purpose of training the citizenry in the use
of the military arm. Where rifle ranges shall have
been so established and instructors assigned to duty
thereat, the Secretary of War shall be authorized to
provide for the issue of a reasonable number of
standard military rifles and such quantities of ammu-
nition as may be available for use in conducting such
rifle practice."
It will take some time for the War Department to
work out the provisions of this paragraph. You will
be advised in future bulletins as to progress made.
It is desired that questions be not asked at this time
relative to the provision as efforts are being made to
secure additional legislation which will be of advan-
tage to rifle clubs.
FRED H. PHILLIPS, Ass't Recorder.
Whale Scares Anglers. — A score of anglers at Seal
Beach were forced to seek cover when a large and
apparently tame California gray whale of no small
proportions appeared in the immediate vicinity re-
cently for a neighborly visit. The big leviathan. In
addition to spouting a welcome greeting to the sur-
prised anglers by shooting a big spray of salt water
up over them, startled the followers of Isaac Walton
by rocking the staunch piling of the pier when he
attempted to scratch a few annoying barnacles off
his back. After basking in the sunlight for nearly
half an hour within speaking distance of the pier, the
big gray sea mammal swam slowly out towards the
middle channel. Old anglers say they never before
heard of a whale- displaying such friendly traits In
these waters.
o
Bass Waters Opened. — Now that Silver Lake has
been opened to bass fishermen by the water board at
request of the Fish and Game Commission, angling
Licensees, who have been itching for another chance
at the "big mouths" ever since the taste they had In
March, are In their element.
Owing to error, an oversight in the State I
down the bars upon the breeding of bass by opening
the legal season March 2, but the Water Board and
private parties controlling the bass waters promptly
came to the rescue of the spawning fish by forbidding
fishing at the advice of the fish and game autho
who stated the short-sightedness of allowing arti-
ficially planted fish to be bothered when establi
themselves by breeding.
Chief Engineer William Mulholland of the Water
Board has a fatherly Interest In the city bass, having
planted their progenitors many years ago.
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Steelhead fishing in the Big Lagoon,
Humboldt County, is now in full
swing. The fish this year average
from nine to twelve pounds.
Do not overlook the Eel River Fly
Fishing for the Big Steelhead from
July until October in the famous
Greigs, Fortuna, Van Duzen and Wey-
mouth pools — fresh run fish that
weigh from nine to twenty-five pounds
— light tackle — excellent resorts close
by — only ten hours from San Fran-
cisco.
The fishing streams that are found
so profusely in the new territory north
of Willits embracing Humboldt, Trin-
ity and Mendocino Counties offer the
best of coast stream trout fishing. If
you want to fish, go where the fish are.
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"Vacation-1916" gives list of hotels
and resorts in this section, and our new
"hunting and fishing" booklet will soon
be ready for distribution. Call at 874
Market Street or write J. J. Geary,
G. P. A., Room 808 Phelan Bldg., San
Francisco, for copies.
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THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN
SOCIETY
(The German Bank)
526 California Street
Mission Branch, corner Mission and 21st
streets.
Richmond D;strict Branch, corner Clem-
ent St. and 7th Ave.
Ha:ght Street Branch, corner Haight and
Belvedere Sts.
For the half year ending June 30, 1916.
a dividend has been declared at the rate
of four (4) per cent per annum on all de-
posits, payable on and after Saturday,
july 1, 1916. Dividends not called for are
added to the deposit account and earn
dividends from July 1, 1916.
GEORGE TOURNY, Manager.
FOR SALE. — A three -year- old thor-
oughbred colt by Johnny Lyons, out of
Reina del Ceila. Registered 78538. For
price and particulars address
J. D. PARKER, 42-lst St., Napa, Cal.
I WANT TO BUY.— I have sold eleven
horses in the last few months ranging
from $2,000 to $200. If you have a horse
for sale and will write me, I will tell you
what my system is. It is a winner. I find
there is a buyer for every horse for sale
al the right price. It is just a question of
getting the buyer and seller together. If
you have one for sale let me hear from
you. MAGNUS FLAWS,
542 S. Dearborn St., Chicago. 111.
RACE TRACK FOR SALE.
The Ukiah race track, located a little
less than a mile from the Court House
al Ukiah and bounded by the State High-
way on the west, the county road on the
south, and the Northwestern Pacific Rail-
road nearly the entire length on the east
side of the track. The property consists
of twenty acres. Fifty-nine good box
stalls, good grandstand, fencing in good
order, and one of the best half mile tracks
in the state. An excellent winter track
and an ideal place to work horses during
that season. Plenty of adjoining drives
for jogging horses. Two wells on the
premises as well as water from the city
water works, with tanks conveniently ar-
ranged for sprinkling.
This is the only race track in Mendo-
cino county and the location of the county
fairs. Ukiah is the county seat and has a
population of about 3000, is in a most fer-
tile valley in which all kinds of fruit, veg-
etables, hay, grain and hops are grown.
Has excellent water; no malaria or mos-
quitos. It has paved streets, good sewer-
age, and splendid gas and electric light
works. There are many standard and
thoroughbred horses in this county and
the people are a race loving lot. This
property is offered for sale at a less price
than adjoining property is held at. For
terms and further particulars address
F. W. KELLEY,
Care of Breeder and Sportsman.
FARMS FOR SALE
Choice Land In Idaho
Lewiston, Idaho, is situated at the
forks of Clearwater and Snake rivers and
has transportation to the coast.
960 acres 7^ miles from Lewiston, Ida-
ho. 4^ from Lapwai, Idaho, on main
traveled road, all in cultivation except
about 15 acres, all level land. Just a little
rolling, 320 acres of fall wheat in, 225
acres fall plowed for spring crop, about
30 acres in alfalfa. All fenced and cross
fenced. Two good springs with big cem-
ent water troughs, well, windmill and
cement reservoir, water piped to house,
7 room house, hot and cold water and
electric lights. Large horse barn with
hay mow in the center, electric lights In
barn; cow barn with two box stalls; hog
pens, shade trees, chicken houses, black-
smith shop, wagon shed, granary, outdoor
cellar with bunk house overhead. $85 per
acre; will take one-third down, time on
balance to suit purchaser, at 7 per cent
interest. One-third of crop goes with
place if sold any time up close to harvest.
Mild climate, can raise all kinds of fruit,
grain and vegetables. Wheat in this
country goes from 35 to 65 bushels per
acre, barley 40 to 80 bushels per acre.
320 acres 4*& miles south of Vollmer,
Idaho, 275 acres In cultivation, balance In
pasture and timber, farm land lays prac-
tically level, one-third of crop goes with
place if sold before harvest. Some fall
wheat already sown. All fenced and cross
fenced. Quarter section of it fenced hog
tight; good four-room house, wood shed,
and out of door cellar, nice grove around
house, well at bouse, fair stabling and
out buildings, spring and spring creek
close to barn, three springs on place.
Price $70 per acre, one-third cash, bal-
ance at 7 per cent. Time to suit pur-
cbaser.
238 acres 4% miles from Lewiston, Ida-
ho, 175 acres in cultivation, 25 more can
be cultivated, balance good bunch grass
pasture, fenced and cross-fenced, good
spring creek runs across place, small
house, station on place for Johnson R, R.,
two grain warehouses at station. Price
$70 per acre, one-third cash, balance at
7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
160 acres of timber land, good farm land
when timber is cleared off, all can be
farmed except about 2 or 3 acres. Good
timber, yellow pine and fir. Price $4000.
40 miles from Lewiston, Idaho. Well
located to log off.
240 acres 6 miles from Asotin, 12 miles
from Lewiston, Idaho, about 75 acres in
fall wheat, about 75 acres more can be
cultivated, balance in bunch grass pas-
ture, two springs, small house, all fenced.
Price $40 per acre, one-third cash, balance
at 7 per cent Time to suit purchaser.
Reference Lewiston National Bank and
First National Bank. Address
F. W. KELLEY,
Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal.
Saturday, July 1, 1916]
THft BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
13
Sonoma, Marin, Humboldt and Mendocino Fair
Santa Rosa, August 9, 10, 11 and 12, 1916
Live Stock, Horticultural, Agricultural and Industrial Exposition
Special Excursions From All Points
PACIFIC COAST TROTTING HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION'S
27th Annual Race Meeting
Fastest Horses °"Z$k££ST
<£i£ onn iN purses
^l\J,\J%J%J and STAKES
Monday, August 7, 1916.
1:30 p. m. — Opening of Fair Grounds to public. Music
and orations for the occasion.
2:30 p. m. — Better baby show.
4:00 p. m. — Judging of horticultural products.
7:30 p. m. — Grand Ball and promenade through the
beautiful forest decorated with horticul-
tural, agricultural and manufactured
products.
Tuesday, August 8 — Children's Day.
10:00 a. m. — Judging of agricultural products.
11:00 a.m. — Judging of live stock.
1:30 p. m. — Stock parade.
3:00 p.m. — Forest carnival events.
8:00 p. m. — Dance and special events on midway.
Wednesday, August 9 — Pomona Grange's Day.
10:00 a.m. — Judging of manufactured products.
2:00 p. m.~ Races, P. C. T. H. B. A.:
Three-year-old pacing division, Futurity
Stake No. 13 (closed 1912) $1300
2:09 class, trotting 500
2:20 class, pacing 900
8:00 p. m. — Dance. Special events on midway. Chorus
of 300 voices.
Thursday, August 10 — Petaluma and Marin Co. Day.
10:00 a. m. — Judging of mammoth egg exhibit.
11:00 a.m. — Address on scientific poultry raising.
2:00p.m. — Races. P. C. T. H. B. A.:
Two-year-old trotting division, Futurity
Stake No. 14 (closed 1913) ?1350
2:15 class, trotting 900
2 :10 class, pacing 500
8:00 p.m. — Dance. SDecial events on midway.
Friday, August 11 — Northern Sonoma and Mendocino
County Day.
10:00 a.m. — Stock parade.
2:00 p. m.— Races, P. C. T. H. B. A.:
Two-year-old pacing division. Futurity
Big Show Day and Evening
Santa Rosa is noted for its excellent Hotels.
Stake No. 14 (closed 1913) $1100
Three-year-old trotting division, Futu-
rity Stake No. 13 (closed 1912) 3300
2:13 class, pacing 900
8:00 p.m. — Dance. Special events on midway.
10:30 p.m. — Mammoth bonfire. Baked Burbank potato
festivity.
Saturday, August 12 — San Francisco and Oakland
Day.
10:00 a.m. — Reception of visitors.
2:00 p. m.— Races. P. C. T. H. B. A.:
2:12 class, trotting $500
Free-for-all class, pacing 900
2:20 class, trotting 90Q
8:00 p.m. — Dance. Special events on midway.
10:30 p. m.— Barbecue.
Sunday, August 13.
10:00 a. m. — Inspection of horticultural, agricultural.
manufactured and stock exhibits.
2:00 p. m. — Concerts.
3:00 p.m. — Drill by Company E., National Guards.
GREAT FUN AT THE "JOY ZONE" AND "MIDWAY PLAISANCE"
Grounds Brilliant With Electric Lights at Night
It is the center of one of the richest agricultural districts in the world,
of the world-wide famous Burbank Experimental Farms.
It is the County Seat and the location
Make Your Plans to Take in the Santa Rosa Fair
F. W. KELLEY, Secretary
Race Meeting
P. O. Box 447, San Francisco, Cal.
EDWARD H. BROWN, Secretary
Fair Association
Santa Rosa, Cal.
Kern County Agricultural Fair Ass'n
FIRST ANNUAL FAIR
BAKERSFIELD, CAL.
October 24 to 28, 1916
Entries to Races to Close August 1st, 1916
All Races Limited to Three Heats
OCTOBER 25th
2:20 Pace
2:15 Trot
.$400
. 400
PROGRAM
OCTOBER 26th
..$400 Free-For-AII Pace
.. 400 2:12 Trot
OCTOBER 27th
2:13 Pace $400
2:30 Trot 400
HALF MILE TRACK
TWO RUNNING RACES EACH DAY.
CONDITIONS:
ALL RACES THREE HEATS— Money divided 25% to the first heat, 25% to the
second heat, 25% to the third heat, and 25% to the race according to the rank In the
summary. Money in each division 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Should two or more
horses be tied for first place at the completion of the third heat, such horses only shall
contest In a fourth heat and money divided according to rank in the summary at the
termination of that heat. A horse having won the first two heats and drawn or dis-
tanced In the third heat shall not lose position in the summary.
Nominators have the right of entering two or more horses In any race by the pay-
ment of 2% additional on each horse, but only one of the horses so entered to be
started In the race, and the starter is to be named by 5 o'clock P. M. the day before the
race is to take place.
Usual 5% additional from winners.
The Association reserves the right to declare two starters a walkover. When only
two start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, divided 66 2-3% to the first,
and 33 1-3% to the second horse. A horse distancing the field shall be entitled to first
and fourth money only and in no other case will a horse tie entitled to more than
one money.
The Association reserves the right to change the hour and day of any race, except
when it becomes necessary to antedate a race, in which instance the nominators will
receive three days' notice by mail to address of entry.
The right reserved to reject any or all entries and declare off or postpone any or
all races on account of weather or other sufficient cause.
Entries not declared out by 5 o'clock P. M. the day preceding the race shall be
required to start and declarations must be in writing and made at the office of the
Secretary at the track.
The Association reserves the right to start any heat after the fourth score, regard-
less of the position of the horses.
Any horse that started in 1915 without improving its record, equaling Us record,
and not winning a race, shall be entitled to one second.
Address all communications to the Secretary.
T. F. BURKE, Secretary,
Bakersfield, Cal.
STAKES REOPENED
PACIFIC COAST TROTTING HORSE BREEDERS ASS'N
to be given in conjunction with the District Agricultural Fair at
Santa Rosa, Cal.,
August 9, 10, 1 1 and 12, 1916
Entries Close Monday, July 3rd, 1916
RACES LIMITED TO 3 HEATS
First Day
No. 2. 2:09 Class Trotting . $500
Second Day
No. 6. 2:10 Class Pacing . . . J500
Fourth Day
No. 10 2:12 Class Trotting . . . S500
TIME ALLOWANCES.
1st. Horses that have started anywhere in 1914 or 1915 without winning a
race shall be allowed one second for each year raced.
2nd. Horses that have started two or more times in either 1911 or 191B
without winning a race shall be allowed two seconds.
3rd. Horses whose winning race records were made prior to 1914 shall be
allowed two seconds, provided they have not won a race in 1914 or 1915.
Time allowances must be claimed when entry is made; al30 it must be
stated why the horse entered Is entitled to time allowance under above condi-
tions.
Entrance fee 5 per cent. Usual 5 per cent from money winners.
Other conditions same as for races that closed on June 1st, 1916.
Member of the National Trotting Association.
Address all communications to the Secretary.
E. P. HEALD, President. F. W. KELLEY, Secretary,
P. O. Drawer 447. 366 Pacific Bulldlnj,
Corner Market and Fourth Ste., San Francisco, Cal.
14
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 1, 1916
BEAUTIFUL BELVEDERE
LOTS FOR SALE
CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
most beautiful spot on the shores of San Francisco Bay
for a suburban home. It commands an extensive view of
the City of San Francisco, Alcatraz and Angel Islands,
Raccoon Straits, San Francisco Bay, Richardson's Bay,
the Berkeley shore, beautiful Belvedere and Mt. Tamal-
pais. It is in Marin County, directly opposite San Fran-
cisco, and forms the eastern shore of Belvedere cove.
It has a naturally terraced, sunny, western slope that is
well adapted for many choice residence sites, every one
affording most picturesque views of the bay and moun-
tain. It is protected from the prevailing western trade winds in
summer by Belvedere Island, and from the southerly storms in
winter by Angel Island. The soil is fertile and part of the island
is well wooded.
It is less subject to fog than any other place near San
Francisco. The summer fog, as it rolls in from the ocean, splits
on the western slope of Sausalito, part of it flowing in a line with
Angel Island towards the Berkeley shore, and part of it along
the southern slope of Mt. Tamalpais, leaving Belvedere, Corin-
thian Island and Raccoon Straits in the bright sunlight, while
the fog banks can be seen as a white wall both to the north and
the south.
There is very little available land about the shores of San
Francisco Bay that is desirable for homes, especially for those
who love boating and kindred sports. The Alameda and Contra
Costa shores of the bay are the lee shores and receive the full
brunt of the boisterous trade winds which lash the shoal waters
near the land into muddy waves, making boating both unpleas-
ant and dangerous. To the north of the city and in Marin
County the land from Sausalito to the entrance of the bay is a
Government reservation and will never be placed on the market.
The shores of Richardson's Bay are not at present convenient
to boat service and, aside from Belvedere and Corinthian Island,
there is little or no land near any ferry landing that possesses
the natural advantages, improvements and possibilities that are
offered on Corinthian Island. Concrete roads, pure water, tele-
phone service and electric light wires are already installed. It is
only ten minutes' walk from any point on the property to
Tiburon boats, and but forty-three minutes' ride to the foot of
Market Street.
On the point of Corinthian Island the Corinthian Yacht
Club has had its home for many years, and on any summer day
the white sails of its numerous fleet add to the charming scene,
as the trim yachts glide about the cove. Excellent fishing of all
kinds for bay fish, including salmon, the gamey striped bass,
rock fish and the toothsome silver smelt, is to be had in the cove.
There is probably no spot so accessible and in such close prox-
imity to any large city in the world that offers the attractions
of climate, magnificent scenery, fishing and boating as will here
be found.
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San Francisco, Cal.
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366 PACIFIC BUILDING
San Francisco, Cal.
/
Saturday, July 1, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SP0RT3MAN
Solano County Fair and Race Meeting
—- -FIRST ANNUAL FAIR
DIXON, CAL.
August 16, 17, 18 and 19, 1916.
ENTRIES CIOSE MONDAY, JULY lOth, 1916.
All Races Limited to Three Heats
RACE PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16th
2:20 Trotting $300
Free-for-AN Pacing 300
Start of Four-Day Relay Race for
Saddle Horses 200
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17th
2:10 Pacing $300
2:15 Trotting 300
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18th
2:20 Pacing $300
2:30 Trotting 300
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19th
2:13 Pacing $300
2:09 Trotting 300
-HALF MILE TRACK -
GENERAL CONDITIONS.
ALL RACES THREE HEATS — Money divided 25% to the first heat, 25% to the
second heat, 25% to the third heat, and 25% to the pace according to the rank in the
summary. Money in each division 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Should two or more
horses be tied for first place at the completion of the third heat, such horses only shall
contest in a fourth heat and money divided according to rank in the summary at the
termination of that heat. A horse having won the first two heats and drawn or dis-
tanced in the third heat shall not lose position in the summary.
Nominators have the right of entering two or more horses in any race by the pay-
ment of 2% additional on each horse, but only one of the horses so entered to be
started in the race, and the starter is to be named by 5 o'clock P. M. the day before the
race is to take place.
Usual 5% additional from winners.
The Association reserves the right to declare two starters a walkover. When only
two start they may contest for the entrance money paid in. divided 66 2-3% to the first,
and 33 1-3% to the second horse. A horse distancing the field shall be entitled to first
and fourth money only and in no other case will a horse be entitled to more than
one money.
The Association reserves the right to change the hour and day of any race, except
when it becomes necessary to antedate a race, in which instance the nominators will
receive three days' notice by mail to address of entry.
The right reserved to-reject any or all entries and declare off or postpone any or
all races on account of weather or other sufficient cause.
Entries not declared out by 5 o'clock P. M. the day preceding the race shall be
required to start and declarations must be in writing and made at the office of the
Secretary at the track.
The Association reserves the right to start any heat after the fourth score, regard-
less of the position of the horses.
Any horse that started in 1915 without improving its record, equalling its record,
and not winning a race, shall be entitled to one second.
Address all communications to the Secretary.
A. C. MADDEN, Secretary, Dixon, Cal.
State Agricultural Society
WILL GIVE THE FOLLOWING
TWO-YEAR-OLD RAOES
At th« California State Fair— Sacramento, Sept. 2nd to 9th, inclusive
2 Year Old Trot $500.00
2 Year Old Pace $500.00
ENTRIES CLOSE JULY 1, 1916
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS: — 2 per cent July 1st, 1 per cent August 1st, and
2 per cent before 5 o'clock the night before the race.
CONDITIONS
Races will be mile heats, 2 in 3, not to exceed three heats, and if not decided in
two heats, will be finished at the end of the third heat and money divided according
to rank in summary. Money divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent.
Nominators have the right of entering two or more horses in any race by the pay-
ment of 2 per cent additional on each horse, but only one of the horses so entered to be
started in the race, and the starter is to be named by 5 o'clock P. M. the day before
the race is to take place. Usual 5 per cent additional from money winners.
The Society reserves the right to declare two starters a walkover. When only two
start they may contest for the entrance money paid in. divided 66 2-3 per cent to the
first, and 33 1-3 per cent to the second horse. A horse distancing the field shall be enti-
tled to first and fourth money only and in no other case will a horse be entitled to
more than one money.
Distance 150 yards.
The Society reserves the right to change the hour and day of any race, except
when it becomes necessary to antedate a race, in which instance the nominators will
receive three days' notice by mail to address of entry.
The right reserved to reject any or all entries and declare off or postpone any or
all races on account of weather or other sufficient cause.
Entries not declared out by 5 o'clock P. M. the day preceding the race shall be
required to start and declaration must be in writing and made at the office of the
Secretary at the track.
CHAS. W. PAINE, Secretary. JOHN M. PERRY, President.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 1, 1916
OREGON INTERSTATE CHAMPIONSHIP
AND OTHER TOURNAMENT HONORS
, WON BY USERS OF
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ALBANY, ORE., May 15-16
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f Interstate Championship, 98 ex 100, Mr.
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gh Amateur Average, 384 ex 400, Mr. P. H. O'Brien
L High General Average, 387 ex 400, Messrs. H. E. Poston and L. H. Reid (tie)
200 ex 200 — Score of Mr. J. E. Dickey at Jamestown, N. D., June 11-12— High General Average
145 ex 150 — Score of Mr. M. A. Nashold at Jamestown, N. D., June 11-12, High Amateur Average
,,. . -, , .„ „, _A L _. ^ (High Professional Average — 468 ex 500, George Burt
Victor, Colo., June 12-14, State Shoot } Spalding Medal— 243 ex 250, George Burt
Western Handicap )1nn c-rRAirwT f Scored on Practice Day by, Messrs. C. B. Eaton and W. R. Crosby,
Omaha, June 13-15 ) luu OIMIOnl 1. winning both High Amateur and High Professional Averages
Syracuse, N. Y., June 13-15, State Shoot — N. Y. State Handicap won by Mr. F. Kapp, 97 ex 100 — 19 yards
Eau Claire, Wis. — High General Average — Mr. C. E. Robbins, 144 ex 150
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MICHIGAN STATE SHOOT
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IDAHO STATE SHOOT
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INDIANA STATE SHOOT
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NORTH DAKOTA STATE SHOOT
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VOLUME LXIX. NUMBER 2.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1916
Subscription — $3.00 Per Year
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 8, 1916
REOPENED——
and LATE CLOSING EVENTS
North Pacific Fair Association
GOOD TRACKS :: SHORT SHIPS :: FAIR PURSES
-0-
VANCOUVER, B. C, EXHIBI-
TION
August 14—19
H. S. ROL,STON, Secretary
TO CLOSE JULY 15th
3% to Enter and '7% from Money- Winners.
2:10 Pace or 2:05 Trot— 3 in 5 $500
Three-year-old Trot (B. C. Horses).. 200
2:15 Pace 700
Three-year-old Pace (B. C. Horses).. 200
2:12 Trot 500
2:25 Pace 500
2:25 Trot— 3 in 5 700
TO CLOSE AUGUST 1.
5% to Enter and 5% from Money Winners.
2:20 Pace $500
2:24 Trot (B. C. Horses) 200
2:15 Trot 500
2:30 Pace 300
2:20 Trot — Open 300
2:18 Pace 500
2:15 Pace (B. C. Horses).'. 200
Except where specified, races are on
three heat plan.
Running races every day — Overnight en-
tries^— Send for special schedule.
THE SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON FAIR
Chehalis, Wash.
Aug. 28th— Sept. 2nd
CEO. R. WALKER, Secretary
TO CLOSE AUGUST 14th.
5% to Enter — 5% Deductions.
500
500
500
500
2:20 Pace 7
2:15 Trot
2:12 Trot
2:15 Pace
2:20 Trot
ALL ON THREE HEAT PLAN.
Two Running Races Every Day-
night entries.
THE GRAYS HARBOR
COUNTY FAIR
Elma, Wash., Sept. 6-7-8-9-10
J. B. KIRKALDIE, Secretary
SPOKANE INTERSTATE
FAIR
Spokane, Wash.
Sept. 4-9
T. S. GRIFFITH, President
EVENTS CLOSING AUGUST 14th.
5% to Enter — 5% Deductions.
2:12 Trot— Three Heats $750
2:25 Trot — Three Heats 750
2:15 Trot— Three Heats 750
2:20 Trot — Three Heats 750
2:15 Pace— Three Heats 750
2:20 Pace— Three Heats 750
WASHINGTON STATE FAIR
September 18 to 23, 1916
North Yakima, Washington
FRANK MEREDITH, Secretary
(Mile Track)
CLOSING AUGUST 14th.
2:25 Trot — Three heat plan $500
2:08 Pace— 3 in 5 700
2:12 Trot— 3 in 5 700
2:30 Trot — Three heat plan 500
2:10 Pace — Three heat plan 600
Free-for-all Pace — 3 in 5 700
Three per cent to enter — seven pep cent
from money winners.
CLOSING SEPTEMBER 4th.
2:15 Trot — Three heat plan $600
2:15 Pace — Three heat plan 600
2:20 Trot — Three heat plan 600
2:20 Pace — Three heat plan 500
All three heat plan. Five per cent to
enter and five per cent from money win-
ners. Running races every day except
Monday. Overnight events. Other condi-
tions same as before.
THE OREGON STATE FAIR
Salem, Oregon
Sept. 25-30
A. H. LEA, Secretary
(Mile Track)
EVENTS CLOSING AUGUST 23rd.
5% to Enter — 5% Deductions — 7 entries;
5 Starters.
2:20 Trot $250
2:25 Pace 250
2:30 Trot 250
2:15 Pace 250
2:15 Trot 250
2:18 Pace 250
Free-For-AI) Trot 250
Free-For-All Pace 250
EVENTS CLOSING AUGUST 6th.
3% to Enter— 7% Deductions.
2:12 Trot (Three in Five) $2000
2:25 Trot (Three Heat Plan) 600
TO CLOSE SEPTEMBER 11th.
5% to Enter — 5% Deductions.
2:10 Pace (Three Heats) $750
2:15 Trot (Three Heats) 700
2:18 Pace (Three Heats) 750
Three-year-old Trot (Three Heats)... 400
Three-year-old Pace (Three Heats)... 400
3-Minute Trot (Farmers' Race, 2 In 3) 200
2:20 Pace (Three Heats) 750
2:18 Trot (Three Heats) 700
F. F, A. Pace (Three Heats) 750
Consolation Trot and Pace — In two-
year-old races Z% entrance money will be
added to purses.
HALF MILE TRACKS EXCEPT WHERE NOTED.
Each Fair Offers List of Running Races and Special Events.
Send for Details.
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SIXTY HEAD REGISTERED BULLS
from Eighteen months to Two and One-Half Years Old
Now Available
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY FAIR and RACE MEETING
BINGHAMTON,
N. Y.
RIVERSIDE, CAL.
Fair Dates: October 10th to 14th, Inclusive
Programme of Harness Races
Entries Close Tuesday, August 1st, 1916
ALL RACES LIMITED TO THREE HEATS.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10th
2:30 Class Trotting $ 300.00
2:18 Class Pacing 1000.00
Matinee Prizes
5a-Mi!e Run 200.00
(4-Mile Run 50.00
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11th
2:23 Class Pacing $300.00
2:14 Class Trotting 400.00
Matinee Prizes
3 + -Mile Run 75.00
i/i-Mile Run 50.00
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13th
2:20 Class Trotting $1000.00
Free-for-All Pace 500.00
($50.00 added money for each-
starter over four)
COND
Matinee Prizes
1 Mile Run 500.00
Vz Mile Run 75.00
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14th
7. 2:14 Class Pacing $300.00
8. Free-for-All Trot 500.00
($50.00 added money for each
starter over four)
SPECIAL HARNESS EVENTS
% Mile Run $100.00
Vz Mile Run 50.00
Special for non -winners In %
and 1 mile races.
Entry blanks and conditions for running
races furnished on application to the Sec-
retary.
ITIONS.
Member National Trotting Association. Entries close August 1st
Horses to be named with entry and be eligible when entries close.
All matinee entries will be classed by a classification committee prior to the
opening day of the races. ,..,.,
All races (except matinees), three heats, every heat a race; money to be divided,
as follows: Twenty-five per cent of the purse to be paid on each heat, and twenty-five
per cent to the winner of the race according to his rank in the summary. Should
two or more horses be tied for the first place at the completion of the third heat, such
horses only shall contest in a fourth heat and money divided according to rank in the
summary at the termination of this heat. (Under this arrangement, according to the
rules adopted by the National Trotting Association, of which this Association is a
member, only the horse winning the race would take a mark.)
Heat purses will be divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent.
Any race not filling satisfactorily to the Association may be declared off.
In case class in which horse is entered does not fill, entry may be transferred to
any race to which it is eligible, subject to the approval of the nominator.
Entrance fee five per cent to start. Three per cent due and payable when entries
close, and two per cent before starting.
An additional five per cent of the division will be deducted from money winners.
Nominators have the right of entering two or more horses in one ownership in
any race by the payment of two per cent additional, but only one horse so entered
shall be started in the race; the starter to be named by 4 o'clock p. m. the day before
the race is to take place.
A horse may be entered in two classes and be held for but one entry fee (entry
fee in larger purse will be charged), provided only one start is made.
A distanced horse in any heat will be entitled to money already won. There will
be no more money than there are starters.
Entries not declared out by 4 o'clock p. m. on the day preceding the race shall be
required to start and declarations must be made in writing at the office of the Secre-
tary on the grounds.
The Association reserves the right to change the order of the program; also to
start any heat after the fourth score regardless of the position of the horses; also to
reject any and all entries and declare off or postpone any or all races on account of
the weather or other sufficient cause.
Address all communications to
O. P. SANDERS, Secretary, Box 533, Riverside, California.
Saturday, July S, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast.
(Established 1882.)
Published every Saturday.
F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor.
THE RENO RACE MEETING.
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DATES OF FAIRS.
CALIFORNIA.
Monterey Co. Fair at Salinas July 10-11
Sonoma. Marin. Mendocino and Humboldt Fair,
(P C. T. H. B. A. Meeting) at Santa Rosa, Aug. 9-12
Solano Co. Fair at Dixon Aug. 16-19
Yolo Co. Fair at Woodland Aug. 23-26
California State Fair at Sacramento Sept. 2- 9
Alameda Co. Fair at Pleasanton Sept. 13-16
Ventura Co. Fair at Ventura Sept. 13-16
Community Fair at Ripon Sept. 15-16
Fresno Co. Fair at Fresno Sept. 26-30
Kings Co. Fair at Hanford Oct. 2- 7
Riverside Co. Fair at Riverside Oct. 10-14
Kern County Fair at Bakersfield Oct. 24-28
ARIZONA.
Arizona State Fair at Phoenix Nov. 13-18
NORTH PACIFIC FAIR ASSOCIATION.
Vancouver, Can., Exhibition at Vancouver Aug. 14-19
Southwest Washington Fair at Chehalis. Aug. 28-Sept. 2
Interstate Fair at Spokane Sept. 4- 9
Grays Harbor Co. Fair at Elma Sept. 6-10
Walla Walla Co. Fair at Walla Walla Sept 11-13
Washington State Fair at North Yakima Sept. 18-23
Oregon State Fair at Salem Sept. 25-30
INTER-MOUNTAIN FAIR CIRCUIT.
Montpelier, Idaho August 14
Rexburg. Idaho August 21
Blackfoot. Idaho August 28
LaGrande. Oregon September 4
Baker. Oregon September 11
Ontario, Oregon September IS
Boise, Idaho September 25
Salt Lake, Utah October 2
GRAND CIRCUIT.
Cleveland, Ohio July 17-22
Detroit, Mich July 24-29
Kalamazoo, Mich July 31- Aug. 5
Grand Rapids, Mich Aug. 7-12
Columbus, Ohio Aug. 14-19
Cleveland, Ohio Aug. 21-26
Poughkeepsie. N. Y Aug. 28-Sept. 2
Hartford, Conn Sept 4- 9
Syracuse, N. Y. Sept. 11-16
Columbus, Ohio Sept. 18-30
Lexington. Ky Oct. 2-14
Atlanta, Ga Oct 16-21
GREAT WESTERN CERCUIT.
North Randall, Ohio July 17-22
Detroit, Mich J July 24-29
Peoria, ni July 31- Aug. o
Galesburg. Ill Aug. 7-12
Burlington, la Aug. 14-19
Omaha. Neb Aug. 21-26
Des Moines, la Aug. 25-31
Hamline, Minn Sept. 4-9
Milwaukee, Wis Sept 11-25
Springfield, 111 Sept. 18-22
Sedalia, Mo Sept 25-30
EVERY OWNER of a horse in training for harness
racing should make it a point to enter in the $300
purses which have been hung up by the Solano
County Fair Association tor its first annual race
meeting. It is true the purses are not large, but they
are as large as this association, making its maiden
effort at holding a fair and race meeting, feels it can
afford to offer, and as there are no strings on them
but an assurance that they will be paid in full, the
association should have all the encouragement and
assistance that a liberal entry list can give. We ask
every horse owner to enter in these Dixon events who
possibly can, and can assure them a most hearty
welcome at the daily town and four days of racing
under a management that will play no favorites but
give each and every horseman the very fairest of
treatment. Entries for the eight events will close
Monday next, July 10th. See that your entries are
mailed in time. The entire program is in our adver-
tising columns.
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Will Durfee writes that Peter Me, Captain Shaw's
great trotting stallion by Peter the Great which he
drove in 2:03ȣ at Lexington last fall, worked a mile
at North Randall last week in 2:06>4 and "simply
jogged."
[From our special correspondent.]
Reno. New. July 5.— It may be the war scare — or
a scare of some other nature— but all the bettt:
of horses which had been racing at Tijuana are sta-
bled at Reno and perfonning in the greatest race
meeting in the history of the sport in Nevada, or, as
a matter of fact, in the West. There are blooded
animals racing here that came from Kentucky and
other Middle Western points, as well as from other
states in the Union.
But to get to the present meeting, it must be said
that opening day here proved a success beyond all
expectations. The attendance was big, a large sum
was wagered, weather conditions were agreeable and
the horses performed well, while the officials must
be lauded for their efforts to give the public the best
game possible.
As an evidence of the determination of the officials
to rid the sport of any unfair or shady methods, one
Jockey Denny has been indefinitely suspended and
probably will have his license revoked for "pulling"
the most open foul ever attempted on a race track.
It occurred in the fourth race, the Opening Handicap,
the feature of the day's card, valued at $1000. Bank
had been made the favorite by the public and looked
the class of the race, although Ed Cudihee, out of
the A. Neal stable, appeared to have a good chance.
Loftus, also another contender for first money, had
a good play and it looked like a three-horse race.
Cudihee and Bank got off in front, racing like a team
to the stretch turn, where, according to Jockey Thur-
ber, the boy Denny grabbed his saddle and otherwise
interfered with his mount. Not being satisfied with
this stj-le of riding, he threw his mount against Cudi-
hee. who had the rail, thus causing the two horses
to slow up and allow Rose Marian, a rank outsider
and a long shot, to annex the purse and the honor
that goes with winning the Opening Handicap.
The other six races were all interesting, as well as
satisfactory to all concerned. The crowd was orderly
and from indications the present meeting will eclipse
anything ever attempted here.
Among the famous stables at the track are the
horses owned by C. W. Clark, son of ex-Senator
Clark, the Montana millionaire; those owTied by
George Wingfield. Nevada man of wealth; George
Van Gordon. J. H. Rossiter, John Lowe and others.
Bronco Bill Anderson, the king of the movies, and
who has taken over a string of thoroughbreds, is on
the ground. He is on his way to New York from San
Francisco regarding affairs of his picture enterprise.
J. J. Holtman, who is acting as presiding steward,
expressed the opinion that "Reno will have the great-
est race meeting in the history of the sport in the
West."
Mont Blanc, an imported two-year-old ,the property
of George Wingfield, died of pneumonia here yester-
day. The baby was of English breeding, by Grey Leg
out of Binina.
The horse Darkey which had been ruled off at Ti-
juana "for a strange race," has been blacklisted here.
Likewise, Jockey Washer who had the mount at
Tijuana must also seek other fields to reap his wealth.
Jockey Warren also has been told that his presence
is not wanted in Reno.
The low cost of feed and the absence of excessive
duties on necessaries of life have impressed the
horsemen that they are "free and equal" under the
stars and stripes.
$16,000 in Purses at Phoenix.
The speed program for the Arizona State Fair, to
be held November 13th to 18th, 1916, has been issued.
There are five $1000 open purses for trotters and
three of the same value for pacers. These are for
the free-for-all, 2:09, 2:12, 2:18 and 2:27 trotters and
for the free-for-all, 2:07. and 2:12 pacers. Besides
these there are six events for Arizona horses, four of
which are colt races. Entries to the open races need
not be made until October 1st, but horses may be
entered at any time and records made after entry is
made, or prior to July 8th, will be no bar. It only
costs three per cent to enter. Seven per cent addi-
tional will be taken from winners of first money, six
per cent from winners of second money, five per cent
from third and four per cent from fourth. All races
on the three heat plan, $200 to first heat. $300 to sec-
ond heat and $400 to third heat. Of the extra $100
$50 to horse standing best in the summary and $50 to
his driver.
Four thousand dollars is to be given for running
races. Entries for these will close the evening previ-
ous to the race, and the entry fee will be five per
cent of the purse. Five entries are required to fill
and three to start. Money divided 60, 25 and 15 per
cent and no deduction from money winners.
The Arizona State Fair is located at Phoenix, Ari-
zona. The grounds are almost within the city limits.
Phoenix is the capital of the State and has a popula-
tion of nearly 30,000. The grounds are only a few
minutes' ride from the heart of the city by street car
or auto stage .
There are two tracks— a mile track upon which all
the harness races are held, and a half mile track
upon which the running races, cowboy relay races,
Indian races, and special programs are featured. The
Derby races, however, are run on the mile track.
Both are regulation tracks and rank among the best
in the United States.
Will Durfee Reports from North Randall Track.
In a business letter written by W. G. Durfee to
om Cleveland, Ohio, that popular Califor-
nia horseman says: "Our outfit arrived here In good
shape June loth, since which time we have had
pretty much all rainy weather. Have had to work
between showers and the horses are pretty near
ready. As a matter of fact my outfit are not as far
along in their work as the Eastern and Southern con-
tingent.
•I figured on good weather to put the finishing
touches on and this wise Eastern "bunch" took no
chances, but seized every opportunity. I am now
converted to their theory and will never again trust
Jupiter Pluvius. (Good enough for any one who goes
asleep at the post.)
"Will send you a clipping so you can get an idea
of how they are going here. It seems that about
every available express car has been commandeered
for the use of transporting troops and supplies to the
border, consequently some of the big Eastern stables
will be compelled to ship by freight. Well: that beats
walking! Tried my hand on the 'twice arounds" at
Marion last Thursday but "wasn't there" so will prob-
ably make our next start at Cleveland. Lots of fast
horses this year and whatever enthusiasm I enjoyed
early in the year is gone. I expect to return to Cal-
ifornia some time in November, much wiser (and
poorer).
"Please take good care of my friend 'Challie' Dur-
fee and if you can pull him through in a few of those
stakes by all means do so as that will help make my
walk shorter."
The "clipping" referred to in the Durfee letter is
from a Cleveland paper and is as follows:
"W. G. Durfee, the well known California trainer,
stepped the sweet going pacing mare White Sox
2:05Vi a mile in 2:05 at North Randall yesterday
morning. This performance indicates that White Sox
will be extremely troublesome when the flyers meet
at North Randall two weeks hence. Judging from
her present form it will take a mighty fast pacer to
beat the California mare in the 2:05 class at the
Grand Circuit inaugural."
Will Race at Santa Rosa.
Following are the entries received for the three
$500 purses to be contested at the Pacific Coast
Trotting Horse Breeders' meeting at Santa Rosa in
August. All three races were declared filled:
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 9.
No. 2—2:09 Class Trotting — $500.
Bon Cres. bl h by Bon Voyage — Kate Kopje by Cr
J. J. Campbell.
Harold C b g by Bon Voyage — by Silver Bow. H. Cohen.
Albaloma. b g by Almaden D. — Loma B. by Stani B.
S. H. Cowell. •
John Mack, b g by Geo. A. Fuller — Ida Purple by Cutting.
S. H. Cowell.
Pavana. bl h by Stanford McKinney — Strathalie by
Strathway. M. L. Woy.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 10.
No. 6 — 2:10 Class Pacing — $500.
A. B. C. bl g by Young Monterey — Rosalie by Dudlry.
W. B. Alford.
Pointer's Daughter, b m by Star Pointer — Banker's
Daughter by Arthur Wilkes. Blosser & Flnley.
Soumise, br ni by Billy Dunlap— Cricket Basler by Robert
Easier. R. L. Friend.
Maxine, b m by Jim Logan — Trilby Mall by Black Ralph,
Jr. Miss Maxine Montgomery-
Silver Tips, b g by Morris A. — Ramoi.a K. by Gaviota.
J. E. Short.
Hal Paxton. b h by Hal B. — Coltie by Altamont. Fr,-d
Woodcock.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 12.
No. 10—2:12 Class Trotting — $500.
Bon Cres, bl h by Bon Voyage — Kate Kopje by Cr^
J. J. Campbell.
Harold C-, b g by Bon Voyage — by Silver Bow. H
John .Mack, b s bv Geo. A. Fuller — Ida Purple by Cutting.
S. H. Cowell.
Columbia T.. b m by Bon Guy — May T. by M
Chas. F. Silva.
Ella Mac. b m by Tom Smith — Kate Lutnry by Shadeland
Onward. Jas. W. Zibbell.
A Seven Heat Race at Bakersfield.
A race meeting was held at Bakersfield on the
Fourth of July at which there was an attendance
estimated at ten thousand. The races consisted of
motorcycle contests, three running races and one
harness event. The latter was half mile heals, best
three in five and was for both trotters and pacers.
First money was $200, second $100, third $60 and
fourth $25. There were eight starters and by agree-
ment all horses remained in until after the sixth
heat. The race went to seven heats and was hotly
contested throughout. The following summary' of
the race has been sent us by Secretary Clatlin. The
time was not given:
Babe (Delani > > 6 - 1 2 1 4 1
Stlck-ln-the-Mud (Townsend) 4 6
Zomar (Donlan) l l " ■
Mollle (I.iKKell) 3 4 2 4 4 3
Dolly Varden (McCart) :' 7 I
(GUI) 7 ;; I
(Hartman) 5 6 '
Nan Patterson IllcVuyl t 1 8 i I <
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Germany Is a little smaller than the states of Illi-
nois, Indiana. Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky taken
together. According to Prof. Henry O. Bell of the
Soil Improvement Committee, these Ave stai.
some 91,000.000 acres of improved land: G<
has 82,000,000 acres. The five stai>
18,000.000 people; Germany main:,
the population In the five states 9,000.000 are farin^rs;
in Germany there are 13.000,000 fanners. The five
oentral states produce wheat at tbi 8 bush-
els per acre; Germany's average . The
five states produce 1,827,060 tons of potatoes, while
Germany produces 44,220,213 tons.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 8, 1916
Harness Horses and Horsemen
Sale of Suisun Stock Farm Twc-Year-Olds.
The annual sale of colts and fillies bred by Rush
& Haile, proprietors of the Suisun Stock Farm, which
came off at Suisun last Saturday, was a "slaughter of
the innocents. " It was a day of bad luck for this
well known breeding farm but should prove a lucky
day for the buyers as they did not have to pay a
third of what any colt or filly was worth, and there is
not a buyer but can sell today at a profit if he so
desires. As the twelve aead of two-year-olds were
being driven into Suisun from the farm, an automo-
bile crashed in amongst them on the road, knocking
three of them down and injuring two so they were
sent back to the ranch and not offered at the sale.
The colts then broke for the fields and it was nearly
time for the sale to begin before all were rounded up
and brought in. There were very few buyers present,
and the bidding was slow and unspirited, but as Rush
i Haile never have any by-bidding, no matter how
highly they value the animals bred at Suisun Stock
Farm, they are sold to the highest bidder, and every
animal offered was disposed of. Of the ten head of
of two-year-olds offered seven were by Montbaine and
three by Demonio. The first one offered was a likely
looking filly by Montbaine out of that great brood
mare Minerva, dam of three with records below 2:11,
by Guy Wilkes. The best bid that could be got by
Auctioneer Martin was §42.50 and for that ridiculous
price she went to D. S. Robinson of Solano county.
Another filly was then sold for $32.50, another for
$25, another for $32.50, and another for $30, until
No. 6, a nice bay filly by Demonio out of Mamie
Airlie by Prince Airlie was offered. She brought $50,
the highest price paid for any of the ten two-year-olds,
and the buyer was C. A. Harrison, who had never
seen the filly, her sire or dam, but bought her be-
cause he had concluded he would like to own a filly
by Demonio. A Suisun horseman who said on look-
ing at the bunch that this filly, No. 6, was the best
one in the consignment, started her at $30, and
stopped at $47.50, so she was knocked down to the
$50 bid of Mr. Harrison's representative.
After the Rush & Haile two-year-olds were dis-
posed of a mare by Prince Ansel with a splendid
suckling colt at foot by Demonio was sold for $100,
and a big three-year-old gelding by Montbaine out of
the Prince Ansel mare went for $52.50.
There were no buyers present from outside Solano
county, except Mr. Harrison's representative. It was
the poorest sale ever held by Suisun Stock Farm, but
Mr. Rush stated that he had implicit faith in the
future of the horse business and would keep on breed-
ing and holding annual sales. Every buyer surely
got a bargain as there was not a poor looking young-
ster in the bunch. The sales of the Suisun Stock
Farm two-year-olds were as follows:
Bay filly, foaled 1914, by Montbaine, dam Minerva
by Guy WHkes, $42.50.
Bay filly, foaled 1914, by Montbaine, dam Edna
Earle by Demonio, $32.50.
Brown gelding, foaled 1914, by Demonio, dam Co-
rinne by California Nutwood, $25.
Black filly, foaled 1914, by Montbaine, dam Nellie
T. by Dawn, $32.50.
Bay filly, foaled 1914, by Montbaine, dam Caromia
by Demonio, $30.
Bay filly, foaled 1914, by Demonio, dam Mamie
Airlie by Frince Airlie, $50.
Chestnut filly, foaled 1914, by Montbaine, dam Nor-
monlo by Demonio, $37.50.
Bay gelding, foaled 1914, by Demonio, dam Cora-
sham by Athashani, $30.
Bay gelding, foaled 1914, by Montbaine, dam Laura
Demonio by Demonio, $30.
Bay gelding, foaled 1914, by Montbaine, dam Eva
Demonio by Demonio, $40.
Putting the Dixon Track in Shape.
Lou Mativia, who has charge of Dixon's half mile
track, says he will have it in as fine shape as he
knows how to put it in when the fair is held in the
latter part of August. The world's record for a half
mile on a half mile track is 1:00% and the Dixon
track record is only a half second slower, or 1:01%.
Mativia is working three or four pacers and trotters
at this track at the present time and says he has a
two-year-old hoppled pacer by Del Dudley's good Nut-
wood Wilkes stallion Palite out of a mare by Dictatus
that he thinks is about as good a prospect as Dixon
track ever stabled and that is pretty strong language
as such whirlwinds as Mona Wilkes 2:03Ii, Del Rey
2:03% and a host of others In the 2:10 list got their
early lessons over the Dixon "twice around." Mativia
has worked this two-year-old a mile in 2:22, a half in
1:07 and an eighth in 15 seconds. This promising
youngster is a chestnut gelding and is the. property
of Roy Mayes.
Bud Shouse, of Vallejo, is the owner of a four-year-
old pacing mare that Mativia is giving a little work
this spring that acts as if she would do to race. She
is by The Iceman and her dam is by Ribbonwood.
She is a nice looking bay mare with a world of nat-
ural speed.
The pride of Mativia's heart is the four-year-old
'.rotting stallion Healani 56150 that is his own prop-
erty. This fellow is 16% hands and weighs 1250
pounds, is a beautiful black with white ankles and
moves like a real trotter. He has shown a mile in
2:24, a half in 1:09 and trotted an eighth in 15 sec-
onds, a. two-minute gait. He was sired by Zolock
2:05% and his dam is Queen Derby 2:06% (registered
as Doublea) by Chas. Derby, second Addie Ash, dam
of three in the list, by Indianapolis, third dam a pro-
ducing mare by Ashland Chief, fourth a dam of two,
by Capt. Walker, fifth dam by Brown Pilot and sixth
dam thoroughbred. There is a great speed inher-
itance in this stallion's veins and with the great speed
he has he should make a great sire. While both his
sire and dams took fast records as pacers, Healani
is a square trotter and if given the opportunity will
take a fast mark at that gait
Others that Mativia has in his string are a three-
year-old by Palite, dam by Don Marvin, and a yearling
by Healani, out of a mare by Dictatus.
Splendid Racing in Golden Gate Park.
One of the largest crowds ever seen at San Fran-
cisco's three-quarter mile trotting track assembled
on July 4th to witness a program of five races that
furnished as good sport as is seen on any regulation
circuit meeting. The contests were good and the
times fast. Harold Cohen carried off the honors of
the day by winning both the free-for-alls, the pace
with Vera Hal and the trot with Harold C. In the
pace Bold Harry Aerolite captured the first heat in
the good time of 2:09%, although he was a lame
horse. He forced Vera Hal to a break in the stretch
and won rather handily, but in the next two heats
Vera was not to be denied and won by a length each
time, although it was a contest all the way. The
time, 2 : 08 and 2 : 09, showed that there is class among
these matinee horses.
George Giannini's Ella M. R. managed to win one
heat of the free-for-all trot but Harold C. won the
other heats with a different horse second each time.
Results :
First race — 2:20 trot: three-quarter mile heats:
Eirdeye (A. Combatalade) 12 1
Minequa (M. Ford) 4 13
Darby Mac (Joe MeTigue) 3 3 2
Matawan (J. MeNamara) 2 4 4
Time— 1:46, 1:44%. 1:47.
Second race — 2:20 pace; mile heats:
Silver Logan (D. Healey) 1 1
Dibble Wilkes (S. Benson) 2 3
Rosa O (J. J. Ryan) 5 2
Black Mack (L. A. Gielow) 4 4
Time— 2:20%, 2:21.
Third race — Free-for-all pace; mile heats:
Vera Hal (H. Cohen) 2 11
Bold Harry Aerolite (G. R. Machado) 12 2
Bradmont (G. J. Giannini) 3 3 5
W. J. K (TV. J. Kenney) 4 4 3
Pointer Belle (J. M. Kldd) 5 5 4
Time— 2:09%, 2:08, 2:09.
Fourth race — Free-for-all trot; mile heats:
Harold C (H. Cohen) 12 1
Ella M. R (G. J. Giannini) 4 13
Toncalla (A. Giovannetti) 3 3 2
Merrvlina (J. A. Wilkens) 2 4 4
Time— 2:14, 2:15, 2:15%.
Fifth race — 2:12 pace: mile heats:
Emma M (Wm. Malough) 1 1
J. C. Simpson (Frank Goulart) 2 4
Victor Pointer (D. Keating) 5 2
Senator H (J. M. Kidd) 4 3
King Pointer (H. Campodonico) 3 5
Lottie D (P. S. Vaughn) 6 7
Frank M (M. Ford) 7 6
Time— 2:14ti. 2:15.
Good Sport at Oakland.
Six races, in which nearly all the best roadsters in
Oakland were participants, were witnessed by a large
crowd at the half mile track near Peralta Park in
that city on the afternoon of July 4th. The free-for-
all pace, with three starters, was thought to be a
sure thing for the old campaigner, Little Dick 2:09%,
but the Searchlight pacer Allegro, owned by Mr. G.
Schreiber won the race in straight heats. -There was
but one race at mile heats and this was won by the
trotter Grand W. owned by the veteran A. L. Hinds
and was won in straight heats, the second in standard
time. Results :
First race — 2:15 mixed; half mile:
Teddy B (H. Buckley) 1 1
Just Mac (A. P. Stott) 3 2
Savannah (A. Reisman) 2 3
Tom Wilkes (H. Olsen) 4 4
Time— 1:19, 1:16.
Second race — 2:18 pace, half mile:
Hallie's Star (A. Edstrom) 2 11
Sleepy Dick (W. Rutherford) 12 2
Lena Lee (T. Le Banister) 3 3 3
Time— 1:15, 1:09. 1:12-.,.
Third race — Free-for-all; half mile:
Allegro (G. Schreiber) 1 1
Little Dick (A. P. Stott) 2 2
Burbank (R. Seale) 3 3
Time— 1:07, 1:08.
Fourth race — 2:20 mixed, one mile:
Grand W (A. L. Hinds) 1 1
Baby (Mrs. Carlisle) 2 2
Elsa Page (P. W. Bellingall) 3 3
Time — 2:32%, 2:30.
Fifth race — 2:30 class, half mile:
Molly (H. Medau) 2 11
Bell Sawyer (Al Hanks) 12 2
Rhoda (George Meader) 3 3 3
Teddy (G. Collins) 4 5 4
Dinty Murphy (J. V. Galindo) 5 4 5
Time — 1:15. 1:15, 1:16.
Sixth race — 2:35 class, half mile:
Babe (C. Pitts) 1 1
Dora's Boy (R. Seale) 2 2
Andy O (W. M. Ray) 3 3
Ida May (A. Newbaunier) 4 4
Time— 1:27, 1:24.
Judges — J. V .Mendenhall, Charles Miller; clerk, E. D.
Williams; timers, Fred Weuscher, F. W. Perkins, J. W.
Thomas; starters, Charley Durfee, Clair Woland.
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Joe Markey picked Hollyrood Kate (3) 2:11% as
the best trotter he saw at Lexington and says she is
the only trotter he has ever seen whose gait is strik-
ingly like that of Sonoma Girl 2:04%.
Petaluma Driving Club Holds Races.
An excellent program of trotting, pacing and run
ning races was enjoyed by a large crowd at Kenil- g
worth Park, Petaluma, on Sunday last, the day's
sport being under the auspices of the Petaluma Driv-
ing Club. The results were as follows:
First race, 2:30 trot — Mike M. (G. McGovern), first;
Pacific (L. Brubeck), second; Ned M. (L. Seguin), third.
Time— 2:35. 2:31, 2:37.
Second race, 2:30 pace — Peaches (John McGovern),
first: Billy P. (R. Healy). second; Glenwood Chief (E.
Milwrick). third. Time— 2:35. 2:24.
Third race, free-for-all-pace — Tom Murphy (George Syl-
via), first: Hamburg Belle (J. Dupont), second; Sarah C.
(Mrs. Morris), third. Time — 2:22. 2:33.
Fourth race, half mile pacing — Billy Van (J. Navaroni),
first; Grace McKinney (F. McGovern), second. Time —
1:09. 1:09.
Fifth race, three-eighths mile, running — Baby Neil (Sam
Pharis), first; Togo (Bugeia Bros.), second; Celia (Shultz),
third. Time — :37.
Sixth race, half mile, running — Sir Victor (Bugeia Bros.)
first; Alice M. (Shultz), second; King Abe (Bugeia Bros.),
third. Time — :52.
The officers were: R. A- McDonald, starter; judges,
G. P. Hall. K. V. McDonald. John Lawlor; timers, E. O.
Voyer and John Moore.
Forty-Seven Eligibles to Kentucky Futurity.
The only California bred record colt that is eligible
to start in the Kentucky Futurity this year is S. Chris-
tenson's Natal Day 2:13%, winner of two stakes in
California last year as a two-year-old. This son of
the ex-champion Wilbur Lou is in fine shape, but if
he goes to Kentucky to start in the $14,000 event for
three-year-old trotters he will have the fastest young-
sters in the world to meet. While it is folly to predict
just what a three-year-old will do it is a good betting
proposition that Wilbur Lou will get some of the
money if he starts. Of the 47 colts and fillies on
which payments were made in June, there are 36
with records as follows:
Name. Sire. Record.
Volga, Peter the Great .- 2:07%
Bingen Silk, Bingen 2:08%
Walnut Tree, Siliko 2:10%
Gen. Yorke, Gen. Watts 2:11%
Suldine, Worthy McKinney 2 : 12
Natal Day, Wilbur Lou 2:13%
Harrod's Creek, Gen. Watts 2:14%
Adele Block. J. M. Forbes 2:15
Expressive Lou, Atlantic Express 2:15
Nelly the Great, Caduceus the Great 2:1514
David Rankin, Bingen 2:16%
Meja, Peter the Great 2:17%
Sis Bing, Bingen 2:18
Jack Mooney, J. M. Forbes 2:18%
Sister Susan. Moko 2:19%
Peter Bing, Peter the Great 2:19%
Peter Mount, Peter the Great 2:19%
Emily Axworthy, Morgan Axworthy 2:20
Worthy Morgan, Morgan Axworthy 2:20
Atlantika, Atlantic Express 2:20%
Maple Tree, Siliko 2:21%
Anvilite, Anvil 2:22%
Bintara, Binjolla 2:22%
Lady South, Gen. Watts 2:22%
Bertron. Bertini 2:23
Stellamaris, Atlantic Express 2:23%
Lightsome Watts, Gen. Watts 2:23%
Native Judge, Justice Brooks 2:24%
Leading Spirit, San Francisco 2:25%
Balmaeaan, Northern Man 2:25%
Ida DeForest, The DeForest 2:26%
Barna, Bingara 2:26%
O' Mistis, Peter Wood 2:27%
Virginia Watts. Gen. Watts 2:27%
Sangaree, Peter the Great 2 :28
Harvest Note, San Francisco 2:28%
Incidental to this list it may be said that the
member with the slowest record — Harvest Note
2:28% — is a son of San Francisco (which sired the
champion three-year-old filly Mary Putney 2:05%),
while his dam is the dam of The Harvester 2:01,
champion trotting stallion.
Another one with a famous dam is Expressive Lou,
daughter of Lou Dillon 1:58%, champion trotting
mare. Native Judge is by Justice Brooke, the first
two-year-old stallion to beat 2:10 on the trot, and his
dam is Native Belle, the first filly to do the same
trick, her 2:07% mile at that age being a champion-
ship performance. Leading Spirit's dam is Great
Spirit (2:20 pacing, 2:11% trotting), which is a fam-
ous producer of early speed, among her foals being
Sweet Spirit 2:09% at three. Native Spirit 2:09% at
two, and Worthy Spirit 2:14% at two.
As Native Spirit and Sweet Spirit figured largely
in futurities their half sister may be "in the money,"
although her present record is slow. But Walter
Cox, who trains her, also had Mary Putney, to which
he gave a two-year-old record of but 2:24%, while at
three she was a champion with a 2:05% mark.
The Winnipeg Driving Club held a matinee June
10th, and among the winners was the four-year-old
filly Little Express, which was. bred, raised, trained
and driven to a two-year-old record of 2:20 by H. S.
Hogoboom when she won the trotting division of the
Breeders' Futurity at Salinas in 1914. Hiram sold
her at auction with several of his horses at the
DeRyder sale in this city last November and she was
slaughtered with the others, bringing but $145. She
won her race over the Winnipeg half mile track in
2:19% and 2:17%. The track was heavy from a rain
the previous night.
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Will DeRyder drove the Dunne-Lowery pacer Dicto
a mile in 2:10 at North Randall last week, the last
half in 1:04%.
Saturday, July S, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND 8PORT8MAN
Chicle Wins the Brooklyn Derby.
Harry Payne Whitney's Chicle led his field from
flag fall to finish at Acqueduct on June 28th, and won
the 27th running of the Brooklyn Derby. Chicle, with
a ten-pound advantage in weight over Mr. Belmont's
Friar Rock, who packed the full impost of 126 pounds,
sped over the new Derby distance of a mile and an
eighth in 1:513-5, considered good time for three-
year-olds carrying these weights. His win was an
easy one by three good lengths, but driven to a hard
finish behind the winner came Star Hawk, who had
come from fourth place in the field of six at the head
of the stretch to take second money from Churchill
by a scant half length. A length back of the third
horse Spur and Friar Rock were racing neck and
neck, with Whimsy last, ten lengths to the rear.
There was a feeling of disappointment throughout
the crowd of more than 12,000 racing enthusiasts wrho
had gone to the Aqueduct course to see Friar Rock
and Star Hawk and Spur and Chicle and Churchill
and Whimsey contest for honors in the classic event
for three-year-olds.
The win was so easy for Chicle that there was dis-
appointment because so many had thought that there
would be a whirlwind finish for first honors. And
again there was disappointment over the showing
made by Friar Rock, who had been called king of this
year's racers since his Brooklyn Handicap win of
Saturday previous. Others were disappointed because
they felt that with a better boy in the saddle A. K.
Macomber's Star Hawk might have made a better
race of it and been close enough to the first horse to
bring the thrilling finish that all hoped to see.
The excuse for Star Hawk was Jockey Garner, and
at that the colt, himself, seemed to run a bit sourly
at one stage. However, he was coming like the good
horse he is when the final running was being done.
It was at the turn into the stretch that Star Hawk's
chance for first place was lost, when he was given
several lengths the worst of it by a turn far wider
than a stronger and better boy than Garner would
have allowed.
As for Friar Rock, it may be said that while the
Brooklyn Handicap was run in a way to his own
peculiar liking, the Derby was one of another kind.
After showing his temper in the paddock before
they went to the post, Chicle tamed down when he
reached the barrier and Jockey Tommy McTaggart
kept him on his toes and ready for the word. Star
Hawk, another bad actor in the paddock enclosure,
continued his fretfulness at the post, and in one of
his repeated lunges he broke through the webbing.
When Mars Cassidy said the word the field was in
perfect order and they went away on even terms, with
Chicle, always a quick one to break, taking the lead
before they came in sight from out of the chute.
Friar Rock was in motion when the barrier went
up, but despite this slight advantage he immediately
began to fall back until when first seen by the crowd
in the stand he was well to the rear. Through the
backstretch they raced, with Chicle going easily un-
der wraps, and Tommy McTaggart simply jollying
him along. Loftus had Spur in second place, with
Star Hawk a close third and Whimsy also showing
lapped on these two. They were in these same posi-
tions as they raced around the turn for home.
Chicle was running so steadily and so well in front
that even at this stage it was shouted about the
stand that the race was all his own. Some still were
crying for Friar Rock to come on up, and others held
their breaths expectantly awaiting the move of Star
Hawk. As they came into the stretch Star Hawk was
taken to the outside, and the taking of this overland
route lost him some distance of ground, and in all
probability accounted for his not being alongside the
leader when they came to the finish.
As they thundered down the stretch Chicle opened
a further distance of a length, still being jollied along
by his rider and without one to challenge his courage.
Churchill had made a good turn and raced into second
position ahead of Spur and Star Hawk.
At this point Friar Rock was making his move —
but it was too late. Straightened out for home, Star
Hawk began to come on with that stretch-running
quality that made him talked about after the Ken-
tucky Derby, but it was not with the same great
burst of speed he showed at Louisville when he came
far from behind to second place.
Friar Rock was coming fast, but there were some
in front to keep him from cutting his way through.
The slashing part of the race was behind the winner
and not with him. It was Star Hawk fighting it out
for second place with Churchill and it was Star
Hawk who won that position.
Chicle is an imported colt, but is largely American
bred on the side of his dam. He is by the English
Derby winner Spearmint (son of the great Carbine).
His dam was Lady Hamburg II., by Hamburg out of
Lady Frijoles by St. Simon.
Mr. A. J. Joyner of New York has imported a
brown yearling from England that is said to be a
particularly attractive individual and combines the
blood of Isonomy, St. Simon and Minting. He is by
Phaleron, a good son of Gallinule.
Successful Opening at Reno.
There has been splendid racing and a large attend-
ance at the meeting of the Reno Fair and Racing
Association which opened last Saturdav and is to
continue for 19 days. The fields have not been large,
but the horses are of good class and the pari mutuals
are heavily patronized. About .$40,000 passed through
the machines on the Fourth of July when at least
6000 were in attendance. The Independence handi-
cap, purse $1000, was won by Loftus, carrying 116
pounds ,top weight, with C. W. Clark's Rose Marian
second and George Wingfield's Bank third. The dis-
tance was one mile and the time 1:40.
On Wednesday, the 5th, H. Phillips, an apprentice
under contract to Les Galbraith, won everv race on
the card, the winners being Fancy Feathers, Gertrude
B., Make Good, Milton Barber. Mary J. and Cordie F.
The odds paid on the winners by the machines are
much better than could be obtained were the wager-
ing done in books. The longest odds were on Wed-
nesday when the mutuals paid $86 on Make Good,
owned by Mr. J. H. Rossiter of San Francisco, and
trained by Al Farrell. Many San Franciscans are in
attendance at the races, and everything points to one
of the best meetings ever held at Reno.
George Wingfield has lost his good two-year-old
imported Mont Blanc. The colt, died soon after being
taken from the car in which he was shipped to Reno
from Tiajuana. He was a high class colt and very
fast.
Salinas Has an Outlaw Burro.
Salinas, June 27. — "Curly" Smith, champion wild
bull and outlaw bronco rider, was handed the surprise
of his life at the race track here this morning, when
he attempted to ride a diminutive burro, brought in
from the Tularcitos country last week and christened
"Pancho Villa."
"Pancho" was picked up with a band of outlaw
horses that are to be used here during the Original
California Rodeo, July 12 to 16. He was brought into
the corral at the race track as a joke, but when
Smith mounted him for the amusement of his fellow
vaqueros, the little burro proved himselv even more
formidable than the worst of the herd of outlaw-
horses and bulls now pastured at the track.
Smith managed to stick to the burro's back for
just three seconds and then landed on the top of his
head with such force that his companions thought
for a moment that he had broken his neck. A second
attempt to ride the burro also proved disastrous for
the vaquero, who after being thrown the second time,
offered to wager any cow-puncher present that he
could not stay on the animal's back.
There were no takers and now "Pancho" will be
kept to test the mettle of visiting cowboys during
Rodeo week. A purse will be offered by the Rodeo
committee to any vaquero who can master the little
animal and as he looks anything but formidable, it
is probable that visitors at the Rodeo will be given
the opportunity to witness many a rider meet his
Waterloo.
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When the country is at peace and horses are being
purchased for the army, great care is taken to secure
animals that are uniform in color, size and confor-
mation, the consequence being that a very large pro-
portion of the horses offered to the army by contrac-
tors are rejected. But when a state of war exists, a
good sound horse is not turned down just because he
is not as handsome as a soldier's horse should be and
the contractors find that the inspectors are glad to
take some of the same animals that they rejected a
few months before. Three years ago a prominent
United States army official made the public state-
ment that there were not 30,000 horses suitable for
army purposes to be found in the United States and
was urging the Government to purchase thoroughbred
stallions and place them at service throughout the
country that suitable army horses might be raised.
Then a year later came the European war and since
then nearly one million horses have been purchased
in the United States and shipped to Europe for use
by the armies of England, France and Italy, and an
army officer who was recently in California buying
horses for the Government said that horses were in
good supply and prices were not unreasonable. Dur-
ing the past few years breeders have been compelled
to accept less for their horses than they were worth,
consequently there has been a great falling off in
breeding, but the supply is yet far in excess of the
demand and breeding will be resumed on as large a
scale as ever whenever the price paid for any descrip-
tion of horse will bring the breeder a fair profit.
Among the entries for the $10,000 derby to be run
at the Chicago meeting which opens next Saturday
are Friar Rock, Malachite. Chicle, Star Hawk,
Achievement, Churchill. Indian Chant, Celandria and
George Smith.
Before bringing Short Grass to America. Emll Herz
was offered (12,000 for the son of Laveno — Outburst,
by the Prussian government. The horse was wanted
for the government stud at Graditz to sire cavalry
horses.
The bill to legalize mutual betting and place racing
under the management of a commission appointed
by the Governor has been defeated In the Louisiana
legislature.
Kitchener Rode an American Thoroughbred.
Frank Gray Griswold has made another notable
contribution to American sporting literature in the
third volume of his recollections, entitled "Sport on
Land and Water," one of the timely chapters of which
concerns the late General Kitchener and the race
horse Democrat, characterized by the author as the
most brilliant and successful American two-year-old
that ever ran in England.
Though Democrat was foaled less than twenty
years ago. there are doubtless a good many horsemen
of today who never heard of him, and a good many
more who are not familiar with his interesting career,
on and off the race course, as told by Mr. Griswold.
Democrat was bred by Pierre Lorillard at the cele-
brated Rancocas stud in New Jersey, and was sent
to England with other yearlings belonging to Mr.
Lorillard in 1S98. Trained by John Huggins and
ridden by Tod Sloan, he won seven consecutive races
as a two-year-old, twice defeating Diamond Jubilee,
the Derby winner of the following year, and placing
to his credit such important fixed events as the
entry Stakes, the National Breeders' Produce Stakes,
the Champagne Stakes, the Rous Memorial and the
Middle Park and Dewhurst Plates. His earnings wire
more than $65,000, and he became the winter favorite
for the Derby, but as a three-year-old he completely
lost his form and won only one unimportant race.
Got by Sensation out of Equality, the dam of seven
winners, and herself a daughter of Rayon d'Or. the
beautiful chestnut might have been retired to the
stud if he had not been a gelding, but when it was
discovered that he no longer had the ability to win
races he was presented to General Kitchener for a
charger, and was later ridden by the hero of Khar-
toum at the head of the British army in India at the
Durbar of King Edward in Delhi.
When the equestrian statue of Kitchener was made
to ornament the Maidan, in Calcutta, this American
thoroughbred was used as a model, and there you
may see Democrat as well as Britain's great soldier
cast in bronze, like our own Washington astride the
old-time trotting stallion Cassius M. Clay, in I'nion
Square, New York.
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Since its first running in 1890 there have only been
three horses that have won the Toboggan Handicap
twice. High Noon, from the stable of James Butler,
was the latest to add his name to the list. When
High Noon won last year he took up 109 pounds,
while for the running last week he was top weight
under 124 pounds, and his score was a remarkably
easy one, and one to pronounce him right at the front
of the sprinting division. Incidentally, his mark of
1:09 3-5 ,hung out last year, stands as a mark for
this stake.
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The rich Kentucky Handicap, worth $11,650 to the
winner, was run at Douglass Park. Louisville, Ky.,
June 3rd, and won by John W. Schorr's Ed Crump,
carrying 121 pounds, and ridden by Jockey Guy Gar-
ner in a desperate drive, beating Roamer (132
pounds) by a length and a half. The distance, one
mile and a quarter, was run in 2:04 3-5. Water
Witch was third and Hodge fourth. Ed Crump is a
chestnut colt four years old, by Peep o' Day — Evaline,
and was trained by Geo. Land.
Mrs. Charles F. Hubbs' champion saddle mare
Fantasy, absent from the show ring for the first time
since she made her debut. 1909. is nursing a beautiful
chestnut filly at Sequatogue Farm, near West Isllp,
L. I. Golden Gleam, the sire of the foal, was exhib-
ited at the last Brooklyn Horse Show. He is a son
of Golden King, one of the well known sadd!
lions of Kentucky. Fantasy in her seven campaigns
won thirty-eight first prizes at the leading Eastern
horse shows.
The National Horse Show will be held one week
later than last year, to avoid election day. which falls
on November 7. The exhibition at Madison Square
Garden is billed lo open on Saturday. November 11,
continuing six days and closing on Friday, November
17th.
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At a meeting of the Kentucky State Racing Com-
mission, held a week ago, an amendment was offered
for the adoption of the sealed bid plan used « i' '
success at New Orleans last winter. The amendment,
which will doubtless be adopted, read- : "In .ill sell-
ing races the winner will not be sold at publli
tion. At any lime within fifteen minuti
official board has been displayed at n good
standing may put in a sealed bid for the winner, with
the racing secretary. Money must accompany the bid
unless 'he person bidding Iris sufficient funds in the
Office to cover the amount. Bids may be mad<
in units of $100. Failure t» place tl
in the envelope will not^vacate the hid. but
consider in force to the amount it the evei
under the fraction of the !!■'» that might be p
lope. Thus for example, if there should
be $725 In the envelope the hid will be accepted as
1 700 When i he em elopt
the horse will lie notified and will have
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I bidder, to whom an order 1
horse will he j-inn. Should
the same amount, those bidding will draw lots for the
iwner must horse within five
minutes after the bids are opened or the horse will
go by default to the bidder."
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 8, 1916
Notes and News
Helen Stiles 2:06%, by Sidney Dillon, has a foal at
her side by Manrico 2:07%.
Sutherland <£ Chadbourne will ship five head ot
their horses in training to Santa Rosa next Tuesday.
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The Santa Rosa Driving Club will give a breeders'
meeting today, at which several horses will be sent
to earn records.
Trotting and pacing team racing will again be a
feature of some of the Great Western Circuit meet-
ings this year.
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Will Bing, a two-year-old by Binjolla, recently
worked a mile at the trot in 2:21 over the Springfield,
Ohio, half mile track.
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Wilkesbrewer, by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, out of
the dam of Zombrewer 2:04%, won a good race at
Rockport, putting in two heats in 2:15% each.
The Grand Circuit races open at North Randall
one week from Monday next. Big fields and fast
time is expected if the weather is favorable.
Eighty-three and one-half per cent of the transpor-
tation of our country is still done by our horses. The
statement is true that but for our horses we should
soon starve to death. Yet in road-building it is the
automobile and not the horse that is considered.
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The Star Pointer pacer Star Tilden 2:15%, owned
by A. W. Longley, had his speed clothes on at his
workout last week and came the last quarter of the
Pleasanton track in a shade better than 29 seconds.
S. S. Bailey's O. U. C. 2:07%, Al McDonald's three-
year-old Surety by The Bondsman and A. W. Long-
ley's Pedlar Direct worked together at Pleasanton
last week in 2:15 and 2:13%.
John Ray, H. K. Devereux and Jack McDonough
have made a $2,000 colt sweepstake, to come off dur-
ing the North Randall Grand Circuit meeting. They
name as starters Cord Axworthy, Miss Shank and
Peter Duffy, all two-year-olds.
Johnny Ray, actor and horseman, has written a
movie scenario which plots a trotting race at the
North Randall track. Many o£ the pictures will be
taken during the Grand Circuit meeting and all the
star reinsmen will appear in them.
Earl Foote, the Ottawa trainer, is getting Andy
McKinney 2:13%, Don Wilkes 2:12, Lena Moko
2:17%, Adelaide Benson 2:14% and a number ol
others ready for the races. Andy McKinney was laid
up for a year with leg trouble, but is now training
sound.
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Foster Child, by Siliko 2:08% and out of the fam-
ous race mare Margaret Parrish 2:06%, is reported
to be one of the most sensational two-year-olds now
at the Lexington track. Recently she showed a mile
in 2:22. with a last half in 1:07, and can cover a quar-
ter in 32 seconds. This youngsters, which is owned
by John E. Madden, will soon join the Murphy stable
to be prepared for her stake engagements.
It is currently reported that Secretary Kline of
the North Randall track has abandoned his proposed
weight race for a 2:06 trot in which every driver
would have been required to carry weight enough to
equal that of the heaviest driver in the race, the same
event to become a feature also at Grand Rapids,
which is also said to have discarded it. The intention
was to demonstrate the effect of weight in the sulky
with fast horses in the race.
Unless changes are announced later, it seems now
almost certain that North Randall and Detroit are
the only members ot the Grand Circuit that will con-
fine their speculation feature this season to auction
pools and pari-mutuels, so that three events each day
and all on the three-heat plan, will be the only method
to serve that purpose. This means nine dashes for
each afternoon and every dash a race, unless there
happen to be three heat winners, when a fourth dash
will be required to decide the winner of the event.
"Pop" Durfee is still at Los Angeles getting a few
colts ready for their staKe engagements this year.
A two-year-old by Carlokin trotted a mile in 2:26%
for him the other day, and he worked the two-year-old
tan Lou by Wilbur Lou a mile in 2:24%. On
Thursday of last week Mr. Durfee worked Chas. W.
'inter's stallion Alhambra Prince 2:14% a nice mile
m 2:11%. The first quarter was in 34 seconds, the
hall in 1:07. the last half in 1:04% with the last
eighth in :15%. Two weeks before he worked Alham-
bra Prince a mile in 2:13%, and he seems to be im-
proving right along. Durfee is expected at Santa
Rus-. within the next two weeks with the colts he will
start in the Breeders' Futurities.
In a pacing race at Monroe, Michigan, week before
last, there were eleven starters, ten of which wore
the hopples and the other had a pair of knee-spread-
ers. This was certainly a harness race.
Bon Courage 2:08% is winning frequently for Fred
Ward on the Nebraska tracks. Harry R., the son of
Armond Lou, he by Kinney Lou, has also been a
frequent winner for the trainer of the Hemet Stock
Farm horses.
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Fleming worked Joe Patchen 2d a mile in 2:09% at
North Randall last week and followed it with a heat
in 2:07%, with the last quarter in 30 seconds. The
same day Will DeRyder worked Spriggan three heats
in 2:14%, 2:08% and 2:12. San Felipe worked in
2:14%, and Potrero Boy worked two heats in 2:14%
and 2:13%.
Fred Ward had a fair week with the Hemet horses
at Auburn, Nebraska. Harry R. won the 2:20 pace in
straight heats, best time 2:13%. Bon Courage won the
2:18 trot with the fastest heat in 2:16%, Oro Lou got
third money in the 2:11 pace and Dr. Wayo was
*4-4-5 in the race in which he started. The track was
heavy from rain just before the meeting.
At the coming session of the Trotting Conference
in New Zealand a new rule will be proposed by which
it will be obligatory for all clubs giving harness races
to put on their-programs at least one race for three-
year-old trotters in which hopples will be barred.
The Forbury Park club has already decided to give
one such race and will make it a dash of a mile and
a half in harness for a stake of $1250.
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A horse that shows real class can be sold for a
good price. After Grand Chimes, a son of Kentucky
Chimes, had won the 2:20 trot at Monroe, Michigan,
June 20th, the three heats over the half mile track
being in 2:14%, 2:13% and 2:14%, J. E. Goldberg, of
Detroit, offered Edman $5000 cash for the horse, but
the offer was declined. Grand Chimes will be seen
on the Grand Circuit.
C. H. McCarthy, the veteran Californian who is
now at North Randall with George Hammett (3)
2:15%, certainly has reasons to be proud of the
appearance of his son of Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, as
he is an extremely handsome individual and from all
accounts a very fast and game trotter. Miles around
2:20 are all that have been asked of George Hammett
to date, but if the old gentleman would hurry him, we
are satisfied that he would be beating quite a number
hereabouts. — American Sportsman.
Amateur harness racing will be more prominent
than ever among the horse owners of the eastern
states this year. The first important meeting for
amateurs will be at Newark, New Jersey, on July
20, 21 and 22, with fifteen races on the program.
During the three days, gold and silver cups for a total
value of $5,200 will be awarded to the winners of
the fifteen events. This means more valuable trophies
than ever offered in any inter-city or inter-club ama-
teur races in the history of the sport. The thirteen
silver cups will be valued at $300 each, while the two
gold cups will be worth $1,300.
Henry Ten Eyck White says that to his notion the
most meritorious performance ever made by a trotter,
except on the rare occasions when two minutes has
been equaled or beaten, was Peter Mac's mile in
2:03% to cart with an amate-ur driver 76 years old,
doing the teaming. And his reason is because the
first half of that mile was done in 59 seconds and
the three-quarers in 1:29%. To go that far at better
than a two-minute rate and then finish in 2 : 03 % with
a driver not able to give the horse the slightest assist-
ance— especially when the feat is performed by a
trotter that never had been a mile in 2:05 — borders
on the miraculous in trotting, and of many shrewd
horsemen interviewed on that point not one but has
pronounced the feat, circumstances considered, in-
comparable.
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"Volunteer" writes the following interesting rem-
iniscence in the Horse Review of June 21st: The
famous picture, "The Spirit of '76," was painted by
A. M. Willard, of Cleveland, Ohio, who is still living
at the advanced age of 82, and who stated in a recent
interview that he conceived the idea for the picture
at the Centennial Exhibition, at Philadelphia, held in
1876, and, after a number of preliminary sketches,
some of which were published as chromo-lithographs,
the now-so-celebrated painting was made a couple of
years later. The picture should be of especial inter-
est to horsemen from the fact that the model for the
drummer boy, the left-hand figure of the trio that are
marching to glory through a storm of shot and shell,
to the martial music which they themselves are mak-
ing, was Mr. Harry K. Devereux of Cleveland, the
present president of the Grand Circuit, and for years
past one of America's leading trotting enthusiasts
as owner, breeder, amateur reinsman and racing pro-
moter. At the time "1776" was painted, Mr. Devereux
was a lad of about fifteen, and the drummer boy im-
mortalized upon Willard's canvas is a good portrait
of him as then appeared. The model for the old
drummer, in the centre of the group, was the Rev.
Samuel R. Willard, the father of the painter; while
the fifer, at the right, was studied from Hugh Mosher,
an army fifer in the Civil War, who formerly lived at
Wellington, Ohio.
There was some speed shown at the North Randall
track last Saturday. Geers drove his pacer Napoleon
Direct a mile in 2:03%, and Ben White sent the two-
year-old trotting filly Mary Coburn a mile in 2:13%.
This is the fastest mile a two-year-old has shown this
year.
The duties of L. G. Baker, California trainer, who
was recently engaged by Andrew Albright, Jr., owner
of Prospect Farm, Hilton, N. J., will be confined to
educating the young stock, and possibly driving one
or two that Mr. Albright may race over the half mile
tracks. Nathan Axworthy 2:09%, and Baby Doll
2:10%, will not be raced by Mr. Baker.
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The roan pacer Graustark by Aerolite, owned by
Dr. E. J. Weldon, of Sacramento, that was shipped
east in charge of Lon Daniels, has been turned over
to Ben Whitehead who will race him on the half mile
tracks this season. Graustark had a sick spell after
reaching Cleveland, but is rounding to and should
more than earn his keep during the next few months.
Matt. S. Cohen, once prominent as a shipper of sad-
dle horses to the New York market and now Commis-
sioner of Agriculture of the State of Kentucky, will
manage the horse show to be held at Louisville in
September in connection with the State Fair. He has
opened six stakes for saddle and harness horses, the
estimated value of which is $5,000.
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Owing to wrong addresses and delay in the mails
the following entries made at Fresno were omitted
from the list of entries printed last week: Lindsay
Bell, bay mare by Bon "Voyage in the 2:15 trot; Jake
Logan, brown gelding by Nearest McKinney in the
2:15 trot; Loma Logan, bay mare by Prince McKin-
ney in the 2:30 trot; Ella Mac, bay mare by Tom
Smith in the 2 : 09 trot.
Walter Moore of the Horse Review says: "About.
the best appearing of the California horses at North
Randall at this time is Spriggan 2:08%. with which
Will DeRyder won the first $20,000 stakes at the
Panama-Pacific Exposition a year ago. I saw him
race a number of times last year, but he did not
seem to have the snap and rapidity of stroke that is
marked in his gait now."
W. E. Detels' two-year-old filly by Graham Bellini
out of Daphne McKinney is improving right along
and will probably make her only start this year in
the Breeders' Futurity at Santa Rosa. Her fastest
mile to date has been in 2:29 and her fastest quarter
in 33% seconds, but her action is so faultless and
she finishes her miles so handily that the Pleasanton
trainers all speak very highly of her.
Miss Loula Long gave a horse show recently at
Longview Farm which resulted in raising $21,000 for
the new children's hospital in Kansas City. It seems
that a group of men offered to donate to the hospital
three times the amount of the net profits of Miss
Long's show in aid of the institution, and when the
proceeds of the exhibition reached the tidy sum of
$5,250 they had to write their checks for a total of
$15,750.
Howard's Comet, the bay gelding by Teddy Ray
owned by P. J. Howard of Alameda, is traveling
through space at a rate that makes his name seem
very appropriate to the onlookers when Millard
Sanders brushes him at the end of a workout at
Pleasanton. One day last week Sanders drove this
trotter a mile in 2:12, and the last half was in'l:02%,
which is the fastest half we have heard of any trotter
doing this year, east or west.
According to the Animal Welfare Association of
Detroit there are 60,000 horses in that city. In four-
teen years, in spite of the auto truck, and the 40,000
automobiles in the same city, the horses have in-
creased from less than 13,000 to 60,000. The Horse-
shoer's Journal states that there are, in round num-
bers, in New York 12S.000 horses; in Chicago, 86,000;
in Philadelphia, 50,000; in St. Louis, 27,000; in Bos-
ton, 23,000; in Cleveland, 17,000, and in Pittsburgh,
13,000.
Don't miss the Dixon races. There are purses of
$300 each, equally divided between the trotters and
pacers, to be decided at the August meeting at Dixon
and entries for the same will close next Monday,
July 10th. Dixon has one of the best half mile tracks
in the State and as this is the first regular meeting
to be given there by the Solano County Fair Associa-
tion horsemen should patronize it liberally, as a suc-
cessful fair and race meeting this year will be fol-
lowed by more and larger purses next year. Don't
forget that entries close next Monday, July 10th. See
advertisement.
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The American Sportsman, of Cleveland, said in its
issue of June 29th: "Lon Daniels moved a number
of his stable along more glibly during the past week,
the fastest mile being credited to John Malcolm
2:09%, he pacing in 2:07; Potrero Boy 2:06% stepped
in 2:09; Bondalean (3) 2:06%, now four, in 2:10,
last half in 1:04; Kid Cupid 2:08% trotted in 2:10%,
and San Felipe 2:09% in 2:12. The California con-
tingent has improved noticeably the past week, hav-
ing recovered from their long trip, and they will be
ready to go much faster by the middle of the month."
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
COLOR IN HORSES.
Stock Breeders' Page
Cow Testing Association at Orland.
Farm Adviser Heileman, assisted by P. L. Dough-
erty of the State University, are taking up the pre-
liminary work of forming a cow-testing association,
with headquarters at Orland, Glenn county. They
report that 908 cows have already -heen signed up,
and more will be signed as soon as the owners return.
The Orland association unit, has the largest number
of herds of any unit in the state, 58 in all, and the
area covered is the smallest. The 58 herds are em-
braced within a radius of four miles.
The association may name B. Koehler of Mendo-
cino as the official tester for the members. Koehler
was for years the tester for Mendocino associations,
and is a capable man.
A second unit will be formed soon with a list of
over 1000 cows. The rate for testing will be $1.25 per
head, but this charge is expected to be lowered as
conditions warrant.
A New Fly Repellant.
J. F. Grass, assistant farm adviser for Humboldt
county, has .invented a fly repellant which he has
experimented with among the dairies of Humboldt
and which is giving satisfaction. He has recom-
mended the following spray:
Resin (pulverized) two parts, soap shavings one
part, water one-half part, fish oil one part, oil of tar
one part, kerosene one part, water three parts.
The resin, soap and fish oil and one-half water
part are boiled together until the resin is dissolved,
add the three parts of water and finally the kerosene
and oil of tar. Mix and boil for fifteen minutes.
When this is cooled it is ready for use as' a spray.
Spraying may be done by means of a knapsack spray
or hand sprayer. One application lasts about three
days and is both effective and efficient.
Almost any oil or greasy substance is useful. How-
ever, their use will make a dirty looking animal if
they are kept in dusty pastures or near dusty roads.
Fish oil or train oil seems to be the fundamental
ingredient of all mixtures. However, the above may
be put up either at home or by the local druggist and
will prove satisfactory. In some cases all the ingredi-
ents may not be available, but by proper adjusting of
the remainder a very good spray may be made.
State Fair Grounds Will Be Ready.
Sacramento, June 30. — Just at a time when prep-
arations for the coming state fair were in full swing,
with many artisans busy on the grounds, the call to
arms brought the militia of the state to Sacramento
for mobilization on the Fair grounds. This put an
end, temporarily, to some of the work of the Fair.
Some of the activities were kept under way, however,
and the others will be rushed when the militia has
departed, so there will be no delay in starting the
state's big exposition in September.
There was the greatest freedom in the manner in
which the State Agricultural Department turned over
to the state's military department the grounds and
buildings. The whole equipment of the Fair was
placed at the disposal of the troops, and they in turn
took pains to prevent any more damage orinconven-
ience than was absolutely necessary.
The drives and walks were cut up by the cannon
and heavy hauling, the grounds were dug up to lay
water and sewer pipes ,the large exhibit buildings
were stuffed full of ammunition, rifles and other
equipment and supplies, but the whole will be re-
stored to the usual good condition within a few days.
The Fair will be ready to open ,and will be com-
pleted on the opening day.
Quarters occupied by prize winning dairy cows
in the milking barn seemed just made to order for
the use of the mobilization camp. The stanchions in
which the cows are stalled for milking and feeding
were occupied by officers of the regular army, state
militia and civilian state officers and employees
while the militia members were mustered into the
regular service. No better quarters could have been
devised. All that was necessary to provide was a
long table down between the rows of stanchions, with
seats for those engaged in the work. Officers of high
rank occupied some of the stalls.
Just across the way, the Dairy Products building
was pronounced ideal by the commissary department.
Its big glass refrigerator was full of meats and other
food supplies of the soldier boys, and was a great
convenience. Other buildings were filled with stores
of ammunitions and equipment, keeping them safe
from harm.
Sonoma County Wool Brings 31 Cents.
At the wool sale in Cloverdale last week, thirty-
one cents was paid for wool, and this is admittedly
the highest price that has been paid for over twenty
years; in fact, some of the growers insist it is the
highest paid there. Some of the wool men held for a
still further advance. The sheep men all over the
country are greatly pleased with the splendid prices
they are receiving and many are enlarging their
flocks in anticipation that wool and mutton are to
demand high prices for years to come.
There is an old saying that "color is only akin
deep," and most horsemen, I suspect, really give little
weight to the color of a horse, provided il meets the
other points desired. When color does enter into
their calculations it is apt to be from esthetic con-
siderations only; a well-matched team is the most
which is looked for. Except in horses for funeral
purposes, where black is conventional, color in a
horse is not an economic consideration. Yet the
breeder who carefully studies the laws and the trans-
formations of biology, and likewise knows aught of
the history of the horse, will discover that there is a
philosophy and a principle in the color of a horse, and
that color is, in a certain, degree, an index to be
regarded. Certain colors in the horse are primary
and fundamental, like bay and white. Others, like
black and gray, are the result of cross-breeding, and
do not occur in the original horse of antiquity from
which our species are derived. The researches of
Upton have shown that nearly 87 per cent of genuine
Arab horses are dark in color, and that there is an
Arab proverb to the effect that "the kings of horse-
kind are dark." The tradition that tin ideal Arab
horse must be gray is a myth. Whites and grays are
to be found among them, but the color preferred is
bay. When the Arab prefers a white horse he is
influenced by religious and sentimental reasons. He
knows that bay is the color of real horse efficiency.
Dun is a sign of primitive, wild ancestry in a horse;
mouse-color, gray, chestnut and black, of crossbreed-
ing between those of wild ancestry and Arab stock.
These colors are not known among the purer strains
of either the Arab or the Spanish horse, but occur
in inferior strains. The black Turcoman horse is the
issue of Turcoman (Central Asian) mares and Arab
sires. Chestnut is evidence of a cross between the
wild, dun-colored horse of northern Europe and west-
ern Asia with Arab stock. The description of the
famous charger of Muhammed Ibn Rashid shows this,
for it was a chestnut mare, "very powerfully built
with much hair at the heel, and showed more bone
than breeding."
Chestnut was a common color of horses among the
ancient Greeks when sires imported from Africa were
beginning to be crossed on the native northern Euro-
pean and Asiatic horse. The notoriously bad tempers
of chestnut horses are ascribed by some to the per-
sistence of an influence derived from the wild in
them. As one writer puts it: "A cross temper should
be a concomitant of chestnut color." On the other
hand the annals of the English turf show that no
other color excepting bay. has such a reputation for
speed and hardihood. An oriental saying sums up
the wisdom of experience as to chestnut horses:
"One should be slow to buy a chestnut horse, and
still slower to sell one that has proved to be a good
one."
The predominance of bays among Arab horses, and
the universal preference of the Arab for a bay when
he is consulting his head and not his heart, shows
that bay is the color of horse efficiency. It is the
color inherent in the best race of horses in the
world; for example, the famous Kehelian breed, and
is not the result of artificial breeding. The Darley
Arabian, which was bought at Aleppo in 1710, was of
this strain, being from the Anazah breed. Bay is a
universal index of Libyan stock, whence the Arab
was derived.
The testimony of history gives evidence that even
in antiquity horse fanciers detected the superiority
likely to be attached to a bay horse. The swiftest
horse in Homer is a bay. A bay horse was a fav-
orite in the betting ring of the Roman circus. The
picked cavalry of the Roman Empire was mounted on
bay horses. We know this from the story of the
famous charger of Belesarius, the great general of
Justinian in the sixth century.
"He happened to be riding," says the chronicler,
"at that moment a horse well tried in war, and which
knew how to carry his rider through in safety. His
whole body was dark-colored, but his face from the
forehead to the muzzle was white. Evidently the
typical war horse was becoming a dark-colored ani-
mal, and one must think of a bay, or at least a horse
without sign of barbarian origin — in a other words,
a crossbred Libyan or Arab horse. The data which
we have as to the mediaeval warhorse confirm this
conclusion, for here again the preference for bays
predominates. King Edward I of England, who had
been in both Tunis and the Holy Land, set great store
upon good horses. In the battle of Falkirk in 1298
against the Scotch, some of his prized horses were
killed, and Edward required a minute statement as
to the losses. As a result of this demand we have an
exceedingly valuable and illuminating record. The
bays were less than half the whole number of horses
lost, but they furnished nearly one-half the mounts
of the knights.
English racing records demonstrate that bay is
predominantly a color of speed and bottom. It is a
winning color. "In the thirty years preceding 1866
it was estimated that the Derby had been won by 7
chestnuts, 8 browns, and 17 bays; and the Oaks in
like proportion." Prof. Ridgeway has analyzed the
colors of the winners of the great English courses
since 1870 with even more positive results. Gray
disappears entirely as a winning color; black has
almost vanished; chestnut and brown have markedly
declined.
Bay and white are the original Arab colors, with
the former much predominating and preferred when
effciency is a factor. The Arab's occasional prefer-
ence for white is due to religious traditions. While
from remote times and in many lands has been a
color of sanctity. The sacred white elephants of
Siam are an example. The chariot of Zeus, the great-
est god of the ancient Greeks, was drawn by white
horses The old Persians sacrificed white horses
before a battle in order to secure victory. Caesar
was drawn by white horses at his triumph; white
horses were used for divination by the ancient Ger-
mans. Most striking of all religious symbolism in the
colors of horses is the vision of the writer of the
book of Revelation:
"I saw and beheld a white horse; and he that sat
on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him,
and he went forth conquering and to conquer. And
there went out another horse that was red [bay],
and power was given to him that sat thereon to take
peace from the earth, and that they should kill one
another; and there was given unto him a great
sword. And when he had opened the third seal, I
beheld, and lo, a black horse, and he that sat on him
had a pair of balances in his hand. — And when he had
opened the fourth seal, I looked, and behild, a pale
[yellow] horse, and his name that sat on him was
Death."
Here the white horse, because of the sanctity
attached tu white, is the steed of victory. The bay
is the horse of war, and we have already seen that
the Roman cavalry preferred bay horses. What the
particular symbolism of the black horse is f can not
say. But it is significant that the charger on which
Death rides is a yellow, or dun horse. For dun, as
we have seen, is the prevailing color of the wild, bar-
barian horse.
There is another remarkable vision of horses in
the prophecy of Zechariah, written nearly 600 years
before Revelation, in the reign of Darius, the great
Persian king. "I saw by night and behold, a man
riding upon a red[bay] horse, . . . and behind him
were there red horses speckled and white." Again
Zechariah saw and beheld four chariots: "In the first
chariot were red [bay] horses; and in the second
chariot black horses; and in the third chariot white
horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled [dapple-
gray] and iron-gray horses."
The interesting thing in this reference is the evi-
dence of crossbreds in ancient Persia, as the allusion
to black, gray and dappled horses shows. It is notice-
able, too. that sanctity is not here attached to the
color white, and that bays — the best and speediest
horses — are harnessed to the first chariot.
As a phenomenon of breeding it may be observed,
in closing, that color is usually transmitted from the
sire, and not the dam, to the colt. — James Westfall
Thompson in Breeders' Gazette, May 11, 1916.
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Welch Holsteins Bring Good Prices.
One of the biggest sales of registered Holstein-
Friesian cattle held in central California recently took
place at Los Banos Wednesday of last week, when
the famous Charles J. Welch herd of 105 animals
were auctioned off. Mr. Welch, who owned the Copa
De Oro farm three miles from Los Banos, died three
years ago and the stock was sold off by the widow.
Unweaned calves sold as high as $125 and $130, and
yearling heifers brought prices ranging up to $380.
Cows and two-year-old heifers ran from $150 up to
$475 and $500, while a few cows sold at still higher
figures, the record being set by La Polka Pietertje
Spotfoot De Kol, who sold for $675.
The herd bull sold for $1500 and several other bulls
brought fancy prices. One yearling heifer that sold
early in the morning for $180, was resold in the after-
noon for $210.
James W. Marshall and Wilbur Eibe of Solano
county have leased the 5000 acre Muzzi ranch near
Elmira and have gone into the sheep business on a
large scale. There were 2500 head of sheep on the
ranch owned by the former lessors, and the new firm
has purchased these. Marshall has been very suc-
cessful in the past as a stock breeder. He bred a
number of very fast pacers and trotters which he sold
at big prices, among them Mona Wilkes 2:03J/£, Aero-
lite 2:06%, Moortrix 2:07'/£, and many others, and
for years has been a heavy dealer in pure bred Shrop-
shire sheep. There is no better stockman in Califor-
nia than Mr. Marshall and that he will succeed in his
new venture is beyond question. While the prices of
sheep and wool are the highest they have been for
years, the most astute breeders are confident that
there will be but little falling off in prices for years
to come.
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California ,once an important wheat state and noted
for large bonanza wheat farms, is no longer classed
as a wheat-producing state. Twenty years ago it
produced 45,000,000 bushels of wheat, shipping much
of it to Europe. This year its production will prob-
ably be not much more than 4,000,000 bushels, and
it will need to ship in from other states 10,000,000
bushels or more t" meet its own food requirements.
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About 200 head of fine beef cattle were shipped
from the Hollister yards last week by C. N. Hawkins,
manager of the Pacheco cattle company. There were
seven carloads of the stock, which went to a Seattle
market. The average weight of the steers is reported
between 1260 and 1265 pounds.
The Western Meat Company recently renewed Its
lease to 40,000 acres of the Chowchilla ranch for cat-
tle range.
THB BHHHDBE AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 8, 1916
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
SCIENTISTS ON SPEED OF BIRDS.
Science is now coming out of its laboratories and
with meter stick and co-ordinate paper is knocking
some of the old favorites clean out of the English
language. That good, trite phrase, "fast as a bird"
will, according to the savants at the University of
California, have to be discarded.
And even the venerable ''swooped like an eagle"
might just as well have a vacation. The professors
show that "swoop like a linnet" has just as much
claim for a place along with the old jokes and ready-
to-spout language.
The whole trouble is that the professors have found
that birds are not nearly such rapid fliers as had
been supposed. To be honest about it, almost any one
of the flivvers that chase pedestrians on Market
street could probably go much faster than a bird.
That is about the conclusion reached by Professor
Joseph Grinnell and Upton Matthews, who recently
timed the flight of birds with an automobile.
In company with Upton Matthews, a California
deputy game warden, Wetmore, who is of the United
States Biological Survey, made daily trips from
Lemoore to the shore line of Tulare lake and trips
also from Bakersfield to the region of Buena Vista
lake. When birds were found flying in a straight
line close to the automobile the speed of the machine
was gradually changed until the observers were trav-
eling at a rate equal to that of the bird. The two
scientists found that the little horned lark, only eight
inches in spread of wings, traveled at a rate of
twenty-two to twenty-eight miles an hour and that
the latter rate was not exceeded by the great blue
heron .despite the heron's six-foot spread of wings.
The red-tailed chicken-hawk was found to be travel-
ing twenty-two miles an hour, two sparraw hawks
twenty-two and twenty-five miles, respectively; a
red-shafted flicker twenty-five miles, a raven twenty-
four miles and a shrike at the rate of twenty-eight
miles an hour. All these rates are said by Wetmore
to be much slower than accepted theory as to the
speed of birds. Wetmore concludes that these birds
could have flown more rapidly il frightened, but he is
convinced that the figures represent approximately
the normal rate of flight.
So, when the figures are considered, it seems pretty
clear that the reliable "fast as a bird" has no more
"punch" than "fast as a flivver." and that an "eagle
swoop" might just as well give way to a "jitney
swoop."
Well, the old ones were about worn out, anyway,
so whv object?
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SMALL FISHING AROUND CATALINA.
To the average angler, fishing in the waters about
Catalina island, off the southern California coast, is
synonymous with landing a tuna or sorue other giant
fish as big as the average man. It is the ambition of
ever}' fisherman to match his strength, skill and stay-
ing powers against one of these monster game fish,
so that those who make the trip to the island quite
overlook the fact that its waters abound with smaller
fish which, for their size, are endowed with all the
necessary qualifications of gameness and fighting
ability.
In this connection the following interview, coming
from Captain K. S. Walker, an old-time angler, who
is thoroughly familiar with every fishing ground in
the locality, is of particular interest to fishermen:
"One thing that merits more attention than has
been paid to it is the small fishing about Catalina.
The fish now despised will one day be sought and
appreciated at their true value once men are taught
how to go about getting from them all the sport
there is to be had by fine tackle and delicate methods.
■"For example, the blue perch, so plentiful about
the island around the reefs and up Ship Rock way
particularly, can be coaxed into taking a fly, and
they are strong, lusty little beggars, which not all
the fun is done with when they are dead, for they
are very choice in flavor as well as handsome to look
upon.
"The rock bass will eat up most of the 'plugs' used
by fresh water bass casters and are not a bit inferior
as game fish pound for pound, when given a chance
upon light gear, allowing them to use their strength
to some advantage without fighting a great sinker.
"On the Silver canyon shore big yellowfins are
plentiful, and as good surf bathin^is to be had there
as anyone desires.
"All these things will be developed and brought out
in time. They will add much to the diversifying of
the sporting attractions. Xot all men care to go out
and wrestle all day with big. scaly brutes that come
one or two a week; some like a little more action
as they go along. The development of the small fish-
ing about Catalina will be of great value, because it
"s to be depended upon: the fish always being there,
and this is a work that seems to be up to the boat-
men to undertake, as the Tuna Club stands pretty
much committed, even by name, to the bigger and
more sensational game fish. Few men are disappoint-
ed when they come in with a good catch of even small
fish, knowing some one has the good of them.
"The time will come when an angler will take
across the channel all the tackle he has, instead of
leaving his casting fly rods at home."
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RAISING WILD GAME IN WASHINGTON.
It was announced some weeks ago that Spokane
county, in the state of Washington, would make an
attempt to restock that section of the country with
various species of wild game birds, and the statement
has borne fruit quickly, and the pens and runways in
which the birds will be cared for are being built.
Game Warden J. Anderson and A. F. Weiseman of
Spokane county Game and Fish Commission have
undertaken the experiment of trying to raise blue
and ruffled grouse, Hngarian partridges, China, silver
and golden pheasants and prairie chickens, of which
latter the country was well supplied until some years
ago, when a war of extermination on squirrels also
resulted in the poisoning of the birds.
It is said that the experiment of raising grouse in
captivity never has been tried before in this country,
and that the present effort will be watched with much
interest by game bird authorities throughout the
country. A bonus of $3 has been offered by the Com-
mission to the person locating a setting of grouse
eggs. The finder is asked to communicate at once
with Mr. Weiseman for instructions as to its disposal.
The new game farm is located just outside of the
city of Spokane, and, in the event that the experiment
proves a success, it is planned to increase the scope
of operations and obtain a tract of fifteen to twenty
acres, where breeding can be carried out on an ex-
tended scale.
The Commissio n has been actively engaged in
stocking the adjacent streams with silver trout, of
which 75,000 were planted last week. It is possible
that a trout fry plant will be located at Badger lake
in the event conditions prove favorable.
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EFFECT OF MOON ON FISHING.
The effect of the moon upon all fishing is partly
mechanical and partly indirect. In the sea it is reflex
through the changes produced in tides, which are
highest at full and new moon, lowest at the quarters.
Extreme high tides are not always bad tides, de-
pending upon how much wind, swell and current come
with them, but they are more likely to be unfishably
rough.
In the mountain lakes, full moon, and moonlit
nights are likely to be followed by poorer fishing
than the dark of the moon simply for mechanical
reasons. The fish can see to feed, and do take more
or less food through the hours usually dark. They
are fine and fat: sleek as seals always after bright
nights: and a first-class fisherman who knows their
ways always can get a good mess of them.
The effect of tides and tidal currents upon the
movements of deep sea fish is well understood by
commercial fishermen who make a living out of tak-
ing them.
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HIGH PRICES FO RFAMOUS DOGS.
Reports of prices for famous dogs are just about
what you like to make them. A few thousands here
and there make little difference these days when we
think of men being killed in millions to satisfy Greed,
but we presume that a pointer of John Proctor's ac-
complishments might almost aspire to a record and
as we have heard of the wild offers for the late Fish-
ell's Frank, it is not too much to worry over when
we hear that the owner of the winner of the Ken-
tucky Derby this year offers ?5000 for this clever
field performer. A big offer indeed for a dog that
may be bowled over any time, for he is not a chicken
bv anv means. — American Fancier.
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As one of her several contributions to "Prepared-
ness" Miss Alice Thorp, of Plymouth, one of, if not
the most, successful woman breeder of French bulls,
winner of the last Produce Stakes of the French Bull
Dog Club of America and French Bull Dog Club of
N. E., has offered to the United States Government
her services for the propagation of the several "Kai-
ser's War Dogs" that were given to the War Depart-
ment some two years ago. These dogs should not be
confounded with the German Police or the German
Shepherd dogs, as they are, we are informed, a dis-
tinct variety, much larger and stronger and it is
understaad more desirable and are very scarce.
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Mr. Leach of Pasco. Wash., has breed his fine young
bitch. Belle, to Cermer Westaire Terror. She is due
to whelp about this time.
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Jack Babb of Seattle says he believes in the truth
of the old adage: "The good die young," for he had
a three-month-old puppy that looked the "best ever"
die of pneumonia last month.
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Among the pathetic incidents connected with the
death of Edward VII., few were more touching than
the presence in the funeral procession of the dog on
whose collar was engraved the words, "My name is
Caesar, and I belong to the lring." His master had
abandoned him, he knew not why, and although he
had a palace for his home, he refused food. Schopen-
hauer cited with approval the words of the Spanish
author Larra, "He who has never had a dog knows
not what it is to love and be loved."
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WHERE CONFISCATED GAME GOES.
Some who wonder what becomes of confiscated
game taken by deputies will be glad to learn that
some one else than the officer eats it. The clams
taken by Deputy Abels were given to the Santa Bar-
bara County Hospital. It is the practice of the Fish
and Game Commission to distribute this game among
the charitable institutions and a register is kept of
the disposition of every piece of it. Sometimes peo-
ple, poor unfortunates, get fish or game in that man-
ner that they never could get to taste in any other
way.
During its existence the Fish and Game Commis-
sion has donated tons of fish and game to charity
in this State. The figures will be compiled some day
and given. They will be astounding.
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Fish Drowns Angler. — A fish drowned Halvar Bal-
kan of Dallas, Wis., when he was fishing for nius-
kellunge near Haugen, Wis., in Bear lake. His com-
panion, who was with him when the boat capsized,
John Lystie, managed to save himself by hanging to
the overturned boat.
It is thought that Balkan was dragged to the bottom
by his fish, which entangled its line about his body,
for after the boat capsized the fisherman did not
come to the surface again.
Lystie was rowing and Balkan casting when the
muskie struck. The pair fought the fish for half an
hour before the line was tangled, and in the struggle
the boat was capsized.
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$1500 DOG KILLED IN SHOW.
A tiny Brussels Griffon, Cedar Bambino of Sunny-
side, priced at $1,500 on the catalogue, and presum-
ably worth as much, as it had previously won honors
in the breed, took it into its befurred little head to
take a scamper through a bunch of Great Danes, in
the Westchester Kennel Club open-air show on June
24. These giants of the species must have taken the
streak of gray fur for some new sort of a rat, for two
or three of the msprang at it, and one, a big white
and black dog, caught the skull of the pet between its
sharp fangs and crushed it like an eggshell. It was
done so quickly that no one could pick out the culprit,
for each and every Great Dane began wagging his
tail and presenting itself in the proud manner of a
cat that has just swallowed a canary.
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HERMOSA BEACH ROD AND REEL CLUB.
Hermosa Beach, Cal. — The Hermosa Beach Rod and
Reel Club officially opened the season with a celebra-
tion, Saturday, July 1. Instead of giving the usual
casting tournament, the club held a carnival and con-
fetti battle. A six-piece orchestra played all after-
noon and evening and a block of main street at the
entrance to the fine pier was roped off for dancing.
As the street is paved with asphalt it made a splendid
dancing floor. The club, in conjunction with the
Chamber of Commerce, continued the exercises until
July 5th. A band concert was arranged for Sunday
afternoon, an orchestra played on Monday afternoon
and evening, and on Tuesday afternoon and evening
there was a grand carnival, with dancing and sports,
followed by a nexhibition of fireworks on the pier in
the evening.
The club is growing rapidly and now numbers
among its members practically all the business men
of the town. The secretary, W. L. Donohugh, has
resigned .owing to his election to the office of city
trustee, and Wright Conklin has been chosen to fill
out the unexpired term.
Large catches of yellowfin, corbina, yellowtail,
mackerel and halibut are being made daily from the
pier and beach. One record catch of twenty-eight
yellowfin was made in the surf this week in one hour.
The smallest fish weighed two and three-fourths
pounds. W. L. DONOHUGH.
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Ranger Reports on Deer. — S. B. Clifton, forest
ranger in San Dimas Canyon, says he has seen fewer
deer this season than for the "past four or five years.
He attributes their scarcity to the fact that moun-
tain lions are preying upon them. A few days ago
he came upon the carcass of a freshly-killed buck
which had evidently been slaughtered by a lion.
Bobcats are numerous in the canyon now.
The impression of forest rangers in the San An-
tonio range reserve seems to be that there would be
more deer if hunters were allowed to go gunning for
a short time each year. They figure that hunters
frighten the lions away, and that a few rifles would
not kill as many deer in a short hunting season as
mountain lions kill the year round.
Saturday, July 8, 1916]
THE BREEDER ANL SPORTSMAN
Biff I Bang! Go Scatter Guns on the Fourth
- TRAP-SHOOTERS APPROPRIATELY CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY WITH HIGH SCORES =
Vernon Club. — Heine Pfirrrnann Jr., the "shootin"
Dutchman," bombarded his way to victory in the first
contest of 100 targets at optional sweepstakes in the
first day of the initial registered trapshooting tourna-
ment, held Sunday at the Vernon Gun Club. He
rolled up a score of 99x100. He missed the last bird
in the first event of twenty, but succeeded in breaking
the next eighty straight.
R. C. "Dick" Reed, the Remington TJMC profes-
sional from San Francisco, scored high professional
average, breaking ninety-seven targets out of the
century.
Andy Flickinger of Martinez and L. D. Blanchard,
a local blackbird buster, tied up in the centennial
affair for the Vernon Gun Club handicap trophy, each
with 94 dead clays out of 100. Plickinger fired from
twenty yards and Blanchard from the same distance.
They shot off the tie from their respective handicaps,
Blanchard winning with a 23x25 result, which netted
him the trophy and first money.
The results in the 10 Otarget optional sweepstakes
contest in five events of 20 targets each follow: —
Boh Bole 89, 'Harry Hoyt 86, *George Oliver 83,
Fred Grewell 90, *A1 Cook 94, Lee Slocum 86, Martin
97, Walter Cornelius 89, Lou Melius 87, *Ed Mitchell
92. Frank Melius 96. Heine Pfirrmann 99, N. A. How-
ard 88. 'Guy Holohan 95, 'Dick Reed 97, Wni. Mullen
87, L. D. Blanchard 96, Flickinger 94, Harry Ogilvie
97, Dr. Packard 96. C. P. Manderville 87, *L. S. Ham-
hurst 96, TVIohler 92, Stan Bruner 96, C. W. Fish 96,
Frank Free 86, Mrs. Groat 86, C. E. Groat 86, D. Llew-
82. ellyn 81, Meek 88, V. A. Rossbach 82, J. D. Dierdoff
94. Owen Council 91, O. Evans 94, Wilson 71, Van
Nest 83, Raney 49, Ross 34, Haesse 90, Arnold 95,
Sargent 94, Bill Dougherty 93, Miller 69, Jackson 89,
*C. H. Knieht 90, C. D. Hagerman 91, Frank Nich-
ols 54.
Summary: 'Professional shooters, shot for targets
only. Heine Pfirrmann Jr., high amateur with 99x100.
Won first money. Dick Reed, high "pro" with 97x
100. Adams second high amateur with 97x100. Harry
Ogilvie third high amateur with 97x100. L. S. Hawx-
hurst, Peters professional, and Charles Knight, Win-
chester representative, tied for second high profes-
sional average with 90x100. The moneys were figured
out by A. P. Henderson and W. J. Davison.
The results in the 100 target Vernon Gun Club han-
dica ptrophy tourney in four events of 25 birds each
follow: —
*C. H. Knight, handicap 22— broke 90; *L. S.
Hawxhurst 22—89; *Dick Reed 22—96. *Ed Mitchell
22—88, *Guy Holohan 22—94, Harry Ogilvie 22—83,
Arnold 22 — 89, Dr. L. M. Packard 22 — 92, Heine Pfirr-
mann 22—88, Frank H. Melius 22—92, Mohler 21—91,
Stan Bruner 21 — 89. O. Evans 21 — 93, Martin 20 — 91,
Blanchard 20 — 94, 94, Andy Flickinger 20 — 94, *A1
Cook 20—88, Fred Grewell 20 — 87. W. A. Cornelius
19 — 93, Haesse 19—92, 'George Oliver 19—78, Jack-
son 19—80, N. A. Howard 18—91 Wm. Mullen 18—92,
Meek 18 — 86, Harry Cline 18 — 93, Owen Council 18 —
88, Harry Hoyt 18—88, Lou Melius 16—91, Wilson
16—61, Manderville 16—91, Frank Free 16—88, Bob
Bole 16—86. Mrs. C. E. Groat 16—92, C. E. Groat 16—
90, V. A. Rossbach 16 — 91.
Summary: Flickinger and Blanchard tied for high
amateur and trophy, with 94x100 apiece. Shot off at
25 targets : Blanchard won with 23x25. Flickinger
. broke 22x25. Dick Reed, Remington TJMC represen-
tative, scored high professional with 96x100 from 22
yards. Guy Holohan, DuPont Powder Co. representa-
tive, was second high professional with 94x100, from
22 yards.
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Elks to Have a Trapshooting Tournament. — At the
present time, conventions other than those meeting
at Atlantic City are interested in trapshooting. The
B. P. O. E. (Hello Bills) hold their national conven-
tion in Baltimore during the week of July 10th, and
they intend to have a trapshooting tournament. Wil-
mington Lodge No. 307 is the instigator and has chal-
lenged the other Elk lodges to get a squad together
that can break more targets than they can. They
urge that each state enter as many shooters, attend-
ing the convention, as they can, and the five high
men from each state be counted a team.
The shoot will take place Friday, July 14th, at
10:30 a. m.. at the Oriole Gun Club. This contest
will no doubt be watched with a great deal of inter-
est, for if it proves a success, other fraternal bodies
will very likelv consider one.
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Trapshooting a Convention Feature. — The twelfth
annual convention of the Associated Advertising
Clubs of the World which just came to a close in
Philadelphia was one of the most interesting the city
of William Penn has ever had. From the start early
Monday morning until the close Thursday night,
everything was a "hustle and bustle." The conven-
tion taxed the nerve systems of the delegates and
while highly pleased with the results and the enter-
tainments given them by the Poor Richards of Phila-
delphia, they were glad when the Philadelphians ad-
vised them that the next move was to Atlantic City.
Here they were highly entertained, most of the enter-
tainment being "out of doors." In fact, some went
COMING REGISTERED TOURNAMENTS. ■
Oregon.
Portland, July 10 — Portland Club, Frank Temple-
ton, Secretary.
Portland, Sept. 12, 13, 14 — Pacific Coast Handicap.
Washington.
Tacoma, July 18, 19, 20, 21 — Pacific Indians, F. C.
Riehl, Secretary.
to the shore in automobiles.
Golf, trapshooting and sea bathing were the outdoor
sports. Many of the delegates had played golf be-
fore, but trapshooting was new and proved inter-
esting.
The trapshooting events were held at the DuPont
Trapshooting School on Young's Million Dollar Pier,
and many participated. This school is fully equipped
with traps, guns and targets. Trapshooting under
ordinary trap house conditions is a restful change to
the busy business man, but the Ad. men found shoot-
ing at targets with the Atlantic ocean as a back-
ground a real nerve bracer.
Judging from the interest taken in the Ad. men's
trapshooting event, other conventions visiting Atlan-
tic Citv will put such an event on their programs.
Alameda Elks' Club. — The Alameda Elks' Gun Club
has a big shoot scheduled for Sunday on the Alameda
grounds. Special events will be programmed for the
ladies and it is hoped to attract a number of fair
shots. Prizes will be set up and the Elks will shoot
their usual program.
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Shoot at Mill Valley. — A blue rock shoot featured
the three-day Fourth of July carnival in Mill Valley.
On Sunday some of the scatter-gun artists were out
at the traps and enjoyed some good sport. Frank E.
Lockwood and J. W. Moore directed affairs. Robert
Johnson Jr. achieved the honor of being high gun
with a score of 39. W. H. Price was second. The
scores follow: —
25 25 Total
Robert Johnson Jr 22 17 39
W.H.Price 20 14 34
M. F. Cochrane 14 15 29
J. J. Keating 13 15 28
Dr. R. D. Dufficv 19 10 29
E. I. Butler 13 16 29
Special 16-gauge Event —
F. E. Lockwood •. . 16 17 33
Richard McCloud 9 14 23
Thomas Deffenbach 15 5 20
Professional Class —
J. W. Moore 18 17 35
Larry Middleton 15 15 30
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Green Lake Club. — With the «tage all set to handle
a big crowd on July 2 at the Green Lake Club, the
weather man stepped in and dished up nothing but
water. In spite of his worst efforts nineteen shooters
lined up for the regular Sunday shoot.
L. S. Barnes with 48 out of 50 captured first place,
while Dr. King and W. C. Smith divided second hon-
ors with 47. H. S. Gibson, Frank Ulvestad and Geo.
H. Young also shot well, getting 45 out of 50.
A special feature of the program was the shoot-off
at twenty-five targets between Dr. A. B. Kidd and
G. A. Conklin for possession of the June silver cup.
Mr. Conklin won this event, getting 23 to Dr. Kidd's
20. The scores: —
L. S. Barnes 48, Dr. King 47, W. C. Smith 47, H. S.
Gibson 45, George H. Young 45. Frank Ulvestad 45.
G. A. Conklin 44, Fred Call 44, Dr. J. F. Hill 44. Matt
Grossman 43, Dr. A. B. Kidd 43, George Scripture 43,
Hi Follrich 42, W. H. Carsten 38, George O. Colwell
35, J. Morris 35, Dr. S. W. Giffin 32, George D. Horst
28, M. A. Brown 20.
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Trade Notes. — The annual tournament and pow-wow
of the "Indians" was held at Cedar Point, Ohio, June
27-30, and was one of the biggest successes of many
that have been conducted by the Scatter-Shoot Tribe.
Upwards of 130 shooters were" on the firing line dur-
ingt he tournament.
Clayton Deck of Plymouth, Ohio, shooting Nitro
Clubs, captured the Indian Championship by breaking
99x100 and 19x20 twice in the shoot-off.
And now along conies the Montana State Shoot,
held at Deer Lodge this year. C. P. Tilzey of Moore,
with a splendid score of ninety-eight and twenty
straight in the shoot-off. shooting Remington Auto-
loading Shotgun and Nitro Clubs, carried off the State
Championship. F. A. Weatherhead of Billings, another
veteran whose name is usually among the winners,
captured the Montana State Handicap with ninety-
four from twenty-two yards, shooting a Remington
Pump and Nitro Clubs.
Rush Razee acquitted himself honorably, among
the professionals, taking the professional average and
making a long run of 232. Mr. Razee also went away
bedecked with the professional diamond trophy which
he attached with a score of ninety-nine. In the indi-
vidual State Championship. Mr. Razee broke fifty
straight.
Seattle Association. — Four shooters divided the
honors among themselves with a score of 46 each,
they being Tom Wilkes. Fred Landwehr, Matt Gross-
man among the amateurs and Hugh Poston, profes-
sional. Poston was the high man in the hundred-bird
event with 95 to his credit and C. E. McKelvey high
amateur with a 94 out of the bunch. Mrs. A. G.
Wil.kes of San Francisco was the visiting shooter.
The scores of June 25th:
15 15 20 Total
Matt Grossman 14 15 17 46
Tom Wilkes 15 15 16 46
Hugh Poston* 14 14 18 46
Fred Landwehr 13 15 16 46
R. S. Searle 14 13 18 45
C. E. McKelvey 13 14 18 45
Hugh Fleming 14 13 17 44
A. J. Gerrard 12 12 20 44
J. W. Considine 13 14 15 42
C. W. Bandy 14 13 15 42
Mrs. A. G. Wilkes 14 10 16 40
Ralph Kinzer ; 11 13 14 38
V. M. Woodaman 12 10 13 35
At 100 targets:—
25 25 50 Total
'Hugh Poston 25 24 46 95
C. E. McKelvey 24 25 45 94
Tom Wilkes 22 25 46 93
Hugh Fleming 22 25 44 91
Matt Grossman 20 23 46 89
Fred Landwehr 20 20 46 86
J. W. Considine 19 24 42 85
Mrs. A. G. Wilkes 20 22 40 82
Ralph Kinzer 22 22 38 82
Douglas Huntington 8 13 . . 21
'Professional. Yours,
E. A. FRY.
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INTERNATIONAL TRAP SHOOT.
The Canadian National Exhibition has decided to
hold a trapshooting tournament in connection with
the annual exhibition in Toronto, beginning August
24 and running to September 11, and the dates set
aside for such are August 29, 30, 31, September 1, 2.
The traps will be set overlooking Lake Ontario and
will occupy practicall ythe centre of the southern
boundary of Exhibition Park, a part of the grounds
largely used by the public.
This exhibition is the largest annual affair of its
kind held in Canada, and as such is advertised very
extensively.
. The attendance last year was nearly 1,000,000 peo-
ple, and this should be materially increased this
year.
Reduced railway fares will be available from all
points in Canada and United States. From the exhi-
bition standpoint, of course, the tournament is being
"staged" as an attraction both for the general public
and the shooter, and as such a five days' program has
been thought advisable.
While the program has not been definitely decided
upon, it will comprise a "Canadian National Exhibi-
tion Handicap" and "International Championships"
at single and double targets, as well as regular
regular events, and it is expected that at least $2,000
in trophies and cash will be added.
The holding of a tournament before thousands of
people who are not to be entertained and interested
means a great "boost" for trapshooting.
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Interstate Trophies. — Editor Breeder and Sportsman:
Please announce to the readers of Breeder and
Sportsman that winners of The Interstate Association
trophies at registered tournaments will receive their
trophies in from four to six, weeks after the trophy
blanks are received at Pittsburg.
Some blanks are not filled out by the respective
winners at the tournament and this causes further
delay in making shipments, as the trophies for each
tournament are ordered at the same time and it
takes about two weeks to have them properly en-
graved. Yours very truly.
THE INTERSTATE ASS'N.,
E. REED SHANER, Ser'v.
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Interest in Beginners' Day Shoots. — Beginners' Day
Shoots were held in all parts of the country during
June. Keen interest was shown in the shoots and
many persons were added to the army of trapshoot-
ers. In many cases women participated. A complete
record has not as yet been made, but reports received
up to June 28th show that 116 clubs held Beginners'
Day Shoots, and that exactly 2.008 persons shot at the
targets. Shoots were held in cities of 30 states.
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The Clay Bird Shooting Association of England has
decided not to hold a championship meeting this year,
but in 1917 — if the war is then over — th'> evenl will
probably be revived.
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The lakes of Lewis county. Washington, have been
replenished by County Game Warden Norton Flynn
with about 234,000 silver trout fry. The fry were
hatched at the Morton hatchery.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 8, 1916
Fishing Places Nearby Pointed Out
SOUTHWEST"!"'" PACIFIC ACQUAINTS SPORTSMEN WITH NORTH COAST COfXTRY= - —
The Northwestern Pacific Railroad has published
an interesting pamphlet on fishing throughout the
North Coast country. The publication has been veil
edited and written and undoubtedly contains a num-
ber of points tor fishermen looking for a place to fish.
It contains the following information for the angler,
which will likely be of interest: —
The angler, who is so fortunate as to reside in the
San Francisco Bay region, may well be envied by his
brothers of other American cities. This is not only
because of the piscatorial delights that await him in
the many streams and waters of the coast country
north of San Francisco: but also because of the
unusual accessibility to sucli unrivaled fishing
grounds, for in many instances excellent sport may
be enjoyed in a single day's outing.
Steelhead Trout.
Of all game fish, the incomparable Steelhead un-
doubtedly holds the greatest charm for the sports-
man: and of all steelhead fishing grounds the Eel
River is unquestionably without a peer — the reason
is an obvious one — steelhead. averaging from six to
fifteen pounds and many weighing as high as twenty-
five pounds, are taken in these waters every season —
and with the fly. These, the gamest of all the finny
tribe, arrive from the ocean, in finest fettle, each
year during%July, August, September and October,
and congregate in large numbers in the expansive
pools of the lower courses of the river, while await-
ing the winter rains which enable them to continue
their journey to the spawning grounds at the head-
waters of the smaller streams. During the same
period smaller steelhead. always referred to as "half-
pounders" on the Eel, find their way in from the
ocean along with the larger fish; they are almost
uniform in size, averaging a little over a half pound
in weight and are most in evidence in August, at
which time the pools seem literally full of them.
The height of the season is usually in the latter
part of September, but at almost any time during
the summer and into the- late autumn the favorite
pools in the vicinity of Fembridge, Fortuna and
Alton are found dotted with the boats of. enthusiasts
who come from near and far to enjoy this unexcelled
sport.
A private club is located on Greig's Pool near
Fernbridge station, but no portion of the river is
preserved, and there is ample room for all.
The conditions found here may well be likened to
those prevalent with "lake fishing," for there is no
strong current to be hampered with; and once
hooked the fight is all fish. The "sunk fly" is invari-
ably employed for the "big fellows," it being allowed
to sink rather deep, while the "half pounders" are
hooked close to the surface. A word of advice to the
uninitiated — Do not strike a steelhead too soon after
the "swirl," but allow him five full seconds at least
at least to take the fly in his mouth, and once hooked
get to shore as soon as possible, for he is more than
apt to display an uncanny delight in getting under the
boat and snagging the line on the rugger, keel, or
anything else that might offer a lending hand, if
played in midstream; and — Do not waste a fraction
of a second in striking a "half pounder" for he must
be hooked as he flashes or not hooked at all. The
steelhead usually fights for twenty minutes or more
before being subdued while the "half pounder" puts
up the gamest fight of any fish of his size; both jump
high out of water many times, the fight is fast and
furious, and there is action aplenty until safely
landed.
The proper tackle for this fishing consists of a
fly rod weighing from seven to nine ounces, single
action fly reel, at least one hundred yards of line,
six-foot single-gut leaders and Nos. 8 to 12 flies of
Eel River pattern. The "Carson" is probably the
most effective for the steelhead, while the "Coach-
man." "Goxernor" and "Soule" are great killers for
the "half pounders."
There are many, however, who prefer to troll with
the spoon, which is a very effective manner of taking
these game fish, and especially so early in the morn-
ing when the surface of the water is still and mirror-
like. For this method Nos. 3 or 4 spoon-hooks are
used, ri-ced with a light lead so as to keep the
lure six or seven feet below the surface. It is very
important to keep the reel clear at all times, for
when a steelhead strikes something has to give, and
in the past more than one rod resting peacefully
has disappeared over the end of a boat, due to a
clogged reel
-s Fish Tavern, at Fernbridge station on
"Greig's Pool,' 'and Weymouth Inn. some two miles
from Alton station, close by "Welmouth Pool." and
within walking distance of "Van Duzen Pool," are
the widest known and most popular resorts in this
locality that cater particularly to the angler. They
maintain enough boat.- to supply all their guests, and
afford every comfort and convenience that the sports-
man may require.
Of the many smaller pools which are also fished,
ma Pool," close by the town of Fortuna, is the
I popular.
Big Laeoon, eleven miles north of Trinidad, which
car easily be reached via auto-stage service, also
affc-ds this same type of fishing, only that the season
is .iomewhat earlier, the best time being May and
June. As compared with the Eel River fishing, it is
noticeable that the seeelhead is more in evidence
than the "half pounder." Boats will be found right
on the lagoon and a typical hunting and fishing resort
built upon its shores invites the sportsman.
The Russian River in the vicinity of Duncan Mills
is famous for the big steelhead which are taken there
with hook and line in midwinter, for the runs that
come in from the ocean at that time are always com-
posed of large fish, averaging fifteen to twenty-five
pounds apiece.
The season is very short, lasting only during the
latter part of December, and into January, but while
the fish are in. a large representation of San Fran-
cisco anglers is to be found upon the river at all
times, rain or shine. There are many sunshiny days
to be enjoyed at this season of the year, but it is
well to have your slicker and boots along, for showers
are not allowed to interfere with the sport. Fresh
steelhead roe is used as bait by the majority, although
quite a number of fish are taken with No. 3 spoons.
A light casting rod, a double multiplying reel and
one hundred yards of steelhead line are the tackle
requirements. Boats can be procured without any
difficulty on the river, and very comfortable accom-
modations are to be found close by at the Orchard
Hotel, which is a typical sportsman's resort. Duncan
Mills is only four hours from San Francisco and
week-end trips ca neasily be made, but if one is not
pressed for time, the better way is to spend several
days, for the fishing is worthy of any sportsman.
Salmon Fishing.
During the months of September and October and
even into November there is great salmon fishing in
the Mad River near Areata, and in the Eel River near
its mouth. Trolling with rod and reel is the mode
for taking these big fish that weigh as high as fifty
pounds each. Considerable of this exciting sport may
also be enjoyed at Trinidad and Humboldt bays when
the migration is on at those places.
Trout Streams.
Trout are native in all the streams in Mendocino.
Trinity and Humboldt counties, while Sonoma and
Marin, also, contain a number of streams in which
excellent fishing is had during the early part of the
season. The recently constructed portion of the
Northwestern Pacific north from Willits, parallel the
Eel River for more than one hundred miles through
a country that is more or less mountainous. The
entire region is traversed by innumerable streams of
the purest water, and it would be very hard to state
which of them affords the best fishing. Besides the
Eel River and it many forks and feeders, there are
the Mad River. Redwood Creek, Mattole River and
Bear River, with their many tributaries. The streams
of these northern counties have never been fished
to any considerable extent, but such of them as have
been heard from are reported as yielding splendid
baskets of highly colored trout, ranging up to a foot
in length; there are numerous stretches where Rain-
bows weighing as high as three pounds await the
angler and his fles. Mad River and the North Fork
of the Eel, both some little distance from Fort Sew-
ard, stand foremost, while other streams worthy of
mention are Outlet and Longvalley creeks, at Long-
vale, Berger creek, near Dos Rios, Blue Rock and
Shell Rock creeks. Spyrock, Kekawaka creek at Ke-
kawaka station. Dobbins. Fort Seward and Connelly
creeks, in the vicinity of Fort Seward, Bull creek,
near Dyerville, Larabee creek, near Biyan, and Red-
wood creek, near Orick, north of Eureka.
The conditions throughout the region are so ideal
for trout that the State is now completing a large fish
hatchery on Fort Seward creek where steelhead and
quinnat salmon will be propagated by the hundred
thousands to stock the streams of the North Coast
counties.
There are numerous trout streams in southern
Mendocino, Sonoma and Marin counties within easy
access of San Francisco, that are stocked each year.
Robertson Creek, near El Roble: Pieta Creek, in the
vicinity of Hopland; Little Sulphur Creek and the
headwaters of the Rancheria and Garcia creeks,
which ma}' be reached from Cloverdale; the head-
waters of the Gualala River, but ten miles north of
Cazadero: the numerous trout streams in the vicin-
ity of Duncan Mills, including Austin and Kidd
creeks: Mark West Creek, reached from Santa Rosa,
and the famous Paper Mill and Sonoma creeks are
always bound to attract the attention of the angler.
Striped Bass.
There is a large following who make weekly excur-
sions for striped bass fishing to the various sloughs,
estuaries and points about San Francisco bay, which
are now becoming famous for this excellent sport;
and of all these fishing grounds, San Antonio Slough.
near Petaluma, and the sloughs in the vicinity of
Wingo, yield the largest as well as the greatest
number of these grand fish that so justly deserve
their reputation for gameness as well as food. They
travel in large schools between the ocean and their
feeding grounds in these more shallow waters, and
may be taken with hook and line at any time through-
out the year, although the best fishing is to be en-
joyed during the months of August, September, Oc-
tober, November and December, especially for the
larger fish. Striped bass attain great size, the rec-
ord for San "Antonio Slough being a sixty-two pound-
er,, and it is not unusual to land them weighing from
thirty to forty pounds apiece. They fight very dog-
gedly and are worthy of any sportsman's attention.
The tackle usually consists of eight- or nine-foot
rods, weighing in the neighborhood of twelve ounces,
and double multiplying reels with from two hundred
and fifty to three hundred yards of No. 12 cuttyhunk
line, for the "striped bass enthusiasts" are "great
sticklers for light tackle. The "bull head," "Monterey
sardine" and clams are used as bait, while the spoon
is very effective at times when the water is unusually
clear. At San Antonio one must have his own boat;
but at Wingo boats can be rented for $1.00 per day,
although many fish regularly in this latter locality
from the banks of the various sloughs.
These points are but two hours' ride from San Fran-
cisco, which places this fishing within easy reach of
all, as the train schedules are so arranged that one
may leave San Francisco in the morning, enjoy a full
day's fishing and return in the evening.
Striped bass fishing is also coming into prominence
on the stretches of the Russian River just below
Duncan Mills where some splendid specimens have
been taken of late. The surroundings here are ideal,
and should prove very inviting to all who love this
sport. t
Black Bass.
Clear Lake, the largest fresh water lake in Califor-
nia, surrounded by many delightful resorts, amidst
wonderful scenic grandeur, offers excellent black bass
fishing from June until November. These gamey fish
are caught by fly fishing, trolling or still fishing with
live minnows, and average about two pounds, al-
though a four-pounder is by no means uncommon.
Regular automobile stage service meets the trains
of the Northwestern Pacific at Hopland and conveys
the visitor to Lakeport. which is the center for
reaching all points on the lake. The scenic wonders
of Lake county are widely heralded and a trip to
these fishing grounds may be enjoyed for its scenic
attractions as well.
Black bass are also caught in the many pools,
shady places and eddies of the Russian river, that
furnish hiding places for these gamey fish: and par-
ticularly in the inviting stretches that are found along
the river from Hilton to Guerneville.
ACTIVE IN PROPAGATION OF FISH AND GAME.
Everett. Wash. — In the fall of 1914 the game com-
mission of Snohomish county erected a trout hatchery
with a capacity of 1,500,000 eggs. At present we
have approximately 700,000 eggs hatching. Five hun-
dred thousand of these are silver trout and 200,000
eastern brook trout. The silver trout eggs are se-
cured from Lake Whatcom, located in Whatcom
county, and the eastern brook trout eggs from the
government hatchery. Our hatchery is located on
a small creek and we expect to take spawn, princi-
pally of rainbow trout, to the full capacity of the
hatchery this spring.
In addition to the trout hatchery we have con-
structed a pheasantry at the same place. Although
the pheasantry as yet is in its infancy, we hatched,
during the summer of 1915, something over 300 Chi-
nese pheasants. A great number of these birds were
held as stock for this year and the balance liberated.
Our energies will be devoted principally to the rais-
ing of the Chinese pheasant, although we have quite
a number of silver and golden pheasants and hatched
and raised a good many last year. This year we have
added to our stock of Chinese pheasants a number of
California mountain and California valley quail, of
which we expect to raise a goodly number this com-,
ing year.
Seven years ago a number of Chinese pheasants
were liberated in Snohomish county and the shooting
of same was prohibited for a period of sixty days
each year, which unfortunately was too long and re-
sulted in a great decrease. This necessitated making
an effort to propagate and restock the county, and,
with the good results accomplished the last year. I
see no reason why we cannot enjoy as good hunting
in the future as we have in the past, although it will
take some time to replace as many birds as there
were when the season first opened.
GEO. W. WHITE, Game Warden.
GAME VIOLATORS CONVICTED.
Attorney Robert D. Duke, counsel for the Fish and
Game Commission, dropped casually a remark with
much meat in it for sportsmen interested in the com-
mission's conservation work when he said:
"Taking all classes of offenses from rape through
murder, arson to robbery, and not to exceed 10 per
cent of those arrested pay the penalty. Of fish and
game offenders, 75 per cent of those arrested are
convicted. Enforcement is a step toward education
of the people to the need of gamejaws and the benefit
of obeying them. The percentages indicate the care
and judgment used by the men in the field in bringing
no trivial or doubtful cases, and only to arrest when
certain."
Alien offenders against the fish laws were out of
luck last week in the South. Deputy Gyger added
a couple more for taking bass out of Escondido Res-
ervoir without angling license, for which they for-
feited $25 bail Tuesday, each. The offenders were
Japenese. S. Tosci and Y. Aruza. and they had five
bass and three sunfish, which were confiscated and
donated to the indigent sick of Escondido.
Saturday, July 8, 1916]
T?E BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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Robert Price, the young son of W. H. Price, proved
himself some fisherman on July Fourth. Accompan-
ied by his dad he went after smelt off Fort Baker
and the youngster showed skill and patience with his
rod to make Charley Urfer and the other wizards of
the rod jealous.
s * * *
Manager Pete Ashcroft is being flooded out at the
Alameda grounds. There is some work going on of
filling in from the creek and the traps have been
visited by much water. Leave it to Pete, however, to
get affairs in ship-shape so that the boys will be able
to sight the rocks.
* * * #
Mr. C. Cobb, Kalispell, Mont., has but recently re-
turned from a hunting trip of two hundred miles made
on snowshoes and with dog team. Mr. Cobb drives
a mixed team of Airedales and Hounds on his hunting
trips through the Montana snow drifts and is one of
the most successful big game hunters in the West.
On the last trip Mr. Cobb writes that he saw at least
one thousand deer and counted 163 in one day. One
day he counted fourteen dead deer, which had been
killed by coyotes.
* * * *
H. C. Deck of Plymouth, 'Ohio, shooting off a tie
score of 99 in the 100-target championship of the
National Indian Shooting Association tournament at
Cedar Point, O., on June 29, won from F. Harlow of
Newark. It was the feature event of the day. Among
the best scores made by women was a 77 by Mrs. F.
A. Johnson of Los Angeles.
* » • •
L. G. May of Spokane, Wash., returned recently
from a fishing trip to Williams Lake, where he landed
eight bass with an aggregate weight of twenty-four
pounds. Volney Shepard and Lloyd Callighan ,of the
same city, returned from a three days' fishing trip on
the Little Spokane, near Newport, with ninety eastern
brook trout averaging one-half pound each. Reports
from Clear Lake say that the perch are biting fine.
Many of those taken from the lake weigh over the
one and one-half pound mark.
* * • *
High water in the Columbia River has put the
gTounds of the Stevenson Rod and Gun Club under
cover and James K., "Our Jim" Simpson, president
of the club, has been unable to announce the date for
the first annual registered trap-shooting tournament
to be staged by the Stevenson club. This is the first
time in several years that the traps have been cov-
ered by the overflow at this time of the year, and it
was impossible for the club members to hold a prac-
tice shoot as an attraction to the Fourth of July-
celebration.
* * * *
L. E. Parker, of Long Beach, Cal., drilled east in
time to shoot with the old gang and copped out 100
straight the first thing in the tourney at Ft. Snelling,
Minn.
* * * •
Don Morrison, now of Portland, Ore., formerly of
St. Paul, was also a welcome visitor for a few minutes
on Saturday.
* * * •
Sportsmen-anglers are informed that the trustees
of Redondo have passed an ordinance forbidding over-
bead casting from their wharves as dangerous to
bystanders, following the precedent established sev-
eral years ago at Long B.each. Those fishing at Re-
dondo will be compelled to abide by it. From the
beach one still can shy out any old way that gets the
lead farthest away from him.
* * * *
Between 7000 and 8000 one-year-old trout have been
planted in the McKenzie river under the direction
of the fish and game bureau of the Eugene Chamber
of Commerce. The fish were from -the state hatchery
above Poujade and were liberated by Y. D. Hensil
at McKenzie Bridge. Mr. Hensill plans to take, within
a few days, another shipment of between 15,000 and
20,000 trout to the McKenzie for planting.
* • • •
Mrs. E. F. Brown of Redwood City, owner of the
famous Browndale collie kennels, had three puppies
on exhibition at the recent Oakland show. The pup-
pies won everything offered the breed in the classes
they were entered in. Mrs. Brown plans to enter a
string of blue-merle collie pups in the next dog show.
Mrs. Ad. Topperwein of San Antonio, Tex., set a
wonderful example to the women shooters of our
country when she broke 100 straight on a practice
day previous to the Southern Handicap, Memphis,
Tenn. And she faced quite a difficulty at the last
trap when, with but two more to go. the machine sud-
denly refused to work. Immediately everybody
crowded up close and talk was somewhat loud in
speculation as to whether or not she would finish the
100 without a miss. Some five minutes, delay was
followed, however, by the Texan's shattering the final
clays. The interruption did not disturb her in the
least.
* * * •
Windy weather up in the high Sierras interfered
somewhat with fishing during the past week but the
trout are in the streams and the sport is on the
improve.
Six members of the Olympic team that went to the
International Games in London in 1901, completely
vanquished the British shots, and at their own style
of shooting, were on the traps at Omaha on the open-
ing day of the Western Handicap, for the first time
since they returned from abroad, covered with glory
and lots of medals. There were ten members of the
Olympic team. The six were Tom Marshall, the
Chicago authority; Frank Parmlee, Omaha's veteran;
Fred Gilbert, of Spirit Lake, Iowa; William Crosby,
the O'Fallon, 111., professional; Ed. Banks, the popular
Hercules Powder man, of Wilmington. Del., and Chan
Powers, another eastern scattergun shark, and one of
the old coterie that never again, we fear, will see
a replica.
* * * *
Mrs. Leonard W. Ely of Palo Alto is mourning the
loss of a pedigreed English bulldog, Stanford Girl,
which died last week of heart failure. Mrs. Ely re-
cently refused ?2,000 for it. Stanford Girl was by the
famous English bulldog, Silver Magnet — Wardenette,
both prize winners.
CONDITIONS OF CIVILIAN RIFLE CLUB MATCH.
Eligibility: Each civilian rifle club affiliated with
the N. R. A. in good standing may enter one team,
to consist of ten to twelve members of the club who
have been such members for three months preceding
the match; ten high scores to count. Restricted to
civilian members of said club. Members of the
Army, Navy, Marine Corps, National Guard, Naval
Militia or other military organizations are not eligi-
bl£ to compete.
Distances and Number of Shots: Each competitor
will fire 10 shots each at 300, 500 and 600 yards slow
fire and 200 and 300 yards rapid fire. Target A for
300 yards slow fire. Target B for 500 and 600 yards
slow fire; Target D for 200 and 300 yards rapid fire.
At 200 yards the position will be kneeling from
standing, time limit 1% minutes. At 300 yards the
position will be prone from standing, time limit 2
minutes. An additional y2 minute time allowance
for each range if Krag model 1898 is used. Two
sighting shots are allowed at 300, 500 and 600 yards
slow fire. Sand bag may be used at 600 yards; it is
not required
Sights : Battle sight for rapid fire and peep or open
for slow fire.
Rapid fire will be in accordance with the U. S.
Army Small Arms Firing Regulations, provided that
if time cannot be regulated at the target it may be
taken at the firing point, in which case shooting posi-
tion w:ill not be assumed before the word of command.
Rifle and Ammunition: The service rifle, model
1898 or 1903, any any ammunition may be used.
Reloaded ammunition may be used, provided the
bullet is so seated that it can be worked through the
magazine.
Prizes: To the team making the highest aggregate
score will go the "National Trophy," presented by the
War Department, to be held for one year or until the
next competition, and ten silver medals for the team
members. To members of the second team, the win-
ners of Class B, C, D, etc., the 11th team, the 21st
team, the 31st team, 41st team, etc., will be given
bronze medals. The standing of clubs will be deter-
mined by aggregate score, ties to be determined by
N. R. A. rules.
Entrance Fee: ?10 per team.
Entries Close: July 10th.
When Shot: On home ranges between July 15
and 31.
Report: Scores to be certified on blanks furnished
by N. R. A. not later than July 31 in order that they
may be of record on or before August 10th.
A special car loaded with tanks filled with young
trout arrived at Hayward Monday morning for plant-
ing in streams in Alameda county under the direction
of the California Fish and Game Commission. Resi-
dents donated their automobiles to convey the fish
to the points where they were placed in the water
under direction of William Dirks, superintendent of
the State Game Farm.
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"DON'T" FOR THE DOG OWNER.
Don't keep two dogs when you need only one.
Don't feed sweet stuff to a dog of any breed.
Don't breed to an inferior stud dog. Breed to the
greatest winner, other points being equal. Winning
doesn't make him any better as a sire, but it gives
value to the offspring and status to your kennel if
you keep it up.
Don't be afraid to destroy inferior puppies. If you
raise but three to a litter they will do better.
Don't keep a dog for which you must apologize.
Remember that one first-rate specimen is worth fifty
third-rate ones.
Don't let yourself brag about a cheap dog. You'll
get to believing your own tales, and the knowing
will cut you out.
Don't feed a dog just because he seems hungry.
It means eczema. Every dog, like every Indian, is a
born mendicant ,and will beg pathetically on a full
stomach.
Don't issue an order unless you intend to have it
obeyed. If you are consistent your dog will find you
out.
Don't buy a champion expecting him to still beat
everything. Dogs go off badly sometimes. Our Eng-
lish cousins are specially fond of selling us "has
beens."
Don't let children fool with a dog, unless you are
chiefly bent on giving the kids experience. As far as
the dog is concerned, the less he deals with the
young idea, the better.
Don't let a dog lie by the fire in winter when he is
to be thrust out into the kennel to sleep. Of such is
rheumatism.
Don't shoot near a young bird dog, or punish him,
until you understand him and he understands you.
Don't be surprised if some old country half-breed
beats your fancy setter or hound. Experience teaches
much; and hustling is sometimes the best training. —
Rrom "AH Outdoors."
o ;
Pfirrmann Wins in Vernon Shoot. — The final block
of 200 targets of the 400 target registered trap shoot
held at the Vernon Gun Club July Fourth brought to
a successful close one of the most business-like and
well-run shoots ever staged on the Pacific Coast, with
the scoring of marvelous tallies, on both the last 200
birds and for the entire shoot of 400 targets.
Heine Pfirrmann Jr. carted away the huge and mag-
nificent Interstate Association trophy put up for the
high score on the 400 targets.
Pfirrmann squelched a total of 394 birds and
dropped only 7 out of 500 shot at. He broke 197x200
each day of the tournament. The "Shootin' Dutch-
man" finished a high run of 216 straight brought from
an unfinished high mark on July 3.
J. D. Dierdoff, the shooting railroader, and Walter
A. Cornelius, tied for second high, each with 195 out
of 200. Andy Flickinger of Vallejo was third high
with 194x200.
Ed Mitchell broke high professional with 199x200.
Dick Reed, professional from the Remington UMC
Company, broke second high pro. with 198x200. Len
Hawxhurst of the Peters Company was third high
professional with 196x200.
These same three professional cracks were the
high guns on the 400 targets, Mitchell with 394 dead,
Reed with 393 kills and Hawxhurst with 390x400.
The Interstate Association for the encouragement
of trapshooting awarded eight trophies for the eight
high marks on the 400 targets. In addition to Pfirr-
mann's mark and trophy, Andy Flickinger was second
with 389x400 and won second choice of the trophies.
Frank H. Melius was third in line with 387x400. Dr.
L. M. Packard with 385x400 was fourth and Stanton
Bruner with 384x400 was fifth. Sixth in line on high
marks and the choice of trophies was Walter Cor-
nelius with 383x400. Ralph M. Arnold was seventh
with 383x400 and Harry Ogilvie eighth with 382x400.
The results in the final block of 200 targets of the
400-target registered shoot in 10 events of 20 targets
each: —
'Mitchell 199, F. Melius 193, Pfirrmann 197, Howard
192, *Holohan 188, *Reed 198, Mullen 179, Blanchard
188, Flickinger 194, Ogilvie 190, Council 183, Free 176,
Sloan 171, Wilshire 180, Adams 187, Slocum 183, Mar-
tin 187, Cornelius 195, 6Knight 186, Packard 181,
Manderville 180, *Hawxhurst 195, Mohler 188, Bruner
190, Fish 189, Wickham 172. Mrs. Groat 184, C. E.
Groat 190, Haesse 178, *01iver 173, *Cook 191, *Hoyt
191, Rossbach 184, Evans 188, Bole 190, Mills 193,
Arnold 190, C. F. Nichols 18S, F. H. Nichols 181,
L. R. Melius 185, Meek 184, Van Nest 155, Sargent
176, Grewell 185, H. Cline 188, Hagerman 182, Dier-
doff 195, Forrest 192, Melford 174.
o
Portland Dog Dies. — Champion Willamette Defend-
er, one of the best known bull terriers on the Pacific
Coast, died Sunday night in Portland. Defender,
more familiarly known to his many friends as "Nibs,"
was owned by Mrs. George B. Story, and for many
years was a popular winner at the various dog shows.
He was bred by Frank E. Watkins, of Portland, and
was whelped August 15, 1906. His sire was Cham-
pion Edgecote Peer, dam General Custer's Belle, and
is without a doubt the last bull terrier containing
blood from the two wonderful champions, Woodcote
Wonder, for ten years the leading winner in both
this country and England, and of Edgecote Peer, a
winner at various shows throughout the United
States for several seasons.
Washington Field Trial. — The Washington Field
Trial Club announces that it has secured one of the
finest trial grounds in the whole Northwest, located
at Yelm, Wash., and comprising several thousand
acres of the finest trial grounds out-of-doors. It also
has set the date of its trials to open on September 11,
which will give the sportsmen an opportunity to at-
tend the trials and then get home or to such other
place as they desire on time to begin the shooting
season. Entry fees in the open classes are $5 forfeit
and $2.50 starting fee. All purses paid at the close of
the trials. No dogs trained on the trial grounds shall
be eligible to enter and no entry will be accepted for
such dogs. Entries positively close on August 15 and
entry blanks for the meet may be had by applying to
F. E. King, secretary, Box 63. Tacoma, Wash. The
secretary would like to hear from any and all dog
fanciers with regard to the trials and will be pleased
to furnish them with all the information in his pos-
session regarding the trials or places for training
their dogs if they anticipate coming from a distance
and desire to work their dogs after arriving. Good
training grounds may be had near the city and of the
same character of ground over which the trials will
be run.
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ADDRESS
Breeder and Sportsman.
P. O. Drawer 447, San Francl»c«
..Modern Horse Management..
By
CAPTAIN R. S. TIMMIS
Nearly 500 photographs and drawings.
144 Plates 11x8. Royal quarto, 316
pages. Casseli & Co.: London, To-
ronto, Melbourne, etc. Stokes & Co.:
New York. $5 postpaid.
"A most valuable authority." — Sporting
and Dramatic News, London.
"Very sound and well thought out." — The
Field.
"A book that should be widely known." —
Horse and Hound.
"The fruits of a tree whose roots are
grounded in practical experience." —
Bloodstock Breeders' Review.
"Worthy to take its place as a standard
work." — Sporting Life.
"A valuable addition to the horse library"
— Irish Field.
"Should be in the possession of every
horse owner." — The Broad Arrow.
"Should strike a popular note." — New
York Spur.
"The fruit of practical experience." — Chi-
cago Horse Review.
"On a scale not heretofore attempted by
a writer." — Horse World. Buffalo.
"Deserves the widest possible apprecia-
tion."— Farm Life, London.
For sale by
Breeder and Sportsman
Post Office Drawer 447, San Francisco
FAMOUS
TROUT
STREAMS
Steelhead fishing in the Big Lagoon,
Humboldt County, is now in full
swing. The fish this year average
from nine to twelve pounds.
Do not overlook the Eel Eiver Fly
Fishing for the Big Steelhead from
July until October in the famous
Greigs, Fortuna, Van Duzen and Wey-
mouth pools — fresh run fish that
weigh from nine to twenty-five pounds
— light tackle — excellent resorts close
by — only ten hours from San Fran-
cisco.
The fishing streams that are found
so profusely in the new territory north
of Willits embracing Humboldt, Trin-
ity and Mendocino Counties offer the
best of coast stream trout fishing. If
you want to fish, go where the fish are.
10W
EXCURSION RATES
"Vacation-1916" gives list of hotels
and resorts in this section, and our new
"hunting and fishing" booklet will soon
be ready for distribution. Call at 874
Market Street or write J. J. Geary,
G. P. A., Room 808 Phelan Bldg., San
Francisco, for copies.
NORTHWESTERN
PACIFIC R. R.
ALL CUTS
IN THIS PUBLICATION MADE BY
SAN FRANCISCO
PHOTO -ENGRAVING CO.
215 LEIDESDORFF ST.,
San Francisco, Cal.
Phone Douglas 1810
Classified Advertising
POSITION WANTED.— Have had many
years of experience with light harness
horses, am energetic, faithful, and strictly
temperate, possess good judgment, and
real ability; want position.
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN.
Dividend Notice
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN
SOCIETY
<The German Bank)
526 California Street
Mission Branch, corner Mission and 21st
streets.
Richmond D;strict Branch, corner Clem-
ent St. and 7th Ave.
HaJgfat Street Branch, corner Haight and
Belvedere Sts.
For the half year ending June 30, 1916,
a dividend has been declared at the rate
of four (4) per cent per annum on all de-
posits, payable on and after Saturday,
July 1, 1916. Dividends not called for are
added to the deposit account and earn
dividends from July 1, 1916.
GEORGE TOURNY, Manager.
FOR SALE. — A three-year-old thor-
oughbred colt by Johnny Lyons, out of
Reina del Ceila. Registered 78538. For
price and particulars address
J. D. PARKER, 42-lst St., Napa, Cal.
I WANT TO BUY.— I have sold eleven
horses in the last few months ranging
from $2,000 to ?200. If you have a horse
for sale and will write me, I wiU tell you
what my system is. It is a winner. I find
there is a buyer for every horse for sale
at the right price. It is just a question of
getting the buyer and seller together. If
you have one for sale let me hear from
you-. MAGNUS FLAWS,
542 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111.
RACE TRACK FOR SALE.
The Ukiah race track, located a little
less than a mile from the Court House
at Ukiah and bounded by the State High-
way on the west, the county road on the
south, and the Northwestern Pacific Rail-
road nearly the entire length on the east
side of the track. The property consists
of twenty acres. Fifty-nine good box
stalls, good grandstand, fencing in good
order, and one of the best half mile tracks
in the state. An excellent winter track
and an ideal place to work horses during
that season. Plenty of adjoining drives
for jogging horses. Two wells on the
premises as well as water from the city
water works, with tanks conveniently ar-
ranged for sprinkling.
This is the only race track in Mendo-
cino county and the location of the county
fairs. Ukiah is the county seat and has a
population of about 3000, is in a most fer-
tile valley in which all kinds of fruit, veg-
etables, hay. grain and hops are grown.
Has excellent water; no malaria or mos-
quitos. It has paved streets, good sewer-
age, and -splendid gas and electric light
works. There are many standard and
thoroughbred horses in this county and
the people are a race loving lot. This
property is offered for sale at a less price
than adjoining property is held at. For
terms and further particulars address
F. W. KELLEY.
Care of Breeder and Sportsman.
FARMS FOR SALE
Choice Land In Idaho
Lewiston, Idaho. Is situated at the
forks of Clearwater and Snake rivers and
has transportation to the coasL
960 acres 7% miles from Lewiston, Ida-
ho, 4^4 from Lapwai, Idaho, on main
traveled road, all in cultivation except
about 15 acres, all level land. Just a little
rolling, 320 acres of fall wheat In, 225
acres fall plowed for spring crop, about
30 acres in alfalfa. All fenced and cross
fenced. Two good springs with big cem-
ent water troughs, well, windmill and
cement reservoir, water piped to house,
7 room house, hot and cold water and
electric lights. Large horse barn with
hay mow in the center, electric lights In
barn; cow barn with two box stalls; hog
pens, shade frees, chicken houses, black-
smith shop, wagon shed, granary, outdoor
cellar with bunk house overhead. $85 per
acre; will take one-third down, time on
balance to suit purchaser, at 7 per cent
interest. One-third of crop goes with
place if sold any time up close to harvest.
Mild climate, can raise all kinds of fruit,
grain and vegetables. Wheat In thia
country goes from 35 to 65 bushels per
acre, barley 40 to 80 bushels per acre.
320 acres 4% miles south of Vollmer,
Idaho, 275 acres in cultivation, balance in
pasture and timber, farm land lays prac-
tically level, one-third of crop goes with
place if sold before harvest. Some fall
wheat already sown. All fenced and cross
fenced. Quarter section of it fenced hog
tight; good four-room house, wood shed,
and out of door cellar, nice grove around
house, well at house, fair stabling and
out buildings, spring and spring creek
close to barn, three springs on place.
Price $70 per acre, one-third cash, bal-
ance at 7 per cent. Time to suit pur-
chaser.
238 acres 4^ miles from Lewiston, Ida-
ho, 175 acres in cultivation. 25 more can
be cultivated, balance good bunch grass
pasture, fenced and cross-fenced, good
spring creek runs across place, small
house, station on place for Johnson R, R.,
two grain warehouses at station. Price
$70 per acre, one-third cash, balance at
7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
160 acres of timber land, good farm land
.vhen timber is cleared off, all can be
farmed except about 2 or 3 acres. Good
timber, yellow pine and fir. Price $4000.
40 miles from Lewiston, Idaho. Well
located to log off.
240 acres 6 miles from Asotin, 12 miles
from Lewiston, Idaho, about 75 acres In
fall wheat, about 75 acres more can be
cultivated, balance in bunch grass pas-
ture, two springs, small house, all fenced.
Price $40 per acre, one-third cash, balance
at 7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
Reference Lewiston National Bank and
First National Bank. Address
F. W. KELLEY,
Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal.
Saturday, July 8, 1916]
THB BRBBDBR AND SPORTSMAN
13
Sonoma, Marin, Humboldt and Mendocino Fair
Santa Rosa, August 9, 10, 11 and 12, 1916
Live Stock, Horticultural, Agricultural and Industrial Exposition
Special Excursions From All Points
PACIFIC COAST TROTTING HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION'S
27th Annual Race Meeting
$16,000 LNndPUsTAl!s Fastest Horses 0NETNHTEE^ST
Monday, August 7, 1916.
1:30 p. ni. — Opening- of Fair Grounds to public. Music
and orations for the occasion.
2:30 p. m. — Better baby show.
4:00 p. m. — Judging of horticultural products.
7:30 p. m. — Grand Ball and promenade through the
beautiful forest decorated with horticul-
tural, agricultural and manufactured
products.
Tuesday, August 8 — Children's Day.
10:00 a.m. — Judging of agricultural products.
11:00 a. m. — Judging of live stock.
1:30 p. m. — Stock parade.
3:00 p. m. — Forest carnival events.
8:00 p. m. — Dance and. special events on midway.
Wednesday, August 9 — Pomona Grange's Day.
10:00 a.m. — Judging of manufactured products.
2:00 p. m, — Races, P. C. T. H. B. A.:
Three-year-old pacing division. Futurity
Stake No. 13 (closed 1912) $1300
2:09 class, trotting 500
2:20 class, pacing 900
8:00 p. m. — Dance. Special events on midway. Chorus
of 300 voices.
Thursday, August 10— Petaluma and Marin Co. Day.
10:00 a. m. — Judging of mammoth egg exhibit.
11:00 a.m. — Address on scientific poultry raising.
2:00 p. m.— Races. P. C. T. H. B. A.:
Two-year-old trotting division. Futurity
Stake No. 14 (closed 1913) $1350
2:15 class, trotting 900
2:10 class, pacing 500
8:00 p. m. — Dance. SDecial events on midway.
Friday, August 11 — Northern Sonoma and Mendocino
County Day.
10:00 a.m. — Stock parade.
2:00 p. m.— Races, P. C. T. H. B. A.:
Two-year-old pacing division, Futurity
Stake No. 14 (closed 1913) $1100
Three-year-old trotting division. Futu-
rity Stake No. 13 (closed 1912) 3300
2:13 class, pacing 900
8:00 p. m. — Dance. Special events on midway.
10:30 p.m. — Mammoth bonfire. Baked Burbank potato
festivity.
Saturday, August 12 — San Francisco and Oakland
Day.
10:00 a.m. — Reception of visitors.
2:00 p. m.— Races, P. C. T. H. B. A.:
2 :12 class, trotting $500
Free-for-all class, pacing 900
2:20 class, trotting 900
8:00 p.m. — Dance. Special events on midway.
10:30 p. m. — Barbecue.
Sunday, August 13.
10:00 a. m. — Inspection of horticultural, agricultural,
manufactured and stock exhibits.
2:00 p. m. — Concerts.
3:00 p. m. — Drill by Company E., National Guards.
Bio- ^hnuu Oav and Evpnino great fun at the «joy zone" and "midway plaisance"
I g *IIWW Wdy CIIIU CVCIIIIIg Grounds Brilliant With Electric Lights at Night
Santa Rosa is noted for its excellent Hotels.
It is the center of one o£ the richest agricultural districts in the world.
o£ the world-wide famous Burbank Experimental Farms.
It is the County Seat and the location
Make Your Plans to Take in the Santa Rosa Fair
F. W. KELLEY, Secretary
Race Meeting
P. O. Box 447, San Francisco, Cal.
EDWARD H. BROWN, Secretary
Fair Association
Santa Rosa, Cai.
Kern County Agricultural Fair Ass'n
FIRST ANNUAL FAIR
BAKERSFIELD, CAL.
October 24 to 28, 1916
Entries to Races to Close August 1st, 1916
All Races Limited to Three Heats
OCTOBER 25th
2:20 Pace
2:15 Trot
.$400
. 400
PROGRAM
OCTOBER 26th
..$400 Free-For-AII Pace
.. 400 2:12 Trot
OCTOBER 27th
2:13 Pace $400
2:30 Trot 400
HALF MILE TRACK
TWO RUNNING RACES EACH DAY.
CONDITIONS:
ALL RACES THREE HEATS— Money divided 25% to the first heat, 25% to the
second heat, 25% to the third heat, and 25% to the race according to the rank in the
summary. Money In each division 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Should two or more
horses be tied for first place at the completion of the third heat, such horses only shall
contest in a fourth heat and money divided according to rank in the stfmmary at the
termination of that heat. A horse having won the first two heats and drawn or dis-
tanced In the third heat shall not lose position in the summary.
Nominators have the right of entering two or more horses In any race by the pay-
ment of 2% additional on each horse, but only one of the horses so entered to be
started in the race, and the starter is to be named by 5 o'clock P. M. the day before the
race is to take place.
Usual 5% additional from winners.
The Association reserves the right to declare two starters a walkover. When only
two start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, divided 66 2-3% to the first,
and 33 1-3% to the second horse. A horse distancing the field shall be entitled to first
and fourth money only and in no other case will a horse be entitled to more than
one money.
The Association reserves the right to change the hour and day of any race, except
when it becomes necessary to antedate a race, in which instance the nominators will
receive three days" notice by mail to address of entry.
The right reserved to reject any or all entries and declare off or postpone any or
all races on account of weather or other sufficient cause.
Entries not declared out by 5 o'clock P. M. the day preceding the race shall be
required to start and declarations must be in writing and made at the office of the
Secretary at the track.
The Association reserves' the right to start any heat after the fourth score, regard-
less of the position of the horses.
Any horse that started in 1915 without improving ita record, equaling its record,
and not winning a race, Shall be entitled to one second.
Solano County Fair and Race Meeting
— FIRST ANNUAL FAIR- ——
DIXON, CAL.
August 16, 17, 18 and 19, 1916.
ENTRIES CLOSE MONDAY, JULY lOtb, 1916.
All Races Limited to Three Heats
RACE PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16th
2:20 Trotting $300
Free-for-AII Pacing 300
Start of Four-Day Relay Race for
Saddle Horses 200
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17th
2:10 Pacing $300
2:15 Trotting 300
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18th
2:20 Pacing $300
2:30 Trotting 300
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19th
2:13 Pacing $300
2:09 Trotting 300
- HALF MILE TRACK -
Address all communications to the Secretary.
T, F.
BURKE, Secretary,
Bakersfield, Cal.
GENERAL CONDITIONS.
ALL RACES THREE HEATS— Money divided 25% to the first heat. 2596 to the
second heat, 25% to the third heat, and 25% to ihe race according to the rank In the
summary. Money in each division 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Should two or more
horses be tied for first place at the completion of the third heat, such horses only shall
contest in a fourth heat and money divided according to rank In ihe summary at the
termination of that heat. A horse having won the first two heats and drawn or dis-
tanced in the third heat shall not lose position in the summary.
Nominators have the right of entering two or more horses in any race by the pay-
ment of 2% additional on each horse, but only one of the horses so entered to be
started in the race, and the starter is to be named by 5 o'clock P. M. the day before the
race is to take place.
Usual 5% additional from winners.
The Association reserves the right to declare tw< over, When only
two start they may contest for the entrance money paid in. dii to the first,
and 33 1-3% to the second horse. A horse distancing the field shall be entitled I
and fourth money only and in no other case will a horse be entitled to more than
one money.
The Association reserves the right to change the hour and day of any race, except
when it becomes necessary to antedate a race, in which instance the nomlnatoi
receive three days' notice by mail to address of entry.
The right reserved to reject any or all entries and declare oft or postpone any or
all races on account of weather or other sufficient cause.
Entries not declared out by 5 o'clock P. M. the day preceding the race shall !><_
required to start and declarations must be in writing and made at the office of the
Secretary at the track.
The Association reserves the right to start any heat after the fourth score regard-
less of the position of the horses.
Any horse that started in 1915 without improving Ita record, equalling its record
and not winning a race, shall be entitled to one second.
Address all communications to the Secretary.
A. C. MADDEN,
Secretary, Dixon, Cal.
14
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
/
BEAUTIFUL BELVEDERE
LOTS FOR SALE
CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
most beautiful spot on the shores of San Francisco Bay
for a suburban home. It commands an extensive view of
the City of San Francisco, Alcatraz and Angel Islands,
Raccoon Straits, San Francisco Bay, Richardson's Bay,
the Berkeley shore, beautiful Belvedere and Mt. Tamal-
pais. It is in Marin County, directly opposite San Fran-
cisco, and forms the eastern shore of Belvedere cove.
It has a naturally terraced, sunny, western slope that is
well adapted for many choice residence sites, every one
affording most picturesque views of the bay and moun-
tain. It is protected from the prevailing western trade winds in
summer by Belvedere Island, and from the southerly storms in
winter by Angel Island. The soil is fertile and part of the island
is well wooded.
It is less subject to fog than any other place near San
Francisco. The summer fog, as it rolls in from the ocean, splits
on the western slope of Sausalito, part of it flowing in a line with
Angel Island towards the Berkeley shore, and part of it along
the southern slope of Mt. Tamalpais, leaving Belvedere, Corin-
thian Island and Raccoon Straits in the bright sunlight, while
the fog banks can be seen as a white wall both to the north and
the south.
There is very little available land about the shores of San
Francisco Bay that is desirable for homes, especially for those
who love boating and kindred sports. The Alameda and Contra
Costa shores of the bay are the lee shores and receive the full
brunt of the boisterous trade winds which lash the shoal waters
near the land into muddy waves, making boating both unpleas-
ant and dangerous. To the north of the city and in Marin
County the land from Sausalito to the entrance of the bay is a
Government reservation and will never be placed on the market.
The shores of Richardson's Bay are not at present convenient
to boat service and, aside from Belvedere and Corinthian Island,
there is little or no land near any ferry landing that possesses
the natural advantages, improvements and possibilities that are
offered on Corinthian Island. Concrete roads, pure water, tele-
phone service and electric light wires are already installed. It is
only ten minutes' walk from any point on the property to
Tiburon boats, and but forty-three minutes' ride to the foot of
Market Street.
On the point of Corinthian Island the Corinthian Yacht
Club has had its home for many years, and on any summer day
the white sails of its numerous fleet add to the charming scene,
as the trim yachts glide about the cove. Excellent fishing of all
kinds for bay fish, including salmon, the gamey striped bass,
rock fish and the toothsome silver smelt, is to be had in the cove.
There is probably no spot so accessible and in such close prox-
imity to any large city in the world that offers the attractions
of climate, magnificent scenery, fishing and boating as will here
be found.
FOR MAPS, PRICES AND PARTICULARS APPLY TO
S. L. PLANT,
PLANT RUBBER AND SUPPLY CO.,
32 BEALE STREET
San Francisco, Cal.
G-R.
F. W. KELLEY,
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN OFFICE,
366 PACIFIC BUILDING
San Francisco, Cal.
V
Saturday, July 8, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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/Q^P^TvBSa at these
(Of&Hsg^\**\ LOW FARES
I [OGDEN a SHASTA) fc-WWW I" J-l. W\ I_ vS>
\ V ROHILS / / ROUND TRIP
\ ^^\ j^Hgifeb. /+ I Baltimore $108.50
Y^J\e3p=|SS<'f »/ Boston 112.70
\«sCT *■— -S»^ ^^/ Chicago 72.50
Vl^ltV/ Dallas 62.50
>£^- I \ ZS Denver 55.00
^«^ ' "— <^ Houston 62.50
Kansas City 60.00
FIRST IN SAFETY Memphis 70.00
„..= -.._. Montreal 110.70
SALE DATES New Orleans 70.00
July 1, 2, 4, 5, 6. 11, 12. 13, 26, 27, 28. ™°™J™*1 V^ll
Aug. 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 24, 25, 28, 29. ?th,lf^-Phia 1™S
Sept. 7, 8, 12, 13. ^Lou '3 .......... .. .... ... ... . 70.00
Tickets will also be sold to Buffalo, Washington 108.50
N. Y., July 4, 5 and 6, August 1, 2 and Ogden, Salt Lake City and
3; to Cincinnati, Ohio, July 11, 12 and other points upon request
13; to Davenport, la.. July 26. 27 and
28; to Chattanooga, Tenn.. September Good on All Trains
II and l9
Pullman Standard and Tourist Sleeping Cars
going LIMIT 15 DAYS. RETURN LIMIT THREE MONTHS gest Dining Car in America
(ron, DATE of sale, but NOT AFTER October 31,1916 stopovers Going and Returning
$110.70 to New York is good between New Orleans and New York by Southern
Pacific Atlantic S. S. Line, with sailings Wednesdays and Saturdays, and
includes Berth and Meals on Steamers.
FOR TRAIN SERVICE AND SLEEPING CAR BERTHS ASK SOUTHERN PACIFIC AGENT.
Makes Them Sound SMITH'S WONDER WORKER Keeps Them Sound
Allays fever and inflammation at once, this must be done to effect a cure.
UNEXCELLED AS A REMEDY for bone and bog spavins, curbs, splints, ringbones,
capped hocks, shoe boils, wind puffs, fhoroughpina and hunches of all kinds, bowed.
strained and ruptured tendons, shoulder, nip and stifle lameness, weak joints,
sweeny, cording up, throat trouble and rheumatism. Relieves pains and soreness
wlthoutlossof halror aday'sletup. As a leg and body wash itbas no equal, in-
vigorates and restores the distressed horse between heats and after bard workouts.
Price $1.50 per bottle, prepaid on receipt of price. $12.00 per
doz.; $7.00 per half-doz.; $8 per gal. F. O. B. Tiffin, Ohio.
W. K. 8MITH 4 CO., Tiffin, Ohio.
W. E. DETELS, Pleaeanton Cal., Distributing Agent, for the Pacific Court.
TRAINING THE HOUND
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE TRAINING OF FOX HOUNDS, BEAGLES,
AND COON HOUNDS.
The system of training advocated is simple and effective, so that anyone who car-
ries out instructions can easily develop a foxhound, a beagle or a coon dog to the
highest state of usefulness or organize a pack in which each hound will work independ-
ently and at the same time harmoniously with the others. The subjects are: The
Hound's Ancestry, History, Instinctive Tendencies, English and Native Hounds, Devel-
oping the Intelligence, Training the Foxhound. Voices and Pace of the Hound, Quali-
ties of Scent Manners, Training the Coon Dog, Coon Hunting, Training the Beagle,
Forming a Pack, Field Trial Handling, Faults and Vices, Conditioning, Selecting and
Rearing Puppies. Kennels and Yards, Diseases of Hounds and Their Treatment The
chapters on field trial training and handling are alone worth the price of the book,
which is one that every man who loves the voice of a hound should read.
The book contains 224 pages, is clearly printed, nicely bound, and handsomely illus-
trated with bloodhounds, various types of English and American foxhounds, beagles
and cross-bred dogs for 'possum and coon hunting.
Price, In heavy paper cover, $1; $1.50, postpaid.
ADDRESS:
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
P. O. DRAWER 447, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Pedigrees Tabulated
—Typewritten, Suitable For Framing —
Stallion Service Books, $1.00
Registration Standard-Bred Horses Attended to
Stallion Folders
with picture of the horse and terms on first page; complete tabulated pedigree
on the two inside pages and description on back page
Stallion Cards for Posting
• size, one-half Bheet, 14x22; Bize one-third sheet, 11x14
Stallion Cards
two sides, size 3)^ x 6J^, to fit envelop
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at San Jose, Cal., May 31, 1916,
Mr. Henry Pfirrmann by making the magnificent score of
100 STRAIGHT TARGETS
wonass^ciatk^Iate AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
shooting his 34 inch double barrel
PARKER GUN
Same man, same gun won Pacific Coast Handicap at San Diego, Cal., in 1915.
Highest Official General Average for 1914 and 1915 was made with the
PARKER GUN
If Interested in small bore guns write for instructive booklet which will bo sent free
on request. For further particulars regarding guns from 8 to 28 gauge, address
PARKER BROS., Meriden, Conn. New York Salesroom, 32 Warren Str«»t;
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THE BREEDER. AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 8, 1916
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VOLUME LXIX. NUMBER 3.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1916
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 15, 1916
- — =RE0PENED=— -
and LATE CLOSING EVENTS
North Pacific Fair Association
GOOD TRACKS :: SHORT SHIPS :: FAIR PURSES
VANCOUVER, B. C, EXHIBI-
TION
August 14 — IS
H. S. ROi-STON, Secretary
TO CLOSE JULY 15th
3To to Enter and i% from Money- Winners.
2:10 Pace or 2:05 Trot— 3 in 5 $500
Three-year-old Trot (B. C. Horses).. 200
2:15 Pace ..700
Three-year-old Pace (B. C. Horses).. 200
2:12 Trot 500
2:25 Pace 500
2:25 Trot— 3 in 5 700
TO CLOSE AUGUST 1.
5% to Enter and 5% from Money Winners.
2:20 Pace $500
2:24 Trot (B. C. Horses) 200
2:15 Trot 500
2:30 Pace 300
2:20 Trot— Open 300
2:18 Pace 500
2:15 Pace (B. C. Horses) 200
Except where specified, races are on
three heat plan.
Running races every day — Overnight en-
tries— Send for .special schedule.
THE SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON FAIR
Chehalis, Wash.
Aug. 28th— Sept. 2nd
GEO. R. WALKER, Secretary
TO CLOSE AUGUST 14th.
5% to Enter — 5^ Deductions.
2:20
..$500
2:15
. . 500
2:12
Trot
500
2:20
.. 500
ALL ON THREE HEAT PLAN.
Two Running Races Every Day — Over-
night entries.
SPOKANE INTERSTATE
FAIR
Spokane, Wash.
Sept. 4-9
T. S. GRIFFITH, President
EVENTS CLOSING AUGUST 14th.
5% to Enter — 5% Deductions.
2:12 Trot— Three Heats $750
2:25 Trot— Three Heats 750
2:15 Trot— Three Heats 750
2:20 Trot — Three Heats 750
2:15 Pace— Three Heats 750
2:20 Pace — Three Heats 750
WASHINGTON STATE FAIR
September 18 to 23, 1916
North Yakima, Washington
FRANK MEREDITH, Secretary
(Mile Track)
CLOSING AUGUST 14th.
2:25 Trot— Three heat plan $500
2:08 Pace— 3 in 5 700
2:12 Trot— 3 in 5 700
2:30 Trot — Three heat plan 500
2:10 Pace — Three heat plan 600
Free-for-all Pace— 3 in 5 700
Three per cent to enter — seven pe? cent
from money winners.
CLOSING SEPTEMBER 4th.
2:15 Trot — Three heat plan $600
2:15 Pace — Three heat plan 600
2:20 Trot — Three heat plan 600
2:20 Pace — Three heat plan 500
All three heat plan. Five per cent to
enter and five per cent from money win-
ners. Running races every day except
Monday. Overnight events. Other condi-
tions same as before.
THE GRAYS HARBOR
COUNTY FAIR
Elma, Wash., Sept. 6-7-8-9-10
J. B. KIRKALDIE, Secretary
THE OREGON STATE
Salem, Oregon
Sept. 25-30
A. H. LEA, Secretary
(Mile Track)
FAIR
EVENTS CLOSING AUGUST 23rd.
5Tc to Enter — 5% Deductions — 7 entries;
5 Starters.
2:20 Trot $250
2:25 Pace 250
2:30 Trot 250
2:15 Pace 250
2:15 Trot 250
2:18 Pace 250
Free-For-AII Trot 250
Free-For-All Pace 250
EVENTS CLOSING AUGUST 6th.
3Tc to Enter — 1% Deductions.
2:12 Trot (Three in Five) $2000
2:25 Trot (Three Heat Plan) 600
TO CLOSE SEPTEMBER 11th.
o<vc to Enter — 5% Deductions.
2:10 Pace (Three Heats) $750
2:15 Trot (Three Heats) 700
2:18 Pace (Three Heats) 750
Three-year-old Trot (Three Heats)... 400
Three-year-old Pace (Three Heats)... 400
3-Minute Trot (Farmers* Race, 2 in 3) 200
2:20 Pace (Three Heats) 750
2:18 Trot (Three Heats) 700
F. F. A. Pace (Three Heats) 750
Consolation Trot and Pace — In two-
year-old races Z% entrance money will be
added to purses.
HALF MILE TRACKS EXCEPT WHERE NOTED.
Each Fair Offers List of Running Races and Special Events.
Send for Details.
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Write Them lor Estimates.
Second Payments - $5 Due
Tuesday, August 1st, 1916
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 16— $3,000
GIVEN BY THE
Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association
For Foals of Mares Bred in 1915 to Trot or Pace at Two and Three Years Old
$1600 For Trotting Foals $1100 For Pacing Foals
$150 to Nominators of Dams of Winners $100 to Owners of Stallions
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
$1000 for Three-Year-Old Trotters.
50 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Three-Year-Old Trot.
600 for Two-Year-Old Trotters.
25 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Two-Year-Old Trot.
50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner
of Three-Year-Old Trot when mare
was bred.
$700 for Three-Year-Old Pacers.
50 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Three-Year-Old Pace.
400 for Two-Year-Old Pacers.
25 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Two-Year-Old Pace.
50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner
of Three-Year-Old Pace when mare
was bred.
S50 in Special Prizes was paid to Stallion Owners in February, 1916.
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on February 1, 1916, when
name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 August
1, 1916; $10 on Yearlings January 1. 1917; $10 on Two-Tear-Olds January 1,
1918; $10 on Three-Tear-Olds January 1. 1919.
STARTING PAYMENTS— $25 to start in the Two-Tear-Old Pace; $35 to start in the
Two-Tear-Old Trot; $35 to start in the Three-Tear-Old Pace; $50 to start in
the Three- Year- Old Trot. All starting payments to be made ten days before
the first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place.
Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered
is a Trotter or Pacer.
Colts that start as Two-Year-Olds are not barred from starting again in the Three-
Year-Old divisions.
SUBSTITUTIONS.
If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare
or foal dies before January 1, 1917, her nominator may sell or transfer his nomination
or substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there will be no
return of a payment nor will any entry be liable for more than amount paid in or
contracted for.
Address all Communications to the Secretary
E. P. HEALD, F. W. KELLEY, Secretary,
President. Post Office Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal.
STARTING PAYMENTS FUTURITY flTAKES
TO BE PAID ON OR BEFORE
MONDAY, JULY 31, 1916
TWO-YEAR-OLDS
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 14— $7,250
FOR FOALS BORN 1914 —
$35 on Two-Year-Old Trotters
■ NOW TWO YEAR OLDS
$25 on Two-Year-Old Pacers
Colts that start as Two-Year-Olds are not barred from starting again in the
Three- Year-Old divisions.
THREE-YEAR-OLDS
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No, 13 — S79250
FOF FOALS BORN 1913 -
■ NOW THREE YEAR OLDS
$50 on Three-year-old Trotters
$35 on Three-year-old Pacers
Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the
horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer.
MONEY IN ABOVE STAKES DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
$2500 for Three-Year-Old Trotters.
200 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot.
1300 for Two-Year-Old Trotters.
100 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of Two-Year-Old Trot.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner
of Three-Year-Old Trot when Mare
was bred.
$1500 for Three-Year-Old Pacers.
200 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace.
1000 for Two-Year-Old Pacers.
100 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of Two-Year-Old Pace.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner
of Three-Year-Old Pace when Mare
was bred.
$150 was paid in prizes to stallion owners
Address all Communications to F. W. KELLEY, Secretary.
E. P. HEALD, President. P. O. Drawer 447,
Office, 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco, Cal.
Watch Your Colts
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toms of any such ailment, give smail doses of that won-
derful remedy, now the most used in existence.
SPOHN'S DISTEMPER COMPOUND,
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druggist, harness dealer, or delivered by
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Saturday, July 15, 1916.]
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Communications must be accompanied by the writer's
name and address, not necessarily for publication, but
as a private guarantee of good faith.
DATES OF FAIRS.
CALIFORNIA.
Monterey Co. Fair at Salinas July 10-11
Sonoma, Marin, Mendocino and Humboldt Fair,
(P. C. T. H. B. A. Meeting) at Santa Rosa, Aug. 9-12
Solano Co. Fair at Dixon Aug. 16-19
Tolo Co. Fair at Woodland Aug. 23-26
California State Fair at Sacramento Sept. 2- 9
Alameda Co. Fair at Pleasanton ...Sept. 13-16
Ventura Co. Fair at Ventura Sept. 13-16
Community Fair at Ripon Sept. 15-16
Fresno Co. Fair at Fresno Sept. 26-30
Bishop Harvest Festival at Bishop Sept.28-30
Kings Co. Fair at Hanford Oct. 2- 7
Riverside Co. Fair at Riverside Oct. 10-14
Kern County Fair at Bakersfield Oct. 24-28
ARIZONA.
Arizona State Fair at Phoenix Nov. 13-18
NORTH PACIFIC FAIR ASSOCIATION.
Vancouver, Can., Exhibition at Vancouver Aug. 14-19
Southwest Washington Fair at Chehalis, Aug. 28-Sept. 2
Interstate Fair at Spokane Sept. 4- 9
Grays Harbor Co. Fair at Elma Sept, 6-10
Walla Walla Co. Fair at Walla Walla Sept. 11-13
Washington State Fair at North Yakima Sept. 18-23
Oregon State Fair at Salem Sept. 25-30
INTER-MOUNTAIN FAIR CIRCUIT.
Montpelier, Idaho August 14
Rexburg, Idaho August 21
Blackfoot. Idaho August 28
LaGrande, Oregon September 4
Baker, Oregon September 11
Ontario, Oregon September 18
Boise, Idaho September 25
Salt Lake, Utah October 2
GRAND CIRCUIT.
Cleveland, Ohio July 17-22
Detroit. Mich July 24-29
Kalamazoo, Mich July 31- Aug. 5
Grand Rapids, Mich Aug. 7-12
Columbus, Ohio Aug. 14-19
Cleveland, Ohio Aug. 21-26
Poughkeepsle, N. Y Aug. 28-Sept. 2
Hartford, Conn Sept. 4-9
Syracuse, N. Y. Sept. 11-16
Columbus, Ohio Sept. 18-30
Lexington. Ky Oct. 2-14
Atlanta, Ga Oct. 16-21
GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT.
North Randall, Ohio July 17-22
Detroit, Mich July 24-29
Peoria, ni July 31-Aug. 5
Galesburg, 111 Aug. 7-12
Burlington, la -. Aug. 14-19
Omaha, Neb Aug. 21-26
Des Moines, la. Aug. 25-31
Hamline, Minn Sept. 4- 9
Milwaukee, Wis Sept 11-25
Springfield, 111 Sept. 18-22
Sedalia, Mo Sept. 25-30
THE DAY following the announcement that the
world's champion pacer Dan Patch had died, came
the sad news of the death of his owner, Mr. M. W.
Savage of Minneapolis. Mr. Savage's death occurred
in a Minneapolis hospital after a brief illness, the
cause not being stated in the despatches. Mr. Sav-
age was 55 years old and a remarkable business man.
He was the proprietor of the International Stock
Food Company and becoming interested in light har-
ness horses purchased Dan Patch for $60,000, and
after breaking all world's records with him placed
him at the head of a breeding farm which was called
the International Stock Food Farm, consisting of
700 acres. Mr. Savage also purchased the stallions
Geo. Gano 2:02 and Minor Heir 1:58%, and the per-
formances that were made by these three pacers at
the fairs drew thousands to see them. Mr. Savage
sent a string of young pacers to California during
the Exposition but only two or three of them started,
Agnes Patch winning a $3,000 purse for three-year-
olds and Judith Patch getting second money in a
two-year-old race. Mr. Savage attended both the
spring and fall meetings at the P.-P. I. E. and made
many friends among the California horsemen. His
exhibit and stables in the live stock section were
visited by crowds daily and it seemed as if half the
people who visited wanted to know something about
Dan Patch, why he was not brought to California,
what his record was, etc. The sudden death of Mr.
Savage, the day following the death of his great
horse, is a strange and pathetic coincidence, and the
memory of both man and horse will live long among
horsemen.
DEATH OF THE CHAMPION PACER.
STARTING PAYMENTS in the Pacific Breeders'
Futurities for two and three-year-olds to race at
Santa Rosa this year must be made by Monday, July
31st. There are four races to be decided, one for
two-year-old pacers, one for two-year-old trotters, one
for three-year-old pacers and one for three-year-old
trotters. There is $7250 in all. At the time the last
payments were made, March 1st on two-year-olds
and April 1st on three-year-olds, there were 62 of the
former and 34 of the latter kept eligible to these
races. When the starting payments are made on
July 31st, the owner must designate whether his
colt or filly is a trotter or pacer. Look over the
advertisement in this issue of the Breeder and Sports-
man and see just what your payment will amount to,
and MAKE IT IN TIME.
There is a mare called Vera Hal entered on the
Inter-Mountain circuit. She is by Hal B. and should
not be confounded with Vera Hal by Expressive
Mac, owned by Harold Cohen of San Francisco.
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Dr. Calmes of Berkeley says he has the greatest
pacing filly foal in California or anywhere else. She
was foaled last April and is by Dazzle Patch 2:09%,
son of Dan Patch 1:55, out of Carmen, the dam of
Vera Hal 2:05 and Roan Hal 2:18%, by Newsboy,
second dam Sky Blue by Tom Hal Jr.
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Four hundred dollar purses at Bakersfield. Entries
close August 1st. Look over the advertisement in
this issue and before closing date decide which races
you will enter in. There is a good track at Bakers-
field and the fair there this year will be a big one.
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Riverside County Fair will be a hummer this year.
The program of races is the most liberal of any of
the county fairs as there are more days of racing and
bigger purses. Entries close August 1st.
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King Alfonso, a keen advocate of horse racing, is
taking advantage of the European war to popularize
the sport in Spain. Spanish bull fighting, like Amer-
ican baseball, now the national pastime, will have a
rival within a few years if the people take kindly to
the king's efforts. He has purchased three English
two-year-olds and has entered into competition with
the Duke of Toledo, Spain's leading horse fancier.
The first official race for the king's golden cup was
held at San Sebastian, the historic town, which may
eventually become the Spanish Newmarket.
Black Hawk Stock Ranch of Burlingame will ex-
hibit many of its fine Shire stallions, mares and colts
at the Santa Rosa fair next month.
Among the exhibitors at the Santa Rosa fair next
month will be the famous author Jack London, who
has applied for stalls for his Shire horses and also
made application for room to exhibit his cattle and
hogs. His farm at Glen Ellen is getting to be a
great show place.
There will be plenty of racing for running horses
at the big Santa Rosa fair which is to open on Mon-
day, August 7th. Purses of $100 each are offered and
entries will be overnight. On Monday and Tuesday*
there will be three running races each day and on
the remaining days of the week two running races
will be given each day in conjunction with the high-
class harness races that are to be given by the
Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association.
There is no race that thrills like a good contest be-
tween running horses and the public will appreciate
the fact that the Sonoma, Marin and Mendocino
Fair Association has decided to include running
events in the race program for fair week. The run-
ning program will be announced next week and will
be certain to attract many of the best thoroughbreds
now in training in California.
The Codd Hereford sale at Sioux City, Iowa, June
27, made an average of $506 on 67 head. The top
was $2500 for Lot 4, Nellie Fairfax and heifer calf
by Crusader Fairfax, and bred again to imp. Farmer.
The top bull at $1775 was Lot 61, Lord Thomas Fair-
fax by Perfection Fairfax and dam Armour Quiet.
South Dakota, Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota
and Indiana buyers took the offering.
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A noteworthy feature of the government's latest
specifications for horses is the small size of those
wanted for both cavalry and artillery. At the last
National Horse Show in New York the army officers
who judged military classes selected animals exceed-
ing 16 hands as cavalry mounts, but when it comes to
real "business" on the Mexican border 14.2 hands is
the specified minimum for cavalry horses, while the
specified height for light artillery horses is only 15.1
hands.
Minneapolis, Minn.. July 12, 1916.
Breeder and Sportsman, San Francisco: Dan
Patch, the speed king of all harness horse creation,
died today of enlargement of the heart. Dan died
apparently in the midst of one of his great races
as he was peacefully stretched out in his big stall and
he died with all four legs pacing true and strong.
M. W. SAVAGE.
The above dispatch announces the death of the
world's greatest pacing horse, the fastest harness
horse that ever lived. Dan Patch was bred by Dan
A. Messer, Oxford, Indiana, and was foaled in 1896,
consequently lived twenty years. His sire, Joe
Patchen 2:01%, was himself a great race horse and
one of the most popular horses ever seen in harness
racing. Dan Patch's dam was Zelica by Wilkesberry
and she produced no other standard performer.
Wilkesberry was a son of Young Jim. The second
dam of Dan Patch was a producing mare by Pacing
Abdallah 6038, and third dam by Well's Yellow
Jacket, a son of thoroughbred Yellow Jacket.
It was on Saturday, October 7th, 1905, when Dan
Patch was nine years old, that he lowered all his
previous records by pacing a mile at Lexington in
1:55%, which is the record allowed him in the Year
Book. In this mile he was driven by Harry Hersey
and was preceded by a runner driven by Scott Hud-
son. The quarters were as follows: 0:29%, 0:57%,
1:26%, 1:55%. The next winter the rule was adopted
which prevented horses being preceded by a runner
when racing against time, and although Mr. Savage's
great horse paced a mile in 1:55 flat at Hamline,
Sept. 8th, 1906, the record was never allowed by the
publishers of the Year Book and the horse's record
stands at 1:55% in that publication.
We have not the record of all Dan Patch's miles
at hand, but he beat two minutes time and again and
for years was the greatest attraction at the fairs on
the other side of the Rocky mountains. Mr. M. W.
Savage, whose property the horse died, paid $60,000
for him and it was after Mr. Savage owned him that
he made his two-minute miles. As a sire Dan Patch
was a great success, and he had to his credit at the
end of 1915, no less than 26 standard trotters and
76 standard pacers, while eight of his sons and four
of his daughters are producers of standard speed.
The fastest of his get is Power Patch 2:03%, and
then come Dana Patch 2:05%, Junior Dan Patch
2:05% and a number of others. For years Dan Patch
has been retired from racing and has been in the
stud at the International Stock Farm, owned by Mr.
M. W. Savage of Minneapolis. No other harness
horse ever possessed the speed he had at the pace
and no horse ever finished his miles with such bull
dog energy and gameness. He was easily the great-
est of light harness horses.
Dan Patch's Record.
1 mile in 1:55 30 miles averaging 1:57*4
1 mile in 1:55*4 45 miles averaging 1:58
2 miles in 1:56 Unpaced record ....1:58
3 miles in 1:56^4 73 miles averaging 1:59*A
14 miles averaging 1:56^3 120 miles averaging 2:02%
Will Race at Hollister July 23d.
The Hollister Driving Club has arranged for three
harness and two running races at the Riverside track
near Hollister, Sunday afternoon, July 23rd, with
entries as follows:
First race, half mile heats, 3 in 5 — Jerry Wright's
Stanford White, A. H. Fredson Jr.'s Tanglefoot, and
George Cagney's Dan Patch.
Second race, half mile heats, 3 in 5 — Bert Hatton's
Happy, Gordon Campbell's Lady Guy, Geo. E. Shaw's
Judge D., and Jim Cannon's Jim D.
Third race, half mile heats, 3 in 5 — Ramelli Bros.'
Monte, Jack Kydd's Ben Alto, Jerry Wright's Oro
Guy, and Wm. McLeod's Benito B.
There will also be two running races, one-quarter
and one-half mile dashes.
Everybody is invited to come out and enjoy an
afternoon with the speed burners.
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San Francisco-California Club Will Race Tomorrow.
A program of four races has been arranged for
tomorrow afternoon at the stadium track in Golden
Gate Park with the following entries:
First race, pacing, three-quarter mile heats, for
the Roberts trophy — L. Benson's Dibble Wilkes, L. A.
Gielow's Black Mack and William Hopkins' Sis Hop-
kins.
Second race, trotting, mile heats, for Club trophy —
A. Combatalade's Bird Eye, A. Giavonnetti's Yoncalla,
J.' A. Wilkins' Merrylina, Geo. Giannini's Ella M. R.
Third race, pacing, mile heats, for Hopsburger
Beer trophy — Geo. Giannini's Bradmont, J. M. Kidd's
Senator H., W. J. Kenney's W. J. K.. William Ma-
lough's Emma M., J. J. Ryan's Directress Mac.
Fourth race, pacing, mile heats — Goulart's J. C.
Simpson, Dan Keating's Victor Pointer, J. M. Kidd's
Pointer Belle, H. Campodonico's King Pointer, J. J.
Ryan's Rosy O., G. Conlan's Little Jack.
Officers of the day — Judges, Dan Keating, A. Ot-
tinger, Fred Lautenvasser; timers, J. A. Wilkins,
J. M. Kidd and Fred Clotere; starter, J. J. Ryan.
Beeswing, the novice saddle mare that defeated
champion Sceptre the first time shown, at Stamford,
Conn., two weeks ago, was sold to John McE. Bow-
man by L. M. Newgass, who Is said to have picked
her up among the war horses at the Union Stock
Yards at Chicago.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 15, 1916
Fast Miles at Santa Rosa Track.
The fastest mile ever paced by a horse in his first
public trial was put on record at Santa Rosa last
Saturday when Frank L. Barstow's brown gelding
All MeKinney paced a mile in 2:04, and did it so
handily that every horseman present believed he
could have knocked a second or more off the time
had he been called upon for a supreme effort. No
pacer that California has produced in recent years
has anything on this son of Nearest MeKinney by
MeKinney and Mrs. Weller by MeKinney. He is an
open gaited. level headed, clean limbed horse with
more speed than he has ever been asked to show,
and so much power and endurance that his mile in
2:04 did not distress him a particle and in fact he
jogged back to the stand after the heat like a horse
that had not been a mile better than 2:40. Every
person at the track pronounced him the best pacer
seen in California in years. The quarters of this
mile were :32, 1:02%, 1:34. 2:04. a mile nicely rated
with the last part of it the fastest. All MeKinney
was not touched with a whip during the entire mile
and not "lifted" or "hiked" as so many horses have
to be when making a time performance. He paced
on his Courage all the way and was pacing as though
he liked it at the end of the mile. He is a two-
minute pacer with any sort of luck beyond all ques-
tion, and though he has never been tried at racing,
he looks and acts like a race horse. He has an intel-
ligent head of fair size without any meat on it. His
neck is long and lean ,his shoulders clean and power-
ful, he has a good middle and hips, and his legs and
feet are about perfect. Each of his four shoes weighs
six ounces and they are plain shoes and are evenly
worn. He wears no hopples, his only boots being
a light pair of heel boots which he never touches.
There is no rigging of any kind worn by All MeKin-
ney but an ordinary track harness and he is only
checked moderately high. He is fearless of every-
thing on the road or track and could be driven by a
child. He is now five years old. As a three-year-old
he was used some as a buggy horse by a lady who
would hitch him to a post on San Jose's busiest
streets and let him stand for an hour at a time, as
he was even then perfectly gentle. He was put in
training last winter and always driven to a cart until
a few weeks ago. The second time he ever pulled
a bike he paced a mile in 2:05, the first half in 1:03
and the last quarter in 29 seconds, and the fastest
mile he had ever been driven previous to this was
one in 2:11%. All MeKinney was sired by Nearest
MeKinney 2:13% (son of MeKinney and Maud Jay C.
by Nearest 2:22). Nearest was by Nutwood Wilkes
and sired High Fly 2:04%, etc. The dam of All
MeKinney is Mrs. Weller by MeKinney 2:11%, sec-
ond dam Much Better 2:07%, dam of One Better
2:24%, by Chas Derby 2:20; third dam None Better
2:23%, dam of 2 in the list, by AUandorf 2:19% (son
of Onward and Alma Mater and sire of 34 in the
list); fourth dam Bashaw Belle ( dam of 3 .including
Strong Boy 2:12, and grandam of Manager 2:06%),
by Green's Bashaw 50; fifth dam Gray Mary by St.
Louis; sixth dam by Clay Trustee; seventh dam
thoroughbred by Tom Watson, son of imported Levia-
than. There is no flaw in his breeding as his lines
are producing lines as far back as the fifth genera-
tion. All MeKinney has been shipped east and may
be raced a few times, but the owner desires to sell
him and the trip has been made for that purpose.
The horse was shipped to Omaha in the car with
Chas. A. Spencer's horses and the writer will be
pleased to read what the eastern horsemen will say
of him when they have seen him at work.
All MeKinney was not the only horse to pace a
fast mile at Santa Rosa last Saturday. The Sonoma
Driving Club had arranged a "breeder's meeting"
to give horsemen an opportunity to mark their horses
prior to the opening of the racing season. When the
National Trotting Association amended its rules so as
to allow horses to be given time records which
would not bar them from class races, a long step in
advance was made and it has been a real benefit to
the breeding interests. There were fourteen horses
carded to start against time at Santa Rosa on Satur-
day and 12 of them defeated the scythe bearer and
reduced their old or were given new records.
The next fastest mile of the day to All McKinney's
mile in 2:04 was paced by the Guy Dillon mare Em-
eline Dillon, owned by A. F. Connors and in the stable
of William Stuart, the Humboldt county horseman
and trainer. Emeline Dillon's former record was
2:12% ,and she knocked five and a half seconds off
it by pacing a nice mile in 2:07%. Stuart then drove
the pacer The Potreress, a daughter of Potrero Boy
2:06%, to a record of 2:09, and gave Bonnie Quinn
by Bonnie Steinway a record of 2:12 pacing. Mr.
Stuart has taken these three pacers to the Inter-
Mountain circuit to race and they are leaving Santa
Rosa in the best of condition. As will be seen by
the entry lists of La Grande, Baker and Ontario, the
three meetings on that circuit whose purses are
already closed, Stuart will have to race his horses in
bir fields and will meet some fast horses. If he
re , urns home a winner it will be all the more to his
credit.
Sam Norris drove Tobe Mitchell's The Potrero, a
full brother to Potrero Boy 2:06% and Airlie Denio-
nio 2:05%, to a pacing record of 2:14%.
Frank McGregor reduced the record of his trotting
mare Jessie Dillon by Guy Dillon from 2:21% to 2:17.
Nick Haabersland brought out his big pacer Me-
mento by Alcona Wilkes and marked him in 2:16,
and the horse looks as if he will go faster later on.
The Expense, three-year-old filly by The Proof out
of a mare by Nushagak, was brought out for a mile
against time. She is a trotter and started two or
three times as a two-year-old, getting fourth money
in her two futurity engagements last year, but did
not win a heat. Charley Spencer took her to the half
in 1:07 and she came the second half in almost the
same notch, making the mile in 2:13%, a good mile
for a three-year-old this early in the season. The
Expense is entered in the Pacific Breeders' Futurity
to be trotted at the Santa Rosa meeting.
William Cecil was up behind H .G. Angevine's
trotting filly Loma Logan by Prince MeKinney in
an effort to beat 2:30%. This mare is a nice looker
and has a very pleasing gait. She trotted the mile in
2:28 and should be able to knock a good many sec-
onds from that mark before the summer is over.
John Compton has had Mr. L. L. Cannon's hand-
some old trotter Stamboul Jr. by L. W. Russell at
Santa Rosa a few days, and Mr. Cannon had about
decided to put the 16-year-old fellow in training and
mark him in standard time at the fair in August.
Mr. Cannon has been using Stamboul Jr. as a road
horse to bring him up to Santa Rosa from Penn
Grove on workout days and that is all the training
he has had. Compton concluded he would enter him
for Saturday as the old stallion was feeling good
and drove him a mile in 2:28 very handily, and con-
sequently Mr. Cannon was much pleased. Compton
then gave Mr. Cannon's pacing mare Linnie C. by
Lynwood W. out of the dam of Stamboul Jr. a record
of 2:12, with the last quarter in 31% seconds. Linnie
C. and Pfeister's Lynwood left Santa Rosa this week
in the same car with William Stuart's horses, and
will be raced on the Inter-Mountain circuit by
Compton.
Guy Carlton, driven by the veteran Harry Whiting,
was sent a mile to beat his trotting record of 2:30.
The trappy gaited son of Guy Dillon trotted the mile
in 2:24%, but Whiting was not satisfied with the
time and asked the privilege of giving him a second
heat. It was granted him and after the usual 25
minutes interval the little black fellow marched
around the track in 2:21%, much to the satisfaction
of his trainer. Guy Carlton should trot in 2:10 if put
in actual training.
Frank Turner was almost sick a-bed with a severe
cold and asked Charley Spencer to drive his old
favorite pacer Dr. William S. Jennings a mile to
lower his record. The Doctor rushed away at the
start a little too fast and the mile was exactly in
the notch of his record of 2:11.
Spencer also drove the two-year-old filly Ella O.
by Moko Hall, dam by Kinney Lou, a mile to beat
2:30%. Ella O. is a nice moving trotter, and has
only had a little over two months' work. A week
previous she had trotted a mile in 2:34 and back in
2:31%, so it was thought she would trot a mile in
standard time and have a record should anything
happen to prevent her training in the future. She
made a break just after getting the word and but for
that would have beaten 2:30. Her mile was in 2:35
and was very creditable for a two-year-old trotter
that has had scarcely any training to speak of.
Ella O. is a good looking filly and will be heard from
later on.
Sam Norris had the track in good order and while
there was quite a breeze blowing during the after-
noon it was not sufficient to retard the speed of the
horses to any extent. We doubt if a more successful
breeders' meeting has ever been held in California.
Peter the Great and Gen. Watts Blood.
James Thompson, recognized among California
horsemen as one of the most careful trainers and
best conditioners that ever got a pacer or trotter
ready for the races, has the racing string of L. H.
Todhunter, the Sacramento horse breeder, at the
Santa Rosa track. Of course the horse that Califor-
nia horsemen want to see first is Peter McKlyo (3)
2:12>4, son of Peter the Great that Mr. Thompson
purchased for Mr. Todhunter while on an eastern trip
a few years ago. After bringing Peter to Sacramento
Thompson started him as a three-year-old for a
standard record. In his first attempt to beat 2:30
Peter McKlyo trotted a nice mile in 2:15, and two
days later he started to lower that mark and made
the mile in 2:12%. He is a royally bred stallion, his
dam being a daughter of the great Jay McGregor
2:07%. Peter McKlyo has worked several miles
below 2:15 this year, one in 2:13%, and will prob-
ably be started at the State Fair in one or two races.
There are now two two-year-olds by him in the
Thompson string that are worthy of mention. One
is McKlyo Boy, a colt out of Sweet Bow 2:17% by
Bon Voyage. This colt has trotted a mile in 2:20
and. as he is named in the Breeders' Futurity for
two-year-olds at the Santa Rosa meeting and at the
State Fair the public will have an opportunity to
see what sort of a trotter he is.
The two-year-old filly by Peter McKlyo is also
staked. She has been a mile in 2:31% at the trot
and gives every promise of being a credit to her
sire.
Sweet Bow, whose record of 2:17% was made when
she won the two-year-old trotting division of the
Breeders' Futurity at Salinas in 1909, has been put
in training again and looks well after a few years in
the broodmare ranks. She trotted a mile at Santa
Rosa this month in 2:13% and moves like a trotter
that will shade 2:10 before summer is over.
Probably the pride of Thompson's heart, though
he did not say so, is a two-year-old colt that he him-
self bred that is by Gen. Watts 2:06%, and that
horsemen who have seen this son of Axworthy say
is a Watts all over in shape, color and markings.
A mile in 2:27%, with a quarter in 33 seconds, is
this fellow's best work to date. He is one of the
best bred two-year-olds living. His dam was by
Bon Voyage 2:08, his second dam Perza by Allie
Wilkes, third dam Anglia by Geo. Wilkes, fourth dam
by Mambrino Patchen, fifth dam also by Mambrino
Patchen, sixth dam by Mambrino Chief, seventh dam
by Brown's Bellfounder, and eighth dam by Grey
Eagle, thoroughbred. There is no more intensely
trotting bred two-year-old in America than this two-
year-old and he gives every promise of living up to
his pedigree.
Purses for Two-Year-Olds at the State Fair.
The California State Agricultural Society offered
two purses of $500 each, to close July 1st, 1916, for
two-year-old trotters and pacers to race at the State
Fair in September, and they have closed with the
following entries:
Two-Year-Old Pace — Purse $500.
The Orphan, b e by Royal MeKinney — Lilly Ash by
Derby Ash; J. Aker, Stockton.
Alfredo, b c by Copa de Oro, dam by Del Coronado;
C. J. Berry, Los Angeles.
Oro Fino, b c by Copa de Oro, dam by MeKinney;
William G. Durfee, Los Angeles.
Napoleon de Oro, b c by Copa de Oro, dam by Me-
Kinney; Win. Loftus, Whittier.
Tommy Atkins, b g by Tom Smith; — Carrie B. by
Alex. Button; I. L. Borden, San Francisco.
Galen Logan, b c by Jim Logan — Palo Maid by Palo
King; H. A. Hershey, Woodland.
Nelly McCarty, b f by Vernon MeKinney — Zaalam by
Searchlight; J. Doran, Pleasanton.
El Paso, b g by True Kinney — Ella J. by Bob Mason;
Roy D. Mayes, Dixon.
Marshall Logan, b g by Jim Logan — Leota by Diablo;
J. E. Montgomery, Davis.
Two-Year-Old Trot — Purse $500.
Kewpie, b g by Carlokin — The Blonde by Strathway;
Alex Wilson, Fontana.
Lily of the Valley, b f by Palo King — by Iran Alto;
H. S. Hogoboom, Woodland.
Skyrocket, b g by Albaloma — Hester MeKinney by
MeKinney; I. L. Borden, San Francisco.
McKlyo Boy, b c by Peter MeKlyo — Sweet Bow by
Bon Voyage; L. H. Todhunter, Sacramento.
Kinsman Lou, b c by Wilbur Lou — Sona by MeKin-
ney; A. Grant, Los Angeles.
Rhyolite, b c by F. S. Whitney— Rubell by Del Coro-
nado; Sutherland & McKenzie, Orosi.
First payment of $10 was made on each of the two-
year-olds named in the above named events and on
Tuesday, August 1st, another payment of $5 is due
on each entry.
C. A. Harrison Attends Meeting at Burlington, Wash.
Breeder and Sportsman: The Skagit County Fair
Association opened the new race track and fair
ground at Burlington, Washington, on July 4th, and
if the attendance is a sign of success the fair associa-
tion should be happy, for the attendance was about
twenty-five thousand, and nearly every man present
was a farmer or belonged in either Skagit or Sno-
homish county. They came by train, by boat, by
electric car, by Ford perambulators, on horseback
and "in chaises," but they were there, and grass
lunch parties prevailed with a-plenty to eat and every-
body happy.
As to the racing, the first race on the card was a
free-for-all pace with three starters, half mile heats,
three in five. The seventeen-year-old mare LaConner
Maid, by Cehalis, was driven by trainer Evans;
Dewey Ann by Pathmark, dam La Conner Maid, was
driven by trainer Chas. Chambers; Robert H., a
black gelding aged 16 years, sired by Coeur d'Alene,
driven by Sam Ball. After a few scores these three
pacers got away to a good start. Ball kept Robert H.
in front all the way and finished the first heat in
1:08, with Dewey Ann second.
In the second heat Robert H. broke his hopples
and finished last with La Conner Maid first in 1:13.
La Conner Maid paced the first quarter of the third
heat in 31 seconds and got so far in front that neither
her daughter nor Robert H. could reach her and she
jogged home in 1:07 with Robert H. second and
Dewey Ann last.
The next harness race was a free-for-all trot, and
brought out Mr. Ball behind his black stallion Van
Winkle by Gambetta Wilkes. Charles Chambers had
the mount behind a bay geldingwhose name nobody
knew, so the writer named him Oregon Jim as it was
said he came from Oregon. Trainer Evans came out
behind another bay gelding whose name is Culpper,
but whose breeding is unknown. After a few scores
they got away to a fair start. Oregon Jim had all
the foot and got so far in front that it was easy for
him to get home in 1:12. In the second heat Ball
got Van Winkle away first and won, pulling up, in
1:10, Oregon Jim second. Van Winkle showed his
gameness by winning the third heat in 1:11 with
Oregon Jim second. Van Winkle was lame on three
legs in this race.
This concluded the day's harness racing program,
Saturday, July 15, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
after which there were five running races that for
general effect were hair-raisers.
Then there was foot racing by boys and girls, and
men and women, by fat people and lean persons, and
all wrere pulled off in good order and everyone seemed
happy.
The writer, after looking over the plant, the crowd,
the interest taken, desires to express the opinion
that harness racing if properly conducted can and
will nourish in any town or city in America. The
people love the horses and love the contests, and
when any man or set of men says that racing and
the holding of fairs are failures and back numbers,
I want to go on record as saying that racing can be
made financially successful either in a big city or a
small town, but it wants live men and good manage-
ment, with amusements for the boys and girls, and
also contests for men, as well as real racing by both
harness and running horses. I have taken too much
space so I will apologize and quit.
C. A. HARRISON.
Breeders Make $9,000 Colt Stake.
Common among breeders and owners of a century
ago, the good old American fashion of pitting horse
against horse in matches and sweepstakes appears
to be in process of revival on the trotting turf. Three
of the tracks composing the Grand Circuit have lately
announced a series of sweepstakes for two-year-olds
and three-year-olds in which the colts are to race for
$30,000 or more, while nine prominent breeders re-
cently posted $3,000 each for a private sweepstake
which has about it more of the true sporting char-
acter than almost any horse race on record. Six of
the nine breeders represented are Eastern horsemen
interested in making the Poughkeepsie meeting a fix-
tur in the big league, and there is a possibility that
the contest may take place at the Hudson River
Driving Park in the week of August 28-Septeniber 2.
By the terms and conditions agreed upon, each
subscriber named not more than five two-year-olds
of his own rearing on January 1, and has since then
contributed $1,000 to the stake, so that the money is
now all up, and the race is play or pay for the tidy
sum of $9,000. Just when and where the contest
shall take place will be decided by vote, with Pough-
keepsie and Lexington alone contending for the race.
The nominators are David M. Look, W. B. Dicker-
man, A. H. Cosden and Andrew W. Smith, all of New
York; J. O. Winston of Richmond, Va., and Sauger-
ties, N. Y. : A. B. Coxe, of Philadelphia; Chester W.
Lasell, of Whitinsville, Mass.; H. J. Schlesinger, of
Milwaukee, and Paul Wilson, of Menomonee, Wis.
The first six of these horse fanciers are among the
promoters of the Poughkeepsie meeting.
Amateurs Race at Vancouve..
The Vancouver, B. C, Amateur Driving Association
held an afternoon of harness racing on Saturday,
July 1st, at the Hastings Park track and four races
were carded. The judges were A. R. Miller, W. C.
Marshall and G. Hardy. Timers, Messrs. Grassie,
Lloyd and S. Brown. R. W. Gordon, clerk of the
course, and J. A. Fullerton, official starter. The
races resulted as follows:
Class C. Trot — Mile Heats:
Blue Bells..' (J. Jordan) 1 2 2
Chromo (Geo. Bell) 2 3 1
Susie G (W. H. Mason) 3 11
Time— 2:3914, 2:30, 2:38.
Class C. Pace — Mile Heats:
Myrtha Pointer (Geo. Bell) 1 1 1
Lady Patrick (J. McCullough) 2 2 2
Time— 2:36%, 2:3S%, 2:39y2.
Class D. Trot or Pace — Half Mile Heats:
Bonladi (A. Tupper) 1 1
Johnny Moko (J. A. Nicholson) 4 2
Mac Seal (T. G. Hodgins) 2 5
Sweet Nut (Dr. Milloy) 3 3
Joe Strathway (R. L. Hanford) 6 4
Maybells (A. McCullough) 5 6
Time— 1:24%, 1:24.
Class B. Pace — Mile Heats:
Prince Malone (Pastime Stables) 12 1
Nic Nac (W. B. Russell) 2 12
Nellie Wilkes (J. McCullough) 3 3 3
Time— 2:a2%, 2:22%, 2:21%.
Fresno County is After First Prize.
The Fresno County Chamber of Commerce plans a
big exhibit at the State Fair in Sacramento this year
and the board of supervisors of that county has al-
lowed $1000 for the installation of the exhibit ma-
terial.
"We are going after first prize this year," said
William Robertson, secretary of the Fresno County
Chamber of Commerce.
For the past ten years Fresno County has exhibited
at the State Fair and has always captured a prize.
In 1912 and 1914, Fresno county was awarded first
prize and in 1913 took second prize. In other years
this county has been awarded third and fourth prizes.
"We have not definitely decided on our exhibit for
this year," said Robertson, "but it will be a general
one. We will make a big oil exhibit as well as fruit
and will have all of the industries of the county rep-
resented.
"The State Fair this year will be held the first of
September and one day will be designated as 'Fresno
Day.' In August, plans will be started to run an
excursion train to Sacramento for 'Fresno Day.' Sac-
ramento residents and business men came to Fresno
for Raisin Day and now it is up to us to return the
visit. In connection with the excursion train we
will also urge all automobile owners to make a run
up the San Joaquin Valley to Sacramento."
Large Entry Lists on Inter-Mountain Circuit.
Entries for the first three meetings of the Inter-
Mountain Circuit, those at La Grande, Baker and
Ontario, Oregon, closed with large entry lists, and
every purse was declared closed. The largest list for
any one race was 34, which is the number entered in
the 2:25 pace at Baker, the purse being $400. The
horses named for these three meetings are as fol-
lows:
La Grande, Oregon, Sept. 6 to 9.
2:14 Pace, $400— Harold Welcome, Helen Zedo, Silver
Slivers, Elizabeth Hal, Armadillo, J. C. B., Parkwood,
Linnie C Jennie Fitzsimmons.
2:17 Trot, $400— Amy McKinney, Eramay K., Song-
Sparrow, Sis Meridian, Lady Garland, Mountain Boy, Ma-
rie Fitzsimmons, Burt Wood, Bonniola, D. J. Burk, The
Corsair, Linwood Mack. Baby Tally, Pfeister's Lynwood,
Golden State, Allie Lou. Sea Maid. Anita H.
2:30 Pace, $400— Cecil C. Harry Black, Tex O., Miss
Electrite, Teddy McGregor, Payette Girl, Tempest. Ed.
Lewis. Miss Eileen. Valentine Jr.. Bob Miner. Daisy Di-
rect, Daisy D., Wallace Hal, Magnita, Chiquita, Royal
Express.- Miss Spokane, Potreress, Jim Donnelly, Oro Lou,
Bob Fitzsimmons Jr., George Patch, Dolly Patch, Nampa
Maid, Ginger, Fern Lad.
2:1S Pace, $400— Nogey, Helen Zedo, Sonoma Maid, Sil-
ver Slivers, Jim Stewart, Vera Hal, Toffee, Tillamook
Maid, Linnie C, Bonnie Quinn, Sister Norte, Oregon Hal,
George Patch, Dolly Patch.
2:10 Pace. $500 — Delmas, Harold Welcome, May Davis,
Haltamont, Maurice S.. Elizabeth Hal, J. C. B., Emmaline
Dillon. King Bond. Josie Knight. Van Syckle. Bell W.
2:24 Trot, $400— Amy McKinney, Ben T., Del Hastings,
Eramay K., Song Sparrow, Lady Garland, Mountain Boy,
Marie Fitzsimmons, Burt Wood. Bonniola, The Corsair,
Linwood Mack, Al McK., Pfeister's Lynwood, Golden
State, B & H, The Jester, Sea Maid. Anita H.
2:25 Pace. $400— Cecil C. Harry Black. Nogey, Tex O.,
Miss Electric, Teddy McGregor. Payette Girl. Sonoma
Maid, Montpelier, Ed. Lewis. Miss Eileen. Valentine Jr.,
Bom Miner. Daisy Direct. Daisy D-. Vera Hal. AVallace
Hal. Magnita, Chiquita, Tillamook Maid, Mattie McK.,
Linnie C, Potreress, Jim Donnelly, Oro Lou, Bob Fitz-
simmons, Jr., The Boodler, Nampa Maid, Ginger, Fern
Lad.
2:14 Trot, $500 — Amy McKinney, Sis Meridian, Mountain
Boy, D. J. Burk, The Corsair, Dr. Wayo.
Baker, Oregon, Sept. 13 to 16.
2:14 Pace. $400— Harold Welcome, Helen Zedo, Silver
Slivers, Toffee. Elizabeth Hal, Armadilla, J. C. B., Park-
wood, Jennie Fitzsimmons, Potreress.
2:17 Trot, $400 — Amy McKinney, The Jester, Eramay K.,
Song Sparrow. Sis Meridian. Lady Garland. Mountain Boy,
Marie Fitzsimmons, Burnt Wood, Bonniola, D. J. Burk,
The Corsair, Linwood Mack, Baby Tally, Allie Lou, Pfeis-
ter's Lynwood. Golden State. Sea Maid. Anita H.
2:30 Pace, $400 — Cecil C, Harry Black, Tex O., Miss
Electrite, Teddy McGregor. George Patch. Dolly Patch,
Payette Girl, Tempest, Ed. Lewis. Miss Eileen, Bob
Miner. Daisy Direct. Valentine Junior. Daisy D., Wallace
Hal, Magnita, Chiquita, Royal Express, Miss Spokane,
Oro Lou, Bob Fitzsimmons Jr.. Hi Hoo, Jim Donnelly,
Nampa Maid, Ginger. Fern Lad.
2:18 Pace, $400 — Nogey, Helen Zedo, George Patch, Dol-
ley Patch, Sonoma Maid, Silver Slivers, Jim Stewart,
Vera Hal, Tillamook Maid, Oregon Hal, Linnie C Bonnie
Quinn, Sister Norte, Lady Goo Goo.
2:10 Pace, $500 — Delmas, Harold Welcome, May Davis,
Haltamont, Maurice S.. Toffee. Elizabeth Hal, J. C. B.,
Josie Knight, Van Sickle, Emmaline Dillon, Bell W.. King
Bond.
2:24 Trot, $400 — Amy McKinney. Ben T., Del Hastings,
The Jester, Eramay K., Song Sparrow, Lady Garland,
Mountain Boy, Marie Fitzsimmons, Burt Wood, Bonniola,-
The Corsair, Linwood Mack, Al McK., Pfeister's Lynwood,
Golden State. B & H, Sea Maid, Anita H.
2:25 Pace, $400 — Cecil C, Harry Black. Nogey. Tex O.,
Miss Electrite, Teddy McGregor. The Boodler, Payette
Girl, Sonoma Maid, Montpelier. Ed. Lewis. Miss Eileen,
Bob Miner, Daisy Direct, Valentine Junior, Vera Hal,
Daisy D.. Wallace Hal, Magnita. Chiquita. Tillamook
Maid. Royal Express, Mattie McK., Oro Lou, Bob Fitz-
simmons, Jr.. Sunny Jim, Linnie C Potreress, Jim Don-
nelly. Nampa Maid, Ginger, King Hal. Billy Patch, Fern
Lad.
2:14 Trot. $500 — Amy McKinney. Sis Meridian. Mountain
Boy. D. J. Burk, The Corsair, Dr. Wayo, Pfeister's Lyn-
wood.
Ontario. Oregon. Sept. 19 to 21.
2:14 Pace. $400 — Harold Welcome. Helen Zedo, Silver
Slivers, General Hertus, Elizabeth Hal, Armadillo, J. C.
B.. Linnie C. Jennie Fitzsimmons.
2:17 Trot, $400 — Amy McKinney, Eramay K.. Song
Sparrow, Sis Meridian, Lady Garland. Mountain Boy.
Marie Fitzsimmons. Burt Wood. Bonniola. D. J. Burk.
The Corsair, Linwood Mack, Baby Tally, Pfeister's Lyn-
wood, Allie Lou, Golden State, Sea Maid, Anita H.
2:30 Pace. $400 — Cecil C Harry Black. Tex O.. Miss
Electrite, Teddy McGregor, Payette Girl, Ed. Lewis, Miss
Eileen, Valentine, Jr.. Bob Miner. George Patch, Dolly
Patch, Rosemary. Daisy Direct, Daisy D., Wallace Hal,
Magnita, Chiquita, Mattie McK.. Potreress, Bob Fitzsim-
mons, Jr.. Oro Lou, Jim Donnelly, Nampa Maid, Ginger,
Hazel Aubry. Fern Lad.
2:18 Pace, $400 — Nogey. Helen Zedo, Silver Slivers,
George Patch. Dolly Patch. Jim Stewart. Vera Hal. Tilla-
mook Maid. Bonnie Quinn. Oregon Hal. Sister Norte, Lady
Goo Goo.
2.-10 Pace. $500 — Delmas. May Davis, Haltamont, Mau-
rice S., eneral Hertus, Elizabeth Hal. J. C. B., Emmaline
Dillon. Josie Knight. Van Sickle. King Bond. Bell W.
2:24 Trot. $400 — Amy McKinney. Ben T.. Del Hastings,
Eramay K., Song Sparrow. Lady Garland. Mountain Boy,
The Jester, Joan d'Arc, Marie Fitzsimmons. Burt Wood,
Bonniola. The Corsair. Al McK.. Pfeister's Lynwood,
Golden State, B & H. Linwood Mack. Sea Maid. Anita H.
2:25 Pace. $400 — Cecil C. Harry Black. Nogey. Tex O.,
Miss Electrite. Teddy McGregor, Payette Girl, Montpelier,
Ed. Lewis. Miss Eileen, Valentine Jr.. Bob Miner. The
Boodler, Daisy Direct, Vera Hal. Daisy D.. Wallace Hal,
Magnita. Chiquita, Tillamook Mnid, Miss Spokane. Linnie
C. Bob Fitzsimmons Jr.. Potreress. Oro Lou. Jim Don-
nelly, King Hal. Billy Patch, Nampa Maid. Ginger, Fern
Lad.
2:14 Trot. $500 — Amy McKinney. Sis Meridian, Moun-
tain Boy, D. J. Burk. The Corsair. Dr. Wayo.
Grand Chimes, the son of Kentucky Chimes that
has won each of his five starts this season and is
looked upon as one of the real race trotters eligible
to start in the slow classes this year, was foaled in
1910. His sire Kentucky Chimes is by Chimes out
of a mare by Mambrino King and was bred at Vil-
lage Farm, East Aurora, New York. The dam of
Grand Chimes is M. Pearl Wood by Grand Baron
(son of Baron Wilkes and Nathalie by Nutwood) ;
his second dam is Casindra by Black Wilkes, a son
of George Wilkes, and his third dam was by Nut-
wood, fourth dam by Cuyler and fifth dam by Nor-
man 25. Grand Chimes is bred in the old-fashioned
Electioneer-Wilkes-Nutwood lines, that were so popu-
lar a few years ago.
Two Days' Racing at Myrtle Point, Oregon.
We are indebted to Mr. J. O. Stemmler, secretary
of the Coos & Curry County Fair Association, for the
following summaries of two days' racing held at Myr-
tle Point, Oregon, July 3rd and 4th, 1916. Secretary
Stemmler says that there were 2800 paid admissions
during the two days, but that during the county fair
to be held from Sept. 6th to 9th, the fields will be
larger and the attendance greater:
2:30 class, mixed:
Comet C. (Burkhalter 1-1-1. Wahke (Yoakum) 2-2-3. John
S. (Swisher) 3-3-2. Time— 1:13, 1:09, 1:11%.
McAdrtan' (Diggs)', 1-2-2, Jean N. (Norton) 2-3-1. Nellie
Mac (Wright) ::-!-:!. Time— 1:11. 1:09';. 1:14.
Free-for-all. mixed:
Maud McAtie (K. Stock) 1-1-1, Harry N. (Norton)
2-2-2, Johnnie Green (Nelson) 3-3-3. MalUe B. (Mrs.
Watts) 4-4-4. Time— 1:07, 1:06%, 1:05.
Running, three-eighths mile — Sir Ashton won. Rogue
River second, Red Fly third. Time — :36.
Running, one mile — Gift won, Greenlow second, Veloski
third. Time — 1:46.
Match Race, one-fourth mile — Dick Braden won, J.
Caldwell second. Time — :25.
Free-for-all, mixed:
Maud McAtie (Stock) 1-1-1. Harry N. (Norton) 2-3-2.
Johnnie Green (Nelson) 4-2-3, Comet (Burkhalter) 3-4-4.
Time— 1:04. 1:05%, 1:014-5.
Special — Mixed: mile heats:
Jean N. (Norton) 3-2-1, McAdrian (Stock) 1-4-2. Nellie
Mac (Wright) 3-1-1, John S. (Swisher) 4-2-3. Time— 2:29,
2:23, 2:30.
Running, six furlongs — Chas. Foster won. Rogue River
second. Time — 1:19.
Special, five furlongs — Crippon won, Una second. Time —
:52.
Running, mile and a furlong — Greenlow won. Gift sec-
ond.
Running — two furlongs — Red Fly won, Braden second.
Time — :25.
Fast Work at North Randall.
They were working in racing time at North Randall
last Saturday. R. H. Brett 2:03*4 paced a mile in
2:01% and another back in 2:03%, pacing the last
half of the last mile in 1:01 and the last quarter in
29^4, seconds. Then the pacing mare Anna Bradford
2:00% paced two heats in 2:02% and 2:03%, making
the last half of the second mile in 59 seconds. The
next sensational mile was by the trotter Lee Ax-
worthy that has a breeder's record of 2:03%. Ben
White started to give him a fast mile. He let him
jog to the first quarter in 33% seconds. He was at
the half in 1:05, at the three-quarters in 1:35% and
then trotted the last quarter in 28% seconds, making
the mile in 2:04. Lee Axworthy was worked alone,
and had there been a pacemaker the mile might
have been faster. Trusty Nell, the two-year-old filly
that has been credited with a disposition that belies
her name, had her trotting togs on and worked a mile
in 2:16 and then another in 2:13%. Lon Daniels
gave Kid Cupid a mile in 2:09, and Bondalean one
in 2:09% and Will Durfee stepped Virginia Barnette
miles in 2:09 and 2:08%. Rayo de Oro worked in
2:08%. The horses seem to be all ready for the
meeting at North Randall Monday next, which opens
both the Grand and the Great Western Circuits.
The Money Was in the Discard.
At Marion, Ohio, June 27th, All Wilkes won the
2:10 pace and Pat Logan dropped dead in the same
race. In this connection Guy Rockwell of the Cleve-
land Plaindealer, tells the following:
All Wilkes was bred by B. O. Shank, who trained
for the late W. B. Chisholm. Because All Wilkes had
two suspicious legs she was sold for $50. Shortly
after that Mr. Chisholm paid $17,500 for Blacklock
and later traded him for the pacer Pat Logan. With
incidental expenses that entered into the deal, Pat
Logan really represented $18,000. He was an unfor-
tunate horse, and barring a race at Chagrin Falls,
which he won, and a few contests on the ice, the race
at Marion last Tuesday was the first real event in
which he had ever started. On that day All Wilkes,
the $50 pacer, won the fastest four-heat race of the
season and Pat Logan dropped dead.
Something You Will Want.
If your horse has anything wrong with him you are
naturally looking for something to get him going
sound. Have you tried "Absorbine"? This remedy
has been on the market for a good many years and
is constantly winning more favor among horsemen.
Mr. J. L. Huye. 552 West James St., Lancaster, Pa.,
writes under date of April 26, 1913: "I have been
using your ABSORBINE for some time. I have taken
lots of bunches away on sore legs on horses and
mules. I had a mule on my farm, and he had a
bunch on his front ankle as large as a hen's egg
and they all laughed at me when I told them that I
could take it away in four weeks with Young's
ABSORBINE. In four weeks the bunch had entirely
disappeared and I sold the mule for $300."
Mr. Young will be glad to mail you free pamphlet
giving detailed information with regard to ABSORB-
INE and what it will do for your horse. ABSORBINE
is sold by leading druggists at $2.00 per bottle, or
sent direct, charges prepaid, upon receipt of price.
W. F. Young, P.D.F., 54 Temple St., Springfield, Mass.
W. E. Carroll of the Utah Agricultural College
never said a truer thing than when he stated that
"the prices of inferior horses are never far above
the cost of production." If farmers and horse breed-
ers would only remember this there would be fewer
of them to lament their investments in the horse
line. Farmers are prone to patronize a stallion thai
stands at a low price, even though they know he is
an inferior horse. Breeding a mare to a poor stallion
is time and money wasted.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 15, 1916
Notes and News
White Sox worked a mile in 2:04 for Will Durfee
last Saturday, The Lark in 2:06% and Esperanza in
2:06%.
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The little town of Kankakee, Illinois, will distrib-
ute $8,000 in prizes at the horse show to be held there
Sept. 4-7.
Sutherland & Chadbourne moved from Pleasanton
to Santa Rosa this week with their string of five
horses.
Chas. A. Durfee is expected at the Santa Rosa
track the latter part of this week with some young-
sters entered in the Pacific Breeders' Futurity stakes.
Including the $14,000 Kentucky Futurity for three-
year-old trotters, there will be purses amounting to
$64,000 trotted and paced for at Lexington, Kentucky,
at the October meeting of the K. T. H. B. A.
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It is not likely that William 1:58% will be asked
to lower his record before late in the fall. The son
of Abe J. has been sent back to Mr. Billings' Virginia
farm by Doc Tanner.
It has been decided by the sponsors of the $9000
colt stake mentioned elsewhere in this paper that
the stake will be trotted at Lexington during the
Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' Association.
If you are interested in destroying ants, chicken
lice, roaches, bed bugs, or flies, read the advertise-
ment of Watch-It-Get-'Em Destroyer which appears
in the advertising columns. It is non-poisonous and
odorless and is sold with a guarantee.
Starting payments must be made on or before
Monday, July 31st, on the colt or filly you expect to
start in either of the four divisions of the Pacific
Breeders' Futurity at Santa Rosa this year. This
is a good item to paste in your hat.
Fred Jamison, the Washington, Pa., trainer and
driver, set the season's record for winning when, at
the Lake Erie meeting on Rockport track June 23d,
he won three of the four races on the card and an-
nexed second money in the fourth.
Thos. W. Murphy has 26 horses in his stable now
at North Randall, and it is said to be the most notable
collection of trotters and pacers ever gathered for a
campaign on the Grand Circuit. Of the 26 there is
only one, Helen Worthy, that has no mark.
William Boyd, who was at one time the horse-
shoer for the late Monroe Salisbury, is now located
at North Yakima, Washington, and is training several
head of trotters and pacers. He has Baby Light by
River Light, a son of Searchlight, Sandy Hal by Hal
B., Hollis Allerton Train by Allerton, and two or
three others.
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Besides Peter Mac and several others which rail-
birds at North Randall have been picking up as the
season's best candidates for the rich stake events,
they discovered last Friday the Louisville trotter The
Eno as the latest. He w-as known last season as the
"Choking Horse," but the report is that his driver,
"Kentuck" Floyd, has discovered some changes in
the horse's rigging and made him a coming champion.
A new face on the California circuit this year will
be Mr. C. E. Berry, who a few weeks ago came here
to take charge of the string of trotters and pacers
owned by Mr. I. L. Borden, prominent business man
of San Francisco and director of the Pacific Coast
Trotting Horse Breeders' Association. Mr. Berry
has five horses now at the Santa Rosa track that he
is getting ready for the races in which they are
entered and will make his first start at the Breeders'
meeting which opens at Stnta Rosa Agust 9th.
A verj' promising member of this stable is the bay
gelding Alesandro by Barney Barnato, dam Ramona
by Prince Robert. This gelding did not do well last
year but is giving every promise of being quite a
three-year-old trotter this season and Mr. Berry
thinks well of him. He is engaged in the Breeders
and other three-year-old events for this year. The
two-year-old trotter Skyrocket by Albaloma is
another youngster that is acting like one that will
do to race. He is out of the mare Hester McKinney
by McKinney and has been doing nicely so far. The
trotter Major By By, by Major Dillon, is taking his
work pleasantly and is showing well so far. The
pacer Alto Barnato by Barney Barnato, dam- La Belle
Altamont by Altamont, is entered at the Santa Rosa
meeting and is expected to give a good account of
himself. He is six years old. Mr. Berry says as he
has only been in charge of these horses a few weeks
lie is not willing to make any predictions, but so far
Si he has become acquainted with them he is very
pleased and thinks they will make a fair showing
hen started.
Five hundred dollars did not tempt John Ray, of
Cleveland, Ohio, the other day, when it was offered
him for his Robert Bingen yearling colt.
Hamilton Busbey, one of the founders of the Turf,
Field and Farm fifty years ago, exhibited several trot-
ting horses at the recent Springfield Horse Show,
winning second prize in the class for stallions with
Black Peter 2:151/4, son of Peter the Great 2:07%.
Five Dollars must be paid on each nomination on
or before August 1st, 1916, if you would keep those
nominations eligible to Pacific Breeders' Futurity No.
16 for foals of mares bred last year, to trot and pace
as two and three-year-olds. The official notice will
be found elsewhere.
Silent Brigade 2:09 is the first new 2:10 trotter
of the year. He is by Silent Brook, and his dam is
Carrietta 2:18 by Directman, therefore Silent Brig-
ade is a half brother to the Peter the Great colt
Senator O'Brien that C. A. Harrison sold at the In-
dianapolis auction last May for $2,000.
Geers worked Napoleon Direct 2:00% two miles
in 2:03% and 2:03% at North Randall last week, and
the half of one of the miles was covered in less than
a minute and one quarter in less than 30 seconds.
Geers also worked the trotter Saint Frisco 2:07%
a mile in 2:05% with the last quarter in 30 seconds.
Col. Cornelius Vanderbilt, now on the border with
the New York National Guard, has purchased through
an agent in Kentucky two registered saddle horses,
Red McDonald Jr. and John T., both prize winners
at Kentucky shows. Col. Vandeivilt has ordered them
shipped to the frontier and will give them a test as
officers' chargers in work on the border.
Charley Spencer shipped The Proof 2:10% and
Vallejo King 2:10% from Santa Rosa to Omaha this
week and expects to race them over the Wisconsin
and Michigan circuits. Both horses are in good
shape and should be able to earn money in their
class. Frank L. Barstow shipped the pacer All Mc-
Klnnev in the same car with Spencer's horses.
The late closing events of the North Pacific Cir-
cuit are announced in our issue of this week. Some
of the entries (those at Vancouver, B. C.) close today.
Others close August 1st. August 6th, August 14th,
August 23rd, and September 4th and 11th. There
are six good meetings with purses ranging from $200
to $2000. Read over the programs.
Don't let the want of a boot, a good strong pair of
hopples or a check rein prevent you from winning a
race this year. See David West, 1018 Fillmore street,
San Francisco, or write to him if you can't find
time to call, and he will see that your wants are
supplied. He has everything in the way of boots,
harness or horse medicine that anyone wants. And
his prices are right.
The entries in The Ohio, the $3,000 race for 2:08
class trotters which is up for decision next Wednes-
day, are Bacelli 2:09%, Guy Nella 2:07%, Laramie
Lad 2:08%, Mabel Trask 2:14%, Peter Mac 2:03%
(breeder's record), Rusticoat 2:08%, St. Frisco
2:07%, Spriggan 2:08%, The Eno 2:08%, Trampright
2:08%, Vanco 2:06%, Virginia Barnette 2:08%, and
Worthy Prince 2:11%. It is expected there will be
seven or eight starters.
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W. H. Strang, of New York, operates a fleet of
motor vans for moving runners and show horses and
the New York Herald says he has been over-run with
work since the shortage of railroad cars developed.
Horsemen find the specially fitted vans more conven-
ient, expeditious and economical, as well as safer,
than the express cars, and their use is growing by
leaps and bounds. The possibilities of the service
were demonstrated recently when Mr. Strang took
two of E. B. Cassatt's thoroughbreds from Belmont
Park to Philadelphia, where they ran and won and
were back at their Long Island quarters all within
twenty-four hours.
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North Randall opens both the Grand and the Great
Western Circuits on Monday next, with a big program
of purses. On the opening day Daniels has Potrero
entered in the 2 : 07 pace. The ex-Californian Del Rey
is also in this race by the time allowance rule. On
Tuesday Will DeRyder has The Lark entered in the
2: IS trot, Rayo de Oro in the 2:12 pace, and White
Sox in the 2:05 pace. Lon Daniels has John Malcolm
in the 2:12 pace the same day. Wednesday, Durfee's
Esperanza. and Overland Stable's Kid Cupid and San
Felipe are in the 2:11 trot, and Durfee's Contention
B. and Rayo de Oro in the 2:15 pace. On the same
day The Ohio 2:08 trot, $3000, will be decided. Dunne
& Lowery's Spriggan, and Durfee's Esperanza are
entered and will have to meet such horses as Peter
Mac. Rusticoat, St. Frisco and others. Bondalean is
named in the 2:09 pace on Wednesday, as is Dicto,
the Dunne & Lowery horse. Thursday Contention B.
and Rayo de Oro are in the 2:18 pace, and The Lark
in the 2:16 trot. Friday, the last day, has Esperanza
and Virginia Barnette in the 2:13 trot. All the races
are well filled and with good weather there should be
great racing at this famous track.
Tommy Murphy is training Russell Boy 2:02% in
hopples this year.
William Stuart, the Humboldt county horseman,
has shipped his string of pacers from Santa Rosa
to Baker City, Oregon, where ■ he will start racing
over the Inter-Mountain circuit. He has Emeline
Dillon 2:07% by Guy Dillon, The Potreress 2:09 by
Potrero Boy, and Bonnie Quinn 2:12 by Bonnie
Steinway. The records which are here given are
breeder's records made at Santa Rosa last Saturday.
In the car with Stuart, Johnny Compton will ship
the pacer Linnie C. and the trotter Pfeister's Lyn-
wood 2:20%, both of which will be campaigned on
the Inter-Mountain circuit. Linnie C. was given a
breeder's record of 2:12 last Saturday.
A number of California stables will be raced
through the Inter-Mountain Circuit this year. Among
those making entries at La Grande, Baker and On-
tario, Oregon, the entry lists for which meetings will
be found in this week's issue of the Breeder and
Sportsman, are Cannon & Compton of Penn Grove,
H. E. Blackwell, Rocklin, Fred Ward, Los Angeles,
C. H. Williams, Eureka, William Stuart, Eureka, J. P.
McConnell, Santa Rosa, Owen Quinn, Loleta, A. F.
Connors, Santa Rosa. J. D. Springer, of Boise, Ida.,
who trained in this state several different seasons
and who purchased, raced and sold Sonoma Girl, will
also have a string of horses on the Inter-Mountain
Circuit.
Rusticoat 2 : 08 % by Axworthy took his record as a
three-year-old last year, but won only one race out
of five starts. He is a very fast horse this year and
will probably start in the Ohio stake at North Ran-
dall next week. He worked a mile at that track on
Thursday of last week in 2:06, coming the last half
in 1:01% with the final quarter in just 30 seconds.
He then repeated in 2:07, the last half in 1:02%
and the last quarter in 29% seconds. Although
Geers worked Saint Frisco a mile in 2:05% the same
day the horsemen said Rusticoat's miles were more
impressive as he finished so strong in both heats.
The California trotter Spriggan will have to meet
these horses in the Ohio stake. Spriggan's best
mile to date over the North Randall track was in
2:07% but he finished at a two-minute gait.
Just now the real sensation from the half mile
track meetings in the Middle West is the four-year-
old filly Allie Watts, that, after winning three
straight races, was taken to Toledo, where on Tues-
day of last week she won the 2:13 trot in straight
heats in 2:11%, 2:10% and 2:11%, the fastest heat
trotted this year over a half mile track and the
fastest three-heat race of the year. When a four-
year-old can trot that fast on a half mile track in
early July, she is setting a pace that the aged and
tried campaigners will have to go some to equal.
Last year Allie Watts started twenty-two times as
a three-year-old and always against aged horses.
She won brackets in thirteen races. She is by Gen.
Watts 2:06% and her dam is by Allerton. Her rec-
ord last year was 2:10%.
M. Thompson's little brown trotting gelding Zolock
Zar that is entered in the 2:15 and 2:20 class trotting
events at the Santa Rosa fair in August,, is causing
considerable talk among the horsemen who have
seen him taking his work at that track. They say
he has a world of speed and that none of the trotters
in training there are able to outbrush him when he
is given his head. He is by Zolocfe and his dam is
by Alcazar, hence his name. He started twice at
Riverside last October, getting third money in the
first race, and second money in his other start. Vir-
ginia Barnette and Allie Lou beat him in the first
race, the time being from 2:14% to 2:15%. In the
second race he was 2-3-2, Virginia Barnette again
winning, and the time was from 2:13 to 2:16. He
has trotted an eighth in 16 seconds since reaching
Santa Rosa but has not been let down for any fast
miles, though he looks fit for a five heat race. Mr.
Thompson states that Zolock Zar was not broken to
harness until he was three years old. He is now six.
Nine of the two-year-old trotters entered for the
Vassar Purse of $2,000 at the Poughkeepsie Grand
Circuit meeting next month earned records against
time at the Hudson River Driving Park. The fastest
performance was made by A. H. Cosden's brown filly
The Real Lady, by Moko, out of Fruity Worthy
2:25%, by Axworthy 2:15%. After breaking in each
of her first two trials she squared away and trotted
a mile in 2:19%. with the last half in 1:08 and the
last quarter at a 2:17 gait. Mr. Cosden's brown colt
Harvest Lad, by The Harvester 2:01, out of June
2:11%, by Bellini 2:13%, showed more speed than
the filly, trotting his mile in 2:20, with the last half
in 1:07%. Another one that will have to he reckoned
with on the day of the race is Leo Oettinger's blood-
like filly Ante Guy, by the great young sire Guy Ax-
worthy 2:08, out of Anteas, by Ashland Wilkes 2:17%.
She reeled off a mile in 2:21 after trotting the first
half in 1:13%, the last half having been covered in
1:07% with seeming ease. W. B. Dickerman's Tacita
2:22%, and Cranmer 2:26%, by Atlantic Express
2:07%, and Toniatta 2:23%, by Axworthy 2:15%;
W. R. Allen's Brielle 2:26%, by Belgrade 2:24%, and
Burr 2:28%, by Bengara, and Murphy's The Patriot
2:24%, by The Harvester, out of Belvasia 2:06%,
were others that earned records.
Saturday, July 15, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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High Class Stock for Brighton Herd.
Harry L. Murphy, member of the firm of H. L. and
E. H. Murphy, registered hog and cattle breeders of
Perkins, Sacramento county, is now in the East pur-
chasing more shorthorns to add to the firm's herd.
Mr. Murphy attended Saunders & Son's sale of regis-
tered shorthorns, recently held at Manilla, la., and
purchased an eight-months-old bull calf, paying $700
for the animal. Mr. Murphy is expected home about
the 22d, bringing with him the addition to the Brigh-
ton herd.
These men, with their father, are the pioneer short-
horn breeders of Sacramento valley. It might be
well to say here that the sire of the calf which is
now on the way from the East to join the Brighton
herd is valued at $12,500.
Sacramento county is foremost among the valley
counties in the matter of thoroughbred stock and the
past two years many fine animals from noted Eastern
breeders have been added to many of the registered
herds, but no firm has been more active along this
line than Murphy Brothers. — Sacramento Union.
A New Way of Killing Gophers.
At Dallas, Ore., a new way of exterminating goph-
ers was tried, and pronounced a success. It consists
of using the exhaust from a motor car. A hose is
attached to the exhaust pipe of a light car and the
apparatus is complete. The other end of the hose
is inserted in the mouth of a fresh hole and the hole
is then plugged up around the hose with an old rag
and a little fine dirt, taking care not to plug up the
end of the hose by pushing it into the hole. In a few
minutes the gas will begin to come out through other
holes a few feet away, and as these holes are plugged
up and other ones opened farther away, the gas keeps
spreading through the gopher settlement. Then the
hose is removed and all holes plugged up and the
work is done. The gophers are suffocated right in
the holes and never live long enough to come to the
surface of the ground, or to even open a hole.
Recently a badly infested patch, which contained
nearly three acres, was thoroughly treated at the
total expenditure of the price of one gallon of gaso-
line, used in the engine.
National Dairy Show News.
Perhaps some people have wondered why the Na-
tional Dairy Show is to be held at Springfield. Mass.,
October 12-21, this year, Instead of being held at
Chicago as usual or some other point that is more
nearly the center of the dairy industries of the coun-
try. The change of location does not mean that the
management of the show has passed to other hands,
for W. E. Skinner, general manager, says: "The
National Dairy Show Association with headquarters
at Chicago, will hold its own show this year under its
own management, at Springfield, Mass."
It was because of the strong presentations of the
Eastern States Agricultural and Industrial Exposition
with headquarters at Springfield, that the dairy show
management agreed to hold the show there this fall.
"Each year hereafter," says Mr. Skinner, "the New
England men will go forward with a big exposition
of their own under their own management, on their
own grounds." The show is to be held there this
year to boost agriculture and particularly dairying in
the East.
Democrats Have a Horseman for Treasurer.
Wilbur W. Marsh, the new treasurer of the Demo-
cratic National Comuittee, is an old-time horseman,
who lived in New York twenty years ago, and owned
and drove trotters at Fleetwood Park, says the New
York Herald. The bay stallion Bayreuth 2:20»4, that
won two races a week through the spring circuit in
1895, and the black pacer Lady Lee 2:20, were among
bis good ones. Always deeply interested in breeding.
he bought Sir Walkill, one of the youngest sons of
Rysdyk's Hambletonian, and took him to Iowa, Mr.
Marsh's native state. When a mere boy Mr. Marsh
and his older brother, C. A. Marsh, campaigned
Josephus 2:19%, one of the fastest trotters of his
day, selling him for a long price after winning some
memorable races in the Grand Circuit in 1881.
About ten years ago Mr. Marsh began breeding
Guernsey dairy cattle on the principles which had
guided him in breeding trotters, by making perform-
ance the test of pedigree, and combining the blood of
cows that had made the greatest records at producing
cream. His progressive and scientific methods
quickly made him one of the most successful breeders
in the country, several of his cows and heifers having
beaten all records and won the championship prizes
at the National Dairy Show. When the foot and
mouth disease broke out at this show, in Chicago,
a few years ago, and the professors were going to
kill all the animals that had been exposed to the
disease, it was the man who will raise Mr. Wilson's
' campaign fund that instantly organized the owners,
enjoined the professors and saved for future breeding
purposes the most valuable herds of dairy cattle in
the United States, if not in the world.
Dixon Fair Has Big Boosting Committee.
The Solano County Fair Association, whose first
annual fair is to be held at. Dixon during the four
days of August 16, 17, 18 and 19, has a committee
composed of forty-five of the leading citizens of the
county already at work boosting for the fair. Accord-
ing to the Dixon Tribune, the president of the Asso-
ciation, Harry McFadyen, has given out the names
of the committeemen who are to enter upon the
work. They are: Finance, W. R. Madden; Trans-
portation. Stuart Grady; Reception, I. F. Beckley;
Entertainment, W. H. Garnett; Decoration, Milton
Conklin; Music, Julius L. Weyland; Installation,
John L. Killkenny; Illumination, C. E. Sedgwick;
Live Stock, James Mills; Produce, Chas. F. Wever:
Queen, J. H. Rice: Races, L. A. Morris; Awards,
J. R. Bloom; Concessions, J. L. Mix; Fancy Work,
Women's Ispmovement Club; Farm Machinery and
Demonstrations, Chas. Kirby; Admissions, W. N.
Baker; Publicity, Wm. J. Weyand.
An advisory committee consisting of five members
was appointed from the county at large and two from
adjoining counties, namely: Senator B. F. Rush, Sui-
sun; Supervisor H. J. Fediman, Vallejo; F. W. Atkin-
son, editor Benicia Herald, Benicia; Ed. Westgate,
Rio Vista; H. C. Blake, Vacaville: Dean Van Norman,
University Farm, Davis; Judge Peter J. Shields, Sac-
ramento.
Mr. Harry Perkins, who has handled so successfully
the National Orange Show at San Bernardino and
the Watsonville Apple Show, both for a period of
approximately five years, making them the most
noted of their kind in the United States, has been
engaged as general manager of the Solano County
Fair, and has the enthusiasm, ability and fixed deter-
mination to make this in reality the prize county fair
of the state.
High Meat Prices Will Stay.
High meat prices probably will continue indefi-
nitely. This is the conclusion of the Department of
Agriculture as set forth in an exhaustive report on
the situation just made public.
High meat prices prevail throughout the world.
One reason is the fact that production has failed to
keep pace with the increase in population. Contrib-
utory causes given are the increased cost of produc-
tion and diminished purchasing power of the money
unit.
An interesting feature of the situation in the United
States is that while the production of meat is on
the increase it is not proportionate to the growth of
population.
The available supply of meat in this country would
be much greater, the report says, were it not for
the enormous losses caused by disease and exposure.
In the last seventeen years it is estimated that about
1,475,000 cattle have died annually from disease and
approximately 1,500,000 from exposure. In 1914 at
least 7,000,000 hogs died of cholera.
The report points out that the United States still
is not only the greatest meat eating nation, but the
greatest producer. Approximately twice as much
meat is consumed as in Germany before the war and
the total normal consumption of Russia, Great Brit-
ain and France is less than that in Germany.
In the fiscal years of 1914 and 1915 the United
States imported more fresh chilled and frozen beef
and mutton than it exported.
Delbert Reiff Bringing Yearlings From France.
Twenty-one royally bred yearlings, selected from
the best breeding establishments of France and in-
tended for sale in this country, left London on the
Atlantic Transport Line's steamship Mongolian, July
8th. These young thoroughbreds were selected and
are being brought over by Delbert Reiff, one-time
trainer for Richard Croker in England. He is a
brother of Johnnie and Lester Reiff, the latter now a
real estate dealer of Oakland, California, and has had
considerable success as a trainer in England, France
and Italy. As these yearlings have been carefully
selected, and as existing conditions in France are
particularly favorable for obtaining that country's
best thoroughbred products, this importation should
mean much to the horse interests in this country.
Reiff will also bring over ten thoroughbreds belong-
ing to T. P. Thorne, who will race them in this
country. It is also anticipated Fred Burlew sailed
on the same boat, assumably with the yearlings bred
in France by Clarence H. Mackay.
Klamath Falls Horse Market is Lively.
Klamath Falls (Ore.), July 7. — Shipments of horses
from Klamath county to the buyers have materially
increased, and since the establishment of a daily
freight service from Klamath Falls there is a ship-
ment practically every day. Owing to their stocky
build, the Klamath horses are in demand for artillery
service. They are also purchased extensively by the
Wells Fargo Express Company for delivers* purposes.
J. Frank Adams of Merrill recently purchased 1000
head from the Brown ranch at Wagontire mountain.
He has sold these, and many others ,to representa-
tives of the E. Clemens Horst Company, a California
concern.
In addition, Tillson & Treaster, Hollis & Piatt and
other Denver firms are buying extensively here, 11
carloads having been shipped from Klamath this
week to the last mentioned firm.
A Profitable Cow to Own.
According to a report in the Breeder's Gazette,
Woodcrest Dora deKol, a Holstein-Friesian cow
owned by E. LeRoy Pelletier, Detroit, Michigan, at
five and a half years of age made a seven-day
record of 648.80 pounds of milk and 35.89 pounds
of butter, with an average of 4.43 per cent fat. She
has three advanced registry daughters, and is said to
be the only cow having five calves at 5% years old.
With her fifth calf she made 35.89 pounds of butter
in 7 days, and this record was made in May, during
hot weather. Since then she has dropped her sixth
calf. Woodcrest Dora DeKol is a daughter of Maud
DeKol Woodcrest Lad. a son of Homestead Girl
DeKol Sarcastic Lad. Her dam was Dora Mink De-
Kol, and her great-grandam Crystal Mind 2d. She
was bought at a Syracuse, N. Y., sale several years
ago for $75 and later on was sold for $250. After her
five tests were made Mr. Pelletier bought her at auc-
tion for $2,805.
The British government buyers are now paying
$185 for field and $200 for heavy artillery stock in
the Chicago market.
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The 18th annual American Royal Live Stock Show
will be held at Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 2 to 7. The
Hereford. Shorthorn, Aberdeen-Angus and Galloway
breeds will be represented. More than $12,000 will
be offered in prize money in the breed classes and
there will be more prizes than usual in the range
classes. There will be three auctions, on Wednesday
Galloways, on Thursday Shorthorns and on Friday
Herefords.
On June 21st Walker H. Hurdle, Marshall county.
Miss., sold on the National Stock Yards, 111., market
a load of 1,106-pound Mississippi-bred steers at $10
per cwt. This is said to be the highest-priced lot of
grade beef cattle that has been sold from the south.
The steers were out of common Mississippi cows,
and sired by purebred Aberdeen-Angus bulls.
Where winter feeding is practiced in the States
of Oregon, Washington, California and other locali-
ties this side of the Rocky mountains, it is figured
by the U. S. Government experts that a yearling steer
will cost approximately $30, and a "long" two-year-old
steer $45. Where winter feeding does not have to be
done a yearling can be raised for from $15 to $19,
and a two-year-old at from $20 to $25. In California
the cost of producing a lamb for the market is placed
at $1.55, which leaves a good margin of profit for
lambs at present prices.
Mr. Walter Dupee of Coronado Beach will exhibit
more than thirty head of Holsteins at the California
State Fair this year.
W. R. Madden, of Dixon, Solano county, has pur-
chased a number of young registered Herefords to
be delivered at Dixon from Montana in the fall. The
animals will then be about seven or eight months old.
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The American Jersey Club is advertising the many
good qualities of the Jersey breed by a film that it is
showing in the "movies" entitled "Love and the
Jersey."
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More horses have been counted into the stock
yards at Chicago during the first six months of 1916
than were landed there during the same period of
1915. This is true of the regular horse market, in
which, says the Live Stock World, "arrivals surpass
by twelve or thirteen thousand head the run for the
same months of last season, whereas in the section
of the yards where horses are fed in transit, the
count is even larger, proportionaly speaking. This
simply means that the foreign army demand has
enabled the country buyers and other dealers to dis-
pose of a lot of stock greater by just so many thou-
sands of head than they would have been able to sell
but for the war abroad. The number fed in transit
proves that the same is true of the markets farther
west.
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The main precautions to be observed in feeding
alfalfa and other kinds of legume hay to horses are:
It should be fed in only limited amounts; for work
horses not over 12 to 15 pounds per 1000 pounds of
body weight. It must be bright and clean, and as
free from dust as possible. Alfalfa intended for feed-
ing horses should not be cut until quite mature.
Such hay is lower in protein and higher in fiber than
early cut alfalfa, but comes nearer to timothy and is
a better horse feed than the latter. Alfalfa hay was
found more valuable than timothy hay for hard-work-
ing farm horses in trials at the Illinois station, as
shown by the fact that less grain was necessary to
prevent them from losing weight than when timothy
was fed.
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The domesticated buffalo is the milk cow for India.
Burma. Siam. Indo China and in the Philippine is-
lands. The milk yield of the best type is from 30 to
40 pounds per day, or from four to five gallons. The
butter fat averages 3 per cent or better. Under
similar care the buffalo in India gives double the
quantity of milk of the ordinary cow. One item of
great interest to our American dairymen is that the
buffalo does not know how to kick and seldom attacks
people with her horns.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 15; 1916
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
ENCOURAGE BIRDS IN CITIES.
Over the signature of President Hugh J. Baldwin,
the State Humane Association has sent out a circular
calling on members of humane societies and the pub-
lic generally to feed and encourage the birds of the
cities. We are gradually driving the birds from our
cities, the circular states by failure to provide them
with sustenance and by lack of interest in their
welfare.
Through garbage ordinances and similar necessary
measures of sanitation, the birds are driven from
the cities and forced to find, new localities for food.
It is vitally necessary therefore for people living in
cities to provide food for the birds.
For a year President Baldwin has been studying
the birds and comparing present conditions with
those which prevailed twenty years or more ago.
Then, the humane societies with the co-operation of
the school teachers, were engaged in stopping the
vicious custom of robbing birds' nests of eggs and
young by persuading children to abandon the prac-
tice. The situation today, with respect to the life of
the birds, is every bit as important as existed then.
After each meal, requests the circular, separate
from the food remaining that which will serve the
birds, and place it in a quiet protected place where
they can get it. The birds will soon discover that
a good Samaritan is residing in your home. In addi-
tion, each day put out a little water in a basin for
the birds to quench their thirst and in which to take
their needed bath.
"Lazarus asked for the crumbs that fell from the
rich man's table, and was denied. The birds are now
appealing to you for the crumbs from your table.
Please grant them their request."
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17,000,000 Trout Fry Planted.— The State Fish and
Game Commission has started the annual work of
restocking the waters of California. With W. H.
Shebley of the hatchery department in charge,
17,000,000 trout fry will be liberated in the streams
and lakes all over California. Two cars are at pres-
ent running from the Sisson hatchery in Siskiyou
county to distribute the fry.
Egg-collecting operations this season were not
quite as extensive as last, when 19,000,000 trout fry
were planted. The severe winter and adverse weather
conditions hampered the efforts of the fish and game
officials. Shebley is confident, however, that the
restocking of the streams will prove successful. Ob-
servations have shown that a percentage of the fry
mature and provide sport for the anglers. A good
case is the new species in the Truckee river, where
only about 10 per cent of the native trout are taken,
the rest being those that were transplanted.
Shebley declares that the fishing season so far has
been uniformly good all over the State. In Northern
California and the Sierras excellent sport has been
provided, with trout in abundance. The fact that
there was no rain in April affected the coast streams,
where the water was rather low.
A new egg-collection station will be opened on
Rae Lake below Mount Whitney, in charge of F. A.
Shebley. The Inyo county hatchery ,the largest in
the world, will be ready for business in October.
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Angling Interest Increasing. — Resumption of hos-
tilities against flies and bait by the fish of mountain
lakes and streams as well as the myriad gamy spe-
cies of the sea has sent up the mercury of angling
interest this week at a rapid rate, just as most ang-
lers had rather expected it to slow down. The truth
is, the sport has been so good in all branches this
last week since the moon turned that it has made
very little difference what form of fishing a man's
fancy preferred; he was reasonably certain of sport
by going to the right spot after it. Sporting license
sales, the most accurate guide to hunting and angling
interest, instead of slowing down are speeding up all
the time. The race these are running is one of the
most interesting sidelights upon fish and game work
shed this season. It is a record particularly gratify-
ing to sportsmen as indicating that the means of
efficient propagation and protection are forthcoming
to back up the Fish and Game Commission's vast
plans for bettering the hunting and fishing attrac-
tions of California as a whole.
Surf Fishermen in Glory. — Surf fishermen are in
their glory again, although their corbina and coaker
game is eclipsed by the opportunity to catch bigger
and better fish in the mountain lakes with more fun
in the performance. But so long as the boiling surf
offers the fun it now does there will be plenty to
play with the heavy-headed, hard-fighting fish that
frequent it. Reports of good catches about Ocean-
side continue to come in.
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Mining at Trap Grounds. — Did you ever stop to
ci nsider what becomes of all the lead fired from the
shells of trapshooters' guns? Of course you know
trapshooters have the same hunting grounds week in
and week out, that is they don't have to wade
through marshes, climb hills, go through forests or
otherwise travel the country for their "game." They
go out to the club and shoot from Number One trap
this week, and perhaps Number Four next week, and
yet the targets they tried to kill at Trap Number
Four will not be two hundred yards from those they
shot at from Trap Number One.
Therefore, the constant shooting over practically
the same territory makes lead mines, for whether
thd aim is good or bad, the lead finally falls to the
ground for it is not like gunning for wild game,
where a load is sometimes shot into your "target"
and it keeps on running.
Farsighted contractors have seen the business
possibilities in "getting after" this mining business.
At prominent clubs, where many squads shoot every
week, it is only a matter of a few years when it is
profitable for the mining business.
About three years ago, the ground in front of the
traps at the DuPont Gun Club was "mined" and a
pile of lead of twenty-three tons was the result. A
portion of the grounds of a club at Columbus, Ohio,
was put through the "sieve" and twenty-six tons
resulted.
A year ago a second trip was made to the DuPont
Club at Wilmington, Delaware and results equal to
the first attempt were obtained. Other club grounds
are undergoing mining treatments.
The method of securing this lead is simple. Plots
of ground about thirty feet by five are skinned about
one and a half inches deep. This top soil is then
put in piles and allowed to stand for two or three
days until it dries. It is then put into a large,
coarse cylinder seive that is operated by a gasoline
engine, which gets rid of the earth containing no
lead. Then it is put through a fine sieve and more
dirt is removed. If the earth sticks several screen-
ings are necessary until the lead remains. Then the
remainder of the shooting territory is handled in the
same manner. While the task may be a little slow, it
requires only a few laboring men to do the job and
the price realized is worth the attempt. On grounds
like the DuPont club, it takes about sixty pounds of
earth to give off one pound of shot.
Thus clubs that have three or four traps, and where
the members shoot frequently, and no attention has
ever been paid to the mining business, a chance for
some money awaits the originator in his locality.
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Fishing in Sierras. — A recent party at Huntington
Lake Lodge on Huntington Lake, Fresno county, con-
sisting of F. S. Judah and wife of San Francisco,
G. C. Ward and wife, R. C. Starr and wife, D. A.
Munger and S. L. Slinger of Los Angeles, F. M.
Thebo and wife of Salt Lake and G. G. Watson and
H. L. Jone of Fresno, made a trip from the lodge to
Big Creek, the largest of the many fine trout streams
feeding Huntington lake. Good fishing was enjoyed
by the party and some beautiful rainbows weighing
one and two pounds were caught on Big Creek near
its mouth. Judah writes of conditions as follows :
"There are many fine streams flowing into Hunting-
ton lake and among them are the following named
creeks: Home Camp, Fir, Billy, Huckleberry, Line,
Bear, Deer, Potter, Big, North Fork and Coon. Most
of these streams will be in prime condition for fly-
fishing after July 15th and by that time trolling in
the lake will also be productive of good results and
fish as high as five pounds in weight have been taken
in this way. The lake is a comparatively new one,
having been formed by the damming up of three
streams, and its waters are now used to generate
power for the extensive system of the Pacific Light
and Power Company of Los Angeles."
F. S. Judah and wife also visited Miami Lodge,
where some good fishing with fly can now be had
on Miami creek, also at Fish Camp.
Particularly good fishing with fly was also enjoyed
at Wawona. At this point the south fork of the Mer-
ced river flows through the hotel grounds and offers
some of the finest fly fishing to be found in Califor-
nia ,the fish ranging to over three pounds in weight
and the stream is easy of access. There are several
lakes near Wawona which have been stocked with
Eastern brook trout and some fine catches have re-
cently been made. The flies used were the gray and
brown hackle, also Royal Coachman.
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Report on Trout Streams. — Conditions on trout
streams along the Northwestern Pacific are reported
as follows:
Agent at Healdsburg wires that fishing is good in
the vicinity of the Geysers.
Agent Willits advises that fishing on Noyo River
is very fair at present.
Agent Spyrock reports plenty of trout in the
smaller streams that empty into the Eel in that
vicinity, but states that fish are averaging rather
small.
Agent Fort Seward advises that trout fishing in
main Eel river on the riffle near Ft. Seward is better
than it has been for some time. He adds that Mr.
La Madhieu of Oakland caught the limit on one riffle.
Excellent fishing is still being enjoyed on the north
fork of the Eel near Zenia and the fish being caught
are reported as generally above the average in size.
Agent South Fork wires, "Fishing conditions im-
proving here. Good catches being made, fish six to
ten inches long — flies and spinners being used."
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Rifle Record Broken. — Prof. Edward Long, a mem-
ber of the Swiss Rifle Club of Portland, Ore., recently
broke the state record for the German ring target at
200 yards, scoring a total of 229 points out of a possi-
ble 250. The shooting was offhand, ten shots. Pro-
fessor Long's record breaks the one held by Henry
Hoecker, who was one of the witnesses at the Clack-
amas range. Hoecker"s mark was 227. The world's
record is 241. A Scheutzen rifle with telespocic sights
was used by the record holder, who is a native-born
son of Oregon, having lived in that state all his life.
He has handled a rifle ever since he was a youngster,
and believes in the preparedness idea. He joined the
Swiss Rifle Club on account of the opportunity for
rifle practice, as the organization shoots at the Clack-
amas range once a month.
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Southern Rod and Reel Club. — At the Monday
meeting of the Southern California Rod and Reel
Club last week it was decided to celebrate the tenth
anniversary of the club's organization by an outing
at Mateo on Sunday, September 3.
August 29, 1906, was the date on which the first
meeting of the club was held, in the old quarters of
the Los Angeles Athletic Club, at that time on Spring
between Fifth and Sixth streets, and on that occasion
the following gentlemen signed the charter roll:
Edwin -L. Hedderly, Tracy E. Shoults, Louis Breer
(deceased), W. F. Weber, H. W. Coomber, W. A.
Geft, L. W. Slocum, E. L. Mitchell, W. E. Kessler,
R. F. B. Shaver, W. Robbins, Eugene Elliott, C. V.
Barton, J. F. Jones (deceased), W. F. Stearns, A. M.
Moses, Smith Warren, F. E. Knapp (deceased), E. R.
Abbott, A. E. McKenzie, H. Slotterbeck, R. Campbell,
C. B. Aumock, E. E. Salyer, W. A. Tufts.
Eight women joined the club as associate members
and seven men as active members at the last meeting
and a substantial increase in the club's treasury was
reported.
Medals won in the winter casting tournament to
the value of more than ?100 were distributed to the
winners and many signed the roster of the casting
auxiliary which will handle the easting tourney next
winter.
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Exhibit of Fish. — After months of preparation San
Francisco's aquarium in the Hawaiian Building at
the exposition has been opened. The task was under-
taken by the State Fish and Game Commission and
the Exposition Preservation League. The aquarium
is being jointly operated and maintained by these
two organizations.
Ten tanks are being installed in the building and
these are filled with California fresh water fish. It is
hoped to make the exhibit one of the city's educa-
tional features. Lectures are to be given, telling the
story of California's fish.
At present the exhibit includes a species of perch
found only in California waters, the cat fish, carp,
blue-gilled sun fish, shark-eared bass and the various
varieties of trout found in the streams of the State.
An exhibit of salt water fish will soon be added.
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Upholding Game Laws in California. — Several
cases of recent occurrence indicate the vigilance with
which the State and Federal authorities are uphold-
ing the laws affording protection to birds and game
animals.
In the United States district court two men were
fined $50 each by Judge Maurice T. Dooling for bring-
ing into this country plumage of birds of paradise.
The men pleaded guilty when they learned they would
have to remain in jail three months awaiting trial
otherwise. Deputy Game Commissioners arrested
three men near Santa Rosa for killing robins and
yellow hammers. One man was fined twenty-five
dollars for killing a yellow hammer, another fifty
dollars for killing a robin and a third eighty-five dol-
lars for killing robins and hunting without a license.
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Organization of the Hoquiam Bait and Fly Casting
Club was recently effected at Hoquiam, Wash. Julius
Augustin was elected president and Frank Thomas
secretary-treasurer. A constitution and by-laws, mod-
eled after those of the Tacoma club, will be submit-
ted for adoption at a later meeting. The following
are charter members of the new organization: F. G.
Foster, S. P. Phillips, J. F. Koch, Chris Olson, Al
LeClerc, Richard Behm, Ed Foster, G. C. Stickney,
P. L. Tullus, F. P. Thomas, J. Augusin and Gaylord
Adams. C. P. Burrows, G .T. Dutcher of Tacoma, and
Game Warden L. J. Esses were elected honorary
members.
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As was reported at the time of the capture of Ant-
werp by the Germans in 1914, practically all of the
animals at the Zoo there were destroyed. Now nego-
tiations are proceeding for restocking the gardens
after the war by shipments of animals and birds from
the New York Zoo, which has a large stock of super-
fluous exhibits.
Saturday, July 15, 1916.]
THE BREEDER A N L. SPORTSMAN
Vernon Club Holds Successful Shoot
= HEINE PFIRRMANN WINS HONORS AMONG LEADING SCATTER GUN ARTIST8 OF THE STATE -
One o£ the most successful trapshooting tourna-
ments oJ the present season on the Pacific Coast
was staged at the Vernon Club on July 2, 3 and 4.
Leading shooters from all over California were in
attendance to try for the honors and the events were
run off in admirable style.
The winner turned up in the California-Nevada
champion Heine Pfirrmann. He set up the proud
record of breaking 394 of the 400 registered targets.
During the tournament he dropped only seven birds
out of 500. The "Shootin' Dutchman" finished a
high run of 216.
The Interstate Association for the encouragement
of trapshooting awarded eight trophies for the eight
high marks on the 400 targets. In addition to Pfirr-
mann's mark and trophy, Andy Flickinger was second
with 389x400 and won second choice of the trophies.
Frank H. Melius was third in line with 387x400. Dr.
L. M. Packard with 385x400 was fourth and Stanton
Bruner with 384x400 was fifth. Sixth in line on high
marks and the choice of trophies was Walter Cor-
nelius with 383x400. Ralph M. Arnold was seventh
with 383x400 and Harry Ogilvie eighth with 382x400.
Ed Mitchell broke high professional with 199x200.
Dick Reed, professional from the Remington UMC
Company, broke second high pro. with 198x200. Len
Hawxhurst of the Peters Company was third high
professional with 195x200.
These same three professional cracks were the
high guns on the 400 targets, Mitchell with 394 dead,
Reed with 393 kills and Hawxhurst with 390x400.
Heine Pfirrmann bombarded his way to victory in
the first contest of 100 targets at optional sweep-
slakes in the first day, Sunday, July 2. He rolled up
a score of 99x100. He missed the last bird in the
first event of twenty, but succeeded in breaking the
next eighty straight.
R. C. "Dick" Reed, the professional from San Fran-
cisco, scored high pro. average, breaking ninety-
seven targets out of the century.
Andy Flickinger of Vallejo and L. D. Blanchard,
a Los Angeles blackbird buster, tied up in the cen-
tennial affair for the Vernon Gun Club handicap
trophy, each with 94 dead clays out of 100. Flick-
inger fired from twenty yards and Blanchard from
the same distance. They shot off the tie from their
respective handicaps, Blanchard winning with a 23x
25 result, which netted him the trophy and first
money.
Once more UMC Reed broke high in the profes-
sional ranks, shattering 96 birds from twenty-two
yards. "DuPonf Guy Holohan broke second profes-
sional with 94 dead from twenty-one yards.
Following these events miss-and-out aflairs were
put on for both professional and amateur shooters.
Guy Holohan was triumphant in the pro. class and
Blanchard in the amateurs. Ninety-three shots were
fired in the amateur contest, all from twenty-three
yards.
The first block of 200 targets of a scheduled regis-
tered 400-target contest was held on Monday, July
3rd. Fred B. Mills, of Los Alamitos, made the best
score in the event, 199x200. Mills made an unfinished
long run of 160.
Heine Pfirrmann, Jr., took away second high ama-
teur with a total of 197 kills. Several long records
were made by Pfirrmann. , He finished a run from
Sunday, scoring 117 without a miss. He made two
straight runs of 59 and 99.
Frank Melius, the local shooting marvel and title
holder on the Coast on 400 targets, hung up runs of
121 and 60. Ralph Arnold made a long run of 123.
Mrs. C. E. Groat, the national amateur champion
woman shooter, scored 191 out of her 200 birds and
made a long run of 64. Her score of 191x200 is the
highest mark ever reached by a woman amateur in
the world.
High professionals average on the 200 tarhawks
was tied for by Dick Reed/ Remington UMC profes-
sional, L. S. Hawxhurst, Peters professional, and Ed
Mitchell, each with a score of 195x200. Charles
Knight, a representative from the Winchester Arms
Company, scored second high average in the profes-
sional class, it being 194x200.
Scores that several of the shooters who competed
thought they never could make were made without
half trying. The 80 per cent cracks of last week
turned out to be 90 per cent shooters of this week.
Bob Bole, who has been shooting since the first of
the year only, and not very steady at that, scored 183
out of his double century of clays. Harry Cline broke
181, Cornelius of Newport broke 188, Fish 186 and
C. E. Groat 186.
The final block of 200 targets of the shoot, on the
Fourth, brought to a successful close one of the most
business-like and well-run shoots ever staged on the
Pacific Coast, with the scoring of marvelous tallies,
both on the last 200 birds and for the entire shoot
of 400 targets.
J. D. Dierdoff, the shooting railroader, and Walter
A. Cornelius, the man who put the Port in Newport,
tied for second high, each with 195 out of 200. Andy
Flickinger, of Vallejo, was third high with 194x200.
The results:
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19
190
16
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157
8
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16
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17
19
17
155
Ralf Arnold
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20
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190
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19
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20
16
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20
19
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19
19
17
175
H. E. Sargent
17
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16
19
18
IS
17
175
IS
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17
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176
G. A. Adams
17
19
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19
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19
191
19
IS
19
IS
20
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IS
19
19
19
187
Lee Slocum
16
111
19
IS
19
16
19
19
19
19
184
IS
20
IS
19
17
17
19
15
20
20
183
Dr. J. L. Martin
18
18
19
20
20
17
20
20
18
19
189
20
IS
19
20
19
20
19
19
15
IS
187
Walter A. Cornelius . .
19
19
18i20
20
19
19
18
16
20
188
19
20
19
20
30
20
19
IS
20
20
195
Chas. H. Knight*
19
IS
19
20
20
20
IS
20
20
20
194
19
19
IS
19
19
20
IS
18
17
19
186
Ed L. Mitchell*
20
20
IS
20
18
19
20
19
20
20
195
20
20
20J20
20
20
20
19
20
20
199
F. H. Melius
20
20
20
19
20 20
19
17
19
20
19
19
19
20
19|19
1919
194
2m
20
193
H. Pfirrmann
20
19
20
20
19
19
20
20
20
20
197
20
20
20
20
20
19
19
20
19
2u
197
N. A. Howard
19
19
19
20
17
17
20
20
18
18
187
20
19
18
19
20
20
19
19
19
19
192
Guy Holohan*
19
19
IS
19
19
20
19
20
20
19
192
19
20
19
19
19
19
17
19
IS
19
188
R. C. Reed*
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20
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19
195
20
20
19
20
20
20
20
20
19
20
198
W. E. Mullen
17
19 17
IS
19
20
19
20
19
IS
186
16
18
16
16
19
19
IS
IS
19
19
178
H. D. Blanchard
19
19
19
20
IS
IS
20
20
20
18
191
17
20
19
19
19
IS
IS
20
18
20
188
A. G. Flickinger
19
20
20
19
20
20
20
18
20
19
195
19
20
20
18
20
20
20
20
19
18
194
Harry Ogilvie
20
19
19
19
19
20
20
18
20
IS
192
19
19
20
18
19
IS
18
20
19
20
190
Dr. L. M. Packard ....
19
19
20
20
20
19
20
19
19
19
194
IS
19
19
20
20
20
20
20
19
16
191
Chas. P. Manderville . .
17
15
19
15
17
16
19
17
19
20
174
IS
18
18
19
16
20
IS
18
18
17
180
L. S. Hawxhurst*
19
19
20
20
20
19
20
20
19
19
195
20
19
20
20
20
19
19
19
20
19
195
E. R. Mohler
19
19
18
20
18
19
16
17
18
19
183
20
19
20
IS
19
IS
19
19
17
19
188
Stanton A. Bruner
20
IS
20
IS
20
19
20
20
20
19
194
19
20
19120
19
IS
20
18
18
19
190
C. W. Fish
IS
19
19|20
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19
IS
19
19
19
16
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18
17
19
IS
19
20
20
20
189
N. Wickham
17
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19
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183
16
20
1916
16
18
18
15
17
17
172
Mrs. C. E. Groat
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20
IS
IS
20
20
20
191
18
18
19
20
20
17
IS
20
18
16
184
C. E. Groat
20
IS
19
20
19
16
IS
19
IS
19
186
20
20
20
20
IS
19
20
18
18
17
190
IS
20
IS
17
IS
19
19
18
19
IS
181
13
IS
19
IS
IS
18
19
19
17
19
178
Geo. Oliver*
IS
IS
13
19
17
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20
15
19
19
171
19
19
17
19
16
19
17
19
19
19
183
J. A. Cook*
20
17
17
IS
19
20
20
19
19
19
188
19
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19
19
19
2C
19
19
20
19
191
16
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17
18
17
19
16
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IS
19
175
18
19
17
18
20
20
16
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18
19
183
16
17
16
16
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19
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174
18
19
IS
20
IS
19
IS
20
17
17
184
O. A. Evans
19
19
IS
19
19
19
17
19
19
19
187
19
19
18
20
17
19
18
20
18
20
188
T. N. Dunn
16
18
19
19
16
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18
21
19
20
19
17
19
17
19
20
17
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J. D. Dierdoff
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20
20
19
195
A. G. Miller
19
16
19
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20
17
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16
19
18
20
17
21
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2C
18
190
L. H. Palmer
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175
F. B. Mills
20
19
19
20
20
2C
20
20
20
19
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19
2t
19
139
20 19
18
193
C. F. Nichols
19
16
16
19
19
19
18
20
19
2t
188
F. H. Nichols
17
17
IS
19
19
16
19
IS
19
19
181
19
16 18
19
19
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19
19
19
17
184
L. R. Melius
19
IS
19
IS
19
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19
19
17
19
185
Fred Gruell
19
19
20
IS
19
19
17
21
18
16
185
C. D. Hagerman
15
19
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19
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IS
17
20
19
19
182
IS
21
19
19
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192
16
16
17
17
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IS
19
19
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W. H. Wilshire
119
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16
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19
19
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180
Stockton Club. — Owing to the high wind that was
blowing at their grounds ,the Blue Rock Club mem-
bers failed to tally any high scores Sunday; even old
war horses like Balkwill and Jonjers fell down on
their shooting and some of the younger members are
making them hustle. Scores:
Balkwill 37x50, Lloyd Woods 32x50, J. R. Ross 40x
50, C. E. Spencer 40x50, C. Hansford 30x50, H. Lon-
jers 35x50, Y. S. Johnson 32x50, Dr. Priestly 37x50,
Ed Walker 33x50, H. C. Lockey 33x50, Pete Dentoni
10x25, George Ells Jr. 17x25, W. C. North 6x25, E. G.
Graham 20x25.
OB
Los Angeles Club. — The diamond scarfpin contest-
ed for at the Los Angeles Gun Club was tied for
between P. O. Long and J. L. Brown, each with 46
birds dead out of the half century thrown. Both
fired from 16 yards. They shot off at 25 birds, Long
winning with 24x25.
Bob Bole and E. K. Mohler tied for second high
score, each with 45x50. Fifteen contenders com-
peted. The shooters also competed on the season
trophies with the scoring of some good marks. The
results of Sunday follow: —
Diamond Trophy Handicap — G. Holohan. handicap
20— broke 46x50; E. K. Mohler 20—44, O. Evans 20—
45, O. Council 18—41, V. A. Rossboch 19 — 43, C. H.
Betz 16—43, T. B. Sloan 16—44, A. L. Rowe 16—42,
R. E. Bole 16—45, G. F. Barber 16—40, F. G. Shriner
16—43, H. Hoyt 16—43, P. O. Long 16—46, J. Andrus
16—38, J. L. Brown ,16—46, J. W. Griffith 16—42,
M. Steel 16—42.
Season Trophies — G. Holohan, 44x50; E. K. Moh-
ler 45, V. A. Rossbach 44, O. Council 44, G. F. Barber
42, C. H. Betz 43, P. O. Long 49, A. L. Rowe 44, W.
Jackson 40, H. V. Huber 41, L. Barber 26, J. C. Bend-
led 31, H. Adams 38, R. E. Bole 40, O. Evans 47,
H. Hoyt 43, Miss A. Wheeler 42, A. C. Gould 35, Wm.
Kennedy 47, D. G. Kinney 38, H. E. Sargent 42, N .W.
Nelson 35, C. L. Saunders 38, C. W. Fish 43, C. E.
Groat 43, C. W. Meek 41, R. C. Prettyman 36, J. C.
Johnson 16, F. H. Teeple 44, L. Broadbent 34, J. W.
Griffith 42, M. Steel 41.
0B
Big Time Club. — J. B. Rickey of Folsom won a leg
on the Gerber Causeway cup at the Big Time blue
rock shoot Sunday by smashing 49 rocks out of 50.
Harry Tharp and Dr. W. W. Goode have also won the
cup once. Frank Ruhstaller, Harry Tharp and D. E.
Newbert were tied for second with 45 birds each.
Harry Tharp, who was picked to win the cup
again Sunday was under a handicap because he suf-
fered from abscesses in his right shoulder. In shoot-
ing for the second string of 25 birds he shot left-
handed with excellent results.
In the club shoot of 25 birds Rickey also was the
high man with 23 hits. Others in this shoot were
Tharp and A. E. Pearson 22, W. J. Higgins, Frank
Ruhstaller and A. Newbert 20, A. Ruhstaller 19, F.
Biewener 18, L. Gorman, Stadtfelt and F. Newman
17, W. L. Young 16, A. McDonald 15, J. Nelson and
E. L. Braust 12, and H. F. Stober 9.
Mrs. D. E. Newbert won the women's shoot with
eight out of ten. Miss Edna Baker and Mrs. Bulwar
each hit seven out of ten. The scores for the Gerber
cup follow: —
H. Tharp 45, D. E. Newbert 45, A. E. Pearson 42,
J. B. Rickey (of Folsom) 49, W. L. Young 27, A. Mc-
Donald 37, L. Gorman 37, W. J. Higgins 41, F. Ruh-
staller 45, F. Biewener 33, A. Ruhstaller 30, Clo-
man 25.
so
Vernon Club. — Only a handful of shooters turned
out at the Vernon Gun Club Sunday to compete for
the Wm. H. Hoegee handicap trophy, which is only
natural, folliwing close on the heels of the registered
tournament held on the Fourth, which was a tremen-
dous success.
Stanton A. Bruner was the winner, breaking 99x100.
Bruner squelched 50x50 from 19 yards and 49x50
from 20 yards. Billy Wilshire, famous gunsmith,
shot in all events with a 20-gauge gun. The last 50
targets was the back event in the Hoegee competi-
tion. The results follow (at 50 targets) :
Back
Hoegee Event.
Hdcp. Bke.
Wilshire 16 22 23 45
S. A. Bruner 19 25 25 50
Meek 18 24 24 48
Packard 21 23 21 44
C. W. Fish 17 19 25 44
Pugh 18 20 23 43
C. E. Groat 18 24 22 46
Mrs. Groat 17 24 23 47
Dierdoff 18 24 24 48
Kimble 16 21 21 42
20-Gauge— Wilshire 22x25, C. W.
Groat 23x25.
Hoegee
Hdcp.
16 21
20 25
18 23
21 22
17 22
18 23
18 23
17 23
18 21 .. ..
16 25 .. ..
Fish 21x25, C. E.
Event
Bke.
22 43
24 49
23 46
22 ..
24 46
22 45
25 48
24 47
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 15. 1916
Sportsmen's Row
A number of local gunners are under the impression
that the rabbit season opens next month. Well, the
long and short o£ it is the season doesn't open next
month, either in this section or any other section of
the State. The season on rabbits this year opens on
October 15 in all sections.
* * * #
The first crack at the fleet footed deer may be
had by Southern California big game hunters next
month when the season on deer in the -western sec-
tion, which includes Kern and San Luis Obispo coun-
cil open. Current reports coming in say that
the hills are full of deer.
* * * *
Mrs. Milton Jones of San Francisco, "who is spend-
ing a few weeks in the Adirondack Mountains, re-
cently captured a six-pound trout while trolling in
Upper St. Regis Lake. While lake trout are numer-
ous in this body of water, they are rarely taken, as
there is an abundance of natural food, which makes
it difficult for the angler to find anything that will
tempt their capricious appetites. Trout fishing has
not been up to the average in some of the Adirondack
streams as a result of the heavy rains this spring, but
in the lakes the bottom fishing is excellent. — Amer-
ican Field.
* » » *
Mrs. C. E. Groat finished her long run from July
3rd, scoring 66 straight, and made a second run of
51. at the Vernon tourney. She broke 95x100 in the
first century thrown.
» • • •
Long run trophies were awarded to the following
by the Hercules Powder Company: W. A. Cornelius.
54 and 84: Ed Mitchell, 200: R. C. Reed, 61. 61 and
129: C. E. Groat. S3: X. W. Wickham. 51; C. P.
Manderville. 50: L. S. Hawjgiurst, 95; F. B. Mills.
S3: Mrs. C. E. Groat. 51: Harry Hoyt, 58; C. W.
Fish, 74.
* * * *
The DuPont Company gave gold trophies to the
following long run makers: Charles Knight, 79:
R. M. Arnold, 12S; L. C. Forrest. 53: Flickinger, 106
and 60; Packard. 124: Cline, 87: Martin, 51; Dier-
doff, 71.
* * * *
Sam Crabtree, the international bench show judge
and breeder, was in Chicago last week on his way
East, whence he expects to leave for his English
home, and during his stay in the Windy City was the
.guest of honor at the weekly luncheon of the Wednes-
day Club, which is composed of most of Chicago's
leading fanciers, and on which occasion he was elect-
ed the first honorary member of the club. Mr. Crab-
tree took his disbarment as a judge in this country
by the A. K. C. philosophically, merely emphasizing
the fact that the club was mistaken in its assumption
that he is a professional handler.
* * * *
The noted young American-bred Airedale terrier.
Earlwood Hickory Limb, the sensational winner at
the Western Airedale Terrier Club's specialty show
last fall, owned by E. J. Woodward of Chicago, has
met an untimely death, having been run over by one
of the electric cars running through Highland Park.
HI., last Sunday while out for an exercise run. All
fanciers, we are sure, will sympathize with his owner
in his great loss.
* • • *
Thomas M. Aldrich. one of the best known Rhode
Island veterans of the Civil War. and widely known
throughout the country years ago as a dog fancier
and trainer and handler of field dogs, died at the
Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, R. I., on June
25. He had been in failing health for several months,
but an attack of grippe about five weeks ago weak-
ened him so perceptibly that he was removed to the
hospital, where his death eventually occurred.
* • • •
Secretary-Treasurer Frank Templeton, of the Port-
land Gun Club, has sent the Imperial Hotel diamond
medal to Miss Gladys Reid. The medal was put up
by Phil Metschan in 1915, and it must be won three
times before it becomes the permanent property of
a contestant. Last year Lou Rayburn captured the
trophy and this season Miss Reid was the lucky shot.
Tli- performance of Miss Reid is remarkable when
it is taken into consideration that all the crack shots
of the Portland club were taking a hand in the events.
The medal was up for ten weekly shoots and the one
to win the most points was awarded possession of the
diamond for one year. Miss Reid is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. lames P.eid of Portland, but at present
she is visiting her uncle. Les H. Reid, one of the best
professionals in the country, at Seattle.
» * * *
Frank C. Riehl. the herald of the Pacific Indians,
at the program of the annual conclave of the
Pacific Indians at Tacoma, Wash.. July IS. 19. 20 and
21. The ninth annual gathering and slaughter of
clay birds at the Manitou grounds of the Tacoma
Gun Club promises to eclipse any of the former
events. For further information regarding the tour-
ney, write to E. E. Young, secretary Tacoma Gun
Club. Donnelly Hotel, Tacoma; or Frank C. Riehl.
Herald-Custodian Pacific Indians, 401S Xorth Balti-
more street, Tacoma, Wash.
From W. S. Pigeon, at Meadow Valley, near the
Feather River, comes a letter telling of some excel-
lent sport Pigeon fished at Big Meadows Dam, on
the north fork of the Feather River. Two fish made
his limit, one weighing &% pounds and the other
9%. Live minnows proved the proper bait to attract
the attention and tempt the appetites of the giant
rainbows. On another day Pigeon took a basket of
smaller trout from Meadow Valley Creek. In his
creel he placed forty fish from eight to ten inches in
length, two a foot long and three others of sixteen-
inch length.
* • * *
The 1912 Grand American Handicap brought out
377 entries. In 1913 the entries totaled 501 and
jumped to 515 in 1914, and mounted to 884 in 1915.
How many will St. Louis have this year?
* * * *
San Francisco trapshooters have been extending a
welcome to Joe Rice, former secretary of the Golden
Gate Club. For the past couple of years Rice has
been located in Arizona and his many friends are
glad to see him around. If Joe turns out to the
grounds there will be no question when he calls
"Pull." They will hear him clear to the Oakland
mole.
* * * *
A new record has been established for long dis-
tance salmon fly casting by C. J. McCarthy of Chi-
cago, at the Garfield Park casting grounds. His
record breaking score was 166 feet. The average
for five longest casts was 157 feet. In the re-entry
McCarthy made an average of 148.3 feet with 152
feet for the longest cast In the light tackle distance
fly, McCarthy made a new record with 120 feet as
the longest cast and an average of 114 feet for five
casts.
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Striped Bass Club Outing. — The San Francisco
Striped Bass Club is going to give its annual outing
at Black Point on Sunday. July 16. Members have
been cordially invited to attend and participate in
the sport. There will be bass fishing in the forenoon,
a chip-in feed at noon and a casting tournament in
the afternoon. Suitable prizes will be presented to
the winners.
The start will be made from the ferry on the 7:15
Northwestern Pacific boat. Transportation will be
furnished members at the ferry. The committee in
charge of arrangements consists of J. C. Wallace.
William Augstein, F. E. Davis, N. Rothman and Al
Rispaud.
SB
Seattle Association. — Heavy rain prevented shoot-
ers from coming out July 2d, and only a small crowd
was at the Harbor Island grounds.
A. J. Gerrard scored his second win on the C. E.
McKelvey cup in class C, and C. W. Bandy stepped
to the front by shooting 91 per cent, and took perma-
nent possession of the cup in class D by winning it
three times. In his last run he made twenty-five
straight. The scores, 100 targets: —
J. Considine 86, T. Wilkes 97, C. W. Bandy 91, Van
M. Woodaman 77, *A. J. Gerrard 41. (*Gerrard only
shot at fifty targets.)
90
Peters' Pointers. — At Hartford, Conn., June 17. the
New England Team Championship was won by the
White Plains team, of whom three members. Messrs.
Martin. Luekett and Ogden. shot Peters shells. In
the Connecticut League Team Championship the vic-
tors were the New Haven team, of whom four mem-
bers, Messrs. Chamberlin, Rice, Smith and Marsh,
shot the "P" brand.
Mr. C. E. Rohbins won high professional average
at Eau Claire. Wis.. June 18. 97x100. using Peters
shells. This, together with his score on the previous
day, made a total of 241x250, giving him high average
for the entire shoot
High General Average at Evansville. Ind., June
19x20. 393 ex 400. was won by Mr. C. A. Young, shoot-
ing the "P" brand shells. On the first day Mr. Young
broke the last 167 straight and on the second day
the last 107. Mr. T. H. Fox, shooting Peters shells,
made the only other high run. 152 straight.
At Jackson. Tenn., June 22, Mr. J. E. Buford, the
Peters representative in western Tennessee, won
high general average with the exceptionally fine
score of 199x200. Including the previous day, he had
a long run of 188 and another of 95 unfinished. He
shot Peters Ideal shells, regular factory loads.
00
Victorious Parker Guns. — It seldom happens to any
shooter to be able to keep himself in the limelight
of the shooting world for any length of time, so
keen and fast is the competition.
As a striking exception to this rule, mention should
be made of Mr. Henry Pfirnnann. Jr.. who won the
Pacific Coast Handicap at San Diego in 1915. and
this year landed the Championship of California at
San Jose by the remarkable score of 100 straight
targets, which, under the conditions, was a wonderful
performance.
As further proof of his superior marksmanship, he
won high general average over the entire field at the
Vernon Gun Club of Los Angeles on July 2, 3 and 4.
scoring 493x500 targets, making long runs of 117
and 216. the latter being the longest run of the tour-
nament.
All of the above shooting was done with an "Old
Reliable" 34 inch double barrel Parker gun.
"GAUCHO."
Green Lake Club. — The Green Lake Gun Club's first
annual registered tournament July Fourth proved to
be one of the most successful trapshooting events
ever pulled off in the Northwest and one long to be
remembered by the "gun bugs" in that section.
Seventy-eight shooters were in attendance, includ-
ing entries from practically every city of importance
in the Northwest Frank Templeton, one of the best
shots on the Coast, captured first prize and the high
amateur score by smashing 144 out of 150, coming
from Portland to turn the trick. Dr. E. W. Kerr, of
Seattle, and J. E. Rice, of Bellingham, came in second
and divided second and third prizes by breaking 140
out of their 150. Tom Wilkes, with 130, R. W. Kinzer
with 138, and W. H. Carsten with 136 carried off the
other prizes offered. Miss Gladys Reid, of Portland,
turned in a score of 126, and but for a little tough
luck in events seven and eight would have landed
dangerously near the top.
L. H. Reid, of Seattle, headed the list of profes-
sionals with 144 broken targets out of 150, with F. C.
Riehl of Tacoma second and P. J. Holohan of Port-
land third. George Garrison and Ike Fisher also
turned in scores of 139. The scores:
Frank Templeton 144, *L. H. Reid 144, *Frank C.
Riehl 142, *P. J. Holohan 141, Dr. E. W. Kerr 140,
J. E. Rice 140, *George H. Garrison 139, *I. M. Fisher
139, Tom Wilkes 139, R. W. Kinzer 138, *H. E. Pos-
ton 136. W. H. Carsten 136, Fred Call 135, Jack Con-
verse 135, Hugh Fleming 134, C. E. McKelvey 133,
R. S. Searle 132, *D. Rhodes 131, L. S. Barnes 131,
Deskin Reid 130, W. D. Westcott 130, George H.
Y'oung 129, James Lashua 129, Art Drake 129, J. S.
Ruppe 128, Hi Follrich 128. George B. Baker 128,
A. W. Strowger 126, Gladys Reid 126, D. Cooper 126,
W. C. Smith 126. Matt Grossman 126, G. A. Conklin
125, A. L. Hall 125, W. B. Taft 123, C. L. Templeton
123, George Edling 122, C. R. Sydman 122, Don R.
Baker 122. J. H. Templeton 121 Van M. Woodaman
120, A. A. Gves 120, E. K. Van Yleck 119, Dr. A. B.
Kidd 119, R. H. Smith 118. R. W. Brebm 116, J. Hal-
lern 115, Roy Oppie 117, Dr. S. W. Giffin 114, F. E.
Bronson 113. Jack Cooper 113, C. M. Arnold 112,
G. Dunkerberger 111, Percy Gardiner 111, Dr. J. F.
Hill 110, H. J. Davidson 108, G. W. Armstrong 103,
S. A. Martin 72. C. W. Bandy 69, C. R. Houghton 49,
W. C. Brown 49. W. W. Moulton 49, E. M. Hansen 47,
A. Hansen 46. George O. Colwell 43, Dr. S. W. Case 40,
F. B. Taylor 39. W. W. Beebe 34, A. E. Evans 33, Fred
Pries 32, W. M. Easter 21, L. A. Taylor 19, R. Ras-
mussel 11.
G. L.
Hdcp. Times Mer.
Yds. Medal Trophy
*Geo. H. Garrison 16 25 23
Fred Call 18 22 20
A. W. Strowger 16 16 24
*H. E. Poston 16 24 20
C. E. McKelvey 18 22 18
R. W. Kinzer 20 19 22
J. S. Ruppe 16 19 19
Gladys Reid 16 17 24
«P. Riehl 16 25 24
W. B. Taft 16 20 23
Matt Grossman 18 22 15
Deskin Reid 18 19 17
*I. M. Fisher 16 22 24
G. A. Conklin 18 19 19
»D. Rhodes 16 23 19
Geo. H. Young 16 19
*L. H. Reid 16 25 25
Tom Wilkes 20 22 17
H. Fleming 18 24 21
L. S. Barnes 18 23 21
F. Templeton 22 22 24
C. L. Templeton 16 21 23
J. H. Templeton 16 22 19
F. E. Bronson 16 19 20
H. J. Davidson 16 15 23
G. Dunkelberger 16 18 18
Hi Follrich 16 22
*P. J. Holohan 16 25 24
R. W. Brehm 16 21 16
J. E. Rice 20 20 25
D. Cooper 16 24 15
W. C. Smith 18 20 19
C. R. Sydman 16 24
A. Gves 16 20 23
W. H. Carsten 18 . . 21
Jack Converse 18 21 22
Dr. J. F. Hill 16 22 17
Dr. A. B. Kidd 16 16 21
E. M. Hansen 16 20
J. W. Geltz 16 19 22
M. A. Brown 16 15 13
T. J. Thurston 16 7 10
E. L. Blood 16 16 21
'Professional.
30
Praise For Bruner-Kimble Trap. — Attention is
called to our business columns in which the worth
of the Bruner-Kimble Black Bird Trap, a Pacific
Coast product is set forth. Shooters who have had
the pleasure of sighting rocks thrown from those
traps are loud and sincere in their praise. An indica-
tion of the smooth working of the traps is the high
scores set at the July Fourth tournament at the Ver-
non Club. Practically everyone in attendance estab-
lished percentages that created joy.
• * * •
The Wausau. Wis., Game and Gun Club — the club
that has on its roster the oldest living trapshooter,
Joe Heineman — has 125 members and is only one
year old.
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Saturday, July 15, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
11
FIRST AID DOGS FOR ARMY.
It is a matter of general knowledge that dogs are
being used to locate wounded soldiers who happen
to fall in out of the way places by all the warring
countries in the European conflict. Recently it be-
came known that the United States War Department
is arranging to buy and train dogs to be used for the
same purpose.
The excellent work of the dogs in Europe only came
to the notice of the army officials lately. In France
the use of Belgian sheep dogs in seeking out the
injured soldiers who were unable to walk or crawl
to an open space where they could be discovered has
resulted, according to army reports, in saving the
lives of more than 2,000 men who might otherwise
have died before they were found.
The dogs are trained not to bark when they find
a disabled soldier. They are taught to disregard
dead soldiers. Each dog has a box containing first
aid medicine and appliance tied to its neck. Upon
locating a helpless soldier the dog goes up close to
him so that the box may be opened. The animal tears
a piece of the uniform from the soldier and then
returns to the kennel to which it it attached.
The better trained dogs return to the kennel, bark
and turn back in the direction from which they came
to indicate that they have found an injured soldier.
A corps of surgeons are attached to the kennels and
they follow the dogs to the injured men. Many times
soldiers are found at the bottom of deep ravines and
in other sequestered places where only dogs with a
keen sense of smell could locate them. Sometimes it
takes a whole day to get one soldier back to the base
after he has been found because of the hazardous
work of carrying him to a road.
Behind the German lines the dogs are similarly
trained to go to the aid of the injured. And the same
Is done -in Russia. England has trained airedales to
hunt wounded soldiers. France has trained 2,000
sheep dogs for Red Cross work. Germany has many
more. The Germans also use the larger dogs to haul
light machine guns.
Tbe Italian army has trained dogs to carry light
munitions over conspicuous passes in the mountains
where men would be subject to fire from the Aus-
trians. — N. Y. Sun.
QB
Eureka Club. — F. S. Bair and H. T. Hinman tied
for high amateur honors of the Eureka registered
shoot on July Fourth. They scored 137 out of 150.
M. O. Feudner was high pro. with 139 and C. A.
Haight was second with 134. The scores were as
follows: —
Events —
W. F. Willett*
J. M. Hutcheson
G. K. Coleman
F. S. Bair
W. Ellis*
J. R. Brennan*
W. O. Shreeve*
P. M. Bums
W. E. Innes
H. L. Ricks
H. T. Hinman
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Falk
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H. W. Kelly
I. A. Russ
D. C. Boyson
T. C. Martin
R. L. Harris
E. J. Robinson
T: W. Hine
W. E. Cook.
Chas. Powers
Lou. Everding
Chas. C. Falk
F. Cutler
Yours, W; E. INNES.
SB
Watsonville Club. — The shoot of the Watsonville
Blue Rock Club, at its grounds near Freedom, on
July Fourth, drew a large crow~d of marksmen and
spectators, and the entire "bunch" expressed them-
selves in glowing terms of satisfaction at their enter-
tainment. Quite a number of Salinasites participated
in the shoot which was for some thirty-four prizes,
contributed by merchants of the city. The weather
conditions were ideal and had much to do with the
enjoyment. According to the scores, selections from
the list of gifts were made, the highest (Frank Brew-
ington) having first choice and the rest in the order
named. Following are the results out of a score of
targets :
F. Brewington 48, D. McFadden 46, C. McFadden
42, G. W. Jones 41, F. Tholcke 39, H. Schumaker 39,
G. Earls 38, Earl Horrigan 38. Whitton 36, A. Horton
34, J. W. Baxter 34, Miller 33, Nelse Enemark 33, H.
Brewington 33, H. Rodgers 31, E. Phillips 27, C. Palm-
tag 27, Geo. Silva 26, E. W. McSherry 25.
00
Portland Club. — A midweekly shoot was staged at
the Portland Gun Club traps at Everding Park July
5th . This is the first of these events for some time
and the guest of honor was H. R. Everding, ex-presi-
dent of the organization, who has been visiting in
Portland for several days. Mr. Everding has been
recuperating at Carson, Wash., from a recent illness
and returned there the day following the shoot. He
Getting Ready For Opening Of Deer Season
BARS WILL BE LET DOWN IN SOME DISTRICTS ON Al GUST 1st AND 15th AND OTHERS IN SEPTEMBER
Although it is three weeks before a rifle can be
leveled legally at any deer in California, already
those having vacations to stage during August are
planning their trips to take advantage of the district-
ing law which allows the annual two-buck limit to
be killed in the coastal counties between the first of
next month and the middle of September; and in
the mountain district comprising the Sierra section
and Northern and Eastern California generally, fixes
an open season beginning August 15 and lasting two
months.
In Southern California no deer can be killed law-
fully until September.
The earliest opportunity and nearest chance at a
buck deer to be enjoyed by a Southern Californian
will be Frazier Mountain. August 1. Hunt, the
ranger at Gorman Station, has a guard on top of the
mountain who knows just where the dividing line
between the closed Ventura and Los Angeles coun-
ties, and the open portion of Kern county extends.
If anyone had the time and wished to put in that
much getting his two bucks with forked horns or
bigger as required by the fish and game laws, he
would find this famous, deer country about Frazier
Mountain the ideal place to make his headquarters.
All three districts come together there. Thus he
would have a season beginning August 1 and going
until the opening of the quail season. He could
shoot mountain' quail in Kern county east of the
district line September 1, when the deer hunters
were busy on the Los Angeles side, taking advantage
of the bucks chased south by the two weeks' hunting
they had sustained in Kern county after August 15.
All through the Sierra section the mountain quail
and grouse season is open from September on to
December.
Because of the difference in the breeding time of
the deer, in making the districts, the dividing line"
was taken through the counties in the western slope
of the San Joaquin Valley, following the State High-
way over Tejon range north from the Los Angeles
county boundary, taking a northwesterly course until
due east of the lake, thence west .skirting the shores
of Buena Vista Lake, and north to the Kings county
line.
This leaves the seasons, roughly speaking, open on
deer in the Coast counties from and including Men-
docino, inland as far as the Sacramento river, and
the San Joaquin river down to the middle of Fresno
county, from August 1 to the night of September 14,
and everything in the State east of that not in dis-
trist No. 4, open August 15 for two months, and on
mountain quail and grouse from September 1 to
December 1.
The season on mountain quail and grouse in the
coastal district No. 3. west of this line, is not open
until October 15, so hunters had better familiarize
themselves with it, as the mountain game birds suf-
fered so from snows last winter that they will not
only be scarce, but will require extra efforts to main-
tain a breeding stock against even the small amount
of shooting allowed by law.
The Fish and Game Commission's field deputies
are keeping close watch on patrol for "sooners" in
the deer country, and report more bucks in sight in
the coastal district than last jear. The Sierra sec-
tion still carries the heaviest snows in many years.
It is too late to speak intelligently of the deer con-
ditions there other than to say that a great number
of deer were fed in the Owens Valley and brought
safely through the winter notwithstanding the 100-
inch snowfall. The Cottonwood Lakes still are froz-
en, and it will be hard to do much above the 10,000
foot level for some time yet. The snow is staying
on Mt. San Bernardino (Grayback) and San Gorgonio
later than usual this year even in the comparatively
low near-by ranges.
Trips up the coast by boat during August will be
unusually popular this summer, and many will motor
up the coast highway to places from which deer
can be reached ,and shot before the law permits In
Southern California.
Deer conditions have been very favorable in San
Luis Obispo, Monterey and Santa Cruz counties. The
mountain ranges in the eastern part of the coastal
district are unusually well stocked with deer this
season, following the curtailing of the season and
protecting bucks "in the velvet,' 'as backed by the
general scheme of protecting fish and game by patrol
which pops up in the most unexpected places. The
day of the political game warden is. forever past In
California, the State men being out in the field ex-
cept when attending to the necessary clerical routine
of their work comprising reports, prosecutions and
gathering information.
expects to go to the Indian shoot at Tacoma, which
is held during the middle of July , and will then
return to Portland fully recuperated.
Frank Templeton wras high gun at the traps July
oth with the fine average of 97 per cent. He broke
three strings of 24 and went the last 25 "straight."
Frank also finished high man at the registered shoot
of the Green Lake Gun Club of Seattle over July
Fourth, as he led the amateur field with 144 out of
150. L. H. Reid, the Seattle professional, tied this
record.
In the shoot E. H. Keller finished second with 89
per cent. The scores:
Frank Templeton 97 per cent; K. C. Ollop 77, R. A.
Cronin 70, W. C. Bristol (20-gauge) 47, R. Fawcett
52, R. E. Gworts 86, L. Kennedy 50, E. H. Keller 89,
H. R. Everding 78, E. B. Morris 66.
QB
Alameda Elks' Club. — N. A. Howard, a local scatter
gun artist who has been coming ahead at the traps
this season, achieved the honor of being high gun
at the Alameda Elks' Club shoot on Sunday. He
missed only one out of the fifty targets. C. A. Mer-
rill was second with 48.
W. H. Price took the handsome trophy set up for
members with a 45 out of 50 score. Thorning was
second and M. S. Goodman third. The scores were
as follows: —
Events— 25 25 Total
B. T. Bayo 16 20 36
William Knock 21 20 41
R. B. Vallean 17 21 38
E. B. Thorning 22 20 42
H. O. Alexander 13 19 22
A. A. Durney 20 19 39
H. Craig 16 11 27
H. J. Truscott 17 14 31
M. S. Goodman 21 20 41
T. H. Haskins 15 12 27
T. D. Riley 18 23 41
P. Swenson 18 21 39
W. H. Price 22 23 45
Captain DuBray* 15 21 36
C. A. Merrill 23 25 48
G. R. Beehm 20 19 39
J. Nelson 22 21 43
Ned Williams 15 15 30
C. Leademan 20 17 37
T. F. Croll 16 12 28
T. E. Hellner 16 10 26
J. A. Hoon 15 15 30
C. D. Carmen 22 17 39
N. A. Howard 24 25 49
F. \X. Blum* 18 17 35
W. H. L. Hvnes 19 19 38
H. Martine 21 18 39
W. J. Terry 22 25 47
T. D. Rilev 23 22
G. W. Hickman 14 12
'-Professional.
9B
STANDARD WEIGHT FOR AIREDALES.
45
26
Mr. Offerman has written a letter to "Our Dogs"
relative to the changing of the standard of weight
limit for the Airedale for the reason that so many
Airedales are now shown nearer 50 pounds than
the standard of 46. Airedale weight has always been
one of the pet arguments of the gentleman of York,
but at the same time and especially out West, where
the Airedale has a great hold, there seems to be a
feeling that it is better to leave well enough alone,
the argument being that if one reduces the limit to
the actual weight most desirable in the mind of those
who do not like big dogs or sturdy dogs as the Aire-
dale should be, the tendency will be to still further
feminize, so to speak, a dog that has no business to
be pretty but should show strength and vigor in every
outline. — American Fancier.
06
The well-known and popular contributor, V. ?.
Drummond ("Billy Bowlegs"), of San Diego, Cal.,
writes as follows regarding the death of his hunting
dog, Glenn: "Poor old Glenn departed this life more
than a year ago, and without the slightest tinge of
prejudice I can say that he was a real dog among
many, many canines. Glenn's nose was superb, and
his hunting instinct even better, so that the combina-
tion made a field pal of rare ability. In spite of my
crude handling, the dog refused to be spoiled, and in
his later years made good as a crackerjack quail dog.
Glenn would retrieve ducks, but turned up his nose
at mudhens, helldrivers and other riff-raff. Neither
would he eat any of these fowl, but yaller-legged
chicken and quail, properly cooked, he devoured with
true canine gusto — which the same was principally
bones with gravy and bread mixed in."
• • • •
Princeton University trapshooters by breaking 451
out of 500 targets, won the 1916 championship of the
Intercollegiate Trapshooting League. Yale was sec-
ond, with 448 breaks; Harvard third, with 390, and
Dartmouth fourth with 332. Yale won the champion-
ship last year and Princeton the year before.
* * * *
An English correspondent writes: "While a Shef-
field painter named Thos. Coxhead was removing a
bird's nest last week from a spout on a dwelling-
house at Sheffield he discovered a £20 Bank of Eng-
land note embedded in tbe material of the nest in
good condition." Now this is something like bird-
nesting — combining business with pleasure. We shall
not be now surprised to hear that the bird that lays
the golden eggs has been discovered.
12
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 15, 1916
INCREASED LAND VALUES.
A communication recently received
from the 0. S. Department of Agricul-
ture states that the value of farm
lands in the United States, without
improvements, is estimated at $45.55
per acre, as compared ■with $40.85 a
short three years ago, and $36.23 four
vears ago. The census reported the
value of farm lands in 1910 as $32.40,
and in 1901 as $15.57 per acre. In
recent years the value of farm lands
has been increasing at the rate of
about 5 per cent a year, or approxi-
mately $2 per acre per year. The ex-
ceptional increase of the past year may
be explained partly by the reaction in
the Southern cotton states following
a temporary depression last year, and
partly by the stimulus given by the
war to prices — particularly of grain.
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542 S. Dearborn St. Chicago. HL
POSITION WANTED.— Have had many
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horses, am energetic, faithful, and strictly
temperate, possess good judgment, and
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BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN.
FARMS FOR SALE
Choice Land In Idaho
Lewiston, Idaho, Is situated at the
forks of Clearwater and Snake rivers and
has transportation to the coast.
9S0 acres 7*£ miles from Lewiston, Ida-
ho. 4^4 from Lapwal, Idaho, on main
traveled road, all in cultivation except
about 15 acres, all level land, just a little
rolling, 320 acres of fall wheat In. 225
acres fall plowed for spring crop, about
30 acres In alfalfa. All fenced and cross
fenced. Two good springs with big cem-
ent water troughs, well, windmill and
cement reservoir, water piped to house,
7 room house, hot and cold water and
electric lights. Large horse barn with
hay mow in the center, electric lights In
barn; cow barn with two box stalls; hog
pens, shade trees, chicken houses, black-
smith shop, wagon shed, granary, outdoor
cellar with bunk house overhead. $85 per
acre; will take one-third down, time on
balance to suit purchaser, at 7 per cent
interest. One-third of crop goes with
place if sold any time up close to harvest.
Mild climate, can raise all kinds of fruit,
grain and vegetables. Wheat in this
country goes from 35 to 65 bushels per
acre, barley 40 to 80 bushels per acre.
320 acres 4*4 miles south of Vollmer.
Idaho, 275 acres in cultivation, balance In
pasture and timber, farm land lays prac-
tically level, one-third of crop goes with
place if sold before harvest Some fall
wheat already sown. All fenced and cross
fenced. Quarter section of it fenced hog
tight; good four-room house, wood shed,
and out of door cellar, nice grove around
house, well at house, fair stabling and
out buildings, spring and spring creek
close to barn, three springs on place.
Price $70 per acre, one-third cash, bal-
ance at 7 per cent Time to suit pur-
chaser.
238 acres 4*4 miles from Lewiston. Ida-
ho, 175 acres in cultivation. 25 more can
be cultivated, balance good bunch grass
pasture, fenced and cross-fenced, good
spring creek runs across place, small
house, station on place for Johnson R. R,
two grain warehouses at station. Price
$70 per acre, ona-third cash, balance at
7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
160 acres of timber land, good farm land
when timber is cleared off, all can be
farmed except about 2 or 3 acres. Good
timber, yellow pine and fir. Price $4000.
40 miles from Lewiston, Idaho. Well
located to log off.
240 acres 6 miles from Asotin. 12 miles
from Lewiston. Idaho, about 75 acres In
fall wheat, about 75 acres more can be
cultivated, balance in bunch grass pas-
ture, two springs, small house, all fenced.
Price $40 per acre, one-third cash, balance
at 7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
Reference Lewiston National Bank and
First National Bank. Address
F. W. KELLEY,
Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal.
Saturday, July 15, 1916.]
THB BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
13
Sonoma, Marin, Humboldt and Mendocino Fair
Santa Rosa, August 9, 10, 11 and 12, 1916
Live Stock, Horticultural, Agricultural and Industrial Exposition
Special Excursions From All Points
PACIFIC COAST TROTTING HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION'S
27th Annual Race Meeting
$16,000
Monday, August 7, 1916.
IN PURSES
and STAKES
Fastest Horses
ON THE COAST
ENTERED
1:30 p.m. — Opening of Fair Grounds to public. Music
and orations for the occasion.
2:30 p. m. — Better baby show.
4:00 p. m. — Judging of horticultural products.
7:30 p. m. — Grand Ball and promenade through the
beautiful forest decorated with horticul-
tural, agricultural and manufactured
products.
Tuesday, August 8 — Children's Day.
10:00 a.m. — Judging of agricultural products.
11:00 a. m. — Judging of live stock.
1:30 p. m Stock parade.
3:00 p.m. — Forest carnival events.
8:00 p. m. — Dance and special events on midway.
Wednesday, August J) — Pomona Grange's Day.
10:00 a.m. — Judging of manufactured products.
2:00 p. m.— Races, P. C. T. H. B. A.:
Three -year-old pacing division. Futurity
Stake No. 13 (closed 1912) $1300
2:09 class, trotting 500
2 :20 class, pacing 900
8:00 p. m. — Dance. Special events on midway. Chorus
of 300 voices.
Thursday, August 10 — Petaluma and Marin Co. Day.
10:00 a. m. — Judging of mammoth egg exhibit.
11:00 a.m. — Address on scientific poultry raising.
2:00 p. m.— Races. P. C. T. H. B. A.:
Two-year-old trotting division, Futurity
Stake No. 14 (closed 1913) ?1350
2:15 class, trotting 900
2:10 class, pacing 500
8:00 p.m. — Dance. SDecial events on midway.
Friday, August 11-
-Northern Sonoma and Mendocino
County Day.
10:00 a.m. — Stock parade.
2:00 p. m.— Races, P. C. T. H. B. A.:
Two-year-old pacing division, Futurity
Stake No. 14 (closed 1913) $1100
Three-year-old trotting division, Futu-
rity Stake No. 13 (closed 1912) 3300
2:13 class, pacing 900
8:00 p.m. — Dance. Special events on midway.
10:30 p. m. — Mammoth bonfire. Baked Eurbank potato
festivity.
Saturday, August 12 — San Francisco and Oakland
Day.
10:00 a.m. — Reception of visitors.
2:00 p. m.— Races, P. C. T. H. B. A.:
2:12 class, trotting $500
Free-for-all class, pacing 900
. 2:20 class, trotting 900
8:00 p.m. — Dance. Special events on midway.
10:30 p. m. — Barbecue.
Sunday, August 13.
10:00 a. m. — Inspection of horticultural, agricultural,
manufactured and stock exhibits.
2:00 p. m. — Concerts.
3:00 p.m. — Drill by Company E., National Guards.
Three Running Races Each Day Monday and Tuesday and Two Running Races Each Day Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Dirv CUaui n**%/ on/4 F\i£snmrv GREAT FUN AT THE "JOY ZONE" AND "MIDWAY PLAISANCE"
Dig OIIOW Wdjf allU CVClling Grounds Brilliant With Electric Lights at Night
Santa Eosa is noted for its excellent Hotels.
It is the center of one of the richest agricultural districts in the world,
of the world-wide famous Burbank Experimental Farms.
It is the County Seat and the location
Make Your Plans to Take in the Santa Rosa Fair
F. W. KELLEY, Secretary
Race Meeting
P. O. Box 447, San Francisco, Cal.
EDWARD H. BROWN, Secretary
Fair Association
Santa Rosa, Cal.
Kern County Agricultural Fair Ass'n
FIRST ANNUAL FAIR
BAKERSFIELD, CAL.
October 24 to 28, 1916
Entries to Races to Close August 1st, 1916
All Races Limited to Three Heats
OCTOBER 25th
2:20 Pace
2:15 Trot
.$400
. 400
PROGRAM
OCTOBER 26th
..$400 Free-For-AII Pace
... 400 2:12 Trot
OCTOBER 27th
2:13 Pace $400
2:30 Trot 400
HALF MILE TRACK
TWO RUNNING RACES EACH DAY.
CONDITIONS:
ALL RACES THREE HEATS— Money divided 25% to the first heat, 25% to the
second heat, 25% to the third heat, and 25% to the race according to the rank in the
summary. Money In each division 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Should two or more
horses be tied for first place at the completion of the third heat, such horses only shall
contest In a fourth heat and money divided according to rank in the summary at the
termination of that heat. A horse having won the first two heats and drawn or dis-
tanced in the third heat shall not lose position in the summary.
Nominators have the right of entering two or more horses in any race by the pay-
ment of 2% additional on each horse, but only one of the horses so entered to be
started in the race, and the starter is to be named by 5 o'clock P. M. the day before the
race is to take place.
Usual 5% additional from winners.
The Association reserves the right to declare two starters a walkover. When only
two start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, divided 66 2-3% to the first,
and 33 1-3% to the second horse. A horse distancing the field shall be entitled to first
and fourth money only and in no other case will a horse be entitled to more than
one money.
The Association reserves the right to change the hour and day of any race, except
when it becomes necessary to antedate a race, in which instance the nominators will
receive three days' notice by mail to address of entry.
The right reserved to reject any or all entries and declare off or postpone any or
all races on account of weather or other sufficient cause.
Entries not declared out by 5 o'clock P. M. the day preceding the race shall be
required to start and declarations must be in writing and made at the office of the
Secretary at the track.
The Association reserves the right to start any heat after the fourth score, regard-
less of the position of the horses.
Any horse that started in 1915 without improving its record, equaling its record,
and not winning a race, shall be entitled to one second.
Address all communications to the Secretary.
T. F.
BURKE,
Secretary,
Bakersfield,
RIVERSIDE COUNTY FAIR and RAGE MEETING
RIVERSIDE, CAL.
Fair Dates: October 10th to 14th, Inclusive
Programme of Harness Races
Entries Close Tuesday, August 1st, 1916
ALL RACES LIMITED TO THREE HEATS.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10th
2:30 Class Trotting $ 300.00
2:18 Class Pacing 1000.00
Matinee Prizes
%-Mile Run 200.00
!/4-Mile Run 50.00
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11th
2:23 Class Pacing $300.00
2:14 Class Trotting 400.00
Matinee Prizes
3-4-Mile Run 75.00
!/4-Mile Run 50.00
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13th
2:20 Class Trotting $1000.00
Free-for-AII Pace 500.00
($50.00 added money for each
starter over four)
COND
Matinee Prizes
1 Mile Run 500.00
Vz Mile Run 75.00
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14th
7. 2:14 Class Pacing $300.00
8. Free-for-AII Trot 500.00
($50.00 added money for each
starter over four)
SPECIAL HARNESS EVENTS
3/4 Mile Run $100.00
i/2 Mile Run 50.00
Special for non -winners In %
and 1 mile races.
Entry blanks and conditions for running
races furnished on application to the Sec-
retary.
ITIONS.
Member National Trotting Association. Entries close August 1st.
Horses to be named with entry and be eligible when entries close.
All matinee entries will be classed by a classification committee prior to the
opening day of the races.
All races (except matinees), three heats, every heat a race; money to be divided
as follows: Twenty-five per cent of the purse to be paid on each heat, and twenty-five
per cent to the winner of the race according to his rank in the summary. Should
two or more horses be tied for the first place at the completion of the third heat, such
horses only shall contest in a fourth heat and money divided according to rank In the
summary at the termination of this heat. (Under this arrangement, according to the
rules adopted by the National Trotting Association, of which this Association Is a
member, only the horse winning the race would take a mark.)
Heat purses will be divided 50, 25. 15 and 10 per cent.
Any race not filling satisfactorily to the Association may be declared off.
In case class in which horse is entered does not fill, entry may be transferred to
any race to which it is eligible, subject to the approval of the nominator.
Entrance fee five per cent to start. Three per cent due and payable when entries
close, and two per cent before starting.
An additional five per cent of the division will be deducted from money winners.
Nominators have the right of entering two or more horses in one ownership in
any race by the payment of two per cent additional, but only one horse so entered
shall be started in the race; the starter to be named by 4 o'clock p. m. the day before
the race is to take place.
A horse may be entered in two classes and be held for but one entry fee (entry
fee in larger purse will be charged), provided only one start is made.
A distanced horse in any heat will be entitled to money already won. There will
be no more money than there are starters.
Entries not declared out by 4 o'clock p. m. on the day preceding the race shall be
required to start and declarations must be made in writing at the office of the Secre-
tary on the grounds.
The Association reserves the right to change the order of the program; also to
start any heat after the fourth score regardless of the position of the horses; also to
reject any and all entries and declare off or postpone any or all races on account of
the weather or other sufficient cause.
Address all communications to
O. P. SANDERS, Secretary,
Box 533, Riverside, California.
H
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 15, 1916
/
BEAUTIFUL BELVEDERE
LOTS FOR SALE
/
CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
most beautiful spot on the shores of San Francisco Bay
for a suburban home. It commands an extensive view of
the City of San Francisco, Alcatraz and Angel Islands,
Raccoon Straits, San Francisco Bay, Richardson's Bay,
the Berkeley shore, beautiful Belvedere and Mt. Tamal-
pais. It is in Marin County, directly opposite San Fran-
cisco, and forms the eastern shore of Belvedere cove.
It has a naturally terraced, sunny, western slope that is
well adapted for many choice residence sites, every one
affording most picturesque views of the bay and moun-
tain. It is protected from the prevailing western trade winds in
summer by Belvedere Island, and from the southerly storms in
winter by Angel Island. The soil is fertile and part of the island
is well wooded.
It is less subject to fog than any other place near San
Francisco. The summer fog, as it rolls in from the ocean, splits
on the western slope of Sausalito, part of it flowing in a line with
Angel Island towards the Berkeley shore, and part of it along
the southern slope of Mt. Tamalpais, leaving Belvedere, Corin-
thian Island and Raccoon Straits in the bright sunlight, while
the fog banks can be seen as a white wall both to the north and
the south.
There is very little available land about the shores of San
Francisco Bay that is desirable for homes, especially for those
who love boating and kindred sports. The Alameda and Contra
Costa shores of the bay are the lee shores and receive the full
brunt of the boisterous trade winds which lash the shoal waters
near the land into muddy waves, making boating both unpleas-
ant and dangerous. To the north of the city and in Marin
County the land from Sausalito to the entrance of the bay is a
Government reservation and will never be placed on the market.
The shores of Richardson's Bay are not at present convenient
to boat service and, aside from Belvedere and Corinthian Island,
there is little or no land near any ferry landing that possesses
the natural advantages, improvements and possibilities that are
offered on Corinthian Island. Concrete roads, pure water, tele-
phone service and electric light wires are already installed. It is
only ten minutes' walk from any point on the property to
Tiburon boats, and but forty-three minutes' ride to the foot of
Market Street.
On the point of Corinthian Island the Corinthian Yacht
Club has had its home for many years, and on any summer day
the white sails of its numerous fleet add to the charming scene,
as the trim yachts glide about the cove. Excellent fishing of all
kinds for bay fish, including salmon, the gamey striped bass,
rock fish and the toothsome silver smelt, is to be had in the cove.
There is probably no spot so accessible and in such close prox-
imity to any large city in the world that offers the attractions
of climate, magnificent scenery, fishing and boating as will here
be found.
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PLANT RUBBER AND SUPPLY CO.,
32 BEALB STREET
San Francisco, Cal.
en
F. W. KEIXEY,
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN OFFICE,
366 PACIFIC BUILDING
San Francisco, Cal.
Saturday, July 15, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
FOR
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Win Race and Eligibility Book
For 1916.
Complete alphabetical list of all live
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AT EUREKA, CAL., JULY 4th 1916
HIGH GENERAL AVERAGE Mr. M. O. Feudner 139 x 150
HIGH AMATEUR AVERAGE Dr. H. J. Hinman 137 x 150
LONGEST RUN Mr. M. O. Feudner 73 Straight
AT SEATTLE, WASH., JULY 4th
HIGH PROFESSIONAL AVERAGE Mr. L. H. Reid 144x150
SECOND AMATEUR AVERAGE Mr. J. E. Rice (tie) 140 X 150
THIRD AMATEUR AVERAGE Mr. Thos. Wilkes 139 X 150
GREEN LAKE CUP Mr. J. E. Rice, 20 yds 25 Straight
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HIGHEST GENERAL AVERAGE, VERNON GUN CLUB,
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493 ex 500 TARGETS
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A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE TRAINING OF FOX HOUNDS, BEAGLES,
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The system of training advocated is simple and effective, so that anyone who car-
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ADDRESS:
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VOLUME LXIX. NUMBER 4.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1916
Subscription— $3.60 Per Year
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 22, 1916.
-REOPENED— —
and LATE CLOSING EVENTS
North Pacific Fair Association
GOOD TRACKS :: SHORT SHIPS :: FAIR PURSES
VANCOUVER, B. C, EXHIBI-
TION
August 14 — 19
H. S. ROLSTON, Secretary
TO CLOSE JULY 15th
Z% to Enter and 1% from Money- Winners.
2:10 Pace or 2:05 Trot— 3 in 5 $500
Three-year-old Trot (B. C. Horses).. 200
2:15 Pace 700
Three-year-old Pace (B. C. Horses).. 200
2:12 Trot 500
2:25 Pace 500
2:25 Trot— 3 in 5 700
TO CLOSE AUGUST 1.
5% to Enter and 5% from Money Winners.
2:20 Pace $500
2:24 Trot (B. C. Horses) 200
2:15 Trot 500
2:30 Pace 300
2:20 Trot — Open 300
2:18 Pace 500
2:15 Pace (B. C. Horses) 200
Except where specified, races are on
three heat plan.
Running races every day — Overnight en-
tries— Send for special schedule.
THE SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON FAIR
Chehalis, Waib.
Aug. 28th — Sep;, ^nd
GEO. R. WALKER, Secretary
TO CLOSE AUGUST 14th.
a% to Enter — 5% Deductions.
..$500
Trot
.. 500
.. 500
ALL OX THREE HEAT PLAN.
Two Running Races Every Day — Over-
night entries.
THE GRAYS HARBOR
COUNTY FAIR
Elma, Wash., Sept. 6-7-8-9-10
J. B. KIRKALDIE, Secretary
SPOKANE INTERSTATE
FAIR
Spokane, Wash.
Sept. 4-9
T. S. GRIFFITH, President
EVENTS CLOSING AUGUST 14th.
5% to Enter — 5% Deductions.
2:12 Trot— Three Heats $750
2:25 Trot — Three Heats 750
2:15 Trot— Three Heats 750
2:20 Trot— Three Heals 750
2:15 Pace — Three Heats 750
2:20 Pace — Three Heats 750
WASHINGTON STATE FAIR
September 18 to 23, 1916
North Yakima, Washington
FRANK MEREDITH, Secretary
(Mile Track)
CLOSIXG AUGUST 14th.
2:25 Trot — Three heat plan $500
2:08 Pace— 3 in 5 700
2:12 Trot — 3 in 5 700
2:30 Trot — Three heat plan 500
2:10 Pace — Three heat plan 600
Free-for-all Pace — 3 in 5 700
Three per cent to enter — seven pe' cent
from money winners.
CLOSING SEPTEMBER 1th.
2:15 Trot — Three heat plan $600
2:15 Pace — Three heat plan 600
2:20 Trot — Three heat plan 600
2:20 Pace — Three heat plan 500
All three heat plan. Five per cent to
enter and five per cent from money win-
ners. Running races every day except
Monday. Overnight events. Other condi-
tions same as before.
THE OREGON STATE FAIR
Salem, Oregon
Sept. 25-30
A. H. LEA, Secretary
(Mile Track)
EVENTS CLOSING AUGUST 23rd.
5% to Enter — 5% Deductions — 7 entries;
5 Starters.
2:20 Trot $250
2:25 Pace 250
2:30 Trot 250
2:15 Pace 250
2:15 Trot 250
2:18 Pace 250
Free- For- All Trot 250
Free-For-AII Pace 250
EVENTS CLOSING AUGUST 6th.
Z% to Enter — 7 So Deductions.
2:12 Trot (Three in Five) $2000
2:25 Trot (Three Heat Plan) 600
TO CLOSE SEPTEMBER 11th.
5% to Enter — 5% Deductions.
2:10 Pace (Three Heats) $750
2:15 Trot (Three Heats) 700
2:18 Pace (Three Heats) 750
Three-year-old Trot (Three Heats)... 400
Three-year-old Pace (Three Heats)... 400
3-Minute Trot (Farmers' Race, 2 In 3) 200
2:20 Pace (Three Heats) 750
2:18 Trot (Three Heats) 700
F. F. A. Pace (Three Heats) 750
Consolation Trot and Pace — In two-
year-old races Z% entrance money will be
added to purses.
HALF MILE TRACKS EXCEPT WHERE NOTED.
Each Fair Offers List of Running Races and Special Events.
Send for Details.
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Second Payments - $5 Due
Tuesday, August 1st, 1916
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 16— $3,000
GIVEN BT THE
Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association
For Foals of Mares Bred in 1915 to Trot or Pace at Two and Three Years Old
$1600 For Trotting Foals $1100 For Pacing Foals
$150 to Nominators of Dams of Winners $100 to Owners of Stallions
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
$1000 for Three-Year-Old Trotters.
50 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Three-Year-Old Trot.
600 for Two-Year-Old Trotters.
25 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Two-Year-Old Trot.
50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner
of Three-Year-Old Trot when mare
was bred.
$700 for Three-Year-Old Pacers.
50 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Three-Year-Old Pace.
400 for Two-Year-Old Pacers.
25 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Two-Year-Old Pace.
50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner
of Three-Year-Old Pace when mare
was bred.
S50 in Special Prizes was paid to Stallion Owners in February, 1916.
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on February 1. 1916. when
name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 August
1, 1916; $10 on Yearlings January 1, 1917; $10 on Two-Year-Olds January 1,
1918; §10 on Three-Year-Olds January 1. 1919.
STARTING PAYMENTS — $25 to start in the Two-Year-Old Pace; $35 to start in the
Two-Year-Old Trot; $35 to start in the Three -Year- Old Pace; $50 to start in
the Three -Year- Old Trot. All starting payments to be made ten days before
the first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place.
Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered
is a Trotter or Pacer.
Colts that start as Two-Vear-Olds are not barred from starting again in the Three-
Year-Old divisions.
SUBSTITUTIONS.
If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare
or foal dies before January 1, 1917, her nominator may sell or transfer his nomination
or substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there will be no
return of a payment nor will any entry be liable for more than amount paid In or
contracted for.
Address all Communications to the Secretary
E. P. HEALD, F. W. KELLEY, Secretary,
President. Post Office Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal.
STARTING PAYMENTS pUTURITY STAKES
TO BE PAID ON OR BEFORE
MONDAY, JULY 31, 1916
TWO-YEAR-OLDS
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 14 — S7,250
FOR FOALS BORN 1914 —
$35 on Two-Year-Old Trotters
-NOW TWO YEAR OLDS
$25 on Two-Year-Old Pacers
Colts that start as Two-Ye3r-01ds are not barred from starting again in the
Three- Year-Old divisions.
THREE-YEAR-OLDS
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 1 3— $7,250
FOF FOALS BORN 1913-
• NOW THREE YEAR OLDS
$50 on Three-year-old Trotters
$35 on Three-year-old Pacers
Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the
horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer.
MONEY IN ABOVE STAKES DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
§1500 for Three-Year-Old Pacers.
200 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace.
1000 for Two-Year-Old Pacers.
100 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of Two-Year-Old Pace.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner
of Three-Year-Old Pace when Mare
was bred.
$2500 for Three-Year-Old Trotters.
200 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot.
1300 for Two-Year-Old Trotters.
100 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of Two-Year-Old Trot.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner
of Three- Year-Old Trot when Mare
was bred.
$150 was paid in prizes to stallion owners
Address all Communications to F. W. KELLEY, Secretary.
E. P. HEALD, President. P. O. Drawer 447,
Office, 366 Pacific Buildirig, San Francisco, Cal.
NEW EDITION OF JOHN SPLAN'S BOOK
"LIFE WITH THE TROTTER"
PRICE $3.00 POSTPAID
■Life With the TrotUr" lives us a clear ir.aitrht Into the ways and mum to b«
adopted to increase pace, and preserve It when obtained. This work Is replst* with
Interest, and should be read by all sections of society, as It Inculcates the doetrlne* of
kindness to the horse from start to finish."
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Saturday, July 22, 1916.]
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BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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(Established 1882.)
Published every Saturday.
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Wednesday, July 19.
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Communications must be accompanied by the writer's
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DATES OF FAIRS.
CALIFORNIA.
Sonoma, Marin. Mendocino and Humboldt Fair,
(P. C. T. H. B. A. Meeting) at Santa Rosa, Aug. 9-12
Solano Co. Fair at Dixon Aug. 16-19
Tolo Co. Fair at Woodland Aug. 23-26
California State Fair at Sacramento Sept. 2- 9
Alameda Co. Fair at Pleasanton Sept. 13-16
Ventura Co. Fair at Ventura Sept. 13-16
Community Fair at Ripon Sept. 15-16
Fresno Co. Fair at Fresno Sept. 26-30
Bishop Harvest Festival at Bishop Sept.28-30
Kings Co. Fair at Hanford Oct. 2- 7
Riverside Co. Fair at Riverside Oct. 10-14
Kern County Fair at Bakersfield Oct. 24-28
ARIZONA.
Arizona State Fair at Phoenix Nov. 13-18
NORTH PACIFIC FAIR ASSOCIATION.
Vancouver, Can., Exhibition at Vancouver Aug. 14-19
Southwest Washington Fair at Chehalis, Aug. 28-Sept. 2
Interstate Fair at Spokane Sept. 4- 9
Grays Harbor Co. Fair at Elma Sept. 6-10
Walla Walla Co. Fair at Walla Walla Sept. 11-13
Washington State Fair at North Yakima Sept. 18-23
Oregon State Fair at Salem Sept. 25-30
INTER-MOUNTAIN FAIR CIRCUIT.
Montpelier, Idaho August 14
Rexburg. Idaho August 21
Blackfoot, Idaho August 28
LaGrande, Oregon September 4
Baker, Oregon September 11
Ontario, Oregon September 18
Boise, Idaho September 25
Salt Lake. Utah October 2
GRAND CIRCUIT.
Detroit, Mich July 24-29
Kalamazoo, Mich July 31- Aug. 5
Grand Rapids, Mich Aug. 7-12
Columbus, Ohio Aug. 14-19
Cleveland, Ohio Aug. 21-26
Poughkeepsie, N. Y Aug. 28-Sept. 2
Hartford. Conn Sept. 4-9
Syracuse, N. Y Sept. 11-16
Columbus, Ohio Sept. 18-30
Lexington, Ky Oct. 2-14
Atlanta, Ga Oct. 16-21
GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT.
Detroit, Mich July 24-29
Peoria, 111 July 31-Aug. 5
Galesburs. Ill Aug. 7-12
Burlington, la Aug. 14-19
Omaha, Neb Aug. 21-26
Des Moines, la. Aug. 25-31
Hamline. Minn Sept. 4-9
Milwaukee, Wis Sept. 11-25
Springfield. Ill Sept 18-22
Sedalia, Mo Sept. 25-30
Henry Fairfax, whose death was reported from
Aldie, Va., last week, following an operation for
appendicitis, was one of the best known Americans
identified with the breeding and showing of harness
horses. He imported Matchless of Londesborough,
the first high priced English hackney stallion brought
to' the United States; was one of the organizers of
the American Hackney Horse Society, of which he
was once the president, and was at the time of his
death a director of the National Horse Show Associ-
ation, in which he had been prominent as exhibitor
and judge almost from its organization, in 1883. His
home in Virginia was the old homestead of President
James Monroe, and there Mr. Fairfax bred harness
horses with marked success for many years. In the
old days of the American Horse Exchange he used to
market his young high steppers at auction each year
in the sales held by W. D. Grand. On several occa-
sions his consignments made an average of $800 or
a little more for harness horses by Matchless out of
trotting bred mares. As a breeder Mr. Fairfax scored
another triumph when harness horses reared at his
Oak Hill stud won the Waldorf-Astoria Cup three
times in Madison Square Garden.
California Trainers are Getting a Fair Share of the
Money So Far.
The New Mexico State Fair will be held at Albu-
querque from Sept. 25th to 30th. The purses for
harness horses range from $600 to $800 and it only
j costs 1 per cent to enter and 2 per cent to start, with
7 per cent from money winners.
The North Randall track at Cleveland. Ohio, where
the Grand Circuit opened last Monday, has had a
large attendance and excellent racing. None of the
California horses were among the starters on the
opening day. On Tuesday Daniels got fourth money
in the 2:12 pace with John Malcolm by Dan Logan,
Will Durfee being outside the money in this race
with Contention B. by Copa de Oro. Rain prevented
all the races being finished on Tuesday.
Durfee was not outSde the money in all three
starts that he made Wednesday. He was fourth in
the summary of the 2:05 pace with White Sox, won
the 2:11 trot with that good daughter of Carlokin,
Esperanza. and got third money with Virginia Bar-
nette in The Ohio, the $3000 purse for 2:08 trotters.
Lon Daniels made two starts Wednesday. He won
two heats and first money with the four-year-old
pacer Bondalin by The Bondsman in the $1200 2:09
pace, and fourth money in the 2:11 trot, which was
also for a purse of $1200, with the "big train" San
Felipe.
Will DeRyder was last in the summary of The Ohio
with Spriggan, but in the race won by Bondalin he
got third money in the second heat and second
money in the third heat with Dicto.
The big event of the week, The Ohio, $3000 for
2:08 class trotters, had only seven starters. The
greatly touted Peter Mac did not appear. St. Frisco,
son of San Francisco, was driven by his owner, Mr.
Frank G. Jones, as Geers is still in the hospital, and
he took the first heat in the fastest mile of the year
in a race. 2: 04%. The next two heats went to Walter
Cox's mare Mabel Trask by Peter the Great in 2:06%
for each heat, and Jones was second with St. Frisco
both times, and Will Durfee third with Virginia Bar-
nette.
Lou Dillon's three-year-old daughter Expressive
Lou won the sweepstake for three-year-old trotters
on Wednesday and took a record of 2:09%, thus
making Lou Dillon the dam of two 2:10 trotters, the
other being Lou Billings 2:08%, having also taken
her record as a three-year-old.
On Thursday Durfee started Rayo de Oro in the
2:18 pace, and got some of the money in the heats
but was fifth in the final summary. In the 2:16 trot
however he was second with The Lark a daughter of
Carlokin, being fourth the first heat and second in
each of the other two in the fast time of 2:07%,
2:09% and 2:06%. The Louisiana trotter Grand
Chimes that has been racing on the half mile tracks,
won the Tavern "Steak" and lowered his record to
2:06% in the second heat.
The summaries:
Monday, July 17.
2:09 trotting (three heats); purse $1200:
Trampright. b h by Trampfast (Murphy) 1
Miss Perfection, b m by Gen. Watts. (McMahon) 2
McClosker. br b by Theodosius: (McDonald) 4
Omar, br b by Noblesse (Floyd) 3
Hazel Laing, ch m by John A. McKerron
(McDonough ) 5
Time— 2:07%. 2:06%. 2:08%.
2:07 class, pacing; purse $1200:
Goldie C b m by Wiltranby (Valentine) 6 5
Roan Hal. ro g by Hal De Facto (Ering) 1 4
Miss Harris M., b m by Peter Che Great
The Savoy, blk g by Charlie Hayt (Floyd) 5 1
(McDonald) 2 2 2-
Other starters were Lillian T., blk m by Roy Patchen
(L. Wilson) : Harry the Ghost, gr g by Manager (Hed-
rick) ; Bingen Pointer, b g by King Bingen (Snow).
Time— 2:04, 2:02%, 2:04%. 2:11%.
The Edwards stake, 2:10 class, pacing; purse $300 (three
heats) :
Ben Earl, b~g by The Earl (Childs) 14 1
Baby Bertha, b m by Silk Cord (Garrison) 4 12
Bayraar, b h by Araar McKinney. ... (McDonald) 226
The Problem, blk h by Cochato (Murphy) 3 3 5
Spring Maid, ch m by The Abbe (White) 7 6 3
Billy Dale, b g by Dale Patchen (Cox) 5 5 4
Bird B., ro m by Nicol B (Brooks) 6 7 7
Time— 2:04%, 2:07%. 2:04%.
Forest City Sweepstakes (two heats), open to all two-
year-old trotters, value $1250:
Mary Coburn, ch f by Manrico (White) 1 1
Harvest Gale, br f by The Harvester. . . . (McDonald) 2 2
The Prattler, ch c by Cochato (Cox) d
Will Bing. b g by Binjolla (Albin) d
Time— 2:10%. 2:13.
Tuesday, July 18.
2:18 class trotting: purse $1200:
The Exposer. br h by The Exponent (Donahue) 14 5 1
Briscia. br m by Bingara ..(Rodney) 2 5 13
Royal Hall, blk h by Royal Reaper (J. Fleming) 4 14 2
Truesada. b m by Moko (Cox) 3 2 3 ro
Helen Worthy, b m by Barongale (Murphy), Miss War-
bun, g m by Warbun (Rosemire) also started.
Time— 2:08%. 2:10%, 2:1054. 2:13%.
Money division: The Exposer $360, Briscia $262.50, Roy-
al Hall $295, Truesda $192.50, Helen Worthy $140.
2:12 class pacing; purse $1200:
Kate McKinney. g m by Wallace McKinney
(Mallow) 1 3
Box R.. b g by Box Elder Jr (Hedrick) 3 2
Jayell Mack, b h by E. G. Murphy 2 1
John Malcolm, b g by Dan Lognn (Daniels) 4 5
Hoosier Boy. b g by Slumber Jr. (Marvin): Diameter,
b g by Dium (Lindsay) ; Red Mike, ch g by Ananias (Mc-
Allister) ; Contention B., b m by Copa de Oro (Durfee) ;
Allen B.. b h by October (Cox)! Maud Colby, ch m by
Don Cole (Valentine) also started.
Time— 2:04'-... 2:04%, 2:07%. 2:11.
Randall sweepstakes, 3-year-olds. 2:1S class trotting,
value $1770 — One heat: unfinished on account of rain.
2:05 class pacing, purse $1200 — One heat; unfinished
on account of rain.
1 1
4 4
1 1
3 3
2 1
1 2
6 3
2 ro
Three-year-old trot — Two in Uir--r. , value
si. 77 n. heal July 18):
Elxpressive Lou, b i by Atlantic Express (Murphy) l l
Harrod's Creek, ch c ui) - 3
Brownie Watts, br f (Rodney I I 2
Jack Sfooney, br c (McDonald
Time— 2:09%, 2:11';.
2:05 pace — Three heats; purse $1,200 (one heat July
18):
The Beaver, b h by Searchlight (\V. Fleming) 2 11
Carmelia. br m (Cox) 12 4
Lelia Patchen. br m (Snow)
White Sox. b m (Durfee) ."» 4 ::
Fred Russell and General Todd also started.
Time— 8:05%, 2:03%, 2:04.
2:11 trot — Three heats, purse $1,200:
Esperanza. b m by Carlokin (Durfee) 2 1 1
Director Todd, b h (Cox) 13 2
Bonington, ch h (Junes) 3 2 3
San Felipe, b g (Daniels) 4 4 5
Vanko and Caroline also started.
Time— 2:07%, 2:09%,, 2:10%.
2:15 pace — Three heats, purse $1,200:
Gilbert Patch, br h by Dan Patch (Shivery) 112
Thomas Earl, b h (Marvin) 3 I I
Derby Ouster, ch h (Murphy) 2 3 5
La Belle Online, ch m (Schuler) 5 4 3
Prestolite, Harold T.. Black Wreath and Frank K. also
started.
Time— 2:06%, :08%. 2:09%.
The Ohio — 2:08 trot — Three heats, purse $3000:
Mabel Trask. ch m by Peter the Great. ... (Cox) 211
St. Frisco, b h (Jones) 12 2
Virginia Barnette. b m (Durfee) 6 :; ::
The Eno. ch h (Floyd) 4 6 4
Rusticoat. Laramie Lad and Spriggan also started.
Time— 2:04%, 2:06%, 2:06%.
2:09 pace — Three heats, purse $1,200:
BondaHn. b c by The Bondsman (Daniels) 6 11
Dean, b m (Murphy) 2 2 S
Dicto, b g (DeRyder) 5 3 2
Pat Carmody, br h ( Walker) 3 4 4
Hazel Armstrong, Douglas and May Fern also started.
Time— 2:06%. 2:06%. 2:12%.
Thursday, July 20.
2:18 pace, two in three heats, purse $1200:
Hal Plex E.. b h by Empire Hal (McMahon) 16 1
Admiral Dewey II, blk h by Admiral Dewev
Wilson) 5 1 3
Trampquick. b h by Trampfast (Shiveley) 6 2 4
Sad Thoughts, b m by Bingen (Childs) 2 5 7
Rayo de Oro. ch c by Copa de Oro (Durfee). Rose Di-
rect, br m by Crown Direct (Walker). Billy Direct, br g
by Rural King (Valentine), also started.
Time— 2:06%. 2:08%, 2:08%.
The Fasig sweepstakes, two heats in three, open to all
three-year-old trotters, value $930:
Maple Tree, b c by Siliko (Murphy) 13 1
Adele Block, br f by J. Malcolm Forbes
((McDonald) 2 2 2
Peter Mount, ch Ii by Peter the Great (Nuckolls) 3 13
Time— 2:11%. 2:14%. 2:16%.
The Tavern stake. 2:14 trotting, value $3000:
Grand Chimes, b h by Kentucky Chimes (Edman) 114
Busy Lassie, b m by Peter the Great (Cox) 3 2 1
Early Don, ch g by Don Cale (Valentine) 2 3 5
Brisac, br h by Bingara (Murphy) 6 4 3
Leonore McKinney. b m by McKinney (White). Col.
Riser, b h by Early Riser (Brenner). Regardless, b h by
Locanda (Hedrick). Widower Peter, b h by Peter the
Great (Shively). also started.
Time— 2:09%, 2:06%. 2:06%.
2:16 class trotting, purse $1200:
Azora Axworthy, b m by Dale Axworthy (Murphy)l 1 1
The Lark, b m by Carlokin (Durfee) 4 2 2
Aulsbrook. br h by Bingara (Valentine) 2 5 3
Sandy, ch g by Waltz (Donahue) 3 3 5.
Coastess Mobel, b m by Mobel (Cox). Indian Hill, b h
by Bingen (Brennan). also started.
Time— -2:<n%, 2:09%, 2:06%:
Additional Entries on Inter-Mountain Circuit.
Baker, Oregon, July 16, 1916.
The Breeder and Sportsman:
I wish to thank you for the attention given the
Inter-Mountain Fair & Racing Circuit and the nice
things said with reference thereto. Owing to wrong
addresses and delays in the mails the following en-
tries— made through the entire circuit — were omitted
from the lists of entries sent you last week:
Sweet Bow, b m by Bon Voyage, in the 2:17 and
2:14 trots.
Midnight Oro, bl s by Oro Wilkes, in the 2:17 and
2:14 trots.
Axcybetta, ch m by Axcyone, in the 2:10 paces.
Sir Archibald, bl s by Ashbud, in the 2:30, 2:25
and 2:18 paces.
Mabel C, b m by Captain Brino, in the 2:14 and
2:10 paces.
Red Direct, ch s by Walter Direct, in the 2:25 and
2:18 paces.
Our circuit looks like a "Baby Grand" and may
grow into a real "Western Grand Circuit." The list
of entries through the entire circuit averages as good
as they do at Baker, LaGrande and Ontario. Every
class in the circuit filled.
Tours truly,
JOSEPH WADDELL, Sec'y.
Matinee Program for Sunday.
Four races with the following horses carded will
be the program offered by the San Francisco-Califor-
nia Driving Club at the stadium in Golden Gate Park
tomorrow :
First race, 2:12 pace — J. C. Simpson (J. F. Gou-
larte); Pointer Belle (J. M. Kidd) : King Pointer (H.
Campodonico). and Victor Pointer (Dan Keating).
Second race. 2:20 trot— Jack (G. Conlan). Dibble
Wilkes (S. Benson), Rosie O. (J. J. Ryan), and Black
Mack (L. A. Gielow).
Third race, free-for-all pace — Mabel Dillon (E. Cer-
ciat), Senator H. (J. M. Kidd), Bradmont (George J.
Giannini), Emma M. (William Malough), and W. J.
K. (W. J. Kenney).
Fourth race — Minequa (M. Ford). Merrylina (J. A.
Wilkens), and Ella M. R. (George J. Giannini).
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 22, 1916.
Harness Horses and Horsemen
Adioo Guy's Record is Now 2:05|4.
Frank S. Turner, the genial Santa Rosa horse
breeder, has another fast horse to his credit. Adioo
Guy, a pacer that he bred, raised and sold, took a
a mark of 2:05^4 on the half mile track at Toledo,
Ohio, July 7th, lowering the track record and pacing
the fastest mile of the year on a half mile track.
It was the second heat of the 2:10 pace in which
All Wilkes, the favorite, had won the first heat in
Adioo Guy and All Wilkes set out together
after the second heai with four others behind them.
The two leaders went to the quarter in :30%, to the
half in 1:01%, with All Wilkes in the lead by a
short length. At the three-quarters in 1:33% Adioo
Guy moved up on All Wilkes and had her beaten at
the seven-eighths, winning without a finish drive in
2:051i. Kate McKinney came up and beat All Wilkes
for the place. In the next heat Adioo Dillon and
Solomon Boy went out in front and were at the half
in 1:04, but the Guy Dillon horse made a bad break
and was distanced. The following week at Youngs-
town, Adioo Guy beat All Wilkes, Kate McKinney
and several of the same horses in straight heats, two
of which were below 2:10, on a half mile track that
was not fast. Adioo Guy is six years old and was
bred by Frank Turner at Santa Rosa. She is by his
stallion Guy Dillon and her dam is the great brood
mare Adioo (dam of Harry Dillon 2:10 and three
others, also grandam of Dillon Axworthy (2) 2:10%
and others), by Guy Wilkes. Adioo Dillon is owned
by John Heyman of Sandusky, Ohio.
Veteran Geers Badly Hurt.
Mainly through the power of a horse to sense
danger, Edward F. Geers escaped with a few painful
bruises in an accident that might have proven fatal
at North Randall track Thursday, July 13.
Just as he was leaving the wire with the trotting
mare Guy Nella, in company with three other horses,
Mr. Geers, directly in the path of a harrow, managed,
as he heard shouts of warning from at least twenty-
five horsemen, to pull to the left just far enough for
his horse to miss the track implement, but not enough
so that one of the wheels of the sulky struck it. As
the sulky struck the harrow Mr. Geers bounced into
the air and was thrown under the trotter Zombro
Clay that Charley Valentine was driving at the pole
position. There was no chance for Valentine to stop
his horse and Mr. Geers became entangled with the
feet of Valentine's trotter.
Had Zombro Clay not stood perfectly still after
Valentine had been able to stop him, the chances are
Mr. Geers would have been killed by a kick or from
being trampled upon. As it was, the horse, once he
stopped, never made a move until the veteran trainer
had been dragged from under its feet by horsemen
who rushed from all directions to his assistance.
The trotter Mr. Geers was driving ran around the
track and as she slowed up at the wire was caught by
Mike McDevitt.
Mr. Geers was unconscious when picked up and
was suffering from a triangular cut over his left ear
that extended forward just above the temple. He was
placed on a cot where he quickly revived, his recog-
nition of Mike McDevitt relieving the many anxious
horsemen who had gathered about him.
The veteran trainer still on the cot was hoisted
into Walter Cox's big machine and assisted by Walter
Cox, Doc Tanner. Dr. Sprengle, E. R. Dunn and John
Fleming was taken to Lakeside Hospital.
At the hospital three stitches were taken in the
scalp wound and it was found that Mr. Geers was
suffering from a bruised hip and a sore side which
probably was caused from being struck by the horse
as he rolled under his feet. X-ray pictures however
I roved nc bones were broken.
Mr. Geers has been in many smash-ups on race
tracks in which both legs have been broken and many
other bones in his body fractured, but he has never
lost his nerve. The thick of the fray never bothers
him and he will drive through as small an opening
as any trainer in the business if he thinks he has a
chance of gaining by such a move.
His last accident prior to this one occurred at
Grand Rapids five years ago when a horse stumbled
and he was thrown out. Frank G. Jones, the wealthy
Memphis horseman and one of the cleverest amateur
reinsmen in the country, was called upon to drive all
of the horses in Mr. Geers' stable then and it looks
as if Mr. Jones would have to pinch drive for the vet-
eran at the opening meeting of the Grand Circuit
which starts at North Randall Monday.
Mr. Geers is 65 years old and has been trotting
horses up north since 1881. That was the first time
he crossed the Mason and Dixie line to race a horse.
He opened his campaign at Dayton.
Ventura County Fair's Race Program.
The Ventura County Fair Association has an-
nounced its racing program for the fair to be held
from September 13th to 16th inclusive. On the open-
ing day there will be a Wild West race for a purse
c ; $300. The second day there is a free-for-all pace
ior Ventura county horses for $500, a 2:18 trot for
$250, and a half mile and repeat running race for
$100. The third day a hurdle race for a purse of $300
and a chariot race for $300. On the fourth and last
day there will be a free-for-all pace for $600, a 2:20
trot or pace for $250. and a half mile and repeat run
for $100. Write to Secretary" A. L. Hobson, Ventura,
for any further particulars and conditions of these
races. The advertisement will appear later.
Entries For the Dixon Races.
There will be great racing at the Solano County
Fair to be held at Dixon next month. Of the eight
races advertised all but one have filled and nearly
all the best trotters and pacers that are in training
in California this year are named. It will be a great
week at Dixon when the fair ™ open. The display of
farming implements and of beef and dairy cattle as
well as draft horses, sheep and swine promises to be
very high class. Many of the leading live stock
breeders of the State have already applied for space
and applications are coming in on every mail. The
list of entries for the harness races follows:
2:20 Trot— Purse $300.
Eloise Dell, C. F. Silva, Sacramento.
El Angelo, D. W. Wallis, Los Banos.
Doctor S., H. J. Stevens. Santa Ana.
Trigione, C. A. Short, Santa Maria.
Major's By Guy, I. L. Borden, San Francisco.
Ella M. R., G. J. Giannini, San Francisco.
Hanford Mac, Geo. Russell, Corcoran.
Brutus. S. Christenson, Pleasanton.
Dick W., F. W. Faucett, Santa Ana.
Free-For-AII Pace — Purse $300.
Teddy Bear, C. F. Silva, Sacramento.
Vera Hal, H. Cohen, San Francisco.
Jim Logan, J- E. Montgomery, Davis.
Leata J., J. N. Jones, Stockton.
2:10 Pace — Purse $300.
Teddy Bear, C. F. Silva, Sacramento.
Soumise, R. L. Friend, Porterville.
Silver Tips, C. A. Short, Santa M2ria.
Maxine, Miss Maxine Montgomery. Davis.
Pointer's Daughter. Blosser & Finley, Santa Maria.
Delia H., H. G. Smith, Pleasanton.
Directess Mac, A. Ottinger, San Francisco.
Hal Paxton, Fred Woodcock, Forest Grove. Ore.
2:15 Trot — Purse $300.
Columbia T., C. F. Silva, Sacramento.
Harold C, H. Cohen, San Francisco.
Bon Cres, J. J. Campbell, Pasadena.
Dr. S., H. J. Stevens, Santa Ana.
Dick W„ F. W. Faucett, Santa Ana.
2:20 Pace — Purse $300.
Patti C. D. W. Wallis, Los Banos.
Lock Logan, J. E. Montgomery. Davis.
Irene D., J. X. Jones, Stockton.
Alta Barnato, I. L. Borden, San Francisco.
Bold Harry Aerolite, G. J. Giannini. San Francisco.
Harry Mac. Russell Gray, Hanford.
Mono Ansel. Blosser & Finley, Santa Maria.
Best Direct, J. Brollier, Fresno.
2:30 Trot — Purse $300.
Eloise Dell, C. F. Silva, Sacramento.
El Angelo, D. W. Wallis. Los Banos.
Dr. S., H. J. Stevens, Santa Ana.
Trigione, C. A. Short, Santa Maria.
Major's By Guy, I. L. Borden, San Francisco.
Ira Mac. Edw. Erlanger, Lemoore.
Miss San Francisco, Al Schwartz, Pleasanton.
2:13 Pace — Purse $300.
Julia M., D. W. Wallis, Los Banos.
A. B. C, Jas. Sutherland, Pleasanton.
Soumise. R. L. Friend. Porterville.
Breezy Marie, A. H. Meigs, Fresno.
Silver Tips. C. A. Short. Santa Maria.
Lock Logan, J. E. Montgomery. Davis.
Maxine. J. E. Montgomery, Davis.
Hanover Boy, J. N". Jones, Stockton.
Alta Barnato, I. L. Borden, San Francisco.
Bradmont. G. J. Giannini, San Francisco.
Directess Mac, A. Ottinger, San Francisco.
Ben Corbett, Jr., Blosser & Finley, Santa Maria.
Hal Paxton, Fred Woodcock, Forest Grove, Ore.
Horse Racing as a Fair Attraction.
During the convention of the American Association
of Fairs and Expositions in Chicago last winter. C. E.
Cameron, of the Iowa State Fair Association, speak-
ing of the importance of racing in connection with a
fair directly after Professor J. W. Kennedy of the
Iowa State College had read a paper in which he
advocated educational features almost exclusively
for fairs said: "To demonstrate that racing is a
drawing card for a fair from my experience, you take
it down in Des Moines, let a rain come up, say at
12:30 o'clock, so that it is liable to eliminate racing
in the afternoon, the first thing the people, the crowd
around your grandstand, will want to know if there is
going to be any racing that afternoon. They won't
buy any tickets to the grandstand unless there is
going to be racing. We will put on that afternoon
attractions that will probably cost us during the fair,
$5,000 or $"0,000. If the public, general public, knows
that they are not going to have any racing we will not
get a corporal's guard in that grandstand that after-
noon. But if they find we are going to race, 15,000
to 18.000 people come there and pay their entrance
fee to the grandstand. Those are things that we
ought to take into consideration in this racing prop-
osition. When you go to work and say you can run
a fair without a race program, without an entertain-
ment feature, that is dead wrong. I do not agree
with Professor Kennedy. I know Professor Kennedy
well. He is doing good work and all that, but you
can't run a fair strictly on an educational basis.
I will tell you what you will do if you undertake that.
We have people come to our fair in Des Moines and
camp out and stay for a whole week; people camp
outside, and stay three or four days. If those people
come down and we don't have amusements that
appeal to them over at the grandstand, they could
continue to travel around all day. They go around
in the morning until noon, and we have no entertain- 1
ment feature, only the educational feature of our fair
up until noon. At noon we open our grandstand for
these people to come in. At noon those people are
tired. They have gone around to the different build-
ings. They have walked from one building to another
and they are tired. They want something else, want
amusement, and they want to sit down. Then they
get their dinner and go over to the grandstand and
sit down in the afternoon. If we didn't have any
grandstand feature for the afternoon, they would go
around as they did in the morning, and they would
get all they wanted of the fair and would go home.
You have to have those things to keep your people
satisfied. If you go to work and simply have the
educational exhibits you might just as well have a
one-day fair."
Riverside County Fair Races.
One of the best racing programs arranged by any
of the county fair associations in California is that
advertised by the Riverside County Fair, of which
Mr. O. P. Sanders is secretary. There are good
purses provided for trotters, pacers and runners and
this is as it should be. The leading purses offered
are the $1000 for 2:18 class pacers and the same
amount for 2:20 class trotters. Then there is $300
for 2:30 trotters, $400 for 2:14 trotters, $500 for free-
for-all trotters. ?300 for 2:23 pacers, $300 for 2:14
pacers and $500 for free-for-all pacers. In the free-
for-all pace and free-for-all trot, $50 will be added for
each starter over four. This is very liberal on the
part of the association and should result in good
entry lists in both events.
The running horses will have many chances to
race and the purses offered are nine in number, with
$500 for the mile events, $200 for five furlongs, and
$50 for the quarter-mile dashes.
Riverside should receive the patronage of every
California horseman who can possibly arrange to
race there. The enterprising directors of the River-
side association are doing everything in their power
to build up a permanent institution that will give
a high class fair every year, and it is the duty of
those engaged in breeding or racing to assist such an
organization in every way they possibly can. With
such liberal purses the Riverside County Fair should
receive one of the largest of entry lists. The fair
will be held October 16th to 11th and the entries will
close Tuesday, August 1st.
San Francisco-California Club's Matinee.
One of the best day's racing of the season was
given by the San Francisco-California Driving Club
at the stadium in Golden Gate Park last Sunday.
The starting by J. J. Ryan was very good and there
were few scores before the starts were made in any
heat. In the free-for-all pace President Giannini's
little horse Bradmont was not himself and was de-
feated by horses that he had himself beaten time
and again. The winner of this event was W. J. K.,
one of the gamest old fellows that races at the sta-
dium, and he annexed first prize in straight heats.
He was the only horse to keep his feet in the first
heat and won as he pleased in 2:211±, but in the
second heat W. J. K. had to pace in 2:11% to win.
Mr. Giannini's mare Ella M. R. took the 2:20 trot
after dropping the first heat to Merrylina. Yoncalla
trotted a good race and was second in every heat.
The 2:25 pace went to Sis Hopkins, and the 2:18
pace was won by J. C. Simpson. The weather was
excellent and the track in fine shape. The sum-
maries :
First race — 2:25 pace:
Sis Hopkins (W. Hopkins) 1 "1
Dibble Wilkes (S. Benson) 2 2
Black Mack (L. A. Gielow) 3 3
Time— 1:45%. 1:45.
Second race — 2:20 trot:
Ella M. R. (G. J. Giannini) 4 11
Merrvlina (J. A. Wilkens) 14 3
Yoncalla (A. Giovannetti) 2 2 2
Bird Eye (A. Combatalade) 3 3 4
Time — 2:15. 2:17. 2:15.
Third race — 2:12 pace:
W. J. K. (W. J. Kermey) 1 1
Senator H (J. M. Kidd) 2 2
Bradmont (G. J. Giannini) 4 3
Emma M (W. Malough) 3 4
Time— 2:21%, 2:111=.
Fourth race — 2:18 pace:
J. C. Simpson (F. Goulart) 1 1
Victor Pointer (D. Keating) 2 2
King Pointer (H. Campodonico) 3 3
Pointer Belle (J. M. Kidd) 4 4
Bosa O (J. J. Ryan) 5 5
Little Jack (G. Conlan) 6 6
Time — 2:16'- ... 2:14%.
I
In order to assist the Kings County Fair Associa-
tion in arranging for the best fair ever held in this
county, the Merchants Association has formed a
guarantee fund. This fund •will be for the purpose of
guaranteeing the fair association against loss in case
of some unforseen circumstance, such as rain. The
merchants will not be called upon to pay their sub-
scription unless some shortage occurs.
Saturday, July 22, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
THE HERALD AND THE HORSE.
[Written for the Breeder and Sportsman bv C. A.
McCully.]
In the days of chivalry in Europe a herald cut quite
I a wide swath in the field of Knighthood. He was a
I sort of a ringmaster for those old time circuses where
many crowns were cracked, and crow-ns of another
fsort often changed owners. His advent was always
preceded by much blowing of trumpets and his rai-
ment was gorgeous enough to make Solomon himself
sit up and take notice.
On this side of the broad Atlantic ocean, the word
herald came to have a different and yet a significant
meaning. It was selected by a shrewd and far-seeing
Scotch printer as the name for a daily paper that he
launched in the merry month of May, 1835. James
Gordon Bennett, the elder, who had discovered New-
York for himself in the early part of the nineteenth
century, decided that the swragger chap who did the
announcing for the old time tournaments or real
battles, was good enough for a prototype, and pro-
ceeded in his energetic way to make his "herald"
a prime factor in the life of the fast growing Amer-
ican metropolis. He was a pent-up steam-engine of
a man and everything was fish that came into his
journalistic net. When he died in 1872 at the ripe
old age of 77 his newspaper was easily the biggest
dividend payer of its kind in this country, and a
worthy rival of the great "Thunderer," the "London
Times," or "Le Petit Journal" of Paris.
So last month this same New York Herald had
another birthday celebration, and its eighty-first an-
niversary was the occasion of a special mammoth
Sunday edition, with such references to the story of
the elder Bennett and Che subsequent enterprises of
the paper during the reign of James Gordon the Sec-
ond, as the dear public would care to see recounted.
But some of its business secrets which are known to
those in touch with journalism as it obtains in New
York were not mentioned, though they make interest-
ing reading even outside of the members of "the
fourth estate." For example, the earning capacity of
the big presses that are on view in Herald Square
was not stated, though as far back as twenty years
ago the late "Jack" Henderson, then night editor,
told the writer, and not in confidence either, that
the balance sheet for 1895 showed the snug little
total of net earnings as $1,200,000!
But the readers of the Breeder and Sportsman will
be more interested to know how much of this vast
income that has been rolling in on the tide of the
Herald's success was paid by the dealers in horses.
It has come to be a tradition that every man with
a nag to sell either of the work-a-day sort or those
used for pleasure or racing in and about Manhattan
or Long Island, should use the columns of the Herald
if he would attract customers. Here again the genius
of the elder Bennett is in evidence, and the writer
is able to speak by the card as to how the hard-
headed canny Scotch editor managed to secure a
practical monopoly of this line of advertising. The
knowledge came as the result of a commission from
the business office of an ambitious and fast growing
rival, the New York World, to try and get for it the
patronage of the dealers, chiefly those in the famous
"Bull's Head" district, where most of the public and
private sales stables were then located.
"We want you to go to the men in the big stables
and propose to them that the World will advertise
their sales for one year without charge, provided they
will not patronize the Herald during that time" was
the request made by the publisher and business man-
ager of the younger paper, adding as an incentive to
success, "if you can make this contract the work of
exploiting the trade in our reading columns will be
entrusted to you."
This seemed a sound scheme to those who planned
it, but mark the sequel! Jacob Dahlman was then
at the top in the Bull's Head district, and was na-
urally the first man to be approached. His reply to
the proposition was, "My boy, I would like to do this
for your sake but you might as well ask me to close
my stable as to suggest my stopping my advertise-
ment in the Herald. That's the paper my customers
read and there is no getting away from it."
That was a poser to start with and the rest of the
dealers around the blocks between Lexington and
Third avenues just above Twenty-third street, echoed
the sentiment of the older vendor. Further investi-
gation of this evident right of eminent domain en-
joyed by the Herald, revealed the secret of how this
came about. Another veteran, the famous George
Bishop, who was reputed to have been the pioneer in
the art of making the teeth of an old horse look
young (hence the term "bishoping") is responsible
for the story. He told how some thirty years before,
a bill was passed in the State Legislature at Albany,
providing that all auction sales of horses in the
County of New York should be held in a specified lot
on Third avenue, in or near the district then called
Yorkville. When this law came into force it was
found that the stables and premises were owned by
one James Gordon Bennett, and strange to relate,
before the vendue could take place it must be an-
nounced in a paper that was published away down
town on the corner of Broadway and Ann street!
Later on, when the horse dealers began to centre
about the Bull's Head tavern on Twenty-fourth
street, this law was more honored in the breach than
the observance, but it had secured a clientele for the
Herald that has proved to be like a fee simple in real
estate. No wonder that the offer of a free ride for
a twelvemonth on the part of even so popular a con-
temporary as the World, was unavailing to stem the
tidal wave of business that flowed over the counters
of its senior competitor.
At that time, about twenty-five years ago, the rev-
enue from this one line of exploitation was not less
than $200,000 annually, but that high water mark
has not been touched in recent times for obvious
reasons. Electricity, harnessed to the street cars,
and the horseless "benzine buggies" have freed the
horse from much of his old time drudgery on the
highways of the cities. Incidentally the solid foun-
dation laid by the elder Bennett has been largely
undermined, but his paper continues to thrive in
the newer and vastly larger metropolis, the greatest
monument to the genius of a printer that has ever
been erected.
As for his son and successor to this colossal busi-
ness, it may be of interest to note that he on one
occasion at least aspired to he a patron of harness
racing. Not in his native land, since he has been
self-expatriated for many years, but among the ultra-
fashionable set that make up the winter colony of
the Riviera, on the "cote d'azur" of that favored strip
on the Mediterranean which centres at Nice. There
on a grass track in the early '90's were contests to
sulky supported by the w-ealthy aristocrats of France,
Russia, Italy, Austria and an occasional Britisher.
Having been getting much grist from the horse-selling
mill at home for many moons, James Gordon Bennett
the Second decided to show a tardy appreciation by
spending some of it in the land from which it came.
He instructed his business manager in the palace
on Herald Square to honor a draft of some $20,000
and requested his old New Y'ork friend, Col. Lawrence
Kip, son of Bishop Kip of California, to select three
mares with records of 2:20 or better, and send them
over to Nice in time for the spring meeting of 1895.
This commission was duly executed by proxy, as the
professional dealer E. de Cernea, who had previously
brought several model roadsters to town for Col. Kip,
blue ribbon winners at the National Horse Show, was
entrusted with the business of finding the choice trio
for the great editor. His selections were good enough
from his point of view, and consisted of Helen Ley-
burn 2:14, by Onward that Crit Davis had campaigned
successfully in the fall of 1894 at Lexington and
Nashville; Autrain 2:19, a breedy looking daughter
of Princeton with whom "Uncle" George Fuller had
raked in the shekels at several meetings that same
year; and Grace Simmons 2:19^, a shapely young-
ster of lesser note whose name indicated her sire, the
blind but magnificent looking son of George Wilkes
whose court was held at Cynthiana in Kentucky in
charge of that astute breeder W. H. Wilson.
This ostensibly model trio of w-ell educated money-
getters over here, with a special set of trappings
worthy of the debut before the princes and potentates
of the Riviera colony, were sent across the ocean in
charge of Mr. de Cernea, and a trainer named Phelps,
a young relative of his whom he had secured in
Pennsylvania. Scarcely had they landed from the
steamship when the new owner ordered his prizes
to be got ready to race, though they were only in
ordinary wTinter condition. Strange to say all of the
mares, notably Autrain, did wonderfully well but
naturally they were not in shape to go and race
through the early season. So the high hopes that
went with them from New York failed of fulfillment
and the younger Bennett's career as a turfman was
a brief one.
When de Cernea came back a somewhat disappoint-
ed manager of this short campaign he had an addi-
tional hard luck story that he told the writer, and
has not before been published. While they were
quartered at the track near Nice, a party of high-born
and beautiful society buds were brought to see the
new equine aristocrats by their expectant owner.
Among them was a Miss May, one of the famous
Baltimore family with whom the great editor had had
experiences that were dramatic to a degree. This
included the notorious duel in Maryland, when
"Fred" fired at the tall journalist and missed and the
latter discharged his pistol in the air. As the girl
from America was shown the trotters just landed
from her native country, she turned to her veteran
escort and said, "Why, Mr. Bennett, I never heard of
these mares at home . You should have chosen
something with a reputation, I mean a champion like
Alix."
Nothing more was said but the man who had footed
the bills looked the chagrin he felt. Coming back
later he called his manager and said abruptly. "Can
you buy Alix for me?" The New York dealer rose
to the occasion and assured his patron he would fill
the order at once.
"I did not even ask for Mr. Bennett's frank over
his cable line," he said of this bigger commission,
"but rushed off a message to Monroe Salisbury at
Pleasanton where Alix was resting after her great
campaign of 1894. I asked a price on her, requested
a quick reply and signed my name, which I thought
Mr. Salisbury would recall, as I had sold him some
brood mares at Goshen, New York, the year he came
East and got Director in Kentucky. One of them was
Sweetness by Volunteer, the dam of Sidney."
"Several days passed and no answer came to my
cablegram, so I sent a longer one and mentioned my
former deal with Mr. Salisbury in Orange county.
This brought a reply which read, 'Price for Alix
$30,000 with ?15."00 worth of engagements.' I took
this to mean that the two sums must be added to
secure her, and told Mr. Bennett that the figure was
$45,000. He turned that down at once, saying it was
too much, but what a mistake I made! After I came
back I wrote to Pleasanton and learned that the
extra amount was what the mare could earn over
here on the strength of having reduced the record of
Nancy Hanks."
When the King maker of the trotting world came
over the mountains that same year the writer spoke
to him of the deal that failed to take his sweet little
pupil to Europe. He laughed and said. "When I read
that first message and saw that name 'de Cernea' at
the bottom I thought it was some foreign fellow try-
ing to get himself a reputation at my expense, and
decided not to answer. When the second one came
I knew better and sent what seemed to me a good
plain offer, but luck was against both of us. And
say, my son, I could have used that thirty thousand
to help me get another world beater.
The ruddy cheeked old Californian turfman, dis-
coverer of many champions, has gone; Col. Kip, his
mare with the foreign name, Alix. and the other
three mares have all passed into the limbo of the
unknowable. But the perennial Herald still stands as
the boss "announcer" of our biggest city and its
owner continues to rake in more shekels from the
horse business than all of its metropolitan contempo-
raries put together.
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Oakland Driving Club's Matinee.
The success of the matinee given July 4th by the
Oakland Driving Club, led to another afternoon of
racing being arranged for last Sunday at the same
place — the half mile track near the Sixteenth Street
station. There were six races on the card and with
a large crowd of spectators and several close con-
tests, the afternoon's sport was highly enjoyable.
Results:
First race — 2:20 trot: half raile:
Teddy B (H. Buckley) 1 1
Bell Sawyer (Al Shanks) 2 2
Elsie Page (P. W. Bellingall) 4 3
Harold G (J. Williams) 3 4
Time— 1:14, 1:16
Second race — 2:25 pace; half mile:
Lena Lee (T. Le Ballister) 2 11
Berkeley Girl (A. Reisman) 12 2
Cleoverne (Mrs. Carlisle) 3 3 3
Molly (M. Medau) 4 4 4
Time— 1:15, 1:13, 1:12%.
Third race — Free-for-all, mixed; half mile:
Little Dick (Al Scott) 12 1
Allegro (G. Schreiber) 2 12
Horse Shoe Boy (W. H. Hall) 3 3 3
Time :06%, 1:07. 1:08.
Fourth race — 2:18 pace; half mile:
Grand W (A. L. Hinds) 1 1
Hallie's Star (A. Edstrom) 2 2
Time— 1:09. 1:10%.
Fifth race — 2:30. mixed; half mile:
Prince (J. Pitts) 1 1
Tom Wilkes (H. Olsen) 3 2
Oakland Boy (G. Hahn) 2 3
Teddy (W. Collins) 4 4
Time— 1:19, 1:17.
Sixth race — 2:35. mixed; half mile:
Rhoda (George Meader) 1 1
Dora's Boy (R. Searle) 2 2
Tremendous Crowd at Salem Races.
It is stated that there were 20,000 people at the
lone tree track at the Oregon State Fair Grounds
on July 4th when four harness races and one running
event were carded for an afternoon's sport. The fast-
est heat of the day was in the free-for-all pace, won
by John E. Kirkland with the big horse McAlpin.
He took the second heat of this race in 2:13*4 in a
jog and was beating some pretty fast ones when he
did it. He looked as if he could have beaten 2:10.
The summaries:
First race — 2:20 pace:
Helen Hal 3 1 1
King Zolock 1 2 2
Savage Wright 2 3 5
Hi Ho 3 4 4
Chiquita 4 5 3
Helen Mistletoe 6 0 0
Time— 2:14%, 2:14, 2:18.
Second race — 2:25 trot:
Bert Wood 1 1
Going Some 2 2
B&M 3 4
Edythe M 4 3
Time— 2:19>,i. 2:20%.
Third race — Free-for-all pace:
McAlpin 3 1 1
Sunny Jim 12 2
Hal Edo 2 3 3
Del Norte. Jr 4 5 5
Wallace Hal 5 4 4
ime— 2:15>A, 2:13%. 2:1S':.
Fourth race — 2:15 trot:
Complete 1 1
Lottie Ansel 2 2
Bonniola 3 3
Time— 2:19Vi. 2:21.
Fifth race — Five-eighths mile dash: Ella Robinson won:
Sterling, second; Maxwell, third. Time — 1:02.
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Records Made at Los Angeles July 12, 1916.
At a breeders' meeting held at Exposition Park,
Los Angeles, last Wednesday, the following horses
were given breeder's records, all driven by Mr. C. A.
Durfee:
To boat 2:26 trotting:
Kinsman Lou. b c two-year-old. by Wilbur Lou,
dam Sona by McKinney. owned by Alex Grant
To beat 2:30% trotting:
Kewpie, b c two-year-old. by Cftrlokln, dam The
Blonde bv Strathway, owned by Alex M. Wilson 2:24
To be.it 2:14'= trotting:
Alhambra Prince, br b by Redlftc. dam Pattle W.
by Geo. W. McKinney, owned by Chas. W. Wln-
2:10%
To bee [ting:
, b h by Zombro, dam La Belle by Sidney.
by Mrs. A. W. Severance
Pegasus also has a record of 2:07%, pacing, made
in a winning race at Woodland. California, in 1914.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 22, 1916.
Notes and News
A capable man that can train colts and aged
horses is wanted. See advertisement in this issue.
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The Grand Circuit horses "will move to Detroit,
Michigan, next week.
Hanford has re-opened its harness race purses to
close Tuesday, July 25th. Sec advertisement.
Adioo Guy 2.05% became the first pacer to take
a new record below 2 : 06, when he took his present
record at Toledo, last v eek.
Remember the later closing purses of the North
Pacific Fair Association circuit. See the advertise-
ment.
John D. Rockefeller has recognized the Dixon Fair
as one worth patronizing. The Standard Oil Com-
pany has applied for space for an exhibit there in
August.
Graustark by Aerolite, the roan pacer that Lon
Daniels took across the mountains and is now being
raced by Ben Whitehead, was 4-2-2 to Hedgewood
Patchen at Toledo half mile track in 2:14%, 2:09%
and 2:11.
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At Kearney, Nebraska, July 3-5, Fred Ward won
second money in the 2:20 pace with Harry R. by
Armond Lou, fourth money in the 2:18 trot with Bon
Courage and second money with Dr. Wayo in the
2:14 trot.
At Windsor, Conn., two weeks ago the two-year-old
colt Labe Riddell by J. Malcolm Forbes trotted to
a breeder's record of 2:20% over a. half mile track
and was immediately sold to Theo. Bassett of New
York for ?2500.
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The races at Hanford did not fill and have been
re-opened to close next Tuesday. This is rather
short notice but horsemen will find the program in
our advertising columns and should make their
entries in time.
Starting payments in the Pacific Breeders' Futuri-
ties to be trotted and paced this year by two and
three-year-olds at Santa Rosa, must be paid on or
before August 1st. and the gait at which the colt or
filly will race must be stated at the time payment is
made.
Note the advertisement this week of the Inyo
County Fair and Stock Show to be held at Bishop.
Sept 2Sth, 29th and 30th. Purses of $200 are offered
for harness races and $100 for runners. Free stall
rent, free hay and free transportation to and from the
railroad depot to the fair grounds.
Among the horses given records at a breeders'
meeting held a; North Randall last week, was the
three-year-old filly Sister Hattie HI, that trotted to a
mark of 2:14% This filly is by Peter the Great, dam
Hattie Lynwood by Lynwood W., a mare that was
bred by Sam B. Wright of Santa Rosa, who also
bred Sonoma Girl 2:04%.
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A mile in 2:18 by a two-year-old trotter is not a
world's record for a colt or filly of that age, but it is
the fastest mile a two-year-old trotter was ever driven
by a woman. Miss Helen Murray, daughter of Mr.
W. P. Murray, the Cleveland, Ohio, millionaire horse-
man, drove her father's futurity colt Cord Axworthy
a mile in that time at North Randall last Wednesdav.
The opening day of the North Randall Grand Cir-
cuit meeting brought out what looks to be a mighty
high class two-year-old in Mary Coburn, chestnut
filly by Manrico 2:07%, dam Alma Sedley by The
Direcioi General. Her win in straight heats in 2:10%
and 2:13 is a good performance for a two-year-old in
July and of the four starters in the race only one
could keep up with her. as The Prattler and Will
Bing were distanced the first heat.
Everything points to a highly successful fair and
race meeting at Santa Rosa next month. A majority
of the horses that will race have already arrived and
there is a busy scene every morning when the trot-
ters and pacers are getting their work. The track is
in fine shape, the weather has been excellent and it
looks as though some low records will be made during
the meeting. In the live stock department there
will be an excellent showing of draft horses and fine
cattle of both the beef and dairy breeds.
Stanton, Nebraska, opened a meeting July 3d that
promised to be a good one. The track is a half mile
and on the opening day both races were won by Cali-
fornia bred horses driven by trainer Carpenter, in
it heats. Lad;. Hoy by Strathway won the
lace, best time 2:16%, and Zom Jud by Zombro
took the 2:30 trot, best time 2:20% Rain began
.arly the second day and there was nothing to do
but call the meeting oft as the track was flooded.
Don de Lopez (2) 2:25 by Kinney de Lopez 2:23
is working nicely for Fred Ward this year and has
been stepping miles right around 2:15 on the Ne-
braska half mile tracks. Don de Lopez is now three
years old and is eligible to the Pacific Breeders'
Futuritv to be trotted at Santa Rosa next month.
"Pop" Durfee has to his credit as a trainer and
driver the first 2:10 trotter to be marked in California
this year. On Wednesday of last week he drove the
former pacer Pegasus 2:07%, by Zombro 2:11, to a
trotting record of 2:08% at Los Angeles. Pegasus is
owned by Mrs. A. C. Severance and his dam is her
favorite old brood mare La Belle (2) 2:16 by Sidney,
that is also the dam of Conqueror 2:09%, Amado
2:16 and Don Amado 2:19%.
Al McDonald worked his futurity candidate Surety,
by The Bondsman, a mile in 2:11% at Pleasanton
last week. Surety made but two starts last year. At
Pleasanton in the stake won by Rico, he was second
the first heat in 2:12% and won fourth money. At
the P.-P. I. E. fall meeting he was outside the money
in the stake won by Verna McKinney. Surety is
working nicely this year and should be up among the
money winners in the three-vear-old pacing events.
At Beatrice. Nebraska, July 4th, the 2:17 trot for
a purse of $500 had a decided California flavor.
Great Northern by Wayland W. driven by Ward won
the race, Luana by Kinney Lou, driven by Taylor
won second money and Allie Lou by Kinney Lou,
driven by Dennis got fourth money. Hal McKinney
driven by Sebastian won the match pace, Frank Hol-
loway by Geo. W. McKinney, driven by Sebastian got
second money in the 2:22 pace.
C. A. Durfee was in town a day or two this week,
but left for Santa Rosa on Tuesday evening, expect-
ing his string of seven young trotters and pacers to
arrive there that day from Los Angeles. He has
Kewpie, two-year-old colt by Carlokin, that he gave
a trotting record of 2 : 24 last week, and Kinsman Lou,
two-year-old colt by Wilbur Lou, that he gave a rec-
ord of 2:23% the same day. He also has the three-
year-old trotter Manuelito (2) 2:24'; by Manrico, the
three-year-old trotter Hermes (2) 2:16% by Carlo-
kin, the three-year-old pacer Rico (2) 2:12% by
Manrico. and the two-year-old pacers Alfredo by Copa
de Oro, and Oro Fino by Copa de Oro. Mr. Durfee
says he has not given any of these youngsters any
miles faster than 2:20 as yet, hut they are all moving
nicely and are in good shape to go faster if asked to.
He expects to start some of them in the futurities
at the Santa Rosa meeting.
The trotter Grand Chimes, that had four straight
races to his credit and for which $5000 was refused,
met his match at Toledo, Ohio, half mile track when
he ran up against Wilkes Brewer in the 2:15 trot for
a purse of $1000. Grand Chimes was favorite for
the race and when Wilkes Brewer got off sixth and
made a break in the first heat Grand Chimes won
in 2:10%. In the second heat Grand Chimes made
a break and the mare won in 2:10%. In the third
and final heat Chimes went to the front at the word
but trotted too fast and made a break and the Wilkes
Brewer won in 2:10%. This is the fastest three
heat trotting race won by a mare on a half mile
track. Wilkes Brewer is by our old California favor-
ite Nutwood Wilkes and her dam is Mary Bales
2:26%, the dam of Zombrewer, p. 2:04%, by Montjoy.
She was bred by Z. Brewer, of Columbus, Ohio, and
looks like a coming 2:05 trotter.
Notes of Australasian Horses.
Ribbonwood has sired forty that have taken records
of 2:25 or better.
The New Zealand pacer King Cole 2:08 3-5, ex-
champion pacer of Australasia, has been sold by Mrs.
Duncan of Christchurch to H. S. Cribb of Queensland
for $3750. King Cole is a son of Ribbonwood and is
12 years old.
The champion pacer of Australasia at the present
time is country Belle 2:07 1-5.
Mr. H. Cribb, who paid $3750 for King Cole 2:08 3-5
has also purchased a number of mares and fillies by
him. He paid $1500 for Queen of Spades, a black
filly by King Cole out of Norice, a mare purchased in
California a number of years ago.
The success of the sons of the imported sire Harold
Dillon on the concluding day of the New Brighton
Derby fixture was nothing short of phenomenal, says
the Australian Trotting Record. Bus stock won over
all distances, namely: Antonio (Brighton Handicap,
two miles, in 4:36 3-5). Harold D. (Stayers' Handi-
cap, three miles, in 7:37 2-5), Author Dillon (New
Brighton Derby Stakes, one mile and a half, in 3:29),
and. John Dillon (Telegraph Handicap, one mile, in
2:17 3-5).
The imported American stallion Great Audubon, by
Peter the Great, defeated 11 opponents in the Brook-
lyn Handicap at New Brighton on May 20. covering
the two miles in 4:53. Having run inconspicuously
on the first day of the meeting, his success met with
a rather mixed reception, some of the spectators ex-
pressing their disapproval by hooting, while a strong
counter demonstration of applause was made by
another section. R. McMillan, trainer and driver of
the imported horse, was called upon to explain the
difference on the two days, and his explanation proved
satisfactory. Great Audubon has been converted from
the pacing gait into a trotter.
NOTES OF THE THOROUGHBREDS.
Geo. Wingfield's $6000 horse Bank won the Nevada
Derby last Saturday.
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The Tiajuana meeting will come to a close tomor-
row after a successful run of 100 days that has been
very profitable to the management.
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When Ed Cudihee won the Riverside Handicap, six
furlongs, in 1:12 2-5 at Reno last Wednesday, he
lowered the track record three-fifths of a second.
If you want to race your running sprinters ship
them to Santa Rosa for the fair. There will be
plenty of $100 overnight purses at all distances under
a mile.
A dispatch from Reno says: "The Reno meeting
is such a success that it is likely to be extended, at
least two or three days per week, until the meeting
in September, which is almost certain to be of
twenty-five days instead of tn-rteen, as announced."
The three American jockeys who are now riding
in Germany finished first, second, and third at Hoppe-
garten out of sixteen starters where the Logierhaus
Handicap was recently run off. Archbald won the
race on Herr Haniels's four-year-old Polymelus filly.
Cresta; Sumter was second on Pares, and Kerb
third, on Hercules.
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O. A. Bianchi owns two of the four yearlings alive
this season by the noted sire Jim Gaffney, that has
already sent to the races a winner of two Derbys in
Dodge, and such other brilliant performers as Emer-
son Cochran, Franklin, Sedam and Berlin. The
youngsters Bianchi owns are both bay colts, one
being out of Amie C. the dam of M. B, Thurman, and
the other out of Viola B„ the dam of Emerson
Cochran. Yearlings by Jim Gaffney sonsist of
a filly owned by John Carr and a colt that belongs to
another Lexington breeder, Zack Connors. Bianchi
has refused several flattering offers for the two colts
he owns by this noted sire, and unless he secures
his price he will train and race these youngsters
himself as two-year-olds next season.
The first of a series of sales of thoroughbred year-
lings the Powers-Hunter Company of New York have
arranged for the summer meeting of the Saratoga
Association at Saratoga will be held August 5th in
the race track paddocks, when the produce of the
studs of Walter O. Parmer, Parmer & Hendrie and
John E. Madden are offered to the highest bidders.
The youngsters to go under the hammer represent
the best racing output of the leading breeding estab-
lishments of Tennessee and Kentucky.
The Edenwold youngsters are sons and daughters
of Ballot, the imported Assagai, The Commoner (one
of the most brilliant of the many famous sons of
Hanover), Transvaal, Ivan the Terrible (sire of
Hodge), Sain, Dr. Boots (full brother of Great Brit-
ain), and Star Shoot. The solitary Sain yearling in
the lot is from Traditional, a daughter of Tradition;
Ballot is represented by a half brother of Apple
Toddy and Loftus, a half sister of Star Bird, and
others; Star Shoot by a half sister of Bessie Latimer
and a half brother of Tecumseh, and The Commoner
by brothers and sisters of Bob Co, Simcoe, Miss
Jonah, Superb, Marianao, etc. Ticket, Ballad, Bally,
Capra and sundry clever two-year-olds have brought
Ballot into unusual prominence this season ,and
there will be a big demand for the produce of that
sterling son of Voter and Cerito.
The Madden stud, which in the last twenty years
has sent half a hundred first-class performers to
the American and European races, was never more
brilliantly represented than it is this year.
Dodge, winner of the Latonia Derby this year, was
an easy winner of the American Derby at Hawthorne
Park, Chicago, on Saturday last. The time, 2:04 3-5,
is a new record for that once famous track. There
was an attendance of 30,000. Churchill, the foxhall P.
Keene entry, was outrun from the first jump and was
disgracefully beaten at the end.
The betting was conducted on the oral system and
things moved along nicely. Society was out in force
and many of the business men in Chicago made the
trip to the track. The automobiles were parked in
the infield, below the paddock, and around the west
end of the stand, and it was estimated that there
were nearly 1,500 machines in the track, and when
the horses paraded for the post for the Derby there
was no vacant space in the grandstand or on the
lawn.
The race was robbed of its chief interest when
George Smith did not run. The track has been so
hard that the Sanford horse -became sore, and was
forced to decline the issue.
Franklin cut out a very stiff pace for his stablemate
and led his field for more than three-quarters of a
mile, then Dodge moved into the lead and. gradually
increasing his advantage to the finish, won pulling
up by six lengths.
Faux made a determined bid to catch the flying
leader, but of nG avail, though he beat Franklin three
lengths for the place. Only four horses started.
The race carried a value of $7,000 to the winner,
with $1,750 to the second, S750 to the third and $500
to the fourth horse.
Saturday, July 22, 1916.]
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University Advice in Hog Management.
The University is devoting much of its energies to
induce hog raisers to replace their "scrubs" with
thoroughbreds, pointing out the facts, often before
stated, that more pork in less time and at less cost
can be had from pure-breds than from grades or
scrubs.
California devours three times as many pigs every
year as it raises. The University of California is
campaigning to stop this extravagance of shipping
vast sums out of the state for pork products that
ought to be raised at home, for more pigs means
more prosperity and more fertile farms.
The university points out that there are twice as
many people in California today as 28 years ago, but
fewer hogs by one-fourth. To show the Californian
farmer how to make money raising swine is the ob-
ject of a circular on "The Feeding and Management
of Hogs," written by Professor J. I. Thompson, and
just published by the University of California. Copies
may be obtained free by writing to the college of
agriculture at Berkleley.
Most California farmers use up about twice as
much feed getting a pig ready for market as is really
necessary, the university points out. The prevailing
system is to let pigs live exclusively on alfalfa pas-
ture, the pickings of stubble fields, and orchard and
vineyard waste. This means that it takes from 16 to
21 months to get a pig ready for market. The uni-
versity has proved by experiments at the University
Farm at Davis that it is much cheaper to add a
medium grain ration and get the pig ready for market
at about ten months of age by the consumption of
only about half as much food.
A "cafeteria" or "free choice" system of self-feeders
is recommended by the university for the rapid and
economical raising of pigs for market. The differ-
ent elements of a well-balanced ration may thus be
kept before the pig, so that he may help himself.
Instinct leads the animal to eat exactly what it needs
for a scientifically balanced ration. Thus the pig
will attain a weight of 200 pounds at from 7i4 to
eight months of age, and flesh will result of the best
quality.
Here is some other counsel for the swine-grower,
set forth in Professor Thompson's new university
publication:
Swine-growing means profitable use of farm crops
and maintenance of fertility.
Pure-bred pigs pay, for they put on gain in that
part of the carcass most valuable to the butcher, and
are ready for market long in advance of "scrubs,"
and at less cost, therefore, for food.
Sows should be at least a year old before producing
(he first litter.
Mature sows grown by the university have far-
rowed 12 per cent more pigs and 21 per cent heavier
pigs than sows bred too young.
High condition is beneficial to the sow at breeding
and farrowing time.
The best product and the greatest economy in
bringing hogs up to a market weight of 200 pounds
is by continued combination of grain and pasture.
In-breeding should be avoided, but even more
harmful is the continuous use on a ranch, year after
year, of immature sows and boars.
Hogs must have clean, dry, sleeping quarters, free
from drafts.
A mud hole for hogs is worse than nothing, but
a hog-wallow of concrete, with an outlet drain so
that it can be kept clean, is very useful.
Hog cholera is the cause of nine out of ten of the
deaths of hogs from disease in California. Pains
should be taken to prevent its introduction. The
university's work in producing serum for the treat-
ment of hog cholera furnishes the means to put an
end to epidemics once started.
The hog-raiser may become his own meat-producer
if he will follow the directions the university gives
in Professor Thompson's publication for making salt
pork, bacon, lard, sugar-cured hams, and sausage
delicately flavored with black pepper, cayenne and
sage.
Exporting More Shorthorns.
South American countries are placing orders in
this country for Shorthorns and judging from the
great activity of Shorthorn breeders in California
there is expected to be some of this southern trade
come to the Pacific coast. South American breeders
are not able to supply their demands in the British
Isles, due to the war, hence their next most conven-
ient market is the United States.
The largest individual order placed in this country
for a decade from foreign breeders was the one re-
cently filled by a Hillsborough, Texas, breeder, who
shipped to Argentina 25 head of Shorthorn bulls,
receiving $500 per head for the animals. Nicaragua,
Guatemala and other southern countries are buying
this breed of cattle in the United States, the most
activity ever noted being during the last five months.
A Profitable Jersey.
The official announcement of the winners of the
American Jersey Cattle club medal awards for 1915,
just published, shows the most successful year the
register of merit department has so far experienced,
both in the number of records accepted and in the
quality of them, and also shows the possibilities of
dairying with the right kind of cows and the right
king of management.
Among the 1448 cows competing for honors in
1915, there stands out with dazzling brilliancy a new
star in the Jersey firmament, the great cow Dosoris
Park Lily. Dosoris Park Lily started her year's
work on December 3, 1914, and produced in the fol-
lowing 365 days 16,728 pounds of milk, containing
957.4 pounds of butter fat. This production was the
highest record of the year, but on February 29, 1916,
"Lily" earned the title of grand champion of 1915
when she dropped a live, vigorous heifer calf which
had been carried 188 days of the test period.
Owned on an estate where sanitation is the para-
mount consideration and the highest grade of milk
the object, "Lily" was obliged to stand in a stanchion
with her stable mates throughout the greater portion
of the year, and receive the regular routine treat-
ment followed in an establishment of this kind.
"Lily's" milk, being certified Jersey milk, sold for
20 cents a quart and therefore the 16,728 pounds of
5.72 per cent milk was worth $1,558.08. Valuing her
entire grain ration at $37 a ton, alfalfa hay at $26
a ton and silage at $5 a ton, "Lily" returned a profit
of $1,357.16 over and above the cost of her feed, in
spite of the high valuation placed on it. This return
on her milk alone represents 5 per cent interest on
$27,143.34. The heifer calf is valued by its owners
at $2,000. The return on "Lily's" entire product for
the lactation of 1914 to 1915 represents 5 per cent
interest on $6.511.4.
More Blooded Stock for Sacramento Valley.
Sacramento valley capital continues to go East to
purchase stock, indicating that the "better stock
business" is being taken up by breeders all over the
valley, says the Sacramento Union. The fact that
nothing but the best satisfies the breeders is grati-
fying. The city moneyed man is just as enthusiastic
as the experienced stockman and breeder in the
rural sections, and not a few of Sacramento business
and professional men are now counted among the
fancy stock breeders. Messrs. Henderson, Gerber,
Kiesel, Dr. Faris, McGilvray and others already have
large registered herds, and have put many thousands
of dollars into good land holdings and buildings, with
educated and experienced managers in charge of the
ranches.
W: S£. Hammond of. Chico recently purchased,
through Murphy Brothers of Perkins, Sacramento
county, a seven months' old Shorthorn bull calf, pay-
ing $700 for the animal, which was purchased by
Mr. Murphy from Saunders & Son of Manilla, la.
This fine-haired youngster was purchased by Mr.
Hammond to head his band of fine Shorthorns. The
sire of this calf is a three-year-old, and was 26 times
grand champion in as many shows. His grandsire
is valued by Mr. Saunders as $25,000.
Mr. Hammond's Shorthorn establishment will be
second to none in the state or on the coast. He has
an ideal farm of 2,000 acres located near Chico,
capable of supporting several hundred head of cattle.
Two large barns have recently been erected on the
ranch, and a third is under construction.
A Novel Mule Show for Prizes.
The Boone County Fair, through the Columbia Re-
tail Merchants' Association, announces a $1,000 Mule
Colt Show to be held at the fair grounds at Colum-
bia, Mo., on Friday, August 4, 1916, the last day of
the fair, with premiums as follows:
1st premium, $300; 2nd premium, $250; 3rd prem-
ium, $200; 4th premium, $175, and six other cash
prizes.
The first four mules will become the property of
the Columbia Retail Merchants' Association, and
must be delivered sound and in good condition to the
said Association on September 18, 1916.
In the event that the winner of the third premium
prefers to do so he has the option of taking $40
cash and retaining his mule. In the event that the
winner of the fourth premium prefers to do so' he
has the option of taking $30 cash and retaining his
mule. Fifth to tenth premiums inclusively will be
paid in gold at the time of the judging of the mules.
Killing Cattle Wastefully in Mexico.
William Penn Anderson tells the Live Stock
World that the Mexicans have killed and are killing
large numbers of cattle in a most wasteful way. He
says he has seen a bunch of a dozen or more steers
that had been shot down and only one side of the
loin cut out— the choice portion for each man — and
all too lazy to turn a steer over and cut both loins.
However, notwithstanding the waste, Mr. Ander-
son says that he thinks there will be as many cattle
in Mexico when peace comes as there was before
the present long series of revolutions began. His
argument is that comparatively few cattle have been
sent out of the country and they have had a chance
to breed and multiply. He says the peons have relig-
ious scruples against killing and eating mother cat-
tle and thinks that fact will result in saving vast
numbers of cattle that would otherwise have been
destroyed.
Horseless Farms Long Way Off.
Some prophets and sons of prophets who predict
that horses on the farms will soon be only a memory
will have passed away, and pleasing epitaphs will be
carved into the stones which mark their resting
places, long before their prophecies become fact. The
introduction of the farm tractor will not. as some
believe, remove the horses from the fields and from
their pastures, "Farm Machinery" asserts.
The one thing that the farm tractor will do is to
supply the need of power on the farms which horses
cannot give. Take away the farm tractors which are
in use today and several hundred thousand horses
would be required to replace them, or if horses could
not be bad the lands would have to go unplowed and
unfilled.
The number of tractors now in use will be multi-
plied many times within the next ten years, but there
will be as many horses in this country as there * re
today, and prices will be even higher than now.
Farm tractors are becoming a necessity, just as
electric street cars have become — the same as tele-
phones have supplanted the telegraph in a way and
have taken the place of messenger boys and quick
delivery of mail. No one will agree that there are
not more miles of telegraph wire in use today than
ten years ago, nor can it be said that there are fewer
messenger boys, yet the telephone is in almost every
business house and in many households, doing work
for which there was little demand a few years ago.
The farm tractors will simply fit into the greater
needs of the country and will do the heavier chores
and drudgery which horses are little fit for. They
will not replace the horse, but will simply assist them
and make life easier for them. They will also enable
the farmers to breed better horses because their
mares will be kept for that purpose instead of spend-
ing half or more of their time in doing heavy work.
Let us not dream too long upon the practicability of
the horseless farm. It is a long way off, as yet.
Chicago Horse Market.
The Chicago Live Stock World gives the follow-
ing as to midsummer conditions of the horse market
in that city.
Were it not for army inspections, horse dealers
and commission men might as well take a prolonged
vacation. A few commercial horses are being taken,
but buyers show no avidity whatever and bargains
have to be hung up to bait the consumer. While
general trade is quiet it is no worse than in past
summer seasons. Horses of quality can always be
cashed, but this sort is particularly hard to find.
Pennsylvania dealers are taking a few decent qual-
ity feeders, but this sort is also scarce. Good blocky
wagon horses are quotable at $180@225, but few offer-
ings are required to meet demands. Common quality
horses of all classes are almost unsalable and rejects
from army inspectors are sold at ruinous sacrifice.
In the British inspections field artillery horses are
bought at $185 and heavy artillery at $200. French
artillery horses are still pegged at $160. but few
riders are wanted now. The Swiss government is in
the market buying at retail only. They are buying
a better grade than the other foreigners and paying
a bit more for them.
Experiment in Beet Feeding.
Kerman. July 15. — A great many of the dairymen
of the Kerman district are watching with interest
the results to be obtained from a test of feeding
stock beets to dairy cows. Howard Dickson, agri-
cultural instructor at the Kerman union high school,
planted several varieties in December last, and has
kept a careful record of their growth. The first ones
were ready to feed in May and at the present time
the beets weigh from ten to twenty pounds each.
Dickson planted the seed on the poorest ground on
the high school demonstration farm, and the excep-
tional growth shows that this kind of feed will grow
without much attention.
A test is now being made feeding the beets to
several of the dairy cows of the district and in most
cases the milk flow has been greatly increased.
Dickson is keeping a record of the increase and
hopes to be able to offer the farmers some accurate
figures within the next few months. He says that
the beets can be grown at a cost of around $1.05
an acre.
Harry L. Murphy, member of the firm of Murphy
Brothers, owners of the Brighton herd of Short-
horns, has returned from the East, bringing a car-
load of registered Shorthorns to add to the home
farm. The $700 eight months' old bull calf which he
purchased in Iowa is a beauty, and the firm is justly
proud of this fine addition.
August Belmont's catholicity of taste in hoi -
continues to excite admiration among the partisans
of other breeds than race horses. Reports from Lex-
ington state that the chairman of the Jock-
has just purchased of John T. Hughes two Kentucky
saddle bred horses to be used as officers' chargers
by members of the New York National Guard. One
of the animals is the bay gelding Shawnee, by Red
McDonald. He was exhibited last year by Dr. V. T.
Churchman, of Charlestown, \Y. Va.
The Horse Show Blue Book for 1916 will be known
as the National Horse Show number, for which A. H.
Godfrey is writing a history of the Horse Show from
its inception, in 1883, with an account of the leading
winners.
THIS BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 22, 1916.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
EIGHTEEN STATES HAVE "BUCK" LAWS.
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
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THE WHARF ANGLERS OF CALIFORNIA.
(Scene: Redondo Pier.)
I watched one old woman holding her rod point
down, without moving tor half an hour; then she
pulled in to find she had no bait. Some men would
have made remarks, and persons of delicate sensibil-
ities would have noticed sulphur in the ozone, but
the old woman smiled. She was not an "advanced
woman," that was evident. She was still satisfied to
allow the men to do the loud talking.
The colored contingent, in all probability, enjoyed
the sport the most when an old mammy hooked a
two-ounce smelt. The entire picnic drew about and
made remarks:
"Fo' de Lord's sake! Luk at Mis' Johnson. What
am she at? Why. Mis, Johnson, Jonah hisself couldn't
have done better."
"Go way, boy," retorted the old woman, "I ain't a-
countin' ma aigs befo' dey*s laid."
Mis' Johnson was lifting up a four-teen foot pole
with an overhand motion until she reached the line,
which was rolled up, entangling it in a hundred
knots. When the smelt came in she gave a jerk,
tossed it into the air, and fell backward, a very* black,
very happy victor.
"A smelt! Fo' de Lord's sake! What do he smell
like?"
"He doan' smell; he's smelt," explained a young
high school colored angler.
"I don't care whether he has smell or hasn't," re-
joined Mis' Johnson. "I doan' see you smellin' any
fish."
All day the poles waved up and down under a clear,
cloudless sky, and the fishermen and fisherwomen
breathed in the pure, salt-laden air, sat and loafed
the time away; illustrating the extreme possibilities
of patience, as some of them did not catch anything,
yet were satisfied, for they had been fishing.
These wharf anglers number thousands in Cali-
fornia. They combine and have had laws passed to
protect the fishes, preventing net fishing near the
piers, and are an important and discriminating part
of the community. The sport is eminently adapted
to the man or woman of advanced years who cannot
go along the sandy beaches and cast a heavy rod
and bait out beyond the surf, or wade into it and
play the five or six pound surf fish; hence the latter
anglers constitute a different class, and are to be
compared with the channel bass and striped bass
anglers of the New Jersey beaches.
The coast of California abounds in fine beaches,
which are frequented by hardy anglers from Point
Conception to Coronado. They stand in the heavy
surf or on the sands and cast as far as they can,
finding rare sport in the surf fish, known to science
as Seriphus politus, a fish that feeds in the surf on
the little sand crabs which are washed out of the
sandy beaches and swept out by the undertow.
When we come to the ports, as Los Angeles or
Newport Landing, we find attractive launches,
manned by Japanese or Italians, who take out anglers
of another class — those who cannot go to the channel
islands, so go off-shore, from five to ten miles, troll
for barracuda, bass or yellowtail; or they may troll
about such grounds as Point Firmin, where good
sport is often found.
There are many fishermen and anglers, of many
tastes and fancies, but they are all actuated by the
same friendly and philosophical motive, and it is well
to remember "they must be born so." C. F. H.
Pasadena, Cal.
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Coast Bull Terriers Complimented. — The Pacific
Coast breeders have turned out some cracking good
bull terriers in their day and some of them, like
Edgecote Peer and Sombrero, have come East and
acted pretty well as they liked with our effetes.
The general run of bull terriers on the Coast was
always good for years though we believe from reports
the breed is not going as strong as it might just now.
One of the great examples that did not come East
for show honors but which was said to have all the
make-up for the venture was Williamette Defender,
bred by that earnest terrier man, Frank Watkins of
Portland, Oregon. Defender died June 25th, at the
home of his long owner, Mrs. Storey. He came out
in 1907 at Portland under Clayton, who gave him
best in show any breed besides all his own breed
specials. Though not pushed at all he became a
champion in 1910 under Major Taylor. George Thom-
as, Ben Lewis, Clayton and other judges he invari-
ably won leading honors. Thomas giving him his last
veteran special at the Bungalow Theatre show in
Portland, Ore., in 1913. He was never shown after
but was a laster like most of these Pacific bred good
ones and became a great favorite with the boys
around his Nob Hill home, when he became the par-
ticular pal of young Storey. He was just ten years
o'd and was by the great Ch. Edgecote Peer out of
General Custer's Belle, thus being one of the very
last to combine the great producing blood of the two
famous terriers Woodcote Wonder, who resided for
some time out there, and Edgecote Peer. His pic-
ture shows him a bull terrier fro mend to end. — H. W.
Lacv. American Fancier.
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Local Hunters Getting Ready. — The deer season
will be ushered in on August 1 by scores of hunters
in districts 2 and 3, lying north and south of San
Francisco and west of the Sacramento and San Joa-
quin rivers. District 2 is north of the bay to the
northern boundaries of Glenn and Mendocino coun-
ties. District 3, south of San Francisco, to the south-
ern extremity of San Luis Obispo county. Collectively
the districts embrace Mendocino, Glenn, Colusa, Yolo,
Solano, Lake, Napa, Sonoma, Marin, San Mateo, Con-
tra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Mon-
terey and San Benito counties, and those parts of
San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Fresno and Kern
counties lying west of the San Joaquin.
The season in these districts lasts slightly over a
month, the closing date being September 14. Dis-
tricts 1, 2 and 3 are the next to open the season for
the bucks, August 15 being the date. In district 4
the season does not open until September 1 and
closes again at the end of the month.
The law limits each hunter to two bucks during the
season. It is illegal to take, kill or have in one's
possession any doe, fawn or spike buck, or to remove
the evidence of sex from any deer shot. The min-
imum fine for killing does or fawns is $50.
The coming season promises to be one of the best
in years. Early reports indicate that deer are plenti-
ful throughout the state. The Fort Bragg deputy of
the Game Commission writes that more have been
seen there than at any time in five years. The bucks
are said to be fine specimens, though the horns are
still in velvet.
While the deer hunting spots in Marin county are
easy of access, and the animals suffer greatly as a
consequence from the depredations of the hunters,
the first few weeks at least in that section should
produce good hunting. Reports from various small
towns and adjacent farms state that numbers of deer
have been invading the truck gardens and working
havoc among the vegetation.
Hunting licenses issued prior to July 1 are invalid,
as they expired on the first of this month. Before
hunting, sportsmen should procure new licenses for
the season of 1916-1917.
Other shooting seasons follow close on the opening
of the deer hunting periods. The first of next month
sees the legal bars raised on the shooting of moun-
tain grouse or quail in districts 1 and 23, and on sage
hens and doves in all districts.
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Sea Gull Chums with Dog. — In this -connection the
following story is related in the British weekly:
At a small farm in the parish of Fyvie, Aberdeen-
shire, during the summer of 1910, a sea-gull took up
its abode and made friends with the farmyard poul-
try . To vary the monotony of its life with its some-
what sedate feathered companions, the "sea-goo"
struck up a weird platonic friendship with the
"town" dog, which, with obliging good nature, was
not slow to respond, and the strange pair might have
been seen hobnobbing at almost any hour of the day.
When surfeited with the tiresome company of mere
cocks and hens, the "goo" slipped jauntily in behind
Rover, and with its bill gave the tip of his tail a
sharp tug. Then the fun began. Rover stood stock
still and glanced around, first at one side and then
the other, at his tormentor; then, with a terrible
pretence at a bark, jumped round upon the gull. The
gull, however, through frequent practice, had accu-
rately measured the length of Rover's spring, and
hopped nimbly out of reach, only to renew the trick
again and again. There could be no doubt of the
dog's enjoyment of the game. Many neighboring peo-
ple visited the farm to watch the cantrips of the
strange pair, and the comical manner in which Rover
used to stand up and invite the gull's attentions was
proof posit've that he at least possessed no mean
sense of humor. Many other curious instances of
strange friendships in the animal world will doubt-
less occur to our readers.
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Stray Dogs Catch Fish. — One thing to get full at-
tention next year from the Fish and Game Commis-
sion is the predatory dogs which caught many big
fish in the Bear Valley creeks last spring, apparently
just for sport. These great "spawners" will work up
a creek until stranded, and are easy game for dogs.
Deputy Malone served notice upon their owners
wherever found, and another year more drastic meas-
ures will be adopted. This is one form of loss hard
to combat, but it can and will be stamped out, as
every breeding fish is now coming to be accepted as
worth far more money to the State if left in the
water than used in any- other manner.
Governor Whitman of New Tork has vetoed the
bill permitting the shooting of does. The bill by
the amendments proposed gave protection only to
fawns, for it provided that during -the open season
a person might take one deer not less than a year
old, of either sex. In his memorandum Governor
Whitman said:
"No person can conceive of a surer way of exter-
minating deer than that provided under the proposed
bill which permits the killing of breeders. I believe
that the genuine sportsmen of the state are in favor
of the retention, without change, of the present so-
called 'buck law.'
"In eighteen states, including New York, the killing
of female deer is prohibited by law. For New York
to step out of this column of states would, in my
judgment, be a long step backward in the matter of
conservation, and I believe that this state cannot
afford to offer such an example as this to the world.
"The number of hunting fatalities in this state is
considerably lower than in states without such a law
as the present one, the theory being that a hunter
has to look carefully enough to ascertain whether
the animal at which he is about to fire has horns and
therefore is not likely to mistake another hunter for
a deer."
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The Safe Sport. — During the ten years from 1905
to 1915 nearly 1,000 persons died from injury or
over-exertion in some branch of sport, according to
statistics cited by "All Outdoors."
Baseball heads this grim list, with 284 deaths;
football claimed 2:15; automobile racing, 128; box-
ing, 105.
Every one of the outdoor sports, even such pas-
times as tennis and golf, added their bit to the quota.
Trapshooting did not cost a single life.
Thousands of men fired millions of shots during
this period. Each shot fired had sufficient destruc-
tive power to blot out a life instantly.
The record speaks volumes, not only for the sound-
ness of the safety rules governing this sport and the
strictness of their enforcement, but also for the
superior mental poise of the men engaged in it.
Rifle shooting is not even mentioned in this list.
Following the game closely during the past seven
years, the writer has not noted a single fatal acci-
dent in any target competition with the rifle. Only
one, so far as he knows, mars the record of pistol
shooting. That was due to the careless handling of
a hair-trigger pistol by an excited foreign competitor
at the international pistol contest at Camp Perry, two
years ago.
The "mistaken for game" accident is steadily de-
creasing in the hunting field. And for this we have
chiefly to thank the funny men, the newspaper car-
toonists and paragraphers who, year by year, have
driven home the grim ridiculousness of mistaking a
fellow human for an antlered quadruped.
The man to whom "safety first" appeals as a motto
will do well to consider shooting mighty seriously
when selecting an outdoor diversion for his leisure
time. — C. L. Gilman.
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Ty Cobb Tells Story. — In the land of Dixie, Ty
Cobb is quite as celebrated as a nimrod as he is a
swatter of the horsebide sphere on the American
League Circuit, and in any prolonged conversation
with the great player, the talk almost invariably
turns to tales of field and wood.
Tyrus has a vast repertoire of hunting stories, but
the following is Ty's best bet in shooting narratives.
"In one of our shooting parties," said Cobb, "there
was a fellow who talked with a drawl that was the
limit of slow speech. He was working well in ad-
vance of another gunner when a cover of quail got
up and the man in the rear cut loose with his right
barrel.
" 'H-e-y,' yelled the man in front, *d-o-n-t s-h-o-o-t
t-h-i-s w-a-y."
"To which the shooter replied, 'I won't hit you.'
"In a few minutes more birds were flushed, and
the gunner took another shot.
" 'H-e-y,' came the voice of the drawler, 'A-h told
y-u-h n-o-t t-o s-h-o-o-t t-h-i-s w-a-y.'
"By this time the shooter had lost his patience
and yelled, 'Shut up, I don't bit you.'
" 'W-a-1.' came the reply, 'y-u-h d-o-n-e h-i-t m-u-h
t-w-i-c-e, n-o-w.' "
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Big Catches in Bear Lake. — Henry Shay, one of
the wise old fishermen of Bear Valley, feels pretty
well satisfied with himself for the record he has
made this year in fishing. His largest trout, which
he will have mounted, tips the scales at eight pounds
and eight ounces and it bids fair to take some of
the trophies offered for the largest trout caught this
year.
Wilson Spoor and Karle Morgan have been having
excellent luck in fishing during the time they were
not busy getting blisters and building an addition to
their camp near the hotel. They brought in several
messes of fine trout recently and it is believed that
they have located a real "secret" pool where the fish
are plentiful.
The fishermen are attempting to discover why it is
that the fish bite good for several days on a stretch
and then for a week or so will not rise for anything.
Saturday, July 22, 1916.]
THE BREEDER ANL SPORTSMAN
**
Grand American Handicap Drawing Near
~ TRAP SHOTS FROM ALL OVES COUNTRY WILL GO TO ST. LOUIS NEXT MONTH FOR THE BANNER EVENT =======
The Interstate Association's Seventeenth Grand
American Handicap Tournament will be held at St.
Louis, Mo., under the auspices of the St. Louis Trap-
shooters' Association, August 21 to 25, 1916.
St. Louis, "The Gate Way of the West," the me-
tropolis of the Mississippi Valley, — a more favorable
or centrally located place could not have been select-
ed by the Interstate Association at which to conduct
the classic event of the trapshooting world. Taking
into consideration the importance of this event St.
Louis offers every necessity to properly conduct a
most successful Grand American Handicap. There
are many reasons why you should attend the coming
tournament. St. Louis is served by 26 railroads,
midway between the country's geographical and pop-
ulation center and within a night's ride of thirty
million people. Its ability to handle large crowds is
tested constantly and not found wanting. In June
this year St. Louis made a National political conven-
tion comfortable in every way. The hotel occommo-
dations are of the very best and the visitors are
assured that only regular rates will prevail.
St. Louis' slogan "To the Front" is shown by the
many new and original ideas which have been worked
out by the St. Louis Trapshooters' Association.
The selection of a permanent shooting grounds for
this year's Grand American Handicap will appeal to
every trapshooter. One of the distinct features will
be the use of permanent buildings in place of tents.
One can readily appreciate what this means for com-
fort and the handling of a large attendance. The
locker building is 30x60 feet, in which the stock of
loaded shells will also be stored. This will avoid
the carrying of cases any distance. A large pavilion
60x100 feet will provide shelter for the shooters and
also contain the bulletin board, gun racks, etc., and
will be used as general rest room. The restaurant
building, 40x80 feet, fully screened, and a ladies' rest
room 20x30 feet, with all conveniences, are part of
the regular equipment.
The location of the traps covers a firing line of
700 feet laid out on a level tract of land with every
convenience for the shooters. The equipment is
complete and modern in every respect.
From the standpoint of the spectator the view of
the traps is perfect, the raised terrace behind the
firing line gives a clear, unobstructed view of all the
contestants competing at the traps. A grandstand
located behind the professional trap, where all the
special events will be held, will seat several hundred.
The entire grounds is covered with a beautiful
lawn. A large space near the entrance of the
grounds will be used for the parking of automobiles
and with the features already mentioned St. Louis
offers the finest shooting grounds in the country.
The St. Louis Trapshooters' Association needs no
introduction to the trapshooting fraternity. Since
its organization ten years ago it has been very active
in promoting trapshooting and has staged some of the
largest and most important events. The association
is not operated for personal gain to anyone and is
intended to be solely in the interest of the sport of
trapshooting. Every gun club in the vicinity is a
member of this association, having a membership of
over 500 active trapshooters. It is the public shoot-
ing park of St. Louis and, in addition to many special
events held during the year, it conducts weekly club
shoots for the interest of its members. Identified
with this shooting organization are some of the most
prominent business men of St. Louis who have been
very active in connection with various civic leagues,
to make the Seventeenth Grand American Handicap
the greatest Tournament ever held.
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Trapshooters Are Prepared. — Thousands of trap-
shooters have answered the call to the colors, and
many thousands more are prepared in every sense
of the word to respond to any further summons from
Our Uncle Sam to "clean up" Mexico. While others
have been shouting preparedness from the housetops
the trapshooters' brigade went right along and
trained the eye and arm by firing at the inanimate
clays — for being able to shoot accurately is the main
idea of preparedness.
While war, or even the talk of war, will decrease
the interest in many forms of sport, it will give trap-
shooting its greatest boom. The day is coing when
it will be just as necessary to be able to handle a
gun and shoot accurately as it will be to take other
forms of exercise. As many persons took up the
sport of trapshooting during the year 1915 as in the
four years previous, and 1916 promises to outdo all
other years.
As many persons participated in the beginners' day
shoots in June — persons who had never before han-
dled a gun — as entered through the novice ranks last
year. Nearly every one desires to learn the proper
method of shooting, and the easiest and quickest way
to learn is to appear before the traps at some gun
club. There are always men there who are willing to
give instructions.
Furthering the project of teaching the idea of
shooting, a trapshooting school was opened in At-
lantic City in the spring, and on an average 100 nov-
ices each week have been given instruction there.
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE G. A. H.
1900 74 Entries
Held at Interstate Park, N. Y., June 14th.
R. O. Heikes (22 yards) winner, 91 ex 100.
1901 75 Entries
Held at Interstate Park, N. Y., June 18th.
E. C. Griffith (19 yards) winner, 95 ex 100.
1902 91 Entries
Held at Interstate Park, N. Y., May 8th.
C. W. Floyd (18 yards) winner, 94 ex 100.
1903 192 Entries
Held at Kansas City, Mo., April 16th.
M. Diefenderfer (16 yds.) winner, 94x100
1904 336 Entries
Held at Indianapolis, Ind., June 23rd.
R. D. Guptill (19 yds.) winner, 96 ex 100.
1905 352 Entries
Held at Indianapolis. Ind., June 29th.
R. R. Barber (16 yds.) winner, 99 ex 100.
1906 290 Entries
Held at Indianapolis, Ind., June 21st.
F. E. Rogers (17 yds.) winner, 94 ex 100.
1907 495 Entries
Held at Chicago, 111., June 20th.
Jeff J. Blank (17 yards), winner, 96 ex 100.
1908 362 Entries
Held at Columbus, Ohio, June 25th.
Fred Harlow (16 yards) winner, 92 ex 100.
1909 457 Entries
Held at Chicago, 111., June 24th.
Fred Shattuck (18 yards) winner, 96 ex 100.
1910 383 Entries
Held at Chicago, 111., June 23d.
Riley Thompson (19 yards) winner, 100 ex 100
1911 418 Entries
Held at Columbus, Ohio, June 22d.
Harve Dixon (20 yards) winner, 99 ex 100.
1912 377 Entries
Held at Springfield, 111., June 20th.
W. E. Phillips (19 yards) winner, 96 ex 100.
1913 501 Entries
Held at Dayton, Ohio, June 19th.
M. S. Hootman (17 yards) winner, 97 ex 100.
1914 515 Entries.
Held at Dayton, Ohio, September 10th.
Woolfolk Henderson (22 yds.) winner, 98 ex 100.
1915 884 Entries
Held at Chicago, 111., August 19th.
L. B. Clarke (18 yards) winner, 96 ex 100.
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Seattle Association.— R. W. Kinzer had a good day
at the Harbor Island traps on July 9th. He led both
amateurs and'professionals in both the 50-bird and
100-bird events. The good weather favored the marks-
men, and the general average of the scores was high.
Kinzer got 48 out of 50 and 96 out of 100. McKelvey,
D. Rhodes and Wilkes were close up to the leader in
both events.
The Class C trophy was won by J. V. Hough, who
defeated A. T. Gerrard. This was Hough's third vic-
tory and ends the competition for all four of the
McKelvey cups.
McKelvey, Wilkes and Rhodes tied for second place
in the 50-bird event with 47 to their credit, and
Hambright took third with 46. The scores: —
50 targets— R. W. Kinzer 48, C. E. McKelvey 47,
Tom Wilkes 47, D. Rhodes 47, George Hambright 46,
Fred Landwehr 45, Hugh Fleming 44, Joe Bacher 44,
R. S. Searles 43, H. J. Davidson 41, C. L. Templeton
40, J. V. Hough 39, J. H. Templeton 39, W. B. Cook
36, A. J. Gerrard 35, M. G. Sturgis 34, C. W. Bandy
33, A. E. Hall 30.
100 targets— R. W. Kinzer 96, D. Rhodes 96, C. E.
McKelvey 95, Tom Wilkes 94, Hugh Fleming 90, Fred
Landwehr 89, Joe Bacher 89, J. H. Templeton 85,
C. L. Templeton 76, M. G. Sturgis 67, A. E. Hall 64.
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Portland Club. — Frank Templeton topped the nim-
rods in Sunday's practice shoot of the Fourth Annual
Registered Trapshooting Tournament of the Port-
land Gun Club on July 9th, with the score of 95 out
of a possible 100. Frank C. Riebl of Tacoma was
high professional with 96 per cent.
Close to 40 shooters, including a number of out-of-
town trapmen, participated iu the events.
Six shooters tried their hand at shooting doubles.
Frank Templeton, Jim Seavey and Charles Leith tied
with the score of 20 out of 24.
The score: — H. E. Poston* 89, G. Hawmage 79,
Charles Veith 90, A. C. Fulton 76, *E. B. Morris 86,
F. Riehl 96, E. Kelleo 84, P. H. O'Brien 94, F. Tem-
pleton 95, H. A. Pollock* 73, J. Reid* 88, J. Morris
82, F. O. Joy 64, A. L. Zichrosson 87, A. Parrot 87,
Al Seguin 91, J. S. Crane 68, A. Woelm 81, Dr. O. D.
Thornton 88, Mrs. Ada Schilling 86, *C. J. Schilling
92, *J. P. Bull 94, *E. B. Van Gorman 73, "V. J. Holo-
han 84, A. W. Stanops 82, G. W. Harvey 62, Con Hil-
ger 86, C. C. Kelley 65, J. W. Seavey 94, M. McCor-
mick 71, L. Holohan 40, E. L. Mathews 92.
*Professionals.
Those who witnessed the first of the registered
shoot, on July 10, are still wondering how Frank M.
Troeh, the sensational Vancouver, Wash., amateur
and champion, managed to miss his 126th target.
The main event was a 200-bird race and, save for
the one slip, Mr. Troeh broke 'em all. The nearest
rival to the Washingtonian's 199 score was Peter H.
O'Brien, of the Portland Gun Club, who dropped four
clay pigeons, and Charles Leith, of Woodburn, Ore.,
captured third honors over all with 194.
All three leaders were amateurs, and the closest
professional to count was P. J. Holohan, of Portland,
and he was credited with 191 out of a possible 200.
The high run of the tourney, of course, went to
Frank M. Troeh, when he scored that 125 straight.
closely followed by a 74. Charley Leith. of Wood-
burn, Ore., was second high run king, with 83.
A. W. Strowger, president of the Portland Gun
Club, acted as cashier of the shoot. The result
showed that the affair will be repeated.
H. R. Everding, ex-president of the club, came down
from Shipherd's Springs, Carson, Wash., to take in
the gathering, but he did not shoot. He had Captain
Benham, of Aberdeen, Wash., as his guest. Captain
Benham is a member of the Grays Harbor Gun Club
and, although practically a new one at the game, he
is enthusiastic over the sport. The scores follow: —
*H. E. Poston, San Francisco, 190; E. G. Hawman,
Woodburn, 170; Chas. Leith, Woodburn, 194; Peter
Whitney, Woodburn, 166; *E. B. Morris, Portland,
180; *J. E. Reid, Portland, 182; Frank Templeton.
Portland, 188; E. H. Keller, Portland, 179; P. H.
O'Brien. Portland, 196; *F. C. Riehl, Tacoma, 189;
*J. P. Bull, Portland. 185; W. W. McCornack, Eugene,
161; *C. J. Schilling, Portland. 190; Mard Siddall,
Salem, 177; Dr. O. D. Thornton, Portland, 188; *P. J.
Holohan, Portland, 191; Frank Van Atta, Vancouver,
185; Frank M. Troeh, Vancouver, 199; Archie Par-
rott, Portland, 172; J. W. Seavey, Portland, 183; A.
Woelm, Portland. 161; Al Eeguin, Portland, 184: J. S.
Crane, Portland, 149; P. P. Nelson, Yacolt, Wash..
185; Ben J. Bell. Yacolt, Wash., 166: Earl R. Good-
win, Portland, 156; Mrs. C. J. Schilling, Portland,
181; E. B. Benham, Aberdeen, Wash., 164; A. W.
Strowger, Portland, 179; P. R. Knight, Portland, 55;
Walter Honeyman, Portland, 64; A. L. Zichrisson,
Portland, 79.
Long runs— F. C. Riehl, 55, 62, E. H. Keller 52,
Frank Van Atta 52, P. H. O'Brien 63, 64, Frank Tem-
pleton 57, Frank Troeh 125, 74, Charles Leith 83, Al
Seguin 50, J. P. Bull 54, P. J. Holohan 53, C. J. Schil-
ling 67.
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California Shooters Going East. — Judging from the
number of crack shots who are planning to go to
St. Louis next month, California is going to be well
represented in the Grand American Handicap, the
championship trapshooting event of the country. This
tournament attracts the best trapshooters from all
parts of the Union and to the winner goes the high-
est honors possible to win. It will be held at St.
Louis, commencing August 12.
Californians who will likely go include Toney Prior,
Andy Flickinger, N. A. Howard, Fred Bair, O. N.
Ford, Frank Melius, Ted Riley, Stanley Bruner,
A. H. Dodds, W. S. Peace, C. H. Nash, Harry Ogilvie
and others. The professionals will include Clarence
A .Haight, P. J. Holohan, Guy E. Holohan, Charles
Knight, Joe Price and, perhaps. R. C. Reed. In addi-
tion there will be Heine Pfirrmann, the California-
Nevada champion. The "Shootin' Dutchman" has
been going in great form and is carrying confidence
to bring home the honors. He recently made a
straight run of 216 without a miss and dropped
only seven in 500. He will represent California and
Nevada against the champions from every State in
the Union.
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International Game Park. — Breeder and Sportsman:
It is a pleasure to me to be able to announce, as
the Supreme Secretary of the Order of Owls, that
the organization, numbering three hundred thousand
members, with twenty-one hundred lodges, the mem-
bership of which is well established in all States of
the Union and in all the English speaking countries
and provinces outside of the United States, a year
since determined to establish an International Park,
to be controlled by the Order, where recreation, ang-
ling and game shooting could be furnished to its
members. The Park has now been established.
The Order has purchased a large tract of land in
Central Vermont, one mile distant from the village
of Gaysville. It is threaded by trout streams and
lies in the center of the best deer shooting in North
America. Grouse, rabbits, bear and other game are
there in abundance. The organization will maintain
this Park permanently. Within the present year the
construction of buildings thereon will be begun.
Yours,
GEO. DO BEROTH, Supreme, Sec'y,
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The members of the Lagunitas Gun Club are look-
ing forward to a lively season. This club has some
of the choicest grounds in Marin county and the deer
are large and numerous. All this territory will be
taken in by the Marin Municipal Water District,
which means that in the future this will be the haven
of rest for the deer in the county. In fact, it is just
as well that the whole Municipal Water District be
made a preserve, as it will have a tendency to make
Marin county the deer country of California.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 22, 1916.
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Sportsmen's Row
The oddest looking fish ever caught at Palm Beach,
Fhi., is that ot the recent catch ot Ambrous Monnell,
Ji„ president o£ the Midvale Steel Company. The
fish while shaped somewhat like a sunfish, weighed
close to a ton and had ears like an elephant that
were folded close to the skin. The fish is estimated
to be some tour hundred years old and is reported to
be a native ot African waters.
* * • •
In Sedgwick, Col., the city authorities have hired
a professional trapshooter to give exhibitions every
Saturday afternoon during 1916. Surely the sport
has flourished in that locality to make civic authori-
ties take a hand. In most cases officials have to be
begged into submitting to new ideas or the "people's"
wishes.
* * » *
It may seem a small matter and some may be in-
clined to smile but you will find that if you have
neglected to visit your barber or performed a usual
function of toilet on the morning of your shoot the
stock of your gun will slip very readily on your
cheek. The back sight of any gun is the comb of
the stock and your cheek must cling to it tenaciously
or targets will slip by you.
* » • »
Mrs. E. M. Fleming of Denver, Col., has sent her
Pomeranian Pompey Knight to St. Louis to be bred
to Ch. Offley Kew Marco. This wee Pom has trav-
eled over 6,000 miles in the course of her short live
in the interest of posterity.
* • • •
Colonel "Barnes" Young has forsaken the Truckee
river and is having some rare and unique sport fish-
ing with fly for rock sod at Yellow Bluff, near Lime
Point. The Colonel has long contended that rock
cod can be caught with fly as well as bait, and the
success he has been having has shut the mouths of
the scoffers.
* * * *
Bob Murdock sends word from Middle River, near
Stockton, that he has had fair luck in his quest for
black ^ss, and that there is also an unusual run of
"stripes." The fish of the last named species caught
range in size from one to three pounds, and one of
thirteen pounds has been caught.
* * * *
Several large steelhead, perhaps spent fish just
dropping down from the headwaters of the receding
coast streams, but full of fight nevertheless, fell vic-
tims to the luck and skill of local anglers Sunday a
week ago. The trout were of such size as to create
a sensation in angling circles, as most of the big
ones have long ago dropped from the streams into
the sea and the new runs have not started yet. Since
early in the season no big fish have been caught in
the vicinity of San Francisco bay. The largest of
the steelhead weighed five pounds and was caught
by Tony Prior at Alvarado. Prior also took a two-
pounder.
* * * •
Charles Gibbs and Virgil C. Howe are planning an
extensive hunting and fishing trip. They will start
the first of the coming month, packing out of Eureka.
The wilds of Humboldt county will claim them for a
month, the first half of which will be spent fishing
and the second half deer and bear hunting. The
country in which they will hide themselves is about
the Mad, Eel and Trinity rivers.
* * * *
Burt Upton, of South San Francisco, a rock cod
fisherman, fishing off the shore at Angel Island last
Wednesday in one of Sam McDonough's row boats,
hooked a shark 8% feet long. He succeeded in get-
ting the monster to shallow water by the shore and
killed him with an oar which he broke all to pieces
in so doing. This shark was big enough to bite a
man's leg off.
* • • •
Charles Redding is looking forward to a hunt with
the Farley boys in Nicasio Valley. Pratt Inman, Dr.
Sawyer and Jack Sims will hunt on the Bolinas ridge,
while Hugh McCurdy will hit the trail for Bolinas.
William McDermott and Dotty Redmond have a few
deer staked out for the opening day, and James Red-
mond is delaying his hunting trip to go with Mr.
Bean of Tomales some time in September.
* * * *
Mr. Mabry McMahon has stated that he will not
permit hunting this year on the Santa Venetia prop-
erty so this will cut out cold trail hunting for some
of the local boys.
* * * *
Robert Trumbull and Robert Brown and the Peta-
luma aggregation, including the famous shot Jack
McLaughlin, are going to hunt the DeLong ranches
again this year. Charles Byrnes, Dr. Stanley and
Emil Coret are going to Mendocino county on the
1st for a few weeks' hunt. Sheriff J. J. Keating, Rob-
erl Johnson. Edward Butler and a few other notable
shots are going to take their annual pilgrimage into
Mendocino county after the first of the month. If
the Sheriff doesn't make any better showing shoot-
ing deer than he does blue rocks, it will be a wise
n.ove for him to appoint himself chief cook and
lemain in camp.
Anglers Go to Court Over Salmon. — A very inter-
esting angling case, which had its comic side, was
heard in the Scottish courts recently. The cause
of the trouble was thus: One sunny day last May
two anglers were busily engaged on Loch Lomond
in trying to capture salmon. One angler, who was
fly-fishing, hooked a salmon, which made for shallow
water and ran along between boat and shore. Now,
there happened to be another angler close by who
was minnow-trolling with two rods out, and proceed-
ing on a straight course. As the latter"s lines passed
the fly-fisher's boat the salmon made a sudden dash,
and, boring down, was caught by the minnow-fisher's
tackle. What happened was probably the trolling
line ran down the fly-line and hooked the salmon,
because the trolling hooks were later found in the
salmon's back. Anyhow, the result was that the fly-
cast broke and the salmon became connected with
the minnow-angler. After about 40 minutes' play
the troller succeeded in landing the salmon. The fly-
fisher, who had meanwhile been biding his time, went
alongside and claimed the fish, pointing at his fly,
which was still in the salmon's mouth, as evidence,
and remarking that the troller had, by foulhooking
the fish, broken his fly-line attachment to the fish.
Then a nice point arose — Whose was the fish? And
this question had eventually to be decided in court.
The fly-man's case was that the fish was firmly
attached to his line, and the troller came along and
broke his hold. The troller said he did not know
how the thing happened; but, at any rate, he had
hooked the fish and landed it. The fish, valued at
£4, had, pending the result of the action, been
placed in cold storage. After long arguments and
much evidence for and against, the judge declared in
favor of the fly-fisherman, and we think that most of
our readers will agree with his decision. It is an
unwritten rule, we believe, for boats to give every
freedom, and, if need be, assistance to any angler
who has hooked a fish. Such cases have, we under-
stand, often arisen in whale-hunting, and the man
who can prove that his harpoon first struck the
whale and remains in the whale can claim posses-
sion. A somewhat similar rule exists in pig-sticking
and big-game hunting, but we are not sure if it is
generally recognized.
Fish Culturists Estimate. — The Fish and Game
Commission's expert fish culturists have estimated
that the average Bear Lake trout of the size entering
the streams will cast about 3500 prime eggs. This
year these fish were given a chance to lay their eggs
in peace by the postponement of angling until May
1st. Now the upper end of the lake is so full of little
fish that it is being shown as a curiosity by Gus
Knight and other resort people.
In the favorable condition of Bear Lake a large
percentage of eggs will mature, and thus it is easily
possible that one fish taken in spawning season
might produce two and a half tons of catchable trout
in a few years. Probably the percentage is not far
from that, as the increase of the fish in the lake has
been phenomenal when the big annual widening of
the waters is considered.
Wherever sportsmen familiar with it gather, Bear
Lake is an ever popular and absorbing topic. It has
done a great deal to familiarize fishermen with the
practical value of the Fish and Game Commission's
propagation and protection work, which never can
supplant nature, but hopes to aid her.
Rod and Reel Outing. — On September 2, 3 and 4
the Southern California Rod and Reel Club will cel-
ebrate its tenth anniversary of founding with another
special-car outing at Mateo Siding .arrangements
being in the hands of Secretary Smith and Oscar
Lane. The founder and some of the brethren may
be busy with a different kind of game those days —
deer and doves — but all will be there in spirit at
least. Already many have signified intention to go.
The plan is to leave Saturday behind the San Diego
"Owl" train and make a two days' outing of it, if the
majority wish to do that; otherwise return sooner.
Probably the cars will remain set out until Monday,
as any who wish can return by regular trains.
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Game Increases in Yosemite. — There are five times
as many deer and bear in the Yosemite National
Park this year as there were four years ago, accord-
ing to the statement of Chief Ranger Townsley. The
mals is due to the strict enforcement of the anti-
mals is due to the strict enforcement o fthe anti-
firearms rule and to the merciless war waged against
coyotes, foxes, mountain lions and other destructive
animals by the park rangers. The campaign against
mountain lions will be conducted with all possible
vigor next winter, and Townsley says that by next
summer there will not be a lion in the park.
Deer are plentiful in the smaller canyons near
Camp Curry, and parties seldom go out for the day
without encountering half a dozen or more. One
motorist counted fifteen deer along the automobile
road between Camp Curry and Glacier Point.
Bear are likewise plentiful. Several come every
night to feed at the bear pit near the lower end of
the Yosemite Floor, and on moonlight nights many
tourists from Camp Curry and other resorts go down
the valley to witness the repast.
Most of the destructive bluejays in the park have
been killed by the rangers, and pigeons and other
small birds are multiplying rapidly. A wholesale
poisoning campaign has resulted in clearing out most
of the ground squirrels, but attractive gray squirrels
are now more plentiful than ever.
Argument About Species of Trout. — Many an ang-
ler's camp has been split into discord over a dis-
cussion concerning steelhead and rainbow trout. Are
they one and the same fish? Do steelhead become
rainbows when they get into fresh water and lose
their scales, or do rainbows glide down stream and,
presto! when they inhale a gill full of salt water
turn into steelheads? Fishermen without number
have argued these questions, and even the ichthyol-
ogists, those lucky persons who just fish and then
think about the fish, can't agree.
But N. B. Scofield, the man who knows all trout
by their first name and directs the Commercial Fish-
eries Department for the Fish and Game Commis-
sion, has now come out and "spoke his mind" about
rainbow and steelhead.
In response to a letter addressed to him by Phil
B. Bekeart, Scofield replies:
"The steelhead is the adult sea-run form of this
same species (the rainbow)." Thus, at one smash
of the typewriter, the California expert ruins a lot
of fine debating material.
Although Scofield feels sure that the steelhead and
rainbow are of one and the same species, he admits
that there is still room for argument. But he pre-
sents some facts which, if absorbed by the anticipa-
tory fisherman, will enable him to utterly overwhelm
his campfire elocutionists. A part of the letter to
Bekeart follows:
"Trout of the short coast streams of California,
especially those in the vicinity of San Francisco bay,
are typical rainbow.
"When the fish culturists speak of rainbow they
refer to the fish which mature in the stream and
when they speak of steelhead they refer to the rain-
bow which matures in the sea. Strictly speaking,
they are all rainbows.
"The trout of the short coast streams of California
are of the species Salmo irideus. The steelhead is
the adult sea-run form of this same species.
The word "rainbow" is a general term applied to
a group of closely related varieties of trout inhabit-
ing the streams on the west side of the Sierra Neva-
das, and in speaking of rainbows we would avoid
confusion if we would designate the particular stream
or variety we mean.
Years ago, according to fishermen, "Professor"
Lamotte, who had charge of the fisheries at Ukiah,
and David Starr Jordan, entered into a violent news-
paper controversy over this same question. After
several years Lamotte finally downed Jordan, and
now Bekeart possesses a letter from the famous
Stanford scientist saying that, after all, rainbow are
steelhead ,and vice versa. So there the argument
ends.
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Passing of the Moose. — A note of warning is sound-
ed by the supervisor of the Superior National Forest,
L. M. Brownell, to the effect that the moose, giant
of the deer family, is rapidly following the buffalo
along the sloping way that leads to obliteration. The
big game animal of the Minnesota pineries has for
years been the moose. In the heart of that region
lies the Superior State Game Refuge with its 2,000,000
acres of land, and here in larger numbers than any-
where else in the land have beeen found these her-
mits of the animal kingdom, pacing, solitary, the
forest aisles; browsing on maple, birch and willow,
or, in summer, hock or shoulder deep in lake or
stream, baffling the stinging flies and munching the
tender shoots of lilies and wild rice. And now, says
Mr. Brownell, they are moving on — some to the
Canadian woods, but more from their unhappy hunt-
ing in Minnesota to the happy no-hunting grounds in
oblivion. Their bodies are found often, scorned as
regards meat or even the antlers, bullet-rent simply
to gratify the idle caprice of a puerile-spirited hunter.
For there is no possible glory attached to the slaying
of the moose around the waterways. From the stand-
point of sportsmanship it is only on a par with the
shooting of a horse in pasture.
Hunting Dog Earns Master's Care. — The season of
the year is now here when the setter and the pointer
possessed of any commendable working abilities in
the field come into their own. The indifference of
the close season gives place to the most lively inter-
est in the open season. Nor is this new interest
manifest on the man's side only. The dog, observ-
ing the significant unearthing of sporting toggery,
anticipates the pleasures of forthcoming field work
and displays renewed affection toward the person of
his master.
A time has come when in a way there is a certain
community of interest between man and dog in the
pleasures of shooting. However, few sportsmen con-
sider that even if the pleasures of pursuit and cap-
ture be divided equally there is no equal division in
the amount or fatigue of the work.
Galloping up and down hill through cover and
open, over ground wet or dry, smooth or rough, with
the interests of the gun to observe and ever keep
in mind, the dog has a task which is laborious in its
execution and varied in its requirements. He must
skillfully beat out the ground as his master walks
through it and when the birds are found he must
take a subordinate yet earnest part in assisting Ms
master to effect possession of them.
Yet after a day of such fatiguing labor the dog
may be scantily fed or fed abundantly on food which
he detests and then left to shift as best he can for
his sleeping quarters. If he is ravenously hungry he
may seem to enjoy a bad supper, but a good supper
for a dog is easily provided if a little forethought is
Saturday, July 22, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
exercised concerning it, and the best fed dog, all
else being equal, will do by far the best work.
A thoroughly fatigued dog is liable to lie down
anywhere, but the seeking for rest should not be
construed as an expression of contentment. In the
matter of comfort and healthtulness the tired dog
has no judgment. The immediate needs of the mo-
ment are all that he considers. If he curls up by
the side of a haystack in the early evening it may
be a good selection for the time being. Later in the
night, however, if a frost or rain sets in, no more
uncomfortable place could be found.
There is no more pathetic sight in the incidents of
field shooting than that of a dog which, muscle sore
and wearied when he begins his outdoor rest, wakes
trembling, stiff and unrefreshed in the damp chill
of the morning and tries to wag his tail and look
pleased in his effort to greet cheerfully his master
who has slept comfortably. It is not a difficult task
to provide some kind of comfortable sleeping quar-
ters for one's dog. There generally is an abundance
of hay everywhere and with it a most comfortable
bed can be quickly made.
The neglect of a dog, so often an incident of hunt-
ing parties, is the result of thoughtlessness, not of
intention. A little forethought and provision are not
extravagant returns, however, for the services which
the setter and pointer at work render their masters.
Some dog cakes, some lean beef and a place to
sleep comfortably are humble requital in return for
strenuous services, aside from the affection and de-
votion which the dog has for the master he loves.
The merciful master should see that his dog suffers
not from any neglect, first of all because he is an
affectionate and devoted friend more than a servant,
and secondly because in a day of effort afield he
earns his keep a thousandfold. — Sporting Life.
QC
Golden Gate Club — The interest in trapshootlng
around the bay was indicated on Sunday when fifty
scatter-gun artists gathered for the monthly shoot of
the Golden Gate Club. Although the Alameda
grounds were not in the best of condition, due to
some dredging work going on, the gunneis were at
the trap from early in the morning until well in the
afternoon.
The scores established were very creditable. Henry
Stelling came through high gun on the day with a
score of 48 out of 50. He was closely pressed by
W. J. Terry and W. E. Cooley ,who smashed 47
apiece. Andy Flickinger, N. A. Howard and L. Baird
were there with 46 apiece. There were others close
u pto the top.
L. S. Hawxhurst led the professional contingent
with a 47x50 record. The scores were as follows:
Events— 20 20 10 Total
A. G. Flickinger 20 16 10 46
Dr. Topham 19 19 1 «
W. H. Price* 18 17 9 34
Captain Du Bray* 19 19 6 44
George Thomas 15 19 6 40
H .C. Peet 13 16 6 37
P. Swenson 14 14 9 37
T W. Parsons 15 13 5 33
W. E. Cooley 19 18 10 47
\V. Stadfeldt* 14 15 8 37
C. Stadfeldt 20 13 "4 37
N. A. Howard IS 19 9 46
Toney Prior 19 18 7 44
B. Worthen 19 14 10 43
Miss Meyers 15 9 8 32
J. W. F. Moore* 11 11 5 27
C. A. Merrill 15 17 6 38
H. J. Yocom 13 13 7 33
W. E. Mann 16 9 7 32
A. Stoneberger 19 14 6 39
F. Merrill 17 16 .. 33
S. G. Atwood 9 11 3 23
Frank Webster 18 18 9 45
D. Best 17 14 7 38
J. H. Millett 15 16 10 41
Harry Truscott* 12 16 5 33
H. R. Phinney 15 19 7 41
G. F. Ruble 11 16 8 35
A. Korn If 11 6 30
H. Stellinn 20 19 9 48
A.G.Wilkes 16 15 9 40
Dr. McGettigan ... . . 18 19 8 45
Col. Dorsey 12 19 6 37
John W. Considine 16 17 8 41
Mrs. A. G. Wilkes 11 15 8 34
W. J. Terry 20 18 9 47
C. Knight* 15 15 8 38
J. Nelson* 16 14 7 37
Larry Middleton* 12 16 6 34
L. Baird 19 19 8 46
L. S. Hawxhurst* 19 18 10 47
F. W. Blum 14 15 8 37
L. Simson 17 18 9 44
O. N. Jones* 15 9 9 33
E. Holle 17 19 9 45
J. H. Jones 10 15 6 31
J. B. Hauer 18 .. 10 28
Mrs. J. B. Hauer 11 . . 7 18
McCiaughey 6 . . . . 6
♦Professionals.
8B
A Forest Ranger on the Lassen National Forest
recently discovered a petrified stump and part of a
tree near the Red Bluff-Susanville Highway. A sign
will be placed on the road calling the attention of the
travelers to the tree.
State Champions Who Meet At The
Grand American Handicap Next Month
Score.
.100
.100
State. Winner.
Arizona (1915 H. P. De Mund
California H. Pfirrmann, Jr
Colorado R. A. King
District of Columbia Affiliated with Maryland.
Florida T. H. Evans 91
Georgia B. Timms 98
Idaho E. M. Sweeley 98
Illinois C. G. Burmeister 100
Indiana LeR. Pickett 99
Iowa Wm. Ridley 100
Kansas Geo. Grubb 99
Kentucky J. D. Gay 98
Maryland M. G. Gill 98
Michigan Joe Bryant 98
Mississippi F. P. Fltz Gerald 99
Missouri C. B. Eaton 98
New Hampshire H. E. Thompson 94
Nebraska F. Rudat 98
New Jersey C. W. Speer 99
New Mexico Affiliated with Colorado
North Dakota F. Holland 97
New York H. J. Pendergast 100
Ohio M. S. Hootman 99
Oregon P. H. O'Brien 98
Oklahoma J. N. Walker 94
Pennsylvania Allen Heil 100
Tennessee T. Hale 97
Texas E. F. Forsgard 95
Utah A. P. Bigelow 100
Vermont D. M. Barclay 94
Virginia (1915) W. D. Runnels 98
Washington F. M. Troeh 97
West Virginia W. A. Weidebusch 99
Runner-up.
D. E. Morrell
C. H. Nash
W. R. Thomas, Jr.
Score.
. . . . 95
. ... 96
.... 95
97
98
99
99
99
97
W. N. Boylston
W. H. Jones
E. C. Grice
C. M. Powers
R. H. Bruns
J. R. Jahn
Frank Luther
W. Henderson 97
R. D. Morgan 96
C. A. Galbraith 97
O. Wineman 98
T. M. Ehler 97
P. M. Kling 93
H. Philson 98
C. B. Piatt 98
A. R. Chezik 94
R. L. Spotts 99
K. P. Johnson 99
A. Blair 97
W. R. Campbell 93
Paul Burger 97
J. H. Noel 96
G. L. Becker . . .
C. H. Burr
G. O. Lee
C. E. McKelvey
R. Gerstell, Jr. .
99
89
97
94
98
The above listed champions are only a few of those
who will participate in the event to decide the ama-
teur championship of America under the auspices of
the Interstate Association for the Encouragement of
Trapshooting in St. Louis late in August. Only the
winners of State championships can participate in
this event, which like the championship event in the
States will be at 100 targets. This competition brings
the best amateur shots in America together and the
winner is unquestionably the best shot in the land —
as far as the amateurs go. There is little difference,
though, in the ability of the professional and amateur
shot these days.
It will be noted that seven of the champions in the
above list have perfect scores and that every cham-
pionship has been won by a score of over 90. Thus
far 30 State tournaments have been conducted and
two more are at hand.
Exhibition of Casting. — The visiting colony of fish-
ermen, composed largely of Los Angeles people, all
of them members of the Southern California Rod and
Reel Club, including Sherman Baker, vice-president
of the club, entertained the people of Oceanside last
week on a vacant block near the Santa Fe depot with
a demonstration of casting, using the ordinary 2%-
ounce sinker. The best averages of five throws were
as follows:
A. E. Perkins 204 4-5
Oscar Lane 176 1-5
Sherman Baker 202 2-5
C. H. King 117 4-5
G. G. Harwood 110 3-5
Charles Creciat 153 1-2
C. H. Kling 136 2-5
Mrs. C. H. Kling 120 2-5
In an exhibition for the best average in five throws
with a half-ounce sinker Mr. Baker made 125 3-5.
Most of the men were accompanied by their wives
and have been passing several weeks here, where the
fishing is fine and the conditions ideal for an outing.
— W. M., Oceanside.
30
Lake Almanor Recommended. — Fish and Game
Commissioner Frank Newbert has been looking over
the splendid rainbow egg-taking possibility develop-
ing by the reclamation of Big Meadows to anglers
in the north, Eugene W. Hunt, superintendent of the
Tahoe hatchery and a world-famous fish culturist,
having "discovered" this chance to add to California's
resources in the sporting line. These experts de-
scribe the new "Lake Almanor" formed at Big Mead-
ows as "another Bear Lake," which recommends it.
oe
Good Reports of Game. — Roseate reports of quail,
doves, and rabbits breeding freely continue to pile
up as Fish and Game Commission deputies and other
sportsmen cover the outlying country more closely.
With deer hunting permissible in western Kern and
the up-coast counties from San Luis Obispo to Men-
docino, inclusive, after August 1, the gunners are
beginning to smell nitro powder smoke every time
they light a cigar, so are on the lookout for meat,
whether cloaked in feathers or fur. And there seems
to be plenty of it.
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The Victor Gun Club and the Lucas Valley Gun
Club are getting ready to hunt the fleet-footed ani-
mals on the opening day. Both clubs have their
keepers on the ground and they predict a good sea-
son. The Big Rock Shooting Club, with Banker Von
Luven as President, are also brightening up their
shooting irons for the opening day. Rumor says that
Dr. R. C. Dufficy is going to use his 16-bore shot gun
this year to hunt deer instead of his 22 long range
gun of last year. The Doctor is of the opinion that
he may have better luck in case he encounters a herd
of deer.
Groat High Gun at Vernon Club. — C. E. Groat was
high gun for the Hoegee trophy at the Vernon Gun
Club last Sunday with 48x50 smashes to his credit.
A. W. Bruner was second with 47x50 and C. W. Fish
took third with 46x50. Groat missed one bird in each
event. Dr. Packard now leads for the trophy with
only two more Sundays to go. Stanton Bruner is
giving him a close race, as only one target separated
the two cracks. Meek and Dierdoff are tied for third
place.
In the 20-gauge event Ed Hedderly and Billy Wfl-
shire tied with 22x25 smashes. Fish was second with
21. Mrs. Groat had a mark of 45x50 in the practice
event. Four shooters are now tied for the 20-gauge
trophy. The scores:
Hdcp. Hoegee Tr. 20-Ga.
S. A. Bruner 20 22 22—44 19
Meek 19 24 21—45
Wilshire 16 21 21—42 22
Wilson 16 19 24—43
A. W. Bruner 16 24 23—47 .
K. Wiley 16 13 18—31
E. Simmonson 16 12 18 — 26
C. W. Fish 17 21 25—46 21
Miller I.G 15 19—34
Pugh 18 23 22—45
Peterson 16 16 18—34 18
C. P. Smith 16 15 15—30
I. Lacv 16 15 17—32
Packard 21 22 23—45
Kimble t6 19 24—43
C. E. Groat 18 24 24—48 19
Mrs. C. E. Groat 18 24 21—45
Hedderly 16 22 22—44 22
Dierdoff 18 22 25—45
Practice event — S. A. Bruner 24x25. Meek 24x25,
Wilshire 20x25, Wilson 18x25, Miller 30x50. C. P.
Smith 14x25, C. E. Groat 46x50, Mrs. C. E. Groat
45x50.
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The annual Pacific Coast Handicap, slated for the
Everding Park traps, at Portland, Ore., in Septem-
ber, already is creating interest. A. W. Strowger,
president of the Portland Gun Club, has received
inquiries from as far South as San Diego, Cal., and
25 shooters are expected from all parts of tin
State. The shoot comes after the Grand American
Handicap, at St. Louis.
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Forest Notes. — According to the Forest Rangers on
the Sierra National Forest, a large number of wood
and metal trail sil-ds placed by the Forest Service
along the mountain trails last summer for the benefit
of travelers were torn down early this spring by
bears. The destruction was done apparently in a
spirit of pure mischievousness. Rangers familiar
with the habits of these animals offer no other ex-
planation.
TMH BEEEDBK AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 22, 1916.
THE FARM
"TO CONTROL CABBAGE PEST.
How to control cabbage and onion
maggots is shown in a letter recently
issued by the agricultural extension
division, University farm, St. Paul:
'n experiments at the farm last year
and the year before this mixture was
used for cabbages:
Lead arsenate. % ounce;
New Orleans molasses, *& pint;
Water. 1 gallon.
This mixture was sprayed over the
plants every week, or twice a week in
nny weather, from the time they
were set out until May 20. For a sec-
ond brood of the pests the spray was
applied from July 1 to 20.
A spray that has been used to des-
troy the onion maggot at University
farm is made of:
Sodium arsenate, 1-5 ounce;
New Orleans molasses, % pint;
Water. 3 gallon.
Such a solution, however, tends to
burn the leaves of the cabbages.
The barred-wing onion maggot is con-
trolled by destroying all old, infested
onions in the spring.
The first indication of the cabbage
or onion maggots is the wilting of the
p'ant after the pest has attacked the
underground parts.
SHAPING TREES.
In shaping trees, the orchardist must
use his own judgment largely. Where
the trees are very small care should
be exercised not to cut away any por-
tion of the tree which may affect its
appearance in the future. Beginners
should not start on' young or small
trees, for mistakes on them are always
costly. If you observe a serious fork
in the young tree, it should be rem-
edied at once by cutting away the one
which you think will not make the best
producer. If such a defect is rem-
edied early in the life time of a tree
it will scarcely be noticeable later, but
to allow it to remain for any length of
time is to injure and deform the tree
permanently.
Warranted
to give satisfaction.
GOMBAULT'S
CAUSTIC BALSAM
A safe, speedy and
positive care for
Cart , Splint, Sweeny , Capped Hock ,
Strained Tendons, Founder, wind Pnfli,
and all lameneei from Spavin, Ringbone
and other bony tumors. Cores all skin
diseajos or Parajltea, Thrash, Diphtheria.
BemeTei all Bunch* s from Horses or
Cattle.
Am a nrMAS EEHEDT for Bhen*
AtUa, Ipraiii, 0ore Tbrtrat, et«-, It
Ftttt boStte of OaaiUc Balaam sold la
Mrafejad to glre aadWfcaMoB . Prl« 81 .SO
par bottla. Sold by finnlw. or iant by ex-
araaa, oaarna paid. w*ttKtD diractiOTii for 1U
a*a- Bend for aeaanptrrt dnmiaxs, tattlmo-
alali, «to. Addreaa
TD UTUKI-THiliJU HD aJT, filmland, 6ii«
BLAKE MOFFIT 6 TOWNE
DEALERS PApER
B7-1«t St., tan Francisco, Cal.
31kke. UcFa.il «fc Co.. Portland, Or*.
Blak*. Mont and Town*. Lot Anfalai
Wnt .F. EG AN, V.M.R.C.S.
Veterinary 8urgeon.
1155 Golden Qate Ave.
F -ftnch Hoepltal, corner Webeter ido
Chestnut Streeta.
•an Francleoo, Cal.
HAY MAKING WITH LITTLE SUN-
SHINE.
Notwithstanding the old saying,
''Make hay while the sun shines," the
best quality of hay would result if the
hay could be cured without the sun-
shine, according to Professor J. E.
Larson of the Oregon Agricultural Col-
lege. "It is easy to overdo the sun-
shine business, and the best green hay
product is often ruined by too much
sunshine in the curing. The quality of
the hay depends very much upon the
making, the best quality undergoing
a certain degree of fermentation. Ex-
treme light and sunshine prevent this
and also destroy the natural green col-
or, which should be kept in the cured
hay as largely as possible. Good color
and good quality are closely associat-
ed. Hay, especiallj- grain and vetch,
allowed to lie in small bunches until
completely burned out, is low in value.
It looks about like excelsior and is
worth about as much for feed."
POTATO DISEASE CONTROL
After an examination in 49 digerent
places in Canyon county. Idaho, in the
investigation of potatoes and their dis-
eases, W. T. McCall, county agent of
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture, gives out the following state-
ment in reference to the deduction
consequent to his research:
"I have examined potatoes and dis-
cussed potato diseases in not less than
•4 Odifferent localities in Canyon coun-
ty. In every place where potatoes
were examined, two diseases, rhizoc-
tonia and fusarium wilt, were generally
found, while scab was also common;
and in many instances 50 per cent of
the tubers examined were infested.
"The only conclusion to be drawn
from such a condition is that the yield
of potatoes in Canyon county fields
must have been reduced in 1915 any-
where from 10 to 30 per cent on ac-
count of diseases alone.
"Another fact brought out by the
work in Canyon county this year is
that but few of the people who grow
potatoes know diseases when present,
nor what control methods should be
practiced in order to hold the diseases
in check.
"In order to demonstrate the best
known methods of potato disease con-
trol, and to find out how applicable
they are to Canyon county conditions,
potato disease control work will be
done by the county agent and E. P.
Taylor .of the extension department of
the University of Idaho, on the follow-
ing Canyon county farms: Mr. Givens,
Payette; Mr. Hinchliff. New Plymouth;
Mr. Talbott, Notus; M. Frosig, Wild-
er; Charles Colliama, Deer Flat, and
J. Salisbury, Meiba.
"The first work taken up will be
seed treatment for scab and rhizocto-
nia, and seed selection for fusarium
wilt.
"This work has already been done at
Notus. Payette and New Plymouth, and
will be conducted on the remaining
farms on dates to be announced later.
"One acre will be the average size
of field chosen for planting of treated
and untreated, and selected and un-
selected seed. During the summer
months, on dates to be announced,
rogueing of diseased plants from test
plots will be practiced, and where the
owner has reasonably pure seed, and
so desires, the field will be gone over
during blooming season and any plants
that are not true to type will be re-
moved.
"In the fall of the year the fields
will be again gone over and seed for
the work of 1917 will be selected from
the high yielding and reasonably dis-
free hills. Accurate records of work
done will be kept and the results ac-
complished will be published at the
end of the season. Every man in Can-
yon county interested in growing po-
tatoes on a commercial scale and at a
profit should endeavor to be present at
every field meeting on those demon-
stration farms, prepared to lend assist-
ance, to watch results, and to co-
operate in working out a method of
potato disease control; for if the pres-
ent methods of potato growing are not
changed very soon, we will find that
we can not grow and market potatoes
at a profit, for the diseases will get
worse every year, and the reduced
yields we do secure will find a slow
market."
INYO COUNTY
Fair and
Stock Show
BISHOP, CAL.,
Sept. 28-29-30, 1916
RACE PROGRAM
Entries Close August 28th, 1916
(Running Races Close Overnight)
THURSDAY, SEPT. 28th
Valley View Hctel Purse, for 2:40
Trotters and 2:50 Pacers $200
Dusey's Purse, for |/2 mile run and
repeat 100
Breeders' Purse, for 2-year-olds and
under, (nyo County owned Aug. 25 100
FRIDAY, SEPT. 29th
Chamber of Commerce Purse, for 2:20
Trotters and 2:25 Pacers $200
Italia Hotel Purse, for 2:12 Trotters
and 2:19 Pacers 200
SATURDAY, SEPT. 30th
Red Front Purse, for 3-minute Trot-
ters and 3-minute Pacers $200
Tungsten City Purse, for Free-for-AII
Trotters or Pacers 200
Clark Hotel Purse, for '/2-mile run and
repeat 100
CONDITIONS
FREE STALL RENT— FREE HAT-
FREE TRANSPORTATION TO AND
FROM DEPOT.
Harness races best three in five except
for two-year-olds, which are two in three.
Entrance fee five per cent and usual
five per cent from money winners.
One horse may be entered in two or
more classes or two or more horses may
be entered in one class and nominator
held for but one entry, but full entrance
fee will be demanded on every horse that
starts.
Two horses or more may be started un-
der same ownership or control. Five to
enter and four to start. Two horses un-
der one ownership or control when start-
ed in same race will be counted as one
in arriving at number of starters.
Records made on August 25th will not
constitute a bar.
Money divided 50. 25. 15 and 10 per cent
in harness races and 60. 25, and 15 per
cent in running races. A horse distancing
the field entitled to but one money.
Right reserved to change order of pro-
gram.
Member National Trotting Association.
Write for concessions.
GUY L. FINLEY,, Speed Supt.
A. MARSHALL, Secretary,
Bishop. Cal.
ASK YOUR DEALER FOR
C&S
AXLE GREASE
C. & S. is the highest
grade of Axle Grease
manufactured. Do not
confuse it with grease
made of crude petroleum.
C. & S. has created the
standard on the Pacific
Coast for quality grease:
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San Francisco
Veterinary
Dentistry
Ira Barker Dalzlel
Every facility to give the beet of pro-
feeelonal services to all caaee of veterin-
ary dentistry. Complicated caiei treated
successfully. Calls from out of town
promptly responded to.
The best work at reasonable prices
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MO Fulton »t.
San Francisco, Cal.
HEALD'8
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trains for business
and places its graduates
in position
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SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
WANTED — A trainer to handle and
train colts and aged horses. Must be
sober, careful and experienced. Give ref-
erences, age, qualifications, in first com-
munication. Address P. W. KELLET,
Breeder & Sportsman.
I WANT TO BUY.— I have sold eleven
horses in the last few months ranging
from §2.000 to $200. If you have a horse
for sale and will write me, I will tell you
what my system is. It is a winner. I find
there is a buyer for every horse for sale
at the right price. It is just a question of
getting the buyer and seller together. If
you have one for sale let me hear from
you. MAGNUS FLAWS.
542 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, HI.
FARMS FOR SALE
Choice Land In Idaho
Lewiston. Idaho, is situated at the
forks of Clearwater and Snake rivers and
has transportation to the coast.
960 acres 7% miles from Lewiston, Ida-
ho. 4^2 from Lapwal, Idaho, on main
traveled road, all in cultivation except
about 15 acres, all level land. Just a little
rolling, 320 acres of fall wheat In. 225
acres fall plowed for spring crop, about
30 acres In alfalfa. All fenced and cross
fenced. Two good springs with big cem-
ent water troughs, well, windmill and
ctment reservoir, water piped to house,
7 room house, hot and cold water and
electric lights. Large horse barn with
hay mow in the center, electric lights In
barn; cow barn with two box stalls; hog
pens, shade trees, chicken houses, black-
smith shop, wagon shed, granary, outdoor
cellar with bunk house overhead. $85 per
acre; will take one-third down, time on
balance to suit purchaser, at 7 per cent
interest. One-third of crop goes with
place if sold any time up close to harvest.
Mild climate, can raise all kinds of fruit,
grain and vegetables. Wheat In this
country goes from 35 to 65 bushels per
acre, barley 40 to 80 bushels per acre.
320 acres 4*£ miles south of Vollmer.
Idaho. 275 acres in cultivation, balance in
pasture and timber, farm land lays prac-
tically level, one-third of crop goes with
place if sold before harvest. Some fall
wheat already sown. All fenced and cross
fenced. Quarter section of it fenced hog
tight; good four-room house, wood shed,
and out of door cellar, nice grove around
house, well at house, fair stabling and
out buildings, spring and spring creek
close to barn, three springs on place.
Price $70 per acre, one-third cash, bal-
ance at 7 per cent. Time to suit pur-
chaser.
238 acres 4*4 miles from Lewiston, Ida-
ho, 175 acres in cultivation, 25 more can
be cultivated, balance good bunch grass
pasture, fenced and cross-fenced, good
spring creek runs across place, small
house, station on place for Johnson R. R..
two grain warehouses at station. Price
$70 per acre, one-third cash, balance at
7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
160 acres of timber land, good farm land
when timber is cleared off, all can be
farmed except about 2 or 3 acres. Good
timber, yellow pine and fir. Price $4000.
40 miles from Lewiston, Idaho. Well
located to log off.
240 acres 6 miles from Asotin. 12 miles
from Lewiston, Idaho, about 75 acres in
fall wheat, about 75 acres more can be
cultivated, balance in bunch grass pas-
ture, two springs, small house, all fenced.
Price $40 per acre, one-third cash, balance
at 7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
Reference Lewiston National Bank and
First National Bank. Address
F. W. KELLEY.
Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal.
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Saturday, July 22, 1916. j
THfe BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Sonoma, Marin, Humboldt and Mendocino Fair
Santa Rosa, August 9, 10, 11 and 12, 1916
Live Stock, Horticultural, Agricultural and Industrial Exposition
Special Excursions From All Points
PACIFIC COAST TROTTING HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION'S
27th Annual Race Meeting
$16,000 LNndPUsxAKls Fastest Horses onetntee^st
Monday, August 7, 1916.
1:30 p. m. — Opening: of Fair Grounds to public. Music
and orations for the occasion.
2:30 p. m. — Better baby show.
4:00 p. m. — Judging of horticultural products.
7:30 p. m. — Grand Ball and promenade through the
beautiful forest decorated with horticul-
tural, agricultural and manufactured
products.
Tuesday, August 8 — Children's Day.
10:00 a. m. — Judging of agricultural products.
11:00 a, m. — Judging of live stock.
1:30 p. m. — Stock parade.
3:00 p.m. — Forest carnival events.
8:00 p. m. — Dance and special events on midway.
Wednesday, August 9 — Pomona Grange's Day.
10:00 a. m. — Judging of manufactured products.
2:00 p. m.— Races. P. C. T. H. B. A.:
Three-year-old pacing division, Futurity
Stake No. 13 (closed 1912) $1300
2:09 class, trotting 500
2 :20 class, pacing ' . , 900
8:00 p. m. — Dance. Special events on midway. Chorus
of 300 voices.
Thursday, August 10— Petaluma and Marin Co. Day.
10:00 a. m. — Judging of mammoth egg exhibit.
11:00 a.m. — Address on scientific poultry raising.
2:00 p.m. — Races. P. C. T. H. B. A.:
Two-year-old trotting division, Futurity
Stake No. 14 (closed 1913) $1350
2:15 class, trotting 900
2 :10 class, pacing 500
8:00 p.m. — Dance. Special events on midway.
Friday, August 11 — Northern Sonoma and Mendocino
County Day.
10:00 a.m. — Stock parade.
2:00 p. rn. — Races. P. C. T. H. B. A.:
Two-year-old pacing division. Futurity
Stake No. 14 (closed 1913) $1100
Three-year-old trotting division. Futu-
rity Stake No. 13 (closed 1912) 3300
2:13 class, pacing 900
8:00 p.m. — Dance. Special events on midway.
10:30p.m. — Mammoth bonfire. Baked Burba nk potato
festivity.
Saturday, August 12— San Francisco and Oakland
Day.
10:00 a.m. — Reception of visitors.
2:00p.m. — Races, P. C. T. H. B. A.:
2:12 class, trotting $500
Free-for-all class, pacing 900
2:20 class, trotting 900
8:00 p.m. — Dance. Special events on midway.
10:30 p. m. — Barbecue.
Sunday, August 13.
10:00 a.m. — Inspection of horticultural, agricultural,
manufactured and stock exhibits.
2:00 p. m. — Concerts.
3:00 p.m. — Drill by Company E., National Guards.
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Three Running Races Each Day Monday and Tuesday and Two Running Races Each Day Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Bio Cknw Dav and EuAnina great fun at the moy zone" and "midway plaisance"
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Santa Rosa is noted tor its excellent Hotels.
It is the center of one of the richest agricultural districts in the world.
of the world-wide famous Burbank Experimental Farms.
It is the County Seat and the location
Make Your Plans to Take in the Santa Rosa Fair
F. W. KELLEY, Secretary
Race Meeting
P. O. Box 447, San Francisco, Cal.
EDWARD H. BROWN, Secretary
Fair Association
Santa Rosa, Cal.
Kern County Agricultural Fair Ass'n
FIRST ANNUAL FAIR
BAKERSFIELD, CAL.
October 24 to 28, 1916
Entries to Races to Close August 1st, 1916
RIVERSIDE COUNTY FAIR and RACE MEETING
RIVERSIDE, CAL.
All Races Limited to Three Heats
$400
400
1.
2.
PROGRAM
OCTOBER 25th OCTOBER 26th
OCTOBER 27th
2:13 Pace $400
2:30 Trot 400
3.
4.
5.
e.
HALF MILE TRACK
TWO RUNNING RACES EACH DAY.
CONDITIONS:
ALL RACES THREE HEATS— Money divided 25% to the first heat, 25% to the
second heat, 25% to the third heat, and 25% to the race according to the rank in the
summary. Money In each division 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Should two or more
horses be tied for first place at the completion of the third heat, such horses only shall
contest in a fourth heat and money divided according to rank in the summary at the
termination of that heat. A horse having won the first two heats and drawn or dis-
tanced in the third heat shall not lose position In the summary.
Nominators have the right of entering two or more horses in any race by the pay-
ment of 2% additional on each horse, but only one of the horses so entered to be
started in the race, and the starter is to be named by 5 o'clock P. M. the day before the
race is to take place.
Usual 5% additional from winners.
The Association reserves the right to declare two starters a walkover. When only
two start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, divided 66 2-3% to the first,
and 33 1-3% to the second horse. A horse distancing the field shall be entitled to first
and fourth money only and in no other case will a horse be entitled to more than
one money.
The Association reserves the right to change the hour and day of any race, except
when it becomes necessary to antedate a race. In which instance the nominators will
receive three days' notice by mail to address of entry-
The right reserved to reject any or all entries and declare off or postpone any or
all races on account of weather or other sufficient cause.
Entries not declared out by 5 o'clock P. M. the day preceding the race shall be
required to start and declarations must be in writing and made at the office of the
Secretary at the track.
The Association reserves the right to start any heat after the fourth score, regard-
less of the position of the horses.
Any horse that started in 1915 without improving its record, equaling its record,
and not winning a race, shall be entitled to one second.
Address all communications to the Secretary.
T. F. BURKE, Secretary,
Bakersfield, Cal.
Fair Dates: October 10th to 14th, Inclusive
Programme of Harness Races
Entries Close Tuesday, August 1st, 1916
ALL RACES LIMITED TO THREE HEATS.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10th
2:30 Class Trotting $ 300.00
2:18 Class Pacing 1000.00
Matinee Prizes
5s-Mile Run 200.00
'A- Mile Run 50.00
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11th
2:23 Class Pacing $300.00
2:14 Class Trotting 400.00
Matinee Prizes
34-Mile Run 75.00
A-Mile Run 50.00
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13th
2:20 Class Trotting $1000.00
Free-for-AII Pace 500.00
($50.00 added money for each
starter over four)
Matinee Prizes
1 Mile Run 500.00
Yz Mile Run 75.00
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14th
7. 2:14 Class Pacing $300.00
8. Free-for-AII Trot 500.00
($50.00 added money for each
starter over four)
SPECIAL HARNESS EVENTS
3d Mile Run $100.00
Yz Mile Run 50.00
Special for non-winners In %
and 1 mile races.
Entry blanks and conditions for running
races furnished on application to the Sec-
retary.
CONDITIONS.
Member National Trotting Association. Entries close August 1st.
Horses to be named with entry and be eligible when entries close.
All matinee entries will be classed by a classification committee prior to the
opening day of the races.
All races (except matinees), three heats, every heat a race; money to be divided
as follows: Twenty-five per cent of the purse to be paid on each heat, and twenty-five
per cent to the winner of the race according to his rank in the summary. Should
two or more horses be tied for the first place at the completion of the third heat, such
horses only shall contest in a fourth heat and money divided according to rank in the
summary at the termination of this heat. (Under this arrangement, according to the
rules adopted by the National Trotting Association, of which this Association is a
member, only the horse winning the race would take a mark.)
Heat purses will be divided 50, 25. 15 and 10 per cent.
Any race not filling satisfactorily to the Association may be declared off.
In case class in which horse is entered does not fill, entry may be transferred to
any race to which it is eligible, subject to the approval of the nominatur.
Entrance fee five per cent to start. Three per cent due and payable when entries
close, and two per cent before starting.
An additional five per cent of the division will be deducted from money winners.
Nominators have the right of entering two or more horses in one ownership in
any race by the payment of two per cent additional, but only one horse so entered
shall be started in the race; the starter to be named by 4 o'clock p. in. the day before
the race is to take place.
A horse may be entered in two classes and be held for but one entry fee (entry
fee in larger purse will be charged), provided only one start is made.
A distanced horse in any heat will be entitled to money already won. There will
be no more money than there are starters.
Entries not declared out by 4 o'clock p. m. on the day preceding the race shall be
required to start and declarations must be made in writing at the office of the Secre-
tary on the grounds.
The Association reserves the right to change the order of the program; also to
start any heat after the fourth score regardless of the position of the horses; also to
reject any and all entries and declare off or postpone any or all races on account of
the weather or other sufficient cause.
Address all communications to
O. P. SANDERS, Secretary,
Box 533, Riverside, California.
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Kings County Fair Association
12th ANNUAL FAIR
HANFORD, CAL.
OCTOBER 2nd to 7th, 1916
ENTRIES TO RACES TO CLOSE
Tuesday, July 25th
ALL RACES LIMITED TO THREE HEATS
PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4th
2:20 Class Trotting $400
2:13 Class Pacing 400
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5th
2:10 Class Pacing $400
2:25 Class Pacing 400
Half Mile
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6th
2:16 Class Trotting $400
2:25 Class Pacing 400
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7th
Free-For-All Class Pacing .$400
2:19 Class Trotting 400
Track.
GENERAL CONDITIONS.
ALL RACES THREE HEATS — Money divided 25% to the first heat, 25% to the
second heat, 25% to the third heat, and 25% to the race according to the rank in the
summary. Money in each division 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Should two or more
horses be tied for first place at '.he completion of the third heat, such horses only shall
contest in a fourth heat and money divided according to rank in the summary at the
termination of that heat. A horse having won the first two heats and drawn or dis-
tanced in '.he third heat shall not lose position in the summary.
Nominators have the right of entering two or more horses in any race by the pay-
ment of 2% additional on each horse, but only one of the horses so entered to be
started in the race, and the starter is to be named by 5 o'clock P. M. the day before ihe
race is to take place.
Usual 5% additional from winners.
The Association reserves the right to declare two starters a walkover. When only
two start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, divided 66 2-3% to the first,
and 33 1-3% to the second horse. A horse distancing the field shall be entitled to first
and fourth money only and in no other case will a horse be entitled to more than
one money.
The Association reserves the right to change the hour and day of any race, except
when it becomes necessary to antedate a race, in which instance the nominators will
receive three days' notice by mail to address of entry.
The right reserved to reject any or ail entries and declare off or postpone any or
all races on account of weather or other sufficient cause.
Entries not declared out by 5 o'clock. P. M. the day preceding the race shall be
required to start and declarations must be in writing and made at the office of the
Secretary at the track.
The Association reserves the right to start any heat after the fourth score, regard-
less of the position of the horses.
Any horse that started in 1915 without improving its record, equaling its record,
and not winning a race, shall be entitled to one second.
Address all communications to the Secretary.
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OOK at the scores made by the State Champions. See those 100's, 99's, 98' s
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Read These Scores
1916 State Champions
STATE.
WINNER.
SCORE. POWDER
Calif.
H. Pfirrmann
Los Angeles
100x100 Dupont
Colo.
R. A. King
Delta
100x100 Dupont
Fla.
T. H. Evans
Orlando
91x100 Dupont
Ga.
H. Brad Timms
Atlanta
98x100 Dupont
Ida.
E. M. Sweely
Twin Falls
98x100 Dupont
111.
G. C. Burmeister
Chicago
100x100 Schultze
Ind.
Roy Pickett
Frankfort
99x100 Schultze
Iowa
Wm. Ridley
What Cheer
100x100 E. C.
Kans.
Geo. Grubb
Witmore
99x100 Dupont
Ky.
J. D. Gay
Pine Grove
98x100 Schultze
Md.
G. Gill
Baltimore
98x100 E. C.
Mass.
Geo. L,. Osborne
Brookline
97x100 Schultze
Mich.
J. L. Bryant
Ceresco
98x100 Ballistite
Minn.
S. W. Hamilton
St. Paul
96x100 Dupont
Miss.
F. P. Fitzgerald
Clarksdale
99x100 E. C.
Mo.
C. B. Eaton
Fayette
98x100 Dupont
Mont.
C. P. Tilsey
Moore
98x100 Dupont
Neb.
F. H. Rudat
Columbus
98x100 Dead Shot
N. H.
H. E. Thompson
Manchester
94x100 Dead Shot
N. J.
Cleve Speer
Passaic
99x100 Dupont
N. Y.
H. J. Pendergast
Phoenix
100x100 Dupont
N. D.
Frank Holland
Devils Lakes
97x100 Dupont
Ohio
M. S. Hootman
Hicksville
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Okla.
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Spiro
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Ore.
P. H. O'Brien
Portland
98x100 Dupont
Penn.
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Allentown
100x100 Dupont
S. C.
J. H. Staples
Charleston
98x100 Dupont
Tenn.
Tom Hale
Mt. Pleasant
97x100 E. C.
Tex.
E. F. Forsgard
Waco
95x100 Ballistite
Utah
A. P. Bigelow
Ogden
100x100 Dupont
Vt.
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Barre
94x100 Dupont
Wash.
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Vancouver
97x100 Schultze
W. Va.
W. A. Wiedebusch
Fairmont
99x100 Dupont
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Phoenix
98x100 Dupont
Va.*
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Staunton
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[Saturday, July 29, 1916
REOPENED
and LATE CLOSING EVENTS
North Pacific Fair Association
GOOD TRACKS :: SHORT SHIPS :: FAIR PURSES
VANCOUVER, B. C, EXHIBI-
TION
August 14 — 19
H. S. ROLSTON, Secretary
TO CLOSE JULY 15th
Z% to Enter and 7% from Money- Winners.
2:10 Pace or 2:05 Trot— 3 In 5 $500
Three-year-old Trot (B. C. Horses).. 200
2:15 Pace 700
Three-year-old Pace (B. C. Horses).. 200
2:12 Trot 500
2:25 Pace 500
2:25 Trot— 3 in 5 700
TO CLOSE AUGUST 1.
5% to Enter and 5% from Money Winners.
2:20 Pace $500
2:24 Trot (B. C. Horses) 200
2:15 Trot 500
2:30 Pace 300
2:20 Trot— Open 300
2:18 Pace 500
2:15 Pace (B. C. Horses) 200
Except where specified, races are on
three heat plan.
Running races every day — Overnight en-
tries— Send for special schedule.
THE SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON FAIR
Chehalis, Wash.
Aug. 28th — Sept. ind
GEO. R. WALKER, Secretary
TO CLOSE AUGUST 14th.
5% to Enter — 5% Deductions.
2:20 Pace $500
2:15 Trot 500
2:12 Trot 500
2:15 Pace 500
2:20 Trot , 500
ALL ON THREE HEAT PLAN.
Two Running Races Every Day — Over-
night entries.
THE GRAYS HARBOR
COUNTY FAIR
Elma, Wash., Sept. 6-7-8-9-10
J. B. KIRKALDIE, Secretary
SPOKANE INTERSTATE
FAIR
Spokane, Wash.
Sept. 4-9
T. S. GRIFFITH, President
EVENTS CLOSING AUGUST 14th.
5% to Enter — 5% Deductions.
2:12 Trot— Three Heats $750
2:25 Trot — Three Heats 750
2:15 Trot— Three Heats 750
2:20 Trot— Three Heals 750
2:15 Pace — Three Heats 750
2:20 Pace— Three Heats 750
WASHINGTON STATE FAIR
September 18 to 23, 1916
North Yakima, Washington
FRANK MEREDITH, Secretary
(Mile Track)
CLOSING AUGUST 14th.
2:25 Trot— Three heat plan $500
2:08 Pace— 3 In 5 700
2:12 Trot— 3 In 5 700
2:30 Trot — Three heat plan 500
2:10 Pace — Three heat plan 600
Free-for-all Pace — 3 In 5 700
Three per cent to enter — seven pep cent
from money winners.
CLOSING SEPTEMBER 4th.
2:15 Trot — Three heat plan $600
2:15 Pace — Three heat plan 600
2:20 Trot — Three heat plan 600
2:20 Pace — Three heat plan 500
All three heat plan. Five per cent to
enter and five per cent from money win-
ners. Running races every day except
Monday. Overnight events. Other condi-
tions same as before.
THE OREGON STATE FAIR
Salem, Oregon
Sept. 25-30
A. H. LEA, Secretary
(Mile Track)
EVENTS CLOSING AUGUST 23rd.
5% to Enter — 5% Deductions — 7 entries;
5 Starters.
2:20 Trot $250
2:25 Pace 250
2:30 Trot 250
2:15 Pace 250
2:15 Trot 250
2:18 Pace 250
Free-For-AII Trot 250
Free-For-AII Pace 250
EVENTS CLOSING AUGUST 6th.
3% to Enter — 7% Deductions.
2:12 Trot (Three In Five) $2000
2:25 Trot (Three Heat Plan) 600
TO CLOSE SEPTEMBER 11th.
5% to Enter — 5% Deductions.
2:10 Pace (Three Heats) $750
2:15 Trot (Three Heats) 700
2:18 Pace (Three Heats) 750
Three-year-old Trot (Three Heats)... 400
Three-year-old Pace (Three Heats)... 400
3-Minute Trot (Farmers' Race, 2 In 3) 200
2:20 Pace (Three Heats) 750
2:18 Trot (Three Heats) 700
F. F. A. Pace (Three Heats) 750
Consolation Trot and Pace — In two-
year-old races 3% entrance money will be
added to purses.
HALF MILE TRACKS EXCEPT WHERE NOTED.
Each Fair Offers List of Running Races and Special Events.
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Second Payments - $5 Due
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Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 16— $3,000
■ .GIVEN BY THE
Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association
For Foals of Mares Bred in 1915 to Trot or Pace at Two and Three Years Old
$1600 For Trotting Foals $1100 For Pacing Foals
$150 to Nominators of Dams of Winners $100 to Owners of Stallions
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
$1000 for Three-Year-Old Trotters.
50 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Three-Year-Old Trot.
600 for Two-Year-Old Trotters.
25 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Two-Year-Old Trot.
50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner
of Three-Year-Old Trot when mare
was bred.
$700 for Three-Year-Old Pacers.
50 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Three-Year-Old Pace.
400 for Two-Year-Old Pacers.
25 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Two-Year-Old Pace.
50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner
of Three-Year-Old Pace when mare
was bred.
$50 in Special Prizes was paid to Stallion Owners in February, 1916.
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on February 1, 1916, when
name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 August
1, 1916; $10 on Yearlings January 1, 1917; $10 on Two -Year- Olds January 1,
1918; $10 on Three -Year -Olds January 1. 1919.
STARTING PAYMENTS— $25 to start in the Two-Year-Old Pace; $35 to start in the
Two-Year-Old Trot; $35 to start in the Three-Year-Old Pace; $50 to start in
the Three -Year- Old Trot. All starting payments to be made ten days before
the first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place.
Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered
Is a Trotter or Pacer.
Colts that start as Two-Year-Olds are not barred from starting again in the Three-
Year-Old divisions.
SUBSTITUTIONS.
If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or If either the mare
or foal dies before January 1, 1917, her nominator may sell or transfer his nomination
or substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there will be no
return of a payment nor will any entry be liable for more than amount paid In or
contracted for.
Address all Communications to the Secretary
E. P. HEALD, F. W. KELLEY, Secretary,
President. Popt Office Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal.
STARTING PAYMENTS FUTURITY flTAKES
TO BE PAID ON OR BEFORE
MONDAY, JULY 31, 1916
TWO-YEAR-OLDS
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 14— S7,250
FOR FOALS BORN 1914 —
$35 on Two-Year-Old Trotters
■ NOW TWO YEAR OLDS
$25 on Two-Year-Old Pacers
Colts that start as Two-Year-Olds are not barred from starting again in the
Three- Year-Old divisions.
THREE-YEAR-OLDS
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. l3-$7,250
FOF FOALS BORN 1913-
-NOW THREE YEAR OLDS
$50 on Three-year-old Trotters
$35 on Three-year-old Pacers
Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the
horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer.
MONEY IN ABOVE STAKES DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
$2500 for Three-Year-Old Trotters.
200 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot.
1300 for Two-Year-Old Trotters.
100 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of Two-Year-Old Trot.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner
of Three-Year-Old Trot when Mare
was bred.
$1500 for Three-Year-Old Pacers.
200 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace.
1000 for Two-Year-Old Pacers.
100 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry Is named the
Winner of Two-Year-Old Pace.
100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner
of Three-Year-Old Pace when Mare
was bred.
$150 was paid in prizes to stallion owners
Address all Communications to
E. P. HEALD, President.
F. W. KELLEY, Secretary.
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DATES OF FAIRS.
CALIFORNIA.
Sonoma, Marin, Mendocino and Humboldt Fair,
(P. C. T. H. B. A. Meeting) at Santa Rosa, Aug. 9-12
Solano Co. Fair at Dixon Aug. 16-19
California State Fair at Sacramento Sept. 2- 9
Alameda Co. Fair at Pleasanton Sept. 13-16
Ventura Co. Fair at Ventura Sept. 13-16
Community Fair at Ripon Sept. 15-16
Fresno Co. Fair at Fresno Sept. 26-30
Bishop Harvest Festival at Bishop Sept.28-30
Kings Co. Fair at Hanford Oct. 2- 7
Riverside Co. Fair at Riverside Oct. 10-14
Kern County Fair at Bakersfleld Oct. 24-28
ARIZONA.
Arizona State Fair at Phoenix Nov. 13-18
NORTH PACIFIC FAIR ASSOCIATION.
Vancouver, Can., Exhibition at Vancouver. .. .Aug. 14-19
Southwest Washington Fair at Chehalis, Aug. 28-Sept. 2
Interstate Fair at -Spokane Sept. 4- 9
Grays Harbor Co. Fair at Elma Sept 6-10
Walla Walla Co. Fair at 'Walla Walla Sept. 11-13
Washington State Fair at North Yakima Sept. 18-23
Oregon State Fair at Salem Sept. 25-30
INTER-MOUNTAIN FAIR CIRCUIT.
Montpelier, Idaho August 14
Rexburg, Idaho August 21
Blackfoot, Idaho August 28
LaGrande, Oregon September 4
Baker, Oregon September 11
Ontario, Oregon September 18
Boise, Idaho September 25
Salt Lake. Utah October 2
GRAND CIRCUIT.
Detroit, Mich July 24-29
Kalamazoo. Mich .July 31- Aug. 5
Grand Rapids, Mich Aug. 7-12
Columbus, Ohio Aug. 14-19
Cleveland, Ohio Aug. 21-26
Poughkeepsle. N. Y Aug. 28-Sept. 2
Hartford, Conn Sept. 4-9
Syracuse, N. Y Sept. 11-16
Columbus, Ohio Sept 18-30
Lexington, Ky. Oct. 2-14
Atlanta, Ga Oct. 16-21
GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT.
Detroit, Mich July 24-29
Peoria, 111 July 31-Aug. 5
Galesburs, 111 Aug. 7-12
Burlington, la Aug. 14-19
Omaha, Neb Aug. 21-26
Des Moines. la Aug. 25-31
Hamline, Minn Sept. 4- 9
Milwaukee, Wis Sept 11-25
Springfield. Ill Sept. 18-22
Sedalla, Mo Sept. 25-30
OAKLAND CLUB HAS GOOD PROGRAM.
The Oakland Driving Club comprises a very enthu-
siastic group of horsemen. Their matinee on July
4th drew about 3000 persons to the half mile track at
Sixteenth and Peralto streets, Oakland, and the mat-
inee July 16th was also very successful. Another
program has been arranged for tomorrow, July 30th,
and so many entries have been received that there
will be seven races, all with good fields. The races
will all be mile heats, best two in three. Secretary
A. L. Hanks has arranged the following program:
2:20 Trot— A. L. Hanks' Bell Sawyer, P. M. Bel-
lingall's Elsa Page, J. Williams' Harold G., J. M.
Pitt's Babe.
Free-for-all Pace — G. Schreiber's Allegro, A. L.
Hinds' Grand W., A. Edstrom's Hallie's Star, A.
Scott's Little Dick.
2:30 Mixed — H. Olsen's Tom Wilkes, F.» Harm's
Oakland Boy, , Clipper Jr., A. Stotts' Just Mac.
2:25 Pace — H. P. Garrison's Prince, H. O. Medau's
Mollie, Mrs. Carlisle's Cleo Verne, H. J. Reisman's
Berkeley Girl.
2:18 Mixed— W. Rutherford's Sleepy Dick, T. Le
Banister's Lena Lee, Henry Buckley's Teddy B., J. V.
Galindo's Francisco, Robert Seale's Burbank.
2:35 Mixed— W. Collins' Teddy, G. W. Meadert
Rhoda, J. V. Galindo's Dinty Murphy.
2:40 Mixed— Robert Seale's Dora's Boy, 0. Neu-
baumer's Ida May, W. M. Ray's Andy O., W. D. Wil-
lis' Willis Baldwin.
o
The Board of Supervisors of Stanislaus county has
appropriated $1000 to the Stanislaus Live Stock
Fair and Exposition to be held at Modesto, September
20th to 23d, both dates inclusive.
Detroit, which like Grand Rapids is a member of
both the Grand and Great Western circuits, opened
on Monday of this week with good weather and large
fields and some excellent racing. The racing is under
the three heat plan, every heat a race and ending
with three heats. The 2:10 trot went to Director
Todd that won the third heat after being second in
the other two. La Belle Online won the first heat in
2:09% and then Frank G. Jones won the second with
Bonington in 2:06%, three seconds faster than any
other heat in the race. Lon Daniels started Kid
Cupid in this race and stood fifth in the summary,
and Durfee was last with Esperanza. In the 2:17
pace Durfee started Rayo de Oro, but was not in the
money. In the 2:18 trot Durfee won the third heat
with Clarence Berry's The Lark in 2:08%, the fastest
heat of the race. The summaries:
Monday, July 24.
2:17 pace, first division — Purse $1200 (three heats):
Canute, b h by Great Heart (Fleming) 111
Deputy Sheriff, b g (Thomas) 2 2 4
Prestolite, blk m (McDonald) 4 3 2
Joe B„ b m (Brown) 6 4 3
Rose Direct, b m (Walker); Medium Gazette, b h
(Hedrick), Vanza, b m (Marvin), Billy Direct, b g (Val-
entine), Harold T., br h (Snow). Young Todd, b g (Cox)
also started.
Time— 2:07%, 2:07%, 2:08%.
2:10 trot— Purse $1200 (three heats):
Director Todd, b h by Todd (Cox) 2 2 1
Bonington, ch h by Bellini (Jones) 5 12
McCloskey, b g by Theodosius (McDonald) 13 3
Glenwood B., b g (Stokes) 3 6 5
Kid Cupid, ch g (Daniels), Grand Marshall, blk g (Hop-
kins), and Esperanza, b m (Durfee) also started.
Time— 2:09%, 2:06%, 2:09%.
2 :17 pace, second division — Purse $1200 (three heats) :
Gilbert Patch, b h by Dan Patch (Shivery) 111
Miss Rejected, r m (Valentine) 8 2 2
Le Belle Oline, ch m (Shuler) 14 3
Black Wreath, blk g (Mallow) 5 3 8
Hoosier Boy, b g (Marvin), Wandola, ch g (Powell),
Rayo de Oro, ch g (Durfee), Arkancello, b h (Edman),
Haley C, b m (Muma), Hal Plex E., br h (McMahon), and
Castaway (Kane) also started.
Time— 2:08%, 2:0814, 2:10.
2:18 trot — Purse $1200 (three heats):
Zombro Clay, br h by Zombro (Valentine) 110
The Lark, b m by Carlokin (Durfee) 8 3 1
Onward Allerton, b h (Edman) 6 2 2
Truesada, b m (Cox) 2 4 3
Blackburn Watts, b h (Milloy), Miss Denver, b m
(Egan), Helen Worthy, b m (Murphy), Dr. Buckley, b h
(Thomas), Dorris Watts, b m (Fleming), Banker Bingen,
b g (Dempsey), and Josie B., b m (Calkins) also started.
Time— 2:09% 2:09%,, 2:08%.
Tuesday, July 25.
Record breaking seems to be the fashion on the
Grand Circuit this year. North Randall started off
with the fastest three heat race ever paced and De-
troit immediately followed with the two fastest con-
secutive heats ever paced by a four-year-old mare.
Miss Harris M., a daughter of Peter the Great that
took a record of 2:07%, as a three-year-old last year
was the equine lady to put up this record, which
she did in the Board of Commerce (formerly Cham-
ber of Commerce) stake for 2:06 class pacers. Miss
Harris M. won three straight heats in 2:01%, 2:01%
and 2:04%. The first heat set a new mark for the
stake and the world's record was completed when
Miss Harris M. won the second heat.
Miss Harris M. completely outclassed the field in
the first two heats. In the first mile, McDonald held
her back until the three-quarter pole. Here he let
her out, and the bay mare, in fourth place, with a
tremendous burst of speed, overcame the lead of
Goldie C. and won by a length. The second heat was
virtually a repetition of the first, McDonald driving
his mare two lengths in front of Sadie Dens-
more. The third heat furnished the- real fight of the
race, Miss Harris M. winning in a grueling finish
with Savoy, Sadie Densmore and Billy Dale. Billy
Dale led to the three-quarters, Miss Harris M. in
second place. At this point the field closed in and
the finish was so close that many of the spectators
were uncertain as to which had won.
The 2:12 trot for three-year-olds, with $600 added,
was captured by Harrods Creek, which took the last
two heats from Expressive Lou. The latter, which
was picked to win the event on the strength of her
showing last week at North Randall, took the first
heat with little difficulty, but lost by a nose in the
second, and was so far behind in the third that
Murphy slowed down before reaching the finish. The
last half of the second heat was stepped in 1:01%.
The other event on the card was the 2:12 pace,
which went to Patrick M., while Dexter Direct and
Duimster also took a heat each, the decision going
to Patrick M., under the placing system in effect.
The California horses that started during the after-
noon were White Sox and Contention B., driven by
Durfee, and John Malcolm, driven by Daniels. All
were outside the money.
2:12 trot. Hotel Wayne, three-year-old sweepstakes.
2 in 3, $600 added:
Harrods Creek, ch c by Gen. Watts. . (Engleman) 2 11
Expressive Lou, b m by Atlantic Express (Murphy) 1 2 2
Brownie Watts, br f (B. Fleming) 3 3 3
Lightsome Watts, br f (B. Fleming) dis.
Peter Dixie, b c (Rea) dis.
Time— 2:08%, 2:11%. 2:10.
2:06 pace. Board of Commerce stake, purse $5000 (three
heats) :
Miss Harris M., b m by Peter the Great
(McDonald) 1 1 1
Sadie Densmore, ch m (Thomas) 3 2 3
Savoy, blk g (Floyd)ll 5 2
Goldie O, b m (Valentine) 2 9 10
Billy Dale, b g (Cox), Ben Earl, b g (M. Childs). Lil-
lian T., blk m (Wilson), Roan Hal, r g (Earing). White
Sox, b m (Durfee), The Problem, blk h (Murphy). The
Beaver, b h (B. Fleming), and Pat Carmody, br h (Wal-
ker) also started.
Time— 2:01%. 2:01%, 2:01%.
2:12 pace, purse $1200 (three heats):
Patrick M., blk g by Norbells (Stokes) 13 3
Dexter Direct, br h by Baron Direct (Egan) 7 6 1
Duimeter, b g by Duim (Lindsay) 8 16
Derby Custer, ch g (Murphy) 6 2 2
Allen B., b h (Cox). Red Mike, ch g (McAllister), Con-
tention B., b h (Durfee), and John Malcolm, b g (Dan-
iels) also started.
Time— 2:06%, 2:05%, 2:08%.
To Beat 2:30% trotting:
Virginia Fox, br m by Peeler Dare (Colby) Won
Time— 2:16%.
Wednesday, July 26.
Mabel Trask, driven by Walter Cox, won the his-
toric Merchants & Manufacturers' $10,000 purse, de-
feating St. Frisco and the others a little more con-
vincingly than she did when she won The Ohio at
North Randall the week previous. In The Ohio St.
Frisco won the first heat in the fastest time of the
race and the fastest heat trotted this year — 2:04%.
In the M. & M. however Mabel Trask made it three
straight, starting out with a mile in 2:05%, and as
the heats got slower each time it looks from this
distance as if Mabel Trask outclassed her field that
day, as the dispatches say none of the contestants
seemed able to give her an argument. There were
eight starters, Will Durfee with Virginia Barnette
being the only representative of California. Virginia
was 6-3-3 at North Randall and third in the summary
but she dropped back a peg to fourth place at De-
troit in spite of a better showing, as she was 3-4-3.
Miss Perfection was second in one heat which placed
her ahead of the California mare in the final tabula-
tion.
The only other Californian to start during the day
was the Tom Smith mare Baby Doll, and she was
outside the money.
The 2:14 pace was a great contest throughout. The
mare Colleen got the decision by taking the first two
heats, one in a whipping finish and the other by a
neck in a hard drive. The third heat was the best
mile of the race. In another whipping finish Thomas
Earl nosed out Colleen for the decision. Summaries :
2:14 pace, purse $1200 (three heats):
Colleen, br m by Charlie O (T. Tomas) 112
Thomas Earl, b h by The Earl (Marvin) 7 9 1
Daisy H., ch m (Grapentein) 2 2 3
Baron Hart, b h (Maxon) 3 4 9
Admiral Dewey II., Prestolite, Tramp Quick, Josie B.,
Sailor Redlac and Sir Anthony Carter also started.
Time— 2:06%, 2:07%, 2:07%.
Merchants and Manufacturers' Stake, 2:08 trot, purse
$10,000 (three heats):
Mabel Trask, ch m by Peter the Great (Cox) 111
St. Frisco, b h (Jones) 2 3 2
Miss Perfection, b m (McMahon) 4 2 4
Virginia Barnette, b m (Durfee) 3 4 3
The Eno, Rusticoat, Tramp Right and Sadie S. also
started.
Time— 2:05%, 2:07%, 2:09%.
2 :14 trot, purse $1200 (three heats) :
Azora Axworthy, b m by Dale Axworthy (Murphy)l 1 2
Miss Densmore, b m by By vamp (H. Tomas) 2 2 1
Allie Watts, ch m (Edman) 3 4 3
B. C. H., b g (Childs) 9 3 8
Binland, Albrook, Teddy Brooks, Junior Watts, Baby
Doll and Caroline also started.
Time— 2:07%, 2:08, 2:09%.
A New Deal for Montana.
The Montana State Fair Association has concluded
that it will benefit that State to have more light
harness horses bred there so it is to try the experi-
ment of giving harness racing and asking horsemen
no entrance fee. Secretary Skinner says: "Never
before in the history of harness races in this country
has a race meeting been sanctioned where no en-
trance fee was charged, but we believe that it can
be done, and done successfully.
"While some of the purses offered for harness
events this year are not as large as in previous
years, the fact that entrants are required to pay no
fee, and each entrant will be entitled to two entries,
will give horsemen really larger purses than formerly.
"If the experiment proves a success this year, as
we are certain that it will, and if horsemen show
their appreciation by a larger number and better
entries this year, it will mean larger purses next
year.
"There is no reason why Montana should not breed
just as fine racing animals as any state in the coun-
try, and the State Fair intends to do everything pos-
sible to encourage breeders who are trying to build
up the best strain of harness animals. The abolition
of the entrance fee in harness events is just the first
step in the program, and it is now up to the breeders
to show their appreciation by entering their best
animals.
"Owners will have the privilege of naming and
starting two horses in any one event, but will be
counted as one entry only, while the horses still have
the privilege of winning two moneys."
The Montana plan should certainly be popular
with horsemen and should bring the biggest list of
entries ever received by any State Fair for a harness
race program. It is to be hoped that the plan will
work so successfully as to lead to its adoption else-
where.
Dr. H. P. Calmes of Berkeley writes that there was
a slight error made in giving the breeding of his filly
Dazzling Hallie Patch last week. He gives it cor-
rectly as follows: Her sire is Dazzle Patch 2:09%
(trial 2:02% at four years), by Dan Patch 1:55, first
dam Hallie Ryan by Dave Ryan 2:13 (trial 2:07),
second dam Carmen, dam of Vera Hal 2:05, Roan
Hal 2:07%, Expressive Hal (trial 2:14 on half mile
track) by Newsboy, third dam Sky Blue by Tom Hal
(Gibson's).
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 29, 1916
Harness Horses and Horsemen
Single G. 2:00^ and His Breeding.
Away back in Volume 8 of the Year Book in the
list of 2:25 pacers is this entry: Shoo Ply Gyp, gray
horse, said to be by Shoo Fly, record made at Indian-
apolis in 1892, 2:15%. Turning to the Great Table
in the same volume we find, "Shoo Fly, brown horse
by Kramer, son of McMeen's Traveler, .dam Margaret
by Brooks," and Shoo Fly is stated to be the sire of
Henry H. 2:22% and sire of the dam of Guy 2:06%,
both pacers. There were only six pacers at that
time that had records lower than Guy 2:06%, and
they were Mascot 2:04, Hal Pointer 2:04%, Direct
2:05%, Flying Jib 2:05%, Jay Eye See 2:06% and
Johnston 2:06%. So it is plain that the Shoo Fly
blood, while not much talked about in fashionable
speed circles in recent years, was probably men-
tioned as "among those present" whenever there was
a gathering of horse royalty in the trotting horse
papers of twenty-five years ago. Shoo Fly Gup 2:15%
made his record in a race wherein he was dis-
tanced. Some fourteen years ago or so a mare
called Goldie by Red Dick, son of Hiatoga Chief (not
very fashionable these days) was bred to Shoo Fly
Gyp and produced a filly that was called Little Gyp.
Little Gyp had some speed as she trlaled in 2:18%
at the pacing gait before she was put to breeding.
Little Gyp was a Hoosier mare, being owned in In-
diana, the only State that has produced three two-
minute pacers — Dan Patch 1:55%, Prince Alert
1:59% and William 1:58%. Her first foal to attract
attention was Grace D. that paced to the world's
record of 2:10% for a three-year-old filly on a half
mile track in 1911, a mark she afterwards reduced
to 2:06%. The next world's record holder to be pro-
duced by Little Gyp was Single G. 2:00%, winner of
the free-for-all pace at North Randall last week, the
fastest second and third heats ever won by one horse.
Single G. and Grace D. are both by Anderson Wilkes,
a son of Onward, whose dam is a mare by Strath-
more, the progenitor of that wonderful family of
pacers that have made California famous by such
speed marvels as Jim Logan, Mona Wilkes, Sir Al-
bert S., Klatawah, and such sires as Steinway, Chas.
Derby, Diablo, Demonio, and many others. Anderson
Wilkes is one of the great sires, having 41 standard
trotters and 51 standard pacers to his credit, while
his daughters have produced 40 in the list, and his
sons have sired 52. Single G., whose four-year-old
record was 2:07%, five-year-old record 2:02%, and
six-year-old record 2:00%, was bred and is still
owned by W. B. Baretoot of Cambridge, Indiana, and
has been driven in all his races this year by Curtis
A. Gosnell of the same city. That his record will
be below the 2:00 mark before the end of the season
is a pretty safe prediction.
Thinks Adioo Guy Will Be a Star.
In the items which "Marque" sent the Horse Re-
view from Youngstown, Ohio, is the following about
Adioo Guy 2:05%, the pacer that Frank Turner bred
and raised at Santa Rosa: "The most discussed
pacer that entertained the people here was Adioo
Guy, in Harry Gray's stable. It will be recalled that
he won the first heat of his race at Toledo, last week,
in 2:05%, and was distanced in the second. I didn't
see him show any terrific speed, but saw enough of
him to know that he has extreme speed. Once Kate
McKinney tackled him, and he moved' away from
her so quickly that she seemed to have slowed down
to a 2:30 clip; again, The Beaver 2:04%, a fast and
classy pacer, tackled him, and with another short
flight he had opened up a couple of lengths. He
wears hobbles with the grace that a girl graduate
dons white clothes, and it's my belief that he will
become a pacing star."
Matinee Racing at Petaluma.
The Petaluma Driving Club's matinee at Kenil-
worth Park, Petaluma, last Sunday was a very suc-
cessful affair. Several San Francisco horsemen
shipped their horses to the poultry centre and two of
them, A. Combatalade and D. Keating, were rewarded
by winning the races in which they were entered.
Dan Keating was asked to do the starting in the
races in which he had no entry and got the horses off
in good shape. There were three harness races and
one run on the program. The summaries:
Birdeye (A. Combatalade) 3 11
Little Jack (Oonlon) 15 2
Silver Logan (Healy) 2 2 3
Peaches (McGovern) 4 4 4
Oracle S (Ramatici) 5 3d
Time— 2:24%, 2:25%, 2:24.
Second race — 2:15 pace:
Victor Pointer (Keating) 1 1
Tom Murphy (Silvia) 2 2
Hamburg Belle (Dupont) 3 3
Sarah C (Ryan) 4 4
Time— 2:28, 2:22%.
Third race — 2:30 pace:
Glenwood Chief (Mulerick) 1 1
Grace McKinney (McGovern) 2 2
Billy T. Healy (Mahoney) 3 3
Time— 2:27, 2:30.
Fourth race — Three-eighths mile, running: Togo (Bu-
geia) first, Sonoma Girl (Millerick) second, Sir Victor
(Lily) third. Baby Nell (Earnshaw) fourth. Time, :38%
Officials — Dt.n Keating, starter; Messrs. Voyer, Al-
bee and McDonald, judges; John Lawlor Sr., timer;
Charles Wyatt, marshal.
Last Sunday's Matinee at Golden Gate Park.
While the fieids were smaller than usual at the
matinee of the San Francisco-California Driving
Club last Sunday in Golden Gate Park, the racing
was excellent and in the free-for-all trot and free-
for-all pace there were close contests and fast time.
In the free-for-all pacing event Mr. Eugene Cerciat's
mare Mabel Dillon made her first appearance this
season, and after losing the first heat to Secretary
Kenney's W. J. K. won two heats rather handily in
2:14 and 2:15.
In the free-for-all trot President Geo. Giannini's
mare Ella M. R. won the first and third heats in 2:18
and 2:17, M. Ford's Minequa taking the second heat.
In this race Mr. J. A. Wilkin's Merrylina was second
in every heat and trotted a good race.
The 2:12 pace was won by H. Campodonico's King
Pointer in straight heats, and Jas. Ryan's Rosie O.
won the 2:20 pace in the same fashion. Results:
First race — 2:25, mixed:
2:12 pace, one mile:
King Pointer (H. Campodonico) 1 1
J. C. Simpson (Frank Goularte) 2 2
Pointer Belle (J. M. Kidd) 3 3
Time— 2:14, 2:14.
2:20 pace, one mile:
Rosie O (J. J. Ryan) 1 1
Dibble Wilkes (S. Benson) 2 2
Black Mack (L. A. Gielow) 3 3
Time— 2:18%, 2:22%.
Free-for-all pace, one mile:
Mabel Dillon * (E. Cerciat) 2 11
W. J. K (W. J. Kenney) 12 2
Emma M (William Malough) 3 3 .
Senator H J. M. Kidd) 4 4 3
Time— 2:13%. 2:14, 2:15.
Free-for-all trot, one mile:
Ella M. R (G. J. Giannini) 13 1
Minequa (M. Ford) 3 13
Merrylina (J. A. Wilkens) 2 2 2
Time— 2:18, 2:18, 2:17.
Getting Ready at Baker, Oregon.
Secretary Joseph Waddell of the Inter-Mountain
Fair and Racing Circuit writes the Breeder and
Sportsman that trainers and horses are arriving at
Baker for the "final prep" before the opening of the
circuit August 15th. W. E. Marten has arrived from
The Dalles, Oregon, with Song Sparrow, William
Stuart from Santa Rosa with Emeline Dillon, The
Potreress and Bonnie Quinn, Johnny Compton from
Santa Rosa with Pfeister's Lynwood and Linnie C,
and A. B. Kenny from North Yakima with Vevo Hal
(not Vera Hal as published in the list of entries), and
Daisy D. J. L. Crawford is in from Toppenish,
Wash., with two runners — Leo. H. and Hyndla. W. H.
Boyd is at the track with Hallis Allerton by Allerton
2:09% and Sandy Hal by Hal B. These two are not
entered but are in training and are grand individuals.
Mr. Boyd was at one time the horse shoer for the
late Monroe Salisbury and shod and balanced that
black whirlwind Directly 2:03% at Louisville, Ken-
tucky in 1898. He also shod Prodigal and others for
the late Marcus Daly of Montana. Mr. Boyd expects
to go through the Inter-Mountain circuit and shoe
some of the fleet-footed horses. All the horses at
Baker are in fine condition. William Stuart says
the altitude makes the horses blow a little but they
seem to like it. The drivers, says Secretary Waddell,
appear to be in about as good condition as their
horses, are enjoying the cool mountain water and
seem to be at peace with their fellow men and the
world.
Jay Ell Mack Went On a Spree.
"Marque" tells this story about one of Tommy
Murphy's string of racers: "Jay Ell Mack 2:04%
celebrated his victory at Youngstown by an all-night
spree after arriving here, thus disgracing the many
members of Tommy Murphy's equine family. The
little pacer broke the rope barrier which confined
him to his stall, or was supposed to confine him, and
leaping over the cot of his caretaker, Eddie Rooney,
proceeded to make a night of it. He started west,
presumably headed for his old home town, Galesburg,
111., and had journeyed some six miles before he
attracted the attention of a sleeping farmer. Mean-
time Eddie and another boy took the trail, and in
the early morning hours discovered that Jay had
been arrested by the farmer and locked up. He was
charged with about every criminal act in the code,
and the farmer backed up his desire for vengeance
with several pitchforks and a shot gun. Word was
sent to Tommy and he proceeded to the rescue in his
auto. The farmer stated that Jay had destroyed from
$75 to $125 worth of growing oats, that he would not
have been rudely awakened and made to lose so
much sleep for a like sum or sums; that his neigh-
bor, Mr. Johnson, had agreed with everything he
said, etc., etc. He wound up, however, by wanting
$25, and when Tommy gave him $30, telling him to
blow himself to some smokes, the gentle tiller of the
soil came very nearly collapsing. That extra $5
got his goat. I'll bet that he was one of those sancti-
monious old boys that puts rocks in his butter and
feeds his "for sale" chickens on sand. At any rate,
Tommy took Jay back to the track and worked him
ten heats. Jay complained of having a very bad
taste in his mouth, and called for an eye opener, but
all that he got was work."
o
In the third heat of the champion three-heat-pace
at North Randall, Single G„ the winner, led at the
three-quarters in 1:30 and there the others quit and
he came on alone, pacing the last quarter in :31% and
the mile in 2:01%. Russell Boy, who was second,
was eight lengths back when Single G. reached the
wire.
Geers Saw St. Frisco Win First Heat of Ohio.
The first heat of the great Ohio stake race had
just been finished and St. Frisco announced the
winner of the heat. The race had been close, the
finish closer. Mabel Trask had crowded the winner
to the very wire. The time was the fastest ever
trotted in the history of the Ohio.
A murmur ran through the crowd. One man's
name was on all lips. In that minute of a horse's
triumph a thousand minds turned to thoughts of one
man, that man one of the most loved by men and
beasts who love the racing game for itself. All ex-
pressed sorrow that E. F. "Pop" Geers could not be
there to see his horse win.
But he was there. He did see that finish.
When Pop's horse won the first heat, the brown
face was wrinkled more than it had been since his
illness. And when the last heat was run and St.
Frisco had lost the race his face was still a wrinkle
of smiles. It was the sport of the race, the gameness
of his losing horse, and the joy of living back in his
world again.
A little before the bugle had blown to call the great
trotters for the start of the Ohio, eyes of thousands
were trained on the bluebloods as they trotted past
the starting judges to take their places.
Almost unheeded an auto swung in at the gate,
went carefully over the bumps, passed the rear of
the grand stand and whirled back up toward the head
of the home stretch. There it maneuvred back and
forth until a little, hunched old man who sat stiffly
in the rear seat was able, with binoculars, to see the
whole course.
The injured leg which has kept the veteran driver
in Lakeside hospital since he was trampled by a
horse last week, rested on an improvised cushion.
A longing look passed over the wrinkled face as
St. Frisco, his horse, came down to the fence and
turned near him with Frank G. Jones in the sulky.
The racing instinct which has made the veteran a
favorite since that first year, 18S1, when he first came
north from his southern home to drive in the Grand
Circuit, struggled with the pain in his leg and body
for supremacy.
Pain won, and Pop Geers waved a blessing to his
horse and its driver.
The horses went from him and down the stretch,
received the word and were away to the back. Pop
Geers never took his binoculars from that flying
group.
He saw The Eno take the lead and set a terrific
pace. By the expression on his face the veteran
driver showed that he reckoned with The Eno, for
the beautiful chestnut was also from the south.
A smile crossed his face as St. Frisco pulled up
to the leader's sulky, the light purple of Jones' jacket
almost blending with the darker purple worn by
C. L. Floyd, who drove the leader.
He saw Walter Cox, shining like a yellow sunflower,
as Cox also swung up near the front with Mabel
Trask, the horse expected to beat St. Frisco, Geers'
own. He saw them hold these positions until they
reached the seven-eighths pose and seemingly were
thundering right down onto his auto.
At just the right second he saw Cox swing to the
outside. Then he knew the race was on in earnest.
Jones, too, swung out a little. Then the two horses
began to creep up on the leader. As they passed the
auto, Pop Geers tried to shout but the shout ended
in a twitch of pain.
Going from him again, Pop Geers saw four horses
leading, almost abreast. He smiled again. He knew
his horse and believed in it. The Eno winded and
broke. He had been expecting that break. St. Frisco
was leading.
But as they neared the wire Mabel Trask spurted.
Pop Geers saw Jones raise his whip and St. Frisco
give his last. The smile gave way to a worried frown
as the little old man settled back in his seat and
trained his glasses toward the stable.
He saw a man running toward him waving his
arms. His smile came back. The man was Jones,
who couldn't wait until he had carried the. glad
news. — Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Studying European Ways.
Dr. C. J. Marshall, state veterinarian of Pennsyl-
vania, recently returned from France, where he has
been spending several weeks studying the methods
of handling horses and mules in the British and
French armies. The British have about 400,000
horses in service in France and the French are using
about 300,000. Since the trench fighting set in the
horses have been used chiefly for transportation
purposes apd Dr. Marshall says that as a rule the
horses are in good condition and well cared for.
Losses are comparatively small, owing to the up-to-
date hospital service, where wounded or worn out
animals are taken care of.
The American mule, according to Dr. Marshall, is
the favorite army equine. Owing to the general sat-
isfaction the mule is giving, Dr. Marshall says he was
unable to make much of a collection of profanity
used by the mule drivers, and he thinks that they
could not equal the vocabulary developed by the mule
drivers of the Civil War.
o
Zombro Clay, the "outsider," won two heats of the
2:18 trot at Detroit last Monday and on the first heat
$2 mutuals paid $182.80. Zombro Clay was bred in
Ohio and is a son of Zombro. He took a record of
2:29% in 1914, and started eight times in 1915 with-
out winning a heat.
Saturday, July 29, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
MR. HARRISON PLEASED WITH HIS PURCHASE.
A CASE OF SUCCESSFUL IN-BREEDING.
MAKE STARTING PAYMENTS BY MONDAY NEXT
Seattle, July 16, 1916.
Breeder and Sportsman:
While sitting by my fireside today nursing my
lame back I have put in my rime re-reading Helm's
book on American Trotting Horses, also "The Horse
of America" by Wallace and "The Life of W. B.
Fasig" by W. H. Gocher, and near the end of this
almost perfect day the postman brought me your
paper.
The coming of your journel always brings me a lot
of pleasure. Today I read the account of that mile
in 2:04 by Mr. Barstow's good pacer All McKinney,
and to know that Mr. Barstow, after all his years
of tenacious effort has developed such a fast harness
horse, is a pleasure to me, for I know that Mr. Bar-
stow has done a lot of trying and now that he has
taken this good pacing prospect East I hope that
All McKinney will win in every heat he starts in, for
Barstow is entitled to success.
I also hope that Messrs. Silva, Durfee, Spencer,
and Marvin Childs each get a big share of the win-
nings over the Eastern tracks.
I note that I was the only buyer from an outside
state at the recent Suisun Farm sale of horses. I
had no idea that I would get that filly. However, she
is mine and now I will tell the story on myself. I
had for years wanted to own a Demonio; in fact, ever
since the days of Mona Wilkes. I have known Airlie
Demonio for years and drove him at Woodland. I at
all times admired him and he proved himself a rarely
good race horse. He will be a sire of early and ex-
treme speed. I saw his full brother Potrero Boy
being trained by Sam Norris at Santa Rosa. I liked
the big bay pacer and said that he would be a fast
one. Well, he made good, as did every Demonio that
has been given any sort of chance. I read the adver-
tisement of Rush and Haile's sale. I noted a two-
year-old bay filly by Demonio, dam Mamie Airlie by
Prince Airlie, whose dam was by Guy Wilkes, and
that filly got into my mind and the thought of that
filly stuck to me like a microbe. Finally one day I
wrote a letter to F. W. Kelley and said that if that
Is a nice filly and is being sold for a song like all
the Rush and Haile colts have sold at Suisun sales,
buy her for me. I don't want her, but she has gotten
a hold on me, so buy her. After I wrote and sealed
the letter I tore it up and said: "What's the use?"
Well, I went to sleep, woke up, and there was that
filly gnawing away at me, so I got up, re-wrote the
letter, took it out and mailed it, and said, "Dog-gone
that filly; now I have gone and done it, and some
rich California horseman like Borden, Silva, Ruh-
staller or DeRyder, will bid her up to $500. But to
my surprise on July 4th I got your wire saying that
I owned the filly and that she is a nice one, price
$50. Well, I was pleased, and I was on my way to a
horse sale that day and I never enjoyed a day's sport
so much. Possibly my new filly aided my digestion
of the sport. Well, her dam is by Prince Airlie, a
real speed siring son of Guy Wilkes, and even if
Henry T. White does speak deprecatingly of Guy
Wilkes, as compared with his full brother William
L„ yet the blood of Prince Airlie seems to blend well
with that of Demonio, as Airlie Demonio and Potrero
Boy are out of daughters of Prince Airlie, as is
another full brother that took a record recently of
2:14 at Santa Rosa, and I know of another good
pacer that I sold to a Mr. Millington of Victoria,
B. C, but his name has slipped from my memory.
Mamie Comet, the second dam of my filly, was
once owned by a real friend of mine, the late Isaac
Ellis of Olympia, Washington. Mr. Ellis often told
me about the good mare Mamie Comet by Nutwood
that he sold to the man who owned Guy Wilkes,
William Corbett. Mr. Ellis is dead and I now own
a fiUy who is a granddaughter of Mamie Comet by
Nutwood 600. I will try to give this filly an oppor-
tunity to make good and if she don't, why it will only
be one more case of love's labor lost.
In conclusion I want to say, that the men who
bought the fillies by Rush and Haile's elegantly bred
trotting stallion Montbaine, will if they, the owners,
give them any sort of a reasonable chance, be
pleased, for Montbaine is not only a fast trotter but
is just one of the best bred stallions ever in Cali-
fornia, and every filly by him offered by Suisun Stock
Farm was out of a well bred mare. I hope that the
buyers who got those choicely bred two-year-olds for
less than the cost of feeding them, will not get cold
feet but will send them to good sensible trainers, for
Montbaine will go down in the horse history of Cali-
fornia as a first-class sire. Demonio will furnish
additional glory to his illustrious dam Bertha and
his great sire Charles Derby.
Yours truly,
C. A. HARRISON.
Wilton Hall, the Meridian (Conn.) manufacturer
who always makes a tour of the Grand Circuit, says
the harness horse game is getting better every year.
He drove in races forty years ago when the game
was young. And Mr. Hall didn't mean the betting
game when he made the remark, as he never places
a bet. He says the game is better because the
horses are better and faster and the owners and
trainers are better, bigger men.
That good four-year-old trotter The Exposer 2:1314,
winner of the sweepstakes for his age, at Youngs-
town, last week, is a son of The Exponent 2:11%, out
of Emma Conductor, by Conductor 2:14%.
[By C. C. C]
Since the good race horse pacer Adioo Guy 2:05%
made his victorious campaign on the Eastern half
mile tracks last year I have frequently seen mention
of his performance, pedigree, etc., in the horse
papers, and while his breeding has been correctly
given I have never seen mention made of the fact
that he is the most closely inbred harness race horse
that has ever been produced, especially among the
fast ones. As is well known he is by Guy Dillon
2:21%, one of Sidney Dillon's best as well as best-
bred sons, and his dam is the great brood mare
Adioo, by Guy Wilkes. But 1 do not think it is gen-
erally known that his dam is a full sister to By Guy,
the dam of his sire, Guy Dillon. That being the
case, his bloodlines are exactly the same as though
his sire had been bred back to his own dam, a thing
which practically no sane breeder would for one
moment consider doing. Frank Turner made a bold
experiment when he bred Guy Dillon to a full sister
to his own dam, and had Adioo Guy proven a weed
instead of an extremely fasc, consistent and game
pacer he would have been adversely criticized by
those who knew about the experiment. But it hap-
pens to be a fact that success in breeding as well as
in other lines of business very often attends those
who are bold in their operations and are not afraid
to take an initiative and do the unusual thing. I
know of no breeder of harness race horses who has
bred as many 2:10 performers, compared with the
number of animals bred, as Frank S. Turner of Santa
Rosa, formerly of the Santa Rosa Stock Farm, who,
before he became the proprietor of that establish-
ment, and while superintendent for the Pierce Bros,
was really, if not technically, the breeder of the first
two-minute trotter, the dainty Lou Dillon.
As a matter of fact I do not know to which sex
Adioo Dillon belongs. In the mention made of him
(or her) in last week's B. and S. he is called "she"
while I have been under the impression that she was
a "he," and I shall still write of him (or her) as a
"male of the species." [You are right — Adioo Guy
is a he.— Ed. B. and S.]
And what a choicely bred one he is. Aside from
the speed inherited from his grandsire Sidney Dillon
his inheritance on his maternal side is choice enough
to give him a right to be a sensational performer.
Through his first three dams he carries the blood of
Guy Wilkes, Nutwood and Dictator, and they are all
producers of 2:10 speed. His second dam, the fam-
ous old By By, is a much greater producer of extreme
speed than the records give her credit for being.
"Pop" Geers trained her son, Marengo King 2:29%,
a mile right at 2:10 before he died, at an early age,
but not before he had sired the good trotter Marie
N. 2:08%. Another son, Major By By 2:19%, trotted
a trial mile in 2:08% before he went hopelessly
wrong. Her daughter, Rapidan Dillon 2:12%, was
timed a mile in a race in 2:u7%. The above men-
tioned three were all 2:10 trotters. Emma Dillon
got a record of 2:16%. Her daughters Adioo, By
Guy, and a couple of daughters by McKinney were
only trained sufficiently by the Pierce Bros, to prove
that they had speed enough to be worth retaining
for brood mares and then placed in the stud. Adioo
is a double 2:10 producer with several others with
slower records, and her daughter, Adioo Dillon, pro-
duced the great colt trotter Dillon Axworthy (2)
2:10%. By Guy is the dam of F. S. Whitney 2:09%
and Sophia Dillon 2:11%, that was timed in a race
in 2:07%, Major's By Guy 2:19%, that gives promise
of becoming a 2:10 trotter, and Guy Dillon 2:21%, a
2:10 sire. One daughter by McKinney is the dam of
Sir Harvester (2) 2:24%, a colt that was almost a
sensation as a two-year-old and for which a big price
was refused. Another daughter by McKinney is the
dam of Frank Turner's grand three-year-old, Expo-
nent Mc. Her youngest daughter and best-bred one
is the elegant six-year-old black mare by Guy Carl-
ton 2:21%, whose dam Carlotta Wilkes produced four
with records below 2:08 and five others with slower
records. She is the property of Mr. Turner and has
been put to breeding with her speed undeveloped.
This young mare is also inbred to her own dam but
not so closely as Adioo Guy. By By, her dam, is also
the grandam of Guy Dillon, her grandsire.
Another case where close inbreeding seems to
have proven highly successful is in the case of Mr.
Barstow's fast green pacer, All McKinney 2:04.
When All McKinney was a baby only a few weeks
old Mr. Barstow took me around to his stable at the
San Jose track to show me the best-looking colt I
ever saw and one that was going to be the fastest
one he ever raised. I saw the colt and admitted to the
enthusiastic Theodore that 1 never saw a better
looking one. But when he told me how the colt was
bred I gave him the laugh and told him that that was
no way to breed horses. Now he has got the laugh
on me and I hope he gets $20,000 for what may be
the fastest and best pacing horse ever bred in the
Golden West.
The cases of All McKinney and Adioo Guy seem to
indicate that close inbreeding in harness race horses
may be successfully done with proper selections of
the individuals to be mated, as has been the case
with other animals, cattle, sheep and swine. As is
well known, the best strains have been produced by
close inbreeding of selected stock.
The race meeting of the Pacific Coast Trotting
Horse Breeders' Association is scheduled to take
place this year at Santa Rosa August 9th to 12th
inclusive. Starting payments in the Pacific Breed-
ers' Futurity Stakes Nos. 13 and 14 must be paid
ten days before the first day of the meeting. As that
date falls on Sunday the 30th (tomorrow) Monday,
July 31st, will be the last date on which payment
must be made. So if you want to start your colt or
filly in the two-year-old pace, two-year-old trot, three-
year-old pace or three-year-old trot, remember that
next Monday is the last opportunity you will have.
The dates on which these four divisions of the
above mentioned stakes are to be raced ,and the
amount of each starting payment, is as follows:
Pacific Breeders' Futurity Stake No. 13, foals of
1913, now three years old:
Trotting division, purse $3300, Friday, August 11—
$50.
Pacing division, purse $1300, Wednesday, August
9— $35.
Pacific Breeders' Futurity Stake No. 14, foals of
1914, now two years old:
Trotting division, purse $1350, Thursday, August
10— $35.
Pacing division, purse $1100, Friday, August 11 —
$25.
Starting payments in the above must be made on
or before Monday, July 31st.
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LAST DAY AT CLEVELAND.
The citizens of Sacramento are to raise $10,000
to be used in providing special features for the State
Fair to be held there in September.
Friday, the closing day of the Grand Circuit meet-
ing at North Randall track, saw a sensational race
in the free-for-all pace with several records broken.
Out of an entry list of eight, there were five starters,
the scratches being Directum I., Napoleon Direct and
Anna Bradford. The starters were Russell Boy, Sin-
gle G, Judge Ormonde, R. II. Brett and Hal Boy.
Tommy Murphy won the opening dash in 2:00% and
was thought to have the race at his mercy, but Gos-
nell brought Single G. up with a rush in the second
heat and won by a nose in the same time as the
first heat. Single G. then won the third and final
heat in 2:01%. It was the greatest exhibition of
speed ever seen on the Grand Circuit and the fol-
lowing records were made:
World's records: The fastest three heats ever
paced, the three heats averaging 2 : 00 92-100. The
fastest second and third heats ever paced by the
same horse, averaging 2:01. The season's record:
Fastest first heat, 2:00% ; fastest second heat, 2:00% ;
fastest third heat, 2:01%; fastest three-heat race,
averaging 2:00 92-100.
In the 2:18 pace W. G. Durfee won first money in
the second heat and second money in the first and
third heats with Contention B., son of Copa de Oro.
The meeting was one of the most successful ever
held at the North Randall track, the attendance
being large, the racing excellent, and the weather
all that could be desired except for rain late Tuesday
afternoon. The summaries:
2:13 class trotting, three heats, purse $1200:
Donna Clay, b m by Don Cale (Valentine) 114
Worthy Prince, b h by Prince McKinney. . (Cox) 6 2 1
Binville, blk h by Binjolla (Tippling) 2 3 3
R. C. H., b g by Faul (Childs) 3 5 2
HumfasL, b f by Trampfast (Murphy), Caroline, b m by
John B. Donovan (Rodney). Silent Brigade, big f by Silent
Brook (Morrow), Ben Gregor. b h by Tommy Gregor
(Floyd), King Mosa, b h by King Direct (Rosemire) also
started.
Time— 2:0714, 2:07Y2, 2:08%.
2:18 pace, three heats, purse $1200:
Castaway, b g by Oro McKinney (Kane) 13 1
Contention B., b g by Copa de Oro (Durfee) 2 12
Sir Anthony Garter, br h by Silent Lightfoot
(Jones) 4 2 4
Medium Gazette, b h by Gazette (Hedrick) G 5 3
Arkancello, br h by Gen. Watts (Edman). and Young
Tod. b g by Dictator Tod (Cox) also started.
Time— 2:10%. 2:11%, 2:09%.
Free-for-all class pacing, purse $1200:
Single G.. br h by Anderson Wilkes (Gosnell) 2 11
Russell Boy. b h by Rustic Patenter. . . . (Murphy) 12 2
Judge Ormonde, blk h by Ormonde (Valentine) 5 3 3
R. H. Brett, b g by Waponee (Brady) 4 4 4
Hal Boy, b g by Hal B (McMahon) 3 d
Time— 2:00%, 2:00%, 2:01%.
2:06 class trotting, purse $1200:
Joan, b m by Directum Spier (McDevitt) 111
Mirthful, b m by Star of Patchen (Murphy) 3 2 2
Lizzie Brown, b m by The Bondman. . (Valentine) 2 3 3
Guy Nella, b m by Guy Axworthy (Jones) 4 4 4
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Barney Coit, Mantua (Ohio) banker, who has en-
joyed the races for many years, but who never has
owned a race horse, has purchased the good trotter
Grand Chimes 2:06%, who won the Tavern "Steak"
at North Randall last week. Prior to starting on the
Grand Circuit there Grand Chimes had won four of
five races. He is entered in the Devereux Limited
stakes through the Grand Circuit, as well as the
$10,000 Hoster-Columbus purses at Columbus. Grand
Chimes is by Kentucky Chimes, while his third dam
is the dam of the trotter Jack McKerron 2:07%.
The price for which Grand Chimes was sold is not
given out, but his owners refused $5000 for him two
weeks before he won the race at Cleveland. Grand
Chimes was sold by the Black River Stock Farm Co.,
a corporation consisting of six men. Among these
men are John T. Gibbons Jr., brother of Cardinal
Gibbons; J. P. Barnes and J. A. Fain. This company
owns 3,000 acres of land at Jonesville, La., where
heavy horses, race horses, jacks and jennets, Here-
ford cattle, swine and various other cattle are bred.
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Canute, the son of Great Heart that won the first
division of the 2:17 pace at Detroit last Monday,
started eleven times last year and did not win a race.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 29, 1916
Notes and News
Santa Rosa Fair opens a week from next Monday.
♦ ♦♦
Over 100 horses are now in training there for the
races.
Starting payments in the colt stakes will all be
made by next Monday and then we can speculate on
the probable winners.
Good fields and close contests are expected at
Santa Rosa. The track is in fine shape and was
never faster than now.
A well broken, stylish saddle horse is wanted by
a gentleman who states the requirements in an
advertisement which will be found on another page
of this week's issue of the Breeder and Sportsman.
El Dorado cocoanut oil meal is the thing to help
fatten your stock and put them in condition. See
advertisement.
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With Jim Logan 2:01%, Leata J. 2:03, Vera Hal
2:05 and Teddy Bear 2:05 as the starters in the free-
for-all pace at Dixon during the Solano county fair
there will be a race worth going miles to see.
When Marvin Childs won the Edwards Stake,
$3000 for 2:10 pacers with Ben Earl, he won a big
sum in the auction pools where Ben Earl sold for
$25 in pools of $150.
Prince Ingomar 2:12% is a new producing son of
McKinney 2:12%, the trotting mare, Carpathia
2:16%, record taken at North Randall, being a daugh-
ter of that horse.
Pedlar Direct, Mr. A. W. Longley's pacer by Baron
Direct, worked a nice mile in 2:11% at Pleasanton
this week. Star Dillon, Mr. Longley's pacer by Star
Pointer, worked in 2:12%.
In reply to a question by Bert Baker of Hill P. O.,
Sorrento, California, we will state that no horse,
mare or gelding, trotter or pacer, has ever beaten
or equaled the record of Dan Patch 1:55% for one
mile.
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Everybody in Solano county is at work for the
success of the big fair to be held at Dixon from
August 16th to 19th. The live stock show will be
large and the harness races have all the fastest
horses in California named in them.
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The nine-year-old stallion, J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08,
is now the grandsire of a standard performer, the
two-year-old filly Nettie Forbes 2:28, by his son Todd
Forbes 2:15, having obtained her record at North
Randall recently.
Martha Marshall 2:06%, the only horse that ever
won a heat from Dan Patch 1:55%. when the cham-
pion was campaigned on the Grand Circuit, is the
property of Henry Levy, of Detroit, and has at her
side a foal by Lord Seymour 2:10%.
It is reported that James Coffroth, president and
manager of the Southern California Jockey Club, will
leave Tiajuana for the east in a few days and will
try to arrange for a circuit of running meetings, with
Tiajuana as the main racing point.
No city of its size in California is blest with so
many good hotels as Santa Rosa. They are all new
and modern and those who attend the fair and races
there week after next can be sure of excellent accom-
modations and fair treatment. Those who believe in
preparedness, however, will make reservations ahead.
The Western Horseman's' 'Fair Number" has much
information about the leading State and other fairs
held in the Middle West and South. The articles
by the fair managers as to how they make fairs suc-
cessful should be read by fair secretaries and man-
agers everywhere.
$100 purses with three races a day for the first
two days of the fair and two races per day the re-
maining four days will draw quite a lot of runners
to Santa Rosa. There are said to be between forty
and fifty thoroughbreds already in training for the
meeting.
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E. T. Barnette, of Los Angeles, Cal., has presented
the noted brood mare Silurian 2:25% (dam of Man-
rico 2:07% and four others), by Wilton 2:19%, to
Mrs. George Bowerman and her sister, Miss Laura
Grammer, of Lexington, Ky. Silurian was bred to
Native King 2:11% this spring.
There were only three starters in the last heat of
the 2:12 pace at North Randall, yet a $10 ticket in
the mutuals paid $262. And one of the five men who
held all the tickets on the winner also held a $2
Meket the Monday previous that paid $153.70. It is
better to be born lucky than rich.
Last call, fair warning. Next Monday, July 31st,
is the last date on which starting payments can be
made for any of the four futurity events to be decided
at the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' meeting
at Santa Rosa in August.
The reason Will Durfee's horse Contention B.'s
name did not appear in the summary of the 2:12
pace at North Randall after he was 8-4 in the first
two heats, was because Durfee was a little late in
getting on the track for the third heat and the field
was sent away without him.
The blood of Onward is to the front this year in
the veins of the record breaking pacers. Single G.
2:00%, winner of the fastest three-heat pacing race,
is by Anderson Wilkes, a son of Onward, and Miss
Harris M. 2:01%, winner of the fastest two consecu-
tive heats by a four-year-old mare, is out of a mare
by Ondale, a son of Onward.
The boarding and livery stable owned by H. O.
Medau, East 11th street, Oakland, was burned to the
ground one day this week and with its contents was
a total loss. All the horses were out at the time
which was fortunate. The loss was quite heavy for
Mr. Medau, who is a popular member of the Oakland
Driving Club.
Miss Axworthy Dillon, three-year-old daughter of
Axworthy and Cleo Dillon by Sidney Dillon, bred by
Chas DeRyder and E. A. Gammon, and now owned
by Thos. Pollock of Flagstaff, Arizona, is acting very
much like one of the prospective money winners in
the Pacific Breeders' Futurity for trotters that is to
be decided at Santa Rosa next month. Miss Axworthy
Dillon has worked a mile in 2:12%.
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Dr. Cecil Corwin has leased the half mile track at
San Lorenzo, has begun to rehabilitate it and intends
getting the track in order for training. The equable
climate and close proximity to the centres of popu-
lation should be drawing factors and make this track
a popular one. A grove of eucalyptus trees protects
the track from wind. Dr. Corwin intends opening a
live stock exchange where horses can be bought and
sold.
Crit Davis, one of the best known Kentucky train-
ers and drivers, died at his home at Lexington
recently . He had trained and driven many horses
of note, among which was Prince Wilkes 2:14%, a
great trotter in his day, and Harrietta 2:09%, winner
of the Transylvania in 1893. He was sixty-eight
years old and is survived by a widow and two chil-
dren.
As an aftermath of some queer driving during the
Grand Circuit meeting at North Randall, it was an-
nounced from the judges' stand late on Friday after-
noon that drivers A. S. Rodney and John Fleming,
who started respectively Briscia and Royal Hall in
the 2:18 trot Tuesday, and Mart Wilson, who raced
Admiral Dewey n in the 2:18 pace Thursday, were
suspended. Rodney was suspended for thirty days,
Fleming for ten days and Wilson for sixty days.
Neil Bowman of Hollister, a private in Troop C,
N. G. C, now stationed at Nogales, Arizona, in an
extremely interesting letter written home July 7th,
states that the pick of Carranza's army, about 9,000
strong, are camped not three miles away and that
they are in a most deplorable condition. Some have
clothes, others very few, and none but the officers
have shoes. "But," he adds, "there is one thiing they
have and that is beautiful cavalry horses."
Geo. Watson, whose knowledge of the New York
horse market is second to none, says that if you can
get horses of any kind good enough to win, whether
it is on the trotting, running or show track, you can
get as much money as you ever could. And in proof
of his assertion he refers to the fact that on one of
the hottest days in July last week there was sold at
auction in New York a pair of carriage horses for
$4250.
Tommy Murphy headed the list of winning drivers
at North Randall last week with $4769.50 to his
credit. Others that won over a thousand were Cox
$3525.50, Valentine $1665, Durfee $1627, White $1611,
McDonald $1566, M. Childs $1555, Jones $1355, Ed-
man $1347.50. Lon Daniels won $692 and Will De-
Ryder $140. Among the horses Mabel Trask led with
winnings of $1375. The California horses that won
money were credited as follows: Esperanza $587,
Bondalin $500, Contention B. $385, Virginia Barnette
$270, The Lark $210, Dicto $140, John Malcolm
$122.50, White Sox $87.50, Rayo de Oro $87.50. San
Felipe $70.
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Fred Ward is keeping up his record of riding in
front in the most of his starts on the Nebraska half
mile tracks. At Fremont July 11th he won the three-
year-old trot with Don de Lopez by Kinney de Lopez,
and the three-year-old pace with Fiesta Lou by Wil-
bur Lou. got third money in the 2:17 pace with Harry
R., and was outside the money with Bon Courage.
Mr. J. W. Sampsell's mare Lady Hoy by Strathway
won second money in the 2:22 pace. California bred
horses won first, second and third money in the 2:17
trot, Great Northern by Wayland W. winning first
money, California B. by Athasham second, and Luana
by Kinney Lou third.
In the account of the record meeting held at Los
Angeles July 12th, at which several horses were
given breeder's records, it was stated that C. A. Dur-
fee drove Mrs. Severance's horse Pegasus to a record
of 2:08% trotting. This was an error. Pegasus was
driven by Valencia Farm's trainer John L. Millar,
and as Mr. Millar has been very successful in the
handling of that farm's horses Mr. and Mrs. Sever-
ance are naturally anxious that he should have the
credit of this fine performance, Pegasus being the
first trotter on the Pacific Coast to be marked below
2:10 this year. As the other horses marked at Los
Angeles July 12th were driven by Mr. Durfee it is
easy to see how the error was made.
Every horseman and stockman on the Pacific Coast
who knows the Hon. Ben F. Rush, who has repre-
sented Solano and Napa counties in the California
State Senate for many years and who has also for
a long period been a Director of the California State
Agricultural Society, will read the following news
item with sincere regret and with the most heartfelt
sympathy for the parents and grandparents of the
unfortunate child:
Suisun, July 24. — Rush Gurnette, eight-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Gurnette, and grandson of
Senator B. F. Rush, was run over by a hay wagon
at 3 o'clock this afternoon. A wheel passed over the
child's head and shoulder, fracturing his skull and
crushing his arm and shoulder. He was carried to
the office of Dr. A. R. Finan, where he died within
three minutes.
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NOTES OF THE THOROUGHBREDS.
The announcement that there will be $100 purses
for runners at Santa Rosa during the fair has put
a lot of thoroughbreds in training, and this portion
of the race program will result in some good con-
tests. The entries will be over-night.
Now that racing at Tiajuana has closed it is said
that many of the horses will remain there until the
season opens again in November. One or two car
loads will be sent to Reno for the September meeting
in that city. It is estimated that at least two-thirds
of the 400 horses racing at Tiajuana will be kept at
that track until the November meeting opens.
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The bay gelding Longfellow, four years old, winner
of eight straight races in England and imported to
the United States by Jefferson Livingston, has been
sold to Mrs. Edward Arlington of New York who will
race him in this country. He is by Chaucer, a son
of St. Simon, and is reckoned a very high class race
horse.
Spur, the three-year-old star of the James Butler
establishment, continues to show improvement with
each effort, and right now there are few racers his
age master of the colt Friar Rock defeated him
decisively at Belmont Park, but of late Spur has been
showing by far the better form.
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Sangallo, the three-year-old by Soltaire, bred by
Mr. A. B. Spreckels and owned by "Bill" Carroll, won
the Business Men's Handicap at Reno last Saturday,
carrying 110 pounds and running the mile in 1:39.
Ed Cudihee was second a length behind and Sangallo
went into the lead at the half mile pole and was not
headed thereafter.
A dozen thoroughbred yearlings consigned by John
H. Morris of Kentucky to auction sale in New York
last week varied greatly in price. The yearlings
were nearly all by Burgomaster, son of Hamburg and
from good mares. The highest price of the sale was
$5100 which was paid by Congressman Geo. W. Loft
for a big brown colt by Burgomaster out of Antipathy.
A filly by Burgomaster— Wild Thistle brought $2600
and went to M. L. Schwartz. No other yearling
brought four figures and one sold for $75 and another
for $125. The two high priced ones brought the
average of the sale up to more than $900.
At a recent meeting of The Jockey Club there was
an amendment to the rules of racing adopted relating
to handicap weights. Under the old rules in all han-
dicaps where the added money exceeds $600 it was
mandatory that the top weight should not be less
than 126 pounds. Now the rule has been changed,
fixing 126 pounds as the minimum top weight in all
handicaps in excess of $800, except in selling handi-
caps. The original amendment did not make the
exception for selling handicaps and it was introduced
by Spalding L. Jenkins on behalf of the Maryland
Jockey Club, which desired to increase purses with-
out being forced to go to the handicap weight regu-
lation.
The thoroughbred stallion Buckhorn, R. J. Mc-
Kenzie's celebrated stake horSe, winner of a Brook-
lyn handicap and several big features in Kentucky,
dropped dead at the Hawthorne track in Chicago the
other day. He had just finished working half a mile
in :49 and was being washed off in front of his stall
when he suddenly made a dive for bis feed box and
then keeled over dead. He was the largest purse
winner of the get of Broomstick in America. His
total winnings were in excess of $37,000. His best
time of his racing career was made at Douglas Park,
a mile and seventy yards in 1:42, the first mile of
the race being run in 1:37.
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BRBJBDBR AND SPORTSMAN
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Stock B^eede^s, Page
THE FOOT AND LIMB OF A HORSE.
(By D. J. O'Keefe, Woodland, Cal.]
Every practical shoer knows that there are regular
and irregular shaped feet and limbs, but how many
shoers realize that the form of the horse's foot de-
pends largely, if not wholly, upon the position of the
limb above it? An irregular limb cannot by any
means possess a regular or normal shaped foot; a
regular or normal shaped limb of regular or normal
position may possess an irregular shaped foot, but
as a rule, the foot will be of normal shape. It is
therefore of vital importance that the practical horse
shoer first consider the limb above the foot to be
shod.
An Animal with Limbs in Apparently Normal Posi-
tions— A line dropped from the shoulder to the
ground divides the limb exactly in two to the fet-
lock; here the line drops to the ground immediately
behind the heel. The axis of the foot forms an angle
from fifty to fifty-three degrees. In the regular or
normal position of the leg a line dropped in front
from the shoulder passes down the centre of the
limb and equally divides it and the foot.
The Knock-Kneed Positions of the Fore Limbs —
Here the knees are in too close proximity. While
the feet are apparently in normal position, the bend
at the knees twists the foot so that the toes point
outward and away from each other, instead of point-
ing directly forward. In others the limbs while
apparently straight fall outward from the body,
describing lines like the letter A instead of the
straight limbed H.
The Toe-Narrow Condition of the Limbs — This po-
sition of the fore limbs is often encountered in wide-
chested horses. The lines fall from the body just
the reverse of the position illustrated at A. The foot
position is also reversed, the toes pointing toward
each other because of the twist in the limb. There
are also other limb positions which produce the toe-
narrow conditions.
Considering the Front Limb from the Side — The
irregular position shows the limb inclined too far
forward; the line from the shoulder touches the
ground too far behind the heel of the foot. In the
calf-knee conformation the knee is bent backward,
which again throws the limb out of line. In the posi-
tion known as knee-sprung the knee is bent forward
throwing the foot backward and behind a plumb line.
To the man who has made a study of the anatomy
of the horse's foot and leg it is easily understandable
that there is always a reason, a cause, for an abnor-
mally shaped foot, and in a future paper the abnor-
mally shaped foot will be considered. It is true that
a knowledge of anatomy is useful and valuable to the
practical horse shoer in that it enables him to intel-
ligently and practically shoe the horse. If after gain-
ing a knowledge of horse anatomy the practical shoer
can do his work so as to benefit the animal, he can
consider himself extremely well paid for the time
spent in study. It is the shoer's mission to shoe the
horse practically and to the best interests and com-
fort of the animal.
[To be Continued.]
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Make Your Entries for the State Fair.
As entries for all classes of livestock for the com-
ing State Fair Sept. 2 to 9 close August 2, those
expecting to exhibit should write for premium list
and application blanks at once, addressing their let-
ters to Chas. W. Paine, State Fair Grounds, Sac-
ramento.
Indications are that the livestock exhibits will
greatly surpass any previous exhibitions in the state,
and the fact that the premium money has been in-
creased is an additional inducement to exhibitors.
Many new breeders will make their first showing
at Sacramento this year, especially swine breeders.
The poultry show offers more inducement to exhib-
itors than heretofore — among other advantages there
being twice the former capacity in the poultry
building.
Dairy cattle will again take the lead in the cattle
divisions, all of the prominent breeders having sig-
nified their intentions to come out with strong herd
shows. That the show will draw breeders from the
northwest is also certain, the impression gained by
northern breeders at the P.-P. I. E. last year evidently
having been good.
Several new beef breeders will exhibit show herds
imported from the East since the 1914 state fair was
held.
Horses and sheep promise to be equally as good a
show as anything staged in recent years, and better
in some classes.
Wells, Fargo & Co. Buy Klamath Horses.
Klamath Falls (Ore.), July 22. — Approximately
sixty head of fine draft horses are now awaiting
inspection and shipment by the Wells, Fargo Ex-
press Company buyer, George Manning. These ani-
mals, weighing from 1400 pounds up, are valued at
from $185 to $200 per head.
Between 15 and 20 carloads of these fine animals
have been shipped from Klamath Falls in the past
few months in addition to thousands of cavalry
horses and mules. Despite this tremendous exodus
buyers representing the different interests still seem
to locate fresh supplies.
It is reliably reported that more livestock has been
shipped from this district since September 1, 1915,
than along any 100 miles of the main line between
San Francisco and Portland.
$4600 For a Holstein Cow.
In the great sale of Holsteins held at Detroit June
8th and 9th, the nine-year-old cow Jessie Fobes Bes-
sie Homestead was consigned by the Munroe Com-
pany, Spokane, Washington and purchased for $4600
by the Cass Farms Company, of Sumner, Iowa. This
cow was born March 14th, 1907, and has five 7-day
records (3 under full age) averaging 29.54 pounds of
CALIFORNIA STATE DAIRY COW COM-
PETITION, 1916-18.
The C. H. Widemann Goat Milk Company, Inc., at
King City, is now milking 2600 goats daily and a
modern condensery has been established there. A
moving picture company recently visited King City
and took 10,000 feet of film picturing the condensing
process from the time the goats are milked until
the milk is in the can.
JESSIE FOBES BESSIE HOMESTEAD
butter. Her best record for seven days is 34.96
pounds of butter. This and her 30-day record of
142.16 pounds were world's records when made. She
is bred to Finderne Pieterje Fayne 98104, who sold
in the same sale for $3000, the purchaser being H. C.
Davis of Granger, Wisconsin.
Keep Cows Well Fed.
During the hot weather of July and August the
milk flow of the average herd drops down nearly half.
The heat and the condition of the pastures common
at that time of the year are the main causes of this
drop. The flies generally blamed are of much less
importance than other conditions. The real cause is
the failure of the animals to eat sufficient feed. Poor
pastures, heat, and flies may all contribute to this
result. It will be observed that during the hot
weather the cows will graze but little and come to
the bam at night evidently hungry. To produce
three gallons of milk a day a cow has to gather at
least 100 or 125 pounds of grass. If the pastures are
short and the weather hot, generally this much grass
will not be gathered and soon the milk flow goes
down.
The influence of these summer conditions cannot
be removed but may be improved. The main thing
is to see that the cows do not lack food. They
should be in the pasture at night and during the
earliest, coolest part of the day. If the pasture is
short feed silage or green crops. It is well known
to all experienced with dairy cattle that when the
milk flow goes down once for lack of feed it is im-
possible to bring it back to where it was before by
better feeding later. To get a high production of
milk during the year the cow must be kept at a high
level of production all the time. For this reason do
not neglect the cows during the hot weather and
expect them to come back strong again when condi-
tions become better in the fall. Keep them going
all the time.— C. H. Eckles, Missouri Agricultural
Experiment Station.
A pig should never be allowed to stop growing.
In fact, that rule holds good during its entire life.
A poor, runty pig is of no value. Close confinement
to filth and dirt will check the growth, however gen-
erous the feed, but if starved at the same time, it
will be a mercy to both pigs and owner to send them
to the manure pile.
The exhibition of live stock at fairs is done primar-
ily for advertising purposes. Any stock breeder who
breeds animals for sale knows that more sales are
made through fair exhibits than by any other means.
One lesson that is always learned at fairs is that it
pays to have some attractive literature descriptive
of the animals shown, to give away to visitors. While
all who come to look at the stock are not buyers,
there are many who may become buyers if they have
some memorandum containing a few particulars
about the animals shown and the name and address
of the exhibitor.
[By F. W. Woll, Professor of Animal Nutrition in
the University of California.]
The University of Califor-nia is about to inaugurate
a state competition for dairy cows, for prizes of
$4,700.
There are in California at Ihe present time over
onehalf million milch cows, valued at about $38,000,-
000 — an amount of money which is but slightly
larger than the total annual value of the dairy prod-
ucts of the state. The average yearly production
per cow is not known with certainty, but is evidently
below- 150 pounds of butter fat. On the other hand,
two cows in the state have produced more than 900
pounds of butter fat each in one year, and a consid-
erable number more have each produced above 600
pounds during this period. There are also dairy herds
that average over 400 pounds of butter fat per cow
per year.
The average production of cows in the state is,
therefore, not as much as one-sixth of that of excep-
tional cows, and is not much over one-third that of
the average production of cows in a number of good
dairy herds in the state. The
high records mentioned were
made by cows of exceptional
capacity for feed consumption,
whose ancestors were bred for
high dairy production for many
generations. They represent,
therefore, the highest type yet
reached by intelligent and con-
sistent methods of breeding
along dairy lines, and are not
only the result of great skill in
feeding and handling cows.
Experience teaches us, how-
ever, that production by dairy
cows can be very appreciably
increased by a better system of
feeding and management than is
now practiced by most farmers.
There is considerable evidence
indicating that a large propor-
tion of the cows in this and
other states do not produce suf-
ficient milk to much more than
pay for their keep, and many
are kept at an actual loss when
the feed they eat is figured at ordinary market
prices. It becomes important, therefore, to demon-
strate to our farmers the possibility of improvement
in the production by dairy cows and to stimulate
their interest in modern methods of dairying.
As a step in this direction, the College of Agricul-
ture of the University of California will conduct a
Dairy Cow competition during the period of Novem-
ber 1, 1916, to February 28, 1918, in connection with
the official testing of dairy cows for production of
butter fat in which the college has been engaged for
a number of years past. The competition has been
rendered possible through the hearty co-operation of
breeders of pure-bred dairy ' cattle, feed dealers,
creamery companies, and others interested in the
advancement of the dairy industry, who have sub-
scribed a fund of over $4700 for the award of prizes
for records of production made by cows in the com-
petition. A large number of special prizes of pure-
bred bull calves, dairy apparatus, and feeds have like-
wise been donated in order to make the competition
of general interest to dairy farmers and to insure
general participation, Circular 153 of the College of
Agriculture gives full information concerning the
competition. A copy of it will be sent upon applica-
tion to Dean Thomas F. Hunt, College of Agriculture,
Berkeley, California.
New Rates for Transporting Live Stock.
Washington, July 20 — New rates and regulations
governing the transportation of pedigreed livestock
were prescribed today by the interstate commerce
commission in a decision on the complaint of the
National Society of Record Association representing
100,000 fancy stock breeders against practically all
of the railroads of the country.
Minimum weights were fixed for the computation
of freight rates on cattle, sheep and swine and it was
ordered that the liability of carriers should be on the
following basis:
Horse or mule, $150; ox or bull, $75; cow, $50;
calf, $20; hog, $15; sheep or goats, $5. In the case
of shippers desiring to declare higher values the
commission declared railroads are justified in charg-
ing an additional 2 per cent in rate for each 50 per
cent or fraction above the standard value.
Higher charges for crated stock than for uncrated
and rules requiring shippers to furnish crates were
found unreasonable and ordered discontinued.
It is said that three San Francisco firms have about
succeeded in cornering the hay crop in the counties
v/hose market is San Francisco. Prices for good hay
are now around $15 and will probably go to $20 before
long.
Prof. J. I. Thompson, of the State University Farm
at Davis, California, has accepted the invitation to
judge the live stock at the big fair and forest festival
to be held at Santa Rosa next month.
TH1 BREEDER AMD SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 29, 1916
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
Big Stick Stirs Up Dog Fancy. — Not without rea-
son, the American Kennel Club has brought upon its
head much popular indignation by its free handed
use of the "professional handler" rule. The kennel
public is easygoing and tractable as a general thing.
When it displays resentment it is certain that some-
thing unusually serious has upset its equanimity.
Although indefensible and unconstitutional so far
as freedom and justice are concerned, at the time it
became law the kennel public apparently paid no at-
tention to the "professional handler" question. More
astonishing, however, was the fact that no attention
was paid to incidents which marked its passage —
incidents of such a grave character as to warrant a
complete and far-reaching investigation.
The rule which is now being so liberally used was
passed at the annual meeting in February, 1913, and
was fostered with other oppressive and suppressive
measures in contemplation by the kennel politicians.
In fact, it was part of a scheme aimed to put the
whole machinery of the American Kennel Club in
the clenched fist of the kennel politicians.
The clubs on the Pacific Coast, or rather those
beyond the Rockies, were strongly opposed to the
passing of the "professional handler" measure. Rep-
resentatives of these clubs attended a special meeting
at San Francisco and passed a resolution that each
delegate of a club represented should be instructed
to vote against the rule when the latter was pre-
sented for adoption at the annual meeting in New
York.
As the annual meeting of the American K. C. was
to be held within a week after the resolution had been
passed instructions to delegates by mail were out of
the question, and telegrams to delegates might in
some cases miscarry; there were twelve clubs in-
volved. To simplify and condense things a telegram
was sent the secretary of the American Kennel Club
requesting that he act for the club and notify the
delegates.
The delegates were not notified, and for all one
knows they voted for instead of against the rule.
This failure to accede to the request of the Pacific
clubs resulted in the resignation in a body of the
Pacific Advisory Board, and as the amende honorable
has never been made or even suggested there has not
been a Pacific Advisory Board since.
It transpired at the next quarterly meeting of the
American Kennel Club that the telegram had been
handed to the chairman of the Rules Committee, who
was closely identified with the "professional handler"
rule.
No satisfactory explanation has ever been forth-
coming as to why the telegram was handed to one
other than those for whom it was intended.
At all events, if one will refer back to the time
when the rule was introduced, it will be seen that
its sponsors themselves never intended it should be
applied except to those who make a practice of taking
a string of dogs in different ownerships to the various
shows. In fact, the alleged reason for the introduc-
tion was to prevent the growing "abuse" of handlers
showing dogs at one show and judging them at
another. When asked to cite "cases" it developed
that only "one" case could be cited. Thus, because
of one knavish trick a greater "abuse" has been
fostered by the "un-American" Kennel Club, to use
the common expression of today.
The writer is not deeply versed in the technicalities
o£ the constitution and by-laws governing the "Amer-
ican" Kennel Club. He, however, knows that the
"American" Kennel Club's principles as set forth in
the constitution are essentially democratic. On this
premise can such a rule as that which discriminates
against a community be valid?
The late James Mortimer was quick to perceive
the injustice of such a measure and offered a substi-
tute to the effect "no person acting as judge should
award a prize to a dog which he or she had owned,
boarded, handled or prepared for show at any time
during the three months preceding the date of the
show at which the said person judged." This was
a simple way of abolishing an offensive and oppres-
sive act and at the same time hitting the nail on
the head. In short, without discriminating against
against any class, it effectually prevented the recur'
rence of many reprehensible practices not affected
by the "handlers' rule."
The Mortimer substitution was lost, as was a sim-
ilar motion submitted subsequently — facts which do
not redound to the credit of those responsible.
Any motion to rescind the present rule which may
be in contemplation had better be left until the quar-
terly meeting in December. September meetings are
never representative and it is at these that the ken-
nl politicians get in their work by taking advantage
of the absence in the country of many delegates.
Whatever the broader minded, higher principled
delegates may have in mind, the latter are confronted
with the question as to whether the American Kennel
Club is to continue as the "American" or "un-Amer-
ican" Kennel Club.— Fox Hills, in N. Y. Herald.
Woman 72 Catches Trout. — Just to show her daugh-
ters that despite her age she could still do some real
fishing, Mrs. Kathryn Rapp celebrated her seventy-
second birthday last week by catching several large
trout in Lake Almanor.
Mrs. Rapp has been spending the summer at Ches-
ter with her two daughters, Mrs. Charles Gardella
of Sacramento and Mrs. Charles Daly of Chico. On
the day of her birthday she insisted on going fishing
with her daughters, to demonstrate that although she
was much older than they, she was almost as active
as in her younger days.
She handled her rod and reel with considerable
skill and hooked several trout with ease. The fish
were served that evening as a portion of the birth-
day supper prepared for the occasion.
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Fishing Popular at Klamath Falls. — Klamath Falls,
Or. — A total of $1282 has been collected by County
Clerk De Lap since the first of the year for hunting,
fishing and combination licenses. Anglers' licenses
are far in the lead in number, probably because of
the good fishing for the past several months and
also because the hunting season for deer and other
big game has not yet opened. Since January 1, 1916,
720 anglers have bought licenses to try their luck
in Klamath waters. One hundred and ninety-three
more person have bought combination licenses which
entitle them to both hunt and fish. Only 176 hunting
licenses have thus far been secured.
Four veterans of the Civil War have taken advan-
tage of the law which entitled them to combination
licenses without cost. These gray-haired hunters and
anglers are Henry Newnham, O. A. Stearns, G. F.
Vose and G. M. Shippy.
Sharks Here Not Dangerous. — Since the "man-
eating shark" scare on the east coast, some have
wondered what local possibilities may develop on
this coast, and every shark is being subjected to an
unusual scrutiny . The truth is, sharks are scaven-
gers, man-eating is a depraved taste with them, and
only the very large ones are big enough to bother
with "white meat." The idea of six or seven-footers
bothering human beings is held only by those who
think all serpents are venomous and toads make
warts.
Any shark that can be killed on surf casting tackle
is not likely to bother human beings. There are oil
sharks in Alamitos Bay ten to twelve feet long, but
so far as known they will not take human bait.
Hammerheads, on the other hand, are not above sus-
picion. The truth is, Efny shark big enough and
hungry enough to lose instinctive fear of man is
potentially dangerous.
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Egg Supply for New Hatchery. — That the world's
biggest hatchery now being built in the Owens Val-
ley to supply all Southern California with game fish
will not have to go beyond a seven-hour packing trip
to stock itself to capacity with the freshest of eggs
is the final confirmation of Fish and Game Commis-
sioner Connell's thorough preliminary investigation
prior to picking out Oak Creek as the place most
nearly combining the essentials of unlimited spring-
fed water, abundant acreage for future expansion,
permanent building materials, and proximity to egg
sources equal to the vast demands already develop-
ing through annual record-breaking in license sales.
Deputy Ed H. Ober has just reported on the trip
of final investigation as to egg-taking arrangements
and possibilities about the Rae lakes, in which he
piloted one of the Commission's fish-cultural experts,
Frank A. Shebley, for years in charge of the Brook-
dale hatchery, up over the mountains into the snows
where the "rainbows" and other trout still are spawn-
ing generally. The gist of their conclusion is that
20,000,000 eggs annually can be taken right in the
immediate vicinity of the Rae lakes, only seven tiours'
pack-train trip down to the Oak Creek hatchery,
thus making it possible to "eye" the eggs in the
trough where they will be hatched, thus saving hand-
ling and making for more vigorous fry, as well as
higher hatching percentages.
Ober's report is interesting reading for any sports-
man. Tuesday, July 11, with pack outfit, Shebley
and the deputy left for Rae Lake over the Oak Creek
trail, camping at Baxter Lake, just over the summit,
seeing en route twenty-two mountain sheep, four of
which were young kids. Wednesday they pitched
camp at the upper end of Rae Lake, seeing a doe
and much deer signs along the trail, finding Baxter
Lake and Slim Lake, just south of it, fairly alive with
eastern brook trout from previous Fish and Game
Commission experimental plantings. Thursday, they
experted the egg-taking possibilities; on one stream
100 feet long, Shebley reported 4,000,000 eggs could
be taken. During Friday, ten trout of eleven-inch
length were collected, and found ready to spawn,
averaging the large amount of 450 eggs for such
small fish. Saturday the spawning beds were exam-
ined by digging down into the sand about ten inches,
uncovering many hundred fertile eggs, although the
trout have not been spawning long in that altitude,
where they are much later than below. Shebley
estimated Rae Lakes alone will produce 10,000,000
eggs under ideal conditions, and with Bullfrog and
Roadie lakes added, can easily double this annual
output, making 20,000,000 eggs available for the as
yet unnamed biggest hatchery in the world, right
down the mountain, seven hours' pack away.
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Deer Gets Stuck in Mud. — Wild animals of the
Adirondacks are exceedingly shy at most seasons of
the year and one may travel for days without getting
a glimpse of them and then finally run upon a bunch
of several. This was the experience, recently, of
Hunt Dickson, who, with Lowell Brown, a guide,
went to Regis Pond, and later to Grasse Pond, ang-
ling for trout. At Grasse Pond they saw seven deer
in the water and one near the shore, where he had
gone to feed on lily pads. The buck remained stand-
ing in the water, and as the anglers drew near they
discovered that he was stuck fast in the mud. Mr.
Brown hurried back to St. Regis Pond, where he
found a member of the State Forest Fire Service
and a helper, who returned with him, and together
they constructed a bridge of young saplings and
brush, with the aid of which they extricated the ex-
hausted deer. Placing the deer, unharmed, on the
bank, they left him and later he recovered sufficiently
to disappear in the woods. Mr. Brown is one of the
older set of woodsmen and he says he never before
knew of a deer's getting into a place from which it
couldn't get out.
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Story of a Lost Sword Fish. — Only a few persons
know that the waters of Point Loma abound at this
season with the sword fish, the giants of all waters.
These fish are from six feet to eighteen feet long
and to an expert fisherman with the right tackle
will furnish more thrills in less time, than anything
that swims. That these giants, weighing from 300 to
600 pounds, can be caught with rod and reel seems
almost incredible, but our modem tackle makers
have solved the problem.
After tuna fishing for an hour, during which time
we landed a dozen finned beauties, we sighted two
fins standing a foot or more above the surface of
the ocean. Baiting up the heavy line on the 9-ounce
rod we circled in front of the fish, at a distance of
about 100 feet. Probably fifteen minutes were passed
this way before the sword fish sighted the bait. Sud-
denly he rushed up to within 30 feet of the bait,
which was floating close to the surface. Down he
dived and a slight tug was felt upon the hook.
The line was allowed to run freely to enable the
swordfish to gorge the bait, and after he had run
off 50 feet, the strike was given. He responded by
a gigantic leap, coming clear of the water and show-
ing his full length of more than 10 feet. Then he
started off, fairly burning the water, and took 700
feet of line in his first rush.
At the end of the 700 feet he leaped, again clearing
the water, and falling back with a crash that sounded
like a "ton of bricks." A rush across enabled the
captain of the Bonita to gain some of the line back,
and then the fish sounded. Down, down 900 feet in
the crystal blue waters of the Point Loma channel
went the giant. He came up suddenly and leaping
clear of the water some 300 feet away from the boat
he sounded again. As the fish started up the line was
rapidly reeled in, but so fast was the rise and follow-
ing sounding, that scarcely 300 feet had been reeled
in before that fish was again taking out line in his
attempt to escape. Eighteen minutes and then the
accident came. The line parted, where a 900-foot
length was tied to a 600-foot length. The fish was
gone. — Foster Kipp, San Diego Union.
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More Land For Game Reserve, — The Glide range
near Winters has been added to the preserved prop-
erty of the Winters Fish and Game Protective Asso-
ciation, the body that was formed to prevent whole-
sale killing of game in the Putah canyon country.
None but the members of the association may hunt
on the ranges which it controls. The club has a
range rider who will act as deputy sheriff to see that
the state game laws are observed and that tres-
passers are kept from the ranges. Killing of does
and other illegal hunting will be closely guarded
against during the coming deer season.
The acquisition of the Glide range gives the asso-
ciation two of the largest ranges in the Putah coun-
try, the Pleasants range having been leased some
months ago. The range owners find that their lands
are better protected when leased to the club than if
they were held by their owners.
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Novel Idea For Dog Shows. — The dog show world
is looking for novelties to bolster up the game and
a suggestion was made recently which might be well
worth looking into. At practically all the shows the
same old faces are seen in tjie judging rings. One
often wonders what will happen when these "regu-
lars" go beyond. Little has been done to foster the
newcomer in the judging ring. A suggestion has
been made that a show be held at which no one but
a novice shall judge. Naturally it would not be a
point show. The idea is to get together fanciers who
are supposed to know dogs and let them do the judg-
ing and then have a jury pass on their awards, giving
prizes for the best, second best and third. There
would probably be a lot of reversals, but it should
furnish a day of real fun to the fancy.
Saturday, July 29, 1916]
THE BREEDER A N L. SPORTSMAN
9
DARK HORSE WINS EASTERN HANDICAP
M. Siddall
C. B. Piatt Surprises by Breaking 97 out of 100 in
Tournament at Philadelphia.
Trapshooting fans who know claim that for pro-
ducing dark horses the great Eastern Handicap has
a presidenial convention backed off the boards. This
was proved July 20 in the event which closed the 10th
annual Eastern tournament contested over the Key-
stone League's traps at Holmesburg Junction, near
Philadelphia, when Clarence B. Piatt, of Bridgeton,
N. J., bobbed up unexpectedly and captured the han-
dicap by picking off 97 clays out of a possible 100.
One hundred and sixty-four shooters were in the
competition.
Piatt, who fired from the 21-yard mark, did not
take his stand until late in the day, and when he
visited the stakes he threw a bomb into the midst
of a trio of contestants who, tied for first place at
96, were hoping that no one could surpass this mark.
They were C. B. Cutter, of Bridgeport, Conn., W. H.
Lanier, of Augusta, Ga., and F. M. Ziegler, of Allen-
town.
Eighteen birds fell on Piatt's first turn. He had
a perfect average for his next two stops, but his aim
failed on one shot at his fourth stake. With 20
needed to capture the event on his final time up the
Jersey gunner blazed away without a miss, carrying
off the bunting with a skill that evoked applause
from the large gallery. In addition to the- trophy
for the first place Piatt won the money prize of
$137.15.
In the shoot-off to decide second place in the handi-
cap Lanier shattered 19 birds in the first event,
which earned him the berth and the trophy that went
with it, while Cutter and" Ziegler again tied. Shoot-
ing for third place Cutter broke 19 straight to Zieg-
ler's 18. Second money was divided equally between
the three men in the triple tie, each receiving $94.45.
Frank Huseman, a professional, who bore the
totem of Washington, D. C, in the handicap, accom-
plished what no other shooter was successful in
doing during the tournament, when he hung up a
perfect shooting average, laying low a round 100
targets.
Charles Newcomb, interstate amateur champion,
did not allow the tournament to fly by without col-
lecting additional laurels. Newcomb won the East-
ern Overture, sending to "smithereens" 99 of the
tricky targets out of the century. Newcomb gave a
splendid exhibition of control of muscle and nerve.
He registered 20 the first time without a miss, and
then let one get away from him before he could get
into action on his second fire. Cool as Siberia, he
called off the remaining 61 ,and brought them to earth
with ease.
Seven tied for second place in this contest, namely,
F. Billinger, Cumberland, Md. ; S. G. Vance, Tillson-
burg, Ontario; H. S. Sindle, Little Falls, N. Y.;
J. G. Martin, Harrisburg; Fred Plum, Atlantic City;
"Doll" Richardson, Dover, Del.; A. C. King, Toms
River, N. J. The insurmountable obstacle for these
men was 98.
Again, when the gunners were getting under way
to shoot off the tie for second place in the Overture,
the sportsmanship that exists between trapshooters
asserted itself. Richardson and Plum, who both are
crack shots, dropped out of the competition in order
to give the lesser lights a chance.
Sindle, King and Billinger tied at 16 in the first
event of the shoot-off ,and in the second race Billin-
ger brought home the bacon, gathering 20 without a
slip-up.
With cleverness that was the envy of many of the
menfolk, Mrs. Albion Moulton, of Philadelphia, sent
87 discs flying in pieces, while Mrs. Harriet B. Ham-
mond, of Wilmington, landed the second prize for
women by hitting 86. Mrs. F. A. Johnson was also
a prominent performer among the women shooters,
and her score of 85 netted her third place.
Mrs. John L. De Veney, of Trenton; Miss Elizabeth
L. Riley, of Wilmington, and Miss Amy Schofield
completed the list of women competitors who helped
to demonstrate that a woman's place in the warlike
activities is no longer limited to nursing the wounded
and such odd jobs.
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Pacific Coast Indians. — Closing what is declared
to be the best tournament in the history of the
Pacific Coast Indians, the final events were shot off
July 20th upon the range of the Tacoma Gun Club
at Manitou grove. L. H. Reid of Seattle was awarded
the best score and average of the tournament. He
broke 390 out of 400 targets in the three days' shoot-
ing in the class A division. In the class B competi-
tion Adam Blair of Portland won with 372, while
Mrs. Ada Schilling of Portland won in the C class.
The closing competition saw George W. Garrison
of Seattle and Frank C. Riehl of Tacoma tied for
high run with 51, Garrison winning in the shoot-off.
Miss Gladys Reid of Portland won the women's
trophy.
The individual results of each competition for each
day's shooting during the tournament follow:
Events —
Targets —
•Geo. Garrison — 1st day
2nd day
3rd day
L. Rayburn
J8J18
1920
2?.
23
Total
—119
—117
—144
—113
—125
—145
A. Blair
*H. E. Poston
*P. J. Holohan
C. E. McKelvey
F. M. Troeh
E. H. Keeler
C. E. Owens
*C. H. Reid
J. S. Ruppe
Ed. Morris
A. W. Strowger
C. Leith
A. A. Riehl
C. Dockendorf
P. H. O'Brien
H. B. Quick
M. Rickard
i20
IT
1
20
IS
18
18
19
20
20
20
19
18
20
17
20
18
20
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16
17
17
19
IS
19
19
20
Thos. Wilkes |1&
|17
[18
F. Landrocher . . . . : .18
19
18
H. Fleming 18
20
19
19
17
17
18
17
18
18
16
IS
15
IS
IS
16
17
19
IS
20
19
19
17
17
17
17
120
14
19
16
19
15
19
Wm. Bristol 16
,10
I 7
18
|20
19
11
12
18
IS
17
16
18
17
18
16
*F. C. Riehl
J. A. Dague
E. E. Young
D. Bales
V. Eisenbies
J. C. Jensen
20
W. Fleet ,19
20
15
16
IS
15
11
16
17
18
19
|19
J. W. McKnight |18
19|18
J. Weatherman
J. W. Clarke
F. Campbell
W. B. Taft
L. S. Barnes
R. H. Miller
17J16
18117
18|l6
14|18
H. M. Fisher . . .
Matt Grossman
18)17
1517
1818
19|20
1818
1819
17113
16|20
1918
17|20
19116
1717
21
23
23
21
-115
-107
-139
-118
-119
-135
-118
-118
-135
-114
-113
-139
-112
-122
-140
-120
-117
-138
-118
-117
-131
-111
-114
-135
-120
-123
-147
-117
-116
-136
-110
-106
-125
-115
-110
-135
-114
-113
-126
-114
-104
-123
-108
-111
-125
-102
-106
-126
-104
-116
-135
-108
-120
-124
-114
-109
-132
-116
-111
-132
-107
-108
-128
-121
-110
-140
- 68
- 66
- 54
-117
-112
-119
- 99
- 96
-123
-105
-100
-131
-113
-109
-135
-104
-113
-134
-117
-114
-124
-109
- 99
-123
- 80
- 86
-108
-108
-110
-126
-117
-107
-106
-123
-111
-111
-135
-111
-116
-102
-138
-118
-111
-129
C. E. Owens
Mrs. A. Schilling
Chas. O'Connor . .
Dave Miller
Hall
Mrs. G. Reid
Mrs. C. A. O'Connor
J. H
C. L. Templeton
H. J. Davidson
17
17
16
11
is
IS
is
17
13
18
19
17
19
18
15
16
14J15I11
1615!l3
191618118
16 18115116
16
Templeton J15
17
14|20
18118
13
16
16|20
1418
1114
*G. Hambright
R. W. Kruger .
G. D. Cooper . .
G. B. Joslin . .
A. Z. Smith . . .
J. H. Hohne . .
18
IS
18
IS
18
16
15|16|18
14116112
15|17|17
15J1918
1416|17
811111
22
is
19
21
24
23
21
21
20
22
22
2ii
20
17
16
15
20
16
19122
18J21
1718
17J23
1720
11819
2022
17 19
19 20 21
1419
21
23
IS
23
IS
21
23
18
IS
17
23
18(13
12J11
16113
18|12
1115
1512
C. R. Coon J14
'11
—108 L. S. Mellinger
—114 W. L. Richards
.16
E. P. Miles
E. R. Goodwin
*J. Reid
F. L. Baker . . .
H O. Scofield
H. R. Burg
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14
11
15|15
18
15
11
16
16
17
11
IS
15
20
19
13
16
16
19
14
15
16
IS
14
17
17
23
18
23
21
21
21
24
20
16
24
-108
-108
-125
-103
-108
-136
-108
-110
-109
-113
-110
-132
-108
- 95
-110
- 90
- 92
-115
-112
-104
-122
-109
-107
-113
-112
-105
-124
-113
—101
—111
—135
—100
—102
—104
—102
—109
—128
— 78
— 90
— 98
— 97
— 99
102
76
18
191818 .. — ...
— 95
94
-110
—128
86
— 96
107
-82
—105
Vallejo Club. — Andy Flickinger, the Coast trap
crack who is going to St. Louis next month to par-
ticipate in the Grand American Handicap, scored
high on Sunday in the Vallejo Club shoot. He was
back on the 20-yard mark and busted 47 out of 50.
The rest of the contestants shot from the regulation
16 yards. The results were as follows; —
A. G. Flickinger 47, H. J. 1'ocum 44. W. E. Mann
40, J. W. Pickham 38, D. Humphreys 35, P. G. Magis-
truni 36, W. King 35, R. Standish 35, J. Moore 34,
Dr. Saxton 40, R. W. McPnerson 29, P. G. Lynn 34,
S. Magistrini 19.
Others who did not shoot through the entire pro-
gram were: S. Magistrini 19x25, E. de La Metie
14x25, C. B. Shiveley 14x20, T. H. Phillips 12x20,
J. McGlennan 12x20.
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Still After Sparrows. — San Diego has been getting
action upon the English sparrows, and it is now
thought they are under control.
The first appropriation of $125 is exhausted, then
5 cents per bird was paid, and later 10 cents as they
became scarcer. The first month the man to whom
the work was delegated turned in 325.
Riverside and San Bernardino have a man's size
job in this line, as the "rats in feathers" got a good
head start .and their unmelodious chirp and squeak
is heard about the streets and parks everywhere in
place of the native birds.
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"Billy" Price and George Thomas will go after
antlers in the vicinity of Inverness if Price is able
to break away from work.
* • * *
There has been fair salmon fishing outside the
heads for several days and the fish began coming into
the bay on Thursday of this week, as many were
seen jumping from the waters of the straits on that
day.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 29, 1916
,..,.., ..♦-♦..«.. •..,-♦..«.
Sportsmen's Row
•■3
Sportsmen start in young here in California. Wil-
cox Drake, the 16-year-old son of James C. Drake,
came all the way from Hotchkiss School in Connect-
icut as soon as vacation arrived, to put in the time
amongst the trout up on the Sespe and has just
returned from the first of a series of outings he plans
to take this summer. Being under the 18-year limit,
and requiring no angling license, the young man
wanted one, and Fish and Game Commissioner Con-
nell issued it with his compliments, as the State
could not take any money legally for it; but Drake
Junior means to be a "regular fisherman."
* * * *
J. M. McLoughlin of New Rochelle, N. Y., on Fri-
day, July 14, won the New England handicap event
at the annual Connecticut state shoot, which was
held at Danbury. His score was 92x100 from the
18-yard mark. E. J. Hamm Jr. of Norwalk was the
runner-up, arid C. B. Blandford of Ossining, N. Y.,
was third high man. Sixty-three shooters competed
in the event. Jack Fanning was high professional
with 87x100 from 21 yards rise.
* * * *
C. A. Young of Springfield, Ohio, a professional,
established a new world's record at Peru, Ind., on
July 13, when he broke 100 targets straight from the
23-yard mark. The previous record, we believe, was
98x100 from 22 yards rise. Mr. Young has been in
the target-shooting game for years and is well known
and very popular in every section of the United
States . When called to the traps Mr. Young appar-
ently forgets that there is anyone on the grounds
except the members of his squad, and he attends as
strictly to business as if his week's salary depended
on his smashing every target possible; and that,
permit us to remark, is the way to become a topnotch
target shot.
* * * *
Ten traps will be in action at the Grand American
Handicap in St. Louis the third week in August.
Quite a number of trapshooters of the Far West are
planning to visit the Mound City for the tournament
— the blue ribbon event of trapdom.
* * * *
Southern trapshooters tell a good yarn on T. P.
Fitzgerald, who, won the Mississippi State title. Fitz-
gerald went up to the last trap all right. When he
became aware that he led the field his knees wobbled
a little bit. He was so nervous when the last bird
was thrown that he shot as he called "pull." As
fortune would have it, the thrown target was a
broken one, and he got another chance, broke the
target and scored 99 breaks — and carried off the title.
* * * •
Trapshooters who wish to engage in the competi-
tions at the Grand American Handicap this year
should get in their entries to E. R. Shaner, Pittsburg,
Pa., by August 5th.
* * * *
More than 500 trapshooting tournaments were held
by the trapshooting clubs of this country on July 4.
* * * •
E. C. Boucher was up in the vicinity of Tahoe last
week. Though there on business, he managed to find
enough leisure to go out after brook trout. A very
likely looking brook, winding through a broad, green
meadow, was selected for the sport. Boucher ap-
proached the stream, and as he neared the banks
a veritable cloud of grasshoppers rose from the grass
and alighted on the water. To the experienced angler
two looks were unnecessary to see that with the fish
getting free feed in such easy manner there would be
nothing doing for artificial flies.
* * * *
Following Wednesday's regular program at the
Tacoma shoot, a number of prominent members of
the Pacific Indians dressed up in their costumes. The
make-ups were side splitters. Frank Riehl donned
his Indian suit and he looked the part of a big Chief.
Pete J. Holohan can easily pass as an Irish washer-
woman and Al Strowger could get by as a ballet
dancer.
* * * *
Harry Quick, who formerly pitched in the North-
western league, is a pretty fair shot and he's lucky,
too, for he won a gun which was raffled off by J. R.
Owens of Wenatchee, Wash.
* * • *
George Hambright, a Seattle professional, was
unable to shoot through the entire program at Ta-
coma on account of the sudden death of his baby
girl. F. W. Sumner of Everett, Wash., was pre-
vented from entering the tourny as the result of an
automobile accident in Tacoma.
* * * *
Joe Templeton, former University of Oregon foot-
ball star, and his brother Charley, who antedated Joe
in Oregon football history, both residents of Seattle,
participated in the Pacific Indians' tourney
* • » .
Next in line in the trapshooting world in the north-
west is the Pacific Coast Handicap, to be staged on
the traps of the Portland Gun Club, September 17,
* • • •
When one is talking about gun clubs that have
seen many years of service the Omaha Gun Club
si ould not be forgotten. It was organized 63 years
ago.
18, 19 and 20. From present indications, it is ex-
pected that an unusually large crowd will be present.
30
S. F. Fly-Casting Scores. — F. J. Cooper made the
longest single cast in the half-ounce lure distance
casting of the Saturday and Sunday tournament of
the San Francisco Fly Casting Club. His line
stretched out for 250 feet for the best mark of the
series. Alight southwest wind hampered the casters
somewhat. The scores:
SATURDAY'S SCORES
— Delicacy-
Contestant. Accy. Dlcy.
F. J. Cooper 11
F. H. Reed 6
F. H. Reed 10
F. H. Reed 10
F. J. Cooper
Wm, Crawford
Wm. Crawford
P. W. Shattuck
P. W. Shattuck
Stanley Forbes
10
5
10
0
Net.
10%
5y2
10
5
H. T.
Accy.
17
30
32
16
9
28
32
10
19
7
SUNDAY'S SCORES
Contestant.
F. H. Reed
F. H. Reed
F. H. Reed
W. D. Mansfield
H. B. Sperry 21
Stanley Forbes
P. W. Shattuck 17
Ed. Borg
F. J. Cooper
— Delicacy — H. T.
Accy. Dlcy. Net. Accy.
6 10 8 11
8 0 4 13
8 10 9 3
5 7 4
50
15
35% 7
11
16
25
11
Heavy tackle distance cast — F. J. Cooper 125 ft.,
P. W. Shattuck 110 ft., W. D. Mansfield 125 ft., J. F.
Burgin 115 ft., C. H. Gardner 100 ft. Sunday results—
W. D. Mansfield 135 ft., H. B. Sperry 105 ft., Stanley
Forbes 120 ft.
Half ounce lure, accuracy — F. J. Cooper, 13, 32;
Wm. Crawford 25, 10; P. W. Shattuck 13, 17; Stan-
ley Forbes 15, W. D. Mansfield 29. Sunday results —
W. D. Mansfield 26, H. B. Sperry 37, Stanley Forbes
17.
Talf ounce lure, distance — Saturday: F. J. Cooper
169, Wm. Crawford 84, Stanley Forbes 180, C. H.
Gardner 40, Stanley Forbes 92. Sunday results —
Stanley Forbes 75, Wm. Crawford 131, P. W. Shat-
tucy 134.
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Portland Awarded 1917 Shoot. — The good work of
the Portland delegation in boosting for the 1917 Pa-
cific Indians' tournament proved to be sufficient, and
at the annual meeting in the Hotel Olympus Wigwam
on July 19th the Everding Park traps were decided
on as the place for the events next season, to take
place in July.
H. R. Everding, who was unable to attend the
present tourney because of illness, was unanimously
re-elected to head the organization as big chief for
the ensuing year. Through his untiring efforts the
1916 contests have been well supplied with trophies
and mementoes. Mr. Everding is ex-president of the
Portland Gun Club. E. H. Keller, of the Portland
Gun Club, was made first vice-president, and Mark
Siddall, of Salem, Ore., second vice-president. Frank
C. Riehl of Tacoma, Wash., was re-elected scribe and
treasurer. The tournament committee for the coming
year is made up of Hugh E. Poston, representing
California; A. W. Strowger, president of the Port-
land Gun Club, representing Oregon; C. E. McKelvey,
president of the Seattle, Wash., Gun Club, represent-
ing Washington, and Al Addleman, representing
Idaho.
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Canada Strong for Trap Shooting. — Although at
this time Canada has not organized trapshooting
upon a Provincial or Dominion scope, this is likely
to happen in the very near future.
Alfred Hewett, secretary of the Dominion of Can-
ada Game Protective and Trapshooting Association,
is working the Provinces and later in the Dominion
as a whole, and it is certain that something good will
result from his efforts.
The great distance between the trapshooting cen-
tres in Canada makes it difficult to hold tournaments
which are representative. However, this may be
overcome by systematic Provincial organization.
It is the ambition of Mr. Hewett to hold Provincial
registered tournaments each year, corresponding to
the State shoots in the United States. Then there
could be a Dominion championship, staged at some
central point, and somewhat along the lines of the
Grand American Tournament.
Indeed, it is possible that either the winners of
the Provincial championships or the Dominion title
will be sent to the Grand American to compete for
the Amateur Championship. In any event, Canada
is almost certain to have a Dominion amateur cham-
pion this year, and probably this man will appear at
St. Louis to contest with the best shots in the United
States.
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May a Popular Month for Shoots. — One hundred
and twenty-five trapshooting tournaments — the great-
est number ever registered in any one month since
the birth of the Interstate Association for the En-
couragement of Trapshooting — took place during the
month of May.
Not so many years ago 125 trapshooting tourna-
ments would have been a goodly number to take
place during an entire year, bur. that was before trap-
shooting was recognized as a sport. For fifteen
years trapshooting has been coming along, but it has
grown more in the past three years than in the
dozen years previous. And it is growing each month.
There were just many tournaments in June, and
possibly a few more; and it was only a few
seasons ago that trapshooting was only looked upon
as a fall and winter sport. Now it knows no season.
In the 35 tournaments registered during the two
months of March and April there was but one State
championship. During the moDth of May there were
15 State championship tournaments and one sectional
championship. Kentucky, which was out of the fold
last year, is back again, so that every State will be
represented by its champion in the Amateur Cham-
pionship shoot in St. Louis in August.
SB
They Say It Helps Keep Them in Big Show — The
batting averages of the American and National
Leagues are getting interesting. Many fans are won-
dering if Cobb and Wagner will finish first in their
respective leagues. At present Speaker and Jackson
are having a lovely race with Tyrus following. "Ty"
has come up a little during the past week and his
followers are hoping he has hit his stride.
Old Man Honus Wagner is only twelve points be-
hind Robertson and the National race is also exciting.
Speaking of excitement, don't you think a trap-
shooting event between the leading ball players
would make a lively afternoon's sport? Of course
all the ones that shoot are never in the same city at
the same time, but nevertheless they are interested
and no doubt would like to compete. Among the big
leaguers who can make it interesting at a trapshoot-
ing club are Ty. Cobb, Joe Jackson, Chief Bender,
Frank Baker, Bob Shawkey, Hans Wagner, Wilbert
Robinson, Joe Bush, Eddie Collins, Alexander the
Great, Christy Matthewson, Harry Davis, Tris
Speaker, Bill Carrigan, Doc Crandall, Cactus Cravath,
Pat. Moran, Bill Killifer, Walter Johnson, Jack
Coombs and Eddie Plank. This is only a few of them
but on the level, wouldn't they make a lively bunch
either on the diamond or at the traps?
Some of these players, among them Christy Mat-
thewson, say that trapshooting keeps their eyes in a
more satisfactory condition than any other exercise
or diversion. Maybe that is why most of the above
are still sticking around in The Big Show.
BB
Trapshooting in Amusement Parks. — The idea of
trapshooting schools at resorts is proving a success.
There are now two prominent schools, one at Venice,
California, an amusement place near Los Angeles,
and another on Young's Million Dollar Pier, Atlantic
City, N. J.
The gallery of the Venice school is located at the
end of a pier and is probably 50 yards long. At the
farther end of it, is set up a high wooden shot stop
about twenty feet high. An old fish net slopes down
from its top to the floor of the pier at a gentle incline
to catch the clay birds which are unhit.
The school at Atlantic City is fully equipped, and
consists of one Ideal Leggett and one Western Mc-
Crea automatic trap, standard targets are used and
twenty-gauge guns of practically every make are on
hand. The targets are thrown about forty yards and
the Atlantic Ocean is the background.
Such schools provide a place where the thousands
and thousands of gun sports can engage in their
favorite sport while on a leisure trip. Then also it
is a place where one can be taught the proper care
and use of .firearms as well as how to shoot.
With the success the above are having, it would
seem that trapshooting, not necessarily schools,
would be a good attraction for parks to add to their
outfits.
A park is a place where a man and his family goes
to be "out in the open." While it must have natural
advantages it also must have clean, clever and amus-
ing attractions. Of course, some days must be dark
and dreary and some attractions installed that will
take care of those in the park on rainy days or
nights. However, the majority of them should be
outdoors. Athletic fields, boating and bathing add
greatly to a park's attractiveness. Yet many parks
have parts which are unused or little frequented,
which could be fenced in for trapshooting. This
attraction could be let to a concessionaire on a simi-
lar basis as other attractions, or some arrangement
could be made with a local gun club for its use. Dur-
ing the season such an arrangement would bring
many devotees of this alluring sport daily to the
park, while tournaments between the local and neigh-
boring clubs could undoubtedly be arranged. More-
over, a shotgun shooting gallery could create new
devotees of the sport, working not only to the advan-
tage of the park but to the local gun club as well.
It may be too late for park proprietors to consider
this matter this summer, but with the daily increas-
ing interest in the sport it looks like a "good buy"
for the owners for the coming year.
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Seattle Association. — Scores ^et at the Seattle As-
sociation shoot on July 16th follow.
At 50 targets— *L. H. Reid 50, C. E. McKelvey 49,
Tom Wilkes 49, J. Jones 48, Ralph Kinzer 46, Hi
Follrich 46, Matt Grossman 43, W. B. Taft 42, G. A.
Canuck 40, R. H. Miller 39, Gladys Reid 33, William
Schilpin 32, D. R. McDonald 26, R. Taft 10.
At 100 targets— C. E. McKelvey 98, *L. H. Reid 97,
Tom Wilkes 97, Matt Grossman 91, Ralph Kinzer 91,
W. B. Taft 89, Hi Follrich 88, R. H. Miller 87, D. R.
McDonald 64, William Schilpin 64, R. W. Brehm 42,
D. Huntington 24. ('Professional.)
Saturday, July 29, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
11
VIOLATORS OF DEER LAWS ARE FINED.
One Offender Admits Hunting for Years Without
Ever Purchasing a License.
That venison during the closed season is indeed
"dear meat" was proved in Ocean Park one day last
week when six of the defendants arrested in the
Malibu by Deputy Fish and Game Commissioner H.
D. Becker pleaded guilty and took their medicine for
conspiring to cheat the law-abiding licensee of the
sport he so eagerly awaits.
The case-hardened offender, Charles Decker, ad-
mitted in court that he had killed hundreds of deer
at all times of the year, and never owned a hunting
license in his life. Sentiment against such chronic
violators has become so strong in the State that men
have been jailed for less, a belief that such crooked
goings-on were more general than they are being
responsible for some occasionally "taking a chance."
Sportsmen generally hail with lively interest the
bringing to justice of all such enemies of good hunt-
ing and fishing. Every one made a "good dog" ceases
to be a liability upon fish and game conservation and
a small percentage turn eventual assets.
Lobster and shell-fish violations have had attention
from coast deputies of the field patrol. Deputy Abels
arresting a Portuguese, Antoue Costa, for undersized
pismo clams at Lompoc, and Deputies Toms and
Norton taking five men for exceeding the abalone
limit and having lobsters during the close season,
near San Diego.
The seventh defendant in the Malibu deer cases,
Andrew Humphrey, is under $50 bail to plead August
19th.
OB
Los Angeles Club. — Three shooters tied for first
honors in the season prize event at the weekly shoot
of the Los Angeles Gun Club. They were Ed Mitch-
ell, C. P. Nichols and Bob Bole, each man smashing
48-50. Frank Free and Owen Council tied for second,
with 40-50 to their credit. The diamond pin shoot
was won by George Melford with a score of 47-50.
Following are Sunday's scores: —
Diamond Pin Event (50 targets) — E. K. Mohler,
handicap 20 yds., broke 45: C. F. Nichols 21 — 48,
F. Free 19—46, Dr. Friend 19—43, P. O. Long 18—
43, C. H. Betz 16—42, J. E. Betz 16—42, A. Pachmayr
16—44, A. L. Rowe 16 — 41, F. H. Teeple 19—42, J. G.
Griffith 16 — 40, Geo. Oliver 16—40, C. W. Clement
16—41, Geo. Melford 16 — 47, O. Council 18—39. Ed
Bohring, 16—24x25.
Season Prize (5 Otargets)— Ed Mitchell 48, B. L.
Graves 43, J. W. Meek 45, Wm. Kennedy 43, Mrs.
E. K. Mohler 38, H. B. Huston 26, C. E. Earl 29, J. T.
Brown 44, E. K. Mohler 46, C. F. Nichols 48, F. Free
46, George Oliver 44, C. W. Clement 44, Guy Holohan
48, O. Council 46, George Melford 44, S. B. Friend 42,
Miss A. Wheeler 42, V. Powley 42, F. G. Schreiner
43, B. E. Bole 48, P. O. Long 43, C. F. Betz 42, A.
-Pachmayr 44, A. L. Rowe 40, J. G. Griffith 41, H. E.
Groat 35, C. E. Groat 24x25, Mrs. C. E. Groat 25x25.
QB
Thirty Rifle Teams Enter. — Washington, D. C. —
Thirty teams have entered in the competition this
year for the national trophy presented by the war
department representing the Civilian Rifle club cham-
pionship team of the United States. The match now
being held under the auspices of the national board
for the promotion of rifle practice will be completed
August 10.
Los Angeles Rifle Club, last year's winner, is en-
tered this year. Other teams entered are from Strong
City, Kan.; Akron, Ohio; Des Moines, la.; Phoenix,
Ariz.; Pittsburg, Pa.; White Sulphur Springs, Mont.;
Butte, Mont.; Cleveland, O., two teams, the Rifle
Club and the Preparedness Club; Cedar Rapids, la.;
Washington, D. C, two teams, the War Department
Rifle Club and the Interior Department Home Club
Target Association; St. Paul; Detroit, two teams,
the Rifle and Revolver Club and the Eastern Detroit
Gun Club; San Francisco, Spokane, New Haven, San
Juan, Porto Rico, Ancon, Canal Zone; Seattle, Wal-
lace, Idaho; Lansing, Mich.; Flint, Mich.; Daven-
port, la.; Great Falls, Mont.; Muskogee, Okla.;
Manhattan, Nev., and Portsmouth-Norfolk, Va.
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Press Dispatches. — Oroville (Butte Co.) — A big
brown bear with two cubs disputed the Bucks ranch
road on Sunday with George Salzman. Salzman and
his family, together with Mr. and Mrs. William Blow-
ers, were returning from Bucks ranch, in Salzman's
car, when they ran into a big bear with two cubs
right at the summit. The bear stopped and turned
leisurely around when she heard the auto. Salzman
stopped his machine. The bear waited until the two
cubs were well out of the way, then she turned and
followed them off the road. The three could be seen
going down the mountain side for quite a distance.
* * * *
Tacoma, Wash. — Henry Hewitt gives two acres of
ground near the old woolen mills on Chambers Creek
for a state hatchery and Superintendent Mayhall, in
charge of the hatcheries, will be here to inspect the
site . The capacity will be more than 5,000,000 fry
annually.
* * • •
Carlisle (Pa.). — The Rev. William Perry Eveland,
missionary bishop of the Methodist church for the
Philippines, was found dead near Mount Holly
Springs. Bishop Eveland had been spending his va-
cation at Mount Holly Springs with relatives. Bishop
I Eveland was 52 years old. It was determined that
Hunters Getting' Ready for Opening of Deer
Season in the Coast Counties on Tuesday
The opening of the deer season is close at hand.
On Tuesday the bars will be lowered in districts 2
and 3 and will remain open until September 14. The
districts and laws are the same as last season. In
districts 1 and 23 the season does not come in until
August 15 and district 4 remains closed until Sep-
tember 1.
The districts which open August 1 are along the
coast. Mendocino, Sonoma, Lake, Napa, Glenn, Co-
lusa, Yolo and Solano, counties north of San Fran-
cisco bay, open at this time, while south to San Luis
Obispo's lowest line hunters are permitted to stalk
the buck. Mendocino county, which each year pro-
duces hundreds of fine specimens, is holding up its
output in good shape, but Trinity is falling off some-
what. San Luis Obispo hunters report that deer
seem plentiful, and from Sonoma come good reports
also.
The Fish and Game Commission believe that it
will be a season about up to the average, which, in
view of the fact that a great many deer have died
from what Frank C. Clarke calls a bladder worm, is
encouraging enough. This bladder worm and his
attacks on the deer have caused game experts much
concern. In part of Mendocino, western Humboldt
and Trinity counties, hunters and wardens have re-
ported the death of many deer in the last year, but
they believe that hunters will find enough game to
fill their bags.
This intestinal worm causes lesions on the organs,
and the deer afflicted with them become gaunt and
die, after suffering for weeks. A report from Haw-
kins Bar, Trinity county, stated that half of the deer
had died. From Point Arena section, reports have
come of the disease. However, it is the opinion of
experts that nimrods will have plenty of the bucks
left for a good season.
Like the gold, which the Good Book says is "where
it is found," so are bucks. But still there is this to
remember. The velvet will still be on the horns
when the season opens. And you can be sure that
the bucks will be careful of their tender head-pieces.
They are apt to feed in the open places, along the
ridges or in the floors of quint valleys. While the
horns are soft the bucks will stay clear of heavy
brush until driven into it by a hunter's bombard-
ment. So it is a safe axiom, "Go high for your buck."
Wardens have fed deer, as is customary, in the
higher mountain counties. In Shasta, Siskiyou and
Lassen the State has saved many deer from dying
because of lack of food. In the coast regions the
comparatively slight snowfall makes feeding unneces-
sary.
Yosemite abounds with deer. J. S. Hunter, assist-
ant executive officer of the Commission, counted 52
deer in a trip from Wawona to Yosemite recently.
Some of the camps report that deer are frequently
seen close about feeding on refuse.
The happy-go-lucky hunter who blazes at every
rock he sees, to the disgust of all deer hunters, may
slow up on his promiscuous popping this season, for
ammunition is now 20 per cent higher than last year.
The war did it. Old-time hunters would like to see
the price go so high that the "fool shooters" would
bankrupt themselves with one clip full.
And those bloodshot hunters who mistake men for
deer, would that they were all manacled and in leg
irons by July 30. Last year five men were killed and
seven wounded, all "mistaken for deer." Another
was killed for a bear, and another injured. And
these were only the cases officially reported. Red
hats may help, but the "boob" is with us always.
However, the deer are there, and by the night of
August 1 a score of lucky hunters will be rejoicing.
Rev. Eveland was electrocuted when his steel fishing
rod came in contact with a high tension electric
wire. He was passing under a railroad bridge when
the accident occurred.
OB
Santa Rosa Club. — Fred R. Mead was high gun at
the regular shoot of the Santa Rosa Blue Rock Club,
which was held at the range at Leddy Station Sun-
day morning. Mead tied with Paul Fehrman and
M. B. Mac in the original contests, and when it came
to determining the matter of the trophy he out-
distanced all competitors in the handling of his gun
and smashing the elusive blue rocks.
QB
Forest Notes. — Coniferous timber has been found
to be better suited than any other for the production
of ethyl alcohol.
There are 592 consumers of tannin in the United
States who use annually 625,000 cords of hemlock
bark, 290,000 cords of oak bark, and 380,000 cords of
chestnut wood.
Experts of the Forest Service estimate that the
farm woodlots of the United States contain from 200
to 300 billion board feet of lumber and from one to
one and one-half billion cords of wood.
On some of the National Forests of the Northwest
the snaw lay on the ground longer this spring than
for many years. In consequence stockmen have been
considerably delayed in getting their herds on the
ranges.
All of the 28 counties of Utah contain portions of
National Forests and consequently all share in the
25 per cent of the National Forests receipts which is
paid over to the road and school funds. This is true
of no other State.
One hundred and thirty thousand maps of the Na-
tional Forests will be distributed to tourists this
summer. These maps show the best camp sites,
good hunting and fishing grounds, roads, trails, and
telephone lines, and give directions how to reach
pointes of interest.
SB
Coast Shooters Win A. A. T. A. Medals. — In the
last six months trapshooting clubs have become or-
ganized on a more permanent basis than ever before,
due largely to the systematic campaign carried on
by the A. A. T. A. in entirely every state and Canada.
By means of its nation-wide organization the national
association has been able to reach many clubs which
have long resisted the efforts of the State Associa-
tions. In 35 states the number of clubs enrolled in
the A. A. T. A. exceeds the number affiliated with
the State Association by a wide margin. In ten
states — Montana, Kansas, Ohio, Washington, Missis-
sippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Nebraska, Rhode Island
and South Carolina — the State Associations lead in
the number of clubs. In two — New Hampshire and
Colorado — the National and State Associations have
been equally successful. In the whole country 627
clubs are enrolled in the State Associations, as
against 929 in the A. A. T. A.
On the basis of averages scored in their club shoots
the following shooters head the list in the medal
contests being conducted by the A. A. T. A. They
are so far the only shooters who have won the solid
gold medal awarded by the A. A. T. A. for an average
of 90% on 1000 targets: E. L. Bartlett, Baltimore,
Md.; E. F. Brewster, Jr., Rochester, N. Y.; A. R.
Castle, Britt, Iowa; James G. S. Dey, Syracuse,
N. Y.; Claude T. Do Ville, Sodus, N. Y.; A. A. Far-
rington, Duluth, Minn.; J. F. Fisher, Titonka, Iowa;
S. S. Foster, Mason City, Iowa; Mrs. H. Harrison,
Rochester, N. Y. ; Harry Harrison, Rochester, N. Y. ;
Fred T. Hopkins, Sodus, N. Y.; C. E. McKelvey,
Seattle, Wash.; John M. Nelson, Attica, N. Y.; Fred
Plum, Atlantic City, N. J.; Frank Templeton. Port-
land, Ore.; W. .E. Wainwright, Lenox, Iowa; L. S.
West, East Rochester, N. Y.; L. E. Lowry, Auburn-
dale, Mass., and R. E. Slack, Attica, N. Y.
Vernon Club. — Billy Wilshire smashed 25x25 clay
targets with a 20-gauge gun at the Vernon Gun Club
Sunday and by so doing had the honor of being the
first shooter to turn in a perfect score since the
shooters of that club have been contesting for the
20-gauge trophy. He also took the lead for the cup.
Following are the complete results:
Hoegee Prac-
Hdcp. trophy 20-ga. tice
Targets— 25 25 Ttl 25 25
S. O. Bruner 20 23-23—46
C. W. Fish 17 1 8-20—38
Wilshire 16 25 20
Miller 16 17-22—39
Pugh 18 22-24—46 .. 19
Meek 18 22-25—47 . . .22
Dierdoff 18 23-23—46 22
C. E. Groat 18 20-20—40 20 22
Mrs. Groat 17 25-23—48
Anson 16
Ed Bohring 16 24
QB
Shoot For Spokane Park. — Although the Spokane
Gun Club did not secure the Pacific Indian shoot for
1917, the idea of holding a big trap meet in the Spo-
kane stadium has not gone astray. Already plans
are under way to stage a big meet next season which
will be open to all shooters in the northwest, but
which will be an Inland Empire championship.
The Spokane club figured strongly on the Pacific
Indians' shoot for next season and plans were prac-
tically completed to pull the big meet off at the
stadium, thereby setting a record of holding a cham-
pionship shoot in the heart of a big city.
It was Spokane's turn to get the Indian shoot, by
right of succession, but the directors of the associa-
tion voted the meet to Portland, so plans were im-
mediately started to stage a special shoot over the
traps which will be installed at the stadium.
An effort will be made to have the shoot registered
by the Interstate Association, which is the tourna-
ment governing body of trapshooting in the United
States, and the dates will be so arranged that it will
be possible for the experts from the Coast city and
California to be on hand to compete for the prizes
and added money.
QB
Trap shooters around the hay will be given quite
a lay-off. No events are scheduled for the Alameda
grounds until the second Sunday in August, when
the Alameda Elks' Club will get busy. The Golden
Gate Club shoots the following Sunday.
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RACE PROGRAM
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FRIDAY, SEPT. 29th
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Trotters and 2:25 Pacers $200
Italia Hotel Purse, for 2:12 Trotters
and 2:19 Pacers 200
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Choice Land In Idaho
Lewiston, Idaho, is situated at the
forks of Clearwater and Snake rivers and
has transportation to the coast.
960 acres 7}& miles from Lewiston, Ida-
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Mild climate, can raise all kinds of fruit,
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40 miles from Lewiston, Idaho. Well
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from Lewiston, Idaho, about 75 acres In
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Sonoma, Marin, Humboldt and Mendocino Fair
Santa Rosa, August 9, 10, 11 and 12, 1916
Live Stock, Horticultural, Agricultural and Industrial Exposition
Special Excursions From All Points
PACIFIC COAST TROTTING HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION'S
27th Annual Race Meeting
$16,000
Monday, August 7, 1916.
IN PURSES
and STAKES
Fastest Horses
ON THE COAST
ENTERED
1:30 p.m. — Opening of Fair Grounds to public. Music
and orations for the occasion.
2:30 p. m. — Better baby show.
4:00 p.m. — Judging of horticultural products.
7:30 p. m. — Grand Ball and promenade through the
beautiful forest decorated with horticul-
tural, agricultural and manufactured
products.
Tuesday, August 8 — Children's Day.
10:00 a. m. — Judging of agricultural products.
11:00 a.m. — Judging of live stock.
1:30 p. m. — Stock parade.
3:00 p.m. — Forest carnival events.
8:00 p.m.- — Dance and special events on midway.
Wednesday, August 9 — Pomona Grange's Day.
10:00 a.m. — Judging of manufactured products.
2:00 p. m.— Races, P. C. T. H. B. A.:
Three-year-old pacing division. Futurity
Stake No. 13 (closed 1912) $1300
2:09 class, trotting 500
2 :20 class, pacing 900
8:00 p. m. — Dance. Special events on midway. Chorus
of 300 voices.
Thursday, August 10 — Petaluma and Marin Co. Day.
10:00 a. m. — Judging of mammoth egg exhibit.
11:00 a.m. — Address on scientific poultry raising.
2:00 p. m.— Races, P. C. T. H. B. A.:
Two-year-old trotting division, Futurity
Stake No. 14 (closed 1913) $1350
2:15 class, trotting 900
2 :10 class, pacing 500
8:00 p.m. — Dance. SDecial events on midway.
Friday, August 11 — Northern Sonoma and Mendocino
County Day.
10:00 a.m. — Stock parade.
2:00 p. m.— Races, P. C. T. H. B. A.:
Two-year-old pacing division, Futurity
Stake No. 14 (closed 1913) 51100
Three-year-old trotting division. Futu-
rity Stake No. 13 (closed 1912) 3300
2:13 class, pacing 900
8:00 p.m. — Dance. Special events on midway.
10:30 p.m. — Mammoth bonfire. Baked Burbank potato
festivity.
Saturday, August 12 — San Francisco and Oakland
Day.
10:00 a.m. — Reception of visitors.
2:00 p. m— Races, P. C. T. H. B. A.:
2:12 class, trotting $500
Free-for-all class, pacing 900
2:20 class, trotting 900
8:00 p.m. — Dance. Special events on midway.
10:30 p. m. — Barbecue.
Sunday, August 13.
10:00 a. m. — Inspection of horticultural, agricultural,
manufactured and stock exhibits.
2:00 p. ra. — Concerts.
3:00 p.m. — Drill by Company E., National Guards.
Three Running Races Each Day Monday and Tuesday and Two Running Races Each Day Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
GREAT FUN AT THE "JOY ZONE" AND "MIDWAY PLAISANCE"
Grounds Brilliant With Electric Lights at Night
Big Show Day and Evening
Santa Rosa is noted for its- excellent Hotels.
It is the center of one of the richest agricultural districts in the world,
of the world-wide famous Burbank Experimental Farms.
It is the County Seat and the location
Make Your Plans to Take in the Santa Rosa Fair
F. W. KELLEY, Secretary
Race Meeting
P. O. Box 447, San Francisco, Cal.
EDWARD H. BROWN, Secretary
Fair Association
Santa Rosa, Cal.
Kern County Agricultural Fair Ass'n
FIRST ANNUAL FAIR
BAKERSFIELD, CAL.
October 24 to 28, 1916
Entries to Races to Close August 1st, 1916
All Races Limited to Three Heats
OCTOBER 25th
.$400
. 400
PROGRAM
OCTOBER 26th
0 Pace $40° Free-For-All Pace
2:15 Trot 400 2:12 Trot
OCTOBER 27th
2:13 Pace $400
2:30 Trot 400
HALF MILE TRACK
TWO RUNNING RACES EACH DAY.
CONDITIONS:
ALL RACES THREE HEATS — Money divided 25% to the first heat, 25% to the
second heat, 25% to the third heat, and 25% to the race according to the rank In the
summary. Money in each division 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Should two or more
horses be tied for first place at the completion of the third heat, such horses only shall
contest In a fourth heat and money divided according to rank in the summary at the
termination of that heat. A horse having won the first two heats and drawn or dis-
tanced in the third heat shall not lose position in the summary.
Nominators have the right of entering two or more horses in any race by the pay-
ment of 2% additional on each horse, but only one of the horses so entered to be
started in the race, and the starter is to be named by 5 o'clock P. M. the day before the
race is to take place.
Usual 5% additional from winners.
The Association reserves the right to declare two starters a walkover. When only
two start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, divided 66 2-3% to the first,
and 33 1-3% to the second horse. A horse distancing the field shall be entitled to first
and fourth money only and in no other case will a horse be entitled to more than
one money.
The Association reserves the right to change the hour and day of any race, except
when it becomes necessary to antedate a race, in which instance the nominators will
receive three days' notice by mail to address of entry.
The right reserved to reject any or all entries and declare off or postpone any or
all races on account of weather or other sufficient cause.
Entries not declared out by 5 o'clock P. M. the day preceding the race shall be
required to start and declarations must be in writing and made at the office of the
Secretary at the track.
The Association reserves the right to start any heat after the fourth score, regard-
less of the position of the horses.
Any horse that started in 1915 without improving its record, equaling its record,
and not winning a race, shall be entitled to one second.
Address all communications to the Secretary.
T. F.
BURKE, Secretary,
Bakersfield, Cal.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY FAIR and RACE MEETING
RIVERSIDE, CAL.
Fair Dates: October 10th to 14tii, Inclusive
Programme of Harness Races
Entries Close Tuesday, August 1st, 1916
ALL RACES LIMITED TO THREE HEATS.
Matinee Prizes
1 Mile Run 500.00
i/2 Mile Run 75.00
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14th
2:14 Class Pacing $300.00
Free-for-All Trot 500.00
($50.00 added money for each
starter over four)
SPECIAL HARNESS EVENTS
% Mile Run $100.00
1/2 Mile Run 50.00
Special for non- winners In %
and 1 mile races.
Entry blanks and conditions for running
races furnished on application to the Sec-
retary.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10th
1. 2:30 Class Trotting $ 300.00
2. 2:18 Class Pacing 1000.00
Matinee Prizes
%-Mlle Run 200.00
1/4-Mile Run 50.00
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11th
3. 2:23 Class Pacing $300.00
4. 2:14 Class Trotting 400.00
Matinee Prizes
34-Mile Run 75.00
1/4-Mile Run 50.00
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13th
5. 2:20 Class Trotting $1000.00
6. Free-for-All Pace 500.00
($50.00 added money for each
starter over four)
CONDITIONS.
Member National Trotting Association. Entries close August 1st.
Horses to be named with entry and be eligible when entries close.
All matinee entries will be classed by a classification committee prior to the
opening day of the races. ._ _
All races (except matinees), three heats, every heat a race; money to be divided
as follows- Twenty-five per cent of the purse to be paid on each heat, and twenty-five
per cent to the winner of the race according to his rank in the summary. Should
two or more horses be tied for the first place at the completion of the third heat, such
horses only shall contest in a fourth heat and money divided according to rank in the
summary at the termination of this heat. (Under this arrangement, according to the
rules adopted by the National Trotting Association, of which this Association is a
member, only the horse winning the race would take a mark.)
Heat purses will be divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent.
Any race not filling satisfactorily to the Association may be declared off.
In case class in which horse is entered does not fill, entry may be transferred to
any race to which it is eligible, subject to the approval of the nominator.
Entrance fee five per cent to start. Three per cent due and payable when entries
close, and two per cent before starting.
An additional five per cent of the division will be deducted from money winners.
Nominators have the right of entering two or more horses in one ownership in
any race by the payment of two per cent additional, but only one horse so entered
shall be started in the race; the starter to be named by 4 o'clock p. m. the day before
the race is to take place.
A horse may be entered in two classes and be held for but one entry fee (entry
fee in larger purse will be charged), provided only one start is made.
A distanced horse In any heat will be entitled to money already won. There will
be no more money than there are starters.
Entries not declared out by 4 o'clock p. m. on the day preceding the race shall be
required to start and declarations must be made in writing at the office of the Secre-
tary on the grounds.
The Association reserves the right to change the order of the program; also to
start any heat after the fourth score regardless of the position of the horses; also to
reject any and alt entries and declare off or postpone any or all races on account o!
the weather or other sufficient cause.
Address all communications to
O. P. SANDERS, Secretary,
Box 533, Riverside, California.
14
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, July 29, 1916
BEAUTIFUL BELVEDERE
LOTS FOR SALE
CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
most beautiful spot on the shores of San Francisco Bay
for a suburban home. It commands an extensive view of
the City of San Francisco, Alcatraz and Angel Islands,
Raccoon Straits, San Francisco Bay, Richardson's Bay,
the Berkeley shore, beautiful Belvedere and Mt. Tamal-
pais. It is in Marin County, directly opposite San Fran-
cisco, and forms the eastern shore of Belvedere cove.
It has a naturally terraced, sunny, western slope that is
well adapted for many choice residence sites, every one
affording most picturesque views of the bay and moun-
tain. It is protected from the prevailing western trade winds in
summer by Belvedere Island, and from the southerly storms in
winter by Angel Island. The soil is fertile and part of the island
is well wooded.
It is less subject to fog than any other place near San
Francisco. The summer fog, as it rolls in from the ocean, splits
on the western slope of Sausalito, part of it flowing in a line with
Angel Island towards the Berkeley shore, and part of it along
the southern slope of Mt. Tamalpais, leaving Belvedere, Corin-
thian Island and Raccoon Straits in the bright sunlight, while
the fog banks can be seen as a white wall both to the north and
the south.
There is very little available land about the shores of San
Francisco Bay that is desirable for homes, especially for those
who love boating and kindred sports. The Alameda and Contra
Costa shores of the bay are the lee shores and receive the full
brunt of the boisterous trade winds which lash the shoal waters
near the land into muddy waves, making boating both unpleas-
ant and dangerous. To the north of the city and in Marin
County the land from Sausalito to the entrance of the bay is a
Government reservation and will never be placed on the market.
The shores of Richardson's Bay are not at present convenient
to boat service and, aside from Belvedere and Corinthian Island,
there is little or no land near any ferry landing that possesses
the natural advantages, improvements and possibilities that are
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only ten minutes' walk from any point on the property to
Tiburon boats, and but forty-three minutes' ride to the foot of
Market Street.
On the point of Corinthian Island the Corinthian Yacht
Club has had its home for many years, and on any summer day
the white sails of its numerous fleet add to the charming scene,
as the trim yachts glide about the cove. Excellent fishing of all
kinds for bay fish, including salmon, the gamey striped bass,
rock fish and the toothsome silver smelt, is to be had in the cove.
There is probably no spot so accessible and in such close prox-
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of climate, magnificent scenery, fishing and boating as will here
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en
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366 PACIFIC BUILDING
San Francisco, Cal.
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ADDRESS
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366 PACIFIC BLOC.
• AN FRANCISCO.
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arm rasa BREEDER and SPORTSMAN, P. O. Drawer 447, 4aa Iruaew del
? THIS YEAR'S
GRAND AMERICAN
WILL BE A HUMMER
LOOK at the scores made by the State Cham-
pions. See those 100' s, 99' s, 98' s and all the
other remarkable scores. Picture these crack
shots squaded up and shooting for the NATIONAL
AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP.
Be Sure To Be There!
Read These Scores
1916 State Champions
STATE.
WINNER.
SCORE. POWDER.
Alabama
H. C. Ryding
98x100 Schultze
California
H. Pfirrmann
100x100 Dupont
Colorado
R. A. King
100x100 Dupont
Connecticut
A. L. Chamberlain
94x100 E. C.
Florida
T. H. Evans
91x100 Dupont
Georgia
H. Brad Timms
98x100 Dupont
Idaho
E. M. Sweely
98x100 Dupont
Illinois
G. C. Burmeister
100x100 Schultze
Indiana
Roy Pickett
99x100 Schultze
Iowa
Wm. Ridley
100x100 Competitive
Kansas
Geo. Grubb
99x100 Dupont
Kentucky
J. D. Gay
98x100 Schultze
Maryland
G. GiU
98x100 Competitive
Massachusetts
Geo. L. Osborne
97x100 Schultze
Michigan
J. L. Bryant
98x100 Ballistite
Minnesota
S. W. Hamilton
96x100 Dupont
Mississippi
F. P. Fitzgerald
99x100 Competitive
Missouri
C. B. Eaton
98x100 Dupont
Montana
C. P. Tilsey
98x100 Dupont
Nebraska
F. H. Rudat
98x100 Competitive
New Hampshire
H. E. Thompson
94x100 Competitive
New Jersey
Cleve Speer
99x100 Dupont
New York
H. J. Pendergast
100x100 Dupont
N. Carolina
J. B. Pennington
94x100 E. C.
North Dakota
Frank Holland
97x100 Dupont
Ohio
M. S. Hootman
99x100 Dupont
Oklahoma
J. N. Walker
94x100 Dupont
Oregon
P. H. O'Brien
98x100 Dupont
Pennsylvania
Allen Heil
100x100 Dupont
South Carolina
J. H. Staples
98x100 Dupont
Tennessee
Tom Hale
97x100 E. C.
Texas
E. F. Forsgard
95x100 Ballistite
Utah
A. P. Bigelow
100x100 Dupont
Vermont
Douglas M. Barclay
94x100 Dupont
Washington
R. M. Troeh
97x100 Schultze
Wisconsin
A. Bushman
99x100 Dupont
West Virginia
W. A. Wiedebusch
99x100 Dupont
Wyoming
Max Weick
95x100 Dupont
*Arizona
H. P. DeMund
98x100 Dupont
^Virginia
W. D. Runnels
98x100 Dupont
•These shoots were held after the 1915 G. A. H. and the
winners are therefore eligible to compete in the State
Championship Event at the 1916 G. A. H.
THE TIME.-August 21st to 25th.
THE PLACE:-0n the grounds of the St. Louis
Trapshooting Association.
For entrance blanks, information about tropl ies, hotel
service and full details about this stellar shooting per
formance, write today to: E. Reed Shaner, Sec'y., 209
Coltart Ave., Pittsburgh, Penn., or to Sporting Powder
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AT THE PACIFIC INDIANS SHOOT
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THIRD " " H. E. Poston (tie) 371 ex 400
CHINGREN MEDAL, FINAL SHOOT Won by L. H. Reid 98 ex 100,18 yards
WILKES BROS. TROPHY Won by Mark Siddall 49 ex 50
18 ex 20 in Shoot-off
HIGH ON ALL TARGETS L. H. Reid 587 ex 600
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NITRO CLUB SPEED SHELLS TAKE
"INDIAN" AND MONTANA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
THE famous Indian organization of trapshooters held its Annua! Pow-Wow and shoot at Cedar Point, Ohio, June 27 to 30,
inclusive. One hundred and forty-one of the country's foremost trapshooters were in the line-up. It is worthy of note that
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Speed Shells.
REMINGTON UMC WINNINGS
"INDIAN" CHAMPIONSHIP: Won by Clayton Deck, Plymouth, Ohio, shooting Nitro Club Speed Shells, score 99x100, after a thrill-
ing shoot-off 19x20 and 19x20.
HIGH AMATEUR AVERAGE: First and second days Mark Aire, .Thomson, HI., shooting Nitro Club Speed Shells, 174x175 and
173x175, respectively.
MALLORY BROTHERS CUP: "Won by F. M. Markham, 49x50, shooting Arrow Shells.
NDIAN HANDICAP: Won by A. C. Connor, Springfield, 111., 96x100. shooting Arrow Shells
MONTANA STATE SHOOT
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: Won by C. P. Tilzey, Moore, 98x100 and 20x20 in shoot-off. Mr. Tilzey used a Remington Autoloading
Shotgun and Nitro Club Speed Shells.
STATE HANDICAP MEDAL: Won by Mr. F. A. Weatherhead, Billings, 94x100 from 22 yards with Remington Pump Gun and Nitro
Club Speed Shells.
HIGH AMATEUR AVERAGE: Tied for by C. P. Tilzey, 584x630, shooting Remington Autoloading Shotgun and Nitro
Club Speed Shells.
HIGH PROFESSIONAL AVERAGE: Rush Razee, 606x630, Remington Pump and Nitro Club Speed Shells.
LONG RUN OF TOURNAMENT: Rush Razee, 230 straight.
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE SHOOT
!f„R?T„ AND SECOND AMATEUR AVERAGES: Won by John Livingston and J. D. Allen, respectively, each with
242x250. Both shot Nitro Club Speed Shells, Mr. Livingston taking first place in shoot-off.
LONG RUN OF TOURNAMENT: J. D. Allen, 84, shooting Remington UMC Speed Shells.
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PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP 1915
HIGHEST GENERAL AVERAGE, VERNON GUN CLUB,
Loa Angalas, July 2, 3 and 4, 1»16
493 ex 500 TARGETS
ill of the above winnings were made by Mr. Henry Pfirrmann Jr., with his 34 inch
double barrel
PARKER GUN
Highest Official General Average for 1914 and 1915 was made with the
PARKER GUN
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VOLUME T.irnr. No. 6.
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[Saturday, August 5, 1916
REOPENED
and LATE CLOSING EVENTS
North Pacific Fair Association
GOOD TRACKS :: SQORT SHIPS :: FAIR PURSES
VANCOUVER, B. C, EXHIBI-
TION
August 14—19
H. S. ROLSTON, Secretary
TO CLOSE JULY 15th
3% to Enter and 7% from Money- Winners.
2:10 Pace or 2:05 Trot— 3 In 5 $500
Three-year-old Trot (B. C. Horses).. 200
2:15 Pace 700
Three-year-old Pace (B. C. Horses).. 200
2:12 Trot 500
2:25 Pace 500
2:25 Trot— 3 In 5 700
TO CLOSE AUGUST 1.
5^o to Enter and 5% from Money Winners.
2:20 Pace $500
2:24 Trot (B. C. Horses) 200
B:15 Trot 500
2:30 Pace 300
2:20 Trot— Open 300
2:18 Pace 500
2:15 Pace (B. C. Horses) 200
Except where specified, races are on
three heat plan.
Running races every day — Overnight en-
tries— Send for special schedule.
THE SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON FAIR
Chehalis, Wash.
Aug. 28th— Sept. 2nd
GEO. R. WALKER, Secretary
SPOKANE INTERSTATE
FAIR
Spokane, Wash.
Sept. 4-9
T. S. GRIFFITH, President
EVENTS CLOSING AUGUST 14th.
5% to Enter — 5% Deductions.
2:12 Trot— Three Heats $750
2:25 Trot— Three Heats 750
2:15 Trot — Three Heats 750
2:20 Trot— Three Heats 750
2:15 Pace— Three Heats 750
2:20 Pace— Three Heats 750
WASHINGTON STATE FAIR
September 18 to 23, 1916
North Yakima, Washington
FRANK MEREDITH, Secretary
(Mile Track)
TO CLOSE AUGUST 11th.
5% to Enter — 5% Deductions.
2:20 Pace $500
2:15 Trot 500
2:12 Trot *.. 500
2:15 Pace 500
2:20 Trot 5O0
ALL ON THREE HEAT PLAN.
Two Running Races Every Day — Over-
night entries.
THE GRAYS HARBOR
COUNTY FAIR
Elma, Wash., Sept. 6-7-8-9-10
J. B. KIRKALDIE, Secretary
CLOSING AUGUST 14th.
2:25 Trot— Three heat plan $500
2:08 Pace— 3 In 5 700
2:12 Trot— 3 In 5 700
2:30 Trot — Three heat plan 500
2:10 Pace— Three heat plan 600
Free-for-all Pace— 3 in 5 700
Three per cent to enter — seven per cent
from money winners.
CLOSING SEPTEMBER 4th.
2:15 Trot — Three heat plan $600
2:15 Pace — Three heat plan 600
2:20 Trot — Three heat plan 600
2:20 Pace — Three heat plan 500
All three heat plan. Five per cent to
enter and five per cent from money win-
ners. Running races every day except
Monday. Overnight events. Other condi-
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THE OREGON STATE FAIR
Salem, Oregon
Sept. 25-30
A. H. LEA, Secretary
(Mile Track)
EVENTS CLOSING AUGUST 23rd.
5%
to Enter — 5% Deductions — 7 entries;
5 Starters.
2:20 Trot $250
2:25 Pace 250
2:30 Trot 250
2:15 Pace 250
2:15 Trot 250
2:18 Pace 250
Free- For- All Trot 250
Free-For-AII Pace 250
EVENTS CLOSING AUGUST 6th.
3% to Enter — 7% Deductions.
2:12 Trot (Three In Five) $2000
2:25 Trot (Three Heat Plan) 600
TO CLOSE SEPTEMBER 11th.
5% to Enter — 5% Deductions.
2:10 Pace (Three Heats) $750
2:15 Trot (Three Heats) 700
2:18 Pace (Three Heats) 750
Three-year-old Trot (Three Heats)... 400
Three-year-old Pace (Three Heats)... 400
3-Minute Trot (Farmers' Race, 2 In 3) 200
2:20 Pace (Three Heats) 750
2:18 Trot (Three Heats) 700
F. F. A. Pace (Three Heats) 750
Consolation Trot and Pace — In two-
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DATES OF FAIRS.
CALIFORNIA.
Sonoma, Marin, Mendocino and Humboldt Fair,
(P. C. T. H. B. A. Meeting) at Santa Rosa, Aug. 9-12
Solano Co. Fair at Dixon Aug. 16-19
California State Fair at Sacramento Sept. 2- 9
Alameda Co. Fair at Pleasanton Sept. 13-16
Ventura Co. Fair at Ventura Sept. 13-16
Community Fair at Ripon Sept. 15-16
Fresno Co. Fair at Fresno Sept. 26-30
Bishop Harvest Festival at Bishop Sept.28-30
Kings Co. Fair at Hanford Oct. 2-7
Riverside Co. Fair at Riverside Oct. 10-14
Kern County Fair at Bakersfleld Oct. 24-28
ARIZONA.
Arizona State Fair at Phoenix Nov. 13-18
NORTH PACIFIC FAIR ASSOCIATION.
Vancouver, Can., Exhibition at Vancouver Aug. 14-19
Southwest Washington Fair at Chehalis, Aug. 28-Sept 2
Interstate Fair at Spokane Sept. 4- 9
Grays Harbor Co. Fair at Elma Sept. 6-10
Walla WaUa Co. Fair at Walla Walla Sept. 11-13
Washington State Fair at North Yakima Sept. 18-23
Oregon State Fair at Salem Sept. 25-30
INTER-MOUNTAIN FAIR CIRCUIT.
MontpeUer, Idaho August 14
Rexburg, Idaho August 21
Blackfoot, Idaho August 28
LaGrande, Oregon September 4
Baker, Oregon September 11
Ontario. Oregon September 18
Boise. Idaho -■ September 25
Salt Lake, Utah October 2
GRAND CIRCUIT.
Grand Rapids. Mich Aug. 7-12
Columbus, Ohio .' Aug. 14-19
Cleveland. Ohio Aug. 21-26
Poughkeepsie. N. Y. Aug. 28-Sept. 2
Hartford, Conn Sept. 4-9
Syracuse, N. Y. ..• Sept 11-16
Columbus, Ohio Sept. 18-30
Lexington, Ky Oct. 2-14
Atlanta, Ga Oct. 16-21
GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT.
Galesburg. HI Aug. 7-12
Burlington, la. Aug. 14-19
Omaha, Neb Aug. 21-26
Des Moines, la. Aug. 25-31
Hamline. Minn Sept. 4- 9
Milwaukee, Wis Sept 11-25
Springfleld, HL Sept. 18-22
Sedalia, Mo Sept. 25-30
Ten trotters entered the 2:10 list during the first
■week ot the Grand Circuit at North Randall.
Unless something unforeseen happens C. A. Durfee
will have a starter in every division of the four colt
stakes to be decided at the Santa Rosa meeting.
Youngsters from Mr. I. L. Borden's string (C. E.
Berry, trainer) will start in all but the three-year-old
pace .and Fred Chadbourne will probably be up be-
hind contestants in three of these events.
The North Randall meeting produced six trotters
with new records below 2:07 and six pacers with
new records below 2:05. The trotters were St. Frisco
2:0414, Mabel Trask 2:06%, Trampright 2:06%,
Grand Chimes 2:H6%, Busy Lassie 2:06% and Azora
Axworthy 2:06%. The , pacers that joined the 2:05
list were The Savoy 2:02%, The Beaver 2:03%,
Goldie C. 2:04%, Roan Hal 2:04%, Kate McKinney
2:04% and Ben Earl 2:04%.
The greatest field of pacers ever grouped together
in a single event have been named in the special
event at Lexington known as the Board of Commerce,
$3,000, for 2:00 pacers, which was closed by the
Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' Association on
July 17, and in which ten starters have been named
as follows: Napoleon Direct 2:00%, Anna Bradford
2:00%, Hal Boy 2:01%, Russell Boy 2:00%, Peter
Stevens 2:02%, Judge Ormonde 2:02%, Single G.
2:00, R. H. Brett 2:04%, Fay Richmond 2:03%,
General Todd 2:04%, every one a born race horse
of the highest class. As the race does not finally
close till September 15 other fast ones that may
come out during, the season will be added at that
time.
GRAND CIRCUIT RACES AT KALAMAZOO.
o — '■
Walter Cox was the leading money winning driver
on the opening day of the Grand Circuit meeting at
Kalamazoo, landing Worthy Prince by Prince McKin-
ney a winner in straight heats in the $2000 stake for
2:12 trotters, and also getting first money with Direc-
tor Todd in the 2:09 trot, purse $1000, but it took
five hard founght heats to accomplish it.
The meeting opened with the 2:15 pace for a purse
of $1000, and in this race seven horses started.
Marvin, behind Thomas Earl, won three heats in
straight order, with Derby Custer, the favorite, sec-
ond. Will Durfee was second in the second heat and
third in the third heat with Contention B., and con-
sequently got $150 out of the race. In the 2:12 trot
Esperanza, driven by Durfee, was outside the money.
The 2:09 trot was a great contest and there were
four heat winners, the race ending with five heats.
Lon Daniels won the fourth heat with Kid Cupid in
2:08% but this only placed him fourth in the sum-
mary, thus just saving his entrance money. Verily
it is a pretty hard game when a fourth heat in 2:08%
will only save entrance. Director Todd won the
fifth heat in a driving finish with McCloskey and Kid
Cupid, and the fact that he had finished sixth in the
previous mile while Kid Cupid and McCloskey were
fighting for the heat, probably enabled him to beat
them for the final.
The summary:
2:15 pace; three in five; purse 51000; mile heats:
Thomas Earl, b s by The Earl (Marvin) 111
Derby Custer, ch g r (Murphy) 2 3 2
Contention B., b g (Durfee) 5 2 3
Prestolite, blk m (McDonald), Admiral Dewey n, blk h
(Snow), Hal Plex E., br s (Kenyon), and Medium Gazette,
b h (Hedrick) also started.
Time— 2:06%, 2:10%, 2:05%.
2:12 trot, Rickman Hotel; three in five; purse $2000:
Worthy Prince, b h by Prince McKinney. . (Cox) 111
Azora Axworthy, b m (Murphy) 2 4 2
Binland, blk h (McDonald) 3 2 4
Allie Watts, ch m (Edman). Junior Watts, b s (Rea),
Esperanza. b m (Durfee), and Caroline, b m (Fleming)
also started.
Time— 2:08%. 2:09% 2:06%.
2:09 trot; purse §1000; three in five:
Director Todd, b h by Todd (Cox) 3 14 6 1
McCloskey, br g (McDonald) 5 6 12 2
Bonington, ch s (Benyon) 14 2 3 4
Kid Cupid, ch g (Daniels). Humfast, b f (Murphy), and
Miss Perfection, b m (McMahon) also started.
Time— 2:07%, 2:07%, 2:07%, 2:08%, 2:09%
Tuesday, August 1st.
Single G. became a 2:00 pacer on the second day
of the Kalamazoo meeting when he paced the first
heat of the free-for-all pace in that time. It is the
fastest mile ever made on the Kalamazoo track. The
average for the three heats was 2:00%, only a frac-
tion slower than the same class at North Randall.
The return of "Pop" Geers to the sulky in this race
brought loud applause from the grand stand when
he drove on the track with Napoleon Direct. He is
slowly recovering from the injuries received at North
Randall, but is still very lame.
There were seven starters in the pacing classic.
The field went away fast and stepped to the quarter
in 29% seconds. Hal Boy and R. H. Brett could not
stand the pace and broke, the other five racing neck
and neck down the back stretch. Single G. leading.
The half was made in 1:00%, the three-quarters in
1:30%. Here Napoleon Direct and Russell Boy went
after Gosnell's pacer, and it was a magnificent flight
of speed down the stretch, Single G. winning the
heat by a neck from the Geers horse.
In the second heat Single G. led to the half in
1:01%, and then the pace quickened. Geers was
determined and let Napoleon Direct out. Inch by
inch he overhauled Single G. and passed him about
fifty feet from the wire, winning the heat in 2:01%.
The third heat was another battle, but Single G.
was equal to the task this time, and despite the offer
of Russell Boy and Napoleon Direct to overhaul him,
managed to win the heat and race. The last half
was paced in 59% seconds. The time for the mile
was 2:00%.
There were three other races during the afternoon.
Each was won in straight heats and was easy for the
respective favorites. Box R. captured the 2:11 pace;
Bingen Silk took the Columbia Hotel Sweepstakes
for three-year-old trotters, while Harrod's' Creek took
the Recreation Park Sweepstakes for three-year-olds
eligible to the 2:18 class. The summary:
2:11 pace, purse $1000; three in five:
Box R., b g by Box Elder Jr (Valentine) 111
Jay L. Mac, b h (Murphy) 6 2 2
Hal Leaf, b h (Gray) 2 3 5
Diumster, b g (Lindsey), Lord Seymour, br h (Wall),
and John Malcolm, b g (Daniels) also started.
Time— 2:05%, 2:05%. 2:06.
Celery City free-for-all pace; purse $3000; two in three:
Single G., b s by Anderson Wilkes (Gosnell) 12 1
Napoleon Direct, ch s (Geers) 2 13
Russell Boy, b s (Murphy) 3 5 2
Braden Direct, blk h (Egan), Judge Ormonde, blk s
(Valentine), R. H. Brett, b g (Grady), and Hal Boy, b h
(McMahon) also started.
Time— 2:00, 2:01%, 2:00%.
Columbia Hotel sweepstakes; three-year-old trotters;
two in three; added money $500:
Bingen Silk, b c by Bingen (Chandler) 1 1
•Lightsome Watts, b f (Benyon) 2 3
•Maple Tree, b g (Murphy) 3 2
Peter Dixie, b s (Rea) 4 4
•Divided second and third money.
Time— 2:13%. 2:12%.
Recreation Park sweepstakes; three-year-old trotters;
two in three; added money $300:
Harrod's Creek, ch c by General Watts (Engleman) 1 1
Brownie Watts, br f (Fleming) 2 2
Jack Mooney. b g (McDonald) 3 3
Time— 2:14%, 2:10.
Wednesday, August 2d.
Mabel Trask won another $10,000 stake on Wednes-
day, the day of the Kalamazoo meeting, and is now
a winner of every race in which she started this
season and has a record of 2:03%. The daughter of
Peter the Great is easily the best and fastest trotter
out this year, and while St. Frisco has beaten her
in one heat and forced her to trot in 2:03% to beat
him Wednesday, she seems to hold him safe. She
has won thus far on the Grand Circuit three races
and about $10,000 net, and has the fastest trotting
heat of the year to her credit. The $10,000 Paper
Mills purse was trotted on the four-heat plan and
Mabel Trask won every heat. Her winnings were
$4500 in this event.
Will Durfee won the 2:13 trot, purse $1000, with
Esperanza, making it three straight. The daughter
of Carlokin trotted an excellent race and was not in
trouble at any part of any mile.
The 2:05 pace took five heats to decide. General
Todd won the first heat in 2:05% and was distanced
in the third. The Savoy won the second heat in
2:03%, the fastest heat of the race, but Lelia Patchen
took the next three handily. Summary:
2:13 trot, purse $1000, 3 in 5:
Esperanza, b m by Carlokin (Durfee) 111
Brescia, b m (Fleming) 6 2 2
George N. Patterson, blk h (Rutherford) 2 3 4
Echmore, Pittsburg, Teddy Brooke and The Exposer
also started.
Time— 2:08, 2:07%. 2:10.
Paper Mills Stake for 2:08 trotters, purse $10,000 (four-
heat plan) :
Mabel Trask, ch m by Peter the Great. . (Cox) 1111
St Frisco, b h (Geers) 2 2 2 2
Guy Nella. br m .^. (Snow) 8 3 3 3
Laramie Lad, Vanco, The Eno, Omar and Virginia Bar-
nette also started.
Time— 2:07%, 2:03%, 2:05%, 2:05%.
2:05 pace, purse $1,000, three in five:
Lelia Patchen, blk m by Dan's Brother
(Snow) 4 2 111
The Savoy, blk g (Floyd) 3 13 2 2
White Sox, b m (Durfee) 2 3 2 3 3
King Couchman. Generall Todd, Joe Patchen II. and
Potrero Boy also started.
Time— 2:05%, 2:03%, 2:07%, 2:05%, 2:09.
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Amateur Races at Vancouver.
Following are the results of the races at Hastings
Park, Vancouver, Saturday, July 29th, 1916, held
under the auspices of the Vancouver Amateur Driving
Association:
Class C trot — mile heats;
Susie G (W. H. Mason) 1 1
Chromo (Geo. Bell) 2 3
Special Blend (W. Foster) 4 2
Fera Montana (J. Nicholson) 3 5
Ameline Lou (W. Steele) 5 4
Time — 2:28, 2:27.
Class C pace — mile heats:
K. M. C (E. Burgoyne) 1 1
Lady Patrick (J. McCullough) 2 2
Best time, 2:27.
Class D trot — half mile heats:
Maybells (A. McCullough) 2 11
Nigger Boy (C. Smith) 13 3
Sweet Nut (Dr. Milloy) 3 2 2
Bonladi (A. Tupper) 4 4 4
Best time, 1:81
Free-for-All — mile heats :
Prince Malone (Pastime Stables) 2 11
Lady Tango (W. Foster) 12 4
Nic Nac (W. B. Russell) 3 2 2
Myrtha Pointer (Geo. Bell) 4 4 3
Hal Scott (E. Burgoyne) 5 5 5
Nellie Wilkes (J. McCullough) 6 dr.
Time— 2:17%, 2:16%, 2:18.
o
Trusty Nell (2) 2:17%, the wonderfully fast but
erratic filly by The Harvester 2:01, has been shipped
to Walter Cox's farm at Dover, New Hampshire,
where she will be driven double this summer and put
through a course of training thought proper to cure
her of her peculiarities. She will be kept eligible
to her futurity engagements and, if her manners
improve, will be campaigned in 1917.
Azora Axworthy, winner of twenty-two firsts and
one second in twenty-three starts in 1914 and 1915,
made her initial Grand Circuit appearance at Cleve-
land and her third heat in 2:06%, certainly
justified one in tabbing her an uncommonly good
trotter. That she is about the best in the Murphy
stable is the opinion of quite a few who watched
the events of the week. She should be credited to
Bale Axworthy (now dead) instead of Dale Axworthy.
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Fleeta Dillon, which at one time held the record
for two-year-old pacing fillies with a mile in 2:08%,
and subsequently was trained on the trot with no
success, is in again as a pacer and has been winning
some good races over the half-mile tracks in New
England.
The secret of Peter Mac's refusal to score has been
found to be an ulcerous corn in one of his feet and
it is hardly likely that he will be started for another
month yet.
♦ ♦♦
Single G., that won the fastest three heat race ever
paced, 2:00%, 2:00% and 2:01%, had not been a
mile better than 2:05 in all his work this year previ-
ous to the race.
♦ ♦♦
The third dam of Harvest Gale, that was second
to Mary Coburn in 2:10%, was Nightingale 2:10%,
and she was out of Mabel, dam of Cresceus 2:02%.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 5, 1916
Harness Horses and Horsemen
Petaluma Driving Club Races.
Over tour hundred persons paid an admission fee
of 25 cents to witness the racing program provided
by the Petaluma Driving Club at Kenilworth Park
last Sunday. This park is owned by the city of
Petaluma and comprises the old Sonoma and Marin
Fair Grounds, and mile track that was owned by the
late Harry Stover, the running horse owner and
breeder, for several'years, and on his death sold to
the city of Petaluma for park purposes. The Peta-
luma Driving Club has leased the track and stalls
from the city and by iLis lease is permitted to charge
admission to its matinees. The track is not fast
this year, having been ploughed up early in the
season. It was cut a little too deep so that the track
has not packed as it should, and is two or three
seconds slow at least.
Three races were contested on Sunday last, several
San Francisco horses being among the starters. The
event was the 2:30 class pace with three starters.
Billy T., driven by Dan Healy, was the winner of
this race, winning the first and third heats, Glen-
wood Chief taking the second heat.
In the 2:25 class for horses of both gaits, the San
Francisco trotter Birdeye, owned and driven by his
owner M. Combataladi, took the first and third heats,
but Glenwood Mack, a son of By Mack, took the
second heat in the fastest mile of the race — 2:21.
Glenwood Mack was castrated just seven weeks be-
fore this race and had only been in training three
weeks. He looks like a horse that should pace in
2 : 10 by fall. His owner has made a match race with
Little Jack to ccme off over the Petaluma track on
Sunday, August 13th.
There was a real horse race in the second heat of
the 2:15 pace. Victor Pointer, Hamburg Belle and
Tom Murphy went to the front as the word was
given, leaving Little Jack and Lady Stilwell to trail
behind them. The three went the entire mile abreast
and the proverbial blanket could have covered them.
At the wire Victor Pointer stuck his nose in front
of Hamburg Belle that was about the same distance
in front of Tom Murphy. It was one of the best and
closest beats ever paced on this track.
Next Sunday the Petaluma club expects a visit
from the San Francisco club and a first class program
will be arranged.
First race — 2:30 class pace:
Billy T (Healey) 12 1
Glenwood Chief (Millerick) 2 1 2
Grace McKinney (McGovern) 3 3 3
Time— 2:30, 2:31, 2:30.
Second race — 2:25 class, mixed:
Birdeye (Combataladi) 13 1
Glenwood Mac (Ryan) 5 15
Silver Logan (Healey) 4 2 2
Gracie S.* (Ramatici) 2 4 3
Peaches (McGovern) 3 5 4
Time — 2:24, 2:21, 2:30.
(•Formerly Petaluma Girl.)
Third race — 2:15 pace:
Victor Pointer (Keating) 2 11
Hamburg Belle (Dupont) 12 3
Little Jack (Coulan) 4 5 2
Tom Murphy (Silvia) 3 3 5
Lady Stillwell (Brubeck) 5 4 4
Time— 2:21, 2:19, 2:19.
Judges— K. V. McDonald, Lee Wilson, L. Fourcault.
Timers — R. McDonald, E. O. Voyer.
Starter — Dr. Wintringham.
Marshal — Chas. Wyatt.
An Enterprising Club at Oakland.
There is no organization anywhere that promotes
harness racing for the pure love of the sport more
enthusiastically than the Oakland Stadium Riding
and Driving Club of Oakland, California. The only
place this club has to hold its matinees is a half
. mile oval on the reclaimed marsh land at Eighteenth
and Peralta streets. This land is owned by a railroad
company which gives the club the privilege of using
it, but will give no lease, so that the expenditure of
any money for improvements is out of the question.
The track is narrow, flat on the turns, is seldom
sprinkled and infrequently harrowed or dragged, and
is two or three hundred feet over a half mile. There
are a few rough boards made into "bleachers" that
will seat probably one hundred persons, and the
judges' stand is a platform six feet square without
cover. There are no stalls for the horses, a board
wind-break about fifty feet long being all that the
owners have to protect their horses from the wind
between heats. The entire grounds within and sur-
rounding this track are covered with weeds and are
dusty and uninviting. Yet on Sunday afternoons
when the club offers a program of racing from 500
to 1000 persons come to see the sport and, unless
they come in autos or horse-drawn vehicles, or come
early enough to get a seat on the "bleachers," they
are compelled to stand during the two or three
hours required to decide the races. The club is
working to have the Oakland City Council provide a
track and stadium on land owned by the city in the
rear of the million dollar auditorium recently con-
structed jusv. south of the Twelfth street dam on
Lake Merritt. If the Council can be persuaded to
recognize the fact that "a playground for grown-ups"
is needed in Oakland the sport of harness racing,
which is enjoyed by thousands, can be made one of
the leading attractions of the city across the bay.
On the 4th of July this year at least three thousand
persons stood around this crude track at Eighteenth
and Peralta streets and witnessed excellent racing
between the horses owned by members of the Oak-
land club, showing that good clean sport is enjoyed
by the public even when there is no money to be won
by the contestants and no wagering permitted on the
results.
Last Sunday the Oakland club held a very success-
ful matinee with seven races on the card. The races
began at 1:30 and were all finished at 4 o'clock, a
crowd of at least 500 people remaining throughout.
The races were all at mile heats, best two in three.
The fastest race of the program was the free-for-all,
which was won by the old campaigner Little Dick
2:09%, though Mr. G. Schreiber behind his Star
Pointer pacer Allegro gave Little Dick a battle royal
and took the second heat away from him. The battle
down the stretch in the first heat brought the crowd
to its tiptoes (they were nearly all standing because
there was no place to sit down) and there were
cheers for both horses.
The 2:25 pace was won by a lady owner and driver,
Mrs. Carlisle, with her pacer Cleoverne by Jules
Verne. Cleoverne was raced in hopples for the first
time and Mrs. Carlisle received the plaudits of the
big audience for the excellent manner in which she
drove her horse to victory in straight heats.
There was a contest in nearly every race even
though nearly all were won in straight order. The
club proposes holding matinees every two weeks
during the summer months. The summary:
First race — 2:20 trot:
Harold G (J. Williams) 1 1
Belle Sawyer (Al Hanks) 2 2
Elsie Page (P. W. Bellingall) 3 3
Time— 2:31, 2:31.
Second race — 2:25 pace:
Cleoverne (Mrs. Carlisle) 1 1
Berkeley Girl (A Reisman) 2 2
Prince (H. Garrison) 3 3
Time— 2:23%, 2:27%.
Third race — Free-for-all:
Little Dick (Al Scott) 13 1
Allegro (G. Schreiber) 2 12
Grand W (A. L. Hinds) 3 2 4
Hallie's Star (A. Edstrom) 4 4 3
Time— 2:19, 2:21%, 2:19.
Fourth race — 2:18 mixed:
Francisco (J. V. Galindo) 1 1
Sleepy Dick (W. Rutherford) 2 2
Lena Lee (T. Le Ballister) 3 3
Time— 2:27, 2:34.
Fifth race — 2:30 mixed:
Clipper, Jr (A. Bock) 2 11
Oakland Boy (G. Hahn) 13 2
Tom Wilkes (H. Olsen) 3 2 3
Time— 2:36, 2:37, 2:36.
Sixth race — 2:35 mixed:
Teddy (W. Collins) 1 1
Rhoda (Geo. Meader) 2 2
Babe W (Fred Wuescher) 3 3
Time— 2:48, 2:48.
Seventh race-I-2:40 mixed:
Andy O (W. M. Ray) 1 1
Willis Baldwin (W. D. Willis) 2 2
Ida May (A. Newbaumer) 3 3
Time— 2:58, 3:05.
The judges were John A. McKerron, Fred Wen-
scher and Mr. Miller. Geo. Algeo did the starting
and his work was very satisfactory.
Last Sunday's Matinee at Stadium.
In weather that was cold and foggy at the stadium
in Golden Gate Park last Sunday the San Francisco-
California Driving Club held a matinee that was
poorly attended but which provided excellent racing.
While all the four events scheduled were won in
straight heats the time was good and but one heat
was as slow as 2:20. In the free-for-all trot Presi-
dent G. J. Giannini's mare Ella M. R. won the second
and deciding heat in the good time of 2:12% and
she looked good enough to meet the best trotters that
will be seen on the California Circuit this year.
King Pointer won the 2:12 pace in good time also,
the heats being in 2:12 and 2:12%, which is a cred-
itable race at any matinee, east or west. Results:
First race — 2:20 pace:
Sis Hopkins (William Hopkins) 1 1
Black Mack (L. A. Gielow) 3 2
Dibble Wilkes (S. Benson) 2 3
Time— 2:19%, 2:24.
Second race — 2:15 pace:
J. C. Simpson (Frank Goulart) 1 1
Rosie O (J. J. Ryan) 2 2
Pointer Belle (J. M. Kidd) 3 3
Time— 2:16, 2:16.
Third race — 2:12 pace:
King Pointer (H. Campodonico) 1 1
Mabel Dillon ■. . . (B. Cohen) 2 2
Emma M (William Malough) 3 3
Senator H ( j. M. Kidd) 4 4
Time — 2:12, 2:12%.
Fourth race — Free-for-all trot:
Ella M. R (G. J. Giannini) 1 1
Yoncalla (A. Giavonnetti) 2 2
Minequa (M. Ford) 3 3
Time— 2:16, 2:12%.
Matinee at Hollister.
The Hollister Driving Club's matinee at Riverside
track on Sunday, July 16th, did not draw a very large
attendance but there was some good racing.
The first race was between Jerry Wright's Stan-
ford White, driven by Al Willson, and Lonnie Fred-
son's Tanglefoot, with Mat Zahner up. It took the
full five half mile heats to decide this race, Stanford
getting the first two and Tanglefoot the next three.
Time— 1:21%, 1:21%, 1:23, 1:20, 1:23.
The second was a 2 in 3 affair, half mile heats,
and only two horses showed up, Gordon Campbell's
Lady Guy and Geo. E. Shaw's Judge D. Lady Guy,
driven by Mat Zahner, took the first heat, and Judge
D., with Al Willson driving, took the other two in
nose-and-nose finishes. Time — 1:28, 1:23 and 1:23%.
The last race had three starters, Jack Kydd's Ben
Alto, with Joe Sanchez up, Oro Guy with the owner,
Jerry Wright in the seat, and Ramelli Bros.' Monte
in charge of Al. Willson. Wm. McLeold's Benito B.
was scratched. This race took four heats to decide
the winner. Monte took the first heat, and Oro Guy
with Harmon Snibley driving instead of the owner,
took the next three.
Plenty of Horses at Fair Prices.
Exports of horses and mules to Europe are picking
up again, according to the Department of Commerce.
In April the number sent abroad was 21,789, while in
May 27,876 head left the country. These were valued
at $2,296,556.
The percentage of mules is steadily increasing as
the merits of the long eared hybrids become better
known to European army men. Iu 1914 about ten
horses to one mule were sent over. Last year there
were four horses to one mule, and now there are
only about two horses to one mule, the official figures
for May being 18,645 horses and 9,233 mules.
More than 660,000 horses and 180,000 mules have
now been exported since the great war began, mak-
ing a total of approximately 840,000 head, for which
the warring nations have paid fully $170,000,000, and
for which American farmers have received something
more than $100,000,000.
The whole number of horses in the United States
is about 24,000,000 and of mules less than 5,000,000.
The drain on the mule stock of the country is thus
relatively much heavier than on the horse stock, yet
no one has proposed that the government go into the
business of breeding mules for the army.
Now that the Washington authorities have started
in to buy horses and mules for military purposes on
a large scale, the export records no longer represent
all that are being consumed by wars and rumors of
wars in the last two years. That one million will
hardly cover the whole number at the end of 1916 is
the opinion of horsemen familiar with foreign and
domestic trade.
And while the panic stricken promoters of "pre-
paredness" are quoting the Quartermaster General to
the effect that there are not more than ten thousand
good cavalry horses in the United States, the govern-
ment is buying all it wants for less money than it
costs the average farmer to raise them. The pur-
chase of almost one million war horses here in the
last two years has had no perceptible effect on the
supply, as shown by current prices. That the govern-
ment could now obtain one million or more horses —
or men — for the army, if it would offer fair remuner-
ation, is the opinion of others besides Zach Miller,
of the "101 Ranch."
Murphy Still Buying Good Prospects.
Thomas W. Murphy is pursuing his practice of
former years of buying the good prospects that de-
velop at the minor tracks with the idea of strengthen-
ing his stable for future campaigns. Within the past
few days he has bought of Bert Blair, of Xenia, Ohio,
the chestnut gelding Pittsburg 2:14%, by General
Athol, and winner of second money at Voungstown,
Ohio, last week, and from Fred Jamison he has
bought Wilkes Brewer 2:10%, whose mile in close to
2:09 at Toledo, Ohio, has convinced a good many
horsemen that 2:04 is within her capacity on a mile
track. The reported price Mr. Murphy gave Mr.
Blair for Pittsburg is $3,000 but it is not known what
Fred Jamison received for Wilkes Brewer. It is
certain, however, that the price was a good one,
otherwise Mr. Jamison would not have parted with
her.
William 1:58^2 Retired For the Season.
The pacer William 1:58% has developed a peculiar
form o£ intermittent lameness, in the near hind leg.
Charles Tanner, the horse's trainer, has decided to
retire him for the remainder of the season. All his
proposed exhibitions, including one at the Cleveland
meeting last month when his owner, C. K. G. Billings,
was to have driven the stallion to wagon against his
own best record at that hitch, have been cancelled.
The veterinarians who have examined the horse at
Cleveland are at sea. There is no apparent inflamma-
tion but the trouble recurs every time the pacer is
asked for a mile under 2 : 10.
o
Andrew Albright, Jr., owner of Prospect Farm,
Hilton, N. J., has added another noted matron to Ms
list of broodmares, having recently bought Nicketti
2:20%, and her foal by Paronhurst 2:11%, from R. C.
Estill, of Lexington, Ky. Nicketti is a daughter of
William L. and is the dam of the young stallion, Tod-
dling (3) 2:15%, second in command at Prospect
Farm.
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Saturday, August 5, 1916]
LAST TWO DAYS AT DETROIT.
A race track tragedy was narrowly averted at the
Grand Circuit races Thursday when Single G., fav-
orite in the free-for-all pace, pulled up terribly lame
' after winning the first heat in 2:001,i- It was feared
that the great pacer had broken down, but the injury
proved a slight one and the horse went on, winning
the race.
Just what happened to Single G. is not exactly
known, but possibly he knuckled over when being
slowed up at the conclusion of the mile. Had Single
G. been thrown out of training it would have been a
severe blow to the sport, as well as to W. B. Bare-
foot, his owner, and Curt Gosnell, his trainer, for it
would not be surprising to see Single G. pace in 1:59
or better some time this season.
The Denver horse, Braden Direct, drew the pole,
Russell Boy being third, and Single G. sixth. Consid-
erable jockeying occurred while Hal Boy spoiled
three starts. Single G. took the pole at the turn
and was at the quarter in :30%. Braden Direct
pulled up second and Russell Boy trailed with Judge
Ormonde fourth. Hal Boy broke at the turn, they
paced the last half in : 58, the third quarter being in
:28%. Hal Boy and Brett were distanced.
Gosnell slightly behind nodded for the word in the
second heat and Single G. led all the way, being at
the quarter in :321,i, the half in 1:04%. Braden was
second all the way with Ormonde trailing at his
wheel. Gosnell turned on the gas at the half and
Single G. paced the third quarter in :29*4 and the
final one in :28V4- Braden was half a length behind
with Russell Boy a length behind the western horse.
Time, 2:03%.
Russell Boy won the final heat easily. Russell
Boy beat Ormonde to the turn and as Braden Direct
broke at the half Russell Boy had clear sailing and
by pacing the last half in :59% won the heat by four
lengths in 2:02.
At the conclusion of the race the announcement
was made that Gosnell had been fined $100 for not
driving Single G. out the third mile. No announce-
ment could have created a greater surprise than this
one, as Gosnell's horse was lame, and as he man-
aged to win two. heats he satisfied the crowd. The
ruling of the stand did not seem right and failed
to elicit commendation from the spectators.
Grand Chimes, racing under the colors of Bina
Coit, president of the Mantua bank and prominent
potato financier, won the Pontchartrain stake, which
corresponds to the Tavern "Steak." Early Don at
8 to 1 won the first heat but breaks in the next two
gave Grand Chimes and Lindsey a chance to perform
in front. With this mixture Chimes won first money,
Lindsey second. Busy Lassie third, Early Don fourth,
Brisac fifth, and Regardless sixth.
Driven by Valentine, Box R. won the 2:10 pace
easily. Jay Ell Mack was favorite. Spring Maid
made a break on the upper turn in the second mile
when in second place, and was distanced. The sum-
maries :
2:15 trot. Hotel Ponchartrain Stake; purse $3,000 (three
heats) :
Grand Chimes, b h by Kentucky Chimes (Edman) 4 13
Lindsey, b h by Todd Mac (McDonald) 5 3 1
Early Don, ch g by Don Gale (Valentine) 14 8
Busy Lassie, b m (Cox)3 2 2
Brisac. blk m (Murphy) 276
Regardless, b h (Hedrick) 7 5 4
Widower Peter, b h (Shiveiy) $ 8 5
Leonor McKinney, b m (White) 8 6 7
Time— 2:06%, 2:08%. 2:09%.
Free-for-all pace, "The Adcraft Club"; purse $1200
(three beats):
Single G., b h by Anderson Wilkes. .... (Gosnell) 112
Russell Boy, b h by Rustic Patenter. . . (Murphy) 3 3 1
Braden Direct, blk h.. (Egan) 2 2 4
Judge Ormonde, blk h (Valentine) 4 4 3
R. H. Brett, b h (Grady) dis.
Hal Boy, b h (McMahon) dis.
Time— 2:00%, 2:03%. 2:02.
2:10 pace. Hotel Griswold Stakes; purse $2,000 (three
Box R.', b e by Box Elder Jr (Valentine) 111
Jay El Mack, b h (Murphy) 2 3 2
Baymar, b h (McDonald) 4 3 2
Sad Thoughts, b m (Childs) 5 4 4
Spring Mail, ch m (White) 3 d
Arkancello, b h (Edman) d
Baby Bertha, b m (Garrison) d
Time— 2:05%, 2:05%. 2:09%.
The performance of Joan, a bay mare driven by
McDevitt in the 2:06 trot, was the feature of the
concluding day's card of the local Grand Circuit
meeting. She got the decision in the headliner by
winning the first two heats. She also seemed a sure
victor in the third, even after a bad break at the first
turn. Recovering herself, she let out a tremendous
burst of speed and overtook the field at the half,
only to break again in the stretch and finish last.
Guy Nella and Lucille Spier finished this mile so
close together that the spectators thought it a dead
heat. The judges, however, saw Guy Nella first.
Joan won the first heat in a thrilling finish with Lu-
cille Spier. In the second heat the field was in single
file from the first turn well into the stretch, with
Mirthful in front and Joan second. Joan repeated
her spurt and won by two lengths.
The first heat of the 2:12 trot furnished the best
contest of the day. Donna Clay, coming from fifty
feet behind at the head of the stretch gained on Dur-
fee's Esperanza inch by inch, and beat her by just
a nose at the wire in 2:06%, and in the second heat
was forced by Esperanza to trot in 2:061/i to win.
The time in this race was faster than the heats of
the 2:06 trot, won by Joan.
Lelia Patchen captured the 2:05 pace by taking two
heats in easy fashion, but was beaten by Don Dens-
more in the third.
THE BHIBdIIR AND SPORTSMAN
Tommy Murphy's Altawood took first money in the
2:07 pace by making the best showing in the final
standing. She won the second heat and was second
in the third. Second money went to Bingen Pointer
and third to Hal Leal, each winning a heat.
The summary:
2:05 pace, the Moslem; purse $1200 (three heats):
Delia Patchen, blk m by Dan's Brother. .(Snow) 112
Don Densmore. b h by Pactolus (Thomas) 4 5 1
JonesGentry.bg (Aldrich) 3 4 3
Camelia. br h (Cox) 2 3d
Joe Patchen n. b h (W. Fleming), General Todd, b h
(Rea), and John Malcolm, b g (Daniels) also started.
Time — 2:05, 2:05',i, 2:07%.
2:12 trot. The Grotto: purse $1200 (three heats):
Donna Clay, b m by Don (Valentine) 111
Esperanza, b m (Durfee) 2 2 4
Worthy Prince, b h (Cox) 3 3 2
Vanko. b g (Murphv) 4 4 3
Brescia, b m (B. Fleming), San Felipe (Daniels), and
George N. Patterson, blk h (Rutherford) also started.
Time — 2:06%, 2:06%, 2:07%.
2:07 pace. The Rotary Club; purse $1200 (three heats):
Altawood. gr m by Allanwood (Murphy) 8 12
Bingen Pointer, b h by King Bingen (Snow) 14 3
Hal Leaf, br h by Hal Dillard (Gray) 5 5 1
Lord Seymour, br h (Wall) 9 2 5
Kate McKinney, gr m (W. Mallow), Polly Ann, b m
(Clark), Bondalin, br h (Daniels). Dicto, b g (DeRyder),
Hazel Armstrong (Gosnell), and Pat Carmody, br h
(Walker) also started.
Time— 2:06%, 2:06%. 2:07%.
2:06 trot. The Palestine; purse $1200 (three heats):
Joan, b m by Directman Spier (McDevitt) 115
Guy Nella, br m by Guy Axworthy (Snow) 3 3 1
Lucille Spier, b m (H. Fleming) 2 4 2
Mirthful, b m (Murphy) 5 2 3
Omar, b g (Grady) 3 5 4
Time— 2:06%. 2:08%, 2:07.
RACING HERE AND ABROAD.
A New York Trainer Gives Some Interesting Com-
parisons of Customs.
Asked not long ago at Aquaduct to give some of
the reasons why racing has retained its great popu-
larity abroad, A. J. Joyner, who had charge of the
English stable of Harry Payne Whitney, and who is
now training horses for himself and several other
owners, said that he thought that racing in England
had gained its status through the fact that gentlemen
engaged in the sport without a thought of the mon-
etary returns.
Mr. Joyner said: "There are over in England a
greater number of men interested in the thoroughbred
than in the United States. Many of them maintain
breeding establishments and they are content if they
win a few races each year. With the exception of
Lord Derby, E. B. Hutton, and J. B. Joel, there are
few owners who make their expenses. They breed
and race for the glory there is in it. It must not be
concluded from this, however, that no one makes
racing pay in England, for every year small owners
get hold of good horses, and that is one of the fascin-
ations of the sport.
"That horses capable of winning may be picked
up reasonably is shown by the performances here
this season of Faux Col, Jack Mount, Aristobolus,
and Perugini, all of which were obtained by me and
sold to various owners. Faux Col won the Canadian
Derby last Tuesday for Mr. Mackenzie, and is un-
doubtedly a fair horse.
"The short meetings and the fact that racing is
held in every part of the country gives the sport-
loving Briton a more or less intimate knowledge of
racing and breeding. This is an education in itself.
The fact that there is wagering on the Derby, the
Lincoln, Cambridgeshire, Steward's Cup and other
•fixtures is an additional phase which tends to in-
crease the popularity of the sport.
"Society is still another contributing influence,"
resumed Mr. Joyner. "Ascot and Goodwood espe-
cially are famous for their hospitality. The great
London clubs, such as the Bachelors and Sports and
all the crack regiments have tents, and between the
third and fourth races an hour is set aside for enter-
tainment. Members of these organizations distrib-
ute tickets to their friends, and it is really a gala
occasion, with ladies and gentlemen dressed as only
the English can turn out for such functions.
"Perhaps as great as any of the favorable aids to
the racing game are the military meetings. These
are mostly cross-country and the horses are ridden
by the crack horsemen of the army. Races are also
given at these meetings for members of the various
clubs, and there is the strongest kind of rivalry. The
war has, of course, put a damper on this branch of
the sport, but the love of a good horse is so strong
in the English heart that I look for a resumption of
these meetings as soon as peace is restored."
When asked if English horses were not as a rule
bigger than ours, Mr. Joyner replied: "Yes, I think
they are, and they require more time to come to
hand. As yearlings they are bitted and driven about
with reins and a saddle and never backed before
September. In order to discourage the racing of
youngsters no stake of an added value of £200 is
offered prior to June 1. There is an abundance of
two-year-old racing, however, as early as Lincoln,
and in the autumn you will find the youngsters run-
ning against horses of all ages even up to two miles.
There are no handicaps in England for two-year-olds
at any distance."
As to how our horses compared with those of Eng-
land, Mr. Joyner remarked: "That is a difficult
question to answer. American horses of quality if
they could be landed in England at the top of their
form could hold their own. Englishmen think Fox-
hall and Iroquois were very great horses because
they won their classics. Whiskbroom was a good
horse for me, and Harmonicon was considered the
best sprinter in training. He never showed his best
in this country. Whiskbroom gave Willonyx five
pounds inihe Novelty Dinner Stakes at Liverpool and
was beaten a short head. Subsequently Willonyx
won the Ascot Gold Cup at the Cesarewitch, carrying
131 pounds in the latter."
Mr. Joyner was greatly impressed by the manner
in which discipline was meted out by The Jockey
Club. "Any owner, trainer, or jockey," he said, "who
wishes to make a complaint has to first post a deposit
of £5 and make his objection in writing. If the
claim or objection proves reasonable the money is
returned, but if of a frivolous nature the amount is
forfeited. Any persons accused of practices detri-
mental to racing have the privilege of confronting
the accuser. Positions at the post are drawn in
public, and if a jockey leaves his position he is asked
to explain by the Stewards. There are few fines,
some suspensions, and then revocation of privileges.
The starter inflicts no punishment; he reports to
the Stewards and they in turn hand out the penal-
ties."
"How does the selling race rule work over there?"
"Perfectly," was Mr. Joyner's response. "It is re-
garded as anybody's privilege to buy or claim. Men
borrow halters and bridles with new purchases, and
frequently seek out a trainer to leam if the animal
has any peculiarities. To my idea the best disposi-
tion to which the surplus in selling races can be put
is to have one-half go to the owner of the second
horse and the balance to a fund for extra races.
"There seems to be a better feeling toward racing
here," said Mr. Joyner in conclusion, "and, like every-
body else interested in the thoroughbred, I am look-
ing forward to the Saratoga meeting, where the best
of the Eastern and Western horses will compete. The
French and English horses should be in condition to
show something of their form by then. Longer races,
one a day, at no shorter distance than one mile and
a quarter, would be attractive. The public likes to
see the horses pass the stand twice. If enough of
these contests were offered, trainers would prepare
horses for them. It would help breeding at the same
time as furnishing an attractive spectacle."
Colt Shows.
In 1914 fifty carloads of finished draft horses were
shipped out of one middle-western county. For ten
years previous to that time colt shows had been held
in that community and many breeders attributed
their interest and activity to these exhibitions.
Colt shows have become numerous and popular
throughout the corn belt States during the past ten
years. Such shows and the keen interest which has
been produced by them have been responsible for the
improvement in the horse stock in many localities.
The natural human desire to win is one of the
fundamental principles which have made the colt
shows successful. As a result the community horse
stock and business has improved. Mare-owners de-
mand the use of better sires, because through the
use of better sires and through good feeding and
management greater improvement is made possible.
The boys in the community usually take a very keen
interest in such exhibitions and many times show
colts owned and fitted by themselves.
The premiums usually offered for these shows are
given by business men in the form of cash or articles
useful in the horse business. In special classes stal-
lion owners often offer service fees as prizes for
colts sired by their stallion. This usually stimulates
interest among foal owners and obscures the rivalry'
between stallion owners. A class of colts sired by
the same stallion gives the public an opportunity to
observe the general excellence and uniformity of
such colts.
Colts should be well developed and fitted. The
dam should be fed so that the colt, when foaled, is
straight and strong. A little grain should be fed as
soon as the foal is old enough to eat. If the mare
is on pasture the colts, for the best development,
should be fed some grain in a small creep which
could be made very cheaply. A mixture of equal
parts bran, ground oats and ground corn is excellent
for growth in the young foals.
It is well to break the foal at an early age to
lead and to walk and trot properly. The foal should
he brushed off daily with a stiff brush and rubbed
well with a woolen cloth. The mane and tail should
be brushed thoroughly. The feet should be trimmed
in order that they will develop properly.
A good colt show in which are properly fitted and
well mannered colts should be an inspiration to all.
Improvement in the horses of a community should
result from such exhibitions and benefit not only the
horse breeders but the business men as well. It is
one way of bringing the people of country and town
into closer relationship. — E. H. Hughes, Missouri
Ag. Experiment Station.
The uncertainty of yearling purchases was exem-
plified by the score of Tom McTaggart in the East
View Stakes at Empire Track, which carried a value
of $3,900 to the winner. This son of Chuctaunuda
and Toplash was purchased as a yearling by the
Brighton Stable from O. H. Chenault for $600. After
bis win it was reported that George Odom refused
an offer of $15,000 for the colt. This victory was the
fourth consecutive score for Tom McTaggart, and in
his present form he must be ranked with the best
juveniles that have been shown thus far.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 5, 1916
Santa Rosa Fair Opens Monday
List of Entries and Dates for Breeders
Meeting which Begins Wednesday
The big Fair and Forest Festival will open at
Santa Rosa on Monday nest week and it promises
to be ahead of anything ever promoted in the City
o£ Roses. Not only will there he a great racing
program of running and harness races, but the exhib-
its of live stock and agricultural and other products
of the district will be very large and well worth
traveling miles to see. There will be draft horses,
beef and milk cattle, sheep, swine and chickens, and
all will be shown in a beautiful grove that is to be
brilliantly illuminated at night by electricity.
Running races, the entries for which will be made
overnight, will be held on Monday and Tuesday,
with three races each day.
On Wednesday the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse
Breeders' Association will open its annual meeting
with a grand program of harness racing, the opening
event being the three-year-old pacing division of the
Pacific Breeders' Futurity for a stake of ?1300. Six
high class three-year-old pacers will start in this
event, four of which were starters in the two-year-old
division last year. This two-year-old event was won
last year by Jas. W. Marshall's Verna McKinney
with W. G. Durfee's Rico second, Fred Woodcock's
Capt. Mack third, and the time was 2:13% and
2:13%, pretty fast for two-year-olds. All three of
these pacers have starting payments made on them
this year, and the others paid up are Surety, Stanley
Quinn and Julia M.
On Thursday the two-year-old trotting division of
the futurity for foals of 1914 will be decided. There
are seven well bred youngsters that will appear for
the word the first time and they promise to make
an excellent race.
On Friday the pacing division for two-year-olds,
foals of 1914, with four baby pacers named, will be
the first race on the card, and then will come the
big feature of the Futurity for foals of 1913, the
three-year-old trotters to race for a stake of $3300.
Starting payments have been made on eight of the
original entries in this stake. Of these Jake Logan
and Alesandro did not start in the two-year-old divis-
ion last year. That race was won by Virginia Hum-
bug, who is now in Kentucky being bred to Manrico
2:07%. The other six now eligible to start next
Friday were placed as follows in the two-year-old
summary last year: Natal Day 2-2, Miss Axworthy
Dillon 4-3, The Expense 3-5, Hermes 7-4, Lulu B. 5-6,
Miss Bond 6-7. Time, 2:16%, 2:18%.
While these futurities are always, from a breeder's
standpoint, the most interesting races at the meet-
ing, they are not the only or the principal attraction
for the crowds that like to see fast time. For them
the free-for-all pace on Saturday with such speed-
burners as Jim Logan, Leata J., Little Bernice, Vera
Hal, Rastus, Teddy Bear, O. U. C. and Ben Corbitt
Jr. entered will be a big drawing card, and the track
record of 2:02% is in danger when they start. The
2:09 trot on Wednesday with all the fastest trotters
in California entered; the 2:15 trot on Thursday
with a big field of trotters that tramp right around
2:10; the 2:13 pace on Friday, with sixteen fast
ones entered, and the 2:20 trot on Saturday with the
best of the unmarked and some of the best record
horses, 17 of them, will furnish a program of races
that will be in many instances of Grand Circuit cal-
ibre. Every lover of harness races should make it
his aim to be in Santa Rosa next week. The full
program of harness races for the four days is as
follows:
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9.
Three-Year-Old Pacing Division Futurity Stake No.
13, Purse $1300—
Rico, ch c by Manrieo — Pavlowa B. by Petigru.
W. G. Durfee.
A'erna McKinney, br f by Vernon McKinney — Ramona
by Demonio. J. W. Marshall.
Surety, b c by The Bondsman — Eva H. by Washing-
ton McKinney. A. L. McDonald.
Stanley Quinn, b g by Dan Logan — Lady Arthur by
Sir Vaux. Chas. F. Silva.
Julia M., b f bv El Angelo — Search Lida by Search-
light. D. W. Wallis.
Capt. Mack, br c by The Bondsman — Bessie L. by
Montana Director.
Trotting, 2:09 Class, $500 — Bon Cres, Harold C, Al-
baloma, John Mack, Parana.
Pacing, 2:20 Class, $900— Directess Mac, Alta Bar-
nato, Lennie C. Bold Harry Aerolite, Irene D., W. J.
K . Pedlar Direct, Star Dillon, Lock Logan, Silver
Tips, Dixon Boy, Villa.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 10.
Two-Year-Old Trotting Division Futurity Stake No.
14, Purse $1350—
Skyrocket, b g by Ed McKinney — Hester McKinney
by McKinney. I. L. Borden.
Zeta Lucile. ch f by Wilbur Leu — Zeta W. by Nut-
wood Wilkes. Hemet Stock Farm.
Lilly of the Valley, b f by Palo King— by Iran Alto.
H. S. Hogoboom.
E.loretta D., b f by Graham Bellini — Daphne McKin-
ney by McKinney. Jas. Sutherland.
Rhyolite, b c by F. S. Whitney — Rubelle by Del Cor-
onado. Sutherland & MacKenzie.
McKlyo Boy, h c by Peter McKlyo — Sweet Bow by
Bon Voyage. L. H. Todhunter.
Kewpie, br g by Carlokin — The Blonde by Strathway.
Alex M. Wilson.
Trotting, 2:15 Class, $900 — Major's By Guy, Pfeis-
ter*s Lynwood, Brutus, Bodaker, Melrose, Dick W.,
Bert Kelley, Howard's Comet, Miss San Francisco,
Future Tramp, Eloise Dell, Dr. S., Zolock Zar, Sweet
Bow, El Angelo, Alice W., Rubell, Trigione, Miss
Macklie.
Pacing, 2:10 Class, $500 — A. B. C, Pointer's Daugh-
ter, Soumise, Maxine, Silver Tips, Hal Paxton.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11.
Two-Year-Old Pacing Division Futurity Stake No. 14,
Purse $1100 —
Tommy Atkins, b g by Tom Smith — Carrie B. by Alex.
Button. I. L. Borden.
Alfredo, b c by Copa de Oro — Lady H. by Del Coro-
nado. W. G. Durfee.
Galen, b c by Jim Logan — Palo Maid by Palo King.
H. A. Hershey.
El Paso, b g by True Kinney — Ella J. T. by Boh
Mason. Roy D. Mayes.
Three-Year-Old Trotting Division Futurity Stake No.
13, Purse $33C0 —
Jake Logan, br c by Nearest McKinney — Berta Logan
by Bert Logan. H. G. Angevine.
Alesandro, b g by Barney Barnato — Ramona by
Prince Robert. I. L. Borden.
Natalday, b c by Wilbur Lou— Ella J. T. by Bob
Mason. S. Christenson.
Hermes, br c by Carlokin — Miss Quealey by Moko.
W. G. Durfee.
Miss Bond, b f by The Bondsman — Miss Harris by
Sidney Dillon. Frank Malcolm.
The Expense, br f by The Proof — Nusta by Nusha-
gak. Mrs. Maude M. Marley.
Miss Axworthy Dillon, b f by Axworthy — Cleo Dillon
by Sidney Dillon. T. E. Pollock.
Lulu B., b f by The Bondsman — Loma B. by Stam B.
M. L. Woy.
Pacing, 2:13 Class, $900 — Bertie Seattle, Mono An-
sel, Alta Barnato, Lennie C, Mabel Dillon, Mountain
Dee, Chango, Bradmont, Hanover, W. J. K., Pedlar
Direct, Breezy Marie, Lock Logan, Silver Tips, Stan-
ley Quinn, Julia M.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12.
Trotting, 2:12 Class, $500 — Bon Cres, Harold C,
John Mack, Columbia T„ Ella Mac.
Pacing, Free-for-AM, $900 — O. TJ. C, Ben Corbett
Jr., Vera Hal, Rastus, Leata J., Jim Logan, Teddy
Bear, Little Bernice.
Trotting, 2:20 Class, $900 — Gracie B., Major's By
Guy, Pfeister"s Lynwood, Dick W, Ella M. R., Peter's
Queen, Howard's Comet, Mary Osborne, Lindsay
Bell, Miss San Francisco, Future Tramp, Eloise Dell,
Dr. S., Zolock Zar, El Angelo, Alice W., Trigione.
Santa Rosa Track Records.
The mile track at Santa Rosa is undoubtedly one
of the fastest in California and many fast miles have
been trotted and paced over it. At a meeting held
there in 1898 the mare Much Better by Chas. Derby
took a record of 2:07% when she won the 2:12 class
pace, and the same week the stallion Monterey took
a trotting record of 2 : 11 there, this being the fastest
mile trotted during the meeting. These were new
records for the track and it was probably the first
meeting at which 2:10 pacing and 2 : 15 trotting were
ever beaten there.
The next year, 1S99, a mile in 2:09% by Clipper,
son of Diablo, was the best made by the pacers dur-
ing the meeting, and the 2:11% mile by the gray
trotter Addison was the best mile at the diagonal
gait.
In 1900 Clipper was again the fastest pacer at the
track and he set the track record at 2:06, while
Adolph Spreckels' little trotting mare Dione, in a
trial against time, made a mile in 2:07%, which is
not only the fastest mile the daughter of Eros ever
trotted but is still the fastest mile ever made by a
trotter at Santa Rosa.
In 1901, 1902 and 1903 there was no racing at
Santa Rosa except by local horses and no very fast
miles were made by them, but in 1904 the P. C. T. H.
B. A. again gave a meeting there. Tom Carneal, a
pacing son of Diablo, won a heat of bis race in 2:08%,
which was the best mile made at the meeting by a
pacing horse, and the brown gelding Morosco, with
a mile in 2:12 made when he won the final heat of
the $1500 2:19 trot, got credit for the fastest trotting
mile of the meeting.
In 1905 the McKinney pacer Zolock with a mile in
2:07% was the fastest sidewheeler at the meeting
of that year and the gray gelding. What Is It, trotted
a heat in 2:11, which was the best mile at that gait
for the week.
In 1906 there was an earthquake and fire at Santa
Rosa during the same morning in April that San
Francisco suffered such a disaster and there was no
racing at the Santa Rosa track that year.
In 1907 the town had recovered from its loss and
one of the best meetings ever seen in the City of
Roses was given. There were some great paeers
out that year. Mona Wilkes, Sir John S., Inferlotta,
Copa de Oro, Charley D., Miss George and a host of
others. Hymettus took a three-year-old record of
2:13%. Inferlotta beat Copa de Oro, Charley D.,
Opitsah and Tabasco and set the track record at
2:04% for pacers in doing so. Among the trotters,
Oveta, Eva and Marvin Wilkes each trotted in
2:12% and were tied for the fastest trotting mile
of the week.
In 1908 James W. Marshall's mare Mona Wilkes
and Sir John S. hooked up in the free-for-all pace
and the mare by Demonio beat the stallion by Demo-
nio's full brother Diablo, in straight heats, pacing
the second in 2:03%, a new pacing record for herself
and the famous track. The trotters were faster
that year also, and Wild Bell by Wildnut won the
2:09 class trot and took a record of 2:09%, which
was faster than any other trotter went that week.
There was no regular meeting at Santa Rosa
again until 1912, but in July of that year a meeting
was given on short notice and with small fields. The
fastest mile made by the pacers at that meeting was
2:08%, credited to Chorro Prince, and the trotter
All Style by Stam B. made the best mile of the week
at his gait, 2:13.
In 1913 the Breeders' Association held its meeting
at Santa Rosa and as all the best horses in Cali-
fornia were there, fast time was again the rule. Elmo
Montgomery's Jim Logan beat Will Durfee's Don
Pronto in 2:06 and 2:04%, the fastest pacing event
of the week, and Mr. I. L. Borden's Albaloma by Stam
B. with Will Durfee driving, won the 2:12 trot and
set the trotting record for the week at 2:08. John
Malcolm set the world's record for two-year-old
pacing geldings at 2:11% that week at Santa Rosa.
In 1914, the last year there was regular racing at
Santa Rosa, Jim Logan and Albaloma repeated their
performances of 1913 by pacing and trotting the fast-
est miles of the week. Jim Logan again met Don
Pronto and again defeated him in straight heats, the
miles being in 2:02% and 2:04%. Jim Logan's
2:02% is the Santa Rosa track record at the pace
and will be a hard mark for the pacers of 1916 to
shoot at. Albaloma, winner of the 2:09 trot the
same week, trotted one heat in 2:08% and this is
also a track record as it is the fastest heat ever
made over the Santa Rosa track in a trotting race,
the 2:07% mile of Dione having been made against
time.
The above statistics give the fastest miles at pace
and trot made at Santa Rosa since 1898, and will give
the horsemen some idea of how fast their horses
will have to go next week to class with the best
during the past eighteen years.
Solano County Fair to Follow Santa Rosa.
Dixon, July 30. — Arrangements are now under full
swing for the first annual Solano County Fair, to be
held at Dixon August 16 to 19, inclusive. The fair
will be held in Dixon's beautiful 27-acre park, which
will supply ample space for all the events. Two
hundred and fifty committeemen are working long
and hard each day throughout the whole county to
make this first fair a grand success. Women's im-
provement clubs and chambers of commerce in all
the cities and towns are actively co-operating with
each other to make each and every department a
feature.
The contest for queen of the fair is now opened
and any girl or young lady in California's prize
county is eligible. Sixteen girls are already in the
race, so that there should be an abundance of beauty
and grace to lend color to the many ceremonies to be
given in the queen's honor. .
Fast harness and feature races will be a great at-
traction during the four days, as such a classy field
of horses have been entered that every race is bound
to be fought to the last. In all fifty-two speed burners
will be seen in the harness races, and all the fastest
horses in the State will start Two races and a fea-
ture race along with numerous free acts will take
place on the track each day.
There will be approximately 16,000 square feet of
floor space in the main exhibit pavilion and five
acres will be given over to the stock show. The
Pacific Portland cement works, which is situated in
this county, has made arrangements for a big demon-
stration of the practical uses of cement on the farm
in the making of posts, stalls, troughs, etc. The
decorative scheme in the exhibit palace will cost
$2500. The four days of the fair will be designated
as follows: Sacramento day, Tolo day, Solano day
and California day. The progress and prosperity
committee of the Sacramento chamber of commerce
will do special advertising for the California State
Fair and are working zealously to make Sacramento
day a gigantic success and will have special trains,
a band and at least 3000 people with them on that
day. It will be a genuine old'fashioned county fair
with all the up-to-date improvements.
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New York State will this year distribute $250,000
among eighty-eight fairs, this sum having been ap-
propriated for the purpose by the last Legislature.
The money was formerly raised by a tax on the re-
ceipts of the race tracks, but amendments to the
Percy-Gray racing law cut off this source of revenue,
making it necessary to raise the money by general
taxation.
Saturday, August 5, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Don't miss the Santa Rosa Fair.
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There will be some great racing.
The track is in first class condition.
Good fields will start in nearly every race.
The entries in the live stock department are very
numerous.
One of the best stock shows ever seen in California
is promised.
Make your arrangements to spend all of next week
at Santa Rosa's Great Fair and Forest Carnival.
Guy Carlton 2:21% worked a mile in 2:19% at
Santa Rosa last week and with work will make a
2:15 trotter before the summer is over.
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Mr. I. L. Borden's trotter Major's By Guy by Major
Dillon worked a mile in 2:10% for C. A. Berry, his
trainer, one day last week at the Santa Rosa track.
M. C. Keefer is working Nuristo 2:10% at Santa
Rosa and the son of Nushagak is showing his old
time speed. A mile in 2:13% last Saturday seemed
rather easy for him.
The Proof 2:10% is one of the first if not the first
•speed siring son of The Exponent. The Expense (3)
2:13% is a daughter of The Proof, and her record
was made at Santa Rosa July 8th this year.
Guy Dillon 2:23 is easily the best son of Sidney
Dillon. He has three 2 : 10 performers to his credit out
of a total of not over ten in the list. They are Adioo
Guy 2:05%, Guy Borden 2:07% and Emeline Dillon
2:07%.
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E. R. Dunn has arrived at Lexington, Ky„ from Los
Angeles, Cal., with three horses, The Puzzler 2:13,
Opher Girl and Virginia Humbug (2) 2:1694. The
last named has been sent to Walnut Hall Farm where
she will be mated with Manrico (3) 2:07%.
One of the best three-year-old pacers at the Santa
Rosa track is Fred Woodcock's brown colt Capt.
Mack by The Bondsman, dam Bessie L. by Montana
Director. Capt. Mack is in the Breeders' Futurity
stake of $1300 which is to be decided on the opening
day of the meeting next week.
Millard Sanders shipped his string of horses from
Pleasanton to Santa Rosa last Monday. Among the
horses were Howard's Comet, owned by Mr. P. J.
Howard of Alameda, and several youngsters belong-
ing to Mr. S. Christenson that are entered in the
Futurity Stakes.
Pedlar Direct, owned by Mr. A. W. Longley, of
Oakland, was shipped to Santa Rosa last Tuesday
to meet his engagements. This pacer is from the
same family on his dam's side as the great stallions
Peter the Great and J. Malcolm Forbes, his great
grandam, Santos, being the dam of both those great
sires.
Sweet Bow 2:17% by Bon Voyage, owned by Mr.
L. Todhunter of Sacramento, was shipped north a
few weeks ago in charge of William Ivey, who will
race her through the Inter-Mountain Circuit, starting
first at Montpelier, Idaho, in the 2:17 trot. The
meeting there opens August 15th.
Elmo Montgomery arrived in Santa Rosa Tuesday
with his string of pacers that will be raced at the
Breeders' meeting and through the circuit. He has
the coast champion Jim Logan 2:01%, Maxine (3)
2:15, winner of the Breeders' Futurity for three-
year-olds in 1914, and Lock Logan 2:07% by Zolock.
Maxine is a daughter of Jim Logan and Lock Logan
is out of the dam of Jim Logan.
Wednesday, August 9th, has been proclaimed by
the Governor of California as "Good Roads Day."
This is the same date on which the Pacific Coast
Trotting Horse Breeders' Association will begin its
program of harness racing at the great Santa Rosa
Fair and Forest Carnival. There are many good
roads that lead to Santa Rosa. Celebrate the good
roads movement by going to Santa Rosa over one of
them that day.
Verna McKinney (2) 2:13, James W. Marshall's
filly by Vernon McKinney 2:01%, dam Ramona (dam
of Del Rey 2:03%) by Demonio, is showing up well
in her three-year-old form for Fred Chadbourne, who
has had great success in winning stake money with
' the colts and fillies from the Marshall farm. Verna
won the two-year-old pacing division of the Breeders'
Futurity at the P.-P. I. E. last year, and barring
accidents will be a starter in the three-year-old divis-
ion of the same stake at Santa Rosa next week.
Ed. R. Smith, of Ocean Beach, Los Angeles county,
has been engaged to start the races at the California
State Fair and also at the Fresno Fair.
A gentleman desires to purchase a trotting mare
eligible to the 2:25 class, that can trot a mile in 2:15
on a mile track or one in 2:18 on a half mile track.
Give full particulars in first letter as to price, age,
breeding ,etc. See advertisement.
The free-for-all pace which was substituted for the
2:09 trot on the last day of the Solano County Fair
at Dixon, filled with four entries and it is likely that
every horse entered will start. The horses are Jim
Logan 2:01%, Leata J. 2:03, Vera Hal 2:05 and
Teddy Bear 2:05. They will make a great race.
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Grandsons and granddaughters of McKinney are
taking records every week on the tracks east of the
Rocky Mountains. The son of Alcyone is founding
a great family of race horses. He was a race horse
himself, was the sire of race horses and now his
descendants in the third and fourth generations are
following in the same line.
Persons desiring to purchase stallions, mares or
racers of the best strains in Ireland can do so with
confidence that they will be fairly dealt with by
applying to the Irish Bloodstock Agency, Coyle &
Co., brokers, Dublin, Ireland. This agency has many
animals of the best strains to dispose of and executes
orders promptly. See advertisement.
At the close of the Detroit meeting Walter Cox
was the leading money winning driver, with Tom
Murphy second. The leading money winners at De-
troit were Cox $6858, McDonald $3955, Valentine
$3100, Murphy $3509, F. Jones $2250, Durfee $1920,
Thomas $1705, McMahon $1350, Edman $1224, Snow
$1080.
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R. C. H. 2:13%, the trotter that Marvin Childs is
racing on the Grand Circuit, is said to be the only
horse on the big ring thus far that carries a mono-
gram. He has a box bar brand on his flank. He is
owned by Ed Peterson, of Omaha, who purchased him
from a ranchman who had raced him a little in the
west. R. C. H. is by Faul out of Queen, neither of
which is registered. Childs hopes to win with him
before the season is ended.
William Higginbottom, the well known live stock
auctioneer of San Francisco, has been engaged as
official starter of the races at the Santa Rosa Fair
next week, also for the races at the Solano County
Fair at Dixon the following week. Mr. Higginbottom
has had success in starting for various amateur clubs
in California and has also started at several of the
regular meetings. His selection as starter will meet-
the approval of the public who have seen his work
as well as the horsemen who have started under his
authority.
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Peter McKlyo, L. Todhunter's stallion by Peter the
Great, is one of the grandest looking and best gaited
trotters ever seen in California or elsewhere. Last
week James Thompson worked Peter McKlyo a mile
in 2:11 at Santa Rosa, with the last half in 1:01%
and the last quarter in thirty seconds. Peter Mc-
Klyo is now five years old. He was given a three-
year-old record of 2:12% at Sacramento in 1914, but
has never been raced. There are two two-year-olds
by him out of Bon Voyage mares that are entered in
the Breeders' Futurity to be trotted next week.
The young California trainer Ted Bunch, who is
racing a small string of horses up in Canada this
summer, is getting a lot of first moneys in the pacing
races and has also drawn a prize in the matrimonial
race, as he was married last Friday to an estimable
young lady of Denver. Ted has started the pacer
Zombrino by Prince Zombro nine times up to last
week and has won eight races. Zombrino is still big
and fat and looks good for the ten weeks further in
which he is engaged, finishing at Phoenix, Arizona.
Bunch has two other horses in his string and has
won a number of seconds and thirds with them. His
many friends in California will be pleased to hear of
his success, and hope that it will continue, and that
the double harness event in which he has started
will break all records for health, wealth and happi-
ness, "so long as they both do live."
C. A. Durfee with the three-year-old pacer Rico,
and Al Schwartz with Little Bernice 2:06%, started
to work a mile together at Santa Rosa last Saturday.
They went away at a furious clip and just after pass-
ing the first quarter pole in 31% seconds Durfee
heard something strike his sulky and then saw a
horseshoe flying through the air. He called to
Schwartz and asked him whose shoe that was and
Schwartz answered, "It's your colt's shoe, and there
goes his boot." Durfee took his colt back but was
at the half in 1:03 at that, then pulled up and turned
Rico around and looked for the shoe. Schwartz went
on with Little Bernice and she finished the mile in
2:07%, the fastest mile for her this year. Durfee
with two or three persons to assist him, made a two
hours' hunt for the lost shoe, which Rico had thrown
from his left front foot, but to no avail, and that day's
work was lost. A three-year-old pacer that can finish
a half mile in 1:03 after losing a shoe at the three-
eighths pole is surely quite a speed prospect.
Spriggan 2:08%, winner of the $20,000 trot at San
Francisco a year ago, was a veiy sick horse at Cleve-
land and for a time his condition was considered
very serious.
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Adioo Guy is getting a lot of first moneys. He
was first in the $2000 stake for 2:11 class pacers at
Findlay, Ohio, and first in the 2:09 pace the next
week at Lima, Ohio.
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The Gen. Watts family is making a great showing
this year and James Thompson has a two-year-old by
that sire that is reckoned one of the highest class
colts on the Pacific Coast. He is a trotter.
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A petition filed in Probate Court at Minneapolis
last week, asking that Erie B. Savage, eldest son, be
appointed special administrator, shows that the late
M. W. Savage, the horseman, owner of the famous
pacer Dan Patch, left an estate valued at $779,000.
Savage left no will. The heirs are the widow and
two sons.
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Gilbert Patch 2:06% by Dan Patch 1:55%— Bessie
Gilbert 2:14%, looks to be by far the best racing
stallion ever sired by the great champion. This
young horse has been in 2:05 and, in a slower mile,
reeled off his last quarter in 28% seconds. He is
a nicely made, free-legged horse, wears but little
and appears to be certain to land many a victory
before going into winter quarters.
It reminded old timers of the palmy days of har-
ness racing at Detroit on Tuesday, the second day of
the Grand Circuit meeting, when the auction pools
were sold on the Board of Commerce stake, which
was won by Miss Harris M. A sample pool is as
follows: Miss Harris M. $500, Goldie C. $235, The
Beaver $140, Ben Earl $85, Roan Hal $75, The Savoy
$130, Sayde Densmore $45, and the field containing
five horses, $30.
One of the sweetest going pacers at the Santa
Rosa track is Mono Ansel 2:19% by Monicrat 2:18%,
dam by Prince Ansel. This pacer is being trained
by W. H. Finley, a young man who resides at Santa
Maria, California, and who has only recently broken
out of the amateur ranks, but whose handling of a
small string of three horses at the Santa Rosa track
is evidence that he is much better than a raw band.
Mona Ansel is entered in the 2:13 pace for Friday,
next week. He made his record in Wyoming last
year.
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The greatest contest ever witnessed over a half
mile track took place at Lima, O., on Tuesday of
last week, when Wilkes Brewer defeated Ima Jay
and several others in the Maple Lane Farm classic,
a $1,500 event for 2:14 class trotters. To triumph
over the classy field, the handsome chestnut mare
was forced to go the third heat in 2:08% and the
fifth in 2:08%, resulting in the establishing of a new
world's record for a five-heat race over a small oval
and likewise a new record for a third and a fifth
heat. Wilkes Brewer is by the famous expatriated
California sire Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%.
The Ventura County Fair Association will hold its
third annual fair from September 13th to 16th inclu-
sive this year at Seaside Park, Ventura. The presi-
dent of this enterprising association is Mr. A. Cama-
rillo, treasurer Mr. Wilbur Stiles, and the secretary
Mr. L. P. Hathaway. Ventura is 28 miles south of
Santa Barbara and 75 miles north of Los Angeles.
It is the centre of the greatest bean growing district
in the west, lies at the southern end of the famous
Lincoln highway, has a delightful climate and, start-
ling as it may seem, the claim is made that there is
not a foot of land for sale there. The purses offered
are very liberal. There is $600 for a free-for-all pace,
five to enter and three to start, $250 purses for other
races. The association has a good half mile track.
Entries close August 28th. See the advertisement
on another page.
H. S. Hogoboom of Woodland has lost by death
a yearling colt that he valued very highly. He called
the colt Bingen the Great. It was foaled April 6th,
1915, and in May, 1916, trotted a half mile on the
Woodland track in 1:15, which is a remarkable per-
formance for a thirteen months' old colt. A few
months prior to this display of natural speed Mr.
Hogoboom was offered a pretty fair figure for the
colt, then ten months old, but the offer was declined
and "Hi" set $5000 as the lowest figure that would
tempt him to part with the young trotter. Bingen
the Great was by Robert Bingen, and his dam was
Beautiful Bird by Nutwood Wilkes, second dam Ex-
pressive by Electioneer. On breeding alone Bingen
the Great would have been a very valuable stallion
in the stud as he was closely related to as many
champions as any horse in California. His grand-
sire sired the world's champion trotter, and the
grandam of his sire was the dam of the world's
greatest sire, Peter the Great, sire of the world's
champion two, three and four-year-old trotters. His
own dam was by the grandsire of the world's cham-
pion three-year-old trotting filly, and his second dam
was herself once the world's champion three-year-old
trotter and is now the founder of a large family of
2:10 performers. Mr. Hogoboom has certainly suf-
fered a heavy loss in the death of Bingen the Great.
THE BRI1D1E AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 5, 1916
TALKING OF SHOOTING LOOK AT THIS.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
Here's a Fellow Who Tells of Some Feats and
Advocates Truthfulness.
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
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Fight Against Salmon Roe. — Fish and game experts
are lined up with the sportsmen anglers of the State
in the belief that it's the wholesale use of preserved
salmon roe as bait that is depleting the streams of
California of trout. This variety of bait, the natural
food of the game fish, is a lure that no trout can
resist, and many so-called "sportsmen" take many
limit baskets of fish no larger than the angler's little
fingers.
J. P. Fisher, fish and game expert of the California
Fish and Game Commission, is of the opinion that
salmon roe has ruined fishing in the streams both
up and down the coast, an opinion shared by every
sportsman who has studied the habits of trout and
the conditions under which they exist.
"There are 'sportsmen' who make a practice of
filling their creels with tiny fingerlings and trout fry
so small that it takes three of them to make a mouth-
ful," declares Fisher. "There is no doubt that such
practice is what is ruining late-season fishing in our
coast streams.
"Such small fish can be taken in but one way, and
that is by the use of salmon roe. Fingerlings don't
bite as readily at other lures as they do at the roe,
and it is difficult to land a small trout on hooks baited
with any other lure."
J. S. Hunter, assistant executive officer of the
Commission, declares that if the use of salmon roe
was made illegal it would be possible to make the
trout season much longer, opening earlier than at
present.
Ernest Schaeffle, executive officer, while believing
that it would be almost impossible to enforce it,
thinks well of a law abolishing the roe. The force
of deputy game wardens under control of the Fish
and Game Commission is too small to be able to
cope with the thousands of "short sports" who fish
for big baskets of trout of any size rather than for
the sport of the game. — S. F. Call.
OB
Forest Service Builds Scenic Trail. — Work has
commenced on a trail between Lake Tahoe and Yo-
semite Valley through the El Dorado and Stanislaus
National Forests, according to a report given out by
the District Forester. The proposed route will follow
the road south from Lake Tahoe through Lake "Val-
ley to Border Ruffian via Luther's Pass through
Hope, Faith and Charity valleys. From Border
Ruffian it will be constructed through Indian Valley,
thence across the Carson-Bigtree Road through the
upper drainage basin of the Mokelumne, thence down
Arnot Creek and Clark's Fork to its confluence with
the Stanislaus River to Relief Reservoir, from which
it will lead directly to the Yosemite Valley via Bond
Pass.
Much of this route lies at an elevation of between
six and seven thousand feet and is contiguous to
such wonderful scenic regions as Blue Lake, the Dar-
denelles, and Mokelumne and Stanislaus canyons.
This trail, which is primarily for the use of camp-
ers and recreation seekers, will have a minimum with
of tread of 30 inches, and in no place will its grade
be more than 15 per cent. Turnouts will be provided
in dangerous places, and the switchbacks are to be
wide and level. It will be blazed throughout its
entire length and monuments and trail signs will be
placed at all cross and branch trails, creeks, and
camp grounds and points of interest. A distinctive
feature of this trail will be the pastures for travel-
ers' horses, 12 to 18 miles apart along its entire
length. Between Brightman's Flat and Eureka Val-
ley a drift fence will be constructed which will form
a pasture of about 600 acres and will afford pasture
sufficient to feed 35 head of horses. Several sum-
mers' work will be necessary to complete it as
planned.
The Tahoe- Yosemite Trail, in conjunction with the
John Muir Trail now under construction by the For-
est Service in co-operation with the State of Cali-
fornia: will extend 250 miles along the backbone of
the high Sierras, and will open to travelers and
campers regions of great scenic interest.
OB
Fly-Casting at Tacoma. — Exceptionally good scores
marked the monthly competition of the Tacoma Fly
and Bait Casting Club at Point Defiance on July 23.
The banner event of the day was the one-quarter
accuracy casting, won by H. J. Nason with 98.6 per
cent., the best score ever made in the Tacoma section.
R. Hutchinson captured the distance event, while the
slam was won by R. B. Nason.
The score made by H. J. Nason is regarded as
exceptional as it is his first season at casting and
it also shows a higher average than that made in
the Pacific Northwestern championship last summer.
Scores :
One-ffuarter Ounce Slam Cast — R. B. Nason, 134
feet 8 inches; William J. Bailey, 127 feet; B. B.
Perrow, 120 feet; C. R. Werner, 118 feet; R. Hutch-
inson, 110 feet; D. E. Gilkey, 97 feet; W. L. Richards,
9" feet.
One-Quarter Ounce Accuracy Bait (per cent) —
H. J. Nason, 98.6, William J. Bailey 97.7, R. B. Nason
97.5, D. E. Gilkey 97.3, B. B. Perrow 97.3, R. Hutchin
son 96.5, C. R. Werner 95.7, W. L. Richards 94.
One-Quarter Ounce Average Bait — R. Hutchinson,
93 feet 11-5 inches; B. B. Perrow, 92 feet, 111-5
inches; R. B. Uason, 91 feet, 3 3-5 inches; William
J. Bailey, 80 feet, 3-5 of an inch; C. R. Werner, 78
feet, 10 2-5 inches; D. E. Gilkey, 62 feet, 3 3-5 inches;
W. L. Richards, 20 feet. Longest single cast, R. B.
Nason, 124 feet.
GB
Multnomah Club's Casting Results. — Some good
scores were registered in the regular casting tourna-
ment of the Multnomah Anglers' Club at its Laurel-
hurst Park moorings in Portland on July 23. W. F.
Backus was the real star, winning two events and
tying for third in another.
The annual Northwest casting tournament will be
held under the auspices of the local club August 24
and 25, and already entries are coming in from all
parts of Oregon and Washington. Another tourney
will be held by the organization September 13 and 14
for the championship of Oregon.
The results follow;
Light tackle dry-fly accuracy, 5%-ounce rod — W. C.
Block, first, 98.3; Dr. E. C. McFarland, second, 98;
Lester W. Humphrey third, 97.8.
Distance bait-easting with 5%-ounce rod — W. E.
"Dick" Carlon first, 100 feet; Jack Myers second, 95;
W. C. Block and W. F. Backus tied for third, 94 feet.
Distance bait-casting, half-ounce — W. F. Backus
first, 154 4-5; C. C. Harris second, 1401-5; A. E.
Burghduff third, 113.
Light tackle dry-fly accuracy, 5%-ounce — W. F.
Backus first, 99 7-15 ; A. E. Burghduff second, 98 12-
15; Dr. E. C. McFarland third, 9811-15. •
06
Alaskan Dogs Best in War. — Dogs are being made
much use of by the French army, and hundreds of
the animals are now employed in the Vosges. They
are harnessed to trucks on two-foot-gauge light rail-
ways, which now run everywhere behind the Front up
the sharpest gradients. Eleven dogs, with two men,
can pull a ton up some of the most precipitous
slopes; and two teams of seven dogs each can do
the work of five horses with very few men. The
dogs, which have been brought from Alaska, North-
west Canada, and Labrador, were several hundred
strong when they reached France, but their number
has considerably increased, and now there is a plen-
tiful supply of pups of all ages and sizes. It has
been found that the best breed is the Alaskan, as his
courage never fails, and he will work until he drops,
though he is, perhaps, the weakest of the lot. They
are all shaggy dogs, with prick ears and bushy tails,
their colors ranging from black to white, between
grays and browns. Their chest development, so
necessary for hauling, is remarkable. They are fed
mainly on rice, horse-flesh, and waste military bis-
cuits, and they are always in splendid condition.
qb
Ducks Plentiful in Tulare. — Prospects for the com-
ing hunting season were never better, in the opinion
of Kings county hunters. Reports from the Tulare
like district indicate that the ducks have not been so
plentiful for twenty years. They are variously de-
scribed as being in millions, clouds and armies.
Owing to the great increase in the water, the area
available for hunters will be greatly increased. There
will be considerably more cover in the lake bottom
this year than in previous seasons. The ducks are
reported to be in excellent condition.
Ranchers everywhere state that the quail are
stronger than usual. There are more coveys than in
past seasons, while the size of the coveys is much
larger. Doves are also exceedingly plentiful. — Han-
ford, July 27.
QB
Wins Battle with Sturgeon. — A sturgeon weighing
158 pounds, the largest ever taken from the waters
of Lake Erie, was caught recently off Barcelona
Point, according to the report in the Buffalo En-
quirer, and fishermen say the fish must have been
the granddaddy of the Lake Erie sturgeon family.
The prize catch of the season was hooked by Charles
Peacock, baseball player and fisherman of Westfield,
Chautauqua county, N. Y.
Peacock nearly lost his life in landing the big
sturgeon. Capt. Clark Smith of the Barcelona life-
saving station found the fisherman in an exhausted
condition and fighting hard to prevent the sturgeon
from capsizing the boat. Peacock battled with the
big fish for eleven hours before he was picked up
by the life-savers.
o
The Los Angeles Gun Club, Fred H. Teeple, Sec-
retary, has a registered tournament scheduled for
Monday and Tuesday, August 7 and 8. Indications
are that a number of squads will be in the compe-
tition.
They had been talking about the remarkable per-
formances of Dr. Carver, the marksman who shoots,
with a rifle, glass balls which are sent into the air
as fast as a man can throw them. Presently Abner
Byng, who was sitting by, said:
"That's nothing."
"What is nothing?"
"Why, that shooting. Did you ever know Tom
Potter?"
"No."
"Well, Potter was the best hand with a rifle I ever
saw; beat this man Carver all hollow. I'll tell you
what I've seen this man Potter do. You know, maybe,
along there in the cherry season Mrs. Potter would
want to preserve some cherries; so Tom would
pick 'em for her; and how do you think he'd stone
'em?"
"I don't know. How?"
"Why, he'd fill his gun with birdshot and get a
boy to drop half a bushel of cherries at one time
from the roof of the house. As they came down he'd
fire and take the stone clean out of every cherry in
the lot. It's a positive fact! He might occasionally
miss one, but not often. But he did bigger shooting
than that when he wanted to."
"What did he do?"
"Why, Jim Miller — did you know him?"
"No."
"Well, Tom made a bet once with Jim that he
could shoot the button of his own coat-tail by aiming
in the opposite direction, and Jim took him up."
"Did he do it?"
"Do it! He fixed himself in position and aimed
at a tree in front of him. The ball hit the tree,
cannoned, hit the corner of a house, cannoned, struck
a lamp-post, cannoned, and flew behind Tom and
nipped the button off as slick as a whistle. You bet
he did it."
"That was fine shooting."
"Yes; but I've seen Tom Potter beat it. I've seen
him stand under a flock of wild pigeons, billions of
them, coming like the wind, and kill 'em so fast that
the front of the flock never passed a given line, but
turned over and fell down, so that it looked like a
brown feathery Niagara. Tom did it by having
twenty-three breechloading rifles and a boy to load
'em. He always shot with that kind."
"You say you saw him do this sort of shooting?"
"Yes, sir; and better than that, too. Why, I'll tell
you what I've seen Tom Potter do. I saw him once
set up an india rubber target at three hundred feet,
and hit the bull's-eye twenty-seven times a minute
with the same ball! He would hit the target, the
ball would bound right back into the rifle barrel
just as Tom had clapped in a fresh charge of powder;
and so he kept her a-going, backward and forward,
until at last he happened to move his gun and the
bullet missed the muzzle of the gun. It was the
biggest thing I ever saw; the very biggest, except
one."
"Well, one day I was out with him when he was
practising, and it came on to rain. Tom didn't want
to get wet, and we had no umbrella; and what do
you think he did?"
"What?"
"Now what do you think that man did to keep
dry?"
"I can't imagine."
"Well, sir, he got me to load his weapons for him,
and I pledge you my word, although it began to rain
hard, he hit every drop that came down, so that
the ground for about eight feet around us was as
dry as punk. It was beautiful, sir, beautiful."
And then the company rose up slowly and passed
out one by one, each man eyeing Abner and looking
solemn as he went by; and when they had gone
Abner looked queerly for a moment, and said to me:
"There's nothing I hate so much as a liar. Give
me a man who is a friend of the solid truth and I'll
tie to him." — N. J. Democrat.
QB
Larger Than California's Tunas. — Newport, R. I. —
Few people realize that the coast adjacent to Rhode
Island boasts of tuna fish larger than those off the
shores of California. Such is the case, however, and
Captain Hugh L. Willoughby, who has just returned
from a trip to Block Island in his motorboat Sea
Otter, tells a reporter that he weighed a monster
tuna fish last week which tipped the scales at 695
pounds.
"Yes," said Captain Willlughby, "we have an affi-
davit as to the weight. California's tuna fish never
exceed three hundred pounds.
"The big fish was caught in a fisherman's net about
seven miles southeast of Block Island and had to be .
speared before being prepared"for shipment to New
York. Meanwhile the fisherman is trying to figure
out whether the price of the monster will pay for
the repair of his nets, which were torn to shreds in
the death struggle.
"As regards sharks," said Captain Willoughby, "I
believe that there never was any two varieties, such
as common and man eating sharks.
"The menhaden fishing industry has cleaned the
waters of food for the sharks and they are hungry.
Any shark will eat human beings in this state."
Saturday, August 5, 1916]
THE BREEDER ANL SPORTSMAN
NEWS OF GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP.
THE INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION'S HANDICAPS.
Handicapping Committee Is Named; Special Events
Carded for Women Shooters.
In appointing the Handicap Committee for its Sev-
enteenth Annual Grand American Handicap Tourna-
ment, The Interstate Association was at special
pains to appoint on such committee those whom it
deemed best suited for the purpose. Having been
uniformly successful in its choice in past years, the
task of appointing a committee for this year's tourna-
ment was not a difficult one.
It is with the greatest pleasure that the Associa-
tion announces that it has secured the services of
a Handicap Committee composed of five men, each
of whom is thoroughly well qualified to judge of the
individual merits of the entrants, and to award handi-
caps accordingly.
By accepting the arduous duties that are always
attached to the office of handicapper, the committee
as a whole, and each member as an individual, is
entitled to the warmest thanks of The Interstate As-
sociation, and the same are hereby cheerfully and
publicly tendered. The committee is constituted as
follows:
James W. Bell, St. Louis, Mo., Chairman;
Ray E. Loring, Marseilles, Illinois,
Geo. K. Mackie, Lawrence, Kansas,
Guy V. Dering, Columbus, Wisconsin,
John H. Noel, Nashville, Tennessee.
With the utmost confidence it is predicted that
this committee will not fall below the estimate that
has been placed upon it.
Elmer E. Shaner, Treasurer and Manager of The
Interstate Association, will be Secretary of the com-
mittee, but will not have a vote in the handicapping
of the contestants.
The committee will meet at St. Louis, Mo., Friday,
August 18, but handicaps will not be announced until
Sunday, August 20.
Each contestant who makes application to enter
the Seventeenth Grand American Handicap is re-
quired to specifically set forth his average. Any con-
testant failing to comply with this demand, as exact-
ed by the ruling of the Interstate Association, or
who materially falsifies his classification, will be
allotted the back mark in the Grand American Han-
dicap as a penalty. This applies to all contestants.
A cordial invitation is extended to women trap-
shooters to make entry in the Grand American Han-
dicap. Shooting for "targets only" NOT allowed.
Women will receive hospitable welcome and every
courtesy will be extended them. Husbands, brothers
and sweethearts are requested to encourage women
to attend.
The two women contestants who make the two
highest scores in the Grand American Handicap will
each receive a trophy, presented by The Interstate
Association.
A 50-target event will be arranged for women only
on Tuesday, August 22nd, Wednesday, August 23rd,
and Friday, August 25th, for which events The Inter-
state Association will provide three trophies, one for
each day. A trophy will be presented to the maker
of the highest score each day, but no contestant will
be eligible to win more than one of the three trophies.
This event will be shot over a special trap and will
start promptly at 4 p. m. each day. Entrance fee,
price o ftargets, $1.00.
Ties for any of the trophies for women, the Grand
American Handicap included, will be shot off at 20
targets per woman until the winner has been deter-
mined. Entries close August 5th.
QB
Sousa Likes to See Women Shoot. — John Philip
Sousa, the band leader, is an enthusiastic trap-
shooter. When asked his opinion on women taking
up the sport, he said:
"Women are finding trapshooting even more en-
joyable than golf, tennis, and the other games they
now play. In the shotgun game she is not classified
as a woman. She meets men shooters on an equal
footing, and there is nothing that pleases her more
than to beat her lord and master at his own game.
Indeed, women have so far advanced in trapshooting
that they will be permitted to enter the Grand Amer-
ican Handicap this year.
"Shooting makes a woman agile and alert. I have
shot at the traps with many women and never have
I seen an ungraceful one who used a shotgun well."
00
O. N. Ford Had Great Trip East. — O. N. Ford of
San Jose was a visitor in the offices of the Breeder
and Sportsman on Monday. He just stepped off a
train from the middle west, where he has been par-
ticipating in trapshooting tournaments. Bobbie was
bubbling over with enthusiasm over the reception
that was tendered him and the prosperous condition
in which he found the alluring sport.
The San Jose crack has every reason to find happi-
ness and contentment with the world in general.
Fact is, he brought back enough trophies to stock
up a jewelry store and won laurels that have our
brothers across the Rockies a-talking. Ford was kept
on the jump every minute. During his absence of
58 days, he was at the traps on 27 of them and the
rest of the time he put in traveling. In all he cov-
ered 7,300 miles.
Ford participated in ten tournaments and reports
he turned in high average on nine occasions. At
"Rochester he came in second and this with a 148 out
T. E. Doremus, President,
Wilmington, Del.
Elmer E. Shaner, Mgr., E. Reed Shaner, Sec'y,
Pittsburgh, Pa. Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Interstate Association's Seventeenth Grand
American Trapshooting Tournament, under the
auspices of the St. Louis Trapshooters' Associa-
tion, St. Louis, Mo., August 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25,
1916. There will be $3,500 added money. Winner
of first place in the Grand American Handicap
guaranteed $500 and a trophy; winner of second
place guaranteed $400 and a trophy; winner of
third place guaranteed $300 and a trophy; winner
of fourth place guaranteed $200 and a trophy, and
the winner of the fifth place guaranteed $100 and
a trophy. Numerous other trophies will also be
awarded.
The Interstate Association's Eleventh Pacific Coast
Trapshooting Tournament, under the auspices of
the Portland Gun Club, Partland, Ore., September
12, 13and 14; $1,000 added money. Winner of
first place in the Pacific Coast Handicap guaran-
teed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place
guaranteed $75 and a trophy; and the winner
of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Sev-
eral other trophies will also be awarded.
of 150 score. Certainly Bobbie made a record for
consistency that has seldom been equaled in the
history of the trap sport. He was hopping on and
off trains and running into all varieties of weather
conditions and he never failed to shoot right up to
his best form.
To give an idea of how he was shooting, he had
high runs of 59, 62, 55, 59, 92, 53, 74, 52, 60, 52, 79,
60, 70, 60, 66, 53, 55, 57, 82, 53, 60, 68, 68 and 98 unfin-
ished. The record he kept of his scores in the middle
west is as follows: —
Date and Place. Broke Shot at
June 12-13— Aikin, Minn 280 300
June 19 — Minneapolis 148 150
June 21 — Rochester, Minn 148 150
June 27-28— Crookston, Minn 342 360
June 29-30— Grand Forks, Minn 283 300
July 9— Duluth, Minn -. 171 175
July 12— Mankato, Minn 147 150
July 13— Fulda, Minn 239 250
July 17-18— Mitchell, S. D 288 300
July 28-29— Rawlins, Wyo 379 400
It was thought that Ford would remain in the East
to take part in the Grand American Handicap at St.
Louis, but he says he was anxious to get home to
look after the tournament he has planned for his San
Jose grounds on September 17 and 18. Ford is also
going to the Pacific Coast Handicap at Portland on
September 12, 13 and 14 and he wants to get together
a strong team to represent San Jose.
OB
Public Bullseye Shoot in September. — Marksmen of
the bay district are looking forward toward one of
the greatest public bullseye shoots ever held on the
Shell Mound range. The shoot is to commemmorate
the fifteenth anniversary of the Shell Mound Pistol
and Rifle Club. The . shoot will start on Saturday,
September 9. Targets will open at 1 P. M. on that
date, and close at 6 P. M. ; on Sunday, September 10,
the shoot will start at 9 A. M. and close at 5 P. M.
There will be an intermission for the purpose of
giving a banquet from 12 to 1 P. M., in honor of the
visiting marksmen, ladies and special guests. The
banquet is to be spread in the clubhouse in the park.
Speeches will be made by some of the most promi-
nent marksmen of California.
The program of this important shoot is, without
doubt, the most generous ever offered to the shooting
public on the Pacific Slope. Marksmen of the Coast
remember well when the Shell Mound Pistol and Rifle
Club five years ago held a public prize shoot in honor
of its tenth anniversary, and the success of the affair.
The club has mailed invitations to every organiza-
tion and individual on the Pacific Slope interested in
marksmanship. The festival committee in charge of
the shoot is headed by the following marksmen:
George R. Hauser, chairman; Carlton W. Deely, sec-
retary; Christopher Otten, treasurer; S. Schierbaum
and Alfred Thompson.
OB
Green Lake Club. — With a score of 48 out of a
possible 50, L. S. Barnes carried off the high honors
among the twenty-two gun bugs, who turned out
July 23 to the regular weekly shoot of the Green
Lake Club. George Edling landed in second place
with 46, while third place, with scores of 45. Among
those who shot at 100 targets, Don R. Baker and Dr.
J. F. Hill headed the' list with 90 each. Mrs. L. S.
Barnes put up a fine exhibition yesterday, taking her
place with the regular squads and breaking 36 out
out of her 50. The scores:
L. S. Barnes 48, George Edling 46, Dr. King 45, Dr.
J. F. Hill 45, Don R. Baker 43, George H. Young 42,
Dr. M. A. Winningham 42, George B. Baker 41, J. V.
Hough 41, S. A. Martin 39, L. L. Scott 36, H. E.
Gleason 36, Mrs. L. S. Barnes 36, W. C. Smith 36,
Dr. S. W. Giffin 35, George O. Colwell 34, E. Chan-
trell 33, E. Bauer 32, G. W. Swinehart 21, William
Spurck Jr. 17, George D. Horst 10, Mrs. L. L. Scott
6.
At 100 targets— Don R. Baker 90, Dr. J. F. Hill 90,
George B. Baker 88, W. C. Smith 84, S. A. Martin 83,
Dr. S. W. Giffin 74.
Seattle Association. — July 23 was one of the very
few days this season that the trapshooting "bugs"
received perfect weather. The bunch that went out
to Harbor Island hung up some good scores, the best
being that of C. E. McKelvey, who stood high in
the regular fifty-bird program with a score of forty-
nine. D. Rhodes, professional, copped second place
with forty-eight to his credit, while nearly every
other shooter finished this part of the shoot with
80 per cent or better to their credit.
The average of the scores in the hundred-target
program changed very little, McKelvey and Rhodes
tying for the first position with ninety-seven each.
Tom Wilkes took second place in the score, he
shooting ninety-five out of the bunch.
F. H. Cooper, a new man in the line-up, shot re-
markably well for the first time that he had ever
shot at the traps.
The shoot will help several shooters who are now
competing for their 80 to 95 per cent medals given
by the American Amateur Trapshooters' Association.
The Scores, at 50 targets — C. E. McKelvey 49, »D.
Rhodes 48, Tom Wilkes 47, Hugh Fleming 45, C. R.
Sydman 45, Hi Follerlch 44, Joe Bacher 42, C. W.
Bandy 41, R. W. Brehm 35, D. R. McDonald 23.
At 100 targets— C. E. McKelvey 97, *D. Rhodes 97,
Tom Wilkes 95, Hugh Fleming 90, Hi Follerich 84.
Joe Bacher 82, C. W. Bandy 78, D. R. McDonald 56,
H. S. Gibson 41, Geo. Scripture 40, J. H. Wilman 40,
F. H. Cooper 28. ("Professional.)
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Los Angeles Club. — C. W. Fish, shooting from 16
yards, broke high gun in the fifty-bird handicap trap-
shoot staged Sunday morning at the Los Angeles
Gun Club for a diamond scarf pin. His score was
49x50.
Heinie Pfirrmann, Jr., champion of California and
Nevada, broke second high with 48x50 from 21 yards.
Ed Mitchell was high pro with 48x50.
The results follow:
Diamond Trophy Handicap —
Ed Mitchell 21 48x50
Hdcp. Score
E. K. Mohler 20 47x50
F. Free 19 47x50
H. Pfirrmann, Jr 21 48x50
O. Council 18 45x50
Geo. Melford 18 45x50
P. O. Long 18 46x50
C. W. Fish 16 49x50
C. H. Betz 16 44x50
J. Cline 16 44x50
G. Holohan 20 46x50
Paul Fittery 16 36x50
O. C. Carter 16 40x50
B. D. Pool 16 39x50
J. E. McClellan 16 38x50
A. L. Rowe 45x50
W. Jackson 38x50
Shoot from 23 yards— Ed Mitchell 46, H. Cline 38,
Geo. Melford 40, F. Free 43, O. Council 40, C. W. Fish
46, E. K. Mohler 44, C. H. Betz 42, P. C. Carter 32,
B. O. Pool 34.
Season Trophy Shoot — Ed Mitchell 48x50, H. Cline
47, S. R. Smith 47, $. K. Mohler 48, F. Free 44, G.
Holohan 48, H. Pfirrmann Jr. 49, C. W. Fish 45, C. H.
Betz 45, J. Cline 45, F. H. Teeple 46, O. Council 45,
Paul Fittery 35, Geo. Melford 45, W. Robb 9, J. E.
McClellan 36, R. Rouse 34, P. O. Long 47, P. C. Carter
39, R. O. Pool 38, A. L. Rowe 45, W. Jackson 35, L. R.
Melius 46, S. B. Friend 46, C. Mueller 29, Miss A.
Wheeler 42, G. E. Arbogast 28, J. C. Rendler 38, Mrs.
C. E. Groat 46, Wm. Kennedy 36, C. E. Earl 33, H. E.
Huston 27, C. E. Groat 24x25.
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Vernon Club — With eighteen shooters competing,
Stanton Bruner and Dr. L. M. Packard tied for the
William H. Hoegee trophy Sunday morning, when it
was contested at fifty targets at the Vernon Gun
Club. Each had a score of 48x50 and shot off at fifty
birds from their handicaps, Bruner from 20 yards
and Packard from 21 yards. Packard won out, break-
ing 46, and Bruner 45.
The results:
Hdcp. Practice. Hoegee.
Wilshire 16 47x50 ..X..
S. A. Bruner 20 45x50 48x50
J. E. Hatch 16 38x50 41x50
Nisson 16 36x50 45x50
Meek 18 43x50 45x50
A. W. Bruner 16 46x50 47x50
Pugh 18 25x25 44x50
Oliver 16 46x50 47x50
C. P. Smith 16 18x25 39x50
Reid 16 22x25 46x50
Wilson 16 42x50 45x50
Dierdoff 18 . .x . . 48x50
Dr. Newton 16 ..x.. 48x50
C. E. Groat 18 40x50 48x50
Mrs. C. E. Groat 17 43x50 47x50
Dr. Packard 21 ..x.. 41x50
Williams 16 24x25 ..x..
Kimble 16 19x25 ..x..
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A party of old-time campers, seven in number, and
the cook, who is designated as the "prize cook, Peter
Victor," has left for the Navarro river, in Mendocino
county. A three weeks' outing is planned. Some of
the party have camped in this same spot for the past
twenty years. The campers are: Joe Francisco,
Archie Howard, Bill Price, Bill Pailson, Sig Horn,
Will Jellett and the aforesaid "prize," Pelor Victor.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 5, 1916
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Sportsmen's Row
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Professionals and paid representatives are barred
from competing in the Grand American Handicap,
even for "targets only," in all scheduled events. An
extra trap will be installed for the use of profession-
als and paid representatives only, and a special 100-
target event will be arranged each day for their ben-
efit
* • • •
Mrs. W. S. Roberts of Portland, Ore., who has been
spending her vacation at Troutlake, Wash., caught
a rainbow trout in Trout Creek which weighed four
and one-half pounds and measured twenty-two inches
in length. This is said to be the largest trout that
has been landed in that vicinity this season.
* * * *
The Rev. W. M. L. Evans, writing to the "Shooting
Times" from Saxy Rectory, North Lincolnshire, com-
ments upon the effect of the detonation of shells on
bird-life. "Yesterday," he says, "I attended the visi-
tation of a well-known archdeacon, who, on his way
to the church,, told me that numbers of linnets —
apparently the most sensitive of our small birds —
have been found dead, with the drums of their ears
split, and that liners in the Atlantic have been the
refuge lately of thousands of our small birds, appar-
ently scared many scores of miles from their native
homes."
* * • •
W. E. Meehan, formerly fish commissioner of
Pennsylvania, is sponsor for the following story of
an experience in his office when he was active in
the work in the Keystone State. Through the papers
a notice had been given that trout fry would be
ready for shipments on applications on a certain date
and a few days later the following letter was received
by the commissioner from a citizen and voter resid-
ing in Philadelphia: "Dere Mister Commissioner, I
rede you are ready to send out trout Please send
me one dozen fride, as my wife is sick and is very
fond of fride fish. Tours, ttaat JOHNSON."
* * • •
Four of the A. A. T. A. members — Messrs, Gardner,
Adams, Endey and Wise — led the field in the recent
shoots of the Star Pointer Gun Club of Ruth, Nevada.
The shoot was held to commemorate the birth of twin
boys at the home of E. K. Adams. The proud father
arranged to absent himself from home long enough
to shoot fifty targets in the A. A. T. A. 60% medal
and qualified. Mr. Adams hopes to see the new
arrivals turn out to be^ crack trap shots and mem-
bers of the A. A. T. A.
* * * •
Excellent fishing in the Little Truckee river, sev-
eral miles from the point in which it flows into the
main river, is reported by Chief Clerk J. Ward of
the Sacramento division of the Southern Pacific, who
recently made a trip to that section and who is con-
templating another. "Fihermen visiting that section
make the mistake of fishing too near the town of
Truckee, where the river is fished out," says Ward.
"On the tattle Truckee, a few miles from Boca, there
is excellent trout fishing under ideal conditions, since
there is scant foliage along the banks."
* * • " •
H. W. Adams today is wearing the coveted sword-
fish button of the Catalina Tuna Club, having landed
a 338-pound Broadbill after a four-hour fight Monday.
Captain George Farnsworih of the launch Mabel F.
and Angler Adams had a fifteen-minute tussle after
two gaffs had been sunk into the gamy monster
before he was pulled into the boat
* • * *
Arizona is going to have some big trap shoots in
November. Phoenix and Ray are planning to stage
some big tournaments and a number of Coast shoot-
ers will take part in the events.
* • • *
Clarence A. Haight is off on a trip through Nevada.
The "Father of Trapshooting on the Pacific Coast"
will likely try out his eye on the tarhawks while he
is away.
* * • •
The boys are once again getting active at the Cop-
per Kettle Club. They are planning hunting trips
and getting their weapons in condition.
* * * »
W. H. Reid, Police Sergeant C. J. Birdsall, J. J.
Casey, D. Brassfield, Jake Finnel and W. Barrion,
compose a party of deer hunters which leaves this
week for the Cloverdale mountains.
* * * *
Al Johnson and J. Morrom are going after their
bucks in the Fort Seward region.
* • » •
Bob Bowman and Robert Peet will travel to Green-
wood, in Mendocino county, for their venison. They
plan to make headquarters at one of the White Lum-
ber Company camps.
* • * »
In most of the lower regions of the coast mountains
the horns of the deer are now hard. During the
spring, the antlers are great pulsing arteries, pro-
tected with velvet, and as tender as a man's eye.
Gradually they harden, from the tips down, and then
the buck, fully equipped for his enemies, rubs off
the delicate covering and appears full-horned, and
careless of the underbrush. But until the horns are
hard, the buck treats them with great care.
Percy Harden, R. V. Brown and A. Bevine opened
the deer season in the northern part of Marin county.
» • » *
A big hunting party has left for Cloverdale. They
will be out for several weeks in their quest for a
buck apiece. The party is composed of Frank E.
Carroll, H. M. Goldberg, Roy A. Lee, Dr. D. F. Mull-
hill, Mr. Brandevore and Frank E. Carroll, Jr.
• * * *
R. M. Brooks and party will start their vacationing
from Willits, in Mendocino county. The party will
start straight for the redwood country and expect to
bag some big bucks.
• • * •
Phil Bekeart is making good catches in the Big
Meadows country. He has sent several fine messes
of trout to his friends in this city.
• • • •
There was no game-shooting allowed in France
last year, and there is very little chance of "la
chasse" being permitted this coming season, although
we learn that some of the most ardent Nimrods are
very anxious to prevent the crops from being devas-
tated by game. Of course, game is being obtained by
trapping and netting, but firearms are not allowed.
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Coyotes Shipped to N. Y.; Escape. — A case which
has created considerable comment and interest is the
coyote matter at Rangeley which has emanated from
Mrs. J. B. Martindale of New York having some wild
coyotes shipped to her by a friend from Colorado.
It is the first prosecution under the statute in that
section. The law is very explicit and provides that
whoever introduces a wild animal or bird into the
State without the written permission of the Commis-
sioners of Inland Fisheries and Game is liable to a
fine of not less than 50 nor more than $500 for each
offense.
On receiving the animals they were put in a small
enclosure and attracted much attention, and not
much was thought of the matter until they escaped
from the pen. They are considered a great pest in
the west and it was feared unless they were captured
they would breed and cause much damage, especially
to the deer.
The matter was brought to the attention of War-
den E. H. Lowell when he notified Commissioner
H. B. Austin and a hearing held in Phillips last Mon-
day before Trial Justice C. M. Hoyt The prose-
cution was conducted by County Attorney Thomas
D. Austin of Farmington. while J. Blaine Morrison
of Phillips appeared for the respondent.
Mrs. Martindale stated that no one informed her
that the presence of the animals was illegal until
after they had escaped and was somewhat vexed
that none of the guides and wardens informed her of
the fact, as she stated that several knew about them.
Bonds in $500 for her appearance in September
were furnished by Harry E. Pickford and Ira Hun-
toon of Rangeley. ?
Commissioner Austin says one of the coyotes was
caught Monday night in a trap which Ira Huntoon,
who is employed by Mrs. Martindale, had set for the
animals, and this only a short distance from Pick-
ford's Camps.
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Good Fishing in Bear Lake — All reports that the
fishing in Bear Lake is poor just now are based on
the statements of the inexperienced. The lake is so
full of big, husky, scrapping savages in silvery armor
that even the still fishermen are bringing in limits
after losing two out of every three they hook through
attempting to use tackle too frail to cope with four
pounds of concentrated speed, energy and utterly un-
tamable disposition that brooks no restraint, and
fights gloriously until death.
Sooner or later some pinhead will launch the re-
port that the Bear Lake trout are dying off of some
strange, mysterious malady. Corrosive steel poison-
ing is the correct diagnosis. Few have any idea of
the vast number o ftrout that are hooked by the
average fisherman and lost by breakages in order
to boost a limit.
The fish are bigger every week. Now that the
moon is dark and is to give little light for another
week some of the finest sport of the season is certain
to feature the next few days.
Numerous speed launches are appearing on the
lake also this year, some very fast "turn-ups" among
them, too. "Cap" Grant of the Pine Knot boat land-
ing has another launch in commission, and nearly
fifty boats, and they are kept busv all the time.
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Fish Strangles on Broken Line. — Jessie L Jewell
had an unusual experience recently while fishing at
the mouth of Russian river, one that will linger in
memory so long as life lasts. The story of the esca-
pade is told by Benjamin Crabtree, himself an ardent
fisherman. Jewell and a friend were engaged in
angling in the river, the hours being just before
sunset. Jewell managed to hook a mammoth fish
and it made a dash for the open sea. The line which
Jewell was using was broken off close to the reel
and the leviathan managed to get away. The next
morning Jewell went out fishing again and it was
bright and early. Near the mouth of the river he
espied the fish he had hooked the night before, with
the line still fast to its gills. The fish had strangled
to death from the effects of swallowing a quantity of
the line, and Jewell finally landed his catch. The
fish was a striped bass, and weighed 52 pounds. Some
fish story, according to Crabtree.
ARMY OF HUNTERS OUT AFTER DEER.
Many Parties Take to Hills and Others Follow on
Week-End; Bucks Reported Plentiful.
■
A formidable army of hunters took to the hills in.,
districts 2 and 3. They were on hand bright and!
early for the opening of the deer season on Tuesday. "i
Only meager reports have been received of the luck'
experienced. The nimrods who are regulars planned
to hunt over country that is a bit out of the way and I
many will be out for a couple of weeks. Nearby the j
game was naturally scarce.
The Southern Pacific sends in a report which says I
that deer are said to be plentiful in the open country {
of Lake county and in the Mount Hamilton ranges,
near San Jose. In the Tes Pinos and Monterey dis-|
trict, deer have been seen. Back of Paso Robles, in j
San Luis Obispo county, many bucks have been r
spied. Gilroy district usually supplies some big v
bucks, as well as Monterey and Santa Clara counties. $
The first buck to be reported in San Francisco was
that of J. S. Hunter, assistant executive officer of
the Fish and Game Commission. He shot his buck,
a pronger weighing about 125 pounds, in the hills
back of San Gregorio. The deer was shot early Tues-
day morning. This party jumped eight deer in the
short distance that was traveled from San Gregorio.
The hunters struck directly up the San Gregorio
canyon along the canyon road leading to Bellvale.
About two miles and a half from San Gregorio a
detour was taken into the hills on the left side of
the road. It was here that the deer was killed.
Hunter reports that signs are everywhere, and that
all indications are that a number of fine bucks will
be found in that region. However, he does not ad-
vise a hunter to go into this region unless he has
time to study the lay of the land and to familiarize
himself with the haunts of the deer. Unless one has
a good idea of where the deer run, a two-day hunting
trip is not apt to be fruitful. Of course, the same
advice applies to any hunting ground.
Dr. Henry Abrahms made short work of his hunting
trip for the season. He began his hunting season
Tuesday morning half an hour before sunrise and
ended it shortly after sunrise Wednesday morning.
And since the "Doc" isn't a professional hunter the
record isn't so bad. Two bucks inside of twenty-four
hours ought to satisfy any amateur.
Abrahms got his first one, a four-pointer, Tuesday
morning. Wednesday morning he strolled away from
camp and nonchalantly picked off a three-pointer
from a nearby ridge. That ended his hunting season.
Two bucks in a season is the limit.
Three other deer were shot by members of the
same party. Chet Bigler bagged a fork buck; Frank
H. Gould took a forker, and W. B. Leadford, not to
be outdone by the rest of the party, came into camp
with a fat four-prong deer. Fred Ogle, guide with
the party, shot a buck for himself as well.
The Abrahms party hunted near the headwaters
of the Garcia river, about thirty miles from Clover-
dale.
Deer are plentiful but sufficiently matured to make
"hard hunting" in Marin county. Opening-day re-
ports show between twelve and fifteen killed in the
vicinity of San Rafael. This, hunters say, does not
indicate that the deer are scarce. Their horns are
hard and open shooting is not to be found.
William Barr, superintendent of the Marin Water
and Power Company, bagged a nice forked horn
Wednesday, while his son, Dr. T. I. C. Barr, went
him one better, bringing in a four-pointer. George
Martin of San Anselmo, Jacob Obit of San Rafael,
Mayor S. K. Herzog of San Rafael, and Philip Knox
of Ross were among the lucky first day nimrods to
bag a buck.
Deputy Game Commissioner Hoen, who examined
half a dozen slain deer, says there is no indication
of disease among the deer in Marin county.
Henry Chauvet Harry Weise, Judge Leo Justi,
Tony Cereghino and James Small, all of Glen Ellen,
are out in the hills spending a week deer hunting.
They are camping on the old Reynolds place in Nun's
Canyon. Of course they went prepared to clean up
all the deer within a radius of several miles, and
they will undoubtedly serve the toothsome venison
in all styles, with the expert, Charles Weise, in-
stalled as their chief cook.
A party of hunters on Supervisor William King's
ranch near Cazadero slew two fine bucks. In the
party were Supervisor King, Dr. Bruce Cockrill, Wil-
liam A. Cockrill and three of the Cockrill brothers,
Charles Severance, Judge F. D. Trosper, Marty Sand-
vig. A. T. Maehe, Mr. and Mrs. Crigler and others.
Attorney Phil Ware has joined his brother, Presi-
dent Allison B. Ware Jr., of the Chico Normal State
School, and together they are hunting deer in Plumas
county.
In spite of the enforcement of the new law prohib-
ing the killing of spike bucks, deer hunters enjoyed
quite a successful opening day's shoot in the moun-
tains in Santa Clara county, according to information
gathered by telephone. —
One of the best bucks brought to San Jose Wednes-
day was a big fcur-pointer killed on the Mt. Hamil-
ton range by Orlo King. Phil James brought down
a Pacific buck in thesame neighborhood, while Johnny
Higuera made his kill in the vicinity of the Mount
Hamilton vineyard, less than 12 miles from San Jose.
The proprietor of the Smith Creek hotel reported
that quite a number of deer were brought out of the
country back of Mount Hamilton, as well as on this
side of the dome.
Saturday, August 5, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
ENGLISH EXPERT TALKS ON U. S. DOGS.
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Sam Crabtree Compares Breeds and Airs His Opin-
ions Before Taking a Steamer for Home.
After he had spent the day in judging and looking
around the benches at the Southampton show Sam-
uel H. Crabtree, one o£ the best known of the inter-
national judges, had more or less to say of the dogs
and other things he observed down at the seaside
resort. He was quite taken off his feet by the one
day exhibition, and said that he thought it was about
as pretty an exhibition where dogs are shown as con
be seen anywhere on the globe. Mr. Crabtree, who
has judged in nearly every corner of the world, said
that the show of which it reminded him most was
the Ladies' Kennel Association feature in England.
The only difference that he could remark between the
two was the fact that at London there were so many
more dogs. At London, he said, all the leaders of
society from the Queen down come to see the dogs
go through their paces. The Southampton Show, he
said, was a perfect picture of pretty women.
As far as the benching and arrangements in the
ring were concerned Mr. Crabtree thought that there
was little at any show that he had ever seen which
could surpass the details at Southampton. After a
preliminary skirmish over the general arrangements
Mr. Crabtree began to talk of the dogs he had seen.
Just like Baines and Astley, the two other Britons
of note who have preceded him here lately, he was
strongly impressed by the showing of wire haired
fox terriers. He said that he thought them the best
of the lot so far as any one class was concerned. He
also fancied the Airedales, which furnishes one of
the best collections of any one breed in the country
at the present day.
"The Pomeranians were real good and there were a
couple of black puppies that were exceptionally
good," said the Briton. "The Pekingese," he added,
"are not quite so good on the average, but I saw some
that were quite as nice as any we have on the other
side. In England they have a much heavier entry,
and I have judged as many as 190 at the Shrewsbury
championship show. Ouena of Llenrud, which made
its championship at this exhibition, was a good
looking one."
"Sealyhams took my eye chiefly through the fact
that you are getting a more decided type. They are
more uniform now. It is not so long ago since they
were of different sizes, but now you are getting down
to a standard where the dogs are pretty nearly alike."
Mr. Crabtree did some judging that was more or
less revolutionary in this country. For instance, in
black and tan toy spaniels he withheld the winner's
ribbon because he did not think that the specimen
that was up before him was worthy of the honors.
Then he did another strange thing that has seldom
happened in this country. In one class there was a
single bulldog entered and, of course, the owner ex-
pected to get a first prize with it. Mr. Crabtree
startled the ringsiders by upsetting all traditions by
giving the dog only a fourth ribbon in a class of one.
Coming along to his judgment of the toy spaniels,
Mr. Crabtree said that he thought the Blenheims
were the best of the lot and that most of the tri-
colors were a little too long in the face.
He did not care much about the English setters,
but he thought the Irish were a mighty good collec-
tion, particularly the winner. His chief fault to find
with the pointers and English setters was that they
were more on the shooting type than the show speci-
men. Midwood Red Jacket, he thought, was the best
looking of all the field dogs.
The English judge who has owned some of the
best bulldogs ever bred and who is probably the out-
standing authority on this breed, said that the bull-
dogs were not a brilliant lot and he said this right
in front of "Jack" Horrax, who had some good ones
in under him. He liked Crissie Denton on the bench
as compared to Oak Nana. He said the former
"knocked the latter into a cocked hat." He added
that Nana looks worse than she did in England and
if shown on the other side in the condition in which
she was put down at Southampton she would never
have been a champion.
When asked what he thought of the winning dog,
Wy Collar Boy, as compared with his days in Eng-
land, the Briton said that he was looking very well
and that he had never seen him in better fettle in
England.
Another breed that took the eye of the English
expert was the Great Danes. He said they were a
very nice lot.
Mr. Crabtree commented on the recent action of
the American Kennel Club in their proposal to cut
out winners' classes in certain breeds after Septem-
ber 1st. He said: "I think they are making a mis-
take. What I think is the real solution of the prob-
lem is to make a rule to the effect that unless there
are a certain number of entries there shall be no
winners' class. Suppose winners' classes are elim-
inated for certain breeds; well, along comes one
show where there may be forty or fifty actual dogs
and at another only three or four. Would it be fair
to withhold winners in the first case? Specify the
number for competition and make all breeds the
same. I think it would induce the fancy to show
because they would realize that there would have to
be a certain number in competition, and therefore
they would enter their dogs."
"In England we don't have point shows. We have
so many challenge certificates allotted each year.
A championship show cannot give less than $10, $5
and $2.50 for first, second and third prizes. To be-
come a champion a dog musl win at least three
certificates under three different judges. There is
a specified number of championship shows to a breed,
the maximum limit of which is, say five. Now, a
man might win half a dozen challenge certificates
under the same judge, but his dog could not be a
champion. Often we show under the same judge,
but we do it to stop some one else. I think the Eng-
lish system is better than the one in America."
In Great Britain, Mr. Crabtree said, they think
nothing of withholding a championship certificate if
they think the entries are not worth while. Mr.
Crabtree lived up to this on more than one occasion
at Southampton, and in Schipperkes he gave a first
and a fourth ribbon in a class of two.
Mr. Crabtree has traveled twenty thousand miles
since he left England this time on his canine mis-
sions. He got into hot water here with the American
Kennel Club, which refused to allow him to judge
at Southampton on the ground that he was a profes-
sional handler, but he won his point and has received
the congratulations of the fair minded fancy. He has
been a breeder, exhibitor and judge for thirty years.
Outside of the United Kingdom he has acted as the
all-rounder for pelgium, Holland, South Africa, Can-
ada and on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of
the United States. He has kept practically every
dog known to the fancy, and is one of the best known
of the international judges.
Mr. Crabtree came over here to advise Mrs. Anita
Baldwin, of Pasadena, Cal., on the arrangement of
her new Anokia Kennels. He said that Mrs. Baldwin
has a wonderful place and some remarkable dogs.
When he left her two kennels were completed and
another was in process of construction. He said that
they were going to be models for canine homes. He
predicted that she would show in the East next year.
Mr. Crabtree left for England on board the Phila-
delphia last week, but he says he is coming baek
again next year, if only as a visitor, because of the
good time he had here with the American fancy.
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Is Henry Berry Truthful? — Henry Berry, owner of
the San Francisco baseball team, speaks in glowing
terms of the trout fishing to be had in Plumas
county. He spent last week with his brother, Clar-
ence J Berry, and Frank Keller, at a place about 12
miles from Quincy and he had all the fishing he
wanted . Trout were found in abundance and some
of them ran to large size. Hen declares that he
hooked one himself that weighed nine pounds. Across
the way in the Big Meadows, the baseball magnate
says that a trout tipping the beam at 19 pounds was
taken while he was up in that country.
We are a bit skeptical, however, for after giving
the above information he started in with a story
about his trout eating record. "I ate forty trout at
one meal," he started off.
"Do you mean forty of those nine and nineteen-
pounders?" we interrupted.
"Some of them were big," came back Hen, "and I
guess the forty would average pretty close to one-
half pounders. They were certainly fine and brother
Clarence and Keller will tell you that I ate forty."
Henry was about to continue how he could have
eaten several more but we beat a hasty retreat.
QB
West vs. East Trap Shoot. — One of the added fea-
tures to the program of the Westy Hogans Trapshoot-
ing tournament, in Atlantic City, N. J., in September,
will be a shoot between teams representing the East
and the West.
A competition between the Eastern and Western
trapshooters has long been talked of, but it remained
for the Hogans to put it on the schedule. This event
will be like ail other team shoots. The respective
sections of the country can enter as many shooters
as desire to shoot — the highest five scores counting.
This event should settle a lot of argument or make
a lot more. In trapshooting, like other sports, there
is always that question to be answered: Is the East
better than the West? In the Interstate Association
averages last year there was only a fraction of a
point difference in the averages of the first ten East-
ern and first ten Western trapshooters. This indi-
cates that they are about on a par. Anyway, the
decision of the Hogans will be a good thing for the
sport and will make a rattling fine event.
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Delaware Is Elks Champion. — Trapshooters of five
States participated in the Elks championship tourna-
ment, held over the traps of the Oriole Gun Club, in
Baltimore, Md., during the recent convention of the
B. P. O. E., and the small but select band of Delaware
trapshooters carried away the bulk of the honors.
The tournament was a success in every sense of
the word, even though it was a last-minute thought.
Besides Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsyl-
vania and California were represented. The Dela-
ware team broke 463 out of a possible 500 targets,
with New Jersey second, with 432. "Doll" Richard-
son, of Dover, Del., broke 98 of his 100 targets, and
in addition to his many other titles, he can now be
hailed as the "Elks champion."
Announcement of the 1917 trapshooting program
will be found in the convention program for next
year, and the trapshooting contingent expect the
tournament in Boston to be a big one. This time the
promoters will have one year to work on it, and in
that time they should be able to interest many State
organizations.
Mountain Lions Reported Numerous. — Sierra
Madre— Chester Huston, forest ranger for this dis-
trict, reports encountering a huge mountain lion
early one morning last week while traveling along
the Sturtevant trail. Huston was proceeding leis-
urely along on horseback and scanning the surround-
ing country for signs of fire. When about a mile and
a quarter up the Sturtevant trail, just as he was
rounding a curve, he came face to face with a large
lion.
The animal was evidently startled by his sudden
opproach and bounded down the canyon before Hus-
ton could get a shot at it. Huston followed the lion
for some distance, but could not get within range of
the beast as it skulked in and out of the under-
growth. He then abandoned the chase and resumed
his journey over the trail.
He had not proceeded far until he heard shouts.
Hastening back over the trail and reaching the point
where the lion had disappeared down a canyon, Hus-
ton found two young children badly frightened and
appealing for help. They had wandered from one of
the nearby camps and had come in contact with the
lion as it bounded through the canyon.
Huston again started to follow its tracks. These
led to an open space where he found the carcass of
a fine buck which was partly devoured. As Huston
rode up to the place the lion bounded across his path
and disappeared in the adjoining hills.
Huston reports this as the third mountain lion he
has encountered on his journeys this season. He
states seeing many carcasses of deer and claims that
the mountain lions this year have killed more than
the hunters would in an open season. He estimates
that from six to eight deer are killed in a season by
these lions for which there is a bounty of $50, but
they are hard to capture or kill.
S. C. Constant of Sierra Madre, during his early
morning rounds delivering newspapers, encountered
one of these beasts last week in the wash at the foot
of the Sturtevant trail. He passed within a few
feet of the lion in his automobile. The animal rapidly
scampered up the trail.
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New Rifle Record Set. — A new record for two con-
secutive full rifle scores under the rules of the Na-
tional Rifle Association was announced as having
been made by W. G. Hansen of Los Angeles in the
qualification trials for places on the Los Angeles
team in the national rifle contest, in which the Los
Angles club now holds the championship.
Hansen, according to E. C. Crossman, secretary
of the club, made 243 July 23 and 242 on Sunday.
This also equals the record of 243 for a single score
held by G. L. Wotkyns of Los Angeles and a member
of the Gisholt, Wisconsin, team.
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Trout Fry Being Planted. — Oroville (Butte Co.) —
Trout fry consisting of 25,000 fish were planted in
Berry Creek Sunday by U. M. Damon, local Deputy
Game Warden. Damon received the fry over the
Western Pacific Saturday and with the aid of several
helpers took the fish up the creek, where they were
turned loose.
This assures the local fishermen plenty of good
trout fishing next season, for by the opening of next
season the fish will be between six and seven inches
long.
Damon expects another shipment from the Fish and
Game Commission in the near future, which will be
planted in French Creek, a few miles northeast of
Berry Creek.
Redding (Shasta Co.) — The State Fish and Game
Commission's fish car from the Sisson hatchery dis-
tributed ninety-two cans of trout fry to different
Shasta county points this week. Deliveries were
made at Lamoine, Castella, Pitt, Delta and Redding.
Twenty-two cans were taken from Redding by Alex
Hansen of Round Mountain to Manzanita Lake, close
up to Mt. Lassen. This is the second visit of the fish
car to Shasta county this season.
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El Dorado Rod and Gun Club. — Louis Reeg has
been elected president of the El Dorado Rod and
Gun Club at a well attended meeting in the Chamber
of Commerce rooms. Other officers elected were
George Schiff, vice-president; Guy T. Wentworth,
treasurer, and Henry Lyon, secretary. Various com-
mittees were appointed to carry on the extensive fish
planting which the club is planning for this summer.
Oscar Reeg reported on the planting of 50,000
young trout in Echo lake last Tuesday. The fish
were from the State hatchery at Tallac and were
planted by members of the El Dorado organizations.
Much time was spent in a discussion of the planting
of over 200,000 young fish, which are due to arrive
this week.
ivho wt
Most of the hunters wno were out returned com-
pletely worn out after a hard day's work. A few
parties went out equipped for a prolonged hunt,
notably the Lorigan and Portal party on the Loma,
the Frank Baker party near Madrone, and Frank
Americh and friends in the mountains south of Sa-
linas. These hunters traveled by automobile as far
as there were any roads, and then shifted to saddle
horses and pack trains. Lorigan's outfit will have the
assistance of a pack of hounds.
Mountaineers report that deer were to be seen
everywhere in the hills about three weeks ago, but
within the past week they have been seeking seclu-
sion in brushy country in the more remote spots.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 5, 1916
I Stock Breeders' Page I
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HERE'S THE $20,000 HOLSTEIN BULL CALF.
At the now famous sale of Holsteins held at De-
troit. Michigan, June Sth and 9th, 1916, S20.000 was
paid for the seven months old bull calf King Cham-
pion Er.g Apple. This sale was remarkable in many
respects and without precedent.
Consignments to the sale consisted of a few se-
lected individuals of excellence from each of the
herds of leading breeders all over the country and
were personally inspected and approved by the sale
director, H. A. Mover of Syracuse, N. T., a breeder of
successful experience and high repute, chosen for
the position by the company's committee.
The buyers at the sale, like the consignors to it,
may be characterized as national, consisting of breed-
ers in attendance at the meeting of the great organi-
zation of Holstein breeders which has a membership
of over 9,000 — the largest dairy-breed organization
in the world. The results of this congregation of
favorable conditions were as follows: A total of 140
animals sold for 5155,090, an average price per head
of S1107.78. The highest price for one animal was
$20.000 — for King Champion Rag
Apple. King of the Pontiacs Segis
169124, a bull one year old. con-
signed by the Lawson Holding
Co.. Inc., La Grangeville, N. Y.,
sold for |6,000, bought by Flan-
ders Stock Farm, Orchard Lake,
Mich. Mr. Cabana's consignment
of 11 head brought an average
price of $2,900 and the 5 head con-
signed by the Lawsons averaged
$2,530 each. High prices were
also paid for the stock consigned
by John Arfmann, Middletown,
N. Y. (ave. 15 head, $1,436.66);
The Munroe Co.. Spokane. Wash,
(ave. 12 head. $1,220); Bernhard
Meyer, Finderne, N. J. (ave. 11
head, $1,215,453, and The F. F.
Field Holstein Co.. Brockton,
Mass. (ave. 4 head, $1,198.75).
The object of this sale was to
see what could be done selling
Holsteins at auction under best
possible conditions, including cat-
tle of highest merit, best class of
buyers and methods above re-
proach.. The result was the high-
est average price ever made in a
Holstein-Friesian sale. The for- Sold
mer record public sale Average
was $S55, secured at the famous Dollar Estate dis-
persion sale where the bull, Rag Apple Korndyke 8th,
was purchased for $25,000 by Oliver Cabana, Jr., con-
signor of the highest priced animal to the Detroit
sale. This bull is the sire of King Champion Rag
Apple 179305, that was consigned to the Detroit sale
by Oliver Cabana, Jr., Elma Center, N. T., and pur-
chased for $20,000 (the top price) by A. W. Green,
Hiddlefield, Ohio. Born Not. 5, 1915. Sire, Rag Ap-
ple Korndyke Sth 73416, the $25,000 bull, grandson of
Pontiac Korndyke through both sire and dam (Pon-
tiac Lady Korndyke, 38.03). Dam, Lady Pontiac Jo-
hanna 191984, world's record, senior three-year-old,
658.3 lbs. milk, 41.811 lbs. butter, 5.0851 fat.
Cattle Conditions in the Middle West.
Generally speaking the region of the Middle West
is full of cattle, and there is a great scarcity on both
coasts, on the Northern border and throughout the
Gulf and Rio Grande countries. This applies chiefly,
of course, to the cattle of commerce.
The two-year siege of foot and mouth fighting was
a not unimportant factor in bringing about this con-
dition. When that siege set in, Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois were pretty well stocked. Aside from the
slaughter and burial of considerable numbers in over-
- coming the plague, it was a case, as soon as outlets
were established, of everything possible moving to
market and little or nothing back into thousands of
pastures.
For four years at least there has been a very strong
tendency among ranchmen, corn belt farmers and
even little farmers out where vast herds used to
range, to save and buy heifers and cows.
The old haphazard wasteful way of letting cattle
rustle their own feed or die has gone, never to return.
In the North and West alfalfa growing has put an
end to that. No ranchman can now afford to take a
chance of going through the winter without an insur-
ance on the farm of well-placed haystacks.
And in the Southwest kaffir corn and cottonseed
meal and hulls have not only decreased the loss of
cattle, but have actually added a heavy percentage
to the annual calf crop. The little cattle farmer, for
instance, in the Panhandle and in Oklahoma, who
gives his cows through the winter a ration of cotton-
seed cake not only has about a 90 per cent calf crop
against the open rangeman's 60 per cent increase, but
he is able to get $2.50@$5.00 per head more for those
calves at the same ages than his less provident big
neighbor.
"Saving the seed stock" is a slogan that has met
with popular approval for some time. Bare Illinois
and Indiana pastures are no criterion of what the
country as a whole is doing. Three years ago Mr.
J. B. Kendrick, of Wyoming, told the writer that he
was not culling his she-herd near so closely each fall.
A large percentage of cows that formerly were sent
to the shambles were now being held back for at
least one or two more calf crops. What he did, he
said, he thought others were doing and would do.
It is the opinion of some good authorities that tak-
ing the country over, there are more cattle of one
kind or another than for ten years past, but there
really hasn't been a full supply in a much longer
period than that-
Much depends on the outcome of the corn crop
as to how commercial cattle prices will be this fall.
Much of the eastern part of the acreage of maize
production was flooded out and will make a poor
crop, but the farmers' compensation there comes in
the form of a prodigious crop of hay and wonderful
pastures.
Should the corn crop be poor and the late pastures
burn badly, an abundant supply of ordinary market
cattle and lower prices would be likely to occur. But
with a good corn crop and lots of forage, the feeding
fraternity will compete so sharply with the packers
for light and medium weight, partly finished cattle,
that they will have a poor chance to push down
BREEDING HORSES TO COLOR.
KING CHAMPION RAG APPLE
When* Seven Months Old for $20,000.
prices.
On the whole, the grower and fitter of commercial
cattle is doing very well and he will do better when
there is a larger infusion of good Shorthorn blood. —
Chicago Live Stock World.
$5000 Dairy Barn Covers Half Acre.
A dairy barn which covers half an acre of ground
and which is one of the numerous indications of the
growing importance of the Chico district as a dairy-
ing center, is nearing completion on the A. S. Quad-
ras ranch at Nerd. Two years ago Quadras pur-
chased 500 acres of the Glanella ranch adjoining
Nord.
The barn which he now has under construction is
100x160 feet in dimensions, one of the largest barns
in northern California, if not in the State. It has
stalls for 120 dairy cows, the stalls being floored
with concrete. The barn will hold 400 tons of bay.'
When completed it will represent an expenditure
of $5,000.
Representative McDermott, of Illinois, has intro-
duced a bill in Congress designed to turn over all the
stud and herd books of the country to the Secretary
of Agriculture for compilation and publication. These
are now in the custody of associations and societies
made up of breeders, and almost without exception
they are doing a great work for the live stock inter-
ests of the United States. To take away the stud
and herd books would virtually kill nearly every one
of these societies, breeders say. Also it would take
away the revenue which now enables these societies
to offer thousands of dollars each year in prizes for
animals of the various breeds at fairs and shows
throughout the country.
There has been an unusual activity in horse sales
at the Durland Riding Academy in- New York for this
time of the year. A few days ago 24 yearling thor-
oughbreds, consigned by the Ellerslie Farm, were
sold for an average of $1,814. This is regarded as
one of the best sales held in that city in a long time.
The top price was paid by James Butler for a chest-
nut colt by Celt out of Network, which was struck
off to him for $4,300. Mr. Butler also purchased a
bay filly by Celt for $2,000. A bay colt by Celt-Belle
Fleur was bought by the Elkwood Stable for $3,400.
G. A. Cochran paid $3,000 for a bay colt by Marathen-
Fads and Fancies. The same purchaser also paid
$4,000 for the bay filly Imp by Radium
[W. S. Anderson, Ky. Experiment Station.]
The ambition of the breeder is to produce animals
of a certain character at win. Out of all the good
herds he gets a few -which will come up to his ideal
of perfection. The object of his work is to make all
his young stuff uniform and of high grade. The
breeders of Hereford cattle can foretell the color
and marking of all their animals, as can the breeders
of Aberdeen-Angus. These breeds of cattle breed
uniform to color because all other color tendencies
have been bred out or eliminated.
The behavior of coat colors in horses is instructive.
There is not a blending, but a segregation of colors.
So complete is the segregation that it is possible to
breed horses of any desired color. This has not been
done on any large scale except with the Suffolk.
There are over 12,000 Suffolks registered and all are
chestnuts. There can be no such a thing as a gray,
bay, or black Suffolk. This is so because the founda-
tion stock from which the Suffolk sprang in 1768
was chestnut. The horse of chestnut coat color has
lost the physical material that can produce gray, bay
and black. Chestnut horses breed true for chestnut
because they carry no property for any other coat
color. To establish a family of chestnut horses in
a breed is easy ; all that is required is to make chest-
nut matings.
There is a belief among some horse breeders that
a chestnut horse whose ancestry for several genera-
tions has been chestnut is more prepotent than one
whose parents are of other colors. Often in mating
gray, bay and black horses indiscriminately the pro-
duce is chestnut. Horses of such origin are just as
strong in producinfi chestnut color as horses of pure
chestnut ancestry. It seems that so long as there is
present in the make-up of a horse the physical basis
for other colors chestnut cannot appear. It is held
in check; it is not allowed to express itself. This is
because it is a weaker color than dun, roan, gray, bay
and black.
There should be no confusion when chestnut is
designated the weaker color. This statement is true
from the standpoint of heredity only. It does not
mean that the horse is weaker or inferior. The
strongest and best horses may have a chestnut color.
To breed chestnut horses all that is required is to
have the sire and dam chestnut. There is no. neces-
sity of inquiring about the ancestry of the parents.
When horses possess chestnut color they will breed
true for it.
It is somewhat more difficult to establish a family
of black horses. The starting point is to select black
individuals. Some of these will be pure for black
color and some will have suppressed a basis for
chestnut color. There is no way to find out which
ones may carry the latent element of chestnut ex-
cept by breeding. Those which throw chestnuts are
not pure for black and should be cast off.
Brown is genetically a bay, and can for breeding
purposes be classed with it. Bay is stronger than
black and chestnut. It breeds true except for the
two weaker colors. A bay horse can carry the phys-
ical elements for bay, black and chestnut. I have a
tabulation of 3,712 bay matings. The result of these
matings are: bay foals, 3,131, black foals 107, chest-
nut foals 474. That is, bay coat color will breed true
in 84 per cent of the foals produced. The breeding
test will reveal the individuals which carry bay only.
Selecting these will soon give the breeder a pure
family of bays. The test for a pure bay stallion is
easier to make than for the mare. A stallion mated
to black and chestnut mares that produce nothing but
bay foals can be counted as pure for bay. The Cleve-
land Bay is the only breed of horses whose color
must be bay.
Gray is stronger than bay. To secure a family of
gray horses it will be necessary to eliminate those
individuals of gray color that carry latent the ele-
ments for any or all the three weaker colors. A
gray stallion used on solid colored mares which
produce all grays can be considered pure for gray.
It is not desirable that horses shall be bred true
to color. The color does not necessarily carry with
it either good or bad qualities. It is transmitted
independently of size, strength, speed .endurance,
style and beauty. There is a possibility that in some
individuals it may be linked in transmission with
other qualities. However, the link has not as yet
been proved. A worthless horse may have the best
of color, while the best horse is liable to have the
ugliest shade.
The law of color inheritance is valuable in showing
the method by which necessary traits can be secured
and bred true in domestic animals. The breeder seeks
certainty in his operations. Certainty in breeding
can be accomplished only when pure characters are
being mated in the breeding stock. Breeding stock
is likely to have many, many traits which the opera-
tor will want pure in addition to coat color. — Chicago
Breeders' Gazette.
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California taxes automobiles higher than any other
state. In the number of registrations New York
State led in 1915 with 255,242: Illinois was second
with 180,832; California third with 163,797; and
Pennsylvania fourth with 160,137. In gross revenues
received from this source, however, California led
with $2,027,432: New York was second with $1,991,-
181; Pennsylvania third with $1,665,276; while Iowa,
with 145,000 cars registered, came fourth in point of
revenue, with. $1,533,054.
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Two-year-old pacing division. Futurity
Stake No. 14 (closed 1913) $1100
Three-year-old trotting division, Futu-
rity Stake No. 13 (closed 1912) 3300
2:13 class, pacing 900
8:00 p.m. — Dance. Special events on midway.
10:30 p. m. — Mammoth bonfire. Baked Burbank potato
festivity.
Saturday, August 12 — San Francisco and Oakland
Day.
10:00 a. m. — Reception of visitors.
2:00 p. m.— Races, P. C. T. H. B. A.:
2:12 class, trotting $500
Free-for-all class, pacing 900
2:20 class, trotting 900
8:00 p, m. — Dance. Special events on midway.
10:30 p. m. — Barbecue.
Sunday, August 13.
10:00 a. m. — Inspection of horticultural, agricultural,
manufactured and stock exhibits.
2:00 p. m. — Concerts.
3:00 p. m. — Drill by Company E., National Guards.
Three Running Races Each Day Monday and Tuesday and Two Running Races Each Day Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
GREAT FUN AT THE "JOY ZONE" AND "MIDWAY PLAISANCE"
Grounds Brilliant With Electric Lights at Night
Big Show Day and Evening
Santa Rosa is noted for its excellent Hotels.
It Is the center of one of the richest agricultural districts in the world,
of the world-wide famous Burbank Experimental Farms.
It is the County Seat and the location
Make Your Plans to Take in the Santa Rosa Fair
F. W. KELLEY, Secretary
Race Meeting
P. O. Box 447, San Francisco, Cal.
EDWARD H. BROWN, Secretary
Fair Association
Santa Rosa, Cal.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 5, 1916
/_
BEAUTIFUL BELVEDERE
LOTS FOR SALE
CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
most beautiful spot on the shores of San Francisco Bay
for a suburban home. It commands an extensive view of
the City of San Francisco, Alcatraz and Angel Islands,
Raccoon Straits, San Francisco Bay, Richardson's Bay,
the Berkeley shore, beautiful Belvedere and Mt. Tamal-
pais. It is in Marin County, directly opposite San Fran-
cisco, and forms the eastern shore of Belvedere cove.
It has a naturally terraced, sunny, western slope that is
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affording most picturesque views of the bay and moun-
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summer by Belvedere Island, and from the southerly storms in
winter by Angel Island. The soil is fertile and part of the island
is well wooded.
It is less subject to fog than any other place near San
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near the land into muddy waves, making boating both unpleas-
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County the land from Sausalito to the entrance of the bay is a
Government reservation and will never be placed on the market.
The shores of Richardson's Bay are not at present convenient
to boat service and, aside from Belvedere and Corinthian Island,
there is little or no land near any ferry landing that possesses
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phone service and electric light wires are already installed. It is
only ten minutes' walk from any point on the property to
Tiburon boats, and but forty-three minutes' ride to the foot of
Market Street.
On the point of Corinthian Island the Corinthian Yacht
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the white sails of its numerous fleet add to the charming scene,
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kinds for bay fish, including salmon, the gamey striped bass,
rock fish and the toothsome silver smelt, is to be had in the cove.
There is probably no spot so accessible and in such close prox-
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San Francisco, Cal.
Saturday, August 5, 1916]
fENTURA COUNTY FAIR
VENTURA, CAL
SEPTEMBER 13-14-15-16, 1916.
ENTRIES CLOSE
\ugust 28th, 1916.
$3000 for Speed Events
PROGRAM
FIRST DAY— SEPTEMBER 13.
/ild West Purse $300
"Write Secretary or A. L. Hobson, Ven-
ira, for entry blanks and conditions.
hariot Race Purse $300
Teams of four; two or more chariots to
:art. Money divided 60-40 or 50-30-20.
SECOND DAY— SEPTEMBER 14.
ree-For-AII Pace Purse $500
Ventura county horses; 7 to enter, 3 to
:art.
unning Race Purse $100
Half mile and repeat; 5 to enter, 3 to
•art- *„,.«
:18 Class Trot or Pace... Purse $250
Five to enter; 3 to start.
THIRD DAY— SEPTEMBER 15.
lurdles Purse $300
For conditions address the secretary or
lios. J. Donovan, "Ventura.
hariot Race Purse $300
Teams of four; two or more chariots
> start. Money divided 60-40 or 50-30-20.
FOURTH DAY— SEPTEMBER 16.
ree-For-All Pace Purse $600
Five to enter; 3 to start.
:20 Trot or Pace...*' Purse $250
Five to enter; 3 to start.
[unning Race Purse $100
Half mile and repeat; 5 to enter, 3 to
tart.
CONDITIONS.
Purses divided 60-30-10 per cent unless
therwise specified.
Harness races to be best three in five,
nle heats.
Running: races to be half-mile and re-
Entry fee of five per cent must accom-
any all entries.
Five per cent deducted from money
rinners.
Race committee reserves the right to
sject any or all entries.
Half mile track.
Finest automobile show given in South-
rn California this year, in charge of the
opular Jack Milligan. and Walter H"em-
el of Pierpont Inn "Milk Fed Chicken"
ime.
Five mammoth tents, each 200 feet m
?ngth, necessary to house the various
xhibits.
Harness and running races under Na-
ional Trotting Association rules.
Fifty cents admission; grand stand 10c;
o admission at night.
"Pleasure Lane" more than half a mile
i length, brilliantly lighted at night and
erfectly policed.
Merry-go-round, Ferris Wheel and oth-
r devices.
All communications addressed to the
iecretary at Ventura.
iDOLFO CAMARILLO, President.
L. P. HATHAWAY, Secretary,
Ventura, Cal.
TH1
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PACK YOUR GRIP AND TAKE A
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on the Grounds of the
St. Louis Trapshooters' Association
August 21-22-23-24-25,
1916
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Plan to be in St. Louis to see this classic
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Here's the Program, -Every
Event A Hummer!
MONDAY, < August 21, — Preliminary Day — St. Louis
Introductory, a "warming-
up" affair to start the "big
show."
TUESDAY, August 22,— The Mound City Overture—
100 Single Targets. The
National Amateur Cham-
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— 50 Double Targets.
The Na t i o n a 1 Amateur
Championship at Single
Targets, — 100 Targets. Open
only to the winners (or the
runners-up) of The Inter-
state Association's State
Amateur Championship
Events.
WEDNESDAY, August 23,— The Preliminary Handicap,
— 100 Single Targets.
THURSDAY, August 24,— The Grand American Han-
dicap,— 100 Single Targets.
FRIDAY, August 25,— The Consolation Handicap,
— 100 Single Targets.
Special Events for Women
and Exhibition Matches between prominent Profes-
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The "JOKER TRAP" will introduce several novel target flights
which will challenge the skill of trapshooters and furnish amuse-
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VOLUME LXIX. No. 7.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1916
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 12, 1916
=RE0PENED= — —
and LATE CLOSING EVENTS
North Pacific Fair Association
GOOD TRACKS :: SHORT SHIPS :: FAIR PURSES
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VANCOUVER, B. C, EXHIBI-
TION
August 14—19
H. S. ROLSTON, Secretary
TO CLOSE JULY 15th
3% to Enter and 7% from Money-Winners.
2:10 Pace or 2:05 Trot— 3 In 5 $500
Three-year-old Trot (B. C. Horses).. 200
2:15 Pace 700
Three-year-old Pace (B. C. Horses).. 200
2:12 Trot 500
2:25 Pace 500
2:25 Trot— 3 In 5 700
TO CLOSE AUGUST 1.
5% to Enter and 5% from Money Winners.
2:20 Pace $500
2:24 Trot (B. C. Horses) 200
2:15 Trot 500
2:30 Pace 300
2:20 Trot — Open 300
2:18 Pace 500
2:15 Pace (B. C. Horses) 200
Except where specified, races are on
three heat plan.
Running races every day — Overnight en-
tries— Send for special schedule.
THE SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON FAIR
Chehalis, Wash.
Aug. 28th— Sept. ind
CEO. R. WALKER, Secretary
TO CLOSE AUGUST 14th.
5% to Enter — 5% Deductions.
2:20 Pace ' $500
2:15 Trot 500
2:12 Trot 500
2:15 Pace 500
2:20 Trot 500
ALL ON THREE HEAT PLAN.
Two Running Races Every Day — Over-
night entries.
THE GRAYS HARBOR
COUNTY FAIR
Elma, Wash., Sept. 6-7-8-9-10
J. B. KIRKALDIE, Secretary
SPOKANE INTERSTATE
FAIR
Spokane, Wash.
Sept. 4-9
T. S. GRIFFITH, President
EVENTS CLOSING AUGUST 14th.
5% to Enter — 5% Deductions.
2:12 Trot— Three Heats $750
2:25 Trot — Three Heats 750
2:15 Trot— Three Heats 750
2:20 Trot— Three Heals 750
2:15 Pace — Three Heats 750
2:20 Pace— Three Heats 750
WASHINGTON STATE FAIR
September 18 to 23, 1916
North Yakima, Washington
FRANK MEREDITH, Secretary
(Mile Track)
CLOSING AUGUST 14th.
2:25 Trot— Three heat plan $500
2:08 Pace— 3 in 5 700
2:12 Trot — 3 in 5 700
2:30 Trot— Three heat plan 500
2:10 Pace — Three heat plan 600
Free-for-all Pace — 3 in 5 700
Three per cent to enter — seven per cent
from money winners.
CLOSING SEPTEMBER 4th.
2:15 Trot — Three heat plan $600
2:15 Pace — Three heat plan 600
2:20 Trot— Three heat plan 600
2:20 Pace — Three heat plan 500
All three heat plan. Five per cent to
enter and five per cent from money win-
ners. Running races every day except
Monday. Overnight events. Other condi-
tions same as before.
THE OREGON STATE FAIR
Salem, Oregon
Sept. 25-30
A. H. LEA, Secretary
(Mile Track)
EVENTS CLOSING AUGUST 23rd.
5% to Enter — 5% Deductions — 7 entries;
5 Starters.
2:20 Trot $250
2:25 Pace 250
2:30 Trot 250
2:15 Pace 250
2:15 Trot 250
2:18 Pace 250
Free-For-AII Trot 250
Free-For-AII Pace 250
EVENTS CLOSING AUGUST 6th.
3% to Enter — 7% Deductions.
2:12 Trot (Three in Five) $2000
2:25 Trot (Three Heat Plan) 600
TO CLOSE SEPTEMBER 11th.
5% to Enter — 5% Deductions.
2:10 Pace (Three Heats) $750
2:15 Trot (Three Heats) 700
2:18 Pace (Three Heats) 750
Three-year-old Trot (Three Heats)... 400
Three-year-old Pace (Three Heats)... 400
3-Minute Trot (Farmers' Race, 2 in 3) 200
2:20 Pace (Three Heats) 750
2:18 Trot (Three Heats) 700
F. F. A. Pace (Three Heats) 750
Consolation Trot and Pace — In two-
year-old races 3% entrance money will be
added to purses.
HALF MILE TRACKS EXCEPT WHERE NOTED.
Each Fair Offers List of Running Races and Special Events.
Send for Details.
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BISHOP, CAL.,
Sept. 28-29-30, 1916
ENTRIES CLOSE:
August 28th, 1916
(Running Races Close Overnight)
RACE PROGRAM
THURSDAY, SEPT. 28th
Valley View Hotel Purse, for 2:40
Trotters and 2:50 Pacers $200
Dusey's Purse, for 1/2 mile run and
repeat 100
Breeders' Purse, for 2-year-olds and
under, Inyo County owned Aug. 25 100
FRIDAY, SEPT. 29th
Chamber of Commerce Purse, for 2:20
Trotters and 2:25 Pacers $200
Italia Hotel Purse, for 2:12 Trotters
and 2:19 Pacers 200
SATURDAY, SEPT. 30th
Red Front Purse, for 3-minute Trot-
ters and 3-minute Pacers $200
Tungsten City Purse, for Free-for-AII
Trotters or Pacers 200
Clark Hotel Purse, for /2-mile run and
repeat 100
CONDITIONS
FREE STALL RENT— FREE HAT-
FREE TRANSPORTATION TO AND
FROM DEPOT.
Harness races best three in five except
for two-year-olds, which are two in three.
Entrance fee five per cent and usual
five per cent from money winners.
One horse may be entered in two or
more classes or two or more horses may
be entered in one class and nominator
held for but one entry, but full entrance
fee will he demanded on every horse that
starts.
Two horses or more may be started un-
der same ownership or control. Five to
enter and four to start. Two horses un-
der one ownership or control when start-
ed in same race will be counted as one
in arriving at number of starters.
Records made on August 25th will not
constitute a bar.
Money divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent
in harness races and 60, 25, and 15 per
cent in running races. A horse distancing
the field entitled to but one money.
Right reserved to change order of pro-
gram.
Member National Trotting Association.
Write for concessions.
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DATES OF FAIRS.
CALIFORNIA.
Solano Co. Fair at Dixon Aug. 16-19
California State Fair at Sacramento Sept. 2- 9
Alameda Co. Fair at Pleasanton Sept. 13-16
Ventura Co. Fair at Ventura Sept. 13-16
Community Fair at Ripon Sept. 15-16
Fresno Co. Fair at Fresno Sept. 26-30
Bishop Harvest Festival at Bishop Sept.28-30
Kings Co. Fair at Hanford Oct. 2- 7
Riverside Co. Fair at Riverside Oct. 10-14
Kern County Fair at Bakersfleld Oct. 24-28
ARIZONA.
Arizona State Fair at Phoenix Nov. 13-18
NORTH PACIFIC FAIR ASSOCIATION.
Vancouver, Can., Exhibition at Vancouver. .. .Aug. 14-19
Southwest Washington Fair at Chehalis, Aug. 28-Sept 2
Interstate Fair at Spokane Sept. 4- 9
Grays Harbor Co. Fair at Elma Sept 6-10
Walla Walla Co. Fair at Walla Walla Sept. 11-13
Washington State Fair at North Yakima Sept. 18-23
Oregon State Fair at Salem -. Sept. 25-30
INTER-MOUNTAIN FAIR CIRCUIT.
Montpelier, Idaho August 14
Rexburg. Idaho August 21
Blackfoot, Idaho August 28
LaGrande, Oregon September 4
Baker, Oregon September 11
Ontario, Oregon September 18
Boise, Idaho ™ , . . September 25
Salt Lake, Utah October 2
GRAND CIRCUIT.
Columbus, Ohio Aug. 14-19
Cleveland. Ohio Aug. 21-26
Poughkeepsie. N. Y -. r Aug. 28-Sept. 2
Hartford, Conn Sept. 4- 9
Syracuse, N. Y Sept. 11-16
Columbus, Ohio Sept. 18-30
Lexington, Ky Oct. 2-14
Atlanta, Ga Oct. 16-21
GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT.
Burlington, la Aug. 14-19
Omaha, Neb Aug. 21-26
Des Moines, la Aug. 25-31
Hamline, Minn Sept. 4-9
Milwaukee, Wis Sept. 11-25
Springfield. HI Sept. 18-22
Sedalia, Mo Sept 25-30
THE HARNESS RACES AT SANTA ROSA which
are being enjoyed by large crowds, and the interest
that is being manifested in the limited harness racing
circuit in California this year, are strong evidence
that the sport only needs a little more encourage-
ment to place it in as prosperous condition as it ever
enjoyed in this State. The fields have been plenty
' large enough at Santa Rosa and the racing has been
clean and good. Eight or ten of California's well
known trainers are now on the Grand or Great West-
em circuits or in the northwest with strings o£
horses, that would all be racing at home were there
a regularly organized circuit of meetings here. There
is not now and there has not been for years any
unity of action among the associations that give
harness racing in California and there does not
seem to be any immediate prospect of such a thing
being brought about. A half dozen California train-
ers are racing in the Pacific northwest because a
circuit of ten weeks' racing • is assured them, and
the same can be given as the reason why so many
California stables went east this year. Whenever
the California associations will get together, agree
on dates, announce their purses and classes, and
make these announcements early and as an organ-
ized circuit, there will be enough horses trained to
fill every purse offered and place harness racing
where it should be, the leading sport of the State
and the best drawing card that the State and county
fairs can possibly provide. Intelligent and energetic
organization is all the breeding and racing of trotters
and pacers needs in California.
The seven-race program of trotting and pacing
events which the Oakland Stadium Riding and Driv-
ing Club held at the Eighteenth and Peralta streets
half mile track on Sunday, July 30th, was so suc-
cessful in every particular that when this enterpris-
ing organization called for entries for another mat-
inee to be held tomorrow, Sunday, afternoon, the
response was as liberal, and another good program
of seven races has been arranged.
The Oakland Stadium Riding and Driving Club,
backed by a large number of citizens who enjoy out-
door sports, has been working hard for three years
to induce the City Council and Board of Park Com-
missioners to build a stadium on land owned by the
city of Oakland south of the $1,000,000 city audi-
torium. It is an excellent location for such a play-
ground and there could be cinder paths, tennis
grounds, a football field, a polo field and a half mile
race track constructed there at a very moderate cost
which would provide a playground for thousands and
be the most popular amusement place in the bay
region. The climate of Oakland is so much more
suitable to outdoor sports than the climate of San
Francisco that thousands would be drawn to a sta-
dium in Oakland where hundreds visit the stadium in
Golden Gate Park.
During the last six weeks the Oakland club has
held three harness race matinees on the temporary
track at Eighteenth and Peralta streets and all have
been highly successful. No less than thirty-two
horses have been named for the seven events sched-
uled for tomorrow, and among them are the fastest
roadsters owned in Oakland. Additional seating
capacity has been provided by the club and a general
invitation is extended to the public to be present.
The entries are as follows:
First Race — W. M. Ray's Andy O., J. Pitts' Babe,
Fred Wuescher's Babe W., A. Stoll's Jitft Mac.
Second Race — H. Olsen's Tom Wilkes, J. Williams'
Harold G., M. Medau's Molly, J. Lanzer's King, C.
Gabrielsen's Starlight.
Third Race — Al. Scott's Little Dick, A. Edstrom's
Hallie's Star, G. Schreiber's Allegro, J. V. Galindo's
Francisco.
Fourth Race — P. W. Bellingall's Ailsa Page, Geo.
Meader's Rhoda, Chas. Abrott's Teddy, J. V. Galin-
do's Dinty Murphy, Al Hank's Bell Sawyer.
Fifth Race— R. Seale's Burbank, A. L. Hind's Grand
W., Mrs. Carlisle's Cleo. Verne, A. Reisman's Berke-
ley Girl.
Sixth Race — A. Bock's Clipper Jr., T. LeBallister's
Lena Lee, H. Buckley's Teddy B., H. P. Barrison's
Prince, W. Rutherford's Sleepy Dick, E. Johnson's
General Villa.
Seventh Race — A. Newbaumer's Ida May, W. D.
Willis' Willis Baldwin, W. G. Burgelric's Frankie
Burns, H. E. Andiffred's Henri A.
Major T. H. Barnard, of Chico, died at San Mateo
August 3rd as the result of an accident by which
both his feet were crushed under the wheels of a
railroad train and had to be removed by a surgeon.
Major Barnard was born in Illinois in 1847. At the
age of 16 years he enlisted in the Union army under
General Thomas and at the close of the civil war
engaged in the lumber business in Wisconsin and
Michigan. He went to Chico in 1872 and for 44 years
has been identified with the business, political and
fraternal life of that city. He was well known as
a livery -stable owner, and was a director of the Butte
County Agricultural Association which in former
years promoted many successful fairs. He married
Miss Annie Mcintosh, daughter of L. H. Mcintosh,
a pioneer farmer and trotting horse breeder of Butte
county. A strange coincidence is that the Barnard
Livery Stable at Chico, with its contents, was de-
stroyed by fire the same day that Major Barnard
died, causing a loss of $20,000.
The sweepstakes race for three-year-old trotters at
Detroit was another triumph for the rising young
sire General Watts 2:06%. Of the five colts and fil-
lies that started, three were his offspring, and among
them were the winners of first and third money.
Harrod's Creek, the colt that outlasted and defeated
the Cleveland winner, Expressive Lou 2:08%, trotting
the third heat in 2:10, now looks like the best three-
year-old in sight, if the report is true that he moved
the last half of the second heat in 1:01%. This colt
was bred and is owned by Henry A. Bell, of Harrod's
Creek, Ky. He is eligible to start in the $15,000
Kentucky Futurity.
The American trotter is carrying his triumphs in
England into the show ring. At the recent Richmond
Royal Horse Show, which is now the leading exhibi-
tion of its kjud, six of the seven competitors in ihe
pace and action class were trotting horses. Burton
Queen Mary, the fastest hackney mare in Britain,
was placed sixth in the field of seven. First prize
fell to Bonnie View, a trotter bred by James Butler,
of New York, and owned by Walter Winans.
Dr. Beuchner, of Youngstown, Ohio, who owns
the trotting mare Wilkes Brewer, recent winner of
a fifth heat in 2: 08% on a half mile track, refused
an offer of $10,000 for the daughter of Nutwood
Wilkes and when the party making the offer raised
it to $11,000 stood pat on the refusal.
GRAND CIRCUIT AT PITTSBURG.
The Furniture City association has certainly
played in hard luck this year. After its mile track
at Grand Rapids was ruined for harness racing by
permitting it to be conditioned for an automobile
race, it transferred its races to the Pittsburg track,
where for two days this week heavy rains prevented
racing. Finally the races were started on Wednes-
day and six races were finished. Will Durfee was
the only California driver in the money that day,
Esperanza being the oat earner with second money
in the 2:12 trot to her credit. The summaries:
2:08 class, trotting; purse $1000 (three heat plan):
Bonington, ch h by Bellini (Geers) 4 11
Mirthful, b m by Star of Patchen (Murphy) 12 2
Miss Perfection, b m by General Watts (McMahon)2 3 3
The Exposer and Hazel Laing also started.
Time — 2:09%, 2:09%, 2:07. .
The William Stakes, 2:07 class, pacing; purse $2000
(three heat plan) :
Miss Harris M-, b m by Peter the Great
(McDonald) 111
Billy Dale, b g by Dale Patchen (Cox) 2 2 2
The Savoy, blk g by Charley Hayt (Floyd) 3 3 3
Altawood was distanced.
Time — 2:06. 2:04%, 2:06.
The Matron stake, pacing, foals of 1913; value $1070
(two in three) :
Rose Magee, b f by The Abbe (Murphy) 1
•Peter Look, b c (Traynor) dis.
Miss Jeannie Castle, br f (Nichols) dis.
•Peter Look fell. Time — 2:22.
The Northrup, two-year-old trotters, $500 added (two-
heat plan) :
Harvest Gale, br f by The Harvester (McDonald) 1 1
Kelley de Forest, b c by The de Forest. . (Chandler) 2 2
Time— 2:18%, 2:15V,.
2:12 trot, The Grotto; purse $1200 (three heats):
Donna Clay, b m by Don (Valentine) 111
Esperanza, b m (Durfee) 2 2 4
Worthy Prince, b h (Cox) 3 3 2
Vanko, b g (Murphy) 4 4 3
Brescia, b m (B. Fleming), San Felipe (Daniels) and
George N. Patterson, blk h (Rutherford) also started.
Time — 2:06V4, 2:0614, 2:07%
2:07 pace, The Rotary Club; purse $1200 (three heats):
Altawood, gr m by Allanwood (Murphy) 8 12
Bingen Pointer, b h by King Bingen (Snow) 14 3
Hal Leaf, br h by Hal Dillard (Gray) 5 5 1
Lord Seymour, br h (Wall) 9 2 5
Kate McKinney, gr m (W. Mallow). Polly Ann, b m
(Clark), Bondalin, br h (Daniels), Dicto, b g (DeRyder),
Hazel Armstrong (Gosnell) and Pat Carmody, br h
(Walker) also started.
Time— 2:06%. 2:06%. 2:07%.
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Two Great Trotting Mares.
Mabel Trask 2:03%, the fastest trotter and the
largest money winner of the year, is a five-year-old
daughter of Peter the Great and was bred by W. C.
Brown, who was then president of the N. Y. Central
Railroad. She earned a record of 2:29% against
time as a two-year-old at a county fair out at Indian-
ola, Iowa, where Mr. Brown now keeps his trotters,
and at three years old she made a long campaign,
winning only one race, however, and with it a record
of 2:14%. Last year she started only once, in the
$10,000 race at Columbus, where she forced Peter
Scott out in 2:07 and 2:08%. Walter Cox, who now
trains her, was said to have timed her a mile right
around 2:05 in her work last fall. He has entered
her in all the big"stakes" to which she was eligible,
and if she proves to be the best in her class she is
in line to win a very large amount of money before
the season ends at Atlanta. Her dam, Miss Nutonia,
was by Nutwood 2:18%, out of Iona 2:17% by Alcy-
one 2:27, and she out of the famous Jessie Pepper,
by Mambrino Chief. In the first heat of her race
at Cleveland Mabel Trask was beaten only by a neck
by St. Frisco in 2:04%.
Busy Lass, another daughter of Peter the Great
in the stable of Cox, gained a record of 2:06% when
she outlasted Grand Chimes and won the last heat of
the Tavern "Steak" for 2:14 trotters. It was the
first race of her career, and one of the fastest per-
formances ever made by a trotter under similar cir-
cumstances. Cox has entered her in the 2:14 class
at Poughkeepsie, and it looks as if she had a mort-
gage on first money in view of her great race at
Cleveland. She was bred by George M. Stevens, of
Lancaster, N. H., who was once a prominent figure
in the councils of the National Trotting Association,
and who bred the fast black trotter Lewis Forest
2:06%, that now holds the record to pole, 2:03%, in
company with Uhlan 1:58. Busy Lass was foaled in
1912, so that she is only four years old. Her dam
was Miss Busy 2:23%, by Clay 2:25, a son of Elec-
tioeer, granddam Baron's Lassie, by Baron Wilkes
2:18.
The brilliant performances of these two young
mares give to their sire thirty-seven trotters in the
2:10 list, or five more than double the number ever
credited to any other trotting sire.
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Find Fossil of a Three-Toed Horse.
Reno (Nev.), Aug. 8. — A well preserved set of
teeth and jawbones of an animal which Professor
J. C. Jones of the State University declares were the
property of a three-toed horse of the Upper Miocene
age, have been unearthed in the Washoe valley, on
the Pedroli ranch, by university engineers. Profes-
sor Jones says the horse probably roamed the wilds
of Nevada some 3,000,000 years ago.
He says the horses of that date were even smaller
than the shetlands of the present day, and are classi-
fied as the eohippus. The specimens were found in
a well which apparently penetrated a prehistoric
lake bed. Teeth of mammoths, fossil leaves and
other specimens of prehistoric ages have been found
in wells on the Pedroli ranch. They are among the
best in the fossil collection at the university, as they
show clearly the age and classification to which they
belong.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 12, 1916
Harness Horses and Horsemen
HANFORD PROGRAM.
RIVERSIDE HAS GOOD ENTRY LIST.
.
DIXON PROGRAM.
MONDAY, AUGUST 16.
2:20 Trot— Purse $300.
Eloise Dell, C. F. Silva, Sacramento.
El Angelo, D. \V. Wallis, Los Banos.
Doctor S., H. J. Stevens, Santa Ana.
Trigione, C. A. Short, Santa Maria.
Major's By Guy, I. L. Borden, San Francisco.
Ella M. R., G. J. Giannini, San Francisco.
Hanford Mac, Geo. Russell, Corcoran.
Brutus, S. Christenson, Pleasanton.
Dick W., F. W. Faucett, Santa Ana.
Relay Saddle Race.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17.
2:10 Pace — Purse $300.
Teddy Bear, C. F. Silva, Sacramento.
Soumise, R. L. Friend, Porterville.
Silver Tips, C. A. Short, Santa Maria.
Maxine. Miss Maxine Montgomery, Davis.
Pointer's Daughter, Blosser & Finley, Santa Maria.
Delia H., H. G. Smith, Pleasanton.
Directess Mac, A. Ottinger, San Francisco.
Hal Paxton, Fred Woodcock, Forest Grove, Ore.
2:15 Trot — Purse $300.
Columbia T., C. F. Silva, Sacramento.
Harold C, H. Cohen, San Francisco.
Bon Cres, J. J. Campbell, Pasadena.
Dr. S., H. J. Stevens, Santa Ana.
Dick W„ F. W. Faucett, Santa Ana.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18.
2:20 Pace — Purse $300.
Patti C, D. W. Wallis, Los Banos.
Lock Logan, J. E. Montgomery, Davis.
Irene D., J. N. Jones, Stockton.
Alta Barnato, I. L. Borden, San Francisco.
Bold Harry Aerolite, G. J. Giannini, San Francisco.
Harry Mac, Russell Gray, Hantord.
Mono Ansel, Blosser & Finley, Santa Maria.
Best Direct, J. Brollier, Fresno.
2:30 Trot — Purse $300.
Eloise Dell, C. F. Silva, Sacramento.
El Angelo, D. W. Wallis, Los Banos.
Dr. S., H. J. Stevens, Santa Ana.
Trigione, C. A. Short, Santa Maria.
Major's By Guy, I. L. Borden, San Francisco.
Ira Mac, Edw. Erlanger, Lemoore.
Miss San Francisco, Al Schwartz, Pleasanton.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19.
2:13 Pace — Purse $300.
Julia M., D. W. Wallis, Los Banos.
A. B. C, Jas. Sutherland, Pleasanton.
Soumise, R. L. Friend, Porterville.
Breezy Marie, A. H. Meigs, Fresno.
Silver Tips, C. A. Short, Santa Maria.
Lock Logan, J. E. Montgomery, Davis.
Hanover Boy, J. N. Jones, Stockton.
Alta Barnato, I. L. Borden, San Francisco.
Bradmont, G. J. Giannini, San Francisco.
Directess Mac, A. Ottinger, San Francisco.
Ben Corbett, Jr., Blosser & Finley, Santa Maria.
Hal Paxton, Fred Woodcock, Forest Grove, Ore.
Free-For-All Pace — Purse $300.
Teddy Bear, C. F. Silva, Sacramento.
Vera Hal, H. Cohen, San Francisco.
Jim Logan, J. E. Montgomery, Davis.
Leata J„ J. N. Jones, Stockton.
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Californians on the Grand Circuit.
"Marque" of the Horse Review, writing from De-
troit, says: "The trainers who came over from the
Pacific coast, including Will Durfee, Lon Daniels,
Will DeRyder, Homer Rutherford and Harry Bell,
have all been handicapped by having their horses
train off. The change of climate, together with the
long period of excessive heat, has 'played hob' with
most of the coast steeds. Of Will Durfee's trio of
trotting mares, Virginia Barnette, Esperanza and The
Lark, I like the last-named best. She is a very pre-
possessing individual, gaited to go very fast, and has
a world of speed. Will says that she is naturally
high-strung, and that the heat has intensified her
nervousness. He hopes to have her right within a
few weeks, and it would not surprise me if she trot-
ted around 2:04.
"Daniels felt confident that his little four-year-old
pacer, Bondalin (3) 2:06%, would be hard to beat
over here, and so it seemed at North Randall, where
he made his debut, but the heat 'got him,' and he
went a disappointing race here. I like this pacer
very much, and expect him to do well later on.
Spriggan 2:08%, the winner of the $20,000 Panama
Exposition trot last year, is worrying Will DeRyder.
The horse shipped over in good shape, but quickly
became nervous, losing flesh and strength. Harry
Bell told roe that his gelding, Grattan Boy 2:09%,
presents a strange case, for he looks good and eats
good, but hasn't anything like the speed he showed
when he left Pleasanton, Cal. I sincerely hope that
the coast contingent will find things breaking better
for them shortly. They came a long way, and de-
serve to be encouraged for their efforts and expense."
A good list of entries has been received for the
harness races to be held at the Kings County Fair
at Hanford, October 2d to 7th inclusive. Racing
will begin on Wednesday, the 5th, and continue for
four days. The entries in the six events that have
been declared filled are as follows:
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4.
2:24 Trot— $400.
Dr. S., b g — H. J. Stevens, Santa Ana.
Dick W., b g — J. W. Faucett, Santa Ana.
Modesto Maid, s m — J. N. Jones, Stockton.
Trigione, b g — J. E. Short, Santa Rosa.
El Angelo, b s — D. W. Wallis, Los Banos.
Jake Logan, br g — H. G. Angevine, San Jose.
Camealia, b m — M. D. Cole, Fresno.
Miss San Francisco, br m — Al Schwartz, San
Francisco.
Neal Hall, b g — A. W. Reynolds, Fresno.
Ira Mac, b g — Edward Erlanger, Lemoore.
Martina Dillon, s m — G. A. Libby, Selma.
Eloise Dell, b m — C. F. Silva, Sacramento.
2:13 Pace— $400.
"Verna McKinney, br f — J. W. Marshall, Dixon.
Soumise, br m — R. L. Friend, Porterville.
Breezy Marie, b m — A. H. Meigs, Fresno.
Julia M., b f— D. W. Wallis, Los Banos.
Hal J., br g— O. M. Katz, Santa Rosa.
Ben Corbett, Jr. — b g — Blosser & Finley, Santa
Marie.
Nifty, ch g — B. F. Townsend, Fresno.
J. C. L., s g — B. Ribero, Hanford.
Zomar, ch g — Donlan Bros., Oxnard.
Silver Ty>s, b g — J. E. Short, Santa Rosa.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5.
2:10 Pace— $400.
Pointer's Daughter, b m — Blosser & Finley, Santa
Maria.
McVerde, br g — A. J. Donnelly, Ventura.
A. B. C, blk g — Jas. Sutherland, Pleasanton.
Teddy Bear — b h — C. F. Silva, Sacramento.
2:25 Pace — $400.
Best Direct, s s — G. A. Garner, Terra Belle.
Irene D., b m — J. N. Jones, Stockton.
Villa, blk g— D. W. Wallis, Los Banos.
Harry Mac, blk s — Russell Gray, Hanford.
J. C. L., s g— B. Ribero, Hanford.
Babe, b m — J. Cuccato, Oxnard.
Silver Tips, b g — J. E. Short, Santa Rosa.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6.
The 2:16 trot and the 2 : 20 pace which were adver-
tised for this day failed to fill, and the association
will put on two specials in their stead.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7.
2:19 Trot— $400.
Trigione, b g — J. E. Short, Santa Rosa.
Dr. S., b g — H. J. Stevens, Santa Ana.
Dick W„ b g— F. W. Faucett, Santa Ana.
Modesto Maid, s m — J. N. Jones, Stockton.
El Angelo, b s — D. W. Wallis, Los Banos.
Camealia, b m — M. D. Cole, Fresno.
Miss San Francisco, br m — Al Schwartz, San
Francisco.
Hanford Mac, b g — Geo. Russell, Corcoran.
Eloise Dell, b m — C. F. Silva, Sacramento.
Free-For-All— $400.
Vera Hal, b m — Harold Cohen, San Francisco.
Leata J., b m — J. N. Jones, Stockton.
Breezy Marie, b m — A. H. Meigs, Fresno.
Teddy Bear, oh — C. F. Silva, Sacramento.
KERN COUNTY FAIR RACE PROGRAM.
Wednesday, October 25.
2:20 Pace, $400 — Caroline Coster, Breezy Marie,
Julia M., Directess Mac, J. C. L., Irene D., Silver Tips,
Mono Ansel, Harry Mac, Jim Donnelly, Lock Logan.
2:15 Trot, $400— Harold C, Doctor S., Trigione,
Miss San Francisco, Sweet Bow, Bert Kelly, Bon
Cres, Columbia T., Eloise Dell, Dick W.
Thursday, October 26.
Free-For-All Pace, $400 — A. B. C, Leata J., Vera
Hal, Pointer's Daughter, Walter C, Teddy Bear, Jim
Logan.
2:12 Trot, $400— Doctor S., Sweet Bow, Hanford
Mac, Columbia T., Eloise Dell.
Friday, October 27.
2:13 Pace, $400 — Caroline Coster, Breezy Marie,
A. B. C, Verna McKinney, Patti C, Lottie Express,
Nifty, Soumise, Ben Corbett Jr., Walter C, Lock
Logan.
2:30 Trot, $400 — Doctor S., El Angelo, Trigione,
Miss San Francisco, Neal Hall, Ira Mac, Jack Logan,
Golden State, Eloise Dell.
How many times have you told a trainer or fellow
horseman, "I want $200 for that horse and if you
find me a buyer I will give you ten per cent com-
mission"? If the horse is sold you pay $20. The
Breeder and Sportsman speaks about horses to thou-
sands every week. For $3 you can tell a lot about
your horse and run the chance of getting a cash
buyer without having to pay any additional commis-
sion, thus saving $17. Better try it.
At the Rockport, Ohio, half mile track August 1st,
there were three races on the card and it took nine-
teen heats to decide them. The 2:14 pace went to
six heats, the 2:18 pace to seven heats and the 2:14
trot required six heats.
Secretary Sanders of Riverside sends us the fol-
lowing list of entries for the meeting to be held there"
October 10th to 14th. It will be noticed that nearly
all the horses that have been entered at Santa Rosa,
Dixon and Sacramento have also been entered in the
Riverside races and a high class race meeting is"
assured:
2:30 Class Trotting — $300 Purse.
Eloise Dell, by Alconda Jay, C. F. Silva.
Golden State, by Stam B., Blackwell & Hendrickson.
Dr. S., by Carlokin, H; J. Stevens
El Angelo, by The Angelus, D. W. Wallis.
Goldy, by Gold Nut, S. L. Gowell.
Miss San Francisco, by San Francisco, Al Schwartz.
Trigione, by Skidoo Wilkes, C. A. Short.
Annie Conn, by On Conn, Axel Nelson.
Sterling Lou, by Kinney Lou, Hemet Stock Farm.
Don de Lopez, by Kinney de Lopez, Hemet Stock
Farm.
2:18 Class Pacing — $1000 Purse.
Lock Logan, by Zolock, J. E. Montgomery.
Pansy Hal, by Hal McKinney, J. F. Baekstrand.
Julia M., by El Angelo, D. W. Wallis.
Best Direct, by Best Policy, J. A. Garver.
Zomar, by Zolock, Donlon Bros.
Babe, by H. M. Stanley, Jas. Cucatto.
Verna McKinney, by Vernon McKinney, Jas. W.
Marshall.
Walter C, by Corpus, Bert Reno.
Caroline Custer, by Ed Custer, O. E. Holland.
Silver Tips, by Morris A., C. A. Short.
Mono Ansel, by Monicrat, Blosser & Finley.
Irene D., by Charlie D., J. N. Jones.
Directess Mack, by Nearest McKinney, James Ryan.
Harry R., by Armond Lou, Hemet Stock Farm.
Oro Lou, by Kinney Lou, Hemet Stock Farm.
2:23 Class Pacing — $300 Purse.
Lock Logan, by Zolock, J. E. Montgomery.
Jim Donnelly, by Lijero, Blackwell & Hendrickson.
Patti W., by El Angelo, D. W. Wallis.
Babe, by H. M. Stanley, Jas. Cuccatto.
Santa Paula, by Silver Coin, Jas. Gill.
Al Hal, by Young Hal, O. E. Holland.
Caroline Custer, by Ed Custer, O. E. Holland.
Silver Tips, by Morris A., C. A. Short.
2:14 Class Trotting — $400 Purse.
Columbia T., by Bon Guy, C. F. Silva.
Eloise Dell, by Alconda Jay, C. F. Silva.
Dr. S., by Carlokin, H. J. Stevens.
Dick W., by Walter Barker, F. W. Faucett.
Harold C, by Bon Voyage, Harold Cohen.
Bon Cres, by Bon Voyage, J. J. Campbell.
Danube, by Direcho, T. N. Goldsmith.
Great Northern, by Wayland W., Fred Ward.
Allie Lou, by Kinney Lou, Hemet Stock Farm.
2:20 Class Trotting — $1000 Purse.
Eloise Dell, by Alconda Jay, C. F. Silva.
Golden State, by Stam B., Blackwell & Hendrickson.
Dr. S., by Carlokin, H. J. Stevens.
Dick W., by Waller Barker, F. W. Faucett.
Sweet Bow, by Bon Voyage, L. H. Todhunter.
Ben Nutwood, by Dick Nutwood, S. L. Gowell.
Miss San Francisco, by San Francisco, Al Schwartz.
Trigione, by Skidoo Wilkes, C. A. Short.
Sterling Lou, by Kinney Lou, Hemet Stock Farm.
Don de Lopez, by Kinney de Lopez, Hemet Stock
Farm.
Free-For-All Pace — $500 Purse.
Teddy Bear, by Del Coronado, C. F. Silva.
Jim Logan, by Charles Derby, J. E. Montgomery.
Lock Logan, by Zolock, J. E. Montgomery.
May Davis, by Borado, Budd Davis.
Pansy Hal, by Hal McKinney, J. F. Baekstrand.
Vera Hal, by Expressive Mac, Harold Cohen.
Little Bernice, by Del Coronado, J. C. Welsh.
Pointer's Daughter, by Star Pointer, Blosser &
Finley.
Leata J., by Royal McKinney, J. N. Jones.
2:14 Class Pacing — $300 Purse.
Lock Logan, by Zolock, J. E. Montgomery.
May Davis, by Borado, Budd Davis.
Julia M., by El Angelo, D. W. Wallis.
Zomar, by Zolock, Donlon Bros.
McVerde, by Zolock, A. J. Donnelly.
A. B. C, by Young Monterey, Jas. Sutherland.
Walter C, by Corpus, Bert Reno.
Al Hal, by Young Hal, O. E. Holland.
Caroline Custer, by Ed Custer, O. E. Holland.
Silver Tips, by Morris A., C. A. Short.
Mono Ansel, by Monicrat, Blosser & Finley.
Ben Corbitt Jr., by Ben Corbett, Blosser & Finley.
Santa Paula, by Silver Coin, Jas. Gill.
Harry R., by Armond Lou, Hemet Stock Farm.
Oro Lou, by Kinney Lou, Hemet Stock Farm.
Free-For-All Trot — $500 Purse.
■ Dr. S., by Carlokin, H. J. Stevens.
Harold C, by Bon Voyage, Harold Cohen.
Ben Nutwood, by Dick Nutwood, S. L. Gowell.
Danube, by Direcho, T. N. Goldsmith.
Columbia T„ by Bon Guy, C. F. Silva.
Eloise Dell, by Alconda Jay, C. F. Silva.
Bon Cres, by Bon Voyage, J. J. Campbell.
Great Northern, by Wayland W., Fred Ward.
Allie Lou, by Kinney Lou, Hemet Stock Farm.
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Volume XXI of the American Trotting Register
will soon be ready for distribution. It begins with
the stallion number 59500.
Saturday, August 12, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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LAST TWO DAYS AT KALAMAZOO.
On Thursday, August 3d, at the Grand Circuit
meeting at Kalamazoo, two trotting and one pacing
event made up the card. In the 2:15 trot Helen
Worthy was the winner, after Will Durfee had won
the first heat with Mr. Albright's Baby Doll by Tom
Smith and put him in the 2:10 list in the good time
of 2:08%. Billy Dale, bay gelding by Dale Patchen
in Cox's string won the pace in straight heats and
fast time and Zombro Clay, a son of Zombro, won
the 2:20 trot and gave his sire another 2:10 per-
former. Results :
2:16 trot, purse $1000, three in five:
Helen Worthy, b m by Barongale. ... (Murphy) 6111
Baby Doll, b m by Tom Smith (Durfee, Hedrlck)l 5 3 2
Coastess Mabel, b m (Cox) 4 2 2 3
Royal Hall, blk h (Fleming). Aullsbrook, br h (C. Val-
entine), and Daisy Todd, b m (Chandler) also started.
Time— 2:08%, 2:09%, 2.1014, 2:12.
Burdick Hotel purse, $2000, three in five:
Billy Dale, b g by Dale Patchen (Cox) 111
Baymar, b h w (McDonald) 2 2 5
Baby Bertha, b m (Garrison) 3 3 2
Spring Maid, ch m (Snow), and The Problem, blk h
(Murphy) also started.
Time— 2:03%, 2:05%, 2:07%.
2:20 trot, purse $1000, three in .five:
Zombro Clay, br s by Zombro. . (C. Valentine) 15 11
Sister Strong, b m by Strong Boy
(D. Valentine) 5 12 2
Sandy, s g (.. (Donahue) 3 2 5 3
Royal McKinney, blk m (Murphy), North Spur, b h
(Cox), and Luke A., ch h (W. Fleming) also started.
Time— 2:12%, 2:09%, 2:09%, 2:11%.
Friday, August 4.
The meeting ended with three events, all finished
In three heats. The feature event was the Michigan
Railway Company's $2,000 purse, raced on the three
heat system for trotters which had never won more
than $2,000 and had a race record faster than 2: 14%.
The winner of the race was the horse which the final
summary showed had won the most money, and when
the bookkeeping was completed it was found the
honor had fallen to Lindsey, driven by Lon McDon-
ald, with $600 to his credit.
Third money in the 2:08 pace went to Bondalin,
driven by Lon Daniels. Results:
2:08 pace, purse $1000, three in five:
Goldie C b m by Will Tranby (C. Valentine) 111
Jean, b m (Murphy) 2 2 4
Bondalin, b h (Daniels) 3 4 2
Bingen Pointer, b g (Snow) and Baron Watts, b h
(Atkins) also started.
Time— 2:06%, 2:0%, 2:07%.
2:19 pace, purse $1000, three in five:
Miss Rejected, r c by Directwell. . .(C. Valentine) 111
Hal Plex E.. br s (Snow) 2 2 2
Castaway, b g (Kane) 3 3 5
Arkansello, b h (Edman), Young Todd, b g (Cox), and
Medium Gazette, b s (Hedrick) also started.
Time— 2:07%. 2:13%, 2:08%.
Michigan Railway Company's purse for trotters that
have never won $2,000 gross nor have a time or race rec-
ord faster than 2:14% — purse $2000, three-heat plan:
Lindsey, b h by Todd Mac (McDonald) 2 12
Brisac, br h by Bingara (Murphy) 4 2 .1
Grand Chimes, b h by Kentucky Chimes (Edman) 14 4
Lu Princeton, b h (Cox), and Regardless, b s (Hedrick)
also started.
Time— 2:08%, 2:08%, 2:10.
State Fair to Have Big Stock Show.
In every standard breed of livestock entries have
come in from all parts of California and a number
from Oregon and Washington, to the California State
Fair. A herd of Aberdeen Angus cattle coming from
Washington will be the first complete herd of this
breed ever shown here. There will be two herds of
Ayrshires on exhibition this year, both owned by
California breeders, and the first full herds ever
brought to the fair. A very large showing of Duroc
Jersey swine is anticipated and Berkshires and Po-
land Chinas will be here from three states.
As an indication of the amount of work necessary
in taking care of the stock entries, the system in use
in this department provides for the checking and
verification of every animal as to age, pedigree, etc.
This is a necessary preliminary in preparing the
state fair catalogue, which has a reputation for accu-
racy and completeness second to none in the United
States.
About 4,000 premium lists have been sent out to
date and over 1500 posters advertising the fair. The
posters have been mailed to banks, hotels and res-
taurants in all parts of the state.
Charles W. Paine, secretary of the State Board of
Agriculture, thinks that although much work remains
to be done to get everything in readiness, new addi-
tions finished, barns painted and a multitude of
lesser details disposed of before the opening day, no
detail will be lacking on September 2nd.
"We don't expect to sleep much between now and
the opening day," he said, "and there is much to be
done yet, but of one thing I am sure — we will be
ready."
Automobiles Killed 446 in California Last Year.
One thousand six hundred and forty-nine persons
have been killed in automobile accidents in California
during the past six years.
This is shown today by records in the State bureau
of vital statistics. How many persons were injured
is not known. No records of the injured were kept.
The automobile is responsible for almost as many
fatalities in California as epidemic diseases.
Here is the toll of the killed: 1910, 94; '1911, 129;
1912, 194; 1913, 295; 1914, 306; and in 1915, 446.
Add to this 185 killed during the first five months
of 1916 and the total is 1,649.
At the rate auto fatalities occurred during the
first six months of 1916 the total for this year alone
will be close to 500.
Says American Saddle Horses Best in Army.
General John B. Castleman, veteran Confederate
cavalry officer and president of the American Saddle
Horse Breeders' Association, has mailed to the sev-
eral hundred members of that organization a letter
urging them to raise more saddle bred horses to
meet what he believes will be an unexampled demand
for good horses at good prices when peace shall have
been restored in Europe.
In this letter he takes up the cudgels in favor of
the saddle bred horse as against the thoroughbred
race horse for cavalry service and asserts that "no
horses which have gone with the present punitive
expedition into Mexico have stood hardships so well
as the American Saddle breed.
"It will further interest you to be advised," he goes
on to say, "that the misuse of our great horse of sport
in this punitive campaign has shown again that the
thoroughbred horse, matchless for sport, is not in-
tended for hardship. He has almost invariably given
way under the pressure of weight and service. These
thoroughbred horses have been bought in Kentucky
and Virginia and distributed usually from the re-
mount depot of Front Royal. Many have gone in the
Eleventh cavalry and almost all have failed. The
thoroughbred is thus confirming the statement of
General Basil W. Duke in respect to his failure as
a cavalry horse more than fifty years ago, from his
experience in the field of hard war service, when he
was a better utility horse than he is today."
General Castleman questions the statement, attrib-
uted to Quartermaster General J. B. Aleshire two
years ago, that this country could not supply 10,000
horses suitable for cavalry mounts. He says the
quick supply of nearly 1,000,000 horses to the warring
nations of Europe is a contradiction of this state-
ment, which "must come from the visionary section
of the Department of Agriculture known as the 'Bu-
reau of Animal Industry,' a bureau that has acquired
the sobriquet 'Bureau of Animal Injury.' "
Showing Horses at the Fairs.
Breeders frequently try to argue themselves into
the belief that they do not need to show their horses
and colts at the fairs. They seek to escape the trou-
ble of fitting and training, the expense and risk of
transportation and showing, and the chance of get-
ting beaten in the ring. They hope that their repu-
tation for having good horses will continue without
having that fact constantly brought to public atten-
tion. Usually they change their minds after a year
or two of absence from the fairs and enter the lists
again. People forget about the good horses absent
breeders showed in the past; attention is given
almost wholly to the horses at present displayed.
The persistent exhibitor gains prestige and new
friends every year, and his annual reappearance with
his horses keeps his old friends steadfast. There is
nothing like eternally impressing upon people's
minds the fact that one's horses are among the very
best in the whole country. It brings business and
adds to the prices which buyers readily pay for the
stock.
Some breeders command twice as high prices as
others. It is largely because of showing at fairs.
Their work at the fairs gives them a higher class of
stock than they would produce without it. That is
probably the principal reason for the higher prices. A
man who does not exhibit is prone to over-rate his
own stock. He is satisfied with poorer individuals
than those demanded by the man who is a constant
exhibitor. The showman has his failings forcibly
brought to mind and he also faces the necessity of
seeking improvement in every possible way in order
to keep up the high standard of excellence required
to win in the showring. The breeder who begins to
take things easy under the feeling that his business
is fully established is almost certain to retrograde in
character of stock produced and in volume of busi-
ness coming his way. He is displaced in public at-
tention by the new exhibitor. A glance over state fair
entry lists for a term of years shows how they change
from time to time. And the leading exhibitors are
the leading sellers of breeding stock in nearly all
cases — Breeder's Gazette.
Many Fine Exhibits at Solano County Fair.
Dixon (Solano Co.), Aug. 6. — According to the
premium list of the Solano County Fair to be held at
Dixon August 16, 17, 18 and 19, there are 124 classes
of exhibits .embracing the products for which rib-
bons, medals and cash prizes will be awarded.
Solano is famous for horses, cattle, sheep and hogs.
The county has great orchards of all kinds of decidu-
ous fruits and wide fields of wheat, barley, rice and
other grains. In addition to these prizes are offered
for poultry, wines, vegetables, school exhibits, wom-
en's work, photography and other displays.
A feature of the cattle exhibit will be the Short-
horn display by Misses Alexander and Kellogg of
Suisun. These women are rapidly taking a place
among the successful stockraisers of California. They
believe there is a good future for Shorthorns in So-
lano county and have headed their herd with a $5,000
bull.
The committee on exhibits reports that in response
to the request to the producers of Solano county to
aid in making the first annual Solano county fair a
success, many applications for space are being re-
ceived in all lines of displays. They are confident
the fair will prove Solano is one of the greatest
counties in California for diversity of productions.
NOTES ON CAMPAIGNING IN MEXICO.
The Mounted Service section of the United States
Cavalry Journal called for notes and suggestions
from cavalrymen who have been south of the line
and the following are among many that have been
submitted:
"You are better off Without your curb bits. Horses
can water and graze with snaffle bits in the mouth
and whatever advantage accrues from the better con-
trol of the horse afforded by the curb bit is more than
counterbalanced by the inconvenience of having to
remove the curb bit at every halt for water or
grazing."
"In starting out try to have a full set of extra fitted
horse shoes."
"We made lariats (doubled) answer the purpose of
picket ropes but they were not satisfactory, and the
ordinary picket pins were too short. The very light-
est rope that will answer the purpose should be
carried and pins should be at least fifty per cent
longer than the regulation pin."
"The very best mount which I saw was a four-year-
old Arab stallion. This sturdy animal was head and
tail up and fat when most of the troop horses were
skin and bones. It is important to have a horse that
is a good feeder, one that starts to eat at every halt,
also one that wastes no energy on the march."
"The French officer's saddle is preferred to any
other. It should, however, be provided with two
rear saddle bags — one on each side."
"Every officer should have two mounts where pos-
sible, the led horse should be saddled with a Mc-
Clellan saddle and saddle bags, and should carry the
officer's pack, leaving the mount which he is riding
with practically a stripped saddle so far as concerns
weight."
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A Son of Ard Patrick Imported.
With the public spirited purpose of improving the
horse stock of the United States, Richard Trimble,
treasurer of the United States Steel Corporation, has
just purchased in Ireland the thoroughbred race '
horse Huon II., son of the great Ard Patrick, that
won the English Derby in 1902 and was sold to the
German government for $105,000. Huon is one of
the few sons, if he is not the only son, of Ard Patrick
ever bought for importation to America. He is
described as a horse of the typical Irish hunter
stamp, large, long and low to the ground, with enor-
mous bone and substance. Mr. Trimble has no use
for the long-legged sprinters so common nowadays,
and he would not buy until he had ascertained by
cable that the royally bred stallion was of the right
stamp.
Huon's career on and off the race course has been
notable and interesting. He was bred in Ireland and
was purchased there when young by the German gov-
ernment for $20,000. After going to Prussia it is
said that he ran forty races, in only three of which
he was unplaced. With characteristic enterprise the
agents of the German army sent him back to Ireland
a few years ago to be kept in the stud as a sire of
horses suitable for the Kaiser's cavalry, the purpose
being to let the breeders thus raise the colts, which
could be bought up when old enough for export to
Prussia for military use.
Just as this program of preparedness was being
carried out the war was started and the British gov-
ernment forthwith seized the Irish race horse of
German government ownership and, by due process
of law, confiscated him and sold him. He was bought
at auction by a Dublin dealer named Rogers, from
whom Mr. Trimble has just purchased him.
Unsoundness in Stallions.
Reports received from 13 of the States having laws
regulating the public service of stallions show the
following percentages of unsoundness in stallions out
of 2,640 reported cases:
Percent.
Side bone 35
Laryngeal hemiplegia
(roaring) 12
Bone spavin 11
Defective or curby
hocks 7
Per cent.
Periodic ophthalmia... 6
Cataract 4
Spavin (not classified) 3
Bog spavin 6
Ring bone 4
Stringhalt 3
The remaining 9 per cent consisted of such defects
as chorea, general unsoundness, faulty conformation,
and scattering imperfections.
These figures do not represent individual stallions,
but indicate the number of cases of unsoundness.
For instance, a single stallion may be affected with
two or more physical defects and others with but
one. A report from all the States having stallion
license laws could not be secured, as in several no
record is kept, but the figures given may be accepted
as reasonably offering an index to the most common
physical defects among public-service stallions.
In some of these States certain diseases and un-
soundness disqualify a stallion for service, while in
others the stallion may stand, but the condition of
soundness must be noted on the license certificate,
a copy of which is required to be posted at the place
where the stallion is being stood for service.
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Prizes aggregating $10,000 have been offered this
year for the horse shows to be held in connection
with the Iowa State Fair at Des Moines, on August
23 to 31. This is only one of the many fairs that are
developing this branch of their live stock exhibitions.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 12, 1916
SANTA ROSA HOLDING FINE FAIR.
California Harness Racing Season Opens with Good
Contests and Fast Time.
The Sonoma, Marin and Mendocino District Fair
opened at Santa Rosa on Monday of this week with
a very good attendance that has increased in num-
bers every day during the week. The exhibits of live
stock and the pavilion show of fruits and other prod-
ucts of the district have attracted many visitors and
are all worthy of the rich section of the State in
which the fair is held. The fair was formally
opened Monday evening by President John P. Over-
ton, who made a few pertinent remarks and then
introduced Mr. Clarence F. Lea, district attorney of
Sonoma county, who made the opening address. He
spoke of the district fair as being the clearing house
of better methods, where the farmers could gather
together and, in the exhibits of fine livestock and
products, see where they could improve in their
methods and produce the finest and best results.
He outlined some of the advances and encourage-
ments that have taken place in the county, state and
nation with the farmer. He complimented the men
who had worked hard to make the fair a success and
congratulated the men and women who were exhib-
itors. It was a splendid effort and the brilliant dis-
trict attorney was warmly applauded.
There were calls for Edward H. Brown, secretary
of the fair, and Mr. Brown took the stage and made
a brief, enthusiastic address. He told of the im-
portance of a district fair and urged everybody to
support it and show by their frequent presence their
appreciation of the fair and the importance of pre-
serving such an excellent race track and fair grounds
which the city is fortunate to possess.
Monday and Tuesday the amusement programs for
the afternoon were provided by running races, and
while there were not many horses on the grounds
Handicapper G. B. Kelley made the distances and
the weights such that there were good contests in
nearly every race.
On Wednesday the regular annual race meeting
of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Associ-
ation opened. There were three races on the card
for the first day and all were decided on the three-
heat plan which provides that every heat shall be a
race. The three-year-old pacing division of the Pacific
Breeders' Futurity, for a stake of $1300, the 2:09
trot, purse §500, and the 2:20 pace, purse §900, were
the events for the opening day.
The judges were Messrs. John A. McKerron of
San Francisco, Root. S. Brown of Petaluma and
A. L. Nichols of Chico.
Starter William Higginbottom at 2 o'clock an-
nounced that the first event of the afternoon would
be an attempt on the part of Trainer James Thomp-
son to drive Mr. L. Todhunter*s five-year-old stallion
Peter McKlyo a mile better than his record of
2:1214, which was made when Peter McKlyo was a
three-year-old. There were many exclamations of
admiration when Mr. Thompson brought the horse
on the track for his warming up scores, and many
experienced and critical horsemen remarked that no
finer specimen of the standard bred trotter had ever
been seen in California. He is a big strong fellow,
looked to be higher in flesh than a horse should ba
to make a supreme effort for a mile, but the beautiful
regularity of his gait and his magnificent action im-
mediately won the approbation of every7 one. His
looks being so attractive the program was referred
to for his breeding, which was given as by that won-
derful sire Peter the Great 2:07U. dam Klyo by Jay
McGregor, and it was seen that the best blood of
the breed was in his veins. After scoring a couple
of times the stallion took the word and was off on
a mile that was to lower the Santa Rosa track trot-
ting record and also to be the fastest winning heat
ever made by a trotter in California. He reached
the half in 1:03V£ and came the last half in 1:02*£
with the last quarter in 31 seconds. He crossed the
finishing mark with the same beautiful and strong
stride with which he trotted the first quarter, with
his head up and looking as if another fast mile was
within his powers of endurance. As he returned to
the stand there were cheers and loud handclapping
while owner and driver were given an ovation.
Trainer Thompson was naturally greatly pleased, as
he had gone to Kentucky four years before with
$1000 of Mr. Todhunter's money with which to pur-
chase a colt by Peter the Great .and had picked this
fellow when he was only a weanling and not even
halter broken, from a band of forty or more by the
greatest of great sires. Thompson had reared the
colt, given him all his training, marked him in 2:12Vt
as a three-year-old, then when as a four-year-old a
lameness developed, in one of the colt's front legs,
had nursed him along until he had concluded that
he could beat 2:10 with him this year. Before this
mile in 2:06 Peter McKlyo had not been a mile
better than 2:11 and only once at that rate of speed,
but had been given a good many around 2:14 and
2:15. with quarters brushed at 31 and 32 seconds.
In his mile in 2:11 he dfeme the last half in 1:01%,
so Thompson was perfectly confident that he could
beat 2:10 when asked. And credit must also be
given his caretaker, George Knear, who never
allowed McKlyo to want for anything that was neces-
sary to his comfort and condition. George has a
"dope" that he used on Peter's legs and the lameness
disappeared entirely during the training. The 2:06
of Peter McKlyo replaces the Santa Rosa track's
record of 2:07% made by Mr. A. B. Spreckels' mare
Dione in 1900, sixteen years ago. Alts 2:03% made
an attempt to lower her own record at Los Angeles
in 1894, but while she trotted the mile in 2:05%
it was a losing performance. We believe Peter Mc-
Klyo's mile in 2:06 is the fastest record ever made
in California by a trotter.
Five good looking and classy three-year-old pacers
came onto the track when Starter William Higgin-
bottom called the horses for the first race. They
were the Manrico colt Rico, that ended last season
with a two-year-old record of 2:12*4. driven by the
veteran C. A. Durfee, the Vernon McKinney filly
Verna McKinney that won the two-year-old pacing
futurity last year and took a record of 2:13, driven
by Fred Chadbourne. Surety, a good looking bay colt
by The Bondsman, owned and driven by Al McDon-
ald, D. W. Wallis' bay filly Julia M. by El Angelo,
driven by D. A. Allen, and Fred Woodcock's brown
colt Capt. Mack by The Bondsman that had come all
the way from Oregon to get a part of the money.
In the draw for positions Julia M. got the pole,
Verna McKinney was next, Rico in third position,
Capt. Mack fourth and Surety on the outside. In the
first four scores Rico would leave his feet and make
jumping plunges, but on the fifth time down was on
his feet and pacing fast though a length or so back,
and the word was given. At the quarter Julia M. led
by a half length, Capt. Mack second and Surety
third, and they were about the same at the half.
Capt. Mack seemed to have the race well in hand
as they entered the stretch, but here Durfee began
a drive and the son of Manrico came very fast, gain-
ing at every stride. At the distance he was second
but he could not head the Captain, who won the heat
in 2:10%. Surety was third, Julia M. fourth and
Verna McKinney last. They were all inside the dis-
tance, although by consent distance had been waived
in this race.
In the second heat Capt. Mack led by a half length
at the first quarter, with Surety next and Rico in
third place, and until the three-quarters were reached
they were in about the same position. Again Durfee
started his drive and it was a pretty contest between
Capt. Mack and the Durfee colt. Rico won by a neck,
with the Captain second and Verna McKinney, who
had come very fast in the stretch, third. Surety
fourth and Julia M. last. The time was 2:10%.
It now looked like Rico's race, and the final sum-
mary showed that he won the most money, but when
the word was given for the third heat Chadbourne
took Verna McKinney to the front and was in the
lead at the first quarter with Rico last. Verna was
never headed, but Rico showed his fighting and stay-
ing qualities by gradually working into second posi-
tion by the time the distance was reached and finish-
ing second to Verna who won the last heat in 2:09%,
the fastest of the race, the fastest mile paced by a
three-year-old pacer this year and becoming the first
2:10 performer for her sire, Vernon McKinney
2:01%. The race being on the three-heat plan, every
heat a race, it ended here. It was a good contest
between some high class youngsters.
The 2:09 trot was a cheap race. The program
named four starters, but Albaloma was so lame the
judges permitted him to be scratched, leaving only
Bon Cres, Pavana and Harold C. to start. Pavana
and Harold C. were both entirely off and made re-
peated breaks in every heat. Every heat was a pro-
cession with Bon Cres in the lead, only having to trot
fast enough to keep ahead of two horses that have
trotted miles around 2:10 but that could not trot
within several seconds of that time Wednesday, so
Chadbourne had about the easiest win of his career,
Pavana getting second money and Harold C. third.
The 2:20 pace brought out a field of ten and in
every one of the three heats (no horse being dis-
tanced) Starter Higginbottom got them away in good
order and all on their strides. All during the day
Mr. Higginbottom's starting was spoken of in the
highest terms of praise by spectators and drivers
alike. This race was like all the others, a three-heat
affair with every heat a race. Bold Harry Aerolite,
owned by President Giannini of the San Francisco-
California Driving Club, won every heat and won
them handily. In the first heat he was not up in
front at the start, but he worked his way through
under the skillful pilotage of Machado and won,
while in the next two heats he went to the front as
soon as the word was given and was not headed
thereafter. The time of the three heats, 2:07%, 2:11
and 2:08%, was good for the class. Dixon Boy, that
was picked by several to win this race, was not him-
self and left his feet in scoring as well as in the
heats. He finished 3-2-2 however and later in the
season should be able to defeat this field of horses.
The old stadium standby W. J. K., owned by W. J.
Kenney, covered himself with glory in this race and
was second in the first and fastest heat of the race,
while many thought that second in the last heat
should have been his just reward. Directess Mac
paced a good race for a first start and was fourth in
the final summary. She will improve and be a better
mare later on.
The running events, two of which were decided
between the heats of the harness races, are described
sufficiently in the summarv.
HARNESS RACING SUMMARIES.
"Wednesday, Aug. 9. — Pacific Breeders' Futurity No. 13,
three -year- old pacers, purse $1800 ($1500 to race, $200 to
nominator of dam on whose original entry winner -was
named. $100 to owner of sire of winner when mare was
bred) :
Rico, ch c by Manrico (3) 2:07% — Pavlowa B.~-by
Petigru 2:10*£ (Durfee) 2 1 2
Captain Mack, br c by The Bondsman — Bessie L.
by Montana Director (Woodcock) 12 4.
Verna McKinney, b f by Vernon McKinney 2:01*£
— Ramona by Demonio 2:11*4 (Chadbourne) 5 3 1
Surety, b c by The Bondsman — Eva H. by Wash-
ington McKinney 2:17*"2 (McDonald) 3 4 5
Julia M.. b f by El Angelo — Search Lida by
Searchlight 2:03% (Allen) 4 5 3
Time— 2:10*4. 2:10?4, 2:09*4.
Distribution of purse — Rico $500, Captain Mack $425,
Verna McKinney $325, Surety $125, Julia M. $125, TV. G
Durfee, owner of dam and sire, $300.
2:09 trot, purse $500:
Bon Cres, bl h by Bon Voyage 2:08 — Kate Kopje
by Cresceus 2:02*4 (Chadbourne) 111
Pavana. bl h by Stanford McKinney — Strathalie
by Strathway 2:19 (Quinn) 3 2 2
Harold C. b g by Bon Voyage 2:0S — by Silver
Bow 2:16 (Cohen) 2 3 3
Time— 2:15. 2:12%, 2:15.
Distribution of purse — Bon Cres $250. Pavana $108.34.
Harold C. $91.66. association $50.
2:2(1 pace, purse $900:
Bold Harry Aerolite, b h by Aerolite 2:06% —
Cricket 2:10 by Steinway (3) 2:25%. . (Machado) 111
Dixon Boy. b g by The Patchen Boy (3) 2:10% —
Leota by Diablo 2:09*4 (Tryon) 3 2 2
W. J. K., b g by Dexter Prince — Psyche. . (Smith) 2 7 3
Directess Mac, b m by Nearest McKinney 2:1314 —
Guydon by Direct 2:05*4 (Schwartz) 6 § 5
Silver Tips, b g by Morris A. — Ramona K. by
Gaviota (Finley) 4 4 4
Pedlar Direct, b h by Baron Direct — Miss Episode
by Pedlar 2:18*5 (DeRvder) 5 5 9
Villa, bl g by Nearest McKinney 2:13*4- ■ -(Allen) 7 6 6
Irene D., b m by Charley D. 2:06*4 — Lady Irene
2:14*4 by Diablo 2:09*4 (Jones)lO 9 7
Lock Logan, br g by Zolock 2:05*4 — Effie Logan
by Durfee (Montgomery) 9 8 8
Alta Barnato, b g by Barney Barnato 2:19*4 —
La Belle Altamont by Altamont (Berry) 8 10 10
Time— 2:07*4, 2:11, 2:08%.
Distribution of purse — Bold Harry Aerolite $450. Dixon
Boy $195. W. J. K. $120, Directess Mac $45. Silver Tips
$90.
RUNNING RACING SUMMARIES.
Monday, August 7.
Overton Hotel Stake, purse $100. half mile. Won by
J. H. Rossiter's b m Make Good (Waldron) by a neck,
Shellville Stable's Von Dillon (Powers) second. G. Fryer's
Lady McGregor third, Sir Victor fourth and Baby Neil
fifth. Time, 0:51.
Occidental Hotel Stake, $100, half mile — Shellville Sta-
ble's Virgie. br m. won; Togo, b g, Bugeia Brothers,
owner, second; Bertha S., b m (S. Dobbins), third; Tea
Tray, blk m (Maltese Stables), fourth; Thomas, br g (E.
Stuffeit), fifth. Time — 0:51.
Northwestern Pacific Stake, purse $100. five furlongs:
Won by Quality, b m (Maltese Stables); Amethyst, b m
(Shellville Stables), second; King Abe. b g (Bugeia
Brothers), third; Mr. Dingle," b g (J. Stone), fourth.
Time. 1:03*4.
Tuesday, August 8.
Press-Democrat Stake, purse $100, one half mile: Am-
ethyst (Shellville Stables) won; Tom Woods (S. Dobbins)
second; Sir Victor (Bugeia Bros.) third.- Baby Neil, E.
Pharsis. Mr. Dingle and J. Stone also ran.
Republican Stake, purse $100. one-half mile: Von Dil-
lon (Shellville Stables) won: Tea Tray (Baltese Stables)
second; Togo (Bugeia Bros.) third. Bertha S.. S. Dob-
bins. Tommy Thomas and E. Shuffett also ran. Time,
0:50%.
Hopwrogers" Stake, purse $100, five furlongs: Quality
(Maltese Stables) won: Queen Virgie (Shellville Stables)
second; King Abe (Bugeia Bros.) third. Lady McGregor
also ran. Time, 1:04.
Wednesday, August 9.
Savings Bank of Santa Rosa Stakes, half mile, running,
purse $100: Lady McGregor, br m. won; Baby Neil, b m.
second; Tommy Thomas, br g, third. Togo, b g, and Tom
Woods also ran. Time. 0:52*A.
The Donovan Stake, purse $100. five furlongs: Sir Vic-
tor, ch h. won; King Abe, b g, second; Bertha S., third.
Mr. Dingle also ran.
Premiums Awarded in Horse Departments.
Prof. Thompson, of the University Farm at Davis,
judged the horses on Tuesday and made the follow-
ing awards:
Class 1 — Thoroughbred California stallion; Registration
Board premium for best two of his get — Jack London's
Neaudd Hillside and get; second, Penn Grove Percheron
Horse Association's Laos.
Class 2 — Frank S. Turner's Exponent Mac, first: W. C.
Chisholm's Mabeck, second: Dr. J. J. Summerfield's Mata-
shan, third.
Section n — Frank S. Turner's F. S. Montgomery first;
F. S. Turner's F. S. Jennings second.
Section in — F. S. Turner's Unnamed first. Mares — F. S.
Turner's Center Guy, first; Dr. D. P. Anderson's Minnie
Staley, second, and F. S. Turner's Carimoc. third.
Section II — F. S. Turner's Caritonea Exponent, first.
Class 3 — Percherons — Joe Ryan's Mercure. first; W. P.
Hinshaw's Knor, second, and Penn Grove Association's
Laos, third. Mares — W. P. Hinshaw's Jeremie, first.
Class 6 — English Shires — Jack London's Neaudd Hill-
side, first: Jack London's Mountain Lad. second.
Section HI — London's Hillside Sonoma, first.
Mares — Section I — London's Cockington Princess, first;
London's Salvador Champion Princess, second; London's
Salvador Queen, third.
Section ni — London's Sonoma Lassie, first; London's
Sonoma Maid, second.
Class 9 — Grade Draft Horses — W. P. Hinshaw's Rock,
second. Mares — Hinshaw's Unnamed, first: Victor Piez-
zi's mare, second.
Class 10 — Ponies — Mares. W. C. Chisholm's Beauty, first.
Class 11 — Jacks and Jennets— Mrs. A. A. Eaton's Prin-
cess Teager, first.
Class III — Mrs. A. A. Eaton's Miss Teager.
Class 12 — Get of Sires — Penn Grove Percheron Horse
Association's Laos and get, first.
Class 14 — Hungarian and Shetland — W. C. Chisholm's
Beauty, first: E. M. Leggett's Buster, second.
Class 18 — California Stock .Horses — Hazel Cowan's
Shorty, first; A L. Chamberlain, second.
Class 19 — Carriage and Road Teams — W. P. Hinshaw's
Leman, first
Section H — James Cowan's Princess McKinney, first;
Cowan's Moonlight McKinney, second; P. C. Guglielmet-
ti's bay mare, third.
Class 21 — Special for Farmers — Penn Grove Horse As-
sociation, first and second; W. C. Chisholm. third.
Section VITI — Boyd's mare and colt.
Class 22 — Draft, Best Weanling .or Suckling — Penn
Grove Horse Association, first, second and third.
Roadsters — W. G. Cowan's Los Gullicos. first; Dr. D.
P. Anderson's Robin Hood, second: W. G. Cowan's Frince
Denmark, special saddle bred.
Saturday, August 12, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Dixon next.
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The races begin next Wednesday.
The two lap track is in fine shape and all the fast-
est horses will be there.
The weather and track have both been fine during
the Santa Rosa meeting.
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One hundred and twenty-seven mares have been
bred to Peter the Great 2:07% this season.
Higginbottom's starting on the opening day of the
Breeders' meeting at Santa Rosa was certainly first
class.
Frank S. Turner walked off with a majority of the
prizes in the standard bred classes at the Santa Rosa
fair.
A big crowd is expected at Santa Rosa Fair today.
It will be Governor's day, and Governor Hiram John-
son will address the people.
They say Leata J. looks and acts like she did the
year she got her record of 2:03. The daughter of
Royal McKinney will start at Santa Rosa today.
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According to a report from New Orleans, H. D.
Brown has abandoned his plan to establish another
winter race course at that point.
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Both the B. of C. and the, M. and M. were won
by daughters of Peter the Great 2:07% — another
record of its kind for the famous son of Pilot Medium.
Proof of the Pudding, a three-year-old trotter by
Peter the Great, which recently took a record of
2:28%, is from the thoroughbred mare Souveraine
by Rayon D'Or.
It is now reported in the eastern turf press that
$10,000 is the price paid by Barney Coit for Grand
Chimes 2:06%, winner of the "Tavern Steak" at
North Randall.
The Proof got second money in his race at Peoria,
111., last week. Vallejo King, after being second in
the first heat of his race, refused to score and the
field was started without him.
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All McKinney 2:04 contracted shipping fever on
his trip to Omaha, and on reaching Peoria was
entirely off. He probably will not make his first
start for several weeks yet.
Nutwood Wilkes 2:16% is still hale and hearty at
twenty-eight, at Spruce Lawn Farm, Springfield, O.,
which has been his home since he was sent there
from California in 1909.
The Conqueror Knee Spreader is the latest appli-
ance for preventing knee hitting. They work on ball
bearings and do not tire the horse. See illustrated
advertisement in this issue.
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The Austrian Trotting Derby was raced July 5th
this year and won by Ispan, a son of The Zoo 2:09,
that was by Zombro out of B'eulah by Altamont, bred
by Jasper Reeves of Cornelius, Oregon.
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The California State Fair will be the best ever
this year. Already the exhibits of live stock and
farm products have more entries than ever, while the
manufacturing section will be crowded for space.
Three of the season's new 2:10 trotters. Donna Clay
2:06%, Early Don 2:0614 and Zombro Clay 2:09%,
are out of mares by Clayone 2:12%, and the trio
secured their records under the guidance of Charley
Valentine. They are Buckeye State products.
The English and French inspectors at Chicago are
accepting about 1000 horses a week for shipment to
the armies of the allies in Europe. It takes quite
a horse to get by these rigid inspectors and the price
is around $180.
President E. J. Tranter, of the Fasig-Tipton Com-
pany, bought Peter McCormick 2:05%, last week,
paying $775 for the son of Peter the Great 2:07%
tbat won the $5000 2:08 trot and was fourth in the
$20,000 trot at the P.-P. I. E. last year.
Now that the racing season has begun, owners and
trainers who want anything in the harness, hopple
or boot line, will want it as soon as they can get It.
By wiring J. David West, 1018 Fillmore street, San
Francisco, for anything needed, you can get it by
return mail or express. He keeps a stock of all
kinds of equine remedies, and his line of coolers,
boots, harness, sweaters, hoods, caps, patent bits,
racing pads, toe weights, etc., is complete and exten-
sive. His prices are right and he honestly tries to
satisfy every customer.
Will Durfee put Baby Doll by Tom Smith into the
2:10 list at Kalamazoo on Thursday of last week
when he won the first heat of the 2:16 trot with her.
She is now owned by Andrew Albright of Newark,
N. J., and is Tom Smith's first 2:10 performer.
Every person should insure his horses. You may
lose a good horse any time by accident or disease.
If an insurance policy has been taken out on him the
loss will not be so great. The Montana Live Stock
Insurance and Casualty Company is safe and pays its
losses promptly. See advertisement.
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James Thompson's Gen. Watts two-year-old colt
trotted a half in 1:06% and a quarter in 32% seconds
the other day and Joseph Grace, the brewery propri-
etor, immediately offered Thompson 1000 barrels of
beer for the colt. Now, all you fellows who know
the price of beer will know just how much Thompson
has refused for his two-year-old.
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Fyvie Baron, one of the most valuable Clydesdale
stallions in America, was found dead in his stall at
the Hayfield stud of Coyningham Brothers, Wilkes-
barre, Pa., a few days ago. He was a son of the
famous Scottish sire Baron's Pride, and had won
championship prizes at the leading shows of Scot-
land, Canada and the United States.
Worthy Prince, that went through the Grand Cir-
cuit without winning a heat, and got through North
Randall and Detroit without getting his nose in front,
finally headed a summary at Kalamazoo and has
2:06% opposite his name now. He won ten second
moneys last year. He is in Walter Cox's string and
is by Prince McKinney.
John W. Considine, former owner of the Woodland
Stock Farm, has brought suit for damages against
the New York and San Francisco Amusement Com-
pany. The complaint charges that the defendant has
discontinued furnishing amusement attractions for
the plaintiff's theater, thereby breaking a contract
made June 25, 1915. Considine contends that he has
been caused damages aggregating at least $42,000.
The business of the Claremont Riding Academy is
offered for sale with all the horses, saddles, etc., and
a lease or purchase of the premises can be secured.
This riding academy is located in Berkeley, but a
few hundred feet from the Hotel Claremont, a fash-
ionable resort. The academy has the patronage of
the University Mounted Cadet Corps, and a large
class of young lady riders, besides letting out many-
horses by the day. Satisfactory reasons for selling.
See advertisement.
There were two races at the Rockport, Ohio, half
mile track on Thursday of last week that went to
seven heats before winners were announced. Each
race had eight starters and the purse w-as $400 in
each instance. In one of these races, the 2:11 pace,
the fastest heat was 2:10% and the slowest 2:14%.
In the other, the 2:23 trot, the fastest time was
2:18% and the slowest 2:27%.
Walnut Maid, the three-year-old trotting filly with
which Al Pennock established a new half mile track
world's race record — 2:12% and 2:13% — for age,
gait and sex at Lima, Ohio, negotiated one quarter in
:30%. She is engaged in The Governor's Purse at
Columbus, Ohio, also at Goshen, N. Y., and several
other points, but does not participate in any of the
mile track events.
The New York Telegraph says: "It is the consen-
sus of opinion that in the A. K. Macomber string,
Walter Jennings has the best lot of thoroughbreds at
Saratoga. They certainly are grand lookers, every
one of them. Jennings is one of the very earliest
of the early birds, and is through with his strings
before some of the other trainers come upon the
track."
McKlyo Boy 2:24, winner of the two-year-old trot-
ting division of the Pacific Breeders' Futurity at
Santa Rosa on Thursday of this week, is the first of
the get of Peter McKlyo 2:06 to start in a race. He
is out of Sweet Bow 2:11%, that took her record
when she won the two-year-old division of the Pacific
Breeders' Futurity in 1909, the year the meeting was
held at Salinas. Peter McKlyo has three living two-
year-olds, but two of which are in training, and they
are his first crop of foals.
The late Martin Carter, one of California's most
successful trotting horse breeders, did a graceful
thing when he named what he thought was one of
the best colts he ever bred, for his friend John A.
McKerron, now retired, but in his time the greatest
maker of horse boots that ever lived. The colt lived
up to his breeding and the name given him, by trot-
ting to a record of 2:04% and becoming the sire of
a large family of fast trotters. The Russian Trotting
Derby for 1916 was won June 25th by John McKer-
ron, a grandson of John A. McKerron 2:04%, and in
winning this classic for four-year-olds he broke all
European and all Russian Derby records by trotting
his mile in 2:10%. John McKerron is a son of
Harry McKerron (3) 2:24%, that was the first stand-
ard performer sired by John A. McKerron 2:04%.
The dam of this four-year-old is Siren 2:22% by the
Orloff sire Nedotrog 2:27%.
Will Durfee, Chas. Spencer, Homer Rutherford.
Lou McDonald, and Frank Barstow have all made
entries in the Wisconsin State Fair races to be held
during the four days beginning Sept. 31th.
, Mr. D. W. Wallia had bad luck shipping his horses
from Newman to Santa Rosa. They were on the
cars three days and did not reach Santa Rosa until
Saturday, consequently were not in shape to show
their best on Wednesday when two of them started.
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Fred Ward's string of campaigners raced at the
Tekamah, Nebraska, half mile track July 25th to
27th. Harry R. by Armond Lou got second money
in the 2:22 pace, Don de Lopez by Kinney de Lopez
won first money in the three-year-old trot, Bon Cour-
age by Bon McKinney was fourth in the 2:18 trot.
Great Northern by Wayland W. won the 2:17 trot,
Dr. Wayo by Wilkhurst took second money in the
2:14 trot and Sterling Lou by Kinney Lou won sec-
ond in the 2:24 trot. The total of Ward's winnings
at this meeting was $640.
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The famous Shetland ponies, Grandee and Locust,
have recently been sold by Charles E. Bunn of Peo-
ria, 111., to Adolphus Busch, 3d, for upward of $2500,
said to be the highest price ever paid for a pair of
shetlands. Both ponies are stallions/, sired by the
famous Prince of Wales, which, although now twenty-
seven years old, is so well preserved his owner con-
templates fitting him again for the circuit. Sons of
Prince of Wales have brought phenomenal prices.
Mr. Bunn states that he would not have sold this pair
had he not had a large number of the same stock
in his paddocks. It is reported that Miss Loula Long
of Longview Farm, Lee's Summit, Mo., offered Mr.
Bunn $1,500 for Locust, but the offer was refused.
Colorado horse lovers will remember the trotter
Denver which George H. Estabrook had in his racing
string for two or three years. They will remember,
too, that the horse had a world of speed up to the
three-quarter pole. Mr. Estabrook has said tbat if
the purses were paid at that pole he would have
gathered in all firsts on all circuits while he had the
big gray. Later the horse Denver was sold to Nathan
Straus, the New York merchant and king of the
New York speedway. Mr. Straus has presented Den-
ver to General Nelson A. Miles, retired, and the
army man may be seen almost every day behind our
old racing gray on the streets of Washington. The
combination makes an imposing sight. — Denver Field.
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The four-year-old chestnut mare Princess, that won
five blue ribbons at her first horse show, in Tuxedo
Park, a few weeks ago, turns out to be the registered
saddle bred mare Cherokee Princess, by Madison
King, son of Golden King, by Wilson's King, son of
Harrison Chief. She was bred at the Alamo Stock
Farm, Gainesville, Texas, and was out of Ophelia B.,
by Chester Dare, son of Black Squirrel, a great-great-
grandson of Gaines' Denmark. Her second dam was
by Mark Diamond, a grandson of Gaines' Denmark, so
that she is inbred to that famous horse ,and com-
bines the blood of the Denmarks and Harrison Chiefs,
which are the two leading families of Kentucky sad-
dle horses. Princess is now owned by J. A. P. Rams-
dell, of Powelton Farm, Newburg, N. Y., who devel-
oped her and brought her out at Tuxedo.
At the Detroit meeting the pacing mare Colleen
by Charley D. 2:06%, dam Cricket 2:10 by Steinway
(3) 2:25%, won a race and paced her winning heats
in 2:06%, 2:07%, giving both Charley D. McKinney,
as Charley D. is registered, and Cricket their first
2:10 performer. On the opening day of the Breeders'
meeting at Santa Rosa this week Bold Harry Aerolit*
by Aerolite 2:06%, dam Cricket 2:10 by Steinway.
won his race in 2:07%, 2:11 and 2:08%, thus giving
Cricket her second 2:10 performer. Cricket was
herself the first 2:10 pacing mare, having made that
record in 1890. Cricket has been dead several years,
but she is the dam of two standard trotters and six
standard pacers. Her son William Harold 2:13%
pacing, is a producing sire, and her son Hopper
2:14% was sold to England where he won many
prizes in the show ring and was the champion fast
high stepper of that country. Colleen 2:06% and
Bold Harry Aerolite 2:07% are probably Cricket's
last foals. Bold Harry Aerolite is now eight years
old. Cricket was bred by the late H. W. Meek of
San Lorenzo and he also bred all her foals, as
Cricket died his property.
Miss Harris M., winner of the $5,000 Board of
Commerce purse for 2:06 pacers at Detroit in 2:01%,
2:01% and 2:04%, is a converted trotter. As a two-
year-old she finished second in 2:37% and 2:26% in
a race for trotters at Dallas, Texas, her only start in
1914. In letting her change her gait after this per-
formance Alonzo McDonald, her trainer, may have
robbed her sire of another 2:10 trotter, but he seems
to be in a fair way to add a 2:00 pacer to Peter the
Great's list by way of compensation. The champion
four-year-old filly is owned by S. A. Fletcher, the
Indianapolis banker, breeder and turfman who owns
her sire. She took a record of 2:07% as a three-
year-old, but was not very successful as a cam-
paigner, having won only two races out of seven.
The first of these was at the Empire track, in New
York, where she paced a mile in 2:07%. At the
P.-P. I. E. meeting held in June last year she won
third money in the 2:19 class pace and was 4-3-2 in
the summary in 2:10%, 2:10% and 2:11%.
THE BEB1DIB AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 12, 1918
CALIFORNIA DOG CIRCUIT IS SHAKY.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
Writer Complains That Bench Shows Have Been
Losing Money During Last Year.
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
Kills Two Deer, One Shot. — Robert A. Carey,
mighty San Anselmo nimrod and prominent local
broker, arrived borne August 5 from a bunting trip
in tbe Sonoma mountains, and told bow be bad
exhausted his hunting privilege for tbe year with a
single shot from his trusty 30-30. Carey dropped two
four-point bucks with a solitary bullet.
Carey and E. C. Symonds arrived at tbe Cold
Spring ranch above Skaggs Springs and started out
in quest of deer. Within an hour after the start, he
came upon six fat, sleek bucks feeding in a meadow.
Whether tbe deer mistook Carey for a friend instead
of a foe, is unrecorded. At all events, they did not
run, but eyed the intruder lazily as he prepared to
shoot.
"Bang! " spoke tbe mighty nimrod's trusty weapon,
and over topnled two four-pointers, the first in line
shot through the neck and the other pierced by the
already bloody missile squarely between the eyes.
Summoning his companion, Carey was preparing the
prey for shipment to his home, when Harley Groves,
owner of the ranch, attracted by the shooting, came
upon the scene.
Groves listened to the mighty nimrod's thrilling
tale in silence.
"Look here, young feller," he said, after Carey had
finished, "I reckon them deer is worth nigh on to ?30
apiece providin' I keep the meat. An' what's more,
sonny, you git out of this deer paddock, and don't
come in again. I reckon I ain't raising tame deer to
be slaughtered this way."
Carey paid the 560 and returned home deerless.
OB
Doves Reported Plentiful. — Deputy James H. Gy-
ger, in charge of Riverside county protection and
propagation operations for the Fish and Game Com-
mission, last week covered over 250 miles of the
territory adjacent to bis headquarters in Elsinore
and reports doves very plentiful in all the favorable
sections. He predicts a very good season, and looks
for plenty of quail shooting after October 15, as tbe
birds did very well everywhere, and plenty were left
over from last year's long open season. Rabbits are
■thriving also, and Gyger looks for Riverside county
to experience a big boost this winter among tbe
sportsmen, many of whom know its attractions
already.
The quietus put upon illicit deer-hunting by Deputy
Becker's arrests in the Malibu is expected by sports-
men favoring that truly remarkable sport-producing
section to have a very decided effect in bettering
the hunting there, as it is giving tbe deer generally
a much-needed rest. Some mountain ranchers have
felt they were exempt from a law equally binding
upon all.
A remarkable condition has developed in Bear
Valley this year, doves being exceedingly plentiful
there and already in flocks. Forty-two birds passed
last Sunday morning between daylight and the "eter-
nal conflict" between love of bed and business of
fishing. They were about high enough to clear the
pines, in little family parties and small flocks. What
birds were doing bunched at this season and high in
tbe mountains is not easy to figure.
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Other Deer Sections Open. — Tbe next section to
open to hunters will be the vast mountain territory
comprised in District No. 1, where shooting will be
permitted August 15. This comprises Owens Valley
and Northern California, includes the Sierra section
generally, and will catch tbe great majority of those
hunters who can go' away for extended trips. This
year they will find the fishing at its best. September
will be a great month in southern sporting annals.
Although the hunting season in Southern California
proper, comprised in District No. 4, is deferred yet
another month, the riflemen and scatterguners are
both busy already in preparing for it. There is a
wonderful increase in their number. Already the
Los Angeles office of the Fish and Game Commission
has sold with a few of 4000 of the 1916 bunting
licenses, without a bird or animal that can be shot
legally in the southern country. What it will be when
the nitro-powder begins to crack is exciting consid-
erable speculation among those who take interest in
the ever increasing popularity of sport.
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Demand for Huge Fish. — There are some fishes
which, though not always wasted entirely, are by
means fully utilized. One of these is the horse-
mackerel, or tuna, a huge fish which sometimes
reaches a weight of two or three hundred pounds.
M. Pierre Lemy, a large Parisian merchant, says
that, after the sardine, the tuna is the fish most
important as a preserved product. There is an up-
ward tendency in the price of these fish at present
in the United States market.
A few years ago sword-fish fishery was unknown
on our coasts. Now there is a special fleet of boats
engaged in capturing sword-fish. Eighty of these
fish were caught last year at Ingonish, B. C They
ranged from 300 to 400 pounds in weight, and one
was caught at Sydney which weighed 565 pounds.
At four cents a pound, such a fish, would be a prize
for a fisherman. In Boston or New York the price
of swordfish to the consumer is about 25 cents per
pound. Thus this once neglected fish is now yielding
ample returns.
The same thing is true of sturgeon. A generation
ago sturgeon were thrown up on the beach of the St.
John river for manure; now, in some cases, good
lake sturgeon are worth as much as a good-sized cow.
Thirty cents per pound has been recently paid for
sturgeon in the New York markets, and the weight
ranges from 30 to 100 pounds.
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Grizzly Bears Are Brought Down. — Bringing with
them the fine skins of a couple of Lillooet grizzly
bears, one of the finest breeds of grizzlies extant,
says the Vancouver Province, several Vancouver
hunters returned in May from the wilds north of
Anderson Lake on the Pacific Great Eastern. O. J.
Rognon, M. Lombard and J. W. Williams brought
with them the peltries of two grizzlies and two black
bears. From Anderson Lake they packed across the
Divide of Cadwallader River and hunted at an eleva-
tion of about 5,000 feet. The season there was about
six weeks late. There was a tremendous snowfall
last winter and the going was hard. Goats and black
bear were said to be very plentiful, however. The
party started hunting two weeks later than they
intended and even then they were too earlv.
38
Rabbit With Horns. — A press dispatch is responsi-
ble for the statement that a rabbit with horns was
shot by a hunter recently, near Farley, Mo., 20 miles
north of Kansas City. The man and three compan-
ions trailed the rabbit two miles through tbe snow
after wounding it. Tbe rabbit is of ordinary size
and color, but the horns at the back of the ears are
well developed and about an inch and a half in
length. There are three horns at the back of the
left ear and one at the back of tbe right. None of
the thirty other rabbits killed by the party had horns.
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Soldiers Fight Lions From Trenches. — In the East
African campaign the British are fighting lions as
well as Germans. According to a story the lions got
to a kraal containing a number of food animals be-
longing to a garrison and killed 40 sheep and goats.
Next morning a gun was set, and at seven o'clock
lions again appeared. The gun was heard to go off,
and on investigation a full grown cub was found
dead, but there was no sign of any more animals.
Again the gun was charged, although it was not
thought likely that the lions would venture to return
the same night. They did come back, however, and
this time successfully avoided the gun and got the
remainder of tbe prey that they had previously left.
Although the intruders were distinctly heard by
the sentries the night was so dark and rainy that
nothing could be done and once more they got away.
On the following night a trap having been cut and
covered over, a number of officers watched in the
trenches. Three-quarters of an hour later, a shot,
which sounded like a good hit, rang out, but as noth-
ing happened, the party remained on watch until
after midnight. Next morning a fine big lioness was
found not 30 yards away. It seems that one of the
officers in the trenches had thought he saw a lion,
and fired, whereupon the animal sprang forward and
landed on the top of the trench itself. Luckily this
was strong, and as nothing more was heard it was
believed in tbe darkness that the animal had made
off.
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Tile Fish Appearing Again. — Tile fish are again
being caught in sufficient numbers to become a staple
article of food in tbe United States. They are a hand-
somely colored fish, and very good to eat, but thirty
years ago millions of them died in a mysterious way,
and it was thought that they thus became extinct.
In the beginning of 1882 fishermen and others made
amazing reports of having sailed through miles of
dead and dying tile fish by the coast. The whole
area covered by dead fish was reckoned to be 170
miles long and 25 miles wide. More than 1,400,000,000
fish had died. The actual reason was never proved,
but from temperature tests it was assumed that a
sudden chill in the water accounted for the blight.
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H. W. Cadwallader, the well known professional,
who had the sight of his right eye destroyed several
months ago by being struck with a clay bird, is now
shooting left handed, using a Daly single barrel. He
tried using a specially made cast off gun for right
hand shooting, but it was a failure. But "Cad" is
doing fairly well, running from 120 up out of 150.
* * * *
F. L. Babcock of San Francisco shipped his bull
. terrier bitch, Western Lady, A. K. C. 202,863, to E. J.
Schmidt of Chicago, to be bred to Ch. Asterian Cav-
alier, and naturally expects some flyers.
The Kennel Advocate sets forth that the kennel-
sport in California is in a shaky condition. Thai
article is as follows: —
"Bench shows on the California circuit have during!;
the past year declined m number of entries until aSjl
who have the interest of the sport- at heart have
begun to feel that the end is very near. There is
not a club in California that has staged an exhibition!
during the past year but what has lost money, and)
this in spite of the fact that the officers of the var»
ous clubs have worked with might and main to make>
their shows a success. People have tired of the*
game. The fanciers who in times gone by were al-?
ways willing to support a sbow by donating specials
and by being generous with entries have failed to.
rally to the support of the show giving clubs, andr
there is no use denying the fact that kennel affairs*
in California at least, are at a very low ebb.
"Ask any of the regular exhibitors for the cause of
this, and you will immediately be told 'too much pro-*
fessionalism.' It seems to us that what the game
needs here is a complete change in the slate of
judges who have been accustomed to officiate at our
shows. Why not invite such men as Dr. J. E. De
Mund, Dr. Henry Jarrett, Mr. Harry Lacy, Mr. Chas.
H. Mason or Mr. Enno Meyer to officiate at our exhi-
bitions and see if confidence cannot be restored.
Surely there are too many genuine fanciers here to
allow the game to die. We believe that the gentle-
men mentioned above have no axes to grind, for they
are not in the business of buying and selling dogs aa
a sole means of livelihood.
"It is a long time since any of them have officiated
at a California show ,and their appearance in the rins
would be a pleasant change from the faces we have
been accustomed to. That they are men of spotless
reputation goes without saying, and we believe thai
any one of them would draw a great entry. More-i
over, their names appearing on a premium list would :
be the signal for renewed interest, in that fanciers
would at once realize that here were men whom no
influence could control, and if the fact of their selec-
tion were made known early enough we venture to
state that the secretaries of the show giving clubs
would be working overtime supplying the demand for
premium lists.
"The day of the judge who judges the human end
of the chain has gone by in California. His death
knell has been sounded in loud and clarion tones,
and we are ready for a change. Will the kennel
clubs of California do their part to save the game
from an almost oertain and ignominious death?"
* * * *
On September 17th the newly-organized Oregon
Field Trials and Game Protective Association will
begin its inauguration trials. Oregon has now been
without trials for several years, and it is encouraging
to see this State back in the game. The dogs will
work on Chinese pheasants, which have never been
used in trials before.
Ti . ... . * * * *
It is with genuine regret that we learn of Mr.
McGrew's resignation as secretary of the All-America
Field Trial Club. Mr. McGrew has served in this
capacity since the organization of the club, and has
played no small part in making it one of the largest
in the country. His successor will, we fear, have a
difficult time in maintaining the McGrew standard of
efficiency.
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Seventeen Years as Game Deputy. — On August 1st,
Deputy H. I. Pritchard began his seventeenth consec-
utive year with the Fish and Game Commission, hav-
ing been appointed in 1900 by former Fish Commis-
sioner Henry W. Keller under the Gage administra-
tion. Pritchard has made fish and game bis life
work, is a great lover of the outdoors, and a keen
hunter and fisherman, whose vocation and avocation
are fortunately cast in like lines. His friends are
wishing him many more years of like service. He is
very nearly the longest-term employee on the force
of fish and game protection in this State. When ap-
pointed, he had all of Southern California as a terri-
tory to patrol single-handed. Now the growth of
interest in hunting and fishing as expressed through
swelling revenues from licensing sportsmen has
made it possible to put a man in every county, with
emergency increases at the time of opening seasons,
until all California is rapidly becoming the best-
patrolled state in the Union, notwithstanding its
continental area and climatic range.
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Five-Year-Old Hunter. — Master Kirk Shearer, of
Carlisle, Pa., age 15, is one of our best young shots.
Master Kirk would rather "shoot than eat," as the
saying goes, coming by this tendency honestly, how-
ever, as his father, R. E. Shearer, is an ardent sports-
man. Kirk shot his first game at the age of five
years, when he bagged several rabbits. Gradually,
as ' he became able to manage the larger guns, be
went after larger game, and has a record of eight
quail with 11 shells, which is good shooting for any
one. Master Shearer also shoots clay targets and
has shot live pigeons, having good records on both.
Last fall he went deer bunting, and though going out
on every drive, was not one of the fortunate ones.
However, we would suggest the deer be on the look-
out this year if Kirk goes deer hunting.
Saturday, August 12, 1916]
THE BREEDER ANL SPORTSMAN
BLUE RIBBON SHOOT OF THE SEASON.
Grand American Handicap at St. Louis to be Greatest
of Sporting Events.
Baseball has its "world's series," tennis its Davis
cup competition, and golf its international matches,
but not one of these titular contests is to be com-
pared with the blue ribbon event of the trapshooting
season — the Grand American Handicap.
We are aware of the broadness of this assertion
and fully realize that there will be many doubting
Thomases, but we can prove our assertion to any
and every one who cares to journey to Sportsman's
Park, in St. Louis, Mo., during the week beginning
Monday, August 21, for on that day the Grand Amer-
ican Handicap gets going and continues with unabat-
ed enthusiasm for five days. Any sporting event
that will take hundreds of men away from their busi-
ness for a week or more, and take several hundred
women away from their homes for the same period of
time, is a real sporting event. That is just what the
Grand American Handicap is.
Last year the tournament was held in Grant Park,
Chicago, 111., and was witnessed by some 25,000 per-
sons— not one paying an admission fee. In the
various trapshooting events nearly 2000 persons par-
ticipated, and in the Grand American Handicap there
were 839 shooters out of 884 entrants. Have you
ever witnessed a sporting event in which there were
839 active participants? You have not — unless it was
the Grand American Handicap last August. Trap-
shooting is not a proxy sport. It is something you
can do yourself; something you enjoy because you
can do it yourself.
Big as last year's tournament was, all indications
are that the St. Louis tournament will be the greatest
ever. While the official list of entries is still far
from being complete, it is expected that the entry
list will total more than 1000 trapshooters. Think
of it — 1000 shooters in one event. Sort o' puts the
other sport classics in the shade.
It has taken the Grand American Handicap 16
years to arrive at its present stage of development.
There were but 74 entrants in the first championship
tournament, held in 1900. Little by little the tourna-
ment grew for a number of years, hut in the past five
season the handicap has made great leaps forward.
Two years ago, in Dayton, Ohio, when the handicap
had a few more than 500 entrants, the feeling pre-
vailed that trapshooting was at its height, but last
year in Chicago the entrants neared the 900 mark —
and every one is pulling for a 1000 or more this time.
There was a time when two traps was a great
sufficiency for the "G. A. H.," as it is known to trap-
shooters — now 10 are in use. There was a time when
a Grand American Handicap resembled a mammoth
circus, with all its tents, but there will be no tents
in St. Louis. The buildings are permanent. There
will be locker rooms, restaurant, pavilion for men
and a ladies' rest room. The equipment will be mod-
ern. There will be a grandstand behind the profes-
sional trap, on which all the special events will take
place. Sportsman's Park is the finest trapshooting
park in the United States — which, in broader words,
means the world.
The "G. A. H." is being conducted this year by the
St. Louis Trapshooting Association, which is com-
prised of nearly all of the trapshooting clubs in and
about St. Louis. The association is operated solely
in the interest of trapshooting.
The tournament opens on Monday, the 21st, at 11
o'clock, with the St. Louis introductory, an event at
200 targets, 18 yards' rise. This, as well as all other
scheduled events that follow, are open only to ama-
teurs. Beginning Tuesday, the trapshooting will
begin at 8:30 a. m. The first event on Tuesday will
be the Mound City overture at 100 targets, 16 yards.
Prize winners in the St. Louis introductory are not
eligible for this event. At 11 o'clock the national
amateur championship at doubles will be shot. Fifty
pairs of doubles will be thrown. At 3 o'clock the
national amateur singles championship will begin.
This event will be 100 targets, 16 yards' rise. This
event is for the winners of the different State cham-
pionships. In case the champion cannot attend, the
runner-up is allowed to take his place. At 4 o'clock
this afternoon and on the following two afternoons
there will be a 50-bird event for the fair Dianas who
are in attendance. There will also be two prizes in
the "G. A. H." for the fair shots who make the high-
est scores.
On the twenty-third the preliminary handicap, at
100 targets, 16 to 23 yards, will be shot. The same
handicaps as in the "G. A. H." will prevail. The
Handicap Committee, comprised of J. W. Bell, chair-
man; R. E. Loring, G. K. Mackie, G. V. Dering and
J. H. Noel, will convene on the eighteenth and an-
nounce the handicaps on the twentieth. The Grand
American Handicap will be shot on the twenty-
fourth. This will be at 100 targets, 16 to 23 yards.
On the twenty-fifth there will be a consolation handi-
cap, 100 targets, 16 to 23 yards. No prize winner is
eligible in this event.
There will be special matches between profession-
als, and a 100-target match open to all professionals
for the Dunspaugh trophy, during the tournament.
These matches will take place at 3 every afternoon.
Trophies will be awarded the shooters who make the
best score from 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 yards
in the Grand American Handicap. — Peter P. Carney.
Alameda Elks' Club. — Sunday, August 13th, will be
the last chance the Alameda Elks will have for a
crack at the handsome walrus tusk corkscrew trophy
donated by Chas. Linderman. The members stand
as follows: —
Bke. Hep. Bke. Hep. Total
Bill Koch 18
THE INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION'S HANDICAPS.
Hep.
7
9
6
10
6
11
11
3
7
11
12
8
1
4
5
5
2
14
14
2
9
12
Bke.
20
17
18
20
17
12
12
20
15
11
10
21
23
20
19
12
7
9
6
10
6
11
11
3
7
11
12
8
1
4
5
5
10
10
11
Chas. Linderman 21
Henry Martine 22
M. S. Goodman 14
Clyde Carman 20
Tom Haskins 19
Geo. Hickman 17
Bray Thorning 21
Ned Williams 19
Homer Craig 15
Fred Hillyer 17
Bob Valleau 11
Bill Price 18
Ben Boyd 14
Al Durney 13
Tay Croll 22
H. C. Peet 23
Chas. Batsford 11
Mike Winans 10
Henry Meinecke 21
Jerry Brooks 13
W. E. Spann 10
Lew Schroeder 13
Fred Rossi
Henry Jacobsen
Rudolph
Pete Noonan
Joe Sunkel
Chas. Bradley
Jack Walker
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Green Lake Club. — Twenty-six shooters made their
appearance July 30 at the Green Lake club grounds
and some splendid scores were hung up in the regu-
lar fifty-target event for the July silver cup.
Dr. King annexed this fine trophy by going through
the entire program without a miss, and as a result
was high man for the day. This is the first time a
"scratch" man has captured one of. the monthly silver
trophies by going "straight." L. S. Barnes, with 48
out of 50, came in second, while George Edling, with
46, landed in third place.
Dr. N. A. Johanson and Roy J. Kinnear shot with
the club yesterday for the first time and turned in
fine scores for beginners. They also enrolled as
members of the Green Lake club. The addition of
Dr. Johanson makes sixteen doctors who hold mem-
bership in the north-end cluh.
The scores:
Dr. King 50, L. S. Barnes 48, George Edling 46,
J. W. Geltz 45, Hi Follrich 45, Don R. Baker 43, C. R.
Sydman 42, S. A. Martin 42, George B. Baker 42, Dr.
A. B. Kidd 41, M. A. Rosenfield 41, Dr. J. F. Hill 41,
George H. Young 40, W. C. Smith 39, C. W. Bandy
38, W. M. Elliott 36, George O. Colwell 35, Mrs. L. S.
Barnes 32, Dr. N. A. Johanson 30, Howard Cosgrove
29, Dr. S. W. Giffiin 27, Roy J. Kinnear 20, E. P. Buck
19, Mrs. W. C. Smith 16, C. C. Giffin 13, George D.
Horst 8.
At 100 targets— Hi Follrich 90, Don R. Baker 86,
S. A. Martin 86, George B. Baker 84, C. W. Bandy 75.
W. M. Elliott shot with a 20-gauge gun.
ao
Seattle Association. — Another fair day favored the
shooters July 30, although the bunch that went out
to the Harbor Island grounds found 'some exceed-
ingly hard targets. Even at that there were some
good scores hung up. The wind may have favored
the boat races out on the bay, but it certainly did not
help the shooting any. As nice a target as any man
might desire would start out, but with the aid of a
little puff of wind under it, would make an upward
dart that would puzzle almost any trap artist. Angles
of all varieties were offered, straight up, down and
to both sides, and the shooter that went away with
his regular score was to be congratulated.
Matt Grossman and C. E. McKelvey were the two
high score men, they both finishing their fifty-target
program with only one down, or forty-nine targets
each. Fred Call stood in second position, with forty-
eight to his credit.
In the 100-target program C. E. McKelvey knocked
down ninety-eight of the clays, while Matt Grossman
was second with a score of ninety-seven. Tom Wilkes
and Fred Call stood in third place with ninety-four
each.
J. U. McPherson, a new man at the traps, was in
the squads July 30th and made a good showing. P. C.
Farmer came out for the first time and made a fine
score for his first shooting at the traps.
Many of the local shooters will from now on try to
get in some good shooting in preparation for the
Pacific Coast Handicap, which takes place in Port-
land, Ore., in September. Scores:
At 50 targets— Matt Grossman 49, C. E. McKelvey
49, Fred Call 48, Tom Wilkes 46, R. S. Searle 44, J.
Bacher 43, Hugh Fleming 42, James Hulbert 40, A. E.
Hall 86, J. U. McPherson 15. Saturday shooting — C.
L. Templeton 48.
At 100 targets — C. E. McKelvey 98, Matt Grossman
97, Fred Call 94, Tom Wilkes 94, Hugh Fleming 86,
Joe Bacher 84, A. E. Hall 71, Van M. Woodaman 41,
P. C. Farmer 23. Saturday shooting— C. L. Temple-
ton 94.
QC
Champion Trapshooter of the Navy. — It is only fit-
ting that F. P. Williams, paymaster, United States
T. E. Doremus, President,
Wilmington, Del.
Elmer E. Shaner, Mgr., E. Reed Shaner, Sec'y,
Pittsburgh, Pa. Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Interstate Association's Seventeenth Grand
American Trapshooting Tournament, under the
auspices of the St. Louis Trapshooters' Associa-
tion, St. Louis, Mo., August 21, 22, 23, 24 and 23,
1916. There will be $3,500 added money. Winner
of first place in the Grand American Handicap
guaranteed $500 and a trophy; winner of second
place guaranteed $400 and a trophy; winner of
third place guaranteed $300 and a trophy; winner
of fourth place guaranteed $200 and a trophy, and
the winner of the fifth place guaranteed $100 and
a trophy. Numerous other trophies will also be
awarded.
The Interstate Association's Eleventh Pacific Coast
Trapshooting Tournament, under the auspices of
the Portland Gun Club, Partland, Ore., September
' 12, 13and 14; $1,000 added money. Winner of
first place in the Pacific Coast Handicap guaran-
teed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place
guaranteed $75 and a trophy; and the winner
of third place guaranteed 550 and a trophy. Sev-
eral other trophies will also be awarded.
navy, of the hospital ship Solace, and the originator
of trapshooing in the United States navy, should be
the winner of the first championship tournament for
officers and men.
The event was conducted not long ago at Guan-
tanamo Bay, Cuba, under the auspices of the Red
Cross Gun Club of the U. S. S. Solace — the first gun
club organized in the navy, of which Mr. Williams is
secretary — and registered by the Interstate Associa-
tion for the Encouragement of Trapshooting.
Mr. Williams broke 103 targets in 125 thrown — a
very creditable performance considering the high
wind from the Atlantic Ocean. He broke 18, 22, 22,
21 and 20. Paymaster F. R. Holt, of the U. S. S.
Louisiana, was second, with 97 breaks. He also had
the best single string, breaking 24 of 25 in the fourth
round. Thirty-two officers and men participated in
the championship, which naturally was a scratch
affair, and did not afford the mediocre trapshooters
much encouragement.
Besides the individual championship, two and
three-men team championships were also decided.
Lieutenant Commander G. P. Landenberger and Pay-
master Holt, of the U. S. S. Louisiana, won the two-
man team race, with 165 breaks in 250 targets, and
the U. S. S. Solace trio captured the three-man
championship. Paymaster Williams and Surgeons
Strine and Wood comprised the winning squad.
Trapshooting has taken quite a hold on the officers
and men of the United States navy since Paymaster
Williams introduced the sport a couple of years ago.
There isn't a man-o-war these days that isn't equipped
with hand traps, and many of the men are almost as
proficient with the shotgun as the rifle. Most of the
shooting is done when the ship is under way. How-
ever, after a week's strenuous maneuvers at sea, or
following the seemingly never-ending drills with the
14-inch guns that are so necessary if we are to keep
pace with the other navies, the men gather on board
and try their skill in individual team competition.
Matches occur between teams of rival battleships
and as a rule these take place Saturday afternoons
when the ships are at anchor.
The demonstration at Guantanamo Bay was so
pleasing that it was the opinion that trapshooting
had replaced baseball as the standard amusement of
the United' States navy.
Status of a Professional. — Any professional who
has in either of the last two years. of his employment
averaged 90 per cent or better on Registered Targets
shall not be permitted, from and after December 4th,
1914, to compete at any Registered Tournaments with
Amateurs, for cash or merchandise prizes, or for any
trophy or trophies "open to Amateurs only," at such
tournaments, within a period of three years from the
date of the termination of his employment. All oth-
ers who have not averaged 90 per cent in either of
the last two years of their employment shall not be
permitted to compete as above with Amateurs for a
period of one year from the date of the termination
of their employment.
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Trapshooter Invents Recoil Pad. — John H. Noel, the
Nashville, Tenn., trapshooter, tried out a recoil pad
in the Eastern Handicap in Philadelphia that made
an instant hit with the hundreds of trapshooters
there. The idea is Mr. Noel's, and he has secured
a patent on it.
The recoil pad, instead of being at the end of the
stock — against the shoulder — is placed in the stock
about 15 inches from the end. The stock was cut
and then joined together by springs after one inch of
sponge rubber had been inserted. This runner acted
like a shock absorber. There was absolutely no
movement of the stock beyond the recoil pad.
The trapshooters were of the opinion that Mr. Noel
has hit upon something good and that the invention
will revolutionize the manufacture and sale of guns.
as
Several hundred hunters took to the hills in quest
of deer, and of course the large majority returned
empty handed.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 12, 1916
I Sportsmen's Row j
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Among the fly casters to get into town was R. D.
McFarland, who spent a week in the San Bernardino
mountains at Big Bear Lake. He was with his
brother. Jack McFarland of Los Angeles. He reports
that a five-pound trout is the common catch there
and that limits are easy to obtain. Fly casting is
a lost art at the lake, he says. The anglers there
fish with huge bass hooks and always with bait.
» • * •
John Cattermole, Henry Behlmer, "Dutch" Con-
cord, Ernest Gendotti and Milton Frenkenburg went
bass fishing Sunday. Frankenburg and Behlmer
each got a small fish.
* • • •
Dr. T. I. C. Barr got the best buck killed in Marin
county when he brought down a four pointer. His
father was right behind him with a three pointer.
* • * •
The fishing record for the season at Geyser Hot
Springs is held by a party from San Francisco com-
posed of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Ladd, M. Anderson, Mr.
and Mrs. E. Bernhart and A. Bernhart. The trout
were taken from the Pluton river, which flows by
the hotel. The anglers brought home a string of
28 fish, not one of which weighed under half a pound.
Many of them weighed more than a pound, and sev-
eral were between three and three and one-half
pounds. The total catch averaged more than a pound
per fish. Ladd held the honors, for he caught a five-
pounder.
* * * *
Nineteen fine striped bass was the catch of Bob
Sangster and Jess Lynch. - They fished in San An-
tonio creek. » « » »
Richie (Shorty) Roberts, Bert Saunders and Claire
Hughes left on Thursday for Boonesville, Mendocino
county, from which point they were intending to
pack into the coast range for a week of hunting.
This is the third year for the trio and as they have
always "brought home the jerky" in the past, they
can likely be expected to repeat this season.
* * * *
Deer are in good condition. Few have been shot
that are emaciated or suffering from disease. The
bucks are healthy, too healthy some hunters think,
for they are outrunning dogs and men without regard
to the fact that it is now open season. The horns
of the deer are hard, in practically all of the lower
regions. For that reason the deer have no fear of
the buckthorn and tough manzanita. They are avoid-
ing the open places that were their haunts a few
months ago and now graze and roam under the pro-
tection of the thick chapparal. Some of the men
who have brought game to the city have shot their
deer on the ridges; others have bagged them at the
water holes. Opinion generally is that the deer are
lying deep in the brush.
* * * *
Fred Stephenson is still having trouble with dis-
temper, having lost seven more of his dogs, including
the Llewellyn, Doll Rodney.
* * *. *
A plan of co-operation between Forest officers and
Post Office employes has been put into action where-
by all rural mail carriers and postmasters in or near
National Forests are to report the discovery of forest
fires to the nearest Forest officer.
A crew of trail and bridge builders employed by
the Forest Service are at work constructing a bridge
across the Middle Fork of the Kings River at Simp-
son Meadows on a lateral of the John Muir Trail.
This trail will be open for travel in the fall, it is
expected, between Simpson Meadows and the Yo-
semite.
Volunteer fire fighters, when needed, are summoned
to the aid of the Forest Rangers by the blowing of a
certain signal on steam whistles in many towns in
or near National Forests in Southern California.
* • * •
Fox terriers are all the rage in Australia, and at
a recent show held in Sydney, New South Wales,
they were the chief attraction. There were 162
entries in the sixteen classes allotted to smooths.
There were only seven entries in wires, in two
classes. The turnstile registered 98,000 visitors.
* • * *
It is interesting to note that the first shooting done
was at glass balls. Then came the first clay targets
— the Ligowsky birds, which long since passed to
the discard, and now would be objects of curiosity.
After the Ligowsky target there was adopted in turn
the American Clay Bird, the Peoria Black Bird, and
the Blue Rock targets. It is safe to say that many
of the present-day shooters never heard' of the first
three brands of targets mentioned.
* • • •
Frank A. Riser and John and Lester Lowrey have
returned from a deer hunt in the hills of western
Yolo, back of Rumsey. The party bagged a forked-
prong buck.
* * • •
Heine Pfirrmann, who will shoot at the Grand
American Handicap as the champion of California-
Nevada, left Los Angeles Thursday afternoon for
St. Louis, where the world's series of the trapshoot-
ing game will be held, accompanied by Dr. Martin
and wife, C. E. Groat and wife, E. K. Mohler, DuPont
3uy Holohan, Harry Cline and V. A. Rossbach.
J. H. Bevins, a rancher near Hiawatha, Carbon
county, Utah, writes Fred W. Chambers, state game
and fish warden of Utah, that a suckling deer has
adopted as its mother one of Mr. Bevin's goats. The
little fellow, Mr. Bevins says, seemed to have lost its
own mother, and must have taken up with the goat
some time during the day, when the flock was in
pasture, because when the flock returned at evening
the young deer came staggering in with his foster
mother. The little fellow will be cared for until it
is old enough to care for itself.
• * • •
Jack Derville, a well-known angler of Butte, Mont.,
recently landed the largest rainbow trout taken so
far this season, at Divide. The fish weighed twelve
and one-half pounds and measured twenty-nine and
one-half inches. The big trout was caught on a four-
ounce fly rod with a No. 6 hook. The catch is a
notable one in view of the tackle used. The big trout
has been entered in the contest of the Butte Angler's
Club.
* * * *
Five Belvidere, HI., fishermen broke the season's
black Bass record at Delavan Lake, Wisconsin, re-
cently with a day's catch of twenty-four bass, ranging
in weight from one and one-half to two and one-half
pounds. The party consisted of J. R. Balliet, John
Kuppler, H. Caird, J. O. Anderson and Frank T.
Moran. The fishermen used artificial bait exclu-
sively. '
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How to Kill Hawks and Crows. — Upland birds that
can be shot during the summer months are good
game for the hunter. There are the various hawks,
like the Cooper or hen-destroying variety, that feeds
on young grouse, as well as the former's ungarded
flock of early broilers, which he picks off one by one,
despite the outcries of the mother and the valiant
screams of the chanticleer father.
The duck hawk will start after a selected part-
ridge and actually fly it down, as a dog will run
down a hare, never leaving it from start until cap-
ture. The great horned owl also levies a heavy
tribute upon roosting birds, often coming to the open
poultry houses, where it will ruthlessly destroy sev-
eral fowls by eating their heads and leaving the bod-
ies piled up under the roost. This is also the way
that the raccoon serves the half-grown turkeys
roosting on the hay rack in the big barn about har-
vest time.
It will tax the rifle skill of any man to shoot a
hawk, for he is very shy and must be killed at long
range, if at all, as he sits on some dead limb watching
for his prey in the thick grass below. Besides the
hawk and owl, the hunter will find that the crow
will afford lots of sport, if he can surprise one on
some clearing and get a snap shot at close range, or
else do some long range rifle work on a dozen or so
of these birds sunning themselves on the top of
some old dead tree 100 yards or so distant.
A good way for the visitor and bis farmer guide to
approach a bunch of these black imps at work pulling
up and devouring the young kernels of the tetter's
recently planted corn, is to crawl on hands and knees
through a thick copse of undergrowth and open up
the battery from the leafy mask. Of course, if the
hunters have only shotguns, they must worm their
way farther in, until the proper range is reached.
The Indians used to capture a young crow, tie a
long fishing line to one leg and cast the youngster
into the open place where the parent and other crows
could see it. Then they would pull the leg of the
crowlet and make it cry. This would at once bring
the whole flock of its elders to its assistance, for
crows are very sympathetic and are banded together
for self-defense, like most robbers and thieves.
Any one of the foregoing kinds of hunting may be
practiced freely by any visitor to an upland farm-
house, and the more of these noxious animals and
birds he kills, the better his host will be pleased. —
Rod and Gun.
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Peters' Pointers.
High general average at Scottsbluff, Neb., July 12,
was won by Mr. George Burt, 165x170, and high ama-
teur average by Mr. A. Bray of Broadwater, Neb.,
both using Peters shells.
Mr. Lester German broke 442x450 at Tarboro,
N. C, July 12-13, using Peters shells, winning high
general average.
At Sheldon, Iowa, July 14, Mr. C. E. Lamplight
tied for high amateur average, 144x150, using Peters
shells.
Mr. O. N. Ford of San Jose, Cal., broke 1*46x150 at
Duluth, Minn., July 9, winning high general average.
The shot the "P" brand ammunition.
High general average at Blytheville, Ark., July
11-12, was won by Mr. J. R. Hinkle, using Peters
"steel where steel belongs" shells. His score was
392x400.
Mr. W. R. Chamberlain was high professional at
the Gander Gun Club, Louisville, Ky., July 15, score
182x200, using Peters shells.
At Sebewaing, Mich., July 13, Mrs. L. G. Yogel and
Mr. Otis Funderburk, both of Detroit, tied for high
amateur average. 137x150, while Mr. Tom Parker
was high professional, 136; all three winners shot
Peters factory loaded shells.
High professional average at the Wyoming State
shoot, Casper, Wyo., July 10-12, w-as won by Mr. L. C.
Booth, 566x600, using Peters shells.
Hunters Get Lost in Hills. — Jacob Bowman, 40, and
Lorenz White, 19, Oakland tourists, are safe in camp
after being lost twenty-four hours in the mountains
in Grindstone Canyon, back of Elk Creek, in Glenn
county. They were found August 6, both being al-
most at the point of exhaustion.
The men, who had been camping near Alder
Springs, a summer resort, went down the canyon
last Saturday to fish. Starting home. Bowman be-
came exhausted. White, although near the point of
exhaustion himself, had strength enough to continue
the trip. On his arrival at Alder Springs a relief
party headed by J. B. Coffman, forest ranger, was
organized. After a five hours' search Bowman was
found. He was taken home on a mule. His condition
is not serious.
QB
Oregon Hunters Warned. — In anticipation of the
opening of the hunting season August 15, Carl D.
Shoemaker, state game warden, advises that hunters
carry their hunting licenses with them wherever
they go, for, he says, "a rigid patrol" will be main-
tained in every district of the state."
Shoemaker gives thse "don'ts" for hunters:
Don't carry a gun cocked,
Don't carry a gun with the muzzle up; keep it
pointed to the ground.
Don't drag a gun over a log or up a hill by the
muzzle.
Don't kill more than the legal limit — three bucks.
The does and fawns are protected at all times.
Don't leave camp without putting out the campfire.
Don't shoot at a moving object in the brush unless
you are absolutely certain it is a buck. Three deaths
resulted last year because sportsmen mistook human
beings moving in the brush for deer. This is abso-
lutely inexcusable and is made a criminal offense
under the law.
Don't shoot until you can clearly see that you are
shooting at is a buck deer.
Mr. Shoemaker advises that those sportsmen who
have not yet procured their hunting licenses get com-
bination licenses, good for both fishing and hunting.
QB
Utah To Be Represented. — Utah will be repre-
sented by at least four men, possibly more, when
trapshooters from all parts of the United States
gather at St. Louis for the seventeenth annual Grand
American Handicap trapshooting tournament to be
held August 21 to 25, inclusive. This event, spon-
sored by the Interstate Association, is the American
classic of the trapshooting world. In addition to the
valuable trophies and division of the entry stakes
there will be more than $4000 in cash wards for the
successful shooters who participate in the six main
events.
More than ordinary honors fall to the lot of Utah
in this year's tournament, for the reason that A. P.
Bigelow of Ogden will be one of the eight representa-
tives out of a total o fthirty-six who enter as state
champions with a perfect score of 100 breaks. G. L.
Becker, also of Ogden, runner-up in the state cham-
pionship match recently held at Springville, will be
another Utah trapsman in the St. Louis tournament
with a score of 99 out of a possible 100 in the state
event. C. H. Reilley, Jr., of Salt Lake City, will be
another Utah amateur in the grand tournament, and
E. J. Morgan, professional, will also take part.
Idaho will be represented by Mayor E. M. Sweeley
of Twin Falls, L. C. Parsons and C. P. Tilzey, the
latter state champion, will represent Montana. Max
Weick, state champion of Wyoming, of Laramie, and
C. F. Nelson, a noted shooter of Rawlins, will repre-
sent Wyoming.
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Remington Centennial Registered Tourney. — On Aug-
ust 31st the Remington Gun Club will hold a regis-
tered tournament at Dion, New York. The program
consists of ten events of fifteen targets each, a total
of 150 targets to be shot at. The entrance in each
event is $1.40 with $1 optional. Extra entrance
"Squier Money Back" is $1, making the total en-
trance for the entire program $15. The division of
money will be the Rose system, 5-3-2-1, the purses
on optional sweeps (excepting the Lewis class) will
be divided high gun system. This is a "Squier
Money Back" shoot.
This tournament will be under the personal direc-
tion of Mr. J. Leonard Clark. An exceptionally at-
tractive list of trophies has been provided for this
shoot. High amateur on the entire program of 150
targets will receive the Remington Centennial Tro-
phy. This shoot is held in connection with the cele-
bration of the founding of the Remington industry
onehundred years ago.
Sterling silver trophies in accordance with the In-
terstate Association's selection for registered shoots
of this kind, will be distributed to the three high
guns in each of the four classes. It is expected,
owing to the unusual character of this shoot, that the
prominent trap-shots from all sections of New York
State and adjacent States, will be present.
* * *-- *
Portland, Me., and Providence, R. I., saw some
high class shooting recently, when the "Sport Allur-
ing" fans of Maine and Rhode Island gathered for
the State Championship events. E. A. Randall, shoot-
ing against a strong wind, captured the Maine State
title after a hard contest with A. H. Waldron, both
shooting Remington UMC "Speed Shells," to a tie,
93x100. Mr. Randall won the shoot-off by one target.
W. J. Weaver won the Rhode Island State classic,
shooting Nitro Clubs. He broke 95 of his 100 targets.
Saturday, August 12, 1916]
F. M. NEWBERT TALKS ON STRIPED BASS.
Gamy Fish Were First Imported Into California in
1879 and Planted at Martinez.
F. M. Newbert, President ot the Fish and Game
Commission, has issued the following article, perti-
nent to the maintaining of fishing conditions in the
waters of California.
"One of the most important and successful impor-
tations of fish into California waters was made when
the striped bass was introduced in 1879. One hun-
dred and thirty-two fish, ranging from 1% to five
inches in size, and thirty medium size fish were
cpllected from the Navesink river in New Jersey.
Twenty-five of these died en route, but the remain-
der, about 135, were deposited in the Straits of Car-
quinez, at Martinez. Individuals from the first lot
were caught in the lower waters of the bay within
a year from the time they were planted, and a num-
ber were caught occasionally for several years after-
ward.
"In June, 1882, 300 fish, five to nine inches long,
from the Shrewsbury river, New Jersey, were planted
in Suisun bay at Army Point. In 1889 hundreds of
them, weighing from one-half to one pound each,
were caught and sold in the San Francisco markets.
From 1889 to 1892 the number caught had increased
250 per cent. Such quantities being taken that it
was feared the fish would be exterminated before
they had come to maturity and had a chance to
reproduce. So the supervisors of San Francisco
county, at the request of the Fish and Game Com-
missioners, passed an ordinance prohibiting the sale
of striped bass under eight pounds in weight. A
state law was afterward passed making it unlawful
to take bass under one pound, but this later was
changed to a limit of three pounds. It is also unlaw-
ful to ship striped bass from the state.
"Considering the small number of fish introduced
and their remarkable increase in a few years, the
result obtained from the introduction of striped bass
into California is one of the greatest feats of acclim-
atization of new species of fish in the history of fish
culture.
"The striped bass is one of the finest food and
game fishes in the United States, and if the Califor-
nia Fish and Game Commission had not succeeded
in acclimatizing any other variety of fish the value
of the striped bass alone would more than repay for
the money expended in the introduction of other
species. Nowadays no one attempts to argue against
thepractical value of fish and game conservation
work as demonstrated by the California Fish and
Game Commission.
"Striped bass fishing in the Sacramento and tribu-
tary streams has been unusually good this season.
The most inexperienced fisherman has had but little
or no trouble in securing a fair reward for his efforts.
Fishing parties may be seen any day at numerous
points along the city front, at the mouth of the
American and up that stream as far as Folsom dam.
These striped bass are not only game fish, but are of
exceptional food value as well. Hook onto an eight
or ten-pound 'stripe' and you are hooked for as game
a fight as can be found in all the piscatorial world.
Catches of five, six and eight-pounders are quite fre-
quent, while fifteen to thirty-pound fish are not at all
unusual. Alexander Kaiser, manager of the Empress,
fishing at the mouth of the American, caught several
of this size a day or so ago, and you can do equally
as well if you care to make a fair trial.
"There is scarcely a sportsman — angler or hunter
— but what realizes the splendid work that is being
accomplished by the Fish and Game Commission.
They fully realize that this good work is being done
in their behalf and they are so generally down upon
the violation of the man who shoots or fishes, in or
out of season, without a license, that information is
freely given by them to the Commission or its war-
dens that results in many convictions.
"Play the game fair and square. It means more
game and fish for you and yours in the years to
come. Hunt and fish in season, with reason, and
you will see the fish and game continue to increase."
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Big Time Club. — Walter Criswell of Sacramento
and G. I. Fleckenstein of Folsom tied for the Gerber
Brothers' Causeway Cup at the Big Time Gun Club's
shoot Sunday, each breaking 47 out of 50 blue rocks.
The tie will be shot off at the final shoot of the
season on August 20th.
A large crowd was at the traps and close competi-
tion was in order. D. A. Cannon, a new member of
the club, surprised the Sacramento marksmen by
breaking 24 out of 25 rocks at the start, but fell down
in the second half and only hit 20 targets. The
results were as follows, at 50 targets: —
Walter Criswell 47, G. I. Fleckenstein 47, J. D.
Rickey 46, Frank Newbert 45, Monty Newbert 45,
D. A. Cannon 44, Harry Tharp 43, D. Reenhalgh 40,
Frank Ruhstaller 33, G. Newbert 31, J. B. Brennan 30.
In addition to the regular cup shoot there were
practice events throughout the afternoon.
Catches of Fine Salmon. — Fishermen are bringing
in increasing catches of fine salmon. Last Saturday
a cargo of twenty fish, averaging from ten to eighteen
pounds, was landed at Fisherman's wharf. However,
several parties who have started out during the week
were forced to stay within the Gate because of the
rough weather outside.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Los Angeles Club. — Council and Evans tied for
high amateur in the 100-bird optional sweepstake
trapshooting tournament which launched the open-
ing day of the three-day registered tournament Sun-
day at the Los Angeles Gun Club. Each crack suc-
ceeded in breaking 97x100.
The weather was ideal for trapshooting and fifty
blue rock squelchers of the State were in attendance,
some coming from as far as Fresno and San Fran-
cisco.
Hugh Posten, that large and jovial Hercules pro-
fessional from San Francisco, cleaned up in the
"pro" ranks, busting 96 mud pies in the nose out of
the century thrown. Ed Mitchell broke second high
with 95x100, and Al Cook was third high with 94
xlOO. The results in the 100-target optional sweeo-
stakes: —
Ed Mitchell* 95, Frank Melius 95, Heine Pfirrmann
94, N. A. Howard 88, Guy Holohan* 81, Lou R. Melius
80, E. K. Mohler 91, H. D. Blanchard 96, W. H. Hill-
man 93, O. Evans 97, G. A. Adams 93, L. W. Slocum
87, Dr. J. L. Martin 85, Harry Cline 88, Harry Hoyt*
91, Owen Council 97, Al Cook 94, Whitman 94, Black-
stock 87, Bob Bole 85, H. E. Poston* 96, Walter Cor-
nelius 95, George Austin 76, C. W. Clement* 89, C. E.
Groat 92, Dr. L. M. Packard 93, J. Arneill 94, Mrs.
C. E. Groat 94, Wm. Kennedy 78, N. W. Nelson 62,
V. A. Rossbach 86, George Oliver* 80, J. A. Rice 91.
'Indicates professional shooters, who shot at tar-
gets only.
Event 6 — Diamond Pin Handicap —
Hdcp. yds. Score
Ed Mitchell* 22 44x50
Frank Melius 22 44x50
Heinie Pfirrmaun 22 42x50
N. A. Howard 21 45x50
Guy Holohan* 23 40x50
H. D. Blanchard 21 42x50
O. Evans 22 44x50
G. A. Adams J 19 45x50
L. W. Slocum 17 44x50
Dr. J. L. Martin 16 41x50
Harry Cline 19 44x50
Harry Hoyt* 18 44x50
Owen Council 19 44x50
Al Cook* 21 43x50
Whitman 21 46x50
Blackstock 18 47x50
Bob Bole 16 43x50
H. E. Poston* 22 46x50
Walter Cornelius 22 42x50
George Austin 16 41x50
C. Walter Clement* 16 40x50
C. E. Groat 19 43x50
L. M. Packard 22 44x50
J. Arneill 19 44x50
Mrs. C. E. Groat 19 40x50
V. A. Rossbach 19 43x50
J. H. Rice ■ 18 44x50
C. D. Hagerman 19 47x50
J. W. Meek 18 44x50
Gen. G. Pisano 16 44x50
S. C. Miller 16 35x50
J. E. Reid 16 42x50
B. O. Pool 16 31x50
F. G. Schreiner 16 45x50
W. Jackson 16 36x50
R. L. Rowe 16 32x50
C. H. Betz 16 45x50
SCORES OF MONDAY, AUG. 7.
The results in the 150 target Jack Rabbit shoot, in
ten events of fifteen targets each, follow:
Ed Mitchell* 143, F. H. Melius 143, H. Pfirrmann
148, N. A. Howard 141, Guy Holohan* 141, L. S.
Hawxhurst* 141, E. K. Mohler 138, H. D. Blanchard
138, H. Heileman 140, O. N. Evans 137, G. A. Adams
146, L. W. Slocum 137, Dr. J. L. Martin 129, Harry
Cline 129, Harry Hoyt* 130, H. E. Sargent 138, Al
Cook* 140, V. A. Rossbach 137, C. F. Blackstock 137,
Bob Bole 124, H. E. Poston* 145. George Oliver* 143,
C. W. Clement* 123, C. E. Groat 131, L. M. Packard
137, J. Arneill 129, C. W. Fish 136, C. H. Betz 133,
P. O. Long 136, Owen Council 144, Ailen Wheeler 130,
Dr. S. B. Friend 133, Mrs. C. E. Groat 139, C. D. Ha-
german 135, M. A. Hauser 140, Jack Milligan 138.
C. L. Nickle 109, A. P. Haliburton 116, Mrs. E. K.
Mohler 64.
Summary: *Shot for targets only. Frank H. Mel-
ius, high amateur with 148x150. Heine Pfirrmann
and G. A. Adams tied for second high amateur with
146x150. Owen Council third high with 144x150. H.
E. Poston, Hercules professional, high professional
with 145x150. Ed Mitchell, second with 143x150. Guy
Holohan, DuPont representative, tied for third high
with L. S. Hawxhurst, Peters' professional, with 141x
150. Al Cook and George Oliver tied for fourth high
with 140x150.
Diamond Trophy Handicap —
Hdcp. yds. Score
•Ed Mitchell 21 47x50
Frank H. Melius 21 46x50
Heine Pfirrmann 21 46x50
N. A. Howard 20 44x50
Guy Holohan* 21 46x50
L. S. Hawxhurst 21 45x50
E. K. Mohler 20 44x50
H. D. Blanchard 21 43x50
O. N. Evans 20 44x50
Dr. J. L. Martin 16 45x50
Harry Cline 18 41x50
Harry Hoyt* 18 44x50
H. E. Sargent 18 42x50
li
Al Cook* 21 41x50
V. A. Rossbach 18 46x50
C. F. Blackstock 19 48x50
Bob Bole 16 48x50
H. E. Poston* 21 42x50
George Oliver* 19 12x50
C. Walter Clement* 16 46x50
Dr. L. M. Packard 21 47x50
J. Arneill 18 38x50
C. W. Fish 19 48x50
C. H. Betz 16 47x50
SCORES OF TUESDAY, AUG. 8.
A. P. Haliburton, that eleventh-hour entrant from
Lindsay, California, cleaned up in grand American
order, made an unbroken run of 139, and showed
"General" Frank Melius that the old-timers can shoot
as well as the middle-aged in the third and final day
of the registered trapshooting tournament August 8
at the Los Angeles Gun Club by breaking 149 targets
out of the 150-bird jackrabbit shoot.
For this brilliant showing of scatter-gun marks-
manship Haliburton was awarded a diamond pin by
Fred Teeple of the club and a gold bar for his long
run by the DuPont Company.
Len Hawxhurst, representative from the Peters
Cartridge Company, broke high professional with a
score of 148x150. The miss-and-out event was won
by Al Cook, with Len Hawxhurst the runner-up.
Hercules long-run trophies were won by Adams, 53;
Melius, 53. 60; Haliburton, 139; Wilshire, 77; Groat,
61; Poston, 86. and Cornelius, 55.
DuPont long-run trophies were won by Cook. 71;
Bob Bole, 55; Ed Mitchell, 138; Packard, 72; Holo-
han, 69, and Hawxhurst, 111.
The results of the 150-target Jack Rabbit shoot:—
Ed Mitchell* 147, Frank Melius 146. Heine Pfirr-
mann 142, N. A. Howard 136, Guy Holohan* 145,
E. K. Mohler 140. A. P. Haliburton 149, Haese 134,
O. N. Evans 141, G. A. Adams 142, W. L. Slocum 138.
Dr. J. L. Martin 125, Harry Cline 125, Harry Hoyt*
130, H. E. Sargent 135, Al Cook* 145, Owen Council
133, Sam Smith 132, Bob Bole 139, H. E. Poston* 144,
W. A. Cornelius 57. George Oliver* 139, Walter Clem-
ent* 130, C. E. Groat 142, L. M. Packard 145. J. Ar-
neill 111, C. W. Fish 140, C. H. Betz 138, W. H. Wil-
shire 140, Jackson 105, Rowe 124, Mrs. Pfirrmann
90x72, Mrs. Rowe 60x29, F. H. Teeple 30x24.
Summary: *Indicates professional shooters who
shot for targets only. A. P. Haliburton, high amateur
with 149x150. Wins diamond pin. Frank Melius,
second high amateur, with 146x150. Dr. L. M. Pack-
ard, third high amateur, with 145x150. L. S. Hawx-
hurst, high professional, with 147x150. Ed Mitchell,
second high professional, with 147x150. Guy Holo-
han, DuPont Powder Company professional, tied with
Al Cook, professional, with 145x150. Frank H. Mel-
ius, high amateur for both days, with 290x300. Pfirr-
mann and Adams tied for second on both days with
288x300. Packard third high with 282x300. Ed
Mitchell, high professional for both days with 29flx
300. H. E. Poston, Hercules Company agent, tied
with Len Hawxhurst for second high on both days
with 289x300. Guy Holohan of the DuPont Company,
third on two days with 286x300.
9E
Williams (Arizona) Club. — At a registered shoot
held at the Williams. Arizona, Club on August 5th the
following scores were made:
At 200 targets— T. L. Fadena 188, R. Dellund 190.
H. P. Dellund 193, D. E. Morrell 188, W. Mullen 190,
Carl Smith 180, Thad Mullen 168, C. Mullen 151, G.
Staiger 171, Charles Dutton 182, Ben Wilson 192
W. D. Finney 171, Earl Melick 139, Dr. P. A. Melick
194, F. H. Gold 179, C. W. Ortt 60x53, J. W. Francis
166, K. L. Hughes 158, C. S. Patterson 183, E. H.
Grabb 120x93, Hugh Campbell 20x10, F. E.- Lowe
60x57, J. R. Sweeney 40x28, Chas. Wade 40x34, Dr.
Francis 20x18, Wiatt Smith 20x16.
Long runs of 50 or over were: H. F. Dellund 80,
55, 71; R. F. Dellund 73, T. L. Fadena 65, 76, W. D.
Finney 52, F. H. Gold 54, F. A. Melick 97, 74, D. E.
Morrell 52, B. F. Wilson 53.
W. D. FINNEY, President.
SB
Trap Champion Is Dead. — The following press dis-
patch gives the sad news of the death of a trap-
shooting champion:
Wilmington, Del., Aug. 5. — Alden B. Richardson,
son of former United States Senator Harry A. Rich-
ardson, Delaware state trapshooting champion and
member of Governor Miller's personal staff, died in
a hospital here today from a wound accidentally re-
ceived last Sunday. Richardson, who was forty years
old, was shot in the abdomen when he dropped a
pistol.
Among his notable achievements at the traps was
the establishment of a world's record of 99 breaks out
of 100 in a twenty-two yard handicap at Maplewood,
N. H, July 7 last. In 1913 he tied for first honors in
the Grand American Handicap at Dayton, Ohio.
06
Deer Wanders Into Camp. — With five deer in their
possession, Frank and Chester Chambers, J. Pryor
and another companion came into Arbuckle this
week on their way home from a hunting trip. They
had been hunting up Elk Mountain above St. Helena
and report numerous deer in that part of the moun-
tains.
Pryor, who stayed in camp one day while the oth-
ers hunted, says that while washing dishes he was
surprised to see a large deer come right up to camp.
He picked up his rifle and killed it before it could
get away.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 12, 1916
I Stock Breeders' Page l
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THE AYRSHIRES.
[By Oland H. Greene, St. Albans, Vt.]
The origin of the Ayrshire breed is veiled in some
obscurity. The best confirmed theory is that the
native wild cattle of the County of Ayr are the foun-
dation of the Ayrshires of modern times.
This county is situated in the southwest of Scot-
land, backed by mountains on the east and washed
by the ocean on the west, having the form of a cres-
cent and embracing the Firth of Clyde in its circle.
It is a hilly country, mountains and valleys predom-
inating; with a moist climate, regulated by its prox-
imity to the sea; with frequent rains which are
favorable to the growth of grass and fine pasturage.
The original native wild cattle of the country were
said to be white, with red ears and black noses, high
horns with black tips, with an animal now and then
having more of the black, brown, or red, very wild,
the bulls fierce. Considering the tendency of the
breed to that alert, noble bearing, we recognize the
proof of the historical theory.
The first attempt to improve the native wild stock
of the country was about the year 1700. This was
said to have been accomplished by selection and
better care.
From Aiton we learn that about 1750 the Earl of
Marchmont purchased from the Bishop of Durham
and carried to his seat in Berwickshire, several cows
and a bull of a brown and white color which were
of the Teeswater or other English breed. He also
writes that about 1770, bulls and cows of the Tees-
water or Shorthorn breed were introduced by several
breeders. It is from them and their crosses with the
native stock of the country that the present dairy
breed has been formed. Therefore, the Ayrshire
dairy breed is the native indigenous dairy breed of
the County of Ayr improved in size, shape and quality
chiefly by judicious selection, cross coupling, feeding,
and treatment for a long series of time, and with
much judgment and attention.
From the beginning of the last century we find fre-
quent mention of efforts for improvement in the
shape of body, and especially the udder.
The breed was introduced into this country by the
Scotch settlers of Canada, also were brought by them
from Glasgow to supply milk for the voyage and were
sold at Montreal or Quebec
Recently Ayrshires have been imported into Can-
ada in large numbers. The importation to the United
States began about 1837 by the Massachusetts Soci-
ety for Promotion of Agriculture bringing a few head
into the state and scattering them among the farm-
ers. As the value of the breed became apparent
other importations followed and the demand has
grown to large proportions.
The Ayrshire is an alert, handsome cow of medium
size, weighing from 1,000 to 1,500 lbs. at maturity;
red and white in color, the proportion of each vary-
ing to the taste and skill of the breeder and, also,
whether he is breeding for show or utility purposes.
The inquiry of late is for Ayrshires with white pre-
dominating, as this seems to be the standard exhi-
bition color, from observation of the writer. The
Ayrshire has a small head, large lustrous eyes, large
mouth, upright horns, slim neck, thin shoulders with
spine rising above the shoulder blades, back level to
the tail, except a rise at the pelvic arch, broad across
the loin, barrel deep and large, with well sprung
ribs, to afford plenty of room for the storing of
roughage, and wide through the region of the heart
and lungs, hips wide apart, nice straight hind legs,
thighs incurving, to give room for the udder, short
legs, small bones, udder large and square, being
nearly level with the belly on young cows, nice teats,
from two and one-half to three and one-half inches
long, placed on the four corners of the udder with
abundant space between, milk veins large, entering
the belly well toward the forelegs, skin soft, covered
with a good growth of fine hair.
The appearance of the Ayrshire cow is a feast for
the eyes, and, when moved about, reveals many signs
of large dairy capacity.
The Ayrshire is a tough, hardy cow, with an appe-
tite which will devour all sorts of roughage, a rarely
active cow, always at work, never idle, with a becom-
ing propensity to use her food for results in the milk
pail and the butter factor}-.
She is a healthy cow, ailments of the body or
udder seldom approach her, and an Ayrshire having
an unhealthy quarter in her udder is seldom seen.
She is a very persistent milker, giving a regular
amount during nearly the whole year. She is a quiet,
intelligent cow, pleasant to milk and not given to
nervousness. She will readily yield her milk to a
stranger, and noise in the stabie does not disturb
her. As a dairy cow, the Ayrshire is not excelled by
any other breed, in the production of milk for the
milkman, and for table use. Her vigorous appetite,
easy keeping qualities, even, uniform production,
makes her a reliable supply, and the richness of her
milk in solids places it above suspicion from city
inspectors. Her milk does not churn or sour easily,
and after standing, the cream will easily remix with
the milk by being poured back and forth a few times,
making her an excellent producer for transportation
purposes.
The junior two-year-old. Willowmoor Etta 3d 35833,
A. R. 1691, bred and owned by J. W. Clise, Redmond,
Wash., has just closed her year of official testing,
with a record of 16.621 pounds milk, 666.06 pounds
fat, 784 pounds butter, 4.01 per cent fat, which places
her the world's champion junior two-year-old.
The senior four-year-old, August Lassie 29581, A. R.
1429, bred and owned by L. A. Reymann Estate,
Wheeling, W. Va., has just closed her year of official
testing with a record of 17,784 pounds milk, 720.03
pounds fat, 840 pounds butter, 4.05 per cent fat,
which places her the world's champion in her class.
o
RECORD PRICE FOR CARNOT
SECRETARY D1NSMORE SEES BRIGHT FUTURE,
The recent sale of a half interest in the imported
Percheron stallion. Carnot, by W. S. Corsa, White-
hall, HI., to R. G. Leeds, Richmond, Ind., for $20,000,
breaks all records for Percherons and is only ex-
ceeded by one for Clydesdales.
Unquestionably this big, bold-acting, clean-boned
black veteran may be given the palm as the most
successful and most profitable Percheron stallion in
the world and only to the famous "Old" Brilliant, to
whom he traces his ancestry on both sides, does he
bend the knee as a breeder.
Interesting rumors are afloat concerning the dis-
covery of this "horse of the golden hoof" which, for
more than six years, has reigned supreme in Per-
cheron fields. Though fact and hearsay have been
frequently mingled the gist of the matter lies here.
Foaled March 6, 1905, at the farm of M. Choplain,
Department of Sarthe, District of La Perche, France,
out of Perrette by Belleau 2d, he, four years later in
the hands of M. Aveline, then president of the Per-
cheron Society of France, defeated for championship
honors the famous Etudiant at the Paris Horse
Show.
A South American, Mr'. Mayessaie, in France to
buy Percherons for his country, had admired Carnot
and bought him for 16,000 francs ($3,200), considered
an excellent price and one which showed his first
owners a handsome profit. This started him on his
money-making career. It happened that George
Crouch of J. Crouch & Son, La Fayette, Ind., a large
importer, had also seen Carnot and realized that in
him was a champion of champions. He trailed the
South American and Carnot again changed hands
at a big advance. Mr. Crouch brought him to Amer-
ica and the show season following his importation,
1909, he proved himself invincible. He won Grand
Championship at the International, at the New York
Horse Show, at Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana State
Fairs, and was three times accorded the champion-
ship of the Percheron Society of America.
Before his win at the International, J. Crouch &
Son sold him to W. S. Corsa for $10,000, then the
record price for a Percheron in America. Since that
time he has headed the band of mares at Gregory
Farm and has sired more high-priced foals than any
ether stallion of the breed. Since 1911 Mr. Corsa has
had annual auctions of Carnot's offspring and their
average price was well over the $700 mark. At
$10,000 he was a very profitable investment — still
continuing his money-making career. His last sale
is therefore a fitting climax to a remarkable career
and even at his present valuation, $40,000, Carnot
looks the money. Already owners of his sons and
daughters are being besieged by offers of purchase.
The blood of Carnot is in great demand. And the
veteran after his seven years of active service still
has the freshness and bloom of a two-year-old.
o
A Holstein Record.
A postal card from the Advanced Registry office
of the Holstein-Friesian Association conveys the fol-
lowing information; "The cow, Keyston Beauty
Plum Johanna 161646, has broken the record for fat
production in the senior four-year class of the divis-
ion covering tests begun not less than 240 days from
freshening, by producing in seven consecutive days
19.584 pounds fat from 491.7 pounds milk. She fresh-
ened at the age of 4 years, 10 months, 20 days, and
began her test 240 days from freshing. Her prior
record, begun 41 days from freshing, is 26.3 pounds
fat from 665.5 pounds milk. Her sire is King Beauty
Pietertje De Kol 50758; her dam is Cornucopia Plum
Johanna 90522. She was bred by C. A. Pratt of Le
Raysville, Pa., and she is now owned by George E.
Stevenson of Waverly, Pa. In the senior four-year
class of the eight months division she displaces Lu-
cille Jolie Pontiac 144478, whose record, begun 244
days from freshing, is 19.193 pounds fat from 463.1
pounds milk."
o
An Illinois farmer who owns a dozen gpod grade
draft mares recently hit upon a plan by which he
gets his mares bred for nothing. Every winter he
buys a good registered draft stallion two years old.
In the spring he breeds all his mares to this colt
and sells the colt the following fall or winter. As a
general thing the advance in the price he sells for
over the price he paid, has more than balanced the
cost of keeping the horse. As he buys a colt of the
same breed, and is keeping some of the fillies, he is
improving his stock at little cost.
«■«>«>
Scotland, the celebrated Morgan stallion that was
sold last year to C. J. Brown, of Portland. Maine,
by the estate of Joseph Battell, has been bought by
the Government for stud purposes at the U. S. Mor-
gan Horse Farm.
Breeder and Sportsman:
The most experienced horsemen in the United
States, who have been in close touch with the busi-
ness through good and bad times, are of the opinion
that the horse breeding industry is now at the begin-
ning of some very prosperous years.
For several years prior to 1915, the increase in
horses had fallen below reasonable expectations. A
large proportion of mares had not been bred. This
was particularly true of mares of light horse blood,
as prices had been so far depressed on light horses
as to lend no inducement to breeders of such stock.
This diminution in production was practicaljy
world wide. To make the shortage still greater, the
European war has caused greater loss in horses than
has ever occurred in the same period. The horses
in France were reduced from 3,331,000 to 2,227,000
head during the first eleven months of the war — a
decrease of 31 per cent. The reduction in horses in
other nations engaged is considered to be nearly as
great.
Exports of horses and mules from the United
States have broken all records. During the 21
months ending June 1. 1916, 611,790 horses, valued
at $134,943,456, and 167,387 mules, valued at $34,
198,955, have been exported. Purchases and ship-
ments are being made more rapidly than ever before.
In the judgment of experienced horsemen, familiar
with conditions abroad, foreign countries will make
very heavy purchases of horses for years following
the war, and the United States is in the best position
of any nation to supply the demand.
The British are very loath to praise products not
their own, so that the appearance of an editorial in
the London Live Stock Journal, May 19, 1916, is
especially significant to American horse breeders.
Extracts are as follows:
"Close observers of the heavy horses that have
been brought over to England from the U. S. A.
must surely have been struck with their tremendous
bone and scale, blended with a quality, at times,
that appears quite startling in such massive animals.
We refer particularly to gun teams, big, wide, heavy,
intelligent, docile horses, with the unmistakable
stamp of quality marked on their contour, both over
their tops and below the knee. Inquiry elicits the
fact that the American preference for the Percheron
and the cross of that breed is responsible for the big
proportion of all the draft horses imported being
the stamp we speak of — a foreign and unfamiliar
look about the heavy frame, but a thorough bred, or,
say, a bloodlike appearance ever and anon peeping
out of the horse, at some point in its makeup . . .
The American breeder, especially in his rainy sea-
son, cannot be bothered with a lot of hair or
grease. . . . The premier Percheron stallions
at the moment in the U. S. A. weigh practically as
much as the Shires and the Clydesdales over there,
and their limbs are much more free from feather or
hair."
"The cross of the Percheron stallions imported
from France and bred in the U. S. A. on the native
mares has undoubtedly produced a very useful
general-purpose horse, which gives every satisfaction
to the English government buyer wherever the ani-
mal has sufficient weight for heavy draft work. The
medium-sized horses, weighing from 1,250 to 1,500
lbs., have been the most useful general-purpose horse.
They are very tractable, active, and maintain them-
selves on less food than many other types or breeds
of horses. This class of animal has supplied our
Government with some of the best gunners they
have had from any source. In short, quite 60 per
cent of the gun teams that we possess today are
bred on Percheron lines."
When the leading live stock journal of Great Brit-
ain comments so favorably on the American horses,
it is strong evidence that American farmers have
done well to make free use of Percheron blood.
7.853 transfers of Percherons have been made in
the nine months ending August 1, 1916, an increase
of almost 3 per cent in transfers over the same
period a year ago.
Another indication of increasing interest in Per-
cheron breeding is shown by the increase in applica-
tions for membership in the Percheron Society of
America. 642 breeders applied during the nine
months ending August 1, 1916. as against 484 for the
same period last year, an increase of 32 per cent.
Good Percherons are in strong demand. Farmers
and breeders have every reason to feel optimistic
over the outcome.
Tours truly,
WAYNE DINSMORE,
Sec'y Percheron Society of America.
D. H. Bitner's Jersey cow Surprise was the cham-
pion of the 30-day test of the Kern County Associa-
tion, with a total of 64 . 8 pounds of butter fat, wrest-
ing the honor from a Durham cow, owned by T. M.
Calvert at McFarland. The- Calvert cow gave 60.9
pounds butter fat in the thirty days.
Fiss, Doerr and Carroll Horse Co., of New York
City, in bidding for the Government contract calling
for 69,842 horses and mules, named a sum of
$12,619,480, which is an average of a trifle over $180
a head.
Zombro 2:11, that died a few years ago, has now
fifteen 2:10 trotters to his credit.
Saturday, August 12, 1916]
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a half mile track. Give full particulars In
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Address BREEDER & SPORTSMAN.
P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal.
I WANT TO BUY.— I have sold eleven
horses in the last few months ranging
from $2,000 to $200. If you have a horse
for sale and will write me, I will tell you
what my system is. It is a winner. I find
there is a buyer for every horse for sale
at the right price. It is just a question of
getting the buyer and seller together. If
you have one for sale let me hear from
you. MAGNUS FLAWS,
542 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, III.
FARMS FOR SALE
Choice Land In Idaho
Lewis ton, Idaho. Is situated at the
forks of Clearwater and Snake rivers and
has transportation to the coast.
960 acres 7y2 miles from Lewlston, Ida-
ho, i\<t from Lapwai, Idaho, on main
traveled road, all In cultivation except
about 15 acres, all level land. Just a little
rolling, 320 acres of fall wheat In, 225
acres fall plowed for spring crop, about
30 acres in alfalfa. All fenced and crosa
fenced. Two good springs with big cem-
ent water troughs, well, windmill and
cement reservoir, water piped to house,
7 room house, hot and cold water and
electric lights. Large horse barn with
hay mow in the center, electric lights in
barn; cow barn with two box stalls; hog
pens, shade trees, chicken houses, black-
smith shop, wagon shed, granary, outdoor
cellar with bunk house overhead. $85 per
acre; will take one-third down, time on
balance to suit purchaser, at 7 per cent
interest. One-third of crop goes with
place if sold any time up close to harvest.
Mild climate, can raise all kinds of fruit,
grain and vegetables. Wheat in this
country goes from 35 to 65 bushels per
acre, barley 40 to 80 bushels per ^cre.
320 acres 4^ miles south of Vollmer,
Idaho, 275 acres In cultivation, balance In
pasture and timber, farm land lays prac-
tically level, one-third of crop goes with
place if sold before harvest. Some fall
wheat already sown. All fenced and crosa
fenced. Quarter section of it fenced hog
tight; good four-room houso, wood shed,
and out of door cellar, nice grove around
house, well at house, fair stabling and
out buildings, spring and spring creek
close to barn, three springs on place.
Price $70 per acre, one-third cash, bal-
ance at 7 per cent. Time to suit pur-
chaser.
238 acres 4^4 miles from Lewlston. Ida-
ho, 175 acres in cultivation, 25 more can
be cultivated, balance good bunch grass
pasture, fenced and cross-fenced, good
spring creek runs across place, small
house, station on place for Johnson R. R..
two grain warehouses at station. Price
$70 per acre, one-third cash, balance at
7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
160 acres of timber land, good farm land
when timber is cleared off, all can be
farmed except about 2 or 3 acres. Good
timber, yellow pine and fir. Price $4000.
40 miles from Lewiston, Idaho. Well
located to log off.
240 acres 6 miles from Asotin, 12 miles
from Lewiston, Idaho, about 75 acres in
fall wheat, about 75 acres more can be
cultivated, balance In bunch grass pas-
ture, two springs, small house, all fenced.
Price $40 per acre, one-third cash, balance
at 7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
Reference Lewiston National Bank and
First National Bank. Address
F. W. KELLET.
Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal.
LIVESTOCK INSURANCE-
is just as important as Fire Insurance, or automobile
insurance or any other form of business protection.
And, here is a company that provides that protection
to stock owners with assurance of prompt payments
when losses occur.
Montana Livestock 6 Casualty Insurance Co.
DOUGLAS KEITH, General Agent Northern Califor-
nia, 701 Royal Insurance Bldg., San Francisco.
W. H. MILLER, General Agent Southern California,
505 Lankershim Bldg., Los Angeles.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 12, 1916
/
BEAUTIFUL BELVEDERE
LOTS FOR SALE
CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
most beautiful spot on the shores of San Francisco Bay
for a suburban home. It commands an extensive view of
the City of San Francisco, Alcatraz and Angel Islands,
Raccoon Straits, San Francisco Bay, Richardson's Bay,
the Berkeley shore, beautiful Belvedere and Mt. Tamal-
pais. It is in Marin County, directly opposite San Fran-
cisco, and forms the eastern shore of Belvedere cove.
It has a naturally terraced, sunny, western slope that is
well adapted for many choice residence sites, every one
affording most picturesque views of the bay and moun-
tain. It is protected from the prevailing western trade winds in
summer by Belvedere Island, and from the southerly storms in
winter by Angel Island. The soil is fertile and part of the island
is well wooded.
It is less subject to fog than any other place near San
Francisco. The summer fog, as it rolls in from the ocean, splits
on the western slope of Sausalito, part of it flowing in a line with
Angel Island towards the Berkeley shore, and part of it along
the southern slope of Mt. Tamalpais, leaving Belvedere, Corin-
thian Island and Raccoon Straits in the bright sunlight, while
the fog banks can be seen as a white wall both to the north and
the south.
There is very little available land about the shores of San
Francisco Bay that is desirable for homes, especially for those
who love boating and kindred sports. The Alameda and Contra
Costa shores of the bay are the lee shores and receive the full
brunt of the boisterous trade winds which lash the shoal waters
near the land into muddy waves, making boating both unpleas-
ant and dangerous. To the north of the city and in Marin
County the land from Sausalito to the entrance of the bay is a
Government reservation and will never be placed on the market.
The shores of Richardson's Bay are not at present convenient
to boat service and, aside from Belvedere and Corinthian Island,
there is little or no land near any ferry landing that possesses
the natural advantages, improvements and possibilities that are
offered on Corinthian Island. Concrete roads, pure water, tele-
phone service and electric light wires are already installed. It is
only ten minutes' walk from any point on the property to
Tiburon boats, and but forty-three minutes' ride to the foot of
Market Street.
On the point of Corinthian Island the Corinthian Yacht
Club has had its home for many years, and on any summer day
the white sails of its numerous fleet add to the charming scene,
as the trim yachts glide about the cove. Excellent fishing of all
kinds for bay fish, including salmon, the gamey striped bass,
rock fish and the toothsome silver smelt, is to be had in the cove.
There is probably no spot so accessible and in such close prox-
imity to any large city in the world that offers the attractions
of climate, magnificent scenery, fishing and boating as will here
be found.
FOR MAPS, PRICES AND PARTICULARS APPLY TO
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S. L. PLANT,
PLANT RUBBER AND SUPPLY CO,
32 BEALE STREET
San Francisco, Cal.
6"R.
F. W. KEIXEY,
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN OFFICE,
366 PACIFIC BUILDING
San Francisco, Cal.
/
Saturday, August 12, 1916]
VENTURA COUNTY FAIR
VENTURA, CAl.
SEPTEMBER 13-14-15-16, 1916.
ENTRIES CLOSE
August 28th, 1916.
$3000 for Speed Events
PROGRAM
FIRST DAY— SEPTEMBER 13.
Wild West Purse $300
- "Write Secretary or A. L. Hobson, Ven-
tura, for entry blanks and conditions.
Chariot Race Purse $300
Teams of four; two or more chariots to
start. Money divided 60-40 or 50-30-20.
SECOND DAY— SEPTEMBER 14.
Free-For-AII Pace Purse $500
Ventura county horses; 7 to enter, 3 to
start.
Running Race Purse $100
Half mile and repeat; 5 to enter, 3 to
start.
2:18 Class Trot or Pace... Purse $250
Five to enter; 3 to start.
THIRD DAY— SEPTEMBER 15-
Hurdles Purse $300
For conditions address the secretary or
Thos. J. Donovan, Ventura.
Chariot Race Purse $300
Teams of four; two or more chariots
to start. Money divided 60-40 or 50-30-20.
FOURTH DAY— SEPTEMBER 16.
Free-For-AII Pace Purse $600
Five to enter; 3 to start.
2:20 Trot or Pace Purse $250
Five to enter; 3 to start.
Running Race Purse $100
Half mile and repeat; 5 to enter, 3 to
start.
CONDITIONS.
Purses divided 60-30-10 per cent unless
otherwise specified.
Harness races to be best three in five,
mile heats.
Running races to be half-mile and re-
peat.
Entry fee of five per cent must accom-
pany all entries.
Five per cent deducted from money
winners.
Race committee reserves the right to
reject any or all entries.
Half mile track.
Finest automobile show given in South-
ern California this year, in charge of the
popular Jack Milligan, and Walter Hem-
pel of Pierpont Inn "Milk Fed Chicken"
fame.
Five mammoth tents, each 200 feet in
length, necessary to house the various
exhibits.
Harness and running races under Na-
tional Trotting1 Association rules.
Fifty cents admission; grand stand 10c;
no admission at night.
"Pleasure Lane" more than half a mile
in length, brilliantly lighted at night and
perfectly policed.
Merry-go-round, Ferris Wheel and oth-
er devices.
All communications addressed to the
Secretary at Ventura.
ADOLFO CAMARILLO, President.
L. P. HATHAWAY, Secretary,
Ventura, Cal.
TH1
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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General Livery and Sale Business
COUNTRY HORSES FOR SALE
WEIGHING 1200 Lbs. TO 1700 Lbs.
Mules in Carload Lots
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and places its graduates
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1215 VAN NESS AVENUE
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Pedigrees Tabulated
—^Typewritten, Suitable For Framing —
Stallion Service Books, $1.00
Registration Standard-Bred Horses Attended to
Stallion Folders
with picture of the horse and terms on first page; complete tabulated pedigree
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Stallion Cards for Posting
size, one-half sheet, 14x22; size one-third sheet, 11x14
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ADDRESS
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, ^VS2!££;
NEW EDITION OF JOHN SPLAN'S BOOK
"LIFE WITH THE TROTTER"
PRICE $3.00 POSTPAID
•Tills With the Trotter" gives us a clear Insight Into the win and tnaana to be
adopted to Increase pace, and preserve It when obtained. This work Is replete with
interest, and should be read by ail sections of society, as It lnccjcatss the doctrines of
kindness to the horse from start to finish."
Address, BREEDER and SPORT8M_e_N, P. O Drawor HI, staa Trust***. Oil.
GROUNDS OF ST. LOUIS TRAPSHOOTERS' ASSOCIATION
PACK YOUR GRIP AND TAKE A
TRIP TO THE SEVENTEENTH
GRAND AMERICAN
Trapshooting Tournament
on the Grounds of the
St. Louis Trapshooters' Association
August 21-22-23-24-25,
1916
GO TO this assembly of America' s best shooters.
Plan to be in St. Louis to see this classic
event. Bring your gun with you, — enter in
a squad and get the thrills known only to the Grand
American entrants.
Here's the Program, -Every
Event A Hummer!
MONDAY, August 21, — Preliminary Day — St. Louis
Introductory, a "warming-
up" affair to start the "big
show."
TUESDAY, August 22,— The Mound City Overture—
100 Single Targets. The
National Amateur Cham-
pionship at Double Targets,
— 50 Double Targets.
The Na t i o n a 1 Amateur
Championship at Single
Targets,— 100 Targets. Open
only to the winners (or the
runners-up) of The Inter-
state Association's State
Amateur Championship
Events.
WEDNESDAY, August 23,— The Preliminary Handicap,
— 100 Single Targets.
THURSDAY, August 24,— The Grand American Han-
dicap,— 100 Single Targets.
FRIDAY, August 25,— The Consolation Handicap,
— 100 Single Targets.
Special Events for Women
and Exhibition Matches between prominent Profes-
sional Shooters are Features of this Extraordinary
Shooting Carnival.
The "JOKER TRAP" will introduce several novel target flights
which will challenge the skill of trapshooters and furnish amuse-
ment for spectators.
PACK YOUR GRIP AND TAKE THE TRIP
TO THE GRAND AMERICAN
For program giving full details of each event, trophies awarded,
hotel service, accommodation for spectators and other important
information about this spectacular trapshooting event, write to
Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, 219 Coltart Ave., Pittsburgh, Penna.,
or to
SPORTING POWDER DIVISION,
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POWDER MAKERS SINCE 1802
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EASTERN HANDICAP HONORS
THE (P) BRAND SHELLS
CARRIED OFF BY
SHOOTERS USING
Preliminary Handicap— 1st Horace W. Lodge, 96 ex 100 from 19 yards Eastern Special— 2nd Fred Plum 98 ex 100
Eastern Handicap— 2nd W. H. Lanier, 96 ex 100 from 18 yards High General Average (tie)— Fred Plum 343 ex 350
Special Double Event— 1st Fred Plum, 29 ex 15 pairs I Longest Run of shoot— by Fred Plum— 140 straight
High General Average on all targets, including 200 from 22 yards, 100 from 18 yards, 450 from 16 yards and 15 pairs, won by Fred Plum, 742 ex 780
CONNECTICUT INTERSTATE CHAMPIONSHIP
won at Danbury, Conn., July 12-13, by Mr. A. L. Chamberlin
by a score of 94 ex 100 and 25 straight in the shoot-off, using
D
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Mr. Chamberlin and Dr. B. F. Bishop, won the Connecticut 2-man team championship. 187 x 200. Mrs. F. F. Rogers won the ladies' championship,
81 x 100, and Messrs. A. L. Chamberlin and F. B. Stephenson tied for High Amateur Average, 141 x 150, all using the "P" brand.
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REMINGTON
UMC
EASTERN HANDICAP ANOTHER
Remington, TESTIMONIAL
Testimonials and guide posts are these big-tournament results, of interest alike to novice and
veteran. Results point the way.
Against a splendid field of 160 shooters
THE EASTERN HANDICAP
Won by Clarence B. Piatt, Bridgeton, N. J., 97 x 100 at 21 yards, shooting Remington UMC Nitro Club
Speed Shells. Third: C. B. Cutter, Bridgeport, Conn., 96x100 at 17 yards, shooting the same ammu-
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EASTERN OVERTURE
SVon by C. H. Newcomb, Philadelphia, Penna., 99 x 100, shooting Remington TJMC Arrow Speed Shells.
EASTERN SPECIAL
Won by J. H. Noel, Nashville, Tenn., 99x100, shooting Remington UMC Nitro Club Speed Shells.
INTRODUCTORY EVENT
Won by J. G. Martin, Harrisburgh, Penna., 99x100, shooting Remington UMC Nitro Club Speed Shells.
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PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP 1915
HIGHEST GENERAL AVERAGE, VERNON GUN CLUB,
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493 ex 500 TARGETS
All of the above winnings were made by Mr. Henry Pfirrmann Jr., with his 34 inch
double barrel
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PARKER GUN
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—TRAINING THE HOUND —
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE TRAINING OF FOX HOUNDS, BEAGLES,
AND COON HOUNDS.
The system of training advocated is simple and effective, so thatanyone who car-
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-ADDRESS:-
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
P. O. DRAWER 447, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
VOLUME LXIX. No. 8.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1916
Subscription— ?3.60 Per Xear
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LULU B. (3) 2:13% by THE BONDSMAN
Winner Three-Tear- Old Trotting Division, Pacific Breeders' Futurity
Bred and Owned by M. L. Woy, Fresno. — Trained and
Driven by John Quinn.
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McKLTO BOT (2) 2:24 by PETER McKLTO 2:06
Winner Two- Year-Old Trotting Division Pacific Breeders* Futurity.
Bred and Owned by L. Todhunter, Sacramento. — Trained and
driven by James Thompson.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 19, 191
.
Horses Will Die-
Same with the other classes of livestock.
Their value when dead is equal only to the amount
of insurance by which they are protected.
Let's talk it over.
Montana Livestock 6 Casualty Insurance Co.
DOUGLAS KEITH, General Agent Northern Califor-
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W. H. MILLER, General Agent Southern California,
505 Lankershim Bldg., Los Angeles.
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INYO COUNTY
Fair and Stock Show
BISHOP, CAL.,
Sept. 28-29-50, 1916
ENTRIES CLOSE:
August 28th, 1916
(Running Races Close Overnight)
RACE PROGRAM
THURSDAY, SEPT. 28th
Valley View Hctel Purse, for 2:40
Trotters and 2:50 Pacers $200
Dusey's Purse, for !/2 mile run and
repeat 100
Breeders' Purse, for 2-year-olds and
under, Inyo County owned Aug. 25 100
FRIDAY, SEPT. 29th
Chamber of Commerce Purse, for 2:20
Trotters and 2:25 Pacers $200
Italia Hotel Purse, for 2:12 Trotters
and 2:19 Pacers 200
SATURDAY, SEPT. 30th
Red Front Purse, for 3-minute Trot-
ters and 3-minute Pacers $200
Tungsten City Purse, for Free-for-All
Trotters or Pacers 200
Clark Hotel Purse, for '/2-mile run and
repeat 10o
CONDITIONS
FREE STALL RENT-FREE HAT-
FREE TRANSPORTATION TO AND
FROM DEPOT.
Harness races best three in five except
for two -year-olds, which are two in three.
Entrance fee five per cent and usual
five per cent from money winners.
One horse may be entered in two or
more classes or two or more horses may
be entered in one class and nominator
h^Id for but one entry, but full entrance
fee will be demanded on every horse that
starts.
Two horses or more may be started un-
der yame ownership or control. Five to
enter and four to start. Two horses un-
der one ownership or control when start-
ed In same race will be counted as one
in arriving at number of starters.
Records made on August 25th will not
constitute a bar.
Mon^y divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent
in harness races and 60. 25, and 15 per
i-ent in running races. A horse distancing
the field entitled to but one monev.
Right reserved to change order of pro-
gram.
Member National Trotting Association.
Write for concessions.
GUY L. F1NLEY,, Speed Supt.
A. MARSHALL, Secretary,
Bishop, Cal.
San Francisco-
Sacramento
Scenic Line
REGULAR — FAST
Electric Train Service
BETWEEX BAY CITIES AKD FOISTS
IS THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY
THRU BEAUTIFUL REDWOOD CANYON
and MOUNT DIABLO COUNTRY
Write for Illustrated Folder and Time Table
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L. H. RODEBAUGH, Traffic Mgr.
OAKLAND - CALIFORNIA
BLOODSTOCK
STALLIONS
MARES
RACERS
MANY ANIMALS BEST STRAINS
FOR DISPOSAL.
DETAILS ON APPLICATION
August Bloodstock Sales.
Mares and Yearlings.
Orders Executed
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COYLE & CO. (BROKERS) LTD.,
7 Anglesea St.
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Agents Required Throughout the World.
VENTURA COUNTY FAIR
VENTURA, CAL.
SEPTEMBER 13-14-15-16, 1916.
ENTRIES CLOSE
August 28th, 1916.
$3000 for Speed Events
PROGRAM
FIRST DAY— SEPTEMBER 13.
Wild West Purse $300
Write Secretary or A- L. Hobson. Ven-
tura, for entry blanks and conditions.
Chariot Race Purse $300
Teams of four; two or more chariots to
start. Money divided 60-40 or 50-30-20
SECOND DAY— SEPTEMBER 14.
Free-For-All Pace Purse $500
Ventura county horses; 7 to enter, 3 to
starL
Running Race Purse $100
Half mile and repeat; 5 to enter, 3 to
start.
2:18 Class Trot or Pace... Purse $250
Five to enter; 3 to start.
THIRD DAY— SEPTEMBER 15.
Hurdles Purse $300
For conditions address the secretary or
Thos. J. Donovan, Ventura-
Chariot Race Purse $300
Teams of four; two or more chariots
to start. Money divided 60-40 or 50-30-20
FOURTH DAY— SEPTEMBER 16.
Free-For-All Pace Purse $600
Five to enter; 3 to start.
2:20 Trot or Pace Purse $250
Five to enter; 3 to start.
Running Race Purse $100
Half mile and repeat; 5 to enter, 3 to
start.
CONDITIONS.
Purses divided 60-30-10 per cent unless
otherwise specified.
Harness races to be best three in five,
mile heats.
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DATES OF FAIRS.
CALIFORNIA.
California State Fair at Sacramento Sept. 2- 9
Alameda Co. Fair at Pieasanton Sept. 13-16
Ventura Co. Fair at Ventura Sept. 13-16
Community Fair at Ripon Sept. 15-16
Fresno Co. Fair at Fresno Sept. 26-30
Bishop Harvest Festival at Bishop Sept. 28-30
Kings Co. Fair at Hanford Oct. 2-7
Riverside Co. Fair at Riverside Oct. 10-14
Kern County Fair at Bakersfleld Oct. 24-28
ARIZONA.
Arizona State Fair at Phoenix Nov. 13-18
NORTH PACIFIC FAIR ASSOCIATION.
Southwest Washington Fair at Chehalis, Aug. 28-Sept 2
Interstate Fair at Spokane Sept. 4- 9
Grays Harbor Co. Fair at Elma Sept. 6-10
Walla Walla Co. Fair at Walla Walla Sept. 11-13
Washington State Fair at North Yakima Sept 18-23
Oregon State Fair at Salem Sept. 2?-30
INTER-MOUNTAIN FAIR CIRCUIT.
Rexburg. Idaho August 21
Blackfoot, Idaho August 28
LaGrande, Oregon September 4
Baker, Oregon September 11
Ontario, Oregon September 18
Boise, Idaho September 25
Salt Lake, Utah October 2
GRAND CIRCUIT.
Cleveland, Ohio Aug. 21-26
Poughkeepsie. N. Y Aug. 28-Sept 2
Hartford, Conn Sept. 4-9
Syracuse, N. Y Sept 11-16
Columbus, Ohio Sept. 18-30
Lexington. Ky Oct. 2-14
Atlanta, Ga Oct. 16-21
GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT.
Omaha. Neb Aug. 21-26
Des Moines, la. Aug. 25-31
Hamline, Minn Sept. 4- 9
Milwaukee, Wis Sept 11-25
Springfield. Ill Sept 18-22
Sedalia, Mo Sept 25-30
WHEN MURRAY HOWE wrote his famous "Ex-
cuse Book" he builded better than he knew. Since
the many excuses that have been given by owners
and trainers for the inability of their horses to win
were collected, numbered and published, the idea has
prevailed in the minds of horsemen that the true
sportsman should take his medicine and accept the
inevitable without confidential talk to his friends or
speech making among the spectators. When an
owner or driver starts in nowadays to explain that
his horse jumped a shadow or didn't like the footing
he is told "that is Murray Howe's No. 35 or 56" as
the case may be, and he goes no further. Lameness,
sickness, the loss of a shoe, or the breaking of hop-
ples are ligitimate reasons and are as evident to the
outsiders as to the driver, consequently do not have
to be made, but the thousand and one excuses which
were once so prevalent and often "put over" have
become obsolete owing entirely to the genius of
Murray Howe.
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HENRY BAKER, who in former years was the
village blacksmith at Santa Rosa and is now retired,
exhibited an old high wheel sulky at the Sonoma
County Fair last week that attracted much attention.
The sulky, Mr. Baker avers, is over fifty years old
and he has owned it for more than forty years. It
was made by Hatfield & Jackson, Rahway, New Jer-
sey, and outside of the wheels having too much play
owing to wear, is in a perfect state of preservation.
The paint is still a bright red and every piece of
hickory in shafts and wheels ' seems solid, with no
loose spokes or felloes. Sam Norris created quite
a sensation when he hitched a horse to it and drove
around the track on Thursday.
"MAKING THE AMERICAN THOROUGHBRED"
is the title of a volume of 300 pages which has
reached our desk through the courtesy of James
Douglas Anderson, the author, and no book on the
thoroughbred horse can be read with more profit
and with greater pleasure. The original purpose of
the volume was to show the extent to which the
breeding and racing of thoroughbreds was carried
on in Tennessee during the first fifty or sixty years
of the State's existence, but it was found that the
breeding and turf interests of Tennessee were so
interwoven with the interests of other States, the
scope of the volume had to be enlarged. The book
is not a scientific work on horse breeding but en-
deavors to show some of the effects that the breeding
and racing of thoroughbreds had on the customs and
habits of the people. As the author says in his
preface, there is material in the book upon which the
historian of the future might base a chapter on
"The America of Sir Archy" or "The Tennessee of
Leviathan" that would rival in interest Green's chap-
ter on "The England of Shakespeare." In the ab-
sence of available facts to support such a chapter it
would not be credited, but the details are in the book
and are not only complete but surprising. The his-
tory of the early thoroughbreds of Tennessee con-
tains much in the way of correct pedigrees and
descriptions of the best horses and their perform-
ances that will be of deep interest to every student
breeder, while the reminiscences of early racing and
the stories of great men and great races are told
in a manner that compels one's interest from begin-
ning to end. The days when the leading statesmen
of the South were the leading breeders of thorough-
breds and the leading governors of the racing asso-
ciations were the days of chivalry, and in those days
Presidents and foreign ministers, Methodist and Bap-
tist ministers, bankers and planters, not only owned
race horses but sometimes rode them in stake and
match races. Mr. Anderson has collected many facts
about these early day races and tells them in a most
captivating manner. The work is profusely illus-
trated with portraits of the horses and leading breed-
ers of those days and is well printed and bound. The
price of the volume is ?5 and it can be obtained
through this office or from the author, James Dougr
las Anderson, Madison, Tenn.
STATE FAIR GROUNDS READY.
Buildings, Track, Lawns and Stalls in Shape for
Greatest Fair in State's History.
"A Subscriber" writes to question the statement
made in last week's Breeder and Sportsman that
Peter MeKlyo's mile in 2:06 is the fastest record
mile ever trotted in this State, and says he "saw
Frank J. Ruhstaller's gelding Wild Bell trot a mile in
2:05% at Chico, and that it still stands." The state-
ment in the B. and S. last week was that Peter Me-
Klyo's mile in 2:06 was the fastest record mile.
Wild Bell's mile was not a record performance. There
is no doubt but he trotted the mile in 2: 05 ',4, but as
he did not go against time, but simply trotted an
exhibition mile, it was not a record mile, and Wild
Bell's record is still 2:081,i in the Year Book.
Star Hawk Again Runs Second.
The following account of the running of the Trav-
ers Stake at Saratoga, on Saturday, August 5th,
taken from the Rider and Driver, will be read with
interest by Californians who have been watching the
reports of the performances of Mr. A. K. Maeomber's
horses that are being trained by Walter Jennings:
"Those who were fortunate enough to be present
on Saturday saw a remarkable finish for the Travers
Stakes for which Mr. A. K. Maeomber's imported colt,
Star Hawk, was the favorite. Opposed to him were
Spur, Franklin and Tea Caddy, representing the But-
ler, Weber & Ward, and Belmont Stables respec-
tively. It was Star Hawk's third appearance in this
country and once more he was doomed to run sec-
ond— the position he occupied to George Smith and
Chiclet respectively in the Kentucky and Brooklyn
Derbies. Star Hawk made the pace, having the ad-
vantage of a 13-pound pull in the weights over Spur,
and he looked like a certain winner until the last
furlong pole. At this point, however, Loftus brought
Spur up under a strong hand-ride and, catching the
favorite a hundred yards from the wire, never gave
him a second's respite. It was a desperate battle to
the wire, with Spur's nose catching the eyes of the
judges. Franklin, whose effort was far below his
Western form, was third, several lengths behind.
Spur is a worthy son of his bulldog sire, King
James, a horse which fought every foot of every race
in which he participated during a long and successful
career, and John E. Madden who bred him and Henry
T. Oxnard, who has him in the stud at Upperville,
Va., and who saw Saturday's race, were happy men.
Mr. Butler was not at the track to see his champion
perform, but there were hosts of good judges to
applaud the splendid performance, which, from a
time standpoint, is really about the best for the race
— 2:05 with 129 pounds up, being really better than
Reamer's 2:04 with 123 pounds in the saddle."
With the opening date of the State Fair but two
weeks away, the fair grounds are the scene of more
bustle than has been known there since the last
State Fair closed almost ftvo years ago — excepting,
of course, the period of the mobilization of the
National Guard. Secretary Charles W. Paine and
his corps of assistants are up to their eyes in work.
Livestock entries in unprecedented volume have been
pouring in. Counties which have been conspicuous
by their absence from other state fairs are seeking
exhibit space, and other counties which have made
a practice of exhibiting have applied for enlarged
quarters.
But it is in livestock that the present State Fair
will make its greatest appeal to the people of Cali-
fornia. Swine of all breeds, poultry', beef and dairy
cattle and draft horses will form the major part of
the exhibits. The quantity and quality of the stock,
it is said, never has been equaled on the Pacific
coast, not even at the Panama-Pacific exposition.
While many cars of blooded stock will be brought
to the fair from all parts of the state, interest is
especially keen among breeders whose herds are
owned in the Sacramento valley. The James Mc-
Gilivray and Henderson herd of Holsteins will be at
the fair; the Humphrey herd of Guernseys from
Mayhews and Escalon will be well represented. The
A. W. Morris & Sons corporation, owners of Tilly
Alcarta, world champion milk producer, will make a
big showing from their famous herd of Holsteins in
Yolo county. An individual animal from this herd
has brought as much as ?12,500.
Walter H. Dupee of the Edgemore farm at Santee
has been in Sacramento to look after the details of
his exhibit, which will comprise nearly sixty head of
Guernseys. Dupee will hold a sale during fair week.
Several other sales of stock will take place during
the progress of the fair, one especially noteworthy,
will be under the auspices of the American Berkshire
association. In a sale of Berkshires at Mayhews last
week the average price obtained was $178.50 per
head, the highest price reached in the United States
this year. Many of the animals that changed hands
at the Mayhews sale will be shown at the fair and
a much higher price will be received, it is anticipated,
than at Mayhews. Maurice Rucker of Fair Oaks is
arranging for a sale of his Duroc Jersey swine. A
number of leading Poland China breeders will have
animals for sale. Buyers are expected from all the
Western states, and it is expected that thousands of
dollars will be invested in purchases of blooded
stock.
The California Jersey Cattle Breeders' association
has asked that a barn be set aside for Jerseys ex-
clusively. Secretary Charles W. Paine has granted
the request and will locate them to meet their
wishes. The additional cash prizes and futurity
prizes offered in several swine classes has caused
the filling of the five new hog barns just completed.
The Swine Breeders' association is confident that it
will show over one thousand head of pure bred swine.
The erection of the five large new barns for swine
is in anticipation of a showing of at least 1000 head.
Quarters will be available for at least that number.
The greatest number shown at any former fair is 450.
A judging ring has been built in the center of the
group of barns which will greatly facilitate the work
of making the awards. A passageway has been
opened through the center of the swine barn section
which will provide easy access to the judging ring
from all the buildings.
At the present time all the stock barns have been
whitewashed and thoroughly disinfected. The horse
barns have been brightened up with a new coat of
paint. The color has been changed from a dull red
to cream, while the roofs have been given a coat
of green. A large addition to the poultry building is
completed, with a new feature, a concrete tank, pro-
vided for water fowl.
The new woman's building is ready to be turned
over to the State by the contractors. A complete
sewer system is being installed. Two crews of men
are at work on race track, roadway and lawns; and
a multitude of lesser details are receiving attention.
Nothing is being left undone that will make for the
success of what it is conceded will be by far the
finest and most complete exhibition of the State's
products ever assembled at Sacramento.
An improvement that will give a handsome, and
distinctive touch to the main entrance is the placing
of twelve handsome electroliers along either side of
the walk leading to the central pavilion. The old
unsightly wooden poles, carrying lights and wires,
have given way to graceful concrete posts, each
crowned with a single large globe. The entire in-
stallment was donated to the fair by the American
Cement Products company of Los Angeles.
The race track is being leveled and watered and
dragged to insure that its condition will be as near
perfect as it is possible to make it. In the words of
Secretary Paine, "it will be as fast as a bullet." A
new wire fence with steel posts replaces the old
wooden one in front of the grandstand.
Nor has the beautification of the grounds been
overlooked in the general scheme of improvement.
Numerous shrubs have been set out since last year
and the lawns, driveways and roads are receiving the
constant attention of a force of fifteen men.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 19, 1916
Santa Rosa Meeting Big Success
Three Heat Plan Results in Snabby Racing
and Close Contests, and Draws Large Crowds
The annual meeting o£ the Pacific Coast Trotting
Horse Breeders' Association, held this year at the
famous mile track at Santa Rosa, was highly success-
ful from almost every point of view. While no rec-
ords were broken in the races, there were close
contests in nearly every event and the sport was
clean and high class throughout the week.
A new stallion trotting record for California was
made by Peter McKlyo on the opening day when he
trotted a mile unaccompanied by a pace maker in
2:06.
The weather was almost perfect for comfort, but
hotter afternoons would doubtless have resulted in
faster time. There were no long delays, every race
was called on time, Starter Higginhotham got his
fields away on even terms and with very little scor-
ing, the judges and the timers did their whole duty
and there has not been a meeting in California in
years that was more enjoyable and satisfactory to
the horsemen and spectators alike.
The attendance was fair for the first three days,
and on Saturday, when the free-for-all pace was the
leading attraction, the grand stand was crowded and
three thousand persons stood along both sides of the
stretch or sought other vantage points, and remained
standing during the whole afternoon. It was proof
positive that the love of the sport of harness racing
is still strong in the hearts of the people and that
good racing will not only draw the crowds but will
hold them until the winners are proclaimed.
The judges who acted during the meeting were
John A. McKerron of San Francisco, Robt. S. Brown
of Petaluma, A. L. Nichols of Chico, F. J. Ruhstaller
of Sacramento, and Ben F. Rush of Sacramento, all
citizens of the highest standing and reputation in the
communities in which they live. Geo. B. Kelley was
Clerk of the Course, and I. B. Dalziel made an effi-
cient Marshal.
An account of the first day's races appeared in the
Breeder and Sportsman last week.
The second day's program opened with a mile
against time by Miss Macklie, bay mare by Stanford
McKinney, dam Strathalie by Strathway, owned by
Mr. M. L. Woy of Fresno and driven by John Quinn.
This mare is a full sister to Pavana 2:10% and is
also a trotter. Se made her mile in 2:22, giving
Strathalie her third standard performer, all trotters.
The first race of the afternoon was the two-year-
old trotting division of the Pacific Breeders' Futurity,
with a value of $1350. Five good looking two-year-
olds came out when Starter Higginbotham called the
race. In the draw for positions L. Todhunter's colt
McKlyo Boy drew the pole, H. S. Hogoboom's Lily
of the Valley by Palo King had second position, W. E.
Detels' bay filly Elloretta D. by Graham Bellini was
in the third place, Rhyolite, a bay colt by F. S. Whit-
ney owned by Sutherland & McKenzie was next, and
Kewpie by Carlokin, owned by Alex M. Wilson, had
the outside. In scoring it was seen that McKlyo Boy
and Elloretta D. had the speed of the quintette and
the race for first money was between them. James
Thompson, who was up behind McKlyo Boy, had
little trouble in winning in straight heats, but Fred
Chadbourne behind Elloretta D. made him hustle in
the stretch each time and the finishes were close.
McKlyo Boy was the first of the get of Peter McKlyo
2:06 to start, and he looked and acted like a worthy
representative of the Peter the Great family. He is
a royally bred fellow, his dam being Sweet Bow
2:17%, winner of the two-year-old trotting futurity of
1909, she by Bon Voyage 2 : 08 out of The Silver Bell,
dam of seven in the list, by Silver Bow.
Elloretta D. showed herself a high class filly by her
performance in the race. She has had nearly all her
training by her owner and probably would not have
been started in the race had not Chadbourne leased
her a couple of weeks prior to the meeting and took
a chance on making the starting payment. She trot-
ted a good game race and was a close contender in
both heats, her time being only a fraction of a second
slower than the winner's, and won second money.
Third money went to Rhyolite, while Lily of the Val-
ley and Kewpie divided fourth money.
Six trotters took the word in the 2:15 trot which
was on the three-heat plan, for a total purse of $900,
divided $300 to a heat. In the draw for positions
Major's By Guy secured the pole, with Miss San
Francisco, Zolock Zar, Eloise Dell, Bert Kelly and
Howard's Comet in the order named. The first and
second heats were races between Major's By Guy and
Eloise Dell, with the Major Dillon horse first to the
wire each time and the mare a close second, in
2:ll!i and 2:11%. In the second heat of this race
Miss San Francisco and Howard's Comet were dis-
tanced but on the showing that Miss San Francisco
was interfered with and her sulky hit, she was
placed. The third heat Major's By Guy went to a
break and finished fourth, Chas. F. Silva's mare
Eloise Dell winning the heat in 2:13% driven by
Walter Tryon, who handled her well throughout the
race. Miss San Francisco was third and Zolock Zar
also driven by his owner, M. Thompson, was fourth
n the final summary.
There were only four starters in the 2 : 10 pace, and
A. B. C, a black gelding by Young Monterey, driven
by Chadbourne, was installed favorite. He won the
first two heats under the lash from Hal Paxton in
2:08 and 2:07%. but tired in the third heat and was
third in 2:10. Hal Paxton knocked a quarter of a
second from his former record and gave his sire
Hal B. another 2:10 performer in winning this heat.
A. B. C. is the first of the get of Young Monterey
to get a standard record and bis new mark of 2:07%
is a reduction of three seconds from his record made
last year.
A couple of time performances were the curtain-
raisers for Friday. Elmo Montgomery sent Hal
Logan, a son of Jim Logan, dam Sweet Hallie by
American Hal, to beat 2:25% pacing, and gave Jim
Logan his first 2:10 performer by driving Hal a mile
in 2:09.
James Thompson then drove Charlotte McKlyo a
mile to beat 2:30% trotting and she made it in
2:25%. In doing this Thompson put into the stand-
ard record list, the second two-year-old by Peter
McKlyo (5) 2:06. Thompson says that by marking
Peter McKlyo in 2:06, McKlyo Boy in 2:24 when
winning the two-year-old futurity, and Charlotte Mc-
Klyo in 2:25% against time, that he has made a
record. No other five-year-old son of Peter the Great
has at five years of age himself taken a trotting
of the mile, but there was a hot race through the
stretch between DeRyder and Quinn, the latter land-
ing Lulu B. in front at the wire by a neck in 2:13%,
Natal Day third, Miss Bond fourth, The Expense,
Hermes and Jake Logan behind them, all inside the
distance.
In the second heat DeRyder again took Miss Ax-
worthy into the lead as soon as the word was given,
with Quinn willing for Lulu B. to be in second place
and Ben Walker worked Miss Bond into third place.
At the first quarter Quinn got Lulu B. in front, Miss
Axworthy a close second and Miss Bond third, and
these three continued in that order for the rest of
the mile, except that Walker moved Miss Bond up
going round the turn and there was a great race down
the stretch. Quinn got Lulu B. to the wire first, but
it was only by a nose, as DeRyder was coming fast
with the Axworthy filly and Ben Walker was trying
hard to beat DeRyder with Miss Bond. Durfee had
Hermes up in fourth place at the finish. The Expense
was again fifth, Jake Logan was sixth and Natal Day
outside the flag. The son of Wilbur Lou had thrown
a curb and this accounted for his lack of form during
the last few weeks of his training. It was an unfor-
tunate ending of the race for this grand colt, and his
owner, S. Christenson and his trainer Millard Sanders
had the sincere sympathy of their competitors in the
stake as well as their many friends among the spec-
tators.
The third and final heat of the stake was
a horse race. After getting the word Lulu B. led to
the quarter by a length. Miss Axworthy Dillon second
A length in front of Hermes, who was two lengths
in front of the other three. The leaders maintained
their positions into the stretch, ■ but here DeRyder
began one of those drives for which he is famous and
by the time the distance judge was reached he had
Miss Axworthy Dillon in front of Lulu B. and beal
EL PASO (2) 2.-18H by TRUE KINNEY 2:12%
Winner Two-Year-Old Pacing Division Pacific Breeders' Futurity.
Owned by Roy D. Mayes, Dixon. — Driven by F. C. Chadbourne.
record of 2:06 and put two two-year-old trotters in
the list, one a stake winner.
Friday was the most important day of the meeting
from a breeder's standpoint, as the three-year-old
trotting futurity was down for that day and it made
a fine race. There were seven starters and of these
all but one, Jake Logan, had raced as two-year-olds.
Natal Day had won two stakes in his two-year-old
form and taken the coast record for his age of 2:13%.
The records of Miss Bond 2:17%, Hermes 2:16%,
and The Expense 2:13%, were all breeders' records,
while Lulu B. and Miss Axworthy Dillon had no rec-
ords as two-year-olds except that they were second
and third respectively to Natal Day when he won
the stake at Pleasanton in 2:13% and 2:14, the fast-
est heat and the fastest race ever trotted by two-
year-olds on the coast. Consequently on "past per-
formances" this three-year-old- stake would go to
Natal Day, with Lulu B. second and Miss Axworthy
Dillon third. But Natal Day had not been working
well for two or three weeks previous to the Santa
Rosa meeting and neither his owner, S. Christenson,
nor his trainer and driver Millard Sanders, had hopes
of winning. In drawing Miss Axworthy Dillon drew
the inside position, with Hermes, Miss Bond, Lulu
B., The Expense and Jake Logan next in order and
Natal Day on the outside unless his driver preferred
to trail the pole horse. The scoring was not tedious
and they soon got the word with Miss Axworthy Dil-
lon leading at the eighth, Lulu B. second and Natal
Day third, the others strung out behind them. Going
up the back stretch Quinn passed DeRyder and at
the half the positions of the first three were Lulu B„
Miss Axworthy Dillon and Natal Day, six lengths
ahead of the others in 1:05%. The positions of the
first three were relatively the same during the rest
her to the wire by more than a length, with Durfee
coming up fast with Hermes and finishing third. The
Expense was a good fourth. Miss Bond fifth and Jake
Logan sixth. The time was 2:15, which showed that
the youngsters were getting a little tired.
In the division of the purse Lulu B. won first
money, Miss Axworthy Dillon second, Miss Bond
third and Hermes fourth. The winner is a bay filly
by The Bondsman, dam Loma B., the dam of Alba-
loma 2:08%. by Stam B. 2:11%, second dam Italia,
dam of 2, by Sidney 2:19%, third dam Dot by Promp-
ter, fourth dam Venice by Vanderbilt, fifth dam by
that old-time California thoroughbred Billy Cheatham.
Lulu B. was bred and is owned by Mr. M. L. Woy of
Fresno, and was trained and driven in this race by
John Quinn, the Sacramento trainer. She is a racy
looking, high strung young miss and Quinn deserves
much credit for the way in which he has handled
and driven her.
The two-year-old pacing division of the futurity
had only three starters, Roy Mayes' El Paso, W. G.
Durfee's Alfredo and H. A. Hershey's Galen. The
last named was lame and Mr. Hogoboom, his trainer,
was not anxious to start him, but as there but two
others third money looked certain. At the end of the
second heat, however, he asked to withdraw the
colt and consequently lost all claim on any part of
the stake, but considered it best to save a good colt
for a future day than to save a few dollars.
When the word was given for the first heat C. A.
Durfee took the lead with Alfredo, with Galen second
and El Paso third, and they were in the same position
at the finish which Durfee won by three lengths with
Alfredo, Hogoboom second with Galen and Chad-
bourne third with El Paso. The time was 2:20.
In the second heat Hogoboom's colt broke soon
Saturday, August 19, 1916]
THE BRBEDHH AND SPORTSMAN
I after the word was given and Durfee led to the first
I quarter by a length, from Chadbourne's colt. They
went to the half in the same positions, except that
Hogoboom closed a lot of space with his colt, and
they turned into the stretch in that order. Chad-
bourne began to drive El Paso and there was a pretty
|| race down the stretch between the two leaders,
I Chadbourne finally getting El Paso to the wire a
I head in front of Alfredo in 2:18%, with Galen inside
■ the flag, but several lengths behind the two. With
I third money won Hogoboom then drew his entry
I rather than to punish a lame colt.
With but two starters in the third and final heat,
II Chadbourne made every post a winning one and led
I at the finish by three lengths in 2:20 and was
awarded first money.
The winner is a bay gelding by True Kinney
S 2:12% and his dam is Ella J. T., dam of Natal Day
[ (2) 2:13%, San Felipe 2:09%, etc., by Bob Mason,
I second dam Miss Taylor by A. W. Richmond. He
has been given all his training by Fred Chadbourne,
| who drove him in this race.
Willi nine starters, the 2:13 pace made a good
j race to wind up the harness program of the third
] day of the meeting. The Santa Maria pacer Mono
i Ansel won two heats, each in 2:09%, with Lock
| Logan second the first heat and Pedlar Direct second
in the second heat, but in a drive down the home
j stretch in the final heat with Pedlar Direct and
Mabel Dillon, Mono Ansel left his feet and Pedlar
I Direct won in 2:12 with Mabel Dillon second and
I Mono Ansel third. In both his winning heats in this
race Finlay laid back with Mono Ansel until turning
into the stretch, when he brought his little pacer up
with a rush and reached the wire first. In the second
heat, while he was watching Charley Becker on the
outside with Bradmont at the finish, Charley DeRyder
came stealing up on the inside and almost nipped
the heat from him with Pedlar Direct. All three of
these horses were heads apart at the wire, and it
was one of the best heats of the meeting.
On Saturday, the last day of the meeting, there
was nearly if not quite an attendance of four thou-
sand, and every man, woman and child in the throng
was there to see the races. It was Governor's day
and Governor Johnson appeared at the track and
made a short, non-political talk to the vast assem-
blage, but said that he knew it was impossible to
keep the attention of a crowd when horses were
racing, so resigned in favor of the equines.
Four time performances were made and records
won before the regular program commenced, and all
will be found in the summary below. There were
three class races on the card, the main event being
the free-for-all pace, which race was the cause of
the large crowd present. It was the first time that
seven such high class horses have started in a free-
for-all pace in California, and while the track record
was not broken, the winner of the race lowered his
own record and the race was one of the best and
most thrilling contests ever seen in the State.
Favoritism was divided between Jim Logan, Leata J.,
Rastus and Vera Hal, with a few here and there who
thought Ben Corbett Jr., Teddy Bear or Little Bernice
might have a chance. It was not an easy field to
start — in fact, any field of six or more horses that
score at a two-minute clip is difficult to control so as
to get them away on somewhere near even terms.
but Starter Higginbotham was equal to the oicasion
and the starts in this race were excellent. When he
said "Go" in the first heat they were all pacing and
well lined up. Leata J. and Jim Logan's drivers
seemed to think each had the other to beat and they
shot out into the lead like a team, reaching the first
quarter in 29% seconds, the naif in :59%, neck and
neck. Such a clip as this in the first heat of the
season could not last, and the third quarter was
slower, the third quarter-pole being reached in 1:32%
with Jim Logan and Leata J. having come back to
the horses behind them. Cohen with Vera Hal had
been in striking distance and Tryon brought Rastus
around on the outside where he had clear sailing if
he could show enough speed. It was hammer and
tongs all the way through the stretch. Jim Logan
and Leata J. were tired, but they were game and
paced the last quarter faster than the third. At the
distance they were side by side and the wheels on
their sulkies came together and the one the mare
was pulling got the worst of it as the wheel broke
down, preventing her driver making any further
attempt to win the heat. Walter Tryon began to lift
Rastus and by a masterly drive got his nose to the
wire first, with Jim Logan second and Vera Hal, who
had paced a splendid race, third, Leata J. fourth,
Teddy Bear fifth, Ben Corbett Jr. sixth and Little
Bernice seventh. The time was 2:04%, a new record
for Rastus.
There was not such a rush to get away in the sec-
ond heat and when they reached the first quarter in
32 seconds Vera Hal led by a short margin, Leata J.
was in second and Rastus in third place. They
reached the half mile pole in 1:02% and around the
turn they bunched closer together. Again there was
a race down the homestretch that it was worth going
many miles to see. Rastus' driver again took the
outside position and for the last fifty yards it was
hard to tell whether he, Jim Logan or Vera Hal was
in the lead. They were noses apart at the finish and
the judges placed them as they did in the first heat.
Leata J. was again fourth, Ben Corbett Jr. fifth,
Little Bernice sixth and Teddy Bear seventh. The
time was 2:06.
In the third heat Jim Logan led at the quarter in
31 seconds, Vera Hal at the half in 1:02%, and from
there it was a race between Jim Logan, Rastus,
Vera Hal and Ben Corbett Jr. At the distance Ras-
tus left his feet for the first time in the race, Jim
Logan reached the wire two lengths in front of Ben
Corbett, Vera Hal was third for the third time,
Teddy Bear, who came with a rush at the finish, was
fourth, Rastus fifth, Leata J. sixth and Little Bernice
seventh. The mile was in 2:06%.
While the race was not the fastest ever paced on
the coast, it was one of the best and most closely
contested races ever seen on the California circuit.
The 2:12 class trot was a three-horse race and Bon
Cres made his second win of the meeting and trotted
the final heat in 2:10%, the fastest heat made in a
trotting race during the week. The second heat of
this race was won by S. H. Cowell's John Mack in
2:13, after Bon Cres had made a break.
The final harness race of the meeting had a field
of eight starters, and Fred Chadbourne wound up a
successful week in which he was the leading money
winning as well as race winning driver, by getting
two heats and first money with Zolock Zar, the little
brown gelding owned by M. Thompson of Ventura,
who had requested Chadbourne to drive his horse.
Zolock Zar also took a new record in this race. Chas.
Silva's Eloise Dell trotted an excellent race, finishing
second in every heat and just losing the second heat
by a close margin to Ella M. R. in 2:11%, when
Zolock Zar left his feet in the stretch. Howard's
Comet, who went to the half lengths in the lead in
1:03%, broke and finished sixth the first heat and
was distanced in the second heat. Major's By Guy,
winner on Thursday, made a break in the first heat
and was distanced.
This ended the harness races under the auspices
of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Asso-
ciation, and from a racing standpoint it was one of
the most successful as well a*s one of the most enjoy-
able meetings ever given by that association. The
races were all run off on time, there were no delays,
the starting was good and fair and it seems as if
every driver was trying to win and driving for every
heat.
The summaries of the harness races for the entire
meeting follow:
Wednesday, August 9.
Wednesday, Aug. 9. — Pacific Breeders' Futurity No. 13,
three-year-old pacers, purse §1800 ($1500 to race, $200 to
nominator of dam on whose original entry winner was
named, $100 to owner of sire of winner when mare was
bred) :
Rico, ch c by Manrico (3) 2:07% — Pavlowa B. by
Petigru 2:10% (Durfee) 2 1 2
Captain Mack, br c by The Bondsman — Bessie L.
by Montana Director (Woodcock) 12 4
Verna McKinney, b f by Vernon McKinney 2:01%
— Ramona by Demonio 2:11% (Chadbourne) 5 3 1
Surety, b c by The Bondsman — Eva H. by Wash-
ington McKinney 2:17% (McDonald) 3 4 5
Julia M., b f by El Angelo — Search Lida by
Searchlight 2:03% (Allen) 4 5 3
Time— 2:10%, 2:10%, 2:09%.
Distribution of purse — Rico $500, Captain Mack $425,
Verna McKinney $325, Surety $125, Julia M. $125, W. G.
Durfee. owner of dam and sire, $300.
2:09 trot, purse $500:
Bon Cres, bl h by Bon Voyage 2:08 — Kate Kopje
by Cresceus 2:02% (Chadbourne) 111
Pavana, bl h by Stanford McKinney — Strathalie
by Strathway 2:19 (Quinn) 3 2 2
Harold C. b g by Bon Voyage 2:08 — by Silver
Bow 2:16 (Cohen) 2 3 3
Time— 2:15, 2:12%, 2:15.
Distribution of purse — Bon Cres $250, Pavana $108.34,
Harold C. $91.66, association $50.
2:20 pace, purse $900:
Bold Harry Aerolite, b h by Aerolite 2:06% —
Cricket 2:10 by Steinway (3) 2:25%. . (Machado) 111
Dixon Boy, b g by The Patchen Boy (3) 2:10% —
Leota by Diablo 2:09% (Tryon) 3 2 2
W. J. K., b g by Dexter Prince — Psyche. .(Smith) 2 7 3
Directess Mac. b m by Nearest McKinney 2:13% —
Guydon by Direct 2:05% (Schwartz) 6 3 5
Silver Tips, b g by Morris A. — Ramona K. by
Gaviota (Finley) 4 4 4
Pedlar Direct, b h by Baron Direct — Miss Episode
by Pedlar 2:18% (DeRyder) 5 5 9
Villa, bl g by Nearest McKinney 2:13%. .. (Allen) 7 6 6
Irene D.. b m by Charley D. 2:06% — Lady Irene
2:14% by Diablo 2:09% (Jones)lO 9 7
Lock Logan, br g by Zolock 2:05% — Effie Logan
by Durfee (Montgomery) 9 8 8
Alta Barnato. b g by Barney Barnato 2:19% —
La Belle Altamont by Altamont (Berry) 8 10 10
Time— 2:07%. 2:11, 2:08%.
Distribution of purse — Bold Harry Aerolite $450, Dixon
Boy $195, W. J. K. $120, Directess Mac $45, Silver Tips
$90.
Thursday, August 10.
Pacific Breeders' Futurity No. 14, two-year-old trotters,
purse $1400 ($1300 to race and $100 to nominator of dam
on whose original entry is named the winner of this divis-
ion of the stake) :
McKlyo Boy. b c by Peter McKlyo 2:06 — Sweet Bow
2:17% by Bon Voyage 2:08 (Thompson) 1 1
Elloretta D., b f by Graham Bellini 2:11%— Daphne
McKinney by McKinney 2:11% (Chadbourne) 2 2
Rhyolite. b c by F. S. Whitney 2:24%— Rubelle by
Del Coronado 2:09% (Walton) 3 3
Lilly of the Valley, b f by Palo King 2:28%— by Iran
Alto 2:12% (Hogoboom) 4 5
Kewpie. br g by Carlokin 2:07% — The Blonde 2:20
by Strathway 2:19 (Durfee) 5 4
Time— 2:24%. 2:24.
Distribution of purse — McKlyo Boy $650. Elloretta D.
$325. Rhyolite $195, Lilly of the Valley $65. Kewpie $65,
L. H. Todhunter. nominator of dam, $100.
2:15 trot, purse $900:
Major's By Guy. b h by Major Dillon 2:18% — By
Guy by Guy Wilkes 2:15% (Berry) 114
Eloise Dell, br m by Alconda Jay — Lovely Dell
by Prince Lovelace (Tryon) 2 2 1
Miss « San Francisco, br m by San Francisco
2:07% — Burnside by Antrim (Schwartz) 3 5 2
Zolock Zar, br g by Zolock 2:05% — by Alcazar
2:20% (Thompson) 4 3 3
Bert Kelley. b g by McAdrian 2:24 — Mountail Girl
by Mountain Boy (Gallup) 5 4 5
Howard's Comet, b g by Teddy Rey — Campaign
Mare by Campaign (Sanders) 6 d
Time— 2:11%. 2:11%. 2:13%.
Distribution of purse — Major's By Guy $330, Eloise Dell
$300. Miss San Francisco $120. Zolock Zar $120, Bert Kelly
$30.
2:10 pace, purse $500:
A. B. C bl g by Young Monterey 2:24%— Rosalie
by Dudley 2:14 (Chadbourne) 1 1 3
Hal Paxton. b h by Hal B. 2:04%— Coltle by Alta-
mont 2:26% (Woodcock) 2 2 1
Pointer's Daughter, b m by Star Pointer 1:59% — •
Banker's Daughter 2:13% by Arthur Wilkes
2:2S% (Finley) 3 3 2
Silver Tips, b g by Morris A Ramona K. by
Gaviota (Cecil) 4 4 4
Time— 2:08. 2:07%. 2:10.
Distribution of purse— A, B. C. $191.66, Hal Paxton
$166.65, Pointer's Daughter $91.66. Silver Tips $49.98.
Friday, August 11.
Pacific Breeders' Futurity No. 14, two-year-old pacers,
purse $1100 ($1000 to race and $100 to nominator of dam
on whose original entry is named the winner of this
division of the stake) :
El Paso, b g by True Kinney 2:12%— Ella J. T.
by Bob Mason 2:27% (Chadbourne) 3 1 1
Alfredo, b c by Copa de Oro 2:01 — Lady H. 2:26
by Del Coronado 2:09% (Durfee) 1 2 2
Galen, b c by Jim Logan 2:01% — Palo Maid by
Palo King 2:28% (Hogoboom) 2 3 dr
Time— 2:20. 2:18%. 2:20.
Distribution of purse — El Paso $500. Alfredo $250, asso-
ciation $250, Woodland Stock Farm, nominator of dam,
$100.
Pacific Breeders' Futurity No. 13. three-year-old trot-
ters, purse $2800 ($2500 to race. $200 to nominator of dam
on whose original entry is named the winner of this divis-
ion of the stake, and $100 to owner of stallion, sire of
winner, when mare was bred) :
Lulu B., b f by The Bondsman — Loma B. by Stam
B. 2:11% : (Quinn) 112
Miss Axworthy Dillon, b f by Axworthy 2:15% —
Cleo Dillon 2:13% by Sidney Dillon (DeRyder) 2 2 1
Miss Bond, b f by The Bondsman — Miss Harris by
Sidney Dillon (Walker) 4 3 5
Hermes, br c by Carlokin 2:07% — Miss Quealey
2:26% by Moko (Durfee) 6 4 3
The Expense, br f by The Proof 2:10% — Nusta
2:23% by Nushagak (Chadbourne) 5 5 4
Jake Logan, br c bv Nearest McKinney 2:13% —
Berta Logan by Bert Logan 2:16% (Cecil) 7 6 6
Natalday, b c by Wilbur Lou (3) 2:10%— Ella
J. T. by Bob Mason (Sanders) 3 d
Time— 2:13%. 2:13%. 2:15.
Distribution of purse — Lulu B. $1041.65. Miss Axworthy
Dillon $833.33, Miss Bond $208.34. Hermes $208.34, The Ex-
pense $83.34, Natalday $125, M. L. Woy. nominator of
dam. $200. Capt. C. P. McCan, owner of sire, $100.
2:13 pace, purse $900:
Mono Ansel, b h by Monicrat 2:13% — Decoratio by
Prince Ansel (2) 2:20% (Finley) 113
Pedlar Direct, b h by Baron Direct — Miss Episode
by Pedlar 2:18% (DeRyder) 8 2 1
Lock Logan, br g by Zolock 2:05% — Effie Logan
by Durfee (Montgomery) 2 4 5
Mabel Dillon, ch m by Sidney Dillon — Palo Belle
2 :24W by Palo Alto 2:08% (Burton) 4 5 2
Bradmont, b g by Alto Leyburn 2:24% — by The
Earlmont 2:09% (Becker) 5 3 4
W. J. K.. b g by Dexter Prince — Psyche. . (Smith) 3 6 6
Breezy Marie, b m by Athasham 2:09% — Breezy
Mack by McKinley (Reynolds) 6 7 7
Alto Barnato. b g by Barney Barnato 2:19% —
La Belle Altamont by Altamont (Berry) 7 dr
Silver Tips, b g by Morris A. — Ramona K. by
Gaviota (Cecil) d
Time— 2:09%. 2:09%, 2:12.
Distribution of purse — Mono Ansel $345. Pedlar Direct
$225. Lock Logan $105. Mabel Dillon $105, Bradmont $75,
W. J. K. $45.
Saturday, August 12.
2:12 trot, purse $500:
Bon Cres. bl h bv Bon Voyage 2:08 — Kate Kopje
by Cresceus 2:02% (Chadbourne) 12 1
John Mack, b g by George A. Fuller 2:08%— Ida
Purple 2:14% by Cutting 2:10% (Tryon) 3 12
Harold C. b g by Bon Voyage 2:08 — by Silver Bow
2:16 (Cohen) 2 3 3
Time— 2:13, 2:13. 2:10%.
Distribution of purse — Bon Cres $208:33, John Mack
$150. Harold C. $91.66. association $50.
Free-for-all pace, purse $900:
Rastus, br g by Liberty Boy — Georgia Rose by
Grant's Abdallah (Tryon) 1 1 5
Jim Logan, b h by Charles Derby 2:20 — Effie Lo-
gan by Durfee (Montgomery) 2 2 1
Ben Corbitt. Jr.. b g by Ben Corbitt 2:21 — Miss
Thompson 2:14% (Finley) 6 5 2
Vera Hal. b m by Expressive Mac 2:25% — Carmen
by Newsboy (Cohen) 3 3 3
Leata J., b m bv Roval McKinney 2:29% — Gerald-
ine 2:16% by Mount Vernon 2:15% (Jones) 4 4 6
Teddv Bear, b h by Del Coronado 2:09%— Queen
S. by Sable Wilkes 2:18 (Tryon) 5 7 4
Little Bernice. b m by Del Coronado 2:09% —
Pearl Pointer by Sky Pointer (Schwartz) 7 6 7
Time— 2:04%, 2:06. 2:06%.
Distribution of purse — Rastus $300. Jim Logan $300.
Ben Corbitt. Jr. $75. Vera Hal $135. Leata J. $60. Teddy
Bear $30.
2':20 trot, purse $900:
Zolock Zar, br g bv Zolock 2:05% — by Alcazar
2:20% (Chadbourne) 13 1
Ella M. R.. br m by Lord Alwin — Excella by Mon-
bells 2:23% (Becker) 5 1 6
Eloise Dell, br m by Alconda Jay — Lovely Dell by
Prince Lovelace (Tryon) 2 2 2
Miss San Francisco, br m by San Francisco 2:07%
— Burnside by Antrim (Schwartz) 4 4 3
Lindsay Bell, b m by Bon Voyage 2:08 — Zomitalia
bv Zombro 2:11 (Walton) 3 5 4
Dr. S.. b g by Carlokin 2:07%— by Guide 2:16%..
(Murphy) 7 6 5
Howard's Comet, b g by Teddy Rey — Campaign
Mare bv Campaign (Sanders) 6 d
Maior's By Guy. b h bv Major Dillon 2:18% — By
Guy by Guy Wilkes 2:15% (Berry) d
Time— 2:10%. 2:11%. 2:11%.
Distribution of purse — Zolock Zar $345. Ella M. R. $150.
Eloise Dell $225. Miss San Francisco $105. Lindsay Bell
$75.
Performances Against Time.
Aug. 9— To beat 2:12% trotting:
Peter McKlyo. b s (5) by Peter the Great 2:07^ —
Klyo bv Jay McGregor 2:07% (Thompson) 2:06
Aug. 10 — To beat 2:30% trotting:
Miss Macklie. b m by Stanford McKinney — Strath-
alie by Strathway 2:19 (Quinn) 2:22
Aug. 11 — To beat 2:25% pacing:
Hal Logan, b c by Jim Logan 2:01% — Sweet H.-illie
by American Hal (Montgomery) 2:09
Aug. 11— To beat 2:30M trotting:
Charlotte McKIvo. b f (2) by Peter McKlyo 2:06—
Osmuda by Bon Voyage 2:08 (Thompson) 2:259j
Aug. 12 — To beat 2:30% trotting:
Lom.a L,ogan. b m (4) bv Prince McKinney (2)
2:29« — Berta Logan by Bert Logan 2:16% (Cecil) 2:22%
To beat 2:22 trotting:
Miss Macklie. b m by Stanford McKinney — Strath-
alie by Strathway 2:19 (Quinn) 2:13%
To beat 2:30% trotting:
Baron C. McGregor, b c (3) by The Bondsman- —
Kate Kop.le bv Cresceus 2:02%. ... (Chadbourne) 2:25
To beat 2:25% pacing:
Sarah C, ch m by Educator — Hallie Cropsy(Norrls) 2:13%
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 19, 1918
191B
GRAND CIRCUIT RACES AT PITTSBURG.
The last three days at Pittsburg resulted in some
excellent racing, although no records were broken.
All the races were on the three-heat plan which
enabled the Furniture City Association to close its
program on Saturday without leaving any unfinished
events. The features of the week were the defeat
of Mabel Trask in straight heats by St. Frisco, and
the defeat of Single G. in like manner by Napoleon
Direet, both winners being driven by Ed Geers, who
received an ovation each time and blushed to his ears
thereat. The second heat by St. Frisco in 2:04%
and the first heat by Napoleon Direct in 2:01 were
the fastest trotting and pacing heats respectively
during the week. The summaries:
Thursday, August 10.
To beat 2:3014 trotting:
Crystal Border, br f by Border Knight (Payne) . . Won
Time— 2:15%.
Three-year-olds, trotting, three-heat plan, purse $1000:
Cochato Jay. ro c by Cochato (Gosnell) 111
Jack Mooney, b c by J. Malcolm Forbes(McDonald)3 2 2
Peter Mount, ch e by Peter the Great. . (Nuckols) 2 3 3
Time— 2:13%. 2:1314, 2:13%.
2:17 class trotting, three-heat plan, purse $1000:
Sister Strong, g m by Strong Boy (Valentine) 12 1
Helen Worthy, b m by Barongale (Murphy) 6 12
Lindsay, b g by Todd (McDonald) 2 3 4
Sandv. ch g by Waltz (Donohue), Coastess Mabel, br m
(Cnx>. Daisv Todd. V m (Chandler), The Lark, b m (Dur-
tee). Royal Hall, blk h (Fleming) also started.
Time— :09%, :0S%. 2:08%.
2:17 class pacing, three-heat plan, purse $1000:
Derby Custer, ch g by Ed Custer (Murphy) 111
Contention B., br g by Copa de Oro (Durfee) 2 2 4
Prestolite. br m bv Don Varrick (McDonald) 3 3 3
Young Todd, b g by Dictator Todd (Cox) 4 4 2
John A. II, ch g (Benyon) d
Time— 2:07%, 2:11%, 2:10.
2:10 class trotting, three-heat plan, purse $1000:
Director Todd, b h by Todd (Cox) 113
Guy Nella. br m by Guy Axworthy (Snow) 3 2 1
Time— 2:08%. 2:07%, 2:06%.
Esperanza, b m by Carlokin (Durfee) 2 3 2
Vanka, b g by Unko (Murphy) 4 4 dr
Friday, August 11.
2:14 class pacing, three-heat plan, purse S1000:
Thomas Earl, b h by The Earl (Marvin) 111
The Problem, blk h by Cochato (Murphy) 2 2 2
Rayo de Oro, ch g by Copa de Oro. ... (Atkinson) 333
Time— 2:09%, 2:08%, 2:11%.
2:12 class trotting, three-heat plan, purse $1000:
Worthy Prince, br h by Prince McKinney (Cox) 112
Allie Watts, ch m by Gen. Watts (Edman) 2 2 1
Brescia, b m by Bingara (Rea) 3 3 4
Humfast. b m by Tratnpfast (Murphy), Echomore, blk
h (Bogash). and Roy Miller, br h (Grady) also started.
Time— 2:08%. 2:08%, 2:08%.
The Comstock, 2:12 class pacing, value $3000: three-
heat plan:
Box R., b g by Box Elder Jr (Valentine) 111
Jay Ell Mack, b h by E. J. Wilkesdust. . (Murphy) 5 2 2
Diumeter. b g by Dium (Lindsay) 3 3 4
Wilbur S.. ch g by Anderson Wilkes (Gosnell), Baymar,
b h (McDonald). Spring Maid, ch m (Cox), and Arkan-
cello, b h (Edman) also started.
Time— 2:05%, 2:05%, 2:05%.
2:05 class pacing, three-heat plan, purse $1000:
R. H. Brett, b g by Waponee (Grady) 12 1
Gen. Todd, b h by Geo. Leavitt (Rea) 2 14
Camelia. br m by Cummer (Cox) 2 3 2
White Sox, b m by Del Coronado (Durfee), and Jones
Gentry, ch g (Ostrander) also started.
Time— 2:05%. 2:04. 2:07%.
The Matron Stake, trotting, value $6000; best two in
three:
Expressive Lou. b f by Atlantic Express. . (Murphy) 1 1
Lightsome Watts, b f by Gen. Watts (Geers) 2 3
Bingen Silk, b c by Bingen (Chandler) 3 2
Saturday, August 12.
2:09 class pacing, three-heat plan, purse $1000:
Billy Dale, b g by Dale Patchen (Cox) 111
Baby Bertha, b m by Silk Cord (Garrison) 3 2 2
Areta V.. ch m by Constanero (Gosnell) 2 3 3
Jean, b m by Flosko (Murphy), and Castaway, b g by
Oro McKinney (Kane) also started.
Time— 2:07%, 2:07%, 2:06.
The Furniture Manufacturers' stake, value $5000; 2:08
class trotting, three-heat plan:
St. Frisco, b h by San Francisco (Geers) 111
Mabel Trask, ch m by Peter the Great (Cox) 2 2 4
Laramie Lad, b g by Master Be (McDonald) 3 3 2
Miss Perfection, b m by General Watts (Gosnell), Vir-
ginia Barnette, b m (Durfee), and Vanko, b g (Murphy)
also started.
Time— 2:07%. 2:04%, 2:07.
Free-for-all pacing, purse $1000, three-heat plan:
Napoleon Direct, ch h by Walter Direct. . . (Geers) 111
Single G., b h by Anderson Wilkes (Gosnell) 3 2 3
Russell Boy. b g by Rustic Patenter (Edman) 2 3 4
Fay Richmond, gr g by New Richmond (Rea) 4 4 2
Time— 2:01. 2:03%. 2:03%.
2:04 class trotting, purse $1000, three-heat plan:
Junior Watts, b h by General Watts (Rea) 2 11
Baby Doll, b m by Tom Smith (Durfee) 13 4
Truesada. b m by Moko (Cox) 3 4 2
Pittsburg, ch g by General Athol (Murphy). Onward
Allerton. b g (Edman). Caroline, b m (Fleming), and
Tommy de Forrest, br h(Chandler) also started.
Time— 2:08%. 2:09%, 2:11%.
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COLUMBUS GRAND CIRCUIT RACES.
The $30,000 stakes and purses offered for one week
of harness racing at Columbus opened on Monday,
August 14th with a good attendance. Russell Boy in
the 2:05 pace and The Lark in the 2:18 trot were
made favorites in the betting and both were dis-
tanced in the second heat of their respective races.
It was all Russell Boy in the first heat of the 2:05
pace, but he made a fatal break turning into the
stretch in the second mile and was outside the flag
when it fell. Judge Ormonde won this heat and the
next but was unable to withstand Lelia Patchen's
rush in the fourth mile, the time being 2:0414, or
the best of the race, which is the first six-heat one
of this Grand Circuit season. Snow's mare won the
next two heats about as she pleased.
Straight Sail, four-year old mare, owned by J. C.
Small of Cincinnati, came on the Grand Circuit for
the first time and was always in front in the three
heats of her 2:18 trot. Countess Mobel made a bold
bid in the third mile, but was beaten by a head. At
no time did The Lark act well.
Derby Custer, driven by Murphy, was never in
2 111
b g (Daniels),
2:06%.
trouble during the 2:15 pace, and the real competi-
tion in this race was between Wampatuck, Contention
B. and Willis Woodland for second place. The sum-
mary:
2:05 class pacing, 3 in 5 heats, purse $1000:
Lelia Patchen, blk m by Dan's Brother
(Snow) 5 3
Judge Ormonde, blk h by Ormonde
(Valentine) 6 1
R. H. Brett, b g (Grady) 2 2
Fred Russel, b g (Herzy), Potrero Boy,
Russell Boy, b s (Edman) also started.
Time— 2:05%. 2:05%, 2:06%, 2:04%, 2:07%
2:18 class trotting, 3 in 5. purse $1000:
Straight Sail, b m by Mainsheet. .. .(Swearingen) 111
Countess Mobel, b m (Cox) 6 2 2
Aulsbrook, br h (Valentine) 2 7 6
Royal McKinney. blk m (Murphy). The Amazing Lady,
b m (Erskine), Sandy, sor g (Donahue), Kerrigan, br h
(McDonald), The Lark, b m (Durfee), Aura Belle, ch m
(Van Atta) also started.
Time— 2:09%, 2:10%, 2:10%.
2:15 class pacing. 3 in 5, purse $1000:
Derby Custer, ch g by Ed Custer (Murphy) 111
Wampatuck, br s (McDonald) 3 2 2
Contention B., b g (Durfee) 2 4 5
Willis Woodland, b h (Herzy), Jimmy E., blk g (Val-
entine), also started.
Time— 2:10%, 2:09%, 2:09%.
Tuesday, August 15.
All three events of the second day's program at
Columbus were won in straight heats, Murphy win-
ning first money in the $3000 purse for 2:12 class
pacers with Jay Ell Mack and first in the $1000 purse
for 2:09 class trotters with Mirthful 2:06%. Both
these horses held faster records than the class of
their races but. were eligible under the new time
allowance rules. Jay Ell Mack's former record was
2:04%, which he was compelled to cut to 2:03% to
win. In the 2:09 trot Harry Bell's Grattan Boy
divided fourth money with McMahon's Sadie S.
Ben Gregor took the card's other race, the 2:13
trot, in straight heats, and in doing so prevented
first choices from sweeping the program. Summaries :
Civic Center stake. 2:12 pacers. 3 in 5: purse $3000:
Jay Ell Mack, b s by E. J (Murphy) 111
Diumeter.bg (Grady) 2 2 2
Toung Todd, br g (Cox) 3 5 3
Also started: Wilbur S.. sor g (Gosnell), Baymar, b h
(McDonald).
Time— 2:06%. 2:03%. 2:03%.
2:09 class trotting. 3 in 5; purse $1000:
Mirthful, b m by Star of Patchen (Murphy) 1
Deroche, ch h.-v. (Geers) 2
Zombro Clav. br h (Valentine) 4
Also started: Grattan Boy. b g (Bell), Sadie S..
(McMahon), The Exposer, br h (Donahue).
Time— 2:09%. 2:07%, 2:09%.
2:13 class trotting. 3 in 5: purse'$1000:
Ben Gregor, b g by Tommy Gregor. .(Whitehead) 1
Allie Watts, ch m (Edman) 2
Lindsey. b g (McDonald) 4
Also started: Trusada, b m (Cox). Teddy Brooks,
OAKLAND STADIUM CLUB RACES.
1 1
1 1
b h
(Valentine). Vanco. b g (Murphy), Echomore, blk h (Bo-
gash).
Time— 2:09%, 2:08%, 2:08%.
Wednesday, August 16.
Ed Geers took both himself and his pacer Napoleon
Direct into the 2:00 list at Columbus Wednesday,
when he won the first beat of the free-for-all pace in
1:59%. Murphy, behind Peter Stevens was so close
that he was separately timed in 2:00. It was the
first time in a driving career of forty-five years that
Edward Geers ever rode a mile in better than 2:00.
In the next heat the pace was slower through the
first half, and Napoleon Direct was four lengths back
at the turn. He closed with a wonderful rush and
finished a head in front of Single G. Separate timing
caught Napoleon Direct the last half in 0:56%.
In a time trial Directum I became the world's
champion pacer for one and one-sixteenth miles. The
old record was 2:14%, made in 1904 by Cheery Lass.
Off to a slow start, Directum I did the distance in
2:09%. The mile was paced in 2:00%.
Miss Harris M., the champion four-year-old pacing
mare, failed in an effort to lower her mark of 2:01%.
She was tired when the final quarter was commenced
and finished the mile in 2:02. Summaries:
Devereux stake. 2:15 trotters, three heats, $2000:
Early Don, s g by Don Cole (Valentine) 111
Brisac, br s (Murphy) 2 2 2
Lu Princeton, b h (Cox) 3 4 3
Regardless, b s " (Hedrick) 4 3 4
Time— 2:06%. 2:09, 2:07%.
Free-for-all class pacing. 2 in 3, $1500:
Napoleon Direct, ch h by Walter Direct (Geers) 1 1
Peter Stevens, b h (Murphy) 2 3
Single G., b h (Gosnell) 4 2
Hal Boy, b g (McMahon) 3 4
Time— 1:59%. 2:01%.
2:09 class pacing, 3 in 5, $1000:
Baby Bertha, b m by Silk Cord. (Garrison) 8 2 111
Beth Clark, blk m by Joe Patchen (Hedrick) 114 7 2
Bingen Pointer, b g (Snow) 5 4 5 2 5"
Also started: Black Ball, blk h (Valentine). Areta V.,
ch m (Gosnell). Jean, b m (Murphy). Van Burn, ch g
(Van Atta), Hal Plex E., br s (Geers).
Time— 2:05%, 2:04%, 2:04%. 2:07%, 2:09%.
2:11 class trotting, 3 in 5. $1000:
The Eno, ch h by The Native (Valentine) 111
Humfast, b m (Murphy) 3 2 2
McCloskey, brg (McDonald) 2 3 3
Also started: San Felipe, b g (Daniels), Harry Hamil-
ton, b h (Whitehead).
Time— 2:09%. 2:06%, 2:08%.
To beat 2:14% pacing, at 1 1-16 miles:
Directum I, ch s by Directum Kelly (Murphy) Won
- Time — 2:09%.
To beat 2:01% pacing:
Miss Harris M-, b m by Peter the Great (McDonald) Lost
Time — 2:02.
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At a recent meeting of the" Jockey Club stewards
an amendment to the present selling race was pro-
posed by H. K. Knapp and seconded by Andrew
Miller, to read as follows: "Every horse running in
a selling race shall, if the winner, he liable to be
claimed for the selling price by the owner of any
other horse running in the race, but if it is a condi-
tion of the race that the winner shall be sold at auc-
tion, the sale shall take place immediately after the
race and the surplus over the selling price be equally
divided among the first three horses."
Another largely attended and very successful mat-
inee was held at the half mile track at Eighteenth
and Peralta streets, Oakland, on Sunday last by
members of the Oakland Stadium Riding and Driving
Club, about 1000 persons being present. In every
instance but one the races were won in straight
heats, but in the 2:20 pace there was a close contest
between Cleo Verne, driven by her owner, Mfs. CaK
lisle, and the pacer Burbank driven by Mr. Seale.
Cleo Verne took the first heat in the fastest time of
the race, Burbank getting the next two.
The judges during the afternoon were Fred Wues-
cher, Chas. Miller and W. Rutherford, while Geo.
Algeo again officiated as starter and gave general
satisfaction. Summaries :
First race — 2:25 pace:
Starlight (C. Gabrielsen) 1 t
Tom Wilkes (H. Olsen) 2
Harold G (J. Williams) 3
Time— 2:36, 2:32.
Second race — Free-for-all pace:
Allegro (G. Schreiber) 1
Little Dick (Al Scott) 2
Hallie's Star (A. Edstrom) 3
Francisco (J. V. Galindo) 4
Time— 2:16, 2:22.
Third race — 2:30 trot:
Bell Sawyer (Al Hanks) 1
Teddy (W. Collins) 3
Andy O (W. M. Ray) 2
Time — 2:45, 2:36.
Fourth race — 2:20 pace:
Burbank (R. Seale) 2 1
Cleo Verne (Mrs. Carlisle) 1 2
Berkeley Girl (A. Reisman) 3 3
Time— 2:22%, 2:24, 2:24.
Fifth race — 2:25 mixed:
Teddy B (H. Buckley) 1
General Villa (E. Johnson) 3
Prince (H. Garrison) 2
Lena Lee (T. Le Ballister) 4
Time — 2:30, 2:29.
Sixth race — 2:40 mixed:
Frankie Burns (W. G. Burgelric) 1
Willis Baldwin (W. D. Willis) 2
Henri A (H. E. Andiffred) 3
Time — 3:20, 3:22.
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Farm Horses Indispensable.
Today, when the tractor is coming into favor as a
source of farm power, there arethose wild-eyed
extremists who would have us believe that the horse
is bound to be abolished from the farm. This same
propaganda was preached at the time when steam
power replaced horse power for driving the old-time
threshers. As a result of this recent awakening in
favor of tractor power, horse breeders have become
alarmed again at what seems to be a direct blow at
their business.
Horses have been the farmers' helpers and com-
panions when the stress of farm work was greatest
They have been a part of his big farm household in
which family ties really exist, and it may be said
that he has perhaps resented, for this reason mainly,
the idea that he should go back on his friends and
replace them with a mechanical substitute.
With all of our automobiles and tractors, no sane
man should make the claim that there is no need ol
horses on the farm. There is a great amount of
work which the horse can do well. For instance,
cultivating growing crops, like corn, where the work
is light and where the natural instinct of the horse
can be trained to follow the row and allow the farmer
to attend strictly to the job of getting rid of weeds,
no tractor of the present stage of development can
be said to be in competition with the horse. For
the small garden or truck patch the horse will always
have first call.
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The following from the English sporting journal,
"Horse and Hound," is of interest: "The opponents
of racing in this country may be enlightened by the
news that permission has been given by the French
Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Meline, for a partial
resumption of racing across the Channel. They may
possibly be led to reflect that there must be some-
thing more in the business than mere sport when
our Ally, with the enemy still occupying large tracts
of the country, comes to such a decision as that to
which I have referred. Something of educational
value to the uninformed may emerge from this fact,
although it is true that they have not been moved
by the consideration that racing has gone on during
the war in Germany, Austria, Italy, and Russia
(where they have been having as many as seventeen
races a day), wliile the King of Spain is giving it his
countenance and support in no uncertain fashion.
All this points to the fact that the immense value
of racing in connection with the breeding of horses is
thoroughly well recognized*- abroad, but there are
numbers of people here who are blinded by the sport-
ing element associated with it, and who allow their
ignorant prejudice to run away with them. The
scales will fall from their eyes some day, perhaps,
when their uninstructed efforts of obstruction have
worked irremediable harm to the cause of the na-
tional supply of horses. The racing in France will
take place between August 31st and November 12th,
and will be confined to three courses, those at Caen,
Moulins, and Mont-de-Marsan. The trials, as they are
called, will be confined to thoroughbreds, foaled and
bred in France."
Saturday, August 19, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Notes and News
H. Finley, the youngest of the drivers at the Santa
Rosa meeting, won 5512 and did not have the best
ot luck at that.
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Adioo Guy won a six heat race at the Monroe, New
York, half mile track last Saturday and the time of
the last heat was 2:11.
John Quinn only started twice at Santa Rosa but
he won the three-year-old trotting futurity and was
second in the 2:09 trot, with a total of $1350 to his
credit.
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Geers says that St. Frisco 2:04% is the gamest
horse he ever drove, but does not have a fast brush
at the start of a mile though hi has a lot of steam at
the finish.
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It is stated that there will be at least 150 thor-
oughbreds at the California State Fair this year and
that the purses will not be less than $150, with more
for handicaps and special events.
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Charley Silva's mare Eloise Dell by Henry Her-
man's stallion Alconda Jay is Quite a trotter this
year. Walter Tryon started her twice at Santa Rosa
and she won first money in one heat and was second
in the other five. Her winnings amounted to $525.
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Millard Sanders certainly had bad luck at Santa
Rosa. The fast trotter Howard's Comet which he
started twice wras distanced in each race after show-
ing great speed, and the colt Natal Day threw a curb
and was distanced in the $2500 stake for three-year-
olds after finishing third in the first heat.
"Pop" Durfee started two two-year-olds and two
three-year-olds in the futurities at Santa Rosa. He
got $500 with Rico, $65 with Kewpie, $250 with Al-
fredo and $208 with Hermes. Four races and never
outside the money. Pretty fair.
The former cow pony Solomon Boy, that raced so
well in the pacing classes in the Middle West last
year and ended the season with a record of 2: 12%,
won a five heat race at the Cranwood, Ohio, half mile
track last week at 50 to 1, and incidentally broke
into the 2:10 list with a record of 2:08%, made in
the third heat.
It was either Mark Twain or Artemus Ward who
once wrote that a report of his death had been
greatly exaggerated. Dr. Cecil Corwin, who has re-
cently taken over the San Lorenzo half mile track
and will fit it for a public training track, writes us
that Cricket 2:10 is not dead as reported but is still
living at Hayward at the ripe age of 32 years.
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Fred Chadbourne was the leading race winning and
money winning driver at Santa Rosa last week. Out
of eight starts he won five races, was second once,
third once, and in the three-year-old trot where he
was placed fifth in the final summary won $83.34 by
being fourth with The Expense in the third heat.
His total winnings for the meeting were $2536.33.
Following the death of M. W. Savage, owner of
the International 1:55 Horse Farm, and his famous
stallion, Dan Patch 1:55%, comes the news that all
of the stallions, broodmares, colts and fillies belong-
ing to the estate will be sold. In the list of stallions
are Arion 2:07%, Minor Heir 1:58%, George Gano
2:02, and Dazzle Patch 2:09%, all of which are in
the stud, while those for sale for racing purposes
are Power Patch 2:03% (eligible to the 2:25 class),
and Electric Patch (3) 2:09%. There are fifty brood
mares at the farm, and a great many colts and fillies.
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Charley DeRyder came up from Selma, Fresno
county, where he is running an alfalfa cafeteria for
a bunch of cattle he owns, and drove Miss Axworthy
Dillon in the three-year-old trotting futurity. Mr.
E. A. Gammon of Courtland, who in partnership with
DeRyder bred the filly, was also present, as was Mr.
T. E. Pollock of Flagstaff, Arizona, who purchased
Miss Axworthy Dillon a few months ago. DeRyder
drove the filly well, getting second money in the first
and second heats and first money in the third heat —
the total amounting to $833.33.
. Getting thrown from his sulky and tramped on by
a horse seems to have been just the treatment to put
the veteran Ed Geers in condition. Since getting
out of the hospital he has defeated Mabel Trask in
straight heats with St. Frisco, done the same thing
to Single G. with Napoleon Direct and last Wednes-
day he drove himself and the pacing son of Walter
Direct to a record of 1:59%, this being the first time
he had ever ridden a mile on the race track as good
as two minutes. If the dean of the harness turf has
another accident he will be liable to lower the record
of Dan Patch and Harry Hersey. Accidents are not
barred in any prediction that may be made about
Marse Geers.
Walter Cox's winnings for this season totaled a
little over $20,000 at the close of the Pittsburg
meeting.
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Mabel Trask 2:03% is the fourth 2:04 trotter to
the credit of Peter the Great 2:07%. No other stal-
lion has more than one with a record of 2:04 or
better.
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The "Lou Dillon family" is now in its second gen-
eration, so far as official records are concerned, the
two-year-old filly Girl of the Fields 2:26%, whose
record was taken recently at Kirkwood, Del., being
the granddaughter of the champion trotting mare.
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Walter Tryon, one of the younger drivers, teamed
well at Santa Rosa, where he drove for Mr. S. H. Cow-,
ell and for Chas. Silva. He won the free-for-all pace'
with Rastus, driving the fastest heat of the meeting,
was second three times and third once out of five
starts. His winnings totaled $1170.
Mr. S. H. Cowell's pacer Rastus 2:04%, winner of
the free-for-all, paced a long mile in each heat that
he won as he came up on the outside both times.
It was a wise thing for his driver, Walter Tryon, to
do, as the other horses were very closely bunched
and there was clear sailing farther out, even though
it was a little farther around.
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Had a Californian been in attendance when the
Austrian trotting derby was won May 14th this year
his bosom would have "swelled with pride," as the
Admiral in Pinafore remarked, as Ispan, the winner,
was by The Zoo 2:09, a son of the deceased Cali-
fornia sire Zombro, and his dam was a daughter of
the dead California sire Alfred G.
Harry Dillon 2:10 trotting, by Sidney Dillon, dam
Adioo, the dam of Adioo Guy 2:05%, etc., has his first
standard performer in Lamar Dillon 2:08%. That
combination of Sidney Dillon-Guy Wilkes blood that
Frank Turner first blended at Santa Rosa Stock
Farm seems to be what those Santa Rosa wine men
would call a "perfect blend."
Longview Farm's premier saddle stallion, My
Major Dare, that won the grand championship during
the P.-P. I. E., has won every time he has been shown
this year and secured the blue ribbon in the $1000
stake at Columbia, Missouri, August 2d, and the
grand champion stake at Mexico, Missouri, August
8th, where he beat six magnificent saddle stallions.
John Hook is showing him.
St. Frisco 2:04%, the Geers stable trotter by San
Francisco that has been second to Mabel Trask in
three races on the Grand Circuit and finally beat her
in straight heats at Pittsburg, is owned by Miss Lulu
Jones, daughter of the well known trotting horse
breeder and owner, F. G. Jones of Memphis, Tenn.
Mr. Jones bought St. Frisco as a yearling for $300
and presented him to his daughter.
Secretary R. H. Lillard of the American Saddle
Horse Breeders' Association makes the authoritative
statement that the breeders of registered saddle
horses are awakening to the opportunities of the
present and the future. He bases his observation
on an increase of more than 30 per cent in the num-
ber of registrations for 1916, as compared with the
same time in 1915. Buyers and breeders are growing
more persistent each day in their demands for regis-
tration.
Mr. A. W. Longley, of Oakland, owner of the
royally bred horse Pedlar Direct, was highly pleased
when Chas. DeRyder landed the son of Baron Direct
in front in the third heat of the 2:13 pace at Santa
Rosa Mr. Longley was for many years a prominent
road driver and member of the Chicago Matinee
Club, and since retiring from the actual manage-
ment of his large business interests in Chicago and
making his permanent residence in California, he has
taken a great deal of enjoyment in having three or
four of his horses worked for speed at Pleasanton.
Mr. Longley, we believe, was the first man to bring a
herd of registered Polled Angus cattle to California
and he sold to the California State Farm the animals
of that breed that won several blue ribbons for the
farm at the fairs. He has sold his ranch at Bishop,
Inyo county, where he formerly bred these cattle.
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Martin Luther Woy, Sr„ of Fresno, who bred and
owns Lulu B. 2:13%, winner of the three-year-old
trotting division of the Pacific Breeders' Futurity at
Santa Rosa last week, was greatly pleased over the
showing made by The Bondsman's daughter, and
entertained John Quinn, the filly's driver and trainer,
with the tetter's family and a number of friends, at
dinner at the Hotel Overton that evening. A tele-
gram to Mrs. Woy at Fresno, with a line or two to
Martin Luther Woy Jr. (who by the way is just seven
weeks old) was the first business transacted by Lulu
B.'s owner when the race was ended, and a conversa-
tion by telephone ensued as soon as the long distance
station was reached in town after the races were
over. Mr. Woy received many congratulations on
his winning of the stake, as he is one of the most
popular men engaged in breeding trotters in Cali-
fornia.
St. Frisco 2:04% got real good at Pittsburg and
beat Mabel Trask in straight heats.
Collen 2:06% by Charley D. McKinney, dam
Cricket 2:10, won again at Peoria in straight heats,
the fastest in 2:07%.
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John E. Madden has sold the chestnut colt Starlike
(2) by Star Shoot — Blakeslee, by Yankee, to John
Sanford for a price said to be $15,000.
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Tommy Murphy has taken the straps off Russel
Boy, won a heat in 2:00',i without them, and will
probably not put them on again.
The English Derby for 1918 closed with 287 nom-
inations, and The Oaks closed with 205. King George
had five nominations in each.
There are three pacing mares now racing that
look to have chances for the two-minute list. They
are: Miss Harris M. (4) 2:01%, Sayde Densmore (4)
2:02 and Goldie C. 2:04%.
Nervolo Belle, the dam of Peter Volo (2) 2:04%
and Volga (2) 2:07%, is also the dam of Worthy
Volo (2) 2:13 that is almost certain to get into
the 2:10 list before the season is over.
It is stated that Mabel Trask 2:03%, the largest
money winner of the year, has been sold to J. R.
McCune of Pittsburg, Pa. The price is not stated
but Mr. Barton Pardee refused $25,000 for her last
winter.
Single G. 2:00 is the seventh pacing stallion to
enter the 2:00 list. Prince Alert 1:59% and Frank
Bogash Jr. 1:59% are the only pacing geldings in
the 2:00 circle and no mares have paced their way
into the exclusive ring as yet.
Suldine (2) 2:12, the bay colt trotter that Clinton
A. Harrison sold at the Indianapolis sale last May
for $2,000, is only a three-year-old, but he trotted an
exhibition mile to wagon in 2:10% at a Pittsburg
matinee recently. Suldine is by Worthy McKinney.
Graustark 2:14%, the California pacer, won two
races last week at Xenia, Ohio. The gelding is now
in the stable of Billy Goggin, who campaigned Billy
Dale 2:03% last season. Graustark is by Aerolite
2:06%, and went east in Lon Daniels' string but was
shifted to the twice-arounds.
Eben D. Jordan, the Boston merchant, whose death
occurred last week, was a horse fancier, and his
stable was for many years prominent at the eastern
shows.. He bred on a large scale, and believed the
ideal carriage hors'e was produced by mating trotting-
bred mares with hackney stallions.
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At the sale of yearlings held at Saratoga, John E.
Madden's seventeen head brought an average of
$1391, the highest priced colt being a chestnut by
Plaudit, dam Elise B., that went to S. D. Riddle for
$3500. Parmer & Hendrie's eleven head averaged
$896, a bay colt by Star Shoot — Ohiyesa leading with
$4700 as his price, R. F. Carmen the purchaser. W. O.
Parmer sold nine head for an average of $941. a
brown colt by Ballot bringing the top figure, $1600.
The English "triple crown" winner. Diamond Jubi-
lee, the champion sire of last year in Argentine, has
again a commanding lead this year, his stock having
won thirty-nine races of the value of nearly 215,000
pesos. Second is Old Man, with 23 races worth
148,726 pesos, and third is Greenan (23 races of the
value of 106,175 pesos). The French horse Jardy
comes fourth, St. Wolff fifth, Le Samaritan sixth and
Cyllene seventh.
Walter Jennings bid $9000 for Mr. A. K. Macom-
ber on the yearling filly by Rock Sand out of Au-
dience, at the sale of Clarence Mackay's horses at
Saratoga last week. W. S. Kilmer bid $9500 and got
the miss, who is a half sister to Whisk Broom II.
It is said that Mr. Macomber has purchased the en-
tire crop of foals except four fillies from the stud of
Mr. Joel in England, from whom he purchased Star
Hawk. There were seventeen yearlings in the lot.
Macomber has signed Jockey Loftus for two years.
Loftus rode Spur and George Smith when they de-
feated Star Hawk at Louisville and Saratoga respec-
tively.
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Hamilton Busbey in his correspondence from Cleve-
land, wrote: "Mr. John C. Welty, president of the
National Trotting Association, arrived in Cleveland
the same afternoon that I did. and I had more than
one frank and pleasant talk with him. He and Mr.
W. P. Ijams, president of the American Trotting As-
sociation, are in harmony and the indications are
that in 1917 the horses from all sections of the coun-
try will race under the same rules. The present
rules need clarification, and work of this kind will
be authorized by special congresses. The two admin-
istrations will continue for a while, but the rules
will be the same on all tracks. The time is not dis-
tant, I hope, when the suggestion of Mr. H K. Dever-
eux to administer the rules from the same office
will be something more than a dream. One set of
machinery is all that is required: it will reduce fric-
tion and promote economy, and these are two things
which breeders, owners and trainers now call for."
TE1 BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 19, 1916
OVER 16,000,000 EGGS COLLECTED.
W. H. Shebley Writes of Work Being Handled by
the Hatchery Department.
The egg collecting season for trout is practically
over for this season. The take of eggs of the differ-
ent varieties is as follows:
Steelhead trout 6,100,000
Rainbow trout 2,500,000
Loch Leven trout 1,725,000
Eastern brook trout 2,275,000
German brown trout 90,000
Black spotted trout 3,325,000
Total 16,015,000
Owing to severe weather conditions on the Klam-
ath river, the take of rainbow eggs will be consid-
erably less than last season. The extremely high
water during the early part of the spawning season
interfered with the run of fish into the streams where
egg collecting stations are located, and later in the
season the long continued cold, clear weather caused
the trout to remain in the river and not ascend the
spawning streams tributary to the main river as
they usually do in normal seasons when the warm
rains cause the trout to seek their spawning beds
far up the streams.
Owing to the long continued drought on the coast
streams the take of steelhead eggs will fall a little
short of last season, but as the streams of California
were so heavily stocked last season, we have ample
fry on hand to give the streams a liberal supply. The
applicants in California receive more fish in propor-
tion to the size of the streams than in any other
state in the Union.
Next season the Kearsage Hatchery and the Rae
Lake egg collecting stations will be in full operation,
and we expect to add several million more eggs to
the already large annual supply. Several new sta-
tions are being planned by the Department of Fish
Culture, to be ready for next year's work. Partic-
ular attention will be given to the propagation of the
rainbow trout for the Sierra streams and an increase
of steelhead for the coast waters.
The Fort Seward Hatchery was completed during
the fore part of April, and on April 19th the first
shipment of steelhead trout eggs was put in the
building. At the present time there are one mil-
lion steelhead eggs at this station and we are con-
templating shipping a few more in the near future.
The distribution of salmon fry was finished on
May 1st, The total number distributed was as fol-
lows:
Klamath River and tributaries 6,863,000
Sacramento River tributaries near
Sisson Hatchery 8,078,000
Three million salmon fry will be held in the ponds
at Sisson to be reared and distributed in the Klamath
and Sacramento rivers during the fall, before the
flood season in the rivers. One hundred thousand
salmon fry will be planted during the season in the
Ventura river. W. H. SHEBLEY.
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Black Bass at San Diego.
When the Sweetwater dam near San Diego broke
during the month of February, the black bass which
inhabited the reservoir were carried into the lower
end of San Diego bay by the rushing water. Although
the bass are fresh water fish they made themselves
at home in the bay, for the water at the time was
perfectly fresh. As the stream gradually ceases to
flow during this summer, the water in the bay will
become more and more salt and those interested in
the ways of black bass are speculating on whether
these bass will, during this gradual change from
fresh to salt water, become accustomed to the sea
and continue to live in the bay.
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Advice to New Hunters. — If you are skillful enough
to bag your buck, heed this warning: Don't split
the throat of your deer if you want to preserve his
head.
After you have packed him out of the canyon and
have got yourself nicely covered with fleas and other
insects not so lively, work carefully. Split the skin
down from the back of the neck. Cut around the
burl and leave the skin long in front.
After a brief rest to fight your unwelcome tenants
make a cross incision from the first cut to the burl
of each antler. Cut close. Flay back to the ears
and eyes, and leave the lips on. The fleshy part of
the ears should be skinned out and the whole hide
scraped and well salted. Then keep it in the shade.
The sun will cause the fat of any hide to melt and
run into the pores, with the result that the skin will
become lumpy and will not dress well.
Plenty of salt should be used and the skin should
be allowed to drip in a shady, cool spot. It is safe
to use as much salt as the skin will absorb, for if
merely soaks in to take the place of the water which
drips out
It is not permissible to shoot deer in an open
county and ship the meat into a closed county. In
such cases game wardens will act on the presump-
tion that the deer was illegally killed.
And another tip: Don't shoot spike bucks. Already
the Fish and Game Commission has several ca ses
pending in which the defendant thought he was
shooting a pronger. The tariff on spike bucks is
high, ranging from $50 up, which may make your
meat cost at the rate of ?1 a pound.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
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Why Hunters Are Increasing. — The number of
hunters is increasing from 5 to 10 per cent each
year; facilities for getting to what were formerly
inaccessible places have increased, it now being pos-
sible for a man with an automobile to go one hundred
miles or more away from the railroad in a few hours'
time; game country in which a gun was never heard
a few years ago is now overrun with hunters; ranch-
ers are crowding into all parts of the state and thus
restricting the breedirg ground of game; guns have
been perfected so that now five shots can be fired
into a flock of birds almost before they are aware
of the presence of the hunter. Is it any wonder that
game is diminishing in numbers? The wonder is
that there is any left.
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Venison Can be Distinguished. — In past years the
California Fish and Game Commission has often
failed to convict violators of the deer laws when the
evidence was in the form of dried or smoked meat
and the identity of meat remained obscure or un-
known. Provided the meat contained small bones or
skin it could usually be identified, but otherwise no
means was at hand for distinguishing whether or not
it was venison. Through the co-operation of Profes-
sor F. P. Gay of the Department of Pathology of the
University of California and Mr. Frank C. Clarke,
formerly a member of the scientific staff of this Com-
mission, a method has been worked out whereby,
through the use of a precipitin test, venison can be
distinguished from bear meats, no matter in what
form it has been prepared. This method is the same
as that employed in European countries in the diag-
nosis of meat and meat preparations where fraud is
suspected.
The precipitin test is prepared in the following
manner:
Antisera for venison is first prepared by injecting
fresh serum from deer blood into rabbits by intra-
venus and by subcutaneous injections. These injec-
tions by each method, respectively, are given on three
successive days with a three-day interval. The blood
is then withdrawn antiseptically from the rabbits
and a serum extracted. This precipitin, when placed
with a weak extract made from deer flesh with ster-
ile physiological normal salt solution, forms a cloudy
precipitate, but when placed with an extract from
the flesh of any other sort of animal, does not form
a precipitate. This test has been used in important
cases in California and has been instrumental in con-
vincing the jury that the meat in question was
venison.
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Alaska a Bird Paradise. — Birds are so thick that a
ship literally plowed its way through them, is the
description brought back from Alaska by F. Seymour
Hersey, and published by the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, from data compiled by Mr. Hersey on his field
trips last summer collecting records and photographs
for the completion of the "Life Histories of North
American Birds."
Prof. Hersey made the trip on the revenue cutter
Bear, which each season makes the trip from Seattle,
Wash., to Point Barrow, the topmost point of the
continent, in Alaska. As the vessel neared Unimak
Pass the number of birds "increased to a point almost
beyond belief," Hersey reports. "As far as the eye
could see, masses of birds were bedded on the water.
It was utterly impossible to form any definite esti-
mate of their number."
Proceeding to St. Michael. Mr. Hersey used a small
open power boat to carry him and his outfit to the
mouth of the Yukon River. Here the whole stretch
of the Yukon delta is kept as a "bird reservation."
This flat delta is literally covered with birds. Mr.
Hersey found several rare species, among them the
Aleutian tern, which has always been scarce, and
which was recently thought to be extinct. Another
rare bird which he found is Fisher's petrel, which
was once represented in museums by only a single
specimen, and now by only three or four.
Alaska has its own variety of sparrow, known as
the Aleutian sparrow. It is one of the twenty or
more varieties of the sparrow family that cover the
United States from east to west. There are nine
bird reservations in Alaska. These are in charge of
the Biological Survey of the Department of Agricul-
ture. As it is with game, so with bird life; Alaska
is the last great refuge for the birds on the North
American continent. A more intelligent care of the
feathered tribes may prevent the practical extinction
of certain species, such as has taken place in the
states.
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Oregon Deer Season Opens. — The deer shooting
season in Oregon opened on August 15. and the indi-
cations are. especially in the southern part of the
state, that the season will be one of the best in re-
cent years. Any number of deer have been reported
in Douglas, Coos, Josephine, Jackson, Columbia and
other counties. Not so much has been heard from
eastern Oregon, but wardens there have reported
that there is an abundance of game of almost every
variety. Last year plenty of deer were reported, but
it was so dry that it was difficult to get within range
of many of them. It isn't expected there will be so
much trouble from that cause this season, as it has
been unusually wet. The law which went into effect
five years ago protecting all deer without horns dur-
ing the entire season has had a great deal to do with
the plentiful supply of deer at present. Deer, it is
said, have been seen in the outskirts of Ashland and
other towns, indicating that as their number in-
creases they are going down into more central com-
munities. Indications also are that the Chinese
pheasant season will also be good in spite of the
hard winter and wet summer months. The open sea-
son on these starts in the majority of counties on
October 1 and ends October 31. The season in Jack-
son county is from October 1 to October 31, but there
is no open season on these birds in Josephine, Coos
and Curry counties.
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Bright Outlook for Dove Season. — Deputy A. J.
Stout, who handles Kern county operations for the
Fish and Game Commission, reports thousands of
doves in the grain fields on the Tejon Rancho, which
is posted against shooting, and about Rosedale and
the Buena Vista Lake, he saw great numbers. All
over southern Kern county the gray birds are unusu-
ally plentiful after the first year of holding down
shooting during the breeding season until September
1st. As the birds will be bigger, fatter and faster,
affording far better sport, shooters are rapidly realiz-
ing the wisdom of deferring "opening day" all over
the State until the young have had a chance to get
their growth.
Deputy Bauder, in charge of propagation and pro-
tection in San Luis Obispo county, says: "Quail are
more numerous than in years. Prospects are fine for
a good deer season next month." He and Deputy
Abels of Santa Barbara county have found doves
decidedly plentiful all summer. The Santa Ynez
Valley is alive with them. This is confirmed by Dep-
uty Webb Toms of San Diego, Deputy Gyger of Riv-
erside and Deputy Malone of San Bernardino. That
1916 wiil be a banner dove year all over the State
seems certain, and that a long quail season equally
good will follow it is now assured. The southern
office of the commission has now placed 5000 hunting
licenses before anything can be legally shot in South-
ern California, and they are going out several hun-
dred a day at a steadily increasing gait Thus does
game and fish protection and propagation finance it-
self by increasing its own income through making
these sports more attractive.
Many young ducks are reported by Deputy Gyger
on the flats at the lower end of Lake Elsinore, now
swollen to enormous proportions in area, and he
found a brood at Dripping Springs recently. Vermin
are thriving also, as he reports a golden eagle and
several coyotes on one trip. Deputy Becker, who is
detailed everywhere, says, "Doves by the thousand
all over the country."
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Fly-Casting Record at Tacoma. — In the seventh
monthly casting event of the Tacoma Bait and Fly
Casting Club at Point Defiance on August 6th, H. J.
Nason set a new record for club members by making
an average of 99 per cent in half-ounce accuracy bait
casting contest. This hreaks his own record of 98.5
per cent made some time ago. The standing of 99
per cent is the same made by W. C. Block of Portland
in winning the Northwestern tournament at Tacoma
a year ago and exceeds that made in the national
championship contest held in San Francisco last
August. Scores made in the competition follow:
Halfounce accuracy average, per cent: H. J. Na-
son 99, H. R. Werner 98.7, R. B. Nason 98.4, B. B.
Perrow 97.3, B. Hutchinson 97, D. E. Gilkey 95.7.
Half-ounce distance — B. B. Perrow, 114 ft 11 3-5 in.;
W. J. Bailey, 113 fet 11-5 in.; C. R. Werner, 107 ft.
3 2-5 in.; D. E. Gilkey, 100 ft. 2 2-5 in.; R. B. Nason,
85 fet, 3 2-5 in.; R. Hutchinson, 80 ft. 2 in.
Long single cast: R. Hutchinson, 150 ft. 2 in.
Half-ounce slam: B. B. Perrow, 163 ft. 7 in.; R.
Hutchinson, 155 ft.; C. R. Werner, 145 ft 8 in.; R. B.
Nason, 140 ft. 3 in.; W. J. Bailey 136 ft; D. E. Gilkev
123 ft.
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Flounders East Clam Necks.— Mr. M. L. Clark, on
being informed by the Chinese clam diggers on To-
males Bay that the California flounder puts in its
time eating the necks of the sofe-shell mud clams,
decided to investigate for himself. He captured sev-
eral in a beach seine and found them gorged with
clam necks. The Chinamen explained that if only
the tip of the neck is bitten off the clam does not
die, but if it happens to be bitten a second time it
cannot recover. Thus is added another to the list
of the clam's enemies on which the sting-ray and the
wild duck have respectively held first and second
place. — Fish and Game Commission.
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Saturday, August 19, 1916]
THE BREEDER ANL SPORTSMAN
GRAND AMERICAN IS UNDER WAY.
h Coast Shooters Are Entered in Regular Events
Which Commence Monday.
The battle of St. Louis will be fought this coming
The battle will be a bloodless one — and it would
be a good thing for the world if all battles were
bloodless. The battle will be between trapshooters
of the United States and Canada, but they will all be
on one side. The event will be the seventeenth an-
nual holding of the Grand American Trapshooting
Handicap. The firing will be done on the Public
Trapshooting Grounds, at Etzei and Ferguson ave-
nues.
St. Louis is fully prepared for the event. Twenty-
six railroads go into St. Louis, and every one of the
twenty-six has been carrying in trapshooters for sev-
eral days. There are a lot of fellows who like to get
in early — and there are lots who do not get into
town until the last bell rings. The Show-Me-Town
is in holiday dress for the trapshooters/ All the gun
bugs now ask is clear weather for a great tourna-
ment. Trapshooters are the happiest bunch in the
world. Many of them plan their vacations to fit the
G. A. H. every year. They are all true sportsmen.
The seventeenth tournament of the Interstate Asso-
ciation— the Grand American Handicap — will long be
remembered. The St. Louis shooting grounds covers
a city block. The firing line is 700 feet, and as level
as a billiard table. There are stands for the specta-
tors. Everything is modern. Restaurants and rest
rooms are on the grounds, and no one need leave the
place during the day. James W. Bell is president of
the St. Louis Sportsmen's Association, in charge of
the affair. Eberhard Anheuser is vice-president, and
Louis Ebert, secretary-treasurer.
There will be five traps for the regular list of
events, one for the professional shooters; one for
the women, and the joker trap. No trapshooting tour-
nament would be complete without a joker trap.
While the Grand American Handicap tournament
begins on August 21, there will be a number of
matches on the 19th and 20th, in which champion-
ships are at stake. On the 21st the St. Louis Intro-
ductory shoot will take place. On the following day
the Mound City Overture, the national amateur cham-
pionship at singles and double targets will be held.
On Wednesday the Preliminary Handicap is on the
card, and on Thursday the Grand American Handicap
takes place. Friday the consolation handicap will
be shot.
Besides these events there will be special events
for women and professional shooters each afternoon.
It is expected that at least 25,000 persons will witness
the tournament.
In the sixteen years the tournament has been con-
ducted no shooter has won the Grand American Han-
dicap twice. It was won in 1900 by Eollo Heikes,
of Dayton, O., from twenty-two yards, and last year
by L. B. Clarke, vice-president of the Hibernian
Bank, Chicago, 111., from nineteen yards. The tour-
ney has been staged in the West and Middle West
since 1902. Only once in the history of the tourna-
ment has a perfect score been made in the G. A. H.
That was by Riley Thompson, of Chicago, HI., shoot-
ing from nineteen yards.
Secretary E. Reed Shaner has made announcement
that 569 entries had been received up until August
7 with indications that many more postmarked Aug-
ust 5 would be accepted. Shooters from all sections
of this country and Canada will be at the traps.
The Pacific Coast will be represented by a small
but select band of scatter-gun artists. The original
list, as given out by the Interstate Association, in-
cludes the names of George L. Becker, Ogden, Utah. ;
J. F. Dodds, San Diego, Cal.; H. P. Mund, Phoenix,
Ariz. ; H. R. Everding, Portland, Ore. ; Guy F. Egbers,
Pasco, Wash.; A. G. Flickinger, Vallejo, Cal.; C. W.
Hadley, Pomeroy, Wash.; John Kinemast, Belling-
ham, Wash.; B. E. Moritz, Denver, Colo.; R. A. Niles,
Spokane, Wash.; Henry Pfirrmann, Jr., Los Angeles,
Cal.; C. L. Parsons, Straw, Mont; V. A. Rossbach,
Hollywood, Cal.; W. R. Thomas, Jr., Denver, Colo.
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Pacific Coast Handicap — The Interstate Associa-
tion's eleventh annual Pacific Coast Handicap trap-
shooting tournament will be held at Portland, Oregon,
September 12, 13 and 14, 1916, under the auspices of
the Portland Gun Club.
"In Portland grows
For you a rose."
The Rose City is honored in the selection by the
Interstate Association for the eleventh Pacific Coast
Trapshooting Tournament.
Geographically Portland is advantageously located
for a tournament which is calculated to draw sports-
men from all points on the coast. Transportation
facilities either by rail or by water are good from
the south and Portland is within easy reach by rail
from her sister cities in the northwest.
It is hoped that our guests will find time to visit
some of the points that have received such favorable
mention from visitors here. The two factors that
have possibly done more to attract attention to our
city than all others combined are the Annual Rose
Festival- and the Columbia River Highway. Portland
has justly earned its name of the Rose City through
the variety and beauty of the blooms which are so
abundant here. The Portland Gun Club hopes some
time in the future to stage the Pacific Coast Handicap
during the Rose Festival week in June.
Yolumnes could be written of the beauty and gran-
deuur of the natural scenery along the Columbia
Eiver Highway. For forty-one miles a paved boule-
vard winds along the majestic Columbia Gorge. The
trip can be made leisurely in one day by automobile
and the visitor who fails to take it surely misses as
wonderful a scenic trip as can be found anywhere.
The trip to Council Crest, where five snow-capped
mountains together with the Willamette and Colum-
bia rivers may be seen, is well worth the short time
that it takes. The Forestry Building, the City Park,
the Falls at Oregon City, the drives along the Sky
Line and the Terwilliger Boulevards — all will be
found interesting. If your time is limited and you
cannot see them all, by no means slight the Columbia
Highway trip. You must see it for yourself to thor-
oughly appreciate its magnificence and grandeur.
The first large tournament that was held on the
new grounds of- the Portland Gun Club was the Ninth
Pacific Coast Handicap during 1914. Since that date
the largest tournaments of the Northwest have been ■
staged in Portland. The club grounds are ideally
located on one of the paved boulevards that leads
from the city and are readily accessible either by
street car or by automobile. A spacious club house
together with a wooded creek which runs through
one corner of the grounds makes it possible for the
fair sex to enjoy themselves while the men are occu-
pied at the firing line. Shooting is towards the north
so that contestants are not troubled with the sun at
any time of the day. The grounds are level and the
sky line unobstructed. It is hoped that we may excel
the record attendance that we had in 1914. — Inter-
state Association.
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Alameda Elks' Club. — A] Durney, one of the re-
cruits to the ranks of local trapshooters this season,
covered himself with glory Sunday at the Alameda
grounds by setting up a score of forty-three breaks
out of fifty targets thrown in the Alameda Elks' Club
monthly shoot. Durney did not finish high gun, but
gave Henry Stelling, who broke forty-four, a run for
the honors. L. S. Hawxhurst easily led the profes-
sionals with a 48x50 score. The scores were as
follows: 25 25 Total
D. Carman 16 21 37
A. A. Durney 22 21 43
E. B. Thorning "... 22 20 42
R. T. Boyd 20 22 42
W. A. Plummer 21 20 41
W. L. Koch 16 18 34
H. Truscott* 21 14 35
W. H. Price 22 19 41
F. Webster 23 17 40
H. Stelling 23 21 44
F. J. Renner 12 14 26
Captain Du Bray* 16 15 31
M. S. Goodman 20 18 38
A. E. Stoneberger 15 20 35
E. J. Brooks 15 17 32
E. A. Bruer 15 n 25
C. A. Merrill 20 17 37
Tom Haskins 14 9 23
J. W. F. Moore* 18 17 35
Lou Schroeder " 14 8 22
C. Linderman 21 17 38
E. G. Williams 15 18 33
J. Van Sicklen 17 21 38
F. J. Croll 18 22 40
W. G. Fortman 17 13 30
W. R. Ellis* 18 22 40
H. P. Martine 21 18 30
L. S. Hawxhurst* 24 24 48
H. Meinecke 21 18 39
F. Blom 15 13 28
Western Club Wins Dinner. — Members of the West-
ern and Crystal gun clubs put forth their best aims
on Sunday at the Alameda traps, in an effort to win
a dinner that was at stake. The Western boys sat
down as guests, for they won out by a score of 191
breaks out of 125, to the 95 breaks registered by the
Crystals.
Ned Williams was high gun for the winners, with
23 out of 25. Charles Linderman and Henry Mein-
ecke also averaged well. Ben Boyd, Walter Blummer
and Al Durney went along well for the Crystals. The
scores set were as follows:
Crystals — Bray Thorning 17, Ben Boyd 20, Walter
Plummer 20, Bill Koch 18, Al Durney 20. Total, 19.
Westerns — Ned Williams 22, Charles Linderman 21,
Henry Meinecke 20, Tay Croll 19, Jack Van Sicklen
19. Total, 101.
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Seattle Association. — An ideal day favored the
trapshooters on August 6th and the result was some
excellent scores recorded at the Harbor Island
grounds. L. H. Reid broke 50 straight and stood high
man and high professional in the 50-bird race. R. S.
Searle, Dr. C. L. Templeton and George Hambright,
professional, stood second with scores of 49 each.
Reid continued on his smashing streak through the
100-bird event and finished a perfect 100 targets,
standing high man and high professional for the day.
Dr. C. L. Templeton, with a 96 to his credit, stood
high amateur in the 100 race. Tom Wilkes, C. E.
McKelvey, George Hambright and Ralph Kinzer all
tied for the third place with 94 each.
A surprise was furnished the shooters in the way
of a visit paid the club by a squad of Vancouver,
B. C, Gun Club shooters. H. R. Cramer, J. A. Mcln-
tyre, J. W. Pettison, A. Field and G. M. Cowderoy
THE INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION'S HANDICAPS.
T. E. Doreinus, President,
Wilmington, Del.
Elmer E. Shaner, Mgr., E. Reed Shaner, Sec'y,
Pittsburgh, Pa. Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Interstate Association's Seventeenth Grand
American Trapshooting Tournament, under the
auspices of the St. Louis Trapshooters' Associa-
tion, St. Louis, Mo., August 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25,
1916. There will be $3,500 added money. Winner
of first place in the Grand American Handicap
guaranteed $500 and a trophy; winner of second
place guaranteed $400 and a trophy; winner of
third place guaranteed $300 and a trophy; winner
of fourth place guaranteed $200 and a trophy, and
the winner of the fifth place guaranteed $100 and
a trophy. Numerous other trophies will also be
awarded.
The Interstate Association's Eleventh Pacific Coast
Trapshooting Tournament, under the auspices of
the Portland Gun Club, Partland, Ore., September
12, 13and 14; $1,000 added money. Winner of
first place in the Pacific Coast Handicap guaran-
teed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place
guaranteed $75 and a trophy; and the winner
of third place guaranteed S50 and a trophy. Sev-
eral other trophies will also be awarded.
were those shooters from the British Columbia club.
A 25-target five-man team race furnished a little
rivalry for the day, and owing perhaps to the fact
that some of the visitors were using borrowed guns
the Seattle team won with 116 birds to their credit
against Vancouver's 107. The scores: —
At 50 targets— L. H. Reid* 50, R. S. Searle 49,
George Hambright* 49, Dr. C. L. Templeton 49, Tom
Wilkes 48, A. E. Drake 47, C. E. McKelvey 47, D.
Rhodes* 47, Ralph Kinker 47, Hugh Fleming 44, J. V.
Hough 42, A. W. Mathie 38.
At 100 targets— L. H. Reid* 100, Dr. C. L. Temple-
ton 96, Tom Wilkes 94, C. E. McKelvey 94, George
Hambright* 94, Ralph Kinzer 94, Hugh Fleming 91,
D. Rhodes* 89, J. V. Hough 87, G. M. Cowderoy 46.
J. A. Mclntyre 44x50, H, R. Cramer 40x50, A. Field
40x50, J. W. Pettison 36x50, P. E. Sullivan 22x25.
Vancouver-Seattle 25-bird team race: —
Seattle team— Tom Wilkes 21, D. Rhodes 21, R.
Kinzer 25, Hugh Fleming 24, George Hambright 25.
Total, 116.
Vancouver team — H. B. Cramer 21, J. A. Mclntyre
21, J. W.'Pettison 13, A. Field 20, G. M. Cowderoy 22..
Total, 107.
00
Entertained at Trap Shoot. — Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
Everding entertained a party composed mainly of
Portland folks in a novel manner at Shipherd's
Springs, Wash., on Sunday, August 6th.
A trap had been installed, thanks to the untiring
efforts of "Our Jim" Simpson, the genial mayor of
Stevenson, Wash., and the guests, after their arrival,
were taken to the improvised range, which was set
amidst beautiful mountain surroundings, with fir
trees on every side. It was these same fir trees, as
a background, which made it difficult to see the flying
blue rocks. Consequently, the scores made by the
leading shooters were remarkable, in some instances.
Old-time hunters in the party, who have had all the
agonizing experiences attendant on the first cases of
"buck ague," attribute the score to the fact that Mr.
Simpson had a touch of what is known as "chicken
fever," which is a coinage not found in anything but
the latest unabridged.
E. H. Keller was high man among the amateurs,
with a score of 95 per cent. He was closely followed
by A. W. Strowger, president of the Portland Gun
Club, with 94 per cent. P. J. Holohan, the profes-
sional, had a score of 92 per cent.
Following are the scores: E. H. Keller 95, A. W.
Strowger 94, P. J. Holohan, professional, 92, H. R.
Everding 85, J. K. Simpson 80, H. A. Benham 76,
W. C. Bristol (with 20-gauge gun) 76, E. B. Morris,
professional (with 20-gauge gun) 76, E. L. Clark 75,
Kola Neiss 75, Lou Kennedy 66, R. A. Cronin 62,
W. S. Hufford 54.
After finishing shooting, the following were enter-
tained by Mr. and Mrs. Everding at the Shipherd
Springs hotel, where a full-fledged chicken dinner
was served, with all the trimmings: Miss Caroline
Everding, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Morris, W. C. Bristol,
Mr. and Mrs. A. Cronin. W. G. Hufford, A. W. Strow-
ger, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Keller, Mr. and Mrs. P. J.
Holohan, H. L. Idleman, J. K. Simpson, H. A. Ben-
ham, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Chamberlin, Mr. and Mrs. Lou Kennedy, Miss Mildred
Kennedy and Master Robert Kennedy.
00
Green Lake Club. — Dr. King kept up his work on
August 6th by smashing 49 out of 50, finishing a run
of 101. started two weeks ago. George B. Baker and
L. S. Barnes tied for second at 45, and Don R. Baker
and Dr. A. B. Kidd, for third, at 43. L. A. Dash, of
North Yakima, was a visitor at the club. Scores: —
At 50 targets — Dr. King 49, George B. Baker 45,
L. S. Barnes 45, Don R. Baker 43, Dr. A. B. Kidd 43,
S. A. Martin 42, E. K. Van Vleck 41, E. Chantrell 41,
Dr. J. F. Hill 40, L. A. Dash 34, George O. Colwell 30,
S. Burt 28, W. M. Elliott 25.
At 100 targets— George B. Baker 89, S. A. Martin
86, Dr. J. F. Hill 85, Don R. Baker 82, E. K. Van
Vleck 79.
;<j
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 19, 1915
{;.,..._,.....,
[ Sportsmen's Row
San Mateo county was visited by the State Fish
and Game Commission's fish planting car on Wednes-
day and some 400,000 trout try released in the
streams ot the county. This was the first restocking
operation of the commission in San Mateo. The
trout planted are of the rainbow and steelhead vari-
ety, 100 cans of rainbow and 20 cans of steelhead
being consigned to the various streams. There are
between 2500 and 3000 fish in a can. Among the
streams that were stocked are Purissima, Lobitas.
Tunitas, San Gregorio, Pescadero, Gazos and many
others.
• • • •
Gilbert de Adrian of Pasadena was attacked and
so seriously bitten wlule bathing in the surf at Ven-
ice last Sunday that he was removed to a hospital
for treatment. Physicians who examined the wound
said there were eight teeth marks in the right leg.
but they were unable to state whether they were
those of a shark. The punctures were deep and the
wound badly lacerated. De Adrian said he "bumped
into something while swimming and it bit him as he
pulled himself onto a raft," but he did not see what
attacked him.
m • • *
Deer are reported as being plentiful in the Rumsey
country. Eight bucks have been killed, according
to reports from the Southern Pacific agents. Napa
has not reported many, but a few have been bagged
in the Monticello district. Fires in the Lake and
Napa county hills have made the deer travel back
farther than usual.
• * • *
One of the big catches made last Sunday was that
of "Doc" Moon, who after a thirty-eight-minute strug-
gle, landed a fine forty-two-pound fish. Another of
the same party took a thirty-seven pounder. It was
reported on Fisherman's wharf that the biggest catch
of last week was a fifty-two-pounder.
• * • •
John M. Falk pays a compliment to one of our
Coast shooters. It is as follows: "Located on the
Pacific coast, is one, L. H. Reid, a prince of good
fellows. It is always a pleasure to meet 'Les' any-
where. As a good shot he ranks second to none.
There is no law to prohibit you from saying you can
beat him at a shoot, but just wait till the .shoot is
over, then say it. Talk, as we know, is cheap, but
the general averages tell the tale, so let some or all
of his scores talk. Take his winnings at Tacoma,
Wash., 390 out of 400, an average of 97% per cent,
and the winner of the Chigron medal, with 98 out of
100, from 18 yards. Good luck to you, Les!"
• * * *
Another call has been made on England for a man
to pass his opinion on American dogs. W. J. Phillips
has been invited to do the judging at the show of the
San Jose Club in California. This event will be
staged in the "garden city of the Pacific coast" Octo-
ber 11th to 14th.
• * * *
Efforts are now under way to secure the location
of a fish hatchery on the Middle Tule River at a point
in the foothills where the water is sufficiently, cool
for hatching purposes during the summer months.
Sportsmen of this district have done more to stock
the streams and protect fish and game from law vio-
lators than those of any other part of California. As
a movement is now on by the State Fish and Game
Commission to locate a hatchery in the central por-
tion of California these facts will be given due con-
sideration. Sportsmen of Hanford have been inter-
viewed and are said to have pledged their support
to the project. — [E. J., Porterville.]
• • • *
Barr Brothers added two more forked horners to
their killing log-book on last Saturday, making six
deer killed on their preserve in the Lucas Valley for
the season. This makes twelve deer killed in Lucas
Valley since the season opened.
• * » *
Recently an aeroplane, the engine whirring noisily,
passed over the estate of a friend of ours. Part of
this estate is covered with beautiful trees quite like
a forest. No sooner had the aeroplane disappeared
than more squirrels by far than it had ever been
thought were on the place were seen scampering
over the ground, evidently much alarmed. The
strange noise above them must have driven them to
the earth. Or did they imagine some huge winged
monster was about to dart down upon them?
• * * *
Superintendent Matthews has added interest to
the regular weekly shooting at Everding Park by
throwing an occasional "red" target. The nimrod
who breaks it will receive a cash prize and the one
with the largest number of broken "red" targets to
his credit at the end of the month will receive a
special prize of 500 targets.
• • • •
The open season on game birds in Wyoming started
on August 1st, the first Tuesday in the month. The
season opens first on sage chickens; bag limit, six
in one day. Limit in possession of one person is six
only, at any one time; duration of season, thirty-two
days. The season closes September 1st. Sage chick-
ens are more plentiful than last year and are also
much larger. With the close of the chicken season
commences the open season for "all grouse," which
continues until November 15; bag limit, six; in pos-
session at one time, six. The season on ducks and
geese opens October 15 and closes December 16; bag
limit, eighteen; in possession at one time, eighteen.
OB
Courtesy to Gun Club Visitors. — On every hand we
hear shooters say: "I am glad I took up trapshoot-
ing. It is a great game, and the best bunch of sports-
men in the world are trapshooters." These and
similar expressions indicate in what high esteem men
hold the trapshooting game.
But our game, like every other sport .occasionally
offers an opportunity for criticism. Many gun clubs
say "visitors are welcome to come and participate in
the regular shoots." "Welcome" is a large word and,
according to the dictionary, means "received with
gladness and hospitality; a kind reception."
And yet, when shooters visit clubs other than their
own, we sometimes hear them say: "My, that was
a cold bunch. Visitors may be welcome at their club,
but they don't show it."
Friends, let's all make known the fact that "vis-
itors are welcome" at our clubs, and when visitors
do come, let's make them "welcome" in the true
sense of the word. A friendly handshake, a cheery
word and a hearty "come again" will leave a lasting
impression and gain for your club a well-deserved
reputation for hospitality.
10,000 Beginners in Shoots. — Breeder and Sports-
man: Am attaching list of clubs receiving Begin-
ners' Trophies, which also shows number of contest-
ants reported by the clubs holding Beginners' events.
An additional list is attached, showing first Cup
trophies won by the different clubs.
We also have advices from more than 90 per cent
of the clubs which have not reported, saying they
intend to hold Beginners' Shoots a little later on,
and will then report.
We estimate, on the basis of the reports received,
that about 10,000 shooters have already, or will in
the near future, participate in the Beginners' Event.
Hence it was a very successful affair.
Trusting this information will prove interesting to
you and your readers, I am, Yours very truly,
MANAGER SPORTING POWDER DIVISION,
E. I. Du Pont Nemours & Co.
SAN JOSE DOG FANCY GET TOGETHER.
Garden City Kennel Club is Formed with Members-!
Working in Harmony.
List of Clubs Receiving First Prize in the Beginners'
Shoot, 1916.
Alabama — Brewton Gun Club. Alaska — Treadwell
Gun Club. Arizona — Holbrook Gun Club. Ft. Smith,
Arkansas — Twin City Gun Club. Los Angeles Gun
Club. Greater Edmonton Gun Club. Roseland Rod
& Gun Club. Brantford, Ont., Can.— Eagle Gun Club.
Rosthern, Sask., Can. — Rosthern Gun Club. Steam-
boat Spring, Colo. — Sarvis Gun Club. Norwalk Gun
Club. Clayton Gun Club. Green Cove Springs Gun
Club. Gate City, Atlanta, Ga., Gun Club. Boise Gun
Club. Hawthorne Rod & Gun Club, Chicago, 111.
Brown's, Clinton, Ind„ Gun Club. Chariton Gun
Club. Hudson Gun Club. Louisville Gun Club.
Parkton Gun Club. Gardiner Gun Club. Paper City
Rod & Gun Club, Holyoke, Mass. West End Gun
Club, Muskegon, Mich. Red Wing Gun Club. Brooks-
ville Gun Club. Carondelet Heights Rod & Gun Club,
St: Louis, Mo. Billings Rod & Gun Club. Tilden
Gun Club. Mohegan Gun Club, New York City. Mag-
dalena Rifle Club, Magdalena, N. M. Bay View Gun
Club, Brooklyn, N. T. Mayville Gun Club. Akron
Gun Club. Cray Gun Club, Haskell, Okla. Portland
Gun Club. Philadelphia Shooting Academy. Sioux
Falls Gun Club. Amarillo Gun Club. South Royalton
Gun Club. Roanoke Gun Club. Green Lake Gun
Club, Seattle, Wash. Huntington Gun Club. South
Side Gun Club, Fon du Lac, Wis. Kinston Gun Club.
Coyile Gun Club.
Name of Club No. Men Women Ttl.
Alaska —
*Treadwell Gun Club 6 5 11
Juneau Gun Club 8 2 10
California —
Railroad Men's G. C. (Los Ang.) 14 14
Vernon Gun Club 15 3 18
Golden Gate Gun Club 17 1 18
Lindsay Gun Club 15 15
*Los Angeles Gun Club 39 5 44
Sugar City Gun Club (Oxnard).lS 18
'Porterville Blue Rock Club 30 30
Big Time Gun Club 9 5 14
Arizona —
*Holbrook Gun Club 13 5 18
Colorado —
Steamboat Springs Gun Club ... 7 7
*Sarvis G. C. (Steamboat Spgs) . .16 3 19
Longmont Trap Club 7 7
*Delta Gun Club 17 17
Avon Gun Club 5 5
Edwards T. S. Club 5 5
Idaho —
Wallace Gun Club 10 10
*Kellogg Gun Club 7 5 12
*Boise Gun Club 8 6 14
Lewiston Rod & Gun Club 5 • 2 7
Montana —
*Billings Rod & Gun Club 17 1 18
*Sidney Gun Club 3 3 6
•Kalispell Rod & Gun Club 15 6
Outlook Gun Club 11 11
Oregon —
*Illahe Gun Club (Eugene) 15 15
"Portland Gun Club 19 2 21
(*Cup)
It will be agreeable news to the dog fanciers of.
California to learn that there no longer exists any
dissension in the fancy at San Jose, but that all
interested in dogs and dog shows in the Garden City
are no wunited, with but one object in view, the pro-
motion of the fancy in Santa Clara county, and inci-
dentally in the state, says the Kennel Advocate.
At a recent meeting of those who for a year or
more past have been endeavoring to bring about
harmony of action, the Garden City Kennel Club was
formed as the A. K. C. successor to the Santa Clara
County Kennel Club. Application to change the
name accordingly has been made, and the assurance
received that the request would no doubt be granted.
At the meeting referred to above, officers of the
new club were elected as follows: President, C. C.
Pomeroy; First Vice-President, N. J. Stewart; Sec-
ond Vice-President, P. H. Doble; Secretary and
Treasurer, Chas. R. Harker. Governing Committee,
which will control all the aqairs of the Garden City
Kennel Club from now on: C. C. Pomeroy, chair-
man; Dr. C. C. Marckres, N. J. Stewart, Henry Ber-
rar, P. H. Doble, V. J. Ruh, E. Portal, M. Perry and
Chas. R. Harker.
It is not the intention of the new club to hold a
show this season, but it will grant a license to the
dog show to be held in connection with the big poul-
try and pet stock show in the Auditorium Rink in
San Jose October 11th to the 14th, thereby making
It an A. K. C. affair, with all differences harmoni-
ously settled, the two clubs so long in opposition
more or less pronounced now merged in one, it is
expected that the October show will be but the
precursor of a series of annual dog shows in San
Jose surpassing anything of the sort ever seen there
and ranking among the foremost held in the state.
* * * *
If Atlantic City cannot keep you awake, nothing
can. The Atlantic City Kennel Club will hold its
annual fixture August 18 and 19, and if every other
place is hot, you are sure to find the ocean breezes
very refreshing. The list of judges which has been
published is one of the best for the season, and all
are judges of reputation. In the past the Atlantic
City show has been held on the Million Dollar Pier.
This year a change has been made to the Garden
Pier. Really this is a superior place in many ways.
It is more ornate, more convenient, location more
elite and, above all, its modernization lends many
advantages both to the exhibitors and the dogs.
Again this year the show will be for two days, giving
the visitor a breathing chance and a night's rest
between the spasm of win or lose. The premium
lists have been mailed and show a splendid list of
special prizes. If you have not received one, write
the superintendent, George F. Foley, Lansdowne, Pa.
Hunters Miss Lucas Valley Deer. — Banker Van
Luven is the president of the Blue Rock Deer Club,
that has a preserve at the head of Lucas Valley can-
yon. The banker is a lover of the deer hunting
game and he loves to gather around him a number
of young fellows in order that he can have a bunch
of good jolly companions while he is shooting the
fleet footed deer. In the morning when the hunting
aggregation start for the hills, the banker has a
wonderful contrivance to assist his kindergarten
hunters in reaching their respective stations on the
little low hills that exist in the shadow of the precip-
itous peaks of the Victor Gun Club range.
When the caravan leaves camp with the banker in
the lead, they are escorted to the base of the knoll,
where Manuel Portuguese is stationed with a double
team, attached to which is a hawser about 100 yards
long. The urchins grab a-hold of the rope and- the
truck horses proceed to drag their heavy length up
the graceful slopes. At last after a rise of 132 one-
quarter feet above sea level, the banker places his
deer hunters along the range of hills while he.
walking up and down, gives orders not to shoot until
they see the color of the deer eyes and long circular
horns.
It was nine o'clock when nine of the 26 guests of
the banker spied two handsome members of the deer
family arise from a cluster of oaks 30 yards away.
On each side of the valley were nine of the younger
set, with Dr. Rafael Duffucy, with a large calibre gun,
ready for action. Napoleon, as he watched the tri-
colors of France at the battle of Austriletz transplant
the colors of the enemy, never threw out his chest
with more dignity than the doctor when he turned
loose at the two elks as they trotted along like
truck horses, forty feet away. No Philippine regi-
ment ever discharged guns with a greater rapidity
than these nine hunters of the banker.
A cloud of dust arose from the grain field from the
bullets biting the dust, but still the deer unharmed
moved on. The doctor, who "has nursed the idea for
some moons that he was a crack shot, reloaded his
gun and fired the last of his fifteen shells when he
was forced to shoot to prevent the deer from knock-
ing him down. The two deer escaped, and now the
crack marksmen of the Victor Gun Club, who go out
on the ranges with only one shell each, will bring
home the bacon.
oe
Mrs. George Boyd of San Rafael is credited with
killing a large forked horn deer on the lands of the
Lagunitas Rod and Gun Club.
Saturday. August 19, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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12,000 DEER KILLED LAST SEASON.
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Fish and Game Commission Issues Interesting Vol-
ume on Hunting and Fishing.
The California Fish and Game Commission has
just issued another valuable and interesting volume
on fishing and hunting topics. It is the Deer Number
and contains many well-written and ably-edited arti-
cles. The following on deer lulled last season will
likely interest Breeder and Sportsman readers: —
A computation of the number of deer killed during
the hunting season of 1915. Data on deer killed in
the National Forests are obtained by forest rangers,
and deputies of the Fish and Game Commission also
make note of the deer killed in their respective dis-
tricts. Where no actual records have been kept, a
reliable estimate has been obtained from residents
"conversant with local conditions. These reports, al-
though incomplete, afford a basis for an estimate as to
the kill of deer each year. Records of this kind have
been kept since 1911, during which year 6,489 were
reported as killed. The total number reported in 1914
was 8,699, as compared with 8,343 for 1915. It seems
possible that fewer hunters may have been in the field
in 1915, thus causing a reduction in the number of
deer reported as killed. The discrepancy may be due
also to a greater degree of incompleteness in returns.
The total kill for 1914 was estimated to be at least
12,000, and the figures of this year lead to a like
estimate.
When segregated for each county the figures fur-
nish interesting evidence as to the distribution of
deer in this state, although in some cases large kills
are indicative of concentrated hunting rather than of
large deer population. If the actual figures are de-
pended upon, Siskiyou county leads in the kill for
1915, with Monterey a close second. Trinity county,
which headed the list for 1914, drops into third place.
In Southern California, Santa Barbara county alone
shows a kill which compares favorably with northern
counties.
NUMBER OF DEER KILLED IN VARIOUS COUN-
TIES DURING THE OPEN SEASONS 1914-1915.
District No. 1.
Colusa .
Glenn .
Lake
Marin
Mendocino .
Solano .
Sonoma .
Yolo
Napa
Alameda
Contra Costa
Monterey .
San Benito
San Francisco
San Luis Obispo
San Mateo
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz
Totals
Imperial
Los Angeles . . .
Orange
Riverside
San Diego
San Bernardino
District No. 4.
143
24
102
45
97
1,479
95
*
55
44
29
Totals
Reports Unspecified as to Counties.
475|
338
172
NEWS OF FEDERAL MIGRATORY BIRD LAW.
Shasta National Forest.
Lassen National Forest
California National Forest
Stanislaus National Forest
Santa Barbara National Forest.
Sierra National Forest
87
13
238
96
523
8,699
733
103
§Estimated.
106
8,343
Totals
Total for year 1914
Total for year 1915
*No record. tClose season.
QC
Hunting With the Long Bow. — I have received the
following letter from Dr. Saxon T. Pope, of San Fran-
cisco, a member of the faculty of the University of
California. It will be read with interest by all sports-
men, especially the archers:
"Mr. Compton and I have just returned from a
hunting trip with the bow. We killed two deer.
Compton shot one running at sixty five yards. The
arrow pierced him amidships and came out through
his lung, stuck out a foot and broke off in the brush.
He only ran a couple of hundred yards and died.
I shot one in the liver and he ripped himself pretty
much running, dying of abdominal hemorrhage, at
forty-five yards. We touched up three more, but not
seriously. Our hunt was a two weeks' affair into a
rugged but beautiful part of the Coast range. Game
was plentiful and the country fine for the bow. Open
spaces, carpeted ground, small draws and ridges
properly wooded, all combined to make it ideal. We
must have had twenty or thirty shots at deer, some
at 200 yards, some beauties at 150 yards and 65
yards. At thirty yards I missed one because I had
to kneel and shoot beneath the boughs of a tree.
Henceforth I practice a kneeling shot.
"We killed squirrels and rabbits in plenty. So you
see the bow still sings in the wildwood."
Chicago, 111. EDWARD B. WESTON.
08
Game Districts Open. — The deer season in the high
Sierras and the northern counties of the state — game
district No. 1 — opened Tuesday. The deer of the
coast ranges are but small imitations of the real thing
as compared with the many pointed antlers of the
wilder country embodied in district 1.
The mule deer, a big animal of a species not found
on the coast, is to be gotten by lucky nimrods in the
northeastern section of the state. Big, black-tailed
bucks also are found in this district, and occasionally
white-tailed deer are reported seen or killed, though
this species is rare. The black-tailed deer are a
larger variety of the coast deer.
On September 1 the deer season will open in dis-
trict 4, in the southern part of the state, and at that
time the shooting of bucks will be allowed in all parts
of the state, with the exception of the various game
refuges.
September 1, incidentally, also sees the opening
of several bird shooting seasons. Mountain quail
or grouse season will open in districts 1 and 23 on
that date, and sage hen and dove seasons in all parts
of the state will be opened.
Tree squirrels, one of the best protected of the
small animals of the state, may also be shot after
September 1. Only twelve squirrels may be shot in
a season.
OB
Violators of Law Fined. — Deputy Becker got $50
for the State Monday of last week by apprehending
two aliens who were hunting without licenses, and
the men, P. Vallicella and M. Andegelo, agreed to
take out licenses rather than be prosecuted, which
was as broad as it was long, so they were spared the
time and nuisance of court.
Late last month Deputy Toms arrested Borth An-
derson in Pine Valley, San Diego county, for shooting
quail out of season, and Justice Solon Bryan of San
Diego declared his bail of $25 forfeit on nonappear-
ance.
The District Attorney of San Diego county has
ruled that anglers fishing in Rerono reservoir are
subject to the State angling license, although that
water is owned by citizens of San Diego. Some had
contested it on this ground. All game and fish is the
property of the people of the State in their sovereign
(collective) capacity and subject to the general laws
to rule.
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After Dog Poisoners. — The poison fiend should be
put out of business, and that without mercy. There
are too many of "him" in the country and it is time
all dog lovers joined hands to end his career. A
start has been made here in Seattle and I look for
good results.. In this town the poison fiend and dog
thief have prospered, but if the organization formed
here recently means anything it is punishment for
the enemies of our dumb friends. A number of our
prominent business men have joined hands with the
organizers, and a campaign to enlist the co-operation
of all dog lovers in the state is under way. T. J.
Church, who is leading the movement, says the prac-
tice of poisoning and stealing dogs must stop, and
declares it will stop. Let all dog owners join hands.
Efforts to Strike Out Appropriation For Its Enforce-
ment Is Defeated.
Seattle, Wash.
A DOG'S FRIEND.
Migratory Bird Law — On July 10 the contest be-
tween the defenders of our migratory birds and the
Missouri enemies of the migratory bird law culmin-
ated in the United States Senate, over the motion
of Senator Reed to strike out the entire appropria-
tion, $50,000, for the enforcement of the law. For
two hours Senator Reed occuupied the attention of
the senate by a bitter denunciation of the law, its
supporters, the biographical survey, E. W. Nelson
and W. T. Hornaday. Senator McLean replied in a
dignified, logical and forceful speech fifteen minutes
long, and the vote to sustain the law and retain the
appropriation was 52 to 8!
The following senators composed the opposition:
Borah (Idaho), Hardwick (Go.). Overman (N. C),
Thomas (Colo.), Bryan (Fla.), James (Ky.), Reed
(Mo.), Walsh (Mont).
The record of the senate remains unbroken, and
the appropriation is now quite safe.
The Treaty with Canada. — The international treaty
with Canada for the protection of migratory birds
has been finished by Canada, and now is in our
state department, ready to transmit at any moment
to the senate for ratification. A two-thirds vote is
necessary. It is of the utmost importance that the
treaty should be raified at this session of Congress,
and a law enacted to carry its provisions into effect.
It is reasonably certain that the Missouri malcontents
who desire spring shooting will fight the treaty to
the utmost, and hinder its ratification in every way
possible. In a few days it will be time to ask all
senators for prompt action on the treaty!
The Game CSanctuary Bills. — The Chamberlain
game sanctuary bill may on any day come up in the
senate to he voted upon; hut the great appropriation
bills may keep it back for two or three weeks longer.
In the senate there is some opposition on "state sov-
ereignty" grounds — coming exclusively from North-
ern senators!
In the house committee on agriculture three hear-
ings on the Hayden bill have been held, and the bill
is about to be reported to the house favorably, with
one amendment proposed. It will require hard and
continuous work on the part of all the friends of the
bill to secure a vote in the house at this session;
but a vote must and shall be secured. Very serious
work is now required, with each one of the members
of the house of representatives, to secure a vote on
the Hayden bill, and a majority. Now is the time to
begin!
Dr. Field's Investigation. — In June, Dr. Geo. W.
Field, of Boston, discovered so many wild fowl breed-
ing and rearing their young in Kansas and Missouri
that those two states are thereby transferred to the
breeding zone forever; and the demand of the spring
shooters of Missouri who are bent on securing an
open season of wild fowl in March has become more
unreasonable than ever before.
The Return of the Birds. — As we stated in our Bul-
letin No. 4. the birds are coming back! We rejoice
that we have lived to see the time when this can be
written down and published without room for argu-
ment or contradiction. W. T. HORNADAY.
New York.
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Groat Sets Record at Vernon. — C. E. Groat, who
is ordinarily a consistent shooter, executed a sensa-
tional feat Sunday at the Vernon Gun Club when
he broke 100 straight targets. He started right and
finished right, and every bird he shot at was smashed
into a hundred pieces. William Prough was runner-
up with 97x100. Harry Cline and S. A. Bruner were
third with 96x100 smashes.
Sixteen shooters took part in the day's program
and very good scores, resulted. Next Sunday the
Vernon Gun club will start on its new set of trophies,
which will continue until December 31. There will
be five trophies and at the end of the three months
the five highest shooters for the time will receive
the trophies. Following are Sunday's scores:
H. Cline 23 25 25 23— 96
F. H. Melius 24 23 . . . .— 47
A. W. Bruner 23 22 .. ..— 45
E. K. Mohler 23 23 22 25— 93
G. E. Oliver 23 22 24 25— 94
Kenney 20 22 21 . .— 63
O. Evans 21 25 24 23— 93
William Pugh 24 25 24 24— 97
S. A. Bruner 25 25 21 25— 96
Dr. Newlin 22 22 . . . .— 44
J. W. Meek 25 24 24 25—97
C. E. Groat 25 25 25 25—100
Dr. Cooper 23 22 . . . . — 45
A. J. Ulrick 19 — 19
Fred Kimble 19 — 19
Ed Bohring 23 — 23
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Interstate Office to Close. — Editor "Breeder and
Sportsman: For the benefit of gun clubs that may
have registered tournament matters to take up with
us, please announce in the trap department of your
paper that, on account of the Grand American Handi-
cap Tournament, the Pittsburgh office of The Inter-
state Association will be closed from Auguust 16 to
27, inclusive.
Thanking you in advance, we remain,
Yours very truly,
THE INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION.
E. Reed Shaner, Sec'y.
THH BREEDER AN1) SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 19, 1916
I Stock Breeders" Page
THE DISTRIBUTION OF HORSES.
Two bones of contention between the various
breeds of horses have been the relative popularity of
the breeds and the relative effect each has had on
horse improvement. Estimates on the subject have
been made either through partisans of the different
breeds, or on the basis of the number of animals
registered in the different studbooks, making a cer-
tain allowance for those deceased.
The stallion board reports offer an opportunity to
make a fairly exact study of the relative frequency of
the different breeds in the principal draft horse pro-
ducing states, as the number of animals registered
by them represents the popular esteem in which
each of the breeds is held. Of the twenty-one states
having stallion laws, nineteen have published re-
ports: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Mich-
igan, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas,
Utah, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Cal-
ifornia. In these states there are, over 60,000 animals
standing for public service. Of these, 23,151 are
grade or scrub stallions, 33,860 are purebred stallions,
and 3,832 are jacks, only fifteen states reporting on
the last class. This shows that 38.05 per cent of the
equine males licensed for public service are grades
and scrubs; 55.65 per cent, purebreds; and 6.29 per
cent, jacks. Of the stallions practically three-fifths,
59.4 per cent, are purebreds, and the rest grades or
scrubs. The change in proportion of purebred stal-
lions is very marked, as in most of the states when
the laws went into operation only a fourth to a third
of the public service animals were purebred.
By breeds the distribution of horses is as follows :
Percent, of
Breed Number purebreds
Percheron 18,022 53.225
Standardbred 4,214 12.445
Belgian 4,091 12.082
French draft 2,116 6.249
Shire 2,104 6.214
Clydesdale 1,279 3.777
German Coach 502 1.483
Shetland Pony- 301 .889
Morgan 296 .874
Hackney 273 .806
Thoroughbred 233 .6S8
French Coach 181 .535
American Saddler 120 .355
Suffolk 60 .177
Cleveland Bay 25 .074
Non-Standard Trotters . . 25 .074
Arabian -8 .053
The position of the Morgan ahead of the Hackney,
Thoroughbred, French Coach and American Saddler
should he a source of consolation to the lovers of
the .American general purpose horse. On the other
hand the low percentage of light horses as compared
to drafters should strike a responsive chord in the
hearts of those who have labored so tirelessly for the
draft interests. Of the 33,860 purebreds, 81.72 per
cent are drafters and 18.28 per cent are light horses.
The relative numbers of Percherons and French
Draft also are interesting for the ratio between them
has increased at the expense of the French Draft
during the last decade, at least as judged by other
estimates. — Edward N. Wentworth, Kansas Agricul-
tural College, in Breeder's Gazette.
Motor Cars Fail in the Mud.
An artilleryman of the New York militia, writing
to the Buffalo Express, shows how the army mule is
a necessity during the rainy season in localities
where there are only dirt roads. He says, under
date of August 2d:
Everything and everybody is plastered with sticky,
brown mud. The twelfth regiment, which has the
lowest site in camp, has been completely flooded out.
There is a lake more than a foot deep lying where
two companies has been camped. The tents had to
be taken down and the men doubled up temporarily
with other companies.
The ground in places looks like thick bean soup,
each footstep to be taken with great care. Even
Shrapnel Shriver admits that for mud the condition
of the roads to McAllen beats anything he ever found
while drawing an ambulance in France. This is,
indeed, high praise for our Texas mud.
Thirty-three big trucks were reported stuck in the
mud between this camp and Mission. There were
enough on the road between the first cavalry and
McAllen to make this story reasonable. Some had
slid partially off the road and lay with their noses
buried in the ditches like gophers burrowing into
their holes. Others, abandoned yesterday, had sunk
until their wheels had disappeared.
It was a day of triumph for the mules. . All day
long they plodded knee deep through the mud doing
their own work and that of the regimental trucks.
The mud is too pasty for ruts. Army wagons slide
about like dull skates on hard ice. With the rear
wheels on one side of the high-crowned road and the
front wheels on the other, colliding, getting the mules
r .ore mixed than an Esquimaux dog team, they crawl
back and forth with our food and supplies.
The Sire and the Stock Market.
It is very difficult for farmers and packers to agree
nowadays on a fair price for meat animals. It is
often difficult for anyone to know whether exact jus-
tice is being done on any market, but concerted ac-
tion among farmers can bring about much better
conditions than now exist by meeting the needs of
consumers more exactly and more uniformly than
they do at present.
In the market for any kind of manufactured goods
uniformity is demanded. The man who went to an
implement dealer for a corn grinder like the one that
did so well for his neighbor would object strongly
if told that no other machine like it had ever been
made, but that there was one in the market that day
that weighed about as much and looked very much
like it. He would want a machine that would give
exactly the same results. Of course, this is not quite
possible in ease of corn and cattle, but we can come
much nearer uniformity than we do.
We have well-defined breeds within which uniform-
ity and standardization are established facts. They
do not provide quite the uniformity of the manufac-
turing world, but come near enough to it for all
practical purposes. Part of the market trouble is
that carloads of stock do not come on the market,
each made up of uniform animals of some one of
these breeds. The breeder has too often used a
scrub sire whose offspring lack uniformity or was
uniformly inferior. In many more cases he has
bought feeders rather indiscriminately from the
owner of scrub sires and pure-bred sires of various
breeds.
The use of the pure-bred sire is part of the remedy.
If the rest of the herd is very inferior, it will take
a number of years of "grading up" to bring the best
results, but there will be marked improvement every
generation if breeding is wisely done. As good pure-
bred sires of the same breed are used on a farm
year after year, that farm will send better stock and
more uniform stock to market and the shipper will
be in a better position to demand high prices. In
this grading up, the sire is often said to he half the
herd. As a matter of fact, he is more than half
because the good pure-bred animal is so much more
prepotent or able to impress his own good character-
istics upon his offspring than the grade animal upon
which he is crossed.
The man who cannot afford a pure-bred sire of his
own can often co-operate with one or more of his
neighbors in securing one, and whether he owns co-
operatively or not, he should combine with as many
others as possible at the same shipping point in
securing similar good sires of the same breed in
order to secure uniformity in mixed shipments, or in
lots bought from various men in the vicinity to be
fed by one of them.
The live stock industry of the west is undergoing
a building process in both quality and numbers, but
it has only begun the improvement which must come
in the near future if this section is to fulfill the de-
mands of the markets, maintain its position in the
live stock industry, and demand profitable prices.
This section has some of the best flocks and herds to
be found anywhere, but the general average is far
too low. This average must be raised and we may
fairly expect a corresponding rise in price. — S. T.
Simpson, Missouri College of Agriculture.
Alfalfa Best Winter Food.
Feeding facts of interest to valley cattle raisers
were told recently at a meeting of the Pomona
Grange by Professor Potter at the Union Branch
experiment station, who had previously conducted
some feeding tests to compare alfalfa with bald bar-
ley hay and wild hay.
"We purchased three carloads of cattle," said Pro-
fessor Potter, "and put one of them on alfalfa hay
alone, one on bald barley hay and one on wild hay.
They were kept on these feeds for 105 days. The
alfalfa hay was only of fair quality, and the results
were not so good as had been hoped for. The aver-
age daily gain for those on the alfalfa hay alone was
about a pound a day. The lots on bald barley and
wild hay didn't give anything like satisfactory gains.
Those on bald barley gained .27 of a pound per day,
and those on wild hay .44 of a pound per day. We
have not repeated this experiment, because we felt
that this one test was enough to show the imprac-
ticability of fattening cattle on bald barley and wild
hay.
"At the end of the test period the cattle were not
really fat enough for beef. We turned these cattle
out on a pasture of alfalfa which had become mixed
with bluegrass, giving them the run of the alfalfa.
They did remarkably well on the pasture. For the
first month they made a gain of more than a pound
a day. During the second month they made 2^i
pounds per day, and during the third month 2 1-3
pounds. They not only gained well during this time,
but took on a good finish, so that they were in splen-
did condition to market."
An Oregon Holstein Record.
A new world's record in the junior 2-year-old Hol-
stein class has just been made by Johanna De Kol
of Rush Court, owned by Herbert W. Jones, of Amity,
Oregon. This was a seven days' milk record to be
made not earlier than 240 days after freshening. The
former world's record was 425.1 pounds milk, but this
2-year-old finished her seven days with 445.5 pounds
to her credit, an official tester being with the cow
day and night to avoid any possibility of questioning
this great record.
Better Live Stock — More Profit.
"Use pure-bred sires" is the slogan used by work-
ers at the Missouri College of Agriculture as a partial
reply to stockmen's questions as to how they can
make profits on increasingly expensive land, labor,
and feed. These three factors will remain high and
the quality of the live stock and efficiency of the
methods used must be correspondingly improved if
the live stock industry is to survive.
The slogan of the pure-bred sire is being sounded
by Dean F. B. Mumford and others of the Agricul-
tural Experiment Station and College in the field
and feed lot, from the Chautauqua platform and on
farm to farm trips through various counties.
For use in these campaigns a "red-headed" poster
bulletin has been printed. That head says in red
type, "Use Pure-Bred Sires," and beneath this head
are brief statements of the careful tests of the Ex-
periment Station and the common experience of
Missouri farmers which agree absolutely on this
point. The station got much bigger profits by using
a fair pure-bred mutton ram such as any farm sheep-
raiser could afford instead of a scrub ram. They
were used on western ewes which were equally good
so far as the best judges could tell. From such a
ewe the fairly good pure-bred mutton ram got a lamb
which weighed 60 pounds and sold for $7.35 when
three months old ,but the scrub ram got from a
similar ewe a poor lamb which weighed 56 pounds
and sold for $4.50 when four months old. Fletcher
Smart of Harrisonville, Missouri, used a good pure-
bred boar on some average sows and got sixty good
pigs which reached an average of 270 pounds and
topped the Kansas City market at eight months.
The Pure-Bred Sire
Means —
1. Uniformity. 1.
2. Individual superiority. 2,
3. Early maturity. 3.
4.
The Scrub Sire
Means —
Lack of uniformity.
Mongrels and misfits.
Late maturity.
More marketable stock. 4. Poor market demand.
5. More money for your 5. Less money for your
feed. feed.
6. Credit to the owner. 6. Discredit to the owner.
7. Bigger profits. 7. Loss; dissatisfaction.
These are some of the facts indicated by the
poster, which explains why a survey of the live
stock producers shows that those who are producing
the good stock are the ones who stay in business
when so many others are dropping out.
From the breeding standpoint the important steps
are, (r) the use of tried pure-bred sires, (2) proper
feeding of breeding animals, (3) careful culling of
barren and poor-breeding females, and (4) replacing
culls with the best females in each season's produce.
Since it costs little or no more to produce an
8-cent steer than it does to produce a 5-cent steer,
the profits to be derived from producing live stock
on corn belt farms is limited by the quality of the
animals. Good sires must be secured and the herd
must be carefully culled.
Last but not least, the marketing problem must be
carefully handled. Co-operation with neighbors is
often essential if purchases and sales are to he made
to the best advantage. For this purpose breeders'
and feeders' associations are desirable in many
cases. — S. T. Simpson, Missouri College of Agricul-
ture.
Another Great Holstein.
A card from Malcolm H. Gardner, superintendent
of the Advanced Registry, Holstein-Friesian Associa-
tion, Delavan, Wis., is as follows: "I am pleased to
' be able to report that the Holstein-Friesian cow,
Queen Piebe Mercedes 154610, has broken the record
for fat production in the junior four-year class of
the semi-official yearly division, by producing in 365
days, 30,230.02 pounds milk containing 1,111.56 pounds
fat. She freshened at the age of 4 years 4 months
22 days. Her sire is Sir Pietertje Ormsby Mercedes
44931; her dam is Queen Piebe of Fairview 71624.
She was bred and is now owned by E. C. Schroeder
of Moorhead, Minnesota. In the junior 4-year class
of this division she displaces Milanhurst America De
Kol 143441, whose record, strictly official for 365
days, is 26,433.4 pounds milk containing 985.08 pounds
fat. If computed on the 80 per cent basis, the equiv-
alent butter produced by Queen Piebe Mercedes
would amount to 1,389.45 pounds: while in milk pro-
duction she far exceeds any other cow of like age."
Prefers Poland Chinas on Mountain Ranches.
Nathan Hanck, of Humboldt county, a successful
hog raiser, prefers the Poland Chinas for the reason,
as he says, that they do not become wild when run-
ning on the mountain ranges. He is reported to have
refused to sell his skim milk to creameries as he
believes it is worth more for feeding his pigs than
the creameries will pay for it. Mr. Hanck*s hobby
is to develop size at an early age and for this reason
he has his ranch so arranged that an abundant lot of
feed is always at hand, using, of course, the best
methods of feeding, and his feeding pens and pas-
tures are so arranged that little time is lost in shift-
ing the stock from one pen or pasture to another.
Alfalfa, clover, rye grass, oats and vetch comprise
the different pasture crops, supplemented in the fall
and winter with carrots and beets. Skim milk from
his moderately sized dairy is always at hand, which
he values highly as a splendid diet for his pigs and
fattening stock.
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One hundred and twenty-seven mares have been
bred to Peter the Great 2:07% this season.
Saturday, August 19, 1916]
THE FARM
LIVE STOCK AND FERTILITY.
Here is what F. B. Mumford, dean
of tue Missouri College of Agriculture,
has to say on the subject o£ "Livestock
and Soil Fertility":
"The problem of the American farm-
er today is how to conserve the fertil-
ity of the soil and yet insure a rea-
sonable income. In considering chang-
ing from grain farming to the raising
of livestock, the farmer asks himself
if this change has been successful in
maintaining soil fertility. From the
New England States westward to the
Dakotas, he sees a trail of once deplet-
ed soils reclaimed by substituting
dairying and stock farming for exclu-
sive grain fanning. The result of prof-
itable systems of livestock farming on
the poorest of soils is to be seen in
Holland. Denmark is another example
of a country whose soils were becom-
ing depleted by wheat producing but
where a system of livestock produc-
tion conserved the soil fertility.
"Permanent success from exclusive
grain farming has not yet been demon-
strated, so modern farm practice is
showing the importance of the devel-
opment of animal husbandry. The
close relation between the fertility of
the soil and keeping of livestock is
demonstrated at experiment stations
ynd by the successful farmer. Produc-
tiveness of the acre of land is the
main factor for which the farmer is
everywhere striving. The presence of
livestock invariably accompanies this
desired condition."
FERTILIZING ALFALFA.
Alfalfa is a rich-land crop. Much
of the difficulty in growing it can be
attributed to the low fertility of the
soils on which it is being tried. A
crop that produces three or four, and
occasionally five, cuttings a year re-
quires plenty of plant food. The man
who wishes to grow alfalfa on medi-
um to poor land cannot expect high
yields and in most cases he cannot
secure a satisfactory stand without
manuring or fertilizing.
In general, barnyard manure is the
best fertilizer for this crop. Ten, 12,
or even 15 tons an acre can well be
supplied if the manure is available.
A crop as valuable as alfalfa war-
rantsexpensive fertilization if neces-
sary. The man beginning alfalfa
culture on poor land had better limit
the amount. sown so"that more manure
will be available for use on this land.
If manure is available in small
quantities only, fertilizers may be used
in addition. On most soils the appli-
cation of phosphates is usually accom-
panied by best returns. Three or four
hundred pounds o facid phosphate or
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two or three hundred pounds of bone
meal are applications which may be
expected to give returns. The manure
applied in connection with these fer-
tilizers should be at the rate of six or
eight tons an acre. Finely ground
raw rock phosphate turned under with
the manure at the rate of a thousand
pounds an acre is a good application.
Since this form of phosphate is rather
slow in acting 200 pounds of acid
phosphate may well be applied with
the manure or drilled in deeply with
a fertilizer drill after the seed bed is
I repared.
It must be understood that some
soils need lime in addition to fertiliza-
tion, most of them need inoculation,
and all require thorough preparation
of the seed bed.
BANKERS AID CATTLE INDUSTRY.
The part that banks can play in pro-
moting the local cattle Industry is
illustrated by the action taken recent-
ly by a group of southern bankers. A
few farmers in Gibson county, Tenn.,
started a movement looking toward
diversification of crops by raising less
cotton and increasing the number and
quality of cattle. The movement was
encouraged by the beef-cattle exten-
sion agents of the State college and
the United States Department of Agri-
culture. All the banks in the county
grew interested, and as soon as" the
group was ready to bring in a car of
pure-bred cattle the bankers agreed
to lend up to ?15,000 to defray the cost.
Sixty-five head, including bulls, bred
heifers, and cows with calves at foot,
were delivered in the county, all in
good condition, at an average cost of
|150 per head, exclusive of the calves.
These were distributed to individual
farmers, not more than three head to
any farm. The owners then either
paid for the cattle or gave long-time
notes at reduced interest to the banks.
One bank acted as agent in the trans-
action for all the banks in the county.
The bankers figured that by helping
the farmers to buy a large number of
pure-bred cattle they not only would
get interest on safe loans but would
foster an industry the benefits of
which would be accumulative and per-
manent in the locality. This is borne
out- by frequent experiments which
have established that even a few good
bulls introduced in a county soon have
a marked influence on the size and
quality of all local cattle.
DAIRY PRODUCTS SET NEW
RECORD.
Dairy production in Fresno county
set a new high water mark in its his-
tory both in the amount and in the
total aggregate of receipts during the
month of July. Estimates based upon
the monthly report of the Danish
Creamery Association, gives a produc-
tion in round numbers of 300,000 lbs.
of butter and a total amount of over
$90,000, distributed between 1700 dai-
rymen.
A normal price for butter, plenty of
green feed for the stock, and an in-
creased demand for Fresno county
butter, augurs well for a profitable
year for dairymen according to offi-
cials of the Danish Creamery Associ-
ation.
During the month of July, 1915, the
production for the Danish Creamery
was 140,230 pounds butter fat, which
was sold at $41,343.13. The average
price for the month last year was the
same as for July, 1916 — 30 cents per
pound.
Indicative of the esteem in which
shippers hold Fresno county butter is
a large number of unfilled orders at
the Danish Creamery. The association
first applies its production to the local
fields and to Los Angeles. In addi-
tion, they last month shipped several
orders to Seattle and New York. De-
mands were made in Portland and
San Francisco, for Fresno butter, all
of which were refused.
"We could sell nearly double our
present production," said one of the
creamery officers recently. "Only last
week we helped to fill a car to New
Ycrk. They wanted more. Seattle
now uses all our surplus and begs for
more. Portland and San Francisco,
too. continually ask us to ship them
large quantities."
Far northern and southern markets
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bring better prices than locally, and
for this reason, the creamery men of
the valley are inclined to broaden
their markets in those directions.
SUMMER CARE OF POULTRY.
Of course, plenty of shade in sum-
mer insures thrifty chicks.
Over-active cockerels should be re-
moved at this time of the year and
placed in a separate yard.
Food should be changed with laying
hens. Add to the grain feeds a mix-
ture such as bran, shorts, and corn
meal.
Watch for head llee on the chicks.
If found, rub top of head with a little
lard free from salt.
Avoid crowding them by keeping in
small flocks and by providing roomy
coops. Leave them there until they
forget to flock together.
Turnips sown at this time make a
good fall and early winter feed for
stock birds. Or try sowing a patch
of rape for late green food.
Cull the growing stock often. Con-
fine, fatten and market the culls. Let
chickens intended for stock birds and
layers have liberal range.
Broody hens should be removed to
slat bottomed coops as soon as dis-
covered. Leave them there until they
forget it.
Clean fresh water lessens disease.
Filthy drinking water invites it. Clean
drinking vessels often during warm
weather.
Supply an abundance of green food
during these warm days . It saves the
grain and keeps the birds in better
condition.
Use brush, board and tent shelters
in the yards to protect the fowls and
chickens from the sun and showers.
A little blue ointment rubbed into
the skin just beneath the vent and on
the under side of the wings will cure
lousy conditions.
. Mites will accumulate if the drop-
pings are not removed every week and
the roosts sprayed with kerosense
emulsion or coal-tar disinfectant.
After the grass gets tough chicks
can catch more bugs and worms and
will grow better on loose soil. The
corn field furnishes ideal conditions.
Bury deeply all waste eggs and
shells from hatching nests or from in-
■ cubators. Barn all dead fowls or
chicks. A little care here will save
you dollars later.
Brooders not in use, and other fur-
niture should be disinfected and laid
away for future use. Dont neglect
they — they cost money and are always
handy.
WHY ROTATION IS RATIONAL.
Prof. J. W. Gilmore, University of
California, writes on the rotation of
crops to the following effect:
The demand for rotations and di-
versifications are usually brought
about by depleted yields or qualities,
and these arise out of deficiencies in
the soil or from the presence or infes-
tation o finsect enemies or fungous
diseases. The purposes to be attained
through a diversification or rotation of
crops may be briefly enumerated as
follows :
I. Reason bearing upon the crop-
producing power of the land:
a. Cultivated crops, cover crops,
and forage crops should alternate in
order to maintain an optimum humus
content in the soil.
b. A legume crop should appear on
the land one year in four in order to
maintain as nearly as possible the sup-
ply of nitrogen.
c. Alternate crops of different cul-
ture methods in order to maintain its
good physical condition. This also in-
cludes crops of different food require-
ments.
d. Under some conditions a sum-
mer fallow must be included in order
to conserve moisture and to augment
available food supply.
II. Reasons bearing on the control
of enemies:
a. Employ crops having different
cultural methods, seasons, and struc-
tural characteristics, for the control
of weeds, insects, and fungous dis-
eases.
III. Reasons bearing upon economy
in farm management:
a. Crops should be varied in order
to insure continuous returns in time
as well as amount.
b. A succession of crops should be
planned so as to distribute as equally
as possible both man and horse labor
throughout the year.
In dealing with strong solutions of
lime sulphur the fruit grower must
protect himself. After his eyes begin
to smart and his fingers crack open
he learns that goggles and rubber
gloves are splendid protection. Vase-
line or lard smeared on face and hands
afford relief. Heavy leather gloves are
serviceable when greased or soaked
"with machine oil. Some men prefer
miscible oils for dormant spraying, as
they are more pleasant to handle.
Arsenate o flead and bordeaux sprays
in the summer are not so disagreeable.
Classified Advertising
CHESTNUT TOM 2:17! i FOR SALE.
Chestnut Tom 434SS, standard and reg-
istered, eighteen years old. but strong and
vigorous, is offered for sale for a ridicu-
lously low price. The late Martin Carter,
who was one of California's most success-
ful breeders, considered this horse one of
the very best he ever bred for a sire.
Chestnut Tom is sire of the dam of the
coast champion AVilbur Lou (1) 2:19^4,
(3) 2:10%, sire of Natal Day 2:13%, coast
champion two-year-old. The late Martin
Carter bred Chestnut Tom for a brood-
mare sire. He is by Nutwood Wilkes, his
dam is by Director and his grandam is
the dam of his sire and by Nutwood. $150
takes him. Address GEO. T. ALGEO,
3608 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland.
RACE MARE WANTED. — Eligible to
the 2:25 class trotting, one that can trot
a mile in 2:15 on a mile track or 2:18 on
a half mile track." Give full particulars in
first letter as to price, age. condition, etc.
Address BREEDER & SPORTSMAN.
P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal.
I WANT TO BUY.— I have sold eleven
horses in the last few months ranging
from $2,000 to $200. If you have a horse
for sale and will write me, I will tell you
what my system is. It is a winner. I find
there is a buyer for every horse for sale
at the right price. It is just a question of
getting the buyer and seller together. If
you have one for sale let me hear from
you. MAGNUS FLAWS,
542 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111.
FARMS FOR SALE
Choice Land In Idaho
Lewis ton, Idaho, is situated at the
forks of Clearwater and Snake rivers and
has transportation to the coast.
960 acres 7*.2 miles from Lewiston, Ida-
ho. 4^ from Lapwai, Idaho, on main
traveled road, all in cultivation except
about 15 acres, all level land, just a little
rolling, 320 acres of fall wheat In, 225
acres fall plowed for spring crop, about
30 acres in alfalfa. All fenced and crosa
fenced. Two good springs with big cem-
ent water troughs, well, windmill and
cement reservoir, water piped to house,
7 room house, hot and cold water and
electric lights. Large horse barn with
hay mow In the center, electric lights In
barn; cow barn with two box stalls; hog
pens, shade trees, chicken houses, black-
smith shop, wagon shed, granary, outdoor
cellar with bunk house overhead. $85 per
acre; will take one-third down, time on
balance to suit purchaser, at 7 per cent
interest. One-third of crop goes with
place if sold any time up close to harvest.
Mild climate, can raise all kinds of fruit.
grain and vegetables. "Wheat In this
country goes from 35 to 65 bushels per
acre, barley 40 to 80 bushels per *cre.
320 acres 4^ miles south of Vollmer,
Idaho, 275 acres in cultivation, balance In
pasture and timber, farm land lays prac-
tically level, one-third of crop goes with
place if sold before harvest. Some fall
wheat already sown. All fenced and crosa
fenced. Quarter section of It fenced hog
tight; good four-room houso. wood shed,
and out of door cellar, nice grove around
house, well at house, fair stabling and
out buildings, spring and spring creek
close to barn, three springs on place.
Price $70 per acre, one-third cash, bal-
ance at 7 per cent. Time to suit pur-
chaser.
238 acres 4\i miles from Lewiston, Ida-
ho, 175 acres in cultivation, 25 more can
be cultivated, balance good bunch grass
pasture, fenced and cross-fenced, good
spring creek runs across place, small
house, station on place for Johnson R. R..
two grain warehouses at station. Price
$70 per acre, one-third cash, balance at
7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
160 acres of timber land, good farm land
when timber Is cleared off, all can be
farmed except about 2 or 3 acres. Good
timber, yellow pine and fir. Price $4000.
40 miles from Lewiston, Idaho. Well
located to log off.
240 acres 6 miles from Asotin. 12 miles
from Lewiston, Idaho, about 75 acres In
fall wheat, about 75 acres more can be
cultivated, balance in bunch grass pas-
ture, two springs, small house, all fenced.
Price $40 per acre, one-third cash, balance
at 7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
Reference Lewiston National Bank and
First National Bank. Address
F. W. KELLET,
Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal.
14
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 19, 1916
/
BEAUTIFUL BELVEDERE
LOTS FOR SALE
CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
most beautiful spot on the shores of San Francisco Bay
for a suburban home. It commands an extensive view of
the City of San Francisco, Alcatraz and Angel Islands,
Raccoon Straits, San Francisco Bay, Richardson's Bay,
the Berkeley shore, beautiful Belvedere and Mt. Tamal-
pais. It is in Marin County, directly opposite San Fran-
cisco, and forms the eastern shore of Belvedere cove.
It has a naturally terraced, sunny, western slope that is
well adapted for many choice residence sites, every one
affording most picturesque views of the bay and moun-
tain. It is protected from the prevailing western trade winds in
summer by Belvedere Island, and from the southerly storms in
winter by Angel Island. The soil is fertile and part of the island
is well wooded.
It is less subject to fog than any other place near San
Francisco. The summer fog, as it rolls in from the ocean, splits
on the western slope of Sausalito, part of it flowing in a line with
Angel Island towards the Berkeley shore, and part of it along
the southern slope of Mt. Tamalpais, leaving Belvedere, Corin-
thian Island and Raccoon Straits in the bright sunlight, while
the fog banks can be seen as a white wall both to the north and
the south.
There is very little available land about the shores of San
Francisco Bay that is desirable for homes, especially for those
who love boating and kindred sports. The Alameda and Contra
Costa shores of the bay are the lee shores and receive the full
brunt of the boisterous trade winds which lash the shoal waters
near the land into muddy waves, making boating both unpleas-
ant and dangerous. To the north of the city and in Marin
County the land from Sausalito to the entrance of the bay is a
Government reservation and will never be placed on the market.
The shores of Richardson's Bay are not at present convenient
to boat service and, aside from Belvedere and Corinthian Island,
there is little or no land near any ferry landing that possesses
the natural advantages, improvements and possibilities that are
offered on Corinthian Island. Concrete roads, pure water, tele-
phone service and electric light wires are already installed. It is
only ten minutes' walk from any point on the property to
Tiburon boats, and but forty-three minutes' ride to the foot of
Market Street.
On the point of Corinthian Island the Corinthian Yacht
Club has had its home for many years, and on any summer day
the white sails of its numerous fleet add to the charming scene,
as the trim yachts glide about the cove. Excellent fishing of all
kinds for bay fish, including salmon, the gamey striped bass,
rock fish and the toothsome silver smelt, is to be had in the cove.
There is probably no spot so accessible and in such close prox-
imity to any large city in the world that offers the attractions
of climate, magnificent scenery, fishing and boating as will here
be found.
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ARIZONA STATE FAIR 1
PHOENIX, ARIZONA 1
Nov. 13-14-15-16-17-18, 1916.
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Enter at any time. Ten to enter, six to start.
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No. 8 2:12 Trot
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Chariot Race Purse $300
Teams of four; two or more chariots to
start. Money divided 60-40 or 50-30-20.
SECOND DAY— SEPTEMBER 14.
Free-For-AII Pace Purse $500
Ventura county horses; 7 to enter, 3 to
start.
Running Race Purse $100
Half mile and repeat; 5 to enter, 3 to
start.
2:18 Class Trot or Pace... Purse $250
Five to enter; 3 to start-
THIRD DAY— SEPTEMBER 15.
Hurdles Purse $300
For conditions address the secretary or
Thos. J. Donovan, Ventura.
Chariot Race Purse $300
Teams of four; two or more chariots
to start. Money divided 60-40 or 50-30-20.
FOURTH DAY— SEPTEMBER 16.
Free-For-AII Pace Purse $600
Five to enter; 3 to start.
2:20 Trot or Pace Purse $250
Five to enter; 3 to start.
Running Race Purse $100
Half mile and repeat; 5 to enter, 3 to
start.
CONDITIONS.
Purses divided 60-30-10 per cent unless
otherwise specified.
Harness races to be best three in five,
mile heats.
Running- races to be half-mile and re-
peat
Entry fee of five per cent must accom-
pany all entries.
Five per cent deducted from money
winners.
Race committee reserves the right to
reject any or all entries.
Half mile track.
Finest automobUe show given in South-
ern California this year, in charge of the
popular Jack Milligan. and "Walter Hem-
pel of Pierpont Inn "Milk Fed Chicken"
fame.
Five mammoth tents, each 200 feet in
length, necessary to house the various
exhibits.
Harness and running races under Na-
tional Trotting Association rules.
Fifty cents admission; grand stand 10c;
no admission at night.
"Pleasure Lane" more than half a mile
in length, brilliantly lighted at night and
perfectly policed.
Merry-go-round, Ferris Wheel and oth-
er devices.
All communications addressed to the
Secretary at Ventura.
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L. P. HATHAWAY, Secretary,
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RACE PROGRAM
THURSDAY. SEPT. 28th
Valley View 'Hotel Purse, for 2:40
Trotters and 2:50 Pacers S20
Dusey's Purse, for y2 mile run and
repeat u>
Breeders' Purse, for 2-year-olds and
under, Inyo County owned Aug. 25 10
FRIDAY, SEPT. 29th
Chamber of Commerce Purse, for 2:20
Trotters and 2:25 Pacers $2
Italia Hotel Purse, for 2:12 Trotters
and 2:19 Pacers
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Red Front Purse, for 3-minute Trot-
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Harness races best three in five except
for two-year-olds, which are two in three,
Entrance fee five per cent and usual
five per cent from money winners.
One horse may be entered in two „.,
more classes or two or more horses may
be entered in one class and nominator
held for but one entry, but full entrance
fee will be demanded on every horse thai
starts.
Two horses or more may be started i
der same ownership or control. Five to
enter and four to start. Two horses un-
der one ownership or control when start-
ed in same race will be counted as one
in arriving at number of starters.
Records made on August 25th will not
constitute a bar.
Money divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent
in harness races and 60, 25. and 15 per
cent in running races. A horse distancing
the field entitled to but one money.
Right reserved to change order of pro-
gram.
Member National Trotting Association.
Write for concessions.
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A. MARSHALL, Secretary,
Bishop, Cal.
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DATES OF FAIRS.
CALIFORNIA.
alifornia State Fair at Sacramento Sept. 2- 9
lameda Co. Fair at Pleasanton Sept. 13-16
entura Co. Fair at Ventura Sept. 13-16
ommunity Fair at Ripon Sept. 15-16
resno Co. Fair at Fresno Sept. 26-30
ishop Harvest Festival at Bishop Sept.28-30
logs Co. Fair at Hanford Oct. 2- 7
iverside Co. Fair at Riverside Oct. 10-14
;ern County Fair at Bakersfleld Oct. 24-28
ARIZONA.
j-izona State Fair at Phoenix Nov. 13-18
NORTH PACIFIC FAIR ASSOCIATION,
outhwest Washington Fair at Chehalis, Aug. 28-Sept 2
iterstate Fair at Spokane Sept. 4- 9
rays Harbor Co. Fair at Elma Sept 6-10
.'alia Walla Co. Fair at Walla Walla Sept. 11-13
Washington State Fair at North Yakima Sept. 18-23
regon State Fair at Salem Sept. 25-30
INTER-MOUNTAIN FAIR CIRCUIT.
lackfoot, Idaho August 28
aGrande, Oregon September 4
aker, Oregon September 11
ntario. Oregon September 18
oise, Idaho September 25
lit Lake, Utah October 2
GRAND CIRCUIT.
oughkeepsie, N. Y Aug. 28-Sept. 2
artford. Conn Sept. 4-9
sracuse, N. Y Sept. 11-16
olumbus, Ohio Sept. 18-30
exington, Ky Oct. 2-14
tlanta, Ga Oct. 16-21
GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT.
es Moines, la. Aug. 25-31
amline. Minn Sept. 4- 9
Uwaukee. Wis Sept 11-25
pringfleld. Ill Sept. 18-22
sdalia. Mo Sept. 25-30
SOLANO COUNTY FAIR A BIG SUCCESS.
The first county lair ever held at Dixon, Solano
ounty, was a big success. The lair opened on
Wednesday of last week and continued for four
ays. The attendance was excellent and the exhib-
ts numerous and would have done credit to a longer
rganized and more pretentious association. Solano
ounty is one of the richest in the Sacramento valley
nd its people among the most prosperous. The
xhibits of horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry
Be up to State Fair standards, while the display
t fruits, grains, etc., was very fine. The Solano
lounty Fair Association is to be complimented on
he splendid showing made in this first attempt to
ive a county fair. The races over the splendid half
aile track drew good fields of starters and were well
ontested. While this track is rather narrow and
he turns a little sharp, the excellent soil on which
he track is built, and the perfect condition in which
t was kept during the entire week, made racing over
t a pleasure to the horsemen. The stalls were all
oomy, well shaded, newly whitewashed inside and
ut, and the space in front of them covered several
aches deep with new bright straw. The trainers all
ay that the Dixon stalls and track were in perfect
hape and no cleaner, more convenient training plant
5 to be found on the Pacific coast.
The races opened on Wednesday with the 2:20
rot, in which the Morris A. gelding Dick W. won
wo heats and Eloise Dell one. The second race was
he free-for-all pace, with four starters, Jim Logan,
.eata J., Teddy Bear and Vera Hall, and they fin-
shed in that order with Jim Logan making every
leat a winning one. Leata J. went lame in this
ace and will be retired for the season as a matter
t precaution.
Thursday Teddy Bear came out again in the 2:10
ace and won it handily, while Fred Chadbourne
ron his second race of the meeting when he landed
Ion Cres in front in every heat of the 2:15 trot.
Ion Cres has now won four races, all his starts this
ear.
On Friday the 2:20 pace made a most interesting
ace as there were six starters. Mr. Geo. Giannini's
teady little pacer Bold Harry Aerolite, well driven
<y Geo. Machado, was at the wire first in every heat,
with Lock Logan the contestant in the first and sec-
ond heats and Mono Ansel in the third.
Eloise Dell trotted an excellent race for M. C.
Delano in the 2:30 trot, winning in straight order
without lifting her head. This mare will lower her
record before the season ends.
Saturday, the closing day, brought out a very
large crowd to see the free-for-all pace, and again
Jim Logan, a Solano county product, showed himself
the fastest. He made a break in the first heat and
Teddy Bear was first at the wire in 2:09%, a remark-
able mile for the little stallion in his third race in
four days. Logan took the next two heats very han-
dily, however, and received an ovation from the
crowd at the finish of each heat. Vera Hal went a
great race and was the contender in each heat. This
race ended a program that, while it was without any
sensational time, furnished most excellent sport and
was greatly enjoyed by all who attended. The start-
ing by William Higginbotham was fully up to the
high standard he set at Santa Rosa the week previ-
ious and was highly spoken of by all.
The Solano County Fair Association, its enterpris-
ing president Harry McFadyen, its efficient secre-
tary A. C. Madden and its board of directors, deserve
much credit for the very able and successful manner
in which they have handled this, Solano county's
first annual fair. The racing summaries:
Wednesday, August 16.
2:20 trot, purse 5300:
Dick W., b g by Morris A (Chadbourne) 112
Eloise Dell, b m by Alconda Jay (Delano) 3 2 1
Ella M. R., b m by Lord Alwin (Machado) 2 4 3
Dr. S., b g by Carlokin (Murphy) 4 3 4
Time— 2:18ft, 2:15ft, 2:17%.
Free-for-all pace, purse 5300:
Jim Logan, b s by Chas. Derby. . . (Montgomery) 111
Leata J., b m by Royal McKinney (Jones) 2 2 4
Teddy Bear, b s by Del Coronado (Smith) 3 3 2
Vera Hal, b m by Expressive Mac (Cohen) 4 4 3
Time— 2:08ft, 2:09%, 2:10ft.
Thursday, August 17.
2:10 pace, purse $300:
Teddy Bear, b s by Del Coronado (Smith) 111
Pointer's Daughter, b m by Star Pointer (Finley) 3 2 2
Directess Mac, blk m by Nearest McKinney. . . .
(Schwartz) 2 3 3
Hat Paxton. b s by Hal B (Woodcock) dis
Time— 2:11ft, 2:15ft, 2:13ft.
2:15 trot, purse 5300:
Bon Cres, blk h by Bon Voyage .... (Chadbourne) 111
Dick W., b g by Morris A (Walker) 3 2 2
Harold C, b g by Bon Voyage (Cohen) 2 3 3
Dr. S., b g by Carlokin (Murphy) dis
Time— 2:15%, 2:14ft, 2:16ft.
Friday, August 18.
2:20 pace, purse $300:
Bold Harry Aerolite, b g by Aerolite. .(Machado) 111
Lock Logan, b g by Zolock (Montgomery) 2 2 4
Mono Ansel, b s by Monicrat (Finley) 3 3 2
Irene D.. b m by Charlie D (Jones) 4 4 3
Best Direct, ch s by Best Policy (Brollier) 5 5 5
Patti G., b £ by El Angelo (Alien) 6 6 6
Time— 2:14ft, 2:13ft. 2:16ft.
2:30 trot, purse 5300:
Eloise Dell, b m by Alconda Jay (Delano) 111
Miss San Francisco, b m by San Francisco....
(Schwartz) 2 2 2
Doctor S., b g by Carlokin (Murphy) 3 3 3
Time— 2:17ft. 2:20ft, 2:18.
Saturday, August 19.
2:13 pace, purse 5300:
Hal Paxton, b s by Hal B (Woodcock) 111
Directess Mac. blk m by Nearest McKinney
(Schwartz) 2 3 4
Julia M.. b m by El Angelo (Allen) 5 2 3
Ben Corbitt Jr.. b g by Ben Corbitt (Finley) 4 8 2
A. B. C., blk g by Young Monterey (Chadbourne) 3 4 7
Breezy Marie, b m by Athasham (Reynolds) 6 5 5
Bradmont, b g by Alto Leyburn (Machado) 7 6 6
Lock Logan, b g by Zolock (Walker) 8 7 8
Time— 2:15ft, 2:17ft, 2:13ft.
Free-for-all pace, purse 5300:
Jim Logan, b s by Chas. Derby. . (Montgomery) 3 11
Teddy Bear, b s by Del Coronado (Smith) 13 3
Vera Hal, b m by Expressive Mac (Cohen) 2 2 2
Time— 2:09ft, 2:09ft, 2:11ft.
The Inyo County Fair.
The Inyo County Fair and Stock Show will open
at Bishop September 28th and continue three days.
Purses of $200 each are offered for different classes
of trotters and pacers, and $100 for running events.
The association advertises free stalls, free hay and
free transportation from the railroad station to the
track and from the track back to the station. Bishop
is a live town and a fine stock show will be held.
A. Marshall is Secretary and Guy L. Furley speed
superintendent. Mr. Furley was formerly a resident
of the eastern states and raced Barney L. 2:08%
with fair success in 1908. The Southern Pacific
Company has granted the fair association a one-way
rate on all live stock exhibited at the fair, which is
a big concession. If you desire to race at Bishop,
write to Mr. Guy L. Furley, Bishop, Cal., at once for
stalls. The advertisement will be found in our
business columns this week and entries close Mon-
day next, August 28th.
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Ventura County Fair Races.
Entries for the races at Ventura County Fair will
close on Monday next, August 28th. The fair is to
be held September 13th to 16th inclusive and $3000
has been appropriated for speed events. $500 is
given for a pace for Ventura county horses and $600
for a pacing event, free-for-all. There is $250 for
2:20 trot or pace, $250 for a 2:18 class trot or pace,
and many purses for runners, chariot races, Wild
West performances, etc. Ventura has an excellent
half mile track and good accommodations for both
men and horses. Make your entries by Monday next
with L. P. Hathaway, Secretary.
The Western Horseman of Indianapolis has the
following to say about the three heat plan which
has been tried so generally this season:
The season is now far enough advanced so that
each one of us considers himself perfectly competent
to criticise various phases of present racing condi-
tions, and further licensed to pronounce some par-
ticular part of the complicated mixture of racing
systems that are in use, as wholly inadequate for
the best interests alike of associations and horse-
men. Incidentally, it may be said that there are few
of us who are neglecting to take advantage of the
opportunity outlined herewith. This journal has
consistently advocated the three-heat or so-called
'every-heat-a-race' system as being nearest to the
ideal racing system of all those that have been
brought before the public. We are aware that flaws
may be found in its structure and that the conclu-
sions that may be drawn at the end of contests
occasionally leave an indefinite idea as to what horse
really won, but of the numerous plans that have
been in use or have been advocated we believe it
stands foremost for the promotion of real racing,
and is the freest from the danger of speculative
manipulation.
Just now with numerous associations using it,
including some Grand Circuit organizations, we find
the three-heat system a favorite target for attacks,
and it must be admitted that there are vulnerable
points in it. Undoubtedly the most unsatisfactory
outcome of the system is that, which is found when
some horse has won two heats, then sagged back
sadly and given way to some one of the field that
won so impressively in the third mile as to give the
opinion to the audience that he constituted the class
of the entire lot. It has been said often that the
public desire a decision in any contest and the
conclusion of a race in which two heats have been
won by a horse which was unable to cope at all
with some other in the final heat of the race unfor-
tunately shows an absence of a definite conclusion.
Yet to those who so lament the absence of a decis-
ion in this instance it may be pointed out that under
the familiar three-in-five system, a real decision was
often lacking, insofar as it was based on the real
merit of the individual performers. How often has
it been observed that the winner of a long drawn
out contest has been saved in the early period of
the race, while the fastest of the field exhausted
themselves in a vain effort to win first money. The
history of harness racing will give numberless in-
stances of five, six and seven heat battles where the
eventual winner finished back in the ruck during
the early heats and came on and won after the time
had fallen back to what represented his speed ability.
There may be legitimate defenses of this plan of
racing, as some maintain, but it certainly is not the
purpose of the turf governing bodies to bring about
such an outcome in any instance. If so, why the
efforts to make every horse race for every heat, and
the many instances of fining for laying up heats?
The point system aimed to clear up this defect
of laying up heats, by penalizing the performer that
laid up, but abuses followed in the wake of the sys-
tem that are grave, to say the least. During the
present racing system we note a glaring instance of
the subversion of the intent of the system by a horse-
man who is landing a trotter right along at or near
the top of his summary, and to date has not won a
single heat. In one instance he got away with first
money and in another shared first and second mon-
eys with another horse that had won heats. Instances
of this kind may not be very numerous, but are too
common to make the system very popular, we be-
lieve.
On the other hand, we have in the three-heat sys-
tem the condition that each horse gets paid for what
is earned ih each heat. The driver who lays up gets
penalized by getting nothing for the heat in which
he lays up, while those who are for it get the money.
Another good feature is continually showing up,
when some performer of merit, through some misfor-
tune, is caught in a wreck and is distanced after
winning a heat, or perhaps two. Under the old plan
such a performer would get nothing, even though
the outcome of the race was no reflection on his
ability, but under the three-heat plan his pay for the
heats won is secure.
A continual point of attack is that with three
heat winners at the end of the three heats specified
to be raced there is absolutely no decision, but this
outcome, which is not at all unusual, it must be
said when horses are paid for each heat, is
avoided by such conditions as prevailed at the late
meeting at North Randall and which will again be
in use at the meeting there next week. The associa-
tion provides that a certain sum to be paid to the
winners of the race is decided in such a contingency
by the heat winners racing a fourth heat. Thus the
same conclusion is arrived at that obtains in the
two-in-three plan and no complaint may be made as
to the lack of a decision.
In the three-heat plan we find one not at all free
from criticism, but on the whole an advancement
over the plans that have been in vogue for so long.
Perhaps a more general use of the system may de-
velop other defects; perhaps it may turn the tide
of adverse criticism ■ to ' higher commendation. In
any case we trust that more associations will try
out the system. It has no mystifying complications
in its original composition and only by the attach-
ment of useless and confusing conditions that in the
end mean nothing for good or ill, does it become
misunderstandable to horsemen.
THE BREEDER AND SPORtSMAN
[Saturday, August 26, 1916
Harness Horses and Horsemen
A New Stallion Champion.
The champion trotting stallion record of 2:01,
established by The Harvester six years ago at Co-
lumbus, Ohio, was displaced on Tuesday last at the
North Randall track, near Cleveland, when Lee
Axworthy, a five-year-old son of Guy Axworthy,
trotted against that record and finished the mile in
2:00%, coming within a fraction of the two-minute
mark and doing it in such a manner that the horse-
men present freely predicted that he would trot well
inside the mystic 2:00 circle before the end of the
year and probably get very close to the 1:58 of the
gelding Uhlan or the 1:58% of the mare Lou Dillon.
It was the first appearance of the Pastime Stable
trotter this season, but he was ready. He was driven
by Ben White. With two runners accompanying him
to lend encouragement, he went to the quarter in
:30%, the half in 1:01%, the three-quarters in 1:30%
and the mile in 2:00%, the last half in 59 seconds.
Lee Axworthy, as before said, is by Guy Axworthy,
he by Axworthy out of the California bred mare Lil-
lian Wilkes that was by Guy Wilkes out of Flora
Langford, by the old four-mile runner Langford.
Lillian Wilkes took a record of 2:17% in a race for
three-year-olds at Petaluma in 1889, therefore to high
wheels, and in that race she , defeated Sunol . and
Margaret S„ both of which attained great fame
thereafter. The dam of the new champion stallion
is Gaiety Lee 2:16%, dam of Gay Moko 2:23 by
Bingen 2:06%, second dam The Gaiety Girl 2:15%
by Red Wilkes, third dam Maggie H. by Homer, son
of Mambrino Patchen, fourth dam Miss Knight, a
thoroughbred mare by imported Knight of St. George.
James W. Marshall Sells All His Horses.
During the Solano County Fair last week Mr. Roy
D. Mayes, of Dixon, who has large property Interests
in Solano county, purchased from the well known
Solano county breeder, Mr. James W. Marshall, all
the broodmares, colts and fillies owned by that gen-
tleman. The animals purchased include that fast
three-year-old filly Verna McKinney (3) 2:09%, the
fastest three-year-old pacer of 1916 and winner of
the Pacific Breeders' two-year-old pacing stake last
year at the P.-P. I. E., also the broodmares Ramona
(dam of Verna McKinney 2:09%, Del Rey 2:03%,
etc.) by Demonio 2:11%, Leota 2:23 (dam of Dixon
Boy) by Diablo 2:09%, out of the famous mare Trix
Marshall by Nutwood Wilkes, Zoe Trix 2:13% by
Zolock 2:05% out of Trix Marshall, Bernice Marshall
by Owyhee 2:11 out of the famous mare Bertha, dam
of 13 in the list by Alcantara, and Baldy Pointer by
Star Pointer 1:59% out of Trix Marshall. Leota was
bred to Jim Logan 2:01% this year, Baldy Pointer
has a filly at foot by Jim Logan and has been bred
to James Thompson's Gen. Watts colt, one of the
best bred and handsomest young horses in California,
Ramona and Bernice Marshall have both been bred
to Vernon McKinney 2:01%.
With the sale of these horses to Mr. Mayes, Mr.
Marshall has retired from horse breeding and will
devote his entire attention to other stock in which
he is heavily interested, having recently gone into
the sheep business on a large scale, and is also
breeding pure bred sheep and swine. Mr. Marshall
has been one of the most successful breeders of fast
pacers in California. He first purchased the mare
Trix Marshall by Nutwood Wilkes and from her he
raised Mona Wilkes 2:03% by Demonio, Aerolite
2:06% by Searchlight, Moortrix 2:07% by Azmoor,
Sirius Pointer 2:15 by Star Pointer, Zoetrix 2:13%
by Zolock, and several other standard performers.
While his band of broodmares has been small Mr.
Marshall's success in winning money in the futuri-
ties has been remarkable. Mona Wilkes won in
these stakes $1317, Aerolite $936, Moortrix $408,
Sirius Pointer $1S8, Zoetrix $250, Dixon Boy $150,
and Verna McKinney $825, a total of $4,074, and he
sold every one of these horses for a good price. Mr.
Mayes, who has now purchased all of Mr. Marshall's
horse stock, is an enterprising young man of means
who will continue along the same conservative lines
that have proven so successful on the Marshall farm.
Messrs. Sutherland & Chadbourne, who have trained
all the Marshall colts and fillies with such success,
will continue to handle the Mayes horses and the
youngsters entered in the stakes. Mr. Mayes will
have the good wishes of every horseman in Califor-
nia in his new venture.
Free for All Pace at State Fair.
While all the horses entered in the free-for-all
pace, which is carded tor Thursday, Sept. 7th, at the
California State Fair, will not be ready to score for
the word, there should be at least six starters out of
the original nine entries. Leata J. pulled up very
lame after her race at Dixon, was sent home from
there and will probably not start again this year.
Mr. Jones says he does not think her injury is per-
manent, but will take no chances at making it so,
and will throw her out of training. From the form
shown at the two meetings already held the race
will be bev.ween Jim Logan 2:01%, Rastus 2:04%,
Teddy Bear 2:05 and Vera Hal 2:05. Rastus beat
the field at Santa Rosa two heats and Jim Logan won
the final. Rastus was not at Dixon where Jim Logan
won both races, but made a break in one heat the
last day and the heat went to Teddy Bear in 2:09%,
good time for a half mile track. Vera Hal was never
worse than third at Santa Rosa and at Dixon was
3-3-2 the first day and second in every heat the last
day. Teddy Bear, only out of the stud since June
15th, looks to be as fast a horse as he ever was and
if the four mentioned are in good form September
7th there will be a horse race worth seeing. If there
was betting Jim Logan might be made a slight favor-
ite over Rastus, but since the latter's race at Santa
Rosa there are many who think he will be in the
lead or fighting for it in every heat. O. U. C. has
not appeared as yet on the circuit, but has been kept
eligible and may be a contender as he has great
speed.
A Promising Three-Year-Old.
Mr. D. W. Wallis's three-year-old filly Julia M.
that divided fourth money in the Pacific Breeders'
Futurity for three-year-old pacers at Santa Rosa this
month with Surety, was a starter in the 2:13 class
pace at Dixon last Saturday, where she met a field
of aged horses. There were eight starters in this
race and Julia M. won third money, which was a
very creditable showing. She was 5-2-3 in the sum-
mary and paced a good race over the half mile
track. She was a good third at Santa Rosa in the
fastest heat of the race, won by Verna McKinney in
2:09% and paced very close to 2:10 in that heat.
She was also close up at Dixon in 2:13%, which was
as good a mile as she paced at Santa Rosa. Julia
M. was bred by Mr. Wallis at his farm at Los Banos.
She is by El Angelo 57039, a young stallion bred by
T." W. Barstow of San Jose, but now owned by Mr.
Wallis. He is by The Angelus, an inbred McKinney
by Zombro, out of a daughter of Nearest, son of Nut-
wood Wilkes. Julia M.'s dam is Search Lida, a mare
by Searchlight out of the dam of Nutwood Wilkes,
so that there is a doubling up of the Alcyone and
Nutwood blood in her veins. Julia M. is certainly a
very speedy as well as a very game pacer and when
fully matured should be winning races in very fast
time.
Bold Harry Aerolite Has Not Lost a Heat.
Mr. Geo. Giannini's pacer Bold Harry Aerolite was
only hitched up once between his race at Santa
Rosa and his race at Dixon, both of which he won in
straight heats. His heats at Santa Rosa mile track
were in 2:07%, 2:11 and 2:08%, and over the Dixon
half mile ring were' in 2:14%, 2:13% and 2:16%.
As he has an ailing leg Machado. his trainer, thought
he needed no fast work, so led him at a slow jog to
halter for exercise and only gave him one slow work
to cart during the week's interval between the races.
His win was a very popular one at Dixon, where his
sire, Aerolite 2:06% was bred by J. W. Marshall.
Bold Harry Aerolite is one of the best headed race
horses that has been seen on the California circuit,
and in his races attends strictly to business. He can
be rated, will stand a drive whenever it is asked of
him and do his level best at all times.
Dan Hoffman Will Race Howard's Comet.
Among the horses that raced at Santa Rosa during
the Breeders' meeting this month that showed speed
but failed to get any of the money was Howard's
Comet, a trotter that started twice that week but
had the misfortune to be distanced both times. In
his first race he went to the half mile post in 1:04%
in the lead and finished last with the heat in 2:11%,
and was distanced the next heat in 2:11%. In his
second start he repeated this performance, and it is
reported that his time to the half the first heat was
1:02%, showing that he has plenty of speed. How-
ard's Comet was bred by Mr. P. J. Howard of Ala-
meda. He was sired by Mr. Howard's stallion Teddy
Rey, son of Monterey 2:09% and a mare by Diablo
2:09%. Comet's dam is a mare by Campaign, son
of Electioneer. The horse has been in the hands of
Millard Sanders this year and he still has faith that
he will make a race horse. After the Santa Rosa
meeting Dan Hoffman, the well known liveryman of
this city, entered into negotiations with Mr. Howard
and Comet will be raced in Mr. Hoffman's name at
the State Fair, where he is entered In the 2:15, 2:20
and 2:30 trotting events, each for a purse of $1000.
Millard Sanders will continue to train and drive him,
and it is hoped that Howard's Comet will trot his
heats in the time that he is capable of showing. If
he does, Mr. Hoffman and Mr. Sanders will both be
rewarded for their determination to give the horse
another chance.
When M. C. Delano Drove Stam B.
It brought back memories of great racing on the
Pacific Coast twenty-one years ago when Dr. M. C.
Delano, the popular veterinarian of Sacramento, was
seen up behind Chas. Silva's mare Eloise Dell in the
2 : 30 trot at Dixon, a race by the way that the daugh-
ter of Alconda Jay won in straight heats. It was
in 1895 that those two great three-year-olds, Zombro
and Stam B„ met on the coast circuit, and Mr. De-
lano was the man who trained and drove Stam B.,
C. A. Durfee being the trainer and driver of Zombro.
There was betting by the auction and mutual sys-
tems in those days and money went into the pool
boxes in large sums whenever the two colts met.
Stam B. started eight times that year and Zombro
seventeen. They met five times as three-year-olds.
At the Breeders' meeting held in July at Sacramento
Stam B. won the first, third and fourth heats, Zom-
bro the second heat. August 14th the colts again
met at Napa. Stam B. took the first and second
heats in 2:19% and 2:16, and Zombro the next three
in 2:16%, 2:15% and 2:15%, with Stam B. the col "
tending horse every time. There were eleven threi
year-olds in that race. At Woodland two weeks lati
Zombro won in straight heats with Stam B. secon
At the State Fair the following week neither wi
eligible to the Occident or Stanford stakes for thn
year-olds, so were entered in the 2:14 trot again!
aged horses. Those who were present will never
forget how Zombro was only beaten by a neck by
Iago the first heat in 2:11. Iago won in st '
heats, Zombro being 2-3-2 and Stam B. 4-2-3 in the
field of six starters. At Ventura Zombro and St;
B. did not meet, but each won a race and at
Angeles, after each had won a race in which t]
other did not start, they met in a purse of $1000 fi
three-year-olds and Zombro again won in straig!
heats. Whenever the two colts met in a race thi
were the contenders for first money. The threi
year-olds out that year were as high class as ai
field of three-year-olds that has appeared since. Bi
sides Zombro and Stam B. there were Jasper Ayers,
Dr. Puff, Stamboulette, Silver Ring, Lottie, Sid-
ney Howard, Stella, Carrie C, Auditor, Our Sethf
Iran Alto, Cressida, Potrero, La Belle, Nordica, Miss
Jessie and Corinne Neilson, nearly all of whicfl
achieved fame on the track or in the breeding ranks!
When one thinks of the many improvements in
sulkies, shoeing, booting, etc., that have been made
since then, one is tempted to express the opinio!
that so far as California is concerned the three-yea]
old trotters of 1916 are of no higher class than the;
were in 1905, when M. C. Delano was driving Stai
B. against Zombro, the greatest three-year-old eve:
raced on this coast.
Spriggan Not Over His Illness.
Spriggan 2:08% was a very sick horse at Cleve
land and while he improved and seemed to be round
ing to, he was scratched from the most important of
his engagements until the meeting at the Monroe
New York, half mile track where he started on th
9th inst. in the 2:12 trot, the half mile track allo^
ance of four seconds permitting him to start in tha
class. It was a fast race during the first three heats,
the miles being in 2:11%, 2:12% and 2:10%, an
Spriggan was 3-3-4 in a field of ten starters, but ha
to be withdrawn. The race went to six heats and
was won by M. L. J. 2:09%. It is to be hoped that
Spriggan will entirely recover and that Messraf
Dunne & Lowery will get a chance to start hin
when he is right, as prior to his illness at Cleveland
the winner of the $20,000 stake at the P.-P. I.
last year showed more speed than ever before a
looked like a sure 2:05 trotter.
Oregon Trainer Has Two Good Pacers.
Fred Woodcock brought down a couple of good
pacers from Oregon to race here in California befor
returning for the northern fairs. At Santa Rosa he
won second money with Captain Mack by The Bonds-
man in the Pacific Breeders' Futurity for three-year-
old pacers, getting $425 out of that stake, and also
took second money in the 2:10 pace with Hal Paxton
a son of Hal B. 2:04%. Hal Paxton was 2-2-1 in tha
race, taking a mark of 2:10, a quarter of a secon
below his former record, and got $166.65 out of th
purse. At Dixon last week Hal Paxton showed up
lame in the 2:10 pace on Thursday and making
break was distanced the first heat, but recovered by
Saturday and won the 2:13 pace in straight heats in
a field of eight. Hal Paxton is out of a mare by,
Altamont and if he meets with no accident should
get a record close to 2:05 before the season ends
On the programs his dam is given as Coltie by Alta-
mont but in the Year Book it is stated that his dam
is Altalena (dam of Sunny Jim 2:11%) by Altamont,
grandam Laska by Rockwood.
Peter Scott May Start on Monday.
For the opening day of the Grand Circuit meeting
at Poughkeepsie, on Monday, August 28, the
agement has provided about the best program of
the week. One of the races is for trotters of the 2:0
class, in which it is expected that Peter Scott 2:05^j
Joan 2:04%, Bonington 2:04%, and Mary Putne
2:05% may be among the starters. Another is
$2,000 Vassar purse, for two-year-old trotters,
which Mary Coburn, The Real Lady, Harvest Gale
and others of 2:10 speed are entered. Then there
will be the race for 2:03 pacers and the race fo
2:12 pacers.
Good at Both Gaits.
Peter Worthy, that took a pacing record of 2:09?
last year as a three-year-old, was started in a pacin
race this year on August 8th and not performing t
the satisfaction of his owner was shifted to the trot
the next week, and after th*ee work-outs at this gait
was given a breeder's record of 2:22% at Goshen ■
August 17th. He is by Guy Axworthy out of a mare
by Peter the Great.
Louis Titus, of California, proprietor of the famous
old Stony Ford Farm in Orange county, New York,
has concluded to abandon the training department
of the farm and will close out the majority of the
colts, and about thirty matrons. Of the ninety-odd
head on the premises, about 20 or 25 brood mares,
will be retained, along with the rising young sire
Justo 2:08%, Airdale (4) 2:09. Anselila (1) 2:17%,
the champion yearling filly, etc.
.turday, August 26, 1916]
THB BREEDBK AND SPORTSMAN
\CIFIC BREEDERS' FUTURITY STAKE NO. 16.
MEETING AT VANCOUVER.
A large percentage of the original nominations in
icific Breeders' Futurity Stake No. 16, tor toals of
is year, was kept eligible on August 1st, when
xty-two second payments were made, as follows:
N. Anderson's b g by McDillon, dam Delia Derby
by Chas. Derby.
P. Berry's br c Mandalay by Logan Pointer, dam
Thelma I. by Dictatus.
L. Borden's foal by Barney Barnato, dam Cleo-
patra by Zolock.
L. Carey's ch f Quinie Star by Hallie's Star, dam
Quinie Direct by Quintell.
, Christenson's foal by True Kinney, dam Ella J. T.
by Bob Mason.
J. Cornett's foal by Vernon McKinney, dam Mal-
vina by Oh So.
azen Cowan's foal by Guy Dillon, dam Nettie M.-
by Dixie B.
H. Cowell's foal by Peter McKlyo, dam Dione II
by Cupid; foal by Panama, dam Hulda C. by Dex-
ter Prince; foal by Peter McKlyo, dam Eleanor
Sears by Searchlight.
L. DeEyder's foal by Vernon McKinney, dam Ara-
wanna B. by Sidney Dillon.
F. Dunne's bl f by Mahomet Watts, dam Letter B.
Jr. by Benton Boy.
1. G. Durfee's b c by Carlokin, dam My Irene S. by
Petigru; foal by Carlokin, dam Atherine by Pa-
tron; foal by Carlokin, dam Honey Healey by
Zombro; foal by Carlokin, dam De Ora by Copa
de Oro; foal by Carlokin, dam Subito II by Del
Coronado; foal by Carlokin. dam Ezelda by Del
Coronado; foal by Carlokin, dam Nonie Girl by
Petigru; foal by Copa de Oro, dam Pavlowa B.
t by Petigru; ch c by Copa de Oro, dam Subito by
I Steinway; foal by Copa de Oro, dam Ida Sours
' by Thoroughbred; foal by Copa de Oro, dam Leo-
nor McKay by McKinney; foal by Copa de Oro,
dam Truly II by Prince Ansel; foal by Copa de
Oro, dam Rosebud by Direcho.
os. Errington's b c by Vernon McKinney, dam Az-
rose by Azmoor; b c by Vernon McKinney, dam
by Searchlight.
Vm. M. Ferguson's rn f Miss Helmont by Alton, dam
by Jay Bird.
,. L. Gilpin's b c by Palo King, dam Beautiful Morn
by Iran Alto.
Ion Harkins' b c by The Proof, dam Belle Bow by
The Bow.
[emet Stock Farm's foal by Wilbur Lou, dam Zeta
W. by Nutwood Wilkes.
I. A. Hershey's foal by Jim Logan, dam Palo Maid
by Palo King.
ihas. Johnson's b f by Airlie Demonio, dam Star
Logan by Star Pointer; b c by Airlie Demonio,
dam May Logan by Diablo.
i. W. Longley's bl or br f by Bond Silk, dam by
Sidney.
1. J. MacKenzie's foal by Mahomet Watts, dam
Martha Spy by The Spy; foal by Quintell, dam
Baroness Psyche by Baron Review; foal by Ma-
homet Watts, dam Mildred by Togo; foal by
Mahomet Watts, dam Zombro Belle by Zombro;
foal by Joe Patchen II, dam by Carlokin.
. W. Marshall's br c by Jim Logan, dam Ramona
by Demonio; b f by Jim Logan, dam Baldy
Pointer by Star Pointer.
toy D. Mayes' foal by Jim Logan, dam Bernice Mar-
shall by Owyhee.
. E. Montgomery's b c by Jim Logan, dam Ruby C.
by Palo King.
Iheo. Mueller's b c by Richard Alto, dam Madge
by Mechanic.
kas. W. Paine's foal by Peter McKlyo, dam Sweet
Edina by Zombro.
'. E. Pollock's b c by Vernon McKinney, dam Gracie
Pointer by Star Pointer.
. H. Rosseter"s foal by Guy Dillon, dam Girlie by
Stanford McKinney.
leo. F. Ryan's foal by Vernon McKinney, dam Miss
Harris by Sidney Dillon.
V. L. Selman's ch c by Otis Jr., dam Miss Delta by
J. J. M., Jr.
. E. Short's foal by Skidoo Wilkes, dam Honda
Girl by Rubino; foal by Wild Nutling, dam Rub-
ber Girl by Skidoo Wilkes.
ihas. F. Silya's foal by Teddy Bear, dam Normonio
by Demonio.
.. B. Spooner"s b c by Morris A., dam San Luis
Belle by McGinnis.
.. H. Todhunter's bl f Jean McKlyo by Peter Mc-
Klyo, dam Leayinettie by Zombro.
'alencia Stock Farm's s c Mars by Pegasus, dam
Rose Girl by Amado.
I. W. Wallis' b c by Bondholder, dam Mary W. by
Dictatus.
| Wempe's foal by Peter McKlyo, dam Plumado by
Advertiser; foal by Zomblack, dam Belle Alwin
by Lord Alwin.
I L. Woy's br f McKinney B. by Stanford McKin-
ney, dam Loma B. by Stam B.; be Woy's Ex-
press by Expressive Mac, dam Florence B. by
Bon Voyage; br f Alice W. by Expressive Mac,
dam Strathalie by Strathway.
The first day's racing at the Vancouver Exhibition
furnished good sport. The 2:20 pace and 2:24 trot
were both won in straight heats by horses driven by
the veteran Frank D. Loomis, who demonstrated
that he had lost none of his old-time ability. The
winner of the pace was the chestnut gelding Prince
Malone by Kinney Lou, dam E. D. Gould's good mare
Princess Bessum, and it looked as if the winner had
something left in each heat. Hal Stewart put up a
good fight and won second money and Lady Tango
was third.
The 2:24 trot was won by Frank D. Nichol, a son
of the former champion Cresceus 2:02% and Silver-
pan by Silver Bow. At no place was the winner
extended.
The running race, one mile, was won by Ado,
Sorrowful second and Gerds third. Time, 1:46%.
The second day's racing was even better than the
first. The 2:15 trot was won by Copius, a gelding
by La Copia, J. F. McGuire getting second money
with his stallion A. R. G., and J. B. Stetson winning
third money with True Kinney. The finish in each
heat was decidedly close, and the time made was
good for a half mile track not in the best condition.
An accident happened to Floradora Z. in the first
heat and she was drawn. It was a great disappoint-
ment as she had worked in 2:11% and was consid-
ered real good.
The 2:15 pace was a good race and was won in
straight heats by Ted Bunch with Zombrino, show-
ing remarkable speed in the finishes and winning
easily.
The junior amateur trot had six starters and was
won by Princess Flomin, driven by C. A. Harrison.
Princess Flomin is a three-year-old by Nearest Mc-
Kinney, dam Princess Bessum, and while her time
was not fast she developed considerable class, having
been on grass since July 1st and then shipped from
San Francisco via Seattle by boat without blanketing
or other covering, and was not considered a con-
tender.
The fourth race was won by the brown mare
Queen Director after losing the first heat to Del Bar.
The half mile running race went to Ducal Crown,
Salata second, Floxie third and Tiger Bell fourth.
Time, 0:54%. Sumaries:
2:20 pace, purse $500: three heats:
Prince Malone, ch g by Kinney Lou. . . . (Loomis) 111
Hal Stewart, br g by Hal Mercury. (MacCullough) 2 2 2
Lady Tango, b m by Belmar (Wilson) 3 3 3
Nic Nac, br g by Alcove (Russell) 4 4 4
Montana Bejl, b m (Wright) 5 5 5
Macfoster, b g by McEwen (Millington) 6 6 6
Time— 2:15%, 2:15%. 2:1514.
2:24 trot, purse $200; B. C. horses; three heats:
Frank D. Nichol, b h by Cresceus (Loomis) 111
Chromo, blk g , (Bell) 2 2 3
Special Blend, b g by Burtwood (Wilson) 5 4 2
Susie G.. br m by Greco B (Steeves) 3 3 4
Fera Montana, blk m by Montana (Hawks) 7 5 5
Blue Bells, br m by Monochrome (Jordan) 7 5 6
Amaline Lou, br h by Kinney Lou (Steele) 6 6 7
Time— 2:24%, 2:24%, 2:26.
2:15 trot, purse $500: three heats:
Copius, b g by La Copia (McGirr) 111
A. R. G.. b s by Gumar Hal (McGuire) 2 2 2
True Kinney, b s by Kinney Lou (Urban) 4 3 3
Oakland More, br g by Oakland Baron (Squires)5 4
Floradora Z., b m by Zombro (C. Quion) 3 dr
Time— 2:17%, 2:20, 2:16%.
2:15 pace, purse $500; three heats:
Zombrino, b h by Prince Zombro (Bunch) 111
Sir Wilfred, b g by Leland Onward (McGirr) 3 2 2
AUerton Direct, b h by Baron Direct. (McGuire) 2 3 4
Sally H.. b m by Hal Monte (Lindsay) 4 4 3
Lena Patch, blk m by Oregon Patch. .. .(Brown) 5 5 5
Time— 2:14%, 2:19%, 2:13%.
Junior Amateur Trot, purse $100; three heats:
Princess Flomin, b m by Nearest McKinney. .
(Harrison) 3 11
Max Seal, b s by Red Seal (Hodgins) 15 3
Maybells. b m by Walter Barker. . . (McCulIough) 5 2 2
McKinney Patchen, b h by Bonny McKinney....
(Loomis) 2 3 4
Sweet Nut. b m by Burtwood (Milloy) 4 4 5
Bonladi, blk m by Bon Voyage (Bell) 6 6
Time— 2:41%, 2:37%, 2:40%.
The following are the officials for the meeting:
Superintendent, W. C. Brown; Starter, Alderman
Mershall; Judges, Mayor McBeath, C. A. Harrison,
A. R. Miller; Timers, D. W. McDonald, W. C. Gras-
sie, and Mr. Trousdale. Clerk of Course, R. H.
Gordon.
LAST TWO DAYS AT COLUMBUS.
Princess Derby 2:13% by Chas. Derby, dam by Ad-
linistrator, is the dam of Derby Custer, that took
record of 2:07% when he won the 2:17 pace at
Ittsburg August 10th. Durfee's Contention B. was
econd to Derby Custer in the heat.
Columbus, Aug. 17. — By winning the Athletic Club
$5,000 stake for 2:08 trotters today, Mabel Trask,
the chestnut daughter of Peter the Great owned by
Barton Pardee, Lock Haven, Pa., established a new
world's record for a five-heat race, displacing the old
event won by Brace Girdle over this track in 1911.
In that race Billy Burke won the first heat in
2:03%, Hail Worthy the next in 2:05% and Brace
Girdle the next three, in 2:05%, 2:08% and 2:07%.
This victory made the season's score of the trot-
ting duels between Mabel and St. Frisco stand four
to one in favor of Mabel Trask. St. Frisco was the
talent's choice, with Mabel Trask selling second best,
the others being in the field. The Geers horse was
in top form, as was shown in the second heat, when
he trotted in 2:03%, the fastest mile trotted in a
race this year.
For the first heat Guy Nella drew the pole, Miss
Perfection having second place. Mabel third and St.
Frisco sixth. Mabel took the track, with Guy Nella
trailing; Miss Perfection was third and St. Frisco
fourth to the quarter in :32%. Geers shot St. Frisco
into third place at the half in 1:01%, but failed to
gain much. At the last sixteenth Mabel jumped, and
Geers, by urging St. Frisco, who was then three
lengths back, won the heat in 2:05%.
As Cox thought Mabel jumped as she passed the
flagman, the judges had the banner bearer stand on
the opposite side of the track the second heat.
In this mile Mabel again took the pole as she
rounded the turn. McMahon aimed to lay at Mabel's
wheel with Miss Perfection, but Geers refused to
trail the combination, and he kept Miss Perfection
away by shooting St. Frisco through the small
opening. The quarter was reached in :31%, St.
Frisco being at Mabel's wheel all the way, forcing
her to trot in 1:01% to the half and 1:31% to the
three-quarters. When Mabel reached the 100-yard
marker she again broke and ran, St. Frisco winning
in 2:03%.
Cox tried different tactics the third heat, trailing
St. Frisco. Miss Perfection carried St. Frisco a
slower clip than St. Frisco carried her the second
heat, the half being in 1:03% and the three-quarters
in 1:35, and as Miss Perfection failed at the head of
the stretch, Mabel shot through, outbrushing St.
Frisco in 2:04%. Guy Nella broke badly and was
distanced. Geers and Cox had a hot argument after
this heat because of the manner Cox had driven
the heat.
Miss Perfection and Laramie Lad took the lead in
the fourth heat, and went to the half in 1:03%, and
the three-quarters in 1:34%. Mabel trailed the pair,
with St. Frisco trailing her. In the stretch St. Frisco
gained perceptibly, but Mabel won the heat by a
length in 2:05%.
Miss Perfection set the pace, as usual, the fifth
heat, with Mabel and St. Frisco trailing. Mabel won
by nearly a length in 2:09, and trotted the last quar-
ter of this heat in 30 seconds.
Donna Clay, full sister to Early Don, that took the
Devereux stake Wednesday, was an odds-on favorite
for the Buckeye Lake Yacht Club's $3,000 stake, and
she took the race in straight heats, each of the last
two being trotted at her record, 2:06%.
By the 2:07 pacers there was hard racing. Roan
Hal, finally made the first choice after The Savoy
was favored in early pools, won in straight heats.
Camelia, Altawood and White Sox took turns in con-
tending. The last half of the first mile was done in
a minute. To finish just ahead in front of White
Sox, Roan Hal was forced to pace the third heat in
2:02%. Summaries:
Athletic Club of Columbus stake, 2:0S trotters, 3 in 5,
$500:
Mabel Trask, ch m by Peter the Great(Cox) 2 2 111
St. Frisco, b s by San Francisco. . (Geers) 112 2 2
Miss Perfection, b m (McMahon) 4 4 5 3 3
also started — Laramie Lad, b g (McDonald) : Virginia
Barnette. b m (Durfee) ; Guy Nella, br m (Snow).
Time— 2:05%. 2:03%, 2:04%, 2:05%, 2:09.
2:07 class pacing. 3 in 5, $1000:
Roan Hal, ro g by Hal Defacto (Earing) 111
White Sox, b g (Durfee) 3 3 2
Altawood, g m (Murphy) 8 2 3
Also started — Camelia, b m (Cox) : The Savoy, blk g
(Floyd-Valentine) ; Bondalin. b h (Daniels) ; Hal Leaf,
b h (Hedrick-Snow) ; Aconite, b h (Bowdoin).
Time— 2:04%, 2:04%, 2:02%.
The Buckeye Lake Yacht Club stake, 2:12 trotters, 3 in
5, $3,000:
Donna Clay, b m by Don Cale (Valentine) 111
Azora Axworthy, b m (Murphy) 2 2 2
Worthy Prince, b h (Cox) 3 3 3
Also started — Binland, blk h (McDonald): Caroline,
b m (Fleming) ; Esperanza, b m (Durfee).
Time— 2:07%, 2:0614, 2:06%.
To beat 2:16% trotting:
Vanko, b h by Moko (Van Atta) — won. Time — 2:12%
Friday, August 18.
Withdrawals took half the scheduled events of
today's Grand Circuit racing card, and the getaway
program was limited to the 2:18 pace, won by Miss
Rejected in heats, Durfee getting third money with
Rayo de Oro, and the 2:15 trot, that Lindsey won
after a five-heat contest with Baby Doll.
Lindsey, the winner, was the second choice and
the only victor of the week for the McDonald stable.
For the fifth heat, the judges unseated Driver Dur-
fee and put Baby Doll in charge of Valentine. She
made the pace for more than half the distance, but
tired easily in the final quarter. The summary:
2:18 class pacing. 3 in 5, purse $1000:
Miss Rejected, ro m by Directwell. . (Valentine) 111
Admiral Dewey II, blk h (Snow) 2 2 2
Rayo de Oro. ch g (Durfee) 3 3 4
Also started — Prestolite. blk m (McDonald): John A. II.
ch h (Benyon) : Rythmaid, br m (Hedrick).
Time— 2:05%. 2:13%. 2:07%.
2:15 class trotting, 3 in 5. purse $1,000:
Lindsey, b g by Todd Mack. . . . (McDonald) 5 12 11
Baby Doll, b m by Tom Smith
((Durfee-Valentine) 12 13 4
Jeanette Speed, blk m (Cox) 2 3 3 2 2
Also started — Pittsburg, ch g (Wiahart); Sister sip. up.
b m (Valentine) : Onward AUerton, b g (Edman) : Gum
Drop, blk g (Whitehead).
Time— 2:09%. 2:08%. 2:08%. 2:10%, 2:09'...
0
A report is that all the breeding stock at Hudson
River Stock Farm, including Guy Axworthy (4)
2:08%, will be sold at the Old Glory sale in New
York in November.
Colusa, the pacer by Chester, that was bought for
a buggy horse some years ago by George Herndon of
Sacramento, who raced and sold him for a fair figure
to Havis James, who was unable to win with him,
finally got a mark at Elmira, New York, two weeks
ago by winning two heats in 2:17% and 2:20. They
used to think he would be a 2:05 pacer, as he was
second every heat at Sacramento in 1912 in 2:05,
2:06% and 2:07% and it was reported they were
saving him for the next year. He failed to keep.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 26, 1916 I
NORTH RANDALL SECOND MEETING.
The Grand Circuit horses hare been back at North
Randall this week for the second Grand Circuit meet-
ing of the season and opened the program last Mon-
day with four fast races and a record breaking per-
formance against time. The opening event, the 2:09
trot, was a hard one on the talent, as the favorite,
Guy Nella, was distanced in the first heat after
making a bad break, and the race went to Sadie S.
in straight order.
The American Horse Breeders Futurity for a purse
of $3000 brought out a field of eight classy two-year-
old trotters. Mary Coburn, the chestnut filly by
Manrico, was thought to have the best chance to
win on the form she had displayed in her race two
weeks previous when she trotted to a record of
2:101i, but The Real Lady, a filly by Manrico's sire,
Moko, driven by Murphy, won in straight heats in
2:09% and 2:10, the season's record for a two-year-
old trotter.
Miss Harris, the Peter the Great four-year-old,
after winning the first heat of the 2:07 pace in
2:04%, made a break in the second heat and lost it
in 2:02% to Roan Hal, but redeemed herself by tak-
ing the third heat in 2:0114 and winning the big end
of the §3000 purse.
Murphy won his second race of the day with Jay
Ell Mack in the 2:09 pace, getting all three heats,
the first of which was in 2:02%.
As an added attraction. Murphy drove Directum I
an exhibition mile and an eighth, lowering the
world's pacing mark for that distance from 2:20 to
2:16%. The record established in 1902 was held by
Carl Wilkes. Summary:
2:09 trot, three heats
Sadie S.. br m by Archdale (McMahon) 111
Deroche, ch h by John A. McKerron (Geers) 2 2 2
Guy Nella, br rn by Guy Axworthy (Snow) dis
Time— 2:08%, 2:09, 2:11%.
American Horse Breeders' Futurity: two-year-old trot;
purse $3000:
The Real Ladv, b f by Moko (Murphy) 1 1
Marl' Coburn, ch t by ManricO (White) 2 2
Worthy Volo. ch c by Axworthy (McDonald) 5 3
Also started — Kelly de Forest, b c by De Forest (Chand-
ler) : Harvest Gale, br f by The Harvester (Cox) : Will
Bing, b c by BinjoUa (Stokes) : E. Colorado, b c by Colo-
rado (Cherry) : Poldichrome, br f by San Francisco
(Wright).
Time— 2:09%. 2:10.
The Euclid: 2:07 pacing: purse $3000:
Miss Harris, b m bv Peter the Great (McDonald) 15 1
Roan Hal, ro g by Hal de Facto (Earing) 2 13
The Savoy, blk h by Charley Hayt (Floyd) 4 2 4
Also started — Billy Dale, b g by Dale Patchen (Cox) ;
Baby Bertha, b m by Silk Cord (Garrison); Dr. Bums
Jr.. b h by Dr. Burns (Whitney).
Time— 2:04%, 2:02%, 2:01%.
2:09 class, pacing; purse $1200:
Jay Ell Mack, b h by E. G (Murphy) 111
Major Woohvorth, blk h by The Abbe. . (Hubbard) 2 3 2
Areta V., ch h by Constenaro (Gosnell) 3 2 3
Also started — Beth Clark, blk m by Joe Patchen (Hed-
rick) : Ah Wilkes, b m by Baron H. (Wilson) ; Bingen
Pointer, b h by King Bingen (Snow) ; and Douglas, b h
by Billv J. (Thompson).
Time— 2:02%, 2:03%, 2:04%.
Tuesday, August 22.
While two favorites were winners Tuesday in the
Grand Circuit races at Randall, surprises were plen-
tiful, outsiders and "dark horses" getting their share
of the glory.
In addition to some exceptionally fast racing and
some hard-fought brushes, the crowd of 8000 was
thrilled when Lee Axworthy trotted an exhibition
mile in 2:00%, the fastest mile ever trotted by a
stallion, and three-fourths of a second faster than the
record made by The Harvester at Columbus, Ohio,
Sept. 23, 1910. The summary:
2:18 trotting, purse $1200:
Sister Strong, b m by Strong Boy. . . . (Valentine) 112
Brescia, b m bv Bingen (Rodney) 5 2 1
Royal Hall, blk h (J. Fleming) 2 8 7
Also started — Coastess Mobel. b m (Cox); Daisy Todd,
b m (Chandler); The Toddler, br h(Stinson); Regardless,
b h (Hedrick); Kerrigan, br h (McDonald); Prince Todd,
blk h (Moore): Floradora. b m (Rutherford).
Time— 2:08%, 2:08%. 2:09%.
2:12 class pacing. $1500:
Diumeter. b g by Dium (Grady) 113
The Problem, blk h by Cochato (Murphy) 7 3 1
Wilbur S.. ch h (Gosnell) 3 7 2
Also started — Admiral Dewey n.. blk h (Snow) ; Handy
Jim. br g (Erskine); Hanks Bellini, br h (Earing): Bay-
mar, b h (W. Fleming).
Time— 2:04%, 2:05%, 2:06%.
The Glenville. 2:17 class. 3-year-old trot: value $1230:
Harrods Creek, ch c by Gen. "Watts. .. .(Engleman) 1 1
Maple Tree, b c (Murphy) 2 2
Peter Mount, ch c (Nuckols) 3 3
Jack Mooney, br g (McDonald) 4 4
Time— 2:11%, 2:10%.
2:05 class pace; $1200:
Fay Richmond, g g by New Richmond (Rea) 4 13 1
Judge Ormonde, blk h bv Ormonde (Valentine) 13 4 2
Fred Russell, b g by LittU; Frank (Snow) 2 4 13
Also started — The Beaver, b h (W. Fleming); Thomas
Earl, b h (Marvin): Box R.. b g (Martin).
Time— 2:03%. 2:02>i- 2:02si. 2:03%.
Wednesday, August 23.
Will Durfee got a portion of the money on the
third day at North Randall, winning second in the
2:07 pace with White Sox, who seems to have re-
gained her form, was third in the 2:08 trot for
$3000 with Virginia Barnette, in which race the great
Mabel Trask 2:03% was first and St. Frisco 2:03%
was second, and got fourth money in the 2:15 pace
with Contention B. Durfee's winnings in the three
races were $720.
Mabel Trask and St. Frisco, in the Western Re-
serve 2:08 trot, furnished the thrills of the day.
With the wind blowing a gale along the mile ring
the mare, piloted by Cox, and the stallion, driven by
the veteran Geers, raced neck and neck through the
entire course in all three heats, the Trask mare
getting the first two heats and the race and Geers'
horse nosing out the winner in the third heat.
Miss Perfection, the favorite in the 2:11 trot, after
getting off to a had start and vnishing sixth in the
first heat, stepped off in the next two and won
handily over Hazel Laing.
Young Todd had things all his own way in the
2:15 pace. Another member of the Todd family,
General Todd, showed a clean pair of heels to his
competitors in the 2:07 pace, winning in straight
heats. Altawood, the favorite, failed even to get
within the money. Summary:
2:11 class trotting, purse $1200:
Miss Perfection, b m by Gen. Watts (McMahon) 6 11
Hazel Laing. ch m bv John A. McKerron
(McDonough) 12 2
McCloskey, br g by Theodosius (McDonald) 2 3 5
Also started: Great Isle. Harry Hamilton, Junior
Watts and Grattan Boy.
Time— 2:11%, 2:08%, 2:10%.
2:15 class pacing, purse $1200:
Young Todd, b h by Director Todd (Cox) 111
Spring Maid, ch m by The Abbe (White) 2 3 2
Peter G.. b g by Robert C (Snow) 6 2 3
Also started: Contention B., Willis Woodland and
Trojan.
Time— 2:06%. 2:07%, 2:10.
The Western Reserve, 2:08 trotting; purse $3000:
Mabel Trask. ch m by Peter the Great. .. (Cox) 112
St. Frisco, b h by San Francisco (Geers) 2 2 1
Virginia Barnette. b m by Moko (Durfee) 3 3 4
Laramie Lad. b g by Master Bo (McDonald) 5 4 3
Also started: Sadie S. and The Eno.
Time— 2:05. 2:04%. 2:07%.
2:07 class pacing, nurse $1200:
General Todd, b h by George Levitt Todd (Rea) 111
White Sox, b h by Carlokin (Durfee) 3 2 3
Camelia. br m by Cummer (Cox) 7 3 2
Also started: Altawood, Hal Leaf. Aconite and Bon-
dalin.
Time— 2:04%, 2:05%, 2:06%.
A GREAT PROGENITOR OF 2:10 SPEED.
THOROUGHBRED NOTES.
John Sanford recently refused an offer of $50,000
for his great horse Nassovian, which finished third
in the 1916 English Derby and later won the Princess
of Wales stakes. John Madden made the offer.
Geo. Wingfield, of Nevada, will exhibit his $50,000
imported thoroughbred stallion Honeywood at the
State Fair at Sacramento next month.
At least 100 horses" will be at Sacramento ready
to start for the purses that will be offered for run-
ners at the State Fair.
Mr. A. K. Macomber registered his first win of the
season when his colt Star Master won a race for
maiden two-year-olds at Saratoga on Saturday last.
The five furlongs was run in one minute and Star
Master won handily. Mr. Macomber and his trainer
Walter Jennings received an ovation when the colt
crossed the line a winner. Star Master was bred by
John Madden and is by Star Shoot out of a Hindoo
mare.
A string of Kentucky bred yearlings by Peep O'
Day and other sires and the property of different
owners were sold at auction at Saratoga last Satur-
day and averaged $1508. A brown colt by Peep O'
Day — Crazy Quilt brought the top price — $3500.
Horse racing in Ireland, which was suspended at
the time of the Sinn Fein rebellion, is now enjoying
a wonderful season, the stewards of the Irish Turf
Club having rearranged the schedule for this season,
which includes thirty-three meetings throughout the
Emerald Isle and contains forty-nine days' racing.
A. K. Macomber purchased the yearling colt by
Ossary — Orsini at auction recently for $1200.
The resumption of thoroughbred racing at the
California State Fair this year will meet the approval
of everybody. To encourage the breeding of thor-
oughbreds in California stakes for two and three-
year-olds might be resumed, and we do not doubt
but they would attract many entries.
OAKLAND DRIVING CLUB WILL RACE SUNDAY.
A. S. Hanks, secretary of the Oakland Driving
Club, writes the Breeder and Sportsman under date
of August 22d as follows:
"We race over here every other Sunday and you
can see by the entries we have plenty of material.
This week we have several new horses starting and
applications in for more. We have not the best
track in the world, nor the best accommodations,
but we intend to keep the game going until we do
get a track and then we will be in a position to in-
vite other driving clubs to visit us and take part in
the sport.
The entries for our races on Sunday, August 29th,
are as follows, and all races will be mile heats, best
two in three, the race to end in three heats:
First Race. 2:20 Pace— E. O. Johnson's Gen. Villa,
A. Boch's Clipper Jr., H. Garrison's Prince, A. Reis-
man's Berkeley Girl, W. Rutherford's Sleepy Dick,
H. Buckley's Teddy B.
Second Race. Free-for-all Pace — R. Seale's Char-
ley D., A. Scott's Little Dick, G. Schreiber's Allegro,
Joe Kidd's Senator H.
Third Race. 2:15 Pace — R. Seale's Burbank, A. L.
Hinds' Grand W.. Mrs. Carlisle's Cleoverne, J. V.
Galindo's Francisca, Jos. Kidd's Pointer Belle.
Fourth Race, 2:25 Mixed— H. Olsen's Tom Wilkes,
J. Williams' Harold G., H. O. Medau's Mollie. T. Le-
Ballister's Lena Lee.
Fifth Race, Mixed. — A. Newbaumer's Ida May.
W. D. Willis' Willis Baldwin. W. G. Burgelia's
Frankie Burns. H. Andefredo's Heine A., H. F. Sil-
va's Dickens B. Jr.
Sixth Race, Mixed.— C. P. Abrott's Teddy, W. M.
Ray's Andy O., H. Garrison's Mack, Geo. Sawyer's
Dolly Gray.
The question "To what great broodmare do
largest number of 2:10 trotters trace in the di
female line?" was recently asked the editor of
Horse Review, and he answered thusly:
The honor referred to belongs to that disi
guished matron, Nell, by Estill Eric, to whom
less than eight different 2:10 trotters now trace in
the direct female line, including two of the new ones
of the present season. These eight performers are
as follows:
Nell herself is the dam of two 2:10 trottera,
namely: Tom Axworthy 2:07, by Axworthy (3)
2:15%, and Belle Vara 2:08%, by Vatican 2:29%. 3
She has no less than four different daughters that
have each produced a 2:10 trotter, as follows:
(1) Amnell, by Ambassador 2:21%, dam of Guy
Nella 2:06%, by Guy Axworthy (4) 2:08%.
(2) La Rose, by Anteeo 2:16%, dam of Grey Geis
2:09%, by Dancourt 2:16%.
(3) Nelda Worthy 2:12%, by Axworthy (:
2:15%, dam of Princess Nelda (3) 2:09%, by Prino
MeKinney 45079.
(4) Nell Worthy 2:22, by Axworthy (3) 2:15}
dam of Worthy Prince 2:06%, by Prince McKinni
45079.
In addition, Nell Worthy is also the grandam
Bingen Silk (2) 2:08%, who is out of her daught<
Nell Cord (2) 2:26%.
Lastly. Nell also produced Lissa Ben, by Fayet
Chief 8894, who produced Lissa B. 2:13%, by El
peror Wilkes 2:20%, who produced Gracie Binge
by Bingen 2:06%, who produced Princess Todd (:
2:"S14, by Kentucky Todd (3) 2:08%.
We therefore have the following summing up
Nell is the dam of two 2:10 trotters, Tom Axwortn
2:07 and Belle Vara 2:08%; the grandam of fou:
Worthy Prince 2:06%, Guy Nella 2:07, Grey Gel!
2:09% and Princess Nelda (3) 2:09%; the third
dam of one, Bingen Silk (2) 2 : 08, and the fourth danj
of one, Princess Todd (3) 2:09%
It is a truly wonderful exhibit, and it is heightened
by the facts that of these eight trotters, seven (all
but Princess Nelda) have been Grand Circuit win-
ners, the majority of them stake winners, that two
of them are three-year-olds and one a two-year-old.
There is no other trotting brood mare whose showing
approaches this, and based upon it we may well ao
cord Nell the distinction of being an unequaled
source of speed in the direct female line.
Nell was a roan mare, foaled in 1878 and bred in
Kentucky by Caleb Moore, who afterward remove*
to Missouri and died before her produce had become
widely famous, owing to which many facts concern-
ing her immediate ancestry can never be known,
Her sire, Estill Eric, was a son of Ericsson 130, thej
son of Mambrino Chief 11 and old Mrs. Caudle,
Ericsson in 1860 lowered the world's record for four-
year-olds from 2:33% to 2:30%, and may be regarded!
as the first "colt trotter" that disclosed the abilitjj
to trot in standard time. He was by far the most
precocious of the get of Mambrino Chief, and he
handed on this gift of record-breaking early speed,
for he sired both a two-year-old and a four-year-old
champion. His son Doble, in 1872, set the world's
two-year-old record at 2:40%, where it stood five
years: and another son, Eric, acquired the four-year-
old championship in 1876 by reducing to 2:28% the
mark of 2:29% that Allie West had set in 1874.
While these records mean little in comparison with
those of today, at the time they were made they*
seemed as wonderful as those of the present era doj
to us. Ever since the blood of Ericsson has been|
a factor in the production of colt champions. It was
an Ericsson mare that produced Moquette (4) 2:10,
the first "colt trotter" 'to enter the 2:10 list — and]
many other instances might be cited. But practically]
nothing is known of his son, Estill Eric, the sire of
Nell, except that he was by Ericsson and out of a;
mare by the pacer Carlisle's Tuckahoe. The dam of]
Nell has been given in two ways — by Embry's Lex-
ington, son of Lexington, and by "the Embry horse."
We have a suspicion that "the Embry horse" is cor-,
rect, and that this horse is not identical with Em-
bry's Lexington. At any rate, we some time ago
struck the trail of an old-time horse known as the
Embry horse, located in that section of Kentucky
where Nell was bred, that was a trotter and not, as
was Embry's Lexington, a thoroughbred. The gran-
jdam of Nell was said to be by the English thorough-
bred, imported Monarch. If we grant that Embry's
Lexington really sired the dam of Nell, we may re-
member that the blood of his sire, Lexington, has
proved one of the most plastic of all thoroughbred
elements in combination with trotting strains. And
we may also note that there was evidently a trotting
tendency in the blood of imported Monarch, for his
son Strawn's Monarch sired Monarch Rule 2:26%, a,
Grand Circuit winner in the 'seventies, and is stand-
ard stallion number 900 in the Trotting Register.
It is now and forever impossible to clear up the
uncertainty and obscurity surrounding the ancestry <
of Nell — but with each passing season the prepo-
tency of her blood is more emphatically demon-
strated. 0
California's State Fair opens next Saturday.
St. Frisco, the only serious rival Mabel Trask
has had in her races and which beat her a heat in :
2:03% at Columbus, is inbred four times to Nutwood,]
a famous brood mare sire, from which fact the ex-
perts argue that — his other blood lines being fash-
ionable— he is more than likely to prove a notable
sire of speed when his racing days are over.
iturday, August 26, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
$1000 PURSES AT PHOENIX.
SIX PAID ON IN OCCIDENT STAKE.
California's State Fair opens next Saturday at
acramento.
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The Occident Stake for three-year-old trotters will
e raced on that day.
Entries for the pacing and trotting events for this
aeeting are more numerous than they were at either
ianta Rosa or Dixon.
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Nine purses of $1000 each will be raced for by the
rotters and pacers during the State Fair and the
astest horses on the coast will compete for these
ich prizes.
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Dan Hanna, of Cleveland, Ohio, has bought a 1,000-
icre estate in the Berkshires and will breed horses.
V half-mile track will be built on the property.
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The Toddler 2:07%, a new 2:10 trotter to the
;redit of Kentucky Todd 2:08%, is out of Belladi
!:19 by the pacer Chehalis 2:04%, second dam Lau-
•elia by the Electioneer stallion Caution 2:25%.
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In answer to an inquiry we will state that the mare
Complete by Palite, dam Camilla by Bayswater
tVilkes, started three times as a three-year-old in
1909. She won fourth money in the Occident Stake
it Sacramento, was third in the Stanford Stake and
ipplaced in the Breeders' Futurity.
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MB. S. Bailey's horses left Pleasanton on Tuesday
>f this week for Sacramento, where they are engaged
tn the State Fair races. On Friday of- last week
rrainer Smith worked Bon Guy a mile in 2:11% and
also drove Leo Lynch's three-year-old Dr. Dyer a
mile in 2:12%, last half in 1:04%.
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The black mare Directess Mac, by Nearest McKin-
aey, owned by J. J. Ryan of San Francisco and being
driven in her races by Al Schwartz, looks like one
that would enter the 2:10 list before the season is
aver. She is a good actor, and has a world of speed.
Her dam is Guydon by Direct and she looks like the
Directs more than the McKinneys.
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Tommy Murphy recently offered $20,000 for the
trotting mare Wilkes Brewer 2:08% half mile track
record, but the offer was declined, the owner de-
manding $25,000. As this daughter of Nutwood
Wilkes stepped a fifth heat over a half mile track
In 2:08% it would be inferred that she is easily a
2:05 trotter over a mile track.
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Colt races are very popular this year east and
west. Among the events at the State Fair for the
young horses are the Occident Stake, $2300 for
three-year-old trotters, State Fair Futurity, $1100 for
three-year-old pacers, State Fair Futurity, $1400 for
three-year-old trotters, Stanford Stake, $1000 for
three-year-old trotters, and consolation purses for
three-year-olds that do not win in the futurities.
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Chris Owen of San Francisco has bred his Kinney
Lou mare Sister Mary to Chas. Johnson's Alrlie De-
monio 2:05% this season and she is safe in foal to
that handsome and game race horse. Sister Mary
is the dam of a two-year-old filly by Moko Hall that
Showed a high rate of speed with only two months'
work this spring, and that will be trained for her
stake engagements next year.
A horse winning a heat in a losing race gets a
record under the present rules, but no bar. For
instance, if a horse that has a record of 2:30 wins
a heat in 2:15 in a race but fails to win the race, he
will be given a record of 2:15 in the Tear Book
but he can still start in the 2:30 class until he wins
a race in faster time than 2:30.
W. R. Murphy of Santa Ana is taking a five-year-
old brown gelding through the circuit with the
horses he is racing that looks like a coming trotter.
His name is Bellwig and he is by Wiggins out of a
mare by Bell Boy, and was brought to Los Angeles
by a gentleman from Pennsylvania. Mr. Murphy
bought him to use as a road horse and finding he had
some speed began training him. In a few weeks'
work Bellwig trotted a mile in 2:19 and last Satur-
day at Dixon the writer saw him step an eighth in
16 seconds, and do it very handily.
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The little pacing stallion Teddy Bear is a bear
all right. He started three times at Dixon in four
days, got third money in the free-for-all pace Wed-
nesday, won the 2:10 pace Thursday and won a heat
and second money in the free-for-all pace Saturday.
Mr. Silva did not want to start his game little horse
Saturday, but there would have been no race as
three were required to start, so concluded not to
scratch him. Teddy Bear made the season at Han-
ford this year and did not leave until June 15th.
His heat in 2:09% at Dixon Saturday when he beat
Vera Hal in a close finish showed his speed and
:gameness.
The big Arizona State Fair at Phoenix has an-
nounced a plan of harness racing this year that is
a novel one. The purses are $1000 each, divided
$200 to first heat, $300 to second heat, $400 to third
heat, $50 to horse standing best in summary and $50
to driver of such horse. Entrance can be made at
any time up to the meeting and horses entered in
classes to which they are eligible at time of entry.
Entrance is only three per cent, with seven per cent
additional from winner of race, six per cent from
second, five per cent from third and four per cent
from fourth. See the advertisement for further par-
ticulars. .
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Ventura entries close Monday next, August 28th.
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Entries for the races at Bishop, Inyo county, will
close Monday next.
There are nearly 30 new 2:10 trotters so far this
year, only two of which were bred in California.
Pegasus 2:08% by Zombro 2:11, dam La Belle (2)
2:16 by Sidney 2:19%, is one and Baby Doll 2:08%
by Tom Smith 2:13%, dam Kate Lumry 2:20% by
Shadeland Onward 2:18% is the other. Both are
Starting payments were made August 1st on the
following six three-year-olds in the Occident Stake
to be trotted Saturday next, the opening day of the
California State Fair. There are three colts, one
gelding and two fillies in the list and from the form
showed at Santa Rosa in the Pacific Breeders' Futu-
rity, the fillies will be the favorites. Those eligible
to the race are the following:
Alesandro, b g by Barney Barnato — Ramona by
Prince Robt. I. L. Borden.
Natalday, b c by Wilbur Lou— Ella J. T. by Bob
Mason. S. Christenson.
Manuelito, ch c by Manrico — My Irene S. by Petigru.
C. J. Berry.
Hermes, br c by Carlokin — Miss Quealey by Moko.
W. G. Durfee.
Miss Axworthy Dillon, b f by Axworthy — Cleo Dillon
by Sidney Dillon. T. E. Pollock.
Lulu B., b f by The Bondsman — Loma B. by Stam B.
M. L. Woy.
SADDLE HORSES AT STATE FAIR.
DON CASTANO
the products of developed sires and dams. Zombro
2:11 died a few years ago, but Tom Smith is still
living, hale and hearty at the age of 19 years, and is
owned by Dan Hoffman of this city.
Everything points to a splendid exhibit of Amer-
ican Saddle Horses at the California State Fair
which opens at Sacramento next week.
Among the exhibitors will be the
Bridgford Company of Knightsen with
the young champion Le Grande Mc-
Donald and some of his get; Mrs.
Adelaide S. Gillis-McCormick of Los
Angeles, who will send that grand
stallion Don Castano and a number
of his colts: Mr. Revel Lindsay Eng-
lish, of Chino, who will send some
high class five gaited horses to the
show ring; Mr. J. W. Henderson of
Berkeley: Dr. Lee Deming of Ana-
heim, owner of that high class mare
Chorus Girl; Charlotte B. Anderson
of Oakland; Miss Martha Freeman of
Los Angeles, whose two-year-old chest-
nut stallion Tamarack is looked up as
a. likely prize winner; Miss M. T.
Mintzer of San Rafael, who is an en-
thusiastic horsewoman and will prob-
ably show in three or four classes;
Dr. Smyth of Oakland, owner of Candy
Kid, a prize winner, and many others.
The Pacific Coast Saddle Horse Breed-
ers' stake for three-year-olds will very
probably have no less than eight
starters, and it will be as classy a lot
of youngsters as ever paraded and
showed gaits before a judge. Among
them will be the Bridgford Company's
Missouri bred colt Le Grand McDon-
ald, winner of the two-year-old junior
championship at the Panama-Pacific
Industrial Exposition last year, entries
bj Miss Adelaide Gillis of Los An-
geles, Revel Lindsay English (Sierra
Vista Stock Farm), Chino, California,
Mr. Bernstein of Stanislaus county,
W. E. Creed of Piedmont and others.
The stake is worth about $800 and is
divided into five moneys: 50, 20, 15,
10, and five per cent.
The California State Fair two-year-old futurity is
worth about the same amount and will also draw
a big field of colts. There will be six prizes in this
stake, viz.: 35, 20, 15, 12%, 10 and 5 per cent.
ELIGIBLES IN STATE FAIR RACES.
MATINEE AT GOLDEN GATE PARK.
Second payments were made August 1st on the
following horses entered in the trotting and pacing
events to be decided at the California State Fair
at Sacramento, September 2d to 9th inclusive:
2:14 Pace, $1,000 — Best Direct, Bradmont, Maxine,
Mabel Dillon, Mono Ansel, Hanover, Irene D., Breezy
Marie, Bertie Seattle, Dixon Boy, Alta • Barnato, Ped-
lar Direct.
2:30 Trot, $1,000— Miss San Francisco, Ella M. R.,
Peter's Queen, Rubell, Zolock Zar, Dr. S., Howard's
Comet, Peter McKlyo, Major's By Guy, El Angelo.
2:20 Pace, $1,000 — Bold Harry Aerolite, Lock Lo-
gan, Harry Mac, Directess Mac, Hanover, Irene D.,
W. J. K., Bertie Seattle, Alta Barnato, Pedlar Direct,
Villa.
2:15 Trot, $1,000 — Eloise Dell. Brutus, Bodaker,
Lindsay Bell, Dr. S., Dick W., Howard's Comet, Sweet
Bow, Major's By Guy.
Free-for-all Pace, $1,000 — A. B. C, Jim Logan,
Little Bernice, Teddy Bear, Vera Hal, Leata J.,
O. U. C, Rastus.
2:09 Trot, $1,000 — Bert Kelly, Harold C, Pavana,
Bon Guy, Albaloma.
2:20 Trot, $1,000 — Ira Mack, Miss San Francisco,
Ella M. R„ Lindsay Bell. Eloise Dell, Rubell, Zolock
Zar, Jake Logan. Dr. S., Dick W., Howard's Comet,
Peter McKlyo, Major's By Guy, Alice W.
2:10 Pace, $1,000 — Booze, Best Direct, Soumise,
A. B. C, Bold Harry Aerolite, Lock Logan, Delia H.,
Pointer's Daughter, Bertie Seattle, Dixon Boy. Alta
Barnato, Star Dillon.
Two-year-old Trot, $500 — Kewpie, Lilly of the Val-
ley, Skyrocket. McKlyo Boy, Rhyolite.
Two-year-old Pace, $500 — The Orphan, Alfredo,
Oro Fino, Tommy Atkins, Galen Logan, El Paso.
A matinee program of three races on the three-
in-five plan was held at the stadium track in Golden
Gate Park by the San Francisco-California Driving
Club last Sunday. The trotter Yoncalla, owned by
A. Giovanetti, won the 2:20 class mixed race in
three straight heats, the first heat in 2:17, trotting
an excellent race. In the 2:18 pace T. Conlan's
Little Jack won handily in straight heats and in the
free-for-all pace, after King Pointer had taken the
first heat in 2:11%, William Malough drove his
mare Emma M. to victory in the next three to slower
time. There was a fair attendance and fine weather.
Summary:
First race — 2:20 mixed:
Yoncalla (A. Giovanetti) 111
Birdeye (A. Combatalade) 2 4 3
Sis Hopkins (W. Hopkins) 3 2 4
Silver Logan (D. Healey) 5 5 2
Minequa (M. Ford) 4 3 5
Time— 2:17, 2:20, 2:20.
Second race — 2:18 pace:
Little Jack (T. Conlan) 111
Little Dick (A. Scott) 2 2 2
Rosa O (J. J. Ryan) 3 3 3
Time— 2:16, 2:15, 2:15%.
Third race — Free-for-all pace:
Emma M (William Malough) 3 111
J. C. Simpson (F. Goulart) 2 2 2 2
King Pointer (H. Campodonico) 13 4 3
Senator H (J. M. Kidd) 4 4 3 4
Time— 2:11%, 2:14, 2:14%, 2:17%.
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E. B. Folk, of Riverside, Cal., last week sold the
bay trotting mare Ilo Tolus to A. B. Hunter, Jr., of
New Madrid, Mo., for $4,000. Ilo Tolus won second
money in the 2:24 trot at the Peoria meeting of the
Great Western Circuit. She is by Pactolus.
TEI BREID1E AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 26, 1916.
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NEWS OF DOINGS IN KENNEL CIRCLES.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
Salmon to be Tagged. — Salmon appear in large
numbers in Monterey Bay one or two months before
the summer or fall run appears in the Sacramento
and San Joaquin rivers, and it has always been be-
lieved that these salmon in Monterey Bay are Sacra-
mento and San Joaquin river salmon on their way
to these rivers to spawn. Each year the fishermen
who have had experience on the northern rivers
claim that they can distinguish Eel river salmon,
Klamath, river salmon, and even Columbia river sal-
mon among those caught in Monterey Bay. For the
purpose of determining whether there are salmon
other than Sacramento and San Joaquin salmon in
the bay, the Fish and Game Commission has under-
taken to tag a number of these fish and see if they
are recaptured in other rivers than the Sacramento
and San Joaquin. The quinnat salmon does not enter
any of the streams to the south of Monterey Bay,
but we know that they move down the coast often
as far as Santa Barbara. Since the salmon travels
this distance from the parent stream, it would not
be very lemarkable to find Columbia river salmon in
Monterey Bay. The tags, which are very light, will
be wired to the dorsal fin. Each tag is stamped with
a serial number. The tags are made of silver because
this metal best withstands the action of the sea
water. We look forward with a great deal of inter-
est to the results of this experiment.
Salmon are taken in large numbers in the sea
near Fort Bragg, Mendocino county, and the Commis-
sion expects to conduct similar experiments in that
place. — Fish and Game Commission.
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Marked Mackerel Are Caught. — Lynn, (Mass). — Of a
large number of mackerel with rubber bands about
their bodies, which were sent out from the traps
and liberated by the United States Bureau of Fish-
eries at Provincetown in July, 1914, only two have
been caught, and both are now on exhibition at the
J. B. Blood Company's stores in Ynn.
On Monday, July 17, a mackerel with a red rubber
band was taken from Barnstable bay. It was fifteen
inches long and weighed one and a quarter pounds.
When released it weighed a half-pound and was six
inches long.
Wednesday, July 19, another mackerel with a rub-
ber band was caught at Wellfleet harbor. This one
was seventeen inches long and weighed a pound and
a quarter. Both of the mackerel have been in the
water two years since released by the Bureau of
Fisheries. The rubber bands, which were put under
the fins, have become embedded in the fish. This
has caused a deformity in both of them, they having
grown a great deal longer and more slender because
of the bands.
One of the mackerel is being exhibited at the
Summer-street store and the other at the Silsbee-
street store.
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THE EUROPEAN HOUSE SPARROW.
SOME DONTS
1. Do not kill a sparrow unless you are sure it
is a house sparrow. If not sure of your identifica-
tion, consult some one who knows.
2. Do not kill a sparrow having a white stripe
over the top of the head (white-crowned sparrow),
nor one having a streaked breast (song sparrow),
nor one with a chestnut-colored brown patch (chip-
ping sparrow). These are native sparrows, are bene-
ficial, and are protected by law.
3. Do not use a gun within city limits without
proper permission.
4. Do not encourage sparrow destruction by chil-
dren: this work should be done by resourceful men
who know house sparrows from native sparrows.
SOME DO'S
1. Do destroy the house sparrow, or "English spar-
row," whenever and wherever possible, through net-
ting, trapping, and shooting.
2. De destroy nests and eggs and raid roosting
places of this bird.
3. Do stir up interest in house sparrow destruc-
tion and promote organized campaigns.
4. Do continue your interest from year to year
and thus keep this bird pest under control in your
community. In so doing you help preserve crops
and encourage native song birds.
SB
Arizona Sportsmen Organize. — At a well-attended
meeting at Springerville, Ariz., recently, the sports-
men and stockmen of the White Mountain country
perfected an organization for the protection and
development of the fish and game resources of
Apache county. Davis Rudd of Springerville acted
as chairman. The following officers were elected:
Gustav Becker, president; Paschal Slaughter, first
vice-president: Frederic Winn, second vice-presi-
dent; H. L. Logan, secretary; William Hammell,
treasurer. Each member of the new organization is
sonally pledged to observe and support a plat-
form of principles, among which are included the
rigid observance and impartial enforcement of the
game law, the prohibition of Spring shooting of wild
fowl, the establishment of a system of game refuges,
the extermination of predatory animals, and the
rendering of aid and support to conscientious deputy
game wardens. Resolutions were passed urging the
passage of the Hayden refuge bill now before Con-
gress and of the federal appropriation for waging a
war of extermination against wolves, lions, and other
predatory animals.
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DEER ARE PLENTIFUL IN CALIFORNIA.
Steady Increase of Game If Hunters Will Respect
Present Laws.
According to the California State Fish and Game
Commission, the present hunting laws will permit
of a steady increase of deer throughout the .State
providing these laws are observed and the animals
are not slaughtered out of season. This increase
will keep pace with the increase in population and
the consequent growth in the number of hunters.
To insure this condition which will result in "good
deer hunting." the Commission asks the co-operation
of the people. Some idea of the range over which
these wild creatures roam is given in the following
facts:
California has a thousand peaks over 10,000 feet
high and 136 over 13,000 feet in height. There still
remain 50,000,000 acres of government land, 26,000,-
000 acres in the National Forest Reserves into which
sportsmen and campers are welcomed by the govern-
ment employees as long as they observe the fish and
game regulations. This immense area of free hunt-
ing, fishing and camping grounds is largely augment-
ed by the liberality of the farmers and range owners
who will rarely object to the use o ftheir raw- land
if the proprieties are observed.
The great increase in deer is entirely due to the
laws that, first, prohibit the sale of deer hides and
meat; second, the killing of does; third, the right
and short season; fourth, the limit; fifth, the pro-
tection of "spike" bucks. The protection does not
only help to increase the deer, but it compels the
hunter to wait until he is sure that the moving ob-
ject is a deer with horns, thereby saving human life.
When the law permitted the killing of does, many
hunters were killed by careless shooters. Now the
shooter must wait until he sees the horns.
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Game Violators Arrested. — Warrants were served
on Thomas Gilliam and his son, James Gilliam, both
residents of the Red Bank district, for violating the
game laws in that deer meat was found in their
possession before the season opened.
The evidence was collected, and the warrants
served by Deputy Fish and Game Commissioner
Thomas W. Birmingham.
The elder Gilliam, hearing a complaint had been
lodged against him, reported to the authorities.
Justice of the Peace Lennon fixed bail at $250 in
each case, which was given. The preliminary hear-
ing of the prisoners has not yet been set, on account
of District Attorney N. A. Gernon being absent from
the county.
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Hatchery For Klamath Country — Klamath county
in all probability will soon have a new trout hatch-
ery. The State Fish and Game Commission has di-
rected the purchase of a site on Crooked Creek, a
few miles north of Klamath Agency and on the
Klamath Indian Reservation. The hatchery will be
built there if title to the land can be obtained from
the Indian service.
Crooked Creek is considered by the Commission
as an ideal place for a trout hatchery. The water
remains constantly at a temperature of 48 degrees
Fahrenheit, which is almost perfect temperature for
egg hatchery purposes. Not only is the water the
right temperature, but the land along the creek is
ideally located. It is a clear stream.
If the deal for the property can be closed soon,
construction of this hatchery will be commenced
this fall and the institution will be ready for use
next spring.
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Although the strict laws concerning the shooting
of does, fawns and spike bucks force hunters to be
careful before shooting. President F. M. Newbert
of the State Fish and Game Commission urged the
"Safety First" motto on the sportsmen. "Wear a.
red shirt and cap." he says, "and then you are not
likely to be mistaken for a deer."
• • •
W. A. Black of Grass Valley is Nevada County's
champion hunter. He killed two brown bears on
August 14th at his cattle range near Bowman's Dam,
bringing them down with two shots. Both were of
large size.
Bayside Club Schedules Show in Long Beach on
August 28, 29 and 30.
The fourth annual show of the Bayside Kennel I
Club is to take place August 28, 29 and 30. The I
venue of the show this year will be the Municipal I
Auditorium, Long Beach, California, a very large, I
well ventilated building, an ideal place for such an
event, easily accessible from all points. It would be
to the advantage of northern fanciers who intend to
send their dags to the show to ship by boat from San
Francisco, the car ride from San Pedro to the Audi-
torium being only a few minutes' run, and their dogs
will be put off right opposite the show 'building.
The Bayside Club has always been liberal in the
number of valuable trophies offered but will excel i
all former shows in this respect.
With Mr. O. F. Vedder as superintendent, fancien
are looking forward to a good clean show.
Mrs. J. E. Brown, who is to judge Boston Terriers
is proving to be a good selection.
Mr. W. M. Coats, of Vancouver, B. C, who is th
all-rounder, has had quite a little judicial experience
having judged at many of the principal shows ii
Canada and the Northern part of the United States.
He has not been in this section before, and coming
as he does with a good clean reputation, shouli
bring together the different factions, and comman
the support of them all.
The twelfth annual bench show of the Spokane
Kennel Club will be held at the Spokane Interstate
Fair and Live Stock Show, September 4th to 7th.
The show this year will be under the jurisdiction pf
the American Kennel Club. Last year the club dii
not hold any show owing to a "raby scare" that pre
vailed at the time the Interstate Fair was being held.
The dogs are to be benched in special quarters at
the fair grounds. The management reports that
more than fifty of the leading business firms have
donated trophies, and that a good show is looked
forward to. The judge will be Dr. Geo. W. Clayton
of Chicago, 111.
• • •
Mr. E. J. Barry of Tacoma recently purchased a
fine young Airedale puppy from Mr. A. L. Boyle and
presented it to Mrs. Barry. They have named the
puppy Lord Kitchener. Tacoma fanciers are working
up enthusiasm and no doubt will hold a fall show
sometime in October.
• • •
Chas. Hunter of San Francisco has again bred his
Irish water spaniel bitch, Hunter's Queen, to Dr.
McGettigan's Rush, and is looking forward to some
more excellent stock. The previous mating of these
produced some winners, among them being King
of the Marsh, and Dandy.
• • •
400 Porcupine Quills in Dog.— Redding (Shasta
Co.) — What is a $400 dog worth with about 400 por-
cupine quills sunk into him an inch deep?
George Bayha, who lives on a large landed estate
near the Grey Rocks, and is a great lover of the
chase, recently imported an Alaskan wolfhound val-
ued at $400. While he was out hunting with the
animal, the latter ran into a porcupine and
peppered with quills. The dog suffered so greatly
Bayha brought it to Redding to be treated by a vet-
inary.
The doctor administered chloroform, but it took si:
men to hold the monster dog until the anaesthetic
got in its work.
Porcupine quills were sunk everywhere over thu
dog's body, and especially about the head. The;
penetrated the animal's tongue and ears; they were
driven into his nostrils and pierced his skin about
the shoulders.
Dr. Taylor, the veterinary, says he was fully two
hours in extracting the quills, and when the opera-
tion was over and the dog came out from under the
influence of the chloroform, the $400 Alaskan was
as sick as a human being just coming from under an
appendicitis operation.
Each quill of a porcupine is about the size of
darning needle. It is not barbed at the end, as is
a fish hook, but it is barbed slightly the full length.
The quill slips in very easily, but it is rough work
to pull it out.
George Bayha's valuable dog survived the opera-
tion and was taken home in an automobile.
Surf anglers are anticipating an even more suc-
cessful outing than the last one held by the Southern
California Rod and Reel Club, when the tenth anni-
versary of the founding of that organization is cele-
l.rated by a fishing excursion and picnic at Mateo,
September 2 and 3. The party will leave Los Angeles
in special cars attached to""the San Diego train of
the Santa Fe which leaves La Grande station at 11 : 55
p. m., Saturday, Sept. 2.
• • •
Bob Emslie, who served as an umpire for a quar-
ter of a century, tells how he convinced a number of
critical fans that he was still able to arbitrate after
Ihey had demanded his scalp. Several years ago
some of the players made a protest on Emslie, declar-
ing that he was no longer qualified to make decisions
on tails or strikes, because of faulty vision. Bob
took a few days off and won a trap shooting carnival,
winning his final round with 99 kills in 100 shots.
There never was any more comment on his sight.
Saturday, August 26, 1916]
THE BREEDER ANL SPORTSMAN
PROGRAM FOR PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP.
Competition is Provided For All Classes of Shooters
With Events For Ladies.
The program for this year's Pacific Coast Handi-
cap tournament is designed, as are all of The Inter-
state Association programs, to furnish the greatest
amount of enjoyment to the greatest number of con-
testants at a minimum of expense. Three new events
have been scheduled, namely: The Pacific Coast
Introductory, the Pacific Coast Special and the Pa-
cific Coast Overture, for which nine trophies — three
for each event — have been provided. The conditions
governing these three competitions are such that no
one contestants can win more than one of the nine
trophies.
Special competition has been arranged for women,
and a cordial invitation is extended to them to take
part in the tournament. Three trophies have been
provided for their exclusive benefit.
The regular program events have been arranged
for the special benefit of the beginner and mediocre
shot. With the low entrance fees and the losses
paid back each day under the Squier money-back
system, it is not possible for the expert shot to enrich
himself in these events at the expense of the less
skillful contestant.
The optional sweepstakes on each regular program
event, divided on the high gun system, provide com-
petition for the more skillful shot who wants to take
a chance of winning larger amounts than called for
by the regular division.
The two handicap events are arranged on a basis
of entry fees as low as is consistent with the equity
of the events and the material values which should
award good performances, and which are essential
to it.
Thus, while competition is provided for all classes
of trapshooters, and all entrants shoot over the same
traps and in the same events, no one is required to
compete, on an equal footing and at a financial loss,
with his superiors in skill unless he so wishes.
Monday, September 11, will be practice day. The
shooting will start at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and
a program of four 25-target events, $2.50 entrance
to each event, will be shot, purses divided on the
Rose system, ratio, 5, 3, 2, 1. There will be optional
sweepstakes on the above events.
On Tuesday, September 12, the first regular day
of the tournament, the program will consist of seven
20-target events, entrance to each $2, with a $1
optional o neach event, and a special at 10 pairs of
targets, entrance $2. Events one to five on Septem-
ber 12 will constitute the Pacific Coast Introductory,
and the three contestants making the three highest
totals on the 100 targets (not class shooting) will
each receive a trophy presented by The Interstate
Association.
The program for the second day, September 13,
will consist of four 25-target events, entrance $2.50
to each, and the Preliminary Handicap, 100 targets
each man, entrance $8. The first two events this
day will constitute the Pacific Coast Special, and the
three contestants making the three highest totals
will each be presented with a trophy by The Inter-
state Association. The three amateur contestants
who make the three highest scores in the Prelim-
inary Handicap will each also receive a trophy pre-
sented by The Interstate Association. The moneys
in the Preliminary Handicap will be determined by
the number of entries, the Association adding $100
to the purse.
On the last day of the tournament, September 14,
the program will consist of four 25-target events, the
first two events to constitute the Pacific Coast Over-
ture ,and the Pacific Coast Handicap, 100 targets,
entrance $11, handicaps 16 to 23 yards, $200 added
to the purse by the Association, high guns, not class
shooting. The winner of first money in this event
is guaranteed $100 or more; the winner of second
money is guaranteed $75 or more, and the winner
of third money is guaranteed $50 or more. If first,
second and third moneys fall below these amounts,
the difference will be made good by The Interstate
Association. The number of moneys into which the
purse will be divided will be determined by the num-
ber of entries. The three amateur contestants who
make the three highest scores will each receive a
trophy, presented by The Interstate Association.
Contestants may shoot for "targets only' 'in any
or all events.
Contestants (amateurs and professionals) who
shoot for "targets only" in the Preliminary and Pa-
cific Coast Handicaps must make entry for said
events at the cashier's office on the shooting grounds
by 5 p. m. the day before they are scheduled to be
shot, otherwise a penalty of $2 (total entrance with
penalty of $5) will be charged.
Amateurs_ who shoot for "targets only" are eligi-
ble to win "any of the trophies which go with the
Pacific Coast Introductory, the Pacific Coast Special,
the Pacific Coast Overture, the Preliminary Handicap
and the Pacific Coast Handicap.
Amateurs who shoot for "targets only" in any
event, or events, of the regular program, will not be
eligible to share in the Squier money-back division,
nor to share in the surplus money.
The committee which will allot handicaps in the
Preliminary and Pacific Coast Handicaps will be se-
lected from among the shooters who attend the tour-
nament, but the members of the handicap committee
will not handicap themselves. Their handicaps will
be allotted by The Interstate Association.
Further information relative to the tournament will
be cheerfully furnished by Frank M. Templeton, sec-
retary Portland Gun Club, 125 Front street, Portland,
Ore., or by Elmer E. Shaner, manager The Interstate
Association, 219 Coltart Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Golden Gate Club. — It was a big day for trapshoot-
ers over on the Alameda grounds on Sunday. Forty-
seven took advantage of the bright sunshiny day to
appear at the traps for the monthly tournament of
the Golden Gate Club. The results show some of
the closest competition of the season. Toney Prior
was there with a score of 48 out of 50 and Thomas
Wilkes, president of the Golden Gate Club, came
along and tied him for high honors of the day.
N. A. Howard was a close second with 47 to his
credit. O. O. Orr showed to good advantage in get-
ting 45 and there were a number who scored over 40.
In the professional line, E. L. Mitchell, a visitor
from down Los Angeles way, took high honors with
a 46 out of 50 score. This boy O. N. Jones was right
there with 45. Jones has been coming ahead rapidly
this season and gives promise of developing into the
championship class. The scores were as follows:
THE INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION'S HANDICAP.
Events — 20
Forrester, Eug 17
•Truscott, H 12
Thomas, George 17
* Jones, O. N 18
Stoneberger, A. E 15
Swenson, P 15
Handman, Ted 17
Golcher, H 15
Dancastule, H 19
Lorenson, H 18
Peet, H. C.
Parsons, T. W.
Merrill, C. A. .
18
17
17
MeGill, R 17
Cadley, W. E 18
McGettigan, Dr 14
Stelling, H 17
Dorsey, Colonel 17
... 20
... 15
... 19
... 19
... 16
... 17
Howard, N. A
Worthen, B
Price, W. H
Webster, F
Phinney, H. R
Riley, T. D
Topham, Dr 14
Wilkes, A. G 17
*Du Bray, Captain 15
*Blum, F. W. .' 17
Nelson, J 14
Jennings, H 17
Prior, Toney 20
Miss Meyer 15
Prior, E. T.
Hauer, J. B
Hauer, Mrs. J. B,
*Moore, J
Orr, O. O
*Willett, Fred ..
'Mitchell, E. L. .
Terry, W. J
Meyers, George
•Heath, J. G. ...
Wilkes, Thomas
*Stadfeldt, W 14
Korn, A 17
Sweeny, Dr 17
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Vernon Club. — The good score of 49x50 was run
up by C. E. Groat at the trap shoot staged Sunday
morning at the Vernon Gun Club. This placed Groat
high on the prize list and brought him a gold bar.
Fred Grewell of the Hoegee Company, Harry Hoyt,
Stan Bruner, Dr. Newton and Mrs. C. E. Groat tied
16
18
-0
14
18
17
17
17
12
17
20
20
14
14
15
17
17
16
11
13
17
14
18
11
17
18
16
16
16
13
17
18
18
17
19
17
14
17
13
15
16
12
18
17
11
15
6
13
17
19
19
16
7
19
19
12
14
17
10
9
10
10
9
10
8
7
9
8
7
9
9
10
8-
7
10
10
7
8
9
9
7
9
6
8
10
7
10
6
5
10
7
10
9
3
4
9
6
5
Total
31
35
42
45
41
41
36
36
45
40
43
37
42
43
43
40
41
37
47
43
44
44
44
43
35
43
34
40
40
36
48
40
35
41
20
32
45
43
43
42
22
40
48
32
36
43
for second high
gun
with scores
of 48x50. The
scores follow:
Yds.
Practice
Hdp.
Trophy
25
25 Ttl.
25
25 TO.
H. A. Hoyt
16
23
25—48
18
23
25—48
Fred Grewell . .
.16
25
25—50
19
25
23—48
Ed Bohring ....
.16
23
23—46
A. W. Bruner . .
.16
24
23—47
16
23
22—45
16
25
24—49
20
24
24—48
C. S. Miller ....
.16
23
21—44
16
21
21—42
.16
25
20—45
18
22
23—45
,16
16
23
25—48
Wm. Pugh
,16
20
24—44
18
23
23—46
M. Meek
16
25
25—50 .
19
21
22—43
C. E. Groat
.16
24
23—47
18
24
25—49
Mrs. Wood ....
16
24
20—44
17
23
25—48
16
16
..—16
H. Wool
16
23
15—38
16
22
23—45
.16
16
24
..—24
Meinauber
16
21
21—42
OB
Los Angeles Club. — Shooting neck and neck, like
Grand American Handicap contenders, Owen Council
and Frank Free tied for the diamond trophy con-
tested for Sunday morning at the Los Angeles Gun
Club by breaking forty-six birds each from 19 yards.
The two shot off the tie from their respective
handicaps, Council winning by breaking 23x25. Free
squelched 22x25.
A number of shooters also competed on the season
trophies. Some top-notch scores were made. Scores
follow : ■
Diamond Trophy Handicap — E. K. Mohler, handi-
cap 20 yds., broke 44x50; H. E. Sargent 19 — 44;
S. R. Smith 19—44; F. Free 19—46; H. Cline 19—44;
T. E. Doremus, President,
Wilmington, Del.
Elmer E. Shaner, Mgr., E. Reed Shaner, Sec'y,
Pittsburgh, Pa. Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Interstate Association's Eleventh Pacific Coast
Trapshooting Tournament, under the auspices of
the Portland Gun Club, Partland, Ore., September
12, 13and 14; $1,000 added money. Winner of
first place in the Pacific Coast Handicap guaran-
teed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place
guaranteed $75 and a trophy; and the winner
of third place guaranteed S50 and a trophy. Sev-
eral other trophies will also be awarded.
O. Council 19- -46; C. W. Fish 19—44; S. B. Friend
19—43; O. Evans 20 — 45; Miss A. Wheeler 16—45;
Wm. Kennedy 16—43; A. L. Rowe 16 — 43; W. Jack-
son 16—42 ; B. McKay 16—41 ; B. Lloyd 16—43 ; H. L.
Riggin 16—32.
Season Trophy Event — H. E. Sargent 42x50, E. K.
Mohler 45, S. R. Smith 44, F. Free 48, H. Cline 47,
Miss A. Wheeler 44, C. W. Fish 47, Wm. Kennedy 44,
D. B. Friend 44, W. R. Shepherd 45, O. Evans 44,
O. Council 46, Dr. G. Fairfield 26, J. Cline 37, B. Mc-
Kay 39, F. Teeple Sr. 41, B. Lloyd 42, A. L. Rowe 43,
W. Jackson 42. K. L. Riggin 30, Mrs. A. L. Rowe 26,
A. C. Gould 40, J. Mann 34, H. E. Huston 28, A. M.
Webb 25, M. E. Fontana 32, J. W. Earl 32, A. Huston
18, H. M. Gilliam 37, D. G. Kinney 46, S. Hart 48,
A. H. Thomas 28, C. R. Bond 36, F. H. Teeple Jr. 43,
R. T. Prettyman 37, A. G. Griffith 42.
GB
Big Time Club. — Frank Newbert and G. I. Fleck-
enstein were the high guns among the sixty-four
Big Timers who participated in the merchandise
shoot at the Schenk traps Sundaly. The shoot was
the last of the season and it brought out a record
crowd of members and visitors.
Among the other good scores made were the fol-
lowing, each participant shooting at twenty targets:
Nineteen targets — M. Priest and W. J. Higgins.
Eighteen targets — Lee Gorman, A. McDonald of
Folsom, and R. Jost.
Seventeen targets — F. Ruhstaller and Dr. W. W.
Goode.
Sixteen targets — H. Stober, H. McWilliams, P.
Greenhaigh, C. Ralph, H. Odbert and J. E. Tofft.
Fifteen targets — K. Schenk, Charles Flek, George
Speiech, A. E. Pearson, G. Newbert, F. Schoenbach-
ler and Walter Criswell.
In the shoot-off for the Gerber Causeway cup be-
tween Criswell and Fleckenstein the latter won,
breaking forty-two out of fifty rocks. Criswell broke
thirty-seven.
A. E. Pearson was awarded the Dupont cup for the
season handicap club shoot and F. Biewener Jr. won
the Dupont watch fob awarded for second prize. The
third prize, the Hercules shield, is yet undecided,
D. E. Newbert and Harry Tharp tying.
Seven women shot, Miss E. Baker being the high
gun.
SB
Green Lake Club. — I. M. Fisher, professional, with
a score of 49 out of 50, headed the shooters at the
Green Lake Club August 13th. Dr. King was high
amateur with 48 out of 50, while W. C. Smith, with
47, and Dr. A. B. Kidd with 46, came second and
third among the amateurs.
In the 100-bird race Fisher broke $7, while Barnes
came second with 94, breaking 49 out of his last 50.
A special event of doubles was put on and in this
Dr. King led the field with 35 out of 50. I. M. Fisher
was second and Don R. Baker third. L. S. Barnes,
with 20 out of 24, really did the best shooting in the
doubles event. The scores:
Fifty targets— I. M. Fisher* 49, Dr. King 48, W. C.
Smith 47, Dr. A. B. Kidd 46, George Edling 45, L. S.
Barnes 44, Dr. J. F. Hill 41, M. A. Rosenfield 40, Don
R. Baker 40, George O. Colwell 39, S. A. Martin 38,
E. Chantrell 34, S..P. Moulton 34, J. C. Peterson 33,
William Spurck Jr. 31, Dr. M. F. Randolph 27, Geo.
D. Horse 10x30.
One hundred targets — I. M. Fisher* 97, L. S. Barnes
93, Dr. J. F. Hill 76, George O. Colwell 75.
Doubles — Dr. King 35, I. M. Fisher* 34, George R.
Baker 31, Don R. Baker 30, S. A. Martin 26, L. S.
Barnes 20x24, George Edling 15x24.
ae
Rifle Club at Oroville. — The Oroville unit of the
National Rifle Association is fast gaining in member-
ship and it is estimated that the club will have 100
members before many weeks. Through the efforts
of John A. Philes, a charter was secured for a club
there and in a few days thirty-five had signed their
names to the enrollment blanks.
The new rifle club will secure its rules from the
National Association and will use the Company I
range, which is located just over the levee at the
foot of Myers street.
There are some excellent shots among the Oroville
sportsmen and with the additional practice which
will be afforded when the organization is complete
it is expected that some expert shots will be devel-
oped.
90
Skykomish Club. — Following are the scores of the
Skykomish trapshoot on August 6th:
Shewbridge 47x50, Rohde 17x25. Henry 22x25,
Himebaugh 19x25, Hove 22x25, Farr 22x25, Fournier
23x25, Bradburn 20x25.
tl
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 26, 1916.
Sportsmen's Row
S— —-»-—-■ ■ ■■■■'*'■ ■ "» » ■ ..—..———— ■'■>>■■■■■ »gg
A party of Capital City Motorcycle Club members
landed a forked-horn buck near Lotus on the Placer-
ville road while on a "week-end outing Sunday. They
made the trip Saturday afternoon and returned Sun-
day evening. They report seeing plenty of does and
many tracks of deer and also heard of another hunter
shooting a big five-pointer earlier in the day. The
party included George McCormiek, Bob Crane, Sid-
ney Madson, Lee Borland and Fred Pearl.
• ■ •
Mrs. Bert E. Hilborn of Spokane, Wash., while at
Deer Lake a few days ago succeeded in landing a
Mackinaw trout which tipped the scales at nearly
eleven pounds. The fish measured thirty inches in
length. C. B. Goetchius, of the same city, captured
a six-pound trout at the lake.
• • •
W. D. Church and a party of guests have returned
to San Diego from a fishing trip to the Coronado
islands. They were the proud bearers of a catch of
sixty-five yellowtail, barracuda and bass — all landed
with light tackle.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Topperwein have just finished
another one of their successful tours through Wis-
consin, when their remarkable shooting drew record
crowds. Mrs. Topperwein's trapshooting was of a
nigh order, as the following scores will show:
Schullsburg, Wis., 141x150; La Cross, Wis., 146x150;
Wausaw. Wis.. 146x150; Wausaw, Wis., 95x100;
Waukeshaw, Wis., 145x150; Milwaukee, Wis., 190x
200; Oshkosh, Wis., 96x100; Stevens Point, Wis.,
98x100; Eau Claire, Wis., 145x150; Madison, Wis.,
146x150; Madison, Wis., 97x100.
• • •
C. H. Babcock left for South Dakota recently, tak-
ing with him the Bedford-Fleischmann dogs. This
string includes the pointers Billionaire and John
Proctor's sister, the setters Gunner, Yellow Peril,
Marksman and Happy Boy, and five setter and two
pointer Derbys. Babcock's string will not look com-
plete without John Proctor.
• • •
Anglers are waiting still the expected run of steel-
head trout in the coast creeks. Usually in August
or September the big "bluebacks" come up into the
lagoons to spawn and spend a time in the fresh
water. At various times this and last month the
anglers have believed the run started when big fish,
grilse and steelhead, have been caught. No real run
has started yet and many anglers have come to be-
lieve that the fish are outside waiting the first rains
to muddy and swell the streams.
• • •
A mountain lion, measuring eight feet from tip
to tip, has been killed by County Assessor George
Rieber near Pacific, on the Placerville and Lake Ta-
hoe state road. Rieber and Orrin Van Vleck found
the carcass of a deer and nearby the tracks made
by the immense beast. They came back to the spot
the next morning. Van "deck's dog drove the lion
out of the brush and Rieber shot it.
• • •
At Los Angeles there is a very good example of
what women with a little practice can do with a shot-
gun. Mrs. C. E. "Groat, young and active, but for all
that a grandmother, averages above 90 per cent at
the traps. She has just come into possession of a
diamond medal that was in competition for some
months at the Los Angeles Gun Club and which she
won the greatest number of times in the course of
the contest. In this same club Mrs. Pfirrmann has
an average of 85 per cent, Miss Wheeler 87 per cent,
Mrs. Mohler above 80 per cent, and Miss Crossman
is good for better than 80 per cent with a little prac-
tice. This is a very unusual squad of women shoot-
ers, and bids fair to be the champion woman squad
of the country.
00
Portland Club — More than two dozen nimrods
stepped to the traps August 13th in the second an-
nual watermelon shoot at the grounds of the Portland
Gun Club. While the shooting was going on, more
than 100 visitors enjoyed themselves with the lus-
cious melons in the club house.
Jack Cullison, a veteran at the game, who has not
been actively appearing against the bluerocks for
some time, journeyed out and was high gun of the
day with 97 "dead" birds out of a possible 100. He
won first honors in the class A section, while Peter
H. O'Brien, Oregon's representative in the States'
championship at the Grand American Handicap at
St. Louis, was second.
In Class B, C. C. Kelly and H. R. Everding carried
off the .honors, while Captain Benham, A. L. Zachris-
son and C. B. Handy tied for first place in Class C,
with J. S. Crane lined up next. Handy won the shoot-
off . A. W. Strowger, president of the Portland Gun
Club, and H. A. Pollock, vice-president of the organi-
zation, were first and second in the Class D argu-
ment- Following are the scores for the tiay:
E. L. Clark 91, Abner Blair 91, C. Kelly 90, J. E.
Cullison 97, W. C. Bristol (20-gauge gun) 55, Peter
H. O'Brien 93. J. S. Crane 83, A. L. Seguin 86, E. B.
Var Arnam 89, A. Woelm 85, A. L. Zachrisson 84.
E. H. Keller 92, A. W. Strowger 80, H. A. Benham
84, H. A. Pollock 77, H. R. Everding 89, E. B. Morris
92, J. E. Reid 90, H. L. Idleman 70, Miss Gladys Reid
75, C. B. Handy 84, H. R. Seckle 90, and G. F. Stow-
ell 60.
08
WRESTLER A GREEN HAND AT HUNTING.
FIELD TRIALS CIRCUIT FOR NORTHWEST.
Ad Santel Has a Rough Trip in Brushy Mountains;
Gains Experience.
With a coating of tan which makes them resemble
"Poor Lo," the skin wore off their toes and heels
from wearing heavy boots on long hikes in rough
country, dog-tired and with a machine which looks
as if it had tried to cut an irrigation ditch through
the Mojave desert, L. V. Hufft and Frank Perkins
returned from a deer hunting trip on Brushy moun-
tain. Despite their hardships, they were in fine spir-
its, as they bagged two fine bucks while the guests
of "Brown" Lynch and wife, and incidentally brought
back the identifying parts of four nice fat rattlers.
"If we hadn't got a shot," said Perkins, "we should
have had our money's worth out of the experience.
For three years I have done virtually nothing but
rough it in the hills, yet in that period I have never
been luck enough to collide with so many events of
human interest as on this jaunt,"
"Amen!" fervently ejaculated Hufft.
Two days after they arrived at the Lynch ranch,
"Garsy" Stock, as chaperon, brought in Ad Santel,
the noted wrestler, and Oswald and Albert Schubert,
wealthy bakers of San Francisco. They were all
corking good shots, but Stock's metropolitan proteges
had about as much knowledge of the hills as a jack-
rabbit of holy water. The morning after their arrival
Oswald, who arose about daylight, ran to the door
of the cabin and, his voice trembling from excite-
ment, shouted: "Get up quick, de bunch of you!
Mein Gott! Dere's a fire down dere vich is burnin'
up de whole country, und it iss headed right dis
vay!"
Lynch and his wife scrambled out and Hufft and
Perkins, though sleeping under an oak fifty yards
distant, sprang shivering from their cots. All hur-
ried to a point of visual vantage, from where they
gazed on a heavy blanket of fog slowly enfolding
the mountain from the south fork of Eel river. When
Oswald learned that there was no immediate danger
he appeared greatly relieved.
The same day Oswald and Albert were taken by
Lynch to his father's homestead, a mile east up the
mountain. The next morning it was discovered that
Stock, Santel and both Schuberts were "on the
ragged edge" and barly able to go hunting. Inquiry
revealed that Oswald had cooked 'hot cakes mit
apples" for breakfast — the cakes on high and the
apples on low gear. The resulting combination
choked up the stomach carburetors of the whole
party.
The first deer the Teuton party sighted all blazed
away several times, and painfully frightened the
buck, except Albert, who had a costly .38-55 rifle,
outfitted with an up-to-date telescope sight imported
all the way from Munich.
"Why didn't you shoot, too* Albert?" he was ques-
tioned.
'Veil," he answered, "I cocked mine rifle und
pulled a bead on dot deer, but I had so much trouble
findin' de trigger dot he was gone too quick."
Once Oswald went out alone to do or die in respect
of bringing in the bacon, and on his return reported
that he had seen and shot twice at a fine buck in a
country where none had been seen for more than
three years. A little scouting in that vicinity dis-
covered a small red calf, whose antics at sight of
a gun caused the suspicion that perhaps it had been
rather close to a firearm in action.
Santel, who seems to be a convert to the Kneipp
dewey grass cure for ennui, inasmuch as he went
barefoot a good part of the time, desired to sight
a rifle. After discharging the weapon once he threw
out the empty shell but did not shove the lever far
enough ahead to raise the carriage to position for
sliding another cartridge into the barrel. He was
shown iiow to accomplish this feat, and after doing
so, calmly proceeded to set the gun against the side
of the cabin, with hammer at full cock. Lynch care-
fully crept up to the weapon and lowered the ham-
mer.
Though the Teutons got no deer, they did not
return to San Francisco forlorn, as Lynch killed a
big buck and loaded them down with venison the
day before their departure. The tales of deer slaugh-
ter they are telling now are without doubt won-
derful.
Santel carried with hi™ a small case loaded with
hypodermic syringe, potassium permanganate tab-
lets, strychnine pellets and distilled water, for use
in case of a rattlesnake bite, but luckily it did not
have to be used. Just before the party left, its mem-
bers had a person experienced in such matters ex-
plain to them how the instruments and materials in
the case should be used if anybody were bitten by a
rattler.
The roads beyond Willits are reported to be badly
but up teams hauling tanbark, so that progress with
a machine was necessarily slow. Though with con-
siderable difficulty and much damage to the rear
tires of their car, Hufft and Perkins managed to
cross the south fork of Eel river near Dos Rios on
their way to Lynch's place, they had to be hauled out
of the gravel and sand by a team on their way back.
They are enthusiastic in praise of their host and
hostess, declaring that he is an expert woodsman
and guide and she a crackajack cook.
The trials of the Washington and the Oregon field
trial clubs will bring forth interesting competition
It is surprising what a numbei of keen sportsmen
and breeders of setters and pointers are to be found
in the states of Washington and Oregon and in the
province of British Columbia, and it is from these
that the support of the two trials will come.
The Washington Field Trial Club will hold its
trials somewhere near Tacoma, beginning September
11, and the Oregon event will follow on the 17th.
Both clubs are working in unison in order to bring
out a good entry and judging from the interest that
is being evoked these two trials will be on a par
with those of the regular circuit.
F. E. King, secretary of the Washington Club,
writes: "We are only a sihall club as yet and do
not intend to compete in any way with the clubs on
the big circuit, but we are building up the interest
and enthusiasm in this section and one of these fine
days someone in this part of the country will make
a showing even on the big circuit"
There is no question whatever that a circuit just
as important as the one in the South can be formed
up in that northwest country, for conditions are
peculiarly favorable. In the first place, there are
enough sportsmen up there to take an interest, and
secondly, some very good dogs are owned and bred
there. In fact, a number of good dogs have at vari-
ous times come from different parts of the Coast
and not only held their own, but won over the best
that could be produced elsewhere. There was Peach
Blossom, for instance, and Senator P. and Dr. Dan-
iels and several others from California, and then
we cannot overlook Melrose Mohawk. Of course the
latter was bred in the East, but he received the
greater part of his early education in the Northwest
and so he may be considered a northwestern produce
in every sense of the word.
As for game conditions up in that section, it is true
the birds are mostly of the imported variety, but for
some reason or other Mongolian pheasants, or
"chinks" as they are called up there, have taken
unusually well to that latitude and the class of cov-
erts that abound there, and they lie to a dog as well
as any native bird in other sections. The Hungarian
partridge is also doing quite well in Washington and
Oregon and in time will be as well thought of as the
"chink" is now. Summing it all up, we see no rea-
son why the Northwest should not have trials equally
as important as are those in any section of the
country, for after all its is first a question of the
right kind of sportsmen, and they abound in that
country; secondly, it is the right kind of dogs, and
they have the same blood up there as we have any-
where else; thirdly, it is the game and the class of
territory, all of which are there.
06
S. F. Fly-Casting Club Scores. — Fly casters turned
out in force for the regular monthly tournament of
the San Francisco Fly-Casting Club on Saturday and
Sunday. The casts were all made at Stow Lake,
under favorable weather conditions. Both days of
the casting, a light southwest wind prevailed. The
results: Accuracy. Lure.
L.T. D.F. %oz.
F. A. Webster ' , 6 16 10
C. H. Gardner 5 22 8
W. J. Davis, Jr 22 15 17
J. F. Burgin 14 14 19
T. C. Kierulff 23 14
P. W. Shattuck 16 24
Colonel C. G. Young 12 44
F. H. Reed 12 28
S. Forbes 22 23
J. Springer 26 25 49
Colonel G. C. Edwards .'..26 18
W. D. Mansfield 17 12 24
SUNDAY SCORES
C. H. Newell 4 23 33
J. F. Burgin 8 12 36
W. J. Davis, Jr 9 15 13
S. Forbes 13 16 9
C. H. Gardner 14 14 19
Colonel Young 16 19
W.D.Mansfield. 17 12 34
Dr. W. E. Brooks 17 26
J. Springer 19 15 27
T. H. Reed 26 15
Dr. J. W. Lekes 36
L.T. Dis. S.F. Dis.
C. H. Newell 100 110
J. F. Burgin 130
W. J. Davis, Jr 95 125
S. Forbes 108 140
W. D. Mansfield 112 135
F. H. Reed 85 115
0B
Spring Shooting Is Barred. — New York, Aug. 22. —
Spring duck killing in the states of Illinois, Iowa,
Missouri, and Kansas hereafter will be prohibited, it
was announced tonight by the federal advisory com-
mittee to the department of agriculture, which for
some time has been holding hearings in this city.
Sportsmen all over the country, it was said, have
been up in arms because a concession was recom-
mended which gave the sportsmen of these states a
special fall shooting season and an additional spring
shooting season lasting from February 10 to March
10. Every other state was given, under the recom-
mendations, a single open season, with spring shoot-
ing barred.
Saturday, August 26, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
11
WILL CUTTING KELP INJURE FISHERIES?
Expert Reviews Possible Harm of the Development
of New Industry on Coast
[By N. B. Scofleld, in Charge Commercial Fisheries,
California Fish and Game Commission]
It has long been known that the kelp along the
Pacific coast contains a large per cent of potash", and
considerable experimenting has been carried on to
find methods of gathering it and of extracting the
potash and other commercially valuable by-products.
Germany has hitherto furnished the bulk of our
potash supply from the deposits in ancient lakes and
seas. The United States Department of Agriculture,
realizing the importance of having a source of supply
within the United States and hoping to encourage
the greater use of potash as a fertilizer, started an
investigation of our kelp beds and conducted experi-
ments in extracting potash from kelp. The results
of these investigations are to be found in Report No.
100 of the United States Department of Agriculture.
It is believed by the government officials who have
investigated the kelp beds along the California coast
that there is enough kelp from Point Conception to
the Mexican line to supply annually, without injury
to the beds, all the potash used in the United States.
The amount of potash consumed annually, before the
great war cut off the German supply and raised
prices, was 300,000 tons and its value was approxi-
mately $15,000,000.
Kelp is composed very largely of water (80 to 90
per cent) ; to extract the potash profitably large
quantities must be handled and a great outlay of
capital is required. The rise in the price of potash
occasioned by the war has induced several large
companies to build plants at Long Beach and San
Diego where kelp is now being harvested. The com-
panies operating are Swift & Company, the Hercules
Powder Company at San Diego, and the American
Products Company at Long Beach. Almost $3,000,000
has already been invested in southern California in
this industry.
There has been considerable uncertainty as to the
effect the cutting of kelp will have on the fisheries
of the state. Many fear that the kelp beds will be
destroyed and the protection which they now afford
the beaches will be removed. This they think will
greatly injure the clams which inhabit the beaches
and the spiny lobsters which live more or less within
the protection of the kelp. They also fear that the
young fish, especially the young barracuda, which
are in the habit of seeking a refuge in the kelp, will
be deprived of this refuge and will leave that part of
the coast. It is also believed by many that the kelp
beds are extensively used as spawning places by
many other commercial fish. It is thought that the
removal of the kelp will, therefore, destroy these
spawning beds.
Captain Crandell, of the Scripps Institution for
Biological Research, at La Jolla, was employed by
the government in kelp investigations and is still
engaged in watching the effect of the cutting by the
several large companies. He and others engaged in
the work express the opinion that these companies
are not likely, at least within the next few years, to
devise kelp cutters or reapers which will cut the
kelp more than six feet below the surface of the
water, and that such small cuttings can have but
little effect. It has been observed that, after one of
these reapers has passed over a bed and cut the kelp
to a depth of six feet, the uncut kelp branches rise
to the surface and it is difficult to see where the
cutter has been. Much of the kelp, especially along
the edges of the beds, can not be touched and this
continues to afford protection to the beaches. It has
been pointed out that great masses of kelp are more
easily detached from . their "hold-fasts" by violent
storms than are smaller beds, and it is believed that
where beds have been subjected to cutting they will
not be so easily washed out by storms. Furthermore,
the kelp, though cut six feet below the surface, will
continue to serve as a refuge for fish.
The species of kelp which is being harvested in
California is the Macrocystis pyrifera. This grows
in long strands from one to three hundred feet in
length which are held to the rocky bottom by means
of a "hold-fast." The leaves float out on the surface
of the water and are held suspended by floats con-
taining air spaces. The plants reproduce by spores
which lodge on the bottom and start new plants ; and
by stooling or sending off branches from near the
hold-fast. If the top end of a plant is cut off, the
rest of that particular plant ceases to grow, but the
shorter branches, which are continually arising from
the base, soon grow up and take its place. Experi-
ments are now being conducted at La Jolla for the
purpose of determining the rate of growth of these
plants, and it is believed that the cutting of the kelp
near the surface will tend to make them stool, so that
the growth will be increased by the cutting.
It is to the advantage of the companies engaged
in cutting the kelp to avoid destroying the beds, and
to cut them only as fast as they will reproduce them-
selves.
It is believed by government experts that, even if
the entire potash supply of the United States were
to be derived from kelp, none of the beds would be
injured, unless possibly some bed that is favorably
located close to the harbor where several companies
are at work.
The regulation of the kelp industry in California
will come entirely under the jurisdiction of the state,
for the beds are all within the three mile limit. It is
the desire of the gederal government that the state
devise and pass such laws as will protect this potash
supply and at the same time assure the companies
operating of a continuous supply of kelp and protect
them from the interference of "pirates." It will
therefore be necessary to enact laws under which
the kelp beds may be leased or apportioned to operat-
ing companies under regulations which will assure
continuous crops.
The administration of the kelp resources falls to
the Fish and Game Commission. No state laws have
as yet been passed in this regard, but several coun-
ties have passed ordinances intended to protect the
kelp beds. These ordinances have been passed
through fear that the kelp beds will be destroyed and
bathing beaches and the fishing industry ruined. It
is probable that these county ordinances are uncon-
stitutional.
Experts from the Scripps Institution in the employ
of the government are continuing their investigation
of the kelp-cutting industry and are watching results
carefuily. The Fish and Game Commission is also
keeping in close touch with the progress of the in-
dustry with a view toward proposing laws which will
conserve this resource upon which one of the great-
est industries of the state will probably be based —
an industry which may yieid more profit than all of
the fisheries combined.
PRESS REPORTS ON THE GRAND AMERICAN.
Shooters All Over Country Participate in Handicap
Events at St. Louis.
The Grand American Handicap, the blue-ribbon
shooting event of the season, got under way last Sat-
urday with a bang. Shooters from all over the coun-
try were represented. The events will be finished up
today, and owing to the fact that the Breeder and
Sportsman goes to press on Friday, time was not
available to publish the full scores. They will appear
in the next issue.
The daily press reports, giving the high scores,
are as follows:
St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 19. — Homer Clark of Alton,
111., today won the all-around contest for the Hercules
cup at the first preliminary match of the Great Amer-
ican shooting tournament.
E.. L. Bartlett of Baltimore won the Hercules
championship cup for amateurs. Clark's score was
187 out of a possible 200. Bartlett made a score of
185 out of a possible 200. Following were among the
highest professional scores:
Homer Clark, 187. W. R. Crosby, O'Fallon, 111.,
186. Arthur Killam, St. Louis, 185. J. R. Taylor,
Columbus, Ohio, 181. Fred Gilbert, Spirit Lake, la.,
179. J. S. Day, Midland, Texas, 174.
Following were among the highest amateurs: E. J.
Bartlett, Baltimore, 185. Fred Plum, Atlantic City,
178. John H. Noel, Nashville, Tenn., 178. Peter Bag-
germann, St. Louis, 178. W. M. Ridley, Whatcheer,
Iowa, 178 O. C. Boettger, Ollie, Iowa, 177. R. A.
King, Denver, 175. F. M. Troeh, 175. Heine Pfirr-
mann Jr., Los Angeles, 175.
Sunday, August 20. — George Nicolai of Kansas
City won the amateur hazard double target cham-
pionship from G. V. Deering of Columbus, Wis.,
today, breaking 164 out of a possible 200. Deering
held the lead until the last twenty pairs were
reached. Then he slowed up, getting only twenty-
seven out of a possible forty for a total of 156, while
Nicolai broke thirty-six of the last forty targets.
• Homer Clark of Alton, HI., was the winner in the
final competition for the "E. C." cup, breaking 184
out of a possible 200 targets. The conditions were
100 single targets at unknow-n angles, fifty singles,
expert rules, one man up, and 25 pairs of doubles at
16 yards. Other scores in the match for the "E. C."
cup were: W. JR. Crosby, O'Fallon, III., 183; Fred
Gilbert, Spirit Lake, Ia„ 181; C. A. Young, Spring-
field, Ohio, 179; James S. Day, Midland, Tex., 177;
and R. O. Heikes, Dayton, O., 176.
Monday, August 21. — Owing to the large number
of last-minute entries, the St. Louis introductory
shoot, open to amateurs only, was not finished today.
The shooters who turned in the best scores today
were: Harve Dixon, Joplin, Mo., 197: G. T. Hall,
Loami, 111., 194; R. A. King, Denver, Colo., 193;
P. Hood, Pittsburg, Kan., 189; J. S. Frink, Minneap-
olis, Minn., 186.
Harvey Dixon won the St. Louis Introductory, the
opening event in the tournament. This event was
completed Tuesday. Dixon's score was 197 out of
a possible 200.
Tuesday, August 22. — Frank Troeh of Vancouver,
Wash., won the national amateur singles champion-
ship in the first day of the trapshooting tournament
of the Interstate Association held here today, break-
ing 99 out of 100 targets. The same score was made
in 1914 and 1915. Troeh had a run of 79 straight.
Only winners of state championships were eligible to
compete and thirty-seven out of the forty-eight cham-
pions were entered.
Owing to the lack of time, the national amateur
doubles championship match was not held. The
entire tournament is off schedule owing to the delay
in finishing the St. Louis Introductory, and an extra
day will be required to run off all events.
Among the high scores of the events today were:
National amateur championship at single targets —
Frank Troeh, Vancouver, Wash., 99; C. B. Eaton,
Fayette, Mo., 98; E. F. Tarsguard, Dallas, Tex., 97;
E. R. Tansil, Paragould, Ark., 96; H. T. Bigelow,
Ogden, 95.
Special fifty-target event for women — Mrs. L. C.
Vogel, Detroit, 47; Mrs. H. Almert, Chicago, 38;
Mrs. F. A. Johnson, Philadelphia, 38; Mrs. H. L. Pot-
ter. Madison, Wis., 36; Mrs. C. Edminston, Des
Moines, Iowa, 36.
St. Louis Introductory, 200 single targets — Harvey
Dixon, Oronoga, Mo., 197; William Ridgley, What-
cheer, Iowa, 194; Frank Troeh, Vancouver, Wash.,
193; R. A. King, Delta, Colo., 193; C. H. Reilly Jr.,
Salt Lake City, 193; A. V. Cocke, Wellington, Tex.,
193; F. W. McNeir, Houston, Tex., 193.
Mount City Overture, 100 singles, sixteen yards —
W. S. Hoon, Jewell, Iowa, 99; R. A. King, Delta,
Colo., 99; Frank Troeh, Vancouver, Wash., 99; Wil-
liam Wettleaf, Nichols, Iowa, 97; E. W. Anderson,
Pecatonica, 111., 97.
Wednesday, August 23. — Allen Heil of Allentown,
Pa., won the national double-target championship at
the tournament of the Interstate Trap Shooters' As-
sociation today. His score was eexceptionally high,
89 out of a possible 100, shootiug at fifty pairs. Frank
Troeh of Vancouver, Wash., was second with 88.
Ninety-seven amateurs took part in the event.
Troeh made a perfect score in the shoot-off to
determine the winner of the Mound City Overture, in
which four shooters tied yesterday. Mark Arie of
Thomasboro, 111., took second with 19. W. S. Hoon
of Jewell, la., and R. A. King oi Delta, Colo., tied for
third, with 18. In the shoot-o'I King won by break-
ing 20 straight, while Hoon got only 16. The Grand
American Handicap will begin tomorrow. Starters
will number 615.
In a professional event. Homer Clark of Alton, 111.,
and H. D. Gibbs of St. Louis, each broke 99.
In a special 100-target professional match, H. D.
Gibbs and R. O. Heikes of Dayton, O., winner of the
first Grand American Handicap, tied with 96.
'In a special event for women, Mrs. H. Almert of
Chicago got the trophy.
Thursday, August 24. — Al Koyen of Fremont, Neb-
won the preliminary handicap of the Interstate As-
sociation trapshooting tournament at St. Louis today
with a score of 97 out of a possible 100. A start was
made on the Grand American Handicap this after-
noon, but no shooter was able to try for more than
seventy-five targets before darkness made postpone-
ment necessary. The professional exhibition was
won by Homer Clark of Alton, 111., who broke 99
targets.
Mrs. C. H. Topperwein of San Antonio, Tex., gave
an exhibition of fast trap shooting and broke 91.
George MacWell, the one-armed shooter, broke 99
targets out of a possible 100 in an exhibition.
Fred Gilbert of Spirit Lake, la., and W. R. Crosby
of O'Fallon, 111., shot fifty singles in twenty-five pairs
of doubles, Gilbert winning, 92 to 91.
Among the high scores in the preliminary handicap
were: Al Koyen, Fremont, Neb., 97; L. A. Rambo,
Delong, HI., 96; J. G. Gray, Bloomington, 111., 95;
O. C. Botger, Ollie, la., 95; E. J. Marcotte, Laurium,
Mich., 95; E. Prendergast, St. Louis, 95; A. Risser,
Paris, 111., 95; E. W. Anderson, Pecatonica, 111., 95.
GB
Peters' Pointers. — Dr. C. L. Templeton, a compara-
tively new shooter, won high average at the Harbor
Island Gun Club August 6th, breaking 96x100, using
Peters factory loads.
At Rawlins, Wyo., July 28-29, Mr. O. N. Ford of
San Jose, Cal., won high amateur average and Mr.
Geo. Burt high professional average, both scoring
379 ex 400 and both using Peters factory loaded
shells.
At the Leer Lodge, Mont., shoot, June 26-28, the
following honors were won by users of Peters shells :
Brownlee Challenge Medal by Mr. C. L. Parsons,
25 ex 25. Brownlee Tournament Medal (10 targets
each at 16, 18 and 20 yards), by Mr. C. L. Parsons,
29 ex 30.
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Seattle Association. — Ralph Kinzer had his shoot-
ing eye on, August 13th, at the Harbor Island traps
and shot the high position in both the 50 and 100-
target program. The bulletin sheet showed 49 out
of 50 and 94 out of the 100. R. S. Searle and C. E.
McKelvey tied for the second position in the regular
program, each being credited with 47.
C. E. McKelvey stood next to Kinzer in the 100-
target event with 92, while Hi Follerich stepped into
the third position with 88.
F. P. Smith and Dr. McKay, of the New Westmin-
ster, B. C, Gun Club, were visiting shooters with the
club, and had they shot in the regular program would
doubtless have been among the top scores.
The club made an announcement of a big money
and merchandise shoot to be held on their Harbor
Island grounds Sunday, August 27, this date being
just a few days from the opening of the bird season
in Eastern Washington and just two weeks before
the Pacific Coast Handicap shoot at Portland, Ore.
Merchandise prizes of value to even' shooter will be
placed up for high score, long runs, and for every
conceivable kind of a finish that will add to the
enjoyment of the shooters. All shooters will have
an equal chance at the money division. It is planned
to make the day one of enjoyment. The scores:
Fifty Targets— Ralph Kinzer 49, R. S. Searle 47,
C. E McKelvey 47, Dr. C. L. Templeton 42, Hi Foller-
ich 42, W. B. Taft 41, J. W. Glasscock 38, Douglas
Huntington 31.
One hundred targets — Ralph Kinzer 94, C. E. Mc-
Kelvey 92, Hi Follerich 88, Dr. C. L. Templeton 81,
W. B. Taft 80, F. P. Smith 48, J. U. McPherson 24,
Dr. McKay 23.
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THH BREBDBK AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 26, 1916.
I Stock Breeders' Page |
The Effects of Line Breeding.
The effects of line breeding in the business of
producing fancy poultry stock is fully and plainly
described by J. V. McConnell in a recent issue of the
American Poultry World. In relating his experience
he says:
"To begin with, I want to say the very best family
of my line of Minorcas originated from a mating of
full brother and sister some eight or nine years ago.
There was a steady decrease in vigor after the first
year's mating until the fourth year. The fourth
year, however, some 10 rer cent of the stock showed
fully as much vigor and stamina as the progeny
from the first mating, with far more type and color
than either of the original pair had.
"From the fourth year there was a steady increase
in vigor and stamina, and also in standard points
to this date. The original sire was a 7^ pound
cockerel mated to a full sister that weighed six and
one-fourth pounds when they were mated. Both were
selected as the most vigorous birds on my ranch at
that time and their dam and sire were very prepo-
tent birds.
"The superb results of this original mating you
saw for yourself at my yards, also in the first and
second cockerels at the world's fair — the one weighed
nine and one-fourth pounds, the other nine and three-
fourths pounds, and both were hatched February 18,
1915. I also wish to say there has not been a single
atom of new blood put into my original line since
the first mating. I also find in starting a new or
original line that I have had far better results with
the matings when a big majority of the blood of both
male and female were the same.
"In starting to build up a new strain by out-cross-
ing suitable birds of two different strains, it has
been my experience that it takes two or three years
longer for vitality to reach its lowest point, and the
building up process to start in; also the building up
of vigor and stamina, also of standard points, are
often one to two years slower in reaching the same
stage of perfection which I can obtain from starting
with more closely related parent stock. Each year
I have from one to three or four new families of my
original lines started; also I have several out-strain
crosses which I experiment with.
"The results have always been the same — that is,
the matings that were related from distant to very
close have rounded into shape far quicker, meaning
from one to three years before birds of different
blood lines have done so.
"There is one thing anyone starting a strain of
line-bred fowls under any system must bear in mind
constantly and that is the stamina and vigor of the
parent stock, also the per cent of loss in weak, unde-
sirable chicks will be heavy for at least four years;
then after this period, which is the most vital in
building a strain, if good judgment has been used
in the selection of the stock, from this point on there
will be a constant increase in stamina and general
vigor."
The Best Cow Ration.
E. C. Voorhies, university farm at Davis, answers
a question often propounded by an inexperienced
dairyman relative to the best and most economical
concentrated cow ration. He says a good grain mix-
ture would be 200 pounds barley, 100 pounds bran
and 100 pounds cocoanut meal.
When dried beet pulp can be obtained reasonably
he commends equal parts barley, bran, beet pulp and
cocoanut oil cake meal, by weight. This is the feed
used at the university farm.
To the best cows one should give about one pound
of this mixture or other concentrate for every five
or six pounds of milk that the cow gives, up to the
point where eight pounds of grain is given per day.
It rarely pays to feed more than this amount.
To Keep the Flies Off Cows.
The Kansas station gives the following as a good
recipe:
"Two cakes of laundry soap dissolved in warm
water, one and a half pounds of resin, half a pint of
fish oil, and enough water to make three gallons.
Boil the resin, soap, and fish oil until the resin
dissolves.
"Add half a pint of kerosene oil to the mixture
when it is ready to use. Apply it with a brush or
spray pump. About half a pint should be used on
the cow at an application. It will be necessary to
make the application three times a week until the
hair has become coated with the resin.
A simpler recipe recommended by the Minnesota
station consists of one pound of rancid lard and half
a pint of kerosene oil, thoroughly mixed until a
creamy mass forms. Rub this not too thickly over
the backs of the cows with a cloth or with the bare
nand."
Largest Herd in the State.
The herd of Holsteins owned by Asa W. Morris &
Sons, Woodland, California, is now the largest herd
of that breed in the State, and numbers a little over
40C head. Four bulls, thirty-five cows and twenty-
five heifers were cently purchased by the Morrises
from Judge Lindley's Santa Cruz herd.
The Modesto Fair in September.
Modesto, Aug. 23. — One of the biggest days at the
Stanislaus Live Stock Show and Exposition at Mo-
desto, September 18-23, will be the "live stock sales"
day when the county farmers' union will conduct a
co-operative sale of butcher stock in the morning,
and the Poland China Breeders' Association of the
north San Joaquin valley and the Duroc-Jersey
Breeders' Association will each dispose of at least
40 head of pure-bred stock, the pick of the herds of
their members. Butchers and packers from the city
markets will be at hand to buy direct from the
rancher at the block fat hogs, cattle and veal, and
breeders of pure-bred swine will also have opportu-
nity to select at auction prices the best stock in the
country.
A booster excursion to the west side has resulted
in proper assurances from the civic organizations
of that prosperous section that they will be repre-
sented at the county fair with their best possible
exhibits. Patterson has engaged a space 14x20 feet
for its display. Crows Landing and Newman are
now making arrangements for space. It is probable
that these three communities will join in a west side
day.
The county board of trade is the latest organiza-
tion to reserve space for an exhibit and headquar-
ters, 14x30 feet. The board at its regular meeting
last week authorized Secretary Geo. T. McCabel to
prepare for this exhibit statistics on the resources
of the county, advertising literature, and a display
of processed products.
Premium list booklets are now off the press and
ready for distribution by Secretary F. L. Wisecarver.
The booklets contain all rules and regulations for
the fair and valuable information for prospective
exhibitors relative to shipments of stock or products.
Rio Vista Horse Show.
Rio Vista, Aug. 23. — The public spirited citizens of
Rio Vista are putting in every effort to formulate
an interesting program for September 23, the day of
the annual horse show and water carnival. Among
the annual town celebrations, the Rio Vista horse
show and water carnival is unique.
Situated at the edge of the Montezuma Hills from
which come the finest horses and mules in the United
States, and overlooking the beautiful Sacramento
river just at one of the loveliest parts of its course,
Rio Vista has grasped the opportunity to combine
the two features and thus appeal to the practical
interest in the raising of good stock, the delight in
water sports and the love of the beautiful.
The day will be full of surprises from the start
of the parade in the morning, through the program of
the forenoon, the water sports of the afternoon, the
illuminated boat parade and the dance which will
close a wonderful day.
Rio Vista has good accommodations for visitors
and it is hoped that every town in this part of the
State will send a large repreentation to share in the
pleasures of the day.
Europe May Want Our Cattle and Hogs.
An agricultural investigator back from Europe
says that not only will the new world have to sell
horses to the neutrals as well as to the belligerent
countries of all of Europe and part of Africa, but we
will be called on to supply breeding cattle and possi-
bly, also, hogs and sheep. Water transportation is
cheap and it is thought that quarantines and other
restrictions will be "ironed out" to facilitate a com-
merce sufficient to re-stock the land which has been
devastated. Many of the buying countries, it is
thought, will be so poor that the demand resulting
from their necessities will include cheap animals as
well as good, and that the United States, for instance,
will experience a foreign influence for higher prices
in quarters which have never known anything but
the domestic trade and sometimes only a very locally
domestic trade at that.
Nevada Steer Won First Prize at California Fair.
Mr. A. W. Longley, of Oakland, writes us as fol-
lows: "In your last issue you stated that I sold the
California University Farm polled Angus cattle with
which they won many premiums. It was the Univer-
sity of Nevada Farm, located at Reno, to which I
sold the cattle, and that farm showed them at the
California State Fair, among other prizes winning
first in the class opened to all beef breeds for the
best steer shown. This entry was a pure bred polled
Angus steer bred and raised by me and sold to the
University of Nevada."
$224.20 for a Steer.
Geo. McKnight, a shorthorn breeder of Colorado,
sent a steer to the Kansas City market in July this
year that weighed 2140 pounds. He received $10.50
per hundred weight, or a total of $224.20 for the
steer. This steer brought the highest price of any
animal sold in the Kansas City market, and he was
fed on a ration of corn silage and alfalfa for six
months.
o
Herding cattle by aeroplane is an interesting ex-
periment being tried out by Henry Anderson, a well-
known rancher near Reno, Nev. The Christopherson
Aircraft Company, headed by a formerly of Portland
"bird-man," sold a $10,000 machine for the work.
The plan for using the flying machine is to have a
trip made around the big ranch once daily, noting
the location of the cattle.
HINTS ABOUT HORSEMANSHIP.
In riding across country, "slow at timber," "fast
at water," are good old maxims to follow, and a horse
to jump any fence collectedly and well — I would add,
says a writer in the London Live Stock Journal,
whether going fast or slow — should take off simul-
taneously from both hind legs, hocks practically side
by side, for no more unsafe mount can be found than
a horse that habitually "skates" at his fences, taking
off anyhow, and landing anyhow or anywhere, as the
rider will discover often to his sorrow. Again, at
water, men too often cease to "ride" at it at the very
time they ought really to have begun.
Why alarm your horse and upset him by racing
him half-way across a fifteen-acre field because you
know there are 12 feet of open water at its extremity?
Thirty-five yards from its brink is a sufficient dis-
tance, in my opinion, at which to put on express
speed at a brook, and of course such pace on a made
hunter, not watershy, is unnecessary. The great
thing is to get a horse well into his bridle, and this
can best be done chiefly by hands and legs.
On a green horse, or a shifty one, I believe in put-
ting the pace on "strong" upon the near approach to
a brook, for if your horse proves a bold one it is
better to have a yard to spare than to find yourself
in the middle of it, as may happen if the horse is
a sticky or bad-tempered one. Pace will, generally,
at all events, carry the rider on to the opposite bank,
and, if so, with the reins in his hand, and if the brook
has a good bottom, he need not lose much time from
the mishap, and can get his mount out, quickly re-
mount and regain his place with the hounds. Had
he been going slower at the water, his horse, in his
endeavors to refuse, would probably have slid into it,
or have whipped round, to the discomfiture of both;
and every hunting man knows that it takes some
determination, and often much time, to get a horse
which has once looked at and refused a fair-sized
open brook, to jump it at or near the same spot.
A man's seat on horseback can only be determined
by himself, with any hope of permanency. As you
feel most "at home," so sit in your saddle, your
weight over your stirrups for choice, as few seats
are more ugly than that of the man who sits almost
on the cantle of the saddle, and if so, usually with
his toes near his horse's shoulder points, or tucked
back as if he were crossing a shallow ford. To sit
unduly forward is equally unseemly, but the length
of stirrups the rider himself must determine. Length
of thigh, of course, makes a difference, the lengthy
man requiring his saddleflaps cut more forward than
the horseman with shorter limbs, who can ride com-
fortably with straight-cut saddle. From the knee
downwards, the leg ought, we think, to be carried at
a very slight forward angle only out of the perpen-
dicular imaginary line drawn from the knee to the
heel, which should be slightly lowered, and the toe
inclined outwards, but to no great extent.
The best men over a country ride to hounds with
a long rein, and, unless to shorten their horse's stride
when necessary, or to send him into his bridle on
approaching a brook or other wide obstacle, let his
mouth, as far as possible, alone.
The man who "funks" is always endeavoring unwit-
tingly to ensure a fall for his horse at every fence.
What horse can judge with accuracy where it is best
to take off at this jump, or whether to fly or double
another, when his rider is doing his best, or worst, to
distract his attention from the business on hand by
jagging or otherwise interfering with his mouth?
In bringing a child up in the way he should go to
most readily become a right good sportsman, mount
him at first on a narrow and very quiet pony. Later,
when entering his teens, on a clever, well-mannered
jumping cob. He should by then be hunting during
his holidays, and confidence' will increase with prac-
tice. Later, give the cob to his younger brother, who
has presumably outgrown the pony, and buy a sound
young blood horse for the elder one to "make" into
a hunter for himself. By doing so he will, if at the
cost of a fall or two, learn more quickly how to ride
at various fences, and how not to, than he would
from reading reams of such letterpress as this.
It is a good plan for lads, when they can sit well
over gorsed hurdles or whatnot on a saddle, to prac-
tise over the same bare-backed, and to hack out so
also on occasion. It teaches them "balance," and
gives them a good "feel," and is, in my opinion, far
pleasanter than riding on a saddle minus one or both
stirrups. A good lad can soon learn to keep his seat'
when trotting and cantering, or even jumping, on a
free, easy conveyance, for such a one comparatively
simplifies matters, and to "use your knees and sit
back" for such practice is briefly the best recipe
to be offered.
Philadelphia's Equestrian Club.
In this day of motors a group of Philadelphia's
socially prominent men and women retain interest
enough in the hoise to put up $100,000 to found an
exclusive riding club.
The club, whose membership will be limited to one
hundred, will be known as the Equestrian Club of
Philadelphia. Each member put up $1,000 to join.
The club was formally organized July 5th, at a
meeting in the office of Charles Sumner Wesley, 1420
Chestnut street.
According to the plans, the membership lists will
be closed when 100 has been reached. Each member
is to buy a $1,000 bond in the club. These bonds are
guaranteed 5 per cent, interest.
Saturday, August 26, 1916]
THE FARM
WATER GLASS.
The water glass method worked out
Ly Professor E. F. Ladd of the North
Eakota Agricultural College is very
simple. Egg3 put up according to it
will retain their original flavor.
Directions. The eggs must be fresh
and clean. Washing an egg spoils its
keeping qualities. Galvanized iron ves-
sels, crocks, jars or gooden kegs may
be used. The vessel must be clean.
If of wood it must be thoroughly scald-
ed. Use a good grade of water glass.
One like a heavy white jelly, that flows
like cold molasses. Use one quart of
the water glass to 10 quarts of pure
vater that has been scalded. Pour into
the vessel, when cool. Fresh eggs can
be put into it from time to time until
the jar is filled. There should be two
inches of the solution above the eggs.
Keep the preserved eggs in a cool
place as in a cellar. The eggs will con-
tain some gas and so crack when
boiled. This can be prevented by mak-
ing a pinhole in the blunt end of the
egg before boiling.
Rose Mildew. — Rose mildew may be
, kept under control in warm weather
by frequently dusting the bushes with
the finest dust sulphur, although this
will be effective in the cool weather of
spring also. The sulphur should be
applied with a small blower, covering
both surfaces of all leaves with the
dust. The spring treatment consists
oi spraying just as soon as growth
starts with lime-sulphur, one part con-
centrated solution to about 25 parts of
water, says Professor H. P. Barss,
plant pathologist of the Oregon Agri-
cultural College. Cover all surfaces
and get the liquid into cracks and crev-
ices. The bushes should be sprayed
again in about a month with a 1-40
solution of lime-sulphur, covering all
foliage developed after the first appli-
cation. Other applications should be
made about every two weeks if the
mildew threatens to reappear, but it is
thought that if the earlier work was
well done no further treatment will be
necessary except in very moist weath-
er or when rose mildew abounds in
nearby plants.
A New Vegetable — A vegetable nov-
elty brought from China by the De-
partment's plant explorer and now un-
der experiment is a radish with a root
as large as a child's head. This is
somewhat coarser and inferior in flav-
or to the small radish, though the Chi-
nese cook it much like turnips and
also pickle it in strips in brine for use
as a relish.
Warranted
to give satisfaction.
GOMBAULT'S
CAUSTIC BALSAM
A aafa, speedy ud
potitlve core for
Cart, Splint, Swe&cy, Ouped Bock,
Strained Tendoni, Powder, wind Pnfli,
&nd fcU luasaeai from Spivin, RJnebono
and other tony tunoi. Corel all skin
dJBMiii or ParMitM, Thrush, Diphtheria.
■MBrrwa all Btme&aa from Horses or
Mb,
rout, «U., It
no-
m unam-TOtun mdut, «mk>4, iu.
i-B B BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
SILAGE CROPS.
In all parts of the United States
where the silo has come into general
use the principal silage crop is corn.
One reason fo rthis is that ordinarily
corn will produce more food material
to the acre than any other crop which
can be grown. It is more easily har-
vested and put into the silo than any
of the hay crops, such as clover, cow-
peas, or alfalfa. With the harvesting
machinery which we have at the pres-
ent time these crops are much more
difficult to handle, after being cut.
Furthermore, corn makes an excellent
quality of silage. The legumes, such
as clover and alfalfa, are liable to rot
unless special care is taken to pack
the silage thoroughly and force the
air out.
Corn should be harvested for the
silo at about the same time that it is
harvested for fodder — that is, when
the grain has become glazed and the
lower leaves of the stalk have turned
brown. There is a steady increase in
the amount of dry matter and food
ingredients in the corn plant up to the
time it is ripe. This indicates very
plainly that immature corn is inferior
to mature corn, whether fed fresh or
as silage.
Silage made from immature corn is
not only less nutritious but also more
acid than that made from more mature
corn. The corn should not be allowed
to become thoroughly ripe and dry,
however, because the stalk and foliage
are rendered more difficult to digest,
and besides the corn can not be pack-
ed into the silo tightly enough to pre-
vent "fire-fanging" without using ex-
cessive amounts of water. In case the
corn is frozen before it is properly ma-
tured for cutting, it should be harvest-
ed at once before it has had time to
dry out to any great extent. Enough
water should be added to replace that
lost by evaporation through standing
in the field after frosting.
Sorghums. — Sorghums, both saccha-
rine and non-saccharine, are readily
made into silage. On account of their
superiority to corn as drought-resist-
ing crops they are more dependable
and yield more in those regions of the
West where the rainfall is too light
or irregular for a good growth of corn.
The Kansas station reports that if the
sorghums are harvested at the proper
stage of maturity — that is, when the
seed has become hard — they will make
silage which is less acid and more pal-
atable than silage made from corn.
Furthermore, its experiments indicate
that there is little difference in the
feeding values of these silages. It is
all-important that the sorghums be
harvested at the proper stage of ma-
turity if the best results are to be
secured. A mixture of corn and sor-
ghum has proved satisfactory in some
localities where the rainfall was so
variable as to make the corn crop un-
certain.
Clover is a successful silage crop,
yielding a palatable product high in
protein. The silage made from clover
as from other legumes has an objec-
tionable odor, necessitating particular
care in feeding to avoid tainting the
milk. It does not pack so well as corn,
so great care should be exercised in
the tramping of the silage at the time
of filling, and the depth of the silo
should also receive particular atten-
tion. A shallow silo will not prove
satisfactory. Clover should be chopped
before siloing as a matter of conven-
ience in feeding and also to secure
more thorough packing, although it
can be placed in the silo without chop-
ping. Clover should be harvested at
the same time as for making into hay
— that is, when in full bloom and some
of the heads are Aeafl. It is usually
inadvisable to make clover into silage
if it can be made into hay, as is the
case under most conditions. It is bet-
ter practice to raise corn for silage
and use the clover in the form of hay
as a supplement to the silage.
All these crops can be successfully
made into silage by exercising the
same precautions as with clover. They
should be cut at the same time as for
haymaking. However, it is ordinarily
preferable, as with clover, to make
them into hay rather than silage. The
fermentations which take place in si-
lage made of legumes cause a greater
loss of nutritive material than with
corn silage.
13
Stop Those Gullies. — Small gullies
that have started in the field should
be stopped by filling them with straw
or similar material, says M. F. Miller
of the Missouri Agricultural College.
If the gully is large it is advisable to
plow in soil on top of this material
and sow to oats, or later to sorghum,
so that the crop will come up thick
and form a strong root mass to bind
the soil together. The proper use of
debris for filling and rank growing
plants for holding the soil will stop
most washes entirely. Eternal vigi-
lance .however, is necessary for com-
plete success.
Farm Houses. — City houses must
of necessity conform to the amount of
ground space available, but that does
not need to apply to houses built on
farms. There, where land is not
bought by the foot, all sorts of artistic
styles can be indulged in at no more
expense than the old style four
straight walls. Wide houses with gen-
erous porches, set well back from the
road and approached by a curving
driveway bordered with trees, make an
attractive place to the passerby as
well as a joy to the fortunate owner.
THE CONQUEROR KNEE SPREADER
They stop any pa-
cer or straight line
trotter from hitting
their knees. They
increase the speed
of a horse and nev-
er tire him. because
they work on ball
bearings using rub-
ber only from hoof
to stick leaving the
action of the hor3e
free. Clasp adjust-
ments. They never
hit the shaft are
easily attached, fit
any shaft and are
durable. Patented
1914. I guarantee
them for 6 months,
except the rubbers. Price. $20.
T. ST. JEAN, 496 Fuller Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
FO R S A LE
CLAREMONT
RIDING ACADEMY BUSINESS
With Lease or Sale of Premises
BERKELEY, CAL.
Including Horses, Saddles, Bridles, Etc.
The busiDess consists of boarding and renting
out of saddle hones and giving riding lessons.
The University Mounted Cadet Corps and Young
-,?,.? Scho0'3 are large patrons. Riding Ring
/Ox 130. Apply
ALMINE COXHEAD,
Claremont Riding Academy,
2941 Claremont Ave., Berkeley, Cal.
ABSORBINE
•*^ TRADE MARK REG.U.S.PAT. OFF.
Will reduce Inflamed, Strained,
Swollen Tendons, Ligaments,
Muscles or Bruises. Stops the
lameness and pain from a Splint,
Side Bone or Bone Spavin. No
blister, no hair gone. Horse can be
used. $2 a bottle delivered. Describe
your case for special instruction!
and Book 2 K Free.
ABSORBINE, JR., the antiseptic liniment for
mankind. Reduces Strained, Torn Liga-
ments, Enlarged Glands, Veins or Muscles,
Heals Cuts, Sores. Ulcers. Allays pain. Prlci
l^0.P*uk?,?!£*l>d<SieJ,or(Jc,ivcrcd- Book" 'Evidence" free.
W. F. YOUNG, P. 0. F., 64 Temple St, Springfield, Mass.
For i»Ja by L*aglay 4 MlchceU. San Fruicuco, C»Uf.;
Woodward, Clark A Co , Portland, Or* ; CaJ. Drug 4 Ohem.
Co., Bnuuwjg Drag Co., W«Urn WholMait Drag Co., Lot
Angles, Calif. Kirk, Cloary & Co.. Sacramento, Calif.;
Win Race and Eligibility Book
For 1916.
Complete alphabetical list of all live
horses which acquired win race rec-
ords in 1912, 1913, 1914 and 1915, to-
gether with the color, sex and sire of
each when known, as well as the win
race record of each horse.
11,989 Horses in this Book
Price 50c a copy. For sale by
Breeder and Sportsman. .
P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco.
c&s
AXLE GREASE
| Made oi the palest |
paraffine oil and vege-
table oil— "Clean and
Slippery."
Lasts and Lubricates.
For Sale by accommo-
dating dealers.
Ask lor C. Si S.
WHITTIER-COBL'RN COMPANY
San Francisco
Classified Advertising
CHESTNUT TOM 2:17'/4 FOR SALE.
Chestnut Tom 43488, standard and reg-
istered, eighteen years old, but strong and
vigorous, is offered for sale for a ridicu-
lously low price. The late Martin Carter
who was one of California's most success-
ful breeders, considered this horse one of
the very best he ever bred for a sire
Chestnut Tom is sire of the dam of the
coast champion Wilbur Lou (1) 2-19^1
(3) 2:10^i, sire of Natal Day 2:13»4. coast
champion two-year-old. The late Martin
Carter bred Chestnut Tom for a brood-
mare sire. He is by Nutwood Wilkes, his
dam is by Director and his grandam is
the dam of his sire and by Nutwood. $150
takes him. Address GEO. T. ALGEO,
3608 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland.
I WANT TO BUY.— I have sold eleven
horses in the last few months ranging
from $2,000 to $200. If you have a horse
for sale and will write me. I will tell you
what my system is. It is a winner. I And
there is a buyer for every horse for sale
at the right price. It is just a question of
getting the buyer and seller together. If
you have one for sale let me hear from
you. MAGNUS FLAWS,
542 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111.
FARMS FOR SALE
Choice Land In Idaho
Lewlston, Idaho, is situated at the
forks of Clearwater and Snake rivers and
has transportation to the coast.
960 acres 7*4 miles from Lewlston, Ida-
ho, 4^4 from Lapwai, Idaho, on main
traveled road, all in cultivation except
about 15 acres, all level land. Just a little
rolling, 320 acres of fall wheat in, 225
acres fall plowed for spring crop, about
30 acres in alfalfa. All fenced and cross
fenced. Two good springs with big cem-
ent water troughs, well, windmill and
cement reservoir, water piped to house,
7 room house, hot and cold water and
electric lights. Large horse barn with
hay mow in the center, electric lights In
barn; cow barn with two box stalls; hog
pens, shade trees, chicken houses,, black-
smith shop, wagon shed, granary, outdoor
cellar with bunk house overhead. $85 per
acre; will take one-third down, time on
balance to suit purchaser, at 7 per cent
interest. One-third of crop goes with
place if sold any time up close to harvest.
Mild climate, can raise all kinds of fruit,
grain and vegetables. Wheat in this
country goes from 35 to 65 bushels per
acre, barley 40 to 80 bushels per ucre.
320 acres 4\£ miles south of Vollmer,
Idaho, 275 acres in cultivation, balance in
pasture and timber, farm land lays prac-
tically level, one-third of crop goes with
place If sold before harvest. Some fall
wheat already sown. All fenced and cross
fenced. Quarter section of it fenced ho*
tight; good four-room houso, wood shed,
and out of door cellar, nice grove around
house, well at house, fair stabling and
out buildings, spring and spring creek
close to barn, three springs on place.
Price $70 per acre, one-third cash, bal-
ance at 7 per cent. Time to suit pur-
chaser.
238 acres 4^4 miles from Lewlston. Ida-
ho, 175 acres in cultivation, 25 more can
be cultivated, balance good bunch grass
pasture, fenced and cross-fenced, good
spring creek runs across place, small
house, station on place for Johnson R. R.,
two grain warehouses at station. Price
$70 per acre, one-third cash, balance at
7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
160 acres of timber land, good farm land
when timber Is cleared off. all can be
farmed except about 2 or 3 acres. Good
timber, yellow pine and fir. Price $4fmn.
40 miles from Lewlston, Idaho. Well
located to log off.
240 acres 6 miles from Asotin. 12 miles
from Lewlston. Idaho, about 75 acres In
fall wheat, about 75 acres more can be
cultivated, balance in bunch grass pas-
ture, two springs, small house, all fenced.
Price $40 per acre, one-third cash, balance
at 7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
Reference Lewiston National Bank and
First National Bank. Address
F. W. KELDET.
Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal.
14
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, August 26, 1916.
/
BEAUTIFUL BELVEDERE
LOTS FOR SALE
CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
most beautiful spot on the shores of San Francisco Bay
for a suburban home. It commands an extensive view of
the City of San Francisco, Alcatraz and Angel Islands,
Raccoon Straits, San Francisco Bay, Richardson's Bay,
the Berkeley shore, beautiful Belvedere and Mt. Tamal-
pais. It is in Marin County, directly opposite San Fran-
cisco, and forms the eastern shore of Belvedere cove.
It has a naturally terraced, sunny, western slope that is
well adapted for many choice residence sites, every one
affording most picturesque views of the bay and moun-
tain. It is protected from the prevailing western trade winds in
summer by Belvedere Island, and from the southerly storms in
winter by Angel Island. The soil is fertile and part of the island
is well wooded.
It is less subject to fog than any other place near San
Francisco. The summer fog, as it rolls in from the ocean, splits
on the western slope of Sausalito, part of it flowing in a line with
Angel Island towards the Berkeley shore, and part of it along
the southern slope of Mt. Tamalpais, leaving Belvedere, Corin-
thian Island and Raccoon Straits in the bright sunlight, while
the fog banks can be seen as a white wall both to the north and
the south.
There is very little available land about the shores of San
Francisco Bay that is desirable for homes, especially for those
who love boating and kindred sports. The Alameda and Contra
Costa shores of the bay are the lee shores and receive the full
brunt of the boisterous trade winds which lash the shoal waters
near the land into muddy waves, making boating both unpleas-
ant and dangerous. To the north of the city and in Marin
County the land from Sausalito to the entrance of the bay is a ,
Government reservation and will never be placed on the market.
The shores of Richardson's Bay are not at present convenient
to boat service and, aside from Belvedere and Corinthian Island,
there is little or no land near any ferry landing that possesses
the natural advantages, improvements and possibilities that are
offered on Corinthian Island. Concrete roads, pure water, tele-
phone service and electric light wires are already installed. It is
only ten minutes' walk from any point on the property to
Tiburon boats, and but forty-three minutes' ride to the foot of
Market Street.
On the point of Corinthian Island the Corinthian Yacht
Club has had its home for many years, and on any summer day
the white sails of its numerous fleet add to the charming scene,
as the trim yachts glide about the cove. Excellent fishing of all
kinds for bay fish, including salmon, the gamey striped bass,
rock fish and the toothsome silver smelt, is to be had in the cove.
There is probably no spot so accessible and in such close prox-
imity to any large city in the world that offers the attractions
of climate, magnificent scenery, fishing and boating as will here
be found.
/
FOR MAPS, PRICES AND PARTICULARS APPLY TO
S. L. PLANT,
PLANT RUBBER AND SUPPLY CO.,
32 BEALE STREET
San Francisco, Cal.
era.
F. W. KELLEY,
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN OFFICE,
366 PACIFIC BUILDING
San Francisco, Cal.
/
Saturaay, August 26, 1916]
THI
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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ANTS, COCKROACHES, BED-BUGS,
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MODERN BREAKING
By W. A. BRUETTE
A revised edition of the lat-
est Treatise on the Training
of Setters and Pointers.
THIS book enables any-
one to do his own
training and fully ex-
plains the methods em-
ployed by the most success-
ful trainers in developing
the setter and
pointer. The
important les-
sons are illus-
trated by pho-
tographs from
life; nothing is
left to guess-
work. The
entire sub-
ject is cov-
ered, from
the selection,
raising and
d evelopment
o f puppies
to the con-
ditioning of dogs and their handling in the
field. The amateur is told, in lucid language,
how to make a dog a high-headed, stylish
worker, stanch on his points, steady to shot
and wing, and a prompt, tender retriever; all
of this is accomplished by simple methods,
some of them never before given to the pub-
lic The instructions for correcting the
faults _ of bird dogs and keeping them up
to their training are concise and easily un-
derstood. Every man who owns*a bird dog
or shoots in the field should read this boot
ADDRESS
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fires TnbM , Hm Tab*!
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General Livery and Sale Business
OOUNTRY HORSES FOR SALE
WEIGHING 1200 Lbs. TO 1700 Lbs.
Mules In Carload Lots
Hors .% and Rife of All Deicrlptloos for Hire af All Timet
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■an Franolaoe, Cal.
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BUSINESS COLLEGE
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SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Pedigrees Tabulated
—Typewritten, Suitable For Framing —
Stallion Service Books. $1.00
Registration Standard-Bred Horses Attended to
Stallion Folders
with picture of the horse and terms on first page ; complete tabulated pedigree
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adopted to Increase pace, and preserve It when obtained. This work la replete with
Intereat, and should be read by all sections of society, aa It lnctklcatea the doctrines es*
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That's
TRfXPSHOOTING
Always new — always different — and
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real men — that develops keener mentali-
ties and better citizens. An individual
sport for folks of individuality. Try it
and see.
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EASTERN HANDICAP HONORS
THE (P) BRAND SHELLS
CARRIED OFF BY
SHOOTERS USING
Preliminary Handicap — 1st Horace W. Lodge, 96 ex 100 from 19 yards Eastern Special — 2nd Fred Plum, 98 ex 100
Eastern Handicap — 2nd W. H. Lanier, 96 ex 100 from 18 yards High General Average (tie) — Fred Plum, 343 ex 350
Special Double Event — 1st Fred Plum, 29 ex 15 pairs Longest Run of shoot — by Fred Plum — 140 straight
High General Average on all targets, including 200 from 22 yards, 100 from 18 yards, 450 from 16 yards and 15 pairs, won by Fred Plum, 742 ex 780
CONNECTICUT INTERSTATE CHAMPIONSHIP
won at Danbury, Conn., July 12-13, by Mr. A. L. Chamberlin
by a score of 94 ex 100 and 25 straight in the shoot-off, using
tefepft SHELLS
Mr. Chamberlin and Dr. B. F. Bishop, won the Connecticut 2-man team championship. 187 x 200. Mrs. F. F. Rogers won the ladies' championship,
81 x 100, and Messrs. A. L. Chamberlin and F. B. Stephenson tied for High Amateur Average, 141 x 150, all using the "P" brand.
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W/NCffESTER
Repeating Rifles For Hunting
In choosing a rifle for any purpose, its reliability and accuracy
should be carefully considered. Winchester rifles enjoy the high-
est reputation the world over for reliability, accuracy, strong
shooting qualities and finish. They are made in all desirable cal-
ibers from .22 to .50, and in eleven different models. From these a
Winchester can be selected that will meet any shooting requirement.
"WIN CH E 5 T£ R CARTRIDGES shoot straight and hit hard.
These two cardinal points of a good cartridge, and also that of
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rifle, revolver or pistol, you will get the best results by using Win-
chester make. Accept no substitute but insist upon the W brand.
THE GRAND PRIX— the highest possible honor—was awarded io the entire Winchester line of rifles, shot-
guns, metallic cartridges and loaded shotgnn shells, etc-, at the Panama-Pacific International exposition.
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REMINGTON
UMC
^1 v
Rallying For The Grand American
fK
THERE isn't anything more inspiring
in American
sport than the annual coming together of those fine,
clean-cut, representative sportsmen who are a part of
the front-rank trapshooters of the nation.
Since January first there has been a gTadual leading up to the big
shoot (St. Louis. Aug- 21-25) from coast to coast. State champion-
ship winners galore — all of whom are assured of a G. A. H. trip —
and a majority of other important tournament winners have made
their scores with carefully chosen Speed Shell loads — Remington
UMC or Nitro Club, in many cases shot from Remington pump or
autoloading shotguns.
Shooters who get into the front ranks where one target may mean
victory or defeat, are not likely to experiment much with shooting
equipment. They are apt to profit by the experience, for instance,
of those winners who. with Remington UMC, captured 21 of 25
great Interstate Handicaps, including the G. A. H.. in five years.
When it comes to the Grand American Handicap event, whether
the contestant be from Maine or Missouri, he will feel surer and
he will be surer if the Red Ball "Brand of a century's experience
and progress is backing up his skill.
Here are some of 1916's arrivals at Winning-town who point the
way to Grand American Handicap contestants:
STAT E CHAMPIONS
COLORADO: R. A. King. 100 straight, shooting Nitro Clubs.
IDAHO: E. M. Sweeley. 98x100 and 23x25. 23x25 in shoot offs.
shooting Remington pump gun. INDIANA: Roy Pickett, 99x100
and 25x25 in shoot off. shooting Remington pump gun. KEN -
TUCKT: Dr. D. W. Barron. 99x100. shooting Nitro Clubs. LOUIS-
IANA: H. T. Wadlev. 95x100, shooting Remington Autoloading
Shotgun and Arrows. MAINE: E. A. Randall, 93x100, and 19x20 in
shoot off. shooting Arrows. MASSACHUSETTS: G. L. Osborne,
97x100 and 19x20, 19x20, in shoot off, shooting Arrows. MICHI-
GAN : Joseph Bryant, 98x100. shooting Remington pump gun and
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Nitro Clubs. MONTANA: F. A. Weatherhead. 94x100. shooting
Remington pump and Nitro Clubs. NEW JERSET: C. Speer, 99x
100. shooting Remington pump gun and Nitro Clubs. NEW YORK:
H. J. Pendergasc, 100 straight, shooting Nitro Clubs. NORTH DA-
KOTA: Frank Holland, 97x100. shooting Remington pump gun and
Nitro Clubs. OKLAHOMA: J. M. Walker. 94x100, shooting Rem-
ington Autoloading Shotgun. RHODE ISLAND: W. J. Weaver.
95x100, shooting Nitro Clubs. WISCONSIN: A. Bushman. 99x100,
shooting Remington pump gun and Nitro Clubs.
ANNUAL AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP OF AMERICA
(TRAVERS ISLAND)
AVon by R. L. Spotts. 195x200 (highest score ever made in this
event), shooting Arrow Speed Shells. (Third successive winning
with Arrows.)
2nd: H. C. Pendergast, 191x200 and 24x25 in shoot off, shooting
Nitro Clubs.
Long Run made by J. H. Hendrickson, 107 straight, shooting
Arrows.
SOUTHERN HANDICAP
Won by F. C. Koch. 95x100. (19 yds.) and 39x40 in shoot off. shoot-
ing Arrows. (Nine of the eleven Southern Handicaps have been
won with Remington UMC guns, shells or both.)
Southern Overture: W. H. Fitzgerald. 99xUiO. shooting Arrows.
Long Runs: H. P. DeMund. 136 straight, shooting Remington
pump gun and Arrows.
EASTERN HANDICAP
Won by C. B. Piatt 97x100 (21 yards), shooting Nitro Clubs.
Eastern Overture: Won by C. H. Neweomb, 99x100. shooting
Arrows.
Eastern Special: Won by J. H. Noel. 99x100. shooting Nitro Clubs.
"INDIAN" CHAMPIONSHIP
Won by Clayton Deck, 99x100. and 19x20, 19x20 in shoot off. shoot-
ing Nitro Clubs.
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493 ex 500 TARGETS
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cent from fourth.
Combination plan. Heat purses, ?200.00, $300.00 and §400.00.
Money divided 50, 25, 15, and 10 per cent. Total purse
$1000.00 The extra $100.00 divided, $50.00 to driver and
$50.00 to horse standing best in the summary.
Free stall rent is given during the meet and first bedding
is provided free of charge.
No place in the United States equals the Arizona State
Fair Grounds as a winter training place. •
SUNSHINE EVERY DAY. NO FOG. NO RAINY SEASON, GREEN FEED
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RACING DATES: SEPT. 15-16, 1916~
SEPTEMBER 15, 1916
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3 year old Futurity Pace (closed), R. J. MacKenzie Stake, $2000.00
SEPTEMBER 16, 1916
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DATES OF FAIRS.
CALIFORNIA.
lalifornia State Fair at Sacramento Sept. 2- 9
Jameda Co. Fair at Pleasanton Sept. 13-16
'entura Co. Fair at Ventura Sept. 13-16
tommunity Fair at Ripon Sept. 15-16
tesno Co. Fair at Fresno Sept. 26-30
lishop Harvest Festival at Bishop Sept.28-30
Hngs Co. Fair at Hanford Oct. 2- 7
Uverside Co. Fair at Riverside Oct. 10-14
lern County Fair at Bakersfleld Oct. 24-28
ARIZONA.
tizona State Fair at Phoenix Nov. 13-18
NORTH PACIFIC FAIR ASSOCIATION.
aterstate Fair at Spokane Sep.t. 4-9
{rays Harbor Co. Fair at Elma Sept. 6-10
STalla Walla Co. Fair at Walla Walla Sept. 11-13
Washington State Fair at North Yakima Sept. 18-23
iregon State Fair at Salem Sept. 25-30
INTER-MOUNTAIN FAIR CIRCUIT.
.aGrande, Oregon September 4
laker, Oregon September 11
intario, Oregon September 18
loise, Idaho September 25
alt Lake, Utah October 2
GRAND CIRCUIT.
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yracuse. N. Y Sept. 11-16
olumbus, Ohio Sept. 18-30
.exington, Ky Oct. 2-14
.tlanta, Ga Oct. 16-21
GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT.
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filwaukee. Wis Sept. 11-25
pringfleld, 111 Sept. 18-22
edalia. Mo Sept. 25-30
THE SIXTY-SECOND ANNUAL FAIR of the Cali-
ornia State Agricultural Society opens at Sacra-
aento today and bids fair to be by far the greatest
air, so far as exhibits are concerned, that has ever
leen held at the State capital. The California State
?air has grown to be a big institution and is con-
tacted on the lines of the greatest fairs held in the
eastern States and elsewhere. The grounds have
leen beautified in recent years, many new exhibition
lalls erected, the stock barns are up-to-date and
lommodious, and will this year be filled with the
[reatest display of live stock ever seen in the State,
(early 1000 of the leading breeds of hogs and as
liany of fine sheep are already in their pens for the
ipening day, while the exhibits of the beef and
lairy breeds of cattle, the draft and saddle breeds of
lorses were never so large. A departure in the
irrangement, or rather a return to a former custom,
vill be noted in the speed department. There are
,o be three running races each day in addition to
he harness races. This" change will be pleasing to
ill lovers of contests between horses and we trust
t will become a regular part of the race programs
if the future at our State Fair and that the breeding
if the thoroughbred will thus be encouraged by the
State's greatest fair association. No more profitable
fay of spending a week can be arranged than by
dsiting Sacramento during fair week and remaining
luring the entire seven days of the exposition.
H. K. Bush Brown, widely known as a sculptor and
i breeder of horses, has designed for the Arabian
iorse Club, of which he is one of the officers, a new
nedal which is to be given as a prize at the Roches-
er, White Plains and Brockton horse shows this
'ear. Competition is not limited to Arab horses, as
night have been expected, but is open to all saddle
lorses kept for private use. The winner must show
i good, fast walk, a square trot and an easy canter,
itand quietly for the amateur rider to mount and
lismount, and back in a straight line at. least fif-
een feet.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 2d.
Occident Stake, three-year-old trotters, $2300 —
Alesandro. Natalday, Manuelito, Hermes, Miss Ax-
worthy Dillon, Lulu B.
2:14 Pace, $1,000 — Best Direct, Bradmont, Maxine,
Mabel Dillon, Mono Ansel, Hanover, Irene D., Breezy
Marie, Bertie Seattle, Dixon Boy, Alta Barnato, Ped-
lar Direct.
MONDAY, SEPT. 4th.
State Fair Futurity No. 5, three-year-old pacers,
$1100. — Rico, Dr. Dyer, Verna McKinney, Carolyn,
Julia M... Stanley Quinn.
2:30 Trot, $1,000 — Miss San Francisco, Ella M. R.,
Peter's Queen, Rubell, Zolock Zar, Dr. S., Howard's
Comet, Peter McKlyo, Major's By Guy, El Angelo.
Two-year-old Trot, $500 — Kewpie, Lilly of the Val-
ley, Skyrocket, McKlyo Boy, Rhyolite, Kinsman Lou.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 5th.
State Fair Futurity No. 5, three-year-old trotters,
$1400. — Alesandro, Baron C. McGregor, Natalday,
Miss Bond, Hermes, Manuelito, Miss Axworthy
Dillon.
2:20 Pace, $1,000 — Bold Harry Aerolite, Lock Lo-
gan, Harry Mac, Directess Mac, Hanover, Irene D.,
W. J. K., Bertie Seattle, Alta Barnato, Pedlar Direct,
Villa.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 6th.
Stanford Stake, three-year-old pacers, $1000. — Rico,
Surety, Carolyn.
2:15 Trot, $1,000— Eloise Dell, Brutus, Bodaker,
Lindsay Bell, Dr. S„ Dick w., Howards Comet,
Major's By Guy.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 7th.
Free-for-all Pace, $1,000 — A. B. C, Jim- Logan,
Little Bernice, Teddy Bear, Vera Hal, Leata J.,
O. U. C, Rastus.
2:09 Trot, $1,000 — Bert Kelly, Harold C, Pavana,
Bon Guy, Albaloma, Bon Cres.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 8th.
Stanford Stake, three-year-old trotters, $1500. — Ale-
sandro, Natalday, Manuelito, Hermes, Miss Axworthy
Dillon, Lulu B.
Two-year-old Pace, $500 — The Orphan, Alfredo,
Oro Fino, Tommy Atkins, Galen Logan, El Paso,
Nelly McCarty, Marshall Logan.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 9th.
2:20 Trot, $1,000 — Ira Mack, Miss San Francisco,
Ella M. R., Lindsay Bell, Eloise Dell, Rubell, Zolock
Zar, Jake Logan, Dr. S., Dick W., Howard's Comet,
Peter McKlyo, Major's By Guy, Alice W.
2:10 Pace, $1,000 — BoOze, Best Direct, Soumise,
A. B. C, Bold Harry Aerolite, Lock Logan, Delia H,
Pointer's Daughter, Bertie Seattle, Dixon Boy, Alta
Barnato, Star Dillon.
Consolation State Fair Futurity Pace, three-year-
olds, $300.
Consolation State Fair Futurity Trot, three-year-
olds, $400.
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At Ellerslie, New Zealand, recently, a six-year-old
gelding named El Gallo won the Great Northern
Hurdle Race of two and a half miles, beating a big
field, and came out none the worse for his effort the
following day and secured the Great Northern
Steeplechase of three and a half miles. Both races
were won by the same horse the previous season.
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In the yearling sale to be held in Lexington on the
evenings of Sept. 12 and 13, by The Kentucky Sale
Co., the get of the following sires will be found in
the catalog, viz.: Astronomer, Ballot, Bearcatcher,
Bryn Mawr, Burgomaster, Contestor, Dick Finnell,
Dorante, Ferole, McGee, Marathon, Peter Quince,
Plaudit, Rapid Water, Sweep, Toddington, Transvaal,
Watervale and Zeus.
J. O. Keene has concluded arrangements to go to
Russia and assume management and train the exten-
sive racing establishment owned by Countess Eu-
genie Lazereff, of Petrograd. The establishment
comprises eighty horses, and Keene will have sole
charge of the entire band. Eddie Dugan will be the
stable jockey. Keene is now conferring with his
brother, G. H. Keene, as to the disposition of' the
horses they have in training, and concerning the
eleven yearlings now at Keeneland Farm. In all
probability they will decide to dispose of the horses
during the Belmont Park meeting. Keeneland Stud
will be kept intact, and during J. Q. Keene's absence
will be looked after by G. H. Keene.' Mr. Keene's
contract is a lucrative one.
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Preliminary prize lists for the International Live
Stock Exposition in Chicago next December indicate
that it will be one of the season's largest horse
shows, so far as breeding stock is concerned. The
classifications for Percherons, Belgians, Shires,
Clydesdales and Suffolks are unusually numerous and
liberal, even for this greatest of American draught
horse shows, while French and German coach horses,
English hackneys, Welsh and Shetland ponies come
in for many substantial prizes in money and plate.
It is a curious circumstance that no American breed
of horses has received recognition at Chicago. With
a big sale of trotters following the show at the, stock
yards it would seem as if a representative exhibit of
this breed might be arranged; also an exhibit of
American saddle bred horses and of Morgans. Nearly
two hundred classes for horses will be judged during
the show.
Three races all won in straight heats made up the
program of the San Francisco-California Driving
Club's matinee at Golden Gate Park last Sunday
afternoon. Pacers and trotters were mixed in the
first and third races and in each event a pacer won,
but was closely pressed by a trotter in each heat.
James Ryan's Rosie O. was the winner of the first
race, with A. Combatalade's Birdeye second, and in
the third race Conlan's Little Jack was in front
three times with A. Giovannetti's trotter Yoncalla
close up to him in each heat in good time.
The free-for-all pace had five starters, but it was
pretty easy for Campodonico's King Pointer who was
never headed after the world was given in every
heat, and all were paced in the same time, 2:13.
Summaries :
First race — 2:20 mixed:
Rosie O (J. J. Ryan) 111
Birdeye (A. Combatalade) 3 2 2
Sis Hopkins (William Hopkins) 2 4 4
Silver Logan (D. Healey) 5 3 3
Minneq.ua (M. Ford) 4 5 5
Time— 2:20, 2:19%, 2:18.
Second race — Free-for-all pace:
King Pointer (H. Campodonico) 111
Mabel Dillon (B. Cohen) 2 2 5
Emma M (William Malough) 4 3 2
J. C. Simpson (Frank Goulart) 3 5 3
Senator H (J. M. Kidd) 5 4 4
Time— 2:13, 2:13, 2:13.
Third race — 2:16 mixed:
Little Jack (G. Conlan) 111
Yoncalla (A. Giovanetti) 2 2 2
Pointer Belle (J. M. Kidd) 3 3 3
Frank N ' (M. Ford) 4 4 4
Time— 2:16, 2: 14%, 2:14.
LAST TWO DAYS AT NORTH RANDALL.
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2 2
3 3
Thursday, August 24.
The Champion Stallion Stakes, 3-year-old trot, $7,640:
Volga, ch f by Peter the Great (White) 1 1
Expressive Lou, b f (Murphy) 2 3
Bingen Silk, b c (Chandler) 3 2
Also started: Brownie Watts, Meja, General Yorke.
Time— 2:07%. 2:09%.
2:16 class trotting, purse $1200:
Donna Lona. ch m by Don Roma. ... (Valentine) 111
Humfast, b m (Murphy) 3 2 2
Binland, blk h (McDonald) 2 7 3
Alsp started: Truesada. Carolina. Ridgernark, Ideal
Bingen, Onward Alerton and John G.
Time— 2:0554. 2:08%. 2:08%.
2:15 class trotting, $3000:
Early Don, ch g by Don Cale (Valentine) 4 11
Brisac, br h by Bingara (Murphy) 12 2
Colonel Riser, br h (Brennen) 2 4 3
Also started: Lou Princeton.
Time— 2:08%. 2:07%, 2:09%.
2:18, class pacing, $1200:
McEnery, b ft by McEwen (Whitehead) 2 11
Rayo de Oro, ch g by Copa de Oro
(Durfee-Valentine) 12 3
Prestolite, blk m (McDonald) 4 4 2
John A. n., ch g (Benyon) 3 3d
Time— 2:08%, 2:09%, 2:13%.
In his attempt to break the world's record to wagon
with an amateur driver. Directum I., driven by H. K.
Devereux, fell short of William's mark of 1:59%, nego-
tiating the mile in 2:02%.
Friday, August 25.
Stallion Stakes, three-year-olds, pacing, purse $1745:
Edward P., b c (McDonald) 2 2
Peter Look, b c by Peter the Great (Trayner) 1 1
Miss Jennie Castle, b f (Nuckols) dis
Time— 2:12, 2:10%.
Free-for-all pace. $1200:
Napoleon Direct, ch h by Walter Direct. . (Geers) 1
Single G., b h (Cox) 3
Hal Boy. b g (McMahon) 2
Time— 2:01%, .2:04%, 2:00%:
2:06 class trotting, $1200:
Esperanza", b m by Carlokin (Durfee) 3 2 11
Director Tidd. br h by Todd (Cox) 2 12 2
Joan, b m by Directum Spier (McDevitt) 13 4 3
Also started: Mirthful and Grand Chimes.
Time— 2:08%, 2:07%, 2:08%. 2:10.
2:13 class, trotting. $1200 (first division):
Allie Watts, ch m by Gen. Watts (Edman) 1 1 1
Binville, hlk h (Tipling) 2 2 3
Gum Drop, br g (Whitehead) 6 3 2
Also started: Vance. Jeannette Speed, Zomrect and
Tommy de Forest.
Time— 2:08%. 2:08%. 2:08%.
2:13 class, trotting, $1200 (second division):
Pittsburg, ch g by General Atho>l (Murphy) 115
Ben Gregor, b h by Tommy Gregor. . (Whitehead) 5 2 1
Polly T., b m (Garrison) 3 3 2
Also started: Baby Doll. F. A. D. and The Toddler.
Time— 2:08%, 2:07%, 2:09%.
Lee Axworthy was driven a mile in an effort to lower
his record of 2:00% but just equaled that time.
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Labor Day at Hemet Stock Farm.
Several yearlings and two-year-olds are to be
driven for records on September 4th, Labor Day, at
the Hemet Stock Farm half mile track and there will
also be several harness races and running events.
The following is the program for the afternoon as
arranged at present:
First event — Edith Carter (1), chestnut filly by
Kinney de Lopez — Louise Carter; against time.
Second event — Hemet Queen (1), bay filly by Wil-
bur Lou — Hemet Girl; to beat 2:40 pacing.
Third event — Wilbur Direct (2), chestnut gelding
by Wilbur Lou — Betsy Direct; to beat 2:301,i trot-
ting.
Fourth event — Zeta Lucile (2), chestnut filly by
Wilbur Lou— Zeta W.; to beat 2:30',i trotting.
Fifth event — 2:25 Trot: Gertrude Rives, Pico Boy
and Betsy Direct.
Sixth event — Matinee race: Pansy Hal. ch. m. by
Hal McKinney; Al Hal. b. h. by Young Hal.
Seventh event — Farmers' trot: Pico Boy, Ever
Ready, William Spencer, Lister, Betsy Direct.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept 2, 191<
RACING AT VANCOUVER.
Last Three Days of the Meeting Which Opened the
Circuit August 14th.
The last three days' racing at the Vancouver Exhi-
bition were in no way inferior to the two days al-
ready reported.
The opening race on the third day was the 2:20
trot, pur?e $300, and brought out the following field:
Frank D. Nichol, Guy Light, Pereio, Beauty B. and
Cavalier Gale.
Pereio, a rather plain-looking gelding by Shep-
herd's Laddie, won the first heat, but after that the
son of Cresceus and Silpan was easily the best. The
positions in the summary were*as follows: Frank D.
Nichol, b h by Cresceus, dam Silpan by Silver Bow,
2-2-1; Perieo, b g by Shepherd's Laddie (Davis),
1-2-4; Beauty B., b m by Woodlock (Guion), 3-4-2:
Guy Light, b g by Searchlight (Lindsay), 4-3-3; Cav-
alier Gale, son of Baron Gale and Nellie J., drawn.
The next race on Thursday's prograni was between
Myrtha Pointer, a big bay mare by Star Pointer out
of Myrtha Whips 2:09U. Bell, by Whips, Hall Scott
by Hal B., and Nellie Wilkes, a roan mare by a
grandson of George Wilkes and out of the dam of
William. The race was for amateur pacers that had
started at least three times at the meetings of some
recognized amateur club during the season.
Myrtha Pointer finished third the first heat, but
of Myrtha Whips 2:09%, Bell, by Whips, Hal Scott
(Burgoyne) stood 1-2-3 in the summary and Nellie
Wilkes (Morris) 2-3-2. The time of the heats was
2:20, 2:19i£ and 2:19^. but the big daughter of Star
Pointer finished each heat under restraint, and
though outside watches got her third heat in 2:17
flat she could have gone faster if necessary. She
looks like a high class pacer.
The third race of the day was for amateur trotters
with similar conditions to those in the above, and
brought out five starters, namely: Chromo, a 20-
year-old black gelding whose breeding is unknown,
Susie G., a bay mare by Grecco B., dam not given,
Fera Montana, a black mare by Montana Guard, dam
Fera Lora, Special Blend, bay gelding by Bertwood,
son of Nutwood, dam Delbars by Monbars, Blue-
bells, a long-legged black mare by Monochrome, and
Emmeline Lou, a handsome bay stallion by Kinney
Lou, dam Emmeline.
This race provided three different heat winners,
Fera Montana winning the first heat, Susie G.
(Mason) 3-1-2, Fera Montana (Hawk) 1-3-3, Special
Blend (Wilson) 4-4-5, Emmeline Lou (Steele) 5-5-4,
Chromo 2-2-1. Time o feach heat was 2:30, 2:26 and
2:27.
The feature race on Friday was the 2:25 pace, and
of the ten original entrants only four passed the
starters. The two leaders were Allerton Direct, a
brown stallion by Baron Direct, dam Happy Lotta,
from the stable of J. F. McGuire of Denver, Colo-
rado, and Prince Malone, a chestnut gelding by
Kinney Lou, dam Princess Bessum by Egyptian
Prince. Prince Malone won the 2:20 pace earlier in
the week and was making his second start in one
week at the first meeting of the season for him,
while Allerton Direct had been campaigning since
May.
Allerton Direct won in straight heats, but not with-
out considerable interference with the Malone horse
and only by inches in each heat. Considerable dis-
satisfaction was expressed at the time hung out in
this race as outside watches gave the tinie from
three to four seconds faster than that given by the
Timers.
The other starters were Lady Tango, a handsome
small filly by a son of Moko and Chestnut Bell, dam
Delbars by Monbars. This filly looks like a capable
pacer and one that will train on. Sally H., the fourth
contender, is a bay mare by Hal Monte, dam Crooked
Foot, owned by Gus Davis of Gresham, Ore., and
driven by Sam Lindsay. Mr. F. B. Loomis drove
Prince Malone and Colly Wilson drove the Tango
filly. The time of each heat was 2:1614 as given out,
Mr. Loomis did good work, having three firsts,
two seconds and one third to his credit out of six
starts.
The second race on August ISth was a three-horse
race for colts bred in British Columbia and was won
by the bay colt Glen, the three-year-old son of Glen-
dor 2:11%, Glendor being a son of Red Medium and
Miss Alcy Woods.
The second heat was won by Lady B. P.. a very
handsome iron gray filly by Dr. B. P. 2:05IJ.. dam
Lady Patrick by Ben Z. Third money was won by
a daughter of Glendor called Glendora Maid. Posi-
tions in the summaries were: Glen (Smith), 1-2-1;
Lady B. P. (Dixon), 2-1-3; Glendora Maid (Cook),
The race was half mile heats and the time
was slow, the best time being 1:17.
The third race of the day was the 2:30 pace, purse
J300, and the entrants were Windsor Direct, b m by
Baron Direct, dam Cecil Woodline, owned and en-
tered by J. F. McGuire of Denver, Colorado; Mon-
tana Belle, br m by Hal Mercury, entered by Miss
of Calgary, Alta., and driven by Grover
Wright; Mac Foster, b h by MacEwen, dam Annie
Caffee, entered by J. Foster of Victoria and driven
by C. Wilson; Aurelia Lou. b g by Kinney Lou, dam
Aurelia B., owned and driven by R. Dixon of Van-
couver. B. C.
Montana Belle won the first heat and after that
Windsor L'irect was easily the best. The positions in
the summary were: Windsor Direct 2-1-1, Aurelia
Lou 3-3-3. MacFoster. 4 and drawn. The time was
2:24%, 2:27 and 2:243;.
The 2:10 pace on the closing day was eertainly
a disappointment, as Lady Hal, supposedly invin-
cible, was decidedly off owing to an accident in ship-
ping, and the exhibition put up by her and Zombrino
was a joke, the black horse being apparently able to
win at any time he pleased, but purposely allowed the
mare to win the first heat. Time for the three heats
was 2:17, 2:16 and 2:16%.
The best race of the day was the 2:25 trot — in
fact, one of the best of the week. Five starters took
the word, as follows A R. G.. by Gumar Hal, dam
Claudia Chimes, entered and driven by J. F. McGuire
of Denver. Col., and owned by the Gumar Stock Farm.
This horse had been racing consistently for some
seven or eight weeks and was in better sHape than
any of his rivals. The other starters were Beauty
B.. bay mare by Woodlock, son of Zolock, dam not
given .owned by R. H. Ball of Seattle, Wash., and
driven by Chas. Guion; Frank D. Nichol, bay stal-
lion by Cresceus 2:02;, dam Silpan by Silver Bow,
owned by M. S. Rose of Steveston and driven by
F. B. Loomis; Cavalier Gale, a roan horse by Baron
Gale, dam Nellie J., now owned by Mill & Cox of
Portland, Oregon, and driven by Sim Lindsay. This
horse was lame from an accident caused by stepping
on a stone while working on the local track and did
not make a good showing. The fifth starter was' the
handsome chestnut mare Worthy Maid by Dale Ax-
worthy owned by A. E. Ward of Denver and driven
by Ted Bunch. The race went four heats of the most
stubbornly fought varietv and the results were:
A. R. G. 2-1-1-1; Beauty B. 1-3-3-3; Frank D. Nichol
4-2-2^2; Worthy Maid 3-4-dis.; Cavalier Gale 5-5-dis.
Time, 2:2014. 2:19%, 2:19'-4.
The concluding race of the meeting was a four
horse ra"£e between Myrtha Pointer. Nellie Wilkes,
Nic Nac and Hal Scott, and premier honors went to
the big daughter of Star Pointer, though the son of
Hal B. won the second heat.
Positions in the summary were as follows : Myrtha
Pointer, b m by Star Pointer, dam Myrtha Whips
(Bell), 1-3-1; Hal Scott, b h by Hal B. (Burgoyne),
2-1-2; Nic Nac, b g by Alcone, dam by Altamont
(Russell), 3-4-3; Nellie Wilkes, roan mare by Jayfoot
(Morris), 4-3-4.
Notes of the Meeting.
John B. Stetson drove True Kinney a good race
in the 2:15 trot. The horse was not in condition for
a hard race but acquitted himself creditably. Mr.
Urban was incorrectly reported as his driver; Mr.
Urban owns True Kinney.
Frank D. Nichol started in three races and won
two firsts and a second during the week, which
stamped him as a game race horse, especially con-
sidering that it was his first racing of the season.
Prince Malone, also making his initial start, went two
good races, the last half of his third mile on Tues-
day being in 1:02% and the third quarter in 29%
seconds.- In his race on Friday he stepped as fast
as the winner and each heat faster than the official
time shown. He looks like 2:07 on a mile track.
Zombrino appears to be a .very fast pacer. Joe
McGuire, as usual, carried off most of the money.
Lady Tango and Belbar give promise that Belmar
will be the sire of fast pacers.
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$10,000 PROFIT AT GOSHEN.
How a New York Half Mile Track Held the Most
Successful Meeting of the Year.
The possibilities of harness racing as an amuse-
ment enterprise were strikingly illustrated at
Goshen, New York, last month, when a meeting at
which $20,000 was distributed in purses in three
days is said to nave yielded a profit of considerably
more than $10,000. The average value of the purses
was larger than at some of the Grand Circuit meet-
ings. They attracted a class of horses almost if not
quite equal to those racing on the mile tracks, and
their fast and spirited contests brought out crowds
which overtaxed the extensive seating accommoda-
tions on every day of the meeting. The attendance
was quite as remarkable in character as in numbers.
Men and women of social prominence from New
York, Tuxedo and elsewhere filled the private boxes
in the grand stand, while others viewed the races
from their chairs on the shaded lawn of the fash-
ionable Goshen Inn, which sloped to the lower turn
of the historic half mile track. Horse fanciers and
breeders of national prominence came from all over
the country' to attend the meeting, while Goshen
shut up shop at noon each day to take in the races.
The daily attendance far exceeded the total popula-
tion of the town in which the meeting took place.
And these large crowds were attracted, as were the
big fields of fast horses, by the sport alone. There
was no agricultural fair in connection with the meet-
ing, nor was there any pool selling, bookmaking or
any other form of betting to stimulate attendance.
"How does Goshen get the horses and the crowds ?"
was the question in everybody's mouth among visit-
ing turfmen, who talked horse eighteen hours a day
in the hotels, the barber shops and private houses
and the street corners. Many of them could remem-
ber when the Orange County Driving Park, not so
many years ago, was no different from the ninety and
nine other driving parks in the state, where trotting
meetings are held each year; when the purses were
$500, the horses in keeping with the purses, and the
gate receipts for the whole meeting less than they
were in one day last week. In those days there wen
pool selling and bookmaking, sometimes supple
niented by the "wheel of fortune," and the manage
ment looked to revenue from this source and fron
the bar and entrance fees to finance the meeting anc
pay the purses. The gate receipts were of minoi
consideration. Sometimes the meetings made a little
money and occasionally they "broke even," but more
frequently there was a deficit to be made up aftei
all the bills were paid.
Then came Rensselar Weston, lifelong friend ol
the late E. H. Harriman; sometime private secretary
to George Bancroft, the historian, and later a Wall
street broker, whose partners all got rich while he
was off on the Grand Circuit, watching the trotters
or driving them on the road in the palmy days ol
Seventh avenue and Fleetwood Park. Mr. Harriman,
who loved trotting horses and could drive one as well
as "Billy" Andrews or any professional he ever em-
ployed, had obtained control of the Goshen track, am
by a process of financial "scrambling" worthy a
Wall street's real Napoleon, put it in the hands c
Mr. Weston to play with and perhaps revive th<
horse breeding interest which once had made th
county of Orange famous all over the world. Thi
was just after Governor Hughes had shut up ever
race track in the State. With the revenue froi
bookmaking and pool selling cut off the old regime
at Goshen gave up the ghosfc and the historic traci
associated with American Star, Hambletonian, Dex
ter. Goldsmith Maid, St. Julian and other equine
celebrities of old would have been closed with UK
rest if Mr. Weston, backed by Mr. Harriman, had no
undertaken to keep it open and give a meeting, evet
at a loss.
When Mr. Weston elected himself secretary, unde
these adverse conditions, his first move was to inter-
est men Tike the late J. Howard Ford and John R.
Townsend in the sporting enterprise as officers of
the association. Then he startled Mr. Ford by pro-
posing to hang up purses of the uniform value of
$1,000 instead of $500 for a "betless" meeting. Al-
ways a stickler for correct appointments, in and out
of the show ring, he started in to improve and beau-
tify the old driving park and everything adjacent
to it. Before his first meeting came on he had made
it one of the most attractive and best kept half mile
tracks in the country. With a wide acquaintance
among owners and trainers, and with a talent for
letter writing which Mr. Bancroft himself might have
envied, this race track manager from Wall street
spread the net so successfully that when the entries
closed for his first meeting its financial and sporting
success was assured before the gates were opened.
But Mr. Weston did not rest contented with get-
ting the horses. As soon as he had them he began
a campaign to get the people to come and see them
race. He gave publicity to his meeting with intelli-
gence and art through every channel that was open
to him. The horse news of Orange county and of
Goshen and the historic track was constantly in every
local paper and every New York paper that would
print it. By the time race week came around every-
body who read the newspapers knew all about the
meeting and a good deal about the horses and driv-
ers and owners who were to be there. The attend-
ance from the outset attested the value of this work,
supplemented as it was by advertising in the New
York dailies and the weekly horse papers, and if you
ask Mr. Weston today what is the secret of his
wonderful success his answer will be "Printer's ink."
Right here it is interesting to note that the printers'
ink was all in the newspapers. He has never used
posters, circulars or any other "cheap" advertising
matter.
Though doubtless it is true that publicity in the*
form of news and advertising is largely responsible
for the remarkable attendance at Goshen, no one
believes it would be the same without the attractive,
convenient and comfortable accommodations and
surroundings and the really fine racing by high class
horses provided for the spectators. For the owners
of trotters Goshen has a track and stables about as
perfect as money and care can make them, with the
largest purses — they are now $2,000 each — offered
anywhere on a half miie ring, an* for the drivers
there are substantial special prizes when they win in
exceptionally fast time or in straight heats, with no
fines, suspensions or other punishments for delin-
quents. It is a matter of record that since Mr. Wes-
ton took charge no driver has ever been punished
at Goshen and no horse or owner suspended, even
for failure to pay entrance fees. — New York Herald.
The Russian government not only purchases stand-
ard bred trotters from the United States, but encour-
ages the breeding of trotters in Russia by giving very
large sums each year for races, headed by the Em-
peror's prize. The Austrian government similarly
encourages trotting and in Austria no trotter over
nine years old is allowed to race, and no gelding, in
the principal races, in order to eliminate horses
merely used to win races and of no value for improv-
ing the breed for army purposes. One of tneir
$10,000 races has the proviso that the winner must
stand for sixty government mares at a low fee.
Trainer Railey Macey, whose engagement with
the Savage forces was terminated by the dispersal
which the executors of the estate of M. W. Savage
have decreed, will open a public stable at Lexing-
ton, Ky.
Saturday, Sept. 2, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
THOROUGHBRED RACING will be revived at tlie
California State Fair at Sacramento after a lapse of
five years, and about 100 horses are now quartered
at Agricultural Park to take part • in the sport.
Among the stables that have horses in training for
the State Fair events are those of George W. Wing-
field, Chas. W. Clark, John Lowe, Walhausen Bros.,
George Van Gorden, F. Rinehart, J. H. Rosseter,
George Billerman, T. Hatfield, G. W. Crippen, J. M.
Henry and others. The sum of $5000 will be hung
up for running events during the seven days of
racing which will begin today.
The Golden Gate Thoroughbred Breeders' Associ-
ation has donated the sum of $500 to the State Agri-
cultural Society as a purse to be run for by thorough-
breds on Thursday of next week. The race will
probably be a handicap and the Golden Gate Thor-
oughbred Breeders' Association has taken the liberty
of suggesting that the race be for a distance not less
nan one mile.
The Reno Fair and Racing Association has an-
nounced a race meeting to be held at Reno beginning
September 19th, and closing October 17th, twenty
five days of racing. Nine stake races are announced.
the entries to which close September 9th, the last
day of the California State Fair. The pari-mutual
iystem of betting prevails in Nevada and the racing
supervised by a State racing commission.
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Twenty-one yearlings from Mr. A. B. Spreckels'
apa Stock Farm, the get of Dr. Leggo. Soltaire II
and Voorhees, will be sold at public auction at Bel-
mont Park race course. New York, on Tuesday next,
September 5th. This consignment of youngsters is
said to he as fine a lot of yearlings as ever left the
Napa Scock Farm, which has bred many good win-
ners.
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Seventeen yearlings, recently purchased by Mr.
A. K. Macomber from J. B. Joel, the English breeder,
reached New York August 23d, on the Atlantic liner
Minnehaha, and are said to be a good-looking lot of
youngsters. They are as follows:
Br c, by Sunstar — All Green, by Green Lawn.
Br c, by Sunstar — Bright Cherry, by Ayrshire.
Br c, by Sunstar — Marian Hood, by Martagon.
B c, by Sir Geoffrey — Helium, by Sundridge.
Ch f, by Sunflower II — Schoolbook, by Wisdom.
Ch c, by Sunstar — Sweet Finch, by Goldfinch,
a B c, by Sir Geoffrey — Sunshine Girl, by Sundridge.
Jt B f, by Sunstar — St. Olive by St. Simon.
*B f, by Sunstar — Sweet Lassie, by Orme.
B c, by Polymelus — Dreamy, by Persimmon.
B c, by Sunstar — Cannie Lassie, by Ayrshire.
B f, by Sunstar — Waterweed, by Watercress.
B f, by Sunflower n — Our Girl, by Worcester.
B f, by Sunstar — Eugenia, by Royal Hampton.
B c, by Sunflower II — Sun Glass, by Isinglass.
B c, by Sunflower II — Lady Portland, by Bill of
Portland.
Br c, by Sunstar — Verne, by Bill of Portland.
"Hotspur," the English turf writer, is enthusiastic
in praise of these yearlings. He says:
"Having had an opportunity of seeing them, I may
note, without qualification of any sort, that an extra-
ordinarily fine lot are leaving us, and that the1 entry
into America of these horses, and the strains of blood
Fthey represent, must immensely benefit the breeders
generally of that country. Naturally some seem to
be better than others. Those which particularly im-
pressed me were the Sunstar — All Green, the Sun-
* flower n — Schoolbook, the Sunder — Sweet Finch, the
Sunstar — St. Olive, the Sunstar — Cannie Lassie and
the Sunstar — Verne.
"The All Green colt is a half-brother to Grassland,
who was a nice winning two-year-old last season and
then went to South Africa. The Schoolbook filly is
very racy-like indeed, with not quite the big propor-
tions of the general run of Sunflower's progeny. A
strong, powerful colt is the chestnut by Sunder —
Sweet Finch. There are great possibilities before
him and he will specially interest Mr. Macomber. for
the reason that he is a half-brother to Star Hawk.
I have seen both as yearlings and I prefer this one
by Sunder."
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At a meeting held at Saratoga August 14th, the
Horsemen's Association discussed the selling race
rule and plans for its betterment. At the conclusion
of this meeting the Board of Directors and commit-
teemen met and determined to recommend that the
Jockey Club and the Kentucky State Racing Commis-
sion and all other turf-governing bodies in this coun-
try give a thorough trial to the Canadian rule, which
permits the winner to be claimed (not bid up in front
of the stand) for its entered selling price plus an
amount equal to the winner's portion of the purse by
any person. President Headley appointed Messrs.
William Garth, R. F. Carman and Emil Herz to pre-
sent this recommendation to the Jockey Club and
New York and Maryland tracks, and Messrs. Head-
ley, Hancock and McDowell will make recommenda-
tions to the Kentucky State Racing Commission.
The association was put on record as being "opposed
to confliction of racing dates in any city of any state,
territory or province on this continent."
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Mr. J. B. Joel, of England, from whom Walter
Jennings purchased Star Hawk and many other
thoroughbreds for Mr. A. K. Macomber, recently sold
to Mr. Macomber 17 yearlings, all that were on his
farm except four fillies that he desired to retain for
breeding. In 1914 the horses bred and owned br
Mr. Joel won 24 races and more than $150,000 in
England, and in 1915 they won 26 races but a total of
only 550,000. Mr. Joel headed the list of winning
owners in 190S, 1913 and 1914, and classic races won
by him are the Two Thousand Guineas with Sunstar;
the One Thousand Guineas with Jest and Princess
Dorrie; the Derby with Sunstar; Oaks with Our
Lassie, Glass Doll, Jest, and Princess Dorrie; and
the St. Leger with Your Majesty and Black Jester.
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Polymelus is at the head of winning sires in Eng-
land for 1916, with Radium, a son of Bend Or, second,
Chaucer by St. Simon third, William the Third by
St. Simon fourth, Fugleman by Persimmon fifth.
Orb by Orme sixth, Bachelor's Double by Tredennis
seventh, and Sunstar by Sundridge eighth.
When Mr. Sanford's colt Nassovian failed to win
the New Derby several English critics attributed his
defeat to the fact that his regular jockey, Spear, did
not ride him. Now that Nassovian has won the
Princess of Wales Stakes, with Spear up, they are
saying "I told you so." Some of them are saying
he is the best three-year-old in England. With his
rich breeding he should be a great sire one of these
days. William the Third, his sire, is one of the
great sons of St. Simon, while his dam, Veneration
II, produced Craganour, the colt that finished first
in the memorable Derby of 1913, and was sold for
$150,000 to Martinez de Hoz, of Buenos Aires.
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Harry Payne Whitney's Borrow showed his quality
in the George Hendrie Memorial Handicap (one mile)
at Windsor August 23d, when he picked up top weight
and beat his field in handy fashion in 1:401-5. Bor-
row, ridden by Rice, overcame interference at the
first turn and won easily from the imported mare
Arriet. The race carried with it an added value of
$2,000 besides the handsome silver trophy. Trainer
Albert Simmons accepted the replica of the cup on
behalf of Mr. Whitney and will carry it back to Bel-
mont Park with mm.
Dublin correspondents report that Richard Croker,
formerly leader of Tammany Hall, is retiring from
the turf temporarily and is going to the United States
on account of the condition of his eye§, which re-
quire expert attention. Croker is selling all his
horses in training, but is retaining his sires and
broodmares.
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Roy Johns, an American who has lived for a con-
siderable time in Porto Rico, has been visiting the
Long Island tracks with the view of picking up half
a dozen or more moderate priced thoroughbreds to
ship to that tropical island to take part in the racing,
which of late has grown extremely popular. He
says he is acting in the interest of the Porto Rico
Jockey Club, a racing organization which owns an
excellent half mile track where races are held every
Sunday and every holiday throughout the yeair.
Judging from what Mr. Johns tells of his own experi-
ence, it would appear that it does not take a very
high class horse to win in Porto Rico. "I bought
a horse in New Orleans." he said, "and after he had
landed in Porto Rico he won no less than seven
straight races, which was good enough when you re-
member that he cost me only $125 in the first place."
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That Star Shoot is a realy marvelous stallion is
shown year after year by his position in the list of
winning sires. Imported in 1901 when he was a
three-year-old, the son of Isinglass and Astrology
(dam of Telescope) has since then on several occa-
sions figured at the head of the list of winning stal-
lions, and in other years has generally been among
the leaders. A most prolific sire, he has already
this year been credited with no fewer than 81 winning
performers, with a total of over $80,000 to their
credit.
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Racing Secretary William H. Shelley has issued
the program book for the entire ten days of the
Kentucky Association's autumn meeting of ten days,
which will open Wednesday, September 6. and close
Saturday, September 16. The book calls for seventy
races with a total distribution of $40,000, an average
of $4,000 per day from the association, while twenty-
two of the races will require an entrance fee of $10
from each horse named, all of which goes to the
winner and increases the aggregate of the distribu-
tion.
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John O'Rourke, formerly of this city but now of
Honolulu, has purchased and shipped to the islands
about a doz^n thoroughbreds, among them Mary Jay.
Lahonta Water. Fair Mary. Furlong, and Florence
Roberts.
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Following the success of Dodge, Franklin, Berlin
and Sedan there will undoubtedly be a great d
for the services of Jim Gaffney, who is at present
standing at O. A. Bianchi's stud, Lexington, Ky.
James Butler's three-year-old Spur by King James
— Auntie Mum, carrying 130 pounds and ridden by
■Loftus. won the (2000 Huron Handicap at Saratoga
:?d Irons J. S. Ward's Franklin (109) and A.
Belmont's Tea Caddy (107). There were only three
■s. It was Spur's fourteenth start and seventh
victory this year. Furthermore he has been outside
the money but once. He began the season with an
impost of 95 pounds, and in this race carried the
heaviest weight any three-year-old has been asked
to carry this year. The Huron Handicap is for three-
year-olds at a mile and three-sixteenths. The winner
was the public choice. Tea Caddy got away with a
rush and immediately went into the lead. He held
the position for a full mile of the course. At one
time during the race the Belmont entry bad seven
lengths on the other two, but the Rock Sand young-
ster could not stand the stiff pace and gradually the
winner drew up on him and finally caught him at the
head of the stretch. Once In front Spur never fal-
tered for a second and came on to win quite i
despite his 130 pounds, which was twenty-one pounds
above his nearest rival Franklin, who also beat Tea
Caddy to the finish. The time of the race, 1:58 3-5,
was within 3-5 of a second of the track record.
"It may sound a bit stereotyped for me to say
that the prospects are excellent for ten days of the
greatest racing ever seen here," said Superintendent
James P. Ross of the Kentucky Association recently,
"but it is a fact. Not so very long ago any horse-
man would have given us the laugh had we said the
day would come when Lexington could offer ten days
of racing in the fall with no purse less than $500
and a ,daily addition of $4,000 to the purses, but
that's exactly what the Kentucky Association is
doing and the horses are going to flock here to
run for it." That's what a high class racing commis-
sion and mutual pools have done for Kentucky. It
will be noticed that the meeting is for only ten days,
which is long enough for any locality.
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All of the horses owned by A. K. Macomber, em-
bracing the racing string of this turfman which is in
charge of Trainer Walter Jennings, was shipped to
the Louisville, Ky., track at the close ot the Saratoga
meeting, and what ran string does
fall will be on the tracks at Douglas Park, Churchill
Downs and Latcnia. The Macomber horses will win-
ter in Kentucky this year and Trainer Jennings has
engaged two big stables at the Downs track in which
to quarter this big aggregation, not only during the
Kentucky fall meeting, but throughout the coming
winter. The California turfman has made liberal
entries in all the Kentucky stakes this autumn.
The Lexington fall meeting of ten days' racing,
which begins on Wednesday. Sept. 6th. and concludes
on Saturday, Sept. 16th, will undoubtedly rank as the
greatest fall season of sport ever held at Lexington.
It will be a most worthy follower of the very suc-
cessful spring meeting. The officials of the coming
fall meeting will be: J. N. Camden, president; O. H.
Chenault, vice-president; G. D. Wilson, secretary
and treasurer: T. J. Clay and G. D. Wilson, stewards;
W. H. Shelley, racing secretary: H. Morrissey,
starter; S. K. Hughes, timer; J. S. Wallace, entry
clerk and assistant secretary; W. H. Laudeman,
supervisor pari-mutuels ; James P. Ross, track super-
intendent; Dr. C. Pann, paddock judge, and J. T.
Ireland, Patrol Judge.
Twenty racers, the property of the Brighton Sta-
ble, were sold in the paddock at Saratoga before the
races August 24th by the Powers Hunter Company
for $43,000, an excellent average of $2,150 a head.
In addition to these racers, eighteen thoroughbreds,
the property of several horsemen, were sold. The
entire sale totaled $55,825. and this was an average
of $1,469. The good juvenile, Tom McTaggart. easily
the star of the vendue, was finally purchased by Wil-
lis Sharpe Kilmer for $12,500 after some spirited
bidding. The second highest price was paid for
Woodward, who went to G. C. Winfrey for $3,600.
Sprint was purchased by A. B. Hancock for $3,500
and it is presumed this filly was desired chiefly for
breeding purposes. Distant Shore brought the best
price of the Harry La Montagne racers, when he was
knocked down to R. Wallach for $4,000.
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John Sanford, owner of the Kentucky Derby win-
ner George Smith, won half the races on the card
at Saratoga on Monday of last week, but it was a
rather costly day for him. Leochares was his winner
of the first race, but Bac and St. Isodore won selling
races and Sanford lost $4200 in protecting them at
the sale. Bac was boosted from (1,500 to $3,500 by
Harry Fink, but this plater was bought in. Then
when St. Isidore won the fifth Fink carried him from
$800 to $3,000, but was unable to buy. These two
run-ups were the largest registered in any one day
on the New York tracks this season.
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The Futurity, 'he richest stake of the year and
having of about. (25,000, will be run
today at Belmont Park. New York. The entries in-
clude nearly all the best two-year-olds in training' in
the United States. The race is to be over the three-
quarter straight course. Last year it was won by
Harry Payne Thunderer. There were six-
teen starters, and the value was $16,590.
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Harness Horses and Horsemen
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Occident Stake to be Trotted Today.
The opening race of the California State Fair this
year will be the Occident Stake for three-year-old
trotters which has a value of about $2300. The con-
ditions of this stake this year are that the money is
divided into three parts, one for each heat and every
heat a race. The- money in each heat will be divided
into four prizes. 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent respectively
for first, second, third and fourth horses. The Occi-
dent cup and the $400 added money will be awarded
to the horse standing best in the summary at the end
of three heats. There are six three-year-olds on
which the final payments were made August 1st,
and which will probably start in the race. They are:
Alesandro, b g by Barney Barnato — Eamona by
Prince Robert. I. L. Borden.
Natalday, b c by Wilbur Lou — Ella J. T. by Bob
Mason. S. Christenson.
Hermes, br c by Carlokin — Miss Quealey by Moko.
W. G. Durfee.
Manuelito, ch c by Manrico — My Irene S. by Pet-
igru. C. J. Bern'.
Miss Axworthy Dillon, b f by Axworthy — Cleo
Dillon by Sidney Dillon. T. E. Pollock.
Lulu B., b f by The Bondsman — Loma B. by Stam
B. M. L. Woy.
Four of the above six started in the Pacific Breed-
ers' Futurity at Santa Rosa. August 11th this year.
The first and sec-Gnd heats were won by Lulu B. in
2:13% and 2:13%. with Miss Axworthy Dillon second
both times, Natalday third in the first heat and out-
side the flag (having thrown a curb) in the second
heat. Hermes was sixth in the first heat and fourth
in the second heat. The third and last heat v~ent to
Miss Axworthy Dillon in 2:15, with Lulu B. second
and Hermes third. As Alesandro and Manuelito have
not started this year their present form is an un-
known quantity so far as racing is concerned. On
the form shown by the colts at Santa Rosa the race
will be between Lulu B. and Miss Axworthy Dillon
with the former a slight favorite. The Occident
Stake was inaugurated by the late Senator Stanford
and has been a feature of the California State Fair
for over thirty years. It was named for his horse
Occident that trotted to a world's record of 2:16%,
September 17th, 1873, at the old State Fair Grounds
at Sacramento. Occident was a gelding and at the
time he made this record was ten years old.
The Reno Race Meeting.
The fall meeting of the Reno Fair and Racing Asso-
ciation will open September 19th, and continue 25
days. There will be ten stakes of $500 each during
the meeting as follows:
Sept. 19 — Opening Selling Stake, six furlongs.
. Sept. 23 — Speed handicap for all ages, five furlongs.
Sept. 26 — Fall Juvenile handicap for two-year-olds,
five furlongs.
Sept. 30 — Nevada handicap for three-year-olds and
upwards, one mile.
Oct. 3 — Tahoe handicap for three-year-olds, seven
furlongs.
Oct. 7 — Goldfield handicap for two-year-olds and
upwards, six furlongs.
Oct. 10 — Tonopah selling stakes for three-year-olds
and upwards, one mile.
Oct. 14 — Winnemucca handicap for three-year-olds
and upwards, mile and one-eighth.
Oct. 17 — Farewell handicap for three-year-olds and
upward, one mile.
Murphy Now Leads the Money Winning Drivers.
Up to the close of the Grand Circuit meeting at
North Randall last week Walter Cox was in the lead
of all other drivers with $28,860 to his credit, but as
he was less than $600 ahead of Tommy Murphy the
latter has passed him since the Poughkeepsie meet-
ing opened, and is now pretty well in the lead. During
the first two days at Poughkeepsie this week, Cox
had driven two winners of first money and one of
second money, while Murphy had six winners of first
money, one of second and one third to his credit,
which places hjm pretty well in the lead and well
over the $30,000 mark. At the close of the North
Randall meeting McDonald was third with $16,255
■won, Charles Valentine fourth with $15,802, Ed F.
Geers fifth with $11,700, and W. G. Durfee sixth with
Ben White. Dick MeMahon, Fred Edman and
W. L. Snow were next in the order named.
Alameda County Fair Will Open Sept. 13.
The Alameda County Fair will open at Pleasanton
Wednesday, September 13th and continue five days,
closing on Sunday, the 17th. On Friday, the 15th,
the R. J. MacKenzie stakes. $3000 for three-year-old
trotters, and $2000 for three-year-old pacers, will be
decided. On Saturday there will be races for which
entries will be received the day previous, for cash
purses with no entry fee, the purses to be divided
50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Prizes will also be given
for saddle and high school horses, horse pulling con-
tests, aeroplane flights, rodeo, broncho busting, trick
riding and roping, etc. Liberal premiums will be
offered for displays of agricultural, horticultural and
viiicultural products, all breeds of live stock, etc.
Among the entries already made in the live stock
department are Easton & Ward of Burlingame with
the Shire horses from Blackhawk Stock Ranch, Mrs.
Anderson of Oakland, saddle horses, Miss Ethel
Davie, saddle horses, and many others. The Stand-
ard Oil Company, Spring Valley Water Company,
Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Spreckels Sugar
Company and Sperry Flour Company will also make
exhibits.
Admission Day Races at San Lorenzo.
A picnic, barbecue, horse and cattle show, and rac-
ing will furnish a good day's sport Sept. 9, at the San
Lorenzo half mile track which has been recently put
in shape. This track is on the road between San
Leandro and Hayward and is a most excellent half
mile that could be made as fast as any half mile
track in the country. It is proposed by the new
management to have the harness races begin at 10
a. ni. on Saturday next, with a picnic and barbecue
at noon, a farmers' race at 1 o'clock, cowboy races
at 2 and special exhibitions at 3. All kinds of re-
freshments will be served on the grounds, but there
will be no bar and no spirituous liquors sold or per-
mitted. Prizes are to be given for every event, and
there will be nc charge for admittance to the track
or grand stand and free entrance to all the races.
Entries will close on Friday, the 8th.
Will Not Race on Mile Tracks.
Announcement has been made by Fred Jamison,
Arden, Pa., trainer, in the presence of Dr. Beuchner,
Youngstown surgeon and owner of Wilkes Brewer
2:08%, that the fleet trotting mare will not be started
on the mile 'tracks this season.
Wilkes Brewer will start at Youngstown to beat
Sweet Marie's mark of 2:07 over a half mile ring.
After that performance the mare probably will com-
plete her engagements on the half mile tracks, and
be retired for the season.
Dr. Beuchner has had several chances to sell the
mare, but he prefers to keep her. He would not part
with her for less than $25,000, and there is some
question whether he would sell her for even that
sum. She is a real trotter.
My Major Dare Wins Twice.
Longview Farm, Lee Summit, Missouri, has again
started on a winning tour with My Major Dare, the
saddle stallion that won the championship at the
P.-P. I. E. last year. At Columbia, Missouri, he won
the $1000 saddle stake, defeating a field of famous
saddle horses. Many who have %een this stallion
shown previously say this was his best performance.
He was ridden by John Hook. The horses and their
exhibitors are named in order as follows : My Major
Dare, owned by Longview Farm, John T. Hook up,
first; Maurine Fisher, owned by Longview Farm.
Lonnie Hayden up, second; Ruth St. Dennis, owned
by Lee H. Ingraham, D. E. Holeman up, third; Sally
Ox, owned by Blades & Holeman, Lon Blades up,
fourth; Sutton's Star, owned and exhibited by Tom
Bass, fifth; Cason McDonald, owned by M. Cason,
E. D. Moore up, sixth.
A week later at the Mexico, Missouri, fair he won
the grand championship and at the Bowling Green
fair his colts took first and second prizes in the
saddle horse futurity.
From Ethan Allen 2:28 to Lee Axworthy 2:0014.
The first stallion to trot below 2:30 was Ethan
Allen, who set the record at 2:28. driven by Dan
Mace, October 2Sth, 1858. at the old Union course,
New York. Geo. M. Patchen reduced this record four
times, finally putting it at 2:23% in 1860. Fear-
naught knocked a quarter off this record eight years
later, but the same year (1868) Geo. Wilkes trotted
to a record of 2:22, which held until August 7th,
1872, when Budd Doble drove Jay Gould a mile in
2:21%. Two years later, August 5th, 1874, Charles
Marvin reduced the record to 2:20% with Smuggler
and two weeks later Marnbrino Gift trotted a mile in
2:20 and held the record for a month, when Smug-
gler trotted a mile in the same time and the two
divided championship honors for two years, when
Smuggler trotted a mile in 2:17% at Philadelphia in
July and finally, on August 31st, 1876 at Hartford,
set the stallion record at 2:15%. It remained there
for eight' years, when Phallas, son of Dictator, re-
duced it to 2:13% in July, 1884, and in September
the same year Maxie Cobb by Happy Medium lowered
the mark a half second.
In 1889 came a great surprise. Axtell, a three-
year-old son of William L., trotted a mile in 2:12 at
Terra Haute, the first and only time that a three-
year-old has held the stallion trotting record. Nelson
by Young Rolfe put the record at 2:11%, in Septem-
ber, 1890, and reduced that mark twice before the
year ended, taking a mark of 2:10% in October of
that year. The next year Allerton, bred and owned
by C. W. Williams, the same man that bred the
champion Axtell, set the stallion record at 2:10,
which was equaled two weeks later by Nelson and
the two divided championship honors until a week
later when Allerton trotted in 2:09%. This was in
September and in November the stallion record came
to a California bred horse when Senator Stanford's
stallion Palo Alto, by Electioneer out of a thorough-
bred mare, trotted in 2:08% at the Stockton track,
driven by Chas. Marvin, the same man that had
driven Smuggler to a world's record seventeen years
before. Palo Alto only held the record for a year as
Kremlin, son of Lord Russell, put the mark at 2:08%
November 5th, 1892, and a week later reduced it to
2:07%. In 1893 came the great California bred foui
year-old Directum by Director, managed by Monroi
Salisbury and driven by John Kelly, with a reduc
tion of the stallion record to 2:07 September 4th
again to 2:06% September 15th, and again to 2:051j
October 18th, where it remained for seven years
when Cresceus, by Robert McGregor, began reducing
the record by trotting in 2:04% September 5th, 1900
and to 2:04 October 6th, which was the record at tnt
close of that year. The following ' year Cresceuf.
trotted in 2:02% in July and 2:02% in August and
was the champion for nine years, when The Harves-
ter August 17th. 1910, driven by Ed Geers, trotted a
mile in 2:02 at the Port Erie track in Canada and
took the champion mile out of the United States foi
a month, but came back to his home country and
on September 15th at Syracuse, New York, set the
record at 2:01% and a week later at Columbus, Ohio,
put the mark at 2:01 where it stayed for six years,
until Lee Axworthy on August 22d, 1916, at North
Randall track near Cleveland, Ohio, reduced the rec-
ord three-quarters of a second by a mile in 2:00%|
which performance he tied three days later at the
same track. Lee Axworthy is by Guy Axworthy and
is expected to trot a mile in 2:00 or better befor
the year is ended.
Free-For-All Pace Thursday.
The free-for-all pace next Thursday at Sacrament
is already the topic of much stable conversation. I
is expected to be a battle between Jim Logan and
Rastus, but if Teddy Bear and Vera Hal are in good
form that day, Jim and Rastus will have to keep busy
to reach the wire ahead of them. On present form
this field of pacers is so evenly matched that the best
one among them has to attend strictly to business
from start to finish to be able to win any heat they
start in. Jim Logan seemed to easily win the second
and third heats of his race on the closing day at Dixon
week before last, but he made a little break the first
heat and Teddy Bear and Vera Hal both beat him to
the wire in 2:09%, pretty good time for a half mile
track. Rastus was not entered at Dixon and there
will be a big crowd at Sacramento Thursday to see
if he can repeat his Santa Rosa performance. There
should be three heats below 2 : 06 if the track is goo<
that day.
Death of J. B. Horan.
California horsemen will regret to hear of thi
death of Mr. J. B. Horan, for so many years the pro
prietor of this city's leading horse market at Tenth
and Bryant streets. Mr. Horan was on a huntin
trip to Mendocino county in company with a party o:
friends and had climbed to a spot where he expected
the deer to pass. When the other members of the
party returned to camp that night Mr. Horan die
not appear and the following morning a search wa:
made for him. His body was found very near thi
spot where he had posted himself, and was in a
reclining position, with one hand on his heart and
his rifle resting across his knees. He had probably
become faint from over-exertion in climbing the hill
and . sat down to rest when death came suddenly.
Mr. Horan was a native of Contra Costa county in
this State and no man in the business of dealing in
horses was more highly thought of by his patrons.
His death will be sincerely regretted by all who
knew him.
She Is Certainly The Real Lady.
Her winning heats in 2:09% and 2:09% in the
American Horse Breeders' Futurity at Cleveland
brought The Peal Lady into prominence as the best
two-year-old trotter uncovered this season. Her en-
gagements aggregate something like $25,000 in value,
and unless something unforeseen happens she is
likely to win more than her share of them, for she
trotted a quarter in 0:30% and a half in 1:02% in
the first race of her career, and she seems able to
go far as well as fast, while her manners are those
of an old campaigner. Her trainer, Thomas W. Mur-
phy, expressed the opinion, and offered to back it,
at Cleveland that she could then beat anything a two-
year-old filly has done, which means that he is confi-
dent she can trot in 2:07% or faster. A. H. Cosden,
of Southold. L. I., who owns the great filly, has
through her performances become converted to the
practice of racing two-year-olds. He says that so
long as she car. win without hard, gruelling drives
he believes racing will do her no harm. "It is when
a two-year-old has to go to his very limit in race
after race that hami is likely to be done," he said
the other day. "Volga, for example, won all her
races well within herself last season and she is now
as fresh and fit as if she had never been trained as
a two-year-old. But some of the colts that were
driven out on their tiptoes in trying to beat her are
the worse for wear this year."
The Real Lady is bred to be a champion. Her
sire. Moko, has to his credit more futurity winners
than any other horse on record. Her dam. Fruity
Worthy, was by Axworthy 2:15%, sire of Lee Ax-
worthy 2:00%, and Hamburg Belle 2:01%, and her
grandam, Fruition, was from Expectation, the dam
of Major del Mar 2:01%.
Two full weeks will elapse between the California
State Fair and the great Fresno County Fair. When
will California fair directors get together and form a
real circuit of fairs like they do in other states?
Live stock breeders and other exhibitors would hail
such a condition of things with delight.
Saturday, Sept. 2, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
State Fair opens today.
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Two harness and three running events will be
given each day.
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■ The greatest live stock show ever held in Califor-
nia will be seen.
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The Alameda County Fair opens at Pleasanton on
Wednesday, September 13th, and will continue five
days.
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The season's pacing record on a half mile track is
2:04%, made by Billy M. at LaHarpe, HI.
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Write to Secretary' Daken, Pleasanton, for a prem-
iium list of the Alameda county fair. The fair opens
t September 13th and continues five days.
; The three fastest miles made by stallions in actual
iL races are the 2:02 of The Harvester, 2:02 by Peter
* Volo and 2 : 03 % ' by San Francisco.
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' The fastest three consecutive heats by a trotting
mare on a half mile track went to the credit of
Wilkes Brewer when she won at Goshen in 2:10,
2:10% and 2:09%.
Hal B. Jr. scored his seventh consecutive victory
by winning the free-for-all pace at the Flemington,
I N. J., fair on Thursday of last week, and he won that
" race in straight heats. He is owned in Canada.
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A new high-wheel sulky record was made at
Goshen, N. Y., August 17th, by Al Mack, who trotted
the mile in 2 : 14. The previous record over a two-lap
.course was 2:15, made over the same track last year
by Harry J. S.
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Lotto Watts, by Gen. Watts 2:06%, established her
right to be numbered among the season's good three-
year-old trotters when she won the class for her
age at Goshen half mile track in 2:14% and 2:14%.
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Graham Bellini won a heat in 2:16% and got sec-
ond money in the 2: 19' trot at Burlington, Iowa, half
mile ring August 17th, and Rapallo got fourth money
in the same race.
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Colleen by Charley D. 2:06% out of Cricket 2:10
by Steinway won a race in straight beats over the
i Burlington. Iowa, half mile track week before last,
the heats in 2:09%, 2:09% and 2:11.
Rapallo, son of Greco B. and Oniska, dam of San
Francisco 2:07%, won the 2:18 trot at Burlington,
Iowa. August 18th. It was a four heat race and Ra-
pallo's best heat was in 2:17%. Half mile track.
Helen Chimes, a chestnut mare by Magnet that
has been racing over the half mile tracks in the
Middle West this summer, won her eleventh straight
race at Burlington, Iowa, August 18th.
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Hugh and Perry Smith, of Yamhill, Ore., recently
sold twenty-two head of yearling Cotswold rams to
Frank Brown, of Carlton, Ore. The price paid was
$19 per head for the bunch.
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That good trotter Al Mack, by McLintoek, set a
new world's record for a three-heat race over a half
mile track when he won the 2:12 trot at Goshen
last week in 2:08%, 2:09% and 2:10%.
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The State Fair track is said to be faster this year
than it has ever been before and if it remains in con-
dition during next week the horses should show
faster than they did at Santa Rosa.
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Peter Scott was driven a mile at North Randall
last week against his record of 2:05%. He was
driven by Murphy and lowered his record one-
quarter of a second. The time by quarters was :31,
1:02, 1:34, 2:05.
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It was White Sox 2:05% that made Roan Hal pace
in 2:02% to beat her at Columbus, Ohio. They went
to the half in 1:01 and paced the last quarter in 30%
seconds, Durfee having White Sox's nose right at
Roan Hal's shoulder as they came under the wire.
Louise de Lopez by Kinney de Lopez, owned by
the Hemet Stock Farm, won the Bingen Silk stake
for two-year-old trotters, worth $250 to the winner,
at Omaha last week, and broke the Nebraska record
for a two-year-old trotter on a half mile track by
a heat in 2:23%.
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Geers won the $5000 stake for 2:08 class trotters
at Poughkeepsie last Thursday with St. Frisco, the
three heats in 2:05%, 2:07 and 2:05. Mabel Trask
did not start in this race. Ima Jay was second and
. Director Todd third. Virginia Barnette was outside
the money.
Ed Geers has a record that will hold for a while.
He bred and drove to his record Napoleon Direct
1:59%, his sire Walter Direct 2:05%, and his grand-
sire Direct Hal 2:04%.
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The Real Lady, with a record of 2:08% made at
Poughkeepsie last Tuesday, is the fastest three-year-
old trotter of the year.
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Peter Stevens 2:02% paced his mile in, 2:00 flat
when he was second to Napoleon Direct in 1:59%.
He is by Peter the Great and is expected to be that
sire's first two-minute performer.
Moko is making a wonderful showing this year
with the two-year-old trotters. Not only is he the
sire of The Real Lady 2:09%, but he is the grand-
sire of Mary Coburn (2) 2:10% and the sire of the
dam of Emma Magowan (2) 2:11%, while Harvest
Gale gets a dash of his blood through The Harvester,
whose dam was a daughter of Moko.
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Deputy Sheriff 2:16% and the California bred
mare Colleen by Charley D. 2:06% out of Cricket
2:10 by Steinway equaled a world's record at Des
Moines, Iowa, last Monday, when they won a double
team pacing race for a five hundred dollar purse.
'Their fastest heat was 2:07%>: which equals the rec-
ord for a team in a race on a half mile track, made
bv Doctor M. and Billy M. in 1914 at Springfield, 111.
Just phone to David West, Park 1253, if you haven't
time to write for a set of hopples, a pair of boots, a
pair of toe weights, or anything else used in racing
your horses. If you have time to call at his sales-
room. 1018 Fillmore street near Golden Gate avenue,
San Francisco, you will find there one of the most
complete stocks of horse goods, as well as trunks,
valises, and all leather goods at prices that are right.
Fred Ward will continue racing on the Kansas-
Nebraska circuits and will probably not go to the
northwest at all. He has sent Mart Lowe to Idaho
with Allie Lou, Oro Lou and Dr. Wayo and Lowe will
race them through Idaho, Montana, Washington and
Oregon. All three horses were in good shape when
they left Nebraska and should get their share of the
money up north.
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On the last day of the Solano county fair at Dixon,
Harry McFadyen, president of the fair association,
lost his large barn and some smaller buildings on
his ranch, about two and one-half miles from town.
The fire was a large one and many men hurried in
automobiles to the scene, but on account of the lack
of water were unable to save the buildings. The
loss is probably $2000.
The growing prominence of the family of Axworthy
2:15% was in evidence at Goshen, where five of the
eleven starters in the race for two-year-old trotters
were by him or his sons, Guy Axworthy, Morgan Ax-
worthy, Dillon Axworthy and General Watts. De-
scendants of Bingen 2:06% were equally prominent
in this race, and four of them, including the winner,
were by J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08, son of Bingen and
Santos, the dam of Peter the Great 2:07%.
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"Shoeing and Balancing the Light Harness Horse"
is the title of a little book by James Clark that has
recently been issued by the Horse World Company
of Buffalo, New York. It is a small book, pocket
size, but contains a vast amount of information by a
very practical mechanic. Joe Markey says he spent
an evening reading this book and learned from it
more than he ever did from similar works that con-
tained ten times its type matter. The book is priced
at $1.
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Just to show the young folks of today what an
old time race 'looked like and to bring back the
scenes of former days more vividly to the old guard,
the Goshen, New York, meeting put on a mile dash
for trotters to high wheel sulkies. There were three
starters, and Al Mack won in 2:14, which is the
world's record for a trotter to high wheels on a half
mile track. The same stallion won a heat in 2:08%
hitched to a bike during the week, which is the fast-
est heat ever trotted by a stallion in a race on a two-
lap ring.
The two-year-old colt Will Bing by Binjolla set up
a new world's record at Springfield, Ohio, on Thurs-
day, August 17th, by trotting a heat in a race over
that half mile track in 2:12% and the day previous
Emma Magowan by J. Malcolm Forbes trotted the
Goshen. New York, half mile track a heat in 2:13%
in a race. The former record for a two-year-old stal-
lion was held by Suldine that trotted in 2:13% on
a half mile track in 1915, and the former record for
a two-year-old filly on a two-lap ring was held by
Nowaday Girl that took a record of 2:16% in 1912.
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Basing their predictions on the way in which sum-
mer trade has been keeping up this year, dealers in
New York are expressing the opinion that more
work horses will be sold in New York next fall than
in any other autumn season in ten years. Old timers
like Henry Benson and David Dahlman, of the Fiss,
Doerr & Carroll Horse Company, say the semi-weekly
auctions on Mondays and Thursdays are as full of
business in August as they have been in some years
in June, with every prospect of a big increase next
month. — [New York Herald.
Hal Boy won a good race at Poughkeepsie last
Tuesday. Three straight heats in 2:05%, 2:03 and
2:03.
Directum I has made two attempts to beat 2:02 to
wagon within the last two weeks and failed both
times.
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Walter G. Baker, who ships Kentucky saddle
horses to the New York market, sold a pony for
$2,500 to Louis Leo Haggin during the recent Blue-
grass Fair at Lexington.
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Three different times, according to the Horse Re-
view, has Tommy Murphy been around a mile ring
in two minutes this year. He drove Directum I in
1:59% at Pittsburg, Peter Stevens in 2:00 when that
horse was second to Napoleon Direct at Columbus,
and Russell Boy in 2:00 in his race at Detroit. In
the Detroit race Single G. won the heat in 2:00%,
but RusselLBoy was timed in 2:00 from wire to wire,
but was beaten at that.
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On Thursday morning, August 24th, at the North
Randall track Curt Gosnell, driver of the pacer Single
G.. while jogging the pacer Hazel Armstrong, was
thrown out when the mare stumbled and fell, and
was picked up unconscious and taken to a hospital,
where it was found that his left arm, collar and
chest bones were .broken, and there were two scalp
wounds. Little hope is entertained for his recovery
as Mr. Gosnell had not been in robust health for
some time.
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Suldine (1) 2:24%, the greatest yearling trotter of
his year, (2) 2:12, with the world's record over a
half mile track of 2:13% for two-year-old trotters,
trotted a mile recently to wagon with his owner
driving in 2:10%. This, if an official record, would
probably be the world's record for a three-year-old
to wagon. He is a son of the six-year-old stallion
Worthy McKinney, and his dam is the great brood-
mare Carrietta 2:18. dam of this season's new 2:10
-.•otter Silent Brigade 2:09%. yearling record 2:26%,
two-year-old record 2:10%, and other fast trotters.
Suldine was sold by Mr. C. A. Harrison of Seattle
at the Indianapolis inter for $2000.
MATINEE AT OAKLAND.
The Oakland Stadium and Driving Club held
another matinee Sunday, August 27th, but unfortu-
nately two races on the card had to be called off
on account of scratches.
Senator H. and Charley D. not showing up in the
free-for-all pace. Little Dick and Allegro started,
Little Dick winning in straight heats.
What horses were left in the 2:30 and 2:15 pace
started in one race and Mr. Reisman's good little
mare Berkeley Girl won in straight heats.
In the 2:25 mixed Lena Lee looked like the class
after winning the first heat, but got on her old-time
bad behavior and lost the next two to Gen. Villa.
In the fifth race Mr. H. F. Silva's colt driven by
Al Hanks had little difficulty in winning after a
kicking spell in w-hich both horse and driver went
down in a pile. The colt trotted a good race for his
first start.
In the sixth race Mr. G. W. Sawyer and Dolly
Grey, a new beginner and a new horse, had no trou-
ble in winning in straight heats, although Teddy
made Mr. Sawyer's mount a little uneasy in the last
heat.
This finished the races, but we had another attrac-
tion to amuse the crowd when Mr. Robert Seals,
the owner of Burbank, drove on the track with Dr.
Henderson's beautiful team of Arabian stallions
which he was getting in shape to show at the State
Fair.
Sunday after next the club will hold another mat-
inee and invites all horsemen to participate. Send
your entries 10 A. S. Hanks, 392 Eighth street, Oak-
land.
The judges last Sunday were M. C. Chapman. Chas.
Miller and Mr. A. V. Mendenhall: timers, Mr .Mosby
and Mr. Sawyer: marshal, Mr. Lyng; starter, Geo.
Algeo. The summaries:
First race — 2:20 pace:
Berkeley Girl (A. Reisman) J, 1
Grand W (H. Hinds) 2 2
Prince (H. Garrison) 3 3
Time— 2:27, 2:24.
Second race — Free-for-all :
Little Dick ( Al Scott) 1 1
Allegro (G. Schreiber) 2 2
Time — 2:19, 2:20.
Third race — 2:25 mixed:
Gen. Villa (E. Johnson) 2 11
Lena Lee (T. Le Ballister) 14 4
Harold G (J. Williams) :! 2 2
Tom Wilkes (H. Olsen) 4 3 3
Time— 2:34, 2:32, 2:32.
Fourth race — 2:40 mixed:
Dickens B. Jr (H. F. Silva) 1 1
Frankie Burns (W. B. Burgelin) 2 2
Willis: Baldwin (W. D. Willis) 3 3
Time— 3:15, 2:5
Fifth race— 2:35 mixed:
Dolly Grey (Geo. Sawyer) 1 1
Teddy (C. P. Abott) 2 2
Andy O (W. M. Ray) 3 3
Time— 2:52, 2:43.
THI BE11D1B AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept. 2, 1918-
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
FIELD TRIALS CIRCUIT FOR. COAST.
Tacoma Starts Off with Series of Events at Pelm
on September 11th."
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
73-Year-Old Angler Wins. — Newark, N. J. — Julius M.
Ranney, of Chicago, a veteran angler, 73 years old,
received many congratulations last Saturday for his
victory in the half-ounce bait miss and out competi-
tion in the National Fly and Bait Casting tourna-
ment here. Mr. Ranney -won the championship
over a number of younger competitors, casting at a
target eighty feet distant.
The half-ounce accuracy bait contest was won by
Call J. McCarthy of the Chicago Fly Casting Club
with 99.3 per cent. Mr. McCarthy also won the
heavy tackle distance flly event with a cast of 120%
feet. The fishermen's accuracy bait contest at un-
known distances was won by C. M. Hartnett, Chicago
Fly Casting Club, with five perfect scores out of ten.
BB
Boy Traps Sixteen Coyotes. — Marysville. — William
Meeker, 14, a farmer's boy, living near Oregon House,
Yuba county, will have a lot of money with which to
see the circus next month.
Meeker invisted 75 cents in a steel trap the other
day and set out to trap coyotes in the hope that he
would catch one. receive the bounty of ?5 and in this
manner pay his way to the circus.
When the Supervisors meet here September 4th
they will allow Meeker $80 for coyote pelts.
Meeker set his trap in a good place. The next
morning he found a mother coyote safely held in the
trap and alongside her were three little coyotes nurs-
ing her. Meeker killed them all with a club. That
made $20 toward the circus.
The next night he caught another coyote, and
almost every night he captured a coyote, until he haJ
caught sixteen.
In addition to the $80 he is to get from the county,
sheep and chicken raisers in the neighborhood have
projiised to buy him a new suit of clothes and give
him a big dinner as a reward for his ridding the
neighborhood of so many "varmints."
Meeker says the secret of his success is that he
boils the trap in water and glycerine after every
catch. This prevents the wise coyotes from smell-
ing it.
OB
Good Fishing at Catalina. — A. C. Brode returned
from Avalon with news that Catalina waters are
alive with tuna and swordfish and, what is more to
the point, they are strictly in a biting humor. W. C.
Boschen, who held the world's swordfish record, re-
cently beaten by Angler Adams, for four years.
Saturday a week ago landed a broadbill of over two
hundred pounds, and on Sunday repeated with a
273-pounder of the same species.
Mr. Boschen counted over one hundred broadbill
swordfish Sunday, and said that anyone who had the
nerve to tackle cne could have the opportunity.
Captain Heral Saturday brought in a leaping tuna
which had been mutilated by sharks while hooked,
and was thus disqualified. What was left of the
tuna weighed 170 pounds.
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Antelope Once Roamed Hills Here. — Skipping
about the hills and valleys of Southern California
centuries ago was a diminutive antelope. The grace-
ful little creature, no bigger than our present-day
house dogs, escaped the beasts of prey by its amaz-
ing fleetness of foot. One day, while running wildly
across the level floor of the valley just west of Holly-
wood, with a larger beast in pursuit, the dainty crea-
ture made a remarkable leap and landed in a pool of
asphaltum near Wilshire boulevard. Struggling fran-
tically, it sank in the treacherous substance until
seen no more. Today you can see the skeleton of
the once beautiful little animal in the museum of
Exposition Park.
The "Little Antelope," as the skeleton is called,
is known to scientists as the "Capromery Minor,"
according to Director Frank S. Daggett. The skel-
eton stands only 19% inches high, or less than twice
the height of our common jackrabbit, which the
antelope could outjump and outrun with ease. Its
diminutive size and delicate bones allow the animal
to be classed with the smaller species of the antelope
found in Africa. Scientists are greatly interested in
the fact that it has two horn cores which they say
were originally covered with one sheath.
The specimen is mounted on a plaster back and
restorations have been made where bones are miss-
ing. Each bone is mouned in such a manner that it
may be removed for examination and study. This
method, which has been used in the East, was never
before employed here in mounting specimens. The
work was done bv J. Eugene Fischer.
SB
Opens Fields to Hunters — Because blackbirds have
become such a pest in his rice fields. William Blowers
of District Ten. near Marysville, purchased a new
shotgun and $50 worth of ammunition. He will kill
all the blackbirds he can hit.
"I don't care what the game laws are," said Blow-
ers. "The biackbirds are destroying my crops and
they make their roosts on my scarecrows. Black-
birds are costing me $100 a day, and I'm going to
kill them."
Blowers said that wild ducks no longer migrate
to the north, but make their home during the hatch-
ing season in the rice fields during the summer.
"If anybody wants to kill ducks this fall and win-
ter send them to my ranch," said Blowers. "I'll let
them have free hunting grounds and will give them
a good meal besides. Wild ducks and wild black-
birds, together with jack rabbits and cottontails, are
a pest to rice growers."
3B
DOVES INCREASING IN NUMBERS.
Late Opening of Season on September 1st Will Work
to Advantage of Hunters.
Doves are increasing under the September 1st sea-
son, says President Frank M. Newbert of the State
Fish and Game Commission. When California was a
great grain-growing State and the farmer depended
upon the elements for his moisture, the doves were
easy to get.
Water holes were few and far between, and all
that was necessary for the hunter was to locate him-
self at one of these watering places or on the pass
between the feeding grounds and the watering holes,
and his success was assured. Of all the feathered
tribes doves were the easiest prey for the market
hunter. Three to four hundred a day was the aver-
age kill of the pot hunter. This sort of slaughter
was stopped in 1905 by the enactment of non-sale
legislation.
Each year had found the doves growing less until
the sportsman and the ruralist became a unit upon
the present season. Opening seasons changing from
June 1st to August 1st were made from time to time,
but still they found birds on the nest, so September
1st was selected for the opening of the dove season.
This has proved most satisfactory to the farmer,
who by then has harvested, stored or protected his
grain, and he does not hesitate to invite his city
friend to come out and enjoy a day's shoot on the
ranch with a "safety first" feeling from fire.
More fires are set by the cigarette than any other
cause. Watch yourself, Mr. Hunter, and don't uncon-
sciously toss your cigarette away as you do at home,
and you will find that the farmer will welcome you
more often.
The sportsman will have more real fun shooting
doves under the September 1st season than ever
before. True, bis season is short, and it should be,
because it gives the mother bird a chance to raise
her young, and, instead of killing the mother and
leaving the young to die on the nest, they will bag
full-grown birds that are fat and in the prime of
condition.
1 he dove will not be so easy to get since Northern
California has become a great irrigation district.
They have the chance of many watering places and
are not forced by nature to certain passes for water.
No one will disput the fact that doves are increasing
under the present season and the limit.
SB
One on New Game Warden. — He was a brand new
game warden and had in no sense been spoiled by
the little touch of rural politics which had punctu-
ated his spotless career. He had heard of the grafter
and his methods, but when Fate directed his steps
to this honorable position, it directed wisely, for its
choice was an honest man who would do his duty.
And so, when he heard the report of a shotgun one
day early in July, his jaw set firmly and he turned
his head quickly to get the direction. Again and
again he heard the report and finally located the
source beyond a lonely hill. Stealthily he took the
trail of the miscreant and shortly came upon two of
them standing beside an automobile, one with the
telltale gun in his hand and the other holding a piece
of machinery, undoubtedly a part of the automobile.
He would remain in seclusion for a bit and perhaps
catch this hunter in the very act of breaking the law.
Then, much to his astonishment, the man placed
the gun to his shoulder, said pull, and instantly a
big black object was projected from the machine
which the other man carried. With a quick aim the
gunner fired at the flying object and a puff of black
dust showed that his aid was accurate and he had
centered the charge. As a game warden, he was
wise in his generation for he did not disclose his
identity. On the other hand, appearing as a curious
bystander, he soon learned that the greatest thrill-
producing combination for the outdoor man is a hand
trap and a shotgun.
H. M. Coke, a farmer of Round Valley. Mendocino
county, was struck by lightning and killed Sunday
in the mountains 40 miles from Alder Springs. His
dog was also killed. Coke was deer hunting and
was caught in the electrical storm which struck that
vicinity. His body was found by Forest Ranger Geo.
Breerton.
Tacoma, Wash. — As the field trial season approach-
es the dog men begin getting more and more enthu-
siastic over the coming trials, and I am sure, from all
reports, that the entries will be much larger than
they were at our last trial, and there will be several
entries from out of the state, as we expect — in fact,
have been promised — dogs from Oregon, California,
British Columbia, and one or two of the eastern
handlers may come out after the chicken trials to
make this trial and, the following week, the Oregon
meet. On account of the short training season and
in order that the handlers may have a little more
time to try out their prospects, the date for closing
entries was postponed from August 15 to Sept. 1.
The trials will be held at Yelm, beginning Monday
morning, September 11, and I believe we have the
best grounds in the state. The fields are now yellow
with grain, which will be harvested before the trials.
There are plenty of birds, plenty of room for the
wide rangers and excellent footing.
I am glad to see the pointers come to the front
more out here, as the setter men have been in the
majority. We are sure of several very good short
hairs this year. Billett and Van de Veer of Ana-
cortes have a nice pointer bitch, which they expect
to run in the Derby, and there are quite a number of
■ others, including some owned by A. A. McKellopp,
who, I understand, has been persuaded to condition
and run some of the outside dogs at the trials.
I am glad to note that the Oregon boys are going
to run trials again this year, and we sincerely hope
they will be a success, and that they have come to
stay. With the British Columbia trials and those of
Washington, Oregon and California, if the dates can
be arranged so that the handlers can go right down
the line, one trial following the other, I am sure quite
a few of the big circuit men could be induced to make
this coast before the eastern trials begin. I hope
to see as strong a western circuit as there is in the
East and there is no reason why we can't have it.
I have not done any work on my dogs yet, but
expect to begin at once, and will give them plenty
of it for the next few weeks. As yet, I can't say that
either one of them is showing much field trial class,
but they may show some later on.
There are quite a lot of young birds, and if the
hawks and house cats will let them be for a short
time, there will be lots of them this fall. — F-.D. Dean.
Stockton Dog Show to Open.— Stockton. — The judg-
ing slate of the Stockton Kennel Club is calling forth
much favorable comment from fanciers throughout
the state and entries are pouring into the club offices.
The club's second annual show will be held Septem-
ber 3d and 4th.
H. B. Korbel, the well known bay city capitalist
and sportsman, will judge English and French bull
dogs. He has given these breeds a cereful study and
is well known to all bull dog men on account of the
good dogs he has owned, among which is his noted
champion, Country Model.
C. H. Edmunds is primarily a "gun-dog" man and
well known as the owner of California's pride setter,
Champion San Francisco Major. Edmunds will pass
upon pointers and setters.
Sidney P. Robertson, a prominent San Francisco
attorney, will judge his favorite breeds, i. e.. Cocker
Spaniels and all other sporting spaniels.
J. Heffernan, local boniface hotel man, takes Aire-
dale Terriers. Having bred, owned and imported
some of the best in the country- he is well qualified
to analyze his classes and place the ribbons correctly.
The saucy Boston Terriers and sedate English Bull
Terriers fall to John CalkwelL who has for many
years successfully managed the kennels of Mrs. Jen-
nie Cricker Whitman. Calkwell has recently returned
from the East where he accepted several invitations
to judge at shows in the New York and Boston dis-
trict.
John T. Elkins, formerly Secretary of the Chicago
Kennel Club and a judge of much experience, will
judge all other breeds. John Bradshaw will act as
show secretarv and superintendent.
OB
Crabtree Discusses Fancy. — Speaking broadly of
Mr. Crabtree's impressions of the fancy in America,
says a British writer, he says he found two distinct
kinds of fanciers. The first, and, of course, the most
powerful and most to be considered, are the true
sportsman and sportswomen, ladies and gentlemen of
wealth and good social standing, who would shrink
from doing a dirty action, whose aim always is to get
the best dogs and for the best to win, whether they
belong to them or their rivals. These, happily, are
the backbone of the fancy in America. The other
kind are narrow-minded, selfish, and — tell it not in
Gath! — the unscrupulous section of the fancy, who
are ever trying to get at judges and fix up wins for
their dogs, irrespective of whether the dogs are or
are not good enough to win, which to them seems an
unimportant detail. This is a very dangerous section
of the fancy, about whose nefarious conduct Sam
says he could write "a whole history," but the law of
libel in England forbids its being recorded in "Our
Dogs." We occasionally get glimpses of their insid-
ious operations in charges before the American Ken-
nel Club and in the fanciers' papers of America
where the law of libel is very much more elastic
than it is in England.
I Saturday, Sept. 2, 1916]
THE BREEDER ANL SPORTSMAN
STATEMENT ON MIGRATORY BIRD LAW.
Federal Advisory Committee Sets Forth Arguments
in Its Favor.
I New York. — The members of the Advisory Com-
mittee to the Department of Agriculture on the Mi-
gratory Bird Law, in view of the fact that new regu-
lations setting forth closed seasons on migratory
water fowl and birds were recently made public,
issued a statement as follows:
To the People of the United States: —
The Advisory Committee appointed by the Secre-
tary of Agriculture, Hon. D. F. Houston, to co-operate
with the Bureau of Biological Survey in fixing the
regulations for closed seasons on migratory birds, as
authorized by the Federal Migratory Bird Law, de-
sires to state to the people of the country that after
the most exhaustive investigation, and the most
careful consideration of every point raised, the regu-
lations as promulgated were unanimously recom-
mended by the members of this Committee. We
realize the utter impossibility of even attempting
to satisfy all that desire to shoot migratory birds.
In recommending the regulations we were con-
trolled by the following considerations:
I First — A most earnest desire to save from certain
ilBepletion and threatened annihilation the valuable
rwaterfowl, game and insectivorous birds which mi-
I erate across the United States twice each year.
f Second — To accord the hunters in the various
states as nearly as possible an equal opportunity of
taking migratory waterfowl and nomadic game birds.
Third — To open the seasons during which these
birds can be legally killed in those months when
under normal weather and food conditions the larg-
est number of migratory waterfowl and birds sojourn
in any particular. state.
Fourth — To absolutely eliminate spring shooting,
when migratory waterfowl and birds on the north-
ward migration are journeying towards their breed-
ling grounds, thus impelled by the resistless force of
J nature, to mate, nest and reproduce their species.
[ Fifth — To recognize unusual and extraordinary
conditions existing in a few of the states, without
affecting the equity or vested rights of the people of
the whole country in the migratory wild life.
Sixth — to submit reasonable, practical, fair and
just regulations that should invite the support of all
true conservationists.
Seventh — To guarantee not only to the present
generation a reasonable supply of migratory wild
life, but to so protect it that it will multiply and be
handed to future generations as their proper and
rightful heritage.
The imperative necessity for the enactment of the
federal migratory bird law is palpable to every
thoughtful and discerning mind.
^Migratory w-ild life does not even recognize na-
tional, to say nothing of state, lines. The variability
of the statutes of the states protecting these mi-
grants, the lack of uniformity in these laws, the
rapacity with which the nomadic birds are slaugh-
tered by voracious annihilators of wild life in many
of the states to the detriment of the people at large,
compelled the conclusion of Congress that the exi-
gencies of the situation demanded federal regula-
tions that would, in reality, save the migratory
waterfowl and birds from extermination.
The people of no country have been so abundantly
blessed with valuable natural resources as ours.
The American people are notoriously a nation of
""wasters. Only by reason of the fact that their nat-
ural resources are fast disappearing have they been
induced to extend even a modicum of conservation
to these fast-vanishing assets.
Conservation does not mean preventing the use of
our natural resources as a miser would hoard his
■gold, but means the wise and careful use of our
national heritage, taking therefrom only a sufficient
quantity to supply our needs, with the full realiza-
tion that we are trustees for future generations.
We are convinced that under the operation of this
law shooting will improve each year.
'The need of the hour has heretofore appeared to
be uppermost in the minds of the people. They have
drawn recklessly on their natural inheritance with
*: scarcely a thought of the future. It is a notable fact
that in our rapacity for slaughter many of the most
valuable species of game and birds that formerly
abounded in this country have been annihilated.
The wild or passenger pigeon, that formerly
swarmed over Eastern North America in countless
millions, has become extinct. The American bison,
found on the great plains of the West, was slaugh-
tered by hide-hunters to the point of extermination.
The Great Auk, the Eskimo curlew, the Labrador
duck, the Carolina Parrakeet have been extermin-
ated. There are many other valuable North Amer-
ican birds that are candidates for extinction, includ-
' ing the whooping crane, trumpeter swan, American
flamingo, roseate spoonbill, scarlet ibis, long-billed
t curlew, upland plover, Hudsonian godwit, red-breast-
ed sandpiper, golden plover, dowitcher, willet, pec-
toral sandpiper, black-capped petrel, Amerigan egret,
snowy egret, wood-duck, band-tailed pigeon, heath
hen, sage grouse, white-tailed kite, prairie sharptail,
pinnated grouse and woodcock.
Future eventuations can only be judged by those
that have gone before, hence the enactment and the
enforcement of a comprehensive system of federal
conservation of migratory wild life was made neces-
sary if this valuable asset was to be retained among
the resources of the United States.
Aside from aesthetic considerations, birds and
game constitute a valuable article of food. From a
recreational standpoint, this resource is of the great-
est value to our people.
We feel that the failure of any American citizen
to accord the federal migratory bird law his most
active support is due either to lack of information
or selfishness.
We therefore urge and request all patriotic citi-
zens to exert their influence to the utmost to the end
that the incalculable benefits contemplated by thisj
law, and most specifically accruing to the people
under the regulations just promulgated, be given
their moral support, that the enlightened conscience
of the people may be quickened to a full observance
and vigilant enforcement of this wise and progressive
conservation measure.
* JOHN B. BURNHAM, New York, Chairman.
HON. E. G. BRADFORD, Delaware.
HON. F. W. CHAMBERS, Utah.
W. L. FINLEY, Oregon.
DR. E. H. FORBUSH, Massachusetts.
DR. GEORGE B. GRINNELL. New York.
DR. WILLIAM T-. HORNADAY, New York.
CLARK McADAMS, Missouri.
MARSHALL McLEAN, New York.
CLINTON M. ODELL, Minnesota.
T. GILBERT PEARSON, New York.
HON. ERNEST SCHAEFFLE, California.
HON. GEORGE SHIRAS, 3rd, Michigan.
HON. JOHN H. WALLACE, Jr., Alabama.
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Northwestern Casting Championship. — As he did
the day previous, Warren Cornell again carried away
the honors August 25 in the Northwest casting cham-
pionship held under the auspices of the Multnomah
Anglers' Club at Laurelhurst Park. Cornell, by his
good work in both days of the tournament, captured
the grand average. He and Walter F. Backus stood
a tie until the last event for this honor.
Cornell won the half-ounce distance bait casting,
finished third in the half-ounce accuracy bait cast-
ing, fifth in the light-tackle dry-fly accuracy and first
in the light-tackle distance fly casting.
Following are the results, with the names of those
who finished in order and their marks :
One-half ounce distance bait — Warren Cornell, 154
feet 2 inches; Dr. Earl C. McFarland, 145 feet 11
inches; A. E. Burghduff, 146 feet 3 inches; C. R. '
Werner, of Tacoma, 131 feet 3 inches; Walter F.
Backus, 123 feet 11 inches; N. E. Tyrell, 120 feet
8 inches.
One-half ounce distance slam — Walter F. Backus,
164 feet; Dr. Earl C. McFarland, 168 feet 1 inch.
One-half ounce accuracy bait — Will C. Block, 90
per cent; C. R. Werner 98.5 per cent; barren Cor-
nell, 98.4 per cent; Dr. Earl C. McFarland, 98.1 per
cent; N. E. Tyrell, 97.8 per cent; William Bailey,
of Tacoma, 97.4 per cent.
Light tackle dry fly accuracy — J. C. Myers, 99 7-15
per cent; Walter F. Backus, 99 4-15 per cent; J. T.
Drennen, 99 3?15 per cent; Will C. Block, 98 14-15
per cent; Warren Cornell, 98 per cent.
Light tackle distance fly — Warren Cornell, 99 feet;
Walter F. Backus, 98 feet; J. C. Myers, 98 feet;
N. C. Thome, 92 feet. On re-entry Mr. Backus scored
101 feet, while Mr. Myers had a mark of 86 feet.
The Multnomah Anglers' Club held a banquet at
the Imperial Hotel. The Northwest championships
proved to be a big success.
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Multnomah Club Casting. — Will C. Block won the
%-ounce accuracy bait casting event in the first half
of the Multnomah Anglers' Club tournament at Lau-
relhurst Park on August 23d. Five events were run
off at Lake Laurelhurst. Block hung up a mark of
99 per cent. There were 12 entries in this event and
25 in all events.
Following are those who finished next to Block:
Dr. Earl C. McFarland, 98.4 per cent; A. E. Burgh-
duff, 98.4; Lester W. Humphreys, 98 . 3.
A. E. Burghduff came out first in the %-ounce dis-
tance bait casting with a mark of 154% feet. Dr.
Earl C. McFarland, 147 9-12 feet, and Walter F.
Backus with 135 feet finished in order.
Dr. Earl C. McFarland won the "4-ounce slam bait
casting with a mark of 183 feet.
Walter F. Backus took the light tackle dry fly
tccuracy event with 99 4-15 per cent. Will C. Block,
9 2-15 per cent, and A. E. Burghduff with 99 per
cent came next best.
Backus and J. C. Myers tied with 102 feet in the
distance fly-casting with 5%-ounce rods. Warren
Cornell, 96 feet, and Will C. Block 95 feet, finished
next in order.
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Portland Casters Practice. — Twenty-five fly and
bait casters of the Multnomah Anglers' club partici-
pated August 20th in the final practice meeting
before the Northwest tourney at Laurelhurst Lake.
W. C. Block won the half-ounce accuracy bait casting
event with 99 per cent. Dr. E. C. McFarland, A. E.
Burghduff and L. W. Humphreys finished in the
order named in this event.
A. E. Burghduff won the half-ounce distance bait
casting with a 154',4-foot mark.. Dr. McFarland was
second and Walter Backus third. Dr. McFarland
won the half-ounce slam bait casting. His mark was
133 feet.
W. F. Backus captured the light tackle dry fly
accuracy event with 99 4-15 per cent, and he tied
J. C. Myers for first honors in the distance fly cast-
ing with 5% ounce rods.
WASHINGTON GAME SEASONS.
Tacoma, Wash. — Although the season for upland
birds will not open in this section until September
15, local sportsmen are getting ready to take the field
with the opening of the season. Some have already
gone to Garfield and Columbia counties where the
season has opened, the dates there being from Aug-
ust 15 to October 1. East of the mountains the hunt-
ers are allowed to take to the field with dog and gun
as early as September 1.
"The present game laws present such a confused
mass to the hunter that many violate the laws with-
out being too much to blame," says Game Warden
Ira Light. "The dates are suited to the climatic
conditions of each district, yet they result in much
confusion. The best way to remember it is that the
upland season does not begin until September 15
and the season for ducks and other waterfowl, Octo-
ber 1st."
There is also a difference in the opening of the big
game season. West of the mountains the season
opens September 15, along with the upland birds,
while on the other side of the Cascades, the hunters
will be forced to wait for 15 days.
An epitome of the hunting laws and the restric-
tions as to the size of bags and dates for opening
in the various sections is as follows:
Deer, caribou, mountain goat, east of Cascades,
October 1 to November 15.
Deer and mountain goat, west of Cascades, Sep-
tember 15 to November 1. Bag limit: Two deer,
one goat, one caribou.
Elk, moose and mountain sheep, no open season.
Quail, Spokane county, October 1 to November 15;
Walla Walla, Asotin (except Clarkston, South Clarks-
ton and West Clarkston precints), Garfield and Co-
lumbia counties, October 1 to October 10.
Prairie chickens, Kittitas, October 1 to October
10; Whitman, Okanogan, Ferry, Lincoln, Walla
Walla, Adams, Asotin, Columbia and Garfield coun-
ties, September 15 to November 1; Douglas county,
September 1 to November 1.
Chinese pheasants, Spokane, Benton and Yakima
counties, October 1 to October 15; Kittitas county,
October 1 to October 10.
Hungarian partridge, Spokane county, October 1
to November 15; Kittitas county, October 1 to Oc-
tober 10.
Sage grouse. Spokane, Yakima and Benton coun-
ties, October 15 to November 1; Kittitas county, Oc-
tober 1 to October 10.
Native pheasants and blue grouse — All counties
east of the Cascades, September 1 to November 15.
Exceptions, Walla Walla, Asotin (except Clarkston,
South Clarkston and West Clarkston), Garfield and
Columbia counties, August 15 to October 1.
Native pheasants — Closed in Yakima county. (All
other birds, closed season.)
Native pheasant, ruffed grouse, blue grouse, Chi-
nese pheasant, ptarmigan and quail, September 15
to October 31.
English, Mongolian and Reeves pheasants, except
in Mason and Thurston counties, October 1 to Octo-
ber 15. (All other birds, closed season.)
Bag limit — fiive upland birds in one day or ten
quail in ine day, or five quail and five upland birds.
Exception, Kittitas county, three upland birds in one
day. Limit for bag for one week, 25 birds.
Geese, grant, duck, coot or rail, October 1 to Jan-
uary 16.
Black breasted and golden plover, jacksnipe, Wil-
son snipe, greater or lesser yellowlegs, October 1 to
December 15.
Bag limit — Twenty waterfowl in one day or one
week. Possession, 30 waterfowl at any one time.
Week begins Saturday midnight.
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Migratory Law Success Here. — The Federal Migra-
tory Bird Law has been a success in California, ac-
cording to Frank M. Newbert, President of the Fish
and Game Commission. He writes to the Bureau as
follows:
"* * * I will say that I believe the enforcement of
these regulations is working wonders for waterfowl
in California, especially in the northern district, com-
prising 22 northern counties of the State.
"I am heartily in favor of any law beneficial to our
waterfowl.
"Breeding and nesting ducks show a large increase
over previous years before the Federal and State
laws became effective."
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Deer Hunting in Oregon. — A few hunters who took
advantage of the opening of the deer season have
returned to Portland, bringing with them the proof
of their sojourn in the mountains. J. G. Slinger-
land is the latest to return with a three-point buck.
Joe journeyed down to the coast fork of the Willam-
ette, some distance back of Yoncalla, in the Coast
range. He was joined by Pete Blackwell, owner of
the "Lost Cabin," a big ranch, where the majority of
the time was spent.
Slingerland was in that country for nearly one
week, but reports that it was too cold and wet to
get out into the open much. He believes that there
are plenty of deer in Southern Oregon, from all re-
ports, but a good many of them are well back in the
mountains, and hard to get near without penetrating
the heart of the mountains. The local hunter re-
turned to Portland Sunday a week ago.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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Award of the small-bore outdoor rifle shooting
championship trophy for the 1916 season to the
Peters Rifle and Revolver Club of King's Mills, O.,
last year's winner, was announced recently by the
National Rifle Association. Medals will be given
members of the championship team, which in ten
weeks' shooting scored a total of 9,610, and to those
of the Auburn (N. Y.) Rifle Club, second, with 945,
and the Bucyrus (O.) Rifle Association, third, with
9,450. The shooting was at fifty yards, slow and
timed fire, the teams consisting of ten men each,
who fired ten shots in each position.
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The many friends of A. L. Curtis, owner of the
quadruple champion, John Proctor, will be glad to
learn that after a serious illness of three months'
duration he is out and about again taking his accus-
tomed interest in doggy affairs. Mr. Curtis writes
that John is in the finest fettle and with a little prep-
aration would be fit to go into any race again, but it
is not the intention of his owner to run him any
longer, and in this decision he is wise, for when a
dog has attained the laurels that came to this fam-
ous son of Fishel's Frank and Miss Mariutch there
is nothing to gain by further campaigning.
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Mrs. Hugo R. Johnstone of Pasadena, Cal., has
achieved considerable fame at Avalon through the
capture oi three big sea bass. The largest fish
weighed 240 pounds and gave Mrs. Johnstone a good
hour's battle before he would acknowledge himself
conquered.
• « •
Rev. W. M. McClaren of Dinuba, Cal., recently
spent two weeks at Wahtoke Lake, where he enjoyed
some fine fishing. His best catch was a magnificent
bass which weighed eight pounds and measured 21%
inches. Rev. McClaren has had the fish mounted and
it is now on display.
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For the first time in the history of big game fish-
ing at Avalon, Catalina Island, three records have
been broken in one day. Following close after the
record catch of two giant swordfish by H. W. Adams
of Vermajo, N. M., N. A. Howard of Piedmont, Cal.,
on August 14th exhibited the largest black bass ever
hooked on the Pacific coast. It weighed nearly a
quarter of a ton and was landed after a fight of an
hour and twenty-five minutes.
• • •
Ambitious hunters for deer nest week will be given
an unusual reception when they attempt to hunt
deer on the land of the Santa Monica Mountain Park
Co., as they will be met by ten mountain rangers,
all of whom will be special officers of Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles ordinance forbidding the discharge
of firearms in the city, according to City Prosecutor
Warren L, Williams, will be enforced, and all of the
mountain included was recently taken into the city
with the annexation of the Brentwood-Westgate dis-
trict.
• • •
In the first week of the deer season, which opened
August 15 in District No. 1, fifteen bucks have been
brought into Camp Nelson from nearby territory, and
hunters of experience in those parts report that the
big game has not been so abundant for many years.
On the opening day, two deer were shot within two
miles of this camp, and others were taken the same
day in the country farther back.
• • «
Henry Lossman and Vic Rapp, who returned last
week from a ten days' outing on Priest Lake, bring
reports of the best fishing in years at the great north
Idaho anglers' paradise. The two largest fish landed
by Lossman and Rapp were charr which measured
respectively 29 and 25 inches in length. The larger
weighed seven and one-half pounds and the other
six and one-half pounds.
• • •
Miss Blanche Mills caught a 22-pound yellowtail
at Catalina on a 6-ounce rod (6 feet long), with
6-thread line, after a fight of one hour and five min-
utes. This is the largest fish taken this year on
"three-six" tackle, and the biggest yellowtail caught
this season on any tackle by a member of the South-
ern California Rod and Reel Club.
• • •
Marshfield, Ore. — County Clerk Robert R. Watson
has issued more than 550 hunting licenses since Aug-
ust 1st. The first of the deer season shows the game
situation to be an average one, but it is thought
early hunters were aware of where the best hunting
grounds were to be found and later visitors in the
forests will not be as fortunate. A number of hunt-
ers say they find skeletons of deer which perished
during the cold weather of late January and early
February. The game wardens and fire wardens turn
in similar reports.
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T. E. Doremus, president of the Interstate Associ-
ation, will be a visitor in San Francisco the first of
the coming week. Mr. Doremus is on his way to the
Pacific Coast Handicap at Portland and will stop off
to visit with local trapshooters.
• • •
Fred Willard is down in the San Joaquin Valley
chasing doves. He has sent word that the birds
have been found numerous and is evidently having
some good sport now.
• • •
Al Cook is back from a visit to Arizona. He re-
ports that he never saw doves more numerous. He
understands that the birds are also plentiful around
Los Angeles. All the southern shooters were pre-
paring to go out into the hills and fields when Al
passed through Los Angeles.
• • •
Willard Terrill, formerly a well-known shooter and
fisherman around these parts, is now located at Wil-
mington, Del., where he has accepted a position with
the Du Pont Company. We wish Willard all the best
of luck.
• • •
Captain A. W. duBray, Clarence Nauman, Newton
Neustader and Jim Hull have gone to San Bonita
for a dove hunt. If there are any birds they can be
counted on to bring in limit bags.
• • •
Trade Notes. — One of the most talked-of events at
the Grand American last week was the exceptionally
good shooting of Al Koyen.of Fremont, Nebraska,
who won the preliminary handicap with 97x100 from
19 yards, shooting Nitro Club Speed Shells. This
is- not Mr. Koyen's first triumph this year and he is
looked to make many more clean-ups of prominence
before the end of the season.
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THE WORLD'S CASTING RECORD.
BARKS HEARD ALONG KENNEL ROW.
British Fanciers Object to Using Toys to Attract'?
Interest of Great Danes.
It is the belief of casters that the world's record
made by Dr. Carleton Simon last year at the tourna-
ment of the Asbury Park Fishing Club stands a
chance of being broken at the tournaments to be
held this year.
Dr. Simon, on August 7, 1915, made a new record
when he cast 379 feet and 8 inches on a linen line
with a four-ounce lead.
Everything, of course, will depend upon weather
conditions as to whether Dr. Simon or some other
caster will go beyond the official record at this sea-
son's tournaments.
Dr. Simon has bettered his world's record many,
times in practice.
William J. Moran, in 1910, cast 314 feet and 10
inches. This record stood for four years, when Dr.
Simon in the .spring of 1914, at Midland Beach, in-
creased it to 322 feet and 6 inches.
In August of .1914, John E. Clayton smashed this
by going 348 feet at Asbury Park. In September of
1914 Dr. Simon bettered the record by a cast of 349
feet 6 inches at Midland Beach.
Then at Midland Beach, in June of 1915, Dr. Simon
made 354 feet and 9 inches, followed by his present
record of 379 feet and 8 inches, made' in. August last
at Asbury Park.
All tournaments are under the auspices of the As-
sociation of Surf Angling Clubs. The following New
York and New Jersey clubs are members of this
organization: Anglers' Club, of New York; Ocean
and Stream Fishing Club, of Newark; Midland Beach
Fishing Club, of Staten Island; Belmar Fishing
Club, of Belmar; Ocean City Fishing Club, of Ocean
City, and the Asbury Park Fishing Club, of Asbury
Park.
There is an added interest to these tournaments
because of the Ocean City cup, a trophy donated by
by the Ocean City Fishing Club to promote surf cast-
ing. It is to be contested for by teams of five men
from any reputable club meeting with the sanction
of the Association of Surf Angling Clubs, the cen-
tral governing association. It is donated in perpetu-
ity and is to be held by the winning club until de-
feated. The cup is awarded yearly to the club whose
team of five men makes the best average in the open
field with 2%, 3 or 4 ounce leads.
The casting is strictly under the rules of the Asso-
ciation of Surf Angling Clubs, but competition from
all reputable clubs, whether members of the associa-
tion or not, is invited.
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Portland Rifle Shots Worrying. — Members of the
Portland Revolver Club are already worrying over
their chances in the telegraphic shoot of the V. S.
R. A., which will start, as usual, early in November.
They have reason to worry, as two of their best
shots, George W. Wilson as. well as S. J. Clifford,
are on the Mexican border with the 3rd regiment.
Bob Archer, another man who has done considerable
shooting, but hasn't made the team, is also with the
same regiment.
As it is uncertain when these men will return, the
other men who have taken part in the shoots are
wondering how they are going to keep up in the
race during its early stages, at least, and are hoping
that the schedule will show that they are matched
against easier teams at the start.
Officers of the club are planning to hold some kind
of merchandise shoot in the near future, which will
be open for anyone to enter. It is hoped in this way
to bring out some shooters who would otherwise not
enter.
The loss of Wilson from the team will be felt
keenly, as he led the local shooters in the season's
averages, and was the fourth high man in the asso-
ciation, which comprises the best revolver shots in
the entire country.
Other members of the club are practicing already.
It was only recently that Larry Evans made a score
of 462 out of a possible 500, which is high even for
mid-season form.
British fanciers don't like the idea of having to
bring out "Teddy bears" and other toys to attract
the interest of a big dog in the show ring. They!
think that Great Danes, for instance, ought to show
right without any artificial stimulus. We have seen
a lot of the same thing over here with various breeds/
The real lover of a dog likes to see his dog stand up
on his own legs and display his points without any
outside influence. The real thoroughbred show dog.
will always do it. The following. criticism of what
they have been doing in England may be of interest
to the fancy: —
"The Great Dane is, as a rule, so sensible and
tractable, that it should be quite easy to make him
understand that he must look his best. As far as we
remember, the Danes of some yeaTs ago were always
trained to show without the ludicrous efforts which
are now so conspicuous.."
• • •
Georges Carpentier, who before the war was one
of the best heavy weight boxers in the world, bul
who has recently been doing bigger things for his
country, has two young fox terriers which he fount
in a German trench. Carpentier has called them
Kaiser and Crown Prince.
• • •
Midgel'y Marsden, who is well known to the Amer-
ican fancy as a judge of the first water of Pomeran-
ians, has been seriously ill for a long time. The
malady from which he is suffering is heart trouble.
He attributes his illness to the strain under which
he was put at the New Year's Day Show of the Edin-
burgh Kennel Club, where he judged eighty classes.
Mr. Marsden is past the three score and ten mile,
stone, and his medical advisers say that he will
never again be able to withstand the excitement of
judging.
• • •
With a collection of eighteen of England's best
Pomeranians, Mrs. Henry Hill arrived in New York
on Friday last, after making a record trip. This is
the largest single shipment of dogs to come over
from England since the war began. During the trip
across, the care of the dogs in the limited quarters
was a heavy task, but not one dog was sick even
day, establishing a record, for it is seldom that so
large a number of dogs can be shipped without the
loss of one or more. On her last trip Mrs. Hill had
the misfortune to lose three specimens, one a very
valuable miniature bitch. While in England, Mrs.
Hill, making her headquarters in Leeds, visited the
large kennels of the breed and attended the import-
ant dog shows.
Quick action was the word when Mrs. O. A. Lake-
land viewed the collection of Pomeranians brought
over by Mrs. Hill. Exactly four hours after Mrs.
Hill had landed with her Poms Mrs. Lakeland called
on her, selected five from the lot as being exactly
what she required t,o round out her show kennel, and
then and there bought them, regardless of price. Mrs.
Lakeland is already the owner of several specimens
brought over by Mrs. Hill on her last trip and has
done very well with them, winning at all the larger
shows. Mrs. Lakeland has probably the largest ex-
hibition kennel of the breed at present.
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Tacoma Fly-Casting Scores. — R. B. Nason, presi- ,
dent of the Tacoma Bait and Fly-Casting Club, broke
two club records August 20th in the eighth semi-
annual event of that organization at Point Defiance
park. In the quarter-ounce event he made a score
of 118 feet 2 2-5 inches in the average distance event,
exceeding the previous high score of 108 feet 5 5 15
inches made by B. B. Perrow. He also made a score
of 134 feet 3 inches in the distance slam event, bet-
tering his own score of 134 feet.
Nason's score in the average competition also bests
the record made in the Pacific Northwestern tourna-
ment last August, when 110. feet 8 3-5 inches won
the prize. W. J. Bailey's cast of 127 feet 3 inches
in the same event beats the longest cast in the
Pacific Northwestern tournament last year, made by
F. N. Peet of Chicago.
The results of the competition follow:
Quarter-ounce Accuracy, per cent: C. R. Werner
98.3, W. J. Bailey 97.7, B. B. Perrow 97.6, R. H.
Nason 96.4, R. Hutchinson 93.8.
Quarter-ounce Average Distance — R. B. Nason, 118
ft. 2 2-5 in.; W. J. Bailey, 115 ft. 1-5 in.; B. B. Per-
ft. 2 2-5 in.; W. J. Bailey, 115 ft. 2 2-5 in.; B. B. Per-
row, 94 ft. 1-5 in.; C. R. Werner, 90 ft. 114-5 in.;
R. Hutchinson, 37 ft. 2 4-5 in.
Quarter-ounce Distance STam — R. B. Nason, 134 ft.
3 in.; W. J. Bailey 120 ft., C. R. Werner 116 ft., B. B.
Perrow 115 ft., R. Hutchinson 50 ft.
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A very exceptional record was put up by Mr. G. H.
Tuckett of New York City at the- Mt. Kisko, N. Y.,
registered tournament Aug. 5th. He tied with one
other amateur tor high general and high amateur
average, 149 ex 150, and in the shoot-off to deter-
mine the winner of first place, Mr. Tuckett broke 50
straight and was declared the winner, making his
score 199 ex 200. He shot Peters factory loaded
shells.
Saturday, Sept. 2, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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COAST SHOOTERS WIN HIGH HONORS.
Boys Fnished High Up at St. Louis in Handicaps;
F. M. Troeh is Champion of the States.
Pacific Coast trapshooting enthusiasts have reason
to be proud of the small but select band of scatter-
gun artists who participated in the Grand American
Handicap at St. Louis. While the official scores are
not at hand as yet, the returns show that all of the
boys gave a good account of themselves.
' Frank M. Troeh of Washington was crowned the
amateur trap shot of our United States. He was in
competition with the champions of practically every
state in the Union. He missed only one out of the
100 targets thrown. Heine Pflrrmann of California
and Nevada was right up there too. The scores
ot the Coast representatives were: —
Events— 25 25 25 25 Ttl
I F. M. Troeh (Wash) 25 25 25 24 99
H. Pflrrmann (Cal.) 25 23- 22 24 94
I E. M. Sweeney (Idaho) 20 20 24 24 88
- H.P. DeMund (Ariz.) 23 22 21 23 90
. A. P. Bigelow (Utah) 25 22 24 24 95
In the Grand American Handicap, Heine Pflrr-
mann was back on the 21-yard line and busted 95.
| Harry Ogilvie, 20 yards, hit 95, Andy Flickinger (20)
F 90, J. F. Dodds (20) 88. The money winners of the
events were —
Score. Cash Prize.
' J. F. Wulf, Milwaukee, Wis 99 $619
E. Malon, Jewell, Iowa 98 557
H. C. Daley, Carlinsville, 111 97 433
C. A. Atkinson, Creighton, Mo 97 433
D. C. Rogers, Logansport, Ind 97 433
C. L. Waggoner, Dilbert, Neb 96 156
M. Smith, Oklahoma City..'. 96 154
I. Galbraith, West Frankfort, 111 96 154
J. E. Chatfield, Texarkana 96 154
J. B. Fye, OUie, Iowa 95 61
R. U. Fletcher, Hugo, Okla 95 61
F. W. McNier, Houston, Tex ... 95 61
C. L. Parsons, Straw, Mont 95 61
H. Pflrrmann, Los Angeles 95 61
W. Wettleaf, Nichols, Iowa 95 6l
E. Tappen, Hoagland, Neb 95 61
H. Ogilvie, Lindsay, Cal 95 61
J. F. Powell, Ottumwa, Iowa 94 42
. A. W. Clark, Oklahoma City, Okla. . 94 42
F. G. Cairns, Tampa, Kans 94 42
F. M. Luther, Cimmaron, Kans 94 42
C. H. Parker, Minot, N. D 94 42
During the week 27,250 targets were thrown and
naturally the same number of shots were fired. The
purses for the different events totaled $20,000. R. A.
King of Delta, Colo., was the greatest money winner,
his winnings totaling more than $1,000. He placed
in nearly every event.
Quite a number of women devotees of the traps
- were present. They wrere awarded hats in the fol-
^ lowing rotation:
Mrs. L. C. Vogel, Detroit; Mrs. F. A. Johnson,
Philadelphia; Mrs. D. J. Dalton, Warsaw, Ind.; Mrs.
H. R. Hammond, Wilmington, Del. ; Mrs. Harry Al-
mert, Chicago; Mrs. H. P. Potter, Madison, Wis.;
Miss Lucille Muesel, Green Bay, Wis.; Mrs. C. Ed-
miston, Des Moines, la. ; Miss Emma Wettleaf, Nich-
ols, la., and Mrs H. F. Foster, Kansas City, Mo.
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Los Angeles Club. — C. W. Fish, shooting from 19
yards, broke 46 blue rocks out of 50 thrown and cap-
tured a diamond scarf pin in the Sunday trapshoot-
ing contest held at the Los Angeles Gun Club.
Three shooters tied for second best score, each
with 45x50. They were George Oliver, Owen Council
j', and Frank Free. Seventeen shooters competed in
[ this contest.
Shooting on the season trophies, the final contest
:. to be held October 8th, still continues at the L. A.
,- Club, with the scoring of some exceptionally good
! marks. During last week E. K. Mohler hung up a
49x50 result; F. Free 47x50, Charlie Vories 47x50,
and George Melford 46x50. The results follow:
Diamond Trophy Handicap — F. Free, handicap 19
yards, broke 45x50; C. W. Fish 19—46x50, E. K. Moh-
ler 20—42x50, H. E. Sargent 19—40x50, O. Council
20—45x50, H. Cline 19—43x50, S. R. Smith 19—43x50,
?• C. W. Jackson 19—42x50, George Melford 19 — 40x50,
George Oliver 19—45x50, William Kennedy 16 — 39x
50, Seth Hart 16—38x50, J. Cline 16—39x50, A. L.
Rowe 16—37x50, H. L. Riggin 16—36x50, Mrs. A. L.
Rowe 16—28x50, Mrs. O. M. Goodwin 16—27x50, E.
H. Stotler 16—23x50, Ray Finn 16—41x50.
Season Trophies — F. Free 47, George Oliver 44,
C. W. Fish 44, E. K. Mohler 49, H. E. Sargent 45,
' O. Council 45, H. Cline 44, A. L. Rowe 42, J. Cline 40,
C. Vories 47, Wm. Kennedy 41, Seth Hart 39. C. W.
Jackson 44, Geo. Melford 46, S. R. Smith 44, Mrs.
A L. Rowe 27, H. L. Riggin 34, Mrs. Goodwin 18,
E. H. Stotler 17, Ray Finn 40, J. Mann 25, J. Taggard
22, S. J. Tilden 42, A. H. Thomas 26, C. R. Bond 30,
S. L. Olshausen 17, W. A. Bonynge 35, P. F. Shoe-
maker 34, A. B. Sparks 32, G. R. Johnstone 18, S. A.
., Bender 30, J. D. Cantrell 45. C. M. Wood 42, E. L.
Frisbee 26, Mrs. Wm. Kennedy 4x5, C. E. Groat 20x
25. Mrs. C. E. Groat 23x25. *
QB
Vernon Club. — Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Groat tied on
: everything they shot for at the Vernon Gun Club
on Sunday.
First, they competed on the season trophy. Mr.
Groat firing from nineteen yards and Mrs. Groat from
eighteen. Each pinged 48 birds out of a half cen-
tury thrown.
They next contested for a gold bar and again tied
with 48x50. They shot off from their allotted handi-
caps. Mrs. Groat coming out the victor with a score
of 24x25. Mr. Groat busted 23x25.
"Pop" Bruner was high gun for the day with his
49x50 score. Mrs. Groat succeeded in breaking 96
targets out of 100 shot at during the day's shooting.
The results:
Yds.
I. N. Meek IS
O. Evans 18
15. A. Bruner 20
Pugh 18
C. E. Groat 19
Mrs. Groat 18
A. W. Bruner 16
Millard 16
Dr. Newton 18
H. Brown 16
C. P. Smith . ■. 16
Reid 16
YVilshire 16
THE INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION'S HANDICAP.
Practice
Hdp.
Trophy
25
25 Ttl.
25
25 Ttl.
22
25—47
18
24
23—47
23
..—23
18
23
19—42
23
..—23
20
22
21—43
20
17—37
18
22
20—42
24
23—48
19
25
23^8
24
24—48
18
23
25—48
23
..—23
16
25
24—49
18
1-1—29
16
12
16—28
18
16
23
17
21 — 44
18—35
16
16
19
17
16 — 35
22—39
23
..—23
86
Trap Shoot at Del Monte. — It is the desire of the
Del Monte Golf and Country Club to stimulate addi-
tional interest in amateur trap shooting competition,
and with this end in view the Del Monte Golf and
Country Club takes pleasure in extending to you a
cordial invitation to compete in the amateur trap-
shooting contest to be held at Del Monte, September
7th to September 10th, inclusive. Handsome prizes
will be awarded for the various events, and the Del
Monte Golf and Country Club and Hotel Del Monte
intend to accomplish everything in their power to
make this tournament pleasant and successful.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS.
Thursday, Sept. 7th — Practice. Grounds will be
open to all entrants, 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Friday, September 8th — 10 a. m. First event.
Scratch, for Monterey Cup. 100 targets, 16 yards.
Trophies for first, second and third high guns.
Saturday, Sept. 9th — 10 a. m. Second event. Ad-
mission Day Handicap. 100 targets. Handicaps
from 16 to 22 yards. Trophies for first, second and
third high guns.
Sunday, Sept. 10th — 10 a. m. Third event. Del
Monte Handicap. 100 targets. Handicap from 15 to
22 yards. Trophies for first, second and third high
guns.
Shells may be purchased at grounds. Entrance
fee. $2.
It is the desire of the Hotel Del Monte and the Del
Monte Country Club that all trapshooters will avail
themselves of the opportunity to compete in this
shoot as it is to be the first of several annual shoots
to be held on the Del Monte grounds. Equipment of
the latest design has been installed and the grounds
are first class in every detail. The traps will he open
to shooters at all times of the year.
Address all communications and entries to
J. F. NEVILLE,
Chairman Field Committee, Del Monte, Cal.
06
Alameda Elks' Club. — On account of Admission
Day, Sept. 9th, falling on Saturday, the day before
the final shoot of the season was scheduled to take
place, it has been decided to postpone the banner
event until Sunday, Sept. 24th, for the reason that
many of our members and other friends that . shoot
wieh us will want to take advantage of the two holi-
days.
The postponement will also work out to advantage,
allowing more time in wThich to perfect plans for the
big merchandise shoot scheduled to be held on the
last day of the season.
A meeting of the members called by the officers
and directors was held at the Elks' Club Wednesday
night, August 30th. Members will also be interested
to learn that W. L. Kock has won the handsome
walrus tusk corkscrew trophy, donated by C. W.
Lindermann, with the perfect score of 75x75. Fol-
lowing is a list of how the members stand:
Hdcp.
L. Koch 7
W. Lindermann.... 9
S. Goodman 10
P. Martine 6
D. Carman 6
G. Williams 7
J. Brooks 9
B. Thorning 3
H. Haskins 11
10. R. T. Boyd 4
11. F. J. Croll 5
12. A. A. Durney 5
13. Henry Meinecke 2
14. W. H. Price 1
15. Chas. Batford 14
16. L. W. Schroeder 8
17. Walter Plummer 4
18. Geo. Hickman 11
19. H. T. Craig 11
2". F. E. Hillyer 12
21. R. B. Valleau 8
22. H. C. Peet 2
23. Mike W;nans 14
24. W. E. Spann 12
As Sunday, Sept. 24th, will be the very last chance
members will have to complete their scores for the
Interstate Trophy Cup as well as the three club
prizes in each class, be sure and be on hand.
F. E. HILLYER, Sec'y.
Broke
Total
18
20
18
75
21
17
17
75
11
20
18
74
22
IS
18
73
20
17
21
73
19
15
18
72
13
15
17
71
21
20
20
70
19
12
9
68
11
20
22
67
22
12
22
67
13
19
21
67
21
21
18
66
18
23
19
63
11
• 5
4
62
13
14
8
59
21
20
49
17
12
48
15
11
47
17
10
47
11
21
44
23
25
10
24
10
22
T. E. Doremus, President,
Wilmington, Del.
Elmer E. Shaner, Mgr„ E. Reed Shaner, Sec'y,
Pittsburgh, Pa. Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Interstate Association's Eleventh Pacific Coast
Trapshooting Tournament, under the auspices of
the Portland Gun Club, Partland, Ore., September
12, 13a,id 14; $1,000 added money. Winner of
first place in the Pacific Coast Handicap guaran-
teed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place
guaranteed $75 and a trophy; and the winner
of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Sev-
eral other trophies will also be awarded.
To Change Date of San Jose Shoot. — O. N. Ford is
in communication with the Interstate Association to
change the registered tournament of the San Jose
Blue Rock Club, which was set for September 17th
and 18th. He wants it to be moved to September 24
and 25, so as not to conflict with the monthly shoot
of the Golden Gate Club at the Alameda grounds.
Ford is counting on attracting a number of shoot-
ers who will participate in the Pacific Coast Handi-
cap at Portland on September 11, 12, 13 and 14. He
is arranging his shoot so that the boys can drop off
on their way home and try their skill on the grounds
where the State shoot was held.
The San Jose crack has been suffering from a
severe cold since his return home from the success-
ful tour of the middle west. He was able to be up
and about a week ago Sunday and managed to break
96 out of a 100, which shows that, he is still able to
make the smoke fly.
30
Seattle Association. — Hugh Fleming led. the shoot-
ing in the regular program at the Harbor Island
grounds August 20. Without the wind that prevailed
during the morning the scores would doubtless have
been much higher, although Fleming finished his
first fifty targets with a total of forty-eight to his
credit. Ike Fisher, professional, stood in second
position in this part of the shooting with a forty-six
score.
Fisher took the lead in the hundred-bird race and
finished first, shooting ninety-two out of the bunch.
Matt Grossman and Hugh Fleming tied for the high
amateur honors, they both knocking down ninety
birds. Joe Bacher shot the second amateur position
with an eighty-five. Bacher shot through one 25-
target event without a miss.
In the doubles Matt Grossman led the squad, pick-
ing down the most of these targets.
Harry Fremont shot with the club for the first
time this seasorS He has just returned from the
South, where he has been shooting with the Califor-
nia clubs. H. E. Gachnour of Sunnyside was a vis-
iting shooter. Scores:
At 50 targets — Hugh Fleming 48. Ike Fisher 48,
Matt Grossman 44, A. Drake 39, J. Bacher 38, J. W.
Glascock 37, H. Fremont 36, H. E. Gachnour 35, J.
Hulbert 28.
At 100 targets — Ike Fisher 92, Matt Grossman 90,
Hugh Fleming 90, Joe Bacher 85, H. Fremont 79,
C. W. Bandy 42, Van M. Woodman 21.
At doubles — Matt Grossman 51, Ike Fisher 43,
J. Hulbert 30, Hugh Fleming 21, Joe Bacher 17, A.
Drake 13, H. E. Gachnour 12.
OB
Tacoma Club. — The Tacoma Gun Club held its last
shoot of the season August 20th. E. E. Young won
the Majestic Cafe trophy, while J. A. Dague won
the permanent ftvnership of the White Flyer fob.
J. C. Jensen won a spoon for breaking 25 straight
and he also won a spoon for the highest actual score.
Fred Griffin won a spoon for the lowest score. The
following 'scores were made on the Majestic Cafe
trophy with added bird handicap: —
Broke. Hdcp. Ttl.
Young 76 21 97
Jensen 88 2 95
Dague 88 7 95
Smith 78 17 95
Bales 76 18 94
Parks 82 11 93
Lake 81 10 91
Griffin 67 19 86
Mellinger 64 21 85
9B
Clubs with the A. A. T. A. — In the number of clubs
affiliated with the A. A. T. A. the middle western
States lead by a considerable margin. The exact
number is 411, as against 348 in the eastern States,
94 in the west and 86 in the south. The clubs are
distributed through the States as follows:
Middle West — Illinois 198. Iowa 79. Indiana 41,
Michigan 34. Missouri 31, Minnesota 27, Wisconsin
22. Kansas 21, So. Dakota 15, Oklahoma 14, Ohio 9,
Arkansas 7, Nebraska 3. Total, 411.
East — Pennsylvania 135, New York 80, New Jersey
40, Maryland 23, Massachusetts 21, Connecticut 16,
Delaware 13. Vermont 9, New Hampshire 7, Rhode
Island 1. Total, 248.
West— Montana 23, California 22, Oregon 12, Colo-
rado 9, Washington 9, Idaho 7, Arizona 5, Utah 5,
Nevada 2. Total, 94.
South— Kentucky 17. Virginia 16, No. Carolina 8.
W. Virginia 8, Mississippi 7, Alabama 6, Louisiana
6. Florida 5, Tennessee 5, Georgia 4. Texas 2, Dist.
Columbia 1, So. Carolina 1. Total, 86.
Canada — 25.
12
THH BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept 2, 1916
Stock Breeders" Page
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SHIRE MARES FOR SMALL FARMERS.
[London Live Stock Journal.]
There are very lew who remember the trade for
heavy horses so brisk and the prices for good ani-
mals so extraordinarily high as they are just now,
and this in spite of the great advance in the use of
motor power during the last few years. Nothing
could put greater confidence into the hearts of Shire
horse breeders than this; that is to say, if their con-
fidence needed any backing up, which is doubtful,
considering the way in which the Shire has held his
own. in spite of the prophecies of pessimists who
tried to lead us to believe that motor power would
soon drive the horse out of existence. It is a great
question if any branch of stock breeding has been so
lucrative to the farmer as the breeding of Shires,
and the breeding of Shires has this advantage over
other breeding operations in that it is a business in
which the small farmer can participate with an equal
prospect of success with those who occupy large
holdings. On a small farm where only three or four
working horses are kept it is equally as cheap to
maintain that number of well-bred Shire mares as
so many nondescripts, and two or three well-bred
foals to sell every autumn bring in a nice and useful
little check.
It is well known that many of the best Shires have
been bred on small farms and sold for high prices as
foals to owners of large studs who have brought
them out, and there is still greater encouragement
for men on small farms to enter the ranks of the
Shire horse breeders now with the advantages that
are offered under the Development Scheme. Provided
two or three sound, well bred mares can be obtained
the services of good sires are now easily, available,
and not the slightest excuse can prevail nowadays
for using unsound stallions.
The best and soundest blood is let out annually
by the owners of large studs to the various enter-
prising Shire Horse Societies, and those farmers
who cannot afford to pay a large fee are enabled to
get assisted nominations to horses hired by those
societies which have received a grant- under the
live stock scheme. By the sale of foals there is" a
quick and highly profitable return, both on the keep
of the mares and on money expended in stud fees,
and, besides, there is always the chance of a plum
turning up that will pay a whole year's rent of the
farm.
Somehow or other the writer has often observed
that it is those farmers in the smallest way who have
the best luck with their brood mares, owing no doubt
to the fact that they cannot afford to let them live
idly. They work for their living and consequently
breed regularly and produce healthy, vigorous foals.
The farmer or his sons look after the mares them-
selves, so that they are properly fed and driven,
every care being taken previous to and at foaling
time, and the foal is handled and looked after as it
should be. It is very important to handle foals early
and teach them to behave in a proper manner, so
that when sale time comes they can be shown to the
best advantage, and they should also be taught to
eat some corn early so that they will be in good
bloom and spirits.
It cannot be Impressed too strongly upon all whb
made a practice of selling their Shires as foals that
it is most important to use only Ihe best of sires,
and to think nothing of paying higher fees and the
extra trouble and expense of perhaps a railway jour-
ney. The difference in value between foals by a
well known good sire and those by an unknown one
is very great.
Fashion and pedigree carry much weight in Shire
breeding as in the breeding of other stock, but there
is this point to be remembered, that whereas in cattle
breeding the animals make big prices by reason of
the female line to which they belong being of fash-
ionable blood, yet in horses it is the other way about,
and, in assuming the dam is sound and straight, the
value of the foal is assessed to a great extent on the
merits of the sire.
Of course, the merit of the foal counts for a great
deal, but still, if by a well-known sire, its value is
greatly enhanced. Considering, therefore, this differ-
ence in value in foals of equal merit individually by
fashionable and unknown sires, it can easily be seen
that the best and most fashionable sires are the
cheapest to use, even if double or treble fees have to
be paid for their services, and many a farmer can
trace a good deal of his success in business to the
fact that he has been fortunate enough to live within
an easy distance of one or other of the best Shire
studs, where reasonable terms have always been
granted to bona fide tenant-farmers. The sire, how-
ever, cannot do everything. There must be sound
and weighty blood on both sides.
The gelding market must always be kept in view,
and there is at all times a big check to be obtained
for a good, sound, weighty gelding. Filly foals gen-
erally fetch the most money, but good, sound, weighty
colts meet a ready sale if likely to make stallions,
ind there is always the gelding trade for the others.
Farmers are always advised by wealthy presidents
at sale luncheons to "stick to their fillies," but when
farmer is offered from $250 to $500 for a foal he
cannot well afford to refuse it. He must, of course,
replace his older mares by young blood from time to
time, but very valuable foals are best allowed to
pass into the hands of those who can afford to stand
the risk.
A great point in favor of the keeping of pedigree
Shire mares is that the breeding of Shires can be
carried on without interfering in any way with the
other branches of industry on the farm. They are a
lucrative but yet subsidiary part of the general sys-
tem, and the flock and herd, whether dairy or feeding
cattle, can be carried on just the same.
Any farmer who decides to keep a few pedigree
mares in place of the usual nondescripts can rest
assured that he is embarking on a sound business
that rests on a more solid basis than the breeding of
any other class of stock. Cattle and sheep breeders
depend a great deal on the foreign demand and al-
ways have to face a slump in values owing to
droughts, closing of ports, and various other causes,
none of which affect the Shire, inasmuch as a good
Shire can always find a ready market at home, and
the vicissitudes* of our climate and the vagaries of
the foreigner have no effect on the value of a good
Shire.
The Shire breeder has always two strings to his
bow — he can sell the produce as foals, for which
there is always a brisk demand, or he can work them
on the farm till four or five years old, during which
time they will earn all their keep, and then sell them
for town work, and today we see town geldings easily
making $500 apiece. There is, too, always the plow
team available for any that get blemished, or what
may be called "misfits," although the latter are more
often found in the light horse section. Let a farmer
lay in a good foundation by the purchase of thor-
oughly good sound mares, then use the.. best sires
available, and a highly profitable return is certain.
Hog and Cattle Markets at Chicago.
The present booming hog market warrants specu-
lation as to the basis on which the new pig crop
will be valorized, says the Chicago Live Stock World
of August 25th. Continuance of an $11 market will
be improbable, although trade prophets predict a
high spot in September. The latter part of October
usually witnesses a break, but present conditions are
abnormal, packers' cellars will be bare at the incep-
tion of the winter season, and if the movement is
kept within bounds a healthy market is assured. Last
year frosted corn sent pigs by the hundred thousand
to the stock yards during October, November and
December, causing demoralization and insuring the
deficiency in mature hogs that has been responsible
for the recent $11 market.
With hogs selling around $13 per cwt in Canadian
markets, present "singer" demand at Chicago by
Toronto packers is not surprising. They are paying
top prices and keeping a class of thin rangy hogs
at a premium that would otherwise sell on a level
with packing grades. This Canadian demand has
been a stout prop under the Chicago market for
months past and it promises to continue. When free
trade in live stock went into effect certain theorists
insisted that it meant cheaper pork, but Canada,
instead of being a contributor to the domestic supply,
is spending millions of dollars annually for American
hogs.
Range cattle from the northwest are not running
in good form. They were advertised as fat, but few
have so far reached Chicago in that condition, the
character of the run having been decidedly disap-
pointing to killers. In Wyoming and Montana cattle
wintered badly, which will be responsible for a
belated beef round-up. Fat little Mexicans selling
around $7 per cwt are doing a creditable stunt.
This week's run of cattle at western markets has
resulted in congestion at the killing beds. Butchers
got behind with their work Monday, hence the indis-
position of buyers to send cattle over the scales.
The European war has created a labor condition In
packing circles that is little short of serious. Pack-
ers have been forced to make concessions in the mat-
ter of wages and are short handed at that.
Army Horse Prices in Chicago.
Chicago advices of August 26th say that it looks
very much as though the allies want all the horses
we can spare them and will continue to do so until
the war is over and then some more. As it is the
present British, French, Italian, Belgian and Swiss
orders already placed should absorb about all the
horses we can spare for quite some time. There is
no change in army prices, riders bringing from
$116(5)165, and gunners from $160@200. Prices for
commercial chunks are dominated by that range, and
the same may be said for wagoners and expressers.
Reject stock brings from $80@120 for gunners and
from $55@67.50 for the bulk of the riders. There is
not much doing in the commercial end, the inquiry-
being about the same as for the past two weeks,
feeding geldings being taken at a range of $170@200,
best chunks $210@235, and heavy weights from $240
upward, according to weight and quality.
Short Course Students Increase Farm Profits.
It pays the farmer to go to school, according to
the University of California.
While arranging for the Short Courses in poultry
husbandry, agriculture, horticulture, and dairy manu-
factures to be given at the University Farm at Davis
from October 2d to November 10th, the University of
California has received a number of letters from
farmers who attended former Short Courses in which
they give enthusiastic testimony to the profit of
their six weeks at the University Farm.
"The money I spent on the Short Course was the
means of doubling my salary," said a letter received
by the University from Carl Robertson of Santa
Anita.
"I learned the trade of cheesemaking in the Short
Course at the University Farm," wrote Oliver G-hig-
gioli. from Bjrds Landing, "and as my score in the
Educational Contests shows, it has enabled me to
hold my own against any experienced cheese-makers
in California."
"The Short Course is worth cold dollars," wrote
Sam Nealy of Rialto. "I passed along my notes a»d
my training in hog-raising to my brother and it has
made him money, especially in regard to feeding.
The training in stock-judging was of great value to
me. They can't palm off a cheap cow on me now.
The Farmers' Short Course taught me that a farmer
to be successful must really use his head."
"The Short Course in dairying, through its lectures
and clinics gave me information I could not have
procured by years of study by myself," wrote W. R.
Heinbach of Fresno. "The course enabled me to
start my own business and in six months I increased
the daily capacity from 100 to 1000 pound!. The
Short Course more than doubled my earning
capacity."
"The Short Course in Dairy Manufactures did me
a world of good," wrote Glenn Wilson of Chowchilla.
What he learned there won him a' position as man-
ager#of a creamery in Chowchilla.
"If I had had the opportunity to learn how to raise
poultry the Short Course gives, instead of having to
buy my knowledge by costly experience, I would be
richer today by thousands of dollars," said one suc-
cessful commercial poultrymah in a talk to some of
the University students of poultry husbandry. This
year's poultry course is to teach the farmers and
their wives who come to the University Farm how to
incubate, brood, and care for fowls. There will not
only be lectures, but all these processes will be
learned by actually doing the work, and there will
be instruction also in allied subjects, such as irriga-
tion, gas engines, farm machinery and field crops.
A Better Bull Worth the Difference.
A breeder who had been producing registered Here-
ford cattle for a number of years decided that he
would invest in a better bull. After considerable
searching he purchased a good sire at what he
thought was a long price. The bull was well bred
and an excellent individual. His neighbors decided
that he was buying more reputation than bull.
The first year he produced 43 calves out of this
bull that sold for $152 per bead more than the calves
from his other bull, and he still had the bull left.
This breeder was a good judge of stock and a good
feeder, as well as a salesman. It is difficult to say
just bow high a bull can be sold and not be profitable
under the best conditions. If this bull had been pur-
chased to use or. grade cows, or placed in the hands
of a poor manager, he would have been too high.
If this breeder had used an inferior bull, reduced
the selling price of his calves $152 per head, there
would be a great difference between the value of an
inferior bull and this good bull. A bull of the right
kind and properly bred (so that it will breed on) is
valuable property.
Imported Sheep at Auction.
At a sale of 135 imported Hampshire, Shropshire
and Cotswold rams and ewes held at Waukesha, Wis-
consin, recently an average of $90 was obtained. The
lot was about equally divided between the three
breeds, and consisted of about two-thirds rams and
one-third ewes. Top prices were obtained for Hamp-
shires. the extreme best of the vendue being $260,
paid for a ram of that breed to go to the flock of
Walnut Hall, Donerail, Ky.; Day & Rothrock, of
Sprague, Wash., took Hampshire ram lambs at $250
each; Jess C. Andrews, West Point, Ind., paid the
top prices for Shropshires, going to $190 for a ram
and to $225 apiece for a pair of ewes. Alex. Arnold,
Galesville. Wis., was the best bidder for Cotswolds.
Secretary of the Interior Lane announces that
more than a quarter of a billion acres of land remain
in the public domain, according to official figures
just compiled by the genera! land office. These
acres are located in 25 different states, extending
from California to Michigan, from Florida to Wash-
ington.
The sale of Berkshires held by W. S. Corsa at
Gregory Farm. Whitehall, 111., on August 15th was
a success. The 40 head made an average of $89.
The offering was distributed from California to Con-
necticut. S. D. Wicks, Pomfret, Conn., was the most
extensive buyer, taking almost a carload of breeding
material for his Doane Hall Farm. He bought the
boar Superb Masterpiece for $370, one of the best ,
boar productions to come from Gregory Farm. Other
good buyers were Butte City Ranch. Butte City, Cal.,
and A. B. Humphreys. Mayhew, Cal.
<S> ■$> <8>
The offering of 26 Shorthorns sold by F. I. Derby
at Shreveport, La., on August 18th. under the aus-
pices of the American Shorthorn Breeders' Associa-
tion, resulted in an average of $253. The six bulls
averaged $189 and the 20 females $275.
Saturday, Sept. 2, 1916]
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CHESTNUT TOM 2:17<4 FOR SALE.
Chestnut Tom 43488, standard and reg-
istered, eighteen years old, but strong and
vigorous, is offered for sale for a ridicu-
lously low price. The late Martin Carter,
who was one of California's most success-
ful breeders, considered this horse one of
the very best he ever bred for a sire.
Chestnut Tom is sire of the dam of the
coast champion Wilbur Lou (1) 2:19V.
(3) 2:10%; sire of Natal Day 2:13%, coast
champion two-year-old. The late Martin
Carter bred Chestnut Tom for a brood-
mare sire. He is by Nutwood Wilkes, his
dam is by Director and his grandam is
the dam of his sire and by Nutwood. $150
takes hfm. Address GEO. T. ALGEO,
3608 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland.
I WANT TO BUY.— I have sold eleven
horses in the last few months ranging
from $2,000 to $200. If you have a horse
for sale and will write me, I will tell you
what my system is. It is a winner. I find
there is a buyer for every horse for sale
at the right price. It is just a question of
getting the buyer and seller together. If
you have one for sale let me hear from
you. MAGNUS FLAWS,
542 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111.
FARMS FOR SALE
Choice Land In Idaho
Lewlston, Idaho, la situated at the
forks of Clearwater and Snake rivers and
has transportation to the coast.
960 acres 7^j miles from Lewlston, Ida-
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traveled road, all in cultivation except
about 15 acres, all level land, just a little
rolling, 320 acres of fall wheat In, 225
acres fall plowed for spring crop, about
30 acres In alfalfa. All fenced and cross
fenced. Two good springs with big cem-
ent water troughs, well, windmill and
cement reservoir, water piped to house,
7 room house, hot and cold water and
electric lights. Large horse barn with
hay mow in the center, electric lights in
barn; cow barn with two box stalls: hog
pens, shade trees, chicken houses, black-
smith shop, wagon shed, granary, outdoor
cellar with bunk house overhead. $85 per
acre; will take one-third down, time on
balance to suit purchaser, at 7 per cent
interest. One-third of crop goes with
place if sold any time up close to harvest.
Mild climate, can raise all kinds of fruit,
grain and vegetables. Wheat In this
country goes from 35 to 65 bushels per
acre, barley 40 to 80 bushels per »cre.
320 acres 4Mj miles south of Vollmer,
Idaho, 275 acres in cultivation, balance in
pasture and timber, farm land lays prac-
tically level, one-third of crop goes with
place if sold before harvest. Some fall
wheat already sown. All fenced and cross
fenced. Quarter section of It fenced hop;
tight; good four-room houso. wood shed,
and out of door cellar, nice grove around
house, well at house, fair stabling and
out buildings, spring and spring creek
close to barn, three springs on place.
Price $70 per acre, one-third cash, bal-
ance at 7 per cent. Time to suit pur-
chaser.
238 acres 4% miles from Lewlston, Ida-
ho, 175 acres in cultivation. 25 more can
be cultivated, balance good bunch grass
pasture, fenced and cross-fenced, good
spring creelc runs across place, small
house, station on place for Johnson R. R.,
two grain warehouses at station. Price
$70 per acre, one-third cash, balance at
7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
160 acres of timber land, good farm land
when timber is cleared off, all can be
farmed except about 2 or 3 acres. Good
timber, yellow pine and fir. Price $4000.
40 miles from Lewlston, Idaho. Well
located to log off.
240 acres 6 miles from Asotin, 12 miles
from Lewiston, Idaho, about 75 acres In
fall wheat, about 75 acres more can be
cultivated, balance in bunch grass pas-
ture, two springs, small house, .ill fenced.
Price $40 per acre, one-third cash, balance
at 7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
Reference Lewiston National Bank and
First National Bank. Address
F. W. KELLEY,
Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept. 2, 1916
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BEAUTIFUL BELVEDERE
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— ^LOTS FOR SALE^—
f> ORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
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1 most beautiful spot on the shores of San Francisco Bay
^■^ for a suburban home. It commands an extensive view of
r-q the City of San Francisco, Alcatraz and Angel Islands,
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V Raccoon Straits, San Francisco Bay, Richardson's Bay,
l\ the Berkeley shore, beautiful Belvedere and Mt. Tamal-
1 1 pais. It is in Marin County, directly opposite San Fran-
\f cisco, and forms the eastern shore of Belvedere cove.
J I It has a naturally terraced, sunny, western slope that is
well adapted for many choice residence sites, every one
affording most picturesque views of the bay and moun-
tain. It is protected from the prevailing western trade winds in
summer by Belvedere Island, and from the southerly storms in
winter by Angel Island. The soil is fertile and part of the island
„
is well wooded.
It is less subject to fog than any other place near San
Francisco. The summer fog, as it rolls in from the ocean, splits
on the western slope of Sausalito, part of it flowing in a line with
Angel Island towards the Berkeley shore, and part of it along
the southern slope of Mt. Tamalpais, leaving Belvedere, Corin-
thian Island and Raccoon Straits in the bright sunlight, while
the fog banks can be seen as a white wall both to the north and
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the south.
There is very little available land about the shores of San
Francisco Bay that is desirable for homes, especially for those
who love boating and kindred sports. The Alameda and Contra
Costa shores of the bay are the lee shores and receive the full
brunt of the boisterous trade winds which lash the shoal waters
near the land into muddy waves, making boating both unpleas-
ant and dangerous. To the north of the city and in Marin
,
County the land from Sausalito to the entrance of the bay is a .
Government reservation and will never be placed on the market.
The shores of Richardson's Bay are not at present convenient
to boat service and, aside from Belvedere and Corinthian Island,
there is little or no land near any ferry landing that possesses
the natural advantages, improvements and possibilities that are
offered on Corinthian Island. Concrete roads, pure water, tele-
phone service and electric light wires are already installed. It is
only ten minutes' walk from any point on the property to
Tiburon boats, and but forty-three minutes' ride to the foot of
Market Street.
On the point of Corinthian Island the Corinthian Yacht
■ Club has had its home for many years, and on any summer day
the white sails of its numerous fleet add to the charming scene,
as the trim yachts glide about the cove. Excellent fishing of all
kinds for bay fish, including salmon, the gamey striped bass,
rock fish and the toothsome silver smelt, is to be had in the cove.
There is probably no spot so accessible and in such close prox-
imity to any large city in the world that offers the attractions
of climate, magnificent scenery, fishing and boating as will here
be found.
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"LIFE WITH THE TROTTER"
PRICE $3.00 POSTPAID
"LSI* With the Trotter" rives ua a cl jar Insight Into the ways and means to ba
adopted to Increase pace, and preserve It when obtained. Thla work la replete srltb
Interest, and ahould ba read by aii sections of society, as It Inculcates the doctrines as*
kindness to the horse from start to finish "
arirtrsaa. BREEDER and SPORTSMAN, P. O. Drawer 447, asta Fraaiaiaa*. OsX
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ALL STORIES AND PICTURES MUST
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For desirable pictures, (publication rights released
to us) accompanying stories not accepted, we will pay
ONE DOLLAR on receipt of film.
IF YOU HAVEN'T A HAND TRAP
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when you buy your shells and targets.
Get your ideas "rounded-up," — plan your
exposures and let your camera earn a few
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No restrictions as to age or sex of contestants
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EASTERN HANDICAP HONORS
THE <P) BRAND SHELLS
CARRIED OFF BY
SHOOTERS USING
Preliminary Handicap — 1st Horace W. Lodge, 96 ex 100 from 19 yards Eastern Special — 2nd Fred Plum, 98 ex 100
Eastern Handicap — 2nd W. H. Lanier, 96 ex 100 from 18 yards High General Average (tie) — Exed Plum, 343 ex 350
Special Double Event — 1st Fred Plum, 29 ex 15 pairs Longest Run of shoot — by Fred Plum — 140 straight
High General Average on all targets, including 200 from 22 yards, 100 from' 18 yards, 450 from 16 yards and 15 pairs, won by Fred Plum, 742 ex 780
CONNECTICUT INTERSTATE CHAMPIONSHIP
won at Danbury, Conn., July 12-13, by Mr. A. L. Chamberlin
by a score of 94 ex 100 and 25 straight in the shoot-off, using
tetepll SHELLS
Mr. Chamberlin and Dr. B. F. Bishop, won the Connecticut 2-man team championship, 187 x 200. Mrs. F. F. Rogers won the ladies' championship,
81x100, and Messrs. A. L. Chamberlin and F. B. Stephenson tied for High Amateur Average, 141x150, all using the "P" brand.
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MANY of the front rank shooters at the Grand American
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Afield, thousands of sportsmen are equipped with Remington
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THE REMINGTON ARMS UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO,
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Championship of California!!!
PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP 1915
HIGHEST GENERAL AVERAGE, VERNON GUN CLUB,
Los Angales, July 2, 3 and 4, 1816
49 3 ex 500 TARGETS
All of the above winnings were made by Mr. Henry Ffirrmann Jr. , with his 34 inch
double barrel
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Highest Official General Average for 1914 and 1915 was made with the
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—TRAINING THE HOUND-
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE TRAINING OF--FOX HOUNDS, BEAGLES,
AND COON HOUNDS.
The system of training advocated is simple and effective, so that .anyone who car-
ries out instructions can easily develop a foxhound, a beagle or a^iuon dog to the
highest state of usefulness or organize a pack: in which each hound will work independ-
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Hound's Ancestry, History, Instinctive Tendencies, English and Native Hounds, Devel-
oping the Intelligence, Training the Foxhound, Voices and Pace of the Hound, Quali-
ties of Scent, Manners, Training the Coon Dog, Coon Hunting, Training the Beagle,
Forming a Pack, Field Trial Handling, Faults and Vices, Conditioning, Selecting and
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chapters on field trial training and handling are alone worth the price of the book,
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The book contains 224 pages, is clearly printed, nicely bound, and handsomely illus-
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Price, In heavy paper cover, 91; 11.50, postpaid.
ADDRESS:
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
P. O. DRAWER 447, IAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
VOLUME LXIX. No. 11.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1916.
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[Saturday, Sept. 9, 1916.
1 ARIZONA STATE FAIR
I PHOENIX, ARIZONA
I Nov. 13-14-15-16-17-18. 1916.
ENTRIES CLOSE OCTOBER 1st, 1916
Enter at any time. Ten to enter, six to start.
No. 7 2:07 Pace
No. 8 2:12 Trot
No. 9 2:12 Pace
No. 10 2:18 Trot
No. 11 2:09 Trot
No. 12 FFA Pace
No. 13 FFA Trot
No. 14 2:27 Trot
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CONDITIONS
Rules of the American Trotting Association shall govern
all races. Only records made by winners of races shall be
considered.
Three per cent, to enter, 7 per cent from first money win-
ners; 6 per cent from second; 5 per cent from third; 4 per
cent from fourth.
Combination plan. Heat purses, $200.00, $300.00 and $400.00.
Money divided 50, 25, 15, and 10 per cent. Total purse
$1000.00 The extra $100.00 divided, $50.00 to driver and
$50.00 to horse standing best in the summary.
Free stall rent is given during the meet and first bedding
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No place in the United States equals the Arizona State
Fair Grounds as a winter training place.
SUNSHINE EVERY DAY. 1N0 FOG. NO RAINY SEASON, GREEN FEED
A-I STABLES AND BEST OF TRACKS.
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Phoenix, Arizona.
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DATES OF FAIRS.
CALIFORNIA.
Alameda Co. Fair at Pleasanton Sept. 13-16
Ventura Co. Fair at Ventura £ep7 Jf ,5
Community Fair at Ripon Sept. l&-lb
Fresno Co. Fair at Fresno Sep t. lb-il)
Bishop Harvest Festival at Bishop Sep t.<is- do
Kings Co. Fair at Hanford.... Oct. 2-7
Riverside Co. Fair at Riverside Oct. 10-14
Kern County Fair at Bakersfleld Oct. 24-28
ARIZONA.
Arizona State Fair at Phoenix Nov. 13-18
NORTH PACIFIC FAIR ASSOCIATION.
Walla Walla Co. Fair at Walla Walla Sept. 11-13
Washington State Fair at North Yakima Sept. 18-23
Oregon State Fair at Salem Sept. 25-30
INTER-MOUNTAIN FAIR CIRCUIT.
Baker, Oregon ■ l!^"1^ is
Ontario, Oregon |epJ™h»r 11
Boise, Idaho Sep^e^K^I
Salt Lake, Utah October 2
GRAND CIRCUIT.
Syracuse, N. Y Sept. 11-16
Columbus, Ohio Sept. 18-30
Lexington. Ky "«• £""
Atlanta, Ga 0ct- 16 21
The Mother of Eighteen Foals.
Ill a two-acre, beautifully shaded paddock on the
Meek Farm ai San Lorenzo, Alameda county, Cali-
fornia, where there is perpetual green feed and run-
ning water, and a big rick kept constantly filled with
the best of hay, taking her ease in her 32nd year of
life, is the famous mare Cricket, the first mare to
pace a mile in 2:10, a great race mare in her day
and one of the most wonderful brood mares that ever
lived. While her back is bowed with the weight of
years and the carrying of eighteen foals to which
she gave birth and suckled until they were old enough
to wean, Cricket's eyes are still bright, her legs as
clean and trim as a colt's, and she can trot across
the lot when approached by a stranger with a nimble-
ness of step that belies the many years of her busy
life. The writer on Sunday last, in company with
Dr. Cecil Corwin, the well known dentist of Hay-
ward, and lawyer Asa Mendenhall of Oakland, made
a call upon Cricket, during which the photograph
here reproduced was taken. Cricket was foaled upon
the farm of Ihe Meek Estate, has never changed
ownership, and for several years has been retired
with the very best the farm could provide in the way
of food and care. Cricket was foaled in 1885, and
made her first appearance on the track as a three-
year-old in 1888. During that year she started three
times, meeting those great Ihree-year-olds Adonis,
Gold Leaf, San Diego and Belmont Boy. These three-
year-olds were pacing around 2:19 to high wheels
and while Cricket did not win irom them she showed
well and got some of the money. In 1889 she was not
raced, but in her work showed that she was not
only fast but game, and she was taken east with
the Salisbury stable in 1890, with Andy McDowell
to do the driving. Her first start was at Jackson,
Michigan, where she won a four-heat race, purse
$500, the best heat in 2:29%. The next week at
Grand Rapids she won a five heat race, purse $500,
without lowering her record, and then raced the
following week at Grand Rapids where she won a
$600 purse in straight heats and reduced her record
to 2:14%, following this with another straight heat
win for a $600 purse, the best lime being 2:17%. At
Detroit, July 22d, she met Grant's Abdallah and sev-
eral of the cracks of that time in a $2000 purse,
again making it three straight with the last heat
SECRETARY HATHAWAY of the Ventura County
Fair writes that he received but two entries (Teddy
Bear and Vera Hal) for the $600 free-for-all pace at
the Ventura meeting and wonders why horses that
are racing around the bay section for $300 purses
have not been entered at Ventura. We think it is
all owing to the date of the Ventura Fair which has
Sept 13th to 16th for its dates. Horses racing at
the California State Fair will also race at Fresno
Sept. 26th to 30th, and at Hanford October 2d to 7th.
To race at Ventura they would have to make a long
trip south by rail from Sacramento and then a long
trip north again to Fresno, thus paying double trans-
portation rates. If Ventura could have selected dates
after Hanford we believe it could have filled a good
program of races, including its free-for-all pace. For
some reason or other it seems impossible tor the fair
associations in California to get together and agree
on dates that will result in a real circuit of fairs.
There are enough county fairs given in California
each year to attract large entry lists to all the live
stock departments as well as to a good program of
racing, if the fairs were organized into a circuit
with consecutive dates and as short shipments as it
is possible to make. It is surprising that so many
horses are annually put into training in California
when the fact is taken into consideration that for
several years there has been no regularly organized
circuit, and few announcements of race programs
before May or June. With a California circuit of
ten weeks announced in March there would be five
horses in training in May where there is now one,
and it would be no trouble to fill a program with
entries.
THE ANNUAL FAIR AT PHOENIX is one that
the California horsemen who have raced there speak
of in terms of the highest praise. The. harness horses
are always well provided for and this year there are
ten $1000 purses on the list. The conditions are
liberal. Entries close October 1st, and entries can
be made any time up to that date, in classes to
which the horses are eligible at time of making
entry. The dates for the meeting are November
13th to 18th, which is after all the other meetings
are over. There is no rain and no fog at Phoenix in
November, the track is one of the best and the offi-
cials of the association very attentive and obliging.
Remember, the closing date is October 1st, with Sec-
retary T. D. Shaughnessy, Phoenix, Arizona.
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LOANING MONEY TO FARMERS by the Govern-
ment is a new thing in the United States, but in
Europe and Australasia it has been successfully car-
ried on for years. Professor Mead of the University
of California says that up to 1914 Australia had ad-
vanced $60,000,000 in farm loans to promote land set-
tlement, and so sound was the financial basis that
the year saw a total default of only $478 in payments
due from settlers.
CRICKET 2:10 BY STEINWAY
From a photograph taken August 27, 1916.
in 2:14%, a new record for her. Three days later
she started at the same track for another $2000
purse and again she won in straight heats. At Cleve-
land, Ohio, August 1st, she met the pacer Dallas and
a big field of pacers in a $2000 purse, which went to
five heats before she was declared the winner, and
five days later at Buffalo met much the same field,
winning two heats and second money, and pacing the
fastest heat of the race in 2:13%. It was at Inde-
pendence, Iowa, in the latter part of August, that her
greatest race was paced. Here she met Major Won-
der and a field of six other high class pacers. The
Major won the first and second heats, but Cricket
took the next three and in the third heat paced to a
record of 2:12%, the fastest heat of the race. After
pacing this great race on Wednesday, it was found
that in a race in which she was entered for Thurs-
day there were no other starters and Mr. Salisbury
was offered the purse of $1200 if Cricket would
lower her record of 2:12%. Although she had raced
five hard heats the day previous, Mr. Salisbury
decided to make the attempt and, hitched to the high
wheeled sulky of those days, and driven by Andy
McDowell, she paced the mile in 2:10 — the first time
a mare ever paced that fast. At the close of that
year but three pacers held faster records than
Cricket. They were the then champion Johnston
2:06%, bay gelding by Joe Bassett, Roy Wilkes
2:08%, brown stallion by Adrian Wilkes, and Hal
Pointer 2:09%, bay gelding by Tom Hal. Gold Leaf,
that had beaten Cricket as a three-year-old, stood
fifth on the list with a record of 2:11%, while Adonis
and Dallas were tied for sixth place with records of
2:11%. She was shipped home with a record of
having made ten starts, winning nine races and get-
ting second money in another. Her total winnings
were just under $10,000. Arriving at Sacramento
after the long journey from Independence she was
started the next day against Almont Patchen, Ned
Winslow and Belle Button, but made a disastrous
break the first heat and was behind the flag for the
first time in her life, while the heats of the race were
all around 2:20, time that would have been only a
jog for her when right.
Mr. Meek concluded not to race Cricket any further
and she was put to breeding, being mated the first
time with Sidney. Her first foal was William Har-
old that took a race record of 2:13% pacing and now
at the age of 24 years is still doing stud duty, and
as a roadster is not an easy one to hold when another
horse comes alongside. During the present season*
two of Cricket's latest foals, Colleen by Charley D.
2:06'/t and Bold Harry Aerolite by Aerolite 2:06%,
have entered the 2:10 list, both pacers. Her list
of standard performers are the following:
Wm. Harold p. 2:13% by Sidney 2:19%.
Cricri p. 2:20 by Direct 2:05%.
Isobel t. 2:19 by McKinney 2:11%.
Hopper t. 2:14% by McKinney 2:11%.
Crispiani p. 2:22% by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%.
Colleen p. 2:06% by Charley D. 2:06%.
Bold Harry Aerolite p. 2:07% by Aerolite 2:06%.
There are several more of Cricket's foals that
have secured records in matinees and in races that
have not been placed on record in the Year Book.
She has had eighteen foals altogether, but as many
have been sold at the farm's auctions, trace of many
of them has been lost.
Cricket was sired by Steinway and her dam was
Witch by Dolphin, a son of Eaton Horse 122, next
dam Dolly, a mare that was said to be a thorough-
bred. She was bred by the late Harry W. Meek and
now in her 32nd year remains the property of his
estate. Few mares have such a record as Cricket,
the first mare to pace in 2:10, which record she.
made to high wheels, and she is probably the only
record mare living that has produced eighteen foals.
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The Advantages of Showing.
It makes little difference what kind of an animal
one tries to win blue rihbons with, the procedure, up
to a certain point, is about the same in all; that
is in so feeding and caring for them, as to give them
what experienced exhibitors and judges call "condi-
tion." To learn what condition is and how to give
it to a horse or a pony is not the work of a short
time. The successful exhibitors of the present period
commenced to learn how to condition their animals
years ago. One of the first things they learned was
that good breeding may be found behind all the show
animals of super-excellence.
Breed-type and character are wanted in every ani-
mal and in order to get these qualities judgment must
be exercised in choosing the sire to mate with the
females. Even then, all the offspring will not make
show animals. There must be a careful selection
made for size, substance, and quality. These things
are wanted in pleasing proportions. Having bred
right and selected carefully, feed and care are essen-
tial in keeping the animal thrifty. Before one show
is over preparation should be made for the following
year. Everything possible should be done to make
the winning animal better for next year, and to over-
come deficiencies in those that failed to come up to
the judge's ideal. The one who shows advertises his
stock and keeps the public in touch with the quality
of animals that are being produced. They have an
opportunity to study the type, conformation and
quality of animals that are preferred. The show-
ring largely sett the standard for type. There are
also many lessons for the breeder. He comes in com-
petition with other breeders, gets their ideas and
sees how the animals are placed. This tends to set
him on the right track to better breeding, provided
he is capable of putting his new impressions into
practice.
Breeders who now attend the large shows com-
menced showing their stock at the county fairs and
there learned their first lessons in regard to what
was looked for in the breed he was interested in
and in show-ring strategy. The minor fairs could be
made of much greater value to stockmen if all good
animals in the community were fitted and shown.
It is no disgrace to come second in strong competi-
tion, and the quality of the stock is not lowered one
bit if it stand fairly low in a long line of good indi-
viduals. Judging is a matter of comparison, and the
exhibitor with his eyes open can see, as well as the
judge, where his animal is deficient. Many weak
points in an animal do not become prominent until
brought alongside another animal. Off type, lacking
in conformation and uniformity of parts, or possibly
not sufficient care taken in fitting may be the reason
for one animal being placed below another. This is
where the educational features of the show-ring are
brought out. The breeder who can see little defi-
ciencies in his own animals and is a good loser comes
back the next year with many of the weaknesses-
overcome.
This, of course, refers to exhibitions in the breed-
ing classes. If one desires to go farther, and show
his horses or ponies in the harness and saddle classes
much more will have to be learned, for in those
classes pace, action and manners have to be consid-
ered and the one who would succeed in that direction
must master the problems presented and, in case he
cannot himself develop a good degree of skill as a
reinsman or a rider provide himself with some one
who has that skill.
September 1st, hogs jumped to $11.40 per hundred
in the Chicago market, the highest price since .1863,
when good to heavy hogs sold at $11.45.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept. 9, 1916.
HARNESS RACES AT CHEHALIS, WASH.
LABOR DAY MATINEE.
POUGHKEEPSIE SUMMARIES.
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8 3
The Southwest Washington Fair, held at Chehalis
during the week ending Sept. 1st. was well attended
and furnished some good racing. In the 2:25 trot
A R. G. equaled the track record by trotting the
second heat in 2:13%. In the 2:10 pace on the sec-
ond day Fred Woodcock's pacer Hal Paxton won
handily, pacing three heats below 2:10. The sum-
paries :
2:25 trot, purse $500:
A. R. G.. bl h by Gumaer Hal (McGuire) 111
Beauty B„ b m by Pluto (MeGirr) 2 2 2
Worthy Maid (Bunch) 4 3 3
Mary W (Merrill) 3 4 4
Time— 2:16%, 2:13%, 2:14%.
2:20 pace, purse $500:
Tillamook Maid, b m by Zolock. .. (Merrill)
Allerton Direct, b h by Baron Direct
(McGuire) 7
Hi Ho, by Keeler 1
King Zolock, Paul, Wallace Hal, Lena Patch, and
Duke.
Time— 2:12%, 2:11%, 2:14%.
Wednesday, August 30.
2:15 trot, purse $500:
Floradora Z., br m by Zombro.(Ted Bunch) 113
Copius, b g by Lacopia (MeGirr) 2 3 1
Complete, b b by Palite (Smith) 3 2 2
Oakland Moore, by Oakland Baron 5 4 4
Burt Wood, by Falrose 4 5 5
Time— 2:15%, 2:16%, 2:15%.
2:15 pace, purse $500:
Hal Paxton, by Hal B (Woodcock) 111
Zombrino, by Prince Zombro. . (Ted Bunch) 2 2 4
Joe Buckley, by Bonnie McK
((W. Hogoboom) 4 4 2
Sir Wilfred, by Leland Onward. ..(MeGirr) 3 3 3
Time— 2:09%, 2:09%, 2:09%.
Thursday, August 31.
Paul by Kinney Lou (Helman) 12 5
Lena Patch by Oregon Patch (Lindsey) 3 14
Hallie B. by Hal B (Switcher) 5 4 1
Wallace Hal 2 3 2
Montana Bell 4 5 3
Time— 2:15%, 2:15%, 2:16%.
2:10 pace, purse $500:
Prince Zolock by Zolock 112
Lady Hal 2 4 3
Hal Edo 3 2 1
"Indian Hal 4 3 4
Time— 2:11%, 2:11%, 2:11%.
*Indian Hal finished first in the last heat but was
placed last.
Friday, September 1.
2:20 trot, purse $500:
A. R. G. by Gumaer Hal 1 1 1
Beauty B 2 2 2
Mark H 4 3 4
Courlier Gale 6 7 3
Bonniola 5 5 5
Mrs. Herbert 7 6 6
Perrieo 3 4 dr
Time— 2:15%, 2:14%, 2:14%.
2:25 pace, purse $500:
Allerton Direct by Baron Direct (McGuire) 2 11
Zombrino by Prince Zombro. .. (Ted Bunch) 12 2
Helen Hal 3 4 3
Winson Direct 4 3 4
Time— 2:13%, 2:15%, 2:15%.
Program For Lexington Meeting.
President Ed. Tipton has given out the following
program for the annual Fall meeting of the Kentucky
Trotting Horse Breeders' Association which will open
October 2d and close October 14th:
October 2 — Walnut Hall Cup, $3000; two-year-old
Futurity, $5000; 2:08 pace, $1000; 2:14 pace, $1000.
October 3— Kentucky Futurity, $14,000; 2:06 trot,
$1200; 2:15 trot, $1000; 2:05 pace, $1000.
October 4 — Board of Commerce for 2:00 pacers,
$3000; the Limestone, $2000; 2:11 trot, $1000; 2:12
pace, $1000.
October 5— Transylvania, $5000; 2:09 trot, 2:21
trot, 2:09 pace, $1000 each.
October 6 — Blue Grass and Lexington, $2000 each;
2:13 trot, 2:16 pace, $1000 each.
October 7 — Kentucky, $2000; Breeders' Stakes,
$9000; 2:17 trot. $1000; 2:03 pace, $1200.
October 9 — Castleton Cup, $3000; Champion Futu-
rity (four-year-old trotters), $5000; 2:14 trot, 2:17
pace, $1000 each.
October 10 — Ashland, $2000; Dinner Stakes, $3000;
2:08 trot, 2:15 pace. $1000 each.
October 11 — Cumberland, $2000; pacing futurity,
$2000; 2:05 trot, $1000; 2:14 trot for two-year-olds.
$1000.
October 12 — 2:12 trot, 2:20 pace, 2:10 pace and
2:11 trot for three-year-olds. $1000 each.
October 13 and 14 are reserved in case of post-
ponements on account of rain.
The Walnut Hall Cup, Futurity, Kentucky Futu-
rity, Limestone, Transylvania, Blue Grass, Lexing-
ton, Kentucky, Breeders', Castleton Cup, Champion
Futurity, Ashland, Dinner Stakes, Cumberland and
Pacing Futurity are closed, but entries to all others
will close on September 15. The subscribers to the
Translyvania are to name the horses they intend to
start on September 15.
President Tipton announced that Lee Axworthy
2.00% will trot a mile on October 2 in an effort to
beat 2:00.
As part of the program for the Labor Day celebra-
tion in San Francisco, four harness events were
raced before a big crowd at the Stadium in Golden
Gate Park with the following results:
First race — 2:20 pace:
Sis Hopkins (Hopkins) 4 11
Dibble Wilkes (Frank Burton) 14 2
Hello Girl (R. Kehoe) 2 2 3
Black Mack (Martin Ford) 3 3 4
Time— 2:20, 2:20%, 2:20%.
Second race — 2:16 pace:
Little Dick (Scott) 2 13
Rosa O (Martin) 13 2
Pointer Belle (Ed Luce) 4 2 1
Cookie (J. Vermet) "3 4 4
Time— 2:18%, 2:17%, 2:17%.
(Tie between Little Dick and Rosa O. decided by
toss of coin, Little Dick winning.)
Third race — Free-for-all pace:
King Pointer (Burton) 1 1
J. C. Simpson (Goularte) 3 2
Little Jack (H. Campodonico) 2 3
Senator H (D. Hawks) 4 5
Emma M (Malough) 5 4
Time— 2:13%, 2:11%.
Fourth race — 2:20 mixed:
Bird Eye (A. Combatalade) 12 1
Minequa (M. Ford) 2 13
Silver Logan (D. Healy) 3 3 2
Darby Mc (Joe McTigue) 4 4 4
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MONTPEL1ER, IDAHO, RACES.
The first meeting of the Inter-State Circuit was
held at Montpelier from August loth to 18th. The
track is a half mile. Results:
Aug. 15 — 2:14 pace, purse $400:
Armadillo, bl m by Montana Grattan (Huber) 12 1
Harold Welcome, b h by Welcome (Butcher) 3 12
Elizabeth Hal. b m by Walter Direct (Strong) 2 4 6
The Potreress. ch m by Potrero Boy. . (Stewart) 7 3 7
King Bird, Mabel C. and Jenny Fitzsimmons.
Time— 2:15, 2:14, 2:16.
2:17 trot, purse $400:
Allie Lou, b f (4) by Kinnev Lou (Dennis) 5 4 11
The Corsair, b h by Walnut Hall (Huber) 12 2 2
Sweet Bow. b m by Bon Voyage (Ivey) 6 13 3
Baby Lally. bl m> by Bonnie McK (Bush) 2 3 7 T»
Amy McKinney, Sis Meridian. Marie Fitzsimmons, and
Mountain Boy.
Time— 2:20. 2:16%. 2:18.
Aug. 16 — 2:30 pace, purse $400:
Daisy D.. b m by Hal B (Kenney) 116
Bob Fitzsimmons, Jr., b h by Bob Fitzsimmons
(Dennis) 3 7 1
Nampa Maid, bl m by The Magnet (Williamson) 2 2 4
Daisy Direct, ch m by Direct Hal (Williams) 8 3 3
Ed Lewis. Cecil C, Payette Girl, Bob Minoe, Linnie C.
and Mountain View.
Time— 2:18. 2:17%, 2:17%.
2:18 pace, purse $400:
Helen Zedo, b m by Bob Fitzsimmons. . . . (Dennis) 113
Sister Norte, b m by Del Norte (Maxwell) 2 3 1
Lady Goo Goo, b m by Macey Medium. . (Murray) 4 2 2
Jim Stewart, b g by California Dillon
(Williamson) 3 5 6
Silver Slivers, Toffee and one other.
Time— 2:14%. 2:15%. 2:15.
Aug. 17 — 2:10 pace, purse $400:
Josie Knight, gr m by Twelfth Night (Dennis) 14 2 1
Van Sickle, b h by Gambetta Wilkes (Erwin) 6 7 12
Axcybetta. ch h by Axeyone (McKay) 4 13 3
Eineline Dillon, b m by Guy Dillon. . (Stewart) 2 2 ds
Prince Wilkes, Elizabeth Hal, May Davis and Delmas.
Time — 2:14. 2:17, 2:16. 2:18.
2:24 trot, purse $400:
\n\y McKinney. bl m by Captain McKinney
(Wilbur) 5 1 1
Al McK., b h by Bonnie McK (Bush) 2 3 2
Pfeister's IJnwood, b g by Lynwood W(Compton) 1 5 ds
Negra, b m by Letrado (Stetson) 4 4 3
Time— 2:24%. 2:22. 2:22.
Aug. 18 — 2:25 pace, purse $400:
Daisy Direct, ch m by Gene Direct Hal
(Williams) 2 3 11
Veno Hal. b m by Hal B (Kenney) 3 13 2
The Potreress, ch m by Potrero Boy
(McConnell) 1 2 4 3
Fern Lad. b h by Inferna (Smith) 9 5 2 ro
Ginger. Montpelier, Miss Electrite, Linnie C, Nogi and
King Hal also started.
Time— 2:15%. 2:19%, 2:20%. 2:21.
ENTRIES FOR VENTURA COUNTY FAIR.
Ventura, Cal, September 1. — The $600 free-for-all
pace and the 2:20 trot or pace for $250, scheduled
for the Ventura County Fair failed to fill and some
otherwise wise horsemen overlooked a good thing.
The races filled were the Ventura County free-for-
all pace, the 2:18 trot or pace and the two half-mile
running races. The hurdle race, exhibition jumping
event and the big chariot races were more than
filled. The entry list for the fair and the dates on
which races will start are as follows:
Ventura County Free-for-all — $500 — Sept. 14.
Zomar, Donlon Bros., Oxnard: Santa Paula. James
Gill, Oxnard; Babe, James Cuccatto, Oxnard; Mc-
Verde, A. J. Donnelly, Ventura; Nordwell, William
Cook, Ventura.
2:18 Trot or Pace — $250 — Sept. 16.
Queen McGregor, Thos. Morgan, Pasadena; Nord-
well, Wm. Cook, Ventura; McVerde, A. J. Donnelly,
Ventura; Babe, James Cuccatto, Oxnard; Santa
Paula, James Gill, Oxnard; Zomar, Donlon Bros,
Oxnard.
Half-Mile Running Race — $100 — Sept. 14.
Rapid May, R. H. Gudgeon, Santa Barbara; Bar-
ney Mason, O. T. FitzPatrick, Saticoy; Light Com-
edy. E. G. Dolley, Santa Paula; Star Light, Ed. Lev-
engood, Los Angeles; Lonia, Mrs. Effie Holcomb,
San Diego.
Half-Mile Running Race — $100 — Sept. 16.
Same entries as last above.
Tuesday, August 29.
The Dutchess, 2:17 pace, three in five. $3000:
Jay El Mack, b h by E. J (Murphy) 111
Diumeter. b g (Grady) 2 2
Spring Maid, ch m (White) 3 4 3
Wilbur S. and Hal Plex.
Time— 2:06%, 2:06%. 2:03%.
The Vassar, two-year-old trot, two in three, $2000:
The Real Lady, b f by Moko (Murphy) 1 1
Ante Guy, b f (Phillips) 2 2
Emma Magowan. br f (Murray) 3 3
Harvest Gale, Betha McGuire and E. Colorado.
Time_2:08%, 2:09%.
2:03 pace, three heats, purse $1200:
Hal Boy, b g by Hal B (Cox) 111
Fay Richmond, br g (Reap) 3 2 2
Peter Stevens, b h (Murphy) 2 3 4
Time— 2:05%. 2:03, 2:03.
2:19 trot, three heats, purse $1000:
Empress of Russia, ch m by Peter the Great. .
(Murphy) 111
Trusada. b m (Cox) 2 2 2
Barbara King, ch f (J. Dickerson) 4 5 3
Amy Frisco. Luke A,. Nash. Narcissa D-, Notice B.
Time— 2:10%. 2:10%, 2:10%.
To beat 2:02 pacing — Directum I, ch h by Directum
Kelly (Murphy), lost. Time — 2:03.
Wednesday, August 30.
The Hudson Valley. 2:12 trot, three in five, $2000:
Mabel Trask, ch m by Peter the Great. . . (Cox) 111
Azora Axworthy, b m (Murphy) 6 2 2
Esperanza, b m (Durfee) 2 3 6
Junior Watts, Caroline, Belzona and Sweet Spirit.
Junior Watts and Caroline divided fourth money.
Time— 2:10%, 2:07%, 2:08%.
The Guy Axworthy, for three-year-old trotters eligible
to the 2:17 class, two in three, purse $2000:
Expressive Lou. b f by Atlantic Express. . (Murphy) 1 1
Native Judge, b c (Murray) 2 2
Stella Maris, br f (J. Dickerson) 3 4
Libia. Brownie Watts, Balmackan, Bertron, Cochata,
Jay and Peter Dixie.
Time — 2:10%, 2:12.
2:05 pace, three heats, purse $1200:
General Todd, b h by George Todd (Rea) 112
Russell Boy. b hby Rustic Patenter (Edman) 2 5 1
White Sox. b m (Durfee) 3 2 3
Time— 2:05%. 2:06%, 2:07.
The Poughkeepsie. 2:15 trot, three heats. $2000:
Brisac. br h by Ingara (Murphy) 5 11
Baron Frisco, b g by San Francisco (W. Dickerson)l 2 3
Exito. br g (Good) 5 3 2
American Girl and Dos Palos.
Time— 2:08%. 2:09%. 2:10.
Thursday, August 31.
The Knickerbocker, 2:08 trot, three in five, purse $5000:
St. Frisco, b h by San Francisco (Geers) 111
Ima Jay. br m (Ernest) 2 3 2
Director Todd, m g (Cox) 3 2 7
Laramie Lad. b g (McDonald): Humfast, b m (Mur-
phy); Alma Forbes, b m (Ackerman); Virginia Barnette,
b m (Durfee).
Best time, 2:05.
2:09 pace, three heats, purse $1000:
Major Woolworth. br h by The Abbe. . (Hubbard) 112
The Savoy, blk g by Charley Hayt (Floyd) 2 2 1
Areta V.. ch m (Cox) 4 3 3
Lillian W., ch m (Davis).
Best time, 2:06%.
'2:10 trot, three heats, purse $1000:
Almack. b h by McLintock (Murray) 111
Helen Worthy, b m (Murphy) 5 2 2
McCloskey, br g (McDonald) 2 4 4
Howe Constantine. b g (Batchelder) ; Country Tramp,
ch g (Davis).
Best time— 2:07%.
2:15 pace, three heats, purse $1000:
Young Todd, br g by Director Todd (Cox) 111
The Problem, br h (Murphy) 2 4 2
Sir Anthony Carter, br h (Geers) 3 2 3
Commodore Dallas, b g (Chapell.
Best time— 2:05%.
Friday, September 1.
2:13 trot, three heats, purse $1000:
Allie Watts, eh m by Gen. Watts (Edman) 111
Pittsburg, ch g (Murphy) 2 2 2
Baby Doll, b m (Rodney) 3 3 3
Tregantle King, Sombrecht, Littie L„ Bellini.
Time— 2:09, 2:07%. 2:08%.
2:18 pace, three heats, purse $1000:
Sis Bingen, blk m by Bingen (Murphy) 111
Rayo de Oro, ch g (Durfee) 2 2 3
Marjorie Ray. b m (Cox) 3 3 2
Time— 2:10%. 2:12. 2:08%.
The Directum I. 2:00 pace, two in three, purse $3000:
Napoleon Direct, ch h by Walter Direct (Geers) 1 1
Single G.. b h (Edman) 3 2
Russell Boy. b h (Edman) 4 3
Hal Boy.
Time— 2:02%. 2:00%.
2-07 trot, three heats, purse $1200:
Mirthful, b m by Star of Patchen (Murphy) 12 1
Esperanza. b m by Carlokin (Durfee) 2 12
Worthy Prince, b h (Cox) 3 3d
Time— 2:10%. 2:11, 2:10.
2:10 trot, three heats, purse $1000:
Brescia, b m bv Bingara (Rodney) 111
Worthv Bingen. blk h (Murphy) 2 2 5
Onward Allerton. b g (Edman) 5 5 2
Coastess Mobel. Linden Hall and Vallette.
Time— 2:09%. 2:11%, 2:10%.
Finds Horses Best
A California farmer says that for farming on a
large scale where you can make the tractor take the
place of 20 or more horses it will pay you if you. will
get a good one that will not always be laid up for
repairs when you want to use it. But for four to
six horses. "I believe the farmer will be better off
to stay with nis horses until the small tractor is
improved and cheapened so the small farmer can
afford to buy one. I have used a 30 h. p. tractor a-
little over one year. It has cost me for repairs $600."
The epidemic of infantile paralysis has become so
prevalent in the vicinity of New York City and the
central part of the Empire State that several fairs
and race meetings have been postponed by order of
the state board of health. The Hohokus (N. J.) Fair
will not be held until the second week in October,
the fair at Richfield Springs, N. Y., has been declared
off altogether, while the attendance at the fairs that
are now being held is much lighter than usual, due
to the fact that children under sixteen are prohibited
from entering the grounds.
Saturday, Sept. 9, 1916]
THE BREKDEK AND SPORTSMAN
Thoroughbred Matters
Three Wins in One Day for Macomber.
The sensation at Belmont Park on Friday, Septem-
ber 1st, was the winning of half the card by the
horses of the Macomber stable, trained by Walter
Jennings. That the triple win by this stable after
its long period of hard racing luck was popular with
the spectators at the track was evidenced by the
applause that followed each winning of one of the
stable's candidates which reached a climax in enthu-
siasm after Star Hawk had followed the victories of
Kittenish and Hesperus with a like achievement in
the Locust Valley Handicap, which was the feature
race on the card.
And it was an imported thoroughbred that won
each of the three races for this year's recruit to
racing at this track.
Kittenish was the first of the Macomber string to
earn brackets and she was a handy winner of the
opening five furlong dash through the straight that
was framed for maidens. L. Wood's Pickwick, mak-
ing his first start, was the one to race to the place,
while third went to the Oak Ridge Stable's Sea
Wave. The only other starter was Richard T. Wil-
son's Polonium, an imported gelding.
The Macomber silks repeated in the second race
when Hesperus, another imported one, dashed
through his field in the last furlong of a six furlong
dash to beat home L. Wood's King Mart, while
Bridget O'Connor, from the stable of C. H. Robbins,
was the one to race third. As was the case in the
opening dash, the Wood starter was greatly fancied
before post time and the result was identical when
the Wood horse was second.
The third Macomber victory came when his im-
ported Sunstar colt. Star Hawk, who was second to
George Smith in the Kentucky Derby, was winner
over the mile and a sixteenth distance. This was
the fourth race, known as the Locust Valley Handi-
cap and the only ones to oppose him were G. A. Mil-
ler's Flittergold and E. F. Whitney's Rhine Maiden.
Star Hawk was on his bad behavior at the post
and was kicking and bucking until in one of his
plunges he unseated Phillips. He lashed out with
his heels repeatedly and he found Flittergold in range
twice.
When the barrier finally rose Rhine Maiden shot
away with an advantage, and Lowder hustled her as
though riding in a five-furlong spirit. She was five
lengths to the good at the first pole and Star Hawk
had shaken off Flittergold and was in second place a
good two lengths before the half brother to Friar
Rock.
Phillips was sitting still on Star Hawk and he
made no effort to go after the filly until well into the
stretch. Making the turn he swung out slightly to
have a straight run, and without being urged. Star
Hawk went to the filly. At the same time Ambrose
rushed up on the rail with Flittergold, and when
Lowder went to the whip on Rhine Maiden she was
all through and the other two came by. Flittergold
was finishing very resolutely under his drive, but
Phillips was in no way worried and he sat still to
have Star Hawk winner by half a length.
Walter Jennings shipped all of the Macomber
horses yesterday direct to Kentucky, where Mr. Ma-
comber has over thirty yearlings ready to go into
active training. It is evident that should he not meet
with altogether unforeseen bad luck, Walter Jennings
will have an exceptionally powerful string of high-
class thoroughbreds in his charge next season.
While he has had rather hard luck this year, espe-
cially with the imported animals in his string, every
horseman knows the string he has been training
includes some splendid three and four-year-old pros-
pects, while the large lots of thoroughbreds which
he has bought this season from J. B. Noel in Eng-
land and from John E. Madden of Hamburg Place
should greatly improve his stable in both quality and
volume.
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Friar Rock, the famous three-year-old, has been
sold by August Belmont to John Madden for $50,000
and will not race any more but be sent to Mr. Mad-
den's Hamburg Farm, Lexington, Kentucky, where
he will do stud duty.
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The Louisville Cup, with the $2,500 added to it by
the Douglas Park Jockey Club, will likely be richer
in value this season than at any time previous, since
it has been the big feature race of the autumn meet-
ing at Douglas Park. Douglas Park opens the Louis-
ville racing season on Monday, September 18, and
covers a period of eight racing days, winding up on
Tuesday, September 26, which will be the date of the
running of the big cup race, which is an event of
two miles in distance.
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The autumn meeting at Churchill Downs, which
closes the fall racing season at Louisville, begins this
year Wednesday. September 27. The historic St.
Leger Handicap, which is over the full cup course
of two miles and one-quarter, is the feature of the
coming autumn meeting at the Downs, and is one of
the most popular of races among the fixed events
annually raced for on any American track.
A. K. Macomber Gives $17,500 for Dodge.
Dodge, winner of the Latonia and American der-
bies and conqueror of Spur, was sold at Saratoga
Saturday afternoon, Aug. 26th, to A. K. Macomber
for $17,500 to dissolve the partnership of Messrs.
Weber & Ward. Samuel Ross, of Washington, acted
as the bidder for Mr. Macomber. John W. Schorr
and J. W. May carried the three-year-old to $10,000
and there Willis Sharpe Kilmer took up the running.
His last bid was $17,000 and then the buying bid was
made by Mr. Ross.
All told four racers were sold by the Power-Hunter
Company, and Franklin brought the second highest
figure when knocked down to J. S. Ward for $8,500.
This three-year-old is highly considered by that
horseman, but has failed to show his true form of
♦late.
Solar Star, a six-year-old son of Star Shoot and
Sardine, was purchased by Ral Parr for $1,300. The
other racer in the vendue, Norvic, a three-year-old
gelding by Seinpronius — Gliding Belle, went to J. S.
Ward for $800.
Campfire Wins Hopeful Stakes.
Campfire, Richard T. Wilson's great two-year-old
son of Olambala and Nightfall, won the Hopeful
Stakes, of which the winner's share was $18,500,
from a field of an even dozen picked youngsters on
the closing day at Saratoga. C. K. G. Billings's Omar
Khayyam was second and A. K. Macomber"s Star
Master was third. In Campfire Mr. Wilson holds the
season's champion two-year-old. Following his vic-
tories in the Saratoga Special and the Sanford Memo-
rial, this son of Olambala proved his class by picking
up the heavy tax of 130 pounds, running from behind
on the inside of his field, and then winning handily.
Not only was Campfire carrying top weight, but it
was weight so big he was giving away from twenty
to twenty-three pounds to every other starter in the
race with the exception of Harry Payne Whitney's
Rickety, who had 119 pounds to carry, or eleven
pounds less than the winner.
Not only did Mr. Wilson have placed to his credit
the richest stake of the American turf, but there was
something that was far more gratifying to him and
that was that he had bred and brought his star to
the races. Olambala, always a favorite with the
young owner, was made more dear to him by the
great showing of one of his get. By running second,
Omar Khayyam, an imported son of Marco and Lis-
ma, earned $3000, while Star Master, the son of Star
Shoot and The Lady in Blue, made $1500 by running
into third place.
When asked what he had to say about Campfire's
victory, Mr. Wilson said: "I have always known
that I had a good colt, but today's performance set
the seal on his greatness. He should race on and
go any distance of ground as a three-year-old. The
fact he is of Olambala's first crop of 2-year-olds and
Nightfall's first foal, is encouraging. Every one of
Olambala's get but one has now won races. Men
breed for years to get one race horse, but I have
been fortunate enough to get not only a good race-
horse, but a potential sire as well at the very outset
of my efforts."
Rich Futurity Goes to Campfire.
The Futurity, richest of stakes for two-year-olds,
worth this year $17,340 to the winner, $2,366 to sec-
ond and $1,135 to third, was won at Belmont Park
last Saturday by Richard T. Wilson's Campfire, when
he ran the six furlongs in 1:13 4-5, beating Harry
Payne Whitney's Rickety by a half length, while
H. H. Hewitt's Skeptic was third.
Ten went to the post and there was a delay of
four minutes owing to the turning and twisting in
an effort to be off well. Campfire had the outside
position of the company and he was the best behaved
one of the lot, though Vivid, who was alongside of
him, frequently bolted in front of him while jockey-
ing for position.
Notter was not ready with Tumbler when the
barrier rose, but the others left in excellent align-
ment, with Campfire just showing the way to Ma-
deira, one of the Cochran starters. Vivid was show-
ing the way to the others and Pleasant Dreams left
in a good position. Skeptic was in rather close
quarters and he was not as prompt to be under way
as some of the others.
As Campfire left he bore over from the outside
position, where the going is always a trifle deep, and
he had foot enough to steer that course without in-
terfering with the others in the field. Madeira was
right in the front division and at one time was in the
lead, and Rickety was stepping along in a most im-
pressive way.
Madeira found that she was a bit over her head in
the matter of class before the dash was very old, but
Rickety was coming along in gallant fashion. Trainer
Rowe had equipped him with blinkers for the run-
ning and it made a marked difference to him, improv-
ing his form.
A quarter of a mile from the finish it was apparent
that if Campfire was to be beaten Rickety was the
one that would accomplish that feat. Madeira had
been shaken off. Skeptic was not close enough to be
seriously considered and the others were struggling
along back of the son of Olambala in a futile fashion
that gave them no chance to hope he would be
caught.
Rickety was not so easily discouraged and he was
giving the Wilson colt a close chase. He ran along
on the outside of the son of Olambala and was closely
lapped on him and going so strongly that for an
instant he looked a winner. But Johnny McTaggart
was riding a confident race on Campfire and he had
not called on the chestnut.
Rickety continued to close until a furlong from
home his head was showing. It was then that Mc-
Taggart stung Campfire with the whip. He only
hit him once or twice and it was all that was neces-
sary. It roused him to the work in hand and he
forged to the front again, but Rickety hung on with
such determination that at the end Campfire's margin
of victory was a scant half length.
Two lengths back of them Skeptic saved third from
Vivid and the others of the company were pretty
well strung out.
Secretary Pearce Resigns His Office.
The State Racing Commission of Kentucky met
last week in Chairman Johnson N. Camden's sick
room at his home near Versailles, Chairman Cam-
den remaining in bed during the deliberations.
Walter H. Pearce's resignation as racing secretary
at Louisville and Latonia tracks was accepted. J. B.
Campbell will succeed Pearce at Douglas Park and
Latonia and Edward Jasper will be secretary at
Churchill Downs. This is in the nature of a victory
for the Kentucky Thoroughbred Horse Association
which demanded Pearce's resignation.
A resolution increasing the minimum purse at
Louisville and Latonia to $800 was adopted.
The selling race rule was amended to do away with
auctions in front of the stand and to require sealed
bids to be filed with the secretary within five minutes
after a race.
Attorney Webster Helm of Newport was permitted
to withdraw Tom Brown's written confession made
in the Innes case at Latonia.
"Saratoga had a wonderful meeting," remarked
John Hachmeister on his return from the Eastern
track. "I have witnessed many meetings at the East-
ern springs, but the one this year was better than
ever. They had a daily attendance of from 5,000 to
7,000, and on Saturdays it ran up to 10,000. There
was not a vacant room in any hotel in the little city.
New Yorkers came up for the week-end, and I saw
three hundred who had to return to the big city
because they could not secure sleeping accommoda-
tions. Any kind of a room commanded $10 a night.
It looks as though they were racing crazy around
New York, and more persons with money are getting
into the racing end of it than ever before. The Ken-
tuckians did not make a very favorable impression
with their horses. Most of the owners blamed track
conditions, for the Saratoga track is quite sandy, and
mudders have a great chance on it. This was shown
by the good work of Dodge, a pronounced mudder.
But the Kentucky contingent should not be discour-
aged. The Easterners have the money, and having
that they can go out and buy the best in the market,
which they invariably do. Then, again, some of the
bigger stables, like Whitney's, do not race their two-
year-olds until the Saratoga meeting, and as a result
the choicest of this grade is ready to meet the colts
which have been going it all summer. This makes
a big difference." Mr. Hachmeister said that he had
secured many entries there, including those from the
Macomber and the Corrigan and McKinney stables.
Both of these big establishments will race in Ken-
tucky, and the noted horse Star Hawk, an unlucky
critter, will probably be seen in the cup races. "I
don't see hardly how it is possible to have bigger
meetings in Kentucky this fall than we did in the
spring, but I think it is likely," was his answer when
asked regarding the fall prospects. — [Thoroughbred
Record.
Two important additions have been made to the
already strong string of thoroughbreds which is
being trained by Louis Feustel. These are the two
Star Shoot two-year-olds purchased from John E.
Madden, Defence and Starfinch. Both these colts
might be pronounced typical Star Shoots. Neither is
anything like overgrown, but both have plenty of
size and substance. They are of the regular Star
Shoot chestnut and they show much of the grace
of outline and smoothness of finish which their fam-
ous sire stamps upon a majority of his get: but
Defence is without doubt the superior of his hand-
some stablemate in the matter of conformation. He
has more rangy and oblique shoulders, greater lung
space and more powerful quarters than has Star-
finch. Both are remarkably good-looking colts, but
Defence is the more attractive of the two. — [New
York Telegraph.
There were 62 winning owners at the Saratoga
meeting and the leading ten with the amount won
are as follows: R. T. Wilson $28,895. August Bel-
mont $24,590, H. P. Whitnev $8700. S. Ross 7875,
J. Butter $746-", H. C. Hallenbeck $5435, E. M. Weld
$4345, A. K. Macomber $4130, G. A. Cochran $4045,
Wickliffe Stable $3625.
The big fealure race of the autumn meeting at
Latonia is the rich Latonia Cup which will be some-
thing like an $8,000 event this season, as Manager
John Hachmeister has increased the added money in
this event to $5,000. The Latonia Cup is two miles
and a quarter. There will be nineteen days racing
at Latonia this fall, beginning on Saturday, Oct. 7.
There will to fifty-seven days of racing at New
Orleans during the coming winter. It has been
decided to open December 16th and race until Mardi
Gras day, February 20th. This will make the racing
season the same as last year.
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THJ5 BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept. 9, 1916.
STATE FAIR RACES.
C. A. Durfee Wins Four Stakes With Two Colts
From His Son's Stable.
Harness and running races every afternoon at the
California State Fair which opened last Saturday
have met the approbation of every one, from the
"old timer" who has not missed a State Fair for forty
years to the newcomers who are this week attending
a fair for the first time. That the runners are popu-
lar with the public it is very easy to see, and were a
greater effort made by fair organizations to encour-
age the breeding and racing of the thoroughbred.
there would be larger fields of horses and still greater
attendance at the fairs that provide races for both
kinds of racing.
The State Fair racing program opened last Satur-
day with the historical Occident Stake for three-year-
old trotters with a value this year of slightly under
$2000. The conditions under which this stake was
closed provided as follows:
"Mile heats. Race to be three heats. Every heat
a race. One-third of the money will be allowed for
division in each heat, and money allotted for heat
divided as follows: Fifty per cent to first colt,
twenty-five per cent to the second, fifteen per cent
to the third, and ten per cent to the fourth. The
Occident Cup and ftOO to be added by the Society
to be awarded to colt standing highest in the sum-
mary. Distance 100 yards. Otherwise N. T. A. rules
to govern."
There were five starters in the race and at the
end of three heats there were three heat winners,
with Durfee's Hermes and Woy's Lulu B. tied for
first place. The judges, all of whom are directors
of the State Agricultural Society, ordered Hermes
and Lulu B. tc race another heat for the cup and
added money, or otherwise it would revert to the
association. Mr. Woy protested against this order,
holding that the race was for three heats and three
heats only. Mr. Durfee was ready to race. Filing
a written protest. Mr. Woy kept his filly in the stable
and Mr. Durfee drove Hermes another heat and was
awarded the $400 and cup in addition to the money
won in each heat. The protest will tie up the $400
and the cup until the National Association can decide
the matter.
The stake was not a very good race. Miss Ax-
worthy Dillon took the first heat in 2 : 16, with Lulu
B. second. Hermes third, Natalday fourth and Alesan-
dro distanced. Durfee claimed that he finished sec-
ond in this heat, but the judges differed from him.
The second heat went to Lulu B. in 2:15, with
Hermes second. Miss Axworthy Dillon having made
a break at the first turn and finished last. Hermes
made a break at the first quarter and fell back four
or five lengths before regaining his feet, but came
fast arid was only beaten a little over a length at
the finish by Lulu B. in 2:15.
In the third heat Hermes went to the front at the
start and stayed there, being a length in front of
Lulu B. until turning into the stretch, when DeRyder
who had been having a race with Natalday for third
place, brought his filly up and challenged Lulu B.
Hermes was first to the wire in 2:13^, the fastest
heat of the race, with the Axworthy filly second.
Lulu B. third and Natalday last. Then came the
protest and Hermes jogged a fourth heat alone in
2:26.
Mono Ansel took the 2:14 class pace in straight
heats, showing a lot more speed than any horse in
the race. Pedlar Direct. Mabel Dillon and Bradmont
had a hard time trying to beat one another for sec-
ond, third and fourth money, Mr. Longley's horse
finally winning second place in the summary, Mabel
Dillon third and Bradmont fourth.
Three good running races ended the day's sport,
Geo. Wingfield's mare Swarfs Hill by Chuctanunder
winning the opening dash of five-eighths by three
lengths. T. Halfield's three-year-old Slippery Elm by
Bannockburn, after a hot drive through the stretch.
taking the Chamber of Commerce Handicap of one
mile by a length from C. W. Clark's Bryn Limah,
while the six furlong dash was won by Geo. J. Mil-
ler's El Mahdi by Voter, only a half length in front
of Rice & Clements' Bernard.
Saturday, September 2.
Occident Stake — three-year-old trotters, $1960:
Hemes, blk c bv Carlokin — Miss Quealey 2:26si
bv Moko (C. A. Durfee) 3 2 11
Lulu B.. b f bv The Bondsman — Loma B. by
Stam B (Quinn) 2 13
Miss Axworthv Dillon, b f by Axworthy — Cleo
Dillon by Sidney Dillon (C. DeRyder) 14 2
Xatalday. b c by Wilbur Lou (Sanders) 4 3 4
Mesandro, b e; bv Barnev Barnato. . (Berry)dis
Time— 2:18. 2:15, 2:13%. 2:26.
2:14 class pace, purse $1000:
Mono Ansel, b h bv Monicrat — Decoratio by Prince
Ansel (Finley) 1 1 1
Pedlar Direct, b s by Baron Direct.. (C. DeRyder) 3 4 2
Mabel Dillon, ch m by Sidney Dillon (Burton) 5 2 3
Bradmont. b g by Alto Leybum (Machado) 2 3 8
Irene D-. b m by Charley D (Jones) 4 6 6
Dixon Bow brg by The Patchen Boy (W. Smith) 8 7 4
Bertie Seattle, b m by Prince Seattle. (H. Smith) 6 8 5
Alto Barnato, b e by Barney Barnato (Berry) 7 5 7
Breezv Marie, b m by Athasham (Arnold)lO 9 9
Best Direct, ch s bv Best Policy (Brolliar) 9 w
Timt^-2:lft^. 2:11, 8:10.
Running, five furlongs. $150 — Swarfs Hill (Matthews)
won bv three lengths. Ed Luce (McAdams) second by a
half length. Gorden Roberts (Hanmer) third by one
length- Time, 1:01. Jennie Crawford, Sweet Bait, AVa-
■alch and Rapid May also ran.
Running, Handicap. One Mile. $500 — Slippery Elm (T.
Henry) won by a length. Bryn Limah (Matthews) second
bv a half length. Cordie F. (J. Mclntyre) third by one
length. Time. 1:40%. Rash, Adalid. Senorita. Dana also
ran.
Running — Six furlongs, $150 — El Mahdi (J. Mclntyre)
won by a half length, Bernard (McAdams) second by
. three lengths. Acumen (W. Mclntyre) third by a half
length. Time 1:14%. Quality, Delmas, Antrim and Zam-
lock also ran.
On Monday there was the largest attendance ever
seen at a California State Fair, there being nearly
fifty thousand persons inside the grounds. Three
harness races were on the card. C. A. Durfee won
the State Fair Futurity for three-year-old pacers
with Clarence Berry's pacer Rico in straight heats,
but while Roy Mayes' Verna McKinney and D. W.
Wallis's Julia M. were second and third respectively
each heat, every heat was a horse race from start to
finish. The second heat was so close between the
three that they came to the wire lapped on one
another, all three being driven to their utmost, and
it brought forth loud cheers from the tremendous
crowd that filled every available point from which
the race could be seen.
The 2:30 trot went to Geo. Giannini's mare Ella
M. R. in straight heats and the daughter of Lord
Alwin lowered her record to 2:11% and showed that
she would be a candidate for 2:10 honors later on.
Fred Chadbourne won second money with Mr.
Thompson's Zolock Zar and Al Schwartz got third
money with hit handsome little mare Miss San
Francisco.
In the two-year-old trot for a $500 purse. James
Thompson landed L. Todhunter's colt McKlyo Boy
the first heat in 2:231i, a slight reduction in the
colt's record, but Chas DeRyder brought Sutherland
& McKenzie's colt Rhyolite by Del Coronado to the
front the next two heats and got first money. Third
money went to H- Hogoboom's Lily of the Valley
and fourth to Alex. M. Wilson's Kewpie.
The three running events were all good contests
and are best described in the summaries.
Monday, September 4.
California State Fair Futurity. $1000:
Rico, ch c bv Manrico — Pavlowa B. by Petigru
(C. Durfee) 111
Verna McKinnev, b m bv Vernon McKinney....
(Chadbourne) 2 2 2
Julia M.. b m by El Angelo (Allen) 3 3 3
Carolvn and Stanley Quinn distanced first heat-
Time— 2:10%. 2:11^. 2:12%.
2:30 trot, purse §1000:
Ella M. R, b m bv Lord Alwin — Excella by Mon-
bells (Machado) 111
Zolock Zar, br g by Zolock (Chadbourne) 4 2 2
Miss San Francisco, b m by San Francisco....
(Schwartz) 2 3 4
Doctor S.. b g by Carlokin (Murphy) 5 4 3
Howard's Comet, b g by Teddy Rey. . .(Hoffman) 3 d
Major's Bv Guv. blk s bv Major Dillon. . (Berry) d
Time— 2:11%. 2:12%-. 2:14%.
Two-vear-old trot, purse $500:
Rhyolite, b c bv F. S. "Whitney — Rubell by Del
Coronado (C- DeRyder) 2 11
McKlvo Boy. b c by Peter McKlyo — Sweet Bow
bv Bon Vovage (Thompson) 12 2
Lily of the Valley, b f by Palo King(H. Hogoboom)3 3 ro
Kewpie. b g by Carlokin (Smith) 4 4 ro
Skyrocket, b g bv Albaloma (Berry) d
Time— 2:2s1!. 2:21%. 2:25.
Running, five and a half furlongs — Swarts Hill (Mat-
thews) won by 3 lengths: Sweetbait (Hugera) second, by
4 lengths; Right Smart (Leeds), third by 4 lengths. Time.
1: 'V%. Gordon Roberts, Miss Fielder also ran.
Running, one and an eighth miles — Zamlock (Matthews)
won by a half length: Delmas (J. Mclntyre) second by
2 lengths: Senorita Dana (McAdams) third by 2 lengths.
Time. 1:54%. Acumen and Cordie F. also ran.
Running, six furlongs — Sam Connor (J. Mclntyre) won
by a length: Marie Coghill (Cavanaugh) second by neck;
Jennie Crawford (O'Mahoney) third by 2 lengths. Time.
1:15. Labelle Brocade, Barnard and Stentor also ran.
On Tuesday "Pop" Durfee repeated his perform-
ances of the two previous days by again winning the
state race. This was the State Fair Futurity for
three-year-old trotters and with a much different
field than he had met in the Occident Stake, he made
it three straight with Hermes in slower time. Ben
Walker getting second money with Frank Malcolm's
Miss Bond, Fred Chadbourne winning third with J. J.
Campbell's Baron C. McGregor, and Berry winning
fourth money with Director Borden's Alesandro.
The 2:20 pace brought a surprise in Lock Logan,
who under the driving of his owner Elmo Montgom-
ery, forgot the foolishness he had indulged in at
Santa Rosa and won every heat in the fastest race
of the meeting thus far, beating a different horse
each heat and acting like a real race horse. Bold
Harry Aerolite, short of work on account of an ailing
leg. was not the horse he was at the two previous
meetings and divided second and third money with
Directess Mac. a much improved mare. Pedlar Di-
rect was fourth.
The three running events were good races but
there were no very close finishes.
Tuesday. September 5.
California State Fair Futurity — three-year-old trotters
—Stake $1400:
Hermes, b c bv Carlokin— Miss Quealey by Moko
(C. A. Durfee) 111
Miss Bond, b f by The Bondsman ("Walker) .2 2 2
Baron C. McGregor, b c by The Bondsman
(Chadbourne) 3 3 3
Alesandro, b g bv Barnev Barnato (Berry) 4 4 4
Xataldav. b c by Wilbur Lou (Sanders) d
Time— 2:1S%. 2:18%. 2:18.
2:20 class pace, purse $1000;
Lock Logan, b h by Zolock — Effie Logan
(Montgomery) 111
•Bold Harry Aerolite, b h by Aerolite. .(Machado) 2 3 5
•Directess Mac. blk m bv Nearest McKinney
(Schwartz) 3 5 2
Pedlar Direct, b s bv Baron Direct.. (C. DeRyder) 6 2 4
Irene D.. b m by Charley D (Jones) 4 4 3
W. J. K. b g by Dexter Prince (Smith) 5 d
Harry Mac. Villa and Alto Barnato distanced.
•Divided second and third money.
Time— 2:08%, 8:09%, 2:14.
Running, five and a half furlongs — Marie Coghill ("W.
. Mclntyre) won by a length and a half; Quality (Waldon)
second by three lengths; Right Smart (Matthews) third
by a head. Time. 1:08%. Bernard also ran.
Running, six furlongs — Jennie Crawford (O'Mahoney)
won by three lengths; "Wasatch <J. Mclntyre) second by
a nose; Sam Connor (Cavanaugh) third by three lengths.
Time, 1:15. Stentor and La Belle Brocade also ran.
Running, six furlongs — Rash (Ormes) won by length
and a half: Senorita Dana (Matthews) second by three
lengths; Letitia (Henry) third by one length. Time.
1:14%. Miss Fielder. Acumen, Rapid May and Bell-
snicker also ran.
For the fourth time in four days' racing did C. A.
Durfee win first money with a colt that his son W. G.
had turned over to him to race while he (the son)
went across the mountains to meet all the best in
America with his aged horses. In a letter to "Dad"
some time ago "Willie" said the game looked pretty
bad for him and he hoped pater familias would win
enough out of the stakes in California to even up
things. It is evident that "Dad" is doing all he can
for "the Kid."
The Stanford Stake for three-year-old pacers, worth
about $1000, was won by Durfee with Clarence
Berry's Rico, a son of the good young sire Manrico
2:07%. He took the first heat in 2:12%, with W. W.
Gallup driving his new purchase Surety a good sec-
ond and Montgomery's Carolyn third. In the second
heat Surety came fast in the stretch and Rico broke
and galloped under the wire. He was set back to
third position and Surety was awarded the heat in
2:11, with Carolyn second. Durfee trailed the next
heat until reaching the head of the stretch, when
he threw Rico's gear into high and passing the other
two won pulling up in 2:12*£.
The 2:15 trot was a repetition race, every heat
being the same, so far as the positions of the horses
were concerned, Walter Tryon winning every heat
with Chas. Silva's mare Eloise Dell by Alconda Jay.
The summaries:
Wednesday, September 6.
Stanford Stake — three-year-old pacers — $1000 :
Rico, ch c by Manrico — Pavlowa B. by Petigru. .
(C. A Durfee) 13 1
Surety, b c by The Bondsman — Eva H. by Wash-
ington McKinney (Gallup) 2 12
Carolyn, b f by Lock Logan (Montgomery) 3 2 3
Time— 2:12%, 2:11, 2:12*4.
2:15 trot, purse $1000:
Eloise Dell, b m by Alconda Jay — Lovely Dell by
Prince Lovelace (Tryon) 111
Major's By Guy. br s by Major Dillon. .. (Berrv) 2 2 2
Howard's Comet, b g by Teddv Rey. . (Hoffman) 3 3 3
Doctor S.. b g by Carlokin (Murphy) 4 4 4
Lindsay Bell, b m by Bon Voyage (McLees) 5 5 5
Dick W., b g by Walter Barker (Walker) d
Time — 2:14%. 2:12*2. 2:13^.
Running, three-fourths of a mile — Miss Fielder (Mat-
thews) first, by 2 lengths; Ed. Luce (McAdams) second.
by 3 lengths: Bellsnicker (Mclntyre) third, by \k length.
Time. 1:15. Sweetbait and Rapid May also ran.
Running, five and a half furlongs — Slippery Elm
(Henry) first, by 3 lengths; Adalin (Early) second, by 5
lengths; Marie Coghill (W. Mclntyre) third, by 3 lengths.
Time. 1:07. Elmahdi also ran.
Running, three-fourths of a mile — Antrim (J. Mcln-
tyre) first, by 1 length; Acumen (Early) second, by \?
length : Stentor (McAdams) third, by 1 length. Time*.
1:15%. La Belle Brocade also ran.
o
HARTFORD GRAND CIRCUIT RACES.
Monday, September 4.
The Experiment, purse $2000 (three heat plan):
Brisac. br s by Bingara (Murphy) 1 1
American Girl, ch m (Murrav) 2 2
Jess T.. b m . (Pittman) 3 3
Lu Princeton.
Time— 2:12%. 2:10U, 2:10%.
2:10 trot. $1000 (three in five):
Howe Constantine, br g bv Constantine
(Batchelder) 1 1
Humfast. br m (Carpenter) 5 2
Almah. br m (Carpenter) 2 7
McCIoskev. Dick Watts, Sweet Spirit and Peter Boy.
Time— 2:10V>. 2:09'-. 2:09%.
2:08 pace, purse S3000 (three in five):
Miss Harris M.. b m by Peter the Great
(McDonald) 1 1
Billy Dale, b g (Cox) 3 2
J. L. Mc, br s (Murphv) 2 3
Time— 2:15^. 2:06%. 2:05%.
Tuesday, September 5..
2:14 trot. $1500:
Galeton. blk g by Barongale (Prusie) 1 1
Leon B.. b m (Murray) 2 3
Marion Kirke. rn f (Goode) 3 2
Dos Palos and Helen Worthv.
Time— 2:20%. 2:17%. 2:17%.
2:15 trot. $1000:
Azora Axworthy, b m by Bale Axworthy (Murphy il 1
Fayre Rosamond, b m (Cox) 2 2
Worthy Bingen. blk s (Murray) 3 4
Karoni, Evito, Caroline and Kittv L. Bellini.
Time— 2:10i-», 2:10%. 2:10%.
2:18 trot, $1500-
Empress of Russia, ch m by Peter the Great....
(Murray) 1 1
Baron Frisco, b g (Dickinson) 2 2
Trusada, b m (Cox) 4 3
Bettina and Tommv O.
Time— 2:14%, 2:13%. 2:13%.
State Revenue from Autos Now $2,094,389.
Seven thousand eight hundred and forty-four auto-
mobiles were registered in the state during August,
bringing the total registrations for the year up to
205,378. according to figures given out this week
by the motor vehicle department. Not as many ma-
chines were registered in August as in July, the
July total being 10,221. .
The total amount derived during August from the
registrations is $42,510.55. as against $54,261.10- for
July. TJp to date this year the state has realized the
total of $1,986,298.96 from the automobile licenses.
One thousand one hundred and sixty-nine motor-
cycles were registered during August. The July
motorcycle registrations totaled 1,546. The sum of
S1169 was realized from the motorcycle licenses dur-
ing July as against $1570 in August. The total
amount of money received from motorcycle registra-
tions during the year is $51,042.50.
Saturday, Sept. 9, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Notes and News
"POP" DURFEE, THE DANGEROUS MAN.
[With apologies to the author of "The Dangerous Girl."]
You're wonderful, but not beautiful
For you're overweight and gray, we know.
But you got into the habit at the fair this fall
Of starting in the colt stakes and winning them all.
You're not Oslerized,
Perhaps you're Pasteurized,
For you're built on the "ever young' plan.
Y'our weight must be close to two hundred, we
reckon,
But when you start the other fellow's second.
In a harness race,
Be it trot or pace,
Y'ou're still a doggone dangerous man.
Dan Hoffman drove the erratic trotter Howard's
Comet the best race that horse has shown this year.
He was third in every heat of the 2:15 trot at Sacra-
mento and won third money. This is the first race
the Comet has started in this year that he was not
distanced. If Dan gets on to the Comet's curves he
will show a fast mile some day.
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Al McDonald sold his three-year-old pacer Surety
by The Bondsman before the State Fair meeting to
W. W. Gallup for $750. Surety has improved under
Gallup's tutelage and won a heat and second money
in the Stanford Stake last Wednesday, the heat in
2:11 being the fastest of the race.
Wonder what the late Senator Stanford would say-
about the historical Stanford Stake being made a
race for pacers. When "the Governor," as they
always called him at Palo Alto Stock Farm, was in
the flesh he would not permit a colt to be trained at
the lateral gait, and during his time no horse owned
at Palo Alto ever started in a pacing race.
<& «> «•
Elloretta D„ W. E. Detels' good filly, that won
second money in the Pacific Breeders' Futurity for
two-year-old trotters at Santa Rosa last month, has
no other engagements and will be thrown out of
training until next spring when she will be taken up
and trained for her three-year-old engagements. She
trotted a quarter in 32% seconds at Pleasanton this
week.
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The classes at the Arizona State Fair meeting to
be held next November have been made a little
slower this year for both trotters and pacers, in the
hope of attracting some of the medium class horses
from Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico and
other western states. The association is also plan-
ning a better running race program than ever before.
The question as to whether or not pari mutual bet-
ting is contrary to the Arizona statutes is now before
the supreme court of that state for decision. It may
not be decided however until fall. If the decision is
favorable this system of betting will be used at the
State Fair of 1917.
Curt Gosnell, the trainer who drove Single G. to a
record of 2:00 this year and who was so badly in-
jured when a hoppled pacer fell with him August
25th. died from his injuries this week. He was jog-
ging the pacer when she stumbled and fell and Gos-
nell was pitched over her head. The horse, in at-
tempting to extricate herself from the hopples, tram-
pled on her driver and he was fatally injured, an
arm being broken and his skull fractured.
Peter the Great is now the sire of six 2:05 trotters.
«> «> <S>
Lon Daniels offered the trotter Kid Cupid 2:08%
at auction in front of the grand stand at North Ran-
dall during the meeting there. "Doc" Tanner acted
as auctioneer and knocked the California trotter
down on a bid made by Sam Pickering, of Pittsburgh.
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The local admirers of Hal McKinney 2:06%, Mr.
Dennison's good pacer, regretted that he was not at
Omaha to compete in the free-for-all pace. It will be
remembered that Hal was injured when lightning
struck the barns at Mt. Pleasant, la., recently, killing
Manager p. 2:06%. At first it appeared that the
Hal B. pacer was not seriously injured, although he
was knocked down, but later, when Bob Sebastian
started to work him he was very lame in front. The
veterinarians thought that the bolt had passed down
the shoulder, and upon striking the shoe gave the
foot a severe shock. Hal McKinney has been a won-
derful half mile track campaigner, and this season
seemed better than ever, so it is to be hoped that
his career is not ended. — Horse Review.
The seven-year-old trotting mare, Ho Tolus 2:09,
by Pactolus 2:12%. dam Pocahontas 2:20%, by Dom-
ineer 2:20, dropped dead in her stall at the Peoria.
111. race track on August 15. She was the property
of A. B. Hunter of New Madrid, Mo., owner of the
pacer Peter Pointer p. (4) 2:05% and other good
ones, who purchased her only a few weeks ago from
O. E. Folk, of Riverside, Cal.
W. Averell Harriman, the prominent New York
amateur horseman, bought the bay trotting geldiug.
Baron Frisco 2:13%, from Harry C. Briggs of Brock-
ton, Mass.. last modih, paying the well known Massa-
chusetts horseman $3000 for the son of San Francisco
2:07%.
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Emma Magowan, who recently lowered the record
for two-year-old trotters in a race over a half-mile
track to 2:13% at Goshen, N. Y., is an own sister of
P. Forbes (2) 2:12%, the holder of the world's year-
ling record over a half-mile track, 2:21%. Both are
by J. Malcolm Forbes (4) 2:08, out of Iviolette, by
Moko.
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Marque of the Horse Review was at Omaha during
the racing of August 22-26, and wrote as follows about
Fred Ward and the Hemet Farm colts: "Fred Ward
had a fine week of it with the Hemet Stock Farm
stable, from Hemet. Cal. Louise de Lopez 2:23%,
the two-year-old with which he won the event for
her age, is one of the nicest things I have seen this
season, in both gait and appearance ranking favor-
ably with the Grand Circuit futurity candidates. She
is a show- filly, being an exceptional individual, with
a beautiful front stroke, and I reckon her one that
is likely to prove a sensational trotter with age. Fred
shipped her to Des Moines, and on Friday she won
there, trotting in 2:19%, thus scoring twice during
the week. Her sire, Kinney de Lopez 2:23 by Kinney
Lou 2:07%, is certainly destined to take a high place
as a speed-getter, for Fred also won the three-year-
old trot with Don de Lopez, which colt, while not so
perfectly gaited as Louise, is a very" good young
trotter. He is large and fine looking, and made a
good impression on horsemen here. Practically all
the horses that Ward brought over from California
are in good condition, which speaks well for their
trainer's ability: for, especially in the case of young-
sters, it would not be surprising if they trained off
from the change of climatic conditions. Great
Northern 2:12% has been a consistent winner, and
while he didn't win here, he, as always, gave an ex-
cellent account of himself."
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The California trainer, W. G. Durfee, has sold
the unmarked trotter, Lady Arabella by Alta Yela
2:11%, to W. J. O'Neill, of Pittsburgh,- Pa. She
worked in 2:10% for Durfee before leaving Califor-
nia, and will join the Pittsburgh matinee brigade.
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Richie (Shorty) Roberts purchased Bradmont from
George Giannini at Sacramento Wednesday. Roberts
took out his new acquisition for a workout in the
morning, and he paced the mile in 2:08%. Bradmont
will be used for matinee racing at the Park Stadium,
and will be driven by his new owner.
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After several years of unsuccessful effort, Dromore
Farm has been able to get a foal from Miss Stokes
(3) 2:08%. The youngster is a nice bay colt by-
Justice Brooke (3) 2:08%, a great rival of Miss
Stokes, both as a two and three-year-old.
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O. R. Sphinx, a blind gelding, won the 2:13 trot at
Toledo, Ohio, Thursday of last week. It was a six-
heat race, the last mile being stepped in 2:13%.
After 30 years of service for the American Express
Co., at its Watertown branch, Jerry, oldest horse in
the stable, was shipped to New Y'ork Saturday to
end his days in the old horses' home of the company.
He was born in 1882 and of late had not been worked
daily. Jerry often went driveriess from the com-
pany's office to the Armour refrigerators for a load
of meat and could be depended upon to back his
wagon up to the landing and bring its load safely to
the station.
In the second mile of his race at North Randall
August 25th, Napoleon Direct paced from the half-
mile post to the wire in 59% seconds, and from the
%-mile post to the w-ire in 27% seconds. This last
quarter is said to have been officially equaled but
once, when Evt'yn W. 2:00% was driven a last quar-
ter by Bert Shank in the same notch.
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The fastest pacing record for one mile that has
stood longer than any other is the two-year-old record
held by the black stallion Directly, that paced to a
world's record of 2:07% in 1894. In 22 years the
breeders of pacers have not been able to produce a
two-year-old that could lower that mark.
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Marvin Childs won the two SI. 000 events on the
opening day's card at Omaha. Neb., with R. C. H.
2:11', and Ben Earl 2:04%. Both geldings, by the
way, are owned by Ed Peterson, the wealthy contrac-
tor of that city.
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E. J. Rochon, who is a sergeant in the British
army now "somewhere in France." is the owner of
that good pacer The Beaver 2:03% that won the 2:07
pace at the P.-P. I. E. spring meeting last year and
is now racing on the Great Western circuit.
Graustark. the roan pacer that went east in Lon
Daniels' string, win a couple of races so handily at
Xenia, Ohio, that the horsemen thought he must be
a ringer, but investigation showed that he was just
what he was labeled.
MAIN PAVILION BURNED ON STATE FAIR
GROUNDS.
Twelve Counties Lose Fine Exhibits on Which Great
Sums Had Been Expended.
The California State Agricultural Society opened
last Saturday what gave every indication of being
the greatest fair in its history. Not only were the
exhibits in nearly every department larger and better
than ever before, but the attendance was greater
than any opening day had ever attracted to Agricul-
tural Park, Sacramento. Every member of the Board
of Directors was at work for the success of the fair
and Secretary Charles W. Paine had everything in
order. Saturday's and Sunday's programs were about
completed when fire broke out a little after nine
o'clock Sunday night in the main pavilion, and in
an hour's tima that large building with the many
valuable exhibits it contained was a mass of ruins.
The fire spread with almost incredible rapidity.
Within ten minutes after the alarm was turned in,
the annex had collapsed and the whole roof of the
pavilion was ablaze. Within half an hour, three of
the four walls to the exhibit building had fallen, and
the north, the last to collapse, went down by 10
o'clock.
The grandstand, which was filled with spectators
when the fire broke out, was emptied by a stampede
over benches and through every other avenue, regu-
lar and irregular, to the ground. Impromptu fire
fighters who attached garden hose to standpipes in
the vicinity put out a dozen small blazes among the
wooden timbers before the regular firemen arrived.
The Burke-Fcley Carnival Company, which occu-
pied the "Midway" with its freak and other shows,
had all its tents, banners and equipments burned,
with an estimated loss of 525,000. All the freaks and
animals were saved although they had a close call.
Many valuable papers of the State Agricultural
Society, and the cash receipts of Saturday and Sun-
day were in a safe in the Secretary's office which
was in the main building, and were found intact after
the fire. Secretary Paine remained in his office gath-
ering up valuable documents until the last minute
and was nearly overcome by the smoke. There were
no serious accidents and no loss of life, which is
remarkable as the fire advanced as fast as a person
could walk through the building.
The county displays which were by far the best
ever made at this fair were almost totally destroyed,
a few portable exhibits being saved.
One of the largest county exhibits was that of
Alameda county. The Alamedans had a display tak-
ing up 9000 square feet, occupying the main portion
of the wooden annex. Other counties that had big
displays were Flacer, Fresno, Nevada, Y'olo. San Joa-
quin, Colusa, Lutte, Sacramento, Sutter and Y'uba.
Farmington, San Joaquin county, had an exhibit
in the annex, as did the state university. Other ex-
hibits lost in the flames belonged to the sixth agri-
cultural district of Los Angeles, and the State Yiti-
cultural Commission.
When it was seen that there was no chance of
saving the big exhibit building, the fair directors,
presided over by President John M. Perry, with Gov-
ernor Hiram Johnson present, held a brief meeting
in the judges' stand, only 300 feet away from the
flames. It was not necessary to conduct the meeting
by means of electric lights. The flames illuminated
the scene of the meeting and made it as bright as
day.
Without any parleying the directors unanimously-
decided to continue the State Fair and every detail
of the program as announced, with the exception of
that small part of the program that centered in the
exhibit building, and the attendance the following
day was at least 50,000. which is about 10.000 greater
than any one day at any previous state fair.
It is impossible to estimate the loss, but that on
the building is about $75,000 while $100,000 would
not cover the loss on exhibits.
A considerable portion of the county exhibits con-
sisted of relics which have no money value, but
which were considered priceless.
Lon McDonald recently worked the California-bred
and ranch-raised horse, Zomrect 2:12%. by Zombro
2:11. dam Lilly S. by Direct 2:05%. in 2:08%, last
half in 1:03. The horse is working nicely, and with
this year's schooling is expected to be a good stake
trotter next season.
Thirteen-year-old Jerry Dean, son of Trainer Char-
ley Dean, of Palatine, 111., made his debut as a race
driver at Evansville, Wis., recently, and he won the
three-year-old pace with Dan the Great, a son of
Peton 2:14"; (he by Peter the (ireat 2:07',). and
out of Zelica, the dam of Dan Patch ]
Of the first five foals of Lou Dillon 1:58%. cham-
pion trotting mare, four have taken records in
standard time and the other is a producer of standard
speed at the trot.
George Starr is training a filly at Lexington for the
well-known Eastern Starter of thoroughbreds. Mars
fussidy. that promises to develop into a real star.
This is the two-year-old bay filly, Symphony by Tre-
gantle, dam Melody by Chimes. She trotted a half
in 1:06%, final quarter in :31%.
THB BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept. 9, 1916.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
Portland Field Trials. — Field trials are coming
back into favor of Oregon sportsmen, after being
dormant several years, and the next one will be beld
September 17 and 18. The Portland promoters of
the trials are proceeding upon an amateur basis and
profiting by the experience of the association that
staged trials several years ago upon a plan that
savored more of the professional system insofar as
paid handlers were secured to put the dogs in con-
dition.
E. A. Parsons, who was largely instrumental in
the formation of the first association, and who bred
and ran some of the best field trial dogs in the United
States, believes that the idea now prevailing is the
one best suited to this part of the country. In the
east the field trials bring out many very wealthy
owners and some famous handlers, who are paid
handsomely for their services. All of the cash prizes
are turned over to the handlers who, in addition, are
paid well for their knowledge of putting hunting
dogs into shape. It will therefore be seen that the
owner must be pretty well off financially to be able
to participate. There were not enough millionaires
interested in Oregon and the northwest to keep the
sport alive.
Under the present plan in operation in Oregon and
particularly in Portland, the dogs are trained by
their owners and judged by some local man, which
cuts down the very' heavy expense of importing offi-
cials of national reputation. Last year field trials
were resumed in a small way and interest was re-
created in the sport. This year's trials promise to
be quite as inteiesting and exciting as formerly.
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Fishermen in Forest Fire. — After several narrow
escapes from death in the forest-fire-swept district
near Manton, Tehama county, H. K. Sears, Chico real
estate man, and Dr. Hal M. Parker reached home
from a fishing trip on Baldwin creek. Parker sus-
tained severe burns about the hands, arms and face
and on one occasion the men were forced to drive
their machine into Baldwin Creek and cover it with
wet canvas to save it from the flames.
Once, near Black Butte, the men found themselves
surrounded by fire. Friends in Manton, fearing for
their safety, sent out a rescue party from the Childs
Hotel. Sears organized the party and a number of
ranchers into a fire-fighting brigade, which worked
Saturday night and Sunday in the Black Butte Dis-
trict.
According to Sears, fires were raging about Black
Butte, Inskip Butte and Palto. The buildings on
eight or ten ranches, miles of fencing and a number
of Northern California Power Company poles have
been burned, besides large tracts of virgin timber.
Two hundred men are fighting the fire at Plato,
where a stretch of country twelve miles long has
been burned over.
Ed Head, Government Forest Ranger, told Sears
that 12,000 acres of timber and grazing land had
been burned over already, entailing a loss of $200,000.
Sears declares that the fires are the worst that have
occurred in the section. Brush fires started by stock-
men are believed to be responsible.
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Clash Over Migratory Law. — State Game and Fish
Commissioner Jones of Idaho is quoted as saying he
"will recognize September 1st as the opening date
of the duck season as he did last year, and that he
will not recognize the federal migratory bird law."
which names October 1st as the legal date for the
open season on waterfowl. Jones is also quoted as
having said "game of all kinds is most plentiful this
season in Idaho."
If he is quoted correctly it proves beyond question
that Jones is not on to his job or has not the inter-
ests of the state and the sportsmen at heart, for
September 1st is altogether too early, this season in
particular, to open the shooting on ducks in Idaho.
On account of unusually high water this spring many
of the first "settings" were washed away, and the
cold, late spring, caused the ducks generally to nest
late, and thousands of flappers (ducks too young to
be able to fly) that will be destroyed by "game get-
ters" and boys who will be able to catch them with a
dog or by wading into the lakes and driving them
ashore, then finishing them with clubs or "any old
wav."— Salt Lake Telegram.
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Hound Mothers Kittens. — Herbert Mitchell of
Dutch Flat, Placer county, is the owner of a hound
that recently gave birth to seven puppies, and about
the same time the family cat brought forth a family
of five kittens.
Both the mothers made their homes in the barn.
When the kittens were a few days old the mother
disappeared, and when Mitchell went to feed the
animal he could not find the kittens.
After looking around, he found them with the pup-
pies, the mother hound having carried them to her
part of the barn and shared the milk of dog kindness
with them. Part of that dog and cat family were
disposed of and the mother hound is now nursing
two kittens and two puppies.
COMMISSIONERS INSPECT NEW HATCHERY.
Name of Rae Lake to be Dropped to Naylor District
in Honor of Sportsman.
F. A. Shebley, fish culturist. who has been over
twenty years with the commission in an expert capac-
ity, is now at Naylor Lake superintending construc-
tion of a storehouse and making arrangements for
handling the eggs during the next spawning season, \
which will begin about June 30.
He pronounces conditions there the best he has
seen anywhere. The eggs will be taken from the N
lake to the hatchery by pack train. An eyeing sta- I
tion may be built at the former place next year, but I
its necessity has not been determined. Fish culture U
is an interesting and delicate process throughout I
In it man has actually improved on nature.
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WORLD'S RECORD FOR BIRD POPULATION.
Bishop. — Nestled in a deep granite basin held two
miles skyward by titanic gray peaks, a gem of flaw-
less, matchless beauty, Rae Lake graces the brow of
the high Sierras west of Independence. Less than
two decades ago its limpid waters, green as creme
de menthe and brighter than the depths of fair Cata-
lina, were barren of fish.
Last week the California Board of Fish and Game
Commissioners climbed the grand heights and made
the official finding that it contains more rainbow
trout than any other known sea or lake or river.
They haven't been counted, but it is safe to say that
the number is millions.
The commission decided on the spot that it shall
be made a State preserve at the next session of the
Legislature, the district to include the main lake
and three of the six grouped below it. All are colored
with living rainbows. The preserve will be about
three miles long and half as wide, guarded by the
picturesque Fin Dome, towering nearly 2000 feet
above it.
And it will be Rae Lake no more. Nobody seems
to know why or whence that name. It will be called
the Xaylor District — in honor of George W. Naylor
of Independence, former sheriff and now member of
the Board of Supervisors of Inyo county.
Sixteen years ago this month Mr. Naylor, then a
forest ranger, was camped at Charlotte Lake, already
well stocked with rainbow trout from the Kings
River, and he had an inspiration. Catching fourteen
of the fish he carried them seven miles in a camp
bucket through pathless mountains and over Glenn
Pass to Rae Lake. One died on the way. The lucky
thirteen thrived prodigiously.
When Mr. Naylor returned five years later he found
the lake alive with them and caught several weigh-
ing four pounds each. He had achieved a master
stroke in fish missionary work and one which will
mean more and more to Southern California in all
the years to come. All the spawn from which this
part of the State will be stocked will hereafter be
taken from the Naylor District to the great, unnamed
hatchery now nearing completion on Oak Creek, in
the Owens Valley.
The State will immediately begin construction of a
splendid twelve-mile trail and a telephone line from
the hatchery up the south fork of Oak Creek to the
lake.
The California commissioners want first-hand in-
formation, and the trip just concluded at Independ-
ence was one of inspection and observation, as stren-
uous as it was fruitful of results. It covered a week,
and reaching into the heart of the roughest and lofti-
est region of the Sierra Nevada meant traveling 100
miles on horseback or a-foot, much of the distance
over tortuous and perilous trails where a misstep
would bring disaster if not death at the bottom of
the mighty gorges.
The commissioners led a high life, yet withal
simple, which isn't a paradox; the former was merely
altitudinal and the latter perforce an attendant con-
dition. The week was spent at an elevation of two
to two and a half miles. In the party, which started
from Independence Monday, were Commissioners
M. J. Connell and Carl Westerfeld of Los Angeles
and San Francisco, respectively; Robert D. Duke of
the northern city, attorney for the commission; Dep-
uty Ed H. Ober, Special Deputy Carl J. Walters,
J. L. von Blon and packers and assistants, bringing
the number up to ten, with about twenty horses.
President F. M. Newbert could not go. Mr. Ober
covers Inyo and Mono counties, a large territory, and
Mr. Walters has rendered the commission important
service in obtaining water rights and building a
highway from the hatchery to El Camino Sierra. He
will lay out the new south-fork trail.
The Oak Creek hatchery, designed eventually to be
the largest in the world, and the first unit of which
will be finished in about sixty days, was the first
stop. This spleDdid building, 200 feet long and with
two-foot walls of rubble and cement throughout, har-
moniously colored, and old English in style, will be
unique among all structures in this country, and
probably standing when others shall have crumbled.
It is now ready for the tile roof.
Its massive tower will reach ninety feet above
ground. It will be absolutely fireproof. It com-
mands a magnificent view of Owens Valley and it is
a magnificent view from the valley. The first unit
is costing $60,000. Several are to be added as re-
quired. Beautification of the forty acres of grounds
will be begun in a few days. The whole is to be
made a dream in ivy.
The hatchery proper in this first unit will be 140x
40 feet, with a capacity of 6,000,000 eggs a season.
Naylor Lake is expected to yield fully 2,000,000 next
season, and with the development of the fine spawn-
ing runs to supply the hatchery capacity thereafter.
Sixty Species Are Found Nesting on a Farm Near
Washington, D. C.
A world's rtrord for density of bird population is
claimed by an American farm situated about ten
miles from Washington. In 1913 Mr. Grosvenor
bought a farm of 100 acres, half forest and half
field, and, being interested in the work of Audubon
societies, he determined to see what he could do to
get birds around the home. He had such success
that Mr. Henshaw, chief of the United States biolog-
ical survey of the Department of Agriculture, dele-
gated Dr. Wells W. Cooke to visit the Grosvenor
farm. Dr. Cooke found so many birds there that he
advised a census of those living on an acre or two
adjacent to the house, as he thought the count would
establish a world's record, Up to that time the
record was held by a family at Chevy Chase, Md.,
who had attracted 13 pairs of birds to half an acre.
The prospect of establishing a world's record inspired
the Grosvenor family to take a census of nesting
birds on an acre adjoining their house, with the
result that they found 59 pairs of birds with young
or eggs in the nest on that acre, which was the high-
est number of land birds inhabiting one acre that
has yet been reported to the Department of Agricul-
ture. A similar census made of a second acre showed
that this acre had 33 pairs of nesting birds. In an
article contributed to "Bird-Lore," the organ of the
Audubon societies of the U. S. A., Mr. Grosvenor
tells of the birds which have come to dwell at Wild
Acres, as his farm is named. Wild Acres is a typical
Maryland farm, with old-fashioned farmhouse, orch-
ard, vegetable garden, hedges, and open fields. Sur-
rounding the fields are 50 acres of woods, with a
stream and springs scattered around. The bird cen-
sus, taken in the week of June 15 to 21, 1915, showed
that on the first acre there were one pair of flickers,
one pair of blackbirds, one of yellow warblers, two of
orchard orioles, two of catbirds, one of song spar-
rows, two of chipping sparrows, one of phcebes, 14 of
house wrens, seven of robins, one of kingbirds, and
26 of martins. On the second acre there were one
pair each of song sparrows, Carolina wrens, flickers,
Maryland yellow-throats, brown thrashers, catbirds,
chipping sparrows, screech owls, and towhoes. There
were also 18 pairs of martins, four of house wrens,
and two of robins. "I attribute our success primar-
ily," said Mr. Grosvenor, "to . . . putting up
many boxes and keeping fresh water handy, etc.
Everything is done for the comfort of the birds; for
instance, little pieces of oiled paper that the butter
was wrapped in are put on twigs, and we left mud
In convenient places for the martins. The catbirds
used the oiled paper for their nests: in fact, they
used all kinds of scraps. We had heard a deal about
how tame birds become when they are protected, but
we were surprised at the quickness with which they
perceived the care taken of them. It was also sur-
prising to find how friendly birds, even of the same
species, could become. For instance, we had 14
pairs of wrens on a single acre, some nests being
not more than 15 feet apart. We also had robins'
nests only 12 feet apart. The bluebirds, on the
other hand, do not like each other, and would not
tolerate another pair of bluebirds nearer than 100
yards. If anyone wants excitement, let him buy or
borrow a stuffed owl, and put it out in the gardens
in the daytime during the nesting season. All of
the birds in the neighborhood will soon congregate,
and the children will learn their names quicker than
in any other way." A census of species on Mr.
Grosvenor's Wild Acres showed that last summer 60
species were nesting on the farm.
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Gun Talk on Handtraps. — It is surprising to note
the hundreds of sportsmen in all parts of the coun-
try who are resorting to the handtrap to get their
quota of the pleasure and thrills which this great
American sport affords.
Time was when the shotgun enthusiast was de-
pendent upon the trapshooting club for this recrea-
tion and was lucky indeed if he did not have to
journey many miles to indulge in the sport.
Today, however, the problem is solved in the hand-
trap, a portable device which may be laid on the
floor of an automobile beside the gun case, taken on
the train or on the yacht. It is always ready for
business and never loses its energy. It is to be
found on the country estate and on the farm. The
clerk in the city office becomes as independent as
his employer, for while the latter may do his shoot-
ing at the country club or over the traps of the gun
club in the city, the clerk with handtrap, gun shells
and fifty or one hundred targets, may board a street
car with his companions and in a very short time
be experiencing all of the delights that go with the
sport.
Saturday, Sept. 9, 1916]
THE BREEDER ANL SPORTSMAN
EARLY GAME CONDITIONS IN SISKIYOU.
Pioneer Hunters Set Forth How Deer Were Slaugh-
tered Back in the Seventies.
[The following statements contributed to the Fish
and Game Commission by A. E. Doney, Peter Klink,
and William Russell give a vivid picture of game
conditions and hunting in the early days in Siskiyou
County.]
In the summer of 1873 my father took a party of
six young men, our present sheriff, C. B. Howard,
R. Walker, my three brothers and myself, on a hunt-
ing trip from Scott Valley to the Meadows on Scott
Mountain, 10 miles south of Callahan's Ranch. We
were in camp six days, and during that time I saw
from twenty to sixty deer each day, largely does and
fawns; on going up to the higher levels we found
bucks. This was the report from all of the party.
My father, W. K. Doney, was a pioneer of Califor-
nia of the '50 period. He did not believe in killing
does and fawns; his instructions were to kill only
the bucks, and of these no more than needed for meat
for camp and a few pounds to take home dried, and
this rule was strictly adhered to at all times.
In the summer of 1881, I went over the same
ground alone on a hunt of three days and saw no
deer, but during those three days the stench of the
carcasses of deer that had been killed by hide hunt-
ers was in evidence, and I was never out of it until
I left the range. I saw the rotting remains of so
many deer and became so incensed against the men
who were doing the killing that I felt like a man
might who would look upon the act as murder. Even
to this day, this region has not recovered from the
wanton slaughter.
I remember a trip from the valley with my father
in 1878. The day we went up North Coffee Creek in
Trinity County, I counted 158 deer. The deer paths
to the numerous licks below, near the stream, were
cut by the deer from one to three feet deep along
the hillsides. I killed a fine buck that evening near
camp. This was the only deer killed on the trip,
as we were prospecting and not hunting. The region
to the west of Scott Valley, known as the Marble
Mountain country, was, up to 1880, teeming with
game, especially elk. One evening in 1876, a party
of us were camped at Elk Lake, when a drove of
elk, numbering over 75 (that many were counted),
came down the opposite hillside to the lake. Two
were killed. The last elk disappeared from that
region about 1881.
F. M. Blooms, my partner in mining operations
at Callahan's in 1881, who had been driving teams
for Denny Brothers for five years prior to that date,
hauling freight between Redding and Callahan's, was
told by Mr. Johnson, of the forwarding firm of Bush
& Johnson, Redding, that in 1880 they had handled
35,000 deer hides from Siskiyou, Trinity, and Shasta
counties. I later learned, from men who had bought
them, that the average price paid for deer hides was
fifty cents each. William Asher, whom I met in
southern Oregon, told me that in 1888 he and a man
named Bowen had killed deer and shipped 3,000 hides
to San Francisco. — [A. E. Doney.]
I hunted for Mr. J. H. Sisson ten seasons prior to
1883, at which time I located the farm now owned
by Robert Rull. During that period I hunted about
the headwaters of the Sacramento river to the west
of Sisson Tavern and Strawberry Valley (in which
the Tavern is located).
Often in a day's hunt I have seen the carcasses
of as many as six deer lying about with the hides
removed. This was the result of the hide hunters'
work. I did not meet the hunters themselves, be-
cause they would hunt during the early summer, then
move, so that when I went out for the deer to take
to Mrs. Sisson's hotel, I found the deer had been
killed off in many localities. The does and fawns
were killed as well as the bucks. At no time did I
ever kill a deer for its hide, but as there was no law
to regulate the bag limit I have killed as many as
four and five deer in one day, going out one day,
hunting the second day, and returning the third day.
This I would do about once a week during the tour-
ist season, July, August, and September, after which
the deer would leave the range for the lower hills
of Shasta county for the winter.
I know that many hundreds of deer were killed for
their hides. The hunters came through the moun-
tains and were not seen along the traveled highways.
I would always get one or more deer up to the mid-
dle of September, when they left the range. The
deer were still plentiful when I stopped hunting, but
three years later there were very few deer to be
found, and from reports I got from others the hunt-
ing was poor, and has so continued. I have been
told that the deer are more plentiful since protection
has been given them. I heard that many deer were
lulled in the lower country during the winter by
squaw men along the Sacramento and Pit rivers
who mined a little and killed deer for hides and
meat. — [Peter Klink.]
In the year 1877, Walter Scott, afterward killed by
an Indian on the mountain between Sisson and Mc-
Cloud, while going to Huckleberry Valley where he
had his homestead, told me that he killed about sixty
deer in less than six weeks. Scott was an old-time
hunter and trapper. No use was made by him of the
meat, the hides only being taken and the carcasses
left in the woods. To my knowledge he had great
bundles of hides. The hides probably numbered three
or four hundred, and an equal quantity were perhaps
obtained three or four times a year. This sort of
hide hunting continued for five or six years.
I saw the last two elk that were killed in this
district; one, a female, killed by John Burchard in
1872, the other killed by Bob Melson, in 1873. The
horns of the latter were placed in the Sisson Tavern
office. These were, I believe, the last two elk seen
in this country.
The last mountain sheep was killed in Shasta
Valley by George Conner on a Sunday morning in
1873.
There are very few antelope left in this country.
In the year 1880, I saw forty or fifty on Butte Creek.
I was in the Butte Creek country last summer and
Mr. Whitney told me there were not more than a
half dozen left.
When Bob Melson and I were herding cattle we
killed on one occasion thirty-six deer. We took the
hides and the best part of the meat and left the
remainder. Another time I killed five deer in one
day.
In the days of which I speak there were not one-
tenth as many people in the country as there are
now, and as the game laws were not in existence
then, the people killed wantonly all kinds of game.
Conditions are quite the reverse at the present time
since there is not one-tenth the game and the coun-
try is thickly settled. Therefore, if the laws protect-
ing what is left of the immense herds of deer and
other game were removed, all game would be com-
pletely demolished. — [William Russell.]
Hunting in Oregon. — Veteran nimrods are not tak-
ing to deer hunting with the pep and enthusiasm of
other years, according to W. E. ("Dick") Carlon,
Archie Parrott and other veteran sportsmen. They
estimate that nearly 10,000 deer are killed in Oregon
every season, but say that the present rate this
season will witness a large decrease.
The report from various sections of the state read
that there are many deer in the Oregon woods, plenty
enough to make Oregon nimrods interested, and
especially so when the information comes through
the official channels of the Oregon State Fish and
Game Commission.
The reports don't stop with paltry' numbers of deer,
but read that there are as many as 25 or 30 seen
clustered in one group.
From the opening of the season there have been
found close to 5000 campers and hunters in the for-
ests of Oregon. Many, of course, have remained at
various country hotels, and did not attempt to run
down the bucks, but it is safe to figure that several
hundred shooters tramped up and down over the
meadows. The season opened August 15, and since
that time a number of fine bucks have been reported.
The favorite haunts are the McKenzie river coun-
try, between the fork and the main river; the San-
tiam and the Blue river, all accessible from Eugene.
The four corners of Curry, Coos, Jackson and Joseph-
ine counties ure other spots where nimrods can go
and hunt deer four ways successfully.
The Bear Camp section of the Rogue river country-
is perhaps one of the best deer hunting sections in
the country. This section is open and the mountain
acorn pine seldom grows more than 12 feet high.
The acorns grow in great clusters like bunches of
grapes. In the middle and latter part of September
the bear and deer from the Cow Creek section come
there to eat acorns, and it is then that the hunting
is best.
There are plenty of deer in the vicinity of Trail,
Oregon, near Rogue River Elk resort, on Crater
Lake Highway. Fishing as well as hunting is to be
had in this particular spot. Rogue River Elk resort
is situated on the Rogue, in one of the most pictur-
esque spots in Southern Oregon. Guides and horses
for hunting parties can be obtained there.
On the Rogue river, 25 miles from West Fork sta-
tion, is another place where deer hunting is good.
September 1st brought "the dark of the moon,"
and it is likely that Sunday and Labor Day saw many
parties from Portland hiking out garbed in the old
red shirt and cap.
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Alaska Salmon Fry Planted. — The LTnited States
Bureau of Fisheries recently placed 45,000 Alaska
sockeye salmon fry*, reared at the federal hatchery
at Lake Quinault, in the waters of that lake. This
was done as a test to determine if this species will
bear transplanting from its native waters. Fifty
thousand eggs were brought from Alaska and taken
to the Quinault hatchery. The fact that 45,000 of
them were hatched and reared to the fingerling stage
is considered remarkable, as this percentage of 90
is unusually high. Careful records will be kept by
the bureau and the co-operation of fishermen and
packing companies will be secured to watch for the
return of the fish in four years. It is believed they
will return to the Quinault River, as it is the theory
that salmon after four years return to the stream
in which they were hatched, but if they do not the
dtsinctive mark which has been placed on each of
them will be recognized wherever they are caught.
Willis H. Rich of Stanford University, acting for the
government, has just completed marking the fish by
the removal of certain fins as a further test to learn
if the salmon return to the Quinault River or go
back to their native stream in Alaska.
Hoquiam, Wash. H. R.
FEDERAL REGULATIONS ON BIRDS.
No Open Season for Insectivorous Birds; President
Wilson Approves.
Washington, D. C. — The new regulations for the
enforcement of the migratory bird law were approved
by the President August 21, 1916, and became effec-
tive on and after that date. The schedule printed
below shows the open seasons when hunting the
birds named is permitted under these regulations.
Hunting at other seasons is prohibited. Hunters,
however, should consult the State laws, as the Fed-
eral regulations will not be construed to authorize
hunting within a closed period prescribed by the
State occurring within the open season under the
Federal regulations.
Shooting is prohibited between sunset and sunrise
in both zones. Insectivorous birds are protected
indefinitely in both zones and no open season al-
lowed. Band-tailed pigeons, cranes, wood ducks,
swans, curlew, willet, upland plover, and smaller
shorebirds are protected everywhere until September
1, 1918.
Following is the open season for migratory birds
(dates are inclusive) :
ZONE 1.
Waterfowl (except swans and wood ducks), coots,
gallinules, and jacksnipes: Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, New York (except Long
Island), Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia,
Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Mis-
souri, Sept. 16th to Dec. 31st.
Rhode Island, Connecticut, Long Island, New Jer-
sey, Pennsylvania, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, and
Utah, Oct. 1st to Jan. 15th.
Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Da-
kota, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Colorado, Sept.
7th to Dec. 20th.
Rails (except coots and gallinules) : Sept. 1st to
Nov. 30th.
Black-breasted and golden plover and greater and
lesser yellowlegs; Maine, New Hampshire, Massa-
chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York (in-
cluding Long Island), and New Jersey, Aug. 16th to
Nov. 30th.
Vermont, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky,
West Virginia, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Ne-
braska, Kansas, Colorado, and Nevada, Sept. 1st
to Dec. 15th.
Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Da
kota, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming, Sept. 7th to
Dec. 20th.
Washington end Oregon, Oct. 1st to Dec. loth.
Utah, closed until Sept. 1, 1918.
Jacksnipe; Same as waterfowl, coots, and galli-
nules.
Woodcock: Oct. 1st to Nov. 30th. Illinois, Ken-
tucky, and Missouri, closed until Oct. 1, 1918.
ZONE 2.
Waterfowl (except swans and wood ducks), coots,
gallinules, and jacksnipe: Delaware, Maryland, Dis-
trict of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Alabama, Mis-
sissippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana, Nov. 1 to Jan. 31.
Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Cali-
fornia, Oct. 16 to Jan. 31.
Rails (except coots and gallinules) : Sept. 1 to
Nov. 30th. Louisiana, Nov. 1 to Jan. 31. California,
closed until Sept. 1, 1918.
Black-breasted and golden plover and greater and
lesser yellowlegs: Delaware, Maryland, District of
Columbia and Virginia, Aug. 16 to Nov. 30.
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana, and Texas, Nov. 1 to Jan 31.
North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma,
New Mexico, and Arizona, Sept. 1 to Dec. 15.
California, closed until Sept. 1, 1918.
Jacksnipe: Same as waterfowl, coots and galli-
nules.
Woodcock: Nov. 1 to Dec. 31.
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Bidding for 1917 Grand American. — Milwaukee,
Wis., wants the Grand American Trapshooting Tour-
nament for 1917. So does Toledo, Ohio. By the
time the Interstate Association holds its annual meet-
ing to award tournaments, there may be half a dozen
other cities in the field for the trapshooting classic.
The Grand American Handicap has always been
successful in the middle West, and as long as it is
successful in that section the Interstate Association
will hardly move it. There is no good reason why
the tournament would not be successful in the East,
but none of the Eastern organizations ever bid for it.
Chicago and St. Louis are central points with 24
hours' ride of one-half the population of the country
and therefore these cities have the bulge on all oth-
ers who apply for the tournaments.
Protection for Bear in Pennsylvania. — The state of
Pennsylvania has recently enacted a law giving pro-
tection to the bear. The bag limit is one bear per
year, and the open season is from October 15th to
December 15th, thus being properly set at the time
when the fur is prime. The law definitely states that
a bear can be killed only by using a gun "held in the
hands of a hur.ter," except when "it is attempting
injury on a person or personal property." In the
latter case, however, an affidavit telling of the exact
injury must be filed.
It is interesting to note that bear are still abun-
dant enough in Pennsylvania so that a party of six
in 1914 killed lourteen bear on one hunting trip. —
(Pennsylvania Sportsman).
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept. 9, 1916.
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Sportsmen's Row
John Crumley, a lumberman employed at the
Standard Lumber Company's South Fork, camp, fif-
teen miles east of Sonora, Tuolumne county, was
shot by an unknown deer hunter. Crumley was at
work trimming logs when he was shot. The bullet
from a high-powered rifle struck him in the left upper
arm, shattering the bone and tearing the flesh in a
horrible manner. Crumley fell unconscious. The
arm was amputated just below the shoulder.
• • •
Four silver cups, relics of the days when Marys-
ville supported a military company of which the com-
munity was proud, have been resurrected from the
archives of the organization, now defunct, and will
be placed in a display case in Packard Library. The
Engel cup was won three successive times by old
Company C of Marysville in regimental contests.
The N. S. G. W. cup was won by the Marysville com-
pany in a ten-men match against the Woodland com-
pany. May 5, 1891. A cup offered by the citizens of
Woodland for a shoot between teams of twenty-five
men was won by the Marysville boys on Thanksgiv-
ing Day, 1895. A cup for shelter tent pitching was
won by the Marysville company in a contest held at
Chico, July 4, 1905.
• • •
William Peachy of Las Plumas has proved himself
the champion hunter of the season. Peachy, while
hunting with Dixie Johnson, an Indian, brought down
a big four point buck. After skinning the deer and
hanging part of the meat in a tree the two hunters
packed the hams to camp. Upon returning to the
spot to get the remainder of the meat, they were
taken unawares by two black bears. Peachy killed
one of them with a shot through the head and the
other made a wild dash for the brush but Peachy,
with another well-aimed shot, also brought him down
with a bullet through the head, before he could reach
shelter.
© • •
Twenty-five speckled trout, ranging from 8 to 12
inches in length, formed the catch made in the
Nork Fork of Eagle Creek last Sunday by R. M.
Gray and his family of Portland. "It was the best
fishing I ever had," said Mr. Gray, "and I intend to
go up there again."
• • •
While out hunting deer near Coutolenc, in Butte
county, Frank Killum, traveling salesman for the
General Electric Company, became lost. He wan-
dered about all Friday night until he stumbled into
the camp of a miner living near Stirling City. Killum
reached camp Saturday evening, after a searching
party had failed to locate him. With him on the
hunting expedition were C. V. Ross and Messrs.
Nourse and Mrxner.
• • •
In view of the recent big run of salmon outside
the heads, bay anglers have anticipated great sport
in Raccoon Straits and San Pablo bay up as far as
Red Rock. So far they have been disappointed as
but very few fish have been taken while a number
of boats have been out dragging a spoon through
these waters for the last two weeks. Dr. Washing-
ton Dodge was among the lucky few, having taken
a thirty-pound salmon near Belvedere Point last
week.
• • •
Striped bass fishing in the lagoon at Tiburon has
been good for some time past, the favorite bait being
Monterey sardines and bullheads.
• • •
Master Robert McCormack, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George McCormack of Capitola, landed two 30-pound
halibut and three 10-pound rock cod. This is the
first time in 25 years that fish of this size were ever
landed on the wharf on a small-size hook. Mr. Ed.
Arnold, William McCarthy and Max Schmidt of San
.Jose were present at the time.
• • •
Antlers of a deer killed several years ago near
Cuyama Valley, Santa Barbara county, by Forest
Guard Eugene Johnston, of the Santa Barbara Na-
tional Forest, have been identified as belonging to a
species of deer found in the eastern states, by a mem-
ber of the California Academy of Sciences, San Fran-
cisco. No explanation is vouchsafed as to how the
deer traveled so far west.
o • •
George Shirk of Redlands and Ed Trefry are about
the happiest mortals alive just now because of the
record they made in fishing in the Big Bear Valley
in a week's time. It was not so much quantity that
counted with them as it was quality. During the
week they caught but twenty-six trout but the total
weight of the beauties was near 100 pounds. Only
one of the trout weighed as low as two pounds and
almost all of them tipped the scales close to four
pounds. The fishing has been ever so much better
during the past week and the big fellows are biting
again. The fishermen from Big Bear Valley threat-
ened to be eclipsed on Friday by the hunters, for
many will start from there for the opening day of
the season to beat the trails for deer.
• • •
Investigation proves that farmers are participating
trapshooting and enjoying it very much.
Constable A. J. Leverone of Jackson, Amador
county, brought down the first buck of the season
Wednesday morning of last week. The deer was
exceptionally large, having five points and weighing
140 pounds dressed. It was killed on the road to
Silver Lake, about twenty-five miles above Jackson.
• • •
Portola (Plumas Co.). — Hunters report that deer
are plentiful in this vicinity. Since the opening of
the season five have been landed by Portola resi-
dents. George Locatell, John Donnenwirth, George
Conant, F. Van Norden and George Nixon each
bagged one. The one shot by George Locatell
weighed more than 200 pounds dressed.
• • •
Surf anglers who have been trying at Melrose to
hook a larger Corbina than the 6-pound 15-ounce
one registered by Clarke Van Benthuysen were dis-
appointed Sunday, as tiny "nippers" were the only
fish of any kind caught, except for the 4-pounder
Mrs. G. Clark landed. The latter won her third con-
secutive Jack Pot thereby, while Simmons, Lengs-
field, et al., raved at their hard luck.
• • •
To the hunting prowess of Professor C. A. Kofoid.
the University of California is indebted for a collec-
tion of rare Indian animals, which he secured re-
cently by hunting them in their native fastnesses
on the estates of the Prince of Mysore, in Southern
India. Professor Fofoid returned to the campus re-
cently and reported among other things the slaying
of a wild ox, one of the only herd now in existence.
OB
Kill Bear Without Gun. — To kill a bear without a
gun, after a fierce struggle, was the thrilling experi-
ence of Bruce Kellett, of Minden, Ont., Jack Adams
and Fred McDuff, of Gooderham, one morning in
May. The above named sturdy sons of toil were in
the employ of Miekle and Dynient as river-drivers,
at River Bay Camp, Hollow Lake, when, as they were
passing along the trail one morning, they suddenly
came upon a large black bear, which showed a quar-
relsome disposition and made an attack upon the
young men, who were armed only with pike-poles
and peavy. The boys soon realized that these were
not the most formidable weapons to handle in the
bush in an encounter with an infuriated wild beast.
But after a sharp struggle the huge animal (which
afterwards was found to weigh 800 pounds) lay dead
at their feet.
After the battle was over the boys were not sur-
prised to find blood flowing from Adams and Kellett.
McDuff had escaped unhurt. They were the victors
but would rather not repeat the experience.
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Deer Causes Accident. — Cornelius Murray, a re-
tired rancher of Los Gallinas, Marin county, had a
narrow escape from serious injury while returning
in his wagon from the summit of Mt. Tamalpais after
a day's hunt. He reached a sharp turn in the road
at the head of the Fairfax grade when a deer leaped
across the road under his horse's neck. The horse
became frightened and upset the wagon, throwing
Murray over the grade. He was picked up a few
minutes later by Mr. and Mrs. George Page of San
Rafael, who came along in their automobile, and
taken to the San Rafael Cottage Hospital where sev-
eral severe cuts and bruises on his hands and ankle
were dressed. The horse was uninjured.
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Coyotes Bold and Plentiful. — Wabuska (Nev.). —
Mrs. George Parker of Wabuska was awakened
about 4:20 one morning recently by the excited
barking of a house dog. She arose and went to the
door to discover the cause of the disturbance and
saw the dog chasing a coyote out of the yard. She
was startled, however, a moment later to find another
coyote about five feet from the door, calmly looking
at her through a screen door.
Mrs. Parker called her husband, who grabbed a
gun and came to the rescue. Before his arrival the
coyote walked up to the door and tried to push his
way into the house. Mrs. Parker pulled the screen
shut and the animal then walked to the dog house,
about fifteen feet away, and entered. Parker fired
a number of shots into the dog house, finally killing
the coyote.
Coyotes are plentiful in the locality and exceed-
ingly bold.
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Rattlesnakes Poisoned. — LTp in the California Na-
tional Forest the United States Biological Survey
has been poisoning squirrels. Thousands upon thou-
sands of the rodents have "bit the dust" in the most
approved scientific fashion.
In the early part of August a fire broke out. It
burned over a great area. Usually just ahead of
such blazes snakes of all descriptions are to be
found — gophers, king snakes, rattlers and the whole
belly-crawling tribe.
But this time there were no snakes. The fire fight-
ers working in the brush in an effort to backfire
were unmolested, to their great surprise. Then For-
est Supervisor Coffman investigated.
He found that the rattlers feed on the poisoned
squirrels, and were in turn poisoned from their food.
The poison that was set out to clean the forest
of squirrels has also cleaned it of snakes. And now
the local Forest Service staff is looking for some one
to dub with "Saint Patrick of California."
NEWS HEARD IN KENNEL CIRCLES.
FoxTerrier Club of England Sets Down Rules on
Breeding,
At a special meeting of the Fox Terrier Club, Eng-
land, it was decided on the motion of Her Grace the
Duchess of Newcastle that interbreeding of smooth
and wire fox terriers should continue to be recog-
nized by the English Kennel Club. The meeting was
representative and only one dissenting voice was
heard.
This is a well merited rebuff to the Wire Fox Ter-
rier Association, which had passed resolutions that
"wire terriers of smooth parentage should not be
recognized for registration, and thereby for exhibi-
tion, into the third generation."
The Wire Fox Terrier Association has been in ex-
istence for four years, the Fox Terrier Club for more
than forty years, and the fox terrier, without distinc-
tion of coat and his forebears, for centuries.
Owing to the fact that the rougher coated variety
of the fox terrier is the most popular of all breeds in
England, and at the same time stands out collectively
and individually as representing the highest standard
of perfection among all breeds, the W. F. T. A., bj
reason of this, happens to be the most flourishing o
all specialty clubs. In short, it is the breed's popu
larity which har made the club.
• • •
It is not generally known that Mayor Rolph of San
Francisco, so well known over his cockers Mission
Chief, Roue and so on that have been East, is an
admirer of the ubiquitous Airedale. He has them on
his ranch and recently bred two bitches to Ch. Crof
ton Chum, one being Mission Tip Toe, we believe
a daughter of the great Tip Top. They should be
doing well in the breed out here, says the "Fancier,"
for old Ch. Midland Royal, famed as a producer in
his prime, has gone out from England to Fresno, anc
Midland Rollo. the sire of the famous Ch. Soudan
Stamboul, imported by George Batson and also of a
good sire in Mr. Oliver's Mountain View Rollo, is also
soon to be at the services of the Pacificists.
• e •
News reaches us of the demise of another gooi
English setter bitch, Queen G, a daughter of King C
and Gladys, owned by Mr. W. R. Hird of San Fran-
cisco. Queen did some winning at the last Golden
Gate show but shortly afterwards had the misfortune
to have her legs broken. Although her owner did
everything possible to have the limbs set it was of
no avail and she passed away last week. Mr. Hird
has recently sold a nice male puppy (a brother of the
above) to Mr. E. C. LaMontague of San Francisco.
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Sacramento After Sparrows. — First steps toward
extermination of the English sparrow, the pest of
the air, which has practically destroyed all ■ song
birds in California, have been taken by Dr. G. C.
Simmons, Commissioner of Public Health and Safety,
of Sacramento. Simmons drew up a resolution, au-
thorizing the expenditure of $200 for the work of
destroying the sparrows, and called the attention
of the Commissioners to the necessity of ridding the
city of these pests.
Simmons offered the resolution with the suggestion
that it go over two weeks to give the Commission-
ers an opportunity to look into the matter. Simmons'
proposal to rid the city of sparrows met with the
approval of the entire Commission.
Simmons stated his attention had been called to
the destruction caused by the sparrows by the Fish
and Game Commission, which requested co-operation
on the part of the city in the extermination of the
pests.
He pointed out that San Diego has legislated
against the sparrows with success, and that the
ordinance was put in effect by hiring a man to edu-
cate the people as to how to exterminate the spar-
rows.
If the resolution is adopted by the City Commis-
sion, as it undoubtedly will be, Simmons probably
will follow the example of San Diego and engage a
man to kill the sparrows, at so much per bird, prob-
ably 5 cents, while they are plentiful, and 10 cents
apiece when they become more scarce. Reading
from a bulletin by the Fish and Game Commission,
Simmons said the San Diego sparrow killer got 325
birds the first month.
QB
Do Fish Sneeze? — Many families in Glen Ellen
have been enjoying several good meals of fish. It
happened in this manner: Following the big thunder
and lightning storm, a cloud-burst occurred north of
town, filling the Calabasses creek with thick red
soil. The creek water was saturated with the earth
until the creek looked like the famous river of blood.
When the gentle morning breezes dried the surface
of the stream, the dust arose in such clouds that the
fish came to the surface sneezing and coughing. It
was therefore no hard matter for the inhabitants to
lift the finny denizens from the creek with only a
pocket handkerchief for bait. The poor fishes!
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It is reported from Salmon Beach, near Taconia,
Wash., that the trout are running fine and that good
catches are a daily occurrence. The last few days
have witnessed the capture of many large salmon
and the fine sport is drawing large crowds.
Saturday, Sept. 9, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP OPENS MONDAY.
Portland Is Looking Forward to Entertaining Big
Gathering of Trap Shooters.
Under the auspices ot the Portland Gun Club (one
of the most enterprising trap gun clubs in America),
the eleventh annual Pacific Coast Trapshooting tour-
nament will take place in Portland, Ore., on Septem-
ber 11, 12, 13 and 14. This tournament was first
conducted in 1905, and 1908 is the only year that has
gone by without the classic being conducted.
This is the third time that the Portland Club has
staged the tournament, the other times being in 1912
and 1914. The entries on both of these occasions
exceeded those of the other cities in which the com-
petition has been conducted. In 1914, when the Port-
land Club opened their new grounds, they had 138
entrants in the Pacific Coast Handicap, the greatest
number that has ever shot in it. This year the club
confidently expects that the entry list will total
nearly 200.
Portland is advantageously situated to draw the
sportsmen from the far Western States, and every
trapshooter who has been to Portland is anxious to
play a return engagement. Residents of the Rose
City are very hospitable. One of these years the
Portland Club hopes to stage the Pacific Coast Han-
dicap during the Rose Festival week in June, and at
that time will prove to the trapshooters that the
saying, "In Portland grows for you a rose," is mer-
ited. The shooting on the Portland grounds is to
the north and the sun is always behind the traps.
The grounds are level and the skyline is unob-
structed.
The program is the same as the ones at the South-
ern, Eastern and Western Handicaps. The first day
is for practice. On the 12th the Pacific Coast Intro-
ductory takes place; on the 13th the Pacific Coast
Special and the Preliminary handicap takes place,
and on the 14th the Pacific Coast Overture and the
Pacific Coast Handicaps occur. The Interstate Asso-
ciation and the Portland Gun Club will add $1000 to
the purses. Three trophies will be given in each
event, and no shooter can win more than one. There
will also be three trophies for the women shooters.
HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP.
Yds. Score .
1905 — San Francisco, Cal., 74 entries 16 97
Won by G. E. Silvester. Tied by R. H.
Bungay (16 yds.). Won on shoot-off by
Silvester, with 17; Bungay, 16.
1906— Los Angeles, Cal., 60 entries 19 89
Won by F. B. Mills.
1907— Spokane, Wash., 54 entries 18 93
Won by Max Hensler.
1909— Seattle, Wash., 114 entries 18 96
Won by John H. Noel. Tied by F. G.
Foltz (19 yds.). Shoot-off won by Noel,
with 20 broke, and Foltz breaking 17.
1910— Seattle, Wash., 109 entries 17 97
1911 — Madera, Cal., 93 entries 17 93
Won by Ed. L. Mitchell.
1912 — Portland. Ore.. 126 entries 19 93
Won by M. M. Bull. Tied by R. H. Bun-
gay (19 yds.). Shoot-off, Bull broke 19;
Bungay, 18.
1913 — Sacramento, Cal., 107 entries 17 95
Won by George E. Ellis.
1914— Portland, Ore., 138 entries 19 93
Won by P. H. O'Brien. Tied by H. H.
Ott (16 yds.). Shoot-off, O'Brien broke
16; Ott, 14.
1915— San Diego, Cal., 78 entries 18 98
Won by H. Pfirrmann, Jr. Tied by J. F.
Couts, Jr. (21 yds.), and Andy Ervast
(18 yds.), and H. M. Williams (19 yds.).
On the first shoot-off Pfirrmann and
Coutes broke 20; Ervast, 19; Williams.
18. Second shoot-off, Pfirrmann won
with 18; Couts, 15.
QC
All Venison Should Be Utilized. — The state of Wy-
oming has a law prohibiting the leaving in the woods
of the meat of elk and deer killed. There should be
a. similar law in California relating to deer meat.
All too often a traveler or camper will kill a buck
when he knows he can not use or dispose of the
meat, simply foi the sake of telling that he got a
deer, or perhaps in order to secure the horns as a
trophy. In some cases a ham or two may be cut out
and the balance of the meat allowed to go to waste.
This is a shameful waste and should be prohibited
by law. It is one oi the reasons why local residents
feel antagonistic toward the "city sports," for to the
local resident the meat represents a money value in
his food supply and he makes full utilization of it. —
J. D. Coffman.
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Hunter in Hard Luck. — According to a story told
by J. G. Reid of San Jose, and the truth of which
was borne out by a friend, he shot and wounded a
three-point buck in the Coast range last week about
four miles from the Smith Creek hotel, and after a
diligent search for the animal discovered clews that
led him to believe that a party of Campbell hunters
ran across the quarry and appropriated it to their
own uses.
Reid says that his bird dog jumped the buck out
of the brush on Isabella creek, near Campoody, be-
tween 9 and 10 o'clock, that he fired at it twice, the
last time as it was disappearing over a hill. He
noted it was in distress, and on following it found
a bloody trail by which he tracked it a considerable
distance. He gave up the quest finally, but returned
again, and finding the blood tracks, followed them
down into Trout creek. Here, among the boulders,
were irrefutable signs that his kill had been discov-
ered and taken possession of.
While searching about he came across a lone man
with a rope who disclaimed any knowledge of having
seen a wounded buck on the mountain, much less a
hunter with cne. Reid, while he does not mind the
loss of the kill, feels that the credit which belongs to
the successful hunter should not be denied him
through the loss of his quarry. He said that he fired
the only shots in that vicinity.
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FARMERS TAKING TO TRAPSHOOTING.
THE INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION'S HANDICAP.
The other day a well known agricultural publica-
tion man remarked, when told that farmers engaged
in trapshooting, that he was putting that fact down
as one thing he learned that day.
If farmers can be advancing so fast in modern
methods and city pleasures, that the agricultural
press can't keep up with them, then it seems logical
to admit that the city cousins who imagined all a
farmer did "was work, eat and sleep" are just wait-
ing for advice.
The fact is that along with other pleasures, farmers
are taking active interest in trapshooting. And why
shouldn't they? Nearly all farm houses have guns as
a portion of their furniture. Nearly all farmers
have done more or less shooting, but at the present
time in many states, game laws are so rigidly en-
forced that "open" seasons are very short. Hence
clay birds are the victims of the guns, which to many
is much more satisfactory from a cruelty standpoint.
As hardly any live settlement is now without a
trapshooting club, the shooting of clay targets also
brings to the farmer, social privileges. Here he
meets men of all walks of life.
Of course there may be a Country or Hunt Club
near his place, but he is timid about joining, even
though he is worth as much as many of their mem-
bers financially. He has like many other farmers
attended the farmers' annual dinner at such clubs
but feels more at home at a cosmopolitan trapshoot-
ing club. On such occasions however he has sur-
prised those present with the shooting ability. Only
recently at an eastern Hunt Club, a clay pigeon shoot
was held in connection with the annual dinner, for at
this club the members are greatly enthused about
trapshooting. The gentleman of the farm took the
marksmanship honors.
It may not be the case that all farmers who can
shoot are trapshooting club members. Some of them
have purchased hand traps and have their shooting
pleasures right on their own grounds, where wife,
sons and daughters join in.
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Pendergast Wins Remington Trophy. — The Rem-
ington Bronze Trophy was won by J. H. Pendergast,
New York state champion of Phoenix, N. Y., who
made a run of 100 straight and a total of 146 out of
150. F. Kapp won first prize in Class A. with 144
while R. H. Clark and, M. E. Barker took second and
third respectively with 143 each. In Class B, W. E.
Corfield of Utica won first prize with 135, W. L.
Wilson took second with 134, and A. Meager third
with 134. F. H. Shall won first in Class C, Tomlinson
second and Jackson third, all with 127 breaks. H. E.
Mills was first in Class Df with 119, second Jones,
third Dally, each with 118. Sim Glover and H. S.
Wells, both professionals, tied with the tournament
winner. J. L. Clark of the Rem. U. M. C, assisted
by J. H. Briggs of the same company, John Jackson
and R. H. Tomlinson of the Remington Club were the
officials.
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Places for 1917 State Shoots. — Quite a number of
State associations have selected the cities in which
the 1917 State trapshooting tournaments will take
place. Here are -a few of them; Minnesota — Brai-
nard; New York — Syracuse; Pennsylvania — Brad-
ford; Texas — Houston; North Carolina — Carolina
Beach; Washington — Seattle; Missouri — Springfield;
Kansas — Larned; Oregon — Salem: Ohio — Cedar
Point; Wyoming — Casper; South Carolina — Green-
wood; Montana — Anaconda.
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Westy Hogans Shoot. — More than $3500 in money
and prizes will be awarded at the tenth annual trap-
shooting tournament of the Westy Hogans in Atlantic
City. September 13, 14 and 15. In addition to the.
many valuable trophies that will go to a greater
number of shooters this year than ever before, the
Hogans will add to the program a greater amount of
cash than in former years.
The winner of first average money this year is
guaranteed $100 or more; $50 will be added to the
Lewis Class Oplional on each day of the regular pro-
gram— Wednesday. Thursday and Friday; $100 will
be guaranteed to the winner of the first money in
the Westy Hogan Handicap, formerly the Bull Dur-
ham Handicap.
The Hogans have restored the special event for
women to their program this fall. This proved to be
a very attractive feature of the 1914 tournament, and
as there is a demand for it this year, the fair sex
will no doubt t.e largely represented. From reports
received by various members of the Hogans there
will be a greater attendance of shooters from the
Middle West, principally from Ohio, Indiana and Illi-
nois, this year than ever before. This indicates that
interest is being shown in the Westy Hogan East and
West team race, which promises to be one of the
T. E. Doremus, President,
Wilmington, Del.
Elmer E. Shaner, Mgr., E. Reed Shaner, Sec'y,
Pittsburgh, Pa. Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Interstate Association's Eleventh Pacific Coast
Trapshooting Tournament, under the auspices of
the Portland Gun Club, Partland, Ore., September
12, 13and 14; $1,000 added money. Winner of
first place in the Pacific Coast Handicap guaran-
teed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place
guaranteed $75 and a trophy; and the winner
of third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Sev-
eral other trophies will also be awarded.
most popular events of the program. All shooters
who received a program last year, and all who attend-
ed last year's tournament, will receive a program
this year.
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Portland Club. — H. R. Everding was high gun at
the Sunday shoot held at Everding Park August 27,
making a record of 97 per cent. A. W. Strowger,
president of the organization, was next in line among
the amateurs, with 92 per cent. J. E. Reed led the
professionals, breaking 49 out of 50.
The 11th annual Pacific Coast Handicap will start
at Everding Park on Monday, September 11. It will
be of four days' duration. Arrangements are already
being made to entertain the host of outsiders who
will enter for the tournament.
Following are the scores made: H. R. Everding
97, A. W. Strowger 92, Frank VanAtta 90, H. A. Pol-
lock 86, Miss Gladys Reid 84, J. S. Crane 84, F. O.
Joy 78, E. B. Vann 74, E. L. Clark 60 and Dr. L. L.
DuBois 50, all out of 100, with J. E. Reid 49 out of 50.
oe
Seattle Association. — Ninety-five and 100 per cent
shooting was the feature of the August 27th shoot at
the Harbor Island traps.
Tom Wilkes celebrated his return from the South
by going straight fifty targets, standing high ama-
teur. Wilkes was tied by L. H. Reid, who also
knocked down fifty, standing high professional and
incidentally finishing the program with an unfinished
straight run of 316 targets.
Hugh Fleming plunked out forty-nine in fifty, and
stood second amateur position.
Alvin Schwager and F. L. Ashton were new shoot-
ers on the grounds for the first time this season.
The scores, at 50 targets: Tom Wilkes 50, L. H.
Reid* 50, Hugh Fleming 49, Deskin Reid 46, W. B.
Taft 45, J. V. Hough 45, Matt Grossman 44, Alvin
Schwager 42, George Hambright* 42, C. W. Bandy
40, J. W. Glascock 36, F. L. Ashton 25. (*Pro.)
8B
Green Lake Club. — A big crowd was on hand Aug-
ust 27 at the regular monthly trophy shoot of the
Green Lake Gun Club, and some of the best shooting
of the season was dished up during the program.
L. H. Reid, professional, was high man for the day
with a score of 49 out of 50, and the one target which
he missed in this event terminated a straight run of
319. This is the longest straight run in the records
on the Pacific coast.
Among the amateurs, L. S. Barnes and Tom Wilkes
led the field, each getting 48 out of their 50. Dr.
King and Matt Grossman came in second, with 47,
while third place went to Dr. Templeton and Hugh
Fleming, with scores of 46.
L. S. Barnes carried off the August silver cup
with a score of 49; his handicap of one target giving
him a one-bird lead over Tom Wilkes, who was
shooting from scratch. Six other contestants turned
in handicap scores of 48 in this event.
In "the 100-target race, Hugh Fleming and Matt
Grossman tied for high honors, each getting 95. Tom
Wilkes broke 93 and L. H. Reid 94 in this event.
Four ladies took part in the program yesterday,
and Mrs. Blakeley carried off the honors by breaking
12 out of 25.
Sunday, September 10, will witness the official clos-
ing of the shooting season at the north-end traps,
with the big annual silver cup handicap and mer-
chandise shoot, similar to the event which marked
the closing last year. The whole membership is
working to make this one of the really big events
of the year.
Scores, at 50 targets: L. H. Reid* 49, L. S. Barnes
48, Tom Wilkes 48, Dr. King 47, Matt Grossman 47,
Dr. C. L. Templeton 46, Hugh Fleming 46, G. A.
Conklin 45, S. A. Martin 44, I. M. Fisher* 44. W. C.
Smith 44. Deskin Reid 44, Don R. Baker 43, Hi Fol-
lerich 43, George H. Young 42. George Hambright*
42, Dr. A. B. Kidd 41. E. K. Van Vleck 41. Dr. M. A.
Winningham 41. George B. Baker 40, J. W. Geltz 40.
J. V. Hough 40, C. R. Sydman 39, M. A. Rosenfiekl
39, H. E. Gleason 38, George O. Colwell 38, Van M.
Woodaman 38, E. Chantrell 37, Fred Pries 37, E. W.
Eller 35. George D. Horst 24, Mrs. Blakeley 12. Mrs.
L. S. Barnes 11, Mrs. G. A. Conklin 10, Mrs. W. C.
Smith 9.
At 100 targets— Hugh Fleming 95, Matt Grossman
95. L. H. Reid* 94. I. M. Fisher* 90, Dr. C. L. Tem-
pleton 90, Tom Wilkes 93, E. K. Van Vleck 76. V. M.
Woodaman 74. ("Professional.)
Twelve pairs of doubles — George Edling 19. G. A.
Conklin 18. L. S. Barnes 18, Dr. C. L. Templeton 16.
W. C. Smith 15, C. R. Sydman 14. Matt Grossman 14.
I. M. Fisher 12, Follerich 10, Dr. King 12. J. W. Geltz
12. Hugh Fleming 9. (Fisher. Grossman and Fleming
shot 20-gauge gun in the doubles.)
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Advice on Starting a Herd.
J. L. Walters, a Canadian breeder of Shorthorns,
gives the following advice on starting a breeding
herd:
"Were I to offer advice to a man intending to start
a pure-bred herd of cattle, or for that matter of any
kind of pure-bred herd, I would say first of all he
should have a great liking for the kind of stock he
intends to breed. Otherwise, he will not attend to
the little details which don't appear to amount to
much in the care of a herd, but which, if carried out,
mean success, or failure if neglected. Then if still
wanting to go into the business I would say: In
selecting breeding cows it has always appeared to me
that the light bcned, small, blocky cow which so
often is a favorite in the show ring is not the most
profitable breeder. It is true that as a rule they
take on flesh easily and quickly; while this is a com-
mendable quality it may also be found in the larger,
heavier boned type which I am quite sure will give
more calves than the smaller, fancier type. The risk
and loss at calving time is no small consideration.
We find we have a larger percentage of loss in our
pre-bred herd than we have in our range cattle, while
at the same time the pure-bred herd have the better
care and attention. We believe the reason is the
range cow is not as a rule so beefy and compact.
"Now we are talking about the foundation for a
beef herd, and we must have a beef type, but what I
want to point out is, we want a large, roomy cow for
a safe breeder and good money-maker. A good deal
of attention should be given to pedigree. Still, I
don't think one should be so carried away by pedi-
gree that they lose sight of conformation, quality and
size. While the beginner is selecting his cows to the
best of his ability and according to the amount of
money he wants to expend on a herd, he should keep
in mind that the bull is half the herd. Consequently,
he should be even more particular in his selection
than he has been with his cows. He should be sure
that the bull's ancestors have been good ones. Other-
wise he will not likely be an even breeder. That is
to say, he might have some very good calves and
some very poor ones. In fact, it is impossible to
overestimate the importance of carefully selecting
the bull that is to head the herd. My advice would
be to buy the best your money will buy, and don't
forget that for every $100 you add to the price you
are paying for the bull, providing always you get
value for your extra expenditure, you get in return
at least a thousand dollars in increased value in the
bull's progeny, because the useful life of a bull of
the right kind, if taken care of, is several years.
Weight of Cattle.
Here is one rule for measuring a beef animal to
approximate its weight: Have the animal stand
squarely on its feet. Take the girth just back of the
shoulder blades. Measure along the back from the
tail-bone, where it plumbs the line of the buttock,
to the fore part of the shoulder blade. Multiply the
length and the girth together, which will give the
number of superficial feet. Now if the animal girths
less than seven and more than five feet, multiply the
number of superficial feet by 23 to find the weight.
When an animal girths more than seven and less
than nine feet the rule is to allow 31 as the number
of pounds for each superficial foot. If the animal
girths less than five and more than three the number
of pounds allowed is 16 for each foot. When the
girth is less than three feet multiply by 11.
Richest Cow in the World.
Now that a majority of the milk markets are buy-
ing their supply on the butter-fat basis, it is with
more than a passing interest that we note the Regis-
ter of Merit record of the Jersey cow Merry Maiden
of Innesfells 307454, owned by Dr. J. F. Thompson,
of Portland, Maine. The milk of Merry Maiden aver-
aged 8.13 per cent fat for 365 days. This is the
world's highest butter-fat average for a year record.
Her lowest monthly test was 7.13 per cent, made in
the sixth month of her test, and the highest was 10.05
per cent, made in the twelfth month. The highest
percentage of fat for a single milking was 11.00 per
cent The final results show that she produced 560.4
pounds fat or C59 pounds 85 per cent butter from
6896.5 pounds of milk. — American Jersey Cattle Club.
A Noted Guernsey on Test.
Early in 1913 Langwater Hope, a Guernsey heifer
owned at Langwater Farms, North Easton, Mass.,
qualified as a two and one-half year old with the re-
markable record of 15,078.9 pounds of milk and
773.59 pounds of fat, exceeding the previous best per-
formance in her class by 2,445.5 pounds of milk and
67.13 pounds of fat, and surpassing the test of her
stablemate Rose of Langwater by 2,112.3 pounds of
milk and 103.7 pounds of fat. Langwater Hope was
started on her retest as a mature cow on Oct. 1, 1915,
and has produced in the 305 days up to Aug. 1st
17,203.6 pounds of milk and 854.16 pounds of fat.
She was the tenth daughter of imp, King of the May
to qualify for the advanced register. On her dam's
side Langwater Hope comes from distinguished an-
cestry, being a granddaughter of imp. Golden Secret.
Cattle Feeding Lessons.
Steers that are full-fed from birth should not be
held beyond 20 or 22 months of age because there is
a decided falling off in the rate of gain. After this
age the carcasses are overdone, there is an undue
waste of excess fat and the gain in weight in propor-
tion to feed consumed is much reduced as well as the
gain per day per steer. These are the results secured
in a recent test at the Missouri Agricultural Experi-
ment Station in which some steers were full-fed
while others received much less feed.
The steers which "received feed insufficient for the
greatest growth were most affected by such ailments
as indigestion and pink eye, and their sickness was
more likely to result in death. In fact, among more
than a hundred steers in the experiments, all the
losses except one were among the low-fed animals.
Steers fed for long periods such as three years and
a half on feed insufficient for the greatest growth,
did not seem to be able to digest their feed and to
make good gains when later put on full feed. Even
a steer whose growth was greatly retarded for only
one year never equaled in weight a steer of the same
age which had been full-fed from birth, although
when put back on full feed he made very profitable
gains and developed a very choice carcass of beef.
These results do not disagree with the common ob-
servation that thin steers often make the most profit-
able gains. Such feeders have usually not been
starved so long or so steadily. They have usually
had bulky feed which kept up the stomach capacity
even though it didn't furnish a great deal of nourish-
ment, and were very likely to have at least occasional
large quantities of nutritious feed, while the steers
in the test were kept regularly on small quantities
of food for long periods so that they seemed to lose
the capacity to eat and digest as large quantities as
they must handle to make the most profitable gains.
Thrifty yearlings put on feed that is not sufficient,
even to keep up the body weight they already have,
continue to grow in height and framework even when
made to lose half a pound a day. Measurements of
the skeletons did not indicate any decrease in the
rate of growth for several months. Even when these
animals were using the body fat to supplement the
lack of feed there was a very noticeable addition of
fat in the skeleton. Only when approximately all the
fat was taken from the soft parts did the animals
begin to draw on the fat in the skeleton to maintain
existence.
The most economical choice beef resulted from the
use of a feeder weighing about 750 pounds so fed as
to make a gain of 500 pounds. Such a steer will
probably not quite top the market, but he should
make the greatest possible profit to the feeder and
furnish an economical carcass for the butcher and
housewife, and meat of a quality to please the most
exacting. The carcasses show that of this 500-pound
gain, 38 per cent, is water, 49 per cent fat, and 12
per cent protein. When similar steers were fattened
until they had gained another 500 pounds or gone
from 1250 pounds to 1750 pounds, the carcasses were
much overdone and the second 500 pounds was 76
per cent fat, 18 per cent water, and 5 per cent pro-
tein.— [P. F. Trowbridge, Missouri Agricultural Ex-
periment Station.
Jersey Heifers Make Wonderful Records.
Old Man's Darling 2nd 319617 and Vive La France
319616, two Jersey heifers owned by Pickard Bros, of
Marion, Oregon, have finished their year's tests.
Old Man's Darling 2nd, with over 800 pounds but-
ter, as far as is known has the record for Jerseys
of her age though not in her class. If she had fresh-
ened seven days sooner she would have beaten
Lucky Farce's world's record for heifers under two
years old, by over 70 pounds fat.
Even Vive La France, with nearly 750 pounds
butter, having freshened on her second birthday, is
only beaten for the championship of Oregon by-
Pearly Exile of St. Lambert, who was a world cham-
pion. Both heifers are daughters of Golden Glow's
Chief 61460.
New Exhibitors at Horse Shows.
A greater number of beginners will exhibit at the
horse shows this year than ever before. This is pro-
gressive. It indicates that American breeders are
alive to their opportunity and are determined to meet
the competition of experienced exhibitors. It means
that all over the nation a demonstration is to be
given showing that America can produce as good
horses as any other country. It means that a class
of horses is going to be bred and a class of horsemen
developed that will defy the world in competition.
This year bids fair to mark the real beginning of
draft horse exhibition and development by American
farmers. — Breeder's Gazette.
Seven Carloads of Holsteins from Wisconsin.
Fred Keisel and J. M. Henderson, both Sacramento
bankers and owners of large dairy farms, have been
large purchasers of Holstein cattle lately. At least
$100,000 worth of cows of this breed have been
brought to the Sacramento valley in the last month,
and seven carloads were recently bought in Wiscon-
sin and shipped to the two gentlemen above men-
tioned. Their new stock will make their herds among
the most productive and highest priced in the Sac-
ramento valley. Holsteins have supplanted Jerseys
in this region as the favorite dairy cattle.
Small Breeders Win Prizes.
Editor Breeder and Sportsman: Nearly all of the
Percherons in the United States are being bred b]
men who have small studs ranging from two to t( "
mares. If these small breeders are successful,
will prove encouraging to others who contemplat
replacing their present grade horses with pure brei
mares.
The success won by the small breeders at the Ohio
and Iowa State Fairs is of particular interest in this
connection. At the Iowa State Fair, the first prize
two-year-old stallion headed a ring of more than
20 two-year-olds, which were admittedly of as high.
character as any ring of two-year-olds ever shown
at that fair. This horse was bred by a small breeder
near Lewiston, 111., who has but four or five mares
and who, in his desire to breed high class Perch-
erons, went to the expense of purchasing a stallion
for his own use.
The first prize yearling stallion, also winner of the
Futurity Class at the Iowa State Fair, in a ring of
22 stallions, was bred by a small farmer near Amboy,
Illinois, who only owns ten or twelve mares.
The first prize yearling filly at the Iowa State
Fair, also winner of the Futurity Stake, was bred by
a small breeder near Morning Sun, Iowa, who owns
but a small band of mares, and who, furthermore,
was making his first exhibit at the Iowa State Fair.
At the Ohio State Fair, the first prize two-year-
old stallion was bred by a farmer near Homerville,
Ohio, who has only 12 or 15 mares, but who was
suffiiciently determined to have a good stallion to go
out and buy a stallion for his own use.
The first prize yearling stallion was bred by
another farmer near Polk, Ohio, who has only eight
or ten mares.
The first prize yearling filly was also bred by a
small breeder near Tappan, Ohio.
The yearling stallion and yearling filly just re-
ferred to were winners of the Eastern Percheron
Breeders' Futurity, so that six out of a possible
eight first prize winners in the two-year-old and
yearling classes at these two great state fairs were
bred by small breeders who owned only enough
mares to do their farm work, and in all instances
the Percheron mares which produced these winners
were mares who did their full share of work on the
farms where they are kept.
The fact that these colts, bred by small breeders
who keep Percheron mares for strictly utility pur-
poses, were able to win over the best colts sent
forward by the larger breeding establishments, has
especial significance. It shows that numbers are
not necessary to success, and shows that the small
breeder who is a good judge of horses can, by exer-
cising care in the selection of his foundation stock,
and by breeding to sires of approved type, achieve
marked success in Percheron breeding. It goes
without saying that these colts, all of them, received
the best of feed and care, for while none of them
were fat, they were all well grown in frame and
muscle and showed ample evidence of having re-
ceived plenty of food from birth.
Horsemen gathered at the Ohio and Iowa State
Fairs were optimistic over the future of the draft
horse business. The feeling expressed by many of
the oldest men present, including many who had gone
through the years of depression in the 90's, was that
there never had been a brighter outlook for Perch-
eron breeding than at the present time. The demand
for stallions bids fair to exceed all expectations.
One especially noticeable feature is the fact that
there are a very large number of small breeders, who
own small but select bands of mares, who are seek-
ing young horses of the best type, conformation, size
and quality, to head their studs. These men have
grown weary of using horses of indifferent character
and they are determined to own their own sires in
the future. This augurs well for the demand for the
best horses.
The trade from the ranges of the west, which has
been gaining strength steadily for the last twelve
months, is now better than it has been for many
years. Ranchmen who have sold large numbers of
horses for army purposes have found that the horses
which carried two or three crosses of Percheson
blood have sold more readily and for higher prices
than any other horses they had available. They
have profited by this concrete illustration of the
value of good sires, are already heavy buyers of
stallions to turn loose on the range with western
mares, and will unquestionably buy still more heavily
in the near future.
More than three hundred breeders, most of whom
have started their Percheron breeding operations
within the past two years, applied for membership
in the Percheron Society during the month of Aug-
ust alone, and the total number of new members
gained by the Society during the year, and the total
number of registrations of American bred horses,
will probably exceed all previous years.
Very truly yours,
WAYNE DINSMORE, Sec'y.
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Misses Alexander & Kellogg, two ladies who are
engaged as partners in breeding dairy cattle, won the
silver cup at the Solano County Fair for best cow of
any age or breed, with a Dairy Shorthorn.
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Six leading dairymen furnishing milk to San Fran-
cisco have furnished Market Director Weinstock
figures which show that the net average cost of milk
is 14.965 cents per gallon.
aturday, Sept. 9, 1916]
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CHOOSING THE BEST LAYERS.
When the pullets are growing up
ito little hens is the time to mark
le ones that are developing most rap-
lly and showing signs of making early
iyers from which to select the future
reeding stock.
Experiments show the early-devel-
ping pullets will make the best and
cost persistent layers. By banding a
lore or more of these quickest devel-
ping pullets and using the best of
lem for the breeding pens a good
art can be made towards a better
,ying flock. Better yet, if these pul-
its thus selected can be trap-nested
ntil February or March, a still fuller
nowledge of their egg-producing ac-
vities can be learned. Also the type
t eggs the pullets lay, and by the
aily handling the relative vigor, hab-
s of industry and activity will be-
>me more evident.
Pullets or hens that noticeably lose
esh and weight when laying heavily,
hen properly fed, have some consti-
itional lack in vigor and are unsafe
3 a means of perpetuating the best
:ock.
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ary dentistry. Complicated cases treated
successfully. Calls from out of town
promptly responded to.
Tha beat work at reasonable prices
IRA BARKER DALZIEL
MO Fulton at.
San Francisco, Cal.
THICK, SWOLLEN GLANDS
that make a horse Wheeze,
Roar, have Thick Wind
or Choke-down, can be
reduced with
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also any Bunch or Swelling1. No blister, no
hair gone, and horse kept at work. Con-
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application. $2 per bottle delivered.
Book 3 K free.
ABSORBINE, JR., antiseptic liniment for man-
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Varicose Veins, Ulcers. $1 and $2 a bottle at
dealers or delivered. Book "Evidence'* free.
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..Modern Horse Management.
By
CAPTAIN R. S. TIMMIS
Nearly 500 photographs and drawings.
144 Plates 11x8. Royal quarto, 316
pages. Cassell & Co.: London, To-
ronto, Melbourne, etc. Stokes & Co.:
New York. $5 postpaid.
"A most valuable authority." — Sporting
and Dramatic News, London.
"Very sound and well thought out." — The
Field.
"A book that should be widely known." —
Horse and Hound.
"The fruits of a tree whose roots are
grounded in practical experience." —
Bloodstock Breeders' Review.
"Worthy to take its place as a standard
work." — Sporting Life.
"A valuable addition to the horse library"
. — Irish Field.
"Should be in the possession of every
horse owner." — The Broad Arrow.
"Should strike a popular note." — New
York Spur.
"The fruit of practical experience." — Chi-
cago Horse Review.
"On a scale not heretofore attempted by
a writer." — Horse World, Buffalo.
"Deserves the widest possible apprecia-
tion."— Farm Life, London.
For sale by
Breeder & Sportsman, Dr. 447, S. F.
SMITH'S WONDER WORKER
Nerve and Rheumatic Remedy
® These two ailments baffle the
V. S. oftener than all other
lameness; in fact they fail to
diagnose the case at all. By the
use of the above remedy and
steaming with the Wonder
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get the desired results. Do not be de-
ceived, but give it a trial and be con-
vinced of the merit of this remedy.
PRICE $4.00 per bottle.
W. K. SMITH & CO. Tiffin, Ohio.
W. E. DETELS, Pleasanton, CaL
Distributing Agent for the Pacific Coast.
THE CONQUEROR KNEE SPREADER
They stop any pa-
cer or straight line
trotter from hitting
their knees. They
increase the speed
of a horse and nev-
er tire him, because
they work on ball
bearings using rub-
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to stick leaving the
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free. Clasp adjust-
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T. ST. JEAN, 496 Fuller Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
FO R S A LE
GLAREMONT
RIDING ACADEMY BUSINESS
With Lease or Sale of Premises
BERKELEY, CAL.
Including Horses, Saddles, Bridles, Etc.
The business consists of boarding and renting
out of saddle horses and giving riding lessons.
The University Mounted Cadet Corps and Yoong
Ladies' Schools are large patrons. Riding Ring
70x130. Apply
ALMINE COXHEAD,
Claremont Riding Academy,
2941 Claremont Ave., Berkeley, Cal.
Sells Horse Goods
and Tuttle & Clark
HARNESS HOPPLES
COOLERS
BOOTS
SWEATERS
HOODS
GILES' MAGIC LOTION
TWEED'S LINIMENT
SMITH'S WONDER WORKER
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DUNBAR'S OINTMENT
REDUCINE
STALLION SHIELDS
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KELLER'S TOE WEIGHTS
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DRYDEN'S X-RAY RACING PADS
PATENT BITS
FINE REPAIRING
LEATHER NOVELTIES
J. David West
1018 Fillmore St.
Near Golden Gate Ave.,
SAN FRANCISCO
Phone Park 1253.
DRIVING CAPS AND JOCKEY CAPS
CHESTNUT TOM 2:17'/4 FOR SALE.
Chestnut Tom 43488, standard and reg-
istered, eighteen years old, but strong and
vigorous, is offered for sale for a ridicu-
lously low price. The late Martin Carter,
who was one of California's most success-
ful breeders, considered this horse one of
the very best he ever bred for a sire.
Chestnut Tom is sire of the dam of the
coast champion Wilbur Lou (1) 2:19^,
(3) 2:10*4, sire of Natal Day 2:13%, coast
champion two-year-old. The late Martin
Carter bred Chestnut Tom for a brood-
mare sire. He is by Nutwood Wilkes, his
dam is by Director and his grandam is
the dam of his sire and by Nutwood. $150
takes him. Address GEO. T. ALGEO,
3608 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland.
I WANT TO BUY.— I have sold eleven
horses in the last few months ranging
from $2,000 to $200. If you have a horse
for sale and will write me, I will tell you
what my system is. It is a winner. I find
there is a buyer for every horse for sale
at the right price. It is just a question of
getting the buyer and seller together. If
you have one for sale let me hear from
you. MAGNUS FLAWS,
542 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111.
FARMS FOR SALE
Choice Land In Idaho
Lewis ton, Idaho, Is situated at the
forks of Clearwater and Snake rivers and
has transportation to the coast.
960 acres 1V% miles from Lewlston, Ida-
ho, 4^ from Lapwal, Idaho, on main
traveled road, all In cultivation except
about 15 acres, all level land. Just a little
rolling, 320 acres of fall wheat In, 225
acres fail plowed for spring crop, about
30 acres in alfalfa. All fenced and cross
fenced. Two good springs with big cem-
ent water troughs, well, windmill and
cement reservoir, water piped to house,
7 room house, hot and cold water and
electric lights. Large horse barn with
hay mow in the center, electric lights In
barn; cow barn with two box stalls; hog
pens, shade trees, chicken houses, black-
smith shop, wagon shed, granary, outdoor
cellar with bunk house overhead. $85 per
acre; will take one-third down, time on
balance to suit purchaser, at 7 per cent
interest. One-third of crop goes with
place if sold any time up close to harvest.
Mild climate, can raise all kinds of fruit,
grain and vegetables. Wheat In this
country goes from 35 to 65 bushels per
acre, barley 40 to 80 bushels per %cre.
320 acres 4V6 miles south of Vollmer,
Idaho, 275 acres In cultivation, balance In
pasture and timber, farm land lays prac-
tically level, one-third of crop goes with
place if sotd before harvest. Some fall
wheat already sown. All fenced and cross
fenced. Quarter section of It fenced hog
light; good four-room houso. wood shed,
and out of door cellar, nice grove around
house, well at house, fair stabling and
out buildings, spring and spring creek
close to barn, three springs on place.
Price $70 per acre, one-third cash, bal-
ance at 7 per cent. Time to suit pur-
chaser.
238 acres KV% miles from Lewlston. Ida-
ho, 175 acres in cultivation. 25 more can
be cultivated, balance good bunch grasa
pasture, fenced and cross-fenced, good
spring creek runs across place, small
house, station on place for Johnson R. R.,
two grain warehouses at station. Price
$70 per acre, one-third cash, balance at
7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
160 acres of timber land, good farm land
when timber Is cleared off, all can be
farmed except about 2 or 3 acres. Good
timber, yellow pine and nr. Price $4000.
40 miles from Lewlston. Idaho. Well
located to log off.
240 acres 6 miles from Asotin, 12 milea
from Lewlston, Idaho, about 75 acres In
fall wheat, about 75 acres more can be
cultivated, balance In bunch grass pas-
ture, two springs, small house, all fenced.
Price $40 per acre, one-third cash, balance
at 7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
Reference Lewiston National Bank and
First National Bank. Address
F. W. KELLEY,
Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal.
H
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept. 9, 1916.
/
BEAUTIFUL BELVEDERE
LOTS FOR SALE
/
CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
most beautiful spot on the shores of San Francisco Bay
for a suburban home. It commands an extensive view of
the City of San Francisco, Alcatraz and Angel Islands,
Raccoon Straits, San Francisco Bay, Richardson's Bay,
the Berkeley shore, beautiful Belvedere and Mt. Tamal-
pais. It is in Marin County, directly opposite San Fran-
cisco, and forms the eastern shore of Belvedere cove.
It has a naturally terraced, sunny, western slope that is
well adapted for many choice residence sites, every one
affording most picturesque views of the bay and moun-
tain. It is protected from the prevailing western trade winds in
summer by Belvedere Island, and from the southerly storms in
winter by Angel Island. The soil is fertile and part of the island
is well wooded.
It is less subject to fog than any other place near San
Francisco. The summer fog, as it rolls in from the ocean, splits
on the western slope of Sausalito, part of it flowing in a line with
Angel Island towards the Berkeley shore, and part of it along
the southern slope of Mt. Tamalpais, leaving Belvedere, Corin-
thian Island and Raccoon Straits in the bright sunlight, while
the fog banks can be seen as a white wall both to the north and
the south.
There is very little available land about the shores of San
Francisco Bay that is desirable for homes, especially for those
who love boating and kindred sports. The Alameda and Contra
Costa shores of the bay are the lee shores and receive the full
brunt of the boisterous trade winds which lash the shoal waters
near the land into muddy waves, making boating both unpleas-
ant and dangerous. To the north of the city and in Marin
County the land from Sausalito to the entrance of the bay is a
Government reservation and will never be placed on the market.
The shores of Richardson's Bay are not at present convenient
to boat service and, aside from Belvedere and Corinthian Island,
there is little or no land near any ferry landing that possesses
the natural advantages, improvements and possibilities that are
offered on Corinthian Island. Concrete roads, pure water, tele-
phone service and electric light wires are already installed. It is
only ten minutes' "walk from any point on the property to
Tiburon boats, and but forty-three minutes' ride to the foot of
Market Street.
On the point of Corinthian Island the Corinthian Yacht
Club has had its home for many years, and on any summer day
the white sails of its numerous fleet add to the charming scene,
as the trim yachts glide about the cove. Excellent fishing of all
kinds for bay fish, including salmon, the gamey striped bass,
rock fish and the toothsome silver smelt, is to be had in the cove.
There is probably no spot so accessible and in such close prox-
imity to any large city in the world that offers the attractions
of climate, magnificent scenery, fishing and boating as will here
be found.
FOR MAPS, PRICES AND PARTICULARS APPLY TO
S. L. PLANT,
PLANT RUBBER AND SUPPLY CO.,
32 BEALE STREET
San Francisco. Cal.
©ft.
F. W. KELIXY,
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN OFFICE,
366 PACIFIC BUILDING
San Francisco, Cal.
Saturday, Sept. 9, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
15
AT THE SEVENTEENTH
Grand American Handicap Trapshooting Tournament
St. Louis, Mo., August 21-25, 1916
Every Event Was Won By
Shooters Using
PCfflJlK) Q
OWDERkJ
THE PROGRAM EVENTS
St. Louis Introductory - Mound City Overture
National Amateur Championship
National Amateur Championship at Double Targets
Preliminary Handicap
GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP
Consolation Handicap, Long Run of the Tournament
All-Round Open Championship
All-Round Amateur Championship
WINNERS OF PROGRAM EVENTS:
SAINT LOUIS INTRODUCTORY
Harve Dixon, Oronogo, Mo., 197 x 200, from 18 yds.,
shooting- Dupont.
MOUND CITY OVERTURE
R. A. King, Delta, Col., shooting DUPOXT; W. S.
Hoon, Jewell, la., shooting SCHULTZE; Frank
Troeh, Vancouver, Wn., shooting SCHULTZE and
one other shooter all tied on 99 x 100.
NATIONAL AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
:;:Frank Troeh, "\ ancouver, Wn, 99 x 100, shooting
SCHULTZE; C. B. Eaton, Fayette, Mo., 98x100,
shooting DUPONT; Allen Heil, Allentown, Pa.,
97 x 100, shooting DUPONT ; C. B. Piatt, Bridgeton,
X. T-. 97 x 100, shooting DUPONT ; E. F. Forsgard,
Waco, Tex., 97 x 100, shooting BALLISTITE; M. S.
Hootman, Hicksville, Ohio, 97x100, shooting DU-
POXT.
*Mr. Troeh is the "CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS."
National Amateur Championship at Double Targets Won by Allen Heil, Allentown, Pa., 89 x 100, shooting DUPOXT.
PRELIMIXARY FIAXDICAP won by A. Koyen, Fremont, Nebr., 97x100 from 19 yards, shooting DUPOXT.
Grand American Handicap
Won by J. F. Wulf, Milwaukee, Wis., 99 x 100 from 19 yards, shooting SCHULTZE.
LONG RUN OF TOURNAMENT
Arthur Killam. St. Louis, Mo., 165, shooting
CONSOLATION HANDICAP
H. E. Furnas, St. Louis. Mo., 96 x 100 from 16 yards
shooting DUPOXT.
DUPOXT.
THE ALL-ROUND OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP won by Homer Clark, Alton, 111., 18 yards, 187x200, shooting SCHULTZE
THE ALL-ROUND AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
won by E. L. Bartiett, Baltimore, Md., 180 x 200, shooting DUPOXT.
HIGH AVERAGE ON ALL TARGETS
First— F. M. Troeh, 559 x 600— shooting SCHULTZE Second— R. A. King. 550 x 600— shooting DUPOXT
Third— E. F. Forsgard, 548 x 600 — shooting BALLISTITE.
The Completeness of the triumph of DU PONT POWDERS at the G. A. H., the fact that nearly every winner of the
Interstate Association's State Championship Events, and that a world's squad record was made at the Maplewood,
IM. H., Tournament are conclusive proofs that
IT PAYS TO SHOOT DUPONT POWDERS
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EASTERN HANDICAP HONORS
THE (P) BRAND SHELLS
CARRIED OFF BY
SHOOTERS USING
Preliminary Handicap— 1st Horace W. Lodge, 96 ex 100 from 19 yards I Eastern Special— 2nd Fred Plum, 98 ex 100.
Eastern Handicap— 2nd W. H. Lanier, 96. ex 100 from 18 yards ii High General Average (tie)— Fred Plum, 343 ex 350
Special Double Event — 1st Fred Plum, 29 ex 15 pairs ! Longest Run of shoot — by Fred Plum — 140 straight
High General Average on all targets, including 200 from 22 yards, 100 from 18 yards, 450 from 16 yards and 15 pairs, won by Fred Plum, 742 ex 780
CONNECTICUT INTERSTATE CHAMPIONSHIP
won at Danbury, Conn., July 12-13, by Mr. A. L. Chamberlin
by a score of 94 ex 100 and 25 straight in the shoot-off, using
Betas SHELLS
Mr. Chamberlin and Dr. B. F. Bishop, won the Connecticut 2-man team championship, 187 x 200. Mrs. F. F. Rogers won the ladies' championship,
81x100, and Messrs. A. L. Chamberlin and F. B. Stephenson tied for High Amateur Average, 141x150, all using the "P" brand.
THE PETERS CARTRIDGE CO., 5ftSTcgf^."T 585-587 Howard Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
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WINCHESTER
Repeating Rifles For Hunting
In choosing a rifle for any purpose, its reliability and accuracy
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IN the hundreds of trap tournaments the world over today,
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Afield, thousands of sportsmen are equipped with Remington
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either the Remington UMC pump gun or autoloading model,
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of Remington UMC rests upon SUPERIORITY proven by years
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The dealer displaying the Red Ball of Remington UMC on and
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Championship of California!!!
PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP 1915
HIGHEST GENERAL AVERAGE, VERNON GUN CLUB,
Los Angelas, July 2, 3 and 4, 1916
493 ex 500 TARGETS
All of the above winnings were made by Mr. Henry Ffirrmann Jr., with his 34 inch
double barrel
PARKER GUN
Highest Official General Average for 1914 and 1915 was made with the
PARKER GUN
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or A. W. duBray, Retldlnp Agent, San Frenclaco, P. O. Box 10*
—TRAINING THE HOUND—
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE TRAINING OF FOX HOUNDS, BEAGLES,
AND COON HOUNDS.
The system of training advocated is simple and effective, so thatanyone who car-
ries out Instructions can easily develop a foxhound, a beagle or a^ciron dog to the
highest state of usefulness or organize a pack in which each hound will work independ-
ently and at the same time harmoniously with the others. The subjects are: The
Hound's Ancestry, History, Instinctive Tendencies, English and Native Hounds, Devel-
oping the Intelligence, Training the Foxhound, Voices and Pace of the Hound, Quali-
ties of Scent, Manners, Training the Coon Dog, Coon Hunting, Training the Beagle,
Forming a Pack, Field Trial Handling, Faults and Vices, Conditioning, Selecting and
Rearing Puppies. Kennels and Tards, Diseases of Hounds and Their Treatment. The
chapters on field trial training and handling are alone worth the price of the book,
which is one that every man who loves the voice of a hound should read.
The book contains 224 pages, is clearly printed, nicely bound, and handsomely Illus-
trated with bloodhounds, various types of English and American foxhounds, beagles
and cross-bred dogs for 'possum and coon hunting.
Price, In heavy paper cover, $1; $1.50, postpaid,
ADDRESS:
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
IT-;. P. O. DRAWER 447, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
VOLUME LXIX. No. 12.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1916.
Subscription— J3.00 Per Year
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept. 16, 1916
ARIZONA STATE FAIR
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
Nov. 13-14-15-16-17-18, 1916.
ENTRIES CLOSE OCTOBER 1st, 1916
Enter at any time. Ten to enter, six to start.
5
1
a
No. 7 2:07 Pace
No. 8 2:12 Trot
No. 9 2:12 Pace
No. 10 2:18 Trot
No. 11 2:09 Trot
No. 12 FFA Pace
No. 13 FFA Trot
No. 14 2:27 Trot
CONDITIONS
Rules of the American Trotting Association shall govern
all races. Only records made by winners of races shall be
considered.
Three per cent to enter, 7 per cent from first money win-
ners; 6 per cent from second; 5 per cent from third; 4 per
cent from fourth.
Combination plan. Heat purses, $200.00, $300.00 and $400.00.
Money divided 50, 25, 15, and 10 per cent. Total purse
$1000.00 The extra $100.00 divided, $50.00 to driver and
$50.00 to horse standing best in the summary.
Free stall rent is given during the meet and first bedding
is provided free of charge.
No place in the United -States equals the Arizona State
Fair Grounds as a winter training place.
SUNSHINE EVERY DAY. NO FOG. NO RAINY SEASON, GREEN FEED
A-l STABLES AND BEST OF TRACKS.
T. D. SHAUGHNESSY, Secretary,
Phoenix, Arizona.
I
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Over 100 Tears in Business
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MAGNUS FLAWS & CO., Compile and Print Pedigrees, Catalogs and Stallion
Cards, Etc. Write Them for Estimates.
Insure
Your
Horses
Horses Will Die-
Same with the other classes of livestock.
Their value when dead is equal only to the amount
of insurance by which they are protected.
Let's talk it over.
Montana Livestock 6 Casualty Insurance Co.
DOUGLAS KEITH, General Agent Northern Califor-
nia, 701 Royal Insurance Bldg., San Francisco.
W. H. MILLER, General Agent Southern California,
505 Lankershim Bldg., Los Angeles.
MANHATTAN STOCK AND POULTRY
FOOD AND REMEDIES
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ENDORSED BY THE LEADING HORSEMEN
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PRICE $3.00 POSTPAID
"Lit* With the Trottar" Uvea ui a clear ln>l»ht Into the nn and maani to b.
adopted to Increase pace, and preserve It when obtained. This work Is replete with
Interest, and should be read by aii sections of society, as It Inculcates the doctrines a*
kindness to the horse from start to finish."
Address, BREEDER and SPORTSMAN. P. O. Drawer 4eT, Su frahslsss. OsJ.
..Modern Horse Management..
By
CAPTAIN R. S. TIMMIS
Nearly 500 photographs and drawings.
144 Plates 11x8. Royal quarto, 316
pages. Cassell & Co.: London, To-
ronto, Melbourne, etc. Stokes & Co.:
New York. 35 postpaid.
"A most valuable authority." — Sporting
and Dramatic News, London.
"Very sound and well thought out." — The
Field.
"A book that should be widely known." —
Horse and Hound.
"The fruits of a tree whose roots are
grounded in practical experience." —
Bloodstock Breeders' Review.
"Worthy to take its place as a standard
work." — Sporting Life.
"A valuable addition to the horse library"
— Irish Field.
"Should be in the possession of every
horse owner." — The Broad Arrow.
"Should strike a popular note." — New
York Spur.
"The fruit of practical experience." — Chi-
cago Horse Review.
"On a scale not heretofore attempted by
a writer." — Horse World, Buffalo.
"Deserves the widest possible apprecia-
tion."— Farm Life, London.
For sale by
BREEDER & SPORTSMAN,
P. O. Drawer 447, San Franclac*
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MARES
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MANY ANIMALS BEST STRAINS
FOR DISPOSAL.
DETAILS ON APPLICATION
August Bloodstock Sales.
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Ulaa-a, MotBt ant Torn, Lea AAfala.
Win Race and Eligibility Book
For 1916.
Complete alphabetical list of all live
horses which acquired win race rec-
ords in 1912, 1913, 1914 and 1915, to-
gether with the color, sex and sire of
each when known, as well as the win
race record of each horse.
11,989 Horses in this Book
Price 50c a copy. For sale by
Breeder and Sportsman.
P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco.
Pedigrees Tabulated
— typewritten, Suitable For Framing =
Stallion Service Books. $1.00
Registration Standard-Bred Horses Attended to
Stallion Folders
with picture of the horae and terms on first page; complete tabulated pedigree
on the two inside pages and description on back page
Stallion Cards for Posting
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Saturday, Sept. 16, 1916]
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DATES OF FAIRS.
CALIFORNIA.
Ventura Co. Fair at Ventura Sept. 13-16
Community Fair at Ripon Sept. 15-16
Fresno Co. Fair at Fresno Sept. 26-30
Bishop Harvest Festival at Bishop Sept.28-30
Kings Co. Fair at Hanford Oct. 2- 7
Riverside Co. Fair at Riverside Oct. 10-14
Kern County Fair at Bakersfleld Oct. 24-28
ARIZONA.
Arizona State Fair at Phoenix Nov. 13-18
NORTH PACIFIC FAIR ASSOCIATION.
Washington State Fair at North Yakima Sept. 18-23
Oregon State Fair at Salem Sept. 25-30
INTER-MOUNTAIN FAIR CIRCUIT.
Ontario, Oregon September 18
Boise, Idaho September 25
Salt Lake, Utah/ October 2
GRAND CIRCUIT.
Columbus, Ohio Sept. 18-30
Lexington. Ky. Oct. 2-14
Atlanta. Ga Oct. 16-21
WILLIAM RUSSELL ALLEN, President of the
American Trotting Register Association, and one of
the leading breeders of the American trotting horse,
died of apoplexy at his home at. Pittsfield, Mass., on
Monday last, Sept. 4th. Mr. Alien established the
Allen Stock Farm at Pittsfield in 1886 and it is still
in "existence, the stallion Bingara being the premier
at this time. Mr. Allen had a world reputation as
a breeder of trotting horses and his death will be a
great loss to the horse breeding industry.
THE CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR which ended
last Saturday was a complete success, breaking all
records for attendance and setting forth the best and
most complete show of California products that has
ever been on display on its grounds. The burning,
on the second night, of the main pavilion, in which
were twelve county exhibits that were declared to be
the finest ever made in the State, was a great loss
and much was destroyed that can never be replaced,
but the fair went on and the following day saw the
largest crowd that was ever assembled at Agricul-
tural Park. The total attendance during the week
was upwards of 125,000, which is a record, and the
gate receipts were about $4000 greater than ever
before. The exhibits of live stock were the big fea-
ture of the State's annual exposition. There was a
greater number of the beef and dairy breeds of
cattle, of wool and mutton sheep and the different
variety of hogs, than was ever seen at a fair on this
coast. Very many sales of live stock were made.
At an auction of Berkshires James Doty, of Shenan-
doah, Iowa, paid $500 for the champion sow Mon-
arch's Beauty, and the sale of hogs averaged $100
each. There were also many sales of beef and
dairy cattle, and draft horses, while the orders for
agricultural implements given by visitors to the fail-
ran up into thousands of dollars. One track-laying
engine company sold nine of their big track-layers.
In every department there were hundreds of visitors
who had come to inspect the exhibits and learn some-
thing about them. The racing, which made the prin-
cipal amusement during the afternoons, was well con-
tested and clean, and we believe was thoroughly
enjoyed. The Directors of the State Agricultural So-
ciety and all the officials worked day and night to
make the fair a success and succeeded. Secretary
Chas. W. Paine was at work with his coat off and
seemed to be the first man to appear in the morning
and the last to leave at night, while his command
of every situation was complete. The California
State Fair is growing into one of the State's biggest
institutions, and as an educational asset to the State
it has no superior.
The American Horse Breeders' Futurity, worth
$6000, was decided at Syracuse. New York, last Wed-
nesday and was won by Expressive Lou, the three-
year-old daughter of Atlantic Express and Lou Dillon.
The heats were in 2:09% and 2:09% and Suldine, the
colt by Worthy McKinney that was sold at auction
last year for $2000, got second money which was
about $1500. Lotta Watts was third and Bingen Silk
fourth.
Healthy Hogs Resist Cholera.
Hogs are not as resistant to disease at this season
of the year as they are in the spring when getting
an abundance of green forage, and having access to
a wide range. It is necessary, therefore, to give
them more attention and better care to offset sea-
sonal conditions and danger from new corn.
Do not feed in the same lot, or on the same acre
of ground, day after day. This contaminates the
feeding places, and also attracts crows,- pigeons, and
sparrows which may have been feeding with a chol-
era infected herd. Throw the feed out in a different
spot each day, thus giving the pigs a clean "plate"
from which to eat.
The water supply is of much importance to the
health of the hogs at this time of year. Old mud
wallows are never good, but are not so bad if the
hogs can have pure water to drink, but if forced to
bathe and drink in the same "tub" serious trouble
can be expected at any time. See that they have an
abundance of pure water to drink, situated near the
wallow holes or feeding places. Pure water will aid
materially in keeping the herd cholera free. — E. R.
Spence, University of Missouri, Col. of Agriculture.
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Rivalry at Horse Shows.
It is a matter of common knowledge among horse-
men that a wealthy Pittsburg exhibitor once tele-
graphed to the trainer and rider of his entry on the
eve of competition at the National Horse Show, at
Madison Square Garden, New York, that he would
give $1000 and the $100 prize besides if he "brought
home the bacon" in just one class, and that not a
championship class. And coaching men tell the
story that on a memorable occasion $10,000 was the
bounty offered by one of the millionaires who were
striving to outdo one another in the exhibition of
superb four-in-hand teams. It was estimated at the
time that one of them had paid out $37,000 for the
park four he sent into the ring in this class at the
Garden, and that the three principal aspirants for
the blue ribbon had expended upword of $150,000 in
trying to put together park teams that could win.
No one can even approximate the aggregate ex-
penditures of wealthy amateurs in trying to win the
coveted Waldorf-Astoria Challenge Cup for gig
horses, a trophy worth $500. The late Alfred G. Van-
derbilt, when president of the National Horse Show-
Association, once expressed the opinion that $1,000,-
000 would not be enough to cover the cost of all the
high stepping hackneys and docked trotters pur-
chased at one time and another with this end in view.
Shorthorns the Farmer's Cattle.
The Shorthorn has rightfully gained the time-
honored appellation of "the farmer's cow," and for
beef and milk, for the improvement of all classes of
cattle and for maximum returns on money invested,
be it in the land of the north, south, east or west,
no breed can claim superiority.
PACING HALF MILE RECORD LOWERED.
Syracuse (N. Y.), September 14. — Directum I.,
world's champion pacing stallion, at the New York
State Fair Grand Circuit meeting today broke all
records for a half mile by going the distance in
55% seconds. The former record of 56, held by Dan
Patch, was made behind a wind shield in Memphis in
1903. Directum was paced by a running horse and
covered the first quarter in 26% seconds, the fastest
pacing in history. The second quarter was made in
29 seconds. He was driven by Thomas Murphy.
TROTTERS AND PACERS IN AUSTRALIA.
The New Zealand Trotting Club is putting a three-
-year-old race on its program for its next Easter
meeting to be called the New Zealand Metropolitan
Derby Stakes. The race will be a dash of one mile
and a half, in harness. The stake will be $2500, of
which $1500 will go to the winner, $625 to the second
horse and $375 to the third.
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Bonnie Voyage, a black colt by First Voyage, son
of Bon Voyage, won the Sire's Produce Stake for
two-year-old trotters at Melbourne July 10th, winning
in straight heats in 3:12 and 2:56. First money was
$2250, second $150, third $75 and fourth $25.
The New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club paid
out a little over $100,000 in stakes during the season
of 1914-15 and the Government received about $75,000
for its share of the betting percentage.
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The Australian Trotting Record of July 27th brings
news of the death of the California bred trotting
stallion Owyhee 2:11 that occurred on July 10th.
Owyhee was foaled in 1894 and was sold to John
Robertson of Australia in 1902, by Oakwood Park
Stock Farm. He left four standard performers in
this country and two of his sons produced standard
speed. He sired O. Y. M. in Australia that is the
sire of Our Thorpe 2:09, a horse that would have
been brought to the United States to compete with
the best here, had he not met with an accident last
winter.
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The trotting season of 1915 has ended in New
Zealand with the stallion Rothchild heading the list
of winning sires and the California stallion Harold
Dillon by Sidney Dillon but one point behind, with
41 winners to his credit.
HARTFORD GRAND CIRCUIT RACES.
Monday, September 4.
The Experiment, purse $2000; three heat plan:
Brisac, br s by Bingara (Murphy) 1
American Girl, ch m (Murray) 2
J<--.ss Y.. b in (Pittman) 3
Also started — Lu Princeton.
Time— 2:12%, 2:10%, 2:10%.
2:10 trot, $1000, three in five:
How Constantine, br g by Constantine(Batchelder)l
Humfast. br m (Carpenter) 2
1 1
2 2
4 3
also
Also started — McCloskey, Dick Watts, Sweet Spirit and
Peter Boy.
Time— 2:10%, 2:09%, 2:09%.
2:08 pace, purse $3000. three in five:
Miss Harris M., b m by Peter the Great
(McDonald) 1 1 1
Billy Dale, b g (Cox) 3 2 2
J. L. Ma, br s (Murphy) 2 3 3
Time— 2:15%, 2:06%, 2:05%.
Tuesday, September 5.
2:14 trot, $15t)0:
Galeton, blk g by Barongale (Prusie) 111
Leon B., b m (Murray) 2 3 2
Marion Kirke, b f (Goode) 3 2 3
Dos Palos and Helen Worthy also started.
Time— 2:20%, 2:17%, 2:17%.
2:15 trot. $1000:
Azora Worthy, b m by Bale Axworthy. . (Murphy) 1
Fayre Rosamond, b m (Cox) 2
Worthy Bingen. blk s (Murray) 2
Karoni, Evito, Caroline and Kitty L. Bellini
started.
Time— 2:10%, 2:10%, 2:10%.
2:18 trot, $1500:
Empress of Russia, ch m by Peter the Great..
(Murray) 111
Baron Frisco, b g (Dickinson) 2 2 2
Trusada, b m (Cox) 4 3 3
Bettina and Tommy O. also started.
Time— 2:14%, 2:13%. 2:13%.
2:42 pace, purse $1000:
Wednesday. September 6.
Young Todd, b g by Director Todd (Cox) 4 111
Princess Wilkes, ro m (Crozier) 14 6 3
The Problem, blk h (Murphy) 2 2 2 4
Spring Maid, ch m (Horan) 6 3 3 2
Major A., b g (Crossman) 3 6 4 r
Sir Anthony Carter, br s (Geers) 5 5 5 r
Time— 2:09%, 2:07%, 2:10%. 2:12%.
2:20 trot, three-year-olds, purse $2000:
Brownie Watts, br c by Gen. Watts (Rodney) 1 1
Binv.orth, b c (Crozier) 2 2
Oscar Watts, b c (Hyde) 3 4
Maple Tree, b g (Murphy) 4 3
Libya, b f (Corwin) 5 6
Balmacaan, b f (Tallman) 6 5
Time — 2:14%, 2:12%.
Two-minute pace (3 heats). $500 a heat:
Napoleon Direct, ch s by Walter Direct. . (Geers) 111
Roan Hal, ro g (Murphy) 2 2 2
Single G., b h (Cox) 3 3 3
Time — 2:04%, 2:05%, 2:05%.
Thursday, September 7.
Two-year-old trot; two in three; purse $2000:
Emma Magowan, br f by J. Malcolm Forbes (Murray)l 1
Labe Riddel, b c (Hyde) 2 2
Bertha McGuire, br f (Aekerman) 3 3
Harvest. "Harvest Gale, Worthy
Also started — Silver
Volo, Buck Watt.
Time— 2:12%, 2:12%.
The Charter Oak 2:08 trot, S5000:
St. Frisco, b s by San Francisco. . (Geers) 2 0 2 1
Mabel Trask. ch m (Cox)l 0 12
Laramie Lad. b g (McDonald) 3 3 3 3
Also started — Alma Forbes, Vance, Ima Jay.
Time— 2:07%, 2:07%, 2:07%. 2:06%, 2:06%, 2:07%.
2:14 trot, three in five. $1000:
Pittsburg, ch g- by General Athol. ... (Murphy) 1 1
Tregantle King, blk s (Tallman) 2 2
Coastess Mobel. br m - (Cox) 4 3
Also started — Baby Doll, Zomrect, Host Peter, Linden-
hall.
Time-
-2:10%. 2:09%. 2:09%. 2:10%.
Friday. September 8.
Busy's Lass, b m by Peter the Great (Cox) 1
Doliy Dixon, blk m..... (Crozier) 2
Ephenetus, b g (Goode) 4
Time— 2:16%, 2:17%, 2:18%.
Nareissa D. and American Girl also started.
Road Drivers' Club special. 2:17 trot. $1000:
Frisco Worthy, b g by San Francisco. . (Crozier) 1
Ned Sterling, b g (Pilgard) 5
Jay Boreal, br m (Griswold) 4
Stand Pat. Tommy O. "
also started.
Time — 2:1
2:12 pace, $1500:
Diumeter. b g by Dunn (Grady) 1
Altawood. gr m (Murphy) 2
Aconite, b s (Fleming) 3
Dick Mason and Wilbur S. also started.
Time— 2:08%, 2:08%, 2:09%.
Kitty Moore and Florence
17%, 2:19%.
Ella M. R 2:11%, that won two races at the State
Fair, was bred by the late Martin Carter who had
he lived would have kept her for a broodmare. She
is by Lord Alwin, son of Nutwood Wilkes and the
great broodmare Ingar, dam of John A. McKerron
2:04% and many others by the great Director 2:17.
Her dam is Excella by Monbells 2:23%, son of Men-
docino and that great broodmare Beautiful Bells.
Her second dam is Expressive 2:12%, a wonderful
three-year-old race winner, that is now one of the
greatest of broodmares, as she is the dam of six
trotters in the list including Atlantic Express 2:07%,
sire of this year's good three-year-old Expressive Lou
2:_08% and many others. Expressive is also the dam
of Expressive Mac, sire of Harold Cohen's good pac-
ing mare Vera Hal 2:05. Ella M. R. is now ten years
old and is a better mare than she ever has been
before. She could easily get a mark of 2:10 or better
on a good mile track.
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With the $5000 Charter Oak and the $10,000 Em-
pire State stake to his credit. Saint Frisco will be
the largest money winner of the year when the sea-
son ends, in all probability.
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C. A. Durfee'* winnings with the stable of two and
three-year-old trotters and pacers that his son W. G.
turned over to him when he left for the Grand Cir-
cuit, amount to over $4000. And this at only two
meetings — Santa Rosa and Sacramento. Pleasanton
is yet to hear from.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept. 16, 1916
CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR RACES.
Trotters, Pacers and Runners Draw Crowds That
Fill the Grand Stands.
Thursday's program opened with the 2 : 09 trot with
only three starters and it was an easy race for S. S.
Wiley's Bon Guy that was making his first start this
year. The other starters were Bon Cres and Harold
C. and the trio were all by Bon Voyage.
The race the crowd had had come to see was the
free-tor-all pace with six starters. As Rastus had
beaten Jim Logan two heats at Santa Rosa and the
two had not met since there was great interest in
this event, but Elmo Montgomery's old stallion was
the better horse this day and he won in straight
heats with Rastus second each time. Vera Hal, O. U.
C. and Teddy Bear had considerable hard work try-
ing to beat one another and they finally wound up
in the order named. Little Bernice showed no Im-
provement and was behind the flag in the opening
round.
The first running event of the day resulted in a
nose-and-nose finish between Rice & Clements' Sen-
orita Dana and Nevada Stock Farm's Letitia, the ver-
dict going to the former by an eyelash.
Brynlimah accounted for the Golden Gate Thor-
oughbred Breeders' Association handicap at a mile
and a sixteenth. Charley Clark's distance performer
had no trouble overcoming a gap opened by Slippery
Elm. Slippery Elm dropped in the second hole,
while Cordie F. got the show.
Thursday, September 7.
2:09 class trot, purse $1000:
Bon Guy. b h by Bon Voyage — La Moscovita bv
Guy Wilkes (H. G. Smith) 111
Bon Cres, bl h by Bon Voyage (Chadbourne) 2 2 2
Harold C, b g by Bon Voyage (Cohen) 3 3 3
Time— 2:12%, 2:12, 2:12.
Free-for-all pace, purse $1000:
Jim Logan, b h by Chas. Derby — Effie Logan by
Durfee (Montgomery) 111
Rastus. br g by Liberty Boy (Tryon) 2 2 2
Vera Hal, b m by Expressive Mac (Cohen) 3 4 4
O. U. C. b g by C. The Limit (H. G. Smith) 4 5 3
Teddy Bear, b h by Del Coronado (IV. Smith) 5 3 5
Little Bernice. b m by Del Coronado. . (Schwartz) d
Time — 2:07%, 2:07, 2:07%.
Running, five and a half furlongs, $150 — Senorita Dana
(J. Mclntyre) won by a nose; Letitia (Ormes) second by
four lengths; Ed. Luce (McAdams) third by two lengths.
Time, 1:08%. Bellsnicker and Sir Fay also ran.
Running. Golden Gate handicap, one and one-sixteenth
miles, $500 — Brynlimah (Mathews)) won by three lengths;
Slippery Elm (Henry) second by a head: Cordie F. (Mc-
Adams) third by a half length. Time, 1:46%. Rash, Zam-
lock and Adalid also ran.
Running, seven furlongs, $150 — Acumen (J. Mclntyre)
won by one length; Right Smart (Mathews) second by a
nose; Delmas (W. Mclntyre) third by two lengths. Time,
1:28%. Quality also rah.
Friday, September 8.
Friday saw another big crowd at the fair grounds,
the 2:20 class trot with eight starters, the 2:10 pace
with the same number, and the consolation purse
in the three-year-old futurity pace making up the
harness racing part of the card.
Mr. Geo. Giannini's well bred mare Ella M. R. that
has raced so often at the Stadium track in San Fran-
cisco wron the trot by getting the second and third
heats, and she would probably have won the first had
she not swerved in front of Zolock Zar and been set
back for not keeping her place in the stretch. Third
money went to Eloise Dell and fourth to Miss San
Francisco.
A. B. C. behaved himself in the first heat of the
2:10 pace, but made costly breaks in the next two
and Lock Logan was first both times. Pointer's
Daughter won third money, and Delia H. fourth.
The consolation purse for three-year-old pacers
that had started and won no money in the State Fair
Futurity had but two starters, Stanley Quinn and
Carolyn. In the first heat Carolyn took the pole
too soon in going around the first turn and although
she finished in front was set back for interference.
In the next two heats she made repeated breaks and
Stanley Quinn won.
Prior to the regular events Peter McKlyo 2:06
was sent to beat the track record of 2:08%. Driven
by James Thompson and paced by a runner in the
last half of the mile, the stallion made the mile in
2:06%. The timers hung out 2:05% and there was
immediately a lot of conversation among horsemen
who had held watches during the performance.
Thompson said his watch showed 2:06% for the mile
and an investigation was ordered. The next day it
was officially announced by Mr. Smith, the official
starter, to the vast crowd that was in the stand,
that the corrected time for Peter McKlyo was 2:06%.
Stanford Stake, three-year-old trotters, $1500:
Lulu B., b m by The Bondsman — Loma B. by
Stam B (Quinn) 2 1 1
Hermes, br c by Carlokin — Miss Quealy by Moko
(C. A. Durfee) 12 2
Alesandro, Natalday and Manuelito, distanced first heat.
Time— 2:14, 2:14, 2:15%.
Two-year-old pacing, purse $500:
Oro Fino, b c by Copa de Oro — Lady H. by Del
Coronado (C. A. Durfee) 1 1
The Orphan, b c by Royal McKinney — Lilly Ash
by Derby Ash (Tryon) 2 2
El'Paso, b c by True Kinney — Ella J. by Bob Mason
(Chadbourne) 3 3
Tommy Atkins, b g by Tom Smith (Berry) d
Time— 2:17?.;, 2:17%.
To beat 2:03% trotting:
Peter McKlyo, b s by Peter the Great — Klyo by
Jay McGregor (Thompson ) Won
Time— 2:06%.
To beat 2:30% trotting:
L.ly of the Valley, b f by Palo King, dam by Iran
Alto (Hogoboom) Won
Time — 2:24%.
Running, five and one-half furlongs — Bernard (Math-
ews) won by 2 lengths: Quality (Henry) second by two
lengths; Bellsnicker (W. Mclntyre) third hy one length.
Time. 1:04%. Rapid May also ran.
Running, one mile and a sixteenth — Delmas (Henry)
won by two lengths. Rash (Ormes) second by a neck, Sen-
orita Dana third by one length. Time, 1:46%. Acumen
also ran.
Running, six furlongs — Wasatch (J. Mclntyre) won by
one length. Margie Coghill (W. Mclntyre) second by 1%
lengths. Sam Connor (Cavanaugh) third by 2 lengths.
Time, 1:15. LaBelle Brocade and Jennie Crawford also
ran.
Saturday, September 9.
On Saturday over 20,000 people were at the fair
grounds and filled the grand stands to overflowing
when the races were called. The first event was the
Stanford Stake for three-year-old trotters with a
value of $1500. There were five starters and as
three were distanced the first heat the race resulted
in a duel between Hermes and Lulu B. It will be
remembered that the colt and filly were tied for first
place in the Occident Stake one week previous when
three heats had been trotted and that when the
judges ordered a fourth heat, Mr. Woy had protested
and refused to start his mare, Durfee walking over
with Hermes and being awarded the cup and added
money.
They went away in the first heat of the Stanford
with Lulu B. leading and Hermes with his nose at
her wheel. They raced this way until the stretch
was reached when Durfee began driving the colt and
he gradually crawled up on the filly and beat her
by a neck at the wire in 2:14. Alesandro, Manuelito
and Natalday were behind the flag.
In the second heat Quinn pursued the same tactics,
and led from the start. There was a great race down
the stretch and the Bondsman filly outgamed the
son of Carlokin, to the surprise of every one, and the
third and final heat was much the same, except that
both three-year-olds were very tired at the finish in
2:15%. By winning the Breeders' Futurity and the
Stanford Stake, and trotting the fastest mile of the
year for a three-year-old in California, Lulu B. is at
the present time the champion three-year-old of the
California circuit.
When the Stanford Stake was ended C. A. Durfee
had lost his first race of the meeting out of five
starts, but he got back into his stride by annexing
the two-year-old pace during the same afternoon
with the neat little pacer Oro Fino by Copa de Oro.
This colt is owned by William Loftus and he won
very handily in 2:17% and 2:17%, the fastest time
made by the California two-year-old pacers this year.
Taken all together, the harness racing at the State
Fair this year was not up to its usual standard and
no very fast time was made in any of the events.
The track was not in good condition, but even though
it had been there were no sensational horses in any
of the events, although some good contests resulted
and the races interested a large crowd. So evenly
were the horses matched in a majority of the events
that had there been any opportunity of wagering on
the results much money would have changed hands.
The State Fair officials excluded from the grounds
every person who attempted to do even oral betting
and the meeting was strictly a betless one.
2:20 class trot, purse $1000:
Ella M. R-, b m by Lord Alwin — Excella by Mon-
beUs (Machado) 2 1 1
Zolock Zar, br g by Zolock — by Alcazar
(Chadbourne) 12 2
Eloise DeU, b m by Alconda Jay (Smith) 3 3 3
Miss San Francisco, b m by San Francisco. . . .
(Schwartz) 4 4 4
Dick W., b g by Carlokin (Walker) 7 5 5
Major's By Guy. b s by Major Dillon (Berry) 5 6 6
Howard's Comet, b g by Teddy Rey. . .(Hoffman) 6 d
Lindsay Belle, b m by Bon Voyage. . . (McLees) d
Time— 2:12%, 2:12, 2:13.
2:10 class pace, purse $1000:
Lock Logan, b h by Zolock — Effie Logan....
(Montgomery) 2 11
A. B. C, blk h by Young Monterey. . (Chadbourne) 15 2
Pointer's Daughter, b m by Star Pointer. (Finlay) 6 2 4
Delia H., b m by Hal B (Smith) 3 3 3
Bold Harry Aerolite, b h by Aerolite. . (Machado) 5 4 5
Alto Barnato. b g by Barney Barnato. ... (Berrv) 4 7 6
Dixon Boy, b g by The Patchen Boy..(W. Smith) 8 6 7
Best Direct, ch s by Best Policy (Brolliar) 7 8 8
Time— 2:09, 2:10, 2:10%.
Consolation Purse Futurity No. 5 — three-year-old pac-
ers— $300:
Stanley Quinn, b c by Dan Logan — Lady Arthur
by Sir Vaux (Tryon) 111
Carolyn, b f by Lock Logan — Trilby Maid by Black
Ralph Jr (Montgomery) 2 2 2
Time— 2:19%. 2:24, 2:25.
Consolation Purse Futurity No. 5 — three-year-old trot-
ters— $200:
Natalday, b c by Wilbur Lou — Ella J. by Bob
Mason (Sanders) 1
Walkover.
Running, five and a half furlongs — Ed. Luce (Math-
ews) won by nose; Letitia (Ormes) second by three
lengths; Right Smart (Cavanaugh) third. Time, 1:08.
Only three starters.
Running, fiive and a half furlongs — Slippery Elm
(Henry) won by two lengths: El Mahdi (J. Mclntyre)
second by three lengths; Rash (Ormes) third. Time,
1:09%. Adalid left at post.
Running, six furlongs — Senorita Dana (Henry) won by
three lengths; Miss Fielder (Ormes) second by two
lengths; Marie Coghill (J. Mclntyre) third by neck.
Time, 1:15%. Antrim. Zamlock, also ran.
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Louis Lee Haggin, wTho now owns the famous
hackney harness champion Hildred, has bred her to
the trotting stallion Walnut Hall 2:08%, sire of The
Harvester 2:01. Walnut Hall is regarded as one of
the best living stallions in make and shape for heavy
leather, and the owner of Hildred hopes the mating
will produce a champion harness horse. Hildred has
produced one foal by a hackney and one by a thor-
oughbred race horse, and both are said to be promis-
ing candidates for blue ribbons.
DAUGHTER OF WILBUR LOU WIN'S WORLD'S
RECORD.
There was a harness race meeting at the half mile
track at Hemet on Monday last, Labor Day, and
Hemet Queen, yearling daughter of Wilbur Lou,
paced to a record of 2:22%, which is the world's rec-
ord for a yearling pacer on a half mile track, this
record having been previously held by Lady Little-
ton, a daughter of Moquette, with a mark of 2:23%.
This yearling filly by Wilbur Lou is out of Hemet
Girl by Geo. W. McKinney, second dam Lady Wool-
sey, dam of Harry R. (1) 2:24%, by Woolsey, a full
brother to Sunol 2:08%.
Edith Carter, a yearling filly by Kinney de Lopez,
trotted to a record of 2:26%. Wilbur Direct, a two-
year-old by Wilbur Lou, trotted in 2:32, and Zeta
Lucille, a two-year-old filly by Wilbur Lou, trotted
in 2:19%. Three races were given and wTere greatly
enjoyed by a large crowd. The summaries:
To beat 2:30 trotting:
Edith Carter (1) ch' f by Kinney de Lopez —
Louise Cartel' by Chestnut Tom (Rees) won
Time— 2:26%.
To beat 2:30% trotting:
Wilbur Direct (3), ch g by Wilbur Lou — Betsy
Direct by Direct (Rees) lost
Time — 2:32.
To beat 2:40 pacing:
Hemet Queen (1), b f by Wilbur Lou — Hemet
Girl by Geo. W. McKinney (Rees) won
Time — 2:22%.
To beat 2:30% trotting:
Zeta Lucille (2), ch f by Wilbur Lou— Zeta W.
by Nutwood Wilkes (Rees) won
Time— 2:19%.
2:20 pace, purse $10:
Pansy Hal by Hal McKinney (Backstrand) 1 1
Al Hal by Young Hal (McGuire) 2 2
2:25 trot, purse $10:
Pico Boy, b h by Zombro (Morris) 1 1
Gertrude Rives (3), ch f by Wilbur Lou. . (Rees) 2 2
Time— 2:38, 2:38%.
Farmers' Trot, purse $10:
Bets/ Direct, blk m by Direct (Herman) 2 11
Ever Ready, b m by Ready Boy. . (Forbes) 13 2
Win. Spencer, b g (Senteney) 5 2 3
Lester, b g by Conifer (Hall) 3 4 4
Time— 2:48, 2:38, 2:35
RACES AT HOLLISTER.
Three races made up the card of races held at
Santa Rosa last Sunday by the Sonoma County Driv-
ing Club. The summary:
First race — 2:20 mixed:
Peaches (McGovern) 1 1'
Jessie Dillon (Morris) 2 2
Time — 2:21, 2:20.
Second race— Free-for-all pace:
Sarah C (Morris) 1 1
Hamburg Bell (Dupont) 2 2
Tom Murphy (Silva) 2 2
Time— 2:16, 2:14%.
Third race — 2:25 mixed:
Ike M (McGovern) 1 1
Glenwood Chief (Millerick) 2 2
Time— 2:28, 2:28%.
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A new champion yearling pacing filly appeared at
Springfield, 111., recently, when the yearling filly The
Completion, by The Exponent 2:11%, took a record
of 2:18%, displacing the former record of 2:19%
set by Rose Magee, daughter of The Abbe 2:04, in
1914. The Completion is, of course, a product of
Maple Lawn Farm, Delavan, -Rl., the home of her
sire. She is out of Bonella by Azmoor 2:20% (son
of Electioneer 125), second dam Bonnie 2:25 by
Gen. Benton 1755, third dam America by Hambleton-
ian 10, fourth dam Fanny Star by American Star 14.
The Maple Lawn Farm stallions, by the way, are
well represented among the new performers. Besides
The Completion (1) p. 2:18%, The Exponent has
E-Senator 2:28, The Enterpriser (2) 2:28%. The Pur-
pose (2) 2:29%, and Little Leon p. (4) 2:23%.
Trampfast (2) 2:12% has E. J. L. (3) 2:11%, Whirl-
fast (4) 2:12%, Irene Trampfast (3) 2:29%, and
Romea Trampfast (2) 2:30. — Horse World.
The Hollister Driving Club gave a matinee on Sun-
day, Sept. 3rd that drew a good crowd and furnished
some excellent sport although the fields were small.
In the first race Gorden Campbell's Lady Guy won
two straight heats from Geo. E. Shaw's Judge D. with
spirited contests in both heats.
Jack Kydd'i Ben Alto was best in the next race
and defeated Jerry Wright's Oro Guy and Ramelli
Bros.' Monte in two heats.
Mat Zahner's Fred Branch was on edge and de-
feated Clyde Pritchard's Girlie in straight heats of
a half mile each.
In a quarter dash for runners M. J. Caldera's Ruin-
art Jr. defeated R. M. Ladd's Babe and a horse called
Unknown, leading all the way.
The day was an ideal one for racing. Al Buekley
had the track in first class shape, and the crowd
seemed to be well pleased with the contests.
R. I. Orr, Geo. Crosby and R. I. Orr, Jr. officiated
in the stand.
Saturday, Sept. 16, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Thoroughbred Matters
STAR HAWK WINS REALIZATION.
With only about thirty thoroughbreds on the
grounds at Sacramento during the State Fair last
week, it was not an easy job to make up races that
would result in good contests, especially as there
were three running races each day for seven days,
but there were enough starters in every event to
make a respectable race o£ it and there were a num-
ber o£ close finishes during the week. It is very hard
to get running. horse owners to race their horses for
small purses where there is no chance to wager on
them, and the surprise o£ the meeting was that there
were any running races at all under the circum-
stances. That the large crowds present enjoyed the
runs was very evident as there was always a rush
toward the fence when the runners were called. It is
to be hoped that the California State Agricultural
Society will see its way to provide for the thorough-
breds at future fairs, and in this State where there is
a large number of thoroughbred breeders it should
not be difficult to inaugurate stake races for colts,
fillies and aged horses that would do much to encour-
age the further breeding of thoroughbreds. All
county and district fairs should give races for the
runners and if there could be concert of action by
these associations a circuit could be announced early
every year that would make summer racing in Cali-
fornia as great an attraction for the fairs as it was
years ago before continuous running meetings in
this State led to the drastic laws now on the stat-
utes that prevent all wagering on races.
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On Tuesday next' the fall meeting of the Reno Fair
and Racing Association will open in that city and
already there are many horsemen on the ground
getting their horses ready for the excellent program
of races that has been arranged. Manager Senas
expects at least 400 horses to be at the track by
opening day. The meeting will be conducted under
the rules and regulations of the Nevada State Racing
Commission, and the pari-mutual system of wagering
will prevail.
John E. Madden has bought another Rock Sand
colt from August. Belmont, which he will send to
Kentucky for stud purposes. This is the black colt
Lord Rock Vale (3) by Rock Sand out of the great
brood mare Lady Violet by The 111 Used. While
Rock Vale has been a winner, it was mainly on
account of his rich breeding that Mr. Madden bought
him. His dam, Lady Violet, was a daughter of Lady
Rosebery, by Kingfisher, and her second dam was
Lady Blessington, by imported Eclipse. She has
been a prolific brood mare, her best son being that
very fast racehorse, Watervale, by imported Water-
cress.
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James W. Coft'roth, president of the Lower Cali-
fornia Jockey Club, writes from the East that his trip
across the Rickies in quest of high-class horses and
Jockeys for his Tijuana meeting has been a success.
He has lined up a number of stables, and is looking
forward to a banner opening of the hundred-day or
more meeting on November 11. The program of
stake events has been completed, and proved attrac-
tive to Easterners. There will be the Coffroth han-
dicap, valued at $5000, at a mile and a quarter; San
Diego Business Men's Handicap, $2500, 11-16 miles;
All Age Handicap, $1500, one mile; Los Angeles
High Weight Handicap, $1500, six furlongs; Tijuana
Selling Stakes, $1500, six furlongs, and the Coronado
Selling Stakes, $1500, 1 1-16 miles. No purse of less
than $400 will be offered, which should insure some
high-class entries.
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Mr. R. Trimble, treasurer of the United States
Steel Corporation, has purchased in England the
stallion Huon II for a reported price of $5000. Huon
II is by Ard Patrick (winner of the Derby) out of
Hyeres by Isonomy out of St. Marguerite (winner
of the One Thousand, and dam of Seabreeze, Le Var,
Roquebrune, Tredennis, etc.) by Hermit. He won
many good races in Germany, and about £8000 in
stakes, while Hyeres has also proved herself a suc-
cessful matron by producing other good racers. The
horse stood in Ireland, and was sold in March last
under the Trading With the Enemy Act, he being
then the property of Baron von Schmieder, for 290
guineas.
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Trainer McCormack announces that James Butler's
good four-year-old colt Pebbles, by Ben Brush out of
Running Stream, by Domino, has been permanently
retired to the stud. He will be the premier sire at
East View for 1917.
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The Russian Derby winner, Macbeth, belonging to
Mr. Mantacheff. is a son of Macdonald II. out of
Gallina by Gallinule from Suzanne by Martagon out
of Woolahra by Albert Victor, and was foaled in
France, his dam having been purchased at the De-
cember sales of 1911 for 730 guineas by Mr. Bash-
kiroff from the Aislabie Stud lot. She was bred by
Mr. F. B. Craven in 1908, and was covered by Wolf's
Crag at the time of the sale, going to France the
same year.
Mr. A. K. Macomber saw his imported three-year-
old Star Hawk win the Lawrence Realization at
Belmont Park last Saturday, which is the greatest
race for colts of that age that is run in this country.
The distance is a mile and a half, and while its
value to the winner was only $2775 this year, the fact
that the race has been considered one of the great
tests of the year, and that Star Hawk beat the great
colt Spur, lends much to the victory.
The running of this Realization of 1916, writes
John Day, was as good a race as ever has been seen
for this classic stake, and although Star Hawk
always was in front from the first turn of the track
until the finish, at the end there was that hysterical
cheering and breathless suspense that inevitably
comes with the running of a turf classic that the
public has come to know and take an interest in.
It was Star Hawk first, with James Butler's great
colt Spur in second place, while Ral Parr's imported
Crimper had found the pace and distance a bit too
much and only could finish in third place. Giffard
A. Cochran's Air Man was fourth and Ralph D.
Earle's Kilmer was last.
While Spur and Crimper, the public favorites of
the day, were beaten, the victory of Star Hawk was
a popular one with the populace and with the regular
attendants at the course in general, because a really
great horse had won a grand race for as game an
owner as it has been the good fortune of turfites of
today to see in all their days of racing.
So far as the owner of Star Hawk was concerned
he might have been the most casual visitor to the
course for all anyone could judge from his demeanor
before, during the running, or after his pet had won
this great prize. He only showed the happiness he
must have felt when he was congratulated by Mr.
Butler, whose colt had come second, and others who
were prompt to offer congratulations. He took suc-
cess with so much of the same calm that he always
has shown in the long run of hard luck that has
been his portion on the turf as to make many wonder
what excitement or attraction he can find in the
sport.
The Realization was a race such as the patrons
of the turf delight in seeing. It was truly run and
the best horse won. Also Star Hawk won in a way
to stamp him as great among his kind, for he made
his own pace and did it in a way to convince all who
saw him that even on the slow track he could have
made a new record had he been pushed to do it.
The time that Star Hawk made was 2:32 3-5, which
is but two-fifths of a second slower than the track
record made by James Caffrey's Gowan on October
12, 1908. It would have been no task for the im-
ported son of Sunstar and Sweet Finch to hang up
a new mark in this race had Spur or Crimper or
any of the others been close enough up during the
run through the stretch to make him go faster and
show the great speed which undoubtedly is his. He
proved a worthy son of a Depby winner, which Sun-
star was, and an Oaks winner, such as Sweet Finch,
his illustrious dam.
And all during this season Walter Jennings has
been hiring those who were looked upon to be among
the topnotchers among the jockeys, only to have
them ride his horses into second place, while in this
race a mere child in little Jockey Phillips brought
him home a winner of the greatest prize of the year
to be won on an Eastern race track by a three-year-
old. It was not that the purse to the winner amount-
ed to any great sum, but for more than a quarter of
a century the winning of the Realization has been
looked upon as a crowning achievement for the sea-
son's three-year-old.
Walter Jennings probably was a happier man for
having sent the winner to the post than was the
owner of the horse or the jockey who rode him, for
it is indeed something worthy of praise when a
trainer in these decadent days of preparing horses
can make one ready to go out and win over the
distance of ground called for in a race like that of
The Realization.
Both Trainer Jennings and Jockey Phillips were
substantially rewarded immediately after the race by
the owner of the winner. Mr. Macomber while re-
ceiving congratulations said:
"It is a great satisfaction to win a race such as
the Realization, and it repays for some of the earlier
disappointments. Now that Star Hawk gives evi-
dence of having become acclimated I look for him to
go on and show the form we always believed he pos-
sessed."
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More room is needed at the State Fair grounds in
Sacramento for buildings and for field exhibits, and
there is talk of shortening the mile track to a half
mile one. There is no doubt but the people who
attend fairs enjoy racing on the twice arounds more
than they do those on the mile rings, and from the
manner in which the horsemen have made entries at
the fairs and race meetings across the mountains
this year, it looks as if they find no objection to the
half mile ovals.
W. E. D. Stokes, proprietor of Patchen Wilkes
Stock Farm, Lexington, Ky„ is writing a book giving
his views on the many vital points of the breeding
problem. Mr. Stokes has devoted considerable study
to matters of this nature, and has made numerous
valuable discoveries, which wil be fully explained in
the new book.
Napa Stock Farm Yearlings Average $366.
The sale of yearlings from Mr. A. B. Spreckels'
Napa Stock Farm, held at Belmont Park, New York,
Sept. 5th, resulted in the 17 head being sold for
$6100, an average of about $366 per head. The year-
lings were in good condition and were an attractive
lot taken as a whole. The bay colt by Soltaire II
out of Salvatrix by Salvation brought the highest
price, James McManus paying $1200 for the full
brother to Savilla. The prices paid for the sixteen
head sold were as follows:
Sam Hill, b c by Solitaire II — Bremerhafen;
J. P. Atkins $450
Bay colt, by Voorhees — Chiffie; Addison John-
son 525
Bay filly, by Dr. Leggo— Coma; R. O. Miller.. 300
Bay filly, by Voorhees — Emir; W. H. Karrick 250
Bay colt, by Solitaire II — Georgia 6th; Joseph
E. Davis 450
Bay colt, by Dr. Leggo — Georgia Girl; Jule
Garson 100
Bay filly, by Dr. Leggo — G.uerrera; Jas. McManus 250
Bay filly, by Voorhees — Handsome Florry; J. P.
Atkins 400
Chestnut colt, by Dr. Leggo — Lady Atheling;
James Frayling 50
Chestnut colt, by Dr. Leggo — Miss Bunny; Jas.
McManus 400
Chestnut colt, by Voorhees — Nanna; R. O. Miller 375
Chestnut colt, by Dr. Leggo — Olathe; J. P.
Atkins 250
Bay filly, by Solitaire II — Oratossa; J. P. Atkins 400
Bay colt, by Dr. Leggo — Othale; Jas. McManus 400
Brown or oik colt, by Voorhees — Prestene; R.
O. Miller 450
Bay colt, by Solitaire II — Salvatrix; James
McManus 1,200
Bay filly by Dr. Leggo — The Peeress, J. P.
Atkin 300
Argentine Racing.
We note from El Jockey, the official organ of the
Jockey Club at Buenos Aires, that, as was also the
case last year and in 1914, Diamond Jubilee is out
by himself in the leading stallions, his stock having
won (up to July 19th) fifty races of the value of
297,480 pesos. The native-bred Old Man (by the
Eclipse Stakes winner, Orbit), which was second
to Diamond Jubilee in 1915, is again the latter's
nearest attendant with 31 races to his credit (worth
187,000 pesos), while Greenan has moved up from
ninth into third place. St. Wolf is another on the
up-line, standing fourth. At the close of last year
Cyllene was third, but for the time being he has
dropped back to seventh place, with Your Majesty
ninth. Jardy (son of Flying Fox) is fourth, but
Flying Fox's other son, Val d'Or, which was fourth
last season, is now not in the first dozen. Among
the jockeys, D. Torterolo again holds pride of place
with 54 winners, and the leading stable is that of
Senor Correas, the owner of Diamond Jubilee, who
has won twenty-two races, worth about 121,000
pesos. Our contemporary records the victory in the
classics "Maipu" of Petite Chose (by Greenan),
which covered the six furlongs in 1:10 4-5, good
enough time even when compared with Master Wil-
lie's record over the fast Epsom track in England
of 1:071-5, and Iron Mask's record at Juarez of
1:09 3-5. A more important classic, the Premio Saa-
vedra (one mile, 22,030 pesos to the winner), was
won by the Mon Reve Stable's Arenales (by Diamond
Jubilee), which beat a dozen others in the hands
of D. Englander, who is third among the winning
jockeys, with 47 victories.
Kilmer Purchases Magic.
After negotiations that extended over practically
a year Willis Sharpe Kilmer has purchased the Eng-
lish stallion Magic, a chestnut horse foaled in 1907.
by Martagon out of Sesame, she by St. Simon out
of Maize, while the latter is by Hampton out of
Palmflower by The Palmer. Magic's greatest fea/
probably was his defeat of the brilliont Bayardo in
the running of the Goodwood Cup which is over a
journey of about two miles and five furlongs.
Magic's full brother. Buckwheat, won the Brighton
Cup, Duke of York Stakes and Prince Edward Han-
dicap, while his third dam, Palmflower, proved her-
self one of the greatest stud matrons in the history
of the turf, for among her produce was St. Florian
(the sire of Art Patrick), Siphonia (the dam of Sym-
ington), and Musa, a winner of The Oaks, the latter
the dam of Mirska, which also accounted for The
Oaks. Mr. Kilmer has also purchased two yearlings
by Magic, these being a bay or brown colt out of
Djama and a chestnut filly out of Greyshot. The
former is by Mackintosh, while the latter is by Grey
Leg. Magic and the yearlings will be brought across
within the next few weeks and then shipped to the
farm of their owner near Binghamton, N. Y.
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J. A. Gibson, prominent Detroit contractor and
builder, who is also the owner of several thorough-
bred horses, says that the movement for the revival
of racing in Michigan and the building of a fine plant
near Detroit by the Detroit Business Men's Racing
Association, is progressing splendidly and that the
track will be ready by July 1, 1917, when it is planned
to open a fourteen-day meeting
The Russian Derby, which came off on July 9th,
was won by Mr. Mantacheff's Macbeth, a son of
Macdonald II.. from five other three-year-olds.
J. Winkfield rode a fine race on the winner.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday* Sept. 16, 1916
BLACKHAWK SHIRES SWEEP STATE FAIR
AWARDS
SADDLE AND SHOW HORSES.
The list of awards tor draft stock at the State Fair
are crowded out of this week's issue of the Breeder
and Sportsman, but will appear next week. In the
Shire classes the Blackhawk Stock Ranch of Bur-
lingame were awarded every first prize and cham-
pionship but one, a record that has never been
equaled at the California State Fair. Anwick Arthur
and his four colts, winner at Panama-Pacific Inter-
national Exposition and at Butte County Fair this
year, again won the get of sire of class and also won
the California Registration Board's special prize for
best Shire and eolts. Blackhawk Stock Farm also
won best in stallions two years old, best in stallions
one year old, best in mares four years or over, best
in mares three years old, best in mares two years
old, best in yearling mares and best in foals under
one year. These were all winnings in the open class,
free for all.
In the State class, the Blackhawk Shire Ranch won
best in stallions two years old, best in stallions one
year old, best four year old mares with foal at foot,
best mare four years or over, best three year old,
best two year old, best yearling and best foal under
one year.
Messrs. Ward & Eaton are to be congratulated on
making such a grand showing and their barn, which
was splendidly decorated and kept in the very best
of order during the fair, was visited by hundreds
daily. Superintendent Lovell, who had charge of the
exhibit, is also entitled to much praise.
Large Fields and Close Competition Interest Large
Crowds Day and Night.
THE NATIONAL HORSE SHOW.
Preparations for the National Horse Show at Mad-
ison Square Garden on November 11 to 17 began to
take shape last week when the list of judges who
wrill officiate this year was made public by Alfred B.
Maclay, following a meeting of the executive com-
mittee, of which he is the chairman.
Amateur horsemen and one horsewoman from
many parts of the United States and Canada have
been called in to perform the difficult task of distrib-
uting one hundred and fifty blue ribbons among the
three hundred owners of six hundred horses in such
a way as to ward off strikes, walkouts and other
demonstrations of discontent among exhibitors.
To judge the high stepping harness horses, four-
in-hand teams and tandems this year the association
has invited John C. Groome, formerly president of
the Philadelphia Horse Show Association; E. Victor
LoewT, of the Coaching Club, and E. von der Horst
Koch, who has several times officiated in this capac-
ity at the National Horse Show in New York and the
International Horse Show in London.
Reginald C. Vanderbilt, president of the American
Hackney Horse Society, and Charles A. Baudouine
will judge the harness ponies and the pony stallions
and mares for breeding purposes.
Lady Beck, of London, Canada, and James G. Mar-
shall, of New York, are to be the judges of undocked
saddle horses again this year. The docked saddle
horses will be judged by Mr. Marshall and David T.
Matlack, of Winchester, Ky., while Mr. Matlack and
John McE. Bowman will judge the saddle ponies, and
Foxhall P. Keene the polo ponies.
Pierre Lorilliard, Jr., grandson of the only Amer-
ican who has won the English Derby with an Amer-
ican bred horse, has accepted an invitation to judge
the trotters and road horses. His associates will be
E. R. Bowne, who once sold his seat on the New York
Stock Exchange to become a trainer of trotting
horses, and George Willing, of Philadelphia, who has
judged many times at the Garden and elsewhere.
John E. Madden, of Lexington, Ky., will be the
sole judge of thoroughbred racehorses and Robert
Graham, of Toronto, Canada, will judge the hackneys
single-handed and alone. The judges of hunters and
jumpers have not yet been chosen.
ENTRIES AT FRESNO.
The annual Fresno County Fair will open Monday,
Sept. 26th, and a program of three days' racing will
begin Tuesday the 27th. The fair promises to be the
greatest ever held at Fresno and that is saying a
great deal as the Fresno Fair is high class in every
respect and draws thousands every year. The race
program is an excellent one and the races closed
with the following list of entries:
TUESDAY, SEPT. 26.
2:14 Pacing — $600. — Best Direct, McVerde, Babe,
Silver Tips, Irene O., Breezy Marie, Verna McKinney,
Dixon Boy, Julia M.
2:30 Trotting — $600. — Future Tramp, Peter Mc-
Klyo, Trigione, Miss San Francisco. Ola Mack, Tom
Murphy, Martina Dillon, Dr. S., Rubell. El Angelo,
Alice W.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27.
2:09 Trotting — $600 — Bon Cres, Bert Kelly, Harold
C, Columbia T., Pavana.
2:10 Pacing— $600. — Best Direct, A. B. C. Zomar,
McVerde, Hal J., Souniise, Pointer's Daughter, Stan-
ley Quinn, Julia M.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 28.
2:20 Pacing — $600 — Santa Paula, Silver Tips, Lau-
ritz, Hanover, Harry Mack, Mono Ansel, Dixon Bov,
Villa, Path C.
2:15 Trotting — $600 — Camelia, Future Tramp.
Tweet Bow, Brutus, Hanford Mack, Dick W., Dr. S.,
Eloise Dell, El Angelo, Alice W„ Lulu B.
That the interest in five and three gaited saddle
horses is increasing in California was plainly evi-
denced by the number of entries in those classes at
the California State Fair this year and the crowds
that filled the immense tent in which the horse show
was given every evening. In harness classes the
entries were very few but there were few classes for
either the five or three gaited horses that did not
have large fields and keen competition, and the class
of horses entered was the best ever seen at the fair.
The event of greatest intrest to the breeders of
gaitd horses was the Pacific Coast Gaited Saddle
Horse Association's stake for three-year-olds, which
was won by Mrs. Adelaide Gillis-McCormiek's beau-
tiful stallion San Vicente, and when Prof. Trow-
bridge had awrarded him the first prize, he expressed
the opinion that this grand looking young horse was
of such class that he would be a wrorthy competitor
in any three-year-old class in Missouri, Kentucky or
elsewhere. San Vicente is a horse of great quality,
good at all the gaits. He is by Rex Peavine out of
Undine. San Vicente not only won the stake but he
"won the class for stallions three years old and under
four, the class for produce of darn, the combination
class for five gaited horses shown to saddle and
harness, and was second in the class for five gaited
horses of any age or sex, and second in the sweep-
stake for five gaited horses of any age or sex, that
grand mare Helen Idlewood being placed ahead of
him in this class.
Second prize in the Pacific Coast Gaited Saddle
Horse Stake was won by the Bridgford Company's
Missouri bred colt Le Grand McDonald, another
handsome chestnut, and he was also second to San
Vicente in the three-year-old stallion class.
Highland Monarch won for Mrs. Gillis-McCormick
in the class for five gaited stallions four years old
or over, and the class for five gaited horses of any
age or sex went to Mr. R. L. English's Helen Idle-
wood, certainly one of the most perfectly formed
and best gaited animals ever seen in a show ring in
California.
TAMARACK
Winner. First Prize for 2-Year-Old Five Gaited Stallions.
Owned by Miss Martha Freeman, Los Angeles.
Sobre Vista Farm, owned by Revel Lindsay Eng-
lish, of Chino, San Vicente Rancho owned by Mrs.
Adelaide Gillis-McCormick, of Los Angeles, Dr. Lee
C. Deming of Anaheim, and The Bridgford Company
of Knightsen. were the largest exhibitors of five-
gaited horses, but special mention of many of the
horses shown is reserved for an article next week.
The lists of prize winners in the saddle and harness
classes and at the evening horse shows, are as
follows:
FIVE-GAITED SADDLE HORSES.
Stallions, four years old and over. — Highland Mon-
arch (A. S. Gillis) first, Comedian (R. L. English)
second. Jurist (Dr. Lee C. Deming) third.
Stallions, three years and under four. — San Vi-
cente (Adelaide Gillis-McCormick) first, Le Grand
McDonald (Bridgford Co.) second, King's Denmark
(W. Bernstein) third.
Stallions, two years and under three — Tamarack
(Martha Freeman) first, Tourist Peavine (R. L. Eng-
lish) second, Cochise (R. L. English) third.
Stallions, one year and under two. — Gold of Ophir
(Mrs. E. P. Riggle) first. No competition.
Stallions under one year. — Our Choice (Bridgford
Co.) first, Tom Morgan (Dr. Lee C. Deming) second,
James R. (C. H. Ragsdale) third.
Mares, four years old and over. — Helen Idlewood
(R. L. English) first, Tama Denmark (R. L. English)
second, Angelus Butterfly (R. L. English) third.
Mares, one year old and under two — Gloriana Mc-
Donald (R. L. English) first, Santa Monica ,A. S.
Gillis) second. Candy Kid (Dr. W. J. Smyth) third.
Mares under one year — Paloma (A. S. Gillis) first,
Belle of Kings (W. Bernstein) second.
Get of Sire — Get of Highland Monarch (Adelaide
Gillis-McCormick) first, get of Don Castano (Ade-
laide Gillis-McCormick) second, get of Highland
Squirrel King (R. L. English) third.
Produce of Dam — Produce of Undine (Adelaide
Gillis-McCormick) first, produce of Gracia Rex (Dr.
Lee C. Deming) second, produce of Black Belle (W.
Bernstein) third.
Geldings, four years old or over — Rex McDonald
(Mrs. A. W. Pike) first, Kentucky (Adelaide Gillis-
McCormick) second.
Geldings, three years and under four — King Cyrus
(Bridgford Co.) first, Rigoletto (R. L. English) sec-
ond.
Geldings, two years and under three — Robert J.
(W. Bernstein) first. No competition.
Mare or gelding, any age — Helen Idlewood (R. L.
English) first, Kentucky (Adelaide Gillis-McCormick)
second, Angelus Butterfly (R. L. English) third.
Stallion, Mare or Gelding, owned, exhibited and
shown by non-professional — Helen Idlewood (R. L.
English) first, Kentucky (Adelaide Gillis-McCormick)
second, Le Grand McDonald (E. A. Bridgford) third.
Stallion, Mare or Gelding, ridden by lady — Helen
Idlewood (R. L. English) first, Angelus Butterfly
(R. L. English) second, Kentucky (Adelaide Gillis-
McCormick) tlurd.
Combination Harness ,and Five-Gaited Stallions
any age— San Vicente (Adelaide Gillis-McCormick)
first, Comedian (R. L. English) second. Jurist (Dr.
Lee C. Deming) third.
Combination Harness and Five-Gaited Mares, any
age— Helen Idlewood (R. L. English) first, Angelus
Butterfly (R. L. English) second, Tarna Denmark (R.
L. English) third.
Combination Harness and Five-Gaited Gelding, any
age — Kentucky (Adelaide Gillis-McCormick) first,
Rigoletto (R. L. English) second.
NON-REGISTERED FIVE-GAITED HORSES.
Mare or Gelding— Billie Freda (J. J. De La Mater)
first, Robert B. (C. H. Ragsdale) second.
HIGH SCHOOL SADDLE HORSES.
Jupiter (Leota I. Zapp) first, Firecracker (Char-
lotte B. Anderson) second.
THREE-GAITED SADDLE HORSES.
Mare or Gelding, over 15.1, to carry 200 pounds —
Kildare (Miss Ethel Davie) first, Edith Adams (Dr.
L. C. Deming) second, Golden (E. C. Ford) third.
Mare or Gelding under 15.2i/2, to carry 160
pounds— Confidence (R. L. English) first, Star I.
(E. S. Heller) second, Sarah Rex (Dr. L. C. Deming)
third.
Mare or Gelding, not over 15.3, to be ridden by
lady or gentleman — Confidence (R. L. English) first,
Mavis (H. C. Ahlers) second, Kildare (Miss Ethel
Davie) third.
Mare or Gelding, 15.1 or under, to be ridden by
lady or gentleman — Sarah Rex (Dr. L. C. Deming)
first, Lord Bobs (R. H. Gudgeon) second, Lady Bar-
bara (Miss M. T. Mintzer) third.
Mare or Gelding, owned, exhibited and shown by
non-professional— Star I. (E. S. Heller) first, Confi-
dence (R. L. English) second, Kildare (Miss Ethel
Davie) third.
Mare or Gelding three years old or over — Confi-
dence (R. L. English) first, Mavis (H. C. Ahlers) sec-
ond. Star I. (E. S. Heller) third.
COMBINATION HORSES— THREE-GAITED.
Mare or Gelding, two years old or over — Star I (E.
S. Heller) first. Confidence (R. L. English) second,
Kildare (Miss Ethel Davie) third.
CALIFORNIA STOCK HORSES.
Horses over 14.3 — Domino (R. L. English) first,
Dick (San Francisco Riding School) second, Jack
(S. H. Cowell) third.
Horses 14.3 or under — Shorty (Hazen Cowen) first,
Lord Bobs (R. H. Gudgeon) second.
ROAD HORSES.
Harness Horses — Best pair, any sex — Tom Smith
and Jonesie Mac (D. E. Hoffman) first. Col. Roosevelt
and Major McKinley (F. H. Metz) second, Gracie
Rex and Edith Adams (Dr. L. C. Deming) third.
Single Stallion, Mare or Gelding — Bon Lark (H. C.
Ahlers) first, Comedian (R. L. English) second, Pal-
moor (S. A. Woodruff) third.
NOVELTY.
Best team, rig and equipment — Tom Smith and
Jonesie Mac (D. E. Hoffman).
Best single horse, rig and equipment — Kildare
(Miss Ethel Davie).
HORSE SHOW AWARDS.
Three Gaited Saddle Horse, any age or sex, 15.2
or over; conformation 50 per cent, paces and man-
ners 50 per cent. — Mavis, owned by H. C. Ahlers,
San Francisco, first; Star I, owned by E. S. Heller,
San Francisco, second; Confidence, owned by R. L.
English, Chino, third.
Ladies' Phaeton class, horse 50 per cent; equip-
ment 50 per cent; horse 15.2 or under to be shown to
appropriate vehicle, lady to drive — Lady Barbara,
owned by Miss M. Mintzer, first; My Surprise,
owned by Mrs. C. Schreiber, second.
Jumping class, best performance over four hurdles;
conformation and quality 50 per cent; performance
over hurdles 50 per cent. — Jupiter, owned by Mrs.
Leota I. Zapp of Fresno, first; Bounder, owned by
R. L. English, Chino, second; Wonderland, owned by
Mrs. A. W. Pike, Redwood City, third.
Pony class, Shetland, not over 46 inches in height.
To be driven by boy or girl under 15 years. Pony
50 per cent, appointments and driving 50 per cent. —
Prince of Wales, owned by Miss Geraldine Bowers,
Davis, first.
Five-gaited saddle horse, any age or sex, 15.2 or
over; conformation and quality 50 per cent, paces
and manners 50 per cent; prizes $20, $10 and $5. —
Helen Idlewood, owned by R. L. English, Chino, first;
San Vicente, owned by A. S. Gillis-McCormick, sec-
ond; Carna Denmark, owned by R. L. English, third.
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Saturday, Sept. 16. 1916]
THJ
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Notes and News
Lee Axworthy 2:00, champion trotting stallion.
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He mav lower that mark at Lexington in October.
They say Yolo county will get in line next year
with one of her old-time fairs and race meetings.
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C. A. Spencer has won three races with The Proof
on Wisconsin half mile tracks up to Sept. 1st.
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Peter the Great has about forty new standard
performers for 1916.
Single G. and the other horses that the late Curt
Gosnell trained are now in charge of Walter Cox.
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In his two heats at Poughkeepsie Napoleon Direct's
time for the last halves was :5S% and :58.
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The Northern Man 2:06% is the sire of the two
I fastest two-year-old pacers of the year — Poorman
2:07% and Richman 2:09%.
Ritchie Roberts is now the owner of that good
little matinee trotter, Bradmont by Alto Leyburn.
He purchased him from President Giannini of the
Driving Club at Sacramento during the State Fair.
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Lee Axworthy trotted a mile in two minutes flat
at Syracuse, New York, on Tuesday of this week,
lowering his former record one quarter of a second.
Paced by two runners he trotted each of the four
quarters in 30 seconds.
Jim Zoo, a bay gelding of unknown breed, owned
by J. McChristian of Burlington, Wis., and driven by
Newell, upset all calculations in the 2:20 pace in the
Great Western circuit races at the Wisconsin State
Fair, by winning the $1000 purse from a field of eight
starters.
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All McKinney 2:04, that was taken very sick soon
after being shipped to Omaha from California, has
rounded to and made his first start in a $500 purse
at Madison, Wisconsin, August 29th. He was 3-5-4
in the summary and just outside the money. The
heats were in 2:12%, 2:12% and 2:14. Half mile
track and very heavy.
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St. Frisco is outlasting Mabel Trask as the season
wears on. He beat the Peter the Great mare decis-
ively at Syracuse Tuesday last when he wron the
$10,000 stake for 2:08 trotters in straight heats, time
2:05%, 2:03%, and 2:05%. Mabel got second money
with 2-3-2 as her positions, but it will be noticed that
Al Mack was second in the fastest heat, his positions
being 8-2-3, which gave him third money.
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California B. by Athasham won a trotting race to
saddle at Des Moines, Iowa, and took a record of
2:14% at that way of going, which just equals the
record for one mile in a saddle race over a half mile
track, made by The Wanderer., A few days later
California B. won a race for teams with his pole
mate Larry K„ best time 2:27%. He has won a
number of races this year to sulky for his present
owner. Earl Eeezeley of Syracuse, Nebraska.
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The Silva stable, in charge of Lon Daniels, has
returned to Sacramento from the Grand Circuit. Kid
Cupid was sold as previously stated in these col-
umns and the horses brought back are Bondalean,
San Felipe, John Malcolm and Potrero Boy. The ex-
tremely hot wave which was over Ohio the week the
California horses reached Cleveland put them all out
of condition and they never regained form, conse-
quently the trip was not a profitable one. Had the
horses been as good as they were before leaving
California they would have been able to earn consid-
erable money. All will wish Silva and Daniels better
luck next time.
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Mr. R. O. Simpson of Armidale, New South Wales,
Australia, who now owns the stallion Don Pronto
2:02% that he purchased from W. G. Durfee, writes
that the son of The Director General has not been
raced since reaching his new home as he is being
given plenty of time to get acclimated. His second
stud season in Australia began last month and ends
January 1, 1917. One of the mares visiting him this
year is Lady Mazey 2:22 by Hal B. 2:04%. dam
Christobel (21 2:11% by Chas. Derby, second dam
Algerdetta, dam of Thornway 2:05% by Allandorf.
Mr. Simpson says that unfortunately there are not
many mares bred like Lady Mazey in Australia.
D. E. Hoffman took all first prizes in the classes
in which he entered his pair of stallions Tom Smith
and Jonesie Mac at the California State Fair. Both
horses were in fine condition and Tom Smith 2:13%,
now 19 years old, never looked better than he does
now. There was applause on all sides whenever
Mr. Hoffman appeared with this handsome pair of
trotting stallions.
Lee Axworthy 2:00 is not rigged with a head pole
this year.
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Wilkes Brewer trotted two different half mile
tracks recently during one week in 2:08% and 2:08%.
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Guy the Great 2:08%, by Peter the Great 2:07%,
and owned by J. V. Morris, Cleveland, Ohio, died at
Pulaski. Pa., following a winning race.
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James Tranter proved that a live wire for manager
could give a successful meeting at Poughkeepsie.
He got the horses and big crowds to see them race.
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Kern county sheep men have been paying $10 per
acre for alfalfa to pasture from August to the end
of the season.
J. W. Marshall of Dixon won the trophies for best
boar, best sow, and for best ram, any age or breed
at Solano County Fair. Daley Bros, won the trophy
for best ewe, any age or breed.
Flower Direct 2:00% and Earl Jr. 2:01%, two of
our most noted campaigners and both thought to be
entirely through, won free-for-all events last week
on half mile tracks.
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The dam of Early Don 2:06% and Donna Clay
2:06% was sold several years ago for $30. She was
a very ill-tempered mare and absolutely useless on
the road.
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The Completion 2:18%, the new yearling pacing
filly by The Exponent, is out of Bonella, a Palo Alto
bred mare by Azmoor. Bonella was just 20 years
old when The Completion was foaled.
Walter Cox, the famous trainer and driver, was
forty-eight years old on September 8th and celebrated
the event by winning the $1500 2:30 trot at the Hart-
ford Grand Circuit meeting in straight heats with
Busy's Lassie.
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Peter McKlyo 2:06 may be sent to Stockton this
fall and given a chance to lower his record over that
excellent track. His mile in 2:06% at Sacramento
was a more meritorious performance than the one in
2:06 at Santa Rosa, taking the condition of the two
tracks into consideration.
Ed Geers' pacer Napoleon Direct seems to have it
over all the other free-for-all side wheelers on the
Grand Circuit. Single G. is off the form he showed
early in the season, but as Napoleon Direct seems
to be able to pace the last quarter any time asked
in better than 29 seconds he is a very hard horse to
beat.
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We stated last week that the record of Directly
(2) 2:07%, made twenty-two years ago, has never
been beaten. The two-year-old colt Poorman by The
Northern Man has now just equaled this record.
Later in the year he will probably be able to knock
a fraction off the time and thus lower a colt record
that has stood the longest.
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To one who has a natural liking for this branch
of showing, however, all the work required to bring
his animals into winning form will have been amply
paid for by the pleasure of standing first in the rib-
bons: but one who finds it a task rather than a
pleasure to fit and show his animals in the harness
and saddle classes would do better to confine his
showing to the breeding classes where pace and
action are qualifications secondary to type and con-
dition.
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Lulu B. 2:13, winner of the Pacific Breeders' Futu-
rity, the Stanford Stake and standing even with
Hermes for first place at the end of the three heats
of the Occident Stake, is a well bred one. Her sire
The Bondsman is one of the best bred stallions ever
brought to California. Her dam Loma B. is by Stam
B. 2:11%, the best bred son of Stamboul, that was
a game and fast three-year-old, her second dam Italia
by Sidney, who was a great sire of early speed, her
third dam Dot by Prompter, fourth dam Vernie by
by Vanderbilt, son of the three-mile runner Norfolk,
fifth dam the thoroughbred mare Hattie Bay by
Billy Cheatham, sixth dam Mary Bute by William-
son's Belmont. Lulu B. developed a lameness after
her Santa Rosa race but is getting over it and should
no further misfortune befall her should trot well
below 2:10 next year.
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It looks as if Kinney de Lopez 2:23, the Hemet
Stock Farm stallion, will be quite a sire. Several
two and three-year-olds by him have taken records
this year and won races. This handsome chestnut
horse was bred by Mr. R. E. de B. Lopez of San
Francisco, who sold him to Budd Doble, who named
him. Kinney de Lopez took his record as a four-
year-old and that year he could show two-minute
speed, but developed a lameness that prevented his
getting a low mark. He was a natural trotter, wear-
ing nothing but a harness and carrying but five
ounces forward and three behind. He is by Kinney
Lou 2:07%, dam Betsy Direct, great broodmare by
Direct, second dam Kate Chapman by Naubuc, full
brother to Thos. Jefferson, third dam Kitty Patchen
by Geo. M. Patchen Jr., fourth dam by Vick's Ethan
Allen. There is a lot of the Morgan blood in Kinney
de Lopez who is a horse of the Morgan type himself.
Andrew Albright, Jr., of Newark, N. J., may winter
some of his horses at Thomasville, Ga.
Lanark P. by Zorankin, owned by Mr. R. S. Irvine,
of San Francisco, reduced her record to 2:16 at Sac-
ramento.
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The fastest >earling pacer of the year is Direct the
Work 2:21% by Mr. Work, son of Peter the Great.
The record was made on the Lexington track Aug-
ust 30th.
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The fastest three-year-old trotter in California
this year is Lulu B. 2:13%, the fastest two-year-old
trotter Rhyolite 2:21%, the fastest three-year-old
pacer Verna McKinney 2:09% and the fastest two-
year-old pacer Oro Fino 2:17%. This is not up to
California's records of former years.
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The Real Lady 2:08% and Ante Guy 2:17%. whose
great race was the feature of the Grand Circuit meet-
ing at Poughkeepsie, will not meet again this season,
nor are they likely to measure strides next year, as
the daughter of Guy Axworthy 2:08% is not engaged
in any of the big futurities to which The Real Lady
is eligible. «>■$>«>
The manager of Ponkapog Farm, John P. Hall,
who died recently, was the person who was largely
responsible for the wonderful success of the late J.
Malcolm Forbes as a breeder, says Horse World.
When Forbes decided to sell Peter the Great because
he did not like the conformation of that horse's
foals, Hall pleaded with him not to dispose of the
son of Pilot Medium, but to send him to Kentucky.
The track at the State Fair grounds in Sacramento
is very fast in the spring. Within a few days after
a week's rain it is almost perfect to work horses
over, but in the hot summer and fall days the light
soil dries out so that it becomes a very slow track.
Jim Logan was a better horse at Sacramento than
he was at Dixon, yet his best heat over the State
Fair mile track was only 2:07, while he was able to
pace a heat in 2:08% over the Dixon half mile oval.
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All the horses owned by the estate of the late
Jacob Ruppert have been consigned to the Fasig-
Tipton Company's Old Glory sale, in Madison Square
Garden, on November 20-25. Guy Axworthy 2:08%,
owned jointly by the Ruppert estate and Leo Oettin-
ger, will probably be included in the consignment.
He is one of the most successful trotting sires now
living. C. K. G. Billings will sell all his weanlings
by The Harvester 2:01 at this auction.
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Mr. I. L. Borden, who is a director of both the
State Agricultural Society and of the Pacific Coast
Trotting Horse Breeders' Association, had miserable
luck with his string of trotters and pacers. He won
a race at Santa Rosa with Major's By Guy and that
horse was second in a race at the State Fair, while
Alesandro got fourth money in the State Fair Futu-
rity, but his other horses were clear off and failed
to get in the money. Mr. Borden took his poor luck
philosophically, however, and paid the starting fees
when he knew he had no chance.
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Two new world's records were made at Hartford,
September 7th, when St. Frisco won the classic
Charter Oak stake for 2:08 trotters after six of the
most exciting heats of light harness racing ever
witnessed at Charter Oak Park. The second heat
was declared by the judges a dead heat, the time
of 2:07% displacing the world's record set in 1904
on the Brighton Beach track, New Yrork, when Sweet
Marie and Aristo raced a dead heat in 2:08%. The
other record established was the fastest six-heat
race, the average time for the six heats being 2:07%,
against 2:07 19-24 set at Lexington, Ky., in 1910. in
a race won by Spanish Queen.
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The Kentucky Futurity for three-year-old trotters,
which is on the second day's program at Lexington,
looks like a gift to the Pastime Stable's Volga
2:07%, winner of the futurity for two-year-olds last
season. She is reported to be in fine form, with
more speed than she had in 1915, and nothing has
yet appeared this season that looks good enough to
hold a candle to her. Expressive Lou 2:08% is the
fastest of the season's three-year-olds, but she has
not improved since her first race, and does not finish
her miles like a Kentucky Futurity winner. Harrod's
Creek 2:10 is generally believed to be more formid-
able than Expressive Lou, but his most enthusiastic
admirers will be surprised if he has speed enough to
trot with Volga.
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In the settlement of the estate of the late Jacob
Ruppert, the Poughkeepsie track, as well as the Hud-
son River Stock Farm and all the horses thereon,
has been thrown upon the market, and as the prop-
erty adjoins the rapidly growing city on the banks
of the Hudson there is a chance that it will be sold
for building lots in the not far distant future, and
thus be lost for training and racing purposes. There
is probably no other mile track in the country quite
so attractive and advantageously situated as the Hud-
son River Driving Park is, and all horsemen would
regret exceedingly to see it destroyed. Hopes were
expressed among horsemen who attended the meet-
ing last week that some of the wealthy men identi-
fied with the venture might join with other Eastern
breeders and horse fanciers in buying the track and
thus insuring its preservation for harness racing.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept. 16, 1916
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
STOCKTON DOG SHOW A BIG SUCCESS.
Large Crowd Took in Exhibition. — Other News Gath-
ered in Kennel Circles.
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
Women Land Big Bass. — Emil Olcovitch of Los
Angeles has returned from a fishing trip at Catalina
and tells a story that he and several of the boatmen
at the Island vouch for as the truth. The story is —
On August 28th, Mrs. M. G. Plank and Miss Billie
Hutchins caught a black bass apiece, each fish weigh-
ing several times the poundage of their captors.
The huge sea monster hauled in by Mrs. Plank
weighed 312 pounds and it took an hour and forty-
five minutes to land it. A minute later, the fish Miss
Hutchins caught, "weighing 200 pounds, was pulled in.
It took her an hour and thirty minutes to bring it
to gaff.
Captain Walker of the launch Leona, one of the
best fishermen on the Island, and who has been
there for fifteen years, took the young women out in
his boat to a place nine miles down the coast, the
home of the black sea bass, so he declares.
It was there that the remarkable catch occurred.
The captain declares that it is the first time known
for two women to catch fish of that size, both being
caught within a minute of each other.
According to the women, the big fellows put up a
terrible battle, but both hung on with grim determin-
ation and hauled in slowly and now have the honor
of being the first women of the season to land a
black bass. Very few women attempt to land fish
of this size.
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Urges Hunters to be Careful. — Emphasizing the
destruction of property and human life caused by
careless hunters, a warning issued by the Forest
Service urges all sportsmen on the National Forests
to use the greatest possible care to preTent forest
fires and to avoid such accidents as the one which
caused the death of Forest Ranger Clark on the Cab-
inet National Forest in Montana last year. Mr.
Clark, it is said, was mistaken for a bear by a care-
less hunter who fired without waiting to be sure
what he was shooting at. To show that such acci-
dents are not uncommon, the warning quotes an esti-
mate of the Biological Survey that between 150 and
200 persons are annually killed in hunting accidents
in this country and that this number is increasing.
Furthermore, it is stated, 15 per cent of all the forest
fires in the National Forests are caused by careless
hunters and other campers.
The National Forests, it is pointed out, contain the
best hunting grounds in the country. The number
of game animals is increasing on account of the pro-
tection from forest fires and illegal killing which is
afforded by Forest officers. On many of the forests,
deer, elk, mountain sheep and other species are
fairly plentiful, while small game is usually abundant.
Bear, mountain lion and other predatory animals are
found on most of the forests and the killing of these
meat eaters is encouraged because they prey on
domestic stock and the herbivorous game animals.
The value of the forests for hunting grounds de-
pends largely upon whether they are protected from
fire, says the warning. Forest fires destroy the
range and breeding places of the game and often
kill large numbers of the animals themselves, while
a great many more are driven out of the country by
the flames. Furthermore, streams flowing through
burned-over areas are subject to such extreme varia-
tions of flow and are often so choked up with depos-
its of sediment that fish can not live in them.
Each year, it is stated, sees an increase in the
numbers of persons who visit the National Forests
for hunting and other recreation purposes. Every
' effort is made to encourage this use of the Forests.
Maps showing the recreation resources have been
issued, and the trails built up by the rangers open
up new country to visitors.
The best indication of a man's fitness to be in the
woods, the warning points out, is the care which
he shows in handling firearms and fire. None but
the most inexperienced tenderfoot will shoot without
getting a plain view of his game, while the man who
lets his campfire escape or who carelessly drops a
lighted match or hot tobacco ashes betrays at once
his ignorance of the fundamental principles of wood-
craft. Such men, says the warning, should keep
out of the woods.
QB
Quail in Los Angeles Parks. — A press report from
Los Angeles slates that the parks and environs of
the city are fast becoming a brooding ground for
quail. This is the observation which has been made
from time to time this season by bird lovers and
sportsmen :
"Never before have such countless broods of young
quail been seen as those which have made their
appearance this year, it is said. The quail are quite
tame and many cases have been noted where the
young are being cared for under hedges and in thick-
ets close to houses.
"The superintendent of Exposition Park recently
discovered a family of quail in the old-fashioned
fower garden at the rear of the State Exposition
Building. The baby birds were not more than five
days old."
TREATY ON WILD GAME IS WELCOMED.
Conservation Measures With Canada Cause Sports-
men to Rejoice.
New York. — Not since the Federal law for the pro-
tection of migratory birds was passed have wild life
conservationists been so elated as over the ratifica-
tion by the United States Senate of a treaty which
provides protection for practically all birds that
migrate between this country and Canada.
The treaty is an important supplement to the Fed-
eral law and provides, in effect, three principal
things :
1. That no bird important to agriculture because
of insect destroying proclivities shall be shot at any-
time.
2. That no open season on any species of game
birds shall extend for a longer period than three and
one-half months.
3. That both countries shall so restrict open sea-
sons on game birds as to prevent their being taken
during the breeding season.
The Senate's action came as the result of a cam-
paign waged incessantly for nearly three years by
organizations of farmers, sportsmen, bird lovers and
conservationists generally under the leadership of
the American Game Protective Association of this
city, the sportsmen's national organization. Presi-
dent John B. Burnham, of the Association, who was
the directing head of the campaign, has issued the
following statement regarding the Senate's action:
"The ratification of the treaty means that this
country now possesses the most advanced and effec-
tive legal protection for wild life of any on the globe.
The enactment of the Federal law in 1913 was the
first great step toward this end. It was necessary,
however, to supplement this with protection for the
large number o fspecies of valuable birds that nest
in Canada and either pass through the United States
on their southern migration or actually winter here.
"The constitutionality of the Federal law, which is
now before the Supreme Court of the United States
for adjudication, becomes more or less an academic
question, in the opinion of many legal authorities,
now that the treaty has been ratified, as its opera-
tion will bring about practically the same results
as the provisions of the law. Those holding this
opinion base their contention on the theory that the
court will decline to render a decision that would
impair the country's obligation under the treaty.
"On January 14, 1913, Elihu Root, then Senator
from New York, introduced a resolution requesting
the President to propose to other governments the
negotiation of a convention for the mutual protection
of migratory birds.
"This resolution, slightly modified, was reintro-
duced by Senator George P. McLean of Connecticut
during the following April and was reported favor-
ably.
"Then followed an arduous campaign involving the
overcoming of seemingly insuperable obstacles with
the present result.
"Senator George P. McLean, of Connecticut, de-
serves the greatest credit for the work he did in
bringing about the ratification of the treaty and
merits the thanks of every conservationist in the
country. Aid of the greatest value was rendered by
Mr. Henry Ford of Detroit, and Dr. Edward Howe
Forbush, state ornithologist of Massachusetts.
"Similar conventions with other countries, princi-
pally those in South America and the West Indies,
will be sought in due course."
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Boy Dives; Gets Two Trout. — A swimming suit
was all that Gardner Van Dusen, a 16-year-old lad,
needed to secure two trout from the Spokane river.
Young Van Dusen was crossing the Stevens street
bridge when he saw two trout fighting to get away
from a snag on the bottom of the river.
An investigation proved that both trout were
hooked on flies attached to the same leader, but the
piece of line attached to the leader was caught on
the snag. The lad divested himself of his clothing
and dove into the water and upon reaching the snag
he broke the line, but held the leader and brought
up the two trout, and the fish were still alive and
fighting.
Evidently when the first fish was hooked by some
angler he started a fight and when the second trout
grabbed the other fly, the weight and pull was too
much for the line which parted and became entan-
gled on the snog. One of the trout measured 10
inches and the second was eight inches long.
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Salmon Run Is On. — Fred Oliver, who is well
posted on hunting and fishing, is looking for a big
salmon run in the bay inside of a week or so. Oliver
has been after salmon outside of the heads for the
past several Sundays and has found that the runs
were to the north of the Golden Gate one Sunday
and to the south the next. He takes this to mean
that the salmon will eventually run through the gate
as has been their custom in years gone by.
The dog show, under the auspices of the Stockton
Kennel Club, is over and the many exhibitors have
returned to their homes. It was a most successful
show and was made so by the manner in which it
was staged. It certainly was a happy thought when
"Missouri Bill" Johnson suggested that the show be
held on the lawn at the Stockton Mineral baths, and
the exhibitors were highly pleased with the arrange-
ments. The officials of the Stockton Kennel Club
tendered Mr. Johnson a vote of thanks just before
the show closed. The judges were loud in their
praise for the many courtesies extended.
The following are some of the trophy winners:
Best Airedale, Bilmer Bingo; best dog in show,
Dr. and Mrs. Billings of Burlingame. (First time in
the history of California that any Airedale won best
in show.) Stockton Mineral Baths trophy.
Best opposite sex, French bull — Champion Brack-
enside Fauvette, owned by Arthur Faff, San Fran
Cisco; Holt trophy.
Best sporting dog in show — Bilmer Bingo; John-
son's sporting goods trophy.
Best non-sporting dog — Southport Salute (collie),
owned by Mrs. Duncan; Samson Sieve-Grip Tractor
Company trophy.
Best puppy in show — Cragwood Charming, owned
by Mrs. Norwood B. Smith, Palo Alto. (Smooth St.
Bernard bithc.)
Best brace in show — Owner, A. S. Chisholm, Cham-
pion Mackworth Bertia and Chelsea Crusader; tro-
phy by Chinn-Beretta Co.
Best four in one breed — Mrs. Colverd, San Fran-
cisco, owner; Branch's trophy; old English sheep
dogs.
Best dog owned and shown by lady — Mrs. Duncan,
San Jose, collie, Southport Salute; Sperry trophy.
Best in ladies' variety class — Cocker spaniel, Mrs.
C. B. Trask; Asa M. Clark trophy.
Best in all carrier class — Bilmer Bingo; Spratt's
trophy.
Best toy dog — Mrs. Major, San Francisco.
Best St. Bernard — Mrs. Norwood Smith, Cragwood
Charming.
Best greyhound — Asa M. Clark, Fair Tralee; Jas.
J. Carril trophy.
Best pointer — Champion El Sur Trey (bitch) ; Bert
Lewis trophy.
Best pointer (opposite sex — by B. Cox.
Best English setter — Rowdy, R. Hows; James S.
Remick trophy.
Best opposite sex — Stockton Jess, Joe Pomorsky;
Joe Chirhart trophy.
Best Irish setter — St. Lambert's Caltra M. H., J. J.
Mitchell; P. J. O'Higigns trophy.
• • •
It is underestood from private sources, that Mr.
Macy, the well known Santa Barbara follower of the
Bostons, has made a genuine offer of $800 for the
now famous Boston, Auburn Happy Jr. But the Bur-
lington gentleman doesn't appear to be very eager,
and no wonder, for there are few really good dogs
going around just now. There are lots of nice dogs!
• • •
There is no getting away from it, some of the
breeders up in the far Northwest mean to have the
best breeding even if they have to pay the money
and risk their best stock. F°r instance, one of the
wire breeders in Seattle sent twice to Wireboy of
Paignton, and we learn that Mrs. Kennedy sent her
English toy spaniel Red Queen all the way from
Calgary, Alberta, which is about on the top edge of
the civilized world, to Rochester, N. Y., to be bred to
Celamo's ruby, Red Beau. This is a quest after the
noseless that we hope the intrepid owner will be
successful in, providing the rest of the dog comes,
too — but remember the rest of the dog, it is quite
more important than head minus nose!
• • •
At a recent meeting of the officials of the West-
chester Kennel Club it was voted to hold their fifth
annual show on the beautiful grounds of the Gedney
Farm Hotel, White Plains, N. Y., Saturday, June 23,
1917. There will be many new innovations intro-
duced at the 1917 show that will appeal to all exhib-
itors, who ha\'e attended the club's former events.
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Bears Scare Horses. — While on a steep grade near
the Junction House, Nevada City, last week, Frank
Williams, a teamster, had a narrow escape from
being hurled down the mountain side. The four
horses, which Williams was driving, became frantic
when a big mother bear and her cub appeared unex-
pectedly and coolly inspected Williams and his outfit.
The cub appeared first in the road, frightening
the horses almost beyond control. While Williams
was struggling to prevent tha.outfit from going over
the grade, the old bear appeared and watched opera-
tions for fifteei- minutes before the two disappeared
in the brush.
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Deer Season Good. — California hunters have no
reason to complain over the deer season so far. The
sport has been uniformly good since the bars were
let down. In view of the severe winter that caused
the death of so much game, the good sport has been
a pleasant surprise. Protecting the spikes is believed
to be the means of providing much more game in
years to come. Does have been reported very plenti-
ful in all sections.
Saturday, Sept. 16, 1916]
THE BREEDER ANL SPORTSMAN
OPEN GAME SEASONS ON PACIFIC SLOPE.
Changes in Laws Are Set Forth For the Benefit of
Many Hunters.
Some changes have been made in the game laws
during 1916. For the benefit of. hunters the following
tables on the open seasons in the Far West are
given: —
CALIFORNIA.
Male deer (except spike bucks), Districts 1 and 23,
Aug. 15 — Oct. 15. In Districts 2 and 3, Aug. 1 — Sept.
15. In District 4, Sept. 1 — Oct. 1.
Cottontail and bush rabbit, valley and desert quail,
Oct. 15 — Jan. 1.
Tree squirrels (except in Mendocino county, unpro-
tected), Sept. 1— Jan. 2.
Mountain quail, grouse, Districts 1 and 23, Sept.
1 — Dec. 1. In Districts 2, 3 and 4, Oct. 15 — Jan. 1.
Sage hen, dove, Sept. 1 — Dec. 1.
Black-breasted and golden plover, Wilson or jack-
snipe, kellowlegs, coot, gallinule, duck (except wood
duck), goose, brant, Oct. 15 — Feb. 1.
Duck, goose, brant, Nov. 1 — Feb. 1.
No open seasons: Does, spike buck,, fawn, elk,
antelope, sheep, pheasant, introduced quail or part-
ridge, turkey, swan, rail, band-tailed pigeon, wood
duck.
Non-resident license, $10.
OREGON.
Listrict No. 1, west of Cascades: —
Deer (male), Aug. 15 — Nov. 1.
Silver gray squirrel, dove, Sept. 1 — Nov. 1.
Quail in Coos, Curry, Jackson, Josephine only,
grouse, Chinese pheasant (except Chinese pheasant
in Coos, Curry and Josephine counties, no open sea-
son; in Jackson, Oct. 1 — 11), Oct. 1 — Nov. 1.
Rail, coot, duck, goose (see exceptions), Nov. 1 —
Jan. 16.
Exceptions: In Coos (goose only), Clatsop, Co-
lumbia, Multnomah and Tillamook counties, Oct. 1 —
Jan. 1. Duck in Coos county, Oct. 1 — Jan. 16.
Black-breasted and golden plover, Wilson or jack-
snipe, yellow-legs (see exception), Nov. 1 — Dec. 16.
Exception: In Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Multno-
mah and Tillamook counties, Oct. 1 — Dec. 16.
No open season: Does and spotted fawn, moose,
elk. antelope, caribou, sheep, goat, quail (except as
above), pheasant, (silver, golden, Reeves and Eng-
lish), Hungarian partridge, bobwhite, prairie chicken,
Franklin grouse, fool hen, "wild turkey, shore birds
(except as above), wild pigeon, wood duck, swan.
District No. 2, east of Cascades (open season same
as in District No. 1, except as follows) : —
Chinese pheasant in Union county and quail in
Klamath county, Oct. 1— Oct. 11.
Ruffed grouse, native pheasant, blue or sooty
grouse, Aug. 15 — Nov. 1.
Prairie chicken in Sherman, Union and Wasco
counties only, Oct. 1 — Oct. 16.
Sage hen, July 15 — Sept. 1.
Black-breasted and golden plover, Wilson or jack-
snipe, yellowlegs, Oct. 1 — Dec. 16.
Rail, coot, duck, goose, Oct. 1 — Jan. 16.
No open season: Silver grey squirrel, imported
pheasant.
Non-resident hunting license, $10.
WASHINGTON.
Deer, goat (except east of Cascades, Oct. 1 — Nov.
15), Sept. 15— Nov. 1.
Caribou (except west of Cascades, no open season),
Oct. 1— Nov. 15.
Ruffed grouse, blue grouse, ptarmigan, quail, west
of Cascades, Sept. 15 — Nov. 1.
East of Cascades: Ruffed grouse, blue grouse (ex-
cept in Yakima county, no open season, and in Aso-
tin, Columbia, Garfield and Walla Walla counties,
Aug. 15— Oct. 2), Sept. 1— Nov. 16.
Quail east of Cascades (except bobwhite in Spo-
kane county, Oct. 1— Nov. 16), Oct. 1— Oct. 11.
Prairie Chicken, Sept. 15 — Nov. 2.
Sage hens (except in Kittitas county, Oct. 1 — Oct.
11), Oct. 15— Nov. 2.
Sage hens (except in Kittitas county, Oct. 1 — Oct.
11), Oct. 15— Nov. 2.
Sharp-tailed grouse (see exceptions), no open
season.
Exceptions: In Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Ferry,
Garfield, Lincoln, Okanogan, Walla Walla and Whit-
man counties, Sept. 1 — Nov. 2. In Douglas county,
Sept. 1— Nov. 2. In Kittitas county, Oct. 1— Oct. 11.
English, Mongolian and Reeves pheasants (see ex-
ceptions), Oct. 1 — Oct. 15.
Exceptions: In Mason and Thurston counties and
east of Cascades, no open season.
Chinese pheasant (see exceptions), Sept. 15 —
Nov. 1.
Exceptions: East of Cascades (except in Benton,
Spokane and Yakima counties, Oct. 1 — Oct 16; Kitti-
tas county, Oct. 1 — Oct. 11), no open season.
Hungarian partridge in Kittitas county, Oct. 1 —
Oct. 11.
Spokane county, Oct. 1 — Nov. 16.
Black-breasted and golden plover, Wilson or jack-
snipe, yellowlegs, Oct. 1 — Dec. 16.
Rail, coot, gallinule, duck, goose, brant, Oct. 1 —
Jan. 16.
No open season: Moose, elk (1925), fawns, moun-
tain sheep, squirrels (gray, black, fox), wild turkey,
dove and introduced birds (except as above).
Non-resident license, $10.
ALASKA.
North of latitude 62 degrees: —
Moose (females and yearlings protected all the
year), caribou, sheep, Aug. 1 — Dec. 11.
South of latitude 62 degrees: —
Deer, Aug. 15 — Nov. 2.
Mountain goat, Aug. 1 — Feb. 2.
Moose (females and yearlings protected all the
year), caribou, sheep, Aug. 20 — Jan. 1.
Brown bear, Oct. 1 — July 2.
Throughout Territory: Grouse, ptarmigan, shore
birds, waterfowl, Sept. 1 — March 2.
Non-resident license, $50.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Deer, goat, male caribou. Sept. 1 — Dec. 16.
Bull moose (in Atlin, Cariboo, Columbia and Skee-
na Electoral Districts only). Sept. 1 — Dec. 16.
Male sheep (except in Okanogan, Similkameen and
Yale Electoral Districts, no open season), Sept. 1 —
Nov. 16.
Ruffed grouse (certain districts), blue grouse,
Franklin grouse, ptarmigan, Sept. 15 — Dec. 1.
Prairie chicken (certain districts), Sept. 15 — Oct.
16.
Quail and male pheasants (certain districts), Oct.
1— Dec. 16.
Rail, coot, plover, snipe, curlew, sandpiper, crane,
duck (see exception), Sept. 1 — Feb. 1.
Exception: In Alberni, Comox, Cowichan, Esqui-
mau, Islands, Nanaimo, Newcastle and Saanich Elec-
toral Districts, Sept. 15— Feb. 16.
Goose (see exception), Sept. 1 — April 1.
Exception: In Chilliwack, Delta and Richmond
Districts, Sept. 1 — March 1.
No open season: Buffalo, elk, young of deer and
goat, and females and young of moose, caribou and
sheep.
Non-resident license, $100, $50, $10.
ARIZONA.
Male deer, Oct. 1— Dec. 16.
Female deer, spotted fawn, elk, antelope, sheep,
goat, no open season.
Bobwhite, grouse, pheasant, no open season.
Quail, Oct. li. — Feb. 2. Wild Turkey, Oct. 1— Dec.
16. Dove and white wing, June 1 — Feb. 2. Gallinule,
Sept. 1 — Dec. 1. Rail, Oct. 15 — Dec. 1. Snipe, plover,
yellowlegs, coot, duuck, goose, brant, Oct. 15 — Feb. 1.
Non-resident license, $25.
IDAHO.
Deer (male) (see exception), goat, Sept. 1 — Dec. 1.
Exception: Deer in Bonner, Clearwater, Idaho,
Kootenai, Latah, Nez Perce and Shoshone counties,
Sept. 20— Dec. 20.
Elk (male), in Bingham, Bonneville, Fremont and
Teton counties only (no open season in rest of state),
Sept. 1 — Jan. 1.
Quail (except in Lemhi county, March 5, 1919),
Nov. 1— Dec. 1.
Partridge, pheasant, grouse (except north of Sal-
mon river, Sept. 1 — Dec. 1), Aug. 15 — Dec. 1.
Turtle dove (except in Fremont county, Aug. 15 —
Dec. 1), sage hen, July 15 — Dec. 1.
Plover, snipe, yellowlegs, Sept. 1 — Dec. 16.
Rail, coot, gallinule, Sept. 1 — Dec. 1.
Duck, Goose, Brant, Oct. 1 — Jan. 16.
No open season: Moose, antelope, caribou, sheep,
buffalo, does, fawns, cow and yearling elk, prairie
chicken, pinnated grouse, imported pheasants, swan
(1918).
In certain counties hunting prohibited until 1920.
Non-resident license, $25.
MONTANA.
Deer, Oct. 1 — Dec. 15.
Elk in Sweetgrass, Stillwater, Park, Gallatin, Mad-
ison ,Teton, Flathead; Beaverhead east of Oregon
Short Line and parts of Missoula and Powell coun-
ties, only, Oct. 1 — Dec. 15.
Pheasant, partridge, prairie chicken, sage hen, fool
hen, grouse (see exception), Sept. 15 — Oct. 16.
Exception: In Custer, Dawson, Richland, Sheri-
dan, Valley, Phillips, Rosebud, Big Horn, Fallon and
Prairie counties, Sept. 1 — Oct. 1.
Black-breasted and golden plover, Wilson or jack-
snipe, yellowlegs, duck, goose, brant, Sept. 1 — Dec. 16.
Rail, coot, gallinule, Sept. 1 — Dec. 1.
No open season: Elk (except as above), sheep,
goat (1918) ; moose, caribou, antelope, bison or buf-
falo quail, imported pheasant, dove.
Non-resident license, $25.
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Buck Attacks Hunter. — Barney Van Buskirk, of
Marysville, was saved from being trampled and but-
ted to death by a four-point muletail deer in Plumas
county recently. Fred Parks prevented Van Buskirk
being killed by a well-aimed shot that killed the deer.
Van Buskirk, Parks, Peter Wing and Dick Kelly
were hunting deer in the wilds of Plumas county.
Kelly wounded a big muletail deer and Van Buskirk
ran ahead to finish the buck.
The deer sprang up when Van Buskirk approached
and jumped on him, knocking him down. The hunter
dropped his gun. and was being trampled by the mad-
dened deer when Parks, risking hitting his friend,
gave the deer the finishing shot. Van Buskirk was
severely cut about the body by the animal's sharp
hoofs.
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Money is surely scarce; approximately $11,362.50
was expended for shells during the week, and $4,545
for targets trapped. Then there was the individual
entrance fee of $79 for the week, not to mention
such incidentals as railroad transportation, hotel
bills, etc. To be sure a few made a good profit on
their individual investment, but a whole lot more
didn't get anything back from the Grand American.
WANT EARLIER OPENING ON DOVES.
Birds Are Scarce in Northern California with but
Few Bag Limits Being Brought In.
Hunters are complaining about the scarcity of
doves in Northern California. Since the season
opened on September 1st, the hills and dells have
been combed, but only a comparatively few limit
bags have been reported. Many hunters are agitat-
ing for an earlier opening of the season. They claim
that the season should come in from Paso Robles
north on August 1st. Last year the season opened on
August 1 and ciosed on the 7th, and then opened later
and the hunters found doves in abundance.
The trouble, hunters say, is that the season opens
so late that the birds have flown south. The mullen
seeds are ripe in the San Joaquin valley and farther
dow-n the coast and the doves have migrated in earch
of their favorite food.
Harold Ladd, who has just returned from a trip
into Berryessa valley in Napa county, says: "I saw-
one dove in all that stretch of country'. Quail are
plentiful, but there are no doves."
Alameda county, which usually supplies many
limits, has but few doves. District Attorney W. H.
L. Hynes sponsored the first shooting party of the
season without much success. The party, eight in
number, secured only five doves.
The Mount Diablo hills back of Martinez have
some doves in them, but hunters in that vicinity have
not been very successful. Contra Costa sportsmen
showed little enthusiasm over the opening.
San Luis Obispo reports that does are scarce, but
over in the valley, Coalinga way, there is better news.
Half a dozen hunters shot limits, but that is the best
to date.
Well up in the Sacramento valley some good bags
have been obtained. Especially around Redding have
dove hunters had luck, but even there nothing un-
usual.
Sportsmen generally feel that the season opens
too late in this section. By September 1 the squabs
are strong and the birds leave for warmer climates.
All reports from those who have been out indicate
that the only good shooting within reasonable dis-
tance is south of the bay. And the farther south the
better.
A. H. Beetham and Thomas J. Miller were two
men who actually secured limits on the opening day.
They betook themselves to Morgan Hill and secured
two limits apiece. A dozen others got nothing.
But scatter-gun hunters may cheer themselves
with this news: Quail are plentiful. Chiles valley,
Berryessa and the Sonoma valleys are full of coveys.
Mountain quail are numerous around Cisco. Kings
City sportsmen report plenty of quail in the vicinity
of Jolon, which is reached by stage. The season
for valley quail opens October 15.
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Deer Die From Peculiar Disease. — During July,
1911, deer began to die in southern Trinity county
and the epidemic spread over the southern half of
this county and passed into Humboldt and northern
Mendocino counties. From descriptions and from
evidence obtained this disease, at least as found in
Trinity county, was due to an infestation of bladder
worms, which parasites developed on the intestines,
liver, lungs, and other vitals of the deer.
Reports this last spring (1916) from two sections
of the state indicate that hundreds of deer have
again died from some peculiar disease. Deputy Per-
kins, of Fort Bragg, reported that a number of deer
were found dead, presumably from disease, in the
Point Arena section. Deputy G. O. Laws, of Weaver-
ville, Trinity county, reported that conditions on and
near a part of the Trinity Forest game refuge (dis-
trict 26) were serious. Large numbers of deer were
found dead. They were in fine condition and could
not have died from starvation. Examination seemed
to show that they had died of the same disease which
attacked deer in Trinity and surrounding counties in
1911. A later report from Mr. Laws states that the
disease spread over a large part of northern Trinity
county, and was fatal to many deer. Mr. Jesse Smith,
of Hawkins Bar. states that he thinks fully one-half
of the deer died in his section. — Fish and Game Com-
mission.
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Homes in Mono and Inyo Forests. — The Forest
Service has recently laid out sites suitable for sum-
mer homes, resorts, and permanent camps in the
Mono and Inyo National Forests, according to a re-
port given out by District Forester DuBois. These
sites are available along Rock Creek in the Inyo
Forest, and at Gull, Summit, and Silver lakes in the
Mono. The sites on Rock Creek and at Silver Lake
are reached via the Bishop-Bridgeport State High-
way, of which the Deadman's Hill and Sherman
Hill sections were recently completed. Lakes and
streams near by these sites are well stocked with
fish, in which large catches are reported.
The construction of roads, trails, and the increas-
ing interest of the public in the National Forests
as recreation regions has resulted in a larger number
of campers and travelers in the Mono and Inyo For-
ests this year than ever before. Resorts and hotels
in or near the Forests have been crowded, and out-
fitters and packers have been doing a large business.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept. 16, 1916
C--.—
Sportsmen's Row
Del Monte is going to make a bid tor the California-
Nevada state championship shoot next season. The
grounds are beautifully located and it is figured that
a large attendance will be attracted.
• • •
The Golden Gate Club will hold its monthly shoot
on the Alameda grounds tomorrow (September 17).
Manager Pete Ashcroft has everything in readiness
for a large turn-out. The following Sunday, Septem-
ber 24, the Alameda Elks will put on their big mer-
chandise shoot to close the season.
• • ■
Local nimrods are showering congratulations on
Mrs. Ettie Haughawout, who became the bride of
George W. Lewis on Admission Day. Mrs. Lewis has
participated in many of the Golden Gate Club's tour-
naments and is a fair shooter who has been able to
hold her own at the traps. It is hoped that the bride
and bridegroom will continue to take an interest in
the trapshooting sport.
• • •
It is thought that the Grand American Handicap
tournament for 1917 will be held either in Chicago,
HI., or Indianapolis. Ind. Both cities have splendid
grounds for the event, Chicago having the edge on
Indianapolis, as the lake front grounds in Grand
Park, where the tournament was held in 1915, are
within walking distance of several of the largest
hotels in that city, while the grounds of the Indianap-
olis Gun Club are a half-hour's ride from the busi-
ness district of that city. The location of the 1917
Grand American Handicap will not be made until the
meeting of the Interstate Association in New York
City in December next. Should Chicago get the
event the entries will probably exceed those of 1915,
for every trapshooter in the country likes to visit
the second largest city in America at least once a
year.
• • •
J. F. Wulf showed his nerve under circumstances
that would have thrown most men off their stride.
He had one more target to shoot at in the Grand
American, and he needed it to keep out of a tie, when
a number of enthusiastic rooters rushed up to the
score and began to congratulate him on winning the
event. Jack simply accepted the good wishes, and
then in order to insure that they should not have
been too previous, turned to the trap, called "pull,"
and broke the deciding target, which gave him the
trophy with 99.
• • •
John Hoerman of St. Louis, Mo., or "Johnny No-
Legs," as he is better known to the trapshooters, is
the "best referee in the country," in the opinion of
Mr. Shaner, and Elmer's experience with these offi-
cials in all parts of the United States makes him
an authority on the subject.
• • o
One of the amusing features of the St. Louis shoot
was the sight of R. A. Yancy, Jackson, Tenn., parad-
ing around the grounds, closely followed by his pet
goose wearing a bright red jacket. Mr. Yancy did
not enter the contests as he arrived too late to make
entry.
• • •
Fred Gilbert is not always at his best, but he for-
gets a lost target quickly and never nurses a grouch
because he fatted to break 'em all. He is one of
the best of entertainers, hence his Indian name of
"Chief Heap Talk."
• • •
The report circulated a few days ago that ex-
President Theodore Roosevelt was going to Africa
on another big game hunt after the election in No-
vember is pronounced untrue by Mr. Roosevelt, who
says he has no intention of returning to Africa after
game.
• • •
He was some shot, was A. H. Hunter, who recently
died in California. It is said he never failed to land
his bullet in the mark. His life was spent in the
Saratoga Valley. Wyoming, where he was known as
the quickest man with the gun in the West. His
75 years speak well for the open-air life he led.
Always a hunter, and a most successful one.
• • •
A novel idea for dog shows is suggested by an
exchange. At every show the novice criticises the
judge's decisions, and the idea is to have the novice
do the judging. Select one for each breed, as far as
practicable, and after he has gone through his
classes, submit his placings to a jury of professional
judges. There would probably be a lot of reverses,
but it should furnish a day of real fun to say nothing
of the educational value to the exhibitors and spec-
tators.
• • •
Fernbridge, Sept. 10. — Steelhead are running into
Grieg's pool in schools. The entire course of the
Eel river from Fernbridge down is full of fish, run-
ning from one-half pound to four or five pounds.
Salmon are running in and large catches are being
made at Van Duzen pool near Loteta. The steel-
head have followed the salmon and there is every
indication that the run is on in earnest. Good catches
have been made recently.
Washington Field Trials. — Taconia (Wash.), Sep-
tember 14. — Running a beautiful trial and handling
her birds in perfect style, F. D. Deane's Matoca yes-
terday again scored another victory in the annual
trials of the Washington field trials club at Yelm.
Matoca proved to be the winner in the original derby
and again duplicated her victory in yesterday's tri-
als. Maggie G, a pointer entered by the Delta Ken-
nels of Ladner, B. G, was awarded second, while
Mohawk Tess, a setter owned by Lyle Frazier of
Vancouver, B. C, scored third money.
In the All-Age stakes, the Wilkes entry Melrose
Dudie was awarded first money, while Florette, en-
tered by the Delta Kennels, was second. Shotover, a
setter owned by C. Godson of Vancouver, B. C, was
third.
ac
Los Angeles Club. — C. W. Fish was victorious in
the diamond pin shoot at the Los Angeles Gun Club
on Sunday. Fish smashed 46x50. He was pressed
for first honors by Ed. Mohler and Ed. Mitchel, who
both had 45-50. The scores:
Diamond Pin Event — S. R. Smith, handicap 19 —
broke 43; H. E. Sargent 19—38, F. Free 19—44,
C. W. Fish 20 — 46, E. K. Mohler 20 — 45, E. Mitchell
20—45, C. M. Wood 16 — 42, Mrs. H. Perry 16—39,
Win. Kennedy 16—39.
Practice Event — S. R. Smith 40, L. M. Packard 46,
F. Free 48, Mrs. H. Perry 40. E. Mitchell 47. C. M.
Wood 43. C. W. Clement 49. E. K. Mohler 45, H. E.
Sargent 38, C. W. Fish 44, S. A. Selover 19, J. Mann
42, R. L. Murray 38, G. W. McNealy 36, Mrs. C. W.
Fish 28, Wm. Gaule 32, Wm. Kennedy 42, Seth Hart
41, B. L. Graves 45, E. C. Crossman 44, Mrs. E. C.
Crossman 38, O. Evans 15x25, F. H. Teeple Sr. 42,
F. H. Teeple Jr 44, Ray Finn 41, Joe Gross 36, Guy
Pulley 42.
QG
Ducks Here by Thousands. — Duck hunters are
wearing broad and happy smiles these days. The
reason is that birds by the thousands have been
sighted along the San Francisco bay points and along
the coast. Numerous sprigs in full plumage have
occasioned no end of surprise and comment. Hunters
claim that the birds have migrated from the north at
this early date, which is taken as an indication that
other large flights will put in an appearance during
the next couple of months.
Just what caused these birds to leave the north
so early has not been settled. Ducks have the fac-
ulty of scenting a storm and getting clear of it and
it might be that severe weather will be experienced
in the north.
Local hunters are trusting that no storm w7ill come
up in these parts before the opening of the season to
drive the ducks south. If fair weather is had, predic-
tions are freely made that the greatest duck hunting
season in years will be recorded around the bav.
QG
Federal Migratory Regulations. — Washington, D.C.,
Aug. 20. — Regulations designating open seasons for
hunting migratory birds under the new federal mi-
gratory bird law were promulgated today by Secre-
tary Houston of the agricultural department. They
apply only in cases where equal protection to the
birds is not provided under state laws, the state
laws governing where the open seasons they desig-
nate begin later or end earlier than stipulated in the
federal designations.
All insectivorous birds are protected indefinitely
under the Secretary's order, and protection until
September 1, 1918, is provided for band-tailed pig-
eons, cranes, wood ducks, swans, curlew, willet, up-
land plover and smaller shore birds.
Open seasons for other water fowl, coots, galli-
nules, Jacksnipes, black breasted and golden plover,
greater and lesser yellow legs, rails and woodcocks
are designated state by state.
QG
Peck's Talk on Handtrap. — It is surprising to note
the hundreds of sportsmen in all parts of the coun-
try who are resorting to the handtrap to get their
quota of the pleasure and thrills which this great
American sport affords.
Time was when the shotgun enthusiast was de-
pendent upon the trapshooting club for this recrea-
tion and was lucky indeed if he did not have to
journey many miles to indulge in the sport.
Today, however, the problem is solved in the
hand-trap, a portable device which may be laid on
the floor of an automobile beside the gunease, taken
on the train or on the yacht. It is always ready
for business and never loses its energy. It is to be
found on the country estate and on the farm. The
clerk in the city office becomes as independent as
his employer, for while the latter may do his shooting
at the country club or over the traps of the gun club
in the city, the clerk with hand-trap, gun shells and
fifty or one hundred targets, may board a street car
with his companions and in a very short time be
experiencing all of the delights that go with the
sport. — George Peck.
QG
The women instructors of the Victoria public
schools. Victoria, B. C, have formed a rifle club,
which holds a weekly shoot in the Pemberton gym-
nasium. At present there are fifteen members in
the club. Last week a competition was held for the
best shot, a prize of a sterling spoon being offered.
It was won by Miss Belle Hastie of the Oaklands
school, who made a score of 42 out of a possible 50.
Mr. Shortt of the School Board presented the winner
with the trophy.
WAR HAS ITS EFFECT ON BIRD LIFE.
Feathered Game Has Experience With the Bom-
bardment in European Conflict.
According to the observations of Russian natural-
ists, during the first year of the war jackdaws and
rooks disappeared, larks no longer sang in the fields,
and even sparrows grew very scarce. The eagle, a
constant resident of the Carpathians, migrated to the
Balkans, and the wild pigeon disappeared also. The
president of the Russian Ornithological Committee,
D. M. Rossinsky, has noted the influence of military
operations upon the migration of birds. Thus ordin-
arily in Central Siberia birds gravitate during the
spring from south to north, in eastern Siberia from
eoutheast to northwest, and in European Russia from
southwest to northeast.
Seeing that military operations are proceeding
exactly in the region of these migratory routes, the
flights of birds are powerfully affected, especially
those of the stork and snipe. A very well known
Moscow bird-hunter recollects that in the Russo-
Turkish war of 1877-8, near Moscow, an unusual
quantity of snipe was observed; and a French au-
thority noted the appearance in the woods of Flan-
ders some time after the commencement of the war
of numerous herds of wild boar, which had descended
from the Vosges and Ardennes, presumably terrifiec
by the din of gun and rifle fire.
Commenting en the appeal of the Petrograd Soci-
ety of Naturalists, to which reference has just been
made, Prof. Kaigorodov, a renowned ornithologist,
mentions that an extraordinary movement of geese
northward had recently been reported to him. It is
evident that these birds could not settle in Mitau
and White Russia owing to the military operations
in progress there, and they flew away. The same is
true with regard to ducks, very many of which ap-
peared on the River Volhov. "Of course," this au-
thority continues, "it would be premature to affirm
that this, that, or the other departure from the usual
standard is indubitably the result of the war opera-
tions; but the war has furnished, and will still
furnish, many interesting and valuable observations
in this connection."
QG
TEMPLETON WINS COAST HANDICAP.
Portland (Ore.). September 12. — O. N. Ford of
San Jose, Cal.. won the Pacific Coast introductory
match at the opening here today of the eleventh
Pacific Coast Handicap shooting tournament. Ford
tied with H. Lorenzen, Newman. Cal.; Hugh McEl-
roy, Spokane, and Peter H. O'Brien. Portland, in
this event, all breaking 96 clay targets out of 100.
O. N. Ford, along with H. Lorenzen, captured high
ished second. McElroy third and O'Brien fourth.
In the shoot-off to decide the winner, Lorenzen fin-
amateur average of the day, with 134 out of 140 in
the regular events, while in the special race of ten
pairs of doubles, Charles Leith of Woodburn, Ore.
W. W. McCormack of Eugene, Ore., J. E. Rice of
Bellingham. Wash., and E. J. Fannin of Sand Point,
Idaho, each recorded eighteen breaks in twenty at-
tempts.
High professional in the 100-bird race went to
Fred A. Dryden of Spokane, Wash., and Hugh E.
Poston of San Francisco, each with 98. and grand
average for the 140 targets went to Hugh Poston,
with 137.
The five high guns in the 140-target race were:
H. E. Poston, San Francisco (professional), 137;
Fred A. Dryden, Spokane (professional), 136; O. N.
Ford, San Jose, 134; H. Lorenzen, Newman, 134.
September 13 — H. Lorenzen of Newman. Cal., won
first prize in the Pacific Coast preliminary handicap
even at Portland today at the shooting tournament.
A high wind resulted in low scores, Lorenzen
breaking only 91 out of 100. Peter H. O'Brien, Port-
land; Charles Leith, Woodburn, Ore., and Frank
Troeh, Vancouver, Wash., tied for second with 90.
In the shoot-off Leith got second, O'Brien third and
Troeh fourth.
O. N. Ford of San Jose won the Pacific Coast
special event with 97 breaks out of 100. Other scores
in this match were: O'Brien 96, Troeh 95, Guy Eg-
bers, Pasco, Wash., 93, and Frank Van Atta, Van-
couver, Wash., 92.
September 14. — The Pacific Coast Handicap match,
the big event of the eleventh annual Pacific Coast
trapshooting tournament, was won today by Frank
Templeton of Portland, who broke 91 out of 100 tar-
gets at the 20-yard line. W. K. France of Arlington,
Ore., standing on the 18-vard line, was second with
90.
William E. Carlon of Portland and Mark Rickard
of Portland, both standing'at the 17-yard line, tied
for third in the Pacific Coast Handicap match with
89. A. P. Haliburton. Lindsay, Cal., 20 yards; Peter
H. O'Brien, 21 yards, and G. L. Templeton, 16 yards,
tied for fourth place with 88.
Frank M. Troeh of Vancouver, Wash., won the
Pacific Coast overture event. He broke 93 clay tar-
gets out of 100. Gusty winds prevented good scores.
Guy F. Egbers. Pasco, Wash., Frank Templeton,
Portland, and Peter H. O'Brien, Portland, tied for
second with 91 breaks. C. L. Templeton, Seattle;
W. W. McCornack. Eugene, Ore., and Dennis J. Holo-
han, Burley, Idaho, ited for third with 90 breaks.
Saturday, Sept. 16, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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COMMENT ON THE GRAND AMERICAN.
Trap Shooting Classic Does Not Suffer in Comparison
with Other Tournaments.
The Grand American trapshooting tournament held
||.n St. Louis, Mo., late in August did not suffer one
ota in comparison with any of the other sixteen an-
lual trapshooting classics. It was the largest in
point of numbers with one exception — that exception
peing in Chicago in 1915. Chicago went into the
iffair tooth and nail and strove for 1000 entries in
(:he Grand American Handicap. St. Louis would
iiave been satisfied with one-half of that number in
:he Grand American, and a correspondingly smaller
ipumber in the other events, but one large tourna-
ment only whetted the appetite of the trapshooters
for more and they came to St. Louis in such large
lumbers that the tournament was a trifle unwieldy,
and quite naturally it ran beyond schedule time.
227,250 targets were thrown.
Mound City sportsmen and writers have been in-
'formed that the Grand American trapshooting tour-
nament was the greatest of American sporting
?vents. They asked to be shown. That is a failing
they have in Missouri — to be shown. Well, they
were. Never has a bigger sporting event been held
In St. Louis than the Grand American trapshooting
:ournament — and no bigger or more interesting sport-
,ng event could be hel'd anywhere. Here there were
more than 600 persons shooting at clay targets —
mite a number of them being women. It was the
irst time that women trapshooters were allowed to
jnter the events and they made excellent use of the
privilege. The Interstate Association made a wise
move in allowing the women to enter the sport with
the men. Quite a number of them are first-class
shots and the majority of them will improve in com-
petition.
It was a truly representative American gathering
>f sportsmen — real sportsmen. A finer band of men
ind women would be impossible to find. They came
from Maine to California, and from Canada to Mex-
,co — nearly all business men and women, who love
.he sport of trapshooting. It is a sport, too, where
fairness is put above everything else. There were
nany instances of this during the week of shooting.
One notable instance was in the doubles target
.match for the Hazard trophy between Guy Dering,
[he holder, and George Nicolai, the challenger. Trap-
shooters do not dispute the decision of the referee —
his decision is final, and right or wrong one seldom
bears a complaint. In this case Nicolai fired and
knocked one of the targets out of its course. The
referee called "lost." Dering asked the referee to
change his verdict to "dead," declaring that he was
firm in his belief that Nicolai had hit the target, and
at Bering's suggestion the change was made. This
target put Nicolai one target in front of Dering and
it might have been the championship, too. But that
is the type of men and women that are to be found
in the sport. Nicolai did win the match, for at the
last forty targets Dering could hardly manage his
gun, the gun barrels being so warm — but there was
no alibi from him when the scare was announced
against him.
The week's shooting brings out many shooters un-
heard of at other times, and usually some shooter
with a meagre reputation wins the Grand American
Handicap. This year was no exception to the rule.
Captain Jack Wulf, of Milwaukee, Wis., as pictur-
esque a character as ever appeared before- the traps,
won the Grand American, and he did it in a most
satisfactory manner. He has been shooting ever
since he wore knee breeches and his win was a thor-
oughly popular one.
Wulf is always attired like a cowboy, even to the
wide sombrero, and wears a shell bag made out of
Mexican beads. He went out with an unfinished run
of 93. The first person to congratulate him on his
victory was L. B. Clarke, of Chicago, the winner of
last year's event. Besides Clarke there were six
other former Grand American Handicap winners in
the event. They were J. J. Blanks, Fred Harlow,
Harve Dixon, who won the St. Louis Introductory;
W. E. Phillips, Mart Hootman and Woolfolk Hender-
son. Wulf shot from 19 yards, being the fifth shooter
to win the event from that mark. Three times it has
been won from 19, three times from 17, three times
from 16, twice from 22 and once from 20 yards. In
the seventeen years of the tournament there was but
one other 99 score and only once was the perfect
score made. That was in Chicago on June 23, 1910,
by Riley Thompson.
While the Gland American Handicap attracts the
greatest number of entries and is regarded as the
classic event of a classic tournament, take it from
us, that the event that the chief interest is centered
in is the national amateur championship — in which
only the winners of State championships — or runners-
up, in case the champion cannot attend — can com-
pete. There are many shooters who would give every
buffalo nickel they possess to win a State champion
and have the honor of shooting in this event. This
race was won by Frank M. Troeh, of Vancouver,
Wash., who broke 99. Three years straight this
championship has been won with 99. Charles New-
comb, of Philadelphia, broke that many targets last
year, and Woolfolk Henderson, of Lexington, Ky.,
accomplished the feat the year before. Troeh broke
79 before missing. Thirty-seven State champions
faced the traps; the representatives of Delaware,
Minnesota, New Hampshire, Florida, Mississippi,
Oregon, Maine, Montana and Virginia being among
the missing. Seven of the State champions broke
100 targets in winning the State title — and it was the
opinion of the vast throng of trapshooters that it
would take 100 breaks to win. A peculiar thing about
the week's shooting is that not a perfect score was
made in any one of the 100-target competitions.
The professional shots had their own little tourna-
ments daily and these brought out two almost un-
heard of shooters, who will be quite prominently
mentioned in professional circles for some time.
Homer Clark, a little shaver, of Alton, 111., won the
final shoot of the E. C. trophy over a varied assort-
ment of targets, and also the E. C. trophy for the
open title at doubles and singles, and then proceeded
to put up the high score every day until the single
target championship was shot for, and then Clark
was tied by Phil Miller, of Dallas, Tex., a professional
of two months, and on the shoot-off Miller won. When
one hears these names, it sort o' makes you feel that
the veterans are passing. — [Peter P. Carney.
QC
Tournament at Del Monte. — Del Monte staged an
interesting blue rock tournament on September 8,
9 and 10. Over thirty nimrods took part in the pro-
gram and the visitors were loud in their praise of
beautiful Del Monte as the scene of trapshooting
activity. The events were well contested with some
high scores being set.
Five events totaling 100 targets were shot on Sep-
tember 8. W. Yarien of Monterey, an amateur, was
high gun with a string of 96.
The trophy for high gun went to J. B. Brady, who
had to his credit 91. L. S. Hawxhurst, professional,
with but two misses in 100, won the open event.
Following are the scores above the eighty mark: —
J. B. Brady 91, George Thomas 81, W. Varien 96,
J. A. Cook* 90, R. C. Reed* 92, L. S. Hawxhurst* 98,
A. G. Wilkes 87, C. A. Haight* 89, W. R. Ellis* 90.
Thirty-five marksmen took their places at the traps
in the second shoot day. The event was an Admis-
sion Day handicap, 100 birds. Tony Prior was high
gun. With a 21-yard handicap he broke 94 of the
100 birds. Scores: —
Tony Prior (21) 94, David McFadden (19) 93, Bar-
ney Worthen (20) 89, William Landry (20) 88, Al
Cook (20) 90. Dick Reed (22) 88, Bill Ellis (20) 84,
W. H. Price (19) 88, Miss Meyers (19) 76.
The Del Monte blue rock handicap at 100 targets
was won on Sunday by J. B. Brady of the Bohemian
Club, with the excellent score of 96, shooting from
18 yards. Dr. A. M. Barker of San Jose was second
high gun, with 63 breaks from 19 yards. B. Worthen
(21 yards) and H. R. Phinney (18 yards) tied for
third, with 90. The trophy for this position went to
Worthen, who won the shoot-off, 23 out of 25.
Anion gthe professionals, Dick Reed was high,
breaking 89 from 22 yards. Bill Ellis scored second
place, with 87 out of 100, from 20 yards. Len Hawx-
hurst shot 81 out of the 100 from 22 yards.
Following are the scores of the Del Monte han-
dicap: A. G. Wilkes (20) 87, Dr. C. D. McGettigan
(19) 76, T. T. C- Gregory (19) 73, George Anderson
(19) 84, George Thomas (17) 89, C. McFadden (17)
82, Miss G. Meyers (16) 70, Mrs. A. G. Wilkes (16)
56, Louis Sloss (16) 85, Tony Prior (23) 79, B. Wor-
then (21) 90, L. S. Hawxhurst* (22) 8,9, Dick Reed*
(22) 89, Charles Nash (21) 86, H. R. Phinney (18)
90, Dr. Edward Topham (18) 89, Dr. A. M. Barker
(19) 93, A. F. Baumgartner (19) 79, J. B. Brady (18)
96. A. L. Cook* (20) 80, Bill Ellis* (20) 87, D. Mc-
Fadden (20) 89, F. Thoicke (19) 88, J. W. F. Moore*
(19) 59. (*Professionasl.)
QC
Peters' Pointers. — Mr. L. H. Reid, of Seattle, Wash.,
on August 27th, finished a straight run of 319 targets,
and on Aug. 30th, shooting on the Seattle grounds,
made a long run of 168, unfinished. He used Peters
"steel where steel belongs" shells.
At Williams, Ariz., Dr. P. A. Melick won High
Amateur and General Average, score 194 x 200. Mr.
Ben Wilson of Gallup, N. M., was third amateur,
breaking 192 x 200, and Mr. W. E. Mullen of Ray,
Ariz., fourth amateur with 190. Mr. A. W. Bruner
of Los Angeles was High Professional, breaking 172
x 200. Each of these gentlemen shot Peters Shells.
At Los Angeles, Mr. L. S. Hawxhurst of Oakland,
Cal., was second professional (tie), breaking 289x300
and tied for High Professional on all targets, 381 x
400, making a long run of 111 straight. He used
Peters "steel where steel belongs" shells.
Mr. O. N. Ford, the noted trap-shot of San Jose,
Cal., while usin',' Peters shells in a large part of his
shooting during the 1916 season has made some very
creditable scores. At Salinas 99x100; at San Jose
483 x 500, the highest score made in the United
States for A. A. T. A. medal; Los Angeles 384x400,
including 95x100 from 22 yards; Aitkin, Minn., 289
x300; Duluth, Minn., 146x150; Rawlins, Wyo., 379
x 400. He has made long runs of 75, 62, 55, 52, 79.
98 and 59 from 22 yards. These scores show a total
of 1825 breaks out of 1890 targets shot at with
Peters shells and a percentage of 96.29.
OB
San Jose Program. — The San Jose Blue Rock Club
is out with the program for the registered shoot on
September 24 and 25. There will also be some prac-
tice events on Saturday, September 23d, including a
100-target competition. On Sunday there will be
eight 20-targets, one 50-targets and a miss-and-out
contest. The same program will be run off on Mon-
day. Trophies will be set up for each lady entrant.
The O. N. Ford championships at 25 doubles and fifty
singles will be shot.
GRAND AMERICAN TROPHY WINNERS.
St. Louis Introductory — 1st, H. Dixon, 197; 2d,
G. T. Hall, 194; 3d, W. Ridley, 194.
Mound City Overture — 1st, F. M. Troeh, 99; 2d,
M. Arie, 99; 3d, R. A. King, 99.
National Amateur Championship at Doubles — 1st,
Allen Heil, 89; 2d, F. Ford, 88; 3d, R. A. King, 81.
National Amateur Championship at Singles — F. M.
Troeh, 99.
Special Events for Women — First day, Mrs. L. G.
Vogel, 47; second day, Mrs. H. Almert, 45; fourth
day, Mrs. D. J. Dalton, 47.
Preliminary Handicap — 1st, Al Koyen, 97; 2d, L. S.
Rambo, 96; 3d, C. D. McGary, 95.
Grand American Handicap — 1st, J. F. Wulff, 99;
2d, E. Maland, 98; 3d, Chas. Atkinson, 97; 4th, D. C.
Rogers, 97; 5th, H. C. Daley, 97.
Consolation Handicap — 1st, H. Furnas, 96 (17 in
shoot-off) ; 2d, W. E. Phillips, Jr., 96 (16 in shoot-
off) ; 3d, Mrs. L. G. Vogel, 95.
Women's Trophy in G. A. H. — Mrs. L. G. Vogel, 87;
Miss H. Hammond, 84.
Professional Trophy— P. R. Miller, 97 (25 in shoot-
off).
Targets Trapped.
Preliminary Day —
St. Louis Introductory 42,480
Professionals 4.325
Joker 1,124
Total 47,929
First Day —
Mound City Overture 21,200
Double Championship 7,100
National Amateur Championship 3,700
Ladies' event , 600
Professionals 4,850
Joker 1,918
Total 38,828
Second Day —
Preliminary Handicap 50,620
Ladies' event 750
Professionals 5,000
Joker 2,603
Total 58,973
SB
Vernon Club. — Ties were the feature of the shoot-
ing program at the Vernon Gun Club on Sunday.
In the season trophy event S. A. Bruner, L. C. For-
rest and C. E. Groat tied for high, each breaking
48x50. In the shoot-off at 25 targets Bruner was
victorious, getting 24x25. This gave him the gold
bar.
S. A. Bruner was again high on the 100 targets
when he turned in a score of 97x100. C. E. Groat
was second with 96x100. In the practice event, Dier-
doff and Bruner tied for high with 49x50, while Groat
was again runner up with 48x50. This gave Bruner
a clear field for the day, as he captured every event.
Sixteen shooters took part in the day's shoot.
The complete scores ars as follows —
Practice. Trophy
Hdcp. Ttl. Ttl.
Dierdoff 18 24 25—49 23 21—44
F. A. Bruner 20 24 25—49 24 24—48
A. W. Bruner 16 . . . . — . . 24 22—46
Forrest 17 22 23—45 25 25—48
Pugh 18 22 23—45 23 22—45
Ed. Bohring 18 . . . . — . . 25 22—47
Meek 18 21 22—43 22 24—46
Bole 16 20 22—42 24 22—46
Linderman 16 21 20—41 20 22—42
Hardey 16 20 19—39 . . . .— . .
Cooper 16 22 22—44 22 23—45
Mentzuber 16 .. . . — . . 21 22—43
Groat 19 24 24—48 24 24—48
Kimble 16 22 . .—22 . . . . — . .
90
Westy Hogans' Shoot. — Atlantic City, N. J., Sept.
12. — Alfred Plum of Atlantic City won the all-around
trapshooting championship by defeating Edward L.
Bartlett, Baltimore, in the challenge match for the
"E. C." cup today, preliminary to the 10th annual
tournament of the Westy Hogans. Bartlett won the
cup last month at the Grand American handicap in
St. Louis and Plum was the runner up on that occa-
sion.
Plum broke 181 of his 200 targets today while
Bartlett smashed 165. The winner broke 144 in 150
singles and 37 in the 25 pairs of doubles comprising
the event. Bartlett broke 131 singles and 34 in the
doubles.
Lester S. German, the Maryland professional, was
high gun in today's practice sboot by breaking 149
of his 150 targets. Allen Heil, Allentown, the Penn-
sylvanian State champion; Frank S. Wright, Buf-
falo, and Plum, all amateurs, were tied for second
place with 147 breaks each. W. H. Patterson, of
Buffalo, also an amateur, broke 146. A. Sommers,
Delta, Pa., was second high professional with 146
breaks.
9B
Mrs. Chas. A. O'Connor of Spokane, Wash., re-
cently astonished the natives there by breaking 48 x
50 targets at the Spokane Gun Club. Mrs. O'Connor
is a comparatively new shooter, but has taken to the
sport like a duck takes to water, and with the en-
couragement of her hubby, who can break 147x150
most any day in the year, she is making a very rapid
progress and placing to her credit an unusual aver-
age for a woman.
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THE BREEDER ANI> SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept. 16, 1916
[Continued from Page 6.]
High steppers, mare or gelding, to be shown to
appropriate vehicle; conformation, quality and per-
formance to count; prizes §20, $10 and $5. — Confi-
dence, owned by R. L. English, first; Kildare, owned
by Ethel B. Davie, second; My Surprise, owned by
Mrs. Carolyn Schreiber, third.
Hunters, in pairs; lady and gentleman, both in
costume; four hurdles; prizes $20 and $10. — Alta-
dena and Bounder, both owned by R. L. English,
first; Wonderland, owned by Mrs. A. W. Pike, and
Mystery, owned by W. J. Batchelder, second.
Weight-carrying class up to 200 pounds; prizes
$20, §10 and $5. — Kildare,- owned by Ethel B. Davie,
first; Golden, owned by E. C. Ford, second; Edith
Adams, owned by Dr. Lee C. Deming, third.
Three-gaited class, 15.2 or over; conformation and
quality 50 per cent, paces and manners 50 per cent;
prizes $20, $10 and $5. — Mavis, owned by H. C. Ah-
lers, first; Confidence, owned by R. L. English, sec-
ond; Edith Adams, owned by Dr. Lee C. Deming,
third.
Novelty class, best team, rig and equipment; prizes
gold and silver medals. — My Surprise, owned by Mrs.
Carolyn Schreiber, first; Kildare, owned by Ethel B.
Davie, second.
High jump, any age or sex; prizes $20 and §10. —
Bounder, owned by R. L. English, first; Jupiter,
owned by Mrs. Leota I. Zapp, second.
Five-gaited horses, stallions, four years old and
over, prizes $50, $25 and $15.— Highland Monarch,
entered by Adelaide S. Gillis-McCormick, first;
Comedian, entered by R. L. English, second; Jurist,
entered by Dr. Lee C. Deming, third.
High school class; prizes $25 and $10. — Jupiter,
entered by Leota I. Zapp, first: Firecracker, entered
by Mrs. C. B. Anderson, second.
Pony class, other than Shetland; combination to
be ridden and driven by a boy or girl under fifteen;
prizes $20, $10 and $5. — Hassan, entered by Mrs.
C. B. Anderson, first; Babe, entered by Montecito
Riding School, second; Lady, entered by Miss Ger-
aldine Bowers, third.
Hunter class, gentlemen in costume, up to $200
pounds; prizes $20, $10 and $5. — Bounder, entered by
R. L. English, first; Altadena, entered by R. L. Eng-
lish, second; Sweetheart, entered by R. H. Gudgeon,
third.
Polo class, 14 hands and not exceeding 15 hands,
to be worked through obstacles; conformation and
quality 50 per cent, speed, performance and manners
50 per cent; prizes $20, $10 and $5. — Wabash, en-
tered by San Francisco Riding School, first; Doris,
entered by San Francisco Riding School, second;
Sir Hugh, entered by Montecito Riding School, third.
Combination class, five-gaited stallions, any age —
San Vicente (Mrs. A. S. Gillis-McCormick) first.
Comedian (R. L. English) second, and Jurist (Dr.
Lee C. Deming) third.
Polo class, with mallet — Sarah Rex (San Francisco
Riding School) first, Wabash (San Francisco Riding
School) second, and Sir Hugh (Montecito Riding
School) third.
Three-gaited class, any age or sex, for gentlemen
only — Kildare (Miss Ethel B. Davie) first. Confidence
(R. L. English) second, and Golden (E. C. Ford)
third.
Three-gaited class, any age or sex — Star I (E. S.
Heller) first, Confidence (R. L. English) second, and
Kildare (Miss Ethel B. Davie) third.
Tandem saddle class — Wonderland and Rex Mc-
Donald (Mrs. A. W. Pike) first, My Surprise and
Chester Chief (Mrs. Carolyn Schreiber) second, and
Confidence and Kildare (R. L. English), third.
Hunter class, ladies and gentlemen in costume —
Bounder (R. L. English) first, Wonderland (Mrs. A.
W. Pike) second, and Altadena (R. L. English) third.
Tandem Hunter, wheeler a trotter, leader a
hunter — Kildare and Bounder (R. L. English) first;
Peanuts and Fred (San Francisco Riding School)
second. Prizes $20 and $10.
Five-gaited class, any age or sex, gentlemen only —
Helen Idlewood (R. L. English) first; Angelus But-
terfly (R. L. English) second; Candy Kid (Dr. W. J.
Smythe, Oakland) third. Prizes, $20, $10 and $5.
Futurity, Pacific Coast Gaited Saddle Horse Asso-
ciation No. !. — San Vincent (Mrs. A. S. Gillis-
McCormick) first; Le Grand McDonald (E. A. Bridg-
ford) second; King Denmark (Mrs. W. Bernstein)
third; King Cyrus (E. A. Bridgford) fourth.
Five-gaited class, any age or sex, ladies only. —
Helen Idlewood (R. L. English first; Angelus Butter-
fly (R. L. English) second; Rex McDonald (Mrs. A.
W. Pike, Redwood City) third. Prizes $20, $10 and
$5.
High jumping contest: Bounder (R. L. English)
first; Altadena (R. L. English) second; Jupiter (Leo-
ta I. Zapp, Fresno) third. Prizes, $20, $10 and $5.
Grafton long jump, free-for-all, jumping only to
count, 10 feet in width over pasteboard boxes —
Bounder (R. L. English) and Sarah Rex (Dr. Lee C.
Deming) tied for first place.
Combination team, any size or sex, different own-
ers not barred; team to be unharnessed in ring and
shown under saddle. — R. L. English's Tarna Denmark
and Dr. W. J. Smythe's Candy Kid, first; O. Younger
and E. S. Heller's Chester Chief and Star I., second;
Dr. W. Henderson's Zamil and Mubarka, third.
Harness pair, any sex, 15 hands or over — Tom
Smith and Jonesie Mac (D. E. Hoffman) first: My
Surprise and Chester Chief (San Francisco Riding
School) second; Colonel Roosevelt and Major Mc-
Kinley (F. H. Metz) third.
Roadsters, 15.2 hands or over — Colonel Roosevelt
(F. H. Metz) first; Jonsie Mac (D. E. Hoffman) sec-
ond; Bon Lark (H. C. Ahlers) third.
Tandem harness class, any si?e — Kildare and Star
(R. L. English) first; My Surprise and Chester
Chief (San Francisco Riding School) second.
Best lady rider, amateurs only — Mrs. A. W. Pike,
first; Mrs. E. Riddle, second.
Polo class, 14 to 15 hands— Calamba (San Fran-
cisco Riding School) first; Sir Hughes (Montecito
Riding Schoon second; Doris (San Francisco Riding
School) third.
Jumping over 4 hurdles — Mrs. Leota Zapp's Jupiter
first, R. L. English's Bounder second.
Five-gaited class — Sweepstake State Class — Stal-
lion, mare or gelding. — Helen Idlewood (R. L. Eng-
lish) first, San Vicente (A. S. Gillis-McCormick) sec-
ond, Angelus Butterfly (R. L. English) third.
Three-gaited Class, Champion State Class, mare or
gelding of any age, competition limited to first prize
winners in individual classes. — Confidence (R. L.
English) won. Prize — cup valued at $50.
Pony class — gold medal — five animals, any sex. —
Beraldine Bowers, five ponies, won.
Pony Awards.
Class 40. Section 301. Shetland Pony Stallion,
three years or over — First, Chester, Geraldine Bow-
ers, Davis; second, Prince of Wales, Geraldine
Bowers, Davis.
Class 40. Section 302. Shetland Pony Stallion,
two years and under three — First, Midnight, Ger-
aldine Bowers, Davis.
Class 40. Section 303. Shetland Pony Stallion,
one year and under two — First, Toy, Geraldine Bow-
ers, Davis.
Class 40. Section 304. Shetland Pony Mare, three
years or over- First, Dora Lee, Geraldine Bowers,
Davis; second, Sonia, Geraldine Bowers, Davis.
Class 40. Section 305. Shetland Pony Mare, two
years and under three — First, Beauty, Geraldine
Bowers, Davis.
Class 40. Section 306. Shetland Pony Mare, one
year and under two — First, Sweetheart, Geraldine
Bowers, Davis.
Class 40. Section 307. Shetland Pony Foals, under
one year — First. Midget, Geraldine Bowers, Davis;
second, Mystery Girl, R. H. Gudgeon, Santa Barbara.
Class 40. Section 30S. Shetland Pony Get of
Sire — First,, gel of Chester: Midget and Toy, Geral-
dine Bowers. Davis.
Class 40. Section 309. Shetland Pony Produce of
Dam — First, Product of Sonia: Toy and Purple, Ger-
aldine Bowers, Davis.
Class 40. Section 310. Shetland Pony Grand Dis-
play— First, Sonia, Dora Lee, Prince Wales, Bessey,
Chester; Geraldine Bowers, Davis.
Class 41. Section 317. Ponies other than Shet-
land, mare three years old or over — First, Lady, Ger-
aldine Bowers, Davis; second, Lassie, Geraldine
Bowers, Davis.
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THE GREATEST BROOD MARE.
While horsemen have gone into ecstasies in the
last few years over the achievements of Peter the
Great 2:071,i, an& have justly pronounced him one of
the most remarkable sires ever seen, comparatively
little has been said concerning Nervolo Belle, the
mare that produced the greatest two colt trotters of
his family, and that now begins to look like a force
in heredity quite as strong as Peter the Great him-
self, another of her brood by a different sire having
distinguished himself for early and extreme speed in
the recent race for the American Horse Breeders'
Futurity for 2-year-olds, says the New York Herald.
When The Real Lady won in 2:09% and 2:09% at
Cleveland, Worthy Yolo, a rugged, beautifully formed
chestnut colt, by Axworthy 2:15% out of Nervolo
Belle, was separately timed in 2:10, and Alonzo Mc-
Donald, who trains him, said at Hartford that he
expects to put him in the 2:10 list before the present
season ends. If he succeeds in doing so Worthy Yolo
will be the third trotter produced by Nervolo Belle
to beat 2:10 as a two-year-old.
Peter Yolo, the first foal to give her prominence,
was by Peter the Great, and was far and away the
most remarkable colt trotter that has yet appeared.
He was foaled ic 1911, was trained as a yearling and
lowered the record for trotters of that age to 2:19.
As a two-year-old he won the Kentucky Futurity and
three other races without meeting defeat in a single
heat. He beat the best time ever made by trotters
of this age by more than three seconds, setting the
record at 2:04% where it still stands. In his three-
year-old form he again was invincible, winning the
Kentucky Futurity for three-year-olds and five other
races, worth about $32,000, and setting the record
for colts of his age at 2:03% in the Futurity race.
Last season, as a four-year-old, he lowered the mark
for trotters of this age to 2 : 02, doing it in actual con-
test with Lee Axworthy, the horse that recently set
the stallion record at 2:00.
Nervolo Belle's next foal was the chestnut filly
Volga, also by Peter the Great, dropped in 1913.
Brought out as a two-year-old last season, she won
the junior divisxn of the Kentucky Futurity and four
other races, trotting in 2:07%, which is the fastest
time ever made by a filly of like age. She was not
once beaten, and it was common talk among horse-
men at Lexington last fall that if any of her compet-
itors had been fast enough to make her do it she
could have trotted in 2:05 or thereabout. Peter Volo
has been retired to the stud and Volga in her first
race as a three-year-old trotted in 2:07%, showing
pretty clearly that she again has all the futurities at
her mercy.
To realize the extraordinary achievement of Ner-
volo Belle in thus producing three such two-year-
olds as Peter Volo, Volga and Worthy Volo, it is
merely necessary to remember that only ten two-
year-olds in the history of harness racing have earned
records as fast as 2:10. Excepting Peter Volo and
Volga, respectively, the best colt and the best filly
of this age that ever appeared, no two are from the
same dam.
The story of Nervolo Belle shows what a lottery is
the breeding of fast horses. Got by Nervolo 2:04*4(
a pacing stallion of no prominence as a sire, and out
of a mare that never produced anything of note, she
was apparently no more valuable than any one oi
50,000 other trotting bred mares in the country, yet
she has done what no other in the history of trotting
horse breeding has done. And she is yet a young
mare, having been foaled in 1906. Stoughton A,
Fletcher, who paid $50,000 last winter for Peter the
Great, purchased Nervolo Belle a few months ago,
paying $10,000 for her, according to report. He is
breeding her back to Peter the Great. William Simp-
son, of New York, owns her yearling colt, by Axwor-
thy 2:15%, and thus a full brother to Worthy Volo.
He will be trained next season and ultimately used
for breeding purposes by Mr. Simpson, who still
owns a few choice trotting mares. Peter Volo is in
the stud at W. E. D. Stokes' Patchen Wilkes Stock
Farm, where he succeeded his sire when Mr. Stokes
sold Peter the Great. Not many horsemen would have
chosen Peter Yolo for such an important place before
Volga and Worthy A'olo came out, but their per-
formances, taken in connection with his own, make
it look as if he was not only by the greatest of trot-
ting sires but out of the greatest of producing dams,
which is just the kind of breeding wanted in a stock
horse.
A Chance for Common Cows.
Common cows — just grade cows — are to have their
chance to win fame. Of the $7500 in cash or special
prizes offered in the Dairy Cow Competition to be
conducted by the University of California from No-
vember 1, 1916. on, nearly half will be reserved for
grade or common cows, the rest being for the pure-
breds, with special competitions for pure-bred Jer-
seys and Guernseys and for pure-bred Holsteins.
Besides the unusual magnitude of the prize-list,
this dairy competition is unusual in its competitions
not only for individual cows but for groups of five
to ten cows, and for production for ten consecutive
months instead of for a year.
The common or grade cows will compete among
themselves alone for cash prizes of $10 to $300 each,
aggregating $1900. In addition, nearly all the special
prizes, dairy apparatus, bull calves, etc., will be
awarded for production records by common cows.
Such competition will be particularly valuable be-
cause grade cows make up for the larger proportion
of the dairy herds of California. Through this com-
petition farmers will be led to strive for increased
production from their grade cows.
The eyes of California dairymen will be opened to
the great increase in profits possible from wise selec-
tion and better care and attention so as to bring a
herd to its highest possible production. Those com-
peting will find out that the net results from the
dairy depend much more on the kind of animals kept,
than on the way they are fed and handled, or than
on the price of butter-fat or the cost of feeding.
To induce dairymen to find out for themselves
whether their herds are as profitable as they ought
to be is the great object of the competition. Thei
reason why ten months is its length instead of one
year — the period most of the breed associations re-
quire— is that it is desired to compete for a normal
lactation period of ten months, so as not to upset the
regular breeding of the cows. This avoids the risk
of a long dry period involved in milking cows for a
full year for the making of high annual records. Thia
ten-month competition will interfere in no wise with
the future usefulness of the herd.
Valuable as will be the prizes for the winners, the
College of Agriculture feels that the competition
will prove of inestimable value to those also who win
no prizes and to the whole dairying industry of the;
State because of the stimulus it will prove to the
building up of better herds.
Entry blanks and copies of the rules for the com-
petition and of the prize-list may be obtained by
writing to Professor F. W. Woll at the University
of California Farm at Davis.
Rats in the Chicken Yard.
Rats cause great losses in many poultry yards
but at the Missouri College of Agriculture we have
had no trouble in getting rid of them by poisoning
with a mixture of two parts of corn meal and one
part sugar of lead. The hand should not come in
contact with the poison Teed and all other feeds
should be removed so the rats cannot get them.
The poisoned feed may be kept away from the
chickens by putting it in a tray, nailed to the middle
of the bottom of a box at least a foot square and
six inches high. The box should be closed on all
sides except for a number of inch and a half holes
bored through the sides near the bottom.
Burn or bury the dead rats so that chickens cannot
eat them. The decayed flesh of even unpoisoned rats
is likely to cause limber neck, as ptomaine poison is
called in chickens. — H. L. Kempster, Missouri Agri-
cultural Experiment Station.
Saturday, Sept. 16, 1916]
i-B. B BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
THE FARM
MANUFACTURING PLOWS.
Plow works are fewer in nniber but
immensely larger in size than they
used to be. "It's one thing to make a
plow but a nentirely different proposi-
tion to sell it," one manufacturer said,
rhis man was ;'ust a medium-sized
manufacturer. "A concern has to be
Dig enough," he went on, "so its sell-
ing expense will be proportionately
ow considering the price the purchas-
er pays. The cross-roads blacksmith
;an no longer make as good a plow as
i specially equipped plow works, nor
;an he sell them so cheaply."
One plow company has a complete
ice plant of 30 tons daily, capacity,
ised for furnishing water at a uniform
;emperature for tempering plow steel.
Ml sandpapering of handles and
•earns is done by special sand-paper-
ng machines which give not only
smoothness but a high polish as well.
rbe foundry of one large plow factory
| 816 feet long, and in the pattern de-
jartment there are 7500 different pat-
erns. In the early days of plow-
naking a good many plows were made
o order, but nearly all the best-
quipped concerns hare plows in stock
or practically every kind of soil, pow-
>r and personal preference.
One of the largest companies turns
nit a million extra shares annually
or its plows already in use. It uses
100 tons of corundum annually for
;rinding, and 1000 tons of oil and
>aint.
All of the large companies have ex-
ensive experimental grounds for
esting new designs, and several have
cell-equipped farms run by practical
armers. — F. and F.
FORAGE FOR HOGS.
The TJ. S. Department in its "News
jetter" dwells at length upon this
mbject, and although the article in
luestion applies more particularly to
he Northern States, there is much
vbieh can be raised from it by the hog
■aiser on the Pacific Coast. It de-
:!ares that to make hog production
nost profitable the farmer should pro-
'ide pasture for his hogs whenever
lossible. The earlier in the year that
;reen feed can be supplied the better,
iwine o fany age relish green feed,
ind its use always reduces the cost
if producing gains on hogs. In addi-
ion, it keeps the animals in good
hrifty condition.
The green crops which can be used
or such pasturage of hogs are numer-
>us and comprise wheat, oats, rye,
larley, rape, Canadian field pease and
fetch. Any of the cereals do well
>lanted singly, or in combination with
■ape, peas or vetch. The pigs should
>e turned in to pasture cereal crops
vhen the plants attain a height of
ibout 6 to 8 inches, and taken off when
he plants reach such a height that
he pigs begin to spit the chewed ma-
.erial from their mouths. This is be-
:ause the percentage of crude fiber,
he indigestible part of the plant, in-
:reases rapidly as the plants grow
arger.
The article says: "Green wheat,
>ats, rye, and barley are generally clas-
sified as carbonaceous roughages.
Alen young, however, these contain
i high percentage of protein and may
>e classified as nitrogenous roughages
n the early stage of growth. Because
he small grains when young are so
mtritious they are ideal plants to
crow for pigs during late fall and early
spring."
Hogs — well bred hogs — are multiply-
ng all over the Pacific Coast. The
lays when the rancher believed that
inytbing was good enough for hogs
lave passed, and with the gradual re-
luction of the losses by cholera, more
ind more farmers are turning their at-
ention to properly raised and fed
logs, and taking into account the great
ralue of the manure, and are bound to
ind hog raising one of the best side
ssues of the modern farm — particu-
arly when fed on the Canadian field
lea.
CHOOSING THE BEST LAYERS.
(Concluded from last week).
When selecting your pullets for the
breeding pen, select at least double
the number needed, and mark them to
designate first, second , and third
choice. As they develop to full matu-
rity, some that seemed inferior will
appear as good or even better than
the most promising at an earlier stage
in their development, but ibe prefer-
ence for breeders should be given to
the ones making earliest development,
other things being equal.
The same rule for the selection of
cockerels holds true as for the selec-
tion of pullets, in regard to early de-
velopment and vigor. In addition, the
cockerels should be the sons of hens
that are known to be heavy, persist-
ent layers. If possible, the heavy-lay-
ing inheritance should be confirmed by
similar excessive egg-production qual-
ity in preceding generations from
which the cock bird has descended.
Above all, aim for abundant vigor in
all breeding stock. — F. F.
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J. David West
1018 Fillmore St.
Near Golden Gate Ave.,
SAN FRANCISCO
Phone Park 1253.
DRIVING CAPS AND JOCKEY CAPS
Classified Advertising
CHESTNUT TOM 2:17/4 FOR SALE.
Chestnut Tom 43488, standard and reg-
istered, eighteen years old, but strong and
vigorous, is offered for sale for a ridicu-
lously low price. The late Martin Carter,
who was one of California's most success-
ful breeders, considered this horse one of
the very best he ever bred for a sire.
Chestnut Tom is sire of the dam of the
coast champion Wilbur Lou (1) 2:19^,
(3) 2:10J/i, sire of Natal Day 2:13^, coast
champion two-year-old. The late Martin
Carter bred Chestnut Tom for a brood-
mare sire. He is by Nutwood Wilkes, his
dam is by Director and his grandam is
the dam of his sire and by Nutwood. $150
takes him. Address GEO. T. ALGEO.
3608 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland.
I WANT TO BUY.— I have sold eleven
horses in the last few months ranging
from $2,000 to $200. If you have a horse
for sale and will write me, I will tell you
what my system is. It is a winner. I And
there is a buyer for every horse for sale
at the right price. It is just a question of
getting the buyer and seller together. If
you have one for sale let me hear from
you. MAGNUS FLAWS,
542 S. Dearborn St., Chicago. 111.
FARMS FOR SALE
Choice Land In Idaho
Lewiston, Idaho, is situated at the
forks of Clearwater and Snake rivers and
has transportation to the coast.
960 acres 7^i miles from Lewiston, Ida-
ho. ±y2 from Lapwai, Idaho, on main
traveled road, all in cultivation except
about 15 acres, all level land, just a little
rolling, 320 acres of fall wheat in, 226
acres fall plowed for spring crop, about
30 acres In alfalfa. All fenced and cross
fenced. Two good springs with big cem-
ent water troughs, well, windmill and
cement reservoir, water piped to house,
7 room house, hot and cold water and
electric lights. Large horse barn with
hay mow in the center, electric lights In
barn; cow barn with two box stalls; hog
pens, shade trees, chicken houses, black-
smith shop, wagon shed, granary, outdoor
cellar with bunk house overhead. $85 per
acre; will take one-third down, time on
balance to suit purchaser, at 7 per cent
interest. One-third of crop goes with
place if sold any time up close to harvest.
Mild climate, can raise all kinds of fruit,
grain and vegetables. Wheat in this
country goes from 35 to 65 bushels per
acre, barley 40 to 80 bushels per -acre.
320 acres 4}i miles south of Vollmer,
Idaho, 275 acres In cultivation, balance in
pasture and timber, farm land lays prac-
tically level, one-third of crop goes with
place if sold before harvest. Some fall
wheat already sown. All fenced and cross
fenced. Quarter section of It fenced hog
tight; good four-room houso, wood shed,
and out of door cellar, nice grove around
house, well at house, fair stabling and
out buildings, spring and spring creek
close to barn, three springs on place.
Price $70 per acre, one-third cash, bal-
ance at 7 per cent. Time to suit pur-
chaser.
238 acres 4^4 miles from Lewiston, Ida-
ho, 175 acres in cultivation, 25 more can
be cultivated, balance good bunch grass
pasture, fenced and cross-fenced, good
spring creek runs across place, small
house, station on place for Johnson R. R.,
two grain warehouses at station. Price
$70 per acre, one-third cash, balance at
7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
160 acres of timber land, good farm land
when timber is cleared off. all can be
farmed except about 2 or 3 acres. Good
timber, yellow pine and fir. Price $4000.
40 miles from Lewiston, Idaho. Well
located to log off.
240 acres 6 miles from Asotin, 12 miles
from Lewiston, Idaho, about 75 acres In
fall wheat, about 75 acres more can be
cultivated, balance in bunch grass pas-
ture, two springs, small house, all fenced.
Price $40 per acre, one-third cash, balance
at 7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
Reference Lewiston National Bank and
First National Bank. Address
F. W. KELLEY,
Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept. 16. 191
/
BEAUTIFUL BELVEDERE
LOTS FOR SALE
/
CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
most beautiful spot on the shores of San Francisco Bay
for a suburban home. It commands an extensive view of
the City of San Francisco, Alcatraz and Angel Islands,
Raccoon Straits, San Francisco Bay, Richardson's Bay,
the Berkeley shore, beautiful Belvedere and Mt. Tamal-
pais. It is in Marin County, directly opposite San Fran-
cisco, and forms the eastern shore of Belvedere cove.
It has a naturally terraced, sunny, western slope that is
well adapted for many choice residence sites, every one
affording most picturesque views of the bay and moun-
tain. It is protected from the prevailing western trade winds in
summer by Belvedere Island, and from the southerly storms in
winter by Angel Island. The soil is fertile and part of the island
is well wooded.
It is less subject to fog than any other place near San
Francisco. The summer fog, as it rolls in from the ocean, splits
on the western slope of Sausalito, part of it flowing in a line with
Angel Island towards the Berkeley shore, and part of it along
the southern slope of Mt. Tamalpais, leaving Belvedere, Corin-
thian Island and Raccoon Straits in the bright sunlight, while
the fog banks can be seen as a white wall both to the north and
the south.
There is very little available land about the shores of San
Francisco Bay that is desirable for homes, especially for those
who love boating and kindred sports. The Alameda and Contra
Costa shores of the bay are the lee shores and receive the full
brunt of the boisterous trade winds which lash the shoal waters
near the land into muddy waves, making boating both unpleas-
ant and dangerous. To the north of the city and in Marin
County the land from Sausalito to the entrance of the bay is a
Government reservation and will never be placed on the market.
The shores of Richardson's Bay are not at present convenient
to boat service and, aside from Belvedere and Corinthian Island,
there is little or no land near any ferry landing that possesses
the natural advantages, improvements and possibilities that are
offered on Corinthian Island. Concrete roads, pure water, tele-
phone service and electric light wires are already installed. It is
only ten minutes' walk from any point on the property to
Tiburon boats, and but forty-three minutes' ride to the foot of
Market Street.
On the point of Corinthian Island the Corinthian Yacht
Club has had its home for many years, and on any summer day
the white sails of its numerous fleet add to the charming scene,
as the trim yachts glide about the cove. Excellent fishing of all
kinds for bay fish, including salmon, the gamey striped bass,
rock fish and the toothsome silver smelt, is to be had in the cove.
There is probably no spot so accessible and in such close prox-
imity to any large city in the world that offers the attractions
of climate, magnificent scenery, fishing and boating as will here
be found.
FOR MAPS, PRICES AND PARTICULARS APPLY TO
\
S. L. PLANT,
PLANT RUBBER AND SUPPLY CO.,
32 BE ALE STREET
San Francisco, Cal. J
6U
F. W. KELLEY,
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN OFFICE,
366 PACIFIC BUILDING
San Francisco, Cal.
Saturday, Sept. 16, 1916] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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There's An Extra Targ'et In
Every Hundred Loads of
OWDER
'"pHE fact that all the program events at the G. A. H.
* were won by one target by shooters using Dupont,
Ballistite or Schultze Powders proves their reliability.
Every shooter knows the importance of a single target,--a
championship, trophy or position won or lost. Why add
to your handicap by shooting a powder which might fail
to get the winning target?
That this is a logical conclusion and not imagination
Is Proved by Results at the
Grand American Handicap Trapshooting
Tournament
St. Louis Introductory Mound City Overture
National Amateur Championship
National Amateur Championship at Double Targets
Preliminary Handicap
GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP
Consolation Handicap Long Run of Tournament
The Ail-Round Open Championship
The All-Round Amateur Championship
High Average on All Targets
Tf}e long leadership of the Du Pont Company in Smokeless
powder ri)aking ensures powder of a quality and uniformity
that ri)eans one or two extra targets in every hundred shells.
Look for Dupont, Ballistite or Schultze on the shell box
when buying trap loads.
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY
Powder Makers Since 1802.
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
SHELLS £ Grand American Handicap
Continued the winning habit which has been so much in evidence in the past. The following scores, made in a
field of over 600 of the greatest shooters in the country attest the thoroughly dependable quality of the (g) brand :
St. Louis I ntroductory, 200 Targets, 18 yds. rise, won by Harvey Dixon. Score 197
National Amateur Championship at Double Targets, 50 pairs, 16 yds. rise, won by Allen Heil. Score, 89
Grand American Handicap, 3rd (tie), Chas. Atkinson. Score 97 x 100
Consolation Handicap, 2nd, Mrs. L. G. Vogel (18 yds.). Score 95 x 100
Amateur Single Target Championship, runner-up C. B. Eaton. Score 98 x 100
E. C. Cup Match, runner-up, W. R. Crosby. Score 184 x 200
Mound City Overture, 100 Targets, 16 yds. rise, third place (tie), won by Mrs. L. G. Vogel. Score, 97
The highest score made by any woman contestant.
Long Amateur Runs: Harvey Dixon 104, E. W. Fenfro 75, Mrs. Vogel 74, J. C. Famechon 72 and 50, W. Henderson 63, etc.
Professional Championship (Dunspaugh Trophy), Won by Phil R. Miller, who qualified with 99 x 100, and won with a score of 122 x 125
The victories won by users of the (B) brand at the 1916 Grand American, including the highest professional honors, once
more proclaim these goods to be of SUPERLATIVE QUALITY, worthy of the patronage of the most exacting sportsmen
THE PETERS CARTRIDGE CO.,
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SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
THE GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP
™» WW CHESTER
"REPEATER" FACTORY LOADED SHELLS
The Grand American Handicap, the trapshooting classic — equivalent to the World's Series in baseball, the event that
marks the climax in a trapshooter's career, was won by Capt. J. F. Wulf, of Milwaukee, with the wonderful score of
99x100 from the 19-yard mark, shooting Winchester "Repeater" Loaded Shells.
CAPT. J. F. WTJLF
THE WINNER
WITH
'REPEATER" SHELLS
NATIONAL AMATEUR CHAMPION-
SHIP
"Won by F. M. Troeh, of "Washington,
shooting a Winchester Repeating Shot-
gun. Score, 99 x 100.
PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
(Dunspaugh Trophy)
"Won by Phil R_ Miller with a Winchester
Repeating Shotgun. Score, 97 x 100 and
25 straight.
HERCULES ALL-AROUND AMATEUR
CHAMPIONSHIP
"Won by Edward L. Bartlett, of Baltimore,
with Winchester Loaded Shells. Score,
1S5 x 200.
GENERAL AVERAGE ON ALL SINGLE
TARGETS
"Won by F. M. Troeh. of Washington, with
a Winchester Repeating Shotgun. Score,
576 x 600.
NATIONAL AMATEUR CHAMPION-
SHIP AT DOUBLES
F. M. Troeh was second in this event
with S8 x tiiO. which was only one under
the winner. He shot a Winchester Re-
peating Shotgun.
This *as a greit victory for Winchester Bans and Shells; and
as a demonstration at "Speed" and other desirable Qualities
in guns and shells, it shows up like the red W on a package
of Winchester ammunition. It also shows »h> you should
WOMEN'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
"Won by Mrs. J. D. Dalton, of Warsaw,
Ind.. who scored 23 x 25 in the elimination
contest and made the same score in the
final contest with a Winchester Repeat-
ing Shotgun.
MOUND CITY OVERTURE
Won by F. M. Troeh. of Washington, with
a Winchester Repeating Shotgun. Score,
99x100, and 20 straight.
GENERAL AVERAGE ON 16-YARD
TARGETS
Won by F. M- Troeh. of Washington, with
a Winchester Repeating Shotgun. Score,
1S7 x 200.
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Championship of California!!!
PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP 1915
HIGHEST GENERAL AVERAGE, VERNON GUN CLUB,
Los Angeles, July 2, 3 and 4, 1916
493 ex 500 TARGETS
All of the above winnings were made by Mr. Henry Ifirrmann Jr., with his 34 inch
double barrel
PARKER GUN
Highest Official General Average for 1H14 and 191o was made with the
PARKER GUN
:t interested in small bore guns write for instructive booklet which will be sent free
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marker BROS., Merlden, Conn. New York Salesroom, 32 Warren Street;
or A. W. duBray, Realdlnp Ao«nt, Ban Francisco, P. O. Box 101
—TRAINING THE HOUND—
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE TRAINING OF F0-X HOUNDS, BEAGLES,
AND COON HOUNDS.
The system of training advocated is simple and effective, so that anyone who car-
ries out instructions can easily develop a loxhound. a beagle or a^eoon dog to the
highest state of usefulness or organize a pack in which each hound will work Independ-
ently and at the same time harmoniously with the others. The subjects are: The
Hound's Ancestry. History. Instinctive Tendencies. English and Native Hounds. Devel-
oping the Intelligence, Training the Foxhound. Voices and Pace of the Hound. Quali-
ties of Scent. Manners, Training the Coon Dog. Coon Hunting. Training the Beagle,
Forming a Pack. Field Trial Handling, Faults and Vices, Conditioning, Selecting and
Rearing Puppies. Kennels and Yards, Diseases of Hounds and Their Treatment The
chapters on field trial training and handling are alone worth the price of the book,
which is one that every man who loves the voice of a hound should read.
The book contains 224 pages, is clearly printed, nicely bound, and handsomely Illus-
trated with bloodhounds, various types of English and American foxhound*, beaglea
and cross-bred dogs for 'possum and coon hunting.
Price, In heavy paper cover. Si; $1.50, postpaid.
■ADDRESS:
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
P. O. DRAWER 447, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
VOLUME LXIX. No. 13.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1916.
Subscription — $3.00 Per Year
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept. 23, 1916
LAST CALL |
Arizona State Fair g
Phoenix, Arizona I
Nov. 13-14-15-16-17-18, 1916. 1
ENTRIES CLOSE OCTOBER 1st, 1916 I
Enter at
any
time. Ten to
enter, six to
start.
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2
2
2:07 Pace
$1000.00
2:09 Trot
....$1000.00
2:12 Trot
1000.00
FFA Pace
1000.00
2
2:12 Pace
1 000.00
FFA Trot
1000.00
2
I
2:18 Trot
1000.00
2:27 Trot
1000.00
CONDITIONS jj
Rules of the American Trotting Association shall govern
all races. Only records made by winners of races shall be @
considered. g
Three per cent to enter, 7 per cent from first money win- ||
ners; 6 per cent from second; 5 per cent from third; 4 per §
cent from fourth. M
Combination plan. Heat purses, $200.00, $300.00 and $400.00. H
Money divided 50, 25, 15, and 10 per cent. Total purse ||
$1000.00 The extra $100.00 divided, $50.00 to driver and j§
$50.00 to horse standing best in the summary.
Free stall rent is given during the meet and first bedding §
is provided free of charge. Bj
No place in the United States equals the Arizona State f
Fair Grounds as a winter training place. 3
SUNSHINE EVERY DAY. NO FOG. NO RAINY SEASON, GREEN FEED |
Al STABLES AND BEST OF TRACKS.
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insurance or any other form of business protection.
And, here is a company that provides that protection
to stock owners with assurance of prompt payments
when losses occur.
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Saturday, Sept. 23, 1916]
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Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast.
(Established 1882.)
Published every Saturday.
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Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis-
tered letter addressed to F. W. Keuey, P. O. Drawer
447, San Francisco, California.
Communications must be accompanied by the writer's
name and address, not necessarily for publication, but
as a private guarantee of good faith.
DATES OF FAIRS.
CALIFORNIA.
Fresno Co. Fair at Fresno Sept. 26-30
Bishop Harvest Festival at Bishop Sept.28-30
Kings Co. Fair at Hanford Oct. 2- 7
Riverside Co. Fair at Riverside Oct. 10-14
Kern County Fair at Bakersfield Oct. 24-28
ARIZONA.
Arizona State Fair at Phoenix Nov. 13-18
NORTH PACIFIC FAIR ASSOCIATION.
Oregon State Fair at Salem Sept. 25-30
INTER-MOUNTAIN FAIR CIRCUIT.
Boise, Idaho September 25
Salt Lake, Utah October 2
GRAND CIRCUIT.
Columbus, Ohio Sept. 18-30
Lexington, Ky Oct. 2-14
Atlanta. Ga Oct. 16-21
THE THREE HEAT SYSTEM of harness racing
which is the one now in pretty general use all over
the United States, is again being discussed by the
turf writers and some o£ them find very little in the
system to commend, while others praise it as "the
best ever." There is no system of racing that has
yet been devised, or that ever will be, in which
perfection will have been achieved. Here in Califor-
nia the horsemen as well as the public seem to
endorse the three heat plan, and the only time it
comes up for severe criticism is* when there happens
to be a race in which no horse gets more than one
heat and two or three horses stand equal when the
three heats have been raced. Where the condition
has been provided that when two or more horses
stand equal in the summary at the end of three heats
another heat shall be raced by the heat winners, this
criticism is not heard, although some claim that the
old two in three system of racing would be just as
satisfactory. We think not. The meat of the three
heat system is that it awards a horse whatever he
wins in any heat, and does not permit a subsequent
accident or misfortune to take it away from him.
Under the old two best in three plan, a horse might
win the first heat in fast time and by some misfor-
tune be behind the flag in the next heat, and there-
fore get no part of the money. In the three heat
plan he would retain what he won, which is certainly
a much fairer and more generous plan. Three heats,
every heat a race, has worked well in California
where there is no betting, but it is very plainly to be
seen that where there is wagering as to which horse
will win the race and where — as in the Occident
Stake this year — a cup or money is to be awarded
to the horse standing best in the summary, the con-
ditions should provide for another heat in case of
a tie. Otherwise there has been no complaint here
about the three heat plan.
A GREAT LOSS and one that is irreparable in
many of its parts, resulted when the main building
of the California State Agricultural Society burned
during the recent State Fair. In Secretary Paine's
office, which had been refitted and rearranged since
Mr. Paine was appointed to that position, were com-
plete files of all the proceedings of the society since
its foundation in 1851, files of the old California
Spirit of the Times, which was the earliest sporting
journal in California and which contained accounts
of early racing in this State, as well as pedigrees
and statistics about the thoroughbred and trotting
bred horses as well as the cattle, sheep and other
live stock owned by the pioneers of this coast, a
complete file of the Breeder and Sportsman, prob-
ably the only one in existence outside of this office,
and hundreds of books and documents of immense
value to historians and others who desire to delve
into the early history of this State in regard to its
live stock breeding, agricultural, viticultural and
horticultural industries. Secretary Paine had re-
cently put every bit of this historical and statistical
matter into such shape that any desired subject could
be referred to at once. The loss to the State by the
fire of September 3d is greater than most persons
imagine.
o
THE LAST CALL for entries to the Arizona State
Pair to be held from November 13th to 18th, is made
in this issue of the Breeder and Sportsman. There
are eight $1000 purses, and entries close October 1st,
but entry can be made any time before that date in
the classes to which horses are eligible at time of
entry. It only costs 3 per cent to enter and if you
don't start that is all you will be held for. The
racing plan is a novel one, as the money in each
race will be divided so as to give $200 for the first
heat, $300 for the second heat and $400 for the third
heat, with $50 to the driver and $50 to the horse
standing best in the summary. Rules of the Amer-
ican Trotting Association are to govern all races,
and only records made by winners of races will be
considered. Free stall rent is given during the meet-
ing and first bedding is provided for all horses free
of charge. The Arizona State Fair Grounds is an
ideal place for training or racing in the late fall and
winter . There is sunshine every day, no fog, no
rainy days and green feed galore.
o —
LAME STAKE COLTS AND FILLIES have been
more numerous in California this year than "at any
time in the memory of the oldest inhabitant." There
has not been a colt stake trotted or paced this year
in which some one of the starters has not developed
a curb or other lameness, and the wonder is that so
many lame colts were able to start and earn money.
In the Occident Stake at Sacramento no less than
three out of five starters were being doctored for
curbs and it was about the same in all the other
stakes there and at Santa Rosa and Pleasanton.
This fact probably accounts for the fact that the
time made in California by the three-year-old trotters
of 1916 was no faster than that made by the two-
year-olds of 1915. For some unknown reason 1916
has been a curby season for stake colts in California.
INYO COUNTY HARVEST FESTIVAL.
GEERS IS AGAIN IN THE HOSPITAL as the
result of an accident at Columbus, Ohio, this week,
and the doctors say he will be ready to drive again
in the course of a few days. A wonderful old man
is this Tennesseean. There is probably not a trainer
living, or dead either, who has gone through as many
"bone breaking" accidents as this veteran, but he
has yet to get into one that can be called "nerve
wrecking" to him. He seems to be fated to get into
collisions and be trampled on by horses, but after
getting splinted and bandaged he is out again as
cheerful as ever and drives as good a race as he did
when younger and sounder in limb. He is certainly
a bear for grit and the ability to recuperate, and he
will probably be winning races for years yet . Here's
hoping he may.
DON'T MISS THE FRESNO FAIR if you can pos-
sibly find time to attend. It will be the greatest ever
held in the San Joaquin Valley, and besides a most
wonderful display of the products of Fresno county
there will be more added attractions than have been
seen at any fair on the coast this year. Three days
of harness racing will begin Tuesday. There are
good fields and fast horses, and the contests will be
keen.
The harness races to be given at the Harvest Fes-
tival at Bishop, Inyo county, California, on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, Sept. 28, 29 and 30, have drawn
a splendid list of entries, there being an average of
ten entries for each race. The names of the horses
and the name and address of the owners are as
follows :
Thursday, September 28.
Valley View Hotel Purse for 2:40 trotters and 2:50
pacers — $200: Dolly Varden and Dan M. — P. Mc-
Cart, Bakersfield; May Hal — Mathew-Killian, Bishop;
Caroline Custer — O. E. Holland, Riverside; Zoe
Wood— J. B. Collett, Bishop; Teddy Bair— M. R.
Shaw, Riverside: Zosito — Geo. H. Parker, Bishop;
J. C. L— M. Senter, Hanford; Rhyne B — Geo. H.
Parker, Bishop; Nordwell — Wm. Cook, Ventura; Bill
Irwin— L. J. Horton, Bishop.
Chamber of Commerce Purse, 2:20 trotters, 2:25
pacers — $200: Nordwell — Wm. Cook, Ventura; Inyo-
Benton — Scott-Keough, Bishop; Caroline Custer —
O. E. Holland, Riverside; Eva Osito — C. E. John-
son, Bishop; All Hal — O. E. Holland, Riverside;
Florence D. — J. W. Dixon, Bishop; Teddy Bair — M.
R. Shaw, Riverside; Chief Direct — L. J. Horton,
Bishop; Dolly Varden — P. McCart, Bakersfield; Bill
Irwin — L. J. Horton, Bishop; Lottie Express — M.
Senter, Hanford.
Friday, September 29.
Hotel Istalia Purse, 2:12 trotters and 2:19 pacers —
$200. J. C. L. — M. Senter, Hanford; Bill Irwin —
L. J. Horton, Bishop; All Hal— O. E. Holland, Riv-
erside; Chief Direct — L. J. Horton, Bishop; Flor-
ence D. — J. W. Dixon, Bishop; Nordwell — Wm. Cook,
Ventura; Inyo-Benton — Scott-Keough, Bishop; Eva
Osito — C. E. Johnson, Bishop.
Saturday, September 30.
Red Front Purse, 3:00 pacers and 3:00 trotters —
$200: Rhyne B.— Geo. H. Parker, Bishop; J. C. L. —
M. Senter, Hanford; Teddy Bair— M. R. Shaw, Riv-
erside; Zoe Wood — J. B. Collett, Bishop; Dan M. —
P. McCart, Bakersfield; May Hal — Mathew-Killian,
Bishop; Nordwell — Wm. Cook, Ventura; Zosito —
Geo. H. P'arker, Bishop; Caroline Custer — O. E. Hol-
land, Riverside; Bill Irwin — L. J. Horton, Bishop.
Tungsten City Purse, free-for-all pace — $200: Ver-
non McKinney — P. McCart, Bakersfield; Chief Di-
rect— L. J. Horton, Bishop; Dolly Varden — P. Mc-
Cart, Bakersfield; Eva Osito — C. E. Johnson, Bishop;
Florence D. — J. W. Dixon, Bishop; All Hal — O. E.
Holland, Riverside ; Rhyne B. — Geo. H. Parker,
Bishop; Lottie Express — M. Senter, Hanford; Bill
Irwin — L. J. Horton, Bishop; Nordwell — Wm. Cook,
Ventura; Inyo-Benton — Scott-Keough, Bishop.
The Arabian Horse Club has purchased the library
of the late Randolph Huntington, which embraced
many rare books and manuscripts relating to the
Arab horse and his influence on other breeds. The
club is now negotiating for a farm in Virginia, where
it is purposed to conduct experiments in crossing
the Arab with other breeds and types to demonstrate
his fitness as a sire of horses for military and other
uses. The officers of the club are Peter B. Bradley,
of Boston, president; C. E. Perkins, of Burlington,
Iowa, vice-president; H. K. Bush Brown, of Wash-
ington, secretary and treasurer; Miss Bowers, regis-
trar, and Messrs. James A. Lawrence, Richard Wal-
ton Tully, W. R. Brown, Hamilton Carhartt and Miss
Anita M. Baldwin, directors.
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The world's record for trotting mares over a half
mile track now stands to the credit of Lucile Spier,
by reason of her great performance in 2:06% at
Detroit. She is owned by George Slaughter, of De-
troit, and was driven by Harry Fleming.
Hermes, Leading Money Winner.
The three-year-old trotter Hermes by Carlokin,
dam Miss Quealy by Moko, was the largest money
winner of the colt trotters or pacers that started in
California this year. This little black rascal started
in five races. His first start was in the Pacific
Breeders' Futurity at Santa Rosa, which was won by
Lulu B. by The Bondsman. Her winning heats were
in 2:13% and 2:13%, Miss Axworthy Dillon taking
the third heat in 2:15 and earning second money,
Miss Bond won third money and Hermes was fourth.
In the Occident Stake on the opening day of the
State Fair, Hermes was awarded first money, his
third heat in 2: 13% being the fastest of the race.
On the Tuesday following he won the California
State Fair Futurity in straight heats, best time 2:18,
and on Friday of the same week Lulu B. defeated
him in the Stanford Stake, although Hermes won
the opening heat. His next and final start for the
season was in the MacKenzie Stake at Pleasanton,
which he won in straight heats in 2: 13%, 2:13% and
2:14. This was the best race he trotted during the
season and was the fastest. His winnings amount
to about $3,775, as follows: Fourth money in the
Pacific Breeders' Futurity, $208, first money in the
Occident Stake, $1000, first money in the State Fair
Futurity, $700, second money in Stanford Stake, $375,
and first money in MacKenzie Stake, $1500.
Hermes was bred by W. G. Durfee of Los Angeles,
and is by Mr. Durfee's stallion Carlokin 2:07%, out
of Miss Quealy 2:26%, a young mare foaled in 1908,
by the great Moko, second dam Silurian (3) 2:25 by
Wilton 2:19%, dam of the successful young sire
Manrico 2:07% and of Don Pronto 2:02%, the latter
exported to Australia last year. The third dam of
Hermes is Silhouette, dam of 4 and grandam of 11
standard performers, by Hambrino 820, fourth dam
Silverlock by Mambrino Time 1606, fifth dam Lady
Margrave by Ole Bull Jr. Hermes' sire Carlokin
2:07% is one of the best bred sons of McKinney, his
dam being the famous mare Carlotta Wilkes, dam of
ten standard performers, including Inferlotta 2:04%,
Mary Dillon 2:06%, Guy Borden 2:07%, etc. With
the speed inheritance of which Hermes is possessed
and the showing he has made this year, he should
develop into a very fast trotter as he grows older.
His improvement has been steady since the first and
his last race was much the best of his performances
during the racing season. When C. A. Durfee took
charge of Hermes in June last, the colt carried 17
ounces in front, but this was gradually cut down
until in his race at Pleasanton last week he wore but
5 ounces in front with a two-ounce toe weight.
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It has been fully decided to send Guy Axworthy
2:08%, sire of the only 2:00 stallion, to the Old Glory
sale at New York. How much will he bring?
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept. 23, 1916
THE PLEASANTON FUTURITIES.
HUMBOLDT COUNTY FAIR.
Hermes and Rico, Both Driven by C. A. Durfee, Win
MacKenzie Stakes For Three Year Olds.
Mr. R. J. MacKenzie, owner of the Pleasanton
Training Track, the best appointed training ground
in California lor race horses, did a very generous
and magnanimous thing when he offered guaranteed
stakes for trotters and pacers, and it certainly has
proved a very expensive thing for him.
The stake for three-year-old trotters this year had
a valuation of $3,000 and the one for pacers of the
same age was worth $2,000, and both races were
decided at Pleasanton on Friday of last week before,
as the theatrical people might say, "a small but very
appreciative audience."
The Alameda County Fair was being held on the
grounds during the week and Mr. MacKenzie decided
it was a good t.!me to race the stakes.
Geo. Ryan and C. L. DeRyder had charge of mat-
ters for Mr. MacKenzie and they made a success of
the program. William Higginbotham was there to
do the starting and gave perfect satisfaction.
The race for three-year-old trotters was the first
event and for this there were six starters, as follows :
Mr. M. L. Woy's Lulu B. by The Bondsman.
M. C. Keefer's The Expense by The Proof.
Frank Malcolm's Miss Bond by The Bondsman.
W. G. Durfee's Hermes by Carlokin.
S. Christenson's Natalday by Wilbur Lou.
I. L. Borden's Alesandro by Barney Barnato.
John Quinn drove Lulu B., Fred Chadbourne was
up behind The Expense, C. L. DeRyder held the
reins over Miss Bond, C. A. Durfee teamed Hermes,
Mr. Christenson drove his own colt and C. Berry had
the mount behind Alesandro. The race does not
require much of a description. In the first heat Lulu
B. went out in the lead with Hermes following, his
nose on her wheel, and Miss Bond about the same
distance behind Hermes. The other three were
hopelessly out of it. They maintained these positions
until the stretch was reached when Hermes began
to move up and was on even terms with Lulu B.
when the distance flag was reached and beat her a
neck at the wire in 2:131/4, thus tying her time when
she beat him at Santa Rosa in the Breeders' Futurity.
Lulu B. was a length in front of Miss Bond, the
others distanced. Natalday would not trot in the
scoring and when the word was given in this heat he
was a hundred yards behind and refusing to keep his
feet. Mr. Christenson turned him around and drove
to the stable, an action for which he was commended
by all, as his colt was sore and unfit to race.
The second and third heats were much alike.
Hermes took the lead and maintained it to the wire
but the fillies, Lulu B. and Miss Bond, were close up
all the way and it was a good race even though
Hennes was the best that day. The time, 2:13%,
2:13% and 2:14, was excellent for the track which
was slow.
Hermes was awarded first and fourth money
amounting to $1800, Lulu B. won $750, and Miss Bond
$450.
The three-year-old pace, worth $2000, was also a
straight heat affair, Mr. Durfee driving Rico in as
winner. There were five starters and all finished the
race. Rico acted badly at first, coming to the wire
on the gallop three times in scoring, but finally set-
tled and they went away on even terms. Gallup took
Surety to the front immediately and at the half
Surety and Rico were out in front like a team, while
Verna McKinney and Julia M. were an open length
behind them, also nose and nose. In the stretch
Surety blew up, Rico went to the front and got to
the wire a short length in front of Verna McKinney,
who was a short length in front of Julia M. Surety
was fourth, and Carolyn fifth, and the two last named
maintained those positions in every heat.
The second heat Rico went out in front and stayed
there, while Verna McKinney and Julia M. battled
for second place, the latter finally getting the verdict
at the wire, and the same thing happened in the
third and final heat. Rico won first money, Julia M.
second, Verna McKinney third and Surety fourth.
The time, 2:10%, 2:12% and 2:11%, was not only
good for three-year-olds but it was excellent when
the fact was taken into consideration that the track
was dry and the surface loose and cuppy.
The weather was hot and while the track had been
carefully worked there had not been enough horses
worked over it since the circuit opened to pack it
and it was heavy and slow. The summaries:
Pleasanton Futurity— 3-year-old trotters— $3000:
Hermes, b c by Carlokin — Miss Quealy by
Moko (C. A. Durfee) 1 1 1
Lulu B„ b m by The Bondsman — Loma B. by
Stam B (J. Quinn) 2 2 2
Miss Bond, b m by The Bondsman
(C. L. DeRyder) 3 3 3
Alesandro, The Expense and Natalday distanced
in the first heat.
Time— 2:13%, 2:13%, 2:14.
Pleasanton Futurity — 3-year-old pacers — $2000:
Rico, ch c by Manrico — My Irene S. by Peti-
gru (C. A. Durfee) 1 1 1
Julia M.. b m by El Angelo (Allen) 3 2 2
Verna McKinney. b m by Vernon McKinney
(Chadbourne) 2 3 3
Surety, b c by The Bondsman (Gallup) 4 4 4
Carolyn, b m by Lock Logan.. (C. DeRyder) 5 5 5
Time— 2:10%. 2:12%, 2:12%.
The annual Humboldt County Fair, held at Fern-
dale, repeated its former successes this year and
attracted thousands to see the exhibits and enjoy
the races. Harness races were held on four days,
and while no very fast time was made over the half
mile track the contests were thoroughly enjoyed.
There was but one split heat race and that was the
2:24 class trot or pace, which finally went to the
bay mare Lady Dillon after six heats had been
raced, although there were but three starters. The
summary of the four days' racing follows:
Sept. 6. — Named class, one-half mile, purse $250:
Young Monterey, b s by Monterey Amigo .... 1 1
Myrtle T. P., br m by Beau B 2 2
Time— 1:11%, 1:12.
Three-year-old or under class, mixed; purse $200:
Mabel J., s m by Humboldt Dillon 1 1
B. F. C, b s by Irving Pointer 2 2
W. C, br g by Sadi Moor 3 3
Time— 2:58%, 2:56%.
Sept. 7— Two-j ear-old Stake, $190:
B. F. C, b s by Irving Pointer 1 1
W. C, br g by Sadi Moor 2 2
Time— 2:54%, 2:55.
2:30 class trot or pace, purse $225:
Octo. C, b g by Cassiar 1 1
Mabel J., s m by Humboldt Dillon 2 4
Frank Ellery, b g by Cassiar 4 2
Lady Dillon, b m by Frank Dillon 3 3
Time— 2:27%, 2:26.
Sept. 8 — 2:24 class, trot or pace, purse $275:
Lady Dillon, b m by Frank Dillon 3 3 2 111
Oclo. C b g by Cassiar 12 13 2 2
Frank Ellery, b g by Cassiar 2 1 3 2 3 3
Time— 2:26%, 2:27, 2:30. 2:35, 2:39%, 2:41.
2:30 class trot, purse $255:
Lady Steinmoor, gr m by Bonnie Steinway .... 1 1
Maxine J., br m by Crusados 2 2
Ida Mac, br m by Crusados 3 3
Time— 2:36, 2:35.
Sept. 9 — Free-for-all class, purse $400:
Myrtle T. P., br m by Beau B 1 1 1
Ramona, bl m by Cassiar 2 2 2
Young Monterey, b s by Monterey Amigo.. 3 3d
Time— 2:21%, 2:28, 2:25.
Better Horses Will Be Required.
The horse will continue to have a place in the gen-
eral scheme of things, always, but it will have to be
a better horse than ever before. The drafter will
have to be b:gger, toppier and show more quality
than its ancestors ever dreamed of possessing. The
trotter will have to be faster and able to deliver the
goods on all occasions. The saddler for which there
is a growing demand for pleasure uses will have to
be a top-notcher. There will be no place on earth
for the cheap skates. The idea that when the mares
get old, blind and crippled and generally too worn
and weary to earn their salt they are good enough to
use as brood mares is played out. Only the best will
pay for the raising. Another war may break out
somewhere and create a demand for a few thousand
more misfits, but no breeder can safely conduct
operations on any such flimsy assumption. The old
time livery stable has closed its doors and will
remain closed. The city is rapidly discarding the
light delivery horse in favor of the auto truck on the
grounds of business expediency. It is more expen-
sive, but who cares? — Field and Farm.
o
Auto Zombro 2:02% pacing is the fastest of the get
of Zombro 2:11. His dam is Trixy by Conifer, the
son of Lord Russell and Carlotta by Nutwood that
was bred bv Hancock Johnson of Los Angeles.
Lucille Spier 2:06% trotting on a half mile track
is the sensational trotter of the year. Uhlan is the
only trotter that has beaten this record. She is by
Directum Spier.
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Many Grand Circuit followers who have seen Na-
poleon Direct 1:59% in his races think he is the
fastest of all living harness horses, and that neither
Directum I. or William can beat him in a race.
Many think he could lower all records if prepared
for a fast mile.
SYRACUSE, (N. Y.) SUMMARIES.
Monday, September 11.
Three-year-old trotters (2 in 3), $2,000:
Bonnie Dell, br g by Del Coronado — Bonnie Direct
(Hinds) 4
Jack Mooney. br g by Malcolm Forbes (Devereux) 1
Just Tess. b f (Burk) 5
Pagan, blk g (Lorillard) 2
Oscar Watts, Lockspur, Peter Mount, Roy Bingen,
elry and Peter's Pride also started.
Time— 2:15%. 2:13%. 2:12%.
2:11 pace (3-heat plan), purse $5000:
Diumeter, ch g by Dium — Estere B (Grady) 1
Jay El Mack, b s (Murphy) 2
Spring Maid, ch m (B. White) 3
Major Woolworth, br s (Hubbard) 4
Wilbur S. and Hal Plex E. also started.
Time— 2:04%. 2:07. 2:03%.
Free-for-all pace (3-heat plan), purse $1200:
Napoleon Direct, ch h by Walter Direct. . (Geers) 1
Single G., b h bv Anderson Wilkes — Little Gyp
(Cox) 2
Fred Russell, b g ....(Snow) 3
Time— 2:00V'.. 2:04".i, 2:03%.
2:1S trot (3-heat plan), purse $1200:
Brescia, b m by Bingara — Chambermaid (Rodney) 1
Ridgemark. br g by Wilask — Eolite (Tod) 3
Zomrect, blk h (McDonald) 5
Lu Princeton, b h (Cox) 6
1 1
3 2
2 3
8 10
Rev-
1 1
2 3
Bettina, Red Gift, Host Peter, Daisy Todd and Narcissa
T. also started.
Time— 2:10%, 2:09%. 2:09%.
2:15 trot (3-heat plan), purse $2000:
Azora Axworthy, b m by Bale Axworthy(Murphy)l 1 1
Baron Frisco, b g by San Francisco (Dickersen) 2 2 2
Jeannette Speed, br m (Cox) 3 3 3
Worthy Bingen, blk s (Murray) 4 4 dr '
Lvndon, blk g (Rathbun), d.
Time-^2:08%, 2:08%, 2:11%.
Tuesday, September 12.
Driving Club Sweepstakes for two-year-oid trotters, 2
in 3, estimated value $2000:
Antaguy, b g by Guy Axworthy — Anteach (Jones) 1 1
Labe Riddle, b e by Malcolm Forbes — Ann Tre-
gantle (Stout) 2 29
Lady Marion, b f by Morgan Axworthy — Miss Corn-
ier (White) 3 3
Anselot also started.
Time— 2:13%. 2:16»,4.
2:05 pace (3-heat plan), purse $1000:
Peter Stevens, b s by Peter the Great . . (Murphy) 111
Comsewogue Hal. br g by Direct Hal — Delphine
Dallas (Crossman) 2 2 2
Camelia, b m by Summer — Vetas (Cox) 3 3 4
White Sox also started.
Time— 2:04%, 2:04, 2:05%.
Empire State Stake tor 2:08 trotters (3-heat plan),
purse $10,000:
St. Frisco, b s by San Francisco — Cara Cantrill
(Geers) 1
Mabel Trask, ch m by Peter the Great — Miss Nu-
tonia (Cox) 2
Al Mack, b s by McLintock — Mignon. . (Murphy) 8
Also started— Harry S.. J. McCluskey, Dick Watts,
Alma Forbes, Director Todd, Virginia Barnette.
Time— 2:05%, 2:0394, 2:05%.
American Horse Breeders' Futurity for three-year-old
pacers (2 in 3), purse $1000:
Peter Look, b c by Peter the Great — Pilatka..
(Traynor) 1 1
Edward P.. b c by The Northern Man — Lady Bal-
Iou (McDonald) 2 2
Natoma, br f by Walnut Hall — Noma (Stout) 3 3
Rose Magee also started.
Time— 2:08%, 2:09%.
Three-year-old trotters, 2:24 class (3-heat plan), $2000:
Harrod's Creek, ch c by General Watts — Axalea
(Engleman) 111
Brownie Watts, br m by General Watts (Rodney) 2 2 2
Native Judge, b s by Justice Brooks. .(Murray) 3 3 3
Lightsome Watts also started.
Time— 2:10%. 2:11%, 2:13%.
To beat track record of 2:01%. held by The Harvester:
Lee Axworthy, by Guy Axworthy (White) won. Time
by quarters — :30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00. (New world's trotting
record.)
Wednesday, September 13.
2:17 pace (3-heat plan), purse $2000:
Young Todd, b g by Director Todd — Woodford
Belle (Cox) 111
Peter G-, b s by Wolverine (Snow) 2 2 2
Sir Anthony Carter, b s by Sir Lightfoot (Geers) 3 3 3
Baymar also started.
Time— 2:05%. 2:05%. 2:04%.
American Horse Breeders' Futurity, three-year-old trot,
2 in 3; purse $6000:
Expressive Lou, b f by Atlantic Express — Lou Dillon
(Murphy) 1 1 '
Suldine. b c by Worthy McKinney (Traynor) 3 2
Lotto Watts, b f by General Watts (Stout) 2 4
Bingen Silk, b c by Bingen (Chandler) 4 3
Cochato Jay, General Yorke Balmaacan also started.
Time— 2:09V., 2:09%.
2:10 trot (3-heat plan), purse $1200:
Howe Constantine, br g by Constantine Laddie —
Wilton • (Batchelder) 1 1 7
M. L. J., b g by Redwill (Leonard) 6 4 1 ;
Humfast. b g by Trampfast (Murphy) 2 2 3j
Baby Doll, b m by Tom Smith (Rodney) 3 3 2
Laramie Lad, Virginia Barnette, Spirit, Abbie and
Grattam also started.
Time— 2:08%, 2:07%, 2:08%.
2:14 pace (3-heat plan), purse $1000:
Sis Bingen. blk m by Bingen (Murphy) 1
Admiral Dewey II, blk h by Admiral Dewey
(Snow) 3 3
Major A., b g by Acquillan (Crossman) 5 2
Wilbur S., Rayo de Oro, Count Marque also started.
Time— 2:07%, 2:06%, 2:07%.
1 1
Thursday, September 14.
2:16 trot (2 in 3). wagon race:
Eudora Spier, blk m by Directum Spier. . . . (White)
Lucy Van, b m (McDonald)
Hawkins, Ginger Boy, also started.
Time— 2:14%. 2:16%.
2:12 trot (2 in 3), League Cup, wagon race:
Bond Issue, b g by The Bondsman. ... (Mitchell) 2
Peter Mac. h h (Shaw) 1
Bronson, br g (Graves) 3
Bingola, Helena Constantine also started.
Time— 2:09%. 2:11%. 2:13.
2:13 trot (3-heat plan), purse $2000:
Busy's Lassie, b m by Peter the Great — Miss
Busy (Cox) 1
American Girl, ch m (Murray) 3
Ed Axworthy, b g (McDonald) 2
Alva D. also started.
Time_2:15V.. 2:14%. 2:13%.
2:07 pace (3-heat plan), purse $2000:
Roan Hal, ro g by Hal Defacto — Maud C.(Murphy)l
Miss Harris M.. b m (McDonald) 2
Savoy, blk g by Charley Hayt (Floyd) 3
Time— 2:02%. 2:07%, 2:01%.
2:22 trot (3-heat plan), purse $1200:
Zomrest, blk s by Zombro— Lilly S. .. (McDonald)
b h (Cox)
b m (Diekerson)
Dos Palos,
Notice B., .
Narcissa D., Judge Jones, Aquilon, and Gambler als
started.
Time— 2:10%, 2:09%. 2:09%.
2:24 trot (2 in 3). trophy, wagon race:
Fighting Chance, b g by Charlie Herr (White) 1
Adele Block, b f (Stevens) 2
Birehwood, b g (Furbush) 3
Time— 2:17%, 2:17%.
Friday, September 15.
Rain prevented racing on Friday and the 2:14 trot and
2:10 pace went over until Saturday.
Saturday, September 16.
2:14 trot (3 heats), purse $1200:
Brisac. br h by Bingara— Karata (Murphy) 1 1
Empress of Russia, ch m by Peter the Great —
Mightv Onward (Murray) 3 2
Tregantle King, blk h by Tregant — Constantine 2 5
Trust McKinney and Zombro Rex also started.
Time— 2:10%, 2:10%, 2:09%.
2:10 pace (3-heat plan), purse $1000:
Major Woodworth. blk s by The Ahbe — Queen
Regent (Hubbard) 4 1
The Problem, blk c by Cochato— The Understudy
(Murphy) 1 2
Spring Maid, ch m by The Abbe— Beulah
(Ben White)) 2 5
Areta V. also started.
Time— 2:10%, 2:05%, 2:05%.
Saturday, Sept. 23, 1916]
THE BKEEDEK AND SPORTSMAN
Thoroughbred Matters
Sanford Horses Bring Good Prices.
New York, Sept. 7. — Twelve of John Sanford's
horses in training were sold in the Belmont Park
paddock just before the racing began today. The
sale, which was conducted by the Powers-Hunter
Company, witn George A. Bain as auctioneer, was
well attended and very generally pronounced a satis-
factory and successful one. The generally expressed
opinion among the horsemen present was that the
result was a good omen for the future of racing.
Preston Burch, manager for Mr. Sanford, when
asked why that gentleman was offering so many
really good and useful racehorses from his stable,
replied that the owner of Hurricana had decided to
race no more during the current season, and that he
desired to make room for the big bunch of forty or
more thoroughbreds which he will have in training
during the coming season.
Twelve thoroughbreds were offered and sold, and
the sale was in no sense a "weeding' 'one, for among
those sold were Leochares, St. Isidore, Bac, Quartz
and Gunrock, the richly bred imported chestnut
colt by Rock Sand out of Gunfire.
The animals sold and the prices paid were as
follows :
Bac, ch g (5) by Cunard — Bandello; L. Varey,
manager of the Beverwyck Stable $2,500
Brumley, ch h (5) by Isidor — Odriutha; A. B.
Blakely 2,000
Tyrant, b c (2) by Radium — Oppression 1,400
St. Isidore, ch g (3) by Isidor— Onaga; Walter
Jennings 4,300
Affection, ch f (3) by Isidor— One-I-Love ; W. P.
Orr 950
Kilkenny, ch c (2) by Celt— Fairy Sprite; H. O.
Holland 850
Leochares, b g (6) by Broomstick — Leayonara;
W. P. Orr 4,600
Grand Opera, ch c (2) by Santry — Light Opera;
J. E. Davis 500
Lucius, ch c (2) by Isidor — Roxane; N. Byer 1,300
Gunrock, ch c (2) by Rock Sand — Gunfire;
J. E. Davis 1,700
The twelve horses from the Sanford stable brought
a total of $24,325, making an average of a fraction
over $2,027 each.
Winning Owners and Horses at Belmont Park.
During the twelve days racing of the Westchester
Racing Association at Belmont Park, which came to
a close September 11th, seventy-two races were
decided and ?S1,424 was distributed in stakes and
purses. Seventy-three owners shared in the distri-
bution, and nineteen won over $1000. R. T. Wilson,
owing to the winning of $17,344 by his two-year-old
Campfire in the Futurity, stood at the head of win-
ning owners, but A. K. Macomber of California was
second with S5170 won, August Belmont third with
$4940, Harry P. Whitney fourth with $4551, James
Butler fifth with $4025. Of the 145 horses that were
placed Campfire headed the list with $17,340 to his
credit, Mr. Belmont's Stromboli was second with
$4275, and Mr. Macomber1 s- Star Hawk third with
$3370, winning the Realization and another race.
Walter Jennings, trainer for Mr. Macomber, was
rewarded by seeing his horses win six races during
the meeting, and running second once and third
twice.
Recent Thoroughbred Importations.
The steamship Mongolia, which reached New York
last week from Liverpool, brought a few thorough-
breds to add to the already long list of importations
to America this year. Dr. McCully was the con-
signee but the animals were owned by Messrs. H. T.
Oxnard and Willis Sharpe Kilmer.
Mr. Oxnard's importation is the fashionably bred
four-year-old brown Ally Autumn, by St. Frusquin
out of Cornfield by Isinglass. She is in foal to the
royally bred and successful racehorse and sire, Adam
Bede, by Adam, son of Flying Fox.
Mr. Kilmer's importations consisted of the bay
broodmare Carisbrooke Castle, eight years old, by
King's Messenger out of Squint II. by Willonyx, and
is said to be a fine individual, to say nothing of her
fashionable breeding. Another of Willis Sharpe Kil-
mer's importations by the Mongolia is a fine filly
foal which Carisbrooke Castle has at foot. This
youngster is by Corcyra (son of Polymelus). The
third of Mr. Kilmer's importations is White Dinah,
a fine looking bay filly, yearling, by The White
Knight (son of Desmond) out of Dark Dinah by
Tarporley.
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The officials for the winter meeting at Tia Juana
have been announced by James W. Coffroth. The
judges will be C. H. Pettingill, who expects to make
his home and remain at Pasadena; Lee J. Rose and
Ed Jasper, who also will act as racing secretary.
Sam McGibbons will be assistant secretary and E. J.
Tribe will do the starting. J. S. Rothert will be clerk
of the scales, and J. D. Milan patrol and paddock
judge.
Credential Jumps 7 Feet 4 Inches.
Mr. Frank Holland's champion high jumper, Cre-
dential, cleared the bars at a height of 7 feet 4
inches at Hastings Park, Vancouver, B. C, Canada,
on August 19, setting a new Pacific Coast record and
beating his own record of 7 feet 3% inches. He
competed against Lady M., Henderson's horse, the
only other entry in the contest, which cleared the
bars at 5 feet 10 inches.
Credential has been the property of Mr. Holland
for the past three or four years, and his owner has
always maintained that if not the highest, he is the
most consistent high-jumping horse in existence.
He has been entertaining from twenty-five to thirty
thousand people a day before the grand stand at the
Vancouver exhibition and started off with his own-
er's statement on August 19 that he would beat his
former record made in Victoria in 1912.
After the 5-ft. 10-in. jump was made the bars were
raised to 6 ft. 6 in., and on his third jump E. Heard,
who rode Credential, said, "We will go over the
record," and placed him at 7 ft. 4 in., which he
absolutely cleared at the very first trial.
This will stand as a Pacific Coast record. Both
rider and own^r came in for much deserved applause
and congratulations.
Credential is Canadian bred, 11 years old, 16.1%
hands, and weighs 1,100 pounds. He is by Creden-
tial, out of a standard bred mare, and was foaled in
Gait, Ont. He went to Spokane, Wash., for the week
of September 4 to 9, where he competed in the high-
jumping contests held in connection with the exhi-
bition.
Chesterbrook Handicap a Great Race.
Under a cloudless sky and with the temperature
perfect for racing, over a good track which had
dried out overnight, a record crowd at Havre de
Grace last Saturday afternoon saw H. C. Hallenbeck's
The Finn, a black son of Ogden and Livonia, beat
Andrew Miller's Roamer, August Belmont's Strom-
boli and five others of the best handicap horses of
the year. The race The Finn won was the Chester-
brook Handicap at a mile and a sixteenth, and it
had a net value of $3,200 to the winner.
Inasmuch as it had practically all the stars of the
year in competition, the Chesterbrook was by long
odds the greatest race that has been put on at any
track during this season of sport . The race was run
in 1:45 3-5 on a. track that was about a second slow,
but at that was within a fifth of a second of the
track record made four years ago. At the finish The
Finn was first by two lengths, Roamer was second,
two lengths in front of Stromboli, who was a length
in front of Short Grass, with Barberry Candle, Dad-
dy's Choice, Borrow and Capra in the order named.
The Finn carried 125 pounds, Roamer 126, Stromboli
126, Short Grass 120, Baberry Candle 121, Daddy's
Choice 98, Borrow 121, and Capra 110.
Thoroughbred Values Going Up.
The recent sale of Friar Rock for $50,000 and the
reported refusal of $250,000 for Pommern indicate a
firm belief in the future of racing in the United
States and England, says the N. Y. Herald. Both
horses were valued for breeding purposes, not for
racing, though both were young, sound, fit and ready
to race, and apparently capable of beating anything
of their own ages in sight. Neither of them has yet
been tried at the stud, and their pedigrees and per-
formances determined the prices paid and refused
for them, shrewd horsemen having that much confi-
dence in their ability, when tried, to transmit the
speed and stamina they have shown in their races.
Pommern is the colt that last year won the Two
Thousand Guineas and the races substituted for the
Epsom Derby and the Doncaster St. Leger, neither
of which, however, has been recognized as anything
but a substitute, so that Pommern is not at all likely
to go down in turf history as the winner of the "triple
crown," as it is termed, when a horse wins all three
of the three-year-old classics. But he was clearly in
a class by himself among three-year-olds in England
last season, and he is a fashionably bred horse, his
sire, Polymelus, having stood at the head of all win-
ning sires in 1914 and 1915, and, up to last accounts,
again this season.
Polymelus is a son of the great Cyllene, that held
the post of honor two years in succession and got
four Derby winners in seven years before he was
exported to the Argentine Republic, . and that last
year stood third on the list in that South American
El Dorado of horse racing. Maid Marian, the dam of
Polymelus, was bred by Queen Victoria, and was by
Hampton, the sire of three Derby winners, out of
Quiver, by Toxophilite, the sire of Australia's great
cup horse and sire, Musket. Pommern's dam, Merry
Agnes, never produced anything else of note, and her
sire, St. Hilaire, was one of the mediocre sons of
St. Simon.
Friar Rock's breeding compares favorably with
that of Pommern. In the direct male line both horses
are descendants of Stockwell, the St. Leger winner
of 1852, and the sire of three Derby winners and
six winners of the St. Leger, among which were
Doncaster, through whom the prolific Bend Or line
to Ormonde and Cyllene is carried on. Friar Rock's
sire, Rock Sand, by the Derby winner Sainfoin, son
of Springfield, by St. Albans, son of Stockwell, came
from a less dis-tinguished line than that of Doncas-
ter— Bend Or— Bona Vista— Cyllene, but he was a
far greater race horse than Polymelus, the sire of
Pommern, having won the "triple crown," which only
ten horses ever succeeded in doing, and earned
$241,000, an amount equaled by only two others in
turf history.
Imported, by August Belmont when six years old,
at a cost of $125,000, Rock Sand left few foals in
England, and he came here at a most unfortunate
time for his success as a sire. Racing was suspended
just as his first foals were old enough to start, and
before it was revived he had been sold for $140,000
to go to France, where the war came along before
his foals were of racing age and where he died last
year at the early age of fifteen. In spite of all these
handicaps he is famed as the sire of Tracery, winner
of the St. Leger, and generally regarded as the best
three-year-old of 1912 in England, $200,000 having
been offered for him by Lady Douglas, according to
report.
For Fairy Gold, the dam of Friar Rock, Mr. Bel-
mont was said to have paid $20,000 in England. She
was by Bend Or, winner of the Derby and sire of the
unbeaten Ormonde, as well as Bona Vista, the sire
of Cyllene. Her dam. Dame Masham, was by Gail-
lard, son of the Derby winner Galopin, sire of St.
Simon, and her grandam, Pauline, by Hermit, winner
of the Derby and sire of two winners. Fairy Gold's
first foal in this country was Fair Play, a winner, by
Hastings. Her next foal. Golden View, also by Hast-
ings, produced Rock View, her first foal, winner of
the Realization and other important stakes last year,
and another fcal, Flittergold, by Hastings, was
beaten only half a length by Star Hawk at the last
Belmont Park meeting.
Friar Rock would have been an overwhelming
favorite for the Realization this year, but his new
owner, feeling that he had "nothing to gain and
everything to lose," did not start him against Star
Hawk, Spur and the others. As the records stand
Friar Rock goes to the stud as the only three-year-
old that ever won the Brooklyn Handicap and the
Suburban Handicap, and to these he added the his-
toric Saratoga Cup, a weight for age race at a mile
and three-quarters, which numbers among its winners
such horses as Longfellow, Harry Bassett, Kentucky,
Helmhold, Torn Ochiltree, Parole, Bramble, Check-
mate and Thora.
On the fact of the returns it is difficult to see a
difference of $200,000, or $100,000, or even $50,000, in
the value of Pommern and Friar Rock for breeding
purposes. John E. Madden says the American colt,
if he had been bred and raced in England, could not
have been bought for $100,000. It might perhaps be
added that Pommern, if bred and raced in America,
could not have teen sold for more than $50,000.
A New York turf scribe says that at the Havre de
Grace track one day last week one was reminded of
California in its palmiest days of racing by a group
that was seen in the paddock. There was Jimmie
Coffroth, premier promoter of the Coast and now
head of the racing association at Tia Juana, talking
with big Bill Carroll, who manages the Spreckels
Stock Farm; Dynamite Jack Thornby and Overcoat
Jack Atkins, Harry Monahan and Sandy McNaugh-
ton, all talking of the good old California days and
speculating on whether a racing bill would be passed
in the Golden State during the coming year.
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Friar Rock, John E. Madden's recent $50,000 pur-
chase, is still holder of the five and a half furlong
record over the straight course at Belmont Park.
This record was made July 17, 1915, when a two-
year-old with 10C pounds up in 1:03 4-5.
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H. Price Headley recently sold to Walter Jennings,
acting for A. K. Macomber, two high-bred youngsters
in the yearling chestnut colt (half-brother to Bulse)
by Uncle out of Nethersole, by Tournament; and
the yearling bay colt by Uncle out of Tehera (dam of
Batouch) by Nasturtium. Mr. Macomber purchased
seven yearlings by Uncle from Mr. Headley in May.
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At Newmarket, England, Sept. 13th, the Septem-
ber Stakes for three-year-olds at a mile and three-
quarters, being the war-time substitute for the Don-
caster St. Leger, was won by J. Buchanan's chestnut
colt Hurry On, by Marcovil--Tout Suite, with Lord
Falmouth's chestnut colt Clarissimus by Radium —
Quintessence, second, and E. Hulton's bay colt Athel-
ing by Desmond — Wood Daisy, third. Only five
started.
Jerome B. Respess is reported to have disposed of
his entire holdings in the New Louisville Jockey
Club, Churchill Downs, amounting to $90,000, to
Jacob Greenberg, proprietor of the Gait House at
Louisville.
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Under the auspices of the Kentucky Sales Com-
pany Tuesday, Sept. 12th, George A. Bain disposed of,
inside of two hours, 68 thoroughbred horsses in train-
ing, yearlings and weanlings, for $25,840, an average
of $380. Of the number sold 55 were yearlings, and
they brought $19,760, an average of $359. Six wean-
lings brought $2,280, an average of $380, and seven
horses in training brought $3,800, an average of $543.
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Jockey E. Martin was knocked from a horse he
was exercising at Lexington two weeks ago and had
his leg broken, so that he will be unable to ride any
more this season. He had just cantered his horse
a mile and had pulled up when Lunsford, an exercise
boy, bore down on him with an unruly filly he was
riding and knocked Martin and his mount to the
ground.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept. 23. 1916 I
Harness Horses and Horsemen
C. A. Durfee Continues His "Stake" Diet.
After winning one of the colt stakes and getting
money out of three others at the meeting of the
Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association
at Santa Rosa this summer, C. A. Durfee moved his
small string of two and three-year-olds on to the
State Fair at Sacramento, where there were five
stakes to be decided and in all of which his stable
was represented. They were the Occident Stake for
three-year-old notters, the California State Fair Fu-
turity for three-year-old trotters, and another divis-
ion of the same stake for three-year-old pacers, and
the two divisions of the Stanford Stake, one for
three-year-old trotters, the other for three-year-old
pacers. He won every one of these stakes except
the Stanford Stake for trotters, but he got second
money in that. Last week he moved his colts to
Pleasanton where the R. J. MaeKenzie stakes for
three-year-olds were to be decided. In the three-
year-old trot he won in straight heats with Hermes,
and the three-year-old pace was also credited to him
in straight heats, the colt Rico being the winner.
By starting in seven stakes in one season, winning
six. while getting second money in the other, we
think Mr. Durfee has made a record never before
equaled by any trainer or driver on this coast, and
we doubt if it has ever been equaled anywhere. The
colts were all members of the string of his son
W. G. Durfee of Los Angeles, and when that well
known trainer decided to race his aged horses over
the Grand Circuit he turned the colts over to his
father to race in California. In addition to these
stake races C. A. won first money in a $500 purse
for two-year-olds at Sacramento with Oro Fino. Thus
in eight starts Mr. Durfee has won seven races and
was second in the eighth. His winnings amount to
something over $7000. Mr. Durfee says that he is
now ready to retire from the turf, but we will have
to wait until next year's races start until we make
the official announcement that the dean of California
trainers and drivers has retired after over forty
years of active service in the sulky.
Bradmont Wins Free-For-AM Pace.
At the matinee of the San Francisco-California
Driving Club held in Golden Gate Park last Sunday
Ritchie Roberts won the feature race of the program,
the free-for-all pace, with his new purchase Brad-
mont. He won the race in straight heats in 2:11%
and 2:12%, defeating King Pointer and W. J. K. in
handy fashion. Roberts drove his horse well and
the result was never in doubt. There was more of
a contest in the 2:12 pace which required three heats
to decide. Frank Goularte won the first heat with
J. C. Simpson in 2:13%. but William Malough got
to the wire first in the next two heats with Emma M.
in 2:13*4 and 2:13%. Little Jack was second every
heat and was driven an excellent race by Geo.
Conlan.
In the 2:20 mixed Frank N. was the winner, and
in the match race between Pointer Belle and Rosa O.,
the former won after a hard race through the
stretch.
During the afternoon Mr. J. Metz exhibited bis
pair of trotters Major McKinley and Col. Roosevelt
to pole and they came in for much applause when
they trotted the three-fourths in 1:45%, which is
close to a 2:20 gait. The summary:
First race — 2:12 pace:
Emma M (William Malough) 3 11
J. C. Simpson (Frank Goularte) 13 3
Little Jack (George Conlan) 2 2 2
Senator H (J. M. Kidd) 4 4 4
Time— 2:13%, 2:13%, 2:13%.
Second race — 2:20 mixed:
Frank N (L. A. Gielow) 1 1
Dibble Wilkes (S. Benson) 2 3
Silver Logan (D. Healy) 4 2
Hello Girl (R. Kehoe) 3 5
Matawan (J. McNamara) 5 4
Time— 2:18%, 2:18%.
Third race — Free-for-all pace:
Bradmont (Ritchie Roberts) 1 1
King Pointer (H. Campodonico) 2 2
W. J. K (W. J. Kenney) 3 3
Time— 2:11%, 2:12%.
Fourth race — Match pace:
Pointer Belle (J. M. Kidd) 1 1
Rosa D (J. J. Rvan) 2 2
Time— 2:17%, 2:17.
Pedlar Direct Paces in 2:10.
During the Alameda County Fair, held last week at
Pleasanton, Mr. A. W. Longley placed his pacing
stallion Pedlar Direct on the program to go a mile
against time. C L. DeRyder drove the son of Baron
Direct and rating him nicely made the mile in 2:09%
very handily. The first quarter was in 32 seconds,
the half was reached in 1:05%, the three quarters
in 1:37% and the last quarter in just 32 seconds.
While Mr. Longley has never yet rated Pedlar Direct
as a free-for-all pacer, he believes that by another
; ear he should be able to pace several seconds below
his present mark. He started twice at Santa Rosa
and twice at Sacramento this year and paced con-
sistently in all four races. Pedlar Direct is cer-
tainly a horse of royal breeding. He is now six
years old, is standard and registered. His sire Baron
Direct 42841 is by Direct 2:05% out of a mare by
Baronmore 13677, a well bred son of Baron Wilkes.
The dam of Fedlar Direct is Miss Episode by Pedlar
12908. a son of Electioneer who was out of the great
broodmare Penelope by Mohawk Chief, next dam the
thoroughbred mare Plenetia by Planet. The second
dam of Pedlar Direct is Episode, the dam of Robert
Bingen 2:14)4, etc., by Ambassador, third dam that
wonderful broodmare Santos, dam of Peter the Great
2:07%, J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08, etc., fourth dam
Shadow by Octoroon, etc.
Before leaving Pleasanton for the races this year,
the best mile Pedlar Direct had shown was 2:11%
and Mr. Longley hesitated about sending him to
the above named meetings. The little horse did all
he could every time he started. In his first start at
Santa Rosa he was 5-5-9 in 2:07%, 2:11 and 2:08%,
and in his second start at the same meeting he was
8-2-1 and won second money with the time at 2:09%,
2:09% and 2:12. At Sacramento he started twice.
He was 3-4-2 in the 2:14 pace at this meeting and
won second money, the time being 2:10%, 2:11 and
2:10, and in the 2:20 class pace at the same meeting
where the heats were in 2:08%, 2:09% and 2:14 he
was 6-2-4, and inside the money. He is one of the
best dispositioned horses in training and a great
favorite with his owner as well as all the stable
hands, and all are highly pleased that he has now
got a record inside the 2:10 mark.
The 2:12 Trot at Hamline.
Among the starters in the 2:12 trot at the Min-
nesota State Fair at Hamline, September 8th. was
The Proof, driven by Charley Spencer. A report of
the race says:
With the track in much improved condition, the
Minneapolis stake of $3,000 for 2:12 trotters was the
feature race of the day. Considerable speculation
was indulged in as to the probable winner of this
event. The majority of the talent seemed to think
Miss Densmore should win, though Miss Pinkerton,
Alice Arion, R. C. H. and Abu Taleb were well
thought of. Miss Pinkerton succeeded in winning
the first heat, reducing the track record not only for
this event, but for all previous trots over this course,
in the time of 2:07*4, which was, indeed, very cred-
itable, all things considered. In the succeeding heats
she seemed to experience considerable difficulty in
scoring up with the field, and would have so much
ground to make up that she was not a factor there-
after. Miss Densmore, that carried the fight to her
throughout the first mile, won the second heat from
R .C. H. in a whipping finish, in 2:08, with Abu Taleb
a fair third. The third heat was very spectacular,
as the horses were well bunched almost throughout
the entire mile. R. C. H., that trotted an improving
race for Marvin Childs, The Proof, driven by C. A.
Spencer, and Miss Densmore, Henry Thomas' charge,
raced abreast, and furnished a beautiful stretch drive,
as each teamster was exerting himself to the utmost,
using whip, voice and hands to the very last stride
of the heat, and only inches separated them at the
wire. So close was the finish that none but those
directly over the wire could discern the winner, the
heat going to R. C. H., with The Proof and Miss
Densmore in order; Alice Arion was close up in
fourth position. The average of the three heats in
this race constitutes the record for this track. The
fastest previous heat was 2:08%, made by Miss Per-
fection last year, driven by Charlie DeRyder, which
equaled the 2:08% which DeRyder made with Charlie
Belden in this event several years ago. In the sum-
mary the horses stood as follows: Miss Densmore
2-1-3, R. C. H. 3-2-1, Miss Pinkerton 1-5-5, The Proof
6-4-2.
Bingen Silk Will Be a Factor.
The somewhat sudden recovery of Bingen Silk (3)
2:07%, to his best form places a different aspect on
the three-year-cld situation and adds interest in the
Kentucky Futurity, a race that appeared up to his
recent victory to be at the mercy of the peerless
filly. Volga (2) 2:07%, writes Andrew Leonard in
the American Horse Breeder of Sept. 13. Bingen
Silk has in a measure reemed himself, and that he
has returned to the form he displayed at two was
shown by his heat in 2:07% and by the manner in
which he stood the pace and came away at the finish
to win in easy fashion. This colt was a genuine
crack at two, at which age he won the Lexington
Stake. He came from the half in 1:04% in the race
for the two-year-old Kentucky Futurity, and was
close up at the finish with Walnut Tree (2) 2:10%.
and the winner driving to her limit. This one is a
superb individual, substantially built, well muscled
and withal a colt of much quality. He goes light, is
thoroughly game and can trot in 2 : 05 if the ease with
which he gained his present record can be taken as
an indication of his ability.
Bingen Silk has come to hand slowly, but this may
have been the result of the methods pursued by his
wily trainer, J. B. Chandler, who has more than once
caused surprise by winning an important event with
a comparatively unknown trotter. The first races of
the season in which this colt took part gave him the
appearance of having failed to improve — in fact, he
was condemned by the thoughtless public, which
invariably sees none but the winner, but now that he
has come to his own, has won impressively and in
fast time, his following will be increased ten-fold.
If Bingen Siik is a tremendously high-class colt,
capable of miles in record time, he may prove the
master of the chestnut filly which reigned supreme
last season, but he must continue to improve and
be up to a mile in 2:04, for Volga is the greatest
speed niarvel of her age ever seen, her own brother,
Peter Volo, not excepted, and in order to bring about
her downfall the son of Bingen must outstay her, for
she can cover a quarter very close to twenty-eight
seconds and is an almost perfect racing proposition.
Of Harrod's Creek (3) 2:10, comparatively little is
known except tbat he is a stout, rugged colt, always
on his good behavior and thoroughly game. He has
beaten nothing of the class of either Volga or Bingen
Silk, and as these outclassed him last season they
will in all likelihood continue to do so. Expressive
Lou (3) 2: 09 '4 is probably the making of a great
mare at maturity, but may not be a crack this season,
as she is gTOWthy, somewhat light-bodied and has
had less racing and training experience than the two-
year-old cracks of 1915.
Potency of Wilkes Blood.
The frequency with which the name of George
Wilkes occurs in the pedigrees of the fastest trotters
and pacers of the present day seems remarkable.
It appears to indicate that the Wilkes strain is one
of the most potent factors known, for transmitting
with uniformity extreme light harness race-winning
speed qualities, through both the male and female
lines.
The sons of George Wilkes which seem to have
been the most successful in transmitting extreme
speed qualities with uniformity are Onward 2:25%,
William L. 4244 (sire of Axtell (3) 2:12), Alcyone
2:27, Baron Wilkes 2:18, Guy Wilkes 2:15%, Jay
Bird 2:31%. and Red Wilkes (4) 2:40. Among the
other sons of George Wilkes that rank high as speed
perpetuators are Wilton 2:19%, Simmons 2:28, Gam-
betta Wilkes 2:19%, and Alcantara 2:23. It is a
significant fact that the dams of Onward 2:25%
and Red Wilkes (4) 2:40 were by Mambrino Chief
11. The dams of William L., Guy Wilkes, Alcyone,
Baron Wilkes and Simmons were all by Mambrino
Patchen 58. the best son of Mambrino Chief 11, and
the dam of Jay Bird was by Mambrino Star 2:28%,
a son of Mambrino Chief 11.
Wilkes blood has blended harmoniously with the
best of all the other trotting families with which it
has been crossed, and has increased the speed abil-
ity of those families. Peter the Great 2:07%, at 21
years of age is credited with a far greater number
of performers which have made records of 2:10 or
better, than is credited to any other sire of any age
that has ever lived. His fastest record trotter is
Peter Volo (4; 2:02, whose dam was by Nervolo (p)
2:04%, a son of Colbert (p) 2:07% by Onward
2:25%, and whose second dam was by Betterton
8022, a son of George Wilkes, giving Peter Volo two
strains of Wilkes blood. The fastest record pacer
yet credited to Feter the Great is Miss Harris M. (p)
2:01%, at four years of age. Her dam was by On-
dale 2:23%, whose sire was Onward and whose
dam was by Jay Bird. The second dam of Miss
Harris M. was by Macey, a pacing son of George
Wilkes, which gives this fastest record performer of
Peter the Great three crosses of the potent Wilkes
blood.
The most successful standard-speed perpetuating
stallion, in the first and second generation in the
Electioneer family, is Bingen 2:06%, whose sire was
May King 2:20, a son of Electioneer. The dam of
Bingen was by Young Jim, a son of George Wilkes,
and his second dam was by Red Wilkes, another son
of George Wilkes.
Reramkable results have been obtained by inbreed-
ing the Wilkes strain in other cases than Bingen.
Hamburg Belle was the winner of the fastest two-
heat race ever trotted. Her time was 2:01%, 2:01%.
Her sire was Axworthy (3) 2:15%. by Axtell (3)
2:12, a son of William L. by George Wilkes, and her
dam was by Simmons, a son of George Wilkes. Aller-
ton 2:09%, the world's champion record for trotting
stallions when made, was also the world's champion
sire of standard record performers at the close of
the season of 1915, with 268 to his credit, 208 of
which were trotters. The sire of Allerton was Jay
Bird, a son of George Wilkes. Allerton's dam was
by Mambrino Boy 2:26%, and his second dam was by
George Wilkes. — S. W. Parlin in Trotter and Pacer.
The sensational trotter of last year, Peter Mac
2:03%, made his debut this year at Syracuse, New
York, where he started in the 2:12 class for trotters
driven to a wagon by an amateur. He was driven by
his owner, Col. David Shaw, and after spoiling sev-
eral scores in the first heat was sent off far behind.
After settling down to trot he covered the middle
half in 1:00 flat, reached the leaders at the far turn,
passed them one by one and won the heat by two
open lengths in 2:09%, being separately timed the
mile in 2:07. In the succeeding heats he again
spoiled several scores and although showing two-
minute speed at intervals, was no better than fourth
at the wire in 2:11% and 2:13. He is one of the
fastest trotters living, and also one of the most
erratic.
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Elmo Montgomery shipped Jim Logan 2:01%, Lock
Logan 2:07% and Hal Logan directly from Sacra-
mento to North Yakima after the close of the Cali-
fornia State Fair.
Saturday, Sept. 23, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Fresno Fair opens next Monday.
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There will be three days' racing beginning Tues-
day, the 26th inst.
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Fresno's annual fair is second only to the State
Fair and is a mighty good second to that.
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An advertiser desires to buy a number of thor-
oughbred horses and mares. Read the advertise-
ment and communicate with this office forthwith.
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Sirs. Ada Schilling was unable to get out in time
Wednesday morning to take in the Pacific Coast
Special. She competed in the preliminary, however,
in the afternoon, breaking 82 from the 16-yard line.
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Mr. I. L. Borden's string of horses will probably
winter at Pleasanton.
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Miss Pinkerton reduced the trotting record of the
Hamline, Minn., track to 2:07%.
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Judge D. C. Beaman, one of the organizers of the
American Trotting Association, of which he was for
many years vice-president, died recently at Denver,
Col. He was seventy-eight years old.
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Hal Boy p. 2:01% did some tall traveling recently.
He raced Friday at Rutland, Vt., in the ?2,500 free-
for-all and on Monday was at Milwaukee, over 1,000
miles away, and broke the Wisconsin state record,
with Dick McMahon aboard.
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Says the Horse Review: "Western critics and
race-goers are all enthusiastic over Louise de Lopez
(2) 2:1914. This granddaughter of Kinney Lou
2:07%, from California, has the earmarks of great-
ness."
Saint Frisco won the $3000 stake for 2:08 trotters
at Columbus Thursday and it looks as if he would
be the biggest money winner of the year. Tommy
Murphy is driving him and Napoleon Direct while
Geers is in the hospital.
Will Durfee won a 11200 purse with Esperanza
at Columbus, Ohio, last Wednesday. It was a five
heat affair and the daughter of Carlokin took the
last three heats. Her best mile was the fourth in
2:07%, the fastest of the race, and a new record
for her.
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Get ready for the winter months now. If you need
a blanket for your horse, or any of the many reme-
dies to cure lameness, ask Dave West about it. He
has everything a horse needs to make him comfort-
able in winter or summer. His store at 1018 Fillmore
street, San Francisco, is the best appointed on the
coast.
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C. A. Spencer is having success with his stallion
The Proof by The Exponent that he is racing in the
Middle West. Up to this week The Proof had started
seven times, been three times first, three times sec-
ond and once fourth. He broke the track records
at both Mineral Point and Darlington, Wisconsin,
where there are half mile tracks.
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The Rio Vista Horse Show will be held today at
that town on the Sacramento river. The section
around Rio Vista has long been noted for the fine
draft horses produced and some of the best horses
used on the streets of San Francisco were bred there.
During recent years several high class Shire, Perch-
eron and Belgian stallions have been introduced
there and the stock greatly improved.
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"Doc" Tanner having three yearlings by The Har-
vester to divide between Roy Miller and Jim Snell
decided to leave it to lot and so they drew for first
choice, Miller w-inning and taking the colt out of
Bernice R. 2:07%, second dam Dione 2:07*4, and
third dam the dam of the great mare Hulda 2:08%.
Then they drew for who was to have the third one
and again the choice fell to Miller. This was a bay
colt out of Gretchen B. by John A. McKerron, second
dam Lou Dillon 1:58%.
The three-year-old that forced Bingen Silk out in
2:07% at Indianapolis was Stellamaris, w-hose rosy
prospect of winning the race for three-year-olds at
Poughkeepsie a few weeks ago was ruined by a bad
start. Stellamaris is owned and was bred by W. B.
Dickerman, of Mamaroneck. She is a daughter of
Atlantic Express 2:08%, and Nettie King 2:20%, dam
of The Abbot 2:03%, Bonington 2:04%, and The
Huguenot 2:07%. When Stellamaris gains a record
such as she is capable of making her dam will havo
to her credit four faster trotters than any other mare
ever produced. That honor now belongs to Paronella,
dam of Country Jay 2: 05 Vi, Kentucky Todd 2:08%,
Ormonde 2:08%, and Judge Parker 2:09%. No
other has yet produced four in the 2:10 list.
The death of William Russell Allen doubtless
means the passing of New England's most successful
breeding establishment.
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Four Stockings 2:19%, the big trotter that the
late Frank J. Kilpatrick bought in California and
took east, won a race at Berea, Ohio, a few weeks
ago. He was a plow horse during the spring.
The magnificent colt Bingen Silk, w-inner of the
Western Horseman Futurity in 2:07%, trotted the
last half of his record mile a shade under 1:01.
Barring accidents, he should be up to a mile in 2:05
at Lexington.
Two great sires will be on the market — Guy Ax-
worthy (4) 2:08% and Bingara. The former has this
season gained credit with a world's champion — Lee
Axworthy — a near champion — Ante Guy, and others
of real merit, and the latter with three better than
2:10 trotters.
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Willis Sharpe Kilmer's horses, or at least those
composing the active division of his stable of thor-
oughbreds, which were recently transferred to the
care of Trainer Henry McDaniel, will not be raced
any more this year. Since they have been in the
care of Trainer McDaniel they have been at Saratoga,
w-here they will remain for a time and then be
shipped to Mr. Kilmer's farm at Goshen, N. Y., where
they will be looked after by Trainer McDaniel dur-
ing the coming winter.
Bingen Silk won the Western Horseman's Futu-
rity for three-year-olds at Indianapolis in 2:07%, half
a second faster than Volga's time in the Champion
Stake at Cleveland, but at Columbus the following
week Volga defeated Bingen Silk and six others in
2:08% and 2:07%, the time of the second heat just
equalling Bingen Silk's record. Bingen Silk and
Volga are now tied for the fastest heat by a three-
year-old trotter this year, and as they meet in the
Kentucky Futurity next month much interest is felt
as to the outcome of that feature of the Lexington
program.
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Now that the colt racing in California is ended for
the season, so far as stakes are concerned, those who
have entries in the three-year-old stakes for 1917
have not seen anything in the two-year-old class this
year that looks like a "cinch" for the stakes next
year. The fastest mile in California by a two-year-
old pacer in a stake was 2:18% and the fastest by a
two-year-old trotter was 2:24. A two-year-old pacer
took a mark of 2:17% and a two-year-old trotter one
of 2:21% in purse races, but no "phenoms" showed
up to scare those who have colts and fillies eligible
to the three-year-old stakes next year that did not
start this year.
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E. J. Tanner, president of the Fasig-Tipton Com-
payn, announced last week that he had arranged with
the executors of the estate of the late William Rus-
sell Allen, of Pittsfield, Mass., to sell all the horses
now at Allen Farm in the annual November sale
at Madison Square Garden. Mr. Tranter visited the
farm recently and catalogued 125 stallions, mares
and young stock comprising the stud. Excepting
Kremlin 2.07%, now in his thirtieth year, and four
or five very old brood mares, everything on the
place will be sold.
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The Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' Associa-
tion has announced the list of prospective starters in
the Kentucky Futurity for three-year-olds and the
Futurity for two-year-olds. Among those in the latter
race are A. H. Cosden's The Real Lady, Richard Dela-
field's Emma Magowan, David M. Look's Harvest
Gale, S. A. Fletcher's Worthy Volo, and the Pastime
Stable's Mary Coburn. The notable ones in the big
race for three-year-olds include Volga, Expressive
Lou, Bingen Silk, Harrod's Creek, Suldine, Maple
Tree and Brownie Watts.
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Here's a chance to get a Peter the Great colt for
$1. As a benefit for the widow of Curtis Gosnell,
who was killed by accident on the trotting track at
Cleveland in August, the yearling colt, Peter Gos-
nell, is to be raffled for in Madison Square Garden
on Thanksgiving Day. Tickets are being sold at one
dollar each. The colt is a royally bred one, by Peter
the Great 2:07%, out of Nell Worthy 2:22, dam of
Worthy Prince 2:06%. and grandam of Bingen Silk
2:07%, by Axworthy 2:15%. Write to the Western
Horseman at Indianapolis for particulars.
At the Alameda county fair held at Pleasanton
last week, the racing program on Friday afternoon
was made up of the two divisions of the MacKenzie
stakes for three-year-olds, the results of which are
given elsewhere. On Saturday and Sunday there
were matinee and fun races in which no records or
bars were made. The Alameda Driving Club gave a
race on Saturday which was won by Mr. Scott with
the veteran Little Dick. Mrs. Carlisle was second
with Cleo Verne.
Another race was won by Mr. Allen with the pacer
Villa, C. A. Durfee being second each heat with the
two-year-old Oro Fino. The last eighth in one of
these heats was paced in 14% seconds with Villa
only beating Oro Fino by a neck.
A matinee trot was won by Durfee with the two-
year-old Kewpie, Mr. Christenson's black gelding
being second.
Mary Putney (3) 2:05% worked in 2:04% at Hart-
ford, Conn., the last three-quarters in 1:30%, and in
another mile trotted the last half in 59% seconds,
final quarter in :29.
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Powdered boracic acid and iodoform, two parts of
the former to one of the latter, will make one of the
most useful deodorizers and dressings for wounds
that can be found for use in the stable.
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A horse show announcement of unusual interest
comes from Springfield, Mass. It will be the first
such event in the new coliseum, which was espe-
cially designed for shows of this sport. The horses
will compete from October 16 to 21, in an arena 200
by 100 feet, under a roof 65 feet high, surrounded by
boxes and theatre seats for 6,000 persons, and not a
pillar or post in sight. This arena is declared to be
1,014 square feet larger than Madison Square Gar-
den, the home of the most famous horse shows in
the country. While many of the best known exhib-
itors will be in evidence, this show will be notable
for its utility features. The National Dairy Show
management, which is conducting the affair, has
offered inducements to owners of single and pair
delivery horses, heavy drafters, single cart horses,
farm workers, etc., to exhibit their pets and carry
off liberal cash awards as well as ribbons. Though
a six-day horse show has never been attempted ex-
cept in the largest cities, the interest in this one
already assures it of keen competition right up to
the closing hour.
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When the trotting mare Brescia, by Bingara. took
her record of 2:09% at Cleveland last week, her dam
Ka 2:23% became the sixth mare to have produced
as many as three 2:10 trotters, as she had previously
produced Aquin 2:08 and Aquil 2:08%, both of those
trotters having been sired by Aquilin 2:19%. Ka is
a bay mare foaled 1899, at Allen Farm, Pittsfield,
Mass., where she has alw-ays been ow-ned and where
her three 2:10 trotters were bred. She was sired by
Kremlin 2:07%, son of Lord Russell 4677 (son of
Harold 413 and Miss Russell, by Pilot Jr. 12), her
dam Rossignol, by King Wilkes 2:22%, her second
dam Lady Russell (sister to Maud S. 2:08%), by
Harold 413, and her third dam the famous Miss
Russell by Pilot Jr. 12. As Ka is only 17 years old
and has been a regular breeder there is an excellent
chance for her to become one of the first mares to
join Paronella, the only mare to have four 2:10 trot-
ters to her credit, in that advanced list of producers.
The other triple 2:10 producers are as follows:
Paronella. by Parkville 6050, four: Nettie King
2:20%. by Mambrino King 1279, three; Lucy Homer,
by Homer 1235, three; Anna B., by John Burdine
7217, three: Lady Brussels, by Wilton 2:19%, three;
Nowaday (3) 2:14%, by Lookaway 2:22%, three.
The race-course furnishes the only means by which
the speed, soundness, stamina and courage of horses
may be tested and the blood which carries these
qualities perpetuated. In peace it does not seem so
very important that these tests should be made,
though they have given the British rider and the
American driver a horse which surpasses all others
in ability to get there and back. But in times of war
the value of the tests which search out and diffuse
the blood of goers and stayers is clearly apparent.
Sheridan's ride could not have been made on a cold-
blooded horse,- and more than one critical fight has
depended on the equine blood that was in it. The
day of the horse's usefulness in war has not passed,
as the events of the present year show. When the
time of trial comes the blood of the horse will count,
and it may count much more than we can now real-
ize. The abuses of racing all good men deplore, but
these need not so narrow our vision that we fail to
see its possible benefits in the improvement of
horses. Better strive to abolish the abuses than to
discard the tests which show what is good and bad
in horseflesh. — National Stockman and Farmer.
There is a very true axiom: "An ounce of preven-
tion is worth a pound of cure." Why do so many
business men die in the prime of life? Physicians
are a unit in that the principal causes are overwork,
overeating and lack of exercise. If rational exercise,
such as horseback riding, is taken then there is an
improved action of all the vital organs, of the nerves
and of the muscles. The blood stream, too, is stimu-
lated and thus the poisons of the body worked oft.
It tends also to stave off hardening of the arteries. A
typical case has just been called to my attention —
that of a Boston business man who refused to take
exercise. He was a heavy eater and used his auto-
mobile whenever possible. Warned by his friends
that he was committing slow suicide, he simply
laughed at them and would reply. "Oh, I am all
right! . . His liver refused to be further abused and
he died in the prime of life — at the age of 53. Many
other business and professional men are committing
the same error and there is but one inevitable
result — a premature death; they are working hard,
overeating and refusing to take a reasonable amount
of exercise. Horseback riding will positively enable
you to do more work and a better quality of work.
Most people make the mistake of trying to crowd
their exercise into the week-end. Physicians who
have made a study of horseback riding recommend
that it be taken four times a week, and as evenly
distributed during the week as is possible. Thus
the body will receive regular and systematic atten-
tion.— [Walter Briggs in Rider and Driver.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept. 23, 1916
HANDLER QUESTION PUZZLES FANCY.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
Professionals Not Allowed by A. K. C. to Be 'Judges
at Shows.
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
Reports on Fish and Game. — Reports received by
the State Fish and Game Commission are that ducks
are very numerous this year and that the coming
season, beginning October 15th, will see some unusu-
ally good sport. The Commission and railroad re-
ports of hunting and fishing conditions follow:
Truckee — Excellent fishing in Ever Valley. Plenty
of Eastern brock trout and many large flocks of
grouse. Quail not so plentiful. Quail are high and
grouse feed close to the creek. Many does and fawns
but few spike bucks.
Lodi — Salmon fishing good in the Sacramento and
San Joaquin livers. Catfish not running good. Hunt-
ers still getting limit of doves northeast of Clements.
Dana — Doves getting scarce. Many mountain quail.
Plenty deer signs but brush is so thick that deer are
hard to find.
Susanville — Ducks are very abundant in all of the
little mountain lakes.
Live Oak — There are more ducks at Butte Creek
at present than there have ever been. All sprig and
mallard that were raised around the creek last
spring.
Murphys — Valley quail have had the best year for
breeding than for several years past. Many coveys
seen.
Red Bluff — There are still many deer shot in this
section.
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Handtrap Kodak Contest. — There are a great many
hand traps in use, and they have furnished a great
deal of of fun and no little instruction to many devo-
tees of outdoor sports. Doubtless the owners of the
hand trap, or some member of the shooting party,
has had some specially novel or different experience
■which, if known to others, would enable other shoot-
ers to do likewise or improve upon the original per-
formance.
To stimulate interest among the owners of the
hand trap, the Du Pont Company, Wilmington, Del.,
desires to secure short, snappy, instructive, illus-
trated stories. Special stress is laid upon the matter
of action in "he scene to be kodaked.
The company is going to offer cash prizes for the
best descriptive story of the most novel and prac-
tical hand trap experience, accompanied by at least
three group photographs of actions described, said
photos to contain more than one person.
The prizes are, first prize $15; second prize $10;
two prizes of $7.50; five prizes of ?5 each, and fifteen
prizes of $2.50 each.
These are worth trying for and plenty of time is
given, the contest not closing till December 1, 1916.
Stories should not be over 600 words. You can tell
most any experience in that space. Get together,
you camera and newspaper fiends.
Right here a digression as to "what is action" in
a photo of hand-trapping will save many a film and
improve the competitor's chance of "getting his
photo across," for a prize. First — and important —
don't picture a group of shooters leaning on the muz-
zles of guns and one member holding a hand trap
for the camera to picture. Such poses are as com-
mon as sand — and about as acceptable. Don't pic-
ture a man or woman holding the hand trap aloft
as though it was a telescope. Don't have the opera-
tor so near the shooter that it is obviously impos-
sible to operate the hand trap with safely and suc-
cess. In other words, plan your exposure before
giving the final click to your camera. Now a few
"do's" may not be unwelcome to the seeker for the
first prize for best pictures — there must be at least
three accompanying the story.
First, look out for your background. Many an
otherwise good scene is lost, because the people and
the action are scarcely "seeable" against a screen
of trees, bush, trailing and wavy foliage. Remem-
ber, a good sky line makes a place for a catchy
heading — and is a joy to the advertising man or
woman .who is commissioned to build his ad around
your picture. Again, do not try to get all outdoors
on a "3 x 5" card. Frequently, it is more desirable
that readers see what the person or moving part of
the machine is doing. Waving grass, beautiful
lawns, imposing buildings, and space-fillers are some-
times photographic necessities. But to instruct, to
illustrate, to make it easy for others to do what you
picture, show what the person is doing or why the
machine performs as the story reads. Better have
an amputated picture which shows how to do some-
thing intelligibly than a panoramic view of a forty-
acre lot with a trace of individuals in the dim dis-
tance. Novelty is what is sought in picturization of
hand trap operation. The closer you can approach
the apparently improbable and make your story con-
vincing by a practical explanation of how you did
the "stunt," the nearer you will come to the prize
money when avarded.
There are many places your hand trap can work.
There is the camp, always a scene of trials of every
suggestion broached. Take your trap and your
k.jdak. The environment will suggest some post and
the camera will preserve it. Then the auto will
whirl you away to some sightly cliff, mountain top
or seashore, where amid the scenes your fancy sees
a picture. Snap it — maybe you're a prize-winner!
Don't forget the getting-ready feature — how you
packed your trtp, your shells and targets — people
like to see how the other fellow "got busy," and also
how they can do likewise. Get your thinking cap on
and conjure up a series of poses and get your friends
to get into this concentrated movie of the hand trap.
Look out for live, active, practical "repeatable" per-
formances.
The above suggestions are given for what they are
worth, but we think many an amateur kodak fiend
will be a better one if he takes advantage of them
not only for his or her benefit in this contest, but in
others.
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Seattle Association. — The Seattle Trapshooters'
Association s at present in the midst of moving its
clubhouse and traps, and did not, under the circum-
stances, hold its regular Sunday shoot on September
10. The new shipyard and plant being installed on
Harbor Island is taking the grounds that have been
occupied by the club for the past several years. Just
about 1000 feet north of the old location is the new
one. Newly planked roadways will lead directly to
the ground, offering better facilities for autos and
pedestrians than ever before.
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Enforcing Migratory Law, — John Day (Ore.), Sept.
20. — Federal and state game wardens through Grant,
Harney and Malheur counties are now insisting on
a strict observance of the provisions of the federal
migratory bird law, regulations governing which
were approved by the president August 21, 1916, and
are effective after that date. The new regulations
conflict somewhat with the provisions of the state
laws, thus causing confusion among sportsmen.
Several parties of hunters who had gone to the
various lakes where ducks are to be found, have
been turned back by rangers abd game wardens with
a warning that they would be prosecuted if they
did not observe the federal law, under which the
open season does not begin until October 1, whereas
the open season under the state law began Septem-
ber 1st.
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From Sling to Traps. — History is authority for the
statement that the sling as a weapon is probably
the earliest form of device known to mankind by
which an increase of force and range was given to
the arm of a thrower of missiles. When the youthful
hero David slew the giant Goliath with stones hurled
with his sling, he little knew that the idea exempli-
fied in his action with the weapon of the stone age
would be generally used by trapshooters three thou-
sand years later, but such is the case.
All of us have, no doubt, when at the water's
edge picked up flat, thin stones and "skipped" them
across the water. How fascinated and interested we
were in trying to excel ourselves by making each
succeeding throw record more "skips" than the
previous one. The principles governing the throw-
ing of the stones and producing the "skipping" fea-
tures are exactly similar to those which govern the
throwing of clay targets. Attached to every trap
manufactured for the purpose of throwing clay tar-
gets for trapshooting is a part known as a "carrier."
The success or failure of every trap lies in the car-
rier. The carrier is attached to the throwing arm
of the trap and is held "set," ready to be released
at the shooter's call of "pull." When this signal is
given by the shooter, the trap boy pulls a lever, the
throwing arm is released, swiftly describing an arc,
at the end of which the carrier releases the clay
target and sends it spinning through the air, just as
one would a stone. Should the carrier be improperly
adjusted, that is, too loose or too tight, or possess
any defect, then the target will not be properly
thrown, or will be broken on leaving the carrier. In
other words the carrier of a clay target trap is as
the main spring of a watch, and if it is out of order
the trap is useless.
Any expert shooter will say that you can shoot at
clay targets which do not have just the right "spin,"
or in other words, which do not properly rotate, and
though you may hit it with as many as 6 or 8 pellets
of shot, yet the chances are against the target being
broken. On the other hand, one pellet will often
serve to break a rotating or "spinning" target all to
pieces.
Years ago the "gun fan" had very poor and crude
trapshooting facilities. However, perseverance by
the "dyed in the wool" devotees of the sport brought
about better conditions and today one can enjoy this
sport in almost any city or town. Should there be
no gun club with a permanent trap, a hand trap
answers the same purpose. Anyone can easily op-
erate it. It is ideal for private shoots, picnics, on
decks of motor boats or yachts, and for hunting
parties. It can throw targets in any number of
angles.
The rules of the American Kennel Club prohibit a
person who handles, boards, conditions or shows
dogs for money as a means of livelihood, from offi-
ciating as judge at any show held under that club's
rules. Why the professional handler has been
singled out for the above piece of arbitrary legisla-
tion has never been quite clear to the majority of
the fancy. Why does a body such as the American
Kennel Club ar.sume the right to prevent one class
of exhibitors from judging, and not mase the other
classes live up to the rules? The rule relating to
professional handlers has caused a good deal of dis-
cussion ever since its passing. Lengthy arguments '
pro and con have been hurled right and left for
months. Instead of calming the storm has only gath-
ered renewed strength recently.
Southampton was the show that added fuel to the
fire, and fanned the flames of the handler-judge ques-
tion. When the American Kennel Club debarred the
noted English bulldog authority and all-round expert,
Samuel Crabtree, from judging at Southampton, on
the grounds that he was a professional handler, and
later repealed its ruling and allowed him to judge,
the manifest unfairness of the ruling was brought to
the attention of the fancy, more forcibly than had
any previous argument.
Though Mr. Crabtree judged, the decision of the
American Kennel Club was given too late to be of
any value in drawing an entry to Southampton, and
American bulldog fanciers lost the opportunity of
having the British bulldog man pass upon their dogs
owing to the uncertainty of his appearance.
The Crabtree matter proved the fallacy of placing
a man in a class apart. If Mr. Crabtree was a pro-
fessional handler, did it detract from his ability to
render a fair decision? Or did it make him forget
what years of experience had taught him as to bull-
dogs? What is it that really counts in judging dogs?
Knowledge? That is the first requisite in the judge.
The fancy is with me when I say that "the man
who knows" is the man who should judge, regard-
less as to whether he is a professional handler or not.
The professional handler is an honest man. Have
there ever been charges brought against any profes-
sional handler? No, and the handler has always
borne a reputation for honesty that is the envy of
the average amateur. Therefore the handler fills
the second essential quality in the judge.
When a man is honest and really knows dogs, no
matter what his occupation, he should be allowed
to judge. Would you, Mr. Fancier and dog show
exhibitor, ratnei have a professional handler as
judge, or a man who, though he does not board or
show dogs for a living, acts as agent for a kennel,
sells you a dog, and then judges him? Who is the
more honest? Then why does the Kennel Club debar
the professional handler? Is it because he knows
dogs so well?
In talking over the situation created by this rule
with a well known handler and mentioning the laxity
of the rules that would allow a person to do a thing
of this nature, I was dumbfounded by his retort.
"Why, that's nothing," said he, "I showed cocker
spaniels at the show given under American Kennel
Club rules by the Chicago Kennel Club on March 30,
31 and April 1, 1916, at Chicago. The judge placed
several other cockers over some I was handling, and
as I thought the decision was rather bad, I remon-
strated with him. He replied to the effect that the
dogs he placed over those handled by myself were
'pretty good cockers.' I soon found out the reason
when, the following week, in looking over the cata-
logue of the show given under A. K. C. rules by the
Mississippi Valley Kennel Club, at St. Louis, Mo, on
April 3, 4, 5 and 6, 1916, I noted that the very man
who had judged and thought so highly of those par-
ticular cockers at Chicago was down in the catalogue
as agent for the very same dogs he had judged the
week before. He handled these dogs in the ring, too.
Both of the catalogues were duly received and veri-
fied by the American Kennel Club. They are now on
file at the A. C. K.'s office, and no one connected
with the cluo noticed this severe infraction of the
rules."
My idea is to allow anybody to judge, but if the
American Kennel Club finds him doing anything det-
rimental to the fancy, disqualify him for life. Truly,
this is a free country and the greatest sport loving
country in the world. Dog shows are only in their
infancy and the sport of dog showing should not be
hampered by legislation that practically implies dis-
honesty on the part of its professionals. No other
sport puts its professionals under such a ban, and
the coming generation should find this sport of ours
well governed, something to look to with admiration
instead of ridicule, as they surely must under the
conditions as they are at present. — F. F. D. in N. Y.
Herald.
30
Ducks Being Shot. — Hanford, Cal. — Ducks are
making serious inroads upon the rice crop in the
Corcoran district, and hundreds of them are being
shot daily in order to save the crops. By shooting
the ducks and leaving them where they fall, the
hunters say they are not infringing the law. One
half-section of rice has to all purposes been elim-
inated while other tracts have been badly damaged.
Saturday, Sept. 23, 1916]
THE BREEDER ANL SPORTSMAN
Full Report On Pacific Coast Handicap Shoot
— FRANK TEMPLETON MADE SENSATIONAL FINISH TO WIN— O. N. FORD LED IN THE THREE DAYS —
Portland, Oregon. — Expert trapshooters from all
parts of the racific Coast began drifting into Port-
land for the Pacific Coast handicap shoot, several
lays in advance of the event. Frank Templeton,
secretary-treasurer of the Portland Gun Club, was
Ugh man on Sunday, Sept. 10th, in the practice
;vents, with a record of 98 per cent. Dennis Holo-
lan, of Burley, Idaho, was second, with 96 per cent.
Scores, September 10: —
J. E. Reid* 90, Abner Brail 92, Miss Gladys Reid
}2, Les H. Reid* 91, H. E. Poston* 91, Al Seguin 81,
F. S. Crane 78, C. C. Kelly 85, C. H. Knight* 95, Den-
nis Holohan 96. P. J. Holohan* 89, H. E. Dore 54,
E. P. Troeh 85. Henry' R. Everding 88, James P. Bull*
!7, Dr. O. D. Thornton 82, F. C. Atwell 81, J. A. Sex-
mer 80, Stanley Bell 82, R. P. Knight 87, Eddie H.
Keller 81, W. C. "Bill" Bristol, with 20-gauge gun, 61;
3. J. Schilling* 93, Mrs. Ada Schilling 88. Peter H.
3'Brien 88, Frank Templeton 98, Joseph H. Temple-
Lon 70, C. L. Templeton 89, F. O. Joy 72, H. Lorenzen
)1, Frank C. Riehl* 95. A. Woelm 69, F. Derthick 60,
M. Turner 72, Dr. W. E. DuBois 74, A. W. Strowger
!7, H. A. Pollock 76, E. B. Morris* 88, J. B. Carroll
15, F. H. Downes 65, B. E. Leonard 55, and A. L.
Sachrisson 85. ('Professionals.)
Practice day for the 11th annual Pacific Coast
Sandicap trapshooting tournament under the aus-
pices of the Portland Gun Club at its Everding Park
:raps brought out more than 60 nimrods to the traps
September 11th. President Strowger, of the local
ilub, predicted that the number would be increased
;o over 80 for the next day.
Peter H. O'Brien, Oregon state amateur champion,
rad H. Lorensen of Newman, Cal., were tied for first
lonors among the amateurs with 95 dead birds out
)f a possible 700, while Les H. Reid, of Seattle, and
Fred A. Dryden, of Spokane, Wash., were the best
professionals present with one better than the lead-
ng amateurs.
Frank M. Troeh, the Washington state amateur
itleholder, who made such a sensational showing at
St. Louis, when he finished high average for the
shoot with 565 out of 600, was unable to get going.
He managed to break all but six of the 100 blue-
rocks trapped for him.
The Scores, Sept. 11th.
EI. E. Poston, San Francisco 95
?. H. O'Brien, Portland 95
Prank Templeton, Portland 92
Dr. J. L. Martin, Fresno, Cal 82
>I. M. Fisher, Seattle, Wash 85
D. N. Ford, San Jose, Cal 94
W. A. Cornelius, Newport, Cal 90
k. P. Haliburton, Lindsay, Cal 93
H. Lorensen, Newman, Cal 95
'C. H. Knight. San Francisco 94
L. H. Reid, Seattle, Wash 96
Jr. C. L. Templeton, Seattle, Wash 91
rames H. Templeton, Seattle, Wash 82
3. R. Everding. Portland 89
'F. C. Riehl, Tacoma, Wash 95
i. H. Keller. Portland 89
Ed. B. Morris, Portland 86
V. W. Strowger. Portland 83
E. J. Morgan, Salt Lake 93
f. H. Stone, Anaconda, Mont 88
ilrs. A. Schilling, Portland 87
3. P. Bull, Portland 89
G. Hambright, Seattle 82
P. J. Holohan, Portland 92
•t Van Atta, Vancouver, Wash 88
•". M. Troeh, Vancouver, Wash 94
r. E. Chingren, Spokane, Wash 93
). E. Leith, Woodburn, Ore 92
3, E. MacLean, Westminster, B. C 91
i. Siddall, Salem, Ore 83
C. J. Schilling, Portland 92
J. F. Kelley, Portland 74
Fred Dryden, Spokane 96
J. E. Reid, Portland 83
.liss Gladys Reid, Portland 90
''rank George, St. Helens, Ore 74
4. Skeen, Ogden, Utah 91
)r. O. D. Thornton, Portland 92
iuy Holohan, Los Angeles, Cal 89
). J. Holohan, Burley, Idaho 91
i. Cline. Los Angeles 94
C. A. Haight, San Francisco 84
T. E. Doremus, Wilmington, Del 76
. S. Crane, Portland 65
U Seguin, Portland 82
V. W. McCornack, Eugene, Ore 78
iudd Kampp, Eugene, Ore 88
V. H. Draney, Anaconda, Mont 79
'. P. Nelson, Yacolt, Wash 78
V. K. France, Arlington, Ore 84
'eter Whitney, Hubbard, Ore 86
G. Peret, Yoncalla, Ore 89
!. C. Grice, Boise, Idaho 93
I. J. Bell, Yoncalla, Wash 67
>r. H. Dresser, Boise, Idaho 85
I. A. Pollock, Portland 36
V. A. Milner, Roseburg, Ore 44
V. C. Smith, Seattle, Wash 44
*Denotes professionals.
Four men were tied in the Pacific Coast Intro-
uctory event Sept. 12. At the end of the first five
strings of 20 birds, O. N. Ford, of San Jose, Cal.;
P. H. O'Brien, of Portland; H. Lorensen, of Newman,
Cal., and Hugh McElroy, of Spokane, Wash., had
each broken 96 targets. Ford and Lorensen were
still tied at the end of the next 20 birds, McElroy
and O'Brien tying for third place. The two leaders
again tied at the end of another string of 20, while
McElroy broke 19 and O'Brien 18, putting the latter
in fourth place. Two more strings of 20 were run
off before Ford won out, Lorensen finishing second.
An added attraction in the shape of four pairs
of doubles was run off in the afternoon. Four high
guns divided the first money, as there were no
trophies to be won by the shoot-offs. E. J. Fannin,
of Sand Point, Idaho; Charles Leith of Woodburn;
E. J. Rice of Bellingham, Wash., and W. W. McCor-
nack of Eugene, all broke 18 out of the 20 targets
thrown.
Poston was high professional in the 140-bird event,
with a record of 137.
The Scores, Sept. 12.
P.C.I. Grand
100 Total
F. A. Dryden 98 136
C. E. Gregory 95 131
H. McElroy 96 133
C. Fleming 87 U8
C. Fannin 87 124
*H. E. Poston 98 137
P. H. O'Brien 96 132
F. M. Templeton 92 129
J. L. Martin 81 117
R. W. Kinzer 89 127
0. N. Ford 96 134
W. A. Cornelius 89 122
A. P. Haliburton 91 130
H. Lorensen 91 134
N. A. Howard 85 120
*F. C. Riehl 95 134
H. R. Everding 91 126
E. H. Keller 94 130
E. B. Morris 93 123
A. W. Strowger 81 111
*C. H. Knight 90 126
J. H. Stone 85 115
C. C. Kelley 86 114
Mrs. Ada Schilling 88 116
*Gus Peret '90 127
1. M. Fisher 90 122
G. Conklin 90 128
W. C. Smith 91 124
*J- P- Bull 97 134
G. Hambright 87 IIS
P. P. Nelson 74 99
B. J. Bell 76 109
C. E. M'Lean 88 119
M. Siddall 92 128
P- O. Joy 81 112
*J. E. Reid 86 122
Miss Gladys Reid 82 113
H. H. Veatch 94 128
W. K. France 92 127
Dr. H. Dresser 87 123
*E. J. Morgan 90 125
M. Skene 93 126
W. H. Draney 86 122
E. J. Grice 88 119
W. A. Reason 83 109
*G. Holohan 95 134
D. J. Holohan 94 131
H. Cline 93 m
*C. A. Haight 81 113
*T. E. Doremus 77 107
J. W. Seavey 89 124
W. W; McCornack 89 125
B. Kampp 88 125
E. R. Goodwin 63 94
Al Riehl 88 122
*L. H. Reid 96 132
J. E. Rice 94 130
C. L. Templeton 88 124
H. Fleming 91 127
J. H. Templeton 89 119
*P. J. Holohan 92 132
F. Van Atta 91 129
F. M. Troeh 94 130
E. J. Chingren 94 133
C. Leith 91 125
W. S. Short 91 131
P. Whitney 77 113
F. George 80 110
*C. J. Schilling 90 122
*E. G. White 85 122
C. E. McKelvey 89 124
G. F. Egbers 92 126
J. K. Simpson 74 108
F. S. Johnson 67
H. Lorensen and O. N. Ford, the Californians who
staged a thrilling race for first honors in the Pacific
Coast Introductory' event Tuesday, carried off first
places in the events Sept. 13th. Lorensen won the
preliminary handicap with 91 out of a possible 100,
nosing out three northwestern cracks, Frank M.
Troeh of Vancouver, Peter H. O'Brien of Portland
and Charles Leith of Woodburn, by one bird. O. N.
Ford captured the Pacific Coast Special with the
exceptionally high score of 97.
A high east wind that prevailed on the traps made
shooting very difficult, although some of the scatter-
gun artists hung up some great scores in the Pacific
Coast Special.
Miss Gladys Reid, daughter of Jim Reid, jumped
into the limelight in the Pacific Coast Special, when
she finished with 89 despite the high wind. Only two
professional shooters registered scores better than
Miss Reid.
O'Brien won second place in the Pacific Coast Spe-
cial with the score of 96, and Frank Troeh was third
with a 95 score. In view of the fact that Ford won
the event with a 97 score, and had won a trophy
Tuesday, O'Brien was awarded first trophy, Troeh
second and Guy Egbers, who scored 93, was winner
of the third trcphy.
Sixty-nine shooters entered this event, and one
less participated in the preliminary handicap.
The Scores of Sept. 13.
A. W. Strowger 16 79
H. W. Cline 16 80
B. J. Bell 16 73
C. L. Templeton 16 84
C. A. Fleming 16 88
J. L. Martin 16 79
P. Whitney 16 66
Gladys Reid 16 76
F. O. Joy 16 62
A. L. Zachrisson 16 74
*T. E. Doremus 16 84
*C. A. Haight 16 74
*J. E. Reid 17 77
*C. J. Schilling 17 78
W. C. Smith 17 78
Dr. H. Dresser 17 76
J. H. Stone 16 78
A. A. Riehl 17 88
C. A. O'Connor 17
R. W. Kinzer 17 79
W. H. Draney 17 84
G. A. Conklin 17 85
*E. G. White 18 83
*E. B. Morris 18 87
*G. H. Hambright 18 69
N. A. Howard 18 80
H. Fleming 18 77
F Van Atta 18 85
M. Skeen 18 81
P. P. Nelson : ■ ■ • 18 81
C. E. MacLean 18 73
H. R. Everding IS 81
E. H. Keller 18 82
E. D. Fannin 18 86
W. A. Cornelius 18 72
*I. M. Fisher IS 81
K. K. France 18 87
C. Leith 18 90
*J. P. Bull 19 81
*C. H. Knight 19 87
Tom Wilkes 19 73
J. E. Rice 19 85
C. E. McKinley 19 83
G. C. Gregory 19 80
G. F. Egbers 19 77 •
M. Siddall 19 81
D. J. Holohan 19 89
E. C. Grice 19 71
A. P. Haliburton 20 85
*F. A. Dryden 20 86
*E. . J. Morgan 20 86
*P. J. Holohan 20 81
*G. E. Holohan 21 84
H. McElroy 20 85
H. Lorensen 20 91
E. J. Chingren 20 81
P. H. O'Brien 20 90
F. Templeton 20 87
O. N. Ford 21 89
*L. H. Reid 21 87
F. M. Troeh 21 90
*F. C. Riehl 21 90
*H. E. Poston 21 81
Mrs. Ada Schilling 16
Rev. J. R. Olson 16 70
A. L. Seguin 17 84
W. W. McCornack 18 81
J. W. Seavey 18 87
PACIFIC COAST SPECIAL.
A. W. Strowger 81, H. W. Cline 87, B. J. Bell 79,
C. L. Templeton 80, C. A. Fleming 90, J. L. Martin 85,
P. Whitnev 89. Gladys Reid S9, J. K. Simpson 89,
T. E. Doremus 83, *C. A. Haight 89, *J. E. Reid 85,
*0. J. Schilling 87. W. C. Smith 83, Dr. H. Dresser
73, J. H. Stone 78. A. A. Riehl 87, C. C. Kelley 88,
R. \Y. Kinzer 87, \Y. H. Draney 80, G. A. Conklin
85, *E. G. While 86, *E. B. Morris 84, *G. H. Ham-
bright 89, H. Fleming 89, F. Van Atta 92. 14. Skeen
81, P. P. Nelson 78, C. E. MacLean 83. H. R. Ever-
ding 84. E. H. Keller 83, E. D. Farmin 74, W. A. Cor-
nelius 90, *I. M. Fisher 89. W. K. France 90, C. Leith
86, *J. P. Bull 85, *C. H. Knight 84, Tom Wilkes 78.
J. E. Rice 79, C. E. McKelvey 89, G. C. Gregory 77.
Frank George 7f>, M. Siddall 91, D. J. Holohan 90.
H. H. Vealch 87, A. P. Haliburton 85. E. R. Goodwin
74, *F. A. Dryden 88, *E. J. Horgan 86. *P. J. Holo-
han 79. ' G. E. Holohan S4, C. A. O'Connor 76, H. Mc-
Elroy 88, H. Lorensen 83, E. J. Chingren 79, P. H.
10
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept. 23, 1916
O'Brien 96, F. Templeton 92, O. N. Ford 97, *L. H.
Reid 91, F. M. Troeh 95, *F. C. Riehl 90, *H. E.
Poston 89, W. W. McCornack 85, J. W. Seavey 87,
A. L. Seguin 81, G. F. Egbers 93, E. C. Grice 79.
Rapid timing in the lact of wind that at times blew
like a young gale won for Frank Templeton of Port-
land the highest honors in western trapshooting at
the Everding park traps of the Portland Gun Club
Sept. 14th, bringing back the prized championship
after an absence of one year in California at the Los
Angeles home of Heinie Pfirrmann.
Shooting from the 20 yard mark against the best
blue rock experts on the coast, Templeton broke 91
out of the 100 targets thrown for him. He chipped
a few of the mud-saucers, but most of them were
shattered to bits.
W. K. France of Arlington, Ore., carried away sec-
ond place honors, by registering a score of 90 per
cent. Mark Rickard of Salem, Ore., and W. E.
Carlton tied foi third honors and in the shoot-off
the Salemite won .
Pete H. O'Brien, winner of the title in 1914, tied
with C. L. Templeton of Seattle and A. P. Haliburton
of Lindsay, Cal., for fifth position. E. D. Farmin of
Sand Point, Idaho, was next in line with the score of
87, and he was followed by Henry R. Everding, ex-
president of the Portland Gun Club, with the mark
of 86.
That the wind played havoc with the more accu-
rate shooters is shown in the case of Frank M.
Troeh, who won the national championship of the
United States at the Grand American Handicap in
St. Louis in August. Troeh shot well in the over-
ture, which he won with 93; but fell down to 83 in
the classic handicap. This goes to prove that the
wind was wrecking many a potential 97 per cent, for
it is seldom that the national champion falls below
the 90 per cent class.
O. N. Ford of San Jose beat the Vancouver star
by one point. H. Lorensen of Newman, Cal., who
won the preliminary handicap Wednesday with the
same score as registered by Templeton in the han-
dicap, dropped down to the 78 mark. The scores reg-
istered by the winners at each trap were:
25 25 25 25 Ttl
Templeton 23 23 23 22—91
France 25 23 23 19—90
Rickard 23 22 20 24—89
Carlon 23 20 25 21—89
Going to the last trap, France was but four birds
down, but the strain proved too much for him and
he dropped six birds. Templeton was but six down
up to the last event, and he dropped three out of his
last string of 25. The strain told on W. E. Carlon
at the last trap, as he dropped four targets, while
Mark Rickard shot like a clock during his last string
of 25, dropping but one target.
The handicap was followed closely by the large
number of spectators. Interest was intense from the
time President Strowger broke the first target until
the time Rickard fired the last shot in the eighteenth
squad.
Professionals found the going rather poor in the
handicap, Guy Holohan of Los Angeles registering
the top score, 90. Gus Peret of Yoncalla was second
with the mark of 86, and F. M. Dryden of Spokane
tied L. H. Reid for third honors.
The Pacific coast overture, which was shot in the
morning, was annexed by Frank Troeh of Vancouver,
who registered the extraordinary score of 93. Pete
O'Brien, Frank Templeton and G. F. Egbers of Pasco
tied for second honors. Templeton was awarded the
trophy for the event, as the other shooters had won
trophies previously. C. L. Templeton, W. W. Mc-
Cornack and D. J. Holohan tied for the second place
trophy, Holohan winning. McCornack and Temple-
ton tied for the third place trophy, McCornack win-
ning the shoot-off.
High amateur honors for the three-day shoot were
won by O. N. Ford of San Jose, who broke 320 of the
346 targets. Pete O'Brien was second with 319,
Frank Troeh third with 318 and Frank Templeton
fourth with 312.
Hugh Poston of San Francisco topped the profes-
sionals with 317. Frank Riehl of Tacoma was second
and L. H. Reid of Seattle, third.
Miss Gladys Reid of Portland won the first prize
for the women in the Pacific coast handicap and
Mrs. Ada Schilling took second place.
The Scores, Sept. 14th.
The result of the Pacific Coast Handicap: —
Yds. Ttl
Frank Templeton 20 91
W. K. France 18 90
*G. E. Holohan 20 90
M. A. Rickard 17 89
W. E. Carlon 17 89
P. H. O'Brien 21 88
C. L. Templeton 16 88
A. P. Haliburton 20 88
E. D. Farmin 18 87
H. R. Everding 16 86
*G. Peret 18 86
Dennis Holohan 19 85
H. McElroy 20 85
J. W. Seavey 19 84
G. F. Egbers 19 84
*F. M. Dryden 20 84
O. N. Ford 21 84
*L. H. Reid 21 81
H. Fleming 16 84
R. W. Kinzer 17 84
F. M. Troeh 21 8?
P. Whitney 16 83
Thomas Wilkes 18 83
*I. M. Fisher 18 83
*C. H. Knight 19 82
H. F. Wihlon 20 82
*F. C. Riehl 21 82
C. A. O'Connor 17 82
P. P. Nelson 18 82
J. E. Cullison 18 82
*H. E. Poston 21 80
C. E. McKelvey 19 79
C. A. Fleming 10 79
*T. E. Doremus 16 78
*C. J. Schilling 16 78
Stanley Bell 16 78
H. Lorensen 21 78
*P. J. Holohan 19 77
E. J. Chingren 20 77
*E. J. Morgan 20 77
J. H. Stone 16 77
*E. B. Morris 18 77
W. S. Short 18 77
E. P. Troeh 17 76
N. A. Howard 17 76
Gladys Reid 16 76
J. L. Martin 16 76
A. L. Zachrisson 16 76
Mark Siddall 19 75
J. R. Olson 16 75
*J. E. Reid 16 75
Frank Van Atta 18 74
H. H. Veatch 19 74
B. J. Bell 16 74
W. W. McCornack 18 73
J. P. Troeh 17 73
G. A. Conklin 16 72
C. E. MacLean 17 72
J. E. Rice 18 72
H. W. Kline 16 71
Mrs. A. Schilling 16 71
A. W. Strowger 16 70
A. A. Riehl 17 70
*G. H. Hambright 17 70
*E. G. White 17 70
W. J. Derthick 16 69
G. C. Gregory 19 69
E. H. Keller 18 69
F. O. Joy 16 67
*C. A. Haight 16 67
A. L. Seguin 18 67
J. K. Simpson 16 64
E. R. Goodwin 16 63
George Gertz 16 63
J. C. Morris 17 63
C. E. Kelley 18 63
A. L. Estes 16 61
W. C. Smith 16 60
L. M. Kennedy 16 60
Dr. H. Dresser 16 57
R. S. Farrell 16 55
R. A. Cronin 16 54
W. A. Milner 16 53
J. A. Sexaner 16 49
Roscoe Fawcett 16 43
G. A. Keller 16 41
Charles Leith 19 48
Felix Kahn 16 40
F. C. Atwell 16 37
Results of the Pacific Coast Overture: —
A. W. Strowger 79, H. W. Cline 78, B. J. Bell 71
C. L. Templeton 90, C. A. Fleming 71, J. L. Martin
74, P. Whitney 75, J. H. Stone 83, G. A. Conklin 82
Mrs. Schilling 73, T. E. Doremus 77, H. R. Everding
89, *C. A. Haight 67, J. E. Reid 74, H. Fleming 89
J. R. Olson 82, *C. J. Schilling 81, Gladys Reid 76
J. E. Cullison 85, Dr. H. Dresser 67, A. A. Riehl 84,
R. W. Kinker 80, C. E. MacLean 78, N. A. Howard
80, J. C. Morris 79, *G. H. Hambright 74, *E. G,
White 85, C. A O'Connor 85, F. Van Atta 88, *E. B,
Morris 88, C. C. Kelley 68, G. Peret 83, W. W. Me
Cornack 90, J. E. Rice 89, Thomas Wilkes 83, W. K.
France 87, *I. M. Fisher 82, E. D. Farnum 75, E. H
Keller 72, P. P. Nelson 79, H. H. Veatch 85, D. J.
Holohan 90, J. W. Seavey 85, *P. J. Holohan 80, M
Siddall 80, G. F Egbers 91, G. C. Gregory 72, C. E
McKelvey 88, *C. H. Knight 77, Charles Leith 89
H. McElroy 33, F. Templeton 91, E. J. Chingren 72
A. P. Haliburton 82, M. A. Rickard 69, *G. E. Holo
han 83, *F. M. Dryden 88, *E. J. Horgan 80, *F. C
Riehl 91, *H. E. Poston 91, O. N. Ford 89, F. M. Troeh
93, *L. H. Reid 91, P. H. O'Brien 91, H. Lorensen 84
E. R. Goodwin 67, W. G. Ballock 81, W. A. Reason 53
QB
Cat Adopts Coons. — On the J. H. Strieker ranch
the favorite tabby is a Maltese and a month ago she
was the mother of a brood of six kittens. A hungry
coyote came along and the mother was thrown into
mourning because of the loss of her entire family.
She felt her loss keenly and displayed her grief in
many wrays.
The cat suddenly disappeared and was gone two
days. Thursday she returned with two baby coons
tagging at her heels. Tabby was proud and happy
over her new family and she took them to the big
barn. But her joy was brief, for three days later the
little coons also disappeared. Again the feline is in
deepest gloom.
QB
Trapshooting, like several other things, becomes
"better with age."
• • •
There are nearly a quarter of a million trapshoot-
ers in the United States.
Golden Gate Club. — The Golden Gate Club closed
the most successful trapshooting season in its history
on Sunday when fifty-seven members turned out at
the Alameda grounds. Andy Flickinger of Vallejo
came through high gun of the day with a score of
49 out of 50 and achieved the honor of packing away
the season's trophy in the championship class.
E. Holle was second, Tony Prior third and B. H.
Worthen fourth.
In the first class W. J. Terry was first, Dr. Edward
Topham second, H. R. Phinney third and H. Stelling
fourth. In the second class George Thomas led the
way with R. E. McGill. A. E. Stoneberger and T. W.
Parson following in order named. H. E. Cooley was
first in class 3. with E. T. Prior second, H. C. Peet
third and J. Nelson fourth.
Challenge trophies were awarded to Tony Prior
in the championship class, H. Stelling in first class,
R. E. McGill in second class and W. E. Cooley in
third class. The free-for-all cup went to N. A. How>
ard.
Miss G. Meyers was presented with the Du Pon
trophy for establishing the highest score of any
woman competitor. The scores on Sunday were a:
follows: —
Shooter — 20
George Thomas 17
A. M. Gearhart 11
E. Holle 20
J. H. Millett 11
J. Brickell 17
*C. A. Haight 17
*Capt. Du Bray 13
W. J. Terry 20
R. E. McGill 18
H. C. Golcher 13
W. E. Cooley 18
*A1 Cook 18
H. J. Yocom 18
W. H. Price 17
D. Best : 8
F. Webster 18
T. W. Parsons 14
Al Durney 17
H. C. Peet 18
*F. W. Blum 13
*L. B. Hawxhurst 18
H. Lorensen 19
O. N. Ford 19
H. Stelling 15
B. Worthen 20
E. B. Thorning 16
C. A. Merrill 16
Dr. Martin 16
Andy Flickinger 19
N. A. Howard 17
Tony Prior 16
Miss Meyers 15
E. T. Prior 19
•EL Truscott 16
W. A. Plummer 13
Dr. Topham 18
A. E. Stonebergger 16
P. Swenson 17
*E. Stressler 15
Dr. McGettigan 19
H. R. Phinney 19
*C. H. Knight 17
L. C. Stewart 17
*R. C. Reed 18
J. Nelson 17
*L. Middleton 17
F. K. Burnham 16
H. Havens 17
G. Davis 9
D. D. Jones 16
Mrs. A. G. Wilkes 11
O. D. Hamlin 17
J. H. Jones 11
W. G. Becktell 16
Al Korn 14
*J. W. F. Moore 16
Dr. Sweeney 17
(*Denotes professionals.)
QC
Vernon Club. — Members of the Bruner family di-.
vided the honors at the Vernon Gun Club on Sunday.
In the handicap event A. W. Bruner surprised him-
self and all present by smashing 49x50 and by doing
so was high over all for the day's events.
Stanton Bruner, shooting from the nineteen-yard
line, was high gun on the season prizes and winner
of the gold bar when he broke 47x50 in both the
handicap and trophy events. Wilson and Pugh were
runners-up to Bruner on the trophy event, each
breaking 47x50- Owen Evans, Meek and Dierdoff
each broke 46 50. Twelve players took part in the
day's program. The scores:
Trophv.
Hdp. Ttl.
S. A. Bruner 16
Dierdoff 16
Kenney 16
A. W. Bruner 16
Meek 16
Wilson 16
Bohring 16
Pugh 16
Evans 16
Meenzuber 16
Andack 16
Kimble 16 . . 16 *4
20
10 Tt
19
10
41
12
6
21
IS
8
41
16
6
3!
16
8
4:
15
9
41
15
5
3!
19
8
47
18
10
46
16
9
38
19
9
41
17
10
45
17
8
43
18
8
43
15
4
27
15
8
4:
IS
6
3!
17
7
4:
16
9
4!
17
9
39
20
10
48
19
9
47
19
10
48
IS
10
43
18
9
47
13
9
38
19
8
43
IS
9
43
20
10
49
IS
9
44
20
10
46
14
5
34
11
9
39
17
6
39
IS
9
40
17
8
43
16
8
40
16
6
39
14
8
37
17
7
42
IS
8
45
17
10
44
16
9
42
IS
10
46
14
7
38
19
8
44
17
7
40
18
9
44
11
6
25
16
9
41
15
8
34
17
8
42
16
4
31
17
9
42
11
10
35
17
9
42
14
8
39
iiy.
Handicap.
rti.
Hdp.
Ttl.
47
19
47
45
18
46
40
16
40
42
16
49
42
46
18
47
16
41
19
45
47
18
43
46
18
40
35
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Saturday, Sept. 23, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
££.,..«..•..*.. *
I Sportsmen's Row
■■— ——H
All ready for the last shoot of the season on the
Alameda grounds. The Alameda Elks will stage a
banner merchandise tourney tomorrow. Don't miss
the last big day at the traps.
• • •
The San Jose Blue Rock Club ushers in a three-
day registered tournament today.
• • o
Exactly 2,126 is the tally of the rabbits killed in
the drive at Cl&us, near Oakdale, last week. Thou-
sands more were killed by the excited hunters, but
they only had time to bring in the 2,126 pairs of
rabbit ears, which the commute required to be
brought before them in order to get prizes awarded
for high score. More than 1,000 people were fed at
the ffree barbecue which was given the hunters by
the Claus Farm Bureau, and the prizes were then
distributed. There ar still at large about three
dozen rabbits with tags attached to their ears which
are good for prizes worth another $100.
• • •
The annual national military and naval match at
the Florida State Range, which the War Department
had been urged to abandon this year because of the
continued presence of the regular army and national
guard on the border and in Mexico, will be held
beginning October 20, "under conditions as nearly
normal as practicable." In making this announce-
ment Secretary Baker said it was doubtful whether
any regular army or national guard units now on
Mexican duty could participate.
• • •
While his daughter, Miss Gladys, was making a
name for herself by smashing 90 out of 100, J. E.
Reid, one of Portland's professionals, was having
a hard time smothering 83. He paid more attention
to the work of his daughter than to his own business,
1 but that did not prevent him from being the "goat"
of considerable "kidding" at the hands of old-timers
present.
• • •
Among the distant visitors on hand at Portland
were M. Skeen, of Ogden, Utah, who scored 91 in
practice; T. E. Doremus, president of the Interstate
Association, who traveled across the continent from
Wilmington, Del., with 76; W. C. A. McLean of
Westminster, B. C, with 91; J. H. Stone of Ana-
conda, Mont., with 88, and E. J. Morgan of Salt Lake
City, with 93.
• • •
Tenry R. Everding, ex-president of the Portland
Gun Club, was named chairman of the handicap
committee. The other members were Hugh Fleming
of Seattle, Charles Fleming of Spokane, N. A. How-
ard of San Francisco and D. J. Holohan of Twin
Falls, Ida.
• • •
The big forest fire that raged in the foothills east
of Oroville developed a real coyote firebug. Claire
Hayes, Dick Werner and Victor Hayes reported that
they saw a coyote make a dive from the flames
while his tail was ablaze. At each jump of the ani-
; mal a new fire was started. The men watched the
coyote till he was out of sight, and he left a string
of small grass fires to mark his trail.
• • •
Mrs. A. Smith picked up a porcupine with her
bare hands at her place near Grass Valley. She
mistook the rodent, which was in tall grass, for a
chicken, and not until her hands came in contact
with the hair, did she realize her mistake. Mrs.
Smith did not throw the porcupine down, but carried
it to a chicken coop, where it is now in captivity.
• • •
D. W. Fleet, of Montesano, Wash., who is the old-
est shooter in point of service on the Pacific Coast,
was sorely missed at the Portland tournament. He
has attended all the big shoots held in the Northwest
for more than a score of years, and this was his first
failure to arrive.
• • •
When he broke but 17 birds out of 25 in his third
event in the Wednesday afternoon round, A. P. Hali-
burton, of Lindsay, Cal., exclaimed to his acquaint-
ances that it was the lowest mark he had attained in
25 birds in the last five years. He finished the after-
noon with 85, the same number he broke in the morn-
ing. He was placed on the 20-yard line in the pre-
liminary.
• • •
Green Lake Club. — The Green Lake Gun Club
brought to a close, September 10, the most success-
ful season in its history, with an excellent program.
Sixty-three shooters, including four ladies, took part
in the annual handicap and merchandise shoot.
Thirty-one prizes were given away in the fifty-
target event. Seven prizes were awarded in the spe-
cial event at doubles. The ladies received two prizes.
Jack Converse was high amateur for the day, shoot-
ing a tie with George Garrison, high professional, 49
out of 50. George B. Baker, L. S. Barnes, G. A.
Conklin, I. M. Fisher and Tom Wilkes all tied for
second place, with 47 out of 50. Third place went
to Dr. King, with 46.
Jack Converse was also high amateur in the dou-
bles, tying with Fisher, 16 out of 20. G. A. Conklin,
George Garrison and Don R. Baker came second,
Hunting Coyottes Now Profitable;
Warm, Tough Pelt Sells For $8
The coyote, howling pariah of the animal kingdom,
is worth more in the market today, in some in-
stances, than the sheep whose most dreaded enemy
he is on the great western ranges, says a Los An-
geles writer. His warm, tough pelt, formerly consid-
ered practically valueless, is now exported to Europe
to protect the shivering soldiers "somewhere" in the
trenches, and sells for $8.
If the war continues the price is expected to go to
$10 in the winter, and more steel jaws will yawn for
him than ever before. Tens, if not hundreds, of
thousands will likely be taken and it may prove to be
a long step toward extermination, which stockmen
and ranchers would welcome. They lose heavily
through his depredations.
Commonly regarded as a hungry roamer only of
the plains and low-lying hills, it is a strange fact
that the finesi specimens, and hundreds of them, are
found on the rugged upper reaches of Mt. Whitney,
highest American peak outside of Alaska. From
there he descends and takes his pick of the 75,000
sheep in the rich Owens River Valley and the im-
mense flocks of the San Joaquin on this side of the
range, and there he will be most relentlessly hunted
for profit.
Two Owens Valley trappers, Thomas W. Key and
son Walter of Bishop, who have gathered in 1600
during the past few years merely as a "side line,"
intend to specialize and make a heavy haul, and so
do many others. Most of the traps will be set in the
forests at an elevation of 12,000 feet and over, where
only the weird baying of the "big wild dogs" and the
roaring of the winds disturb the night silence.
These mountain coyotes resemble timber wolves,
but experts pronounce them unrelated. Originally
lured farther and farther up by the abundance of
food, they "located" and gradually developed into a
more formidable type, with splendid fur. Now they
are at home on the tip-top pinnacle, 14,502 feet, Cali-
fornia's "roof of the United States." This peak,
which looks like a sharp point, has a boulder-strewn
flat of more than four acres on its summit, from
which the immense dimensions of the mountain
proper may be judged.
On Mt. Whitney and its white-crested neighbors
of the stupendous Sierra Nevada, less than 200 miles
from metropolitan Los Angeles, wild life teems in
numbers and variety as in few other places of the
earth, and sportsmen are just finding it out. The
rarest and most valuable furs of the country, includ-
ing some hitherto looked for only in the Far North,
come from there. Of these is the silver fox.
During the closed season several months ago the
Keys captured one for which they received $900,
and last year three worth $1000 apiece, together with
many of lesser value. The silver fox's coat is black,
with a luster of burnished white metal and a white
tip to the tail. Gray, red, swift and cross foxes also
abound, and vary in price from $2 to $80. Foxes are
never met with there below 7000 feet and not usually
above 10,000. Within that belt wood mice, chip-
munks, rats, souirrels, grouse, mountain quail and
small birds by the million, with juniper and other
berries, afford an unfailing source of banquet supply.
This also attracts the bobcats, reynard's worst foe,
which occasionally put their wary paws in the wrong
place and are snapped up.
Foxes are baited by dragging part of the carcass
of a freshly killed horse through the brush and
placing traps :n the trail. Hundreds of fine ones are
caught each winter. Pine marten are trapped by
similar methods far up in the heaviest timber. These
are long, slender brown animals, small, and the fur
is worth $25. Mink, badger, skunk and ermine are
plentiful in the canyons and along the streams clear
into the valleys. The Piute Indians are talking a
hand in the trapping game and landing a share of
the spoils.
A few years ago the daughter of an ex-President
made her appearance in a beautiful coat of lynx
skins, and that fur at once leaped into inordinate
popularity. It is so costly, however, that milady
without ducats to burn had to turn to some other
kind of cats and resort to imilation. Nearest to the
real thing happens to be the lynx cat, and the price
of the substitute has jumped from virtually nothing
to $5 and over. It is twice the size of the bob cat,
equally common, and means a lot of money to the
hunters until some other fad shall displace it.
With saddle and pack horses, dogs, snowshoes and
all supplies for a long, cold siege, the hardy trappers
go into winter quarters on or about Mt. Whitney
before the autumn is far advanced and enter upon
a campaign of hard work, adventure and peril such
as only thoroughly seasoned mountaineers can with-
stand, particularly at those altitudes. Each man
sets a "line" of traps stretching over twenty or more
tortuous miles, and this distance he covers day after
day, on horseDack, snowshoes, or even skis when the
vast snow fields become too treacherous for any
other means.. He may at any moment pay with his
life for the harvest he is reaping. And yet trapping
conditions in California are looked upon as remark-
ably favorable. The rich game belt extends 100
miles in Inyo and Mono counties.
Early in April the bears — black, brown and also
lean — begin to emerge from their lairs, 7000 to 9000
feet skyward, and the trappers turn to them for sport
with rifle and dogs, Airedales being the most effec-
tive. Often the hears come down cattle trails, which
are watched, and stop bullets before the dogs get
near them, but in the chaparral furious battles are
fought. Many dogs are literally hugged to death or
torn to pieces.
Tom Key, who has hunted bears forty years and
killed hundreds, says frankly that he never had a
close call until last May, when a wounded bear came
near cuffing him into eternity. Bruin, given the
chance, will amble off and mind his own business
in a gentlemanly way, as a rule. His skin, if extra
good, is worth $100 for a rug or robe. The meat
spoils quicker than any other, no matter how cold.
The lard is a camp delicacy for cooking purposes.
There is no better country than our lofty Sierra Ne-
vada, so close to the city that our aqueduct gets its
sparkling water supply from their glacial hearts.
Trappers and hunters in these mountains prefer the
30-30 as a rifle for bear and other game.
Fiercest of all the animals encountered there is
the wolverine, closely resembling a small brown bear
but much more powerful. This beast is credited
with the ability to vanquish a grizzly, but nobody
has seen such a feat performed. Dogs find the wol-
verine disagreeable and uncompanionable — it breaks
them all up to come in contact with one. Its hide
is worth only $12 or $15, and nobody's looking for it
with any eagerness. In striking contrast is the large
but timid blue hare, or snowshoe rabbit, which fairly
overruns some of the slopes. Also the mountain
sheep, shy and fleet, watching on distant crags.
With the fur, bounty and government trappers —
such as the Keys, Joseph Drouillard and Burdick —
constantly pursuing and decimating the beasts of
prey, deer have increased fully 50 per cent, in four
years, and their number is legion. Early in the
spring, during a severe mountain storm, a single herd
of 400 entered the Owens Valley near Independence
and remained a week in the vicinity of that county
seat. At Big Pine thirty-one fed an entire day along
the railroad track and trains were stopped that pas-
sengers might enjoy the novel sight. Right at the
edge of Bishop a herd of twenty-seven made itself
comfortable about a haystack within a few hundred
yards of a ranchman's house.
Mountain lions, too, have increased, perhaps ten
to one, because they are seldom caught and haven't
been worth the trouble and time required to bring
them down. But their skins have gone up, and with
the bounty added a lion now represents $30 to $40,
so they, too, will be hunted.
Man, in the long run, preys upon all his inferiors.
with 15. Many close and exciting shoot-offs were re-
quired to determine the ownership of the various
prizes.
The silver handicap prize went to George B. Baker
and the next nine prizes in order went to Jack Con-
verse, H. E. Gleason, E. Chantrell, C. W. Bandy,
S. A. Martin, G. A. Conklin, Howard Cosgrove, W. C.
Smith, L. S. Barnes and Tom Wilkes.
The seven prizes in the doubles went in order to
Jack Converse, Don R. Baker, G. A. Conklin, George
Edling, W. H. Carsten, W. C. Smith and George B.
Baker.
Among the ladies Mrs. G. D. Horst won first prize,
with 18 out of 25, and second prize went to Mrs.
Barnes, with 12. Mrs. Blakeley broke 6 and Mrs.
Terry 2, in this event.
The next big shoot at Green Lake will be the
Thanksgiving turkey shoot, Nov. 26. The scores:
Jack Converse 49, *George Garrison 49, L. S.
Barnes 47, G. A. Conklin 47, *I. M. Fisher 47, Tom
Wilkes 47, Dr. King 46, Fred Call 45, S. A. Martin 45,
Dr. L. A. Newton 45, C. W. Bandy 45, W. C. Smith
45, Hi Follerich 43, E. Chantrell 43, W. H. Carsten
43, J. W. Geltz 42, Dr. A. B. Kidd 42, Dr. Randolph
42, C. R. Sydman 41, H. E. Gleason 41, A. L. Hall
40, Don R. Baker 40, W. M. Easter 40, Dr. R. V. Mills
40, George Edling 39, Dr. M. A. Winningham 39, C. B.
Fitzgerald 39, E K. Van Vleck 38, Howard Cosgrove
38, M. A. Rosenfield 37, George F. Russell 37, Dr.
J. F. Hill 37, Roy J. Kinnear 36, William Spurck Jr.
36, Dr. S. W. Case 36, W. B. Cook 34, George O.
Colwell 34, Gus Peterson 32, D. Huntington 32, T.
Page 32, A. Marvin 32, E. P. Buck 30, Van M. Wood-
aman 29, W. M. Elliott 29, R. Anderson 28, P. A. Ben-
ton 29, H. M. Carver 29, Fred Pries 28, C. S. Wages
27. L. A. Taylor 26, George D. Horat 26, T. H. Bolton
25, T. P. Beck 25, J. F. Rohowits 23, E. F. Chabot
21, Fred Johnson 9.
Scores in the doubles, 10 pairs: — Jack Converse
16, *L M. Fisher 16, G. A. Conklin 15, "George Gar-
rison 15, Don R Baker 15, George Edling 14, W. H.
Carsten 14, W. C. Smith 14. Roy J. Kinnear 12, L. S.
Barnes 12, H. E. Gleason 12, George O. Colwell 12,
J. W. Geltz 11, Fred Call 11. C. R. Sydman 11, Dr.
S. W. Case 10, Dr. A. B. Kidd 10, A. L. Hall 9, S. A.
Martin 9, H. M. Carver 8, E. K. Van Vleck 8, Dr.
King 7, Hi Follerich 7, Dr. M. A. Winningham 7, Van
M. Woodarnan 7, W. M. Easter 5.
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DRAFT HORSE AWARDS AT STATE FAIR.
Following are the lists of awards made at the
California State Fair this year in the Percheron,
Belgian. Shire and Clydesdale classes, as well as
the classes for jacks and jennets:
Shire Horses.
Stallions, four years or over — 1, Neuadd Hillside,
Jack London. Glen Ellen; 2, Anwick Arthur, Easton
& Ward.; 3. E'.ackhawk Barn King, Easton & Ward.
Stallions, three years and under four — 1, Royal
James, Ruby & Boweis, Davis; 2, Searchlight King,
Ruby & Bowers.
Stallions, two years and under three — 1, Black-
hawk Gay Lad, Easton & Ward.
Stallions, one year and under two — 1, Salvador
Conqueror, Easton & Ward; 2, Blackhawk Rising
Star, Easton & Ward.
Mares, four years old or over, and foal at feet,
both to be considered — 1, Quania Diamonds, Easton
& Ward; 2, Witchford Darby, Easton & Ward; 3,
Orphan Girl, Jack London.
Mares, four years old or over — 1, Rampton Mabel,
Easton & Ward; 2, Cockington Princess, Jack Lon-
don; 3, Quania Diamonds, Easton & Ward.
Mares, three years and under four — 1, Hawton
Bounce, Easton & Ward; 2, Blackhawk Beauty,
Easton & Ward; 3, Salvador Queen, Jack London.
Mares, two years and under three: 1, Blackhawk
Chessie, Easton & Ward.
Mares, one year and under two — 1, Blackhawk
Delphine. Easton & Ward.
Stallion or filly foal under one year — Blackhawk
Betty, Easton & Ward; 2, Blackhawk Forest King,
Easton & Ward.
G«t of Sire — 1, Get of Anwick Arthur, Easton &
Ward.
Produce of Dam — 1, Rampton Mabel, Easton &
Ward: 2, Hawton Felicity, Easton & Ward; 3, Or-
phan Girl, Jack London.
Champion Stallion — 1, Neuadd Hillside, Jack Lon-
don.
Champion Mare — 1, Blackhawk Chessie, Easton &
Ward.
State Class — Stallions, four years old or over —
1, Neuadd Hillside, Jack London; 2, Anwick Arthur,
Easton & Ward; 3, Blackhawk Barn King, Easton
& Ward.
Stallions, three years and under four — 1, Royal
James, Ruby & Bowers; 2, Searchlight King, Ruby
& Bowers;
Stallion, two years and under three — 1, Blackhawk
Gay Lad, Easton & Ward.
Stallions, one year and under two — 1, Salvador
Conqueror, Easton & Ward; 2, Blackhawk Rising
Star, Easton & Ward.
Mares, four years old or over, and foal at feet,
both to be considered — 1, Quania Diamond and foal,
Easton & Ward; 2, Witchford Darby and foal, Eas-
ton & Ward; 3, Orphan Girl and foal, Jack London.
Mares, four years or over — 1, Rampton Mabel,
Easton & Ward; 2, Cockington Princess, Jack Lon-
don; 3, Quania Diamonds, Easton & Ward.
Mares, three years old and under four — 1, Hawton
Bounce, Easton & Ward; 2, Blackhawk Beauty,
Easton & Ward: 3, Salvador Queen, Jack London.
Mares, two years and under threes — 1, Blackhawk
Chessie, Easton & Ward.
Mares, one year and under two — 1, Blackhawk Del-
phine, Easton & Ward.
Stallion or filly foal under one year — 1, Blackhawk
Betty. Easton & Ward; 2, Blackhawk Forest King,
Easton & Ward-
Get of Sire — Get of Anwick Arthur, Easton &
Ward.
Product of Dam — 1, Product of Rampton Mabel,
Easton & Ward; 2, Hawton Felicity, Easton &
Ward; 3. Orphan Girl, Jack London.
Champion Stallion — Neuadd Hillside, Jack London.
Champion Mare — Blackhawk Chessie, Easton &
Ward.
Clydesdale Horses.
All entries in this class were made by Ruby &
Bowers, Davis, Cal., who received all the awards.
Percheron Horses.
Class 15. Section 51. Percherons, four years old
or over — First, Ithos, M. Bassett, Hanford; second,
Loirst, N. W. Thompson, Oakland; third, Kapet,
Whitehall Estates, Inc., Tracy.
Class 15. Section 52. Percherons, stallions, three
years and under four — First, Boomer Jr., Ruby &
Bowers, Davis; second, Sippeo, J. W. Wakefield,
Acampo; third. Star, H. M. Jerome, Stockton.
Class 15. Section 53. Percherons, stallions, two
years and under three — First, Paulus of Paicines, J.
K. Macomber, Tipton; second, Bay Boy, H. G. Learn-
ed, Stockton; third, Patre of Paicines, J. K. Ma-
comber, Tipton.
Class 15. Section 51. Percherons, stallions, one
year old and under two — First, Plaisor, Whitehall Es-
tates, Inc., Tracy; second, Fernand's Timbre, J. K.
Macomber, Tipton; third, Pilote,, Whitehall Estates,
Inc., Tracy.
Class 15. Section 56. Percherons, mares, 4 years
old or over and foal at feet; both to be considered —
First, Fritzi and Black Beauty, H. G. Learned, Stock-
ton; second, Lambruche, Whitehall Estates, Inc.,
Tracy; third, Lili, Whitehall Estates, Inc., Tracy.
Class 15. Section 56. Percherons, mares, four
years old or over — First, Marie, Ruby & Bowers,
Davis; second, Limoniere, Whitehall Estates, Inc.,
Tracy; third, Lenore, Whitehall Estates, Inc., Tracy.
Class 15. Section 57. Percherons, three-year-old
and under four — First, Patti, H. G. Learned, Stock-
ton.
Class 15. Section 58. Percherons, mares, two
years and under three — First, Martha, Whitehall Es-
tates, Inc., Tracy; second, Maxine, Whitehall Es-
tates, Inc., Tracy; third, Marie, Whitehall Estates,
Inc., Tracy.
Class 15. Section 59. Percherons, mares, one year
and under two — First, Pilotesse, Whitehall Estates,
Inc., Tracy; second, Black Bess, H. G. Learned,
Stockton.
Class 15. Section 60. Percherons, foals, stallion or
filly foal under one year — First, Black Beauty and
foal, H. G. Learned, Stockton; second, Lili's Foal
and Rebecca, Whitehall Estates, Inc., Tracy.
Class 15. Section 61. Percherons, get of sire; four
animals under four years, the get of same stallion;
stallion need not be shown — First, get of Londre-
citos: Pion, Paiser, Pilote and Pilotesse, Whitehall
Estates, Inc., Tracy. Second, get of Pink Paris: Bay
Boy, Black Bess, Black Beauty and Caranza, H. G.
Learned, Stockton. Third, get of Londrecitos : Piete,
Rosabell, Roland, and Rebecca, Whitehall Estates,
Inc., Tracy.
Class 15. Section 62. Percherons. produce of
dam. Two animals under four years, the produce of
same mare; mare need not be shown — First, produce
of Lambruche: Piete, Rosabell; Whitehall Estates,
Inc., Tracy.
Class 16. Section 65. Percherons, State class.
Stallions four years old or over — First, Ithos, M. Bas-
sett, Hanford; second, Loiret, N. W. Thompson, Oak-
land; third, Kapet, Whitehall Estates, Inc., Tracy.
Class 16. Section 66. Percherons, stallions, three
years old and under four — First, Boomer Jr., Ruby &
Bowers, Davis; second, Sippeo, J. W. Wakefield,
Acampo; third, H. N. Jerome, H. N, Jerome, Stock-
ton.
Class 16. Section 67. Percherons, stallions, two
years and under three — First, Paulus of Paicines,
j. K. Macomber, Tipton; second, Bay Boy, H. G.
Learned. Stockton; third, Patre of Paicines, J. K.
Macomber, Tipton.
Class 16. Section 68. Percherons, stallions, one
year and under two — First, Plaiser, Whitehall Es-
tates, Inc., Tracy; second Fernand's Timbre, J. K.
Macomber, Tipton; third, Pilote, Whitehall Estates,
Inc., Tracy.
Class 16. Section 69. Percherons, mares, four
years old or over, and foal at feet, both to be con-
sidered— First, Fritzi and foal, H. G. Learned, Stock-
ton; second, Lambruche and foal, Whitehall Estates,
Inc., Tracy; third, Lili and foal, Whitehall Estates,
Inc., Tracy.
Class 16. Section 70. Percherons, mares4 years
old or over — First, Marie, Ruby & Bowers, Davis;
second, Limoneire. Whitehall Estates, Inc., Tracy;
third, Leonore, Whitehall Estates, Inc., Tracy.
Class 16. Section 71. Percherons, three years old
and under four — First, Patti, H. G. Learned, Stockton.
Class 16. Section 72. Percherons, mares, two
years and under three — First, Martha, Whitehall Es-
tates, Inc., Tracy; second, Maxine, Whitehall Es-
tates, Inc., Tracy; third, Marie, Whitehall Estates,
Inc., Tracy.
Class 16. Section 73. Percherons, mares, one year
and under two — First, Politessee, Whitehall Estates,
Inc., Tracy; second, Black Bess, H. G. Learned,
Stockton.
Class 16. Section 74. Percherons, foals, stallion
or filly foal under one year — First, Black Beauty, H.
G. Learned, Stockton; second, Lili's foal Rebecca,
Whitehall Estates, Inc., Tracy.
Class 16. Section 75. Percherons, get of sire. Four
animals under four years, the get of same stallion.
Stallion need not be shown — First, get of Londre-
citos: Pion, Plaiser, Pilote, Pilotesse, Whitehall Es-
tates, Inc., Tracy; second, get of Ping Paris: BaBy
Boy, Black Bess, Black Beauty, Caranza, H. G.
Learned, Stockton; third, get of Londrecitos: Piete,
Rosabelle, Roland, Rebecca, Whitehall Estates, Inc.,
Tracy.
Class 16. Section 76. Percherons, produce of dam —
First, produce of Lambruche: Piete, Rosabell, White-
hall Estates, Inc., Tracy.
Class 16. Section 77. Percherons, champion stal-
lion— First, Ithos, M. Bassett, Hanford.
Class 16. Section 7S. Percherons, champion mare
— First, Marie, Ruby & Bowers, Davis.
Belgian Horses.
Class 17. Section 81. Belgians, stallions, four
years old or over — First, Joseph, Long Tree Belgian
Horse Co., Brentwood; second, Par Hazard, August
Meier. Lockeford, Cal.
Class 17. Section 82. Belgians, stallions, three
years and under four — First, Frank lams I., Ruby &
Bowers, Davis.
Class 17. Section 83. Belgians, stallions, two years
and under three — First, Stevenot, Ruby & Zowers,
Davis; second, Cadet of Paicines, J. K. Macomber,
Tipton.
Class 17. Section 84. Belgians, stallions, one year
old and under two — First, Brussell, Ruby & Bowers.
Davis; second, Native Son, J. K. Macomber, Tipton.
Class 17. Section 85. Belgians, mares, four years
old and over, and foal at feet, both to be considered —
First, Judith and foal, Ruby & Bowers, Davis.
Class 17. Section 86. Belgians, mares, four years
old o rover — First, Raby, Ruby & Bowers, Davis.
Class 17. Section 88. Belgians, mares, two years
and under three — First, Christabel, Ruby & Bowers,
Davis.
Class 17. Section 90. Belgians, foals, stallion or
filly foal under one year — First, Davis Laddie, Ruby
& Bowers, Davis.
Class 17. Section 92. Belgians, produce of dam.
Two animals under four years, the produce of same
mare; mare to be shown — First, produce of Raby,
Stevenot, Brussels, Ruby & Bowers, Davis.
Class 17. Section 93. Belgians, champion stal-
lion— Joseph, Lone Tree Belgian Horse Co., Brent-
wood.
Class 17. Section 94. Belgians, champion mare —
Raby, Ruby & Bowers, Davis.
Grades and Crosses.
Geldings, two years and under three — 1, Duke, M.
Bassett, Hanford.
Mares, four years or over — 1, Hattie, Bassett; 2,
Beauty, Bassett.
Mares, two years and under three — 1, Nellie, E.
Farnham, Roseville; 2, Jennie, Farnham.
Mares, two jears old and under three — 1, Queen
Bassett.
Stallion or filly foal under one year — 1, Lucy, Uni-
versity Farm, Davis; 2, Tom, Bassett.
Jacks and Jennets.
Class 42. Section 331. Breeders' Class. Jacks,
four years old or over — First, Johnnie, M. A. Merrill,
Willows; second, Governor Johnson, M. A. Merrill,
Willows; third, Woodrow Wilson, C. H. Ragsdale,
Merced.
Class 42. Section 332. Breeders' Class. Jacks,
three years and under four — First, Silverstone Mam-
moth, M. A. Merrill, Willows.
Class 42. Section 333. Breeders' Class. Jacks,
two years and under three — First, Blue Giant, F. A.
Kingsbury, Sacramento.
Class 42. Section 336. Jennets, four years old or
over — First, Jennie Flood, M. A. Merrill, Willows;
second, Black Belle, M. A. Merrill, Willows.
Class 42. Section 337. Jennets, three years and
under four — First, Margie Giant, M. A. Merrill, Wil-
lows; second, Alice, M. A. Merrill, Willows; third,
Black Dina, M. A. Merrill, Willows.
Class 42. Section 338. Jennets, two years and
under three — First, Lillie Giant, Frank Hatch, Mo-
desto.
Class 42. Section 339. Jennets, one year and un-
der two — First, Princess Giant, Frank Hatch, Mo-
desto.
Class 42. Section 343. Champion Jack — First, Sil-
ver Tone Mammoth, M. A. Merrill, Willows.
Class 42. Section 344. Champion Jennet — First,
Jennie Flood, M A. Merrill, Willows.
Paderewski to Engage in Stock Raising.
Ignace Jan Paderewski, celebrated Polish pianist,
composer and author of musical works, is the latest
celebrity to engage in the stock business in Califor-
nia. Stock from his range holdings in San Luis
Obispo county will be branded "Ignace," and the
lands will be known as the "Ignace Farms," accord-
ing to trade mark letters issued to him last week
by Secretary of State Frank C. Jordan.
Paderew-ski's last abode was Morges, Lausanne,
Switzerland, but that was wrhen he was at the height
of his glory as a musical celebrity throughout the
world. In his new role of stock raiser he has chosen
a picturesque spot in the rolling foothills of San Luis
Obispo county, and it is reported that he intends to
specialize in the production of the finest stock.
Dairymen Sending in Applications.
The office of State Veterinarian Charles Keene is
now being deluged with applications from dairymen
in all parts of the State for inspections under the
pure milk law w-hich becomes effective October 1.
Recently applications have been received at the rate
of about fifty a day, and it is taken from this that
practically every dairyman in the State desires to
comply with the law.
Dr. Keane has practically completed all arrange-
ments for the inspection work, which will be started
by several deputies immediately after the law goes
into effect.
At the recent ram sale in Salt Lake $150,000
changed hands in the three days of auction, said to
be the largest amount involved in any sale of the
kind ever held in the United States. Cotswold rams
were sold at prices ranging from $72 to $150 a head.
One Rambouillet ram was sold to C. A. Kimball of
Hanford, California, for $300. Another sold to W. C.
Parowan of Pendleton, Oregon, for $275. There were
3,250 sheep in the sale and 3,100 of them were sold,
there being few withdrawals from the ring because
of the high prices prevailing.
A good maay French basques are coming into this
western country and are locating around Ogden,
Utah, and flocking into the beautiful valleys through-
out Idaho, says the Denver Field and Farm. These
simple people from the Pyrenees are the best shep-
herds in the world and know nothing hut sheep. They
wedge into the nooks and crannies of the foothills
and where a white man would starve to death and
seem pleased to find such admirable locations. We
used to have a few of them in Colorado but it is a
good many years now since we have seen a specimen
of this peculiar genus homo from the south of France.
Saturday, Sept. 23, 1916]
t-H ft BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
13
THE FARM
TESTING SMALL CHICKS TO DE-
TERMINE SEX.
O. B. Kent, Cornell University, has
this to say on the above subject:
I do not believe that day-old chicks
or even chicks 21 days old can be
positively distinguished as to their
sex, regardless of the breed or vari-
eties. In any variety that is double
mated, where there is a considerable
; difference between the male and fe-
male coloring, as in Barred Plymouth
Rocks, the sex can. nearly always be
distinguished in the pullet, and cock-
erel lines are not mixed. Of course.
; to a flock where dark and light hens
and cockerels are used, a much small-
er percentage of the chicks could be
told for certain. In any case, I do
not think that it would run much bet-
tei than 90 to 95 per cent correct.
: Some one in Connecticut last summer
^y.ve Professor Rice a method of tell-
i ing day-old chick cockerels from pul-
lets, by examining the spur with a
i seed tester. This seemed to have con-
siderable value, and I think probably
1 the estimate made from that would
run better than 75 per cent correct.
i The distinction is so fine that it is
practically impossible to describe it in
words. A careful examination of sev-
j eral chicks before opening up to find
out what the sex may be, will show
; the method.
Another method that was given us
from a man in Colorado consists in
holding the chicks by the head. A
young cockerel will kick rapidly and
throw the legs out from the body. A
pullet tends to hold the shanks very
close up to the breast, keeping the
hock joint pressed below down back
i of the abdomen. This, however, is a
much better test when the chicks are
a few weeks old, than in the baby
chicks. I think it is entirely possible
to guarantee 15 per cent pullets at the
time the chicks are hatched, possibly
running higher than that in parti-
colored birds, like Plymouth Rocks.
| In some slow developing birds that
I are late to mature, it is sometimes
almost impossible to tell the sex until
the chicks are three or four months
old, although that, of course, is not
I the usual case. Of course, the breadth
I of the head, and the size and develop-
I mtnt of the comb, are also added in-
dications, but cannot be depended
upon alone to be much better than
60 per cent correct.
THE BLESSINGS OF IRRIGATION.
The editor of the Rocky Mountain
Husbandman speaks as follows: "We
are accused of devoting our entire
space to irrigation, and we are frank
to confess that it is the dearest of all
interests to our heart. But only a
small portion of our space is devoted
tc it. ... We discuss every con-
dition that can arise on the dry land
farm. We try to induce farmers to
build innumerable storage dame and
arrange if possible to irrigate a gar-
den spot so that they can get more
than one picking of peas, more than
one picking of strawberries off of their
patch. We want to see them have
currants and gooseberries and logan
berries, and we know that they must
have water to do this. We have been
getting Montana homes supplied with
fruit and flowers for more than forty
years and we know what is necessary
to do it. We have gone into our Mon-
tana homes- and. had a heart to heart
talk with the home builders and we
know what it takes. People live or
rather exist on the crudest of things,
but happy country homes are supplied
with the luxuries of the land."
PURE-BRED, NOT THOROUGH-
BRED.
The term "thoroughbred" can onb'
be applied to racing animals that have
teen developed in England and the
United States. It is just as much a
breed as Clydesdale, Percheron, Shire,
Oyrshire, Shorthorn, Guernsey, Here-
ford. Holstein. Jersey, or any other
treed name. The American Studbook
is the book of record or registry for
the Thoroughbred breed of horses in
this country. Pure-bred is the term
properly used to describe an animal
that is entitled to registry in any reg-
ularly recognized breed association.
Thoroughbred has sometimes been
used in this same sense and many
people still use it, but the large ma-
jority prefer the correct term, pure-
bred. Language is easily corrupted so
that a word does not always signify
the same thing, and it is more nearly
correct and less confusing to hold to
the real distinction between these
terms. Proper usage and due regard
for English require the use of the
term "pure-bred" Guernseys or Hol-
steins, not "thoroughbred."
Driving a nice team of horses in
these days is certainly getting to be
a novel pleasure, and the driving is
inteisified in pleasure by the beautiful
roads which the automobile has made
necessary. The auto may bring ben-
efit to the horse. The auto has come
to stay, and it came to the industrial
world, the business world, and to the
people whose fortune is yet to be
made: but the man who has done his
accumulating finds much less pleas-
ure in it than he thought and it will
pave the way to the horse as a pleas-
ure producer. — Exchange.
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1018 Fillmore St.
Near Golden Gate Ave.,
SAN FRANCISCO
Phone Park 1253.
DRIVING CAPS AND JOCKEY CAPS
Classified Advertising
CHESTNUT TOM 2:17!/4 FOR SALE.
Chestnut Tom 43488. standard and reg-
istered, eighteen years old, but strong and
vigorous, is offered for sale for a ridicu-
lously low price. The late Martin Carter,
who was one of California's most success-
ful breeders, considered this horse one of
the very best he ever bred for a sire.
Chestnut Tom is sire of the dam of the
coast champion Wilbur Lou (1) 2:19%.
(3) 2:10%, sire of Natal Day 2:13%, coast
champion two-year-old. The late Martin
Carter bred Chestnut Tom for a brood-
mare sire. He is by Nutwood Wilkes, his
dam is by Director and his grandam is
the dam of his sire and by Nutwood. $150
takes him. Address GEO. T. ALGEO,
3608 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland.
I WANT TO BUY.— I have sold eleven
horses in the last few months ranging
from $2,000 to $200. If you have a horse
for sale and will write me, I will tell you
what my system is. It is a winner. I find
there is a buyer for every horse for sale
at the right price. It is just a question of
getting the buyer and seller together. If
you have one for sale let me hear from
you. MAGNUS FLAWS,
542 S. Dearborn St., Chicago. 111.
FARMS FOR SALE
Choice Land In Idaho
Lewiston, Idaho. Is situated at the
forks of Clearwater and Snake rivers and
has transportation to the coast.
960 acres 71,£ miles from Lewiston. Ida-
ho. A.% from Lapwal, Idaho, on main
traveled road, all in cultivation except
about 15 acres, all level land, just a little
rolling, 320 acres of fall wheat In, 225
acres fall plowed for spring crop, about
30 acres in alfalfa. All fenced and cross
fenced. Two good springs with big cem-
ent water troughs, well, windmill and
cement reservoir, water piped to house,
7 room house, hot and cold water and
electric lights. Large horse barn with
hay mow in the center, electric lights In
barn; cow barn with two box stalls; hog
pens, shade trees, chicken houses, black-
smith shop, wagon shed, granary, outdoor
cellar with bunk house overhead. $85 per
acre; will take one-third down, time on
balance to suit purchaser, at 7 per cent
interest. One-third of crop goes with
place if sold any time up close to harvest.
Mild climate, can raise all kinds of fruit.
grain and vegetables. Wheat in this
country goes from 35 to 65 bushels per
acre, barley 40 to 80 bushels per »cre.
320 acres 4% miles south of Vollmer.
Idaho, 275 acres In cultivation, balance In
pasture and timber, farm land lays prac-
tically level, one-third of crop goes with
place If sold before harvest. Some fall
wheat already sown. All fenced and cross
fenced. Quarter section of It fenced hog
tight; good four-room houso, wood shed,
and out of door cellar, nice grove around
house, well at house, fair stabling and
out buildings, spring and spring creek
close to barn, three springs on place.
Price $70 per acre, one-third cash, bal-
ance at 7 per cent. Time to suit pur-
chaser.
238 acres 4*4 miles from Lewiston. Ida-
ho, 175 acres in cultivation. 25 more can
be cultivated, balance good bunch grass
pasture, fenced and cross-fenced, good
spring creek runs across place, small
house, station on place for Johnson R. R.,
two grain warehouses at station. Price
$70 per acre, one-third cash, balance at
7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
160 acres of timber land, good farm land
when timber Is cleared oft, all can be
farmed except about 2 or 3 acres. Good
timber, yellow pine and fir. Price $4000.
40 miles from Lewiston, Idaho. Well
located to log oft.
240 acres 6 miles from Asotin. 12 miles
from Lewiston. Idaho, about 75 acres In
fall wheat, about 75 acres more can be
cultivated, balance In bunch grass pas-
ture, two springs, small house, all fenced.
Price $40 per acre, one-third cash, balance
at 7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
Reference Lewiston National Bank and
First National Bank. Address
F. W. KELLEY,
Drawer 447. San Francisco, Cal.
14
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept. 23, 1916
/
BEAUTIFUL BELVEDERE
LOTS FOR SALE
CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
most beautiful spot on the shores of San Francisco Bay
for a suburban home. It commands an extensive view of
the City of San Francisco, Alcatraz and Angel Islands,
Raccoon Straits, San Francisco Bay, Richardson's Bay,
the Berkeley shore, beautiful Belvedere and Mt. Tamal-
pais. It is in Marin County, directly opposite San Fran-
cisco, and forms the eastern shore of Belvedere cove.
It has a naturally terraced, sunny, western slope that is
well adapted for many choice residence sites, every one
affording most picturesque views of the bay and moun-
tain. It is protected from the prevailing western trade winds in
summer by Belvedere Island, and from the southerly storms in
winter by Angel Island. The soil is fertile and part of the island
is well wooded.
It is less subject to fog than any other place near San
Francisco. The summer fog, as it rolls in from the ocean, splits
on the western slope of Sausalito, part of it flowing in a line with
Angel Island towards the Berkeley shore, and part of it along
the southern slope of Mt. Tamalpais, leaving Belvedere, Corin-
thian Island and Raccoon Straits in the bright sunlight, while
the fog banks can be seen as a white wall both to the north and
the south.
There is very little available land about the shores of San
Francisco Bay that is desirable for homes, especially for those
who love boating and kindred sports. The Alameda and Contra
Costa shores of the bay are the lee shores and receive the full
brunt of the boisterous trade winds which lash the shoal waters
near the land into muddy waves, making boating both unpleas-
ant and dangerous. To the north of the city and in Marin
County the land from Sausalito to the entrance of the bay is a
Government reservation and will never be placed on the market.
The shores of Richardson's Bay are not at present convenient
to boat service and, aside from Belvedere and Corinthian Island,
there is little or no land near any ferry landing that possesses
the natural advantages, improvements and possibilities that are
offered on Corinthian Island. Concrete roads, pure water, tele-
phone service and electric light wires are already installed. It is
only ten minutes' walk from any point on the property to
Tiburon boats, and but forty-three minutes' ride to the foot of
Market Street.
On the point of Corinthian Island the Corinthian Yacht
Club has had its home for many years, and on any summer day
the white sails of its numerous fleet add to the charming scene,
as the trim yachts glide about the cove. Excellent fishing of all
kinds for bay fish, including salmon, the gamey striped bass,
rock fish and the toothsome silver smelt, is to be had in the cove.
There is probably no spot so accessible and in such close prox-
imity to any large city in the world that offers the attractions
of climate, magnificent scenery, fishing and boating as will here
be found.
FOR MAPS, PRICES AND PARTICULARS APPLY TO
/
S. L. PLANT,
PLANT RUBBER AND SUPPLY CO.,
32 BEALE STREET
San Francisco, Cal.
era.
F. W. KELLEY,
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN OFFICE,
366 PACIFIC BUILDING
San Francisco, Cal.
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NATIONAL AMATEUR CHAMPION-
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Won by F. M. Troeh, of Washington,
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PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
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Won by Phil R. Miller with a Winchester
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25 straight
HERCULES ALL-AROUND AMATEUR
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"Won by Edward L. Bartlett, of Baltimore,
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GENERAL AVERAGE ON ALL SINGLE
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Won by F. M. Troeh, of Washington, with
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S. S. SCHOLL TROPHY:
Won by John W. Todd, Staunton, 143 x 150,
shooting Remington UMC Pump Gun and Xitro
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VIRGINIAN HOTEL CUP:
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using Mtro Club Speed Shells.
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PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP 1915
HIGHEST GENERAL AVERAGE, VERNON GUN CLUB,
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493 ex 50 0 TARGETS
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DATES OF FAIRS.
CALIFORNIA.
Klugs Co. Fair at Hanford Oct. 2- 7
Riverside Co. Fair at Riverside Oct. 10-14
Kern County Fair at Bakersfleld Oct. 24-28
ARIZONA.
Arizona State Fair at Phoenix Nov. 13-18
INTER-MOUNTAIN FAIR CIRCUIT.
Salt Lake, Utah October 2
GRAND CIRCUIT.
Lexington, Ky Oct. 2-14
Atlanta, Ga Oct. 16-21
REPORTS OF SALES of trotting and pacing
horses that are repeatedly being made in the eastern
horse papers show that a good horse, or one that is a
good prospect, will now bring a very profitable figure,
and the same is true in a lesser degree of course in
California. A yearling changed hands in Kentucky
this month for $5000, and there have been several
trotters and pacers to change hands since the Grand
Circuit opened for sums in excess of that amount.
In spite of all that is said about the popularity of
the running horse, it is demonstrated year after year
from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast that there is
no attraction equal to good harness racing for draw-
ing crowds to the fairs, and so long as these fairs
are held just so long will harness racing be the
principal amusement feature provided. It looks now
as if the sport of harness racing will assume still
greater proportions than ever in the United States,
and the owners of good brood mares will be wise if
they continue to mate them with good stallions. The
advent of the automobile has no doubt made the
promiscuous mating of trotting bred mares and
stallions unprofitable, as where all the mediocre
animals on a trotting horse breeding farm could
formerly be disposed of for stage, road or delivery
horses, the demand henceforth will be for horses that
can show speed or have plenty of good looks. A
really handsome horse never goes begging, while a
really fast one is usually sought after. So if the
farmer who owns a few mares will mate them for
the purpose of getting speed and good looks in the
produce we believe he will find the venture a profit-
able one, provided he does not attempt to breed too
many. The tremendous slaughter of saddle and light
draft horses in Europe during the past two years
and the falling off in the breeding of that class in
the United States owing to the advent of the auto-
mobile, has made a shortage in the horse supply that
will be felt and felt soon if there is as little breeding
during the next few years as there has been in the
last three or four.
o
THE HARNESS RACING SEASON OF 1916 has
thus far been extremely successful throughout the
Eastern and Middle Western States, but the signs
at present all point to a still greater and more suc-
cessful season in 1917. As the present season is
drawing to a close the size of the fields starting at
nearly all the important tracks have been increas-
ing; and in few races can the starters be lined up
in one tier. So successful has the season been that
many associations have already announced their
dates for 1917. and there is every reason to believe
that purses will be larger and conditions more lib-
eral next year than ever before. Under the most
discouraging conditions at the opening of the season
in California, there has been developed a small
circuit which is not yet concluded, during which
there has been some excellent racing even though
the time records made by the trotters and pacers
has not been as fast as in former years. The attend-
ance at Santa Rosa, Dixon, Sacramento, Pleasanton
and Fresno has shown that the public has not lost
its interest in the horses, and there is no longer any
doubt but good programs well advertised have yet a
drawing power that no other form of sport can boast
of, and the meetings still to come at Hanford,
Bakersfleld, Riverside, Ventura and Phoenix will add
convincing testimony to this statement. As soon as
the circuit closes there should be action taken
toward arranging dates and programs for next year.
All that is needed is concert of action. A circuit of
half mile tracks in Oregon and Idaho closed its pro-
grams last July with an average of over 20 entries
to each race. Why did so many horsemen ship long
distances to race their horses on that circuit for
$300 and $400 purses? Simply because there was a
circuit of eight weeks' racing assured for purses and
classes that were all announced at once. That sort
of united action is needed in California. There are
at least twelve towns in this State where well-
arranged programs can be offered with a certainty
that nearly every race will fill, and if the managers
of these tracks and secretaries of the associations
would get together by December of this year, or not
later than February of next year, and make a con-
certed announcement of classes and purses, there
would be five horses in training by March 1st where
there will be one if such an announcement is not
made. A good circuit of harness racing would put
new life into the trotting horse industry in California,
and increase the value of every standard bred stal-
lion, mare and gelding in the State.
RALPH H. TOZER, who for many years edited the
thoroughbred department of the Breeder and Sports-
man, and was well known all over the Pacific Coast
as a turf writer, died on Monday last at a sanitarium
after a short illness. He was born in Louisville,
Kentucky and as a youth learned the typesetting
branch of the printers' trade, coming to California
about the time he reached his majority. He worked
at the case in San Francisco for several years, and
having an extensive acquaintance with the history
of the thoroughbred horse and a deep knowledge of
pedigrees he became a writer on running horse
affairs. When racing assumed large proportions in
the years following the taking over of the affairs of
the Pacific Coast Blood Horse Association by the
California Jockey Club, he held various positions
as secretary and handicapper at different meetings
on the coast and became a regular contributor to the
turf columns of the San Francisco dailies. He suf-
fered a very severe illness a few years ago, but had
seemingly recovered entirely and three months ago
appeared in robust health. A recurrence of the ail-
ment came while he was acting as racing secretary
of the Reno meeting last July and resulted in his
death last Monday. He leaves a widow but no chil-
dren to mourn his death. A man of abstemious
habits, of genial personality and kindly disposition,
he had hosts of friends, and probably no man had
fewer enemies, if he had any at all, which is doubtful.
Peace to his ashes.
THE FOOT OF THE HORSE.— No. 2.
[By D. J. O'Keefe, Woodland.]
The normal outline of the ground or lower surface
of the horse's hoofs, is in two general shapes; those
which are round, and such as are more like the
letter U. The latter when deformed, frequently re-
sembles the shape of a pear. Each class has numer-
ous departures from either the ring or U-shape.
Sometimes the inner side outline of the bottom will
be nearly straight, and in such a case the toe on
the inside is projected far in front of its normal line.
The name for such a hoof is "pigeon toe." The wall
of a horse's hoof seems to bo governed, in its cir-
cling, by the same law which is operative in pushing
out one side of a hoop. Whatever part goes out
causes some other part to come in. When the
quarter, particularly the front of it near where the
toe wall begins, comes inside of where nature
planned, a more serious result occurs than if only
the extreme rear section of the side walls circle goes
within the normal line. The latter condition is very
markedly caused by the toe becoming very much
too long on the bottom.
Two things occur when the toe is allowed to grow
too long. Not only does the toe push out unduly
and give the front of the hoof a dishy appearance,
but the full weight of the horse comes on the rear
wall while it is at too great an under incline. This
causes the sole to become unduly arched to push the
parts above it up and slightly out of their normal
bearings. What is known as the shed forms on each
side of the frog. By growing against the shoe this
is, at times, forced up at the center, past the normal
arching of the sole, and if the hoof be subjected to
severe pounding when in this condition, an extra
degree of heat is excited which causes a massing of
the sole fibres and breaks up nature's normal pro-
cesses of arranging the sole supply material. In this
way the defining line alongside the frog is liable to
become obliterated, and causes not only an undue
pressure on the fleshy parts just above the heel of
the coffin-bone, but is one of the principal causes of
most all foot ailments, such as contraction, corns,
quarter cracks, broken bars, and raised cartilages.
When contraction affects only one quarter it is
called unilateral contraction, or abnormal wryness.
Contraction affects front feet, especially those of
the acute-angled forms, more often than hind feet.
The causes, aside from too little exercise, are chiefly
errors such as weakening the posterior half of the
hoof, carrying too long a toe weight, and drying out
of the horn.
Contraction of Wide Hoofs. — This contraction is
manifest as a concavity or groove in the wall just
below the coronet, usually at the quarters though
sometimes extending entirely around the foot, par-
allel to the coronary band. Pain is produced in the
contracted area by lightly tapping the horn, but not
by moderate pressure with the hoof-testers.
Contraction of the Sole. — This is accompanied by
an unnatural direction of the wall. Instead of the
wall being straight from the coronet to the shoe, it
describes a curve whose convexity is outward (keg-
shaped when seen from the side). The hoof seems
tied in at the coronet and at its plantar border. The
sole is abnormally concave and the plantar surface
of the hoot is considerably shortened from toe to
heel. It happens in both shod and unshod horses
with strong hoofs, but is quite rare. It is occasion-
ally with navicular disease.
The Crooked Hoof. — A crooked hoof is one whose
walls, viewed from in front or behind, do not pass
in a straight, natural direction from the coronet to
the ground, but are bent in such a manner that the
bearing-surface of the wall in relation to the foot
axis lies either too far out or in.
The Abnormal Wry Hoof. — If one side wall and
quarter is steep, and the other very slanting or
oblique, we term such a hoof a "wry hoof." Neglect
of the colt's hoofs during the first years of life fre-
quently lays the basis for wry foot in later years.
All wry feet are more susceptible to disease than
others. In hoofs of irregular form we must con-
sider the position of the limb and the distribution
of weight on the hoof, because where the most
weight falls, the surface support of the foot must be
widened or more material supplied to wear on that
branch.
HORSES VERSUS TRACTORS IN WAR.
Columns have been written to show that horses
and mules are no longer needed in war. Every
metropolitan daily has been flooded with press no-
tices of the elimination of Dobbin and his ally, the
mule. The value of automobiles and tractors, and
their ability to go across deserts and mountain trails
where jackrabbits could scarcely progress, has been
blazoned to the world by writers whose talents should
be devoted to writing best sellers a la Chambers. It
may bring some of these disciples of Munchausen
to earth to peruse the following figures. The United
States Government, through the Bureau of Foreign
Commerce, has definite detailed data on exports.
Such data has been furnished the writer.
From September 1, 1914 to June 1, 1916, the Unit-
ed States exported 30,411 commercial automobiles,
valued at $81,295,986; 69,803 passenger automobiles,
valued at $57,623,261, and 22,502 motorcycles, valued
at $4,202,877— a grand total of 122,716 motor driven
vehicles, all kinds, with a total value of $143,122,124.
Against these exports, which have caused the
motor-driven knights of the fountain pen to indulge
in ecstatic paens of joy, regarding the elimination
of horses and mules, the cold figures show that dur-
ing the same period — Sept. 1, 1914 to June 1, 1916 —
611.790 horses, valued at $134,943,456, and 167,387
mules, valued at $34,198,955, were exported — a total,
in value, of $169,142,411.
This overshadows, very handily, the total of ex-
ports of motor driven vehicles. To the exports of
horses and mules, however, we must add the exports
of wagons, valued at $2,461,611; and of harness and
saddles, valued at $25,739,015.
The grand total for horses, mules, wagons, harness
and saddles, exported during the 23 months ending
June 1, 1916, comes to $197,343,037— almost two hun-
dred million dollars. This exceeds the exports of
motor vehicles by more than fifty-four million dol-
lars, and is conclusive that horses and mules are
far from being back numbers in war.
Very truly yours,
WAYNE DINSMORE,
Sec'y Percheron Society of America.
o
The Real Lady, champion two-year-old trotter of
1916, she having trotted four heats under 2:10. the
best in 2:08%. and won both her starts, did a half-
mile in 1:02% the first time she turned for the
money, which fact and the further one that she has
not been able to win a heat unless she beat 2:10, will
give some idea of the class and speed of the two-
year-olds of 1916.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept. 30, 1916
FIRST WEEK COLUMBUS FALL MEETING.
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The two weeks fall meeting o£ the Columhus, Ohio,
association, began on Monday, September 18th. On
the opening day Lon McDonald won the 2:11 trot
with McCloskey in straight heats, Will Durfee get-
ting second money with the Moko mare Virginia
Barnette. The Horse Review's Futurity lor two-year-
olds was won by The Real Lady by Moko, driven by
Murphy in 2:09% and 2:11, Emma Magowan being
second and Mary Coburn third. There were eight
starters in this race. Miss Harris M. won the 2:06
pace, and Little Prank D. the 2:14 pace.
On Tuesday the Horse Review Futurity lor three-
year-old trotters opened the program and was won
with ease by last year's great two-year-old Volga,
who had to trot but a hall-second lower than her two-
year-old record to win.
The $10,000 stake lor 2:14 trotters went to Mabel
Trask in straight heats, St. Frisco not being an entry
in this race.
Wednesday Will Durfee led off by winning the
2:07 trot with Esperanza, the Carlokin mare reduc-
ing her record by a fraction when she won the fourth
heat in 2:07%.
There were five heats in the 2:09 trot on Friday,
Pittsburg being declared the winner, with Charley
Spencer's The Proof standing for fourth money. On
the same day the 2:06 pace, which was the last race
on the week's program, went to five heats without a
decision and a sixth heat had to be trotted on Satur-
day, and it was the only heat that day as the race
completed the week's program. This race was won
by Judge Ormonde. The week's summaries were as
follows :
Monday, Sept. 18.
2:11 class trotting, three in five, purse $1200:
McCloskey, br g by Theodosius (McDonald) 111
Virginia Barnette, b m (Durfee) 2 3 5
Pittsburg, ch g (Murphy) 4 11 2
Also started — Empress of Russia, Dick Watts, R. C. P.,
Dona Lona, Henry Todd, Jack K., Polly T., The Toddler,
George N. Patterson.
Time— 2:10%, 2:08%, 2:11%.
Horse Review Futurity, two-year-old trotters, two in
three, purse $3000:
The Real Lady, br f by Moko '. (Murphy) 1 1
Emma Magowan, br f (Murray) 2 2
Mary Coburn, ch f (White) 4 3
Also started — Bertha McGuire. Worthy Volo, Harvest
Gale, E. Colorado, Kelley Deforest.
Time — 2:09%, 2:11.
King Stake, 2:06 pacers, three in five, purse $3000:
Miss Harris M., b m by Peter the Great
1 (McDonald) 5 1
Sayde Densmore, ch m (Thomas) 1 3
Roan Hal, ro g (Murphy) 2 2
Also started — The Savoy, Goldie C Barlight,
Beaver, Baby Bertha.
Time— 2:03%, 2:02%, 2:05%, 2:06%.
2:14 class pacing, three in five, purse 51200:
Little Frank D.. b g by Little Frank(Valentine)12 1
Queen Hal, ro m by Gold Hal (McPherson) 1 7
Spring Maid, ch m (Cox) 4 3
Also started — Baron Wood, Bernice, Alcantara, Tango,
D. M. B., Colonel B., Horace McKerron, Laddie, Rita Jay,
Major A., Hal King. Hal Connor, Willis Woodland.
Time— 2:07%, 2:07%. 2:10, 2:07%.
Tuesday, Sept. 19.
Horse Review Futurity, three-year-old trotters, two in
three, $8000:
"Volga, ch f by Peter the Great (White) 1 1
Bingen Silk, b c (Chandler) 2 3
Harrod's Creek, ch c (Engleman) 3 2
Also started — Bintara. Expressive Lou, Brownie Watts,
General Yorke! Bingen' Silk and Harrod's Creek divided
fourth money.
Time— 2:08%, 2:07%.
Hoster Columbus Stake, 2:14 trotters, three in five,
$10,000:
Mabel Trask. ch m by Peter the Great (Cox) 111
Donna Clay, b m (Valentine) 7 2 2
Azora Axworthy, b m (Murphy) 2 3 3
Also started — Alma Forbes, Binland, Allie Watts and
R. O. Sphinx.
Time— 2:06%. 2:05%. 2:05%.
2:08 class pacing, three in five, purse $1200:
Fred Russell, b g by Little Frank (Snow) 2 5 111
Beth Clark, blk m by Joe Patchen(Hedrick )1 1 4 4 4
White Sox, b m (Durfee) 3 2 2 3 3
Also started — Comsewogue Hal. Canute.
Time— 2:05%. 2:05%, 2:04%, 2:07%, 2:07%.
2:15 class trotting, three in five, purse $1200:
Ridgemark, b g by Wilask (Traynor) 111
Humfast, b m (Murphy) 2 2 2
Sister Ella, ch m (Valentine) 9 3 4
Also started — Jeanette Speed, Gum Drop, Brescia. Doris
Watts, Mar Boy, Onward Allerton, Trusty McKinney,
Princess Italia, Black Peter, John G.
Time— 2:08%, 2:10. 2:10%.
To beat 2:15 trotting:
Erda, br m by Zombro (Valentine) won
Time— 2:14%.
Wednesday, Sept. 20.
2:07 class trotting, three in five, purse $1200:
Esperanza. b m by Carlokin (Durfee) 4 3 111
Sister Strong, b m by Strong Boy(Valentine)2 12 2 2
Mirthful, b m by Star Patchen (Murphy) 12 4 4 4
Sadie S., b m (McMahon) 3 4 3 3 3
Time— 2:08%. 2:08%, 2:09%. 2:07%, 2:08%.
Horse Review Futurity, three-year-old pacers, two in
three, purse $3000:
Peter Look, b s by Peter the Great (Traynor) 1 1
The Aim, blk c (McMahon) 2 2
Flora Strathmore, ch f (Hall) 5 3
Also started — Natoma, Rose Magee.
Time— 2:10%, 2:10%.
Hotel Hartman Stake, 2:13 pacers, three in five, purse
$5000:
Ben Earl, b g by The Earl (Childs) 12 11
Young Todd, b g by Director Todd (Cox) 2 13 2
Sir Anthony Carter, b h (Geers-McMahon) 7 6 2 6
Also started — Peter Nash, The Problem, Tramp-a-Bit,
May Fern, Rythmaid.
Tim..— 2:nii'r. 2:02%, 2:0.1% 2:08%.
To beat 2:02% pacing:
Peter Stevens, b h by Pete*1 the Great. . (Murphy) won
Time — 2:01%.
Thursday, Sept. 21.
2:10 class pacing, three in five, purse $1200:
Diumeter, b g by Dium (Grady) 2
Peter G.. b h by The Wolverine
(Snow and Valentine) 1
Also started— Martin C.. Arveta V.. Fern Hall, Van
Buren, Theda Bara, Hal Leaf, Charley C, Willow Hal.
Time— 2:06%, 2:04%, 2:06%, 2:06%.
1 1 1
4 2 3
Capital City Stake, 2:08 trotters, three in five, $3000:
St. Frisco, b s by San Francisco (Murphy) 111
Miss Perfection, b m (McMahon) 5 2 2
Bacellia, b h (White) 2 3 5
Also started — Harrv S.'J., Laramie Lad, The Eno.
Time— 2:07%, 2:06%, 2:06%.
Free-for-all class pacing, two in three, purse $1200:
Napoleon Direct, ch h by Walter Direct. . (Murphy) 1 1
Single G.. b h (Cox) 2 2
Hal Boy, b g (McMahon) 4 3
Russell Boy, b h (Edman) 3 4
Also started — Fay Richmond.
Hal Boy and Russell Boy divided fourth money.
Time— 2:06%, 2:00%.
2:19 class trotting, three in five, purse $1200:
Zomrect, blk h bv Zombro (McDonald) 3 111
Royal Mc. b g by Royal McKinncy(C. Clayton) 12 7 6
Balla Hall, b m (H. Fleming) 2 9 2 7
Also started — Holly Rood King. Lu Princeton, Lewis E.
Winter, Barbara King, Judge Jones, Kitty Amar, Seal-
skin Boy, Channing, Daisy Todd.
Time— 2:09%, 2:08%, 2:10%, 2:12%.
Friday, Sept. 22.
2:09 class trotting, three in five, purse $1200:
Pittsburg, ch g by General Athol. . (Murphy) 116 5 1
M. L. J., b g bv Red Will (Leonard) 2 2 112
McCloskey, br g (McDonald) 4 6 2 2 4
Also started — The Proof. Polly T.. Dick Watts, Hazel
Laing.
Time— 2:08%, 2:08%, 2:09%, 2:09%. 2:10.
2:18 class pacing, three in five, purse $1200:
Young Todd, b h by Director Todd (Cox) 117 1
Admiral Dewey I., blk h bv Admiral Dewey..
(Snow) 2 2 12
Robert Frisco, br g (Crossman) 5 4 2 4
Also started — Queen Hal, Squaw Man, Miss Jean, Posey
H., Jimmie E.
Time— 2:08%, 2:09%, 2:09%, 2:08%.
To set record for pacing team driven by lady: Mr. King
and Lady Fanchon (Miss Beverly) won. Time — 2:28%.
Saturday, Sept. 23.
2:06 class pacing, 3 in 5, purse $1200 (5 heats Friday):
Judge Ormonde, blk h by Ormonde
(Valentine) 7 8 2 111
Barlight, br g (Mann) 1 13 4 3 3
Fred Russell, b g (Snow) 6 3 12 2 2
Auto Zombro, b h. . . . (Loomis-McMahon) 2 2 7 4 ro
Also started — White Sox, Polly Ann. Thomas Earl, Alta-
wood.
Time— 2:04%, 2:04%, 2:08%, 2:04%. 2:08%, 2:04.
SPOKANE, WASH.
BAKER CITY, OREGON.
Sept. 13. — 2:14 pace, purse $400:
Harold Welcome, b s by Welcome. . . . (Butcher) 1
Helen Zedo, b m by Bob Fitzsimmons(Welbourn) 4
Armadillo, blk m by Montana Grattan. . (Huber) 2
Jennie Fitzsimmons, b m by Bob Fitzsimmons. .
(Dennis) 5
Mabel C. b m by Capt. Brino (McKay) 3
Time— 2:11%, 2:11%, 2:12%.
2:17 trot, purse $400:
D. J. Burk, b g by The Corsair (Huber) 1
Sweet Bow, b m by Bon Voyage (Ivy) 3
Allie Lou, b m by Kinney Lou (Dennis) 2
Baby Tally, bl m by Bonnie McK (Bush) 4
Amy McKinney, bl m by Capt. McKinney
(Wilbourn) 5
Time— 2:16%. 2:16, 2:16%.
Sept. 14. — 2:30 pace, purse $400:
Bob Fitzsimmons Jr., b s by Bob Fitzsimmons
(Dennis) 3 4
Sir Archibald, bl s by Ashbud (McKay) 2 1
Daisy D., br m by Hal B (Kenney) 1 2
Tempest, b g by Exirus (Steinman) 4 3
Magnita. bl m by Magnet (Williams) 6 5
Miss Eileen, bl m by Junior Dan Patch....
(Kirby) 5 6
Time— 2:13%. 2:15%, 2:19, 2:17.
2:18 pace, purse $400:
Sonoma Maid, b m by Major Buford (Steinman) 1
Oregon Hal. b s by Hal B (Dennis) 2
Vevo Hal, br m by Hal .B (Kenney) 3
Bonnie Quinn, b m by Bonnie Steinway (Stewart) 4
Time— 2:12%, 2:15%, 2:16%.
Sept. 15 — 2:10 pace, purse $500:
Emmaline Dillon, br in by Guy Dillon. . (Steuart) 2
Josie Knight, gr m by Twelfth Knight (Dennis) 1
May Davis, ch m by Borado 5
Axcybetta, ch m by Axcyone 3
Haltamont, Van Sickle and Delmas also started.
Time— 2:10, 2:11%, 2:13.
2:24 trot, purse $400:
Golden State, b g by Stam B (Blackwell) 1
Amy McKinney. bl m by Capt McKinney
(Wilbourn) 5
Song Sparrow, ch m by The King Red 2
Al Mack, b s by Bonnie McK 3
Marie Fitzsimmdns, ch m by Bob Fitzsimmons. . 4
Time— 2:19, 2:17%, 2:18%.
Sept. 16. — 2:25 pace, purse $400: .
Daisy Direct, ch m by Gene Direct Hal 1
Daisy D., br m by Hal B 2
Potreress, ch m by Potrero Boy 3
Jim Donnelly, b g bv Lijero 4
Time— 2:11%, 2:13%, 2:15%.
2:14 trot, purse $500:
D. J. Burk, b g by The Corsair 1
Dr. Wayo, b s by Wilkshurst 2
Sweet Bow-, b m by Bon Voyage 3
Amy McKinney. bl m by Capt. McKinney 4
Time — 2:16%, 2:17, 2:18%.
The mile that Ben White drove Lee Axworthy in
flat two minutes at Syracuse Sept. 12th was, so far
as anyone connected with harness racing can recall,
the only two-minute mile by a trotter or paeer in
which each of the four quarters was covered in just
30 seconds. Ed Geers, speaking of this, said that the
mile was wonderfully well rated, but that, of course,
it was largely accidental that each quarter was in
just 30 seconds, for there were spots in each quarter
in which the horse was trotting faster and slower
than a two-minute gait. One thing is certain, no one
ever saw a more striking exhibition of gameness
than the little stallion gave when he finished his
record mile. With a runner on either side he gal-
lantly tried to beat his supposed antagonists to the
very last inch of the mile. No one ever saw any
thoroughbred run the last end of an extremely fast
mile with a greater courage than Lee Axworthy dis-
played in this mile at its finish, and until those who
regard thoroughbred blood as the essence of game-
ness can point out a greater example of it among
the present day runners it will be idle to talk of the
"speed sustaining" thoroughbred blood, as that term
is sometimes used by those who advocate a new infu-
sion of that blood in trotting pedigrees. — Horse
World.
(Half-mile Track.)
Sept. 6 — 2:20 pace, purse $750:
Allerton Direct, b h by Baron Direct. . (McGuire) 3
King Zolock, b h by Zolock (Bush)
Joe Buckley, b g by Bonnie M (Hogoboom)
Hi Ho, b h by Keeler (Davis)
Wallace Hal, b g by Hal B (Newbill)
Time— 2:16, 2:12%, 2:16.
2:15 trot, purse $750:
Copious, b g by LaCopia (McGirr) 1
Mack Fitzsimmons, ch g by Bob Fitzsimmons..
(Helman) 2
Floradora Z., blm by Zombro (Guion) 3
Time— 2:20. 2:17%, 2:18%.
Sept. 7 — 2:25 pace, purse $750:
Allerton Direct, b h by Baron Direct. . . (McGuire) 2
Zombrino, bl h by Prince Zombro (Bunch) 1
Greatness, b h by Peter Wilton (Sanford) 4
Paul, b c by Kinney Lou (Helman) 5
Garland Mac, b h by Homer Mac (McClain) 3
Time— 2:12, 2:12%, 2:17%.
2:20 trot, purse $750:
A. R. G., b h by Gumaer Hal (McGuire) 1
Beauty B., b m by Woodlock (Guion) 2
Worthy Maid, b m by Bale Axworthy. .. (Bunch) 3
Time— 2:16, 2:22, 2:20.
Sept. 8 — 2:10 pace, stake $750:
Lady Hal, b m by Hal B (McGuire) 1
Hal Edo, b m by Hal B (Hogoboom) 4
King Bond, b h by The Bondsman (Lewis) 5
Prince Zolock. bl h by Zolock (Helman) 2
Homer Mac, b h by Petigru (Knowles) 3
Time— 2:09%, 2:11%, 2:11%.
Sept. 9 — 2:15 pace, purse $750:
Zombrino, bl h by Prince Zombro (Bunch) 1
Hal Paxton, b h by Hal B (Woodcock) 2
King Zolock, b h by Zolock (Helman) 4
Joe Buckley, b g by Bonnie M (Hogoboom) 3
Sir Wilfred, b g by Leland Onward. . . . (McGuire) 5
Time— 2:10%, 2:13%, 2:18%.
2:25 trot, purse $750:
A. R. G., b h by Gumaer Hal (McGuire) 1
Beauty B.. b m by Woodlick (Guion) 2
Bonniola. b m by Bonaday (Newbill) 3
Worthy Maid, b m by Bale Axworthy. . (Bunch) 4
James Oliver, b h by Bonaday (Bush) 5
Time— 2:19, 2:20, 2:22%.
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Bradmont Again Wins Free-For-AII.
Ritchie Roberts is doing well with his new pui
chase, Bradmont, that he got from President Gian-
nini of the San Francisco-California Driving Club
few weeks ago. He has started him twice since own-
ing him and has won both times. Last Sunday al
the Golden Gate Park matinee Bradmont paced
second heat in 2:10%, and seems to be a better hors
than ever. A good afternoon of racing was enjoye.
and while three of the four events were win
straight heats there were several close contests,
Results :
First race, 2:20 mixed:
Silver Logan (Dan Healey)
George W (Frank Burton)
Minequa (M. Ford)
Matawan (J. McNamara)
Time— 2:19, 2:22%.
Second race, 2:25 pace:
Pointer Belle (J. M. Kidd)
Frank N (L. A. Gielow)
Rosa O (J. J. Ryan)
Time— 2:16%, 2:17%.
Third race, free-for-all pace:
Bradmont (Richie Roberts) 2
King Pointer (H. Campodonico) 1
Emma M (W. Malough) 3
Little Bernice (J. C. Welsh) 4
Time— 2:13%, 2:10%, 2:13.
Fourth race, 2:12 pace:
Little Jack (G. Conlon)
J. C. Simpson (Frank Goularte)
W. J. K (W. J. Kenney)
Senator H. . . . '. (J. M. Kidd)
Time— 2:14%, 2:14%.
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Trotters and Pacers in New Zealand.
During the past year the trotting clubs of New
Zealand have contributed £82,000 to the Govern-
ment and patriotic funds.
Mr. H. W. ICitchingham is limiting the number of
mares to 25 for Copa de Oro. Up to date, he has had
numerous enquiries regarding the American stallion,
and 23 mares have been booked, amongst them being
some of the best in New Zealand.
The imported stallion Harold Dillon was the most
successful sire during the three days' racing of the
August meeting at Addington, four of his stock in
Sungod, Mako Mako, Soda, and Bacchus accounting
for races, while Sungod registered three seconds and
Harold O. one second, and Oinako, Harold D., Cello
Sydney Wilkes and Soda were third.
On a good many occasions accidents to sulkies
have caused delay in the starting of races, and
order to be prepared for emergencies of this nature
the committee of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trot-
ting Club has decided to procure two sulkies, which
will be kept near the starting post on race days, and
be available in case of accidents. This provision will
render it unnecessary for a"' horse to return to the
paddock, and will consequently save a good deal of
time.
An important deal has been made in which Walter
R. Cox, the well known driver, sold the young trotter
Dos Palos, by San Francisco, to W. Averill Harriman,
New York State Fair Commissioner and an enthusi-
astic member of the Goshen Driving Club. The horse
will be used for matinee driving. Dos Palos has
started only in three races so far and as a racing
prospect is eligible to slow classes. In stating the
price, Cox said that it was more than $5,000 and
less than $10,000. The deal was private.
Saturday, Sept. 30, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Sangallo Runs Second with Fractured Leg.
At Havre de Grace track. September 19th, the
California bred horse Sangallo, owned and trained
by C. W. Carroll of California, who for years has
trained for and looked after the Napa Stock Farm
of A. B. Spreckels, ran a remarkable race with a
fractured leg in the handicap and finished second to
Eagle, beating Malachite and Sandmark, the only
other two starters.
While the four candidates for the feature event
of the day were twisting about at the post, Mala-
chite lunged out and kicked Sangallo, landing on
the right knee. The horse was seen to flinch as if
wanting to lie down, but directly afterward the bar-
rier was sprung and, getting away well, Jockey But-
well immediately rushed him out to take a lead,
which he got as they went around the first turn.
Eagle was close at hand, but Malachite had come
close and pinned him on the rail where the going was
not so good as that farther out, and while these two
stuck close together Sangallo went on ahead and
opened up such a gap that it began to look as if he
had the race won. The California horse kept up the
pace on around the turn for home, but as they came
into the stretch Eagle began to draw away from Mal-
achite and started after the leader. Malachite also
challenged, and while these two made a wide turn
in the middle of the track, Butwell brought Sangallo
down on the inside. There was a good finish through
the stretch, and in the last half dozen jumps Eagle
closed up and got a nose decision as they passed the
winning post, with Malachite and Sandmark beaten
off.
When Sangallo was returned to the paddock and
an examination made it was ascertained that the kick
he received had resulted in what is known as a
green-tree fracture, so called because the bone splin-
ters. The fracture was in the radial bone of the
right foreleg and how the horse ran such a good and
game race, which undoubtedly would have been his
with a little better racing luck, was something diffi-
cult to explain.
How Star Hawk Won Louisville Cup.
Finishing with a great burst of speed, after being
headed once and apparently beaten, Star Hawk, A. K.
Macomber"s three-year-old imported son of Sunstar —
Sweet Finch, won the Louisville Cup at two miles,
the stellar event on last Saturday's racing card at
Douglas Park.
The English-bred horse had only half a length to
spare over Embroidery at the end and he had to be
a good horse to win. The A. B. Hancock filly over-
hauled him at the half mile pole, on the second trip
around, and she seemed a certain winner, making
the turn for home, but Star Hawk demonstrated his
class and was up again.
There were many persons in the vast crowd who
were of the opinion that Embroidery would have
been returned the winner had Jockey Frankie Mur-
phy delayed just a trifle longer in making his move.
There were only four starters, Kilanna finishing
third, six lengths behind the place horse, and Water
Witch fourth. Of the four starters two of them were
foreign bred, the winner and Killanna.
The victory of Star Hawk stamps him as a great
three-year-old over a route of ground, and he showed
that he has improved since he finished second to
George Smith in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill
Downs last spring, beaten by a neck. He carried
120 pounds Saturday and was conceding chunks of
weight to his opponents, he being the only three-
year-old in the race.
The winner was given a big ovation when he came
back to the scales, as the big crowd realized what a
great racehorse he is. One of the first to greet
Jockey Phillips on his return to the judges' stand
was A. K. Macornber, and the owner was all smiles
after his horse's victory- He came from the East
especially to witness this race and said that he was
confident at all times that his colt would be returned
the winner, regardless of what opposition he met.
This made the sixth straight day that Mr. Macornber
has wone a race at the meeting, and both stakes
fell to him, one with Dodge and the other with Star
Hawk. The time was 3:29 3-5, and the value of the
stake $2200 to the winner.
Many Entries at Laurel.
August Belmont is the most liberal of all the nom-
inators in the stakes that are to be decided at Laurel
next month and it is the very evident intention of
Trainer Hildreth to put in a very busy fall season in
Maryland, and in all there have been forty-eight nom-
inations made by the chairman of The Jockey Club.
Stromboli is the handicap dependence of the stable,
while the two-year-olds have been variously engaged.
John Sanford is the next best nominator for the
Laurel season. With the exception of George Smith,
winner of the Kentucky Derby, the Amsterdam turf-
man has named all of his good ones. James Butler
has made thirty-eight nominations, while Harry
Payne Whitney has thirty-seven nominations in the
various stakes that are down for decision. Foxhall
Keene will sell all his horses in training at the Laurel
meeting.
The Winners of Breeding Bureau Prize.
New York, Sept. 18. — The first competition for the
Jockey Club's Breeding Bureau prize of $400 for
yearlings by a thoroughbred sire was held at the
State Fair at Syracuse on Wednesday last and was a
signal success, nine good specimens from different
parts of the State answering the call of the bugle.
The competition was the outcome of a desire on
the part of the Jockey Club which has for years
given prizes of $50 for the best foals by their Breed-
ing Bureau sires at the various county fairs, to still
greater stimulate the horse-breeding industry in New
York State. Mr. Frank K. Sturgis, the active head
of the Bureau, arranged to have the competition at
the State Fair, and all foals that had been awarded
first, second or third prizes in 1915 were eligible.
The class was judged in front of the grand stand,
where thousands of farmers had a good view of the
quality of the entrants at close hand. In the ring
were such experts as Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth, the
President of the Genesee Valley Horse Breeders' As-
sociation, an organization which has done splendid
work in the region around Mount Morris, Geneseo,
and Avon; Lady Beck, who is to judge saddle horses
at Madison Square Garden in November; Sir Adam
Beck, whose Canadian hunters have won champion-
ships on two continents; William Littauer, James
W. and Henry Colt, of the "Valley"; Fletcher Har-
per, of Millbrook; F. Ambrose Clark, of Coopers-
town; Louis Waring and S. W. Taylor, of New York;
G. L. Stryker, of Derby, and Pierre Lorillard Jr., and
W. Averill Harriman, of Goshen.
The premier award of $250 was won by an un-
named bay filly by Wonder Boy, a son of imported
Watercress out of Donna de Oro by Rayon d'Or,
loaned to the Bureau by August Belmont and in the
stud at "Ashantee," Avon. This filly, which is owned
by C. F. Flynn, of East Avon, is 15 hands high and
weighs 800 pounds at 15 months. Her dam is a
granddaughter of Electioneer, and in her the farmer
saw a splendid example of the thoroughbred trotting
cross. The second prize of $100 went to Mrs. Her-
bert Wadsworth's chestnut filly Hallali, by Hippo-
drome out of a mare by Otai, and the next dam by
Barrett, a son of Bonnie Scotland. This filly exem-
plified the three-quarter thoroughbred type, while the
third prize-winner, Pattern, by Fashion Plate out of
a daughter of General Stanton, owned by W. H. Barr,
of Derby, was another good example of the thorough-
bred-standard bred cross.
There wasn't a really poor yearling in the lot, and
Messrs. Lorillard and Harriman were so greatly im-
pressed with the general excellence of the class that
they will make application for a Breeding Bureau
sire to stand at Goshen. There are so many good
standard-bred dams in Orange county, "the cradle
of the trotting horse," that the very best results
would be obtained in that region. As a greater num-
ber of mares than ever before were bred during 1915
the future for this competition at Syracuse seems
exceedingly bright.
Rewarding the Breeder.
Devonshire Park, the newest of the Canadian mile
race courses, will have its inaugural meeting of seven
days beginning September 30. Devonshire Park is
at Windsor, Ontario, and the pace that is being set
by Grant Hugh Browne and his associates, at the
first meeting, gives the new association a prominent
place on the Canadian racing map. The book for
the meeting has been distributed among the horse-
men and it provides that no purse shall have a lesser
value than $600, while there are $800 and $1000 han-
dicaps.
But the big thing that Mr. Browne and his asso-
ciates are going to do is to offer a premium to the
breeders. In all handicaps of a mile or greater dis-
tance there will be a bonus of 10 per cent of the
value of the purse paid to the breeder of the winner.
This 10 per cent is not to be taken from the purse
that is offered, but it is merely an additional prize
for the breeder. This is a direct return that will be
readily appreciated and it is really a big thing for the
fundamental reason for racing, "the improvement of
the breed of horses."
Macornber Horses Winning at Louisville.
The Macornber horses have been running in a
winning streak at the Louisville, Kentucky, meeting.
His two-year-old, Hollister, won a five and a half
furlong race, Hank o' Day won at six furlongs. Dodge
won the Douglas Park handicap at a mile and a six-
teenth, while Isadore and Typhoon both ran second
in their races during the opening week. In the fourth
renewal of the Louisville Cup last Saturday Star
Hawk, with 120 pounds up, won by a length. Embroi-
dery finished second, five lengths ahead of Kilanna,
with Waterwitch, the only other starter, trailing the
field. The time for the two miles was 3:29 3-5. The
race was worth $2200 to the winner, in addition to
a handsome trophy.
J. W. Coffroth anticipates a big season of racing
at Tijuana this winter. He has just returned from
a trip to the eastern tracks, where he secured the
attendance of many stables of runners. The Tijuana
meeting will open November 11th.
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The Reno meeting is drawing a fair attendance
and some good races are being given. An average
of six or seven starters are secured for each race
and while the purses are small, the owners seem
pleased with the management of the meeting.
Paul Rainey Tells of Horses in Africa.
That intrepid sportsman, Paul J. Rainey, who has
spent much of his time in Africa in recent years,
and whose wonderful motion pictures of tiger and
lion hunting in Africa have been shown all over the
United States, is back in America and was a frequent
visitor at Belmont Park, New York, during the re-
cent racing season. He is as much an admirer of
the thoroughbred as when his colors were being
borne by the sprinter De Mund, for which he paid
$45,000, Yankee Consul, a good two-year-old that won
him many races, and other good horses. Mr. Rainey
told a reporter for the New York Telegraph recently
that he found horses of blood and courage of the
greatest value in the prosecution of his hunting and
photographic campaigns after big game in the coun-
try around Nairobi and Naivaska, where his head-
quarters, Farm Americus, is situated, and he is
enthusiastic over the manner in which the British
Government has encouraged the breeding of good
horses, especially those of the cavalry remount type
in Africa.
"You will be surprised to hear," he said, "that in
British East Africa the governmental authorities
regard the thoroughbred horse as of more impor-
tance than humans; at any rate, the trains carrying
stallions which are sent out from England to the
experimental stations, or to be offered at public
auction at the annual sales, have precedence over
passenger traffic. One reason for this dispatch is
the prevalence of diseases which affect horses, and
the Government has spent millions in eradicating
the plague, but it knows the importance of horse
breeding and the part the thoroughbred plays in it.
"Most of the horses sent to Africa are of the larger
type, as they are crossed on the Abyssinian mare,
which will average more than 14.2 hands high,"
resumed Mr. Rainey. "They get some smashing good
horses from this cross, the progeny having the best
of feet and legs, and army officers tell me they can-
not be improved for cavalry purposes. Some of them
are gray in color, and this, of course, is a fault, but
a majority are bays or chestnuts. They, of course,
haven't as much quality as will be found among the
same number of French horses bred for the army
service, but they have the wear and tear qualities
that war makes imperative. I saw about 4,000 head
of South African remounts by thoroughbred sires
and out of Basuto mares that were a magnificent
collection, and they tell me that they can breed as
good horses in that region as anywhere. Those that
I saw were of uniformly hard color, with an occa-
sional gray, and were from 15.2 to 16 hands. Horses
that are bred in Africa can stand any climate in the
world.
"They have four race meetings of three days each
year at Nairobi, with a few days at the smaller
towns at irregular intervals. There are contests on
the flat and cross-country for both thoroughbreds and
halfbreds and in addition they have races for what
is called country breds, for which clean bred as well
as halfbred horses raised in the region are eligible.
The farmers of the district are enthusiastic sports-
men and most of them' own horses. The scale of
weights is high and as the competitions are of the
keenest character the quality of sportsmanship is
splendid. The entire countryside comes up to Nai-
robi for the meetings and open house is the order of
the day. The farmers' associations in turn give
meetings in the country and the hospitality is un-
surpassed. Everybody rides in such a country and
there is a chance for some good sport after the
jackal with the Elkington pack.
"It is only natural under such conditions and with
the government lending its encouragement that
breeding is on the increase," said Mr. Rainey in
conclusion, "and the thought has come to me that
the breeding industry of the United States would be
excellently served if we could have some races for
halfbreds as well as thoroughbreds, particularly in
the country districts where very frequently the
farmer, who after all is a horse breeder as a rule,
could have an insight into the sport and what it
really means."
It is Mr. Rainey's intention after he concludes his
work in Africa to take up his permanent residence
at his Cottonplant plantation of 30,000 acres in Mis-
sissippi, where he breeds polled Angus cattle for the
Chicago market and incidentally "makes" a few hun-
dred bales of cotton and between whiles has time to
enjoy as good quail and duck shooting as the United
States affords. Racing has a strong claim on him
too, and it is to be hoped that his colors will be seen
again on the American turf.
A South Carolina Training Ground.
Palmetto Park, the Charleston (S. C.) race course
over which regular meetings were conducted some
seasons back, has been converted into probably the
best winter training grounds in the country. The
track has been kept in excellent condition since
racing was abandoned at Charleston and later it has
been improved and converted into purely a training
ground.
The track is a mile, with broad turns, and it is kept
in a condition that would make the holding of a race
meeting at any time possible. It was at Charleston
that George Smith, winner of the Kentucky Derby,
was fitted for that effort, while Walter Jennings also
made Star Hawk and the others of the A. K. Ma-
comber horses ready there.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept. 30, 1916
Harness Horses and Horsemen
Coast Champion Three-Year-Old for 1916.
The three-year-old filly Lulu B. by The Bondsman
out of Loma B. by Stam B. is the fastest three-year-
old trotter for 1916 on the Pacific Coast. At Fresno
on Thursday of this week Lulu B. stood best in the
summary of the 2:15 class trot, where she met a
field of four aged trotters for a purse of 5600. She
won the second heat of this race in 2:11%, the fast-
est by two seconds trotted by any three-year-old on
the Pacific Coast this year. Lulu B. since her first
start of the season in the Pacific Breeders' Futurity
at Santa Rosa has been a most consistent trotter.
She won that race, taking a mark of 2:13%, was tied
with Hermes at the end of the third heat of the
Occident Stake at Sacramento, defeated that good
colt in the Stanford Stake a few days later and was
second to Hermes in the Pleasanton Futurity the
following week, which was the last of the three-year-
old stakes to be trotted. In four starts she won
two races and was second in the other two. Although
she was lame after her Santa Rosa race, owing to a
curb, she trotted gamely and consistently in every
heat in which she took the word, and from the speed
she has shown as a three-year-old it is perfectly safe
to predict that she will trot to a very low record
before her racing days are over, provided no acci-
dent or illness prevents. She is owned by one of
the most popular of Californians, Mr. M. L* Woy of
Fresno, and there is no man to whom the horsemen
of this State will extend with greater pleasure the
honor of breeding and owning the fastest three-year-
old trotter of the Pacific Coast for 1916.
$5,000 For a Yearling.
The best sale of the season for a yearling trotter
was consummated September 15th, when John L.
Dodge, of Lexington, bought of David H. Foushee.
also of that city, the brown colt Peter Royal, paying
for him the reported sum of $5,000. The youngster
is a son of Peter Montgomery (brother to the fast
trotters Peter W. 2:08% and Sienna 2:06%), dam
Baronettie, by Baron Wilkes, second dam Nettie, the
dam of the old-time trotting stallion, Jerome Turner
2:15% by Tom Hal. The colt has been a member of
the stable of the well known colored trainer, Ed
Willis, who thinks him one of the best yearlings he
ever trained. Willis worked him a quarter recently
in 34% seconds and asked Mr. Dodge to drive him
a few days after, Dodge saying that, he had never
ridden a mile better than 2:30 behind a yearling.
The youngster reeled off a glib mile for him in
2:28%, and this later resulted in his sale. The colt
has been turned over to Mr. Dodge, who trains his
own horses, and who will fit him for his futurity
engagements the coining season.
Full Sisters by Zombro Trot in 2:10.
Congratulations to Secretary Knight of the Amer-
ican Trotting Association. His highly bred mare
Fricka is now the dam of two 2:10 trotters. Fricka
was foaled in 1901 and is by Bingen out of Annetell
2:20% by Axtell 2:12, second dam Rowena Sprague
by Gov. Sprague, third dam by Abdallah 164, fourth
dam by Bellfoundef 63. Mr. Knight sent Fricka to
the court of Zombro 2:11 in 1908 and 1909 and got
a filly each time. The one foaled in 1909 he named
Fair Virginia and in 1914 she took a record of 2:07%
trotting. The foal of 1910 was named Erda and on
Tuesday last Erda trotted to a record of 2:09% at
Columbus, Ohio. To raise two 2:10 trotters from
one mare is not a common occurrence and Mr.
Knight is to he complimented for his success.
Races at Oregon State Fair.
A full summary of the races at Salem this week
cannot be given to our readers until our next issue.
On Monday Bonnie McCann won the two-year-old
rtot, Salem Girl second. The 2:10 pace went to Zom-
brino, Hal Paxton second, best time 2:08%. Tues-
day the 2:15 trot was won by Copius, best time 2:13.
Greatness won a heat in the 2:18 pace in 2:10% and
Joe Buckley won the other two in 2:11% and 2:12%.
Hal Logan was drawn after the second heat of this
race. The 2:25 trot was won by Mark H. Guy Light
took one heat in 2:15%, which was the fastest of
hte race. Mark H.'s heats being in 2:18% and 2:17%.
Races at Sonoma Half Mile Track.
There was a good attendance at the matinee of
the Sonoma Valley Driving Club held at Sonoma on
Sunday last, many from Petaluma and Santa Rosa
being present.
The first race was for trotters and was won by
Frank McGovern's Grace McKinney in straight
heats, Ike M. second and King third. Time, 2:26%
and 2:27.
The second race had three starters, all pacers.
Peaches, driven by J. McGovern, won the second
and third heats. Glenwood Chief took the first heat.
Belle M. was third each time. The time was 2:21.
2:21% and 2:21.
Two pacers. J. Dupont's Hamburg Bell and L.
Brubeck's Lady Stillwell, were the starters in the
•±ird race and the heats were split with a nose finish
each time. Hamburg Bell won the first heat in
2:15%, Lady Stillwell the second heat in 2:16 and
Hamburg Bell the third in 2:16%.
A half mile dash for runners was won by Von
Dillon, Ben Scoville, rider, in 51 seconds. Tommy
Woods second.
Fresno Fair.
The annual fair at Fresno opened last Monday
with a large attendance, which has kept up all the
week. The exhibits are numerous and high class
and the fair management has maintained its reputa-
tion of giving one of the very best county fairs on
the coast. The harness racing has been good and
has filled the grand stand to overflowing each day.
Following are the results of the races which began
Tuesday, and continued three days:
Tuesday, Sept. 26.
2:14 pacing, purse $600:
Julia M., b f by El Angelo (Allen) 3 5 1
Breezy Marie, b m by Athasham (Reynolds) 14 5
Dixon Boy by The Patchen Boy (Smith) 5 16
Verna McKinney (Chadbourne) 4 2 2
Best Direct (Brolliar)2 6 3
Babe (Delaney) 6 3 4
Time— 2:13%, 2:11%, 2:11.
2:30 class trotting, purse $600:
Miss San Francisco, b m (Schwartz) 111
Doctor S„ b g (Murphy) 3 2 2
Martina Dillon, s m (Reynolds) 2 3 3
Time— 2:18%, 2:15, 2:15%.
Half mile dash, purse $100— Weed Patch (Neary)
won; Badin (Burkes) second. Round Up (Acheiceus)
third. Time, 0:49%. Pearl (M. Josephs), Fresno
(Sullivan), Bessie Burrows (D. Riley), Bessie H.
(Oskie Fain) and Fondello (McAdams) also ran.
Wednesday, Sept. 27.
2:10 class pacing, purse $600:
Pointer's Daughter, b m by Star Pointer. .
(Finley) 1 1 1
A. B. C, b g (Chadbourne) 3 2 2
Zomar, c s (Walker) 2 3 3
Best Direct, s s (Brolliar) 4 4 4
Time— 2:10%, 2:11%, 2:09%.
Free-for-all pace :
Teddy Bear, b s by Del Coronado. . (Smith) 2 11
Ben Corbett Jr., by Ben Corbett. . (Finley) 13 3
Bold Harry Aerolite (Machado) 3 2 2
Vera Hal, b m (Cohen) 4 4 4
Time— 2:07%, 2:06%, 2:07.
Free-for-all pace (ladies' race), first heat:
Nifty (Mrs. Lane) 1
Directress Mac (Miss Josephs) 2
Silente (Mrs. S. Harmon) 3
Firebaugh (Mrs. Russin) 4
Thursday, Sept. 28.
2:20 class pacing, purse $600:
Mono Ansel, b s by Monicrat (Finlay) 12 1
Dixon Boy, b g by The Patchen Boy(Smith) 4 12
Villa, blk g (Allen) 2 3 4
Silver Tips, b g (Walker) 2 5 5
Surety.bg (Gallup) 5 4 3
Time— 2:09%, 2:08%, 2:11%.
2:15 class trotting, purse $600:
Lulu B„ br m By The Bondsman. . (Quinn) 2 14
Lindsay Belle, b m by Bon Voyage (DeRyder) 13 3
Doctor S., b g by Carlokin (Murphy) 5 4 1
Dick W., b g (Schwart) 3 2 5
Elois Dell, b m (Smith) 4 5 2
Time— 2:10%, 2:11%, 2:11%.
Free-for-all pace (ladies), second heat: Nifty,
ch g (Mrs. Lane) first; Firebaugh, blk g (Mrs. Rus-
sin) second; Silente, b g (Mrs. S. Harmon) third;
Time, 2:16.
One mile running, District Fair Derby, purse $200:
First quarter won by Badin, time :25; second, third
and fourth quarters won by Weed Patch, time :49%,
1:15%, 1:42%.
Running race, quarter-mile heats: First heat won
by Queen, Belle second, Tom Woods third. Time,
:23%. Second heat won by Queen, Belle second,
Landlady third. Time, :24.
Hanford Program.
The Kings County Fair will open at the Hanford
Fair Grounds on Wednesday next and there will be
four days' racing over the half mile track with the
following entries:
Wednesday, Oct. 4.
2:25 Trot— Dr. S., Dick W., Modesto Maid, Trig-
ione, El Angelo, Jake Logan, Camelia, Miss San
Francisco, Neal Hall, Ira Mac, Martina Dillon, Eloise
Dell.
2:13 Pace — Verna McKinney, Soumise, Breezy
Marie, Julia M., Hal J., Ben Corbett Jr., Nifty, J. C.
L., Zomar, Silver Tips.
Thursday, Oct. 5.
2:10 Pace — Pointer's Daughter, McVerde, A. B. C,
Teddy Bear.
2:25 Pace; — Best Direct, Irene D., Villa, Harry Mac,
J. C. L., Babe, Silver Tips.
Friday, Oct. 6.
Two special races will take place on this day.
Saturday, Oct. 7.
2:19 Trot — Trigione, Dr. S., Dick W., Modesto
Maid, El Angelo, Camelia, Miss San Francisco, Han-
ford Mac, Eloise Dell.
Free-For-AIl Pace — Vera Hal, Leata J., Breezy
Marie. Teddy Bear.
Al Schwartz' handsome little mare Miss San Fran-
cisco now has a winrace record of 2:15. She won
three straight in the 2:30 class trot at Fresno on
Tuesday.
Matinee in Golden Gate Park Sunday.
Four races have been carded by the San Francisco-
California Driving Club for its matinee tomorrow at
Golden Gate Park:
First race, 2:20 mixed — Matawan (J. McNamara),
Minerva (M. Ford), Prospector (R. Kehoe), Dibble
Wilkes (S. Benson), George W. (Frank Burton).
Second race, 2:12 pace — W. J. K. (W. J. Kenney),
Emma M. (William Malough), Little Jack (George
Conlan), Pointer Bell (J. M. Kidd), J. C. Simpson
(Frank Goularte).
Third race, free-for-all — Bradmont ("Shorty" Rob-
erts), King Pointer (H. Campodonico), Little Bernice
(J. C. Welsh).
Fourth race, 2:15 pace — Senator H. (J. M. Kidd),
Rosa O. (J. J. Ryan), Frank N. (L. A. Gielow).
Great Field in Transylvania.
Probably the greatest field of horses ever entered
in the Transylvania stake, Lexington's celebrated
fixture, has been nominated for this year's renewal.
The great battle is looked for between Mabel Trask
and St. Frisco, but Donna Clay, Al Mack and one or
two others will give the leaders plenty to think about.
The eligibles are: Mabel Trask, Al Mack, Bacelli,
Nathan Axworthy, Virginia Barnette, Humfast, Alice
Woodford, St. Frisco, Donna Clay, Sadie S., Grattan
Boy, Laramie Lad, Alma Forbes, The Eno.
The New Standardized Buggy.
Hitherto each manufacturer of buggies has been
"a law unto himself" as regards the styles of his
product and the dimensions of the different parts
entering into the construction of his vehicles.
The result of this practice did not work out as
badly as might be imagined, because, although there
was no definite agreement as to standardization of
parts, the larger makers of buggies early saw the
advantage of adhering to particular styles and di-
mensions of parts, and thus standardized their prod-
uct so far as their own factories were concerned.
Thus in case of breakage on any part of a buggy it
was easy to obtain an extra part that exactly fitted,
but this part had to be obtained either from the
manufacturer of the buggy or one of the dealers rep-
resenting him.
The Executive Committee of the Carriage Builders'
National Association, at its convention last year, in
Cleveland, Ohio, recommended that a standardized
buggy should be adopted by the trade and that this
buggy, wherever made, should conform in all its
parts to a standard set of specifications drawn up
under the direction of the association's special com-
mittee.
The matter was put in the hands of a special com-
mittee, who have been working out the details of
standardization during the past year. This commit-
tee was expected to report at the annual convention
of the Carriage Builders' National Association in
Cincinnati, Ohio, the present week.
As soon as this buggy is put on the market by the
different manufacturers, all dealers in vehicles and
hardware, in cities, towns and villages, and even the
cross-roads blacksmiths, will carry a supply of the
standardized parts. It will then no longer be neces-
sary for a buggy owner to hunt up any par-
ticular manufacturer or dealer when he is in need
of a spare or repair part, as all dealers everywhere
will keep in stock the axles, wheels, bolts, springs
and other components of the buggy, every part
guaranteed to fit without alteration or adjustment
into its appropriate place in the standard buggy.
In order to show to what extent the new buggy
will be standardized, it may be said that if a dozen
of the vehicles were disassembled and the parts
thrown into one heap, it would be possible to pick
out the different parts at random, and reassemble
the pieces into a dozen complete buggies, each of
which would be identical with the others and per-
fectly fitted in all their parts.
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J. C. Dinue, who has been superintendent of races
at Spokane, Wash., Billings, Mont., and other points
north, reports that the racing has been good and the
crowds large. E. J. Woods has been doing the
starting.
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The most talked-of performance at Lexington track
this month was made by Trainer Hunter Moody, who
worked two yearling trotters by the same sire, Gen-
eral Watts, each in 33 seconds, the performances
being within a few minutes of each other. The first
was the gray colt Dark Pearl, that trotted a quarter
in :33, while a few minutes later the chestnut filly,
Anne Watts, trotted in the same notch. Both fillies
came from the same farm, too, having been bred by
Gen. C. C. Watts from mares farmed from the estate
of Alvin Hockensmith. Dark Pearl is out of Pearl
Poindexter, dam of J. M. Johnson, and a half-sister to
Bob Douglas 2:09%, while Anne Watts was from
Betty B. H. 2:29, dam of George Todd 2:07%, Flo V.
(3) 2:12, etc.. and a half-sister to The Eno 2:06%,
Dolly Bidwell 2:08% and Dictator Todd 2:08%.
Moody has five yearling trotters by General Watts
and all have been quarters in 35 seconds or better.
Olive Fant, a sister to Junior Watts 2:09% and Rose
Watts (4) 2:10, two new 2:10 trotters for the year,
trotted a quarter in :34%, while King Watts, out of
Rose Bingen and Strong Watts, out of Sonoma May
2:15%, a sister to Sonoma Girl 2:04%, trotted in
34% and 35 seconds, respectively.
Saturday, Sept. 30, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Trotters and pacers racing on the California circuit
will be at the Hanford two-lap course next week.
The Oregon State Fair closes at Salem today after
a very successful week. Full summaries of the races
will be given in our next issue.
W. P. McNair, of Phoenix, Arizona, has been start-
ing Die trotters and pacers at the Oregon State Fair
races at Salem this week.
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Elmo Montgomery won the 5700 free-for-all pace
at North Yakima with Jim Logan, best time 2:09%,
and got second money in the 5500 2:20 pace with Hal
Logan, winning the fastest heat of the race in
2:10»i.
Hal Logan did not do as well in his start at Salem
last Tuesday as he did on the closing day at North
Yakima when he won a heat and second money. He
finished third and sixth at Salem and was then drawn
bv consent of the judges on account of lameness.
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Will Hogoboom won a good race at North Yakima
with the pacer Joe Buckley by Geo. A. Kelly's stal-
lion Bonnie McK. We notice that a number of the
get of this stallion are beginning to show up well in
the races held in Washington and Oregon.
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Ted Bunch got another "first money" with the
pacer Zombrino on the opening day of the Oregon
State Fair, winning in straight heats, the fastest in
2:08%. Fred Woodcock's pacer Hal Paxton, that
raced at Santa Rosa and Dixon in August, was second
in each heat and with the three others that started
all were bv Hal B.
Harness races with lady drivers have been a fea-
ture of the Fresno fair for years. We suggest that
there is a record -which the ladies might try for at
Fresno with almost a certainty of lowering. W.e
refer to that held by a pacing team driven by a
woman. It is at this writing 2:28% and was made
al. the Columbus, Ohio, track this year. Some of
those Fresno lady drivers should be able to put a
pair of pacers together that can lower this mark.
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T. L. Davidson of Salem, Oregon, has sold to John
B Stetson for Ed Gerald of Kearney, Nebraska, the
brood mare Adiola Mack by McKinney, dam Viola
J. Cameron by Direct, grandam Addie S. by Steinway.
Adicla Mack is the dam of Bonniola 2:15%, that won
second money at Yakima this year after winning the
second heat of the race. Addie S. is the dam of
three standard performers. Mr. Davidson still owns
a three-year-old sister to Bonniola, and a two-year-
old brother.
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Mabel Trask and St. Frisco in their Grand Circuit
duels this year have trotted the fastest five and six
heat races on record, which fact attests their stam-
ina, while their records of 2:03% for the stallion
and 2:03% for the mare, made in the regular course
of racing and not to see how fast they could go, are
evidence of their extreme speed. Either trotter un-
questionably could step a half-mile in less than a
minute if asked to go that distance only, and each
probably is up to a quarter in 28 seconds.
An award of $12,834 for damages arising from an
accident to the trotting horse Gay Audubon, while
training at the race track on the state fair grounds
at Syracuse, New York, in 1913 was made by the
court of claims this week to James Y. Gatcomb,
owner of the trotter. Gatcomb had been invited to
train his horses at the fair grounds. A contractor
stretched across the track a cable against which the
horse ran, injuring itself. Before the accident Gay
Audubon had trotted a mile in 2:03%. His fastest
mile after the accident and down to the time of the
trial was 2:14%. He is now said to be rounding to
and has recently trotted below 2:10.
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During the present month All McKinney 2:04, the
brown gelding owned by Mr. Barstow of San Jose,
has started in two races where he has won a heat in
fast time and then been distanced. At Hamline,
Sept. 14th, where the purse was 53000, he started
in a field of six high class pacers, among them Ben
Earl 2:00%. Thos. Earl, Colleen 2:06% and others.
In the first heat All McKinney got off three lengths
back, but paced around the others and had the pole
at the three-eighths. He did the last half in 1:02
and won in 2:06%. In the second heat Barstow took
him to the half in 1:01%, was at the three-quarter
pole in 1:33% and led into the stretch where Marvin
Childs brought Ben Earl up and beat All McKinney
a half length in 2:04%. Barstow's horse was fourth
in the third heat in 2:08%, but made a break in the
fourth heat and was flagged. At Columbus, Sept.
25th, All McKinney started in the 2:15 class pace for
a purse of $800. He won the first heat in 2:06% but
acted badly and was distanced the second heat.
Roan Hal 2:01% is the season's champion pacing
gelding.
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Nowaday (3) 2:14% is credited with ten standard
performers, four of which are in the 2:10 list.
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Zomblack started twice at the Palatine, Illinois,
meeting this month, winning one race and getting
second money in the other.
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James W. McKinney, a black horse by Washington
McKinney, won a race at Houlton, Maine, August
31st and took a trotting record of 2:19%.
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Graustark, by Aerolite, won a race at Napoleon,
Ohio, half mile track August 30th, in straight heats.
Time. 2:13, 2:12%, 2:14.
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Bingen 2:06% now has both the fastest three-year-
old trotter (Bingen Silk 2:07%) and pacer (Sister
Bingen 2:06%) of the season to his credit.
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Carletta, a three-year-old filly by Carlokin, won
a heat in 2:21% at Topeka, Kansas, September 13th,
and took second money in the race.
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Bertha McGuire (2) 2:12, by The Harvester 2:01,
is out of Berta Mac 2:08 by McKinney 2:11%, the
mare bred by W. Parsons and raced by Henry Hel-
man of Salinas.
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Lady Arabella, winner of the 2:30 trot at Young-
wood, Pa., in 2:22%, is by Alta Vela 2:11% and was
secured by W. J. O'Neill, Pittsburgh, Pa„ from Billy
Durfee.
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The Proof trotted a good race at Milwaukee in the
$3000 stake for 2:12 class trotters. He was second
three times and won the fourth heat, with the time
from 2:11 to 2:12%.
Jolly Bird 2:15%, by Jay Bird, now ranks among
the dams of two 2:10 trotters. Codero 2:09% was
her first one, and this month she got credit for Fayre
Rosamond 2:08%.
Rozales, a bay mare by R. O. Newman's stallion
Best Policy, won a race in straight heats and took
a heat and second money in another race at Streator,
Illinois, last month. Her best time was 2:21%.
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Gay Audubon (4) 2:06%, the fast trotter owned by
James Gatcomb, which was severely injured when
turned loose by a groom, is now jogging sound again.
This stallion was heavily staked this season and was
in rare form this spring.
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There is no questioning the fact that at the fairs
the horses attract more attention than any other kind
of live stock. The horse barns are always full of
visitors and from ponies to the big drafters, the
horses always have plenty of admirrse.
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Marvin Childs has a good winner in Ben Earl
2:00%. He won the 53000 stake for 2:13 class pacers
at both Milwaukee and Hamline, and then won the
53000 stake at Columbus this week where he took his
new record.
In accordance with the By-Laws, the annual meet-
ing of the American Association of Trotting Horse
Breeders will be held in the circuit court room, at
Lexington, Kentucky, Tuesday, October 3, 1916, at
8:30 p. m.
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Wilkes Brewer 2:08% by Nutwood Wilkes closed
her season's activities at Dawson, Pa., when she
trotted the final heat of her stake engagement in
2:09%. She annexed eleven consecutive events in
1916.
Julia M., the bay filly by El Angelo owned by Mr.
D. W. Wallis, is getting into her true form. She
stood best in the summary of the 2:14 pace at Fresno
Tuesday, pacing the third heat in 2:11, the fastest
heat of the race.
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Washalla, a pure Arab horse, by imported Zeyol,
dam Nonliker by imported Shahwan, has been win-
ning three and six furlong races at the New York
and New England fairs this summer in contests
against thoroughbreds.
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A correspondent says that the two-year-old trot on
the opening day of the Oregon State Fair was a joke.
There were only two starters who split the purse
50-50 before starting and the heats were in 3:16%
and 3:18%.
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Zom Jud, the Zombro stallion that has been win-
ning in Nebraska and adjoining states during the
summer, was bred by H. Dahl of San Diego, and is
owned by J. W. Sampsell of the same place. His
dam is Judith D. by William Harold.
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Ima Jay 2:09%, Harvey Ernest's fast mare, won
second money to St. Frisco 2:03% in the $5000 event
for 2:08 trotters at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Her show-
ing, in this her first appearance on a mile track, was
very gratifying, particularly so when one stops to
consider that the first and third miles were in 2:05%
and 2:05, and that the field was a very select one.
She is by Jay McGregor out of a mare by Rythmic,
second dam by Norwood 522, son of Hambletonlan 10.
Bingen 2:0614 >s the first stallion to sire a two-
minute trotter and the dam of a two-minute trotter,
the great family founder being the sire of Uhlan
1:58. and the sire of the dam of Lee Axworthy 2:00.
Babe Cresceus 2:12%, winner of eight races in less
than a month, was not trained previous to April of
this year, but having so much natural speed on the
road it was decided to give her an opportunity.
Bonnie Dee, the bay gelding by Del Coronado, that
won the three-year-old stake at Syracuse, and took
a record of 2:12% in the third heat, is out of the
mare Miss Griffith by Bonnie Direct that Mr. A. B.
Coxe purchased some years ago from C. L. Griffith
of Pleasanton.
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Both of Mr. Geers' great stallions, Napoleon Direct
1:59% and St. Frisco 2:03%, race with their ears
pinned flat on their necks and impress one as being
ready at all times to either race or fight. They are
certainly two remarkably fast horses and, so far this
season, neither has offered to make a skip.
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Volga (2) 2:07% worked a couple of miles under
2:07 Sept. 8th and right now many think she can
beat the world's record — 2:05% — for age, gait and
sex. Ben White is training the champion most care-
fully and plans not to work her within a couple of
seconds of where she can go when under forced draft.
Not yet is the "passing" of the horse. It is said
that by count there are 60,000 horses in the city of
Detroit, and that the last fourteen years, in spite of
auto-trucks and the 40,000 automobiles in the same
city, the horses have increased from 13,000 to 60,000.
It is further estimated that 83% per cent of the road
transportation of our country is still done by horses.
Diamond Mac 2:15% by Kinney Lou, is still racing.
This horse was bred by Douglas Cone of Red Bluff,
and was taken east some years ago. He is now
thirteen years old. He took a record of 2:15% at
Lima, Ohio, in 1912, when he was nine. He was
beaten a nose in 2:15% at Laporte, Indiana, half
mile track, September 1st this year.
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The Stanislaus Live Stock Show and Exposition
which was held last week at Modesto was a big
success, and there is a cash surplus of between
53000 and $4000. There is no track at Modesto, con-
sequently there were no races, hut the show of
horses, cattle, sheep and swine was large and excel-
lent. There were about 22,000 paid admissions dur-
ing the week, and prizes totaling $3000 were awarded.
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An Illinois fair association has inaugurated a novel
race for two-year-olds next year. The entrance fee
on yearlings is $10 payable October 1st. 1916, and
this payment may be made by cash or note, the note
to bear no interest. The note w-ill be due August 1st,
1917. The association is to add a sum to the en-
trance fees, and the winner of the race is to take
the entire amount. The race will be half mile heats,
best two in three.
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Picking up 129 pounds H. C. Hallenbeck's little
black horse The Finn by Ogden — Livonia, ran a game
and true race in the Havre de Grace handicap last
Saturday and won the mile and an eighth in 1 : 52 1-5
from James Butler's Spur, Harry Payne Whitney's
Borrow, August Belmont's Stromboli, Andrew Mil-
ler's Roamer, J. W. May's Bayberry Candle and
Emil Herz's Short Grass and Daddy's Choice in the
order named.
Charlie Silva's little hay stallion Teddy Bear 2:05
is getting back into his old time form. The son
of Del Coronado is now ten years old, and after a
season in the stud at Hanford this year went into
training about the first of July, his season not ending
until June 15th. He won the free-for-all pace at
Fresno on Wednesday of this week and paced the
second heat in 2:06% and the third in 2:07. There
is little doubt but he could reduce his record if pre-
pared for a fast mile.
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Zomrect 2:06% is the sixteenth of the get of Zom-
bro 2:11 to enter the 2:10 list. On his dam's side
he is is a direct descendant of the mare Dolly Mc-
Mann, that was owned by the Hon. F. L. Coombs of
Napa, who bred her to Whippleton and got Lily
Stanley 2:17%, who was in turn bred to Direct 2:05%
and produced Lilly S., now dam of Zomrect by Zom-
bro. Dolly McMann w-as brought to California many
years ago as one of a pair of fine road mares and
was said to be by Mambrino Patchen, but although
Mr. Coombs made every effort to verify this state-
ment and trace her breeding he could never do so,
so she is in the books as untraced.
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Tannic acid is one of the very best remedies for
collar galls, according to L. S. Backus of the Mis-
souri College of Agriculture. It can be secured from
any drug store and is easily applied by rubbing
lightly over the collar every morning and evening if
the horse is working. Collar galls usually appear
either at the top of the neck or at the point of the
shoulder where an improperly fitted collar rubs. It is
important that the collar be kept clean at all times
in order that it may be kept from cutting into the
neck, but special care in keeping it clean is neces-
sary after these galls start. "An ounce of preven-
tion is worth a pound of cure."
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept. 30, 1911
INTEREST IN SAN JOSE DOG SHOW.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
Many Entries Already For the Exhibition on Octo-
ber 11th and 14th.
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
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Observe the Federal Laws. — If the sportsmen of
the country observe the open and closed seasons on
game they can feel certain that they will not be
molested, while if they observe the state law — where
the open seasons conflict with those issued by the
Biological Survey — they take a chance of being ar-
rested and put to considerable trouble and expense
to defend themselves in court. Until the United
States Supreme Court decides upon the constitution-
ality of the migratory bird law, it is safest to observe
that law.
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Law on Rabbit Season. — Conversation with visi-
tors at the office of H. G. Merrill, supervisor of the
Monterey national forest, King City, has brought out
the fact that the law on rabbits is not well under-
stood. The fish- and game laws which are on file at
the King City office for public consultation are very
clear on the subject.
Section 626 of the penal code provisions forbids
the killing or pursuing of cottontail or bush rabbits
between January 1 and October 14, inclusive, but
the section ends with a proviso reading as follows:
"Provided, further, that nothing in this section
shall prohibit the killing or pursuing of any cotton-
tail or bush rabbit by the owner or tenant of any
premises, or by any person authorized in writing by
such owner or tenant, but the rabbits so killed shall
not be shipped or sold during the closed season."
The forest service believes that this law is just
and reasonable, and that complaint has been made
only because the law is not well understood.
There is, of course, no closed season on jack-
rabbits, but persons who hunt them must secure
hunting licenses since jackrabbits are not included
in the list of predatory animals which may be hunted
without a license.
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Civilian Marksmen Invited. — Washington, D. C. —
Civilian marksmen have been invited to participate
in the national rifle matches to begin at Jacksonville,
Fla., October 11, under the auspices of the War De-
partment. It was announced that the governor of
each state had been asked to send one or more teams
in addition to those from the National Guard, trans-
portation to be paid by the government for one team
or the money divided if a state sends more than one.
In spite of the fact that nearly all of the regular
army and the National Guard are on the Mexican
border, arrangements are being made for a big
match. As many as possible of the army, navy ma-
rine corps and National Guard teams and individual
marksmen who have participated in the past will be
permitted to make the trip to Florida.
The series will include the matches of the South-
ern Rifle Association, the National Rifle Association,
the National Individual match, the National Pistol
match and the National Team match.
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Too Much Game in France. — It will be generally
remembered that the issue of lcienses to shoot game
has been suspended in France since the outbreak
of the war, and the Ministry of Agriculture has
lately received thousands of letters from soldiers in
the trenches protesting against its resumption till
the country is cleared of Germans; but hares, rab-
bits, and pheasants have multiplied so considerably
that the crops are suffering, and the leave granted
last year to rural proprietors to keep down the game
without taking out licenses led to a considerable loss
to the treasury through the cessation of shooting
rents and license dues. It is expected that the ques-
tion will be settled by issuing licenses valid during
the last three months of the year, or, at any rate, for
a shorter season than usual, with a system of day-to-
day permits for soldiers on leave. Meanwhile griev-
ances are being aired in the papers. One gentle-
man complains that last year, when they were not
shot, the partridges scratched up his winter wheat
and did much damage to his crops. Another points
out that all wild duck and waterfowl should be shot
to prevent them from migrating to Germany.
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Patrolman Makes Big Catch. — Redondo Beach, Cal.
Patrolman J. V. Henry has the reputation of being
"some" nlmrod as well as a policeman. Henry was
fishing for yellowtail from Wharf No. 3, when he
hooked a monster fish. After playing him for an
hour, Henry was obliged to send word to his chief
that he was unable to leave the big catch to go on
duty at his regular hour. After playing the fish for
one hour and forty-five minutes Henry brought it
alongside the wharf and with the help of local fisher-
men gaffed the prize. The fish proved to be a yellow-
tail that tipped the scales at 57 pounds, the largest
specimen of its kind ever caught in these waters.
During Henry's exhibition of fishing the large crowd
of fishermen on the wharf was thrown into excite-
ment, and when the fish was pulled on to the pier
they had to be pushed back so that the big catch
might be brought up on the landing.
Alaska Game Laws Criticised. — Seward, Alaska. —
The various territorial game wardens of Alaska have
received official notice from Governor J. F. A. Strong,
by order of the Secretary of Agriculture of the United
States, that game regulations affecting moose in
southeastern Alaska, on sheep and caribou on Kenal
peninsula and the protection of deer on certain
islands are extended to 1918.
All the caribou migrated from Kenai peninsula
suddenly, and without apparent reason, years ago
here that any regulations in effect or notices of such
are a waste of good white paper, and will continue
so, as long as the present complicated, unintelligent,
confusing and altogether absurd game law exists.
A conviction for violation of the game law is im-
possible, even in the rare instances where the law
is intelligible and reasonable, because the law itself
specifically provides that "prospectors," "explorers"
and "natives" may kill any kind of game at any time
for food. Whenevr a violator of the game law is
arrested, he merely pretends to be a "prospector,"
and this claim constitutes a complete legal defense.
Moreover, it is declared here that the game law is
unfair and unjust in many particulars, the result
being that it is not respected or observed. Some
game, especially fowl, is protected at the only season
an Alaskan has a chance to hunt it, and open when
the game is hibernating or in distant climes.
Alaskans do not require a license to hunt, while
other Americans who visit the territory from the
states are required to pay a license of $50 a season
for the privilege, besides other exorbitant and unrea-
sonable fees for shipping out the game they are
licensed to shoot. To ship out a moose or part thereof
costs a visitor $150. Also visitors who hunt legally
on Kenai peninsula must employ a licensed guide at
$10 per day. Any Alaskan who will pay $25 for it
can secure a license as guide. ALASKAN.
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Portland Field Trials. — Chow's Chessie, belonging
to Carl Liebe, and Mount Moring, belonging to Mau-
rice Abraham, both English setters, carried off the
honors in the first annual field trials of the new
Oregon Field Trial Club concluded September 18th
on the grounds about 12 miles west of Portland. The
former won the all-age stakes with the latter taking
the Derby.
Fleetwood Flip, owned by P. R. Whitesides, took
second money in the all-age stakes with Bing N., a
pointer, and Jack, an English setter, each equal
third. Bing N. is the property of P. G. Nelond, and
Jack- is the pride of W. E. Martin, of McMinnville,
Ore.
Rowdy, English setter, owned by Dr. E. W. Morris,
was second in the Derby, with Nellie Gray, a pointer,
owned by Henry Drennen. third.
Besides a division of the nomination and starting
money, the first and second place winners will gather
silver cups and the third place dogs receive medals.
In the competition there were seven starters in the
all-age stakes with 13 competing in the Derby, mak-
ing a total of 20 dogs. The Derby stakes was run
off first with the first brace cast off at 8:42 Sunday
morning. Following this, there were braces run all
day, each one consuming 30 minutes until all dogs
had competed in the first series.
By a process of elimination, Judge E. A. Parsons
dropped out such dogs as he considered lacking in
sufficient merit to carry them into the second series.
Four braces of dogs were carried into the second
series of the Derby, which started at 3:30 o'clock
Sunday afternoon. These were completed and Count
Moring declared winner.
Immediately on conclusion of the Derby, the all-
age stakes was started, the first brace being cast off
at 10 a. m. The first series was completed at 12:08,
when the following four thoroughbreds were carried
into the second series: Bing N. with Jack and Chows
Chessie with Fleetwood Flip.
This second series in the all-age stakes was cast
off at 2:10 o'clock Monday, and finished with Chows
Chessie being declared winner at 3:05 o'clock.
Following are the 13 dogs which started in the
Derby stakes for dogs whelped since January, 1915,
and their owners: Bob Robs Billy, Frank Layson;
Chehalem, Aaron Frank; Ned, Dr. Calvin S. White;
Lady Maud, Frank Holcomb; Oregon Bob, F. A.
Gaus; Romeo and Lavelette Lance, Thomas Howe;
Bessie, Walter B. Honeyman; Robs Snag. L. R. Rob-
inson; Rowdy, Dr. E. W. Morris; Nellie Gray, Henry
T. Drennen; Count Moring, Maurice Abraham;
Liebes King, Carl Liebe.
Here are the thoroughbreds that answered the first
call in the all-age stakes: Fleetwood Flip, P. R.
Whitesides; Bing, P. G. Nelond; King, William Hil-
gers; Jack, W. E. Martin; Chows Chessie, Carl
Liebe; Rose Marie, W. E. Carlon; Irish Bill, M. R.
Knox.
More than 200 dog lovers were in the gallery Sun-
day the 17th, with a goodly number laying off work
to follow the hounds. The next field trials will be
held next fall.
Entries in the dog department of the San Jose
show to be held at the auditorium rink October 11
to 14 are far in excess of similar entries of previous
shows at this date.
The fact that the show committee is bringing an
expert dog judge from across the Atlantic — W. J.
Phillips of Birmingham, England — has stimulated
interest in the exhibition to no small degree. Mr.
Phillips will leave England on the steamer St. Paul,
arriving in this country about October 1. Judges
from England have officiated here in California be-
fore, but they have always been men who happened
to be in this country on other business and inciden-
tally came to the coast to officiate as judges. Mr,
Phillips has a reputation that is world-wide in Aire-
dale terriers and is one of the few first-class, all-
around dog judges in England today.
Even the best of English judges are not' familiar
with that popular American breed, Boston terriers,
so the show committee has engaged for Bostons a
specialty judge, one who has bred Bostons of the
better sort for a number of years, who is up-to-date
in his ideas about them and who will play no favo:
ites — H. I. Burton of Los Angeles.
The entry fees cover all charges for feeding th<
dogs, caring for them during the show, for judginj
and benching, and a season ticket for the exhibitor.
This year the show committee is making an especial
appeal to those who have never shown their dogs
at a bench show, assuring them every attention, a
square deal and no favoritism, in all matters con-
sistent with the rules, which are those of the Amer-
ican Kennel Club, under whose patronage the show
will be held.
The rabbit show under the auspices of the Pacific
Pet Stock association and conducted by the San Jose
show committee promises to be the largest ever held
there. The entry fee includes copying, feeding, care-
taking, judging and season ticket of admission for
the exhibitor. The prime object of the rabbit show
is to stimulate interest in the industry throughout
the valley.
Premium lists and rules of the combined shows
may be obtained upon application to Show Secretary
Charles R. Harker. All entries close at midnight,
Saturday, September 30.
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It is said that the Germans have imposed a tax
on dogs in Belgium and the occupied territory of
France at 30 shillings per head( and if the tax is
not promptly paid the dog is confiscated and killed,
the skin being retained for fur and leather, and the
carcass for sausages and what not. The French
leather journal, "Le Cuir," states: "Whosoever is
not willing to pay this tax is compelled to deliver
his dog to the military authorities, whereupon it is
killed. The skins are transported to the German
glove factories, while from the grease oil is made for
motor cars. In the region of Lille several cars full
of dog skins have been seen on their way to Ger-
many."
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Portland Dogs at Spokane Show. — Fifty-two rib-
bons and eight silver trophies were brought back to
Portland by the fifteen Portland-owned dogs which
were exhibited at the annual Northwest kennel show
at Spokane, Wash., September 4-7. The dogs were
in charge of C. R. Campion, of the Leitrim Kennels,
and he has return home with the squad of dogs.
More than 160 dogs were on exhibition, and the
fifteen Portland dogs gathered in three times more
honors than the rest of the entries combined. Dr.
Clayton, of Chicago, was the judge. He awarded
one of W. B. Fechheimer's fox terriers the honor of
being the best dog of any breed in the show.
J. R. Adamson's English bulldog, Fingall, was the
best bulldog on exhibition and received a handsome
cup. Two dogs owned by Natt McDougall were re-
sponsible for eight ribbons being awarded to Port-
land.
The Portland dogs were taken to the Leitrim Ken-
nels on the Base Line road and will be kept there
until ready to be shipped north again.
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Bear Blown Up by Dynamite. — Livingston, Mont.,
Sept. 12. — Frank Welch, a Government teamster,
died today in the military hospital at Mammoth Hot
Springs, Yellowstone National Park, as a result of
a mauling received last Friday night from a bear,
according to advices received here today.
A few hours later the bear was blown to pieces
with dynamite by Welch's companions .
Welch was asleep under a wagon loaded with sup-
plies for the troops in the "park when he was at-
tacked by the bear. Two drivers who were with
Welch drove the animal off, but knowing the animal
would remain, they placed dynamite, connected with
a small electric battery, under a pile of army bacon,
a short distance from the camp. When the bear
returned the trap was exploded as he nosed the bait.
While it is of course unfortunate that a man's life
should be necessary to make the example, this case
will no doubt keep hunters and woodsmen on the
alert so that bears or other ferocious animals will
be dynamited before like damage is done, is they
can't be caught otherwise. Naturally hunters want
to shoot them.
Saturday, Sept. 30, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
TRAP SHOOTING CLOSES HERE.
Henry Stelling is High Gun at Alameda Elks' Club's
Banner Merchandise Event.
Trapshooting activity around the bay points was
brought to a successful close last Sunday at the
Alameda grounds when the Alameda Elks' Club
staged a merchandise shoot. Seventy-one gunners
faced the traps and one of the most enjoyable days
of the season was in order. It was an appropriate
setting for the scatter-gun artists to conclude their
season. Certainly the sport was never more pros-
perous and interesting than it has been during the
past five months.
Henry Stelling, who has been consistency itself,
was there with a 49 out of 50 score to be high gun
tor the day. Close behind came H. R. Phinney with
a 48 x 50 score. There was some exceptionally fine
blue-rock busting on exhibition. Bill Ellis set the
pace for the professionals with 46 out of 50.
The Alameda Elks were hosts at a luncheon and
when the last target was fired there was a prize for
everyone who participated in the competition. The
prizes were drawn by lots and there was a lot of fun
as the orders were made out. The scores were as
follows : —
Shooter— 25 25 Ttl
A. A. Durney 18 23 41
R. T. Boyd 21 17 38
E. B. Thorning 19 21 40
H. T. Craig 18 13 31
\V. A. Plummer 17 22 39
H. C. Peet 22 25 47
W. J. Terry 20 22 42
J. W. P. Moore 16 16 32
H. H. Wobber 17 23 40
George W. Thomas 23 23 46
A. M. Gearhart 20 19 39
M. S. Goodman 13 14 27
•R D. Putzar 20 23 43
\V. L. Koch 14 20 34
"O.N.Jones 20 20 40
H. Stelling 24 25 49
F. E. Hillyer 12 16 28
W. E. Cooley 22 21 43
L. L. Fuller 20 13 33
H. P. Martine 21 21 42
Pop .Merrill 17 21 38
Frank Blum 16 18 34
B. J. Baum 20 17 37
W. H. Price 21 23 44
*W. R. Ellis 23 23 46
C. Carman 17 16 33
M. A. McCullough 6 15 21
C .J. McCullough 5 11 16
E. Hindman 22 22 44
H. Meinecke 23 22 45
Ned Williams 18 15 33
B. Worthen 23 23 46
C. Lindeman 24 23 47
A. L. Prouty 23 22 45
P. J. Noonan 10 14 24
R. B. Vallou 15 17 32
F. Rainey 21 14 35
F. J. Croll 20 22 42
George Hickman 17 16 33
H. R. Phinney 25 23 48
T. W. Parsons 23 21 44
*E. Stressler 17 21 38
R. E. Laddish 6 18 24
E. H. Ward 16 19 35
T. H. Hastings 13 18 31
R. Ashcroft 23 22 45
C. Batsrod 17 9 26
L. Schroeder 10 13 23
E. H. Anderson 15 15 30
E. H. Forrester 11 14 25
H. O. Alexander 6 11 17
O. D. Hamlin 18 18 36
*L. Middleton 17 22 39
A. H. Beethan 20 19 39
A. E. Stoneburger 19 20 39
»H. Truscott 16 19 35
W. L. Evers 16 18 34
C. Grubbaugh 11 13 25
W. White 15 13 28
P. White 9 12 21
0. K. Hagel 19 21 40
J. H. Millett 18 16 34
L. W. Vosburgh 17 20 37
E. M. Hein 15 17 32
Dr. C. D. McGettigan 22 20 42
L. Lacay 15 17 32
J. C. Nelson 15 18 33
H. C. Swales 22 21 43
L. L. Lockhard 19 23 42
D. Trewer 2 4 6
L, T. Tessio , 15 17 32
"Professionals.
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Trapshooting in the Navy. — It doesn't seem so long
ago that we were startled from our normal train of
thought on reading that some trapshooting fans
aboard one of Uncle Sam's ships had taken to trap-
shooting to nelp pass the time away. Much was said
about it at the time, but the general opinion seemed
to exist that i'. was a passing fancy and wouldn't
amount to much.
Time, however, has exploded the fallacy of this
reasoning, and each day we see fresh evidence of
the growing popularity of the sport among the offi-
cers and men on our battleships. To Paymaster
F. P. Williams must be accorded the palm of being
the most enthusiastic "gun bug" of them all. At one
time he was located at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Las
Animas, Colorado, where he was introduced to and
formed a great liking for the sport of trapshooting.
He soon became known as one of the most prominent
clay target men of that section.
Then he was transferred to the U. S. Hospital Ship
Solace, but never for an instant did his allegiance to
trapshooting falter, and the limelight has continued
to shine upon him, for it is seldom that a month
passes that he does not originate some new idea, or
engage in some new trapshooting activity. Nor does
he court the limelight, for he is a modest and retir-
ing individual withal.
After getting several of his brother officers on
other ships interested in trapshooting, he helped
them organize gun clubs on board their boats,- and
it is now recorded that in addition to the one aboard
the Solace, clubs have already been formed aboard
the U. S. S. Arkansas, New York, Florida, South
Carolina, Texas, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Cheyenne and
Glacier.
Not to be outdone by the "land lubbers" with their
registered tournaments, and other large shoots, it
came to Paymaster Williams that the navy shooters
should have a registered tournament of their own.
Application for same was made to the Interstate As-
sociation at Pittsburgh, the Interstate Association
being the governing body of trapshooting. The regis-
tration was granted, and the shoot held at Guanta-
namo Bay, Cuba, in March, when many of the ves-
sels of the Atlantic Fleet were at the proving
grounds there. Several squads of five men each par-
ticipated and the tournament was an unqualified suc-
cess, to be repeated at a later date. Paymaster Wil-
liams became the "Champion of the Navy" at this
shoot.
At the suggestion of the Paymaster and others,
E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Company presented the
trapshooters of the navy with a magnificent sterling
silver loving cup trophy to be contested for in a
series of team shoots. The cup stands 15 inches
high, and while of a conventional design, its quality
and massiveness are impressive. The team from the
TJ. S. Solace composed of Paymaster Williams, Sur-
geon Woods and Surgeon Strine recorded the first
win on the Du Pont Trophy, registering scores of
83, 73 and 62 respectively. It is known that the
teams of several other ships are practicing diligently
with the idea of overthrowing the Solace shooters
the next time there is a competition for the cup.
Ask any trapshooter in the navy what he thinks of
trapshooting on board boats, and he will tell you
it's the thing. So we can expect that the sport will
eventually become general, and that every one of
Uncle Sam's battleships will have their trapshooting
club. There are few sports that present the oppor-
tunities for enjoyment equal to those of trapshoot-
ing, which can be indulged in anywhere and any
time, on land or sea, whenever the spirit moves the
enthusiast.
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Westy Hogans Shoot. — The tenth annual tourna-
ment of the Westy Hogans, which was held at Venice
Park, Atlantic City, N. J., on September 12, 13, 14,
15 and 16, was a howling success and every member
of the clan is happy over the result.
This year the number of targets that were thrown
exceeded the previous record by something like 3000,
the figures being as follows: 1915, when the largest
number were thrown at a Hogan tournament up to
that time. 162,000; 1916, 165,000.
The total number of entries this year was 290,
three more than in 1915, and 19 less than the record
— 309 — which was made the last year the shoot was
held on the pier.
Many good scores were made. High amateur aver-
age was won by Fred Harlow of Newark, O., he scor-
ing 491x500.
The state team race was won by New Jersey and
the Westy Hogan Championship by R. D. Morgan of
Washington, D. C, on 100 straight and 40 straight in
the shoot-off with Fred Plum of Atlantic City, who
scored 39x40.
The leg on the Atlantic City Cup and $50 in gold
were won by Fred Harlow on the third day. he scor-
ing 173x175 targets, which, let us assure you, is
pretty fine work for an amateur.
J. G. Martin of Harrisburg, Pa., and F. A. Landis
tied on 96 each in the Westy Hogan Handicap, Landis
winning the shoot-off, 19 to 18.
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Peters' Pointers. — At Livermore. Iowa, Aug. 22,
high general average and high professional averages
were won by Mr. D. W. Flannigan, 141 ex 150, using
Peters factory loaded shells.
At the Neaf Apgar Testimonial shoot, given by
the Smith Gun Club, Newark, N. J., Aug. 26, high
amateur and high general averages were won by
Mr. L. Morford of Newton, N. J„ 170 ex 175; Mr.
Geo. Tuckett second amateur, 168, and Mr. L. W.
Colquett third, 167. Mr. Wm. Trowbrodge of New-
ark won the Shanley Cup, 99 ex 100; all these win-
ners shot the "P" brand shells
At the final tournament of the Central Ohio Trap-
shooters' League, Circleville, Ohio, Aug. 29, Messrs.
C. A. Young and W. R. Chamberlain, shooting Peters
shells, tied for high professional average, 96 ex 100.
High amateur average at Grand Rapids, Minn.,
Aug. 29, was won by Mr. W. E. Rowe of Crookston,
scoring 145 ex 150. Mr. H. Bernard of Warren, Minn.,
tied for second amateur average, 144, and Dr. F. H.
Allen of Staples, Minn., was third, 143; all using
Peters shells.
COAST HANDICAP MONEY WINNERS.
Preliminary Handicap — 42 entries at $5, $210; 4
penalty entries at $7, $28; 2 penalty entries for tar-
gets only at $2, $4; 20 entries for targets only — 68
total entries, $242. Added to the purse, $100. Total
purse, $342.
H. Lorenson, score 91, won $75; C. Leith, 90 —
$49: P. H. O'Brien, 90— $49; F. M. Troeh, 90— $49;
D. J. Holohan, 89— $30.75; O. N. Ford, 89— $30.75;
C. A. Fleming, 88— $17.10; A. A. Riehl, 88— $17.10;
W. K. France, 87— $7.90; F. Templeton, 87— $7.90;
J. W. Seavey, 87— $7.90.
Pacific Coast Handicap Purse — 49 regular entries
at $8, $392; 1 penalty entry at $12, $12; 1 penalty
entry for targets only, $2: 39 entries for targets
only — 90 total entries, $406. Added to the purse,
$200. Total purse, $606.
F. Templeton, 91 — $133.50; W. K. France, 90—
$109; M. A. Rickard, 89— $84.85; C. L. Templeton,
88— $58.60; A. P. Haliburton, 88 — $58.60; P. H.
O'Brien, 88— $58.60; E. D. Farmin, 87— $30.30; H. R.
Everding, 86 — $30.30; D. J. Holohan, 85— $21.20;
H. McElroy, 85— $21.20.
Trophy Winners.
Pacific Coast Introductory — O. N. Ford 96, first;
H. Lorenson 96, second; H, McElroy 96, third.
Pacific Coast Special— P. H. O'Brien, 96, first; F.
M. Troeh 95, second; C. F. Egbers 93, third.
Pacific Coast Overture — F. Templeton 91, first;
D. J. Holohan 90, second; W. W. McCornack 90,
third.
Preliminary Handicap — H. Lorenson 91, first; C.
Leith 90, second; P. H. O'Brien 90, third.
Pacific Coast Handicap — F. Templeton 91, first;
W. K. France 90, second; M. A. Rickard 89, third.
Ladies' Trophies — Miss Gladys Reid 76, first; Mrs.
Ada Schilling 71, second.
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Seattle Association. — Breeder and Sportsman: —
Owing to the opening of the upland bird season, with
most of the shooters out in the fields and many of
the shooters recovering from the strenuous shooting
at the Pacific Coast Handicap, there were only a
few nimrods on the firing line on Sept. 17. This was
the first shoot for the past two weeks owing to mov-
ing the location of the clubhouse and traps. The
scores were:
At 50 targets — Hugh Fleming 45, J. V. Hough 39,
W.'B. Taft 38.
At 100 targets — Hugh Fleming 94, W. B. Taft 74.
Wednesday, Sept. 13th, at 50 targets — Dr. Newton
43. W. B. Taft 43, Dr. Ashton 29, H. Ladas 6x25.
Yours, E. A. FRY.
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Season Closes in Portland. — Portland (Or.). — With
the Pacific Coast Handicap shoot a thing of the past,
local sportsmen are congratulating themselves that
the Portland Gun Club has passed through its most
successful season, both from a financial and from a
shooting standpoint.
The Pacific Coast handicap tournament which
closed here marks the last of the season's big events
for the Portland Gun Club. Although the attendance
fell below that of 1914, the last year Portland held
this Coast classic, it surpassed the same event staged
at San Diego last year, and was handled in a most
praiseworthy manner.
The extremely late date is accountable for the
lesser attendance, it is believed (in 1914 it was held
in July) and was responsible for the lesser number
of entrants who shot in the Pacific Coast handicap.
T. E. Doremus, of Wilmington, Del., president of
the Interstate Association, which is the governing
body of the organized trapshooting clubs, had the
following to say concerning the shoot:
"Although Portland fell below the number of en-
trants it had at the same event in 1914, that has
nothing to do with the success of the event. I have
seen much larger entry lists which were not the
success this was.
"The good fellowship manifested, the method of
handling the different events, and many other things
enter into its success. I can truthfully say that I
never attended an event which was run off in better
order, and where there was better feeling among the
different entrants. I like Portland and its surround-
ing country, and while the Pacific Coast handicap
will not be held here next year, if the Portland Gun
Club stages some of the events it now proposed to do,
I will certainly try and make the trip across the
country and attend. The Portland Gun Club, which
handled the Coast handicap, is one of the livest or-
ganizations of its kind in the United States, and is
known as such all over the country among the shoot-
ing fraternity."
Officials of the local organization haven't yet fig-
ured up receipts of the event, but believe that in
addition to the moneys derived from other sources
which were paid out, the Portland Gun Club would
have between $200 and $300 expense in the shape of
prize money it paid.
It is figured that in the neighborhood of 45,000 tar-
gets were thrown from the traps in the regular three
days of shooting.
One thing which made an especial hit with the out-
of-town shooters was the fine lunch which was in
charge of wives of members of the Portland Gun
Club. Everything was perfect in its appointments,
and it caused no little comment.
The absence of Phil Baltimore, of Albany, a vet-
eran trapshooter past the 70-year mark, was noted.
Phil has never missed a Pacific Coast event before,
in the memory of veteran shooters, and there were
many who noted his absence and inquired for him.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept. 30, 191
| Sportsmen's Row
The place where the 1917 Pacific Coast Handicap
■will be held will he decided at the meeting of the
Interstate Association scheduled tor Pittsburg, Pa.,
December 7th. Clubs who desire the shoot must
have their applications in to the Association at 219
Coltart Avenue, Pittsburg, not later than Dec. 1.
• • •
According to the Salinas Index, to William Casey
Jr. of San Lucas belongs the title of having killed
the biggest buck of the season. The deer weighed
232 pounds dressed, which is some size for a coast
deer. Few are ever killed along the coast that weigh
more than 232 pounds. This particular deer has
escaped many a leaden missile until Casey fired the
fatal shot.
• • •
The Breeder and Sportsman appreciates and
thanks the Remington Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge
Company for a copy of its "Game Laws in Brief,"
which gives the open season on game in each State.
the migratory bird law, the Lacey law and much
other matter of interest. The booklet is one of value
to every sportsman and angler, and can be had for
the asking by addressing the company, 233 Broadway,
New York, and stating what you want.
• • •
When asked if the Portland Gun Club was going
to make an attempt to handle the 12th tourney,
A. W. Strowger, president of the organization, an-
nounced that he had nothing whatever to do with it,
as he had worried enough over the present gathering.
The next lot of officials will have their hands full
trying to make up their minds for future plans. The
officials of the Portland Gun Club who are responsi-
ble for the 1916 Pacific Coast handicap are A. W.
Strowger, president; H. A. Pollock, vice-president;
Frank M. Templeton, secretary-treasurer, and Henry
R. Everding, ex-president,
• • •
The Everding Park traps will have a busy season
next year, even though the Pacific Coast handicap
may not be shot over the Portland traps. The Pa-
cific Indians will gather in Portland in the middle of
July and in June the Northwest Sportsmen's Asso-
ciation tourney will be in progress, in all probability
during Rose Festival week.
• ■ •
The next shoot of the Northwest will be held at
Palouse, Wash., on October 16th. Several Portland
professionals are planning on making the northern
journey, but it is not likely that any of the amateurs
will be in the party. E. B. Morris, of Portland, has
been delegated to make most of the final arrange-
ments for the event.
• • •
In the recent Grand American Handicap, youth
and old age stood side by side. W. E. Phillips, Jr.,
12 years of age, was the youngest contestant, and
Captain W. E. Brietenstein, the only living survivor
of the Merrimac, was the oldest of the trapshooters.
• • •
Ten schools and colleges are now enrolled in the
membership of the American Amateur Trapshooters'
Association.
• • •
The best average — amateur — for one season is the
95.50 by Woolfolk Henderson, of Lexington, Ky. He
broke 2731 of 2800 targets. The best professional
record is held by C. G. Spencer— 97.50 at 5620.
• • •
The longest run ever made by a trapshooter was
compiled by Charley Spencer at the Viola (111.) shoot
in June, 1913, when he broke 528. Ray Kingsley, of
Omaha, has a lun of 518 to his credit, and Jay Gra-
ham once hit 477 before missing.
• • •
A record for shooting at 1000 targets was made
when Alex Mermod, of St. Louis, and Fred Stone, the
comedian, met in St. Louis on a cold day in April,
1908. Mermod broke 9,29 and Stone 901 targets, and
the time consumed was one hour, 30 minutes and
23 seconds.
• • •
Very few of the Eastern trapshooters attend the
Grand American trapshooting tournament when it
is held in the Middle West, and there are some trap-
shooters who think that it would be a wise move to
bring the tournament to the East and see how the
shooters would turn out.
• • •
The national amateur championship event — for
State champions only — is the best idea in recent
years as far as trapshooting goes. It is the classic
event of the G. A. H.
• • •
In a recent tournament of the Los Angeles Gun
Club Miss Allen Wheeler, with a 20-gauge gun, broke
98 targets of 100 thrown in the afternoon and 4S out
of 50 thrown in the evening under electric lights.
That is what you might term "class."
• • •
The longest run of the year — amateur or profes-
sional— was made by Fred Plum, of Atlantic City,
N. J., at Maplewood, when he ran 283; 100 of this
number was frcm 21 yards.
Ernest Schaeffle, for twelve years connected with
the California Fish and Game Commission, has
resigned as executive officer of that body. No reason
was given by Mr. Schaeffle for his action. J. S.
Hunter, assistant executive officer, is attending to
the duties of the executive officer pending action by
the Commissioners.
• • •
The trap season is finished in many sections and
now the hunters of California will be turning their
attention to ducks and quail, which come in next
month.
• • •
George K. Gilrnore, the one-armed shooter of the
Wallace (Idaho) Gun Club, is out with an offer to
shoo.t for money, marbles or chalk any one-armed
shooter in the country.
• • •
Ever try a plunge into a tub of cold water when
you awaken from a peaceful slumber? It's great, so
claim Al Cook and Fred Willard. They gave Dick
Reed the treatment at Del Monte but neglected to
give Dick due warning and they were unable to
secure his testimonial.
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Steelhead Trout Prospering. — One of the first offi-
cial acts of Frank M. Newbert, president of the State
Fish and Game Commission, after his appointment
in 1911, in stocking the American river above Fol-
som with 200,000 steelhead trout, is now bearing
fruit. The steelhead or "sea run" trout are now
numerous in the American and Sacramento rivers,
after having been driven from these waters by hy-
draulic mining operations.
In pioneer days the American river literally teemed
with the "sea run" trout. Hydraulic mining event-
ually deposited such large quantities of debris and
muddy solution that the trout were driven to other
waters. Since hydraplic mining has been stopped
and the water in the American is clear again at the
season of the annual run of these fish, they are again
on the increase.
According to Newbert, the Sacramento river below
the mouth of the American and the American river
are now populated with large numbers of these fish.
They are so numerous that they are being caught
in the fishermen's nets in the Sacramento river.
Large numbers are being caught by anglers who are
angling for other varieties of fish.
The steelhead trout range from one to 12 pounds
in size. Newbert is of the opinion that some of the
smaller sized fish are of the last planting, which was
made in July, 1915, when 600,000 were planted in the
American river near Salmon Falls and Mormon
Island.
Mr. and Mrs. Topperwein Great Shots. — Mr. and
Mrs. Aloph Topperwein, noted experts with shotgun,
rifle and pistol, are giving exhibitions of their prow-
ess in the middle west. Topperwein, one of the great-
est living fancy and flying target shots with rifle,
pistol and shotgun, is a native of Texas, his home
being in San Antonio. His native State has long
been noted for its good shots, which doubtless ac-
counts for his early acquiring the great skill he has
displayed in his exhibitions. Topperwein uses ordi-
nary Winchester rifles, shooting a solid ball, or, in
other words, the regular cartridges such as an indi-
vidual would buy of bis local dealer. The targets
he shoots at comprise oranges, apples, bits of coal,
walnuts, small marbles, empty cartridge shells and
other tiny objects, which are thrown into the air
and hit with bullets from his rifle or revolver.
On thirteen occasions Topperwein has broken the
world's record shooting flying targets with a rifle.
He has hit 4.954 1% inch targets out of 5,000 thrown
into the air at a distance of 25 feet; and shooting at
10,000 21i-inch blocks thrown at the same distance
he missed only one. In the most marvelous exhibi-
tion ever known, Topperwein shot at 72,500 blocks
like the above in ten successive days, missing only
four out of the first 50,000 and only nine out of the
entire lot. He made straight runs of 13,219, 13,599
and 14,540. A remarkable feat performed by Topper-
wein, which arouses great enthusiasm, is the drawing
of Indian heads in perfect outline with rifle bullets.
This is done in rapid time — just as fast as Topper-
wein can pull the trigger of his Winchester repeater.
Mrs. Topperwein has been shooting only a few
years, but already has developed into the most ex-
pert woman shot of the world. She shoots with shot-
gun, rifle and pistol, being equally skillful with all.
With the rifle she has scored 1,995 hits out of 2,000
2 1 i-inch blocks thrown into the air at a distance of
twenty feet, making a straight run of 1,437. With
the shotgun she has scored 100 straight a great num-
ber of times, her longest straight run being 226. She
has won many high averages in open competition,
shooting on equal terms with the best professional
and amateur shots in the world.
At the Pacific Coast Handicap held at Seattle,
Wash., in 1910, Mrs. Topperwein won high average
over a large field of the best shots of the Pacific
coast and Canada. On the first day of this shoot
she made the remarkable score of 195 out of 200,
which included twenty doubles, and on the final day
broke the entire programme of 100 singles straight.
Her score at the Grand American Handicap in 1910
was 96 out of 100, shooting from nineteen yards.
At the Eastern Handicap in 1913 she outshot the
field of over 250 shooters by scoring 98x100 from
nineteen yards. During that year she shot at 10,000
targets, scoring over 95 per cent.
WASHINGTON GAME COMMISSION PROSPERS
Licenses Fall Off From 1914 Mark But Hunting arn
Fishing Conditions Improve.
Spokane, Wash. — Marked improvement is show:-
in the game and fishing 'onditions throughout tbi |
state for the fiscal year onded February 28, 1911
according to reports made by the county game wail
dens to State Game Waiden L. H. Darwin. Whil I
hunting conditions show an improvement during th
early part of the year, the unprecedented winte
served to curtail activities.-along that line, and in th i
opinion of most of the game wardens will decreas
the bird supply this year. .-
To the bad winter is also ascribed the cause fo
the reduction in the grand total of hunting and fisl
ing licenses issued for the fiscal year of 1915, whic"
was 124,691, as against 124,901 in 1914; a decreas
of 210.
During the year there was a slight increase in th!
number of arrests for game law violations, ther
being 1074 in 1915, as against 970 in 1914. The pei:
centage of convictions secured in 1915 was 79 pe
cent, there being a total of 848 resulting from th
1074 arrests. In 1914 there were 83 per cent of thos
arrested in that year that were convicted.
The number of county licenses decreased 75!
there being 122,249 county fishing and hunting licens
es at $1 issued in 1914, and 121,490 in 1915. To con
pensate for this, however, the number of residen
county fishing lcienses, at $2 each, increased, 64,94 j
being issued in 1915 as against 877 in 1914.
The number of state licenses issued at $5 each 111
1915 increased 470. The number issued in that yea
was 2220 as against 1750 in 1914. While the nor,
resident state licenses at $10 increased from 25 i!
1914 to 40 in 1915.
The increase in the number of state hunting anil
fishing licenses issued is ascribed to the fact tha
under the new law the county issuing them gets 2
per cent of the license fee, which makes it slight!;'
more profitable to issue a state license than to issa'
a county license, and the authorities therefore eij
courage the taking out of state licenses instead o
county licenses.
Of the grand total of all hunting and fishini
licenses issued, 76,782 were in western Washington1
and 47,909 in eastern Washington.
The cash balance in the state game fund March 1
1915, was $25,882.48. The receipts of the state gami|
fund during the year was $27,803.98, making a gram
total of 553,686.46. The disbursements for the perior
ending February 29, 1916, were $28,454.34, leaving :
cash balance in the state game fund March 1, 1916;
of $25,232.12.
The last legislature appropriated a total of $48,00'
from the state game fund as follows: For the exi
penses of the state game warden's department, fo j
the maintenance of trout hatcheries, for the erectioil
and maintenance of rearing ponds at the Walla Walls i
trout hatchery, for the erection, equipment and main
tenance of the Tilton river trout hatchery in Lewi:
county.
Based upon the receipts of 1915, there should be
in the state game fund March 1, 1917, in the neigh j
borhood of $47,000, any part of which will be avail
able for the construction of a state game farm
should the legislature decide it would be advisable
King county led all other counties in the arnounl
of receipts in its county game fund, receiving thereii|
$15,658.13. The next was Snohomish county, witl;
receipts amounting to $9,025.16. Spokane county le<
in eastern Washington, with receipts amounting tt
$8,269.23. These amounts include fines, etc.
SB
New World's Surf-Casting Record. — With the close
of the tenth annual casting tournament, held undeij
the auspices of the Asbury Park Fishing Club, at the
casting grounds, Deal (N. J.), on August 4, 1916, £
new casting champion in the person of E. E. Davis ol|
the Asbury Park Club, was crowned and the formei
world's record of 379 feet 8 inches made last yeai!
by Dr. Carleton Simon, of New Tork City, was brokenl
four times — three times by the present champioDi
E. E. Davis and once by a youngster, Charles Elingl
hausen, of the Midland Beach Fishing Club.
Davis cast in succession 380 feet, and 384 feet 4
inches, only to have his record broken by young
Elinghausen with a east of 384 feet 10 inches, Davisl
later breaking this record with a cast of 388 feet 6
inches. Then to show he was still there he broke
his own record with a cast of 392 feet 6 inches, which
now stands as a new world's record.
Dr. Carleton Simon, the former champion, failed
to show his usual good form, which was a big disap-|
pointment to his large following of friends.
The King is dead, long live the King.
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Bass Swallows Snake. — Buckeye Lake, in Ohio,
yielded somewhat of a novelty in the fishing line
last week that caused considerable curiosity among
the cottages there and among Guy Wheaton's friends.
Wheaton was "flippin' " at the lake and hooked a
three-pound bass. When he got the big fellow into
the boat he was astounded to find that he had tack-
led a water snake 21% inches long, although the
fish itself measured but 17% inches. Mr. Big Mouth,
had conquered his snakeship and had swallowed it,
but it evidently was too big a mouthful, as a portion
of the snake was still in its mouth and part of it
had been digested in the fish's stomach.
aturday, Sept. 30, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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CONFLICT IN DUCK SEASON OPENING.
ederal Law of October 16th Will Take Precedence
Over State Law, October 15th.
Duck hunters have been -wondering for some days
ast about the opening of the season. They have
stened' with glee to the 'tawing reports of birds
eing more numerous than in years past and now
tiey are puzzled as to wh^-v they will be permitted
j get out the old pump gun and go after them.
The State law is to the effect that the bars will
e lowered all over California on October 15th. Now
jomes the federal migratory regulations setting forth
Hat the season does not come in in California until
ictober 16th. At the office of the Fish and Game
'ommission it is explained that an effort will be
lade to straighten out the confliction but in the
lean time the federal law takes precedence. Hunters
/ill accordingly play safe-' by waiting until the 16th
efore turning loose with both barrels.
State regulations will rule regarding limits of 25
er day and 50 ducks and geese per week. For
onkers and sea brant it is 12 per day and 24 per
.eek.
Reports have come in of canvasbacks and blue
ills being seen in the marshes around the bay even
ow. H. C. Bryant of the Fish and Game Comniis-
ion is much surprised at their early arrival this
ear.
He has some other information about ducks which
.ill interest hunters. It has been supposed that
reen-wing teal never nest in this section of the
Itate. Bryant made a study of the birds in Alvarado
'wamps and discovered that a great many of the
reen-wings nested there. He secured eggs from
his swamp that have brought out sure enough green
uns.
Los Banos is not getting as many ducks as once
ipon a time. Sprig and teal drop in, but the bigger
"irds, mallards and "cans," prefer deeper waters
nd sail over. That is one reason, say the wise
»nes, why the Sacramento and Imperial sections have
o many fine, big birds— deep water.
If you want to go after quail, as many of the niru-
ods will, it is safe to select Sunday, October 15th,
is the date. The season on valley and desert quail
omes in all over the state. Reports are promising
or some interesting sport. The limit is 15 per day,
!0 per week.
' Dove hunters in the northern counties continue
o bring in sad stories about lack of birds. They
lave until November 30 to hunt the birds but the
mtlook is not bright for the sport to improve. An
'ffort will be made next season to have the opening
iate moved forward to August 1st instead of Sep-
ember 1st, as was the case this season.
The deer season is rapidly drawing to a close and
.n view of the adverse weather conditions last season
ao complaint can be made about the game. Many
bucks have been brought down and does have been
plentiful in all sections. In districts two and three,
which comprise the coast sections, the bars went up
an September 14th, and in district four the last of
the month is closing time. One and twenty-three
remain open until October 14th.
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San Jose Club. — A three-day tournament with reg-
istered events on Monday, opened at the San Jose
Blue Rock Club on Saturday. It was practice day
and O. N. Ford was high gun with 98 out of 100.
C. H. Nash of San Jose, N. A. Howard of San Fran-
cisco, took second place with 96. The highest profes-
sional score was made by L. Hawxhurst of Oakland,
who broke 99 birds. J. A. Cook of Oakland tied for
second place with a score of 96 killed. The longest
run without a miss made was that of C. H. Nash
with a score of 67. Other long runs were: N. A.
Howard 66, O. N. Ford 61, H. E. Poston 54. These
runs all entitle the owner to an E. C. trophy. The
highest score of the Dupont long run was made by
L. S. Hawxhurst with a string of 63.
Following the some of the best scores: Amateur —
0. N. Ford, San Jose, 98; N. A. Howard, San Fran-
cisco, 96; C. H. Nash, San Jose, 96; George H. An-
derson, San Jose, 94; Wm, McKagney, San Jose,
90; Dr. Martin, Fresno, 85. Professional — L. Hawx-
hurst. Oakland, 99; J. A. Cook, Oakland, 96; H.
Poston, San Francisco, 96; R. C. Reed, Berkeley, 95;
Chas. Knight, San Francisco, 90.
Andy Flickinger of Vallejo carried off the amateur
honors on Sunday, with a total of 153 targets out of
160. O. N. Ford of San Jose, Nelson Howard of
San Francisco, and W. H. Varien of Pacific Grove,
tied for second with 152. The scores were not of the
best owing to a high wind.
A. J. Cook of Oakland was high professional with
a score of 149 out of 160, and R. C. Reed of San
Francisco and L. S. Hawxhurst of Oakland tied for
second place with 147.
Nelson Howard won the O. N. Ford doubles cham-
pionship of California, a handsome gold medal set
with sapphires going with the title, with 40 out of
50 targets. Tony Prior and Howard tied at 40 and
Howard took the shoot-off at 20 targets, by winning
18. Ford hit 17 and Prior 16 targets.
Hawxhurst made the most remarkable record on
doubles ever shot in the local field, if not in Cali-
fornia, bj winning 48 out of 50 targets in the pro-
fessional doubles event. R. C. Reed was second in
this event with 44, Hugh Poston third with 40, and
other professionals shot as follows: C. H. Knight 37,
J- A. Cook 36, C. A. Haight 31.
Ford made the longest run of the day with a 71,
unfinished. Flickinger and H. Lorenson of Newman
each get Dupont medals for their 66 and 62 long
runs, respectively. Flickinger, who was easily the
star amateur of the day, won the miss and out event
with 33 straight and Lorenson was second with 32.
The professional miss and out proved something
of a bloomer. Hawxhurst, the winner, only had to
break ten straight to get first money.
Scores on Sunday follow, at 160 targets:
Professionals — A. J. Cook, Oakland, 149; R. C.
Reed, San Francisco, and Lem Hawxhurst, Oakland,
147; Hugh Poston, San Francisco, 142; Charles
Knight, San Francisco, 138; C. A. Haight, San Fran-
cisco, 137.
Amateurs — Andy Flickinger, Vallejo, 153; O. N.
Ford, San Jose, Nelson Howard, San Francisco, and
W. H. Varien, Pacific Grove, 152; D. McFadden, Sa-
linas, 149; C. H. Nash, San Jose, 148; George H.
Anderson, San Jose, 148; Dr. J. L. Martin, Fresno,
H. Lorenson, Newman, and Tony Prior, San Fran-
cisco, all tied with 145; F. Thoicke, Salinas, 137;
C. M. McFadden, Salinas, 123; Dr. A. M. Barker,
San Jose, 140; W. J. McKagney, San Jose, 123; Miss
Geneva Meyer, San Francisco, 118; R. V. Matheu,
San Jose, 118.
The third and last day, Monday, the shooting was
held under favorable conditions. The main event of
the day was the O. N. Ford medal championship of
California for 50 birds, which was won by A. G.
Flickinger of Vallejo.
O. N. Ford and C. H. Nash, both of San Jose, tied
for second place. The longest run of the day was
made by Dick Reed of San Francisco, professional.
The second longest run, made by an amatenr, was
that of O. N. Ford with a score of 87. The highest
for the three-day total shoot, amateur, was that of
O. N. Ford with 448 dead out of 470. C. H. Nash
was the second high amateur writh a score of 442 and
Dick Reed was high professional with a score of 447.
Following are the scores of the amateurs for Mon-
day (210 birds):— A. G. Flickinger, Vallejo, 203; O.
N. Ford, San Jose, 198; C. H. Nash, San Jose, 198;
H. Lorenson, Newman, 193; N. A. Howard, San Fran-
cisco, 190; G. H. Anderson. San Jose, 183; Toney
Prior, San Francisco, 180; Miss Geneva Meyers, San
Francisco, 160; B. Hovers, 160; D. McFadden, Sa-
linas, 160; F. Pura, 160; C. McFadden, Salinas, 160;
Fred Burman, 160; Mr. Masseria, 160.
Professional scores: — R. C. Reed, San Francisco,
194; J. A. Cook, Oakland, 192; L. Hawxhurst, Oak-
land, 191; C. A. Haight, San Francisco, 186; W. E.
Ellis, San Francisco, 178, and C. Knight, San Fran-
cisco, 175.
06
How to Aim a Rifle. — Walter Winans, the famous
American sharpshooter, who lives in England, writes
to the "Scientific American" the following directions
as to the proper way to aim a rifle:
"The way to shoot is, first, put a big ivory front
sight in place of the black one used for target
shooting.
"Most real objects one shoots at are more or less
dark, and the black front sight is difficult to see on
the object; the white one shows up at once.
"Next, have your hind sight put on the rifle at the
distance from your eye that you can read print best.
"When shooting do not try to focus a black bull's-
eye, a black front sight and black hind sight and
a half-dozen other things alternately while you hold
on to your rifle like grim death.
"Look at the object you want to hit. If it is mov-
ing, judge how much allowance in front you must
make; bring up your rifle to your shoulder, swinging
it with the movement of the object you want to hit,
and press the trigger as the butt touches your
shoulder.
The bullet will go where you want it to without
your noticing sights at all.
"If you want to be a good rifle shot at game, or
as a soldier, join the nearest clay pigeon shooting
club, and when you can break 90 per cent of the
clays, you can rest perfectly confident that you can
hit a man every shot you fire if being charged by an
enemy, if you have a rifle in your hands instead of
a shotgun.
"If you practice in a 'coal hole' rifle gallery at a
stationary black bull's-eye with a black front sight
and see 'three front sights' and a 'blurred back
sight' you are not learning to shoot, but merely,
ruining vour eyesight."
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Vallejo Club.— The Vallejo Gun Club will end its
1916 season tomorrow at its traps at the Blue Rock
Springs. The members of the club have been placed
in three classes and following the shoot the high man
in Class A will be awarded the trophy offered by the
DuPont Powder Company, while the high man in
Class B will receive the gold pocket knife donated
by Andy Flickinger and the winner of the Class C
shoot will secure the Hercules trophy.
06
Chico deer hunters, judging from the game that is
being brought into that city, are having excellent
luck this season in the Coast Range mountains. Be-
sides many hunting parties of Chico business men,
many expeditions to the various favorite hunting
lands are made up of hunters from Sacramento and
other Superior California cities. In the Yolo Bolo
mountains the deer are reported thicker than they
have been in several seasons past. Often deer have
been sighted along the Sacramento river, but so far
none have been bagged in that locality.
HUNTING SEASON OPENS IN OREGON.
Ducks, Geese and Quail Come In on October 1st,
According to Federal Law.
Oregon sportsmen, oil up your weapons!
On October 1st the hunting season for grouse,
quail, Chinese pheasants, ducks, geese, snipe and
rail opens.
This, coupled with the deer hunting and the excel-
lent fishing in all parts of the state, makes Oregon
the sportsmen's paradise.
While there are various differences in the laws in
different counties concerning geese and ducks, the
Federal law, which supersedes the state law, is in
effect from October 1 to January 15. This makes the
season uniform throughout Oregon and Washington.
The state of Oregon is divided into two districts.
District No. 1 is that area of the state lying west
of the Cascade Mountains, and District No. 2 is east
of the Cascades. The season on Chinese pheasants
and grouse in District No. 1 is from October 1 to
October 31. In past years it has been unlawful to
kill female Chinese pheasants, but the last legisla-
ture made a change in this law allowing hunters to
kill one female in a bag of five birds, or two females
in a bag of ten, which is the limit for pheasants and
grouse in any seven consecutive days. The season
this year is also open in Jackson and Union counties
for Chinese pheasants from October 1 to October 10.
The season remains closed throughout the state on
Bob-White quail. The season on California valley
and mountain or plumed quail is closed entirely
throughout the state, except that there is an open
season in Coos, Curry, Jackson and Josephine coun-
ties from October 1 to October 31, and an open sea-
son in Klamath county from October 1 to October 10.
The bag limit is ten birds in any seven consecutive
days.
Sportsmen will have to be very careful in not
shooting quail where they are protected and also in
not shooting the European or Hungarian partridge.
European or Hungarian partridge has been intro-
duced and is thriving well in many parts of the state.
This bird is protected at all seasons. It is a bird
that is a little larger than the quail in size. It is
between the quail and Chinese pheasant and will be
found in a field like a Chinese pheasant.
European or Hungarian partridge is generally gray
in color and flies very rapidly. When in flight the
red-brown tail feathers are noticeable, distinguishing
this bird from the Chinese pheasant, which has a
long tail, and the different varieties of quail.
There are a lot of ducks and geese, although from
the north flights are not in as yet. Breeding is in
good shape this year and this applies to ducks, geese
and wading birds. There is plenty of water in all
the lakes, and for this reason the outlook is more
favorable this year than it was last. Last year lots
of the lakes were dry because of the long dry spell.
Owing to the rainy summer which we are just
through enjoying, the lakes are for the most part
filled to overflowing.
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Finds Fishing Paradise. — F. M. Stephenson, the
well known sportsman, returned to Chicago last week
and gave an interesting account of a recent fishing
trip. The party consisted of himself, C. K. Billings,
Dr. Frank Billings, W. S. McCrea and Walter Greg-
ory. They spent six days fishing Shotgun Creek, a
tributary of the Snake River, west of La Park, Idaho,
where they were entertained at the well-known ranch
of A. S. Trude. Mr. Stephenson says that there were
more trout in this creek than he had ever seen
before in his life. The two largest brook trout caught
by him weighed seven and one-fourth and six and one-
fourth pounds, respectively. He saw over 200 trout
in the stream that would weigh all the way from four
up to eight pounds and thousands which would range
from one to three pounds. He said that a person
could easily catch the limit of twenty-five pounds in
a short time, simply standing in one spot without
moving. This creek is veritably a fisherman's para-
dise, teeming with fish eager to be caught. A. S.
Trude was formerly a leading attorney in Chicago
and his ranch is a noted fish and game resort.
06
Rumors are getting more and more definite about
the proposed dog show in connection with the San
Diego Exposition and last week Mr. Woodhull of
Spratts traveled from San Francisco to give officials
the necessary advice and generally talk things over.
But nothing definite is decided so far except that
if there is a show it will be run on A. K. C. rules.
06
Canada Bars Game Selling. — Canada was in ad-
vance of the United States in prohibiting spring
shooting, and it is pleasant to note that the Ontario
legislature has passed a law which is designed to
stop the selling of wild ducks, wild geese and other
water fowl.
This does not in the least interfere with the legiti-
mate sportsman— in fact it adds to his pleasures and
opportunities, as it will also to those of the gunner
on this side of the boundary line, for the ravages of
the market hunter were beginning to show their
effects in lessened number of migratory fowl. It is
to be hoped, once the constitutionality of the migra-
tory bird law shall have been decided by our Su-
preme Court, that the United States and Great Brit-
ain, acting for Canada, will find it possible, through
treaty, to make this law international in scope.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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I Stock Breeders' Page J
Effect of Ration and Age of Calving on Dairy Cows.
Many of the most thoughtful breeders are asking
agricultural experiment stations if it is possible to
follow any method of feeding and management of
dairy heifers that will make it more certain that the
heifers will be good producers. It is another appli-
cation of the question as to the relative importance
of heredity and environment. Does a good dairy cow
or an inferior one derive her special dairy character-
istics by inheritance, or is it a result of her treat-
ment from birth to maturity? Is a good dairy cow
born that way, or made what she is by her owner?
"It is a well-known fact that there is considerable
difference in practice among cattlemen in regard to
the feeding and handling of dairy heifers. We find
radically different views on some points. Some hold
that a cow should be fresh at a very early age to
insure the best development of the milking functions.
Others take a directly opposite view and prefer a
cow to be quite well-matured and state that only in
such animals are the milk-producing functions the
most highly developed. Some who raise dairy cattle
feed their calves only bulky feed and in rather scant
quantities. Others feed largely with grain and grow
them as rapidly as possible. Some hold that if a
heifer of a dairy breed is allowed to get fat when
young she develops a tendency to use her food for
body fat all her life rather than to produce milk.
Others hold that the dairy qualities of a cow are not
influenced in any way by the method of feeding when
young and that no harm comes from a heifer being
fat. Some desire to develop the largest animals pos-
sible for the breed. Others prefer cows medium-
sized or small for the breed.
"There must be some general law or laws in re-
gard to these points that can be found by experi-
mental work. Apparently there are a number of
questions along this line which cannot be answered
definitely as a result of common observations, or
there would not be this wide difference of opinion.
Having these facts in mind, the Missouri Agricultural
Experiment Station in 1906 undertook an investiga-
tion for the purpose of determining, if possible, some
of the principles upon which practical methods of
raising dairy cows should he based. It was thought
that by raising dairy heifers in the University of
Missouri herd under different conditions and keeping
full records from birth until the cow had been in
milk two years it would be possible to come to some
more definite conclusion regarding the possible influ-
ence of the treatment when young upon the future
usefulness of the animal for dairy purposes."
The general conclusion from the work of the Mis-
souri Agricultural Experiment Station investigations
is that "it is possible to influence the rate of growth,
size when mature, and type to some extent, by the
liberality of the ration during the growing period,
and by the age at first calving. Within limits of
variation, even far beyond the normal, the character
of the ration with reference to amount of nutrients
supplied, does not exert any appreciable effect upon
the milking functions of the cow when mature."
Draft Horse Action.
There seems to be a tendency among some draft
horse breeders to develop high action. A draft horse
is not expected to have action similar to that of a
Hackney. In fact, extreme high action should be
discouraged. The trot should be high enough to
negotiate mud or snow, and be able to get over ordin-
ary uneven surfaces. Action higher than that is
regarded as unnecessary.
The principal gait of a draft horse weighing 1,800
pounds or over, is the walk. The draft gelding is
supposed to move heavy loads but should be able
occasionally to trot briskly for a short distance. The
walk should be brisk, showing plenty of nervous
energy. Movement of all four limbs should be in
line without any lost motion. The horse that throws
one or more feet out of line to any great extent is
wasting energy. It will be noticed that at the leading
draft horse shows the judge stands in line with the
horse as he is walked from him and back, then
jogged in order to see that the limbs are carried
straight forward.
Much could be written on this subject but the
principal thing to which we wish to call attention, is
the unnecessarily high action emphasized by some
breeders and many buyers. — American Breeder.
Effect of Early Breeding on Gilts.
The growth of young gilts does not seem to be
checked by breeding, according to the results of
the tests recently made by the Missouri Agricultural
Experiment Station. The carcasses were analyzed
but the composition did not seem to be different
from those of animals not bred until they were
older. Although gestation did not retard, the lacta-
tion period did so, and a sow suckling a good litter
of pigs cannot eat enough to maintain her weight or
condition of fatness. During this lactation period
or while she was suckling pigs, the demand for
mineral matter in the feed is much greater than
during the gestation period preceding birth. — P. F.
Trowbridge, Missouri Agricultural Experiment Sta.
Organization is being urged upon the milk pro-
ducers of the Sacramento Valley. The movement
is fostered by the Sacramento Valley Development
Association and is in charge of James M. Henderson
Jr., chairman of the milk producers' committee of
that body.
At a meeting in Sacramento last week, Henderson
outlined his plans. The plan is to form a co-operative
association through which the farmers can market
their dairy products at prices which will assure them
a reasonable profit.
The organization, if perfected, will be formed along
lines similar to other farmers' organizations now in
effect in California. The committee in charge, beside
Henderson, includes C. L. Hughes, E. Franklin, Sen-
ator B. F. Rush and W. A. Beard.
International Draft Geldings.
The classification for draft geldings at the Inter-
national Show at Chicago this year offers induce-
ments to exhibitors comparable with the attractions
for cattle feeders. The prize-list is intended to bring
out a splendid show of grade draft geldings and
mares. In the classes for single animals two, three
and four years old the first prizes are $50 to $60, and
eight prizes are offered in each class. Similarly
liberal prizes extending to seven places are offered
on pairs. Prizes on treys, light draft fours, heavy
fours and sixes are much larger, and the first prize
six-horse team wins $150.
The championship award will he of exceptional
importance. The exhibitor of the best gelding or
grade mare of the show wins $75 in sterling silver
and also $100 in plate. The $100 prize will he con-
tributed by Fred Pabst if the sire of the winner was
a Percheron, by J. Crouch & Son if a Belgian, by
Truman's Pioneer Stud Farm if a Shire and by Thos.
E. Wilson if a Clydesdale. Besides these attractive
rewards the breeder of the champion gelding will
be remembered. He will receive a handsome $75
sterling silver pitcher.
These liberal prizes and extended classification on
grade draft mares and geldings are part of the policy
which is determined to make this section one of the
most important at the International. The show of
fat steers, with some breed competition included,
has stimulated general interest in beef cattle breed-
ing. It has developed ideas as to correct beef type.
The same benefits may be expected with draft horses.
The draft breeds in America are undoubtedly ap-
proaching a common utility standard. The breed
which can produce the champion gelding is entitled
to high honor for leading the way. even if some other
breed produces the winner the next year.
From the standpoint of the general public the geld-
ing show is the business end of the International
horse department. The aim of breeders must be to
produce horses which fill commercial requirements.
The most noteworthy achievement of the entire show
should be to win champion honors in the section for
utility geldings. Breeders and farmers can provide
a splendid demonstration of draft horse excellence
by getting their best mares and geldings in condition
for the show.
This is a timely enterprise. Foreigners as well as
American horse owners will study the display. They
will estimate the suitability of the geldings to their
own requirements. A favorable impression will be
made if sufficient interest and effort are manifest
by breeders, and compensation in future business
will certainly result. After the war the exports of
horses will include a draftier class. There is already
a demand for big geldings abroad but shipping diffi-
culties repress the business. It will develop later,
and it is important that prospective foreign buyers
gain adequate conception as to our draft horse sup-
plies.— Breeder's Gazette.
Values of Dairy Cows.
According to estimates made by more than 1,800
dairymen and breeders, the dairy cow reaches her
highest value when between 5 and 6 years of age.
These estimates have been used as the basis of a
study on the influence of age on the value of dairy
cows, just published as Department Bulletin No. 413,
by J. C. McDowell. The figures were obtained from
well-informed farmers throughout the principal dairy
districts of the country, and the average may be
taken as fairly representative of relative values of
cows at different ages.
Estimates were obtained for four of the leading
breeds (Holstein, Guernsey, Jersey and Ayrshire) and
for four classes of three-year-olds of each breed,
namely, the $S0 grade cow, the $100 grade, the $200
pure bred, and the $300 pure bred. Working from
this series of arbitrary values, estimates covering
values from birth to 14 years of age were obtained.
For example, it was found that the farmers estimated
that a grade Holstein worth $80 at three years of
age was worth $10 at birth, $101 at 6 years of age.
and $46 at 14. In the case of the pure breds the
estimated advance in value up to 5 or 6 years of age
is relatively sharper and the decline thereafter cor-
respondingly abrupt. Thus the $300 pure bred Jersey
is estimated to be worth $59 at birth, $351 at 6 years,
and but $74 at 14.
Why Cows Vary in Milk Production.
There are strange things about the milk flow
the dairy cows unless one knows the essentials
nutrition and milk production. Even with the bf |
information obtainable one is likely to be deceiv
in cows.
The variations in the quantity and the quality
the milk are several, being influenced by a numb
of conditions. Some of the conditions are regul
and may be denned during the lactation period.
The percentage of fat is normal and remains I
from the third or fourth week till about the seven ,
or eighth month after the cows freshen. Then t
quantity of milk begins to diminish. The percenta,
of fat does not change materially, but the charact
of the fat undergoes a change. Early in the perit
of lactation the globules are large. They decrea;
in size as the period of lactation advances, but al
increase in number, but the per cent of fat remaii1
about constant.
Wing observes that as the lactation progresses tl
proportion of olein decreases and stearin and pain
tin increase until the proportion may fall as low :
20 per cent The change is more apparent when tl
animal changes from green to dry feed.
The dairyman has no doubt noticed that mi
drawn at night and morning differs considerably
the percentage of fat. This is not because of ai
material difference between the milk secreted 1
night or by day, but because of unequal differem
between the periods. It has been found, thoug
that when cows lie still there is a larger per cent •
water and a correspondingly less percentage of solii
in milk. Generally speaking, the milk is richest :
butterfat that has been milked after the shorte
period. This has been determined where cows a:
milked three, four or five times a day.
Wing cites an example of where in milking
cows for a period extending over two days the
centage of fat was greater, 72 times in the moi
in 144 cases it was greater in the evening,
cases there was a difference of one-tenth of one
cent or less between morning and evening milk,
this case the period from evening till morning wi
about two hours longer.
Wing says that in the great majority of cases U1
variation is not more than one-half of one per cen;
but that it has been as great as two to 2.5 per cen'
Dairymen have observed that cows vary from da1
to day. Generally this can be accounted for t
change of feed, sudden changes in the weather, ii
disposition of cows, etc.
There is always a variation between the mil
first drawn and that last drawn. The first is vei
low in fat, while the last or "strippings" is very ricl
Sometimes this may be as much as one and ten p€
cent respectively. The larger globules of fat. bein
nearly as large as the small milk ducts, pass alon
less readily than the mill.- fluid.
Authorities recognize the fact that the amount an!
the character of food have a considerable influenc"
upon the quality of the milk. But the quality il
more easily affected by changes in the character c
the food than the quantity. Cows kept under favo:
able conditions, with an abundant supply of food,
is hardly possible to increase the proportion of fat
to other solids by a change in the food. But whil
the amount of the various constituents of the milk i;
not easily affected by the food, the quality of the cor,
stituents themselves may be considerably influenced!
especially the fat. For instance, linseed meal, glute:
meal and certain other foods make soft, oily fai
while cottonseed meal, certain legumes and wheal
bran make hard fat. — Farm and Ranch.
Kings County Fair.
Twelve thousand dollars has been appropriated b:
the directors of the Kings County Fair Associatioi
for premiums, prizes and stakes for the annual fai
that opens on October 2 and will close October 7.
Workmen have been busy on the fair grounds fo
the last two months, and the buildings are nov
almost ready to receive entries. An entirely nev
building in which to exhibit the poultry entries ha:
been built, while the stalls for the cattle have beei
greatly enlarged.
Entries are coming in rapidly. E. Gravatt. sec
retary of the association, says that space is alreadj
getting short and that he expects to see everv class
full.
Three entries in the cattle classes will make th«
fair unusually attractive to cattle breeders. The>
are those of H. McFarland of Vermont, N. H.. whc
will show his Ayrshires; J. N. Lock of Lockford
who will exhibit his Jersey herd, while Morris A
Sons of Woodland will show their famous Holstein
Friesian herd. McFarland's Ayrshires will be oi
particular interest to Kings county ranchers, as it if
believed to be the first time that cattle of this breed
have been shown in the.- county.
At the Cooper county. Mo., fair held this month,
four two-year-old mules that were shown were sold
for $1000, and the champion mule of the fair sold
for $325.
The Chicago Breeders' Gazette says that a very
large volume of horse business is being done in Chi-
cago these days, mainly on European army account.
Scarcity is apprehended, foreign army inspectors
being under instructions to secure every possible
horse. Gatherers are scouring the country for stock
likely to pass inspection and less reject stuff is
arriving than early in the year. The British are
unable to get many big horses for which the price is
5200, and $165@185 takes the bulk. Eastern orders
are coming in larger volume and commercial demand
is looking up. Chunks are selling largely at $210©
225 with a few drafters at $240@275.
.
aturday, Sept. 30, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
IP*--"
THE FARM
HORSE COMFORT.
The following rules for the care of
orses in hot weather have been pre-
ared by the Boston Work-horse Re-
ef Association:
I. Load lightly, and drive slowly.
| 2. Stop in the shade if possible.
3. Water your horse as often as
iossible. So long as a horse is work-
ng, water in small quantities will not
iiurst him. But let him drink only a
tw swallows if he is going to stand
till. Do not fail to water him at night
ifter he has eaten his hay.
4. When he comes in after work,
iponge off the harness marks and
,weat, his eyes, his nose and mouth,
;ind the dock. Wash his feet but not
lis legs.
■ 5. If the thermometer is 75 degrees
>r higher, wipe him all over with a
lamp sponge. Use vinegar water if
iossible. Do not turn the hose on him.
6. Saturday night give him a bran
nash, lukewarm; and add a table-
spoonful of saltpeter.
7. Do not use a horse-hat, unless it
s a canopy-top hat. The ordinary
jell-shaped hat does more harm than
good.
8. A sponge on top of the head, or
jven a cloth, is good if kept wet. If
Iry it is worse than nothing.
9. If the horse is overcome by heat,
get him into the shade, remove har-
ness and bridle, wash out his mouth,
sponge him all over, shower his legs,
and give him two ounces of aromatic
spirits of ammonia, or two ounces of
sweet spirits of nitre, in a pint of
water; or give him a pint of coffee,
warm. Cool his head at once, using
cold water, or, if necessary, chopped
ice, wrapped in a cloth.
10. If the horse is off his feed, try
him with two quarts of oats mixed
with bran, and a little water; and add
a little salt or sugar. Or give him oat-
meal gruel or barley water to drink.
II. Watch your horse. If he stops
sweating suddenly, or if he breathes
short and quick, or if his ears droop,
or if he stands with his legs braced
sideways, he is in danger of a heat
or sun stroke and needs attention at
once.
12. If it is so hot that the horse
sweats in the stable at night, tie him
outside, with bedding under him. Un-
less he cools off during the night, he
cannot well stand the next day's heat.
Value of Pasture. — As to the value
of pasture for livestock, "a circular
from the extension department of the
College of Agriculture of Arkansas
says:
A farmer near Forrest City has a
12-acre permanent pasture on which
he pastured from April 1, 1915, to Oc-
tober 15, 1915, 50 cows, five horses
and 12 sows and their pigs. This is
one of the greatest pasture reports
ever sent to the extension office of
the University of Arkansas and United
States Department of Agriculture at
Little Rock. This statement was veri-
fied by many neighbors. The pasture
has Bermuda grass for its base with
bur clover, white clover and lespedeza,
thus giving pasture for practically the
whole year. Stock had been kept on
this particular pasture every day for
seven years. The farmer stated in a
public meeting recently that these 12
acres had aroduced more money for
him than any 30 acres on his farm.
Milk From Desert. — El Paso, Texas,
has one of the most interesting milk
supplies of any city. A considerable
amount of the milk is goats' milk pro-
duced by a number of goat dairies, one
of which has a thousand goats. These
goats get their living from the sur-
rounding hot, dry territory, deficient
in grass and only moderately covered
with sagebrush and cactus. A cow
would starve to death, but the goats,
though fed neither hay nor grain, give
on an average about a quart each. The
milk brings the same price as cows'
milk, and is sold both in bottles and
in bulk.
KEEPING THE GARDEN BUSY.
Even the smallest back yard may be
made to yield a supply of fresh veg-
etables for the family table at but
slight expense if two or three crops
are successively grown to keep the
area occupied all the time.
People who would discharge a clerk
if he did not work the year round will
often cultivate a garden at no little
trouble and expense and then allow
the soil to lie idle from the time the
first crop matures until the end of the
season. Where a two or three-crop
system is used in connection with
vegetables adapted to small areas, a
space no larger than 25x70 feet will
produce enough vegetables for a small
family.
Corn, melons, cucumbers and potatoes
and other crops which require a large
area should not, of course, be grown
in a garden of this size.
Small areas may be worked with a
spade, pushing the blade in to its full
depth and turning the soil to break
up the clods. Heavy soils should
never be worked when wet.
Overzealous gardeners, ready to
seize the first favorable opportunity,
go out and work theheavy clay soil
before it is dry, which is not only a
waste of energy but does a damage to
the soil from which it will take years
for it to recover.
To determine when heavy soils are
ready for plowing a handful of earth
should be collected from the surface
and the fingers tightly closed on it.
If the ball of compacted earth is dry
enough for cultivation, it will fall
apart when the hand is opened.
The soil in the average back yard
is not only lacking in plant food but
also has been packed until it is hard
and unyielding. To loosen up such
soil and make it suitable for garden
produce requires that careful atten-
tion be given to its preparation.
After spading the enclosure thor-
oughly, the upper three inches should
be made fine with the use of the hoe
and rake. Stones and rubbish should
be removed and clods of dirt broken.
The surface should be made even and
as level as possible. It may then be
marked off for planting in conformity
with the general plan of the garden.
Barnyard or stable manure is the
best fertilizer because it furnishes
both plant food and humus. An ap-
plication at the rate of from twenty
to thirty tons to the acre of well-
rotted manure is very satisfactory.
This should be applied after plowing
or working with a spade and distrib-
uted over the surface and later worked
ir writh a hoe and rake.
On many soils it is advisable to
apply commercial fertilizer, especially
phosphate, in addition to the manure.
An application of 300 to 600 pounds of
acid phosphate to the acre is usually
sufficient. If additional potash is
needed, -which is often the case with
sandy soils, this may be economically
supplied in the form of wood ashes.
If the wood ashes are unleached they
should be distributed over the garden,
using 1000 pounds to the acre. If
they have been wet, or leached, 2000
pounds should be used.
An application of 100 pounds to the
acre of nitrate of soda may be used
in the spring to start the plants be-
fore the nitrogen in the manure has
become available. It should be borne
in mind that commercial fertilizers
will not yield good results unless the
soil is well supplied with humus.
Thus with proper fertilizing the gar-
den may be kept busy, and profitably
so, all the time.
A WONDERFUL MACHINE.
When we consider the dairy cow
from the machine point of view we
find many similar conditions. She is
marvelous in construction; has a
nerve force closely allied to electric-
ity, which separates, combines, and
transforms crude raw material into a
refined and useful product; she has
been developed by intelligent breeding
and feeding from practical worthless-
ness to great and constantly increas-
ing efficiency; she is thoroughly re-
sponsive to human sympathy and hu-
mane treatment from day to day and
year to year; her productive capacity
is largel ygoverned by the care she
receives and the feed given her. * * *
When we consider and compare these
resemblances we begin to realize that
the man behind the cow is a most im-
portant factor in dairy husbandry in
developing and maintaining the effi-
ciency of the dairy cow." — [Hoard's
Dairyman.
It must be remembered that the bull
influences the milking qualities of all
the heifers in the herd. This evident
fact is frequently overlooked entirely.
Unless, therefore, the breeding of the
bull used for service in the herd is
attended to, little and uncertain prog-
ress can be made in the improvement
of the milking capacities of the heif-
ers bred, and which are eventually
drafted into the dairy' herd.
Warranted
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The University Mounted Cadet Corps and Young
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2941 Claremont Ave., Berkeley, Cal.
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General Livery and Sale Business
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ADDRESS
Breeder and Sportsman
Post Office Drawer 447, San Francisco
Sells Horse Goods
and Tuttle & Clark
HARNESS HOPPLES
COOLERS
BOOTS
SWEATERS
HOODS
GILES' MAGIC LOTION
TWEED'S LINIMENT
SMITH'S WONDER WORKER
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DUNBAR'S OINTMENT
REDUCINE
STALLION SHIELDS
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KELLER'S TOE WEIGHTS
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DRYDEN'S X-RAY RACING PADS
PATENT BITS
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LEATHER NOVELTIES
J. David West
1018 Fillmore St.
Near Golden Gate Ave.,
SAN FRANCISCO
Phone Park 1253.
DRIVING CAPS AND JOCKEY CAPS
Veterinary
Dentistry
Ira Barker Dalzlel
Every facility to give the best of pro-
fessional services to all cases of veterin-
ary dentistry. Complicated caiea treated
successfully. Calls from out of town
promptly responded to.
The best work at reasonable price*
IRA BARKER DALZIEL
MO Fulton St.
San Francisco, Cal.
1 WANT TO BUY.— I have sold eleven
horses in the last few months ranging
from §2,000 to $200. If you have a horse
for sale and will write me, I will tell you
what my system is. It is a winner. I find
there is a buyer for every horse for sale
at the right price. It is just a question of
getting the buyer and seller together. If
you have one for sale let me hear from
you. MAGNUS FLAWS,
542 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111.
FARMS FOR SALE
Choice Land In Idaho
Lewiston, Idaho. Is situated at the
forks of Clearwater and Snake rivers and
has transportation to the coast.
960 acres 7^ miles from Lewiston, Ida-
ho, 4% from Lapwal, Idaho, on main
traveled road, all In cultivation except
about 15 acres, all level land. Just a little
rolling. 320 acres of fall wheat In, 226
acres fall plowed for spring crop, about
30 acres in alfalfa. All fenced and cross
fenced. Two good springs with big cem-
ent water troughs, well, windmill and
cement reservoir, water piped to house,
7 room house, hot and cold water and
electric lights. Large horse barn with
hay mow in the center, electric lights in
barn; cow barn with two box stalls; hog
pens, shade trees, chicken houses, black-
smith shop, wagon shed, granary, outdoor
cellar with bunk house overhead. $85 per
acre; will take one-third down, time on
balance to suit purchaser, at 7 per cent
interest. One-third of crop goes with
place if sold any time up close to harvest.
Mild climate, can raise all kinds of fruit,
grain and vegetables. Wheat In this
country goes from 35 to 65 bushels per
acre, barley 40 to 80 bushels per »cre.
320 acres 4% miles south of Vollmer,
Idaho, 275 acres in cultivation, balance in
pasture and timber, farm land lays prac-
tically level, one-third of crop goes with
place if sold before harvest. Some fall
wheat already sown. All fenced and cross
fenced. Quarter section of It fenced hog
tight; good four-room houso, wood shed,
and out of door cellar, nice grove around
house, well at house, fair stabling and
out buildings, spring and spring creek
elose to barn, three springs on place.
Price $70 per acre, one-third cash, bal-
ance at 7 per cent. Time to suit pur-
chaser.
238 acres 4\4 miles from Lewiston, Ida-
ho, 175 acres in cultivation, 25 more can
be cultivated, balance good bunch grass
pasture, fenced and cross-fenced, good
spring creek runs across place, small
house, station on place for Johnson R. R.,
two grain warehouses at station. Price
$70 per acre, one-third cash, balance at
7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
160 acres of timber land, good farm land
when timber is cleared off. all can be
farmed except about 2 or 3 acres. Good
timber, yellow pine and fir. Price $4ft00.
40 miles from Lewiston, Idaho. Well
located to log off.
240 acres 6 miles from Asotin. 12 miles
from Lewiston, Idaho, about 75 acres in
fall wheat, about 75 acres more can be
cultivated, balance In bunch grass pas-
ture, two springs, small house, all fenced.
Price $40 per acre, one-third cash, balance
at 7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
Reference Lewiston National Bank and
First National Bank. Address
F. W. KELLEY/.
Drawer 447. San Francisco, CsJ.
14
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Sept. 30, 19]
/
BEAUTIFUL BELVEDERE
LOTS FOR SALE
CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
most beautiful spot on the shores of San Francisco Bay
for a suburban home. It commands an extensive view of
the City of San Francisco, Alcatraz and Angel Islands,
Raccoon Straits, San Francisco Bay, Richardson's Bay,
the Berkeley shore, beautiful Belvedere and Mt. Tamal-
pais. It is in Marin County, directly opposite San Fran-
cisco, and forms the eastern shore of Belvedere cove.
It has a naturally terraced, sunny, western slope that is
well adapted for many choice residence sites, every one
affording most picturesque views of the bay and moun-
tain. It is protected from the prevailing western trade winds in
summer by Belvedere Island, and from the southerly storms in
winter by Angel Island. The soil is fertile and part of the island
is well wooded.
It is less subject to fog than any other place near San
Francisco. The summer fog, as it rolls in from the ocean, splits
on the western slope of Sausalito, part of it flowing in a line with
Angel Island towards the Berkeley shore, and part of it along
the southern slope of Mt. Tamalpais, leaving Belvedere, Corin-
thian Island and Raccoon Straits in the bright sunlight, while
the fog banks can be seen as a white wall both to the north and
the south.
There is very little available land about the shores of San
Francisco Bay that is desirable for homes, especially for those
who love boating and kindred sports. The Alameda and Contra
Costa shores of the bay are the lee shores and receive the full
brunt of the boisterous trade winds which lash the shoal waters
near the land into muddy waves, making boating both unpleas-
ant and dangerous. To the north of the city and in Marin
County the land from Sausalito to the entrance of the bay is a
Government reservation and will never be placed on the market.
The shores of Richardson's Bay are not at present convenient
to boat service and, aside from Belvedere and Corinthian Island,
there is little or no land near any ferry landing that possesses
the natural advantages, improvements and possibilities that are
offered on Corinthian Island. Concrete roads, pure water, tele-
phone service and electric light wires are already installed. It is
only ten minutes' walk from any point on the property to
Tiburon boats, and but forty-three minutes' ride to the foot of
Market Street.
On the point of Corinthian Island the Corinthian Yacht
Club has had its home for many years, and on any summer day
the white sails of its numerous fleet add to the charming scene,
as the trim yachts glide about the cove. Excellent fishing of all
kinds for bay fish, including salmon, the gamey striped bass,
rock fish and the toothsome silver smelt, is to be had in the cove.
There is probably no spot so accessible and in such close prox-
imity to any large city in the world that offers the attractions
of climate, magnificent scenery, fishing and boating as will here
be found.
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PLANT RUBBER AND SUPPLY CO.,
32 BEALE STREET
San Francisco, Cal.
ere.
F. W. KELLEY,
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN OFFICE,
366 PACIFIC BUILDING
San Francisco, Cal.
aturday, Sept. 30, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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Light Harness Horse
BY JAMES CLARK
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that you can understand, giving accurate and re-
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horse will find extremely helpful in the care of
his horse's feet.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
The Treatment of the Colt's
Feet Before Shoeing.
The First Set of Shoes.
Sore Feet and Sour Disposi-
tion.
Knee-hitting, Scalping, Etc.
Pads, their Benefits and
Abuses.
Thrush, its cause, treatment
Punctures.
Quarter and Toe Cracks.
Hoof Bound.
Hitting the Elbows.
ORDER YOUR COPY NOW
Navicular Trouble.
Heavy Shoes and Pads in
the Winter Season.
Neglected Teeth Make Knee
hitters and Cross Firers.
Making the Shoes.
Extension Shoes.
Outside or -|-swedged Shoes.
Swedges or Dies.
Calks and Grabs.
Bar Shoes Behind.
Aluminum Shoes.
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Light Harness Horse
BY JAMES CLARK
A COPY of this book should be in every horse
-*» owner's library. It treats the subject in a way
that you can understand, giving accurate and re-
liable information that every owner of a good
horse will find extremely helpful in the care of
his horse's feet.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
The Treatment of the Colt's
Navicular Trouble.
Feet Before Shoeing.
Heavy Shoes and Pads in
The Fint Set of Shoes.
the Winter Season.
Sore Feet and Sour Disposi-
Neglected Teeth Make Knee
tion.
hitters and Cross Firers.
Knee-hitting, Scalping, Etc.
Making the Shoes.
Pads, their Benefits and
Extension Shoes.
Abuses.
Outside or |-swedged Shoes.
Thrush, its cause, treatment
Swedges or Dies.
Punctures.
Calks and Grabs.
Quarter and Toe Cracks.
Bar Shoes Behind.
Hoof Bound.
Aluminum Shoes.
Hitting the Elbows.
The Last Word.
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DATES OF FAIRS.
CALIFORNIA.
Riverside Co. Fair at Riverside Oct. 10-14
Kern County Fair at Bakersfield Oct. 24-28
A CALIFORNIA CIRCUIT for 1917 is already
being "talked about" and there is a possibility that
one may be arranged and purses and dates an-
nounced before January first. Among the towns
where race meetings could be given with a reason-
able assurance that no deficit would result under
proper management, are Salinas, San Jose, Pleas-
anton, Santa Rosa, Dixon, Woodland, Marysville,
Sacramento, Stockton, Fresno, Hanford, Bakersfield,
Ventura, Riverside and Los Angeles. Here are fif-
teen cities, all with good tracks, and out of this
fifteen it should be possible to get nine that with
the State Fair at Sacramento would comprise a cir-
cuit of ten weeks' racing. Every horseman to whom
this suggestion has been made by the writer has
said that if such a circuit is announced by January
1st, he will immediately thereafter begin training
a string of horses to race through the circuit. We
believe that meetings at Pleasanton, Santa Rosa,
Dixon, Woodland, Fresno, Hanford, Bakersfield, Riv-
erside and Ventura will certainly be given next year
and it only remains for these tracks to unite and
arrange purses in December, so that a general an-
nouncement can be made by the first of the new
year. Even with purses at the majority of these
places no larger than $500, with the P. C. T. H. B. A.
and the State Fair providing $1000 purses, there will
be nearly $75,000 to trot for and this will make a
very respectable circuit. We hope the secretary of
over and let it be known whether his town will be
willing to join a California circuit of fairs and race
meetings in 1917. The sooner action is taken the
better, as with such an announcement we will see
many horses put in training that will not otherwise
be trained and enough to make a California circuit
a big success,
every association in California will think this matter
TRHEE HEATS and three heats only, every heat
a race, and four moneys to each heat, is the plan
under which most of the harness racing has been
done in California this year, and it has given general
satisfaction. If a horse is fast enough and good
enough to win all three heats he is awarded just as
much money as he would have received had he won
under the old three in five plan. If he has won a
heat and then by accident or other cause been so
unfortunate as to finish outside the distance, he
retains whatever he has already won, and right
there is one of the main reasons why the system is
so popular with horse owners and trainers. When an
owner has paid entrance money to start in a race and
won first or been in the money in the first heat, he is
liable to have an intense feeling of disgust and dis-
appointment if his horse is distanced in a succeeding
heat if thereby (as under the three in five rule) he
loses all claim to any part of the purse. But if
finishing behind the flag in a succeeding heat does
not not take away his claim to the money won in
previous heats, that portion of the purse is a balm to
his wounded feelings and helps toward a more
cheerful outlook on life in general and on that race
in particular and he is more inclined to give his horse
another chance to make good. In the three heat plan
where the whole purse is, say $900, with $300 for
each heat, the first four horses in any heat will be
awarded $150, $75, $45 and $30 respectively, and it
is possible in a race where twelve horses start for
each one to get some of the money. Another good
feature of the three heat plan is that it permits an
owner to start a horse twice at a meeting without
over-racing him. Any horse in training that is ready
to race can go three heats twice a week without
injury and for this reason alone the system is popular
with California trainers, the majority of whom have
but small strings of horses to race. I£ there is a
California circuit in 1917, the majority of these races
will undoubtedly be on the three heat plan.
o
GOOD ROADS are doing more for California than
anything for which the people have bonded them-
selves in many years. The $18,000,000 which have
been expended so far have been well spent and
every committee that has examined and reported
thereon has unanimously so decided. At the coming
general election the question is to be put to the
people: Are you willing to bond the State for
$15,000,000 more to be put into good roads? and we
believe the people will answer Yes with a will.
Sacramento this week voted four to one in favor of
bonding that county for something over a million
to be spent on roads inside that county. It was a
wise decision and there is nothing that will bring the
right sort of people to that prosperous section in
large numbers so quickly as first-class roads that
can be traveled in comfort both summer and winter.
California is by nature the most favored section
of the world and when the California roads are all
first-class highways it will be as popular a place for
tourists as the most favored sections of Europe ever
were. Vote Yes for the bonds.
portions in the years to come. wrell bred colts that
can show speed will be in greater demand. Advertise
your stallions now.
EVERY FAIR held on the Pacific Coast this year
has been well attended and these is more interest in
the display of farm products of all kinds than ever
before in the history of the State. The recent world's
fair held in San Francisco is the cause of some of
this increased interest but we think the chief reason
is the work being done in California by the Agricul-
tural Department of our State University. Ever since
the establishment of the State Farm at Davis, and
the short courses in agriculture, horticulture, and
live stock breeding and care at the farm, as well
as the correspondence courses, there has been a new
interest in such matters in the minds of the farmers
and their families'. The State University is doing
wonderful work along these lines, and there is no
money the people have been paying in taxes from
w-hich is coming better or greater results.
IT IS NOT TOO EARLY to make stallion an-
nouncements for 1917. The old plan of waiting until
the breeding season actually begins is obsolete in
progressive horse breeding communities, and we
notice that several of the eastern stallion owners
are already announcing where their stallions will be
and the terms on which they will make the season
during 1917. We believe good stallions will be better
patronized this year than last, and as the sport of
harness racing has certainly increased in popularity
this year and is certain to grow to still greater pro-
Hemet Stock Farm Horses Are at Riverside.
Fred Ward reached Riverside last Monday with
the Hemet Stock Farm horses after a most success-
ful campaign through the Middle West. He raced at
Albuquerque. New Mexico, last week on his way
home, winning two races there with Don de Lopez
and two with Oro Lou. while Fiesta Lou was twice
third, and Sterling Lou once third and once fourth.
Great Northern also won two races. Ward will
race at Riverside during the meeting which opens
on the 10th inst.. before going into winter quarters
at Hemet Stock Farm. Don de Lopez returns home
with a two-year-old record of 2:19% and has been
often referred to in the Chicago and Indianapolis
turf papers as one of the best two-year-olds seen in
the west for some time and a very likely candidate
for 2:10 honors in his three-year-old form. Mr.
Whittier, proprietor of Hemet Stock Farm, is highly
pleased with the result of the first campaign made
outside of California by the young horses bred on
the farm and gives Ward much credit for his excel-
lent management of the string. The performances
of the colts and fillies bred at Hemet Farm during
the racing season of 1916 have added new laurels to
that farm, its management and to its two young
stallions, Wilbur Lou and Kinney de Lopez.
The Story of Roan Hal 2:00%.
Roan Hal, writh Tommy Murphy driving, won the
Board of Trade stake of $3000 for 2:07 class pacers
at Columbus last month, and did it in straight
heats, beating Miss Harris M. and three others in
2:03%, 2:01% and 2:03. Guy Rockwell, the Cleve-
land turf scribe, recently gave a few incidents in
the life of Roan Hal. as follows:
A victim of various kinds of ill luck is the speedy
pacing horse Roan Hal.
Possessing a great flight of speed and excellent
manners, Roan Hal earned a record of 2:01% at the
Syracuse Grand Circuit meet this season, but withal
his good qualities and capabilities it looks as if the
roan gelding would be remembered by devotees of
the harness horse as an unlucky animal.
Roan Hal's career is not ended. He is in the
stable of the great Tommy Murphy and has a few
engagements yet to fill, but it would be a great sur-
prise after all his mishaps were good fortune to
perch on Roan Hal's banner so late in the season.
Bred by A. C. Shilling. Russiaville, Ind., in 1907,
Roan Hal was so little thought of by his breeder that
he was sold to C. W. Harris, a horse dealer, for $160.
Being by Hal DeFacto — Maud C. by Minnesinger and
his granddame being by Wm. Penn, this was a small
price for a young pacing horse with such breeding.
After this start Roan Hal passed under the auc-
tioneer's hammer at Norfolk. Va., for $250. He was
purchased by H. E. Holmes, a veterinarian. Holmes
turned the horse over to Jerry Garrett, an employe
of Uncle Sam's, who drove Roan Hal around his
rural route hitched to a mail wagon. Government
work proved an ideal sort of training for the horse
and Garrett finally decided to race him.
The first season he was raced Roan Hal earned a
record of 2:11% and did not lose a race. He went
lame, however, toward the end of the campaign and
was turned over to Sam Earing to fix up.
The Richmond trainer wintered the horse and
thought he had him sound. He took him to Michigan
the next spring, but a spavin appeared and the horse
was so lame that the owner gave the horse to Earing
to pay for his keep and training expenses. The Vir-
ginia trainer realized that he had a man's work
ahead of him to get the horse so that he might race
again, but he set to work. He took excellent care
of the horse and by skillfully tursing pulled him
through, finally selling him to H. H. Hutchins of
Brooklyn, the present owner.
Roan Hal was entered in some of the stakes on
the Grand Circuit this year and after a more than
fair showing in his first start at North Randall, Hal
failed to race up to form in the Board of Commerce
stake at Detroit and he was sent from there to the
Rockport half mile track, where he won an easy
race. He was shipped over to Cranwood the next
week and from there shipped to Columbus. En-route
to the Capital City the car in which Roan Hal was
quartered was wrecked, but fortunately the roan
horse was uninjured, and he carried that luck with
him in his race at the first Columbus meet, where he
won, reducing his record to 2:02%.
Misfortune overtook him tbe following week at
North Randall, where he was beaten by Miss Harris
M. and his driver was suspended for improper driv-
ing. After that Tom Murphy took the horse, won
second money with him at Hartford and won a good
race with him at Syracuse where he beat Miss Har-
ris M. in 2:01%. Last week, however, the Hal horse
was favorite at Columbus but was beaten and that
has been his life history. He seems to be a horse
that "blows in the pinches." However, when the
great struggle he has had to become a racer is con-
sidered, it must be admitted that Roan Hal has
accomplished a great deal.
Roan Hal did not "blow" in the pinches at Lexing-
ton last Tuesday, but won in 2:02% and 2:00%, a
new record for him.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, October 7, 1916
NEW WORLD RECORDS.
OREGON STATE FAIR RACES.
LAST WEEK AT COLUMBUS.
The Real Lady and Volga Set Them in the Kentucky
Futurities.
The Lexington meeting which opened last Monday
saw a new record for two-year-old fillies made that
day, and a new record tor three-year-old fillies the
following day, both records made in divisions of the
Kentucky Futurity. The Real Lady, winner of the
two-year-old division, broke the- world's filly record
of 2:07% held jointly by Native Belle and Volga, by
trotting the first heat of the futurity in 2:07%, and
lowered this mark a half second in the next heat,
when she finished the mile in 2:07 flat. The Real
Lady was bred at Walnut Hall farm and is the third
filly by Moko to win the two-year-old futurity.
The first heat developed some remarkable racing,
Harvest Gale, the fourth horse inside the flag, trot-
ting in 2:09%. The mark set by The Real Lady
gives Thomas Murphy both the two-year-old filly and
colt record, he having driven Peter Yolo when this
colt made the record of 2:04%. The Real Lady is
by Moko, her dam is Fruity Worthy (2) 2:2511 by
Axworthy (3) 2:15%, second dam Fruition 2:15% by
Adbell (1) 2:23, third dam Expectation, dam of two
in 2:10 by Autograph 2:16%, fourth dam Miss Cope-
land by Almont Star and fifth dam by Prophet Jr.,
grandson of Black Hawk 5, thus rnnning back
through the best of producing lines to the old Mor-
gan blood. The Real Lady has been undefeated this
year and as she is sound and has not been over-
raced should train on into a three-year-old that will
be able to trot very close to the record made by Volga
the following day.
Volga won the three-year-old futurity Tuesday, de-
feating those high class three-year-olds Harrod's
Creek, Expressive Lou, Bingen Silk, Suldine and
Bintara, and won her heats in 2:06%. 2:07 and
2:04%, the time of the third heat being the more
remarkable as she had trotted two such fast ones
just previously. Volga's new mark is not only the
world's record for three-year-old fillies, but is a
world's record for three heats by a three-year-old
and is also a quarter of a second faster than the
world's record for four-year-old mares. Volga is by
Peter the Great, dam Nervolo Belle (dam also of
Peter Yolo (4) 2:02) by Nervolo 2:041,4, pacing,
second dam Josephine Knight by Betterton 8022, son
of Geo. Wilkes, third dam Mambrino Beauty by Marn-
brino King, fourth dam by Allie West 745, son of
Almont 33, fifth dam by Alcalde 103, son of Mam-
brino Chief, sixth dam by Shropshire's Tom Hal.
There is a wealth of Mambrino Chief and Geo.
Wilkes blood in the dam of Volga, and Peter the
Great was a complete outcross for her. Nervolo
Belle is certainly the world's greatest broodmare
with two such three-year-old trotters as Peter Volo
2:03% and Volga 2:04% to his credit. Peter Volo
won his three-year-old futurity in 2:07%, 2:05 and
2:03%, Volga hers in 2:06%, 2:07 and 2:04%. Will
any three-year-olds ever lower this mark, and will
any three-year-old full brother and sister ever ap-
proach such a record?
Miss Mackiie Enters the 2:10 List.
The trotting mare Miss Mackiie, foaled 1909,
owned by Mr. M. L. Woy. of Fresno, look a breeders'
record of 2:09% at the Fresno Fair last Friday. This
gives Stanford McKinney 45173 his first 2:10 per-
former, with another trotter, Miss Macklie's full
brother Pavana 2:10%, very close to the mark. The
dam of Miss Mackiie is Strathalie by Strathway out
of the great broodmare Athalie by Harkaway. Strath-
alie is now the dam of Miss Mackiie 2:09%, Pavana
2:10% and Strathboule 2:13%, all trotters.
Friday's Races at Fresno.
Although but three days' harness racing were an-
nounced for the Fresno Fair last week, and which
were duly reported in last week's Breeder and
Sportsman, it was decided to hold a fourth day's
racing on Friday. The 2 : 09 trot and the final heat of
the ladies' free-for-all pace were on the card, the
results being as follows:
2:09 trot, purse S600:
Bon Cres, blk h by Bon Voyage (Chadbourne) 111
Columbia T., b m by Bon Guy (Smith) 3 2 2
Harold C, b g by Bon Voyage (Cohen) 2 4 3
Bert Kellv. b g bv McAdrian (Gallup) 4 3 4
Time— 2:13, 2:14%, 2:15%.
Ladies' free-for-all pace, final heat:
Nitty, ch g (Mrs. Lane) 1
Silente, b g (Mrs. Harmon) 2
Firebaugh. bl s (Mrs. Rnssin) 3
Time — 2:17.
Half-mile running race, purse $100 — Tom Woods,
first; Pearl, second: Babin, third. Time, 0:49%.
Round Up, Bessie H., Blue Bird, Red Wings, Fontella
also ran.
One-half mile running race, purse $125 — Tallow
Dip, first; Right Smart, second; Sad Sam, third.
Time. 1:43%.
Three-eighths mile, running race, purse $100 — Belle
first; Queen, second; Buck Thomas, third. Time,
0:36. Landlady, Pearl, also ran.
To beat 2:13% trotting — Miss Mackiie, owned by
M. L. Woy. Fresno, won. Time, 2:09'i.
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Directum I. has been engaged for a trial to lower
all half mile track records for a mile at Goshen.
He holds the present record, 2:02%, which is "some
mile" for a two-lap track.
Monday. Sept. 25.
Two-vear-old trot, purse 5150:
Bonnie MeCann. b t by The Bondsman. . (Kirkland) 1 1
Salem Girl, bv Zom Norte (Mauzey) 2 2
Time— 3:16%. 3:1S?4.
'2:1" pace, purse S7o0:
Zombrino, b h bv Prince Zomhro (Eunch) 111
Hal Paxton, b li bv Hal B (Woodcock) 2 2 2
Indian Hal bv Hal B (Truesdale) 5 3 3
Delia H. bv Hal B (Smith) 3 4 4
J. C. B. bv Hal B (W. Hogoboom) 4 5 5
Time— 2:08%, 2:09, 2:10%.
Tuesday, Sept. 26.
2:15 trot, purse ;:
Copius. b g by Lacopia (McGirr) 111
Hallie B.. b m by Hal B (Swisher) 3 3 2
Starost. ch h bv The King Red (Sanford) 2 5 3
Beauty B.. bl m by Woodlock ....(Guion) 4 2 4
Mack Fitzsimmons (Helman) 5 4 5
Bonniola (Newbill) 6 6 6
Time— 2:13. 2:15. 2:14i_..
2:18 pace, purse 7
Joe Bucklev, b h by Bonnie McKay — Lady Lyn-
mont (W. Hogoboom) 12 1
Greatness, b m by Peter Wilton (Sanford) 6 12
Bertie Seattle, b m by Prince Seattle (Smith) 2 5 3
Daisy D.. b m by Hal B (Kinney) 5 3 4
Hal Logan, b h by Jim Logan 3 6 w
Sonoma Maid, b m bv Jim Buford 4 5 d
Time— 2:1151, 2:10%, 2:1234.
Special. 2:25 trot, mirse $400:
Mark H.. gr h bv Coma (Cook) 12 1
Guv Light, b g by Searchlight (Lindsay) 5 13
Salem Boy. b g by Zom Norte (Mauzey) 3 4 2
James Oliver, by Bonaday (Burt) 2 5 4
Cavalier Gale, by Barongale (Swisher) 4 3 5
Time— 2:lS'j. 2:15%, 2:17%.
Wednesday. Sept. 27.
: pace — Shriners' Stake— '_
Prince Zolock. bl h by Zoioek (Helman) 111
Lady Hal. b m by Hal B (McGuire) 2 i 2
King Bond, b h bv The Bondsman (Lewis) 7 3 3
Emaline Dillon, b m bv Guv Dillon (Steuart) 3 6 6
Hal Edo. b m by Hal B (W. Hogoboom) 6 4 4
Homer Mac. b h by Petigru 5 7 5
Francis J., b m by The Patchen Boy. . (Lindsay) 8 8 7
Lock Logan, b h bv Zolock (Montgomery) 4 5 d
Time— 2 i ,2:07%, 2:08%.
Special, pace, purse si
MeAlpin. b s by Prince Seattle (Kirkland) 4 2 1
Bertie Seattle, br m bv Prince Seattle(Woodcock) 5 12
Highho, b h by Keeler 13 3
Bailie H.. b m bv- Hal Xorte (Merrill) 2 4 5
Helen Hal. b m by Hal B (Staats) 3 5 4
Time— 2:14%. 2:14%, 2:14%.
Thursday, Sept. 28.
Farmers' trot or pace, purse $2(
Sam D (A. McMillan) 1 1
Sam R (Mrs. J. Damp) 2 2
Lady Norte (E. C. Eoff ) 4 3
Jimmie 3 4
Bill Smith 5 5
Time— 2:31%. 2:34.
2:12 trot— Elks- Stake— «2000:
Bon Guv, b s bv Bon Vovage (Woodcock) 2 111
John Mack, b g bv Geo. Fuller (Tryon) 12 2 2
Hallie B. bv Hal B (Swisher) 3 3 3 3
Starost. ch h by The King Red (Sanford) 4 4 4 4
Floradora Z-, br m by Zombro (Guion) 5 '5 5 w
Time— 2:111=4. 2:u9%. 2:12'-. 2:13%.
2:20 pace, purse -
Joe Buckley, b h by Bonnie McKay
(W. Hogoboom) 111
Yevo Hal. br m bv Hal B (Kinney) 2 2 2
King Zolock. h h by Zolock (Bush) 3 4 5
Hal Logan, b h bv Jim Logan (Montgomerv) 4 3 S
-Highho, by Keeler (Davis) 7 6 3
Winsor Direct, bv Baron Direct .(McGuire) i
Montana Belle by Hal Mercury (Wright) 6 5 6
Kinnev Wave, bv Tidal Wave (Cook) 5 8 w
Time— 2:ll?j. 2:11%.
Friday, Sept. 29.
2:1S trot, purse $S00:
Mark H.. gr h bv Como (Cook) 1 2 5
Bc-autv B.. by Woodlock (Ball) 3 3 1
Complete, by Palite (Smith) 4 14
Bonniola, by Bonaday (Xewbill) 2 o 3
Cavalier Gale, by Barongale (McGuire) 7 4 2
James Oliver, by Bonaday (Bush) 5 7 7
Salem Boy, by Zom Norte (Mauzy) 6 6 6
Time — 2:12%, 2:14 I, 1:15%.
Free-for-all pace, purse $750:
Jim Logan, b s by Chas, Derby. . . . (Montgomery) 111
Prince Zolock. b s by Zolock (Helman) 2 2 3
O. U. C b h by C. The Limit (Smith) 7 7 2
Ladv Hal. by Hal B (McGuire) 3 3 4
Hal Edo, by Hal B (W. Hogoboom) 5 4 6
Indian Hal. by Hal B 4 6 7
Horner Mc. by Petigru (Knowles) 6 5 5
Time— 2:"7^ 2; <
Saturday, Sept. 30.
2:2.:. pace, purse 575
Zombrino. by Prince Zombro (Bunch) 111
Lock Logan, by Zolock (Montgomery) 2 3 2
Greatness, by Peter Wilton (Sanford) 3 2 3
Garland Mc by Homer Mc (Knowles) 4 5 4
Bertie Seattle, bv Prince Seattle (Smith) 5 4 5
Time — 2:09. 2:08, .
Consolation trot — Elimination Plan — $150 for each heat
— $100 to first. $50 to second. Monev winners to go to
stable:
Homer Mac. by Petigru (Knowles) 1
J. C. B.. by Hal E (Merrill) 2
Hal Edo, by Hal B (Abbott) 3 1
Montana Belle, by Hal Mercury (Wright) 5 3 1
Francis J., by The Patchen Bov (Lindsay) 4 2
Kinnev Wave, by Tidal Wave (Smith) 6 4 2
Time— 2:14. 2:12%, 2:20.
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The four-year-old pacer, Don F. 2:05%. recently
worked a half in 1:01%. The horse will not be
started this year in a race, but may be sent against
time to lower the world's four-year-old record for
pacing geldings held at 2:03% by R. H. Brett.
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Lucile Spier 2:06%, on a half mile track won in
the single roadster class at the recent Michigan
State Fair at Detroit. She also won in the breeding
class and champion sweepstakes class. Hooked dou-
ble with Doris Watts 2:17%, the pair won at that
hitch, although they had never been hooked double
previous to the day they were shown in the ring.
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Princess Welcome 2:07%, the fast trotter which
has raced so well in the West for Joe McLaughlin
and was headed for the Lexington, Ky.. meeting.
broke a bone in one of her hind legs at the Spring-
field, 111., meeting and will not race again.
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4 12
Monday, Sept. 25.
2:15 class pacing, three in five, first division, purse 5800:
Hal Connor, br h by Argot Hal (Childs) 6 4 11]
Direct Dell, blk g by King Direct. . (Rodney) 3 14 4 2
Hal King, blk h (Snow) 2 2 3 Ml
AJso started — Anna Glynn, Colonel B., Drift Patch,
McKinney.
Time— 2:06%. 2:0714, 2:07%, 2:10%, 2:08%.
Chamber of Commerce stake, 2:09 trotters, three in fiv
purse $3000:
Mabel Trask, ch m by Peter the Great (Cox) 1 1 1 1
The Eno, ch h (Erskine)
Harry J. S.. blk h (Tyson) 5 2 4
Also started — Esperanza, Sister Strong, Bacelli, Bon-
nington, Yanco B.
Time— 2:06%, 2:05%, 2:06%.
The Devereux stake, 2:15 trotters, three heats, $2000:
Early Don, ch g by Don Cale (Valentine) 1 1
Brescia, br m (Rodney) 3
Grand Chimes, b s (Edman) 2
Also started — Brisac. Lu Princeton.
Time— 2:08%. 2:06%, 2:06%.
2:15 class pacing, three in five, second division.
Queen Hal, ro m by Gold Hal (McPherson) 1
Hoi-ace McKerron, ch h (Miller) 2
Major A,, b g (Crossman) 5
Also started — Miss Patsy. Martin B., Miss Jean,
Aul. Baroness Watson. Count Marque.
Time— 3:06%, 2:0G%. 2:08%.
To beat 2:05 trotting — Peter Scott, br h by Peter the I
Great (Murphy). Lost. Time, 2:05%.
Tuesday, Sept. 26.
2:1* class, trotting. 3 in 5. purse $1200:
Zomreet. blk h by Zombro (McDonald)
Ridgemark. b g by Wilask (C. Traynor)
Isworthy McKinney, b h (H. Fleming)
Also started — Blanch Carter, Barbara King, Joh
Wreath. Channing. Daisy Todd. Bingara, Hollyrood King
Sister Ella, Truesada, Judge Jones.
Time— 2:1.9%. 2:0S%. 2:0S. 2:07"
Sweepstakes, three-year-old trotters. 2 in 3. $800 added
Harrod's Creek, ch c by Gen. Watts (Engleman) 1
Suldine. b c (W. Traynor) 2
Maple Tree, b g (Murphy) 3
Also started — Silver Mine.
Time— 2:09%, 2:09%.
Arch City stake, 2:10 pacers. 3 in 5, $3000:
Ben Earl, b g by The Earl (Childs) 111
Jay Ell Mack, b h (Murphy) 2 2*
Diumeter, b g (Grady) 3 3 9
Also started — Ashlook. Sir Anthony Carter, Baby Ber-
tha, Kate McKinley.
Time— 2:03%, 2:00%, 2:03%.
2:13 class pacing, 3 in 5. purse $1200:
Little Frank D.. b g by Little Frank. . (Valentine) 111
Young Todd, b g (Cox) 7 2 1
Baronwood. blk h (H. Fleming) 2 6 5
Also started — Bernice Alcantara, Robert Frisco, Muscle
Shell, Frederick Hillis. Admiral Dewey n., Martin C
Tramp-a-Bit
Time— 2:05%, 2:f'4%. 2:04%.
Wednesday, Sept. 27.
Board of Trade stake, 2:07 pacers. 3 in 5. purse $3000:
Roan Hal, ro g by Hal de Facto (Murphy) 1 1
Miss Harris M.. b m (McDonald) 2 3
Goldie C. b m (Valentine) 4 2
The Savoy and Dr. Burns also started.
Time— 2:03%. 2:01%. 2:03.
Free-for-all class, pacing. 2 in 3. purse $1500:
Napoleon Direct, ch h by "U alter Direct. .(Murphy) 1
Single G„ b s (Cox) 2
*Russell Boy, b h (Valentine) 3
sHal Boy. b g (McMahon) 4
^Divided third and fourth money.
Time— 2:01%. 2:01%.
2:"S class, trotting. 3 in 5, purse $1200, unfinished:
Allie Watts, ch m by General Watts. . . .
(Edman) 1 3 2
Bonnington. ch s by Bellini (Murphy) 4
Miss Perfection, b m by General Watts...
(McMahon) 2
Virginia Bamette (Durfee) 3
1 1
Time— 2:0S^. 2:07%, 2:08%. 2:10%. 2:12%.
Thursday and Friday, Sept. 28-29.
There was no racing on Thursday or Friday, owing
rain.
Saturday, Sept. 30.
class trotting. 3 in 5, purse $1200 (five heats <
Wednesday) :
Bonnington. ch s by Bellini (Murphy) 4 113 4 2
Miss Perfection, b m (McMahon) 2 2 3 2 11
Allie Watts, ch m (Edman)l 3 2 1 2 dis
Also started — Virginia Bamette.
Time— 2:08%, 2:07%. 2:"S%. 2:10%. 2:12%, 2:0S%, 2:10M
2:09 class pacing. 3 in 5. purse $1200:
Beth Clark, blk m by Joe Patchen (Hedrick) 1 1
Solomon Boy. b g (Myers) 2 2
Van Burn, ch g (C. Valentine) 4 3
Also started — Fern Hal, Hal Mapes.
Time— 2:09%. 2:"7%. 2:"7%.
The Buckeye Stake. 2:12 trotters, 3 in 5, purse $5000:
Mabel Trask, ch m by Peter the Great (Cox) 1 1
Donna Clav. b m (C. Valentine) 2 2
Humfast. b m (Murphy) 3 3
Also started — Esperanza. Alma Forbes.
Time— 2:07%. 2:08%. 2:06%.
2:11 class pacing, 3 in 5, purse $1200:
Areta V.. ch m by Constanero (Cox) 112
Queen Hal, ro m (McPherson) 8 5 1
Theda Bara, b m (Whitney) 2 3 4
Also started— Hal Leaf. Hazel H.. Lady Venus. Willo
Hal. Jimmie E., Harvey K., Black Wreath, Crystal Nigh
Al McKinnev.
Time— 2:05%. 2:06%. 2:05. 2:05%.
2:15 class trotting. 3 in 5, purse $1200:
Pittsburgh, ch g by General Athol. . .(Murphy) 9 11
Jeanette Speed, blk m (Cox) 12 9
Trusty McKinnev. blk m (McDonald) 3 8 2
Also started— Lotta Watts. Miss Winter, Doris Watt
My Boy, Colonel Riser, Black Peter, Ormonde Rose, Gu
Drop.
Time— 2:11%, 2:10. 2:10%, 2:10%.
2:10 class trotting. 3 in 5, purse $1200:
M. L. J., b g by Red Mill (Leonard) 1 1
Jack K.. s g (Gray) 3 3
Todd Temple, br g (Jamieson) 4 8
•McCloskey, br g (McDonald) 6 5
*Baron Robinhood. b s (Swain) 5 4
•Divided fourth money.
Also started — Yanco, Nathan Axworthy. Sombrero Clay
Al Mack.
Time— 2:09%, 2:07%. 2:09%.
Stellamaris (2) 2:23%, the three-year-old fill
which was second to Bingen Silk 2:07% at Indian
apolis. Ind.. died at Columbus from blood poisonin
caused bv an ulcerated tooth.
Fenesta, a two-year-old by San Francisco 2:07V
out of the noted trotter, Fereno 2:05%, was given
record of 2:21% by Harry Stokes. This filly i
owned by Wilbur Myers, Springfield, O.
Saturday, October 7, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Thoroughbred Matters
WHEN ANDREW JACKSON MADE MATCH
RACES.
An effort will be made this winter to have the
State Legislature pass a bill which shall put racing
in California under the control of a commission as
it is in Kentucky, Nevada and other states, and to
permit betting on race results by the pari-mutuel
system within the enclosure where such racing is
being held and nowhere else. Such a law as the
Kentucky law would, beyond any doubt, do a great
deal for the thoroughbred and also the trotting horse
industry of California, and a bill actually framed
in those interests might be passed and approved, but
there will have to be "eternal vigilance" practiced
by the breeders if they would keep from the bill any-
thing and everything that the race track gamblers
will attempt to have inserted in it that will permit
them to run continuous meetings of a month or more
in each county. A bill that will permit racing to be
held for 30 days in each county will offer the oppor-
tunity for tracks to be built in San Mateo, San Fran-
cisco. Alameda, Contra Costa and Marin counties, all
within 30 minutes of this city, and five months of
racing held from the first day of November to the
first day of April each year, which would make the
racing evil as bad as it ever was. Two weeks' racing
during the year with pari-mutuel betting is sufficient
for any community and it might be wise to limit this
racing to a certain radius instead of by counties.
The two greatest breeds of horses in the world, the
thoroughbred and the trotter, were built up before
continuous racing was inaugurated and commercial-
ized by those who conduct it as a business instead
of a sport.
Geo. Wingfield of Nevada has purchased in Eng-
land a full brother to his two-year-old Mont Blanc
that died last spring. It is a yearling colt by Grey
Legs out of Bernini, and is expected to reach New
York in a few days. Mr. Wingfield also purchased
Bernini, but she will not be shipped to America until
after she is again mated with Grey Legs in the
spring.
The Douglas Park. Louisville, meeting came to an
end September 26th with an attendance close to
20,000. The A. K. Macomber stable won the five and
a half furlong race that day with Kittenish, ridden
by Phillips. Trainer Walter Jennings put over one
winner each day of the meeting for the Macomber
stable.
Senor S. J. Unzue of Argentina has recently pur-
chased from Sir. Robert Jardine, of England, the bay
four-year-old colt Sunbar by Sundridge out of Bar-
onne by. Melton, second dam by Ladas and third dam
the famous La Fleche by St. Simon. Sunbar was a
good winner in England, and his breeding is excep-
tional. His new owner is also the owner and breeder
of Occurrencia, the best three-year-old in Argentina
last season, when she won ten races and a little
over $80,000.
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Canada is on the eve of a turf war and the outlook
at present is very stormy. With the idea of saving
racing in the Dominion the other associations issued
a warning to the horsemen against racing at the new
Devonshire Park race course in Windsor and some
of the horsemen have taken affront at this ruling and
look upon it as an outlawr threat. The Canadian
branch of the Thoroughbred Horse Association held
a general meeting in the King Edward Hotel and
the matter was kone into and discussed.
The lack of opportunity to race in England, with
the resultant withdrawal of horses from the training
stables, is beginning to show- in the sales of year-
lings and older horses, and in the curtailment of
breeding operations, especially by men who rear
thoroughbreds for the market as a matter of com-
bined business and pleasure. From a total of about
$1,600,000 realized in 1913 for 683 yearlings sold by
auction returns for last year fell below $400,000 for
584 lots, the average being considerably less than
one-third as much as before the war. This year's
prices are still lower, scores of well bred yearlings
having been struck off at the price of common hacks
in the July sales at Newmarket. With racing now all
but suspended, a complete collapse of the market is
feared.
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Grand Prix de Paris Most Valuable Race.
The most valuable race in the world is the Grand
Prix de Paris. It was last run in 1914 when Baron
Rothchild won it with Sardanapale, ridden by George
Stern, and the stake secured by the son of Prestige
was $75,600, with $4,000 for the breeder. It was run
on Sunday, June 28th, 1914. It only costs $200 to
start in this stake, $125 to scratch, $100 for those
who declare out on the Wednesday preceding the
race, and $20 to declare May 1st. Another rich prize
is the Melbourne Cup run at Melbourne, Australia.
It is a handicap sweepstake of $150 each, with $40,000
added, and a trophy valued at $750 for the winner,
the second horse receiving $7,000 and the third $3,500
out of the stake. The race is run November 7th.
In that very interesting volumne entitled "Making
the American Thoroughbred" from the pen of James
Douglas Anderson of Madison, Tennessee, many sto-
ries o£ the turf as related by Hon. Balie Peyton,
lawyer, diplomat, statesman and soldier, during his
lifetime to the author of the book, are given. Stories
of Gen. Jackson are numerous.
Horsemen of the present generation have known
in a rather vague way that Jackson was first and
foremost among the Presidents as a breeder and
turfman, but it has remained for the painstaking
author of "Making the American Thoroughbred" to
prove that Old Hickory, for twenty years or more,
stood at the very head of the turf in the great race-
horse region of the West. As showing the extent of
his stud and stable in early days it is related that
on one occasion, when Captain Erwin offered to run
Tanner against any horse in the world, four mile
heats, for $5000 a side, the person accepting the chal-
lenge to name at the post, General Jackson took the
bet and trained sixteen horses, Truxton and Grey-
hound among them. He started Greyhound and won
the race in three heats.
This was in the fall of 1805. In the spring of the
same year Greyhound, then owned by Lazarus Cot-
ton, had beaten the General's favorite racer, Truxton,
when the latter was out of condition, at mile heats
over the course at Hartsville. With characteristic
determination to conquer, Jackson at once made
another match for $5000 a side, to be run over the
same course. In referring to this match Peyton
says no other horse race in the history of Tennessee
was so exciting or caused so much betting. Money
was scarce in those days, and the settlers wagered
their horses, their crops, and even their land and
their clothes on the result. Old pioneers, who were
accustomed to quarter racing and had witnessed the
indomitable gameness and great success of Grey-
hound, staked tracts of land a mile square on the
little gelding that was under fifteen hands high.
Jackson, long afterward, told Peyton that besides
the main stakes he won $1,500 in wearing apparel,
and that his friend Patton Anderson, after betting
all his money and the horse he rode to the race,
staked fifteen of the finest horses on the grounds,
belonging to other persons, many of the horses hav-
ing ladies' saddles on their backs.
"Now, I wouldn't have done that for the world,"
Jackson said, "but Patton did it, and as he won and
treated to a whole barrel of hard cider and a basket
full of ginger cakes, he made it all right."
Successful beyond any turfman of his time in the
country in which he lived at making matches and
winning them, Jackson ran afoul of one race nag he
never could beat. Her name was Maria, or Haynie's
Maria, as everybody called her, and she was the last
of the offspring of Truxton's sire, Diomed, got when
the first Derby winner was thirty years old. She
was a dark chestnut, fifteen hands high, and she
could run and win at all distances from a quarter of
a mile to four mile heats. Her crushing defeat of
his colt Decatur, son of Truxton, at Nashville, in
the fall of 1811 — she distanced him and three others
in the first heat — aroused the ire of the General,
who swore "by the Eternal" he would have revenge
if a horse could be found in the United States to
give it.
He bought an interest in Colonel Ed. Bradley's
Dungannon the next season, but' the little mare de-
feated him decisively at four mile heats. Then he
ransacked Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia and South
Carolina, and finally wrote to Colonel William R.
Johnson, "the Napoleon of the Turf," to send him the
best horse in Virginia, without regard to price. Paco-
let, a son of imported Citizen, that had greatly dis-
tinguished himself at four mile heats, was sent on at
a high price. Maria took the measure of the Virginia
champion with gTeat ease at four mile heats, in a
sweepstakes for $1000 a corner, at Nashville, in the
fall of 1813. Not satisfied with the result, the Gen-
eral made a match between Pacolet and the mare
for $1000 a side, to come off in 1814, but he paid
forfeit, his horse being lame.
By this time the imperious turfman was as clamor-
ous as Richard III. for a horse to save the day, and
in conjunction with James Jackson, the importer of
Glencoe and Leviathan, he sent to South Carolina
and bought Tarn o' Shanter, but once more the little
mare remained unbeaten and unbeatable. Then came
the champion of Kentucky to suffer three defeats
before the man who could conquer the Seminoles,
beat Adams and Clay for the Presidency, destroy the
United States Bank and crush nullification in the bud
would confess to failure. After the last race, in
which he had sent all the way to Virginia for Colonel
Lynch's famous negro rider, Dick, to jockey his mare,
some Virginians present said there were horses in
the Old Dominion that could beat Maria. Her owner,
Captain Jesse Haynie, thereupon offered to match her
against any horse in the world for $5,000 a side.
Meeting General Jackson, Captain Haynie informed
him of what had passed.
"Make the match for $50,000 and consider me in
with you; Maria can beat any animal in God's whole
creation," were the words in which Old Hickory ac-
knowledged his unconditional surrender to one he
could never defeat.
Not a page of the three hundred in Mr. Anderson's
book is given over to discussion of matters relating
to the breeding, training and care of horses. It is all
history and anecdote of the close, personal, human
sort, which takes the reader back into another world,
as the author says in speaking of the old spirit of the
times, "to form intimate friendships with the chief
actors of a great drama, whose names, once house-
hold words in many States, are now unknown where
their ashes lie buried." Sketches are given of old-
time celebrities among turfmen, breeders, trainers,
jockeys and horses; of tracks and races unknown
to Herbert, Irving, Wallace, Trevathan or any other
turf historian, and there are scores of pedigrees that
have never been published in any of the stud books.
Original investigation is apparent all through the
volume, and unusual care seems to have been taken
to avoid the numerous errors common to such works.
What the reward of the author's labor will be is made
plain by the fact that only 750 copies of the book
were printed from type, which was then distributed.
American Strains in Winners in France.
Trainer Duke, who had such remarkable success
with the string of thoroughbreds that W. K. Vander-
bilt has raced in France, says that the yearlings
from American mares "can run away and hide from
everything else in the stable." That was a big thing
for the American strain, for the dam has never been
given her share of the credit in the thoroughbred
world. This estimate of Trainer Duke has been
borne out in the racing that has been had in France
this season.
In the latest issue of the French Calendar, just
received in New York, the greatest of the Vanderbilt
successes have come from horses of American par-
entage.
Meigs, a bay son of Peter Pan and Megg's Hill,
was winner of two of the best prizes offered during
September. The racing was at Caen, and on Sept. 5
he was winner of a seven and a half furlong stake
for three-year-old colts that was worth 10.000 francs.
Then two days later he also scored over the same
distance in a race of like value and framed for three-
year-olds and four-year-olds. In each of these races
he took up 128 pounds and was ridden by Frank
O'Neil, the American jockey.
This was not the only recent American victory,
for the same day that Meigs was winner of a colt
race Popinjay, a daughter of Delhi and Pope Joan,
was winner of a filly stake of 10,000 francs over the
same route, under 12S pounds and also ridden by
O'Neil.
It will be remembered that both Pope Joan and
Megg's Hill were sent to France carrying the foals
that have since made good so adequately. Both of
these mares were bred by the late James R. Keene,
and Pope Joan is a daughter of Disguise and Editha,
an imported daughter of Master Kildare. Disguise
was a son of Domino, one of the strains that is barred
in the English stud book.
Then Megg's Hill, the dam of Meigs, has the same
bar, for she is by Domino out of Runaway Girl, and
this brings it a bit closer than in the case of Popin-
jay, though he has shown himself to be a better
performer.
This is just one more convincing argument for the
stout old American blood lines — a line that is barred
in the English Stud Book, but a line that has ever
made good as long as horses are raced.
This is not the only good news that is found in
the French Calendar. A report is made of a victory
of importance scored by Mesilian, a four-year-old
half-brother to Romagne, the broodmare that was im-
ported by Willis Sharpe Kilmer, the Binghamton,
N. Y., breeder. This colt is a son of San Sousi II. and
Malatesta, while Romagne is a daughter of Polymelus
and Malatesta, a much more fashionable male line.
Why English Owners Do Not Race in America.
"Why don't the British breeders send their year-
lings to New York, where the market for race horses
is booming and where prices for yearlings are now
materially higher than in England?" And the ques-
tion might be added, "Why don't the British turfmen
send their 'made' horses here to race?" They can
find plenty of engagements until the war is over,
and plenty of buyers as well. This country is short
of race horses, while in England hundreds have been
thrown out of training for want of opportunity to
earn their oats.
These questions were put to a turfman who has
been identified with racing here and in England and
the West Indies, by a New York Herald reporter,
and the answer was prompt and direct as to why
British race horses are allowed to stand idle at home
instead of coming to the United States to race.
"American purses and stakes are trifling in value
as compared with those in England," he said, "and
British turfmen will never come here to race their
horses until the racing associations cease to conduct
their meetings for revenue first and sport as a sec-
ondary consideration. The profits that some of them
are making would be considered scandalous in Eng-
land. Why, I know of one track that cleaned up
$100,000 in thirty days this year, and it wasn't a New
York track either. If the men who run it were in
the game for sport and not to make money out of it
they would turn back at least $75,000 of their profits
and give some stakes like the Eclipse and the Jockey
Club stakes in England. Then you might see some
British turfmen racing in America, but you never
will until the associations are content to take less
themselves and give more in purses and stakes."
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John E. Madden has purchased the yearling chest-
nut colt by Jim Gaffney — Leuora Pearl, from T. B.
Jones of Winchester.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, October 7, 19n
Harness Horses and Horsemen
Jim Logan 2:0134 Will Be Retired.
When J. Elmo Montgomery reached his home at
Davis, Yolo county, a few days ago, after a triumph-
ant campaign over the Pacific Coast this summer
with his ten-year-old pacing stallion Jim Logan, he
announced that the old hero of many a hard-fought
battle would be retired from the turf. It was in
August, 1909 at Salinas, California, that Jim Logan
made his debut on the race track, he being at the
time a three-year-old. It was in the three-year-old
pacing division of the Pacific Breeders' Futurity and
he had but one competitor, Teddy Bear. Jim Logan
wore the hopples and Teddy Bear did not. Jim won
in straight heats in 2:15%, 2:16% and 2:13%. At
Pleasanton the following week he met a bunch of
aged horses in the 2:10 class, and beat them in
straight heats, lowering his record twice during the
race, the last heat in 2:11%, the fastest. His third
and last race that year was at Woodland where he
defeated Adam G., Freely Red, Grace R. and Alto
Genoa, all older than he, in straight order, pacing
the first heat in 2:09%, the second in 2:09% and
being given his head in the last heat paced the mile
in 2:05% . Eleven years before Klatawah, a Califor-
nia bred three-year-old, had won the first heat of a
race at Louisville, Kentucky, in 2:05%, but was
beaten in the race. Two years before, at the Wood-
land track, Aerolite had paced a public trial in 2:05%,
but here was a three-year-old that in a race against
aged horses after winning two heats in better than
2:10 had paced a third heat in 2:05%, which was a
world's record and certainly a greater performance
than either of the others. Jim Logan held this cham-
pionship until 1912 when Impetuous Palmer reduced
it a quarter of a second in a trial against time, and
the following year, the now famous pacer William
1:58% paced to a record of 2:05 in the second heat
of a race, and in 1915 Gen. Todd lowered this to
2:04% in a second heat. We believe that Jim Logan's
record of 2:05% is the fastest ever paced by a three-
year-old in the third heat of a race.
Jim Logan was not raced as a four-year-old but in
1911, when he was five, he started five times, winning
three races, in which he defeated Adam G, Happy
Dentist and others, and he was in turn defeated
twice by Adam G. At Marysville, where Jim Logan
won in straight heats, he paced the third heat in
2:05%, equaling his three-year-old mark, but he did
not lower his record.
In 1912 Montgomery took his horse east, and made
four starts. He won at Lansing, Michigan, but did
not reduce his mark. At Grand Rapids in a race
won by C. The Limit he was distanced the fourth
heat, and Don Pronto was distanced the second heat
in the same race.
At Kalamazoo he was outside the money in a race
won by Branham Baughman, but at Detroit he won
the $2500 2:05 class and reduced his mark to 2:03%.
He defeated C. The Limit, Branham Baughman, Don
Pronto and five others in this race.
In 1913 Jim Logan raced in California, starting
three times. He defeated Don Pronto at Santa Rosa
in 2:06 and 2:04%, at Woodland he won in straight
heats over Don Pronto, Dan Logan and Mike C. in
2:02% and 2:04%, but at Sacramento Don Pronto
beat him in 2:02% and 2:02%.
He also raced on the coast in 1914, winning his
races at Santa Rosa and Woodland, in which he again
reduced his record to 2:01% in the first heat at
the last named town, but at Sacramento he was
defeated by Leata J., although he took the third and
final heat of this race which was on the three heat
plan. He started twice at Phoenix that year, being
second to Don Pronto the first race and fourth to the
same horse in the other.
Jim Logan made but one start in 1915 and that
was at Woodland in May. He wron in straight heats
in 2:06 and 2:08.
This year his first start was at Santa Rosa, where
Rastus beat him two heats in 2:04% and 2:06, but
Jim Logan won the third heat in 2:06%. At the
Dixon meeting (half mile track) he won both his
starts, the fastest heat in 2:08%, and at Sacramento
he won the free-for-all in straight heats, best time
2:07. He was then shipped north to the Washington
State Fair at North Yakima, where he won handily,
2:09% being the fastest heat, and the following week
at the Oregon State Fair won the free-for-all in
straight order, 2:07% being the fastest heat.
This race, we understand, ends his racing career,
it being Mr. Montgomery's intention to retire him
permanently to the stud, where he is already getting
a name for himself, his daughter Maxine, the first of
his get to race, having followed in his footsteps and
won first money in the Pacific Breeders' Futurity,
her first start.
During Jim Logan's career on the race track he
has started in about 25 races and won very close to
$8000.
Jim Logan 2:01% is by Charles Derby 2:20, his
dam Effie Logan by Durfee, being the dam of Sir
Albert 2:03%. Dan Logan 2:07% and Lock Logan
2:07%, his second dam is Ripple by Prompter, third
dam Grace, great broodmare by Buccaneer, fourth
dam another great broodmare, Mary by Flaxtail, and
fifth dam Bright Eyes by a son of the running horse
Boanerges. Jim Logan was bred by M. J. Mclnerney,
of Davis, Cal., and w~as purchased when a colt by his
present owner. He has been a game race horse and
a perfect bulldog in the stretch, as he never quit
trying and few horses could ever head him once he
got his nose in front after passing the three-quarter
pole. He has earned a good many dollars for his
owner and is entitled to the life of ease that has
been planned for him. And during the years Jim
Logan has been racing, his owner J. Elmo Montgom-
ery will tell you, the horse's success has been in no
small measure due to William Morrison, who has
cared for the famous stallion, fed him and slept with
him, and brought him to the races fit and sound and
ready to do his best. And if the history of the fastest
pacers bred in California is ever written, the credit
of bringing Jim Logan to the track in condition to
pace a heat in 2:01%, and thereupon to become the
third fastest pacer ever bred in the state, must in a
large measure be given to "Tennessee Bill."
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MABEL TRASK WINS TRANSYLVANIA.
Saint Frisco Wins Two Heats and Trots Fastest
Mile in the Race.
The daughter of Peter the Great 2:07% and the
son of San Francisco 2:07% met for the ninth time
this year at Lexington on Thursday last week and
the mare won after a five heat battle. It was called
in the dispatches a decisive victory, but the summary
shows that Saint Frisco won two heats, one of them
the fastest of the race and tying the Transylvania
record, and second in every other heat, while Mabel
Trask was third twice. On the point system, which
some race managers claim is the ideal plan on which
to decide the winner, but which this very race proves
the absurdity of, Saint Frisco with eight points would
have been given first money over the mare whose
points totaled nine. In the nine times these two
great trotters have met this year Mabel Trask has
won six races and on this record she must be given
the verdict of being the better race animal, although
the stallion is a fraction of a second the fastest by
ihe records. Cox was up behind Mabel Trask while
Murphy drove Saint Frisco for Geers wrho is not yet
able to drive, but the G. O. M. was there to see the
event and was satisfied that Murphy drove as good
a race as anybody could.
Mabel Trask won the first heat in 2:05%, only
beating the stallion by a small margin, and in the
second heat Cox got into a pocket from which he
could not extricate himself and finished an easy
third, w-hile Saint Frisco won in 2:03% which tied
the record Etawah made in the Transylvania of
1914, when Geers drove that horse to victory. In
the third heat Mabel out-trotted the Saint, and the
mile was in 2:04%, but in the fourth heat, as Cox
pulled her out at the three-quarter pole to go round
the others, the mare broke and once more had to be
contented with third position at the wire, while
Saint Frisco won in the slow time of 2:08%, showing
that there was nothing else in the race that could
give either the mare or the stallion an argument.
The fifth heat Mabel won decisively, in 2:06%, fast
time for a fifth mile. There w-ere seven starters in
the race and the short summary sent by telegraph
is as follows:
Transylvania, 2:08 trot, 3 in 5; value $5000:
Mabel Trask, ch m by Peter the Great
(Cox) 1 3 13 1
St. Frisco, b h (Murphy) 2 12 12
Sadie S., b m (McMahon) 3 5 6 2 3
Also started — Donna Clay, All Mack, Alma Forbes,
Bacelli.
Time— 2:05%, 2:03%, 2:04%, 2:08%, 2:06%.
The Transylvania has developed many great con-
tests since the gray gelding Jack, driven by Budd
Doble, won the inaugural race in 1889,
The following year Doble brought McDoel in as
the winner, with the great Allerton standing for
second money. Since then such famous horses as
Kremlin, Azote, Boralma, Sweet Marie and Sonoma
Girl, have won the Transylvania. In 1914 Ed Geers
won the stake with Etawah, and set the record for
the race at 2:03%. In 1915 Peter Scott capped his
$50,000 winning campaign by winning the Transyl-
vania, 2:05% being the fastest heat.
As soon as the last payments on the horses entered
in the Transylvania of 1916 were made on Septem-
ber 1st, it was believed by all horsemen that the
race would be a duel between Mabel Trask and Saint
Frisco, and such it has proved to be. The New
York Herald turf writer states the following inter-
esting facts about these two trotters:
These two remarkable trotters have met nine
These two remarkable trotters have met eight
times this season in the most important races of
the Grand Circuit. At Cleveland, Detroit and Kala-
mazoo, the first three meetings of the series, Mabel
Trask outtrotted St. Frisco "square and fair," and
the shrewrdest horsemen w7ho follow the circuit then
thought she would go on and win every race in which
she had been entered to the end of the season. In
their first race at Cleveland ,and again the next
week, in the $10,000 race at Detroit, St. Frisco was
driven by his amateur owner, Frank G. Jones, of
Memphis, Geers having been injured just before the
Cleveland meeting. Mr. Jones is regarded as one of
the best reinsmen in the country, amateur or profes-
sional, and he won a heat with the stallion at Cleve-
land in 2:04%. At Detroit the mare won more de-
cisively, and in straight heats, the fastest of whic
wras 2:05%. Geers wras lifted into the sulky to tr
his hand at Kalamazoo a wreek later. St. Frisc
forced Mabel Trask to trot in 2:03% to beat him o
this occasion, but she did it, again winning in straigb
heats.
The average horse and the average driver wout
have acknowledged defeat after this series of vit
tories for the mare and would have gone down th
line content with taking second money and savin,
the terrific strain of trying to beat a little faste
horse. But Geers, who resembles Grant in mor>
ways than one, looked at the delicate neck of Mabe
Trask after each contest and drove St. Frisco al
the harder at the next town, confident that he woul<
wear her down and conquer in the end.
At Pittsburg the dream came true. The mare die
not like the track, which was slow. All tracks lool
alike to the wiry, homely, hard trying horse Geer;
was driving, and while Mabel Trask broke and actet
as if she didn't altogether relish it he kept right or
putting in his best licks and beat her, trotting on<
of his heats in 2:04%.
From Pittsburg the horses went to Columbus |
There Cox changed his tactics after losing two heats!
and adopted Geers' style of driving. Instead of going I
to the front he dropped in behind the leaders and]
made his race through the home-stretch and
In this race St. Frisco earned his record of 2:03V
the fastest of the season in actual contest. At
second Cleveland meeting, which followed Columbu
Cox drove it the same way and Mabel Trask aga
won with seeming ease. She appeared to be clear]
mistress of the situation, closing gaps of half a dozen
lengths or more in the last half each time and win-
ning handily at the wire. Geers' horse looked rather
jaded and thin. The writer saw them for the firsl
time this meeting and came away thinking the mare
could give the stallion ten lengths and win.
When the trotters wrent East to Poughkeepsie the
next week Cox dodged the race against St. Frisco,
wrhich everybody had expected to see. Both were1
entered in the 2:08 class, for a purse of $5000, but;
Mabel Trask also was entered in the 2:12 race, for
a purse of $2000. and she filled the latter engage-,
ment, letting St. Frisco take the larger prize without
an argument. It was a tribute to the stallion such
as Cox does not often pay to any horse and it indi-
cated that he did not regard the mare as invincible.
But his main object was to avoid a hard race and so
keep her fresh for the five thousand dollar Charter
Oak purse at Hartford one week later.
It was at Hartford on September 7th that Mabel
Trask and St. Frisco trotted their greatest race, and
a good many old horsemen are now calling it the
greatest race ever trotted in the Grand Circuit. It j|
went to six heats, and the time of the first and the
last was exactly the same, 2:07%. The fifth heat, in
2:06%, was the fastest of all, and between this and
the slowest heat the difference in time was only a
second and a quarter. Though six horses started
the contest was wholly between the stallion and the
mare, no other horse having once finished first or I
second, and the real contest was always in the last
half mile, which they trotted in 1:01% or better in
every heat except the final.
In three of the heats the last quarter was trotted
at a 2:00 clip or faster. Not more than a head sep- :
arated them at the finish of any heat, and the second
was so close that the judges called it a dead heat.
Mabel Trask won the first and third heats, and St.
Frisco the next three.
At their last meeting, in Syracuse, the following
week, St. Frisco defeated Mabel Trask in decisive
style and in straight heats. In this race Cox drove
from wire to wire, instead of trailing, as he had done
at Columbus, Cleveland and Hartford. In the second
heat, trotted in 2:03%, Richard Delafield's crack stal-
lion Al Mack, from the Orange county half mile
tracks, beat the mare for the place, moving the last
half in 1:00.
By winning this race, which was for a purse of
$10,000, St. Frisco supplanted Mabel Trask as the
largest winner of the year, with $19,550 to his credit,
as against $19,150 for her, but she took the lead
again at Columbus by winning the $10,000 race there,
in w-hich he was not a starter. She also leads the
stallion in the number of races won, having beaten
him six times out of nine.
Both of these great trotters were bred by New
York horsemen. W. C. Brown, then president of the
New York Central Railroad, bred Mabel Trask,
whose sire was Peter the Great 2:07%, then owned
by W. E. D. Stokes. Her dam, Miss Nutonia, was by
Nutwood 2:18%, out of Iona 2:17%, by Alcyone 2:27
out of that famous founder of a trotting family, Jessie
Pepper, by Mambrino Chief. She is now owned by
Barton Pardee, of Lock Haven, Pa.
St. Frisco was bred by the late L. V. Harkness, of
the Standard Oil Company— His sire, San Francisco
2:07%, was bred by P. W. Hodges of California, who
sold him to Mr. Harkness. San Francisco is by
Zombro 2:11 and out of a mare by Nutwood Wilkes
that was bred by the late Martin Carter. Clara Can-
trill, the dam of St. Frisco, was got by Clarence S.
2:19% a son of Wilkes Boy 2:24%, and was out of
Cantrill, by Nutwood, out of Miss Redmon 2:29% by
Bourbon Wilkes. After his winning a five heat race
at the Empress track last year Geers said St. Frisco
was the gamest colt he had ever driven, and at
Hartford this year he proclaimed him the greatest
race horse he had ever seen. Both of the great
trotters are five-year-olds.
aturday. October 7, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Let's have a California Circuit in 1917.
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A real circuit with all the dates and all the purses
announced together.
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And let's have this announcement made by Jan-
uary 1st, so that the horsemen will know what horses
lo train and what purses to train tor.
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It will be just as easy to announce a meeting by
January 1st, as it will be to let things drift until
May and then try to get up a program.
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There are twelve or fifteen towns in California
that can hold a fair and race meeting that will draw-
crowds of people if properly managed and generously
advertised.
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The futurities are the very life of the breeding in-
dustry, and every man who breeds trotters or pacers
should patronize them so far as he is able.
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The point system of racing has only been tried at
a few tracks this year and has resulted in no satis-
faction for anybody unless it was the owner of a
cheap horse that "just happened" to figure first with-
out winning a heat.
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White Sox won a good race at Lexington on the
opening day of the meeting. She won the second,
third and fourth heats of the 2:08 pace in 2:08,
2:05% and 2:07%. Six horses started.
$7500 was offered and refused before the race for
the pacer Peter Look, winner of the three-year-old
pacing division of the Horse Review Futurity. Peter
Look is a bay colt by Peter the Great, dam by Bin-
gen, second dam by Wilkes Boy.
Young Todd 2:02%, champion four-year-old pacing
gelding and Miss Harris M. 2:01%, champion four-
year-old pacing mare, are both out of mares by
Ondale. who was bv Onward out of a mare by Jay
Bird.
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When The Real Lady trotted that wonderful race
for a two-year-old last Tuesday, with her heats in
2:07% and 2:07, the filly Mary Coburn was second
in each heat and there were four of the two-year-olds
in the race that beat 2:10 each time.
At Lexington on Wednesday, Murphy started Roan
Hal in the 2:00 pace against Single G., Judge Or-
monde, Braden Direct, Russell Boy, Fay Richmond
and Hal Boy. This was for a $3000 purse, and Roan
Hal won in straight order in 2:02% and 2:00%, thus
lowering his record again and getting very close to
the 2:00 mark, which he will probably be able to
reach before another season is ended.
C. A. Harrison has our thanks for a complete sum-
mary of the Salem, Oregon, races last wTeek. He
states there were about 40,000 people at the fair on
Thursday, the day Bon Guy won the $2,000 trot,
about 25,000 on Saturday, the final day of the meet-
ing, and that the races were the big drawing card of
the fair.
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Geo. Manning, buyer for Wells. Fargo & Co., has
just concluded the purchase of 214 head of fine horses
at Klamath Falls, for the use of the company in dif-
ferent parts of the country. Two car loads were
shipped to Dallas, Texas, last week, twelve head
being fine blacks that are considered as near perfect
as any horses ever sent to market from that section.
Wells, Fargo & Co. finds while they use many gas
and electric trucks, that horses for light and heavy
delivery are more economical.
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Zomrect 2:05% by Zombro is the surprise of the
season to Los Angeles horsemen who saw him at
work at Los Angeles in the spring. At that time a
mile in 2:15 was about his limit, but his owner had
confidence in him and sent him across the mountains.
He has been beating good horses lately, his race at
Lexington last Wednesday when he defeated Brescia.
Miss Pinkerton, Brisac, and seven others in the 2:18
trot for a purse of $2000, being a particularly good
one. His heats were in 2:05% and 2:06%, and it is
said he won handily.
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C. A. Durfee says that if there should be a circuit
of ten meetings announced for the season of 1917 in
California he will get a string of horses together and
try for some of the purses. The success he had with
W. G. Durfee's colts this year when he won between
eight and nine thousand dollars, has made him feel
as if he would like to try one more season for him-
self, consequently should a circuit be announced early
he will unpack about a thousand dollars' worth of
sulkies, carts, boots, blankets, scrapers, rub rags,
coolers, whips, etc., that he has been offering to sell
for $100, and will clean them up for the season of
1917. We knew he was not quite ready to retire.
Nowaday (3) 2:14% is now the dam of 10 standard
performers.
Sister Scott (4) 2:17%, a new performer ,is a full
sister of Peter Scott 2:05.
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Gen Watts has five new 2:10 trotters to his credit
this year and the racing season is not yet over.
Seven geldings by J. Malcolm Forbes were given
records in one afternoon at Lexington, week before
last.
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Royal Mc 2:09% is another new 2:10 trotter for
the McKinney family. His sire is Royal McKinney
2:15%.
The same week that Copius won a race at Salem,
Oregon, his sire La Copia won a race more than
three thousand miles away in Nova Scotia.
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The Lexington, Ky„ sale is on this week, and an
especially attractive lot of youngsters and aged ma-
terial will be disposed of.
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The new track at Erie, Pa., is ninety-two feet wide
in the home-stretch, and in another season should
prove one of the best courses in the country.
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Hal B. Jr. 2:02% won in 2:05%, 2:06% and 2:06%.
over a half mile track, last week and administered
to Yedno 2:02% her first defeat in a long time.
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Chauncey H. Sears of Fall River, Mass., owner of
Mary Putney, has bought a two-year-old filly, by
Peter the Great 2:07%, dam by Charles Derby 2:20.
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Last week Wicky Curry drove ten yearling trotters
to standard records. Of this number seven were by
J. Malcolm Forbes (4) 2:08, two by Mainleaf (3)
2:08'i, and one by Axoff (2) 2:14%.
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We should call starting a horse in a race where
he was so far outclassed that he was certain to be
distanced the first heat, all for the sake of getting
a second off his record in next year's classes, taking
a mean advantage of a good rule.
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A total of 320,000 people attended the Minnesota
State Fair at Hamline, and on Monday, September
4th, over 90,000 persons are said to have passed
through the gates.
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The usual fall auctions are being held on the farms
throughout the State, and it is a noticeable feature
that farm horses are bringing1 more money than they
did last year, and command a readier sale.
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Miss Loula Long, of Kansas City, Mo., is getting
together a road four that will be able to trot in 2:30.
She recently purchased the six-year-old stallion Col-
onel Vidmer 2:15%, a very handsome horse with
great style, and will try to get three more of his
type if possible.
Lucille Spier, the brown mare by Directum Spier
that took the world's record for mares on a half mile
track by trotting in 2:06%, trotted a mile against
time at Lexington on Wednesday in 2:03%, which is
the season's record for mares.
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Eieher Murphy or Cox will lead the list of money-
winning drivers for 1916, with the odds in favor of
Murphy as he is ahead now and is driving Ed Geers'
horses in addition to his own. His winnings will
amount very close to $50,000 by the end of the season.
Reginald C. Vanderbilt gave a special prize for
colts by his prize winning hackney stallion Tiger
Lillie and judged the class himself at the horse show-
held in connection with the NewTport County Fair
a few days ago. Ten youngsters were shown by
Rhode Island breeders.
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To date the sum of $252,275 has been distributed
by the Chicago Horse Review in its futurities. The
first Horse Review Futurity wras announced in 1890
and the first race decided in 1894. As every division
of every stake has been promptly paid, it is a record
never equaled by a turf journal and one of wrhich
Mr. Bauer should be justly proud.
If there could be an organization of California
thoroughbred horse breeders and owners that would
affiliate with The Jockey Club of Newr York, and run
under its rules, much good would be done for the
thoroughbred breeding interests. It would stop the
racing of two-year-olds in January' and other foolish
and injurious practices.
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Dick W. won the 2:24 class trot at Hanford last
Wednesday, Dr. S. getting second money and Miss
San Francisco third. The best time was 2:19%. In
the 2:13 pace Silver Tips won the first heat, Julia M.
the second heat and Ben Corbett Jr. the third heat.
The track was slow on account of rain. On Thurs-
day Teddy Bear won the 2:10 pace, in straight
heats, best time 2:14, defeating Pointer's Daughter
and A. B. C. and a special pace between Bold Harry
Aerolite, Zomar and Breezy Marie was won by the
first named, the fastest heat in 2:17%.
SADDLE AND SHOW HORSES.
Richelieu King, a golden chestnut son of Bourbon
Kins, conquered one of the greatest fields that ever
trod the tanbark in a five-gaited saddle ring in the
Kentucky Championship, the feature of the entire
week of the horse show at the Kentucky State Fair.
Last year this veteran of the show ring was second
in the big stake, but this year he came back better
fortified to win, and would not be denied. Ridden
by Walter Briggs, the veteran trainer for Powhatan
Woolridge, Richelieu King took the lead at the start
and never let the honors slip from his grasp. He
was crowned king of the five-gaited saddle horses of
Kentucky, though the event was open to the nation
and two candidates from another State competed.
In winning the Kentucky Championship. Richelieu
earned the highest honors he could for his master
before he is retired to the nursery. He will retire
from the tanbark in the full bloom of his glory.
Sterling Nicoll. of Woodburn, was second with his
great mare, Golden Firefly. This chestnut mare had
been showing well the wreek, but here she made the
greatest show of her career. From the time she
started on her slow gait before the judges until
she stood in line to receive the red tie she never let
up in her work. Her owner, who has been ill all
through the week, had the mount. She was one of
the choices of the public.
Billy Shropshire, w-ho .had ridden more winners of
the big stake than any other horseman, was third
with Easter Cloud, a chestnut stallion owned by
H. A. Greenwell, of Lakenan, Mo. This horse put up
a great show, and he might have been a bit closer up
had he shown before the judges when alone as he
did later in the field.
Edgar T. Doty, of Richmond, was fourth with May-
dam. This son of Jack Twigg loomed up as a pos-
sible winner early in the action, but when the others
got under way his chances receded.
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William Bradley, treasurer of the Fiss, Doerr &
Carroll Horse Company, of Newr York, and breeder
of the champion trotting stallion Lee Axworthy
1:59%, is negotiating with the Entente Allies to
supply 50,000 horses for cavalry, artillery and trans-
port service in the European war zone. The contract
is an unusual one, in that the horses, if sold, are to
be delivered in Europe. This involves risk and ex-
pense which no ordinary concern in the horse market
can afford to take, and the deal, if it goes through,
will doubtless represent more money than the foreign
buyers have yet paid for 50,000 American horses.
Buyers from the home office and stables in East
Twenty-fourth street are now in the West looking
into the prospect of collecting this large number of
horses of the types required on short notice, and
when their reports come in the contract "will be
signed if price and terms can be agreed upon. The
Fiss, Doerr & Carroll people supplied 25,000 horses
for the Italian army last year, and might have had
many other contracts with France and England, but
the auctions held regularly on Mondays and Thurs-
days and the retail trade in work horses of all kinds
were keeping all hands so busy that the war busi-
ness was left to other dealers.
Officers of the National Horse Show Association
are watching the situation on the Mexican border
with somewhat anxious interest, owing to the fact
that several thousand dollars have been offered in
prizes for military riding competitions at the Horse
Show which opens in Madison Square Garden on
November 11, and the regulars and members of the
National Guard who are now at the front have been
counted on to make this feature of the exhibition.
If the troops come home before entries close on Oc-
tober 18 men and horses will be fit and ready for a
splendid show, but if the uncertainty continues and
they are held on the border there is danger that the
money and cups may have to go begging for com-
petitors, since the great war in Europe has cut off
the British. French and Canadian army officers who
used to compete at the Garden every year. To guard
against this the directors of the Horse Show will, if
necessary, apply to the Secretary of War for leave
of absence for such army officers as wish to ride at
the Garden, the exhibition being in the nature of a
public affair which is recognized as beneficial to the
service in more wavs than one.
The new medal offered by the Arabian Horse Club
for the best saddle horse exhibited at the Westches-
ter County Horse Show- this year was won by W. H.
Rhodes' chestnut gelding Radiant, ridden by Miss
Edith Beavor-Webb. Competition was open to all
breeds, and some of the best horses in the country
tried for the prize. Brought out last year by W. A.
McGibbon, Radiant has campaigned steadily at East-
ern shows, winning twenty-three blue ribbons, be-
sides several championships and reserve ribbons. He
is rated by competent judges as one of the most
perfect types of the Kentucky saddle horse in the
country, and is sure to give a good account of himself
at the National Horse Show next month.
During the second week of the Columbus meeting,
Young Todd, in the second heat of the $5000 stake
for 2:13 class pacers, lowered the four-year-old pac-
Iding mark from 2:03% to 2:02',. The former
record was held by R. H. Brett and was made in
1914. Young Todd is by Director Todd 2:07% out
of a mare by Ondale.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, October 7, 191
SOME NEW DISHES FOR SPORTSMEN.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
Ideas of Diet, Like Those of Modesty, Appear to B
Matter of Geography.
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
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Don'ts For the Hunter. — The hunting season is
bursting into full blast all over the country, and
thousands of new hunters or those who have but
seldom shot at game are going into the woods. It is
seasonable, therefore, to offer a few suggestions as
to what should not be done in the woods and fields.
The conservation of human life is worth while. These
don'ts are intended in addition to the novices, for
those who are careless:
Don't point firearms at any human being or domes-
tic animal. Keep the muzzle toward the ground or
in the air.
Don't take a loaded grearm into a house, vehicle,
or boat.
Don't set firearms down without unloading.
Don't jump or climb a fence or stream without
unloading.
Don't shoot without knowing what you are shooting
at.
Your hunter's license does not give you the right
to hunt on posted land, reservations, parks or within
the city limits. Land owners have a lawful and
moral right to say who may hunt on their property.
Respect these rights and they will have more regard
for you and vour sport and recreation.
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Deer Kill in South. — Exact record of 320 bucks
killed in the Kern River, Tehachepi and Tejon moun-
tains this year has been compiled by Deputy Fish
and Game Commissioner A. J. Stout. In addition
are upwards of thirty bear which have fallen before
the rifles of the hunting licensees "up the Kern,"
and fishing every bit as good as the gun and rifle
game.
Over 100 deer came down out of Bear Mountain,
the Tehachepi and Tejon. sixteen in one day, one
hunter getting his limit that Sunday. The biggest
buck was a fine seven-pointer weighing 200 pounds
dressed, and blue as any mountain squirrel. One
forked-horn was killed .in his bed with a 16-gauge
shotgun and No. 4 shot, by a hunter who all but
stumbled over him.
The only unfavorable condition noted in Kern is
the mountain lions which are increasing away be-
yond the danger point, particularly toward the Los
Angeles-Ventura lines in those counties.
Sporting conditions at present are quite at their
best; the fishing is splendid up the Kern, fish having
moved upstream as usual when water goes down.
Fly casters can enjoy splendid sport; even the white
fish or "suckers" are apt to take a fly. Campers have
been living high on venison, birds, squirrels, fish,
bear meat if wanted, according to location.
Doves are so plentiful north of Bakersfield and
about Wasco that limits are harder to miss than to
make if one can shoot even a little bit. About Shat-
ter is excellent dove country; southern Kern is not
so good as earlier.
The malibu country, comprising the Santa Monica
mountains lying west and north, sent in a big show-
ing of fine bucks the first week of the deer-season,
and hunters in general are satisfied that the deer
conditions there are improving despite the accessi-
bility and popularity of those rugged, craggy hills.
Ralph Smith, of Santa Monica, downed a big six-
pointer dressing out 151 pounds of bone and meat;
the same day Ray Cowdry and Jack Steele, Jr., get
a four-pointer almost as heavy. The most remarkable
deer story yet is that of Harry Greenleaf, who ac-
tually shot a fine four-pointer from his bed the first
Tuesday morning! He has a homestead near the
Tavern in Topanga. and on awakening saw this
fellow on the hillside, reached for his rifle, and in
a twinkling the trick was turned. That is the easiest
deer of the season — easily.
The east slopes of the San Jacinto drew upward of
twenty hunters for the opening and five nice bucks
are known to have been killed.
In the opinion of many veteran sportsmen the San
Bernardino mountains will be repopulated with deer
by virtue of the closed Angles Forest game district.
The deer are all high, 9000 to 10.000 feet, and most
hunters do not climb that far after them.
Los Angeles, Cal.
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Big Season of Trout Rearing — Redlands, Cal. — The
biggest season of trout rearing in the history of the
Bear Valley hatchery has come to a close, during
which no less than 750,000 rainbow trout fry were
hatched and distributed this year from the spring
"take" of eggs from the Bear Lake fish to the differ-
ent streams and lakes in the county.
Bear Lake, during the season, received 386,000
more fry. the last installment of 106,000 being emp-
tied at the time of the closing of the hatchery, July
17, as it was impossible to get them over the Mill
Creek road with motor trucks at that time to the
upper Santa Ana, where these fish had been allotted.
The State fish car was sent south from the big
mother hatchery at Sisson with 120,000 rainbow trout,
steelhead and Eastern brook trout for the Santa
Ana and its tributaries.
For the benefit of the anglers who have licenses,
a list, which has reached here, showing where the
fish were planted since the storm of last January, is
given:
From the Bear Valley hatchery — In Bear Lake,
July 1, 2 and August 17, 380,000 fish; during July
10,000 each to Shay's, Van Dusen, San Antonio,
Waterman, Cucamonga and Bear Creeks; 5,000 each
to the north and middle and 6,000 to the south forks
of Lytle Creek; 5,000 each to the main Santa Ana,
Forsee, Barton and The south fork of the Santa Ana;
4,000 to Devil Canyon, 12,000 to Coble Creek, 2,000
to Day Canyon, 4,000 to East Cajon, 24.000 to Deep
Creek, 4„000 to Sawpit Canyon, 12,000 to Lower Deep
Canyon, 8,000 to Grass Valley Creek, 23,000 to Mill
Creek, 48„000 to Forest Home, 4,000 each to Alder,
Falls and Fish Creek, 3,000 each to Castle and Vivian
Creeks, 24„000 each to City Creek and Dark Canyon,
30,000 to Holcomb Creek, 6,000 to Crab Creek.
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Snow in Sierras. — Snow is flying on the eastern
slopes of the Sierras and late vacation trippers must
go prepared for weather now. Ford from Fish and
Game Commissioner's camp above Mammoth in Mono
county tells of a good tracking snow, and plenty of
fish, with improving game conditions, but those who
have deferred the journey this long will now wait
until October 15 and get the benefit of the general
game season then opening, although the deer season
closes the middle of next month.
Ed A. McKee of the Los Angeles office of the Fish
and Game Commission came in from a ten days'
vacation passed with Deputy Archie Stout at Tay-
lor's Meadows, on the headwaters of Kern River,
well tanned and tickled pink with the trip, having
shot a nice buck, the only one the party could use,
and doves, mountain quail to the limit of camp de-
mand, with plenty of beautifully colored seven-inch
"rainbows" from a little stream, from which they
jumped frantically for any kind of a fly. All Stout
said in advocating this section to the hunting and
angling-licensee is more than indorsed by McKee.
Coming out, he might have had a dandy four-point
buck to bring down, but had jumped does and fawns
until deer no longer excited interest, and his majesty
beat the tardy bullet into the brush. The fish and
game men had venison "mulligan" daily, but never
tired of it, and say the deer was as fine and fat as
any prize beef. .
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Pleasing Game Reports. — Sportsmen will be
pleased with the reports of abundance of game
brought to San Francisco by E. G. McDonnell from
Shasta county. In company with Bill Cassly and
George Comode of Napa, McDonnell spent two weeks
up in the northern part of the State and found deer,
quail and other game very plentiful. The party had
little trouble getting the limit of two bucks apiece
and during their travels counted 42 bucks and does
and fawns too numerous to keep track of.
"Indians told us that it was the best year for deer
Shasta county has ever known," says McDonnell.
"They claimed that deer by the hundreds came from
Oregon during the severe winter and located in Cali-
fornia. The tracks of the game were like so many
sheep passing over the ground.
"It also looks like a great season up in that coun-
try for bear. We saw two bears and one cub and
the Indians told us the country was filled with the
game. We also sighted quail by the hundreds. Com-
ing from Cbico to Gridley on our way down we
counted over 300 and they looked in fine condition.
"We had good fishing on the McCloud. Trout are
just beginning to rise to the brown and gray hackle.
Shasta is certainly a wonderful country for the
hunter and anyone who knows anything at all about
hunting should have little or no trouble getting the
limit."
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Good Prospects in South. — Bird hunters are becom-
ing all stirred up over the opening of the general
game seasons on quail, ducks and geese, snipe and
plover, which falls on October 15th. The day being
a holiday for all, and over 18,000 hunters already
having taken license of the Southern California
office of the Fish and Game Commission, beside
other independent sales, it is safe to say that gun-
ning interest on that occasion will attain to a pitch
far and away beyond anything the past has ever
shown. From every direction come reports of quail
in plenty, and in some sections they actually are
attacking crops. The duck clubs are rapidly filling
their ponds, and for two months have had a fair
sporting stock of sprigs, the first flight having come
and gone. Deputy Fish and Game Commissioner
Webb Toms of San Diego reports an unusually heavy
flight of sprig ever since August 5th, thousands of
them going south, but very few are passing now.
Many duck hunters are of the opinion that shooting
might as well have been permitted at the first flight-
ing birds, as they are lost for this season, but, as
they go on down into Mexico, where they are not
bothered much, they will be spared as breeders for
the future.
Ideas of diet, like those of modesty, appear to I
largely a matter of geography, says a British writ*
While pork is an important article of food wit
Anglo-Saxon and Teutonic peoples, there are
lions of people who regard it absolutely unfit
human consumption. Indians eat many things
the white man shuns, among them being snakes, H: :
ards, and grasshoppers. Snake is not at all bat
once one overcomes his natural prejudice, and lizard
are eaten in many countries. Moreover, grasshoi
pers furnish a fine soup, being, besides, excellen
when fried or roasted. Some dry and grind ther
into flour. The great food delicacy of Japan is s;
shimi, a fillet of raw fish served with soy and eond
ments. Though highly recommended by both Japai
ese and European medical authorities, it is rather
weird dish. Those who think it strange that
Japanese should use certain seaweeds as food
be reminded that the fishermen on the Devonsh
coast eat laver, an edible seaweed. Ferns, burdo
roots, lily bulbs, lotus roots, and bamboo sprou
are among the Japanese vegetables, and the
alis of the silkworm, rice locusts, the octopus, wha
and sea-slugs are eaten in some parts of China
Japan, whilst the most civilized epicures
snails and frogs' legs. Shark's fin soup, edible bir
nest and lime-cured eggs are far-famed Chinese lux
uries, the last item of which is equal to the games
cheese in existence.
Crickets are dried and ground into meal by varioui
peoples and used as food. The Samoan Islande-
are very fond of a species of marine worm which ;
pears periodically in their waters. Crabs, shrimn
seashells, in fact, nearly every marine creature,
edible, while the gigantic holethurians, or sea-cucu
bers, so abundant in many tropical seas, are con
ered a great delicacy by many races, and the indus
try of gathering, drying, and shipping these is vers
important in Malaysian and Australian waters. Driec
and prepared for market, these creatures are knowt
as bech-de-mer, and fetch a good price in the Jap
anese, Chinese, Greek and Southern European mar
kets. The octopus, or devil-fish, is also eaten exten-'
sively in China, Japan, Greece and the West Indies
and when this repulsive looking creature is pounded I
into a pulp and made into soup it is considered ex-
cellent. In the West Indies the natives are very fond
of the great tree lizards known as iguanas, which
often attain a length of five or six feet, and the I
meat is white, tender, and much like chicken in
flavor. In those islands also big tropical frogs known
as land frogs are eaten whole, fried, broiled, or
stewed, tasting so much like chicken or quail that]
they are commonly called "mountain chicken" when ■
served at hotels, and are much esteemed by blacks
and whites.
As the French and Italians hold snails and slugs
as dainties of the first order, so natives of south- ;
western Europe esteem pickled earthworms. In New
Zealand there is a grub which lives in the earth and
which is often affected by a fungus growth that
springs from its neck and pushes upward to the sur-
'face of the earth. These worm-grown mushrooms ]
are eaten, and considered very delicious when prop-
erly cooked. In Africa and South America baked
monkey is a delicacy. Trmadillos baked in their
own shells, whale and porpoise steaks, and alligator
tails are all esteemed viands in various quarters,
but it is in Barbados and the Antilles that one can
obtain flying-fish cutlets and sea-eggs. The sea-egg
is really a large species of sea-urchin, and is filled
with roe and cooked. They are mushy objects, and
taste much like sandy soup flavored with fish. Lo-
custs are eaten in Arabia, and are really an excellent
article of diet. The long or "hopping" legs are pulled
off, and the locust is held by a wing and dipped into
salt before it is eaten. It is said to taste like green
wheat. The red locust is more palatable than the
green. Some say that the female is red and the male
green, but others contend that all are green at first,
whatever the sex. Locusts must be caught in the
morning, for then they are benumbed by the cold,
so that they cannot fly. They may be found in Ara-
bia, clustered in hundreds under desert bushes.
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Cropping of Dogs' Ears Condemned. — The prevail-
ing practice of cropping dogs' ears to suit the whims
of fanciers of certain breeds is denounced as unjus-
tifiable cruelty by the San Francisco Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in its official publi-
cation, Our Animals, just issued for September.
According to the Society the dogs suffer intensely,
not only during the cutting operation, but for as long
as a month afterward, during which the ears are
pulled and shaped daily, in some cases incisions
being made in them to thicken the cartilage and
make them stand erect.
The Society has obtained statements from a num-
ber of prominent dog fanciers who are opposed to
ear-cropping and will attempt to influence the Amer-
ican Kennel Club to bar all dogs with ears cut after
a fixed date from its shows. A boycott on all shows
in which dogs with cut ears are exhibited is one of
the methods recommended by some of the Society's
members to abolish the practice.
The Society claims to have secured a conviction
for cutting dogs' ears under the existing law some
l/cars ago but recently it has not been so successful.
Saturday, October 7, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
TRIBUTE PAID TO REMARKABLE DOG.
All Winning Wire Terriers of Today Owe Their
Origin to Cackler of Notts,
This is a tribute to a dog which, in my opinion, is
entitled to the honor of being accepted as the most
remarkable of all the great dogs which have illum-
ined canine history since the first days of dog shows.
It is to Cackler of Notts, the wire-haired fox terrier,
reference is made. Champion in his day, now nearly
twenty years old, it is within that comparatively
short space of time. Every champion, nay, one
might say every winner of today, is a direct de-
scendant of him in the male line on both sides of the
bouse.
This in itself would be sufficient to place Cackler
of Notts among the most remarkable of many great
do?s which have added fame to the breeds they rep-
resented. The fact, however, that the Duchess of
Newcastle's wonderful dog is responsible for all this
in a breed which was firmly established at the time
of his birth, and a breed, too, which has long been
among the most popular from royalty to the humblest
mechanic, the writer feels justified in alloting Cack-
ler of Notts the distinction of "most" remarkable
of all.
Not the least remarkable incident about the extra-
ordinary influence of Cackler has exercised is his
breeding. In its way the case of Barkby Ben, sire
of Cackler, was as celebrated as was the case of
Bend Or in thoroughbred circles. And among the
older terrier men of today, the question as to whether
Meersbrook Ben or Barkby Corespondent was Barkby
Ben's sire still is matter for dispute. Be that as it
may. Barby Ben, although excelling in head proper-
ties, as well as neck, shoulders, "class" of bone and
front generally, as well as coat, was too faulty back
of the shoulders to suggest his siring a son destined
to become so noted.
Again on her breeding, when Her Grace gave a
"fiver" (about $25) for the dam of Cackler, if a vote
had been put to the breeders at the time it would
probably have been unanimously carried that quite
enough had been paid for her. She was by a dog
named Tipton Slasher, a champion of his time, but
one which would be fittingly described as a "varmity,
gassy cuss." His sparsity of hair on his muzzle
would have made the present day "billy goat" wrhis-
ker school gasp at such an indecent exhibition of
nudity. He was common in shoulders, and but for
a habit of blowing out his ribs when worked up into
a passion in the ring was really flat sided and none
too short in the back when in repose; except that
along the top of his back the rest of him was as
nearly smooth coated as made no difference. Now,
Tipton Slasher's sire was Bendigo III., a dog of no
especial merit, while his sire was Lord Edward, a
dog with a plum colored nose, common lightish eye,
quite long enough in the back — in fact, just a second
rater. Cavendish, the sire of Lord Edward, was a
plain, common headed dog, and he in his turn was by
a moderate specimen called Rattler, bred in the
Trent district.
The writer has gone to this length in the ancestry
of Cackler because there was nothing in his dam's
lineage to indicate, as far as human powers permit-
ted to solve, that Cackler"s fame would not end with
his show career.
Certain it is that no one, even the Duchess of
Newcastle, would have entertained the idea that
from the mating of Barkby Ben and Tipton Slasher's
daughter would come a dog whose influence would
be so dominating as to completely expunge that of all
other lines or strains.
In order to make clear what is practically the his-
tory of the wire haired fox terrier of today, one must
touch on the ancestry of Barkby Ben. The writer
has always been an adherent of those who are in-
clined to the belief that Meersbrook Ben was his
sire. Meersbrook Ben through All Bristles was es-
sentially of the Mreersbrook Bristles family. The
latter was by Knavesmire Jest, an inbred Jester dog.
Near the district, Darlington, where Jester was
born, was a noted strain of rough coated terriers,
whole or nearly whole, black and tan in color, and it
was generally accepted that Jester sprang from these
terriers.
At all events Barkby Ben was heavily marked, fol-
lowing in line with Meersbrook Bristles. Cackler of
Notts, on the other hand, followed the Jester mark-
ings.
Today the favorite line of the Mistress of Clumber
is Comedian of Notts, through his two sons, Collar
of Notts and Chunkey of Notts.
The most noted of Chunky's representatives in
this country today are Wire Boy of Paignton and his
son Wycollar Boy, while Collar of Notts, whose most
noted sons in England include Collarbone and Corker,
is represented here by Mrs. Roy Rainey's home bred
Conejo Highbrow, who is inbred to Collar.
What to the writer is the chief enigma as to Cack-
ler of Notts' influence is that, despite the plebeian
breeding of his dam, even close inbreeding has failed
to suggest anything but that her lineage is aught
but of the most flawless.
Besides Comedian of Notts and Sylvan Result
there are other distinct channels to Cackler, such,
for instance, as Reigna Nut, represented among other
terriers here by champion Cromwell Cheeky and the
grand headed Ridgeway Corker. So it will be seen
that despite Cackler's unusually large and illustrious
family, monopolizing practically everything in the
award list, he has lift so many branches behind him
that there seems little likelihood of the name and
fame of Cackler of Notts ever becoming dimmed.
—[Fox Hills. New York.
ae
Animals Under Shell Fire. — The proverbial sphinx-
like imperturbability of cats is once again demon-
strated by the fact that pussy is the only quadruped
known to face shells without a natural feeling of
trepidation, says an English exchange. Even after
two years of devastating bombardment, Ypres, the
dead city of the Flanders plain, still boasts a number
of cats which prowl and flourish in this wilderness
of calcined debris. Horses are more human, inas-
much as they are afraid of shells, but endeavor to
show a bold front. Dogs are the greatest cowards,
and the sound of a "Jack Johnson" sets them run-
ning as fast as their legs can carry them from the
danger zone. Perhaps, however, the most unaffected
of all natural life within sound of the guns are larks
and sparrows. These birds treat a hurricane fire
with aloofness and contempt, singing and chirping
through all the din as if the uproar were but an un-
invited accompaniment to their song. — Our Dumb
Animals. Qg
Dogs Are Faithful. — In a cemetery at Fultonham,
Ohio, a dog has kept vigil over his master's grave
for five years. Little is known of this lonely dumb
mourner except that he followed the funeral proces-
sion to the grace of George Baker, a farmer who
lived somewhere outside the town, and ever since,
when night comes on, he goes to the graveyard and
lies on the mound that marks his master's resting-
place.
The dog is now known as "the cemetery dog.'* He
is timid and does not care to make friends. The
cemetery trustees permit him to go and come as he
sees fit and no one now tries to coax him away. Like
the famous Greyfriars Bobby who watched and
mourned at the grave of his dead master for four-
teen years, the Fultonham dog seems likely to spend
the rest of his life in this same strangely sad manner.
Hounds Used For Deer. — That hounds are con-
stantly being used by hunters after deer in violation
of the game laws was the charge made last week by
Fred Edwards, chairman of the Pierce County Game
Commission of Washington. Commissioner Edwards
charges that the practice is not only common, but
the present law makes it almost impossible for the
game wardens to obtain convictions.
"The offenders must be caught red-handed," ex-
plained Commissioner Edwards, "and then it is hard
to make a case. A hunter can take his dogs into the
woods after bear, cougar or wildcats and he can not
stop them when they get after deer. Dogs of another
man may drive deer past a hunter. Many have been
killed in this way.
"The present game laws say that dogs shall not
be used in hunting deer, but no definite line is drawn
so that game wardens can actually tell when a hunter
is guilty unless he is present when the hunter ac-
tually sets his dog on the trail of a deer. The only
way I can see to get at it is to force hunters to keep
their hounds chained up during the deer season.
"The hound is the only dog that will keep on the
trail of a deer until he has run him down. Some
bird dogs will go after a deer for a short time, but
they will not keep after them. Airedales will also
keep after a deer as long as they can see them, but
will not hold the scent for half a day at a time as
will a hound."
Reports of the violation of this portion of the
game laws have been made frequently to the mem-
bers of the county game commission, but in every
case there has not been enough evidence to warrant
prosecution.
When the state legislature meets next January, it
is probable that suggestions for several changes in
the game laws will be made by local game societies.
One will deal with the present abuse of hounding
deer, especially in open violation of the game laws.
The next in importance will be a change in date for
the opening of season on quail, evidence being to the
effect that many quail in this section hatch two
broods of young and the second family is far too
young to be hunted or have its mother shot during
the months of the present upland bird season.
SB
S. F. Fly-Casting Scores — F. A. Webster, one of the
consistent casters of the San Francisco club, set a
new club mark Sunday in the light tackle accuracy
event, with a score of but one demerit.
Owing to the inclemency of the weather on Sat-
urday, the usual contest was not held. Conditions
on Sunday were far from ideal, but still good scores
were made. The results:
L. T. 5-oz. L. T. Salmon
5-oz D. F. lure. dis. fly.
F. A. Webster 1 17 54 88 120
J. F. Burgin 5 24 20 106 108
C. H. Kewell 9 10 17 77 130
Col. C. G. Young ...13 34
P. W. Shattuck 15 13 43 80 135
F. H. Reed 21 14
Joseph Springer ...28 18 43 82 104
E. M. Bord 24 26
F. J. Cooper 102 108
Re-entries —
C. H. Gardner 6
W. J. Davis Jr 7 20 18 95 138
F. A. Webster 13 14 28 94 116
B. N. Borg 22
F. G. Cooper 102
P. W. Shattuck 91
DESTRUCTION OF FEDERAL BIRD PRESERVE.
Fight Is Started to Preserve Oregon Lake For the
Breeding of Ducks.
The destruction of one of the largest, if not the
largest, Federal bird reservation in the United States
is threatened, according to an announcement made
by T. Gilbert Pearson, of New York City, secretary
of the National Association of Audubon Societies.
The reservation threatened is at Lake Malheur, in
southeastern Oregon, and is a breeding place for
hundreds of thousands of wild ducks, wild geese and
other water fowl. Application has been made to the
Federal authorities for permission to drain the lake
in order to secure the land it covers. The lake is
six miles wide by lj> miles long, and is about six feet
deep. It supplies an ideal breeding place for wild
water fowl, Mr. Pearson says, and therefore it at-
tracts wild geese and ducks from Canada in large
numbers. Its destruction, he declares, will leave
thousands of young water fowl without a home.
Secretary Pearson has taken the matter up with the
officials of the General Land Office, who have prom-
ised to investigate. It is understood that those who
plan the destruction of the bird reservation have
already secured the co-operation of the State Land
Board of Oregon. For that reason, Mr. Pearson re-
gards the situation as imminent, and believes it will
require quick and earnest appeals to the Secretary
of the Interior from those who believe in the pro-
tection of the wild birds to prevent the destruction
of the colony. "There are about Ave million guns
in the United States," said Mr. Pearson, "and the
only way to preserve our migratory game birds is
to have these sanctuaries — areas in which they can
never be killed under any circumstances."
The appended letter from President George W.
Field, of the National Association of Conservation
.Commissioners, bearing upon the above matter,
clearly shows the disposition of good sportsmanship
in the matter and the intention of making a good
fight against still further inroads into the few re-
maining bird refuges:
"Boston, Mass., Sept. 14. — I noticed in the public
press today that T. Gilbert Pearson, secretary of the
National Association of Audubon Societies, has just
returned from a visit to Malheur Lake, Oregon, which
has long been known as one of the most important
breeding places for wild birds in this country.
"An attempt is being made to secure from the
United States Government the title to this land for
the purpose of draining the lake, for the benefit of
a few persons.
"This action is unwise economically because it sub-
stitutes for a certainty of valuable birds, the uncer-
tainty of agricultural products on alkaline soil, by
nature unadapted for agricultural purpases.
"It carries with it, too, a subversion of public
rights. These breeding places, relatively few in
number, require peculiar conditions which cannot be
readily duplicated. It means diminishing by so much
the annual crop of wild birds on this continent. It
means exploitation of a public asset for private gain.
It should meet the opposition, not alone of the sports-
men and the persons who have the right to see birds
under their natural conditions, but should as well
meet the condemnation of the agricultural press in
all sections of the country.
"It is difficult to believe that the people of the
State of Oregon will permit such an important State
asset to be destroyed, for Malheur Lake in its orig-
inal and natural conditions should be one of the most
important natural features of the State, and as such
should be protected as it exists today.
"Through the efforts of the Audubon Association,
Lake Malheur was made a United States bird reser-
vation on August 18, 1908, and since that time has
been guarded under the care of the government.
"Certain interested persons in Oregon have now
made application to the Government to declare the
lake to be swamp lands suitable for agricultural pur-
poses, and thereby invalidate the government title to
the land. Herein appears the weak point in all the
Federal legislation relative to the setting aside of
bird and game reservations, particularly in the case
of birds. The mere fact that land can be made suit-
able (at any price) for agricultural purposes should
not exclude the possibility of retaining that land as
a place for producing birds, if the annual crop of
birds is of more value than the agricultural products.
"I am writing to Mr. Pearson advising him that the
National Association of Conservation Commissioners
will support the Audubon Association in its effort to
prevent the destruction of this bird reservation by
draining and exploitation of the land. Yours very
truly, GEORGE W. FIELD, President."
Forty-Eight Years S. P. C. A. Treasurer. — For the
forty-eighth consecutive time J. S. Hutchinson has
been elected treasurer of the San Francisco Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Other offi-
cers elected for the year were: John Partridge,
president; George M. Mitchell, first vice-president;
George A. Smith, second vice-president; Ira Barker
Dalziel, third vice-president: Matthew McCurrie,
secretary; Irvin C. Foster, assistant secretary. The
official veterinary surgeons of the Society for the
year are Dr. Wm. F. Egan, Dr. C. Masoero, Dr. J. B.
Boomer, Dr. I. Jacobsen. Dr. Ira B. Dalziel was
named official veterinary dentist and Dr. Oscar J.
Kron, Dr. K. O. Steers, and Dr. C. F. McCarthy,
canine and feline veterinarians.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, October 7, 1916
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Sportsmen's Row j
George Neale, in charge of the Sacramento office
of the Fish and Game Commission, reports that quail,
deer and other game has been very plentiful in his
district. He "was a visitor the first part of the "week.
• • •
Local trapshooters will have the opportunity of
meeting one of the popular shooters of the East in
Mr. W. A. Joslyn, who has assumed the management
of the San Francisco office of the Du Pont Company.
• • •
Trapshooting will be an all-year- affair this season.
The Seattle Trapshooters' Association have their
Harbor Island grounds in tip-top shape and are ready
for their regular Sunday and midweek shoots.
• • •
Killing eight deer and two black bears, a party of
seven hunters has returned to Tacoma after having
spent the past three weeks in the neighborhood of
Quilcene. In the party were W. H. Laisure, George
Barks, Frank Bishop and James Nichols of Tacoma,
and Ted, Frank and Philip Murphy of Chimacum,
Wash. The party went into the mountains under the
direction of Roy Strum of Olympia, who is recognized
as one of the best guides in the state. They were
forced to pack in 32 miles, and found the hunting all
they could desire. In addition to getting a large
bag, they saw signs of many cougar. They would
have gone after some of these giant felines had they
had dogs with them for that purpose.
• • •
. For the next two years it will be unlawful for
hunters to shoot the beautiful arid gamy cock pheas-
ant within the confines of Chemung county, New
York. It never was lawful to shoot the hen bird.
Orders have been issued by the State Conservation
Commission prohibiting the taking of pheasants in
Chemung county from October 18, 1916, to October
1, 1918. The season was scheduled to open on Octo-
ber 19th this year, but owing to the dearth of pheas-
ants in the county a host of Elmiria sportsmen
signed a petition and forwarded it to the Commis-
sion, requesting a closed season for the nest two
years, and after a hearing the above order has gone
into effect. It is believed two years will afford the
pheasants time to populate considerably.
• • •
During the fiscal year ending March 20, 1916, the
following predatory wild animals were reported
killed in the state of Utah: Bear, 146; wildcat,
3,091; mountain lion, 84; coyote, 1,515; gray wolf,
79; lynx, 42; total, 21,907. Disposing of the above
number of animals in a single year that prey upon
the game of a state ought to make game unusually
plentiful in such a state, for to give 21,907 wild
animals only one meal a day each for twelve months
means the destruction of more game than all the
hunters in the state would kill during the open sea-
sons in five years, and it is safe to presume that
each of the above-enumerated animals will average
at least one meal a day on game of some kind during
the entire twelve months.
• • •
The deer season closed successfully. Bucks were
harder to get than last year. I think the reason for
this was on account of less water. There seemed to
be more deer killed where the timber and brush was
more plentiful than in what we call cattle country,
where there is less brush and water. The hunters
this year seemed to respect the law better than ever,
which is very encouraging. The quail in this vicin-
ity are further advanced this year to what they were
last year and the shooting will start on full-grown
birds. Rabbits are plentiful and a day on bay and
slough will show plenty of home ducks. — J. D., San
Jose. Cal. • • •
Mrs. Frank A. Johnson, of Philadelphia, has trav-
eled 10,000 miles this year to participate in trap-
shooting tournaments.
• • •
Mrs. Topperwein didn't make as good a showing as
was expected in the Grand American — with the pro-
fessionals— because she had to use new guns. The
ones she had been using were broken in transpor-
tation. • • •
It has been sixteen years since the International
match between American and Briish trapshooters
took place. Isn't it about time to think of another,
meeting? • • •
When the Americans invaded England and Scot-
land at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, they
didn't lost a match, even though they conformed with
the rules then in vogue in the British Isles.
• • •
A 16-year-old girl did the best shooting in the
Beginners' Day event for women in Philadelphia. The
young lady is Miss Leaphy C. Gough. She accom-
panies her father to the shoots every Saturday, and
with a 20-gauge gun averages better than 70.
• • •
Bill Crosby, who was the high gun in the Inter-
national match between American and English shoot-
ers some sixteen years ago, is shooting just as good
now.
• • •
Live bird shooting is only allowed in four States
now — Pennsylvania, Missouri, Kentucky and Cali-
fornia.
..« ARE YOU GOING HUNTING, OCTOBER 15TH7
KILLING FEMALE PHEASANTS A MISTAKE.
If You Are — Better Go After Quail and Leave Ducks
Until 16th, Say Game Commissioners.
Lowering of Bars in Oregon Is Deplored — Males An
Able to Take Care of Themselves.
If you are going to take advantage of the opening
of the State game season a week from Sunday, you
had better go after quail and wait until October
16th before sighting the scattergun at wild ducks.
This is the advice that is given out by the local offi-
cers of the State Fish and Game Commission.
The game deputies and authorities will not molest
anyone who goes duck hunting on the 15th, when
the State season opens. Fact is, they have no au-
thority to enforce the Federal regulations. At the
office of the San Francisco Federal Marshal, the
information is also given that no action will be taken
unless evidence is submitted to them. It is likely
that many hunters will, accordingly, take a chance of
turning out on Sunday.
The trouble was caused by a confliction of the
State and Federal opening dates. The State law sets
October 15th as the opening and the Federal regu-
lations have the first day set for the 16th. The
mix-up has hunters up-in-the-air, but to play it safe
you would better delay your sport one day, for Fed-
eral law takes precedence over State regulations and
trouble can be caused. It is reported that Nevada
hunters ran into the same conditions and some of
them were cited to appear before the Federal au-
thorities.
J. S. Hunter, acting secretary of the Fish and
Game Commission, gives the following advice:
"Our deputies will take no cognizance of infrac-
tions of the Federal law on Sunday, October 15th.
At the same time hunters should play it safe by
going after quail on that date for there are no con-
flicting regulations on those birds. We have had
inquiries by the hundreds and our advice has been
to wait until Monday, October 16th, before hunting
ducks. The season looks very promising for both
ducks and quail and one day less will not make any
material difference in bagging ducks."
OB
Eastern Trap Expert Here. — W. A. Joslyn, assist-
ant manager of the DuPont sporting powder divis-
ion, has assumed his new duties as manager of the
San Francisco office of the DuPont Company. Mr.
Joslyn has devoted years in following the trap-
shooting sport and is well versed in all angles of
the alluring sport. He has annually participated in
the big tournaments of the East and has proved a
shooter of ability and a sportsman who won many
friends by his genial and pleasing disposition.
Mr. Joslyn is a young man, who is bound to become
popular with local shooters. He plans to be one of
the regulars at the shoots and will put forth his
efforts to further the interests of trapshooting here.
Clarence A. Haight has been transferred to look
after the outside Pacific Coast business for the Du
Pont Company. Mr. Haight, who is well known as
the "Father of Trap Shooting on the Pacific Coast,"
will be called upon to do a deal of traveling and
club members in other sections will undoubtedly wel-
come the opportunity of seeing him oftener. There
is no more popular or competent man in the game
than Mr. Haight.
OB
No Permit to Slay Elk. — Nay, nay, is what the
State Fish and Game Commission has said to the
California Academy of Sciences in turning down an
application for a permit to slay elk in Humboldt
county, it being proposed to mount the animals and
place them in a group in the Academy's museum in
Golden Gate Park.
"But if the Commission persists in its refusal," said
Barton W. Evermann, curator of the museum, "we
will send our men to the Olympic peninsula in the
State of Washington, where a permit has been se-
cured and where we can get the same kind of elk
as are in Humboldt counts'."
It is the contention of Dr. Evermann that as the
Fish and Game Commission permitted the academy
to take elk in the San Joaquin valley, the Commis-
sion should grant the same permission in Humboldt
county. It was proposed to show in separate cases
the two varieties of elk, that of the San Joaquin
valley and that of Humboldt county.
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Dog Show for Los Angeles. — Mr. R. C. Halsted,
now secretary and superintendent of the Southern
California Kennel Club, announces that he has se-
cured the services of Dr. John De Mund of New York
City to judge all breeds at the club's initial show
to be held in Los Angeles, November 23, 24 and 25.
Dr. De Mund is a member of the Rules Committee
of the American Kennel Club and for a number of
years has been a prominent and important factor on
the executive boards of the parent organization. He
occupies an enviable position in the business and
social life of New York and has a host of friends in
and out of the kennel world.
The date for closing entries has been set for No-
vember 8th, and any entry post-marked not later
than midnight of that date will be accepted.
The Southern California Kennel Club should not
be confused with the Ladies' Kennel Association of
Southern California, as they are separate organiza-
tions and not responsible to each other. All business
for the Southern California Kennel Club will be
transacted by Mr. R. C. Halsted. whose office is,
Elks' Club, 400 West Colorado street, Pasadena, Cal.
[By William L. Finley, Oregon State Biologist]
One of the most serious mistakes made by thi
last session of the legislature was the open seasoi
for the killing of female Chinese pheasants. Durhu
the past few years, while the hen pheasant has beei
protected, these birds have been holding their owr
very well. Last hunting season, when hunters hac
a chance to shoot the hen pheasant, a great mans
were killed. Of course, the past winter was verj
severe on the game birds, but I believe the primarj
cause for the scarcity of Chinese pheasants during
the present season is the killing of the hen pheasant
In the first place the Chinese pheasants are polyg
amous in nature. They are entirely polygamous
when kept in captivity. They are to a large exteni
polygamous in the wild state. If there are are as
many cocks as hens in the wild state the birds will
pair off, yet if there are more hens than cocks the
hens will be eared for much the same as they an
in the tame state where a cock is kept in a pei
with four or five females.
The most vital reason why the hen should not be
killed is that she is a smaller bird than the cock
and less able 10 protect herself in the wild state.
At the State game farm, for instance, where cocks
and hens were kept in an open field, they were some-
times attacked by hawks or owls. In more than
birds that were caught in this field by hawks and
owls every single one was a hen. Although the cock
stands out in the open, he is strong and able to
protect himself, while the hen is not.
Several times I have seen or known of a cat at-
tacking a hen pheasant, and yet it will make no
effort to spring at a male bird. In other words, out
of 20 hens and 20 males in the wild state the chances
are that not one of the cocks would be caught or
killed by hawks, owls, cats and other predatory ani-
mals, where 10 or 12 of the females would be killed.
After the first few days of the open season the
cocks became much wilder than the females. They
are more able to care for themselves .while the
females lie closer to a dog and are more likely to be
killed. Every sportsman, therefore, or other persons
interested in the real protection of Chinese pheasants
should refrain from killing the hen pheasant.
[Since this article was written the Oregon State
Commission decided to close the season on October
15. due to scarcity of upland birds, especially Chinese
pheasants. — Ed. ]
OB
No Ducks at Los Banos. — A region covering fifty
square miles of some of California's most famous
duck shooting ground will yield practically no sport
to hunters in the coming season. The section lies
in the Los Banos region and has hitherto been
greatly frequented by both native and migratory
ducks and has furnished for years some of the finest
sport to be found in the State.
A little over a month ago the Miller & Lux dam
at Mendota gave way before the pressure of the
great amount of water, making of what was once a
great marsh, famous for its water fowl, a level mire
field. The dam has been temporarily reconstructed
of brush, but there is no overflow to fill the marshes,
as most of the water is being used for irrigation
purposes.
Unless heavy rains come to the rescue before the
opening of the duck season, October 15, sportsmen
who have liked thai; region for their hunting in the
past will be disappointed and ducks killed will be
very few.
The Salinas valley should profit by the Los Banos
swamps drying up as it is a common occurrence dur-
ing the duck season to see large bands of ducks
come over the mountains from the San Joaquin
section. With no water for them to feed in, no doubt
many of them will take up an abode in the many
bodies of water near Salinas. — Salinas Journal.
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Trap Shooting's Conditions. — T. E. Doremus. the
president of the Interstate Association, has returned
to Wilmington, following a trip across the country
to the Pacific Coast Handicap, at Portland, Or. This
official, who says little, but studies much, had a good
chance to observe the conditions in trap shooting
o nthis trip, and has returned home bubbling with
confidence that even greater years are ahead for this
growing sport. President Doremus denied that the
comparatively small attendance at the recent Pacific
Coast Handicap bore any significance that there was
anything wrong with trap shooting in that section
of the country. As he observed it, the date was too
late and came so close upon the starting of the hunt-
ing season that few cared to take the double time
necessary for the Handicap and the entry into the
hunting fields. The Interstate leader was greatly
pleased with the manner in which the gun clubs have
taken to the registered tournament idea, especially
so this season, where there is such a tremendous
demand for registered tournaments that they are
carrying over into November, whereas in the usual
course of events registered tournaments have been
virtually closed out of the records by the time the
Westy Hogans shoot is decided. In all ways he be-
lieves that trap shooting is on a sounder and firmer
foundation than ever before and that it is going to
go ahead by leaps and bounds in the next couple of
seasons and gain a tremendous number of converts.
Saturday. October 7, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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TRIALS OF TEACHING PEOPLE TO SHOOT.
Are Shooters, Like Poets, "Born" or "Made"?
Famous Instructor Tells of His Experience.
[By Prof. H. H. Stevens.]
Many persons will always contend that shooters,
like poets, are "bom" and not "made." After a sea-
son as Manager of the Dupont Trapshooting School
at Atlantic City, where thousands of novices have
made their first attempt to shatter clay targets, my
views may throw some light on this much-mooted
subject.
! The purpose of the Du Pont Trapshooting School
is three fold, viz.: to teach the art of clay target
shooting, to instruct in the proper use and care of the
shotgun, and to provide the thousands of trapshoot-
ers, who annually visit Atlantic City, opportunities
for participating in their favorite pastime. Hence,
it is easy to believe that in carrying out the objects
of the school we come in contact with shooters of
every conceivable type.
In our instruction work with the novices who have
never shot a gun of any kind our work may be very
simple or very difficult. For instance, the novice of
this nature has formed no bad habits which have to
be overcome. Therefore, given a novice of fair apti-
tude, with no difficulties as to eyesight, a perfect
fitting gun, and competent instruction, his rice to
proficiency should be sufficiently rapid to satisfy
even the most impatient Perfection is a matter of
refinement in gun fitting, coaching, practice, and the
cultivation of absolute confidence in oneself.
Naturally some make progress faster than others,
but it would be a bold assertion to say that this
shooter was more favorably endowed by nature, par-
ticularly as regards shooting, than his fellow. I
should venture the opinion that one merely learns
quicker and better than the other.
Just as the golf instructor and the army drill
master make much of the proper position for novices
to assume, so it is in trapshooting. We find so many
who, upon having a gun placed in their hands, im-
mediately assume a strained and unnatural position,
with a vise-like grip upon the gun, and balancing and
pivoting at the waist with the hips thrust forward
and the shoulders back. This of course precludes
the possibility of ease or comfort in shooting, and the
likelihood of making a good score. Like the expert
billiard player who cultivates a "touch" and must
have it before he becomes expert, so the trapshooter
who would enter the select circle of the expert must
cultivate an easy, natural position and correct man-
ner of holding his gun.
Speaking freely, the proper position at the traps
is to stand firmly on both feet, leaning slightly for-
ward, the left foot from 4 to 6 inches in advance
of the right (if the shooter is right handed), the body
really resting chiefly on the left leg so as, in a meas-
ure, to counteract recoil; the left hand well out on
the barrel, but not so far as to make the arm straight
and stiff; the right hand gripping the gun firmly at
the "grip"; with his gaze concentrated on the point
where he should first catch sight of the target, his
mind intent simply on breaking that target and on
nothing else, and with both eyes wide open so as to
instantly gauge the flight of the target and get on to
it as quickly as possible; that is how the expert, the
man who "breaks 'em all," stands and acts when
ready to call "Pull." His attitude is not strained or
awkward; his body swings easily from the hips to
meet the exigencies of a sharp right-quartering tar-
get or of one thrown equally sharply to the left.
A neasy position at the start is, therefore, what a
beginner ought first to strive to adopt. It is easier
to start right than, having started wrong, to unlearn
everything and begin all over again. Watch the
experts, both amateurs and professionals, and learn
how to stand from the object lessons they give when
at the traps, for few indeed in either class adopt any
other than the easiest and most natural position.
Some other grave faults encountered in novices
(in many cases those with quite some experience)
were tendencies to lift the cheek from the gun when
the target appeared in view, thus destroying the
carefully adjusted alignment of the eye along the
gun barrel, and making a hit a matter of pure luck
rather than skill; an inclination to wait twice or
three times as long as necessary after getting aim
before firing, thus giving the shot pattern a chance
to open up and also allowing the target to get beyond
certain killing range; and, last but not least, an
uncontrollable habit of pulling the trigger the mo-
ment the target appeared in the air, without regard
to aim, direction of flight, or other considerations
which go to make for expertness.
Possession of a gun which does not fit the shooter
cannot be correctly called a fault; rather it is a
misfortune. The beginner in wing-shooting knows
nothing about selecting a gun to fit him. And I usu-
ally find that the man who comes along and confesses
to me that he has had some experience but is a poor
shot has been handicapping himself with a misfit gun.
Generally he doesn't even know the dimensions of
his gun-stock.
By using a try-gun we take the exact fit of each
shooter, thus ensuring a proper gun is provided for
use during instruction and also enabling him or her
to obtain from any gun maker precisely the fit in
a gun-stock that it is necessary to have to be able
to shoot well.
The rapid strides towards perfection made by many
visitors at the School, even with but a few lessons,
have frequently been a matter of, we hope, justifiable
pride to us and an indication that our School and
modus operandi or system are along the right lines.
But to revert to the opening sentence of this dis-
cussion, my frank and honest opinion is that crack
shots are not born but "salf-made" and 90% perfec-
tion, or even better, is the goal open to him, or her,
who will but learn his few simple lessons properly at
the start of his shooting career, and then strive dili-
gently to master that which can only come with
practice and confidence — good scores and satisfac-
tion.
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Shorten Oregon Game Season. — Portland (Or.), Oc-
tober 2. — At a meeting of the State Fish and Game
Commission here today, the open season for shoot-
ing upland birds, -which began yesterday and was
scheduled to last until November 1, was ordered to
close, instead, on October 15, due to unusual scarcity
of birds, particularly Chinese pheasants.
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Seattle Association. — Breeder and Sportsman —
C. E. McKelvey was in good form on Sunday, Sept.
24, at the Seattle Trapshooters' Association tourney.
He tied with L. H. Reid, a professional, with 46 out
of 50, and in the 100-bird race was high over all with
94. Following were the scores:
At 50 targets— C. E. McKelvey 46, L. H. Reid 46,
Hugh Fleming 45, Ralph Kinzer 42, Dr. Newton 41,
C. W. Bandy 40, W. B. Taft 38, J. U. McPherson 29,
Richard Taft 26.
At 100 targets— C. E. McKelvey 94, *L. H. Reid 92,
Hugh Fleming 90, Ralph Kinzer 87, W. B. Taft 86,
J. U. McPherson 57, Dr. C. L. Templeton 44x50, H.
Cramer 39x50, R. C. Jamieson 24x50.
WHY NOT REGISTERED SHOOTS ON SUNDAY?
Seattle, Wash.
E. A. FRY.
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Peck's Talk on Traps. — There is something about
the lad who is indigenous to the soil of the United
States which, early in his career, makes him a marks-
man almost by intuition.
His initial weapon is the bow and arrow, slingshot,
or baseball, with any one of which he must become
accurate, not by aiming in its accepted sense but
by instantaneous calculation and judgment.
Note the accuracy of any American boy as he
pitches a baseball. No boy of any other nationality,
civilized or savage, could hope to compete with him.
Undoubtedly this, in a measure, accounts for the
fact that we are becoming a nation of trapshots
already over 500,000 strong, and constantly growing.
The trapshooters of today were the boys of yesterday
and the day before.
Age makes no difference, for so long as he shoots
he is still a boy, using the same quick judgment and
accurate calculation as he did 20, 30 or 40 years ago
when he could send a ball hissing over the plate or
"put her home" from the extreme end of the field.
By the same token, if a shooter, despite his years,
is still a boy, paradoxical as it may seem, the boy
of tender years, who is permitted to take up trap-
shooting, in bearing, deportment and self-respect,
becomes a man.
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Trapshooting at County Fairs. — Seeking attrac-
tions that will hold the interest of their visitors,
several county fair associations have turned to trap-
shooting. The Monmouth County (N. J.) Fair, held
at Red Bank, set asde one day for the devotees of
the "sport alluring" and the Bergen County (N. J.)
Fair Association — held in Hoboken — did likewise.
The idea then found its way westward and the
tournament of the Luverne (Minn.) Gun Club was
held at the Luverne Fair. These tournaments at-
tracted thousands of persons who never before had
witnessed a trapshooting competition. There are
several thousand county and state fairs held annu-
ally in the United States, and trapshooting affords
them a real attraction to draw and hold the interest
of the farmers, which is something all fair associa-
tions are endeavoring to do.
Very nearly every farmer owns a gun — some of
them dozens — and they all shoot at one time or
other, either over the traps or in the field. The in-
troduction of trapshooting at the fair means that
every visitor will become interested, especially as it
will not be the sport in the abstract, but in the exhi-
bition of their fellow farmers.
This looks like a rich field for the Interstate Asso-
ciation to delve into. It is doubtful if a better meth-
od of reaching gun owners and inducing them to
become trapshooters would be a great boon to the
sport.
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Remington Notes. — Mr. O. N. Ford proved to be
one of the shining lights of the Pacific Coast Handi-
cap. Shooting Nitro Clubs he was high over all on
registered targets, breaking 320 of the 340 thrown.
He also won the special event, scoring 97x100. P. J.
O'Brien and F. A. Dryden, both of whom shot Nitros,
were also among the stars, O'Brien being high on all
targets with 513x560, and Dryden making the long
run of the tournament — 80 straight.
A. J. Robrege and J. V. Winter, shooting from 19
and 20 yards respectively, tied for first place at a
tournament held recently by the LaCrosse (Wis.)
Gun Club. Both gentleme.n shooting Nitro Club
shells, scored 90x100.
"The Tri-State Big Game Hunters' Meet" was held
recently at Garrett, Ind. Max Witzungreuter. shoot-
ing Nitro "Speed Shells," won first place by breaking
145 of his quota of 150 targets.
Coast Trap Shooters Anxious to Have Interstate
Association Change Rule Prohibiting Events.
With the active trap shooting season closed, there
is a general desire among the Coast devotees of the
sport alluring to have registered tournaments on Sun-
days out in this section of the country. The Inter-
state Association, the governing trap shooting body,
has a rule in effect which prohibits registered targets
on Sundays. Doubtless this was adopted out of con-
sideration to the blue laws of many Eastern states
which bars trapshooting, baseball, and in fact sports
of any sort on a Sunday.
Out here on the Pacific Slope Sunday is the popu-
lar day for recreation with the gun. Practically all
the clubs stage their events then and the turn-outs
have been exceptionally large during the past season.
It is the only day in the week that many of the crack
shots are enabled to put in an appearance.
A big percentage of the shooters would like to try
their luck on registered targets as they are the only
ones on which the official averages are reckoned.
As it is now you find only a comparatively few of our
shooters who loom up when the figures are compiled
and given out. They are the ones who have to leave
their businesses and places of employment during the
week days to participate in the registered tourna-
ments.
If the Interstate Association could see its way clear
to permitting registered tournaments on Sundays it
would unquestionably be a big boost to the sport on
the Pacific Coast. A movement is now on foot to
bring the matter to the attention of the directors of
the association at the annual meeting in Pittsburg
in December.
San Francisco is in line to stage the Pacific Coast
Handicap in 1917. Secretary Clarence A. Haight
reports that the Golden Gate Club will make formal
application to the Interstate Association when it
meets in December to hold the classic. The condi-
tion of the application will be that dates in May or
June be allotted.
It was admitted that the event was held too late
in the season this year. Entries at Portland were not
up to expectation and the reason ascribed was the
lateness. This was the fault of the Coast shooters
in not getting in their bids until after the annual
meeting of the association when dates were already
given and it was found that September was the only
open month.
Mr. Haight is confident that the Golden Gate
Club's wishes to hold the fixture in the summer will
be looked upon with favor. It is the turn of the
shooters in the center of the Coast section to get the
event. In 1915 it was held in the south at San Diego
and this year the north had its consideration. If it
is held at the Alameda grounds a banner gathering
is expected to take place as the game was never in
a more flourishing condition than at the present time.
When the California-Nevada Association meets
shortly after the first of the year applications will
be received for the holding of the State tournament,
which has been gaining in attractiveness and impor-
tance. Del Monte has announced that it will make a
bid and other points will also likely be in line.
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Vallejo Club. — Andy Flickinger of the Vallejo Gun
Club won the Class A Dupont prize on Sunday, in the
last shoot of the season by a score of 24 birds out
of a possible 25. P. G. Magistrini won the Class B
prize. His score was 23 birds. W. King was award-
ed Class C prize, given by the Hercules Company.
The scores:
20 20 20 Ttl
W. E. Mann 18 16 18 52
J. W. F. Moore 15 18 16 49
C. A. Haight 18 IS 17 53
A. G. Flickinger 20 16 20 56
E. F. De La Meter 12 15 17 44
H. J. Yocom 16 18 20 54
D. L. Humphreys 14 15 14 43
W. L. King 15 15 17 47
J. W. Peckham 17 18 18 53
C. L. Wisecarver 16 16 18 50
W. A. Barstow IS 19 18 55
P. G. Magistrini 18 19 17 54
A. F. McGlennan 15 14 15 44
Class A Trophy — J. W. Peckham 21, W. E. Mann
21. W. A. Barstow 23, H. J. Yocom 22, A. G. Flick-
inger 24.
Class B Trophy— C. L. Wisecarver 18, P. G. Mag-
istrini 23, C. L. Jones 17, A. F. Henderson 17.
Class C Trophy. 25 targets— E. F. De La Meter 16.
D. L. Humphreys 17, W. L. King 17, A. F. Peters 16.
King won tie on miss and out.
Team Shoot, 15 birds — W. A. Barstow 13, H. J.
Yocom (Captain) 13, W. E. Mann 12, C. L. Wise-
carver 12, W. L. King 11 — 61 out of 75.
J. W. Peckham (Captain) 13, C. A. Haight 13, P.
G. Magistrini 14, D. L. Humphrey 11, J. W. F. Moore
13—66 out of 75.
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Pulga (Butte Co.).— After a twelve-hour fight in
which three men and five dogs were pitted against
a big bear, the bear was killed. But before Bruin
gave up the fight in her cave, to which she had re-
treated, three dogs were killed by the bear. D. R.
Johnson and Tony and Alfred Azavedo were the
hunters who killed the bear. The carcass was sent
to Sacramento and sold at a meat market.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, October 7, 1916.
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BOY FARMERS WILL HOLD CONVENTION.
The boys of California are making themselves into
its best farmers. Under the leadership of the Uni-
versity of California, the 1,157 boys enrolled in 107
high school agriculture clubs are now winding up
their astonishing achievements in this year's crop-
growing contests, and now 323 of the prize-winners
are to hold a State Convention at the University
Farm at Davis, from October 12 to 14. There the
champions will exchange experiences on how they
proved to their fathers and their neighbors that
brains are the best fertilizer, that seed selection does
more to increase yield than improved tillage, and
that the secret of profit from pigs lies in good breed-
ing, good feeding, and prevention of disease.
After a two-days convention at the University
Farm at Davis and a day at Berkeley, 300 of the boy
delegates will scatter to their homes while 25 cham-
pions will start East, under the leadership of Pro-
fessor B. H. Crocheron (who is in charge of the boys'
club work and the farm adviser system of the Uni-
versity of California), on a nine thousand mile jour-
ney, to see the best types of American agriculture,
from California to the Atlantic.
The growing of a contest crop was completed this
year by six or more boys in 80 different clubs. Some
clubs chose beans, others potatoes, others sorghums,
corn, sugar-beets, mixed vegetables, or pigs. One of
these boy farmers by selecting his bean seed has in
three years so improved the strain that his plants
produce from 75 to 147 pods each, or from five to ten
times as heavy a yield as his neighbors get.
Besides the 323 winners of this year's prizes, 49
prize-winners of previous years will attend the con-
vention. Their home communities have contributed
traveling expenses to Davis. There the boys will be
the guests of the University. The 372 delegates will
camp in militia tents. The winner of each club will
make a three-minute speech telling how he succeeded
in getting a bigger crop and a bigger profit than
any one else in his club. There will be judging of
draft horses, demonstrations of farm tractors, of
vaccination against hog cholera, and of testing of
cows for tuberculosis, stereopticon exhibitions, mov-
ing pictures, baseball and football games, a relay
race, a tug-of-war, jousting matches, and bonfire
rallies.
A special train will bring the boys' club delegates
from the University Farm to Berkeley on Saturday,
October 14, to spend a day at the University of Cali-
fornia, with a meeting in the Greek Theatre and
visits to the 300-foot Sather Campanile, Agricultural
Hall, and other University buildings. The delegates
will attend a 'Varsity football game and then scatter
to their homes, save for the winners of the Eastern
trip, who start East the next day on their month's
journey across the continent and back.
The boys' agriculture clubs which are expected to
be represented on the transcontinental trip are Au-
burn, Bakersfield, Brentwood, Chico, Delano, Dixon,
Esparto, Fillmore, Gonzales, Imperial, Kerman,
Kingsburg, Lodi, Madera, Napa, Ontario, Red Bluff,
Riverside, Salinas, San Diego, San Jose, Sonoma,
Van Nuys, Wasco, and Woodland.
The 80 clubs in which at least six boys completed
the crop-growing contest by raising a quarter of an
acre of potatoes or beans, a half-acre of beets, or an
acre of corn, are as follows:
Southern California — Bakersfield, Bishop, Center-
ville, Delano. El Cajon, Escondido, Fallbrook, Ingle-
wood, Julian, Kerman, Kingsburg, Lindsay, Lodi,
Lompoc, National City, Oakdale, Ontario, Romana,
Reedley, Riverside, San Diego, San Fernando, Santa
Barbara, Stockton, Van Nuys, Wasco, and Whittier.
Northern California — Anderson, Areata, Auburn,
Brentwood, Campbell, Corning, Crescent City, Eu-
reka, Fairfield, Fair Oaks, Ferndale, Fort Bragg, Gon-
zales, Hollister, King City, Lakeport, Mountain View,
Napa, Orland, Paso Robles, Red Bluff, Roseville,
Salinas, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, Sonoma,
Watsonville, and Willows.
The clubs whose members contested in raising two
pigs each are: Brawley, Calexico, Chico, Clovis,
Corcoran, Dixon, El Centro, Esparto, Exeter, Fair-
field, Fillmore, Fowler, Gridley, Holtville, Hughson,
Imperial, Lancaster, Lemoore, Madera, Napa, Porter-
ville. Ripon, Tulare, Visalia and Woodland.
Does Not Recommend Any Make of Tractor.
Department of Agriculture, Washington (D. C.).,
Sept. 30th, 1916.— There have come to the attention
of the United States Department of Agriculture items
appearing in the press which are so framed as to
give readers the impression that the Department in
its publications has praised or recommended a farm
tractor of a particular make.
As the Department has not done this and, in fact,
systematically refrains from recommending any par-
ticular make of tractor or other machine, the public
is warned to regard as false any statement asserting
or implying such recommendation by the Depart-
ment.
Livermore Valley Farm Products Show.
At the Farm Products Show to be held at Liver-
more Alameda county, on Friday and Saturday, Octo-
ber 13th and 14th, the horse department will be in
charge of William McDonald, D. C. McNally and Leo
Hansen, and the following classes and premiums are
announced:
Class No. 1 — Belgians.
(1st, 2d and 3d Prize Ribbons.)
Stallions, 3 years or over.
Stallions, under 3 years. ,
Mares, 3 years or over.
Mares, under 3 years.
Best stallion or filly foal.
Special prize ribbon, best animal in class.
Class No. 2 — Clydesdales.
(1st, 2d and 3d Prize Ribbons.)
Stallions, 3 years or over.
Stallions, under 3 years.
Mares, 3 years or over.
Mares, under 3 years.
Best stallion or filly foal.
Special prize ribbon, best animal in class.
Class No. 3 — Percheron and Norman.
(1st, 2d and 3d Prize Ribbons.)
Stallions, 3 years or over.
Stallions, under 3 years.
Mares, 3 years or over.
Mares, under 3 years.
Best stallion or filly foal.
Special prize ribbon, best animal in class.
Class No. A — Grade Farm Horses.
(1st, 2d and 3d Prize Ribbons.)
Best gelding, 3 years or over.
Best gelding, under 3 years.
Best mare, 3 years or over.
Best mare, under 3 years.
Best suckling colt (by registered stallion).
Special prize ribbon, best animal in class.
Percheron Society of America.
Chicago, Sept. 30, 1916.
Breeder and Sportsman — Gentlemen: The regular
fall meeting of the Board of Directors of the Perch-
eron Society of America was held September 25,
1916.
Provision was made for holding the regular annual
meeting of the stockholders at 8 p. m. Monday, De-
cember 4, 1916, in the Florentine Room, Congress
Hotel, Chicago, 111. This is on Monday of Interna-
tional Live Stock Exposition week. Percheron judg-
ing will begin on Tuesday morning, December 5th,
so that a very large attendance of members is to be
expected at the annual meeting.
Fred Pabst, of Oconomowoc, Wis., C. J. Tucker,
Manager of Longview Farm, Lees Summit, Mo., and
Alvin H. Sanders, editor of Breeders' Gazette, were
appointed as the members of the Proxy Committee.
Classes for four-year-old stallions and mares were
provided for at the International. This will add
greatly to interest in the show, and will encourage
more breeders to bring out animals of this age.
The National Feeders and Breeders Show, which
will be held at Fort Worth, Texas, in March, 1917,
was recognized, and the same classification and
prizes were offered, as have been granted to state
fairs in 1916. This should bring out a strong show
of Percherons in the Southwest. More Percherons
have been sold into Texas this season than for many
years past. Ranchmen having horses to sell have
received more money for the get of Percheron sires
than for the horses previously reared, and the result
is evident in a marked quickening of the trade.
The Directors were unanimously of the opinion
that the opportunities now open to Percheron breed-
ers are most favorable, and that all indications point
to a most prosperous year for Percheron interests.
Yours truly,
WAYNE DINSMORE, Sec'y.
Argentina Cattlemen Prefer Shorthorns.
Prominent cattlemen of Argentina have been trav-
eling through the western cattle districts recently for
the purpose of buying high class breeding stock.
John F. Diaz of Buenos Aires, a member of the party,
and one of the leading cattlemen in the Argentine
republic, said: "Our cattle supply from England is
about cut off. We sell all our cattle to the American
packers in Buenos Aires and they ship the beef to
the warring nations of Europe. The prices of cattle
there are about the same as here, and the cattlemen
are prosperous; so is Argentina as a whole. A great
opportunity in Argentina and the whole of South
America is open to the breeders of Shorthorn and
Hereford cattle and fine stock from the United States
are becoming very popular down there. We want
cattle with lots of meat of good quality. I have some
Herefords, but I prefer the Shorthorns. I have about
25,000 head of cattle on my ranches and we are in-
creasing the number every year. We do not sell
steers less than two years old and never sell heifers
and cows except those too old for breeding. The
production of cattle under that system is becoming
abundant."
College-Bred Bulls and Pigs Win 33 Championships
and Firsts.
That the University of California is a real success
as a practical farmer will be impressed on the farm
ers and their wives who gather at the 779-acre Uni
versify Farm at Davis, Yolo county, this week, tc
spend six weeks in taking the Short Courses in gen
eral agriculture, dairy manufactures, horticulture, oi
poultry husbandry. One proof will be the remark
able success the livestock of the University Fanr
scored at the State Fair just held at Sacramento
Not only did the University Farm livestock wir
twenty-three first prizes, but also six Championships
one Reserve Grand Championship, and — the highesl
possible honor — three Grand Championships.
California Prize Lad was the wonderful Hereford
declared the Grand Champion Bull, California Favor
ite was the Grand Champion Fat Steer, and sheet
from the University Farm were declared both Grand
Champion Wether and Reserve Grand Champior,
Wether.
Besides the ten championships of various grades
and the twenty-three first prizes, the University
Farm won ten second prizes, five third, and one
fourth prize at the State Fair, including first prizes
for draft horses; Hereford bulls, calves, and get ol
sire; Hereford, Aberdeen- Angus, and grade steers;
a Jersey bull calf, Tamworth and Poland China sows,
a Chester white boar. Southdown and cross-bred
wethers, and milch goats and kids.
This fine prize-winning livestock list will be used
throught the Short Courses to train the farmers in
the judging of bulls, cows, sheep, pigs, horses, and
goats, and in the principles of feeding and breeding.
Farmers who plan to take a few weeks off from the
ranch to attend the Short Courses at the University
Farm can obtain, by writing to the University Farm
at Davis or to the College of Agriculture at Berkeley,
of which the University Farm is a part, an announce-
ment of the Short Courses telling exactly what lec-,i
tures and demonstrations in the orchard, dairy,;
poultry-yards, and shops will be given at every hour
on every day throughout the whole six weeks of the!
Short Courses. Those who cannot go to the LTniver-
sity Farm for the whole six weeks can plan to attend
individual lectures and demonstrations of specials
interest.
Dean Hunt points out that if any grain-farmer, i
stock raiser, or dairyman who attends the Shortfl
Courses is enabled by what he learns there to saveil
just one horse, or to increase his dairy production
five per cent, or his yield of barley two bushels an
acre, he will be amply repaid.
Farmers Should Raise Meat.
No wonder meat is high. In 1914 we exported
455,000,000 pounds. Last year we exported 1,339,- f
000,000 pounds, and this year it will be still more.
Light is shed particularly on the high price of beef-,
steak by the fact that we sold Europe last year I
nearly forty times as much fresh beef as the year!
before. Meanwhile we have been buying a good deal
of beef from Argentina, but not nearly enough to I
make up the deficit.
Contrary to the general belief, the tide has really
turned in our live stock supply. After decreasing
steadily from 1907 to 1913, the number of cattle in
i lie United States has begun to increase. In the
past two years there is said to have been an annual .
gain of 4 per cent. But there was a serious shortage i
to begin with; moreover, a 4 per cent increase off
meat on the hoof will hardly more than meet the I
natural increase of population. And so, with the \
European demand added to these two factors, meat i
is naturally scarcer than ever.
Whether it will ever be any more plentiful and I
cheap than it is today depends on whether American i
farmers generally take to cattle-raising on a small [
scale, as an essential factor in mixed farming.
Sheep Values Are Going Up.
Sheep are going to bring more five years hence
than they are now quoted for the tendency is onward '
and upward. In fact the prognosticators are fore- I
casting great joy in the sheep trade and we fancy
they are right about it. They argue that the Euro-
pean war is likely to keep up its lick for three years :
yet in which event the world's sheep population will j
be sadly depleted. Right here in America the next !
census will show a shortage of thirty per cent in the. ,
flocks of the nation. A two years' drouth in Austra- f
lia and the inroads of agriculture in South America
and New Zealand is bound to prevent relief from
those sources, while African competition has never
been pressing. The world's wool supply is practic-
ally used up, with over-production impossible for
many years to come. We have been anticipating this
situation for the last two or three years and have
had a good deal to say about it. The thing for us to
do is to whoop up our breeding operations and get
more sheep but the result is likely to be just the
other way. High prices are always the inducement
to unload and this will be the answer. — Field and
Farm.
Charles Mathes of Smith Center, Kansas, says he
has the champion dividend producing mare in the
west. He bought her eight years ago, paying $95.
Since then she has brought seven exceptionally good
mule colts, all being sold when they were yearlings.
None brought less than $100 and two of them sold
at $125 each. Besides this the mare has paid for her
keep many times by hard work on the farm.
The San Benito division, comprising 140,429 acres,
has been eliminated from the Monterey National
Forest by a proclamation of President Wilson. The
elimination is made on the basis of a report from the
District Forester at San Francisco, showing that the
area is better adapted to the grazing of livestock
than for the production of timber or protection of
watersheds.
aturday, October 7, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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THE FARM
ARCEL POST IDEA APPROVED
BY POST OFFICE.
The postoffice department has just
pproved a new invention which, the
ostoffice authorities say, may revolu-
ionize the parcel post service, at least
o far as shipments "from farm to
able" are concerned. It is likewise
xpected to have an influence in elimi-
nating the middleman.
The new device, if accepted by
American farmers, is expected to more
ban double parcel post receipts in
"ountry districts. To put this into
mmediate use, a plan has been ap-
proved by which postmasters will take
■barge of the distribution of the new
levice.
The invention, to which the comniit-
ee on experiment, research and de-
u'gn of the postoffice department has
;iven its formal approval, is a con-
ainer by which country produce of
ill kinds can be shipped any distance
vithout danger of breaking or spoil-
.ng. The container is made of the
same fiber as that used in the con-
struction of railroad car wheels. It
s a cylindrical box with a peculiar
nner arrangement of fiber partitions
n which even eggs can be placed and
:he package thrown around as ordi-
lary baggage without danger of break-
ing.
The containers are not to be sold,
but leased, by fourth-class postmasters
whose inducement will be the addi-
tional cancellation of postage stamps
through the increased use of the par-
cel post and a commission on the
boxes. A half dozen of these car-
wheel fiber boxes can be placed in a
specially made bag which can be han-
dled as ordinary parcel post matter.
There is a return tag on the container
and stamps already affixed by the
sender insures its return.
The opportunity it will afford the
American farmer to ship his produce
direct to the consumer without its go-
ing through the hands of the middle-
man is the point to which the govern-
ment authorities attach most impor-
tance. The department of agriculture
experts say that much of the produce
originating on the farm passes through
the hands of half a dozen middlemen
before it reaches the ultimate con-
sumer. Each middleman takes out a
commission, which is added to the
price the consumer pays.
The motto of the dairyman, says
H A. Theissen in Pacific Homestead,
should be "300 pounds or more of
butterfat." As rapidly as possible
every cow that does not produce 300
pounds of butterfat in 12 months on
reasonable care should be sold to the
butcher — not to a neighbor. Three
hundred pounds of butterfat per year,
25 pounds per month, five-sixths pound
per day — surely that is not placing
the standard too high. But even this
standard cannot be attained at once
by purchase, as there are not enough
cows in the United States that pro-
duce 300 pounds of fat in one year.
Then, Mr. Dairyman, you must raise
them and to do so you must have a
sire whose offspring is an improve-
ment over the dam. Get a purebred
bull and insist that the dam have an
official record of production of at least
450 pounds of butterfat in 12 months,
for a mature cow. Do not be satisfied
with anything less. If you cannot af-
ford one of this breeding yourself, get
one of your neighbors to go in with
you and buy together.
Herding Cattle by Aero. — Herding
cattle by aeroplane is the latest, as
chronicled in the daily press. It is
being done on a ranch near Reno,
Nev. The rancher's name is Henry
Anderson and he owns a big slice of
Washoe county. Once each day his
cattle aviator flies over the range and
lccates the cattle and observes their
condition. Anderson paid $10,000 for
the aeroplane and already believes it
will be wroth a dozen cowboys to him
in time.
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The First Plow. — Charles Newbold,
of New Jersey, took out the first pat-
ent for a plow in 1797, the president
and his cabinet sitting and passing on
the claim, as was the custom at that
date in patent applications. This was
the first cast iron plow in the United
States, but it is recorded that the
farmers o£ that time entertained great
prejudice against it. There was a pop-
ular idea that a cast iron plow would
poison the soil. In 1637 there were
but thirty-seven plows in the colony
of Massachusetts Bay. For years after
the landing of the Pilgrims the Boston
farmers were without plows and broke
their ground with rude hoes and mat-
tocks. Later when plows were intro-
duced it was the custom for anybody
owning one to do the plowing for the
neighbors over a considerable terri-
tory. The early plows as used by
George Washington and others were
twelve feet long, requiring four to five
yoke of oxen to pull them and a man
to ride on the beam to keep the point
in the ground, and another man to
follow with a grubbing hoe to dig out
the balks.
Fruit Exchanged for Pork. — Any
proposal to increase the taxes of Cal-
ifornia $30,000,000 would raise such a
howl that it could be heard to the Mis-
sissippi river. And yet the actual out-
lay of that much money could be saved
to the state each year by persistently
boosting the pig industry. It is an
economic crime for California — the
natural home of profitable pig produc-
tion— to send nearly half of the value
of its orchard crops out of the state
for live and prepared pork. — D. O.
Lively.
The progenitors of our race in far
middle Asia depended upon alfalfa as
a forage.
It was in alfalfa pasture that the
grazing Nebuchadnezzar found heal-
ing and restoration of his senses.
In former times when a farmer and
a mortgage got on a Kansas farm the
man too often was the one who had
to leave, but since alfalfa came it's the
mortgage that has to get off. — Ex-
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ADDRESS
Breeder and Sportsman
Post Office Drawer 447, San Francisco
mm
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duces Strains. Painful. Knotted. Swollen Veins. Milk Leg.
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cation. Price SI per bottle at dealcra or delivered.
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For i&leby Langley & Mlctnela, Ban Francisco. Calif.;
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San Francisco, Cal.
General Livery and Sale Business
OOUNTRY HORSE8 FOR SALE
WEIGHING 1200 Lbs. TO 1700 Lbs.
Mules in Carload Lois
Hars:s and Rigs of All Descriptions for Hire at All Times
HEALD'S
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1215 VAN NESS AVENUE
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
1 WANT TO BUY.— I have sold eleven
horses in the last few months ranging
from $2,000 to $200. If you have a horse
for sale and will write me, I will tell you
what my system is. It is a winner. I And
there is a buyer for every horse for sale
at the right price. It is just a question of
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FARMS FOR SALE
Choice Land In Idaho
Lewiston, Idaho, is situated at the
forks of Clearwater and Snake rivers and
has transportation to the coast.
.960 acres 7\6 miles from Lewiston, Ida-
ho, 4V& from Lapwai, Idaho, on main
traveled road, all in cultivation except
about 15 acres, all level land, just a little
rolling, 320 acres of fall wheat In, 225
acres fall plowed for spring crop, about
30 acres in alfalfa. All fenced and cross
fenced. Two good springs with big cem-
ent water troughs, well, windmill and
cement reservoir, water piped to house,
7 room house, hot and cold water and
electric lights. Large horse barn with
hay mow in the center, electric lights in
barn; cow barn with two box stalls; hog
pens, shade trees, chicken houses, black-
smith shop, wagon shed, granary, outdoor
cellar with bunk house overhead. $85 per
acre; will take one-third down, time on
balance to suit purchaser, at 7 per cent
interest. One-third of crop goes with
place if sold any time up close to harvest.
Mild climate, can raise all kinds of fruit,
grain and vegetables. Wheat In this
country goes from 35 to 65 bushels per
acre, barley 40 to 80 bushels per ucre.
320 acres 4V£ miles south of Vollmer,
Idaho, 275 acres in cultivation, balance In
pasture and timber, farm land lays prac-
tically level, one-third of crop goes with
place if sold before harvest. Some fall
wheat already sown. All fenced and cross
fenced. Quarter section of It fenced hog
tight; good four-room houso, wood shed,
and out of door cellar, nice grove around
house, well at house, fair stabling and
out buildings, spring and spring creek
close to barn, three springs on place.
Price $70 per acre, one-third cash, bal-
ance at 7 per cent. Time to suit pur-
chaser.
238 acres 4*4 miles from Lewiston. Ida-
ho, 175 acres in cultivation, 25 more can
be cultivated, balance good bunch gras«
pasture, fenced and cross-fenced, good
spring creek runs across place, small
house, station on place for Johnson R. R.,
two grain warehouses at station. Price
$70 per acre, one-third cash, balance at
7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
160 acres of timber land, good farm land
when timber is cleared off, all can be
farmed except about 2 or 3 acres. Good
timber, yellow pine and fir. Price $4000.
40 miles from Lewiston, Idaho. Well
located to log off.
240 acres 6 miles from Asotin, 12 miles
from Lewiston, Idaho, about 75 acres in
fall wheat, about 75 acres more can be
cultivated, balance In bunch grass pas-
ture, two springs, small house, all fenced.
Price $40 per acre, one-third cash, balance
at 7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
Reference Lewiston National Bank and
First National Ba»k. Addrfts
F. W. KELLEY,
Drawer 447. San Francisco, Cal.
14
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, October 7, 1916.
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BEAUTIFUL BELVEDERE
LOTS FOR SALE
CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
most beautiful spot on the shores of San Francisco Bay
for a suburban home. It commands an extensive view of
the City of San Francisco, Alcatraz and Angel Islands,
Raccoon Straits, San Francisco Bay, Richardson's Bay,
the Berkeley shore, beautiful Belvedere and Mt. Tamal-
pais. It is in Marin County, directly opposite San Fran-
cisco, and forms the eastern shore of Belvedere cove.
It has a naturally terraced, sunny, western slope that is
well adapted for many choice residence sites, every one
affording most picturesque views of the bay and moun-
tain. It is protected from the prevailing western trade winds in
summer by Belvedere Island, and from the southerly storms in
winter by Angel Island. The soil is fertile and part of the island
is well wooded.
It is less subject to fog than any other place near San
Francisco. The summer fog, as it rolls in from the ocean, splits
on the western slope of Sausalito, part of it flowing in a line with
Angel Island towards the Berkeley shore, and part of it along
the southern slope of Mt. Tamalpais, leaving Belvedere, Corin-
thian Island and Raccoon Straits in the bright sunlight, while
the fog banks can be seen as a white wall both to the north and
the south.
There is very little available land about the shores of San
Francisco Bay that is desirable for homes, especially for those
who love boating and kindred sports. The Alameda and Contra
Costa shores of the bay are the lee shores and receive the full
brunt of the boisterous trade winds which lash the shoal waters
near the land into muddy waves, making boating both unpleas-
ant and dangerous. To the north of the city and in Marin
County the land from Sausalito to the entrance of the bay is a
Government reservation and will never be placed on the market.
The shores of Richardson's Bay are not at present convenient
to boat service and, aside from Belvedere and Corinthian Island,
there is little or no land near any ferry landing that possesses
the natural advantages, improvements and possibilities that are
offered on Corinthian Island. Concrete roads, pure water, tele-
phone service and electric light wires are already installed. It is
only ten minutes' walk from any point on the property to
Tiburon boats, and but forty-three minutes' ride to the foot of
Market Street.
On the point of Corinthian Island the Corinthian Yacht
Club has had its home for many years, and on any summer day
the white sails of its numerous fleet add to the charming scene,
as the trim yachts glide about the cove. Excellent fishing of all
kinds for bay fish, including salmon, the gamey striped bass,
rock fish and the toothsome silver smelt, is to be had in the cove.
There is probably no spot so accessible and in such close prox-
imity to any large city in the world that offers the attractions
of climate, magnificent scenery, fishing and boating as will here
be found.
FOR MAPS, PRICES AND PARTICULARS APPLY TO
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S. L. PLANT,
PLANT RUBBER AND SUPPLY CO.,
32 BEALE STREET
San Francisco, Cal.
G-R.
F. W. KELLEY,
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN OFFICE,
366 PACIFIC BUILDING
San Francisco, Cal.
jturday, October 7, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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Win Race and Eligibility Book
For 1916.
Complete alphabetical list of all live
horses which acquired win race rec-
ords in 1912, 1913, 1914 and 1915, to-
gether with the color, sex and sire of
each when known, as well as the win
race record of each horse.
11,989 Horses in this Book
Price 50c a copy. For sale by
Breeder and Sportsman.
P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco.
Sells Horse Goods
and Tuttle & Clark
HARNESS HOPPLES
COOLERS
BOOTS
SWEATERS
HOODS
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LEATHER NOVELTIES
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SAN FRANCISCO
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DRIVING CAPS AND JOCKEY CAPS
SMITH'S WONDER WORKER
Nerve and Rheumatic Remedy
® These two ailments baffle the
"V. S. oftener than all other
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use of the above remedy and
steaming-- with the Wonder
"Worker liniment you always
get the desired results. Do not be de-
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PRICE S4.00 per bottle.
W. K. SMITH & CO. Tiffin, Ohio.
W. E. DETELS, Pieasanton, Cal.
Distributing Agent for the Pacific Coast.
TH E CONQUEROR KNEE SPREADER
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By
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Nearly 500 photographs and drawings.
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WON AT THE
PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP
Pacific Coast Preliminary, won by H. Lorensen, Newman, Cal., shooting from 20 yds.... 91 ex 100
Portland Introductory, H. Lorensen, FIRST, (tie) .... 96 ex 100
Pacific Coast Handicap, Ladles Event, Won by Miss Gladys Reid 77 ex 100
Third Professional Average, L. H. Reid, 314 ex 340
Uae the "STEEL WHERE STEEL BELONGS" Sheila,
the kind that won the Pacific Coast High General Average 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915
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ATLANTIC CITY CUP, won by Fred Harlow with a Winchester repeating shotgun and Winchester loaded shells, score 148x150.
HIGH GENERAL AVERAGE, won by Fred Harlow with a Winchester repeating shotgun and Winchester loaded shells, score 491x500.
HIGH PROFESSIONAL AVERAGE, won by Harry Welles, with a Winchester repeating shotgun and Winchester Loaded shells, score 487x500.
PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP
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High Amateur Average 320x340 INiMllLMlilil and 40 straigllt in the shoot-off.
High General Average 320x340 wBrtWTStB
Introductory Handicap 96x100 WluIV Virginia State Championship, won by Dr. L. G.
Pacific Coast Special 97x100 ^fl WKf
jgaBBWr Richards. Roanoke, with 99 x 100, shooting Nitro
P. H. O'Brien, high on all targets - - 513x560 '»>... °
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PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP 1915
HIGHEST GENERAL AVERAGE, VERNON GUN CLUB,
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493 ex 500 TARGETS
All of the above winnings were made by Mr. Henry Pfirrmann Jr., with his 34 inch
double barrel
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OPPOSITION IS EXPRESSED by a correspondent
in Hayward to the measure providing for an issue
of. $15,000,000 in bonds to complete California's good
roads system. Our correspondent thinks the State
roads are too narrow and that when covered with
asphalt they are too slippery for horses as well as
for automobiles. These objections have all been
considered by the road builders in this State and
wherever it is possible to build the roads wide
enough for vehicles to pass it has been done. It may
be that in some very hilly or mountainous districts
necessity has required the roads to be made narrow,
but this has always been the case in such sections.
A fruit grower who uses horses exclusively to haul
his fruit to market and to the railroad, told us this
week that he can haul just twice as much fruit in a
day over the State Highway than he formerly hauled
over the old gravel road. We admit that an asphalt
covered road is no place to speed a horse, neither is
any public road a place for speeding or racing with
automobiles. Some of the road which our corres-
pondent says is dangerous is not State Highway but
was built by the county under the direction of the
Board of Supervisors. We have not seen the greater
part of the highways built by the State, but what we
have seen is first class and meets the approbation
of a vast majority of the people who travel over
them. We believe the people of California will be
benefited by the completion of the road system upon
which nearly $18,000,000 has thus far been expended,
and while all roads are not perfect they are better
than any we have ever had, and are worth preserv-
ing and completing at the price which is fixed by
the amount to be voted on for new bonds. A good
system of State highways will benefit the entire
horse interests of California as well as all other
interests, and for that reason we favor it.
o
THE WONDERFUL RACING that has been held
at Lexington during the past two weeks bodes
nothing but good for the trotting horse breeding
Industry. Good racing and record breaking are very
stimulating to breeders as well as to race man-
agers, and we believe the season of 1917 will be a
vast improvement over that of 1916, both in the
number of mares that will be mated with trotting
bred stallions and also in the number of race meet-
ings and the size and number of purses given. With
a little enterprise California breeders and owners
can share in the improvement that is certain to come
in this business. Every horse owner and breeder
Bhould now try to do something to help things along.
If every one will get in and help 1917 will break all
records for harness racing and attendance on Cali-
fornia tracks.
A NEW PLAN is proposed for a circuit in one of
the western states. Ten tracks are to "pool their
issues," arrange a circuit, advertise purses together,
employ the same presiding judge and the same
starter for the entire circuit and provide a circuit
manager who will attend to the shipping of all horses
on a special train from town to town. The individual
associations are to attend to all other matters for
themselves and to do their own advertising toward
bringing out the people to attend. The plan has
many supporters and will probably be successfully
put through.
o
There will be very close to sixty new 2:10 trotters
this year, and the number may be greater by the end
of the season.
King's County Fair Races.
In spite of an unusual rain storm which visited the
San Joaquin Valley last week, the Kings County
Fair was a big success and there was a large attend-
ance. The exhibits in all departments were excellent
and fully up to the standard set by this annual event.
It rained nearly every night, which made- the half
mile track very heavy and fast time was out of the
question, but while the fields were small there was
good racing which was thoroughly enjoyed by a large
crowd every day. Summaries:
2:24 trot, purse $400:
Dick W. by Morris A 1 1 1
Doctor S. by Carlokin 4 2 2
Miss San Francisco by San Francisco 2 3 3
Camelia 3 4 4
Modesto Maid and Martina Dillon, distanced.
Time— 2:19%, 2:20%, 2:20.
2:13 pace, purse $400:
Julia M. by El Angelo 4 1 2
Ben Corbitt Jr. by Ben Corbitt 3 3 1
Silver Tips by Morris A 1 5 4
Nifty 2 2 3
Zomar and Breezy Marie also started.
Time— 2:14%, 2:17, 2:17%.
Running, half mile dash, stakes, $75 — Pearl, first,
Von Dillon, second. Belle, third, Bar Maid, fourth.
Time, :42%. Von Dillon finished first but was set
back for fouling. Round-Up also started but threw
his rider when the saddle slipped.
Thursday, Oct. 5.
2:10 pace, purse $400:
Teddy Bear, by Del Coronado 1 1 1
Pointer's Daughter by Star Pointer 2 2 2
A. B. C. by Young Monterey 3 3 3
Time— 2:15%, 2:14, 2:15%.
Special pace, purse $200:
Bold Harry Aerolite by Aerolite 1 1 1
Zomar by Zolock 2 2 2
Breezy Marie by Athasham 3 3 3
Time— 2:18%, 2:18%, 2:17%.
Running, mile dash, stakes $100 — Tallow Dip first.
Right Smart second, Von Dillon third. Time, 1:47.
Friday, Oct. 6.
2:10 trot, purse $400:
Bon Cres by Bon Voyage 1 1 1
Columbia T. by Bon Guy 2 2 2
Harold C. by Bon Voyage 3 3 4
Modesto Maid 4 4 3
Time— 2:18, 2:19%, 2:19%.
2:25 pace, purse $200:
Silver Tips by Morris A 1 1 1
J. C. L. by Best Policy 2 2 2
Villa by Nearest McKinney 3 4 3
Best Direct, Directess Mac, Babe and Harry Mack
also started.
Time— 2:14%, 2:16%, 2:16%.
Running, three-fourths mile dash, purse $75 — Pearl
first, Right Smart second, Tom Woods third; Round-
Up fourth.
Saturday, Oct. 7.
2:19 trot, purse $400:
Eloise Dell by Alconda Jay 1 1 3
Miss San Francisco by San Francisco 2 3 1
Dick W. by Morris A 4 2 2
Doctor S. by Carlokin 3 4 4
Time— 2:17%, 2:17, 2:17%.
Free-for-all pace, purse $100:
Vera Hal by Expressive Mac 1 1 3
Mono Ansel by Monicrat 3 2 1
Teddy Bear by Del Coronado 2 3 2
Time— 2:13, 2:11%, 2:15.
Running, five-eighths mile dash, purse $75 — Round-
Up first, Von Dillon second, Sad Sam third, Barmaid
fourth. Time, 1:04%.
Fastest Trotting Stallion Bred in California.
Zomrect took a record of 2:03% at Lexington last
Monday. If he comes back to California he will be
the undisputed champion trotting stallion of the
coast. He is by Zombro 2:11, dam by Direct 2:05%,
second dam Lilly Stanley by Whippleton, third dam
Dolly McMann, untraced. He ran out with a band of
horses until he was four years old before he was
ever taken up and a halter put on him. He has won
several good races and taken a race record of 2:05%
this year, and looks as if he might trot in two min-
utes. He is six years old. After Zomrect had won
a race in which he took a mark of 2:06% at Colum-
bus, "Marque" wrote about him as follows in the
Horse Review: "He is, to my way of thinking, a
grand trotter, and one that has a splendid future.
Everyone spoke of what a shame it was to mark the
horse this season, and especially to get him out of
the 2:08 class, but to Lon's credit he did so rather
than race him for education. Lon thus gave another
demonstration of the fact that he drives to win, re-
gardless of the consequences."
o
Lee Axworthy Lowers Stallion Wagon Record.
Lee Axworthy was driven a mile to wagon by
H. K. Devereux at Lexington last Thursday against
the stallion record of 2:05% held by Peter Mack.
He made the trip in 2:02%. The only miles faster
than this to wagon were made by Lou Dillon and
Uhlan, both holding wagon records of 2:00. Major
Delmar's wagon record is 2:03%. The Major and
Uhlan are both geldings.
o
Ed Geers got back into the sulky again at Lexing-
ton this week, and won the free-for-all pace with the
late Curt Gosnell's horse Single G., beating Ben
Earl, Hal Boy and four or five other good ones.
Dodge Wins Autumn Inaugural at Latonia.
Running a mile and one-sixteenth in 1:43 2-5,
which is not only a new track record for the course,
but a mark that is very seldom made by any thor-
oughbred, Dodge, A. K. Macomber's great three-year-
old son of Jim Gaffney — Flora Willoughby, won the
Latonia Autumn Inaugural Handicap with a net value
of $2,435, the chief event on the racing program for
the opening of the fall racing season at the Milldale
course, Latonia, Kentucky, last Saturday.
By his victory Dodge demonstrated that he is
probably the best stake horse in America at the
present time, as he was put to a terrific test as far
as gameness was concerned to win. Half a length
behind him was Rancher, who also ran an excellent
race after getting away from the barrier last, and
Hodge was third, the same margin behind the place
horse. There were nine starters in the race, A. K.
Macomber being represented by an entry, Dodge and
Ed Crump.
The best previous time for a mile and one-sixteenth
at the Latonia track was 1:43 4-5, and this mark was
made by such a high class racehorse as The Manager.
Havana Racing Will Start December 7.
Havana, Oct. 11. — Horse racing at the beautiful
Marianao course is expected to prove more popular
than ever this winter, for never have Cubans had so
much money to spend and visitors from the United
States will be very numerous. The management of
the Cuba American Jockey Club has laid careful
plans to attract high class horses.
There will be eighty-odd days of racing, a prelim-
inary season of three weeks starting December 7,
with racing three days a week.
Beginning Christmas Day, the regular season will
be started, with racing six days a week. The small-
est purse will be $400, and they will range in value
up to $1000.
Racing in Cuba is profitable for horsemen. Last
winter the Bedwell stable won $20,000 and the club
hung up in purses about $200,000.
Kentucky Association Discusses State Tax.
Lexington, Ky., October 6. — At a meeting of the
Directors of the Thoroughbred Horse Association
today the reported intention of the State Tax "Com-
mission to exact from Kentucky race tracks a tax
equal to half of the receipts from the pari-mutual
betting was discussed. It was the sense of the meet-
ing that the state should have something from this
source, but it was shown by figures on meetings past
that 2% per cent of the money wagered would be a
prohibitive tax.
The horsemen and the track owners would be un-
able to stand as much as that. President Hal Price
Headley was authorized to confer with General Man-
ager John Hachmeister, of the Latonia and Douglas
Park tracks Charles F. Grainger, of the Churchill
Downs track, and the Directors of the Lexington
track and members of the State Board of Racing
Commissioners with a view to coming to some agree-
ment as to what proportion of the receipts from bet-
ting should go to the state, the track owners and
the horsemen. It was noted that Manager Hach-
meister had proposed last spring to devote 4 per cent
to stakes and purses. It was considered very likely
that the proper solution would be to turn the breaks
or splits over to the state. That would be equivalent
to approximately 1 per cent and in itself a handsome
addition to the state's revenue annually. President
Headley will confer with General Manager Hach-
meister at Latonia tomorrow.
The Directors of the Association also went on rec-
ord as "opposed to an excess of racing in any local-
ity," and declared "this association is opposed to the
building of any more race tracks in the Province of
Ontario, Canada."
Magic, the thoroughbred sire recently purchased
in England by Willis Sharpe Kilmer, has reached
New York. He is said to be a big, powerful looking
horse, distinctly of the Bend Or type, being both
rangy and massive, while at the same time he is
highly finished and bloodlike everywhere. Magic is
by Martagon out of Sesame, she by St. Simon out
of Maize, she by Hampton out of Palmflower by The
Palmer. Magic's sire, Martagon, was a brother-in-
blood to Ormonde, being by Bend Or out of Tiger
Lily, she by Macaroni out of Polly Agnes, by The
Cure.
Martagon's turf victories included the Ascot Vase
and the Goodwood Cup, and he sired a host of win-
ners, including Woolwinder (St. Leger), Musa, Min-
tagon, Wuffy, Champ de Mars, Mazagan (a sire in
America), Jaquemart, Buckwheat, etc., etc. Buck-
wheat, full brother to Magic, won the Brighton Cup,
Prince Edward Handicap, Duke of York Stakes, etc.
Magic's third dam, Palmflower, was one of the
greatest broodmares of all time. Her produce in-
cluded St. Florian (sire of Ard Patrick), Musa (win-
ner of the Oaks, and dam of Mirska, who also won
the Oaks), Siphonia (dam of Symington, a successful
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, October 14, 191
PHOENIX HAS GOOD ENTRY LIST.
LEXINGTON RESULTS.
California Horses Are Liberally Entered in All the
Main Events.
Secretary Sbaughnessy has sent us the list of
entries tor the harness races to be held at the Ari-
zona State Fair at Phoenix, November 13th to 18th,
and it makes a splendid showing. The stables of
W. G. Durfee, Fred Ward, Chas. Spencer and Homer
Rutherford, that have been racing over eastern
tracks, will be represented by all their best horses,
while Sutherland & Chadbourne, Blosser & Finley,
W. S. Smith, J. E. Montgomery, Donlan Bros., Marsh
Thompson, and C. L. DeRyder, who have been racing
in California this summer, have all made entries.
Phoenix is certain to have a good meeting, and
Secretary Shaughnessy states that the Arizona State
Fair desires to be in on the California circuit when
organized for 1917, and says there will always be
purses of $1000 each for classes of California horses
that will race there. The entries to the races which
have been declared closed are as follows:
Free-for-all Pace — Failed to fill. Canceled.
2:07 Pace, $1000 — Rayo de Oro, Contention B.,
Silver Tips, Mona Ansel, A. B. C, Ellen Douglas,
Harry R., Lock Logan, Hal Logan, All McKinney,
Zomar, Teddy Bear, Ben Corbitt Jr.
2:12 Pace, $1000 — Zombrino, Rayo de Oro, Con-
tention B., Gay Tommy, Silver Tips, Mona Ansel,
Verna McKinney, Ellen Douglas, Harry R., Lock Lo-
gan, All McKinney, Valbro, Kuropatkin, Direct So,
Paul D. Kelly, Zomar, Pointer's Daughter.
Free-for-all Trot, $1000 — Virginia Barnette, Esper-
anza, Great Northern, Allie Lou, Bon Cres, Vallejo
King, The Proof, Sadie View, Eloise Dell, Columbia
T., Geo. N. Patterson.
2:09 Trot, $1000 — Virginia Barnette, Esperanza,
Mabel Van, Great Northern, Allie Lou, Vallejo King,
The Proof, Sadie View, Zolock Zar, Waite, Eloise
Dell, Columbia T., Geo. N. Patterson.
2:12 Trot, $1000 — Esperanza, Virginia Barnette,
The Lark, Mabel Van, Bon Cres, Great Northern,
Allie Lou, Vallejo King, The Proof, Otis Jr., Sadie
View, Waite, Eloise Dell, Columbia T., Geo. N. Pat-
terson, Lindsay Bell.
2:18 Trot, $1000— Kildare, The Lark, Zolock Zar,
Waite. Don de Lopez, Louise de Lopez, Otis Jr.,
Sadie View, Lindsay Belle.
2:27 Trot, $1000— Kildare, The Lark, Lillian Van,
Miss Axworthy Dillon, Zolock Zar, Waite, Alice E„
Miss Delta, Fred Mc, Dr. Davidson, Lady Leco, Me-
ridian Jr.
Races For Arizona Horses.
Two-year-old Pace, $500 — Arizona Duchess, Miss
Cheatham, George D., Bill, Jack Ryland, Leland D.
colt.
Two-year-old Trot, $500 — Mono Hall, Dick Dulan,
Arizona Duchess, Lady Direct, Laura Bell, Bess,
Butcher Boy, Marmon Lad, Bill, Leland D. colt.
2:25 Trot, $1000— Kildare, Lillian Van, Miss Ax-
worthy Dillon, Dr. Davidson, Alice E., Bellzebola,
Miss Delta, Fred Mc, Lady Leco, Meridian Jr.
2:20 Pace, $1000 — Zombrino, Gay Tommy, Pine-
knot, Maydella, Lady Leland, Balbro, Kuropatkin,
Patchlock, Queen T., Direct So, Paul D. Kelly.
Three-year-old Trot, $500 — Mona Hall, Bellzebola,
Dr. Davidson, Lady Direct, Laura Bell, Bess, Butcher
Boy, Norman Lad, Slats, Dick Dulan.
Three-year-old Pace — Pineknot, Miss Cheatham,
Lelia Mack, Lady Leland, Little Marguerite, Nic,
George D., Jack Ryland.
MATINEE AT GOLDEN GATE PARK.
Four races were carded for last Sunday by the
San Francisco-California Driving Club, but rain pre-
track became too wet after the first heat of the
race had been paced.
The old favorite W. J. K. paced a good race in
the 2:12 class, winning handily, and Bradmont an-
nexed the free-for-all, his third straight race. The
results :
First race — 2:20 mixed:
Prospector (R. Kehoe) 1 1
Minequa (M. Ford) 2 2
Matawan (J. McNamara) 3 3
Dibble Wilkes (S. Benson) 4 4
Time — 2:22, 2:23.
Second race — 2:12 pace:
W. J. K (W. J. Kenney) 1 1
Pointer Belle (J. M. Kidd) 2 2
Little Jack (G. Conlan) 3 4
Emma M (W. Malough) 4 3
Time— 2:12, 2:15.
Third race — Free-for-all pace:
Bradmont (Richie Roberts) 1 1
King Pointer (H. Campodonico) 2 2
Little Bernice (J. C. Welsh) 3 3
Time— 2:11, 2:12.
Fourth race— 2:15 pace (one heat):
Frank N (L. Gielow) 1
Rosa O (J. J. Ryan) 2
Senator H (J. M. Kidd) 3
Ribbonwood heads the list of winning sires in New .
South Wales this season, his progeny having won
30 races. Huon Jr. is second with 24 wins, but
seven of his sons are also represented, with 20 wins
between them. Four of Ribbonwood's sons are cred-
ited with eight wins.
1 1
2 2
3 3
also
Patsy,
L. also
Monday, Oct. 2.
First race, the Walnut Hall cup. 2:12 trot, 3 in 5, value
$3000:
Mabel Trask, ch m by Peter the Great (Cox) 1
Azora Axworthy, b in (Murphy) 2
George Summers, b g (Wright) 5
Virginia Barnette, 3-4-4, and Miss Pinkerton, 4-d,
started.
Time— 2:07%. 2:08%, 2:07%.
Second race, 2:14 class pacing, 3 in 5, purse $1000:
Frederick Hillis, b g by Dr. Hillis
(Swearingen) 5 1
Queen Hal. ro m (Macpherson) 2 2
Dan W., br g (Hart) 6 3
Time— 2:06%, 2:10%. 2:07%. 2:08%.
Colonel Hedgewood, Horace McKerron, Miss
Baron Wood. Major A., Admiral Dewey II, Costa
started.
Third race, the Futurity, for 2-year-old trotters, 2 in
3. value $5000:
The Real Lady, br t by Moko (Murphy) 1 1
Mary Coburn, ch f (White) 2 2
Bertha McGuire, br f (Ackerman) 5 3
Time— 2:07%, 2:07.
Worthy Volo, Harvest Gale, Emma McGowan, E. Colo-
rado. Miss Bertha DUlon, Kelly De Forest also started.
Fourth race, 2:0S pace, 3 in 5, purse $1000:
White Sox, b m by Del Coronado (Durfee) 6 111
Beth Clark, blk m (Hedrick) 2 2 3 3
•Strathell, b h (Barnes) 3 5 4 2
•Comsewogue Hal, br g (Crossman) 4 3 2 5
Time— 2:05%. 2:08, 2:05%, 2:07%.
♦Divided third and fourth money.
Solomon Boy, Canute also started.
Tuesday, Oct. 3.
2:15 trot, 3 in 5, purse $1000:
Trusada, b m by Moko (Cox) 12 8 6 1
Winnie Lockhart, b m (C. Taylor) 2 5 3 13
David Look, br g (Casey) 8 14 7 2
Trusty McKinney, Miss Denver, Great Ivan. Gay Patch,
Belgian, Ike Martin. Bernice Moore, Aegon Girl also
started.
Time— 2:09%, 2:09%. 2:09%, 2:11, 2:11%.
2:05 trot. 2 in 3, purse $1200:
Mary Putney, b m by San Francisco (Cox) 1 1
Ross B., b g (Wright) 2 3
Esperanza, b m (Durfee) 4 2
Joan, Azora Axworthy, Peter Billiken also started.
Time— 2:04%, 2:05%.
Kentucky Futurity trotting, 3-year-olds, three in five,
value $14,000 and cup:
Volga, ch f by Peter the Great (White) 111
Harrod's Creek, ch c (Engleman) 2 2 4
Expressive Lou. b m (Murphy) 4 5 2
Bingen Silk, Suldine, Bintara also started.
Time — 2:06%, 2:07, 2:04%.
2:05 pace, two in three, purse $1000:
Peter Stevens, b h by Peter the Great (Murphy) 2
Goldie C, b m (Valentine) 1
The Savoy, blk g (Floyd) 3
1
General Todd, Lelia Patchen, Knight of Strathmore
also started.
Time — 2:02%, 2:01%, 2:03%.
To beat 2:06 pacing world's record to wagon for mares:
Anna Bradford, blk m. by Todd Mac (Devereux) won
Time— 2:05%.
To beat 2:25% pacing:
Ben Billings, by Bingen out of Lou Dillon (Logan) won
Time — 2:07.
Wednesday, Oct. 4.
2:11 trot, three in Ave, purse $1000:
Harry J. S.. blk h by Admiral Dewey (Tyson) 111
Baron Robinhood. b h (Swain) 4 2 2
Vanko, ch g (Murphy) 2 4 4
The Woodman, Henry Todd, Barbara King, Sweet
Spirit, Hazel Laing also started.
Time— 2:0S%. 2:08%. 2:07%.
2:12 pace, three in five, purse $1000:
Little Frank D., b g by Little Frank (Valentine) 111
Hal Leaf, bh (Whitehead) 4 2 2
Crystal Night, ch h (Swearingen) 2 5 5
Coastal L., Robert Frisco also started.
Time— 2:08%, 2:07%, 2:06%.
Board of Commerce, 2:00 pace, two in three, value $3000:
Roan Hal, ro g by Hal De Facto (Murphy) 1 1
Single G.. b h (Cox) 2 2
Judge Ormonde, blk h (Valentine) 5 3
Russel Boy, Fay Richmond, Hal Boy
Braden Direct
also started.
Time — 2:02%, 2:00%.
The Limestone, 2:18 trot, two in three, value $2000:
Zorarect, blk h by Zombro (McDonald) 1 1
Brescia, b m (Rodney) 2 2
Miss Pinkerton. b m (Taylor) 3 7
Brisac, Lu Princeton, American Girl, Daisy Todd, Grand
Chimes, The Toddler. Alto Chimes also started
Time— 2:05%, 2:06%.
To beat 2:06 track record for stallions, made by Peter
Volo:
Lee Axworthy, b h by Guy Axworthv (White) won
Time by quarters— :30%, :59%, 1:2814, 1:59%.
To beat 2:05 trotting:
Lucile Spier, br m by Directum Spier (H. Fleming) won
Time— 2:03%.
Thursday, Oct. 5.
2:21 trot, 3 in 5, purse $1000:
Daisy Todd, b m by George Todd(Chandler) 6 5 111
Black Falcon, blk g (Horine) 3 2 2 3 2
Zo Dillon, gr m (McDonald) 4 3 3 2 4
Mane Constant, Peter Patchen, Great Governor Gunfire
also started.
Time— 2:09%. 2:10. 2:09%, 2:12%, 2:15%.
2:0 j pace. 3 in 5, purse $1000:
Hazel H.. ch m by Governor Durbin. . (Swain) 12 11
The Deputy Sheriff, b g (H. Thomas) 2 12 4
Ashlook. ch g (Grossman) 5 5 5 2
Strathtell. Dick Sentinel, Harvey K., Fern Hal, Areta
V. also started.
Time— 2:06%, 2:04%, 2:04%, 2:05%
Transylvania, 2:08 trot, 3 in 5, value $5000:
Mabel Trask, ch m by Peter the Great (Cox) 13 13 1
St. Frisco, b h (Murphy) 2 12 12
Sadie S.. b m (McMahon) 3 5 6 2 3
Donna Clay, Al Mack. Alma Forbes, Bacelli also started
Time— 2:05%. 2:03%, 2:04%. 2:08%, 2:06%
Friday, Oct. 6.
2:09 trot. 2 in 3. purse $1000, two heats trotted Thursday
■ br h by Bingara (Murphy) 1 3 i
Brisac,
M. L. J., b g (Leonard)
Miss Perfection, c m (McMahon)
Zombro Clay, Ben Gregor, Fayre Rosamond
Strong, McCloskey, R. C. H. also started.
Time— 2:06%. 2:05%, 2:08%.
2:13 trot. 3 in 5, purse $1000:
Baby Doll, b m by Tom Smith (Rodney) 4 1
Jeannette Speed, blk m (Cox) 1 9
Virginia Barnette. b m (Durfee) 5 3
Binville, The Proof, Winnie Lockhart, Vanko „
Allerton, George Patterson, Gum Drop also started.
Time— 2:08%, 2:08%, 2:07%, 2:07%, 2-10%
The Blue Grass, 2:10 pace, value $2000:
Ben Earl, br g by The Earl (Childs) 1
Jay Eh Mack, b h (Murphy) 2
Young Todd, b S (CoJ) 3
7 1
2 5
Sister
18 1
4 7 2
7 13
Onward
Sir Anthony Carter, Ashlook, Lottie D.. Diumeter also
started.
Time — 2:02%, 2:06%, 2:02.
The Lexington. 2-year-old trot. 2 in 3, value $2000:
Emma Magowan, br f by J. Malcolm Forbes(Murray) 1
Worthy Volo, ch c (McDonald) 3
Kelly De Forest, b c (Murphy) 2
Mary Coburn, Bertha McGuire, Mary Magowan, Poll
Chrome, Hill Brooke Sage also started.
Time— 2:07%, 2:07%.
2:16 pace, two in three, purse $1000:
Spring Maid, ch m by The Abbe (White) 1 I
Rayo de Oro, ch g (Durfee) 2 I
The Aim, br h (White) 5
Miss Patsy, Little Jay, A P. G., Rythmaid, The At
also started.
Time— 2:08%, 2:08%.
To beat 2:17% trotting:
Hobnob, b g (4) by Siliko (Morrow) won. Time — 2:08%
To beat 2:17% trotting:
Buck Watts b c (2) by General Watts, won. Time — 2:09^'
Saturday, Oct. 7.
The "Dinner" stakes, for 3-year-old trotters, two li ,
three, $3000:
MichaUowa, b f by Peter the Great (Serrill) 1 '
Ole Mistis, b f (Ackerman) 2 '
Time— 2:24%, 2:23%.
2:17 trot, three in five, purse $1000:
Trusada, b m by Moko (Cox) 1 1
Gay Patch, b m (Mazy) 2 2 .
Poris Watts, b m (Fleming) 3 4
Also started — Trusty McKinney, Great Ivan, Alvy Co!
man, Ray, Locust Bug.
Time— 2:10%. 2:11%, 2:11.
2:03 pace, two in three. $1,200:
Russell Boy. b h by Rustic Patenter (Fleming) 1 5
Braden Direct, blk h (Egan) 3 14
Judge Ormonde, blk h (Valentine) 5 3 1
Also started — Peter Stevens, Hal Boy, Fred Russell.
Time— 2:00%, 2:01%, 2:01%, 2:05%.
The Breeders' Sweepstakes for two-year-old trotters
two in three, $9,000:
The Real Lady, br f by Moko (Murphy) 1
Harvest Gale, b f (Cox) 2
•Miss Bertha Dillon, ch f (Serrail) 4
•Toddy S., b c (Lazell)
•Divided third and fourth money.
Also started — Tacita.
Time— 2:10%. 2:04%.
The Kentucky, for 3-year-old trotters. 2 in 3, $2000:
Harrods Creek, ch c by Gen. Watts. .. .(Engleman) 1
•Suldine. b c (Traynor) 3
•Brownie Watts, b f (Rodney)
•Divided second and third money.
Also started — Bingen Silk, Native Judge.
Time— 2:08%, 2:06%.
To beat 1:50% trotting: Lee Axworthy, b h by Guy .
worthy (White), won. Time — 1:58%. Time by quarter
:29%. :58%. 1:27%. 1:58%.
To beat 2:16% pacing: Alice Jolla (3), b f by Binjoll
(McDonald), won. Time — 2:11%.
To beat 2:14% trotting: Bintara (3), b c by BinjoUaj
(Niles). won. Time — 2:08%.
To beat 2:08% pacing: Peter Look (3), br c by Peter
the Great (Traynor), won. Time — 2:03.
To beat 2:12% trotting: Mendosa T., b m by Tregantle
(Magowan), won. Time — 2:11.
Highly Bred Stallions in New Zealand.
Three highly bred trotting stallions imported to
New Zealand from the United States are now in
service at the farm of R. McMillan, Halswell, N. Z.,
which he has named the Santa Rosa Farm. Petereta
and Great Audubon are by Peter the Great, while
Nelson Bingen is by Bingen. The service fees of
these stallions are $50 for Petereta and $75 for each
of the others. The stallions are royally bred and
should do much for the trotting stock of New Zea-
land. Petereta is out of a producing mare by Arion
2:07%, second dam a producing mare by Wilton
2:19%, third dam by Robert McGregor .fourth dam by
Alcyone. Great Audubon is out of a producing mare'
by J. J. Audubon 2:19, sire of Audubon Boy 1:5914, \
second dam Zelda, dam of six in the list, by Kentucky
Prince, third dam Broadica, great brood mare by
Hambletonian 10. The Bingen stallion is out of
Susette Baron 2:15% by Baron Wilkes, second dam
Suzette 2:14% by Nelson 2:09, third dam by Ken-
tucky Prince. In these three stallions the two lead-
ing sires in the United States are represented. Peter
the Great is the greatest of all sires of 2 : 10 trotters
and Bingen is not only the sire of the world's fastest
trotter, Uhlan 1:58, but also sire of the dam of the
wTorld's champion trotting stallion, Lee Axworthy
1:58%.
Henry Jr. 2:24%, a winner at Erie, Pa., is a six-
year-old son of Jack McKerron 2:07% and the noted
Gold Cup winner Parthenia (w) 2:11%, by Liberty
Chimes. This stallion is being raced by Sidney
Dickerson, who, in ultra-polite circles, would be
styled an intense brunette. Sid believes that ha
never gets any the best of a tight fit at the wire,
and the past week remarked: "In the future, I'se not
goin' to be satisfied with just beatin' another boss;
because why, Sid is goin' to win with daylight be-
twixt me and the other fellow, then I'se sure of
first." — American Sportsman.
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Walter Cox, the New Hampshire horseman, will
have in his string next year a pacer by The Patchen
Boy that has the name of A Game of Chance. This
pacer has a record of 2:13, made in 1915, and showed
so well this season that John Farnum, of Reading,
Mass., paid $3500 for him and turned him over to
Walter Cox. It is said an agent of Tommy Murphy
was just a few minutes late with the offer of a still
larger price for the pacer.
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When George Loomis won the third heat of the
2:05 pace on the Great Western Circuit with Auto
Zombro in 2:02% he laughingly claimed a world's
record. "It's the fastest heat ever paced by a horse
wearing a crutch," said George — and he is right.
Auto uses a spreader on his right leg only and the
device works to perfection.
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The former California trainer, Charles James, who
is now located in New Zealand, where he is meeting
with much success, calls his training grounds Pleas-
anton Lodge, and has had to build new stalls to
accommodate the many horses sent him.
aturday. October 14, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
OBJECTS TO THE GOOD ROADS BONDS.
Hayward, California, October, 1916.
Editor Breeder and Sportsman: — Your little article
i last week's "Breeder" has brought the subject of
ood roads once more to the attention of your read-
rs, and while the subject is fresh in my mind I
,-ould like to say something in regard to this most
mportant subject to the public, whether they be
iorsemen or automobilists.
You say that the eighteen million dollars have
leen well spent and that every committee that has
xamined and reported thereon has unanimously so
lecided. And then you ask the question of your
eaders, who are mostly horsemen, if we are willing
o vote for fifteen million more. Then you answer
hat you believe we will.
Now, just let us stop a moment and consider
whether this is all true about the roads being what
hey should be and whether a continuance of this
tind of road building should be continued or not.
I am going to take a negative view of this ques-
ion, and I hope that your very valuable paper can
ind space to devote to the discussion of the ques-
ion, both for and against.
In the first place, there is not one of the new high-
ways that can be called "good" if judged from the
standpoint of the horse-drawn vehicle, whether it be
ight or heavy traffic.
The new roads are primarily designed with but one
idea and that idea is to afford a speedy means of
travel for rubber tired, motor propelled vehicles.
The horse-drawn vehicle does not enter the calcula-
tions of the highway engineers: if it does, the engi-
neers are not aware of the requirements of the horse-
drawn vehicle or the money to provide for their
needs has not been available.
I wish to call your attention to one piece of the
Lincoln Highway between Hayward and the Liver-
more valley, known as the Bolmer Hill or Dublin
road. This is the most glaring piece of road folly
and will serve as a type of road that you are asking
us to continue building. I wish it were possible for
any one of the road engineers who had a hand
in reporting on the "good roads" to take a ride with
me some day, or night, over that road behind a
horse. I venture to predict that his report would be
different. That is, his report would be different if
he ever got back alive to hand in a report, for I very
much fear that unless he were used to the horse and
knew how to negotiate that road he never would get
back with a live horse or without injury to himself.
Although this road is much shorter between Hayward
and Pleasanton I never use it, but am using the Niles
Canyon road instead.
Now, if any one can show me that by this kind of
road improvement I am benefitted, I will be ready
and willing to be shown. As a matter of fact at the
present time, these roads are of just about as much
use as if they did not exist at all, so far as useful-
ness to a horse-drawn vehicle is concerned. We
were infinitely safer before the improvement was
made. Our horses never fell or slipped and we could
make better time over the old roads.
Take the ordinary state highway, if you will, and
let us see whether it is really a good road or not.
If you will concede that the proper designation of
a "good" road is "a road that carries the traffic
which it is now carrying in a safe and adequate
manner," I believe that you will find very few of the
new highways to fill the bill.
In the first place, there are few if any that have
a surface that is not too smooth, for both automobiles
and horses. They are practically made for the pas-
sage of one vehicle at a time along their course. If
two vehicles of any kind have to pass, one or both
must turn out and use a stretch of roadway that is
not level. In other words, the crowning of the road
is a survival of past methods of road grading that
must be abandoned, as our roads with a permanent
surface do not wear away like the macadam road,
faster in the center than at the sides.
With the present materials of concrete foundation
and a renewable asphaltum or oiled macadam wear-
ing surface, there is no longer the need of so much
crowning. The drainage of the surface does not call
for the steep crowning formerly required. As the
water does not dissolve the road surface as formerly,
a very slight grade is all that is required.
I was talking with a road builder the other day
and called his attention to this mistake that they
have been making, and he acknowledged that the
engineers admitted that to be the fact, and that
some changes had been already made in line with
my suggestion.
Another very severe criticism of the present de-
sign of the roads, is in the turn not being banked
instead of holding to the same crowning on the
turns as on straight stretches. It seems strange
that this correction of road construction has not
heretofore been made, but I can show many places
where this fault causes many a dangerous place to
travel over.
No road can be called good when any vehicle has
to travel on an uneven "keel" practically the entire
distance, except when there is no other vehicle
in sight. No road can be called good when one
must eternally and ever be turning "out" for the
other fellow. No road can be called "good" where
the surface is designed for motor vehicles only.
If one must have a road for all the traffic that
must of necessity pass along its surface, the rate
of speed of each class of vehicle must be considered.
The present rules of the road are that the slower
and heavier vehicles have to take the least desirable
of the road surface. This not only is not right but
it works an additional injury to the road surface.
The sides of the new roads are woefully inadequate
to bear any kind of traffic. In order to use the
state highway with a horse and buggy one must
hold his horse in a path just on the edge of the
asphalt, with one wheel on the asphalt and one on
the rocky side. As is well known, the present roads
are not wide enough for two motor vehicles. The
numerous accidents are sufficient testimony to that
fact. Far better build wider roads and not so much
mileage.
When the former campaign was on for the eigh-
teen million dollar bond issue, the advocates of the
bonds used many flowery arguments to show the ad-
vantage to the farmer of the improvements. Most
any one knew at the time that they were thinly
veiled, and in reality were "molasses to catch flies,"
and the results, viz.: our questionable "good" roads
are nothing but speedways for motorists. The
"farmer" and his horse are not appreciably benefitted
by this kind of improvement and I hope that no
further similar improvement takes place until the
road builders perfect a road surface and design the
same to meet the needs of the present and future.
In my opinion, it would be far better to wait a decade
before making any more such highways as have been
made with this first bond issue, with the hope that
by that time the road engineers can give us what we
need. The roads now down will be used a long time
before they will finally be torn up and better ones
laid, and let us hope that the day is not far away
when a road will be found which will embody such
features as a dustless surface that does not wave
like the ocean, and at the same time is not so slip-
pery that a horse is liable to go down every minute.
Let me add that no road is right until it is possible
for one to travel at a good rate of speed on an even
keel, without having to turn out for others traveling
in an opposite direction.
I hope that your valuable journal, devoted to the
interests of the light harness horse, will be able to
devote some space during the campaign for the new
bond issue, to the discussion of what shall be done
with the money if favorably voted. Those who are
devoting some of their time to the improvement of
the horse, will be able to furnish some data as to
what is required in road construction, and I am sure
the motor enthusiast will be heard from.
With best wishes, I beg to be
Yours very truly,
CECIL CORWIN.
CHAMPION STALLIONS AS SIRES.
Now that Lee Axworthy has become champion
trotting stallion, the title having a peculiar value
because of the fact that its holder is the first entire
horse to enter the two-minute trotting list, the three
oher members of that ultra select company previous
to his advent being two geldings and a mare, interest
in the horse centers about the question as to his
possibilities as a sire of speed.
It always has been expected of a champion trotting
stallion that he would prove a speed sire ever since
Ethan Allen opened the 2:30 list of trotting stallions
with a mile in 2:28, and a considerable proportion
of the holders of the record for their sex have made
good in that particular. Previous to the meteoric-like
flash of Smuggler 2:15% across the trotting sky, I
had no personal acquaintance with the reigning stal-
lion, hut, beginning with Smuggler, I have seen all
of them, and in the light of what they showed me as
to peculiarities of gait and other characteristics there
is impressed on my mind a pretty definite idea con-
cerning certain qualities which a stallion of which
great things as a sire are expected should possess.
There was not one solitary reason, viewing Smug-
gler in the light of what we now know about breed-
ing trotters, why that horse should sire speed at the
trot. He was a pacer — which fact did not necessarily
condemn him, since Pilot Jr. and Blue Bull, pacers,
were good sires of trotters in their day and genera-
tion— but he was not a good pacer, either as to gait,
or speed, else you may be sure he would have been
permitted to pace. On the contrary, Charles Marvin,
an unknown reinsman in those days, undertook to
make a trotter of him, and succeeded. But while
Smuggler, as a trotter, had in some measure the
action that now would be considered an indispens-
able part of the equipment of a stallion expected to
sire speed, he was wholly an artificial trotter, and
his hind action was of the sort that nowadays would
be considered fatal to the chances of any horse as
a sire, since he flexed the hock to an infiinitesimal
degree, bringing the hind legs forward with a stiff,
awkward motion.
Furthermore, Smuggler had no trotting heredity.
Neither did Blue Bull nor Pilot Jr., but they had
individuality, which they transmitted, whereas in the
matter of individuality Smuggler did not shine, and
very naturally he was a disappointment in the stud.
It might be argued, on the other hand, that Cresceus
2:02%, a later champion among stallions, had a lot
of individuality, and yet failed, considering his op-
portunities, as a sire. True enough, but the two
cases merely show that while a horse without indi-
viduality cannot be expected to do much in the
speed siring line another horse may have individual-
ity galore and still not impart his good qualities to
any considerable proportion of his get.
After Smuggler came Phallas 2:13%, bred in top
lines for his day, and of a family (that of Dictator)
which produced a good sire and to some extent a
good progenitor in Director. The last named was
a much greater success in the stud than was Phallas,
although both were by Dictator and from mares of
the Mambrino Chief strain. Phallas had the faster
record of the two, Director's best mark being 2:17,
but although they met four or five times Director
was so much the best race horse that Phallas went
to defeat every time. Director beat Phallas out of
sight as a sire, principally because he was gaited
right for that purpose, while Phallas was not. Direc-
tor was a true going, four-cornered trotter at any
rate of speed from the jog trot to his best effort,
while Phallas was noticeably rough gaited until he
was going a 2:20 rate, when he would flatten out,
and at top speed was worth looking at. Director
and Phallas. contemporaneous on the turf and in the
stud, got by the same horse, and from mares of the
same family, are the best two examples in the books
of what, apparently, the possession of a pure gait will
do for a stallion when he enters the stud, and what
a handicap a rough gait is under the same conditions.
Maxie Cobb, who succeeded Phallas, his record
being 2:13~%, was an extra good gaited horse, a son
of Happy Medium, but as a sire was a perfect blank.
Like the rest of the Happy Medium family in those
days, he had the name of being a little soft, and
indeed it was not until Nancy Hanks came along that
there was a Happy Medium trotter of any note that
horsemen gave credit for real courage, and even then
the general verdict was that the mare who now is
famous both as a champion trotter and a producer,
owed her greatness to the fact that her dam was by
Dictator, a sire of real race horse trotters. So strong
was this conviction that the Happy Mediums were
soft that one man whose experience with the tribe,
as well as with other strains of blood, had been
extensive, refrained for years from buying a son or
daughter of Peter the Great on the ground that they
came of a bad stock in the matter of gameness.
Finally, however, he became impressed with the
merits of the modern edition of the Happy Medium
output, and after seeing a yearling trot a quarter in
phenomenal time paid ?4,500 for her, and has had the
pleasure of seeing the filly march triumphantly over
all the two and three-year-olds she has met, her
name being Volga (3) 2:01%.
Axtell (3) 2:12, Allerton 2:09%, Nelson 2:09, and
Palo Alto 2:08%, who followed Maxie Cobb in the
stallion championship, were good gaited trotters ,and
succeeded as sires. Kremlin 2:07% is, for a great
race horse and a richly bred one, a notable failure as
a sire of speed, not having a single 2:10 trotter to his
credit, and this is all the more remarkable when the
class of the broodmares with which he was for many
years mated at Allen Farm is taken into account.
Yet Kremlin made a name for himself as a broodmare
sire, and although practically all the 2:30 or better
trotters from his daughters were sired by Bingara or
Bertini (3) 2:22% (sons of Bingen), there is no rea-
son to suppose they would not be equally successful,
or perhaps even more so, if mated with representa-
tives of other strains.
Directum 2:05%, who succeeded Kremlin as cham-
pion stallion, was himself a decided success as a sire
when it is considered that not only did he come of
a none too prolific family in the speed producing
line — that of Dictator — but was himself a trotter
that needed toe weights of considerable heft to bal-
ance bim and make his stride effective. Still, Direc-
tum's blood has not bred on in a noteworthy way,
only twelve of his sons being sires of standard speed,
while sixteen of bis daughters have produced it.
Cresceus, the mightiest trotter of his day, the only
stallion to hold the championship for his sex and the
world's trotting championship at the same time, a
horse whose tremendous deeds in the trotting line
never can be forgotten, was practically a flat failure
as a sire. He was trained and raced from the time
he was a two-year-old until he was ten, and the tasks
assigned him were such as only a horse of iron
frame and unquenchable determination could have
accomplished. All this strain on his vitality may,
and probably did, handicap him as a sire, but, be
that as it may, the bald fact remains that be left not
a son or a daughter of more than mediocre ability
as a trotter, while as speed producers they amount
to little. The male line of the pedigree of Cresceus
is not one that has produced any great sires since
the days of Robert McGregor 2:17%. and that horse
was a broodmare sire rather than a begetter of
trotters.
The Harvester already has demonstrated his ability
to sire extreme and early speed, but he has been too
short a time in the stud for any useful estimate of
his powers as a sire to be made.
Lee Axworthy not only has the fastesi record of
any entire horse, but he is, at least on paper, the best
bred one for a sire. It would be a futile task at
the present time to go into the details of the pedi-
gree of Lee Axworthy with a view to showing why
he should make a great sire, but it may be said that
the main reason, aside from his speed and his perfect
gait, is that he comes from sire producing families
on both sides, going to Axworthy and Axtell in the
male line, while his dam is by Bingen, the greatest
progenitor of all time unless Hambletonian 10 be
excepted. But Lee Axworthy's horoscope as a sire
is well worth casting when there are not more im-
portant things on hand, and some day I shall do the
job.— [Henry Ten Eyck White.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, October 14, 19l(
Harness Horses and Horsemen
T. L. Barstow Sells All McKinney.
When T. L. Barstow, the San Jose horseman, gave
his five-year-old pacing gelding All McKinney a
breeder's record of 2:04 at Santa Rosa July 8th this
year, those who saw- the performance were ready to
predict a very low race record for the son of Nearest
McKinney when he was started for the money, and
it was with much regret that the friends of Mr. Bar-
stow have read during the past two months accounts
of the horse being distanced in nearly every start.
Mr. Barstow started All McKinney a time or two
in Wisconsin and Nebraska for small purses on half
mile tracks, and while the horse did not win he
made a fair showing and it was thought that after
he rounded to (All McKinney was very sick soon
after reaching Omaha on his trip east) he would be
able to show something of his actual speed.. Whether
he was started in the fast classes for the big purses
too soon after his recovery. All McKinney has not
been the same horse he was in California and we
learn that while at Columbus Barstow sold the geld-
ing to Denny Valentine, the well known trainer, for
$1800. Barstow had started All McKinney several
times on the Great Western and Grand Circuits and
in every race he would get the flag after winning a
heat or finishing close to the winner in fast time.
After starting him at Columbus on Monday of the
second week Mr. Barstow sold the horse, and on
Saturday his new owner started All McKinney in
the 2:11 pace, but could not get him to score on a
pace, and was distanced. It is said that Valentine
will in all probability put the straps on him, which
all who saw the horse at work in California will re-
gret, as there never was a cleaner gaited pacer than
All McKinney. When he paced his mile in 2:04 at
Santa Rosa he wore nothing but a harness and a pair
of light quarter boots, paced as steady as a clock and
was the freshest horse at the finish of his mile of
any of the horses marked that day. We hope Mr.
Valentine will be able to bring All McKinney to the
races next year in shape to race and win in the time
he is capable of showing. It is said that had not
Valentine purchased the horse Tommy Murphy
would have taken him off Barstow's hands at the
same price.
May Yet Lower Uhlan's Mark.
The champion stallion Lee Axworthy, that reduced
his record from 1:59% to 1:58% last Saturday at
Lexington, seems to be in a fair way to become the
world's champion trotter without regard to sex, as
well as the champion stallion. His record now is but
one-quarter of a second slower than the gelding
Uhlan 1:58 who holds the championship of all trot-
ters, and is a quarter of a second faster than the
champion mare Lou Dillon. If he can shave his
present record a half second he will stand at the head
of all trotters and as he is but five years old there
is a possibility of his accomplishing the feat Lou
Dillon was a five-year-old when Millard Sanders
started her in the summer of 1903 on her trials
against time in which, at Readville, Mass., on Aug-
ust 24th, she became the first 2:00 trotter, and two
months later. October 24th at Memphis, she trotted
in 1:58%. Major Delmar that same year trotted to a
record of 1:59% and he was six years old at the
time. Then came the great gelding Uhlan that
trotted to a record of 1:58 at Lexington October 8th,
1912. at which time he was eight years old. He had
taken a record of 1:58% two years before when he
was six years old, and while he trotted one mile in
1:59% in 1911, he was a faster horse in his eight-
year-old form than ever before and lowered his mark
to a figure that has not been approached until Lee
Axworthy came on the scene this year. ■ The records
of both Lou Dillon and Major Delmar are preceded
by two asterisks in the Tear Books which signifies
that they were made behind a wind shield, in other
words that running horse preceded them during the
miles. LThlan's mile in 1:58 and Lee Axworthy's in
1:58% stand unadorned with the little stars, how-
ever, as both were made in the open, the accompany-
ing runners being kept alongside or behind them
when the records were made.
As Major Delmar did not get to the top of his speed
until he was six and Uhlan's best mile was made
after he had passed his eighth birthday, the prob-
ability is that Lee Axworthy, whose races against
time have thus far been very few, will train on so
that if he does not lower his mark this year he will
be able to do it in 1917, and become not only the
champion stallion but the champion of all trotters.
Geo Lowery Returns Home.
Mr. George Lowery, of the firm of Dunne & Low-
ery, owners of the trotter Spriggan 2:08 and the
pacer Dicto, returned last week from a trip to the
Grand Circuit. Spriggan was left in the east, but
Dicto will be brought back to California. Mr. Low-
ery states that Spriggan was taken sick during the
extremely hot spell which struck Ohio on their
arrival at North Randall, and never fully recovered.
The horse's appetite failed him and he would not
eat enough to gain strength. He was started a few
times but after a heat or two would have to be with-
drawn. Mr. Lowery states that all the California
horses were affected by the hot weather and says
he will ship east not later than March if he tries to
race on the Grand Circuit again. He reported that
Millard Sanders had been engaged to handle the
colts and fillies on the farm of Mr. Titus of Califor-
nia, who now owns the famous Stony Ford farm in
New York. Mr. Lowery also stated that Tim Sexton
was enjoying the Grand Circuit races and would
probably buy a couple of colts by Gen. Watts that
he had seen and liked. While the California stables
have not done very well this year, Fred Ward and
Will Durfee had won enough to pay expenses and to
buy return tickets for themselves and their horses.
They will both race at Phoenix in November.
Peter McKlyo Is at Stockton Track.
Our whilom correspondent Geo. H. Tinkham writes
as follows from Stockton: "James Thompson came
over from Sacramento on Thursday of last week,
bringing with him Peter McKlyo 2:06 and his two
colts Klyo Boy 2:23% and Charlotte Klyo 2:25%. It
is understood that Mr. Thompson came here to make
an effort to lower Peter McKlyo's Santa Rosa record.
The weather, however, has been very rainy. Tuesday
of this week he gave the stallion a work-out in 2:21,
last quarter in 29 seconds, and last eighth in 14 sec-
onds. If the weather holds good for two weeks it is
predicted that he will beat 2:04. If the meeting is
held Mr. Henry may start Boretta D. for a faster
time record, as the mare has frequently worked out
in 2:10. Lanard P., another good one in the Henry
string, paced a work-out in 2:14 the other day. Mr.
S. H. Williams has a stable o£ five good colts, among
them Prince Demonio, Demonio Prince and WTiite
Socks. The stallion Prince Demonio has paced quar-
ters in 30 seconds and miles in 2:10 frequently.
White Socks is a trotter of great promise; with but
little work she trotted in 2:14. She traces back to
Pancoast on her dam's side.
New Directors for P. C. T. H. B. A.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association
held in the Pacific Building, San Francisco on Tues-
day, October 17th, 1916, four vacancies on the board
were filled.
In place of John C. Kirkpatrick, deceased, Mr.
Frank J. Ruhstaller, the well known brewer and
horse breeder of Sacramento, was elected.
In place of A. B. Spreckels, resigned, Mr. Clarence
Berry, the popular oil magnate of San Francisco, and
breeder and owner of trotters, was selected.
Dr. I. B. Dalziel, the veterinary dentist who is
favorably known to every horseman in California,
was named in the place of Frank J. Kilpatrick, de-
ceased.
Mr. Geo. Giannini, banker and commission mer-
chant, popular president of the San Francisco-Cali-
fornia Driving Club, and horse owner, was elected in
place of Mr. T. J. Crowley, deceased.
This fills all the vacancies on the board of direc-
tors which is now composed of the following: E. P.
Heald. president, Oakland; I. L. Borden, vice-presi-
dent and treasurer, San Francisco; R. S. Brown,
Petaluma, C. A. Durfee, Oakland, A. J. Molera, Mon-
terey, John A. McKerron, San Francisco, F. J. Ruh-
staller, Sacramento, Clarence Berry, San Francisco,
I. B. Dalziel, San Francisco, and Geo. Giannini, San
Francisco, F. W. Kelley, Secretary.
A committee from this board was appointed to
meet with a committee from the State Board of
Agriculture and take measures to promote the forma-
tion of a circuit of county fairs in California in 1917.
This committee will meet during the present month.
It was ordered that the Pacific Breeders' Futurity
No. 17 be advertised, with a total guaranteed stake
of $2500, of which $1500 is for three-year-old trotters
and $1000 for three-year-old pacers, both races to be
held in 1920. It was thought best to give no part of
the stake for two-year-olds, but should there be suffi-
cient two-year-olds in training in 1919 then regular
purses can be given for them.
Bishop, Inyo County, Enjoys Good Racing.
Way up in the mountains of Inyo county there was
held a Harvest Festival last week during which there
was harness and running racing, the local papers
stating that the race program was the best ever seen
in that county. The management of the races was in
the hands of Mr. Guy L. Furley, a newcomer to that
section from the east, who is engaged in the real
estate business in Inyo, and whose previous knowl-
edge of fairs and racing made him the logical man to
select to manage the racing end of the festival.
There were three days' racing and while rain made
the track heavy, over 1000 persons were present each
day to see the horses perform.
On Thursday the race for 2:40 trotters and 2:50
pacers for a purse of $200 was won by J. C. L.,
entered by M. Senter of Hanford. in 2:23%, 2:24 and
2:25. Florence D. was second, Bill Irwin third and
Geo. H. Parker fourth.
C. E. Johnson's Eva Osito won the $200 purse for
2:20 trotters and 2:25 pacers in 2:21, 2:25 and 2:21.
O. Holland's Caroline Custer was second, Chief Di-
rect third and Inyo-Benton fourth.
On Friday the $200 purse for 2:12 trotters and
2:19 pacers was won by M. Senter's J. C. L. in 2:26,
2:32 and 2:28. The third heat of this race was won
by O. E. Holland's Al Hal in 2:25. Florence D. was
third and Chief Direct fourth.
Saturday Mr. Senter's J. C. L won his third race,
taking first money in the $200 purse for the 3:0(
class. He won in straight heats, best time 2:30. Bil
Irwin was second, Caroline Custer third and Zositc
fourth.
The $200 free-for-all was won by Al Hal, Eva Ositc
second. Best time, 2:26. There were several quar-
ter and half mile races for runners during the three
days, the winners being Fisherman, George L. and
Treasurer.
A great feature of the Harvest Festival was the!
big Indian parade and baby show. Over 300 Piutes
were in the parade and no less than 33 papooses were
entered in the baby show.
American Trotting Horse Breeders Elect Officers.
Announcement that the American Association of
Trotting Horse Breeders had decided at its annual
meeting in Lexington last week to hold a special
meeting in New York in November is regarded in
some quarters as indicating that the breeders may
yet attempt to unify and control the machinery of j
harness racing now in the hands of the National and
American trotting associations and the American
Trotting Register Association. Some representative
men were elected to office at the meeting of the
Breeders' Association. J. W. Bailey, formerly United
States Senator from Texas, was chosen president.
The vice presidents are W. B. Dickerman, formerl;
president of the New York Stock Exchange; J. O.
Winston, builder of the Ashokan dam, and Fred T.
Moran, a prominent capitalist and business man ol
Detroit. The secretary is H. K. Devereux of Cleve-
land, now president of the Grand Circuit, and the
treasurer is Sterling R. Holt, of Indianapolis. The
directors are A. H. Cosden, formerly president of the
Riker-Hegeman Company; W. A. Harriman, vice-
president of the Union Pacific Railroad; J. O. Win-
ston and W. G. Pollock, of Cleveland.
Bad Weather at Riverside.
The Riverside County Fair opened on Tuesday o!
this week, but owing to a very heavy track and bad
weather, the harness races had to be postponed
Owing to the postponement of several other feature
events the board of directors have arranged to hold
the fair open over Sunday, and on that day the cap-
ital prize races will be run with purses amounting
to $1500.
Owing to the bad weather which attended the open
ing day it is even possible that the fair will be ex
tended to Monday or Tuesday of next week. Tues-
day's events were as follows:
First race, quarter-mile (seven starters) — Ragtime
won (Bowden up), Effie second (Nolan up). Blue Dog
third (O'Donnell up). Time, :25%.
Second race, half mile (five starters) — Tallow Dip
won (Chico up). Fight Boy second (Nolan up), Casa
Loma third (Fay up). Time, :51%.
Third race, three-eighths mile (eight starters) —
Round-Up won (Chico up). Coyote second (Oriley
up), Eugene Sue third (Nolan up). No time given.
Will Introduce a Pari-Mutuel Bill.
Secretary James C. Nealon of the Golden Gate
Thoroughbred Breeders' Association, who also stands
an excellent chance of being elected to the California
Legislature from San Francisco next month, has re-
ceived a letter from President Charles W. Clark out-
lining the bill that will be introduced at the coming
meeting of the Legislature for some favorable action
of the State lawmakers. President Clark is on his
way to Arizona, and wrote from Los Angeles that he
is in favor of a bill creating a State Racing Commis-
sion to control the sport, with the pari-mutuel form
of wagering. Clark also sets forth that the bill will
call for only thirty days' racing in the spring and
fall, which will do away with the harmful continuous
racing. He also states that a portion of the profits
from the pari-mutuels should be donated to the Stat
for charitable purposes. The Breeders' Association
has taken the lead in introducing the bill.
Driving Club Races Sunday.
The San Francisco-California Driving Club offers
the following program for the matinee at Golden Gate
Park tomorrow afternoon. It will be noticed thai
Bradmont, W. J. K. and King Pointer will meet in
the free-for-all:
First race, 2:20 mixed — Dibble Wilkes (S. Benson)
George W. (Frank Burton), Minequa (M. Ford)
Matawan (J. McNamara).
Second race, 2:15 pace — Little Jack (G. Conlan)
Frank N. (L. A. Gielow), Emma M. (W. Malough)
Pointer Belle (J. M. Kidd).
Third race, free-for-all pace — Bradmont (Richie
Roberts), W. J. K. (W. J. Kenney), King Pointer (H
Campodonico).
Fourth race, 2:18 mixed — Rosa O (J. J. Ryan)
Prospector (Frank Burton), Yoncalla (A. Giovanetti)
Miss Loula Long Thrown and Injured.
Kansas City, Oct. 7. — Miss Loula Long, widely
known as a horsewoman, daughter of R. A. Long,
wealthy lumberman, was injured seriously here last
night when she was thrown from her mount during
a potato race at the American Royal Live Stock
Show.
Miss Long was holding a potato over her head at
the end of a lath spear, defying attempts of oppo-
nents to knock it off the stick, when, in making a
sharp turn, her mount fell to its knees. Miss Long
was thrown.
aturday. October 14, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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;nglish sire), Santa Maura, Simylla, Santa Palma,
tc. This is also the immediate family of imp. Mar-
inet. sire of Gainer, etc., for imp. Martinet is by
lartagon out of Silene, she by St. Simon out of
'almflower.
Magic obviously represents the best English blood
n both sides of his pedigree, and he should be a
reat acquisition to the American thoroughbred in-
ustry.
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"Racing men," says Rider and Driver, "are com-
ilaining of a lack of good jockeys. Some of the
iding during the past season would seem to have
riven them sufficient reason. It is said that appren-
ices have been scarce and that, therefore, the boys
ivailable had to be put into the saddle for racing
•vents without proper preparatory* training. A school
uigbt be established by the Jockey Club as a means
>f overcoming the difficulty, and if such a desirable
nstitution should eventuate we hope the style of
•iding so common of late may be changed. Ever
since Tod Sloane introduced the "monkey seat,"
learly all the jockeys have ridden in that form and
is Sloane was so successful with his mounts the
conclusion has been generally reached by trainers
ind others that he must have hit upon an improve-
nent over the former more graceful deep seat of
:he peerless Fred Archer. We have never been
:onvincd that the Sloane seat is entitled to the credit
t receives. Aside from its ungainliness, the rider
las no leg control over his horse, being obliged to
•ely entirely upon the bit; and, having no seat, even
.hat control is minimized. In our opinion, admitting
'or the moment that throwing the weight of the rider
in the horse's shoulders enables the animal to use
lis propelling muscles more freely, there are more
races lost by the lack of seat and hand control than
».re won by the possible addition of speed. The sub-
ject is worth discussing."
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Clay Brothers have decided to dispose of their
;ntire stud and the sale will be conducted by the
Powers-Hunter Company at Lexington October 28th.
rhe stallion Magneto, a brother to Magnet, will be
offered with nineteen brood mares and fourteen
weanlings. Among the brood mares is Rose Tree
(I., dam of the mighty Roamer and Thirty Third, the
dam of Buckhorn, a Brooklyn Handicap winner.
The war as New Orleans goes along merrily and
warring factions seem to be as far away as ever from
a settlement of their quarrel. The Business Men's
Racing Association recently agreed to buy H. D.
(Curly) Brown off by purchasing his track, but
Brown is reported to have refused to accept on the
ground that the offer should have been made earlier.
In the meantime Brown promises to have his own
troubles in Cuba, where Grant Hugh Browne and his
associates promise to launch a brand new track early
in December and offer a real opposition to Oriental
Park, the "Curly" Brown track that has had a monop-
oly on the sport on the island.
For the first time this year, the two-year-olds were
asked to go a mile at Louisville, Kentucky, on Oc-
tober 3d. May W. won the race a head in front of
Hester Smith. The time was 1:42 4-75.
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A. K. Macomber has taken second call on Jockey
Buxton. The boy will ride for the Macomber stable
luring the Latonia meeting. W. C. Clancy, trainer
for the Wickliffe Stable, has first call on Buxton.
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W. J. Weber's Hodge, carrying 120 pounds, won
the handicap at a mile and fifty yards at Churchill
Downs October 4th, and in doing so created a new
track record of 1 : 41 4-5 for the distance. The old
mark of 1:42% was made by John Bright on May 15,
1900. This is an odd distance and is seldom run
nowadays. Hodge was best in the handicap, but he
had to be hard hustled in the last sixteenth to beat
Typhoon.
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Countess Eugenie Lazereff has written Algernon
Daingerfield from Petrograd, Russia, telling of the
safe arrival of Jockey Eddie Dugan, who will ride
for her. She expresses herself as well pleased with
the contract she has on Dugan and is confident that
he will be a very valuable acquisition to the stable.
Oscar Lewisohn's five-year-old gelding Boots by
Hessian out of Little Flower, won the Baltimore Han-
dicap worth $2650 to the winner at Laurel, Mary-
land, on Saturday last, breaking the track record by
a fifth of a second, running the distance in 1:43 2-5
and being timed the final mile in 1:37. James But-
ler's Spur was second and August Belmont's Strom-
boli was third. Fairbrother had the mount on the
winner.
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The 16-year-old stallion Bear Catcher is on his
way to St. Kitts, British West Indies. He was pur-
chased last week from Messrs. S. T. Bradley and
Andrew Bowman of Lexington, Ky., by Dr. Lionel
Shannon, who came to the States for two carloads
of blooded stock. Bear Catcher is by imported Knight
of St. George and was a frequent winner in Cali-
fornia ten or twelve years ago. In 1906 he was in
Walter Jennings' stable.
Notes and News
Lee Axworthy (5) 1:58% trotting, by Guy Ax-
worthy 2:08%.
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The Real Lady (2) 2:04% trotting, by Moko.
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Peter Look (2) 2:03 pacing, by Peter the Great
2:07%.
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Volga (3) 2:04% trotting, by Peter the Great
2:07%.
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Harrod's Creek (3) 2:06% trotting, by Gen. Watts
2:06%.
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Emma Magowan (2) 2:07% trotting, by J. Malcolm
Forbes 2:08.
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Sis Bingen (3) 2:06% pacing, by Bingen 2:06%.
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Tacita (2) 2:07% trotting, by Atlantic Express
2:08%.
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Suldine (3) 2:08% trotting, by Worthy McKinney
2:30.
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John Garver (3) 2:07% trotting, by Guy Axworthy
2:08%.
What a lot of "early and extreme speed" has been
shown at Lexington this month.
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The Riverside Fair and race meeting is being held
this week with a large attendance.
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The Kern County Fair will open on Tuesday, Octo-
ber 24, and there will be a fine race program.
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Buck Watts 2:09% by General Watts is the fastest
two-year-old trotting colt of the year.
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One of the most consistent and best campaigners
of the three-year-old trotters this season is Harrod's
Creek 2:06%, a son of General Watts.
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The three-year-old pacer Sis Bingen went a good
race at Lexington in the Futurity for $2000. She
won in straight heats in 2:07% and 2:06%.
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J. B. Stetson, the Oregon horseman, reached Sac-
ramento this week with a string of four or five trot-
ters and pacers and will remain at the State Fair
grounds during the winter and early spring.
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An honest to goodness State Fair and race meeting
will open at Phoenix, Arizona, on November 13th and
continue during the week. Every race but one has
filled. Many California horses are entered, in fact
they make up the larger part of the entry list.
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Emma McGowan by J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08 won
The Lexington, the oldest two-year-old stake race,
in handy fashion at Lexington last week, trotting
the two heats in 2:07% and 2:07%, which makes it
the third fastest two-year-old trotting race on record.
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Mabel Trask has won three races during the Lex-
ington meeting. In her last race for the Castleton
Cup, she defeated Saint Frisco, Donna Clay and Vir-
ginia Barnette in straight heats and lowered her
record to 2:03%, which ties Saint Frisco's record.
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C. The Limit 2:03%, son of Searchlight and Bertha
by Alcantara, took his fast record at the pacing gait,
but he took a trotting record of 2:28 at Ancaster,
Ontario, Sept. 6th this year. C. The Limit is now 12
years old. He was bred by Lou Crellin of Pleas-
anton.
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Lou Dillon 1:58% (bred in California), the world's
champion trotting mare, and the first trotter to get
a record of 2:00, is now the dam of three in the 2:10
list. She is the dam of the trotters Lou Billings
2:08% by John A. McKerron 2:04%, Expressive Lou
2:08% by Atlantic Express 2:08%, and the pacer
Ben Billings 2:07 bv Bingen 2:06%.
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Baby Doll 2:07%, in the third heat of a winning
race that went to five heats at Lexington last week,
seems to be a better mare than she ever was and
they look for ber to be a good one in her class next
year. She is now seven years old and sound. Baby
Doll is by Dan Hoffman's stallion Tom Smith 2:13%
and her dam is Kate Lumry by Shadeland Onward.
She was bred bv J. W. Zibbell of Fresno.
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Mr. C. J. Uhl. a prominent fruit grower of Vaca-
ville, Solano county, has two or three youngsters by
Bon McKinney that he says he will put in training if
a circuit is announced by January 1st for the season
of 1917. Mr. Uhl still owns the pacer Solano Boy
2:07 and uses him occasionally in trips around home
and through his orchards. Mr. Uhl will have about
250 tons of prunes this year and has already shipped
several car loads to the eastern markets.
Buck Watts (2) 2:09% is a new 2:10 performer for
Gen. Watts 2:06%.
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J. Elmo Montgomery left his old campaigner Jim
Logan at home after returning from Salem, Oregon,
but shipped Lock Logan and Hal Logan to Riverside
where he had them entered for this week's racing.
They are also entered at Phoenix.
The grand total of attendance at the Fresno County
Fair this year was a little over 65,000. This in spite
of bad weather. It is stated that the board of direc-
tors will give a bigger fair than ever next year, and
make up a program of harness racing that will be
for increased purses over those offered this year.
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The New Zealand Referee says: "Mrs. R. O. Dun-
can's mare Lady Derby, by Rothschild — Norice, has
foaled a brown filly to the imported horse Logan
Pointer. This is the first foal by Logan Pointer, and
is a very well proportioned youngster and a natural
pacer.
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A two-year-old black filly by Cochato owned by
Mr. Van Kirk of Dayton. Ohio, trotted a half mile in
1:06, last quarter in 31 seconds and last eighth in 15
seconds at the Hamilton, Ohio, fair grounds last
week, and was then sold to a Boston, Mass., man for
$10,000.
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The Pacific Breeders' Futurity for foals of mares
covered in 1916 is for $2500, of which $1500 is for
three-year-old trotters and $1000 for three-year-old
pacers. The provision for two-year-old races has been
discontinued so far as this stake is concerned. See
advertising columns.
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The two-year-old filly Symphony by Tregantle. dam
Melody, trotted the last half of an easy mile in
1:02% at Lexington, October 6th, with the last quar-
ter in 31 seconds, and gives every promise of being a
great three-year-old. She is owned by Mars Cassidy,
the well known starter of running races.
Buyers from six states were at St. Joseph, Mo., on
Sept. 28th to attend the annual sale of the Northwest
Missouri Hereford Breeders' Association. The St.
Joseph Stocker and Feeder Show and Sale held dur-
ing the week attracted many stockmen. A $218
average was made on 66 Herefords and this would
have been raised considerably had some of the stock
been in better condition.
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Do you need anything to make your horses com-
fortable this winter? Blankets, rubber sheets, or
lotions for their legs? See Dave West at 1018 Fill-
more street, San Francisco. He is the leading dealer
in race horse goods in California and besides carries
a big stock of all sorts of leather goods. You will
find some high class things at his store that will
make excellent Christmas gifts.
Before President Geo. Giannini sold the little pacer
Bradmont to Richie Roberts, the son of Alto Leyburn
won four straight races at the Driving Club's mat-
inees, and was then raced a few times on the circuit
where he did not do so well. Since Roberts pur-
chased him he has won three straight races, and
looks to hold all the matinee pacers safe.
Dr. Fillmore Young, of Marion, Ohio, has recently
tucky, the three-year-old chestnut mare Queen of
Kentucky, by Kentucky's Choice, dam by Rex Pea-
vine. This mare was shown in Kentucky and Missouri
this year and won nine firsts and four seconds. She
is regarded very highly and will develop into a very
high class mare.
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It is possible that a ten day meeting will be held
at Southern Park trotting track, Youngstown, Ohio,
next spring. Early-closing events ranging in value
from $1000 to $2500 will probably feature the two
weeks' racing. Sixty new stalls will be built at the
track. Several other improvements will be made
about the grounds, the grand stand will be enlarged
and a cinder path will be built inside the track.
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Superintendent George Ryan of the Pleasanton
track states that there are a number of horses now
at that training ground and more are expected
soon.. George Strate is on the way and will
arrive this week with a half dozen high class young
thoroughbreds from England, and a man from Idaho
has written for stalls for several head. Mr. A. W.
Longley's horses occupy ten stalls. S. Christenson
has a half dozen, Mr. I. L. Borden's string is there
and as soon as the races are over at Phoenix, several
stables will head for Pleasanton.
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Just three days before the recent death of Mrs.
J .B. M. Grosvenor, of New York, her old champion
saddle horse Petroleum died at Emile Antony's farm
near White Plains, where he had been a pensioner
for more than ten years. Among all the horses Mrs.
Grosvenor owned — and she had expended $200,000 in
buying and showing harness and saddle horses —
Petroleum and a pony by Dilham Prime Minister
were her favorites, and she provided a home for both
of them as long as they lived. Petroleum won the
championship at the National Horse Show of 1904.
He was a Kentucky bred horse, brought out by S. T.
Harbison, of Lexington.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, October 14, 19K
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
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CAN RICE GROWERS KILL DUCKS?
Question Comes Up Because Birds Destroy Property
Out of Season.
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
Champion Deer Getter. — Independence, Cal. — J. E.
Bell doesn't pretend to be much of a deer hunter, but
he is undoubtedly the champion deer getter. Last
Thursday evening he got a fine buck while saunter-
ing along in his automobile, and he didn't even leave
the highway or fire a gun. His stunt is probably
without a parellel. It would become popular if the
deer would stand for it, but there is no likelihood of
such a thing happening again.
Mr. Bell was driving into town and met the deer
on the road. The animal was apparently blinded by
the headlights and ran toward the machine until
within a few feet, when it made a wild leap to one
side. Along the highway at that point happens to
be a strong barbed-wire fence, and the buck, a six-
pointer, hit this.
Hearing no further sound, Mr. Bell and Mr. Crow-
ley, who drove up behind him, got out to investigate.
They found the deer dead, its neck broken by the
collision with the wire. Mr. Bell loaded the buck
on his car, brought it to town, and he and his friends
have had plenty of fine venison since. Can you
beat it?
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Hunters Bring Down Bucks. — Despite the crowd of
hunters which infested that section, the Tejon coun-
try tributary to Gorman Station yielded 62 bucks
during the season just closed, as detailed in a list
sent to the Fish and Game Commission, compiled
by H. H. Hunt, the forest ranger resident there.
The bucks are classified by killer and by locality as
follows:
In Los Angeles county, one buck each by H. Sand-
berg, Liebre mountain; Charles Moore, Piru creek;
E. D. Engerbritsen, Alamo canyon; W. S. Shepherd.
Pine canyon; J. O. Maxwell, Elizabeth Lake canyon;
B. Cherbhono, Liebre mountain.
Ventura county, one buck each by J. E. Barneburg,
Upper Piru creek; C. H. Harrison, tipper Piru creek;
Erwin Vineyard, W. J. David, A. Vineyard, on Mount
Pinos; T. E. Atmore, Lackwood valley; William
Black. Wagon Road canyon; Henry Sherer, San
Guilmo mountain; L. A. Seaman and S. Rabacuba,
both Frazier mountain; D. R. Crane, Snowy peak;
C. H. Shrimpline, Telephone canyon; T. H. LaVelle.
Dry creek; Glen A. Young, Frank A. Potter, A. B.
Hardesty, all on the Henderson place; John E.
Frazier. V. A. Chalker and Frank E. Proud, one each
on Gold hill; C. W. Stuart, two on Sewart peak;
T. J. and R. F. Harris, two each, and J. A. Harris,
one on Alamo mountain; Milo Fane, two on Little
Mutau; S. L. Ford, one on Bear gulch; J. A. Stew-
art, one on Snowy creek; and five unknown hunters
on Frazier, Little Mutau, Snowy and Lookout point.
Of these hunters Rabacuba, Crane, Young and
Stewart willed their limits, two bucks each.
In Kern county — Carl Weichelt, Cuddy valley; J.
A. Barnes Jr., Neal canyon; G. H. Dillon. Tecuya
ridge, got bucks; Charles Day, two in Salt creek;
seven others unknown, three on Tecuya mountain
and one above Castiac lake, also reported.
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Pheasants Dying of Disease. — That the pheasants
in Yakima county, Wash., are dying off as the result
of disease more than shooting or severe weather, is
the statement of Alex Fulton, U. S. immigration in-
spector, who has just returned from a hunting trip
in the vicinity of Ellensburg. The fact that the
game is much more scarce than it has been for
many years may result in the declaration of a closed
season for several years, Fulton asserts.
"The old birds seemed to have stood the winter
and spring in excellent shape," said Fulton recently,
"but the loss of the chicks through disease has been
very marked. The cold weather is not believed to
be the result, as the early hatchings weathered the
late spring in admirable fashion.
"Some of the hunters thought that the practice of
treating seed wheat with a chemical compound be-
fore planting might have been the cause of the whole-
sale loss of pheasants, but tests made by the county
game warden showed that the preparation is harm-
less. Investigations are being made to determine
the cause of the disease. It is probable that ex-
haustive tests will be made by scientists before the
cause is known."
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Boastful Hunter Arrested. — James Mast, Laguni-
tas nimrod who boasted that he could never be con-
victed of violation of the State game laws by a
Marin county jury, has changed his mind. After
being found guilty by a jury in Justice of the Peace
Herman Rudolff's court, he was sentenced to serve
five months in the county jail and pay a fine of 5100.
Sentence was pronounced by Justice Rudolff last
Saturday.
Mast was convicted of killing a female deer while
hunting near Lagunitas, about a month ago. He was
arrested by Deputy Game Commissioner Dave Hoen,
on information supplied by Gus Gallon, a former
hunting partner of Mast.
Last year Mast and Gallon were arrested four or
five times on similar charges. Each time they de-
manded a jury trial, and each trial resulted in an
acquittal. As a result of^ne of the trials, Mast and
Gallon quarreled. Shortly afterwards Mast supplied
information to the authorities which caused Gallon's
conviction on a charge of killing a doe. Gallon
served five months in the county jail. Within a week
after his release he "got even" with his former
partner. Mast is the son of William Mast, a well-to-
do horse dealer in San Francisco.
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READY FOR OPENING OF DUCK SEASON.
Many Hunters Will Take Chance of Going Out on
Sunday; More Birds Than in Years Past.
Get out the scatter-gun for the duck season. The
season's opening is almost with us. According to
Uncle Sam it will arrive at sun-up on Monday. The
State of California lawmakers have set it down in the
big book for Sunday morning. The conflict has had
hunters all over the lengthy confines of the State
puzzlinfi ever since the new zone regulations went
into effect.
To play it safe and take no chances, it would be
wise to wait until Monday. The Federal regulations
take precedence over the State law and the Federal
authorities could prosecute in case arrests are made.
'mere a number of the boys, however, who have de-
clared their intentions of turning out on Sunday. It
is the fact that Sunday is the only day many hunters
have of following their favorite pastime that makes
the point of opening day so important. Some are
loath to wait a whole weak for there is bound to be
a lot of bombardment early in the week and it may
put the birds to flight.
One mighty pleasing feature of the coming duck
season is the numerous and persistent reports of
birds being plentiful. At the Copper Kettle Club you
can near nothing but good news of ducks at all points
about the bay. Usually you run into several who are
pessimistic, but this year nothing but glowing re-
ports have been made. The recent rains have not
been considered hard enough to drive the birds inland
and some excellent sport is expected when the bars
are finally lowered.
Watch For Bands on Wild Ducks. — Washington,
D. C. — If you kill or capture a wild duck bearing an
aluminum band around one leg, having a number on
one side, and on the other a statement requesting
that the U. S. Department of Agriculture, or the Bio-
logical Survey, be notified, you are requested to send
this band at once to the Bureau of Biological Survey,
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
This band if accompanied by a statement as to date,
place, and circumstances under which the bird was
taken, will be of service to the Survey in its efforts
to determine the longevity of individual ducks and
the routes o fmigration of the species.
The bands are being attached to considerable num-
bers of wild duck of several species which have been
cured of the duck sickness prevalent around Great
Salt Lake, Utah, and there released. The Depart-
ment is particularly anxious to secure reports from
these birds to determine their complete recovery
from this malady which has killed hundreds of thou-
sands of ducks in Utah.
Woman Catches Record Trout. — Mr. and Mrs. George
Long and C. H. Bradshaw of Imperial hold the hon-
ors of bringing to shore the largest trout recorded
in California this season. The trout were of the rain-
bow variety. Mrs. Long was the one responsible
for the landing of the largest beauty of the catch.
The trout measured thirty-two inches from tip to tip
and balanced the scales at eleven and a half pounds.
After hooking her prize Mrs. Long had a fight with
the huge trout that lasted a little over an hour before
landing it
Mr. Long caught the next largest trout landed,
which weighed just a little under that caught by his
wife. He fought three-quarters of an hour before
bringing his prize to shore. All of the fish were
landed from the shore. In all of their catches they
used light tackle with minnows.
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Tule Fishing Now Illegal. — Carl D. Shoemaker,
State Game Warden, wants it understood there is
nothing in the Oregon laws prohibiting angling for
steelheads and silversides at this time, but there is
a misconception regarding certain species of fish
now running in large numbers in the Sandy River,
where the Fish and Game Commission is having a
lot of trouble.
Anglers are under the impression that the fish that
are running are silversides and steelheads. This is
not the case. The species is known as a Fall salmon,
and still better known as the tule. These salmon
are going up to the spawning beds, where they de-
posit their spawn. They are unfit for eating and it
is against the law to catch them or have them in
possession.
The rice growers of California are up in arms, fig-
uratively and literally, against the wildfowl ravages
of their rice fields, and the problem of saving the
wildfowl and their rice fields as well is one that is ,
going to cause a lot of trouble and discriminating
administration of the game laws. The Upper Sacra-
mento Valley ranchers have suffered for years great
losses in grain from the inroads of wild game, and
they claim this loss has been sustained without
much complaint and without redress; but now that
they have gone into rice cultivation they claim the
limit of patience has been reached, and, game law or
no game law, they are going to protect their rice
fields if they have to kill every duck that comes
into them.
One ranchman gave out an interview that is a fair
sample of the sentiment of all the rice growers,
said:
"I don't care what the game laws are. The blac
birds are destroying my crops and they make the
roosts on my scarecrows. Blackbirds are costing ]
$100 a day, and I'm going to kill them.
"Wild ducks no longer migrate to the North, bu
make their home during the hatching season in th
rice fields during the summer. If anybody wants
kill ducks this fall and winter send them to
ranch. I'll let them have free hunting grounds an
will give them a good meal besides. Wild ducks an
wild blackbirds, together with jackrahbits and co
tontails, are a pest to rice growers."
Some ranchers claim that if the state insists tha
the game laws shall not be violated and that the
game birds must be let alone during the closed sea
son, then the state should pay them for grain losses
but for the state to collect hunting-license money and
the ranchers pay the bill of feeding the game birds
for licensees to shoot during the open season, with-
out recompense, is unfair and inequitable, and they
(the ranchers) do not propose to "stand for it.'
It is an unfortunate condition and one that calls
for dispassionate investigation on the part of the
Game Commission of California, to determine if the
statements of and positions taken by the ranchers
are borne out by the facts, and if the game laws are
working an injustice to them. If so, then special
legislation must be enacted to correct the evil of
which they complain and prevent open defiance of
the game laws. If the statements are not borne out
by the facts, then the Game Commission knows what
to do.
Any section of a law that works an injustice brings
the whole law into disrepute. A good law should not
be so jeopardized. — American Field.
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Plants Attract Ducks. — Increasing interest is being
taken by owners of game preserves in the establish-
ment upon them of growths of -aquatic plants such
as will attract wild ducks and hold on them ducks
that have been bred in captivity upon the preserve.
This movement is more or less in its infancy, but
seems destined to great development. The country
is indebted to the United States Bureau of Biological
Survey and particularly to Mr. W. L. McAtee, Assist-
ant Biologist, for extended research that has been
made into the food of our wild ducks. Much of the
information adduced is found in three Government
publications, Circular 81 of the Survey, and Bulletins
58 and 205 of the Department of Agriculture, entitled,
respectively, "Three," "Five" and "Eleven Important
Wild Duck Foods."
These foods attract and hold wild ducks to a pre-
serve, they also give the coveted wild flavor and, in
the case of ducks that are captive-bred, add greatly
to the fertility of their eggs.
During the present year Mr. McAtee made a survey
of the Wilds-Walcott preserve at Norfolk, Conn., on
which interesting and valuable experimental work
having to do with the breeding, attracting and hold-
ing of ducks is being carried on, with a view to de-
termining what food-planting would give most prom-
ise of success.
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Frogs Eat Young Ducks. — For a number of years
we have had on our lake at Millbrook, a few pairs of
mallard ducks. We have let them take care of them-
selves, and have usually raised quite a number of
young. This year we had numerous hatches, but one
by one the young ducks disappeared. We thought
that they were taken by either crows, cats or some
other vermin. We shot a couple of cats, hut the
young ducks continued to disappear. We once heard
that frogs were known to catch young ducks, but we
did not believe the story. However, we thought it
would be a good idea if we investigated, so. one even-
ing, five men with clubs and electric torches went
around the edge of the lake, and that evening we
killed in the neighborhood of twenty-three very large
frogs . We repeated this the following evening, and,
all told, killed nearly fifty. Twenty-three of the larg-
est of these frogs we opened, and in each found a
young duck; in one of them a freshly swallowed
duck and another one nearly digested.
This story I have told to many of the people in
Millbrook. and it has caused much mirth and merri-
ment. However, the above are the facts, although
it sounds like a verv queer tale. — (Morgan Wing,
Millbrook, N. Y.)
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Saturday, October 14, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
NOT A GRIZZLY BEAR IN THE STATE.
Former U. C. Professor Also Calls Attention to
Passing of the Sea Elephant.
Not in the whole length of the Grizzly Bear State
is there to be found at large a specimen of any of
the six species of grizzlies. And the sea elephant,
once the playfellow of little California aborigines, is
no more . These and other facts are deplored by Dr.
Walter P. Taylor, formerly of the museum of Ver-
tebrae Oology, University of California, in an article
in the latest issue of the Scientific Monthly, in which
he pleads for the conservation of native fauna.
Dr. Taylor was recently called to the Bureau of
Biological Survey at Washington.
He bewails the day when the hills of San Fran-
cisco and the islands of the bay were overrun with
deer — that was as recently as 1835 — and incidentally
he calls attention to a point of California supremacy
not hitherto adequately celebrated, saying:
1 "Perhaps there is no more favorable unit in which
to carry on our study than that comprised within the
boundaries of California. Characterized not only by
comparatively great area, but also by climatic fea-
tures ranging from almost subtropical to boreal, and
by a topography of almost infinite variety, it is
small wonder that California possesses a mammal
list including 369 different species or subspecies, as
compared with 80 for Kansas, 94 for Nebraska, 152
for Colorado and 182 for Texas.
"Obviously the species likely to be in greatest
danger everywhere are the game species, plus those
species against which a public prejudice exists for
one reason or .another, and those species which,
through the fur trade or otherwise, enter into the
world's commerce.
"Although it must be admitted that much of her
inheritance has passed away, there is still plentiful
evidence to indicate that California possessed an
early fauna of such generous abundance as to justify
according her a place among the big game countries
of the world."
According to one estimate, says Dr. Taylor, "Cali-
fornia's fur bearing mammals, including only the
bears, raccoons, skunks, badgers, river otter, mink,
marten, fisher, red foxes and wolverine, at the pres-
ent time produce an income which makes them worth
$7,000,000 to the state."
Taking up the species, surviving or disappeared,
he says of the sea elephant:
"We are prone to forget or overlook the intimate
relation between the interests of man and the pres-
ence of the native animals. An illustration of what
is perhaps one of the more unusual of these relation-
ships is furnished by the case of the sea elephant,
the abundant oil of which, according to Stephens,
was much in demand as an illuminant in the early
days in this state previous to the general use of
coal oil. The market created by pioneer necessities,
coupled with the sluggish temper of the animal, both
mental and physical, evidently conspired to work its
doom in our waters. Formerly found in some num-
bers, we must believe, along our southern coast and
as far north as Point Reyes, it is gone completely
from our shores, being reduced to a handful of sur-
vivors on Guadalupe Island, off the coast of Lower
California.
In 1812 700 or 800 sea otters were killed in San
Francisco bay; in 1910 the average price paid for
these skins in London was $1703.33. A few of them
are still seen off Monterey, says Dr. Taylor, and since
the protective law of 1913 was passed they seem to
be increasing.
Of elk, once hunted around the bay for its tallow —
in those day they formed great herds — few are left,
and the Roosevelt elk is making its last stand in
Humboldt and Del Norte counties. The pronghorn
and the bighorn have vanished, save for a few ghost-
like herds occasionally reported.
There is hope in the black bear, however:
"Our biggest living carnivore is the black bear.
One subspecies is found in the Transition and Boreal
zones of the coast mountains north of San Francisco
Bay, while the other, the exact status of which re-
mains to be elucidated, occupies the Sierra Nevadas
south to the vicinity of the Tehachepi Mountains.
Apparently the black bear has never been found
either in the coast district south of San Francisco or
in Southern California.
"Although constant persecution has resulted in
considerable reduction in its numbers, the black bear
has proved a much more resilient and adaptable spe-
cies than the grizzly: and there are good grounds
for the hope that with fair treatment it may be
counted on as an important big game and fur pro-
ducing species for many years to come."
Bui while California has reduced the bulk of its
species and extirpated at least eight, it is not alone,
the same story being told in nearly every state of
the Union and on other continents than America,
says Dr. Tavlor.
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The first substitute for live pigeons was glass
balls. They were first used in 1866. Since that time
there have been many improvements.
• • •
Records compiled in trapshooting for eleven years
show that there has not been an accident in that
period. When one thinks of the hundreds of tourna-
ments and thousands of trapshooters this is remark-
able.
Treaty Precludes Further Question as to
Constitutionality of Migratory Bird Law
The Canadian treaty preludes further question as
to the constitutionality of the federal migratory bird
law. It therefore makes it unnecessary to bring the
case now pending in the United States Supreme
Court to argument.
That the treaty is constitutional cannot be doubted.
In Article VI, clause 2 of the Constitution, it is
provided:
"This Constitution and the laws of the United
States which shall be made in pursuance thereof, and
all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the
authority of the United States, shall be the supreme
law of the land; and the judges in every state shall
be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or
laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.
That noted author, Mr. Charles Henry Butler, in
his very able work entitled "The Treaty Making
Power Under the Constitution of the United States,"
gives as his opinion that the power to legislate in
regard to all matters affected by treaty stipulations
and rules is co-extensive with the treaty-making
power, and that acts of Congress enforcing such stip-
ulations, which, in the absence of treaty stipulations,
would be unconstitutional, as infringing upon the
powers reserved to the state, are constitutional, and
can be enforced, even though they may conflict with
state laws or provisions of state constitutions, or in
other words, that a treaty or act of Congress enforc-
ing its provisions annuls or abrogates all state laws
and constitutions in conflict therewith, without any
exception, even if the provisions thereof relate to
matters wholly within state jurisdiction.
There has been so much discussion about the
treaty between the United States and Great Britain
relating to birds which migrate between the United
States and Canada, that we herein reproduce it in
full:
Article 1. The high contracting powers declare
that the migratory birds included in the terms of
this convention shall be as follows: .
1. Migratory game birds:
(a) Anatidae or waterfowl, including brant, wild
ducks, gees and swans.
(b) Gruidae or cranes, including little brown,
sandhill, and whooping cranes.
(c) Rallidae or rails, including coots, gallinules,
and sora and other rails.
(d) Limicolae or shorebirds, including avocets,
curlew, dowitchers, godwits, knots, oyster catchers,
phalaropes, plovers, sandpipers, snipe, stilts, surf
birds, turnstones, willet, woodcock and yellow legs.
(e) Columbidae or pigeons, including doves and
wild pigeons.
2. Migratory insectivorous birds: Bobolinks, cat-
birds, chickadees, cuckoos, flickers, fly-catchers, gros-
beaks, humming birds, kinglets, martins, meadow-
larks, nighthawks or bull bats, nuthatches, orioles,
robins, shrikes, swallows, swifts, tanagers, titmice,
thrushes, vireos, warblers, waxwings, whippoorwills,
woodpeckers and wrens, and all other perching birds
which feed entirely or chiefly on insects.
3. Other migratory nongame birds: Auks, auk-
lets, bitterns, fulmars, gannets, grebes, guillemots,
gulls, herons, jaegers, loons, murres, petrels, puffins,
shearwaters and terns.
Article 2. The high contracting powers agree that,
as an effective means of preserving migratory birds,
there shall be established the following closed season,
during which no hunting shall be done except for
scientific or propagating purposes under permits is-
sued by proper authorities:
1. The close season on migratory game birds shall
be between March 10 and September 1, except that
the close season on the limicolae or shorebirds in
the maritime provinces of Canada and in those of
the United States bordering on the Atlantic Ocean
which are situated wholly or in part north of Chesa-
peake Bay shall be between February 1 and August
15, and that Indians may take at any time scoters
for food but not for sale. The season for hunting
shall be further restricted to such period, not exceed-
ing three and one-half months, as the high contract-
ing powers may severally deem appropriate and de-
fine by law or regulation.
2. The close season on migratory insectivorous
birds shall continue throughout the year.
3. The close season on all other migratory non-
game birds shall continue throughout the year, ex-
cept that Eskimos and Indians may take at any sea-
son auks, auklets, guillemots, murres and puffins
and their eggs for food aud their skins for clothing,
but the birds and eggs so taken shall not be sold or
offered for sale.
Article 3. The high contracting powers agree that
during the period of ten years next following the
going into effect of this convention, there shall be
a continuous close season on the following migratory
game birds, to-witff Band-tailed pigeons, little brown,
sandhill and whooping cranes, swans, curlew and all
shore birds (except the black-breasted and golden
plover. Wilson or jack snipe, woodcock and the
greater and lesser yellowlegs); provided that during
such ten years the close- season on cranes, swans
and curlew in the Province of British Columbia shall
be made by the proper authorities of that province
within the general dates and limitations elsewhere
prescribed in this convention for the respective
groups to which these birds belong.
Article 4. The high contracting parties agree that
special protection shall be given the wood duck and
the eider duck, either (1) by a close season extend-
ing over a period of at least five years, or (2) by the
establishment of refuges, or (3) by such other regu-
lations as may be deemed appropriate.
Article 5. The taking of nests or eggs of migra-
tory game or insectivorous or nongame birds shall
be prohibited, except for scientific or propagating
purposes under such laws or regulations as the high
contracting powers may severally deem appropriate.
Article 6. The high contracting powers agree that
the shipment or export of migratory birds or their
eggs from any state or province, during the continu-
ance o fthe close season in such state or province,
shall be prohibited except for scientific or propagat-
ing purpases, and the international traffic in any
birds or eggs at such time captured, killed, taken or
shipped at any time contrary to the laws of the state
or province in which the same were captured, lulled,
taken, or shipped, shall be likewise prohibited. Every
package containing migratory birds or any parts
thereof or any eggs of migratory birds transported,
or offered for transportation from the Dominion of
Canada into the United States or from the United
States into the Dominion of Canada shall have the
name and address of the shipper clearly marked on
the outside of such package.
Article 7. Permits to kill any of the above named
birds which under extraordinary conditions may be-
come seriously injurious to the agricultural or other
interests in any particular community may be issued
by the proper authorities of the high contracting
powers under such suitable regulations prescribed
therefor by them respectively, but such permits shall
lapse, or may be canceled at any time when, in the
opinion of said authorities, the particular exigency
has passed, and no birds killed under this article
shall be shipped, sold, or offered for sale.
Article 8. The high contracting powers agree
themselves to take, or propose to their respective
appropriate lawmaking bodies, the necessary meas-
ures for insuring the execution of the present con-
vention.
Article 9. The present convention shall be ratified
by the president of the United States of America,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate
thereof, and by his Britannic majesty. The ratifica-
tions shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as
possible and the convention shall take effect on the
date of the exchange of ratifications. It shall remain
in force for fifteen years, and in the event of neither
of the high contracting powers having given notifica-
tion, twelve months before the expiration of said
period of fifteen years, of its intention of terminating
its operation, the convention shall continue to re-
main in force for one year, and so on from year to
year.
In faith whereof, the respective plenipotentiaries
have signed the present convention in dplicate and
have hereunto affixed their seals.
Done at Washington this 16th day of August, one
thousand nine hundred and sixteen.
(Seal) ROBERT LANSING.
(Seal) CECIL SPRING RICE.
Trade Notes. — At a recent Saturday shoot of the
West End Club, of Richmond, Va., M. D. Hart carried
off the honors. Shooting Nitros, he scored 49x50.
Louis Rueger won second place, shooting the same
brand of shells, by breaking 47 of his 50 targets.
Some high scores were made on "Remington UMC
Day" at the Lincoln Park Gun Club, of Chicago.
C. W. Irrgang was high gun with a perfect score.
He shot Nitro Clubs. The five well-known Graham
brothers, all shooting Nitros, did some great shooting,
making an average of 94 4-5%, and breaking 474 of
their 500 targets.
Shooting against a heavy wind which made high
scores impossible, J. S. Frink, Al Wallace and W. M.
Carstens, tied for first place at a recent shoot held
by the Luverne (Minn.) Gun Club, with scores of
148x160. In the shoot-off Al Wallace, who shot Nitro
Clubs throughout the tournament won, scoring 22x25.
Signals For Hunters. — Signals for deer and other
hunters who are in trouble have been prepared by
Thomas B. Wyman, secretary of the Northern Forest
Protective Association. Every Clover-Land hunter
will be provided with the signals so that help can be
rendered as soon as possible. Here are the signals:
HELP — Four shots in quick succession, as oooo.
INJURED — Shot, pause, two shots, pause, shot,
as o-oo-o.
LOST — Three quick shots, pause, one shot, as
ooo-o.
MAN FOUND — One shot, pause, three quick shots,
as o-ooo.
CALL HEARD — Two quick shots, pause, two quick
shots, as oo-oo.
Large placards are being placed in the woods by
Mr. Wyman in order to keep the signals before the
minds of hunters.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, October 14, 1916
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Sportsmen's Row
The Fort Sutter Gun Club was recently organized
at Sacramento, Cal., with a membership of eleven,
and will make life miserable for the ducks in the
Gridiey region this season. The club has leased 600
acres southwest of Gridiey, adjoining the Wild Goose
Gun Club, whose shooting is said to be the best in
the state. The officers of the new hunting body are:
President, E. M. Estrada; secretary, W. H. Kyne;
treasurer, J. A. Burns. The other members of the
club are: J. F. Bull, George Wisseman, W. A. Goehr-
ing, William J. Schilling, H. A. Borchers, C. H. Riley,
G. T. Payne and Frank Waxon.
• • •
Midgley Marsden, one of the best known all-around
judges in Great Britain, and who had been showing,
handling and judging dogs for half a century, during
which time he had acquired a reputation as one of
the best judges of a dog in the world, died at the
Jodrell Arms Hotel, Whaley Bridge, England, of
which he was manager, about three weeks ago, at the
age of seventy-three years, his death being caused
by cardiac trouble. Mr. Marsden had judged in this
country several times, the last time several years
ago, at the L. K. A. show at Mineola, and during
his visits made many friends who will sadly regret
his demise.
• • •
Neaf Apgar has been elected president of the
Westy Hogans for the eleventh time.
• • •
Eighteen states now prohibit the killing of female
deer.
• • •
Canada leases lakes and hunting grounds* in the
Province of Quebec for the asking.
• • •
The Westy Hogans is an organization made up of
professional trapshooters.
■ • •
In New York licensed hunters must wear conspic-
uously displayed a button two inches in diameter,
which is furnished by the state.
• • •
With the merging of the Allegheny Sportsmen's
Association and the Cheat Mountain club, 90,000
acres of the finest hunting and fishing preserves in
the East and South are joined together. They met at
the headwaters of the Cheat and Elk rivers in Vir-
ginia.
• • •
Successful trapshots are made only by application
and study.
• • •
Join a gun club early and then watch the veterans
shoot if you wish to progress.
• • •
Club managers, are'you alive to the fact that you
can get more for a target barrel nicely rounded up
with empty shot-gun shells than you paid for the
same barrel full of clay pigeons?
• • •
Eagle Creek, near this city, is a veritable fisher-
man's paradise and reports of record catches are
pouring into the offices of the State Fish and Game
Warden. A total of 473 good-sized trout were taken
out of the creek in two days by four parties. Four
more catches were reported consisting of 150, 130,
124 and 68 trout, respectively. — (Piscator, Portland,
Oregon.)
• • •
Another of the writing element who is going to be
an adjunct to the dog world is "Jack" Brennan, who
wrote "A Little Bit of Heaven." "Jack" made so
much in royalties out of this song that he has bought
himself a place out on long Island, and he told the
writer that as soon as he got settled he was going
to get a nice little kennel. He is not sure yet what
kind he will have, but it is pretty certain they will be
Irish terriers.
• • •
Dog fanciers are still discussing the great feat
accomplished by Croydon Radium, the American bred
wire haired fox terrier puppy which carried off stel-
lar honors at the Queensboro Kennel Club's show at
Astoria. For a puppy terrier to be declared the best
either smooth or wire of either sex is considered
wonderful, but to earn these honors and then be
declared the best dog in the show fanciers said was
remarkable and showered praise on his owner, C.
Ehlennann.
• • •
Trapshooting has taken such a hold on the miners
of Treadwell, Alaska, that tournaments are held Sat-
urdays and Sundays and sometimes during the week,
even though the mines do not close excepting July
4th and Christmas. It is not a bit out of the ordinary
to see a miner coming off his shift carrying a shot-
gun and go to the trapshooting club and shoot with
a squad before going home.
• • •
That the Chinese Pheasant supply of Washington
State will increase rapidly during the coming few
years, due to the operation of the State game farm
at Walla Walla, is the opinion of L. J. Esses, who
has been managing the State game farm. The farm
this year, Esses says, produced 1900 birds at a cost
of $2600. But of this $2600, $1200 was spent for
equipment which can be used for years to come.
Excluding this item of $1200 the estimated cost of
the birds would be $1.50 a pair.
• • •
Since the Interstate Association has been arrang-
ing events for women shooters in the programs of
their big tournaments, and offering handsome prizes,
there has been a noticeable increase in the number
of women who have competed in registered tourna-
ments. It required some such recognition as this
from the governing body of trap-shoo.ting to bring
this about.
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When Bass Bite. — It is a well known fact that
biack bass bite better in the cool months than they
do in the warm ones, but just why no one has been
able to figure out conclusively. At the same time,
very good guesses may be, and always have been
made, the genera] belief being that the fish are more
voracious or hungry in the cooler months through
the fact that the cooler water increases their activ-
ity, the same as it does that of human beings upon
land. This, tc a certain extent, however, is a fallacy
in so far as the cool waters affect their appetite.
In the latter part of May and the first part of June
they have been taking care of the spawning beds
and have had no opportunity to go about in the
search for the more delectable food, and as up to the
spawning time they have had very little to eat in
consequence of the long winter's hibernation, they
are on the watch at all times for food during the
latter part of June and while the waters are still
somewhat cool. And the successful fisherman at
this time is the one that selects (accidentally or
otherwise) the bait that the fish are used to finding
at this season, and serves it to them in the depths
of the water at which they expect it to be. This is
the time when the still fisherman comes into his
own and the bait caster loses out. — Rod and Gun.
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Officers of Golden Gate Club. — At the annual meet-
ing of the Golden Gate Gun Club on Tuesday night
officers were elected for the ensuing year. T. D.
Riley, a popular member, was the unanimous choice
for president and Clarence A. Haight was again
selected as secretary. Dr. C. D. McGettigan will be
vice-president and E. B. Thorning treasurer. The
board of directors will be made up of George Thomas,
J. Herby Jones and Frank Webster.
The members present at the meeting are already
laying plans for a banner season in 1917, to be
topped off by the staging of the Pacific Coast Handi-
cap, if the club's application is looked upon with
favor by the Interstate Association. The Alameda
grounds will be improved so as to accommodate
larger gatherings.
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Southern Casting Scores. — Seemingly inspired by
the ideal weather conditions and an interested crowd
of spectators, Southern California Rod and Reel
Club casters opened the winter casting season at
Eastlake on Sunday by breaking club high marks
and badly bending some of the world's records.
Several new men and most of the veteran casters
of the club faced the targets and the pace that was
set indicates that the winter of 1916-17 will be a
banner season for both fly and bait casting.
E. J. Kennedy broke club records in the light
tackle distance fly event with a 91-foot cast and the
Roll fly distance by reaching the 82%-foot mark.
Charles Van Horn also broke a club mark in the
light tackle accuracy flv event with a percentage of
.99 7-15.
The summaries as compiled by Financial Secre-
tary J. Howard Smith are as follows:
Special 2%-ounce Surf Casting for Distance — A. E.
Perkins, 174 feet 10 inches; Sherman Baker, 155 feet
2 inches; Oscar Lane, 86 feet 7 inches; E. J. Ken-
nedy, 102 feet 6 inches; A. E. Roome. 77 feet 2 in-
ches; Frank Kling, 110 feet 11 inches; C. Van Horn,
67 feet 8 inches.
Light Tackle Dry Fly Accuracy — Charles Van
Horn, 99 5-15, E. J. Kennedy 99 8-15, J. J. Low 99 2-15,
H. A. Richey 97 13-15.
Light Tackle Flv Accuracy — Charles Van Horn, 99
7-15, E. J. Kennedy 99 6-15, J. J. Low 98 14-15, H. A.
Richey 95 14-15.
Light Tackle Fly Distance — Charles Van Horn, 74
feet 6 inches; E. J. Kennedy, 91 feet; J. J. Low, 80
feet 6 inches; H. A. Richey, 69 feet
Roll Fly — Charles Van Horn, 73 feet; E. J. Ken-
nedy, 82 feet 6 inches; J. J. Low, 60 feet; H. A.
Richey, 55 feet.
Longest %-oz. Distance Cast — By Kennedy, 167 ft.
5 inches.
Longest 2%-oz. Distance Cast— By Baker, 226 feet
6 inches.
^-ounce Accuracy — Oscar Lane 98.4, Sherman
Baker 93.5, A. E. Perkins 97, C. J. Lenarth 97.2, H. A.
Richey 97, George F. Borngrebe 80.5, A. E. Roome
83, Charles Van Horn 92, E. J. Kennedy 97.
%-ounce Distance — Oscar Lane, 147.1, Sherman
Baker 106.3, A. E. Perkins 79.3, C. J. Lenarth 76.3,
H. A. Richey 63.2, George F. Borngrebe 23.4, A. E.
Roome 18.4, Kennedy 160.5.
2V£-ounce Distance (Regular) — Oscar Lane 137.6,
Sherman Baker 201.7, A. E. Perkins 209.5, A. E.
Roome 149.7, Kennedy 155.9, Kling 81.4.
WHEN IS A COOT A COOT, AND WHEN IS A
COOT A MUDHEN7
Jack London Asks Question — Answer Is a Coot Is a
Mudhen, According to Federal Law.
Editor, Breeder and Sportsman:
Here in California, when is a coot a eoot, and when
is a coot a mudhen? If a coot is a mudhen, then
is a scoter a coot? Very truly yours,
Glen Ellen, Cal. JACK LONDON.
There are two birds locally called coots. One is
the mudhen, which is correct, and the other is the
scoter, which is erroneously referred to as the coot
They have frequently been .classed under the same
name while as a matter of fact they are of two en-
tirely different families.
The Federal regulations for the protection of mi-
gratory birds have cleared up the questions by their
classifications.
Anatidae, or waterfowl, include brant, wild ducks,
geese, and swans and the scoter is classed as wild
duck. It is a sea bird, which is commonly termed
the sea coot to distinguish it from the mudhen.
There is a bag limit of 25 per day on the scoter.
Rallidae, or rails, include coots, gallinules and sora
and other rails. Mudhens come under this classifi-
cation. There is no bag limit.
Accordingly, in answer to the question, a coot is
a coot when it is a mudhen and not a scoter.
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Los Angeles Club. — Nearly a hundred devotees of
trapshooting turned out at the Los. Angeles Gun
Club on Sunday morning to compete in the final
shoot on the season trophies.
"General" Frank Melius, champion of the Coast
on 400 targets, tied with R. Whitman for the Class A
prize, each with a score of 93x100. All prizes were
diamond medals.
The class B medal was won by Jack Milligan of
Oxnard with a score of 95x100. Sheriff John C.
Cline won the medal in Class C, breaking 86 birds
out of 100.
Bob Bole won the out-of-town shoot, breaking 49x
50 from 17 yards. Victor Rossbach won in the miss-
and-out event. The 20-gauge shotgun event carrying
the prize put up by the Hoegee Company, was won
by Dr. L. M. Packard, and Mrs. E. C. Groat won the
ladies' prize, breaking 45 birds out of 50 from 19
yards, a remarkable score.
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Belgian Starts Fur Farm. — The son of the gover-
nor of West Flanders, Belgium, is about the start a
fur bearing animal farm in Clover-Land or the Upper
Peninsula of Michigan.
Louis Walleys, the only son of Desires Walleys
not wearing the uniform of the Belgian army because
King Albert has ruled that at least one son in each
family must live in order to perpetuate the Belgian
race, came to the United States with his sister Olga
twenty months ago. His father had purchased eighty
acres of Florida lands in Brussels long before the
war began and his children came here to develop the
lands, grow tropical fruits and make money while
the others spent it for Belgium's sake.
The young Belgian built a house and barns only to
find that the lands were useless. Then he began
working for Mrs. Potter Palmer as landscape gard-
ner until he had saved enough money to go north in
search of a place where he might raise furs. His
sister entered a hospital in Tampa, Fla.. to learn the
art of nursing in order to aid the sufferers in Bel-
gium later.
Mr. Walleys has found what he long sought. He
has purchased 120 acres in Marquette county from
R. P. Bronson. The land includes Ross Lake, thus
affording the Belgian an ideal location for his farm.
He will raise cattle and sheep, operate a small dairy
farm and gradually build up a fur farm. He will
raise fox, skunks, beavers, muskrats and all other
animals acciimated to that region. In a short time,
he asserts, he will have Persian lambs there, and that
the growing of these most valuable animals will be
his main vocation.
"The climate and seclusion of this region is just
what I have long sought," said Mr. Walleys. "I will
surprise you Americans before I am through, and
more than all, I will show the land sharks who sold
my father the worthless lands that I can make a
success where conditions are right." — [George W.
Powell, Marquette, Mich.
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A. A. T. A. Vice-Presidents. — The following vice-
presidents have been elected for a term of one year.
The new officers will head the organization of the
A. A. T. A. in their respective states and will serve
in an advisory capacity on the national council:
Arizona — W. E. Mullen of Ray, Ariz.
California — G. H. Anderson of San Jose, Cal., presi
dent California State Sportsmen's Association.
Kentucky — T. H. Clay, Jr., of Austerlitz, Ky., presi-
dent Kentucky State Sportsmen's Association.
Nebraska — H. E. Palmer of Bradshaw, Neb.
Texas — Walter H. Bertrand of Dallas, Texas, presi-
dent Texas State Sportsmen's Association.
Wisconsin — Ed. F. Leidel of Milwaukee, Wis., pres-
ident Wisconsin State Sportsmen's Association.
Wyoming — C. F. Nelson of Rawlins, Wyo., presi-
dent Wyoming State Sportsmen's Association.
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Saturday, October 14, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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CALIFORNIA RIFLE TEAM GOES EAST.
irack Marksmen Now Competing in the National
Matches at Jacksonville.
A private sleeping car rolled out of the Espee
lepot Sunday morning at the tail of the Sunset
Limited, bearing sixteen of the youth and beauty
of California in the form of the first civilian rifle
:eam ever sent to a national rifle match by the United
States government. The team wound up four days
ater at the great national matches at Jacksonville,
Fla., where are gathered teams of civilians from
other states, teams of National Guardsmen and teams
irom the regular service, all gathered in less than
ihirty days' notice to do battle for the government
iiistoric rifle trophies.
In past years the government has paid the expenses
of National Guard teams of the picked men of each
state to these great shoots, where thousands of dol-
lars are up in prizes, with the perpetual trophies of
the historic matches of the National Rifle Associa-
tion, but this is the first time in history that the
government has paid the transportation of civilian
riflemen in recognition of the presence of the 90,000
civilians shooting the military rifle under govern-
ment restrictions. From each State will go a team
of such men.
California, because of the limited time, held no
tryout. Because of the standing of the Los Angeles
Rifle and Revolver Club, national champions for
1915, third for 1916, the adjutant-general selected
seven men and a team captain from the locals, while
six men go from the famous Olympic Club rifle team
of San Francisco, which landed fifth in this year's
national club shoot.
Col. T. T. Cooke, formerly inspector of small arms
practice of Iowa, and now an enlisted member of the
Los Angeles club, goes as team captain, while the
shots to represent the Golden State against the
country consist of E. C. Crossman, H. C. March, E. C.
Price and Dr. L. Felsenthal of Los Angeles and G.
L. Wotkyns, A. L. Thomson and E. D. Neff of Pasa-
dena. The Olympic Club is represented by C. W.
Linder, C. T. Blank, T. C. Williams, S. F. Rogers and
the famous pistol shot, George Armstrong. A. Row-
land and W. C. Prichard complete the team list.
The team will fire through the program of the
southern, the National Rifle Association, and then
the great national individual and national team
matches, the shooting ending October 26. As the
new plan of sending civilian rifle teams was a pet
measure of the local club, and urged by its friends
on the National Rifle Association, the local men feel
tickled pink over the success of their efforts.
Los Angeles. E. C. CROSSMAN.
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Hand Trap Talk. — With the advent of the hand
trap trapshooting became the most versatile of
sports.
Under the old conditions sportsmen were wont to
consider trapshooting as a sport which could be en-
joyed only at certain places and certain times. The
places were the gun clubs, and the times were the
regular shoots held by those clubs. Now all is
changed .
Trapshooting is no longer restricted to gun clubs
and regular shooting days. It may be enjoyed when-
ever and wherever a shotgun may be used, and when
two or more persons are so inclined. The change
has been brought about through the hand trap, which
may be taken off into the open field by a party' of
three or four persons and an impromptu shoot staged.
Or it may be packed in a suit case and taken along
on the vacation trip.
The owners of yachts and boats find the hand trap
often comes in handy in helping entertain guests who
find time hanging heavily on their hands and will
gladly accept an invitation to participate in the most
novel kind of trapshooting — over the water from the
deck of a moving yacht. No such assortment of
flights and angles of targets are possible with any-
thing but the hand trap, and by the same token it
affords more real fun and enjoyment in a half hour
than any other kind of shooting does in half a day.
If you haven't tried it, get a hand trap and get
busy now. You'll vote it the best and cheapest you
ever had.
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Breaking Up of Great Squad. — With the death of
Alden B. (Dal) Richardson, the famous trapshooting
squad comprised of Allen Heil, Billy Foord, Charley
Newcomb, Richardson and Charley Billings, is no
more, says an eastern writer.
This was considered the fastest moving and fastest
shooting squad in the eastern states. It was never
late at the traps; not one ever talked with the other
while before the traps; not one of them ever showed
anger or glee; every one went to the traps with ex-
tra shells, and not one took his foot from the mark
until Allen Heil, shooting fifth, fired his last shot.
They observed trapshooting etiquette in every
sense of the word; they went up to the mark to
shoot, and take it from me they didn't do anything
but go after the targets. They were warm personal
friends, but that didn't deter any one of them from
trying to defeat the other. They were all out to
win.
An example of how few words were spoken by this
quintet during the days they were shooting was
shown at the Westy Hogans' tournament in Atlantic
City, N. J., a year or two back. Richardson and Heil,
shooting in fourth and fifth places, went three days
without speaking to each other, and when the last
shot was fired on the third day Charley Billings said:
"I am going to quit this squad."
The other four in chorus asked, "Why?"
To which Billings replied: "Richardson and Heil
talk too much for me."
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Seattle Association. — The opening of the duck sea-
son and the hunting in the eastern part of the state
attracted most of the sportsmen October 1st and
consequently only a few "gun bugs" turned out at
the Sunday morning shoot of the Seattle Trapshoot-
ers' Association on the Harbor Island grounds. A
stiff, cold, northerly wind added the realism of duck
shooting to the targets, except for the fact that it
shot the clays up at various degrees of angles and
worked havoc with the scores.
C. E. McKelvey stood high man in the fifty event,
scoring forty-five out of the bunch, Tom Wilkes run-
ning him a close race and taking second place with
forty-three to his credit.
In the hundred-bird race both McKelvey and
Wilkes scored the same, tying with eighty-six each.
Trapshooters of this city will be pleased to hear
of the return to Seattle of Harry Williams, an old-
time trap-shot who has spent the last six months
down on Mexican waters, being stationed on the
U. S .S. Colorado. Williams has not done any trap-
shooting for that length of time, but showed his old
form at the traps.
Several new shooters started in the "sport allur-
ing" and promise to make good at it. R. C. Goodale,
Theo R. Dayton and W. K. Jackson Jr. shot for the
first time at the traps and made some very good
scores considering their inexperience.
Another new shooter in the squads was C. F. Rein-
hart, who used to do considerable trapshooting in
Wisconsin, but turned out at this shoot for the first
time in eight years. Scores were as follows:
50 Targets— C. E. McKelvey 45, Tom Wilkes 43,
Harry Williams 34, C. F. Reinhart 23.
100 Targets— Tom Wilkes 86, C. E. McKelvey 86,
Harry Williams 71, C. F. Reinhart 49, C. W. Bandy 38.
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RAISING QUAIL IN LOS ANGELES.
[J. P. Goytino, Pres. S. Ignatius Club, Los Angeles,
Cal, in "American Game Protective Association."]
I return you many thanks for the Bulletins you
sent me. I have read them very carefully and they
are certainly fully worth the trouble. Your article on
quail breeding is splendid and complete.
We are raising at the St. Ignatius Club some valley
quail (Callipepla Californica) — Gould). Two years
ago we lost quite a number of young quail — about
175 — but last year we were quite successful after
getting some fine specimens from Ensenada — Baja
Calafirnia, Mexico. The new blood has reduced the
mortality to 17 per cent instead of 63 per cent as
before.
We breed our quail by pairs, in cages of 3 feet x 18
inches, following the method so much praised by the
French breeders and so much recognized by Remy
Saint-Loup in his book, "Les Oiseaux de Paris et de
Faisanderies,," page 136. We raise also, at the club,
several kinds of pheasants: golden, silver, Reeves,
Prince of Wales and ringneck.
I was much interested in your announcement of
the publication of "American Pheasant Breeding and
Shooting." It's quite time for us Americans to have
some books on pheasants, as we are very much be-
hind the English, the French and the Germans on
that - subject.
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Get a Gun That Fits. — There are hundreds of trap-
shooters who do not improve their scores at the
traps because the gun they are shooting does not fit
them.
When purchasing clothes you get them to fit; it
is the same with shoes, and all other things you
wear — so why not get a gun that fits you, too? You
feel better with shoes and clothes that fit you. It is
just the same with a gun. A shooter can do much
better with a gun that fits him.
There is no reason why a shooter shouldn't have
a gun that fits bim in these days of progressiveness.
The professionals who tour the country and are at
nearly every trapshooting tournament in the country
all carry "try guns," and will measure any shooter
and tell him the exact size of the gun stock, etc.,
that he should use.
The "try gun" is of English origin. It has adjust-
able screws and can be adjusted to fit any person.
So, if your gun does not fit you, or you are thinking
about getting a new gun, be measured with a "try
gun," and then you will know the size of the gun you
want.
Vancouver Game Association. — Although changing
its name from the Vancouver Angling Society to the
Vancouver Angling and Game Association, at the
special meeting held in the Sportsmen's room of the
Hotel Vancouver, the association found that the pro-
jected plan to incorporate under the Benevolent So-
cieties Act was at present impossible for the reason
that the act does not specifically include "game"
associations among the bodies which may be incor-
porated under its terms. The matter of incorporation
was then left in abeyance until such time as an
amendment to the act which will bring the associa-
tion within scope be passed, presumably at the next
sitting of the legislature.
A new constitution was adopted at the meeting,
one which sets forth the aims of the body in the
direction of furthering the interests of fishermen and
hunters and of game planting and preservation. The
members present were heartened by the news that
the total membership of the new association is at
present about 150, and it was predicted that within
a short time this number would be doubled. The
association will at once take up several urgent mat-
ters in regard to the preservation of the fish and
game resources of the province.
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GOOD PROSPECTS FOR HUNTING SEASON.
Quail and Ducks Reported More Numerous Than in
Many Years.
Among sportsmen, who have been awaiting the
coming of the general game seasons for quail and
ducks with greater impatience than ever, the one
big, absorbing topic of conversation has been the
effect of the early and heavy general rain upon the
shooting prospects, which so far have been of the
very best.
That this is to be an early season has been
predicted by close observers because of the cool
September and early southward movement of the
migratory birds, although September rains are not
so unusual as to warrant getting excited over them.
For such of the duck clubs as have independent
water supply the rain is rather disadvantageous, as it
fills up many others, scatters the birds and, worst
of all .tends to sprout the grain and weed seeds
which form a chief source of food supply for ducks
in this end of the State. This will show more plainly
later and should be met by the clubs with a re-
sumption of feeding operations.
There are so many sprigs and other ducks in the
State this year that on the whole the rain will prove
beneficial by giving more shooters a chance at them.
Flights will not remain so long here as in dry years,
but an early season with frequent storms means
there will be a succession of flights which will bring
in fine, fat birds from the San Joaquin and Owens
Valley wheat sections.
As regards the quail, the rain will wash off the
brush, lay the dust, start grass on the north slopes
and make hunting far more enjoyable by permitting
the use of a dog to advantage; will discourage "rat-
tlers," and now seems certain to make of this by far
and away the greatest quail year the state ever saw
when the number that will enjoy the sport is con-
sidered by referring to the vast hunting-license totals.
The Fish and Game Commission reports the sales of
the Los Angeles office alone are mounting up to the
20,000 mark already, which is four-fifths of the en-
tire total of last year, with the big opening-day rush
to come.
Those with a few days' time resiring the best and
most accessible sport have been bidden by the des-
ert ranchers about the Salton Sea to make that coun-
try their headquarters, as the red-headed desert or
Arizona quail are fairly taking the country, while
ducks never have been so plenty.
QE
Goat Island a Game Preserve. — An official execu-
tive order, signed by President Woodrow Wilson,
setting aside Goast Island as a Federal game pre-
serve, has been received by Frank H. Gould, United
States Surveyor-General for California.
The President's order follows:
"It is hereby ordered that Goat Island, containing
about one hundred and forty-one acres of land, sit-
uated in San Francisco bay, approximately midway
between the cities of San Francisco and Oakland,
Cal., shown upon Coast Survey Chart No. 5531, and
as segregated by the broken line upon the diagram
hereto attached and made a part of this order, is
hereby reserved and set apart for the use of the
Department of Agriculture as a preserve and breed-
ing ground for native birds, subject, however, to the
use of the island for naval, military and light house
purposes in conformity to requirements of executive
orders heretofore issued.
"It is unlawful for any person to hunt, trap, cap-
ture, willfully disturb, or kill any bird of any kind
whatever, or take the eggs of such bird within the
limits of this reservation, except under such rules
and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secre-
tary of Agriculture.
"Warning is expressly given to all persons not to
commit any of the acts herein enumerated under the
penalties of Section 84 of the United States Crim-
inal Code, approved March 4, 1909 (35 Stat., 1104).
"This reservation to be known as San Francisco
bav reservation.
"WOODROW WILSON.
"The White House, August 9, 1916."
Large stocks of quail and pheasants already have
been turned loose on the island, and. according to
the officials, the birds are doing unusually well.
Evidently from the perusal of the executive order,
the Federal government recognizes "Goat Island" as
the official designation. In the bay cities Goat Island
is known to hundreds as Yerba Buena island.
QC
Trap shooting is not a. matter of population. This
is proved by the fact that Hillsboro, 111., a town with
only 7000 population, sent ten shooters to the Grand
American Handicap, the largest pro rata entry in
the tournament.
12
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, October 14, 1916
Stock Breeders' Page
HOW A BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION SELLS
PERCHERONS.
RATE ORDER POSTPONED ONE MONTH.
2
iSAS.gg.ass gas s
Report of the College of Agriculture.
The annual report of the College of Agriculture
and the Agricultural Experiment Station of the Uni-
versity of California from July 1st, 1915 to June
30th, 1916, has been received aDd a copy of it should
be in the hands of every farmer and fruit grower in
the state. The reports of experiments on animals,
soils, crops, etc., make most interesting reading and
are of great value to the farmer or horticulturist who
desires to learn something of those things which
can only be learned by intelligent experiment. As
examples of the subjects treated in this report are
the following:
Effect of Barley on Milk Flow. — In order to deter-
mine whether barley has a tendency to dry up milch
cows, as is sometimes claimed, five cows in the Uni-
versity Farm dairy herd have been fed rolled barley
as exclusive grain feed for varying periods during
the past two years. Woll reports that the production
of one cow during the past two lactation periods on
barley was considerably increased over that during
the first lactation period when mixed grain was fed,
while the other cows produced somewhat less milk
or butter fat on barley than during corresponding
periods when fed mixed grain. The results do not
indicate that the feeding of barley tends to dry up
milch cows, but they suggest that most cows do not
do as well on barley alone as on mixed grain rations'.
Three of the cows had heavier average body weights
when on barley than when fed mixed grain, while the
opposite was true in the case of one cow.
Alfalfa as a Sole Feed for Dairy Heifers and
Cows. — A study of the effect of exclusive alfalfa
feeding on the growth and milk production of dairy
heifers and cows was begun in April, 1914, and will
be continued for several years in order that the
effects of the practice of feeding alfalfa only to dairy
stock may be fully understood. Thus far heifers
fed alfalfa and mixed rations dropped somewhat
heavier calves and produced during their first lacta-
tion period a marked increase in milk and butter fat
as compared to heifers fed alfalfa only.
Tuberculosis in Farm Animals. — The high percent-
age of tuberculosis in cattle and hogs on certain
ranches has been found to be due to the failure of
the owners to remove promptly animals which de-
velop visible indications of the disease. Physical
examination alone, even when performed by an ex-
perienced veterinarian, cannot be depended upon,
however, to remove all open cases or spreaders.
Dependence on one tuberculin test alone will usually
fail to stop the spread of the disease in badly infected
herds.
The highest accuracy in the diagnosis of tuberculo-
sis in cattle is obtained by alternating or combining
with careful physical examination the various meth-
ods of tuberculin testing. In co-operation with own-
ers, a total of 18,796 head of cattle have been tested
by this station. Of these 2954 head, or 15.6 per cent,
reacted. In herds where the percentage of reactors
is small the disease may usually be kept in check
by semi-annual testing and removal of reactors. In
badly infected herds this method often fails to stop
the headway of the disease until so many animals
have been changed by repeated tests and additions
that practically a new herd has been substituted.
In all infected herds efforts should be directed to the
protection of the new-born animals, feeding pasteur-
ized milk and raising them in isolation from the
older cattle.
Experiments have proved that pasteurization, as
prescribed under the new California State Dairy
Law, is sufficient to kill tubercule bacilli. Experi-
ments have failed to immunize cattle to tuberculosis.
Care of Tractors Taught to Farmers.
,So many people want to learn more about how to
care for their automobiles that throngs are enrolling
in the University Extension classes in the repairing
of automobiles which the University of California is
giving in San Francisco and Oakland. Now the
farmer is to have his turn, for the University has
announced a "Gas Tractor Short Course," at the
University Farm at Davis from November 13th to
24th, in which farmers will be taught how to handle
and repair gasoline tractors.
While the tractor is the draft-horse of self-propelled
vehicles, it is lar more important that its operator
should be skillful in caring for its ailments than is
the case with the city man who owns an automobile,
for it is seldom possible to run a tractor to a garage
when in need of repairs. Moreover, the tractor has
to carry a heavy load continuously for days, while
an automobile is seldom called on for more than a
small fraction of its power.
The University has asked all who intend to attend
the Tractor Short Course to write to the University
Farm of their intention at least two weeks in advance
of the opening of the course.
An even §200 average was recorded for the 62
Herefords sold at Centralia. Mo., on Sept. 29th under
the auspices of the Central Missouri Hereford Breed-
ers' Association. The 21 bulls averaged $199 and
the 41 females $200.
That co-operat.on among horse breeders makes it
possible to market purebreds at the high figure for
the producer is brought out in the last year's record
of the Delaware Co., O.. Percheron Breeders' Associ-
ation. During the year more than 40 horses, both
stallions and mares, have been sold at prices ranging
from $300 to $1,000 each. Practically all the stock
was taken as soon as it was ieady for the market.
While Delaware county farmers have bred Per-
cherons since the '60's, getting their start from
imported mares bred to the noted early Percheron
stallions Normandy and Napoleon, no real co-opera-
tive effort was developed until 1913. Now the asso-
ciation is composed of 85 breeders all living within
a radius of 12 miles of Delaware. It is the intention
to keep 200 purebred mares for breeding in the sec-
tion at all times and there are a few more than this
number in the hands of the breeders now.
Prior to 1913 the colts from purebred mares were
sold generally at gelding prices and the young stal-
lions were picked up by dealers who flitted and
developed them for market. Thus the profits were
usually secured by the dealers. Since the organiza-
tion has been developed the young stallions and
mares are developed and fitted by the men who breed
them. This has made it advisable for the breeders
to organize, advertise and sell directly to the ulti-
mate purchaser.
When a buyer comes to Delaware county, the
secretary, who is located at the county seat, gives
him a list of all the horses ready for sale. Each
animal offered is classified according to breeding,
age, sex, color, weight and price. Then the buyer
is taken in an auto to the breeders whose classifica-
tions would seem to comply with his wants. In this
manner the buyer can look over the horses of 10 or
12 breeders in one day and see the horses in their
working clothes.
Practically all the mares and stallions are worked.
Many of the breeders carry on their farm operations
with the purebred Percherons and have little trouble
from diseases and accidents. It is not uncommon
for one member of the association to have five stal-
lions in the same field during the rush season of
farm work. The breeding of purebred horses is
not a sideline, but a regular farm routine, and re-
turns maximum profits.
The horses are raised unpampered. They are
developed under natural conditions and are the
offspring of mares which can earn their keep in the
harness. The horses offered for sale are nearly
always trained to work.
Twenty stallions are kept by members of the as-
sociation in service, but none is owned co-operatively.
Each member of the organization does his own buy-
ing and selling and no commission on sales goes to
the association. Its funds are maintained through
membership fees. All the fees are used for adver-
tising purposes, advertisements being kept in live
stock papers at all seasons. Circulars are also dis-
tributed at fairs and farm gatherings. The associa-
tion merely brings the buyer to the breeder, allow-
ing them to determine the conditions of sale.
Only two members of the association are importers
of horses and practically all the mares are American-
bred. A few stallions are brought in from breeding
establishments outside of Ohio each year and like-
wise a few mares are added.
The record of Delia, an American-bred Percheron
mare owned by one of the association members,
serves to show the results of the association in
securing better prices for breeding stock. Her first
colt sold as a yearling for $175; her second at 6
months for $145; her third at 2 years for $725; her
fourth at 3 years for $550; her 'fifth at 2 years for
$725; her sixth at 3 years for $500; her seventh at
2 years for $900; her eighth at 22 months for $1100.
and her ninth at 11 months for $500. The last three
were sold since the organization of the breeders'
association. In addition to her daily work in the
fields Delia has returned more than $400 for each
year of her life, the total sales of her colts amounting
to $5,220.
About 25 members of the association make exhib-
its of their stock at fairs and a goodly proportion
of the Percheron prizes at the Ohio State Fair go
to members of the organization. Prizes have also
been won by members at the West Virginia State
Fair and at the Forest City Fair, thus indicating that
high-class individuals are being constantly sought by
breeders. — [Clarence M. Baker, Ohio State Univer-
sity, in Breeder's Gazette.
o-
One of the big leaks on a dairy ranch frequently
comes as a result of having too many dry cows at
a time when they should be busy at the bucket. A
good worker needs a month or two of rest each year
between lactation periods, but when she exceeds
this she gets into the loafing class. Allowing for a
two months' rest period out of twelve means fifteen
per cent of the cow's time. In other words, eighty-
five per cent of the dairy herd should be at work
and with an average of fifteen per cent resting.
Instead of this relation however, it is not unusual
to hear of dairymen with as high as fifty per cent
of their cows in the dry lot chewing up alfalfa. Often
this is the result of poor cows, and especially those
with short lactation periods, or it may be the result
of a poor system of feeding.
Chicago, Oct. 3. 1916.
Breeder and Sportsman: — The Interstate Com-
merce Commission has just issued the following
order in the case known as "The National Society
of Record Associations, et al., v. Aberdeen & Rock-
fish Railroad Company, et al.":
"Upon further consideration of the record in the
above entitled proceeding, and good cause appearing
therefor:
"It is ordered, That the order entered in this pro-
ceeding on June 29. 1916, and which was by its terms
made effective November 1, 1916, be, and it is hereby,
modified so that it will become effective on December
1, 1916, instead of on said November 1, 1916; but
in all other respects the said order of June 29, 1916,
shall remain in full force and effect.
Bv the Commission:
"[Seal] GEORGE B. McGINTY.'
The reasons for the above postponement have been
made known to the National Society of Record
sociations:
Briefly, the railroads in the western classification
and in the southern classification have accepted th
decision laid down by the Interstate Commerce Con
mission, details re which were furnished to yon
some time ago, and are preparing their tariffs
classifications accordingly. The roads in the off
cial classification territory from Chicago east, and
south as far as the Ohio River, have petitioned fo
a rehearing in this case. Their request for a re-
hearing has been promptly answered by the National
Society of Record Associations, and we do not be-
lieve that there is any probability that the decision
handed down by the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion will be modified, even in its application to the
roads in the official classification territory. The
delay incident to a consideration of this request for
rehearing and of our answer has, however, made
necessary a brief postponement of the effective date
of the decision referred to.
Live stock breeders may rest assured that vigilant
attention is being given to these matters, and this
notice is being sent out in order to advise them of
the reason for the 30-day postponement of the effec-
tive date of the order above referred to.
Proceedings have already been instituted to bring
the weights, basic values, rates of increase for ani- j
mals of higher value than the average, rate rulings
on crated animals, and requirements as to attendants
on intrastate traffic, into line with the decision just
handed down by the Interstate Commerce Conimis- i
sion which pertains to interstate traffic. The rail-
roads in the west have shown a commendable wil- \
lingness to bring their intrastate regulations and i
practices into line with the decision of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, and, while it will take some
time to have the necessary hearings before the vari-
ous State Railway Commissions or Public Utility /
Commissions, the work is being steadily prosecuted, I
and it will only be a matter of time until stockmen I
will enjoy the same favorable shipping facilities on I
intrastate traffic that they have recently obtained on
interstate traffic.
I will thank you to give as wide publicity to this
as possible in order that stockmen generally may
understand why the effective date of the decision
handed down by the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion has been briefly postponed.
Very truly yours,
WAYNE DDJSMORE, Sec'y.
According to the American Shorthorn Breeders'
Association the season's shows have brought out a
remarkable array of Shorthorn exhibits, both east
and west. At the Iowa State Fair the number of
Shorthorns on exhibition approximated 400, and en-
tries in individual classes reached as high as 62.
At the same time the Ohio State Fair brought out
a large and worthy collection of high-class show
Shorthorns. The steadily increasing registration re-
veals the growing inclination to breed registered
Shorthorns. The popularity of the Shorthorn is
showing a positive increase. This is not confined to
a few sections of the country, but embraces prac-
tically the whole United States.
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The war demand for beef to feed the vast armies
and navies of European countries is a great factor in
holding up prices while the domestic demand is
greatly stimulated by the industrial activity brought
about by Europe's large purchases of various com-
modities, including war munitions. The war has
resulted in greatly reducing Europe's cattle herds,
and while it lasts the foreign outlet will be unusually
heavy. Such countries as Germany, England, Scot-
land and France have slaughtered much of their
breeding. Looking ahead, the time seems propitious
for the farmers with the alfalfa to take on stockers
and feeders at the present range of prices.
In the dispersion sale of Holstein-Friesians held
by Clarence E. Parker at Granville. N. Y., W. H.
Mace, Cortland Co.. N. Y., paid $1000 for the cow
Fairview Yeeman Korndyke.
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The Holstein-Friesian bull King Segis Pontiac
Konigen. for which Fred F. Field, Brockton, Mass.,
raid Mrs. F. P. Smith. Alexandria. N. Y., $35,000, is
by King Segis Pontiac and out of K. P. Dione Piet-
ertje, a daughter of King of the Pontiacs.
Saturday, October 14, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
13
THE FARM
THE FARMER'S BOY.
(Field and Farm.)
The farmer who figures that his
boy's time is worth about thirty cents
a week and an occasional bat over the
head need not look for sympathy when
the young man gets a joh in town and
takes it. A boy cannot be kept in a
cheerful frame of mind by dosing him
with fourteen hours' work and then
giving him the price of a red lemon-
ade on circus day as pay for his sum-
mer's toil. Thousands of boys who
have aptitude and a natural liking for
ranch work have been driven from
home into occupations with no more
outlook than a blind sow because some
father who was tighter than the hide
on a dropsica lshoat worked them like
an eyeless mule on a tread mill for
their board and clothes. Some men
will blow in $75 on a trip to the Den-
ver stock show, then go home and
squeeze it out of the sweaty brows of
their children, who have probably not
been out of the county for fifteen
years.
When a ranch boy sees the town
youth earning his regular wages and
spending it as be likes, while he him-
self lives on windy promises and a
story book for Christmas, he feels like
going out behind the barn and kicking
himself o ffthe agricultural map.
We knew a boy who worked on the
home ranch from the time he was nine
years old until he turned his seven-
teenth birthday, and all he got out of
it was a pig which his father gave him
in a reckless spasm of generosity and
filial affection. When the pig grew to
man's estate the kind parent sold the
animal and bought a second-hand
manure spreader for the money. The
laborer is right worthy of his hire and
the boy should be paid something, if
only a dollar a week — when it ought to
be ten.
PACKING PRODUCTS FOR BETTER
PRICE.
While quality is an essential re-
quirement in the marketing of any
farm and fruit product, it is by no
means the only factor in selling at the
highest price.
First of all, the packages used
should be new and clean. The neater
the package, the better the fruit will
appear. While the products packed
should be of uniform size and color
throughout the package, the top layer
should be arranged so as to attract the
eye of the buyer. Further, the pack-
age should in every instance be well
filled. The buyer is very quick to
notice shortness in measure, or any
deficiency in a well topped or rounded
finish. In small fruit, such as the
strawberry, particular attention should
be given to have every berry in per- ,
feet condition, with the calyx or hull
attached. The individual fruits are
better arranged in layers in the box,
the calyx showing as well as the red.
For the best effect and for particular
markets where the grower has steady
customers, the berries should be grad-
ed into two sizes. This is to give uni-
formity to the fruit and will make the
package more attractive.
Hog Floors. — The question of floors
has worried hog raisers for many a
year. In a permanent building, the
earth floor even in this dry climate is
decidedly unsanitary; so much so
that its use can hardly be recommend-
ed. Brick and concrete have both
been tried, but in many cases prove
bo cold that young pigs can not live
upon them. Houses that have been
so equipped have had to be remodeled
and some sort of wood floor provided.
If the floors are separated from the
walls by a one inch layer of crown
■tar or some such material the trans-
mission of cold is materially lessened.
Wood floors, if properly constructed
and used, are reasonably durable and
if made so that they are removable
there is no reason why sanitation can
not be maintained in the swine-house
wirhoui any great difficulty. Indeed,
many bog raisers find that a movable
wood floor to be used in the winter
farrowing season is advisable. Creo-
soted liooring, or the brush treatment
of both floors ?nd walls, is a sanitary
measure and ?lso adds to the dur-
ability of the vood.
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fenced. Two good springs with big cem-
ent water troughs, well, windmill and
ctment reservoir, water piped to house.
7 room house, hot and cold water and
electric lights. Large horse barn with
hay mow in the center, electric lights In
barn; cow barn with two box stalls; hog
pens, shade trees, chicken houses, black-
smith shop, wagon shed, granary, outdoor
cellar with bunk house overhead. $85 per
acre; will take one-third down, time on
balance to suit purchaser, at 7 per cent
interest. One-third of crop goes with
place if sold any time up close to harvest.
Mild climate, can raise all kinds of fruit,
grain and vegetables. Wheat In this
country goes from 35 to 65 bushels per
acre, barley 40 to 80 bushels per ?cre.
320 acres f% miles south of Vollmer.
Idaho, 275 acres in cultivation, balance In
pasture and timber, farm land lays prac-
tically level, one-third of crop goes with
place if sold before harvesL Some fall
wheat already sown. All fenced and cross
fenced. Quarter section of it fenced hog
tight: good four-room houso, wood shed.
and out of door cellar, nice grove around
house, well at house, fair stabling and
out buildings, spring and , spring creek
close to barn, three springs on place.
Price $70 per acre, one-third cash, bal-
ance at 7 per cent. Time to suit pur-
chaser.
238 acres 4^4 miles from Lewiston, Ida-
ho, 175 acres in cultivation, 25 more can
be cultivated, balance good bunch grass
pasture, fenced and cross-fenced, good
spring creek runs across place, small
bouse, station on place for Johnson R. R.,
two grain warehouses at station. Price
$70 per acre, one-third cash, balance at
7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser. ~
160 acres of timber land, good farm land
when timber Is cleared off. all can be
farmed except about 2 or 3 acres. Good
timber, yellow pine and fir. Price $-1000.
40 miles from Lewiston. Idaho. Well
located to log off.
240 acres 6 miles from Asotin. 12 miles
from Lewiston, Idaho, about 75 acres in
fall wheat, about 75 acres more can be
cultivated, balance in bunch grass pas-
ture, two springs, small house, all fenced.
Price $40 per acre, one-third cash, balance
at 7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser. -~
Reference Lewiston National Bank arjd
First National Bnnk. Address
F. W. KELLET,
Drawer 447. San Francisco, Cal.
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,'OLUME LXIX. No. 17.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1916.
Subscription — $3.00 Per Year
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HAS A PACING SIRE BUT TROTS
Terry Patchen, yearling by Joe Patchen II, dam by
Zombro. He has trotted a quarter in 38 seconds,
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, October 21, 1916
$2,500
GUARANTEED
ONLY $2 TO NOMINATE MARE
GUARANTEED
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 17
TO BE GIVEN BY THE
PACIFIC COAST TROTTING HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
For Foals of Mares Covered in 1916 to Trot and Pace at Three Years Old
ENTRIES CLOSE:
Monday, December 4fh, 1916
$2,500
$1,500 FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD TROTTERS.
$1,000 FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD PAGERS
COX DITTO XS :
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 4. 1916; when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 April 1, 191
$10 on Yearlings April 1, 1918; $10 on Two-Year-Olds April 1. 1919; $10 on Three- Year- Olds April 1. 1&20.
STARTING PAYMENTS— $35 to start in the Three-Year-Old Pace; $50 to start in the Three -Year-Old Trot. All Starting Payments to be made ten days before the fii
day of the meeting at which the race is to take place.
Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer.
Races three heats, money divided 25 per cent to the first heat, 25 per cent to the second heat, 25 per cent to the third heat, and 25 per cent to the race according to ra
in the summary. Money in each division 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Should two or more horses be tied for first place at the completion of the third heat, such horses only sh
contest in a fourth heat and money divided according to rank in the summary at the termination of that heat. A horse having won the first two heats and drawn or distanci
in the third heat shall not lose position in the summary. Distance, 100 yards.
If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins; or if either the mare or foal dies before April 1, 1918, her nominator may sell or transfer his nomination
substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there will be no return of a payment, nor will any entry be liable for more than amount paid in or contracted for.
In entries, ihe name, color and pedigree of mare must be given; also the name of the horse to which she was bred in 1916.
Entries must be accompanied by entrance fee.
Nominators liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payments forfeits all previous payments. This Association is liable for §2500, the amount of the guar-
antee, only.
Hopples will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions.
Right reserved to declare off or reopen these Stakes in case the number of entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors.
Money divided in each division of the Stake 50. 25, 15 and 10 per cent. There will be no more moneys in each division or heat than there are starters.
Entries open to the world. Membership not required to enter; but no horse, wherever owned, will be allowed to start until the owner has become a member.
E. P. HEALD,
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FIRST ANNUAL SALE
Santa Anita Rancho
ANOAKIA BREEDING FARM
ANITA M. BALDWIN, Prop.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24th, 1916.
AMONG THE OFFERINGS at this sale will be 19 head of as fine
saddle horses as can be found on the CoaBt, eeveral being
sired by that peerless sire, EEY EL SANTA ANITA and the
famous Kentucky saddle horse DON CASTANO. There are a
number of Arabian-Thoroughbred crosses, sired by the greatest
Arabian in America, IBN MAHRUSS and out of Thoroughbred
mares. For beauty, speed and endurance these cannot be surpassed.
In addition there are 5 head of 2-year-old Arabian-Thoroughbred
crosses not broke. These horses measure up fully to the well known
Santa Anita Rancho standard of excellence.
There will also be a number of exceptionally good, heavy work
horses and mules in the sale. Also some choice draft colts.
For Full Information Write:
Col. Ben A. Rhoades,
Auctioneer, Wm. H. TAYLOR, Supt.
LOS ANGELES, CAL. SANTA ANITA, CAL.
Thoroughbreds
Wanted
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price, age, height, weight, descrip-
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Saturday, October 21, 1916]
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(Established 1882.)
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HENRY MILLER, one of California's notable men,
died in San Francisco Saturday, October 14th, in
his 90th year. Miller was born in Brackenheim,
Wurttemburg, July 21, 1827. When 20 years old he
emigrated to America, penniless, and worked as a
butcher boy in the Washington market in New York
City. In 1849 gold was discovered in California and
Miller followed the hordes of gold seekers to the
Pacific. In 1850 he was still a butcher boy in San
Francisco. In 1851 he went into the business for
himself and in 1857 formed a partnership with
Charles Lux under the firm name of Miller & Lux.
They went into the breeding and raising of cattle,
as well as slaughtering them for the San Francisco
market. The administration of the land laws was
lax in those days and as Miller & Lux aspired to
own much land upon which to pasture their herds,
men were induced to use their homestead and set-
tlers' rights to acquire title to land and then sell
out to the firm. By this means and by purchase the
firm acquired title to at least half a million acres in
California and large tracts in Nevada and Oregon,
but the story, often told, of their ability to drive a
herd of cattle from Bakersfield to Oregon and camp
on their own land every night, is pure fiction. In
1887 Lux died and afterwards Miller bought out the
interests of the Lux heirs in the firm for five mil-
lion dollars and incorporated the business under the
firm name. Miller was the head and front of the
Butchers' Board of Trade of San Francisco, which
organization has been maintained for years to resist
the efforts of the "Big Four" of Chicago to get con-
trol of this market, and which has been successful
up to this time. Henry Miller knew beef cattle as
few men in California knew them. He could guess
the weight of a steer as close as any man and he
had a wonderful memory for every detail of every
ranch he owned. He married in 1860, but the only
survivor of his family is a daughter whose husband
has been the manager of the corporation for several
years. The Miller & Lux corporation owns probably
twenty million dollars' worth of property, the greater
part of it in land and water rights — the firm owning
several large irrigation systems. Henry Miller was
an exemplification of what a man can accomplish
by his own efforts in this country, starting with
brains an energy as capital. In his will he remem-
bered a large number of his employes with bequests
of from $250 to $5,000, and left many hundred thou-
sands to charity to be distributed after the death of
his heirs, who are to hold his property in trust.
THE BIG CHICAGO SALE will be held this year
beginning December 18th. There is said to be a good
market in Chicago, and prices are expected to be
better than for two years past. A California breeder
and trainer has already made arrangements to ship
about fifty trotters and pacers to this sale, but the
Chicago Sales Company want 50 more, so as to have
a California day at the sale. This is the best oppor-
tunity offered for California breeders for some time,
as a special express train will be engaged to take
the horses over at carload rates. Read the adver-
tisement on page 12 and correspond with the com-
pany immediately.
The Victoria (AustraUa) Racing Club paid £73,340
in stakes during the season which ended in July last,
and made a profit of £15,000, the whole of which has
been handed over to war funds.
A very successful race meeting was held at River-
side in connection with the County Fair last week,
racing being held on Tuesday. Wednesday, Friday
and Saturday. Vera Hal paced the fastest mile of
the meeting when she won the first heat of the free-
for-all in 2:lli:i, fair time for a half-mile track. Bon
Cres in the 2:14 trot made a heat in 2:14%, which
was the fastest mile at the diagonal gait during the
meeting, although Allie Lou by Kinney Lou trotted
the third heat of the free-for-all trot in 2:14%, only
a quarter of a second slower, and in this race she
beat Bon Cres. Ward and Finley each drove two
winning races. L. J. Rose, O. E. Holland and G. H.
Judd acted as judges during the meeting and H. G.
Stanley was the starter. O. P Sanders was an effi-
cient and popular secretary. Summaries:
Tuesday, Oct. 10th.
2:30 trot, purse $300:
Dr. S., b g by Carlokin (Murphy) 3 11
Miss San Francisco, br m by San Francisco
(Schwartz) 13 2
Eloise Dell, b m by Alconda Jay (Smith) 2 2 3
Golden State, b g by Stani B. (Hendrickson) 4 4 d
Annie Conn, b m by On Conn (Nelson) 5 5 d
Time— 2:19%, 2:15%, 2:18.
2:18 pace, purse $1000:
Mono Ansel, b s by Monicrat (Finley) 111
Zomar, ch s by Zolock (Walker) 3 2 2
Silver Tips, b g by Morris A (Short) 2 4 5
Julia M., b m by El Angelo (Allen) 4 3 3
Babe, b m by H. M. Stanley (Delaney) 6 5 4
Walter C, b s by Corpus (Schumacker) 5 d
Pansy Hal, s m by Hal McKinney(McGuire) d
Time— 2:13%, 2:15%, 2:15%.
Wednesday, Oct. 11th.
2:23 pace, purse $300:
Silver Tips, b g by Morris A (Short) 111
Babe, b m by K. M. Stanley (Walker) 2 2 2
Al Hal, b s by Young Hal (McGuire) 3 4 3
Jim Donnelly, b g by Lijero. . (Hendrickson) 4 3 4
Time— 2:12%, 2:14, 2:14%.
2:14 trot, purse $400:
Bon Cres, b h by Bon Voyage. (Chadbourne) 111
Great Northern, b g by Wayland W.(Ward) 2 2 2
Columbia T., b m by Bon Guy (Smith) 3 3 3
Harold C, b g by Bon Voyage (Cohen) 4 5 5
Danube, br g by Direcho (Cooper) 6 4 4
Dick W., b g by Walter Barker. .(Schwartz) 5 6 6
Time— 2:15%, 2:14%, 2:18%.
Friday, Oct. 13th.
2:20 trot, purse $1000:
Don de Lopez, b g by Kinney de Lopez . . .
(Ward) 111
Eloise Dell, b m by Alconda Jay. .. (Smith) 2 2 3
Golden State, b g by Stam B. (Hendrickson) 5 4 2
Miss San Francisco, b m by San Francisco
(Schwartz) 4 3 4
Dick W., b g by Walter Barker (Chadboume)3 5 5
Dr. S., b g by Carlokin (Murphy) 6 6 6
Ben Nutwood, ch g by Dick Nutwood. (Holt) d
Time— 2:18%, 2:17%, 2:17%.
Free-for-All pace, purse $500:
Vera Hal, b m by Expressive Mac (Cohen) 113
Teddy Bear, b h by Del Coronado. . (Smith) 2 2 1
Pointer's Daughter, b m by Star Pointer
(Finley) 3 3 2
Time— 2:11%, 2:11%, 2:12%.
Saturday, Oct. 14th.
2:14 pace, purse $300:
Ben Corbett, Jr., b g by Ben Corbett (Finley) 2 11
Silver Tips, b g by Morris A (Short) 12 5
Julia M., b m by El Angelo (Allen) 4 4 2
Zomar, ch s by Zolock (Walker) 3 3 3
A. B. C, ch g by Young Monterey
(Chadbourne) 6 d
Time— 2:12%, 2:12, 2:14
Free-for-AH trot, purse $500:
Allie Lou, b m by Kinney Lou (Ward) 111
Bon Cres, b h by Bon Volage. .(Chadbourne) 2 2 2
Danube, br g by Direcho (Cooper) 3 3 3
Harold C, b g by Bon Voyage (Cohen) 4 4 4
Time— 2:15%, 2:15%, 2:14%.
A Starting Barrier for Trotters.
Andrew Robertson of the Allendale Stock Farm,
AustraUa, thinks harness horses could be started in
this country by the Higgins starting barrier. He
says that in Australia it has been the means of solv-
ing the problem of starting races to the utmost satis-
faction, and abolishing all the controversy and trou-
ble which the problem caused previously. Mr. Rob-
ertson has been around the Grand Circuit, and sin-
cerely believes that the trotting game in the United
States would be benefited by trying the innovations
inaugurated by Australia. He is confident that the
tiresome scoring would be done away with, and
that the horses would be better matched. It seems
that the Higgins barrier is a new invention that is
meeting with success in Australia.
A Real Stake.
That is what the Western Horseman of Indianap-
olis calls its stake for foals of mares bred in 1916 to
race in 1920. It only costs $1 to nominate each mare
on or before November 1st, 1916. One year later,
Nov. 1st, 1917, $5 will be due on each foal, and on
May, 1918, there will be $5 more to pay. No addi-
tional payment till year of race. All the stake money
and all the accrued interest will go into the stake
and be paid out in spot cash to the winners. There
will be a trotting division and a pacing division and
the races will be for three-year-olds. See adver-
tisement in this issue of the Breeder and Sportsman.
A Queer Decision.
It was nice autumn weather at Golden Gate Park
last Saturday when the San Francisco-California
Driving Club's matinee was held. Four races were
on the card and some close finishes resulted. In the
free-for-all pace W. J. Kenney's old delivery horse
W. J. K. was in fine fettle and defeated Bradmont,
Richie Roberts' horse, that had won his three previ-
ous starts. W. J. K. won in straight order in 2:12%
and 2:13%.
Frank Burton captured the opening race with
George W. and A. Giovannetti won the last race with
his well bred trotter Yoncalla, defeating the pacers
Senator H. and Rosa O.
There was disagreement between the judges over
the placing of the horses in the third race, and finally
over the opposition of Mr. John A. McKerron. the
minority judge, the cup was awarded to J. M. Kidd,
owner of Pointer Belle, although W. Malough's mare
Emma M. stood best in the summary. At the end of
the second heat of this race Emma M. and Little
Jack each had a heat and second, while Pointer Belle
had been third twice and Frank N. fourth twice. In
the third heat Pointer Belle and Emma M. paced a
dead heat. Little Jack was third and Frank N. fourth.
The fourth heat was won by Pointer Belle, Emma M.
second and Little Jack third. A majority of the
judges then declared the race ended and awarded the
cup to Mr. Kidd. As the summary then stood Emma
M. was clearly entitled to the cup if the race was
ended, but the proper ruling would have been to
order another heat with Pointer Belle and Emma M.
as the contestants. If in the dead heat Pointer Belle
was credited with a win, then Emma M. should have
also been given that credit, and as she had previ-
ously won a heat and Pointer Belle had not, Emma
M. had won two heats and the race. We understand
that the judges arrived at their decision by holding
that after two horses make a dead heat the one that
comes in first the following heat is entitled to the
race. This is certainly an original way of deter-
mining the winner, and has no authority in racing
laws. But then, "What's the constitution between
friends"?
The summaries:
First race — 2:20 mixed:
George W (Burton) 1 1
Minequa (M. Ford) 3 2
Dibble Wilkes (S. Benson) 2 4
Matawan (J. McNamara) 4 3
Time— 2:20, 2:21.
Second race — 2:15 pace:
Pointer Belle (J. M. Kidd) 3 3 0 1
Emma M (W. Malough) 2 10 2
Little Jack (G. Conlan) 12 3 3
Frank N (L. A. Gielow) 4 4 4 w
Time— 2:13%, 2:13%, 2:13%, 2:14.
Third race — Free-for-AU pace:
W. J. K (W. J. Kenney) 1 1
Bradmont (Ritchie Roberts) 3 2
King Pointer (H. Campodonico) 2 3
Time— 2:14%, 2:13%.
Y'oncalla (A. Giovannetti) 1 1
Senator H (J. M. Kidd) 2 2
Rosa O (J. J. Rvan) 3 3
Time— 2:16%, 2:15%.
The club will hold matinee racing at Golden Gate
Park tomorrow and the races start at 1:30 sharp.
The initial race will be a mixed affair for 2:20 trot-
ters and pacers. The entries are Matawan. Dibble
Wilkes and Minequa. The second race, a 2:15 mixed,
will see Pointer Belle, Little Jack, Emma M. and
Y'oncalla entered. The third event is a free-for-all
pace with W. J. K., Bold Harry Aerolite, King Pointer
and Bradmont named. There will be much interest
in seeing how Bold Harry races since his whirl on
the circuit. The last race will be for 2:18 pacers,
with Rosa O., Lew W., Senator H. and Frank N.
entered.
o
Col. Ben Rhoades. the live stock auctioneer, an-
nounces the sale next Tuesday at auction of 19 head
of fine saddle horses, by the thoroughbred Rey el
Santa Anita, the Kentucky Saddle Stallion Don Cas-
tano, and the Arabian Ibn Mabruss, also five un-
broken two-year-olds of the Arabian-Thoroughbred
cross, and a number of good heavy work horses and
mules to be offered as well as some choice draft
colts. The horses are the property of Anita M. Bald-
win, and the sale will be at Santa Anita Rancho, Los
Angeles. This is the first of the sales that will be
made at the breeding farm annually.
In reply to an inquiry we will state that the two-
year-old colt by Gen. Watts whose portrait adorned
the front page of the Breeder and Sportsman last
week is out of a young mare by Bon Voyage 2:08.
second dam Perza by Allie Wilkes, third dam Anglia
(full sister to Patchen Wilkes) by Geo. Wilkes,
fourth dam by Mambrino Patchen, fifth dam also by
Mambrino Patchen, sixth dam by Mambrino Chief,
seventh dam by Brown's Bellfounder, and eighth dam
by the thoroughbred Grey Eagle. The second, third
and fourth dams are all in the Great Brood Mare
table.
"Coming events cast their shadows before." The
promoters of wild west shows and buckero contests
should take warning by the report sent out by the
motion picture theatres that "wild west" reels are
fast getting to be dead stock. The people have had
enough of the "western stuff" and it is not profitable
any longer.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, October 21, 1911
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CALIFORNIA SADDLE HORSES.
A Missouri Expert Highly Pleased with Their
Showing at Our State Fair.
Mr. R. P. Royce. who came to the California State
Fair from Missouri and witnessed the contests in
the gaited saddle classes, has written the following
account of what he saw there for the Missouri Stock-
man of October 14th, from which we quote as fol-
lows :
A visitor at the California State Fair held at Sac-
ramento, September 2nd to 9th. would not have found
it difficult to imagine that he was attending the State
Fair of either Kentucky or Missouri. All the essen-
tials of the best shows in the above states — well
filled classes of splendid saddle horses, enthusiastic
crowds, critical "rail birds" and one of the best-
known judges of the country, Professor E. A. Trow-
bridge, tying the ribbons, were on hand.
California is rapidly becoming one of the import-
ant saddle horse states, and if the young stuff shown
is a fair criterion, Kentucky and Missouri will have
to look to their laurels in the very near future. The
development of the saddle horse industry in this
state has been very marked in the last few years,
and is due largely to the efforts of a few real lovers
of the American Saddle Horse, who have been suffi-
ciently interested to go back to Missouri and Ken-
tucky and buy the best that they could find. Notably
among these few might be mentioned Mrs. McCor-
mick, formerly Miss Adelaide S. Gillis, of Los Ange-
les. R. L. English of Chino. Judge E. A. Bridgford of
San Francisco, Dr. W. J. Smyth of Oakland, Dr. Lee
C. Deming of Anaheim, Mrs. Martha Freeman of Los
Angeles, and Mrs. A. W. Pike of Redwood City. These
enthusiasts are in the game because they like it, all
are practical horsemen and horsewomen who are
more ambitious to breed their winners than are some
of the exhibitors further EasL Another notable fact
is the splendid sportsmanship manifested among the
various exhibitors.
To one fresh from the East, the breeding classes
were real surprises — both in point of number and
quality of entries. Few classes had less than four
or five entries, and in some classes as many as
eleven were entered. The writer was particularly
impressed with the show of young stuff. The class
for yearling fillies brought together nine very high-
class entries. First place was given to Gloria Mc-
Donald, a daughter of Grand McDonald and out of the
great mare, The Matron. It will be remembered that
this mare was purchased by Mr. English in E. D.
Moore's 1915 sale. This young lady is a very fine
and attractive filly with an excellent way of going
and with reasonable luck should make a show mare
of real class. Mr. English had another entry in this
class that would easily have been tied above the
winner had it not been for the fact that she was
quite lame from a shipping accident. This filly is by
Highland Monarch, by Indian Rixie, and out of the
good mare Lizzie Cromwell. Just here it might be
well to state that Highland Monarch owned by Mrs.
McCormick is a sire of real merit, as demonstrated
by four of his daughters in this class.
Mrs. McCormick uncovered a sensation in her
three-year-old chestnut stallion, San Vicente, a Rex
Peavine colt out of the great old Chester Dare mare,
Undine. San Vicente is a real show horse any way
you take him. Indeed, I doubt very much if there is
a three-year-old stallion in either Kentucky or Mis-
souri that could take this good colt's measure.
One of the most consistent winners of the week
was the English mare Helen Idlewood. Missouri
horsemen will remember this Rex McDonald mare
when she was brought out by O. J. Mooers. who later
sold her to the Minnesota Agricultural College. That
institution traded her to E. D. .Moore, who in turn
sold her to Mr. English. She is still the same beau-
tiful mare, but is much more settled and in the
hands of trainer Jefferson, makes a most creditable
show. Mr. English showed two other excellent mares
that would look well in most any show — Tarna Den-
mark by Lord Denmark, and Angelus Butterfly by
Sterling Chief.
Among the aged stallions were several well known
horses, notably Highland Monarch and Don Castano
by Golden King, both from the McCormick stable;
Comedian by Rex McDonald out of Helen Middleton,
and King of The Highlands, formerly at the head of
Eaton string; also Jurist, by Bourbon's Best. Jurist
is a very clever little horse, but a trifle small to
make a real show horse. Judge Bridgeford showed
his three-year-old Grand McDonald colt, LeGrand Mc-
Donald. This colt gives much promise and will no
doubt develop into one of the really good horses on
the Pacific Coast. Mrs. Martha Freeman showed a
two-year-old colt by Highland Monarch and out of
Undine that bids fair to make a show horse, and the
English stable had out a good two-year-old colt by
Dr. Hockaday.
There seems to be a dearth of geldings of horse
show calibre on the coast State Fair visitors were
disappointed that Jack Barrymore was not entered
at Sacramento. Confidence, by Rex Chief A, and out
of a mare by Charles Reade. was the class of the
gelding division. This gelding is a wonderfully fine
horse, with an exceptional flashy way of going and
as soon as he is more settled at his gaits, especially
it the walk, he will be a "bad medicine" in most any
show.
Each night of the fair was given over to a horse
show. Most of the classes were for saddle horses or
combination horses. Harness horses of class were
notably lacking and it is to be hoped that California
will take a livelier interest in this end of the show
game. Several San Francisco riding schools were on
hand with polo ponies and jumpers, and nearly every
class for theni was well filled.
Professor E. A. Trowbridge of the University of
Missouri judged both the breeding classes and the
night horse shows, and much comment was made
upon his ability as a judge.
It is understood that efforts are under way to
secure a Coliseum for the State Fair. At present,
the night horse shows are held under a large tent.
LAST FOUR DAYS AT LEXINGTON.
A sensational saddle mare that has been entered in
the National Horse Show at New York in November
is called Pretty Baby and is owned by Hugh Wil-
loughby. She is five years old. a chestnut just under
15.2, and is by Grand McDonald, sire of the three-
year-old LeGrand McDonald, that the Bridgford
Company, of Knighlsen, California, won the junior
championship with at the P. P. I. E. in 1915, and
that was second to Mrs. Adelaide Gillis McMormick's
grand three-year-old San Vicente in the Pacific Coast
Five Gaited Horse Futurity at the California State
Fair this year. Pretty Baby was brought out in the
novice class at Louisville a few weeks ago and won
everything she tried for, winding up with the cham-
pionship of the show.
C. K. G. Billings has engaged twelve stalls at Dur-
land's Riding Academy for Uhlan 1:58 and the other
saddle horses he will ride in the park this season.
To accommodate the champion trotter Mr. Durland
has thrown two box stalls together, giving the black
gelding more room than is in the parlor of most
family apartments in New York.
THE NATIONAL TROTTING ASSOCIATION.
Office of the Secretary,
Hartford, Conn., Oct. 12, 1916.
NOTICE.
A regular meeting of the Board of Review will be
held at the Murray Hill Hotel. New York, N. Y„ at
10 o'clock a. m. on Tuesday, December 5th, 1916. in
accordance with the By-Laws.
W. H. GOCHER, Sec'y.
N. B. — The President authorizes the announce-
ment, according to precedent, that a special meeting
of the Board will be held in the early spring of 1917,
to accommodate those whose convenience or neces-
sities will be served thereby.
All communications intended for the consideration
of the Board at the December meeting must be for-
warded to the Secretary not later than November 21.
and all parties who desire that their cases should be
acted on at the Spring meeting should immediately
notify the Secretary to that effect.
The Board of Review is empowered to act in place
of the full Board with the same authority and juris-
diction, and at the above meeting will consider busi-
ness arising in each and all of the districts.
BAKERSFIELD PROGRAM.
The Kern County Fair will open next week. There
is an excellent half mile track at Bakersfield over
which racing will begin on Wednesday, the 25th and
continue for three days. There will be two harness
races each day, entries for which have already closed,
and two running races, entries to close over night.
The program of harness races is as follows:
Wednesday, October 25th.
2:20 Pace, $400.— J. C. L., Directess Mac. Mono
Ansel, Jim Donnelly, Irene D., Silver Tips, Julia M.,
Breezy Marie, Caroline Custer. Harry Mac, Lock
Logan.
2:15 Trot, $400.— Columbia T., Trigione, Miss San
Francisco. Dr. 8., Dick W., Harold C. Hanford Mac.
Sweet Bow, Bon Cres. Bert Kelly.
Thursday, October 26th.
Free-for-All Pace, $400. — Pointer's Daughter, Teddy
Bear. Leata J., A. B. C, Vera Hal, Walter C, Jim
Logan.
2:12 Trot, $400— Columbia T., Eloise Dell, Dr. S„
Hanford Mac, Sweet Bow.
Friday, October 27th.
2:13 Pace, $400.— Lottie Express, Ben Corbitt, Jr.,
Nifty, Soumise, Patti C. A. B. C. Vema MeKinnev,
Breezy Marie, Caroline Custer, Walter C, Lo/k
Logan.
2:30 Trot, $400.— Eloise Dell, Golden State. Trigi-
one. Miss San Francisco, El Angelo, Dr. S., Neal Hall,
Ira Mac, Jake Logan.
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The owners of the champion trotting stallion Lee
Axworthy 1:5S:4 are H. K. Devereux. Frank Ellis,
Boburn Haskell and P. W. Harvey, who constitute
the Pastime Stable, under which name Lee Axworthy
has raced against time so successfully this year. The
stallion will make the season of 1917 at the famous
Castleton Stud, near Lexington, now owned by David
M. Look, of New York. Mr. Look will be remembered
as the man who paid $225,000 to the late James R.
Keene for the Castleton farm, a few years ago, and
then stocked it with trotters by purchasing William
Bradley's entire stud, which included the sire and
dam of Uhlan 1:58 and many other noted animals.
Bingen 2:06Ii died shortly after he was purchased
by Mr. Look, and the new king of stallions will now
take his place. By a singular coincidence he was
bred by Mr. Bradley, from whom Bingen had been
purchased. No stallion that has held the world's
record ever went to the stud with better prospects
of success as a sire.
Aegan
Monday, Oct. 9.
2:14 trot, three in five, purse $1009:
Trusaiia. b m by Moko (Cox) 2 1
Winnie Lockard. b m (Taylor) 5 2
Onward Allerton. b g (Fleming) 1 3
Alice L. Woodford. Belgian, Vanko, Gum Drop,
Girl, also started.
Time— 2:09%. 2:09%. 2:13%. 2:12%, 2:14%.
Champion futurity, four-year-old trot, $5000:
Mary Putney, b m by San Francisco (Cox) 2 2 111
Allie Watts, ch m (Edman) 112 2 2
Humfast, b m (Murphy) 4 3 4 3 3
Binland. Bacilli. Daisy Todd. De Roche, also started.
Time — 2:07%. 2:07%. 2:07>i, 2:10%, 2:10%.
The Castleton cup. 2:07 trot, two in three, $3000:
Mabel Trask, ch m by Peter the Great (Cox) 1 1
"St. Frisco, eh m (Geers) 3 2
"Dona Clay, b m (Valentine) 2 3
Virginia Barnette. b m (Durfee) 4 4
•Divided second and third money.
Time— _: :- , 2:03%.
To beat 2:05% trotting: Zomrect, blk h by ZOmbro (Mc-
Donald), won. Time — 2:u3^.
To beat 2:13% trotting: Miss Bertha Dillon, ch f by-
Dillon Axworthy (Serill), won. Time — 2:10.
2:0:
Beth
Tuesday, Oct. 10.
pace. 3 in 5, purse $1000 (three heats Monday):
1 1
3 2 1
4 4 3:
Strath tell.
1 1
Clark, blk m by Joe Patchen
(Hedrick) 2 4
Camelia. br m (Cox) 9 1
Colleen, br m (Thomas) 1 2
Altawood, Solomon Boy. Birdonna, Canute,
Comsewogue also started.
Time— 2:05%, 2:<j4-4. 2:uS%. 2:07%, 2:. .6^. 2:08*4.
The Ashland. 3 heats, 2:14% pace for non-winners
$2000, value $1000:
Early Don. ch g by Cole (Valentine)
Brisac. br m (Murphy)
Lu Princeton, b h (Cox) 4 4 2
Brescia, b m (Rodney) 3 3 3
Time— 2:06%, 2:07%. 2:06=4.
2:uS trot, three in live. $1000:
Peter Billiken. ch h by Peter the Great....
(Thomas) 8 117 3
Pittsburgh, ch g (Murphy) 3 2 10 1 4
Sister Strong, b m (Valentine) 7 10 2 2 1
Miss Perfection, Harry J. S., Bonington, Esperanza,
Ben Gregor. Miss Pinkerton, R. C. H.. Nathan Axworthy,
also started. (Finished under rule at end of fifth heat)
Time— 2:«7%. 2: i 1 _: t, 2:06%, 2:09%.
2:15 pace, three in five. $1000 (unfinished):
Queen Hal. ro h by Gold Hal (McPherson) 112
Badon Wood, br h (Fleming) 5 2 1
Spring Maid, ch m... (White) 2 3 3
Rayo de Oro. Major A., Colonel Hedgewood, The Aul.
All McKinney. also started.
Time— 2:06%, 2:08%. 2:06%.
Wednesday, Oct. 11.
First race, 2:15 pace, three in five, purse $1000 (three
heats Tuesday):
Queen Hal. ro m by Gold Hal. . (MacPherson) 112 1
Baron Wood, br h (Fleming) 5 2 12
Spring Maid, ch m (White) 2 3 3 5
Rayo de Oro. Major A. Colonel Hedgewood, The Aul
and All McKinney also started.
Time— 3:06%, 2:"S=... 2:06%. 2:07%.
Second race. The Cumberland, 2:05 pace, three in five,
value $2000:
Miss Harris M.. b m bv Peter the Great
(McDonald) 1 1 1
White Sox. b m (Durfee) 2 2 3
Goldie C, b m (Valentine) 7 4 2
Sayde Densmore, Fred Russell. The Savoy and Auto
Zombro also started.
Time— 2:03%. 2:03%, 2:03%.
Third race, free-for-all pace, two in three, purse $2000:
Single G.. b h by Anderson Wilkes (Geers) 4 4 11
BenEarl.bg (ChUds)l 2 2 2
Hal Boy. b h (MeMahon) 3 16 3
Braden Direct. Russell Boy, Roan Hal, Anna Bradford
also started.
Time— 2:01%. 2:01%. 2:03%. 2:02%.
Fourth race. Pacing Futurity, three-year-olds, two in
three. $2,
Sis Bingen. blk f by Bingen (Murphy)
The Aim. br c (MeMahon)
Edward P.. b c (McDonald)
Time— 2:07%. 2:06%.
Fifth race. 2:05 trot two in three, purse $1200:
Rose 11.. b h by Petronius (Wright) 1 1
Azora Axworthy, b m (Murphy) 2 2
Joan, b m (McDevitt) 3 3
Zombro Clay. Esperanza, also started.
Time — 2:05%. 2:05%.
Sixth race, two-year-old trot two in three, purse $1000:
Worthy Volo. eh h bv Axworthy (McDonald) 12 1
Harvest Gale, br f (Cox) 2 1 2
Bertha McGuire. b f (Ackerman) 3 3 3
Man- Magowan. Buck Watts and Eoddv S. also started.
Time— 2:lli;. 2:07%. 2:10%.
To beat 2:10% trotting: Alma Forbes, br m by J. Mal-
colm Forbes (Ackerman). won. Time — 2:07%.
To beat 2:0S% trotting: Hobnob (4). b g by Siliko
(Railey Macey). won. Time — 2:0S%.
To beat 2:10% pacing: Ashlock, b g by Ashland (Cross-
man), won. Time — 2:07%.
Thursday, Oct. 12.
First race. 2:20 trot. 3 in 5. purse $1000:
Locust Bug. b g by Sidney Prince. .. .(Valentine) 1
Zoe Dillon, gr m (McDonald) 2
Marie Constant, b m (Green) 3
Alvy Coffman, Bernice Moore. Alto Chimes. Roy, Peter
Patchen, also started.
Time— 2:08%. 2:11%. 2:09%.
Second race. 2:10 pace. 3 in 5. purse $1000:
Little Frank D.. b g by Little Frank (Valentine) 1
Hal Leaf, b h (Whitehead) 3
Lady Venus, br m (Stout) 2
"Majora. 'The Deputy Sheriff and Dick Sentinel also
started. "Divided fourth money.
Time— 2:08%. 2:06%. 2:04%.
Third race, 2:12 trot. 2 in 3. purse $1000:
Binville. blk h bv Binjolla (Tipling) 1 1
The Proof, b h (Spencer) 2 2
Henry Todd, b g (Rodney) 5 3
"Vanko, "Virginia Barnette, American Girl also started.
"Divided fourth monev.
Time— 2:10%.-2:O9%.
To beat 2:15 trotting: Tacita (2), ch f by Atlantic Ex-
press (Dickerson), won: 2:07%.
To beat 2:10 trotting: Barbara King (4). ch m by King
Bellini (Dickerson), won: 2:07%.
To beat 2:13% trotting: Suldine (3). b c by Worthy
McKinney (Traynor), won: 2:08%.
To beat 2:07 pacing: Ashlook, ch g by Ashland A.
(Crossman), won: 2:05%.
To beat 2:15 pacing: The Aul, gr h by The Eel (Mor-
ris), won: 2:08.
To beat 2:10*« trotting: John Garver (3), ch h by Guy
Axworthy (Roberts), won: 2:07%.
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The fastest three full brothers on record are Ca-
nute 2:05. Auto 2:04%, pacers, and the trotter Octoo
2:07%. They are by Great Heart 2:12%;, dam Dema-
rius by Royal Fearnaught.
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Saturday, October 21, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Thoroughbred Matters
Important New York Betting Decision.
During the past two years racing has had a revival
in New York owing to the tact that oral betting has
been permitted at all the tracks, and it is said that
as many as 100 layers of odds have operated on the
stake days at the tracks close to New York City.
It has been claimed that so long as no printed odds
were publicly displayed or no record kept of the bets
by the layer of odds, that the Hughes law was not
violated, but on the 11th of this month an important
decision was handed down by the Appellate division
of the Supreme Court of New Y'ork which puts a dif-
ferent light on this view. The decision written by
Justice Edward B. Thomas holds that a man does not
have to write down bets to be guilty of bookmaking.
He may be held guilty, although the wagers are made
orally. The opinion while general in effect was writ-
ten in the specific case of Morris Solomon and Julius
Cahn, who were convicted for soliciting a bet from
detective Horn at the Aqueduct track last July.
These men were notified that they will have to serve
terms in the workhouse. When Solomon was sen-
tenced to fifteen days and Cahn to thirty, both men
appealed. The court said:
"It is not necessary that the bookmaking should
be in writing. In this case, the accused announced
odds to persons drawn to him and he conducted his
operations as openly as he deemed safe. No one who
applied to him to bet was rejected, not even the
detective."
It was urged in behalf of the defendant that the
statute was passed against professional gamblers,
and the accused operated for too short a time to be
placed in that category. "That would mean," says
the Court, "that one person could with impunity have
his day of doing what would be a crime if done
for a time longer. It is not the duration of the al-
leged act, but what contrivance is used and its rela-
tion to the public that is determining."
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George Strate arrived at Pleasanton on Monday
last with the following horses which have come
direct from England, and are owned by Geo. Wing-
field of Nevada and J. H. Rossiter of San Francisco:
Brown colt, yearling, by Mauvezin, out of Berenice.
Agnes Velasquez, bay mare, 14, by Velasquez, out
of Agnes Galliard. This mare is the dam of Volta,
by Valens, and she is now in foal to the same popular
sire.
Ben-ill's Choice, b f, 3, by Berrill, out of Sunny
South.
Berrill's Image, b f, 3, by Berrill, out of Proud
Beauty.
Santa Malta, broodmare, by Sanctuary, out of a
daughter of Knight of Malta. This mare is accom-
panied by a weanling foal.
Black colt, yearling, by Mauvezin, out of Berenice.
Yearling colt by Grey Leg, out of Bernina.
Weanling filly by Squire Jack, out of Santa Malta.
Thoroughbred foals of 1916 must be registered
with The Jockey Club, 18 East 14th Street, New
York, by November 1st. The registration fee is $2
for each animal which will include certificate. A
name must be claimed through the Registry Office of
The Jockey Club on or before March 1st for foals of
1915. No horse will be allowed to race on tracks
racing under rules of The Jockey Club unless duly
registered and named.
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The City Council of Covington, Kentucky, in the
limits of which town the Latonia track is situated,
has passed an ordinance which puts a tax of $100 on
each race run at Latonia, the same to be paid into
the Covington treasury each day. The club will
contest the ordinance in the courts.
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Both Louisville tracks have lost money this sea-
son, and the ruling of the Kentucky Racing Commis-
sion that the Louisville associations give no purse
less than $800 is said to be the reason. Secretary
Hachmeister says that the proposed tax of 2V2 per
cent on the money passing through the mutuals will
result in purses being reduced to $300 if it is made
a law.
Boots, winner of the Baltimore Handicap, an ac-
count of which was given in last week's Breeder and
Sportsman, was bred by the late J. B. Haggin, taken
to England as a yearling and sold. He is by Hessian,
a son of Watercress, and his dam is Little Flower by
Star Ruby. Mr. Haggin bred both sire and dam of
Boots.
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Mr. A. K. Macomber has purchased the five-year-
old gelding Boots, paying $15,000 for him. Boots ran
for his new owner the first time at Laurel, Maryland,
on Saturday last in the Washington Handicap, one
mile and a furlong, for three-year-olds and upwards.
He won easily by a length and a half from Spur who
was second, Reeves third, Shortgrass fourth and
Borrow fifth. The time was 1:511-5. The race was
worth $2100 to the winner .
Thoroughbred Saddle Horse a Feature.
New York, Oct. 17. — New directors of the National
Horse Show Association have this year recognized
the utility of the thoroughbred horse and in conse-
quence there will be more opportunity at the coming
show for horses registered by the Jockey Club than
ever have been presented before at a show in Mad-
ison Square Garden. In the program for the asso-
ciation's thirty-first annual exhibition from November
11 to 17 there are classes exclusively for thorough-
bred saddle horses, thoroughbred hunters, thorough-
bred polo ponies arid thoroughbred sires suitable for
getting cavalry horses.
Mr. J. R. Muurling has this year given a notable
special p'rize for thoroughbred hunters to be ridden
by women over the fences four feet high. This class
marks a new departure at the National Horse Show,
as it is the first ever given for thoroughbred horses
to be ridden by women over the jumps in the Garden.
F. Ambrose Clark has donated $350, including a
cup valued at $150, for thoroughbred mares or geld-
ings suitable to become hunters. The nominations
must be under 3 and not exceeding 7 years of age
and not under 15.3 hands, to be judged on their con-
formation, quality, substance, manners and way of
going at a walk, trot and gallop.
Besides these special prizes the National Horse
Show Association gives $350 in cash for the best
thoroughbred hunter registered in the Jockey Club
stud book. In another class the association gives
$175 for saddle horses that are registered thorough-
breds, their pedigrees to be given in entering them.
Prizes of $200, $100 and $50 are given for the best
thoroughbred stallions suitable for improving the
breed of horses for general use and army purposes.
Then there is the Jockey Club plate, a special prize
offered by the turf governing body for the best horse
suitable for United States cavalry mounts.
John E. Madden, the largest breeder of thorough-
bred race horses in the United States if not in the
world, has accepted an invitation to judge the thor-
oughbred stallions at this year's show. The saddle
horses will be judged by Lady Beck of London, Ont.,
and James G. Marshall of New York, while H. V. Colt
of Geneseo, N. Y., Henry L. Bell of Bayside, N. Y.,
and Richard Wallaeh of Wairenton, Va., will judge
the thoroughbred hunters.
Mrs. Keene Dies in New York.
New Y'ork, Oct. 10. — Mrs. Sara Daingerfield Keene,
widow of the late James R. Keene, financier and turf-
man, died at her home, Cedarhurst, L. I., at 6:30
o'clock last night after a lingering illness.
Mrs. Keene was born at Rich Hill, near Winches-
ter, Frederick county, Va. She was the daughter of
Leroy Parker Daingerfield and Julia Parker, his wife.
The grant of land to Rich Hill wras issued in 1660,
and she was the direct descendant of Col. William
Daingerfield of Greenfield, Essex county, Va.
Mrs. Keene was named for her Aunt Sara Jay
Bogardus, wife of Commodore Foxhall Parker. She
married James Robert Keene in California on No-
vember 3, 1S63, at the residence of her brother, Judge
William Parker Daingerfield, in San Francisco, Cal.
The family moved to New York in 1876 and resided
on Twenty-sixth street for a number of years, after-
ward moving to Newport, R. I., and then to their
present home, Cedarhurst, Long Island.
Mrs. Keene is survived by two children, Foxhall
Parker Keene and Jessica Keene Frost.
She was a sister of the late Major Foxhall A. Dain-
gerfield, who attained a wonderful measure of suc-
cess up to the time of his death as manager of the
Castleton Stud in Kentucky for Mr. Keene.
The Manly Memorial Steeplechase, the stellar
cross-country event of the Maryland Jockey Club's
approaching Autumn meeting, and one of the most
important jumping races ever given in this country,
will take place at Pimlico on Election Day, Tuesday,
November 7. Named in honor of the late William M.
Manly, a sterling sportsman and for many years
president of Maryland's historic racing organization,
the conditions have been so framed that all the best
timber-toppers in training have been entered to the
extraordinary number of seventy. The steeplechase
is a handicap for four-year-olds and upward, by sub-
scription of $10 each, with $5,000 added, of which
$1,000 to the second, $500 to the third and $250 to
the fourth. Those not declared by Sept. 15. 1916,
liable for $25 additional. Starters to pay $50. En-
tries closed Saturday, June 3, 1916- Weights an-
nounced by 5 p. m. Thursday, November 2, 1916. Two
miles and a half.
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Westy Hogan, John Whitlow's two-year-old son of
Dick Finnell— Carrie Jones, last Saturday demon-
strated that he is the best juvenile in the West, when
at Latonia he won the Fort Thomas Stakes, at six
furlongs, and negotiated the distance in 1:12 3-5. He
carried 114 pounds, and beat Sunbonnet, A. K. Ma-
comber's filly, by three lengths. Mary Belle finished
third, a length behind the placed horse. There were
nine starters and the race was worth $2825 to the
winner.
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An auction sale of horses in training was held at
Latonia last Saturday with the following results:
Signorette, Frazier & Farris. $525; MacMonde, Kay
Spence, $175: Ague. A. Woodman, $260: San Vega,
J. Troxler. $360; Lee Hall. M. Moore, $225; Useful,
M. Moore, $225: Honey Shuck. W. Fuechter. $700;
Polly H, O. A. Bianchi, $325; Elizabeth Thompson,
W. Covington, $400.
Praise for Thoroughbred.
In discussing the superior qualities of thorough-
breds as hunters and jumpers at the recent races at
Piping Rock, Thomas Hitchcock, a member of that
club and an amateur horseman who has developed
more high-class steeplechasers and hunters than
probably any other man in the country', had this to
say on the subject to a reporter of The New York
Times :
"There is no horse in the world that is comparable
to the thoroughbred as a hunter, or, as a matter of
fact, for almost any purpose. Y'ou will find men
decrying him as being too 'hot' to give satisfaction
when put to any other task than racing. There
never was a greater mistake. Persons who talk in
that fashion have never had anything to do with the
higher type of thoroughbred, and their experience
has come from contact with culls which have been
discarded because of their shortcomings.
"As a matter of fact," continued Mr. Hitchcock,
"the thoroughbred is not as hot as the half-bred, if
the same animals are subject to equal tests. Put a
half-bred horse in training and ask as much of him
as you do of the thoroughbred, and the result will
be surprising. The half-bred would not stand the
acid test of racing and come through with a perfect
disposition. The thoroughbred has been bred for
150 years, and the culls during that time have been
eliminated.
"I have had twenty-five years' experience with thor-
oughbreds, and during that period I have experi-
mented with them widely. My twelve-year-old son
has ridden them in the hunting field on Long Island,
and another of my children, only 6 years of age, has
ridden them in the show ring. They are more easily
broken to harness than any other horse in the world,
and, illustrating this, let me tell you something I
saw S. T. Harbison do at Lexington, when the thor-
oughbred market was at its lowest ebb some years
ago. He bought a lot of young stallions, mares, and
geldings, from 1 to 3 years of age, and turned them
all into a big paddock. They agreed famously, and
it was not three weeks till those that were old enough
were broken to harness and being sold all over the
country.
"The half-bred horse is fine, too," continued Mr.
Hitchcock, "and we have to bring in the grade in
order to secure an average of size, just as in Ireland
they went to the cart horse to secure a larger hunter
type, but the thoroughbred, when you get him large
enough, meets all these requirements.
"Jolly Dixon, by Sir Dixon, out of Merry Maiden,
winner of the heavyweight championship at the re-
cent Piping Rock horse show, is 16.2 hands and
weighs 1,460 pounds. He has stood up under ten
years of hard service. Cavalier, by Stalwart, out of
a Potomac dam, weighs 1,260, while another good
thoroughbred hunter in my string is Coniston, by
Yrankee-La Sorella, that tips the scale at 1,300 pounds.
Surely these are big enough for any purpose.
"The breeding bureau of The Jockey Club is doing
splendid service in standing thoroughbred sires in
various parts of the State. It is really doing the
work of the Federal Government, or what foreign
countries are doing, in order that they may have a
sufficient number of horses of the cavalry remount
type . The greatest menace to horse-breeding in the
United States is the growing scarcity of the light
mares which mate so well with the thoroughbred
sire. During a recent visit to Wyoming I found
breeders raising the heavy draft type. There was a
market for the smooth young mares unbroken at two
and three years of age at good prices, and they bred
them in preference to anything else.
"The trotting mare is an ideal mate for the thor-
oughbred sire. Her qualities have been developed
by racing also, and those communities which have
any number of dams of this type should conserve
them. It is only a question of time until the authori-
ties at Washington realize that we need these mares.
France, Germany, and Russia have them, and trot-
ting contests are a feature of race meetings every-
where on the Continent.
"Thoroughbred blood has played its part every-
where in the horse world, and it has benefitted all
other strains. Whence does the trotter derive his
sterling qualities? Is it from Messenger or Bell-
founder? Why, the former, of course, and therefore
I maintain that racing should be encouraged all over
the country'- The more ra'-'ng we have the more of
this coveted blood we are going to have infused into
other families, and in the end wre should produce
horses second to none in the world."
J. C. Dinue returned last Saturday from Spokane,
Wash., and Billings, Montana, where he was super-
intendent of the track and speed departments at the
big fairs held at those cities this year. "Jack" says
the Inter-State Fair at Spokane was greater than
ever, and had a larger attendance than ever before.
The Midland Empire Fair at Billings is a new institu-
tion and spent about $75,000 on buildings, barns, etc..
before the fair opened and will spend nearly as much
more next year. There were over 40,000 persons
passed through the gates at Billings during the four
days of the fair, and at Spokane they had about that
many in one day.
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Dr. R. W. McCully has purchased the unbeaten
Last Coin, a four-year-old son of Ultimus and Half
Crown, from James Butler, of New York, for a re-
ported price of $10,000. He will be shipped to Ken-
tucky, where he will take his place in the Wickliffe
Stud of Corrigan i- McKinney.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, October 21, 1916
Harness Horses and Horsemen
PETER McKLYO TO START NEXT SATURDAY.
Son of Peter the Great Will Attempt to Beat 2:06
at Stockton,
[Special to the Breeder and Sportsman.]
Stockton. Oct. 19. — Peter McKlyo 2:06, son of
Peter the Great 2: 07*4 and Klyo by Jay McGregor,
owned by L. H. Todhunter of Sacramento and trained
and driven by James Thompson, can now trot the
race of his life. On Saturday last in a work-out he
trotted the first quarter of the Stockton track in 30%
seconds, and the first half in 1:00%. Thompson
then pulled him back and he jogged the mile out in
2:10%. Wednesday he made the half in 1:02 and
the last quarter in 29 seconds.
If the weather holds good Thompson will start
Peter McKlyo Saturday, October 28th, to beat his
record of 2:06 made at Santa Rosa last August.
G. H. TINKHAM.
Pleasanton Driving Park Is Ready.
Geo. Ryan, the genial superintendent of Mr. R. J.
MacKenzie's Pleasanton Driving Park, has every-
thing in readiness for the trainers who will be head-
ing for the horse centre as soon as the fall' racing
is over. This famous winter training track never
looked better than it does now. Every stall is clean
and ready for occupancy, and there is not a square
foot of the 100 acres enclosed that does not look
"spick and span." While nearly all the race horses
are absent, the meetings at Bakersfield and Phoenix
being yet to come, there are a number in training at
Pleasanton and there is plenty to interest any lover
of horses who spends a day there.
George Ryan is looking after the MacKenzie
horses, which consist mostly of broodmares and their
colts that are running in knee-deep alfalfa in the
infield. There are fifteen or twenty mares with foals
at foot, and Ryan is expecting quite an interesting
time when he starts to wean the bunch of youngsters,
which will be very shortly. Among them is a foal by
Mahomet Watts out of Mildred Togo by Togo, and
one by the same sire out of Zombro Belle that par-
ticularly struck the writer's fancy, while the foal by
Joe Patchen 2nd out of Merry Widow by Red Pac is
also one that a person will look twice at before turn-
ing away.
In the stalls Ryan has a yearling colt by Joe
Patchen 2d 2:03% out of Zombro Belle that they
are all talking about. He is a big growthy looking
fellow, sort of loose-jointed and with a sensible head
that does not seem to be worried at anything that
goes on about the place. Ryan took him up from the
pasture field on August 15th this year, and has him
pretty well broken. Two weeks ago this yearling
(Terry Patchen is his name) stepped a quarter
handily in 38 seconds. No, he is not a pacer, but is
a square going trotter and has not offered to make a
break in harness since he learned to wear one, nor
does he try to go any gait but the diagonal one. He
looks like a good prospect in the two-year-old stakes
for 1917.
Another yearling in the MacKenzie string is Carl
Vernon by Vernon McKinney out of a mare by Car-
lokin. He has also been in the kindergarten school
since the middle of August. Carl Vernon is a pacer
and a quarter in 37% seconds is what he was able to
show several days ago. Another pacer is a yearling
by Vernon McKinney out of a mare by Searchlight,
second dam by Direct, that is only just broken, but
is a nice looking fellow and considered a good pros-
pect.
A two-year-old by Quintell out of a Nutwood
Wilkes mare is also just getting accustomed to har-
ness and has not been asked to do anything but obey
the lines.
Mr. Ryan has a two-year-old of his own that he
showed with pride. This is a colt by Frank Perry
out of Miss Harris by Sidney Dillon. Miss Harris
is the dam of Miss Bond (2) 2:17%. This colt is a
pacer and has shown a half in 1:10 and a quarter in
34 seconds.
A four-year-old mare by Zombro 2:11, and one of
the last of his get in California, has been running
out, but is now up and will be worked. She has
trotted quarters at a 2:20 gait and looks to be worth
training. Pier breeding is good as her dam was by
Diablo and second dam by A. W. Richmond.
The stallions Vernon McKinney 2:01%, pacing, and
Anvil 2:02% trotting, are both fat and healthy, and
will doubtless make the season of 1917 at Pleasanton.
Both had fair seasons last year and were bred to
some fine mares.
Mr. A. W. Longley, of Oakland, has thirteen horses
in training at Pleasanton, and with Hiram Rapelje to
look after the management of affairs and Schuyler
Walton to do the training, there is nothing lacking.
When the writer looked in on them Saturday, Mr.
Longley and Walton were looking over a big fat bay
mare that looked as if she had been fed for the fat
stock show. This mare is now eight years old, and
is known to California horsemen as Dorothy Ansel.
She was a wonderfully fast yearling and trotted a
quarter in 31 seconds or "in that vicinity," and as a
two-year-old won a $1000 stake at Woodland in 2:20
and 2:22%. As a three-year-old she did not do so
well, and failed to win a race out of three starts.
Since then she has been running out and when
Schuyler gets the fat off her will see if she has any
of the speed she had as a yearling and two-year-old.
She is by Prince Ansel out of Lucy B. 2:17% by
Alexander Button and is a fine looking mare. She
belongs to Det Bigelow of Yolo.
Another trotter that Mr. Longley is giving a trial
is a chestnut gelding with a silver mane and tail,
owned by Henry Scott of San Jose. Harry McKin-
ney is the name of this trotter and he is by Bon
McKinney, dam by Scott McKinney 33749, second
dam by Boswell Jr., third dam by Guy Wilkes. He
shows some speed.
Pedlar Direct is looking well after his campaign
this year and will be able to knock a few seconds
from his record next year if raced.
Hiram led out a couple of fine two-year-olds for
inspection. One is a bay filly by Demonio, dam by
Geo. Washington, that showed a quarter in 35% sec-
onds as a yearling. She is a well proportioned miss,
with good feet and legs and a nice way of going. A
quarter in 34 and an eighth in 16 seconds is all she
has been asked to do as a two-year-old as she is
not staked.
What the writer calls a very handsome gelding is
a two-year-old by True Kinney, dam by Hawthorne,
second dam by Director, that Mr. Longley purchased
at the Woodland Stock Farm sale when a yearling.
He is a trotter and was lame when brought to Pleas-
anton from the sale, but is all right now and has
shown a quarter in 38 seconds very handily.
Millard Sanders reached Pleasanton Saturday with
three horses that he said had just been brought out
of the hills on Mr. Rudolph Spreckels' ranch at Sobra
Vista, Sonoma county. One is a chestnut mare by
Washington McKinney out of Annie Rooney 2:17 by
Strathway, second dam Jewel by Oakland Boy. This
mare is six years old and is said to have won a mat-
inee race at Sonoma two or three years ago in 2:12%.
She is a pacer. Another is a gelding, pacer, three
years old by Guy Dillon out of Annie Rooney, and the
other is a bay mare trotter, by Washington McKin-
ney out of the great mare Hulda 2:08% by Guy
Wilkes. This mare is five years old, never trained
but can show a 2:40 gait. All three are in the rough
as they have been running out for the past year or
two, but are in good condition and Millard will handle
them for a few months before Mr. Spreckels decides
what he will do with them.
C. E. Berry has ten head, nearly all youngsters,
which he is handling for Mr. I. L. Borden, vice-presi-
dent of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders'
Association. The horses raced this year all look
well and are only getting jog work, but there are
six coming two-year-olds that are getting first lessons
in harness by being driven about with the lines
before being hooked to anything. There are young-
sters by Major's By Guy, Barney Barnato and Ed
McKinney, of which more can be said after they
learn to pull a cart and make the circle of the track.
Several of these youngsters are well staked. All in
Mr. Berry's string look well and there is no sickness
among them.
The Kentucky Sale.
The annual auction sale of trotters and pacers held
by the Kentucky Sales Company at Lexington closed
on October 6th after four days of selling. Two hun-
dred and eight head were sold for a total of $44,390,
an average of $213 per head. The Peter the Greats
sold for good prices. The top price, $2950, was paid
by L. G. Winings, of Indianapolis, for the yearling
brown colt by Peter the Great, out of Baron Lassie,
by Baron Wilkes, a brother to Peter Billiken 2:07%
and Lady Wanetka (2) 2:10. Two yearling pacers
that could show fast, in the consignment from Ham-
burg Place, were bought by Mr. Winings for $1,1,00
and $700 respectively. Charles R. Thompson, of Lex-
ington, paid $1,075 for the weanling filly by Peter the
Great, out of Sorrento Hall, by Walnut Hall 2:08%,
and R. L. Nash paid $900 for a miss of the same age
out of Lady Moko, second dam Lady Ham. William
Simpson bought two Peter the Great weanlings for
$600 each.
A yearling colt by Gen. Watts out of Rose Bingen
by Bingen went to C. D. Renick of Indianapolis for
$600, and another by the same sire and out of a mare
by Tregantle brought $625. A weanling bay colt by
Peter the Great, dam by Allercon, was sold for $925.
Many highly bred youngsters that did not suit the
fancy of the buyers sold for a song, and bargains
were picked up at from $75 to $200. For instance, a
yearling colt by Peter the Great out of Elsie Ley-
burn 2:27%, dam of Jack Leyburn 2:04% and three
others with standard records, brought but $185.
Mr. E. R. Dunn sold his three-year-old gelding The
Puzzler by Cochato at this sale, Mr. Clift, a Ken-
tuckian, paying $220 for him. The five-year-old mare
Miss Felipe by San Felipe out of Miss Kinney by
Kinney Lou is given in the sale summary as being
purchased by Mr. Dunn for $300, but this was prob-
ably a retaining bid on his own mare.
The 19-year-old stallion The Tramp by Jay Bird
out of the great brood mare Sorrento, dam of The
Bondsman, Jay Hawker and many other great sires
as well as seven standard trotters, sold for the insig-
nificant sum of $140.
The fact that 208 head, many of them weanlings
and yearlings, and quite a number old and of no
particular use or value, can be sold for an average
of $213 per head speaks pretty well for the Standard
horse market.
Bon Guy 2:09^i Goes to British Columbia.
Breeder and Sportsman: S. S. Bailey announced
early in the week at Salem, Oregon, that he would
sell the stallion Bon Guy after the 2:12 trot. Bon |
Guy won the race and took a record of 2:09%. Mr. '
Bailey put the stallion up for sale as he had an- J
nounced. Starter McNair called for bids and the son
of Bon Voyage was sold to J. G. Von Herberg, a
motion picture magnate from Seattle, for $300, a
ridiculously low price for such a fast, game and extra
fashionably bred trotting stallion as Bon Guy. Von
Herberg took his new purchase along with a carload
of Holstein cows to his prize dairy farm at Kent,
Washington, and Bon Guy at once took the vocation
of hauling prize milk to the Kent creamery, and like
the good game horse he had always shown to be 1
made good at his new job and did it like as if he
could do any old thing on a dairy farm. When his
milk hauling was over he was put in a nice bull pen
beside a prize bull for company.
The writer has always been an admirer of Bon Guy
and I am pleased to say that I have made a satisfac
tory sale of this good trotter for Mr. Von Herberg
and via tonight's steamer I am shipping Bon Guy to
a new owner to whom I sold him. The new owner i
a real trotting horse fan and a man who not only
loves a good horse but trains and races them sue
cessfully. His name is Elwood Bourgoyne, 162!
Keefer street, Vancouver, British Columbia, am
every good sportsman in that country should be
proud of Ed Bourgoyne and the fact that he has
brought to Canada one more highly bred, fast, game
and extremely beautiful trotting stallion.
All of which goes to show that the harness horse
business is not dead, nor is it going to die if I call
help it to live. Yours truly,
C. A. HARRISON.
Seattle, Oct. 17, 1916.
The Champion Lee Axworthy 1:58^4.
By his superb exhibitions of speed, manners, game
ness and what not that go to make an ideal champion
the little Cleveland speed marvel Lee Axworthy
trotted his way to undying fame at Lexington, Ky.
recently, when he lowered the record for trottinj
stallions to 1:58% and then pulled a matinee wagoi
in 2:02% in an effort to beat the world's best time
for such an exhibition.
Lee Axworthy, therefore, is king of trotting stal
lions. Brought out by W. J. Andrews from a trotter
his owners had despaired of, Lee earned a time rec-
ord of 2:28; as a two-year-old at Detroit. Startim
in his first race at North Randall the next year, Le
won in straight heats, taking a record of 2:08. Hi
was opposed to Peter Volo that year, and while not
quite able to beat the big horse then, proved thi
master of Volo the next season in a special match
race at North Randall. Both trotters were four
years old and Peter Volo won the first heat in 2:02
Lee Axworthy taking the next two in 2:03%, 2:04%
Upon retirement of W. J. Andrews, Ben White
took charge of Lee Axworthy and other members of
the Pastime Stable.
In his first start this year Lee Axworthy trotted
the North Randall track in 2:00% in an effort to
lower the stallion record of 2:01, then held by The
Harvester. Later in the week when weather condi-
tions were poor he trotted in 2:00%. At Syracuse
he trotted in 2:00, all quarters being in thirty sec
onds. In his first trial at Lexington, Lee trotted in
1:59%. The same week he reduced that to 1:58%,
and then a few days later, driven by H. K. Devereux,
one of the members of the Pastime Stable, owners
of Lee Axworthy, the little horse lowered the stallion
record for a mile to wagon of 2:05% held by
Peter Mc, by trotting in 2:02%.
Her Pa and Her Ma Were Californians.
Mary Putney that trotted to a record of 2:05% as
a three-year-old in 1915, and that -tied the four-year-
old record of Joan by trotting in 2:02% at Lexington,
is considered by many of the horsemen who saw her
in action as the fastest trotter now in training with
the exception of Lee Axworthy 1:58%. When Mary
Putney trotted in 2:04% she trotted the last three-
quarters of the mile in 1:30% and was wide on the
track at all times. She trotted the second quarter
of the mile in 30 seconds and the third in 29 seconds,
at which point she was well up with the leaders in
the race and only came the rest of the way fast
enough to win. We can almost look upon Mary as
a Californian as both her sire San Francisco and her
dam Mendocita were bred in this State. Mendocita
is the dam of three trotters and one pacer with stand-
ard records and as her name implies is by Mendo-
cino, a son of Electioneer that had a lot Of thorough-
bred blood in his veins which he got through his
dam. The dam of Mendocita was the famous thor-
oughbred mare Esther by Express that is the dam of
four standard trotters, seven producing daughters
and two producing sons. Mary Putney's blood lines
are McKinney, Nutwood Wilkes, Electioneer and
thoroughbred, and that is a combination hard to beat
for trotting instinct and staying qualities.
Nineteen head of fine saddle horses, some sired
by that peerless thoroughbred Rey el Santa Anita,
some by the champion Kentucky Saddle Horse Don
Castano, and some by Ibn Mahruss, the noted im-
ported Arabian stallion, will be sold next Tuesday
at the first annual auction of the Anoakia Breeding
Farm, owned by Anita M. Baldwin at Santa Anita
Rancho, Los Angeles. See advertisement.
Saturday, October 21, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Do you own any trotters or pacers?
Do you desire to sell them for spot cash?
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The big Chicago Sale will be held December 18th
to 21st.
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A California breeder and trainer has consigned
fifty head and the Chicago Horse Sale Company
wants fifty more from this State.
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The horses will be shipped on a special train that
will leave San Francisco for Chicago by way of
Pleasanton and Los Angeles, and single horses can
be shipped at carload rates.
Now is the opportunity to sell in the best market in
the United States and at less expense than at any
other sale. Read the big advertisement on page 12
and look out for still further particulars next week.
Peter Look 2:03 is a three-year-old and not a two-
year-old as has been stated.
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The Portland, Oregon, Horse Show will be held on
Friday and Saturday next, October 27th and 28th.
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At the Coschockton, Ohio, meeting there were five
races that went to six heats before a winner was
declared.
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The weanling colt by Peter the Great 2:07%, out
of Lady Moko, by Moko, brought $950 at the Lex-
ington sale.
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Hal B. Jr. 2:02% buzzed around the double-0 at
York, Pa., last week in 2:06%, 2:06 and 2:05%,
breaking the track record three times.
Colleen, daughter of Charley D. 2:06% and Cricket
2:10, reduced her record to 2:05% in a race at Lex-
ington last week.
Geo. Bain, the peerless auctioneer, says the name
of the Pastime Stable, owners of Lee Axworthy
1:58% and Volga (3) 2:04%, should be changed to
the Fastime Stable.
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Lee Axworthy 1:58% will be in the stud next sea-
son at Castleton Farm, David M. Look's Kentucky
estate. It has also been announced that Etawah 2:03
will again stand for service at Castleton.
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Up to October 18th, twenty-four two year-olds by
Star Shoot had won races this year in the United
States, and nineteen two-year-olds by Ballot had been
returned winners.
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Bakersfield's race meeting will open next Wednes-
day and then the horses will move to Phoenix, Ari-
zona, where the last meeting of the year will begin
Nov. 13th.
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A gentleman who owns two high class mares was
inquiring this week as to what trotting bred stal-
lions would be in service in California in 1917, and
where they will stand.
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Emma Magowan (3) 2:07% was timed a half mile
in a minute in a race at Lexington in which she was
given the word when on a break. She is by J. Mal-
colm Forbes.
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The Grand Circuit ended at Atlanta, Georgia, this
week. We suppose "the turkeys gobbled and the
sweet potatoes started from the ground" when the
horsemen marched through on their way to the new
racing plant.
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Fifty Herefords sold in Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 6,
during the American Royal Live Stock Show, made
an average of $854. It was one of the most enthusi-
astic auctions of the year. The cattle were a uni-
formly high class collection, representing leading
herds.
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Hobnob, that took a four-year-old trotting record
of 2:08%, is a richly bred one. He is by Siliko (3)
2:11% (son of Moko and Silicon 2:13% by Wilton)
and his dam is Nancy McKerron (3) 2:10%, by John
A. McKerron 2:04%, second dam the famous Nancy
Hanks 2:04. Hobnob is one of Siliko's first crop of
colts and is his first 2:10 performer.
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October 10th, at North Easton, Mass., the Lang-
water Farm's Guernsey sale made an average of
$1080, for 74 head. The event made new Guernsey
history, the public sale price for Guernsey cows
being twice broken. C. L. A. Whitney, Albany, N. Y.,
paid $6,150 for Langwater Dairymaid; John A. Ames
bought Langwater Generous at $5,000. The top price
for a bull was $3000, paid for Langwater Foremost.
The cattle went to 12 States.
Peter Volo 2:02 and Volga 2:04% are now the
world's fastest trotting full brother and sister, dis-
placing Donna Clay 2:06% and Early Don 2:06%,
records made also this season.
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The Chicago Horse Review announces that after
November 1st, its subscription price, owing to the
high cost of paper, will be increased from $2.50 to
$4.00 per annum.
Pacific Breeders Futurity No. 17 will close for the
nomination of mares bred in 1916. on Monday, the
4th of December next. The colts and fillies will trot
or pace as three-year-olds in 1920.
Volga (3) 2:04%, now the champion three-year-old
trotting filly, is the seventh 2:05 trotter to the credit
of Peter the Great 2:07%. And she is also the fifth
three-year-old by the same sire to win the Kentucky
FRuturity.
Daisy Todd 2:09%, a winner at Lexington, is cer-
tainly an inbred Todd, both her sire (George Todd
2:07%) and maternal grandsire (Cochato (3) 2:11%)
being sons of the famous son of Bingen 2:06%. Her
grandam produced Bob Douglas 2:04%.
The record of Harrod's Creek (3) 2:06%, the fast-
est of the get of General Watts (3) 2:06%, is not
only the same as his- sire, but the records of each
were taken at the same age and in the same event —
The Kentucky.
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Sacramento 2:09%, a new 2:10 trotter for San
Francisco 2:07%, is an own brother to the pacer
Robert Frisco 2:05%, their dam being Alice Edgar
2:12%, who has only produced three foals, the third
being Sweet Alice 2:13%, by Walnut Hall 2:08%.
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Vera Hal's two heats, each in 2:10% over the Riv-
erside half mile track last week, when she beat Teddy
Bear and Pointer's Daughter, show that Harold
Cohen's mare is in fine fettle after the season's
campaign.
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W. J. Kenney, Secretary of the San Francisco-
California Driving Club of this city, has been engaged
to do the starting of the races at the Kern County
Fair, which opens at Bakersfield next week. The
race program begins on Wednesday, the 25th.
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Napoleon Direct 1:59% is reported to have broken
down at Lexington, and may never start again. Geers
thought a mile in 1:58 or better was within the stal-
lion's capability and it is to be hoped that the injury
is only a temporary one.
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Peter Hart, the yearling brother of Peter Billiken
2:07% and Lady Wanetka (2) 2:10, was sold for
$2,950 at the Lexington sale last week. Greeley
Winings, of Indianapolis, presumably acting for
Stoughton A. Fletcher, was the high bidder for the
youngster.
Three mares have produced two 2:10 or better
three-year-old trotters. They are Orianna (dam of
Czarevna 2:07% and Grace 2:08), Dorothy T. (dam
of Adion 2:07% and Rusticoat 2:08%), and Lou Dil-
lon (dam of Expressive Lou 2:08% and Lou Billings
2:08%).
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Never try to oil old dirty harness without first
taking it apart and thoroughly washing it, then hang
it up and apply the oil before the harness is thor-
oughly dry. When leather is damp it will absorb the
oil much more readily than when it is dry.
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The normal pulse of a healthy horse varies accord-
ing to sex. In that of a stallion, it averages from
28 to 32 beats to a minute, in a gelding, 33 to 38,
and in a mare, 34 to 40; the younger they are the
more rapid the beats; foals about a month old will
run about 80 to 90 in a minute.
Directum I., p, 1:56%, who holds a long string of
records, including that of 2:02% over the "Historic
Track," will appear at Goshen, N. Y., on Saturday,
Oct. 28th, in an endeavor to shatter the half mile
track's "best." W. Averill Harriman, president of
the Goshen Driving Club, will drive the beautiful
chestnut stallion.
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It is many a day since harness horses raced for
money at New Orleans, La., and for the first time in
years they will be given twelve opportunities during
the National Farm and Live Stock Show at the fair
grounds. The dates are Nov. 13-18, and $5,400 is the
total of the race purses, which range from $400 to
$700, as per the program that has been published.
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The Golden Gate Thoroughbred Breeders' Associ-
ation has decided to purchase a number of thorough-
bred stallions and distribute them throughout the
State of California where they will be mated with
thoroughbred mares free of charge. The association
hopes by this means to revive the breeding of thor-
oughbreds in this State, an industry which has fallen
off to almost nothing in recent years except on the
farms of a few wealthy breeders. At a meeting of
the association to be held on Thursday evening, No-
vember 2d, details of this new venture will be settled
and other subjects of deep interest to horsemen will
be discussed.
Kremlin 2:07%, whose death was announced last
week, is said to have been the first of the stallions
that have held championship records to have made
the record to a low wheel pneumatic tired sulky.
Kremlin was not a great success as a sire of 2:10
trotters but his daughters have done well, especially
those bred to Bingara, son of Bingen.
The splendid race won by Roan Hal at Lexington,
in which he defeated Single G. and earned a new rec-
ord of 2:00%, emphasizes that half mile track stars
possess class. Single G. and Roan Hal were defeated
in half mile track races, although Single G. was not
in top form when he was beaten. Now one has
reached the two-minute mark and the other is very
close to it. As it is in baseball, the "big league"
trainers find it best to go to the "minors," or half
mile tracks, to get their racing material.
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The Grand Circuit wound up at Atlanta, Georgia,
this week, and the racing has been good but the
fields small, seldom more than four or five horses
starting in a race. On Wednesday, the third day of
the meeting, Atlanta was visited by a hurricane and
an earthquake but little damage was done to the
racing plant, and racing was resumed the next day.
This is the first time the Atlanta track has been a
members of the Grand Circuit and it has probably
proved an expensive experiment.
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One of the Breeder and Sportsman's subscribers,
P. H. MacLean of Rolla, North Dakota, reports the
loss of his mare May Stannel by Stannel 44276. The
mare died just before foaling. She was a very hand-
some animal, and was raised by Mr. MacLean and
was never for sale. Mr. MacLean is keeping up with
the procession, so has opened an auto repair shop in
connection with his general blacksmithing. He says
the Dakotans have gone crazy over the gas wagons
but thinks perhaps they will take up the reins again
for real pleasure.
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One of the best performances during the meeting
at Lexington was that of the trotting gelding, Royal
Mac, a recent addition to the stable of Tommy Mur-
phy. The horse trotted a mile in 2:04%, which was
in itself a high class performance, but the best part
of it was that the last half was trotted in 1:00%, and
the last three-quarters in 1:31%. The horse was
recently bought by Murphy for $2,500 and looks like
a rare bargain. He won three races over the half
mile tracks in as many starts and secured a record
of 2:09% his first start on a mile track.
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While entries were made by W. G. Durfee and
Chas. Spencer at Atlanta, none of their horses have
started during the three days of racing held up to this
writing, and the probability is that all the California
horses were shipped from Lexington to Phoenix,
probably stopping off at some of the Texas points on
the way. The Phoenix meeting will open November
13th, and it may be that the Durfee string will be
back in Los Angeles this week, and be shipped from
there to Phoenix where it looks as if they should
be able to win a few races.
Mr. Roland C. Drake, formerly of Lexington, Ken-
tucky, but now Assistant General Agent, Pacific De-
partment of the Hartford Live Stock Insurance
Company, is now located in San Francisco and will
devote his time to the building up of the live stock
insurance business of this coast for his company.
Mr. Drake once trained trotters and having lived
at Lexington so many years has an acquaintance
with nearly every horseman that ever visited the
blue grass section. We commend Mr. Drake and the
company he represents to the owners of live stock
in California.
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The protest of M. L. Woy against the action of the
California State Board of Agriculture will come up
for decision before the Board of Review of the Na-
tional Trotting Association at its next meeting. The
protest, as our readers will remember, is against the
action of the judges in the Occident Stake at the
California State Fair this year, who ordered a fourth
heat to be trotted to decide which horse stood best
in the summary — Mr. Woy's filly Lulu B. and Mr.
Durfee's colt Hermes having stood equal at the end
of the third heat. The Board of Review will meet
December 5th.
One of the best sales of a trotter consummated
during the Lexington meeting was made by John W.
Stout, of Versailles, who sold his four-year-old trot-
ting stallion, The Royal Knight 2:08, to the Pastime
Stable for a large figure, which was not made public,
but which was probably $10,000 or $12,000. The
little stallion is one of the best trotters in training
at Lexington this year and just before his sale trot-
ted a mile for his breeder-owner-trainer in 2:05%.
the last half being caught by some in 1:01. Ben
White, trainer for the Pastime Stable, got up later
and drove him a mile in 2:08%, after which the- deal
was made. The stallion resembles Lee Axworthy
very much and it is said that the two will probably
be started for a record to pole, and if they lake
kindly to this kind of hitch, seem to have a chance
of beating the pole record of 2:03',. held by Uhlan
and Lewis Forrest. The Royal Knight seems to be
a much faster horse than Lewis Forrest was at the
time he made the record with Uhlan. The Royal
Knight is by Border Knight, a son of Bingen, and
his dam is by Achille, also a son of Bingen.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, October 21, 19ii
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
WAYS OF WILD DUCKS IN FLIGHT.
Birds Are Creatures of Uniform Habits and Shovt
Preference for Inland Waters.
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
Newbert on Inspection Tour. — President Frank M.
Newbert of the State Fish and Game Commission,
just back from a 1,000-mile inspection tour through
Superior California, with Commissioner Carl Wester-
field of San Francisco, reports fish and game condi-
tions excellent. He states that the people everywhere
have realized the benefits of the Commission's efforts
toward the conservation of game and are assisting
in every way possible.
Deer everywhere were numerous, does and fawns
were seen in especially large numbers. In spite of
the severe winter last year there has been an in-
crease in the number of deer throughout the north-
ern part of the state, he says.
"One of the best indications of the way the people
up there are working hand in hand with the Com-
mission in protecting the game," says Newbert, "is
the way they are penalizing violators of the game
laws. The laws are strictly enforced and non-observ-
ers are fined the limit."
The commissioners stopped over for a two-day
hunt in the Modoc lava beds and two large mule tail
deer and a black bear were killed. The deer weighed
about 245 pounds each and the bear weighed 450
pounds. John Hess of Alturas was with the Commis-
sioners on the hunt.
Most of the inspection trip, which took about thir-
teen days, was made by auto. The route was from
San Francisco to Eureka, Redding, the Sisson hatch-
ery. McCloud, Bartle, to McArthur, Lookout, Lower
Klamath Lake, Dor's and Sacramento.
BO
Hunters' Club Meets. — The first regular meeting of
the Hunters' Club was held at Cedarbrook Park last
Week. The following officers were elected and in-
stalled: President, George T. Kerr; vice-president,
Robert E. Higgins; secretary, John Rizzo; treasurer,
P. H. H. Richter; sergeant-at-arms, Milo Oneto.
The striking feature of the occasion was the large
attendance of enthusiastic sportsmen from various
parts of Santa Clara county.
George Kerr, the president of the club, thoroughly
explained the objects and purposes of the organiza-
tion. He dwelt upon the game laws and urged those
present to do their utmost to secure new members
and spread the gospel of protecting fish and game,
and also song birds. His remarks were vigorously
applauded.
Mr. Kerr also stated that aside from working for
the lawful protection of fish and game the club hoped
to give social entertainments and promote fraternity
among the members, but that positively no politics
would be tolerated.
Remarks were also made by Vice-President Hig-
gins. Ernest Strickler, Joe Texiara, Emmett Rhew,
M. Oneto and various others.
Committees were appointed to draft a constitution
and by-laws an order of business. Regular meetings
will be held each Wednesday evening.
It was decided to give a wild game feed next
Wednesday evening at Cedarbrook park, and on Sun-
day. October 29th. a big barbecue will take place,
when a large class of new members will be initiated.
Wild game feeds at regular intervals will be held and
the members all expressed themselves confident that
the Hunters' Club will be a great success.
That the various feeds and social features will be
a success is certain, as President Kerr appointed an
entertainment committee of experienced hunters.
H. Richter, R. E. Higgins and John Rizzo are the
members on whose shoulders the task of making the
entertainment a success will fall.
All of those present will start out on the opening
day after game of various kinds.
Kerr is going t othe San Joaquin after ducks,
Strickler and Rizzo to the Alviso marshes, and Hig-
gins. Richter, Burns. Texiara and others will hunt
quail. Portal, Keffel and Rottanzi have promised
game of some kind.
After a song by Ernest Strickler the meeting ad-
journed.
SO
Sacramento Coursing Club. — Editor, Breeder and
Sportsman: The Capitol City Coursing Club is try-
ing to revive the sport of coursing, and last year held
several successful winter meets. Many San Fran-
cisco sportsmen had entries and took part in these
meets, some of them being Mr. John Rosseter, Judge
John Grace, R. K. Malcolm, H. A. Deckelman, Harry
Murray, also Geo. Heintz of Oakland.
Many entries w-ere received from San Francisco
and the bay cities, and the honors for the Rosseter
Cup Meet were carried off by an Oakland greyhound,
first, and a Richmond one, second.
This year the Capitol City Coursing Club is plan-
ning to hold more successful meets than ever before,
and as they have one of the grandest open fields to
run on, it makes the sport very interesting.
The membership dues for the club are to be in-
creased, beginning October 16. It was also voted
that only club members shall be allowed to have
entries in future meets, and that all greyhounds
entered must be registered with the club.
Several letters have been received from eastern
coursing men requesting information on the winter
meets, for as soon as the October Waterloo Cup,
National Futurity and Aberdeen Cup stakes are run
in Nebraska, they intend to send their entries out to
the coast to take part in the meets held at Franklin
this coming winter. The club is to hold meetings
at 630 I street, Sacramento, every" other Thursday-
night and all members are requested to attend.
This year's meets are attracting great attention
and a successful year is expected. Some of the best
dogs in the east will be here and all the local state
dogs will be run.
Trusting you will give us a little publicity in this
matter, we remain,
Very Truly yours,
THE CAPITOL CITY COURSING CLUB,
EUGENE F. PANARIO, Sec'y.
Sacramento, Cal.
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CLOSED DEER SEASON FOR MARIN COUNTY.
San Rafael Advocates Move For Two Years to Give
the Game a Chance.
This season Las brought home to the lovers of
deer hunting the fact that forked horns are scarce
on the mountain side, and outside of the Water
Company preserve on the mountain, which virtually
supplies the whole central district of Marin county,
there are but few male deer left.
No one loves the sport better than the editor him-
self, but it is useless to tramp the hills for day after
day and never see sign of a horn. On the Lucas
Valley ranges it is safe to say that there are over
a hundred does, but no bucks. The same can be
said of other sections of the county.
When the Marin Municipal Water District is taken
over the preserve on the mountain will be increased
and therefore give the bucks a chance to accumulate.
At the present time the Country Club and the Lagu-
nitas Rod and Gun Club secure the only shooting in
the county worth speaking of. In fact, the deer are
so tame in this section that it is more like taking a
shot at a fat cow. It is no trouble to hunt them.
But it is not fair to have two clubs enjoy all the
shooting at the expense of the other sections of the
county.
We would advocate a closed season for one or two
years, in order to give the deer an opportunity to
accumulate. While we are cutting out shooting of
every kind in Marin county for the next two years, so
that no one will have an excuse to carry a gun in
the hills. This will assist the game warden in pa-
trolling the county and aid members of the Marin
County Game Association in hunting down the game
law violators. — San Rafael Independent.
SO
Catch 45-Pound Salmon. — It took four Woodland
fishermen just fifteen minutes to land a forty-five-
pound salmon from the Sacramento river above
Knights Landing on day last week. The anglers who
fought with the big fish were Leslie Button, who
hooked him in the first place with a shad hook, Bev-
erly Coil, Joseph Armstrong and Robert Parker.
The party went to the river understanding that
salmon fishing was particularly good, but such a
catch as it was their luck to fall upon was hardly
expected. Nor did they get the salmon without a
struggle. When Button snagged the fish it did not
take him long to find out that he had more on the
end of his line than he could handle. The other three
members of the party rushed to his assistance and
fought with the slashing fish for many minutes be-
fore they were able to land him.
Several smaller fish were also caught by the party,
about fifty pounds in all being brought home.
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Acquire Taste For Swordfish. — L'p to a few years
ago it never occurred to anybody to eat swordfish.
It was ignored, or caught only as a curiosity. Now
great quantities are sold in Boston and other New
England cities. It tastes much like catfish. Many-
persons prefer it to halibut. It has become an im-
portant source of income to New England fishermen.
Yet it can seldom be bought in fish markets outside
of New England. There is "no demand for it," fish
dealers say. The public simply doesn't know about
this fish.
A far more general ignorance prevails regarding
the goosefish, otherwise known as the "devilfish."
According to Dr. Hugh M. Smith, of the United States
Bureau of Fisheries, the steaks of this fish are just
as rich in flesh-building material as sirloin steak.
As for taste, the goosefish is esteemed as a great deli-
cacy in Europe. North Sea trawlers never supply
the demand in Germany, where it brings four times
as high a price as fresh mackerel. In England 3,000
tons of goosefish are eaten every year. And yet
there is absolutely no market for it in America, al-
though it is very plentiful along the Atlantic coast.
A fisherman who happens to catch one — and they are
easy to catch — throws it back into the sea.
Those who speak of the wild duck are not always
aware that the term covers over thirty species. Only
a few of these species are familiar even to sports-
men: some are not edible ducks, whilst the remain-
der are very rare visitors indeed, if visitors at all.
It is not, however, the intention to digress further
upon the varieties of duck with which a gunner may
meet, but rather to speak in general terms of the
sport which the commoner kinds provide.
Ducks are creatures of uniform habits; their pref-
erence is for inland waters, except in very bad or
sever weather, when they take themselves to the
sea to escape the freezing of their homes. It must
be admitted, in addition, that some birds prefer the '
sea even when climatic conditions are mild : but
these ducks are generally migrants which have not
yet discovered a river or piece of inland water
their liking. But whether it is the sea or son
inland water which the ducks patronize by day, they
spend the greater portion of the daylight hours
rest, and it is only when the dusk of evening fall
that they sally forth on their food-hunting exped
tions.
It is then that the sportsman takes his chief toll
of them. Night after night, unless unduly alarmed
the ducks will follow the same line of flight, and it
is this knowledge of their habits that enables th
gunner to post himself so that he may intercept then
in their journeyings. There are few more exciting
forms of shooting. Crouched in his hide among the
reeds, are behind the sand dunes, the sportsman
conceals himself as much as possible, often in the
bitterest weather, motionless, waiting, listening. His
ears are his chief aid to success: only dimly in the
failing light can he see around him, and the first
coming of the ducks will be heralded by the well-
known whistling of their wings. His attention thus
arrested, he searches the gloom for the dark, quickly
traveling specks; for a second he espies them, just
long enough to get off his two barrels, and then they
are gone in the night, leaving behind them, if the
aim be true, one or two of their number to fall with
a resounding splash or thud.
Flight-time lasts in the evening for some thirty
minutes. During this time, if there are many birds
about, a gunner may fire as many or more shots.
On other occasions he will have to be content with
the expenditure of two or three cartridges and an
empty bag; while yet again, he may return home
with a clean barrel. Many things make for success —
concealment, knowledge of the lines of flight, good
shooting, of course, but above all, a strong head-
wind blowing against the ducks, so that they will be
forced to fly low to get along against it, and so
bring themselves within range of the guns. For
ducks are cunning creatures; much shooting has
taught them that the higher they fly the safer they
are, and on calm, still nights they seldom fly within
range unless the gunner is lucky enough to be posted
just where they are dropping down to feed.
The morning flight, which occurs again just as
darkness turns to dawn, is more generally produc-
tive of sport. For one thing, it is more prolonged,
and for another, it is growing lighter every moment
instead of darker. In the early autumn of the year
the ducks will be flighting over the stubbles to feed;
later on they are more difficult to locate, and then
preference may be for some grass field lightly cov-
ered with flood water. In really hard weather the
surest place to wait for them is some unfrozen piece
of running water; the ducks must have water, and
they will find it if there is any to be found, and,
moreover, they will come great distances to it.
For those who indulge in flght shooting a strong
and plucky dog is essential, it does not matter much
whether it is spaniel or retriever, so long as it will
bring birds quickly to hand. Certain breeds of the
first-named variety are perhaps the best, for they
are happier in the water than out of it, and do not
mind breaking the ice to go in. Ducks which fall
at flight time often cannot be marked down with the
eye so that the dog is really as necessary then, as
if they had dropped, as many do, into the water. —
B. C. Tillett, Rod and Gun.
SO
Birds Eat More Than Men. — According to "Tid-
bits" birds can eat and digest from ten to thirty
times as much food in proportion to their size as
men can. If a man could eat as much in proportion
to his size as a sparrow is able to consume, he would
need a whole sheep for dinner, a couple of dozen
chickens for breakfast, and six turkeys for his even-
ing meal. A tree sparrow has been known to eat
700 grass seeds in a day. Relative to the bird's size,
these seeds were as big as an ordinary lunch basket
would be to a full-grown man.
A bird's strength is equally amazing. A white-
tailed eagle, weighing 12 pounds with a wing-spread
of 6 feet, has been known to pounce on a pig weigh-
ing 42 pounds, raise it to a height of 10 feet and
fly off with it. The bird had covered a distance of
half a mile before the pig's owner succeeded in
shooting the thief.
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Trapshooters know the rules of their sport much
better than the participants in any other sport.
Saturday, October 21, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
THE FIELD FOR MISSIONARY WORK.
TrapShooting Improves Aim and Skill of the Hunter
in Bringing Down Game.
The coming of the hunting season which each year
takes several millions of red-blooded sportsmen into
the woods and fields in quest of game, ought to point
a strong sermon to the trapshcoting men of the coun-
try. There are, in round figures, a half million trap-
shooters in these United States. The hunters, at
least those regularly registered through the medium
of the hunters' licenses in the various States, number
six to eight times as many at a conservative esti-
mate. The problem the trapshooters are confronted
with is either to induce even' one of these hunters
to become a trap shot, or if this is not possible
through some failure in the shooting system, find
what that objection may be and seek to have it elim-
inated.
That large proportion of men who handle the shot-
gun, who love the lure of the shell and powder and
shot, yet who do not take part in trap shooting, must
point either to the necessity of more strenuous mis-
sionary work or to some change that this great body
of men would like made in the present mode of trap-
shooting. In either case the duty of all trap shooters.
and particularly those men who are most closely
identified with the promotion of the sport and with
its government, whether in a national, state or local
degree, is plain. They should more vigorously camp
on the trail of all non-shooters who own shotguns.
Great gains have been made in the conversion of
followers of other sports to trap shooting. How
much easier would it be to divert those who already-
own guns, who know how to shoot, who appreciate
its many attractions and benefits, and who are in
reality almost trap shooters, into the ranks of trap
shooting. Think what an imposing array an army
of three or four million shooters would make. It
would be so tremendous that it would completely
dwarf all other sports.
If the fault is the lack of promotion effort, let's all
put our shoulders to the wheel and do the work by
individual solicitation. If the fault rests with trap-
shooting itself, we should see to it that a remedy is
discovered that will make the sport more closely
conform to what the hunters really desire.
QB
San Jose After Coast Handicap. — San Jose, through
the San Jose Blue Rock Club, is out to secure the
12th annual Pacific Coast Handicap trapshoot in
1917. O. N. Ford has announced that his application
on behalf of the organization to be awarded the shoot
is on its way to the headquarters of the Interstate
Association in Pittsburg, Pa. The shoot, if held, will
be staged in the early summer.
The annual Pacific Coast handicap is one of the
five stellar trapshooting events, in the country, sec-
ond only in interest to the Grand American Handi-
cap. Four sectional shoots are held under the aus-
pices of the Interstate Association, and the crack
shots of the particular district included are always
in attnedance, as rich money and trophies are always
hung up. San Jose will offer a large financial bonus
to the association to procure the shoot.
George H. Anderson, the president of the San Jose
club, is also president of the California and Nevada
State Association. C. R. Arques is vice-president
and O. N. Ford, the secretary and manager.
The grounds of the club on the King road offer a
fine site. There are four sets of trap throws in
operation, and all are so placed that the sun from
9 a. m. to 6 p. m. is on the shooters' backs. A beau-
tiful skyline, with nothing to obstruct the view of
the shooter clear to the Mount Hamilton range of
mountains, 20 miles away, is another feature of the
location which is expected to appeal to the Interstate
Association in making the award.
QB
Send-Off for Joslyn. — William A. Joslyn, for several
years assistant to T. E. Doremus, the president of
the Interstate Association, and manager of the Sport-
ing Powder Division of the Du Pont Company, has
gone to San Francisco to take charge of the Du Pont
headquarters in that city. Joslyn is one of the most
popular trap shooting men in the country, a hustler
and of a sunny disposition that made many friends.
He is also a high class shot, averaging as a rule bet-
ter than many of the regular shooting professionals.
He has made some notable records, especially in
Westy Hogans tournaments. At the Mid-Summer
Handicap, last July, he made a run of 99 out of 100
from 21 yards. He will be succeeded in Wilmington
by E. R. Galvin, a man of many bright and valuable
ideas on the subject of trap shooting, and who has
originated many of the things now incorporated in
the sport.— Sporting Life.
QB
Pheasant Season Closed. — At sundown Sunday-
night, the open season for hunting China pheasants
in Oregon closed. The State Game Commission
lopped off 15 days of the season in view of the fact
that the ringnecks were scarce this year due to the
heavy snow of last winter. The birds this season
were also smaller than they were last year.
Sportsmen in various sections of the Willamette
Valley are of the opinion that the State Game Com-
mission should import some male pheasants this
year. They say that the importation of the males is
the only thing that will replenish the birds in the
state, despite the fact that 2000 birds will be lib-
erated at the state game farm next spring.
Duck and Quail Season Comes In With
Prospects Bright For Excellent Sport.
The duck and quail season in California is now
officially opened with no confliction of the Federal
and State law to worry hunters. Hundreds took ad-
vantage of the State lowering the bars on Sunday
and turned out in force. Upwards of 200 birds alone
were shipped into San Francisco and hundreds more
were bagged in other sections of California.
No trouble was expected by the boys who took a
chance against the Federal regulations, which set
Monday as the opening date. The authorities doubt-
less did not want to dabble in technicalities. It is
hoped that the matter will be threshed out next sea-
son for the convenience of all parties concerned.
Prospects for a promising season are the best in
years, declare the hunters and game experts. M. L.
Clark, a deputy, reports that bluebills are on the
Bay at this early date. It is their earliest arrival
in years. Clark attributes the cause to a severe
winter coming.
Most of the birds around are home bred, and about
November 15 the northern flight is expected to put
in an appearance. Quail hunters were out in full
force and found more birds than in many seasons
past.
Interest in hunting is at fever heat, as is indicated
by the many licenses being taken out. The local
office alone has sold 17,250 tags so far, which is 6000
more than at the same time in 1915. The total of
160,000 for the State will likely be exceeded this
year.
Game violations have been scarce in comparison to
other seasons. Only a few "early" hunters were
apprehended, and the laws are better understood and
respected.
Henry Abrahms shot down in the vicinity of Gus-
tine, just below Newman. He got the limit, too, and
has the following report to make for the benefit of
hunters :
"Shooting was extremely good. Sprig, teal and
widgeon, especially the first two, are plentiful. We
saw only a few mallards, and none of the northern
birds. One of our party shot a tree duck, at least
that is what the local expert called it. We heard of
good shooting in the Dos Palos country, and that
teal were abundant."
This party was one of the most successful of any
which went out. All five of the hunters secured
limits. They were Drs. T. E. Bailey, William E.
Stevens, W. O. Montgomery, T. G. Braunberg and
Henry Abrahms.
Henry Kleversahl of the Humboldt Bank reports
that the Suisun country supplied limits. While none
in his party secured the full twenty-five, all had sacks
of eighteen or twenty. In this party were Captain
John Seymour, H. C. Kleversahl, T. D. Hopper, C. W.
Neal, Charles Randall and T. H. Haskins. One of
the party bagged a "can."
Dr. A. T. Dirby shot the limit in the Suisun
marshes.
Jerome B. White, who banged open the season at
Hog's island up the San Joaquin, didn't have the
luck of those that went farther down. His bag was
eight birds.
Charley Urfer dropped fifteen nice ducks in the
Alvarado marshes. George Dupuy went out for quail
and returned with ten and two rabbits. He hunted
near Point Reyes.
Dr. C. E. Young took the limit from the rice fields
near Colusa. The general report from the rice coun-
try is that owners will not allow hunters into the
fields. The rice is now almost ripe, and not until it
is headed will hunters have free swing. About the
middle of November will be the best time in this
section, according to those who have made the trip
up the valley.
San Joaquin Valley Reports. — Fresno. — Returning
hunters had nothing or little to complain of as to
the plentifulness of game. G. L. Blau and Larry
Adamson of the Gem Barber Shop came back from
the hunting grounds early Sunday afternoon, both
having secured limit bags before 11 o'clock.
Reports are coming in thick and fast of good bags
from the Tulare Lake country and in spite of high
flying, results are exceptionally good.
Reports from the West Side are also good and
all open land was more than well patronized.
R. L. Quigley, who went out early Sunday morning
and found refuge in a haystack while waiting for
sunrise, awoke to find a band of ducks waiting to be
shot. Needless to say this is what R. L. did and
soon filled his bag.
Frank Hansen and M. C. Derr did their hunting at
Tulare Lake and both returned with limit bags of
assorted birds, and spent the greater part of Sunday
afternoon showing their catch to admiring friends.
R. D. Chittenden at the Temple Gun Club pre-
serves got twenty birds. Tom Hughes also did well,
doing his shooting at Tulare Lake, but admitted not
getting the limit, all of which puts Tom in the Truth-
ful James class.
Doves, valley and mountain quail are more than
plentiful this year and hunters are bringing in tales
of how easy they are to get.
Stockton. — Wild ducks, for which the season open-
ed Sunday, were scarce in the market Monday morn-
ing and few had been received at the stores up till
noon. Some were expected to arrive later in the day.
however. The dealers are now largely dependent
upon the hunters in the Los Banos and Chico sec-
tions to supply the local trade with ducks, comjara-
tively few coming from the island district these days.
Prices at which the retail men expect to sell the
ducks are as follows: Per pair, mallards, $1.65 to
$2; canvasbacks. $1.75; sprig, $1.25; teal, 75 cents
to $1; widgeon, 85 cents to $1; blackjack, 85 cents;
spoonbill, 60 cents.
Quotations on wild geese are as follows: Gray,
$1.15 per pair, white, 90 cents per pair, brant, $1
per pair.
Cottontail will sell at 30 cents each.
Coalinga. — Every' hunter that returned from the
lake Monday brought back a nice bunch of ducks,
and reports the shooting better than in former years.
The members of the Coalinga Gun Club this year
had several boats built, and in this manner are able
to get out to all parts of the lake to place their
blinds, and also gather up their game. They have
rented a small house near the southern end of the
lake, where they store all their supplies and bunk,
which makes an expedition more pleasant, and great-
ly adds to the sport and pleasures of the season.
Los Banos. — Sportsmen were busy all night locat-
ing places for the season's shoot and the bombarding
began by the light of the moon regardless of law.
When the sun showed his dim face through the
thick mist or veil that covered the landscape, birds
were flying high — so high that very few hunters were
fortunate in securing a limit or even enough for a
meal without buying them from some other fellow.
There were birds enough to supply the whole state
but they were wise to the man behind the gun, and
many flew away to quieter fields. There were so
many hunters in parts of the territory which was
easily reached by automobile that the birds had no
chance to alight all day. Heavy shipments left this
city. An extra car was switched on the 9:20 passen-
ger. Dos Palos and Firebaugh also sent out many
bags of game.
There is plenty of water for a radius of fifty miles
and pop holes or blinds galore which means good
hunting for the season.
Plenty of Birds at Woodland. — Many a dining table
in Woodland was featured Monday evening by the
sight of a roast duck or friend quail, the spoils of the
hunt of the masters of the household on Sunday, the
first day of the season for these two game birds.
And if every home from whence an aspiring hunter
went forth did not enjoy such a feast it was because
said hunter was a poor shot or a very bad hunter.
For, according to the word of all those who took
the field bright and early Sunday morning, ducks are
thick in the vicinity of Woodland this year. Espe-
cially is this true in the rice fields, but the marshes
have an unusual supply of the birds. With so many
hunters out Sunday the game was kept on the wing
so that shooting was particularly good. Teal and
the other smaller varieties of ducks were bagged
mainly, but hunters are confident that the mallards
will come in later on.
So far no report has come in of any of the local
hunters falling in with any federal game officer
whose duty it would have been to make an arrest for
violating the federal law of no hunting on Sunday.
Those hunters who went out for quail were unable
to report such good luck as the duck shooters. All
claim that there are many birds but from all evi-
dences they have been shot at before the opening of
the season, being so wild that it is hard to get a shot.
They seem to keep to the thick brush and it takes
a quick and sure shot to get even as much as a
feather. Rev. W. E. Bobbitt, who went out Sunday,
reports the biggest killing so far, having bagged
fourteen quail.
From all appearance scatter-gun shooting is to be
even more popular than usual this year and with the
ducks plentiful even more successful than it is ordi-
narily.
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Sport at Santa Cruz — Santa Cruz, Cal. — The woods,
the hills and the lagoons were sought by many hunt-
ers Monday at the opening of the game season.
Among the returns w-ere, for quail, Robert Ander-
son and Delos Wilder, 15 on the Wilder ranch; Dr.
Edward Morgan and Dan Staffler, 8 quail, 2 rabbits
and three ducks up the coast; Walter Cox, 2; Wil-
liam Mathews, 2; Martin Krilanovich, 8; 15 rab-
bits at Happy Valley. Slim Gregory, 15; Bob Gross
13; Ted Barley, of San Jose, 11, and 4 rabbits; T.
Rodriguez. 13; Cleve Rodriguez, 15, and 9 rabbits.
These were killed beyond Boulder creek. Frank
Shelbey and son, 16, on Newell creek; A. Guidici, up
the coast, 11; Lee Briody, 6 and 3 rabbits; H. Feath-
ersline, at Felton, 15; J. Haynes, 15, and A. Loratel-
ler, 15 at Felton.
Chief of Police F. K. Hannah, under sheriff R. H.
Rountree, E. B. Kalar. and Clarence Dake, each got
the limit at Gianoin's up the coast; Van O'Linda,
the limit near Gilroy; C. J. Gillen, 1 at Waddell;
John Strobben, 7 at Waddell; Ed Kilfoyle, several
at Scotts Valley: Ted Kilfoyle, 5; Joe Williams, 4, at
Scotts Valley; David Wilson, J. E. Ray, Toney Wil-
liams and C. W. Rose, got 60 ducks near the mouth
of the Salinas river; James Francis about 20 at
Wood Lagoon.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, October 21, 1916
I Sportsmen's Row
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The agreement "which has recently been arrived at
between the Government of XJ. S. A. and Canada for
the protection of migrating birds is an example to
be followed by European nations "when they have
got through with their fighting. The principal clauses
provide that no bird important to agriculture as a
destroyer of insect pests shall be shot at any time,
and no open season for any species of game birds
shall last longer than three and a half months, and
that the open seasons shall be so fixed as not to
include the breeding season. The result is that 1,022
species and sub-species of the most interesting birds
of North America will now be protected from the
Gulf of Mexico to the North Pole. — British Sports-
man.
• • •
It is good news from Mr. J. E. Pritchard, secretary
of the Birmingham Dow Show Society, that an effort
is being made to hold a show next January. Bingley
Hall not being available, and as there is not another
building in the city with the necessary capacity, the
proposed show will have to be on somewhat restrict-
ed lines, and negotiations to that end are now pro-
ceeding. Craft's Great Doggery Carnival will also
be held as usual in February, for which Dogdom has
every reason to be truly thankful.
• a •
The National Field Trials Club's great Free-for-
All Champion Stake will start on January 22, 1917,
and will have the same great purse for the winner,
51,500, besides the large silver cup, which must be
won twice by the same owner to become his personal
property. A small cup, however, will be given out-
right to the winner each year as a leg on the big
cup. The thirty-doy privilege allowed in paying
nominations in the National Club's stake applies
only to the Derby and All-Age and not to the Free-for-
All Champion and Stud Dog stakes, payments being
required in those stakes at the time the nominations
are made. Entry blanks or any desired information
in reference to any of the above stakes or the club's
trials may ybe obtained from the secretary, W. W.
Titus, West Point, Miss.
• • •
Surprise has frequently been expressed at the
large number of deaths from snake-bite in India.
According to government reports, over 22,000 people
lose their lives through venomous serpents every
year, but a well-known big game hunter expresses
the opinion that most of these fatalities were really
murders. It was a common practice in India for
natives to fix a snake in a bamboo stick and push it
through the window of a hut, and make it bite a
sleeping man against whom they had a grudge, so
that when the body was found in the morning it
appeared as if death had been due to the bite of a
poisonous snake.
• • •
The Hungarian plain known as the Hortobagy,
where the Austrians, Germans, Turks, Roumanians
and Russians will soon be in deadly conflict, is an
immense tract of country known in the dry season
as the favorite haunt of partridges, bustards and
quail, and in the winter as the resort of countless
wild gees and innumerable flocks of ducks and other
wildfowl. In the autumn the heavy rains fill up the
rivers to overflowing, and generally convert the plain
into tracts of shallow lakes and muddy creeks. It is
then the wild-winged hosts arrive from the frozen
north, and there they stay until the frost binds every-
thing as hard as iron, when they depart for more
congenial quarters.
• • •
Attention is called by the Fish and Game Commis-
sion to the fact that the satte law protects shore-
birds as well as the federal regulations, and will be
enforced against all but snipe and plover, yellowlegs
also excepted. The snipe known as Wilson, Eng-
lish, jack, etc., is the common long-billed brown bird
of the fresh-water marshy edges, not ever found
along the beach.
• • •
When a big four-pointer buck jumped over the
fence into C. D. Spencer's garden near Redding at
4 o'clock Sunday afternoon and commenced to nibble
cabbage, Spencer took down his shotgun and blazed
away from his hack porch. He killed the buck,
which dressed 161 pounds. The deer was a day too
soon on its raid for cabbage, for the open season
closed Sunday night. It would have been unlawful
on Monday for Spencer to have shot the deer even
in defense of his cabbage patch.
• • •
It is a singular and inexplicable fact that for two
seasons no salmon have gone up the McCloud river
to the United States fishery at Baird. This fishery
was established thirty years ago, and .two runs of
salmon have come every year, each yielding millions
of eggs, up to two years ago. The racks were not put
in at all last season until fall, and then no salmon
came. There are no salmon in the McCloud this
season. Why they should quit coming and whither
they have gone instead to spawn is not known.
• • •
"Baron" Shroeder, G. Pete and eight other mem-
bers of the Alvarado Gun Club got limits before
noon in the Alvarado marshes.
D. Sutro, Mrs. McKinstry and a party got limits
before 10 o'clock. About a third of the birds were
sprig, the rest teal and spoonbill, all in good condi-
tion. The same proportions hold good in the major-
ity of bags brought in from various parts of the state.
Laurence Perris and Howard Johnson brought
down limit bags from the neighborhood of Alviso.
From the Gridley rice fields came four local men
with limit bags and tales of more limits to be got.
They were Con Geary, L. C. James, Pete Burke and
George McLoughlin.
Ross Wilson and Harry Johnson had some good
shooting of quail about Bird's Landing on the Sul-
livan ranch. They got the limit of quail and some
rabbits.
James Dow got the limit of rabbit and a few quail
in the Halfmoon Bay country.
• • •
Four and a half inches of rain in the first storm
gave Lytle Creek a winter scouring and washed
down several thousand of the recently-planted fry
from the Fish and Game Commission. Yet some
think because they find few fish after such floods as
last January's that it is because of under planting,
and argue that fish cannot be storm-killed.
CD
Tie Trap Match at Portland. — The difference be-
tween an eight cylinder touring car and a one-lunged
roadster is 50 practice birds, in the equation of the
Portland Gun Club trapshooters.
Last week Henry Roscoe Everding challenged
Frank Halsey Templeton, Pacific Coast champion,
for a match shoot at 50 birds. Twenty-one invited
guests attended.
Henry R. bundled himself into the eight-cylinder
gas thirst and started on the 11-mile trip to the
traps. Frank Halsey did likewise in the tubercular-
looking crude oil burner.
Henry R. waited and waited for Frank Halsey. He
grew nervous and concluded to practice at 50 birds
to quicken up his eye. In due time Frank Halsey
arrived. They immediately rushed into a clinch, the
egg shaped champion taking no time for prelimin-
ary warm-up.
Henry R. broke 49 out of the 50 saucers; Frank
Halsey did likewise. On the shoot-off, Henry R.
broke 48; Frank Halsey did likewise. They called
it quits for the day.
Henry R. patted Frank Halsey affectionately on
the back. "Temp, old boy, you're a real champion."
Frank Halsey patted Henry R. on the back: "Hi-
old boy, you ought to be the champion."
Twenty-one invited guests, simultaneously patting
Henry R. and Frank Halsey on the back;
"Boys, you're both the champion trap shots of the
world."
BE
Tapshooting Between County Clubs. — Something
new in the way of trapshooting competition took
place recently in Lexington, Ky. It was a county
team race between trapshooters representing the
counties of Fayette, Bourbon, Scott and Clark —
every shooter residing in the county that he repre-
sented.
The Fayette county team was composed of mem-
bers of the Fayette Gun Club, of Lexington; the
Clark county team of members of the Winchester
Club; the Scott county team of members of the
Georgetown Club, and the Bourbon county team of
members of the Hill Top Club. All of these clubs
are within twenty miles of Lexington. The contest
attracted persons from all four counties.
County team races are mighty good things for gun
clubs to work up. They will add additional interest
to the workings of the organization. Team races
of any kind, whether they be inter-city, inter-county,
inter-sectional or in leagues, are wholesome things
for the sport, and interest many more persons than
individual competition.
No Rain in Washington. — That the continued lack
of rain in this section for the past six weeks has had
a marked effect upon the hunting is the statement
of hunters who have recently returned to Tacoma
after trips to the foothills and mountains. The effect
has been that the deer have gone to the highlands
where there is still green grass, while in the low
country the verdure is practically burned by the pro-
tracted dry weather.
Not until the fall rains arrive and with them snow
upon the mountain ridges do the sportsmen expect
to find game in the lower levels. This is particularly
true of the Olympic peninsula, where sportsmen
declare deer are usually found in large numbers
during this season of the year.
Sportsmen returning to Tacoma from the Hoods
Canal district bring word that elk are to be seen in
much greater numbers in that section than ever
before. The protective policy regarding elk has re-
sulted in these large animals multiplying much more
rapidly than had been hoped, although many perished
in the severe weather last winter, while others have
fallen victims to cougars.
The cougar, however, has been more deadly to the
deer than to elk. The latter is much larger and the
bull elk is a formidable opponent even for the moun-
tain lion. Hunters predict that within a few years
elk will be so numerous in the Olympic mountains
that the restrictions in the present game laws can be
safely removed. Until the rains set in, however,
hunters who have already been in the field advise
others to remain in the city as it is is almost im-
possible to penetrate into the high levels where the
game is to be found at this time. — [Tacoma, Wash.
October 17th.
HOW ABOUT IMPORTING MEXICAN QUAIL7
Sportsmen to Meet This Year to Take Up Question
of Another Trial.
San Antonio, Tex. — Secretary D. F. Houston, Wash-
ington, D. C, Department of Agriculture, under date
of January 20, 1916, issued a circular letter stating
that "further permits for importation of quail are
suspended, account quail disease; that a meeting
would be held in Washington this autumn to discuss
the advisability of future importations, etc. All per-
sons interested are invited to attend the meeting
and give their views," etc.
If there is a probability of discontinuing quail im-
portations, what are the sportsmen to do for quail
shooting and field trials? Quail have rapidly dimin-
ished in numbers every year until now some states
have a closed season for as long as five years, and
unless certain states propagate their game a closed
season is not sufficient to counterbalance the toll the
enemies take. Therefore, quail, under proper restric-
tions, should be allowed to be imported, and I sin-
cerely trust the sportsmen of the whole country will
urge their game commissioners to represent them at
this meeting, and lend their aid to the discussion.
I am aware of the fact that quail disease has de- i
veloped in nearly every instance where quail have
been shipped in large numbers from the different
states, or from Mexico. So has typhoid fever been i
epidemic in the armies whenever soldiers were mo- i
bilized in large numbers, until we learned the lesson .
of eternal vigilance and cleanliness.
If quail are given sanitary quarters, not over-
crowded, in new crates, and the latter so built that
the food and water cannot be contaminated or in-
fected by their fecal matter, in my opinion, quail can
be handled for three or four months and remain
healthy. If the northern states that have such
severe winters and deep snows would resort to trap-
ping their quail and holding them through the severe
weather, and liberate them in the spring, a much
better showing would be made.
My experience in Mexico in trapping quail the past
season gives me knowledge sufficient to speak with
authority. During the month of December, 1915, the
records of Collector of Customs of Eagle Pass, Tex., ,
show that I imported over S,000 Bob White quail, and
the last batch was not delivered to their destination
until the last week of January, 1916, making two full
months these birds were held in crates, as some of
them were trapped in November, and no quail dis-
ease developed. Letters from game commissioners
from the following states, viz., New Jersey, Idaho,
Utah, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Hampshire,
Washington and Arizona, give reports of birds pur-
chased during 1915-16 season as having mated and
hatched satisfactorily.
I consider this sufficient proof that exotics can be
safely imported without risk to native birds, and the
sportsmen should get together and at least demand
another year of probation, as I have yet to learn of
a single instance of an epidemic among quail in their
native haunts. FKANK KENT, M. D.
90
Seattle Association. — The feature of the day was
the remarkable record made by a squad composed of
Williams, McKelvey, L. Reid, Tom Wilkes and Hugh
Fleming when, in a twenty-bird event, every one of
the shooters "went straight." The Club has an-
nounced a series of month-end feature shoots and
will start on Oct. 29th by making it a chicken day.
Scores on Sunday, October 8th were: —
50 targets— C. E. McKelvey 49, *L. H. Reid 49,
Tom Wilkes 48, Hugh Fleming 48, Deskin Reid 47,
Harry Williams 46, Geo. Scripture 46, C. W. Bandy 40,
Jack Lewis 33, J. TJ. McPherson 19.
100 targets— C. E. McKelvey 97, *L. H. Reid 96y
Tom Wilkes 94, Hugh Fleming 92, Harry Williams
86, Geo. Scripture 80, Jack Lewis 64, J. TJ. McPher-
son 55. ("Propessional.) Yours,
Seattle, Wash. E. A. FRY.
Outdoor Dog Season. — One of the most prosperous
and successful canine seasons in the history of Amer-
ica dogdom is rapidly waning. In patronage, dogs
benched and class of contestants the summer of 1916
will stand out as one in which the dog reached a
height beyond the dreams of the most stanch adher-
ent of the dog world. In only one region of the coun-
try were the dogs neglected and that was on the
Jersey coast, where for some unknown reason, sev-
eral towns were canceled. However, the influx of
cities heretofore off the beaten path made up for the
loss of Long Branch and other New Jersey cities.
Among the big exhibitions that stand out in the mem-
ory of those attending the shows of this past summer
is the Southampton. Under the guidance of Frank
S. Dole, superintendent, this annual display was made
the biggest outdoor show of the year, rivaling for
that matter the Westminster Show of the indoor
season. Among the final shows of the outdoor sea-
son will be the three-day attraction at Danbury,
Conn . This annual fixture is the oldest in America,
and from all reports will be patronized this year with
greater zest than ever before. With the return of
dog fanciers to New York for the winter, kennel
masters are getting ready for the indoor displays,
the first of which probably will be at Astoria, Long
Island. This is the Queensboro Show, an American
Kennel Club fixture, and should attract an unusual
entry of smart dogs.
Saturday, October 21, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
11
•ALL ALIVE" SHOW AT SAN JOSE A SUCCESS.
English Judge Named Mrs. Bell's Yokshire Terrier,
Billie Boy, Best Dog on Exhibition.
San Jose, Cal., October 9. — A record attendance
•vitnessed the last day, on Saturday, of the "all alive"
ihow held in the Auditorium rink, and including a
Jog, cat, poultry, pigeon and rabbit show, came to
i glorious finish. It was with a sigh of regret that
he happy visitor reluctantly trailed from the noisy
lall and realized that the vast conglomeration of
Jogs and cats and birds would all be packed away
ind shipped to widely separated homes in the rnorn-
,ng, and that the many pleasant hours spent in inter-
"sted inspection and contemplation would soon be
:>ut memories of the past.
A signal success, from the double standpoint of
!he public and the officials in charge, the largest of
,ts kind recorded, and splendidly conducted and pat-
ronized, the show will long be remembered with
pleasure. The dogs were all judged by Mr. W. J.
Phillips of Birmingham, England, with the exception
3f the Boston terriers, which were passed on by
Mr. H. I. Burton of Los Angeles. Mr. Phillips, whose
liobby is Airedales, is a noted judge, and his decis-
ions were all made from a fair comparison of point
with point, so that everyone was satisfied.
In the afternoon the variety classes were judged
and the specials for the best brace and best team
in the show. The ladies' variety (non-sporting) was
won by Mrs. M. Colverds' old English sheep dog,
'Shepton Lassie." The ladies' variety sporting was
won by the Anoakia Kennels sheep dog, "Bushnell
True." The gentlemen's variety sporting was won
by H. M. Robertson's "Whippet." Rossmoyne "Danc-
ing Girl" and the toy variety class was won by Mrs.
J. A. Seller's Pomeranian, "Sherwood Ursala."
The best brace in the show was won by R. W.
Taylor's Airedales and the best team by Mrs. B. F.
Brown's collies.
Mrs. N. B. Smith's Cragwood Kennels took first
prize for the best decorated kennel in Santa Clara
county, and Mrs. E. F. Brown's Browndale collie ken-
nels took first for the best decorated kennels outside
of Santa Clara county.
In the evening the crowds gathered around the
ringside to watch the finals; prizes for the best dog
in the show, the best puppy in the show, and the best
owned and handled by a lady. The interest was in-
tense and conjecture and hope ran high. The "fans"
picked the winners beforehand for their admiring
and less prophetic friends, and Mr. Phillips was truly
the man of the hour. The most coveted and sought-
Eor trophy, for the best dog in the show, was won
from a wonderful field, including more than one fam-
ous dog, by Mrs. Anna Bell's Yorkshire terrier,
"Billie boy." After a most exciting and breathless
interval R. W. Taylor's Airedale terrier, "Medway
Cadet," was chosen by Mr. Phillips as the best puppy
in the show. The best owned by a lady was won by
Mrs. F. M. Tryon's Boston terrier, "Tryon's Queen
idele." This ended the judging, and the crowd grad-
ually dispersed.
The cat show, held in the large room at the north-
west corner of the building, came to a happy, al-
though somewhat tearfu lending.
In respect to the number and value of the cats ex-
hibited, the show has never been surpassed in the
sity, and the number of cups and trophies offered
prompted the benching of numerous rare cats from
ill parts of the State. The best cat in the show, a
beautiful shaded silver, "Gene Winter,," is owned
by Mrs. H. F. Eckhart of Oakland: This cat Is an
jndefeated champion, who has carried off the highest
honors in all parts of the State. Both his parents
were cats of the best blood and undefeated cham-
pions.
Mrs. Al Schroder's "Little Lady Silverine" won the
best kitten in the sho wtrophy, also winning three
firsts: a winner and a special. Mrs. Dr. H. J. Nims'
'Berkeley" won the best Neuter in the show. "Berke-
ley" was a big winner at the P.-P. I. E. show recently.
One of the most beautiful cats exhibited and barely
nosed out of winning the best cat in the show trophy,
Mrs. George Lisle Mapes' "Sun Star," carried off
for its proud owner a first, winner and a special, and
the W. A. Sandbo cup, offered for the best brown
Labby in the show. This is the third time that "Sun
Star" has been judged a champion. These cats will
be shown within the next two months at San Diego,
Sacramento, San Francisco and Oakland.
When seen just before the signal was given for
closing the doors, Charles R. Harker, the show secre-
tary, who has officiated for many years at the San
lose show and who filled a similar capacity for
many years at the Madison Square shows, said:
"This show has been the largest in point of entries
and the best in point of quality in all departments in
the 19 years history of the exhibitions. The attend-
ance has been the greatest we have ever had and
people have come from all over the coast and many
from far distant points to visit here. Many have
:ome for the express purpose of exploring the Santa
Slara valley with a view to locating here permanently
—if not now, at some future time.
"The board of directors is particularly pleased with
the keen interest taken in the exhibits by the general
public as well as by the fanciers and breeders. The
show is not a profit-making enterprise, but is given
solely to promote public interest in the valuable live-
stock of the several departments of the exhibition,
rhe show is, moreover, a most desirable form of ad-
vertising. It is favorably mentioned throughout the
year in scores of journals all over the country, and
there is abundant evidence at hand to demonstrate
that, from a publicity point of view, the shows have
been of much solid cash value to Santa Clara
county."
Charles H. Vodden of Los Gatos made the follow-
ing winnings with his Barred Plymouth Rocks at the
San Jose show: First and third exhibition pens:
first and second cockerels; second cock; second and
third pullets; second and third hens; also winning
the sweepstakes special for the best Barred Plym-
outh Rock in the show, and grand special for best
display.
OB
Good Word From Los Angeles — Los Angeles, Cal. —
Quail, rabbit and duck season rounds into its third
day and from everywhere the reports come flocking
in that game is still plentiful. As usual the first-day
hunters frightened hundreds of quail, rabbits and
ducks and caused them to seek shelter in parts of
the country where the bang of the hunter's gun and
the whizzing of shot did not fill the air.
But the second-day hunters found game so thick
they were prone to believe that they were the first
ones to hunt this season. And now the third day is
upon us and still the surrounding country is full to
the brim with the feathery prizes of the air, while
rabbit is in abundance everywhere.
Sportsmen who have hunted in Southern California
for years, and others who have hunted in and out of
Southern California for years, say this is the best
season they have witnessed in years. Forest Ranger
Clercy, who covers the territory in and around Lake
Elsinore, declared that he has never seen anything
to compare with the present season during his career
as a ranger, and Clercy has been on the job for a
number of years.
Lake Elsinore has been crowded for the past two
days, and though every hunter has not come back
with the limit of duck, every oue has come back well
satisfied. Silly Daze, owner of the boats on Lake
Elsinore, writes that the largest crowd that has ever
visited that town has been there during the past
two days and will be there for several days to come.
Daze states that hunters returning with the limit
is a common sight, while the nimrods who went far-
ther into the Ferris valley in search of quail and rab-
bit returned with limits or near limits of both quail
and rabbit, and every hunter brought back the same
glad tidings concerning the abundance of game.
S. A. Taber, Robert Pooke, R. A. Painter, R. C.
Grinnell, F. C. Foster, Herbert Whelstine, R. R.
Tombouer, A. Kleiman, H. H. Toney, all of Los An-
geles, returned from Lake Elsinore and each brought
with him a limit of duck. For the most part the
ducks were butterballs, although a number of sprig,
spoonbills, widgeon and teal were brought down.
And up in Orange county fish and game deputies
who patrol the roads and clubs report various esti-
mates of 500 to 1000 men shooting outside, not count-
ing those who were within the domains of the gun
clubs. This scene has been enacted during the past
two days and today brought forth the same thing.
Despite the terrific cannonading brought on by
these many guns, everybody who has been able to
hit 'em has bagged game in varying numbers from
limits down to a mere mess. Squabbles over birds
a dozen men have shot at and perhaps at least half a
dozen hit have been numerous, and each case has
been laughable t othe noncombatant.
Because of the early rain many of the early sprig
have passed on, while spoonbills and teal have fig-
ured more prominently than usual on opening days.
Nor have the birds been in the exceeding fatness of
drier seasons, although the spoonies and teal have
been quite fat enough.
A few mallards have been brought down on the
San Joaquin club premises, where snipe are coming
in freely. General comment upon the prime condi-
tion of the cinnamon teal has -been made. These
birds have averaged better than the greenwings.
Feeding like spoonbills, they share the same fare,
insect larvae in the warm pond waters, small seeds
and other stuff too minute for most ducks.
SB
Many Hunters at San Jose. — San Jose, Cal. — Thou-
sands of hunters from the bay cities, including a
large percentage of the 6,000 licensed shooters of
this county, took advantage Sunday of the opening
of the season in this district on duck and quail.
Thirty automobiles carrying no less than 150 hunters
were actually counted in one canyon where good
shooting had been enjoyed in the past and, as a
result of the rush for the good shooting country,
very few birds were bagged. Quail have been fairly
plentiful throughout the county, according to reports
to the game warden, I. L. Koppel, owing to the in-
creased acreage on which shooting is being abso-
lutely prohibited and enforcement of the game laws.
As a result of the abandonment of large shooting
preserves and baited ponds on the Alviso marshes,
duck shooting is almost a thing of the past in Santa
Clara county. Hunters state that birds are now all
flying between the Alvarado and Mt. Eden ponds and
the salt water north of the Dumbarton bridge. Quite
a few local shooters who towed scull boats with
launches from Alviso to the bay off Alvarado enjoyed
good shooting, as did the 26 San Jose hunters belong-
ing to San Jose hunting clubs controlling 300 acres
of baited ponds and land at Alvarado.
Frank L. Baker, of San Jose, brought in one of the
handsomest limits of ducks ever seen at the Draw-
bridges. The majority of his kill were sprig, there
were a number of mallard and widgeon, and a few
teal. All were in prime condition. An unusually
large number of widgeon, for this time of the year,
were noticed on the marsh.
Practically all of the hunters who shot over Ala-
meda county preserves Sunday brought home limit
bags. It was noticed that there was no shooting at
all on one or two of the larger preserves. There is
a possibility that this was due to the fact that the
federal law prohibits shooting of ducks until Monday.
Detective Charles Hertell of the San Jose depart-
ment was one of the hunters who went to Madrone
Springs for the opening of the quail season. He
reported having seen ten hunters for every quail
flushed. HerteU came home with six birds and two
cottontail rabbits in his hunting coat.
3D
S. F. Fly-Casting Scores. — The San Francisco Fly
Casting Club staged a two-day tournament at Stow
lake on Saturday and Sunday. Some good scores
were set, according to the following results:
Saturday Scores.
L. T. D. R. %-oz.
Events. Accy. Aecy. Lure.
W. J. Davis, Jr 7 14 38
Col. C. J. Edwards 11 13
F. A. Webster 5 IS 14
Stanley Forbes 8 9 22
C. A. Thompson 20 15
P. W. Shattuck 15 10 46
Re-entries:
W. J. Davis 11 12 35
Colonel Edwards 8 9
F. A. Webster 6 16 22
Stanley Forbes 4 10 21
H. A. Thompson 6 9
Sunday Scores.
W. J. Davis, Jr 9 16 25
Colonel Burgin 7 15 14
H. A. Thompson 19 15
C. Gardner 23 15 33
E. N. Borg 15 15
Dr. Brooks 21 17
Joe Springer 17 22 65
Stanley Forbes 13 17 20
F. H. Reed 21
A. Sperry 26 . . 47
Re-entries :
N. Thompson 20 13
S. Forbes 13 7 19
Dr. Brooks 17 29
W. J. Davis, Jr 15
E. N. Borg 10
A. Sperry 21 . . 59
Salmon Fly, distance — W. J. Davis, 122 feet, Joe
Springer 110, S. Forbes 123.
8B
Fined for Early Shooting. — G. C. Gregory of Lebec
found a few ducks he shot October 4th were very
costly meat when Justice Flournoy of Bakersfield, on
complaint of Deputy Fish and Game Commissioner
Stout, collected a $50 fine to go to state protection
and propagation work. Gregory shot the ducks near
Castiac Lake.
Last week five sacks were confiscated from the
Merchants' Ice and Cold Storage Company in Los
Angeles and the owners are to be prosecuted. Dam-
age done by ducks to rice and other crops is made
the excuse for some ante-season "soonering" by
those with no crops to protect, and ranchers after
trying poison, shooting, etc., are now hiring cheap
Mexican peon labor to herd the birds with better
results.
Salmon Club to Give Prizes. — At a meeting of the
Salmon Club of Oregon board of directors at Port-
land it was decided to extend the time of awarding
prizes for fish caught in coast streams from October
15 to November 1.
According to the booklet issued by the club, this
competition would have closed last week. Owing to
the fine run of late salmon, it was decided to extend
the time and give the members a chance to make up
for the backward season this summer, when rain and
cold weather prevented the anglers from participat-
ing in their favorite sport.
Of the 15 merchandise prizes offered for button
fish, only five have been won so far, leaving 10 to be
awarded.
Ray Winter has received telegrams and a letter
from friends of his in Tillamook stating that salmon
fishing on Tillamook bay and Nehalem bay is now at
its best.
OB
Trade Notes. — A. H. Aber of McKeesport won the
fob in Class A of the post-season shoot of the West-
ern Penn. Trapshooters' League, held by the Herron
Hill Gun Club of Pittsburgh recently. Shooting the
perfect combination of Remington pump gun and
Nitro's he tied with H. G. Gillespie at 97 hits in 100
targets and then won in the shoot-off. S. F. Barson,
shooting Nitro Clubs, won the fob in Class B with a
score of 95x100.
A very successful shoot was held recently by the
Wolcott (Ind.) Gun Club. C. H. Peck, of Reming-
ton, Ind.. shooting the perfect combination of Rem-
ington pump gun and Nitro Club shells, won first
place with a score of 146x150.
The boats from the Alviso district brought in hun-
dreds of ducks. The lower decks were fairly covered
with the birds. of hunters. J Riordan, W. C. Allan
and Howard Naybor were among the lucky hunters
in that district. They got limit bags before the sun
go through the fog.
12
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, October 21, 1916
The Strawberry. — The strawberry
adapts itself to a wide range of soils
and climates, and in this respect it
differs from the other members of the
berry family.
Strawberries bear almost the entire
year in several of the coast counties,
and the same may be -said of the
plants properly mulched and irrigated.
In laying off ground for strawberries
the first essential point is to grade the
plot so it has a gradual fall, so that
no part of the rows will become sub-
merged in irrigating. There are a
number of methods for laying out
strawberry beds, but the one mostly
followed by commercial growers is to
plant in rows, hilled up and about two
feet apart, with a ditch between for
irrigating. Set the plants eighteen
inches apart in the rows. The best
time to set the plants is late in the fall
after a heavy rain or any time in Jan-
uary or February. It is very impor-
tant during the fruiting season to keep
the plants in an active state of growth
by irrigating, weeding and cultivating.
In order to obtain large, highly flav-
ored fruit, pinch off the runners as
fast as they appear, and this will
cause the plants to stock out as it
were, on which the very finest straw-
berries may be expected the follow-
ing season.
Manure For Alkali Spots. — Those
alkali spots that are spoiling the ap-
pearance of the alfalfa field and are
cutting down the yield can be at least
partially eliminated by applying fresh
horse manure as surface dressing or
disking it into the soil, according to
R I. Throckmorton, assistant profes-
sor of soils in the Kansas agricultural
college.
The horse manure should be as
fresh as possible when applied. The
spots are caused by the accumulation
of alkali salts leached out of the soil
and carried to these areas by seepage
waters. Several applications of ma-
nure are necessary in most cases, but
soon a change can be noticed in the
tilth of the soil and the growth of the
plants.
DO YOU WANT TO SELL?
Trotters and pacers with or without records suitable for winter racing or next season's
campaign — choice breeding stock — stallions, broodmares, colts and fillies — good horses of
all kinds for the show ring and ready to use on the road for pleasure and business are very
scarce in the East and will bring top prices at the forty-ninth regular
Chicago Auction
DECEMBER 18 TO 21, 1916.
IN THE INTERESTS OF THE ATTRACTIVE CALIFORNIA CONSIGN-
MENTS ALREADY SECURED we have arranged SPECIAL EXPRESS TRAIN
SERVICE from Pleasanton, San Francisco, Los Angeles and other coast points; also for
responsible experienced horsemen who will be in constant attendance enroute and at the sale.
WE ARE NOW ABLE TO OFFER CALIFORNIA OWNERS who want to sell
one or more without making the long expensive trip carload rates with the best service
at very low cost.
There is every indication of an active and advancing market that should be at its
best after the presidential election and about the time of this sale.
Many of the new buyers in the field through profitable war contracts are now in a
position for the first time to indulge their wishes to own good horses and will eagerly com-
pete with regular buyers from all parts of this country, Canada, and even Europe.
We offer the best and largest sale building at the greatest live stock market in the
world where you can show extreme speed action and manners in safety, regardless of the
weather. The accommodations for man and horses are far in advance of all other sale
points combined and the charges most reasonable.
The sale is two months off, plenty of time to get stock in good condition. This is the
best opportunity, time and place to sell one horse or more.
Write or telegraph to-day. We will forward entry blanks and give you full partic-
ulars.
Incorporated 1900
PALMER L. CLARK, President.
GEO. A. BAIN, Auctioneer.
ADDRESS:
CHICAGO HORSE SALE CO.,
UNION STOCK YARDS,
CHICAGO, ILL.
$1.00 NOMINATES YOUR MARE IN
THE WESTERN HORSEMAN
SST.A.KIIE UNTO. X X .
FOR FOALS OF MARES BRED IN 1916 FOALS OF 1917
TO RACE AS THREE- YEAR-OLDS IN 1920
iV RK^Xv STAKE^fei.s.o
Every Cent Paid in Payments — With Accrued Interest TO BE PAID TO THE WINNERS AND NOMINATORS IN 1920
CONSERVATIVELY ESTIMATED VALUE $10,000.00
And if Worth More The Winners Will Get More
$300 WILL BE PAID TO NOMINATORS OF THE DAMS OF THE MONEY WINNERS
Total Cost to Year of Raoe Only $il.OO
CONDITIONS — Open for the nomination of mares bred in 1916 — foals of 1917. to
close November 1. 1916. A fee of $1 will be charged for each mare nominated. Nom-
inations must be made on or before November 1. 1916. at which time the nominator
must give the name, breeding and description of the mare, and the name of the
stallion to -which, she was bred in 1916.
PAYMENTS — On November 1. 1917. a payment of $5 will be due on each foai
■which it is desired to keep eligible, when color and sex of foal must be given, and on
May 1, 193 S. an additional payment of S5 must be made on all foals kept good, in-
cluding substitutes. All payments received up to and including May 1. 191S, will be
apportioned 65 per cent for trotters and 35 per cent for pacers. Thereafter, all
payments received on trotters will go to the trotting division, and all payments
received on pacers will go to the pacing division.
,. ^° ADDITIONAL PAYMENT TTLL YEAR OF THE BACE, and not one cent
liability at any time beyond the amount paid in or specificallv contracted for. On
.?" ,1',,1&20' lhe >"ear of tfae race, a payment of $40 on trotters and 520 on pacers
will fall due, and on the first day of the meeting at which, it is raced, a starting
lee of $100 on trotters and $50 on pacers must be paid.
THE ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE of The Western Horseman Co. Is that even-
dollar received on payments, and every cent of accrued interest (we never use a cent
of stake mon^y, but put every dollar out at interest the day it is received), shall go
Into the stake, and be paid out in spot cash to the winners.
SUBSTITUTION — Any nominator may. up to November 1. 1917, substitute any
other foal regardless of breeding, or by whom bred, for the one originally nominated,
but only original nominator may substitute.
RACING CONDITIONS — This stake will be raced during the fall of 1920, when
nominated foals are three years old. over a first-class mile track, and will be con-
tested under the 1916 rules and regulations of the parent association in which the
track holds membership.
MONEV DIVISIONS — The sum of S200 wiil be retained from the trotting division
and S100 from the pacing division, and will be paid to the nominators of the money
winners in the same ratio as the purse money is divided, in accordance with the
number of money winners.
The total amount received for each division (with deductions noted above) will
be divided among the winners in the ratio of 50. 25, 15 and 10 per cent, the usual
fuur moneys. If less than four starters are eligible to the money at the close of tne
race such part of the stake as remains shall go to the winner. Races best two
in three, mile heats- Trotting and pacing horse breeders, both large and small, are
cordially invited to consider the liberality of this stake and its absolute equity and
fairness and to send their nominations to
THE WESTERN HORSEMAN COMPANY, Indianapolis, Indiana
aturday, October 21, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
THE FARM
HARVEST CALENDAR.
Somewhere, every month in the
ear, harvesters are clicking. Here is
it world's schedule for cutting grain:
January — New Zealand, Argentina.
February — East India, upper Egypt.
March— Egypt, Chile.
April — Asia Minor and Mexico.
May — Asia, China, Japan, Texas.
June — Turkey, Spain, southern Unit-
d States.
July — United States, Austria, south-
rn Russia, England, Germany, Switz-
rland.
August — Canada, Holland, Belgium,
'enmark, Poland.
September — Scotland, Sweden, Nor-
ay, Siberia.
October — Northern Russia. Siberia.
November — Southern Africa and
December — Uruguay, Australia.
Then it all starts over again, begin-
ing with New Zealand and Argen-
na. The United States exports har-
esting machinery to all the countries
amed, and also many others. And
teir grain products compete with
urs and affect our prices. — E. L.
arker in The Great Divide.
Make Your Own Grape Juice. — In
ural World C. K. Francis says that
le following directions have proven
itisfactory for making grape juice:
All containers should be sterilized
i boiling water before use. To two
nd one-half pounds of grapes, without
ems, add one pint of water and cook
ntil soft. Drain through a jelly bag
ad add one pound of sugar to the
lice, then bring it to boiling and boil
)i five minutes and bottle at once, hot.
e certain to fill the bottle within an
ich or two of the stopper. This juice
bould keep an indefinite length of
me and may be diluted to suit the
iste when serving. A small piece of
■mon added to each glass may ini-
rove the taste.
Grape juice may be made by the so-
alled cold process by adding one gal-
m of sugar to each gallon of juice,
ee that the bottles are perfectly clean
nd well sealed when filled, as in the
revious method.
Prepared by either of these methods,
ne juice should contain no alcohol.
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For 1916.
Complete alphabetical list of all live
horses which acquired win race rec-
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each when known, as well as the win
race record of each horse.
11,989 Horses in this Book
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FARMS FOR SALE
Choice Land In Idaho
Lewiston, Idaho, is situated at the
forks of Clearwater and Snake rivers and
has transportation to the coast.
960 acres 7% miles from Lewiston, Ida-
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traveled road, all In cultivation except
about 15 acres, all level land, Just a little
rolling, 320 acres of fall wheat In, 226
acres fall plowed for spring crop, about
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fenced. Two good springs with big cem-
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cement reservoir, water piped to house,
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electric lights. Large horse barn with
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barn; cow barn with two box stalls; hog
pens, shade trees, chicken houses, black-
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cellar with bunk house overhead. $85 per
acre; will take one-third down, time on
balance to suit purchaser, at 7 per cent
interest. One-third of crop goes with
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Mild climate, can raise all kinds of fruit,
grain and vegetables. Wheat In this
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acre, barley 40 to 80 bushels per *cre.
320 acres 4}fc miles south of Vollmer,
Idaho, 275 acres In cultivation, balance In
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Price $70 per acre, one-third cash, bal-
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238 acres 4*4 miles from Lewiston, Ida-
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be cultivated, balance good bunch grass
pasture, fenced and cross-fenced, good
spring creek runs across place, small
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two grain warehouses at station. Price
$70 per acre, one-third cash, balance at
7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
160 acres of timber land, good farm land
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40 miles from Lewiston, Idaho. Well
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, October 21, 191C
BEAUTIFUL BELVEDERE
LOTS FOR SALE
CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
most beautiful spot on the shores of San Francisco Bay
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the Berkeley shore, beautiful Belvedere and Mt. Tamal-
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summer by Belvedere Island, and from the southerly storms in
winter by Angel Island. The soil is fertile and part of the island
is well wooded.
It is less subject to fog than any other place near San
Francisco. The summer fog, as it rolls in from the ocean, splits
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Angel Island towards the Berkeley shore, and part of it along
the southern slope of Mt. Tamalpais, leaving Belvedere, Corin-
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the fog banks can be seen as a white wall both to the north and
the south.
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Francisco Bay that is desirable for homes, especially for those
who love boating and kindred sports. The Alameda and Contra
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near the land into muddy waves, making boating both unpleas-
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Government reservation and will never be placed on the market.
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Market Street.
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as the trim yachts glide about the cove. Excellent fishing of all
kinds for bay fish, including salmon, the gamey striped bass,
rock fish and the toothsome silver smelt, is to be had in the cove.
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ONLY $2 TO NOMINATE MARE
GUARANTEED
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 17
TO BE GIVEN BY THE
PACIFIC COAST TROTTING HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
For Foals of Mares Covered in 1916 to Trot and Pace at Three Years Old
ENTRIES CLOSE:
Monday, December 4fh, 1916
$2,500
$1,500 FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD TROTTERS.
$1,000 FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD PAGERS
CONDITIONS :
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominatejinare on December 4, 1916; when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 April 1, 1917
$10 on Yearlings April 1. 191S; $10 on Two-Tear-Olds April 1. 1919; $10 on Three-Year- Olds April 1, 1920.
STARTING PAYMENTS— $35 to start in the~Three-Te"ar-01d Pace; $50 to start in the Three-Year-Old Trot. All Starting Payments to be made ten days before the firs
day of the meeting at which the race is to take place.
Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer.
Races three heats, money divided 25 per cent to the first heat, 25 per cent to the second heat, 25 per cent to the third heat, and 25 per cent to the race according to rani
in the summary. Money in each division 50. 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Should two or more horses be tied for first place at the completion of the third heat, such horses only shal
contest in a fourth heat and money divided according to rank in the summary at the termination of that heat. A horse having won the first two hSats and drawn or distancet
in the third heat shall not lose position in the summary. Distance, 100 yards.
If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins; or if either the mare or foal dies before April 1, 1918. her nominator may sell or transfer his nomination o
substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there will be no return of a payment, nor will any entry be liable for more than amount paid in or contracted for.
In entries, the name, color and pedigree of mare must be given; also the name of the horse to which she was bred in 1916.
Entries must be accompanied by entrance fee.
Nominators liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payments forfeits all previous payments. This Association is liable for $2500, the amount of the guar-
antee, only.
Hopples will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions.
Right reserved to declare. off or reopen these Stakes in case the number of entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors.
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IF THE PACIFIC BREEDERS' FUTURITY for
oals of 1917, which is to close for the nomination
if mares December 4th, and which is guaranteed by
he Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Associa-
ion to be worth $2500, should receive a larger num-
ber of entries than the stake for foals of 1916, the
issociation will be encouraged to increase the size
if the guarantee for the stake of 1918. The last
stake had but 71 nominations, but if the owners of
aares bred to trotting and pacing stallions this
spring will but take interest, the stake which closes
December 4th will have a much greater number.
Oolt stakes are the life of the horse breeding busi-
ness, so far as the light harness horse is concerned,
and the only way they can be kept up will be for the
breeders to take enough interest to nominate their
mares in them. One of the tremendous successes of
the harness racing season of 1916 was the meeting
held at the half mile track at Goshen, New York.
The horse breeders and owners of New York State
made it a success by giving it an entry list that
assured a financial profit. Many of these horse own-
ers and breeders who did not have a horse that they
could start in a race, made nominations in the
purses and paid in the money just to assure the
success of the meeting. The result was one of the
greatest meetings ever held and a profit of $10,000.
Now there are enough horse breeders in California
to assure the success of Pacific Breeders Futurity
No. 17, if they will only nominate the mares they
bred to good stallions last spring. Breeding has not
been heavy this year but there must have been sev-
eral hundred mares bred, as we know of several in-
stances where stallions served from 25 to 40 mares.
Every stallion owner should take interest enough in
the success of the Pacific Breeders' Futurity to make
entries himself and to induce the owners of mares
that were mated with his stallions to make nomina-
tions. Harness racing is still the greatest sport in
the United States, is participated in by more persons
and is witnessed by more people than any other
sport at which money is paid at the gate. The small
sum of $2, which is all that is required to nominate
a mare in the Pacific Breeders' Futurity, if paid on
December 4th on two hundred mares would do more
to boose and help the harness horse breeding inter-
ests of California than any one thing that could be
done by horse owners. A big entry list for this stake
and an early announcement of a California circuit
will certainly aid in increasing horse values. Let
every breeder who reads these lines decide that he
will nominate- every mare he sent to a trotting or
pacing stallion this year, and induce as many of his
acquaintances to do the same thing as he possibly
can.
THE SUGGESTION made by the Breeder and
Sportsman a few weeks ago that a California Circuit
for 1917 be organized early and dates and purses
announced by January 1st, has seemingly received
the unanimous endorsement of all horsemen, and
men who have not been represented on the trotting
tracks for years are letting it be known that if a
circuit is thus arranged and announced they will be
back in the game with trotters and pacers to com-
pete for the purses offered. It only remains for the
towns that held meetings this year to send repre-
sentatives to a meeting in December and agree upon
dates to make the circuit a certainty and to put two
or three hundred horses into training. Just as soon
as the existing associations show their willingness
to get together and agree on dates, there will be
several towns where good tracks are located but
which have no existing fair or racing organization,
that will be anxious to join in and take their places
on the circuit. A little prompt and energetic work
now by every person interested in the light harness
horse will make a California Circuit a certainty.
If you are a horse owner residing in any town that
has a track on which a meeting can be held, get out
immediately and do a little missionary work towards
having your town represented on the California Cir-
cuit of 1917. One is going to be arranged and you
do not want to be left out.
KENTUCKY WOMAN SUCCESSFUL MANAGER.
The Adaptability of the American Saddle Horse.
Kentucky, a seal brown gelding, by Bay Jeans,
dam Bertie Wells, is a wonderful example of the
adaptability of the five gaited saddle horse. He is
owned by Mrs. Adelaide Gillis McCormick of Los
Angeles. When this horse was purchased and brought
from Kentucky to the Pacific coast in 1912, it was
stated that he was not suitable for the mountain
trails of California. Since then he has demonstrated
that the five-gaited horse can compete with and equal
the western horses on steep trails. He has been
used for general utility purposes on the San Vicente
Rancho, and has even been used for hauling and
plowing, and as a steadying partner for young colts
during the breaking season. He has learned to
enjoy a morning canter on the beach and a bath in
the surf and responds to the secret signs of the
High School Order.
This fall, after four years of ranch life, he was
taken to the California State Fair and shown in all
classes in which he was eligible. He won the Blue
Ribbon in the "Aged Gelding" class and in the
"Combination Gelding" class. He won the second
ribbon in the "Mare and Gelding" class and second
in the class for "Stallion, Mare or Gelding, owned
and ridden by Non-Professional," being defeated only
by Helen Idlewood, the well known show mare for-
merly owned by Ed. Moore of Columbia, Missouri,
and now the property of R. L. English, of Chino, Cal-
ifornia.
The photograph on the title-page of this issue
shows Kentucky in a hunting class, which further
proves the many uses of the American five-gaited
saddle horse.
First National Horse Show.
The first national horse show ever held in the
United States took place at Springfield, Massachu-
setts, October 19-22, 1853, on a field of twenty-two
acres just east of the federal arsenal, and brought
together noted horses and horsemen, as well as many
noted men, from all over the country. The prizes
aggregated $2,500 and the gate receipts were upwards
of $10,000. On the second day of the show the at-
tendance exceeded the population of Springfield.
About three hundred persons were on the grounds.
The Morgans were in the hey-day of their popularity
in 1853, and it w~as estimated that more than half of
all those shown were of this breed, the founder of
which had been foaled within a stone's throw of the
show grounds, fifty-eight years before his descend-
ants came together there.
In its report of the show the Springfield Repub-
lican said that on the second day James M. Wayne,
a Justice of the United States Supreme Court, judged
a class of thirty-three stallions. Another distin-
guished judge was Anthony Colby, Governor of New
Hampshire, who awarded the prizes for "fancy
teams," which would now be classified as pairs of
high stepping harness horses. The grand prize of
the show, $200, was won by the trotting stallion Cas-
sius M. Clay, whose likeness is preserved in bronze
in the equestrian statue of Washington in Union
Square. The horse was then owned by Joseph H.
Godwin, one of New York's pioneer builders of sul-
kies and road wagons.
Among the distinguished men who witnessed the
show were Governor John H. Clifford, of Massachu-
setts, with his staff, done up in the stillest military
costume of the period; Horatio Seymour, then Gov-
ernor of New York and candidate for President in
1868 ; John B. Floyd, of Virginia, later to be Buchan-
an's Secretary of War; John Minor Botts, also of
Virginia, statesman and breeder of the noted race
horse Revenue; John Jay, of New York, afterward
Minister to Austria; Abbott Lawrence, of the Amer-
ican Legation in London; Marshall P. Wilder, the
elder, who was president of the United States Agri-
cultural Society, and P. T. Barnum, who managed a
race track before he became a showman.
Exports of horses and mules from the United
States to the European war zone will have passed
the 1,000,000 mark before the end of the year. In
round numbers 85,000 horses and 88,000 mules went
over before January, 1915. During the next year the
exports increased to approximately 440,000 horses
and 120,000 mules, making a total of 653,000 to the
end of 1915. In the first seven months of 1916 the
total was 147,000 horses and 57,000 mules, according
to official reports of the Department of Commerce
at Washington. Assuming that the same rate of
shipment continues through the year the totals will
then be about 252.000 horses and 97.000 mules, mak-
ing the grand total for the period of the war of
1.002.000 head, of which 777,000 are horses and
225,000 are mules.
Miss Elizabeth Daingerfield, Who Directs Affairs at
Kingston Stud.
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 21. — Prominent horsemen
from the North, and their name is legion, who came
down here during the winter to look over the wean-
lings and yearlings and racing prospects for the com-
ing year, would consider their trip to the Blue Grass
country, of which this city is the center, incomplete
without having seen and chatted with Miss Eliz-
abeth Daingerfield, the young woman who manages
the Kingston Stud of Messrs. McKinney and Corri-
gan of Cleveland with marked ability, and still finds
time to contribute reviews of books and essays of
interest to the leading newspapers of the State.
Kingston comprises 700 acres of rolling blue grass
pastures and spacious paddocks on the Russell Cave
pike, three miles from Lexington. There are six
sires, sixty brood mares and more coming, twenty-six
yearlings and twenty-eight weanlings, as this year's
foals are termed, and these, together with the men
and women necessary to run Fuch an establishment,
are under the care of Miss Daingerfield, who is the
last word in efficiency. Miss Daingerfield is assisted
by her sister Jay.
During the life of Major F. A. Daingerfield his
elder daughter was his chief aid when he was in
charge of Castleton for James R. Keene, and it was
under her eye that the famous Commando family
was brought to its highest state of perfection. Her
theories, which were responsible for the production
of a tribe of horses whose winnings ran well up to
the million dollar mark, are regarded as those of
an expert.
"I always tried," said Miss Daingerfield, in talking
of them, "to follow along the lines set down by my
father. Sometimes I am afraid, when I haven't him
to turn to for counsel and aid. My idea is to find
the blood and individuality you want and then in-
tensify.
"Ultimus represented the apex of endeavor on the
part of my father, and he is an illustration of what I
mean. He is by Commando, a son of Domino and
out of Running Stream. The ideal sire must have
speed and courage. He must not be too big — sixteen
hands at the most. He must be muscular. I am a
firm believer in inbreeding, but care must be taken
to avoid weaknesses.
"With an inbred sire the greatest care must be
taken in selecting mares. We were in good shape
in this respect when the fire destroyed so many at
Castleton, and then came the dispersal sale after
Mr. Keene's death and we had to begin all over
again. The crop of weanlings here is the first that
is comparable to what we once produced. Mr. Mc-
Kinney wants quality rather lhan quantity.
"I prefer mares with the blood of Amphion, Gal-
opin, and Hampton. I would prefer mares that had
not raced much, and my choice would be the un-
trained sister of a very good performer. Mares which
have been raced for a long period should have at
least two years' recreation before being bred. Every
mare should possess speed of a high order.
"I am not in favor of racing two-year-olds. Many
of our best youngsters are broken down by trials
before their bones and muscles are set. Yearlings
and two-year-olds should get their educational work
in galloping on grass, and we are now rolling an
oval on one of our pastures, over which we will
break our youngsters this year. We have the year-
lings nicely under way now. They stand in line and
spring away at the word of command. The turf is
springy, and we shall keep them off the unyielding
dirt as long as possible.
"Our system of racing is not well balanced. Too
much money is offered for two-year-olds. Properly
trained, our horses should stay as well as any in the
world. It will be a happy day for the turf when the
spring trainer is no more."
The Australian Trotting Record of September 28th
had the following to say about First Voyage, the
California bred son of Bon Voyage 2:08 and Elsie
Downs by Boodle 2:12^, that was sold to Australia
several years ago and is now six years old and a sire
of stake winners: "First Voyage, the premier trot-
ting stallion of the Belmont Stud Farm, Bendigo,
once more demonstrated his ability as a high-class
trotter by winning at Elmore by 215 yards behind
scratch. He cut out the mile and a quarter in 3:12,
which is a fraction better than 2:20 to the mile. This,
with the exception of Emulator's 2:17 1-5, is the fast-
est Australian record taken in a race by a trotting
stallion. The crowd admired the horse's bold action.
Mr. T. H. Buss, his owner, booked 20 mares during
the day, and was very pleased with the reception
given the stallion by the public."
"Polo mounts," not "polo ponies," as of old, is the
caption over the competition that will most interest
followers of the galloping game in the newly issued
prize lists for the Thirty-first National Horse Show,
to open on Saturday, November 11, at Madison
Square Garden, and to continue with day and evening
sessions until the following Friday night. There are
two classes for polo mounts, respectively, for light
and heavy-weights. In each, the judging will be for
manners, handiness and conformation, and the owner
or a polo club member must be in the saddle.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, October 28, 1916
FASTEST RECORDS OF THE YEAR.
ATLANTA SUMMARIES.
It is hardly probable that any of this year's rec-
ords held at the close of the Lexington meeting will
be lowered, and the following will stand as the best
records made by trotters and pacers during the year:
TROTTERS.
One-Year-Old.
Colt — Dr. Elmore, by J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08,
dam Mendosa Worthy 2:17%, by Axworthy
2:15% ..." 2:24%
Filly — Anna Davidson, by J. Malcolm Forbes
2:08, dam Alma Vista 2:20% by Direct, p.,
2:05% 2:27%
Two Years Old.
Colt— Buck Watts, by Gen. Watts 2:06%, dam
Miss Belle Chimes, by Liberty Chimes
2:22% 2:09%
Filly— The Real Lady, by Moko 24457, dam
Fruity Worthy 2:25%, by Axworthy 2:15% 2:04%
Three Years Old.
Colt— Harrod's Creek, by Gen. Watts 2:06%,
dam Axalea 2:24%, by Chimes 5348 2:06%
Filly— Volga, by Peter the Great 2:07%, dam
Nervolo Belle, by Nervolo, p. 2:04% 2:04%
Four Years Old.
Colt — The Exposer, by The Exponent, dam
Emma Conductor 2:21% by Conductor 2:06
Filly — Mary Putney, by San Francisco 2:07%,
dam Mendolito, by Mendocino 2:19% 2:04%
Aged.
Stallion — Lee Axworthy, by Guy Axworthy
2:08%, dam Gaiety Lee 2:16%, by Bingen
2:06% 1:58%
Mare — Mabel Trask, by Peter the Great
2:07%, dam Miss Nutonia, by Nutwood
2:18%, and Lucile Spier, by Directum
Spier 2:11%, dam Lucile 2:07, by Brum-
mell 9679 2:03%
Gelding— M. L. J., by Red Will 32948, dam
Narcissa 2:28, by Marquette 9941 2:05%
PACERS.
One-Year-Old.
Filly — The Completion, by The Exponent
2:11%, dam Bonella, by Axmoor 2:20 2:18%
Two Years Old.
Colt — Poorman, by The Northern Man 2:06%,
dam Mary Lloyd, by Vice Commodore 2:11 2:07%
Filly — Manricobel, by Manrico 2:07%, dam
Molise, by Mobel 2:10% 2:17%
Three Years Old.
Colt— Peter Look, by Peter the Great 2:07%,
dam Pilatka 2:14%, by Bingen 2:06% 2:03
Filly— Sis Bingen, by Bingen 2:06%, dam Sis
Directum, by Directum 2:05% 2:06%
Four Years Old.
Colt— Gen. Todd, by Geo. L. Todd 2:07%, dam
Miss Chorister, by Oratorio 2:13 2:04
Filly — Miss Harris M., by Peter the Great
2:07%, dam Mary Allen Stout, by Ondale
2:23% 2:01%
Gelding — Young Todd, by Director Todd
2:07%, dam Woodford Belle, by Ondale
2:23% 2:02%
Aged.
Stallion — Napoleon Direct, by Walter Direct
2:05%, dam Lady Erectess, by Tom Ken-
die; Directum I., by Directum Kelly 2:08%,
dam Izetta R. 2:13%, by Pactolus 2:12%.. 1:59%
Mare — Miss Harris M., by Peter the Great
2:07%, dam Mary Allen Stout, by Ondale
2:23% 2:01%
Gelding— Ben Earl, by The Earl, p. 2:14%,
dam Bonnie, by Nutpick 2:25% 2:00%
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The Marion, Ohio, Chamber of Commerce is laying
great plans for the entertainment of the Ohio Fair
Association which meets in that city November 27th
and 28th. This association will have representatives
from all the live fair associations in Ohio, and will
discuss many questions in regard to the holding of
fairs as well as arrange dates for next year. One of
the features of the entertainment of the delegates
will be an auto tour of the city, including a visit to
the McMurray and the Houghton sulky factories.
Marion estimates that 85 per cent of all sulkies used
in the United States are manufactured in that city.
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David M. Look sold to Stoughton A. Fletcher, of
Indianapolis, the weanling bay colt by Peter the
Great, out of Harvest Girl, sister to The Harvester
2:01, for $2,000 and has contracted the 1917 foal of
Harvest Girl at the same figure, providing it is a
filly. Mr. Look did not desire to sell the foal if it
should be a colt. To A. C. Hall, Mr. Look sold the
yearling brown filly by Manrico, out of Emily Hope
by Bellini, for $1,000, and the bay colt by The North-
ern Man, out of Cociara by Bellini, for $500.
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The world's champion three-year-old pacing stal-
lion, Peter Look (3) 2:03, has been sold by Joseph
Kleckner, of Cynwyd, Pa., to Dick McMahon, of Lib-
ertyville, 111., the latter acting for Stoughton A.
Fletcher of Indianapolis, Ind„ for $8,500. The colt
will probably be trained and raced the coming season
lor Mr. Fletcher by McMahon, and looks like the best
pacer in sight for the 2:09 classes for 1917.
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Free entrance, with seven per cent deducted from
winners, was one of the features of the Hamilton
Fair races in the speed department. Starting Judge
Earl Swepstou, of Chillicothe, Ohio, handled the large
fields in his best manner and not a single protest
was registered against the official.
Monday, Oct. 16.
2:05 class pacing, three in five, purse $1000:
Goldie G.. blk g by Will Tranby (Valentine) 1 1
Altawood. gr m (Murphy) 2 2
Camelia, b m by Cummer- Vesta S (Cox) 3 3
Time— 2:10, 2:06%, 2:05%.
2:10 class trotting, three in five, purse $1000:
Eonington. ch s by Bellina-Nettie King. . (Geers) 1 1
Bacelli, b s by Bertini-Ban (White) 2 3
Brisac, blk h by Bingara-Kavatta (Murphy) 3 2
Zombro Clay also started.
Time— 2:0S%, 2:07%. 2:09%.
2:18 class pacing, three in five, purse $1000:
Hal Connor, br h by Algot Hal-Barbette (Childs) 1 1
Tony B., b g by Red Medium (Banks) 3 2
The Aim, blk c by The Exponent-Grattene. . . .
(McMahon) 2 3
Time— 2:09%, 2:11%, 2:09.
Tuesday, Oct. 17.
2:09 class pacing, three in five, purse $1000:
Little Frank D., b g by Little Frank(Valentine) 1 1
Red S., b s by Red Tell (Crockett) 2 2
Sellers D (Cline) 4 3
Also started — Spring Maid. Miss Belle Patchen.
Time— 2:06%, 2:06%, 2.-0S.
2:15 class trotting, three heats, $2000:
Azora Axworthy, b m by Bale Axworthy-Nora
Belle (Murphy) 3 1
Lu Princeton, by San Francisco-Lucinda Prince-
ton (Cox) 1 2
Daisy Todd, b m by George Todd-Miss Douglas
(Chandler) 2 4
Brisac, blk h bv Bingara-Kavata (Geers) 4 3
Time— 2:09%. 2:1414, 2:09%.
2:20 class trotting, three in five, purse $1000:
Marie Constant, b m by Constanero-Lady Culling
(Green) 1 1
Blanche Carter, br m by Lord Roberts-Anna
Carter (Stout) 2 4
Alvy Coffman. b h by Martina-Allene. . (Chandler) 3 2
Also started — -Boilermaker.
Time— 2:15%. 2:15. 2:15.
Thursday, Oct. 19.
2:12 class pacing, three heats, $2000:
Ben Earl, b g by The Earl-Tidal Wave (Childs) 1 1
Spring Maid, ch m by The Abbe-Miss Burlap
(White) 3 2
Young Todd, b h by Director Todd-Woodford Belle
(Cox) 2 3
Peter Pointer also started.
Time — 2:08%, 2:08%, 2:06%.
2:18 class trotting, three in five, purse" $1000:
Ridgemark. b g by Wilask-Eolite. . (Traynor) 3 11
Truesada. b m by Moko-Trouzetta (Cox) 12 2
Locust Bug, b g by Sydney Prince. . (Valentine) 2 3 4
Daisy Todd also started.
Time— 2:12, 2:11%, 2:11%. 2:13%.
2:07 class pacing, three in five, purse $1000:
Altawood, gr m by Altanwood-Alcrasa(Murphy)l 1 3
Camelia. b m by Cummer- Vesta S (Cox) 4 3 1
1 1
3 3
Birdonna, b m by Don Cale-Bird. ... (Stout)
Sellers D. also started.
Time— 2:09, 2:07%. 2:16. 2:09.
Ben Earl, b g by The Earl-Tidal Wave(Childs), to
beat local track record of 2:05%, won. Time, 2:04%.
Friday, Oct. 20.
2:08 class trotting, three in five, purse $2500:
Mabel Trask. ch m by Peter the Great-Miss
Nutonia (Cox) 1 1 1
St. Frisco, b s by San Francisco-Clara Cantrell
(Geers) 2 2 2
Bacelli. b s by Bertini-Ban (White) 3 4 3
Also started — Sadie S.. Humfost.
Time— 2:08%, 2:09%. 2:07%.
Two-year-old trotting class, two" in three, $500 added:
Mary Coburn, ch f by Manrico-Alma Sedley. . . .
(White) 2 11
The Real Lady, b m by Moko (Murphy) 12 2
Time~^2:16%. 2:19%, 2:12%.
2:11 class pacing, three in five, purse $1000:
Little Frank D., b g by Little Frank. . (Valentine) 1
Dr. Griffin, b g by Bambetta Wilkes-Annie Fox
(Stiles) 2
Lady Venus, br m by Lord Roberts-Black Venus
(Stout) 4
Also started — Miss Bell Patchen and Queen Hal.
Time — 2:07%, 2:10, 2:08%.
To beat Georgia State trotting record, 2:05:
Lee Axworthy, by Guy Axworthy and Gaiety Lee
(F. B. White) won 1:59%
By quarters— :30%, :29%, :30, :29%.
Saturday, Oct. 21.
2:07 class trotting, 3 in 5. purse $1000 (two heats to
complete event started Friday):
Bonington, ch s by Bellini-Nettie King (Geers) 5 3 112
Miss Direct, b m by Directwell-Vida M
(McDevitt) 3 2 2 2 1
Miss Perfection, b m by Gen. Watts- Sue
Fletcher McMahon) 2 13 4 4
Also started — Zombro Clay and Azora Axworthy.
Time— 2:07%. 2:09%, 2:12%, 2:08%. 2:08%.
2:15 class trotting, three-year-olds: 2 in 3, $500 added:
Harrod's Creek, ch c by Gen. Watts-Axalea
■ (Engleman)
Suldine. b h by Worthy McKinney-Carrietta
(W. Traynor)
Time— 2:11%, 2:12%.
2:15 class pacing. 3 in 5, purse $1000:
Hal Connor, br h by Argot Hal-Barbette
(Childs)
Spring Maid, ch m by The Abbe-Miss Bur-
lap (White) 112 2 2
The Aim, b g by The Exponent-Grattano
(McMahon) 3 4 3 3 3
Also started — Tony B. and Count Marque.
Time— 2:09%. 2:09%, 2:07%, 2:09, 2:08%.
2:00 class pacing, 2 in 3, purse $1500:
Roan Hal, r h by Hal Defacto-Maud C. ... (Murphy) 1 1
Hal Boy, b g by Hal B.-Altalina (McMahon) 2 2
Time— 2:10%. 2:03.
2:16 class trotting, 3 in 5. purse $1000:
Ridgemark, b g by Wilask-Eolite (C. Traynor) 3 111
Blanche Carter, br m by Lord Roberts-Anna
Carter (Stout) 1 6 4 3
Truesada. b m by Moko-Trouzetta (Cox) 6 2 2 4
Also started — Humfast, Marie Constant, Locust Bug.
Time — 2:10%. 2:09%, 2:12, 2:11%.
Exhibition to beat 2:04%:
Mary Putney, br m by San Francisco-Mendocita
(Cox) lost 2:06%
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At the Rockport. Ohio, meeting two weeks ago, a
trotter entered as Nick Carter, by Symboleer 2:09%,
was carded to start in the 2:27 trot, and as it was
rumored that he was the trotter California B., a re-
quest for his identification was filed with the judges.
Prior to the start of the race the man who made the
entry was informed of the demand and he immedi-
ately withdrew his horse.
More than one hundred pacers have entered the
2:10 list this year and about one-fifth of them are
in the 2:05 list.
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Last Sunday at Golden Gate Park.
One of the most perfect days ever seen at the
three-quarter track in Golden Gate Park, San Fran-
cisco, resulted in fast time and excellent racing, .
but the day was marred by a distressing accident in
the last race in which Joseph Kidd's fast pacer Sen- 1
ator H. broke his leg and had to be destroyed. The
accident occurred in the second heat of the event.
Senator H. had won the first heat in 2:16% and was i
in the lead turning into the straight in the second
heat, but half way down the stretch the horse was I
seen to falter and was pulled up. Driver Hanks dis-
mounted and saw immediately that the pacer's leg
was broken. As soon as the heat was finished Mr.
Kidd examined the horse, saw that the horse was i
suffering and asked mounted patrolman Chas. Budd
to put the horse out of his misery with a pistol shot,
which was done. Senator H. was a bay gelding,
eleven years old, by Diablo out of a mare by Montana i
Director. He was bred by Henry Helman of Salinas,
and had a record of 2:10% made in a race at Pleas-
anton in 1913. He was a game race horse and one
of the stadium favorites.
The feature race of the afternoon was the free-for-
all pace in which Bradmont, King Pointer, Bold
Harry Aerolite and W. J. K. were the starters. King
Pointer took the first heat in 2:10%, with Bold Harry
Aerolite second, W. J. K. third and Bradmont fourth,
but when it was learned that Richie Robert's little
horse had lost a toe weight, it was understood why
he had finished last. The toe weights were made
fast before the next heat and Bradmont won this
heat and the next in 2:09% and 2:10%, with King
Pointer the contender in the second heat and W. J.
K. making a strong bid in the third.
The 2:20 mixed went to Mr. Ford's Minequa, and
Emma M. captured the 2:15 class event in fast time
for the class— 2:12% and 2:13.
But for the accident to Senator H. no better day's
sport was ever seen at the stadium. Results:
First race — 2:20 mixed:
Minequa (M. Ford) 1 1
Dibble Wilkes (S. Benson)
Matawan (J. McNamara) 3 3
Time— 2:19%, 2:17.
Second race — 2:15 mixed:
Emma M (W. Malough) 1
Pointer Belle (Joe Kidd) 2
Yoncalla (A. Giovanetti) 3 4
Little Jack (G. Conlan) 4 3
Time— 2:12%, 2:13.
Third race — Free-for-all pace:
Bradmont (Richie Roberts) 4 1
King Pointer (H. Campodonico) 1 2
Bold Harry Aerolite (G. J. Giannini) 2 3
W. J. K (W. J. Kenney) 3 4
Time— 2:10%, 2:09%, 2:10%.
Fourth race — 2:18 pace:
Frank N (L. A. Gielow) 2
Rosa O ' (J. J. Ryan) 3
George W (F. Burton) 4
Senator H (Joe Kidd) 1
Time— 2:16%, 2:20.
The Inter-State Mountain Circuit.
Joseph Waddell, secretary-treasurer of the Inter-
Mountain Fair and Racing Circuit, writes the Breeder
and Sportsman as follows under date of October 17:
"I have recently returned from Salk Lake City,
where the last meeting of the Inter-Mountain Circuil
for 1916 was held. During the entire eight weeks
we had but two rainy days prior to reaching Sail
Lake. There it rained four days out of the six and
we raced in the mud. The Utah State Fair directors
are to be commended as they raced off the entir
program and paid every purse. The time was slow
but the races were keenly contested and appreciated
by the management and the public. The general
opinion seems to be that the Inter-Mountain Circuil
succeeded fully as well as could be expected during
its initial year. Not one written protest was filed
during the season. Patrons and horsemen generally
seem to be pleased and indicate their desire to go
again. Six new associations want to become mem-
bers of the circuit in 1917.
"The largest money winning trotters in the cir-
cuit were The Corsair, by Wayland Hall, and D. J.
Burk, by The Corsair, both in the stable of Joe Huber
of Bozeman, Mont. D. J. Burk is but a colt, and nol
fully matured ; he looks like a 2:08 trotter. We had
several more very promising trotters and a lot of
high class pacers that will bear watching in 1917."
Board of Appeals Meeting.
Notice is hereby given that the next regular meet-
ing of the Board of Appeals of the American Trot-
ting Association will be held at the Auditorium Hotel,
Chicago, Tuesday, December 5, at 10 o'clock a. m..
for the transaction of such business as may properly
be presented to the board for consideration.
All new applications and written evidence must be
received at this office not later than November 4.
— W. H. Knight, Secretary.
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The champion trotter Uhlan 1:58 was exhibited
under saddle at the Virginia State Fair at Richmond
last week, and was a great attraction. As at Lexing-
ton, Kv., he was ridden by Andrew Billings.
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The Exposer, the handsome four-year-old trotting
colt by The Exponent 2:11%, now carries a record
of 2:06. He is the season's champion for age, gait
and sex.
Saturday, October 28, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Thoroughbred Matters
The Reno Fall Meeting has come to a close and Is
said to have been successful from both a financial
and a racing point of view. While the population of
Nevada is not sufficient to support racing where
purses of good value can be given, the horsemen
seem willing to race their runners for small purses
so long as there is enough play in the mutuals to
make winning profitable. Purses and salaries were
cut unmercifully from the advertised amounts during
the fall meeting and the association managed to re-
duce the $7500 loss of the spring meeting to about
$3500. Spring and fall meetings will doubtless be
given in 1917, and with a more judicious selection of
dates should be profitable.
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The Los Angeles Racing Association, of which
Anita Baldwin is one of the directors, allowed its
charter to elapse through non-payment of the cor-
poration license and franchise taxes to the State.
Application was recently filed with Secretary of
State Jordan for reinstatement of the association,
and checks covering all delinquencies accompanied
the application. As efforts are to be made during
the coming winter to induce the California Legisla-
ture to permit mutual betting machines to be op-
erated on race tracks in this State, the inference
is that the Los Angeles Racing Association desires
to be prepared to resume racing should such a law
be placed on the statutes.
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Advices from Reno are to the effect that the money
taken at the gate every day was relatively small, but
that the betting system has caught on and there was
from $15,000 to $25,000 played through the mutuals
each day. The larger amounts are received on Satur-
days and holidays, the regular week day play being
not much over $15,000. Taking out five per cent
from this amount would mean $750 for the associa-
tion, so that even with the poor attendance the asso-
ciation takes in enough to provide the purses which
are usually $150. It will be seen that the betting
privilege is as necessary to sustain racing at Reno as
it is any place where the meetings run longer than
five or six days.
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In response to inquiry from the big auction firms
that conduct the sales of thoroughbred yearlings
every fall in Kentucky and New York, James Cof-
froth of the the LowTer California Jockey Club, and
Joseph Murphy of the Business Men's Racing Asso-
ciation at Ned Orleans, have both replied that their
associations will give races for two-year-olds, begin-
ning January 1st, 1917. Mr. Murphy states that his
association will give a race for two-year-olds every
day after January 1st. H. D. Brown writes that he
has not yet decided if there will be races for two-
year-olds at Havana.
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The well known jockey, W. Buxton, better known
on the eastern tracks as Happy Buxton, has signed
a contract by which Mr. A. K. Macomber will have
first call on his services for 1917. In many instances
during the past season Mr. Maeomber's horses suf-
fered from bad riders, but as Buxton can ride at
light weight, this difficulty will be overcome. This
stable also has first call on Jockey Loftus who cannot
ride at less than 120 pounds,, and does better at even
heavier weight. Little Jockey Phillips will remain
with the stable as light weight.
The Travery yearlings that August Belmont had
shipped over from France this summer and which
are now at the Nursery Farm in Kentucky will be
wintered at the Palmetto Park track in Charleston,
S. C. They will be sent to the latter place before the
cold weather sets in and Willie Brennan, foreman for
S .C. Hildreth, will have charge of breaking and
handling the youngsters. The winter colony at
Charleston promises to be even larger than last win-
ter when over 100 horses were stabled at Palmetto
Park.
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Racing will open at Tijuana November 11th and is
advertised to continue for 100 or more days. The
meeting at Juarez will not open until November 30th
and will also continue for 100 or more days. This
will carry racing in Mexico over into April and per-
haps into May.
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The champion of the year on the running tracks
is Campfire, the two-year-old son of Olambala and
Nightfall, owned by H. T. Wilson Jr. Campfire has
won six races and been second in nine others, and
has $50,035 to his credit. He is one of Olambala's
first crop of colts.
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Matt J. Winn announces that the winter meeting
at Juarez will open Thanksgiving Day and will con-
tinue for one hundred or more days. The purses
will be $300 and the pari-mutuel form of betting will
be used.
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W. H. Shelly, one of the most popular racing offi-
cials in Kentucky, has been appointed racing secre-
tary at the Juarez track.
The Early Racing of Two-Year-Olds.
The Jockey Club, of New York, which controls
thoroughbred racing on the principal race tracks in
the United States, has a rule which prohibits two-
year-olds from being raced before April 1st of their
two-year-old year. In the days of winter racing in
California, the first race for two-year-olds was usually
given on January 1st, and the Tijuana management
has recently sent a letter to the New York Jockey
Club, suggesting that the rule prohibiting racing of
two-year-olds before April 1st should not be made to
apply to this coast. The well known breeder, Chas.
T. Boots of Milpitas, recently wrote to the San Fran-
cisco Bulletin as follows in regard to this matter:
San Francisco, Oct. 19, 1916.
San Francisco Bulletin: In Wednesday's Bulletin
there appeared an article on the future racing at Ti-
juana. In that article was a copy of a letter sent to
the New York Jockey Club in regard to two-year-old
racing, in which was the statement that the Tijuana
association was trying to again interest the Califor-
nia breeders and bring the old breeders back.
If the Tijuana association thinks that by racing
two-year-olds in January or any other winter or
spring months they are going to bring back the old
breeders of California they are altogether mistaken,
and if they think they will influence the New York
Jockey Club to change its rules in regard to early
two-year-old racing they are also mistaken.
The only breeders of thoroughbred horses who
favor early two-year-old racing are the breeders who
are in the game to make money and to make it as
quickly as possible. I make this statement without
fear of contradiction, and challenge anyone to name
a single breeder, not alone in California, but in the
United States, who is in favor of early two-year-old
racing who is not in it primarily to make money.
It is such methods of racing and betting as advo-
cated by the Tijuana association that brought about
the California legislation in 1909 and 1911 that
stopped racing on the coast. It has been just such
methods that have stopped racing wherever is has
been stopped. Men like Capt. C. B. Cassatt, R. L.
Wilson Jr., Harry R. Whitney, August Belmont and
Mr. Sanford of New York realized where one of the
great troubles began and very wisely declared for no
two-year-old racing before April 1. If they had
adopted the rule of the French Jockey Club, and said
no two-year-old racing before August 1 they would
have done very much better. But they have made
a good start and can rest assured they are not going
to change, even though the president of the Tijuana
association says he will do as he pleases anyway.
It is just such statements and acts as the above
that closed the race tracks in California, and the
real lover of the thoroughbred knows that what
closed the race tracks is not going to open them.
There are many in California who are anxious to
see the thoroughbreds once more on the tracks, but
are not anxious enough to see them if they also have
to see all the evils of the track in operation once
more.
If California could only have some commission to
regulate horse racing such a condition of affairs
would not be possible at our doors. For the bringing
back of the breeding of thoroughbreds and the preser-
vation of what are left on the coast it is to be'hoped
the next legislature may enact some protective laws.
Yours very truly,
CHARLES T. BOOTS.
Last Coin, which was recently purchased by Mc-
Kinney & Corrigan from james Butler of New York,
is to be placed in the stud at Kingston Place, Ken-
tucky. He is now four years old, but has not raced
since he was a two-year-old in 1914, in which year
he started four times and never was beaten. His
first start was at Belmont Park on the last day of
racing a± that course in that year, and he won so
easily as to proclaim himself a speed marvel. Later
that season he started three times in Maryland and
again won on each start. In his last appearance at
the Laurel track. High Noon, his stablemate, ran
second to him. At that time the Butler horses were
trained by the late "Dick" Benson. While High Noon
has gone on, Last Coin has never been brought back
to the races, but he is expected to distinguish himself
in the stud.
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George M. Hendrie's Rancher has won more money
this year than any other horse owned in Canada,
$8,710 being his earnings to date. Thornhill, owned
by Messrs. Barry and Starr, of Montreal, is the only
other Canadian-owned horse to win more than $6,000,
which he surpassed by $1,690. The possibilities of
the turf are illustrated by the records of Manokin
and Monocracy. The former, a gift to H. G. Bedwell,
earned $8,080. Monocracy, a three-legged horse, run-
ning in cheap selling races, has won $7,250 since the
first of January, and, like Manokin, is still going. —
[Tronto Globe.
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It is one of the anomalies of racing that in England
such leading turf men as J. B. Joel and Leopold de
Rothschild did not win a race this year until in Sep-
tember at the Newmarket Third Extra meeting.
There Mr. Joel's North Star, by Sunstar — Angelic,
won the Barton Mills Nursery Handicap for two-year-
olds and of the net value of $4,400. Mr. Rothschild's
victory came when his two-year-old The Speaker, by
Cicero — Keliba, won the Witchford Selling Plate of
$1,460 and was then bought by John Day for 730
guineas ($3,700).
The Best Horse John Huggins Ever Saw.
John Huggins, one of the few American trainers
who enjoys the distinction of having trained an Eng-
lish Derby winner, was asked the question at New
York the other day, "What was the best horse you
ever trained?" and replied very promptly: "I haven't
any idea, but I can tell you the best horse I ever
saw, and that was Persimmon. I have seen many
good racehorses, some really great ones, but I have
no hesitation in pronouncing Persimmon the greatest
of them all.
"Persimmon was a big horse, that is. a tall horse,
fully 17 hands high, I should think, but his younger
brother, Diamond Jubilee, was considerably stouter
for his height. I do not mean to say that Persimmon
was slender, much less weedy, but he had long legs
and not a little daylight under him. He had a bril-
liant turn of speed and he could stay to the end of
any racehorse distance. There was a very fast colt
over there which was afterward imported to this
country. I saw him winning at five and a half fur-
longs or thereabouts, and he looked to be invincible,
but I saw him sent out to work with Persimmon one
morning for not more than six furlongs, but Persim-
mon simply lost him right from the first jump.
"I have no doubt that the wonderful successes
achieved by Persimmon, Diamond Jubilee and other
immediate descendants of St. Simon on the turf have
had much to do with the high favor in which the St.
Simon strain is held in England, France, America
and elsewhere, but, of course, some of the sons of
St. Simon have been brilliantly successful in the
stud, and that has shown that the value of the strain
is persistent. Rabelais, by St. Simon, is one of the
great sires of France. Diamond Jubilee is working
wonders in South America, and there are successful
sons or grandsons of St. Simon in every country
where they are breeding racehorses, but the 'St.
Simons' are not without their faults (some of them
have abominable tempers) and the St. Simon strain
is not without formidable rivals.
"I like these lasting and persistent crosses," John
Huggins continued. "When they show racing qual-
ity in one generation after another, like Polymelus,
tracing straight tack through good ones to Stockwell,
and that Blacklock strain which runs from St. Simon
back through Galopin, Vidette and Voltigeur, and
Isinglass going right back through Isonomy, Sterling
and Oxford to Birdcatcher, it means something."
"The Bend Or strain is one which seems to be
steadily coming to the front, and as it constitutes
an out-cross with that of St. Simon as well as the
Oxford-Sterling-Isonomy-Isinglass family, the latter
having only one Stockwell cross through Isola Belle,
the dam of Isonomy, the union should be a good one.
Polymelus, one of the most fashionable English sires
of today, goes straight to Stockwell in the male line
through his sire, Cyllene, Bona Vista, Bend Or, Stock-
well, with but one intervening cross of Sterling which
comes through Arcadia, the dam of Cyllene and the
daughter of Isonomy."
Mr. Huggins talked rather conservatively about
the two-year-olds which have shown themselves on
the American turf during the season of 1916. Camp-
fire and Hourless stood out by themselves, and he
would feel doubtful as to which was the better of
the two. Both were unquestionably good colts. In
the three-year-old division he also was very much
in doubt. Friar Rock had run some wonderfully
good races, brilliant ones in fact, but he also had run
some bad ones. Spur had run a lot of good races
and although he had had bad -luck at times, he might
be rated as a really consistent colt. Star Hawk had
run some good races and in the early part of the
season some bad ones, but allowance was to be made
for him in view of the fact that this was his first
year in America.
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When asked to put a price on Hessian (son of
Watercress and Colonial by Trenton), sire of Boots
and other good horses, John E. Madden replied: "I
will sell Hessian for the same price that was reported
to have been paid for his son Boots, namely. $15,000."
Mr. Madden secured Hessian for the very nominal
sum of $3,500 at the dispersal sale of James B.
Haggin's Elmendorf Stud held last October, and in
commenting on his sagacity as a buyer, W. H. Rowe,
Registrar of the Jockey Club, said at the time:
"John E. Madden did a shrewd thing from a breeder's
viewpoint in buying Hessian. Mr. Madden has a
number of Star Shoot mares which ought to nick
particularly well with Hessian, as in the compara-
tively near past both Star Shoot and Hessian run
into the same family, and an excellent one at that."
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The stewards at Latonia have refused the further
entry of any horses owned by G. L. Strang, or entered
in his name. The ruling is based on a printed letter,
signed by Strang, in which he says he has the betting
privileges on these horses and requesting the man
to whom it is addressed to place bets with him.
Strang admitted that it was his signature and the
stewards questioned him no further. Horses affected
by the ruling are Samuel R. Meyer, Rhyme and Jane
Straith. Strang is part owner in the horses Deliver
and Chief Brown, and they probably will be sold at
auction, as Trainer Will Perkins is interested in
them.
Seven favorites won at Latonia one day last week
and the price against each horse was less than even
money.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, October 28, 191
Harness Horses and Horsemen
1
Home From the Grand Circuit
T. D. Sexton, the popular building: contractor and
amateur reinsman of Oakland, returned last week
from a three months' trip across the mountains, dur-
ing which time he took in nearly every meeting on
the Grand Circuit, and got a view of harness racing
that he will never forget. He saw all the great
stakes trotted and was present every day of the Lex-
ington meeting when so many records were broken.
He witnessed the driving of Geers, Cox, Murphy,
Rodney, Valentine, Childs and all the other celebri-
ties, but says that none of them have anything on
W. G. Durfee whose string of trotters got off when
it struck a hot wave immediately on arrival at North
Randall. He saw Lee Axworthy take the world's
stallion record and says the son of Guy Axworthy
is a most wonderful trotter, but is a small horse, not
over 15.1 and weighs less than 900 pounds. Mr.
Sexton wanted to buy a Gen. Watts colt to bring
back to California, but said the prices were a little
too high for him. While at Lexington he visited all
the big stock farms in that vicinity, saw Peter the
Great 2: 07 ',4, now the sire of fifty 2:10 performers,
also went to Walnut Hall farm and saw what he
called a perfect horse and horseman's paradise. He
attended the Kentucky Sale of trotters at Lexington
and when he saw the good California trotter Geo.
Hanimett (3) 2:15m. going for a song, put in a bid
for $225 and got him. He turned the horse over to
W. G. Durfee who will probably race him next year.
Mr. Sexton is a native of California and this was his
first trip east, but he enjoyed it so much that he
says he would like to repeat it another year and have
Future Tramp 2:09% and one or two more racing in
his colors in some of the important events. He fully
realizes that it takes a high class horse in perfect
condition to win on the Grand Circuit, but that the
quality of the sport is so high that a real good sports-
man can enjoy it even though he does not win regu-
larly. He says that Will Durfee is very popular
with the horse owners and trainers all along the line
and that were he to locate over there he could get
all the horses to train that he could possibly at-
tend to.
Nellie Coovert Will Visit Hal Paxton.
C. A. Harrison, of Seattle, made a deal with Hunt
Spar of Aurora, Oregon, whereby Mr. Harrison was
to select a stallion to suit Mr. Spar's great brood
mare Nellie Coovert 2:15%. This mare is the dam
of Gray Ghost 2:11%, and also of Hal Grey 2:08,
both by Hal B. 2:04%, and she is by Touchet 2:15,
son of Altamont and the great brood more Tecora.
Mr. Harrison has selected as a sire with which to
mate Nellie Coovert, the stallion Hal Paxton 2:06%.
This horse is not only a very handsome individual
but he is fast and game. At Centralia he was a dead
lame pacer yet he went out and won over a field of
classy pacers such as Zombrino, Hal Edo, Indian Hal
and others in 2:09%, 2:09^ and 2:09%, and at
Yakima put in a heat in 2:06%. At Salem he was
still lame yet he was right up on the leader and
winner in fast time, so Mr. Harrison thinks he should
produce well with such a good mate as Nellie Coov-
ert. The mare has not been bred for the past three
years, her last foal being a gray colt now three
years of age. Harrison went out and saw this colt
and he looked so good that he bought and paid for
him and closed the bargain for the breeding of the
dam before ever leaving the pasture. This three-
year-old is by Hal B. and is now at Sacramento in
charge of J. B. Stetson. His name will be Grey Hal,
and every horseman in California will hope that he
will be a two-minute pacer while Mr. Harrison owns
him.
Death of Mrs. Millard Sanders.
The many friends of the well-known trainer Mil-
lard Sanders will regret to learn that his wife, Ida
Fox Sanders, died three weeks ago at the home of
her sister at Stockton. Mrs. Sanders had been in
poor health and her death came sooner than ex-
pected, hut her husband, son and other near relatives
were at her bedside when she passed away. Mrs.
Sanders was a devoted wife and mother, and a
woman of noble character. The sympathy of every-
one who knows Millard Sanders, the famous trainer
of champion trotters, or his estimable son Millard
Sanders Jr., will be extended to them in their great
affliction.
Horse Show to be Held at Oakland.
The success of the saddle horse show at the State
Fair last year has led to the Pacific Coast Five
Gaited Saddle Horse Association making arrange-
ments with the Idora Park management in Oakland
by which a horse show will be given at that popular
park next year directly after the California State
Fair. Idora Park has all the buildings and other
accommodations necessary for the holding of a first
class horse show and we do not doubt but one can
be arranged that will be the biggest drawing card
ever secured for that place of amusement. The
prizes will be not only numerous but generous and
there will be a big entry list to a certainty.
California Horseman Praises Inter-Mountain Circuit.
Mr. L. L. Cannon, of Penn Grove, Sonoma county,
who while looking after the affairs of a large farm,
finds time to act as President of the Sonoma County-
Driving Club and have a few horses in training, has
just returned from a trip through the Inter-Mountain
Circuit, and paid the Breeder and Sportsman a visit
this week. Mr. Cannon admits that he and one or
two more Californians entered their horses on that
circuit in the hope of winning easy money, but found
that the game was much harder than they expected.
But while the trip was not profitable in a financial
way Mr. Cannon returned vith nothing but praise
for the way the circuit and the racing was managed
by Mr. Joseph Waddell, of Baker, Oregon, who was
the circuit secretary. Seven of the eight meetings
on the circuit were financially profitable and rain
prevented the other from being so. The entry lists
were very large at every meeting, there being over
thirty entries in many of the races. The Inter-
Mountain Circuit was not an easy one to organize
and manage, as there were places where the ship-
ment from one place to the next was 300 miles. Mr.
Waddell made a success of it, however, and every
horse owner and trainer who raced there is loud in
his praise of the way the races were managed. Mr.
Waddell went clear through the circuit and acted
as the manager of the race program at each place.
He thoroughly understands the game, which is one
of the reasons for his success, and he knows how to
arrange programs to please the horsemen as well as
the public: Mr. Cannon is certain that if California
could secure the services of such a man as Mr. Wad-
dell a circuit of twelve or fifteen meetings could be
arranged that would attract a bigger list of entries
and result in better racing than this State has seen
in years. Mr. Cannon suggests that California should
have an early spring circuit of races for small purses
and a summer and fall circuit for larger purses that
would be held in connection with the annual county
fairs . He states that there are many horses in Sono-
ma county that will be put in training if a California
circuit can be announced by January 1st, but that
otherwise some will never see a race track.
Woodland Will Have Meeting in 1917.
Several thousand dollars is to be spent in improv-
ing the old Woodland Stock Farm property, including
the famous race track of this city, says the Woodland
Democrat. Charles F. Silva, the present owner of
the property, and Lon Daniels, trainer of Silva's
horses, returned to Sacramento Friday evening fol-
lowing an inspection trip over the farm to determine
what should be done to put the property in first-class
condition.
Among the improvements decided upon will be the
repairing of the grandstand and many of the box
stalls, and the building of a new half mile track.
The racing path will be constructed on the lot within
the mile track, which will also be kept in good con-
dition.
Silva and Daniels plan to make the local farm the
wintering place for some of California's best racing
stock, and have already received assurances that
several training stables will be quartered here until
the racing season opens next year. Silva and Daniels
will bring their own stock here next week from Sac-
ramento.
An effort is being made to stimulate state-wide
interest in the trotting and pacing sport, with a view
of having races on every available track in California
next season.
Silva will begin an early campaign to assure a
meeting in Woodland.
Hemet Farm Horses Win Prizes.
The horses from Hemet Stock Farm won about all
the prizes in the exhibition classes at the Riverside
County Fair this year. Wilbur Lou headed the list
and took first prize for stallions four years old and
over. The other prizes won by the farm are as fol-
lows: Geldings (3 years old) — Don de Lopez, first.
Yearling stallions — Sequoia, first; Wilbur Boy, sec-
ond. Mares (4 years old and over) — Allie Lou, first.
Three-year-olds — Gertrude Fives, first; Fiesta Lou,
second. Two-year-olds — Zeta Lucile, first; Louise de
Lopez, second; Matilda Lou, third. Yearlings —
Hemet Queen, first; Edith Carter, second. Suck-
lings— Wilbur Lou-Zeta W. filly, first. Brood mare
with foal at side — Zeta W., first. Best standard bred
mare with two or more foals — Zeta W. with Oro Lou,
Zeta Lucile with a suckling, first. Best standard
bred sire with three or more of his get — Wilbur Lou
with Gertrude Rives, Zeta Lucile, Matilda Lou and
Sequoia. Best three animals (all standard and reg-
istered) produced of one stallion owned by exhib-
itor— Allie Lou, Matilda Lou and bay colt unnamed.
Best three animals, produce of one mare, all owned
by exhibitor — Oro Lou, Zeta Lucile and bay colt un-
named.
Get a Peter the Great For a Dollar.
The yearling colt by Peter the Great that is to be
disposed of for the benefit of Mrs. Curt Gosnell,
whose husband lost his life as the result of an acci-
dent this summer, is out of Nell Worthy 2:22, dam
of Worthy Prince 2:06% and grandam of Bingen
Silk (3) 2:07%, by Axworthy 2:15%, second dam the
great broodmare Nell by Estill Eric, third dam by
Embry's Lexington. The yearling is registered as
Peter Estill and any person will stand a chance to
own him that sends one dollar to the Western Horse-
man for the Curt Gosnell fund.
Matinee Season Will Close Sunday.
The approaching rainy season has warned the ami
teur horsemen who race under the auspices of th
San Francisco-California Driving Club in this cit
that dry tracks and clear weather will be uncertai
during the next four or five months, consequentl
Sunday, Oct. 29th has been set as the closing da i
of the amateur season and a program of four race !
will be trotted and paced tomorrow in Golden Gat !
Park as a wind-up. The sport has been excellent dui
ing the summer months and many fast races hav
resulted. The best horses in the club will appea '
tomorrow. In the free-for-all trot Ella M. R., Harol
C, Yoncalla and Minequa will start, and in the fref
for-all pace Vera Hal, Bradmont, King Pointer am
W. J. K. will be the contestants. There should b
just as good racing in these two events as any tha
has been seen on the California circuit this yeai
while the 2:12 and 2:18 pacing events should botl
furnish excellent racing. The events and entries
tomorrow are:
First race, 2:12 pace — Emma M. (William
lough). Little Jack (G. Conlan), Pointer Belle (J.
Kidd).
Second race, 2:18 pace — Rosa O. (J. J. Ryan
George W. (J. Burton), Frank N. (L. H. Gielow).
Third race, free-for-all pace — Vera Hal (H. Cohen) \
Bradmont (R. P. Roberts), King Pointer (H. Campo
donico), W. J. K. (W. J. Kenney).
Fourth race, free-for-all trot — Ella M. R. (G. SI
Giannini). Harold C. (H. Cohen), Yoncalla (A. Gioval
netti), Minequa (M. Ford).
Judges — J. McTigue, F. Lauterwasser and Luki
Marisch. Timers — Fred Clotere, J. A. Wilkins am'
J. M. Kidd.
Now Is the Time to Boost.
The last Pacific Breeders Futurity Stake th!
closed was the one for foals of 1916. It closed la
February writh only 71 nominations. If you own j
mare that was bred to a trotting or pacing horse this
year make up your mind right now that you ar<
going to lend a hand and give the trotting and pacing
horse interests a boost by nominating the mare ii
stake No. 17, which is for mares bred this year. Thi!
stake closes December 4th, and if it receives mon
entries than stake No. 16 it will be a good omen foi
everybody in the horse business. Let's have 10(
mares nominated, at least. That will be an increase
of nearly 50 per cent over last year. There must bt
five or six hundred mares in California that wen I
mated with trotting bred stallions in 1916. It onl>
costs $2 to nominate a mare and the stake is guaran ■:■
teed to be worth $2500. Now is the time for ever}
horseman to boost.
Nebraska Horseman Buys Demonio Filly.
J. B. Stetson, now at Sacramento, has purchased
from C. A. Harrison the bay filly Santa Clara b)j
Demonio. dam Mamie Airlie by Prince Airlie, he byj
Guy Wilkes, second dam Mamie Comet by Nutwood,!
Mr. Stetson was acting as agent for Mr. E. D. Gould
of Kearney, Nebraska, in this purchase. Mr. Stetsonl
has also purchased for Mr. Gould the bay three-year-f
old colt Royal Hal by Hal B., dam by Lord Lovelace,.'
second dam a full sister to the once Oregon cham-
pion Blondie 2:15 pacing and 2:24% trotting, by Le-
mont, third dam Mollie by Frank Chapman. Blondie
had a trial of 2:06%. Mr. Stetson will winter at
Sacramento where he expects to train quite a few
horses as well as develop Mr. Gould's colts. He has1
been a successful trainer and race driver and is a
credit to his chosen profession and a good acquisition
to any community in which he may reside.
Arion (2) 2:10% Was Some Colt Trotter.
This has been a wonderful year for two and three-
year-old trotters, but the item that came over the
wires the other day to the effect that the estate of
M. W. Savage had given to Mr. Lester Witherspoon
of Versailles, Kentucky, the 27-year-old stallion Arion
2:07%, recalls the fact that Arion still holds the
world's record of 2:10% made to a high wheel sulky
when he was a two-year-old. Senator Stanford, who
bred him, afterwards sold the colt for $125,000, the
largest sum ever paid for a trotting horse. "When
one considers the difference between the old high
wheel sulky and the present day bike, Arion's 2:10
in 1891 was certainly as good as 2:06 today.
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A. B. Kinney Now Owns True Kinney.
During the recent Oregon State Fair Mr. F. A.
Urban, of Seattle, Wash., sold at public auction the
beautiful, highly bred and game trotting stallion
True Kinney 2:12%, sire of El Paso (2) 2:18, winner
of the Pacific Breeders' pacing futurity of 1916, to
A. B. Kinney, formerly assistant to C. A. Spencer at
Woodland Stock Farm. Mr. Kinney is now a public
trainer at Washington State Fair Grounds, North
Yakima, where he has placed True Kinney as a
public stallion. It was Mr- Kinney who broke True
Kinney for Spencer & Keefer and he bought the
horse at a low figure. It is to be hoped that owners
of well bred mares in the Yakima valley will avail
themselves of True Kinney's services.
Kentucky Two-Year-Olds for California.
Will Durfee has brought back to California the
two-year-old bay filly by Manrico, out of Helen Stiles
2:06%, also the full sister to Manrico 2:07%. which
is the last foal of the great brood mares Silurian,
Both are the property of Mr. E. T. Barnette, breeder
of Manrico, Virginia Barnette and others.
;aturday, October 28, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Notes and News
Lon Daniels will train the Silva horses at the
Woodland track.
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Eastern secretaries are already claiming dates for
next rear and some of them are announcing purses.
Seven different trotters took records below 2:05
during the Lexington meeting.
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Mabel Trask leads all money winners for 1916
with $33,720 to her credit.
Zomrect 2:03% is the fastest trotting stallion ever
bred in California and also the fastest of the get of
Zombro.
Tommy Murphy leads all drivers for 1916 with
winnings of over $80,000. while Walter Cox is next
to him with about $75,000 to the good.
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' Lee Axworthy trotted the last three quarters in
1:30 when he pulled a wagon to the world's record
of 2:02%.
They are now looking for the dam of Saint Frisco
'2:03%. Her name is Clara Cantrill, but who owns
her at present is not known to the public.
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Who can guess what Guy Axworthy 2: 15 %, sire of
Lee Axworthy 1:58%, will bring when he goes under
the hammer at the Old Glory sale in November?
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Ed Geers has a yearling colt by San Francisco
:2:07% out of a mare by The Spy (son of Chimes)
that he bred himself and thinks a good deal of.
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Twelve head of hunters imported from England
and sold at auction in New York week before last
realized $16,595, an average of $1383.
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Look out for the young Teddy Bears. The young-
sters by this son of Del Coronado are most prom-
ising.
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Zombro Clay 2:09% is one of the 2:10 class trot-
ters that is expected to trot several seconds faster
than his present mark next year.
There is just one way to have a real revival in
trotting horse affairs in California and that is to
organize and announce a circuit for 1917 and do it
as soon as possible.
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A Lexington turf writer says that Peter Billiken
2:06% might just as well be called the "meat horse."
He was bred by Hart Bros., is owned by Warren
Bacon and is trained by J. W. Liver.
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Lady of the Manor 2:04%, once the champion pac-
ing mare, is dead at the age of 22. She produced six
pacers with standard records and three of her sons
are producing sires.
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Contention B. 2:10, the pacer by Copa de Oro that
Will Durfee took east with him, was sold to W. J.
O'Neil of Pittsburg and has won several races since
on the half mile tracks.
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Will Durfee expects to reach Phoenix this week or
next. He has been making the journey from Lexing-
ton to Arizona by easy stages, stopping off at differ-
ent places to rest the horses and see the sights.
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If you are interested in live stock insurance you
should read carefully the advertisement of the Hart-
ford Live Stock Insurance Co. on page 2. This is
a thirty million dollar company and it pays its losses
promptly.
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Lee Axworthy went marching through Georgia,
or rather that portion of it on which the Atlanta mile
track is situated, in 1:59%, which is a new State
record and one that will hold the "crackers" for
a while.
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Lee Axworthy, the champion stallion, has a record
of 2:28% as a two-year-old, 2:08 as a three-year-old,
2:03% at a four-year-old and 1:58% as a five-year-
old.
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Ben Ali 2:10% by Wealth, dam by Ulmar. second
dam by Outcast, will be in Walter Cox's stable next
season. He has been a mile in 2:07% on a half mile
track and is eligible to the 2:13 class. Wealth, his
sire, is a son of Gambetta Wilkes.
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Among the new 2:10 trotters of the season is Miss
Bertha Dillon 2:10, a two-year-old trotter. Her sire
is Dillon Axworthy 2:10% that is by Axworthy
2:15% out of the Santa Rosa brood mare Adioo Dil-
lon 2:24% pacing, she by Sidney Dillon out of that
great brood mare Adioo, next dam the famous By By
by Nutwood.
Five hundred horses weighing from 1400 pounds
up have been shipped to various points from Klamath
Falls this year, by .Wells, Fargo & Co., for this com-
pany's own use. They were purchased at an average
price of $150,
A movement has been started among the Kern
county farmers to have the Board of Supervisors
purchase the grounds of the Kern County Agricul-
tural Society, erect new buildings and provide a first
class fair grounds. A bond issue is suggested.
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Who will get Guy Axworthy and Bingara at the
coming Old Glory Sale is a question now widely
discussed. Either or both would make a valuable
addition to any locality as their services would be in
great demand.
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Ed. Lafferty, former trainer for the Oakwood Park
Stock Farm and the Vendome Stock Farm in Califor-
nia, is now a resident of Goshen, New York, and
week before last won a race with his trotter Just So,
at the Virginia State Fair, the fastest heat in 2:13%.
General Superintendent B. H. Heide of the Inter-
national Live Stock Exposition, Stock Yards, Chi-
cago, 111., calls attention to the fact that entries
close on Dec. 2 and all indications are that it will be
the largest and most successful event of the kind
ever offered.
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There will be a payment due January 1st on foals
of 1916 that are nominated in the Pacific Breeders'
Futurity for foals of this year. Better get your
weanlings named in that stake up and look them over
now, then see that they get good care and plenty of
feed this winter. A well developed colt stands a
better chance to win a stake than a stunted or half-
starved one.
Wonder if there was anything the matter with this
yearling. His sire is Moko, his dam is Markala
2:18%, dam of Walnut Tree (2) 2:10% by Peter the
Great 2:07%, and his second dam the great brood
mare Nancy Hanks 2:04, once champion of the
world. Yet the yearling sold for $130 at the Lexing-
ton sale. And the very next yearling sold, a colt by
Peter the Great out of a mare by Adbell, brought
$1100.
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Jim Logan 2:01% looked so well and seemed to be
in such good shape when Elmo Montgomery was
ready to ship to Bakersfield that the latter reconsid-
ered his intention to retire the old horse and took
him along with the other Logans, Hal and Lock, to
the metropolis of the oil district. Jim started in the
free-for-all pace on Thursday, won two heats and
paced a dead heat with A. B. C.
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The five-year-old Hackney stallion Irvington Sun-
beam was purchased last week by William Ziegler
Jr. of New York for the purpose of showing this high
going and fine acting stallion at the National Horse
Horse Show in Madison Square Garden. $5,000 was
the sum paid for the horse to W. D. Henry, of Penn-
sylvania, his breeder. Mr. Ziegler will change the
stallion's name to Master Mariner.
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Says the American Sportsman: "At the recent
examination of our 1916 list of new 2:10 trotters, we
found that the sons of Axworthy (3) 2:15% lead,
with ten; the sons of Bingen 2:06% and McKinney
2:11% with nine; the sons of Peter the Great 2:07%
with two. Grandsons of Bingen 2:06% also sired
five new 2:10 trotters and four new 2:10 pacers. The
above figures are given from a list not as yet com-
plete.
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That Wilkes Brewer 2:08%, by Nutwood Wilkes
2:16%, is by far the most remarkable trotter that
has raced over the half mile tracks, is shown by
a summary of her races this year, she having won
eleven straight races, most of them stakes of $1000
or more. She beat 2:10 over six different half mile
tracks, a feat which has never been equaled. She
should prove a wonderful mare on the mile tracks
next year if she retains her form of this season.
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There was a race at Rockport. Ohio, recently in
which there were twelve starters, and in the auction
pools every horse was sold separately. One ticket
was as follows: Shipmaster $80, Baby Bertha $25,
Mary Coastman $25, Mary Rosalind Parr $25, Queen
Hal $20. All Wilkes $18, Black Ball, Zuila Zoo and
Kate McKinney, each $10. Cliff Moquette $8. Hal
Leaf and Mischief, each $5, making a total of $241.
Babv Bertha won, making the ticket win $216 for $25.
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The race program of the Kern County Fair at
Bakersfield opened on Wednesday of this week.
Mono Ansel won the 2:20 pace, with Lock Logan
second. Silver Tips third. Julia M. fourth and Jim
Donnelly fifth. The best time was 2:12%. Bon C res
won the 2:15 trot with Columbia T. second and Har-
old C. third.
On Thursday, Jim Logan won the free-for-all pace.
A. B. C. second, Teddy Bear third and Vera Hal
fourth. The best time was 2:15. The 2:12 trot
resulted in Miss San Francisco and Dick W. stand-
ing the same in the summary at the end of the three
heats, consequently both winning the same amount
as it was a three heat race. Bloise Dell won a heat
but was withdrawn after the second heat. Dr. S.
was also a starter. Best time 2:24%.
Dr. Cecil Corwin. who has a lease of the San
Lorenzo track, would like to interest horsemen in
that place as a training or racing plant. The track
is a half mile oval and could be made a very fast
one for summer racing. There are about 20 box
stalls. The electric line between Oakland and Hay-
ward passes the entrance gate.
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The fair grounds and mile track at Woodland. Yolo
county, California, now owned by Chas. Silva. the
well known horseman, are to be improved in many
ways. There are only about 55 acres in the trail
and this has always been found too small to accom-
modate the live stock and other exhibits when a fair
was held, owing to so much of it being taken by the
mile track. Mr. Silva now proposes to construct a
half mile track, which will allow plenty of room for
cattle sheds and exposition buildings, and a high-class
fair ground can be made of the property. There Is
no better point in California for a county fair on
first class lines than this Woodland plant.
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$50,000 HORSES NOT RARE.
Ten trotters and about the same number of run-
ners have been sold in this country for $50,000 or
more, and of this number two trotters and two run-
ners have realized $100,000 or more. Rock Sand
holds the record, August Belmont having received
$141,000 for the famous English thoroughbred when
he went to France. For St. Blaize, imported by Mr.
Belmont's father, $100,000 was paid at auction by
Charles Reed, of Gallatin, Tenn., and this is the
American record for horses under the hammer.
Meddler brought $72,500 at auction and Watercress
$71,000 when the late J. B. Haggin's stud was sold at
Van Tassell & Kearney's about ten years ago. Ham-
burg was sold for $70,000, Hermis for $60,000 and
Sir Martin for $55,000.
Arion 2:07% ranks as the highest priced trotting
horse-ever sold. J. Malcolm Forbes having paid Gov-
ernor Stanford, of California, $125,000 for him shortly
after he set the record for two-year-olds at 2:10%, in
1891. Axtell 2:12, the colt that lowered all records
for trotting stallions when three years old. was sold
for $105,000 by his breeder and trainer, C. W. Wil-
liams, in 1889. to a syndicate headed by W. P. Ijarns,
president of the American Trotting Association.
When A. H. Moore, of Philadelphia, purchased Direc-
tor 2:17 from Monroe Salisbury of California, in
1892, it was said he paid $75,000 for the fifteen-year-
old stallion, then in the limelight as the sire of
Directum 2:05%, and Direct 2:05%.
The highest price ever realized for a trotting horse
at auction was paid by H. S. Henry, a Philadelphia
amateur, for the California stallion Anteeo 2:16%.
sold by S. A. Browne, of Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1891,
for $55,000. Mr. Browne had previously sold Bell
Boy 2:19%, a four-year-old son of Electioneer and
Beautiful Bells, for $51,000 at auction. This was in
1889. The buyers were G. M. Hopper, of Unionville.
Ohio, and Judson H. Clark, of Elmira, N. Y. The
horse was burned to death shortly afterward. Sold
privately for $50,000 by L. J. Rose to W. S. Hobart,
both of California, in 1889, Stamboul 2:07% probably
would have been added to tbe list of horses that
brought $50,000 under the hammer if his record had
not been questioned on the eve of his sale in New
York soon after Mr. Hobart's death, in 1892. As it
was, E. H. Harriman paid $41,000 for him.
Quite as notable and remarkable as the sale of
Arion for $125,000 when coming three years old was
that of Peter the Great 2:07%. last winter for $50.onn
when he was twenty-one years old, no other horse
of any breed in any country having commanded such
a sum at such an age. S. A. Fletcher, the Indianap-
olis banker who bought him from W. E. D. Stokes, is
said to have "won him out" in one season at the
stud, reports from Kentucky stating that more than
one hundred mares were bred to him this year,
largely by artificial impregnation, at a fee of $1,000.
William Simpson, of New York, gave $50,000 for
McKinney 2:11%, then the leading sire of 2:10 trot-
ters, when he was seventeen years old. C. K. G.
Billings is believed to have paid a little more than
this to the estate of the late August Uihlein, of Mil-
waukee, for The Harvester 2:01. then holder of the
record for trotting stallions, but the exact price was
not made public.
The only trotting mare ever sold for $50,000 was
Hamburg Belle, conqueror of Uhlan 1:58. in the fast-
est race on record. H. M. Hanna, of Cleveland, paid
this price for her between heats to John E. Madden,
of Lexington. Ky. It is well known that William H.
Venderbilt could have sold Maud S. 2:08%. in the
heyday of her fame for much more than the price
paid for Hamburg Belle, but he preferred to let
Robert Bonner have her at his own price, which was
voluntarily fixed at $4».
No other horse than a trotter or a runner ever
realized as much as $50,000 in any part of the world,
so far as is known, though the Clydesdale draft stal-
lion Baron o' Buchlyvie came close to this mark when
offered under the hammer in Scotland to close a
partnership a few years ago. One of the partners bid
$47,500 for him, and made money by the seemingly
extravagant investment, it has been said. A one-
halt interest in Carnot, a French Percheron draft
horse, was sold last winter for $20,000. which is the
record for this breed. English hackneys. Kentucky
saddle horses and French coachers have sometimes
changed hands at prices running into five figures,
but nothing like $50,000 or even $25,000 is known.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, October 28, 19
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
FISHING SEASON OVER IN THE SOUTH.
Water Is Full of Phosphorus and Cool Weather, Ai
Two Reasons for Early Closing.
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
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Hunters Kill Rare Animal. — Freestone, Cal. — A
party of Sebastopol business men consisting of H. S.
Swensen. Sam Creek, Frank McDonald, Alvin Har-
rison and George Pease, motored to the Gerald
O'Farrell ranch, near Freestone, Sunday, and all shot
the limit of quail. Mr. O'Farrell said that the reason
they all shot the limit was they got the right dope
from George Pease.
There was some great excitement during the after-
noon when Mr. Swensen shot what he thought was
a cottontail; but when examined by the party they
found it resembled a large wood rat more than it did
a cottontail. After holding a consultation over its
body for about one hour they decided it was an ani-
mal supposed to be extinct for hundreds of years,
but very7 common in the days of our antediluvian
ancestors. Mr. Swensen took the strange animal
home to have it stuffed, and will then present it to
the Smithsonial Institute at Washington, D. C.
Shooting From Motor Boats. — Deputy Fish and
Game Commissioner William R. Malone arrested
fourteen men for shooting ducks out of power boats
in Bear Valley on opening day.
Complaints have been frequent that shooting at
big bands of ducks from outboard motor boats, driven
full-tilt, "sput-sput," right into them, had alarmed
a thousand ducks for every one shot, and spoiled the
sport for everybody last year. The Federal courts
have held that any boat not anchored or moored
is in motion, and the intent of the power-boat law
plainly was to prohibit shooting ducks from any
boat with power in her. It is to be enforced with
that understanding by the Fish and Game Commis-
sion.
Redheads and canvasbacks are coming early into
Bear Valley, another sign of an earlier winter than
usual. Good shots can kill a limit of ducks morning
and evening and catch a trout limit in the middle of
the day. One doesn't need to be much of a fisherman
to do that nowadays, so hungry are the four-pounders
in the cold water.
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Tuna Club Awards Prizes. — President J. A. Coxe
of the Catalina Tuna Club has announced the prizes
awarded the winners of the different events during
the summer tournaments. To N. A. Howard of Pied-
mont goes the honor of hauling in the biggest fish
during the summer, having snagged a giant bass'
weighing 493 pounds.
Following are the different events and their win-
ners:
Tuna — A. W. Hooper, Boston, 109 pounds.
Swordflsh — II. R. Johnstone, Hamilton, Mass., 363
pounds; Dustin Farnum, New York City, 322 pounds;
W. C. Boschen, New York City. 316 pounds.
Spearfish — J. A. Wiborn, Avalon, first of season;
J. W. Jump, Los Angeles, smallest of season.
Giant bass — N. A. Howard, Piedmont, 493 pounds.
LIGHT TACKLE CLASS.
Tuna — Ben Williams, Los Angeles, 55% pounds.
Y'ellowtail — R. M. Putman, Fullerton, 39% pounds.
Albicore — Shelden A. Wilber, Los Angeles, 36
pounds.
White Sea Bass — A. E. Eaton, Avalon, 41 pounds.
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Air Gun vs. Wild Cat. — That an air gun, even
though it be one of the "pump" variety and looks
like a real, sure-enough rifle, has not sufficient
"punch" to bring a wild cat out of a tree is the state-
ment of Robert Hughes, aged 11 years. While hunt-
ing on the shores of American Lake near Tacoma
with Mortimer Wright, a boy of the same age, they
ran foul of a wild cat. That is, the dog that accom-
panied them did, and Mr. Wild Cat ascended a tree.
"Just wait till I get my old gun to working," said
Robert, after his knees had stopped knocking to-
gether. He was not afraid, but this was the first
time he had been in the presence of "big game."
"Buck fever" of a violent sort resulted in four
clean misses before he finally got the gun trained
at the wild cat.
"Sssspit!" went the air gun, and the dust of the
cat's side was kicked up enough to show that a bit
had been scored.
"Sssspitl" replied the cat, laying back its ears and
showing its teeth just like a regular feline.
"I got the range now," said Robert; "now watch
me bring that old tiger down."
Although several more hits were made, the only
effect was increasing irritation on the part of the cit.
"We don't seem to be getting along at all," com-
plained Mortimer, who had a desire to see if he could
not bag the game. "Let me take a whack at it."
Mortimer also scored some hits, and by this time
the wild cat was thoroughly peeved. Were it not for
the decidedly active presence of the dog, the cat
would have doubtless descended and sem the boys
about their business.
"I'm going to get a gun that will bring that old
wild cat out of that tree," said young Hughes, after
50 rounds of ammunition had been used with no
effect. "You stay here and keep him treed and I'll
get a gun."
He failed to find a gun himself, but Prof. D. W.
Finch of the Lake City school replied to the S. O. S.
signals of the boys and brought down the cat with
a single shot from his rifle. Now the boys are trying
to devise some way in which the skin can be equally
divided that it may be retained as a trophy of the
chase.
The wild cat had been seen frequently near the
Lakeside Country Club of late, where it had been
stealing chickens. It was killed not more than 100
feet from the clubhouse.
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BRITISH COLUMBIA FIELD TRIALS.
San Francisco Dogs Carry Off Honors, Melrose Dude
and Boy Being Winners.
San Francisco dogs were to the fore in the Ladner
field trials being held by the British Columbia Field
Trials Club, Melrose Dude, owned by A. G. Wilkes
of San Francisco and trained and handled by the
Delta Kennels, winning first in the All-Age stake,
and Boy, owned by Mr. Scott of San Francisco, win-
ning first place in the Shooting Dog stakes.
The day was a much better one for running the
dogs than either of the previous days, and the dogs
performed in perfect style. There was an abund-
ance of game, and those present were treated to
beautiful displays of bird dog form.
Six dogs in all ran in the All-Age, the first series
of which was begun on Friday, with 16 dogs running.
Of the six left, Melrose Dude got first place, Flor-
ette, owned by the Delta Kennels, got second, and
Mr. C. Cocking's Count was third. Both second and
third dogs ran fine races and well earned their places.
There was a large entry in the Shooting Dog class,
and the competition was so keen that third money
had to be divided between Lassie of the Delta Ken-
nels and Mr. Wilson's Queen. Mr. C. E. Godson's
pointer, Shotover, gave Boy, the winner, a hard race
and was placed second.
Whether the championships would be run had not
been decided, but field trial club officials were of
the opinion that the requisite four entries would
not be forthcoming and that the class would not be
represented at this year's trials. If the entries are
sufficient, however, there may be a championship
race later.
Club officials have every reason to be optimistic
after the very successful trials just run. Entries in
all classes were numerous, and the competition and
interest was strong from the very first race. A large
number of local owners were induced to enter their
dogs for the first time, and gained many good ideas
on the way a dog should behave in the field, whether
their entries won prizes or not.
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Dogs of War. — Charles D. Muller, a London live
stock buyer who is now in this country7, says that it
is almost impossible in England to get hold of dogs
that may be regarded as of the "middle class." Mr.
Muller speaks very interestingly of matters pertain-
ing to the dog and war. He declares that bulldogs
and those of the smaller breeds are the only ones
available because they are not suitable for use on
the battlefields.
"But try to get hold of Airedales, sheep dogs, and
such," said Mr. Muller, "and you will have trouble.
The dogs that are left in England of the kinds used
on the battlefields are very scarce and high priced.
They are bench show dogs that cost too much for
soldiers to have. But even the ranks of the highly
bred dogs are more or less depleted, because very
often some patriotic rich fancier will give a regi-
ment his dog, or perhaps three or four dogs, consid-
ering that it is better for his pets to be striving for
glory in the great war than for 'tin-cups' at the
shows.
"The bulldog is very fortunate, because though
considered a fighter, he really is not, at least not on
the battlefield, being too clumsy, short-winded and
delicate, catching cold very easily and getting tired
when on long hikes.
"It's a fact, nevertheless true," concluded Mr. Mul-
ler, "that conditions in London are such that if an
able-bodied, long-legged animal is seen on the streets
people remark as to the reason he has not gone to
the war. He is considered almost as unpatriotic as
a man who would refuse to enlist to fight for his
country."
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Preserve for Marin County. — Stretching from the
southern end of Woodacre to the northern boundary
of Mill Valley, and comprising all of the northern
watershed of Mount Tamalpais, a great game pre-
serve will be located shortly in Marin county, if the
plans now under way succeed.
If the Fish and Game Commission decides to ac-
cept the offer, and it looks upon it with great favor,
a bill will be introduced in the next legislature creat-
ing the preserve, providing for its policing, and mak-
ing it a felony to use firearms within the boundaries.
Fishing in salt waters is over for this year, so f;
as Southern California is concerned. Such is U i
opinion of the experts who have been out during tt
past two weeks. The first week of this month foun
the fish biting fairly well and all were predicting
late season, but now no fish are being caught at al
Two reasons are given for this shortage, the mai
one being that the water is full of phosphorus, an
the other is the cool weather. The one that is real!
causing poor fishing is the phosphorus, which i
heavier now than it has been for the past fiftee
years. Generally the red phosphorus comes in du
ing the months of June and July and then stays awa
for another year. This year the usual heavy pho:
phorus came in during the expected months and the •
disappeared. Now it is back again worse than eve!
The peculiar part about the phosphorus at preset
is that instead of being red it has blue mixed with i
C. J. Lenarth, who is one of the best known angler
in the Southland, and who has 'fished in southe
waters for the past sixteen years, predicts some ]
of an unusual season. Never before has he seen i
phosphorus so thick. It appears almost heavy enoug
to cut with a knife. The mixing of the red and bit
phosphorus is said to be a most beautiful sight
thousands of people have just gone to the beach
during the past week to see it.
When the phosphorus comes it always means po
angling, for the fish are almost the same as lifele
They float around in the water just like they we
dead. During the past week a number of angle
have gone out. J. Oscar Lane and a party of fo
went out in a boat and spent a whole day aftt
yellowtail. They could see the fish floating aroun
in the water, but did not get a single strike.
The fish just float around close to the surface am
do not even make an attempt to swim unless scarec
Of course the phosphorus came at a time when i
did not affect fishermen much, for the season is pr
tically over, but the old timers predict that it \i
drive the fish away and if it continues so thick f
kill many of them.
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With the end of the 1916 fishing season at banc
many people are wondering if is was more successfu
than in past years. At the start the season was no
so good, but after the first two months of what i: <
termed the fishing year better angling was neve
had in the Southland. Up to three weeks ago an;,
angler who went out had no trouble in landing fish, j
Of course the big fish, yellowtail, albicore and bar
racuda have not been so plentiful this year. Then]
are many different reasons given for this deficiency J
but the main one seems to be on account of the com|
mercial fishermen.
J. Howard Smith of the Southern California Rocj
and Reel Club gave out a list of the largest fish whicr
were registered by the Southern California Rod anc
Reel Club members this year. Smith thinks this]
was one of the best seasons the Southland has eveil
had and sincerely hopes for an even better one next
year.
C. J. Lenarth is the yellowfin champion of the Rodi
and Reel Club. During the year he has registered
fifteen yellowfin with Secretary J. Howard Smith, I
The largest fish, and one that captured the club
prize, weighed 4 pounds -8 ounces, while the second I
largest yellowfin tipped the scales at 3 pounds 14!
ounces. No one came within five ounces of getting]
a fish as large as Lenarth's. He caught all his large!
yellowfin at Holton Station, which is his favorite
fishing haunt.
C. Van Benthuysen will capture the prize for the
largest corbina caught. He landed a 6-pound 13-oz.
beauty at Melrose. The closest fish to this mark was
landed by Jo Lensfield: it weighed 6 pounds 5 ozs.
A. W. Dunn had the third largest corbina, which
weighed 6 pounds 4 ounces.
Blanche Mills, who is a member of the Southern
California Rod and Reel Club auxiliary, caught the
largest yellowtail of the season. It weighed 22
pounds. F. A. Perkins has the largest black sea bass
recorded. It was caught at Catalina and weighed 204
pounds. He also landed one that weighed 179 pounds.
James J. Jump, who is recognized as one of the
best anglers in the South, and who has fished in
all the waters of the Pacific ocean, has the largest
swordflsh recorded to his credit. The fish weighed
201 pounds. He also caught the largest leaping tuna,
which weighed 35 pounds 8 ounces, and the largest
bluefin, which tipped the scales at 96 pounds 8 ozs.
Jump landed all these large fish at San Clemente
island and Catalina.
Gus Lobos gets credit for landing the largest albi-
core of the year. His fish weighed 23 pounds 6
ounces. He also had the second largest, which
weighed 22 pounds. Frank Kling landed the biggest
spotfin croaker, which tipped the scales at 8 pounds
3 ounces. Charles King had the seconrl largest, 7
pounds 11 ounces. R. P. Caufield has the largest
baracuda recorded. His fish weighed 8 pounds 15
ounces.
F. A. Perkins has the largest rock bass recorded
and it weighed 6 pounds 9 ounces. The only eel
caught during the season was by Sherman Baker and
measured 34 inches.
Of course this season does not close until the last
day of October, but from present indications few fish
will be landed from now until that time.
Saturdar. October 28, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
TRAPSHOOTING SECOND ONLY TO BASEBALL.
Cost of Grand American Nearly Equal to That of the
World's Series. — Big Events of Sportdom.
You've read all about the "world's baseball series"
in your favorite newspaper and of the vast amount
of money that was turned over each day by the
"fans" to witness these contests. The receipts ran
about $65,000 daily.
But this is only a portion of the money that was
spent during the series. There were the special
trains for the baseball players, magnates, both big
and little, newspaper men and rooters, and the hotel
expenses of these and other thousands. Considered
from all angles it is the biggest and most costly of
American sporting ventures.
Americans are madly interested in baseball. It is
a "cradle to grave" game. Everyone plays, or knows
of, it. Therefore, it is the National Pastime. Thirty
years ago if you had ventured the prediction that
baseball would enjoy the popularity it does today
you would have been greeted with much laughter.
This preamble brings us to the real meat of this
story, yarn, or whatever you may choose to term it.
I want to tell you. and briefly, too, of a sport that is
second only in importance to baseball — a typically
American sport — trapshooting.
Like baseball it has its world's series — the Grand
American Handicap and Tournament. In a way this
is just as big an event as the baseball world's series,
and the cost of the tournament pretty nearly equals
the cost of the baseball classic.
There were 619 men and women, boys and girls,
shooting in the recent Grand American. They came
from every State in the Union and from Calada. It
is safe to say that it cost each one at least $100.
That makes $619,000 — and that is a low estimate.
Shooters who entered in every event paid nearly $100
in entrance fees, and there were many of them.
The purses aggregated more than $15,000, of which
the trapshooters put up about $10,000. There were
227,250 targets thrown during the tournament and an
equal number of shells were fired. Figuring at the
rate of seven cents for each and every shell and
target the cost would be $15,907.50 to the trap-
shooters.
These figures give you an idea of just how import-
ant a sport trapshooting is. There isn't another sport
where the competitors have so much money at stake.
In baseball the player never takes a chance. Trap-
shooting is growing faster than baseball. Five years
ago there wasn't 100,000 trapshooters in the United
States; now there are more than 500,000. Five years
from now trapshooting will be just as big a sport as
baseball is today.
Far be it from me to venture a prediction as to
how big a sport trapshooting will be a decade from
now. It is growing too fast for predictions. It is a
sport that will not fall back, for nearly all those
interested are competitors. No one remains in the
role of a spectator any great length of time. It is
called the "sport alluring." It is. You can't watch
a tournament without becoming a "gun bug." It's
great sport. Some time when you have the opportu-
nity, go to a gun club and see for yourself. — Peter P.
Carney.
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Seattle Association. — Only a few of the trap artists
turned out to the Harbor Island grounds on October
15. the foggy weather undoubtedly being the cause
of the small attendance. The blue rocks, however,
loom up as large as cartwrheels in this thick atmos-
phere and the shooters received some very nice
targets.
C. E. McKelvey took the honors in both the 50-
target and 100-target programs with 47 and 95 broken
targets to his credit.
Tom Wilkes ran McKelvey a very close race in
both programs, being just one target under McKel-
vey's scores in both events, and standing second in
the list.
After a long obsence from the game, John Consi-
dine appeared at the "posts" and did some very good
shooting. H. E. Gleason shot en the grounds for the
first time this season. A shooter who has showed
consistency and much improvement since starting
the "sport alluring" and who made a fine showing
by "going" 25 straight is C. W. Bandy.
The "chicken shoot," as planned by the Seattle
Trapshooters' Association to be held on their grounds
Sunday, October 29, is causing considerable interest
among the gun "bugs." The club has planned a
series of month-end feature shoots during the winter.
This is the first. The scores:
At 50 targets— C. E. McKelvey 47, Tom Wilkes 46,
John Considine 44, Harry Williams 43, Ralph Kin-
zer 42.
At 100 targets— C. E. McKelvey 95, Tom Wilkes
94, Harry Williams 88, John Considine 86, Ralph Kin-
zer 85, C. W. Bandy 47x50, W. B. Taft 40x50, H. E.
Gleason 28x50.
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Elmer E. .Shaner in Accident. — Elmer E. Shaner,
the tournament manager of the Interstate Associa-
tion, and the man ho has built up trapshooting to its
present high state, had a narrow escape from death
when his auto, which he was driving, recently, went
through the side of a bridge, hurling out Mr. Shaner
and its occupants. Mrs. Shaner was severely hurt,
suffering a broken pelvis. Mr. Shaner's father also
suffered severe injuries to the side, leg and eye, but
neither is in anv serious danger. Mr. Shaner escaped
without a scratch, as did Miss Bambis, bis steno-
grapher, the fourth occupant of the machine. Mr.
Shaner was on his way to his farm near Butler for a
week-end visit and was- driving carefully on the
muddy roads. In making his way down a hill to a
bridge crossing a small run, the car refused to
respond to the wheel.
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Registered Tourneys on Coast. — A. W. ("Pop")
Bruner. founder of the Vernon Gun Club and south-
western representative of the Peters Cartridge Com-
pany, left last week on a business trip through Ari-
zona and New Mexico. He announced before leaving
that a series of registered trapshooting tournaments
will be held in the principal cities of the Cactus
State and will be wound up by a registered shoot at
the Vernon Gun Club in Los Angeles next month.
The gun club at Ray, Ariz., will hold its affair on
November 9 and 10. A shoot at Phoenix will follow-
on November 13. 14 and 15. This will be the Arizona
State tournament. It is expected that the entire
squad of star shooters of Arizona will then turn their
way to Los Angeles to compete in the Vernon com-
petition, the dates set for November 19, 20 and 21.
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Advertising the Northwest Shoot. — Imagine a mam-
moth cloth sign 10 feet long and 3 feet wide, with
green and white letters 10 inches deep on a white
background. Imagine the sign reads: —
NORTHWEST SHOOT.
June 4-5-6-7, Portland, Ore.
8850 in cash added to purse. $2500 in trophies.
Then imagine shipping this sign around the North-
west from shoot to shoot, so that hundreds of sports-
men had an opportunity of reading it. Could there
be a more effective manner of advertising a shoot?
This was the plan followed by the Portland Gun
Club. The sign was displayed at Spokane May 7-8-9-
10. At Albony, Oregon, during the State shoot on
May 14-15-16. At Chehalis, Wash., May 20, and at
Seattle during the State shoot May 21-22-23-24.
The entries in the Northwest Shoot numbered 102,
a fine showing in that western country, where long
distances prevail, and equal to double the number in
the middle West and East.
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Little Danger at Traps.— With the hunting season
at hand and its innumerable accidents caused gener-
ally through ignorance of the handling of firearms,
it is pleasing to recall that there has not been a fatal
accident in the history of trap shooting for the past
11 years. When it is considered that a half-million
trap shots compete each season and in that time fire
at millions of targets the absence of fatalities in
this sport is positively amazing. The answer is not
hard to find. In trap shooting the contestants are
first taught the safe and proper method of handling
firearms and they have it so thoroughly impressed
upon them, and their future conduct is so finely
hedged in by the necessary restrictions that it would
be difficult indeed to bring about a situation that
would lead to a trapshooting fatality. When it is
considered that the gun and shell contain elements
of the gravest danger the absence of fatal accidents
in trap shooting speaks wonders for the mental con-
trol that the sport imparts to its devotees.
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Admission Free to Trap Shoots. — While the base-
ball fans solemnly declare that they will forever
shun the bleachers at major league games unless
the admission price is reduced to "two-bits" and then
walk right up to the ticket window and shell out 50
cents, gun bugs pursue the "even tenor of their way"
w-itnessing their favorite sport without cost, for be
it known, there is never any charge made for en-
trance to a shootfest.
In discussing this phase of trapshooting, a well-
known sportsman remarked: "Imagine the baseball
barons announcing that no charge would be made
for admission to the World's Series! Yet, this is
precisely what the Interstate Association does when
the Grand American Trapshooting Handicap is
staged for the 600,000 trapshooters in the United
States, for the G. A. H. is the 'World's Series' of
this great American sport.
"Think of being admitted free t oa nevent in
which more than 900 amateurs and nearly 100 pro-
fessionals take part! Or imagine . seeing, without
cost, the champions of 44 States shoot for the na-
tional amateur title. What other sport can show
such a spirit of liberality to its followers and friends?
I'll tell you, trapshooting has it on them all."
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Accidents Are Few. — Despite the crowd, casualties
have been very few, and the percentage would indi-
cate hunting to be one of the safest sports that men
play instead of the popular conception of a hazard-
ous diversion.
Criminal carelessness in allowing loaded guns to
point at things they are not intended to shoot at
accounts for all accidents, and observance of the sim-
ple rule never to allow a muzzle to line up with any-
thing not to be killed will avoid all accidents.
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Handicapping or classifying shooters is probably
more difficult than rating athletes in any other line
of sport. The margin of difference between the per-
formances of even the best shots is so much greater
from week to week that it is absolutely impossible
to always properly rate the men. Therefore trap-
shooters should have a little patience and not com-
plain so bitterly every time a mistake is made in
handicapping.
PACIFIC COAST TRAP SHOTS RANK HIGH.
Unofficial Averages Show That Seven Amateurs and
Four Pros, are in List.
Seven amateurs and four professionals represent
the Pacific Coast in the official averages of the Inter-
state Association based on the marks made in regis-
tered trapshooting tournaments up to October 1, as
compiled by "Sporting Life." Only the records of
those who have shot at more than 2000 registered
targets have been announced.
Only two other amateurs in the United States' have
shot at more registered clay birds than Oswald New-
ton Ford, of San Jose. Cal., who had 4710 "rocks"
thrown to him up to October 1. breaking 4470 for an
average of .9490. J. F. Dodds. of San Diego, Cal..
has shot at 4380 and averaged .9384, while N. A.
Howard of Piedmont, Cal.. has broken 2683 out of
2950. for an average of .9125.
Peter H. O'Brien. Oregon State champion, of the
Portland Gun Club, has shot at 2150 and broken 2003
of them for a mark of .9316, and Charles A. O'Con-
ner of Spokane. Wash., is credited with a mark ol
.8565, because he smothered 1713 out of an even
2000 targets.
A. W. Strowger, president of the Portland Gun
Club, is the only other Oregonian outside of O'Brien
in the coveted 2000 class. He had 2150 released to
him, but he managed to see only 1754, for an average
of .8158. Frank M. Troeh, the Vancouver, Wash.,
amateur, who made such a remarkable showing at
the Grand American Handicap at St. Louis, Mo., last
August, shot at 2550, broke 2334 of them and regis-
tered .9153.
Among the Pacific Coast professionals, Peter J.
Holohan, of Portland, averaged .9346 out of 3150,
while Hugh E. Poston, of San Francisco, with 3007
broken ones out of 3150, averaged .9546. Les H.
Reid, of Seattle, Wash., smashed 2291 out of 2400,
for an average of .9545, while Frank C. Riehl, of
Tacoma, Wash., broke 2051 out of 2200 for a mark of
.9322.
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Once a Trapshooter Always a Trapshooter. — At the
twenty-third Montana State Shoot held in Deer
Lodge, Mont., the last week in June a special feature
was the shooting of a number of men who participat-
ed in the first State Shoot 23 years ago. The old-
timers were E. S. Paxson, Frank Conley, John Bielen-
berg, Nick Bielenberg, J. F. Cowan, C. H. Smith anc
Sam Baillet, and these young old gentlemen have not
forgotten how to break clay targets, as their scores
indicate.
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Shooting Paradise for Baseball Men. — A number of
baseball magnates headed by Captain T. L. Huston,
vice-president of the New Y'ork American League
Club, have purchased the Dover Hall Club game pre-
serve in Glynn county, Georgia, and intend to spend
the greater part of the winter season there shooting
and fishing.
Dover Hall is situated on a tidewater peninsula 10
miles by water and 14 miles by land from Brunswick,
Ga„ and is 17 miles from Jekyl Island. The preserve
embraces 2434 acres, all in virgin woodland, heavily
timbered, except 200 acres, which are under cultiva-
tion. It is stocked with deer, wild turkey, quail,
snipe, duck, rail and plover, and is considered the
finest game preserve in the South. There are also
four miles of oyster beds, plenty of trout, bass, whit-
ing, etc. There is also a safe harbor for yachts.
On days when it will be impossible to shoot in the
field, trapshooting will hold forth; in fact, trapshoot-
ing will be one of the features of the life at Dover
Hall. Several club houses have been erected and in-
dividual bungalows have been constructed for many
of the members.
Mr. Huston is president of the organization and
George T. Stallings. manager of the Boston Braves,
is vice-president. A few of the others who will enjoy
the pleasures of Dover Hall are John K. Tener, presi-
dent of the National League; B. B. Johnson, presi-
dent of the American League: Edward Barrow,
president of the International League; Jacob Ru-
pert, president of the New York American League
Club; Harry N. Hempstead, president of the New
Y'ork Giants; John J. McGraw, manager of the Gi-
ants: Robert Lee Hedges, formerly owner of the St.
Louis Browns; Charles Comiskey, owner of the Chi-
cago Americans; Harry Stevens, Frank Stevens and
John Conway Toole, director of the New Y'ork Na-
tional League Club; Robert Davis and Norman
Davis, formerly of the Jersey City International
League Club; Archie Hurburt, Bud Fisher, the car-
toonist, and Irvin Cobb, the humorist.
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Big Game Plentiful. — Everett (Wash). — Working
at a shingle bolt camp near Silver Lake, Irving
Spaulding saw two black bear heave in sight. Spauld-
ing had a rifle with him and bagged one of them.
Bear, deer and goats have not in years been so
plentiful and close to Everett as they have this fall.
This is explained as being due to the heavy snows
of last winter, which remained without melting last
summer and prevented the usual crop of blueberries
on which bear feed. In the absence of the berries
they come closer in to find food. Last week six
hunters came in and each had a bear, shot within
twenty miles of Everett.
The snow wiped out most of the Chinese pheasants,
but native grouse and quail are still quite plentiful.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday. October 28, 191
Sportsmen's Row
See before you shoot. It may be a man.
• • •
Pennsylvania has enacted a law giving protection to
the bear. The bag limit is one bear per year.
• • •
Quail are so plentiful in and about Los Angeles
that the public parks are becoming brooding places
for the birds.
• • •
Wyoming has passed a law prohibiting the leaving
in the woods of the meat of elk or deer killed. There
should be a similar law in every State relating to
deer meat.
• • •
The New York Athletic Club, which does no trap-
shooting during the summer months, will open its
season for 1916-1917 today, October 28, and close it
on May 12, 1917. The club will shoot every Satur-
day and Sunday and all holidays during the season,
the shoots on Saturdays to be known as club day
shoots. Shooting will start on all days at 2 o'clock
p. m. sharp. The Olympic Club of San Francisco, and
the other big athletic and social clubs of the Pacific
Coast should take up the sport alluring.
• • •
In an effort to make Spokane county, Washington,
as popular as Yakima county for Chinese pheasants
the Spokane County Game Commission is securing
all the eggs available and having them hatched by
poultrymen throughout the county. Nearly two hun-
dred Chinese pheasants have been liberated in the
county this year and as many more will be turned
loose as soon as the eggs now on hand are hatched
and the young birds are large enough to care for
themselves. "The Chinese pheasant is large and
hardy and winters in fine shape," says Al F. Wise-
man of the Spokane County Game Commission. "Ev-
ery year we will receive a number of birds from the
state game farm at Walla Walla, but we will not be
content with this supply. We plan to buy all the
eggs that are offered for sale and turn them over to
farmers who are interested in game propagation for
hatching. The birds are as easily raised as tame
chickens." — [Game Enthusiast, Spokane, Wash.
• • •
The annual show of the Airedale Club of America
will be held Saturday, December 2 at the McAlpin
Hotel, New York. Theodore Offerman will be the
judge. Last year there were 149 dogs comprising
204 entries and there is hope that this will be ex-
ceeded this year. It is promised that there will be
more than $1,000 in cash and plate offered this year.
• • •
Hunters and residents of the Salmon Mountain
country report inroads upon the deer by Coyotes, the
prospectors about Know Nothing Creek, near GUta,
reporting having found dozens of deer skeletons.
Even through the summer months the coyotes have
been busy and it is not unusual for hunters to hear
the cry of the deer when caught. Bucks are caught
most frequently, as the does do not stand at bay.
• • •
A shipment of 35,000 small rainbow trout, first of
a consignment of 200„000 given the Reno Commer-
cial Club and the Nevada Fish and Game Commis-
sion by the Government, has been planted at the
Verdi hatchery by Secretary Raymer of the Commer-
cial Club and Commissioner J. P. O'Brien. After
they become acclimated they will be placed in the
Truckee river.
• • •
John Berrick, Bill Young and Bob Brown, well
known Los Angeles sportsmen, have just returned
from the T. C. Erringer ranch, near Piru, each bring-
ing the limit of quail, while they report jackrabbits
and sage bunnies in abundance. The boys were roy-
ally entertained by Orville Erringer to game dinners
and some exciting sport, trapping coyotes, etc., this
country abounding in wild animals. Now that coy-
ote skins are bringing $8 this is not only good sport
but remunerative as well. Several bobcats were seen
and. as reported by Bill Young, one large mountain
lion. Since the recent rains Mr. El-ringer's large
fruit orchards are beautiful and thriving, which bids
fair to produce a large crop next year.
• • •
Returning from the Nisqually flats after a day of
successful shooting, a party of nine hunters declared
they had never seen such a variety of ducks on the
flats. In the party were George Scoville, H. F. Bart-
lett, J. A. Pritchard. N. Mills, George Kern, E. McMas-
ters, Edward Zaugg, Toney Beherns and Carl Coon.
This party killed 50 ducks and made the trip to the
fiats on the launch LaThea, under the command of
Capt. Mart Gismervig. "I never saw so many kinds
of ducks in one place," Carl Coons said, "but it
proved rather hard picking for the hunters. There
were mallards, sprigs, teal, widgeon, bluebills, butter
balls, canvasbicks and mud hens galore. We left the
municipal dock Saturday at midnight and got in at
8 o'clock."
• • •
Two dozen desert quail from the Coachella Valley
have been placed on Mt. Rubidoux in Riverside
county by Recorder Logan. There are 500 valley
quail on the mountain now and they consume over
100 pounds: of wheat fed to them each month. Desert
quail are discouraged wherever the better valley
bird can live.
Close to the bodies of eight prospectors found
near Matheson, Ont., during the recent forest fires
was the body of a large bear with its paw up as if it-
had been clawing the air. Nearby a moose was found
dead . A prospector who was able to escape from
another part tells of a wildcat which came and
rubbed up against his legs in friendly fashion and
lay down beside him while it rested and took breath.
• • •
One of the best equipped parties that has left San
Francisco this season "for the wilderness" started
last week for Mendocino and Humboldt counties, In-
tending to go from there into Oregon. Of the party-
were Dr. George M. Chase and wife, Leo Bibo and
Christian Holtumn. With them they took rifles, guns
and fishing tackle galore, there being a gun for al-
most every kind of game likely to be encountered
and a hook for each kind of fish. The party will be
gone a month and perhaps longer.
• • •
Crawfishermen who couldn't wait until October 15,
but desired to stock up In advance at the State's
expense by setting traps before the law allowed, have
had a hard time of it lately. Last week Deputy Pritch-
ard smashed up fifteen traps near San Pedro, and
Sunday, Deputy Barnett wrecked all the traps he
could find near Ventura. So the fishermen who
thought to "steal a march" on their competitors
cheated themselves out of their equipment, and must
begin late. Waiting would have been better business.
• • •
Clarence Nauman will not attempt to race quail
any more after the experience he had during the
week. He was driving Newton H. Neustadter's ma-
chine from a hunt in Santa Clara county when a
traffic cop hauled him in. Clarence explained that
he had been chasing elusive and speedy quail all day
and had lost his customary idea of distance and
speed.
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Game Raised in Washington. — H. Rief, Game War-
den, King county, Wash.: "We have up to this time
reared 1,920 birds to a good size. I am advised that
the State Experimental Station at the penitentiary
at Walla Walla, Washington, has reared 1,828. Most
of these birds were liberated before they reached
maturity. They are all ringnecks.
In addition to the number above mentioned, the
county department has raised some 50 or 60 Prince
of Wales, a number of Reeves, Golden, Silver, Green
and about one dozen California Valley quail. We are
not in the quail business this year, and the lot which
are mentioned herein were wished on us. Next year
I believe that our game farm will branch out into
quail propagation."
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New Regulations fcr Alaska. — The Secretary of
Agriculture has issued the following amendment to
the regulations for the protection of game in Alaska,
with the object of protecting moose and mountain
sheep on the Kenai Peninsula and adjoining region
in Alaska:
"The sale of carcasses or parts thereof of moose
and sheep in the region south of latitude 62 degrees
north and between longitude 141 degrees west and
the western outlet of Lake Clark in longitude 155
degrees west; or the shipment of carcasses or parts
thereof of said animals for sale from Anchorage,
Seward or other points on the Kenai Peninsula, is
hereby prohibited until October 1, 1918, and no car-
casses or parts thereof of said animals shall be ac-
cepted for shipment to other points in Alaska unless
accompanied by affidavit of the owner that they were
not purchased and are not intended for sale."
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N. W. Inter-City Fly-Casting. — Walter F. Backus of
Portland was the prominent figure in the first inter-
city fly and bait casting tournament held by the
Seattle club at Woodland Park, on October loth. The
tournament, which is the first of its kind ever held
there, was a big success.
Thirty entries from the Northwest and Seattle
took part in the meet, in which Portland, Tacoma
and Seattle were the principal participants.
The Multnomah angler was the star caster with
three out of five firsts. John Monette, of Seattle, led
in the bait events, taking first in the accuracy and
the distance. R. S. Hays was also a winner.
The tournament was a preliminary affair to the
big Northwest event, which will be held in Seattle
next summer. The scores:
Half-ounce accuracy bait — Monette, Seattle, 97 per
cent; Bailey, Tacoma, 96 8-10 per cent; Nason, Ta-
coma, 97 7-10 per cent; Flammant, Seattle, 96 per
cent; Allen, Seattle, 9710-15 per cent; Conway, Se-
attle, 97 3-15 per cent.
Accuracy fly — Backus, Portland, 9910-15 per cent;
Hayes, Seattle, 9810-15 per cent; Fredell, Seattle.
98 3-15 per cent: Hutchinson, Tacoma, 98 10-15 per
cent; Allen, Seattle, 9710-15 per cent; Conway, Se-
attle. 97 3-15 per cent.
Quarter-ounce accuracy bait — Nason, Tacoma, 98. 6
perecnt; Monette, Seattle, 96 per cent; Hutchinson,
Tacoma, 93.4 per cent; Bailey, Tacoma, 92.8 per
cent; Bryant, Seattle, 92.5 per cent; Backus, Port-
land, 92 per cent
Distance fly — Backus, Portland, 105 feet; Hayes,
Seattle, 85 feet; Bailey, Tacoma, 81 feet; Farr, Se-
attle, 78 feet; L. F. Hayes, Seattle, 78 feet; Fre-dell,
Seattle, 75 feet.
Half-ounce distance bait, average of five casts —
Backus, Portland. 133 feet; Monette, Seattle, 132
feet; Bailey. Tacoma, 130 feet; Shaffer, Seattle, 123
feet; Gilkev, Tacoma, 109 feet; Flammont, Seattle,
100 feet.
PLENTY OF QUAIL, BUT HARD TO FIND.
Bird Is Smartest of Feathered Tribe and Fool
Many of the Hunters.
Sacramento, Cal. — The fact that very few qua;
hunters returned with the limit after the first shoo
ing of the season has created an impression amon
many that the birds are scarce. This, Deputy Fis
and Game Commissioner George Neale wishes t
dispel, as he declares that the foothills are fairl
alive with the birds.
The California valley quail is not only the games
little bird on wings, he says, "but is also one of th*
smartest of the feathered tribe. It takes an experi
enced hunter and a crack shot to outguess and exac
toll from them. The man who imagines that it j L
only necessary to walk out among them and tafc>
the limit has a rude awakening when he puts hi
theory to the test.
"Early in the season he may be able, if he is tha
sort of a 'sport,' to pot or 'ground sluice' one or two
that is, if he plays Indian and sneaks up on ai
unsuspecting bunch, but once they get to cover. an<
that is where they go without lingering to say good
bye, the inexperienced hunter might just as wel
save his time and energy.
Plenty of quail but few if any limits are the re
ports. Later in the season, when we have had goo<
rains so as to enable a dog to work, and the leave:
are off the trees, then you w-ill hear of more limits
and more satisfactory- quail hunting.
Duck hunters — but only in certain sections when
there is plenty of water and where the birds wen !
bred and raised — had satisfactory shoots. There it
an abundance of home-bred birds in California this,
year — all kinds of them, but they will stay on th<
home grounds until the rain storms scatter them
The storms will bring the northern bred birds, anc
if all reports are true, they will be here this year ir
amazing numbers.
There is almost as much science in hunting ducks ;
as there is in hunting quail. To be a successful
duck hunter you must know their habits; feeding
grounds; how to make a blind: how to arrange your
decoys; how to call the birds, or "talk to them", and
a thousand and one other things. A wild duck is
as wary and suspicious as a pawnbroker. Let him
get an idea that there is something wrong and he is
not coming anywhere near you, and you have to be
mighty cute to keep him from thinking that some-
thing isn't wrong.
Upland hunters report seeing or killing very few
cottontail or brush rabbits, and many came home
with the impression that there are few of them to be
found, but this is probably accounted for by the
bright moonlight nights just now, when the rabbits
feed at night and hunt close cover for sleep during
the cold hours of earlv morning.
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S. F. Fly-Casting Scores. — The "regulars" made up
the squad that represented the San Francisco Fly-
Casting Club at Stow lake Saturday and Sunday.
Many members were absent, but those who put in
an appearance found casting conditions excellent
Saturday a light southwest w-ind prevailed, but on
Sunday the weather was clear, with no wind. As
a result, good distance casts with salmon flies were
made.
Colonel Burgin made a cast of 137 feet, the best of
the day. S. Forbes came second with a toss of 128
feet. The results of the Saturday and Sunday casting
follow :
SATURDAY.
— Accuracy —
L.T. 5-oz. D.T. %-oz. lure
J. Springer 21 20 20
C. H. Kewell 11 13 14
P. E. Shattuck 17 10 30
Colonel Burgin 11 14 27
J. Springer 24 21 20
C. H. Kewell 8 9 23
P. W. Shattuck 18
F". J. Cooper 9 10 10
P. W. Shattuck (95 H. T.) 87
Colonel Burgin 8 16 74
F. J. Cooper 28 25 11
SUNDAY.
— Accuracy —
L.T. %-oz. LtT. Sal.fly
5-oz D.T. lure dis. dis.
P. W. Shattuck 11 32 .. 94 125
Joseph Springer ...14 .. .. 90 162
C. H. Kewell 5 21 .. 95 116
S. Forbes .. .. 101 128
Colonel Burgin . . . . 110 137
F. J. Cooper 10 .. .. 95 105
H. Thompsen . . . . . . 120
F.J.Cooper 10 17 32
F. J. Cooper 10 14 4
Joseph Springer . . . . 88
S. Forbes 108
Colonel Burgin . . . . 97
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O. C. Johnson of Lindsay, who is lying in the sani-
tarium suffering from a double bite from a rattle-
snake, remains without much change in his condition.
Johnson's pulse is still very low. When he was bit-
ten, his brother who was with him, tied a bandage
very tightly around his leg to prevent the poison
spreading. Johnson removed this bandage himself
some time after the wound had been cauterized in
Corcoran, allowing the poison to spread and aggra-
vating his condition.
.Saturday, October 28, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
11
DUCK AND QUAIL SEASON OPENS GOOD.
Hunters Have No Complaint About Their Luck;
Dos Palos Ships Out the Most Birds.
The duck and quail season is now two weeks old
aid the hunters have no serious complaints to make.
3uail have been hard to bag but they are plentiful
tnd the scatter-gun artists are counting on better
uck later on. Ducks have been bagged at points
ibout the bay but they are not flying up in the rice
lelds as yet. It will take a heavy rain to improve
;he sport inland.
Dos Palos is credited with being the best hunting
|>pot for ducks so far. Last Sunday, for an example,
1*00 birds were shipped from the San Joaquin Valley,
According to a statement made to the Fish and Game
Commission by Wells, Fargo Express Company. From
Sacramento valley 120 were shipped. The express
companies are compelled under the law to keep track
of the shipment of dead game.
! Of the 800 ducks from the San Joaquin 330 came
ifrom Dos Palos. Shipments from other towns in the
San Joaquin, such as Firebaugh and Mendota, were
nowhere in comparison with Dos Palos. And, the
records show, the beating administered by Los Palos
to other localities in number of ducks shipped is
nothing new or novel. Every season, every week,
every Sunday Dos Palos ships more ducks into San
Francisco than does any other locality.
Now the question arises: Where is Dos Palos? A
locality that ships more ducks than any other in the
State is certain to be claimed and made much of by
the county in which it is located.
But there's the rub. Dos Palos as a hunting ground
is in three counties. Part of it, and probably the
biggest part, is in Merced county; but it extends
into Fresno and Madera counties. Each county can
claim a slice, while Dos Palos itself, through its
Chamber of Commerce, can swell up and invite the
State's sportsmen to come and visit the swellest,
finest, ideal happy hunting grounds of California.
Hunting around the bay Sunday last was very
good, and particularly so in the district of Alvarado,
Alameda county, ten members of the Pastime Club
getting as many limits. One member, in fact, became
over-enthusiastic and killed twenty-seven, for which
he has been cited to appear in court. E. L. Hogg was
one of several who obtained limits in the Suisun
marshes, and S. M. Burlew, H. Smith and J. C. Wil-
son were others.
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While the birds were still plentiful and a few limit
bags were shot Sunday, duck hunters report that
they had to wait longer and work harder for good
results than on opening day. Not only are the birds
said to be flying high, but great flocks of them cling
to the middle of the bay and it is impossible to
approach them. A good, stiff wind of a day or two
would drive these flocks, which number far into the
thousands, to the bay edges, breaking them into
smaller flocks and making the shooting better.
• • •
Marty Egan and Louis Ratto picked up some stray
birds about Mount Eden, managinfi to fill up their
duffle bags.
• • •
G. A. Hebgen, M. W. Sexton and B. Sawden each
brought in a limit bag from the Chiquita Club in the
Suisun marsh.
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Los Angeles, Cal. — One week of the big hunting
season for Southern California has passed, and dur-
ing this opening week reports of good duck, quail
and rabbit hunting have been brought into Los An-
geles by the thousands of hunters who have jour-
neyed out.
On the opening day there was too large a crowd
out hunting to make it comfortable for any one. The
crowds of hunters were so numerous and created so
much excitement that the duck shooting has been
nothing wonderful since, although the birds are
known to be there.
But hunters have refused to worry as yet. All who
have gone out have gotten some game, even though
It was only one bird or one cottontail. The damp
foggy weather which the Southland has had during
the past week is ideal for ducks. With the exception
of stormy, rainy weather it is the best to hunt in.
The best duck-hunting weather is when it is rain-
ing or when it is cold and the wind is blowing. One
thing that makes the hunting so good on the lakes
or on an open stretch of water is that the ducks like
to get out where there is plenty of wind.
For quail it is different and also for rabbits. A
fairly warm day with sunshine seems to suit the
rabbits and quail best, for it is upon these days that
most of them are shot. Quail will be numerous all
this season. Such is the opinion of all the old-time
hunting experts, who have made a study of the hunt-
ing conditions.
Early rains have started the grass growing on the
mountains and many of the quail have gone to the
high regions. But they will not stay there all the
time. Later they will come down to the lowlands
and feed upon the grain and other birds will then fly
to the mountains. This assures the hunters of a con-
tinual new supply of quail all the time.
Duck hunting will be better than ever in another
month when the heavy rains start in the north. The
ducks are not usually so numerous during the early
part of the season, as they are now, but the early
rains have caused some of them to come south. Soon
as the heavier rains start more ducks will start
coming southward, and then hunters can begin look-
ing for some of the best shooting that has ever been
had in the section.
Of the local shooting places the district around
Los Alamitos, Sunset Beach and other southern low-
lands seem to be attracting the largest crowd of
hunters. Here ducks have been shot all week long
and still they are coming in.
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CALIFORNIA RIFLE SHOTS WIN HONORS.
HISTORY OF LAST ELK IN STATE OF UTAH.
Head Is Recovered After Lying at Foot of Pine Tree
For Thirty Years.
[By E. C. Crossman.]
State Camp (Fla.), Oct. 23.— When the last bullet
of the last string of shots at the 1000-yard range
went hissing up the cold head wind to the dim target
in the great national individual match Monday,
A. L. Thomson of the Los Angeles Rifle and Revol-
ver Club was found with a strangle hold on fourth
place out of the 933 sharks entered. Also, the esti-
mable Mr. Thomson had gathered in $65 and a gold
medal, presented to the fourth man in the match.
Not until Spencer, another civilian shot of the
Mound City Rifle Club of St. Louis, had fired his last
shot, a five, on the faintly-lighted target, was the
result of the match determined. A slip on his part
would have put the Los Angeles man and the two
men in second and third, above his total, but he came
through with 274 in fiendish conditions of light and
wind, while Thomson, with a 269 out of 300, appar-
ently good for first, had finally to take fourth.
The great shoot breaks any records in this country
for men entered, nearly 1000 riflemen facing the tar-
gets, and a cold head wind that brought tears to the
eyes, and still more when the scores were posted.
Each man fired twenty shots rapid fire, at 200 yards,
twenty shots at 600 and twenty shots at 1000 yards,
no sighting or trial shots allowed.
The high, cold wind, the fag end of the storm on
the lakes, put many a shark shot on the slide in the
rapid-fire stage, which is shot in the kneeling posi-
tion, while more grief came at the 1000-yard range,
where bullseyes and misses alternated.
In the first 20 men out of the aforesaid 900 odd,
C. T. Blank of San Francisco and Pritchard of the
same town, both men fellow-members of the Califor-
nia Civilian Rifle Team with Thomson, landed elev-
enth and thirteenth, with 268 each, which also car-
ried with it a gold medal and ?30 cash. Tuesday
morning the team match for the team championship
of the country starts at 7 a. m., twenty-five civilian
teams of twelve men each and thirty-six militia and
service teams in the first shoot ever opened to the
civilian rifle shots.
The California civilian rifle team, composed of men
from the Los Angeles Rifle Club and the Olympic
Club of San Francisco, has taken eight places in the
first thirty-five in the aggregate of the association
matches, and fourth, eleventh and thirteenth in the
greatest individual shoot ever held in this country.
"Here's to California."
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A Story of a Robin. — I was experimenting last year
with a new and very early strawberry, which began
to show color as early as the twenty-eighth of May.
I had only a few plants and allowed but few berries
to mature.
A pair of robins had built a nest in the top of a
large honeysuckle vine surrounding my piazzi, and
in due time hatched out their little ones. My atten-
tion was frequently called to them, not only because
of the number of insects the old birds were con-
stantly bringing to the nest, but the peculiar cry of
the little ones made as the old birds approached the
nest with food, sounding as though they said, "It is
my turn next," interested me.
Awakening a little earlier than usual one morning.
I determined to devote an hour to discovering just
how many insects the old birds brought to the nest
during that time. Imagine my surprise when I
counted no less than forty-six, consisting of a large,
white caterpillar, a few white millers, and a soft,
quite large worm, that looked in the distance like
a cutworm. Not a particle of vegetable matter of
any kind was taken, although a half-acre of straw-
berries was only a few feet away. Before feeding the
worm the old bird always stopped in a gravel path
near by, held it in its claw, pulling it through with
its beak and breaking it up, so that when it was fed
it was soft and liinp.
Now the summer days are long, and yet I never
passed that nest but that I could hear the cry for
more, and see old ones coming and going, always
with an insect of some kind. Imagine the number of
insects that pair of birds destroyed in those long
summer days! The loss of my few strawberries
was nothing compared with the gain from the de-
struction of insects. I enjoyed my hour of study of
those industrious little harbingers of early spring,
and I must agree with the American Game Protec-
tive Association that "the extermination of the insect-
eating birds will prove a detriment to the fruit-
growers in the long run."
Mr. Townsend, who subscribes himself "farmer and
fruit-grower," in submitting his little story, gives
us its interesting history, which is as follows:
"This little story of the robin was written fifteen
years ago, at a time when the farmers of New York
and New Jersey were trying to get passed a law
giving farmers the right to kill robins found on their
premises. A legislator of New Jersey told me this
story defeated the bill."
Probably there is not an elk head in Utah with a
more unique history and few handsomer ones than
that in the possession of W. J. Seely, deputy state
auditor.
For thirty-two years the head lay at the base of a
pine tree, marking the place on East mountain,
Emery county, where fell the last of the herd of elk
that ranged the mountains east of Sanpete county
wrhen the pioneers came.
The animal was shot in the fall of 1881 by Mr.
Seely's father, Justus Wellington Seely II, a resident
then and now of Castle Dale, Emery county. Mr.
Seely has kept as a souvenir the huge slug that he
fired int othe body of the elk from a rifle of old-time
pattern. The bullet was found just under the skin
of the animal on the opposite side of the body from
the point of entrance. One shot was sufficient.
Dressing the carcass, Mr. Seely stood the head,
with its spreading antlers of a dozen points, up
against a pine tree. With the assistance of J. H.
Wilcox and C. E. Larsen, also settlers of Emery
county, he loaded the meat of the elk on two pack
mules and took it into the valley, where the hamlets
of Orangeville and Castle Dale were just beginning
an existence. The meat was distributed among the
settlers.
Three years ago the head was recovered by J. W.
Seely, Jr., of Castle Dale. He found it, from direc-
tions given by his father, just where it had been left
more than a fourth of a century before.
It in turn was placed upon a pack mule and taken
down into the valley, then shipped to Salt Lake to
Mr. Seely of the state auditor's office.
Some trouble was encountered in getting the skin
of a head that would suffice for a covering, so large
was the ancient skull. One was finally obtained from
near Yellowstone National Park and mounting of the
historic head was possible. Upon seeing the com-
pleted head, Mr. Seely felt amply repaid for his trou-
ble and expense. It does not look as if it had lain
for more than thirty years at the foot of a pine tree
o na mountain top.
Mr. Seely, who shot the animal, is now 66 years of
age. He was born in Salt Lake City in 1847, of pio-
neer parents. He was a pioneer of Castle valley and
an Indian war veteran. He is a brother of John H.
Seely of Mt. Pleasant and of Orange Seely of Castle
Dale, after whom the nearby town of Orangeville
was named. He weighs about 100 pounds less than
his brother. Orange, who feels in the best of health
at 285 pounds.
That the elk killed by Mr. Seely was probably the
last of the herd that ranged (he mountains between
Sanpete and Emery county when the settlers first
moved in has been made apparent from the fact that
none is known ever to have been seen there since
that time until the mountains were recently restocked
by the state. The immense size of the animal is
credited to the fact that of all the herd it alone had
possessed the speed and sagacity to persist after all
its fellows had been either shot by hunters or pulled
down by the mountain lions that were numerous in
the section at that time.
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Shoots "a Duck a Minute" — Hall McAllister, ex-
Supervisor of San Francisco, returned the first of
the week from a record duck hunt in the Suisun
marshes. McAllister celebrated his fifty-fifth birth-
day by bagging the limit of twenty-five ducks in
twenty-five minutes.
The blind was reached a few minutes before 6
o'clock Sunday morning, and at exactly 5:50 o'clock
McAllister opened fire. At 6:20 he had bagged his
limit, which brings the time to approximately a duck
a minute. The birds were shot one by one. no flock
shots being taken. McAllister started shooting ducks'
on the Suisun marsh in his fifteenth year, back in
1876. His shoot Sunday was his fortieth season on
the marsh.
The other members of the Cordelia Club and guests
that bagged limits were: James Otis, Louis Wein-
mann and W. Hoag.
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Game Deputies Appointed.— Results of the recent
examination for deputy fish and game commission-
ers was announced as follows by the civil service
commission:
Los Angeles Diserict— C. C. Brenner, Desconso;
W. A. Weymouth, San Diego.
Sacramento District — J. H. Sanders, Truckee;
E. W. Bolt, Gridley; R. E. Ludlum. Los Molinos;
W. B. Pendleton, Loomis; C. M. Blodgett, Sacra-
mento.
San Francisco District— E. V. Moody, Santa Cruz;
F. B. Nesbitt, Salinas; H. S. Prescott, Crescent City.
California Rifle Team Wins. — Jacksonville. (Fla.).
Oct. 24.— The California National Guard team with
2923 points out of a possible 3600 was leading the
eight teams, which tonight finished the team match
of the national board for promotion of rifle practice.
The Ohio civilian team was second, with 28S0, and
the Missouri civilian team third, with 2856.
The remaining five teams which finished shooting
todav in the fact of a cold, tricky wind, are: Mich-
igan' civilian, 2790; South Dakota civilian. 2577;
Utah civilian. 2477; Arkansas civilian, 2165, and
Florida Military Academy, 1935
12
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, October 28, 19
A REWARD FOR MERIT.
Prize Boy Farmers of California Set Forth on Trans-
continental Journey.
In quest of new ideas in good farming, the twenty-
four champion hoy farmers of California have set
forth on a ninethousand-mile journey. They won
this month's triD in a special car by defeating eleven
hundred competitors in the University of California's
annual crop-growing contests for high school agricul-
tural clubs. In reward for such achievements as that
of Aubrey Williamson of Brentwood, who netted
$95.90 from a single acre of feterita by raising three
times as much of this sorghum to the acre as the
California average, or Logan Briscoe of Madera, who
fed two pigs so that in 210 days they gained 478
pounds, these boys are to be led by Professor B. H.
Crocheron of the University of California on a visit
to the most famous orchards, breeding farms, and
agricultural industries of America, so as to bring
back to California the stimulation of knowledge of
the best methods in farming in other parts of the
country. The University's object is to help train
leaders for country life in California.
After attending a two-day State convention at the
University of California Farm at Davis, where 350
prize-winners from the boys' high school agriculture
clubs of California were present, and spending a day
at Berkeley, where the 350 boys were welcomed to
the university at exercises in the Greek theatre,
taken underground into the university's experimental
mine, and to the top of the 300-foot Sather Cam-
panile, the twenty-four champions left Berkeley in a
special car. After a daylight ride on Monday, Octo-
ber 16, past Mount Shasta and Mount Lassen, the
only active volcano in the United States, Tuesday,
October 17th was devoted by their itinerary to seeing
flax fields and general farming near Salem, Oregon,
and visiting the stock yards in Portland; Wednesday,
October 18, to a visit to canneries and the experiment
station near Tacoma and the University of Washing-
ton at Seattle; Thursday, Oct. 19, to an automobile
tour through the Spokane Valley; Friday, October
20, to an automobile ride through the country about
Missoula, Montana, and a visit to mines and smelters
at Butte; Saturday, October 21, to the journey across
Wyoming, and Sunday, October 22, to a trip around
Denver and a daylight ride across Colorado.
Monday, October 23, has been assigned to a visit
to the Kansas State Agriculture College at Manhat-
tan, and to Kansas City; Tuesday, October 24, to a
visit to the Chicago stock yards; Wednesday, Oc-
tober 25, to a visit to Niagara and to seeing the grain
elevators and lake shipping of Buffalo; Thursday,
October 26, to inspecting factories in Rochester and,
by automobile, neighboring fruit districts and the
Irondequoit vegetable section; Friday, October 27,
to inspecting the works of the General Electric Com-
pany at Schnectady and a visit to Albany.
Arriving at Boston on October 27, on Saturday, Oc-
tober 28 they will visit the Fish Pier, the commission
district, and other sights of Boston, and go by auto-
mobile to Cambridge, Lexington, and Concord.
Sunday, October 29, they will arrive in New York
and have a morning visit to the Bronx Zoological
Park and an afternoon automobile ride to Grant's
Tomb and to Central Park. Monday, October 30,
they will see the selling of California fruit in the
New York commission district, visit the East Side,
and have a theatre party at the Hippodrome. Tues-
day, October 31, they will visit the Metropolitan Mu-
seum and the American Museum of Natural History,
and then go to Plainsboro, New Jersey, to visit model
dairy farms and barns. They will spend that night in
Philadelphia, and on Wednesday, November 1, see
historic sites and make an automobile tour to farms
about Philadelphia. Thursday, November 2, they will
spend in and about Baltimore, and from Friday, No-
vember 3 to Sunday, November 5, they will be in
Washington. Monday, November 6, they will visit
the Hampton Institute at Old Point Comfort and have
an automobile tour about Norfolk. Tuesday, Novem-
ber 7, they will visit Richmond and have a daylight
ride across the Valley of Virginia. Wednesday, No-
vember 8, they will spend at Lexington, Kentucky,
seeing the neighboring stock farms. Thursday,
November 9, they will visit Chattanooga, and Friday,
November 10, New Orleans. Saturday, November 11,
they will see sugar factories and sugar cane planta-
tions near Franklin, Louisiana, and go by automobile
through farming country around Lafayette. Sunday,
November 12, they will have a daylight ride across
Texas. Monday, November 13, they will visit the
farm of the University of Arizona at Tucson and in-
spect great irrigation projects in the neighborhood.
Tuesday, November 14, will be spent in seeing citrus
orchards and other crops in the region of Los An-
geles, where more wealth per acre per annum comes
out of the ground than anywhere else in America.
Tuesday night, November 14, the boys will scatter to
their homes.
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In the sale of Blackfaced rams held at Lanark in
Scotland recently a new record for the breed was
established when Mrs. Waters, Glenample, Perth-
shire, paid $1,500 to James Clark, Crossflat, for a
shearling. The highest price previously was $1,250.
The closing-out sale of all the Percherons owned
by the late T. A. Shepherd, Pawnee, HI., on Oct. 5th
proved a successful auction and drew bidders from a
number of states. The stud sire sold for $1000 and
the average for the entire sale was $442.
Horse Breeding in Denmark.
With reference to light horses, the Danish Gc '
ernment expert reports that during recent yea
there has been an improved demand for and sale ;
horses of that stamp which are derived from t
United Kingdom and Sweden, also in former yea
from Germany, and some are also bred in Denmai
a percentage of them being by English-bred sires.
The average price before the war for the Frederil |
borg horse or Danish light horse was about £40, b
it has probably gone up since then under the pr<
sure of German demand; exact statistics are not
yet available. The average prices realized at til
chief Jutland foal auctions are quoted at from £
to £25, and such prices show a tendency to increasj
so that breeders have no reason to complain.
Seeing that most of the horses are sold befo
they reach the age of four, full-aged animals a
scarce on the market, and they go up to £50 i
higher. Prices for stud horses are naturally in exce
of those quoted and more variable; for a good th
oughbred sire, preferably of British pedigree, plen
of money is forthcoming. Several horses and ma
of that class have been imported into Denmark
breeding purposes, and they have generally do
well. The climate seems to suit them all right
London Live Stock Journal.
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Alfalfa Produces Cheap Pork.
"Alfalfa as a teed for hogs will produce more po
per acre than any other forage crop grown in Ka
sas," asserts Ray Gatewood, instructor in anin
husbandry in the Kansas State Agricultural colle
"By experiments conducted on the college far:
says Mr. Gatewood, "it was shown that 170 poun
of green alfalfa, cut and fed in a dry lot, was equ
to 100 pounds of corn. Six pounds of corn
necessary to produce one pound of pork, so the
pounds of alfalfa produced 16 2-3 pounds of por
Estimating that during the season an acre of alfa
will yield 20,000 pounds of green hay, this, if cut an
fed green with corn, would make 2,000 pounds o
pork. Figuring the pork at 6 cents a pound, it woul
mean that an acre of alfalfa was worth $120.
"In an experiment on pasturing, it was shown tlia
an acre of alfalfa pastured for 163 days produce'
591.8 pounds of pork. Care should be taken not t
pasture too closely, as alfalfa will not stand heav;
foraging. It is best to so pasture that at least tw
cuttings of hay may be taken off in addition to tha
eaten by the hogs."
<•> «> <8>
One of the biggest mule sales ever held in thi
South occurred on Oct. 10th at the farm of Lewii
Motlow, Lynchburg, Tenn., 206 head selling for apk
proximately $40,000. Some mules sold under thi,i
hammer for as much as $560 per span. About 2,001
people attended the sale.
$1.00 NOMINATES YOUR MARE IN
THE WESTERN HORSEMAN
FOR FOALS OF MARES BRED IN 1916 FOALS OF 1917
TO RACE AS THREE-YEAR-OLDS IN 1920
• ■m-^-—-~*'*- »■ ■-< »>^-^ -"- -*- ^ M^ ■ < ANNUALCI.ASSIC
Every Cent Paid in Payments — With Accrued Interest TO BE PAID TO THE WINNERS AND NOMINATORS IN 1920
CONSERVATIVELY ESTIMATED VALUE $10,000.00
And If Worth More The Winners Will Get More
$300 WILL BE PAID TO NOMINATORS OF THE DAMS OF THE MONEY WINNERS
Total Cost to Year of Race Only $II.OO
CONDITIONS — Open for the nomination of mares bred in 1916 — foals of 1917, to
close November 1, 1916. A fee of $1 will be charged for each mare nominated. Nom-
inations must be made on or before November 1. 1916. at which time the nominator
must give the name, breeding and description of the mare, and the name of the
etallion to which she was bred In 1916.
PAYMENTS— On November 1, 1917. a payment of $5 will be due on each foai
■which it is desired to keep eligible, when color and sex of foal must be given, and on
May 1. 191 S, an additional payment of $5 must be made on all foals kept good, in-
cluding substitutes. All payments received up to and including May 1. 191S, will be
apportioned 65 per cent for trotters and 35 per cent for pacers. Thereafter, all
payments received on trotters will go to the trotting division, and all payments
received on pacers will go to the pacing division.
KO ADDITIONAL PAYMENT TILL YEAR OF THE RACE, and not one cent
liability at any time beyond the amount paid In or specifically contracted for. On
May 1. 1920, the rear of the race, a payment of $40 on trotters and $20 on pacers
■will fall due, and on the first day of the meeting at which It is raced, a starting
lee of $100 on trotters and $50 on pacers nrust be paid.
THE ABSOZTJTE GUARANTEE of The Western Horseman Co. Is that every,
dollar received on payments, and every cent of accrued interest (we never use a cent
of stake money, but put every dollar out at Interest the day it Is received), shall go
into the stake, and be paid out in spot cash, to the winners.
SUBSTITUTION — Any nominator may, up to November 1, 1917. substitute any
other foal regardless of breeding, or by whom bred, for the one originally nominated,
but only original nominator may substitute.
RACING CONDITIONS — This stake will be raced during the fall of 1920, when
nominated foals are three years old, over a first-class mile track, and will be con-
tested under the 1916 rules and regulations of the parent association in which the
track holds membership.
MONEY DIVISIONS — The sum of $200 will be retained from the trotting division
and $100 from* the pacing division, and will be paid to the nominators of the money
winners in the same ratio as the purse money is divided. In accordance with the
number of money winners.
The total amount received for each division (with deductions noted above) will
be divided among the winners in the ratio of 50. 25, 15 and 10 per cent, the usual
four moneys. If less than four starters are eligible to the money at the close of the
race such part of the stake as remains shall go to the winner. Races best two
in three, mile heats. Trotting and pacing horse breeders, both large and small, are
cordially invited to consider the liberality of this stake and its absolute equity and
fairness and to send their nominations to
THE WESTERN HORSEMAN COMPANY, Indianapolis, Indiana
nurday. October 28, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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THE FARM
TUNING TREES AFTER FRUIT IS
OFF.
[From Pacific Rrural Press.]
There is considerably more late
ite summer pruning of apricots,
aches, and prunes, this season than
er before. Its maximum benefits
ill be obtained by those who pruned
rectly after the fruit was off, but
seems worth while to do it at any
ne now.
Arguments against the practice are
at is removes functioning organs
eaves) of the tree, starving it to that
tent; it opens the inside to danger
sunburn; and in some districts it
.ay help the disease known as apri-
t rust.
.Arguments for the practice are in
ineral, that it directs all the energy
the tree into the fruit spurs which
main, developing them so they can
t and mature fruit; it tends to
use the leaves remaining, to func-
i>n later in the season, thus making
'i for the loss of those pruned out;
prevents waste of plant food in de-
loping wood, buds, and spurs which
auld be pruned out in winter any-
iy-
nong those who practice apricot
miner pruning is G. H. Waters of
>mona. He wrote us July 22: "I
ink I have demonstrated beyond any
lestion that summer and fall rpuning
apricots is much the best. While
e crop was very short this year, it
is not from any fault of the prun-
g, but because of heavy rains we
id at the time they were in full
oom. Peaches I do not prune heav-
i in the fall, but usually in January,
e are figuring now on pruning apri-
•ts in August and September."
Another is J. M. McKinnon of Sara-
ga. This is the fourth year he has
uned apricots right after the fruit
as off; and several of his neighbors
sited him this summer to learn and
•actice his system. He has about
io acres of Blenheims 20 years old
id 1% acres seven years old. Since
e young trees were later in matur-
g their fruit, the old trees had been
lined before all fruit was picked
om the young ones this season.
From the 3% acres, he got 16 tons
•een this year; 17% or 18 tons last
jar; about 23 tons in 1914. The
>ar before that, the orchard not hav-
g been summer pruned, there was
ily 11 tons. However, the young
ees were too young to bear much
at year anyway.
Previous to that, the orchard had
;en bearing irregularly; and one
>rner had never borne at all to speak
'. That corner is now the best
elding part.
"Since I've been summer rpuning I
>t strong blossoms and good crops,"
lys Mr. McKinnon.
The older trees do not grow after
le fruit is off, but the young ones
}. For this reason, the young ones
re pruned later, as the new growth
not desired or necessary here. Some
its on the young trees this summer
ere an inch in diameter.
No irrigation is given in fall, and
le trees have given no evidence o£
mburn. No fertilizer at all has been
iven the apricots.
Peaches and prunes are also pruned
ght after the fruit is off, though this
I so late that the benefit is less no-
ceable.
IEASURING HAY IN THE STACK.
Estimating the number of tons of
&J in a stack by measuring is often
^sorted to when it is inconvenient or
npractical to weigh it. It is impos-
ble to give a rule for measuring hay
hich is entirely satisfactory. The fol-
>wing one has often been used, states
rot. E. G. Schafer, of the Washing-
in experiment station, at Pullman,
nd approximates the correct weight:
"Width plus over, divided by four
nd squared, then multiplied by the
length and divided by 512."
The above rule assumes that the
cross section of a stack may be ob-
tained by dividing the width plus over
measurement by four and squaring it.
Stacks vary so much in shape that
this cannot be absolutely true with all
stacks. The above rule also assumes
that there are 512 cubic feet in a ton.
The length of time a stack has been
built, the size of a stack or the amount
it has settled, also the kind of hay,
all influence the weight of a certain
volume of hay. The above or other
rules should not be relied upon unless
it is impossible to weigh hay when it
is sold.
Problem — Assume that a hay stack
measures 18 feet wide, 26 feet, over
(distance from ground on one side up
over the stack and to the ground on
other side), and 30 feet long.
The solution would be: Eighteen
plus 26, equals 44; 44 divided by 4,
equals 11; 11 squared, equals 121;
121 times 30, equals 3,630 cubic feet
in stack; 3,630 divided by 512, equals
7.09 tons.
Pumpkins As Hog Feed. — Pumpkins
and squashes form an appetizing ra-
tion for fall and winter for young pigs
and brood sows.
Hogs that are being fed for fatten-
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concentrates they will eat before they
are given the pumpkins. When feeding
pumpkins, most of the seeds should
be removed, because when they are
fed in large quantities with concen-
trates, they have an injurious effect
upon the urinary organs.
Pumpkins will take the place of
roots in winter and form a succulent
food. Their feeding value is not as
high as that of turnips or mangels.
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Choice Land In Idaho
Lewis ton, Idaho, Is situated at the
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960 acres 1V% miles from Lewlston, Ida-
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acres fall plowed for spring crop, about
30 acres in alfalfa. All fenced and cross
fenced. Two good springs with big cem-
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ctment reservoir, water piped to house,
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electric lights. Large horse barn with
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barn; cow barn with two box stalls; hog
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cellar with bunk house overhead. $85 per
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balance to suit purchaser, at 7 per cent
interest. One-third of crop goes with
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Mild climate, can raise all kinds of fruit,
grain and vegetables. Wheat in this
country goes from 35 to 65 bushels per
acre, barley 40 to 80 bushels per »cre.
320 acres 4^ miles south of Vollmer,
Idaho, 275 acres In cultivation, balance in
pasture and timber, farm land lays prac-
tically level, one-third of crop goes with
place If sold before harvest. Some fall
wheat already sown. All fenced and cross
fenced. Quarter section of It fenced hog
tight; good four-room houso, wood shed,
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house, well at house, fair stabling and
out buildings, spring and spring creek
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Price $70 per acre, one-third casb, bal-
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238 acres 4^4 miles from Lewlston, Ida-
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40 miles from Lewlston, Idaho. Well
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from Lewlston. Idaho, about 75 acres In
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Price $40 per acre, one-third cash, balance
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Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, October 28, 1916
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BEAUTIFUL BELVEDERE
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CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
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The Treatment of the Colt's
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POPULARITY OF SADDLE HORSES.
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ONE MONTH FROM TODAY nominations will
lose for the 17th Pacific Breeders' Futurity. When
his stake was inaugurated seventeen years ago, the
narness horse breeding and racing industry was not
|0 a very flourishing condition in California. It had
iot recovered from the slump of 1897 and 1898, when
iispersal sales of such farms as the San Mateo Stock
I'arni and others showed that the demand for trot-
ing bred horses was not heavy. Who of those that
Lttended the sale of the above named farm at San
.fateo in 1898 will ever forget how its founder
ooked as he sat on the platform and saw his choicest
nares going at from $35 to $120 a head, while the
■oung stallions could hardly attract a bid? Prince
Urlie, a finely bred horse that he had selected to
ake the place of Guy Wilkes, was knocked down
or the insignificant sum of $270 and was purchased
»y Mr. Gardner F. Williams and shipped to Kimberly,
South Africa. The horse business was at a low ebb
:hen, but many of the colts and fillies sold at that
sale for ridiculous prices were re-sold a few years
ifter at a large profit and many of them took low
records. Mares that went for a song became great
broodmares and their produce brought their owners
large sums year after year. About that time there
was little harness racing in California and that year
but three or four meetings were given in California,
the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Associa-
tion endeavoring to supply a want by giving a three
weeks' program of dash racing at Oakland with
most disastrous results to the association's treasury.
rhat was the year the appropriations for district
tairs were cut off and they have never been renewed
since. But as times grew better horse values in-
creased and after a year or two something of a
California circuit was arranged by several of the
mile track towns holding meetings. Then the Pacific
Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association came to
the rescue and in 1900 Pacific Breeders' Futurity
Stake No. 1 was announced. Soon the horse breed-
ing business revived and as the stakes were closed
each succeeding year they received from two to
three hundred nominations. During the past few
pears there has been another slump here in California
md the last Pacific Breeders' Futurity received but
71 nominations. But there is a rainbow on the hori-
jon of the trotting horse industry and there is every
indication of bright sunshine during the next few
years with prices much greater than they are at the
present time. A good colt that is well staked, that is,
has earning capacity, will not go begging when the
foals of 1917 are two and three years old. We will
have a good circuit of fairs in California by that
time. We had a little circuit this year — just a small
one — with many intervals and long jumps, but the
horse people are demanding a real circuit and they
ire going to get it. So this is the time to nominate
Kour mares in the futurities. We think there will be
1 few more nominations than last year, which will
ihow that the business is getting better. We think
so because several nominations have already been
received. One man that made but one nomination
n the last stake has already named four mares in
Stake No. 17. And the date of closing is a month off
ret. Several others have already made nominations
md the indications are that the stake will fill well.
So if you own a mare that you believe to be in foal
:o a trotting or pacing horse, send in her name before
December 4th. It will only cost $2 and if you own a
nare that you thought enough of to mate with a
As has been the case In several past seasons,
Thomas W. Murphy heads the list of winning driv-
ers, while Cox is a closer competitor than the former
has had in past years. Murphy's total this year is
$±,280 less than he won on the Grand Circuit last
year with the world's one-season biggest money
winner, Peter Scott, in his string, while this year he
drove the fourth, fifth, seventh and ninth biggest
winning trotters in the list of twelve and the second
best winning pacer.
As a winning driver Cox made a record for himself
this season with a total of $73,339 to his credit. This
we believe to be the largest amount the New England
driver has ever won in one season. This year he
won $30,605 more than last year, his total winnings
in 1915 being $42,734. The figures show that while
the difference between the two leading drivers last
year was $40,456 in favor of Murphy, this year it is
only $8,571, again in favor of the Poughkeepsie
horseman.
Lon McDonald, who holds third position, reached
the same figures he won last year, being short only
$440 compared with his winnings in 1915. In spite
of his retirement from racing twice during the season
by accidents and injuries. Pop Geers still holds
fourth position in the list, but is short of $9,275 com-
pared with last year. This shortage, however, was
practically made up by his horses driven either by
Frank G. Jones at North Randall and Detroit and by-
Murphy later in the season.
Next to Cox, Charley Valentine, the Columbus
driver, makes the best showing compared with 1915,
as after absenting himself from three meetings —
Poughkeepsie, Hartford and Syracuse — he won $8,260
more than in 1915, and stands fifth in the list, while
Ben White, next in line, shows an increase of $7,598
over his winnings of last year.
The total amount won by the seventeen drivers
listed, was $360,679, or an average of $21,220 each,
leaving still quite a snug amount to be divided among
others that were only occasional visitors to the big
line or carted around horses of ordinary quality.
Winning Horses.
Had the table for winning trotters extended fur-
ther, there would be another dozen or more that won
over $2,000, and a half-dozen at least that reached
the $3,000 mark, also pacers of the $2,000 mark. The
list of the twenty-four biggest winners given here
totals $215,281, or $145,416 less than amounts won by
the drivers, showing that as far as performing horses
were concerned the distribution of purse and stake
moneys were wider compared with the smaller fields
of starters almost everywhere than in former sea-
sons.
The dozen biggest trotters took away $144,994, or
an average of $12,082, headed by Mabel Trask, who
as the season's topnotcher won over $17,000 less than
last year's best winner, Peter Scott, showing that at
least that much more was distributed among others,
and the twelve made a far better winning record than
the same number in past seasons.
No pacer reached the $10,000 figure as a winner
through the Grand Circuit, Miss Harris H. topping
this list with $9,537, while the next in line. Jay Ell
Mack, was exactly $2,000 behind. Compared with
former seasons, there was a notable reduction in the
value of stakes for pacers, the $5,000 events being
cut to less than half in number, and there was a gen-
eral reduction in the early closing events.
The number of sensationally fast pacers down the
line this year was a record for the Grand Circuit,
while fields in feature events and in many regular
classes were so closely balanced that it made money
distribution wider than among trotters. The fact
that the dozen biggest winning pacers won a total
of $70,241, or an average of $5,682 each, showed that
a greater number of starters shared in the prizes
than formerly, while those that looked like sweeping
winners found strong competition.
Following is a list of leading winners in the Grand
Circuit of 1916:
Drivers— Murphy, $81,910; Cox, $73,339; McDon-
ald, $30,560; Geers, $28,341; Valentine, $27,965;
White, $23,308; Durfee, $14,203; Engleman, $11,284;
McMahon, $9,769; Murray, $9,355; Edman, $8,476;
Rodney, $7,965; Snow, $7,705; Grady, $7,095; M.
Childs, $6,915; Chandler, $6,565; W. Traynor $5,724.
Total, $360,679.
Trotters— Mabel Trask, $33,320; St. Frisco, $23,175;
Volga. $17,045; The Real Lady $13,662; Expressive
Lou, $12,784; Harrod's Creek, $11,284; Azora Ax-
worthy, $7,437; Donna Clay, $6,385; Brisac, $6,223;
Bingen Silk, $4,982; Early Don, $4,857; Allie Watts,
$3,840. Total, $144,940.
Pacers— Miss Harris M., $9,537; Jay Ell Mack,
$7,537; Ben Earl, $7,040; Napoleon Direct, $7,015;
Roan Hal, $6,865; Diumeter, $6,852; Single G., $5,894;
Young Todd, $5,780; Spring Maid, $3,722; Peter Look,
$3,696; White Sox, $3,203; Little Frank D„ $3,200.
Total, $70,341.
stallion, you should think enough of her to give her
the opportunity to show she can produce a stake-
winner. If she has already produced one give her a
chance to produce another. Get in and boost the
business, if only the $2 worth.
The daily papers of Chicago, New York, Boston.
Denver, St. Louis, Kansas City and many other points
are beginning to have a weekly saddle horse column,
and many of them are devoting full-page illustrations
to the saddle horse and his owners on Sundays. The
publicity thus being given to the sport and recreation
of horseback riding is remarkable as it is pretty good
evidence that the automobile is becoming passe with
a great number of people who can get more real
exhilaration and enjoyment out of a saddle horse
than they can in sitting back in a deep cushioned
auto seat and trying to see the swift passing scenery.
The St. Louis Republic says "the past few months
have witnessed a great revival of horseback riding
among the younger set, and any evening a half dozen
society debutantes, and many society matrons too,
can be seen swinging along the drives of Forest
Park at a brisk canter, with color in their cheeks
and a happy smile on their lips."
The Denver News reports the organization of a
riding club among the society young ladies of that
city and states that there were fifteen charter mem-
bers and that they ride well and often.
Indianapolis also announces the organization of a
riding club with a large membership. The Star of
that city says the women are following the fashion
and discarding the side saddle. The revival of the
sport in Indianapolis is only following the fashion of
other cities, for in Chicago, New York, Boston and
especially Washington, the fad for riding has become
a leading pastime with many women in the last year
or two and the bridle paths through the parks are no
longer deserted for the motor roads.
San Francisco and Oakland are both noticing re-
newed interest in this sport, and the riding schools
are getting new pupils every day.
Judge E. A. Bridgford of this city has brought his
blue ribbon winning stallion Le Grand McDonald
down from the farm at Knightsen and has quartered
him at the Park Riding Academy on Fulton street.
He is now training him in harness and we may ex-
pect to see Le Grand McDonald shown in the com-
bination and harness classes at the horse shows next
summer which will be given at the State and county
fairs. Le Grand McDonald will be four years old
when shown next season and besides being a very
high class five gaited horse, will be able to make a
showing in harness that will make him a hard horse
to beat.
The many friends that Miss Loula Long, of Kansas
City, made in California during the P.-P. I. E. horse
show, will rejoice to hear that she is fast recovering
from the accident by which she was seriously in-
jured a few weeks ago. In a letter to the editor of
the Missouri Stockman, Miss Long speaks of the
accident thus:
"My friends have been so lovely to me, that it has
made my accident almost a pleasure. Can you imag-
ine such a thing? My pony slipped and we both
went down. She stepped on my neck, and all over
my right arm. I had a perfectly lovely black eye, and
surely looked like 'the morning after.' I am having
a lot of trouble with my arm and the doctor says I
will, for some time, as the nerves were badly
crushed."
The National Western Stock Show is to be held at
Denver, Colorado, January 22 to 27, 1917, and one
of the greatest horse shows ever given in the west is
to be part of it. In addition to the usual attractive
classification, the Colorado Stake of $1000 for five-
gaited saddle horses will be one of the features.
Some of our California horses should win in that
event or make some Missouri or Kentucky horse
work hard to keep them from doing so.
The Portland, Oregon, Hunt Club held a horse
show last week in that city which was a great suc-
cess. There was a big attendance and many entries.
Sir Patrick, a beautiful chestnut gelding owned by
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Jenkins, won first in the gentle-
man's saddle horse class, Kentucky Dare and Sir
Patrick carried off the blue in the saddle tandem,
Flashlight, a handsome black gelding, won first in
the class for ladies' saddle horses, ridden by his
owner, Mrs. Coe McKenna. In the five-gaited class,
Rastus, a black gelding owned by Mr. O. H. Fithian,
took first prize. Mrs. James Nicols' Edgewood Girl
won the blue ribbon for best lady's hunter. The offi-
cials were: E. B. Tongue and A. C. Ruby, judges;
A. M. Cronin, ring master; John E. Cronan, announ-
ces, and Sheldon A. Z. Volkman, clerk.
Stock Yards for Sacramento.
Thirty thousand dollars will be spent in arrang-
ing stockyards and constructing the necessary build-
ings on property in West Sacramento near the end
of the car line.
When the stockyards are completed auction sales
of fine cattle and horses will be held at regular inter-
vals. Architect Clarence Cuff is now working out
the plans for the yard buildings, which will include
a central exchange building, sales pens and stables
and warehouses.
The yards will be known as the union stockyards
of West Sacramento.
o
There are 79 new 2:10 trotters this year and forty-
three trace in the male line to George Wilkes and
twenty to Electioneer.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, November 4, 1915
THE REAL LADY A SURPRISE.
Tommy Murphy Thought Her Stable Mate Was a
Much Faster Two-Year-Old.
The two-year-old Ally The Real Lady 2 : 04 %, owned
by A. H. Cosden and developed and driven by Thomas
W. Murphy, was not broken to harness until late last
winter, and as late as June 28th, when she started in
public for the first time, making a record of 2:19%
against the watch at Poughkeepsie, she was not
regarded as anything more than a promising Futurity
prospect. Both Murphy and Cosden thought they had
a much faster Iwo-year-old in Harvest Lad, son of
The Harvester 2:01 and June 2:11%, by Bellini
2:13%. It was because this colt showed such ex-
treme speed early in the season that his owner and
trainer decided to hold him over for the futurities of
1917 and go on with the less promising filly this
year.
The Real Lady improved so rapidly after Murphy
took her away from home that she worked an easy
mile in 2:13% at Cleveland during the Grand Circuit
meeting there, and at Detroit she reeled off a trial in
2:10, with the last half in 1:02. At this time Harvest
Lad was the faster trotter, and it was not until the
filly had shown she could probably hold her own with
anything in training that Murphy let up on the colt
and sent him home to be turned out.
At the second Cleveland meeting, on August 21st,
The Real Lady trotted her first race, winning the
American Horse Breeders' Futurity in 2:09% and
2:10 and trotting the last half of the first heat in
1:02%. Her second start was at Poughkeepsie,
where she met the crack two-year-olds of the Orange
county circuit and beat them in straight heats, but
not -without being strung out to the utmost limit of
her speed, Ante Guy forcing her to trot in 2:08%
and 2:09%, with the last half of the second heat in
1:02% and the last quarter in :30%, a 2:02 clip.
At Columbus, on September 18th, she won easily
in 2:09% and 2:10, Emma Magowan this time forcing
her out. Her next engagement was in the Kentucky-
Futurity for two-year-olds, at Lexington on October
2nd, and here she won again in straight heats, beat-
ing eight of the best youngsters of the year. The
time was 2:07% and 2:07, each heat being faster
than any other filly of her age ever trotted in a race,
while the third quarter of the final heat was in
:29%— a 1:59% gait.
Five days after this brilliant performance The Real
Lady started in a private sweepstakes of $9,000 on
the same track, and after winning the first heat in
2:10%, cut loose and shattered all records for two-
year-olds by trotting the second heat in 2:04%. This
was more than three seconds faster than any other
filly of her age ever trotted a mile in or out of a
race, and faster by a quarter of a second than the
champion record for two-year-olds, made by Peter
Volo over the same track in 1913, with Murphy
driving.
She met her first defeat at Atlanta, where after
winning the first heat of the race, Mary Coburn
beat her the next two in slow time.
The new champion is a brown filly, about 15.2
hands high, by Moko, out of Fruity Worthy 2:25%.
by Axworthy 2:15%. Though foaled at the Walnut
Hall Farm, in Kentucky, she was bred by L. V. Hark-
ness of New York, while her dam was bred by John
H. Shults of Port Chester, and the sire of her dam
by A. B. Darling. Fruition 2:25%, the granddam of
the new champion, was bred by William E. Spier, of
Glen Falls, N. Y., who was then president of the
International Paper Company, and who bred Major
Del Mar, the first trotter to beat 2:00 with the aid of
a wind shield. Fruition was by Abdell 2:23, the
champion yearling trotter of his day, out of Expecta-
tion, the dam of Major Del Mar, and she out of the
old gray pacing mare Miss Copeland 2:25%, dam of
the trotter Copeland 2:09%.
The wonderful improvement in speed among baby
trotters and pacers is, no doubt, due as much to the
methods used in preparing them for the test as to
improvement in breeding. Everybody knows how
easv it is to overwork a growing youngster, and any
one who had advised giving a two-year-old ten miles
work on the day of her greatest race would have
been judged of unsound mind. And yet that is
exactly what Tommy Murphy did to The Real Lady
the dav she trotted in 2:04% at Lexington. Starting
her with the first mile at her own gait, he kept on
increasing the speed until he reached 2:09, giving
the filly the usual rest and cooling out between each
mile, so that when she came to score up for the
race she had already been on the track for three
hours and had trotted three miles better than 2:10
with eight slower ones, several no better than three
minutes. This is treatment that makes or breaks,
and the colt or filly that stands up under it will be
in condition to go the limit of speed.
For a period of 29 years, from 1880 to 1909, the
two-year-old trotting record was held by sons and
daughters of Electioneer, Fred Crocker and Wild-
flower, Sunol and Arion, foaled on one farm, the
famous Palo Alto ranch, established by Governor
Leland Stanford.
Not until the pneumatic sulky was invented to
give the twentieth century trotter an advantage of
five seconds or more over Arion and those that went
before him did the champions from Palo Alto lose
their supremacy. Arion's record of 2:10% to high
wheels had stood for 18 years when Murphy drove
the Kentucky bred filly Native Belle to a record of
2:07% at Lexington in 1909. Four years later W. E.
D. Stokes had the pleasure of seeing Peter Volo
carry the record down to 2:04% with Murphy in the
sulky.
The Poughkeepsie trainer has driven every cham-
pion two-year-old since Arion, just as Charles Marvin
drove that colt, Sunol and Fred Crocker, of the
earlier champions.
The following table shows the reduction of the
record from Doble's 2:42% to The Real Lady's
2:04%:
Doble, blk c, 1870, by Ericsson 2:30%— Belle,
by Davy Crockett; Lexington, Ky., Octo-
ber 16, 1872 (S. Price) 2:42%
Doble; same track, October 19, 1872 2:40%
So-So, b f. 1875, by George Wilkes 2:22—
Little Ida, bv Edwin Forrest; Lexington,
Ky., September 12, 1877 (Crit Davis) 2:38%
Orient, ch f, 1875, by Cuyler — Eden Lassie,
by Golddust; Lexington, Ky., Oct. 12, 1877
(George Brashfield) 2:38
So-So, same day and track 2:31%
So-So, same day and track 2:31
Sweetheart, br f, 1878, by Sultan 2:24 — Min-
nehaha, by Bald Chief; Sacramento, Cal.,
September 25, 1880 (J. W. Donathan) 2:26%
Fred Crocker, b g, 1878, by Electioneer —
Melinche, by St. Clair; San Francisco, Cal.,
November 20, 1880 (Charles Marvin) 2:25%
Wildflower, b f. 1879, by Electioneer — May-
flower 2:30%, by St. Clair; San Francisco,
Cal., October, 1881 (Henry McGregor) 2:21
Sunol, b f, 1886, by Electioneer — Waxana, by
General Benton; San Francisco, Cal., Oc-
tober 19, 1888 (Charles Marvin) 2:20%
Sunol, same track, October 27, 1888 2:18
Arion, b c, 1889, by Electioneer — Manette, by
Nutwood 2:18%; Stockton, Cal.. October
6, 1891 (Charles Marvin) 2:15%
Arion, same track, October 21, 1891 2:14%
Arion, same track, November 10, 1891 2:10%
Native Belle, b f, 1907, by Moko — Julia D. C,
by General Wellington; Lexington, Ky., Oc-
tober 6, 1909 (Thomas W. Murphy) 2:07%
Peter Volo, b c, 1911, by Peter the Great
2:07%— Nervolo Belle, by Nervolo 2:04%,
pacing; Columbus, Ohio, September 25,
1913, (Thomas W. Murphy) 2:06%
Peter Volo. same track, October 6, 1913 2:04%
The Real Lady, br f, 1914, by Moko — Fruity
Worthy 2:25%, by Axworthy 2:15%; Lex-
ington, Ky., October 7, 1916 (Thomas W.
(Murphy) 2 : 04%
— The Horse Journal.
sufficiently fast time, he doesn't have to race the
second heat.
"Races start at four in the afternoon. It gets
dark at five and they continue on till about nine
o'clock by electric light."
Frank Caton Home From Russia.
After 23 years of active business in Russia Frank
Caton has returned to America to remain perma-
nently, writes Guy Rockwill of Cleveland. Twenty-
three years ago Mr. Caton left Forest City Farm,
located where the North Randall race track now
stands, just outside of Cleveland. He left the employ
of C. F. Emery and went to Moscow, Russia. He had
heard of opportunities in the land of the Czar for
a hustling American and he set out in search of
fortune. That he succeeded there is no doubt. He
made good from the start in Russia, made a host of
friends, introduced the bike sulky and many other
American contrivances as well as ideas in Russia,
and by bis honest way of doing business won his way
into a prominent station among the royal families
of Russia.
Caton thought he was home to stay about a year
ago, but business demanded that he return to Russia.
Since then Count Vartsoff. for whom he worked, has
died, so after selling off all of the Count's horses and
closing up his business, Mr. Caton has returned for
his much needed vacation.
This year the Catons drove horses to victories
that netted a combined total of 675,000 rubles — a
ruble being about a half-dollar in American money.
Sam, the youngest son, led the trio by winning
275,000 rubles. William won 260,000, and the father,
who was in the Czar's domain less than half of the
year, won 140,000 rubles.
And in addition they won special prizes in medals,
jewels and trophies valued at close to 40,000 rubles.
Instead of the war having killed off racing in Rus-
sia, Caton says the sport is going bigger than ever.
The winter race meets at Moscow and Petrograd
have each paid out over a million and a half rubles
for less than four months' racing.
And, five times in six months racing at Moscow,
the total betting for one single day has gone over
1,000,000 rubles.
Caton didn't bring back any horses with him.
"You can't get horses in or out of Russia," says he,
"except across Siberia and by the Pacific route,
which would mean six or seven months travel for
the animals.
"But horses are bringing wonderful prices these
days over there. Before I left I sold the 64 trotters
from the stables of Count Vamtsoff, who died a few
months ago.
"Those horses averaged 5,660 rubles in sale price,
Ier, a three-year-old that hadn't been raced, bringing
15,600 rubles, and another pair bringing 26,000 rubles.
"They race differently in Russia from what they
do on this side ot the water. There are no races in
which the horses score 12 or 15 times. If a horse
spoils three starts he is sent to the stables.
"And there are no races that run into a long num-
ber of heats. All except the biggest races are over
in a single dash.
"And there are only two heats in big races, the
horse making the fastest time winning the race.
"If a driver thinks his horse has won the first in
End of Matinee Racing Season.
It was an excellent card of racing that the mem-
bers of the San Francisco-California Driving Club
provided for the pleasure of a large crowd of spec-
tators at the stadium track in Golden Gate Park last
Sunday. The time was fast, all the heats being
faster than 2:14 except in the 2:18 class pace, and
the three horses in that event put up an excellent
race with the heats in 2:19% and 2:16%.
In the 2:12 pace with three starters, J. M. Kidd's
Pointer Belle won the first heat in 2:13% with Little
Jack second and Emma M. third, but Mr. Malough's
mare took the next two in 2:12% and 2:13% win
Pointer Belle second each time and making a real
horse race of each finish.
The free-for-all pace had four of the fastest pacers
in the club as starters, Harold Cohen arriving from
Bakersfield a few hours before the race was called
with his wonderful little mare Vera Hal and bringing
her in a winner in straight heats in 2:11 and 2:09^
an excellent performancei Bradmont was second th
first heat, but W. J. K. came with a rush down
stretch in the second heat and Cohen had to shak
his little mare up to beat the old fellow.
The free-for-all trot made a good race also. Cohei
had Harold C. in this race and managed to land bin
in front the first heat in 2:13 with A. Giovanetti's
Yoncalla second, Ford's Minequa third and Presiden
Giannini's Ella M. R. fourth. The next two heats
the daughter of Lord Alwin was a real trotter and she
won them in 2:12% and 2:13, the time of the second
heat equaling Lhe track record. Many expect this
mare to enter the 2:10 list next season as she is
now a better trotter than ever before during the
time she has been trained. The showing made by
Yoncalla in this race was most excellent. He was
second in every heat and a contestant every time.
He was separately timed in 2:12% and acted like a
real race horse. Yoncalla has never had the ad-
vantage of professional training and is looked upon
as a horse that would give a good account of himself
on the main circuit, could his owner be induced to
enter him there next year. Yoncalla, as our readers
know, was bred by the late Mrs. Frank Burke of
San Jose. He is by Bon Voyage 2:08 and his dam
is the roan mare Birdie (dam of Bodaker 2:13) by
Jay Bird, second dam Lady Lyle by George Wilkes,
third dam Dame Tansey (dam of 3) by Daniel Lam-
bert. Y'oncalla is a good gaited trotter and has the
racing instinct. If he makes a break he does not
lose his head but gathers quickly and seems intent
on making up the lost ground. He races from wire
to wire and is as game as a pebble. Yoncalla is a
handsome chestnut and is only five years old, having
been foaled in 1911. He bids fair to be the stadium
champion trotter in another year.
The summaries of the afternoon's races are as
follows:
First race — 2:12 pace:
Emma M (William Malough) 3 11
Pointer Belle (J. M. Kidd) 12 2
Little Jack (G. Conlan) 2 3 3
Time— 2:13%, 2:12%, 2:13%.
Second race — 2:18 pace:
George W (Frank Burton) 1 1
Rosa O (J. J. Ryan) 2 3
Frank N (L. A. Gielow) 3 2
Time— 2:19%, 2:16%.
Third race — Free-for-all pace:
Vera Hal (Harold Cohen) 1 1
Bradmont (Richa'rdt P. Roberts) 2 3
W. J. K. (W. J. Kenney) 4 2
King Pointer (H. Campodonico) 3 4
Time— 2:11, 2:09%.
Fourth race — Free-for-all trot:
Ella M. R (G. J. Giannini) 4 11
Harold C (H. Cohen) 13 3
Yoncalla (A. Giovanetti) 2 2 2
Minequa (M. Ford) 3 4 4
Time— 2:13, 2:12%, 2:13.
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To win enough to make a campaign through the
Grand Circuit profitable these days, a horse must
have extreme speed and racing ability. There were
but six pacers that won over $6,000 on that circuit
this year and it will be admitted that any horse that
goes through the "Raging Grand" and wins less, is
not a very profitable animal to his owner. The six
that won $6,000 and over are Miss Harris M., by
Peter the Great, $9,932; Ben Earl, by The Earl,
$7,970; Jay El Mack, by E. J., $7,887; Diumeter, by
Dium, $6,700; Single G., by Anderson Wilkes, $6,687,
and Roan Hal, by Hal De Facto, $6,335.
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Wallace McKinney 2:26%, son of McKinney 2:11%
and Leonor (dam of 7 in the list) by Dashwood, was
sold by auction at the administration sale of the late
Charles Marks' horses in Ohio recently. Wallace
McKinney was foaled in 1903 and is the sire of forty
standard performers, including two pacers in the
2:10 list. He sold for $600 and an eight-year-old
mare by him sold for $500.
C. C. Mayberry, of Boston, has sold the trotting
mare, Nancy Bingen 2:15%, by Bingen 2:06%. to
John E. Madden, of Lexington, Ky. Nancy is a grand-
daughter of Nancy Hanks 2:04, and will be used as
a brood mare.
S urday, November 4, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Thoroughbred Matters
COFFROTH REPLIES TO CHAS. BOOTS.
The advisability o£ racing two-year-olds before
.iril was never discussed until winter racing began
c this continent. When the long winter meetings
i San Francisco, New Orleans, Juarez and other
1 ints were inaugurated, purses were offered for two-
;ar-olds as early at January 1st, when a majority
i the youngsters starting were not over twenty-one
:5nths old, and from that time the question as to
hether two-year-olds should be raced before April
s been discussed pro and con. The New York
jckey Club has made a rule that two-year-olds
ould not be raced before April and nearly every
eeder of horses who has given the matter any study
idorses this rule. Mr. Charles Boots, one of the
ading thoroughbred breeders of the Pacific Coast,
opposed to racing two-year-olds before April and
Is views on the point were published in these col-
ons last week. Mr. James Coffroth, president of
:e Tijuana racing association, has replied to Mr.
jots' article in a San Francisco daily afcd we re-
iblish his letter in full this week. Mr. Coffroth,
it being a practical horseman, does not seem to
■asp the full meaning of the reasons given against
U early racing of two-year-olds, as he says that the
.cing at Tijuana and Juarez is just the same in
inuary as at New York in April. There is no dis-
lting this fact, but a colt foaled in April does not
•ach his second birthday any sooner by shipping
m south. The reason why two-year-olds should not
> raced in January is because they are not suffi-
ently matured to stand the strain of racing by that
me. It probably will not injure the average colt
i start him in a three-eighths race on the first of
inuary of his second year, but when races for two-
?ar-olds are given every day from that time on, the
Dungsters that are broken down become very numer-
js, and this is why The Jockey Club has provided
rule which prohibits two-year-old racing before
pril.
tar Hawk Beaten for Latonia Cup.
Latonia, Oct. 28. — With the possible exception of a
ierby day, the largest crowd ever within the gates
f the Latonia racetrack today saw Pit, R. L. Baker's
rack route horse, beat Star Hawk by the margin of
nose in the Latonia Cup Handicap.
The race was 2% miles, and it was not decided
ntil the last jump. So close was the finish that the
lacing judges could have given it to either horse,
>ut their decision was a popular one, as the vast
rowd realized that they had seen a horserace par
xcellence. Star Jasmine finished third, beaten four
engths for the place.
The time for the race was 3:51 2-5, which is within
hree-fifths of a second of the track record, made
ast year by Star Jasmine when she won the same
take. The last part of the race was run unusually
ast considering the fact that it was such a long
listance affair.
There were seven starters in the big event, and it
fas the best cup field that ever went to the post
iround here. This gave the winner a net value of
14,895, the second horse $800, the third $600 and the
burth, Kllanna, saved her stake.
The other three starters were Rancher, Fair Mac
md Hodge and the showing of Rancher and Fair Mac
»as especially disappointing. They were never con-
:enders, and both were backed with a lot of confi-
lence by the Canadian contingent on account of their
;ood races in that section.
Although beaten, Star Hawk was not disgraced by
iny means, as he is a three-year-old and he was
giving away plenty of weight to his older opponents,
especially the horse that beat him. He hung on with
bulldog courage in the final sixteenth of a mile when
Pit Jr. was on even terms with him, but the latter
sould not be denied. At that, Star Hawk did not
weaken in the least, but he was simply beaten by a
better horse under the conditions. Jockey Buxton
rode a perfect race on him and followed Trainer
Walter B. Jennings' instructions to the letter.
In addition to the monetary value of the Latonia
Cup Handicap Mr. Baker, owner of the winner, re-
ceived a silver service valued at $1,000. The presen-
tation speed was made by Steward Charles F. Price,
and Mr. Baker responded in a neat speech.
Dates for Tijuana Stakes.
All arrangements are completed and everything is
in readiness at the track at Tijuana for the meeting
which opens on the 11th inst. It is said that 500
horses are already on the ground. Dates for the
stakes have been announced as follows:
The Tijuana selling stakes, $1500, December 16.
San Diego business men's handicap, $2500, Jan. 13.
Los Angeles high weight handicap, $1100, Jan. 27.
Spreckels' handicap, $1500, February 10.
The Coffroth handicap, $5000, February 22.
Coronado selling stakes, $1500, March 3.
James W. Coffroth, president of the Lower Cali-
fornia Jockey Club, writes the following letter in
reply to one recently published in the Bulletin as to
the early racing of two-year-old horses:
"San Diego, Oct. 26.
"In deference to a recent letter published regard-
ing two-year-old questions as written by Mr. Boots,
I will take the liberty of answering him through your
columns.
"I have never had the pleasure of acquaintance
with Mr. Boots, but, despite this, I do agree with him
on several of the points in question. Personally, I
never did approve of early racing for thoroughbred
colts. Would the governing racing body of America
follow the French rule and prohibit the two-year-old
from racing until August 1, I would gladly advocate
such an amendment. But I must agree with Judge
Joseph A. Murphy, who insists there is no difference
between racing in New Orleans and Tijuana in Jan-
uary or racing in Kentucky in April. Mr. Boots
must admit this if he is familiar with climatic condi-
tions.
"Again I declare that I do not wish for early two-
year-old racing. It is only in answer to the cry of
the breeder, not only in California, but in the Middle
West as well, that I have decided on staging these
races beginning January 1. All our breeders are not
so wealthy as Mr. Boots, perhaps. Yet, they feel
for the horse fully as deeply. It would be suicide
for them to raise horses and then have them weighted
on their hands for the extra months.
"Mr. Boots is decidedly wrong if he insists that
only the commercial breeder is in favor of early
racing. Following here I will only attempt to name
a few of our California breeders who are anxious for
it and will prove so by racing their colts at Tijuana :
George Van Gordon, Pleasanton; A. B. Spreckels,
Napa; A. B. Klepstein, Bakersfield; Ward E. Hall,
Sacramento.
"So far as race track promotion is concerned, Mr.
Boots is wrong again. Why would I, with eight hun-
dred horses in my stalls, look for the two-year-old to
furnish me with betting races ? I can -fill ten races
a day that would surpass them from a speculative
standpoint. Firstly, the public and even the talent
is in the dark regarding their capabilities; secondly,
three-eighths of a mile races do not savor of any
particular thrill to the racegoer.
"I take great pleasure in quoting Judge Joseph A.
Murphy, who is the head of the New Orleans Busi-
ness Men's Association, and who is one of the fore-
most personages of the turf. Only the other day
Mr. Murphy said:
"The Business Men's Association of New Orleans
will offer a two-year-old race every day of its meet-
ing, beginning on January 1. I had so many requests
from horsemen and breeders asking for this decision
that it would seem that our best interests will be
served in offering these races. I am in receipt of a
letter from a prominent breeder, saying that the rule
in respect to two-year-olds has lowered the average
price of yearlings in the Kentucky sales $200 per
head. I am not in position to judge the correctness
of this estimate.
"Many of the horsemen who are to race with us
do not wish to divide their strings, and I do not wish
to waste my stalls with unavailable material.
" 'If all the governing bodies will adopt the French
rule to race no two-year-olds until August 1 the Busi-
ness Men's Association will abolish its two-year-old
races. But two-year-old races in New Orleans and
Tijuana in January and February are no earlier than
two-year-old races in Kentucky and Maryland.
" 'Racing two-year-olds develops them. Over-racing
ruins them. A two-year-old can be over-raced in
September as easily as in January. Westy Hogan and
Harry Kelly, the crack two-year-olds of the West,
were developed in New Orleans last winter.
" 'My personal idea is that breeders and horsemen
have encountered too much tough sledding the past
ten years to curtail their earning capacity until they
get their feet under them.'
"There you have the voice of my sentiments. Mr.
Boots does not encourage the early racing of the
thoroughbred. But so far as we know Mr. Boots,
the 'exemplary' breeder, does not favor the racing
of the aged horse, as well. It has been a long time
since we have seen his colors, and still he claims he
has the game deepest in his heart and is longing for
the return of the horse. We must all race and work
to bring the game back, not sit back and remain an
'exemplary' breeder with criticism — and no horses
to effer.
"J. W. COFFROTH."
A string of the Macomber horses will be raced at
Havana this winter.
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Charles W. Clark will send a stable of his racers to
the New Orleans meeting in charge of John Lowe.
Strang-Perkins Horses Bring Good Prices.
The horses of G. L. Strang, which the stewards
gave permission for him to sell, after refusing their
further entries in Strang's name, were sold at auction
in the Latonia paddock Thursday of last week.
Auctioneer Mickey Shannon got the horsemen into
a good humor with some Irish wit and then proceeded
to unload at the following prices:
Rhymer, be (2), by Dick Welles— Outwai ;
B. J. Brannon $2,700
Jane Straith, b f (3), by Dick Welles— Anna
Brooks ; William Perkins 2,100
Deliver, br f (3), by Dick Welles— Anna
Brooks Hiter & Ford 2,200
Chief Brown, br c (3), by Bannockbum—
Merida; Hiter & Ford 1.400
Samuel R. Meyer, ch g (7), by Handsel—
Sallie Appleton; Hiter & Ford 1,400
Many Thoroughbred Importations.
Figures in the possession of Walter S. Vosburgh,
the official handicapper of The Jockey Club, give
some idea of the shrinkage in the United States dur-
ing the past decade. This official has a minute
record of his labors for the twenty-seven years he
has been adjusting the weights, and from them it is
gleaned that the high-water mark for the racing of
thoroughbreds in this country was reached in 1903.
when he handicapped no fewer than 9,200 individual
horses.
When it is remembered that there were other
thousands of horses that did not race on The Jockey
Club courses — Mr. Vosburgh's jurisdiction not ex-
tending to any of the courses in Canada, California,
Kentucky, Louisiana, or other distant points — some
idea of the magnitude of the thoroughbred breeding
industry may be obtained. The number varied from
the maximum in 1903 down to less than 3,000 in
1914, while to date this year 4,000 different horses
have come up for official consideration. By the close
of the Maryland season perhaps the total will reach
5,000.
The brighter days which will come for the turf will
no doubt see a very material increase for 1917. The
foal registrations in The Jockey Club's stud book
for the current year are better than in 1915, but the
total is not as great as many would think, much of
our brood mare stock having been sold overseas or
put to menial uses, many good mares having become
producers of mules instead of race horses.
It is from the extensive importations of English
and French stock that this new material will be re-
cruited. Already more than 400 head of yearlings,
brood mares, and sires have been imported in 1916,
and with Thomas Welsh, J. O. Keene, and others
abroad eager for bargains, there will be at least 500
foreign-bred thoroughbreds on our shores by the
beginning of next year.
Racing in Cuba.
Havana, Oct. 28. — Horse racing at the beautiful
Marianao course is expected to prove more popular
than ever this winter, for never have Cubans had so
much money to spend and visitors from the LTnited
States will be very numerous. The management of
the Cuba American Jockey Club has laid careful
plans to attract high class horses.
There will be eighty-odd days of racing, a prelim-
inary season of three weeks starting December 7th,
with racing three days a week.
Beginning Christmas Day, the regular season will
be started, with racing six days a week. The smallest
purse will be $400, and they will range in value up
to $1,000.
Death of John Stringfield.
The Thoroughbred Record of October 28 announced
the death of John K. Stringfield, press agent for the
Louisville and Latonia race tracks and one of the
foremost turf authorities in Kentucky, who died sud-
denly at the Hotel Honing, Cincinnati, Oct. 22d. After
eating a hearty rueal he took his little daughter to a
picture show. Returning to bis room at the hotel he
was taken sick. Clerk Robert Kelly, in answer to a
call from Mrs. Stringfield, sent for several physi-
cians, but he was dead before one arrived, having
died from heart failure, precipitated by acute indi-
gestion. John K. Stringfield was known to horsemen
throughout the country. He had been a familiar
figure on the Kentucky courses for more than a quar-
ter of a century. His knowledge of thoroughbreds
and their breeding was excelled by few followers of
the turf in America. Legions of friends among horse-
men, breeders, jockeys, and even stable boys, mourn
his death.
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The London "Horse and Hound" of October 14th
says: "Mr. J. B. Joel has just sold the well-bred
young mare Wilful Maid by Sundridge out of Marian
Hood (a half-sister to Polymelus), who is certain in
foal to Prince Palatine. The buyer is the Hon. J. N.
Camden, to whose stud in Kentucky she will shortly
be shipped. The sale was negotiated by the British
Bloodstock Agency, Ltd.. who also recently bought
for clients abroad the well-known colts Jack Anan-
dale and Farigold. Another recent purchase is
Gallice (by Gallinule), in foal to Corcyra, who goes
out to Mr. Arthur B. Hancock's stud in Virginia,
together with a chestnut colt foal by Polymelus out
of Half a Slice. The Agency has also sold the smart
Irish two-year-old Trevisco by Tredennis from The
Test by John o' Gaunt, who won the Baldoyle Foal
Stakes, and Mr. K. W. Alexander, of Kentucky, is
the purchaser."
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At the close of the Australian racing season of
1915-16, the list of winning stallions was headed for
the first time by Wallace, by Carbine — Melodious,
and he is the first Victorian horse to achieve the
distinction since Pilgrim's Progress did so in 1903.
The progeny of Wallace won in stakes $124,275.
Second on the list is the imported Linacre, by Wolf's
Crag — Lismaine, with $90,105. third place being filled
by Bobadil. by Bill of Portland— She. with $82,340.
The first half-dozen are completed by Malster, by
Bill of Portland— Barley. $70,030; Grafton, by Gal-
opin— Maid Marian, $69,230, and Pistol, by Carbine—
Wenonah. $66,160.
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The population of the United States has increased
by 24,000,000 people in the last fifteen years, and the
number of beef animals has decreased 6.000,000 and
sheep 10,000,000, while hogs have increased only
11,000,000.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, November 4, 1916.
Harness Horses and Horsemen
Peter McKlyo Trots Two Fast Miles.
The following account of the workouts by Peter
McKlyo at Stockton last Saturday has been sent us
by our correspondent, Geo. H. Tinkham:
Peter McKlyo, the famous five-year-old stallion,
driven by his trainer James Thompson, trotted two
exhibition miles on Saturday last in the fast time of
2:05%, 2:06.
A large number of old-timers were present .over
two hundred attending, this including many ladies
and visitors from Pleasanton, Merced, Modesto, Sac-
ramento and other points.
The crowd was much disappointed in the time
made. Expecting too much, they believed Peter
McKlyo would trot in 2:05 or better. But the con-
ditions were very unfavorable for fast time as the
track was not in the best of shape for trotting and
the weather was cloudy and cold.
Thompson gave the horse a warming up in 2:20.
As Peter McKlyo came down the track for the trial
mile he was moving not faster than a 2:15 clip. He
trottel to the quarter pole in 34 seconds, some
watches said, but warming up on the back stretch, he
passed the half in 1 : 04 and rapidly trotting down the
home stretch, the judges timed him in 2:05%.
Many of the crowd, believing that the exhibition
was ended, left the grounds. Thompson was disap-
pointed and immediately he said, "We'll give him
another trial, boys." After "blowing out" the stal-
lion was again started. He moved under the wire at
a much faster pace than the first mile and trotting
to the quarter in 31% seconds, passed the half in
1:03 and at that point paced by a runner as in the
first mile, trotted under the wire in 2:06, so the
judges announced.
There were five watches in the judges' stand and
every one of them caught the time as less than 2:06.
L. H. Todhunter, the owner of the stallion, caught
each heat in 2:06. James Thompson's watch said
2:05%, 2:06. The judges were three reliable men
and timers: S. H. Williams, J. N. Jones and M.
Henry.
[While it had been announced that Peter McKlyo
had been taken to the Stockton track to lower his
record, conditions were such that the horse was not
started in an official effort to do so. There was no
application made for authority to hold an official
meeting and the two miles were simply exhibitions,
with no official judges or timers. — Editor B. and S.]
Expressive a Wonderful Broodmare.
The blood of the great trotting mare Expressive
(3) 2:12% is breeding on just as the late Senator
Stanford figured it would. Expressive was by Elec-
tioneer, her dam the thoroughbred mare Esther by
Express, and it was a foundation of this sort that
the Senator was building on when his death changed
the order of things at Palo Alto Stock Farm. Expres-
sive is the dam of six standard trotters, one of them
with a record of 2:07%. She has three producing
sons Including Atlantic Express 2:07%, that only
bad sired 15 living foals, all two-year-olds, up to the
close of 1915, and of these 10 had taken standard
records. This year three of his produce have shown
their ability to trot well below 2:10. One, Expres-
sive Lou, took a winning race record of 2:08% and
was second to Volga when that filly trotted in 2:04%,
Expressive Lou being officially timed in 2:06 in that
heat. Another was the three-year-old filly Stella-
maris that was a close second to Bingen Silk in
2:07%, but was taken sick and died. The third is
a two-year-old, Tacita 2:07%. and her record was
made against time. She is regarded as one of the
most phenomenal two-year-olds ever seen. There
were five two-year-olds by Atlantic Express to take
records this year. Another son of Expressive that
is making a name for himself is Expressive Mac
2:25%, sire of Clara Mac 2:04%, Vera Hal 2:05,
Madam Mac 2:07% and many other fast ones. Ex-
pressive Mac is owned by J. H. Nelson, of Selma,
Fresno county, California, and while the stallion has
been well patronized every year, his opportunities
are limited because there is so little harness racing
in California. The thoroughbred mare Esther does
not owe all her fame to Expressive 2:12% as she is
also the dam of Mendocita, that is the dam of that
great trotter Mary Putney that has a three-year-old
record of 2:05% and a four-year-old mark of 2:04%.
Esther produced four standard trotters, has two pro-
ddcing sons anu seven producing dams.
Death of the Pacer W. Wood 2:07.
Word comes from Mr. J. F. Colburn of Honolulu,
who for several years has owned the old pacer W.
Wood, to the Breeder and Sportsman that the gelding
died October 19th. Time was when W. Wood was
the pride of the California harness racing circuit.
That was twenty-three years ago and W. Wood was
then five years old. so the old fellow was 28 years
old at the time of his death. W. Wood was foaled in
1888 at the once famous Oakwood Park Stock Farm
at the foot of Mount Diablo in Contra Costa county.
owned at the time by Seth Cook. He was by Stein-
way and his dam Ramona by Anteeo. second dam by
apt. Webster, son of Williamson's Belmont His
first appearance in a race was at the half mile track
at Concord during the Contra Costa county fair of
1891, when he was three years old. He was entered
in the free-for-all in a purse of $150 and won in
straight heats, best time 2:28%. That was his only
start as a three-year-old, but the next year in his
four-year-old form he made a great campaign through
the California circuit, starting in ten races, winning
six, was second in three and third in one. He met
all the best pacers in California that year and took
a race record of 2:11%. At the end of the season
he was taken to Stockton where he paced two differ-
ent miles in 2 : 07 over the Kite track, but the record,
along with the 2:07% of Stamboul, and all the time
records made at the meeting, were rejected as irreg-
ular. The following year as a five-year-old he again
started ten times, won six races, was second in
three and outside the money in another. That year
he met the four-year-old Diablo and the latter de-
feated him every time they met. At Woodland in
the free-for-all pace, purse $700, W. Wood and Diablo
paced a dead heat in the first heat, and Diablo won
thenext three with Wood second each time. In the
second heat of this race Diablo took his record of
2:09%, which at the time was the world's record for
four-year-old pacers. The racegoers of 1892 in South-
ern California who are alive today will never forget
the meetings of W. Wood, Silkwood and Our Dick
at Santa Ana and Los Angeles. W. Wood was the
pride of the north as Silkwood was of the south.
At Santa Ana, the home of Silkwood, the Steinway
gelding defeated the black son of Blackwood Mani-
brino, and paced to a record of 2:08% in doing it.
The next week at Los Angeles Silkwood turned the
tables on him and beat him in straight heats, the
first heat in 2:08%. Thousands of dollars changed
hands on these races. In 1894 W. Wood paced to his
record of 2:07 at San Jose. This was against time.
The next year he again defeated Silkwood at Santa
Ana, but Seymour Wilkes beat them both at Los
Angeles during the early part of the week and then
W. Wood beat Pathmont, Seymour Wilkes and Silk-
wood the last race of the meeting. W. Wood started
a few times during the next two years, but in 1897
or 1898 he was sold to parties in Honolulu and raced
at many of the meetings there. He won a good many
races in hula hula land and was a great favorite
with racegoers.
Edith Carter, Season's Fastest Yearling.
Edith Carter, yearling filly by Kinney de Lopez,
dam Louise Carter by Lord Alwin, is the fastest
trotter of her age and sex that has appeared this
year. In the lists recently published of the season's
fastest records the filly Anna Davidson 2:27% has
been given as the fastest yearling trotting filly for
1916, but Hemet Farm's production, Edith Carter, is
a full second faster. Fred Ward will take her to
Phoenix this month and it need surprise no one if the
little daughter of Kinney de Lopez should return
with a still lower mark, as she will be sent for a
reduction in her record if she reaches Phoenix in
good shape and conditions are favorable. Others of
the Hemet Farm youngsters that will be started at
Phoenix are Hemet Queen (1) 2:22% pacing, Zeta
Lucille (2) 2:19% trotting, and Louise de Lopez.
Hemet Queen looks as if she might lower the record
for yearling fillies now held by Rose Magee 2:19%.
Still Enjoying the Matinee Sport.
Mark Twain once sent word to the press that the
reports of bis death had been grossly exaggerated,
and the popular steamship traffic manager and ama-
teur reinsman, Adolph Ottinger of this city, is also
of the opinion that many of his friends have been
furnished with false information in regard to his
physical condition. It is true that he had a sick spell
a few weeks ago and went to a hospital for treat-
ment, but he did not stay in that resort long and is
out and attending to business as usual. He was at
the closing matinee of the San Francisco-California
Driving Club last Sunday and outside of having lost
a few pounds looks as well and is as "full of pep" as
ever, and that is about as full as the ordinary human
frame will hold. Ottinger is one of the veterans of
the California turf and since the days when he
owned Aster, that the late Tom Keating campaigned
along about 1892, he has been more or less actively
engaged in racing, both professional and amateur.
With Keating as trainer and driver he campaigned
on the Grand Circuit several seasons and was known
as one of the heaviest bettors in the ring. During
recent years Mr. Ottinger has retired from all but
amateur racing, and since selling bis horses at the
Indianapolis sale last spring has not done much road
driving, but his interest in the game is as great as
ever and he seldom misses a matinee in Golden Gate
Park.
Madera County Fair Incorporates.
Chowcbilla, Oct. 29. — Today articles of incorpora-
tion were filed for the Madera County Fair and Live
Sto'ck Association. Ever since the one-day fair held
here on October 14th met with an unexpected meas-
ure of success, it has been apparent that the time
was ripe for the formation of a legally incorporated
association to hold annual fairs here. Frank Ady,
A. L. Gambrill and O. Garlinghouse were the prime
movers in starting the organization, that gives the
assurance that hereafter Madera cotmty is to have
an agricultural and stock show annually. It is under-
stood there is to be no difficulty in securing excellent
grounds for the purpose at the town limits of Chow-
chilla.
Henry Helman Marked Prince ZoEock in 2:04J4.
Henry Helman, lessee of the Salinas race track,
returned from his trip to the northwest about two
weeks ago. He did quite well with Prince Zolock
and wound up the season by giving him a breeder's
record of 2:04%, which is two seconds faster than
his race record made at North Yakima in 1915. As
Helman had the pacer Mack Fitzsimmons 2:07% in
his string also, he tried the experiment of shifting
the son of Bob Fitzsimmons to the trot, as otherwise
both his horses would be in the same class. Mack
did not prove to be as good a trotter as he is a pacer,
so Helman has concluded to race him on the pace
hereafter. His best money winner should have been
the green pacer Paul, owned by Paul Johnson of San
Juan. Cal., but the horse took sick early in the sea-
son and did not round to all summer. Paul is by
Kinney Lou 2:07% and his dam is a mare by Benton
Boy 2:16%. and he will yet be beard from. Helman
brought home with him five head of green ones all
owned in Walla Walla. Three are by that good son
of Peter the Great Blue Peter 2:16%, that since being
taken to Washington has already sired quite a list of
standard performers, one is by another producing
sire, Bonnie McK., and another is by Zolock. All
are out of well bred mares and Mr. Helman thinks
he has some good material to work on for the season
of 1917. IThe only one of the get of his stallion
Alconda Jay that was out this year in California was
Cbas. Silva's mare Eloise Dell, and the showing she
made as a race and money winner proved that she
was a game trotter and was always trying her best.
H. K. Devereux Favors Orloff Outcross.
H. K. Devereux of Cleveland, President of the
Grand Circuit, amateur reinsman, and the guiding
spirit of the syndicate known as the Pastime Stables,
which own the champion trotting stallion of the
world. Lee Axworthy 1:58%, as well as the record-
holding three-year-old filly Volga 2:04%, is a close
student of the horse and, while primarily interested
in the trotting family, can see merit in other types.
He is in harmony with any movement looking to the
production of a family that will be thoroughly rep-
resentative for general purposes.
Upon being told that the war authorities, from
Generals Wood and Scott down, favored the half or
three-quarters bred horse for cavalry, and that most
of the best ones came from a blending of the thor-
oughbred and trotting families, using the clean-bred
horse as a top cross, Mr. Devereux said:
"I have gone on record as being opposed to the
thoroughbred cross in trotting families when it is
close up, , but I am open to conviction, and those
who have had much to do with representatives of
this horse should be competent to judge. The half
and three-quarters bred hunters and saddle horses
I saw at the New York State Fair at Syracuse re-
cently were fine types and possessed qualities we all
admire. It was the first time I had given them close
attention, and the fact that many of the best of them
were out of trotting dams impressed me.
"Our own champion's pedigree is buttressed with
thoroughbred blood and that other great trotter Mary
Putney's second dam is the thoroughbred mare
Esther by Express. When Lee Axworthy finished
his mile in 1:58% the other day with a prompter on
either side of him he tried his best to beat them, and
though tired he never wavered or wanted to do any-
thing but trot The warm blood did not hurt him
any then."
"The best trotting families," resumed Mr. Dever-
eux, "have, I think, quite as much courage and stay-
ing powers as the thoroughbred. It has been put
into them through the test of racing. Why should
not the mingling of these strains produce good
horses?
"The future holds a menace, however," he contin-
ued. "We are inbreeding our trotting families too
intensely, and an out-cross is needed. I believe that
the Orloff is our salvation. Some years ago two
mares of the Chetsey type, a blending of the Amer-
ican standard-bred and the Orloff, were sent to
Cleveland to be bred to my stallion, John A. McKer-
ron 2:04%. They were both handsome mares, big-
bodied, on short legs — ideal dams to throw cavalry
horses, and one of them had a record of 2:11%. She
failed to get with foal, but the other threw a colt
named Levar that when three years old lowered the
Russian record five seconds for trotters of bis age.
He did still greater things later on. The Russians
then bought Harry McKerron, a son of John A. Mc-
Kerron, and although a double-gaited horse, Ms
progeny gave such satisfaction to the authorities
that they wanted still more of the blood. Frank
Caton, the American trainer, cabled to Toronto and
bought Jack McKerron 2:07%, for $3,500. He sold
the horse in a short time for $15,000, and Caton, who
is here, tells me that $20,000 was refused for Harry
McKerron. The progressive spirit of the Russians is
shown by the offer of the Imperial Trotting Club of
Petrograd to give a race of the value of 50,000 rubles,
open to the world, and a special invitation to Amer-
ican owners to participate.
"Mares of this Chetsey type should go a long way
toward helping us solve our problem. Mated to our
best sires — thoroughbred or trotter — they should help
us develop a useful family of horses big enough for
any purpose, and having the courage and other quali-
ties which would carry them through any task,
whether the emergency came in peace or war. I, for
one. believe the experiment would be well worth
while."
Saturday, November 4, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Notes and News
Racing begins at Phoenix one week from Monday
next.
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The election will be all over and everybody will be
glad, even the losers.
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There will be some high class racing with Califor-
nia well represented.
Bingara's list of 2:10 trotters has received three
additions this year. He now has nine.
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Lu Princeton 2:09% is the third new 2:10 trotter
for San Francisco 2:07%.
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Gen. Watts 2:06% is the sire of seven of this
season's new 2:10 trotters.
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Peter the Great 2:07% and Zombro 2:11 each has
four new 2:10 trotters to his credit.
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Gaiety Lee 2:16%, dam of Lee Axworthy 1:58%,
is in foal to San Francisco 2:07% this year.
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The official report of the Bakersfield meeting did
not reach us until too late for insertion in this issue.
It will appear next week.
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Persons who ought to know say that it would not
be surprising to find Philadelphia bidding for a
Grand Circuit place next season.
The dam of the new 2:10 trotter, Gunfire 2:09%,
by Gen. Watts 2:06%, is Evening Grey 2:24% by
the former stallion champion, Cresceus 2:02%.
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Albert M. Billings drove Margaret Druien 2:03 and
Lettie Lee 2:06% a mile to wagon over Curies Neck
Farm track recently in 2:09%, last half in 1:02.
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Millard Sanders is getting quite a string of horses
together for the spring training. He now has a
stable of seven or eight.
Lilly S., the dam of Zomrect 2:03%, is said to be
safely in foal to Nathan Axworthy 2:09%, the stallion
owned by Andrew Albright of Newark, New Jersey.
W. G. Durfee should bring home some of the bacon
from Arizona as he has a horse entered in every race
except those given exclusively for Arizona horses.
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There were 79 standard bred and registered stal-
lions licensed for service in California this year and
64 trotting or pacing bred stallions that are not reg-
istered.
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Helen Simmons 2:11% enters the list of dams of
two or more 2:10 trotters, she having produced the
new trotter Barbara King (4) 2:07% and" Spriggan
2:08%.
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The horse recently added to Tommy Murphy's
stable was Poorman (2) 2:07%, Coldstream Farms'
joint holder, with Directly, of the two-year-old pacing
championship.
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Hal B. 2:04%, the famous pacing sire owned by
C. A. Barber, Williamsfield, O., is now the sire of 15
in the 2:10 list. Hal Edo has reduced his record this
season from 2:11 to 2:09% and Hal Paxton has re-
duced his record from 2:10% to 2:06%. Lady Hal,
a daughter, has reduced her former record of 2:09%
to 2:05% also.
Mr. R. C. Simpson of Armadale, New South Wales,
Australia, now owner of the stallion Don Pronto
2:02%, is having shipped to him from the factory at
Marion, Ohio, a McMurray sulky, an exact duplicate
of the one in which The Real Lady (2) 2:04%, the
world's champion two-year-old trotter, took her rec-
ord. Duplicates of this sulky have been drawn three
times in two minutes this season.
Mr. C. S. Blake, of Orland, Cal., was paid $300 for
the loss of a fine Guernsey cow the other day, and
Mrs. Clara R. Swanger of Stafford, Arizona, this
week received a check for $1500 insurance on a draft
stallion that met an accidental death. Both animals
were insured in the Hartford Live Stock Insurance
Company whose office on this coast is at 438 Califor-
nia street, San Francisco. Better be insured than to
wish you had been.
Dunne & Lowery, owners of the $20,000 stake
winner Spriggan, have added a Peter the Great trot-
ter to their 1917 string by the purchase from C. A.
Harrison of the mare Peter's Queen that Millard
Sanders trained last spring at Pleasanton. It is said
that the price paid for this mare was $650. She is
a nice trotter and showed a lot of speed at Pleasanton
before she was taken sick just prior to the opening of
the California circuit, when all her engagements
were cancelled.
Alameda and Sonoma counties led all other coun-
ties in the State this year in the number of trotting
bred stallions licensed for public service. There were
12 licensed trotting bred stallions in each county.
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It is rumored that the fifty head of trotting bred
horses that were to be consigned to an eastern sale
by a California horseman are all sick with distemper
and cannot be put in condition in time for the sale
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Peter the Great now has 39 trotters in the 2:10
list, more than twice as many as any other. General
Watts leads all sires in the number of new 2:10 trot-
ters for 1916 with no less than seven to his credit,
which gives him eleven in all at 12 years of age.
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Al Schwartz is to have a new pacer in his string.
The well known San Francisco sporting man, James
J. Ryan, owner of Directess Mac, has recently pur-
chased and turned over to Schwartz a five-year-old
mare by Charley D. 2:06%, dam Ruth C. by Guide.
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Henry Thomas, the young western trainer whose
success this season with Miss Densmore 2:07%,
Sayde Densmore 2:02, and Colleen 2:04% has been
the subject of favorable comment, has been engaged
to train for Stoughton A. Fletcher, of Indianapolis.
He takes up his new duties December 1st.
The death of the veteran trainer, Hiram Tozier,
which accurred three or four months ago, has just
been reported. Mr. Tozier w-as about seventy years
old, and lived in Waterville, Maine, at the time of his
death. At one time he was head trainer at C. H.
Nelson's Sunnyside Farm, and later trained for Wil-
liam G. Snell, of New Bedford, Mass.
Harold Cohen may send Vera Hal 2:05 to the Chi-
cago sale. The little mare could win a lot of money
on the half mile rings as she is always ready to
pace three heats below 2:10 on almost any sort of
a track, but there are very few races for a pacer in
her class here in California. More's the pity.
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The Australian Jockey Club Derby was run at
Randwick October 3rd, and resulted in the success
of Kilboy, with Eastcourt second and Colbert third.
Sixteen ran and Kilboy was the favorite at 5 to 4,
while it was 12 to 1 against Eastcourt and 33 to 1
against Colbert. The mile and a half of the race was
covered in 2:39%.
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W. C. Brown, of Vancouver, B. C, has sold his
three-year-old filly by Nearest McKinney to parties
in Calgary- This filly has every indication of being
a very fast trotter, having been a mile in 2:25 this
year with very little training, and trotted a half in
1:09 and a quarter in 34 seconds as a two-year-old
with but a little work. Her new owner is Mr. Mc-
Gowan of the Royal Bank of Calgary, Alberta.
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A correspondent asks when and where Bernice R.
made her record of 2:07%. It was at Fresno in 1912.
She was one of seven starters in the 2:11 class trot
for a purse of $1,000. Bernice R. won the first, sec-
ond and fourth heats in 2:07%, 2:07% and 2:07%.
The third heat was won by Densmore in 2:10. Ber-
nice R. got into a pocket in this heat, and in trying
to pull her out of it she broke and finished fifth.
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A. Edstrom, of 1210 Fifty-second Avenue, Oakland,
owner of the handsome pacing stallion Hallie's Star
01908, reports that 38 mares were bred to that horse
last season, and that the season of 1917 looks to be
just as promising. Mr. Edstrom says he knows of a
number of owners who will have their horses trained
if a California circuit is announced by the first of
the year.
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Clarence J. Berry will race his trotters and pacers
in California next year. Mr. Berry, who is one of
the new directors of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse
Breeders' Association, thinks there will be more
pleasure in racing at home where he can see his
horses competing with those of his near friends and
neighbors than there is in sending them across the
mountains, even though the prizes to be won there
are much more valuable.
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"Steve" Bailey, who once owned the Pleasanton
track and sold it to the present owner, Mr. R. J. Mac-
Kenzie, has already wagered a big sum of money on
Wilson, his favorite in the Presidential race. The
papers report that at Seattle last Thursday he de-
posited $7000 in a prominent bank to cover an equal
amount wired from New York by a Wall street firm.
Mr. Bailey must have ten thousand dollars or more
up on the result of the election, as he had already
made several large bets with San Francisco and
Seattle parties.
There are many things horsemen and trainers of
horses will need during the next few months that
they do not use during the racing season. Stallion
owners who are getting their horses ready for the
breeding season of 1917 may need stallion bridles,
hobbles, blankets, shields and many other necessary
articles, and time would be saved if they would call
on David West at 1018 Fillmore street, San Fran-
cisco, and look over the big stock of horse goods that
he has there. There is nothing a horse needs from
bridles to medicine that West does not keep in
stock. Then his prices are right and he gives every
patron his full money's worth.
The well-known Kentucky horseman, R. S. Strader,
is now manager of H. J. Sehlesinger's Fairland Farm,
the home of Belwin 2:06% and Beirne Holt (3)
2:11%. This, hcwever, will not interfere with Mr.
Strader's business at Forkland Farm, as usual, he
will have personal charge of Peter the Great 2:07%.
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Many of the late meetings being held on the half
mile tracks in the Eastern and Middle West States
are having big fields of starters in every race. These
meetings close their entries after the Grand Circuit
racing is ended and only a week before the racing
begins. The result is that the percentage of starters
added to the number originally entered is very large
which assures financial success.
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There will be a greater number of fairs held in
California in 1917 than for several years past. The
educational value of a first class show of products
has been thoroughly established, and live stock
breeders as well as farmers and fruit growers are
becoming regular patrons of the State Fair and
enthusiastic advocates of county fairs. And every
efficient and successful secretary affirms that with-
out a good race program and horse show the largest
crowds cannot be had.
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At a meeting of the Golden Gate Thoroughbred
Breeders' Association held at the St. Francis Hotel in
this city on Thursday evening of this week, a com-
mittee composed of William F. Humphrey, Walter
Martin and Charles T. Boots was appointed to draft
by-laws for permanent organization. It was also
definitely decided that the association will secure
a number of thoroughbred stallions and distribute
them about the State to encourage the breeding of
thoroughbreds.
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Among the stallions now owned in California are
representatives of all the leading and most fashion-
able families. We have stallions here that carry
the blood of Peter the Great, Axworthy, McKinney,
San Francisco, MokO and other great sires, and as
there are many high class mares there is no reason
why California breeders should not produce as many
high class trotters and pacers in the future as they
have in the past. No good mare should be allowed
to go unmated in 1917. The demand for horses that
can race will be greater in the next few years than
it has been during the past few.
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There is a rumor that James Thompson will be
sent east next season with Mr. Todhunter's stallion
Peter McKlyo 2:06 to try conclusions with the trot-
ters on the Grand Circuit. As Peter's mark is a
breeder's record he is eligible to all classes and any
horse that can trot two such heats as he did in
his workout at Stockton last Saturday, should be
able to win a few purses on the big ring if he is in
good shape on his arrival in that part of the country
and escapes illness and other afflictions that so
often strike the California horses when they cross
the mountains.
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The five-year-old stallion Silkworthy 58175, owned
by Dr. Winslow Anderson of this city, is a highly
bred member of the Axworthy family, now so popu-
lar. Silkworthy is by Morgan Axworthy, son of Ax-
worthy and a mare by May King, sire of Bingen
2:06%. The dam of Silkworthy is Clear Silk by
Prodigal, second dam The Real Silk, dam of 6. by
Baron Wilkes, third dam the famous Nannie Etticoat
by Bellwood 756. son of Belmont 64. fourth dam So-
prano, dam of 10, and full sister to Steinway (?.)
2:25% by Strathmore, fifth dam by Marshal Ney and
sixth dam bv the famous thoroughbred Bertrand.
Mr. Ansel M. Easton, of Burlingame. proprietor of
the Blaekhawk Stock Ranch, which has the finest
collection of Shire stallions and mares on this coast,
has recently purchased 1200 acres of land, a part of
the old Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Contra Costa
county, and will establish thereon one of the finest
breeding farms on the coast. He will retain the
name Blaekhawk Stock Ranch and has already en-
gaged Louis Mullgardt, the San Francisco architect.
to prepare plans for a distinctive and ideal country
home and stock breeding farm, with the buildings in
the old Spanish style of architecture, with gardens
and other landscape effects.
We notice where the pacer Colusa by Chester has
been racing again this year after a retirement for a
couple of seasons. He won a race in straight heats
over the half mile track at Malone, New York, last
month, each heat in 2:14 and a fraction. It will be
remembered that he appeared at the California State
Fair in 1912, in his first start finishing a close second
to Manitoba in each heat of the 2:15 pace in 2:05,
2:06% and 2:07li. and a few days later was outside
the money in the 2:11 class in slower time. He was
afterwards sold in the east, and has won several
races this year on the half mile rings.
FOR SALE -My highly bred trotting Ally by Prince
McKinney by Melvinnoy out of Zurilla by Dexter Prince.
Dam Duckens by Baronwood by Baron Wilkes out of
Belle Dick by mignetlzer. Thoroughly broken. Will be
:> years in February. 16 bands and weighs 1100.
Won 1st premium, Ventura County Fair. Greatest
speed prospect I bave ever driven but have not time to
use her. Also thoroughbred colt coming three years old
unbroken, by Wild Oats PAt'L HARVEY.
R. F. D. X". 1. Santa Barbara. Cal.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, November 4, 1916.
-B CALIFORNIA HAS BEST CIVILIAN RIFLE TEAM.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
Shooting Quail for Market. — In 1861 my father,
John Ralston, trapped quail on and around the old
home ranch on the Corte Madera creek, -where he
had located three years before. He captured sixty
dozen birds in his traps, and confined them in cages
built of split redwood, but being offered only 25 cents
a dozen in San Francisco, the one available market,
he tore open the cages and set the birds free.
I began shooting for market in 1868, using a
muzzle-loader, but it was not until ten years later
that I did any wing shooting. At that time I met a
Mr. Johnson, who was a wing-shot as well as a
"ground sluicer" and who was out shooting birds
for market. He asked me to take one side of a
ravine and shoot it out, while he took the other
with a breechloader. Though I was no shot on the
wing, I took my side, and to my own surprise
dropped the first three birds that rose. This gave
me courage, but I soon found that to stop and load
my muzzle-loader was too slow. The advantage of
a breech-loader was apparent by my friend's success,
and I immediately purchased a breech-loader and
began wing- shoo ting.
In those years we hunted six months open season.
I used a fourte en-gauge Parker shotgun, and with
a single load in this gun I have killed 26, and by
using both barrels, 29 quail. My highest record on
ground shooting in any one day was 121 birds, and
on straight wing-shooting 106 birds out of 129 shots.
This last record was made in an ideal place in grass
left by the reaper alongside of a narrow willow run
three-fourths of a mile in length.
Mr. Johnson, as evidence of the abundance of quail
in this part of San Mateo county in the early days,
states that he bagged five dozen birds while walking
from his home to the stage station at San Gregorio,
a distance of a few miles.
It was not until about 1869, when the Chinese
flocked into this great quail section and began grub-
bing and clearing the hills and flats, that quail
began to lessen in number. They were thus driven
out of their feeding and watering places, away from
cover and protection, and cattle and horses, in feed-
ing on the wild grass, exposed and destroyed their
nesting places, contributing largely to the decrease
of the next few years. — [Report of E. B. Ralston to
Fish and Game Commission.
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Chain of Game Refuges. — Believing that a chain
of game sanctuaries can best insure our game supply,
the Fish and Game Commission is co-operating with
the United States Forest Service in gathering data
relative to suitable situations for game refuges within
the national forests. The supervisors of the various
national forces have recommended twenty-two new
refuges comprising a total area of 925,125 acres. Five
supervisors are opposed to the creation of refuges in
their respective forests, but all of the rest recom-
mended one or more areas.
Some of the areas recommended are too large and
others will not be available for other reasons. Nev-
ertheless, when the present plans are worked out, a
chain of sanctuaries extending from San Diego
county to Siskiyou county will be established, either
by federal enactment. If the Chamberlain-Hay den bill
is passed by Congress, or by state enactment at the
next session of the legislature.
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Fish Get "Stewed." — Tacoma. Wash. — "Honest to
goodness, it's getting so it's no sport to catch salmon
out of Commencement bay any more than as though
they "were as tearful and unresisting as a sole."
The speaker was "Dad" Rice, veteran of the water-
front and an authority on all things piscatorial so
far as Commencement bay and contiguous waters are
concerned.
"Wassamatter, dad?" inquired a friend.
"Too many stewed fish," retorted Rice. "Since the
cops have been dumping all that confiscated booze in
the Puyallup river I have yet to see my first sober
fish. So help me, the most of them are maudlin,
especially those you get over by the Milwaukee dock.
They don't know a flicker spoon from a side of bacon,
but they swallow it, thinking that it is probably a
chaser for some of that 40 rod squirrel whisky they
have been drinking.
"The salmon is indigenous if not autocthonous to
our latitude, and as a general thing he is about as
game a fish as you would want to hook, but let Mr.
Old Tyee get a load of some of that bonded contra-
band under his scales and a crab has more fight.
On the level. I have hauled up some in the past few
weeks in such shape that I expected them to burst
into tears at any minute and tell me what a grand
little fish their wife was and how sorry they were
for her when they got pickled like this."
"Dad" Rice is incensed that the fish should be
treated like this and poor human beings are ranging
the hills and valleys for a wee drap of poison pre-
ventive. He admits that after dining off a salmon
captured at the mouth of the Puyallup river a slight
elevation or exhilaration is to be observed, but he
contends that the "kick" is entirely too much diluted
under these conditions to warrant a man eating a
25-pound salmon in order to get into a frame of mind
in which to sing or argue religion.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA KENNEL SHOW.
Event Will Be Staged on November 23, 24 and 25;
Other Doggy News.
The Southern California Kennel Club will give a
show on Nov. 23, 24 and 25th. The club is offering
a long list of trophies, there fceing nearly two hun-
dred in all to be competed for, all the most popular
breeds that are exMbited upon the Pacific Coast
being catered to. Dr. J. E. De Mund. of New York
City, who is to judge all breeds at this fixture, is no
stranger to Coast fanciers, having judged here on
several occasions previonsly. and his work has al-
ways been satisfactory.
The officers of the club are: President. Mrs. Ger-
trude Brennan; first vice-president, Mrs. Chas Win-
terman; second vice-president, Mrs. L. C. Smith:
secretary, Mrs. W. W. Cocktns; treasurer, Mrs. A. K.
Tate. The show secretary and superintendent is
Mr. R. C. Halstead, who has for many years held this
very responsible position satisfactorily with the old-
est show giving club in Southern California, The
Pasadena Kennel Club, and on different occasions
has been called upon to superintend and conduct
shows for other clubs.
Fanciers who have not yet received a premium list
may write to Mr R. C. Halstead, 400 W. Colorado
Street, Pasadena, Cal.
• • •
The greyhound bitch. Blue Streak, owned by W. E.
Lloyd of the University Farm, whelped eight fine
puppies, six dogs and two bitches, to Pepper Kid on
September 2nd. Pepper Kid. owned by Thos. Ken-
nedy of Sacramento, won two out of three stakes
last year and is said to be the fastest hound in Cali-
fornia, while Blue Streak will run him a close second.
Coursing at Sacramento. — The Capital City Cours-
ing Club has definitely fixed Sunday. November 19,
as the date for its first meet, which will be a 32-dog
stake with $5 fixed as the entrance fee. Practically
enough entries have been spoken for to fill the stake,
about 24 dogs being expected from bay cities and
eight from Sacramento.
Entries will clcse Monday night. November 13th,
and the drawings will be made on November 16th.
Owing to the number wishing to enter a limit of two
dogs will be placed on each owner.
A feature of the meet will be the first appearance
on the Coast of two English imported hounds, owned
by John Rosseter. The dogs recently arrived from
England and ran in the Aberdeen cup meet in Kan-
sas. Rosseter has wired East asking the trainer to
bring the dogs to San Francisco immediately.
George Malcolm, well known among coursing en-
thusiasts on the Coast, will attend the opening meet
here. Malcolm, who resides in China, is now in New
York on business and has wired that he will stop
over for the local meet while en route to the Orient.
Malcolm nominated Sacramento Boy in the John
Grace cup race in December, 1900, Sacramento Boy
winning the trophy that year.
Secretary Eugene Panario of the club reports in-
creased interest this year and a busy season is sched-
uled. At its last meeting the club voted in four new
members and received ten applications for member-
ship.
08
Laws Protect Fur-Bearing Animals. — Washington,
D. C. — In spite of the steadily diminishing suppfy of
animals from which the finer furs are obtained, the
value of the raw fur production of the United States
and Canada has grown enormously in recent years,
according to Farmers' Bulletin 783, Laws Relating to
Fur-Bearing Animals, 1916, recently issued by the
U. S. Department of Agriculture. The earnings of
the trappers of North America in 1915 are estimated
by the author of the bulletin to have been not less
than $20,000,000, although exports of raw furs for
the year were only about half tie normal proportion.
In large part, the industry owes its continued suc-
cess, the bulletin indicates, to legislation passed in
recent years protecting fur animals in much of the
territory where the business is important.
Two additional States — Kentucky and Mississippi
— passed state-wide laws for the protection of fur-
bearing animals during 1916. In addition, Virginia
passed a general law but provided that the act shall
not become effective in any county until the board of
county supervisors shall have adopted it.
As a result of the legislation for the year the total
number of States protecting one or more species of
fur-bearing animals by State-wide laws is increased
to 39 in addition to Alaska. The bulletin contains
an outline of the provisions of existing laws by
States and the Provinces of Canada. Copies of the
publication may be had free on application to the
U. S. Department of Agriculture as long as the De-
partment's seupply lasts.
Local Militia Lands Nineteenth in the National Shoot
Held in Florida.
[By E. C. Crossman.]
State Camp.(Fla.), Oct. 25. — With a hair-breathing
finish at 1000 yards, in which Pritchard of the Cali-
fornia civilian rifle team pulled seven straight before
finding the target, the California riflemen cleaned
the twenty-four other civilian rifle teams at the great
shoot and made a good job by also beating twenty-
three State Militia teams, landing ninth place in the
shoot out of fifty-six teams entered.
But for Pritchard's string of misses at the start
the team would have landed in third place, having
third until the last pair came up to fire.
Not only did the California civilian riflemen clean
up the civilian teams in the division in which they
were entered, but they won the historic soldier Mar-
athon trophy for a year and the highest rank in the
big shoot ever taken by a team from California here-
tofore confined to the State militiamen.
The civilian team from California trimmed the Cal-
ifornia militia team, otherwise the State team, by
about forty points, the guardsmen getting nineteenth
place. Each particular lot of teams shot in a sepa-
rate division, using the same course and firing at the
same time. The ambition of the California men was
to first win the civilian rifle team championship of
the twenty-five teams of twelve men entered, and
second, to clean up the California militia team, both
of which they did with plenty of points to spare.
The lowest place occupied by the California Rifle
Club shots was eleventh during the long two days'
struggle over three ranges, and they pulled up stead-
ily until the slide of Pritchard.
March of Los Angeles also presented his team with
three misses, which also helped slide his team from
third out of the fixty-six to ninth.
Most of the match was shot in a drizzle that in-
creased at times until the targets could not be seen.
The California civilian team was made up hur-
riedly on receipt of word of the shooting of the
matches of 1916 from the rifle shots of the Los An-
geles Rifle and Revolver Club and the Olympic Club
of San Francisco, and was shipped East with a week's
warning and no practice. Col. T. F. Cooke of Los
Angeles was team captain; E. C. Crossman of Los
Angeles, team coach. The same Los Angeles men
also acted as adjutant and coach of the picked 16-man
civilian team that fired today in the united service
match against the best of the marines and the militia.
The militia teams in the great shoot, sixteen men,
of whom twelve shot in the match for each State,
were the pick of the militia of the States represented
— in some cases the best of 8,000 or 10,000 State sol-
diers. For the pick-up team of California civilian
riflemen to trim the two-score militia teams in addi-
tion to the two dozen civilian teams entered was as
much of a surprise to the California men as to the
militiamen getting trimmed.
The Californians shot slowly for the last pair,
because of the misses of Pritchard, and the score
board of the California targets was crowded with
men from other teams before the last pair finished,
watching the westerners batting out bullseyes at
the target more than a half-mile away, when they
finally found the right sight set in.
Each man of the California team gets a bronze
national trophy medal for being third team of the
three classes and landing in the first division instead
of down in the civilian division in which it was sup-
posed to compete against organizations of its own
class.
The California men were led by the marines, New
York, Iowa, New Jersey, Minnesota, Pennsylvania,
Indiana and Georgia. The rest of tbe State teams
took the dust of the California civilians. The scores
of the team over the 200 rapid fire, 600 slow fire and
1000 slow fire, twenty shots per man per range,
follow :
E. C. Crossman 90 90 83
S. Rogers 83 91 82
G. L. Wotkyns 80 88 85
A. L. Thomson 83 85 85
C. T. Blank 80 89 83
G. Frahm 84 85 82
C. T. lander 69 87 93
C.F.Williams 81 82 85
E. C. Price 83 85 76
L. Felsenthal 72 87 79
Y. C. March '. 79 92 61
W. C. Pritchard 81 86 58
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Million of Ducks in Flight. — Deputy Fish and Game
Commissioner George Neale, of Sacramento, just
back from an inspection trip through the rice fields,
reports having seen the greatest flight of ducks he
ever witnessed in Superior California.
"There were millions of them." says Neale. "I am
not exaggerating when I say that when they rose
from the ground they made a noise like a locomotive
and clouded the sun.
"There was an immense flock of birds on a long
island, and when we approached they started to rise,
at one end first, until when the last of them were
just leaving the ground it looked like a huge blanket
stretched across the sky."
Neale reports more birds coming into the rice fields
each week, being mostly sprig and mallard from the
north. There are also many geese, mostly of the
white and gray varieties, coming into the valley.
Saturday, November 4, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
DUCKS NO MENACE TO RICE CROPS.
President Newoert Makes Investigation and Finds
Reports Are Not True.
[By Frank M. Newbert, President California Fish
and Game Commission.]
A deal of publicity has been given in the public
press of late regarding the alleged damage done to
growing rice in California. It is the custom of this
Commission to investigate all reports concerning the
welfare of the fish and game of the State. If certain
game birds or animals are a menace to the property
of any community, the' Commission realizes the
necessity of some action for relief.
If they are nor, then the idea of game conservation
must prevail. Reports of immense damage by ducks
were made. Offers were made by alleged rice farm-
ers to board, lodge and furnish ammunition to an
army of shooters from all over the State.
Hunters were induced to travel long distances to
Marysville, Gridley, Biggs and Colusa, only to find
that the rice farmer did not want relief from the
hunter, but had posted his land with "positively no
shooting" signs and, in some instances, was patroling
the road with a gun in an endeavor to keep men and
dogs from entering the rice field.
An investigation has been made for the Fish and
Game Commission by Deputy George Neale and my-
self, interviewing many rice farmers, members of
Chambers of Commerce and business men financially
interested in tha great future of rice culture in the
counties named, and all without exception stated
they could not point to one instance where damage
could be shown. Mr. Gohm, who farms 800 acres,
stated that if ducks were injuring his crop he had
never known it, but that the blackbirds w-ere very
destructive and that the ducks were blamed for the
depredations of the blackbirds. J. H. Stevens, Presi-
dent of the Rice Growers' Association, states that
wild ducks do no damage to rice whatsoever on his
farm.
The facts, as learned after investigation, are that
ducks do not eat green or unripe growing rice, or
until the kernels are in a ripe condition. Blackbirds
are very destructive to rice.
There are three stages of the development of rice,
the milk stage, the dough stage and the ripe grain.
The blackbird -efts it in all the stages. The wild
duck eats what is threshed out by blackbirds and
the grain left by the harvester.
Hunters do not shoot ducks on the rice fields, but
on the overflowed areas of drainage water, which
comes from the rice fields when drained, and which
carries much feed with it. Growers say that if this
rice was allowed to remain on the ground and become
what is known as volunteer rice, it eventually be-
comes red rice, the same as cheat is to degenerated
wheat or barley, and which is the real menace to the
rice grower at this time.
Some of the rice growers state that the wild duck
is a benefit. Ducks feed on the rice stubble fields
at night, scarcely ever in the day time. They fre-
quent the fields in day time while the water is there,
but it is to feed on the water larvae, tender grasses,
bugs and other insects, which are quite numerous.
The investigation was made in justice to the grow-
ers of rice. This new industry is making giant
strides in Northern California and the Fish and Game
Commission realizes that to allow the false reports
to be given to the world unchallenged would have
the effect of keeping capitalists and farmers away
who wish to engage in the new and rapidly growing
industry. As one grower put it, "We don't want
hunters to tramp our rice down. We want people to
eat more rice."
SB
Striped Bass Transplanted. — The long-delayed
striped bass transplanting experiment was tried last
week, when 20 cans of these fine food and game fish
were brought down in the State fish car with the
remainder of the Sisson hatchery's allotment of
trout for Southern California.
They were taken with an undersized beach net
confiscated by deputies. Delays came from bad
weather, which prevented getting enough bass to-
gether within three days to make a shipment.
These fish were liberated in Alamitos, Newport and
False Bays, in Orange and San Diego counties. It Is
thought by the Fish and Game Commission's experts
that this is the most favorable season in many to
tary the bass, as the streams stayed up well all
summer and the early rains have helped pour fresh
water into the lagoons.
Striped bass require brackish water and congre-
gate where fresh mingles with salt. They are splen-
did either as food or game fish, and proved one of
the most successful artificial propagations ever con-
ducted by the fish commissions of Cfalifornia, being
an introduced fish in the Sacramento river.
Run of Striped Bass. — Sacramento fishermen report
a big run of striped bass in the Sacramento river
and good catches are being made every day. Favor-
ite spots for fishermen are in mid-stream above the
Southern Pacific bridge and at the mouth of the
American River. A 24-pounder was landed near the
bridge.
Good black bass fishing is reported in the reser-
voir between Clarksville and Green Valley, fisher-
men having little difficulty in catching the limit. The
reservoir is within easy motoring distance and the
roads are good, either via Placerville or via Folsom.
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Turkey Shoots Improved. — Thirty or forty years
ago, w-hen it was announced that there would be a
HERE THEY ARE — TEN LIMITS OF DUCKS IN ONE PARTY.
Members of the Mud Hen Club at Alvarado having been enjoying excellent
sport. Those in the picture taken by Al Durney are (left to right, on the
rail), H. C. Peet, Homer Craig, Dr. Roscoe Day, Bob Valleau, H. P. Martine
and George Thomas. Below are Lou Schroeder, Mark Fontana and Charley
Hollywood.
turkey shoot at John Smith's on Thanksgiving Day,
it was undeerstood that the shoot was to be at live
turkeys; that the turkey would be placed in a box
with a hole in the top of the box through which the
turkey would protrude its head, and then the partici-
pants would be stationed at a certain number of
yards from the box and be given the privilege of
shooting at the turkey's head at so much a shot with
a rifle, or that the turkey would be placed three or
four times the distance away and the shooter would
be allowed to shoot at the whole turkey, either from
an off-hand position, kneeling or prone, but in the
two latter instances at greater distances than when
shooting off-hand. This method of holding turkey
shoots, while it displayed a man's skill with the rifle,
was cruel and inhuman, as the turkey would fre-
quently be mortally wounded but not killed, and
shooting at it "would continue until it was finally
killed, a turkey often bringing the management three
or four dollars before it was put out of commission
and another bird put up as a target.
This way of holding turkey shoots, however, was
some years since abandoned because of its cruel
nature, and nowadays when a turkey shoot is held
the contestants shoot at a bullseye on a target, if
using a rifle, or at inanimate targets if shooting is
done with a shotgun, and the most humane person in
the land can engage in the sport without feeling that
he is doing anything cruel or inhuman.
At a properly conducted, up-to-date turkey shoot
nowadays the turkeys are taken to the location where
the shoot is to be held — either alive or dressed — and
when a man by his superior marksmanship wins a
bird he goes to the crate, or into the club house — if
the turkeys are dressed — and selects his prize. In
many sports the American people have made great
progress within the last forty years, and the manner
of conducting turkey shoots at the present time
proves conclusively that sportsmen are a humane
and progressive class of people.
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Christy Mathewson at Traps. — "Christy" Mathew-
son, Bucknell '00, for many years on the pitching
staff of the New York Giants, and now the manager
of baseball's Jonah team — the Cincinnati Reds — is a
"gun bug."
"Matty" gave a lot of his spare time to golfing
the last year or so he was with the Giants and last
fall he went along on the ball players' trapshooting
team with Chief Bender, Harry Davis and Otis Cran-
dall, though he was a novice, and now he golfs no
more. All the time he has to spare away from base-
ball is given to trapshooting.
There will be no tour of the ball player-trapshooters
this fall, but if there was Mathewson would be one
of the party. He filed his application early. "Big
Six", was a novice at the trapshooting game when
the trip began, but he knew a lot about the "sport
alluring" before he got through.
He became just as much of a student of trapshoot-
ing as baseball. He became interested in the sport,
then a devotee, and then decided that he wanted to
know just how to break 'em all the time. Matty
talked with the cracks that it was his pleasure to
meet and all of them supplied him with good advice,
and as he made the rounds from Richmond to Omaha
and back to Boston he picked up something in every
city.
"Matty" was very frank in saying that his eyes
were opened to the realization of the widespread
interest in trapshooting. He never thought it was
such a good sport or that so many people were inter-
ested in it. Since the trapshooting trip Mathewson
has invaded the fields, too, and with Frank Stevens
went into the North Carolina woods for ten days last
winter.
Good baseball players as a rule make excellent
trap shots. It is an accepted fact that it requires the
same concentration, the same "pilot eyes," the same
acting in unison of the eye, brain and nerves to be-
come a successful baseball player that it does to
become an expert trapshooter, and in either sport it
requires practice to become a leader.
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Trap Guns Made to Order. — The shooting of blue
rocks at the traps has undergone an evolution in the
last few years and the average scores have been get-
ting higher and higher. Beyond doubt the greatest
factor in this has been the change in gun equipment.
In other words, to hold your own with the cracks
of today you must have a gun built for shooting blue
rocks and that alone. A great many shooters who
take out to the traps their field or duck guns, and
find the game too fast, would be right among those
who average the highest if they had only provided
themselves with the proper gun. The pump gun was
the first step in the evolution, and for that matter
holds a prominent part to this day.
How often you have seen the seasoned sportsman,
with a Scott or Purdy or some other high-grade Amer-
ican or foreign-made work of art, line up in the squad
with a beginner armed with a cheap pump and come
out of the race with the small end of the score to his
credit — and after a repetition or two of this experi-
ence place his gun in the cabinet and devote his
attention thereafter to fishing or golf.
But the sportsman who hesitated to add a pump
or automatic to his collection (and a man shooting
an automatic once won the Grand American) can now
be supplied with up-to-date blue rock guns, both of
foreign and domestic makes, of almost any grade and
price.
One of the best bits of evidence to prove the cor-
rectness of these statements is found in the trap-
shooting squad that bettered all previous world's rec-
ords at Maplewood, N. H„ on July 7, by breaking
497 out of 500 targets. A. C. King, R. L. Spotts,
C. H. Newcomb, the late A. B. Richardson and Fred
Plum, all used guns that were built for the breaking
of clay targets.
Further proof that the trapshooter of these days
intends to keep in the swim was given at the recent
Westy Hogans tournament in Atlantic City, N. J.
Fully 98 per cent of the guns used were especially
designed for blue rock shooting. You shooters of
some years back, it is up to you. You can turn a
weak 90 per cent into a strong 95 per cent in the
averages if you use a gun that fits and is built for
the breaking of clay targets. Try it and see for
vourself.
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Portland Club. — E. H. Keller was high gun and
Felix Friedlander, shooting at bluerocks for the first
time, the surprise at the weekly shoot of the Portland
Gun Club at Everding Park on October 25th.
Keller shot a score of 92, which was two better
than J. C. Morris and C. J. Schilling, the latter a
professional.
L. Top Kenney started out like a Tom Marshall,
breaking 12 out of his first 15, and 14 out of the
second 15, but the strain was too much and he came
a cropper (Picadilly stuff) in the last 20.
The scores follow: L. Topperwein Kennedy, 76,
R. A. Cronin 72, E. L. Clark 72, C. N. Parker 72,
H. R. Everding 86, E. H. Keller 92, C. J. Schilling
(pro.) 90, W. C. Bristol (20 gauge) 72, J. C. Morris
90, and Felix Friedlander 66.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, November 4, 1916.
Sportsmen's Row \
Billy Wilshire, the 20-gauge enthusiast, is another
who added to the list of small-bore limits Sunday
near Saugus. One of the latest dove limits reported
was that of a party of prominent local physicians
Saturday in lower Orange county, when Drs. Clar-
ence Moore, George McCoy, William Toland and Ed-
win L. Hedderly got into a belated flight and then
drove to the San Joaquin Gun Club for a big duck
shoot the next day, one of the party killing a dozen
mallards. All these gentlemen operate in the field
with twenty-bores.
• • •
Snipe are coming in more strongly on the fresh-
water marshy edges and good sport with the long-
bills may be looked for another week. Geese have
not come down at all as yet. They are due in No-
vember. All up and down the big interior valleys of
California, shooting is splendid, and duck hunters
report birds fat.
• • •
Now that a majority of the fishermen have deserted
Catalina Island, the fish are running in great quan-
tity, according to President Cose of the Tuna Club.
"Shorty," one of the boatmen of the island, returned
to Avalon last Monday with a tuna weighing thirty-
six pounds.
• • •
Al Durney, accompanied by Mrs. Durney, took a
trip up in Sonoma county last week and did some
fast and fancy shooting to get the limit of quail. He
did not go out until 3:45 in the afternoon and by
5:30 he had his bag full.
• • •
O. N. Ford, the San Jose crack shot, had the mis-
fortune to fracture two ribs and has been laid up for
the last week. He was visiting some friends near his
place at San Jose and in the darkness stepped off
a porch and suffered a heavy fall. Bobbie was figur-
ing on going to the registered shoots in Arizona but
may be compelled to give up the trips.
• • •
George L. Knight of Fresno has emblazoned his
name in the hall of fame as a huntsman of big game.
Knight went forth in quest of big game with the
opening of the season, and, using three shells, he
brought down two deer and a bear. Knight secured
his deer and bear back of the Big Meadows on Boul-
der Creek.
• • •
Four Fresno men, Pete Loinaz, Dr. Thomas Sam-
ple, Frank Wyatt and Mr. Brophy, have departed for
Williams, Arizona, where they will be the guests of
Lilo Perrin, in a bear and big game hunt. The party
following their arrival at Williams will strike off into
the mountains with a complete big game hunting
equipment, there being six pack mules used to carry
this equipment,
m • •
Thomas Hale, of Tennessee, is the only trapshooter
who has won a State championship three times, and
he has accomplished the feat in successive years.
• • •
You never hear the expression "Didn't know it
was loaded" at a trapshooting tournament. Safety
first is the rule that applies to all scattergun enthu-
siasts. No trapshooter puts a shell in his gun until
he is going t oshoot. That's the reason there are no
accidents at trapshooting tournaments.
• • •
After spending the summer in the White Moun-
tains instructing women in the art of trapshooting
Annie Oakley (Mrs. Frank E. Butler) is again at
Pinehurst, N. C„ and will instruct in the "sport
alluring" there this winter.
• • •
The Arizona State championship tournament will
take place at Phoenix on November 13, 14 and 15.
• • •
In a recent tournament in California Len Hawx-
hurst, a professional, broke 48 targets out of 25 pairs,
which is pretty nearly a record for doubles shooting.
• • •
The Vallejo Gun Club is planning to reorganize and
add a number of business men to the club roster.
With the classy shooting of Andy Flickinger to stim-
ulate interest, it is expected that Vallejo will enjoy
a banner season in 1917.
• • •
The Fish and Game Commission has issued its
fourth publication on the conservation of wild life
through education. It contains many interesting and
instructive articles. Thousands of copies have been
distributed to sportsmen throughout California.
• • •
Bass fishermen are having good sport. The sloughs
are filled with fish, this condition being offset by the
fact that plenty of natural food is to be found by
the "stripes." Frend Engle got a seventeen-pounder
near Black Point. Joe Gabarino took one weighing
eight pounds at Wingo.
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Trout to be Rescued. — At Ihe suggestion of the
Forest Ranger Bert Stephenson of the Cleveland Na-
tional Forest, a fund is being raised in order that
rout imprisoned in the rapidly drying pools of some
of the mountain streams may be rescued. According
to Ranger Stephenson, between 4,000 and 5,000 trout
can be saved if proper steps are taken. Although
there are many places in Orange county trout streams
where trout have been caught in pools, yet most of
the fish in danger are located in the San Juan Hot
Springs and the Trabuco Canyons. — California Fish
and Game.
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Do Anglers Buy Fish? — There is an old adage that
"it takes a thief to catch a thief." This saying has
nothing to do with the following incident, however:
About two weeks ago Ray Winter, one of the best-
known anglers in Portland or vincinity, made a trip
to Nehalem City, which is located on Nehalem bay,
in quest of silverside. He was duly equipped with all
the necessary rods, tackle, lures, reels, etc., which
as secretary of the Salmon Club of Oregon he should
be familiar with.
Before leaving, he promised Mrs. Winter that he
would send her some of his first catch on the day of
his arrival there.
Ray's intentions were all right, and he has the
necessary experience and training to hook a trout or
salmon if there is one within a couple of miles of
his bait.
"Upon getting out in Nehalem bay, however, he
didn't have to wait long to discover that the silver-
sides were not biting. Ray did get one strike, but
the near-victim managed to get away, and at noon
he went back to the city, empty handed.
After reaching the dock he remembered his prom-
ise to Mrs. Winter, and immediately oiled up the
cylinders in which his gray matter is stored. Per-
ceiving some seiners on the dock, busily engaged in
hauling some fine silversides out of their net, he
approached gingerly, with a furtive glance around,
and asked whether he could buy a couple of them.
"Certainly," was the response.
After selecting two of the best specimens, he was
just in the act of paying for them when he felt a
heavy hand on his shoulder and heard a hearty,
"Why, hello, Ray, what are you doing here?"
Turning around he beheld Walter F. Backus, sec-
retary of the Multnomah Anglers' Club, and another
of the best-known anglers in the Northwest, standing
beside him.
Ray was caught red-handed in the act, and had no
alibi to make. Consequently, he made a clean breast
of the situation, and as one secretary to another,
endeavored to keep the transaction out of the spot-
light of angling circles.
The joke was too good to be kept, however, espe-
cially when Ray is known to be one of the greatest
practical jokers among the club. Others got hold of
the tale and passed it along.
Mrs. Winter received the fish, all right, and unless
she should happen to see this story, she probably
will never be any the wiser.
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Anglers to Build Club House. — Seventeen members
of the Lake Grove Anglers' Club, a newly formed
organization of Portland, pledged themselves to sub-
scriptions amounting to §255 for the construction of
a club house on the club grounds at Oswego lake.
This was done at a recent meeting and it is antici-
pated that there will be no trouble in raising $500,
which is needed to finish the first section of the club
house. It is planned to add other sections later.
Stock is to be issued and a company incorporated.
Blocks of stock can be purchased for $5 each, mem-
bers to take as many as they wish.
Construction on the building will start within the
next month, and it is planned to have it finished be-
fore the first of the year.
The Lake Grove Anglers' Club at present has
nearly forty members, and has already had a great
many black bass fry planted in the lake. It has con-
structed a large water wheel at the lake inlet and
will shortly have both royal chinook and steelhead
fry planted there, marking the first experiment of
putting these ocean varieties in a land-locked stream
in this vicinity.
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Trade Notes. — Frank McCloughan and Frank Sey-
mour won first and second places respectively at a
recent shoot of the Ferguson (Mo.) Gun Club. Both
of these gentlemen shot the perfect combination of
Remington auto gun and Nitro Clubs. McCloughan
missed only 3 of his quota of 50 birds, while Seymour
was close on his heels with 4 misses.
At a recent shoot of the Libertyville (111.) Gun
Club the three high amateurs all used the perfect
shooting combination of Remington pump gun and
Nitros'. T. E. Graham, E. McCormick and Geo. Law-
rence took the honors, scoring 97x100, 97x100. and
91x100 respectively.
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Scottish Deer Forests. — What is going to be done
with the Scottish deer forests after the war? Some
authorities say that some 2,000,000 acres throughout
the Highlands will be taken from deer-forests and
converted into sheep-walks. In 1891, 2,562„133 acres
of Scotland were devoted to deer. By 1911 this had
been increased to 3,599,744 acres, all devoted to sport.
Since 1911 more land has been taken, but, according
to Sir John Stirling Maxwell, the amount of food
the deer-forests produce is negligible. This land
could never be productive, but it is argued that where
so much has been taken from sheep and given to
deer, the land might again revert to sheep. Then
the question arises, Does the land produce more
money as a deer-forest or grouse-moor than a sheep-
walk? The shooting undoubtedly has it, but this
does not solve the problem.
ADVOATES REGISTERED SHOOTS SUNDAYS.
California Trap Shot Writes to Back Up Breeder and
Sportsman in Appeal for the Event.
Editor, Breeder and Sportsman:
I would like to write a few lines for your valuable
paper on why the Pacific Coast should be allowed to
have Sunday shoots registered. I was pleased to
note that the Breeder and Sportsman went on record
as favoring having the events out in this section
of the country.
In 1914 only five amateurs in the State of Califor-
nia shot the required 2,000 shots to entitle them to
an average. In 1915 there were only eight. Every
shooter would like to shoot 2000 shots in registered
tournaments and we have fifty in California who do,
but one-half of them do not count as the big day is
always Sunday.
If our Sunday shoots could be registered, Califor-
nia alone would furnish enough registered tourna-
ments for all the trap shots to shoot the required
2,000 for an average. Furthermore, it would help
the game, as every shooter would like to know if he'
attended the shoot what his mark would be, for the
season.
When we California shooters look for other regis-
tered tournaments, Portland, Ore., is the first jump.
Now, listen, — how many Eastern shooters would go
to a shoot if they had to go 1400 miles? Well, that's
what the Los Angeles and San Diego boys hove to do,
and San Francisco shooters have to travel 775 miles.
I believe in the old adage, "When in Rome, do as
Romans do," and as long as Sunday shooting is the
big thing on the Pacific Coast we should be allowed
registered tournaments on that day. I believe that
the Interstate Association will do the right thing and
a good thing for the trapshooting game if they will
recognize Sunday shoots out here. Here's hoping
that we get registered shoots on Sunday in 1917.
Yours respectfully,
A CALIFORNIA TRAP SHOT.
Pacific Coast shooters seem to be of the same mind
in desiring registered shoots on Sundays. The mat-
ter has been brought to the attention of the directors
of the Interstate Association and it is understood
that the question will come up at the annual meeting
in Pittsburgh next month. The reason the Interstate
Association has not recognized trapshooting on Sun-
days was doubtless due to the blue laws existing in
many Eastern states. Conditions are different out
here, however, and it would seem to be a good move
to permit registered tournaments as requested by
the Pacific Coast devotees of the sport. Easterners
would have no complaint to register and it would un-
questionably be the means of creating more interest
in trapshooting on the Coast.
SB
Seattle Association. — Starting out with almost per-
fest weather and finishing the second part of the pro-
gram with a direct north wind which "jumped" the
targets at verying degrees, the shooters attending
the Sunday morning shootfest at Harbor Island on
October 22nd were given some handicaps that were
not reckoned with.
Tom Wilkes stood at the head of the list in the
50-target program with 47 smashed "clays" to his
credit. Three shooters tied for the second position
honors in this event, C. E. McKelvey, Hugh Fleming
and George Scripture each scoring a forty-five.
Hugh Fleming shot to the high score position in the
hundred-target program, breaking ninety-four out of
the bunch, while McKelvey stood second with ninety-
two and Wilkes third with ninety-one.
J. M. Areder, a member of the Los Animas Gun
Club, Los Animas, Colo., was a visiting shooter. The
results: —
At 50 targets — Tom Wilkes 47, C. E. McKelvey 45,
Hugh Fleming 45. George Scripture 45, W. B. Taft
44, J. M. Veder 43, C. W. Bandy 42, *D. Rhodes 39,
John Considine 38, J. TJ. McPherson 23.
At 100 targets— Hugh Fleming 94, C. E. McKelvey
92, Tom Wilkes 91, George Scripture 86, W. B. Taft
84, John Considine 77, J. M. Veder 75, *D. Rhodes
74, J. U. McPherson 40. ('Professional.)
Yours, E. A. FRY.
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Eastern Brook Trout Fry Obtained in Nevada — Our
supply of eastern brook trout fry was increased con-
siderably this season, as the Nevada State Fish
Commission did not operate their hatcheries and we
were able to secure the privilege of collecting eggs
from Mariett Lake, Nevada. The Carson City Hatch-
ery was taken over by the California Fish and Game
Commission and the Eastern brook trout eggs col-
lected from Mariett Lake were shipped to the Carson
hatchery, where they were eyed and prepared for
shipment. At this station 690,000 eggs were collect-
ed. 527,000 of which were shipped to Sisson hatch-
ery to be hatched and reared for distribution in the
streams of California. In addition to this lot, 110,000
eggs were shipped to the Verdi hatchery where they
were hatched and reared. The fry resulting from
these eggs will be distributed in the streams and
lakes in the vicinity of Lake Tahoe.
The second monthly fly and bait-casting tourna-
ment of the Southern California Rod and Reel Club's
auxiliary will be held at the Eastlake park grounds
on November 12. The program will be an all-day
affair, with a program in the morning and one in the
afternoon. This is done because no tournament will
be held in May on account of the trout season open-
ing the first of that month.
Saturday, November 4, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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TRAPSHOOTING COMPARED TO OTHER SPORTS
Cost Is Not as Great as Golf, as the Figures Are
Wont to Prove.
[By Harriet D. Hammond.]
When people hear that it costs at the present time,
owing to the high price of paper, felt, brass, lead and
other metals, at the rate of one dollar and five cents
to shoot a round of twenty-five shots, they hold up
their hands in horror and without stopping to think,
say, "None for mine: trapshooting cost's too much
for me — guess I will play golf for my recreation."
Little do they stop to consider the cost of playing
golf. Golf belongs to the Country Club, and to join
such a club a person has to pay on an average fifty
dollars for a share of stock and perhaps the same
amount for annual dues, making the cost at the be-
ginning of the first year about one hundred dollars.
This does not take in the equipment necessary to
the golfer, the minimum cost of which is about
twenty-two dollars, not counting the cost of balls
which are approximately nine dollars a dozen. Then,
too, there are many little expenses connected with
the game of golf that we will speak of in detail in
another paragraph.
When we compare the cost of shooting to the cost
of playing golf, some of the people who called us
extravagant when we first started will immediately
take off their hats to us and to the shooting game
in general.
The first year the average cost of belonging to a
trapshooting club is three dollars initiation and two
dollars annual dues, making a total of five dollars
against one hundred dollars. A good trap gun, such
as has been used by many winners in trapshooting
events, can be purchased for thirty-two dollars and
fifty cents. This is an up-to-date gun and is the only
necessary equipment. The equipment:
Golf— 1 Caddy Bag, $5.00; 1 Driver, $3.50; 1 Bras-
sie $3.50; 1 Cleek $2.50; 1 Mid Iron $2.50; 1 Mashie
$2.50; 1 Putter $2.50— total, $22.50.
Trapshooting— Standard Trap Gun, $32.50.
It is true the shooter pays out more cash money
to shoot during an afternoon than a golfer does to
play eighteen holes of golf, unless the golfer has hard
luck and breaks a club or loses several balls, but we
must take into consideration the fact that the shooter
has no other expenses connected with his sport. The
average shooter finishes his game and goes home.
Now the golfer besides his caddy fee has a number of
other expenses. You know in golf there is a little
game called "A ball in a hole" where the loser pays
out almost enough in balls to buy a box of shells for
his brother shooter, and then the golfer does quite
a little entertaining, treating his friends to refresh-
ments after the game and more often invites them
to take dinner with him. Of course he does not pay
for all of this at the time and probably loses sight
of the amount he is spending, but at the end of the
month when the bill clerk presents him with a state-
ment, it makes him whistle. He never realized how
many little items he had charged to his account dur-
ing the month. Now at the Gun Club there is noth-
ing but the sport and when everyone has finished
shooting, the Secretary closes the club and the mem-
bers all file home. Not having extra expenses the
trapshooter is not nearly so apt to go beyond the
amount he sets aside for sport as is his brother, the
golfer.
Of course, the estimated fifty dollars annual dues
in a Country Club entitles a member to all privileges
of the club such as tennis, golf, billiards, swimming,
skating, etc., but when you consider the many de-
tailed expenses connected with each one of these
sports, a person has to have a pretty good income to
belong to a club of this kind.
Another thing, the average trapshooter is satisfied
with one afternoon a week at the club, but the golfer
spends a part of every afternoon on the links, usually
after office hours, however.
Both the golfer and the trapshooter become ex-
travagant and attend tournaments certain seasons
of the year, and on that score they are just about
even. They do not care at those times how they
spend their money, for the tournaments spell Vaca-
tion for them and it is the only time in the whole
year that the majority of business men take any
time from their work.
In the above comparison of figures we certainly
find that trapshooting is by no means the most
expensive of outdoor sports, but on the other hand
can be enjoyed by men and women who cannot afford
to belong to the local Country Club.
Do not misunderstand me, please, I do not mean
to say anything against the sport of golf, which we
all know is one of the best and most popular forms
of outdoor recreation. What I have tried to do is
to convince the sport-loving people of our country
that trapshooting is _ not the expensive sport they
think it is and my only means of doing this is to com-
pare its cost with the cost of other sports. To get
my figures, I consulted with a brother sportsman
who is a golf enthusiast and after he had given me
the data I needed, we had a little heart-to-heart talk
about sports in general and the cost of belonging to
clubs and taking an active part in them. We came
to the conclusion that sport is just like anything
else in the world — the better the quality the greater
the expense.
Getting some good wholesome exercise out in the
open for an afternoon does a person more good than
a week's treatment from a physician and is not
nearly so expensive.
In this day of perpetual rush when work of all
kinds is nerve-irying and there is such a great dan-
ger of a nervous breakdown for all of us if we do not
take the proper care of our minds and bodies, it is
absolutely necessary that we engage in some form of
outdoor sport, and there is none more healthful than
trapshooting.
One thing you can do, Mr. Trapshooter, during this
period of financial stress, is to shoot economically.
By that I mean to concentrate on every target and
aim to break each and every one you shoot at, so
that at the end of a string of twenty-five you will
feel so well pleased with your efforts that you won't
have to shoot seventy-five or a hundred before you
can go home feeling satisfied with your day's sport
and yourself. This self-discipline will not only help
the condition of your pocketbook, but will improve
your shooting wonderfully and you will soon get in
the habit of making only good scores.
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CALIFORNIA'S OLDEST GAME WARDEN IS DEAD
Alonza F. Lea died on Thursday, October 26th, in
a Santa Rosa, Cal„ hospital after lingering a week
from a fractured skull sustained in falling from a
step-ladder at his home at Cloverdale.
This news sentence tells of the passing of Cali-
fornia's oldest fish and game deputy, in point of
service, and one of the best-known and best-loved
of the men who patrol the hills and streams for the
preservation of wild life. While a comparatively
young man of 49 years, Lea was recognized as one of
the first to protect the interests of wild game.
J. S. Hunter, secretary of the Fish and Game Com-
mission, pays a high compliment to the memory of
Alonza F. Lea and declares that his loss is deeply
felt. He says:
"Alonza F. Lea was one of the most experienced
and active workers the Fish and Game Commission
had in the field. Back in the nineties he was follow-
ing his favorite vocation, to which he was so admir-
ably adapted. He patrolled the length and breadth
of the State of California. In 1903 he was regularly
appointed and has seen continuous service in Lake
and northern Sonoma and Mendocino counties. It
was practically on his account personally that deer
hunting in those sections is still in good shape.
"Lea was one of the most conscientious and pains-
taking deputies in the service of the Commission.
He had the happy faculty of making a friend of the
man he arrested. He was a wonderful judge of
human nature. While he overlooked not one item
in doing his duty as a deputy, he did it in such a
manner that he won respect and friendship. His
loss will be felt in the field. He cannot be replaced."
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Vernon Club. — Stanton A. Bruner won the gold bar
watch fob emblem in the 50-bird trap shooting tour-
nament at distance handicaps held Sunday at the
Vernon Gun Club.
His score was 49x50. This is the third bar w-on by
Bruner. Meek and Fish were the runners up, each
with scores of 43x50. Guy Holohan, DuPont profes-
sional, broke 105 straight throughout the day's shoot-
ing. The results follow:
Trophy Shoot — Holohan (handicap 19 yds.) 50,
Blanchard (IS) 46, Meek (18) 48, Fish (18) 48, F. H.
Nichols (18) 43, Pugh (18) 42, Bole (17) 43, C. F.
Nichols (17) 45, S. A. Bruner (19) 49, Dierdoff (18)
44, Mrs. C. E. Groat (18) 43, C. E. Groat (18) 47.
Practice Scores — Holohan 75x75, Blanchard 41x50,
Meek 70x75, Fish 45x50, Greenberg 21x25, Keeny 54x
75, Pugh 41x50, Bole 62x75, C. F. Nichols 46x50, S.
Bruner 42x50, Mrs. Groat 23x25, C. E. Groat 24x25,
Kimble 21x25.
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Black Fox Is Only a Cat. — Assessor Frederick J.
Spencer of Lexington, a director of the New England
Fox Hunters' Club, went out fox hunting recently,
and before he returned from the chase had solved the
great mystery surrounding the black fox, which has
been seen by several Lexington hunters this fall.
The black fox is a rarity in this part of the country,
and is a valuable animal, and all along, despite the
reports from reliable sources that such a fox was
living near Lexington, Spencer doubted the report.
But he, too, nearly changed his mind, for while on
Bannon's Hill, near the Buriington-Lexington line,
he was startled to see what at first looked like a
small fox running through some brush quite a dis-
tance off. As the fox passed a little nearer, however,
Spencer's trainad eyes saw that the fox was not a fox,
but only a big black angora cat. The black cat was
being chased by a bulldog, and was soon lost to
sight.
QUAIL SHOOTING DUE FOR IMPROVEMENT.
Early Rains Scattered Birds; Duck Hunters Also
Experience Better Sport in All Sections.
Watch for Bands on Ducks. — If you kill or capture
a wild duck bearing an iluminum band around one
leg, having a number on one side and on the other
a statement requesting that the United States De-
partment of Agriculture or the biological survey be
notified, you are requested to send this band at once
to the bureau of biological survey, United States De-
partment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. This
band, if accommpanied by a statement as to date,
place and circumstances under which the bird was
taken, will be of service to the survey in its efforts
to determine the longevity of individual ducks and
the routes of migration of the species. The bands
are being attached to considerable numbers of wild
ducks of several species which have been cured of
the duck sickness prevalent around Great Salt Lake,
Utah, and there released.
Quail Shooting is due for a big improvement, if you
can take the word of such an experienced hunter as
William H. Cameron. He was out on opening day
with Bill McDonald down in Santa Clara county near
Mt. Hamilton, rated as one of the finest quail-hunting
spots in California. Cameron was surprised to find
so few birds in flocks and he has reached the theory
that the rains of early October was the cause.
"Ordinarily, rain is looked upon as a good thing
for quail shooting," he says. "It is if it rains only
a day or so. This year, however, there was a steady
downpour in that section of the country for ten days
before the opening. The natural result was that the
birds were scattered.
"With the coming of the warm weather of the past
couple of weeks the quail will congregate again and
I look for some excellent sport. One thing is as-
sured— the birds are plentiful in all sections. I have
talked with hunters all over the State and they are
enthusiastic over the abundance of game."
Reports are to the effect that duck-winging has
improved, although in some parts the birds are still
flying high and feeding well out into the bay. Even
so there were approximately 1500 ducks shipped into
San Francisco on Saturday and Sunday, which is
an indication that some of the hunters must have
been winging them.
Clarence J. Berry, the well-known San Francisco
sportsman, brings word that the sport is picking up
in the rice section up near Colusa. At his preserves
at Live Oak, Berry shot the limit of ducks on Sunday
and bagged fifteen geese, He says the northern
birds are beginning to put in an appearance. His
brother Frank Berry and Frank Kellar, who were
with him, also experienced good luck.
Toney Prior, the well-known and efficient trap shot,
has made a couple of trips to his preserve at Alva-
rado, but owing to his pond being dry he has not
done much bombardment. Last Sunday he brought
back a mixed bag of eight ducks, a couple of rabbits
and a few quail. Leave it to Toney to get game if
the birds are there.
Club hunters generally report fair success, although
the majority of sportsmen feel that really good shoot-
ing will not begin until the influx of the northern
birds. A few stragglers have come in and several
flocks of bluebills have been observed, but the flight
is not on yet.
No Hunting in Rice Fields. — Fish and game re-
ports last week indicate plenty of ducks in the val-
ley, but owing to the rice harvest, which is now on,
it is difficult to get permission to go on the rice
fields. There is good shooting on low lands near the
rice fields, however. The noise and activity of the
harvest is frightening many birds away from the
rice. The State Fish and Game Commission reports :
Weaverville — Fishing on South Fork of river very
good. Limit caught easily. Fish from six to ten
inches long.
Taylorsville — No northern birds coming here. The
weather clear. A few local ducks but they are gun-
shy. Fishing fair in all streams.
Sutter Creek — Mountain quail are all in their win-
ter quarters from West Point, Calaveras county, to
Fairplay, El Dorado county. Valley quail are well
scattered at present, having been hunted hard during
the first week of the season.
Truckee — Lots of ducks in and about Lake Tahoe.
After first few shoots ducks went out on lake. Lots
of mudhens. Big run of white fish up the Little
Truckee river.
Red Bluff — Quail are quite plentiful. Ducks and
geese scarce.
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Place Feed for Ducks. — This is the exceptional
year when all clubs and others interested in duck
shooting should feed most heavily. Otherwise the
birds will not stay in this end of the State, and all
shooting will be a matter of flights, new ducks com-
ing and going as soon as they find the fare so lean.
Ordinarily they stand two or three shoots. Grain of
all kinds is very high, but some damaged beans can
be had reasonably. Barley is the best small grain,
but corn is the most acceptable food for big birds,
also most costly.
Quail hunters report the birds lying very close in
the cool grass, and requiring much slower, more
methodical working-out of the ground to get them up.
This, of course, is exactly what the possessor of a
good dog most desires. All such are fortunate.
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Champion Woman Huntress. — Yoncalla, Ore. — One
of the most successful woman hunters of the state
is Mrs. Gus Peret of this city, who killed the limit
of three deer and in addition bagged a big bobcat on
her recent hunt near Loon Lake. Or. The party con-
sisted of Gard Sawyer, the guide, Dolph Samler and
Mr. Peret, in addition to the fair Diana. Seven bucks
were brought down by the entire party and Mrs.
Peret bagged nearly half of them. Two bucks, a
three pointer and a fork horn, were killed on the
morning the season opened at a distance of 150 yards
with a .250 calibre Savage rifle. Mrs. Peret fired
four shots, three of which were hits. The other three-
point buck was killed at 175 yards, using five shots,
three taking effect. After a chase of three miles a
hound finally treed the cat and it was shot with a
remodeled U. S. government rifle.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, November 4, 1916.
HBHHHiap
I Stock Breeders' Page 1
To Save Children from Bovine Tuberculosis.
To aid farmers to protect their own and other
people's children and also their cows and pigs from
tuberculosis, is the object of a circular on "Bovine
Tuberculosis" written by Professor C. M. Haring and
just published by the University of California. Human
beings can get tuberculosis by drinking unpasteur-
ized milk or eating butter from tuberculous animals.
So can calves or pigs. And it pays to prevent the
disease.
Everyone in California who owns a cow or has to
do with cattle ought to read this circular, in the opin-
ion of Dean Thomas F. Hunt. It is particularly timely
because the new milk-pasteurization law has just
gone into effect. It will be sent free to anyone who
writes to the College of Agriculture at Berkeley
for it.
No farmer can afford to let tuberculosis continue
on his farm, in the opinion of the University. Not
only does he want to suppress it for protection to his
family and his customers, but also just from the
pocket-book point of view it pays to control tubercu-
losis among farm animals.
To get rid of tuberculosis, the first step is to find
out how many cows are infected. Professor Haring
tells how this is done by the tuberculin test.
If less than fifteen per cent of the cows are tuber-
culous, then Professor Haring advises that all found
infected be separated from the rest of the herd,. that
the premises be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected,
with constant attention to the complete removal of
all manure, that the herd be re-tested in two or three
months by the ophthalnic method, and every six
months thereafter by the intradermal or subcutan-
eous test, and that no new cattle be admitted to the
herd unless they pass the tuberculin test and unless
they come from herds comparatively free from tuber-
culosis.
Buy your cattle from sound herds, urges the Uni-
versity, for even an animal which does not react to
the tuberculin test may really be tuberculous, if it
has come from an infected herd.
Sometimes the veterinarian finds that seventy or
eighty per cent of the cows in a herd have tubercu-
losis. In badly infected herds, all animals which
show to the eye that they are tuberculous should be
removed from the herd. A large proportion of these
can be slaughtered for beef, under inspection.
All calves born of tuberculous cows should be re-
moved immediately upon birth and raised on boiled
or pasteurized milk, and all healthy young stock sep-
arated absolutely from tuberculous cows or infected
fields and water. Since calves are very seldom born
tuberculous, if the young stock could be kept free
from contact with tuberculous animals or infected
fields and water, a single generation would put an
end to tuberculosis in cattle.
On farms where it is impracticable to keep the
healthy cattle away from infected cattle, then at least
there should be frequent and careful physical exam-
inations by a veterinarian, to eliminate "open cases,"
or animals in such condition as to spread the disease.
This makeshift system is, however, far less satisfac-
tory than complete separation, since it can only
reduce the disease, and not eradicate it. In large
herds, the cattle should be kept in small units, with
separate corrals for each group of fifty or sixty cattle,
and separate water troughs for each corral. Calves
should not be fed with sweepings from the feed-
troughs. Hogs or goats should be excluded from the
corrals. Cattle should not be allowed access to ponds
or water-holes. Direct sunlight is the best possible
disinfectant, and barns should have as much window-
space as possible and be well ventilated.
The greatest cleanliness should be practiced in
milking, and in cooling and transporting milk. Not
only is a clean stable important for the people who
drink the milk, but for the health of the cows them-
selves.
Hogs or cattle should not be given access to
manure-piles, since manure is a means of spreading
tuberculosis. The walls and ceilings of milking
sheds should be kept free from dirt, dust, and cob-
webs. The interior of the stable should be white-
washed at least twice a year.
No milk from tuberculous cows should ever be fed
to calves or pigs until it has been boiled, or pasteur-
ized by heating for twenty-five minutes at a tempera-
ture of at least 140 to 145 degrees Fahrenheit, for
neglect of this precaution spreads tuberculosis.
And exactly the same thing is true as to milk for
babies and children. For people to drink, it is usually
preferable not to heat milk above 145 degrees Fah-
renheit.
People who buy milk and butter hereafter will be
protected by the beneficent new State law, which
became effective October 1, 1916, forbidding the sale
of milk or butter which has not been pasteurized un-
less the milk came from cows proved healthy by the
tuberculin test.
In the farm home, children, as well as the calves
and the pigs, should be protected, just as are city
dwellers now, by the rule that no milk from tuber-
culous cows shall be used until it has been pas-
teurized.
MARKETING LIVE STOCK AND MEATS.
Washington, D. C, Oct. 16, 1916.— Marked varia-
tion in methods of marketing meat animals in differ-
end sections of the United States and in methods of
marketing different classes of animals in the country
as a whole has been found by specialists of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture from a survey of the live-
stock marketing conditions of the country. The data
obtained by the survey have been published as Part
V of a report of an exhaustive study of the meat
situation in the United States.
The three general methods of marketing found to
be in most common use are:
Shipping to the large centralized markets, selling
to local butchers and packers, and the sale of farm-
prepared meats to dealers or consumers. The bulk of
the animals from the Central States, it was found,
is sold through the centralized markets, while some
form of local marketing predominates in the extreme
eastern, western, and southern sections.
The great central markets handle four-fifths of
the sheep and lambs, two-thirds of the hogs, and
approximately one-half of the beef cattle. For local
slaughter about one-third of the beef cattle, one-
eighth of the sheep and lambs, and one-twelfth of the
hogs are sold. Nearly one-third of the hogs and
about one-tenth of the beef cattle and one-twentieth
of the sheep and lambs are slaughtered on farms and
ranges. Relatively more sheep are shipped in car-
load lots by owners than any other class of live stock.
Cattle, hogs, and calves follow in the order named.
In sales to local buyers hogs lead, with calves, cattle
and sheep following in order.
The study discloses that the time of buying stack-
ers and feeders and the selling of finished animals
is restricted too generally to a few months of the
year. Should stock-feeding operations be better
adjusted to market conditions, a decided influence
toward a more even distribution of the supply would
be the result.
Co-operative associations of cattle raisers are be-
coming an important factor in marketing, the report
shows. Seven hundred and fifty organizations which
market cattle in a co-operative way now exist in 15
States. Four hundred and thirty of these organiza-
tions are primarily live-stock shipping associations.
The greatest activity of this sort was found in Min-
nesota, where 215 co-operative live-stock shipping
associations are located. The Department specialists
declare that these associations bring greater returns
to the farmers because of the reduction of marketing
expenses and the realization of the prevailing prices
at the centralized markets, and that they are also
valuable because of their educational features.
Stockyards and Packing Establishments.
The system of centralized live stock markets in
the United States is the largest single factor in the
marketing of meat animals. It is noteworthy that
this system is peculiar to the United States, no
other country having developed such markets for
their live stock. Not only is live stock sold for
slaughter at the centralized markets, but a large
proportion of stacker and feeder cattle also passes
through these market centers.
The chief outlet for food producing animals in this
country, the study discloses, is wholesale slaughter-
ing and meat packing. Such industries usually are
associated with the great centralized markets. More
than 1,200 slaughtering and meat packing establish-
ments were operating in the United States in 1914,
and turned out products worth $1,651,765,424. The
specialists report that one of the striking features
of the industry is the concentration of ownership.
Packing establishments buy directly from the pro-
ducer in California to a greater extent than in any
other State or section. This practice, which in the
opinion of the specialists, will continue to be impor-
tant in those parts of the country remote from cen-
tralized markets, is most characteristic of the west-
ern group of States in general. There is a decided
difference of opinion among producers, marketmen,
and packers as to the effects of this practice in sec-
tions supplied with central markets on the general
market prices of live stock and on the prosperity
of cattle raisers.
Municipally owned or controlled abattoirs are
becoming increasingly important in the local market-
ing of live stock, the report shows, and are displac-
ing rapidly the old type of slaughterhouse. Public
abattoirs have been established in 22 cities and 13
States. Local conditions should determine whether
or not a city should build its own abattoir, and a
thorough examination of conditions, therefore, should
be made before definite action is taken.
Great variations were found to exist in the losses
of and damage to live stock in transit on different
railroads. On one road the claims paid amounted
to 19 per cent of the revenue during a certain period,
and on another to less than 5 per cent. The total
claims for such loss and damage in 1913-1914 on 27
railroads were $1,245,477.81. The average rates on
live stock for the years 1911 to 1913 were found to be
10 cents per hundred pounds for eastern or official
territory, 11.9 cents for southern territory, and 14.9
cents for western territory.
The correlation between average live stock and
meat prices over relatively long periods is closer
than is generally understood. When the price of
live stock rises or falls, meat prices tend to change
in the same directions, but the meat prices are not
subject to abrupt daily fluctuations, which are one
of the most adverse features of live stock market
conditions.
Market Returns.
In order to secure information as to the relative
cost of the different factors or steps in the processes
of marketing animals and the proportions of the final
price reaching the farmer and other parties to the
transactions, the specialists traced several typical
lots of beef cattle from producer to consumer, both
through centralized markets and where the animals
were disposed of locally. In the former case the
farmer's share of the gross returns ranged from 54
per cent to 85 per cent, while from 2 per cent to 5
per cent went to pay market expenses, 2 per cent to
9 per cent was received by the packers, and 8 per
cent to 33 per cent by the retailers. In the local
sales, from 62 per cent to 84 per cent of the gross
returns was received by the farmer and from 15 to
38 per cent by the retailer. The detailed figures
indicate, however, that even when account is taken
of the fact that lower grade stock is sold locally the
returns from such sales are not as great relatively
as those from sales through centralized markets.
Unusual Livestock Show.
For the last two years the Wisconsin Livestock
Breeders' Association has planned and exhibited at
county fairs in that state a kind of exhibit which
might well be copied in other states. It should bring
big results in the Association's campaign for more
and better livestock.
The exhibit is called the Wisconsin Profitable and
Unprofitable Livestock Show, and places its lesson
and plea for better livestock before the people in the
form of striking contrasts. For example, in the beef
class this year, two animals were shown. The first
was a choice baby beef steer, aged sixteen months,
weight 1040 pounds, value $109.20 at $10.50 a hun-
dred weight. Beside this animal was another of the
common, rough type. This animal weighed only
920 pounds at three years, and was worth but $59.80
at $6.50 a hundred pounds.
The first year that this type exhibit was made by
the Association a high-grade steer that had accumu-
lated $95 worth of baby beef in thirteen months was
shown beside a neighbor, a common, rough scrub,
that had been able to lay on only about $45.65 worth
of meat in two years . The latter steer had probably
done his best, but he simply hadn't been planned
to accommodate high-priced cuts of beef. His legs
were long and scrawny, his hind quarters shallow
and flat, and his ribs were concaved from his back-
bone in such a fashion that no amount of corn was
ever going to push them out. He presented a pitiful
contrast to the low, finely compacted, squarely built
fellow on the other side, whose general make-up
said: "My porterhouse steaks may cost you meat
eaters thirty-five cents or more a pound, but they'll
be worth it."
Of the two dairy cows exhibited this year, one-
besides possessing most of the desirable outward
attributes of a good milk and money maker, had a
record of 461.8 pounds of butterfat in 1915, worth
$150.75. The total feed bill for this animal amounted
to $60.92, giving a profit of $89.83 to her owner. The
cow at her side had produced in 1915 exactly 136.5
pounds of butterfat, worth $45.24. The profit made
was $3.90.
The first year of this type of exhibit, a pen of
rough, inferior hogs was worth $7 a hundred-weight
on the open market, or $9.80 a hog, while the good
butcher hogs next door were worth $25.79 each, at
$8.90 a hundred-weight. In the face of such figures
no one had the hardihood to say that a pure-bred
boar on the farm was a nonpaying investment.
This year the hog exhibit consisted of four hogs.
Two were prime butchers, with an average weight of
250 pounds and valued at $10.05 a hundred-weight.
The two other hogs were scrubs which tipped the
beam at about 125 pounds each. Eight dollars a
hundred was all that could be secured for them.
Two kinds of lambs were also shown with similar
contrasts between the appearance and value of the
trimmed and untrimmed, between the choice and cull
lambs.
In every case not only were the animals themselves
presented for inspection, but the weights, production
records, selling value and present worth were made
plain on large placards. These records were actual,
having been obtained by the field agent of the asso-
ciation, and then verified.
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Wool Sale at Cloverdale.
Cloverdale, Oct. 28. — The annual fall wool sale at
Cloverdale this week resulted in the highest price
being paid for the clip in years. About 350 bags of
northern Sonoma and southern Mendocino clip was
sent to San Francisco, having been sold during the
day.
Several buyers were present -from San Francisco
and the bay section. Prices were good, ranging from
17 Y2c to 20c a pound. Buying was so keen that sev-
eral buyers were disappointed because the early ones
on the scene had gone around before the sale and
secured options and sales.
At the fall sales a year ago wool sold for 15 cents
per pound and mohair at 27 cents. Prices this fall
have been the highest in many years. Not since
1887 have the growers received as high a price for
their product. In that year the average price for fall
wool was 20 cents per pound. In 1911 growers re-
ceived but an average price of 8% cents for their,
fall wool, that being the lowest price recorded since
1897, when fall wool brought only 6 cents per pound.
Saturday, November 4, 1916.]
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CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
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Shoeing' and Balancing
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Light Harness Horse
BY JAMES CLARK
A COPY of this book should be in every horse
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
The Treatment of the Colt's
Navicular Trouble.
Feet Before Shoeing.
Heavy Shoes and Pads in
The First Set of Shoes.
the Winter Season.
Sore Feet and Sour Disposi-
Neglected Teeth Make Knee
tion.
hitters and Cross Firers.
Knee-hitting, Scalping, Etc.
Making the Shoes.
Pads, their Benefits and
Extension Shoes.
Abuses.
Outside or-g-swedged Shoes.
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I AN EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT of a California
circuit for 1917, as suggested in these columns some
'."weeks ago, is meeting with great favor from horse
owners and from the managers of fair associations
all over the State. The nine associations in Califor-
nia that gave race programs this year will give them
next year and in every instance there will be an
effort made to give a little larger purses for a few
more classes. It these associations will send repre-
sentatives with power to act to a meeting in Decem-
ber, it will take but a few hours' work to arrange
and' announce a circuit that will draw horses from
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada and other points
and make the circuit one of the best ever arranged
on the Pacific Coast. Prom every track where trot-
ters or pacers are trained we hear of trainers getting
new horses to begin work on, while there are more
than fifty colts and fillies on which payments have
been recently made in the two-year-old stakes for
1917, while the number of coming three-year-olds to
be trained is even greater. Any good aged trotter
or pacer that has speed enough to give reasonable
assurance that he can win a part of the money in
the 2; 30, 2:20 or 2:15 classes can be sold for a fair
price in this State, and if the proposed circuit is
announced by January 1st, a still better price can be
obtained. The whole question of whether or not
there will be a California circuit in 1917 worth train-
ing horses for is up to the horsemen and the associ-
ations. It is the duty of every horse owner and
trainer to do what he can to induce the association
in his county to make an official statement that it
will give a race program in 1917. It is the duty of
every association that desires to give a race program
to make such an announcement, and it is the duty
of the leading ones to get the representatives of all
the associations together at as early a date as pos-
sible to select dates, arrange programs and announce
the same. The leading fairs and associations in
California are the California State, the Fresno, the
Kings, the Alameda, the Kern, the Ventura and the
Riverside county associations, and the Pacific Coast
Trotting Horse Breeders' Association. These all
gave race programs this year, and the officials of
each one have said they would give meetings next
year. But the time for announcement must not be
put off until late in the spring, as there will not be
sufficient horse3 to fill a program if there is such
j delay, while an announcement made by January 1st
will put so many horses into training that there will
be no difficulty whatever in filling a program that is
I Intelligently arranged. And the great Arizona State
Fair should be taken into consideration in arranging
■circuit, as it desires to affiliate with California.
The Phoenix association is well patronized by Cali-
i fornia horsemen. It gives a grand wind-up tp a
I Pacific Coast circuit and its officials should ,be invited
to meet and consult with the officials of our Califor-
' nia associations. But the main thing is an early
I meeting of the associations' representatives. Decem-
[ ber is the proper month for this meeting and we hope
I It will not be delayed beyond that date.
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A WELL KNOWN BREEDER of thoroughbred
horses expressed the opinion to the editor of this
journal, the other day, that a meeting and conference
between the breeders of thoroughbreds and the breed-
ers of trotting and pacing horses might be held in
this State that would result in great benefit to both
interests. Time was in California when at every fair
that had a racing program, the runners and the har-
ness horses were alike provided for and all the
prominent breeders of the State met at these fairs
in friendly association and rivalry for the honor of
winning. This was before the advent of the book-
maker, the individual who made wagering on a horse
race so obnoxious to the general public that the legis-
lature adopted a drastic law that has put the thor-
oughbred and almost put the trotter off the map in
California. The writer believes that the State and
every county fair association in California should
make up its racing program with both running and
harness events. He also believes that the California
State Agricultural Society should announce stakes
or futurities for thoroughbreds as well as standard
breds and that every legitimate inducement and en-
couragement should be given to the breeding of
both breeds of horses in California. If such men as
Geo. L. Warlow, M. L. Woy, I. L. Borden, C. A. Berry,
Ben. F. Rush, L. H. Todhunter, L. L. Cannon, Frank
L. Turner, A. W. Longley and many others among
the trotting horse breeders could meet and consider
the many questions relating to the breeding and
racing of horses with such men as Messrs. A, K.
Macomber, C. W. Clark, Edward Cebrian, A. B.
Spreckels, Albert Joseph, R. J. MacKenzie, Chas.
Boots, Rudolph Spreckels, E. J. Molero, E. P. Mc-
Daniels and others among the breeders of thorough-
breds, we believe something could be accomplished
whereby the sport of racing both thoroughbreds and
trotters could be revived in California on a higher
plane than it has enjoyed for many years, and out dT
such a conference might come some plan by which
Californians would have the pleasure of seeing their
horses raced here at home and racing become what
it should be, the most popular of all sports with the
best people of the land.
SADDLE HORSE NOTES.
English Blood in America.
When the great European war first broke out, Eng-
land very foolishly decided to put up the bars and
limit the exportation of thoroughbred blood, but the
folly of this was soon realized. It must be clearly
understood that the best stock has not left England
and will not leave. It is beyond purchase. There
has, however, a great deal of good material come to
us across the Atlantic and this will be of incalculable
value to this country although, in my opinion, in
many cases the prices paid have been somewhat
sensational. This has been due to the fact that a
number of Americans, eighteen months or so ago
picked up some very good stock and, when the panic
broke out, others wrote and cabled without avail, and
being unable to obtain what they wanted quite a
number lost their heads and jumped at anything in
sight. Thus, at the sale of the Clarence H. Mackay
yearlings, bids of two hundred dollars each were
rained upon the auctioneer for a horse that was
standing in the ring and coughing his head off. This
was the height of sensationalism. I am not decrying
the magnificent stock sold by Mr. Mackay, but I
think the average of three thousand three hundred
dollars for the fifteen head sold seems rather optim-
istic when compared with a number of yearlings from
well known stables which brought only an average
of nine hundred and forty-five dollars at Newmarket
in November, 1915.
Of course, it would be idle to attempt to minimize
the value of such strains as Sun Star, Chaucer, Poly-
melus — said to be the greatest horse in England
today — Spearmint, Marajax, St. Amant, Swynford,
Cicero, Santry, Roquelaure, Roi Herode and a number
of others; and it must not be forgotten that Roque-
lauere is a half brother to the famous Rock Sand
which cost Mr. August Belmont, if I remember aright,
in the neighborhood of one hundred and fifty thou-
sand dollars. His services were lost to this country
by the rabid action of ex-Governor Hughes.
So, looking at the subject impartially, I think that
those owners among whom Alexander Smith Cochran
is especially prominent — who have pinned their faith
to well-bred horses of American blood, will not regret
it and I think /they will come out on top. Such good
English horses as Crimper, Star Hawk and a number
of others, will hold their own, but the story' of the
English horse Short Grass is already the tale in
italics to all those who are able to run and read.
The period of becoming acclimated is close at hand
and I fancy the English horses now racing will go
stale. That clears the deck for this year. As to
what the English yearlings will do in 1917, it is of
course on the knees of the gods, but for my part, I
have no fears for the results and I expect to see the
best of our American bred stock hold its own — and
then some— with the best of the importations from
foreign lands, so far as mere speed is concerned. The
value of many of the foreign blood lines in the ani-
mals recently imported is incalculable. — [Will F.
Pond.
The illustration occupying the title page of the
Breeder and Sportsman this week was taken by
photographer Richardson at the California State
Fair this year, and shows a portion of the parade of
saddle horses on stock parade day. There are but
a few of the five gaited horses shown in the picture.
Mrs. Leota Zapp on her high school horse Jupiter
leads the group, and the horse ridden by the gentle-
man beside her is the trick horse that delighted the
large crowds in the tent each night by his marvelous
performances. Next is Billie Fredela, ridden by J. J.
De La Mater of Modesto, and next is A. D. Davis and
his stallion Shield Montrose. The docked horse is
Mr. E. S. Heller's Star I., ridden by Mr. Kramer, and
the last horse in the photo is King Cyrus, a three-
year-old by Dom Pedro, ridden by C. Bork.
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Miss Ruth Ward, a society lady of San Francisco,
rides almost daily in Golden Gate Park from the
Park Riding Academy. Miss Ward is an expert
horsewoman.
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Capt. John Dilham, the foremost and best known
riding instructor on this coast, is drilling a class of
some twenty members on Wednesday evenings from
8 to 10 o'clock at the Park Riding Academy. The
first hour is devoted to instruction and the last to
drills and jumping. On Friday nights the Captain
and his charming wife, who is a splendid horse-
woman, conduct a class for beginners. Among the
riders are Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hoar, Mr. and Mrs.
Reilly, the Misses Comal, Healy, Schaffer, and the
Messrs. Titus, Fitzgerald, Heller, Myerstein and
O'Conner. Last Wednesday the pupils and their
friends enjoyed an exhibition of high school riding
given by Mrs. C. J. Zapp.
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The Park Riding Academy, 2934 Fulton street, is
now in charge of Gordon L. Smith, late with the
Durland Co. of New York, and formerly stable man-
ager of the late E. H. Harriman.
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Mr. E. O. McCormick, vice-president of the South-
ern Pacific Company, is a daily rider in Golden Gate
Park. Mr. McCormick has always been a patron of
the horse. When the late Col. J. C. Kirkpatrick was
alive, Mr. McCormick was a frequent guest at the
Kirkpatrick bungalow at Pleasanton, "and often en-
joyed a mount behind one of the Colonel's trotters on
workout days.
The fame of Zombro continues to grow after his
death. Four of his get are in the list of new 2:10
trotters for 1916, and Peter the Great only has four
in the same list.
Longview Horses Average $218.87.
The most important event of the season in the
saddle horse world took place at Longview Farm.
Lee's Summit, Mo. (near Kansas City), Tuesday,
October 31st, when the inaugural sale of Longview
Farm's show horses was conducted and the 31 head
of young saddle horses made an average of $218.87
or a grand total of $6,785. In fact, this is a record
average for inaugural sales of saddle horses of this
age, as most of the offerings were not of serviceable
age. It was one more of those glorious days for
Longview's premier stallion, My Major Dare. This
was not the first time that he has caused countless
numbers to stand aghast at his excellence, as he has
been one of the truly great show animals of the last
quarter century; nor was it the first time he has
caused expert horsemen to be amazed by his ability
as a sire, as those great futurity shows »t Mexico
and other great colt shows of the land, where the
progeny of this beautiful stallion have been such
successful entries, are not forgotten. However, it
was not the first time in his career that he has been
seen at his home court and with his get not only on
exhibition, but selling for the high dollar, which is
after all the supreme test. The sale average testifies
to the decision of those present. When he was
brought before the audience and exhibited he seemed
a greater horse than ever before. He was prouder,
gamer and more supreme. If he was a popular horse
on the many occasions when he was crowned king of
saddle stallions he was more popular and appreciated
here. After his exhibition Kentucky's Best was
brought out, and only the tremendous ovation given
My Major Dare dimmed the cheers which greeted
his appearance. Had this horse been in any other
stable in America he would have been as greatly
appreciated as My Major Dare was.
In opening the sale, R. A. Long made a stirring
speech in which he welcomed the visitors and ex-
plained fully the policies of Longview. In expressing
their views he stated that Miss Loula's greatest
admiration was for the high acting harness horse
and his for the five gaited saddle horse. He declared
that My Major Dare thrilled him every time he was
exhibited as nothing else had ever done and at the
very moment My Major Dare was being paraded
before him and everyone appreciated the fact that
his presence was responsible in a large measure for
this, Mr. Long's most thrilling speech. — Missouri
Stockman.
[We have not space to give a complete summary
of the sale, but will state that the highest priced
horse of the sale was Bon Ton that sold for $700,
Major's Aurelia, a yearling, coming next at $600, and
Imperious King third at $310. Four horses brought
$300 each, and five sold for less than $100, the lowest
priced animal bringing $50. — Ed. B. and S.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, November 11, 19:
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KERN COUNTY FAIR AND RACES.
DEATH OF NUTWOOD WILKES 2:16J/2.
The Kern County Fair held at Bakersfleld this year
was a big success. Fifteen thousand dollars was
realized from gate receipts, entries, sale of space and
concessions, according to a statement given out by
C. A. Barlow, general manager. Of this total $11,000
was from admissions. The county board of supervis-
ors gave the fair association $2,000, making a total
of $17,000 revenues with which to meet disburse-
ments. It is believed the fair will have a small sur-
plus but that will include the cost of 85 new stalls
for the stock exhibits. During the fair a petition was
circulated and heavily signed, petitioning the county
supervisors to take over the fair grounds as a public
enterprise and to conduct the fairs in the future as
county fairs. The exhibitions of live stock were
large and excellent. Few localities in the United
States can make a better showing than Kern county
and none can make a more diversified exhibit.
The races during the fair were excellent and while
there were no large fields the contests were keen.
Owing to rain and the fact that the track was very
deep and dusty, the time made over the half mile
was very slow, but the public thoroughly enjoyed
the race program and the grandstand was crowded
every day. The results of the harness races were as
follows :
Wednesday, Oct. 25.
2:20 class pace, purse $400:
Mono Ansel, b s by Monicrat (Finley) 2 11
Lock Logan, b s by Zolock. . (Montgomery) 12 2
Silver Tips, b g by Morris A (Short) 4 3 4
Julia M., b m by El Angelo (Allen) 5 4 3
Jim Donnelly, b g by Lijero. (Hendricksen) 3 5 5
Time— 2:12%, 2:13%, 2:14%.
2:15 class trot, purse $500:
Bon Cres, blk s by Bon Voyage (Chadbourne)l 1 1
Columbia T., b m by Bon Guy (Smith) 2 2 2
Harold C, b g by Bon Voyage (Munson) 3 3 3
Miss San Francisco, b m by San Francisco
(Schwartz) 4 5 4
Dick W., b g by Walter Barker (Murphy) 5 4 5
Time— 2:21%, 2:17%, 2:18.
Thursday, Oct. 26.
Free-for-all pace, purse $400:
Jim Logan, b s by Chas. Derby (Montgomery) 1 0 1
A. B. C, blk g by Young Monterey..
(Chadbourne) 3 0 3
Teddy Bear, b s by Del Coronado. .(Smith) 4 3 2
Vera Hal, b m by Expressive Mac. (Munson) 2 4 4
Second heat a dead heat between Jim Logan and
A. B. C.
Time— 2:15, 2:16, 2:15.
Special trot, purse $200:
Dick W., b g by Walter Barker(Chadbourne) 3 2 1
Miss San Francisco, b m by San Francisco
(Schwartz) 2 13
Eloise Dell, b m by Alconda Jay. .(Delano) 14 4
Doctor S., b g by Carlokin (Murphy) 4 3 2
Time— 2:26%, 2:25%, 2:24%.
Friday, Oct. 27.
2:13 class pace, purse $400:
Ben Corbitt Jr., b g by Ben Corbitt(Finley) ill
Lock Logan, b s by Zolock. . (Montgomery) 2 2 2
A. B. C, blk g by Young Monterey
(Chadbourne) 4 3 3
Niftv, ch g by Tidal Wave (Townsend) 3 4 4
Time— 2:17%, 2:16, 2:20.
2:30 class trot, purse $400:
Miss San Francisco, b m by San Francisco
(Schwartz) 2 11
Eloise Dell, b m by Alconda Jay. . .(Delano) 13 2
Golden Gate, b g by Stam B.. . (Hendrickson) 4 2 4
Doctor s:, b g by Carlokin (Murphy) 3 4 3
Time— 2:22%, 2:23%, 2:20%.
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Wilkes Brewer, a daughter of Nutwood Wilkes, is
the champion half mile track trotter of 1916 and is
now picked by some excellent judges as the best
thing in sight for the big Grand Circuit purses of
1917 which will be for 2:07 or 2:08 class horses.
She was overlooked a year ago when she trotted a
mile at Lexington in 2:07%. None of the Grand
Circuit jocks figured her a good buy, but Fred Jam-
ison, who is a topnotch reinsman, performing mostly
on the two-lap courses, liked the mare and last, winter
succeeded in getting hold of her for this season.
She has not lost a race, has taken a half mile track
mark of 2:08% (the best over that sort of course by
a trotter in a race), and looks like a sure 2:04 or
better proposition next summer ' on the fast mile
tracks, as she is sound, well bred and has the best
of manners.
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Iviolette, by Moko, is certainly destined to become
extremely famous as a producer, her every foal
which has so far appeared having secured a trotting
record as a yearling. Her three consist of Emma
Magowan (1) 2:22%, (2) 2:07%, TJ. Forbes (1)
2:21%, (2) 2:12%, and Jay Lee (1) 2:28. Emma
Magowan was one of the season's sensations and was
separately timed a half right at a minute in a race,
while U. Forbes holds the world's record for year-
ling trotters over a half mile track.
Emma Magowan (2) 2:07%, by J. Malcolm Forbes
(4) 2:08, Is the new world's champion two-year-old
trotter over a half mile track, having placed the rec-
ord at 2:12 at Goshen, N. Y., last month. In this
great performance the filly trotted a half in 1:03%.
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John A. McKerron 2:04% secured credit with
another fast record performer last week when the
three-year-old Irish Voter paced to a mark of 2:10.
Stallion Bred by the Late Martin Carter Dies From
Old Age at Springfield, Ohio.
Word comes from Spruce Lawn Farm, Springfield,
Ohio, that the great California sire Nutwood Wilkes
2:16% died from old age on that farm Sunday, Octo-
ber 29th. It was in 1891 at San Jose that this son of
Guy Wilkes first came into notice. He was a three-
year-old, having been foaled at Nutwood Stock Farm,
Alameda county, in 1888. The late Martin Carter,
who bred him, had entered him in a field of aged
horses, the others being Billy Thornhill, Delmas and
Bay Rum, and the followers of the trotting game,
having seen the colt at work, made him favorite in
the pools. Delmas won the first heat in 2:29% with
the colt second, Nutwood Wilkes won the next two in
2:29% and 2:27%, but Billy Thornhill took the next
three in 2:28%, 2:32% and 2:31, with Nutwood
Wilkes second every heat and making a fight for first
money. He stamped himself a game colt then and
while his racing career was not much, had it not
been for lameness he would have made a highly suc-
cessful race horse. He reduced his record to 2:16%
in a winning race several years after, but it was in
the stud that he made his greatest success and sired
many fast race winners, and the sires and dams
of many.
Nutwood Wilkes was bred by the late Martin Car-
ter and was the premier on the Nutwood Stock
Farm until Mr. Carter's death, when he was sold at
auction at a dispersal of the farm horses, bringing
$2,300, which was the bid of Mr. John H. Wilson,
proprietor of Spruce Lawn Farm. Springfield, Ohio,
who owned him until the horse's death last month.
Up to the close of 1915 Nutwood Wilkes had sired
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72 standard performers, and several new performers
by him have entered the list this year. He was the
sire of John A. McKerron 2:04%, Wilkes Brewer
2:08% and Prof. Heald 2:09%, trotters, and Copa de
Oro 1:59, Del Key 2:03%, Nutmoor 2:05%, Happy
Dentist 2:05%, Tidal Wave 2:06%, Miss Idaho 2:09%
and others. His daughters have been great produc-
ers, and Martin Carter often remarked to the writer
that it was as a broodmare sire that he expected
Nutwood Wilkes to make his greatest reputation. He
sired the dam of that great sire San Francisco 2:07%,
also the dams of Lady Mowry 2:09%, Redeem 2:10,
Dan McKinney 2:10, and the pacers Mona Wilkes
2:03%, Miss Georgia 2:08%, Demonio Wilkes 2:09%
and several more with records below 2:10. One of
his daughters, Trix Marshall, has produced three
pacers with records below 2:08.
Nutwood Wilkes was a handsome chestnut in color,
and stood 15.3 hands, was a good headed horse and a
fine individual.
While he was mated with quite a number of well
bred mares on the Nutwood Stock Farm, the number
of standard bred mares sent to him by outside parties
was not large, although he always had a fair season
in the stud.
Nutwood Wilkes, as the majority of our readers
know, was by Guy Wilkes 2:45%, dam Lida W.
2:18% by Nutwood 2:18%, second dam Belle by Geo.
M. Patchen Jr. 2:27, third dam Rebel Daughter by
Williamson's Belmont.
The picture of Nutwood Wilkes herewith is from
a photograph taken at Pleasanton in 1909, the day
he was sold at auction to Mr. Wilson for $2300. It is
an excellent likeness of the famous horse as he
looked then. He was at the time twenty-one years
old.
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Harold Dillon, son of Sidney Dillon and Guyeara
by Guy Wilkes, exported to New Zealand in 1905,
has proven a very successful sire in that country.
During the season of 1914-15 his get won 40 races,
and in 1915-16 they had 41 winning races to their
credit. They have won at all distances from one to
three miles. Harold Dillon's fee is now $50.
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The mile of Lee Axworthy 1:58% in 1:59% over
the Atlanta, Ga., track, in his exhibition to beat the
Georgia State trotting record of 2:05, was under ex-
isting conditions one of the most wonderful feats in
the career of the great stallion.
Four-in-Hands to Race for $1000 Cup.
William H. Moore and J. Campbell Thompson wi]
not have the contest to themselves this year for th
Vanderbilt Memorial Cup for road four-in-hand team
at the National Horse Show, as they did in 191!
Encouraged by his victory over Mr. Thompson i,
a similar class at the Westchester County Hors
Show, William Ziegler Jr. has entered the lists a
the Garden. Both Mr. Moore and Mr. Thompson ar
going to show brand new teams; a tacit admissio:
that George H. Hulme was right when he said h
could not see a road four in either lot last year. Mi
Moore's four grays, he thought, were too ligb
waisted for road work, and they seemed unable, h
said, to go along at the pace road fours are expect©
to show. Mr. Thompson's horses impressed th
judge as being a more substantial and serviceabl
lot, but they showed no such speed as would hav
been required to win if their only competitors ha
not been equally lacking. Knowing that Mr. Thomj
son was driving them in defiance of the Doctor"
orders, the judge assumed that they could hav
shown more speed if called on, and so they wer
placed first. If the ring committee had sanction©
such a thing both teams would have "got the gate
Mr. Moore's new team will not be open to criticis
as lacking in substance and power, if reports fro
Pride's Crossing are true. The wheelers are sai
to be 16.2% hands and the leaders 16.1 hands, wi
bone and substance in proportion.
The Vanderbilt Memorial Cup is the most valuab
trophy ever offered at an American horse show, bein
of solid gold and costing $1,000. It must be wo
three times to become the property of an exhibito
This means that it will be in competition many years
if the future can be judged by the past. The origins
Waldorf-Astoria Cup for gig horses offered on th
same conditions, was not won outright until 1906, 1
years after it was donated by Geo. C. Boldt. Hors<
men complained that it was too hard to win out
right, and when Mr. Moore finally captured th
trophy with Forest King and replaced it with anothe
trophy called the Forest King Cup he changed th
conditions so that it could be won outright by tw
instead of three victories by any owner. This please
the exhibitors, but it prevented the Forest King Cu
from becoming any such classic of the show rin
as the Waldorf-Astoria Cup was. The most covete
trophy of this kind in Britain is the Cawdor Cui
a perpetual challenge trophy, which never can b
won outright, and this is true of the America's Cu
in yachting, and of the International Trophy in pole
When the American Hackney Horse Society last yea
donated $1200 for two competitions for hackneys i
harness at the National some of the members though
it would be of far more benefit to the breed to giv
a perpetual challenge cup with a miniature of th
original to the winner of the class each year, bu
the opposite view prevailed then and again thi
year. — New York Herald.
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San Francisco S. P. C. A. Awards Medal for Kindnes
The members of the San Francisco Society for th
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at their fort;
eighth annual meeting, held recently, awarded th
Society's medal to Sam H. Harris, a private of Troo
C, Tenth Cavalry, with General Pershing's column i
Mexico, and unanimously passed resolutions con
mending the trooper for his kindness and devotion t
his horse.
Harris' troop was in the fighting at Carrizal an
was entirely surrounded when Harris escaped b
riding his charger through the lines of the enemj
Both he and the horse were wounded and later h
was compelled to abandon the animal. Harris' stor
in which he attributed his escape to the courage an
faithfulness of his horse, was widely published an
came to the attention of the Society.
Matthew McCurrie, secretary of the Society. a(
dressed a communication to the commander of th
troop inquiring as to the truth of the story and
reply was read at the meeting from Lieut. Benjaml
F. Hoge, commanding troop C, at Colonia Dublai
who stated: "Your letter in regard to Private Sai
Harris of this troop was duly received. Harris wa
wounded at Carrizal and has been away to a hospits
in the States. For that reason my answer was dc
layed until his return in order that I might verif
the story you mention.
"Upon careful investigation I find the facts of thi
case are essentially as reported, and I believe Harri
would appreciate as well as deserve any credit c
recognition that your Society might extend to hin
Also I believe it would serve as a splendid exampl
to the other soldiers, and help to create a fine spiri
among the men."
Reports of the officers for the year were read s
the meeting showing that a total of 10,863 cases wer
investigated in San Francisco. Eighty-three case
were prosecuted and 2,694 reprimands were admit
istered. The animals involved were 31,701 and n
lieved 13,591. Officers examined 18,895 horses an
75 horses, 3,344 dogs and 7,388 cats were humane!
destroyed. Two hundred and sixty-one disable
horses were moved in the ambulance.
The previous board of trustees was re-elected fc
another year. The members of the board are Job
Partridge, Geo. M. Mitchell, Geo. A. Smith, J. f
Hutchinson, Ira B. Dalziel, John McGaw, Theodoi
Kytka. W. K. Gutzkow, John I. Walter, Frank I"
Harris, John M. Ratto, Geo. U. Hind, C. HeUer, B. 1
Brisac, Edgar T. Cutter.
Saturday, November 11, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Thoroughbred Matters
Tijuana Opens Today.
The Mexican racing season opens at Tijuana,
Lower California, today, and reports sent out by the
publicity department of the Lower California Jockey
Club predict a highly successful season with from
600 to 800 horses quartered at the track. Of course
none of the leading eastern stables will be repre-
sented at this meeting, but the smaller stables and
the owners who race primarily for the purpose of
betting on the results will be very numerous and
there will be many of the better known trainers and
jockeys who find in winter racing an opportunity to
"earn considerable money. California breeders will
doubtless be well represented at the meeting as this
i "is about the only chance they have to run their
ijhorses at a regular race meeting without going to
the heavy expense of shipping across the mountains
■during the summer. As the Tijuana track is a fast
tone and the climate of Tijuana almost perfect ex-
Icept during the heavy rain storms, there is likely to
Ibe a large attendance, especially at week ends, as
*they race on Sundays in Mexico and many go down
from Los Angeles on Saturday for two days of sport.
Kentucky Spring Dates Set.
■With the closing of the Kentucky racing season
.last Saturday, members of the State Racing Commis-
sion met at the Latonia track and allotted dates for
' the spring meeting. General W. B. Haldeman stated
that in his opinion there should be less than 100
days of racing in Kentucky, and that most of the
complaint of the surfeit of racing pertained to Louis-
ville.
The Kentucky association asked for twelve days,
to begin April 27, but General Haldeman opposed
such an allotment, as it was an increase over last
season. On the same ground the request of the La-
tonia track for twenty-four days was cut down to
twenty-one days. H. C. Applegate, who represented
Churchill Downs, was ready to submit officials for
next season virtually the same as those serving this
year, with the exception of J. B. Campbell as secre-
tary, instead of Edward Jasper.
The naming of the officials was deferred on request
of John Hachmeister, who was of the opinion that
thirty days before the opening of the racing season
would be time enough to name the officials for each
track. The dates follow:
Kentucky Association, Lexington, April 28 to May
10, eleven days; New Louisville Jockey Club,
Churchill Downs, Louisville, May 12 to . 25, twelve
j days; Douglas Park Jockey Club, Douglas Park,
! Louisville, May 26 to June 9, thirteen days; Latonia
Jockey Club, Latonia, June 11 to July 4, twenty-one
days.
Legislation to be Asked in Illinois.
The success of. the short racing meeting held at
the historic Hawthorne track last summer has led to
the starting of a campaign by Chicago sportsmen
who are interested in seeing running races conducted
in Illinois once more. It is the intention of those
back of the movement to introduce a bill for passage
in the next Illinois Legislature. The campaign will
start in earnest immediately.
According to the bill the backers of the movement
have in mind, a commission named by the Governor
or the Legislature will have full control of the sport,
with authority to either grant or refuse permits for
race meetings. The dates will be divided so that
there will not be any conflicts in the different cities.
No one track will be permitted to conduct a meeting
for longer than twenty-five days at one time.
Army Riders at National Horse Show.
Army officers from the Mexican border made a
flying trip to New York under permission granted
by the War Department at Washington to compete
for The Jockey Club Plate and other prizes in mili-
tary* classes at the National Horse Show in Madison
Square Garden.
The officers went on special leave of absence from
the War Department and shipped their horses direct
to the Garden, arriving on Friday, Nov. 10th, the
day before the opening of the show. Under the new
law, which has cut off all appropriations to defray
the expenses of army officers competing at horse
shows, the War Department has merely detailed the
officers to take part in the exhibition, and will bear
no part in their expenses. The men will therefore
be the guests of the National Horse Show Associa-
tion this year.
The military contingent will include Lieutenant
Gerald T. Hanley, who has entered Lansdowne, Haro,
Ironsides, and Vickery; Captain J. A. Barry, Second
Cavalry; Captain A. H. Piatt, First Cavalry; Cap-
tain R. G. Alexander, Captain G. M. Russell, Captain
D. D. Pullen, Captain D. P. Card, Lieutenant M. M.
W. Youngs, Colonel C. W. Fenton, Captain C. G.
Harvey, Major William Mitchell, Lieutenant P. R.
Frank, and Captain A. Miller, Troop F, First Cavalry.
The attendance at the Atlanta meeting was the best
of any during the summer at the mile tracks.
New Orleans Controversy Ended.
New Orleans, La., October 28. — "I think it is fair.
The agreement ought to be binding on both," said H.
D. "Curly" Brown today as he signed the final agree-
ment with the Business Men's Racing Association,
thereby ending a controversy which threatened to kill
the sport of kings here during the coming winter
season. Brown receives $40,125 for signing the
agreement by which he agrees not to race here in
eight years. The business men get City Park track
with all of its buildings.
The agreement was signed at two o'clock this
morning in a room in the Hennen Building. No one
here but the men intimately interested knew it was
taking place. Brown was got out of bed to attend it.
He went with Chris Fitzgerald, W. P. Ball and A. B.
Letellier accompanied President A. MacDiarmid of
the Business Men.
During the discussion the matter of financing the
$75,000 which the Business Men are to pay Brown
was considered. Brown said he appreciated that the
task was not an easy one to be accomplished in
twenty days in view of the fact that the Business
Men are obliged to invest about $55,000 in the farm
show.
"So far as that is concerned," he finally said,
"while I do not want to put it in the agreement, if I
can do so without financially embarrassing myself,
I will extend the time ten days rather than see the
deal fall through."
The business men decided to sell the sixty per cent
of stock which they have not issued or so much as
may be necessary. It is not expected they will find
any difficulty in placing enough stock to provide the
$35,000, which added to the $40,000 they are to post
on Monday, will close the transaction.
C. H. Berryman Buys Ballot.
Charles H. Berryman has purchased from the heirs
of the late James B. Haggin that very high class race
horse and sire Ballot, and the son of Voter and Cerito
will be placed at the head of Mr. Berryman's stud at
Sakonnet Farm.
Ballot was a very high class race horse and stake
winner at two, three and four years old of seventeen
races of the value of $145,505, and in second and
third moneys, $7,750, while in England he won the
Select Stakes of $1,347, making a grand total of
eighteen races of the value of $"• 54,602. He won the
Double Event, Neptune, Matron, Iroquois, Invincible,
Great Republic, Century (twice), First and Second
Specials, Election Day Handicap, Edgemere, Stand-
ard, Advance (twice). Equality and Suburban Handi-
cap. Ballot was bred and raced by the late James R.
Keene.
Ballot's blood lines are exclusively English, for
both of his parents are imported animals. His sire,
imp. Voter, will be remembered as one of the most
brilliant milers in American turf history, and those
who hold that the chief attribute of a successful stal-
lion is "speed" have obviously no need of looking
further than imp. Voter for their ideal. Voter's sire,
Friar's Balsam, was himself a racehorse of which it
might well be said that no one really knew how good
he was. Then, too, imp. Voter's dam, imp. Mavour-
neen, was a daughter of the unbeaten Irish-bred
Barcaldine, for which no course was too long and no
weight too high. — [Thoroughbred Record.
Madden Sells 27 Star Shoot Weanlings.
One of the biggest deals in the thoroughbred line
in recent years was consummated Thursday of last
week, when John E. Madden of Hamburg Place sold
to H. Price Headley, Beaumont Farm, who with
W. B. Miller of New York, owns Uncle (son of Star
Shoot), twenty-seven foals by Star Shoot. No price
was given out but a very substantial sum is known
to have been received for them.
Mr. Madden raises more than a hundred foals
every year and a similar sale to this was made in
1915, when Gifford Cochran purchased forty head of
yearlings, half of them by Star Shoot and half by
Ogden.
These weanlings are now at Hamburg Place, but
will be transferred to Beaumont next week, and with
the foals by Uncle now at Beaumont will give Messrs.
Headley and Miller a most promising lot of yearlings
for 1917.
Good Year on Irish Turf.
London, Nov. 3. — Horse racing has enjoyed a good
season in Ireland this year, due principally to the
many entries of English horses ridden by English
jockeys. In the list of winning owners H. Ellis,
whose Furore won the Irish Derby, is at the top with
$14,675, and close up at second place is W. A. Wallis
with $14,165, an amount due almost entirely to the
double event scored by his useful filly. Captive Prin-
cess, in the Irish Oaks and St. Leger. Richard Croker
is third with $12,125, and Mr. Parkinson, who has
won thirty-four races, is fourth with $9,950.
Other fortunate owners are James Daly, $8,455;
C. J. Blake, $7,870; R. B. Dobell, $5,720, and Albert
Lowry, $5,690.
P. Behan heads the list of winning trainers with
eighteen winners, worth $23,385, followed by J. J.
Parkinson with thirty-two winners, valued at $20,925;
James Dunne, seven winners, $18,915, and J. Arnott,
twenty-three winners, $16,055.
Fungleman is the leading sire with three winners
of the value of $16,525. Captivation is second with
four winners worth $14,840, and Earla Mor third
with six winners, totaling $9,200.
Why Alien Horses Disappoint Owners.
There are a number of disappointed owners of
young foreign race horses in the United States. The
cause of their disappointment is the failure of year-
lings imported by them from England and France to
show high class form as two-year-olds against Amer-
ican horses of their. own age in races on metropol-
itan tracks last season. Liberal prices were paid for
these baby racers of royal breeding, whose perform-
ances here fell far short of the deeds of their sires
and dams on the French and English turf.
Of the one hundred and fifty youthful alien thor-
oughbreds imported and raced by Americans within
the last year only one has proved himself to be a
performer of real quality. The single exception is
August Belmont's French bred two-year-old Hourless.
This colt, whose sire is Negofol, a one-time French
Derby winner, took a long time to convince sceptical
horsemen of his greatness in spite of the fact that
a stake victory over James Butler's speedy colt Ivory
Black marked his initial effort on an American track
in the Juvenile at Belmont Park on May 27 last
Subsequent failures led many horsemen to believe
that his spring victory was of the fluke order but
later performances at Saratoga last August and in
Maryland recently have compelled all to hail him as
one of the best of his age in this country.
The disappointing, races run by the other horses
of foreign breeding have given rise to all sorts of
conjectures as to the reasons for the same. Explan-
ations offered by different authorities for their
failures are as varied as the colors of a rainbow, but
the one most generally accepted by old time horse-
men and breeders is that the horses have not yet
become acclimated and will not reach that state
until next season.
W. H. Rowe, registrar of The Jockey Club an
authority on the subject in the United States, is a
strong supporter of that theory. Mr. Rowe believes
that no horse born and bred in Europe, regardless
of age, can show his best racing qualities until he
has been here a year and a half or two years. And
Mr. Rowe has indisputable data to support his con-
tention.
"The bitter experience of American sportsmen of
today with foreign race horses is not new to those
who have followed the fortunes of imported stock in
races on the American turf," said Mr. Rowe.
"More than twenty years ago," he continued, "Mr.
John A. Morris met with like disappointment with a
string of young horses he bought in England at high
prices. All failed when put to the test here. In the
lot imported was the celebrated sire Ornus. This
horse was brought to the United States when a year-
ling. Mr. Morris had high hopes for the horse on
account of his superb blood lines and speed trials in
England, but he failed to win until he was a four-
year-old, although he started many times as a two
and three-year-old. In the stud he sired such good
horses as Olambala and Oiseau.
"That experience convinced Mr. Morris that the
game was not worth the candle, for the reason that
the element of chance was too great to justify the
big outlay of money involved in the transactions.
He therefore hit upon the idea of sending some
American brood mares to England, mating them with
high class stallions there and bringing the produce
to this country as weanlings. It was a happy scheme,
because several of these weanlings earned high hon-
ors on the American turf when they reached racing
age. The Friar and Bowling Brook were two of the
most notable weanlings thus bred and imported by
Mr. Morris.
"The success achieved by Mr. Morris' schemes
convinced me that a successful thing for a prospec-
tive purchaser of foreign race horses is to buy wean-
lings or mares with weanlings and ship them here,
or send American mares abroad and mate them with
the best stallions. Mr. Morris, as well as the present
day buyers of alien stock, purchased with a view to
the two-year-old stakes because they are more valu-
able than prizes offered in events for older horses.
"If an American pays a big price for a yearling
abroad and has to wait a year or two for the animal
to attain his true form, those years of waiting repre-
sent a most fortunate period of unproductiveness on
the part of the importation. In other words, after
the valuable two-year-old and possibly three-year-old
events are decided the animal begins to show high
form when his greatest opportunities have passed.
It reminds me somewhat of the saying. 'The opera-
tion was successful but the patient died.' " — [N. Y.
Herald.
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Columbine, a chestnut-coated daughter of Garry
Herrmann, and Navarre's Hope, from the stable of
George D. Widener, was an easy winner of the Wal-
den Stakes, which was -the turf feature run for by
two-year-olds over the mile distance at Pimlico last
Saturday. A half-dozen lengths back of the winner
was the Kentucky Stable's Courtship, who ran a
game race and just managed to beat Samuel K. Ross'
Cadillac by a neck for second money, while Waukeag,
the top weight, was beaten but a head for third
money.
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John E. Madden has made the announcement that
he will have seven stallions at Hamburg Place for
the coming season. Star Shoot, Ogden. Friar Rock,
Pataud and Plaudit will be private, while the fee for
Hessian will be $300 and Ormondale $100.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, November 11, 191{ 1 :
Harness Horses and Horsemen
Made a Successful Campaign.
The stable of Sutherland & Chadbourne returned
to Pleasanton last week after a most successful trip
through the California circuit. It did not look early
in the year as though we would have a circuit here
in California, but we finally got moving and there
were harness race meetings at Santa Rosa, Dixon,
Sacramento, Pleasanton, Fresno, Hanford, Ventura,
Riverside and Bakersfield — nine meetings in all, and
had they all been announced together early in the
spring, the entry lists would have been much larger.
As it was Sutherland & Chadbourne, with the senior
member of the firm to look after the management of
things, and Fred to do the training and driving, start-
ed in 45 races on the circuit, won 17 firsts, 14 sec-
onds, and came third or fourth the rest of the time
with two exceptions, when they were outside the
money. As their horses all reached home in good
condition they feel very well satisfied with their
summer work.
The Indianapolis Speed Sale.
F'rank P. Kenney will open his speed sale at the
State Fair Grounds, Indianapolis, on Tuesday next.
Two hundred and twenty-seven horses have been
catalogued and among them we notice the following
familiar to Califomians: -
Searchlight 2:03%, sire of eight in 2:10, consigned
by Ray Moore, Agent. Searchlight is now 22 years
old but is said to be in prime condition.
Raisin Girl, trial 2:10%, a seven-year-old brown
mare by Tom Smith 2:13% out of Lady Owyhee by
Owyhee. This mare was bred by J. W. Zibbell, of
Fresno.
Hedgewood Patchen 2:09%, record made on half
mile track in a winning race. This chestnut pacing
gelding, bred by Dick Wilson, is well known to all
the Pleasanton horsemen, as he got his first work
there. This horse is consigned by Stoughton A.
Fletcher who states that he is selling several horses
as he intends to confine all his horse interests to
breeding, developing and racing the Peter the Greats.
At Cleveland this year Hedgewood Patchen worked
a mile in 2:05%. He is now six years old and took
his race record this season.
Edna Ansel, a two-year-old by Prince Ansel, dam
Edna Saunders (sister to Adlon (3) 2:07%, Rusti-
coat (3) 2:08% and Dorothy Axworthy (2) 2:21%)
by Axworthy, that was bred by Woodland Stock Farm
and sold east, is consigned to this sale by Mr. E.
Beckwith of Aurora, Illinois. She is well staked.
Diamond Mac 2:15%, a trotter, and son of Kinney
Lou 2:07%. is also one of the California bred ones
to be sold. He is now 13 years old, but was better
than a 2 : 12 trotter this year on half mile tracks.
A. J. Wood, of Goshen, Indiana, consigns him.
This sale will furnish a good gauge of the Indiana
market for trotting bred horses.
Breeding Horses to Color.
Commenting on a statement made not long ago by
Professor W. S. Anderson of the Kentucky State Ag-
ricultural College that recent discoveries concerning
the laws of heredity make it possible to breed horses
of any desired color, the New York Herald says:
To establish a family, strain or breed of chestnuts
•is a very simple matter. It is only necessary to mate
chestnut mares with chestnut stallions. No attention
need be paid to the ancestors of the parent stock, for
no matter what may have been their color there will
be no more bays, browns, blacks, grays, roans or
duns if only the sire and dam are chestnut. Just
this was done in England centuries ago by the breed-
ers of Suffolk draft horses, and today there is not a
pure bred Suffolk in the world that is not a chestnut
horse. More than twelve thousand of them have
been registered in the stud book and they are all of
one color. Scientific men say they have lost the
power to transmit any other color to their offspring,
hence the Suffilks must remain a breed of chestnuts
so long as the breed remains pure.
Tne old English breed of coach horses known as
the Overland bay runs true to color if, as the scien-
tific men maintain, brown is only a shade of bay.
Bay parents do not always insure bay foals, except
in this particular breed. But there are bay horses
that when mated with black or chestnut mares
always produce bay colts. When these individuals
that are pure dominates for bay have been discov-
ered the problem is practically solved, for this pro-
cess of selection in two or three generations will give
I he skillful breeder a pure family of bays.
Several experimental breeders have established
si rains of gray Arabs, shires and hackneys by using
gray stallions and mares that proved to be pure dom-
inants for their own color. These individuals are not
very common among gray horses, as shown by the
records of turf and stud. Many carry latent elements
from which chestnuts, blacks and bays are produced,
|j:it when those that breed true have been found and
mated it is then only a question of time and elimina-
tion until every mare of the family, when bred to a
of the family, can be counted on for a gray
foal.
Establishing a family of black horses is much the
same as evolving a strain of bays. Starting with
black parents and eliminating those that do not breed
true will in a few generations give to the breeder
animals in which the power to produce any other
coat color has been lost.
The law of heredity involved in the transmission
of coat color is regarded as the key to other prob-
lems in breeding which have puzzled generations of
horsemen and scientists. And the remarkable prog-
ress made in the last few years in working out the
laws relating to color are by many believed to pre-
sage developments of the first importance in breed-
ing for speed, action and other valuable ittributes
or traits.
The Higgins Starting Machine in New Zealand.
A large majority of the harness races held in Aus-
tralia and New Zealand are handicaps. Horses are
handicapped by seconds on a majority of the tracks,
with a large starting clock that ticks the seconds
and rings a bell for each horse to start. Recently
horses have been handicapped by yards instead of
seconds and there has come a demand for a machine
that will enable the fields to be properly controlled
and sent away on even terms. The New Zealand
Referee of recent date describes a new starter that
has been patented by Mr. M. Higgins and called the
Higgins Starting Machine, which is said to quite fill
the bill. Of a trial of this gate made recently at
Addington, New Zealand, the Referee says:
"Considering that the apparatus was quite new to
the horses, they moved off well when the barriers
were released, and it would seem to be only a matter
of education to get them properly accustomed to it.
The barrier, for which Mr. Higgins holds a complete
patent in the Dominion, is as effective as it is simple.
It consists of a wire running in pulleys along either
the inside or outside rail of the track, held at the
starting post by a lever, and attached to a strong
spring fixed at the rear of the limit handicap mark.
At each handicap mark a pin attached by clip to the
wire holds a single strand elastic barrier to a brass
block, also affixed to the rail. Each barrier, con-
sisting of rubber and cord, is attached to the oppo-
site rail of the track. When the horses are all facing
their respective barriers the starter releases the
lever. The tension of the spring instantaneously
releases all the barriers, which fly as one to the
opposite rail. The machine worked quite satisfac-
torily at its second trial."
Those who have seen runners started here in Cali-
fornia with a single strand barrier, will readily under-
stand the simple working of the Higgins machine
from the above description. There is one of these
barriers at each handicap distance and behind each
barrier is the horse handicapped to start at that
distance. As standing starts, or starts without scor-
ing are the custom in New Zealand the Higgins
machine should be very successful, and were some
such thing introduced in this country we do not
doubt but handicaps for trotters and pacers could be
arranged and perhaps become popular. The machine
has one recommendation at least, it is inexpensive.
Trotting Horses in Austria.
John Splan received recently an interesting letter
from the American trainer, George Bodimer, for many
years one of the leading horsemen of Vienna, Aus-
tria. The letter bears the date of August 12 and says
that conditions in that country as a result of the war
are not nearly as bad as might be expected and that
as soon as it is over there will be a great demand
for good trotters, race horses and stallions for the
Austrian market. He asked Mr. Splan to beep watch
for some good sons of Peter the Great and mentioned
some other stallions over here that he thought would
suit over there. Mr. Bodimer said that his health,
which had not been very good for some time past,
was much improved, and that both Edward and
James Benyon were achieving great success in that
country, as was that other American trainer, Charley
Lyons, who has been there for a number of years.
Mr. Bodimer expressed himself as well pleased with
a two-year-old filly by Shady G. 2:10%, out of Early
Alice 2:06%. Mr. Bodimer bought the stallion.
Ernest Axtell 2:08%. through Splan, and is well
^pleased with him, as his letter tells of a colt that he
sold for $1,000, which was less than a year old and
had never been broken. — [Western Horseman.
Light Harness Horses for the Cavalry.
The fact that the arguments of certain prominent
officers of the U." S. Army, as to the vaunted superi-
ority of the thoroughbred for military purposes, is
ineffable twaddle, designed to create public favor for
the running tracks by securing government recogni-
tion of that breed, is significantly proven by the
experience of the foreign nations now at war. Writing
to The Rider and Driver, R. de Pravohensky, of the
Department of Agriculture at Petrograd, Russia,
states that more than half of the number of horses
taken for military use in that country have trotting
blood in their veins, and some of them have fast
records. As to their utility for the army, he quotes
from the report of the Imperial Board of Horse
Breeding in Russia, which contains a statement from
a well known general in the Russian army, to the
effect that "the progeny of developed speed horses
demonstrated more endurance and stamina than the
other breeds." By speed horses is meant the stand-
ard bred American trotter, which Russia has been
extensively importing and breeding for many years,
and her own native Orloff trotters, and not the mod-
:
era fragile five-furlong sprinters of the thoroughbret
tracks.
The writer above quoted adds that the governmem
will, after the war, apply more attention to th<
acquirement of stallions exclusively of registered
trotting and racing track records.
Mr. Walter Winans, the well-known London patroi)
of the American trotter, in another letter to our con»
temporary, substantiates the assertions of the Rus-'
sian writer by citing the fact that the governments of)
Russia and Austria employ a settled policy to
encourage the breeding of trotters for army pur-
poses by giving sanction and aid to harness racing!
allowing no horse over nine years of age to race, and
in the principal events no gelding, in order to pre*
serve them for the purpose of improving the breed
for military use. Mr. Winans states that in Austria
one of the $10,000 purses has a proviso that the
winner must stand for sixty government mares at a
low fee. It is a rather deplorable fact that our own
army officials have not sense enough, or, if they
have, are so devoid of national pride, that they cannot
recognize these important facts which have been
deduced from the experience of other nations with
far larger and better opportunities for knowledge
upon the subject. — [The Trotter and Pacer.
New York Horse Market Good.
"Any horse fit to work finds a ready buyer,", is the '
way Frederick Wagner, president of the Fiss, Doerr
% Carroll Company, described the present situation
in the New York horse market. "The demand for
good, serviceable horses," he added, "really exceeds
the supply. Last Monday morning a carload of
draft horses arrived at our auction mart in East
Twenty-fourth street. These animals found buyers
within a few hours after their arrival. The Standard
Oil Company of New York bought a majority of the
lot." Mr. Wagner also said there had been unusual
activity in their equipment department, the demand
for blankets and robes, as well as harness, being
very heavy. Two of the large taxicab companies
bought several hundred robes. — [N. Y. Herald.
An Inbred Prize Winner.
A saddle colt exhibited at the Kentucky State Fair
this year won first in the class for fine harness colts
and' second in the ring for saddle colts, each ring
containing about 15 entries. This is the most inbred
calt that has ever been seen at the Kentucky State
Fair, yet he was one of the best ever shown there.
He was sired by the saddle stallion Roosevelt, his
dam was by Roosevelt, his second dam was by Bour-
bon King, the sire of Roosevelt, his third dam by
Wait's Indian Chief and his fourth dam by Harrison
Chi^f. Harrison Chief sired Bourbon Chief, he sired
Bourbon King and he in turn sired Roosevelt. The
colt was foaled May 10th, 1916, and Sept. 1st meas-
ured 12 hands, 1 inch high, and weighed 375 pounds.
His dam was a poor suckler and the colt was thin.
Horses Loved by Soldiers.
The fact that King Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, has a
favorite black charger which he has named Varna,
after the place of that name on the Black Sea, where
his summer place is located, reminds one of the
affection which has existed between celebrated sol-
diers and the horses which have accompanied them
through their numerous campaigns.
One of the most famous war horses was Lord
Roberts' gallant charger, Volonel, which died a few
years ago, and lies buried near the Royal hospital,
Dublin. Volonel was a gray Arab, which Lord Rob-
erts bought in India, and he rode the animal to
Kandahar.
Lord Roberts was very much attached to the ani-
mal, and when Queen Victoria awarded medals to the
soldiers who hart gone through the Afghan war the
hero of Kandahar proudly hung round his charger's
neck the medal with four clasps and the Kandahar
star of bronze.
The best known of 'Lord Kitchener's war horses
was a handsome chestnut which he named Omdur-
man. The animal carried Kitchener during the bat-
tle, and ultimately went with his master to South
Africa during the Boer war — [Westminster Gazette,
London, Eng.
RACES AT ROHNERVILLE.
A day's racing was given at the Rohnerville, Hum-
boldt county, half mile track on September 17th this
year. There was a free-for-all pace with three start-
ers and a race for named horses in which four horses
started.
The judges were M. Clausen, F. Rolley and Robert
Niles, while Geo. Graves, A. Mason and W. M. Bry-
ant acted as timers. Ramona, winner of the pace and
Octo C. and Frank Ellery, first and second in the
other race, had but five weeks' training up to the
day of the race. The summary:
Free-for-all pace (2 in 3), purse $200:
Ramona. by Casslar (Jennings) 1 1
Myrtle T. P (Noble) 2 2
Young Monterey (Alford) 3 dr
Time— 2:16, 2:17%.
Named race (2 in 3), purse $100."
Octo C. by Cassiar (R. T. Bryant) 3 11
Frank Ellery, by Cassiar (East) 12 2
Lady Dillon (Toninni) 2 3 3
Peggy Dillon (Landgerin) 4 4 4
Time— 2:25, 2:24%, 2:26.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Phoenix meeting opens next Monday.
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The season's records will not be final until that is
over, as there is usually some record breaking there.
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After raising a colt by Manrico 2:07%, Judson
Girl 2:07% is back in the stable of Walter Cox.
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All McKinney 2:04 is the fastest five-year-old pacer
of the year.
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Bonlngton 2:04%, the handsome little stallion, goes
to The Old Glory Sale.
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J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08 now has twenty-six year-
lings in the standard list, eleven being his score for
this season.
Hemet Stock Farm expects to mark a few colts and
fillies at Phoenix next week, and perhaps hang up a
world's record or two.
Charlie Valentine was the only trainer who had a
larger number of horses at the finish of this season
than he had when he started in the early summer.
The race record at Atlanta was set at 2:07% trot-
ting and 2:03 pacing, by Mabel Trask and Roan Hal
respectively.
J. Malcolm Forbes (4) 2:08 is now credited with
twenty-six yearling trotters in the list, eleven of
the number having secured their records this season.
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Inquiries are already being made as to the stallions
that will be in public service in California next
spring. It is not too early to make announcements
now.
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The number of new 2 : 10 trotters is now said to be
81 for 1916. There may be one or two more before
the last horse is thrown out of training for the
season.
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The idea of announcing a California circuit early
in January is being endorsed by horsemen all along
the line. Several old timers among the horse owners
are getting ready to do the "come back."
It is strange, but true: W. M. Hogoboom of Walla
Walla is called "the silent man" by the Washington
horsemen, yet he is an own brother to H. S. of this
State.
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We were informed last week that a Youngstown,
Ohio, gentleman offered $20,000 for Lucile Spier
2:03% and owner George W. Slaughter of Detroit,
Mich., refused it.
There was a reversal of records in an item in these
columns last week, in regard' to the get of Hal B.
Hal Edo's record is 2:06% and Hal Paxton's 2:09%,
but the item referred to placed them just the other
way.
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The total amount of money won by the horses on
the Grand Circuit this year was $472,418. There
were 782 heats trotted and the average time was
2:08.09. The total number of races was 248 and the
number of starters was 1,549.
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At the auctions in San Francisco these days all
kinds of double work harness sells well. Any har-
ness from that used on delivery wagons up to the
heaviest of team harness will bring lively bids. Light
buggy harness, however, is in the dumps.
The Oakland Driving Club expects to have an
excellent season of amateur sport next year. If no
other track is available the one at Sixteenth and
Peralta will again be used and will be put in good
order for racing.
S. F. Bennett, a horse buyer for the entente allies,
during a visit to Lander county, Nevada, last week
stated that it was very difficult at this time to even
gather a carload of suitable horses in any one dis-
trict, the supply of animals having been almost
exhausted by agents of the allied governments. The
best he could do in Lander county was to ship a
mixed carload of pack mules and work stock.
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Danny Maher, famous American jockey, died in
London last Thursday after an illness which com-
pelled his retirement from the turf three years ago.
He was a star performer on English race courses for
nine years prior to his retirement. In this time he
rode to victory in three derbies, his mounts being
Rock Sand, Cicero and Spearmint. He also captured
the Oaks in 1906 with Keystone II, the Doncaster
St. Leger in 1903 with Rock Sand and the same clas-
sic race in 1906 with Bagardo. He was reputed to be
worth a large fortune as the result of his turf vic-
tories.
S. S. Bailey, the Seattle horseman and mining mag-
nate, must have cleaned up pretty well on the elec-
tion. He is credited with having about $20,000 up on
Wilson.
C. A. Durfee left for Phoenix, Arizona, this week
and will take in the races at the Arizona State Fair
next week in which his son W. G. Durfee has an entry
in about every race.
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Forty mares have been booked to Dee Axworthy
1:58%, at $200 each. The young stallion will be
allowed to serve no more than that number next
spring.
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James Benyon, the American driver, at last reports
received from Austria, had won twenty-seven races
this year, while the number credited to his father,
Edward Benyon, was twelve.
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The sum of $6,000 has been refused for the New
York trotter. Legal W. 2:15%, Thomas J. Griffin of
Dorchester, Mass., having made the offer last week
at Woonsocket.
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It does not look as though there would be any
auction sales of trotting bred horses in California
this winter, but should a California circuit be an-
nounced by the first of January a February sale
might be given with success.
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Now that the election is over, better think about
nominating that mare of yours in the Pacific Breed-
ers' Futurity to close December 1st. The guaranteed
value of this stake is $2500 and it only costs $2 to
nominate.
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R. W. Scott, of Bishop, California, has consigned
twenty head of trotting bred horses to the big sale at
Chicago Auction, December 18th to 21st. These
horses were raised in the mountains and are from
stallions that trace to Gen. Benton and Electioneer.
One of the gamest of trotters on the eastern tracks
this year is Petrena 2:16%, by Kentucky Todd, and
she is not 15 hands and only weighs 750 pounds. The
Horse Review says Petrena can stay "till the cows
come home." Many small horses are bears for en-
durance.
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Sheriff Donald McRea, who was shot and severely
wounded in the clash between the authorities and
members of the I. W. W. at Seattle on Sunday last,
has many friends among the California horsemen
who have visited that city. He has owned a number
of trotters, including the mare Vallejo Girl 2:10%.
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Galindo, son of McKinney and the great broodmare
Elsie by Gen. Benton, has proven a successful sire
in New Zealand and is still in service there at a fee
of $50. He was bred at Palo Alto, but sold to New
Zealand, by C. A. Durfee who purchased him when
a colt at a Palo Alto sale.
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Thirty-six head of trotting bred horses were sold
at auction at Davenport, Iowa, October 25th, for an
average of about $150. The Deputy Sheriff 2:04%
five year old pacing gelding brought $1400 and was
purchased by Magnus Flaws for Carl Mueller of
Rock Island.
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The Special Breeders' Number of the New Zealand
Trotting Journal is at hand. It has a gold-mounted
cover and besides containing many fine photo-engrav-
ings of New Zealand trotters and pacers, is replete
with excellent articles on horse breeding and kindred
subjects. It is a credit to its publishers.
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A Pennsylvania court has recently decided that the
rule of the road is "pass to the left" when passing
another vehicle from behind. If the left is obstructed
or there is not room there one may be justified in
passing to the right, but not^therwise. Where there
is no law in regard to the passing of vehicles, the
rules of the road will govern.
Practically all harness racing stables of the sea-
son, both over mile and half mile tracks, have now
returned to winter quarters. A majority of the
Grand Circuit contingent was shipped home after the
finish at Lexington, while comparatively few went to
Atlanta for the wind-up. Practically all the leading
trainers will be busy from now until the end of the
year in preparing that part of their strings which
are headed for the big sales of which three are of the
greatest importance and will be held in Chicago,
Indianapolis and at Madison Square Garden in New
York City.
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They all want to come to California to race their
trotters and pacers. Fred Woodcock, of Forest
Grove, Oregon, who raced Hal Paxton 2:09% at a
couple of meetings here this year, writes that he
would like to come again. He says in a letter to the
Breeder and Sportsman: "I hope California has a
good circuit next year. I want to come down and
see 'the boys' again. They treated me pretty well
this year." Mr. Woodcock started in eleven races
this year and was behind the money but once. He
has a good horse in Hal Paxton and was second to
Prince Zolock when that horse paced in 2:04%, and
was timed separately by Elmo Montgomery and
Woodcock in 2:05 flat.
Silver Axworthy (4) 2:10, a new 2:10 trotter Tor
Axworthy (3) 2:15%, is out of the fast record pacing
mare Easter Lily W. 2:06%; grandam the noted
Flaxy, which produced Audubon Boy 1:59%, etc. He
is a very handsome stallion and as a two and three
year old had about as much speed as the best, but
was very difficult to control and utilize to advantage.
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Work will soon be started on the new half mile
track at the Woodland Stock Farm and it is to be
laid out according to the regulation rules. County
Surveyor Asa Proctor has the matter in charge, and
and when the track is finished it should be one of
the fastest in the State. Half mile tracks are becom-
ing so popular in connection with fairs that many of
the big eastern fair grounds are providing half mile
rings for their races.
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AI Schwartz is back at Pleasanton after a trip
clear through the California circuit. His handsome
little mare Miss San Francisco came home as fit and
sound as when she was shipped to the opening meet-
ing. She started in 16 races and was never unplaced,
and Schwartz is very much pleased with the, daugh-
ter of San Francisco 2:07%. She is still eligible to
the 2:16 class on mile tracks and the 2:20 class on
half mile tracks and looks like 2:10 would not stop
her next season.
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A horseman writing in the Horseshoer's Journal
tells of a pacer that was a bad knee-knocker being
brought to him to shoe. He drove the horse a few
blocks, noticed that he crossfired and then shod him
with a set of shoes he thought suitable. He then
drove the horse a quarter, and he hit his knee so
badly that it swelled up to the size of a derby hat.
The shoer then took the horse back to the shop,
changed the shoes from one foot to the other and on
the next trial the pacer never touched a hair and
could fairly fly.
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Ben Billings 2:07, the gelded son of Bingen 2:06%
and Lou Dillon 1:58%, possesses speed of an extra-
ordinary nature at the pace, despite his limited prep-
aration, and when started for his record he stepped
the last half, officially timed, in 1:01%. Had Thad
Logan known the great speed of the gelding he could
have marked him in 2:05 at least. After being
shipped back to the farm he paced a half at Curies
Neck in 59 seconds, a performance equal to 57 sec-
onds over a course in the condition the Lexington
one was during the trots.
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The big thoroughbred stallion Yellowcrest has
been entered in the National Horse Show in the class
for stallion best suited to improve the breed of cav-
alry horses. This ten-year-old son of Yellow Tail
and Playful was raced as Captain John, but he did
not reach his full measure of greatness until he was
sent to the show ring. He has been exhibited four
times and on each occasion has carried off the blue
ribbon. At Madison Square Garden he was winner
in 1913-14-15 and in 1914 he was also winner at
Brvn Mawr.
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It will not cost a great amount of money to breed a
mare to a highly bred stallion in 1917. R. O. New-
man, owner of that well bred stallion Best Policy
42378, says he will stand him next spring at $20 for
the season. Best Policy is a producer of standard
speed, he was sired by the great Allerton 2:09%,
sire of ten in the 2:10 list, bis dam is Exine 2:28%,
a producing mare by Expedition, whose daughters
have produced six in the 2:10 list, his second dam is
the great broodmare Euxine, dam of 6, by Axtell (3)
2:12, sire of 8 and the dams of 12 in 2:10. As Mr.
Newman remarks: "Best Policy is surely a dandy
little horse and if he had a chance he could win
good money in next season's races."
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The cup offered by the Eastern breeder of Hack-
neys, J. Macy Willetts, for the first registered hack-
ney that will trot a mile in three minutes, is still
waiting for some horse of that English breed to win
it, although the registered mare Starlight, by Dilham
Prime Minister, came dangerously near winning it
at Columbus, Ohio, during the recent Grand Circuit
meeting there when, driven by Chas. H. Allen, a well
known trotting horseman who has been training her
all summer, she trotted a mile in 3:02%, but it is
stated that she will make no further attempt this
season. During the recent fair at Troy, N. Y., a
well known New York breeder of hackneys started
the registered mare Princess to beat three minutes,
but as near as she could come to it was 3:16%, not
near enough to offer much encouragement to the
belief that she will train on enough to cut off sixteen
and one-half seconds. Even supposing a hackney
should, after long training trot a mile in three min-
utes, what will be proved, in a practical way? Trot-
ting at all of any value for a trotter that can trot
no faster than three minutes is not regarded as hav-
ing any value as a speed horse or even as a road
horse. A three-minute hackney would not have
ting alone is of no value for a trotter that can trot
ting field and necessarily be would have to lose some
of the action so dear to the hackney breeder's heart,
so that he would no longer be of much use in that
particular field where the breed now shines — that of
the high stepper. Then what's the use of talking
about a three-minute hackney or trying to drive a
hackney that fast? — [Horseshoer's Journal.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, November 11, 1916.
1916.
PLENTY OF PLACES TO HUNT DUCKS.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
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Trains Kill Deer. — Deer are now on their migration
from the higher altitudes to the winter feeding
grounds. Recently, as usual at this time of the year,
a number of them have taken to the railroad tracks
as a path or trail from the mountains.
Consequently quite a number have been killed or
injured by being dazed by locomotive headlights.
Several have been so severely wounded of late that
they had to be killed.
Through the co-operation of the railroads the Fish
and Game Commission has been able to have these
animals brought to Sacramento, where they have
been donated to charitable institutions. The South-
ern Pacific Railroad has instructed its train crews
to assist the Commission in its charitable work.
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Hunting Dogs Come Back. — Not in years has the
highly-sporting practice of using a good dog enjoyed
such stimulation as this season, the rapidly-growing
ing one's birds, always problem enough, besides
grass adding considerably to the difficulties of find-
making quail much harder to find in the first place
by encouraging them to lay ciose.
As the dampness causes scent to hold well also,
and enables a dog to do twice as much work, provid-
ing more natural water holes to roll in as well as to
drink, it may be said that 1916 has fully put the
thoroughly broken bird dog on the California sports-
man's map.
The best of hunters and shots are all but lost
without one, and has to down twenty-five birds to
get his limit. Good dogs get even crippled quail,
their noses work out the devious wanderings of the
winged; they indicate where the birds are hiding
and warn the gunner to be ready, take his attention
from the slain by relieving worry as to loss, and this
enables concentration upon the shot that is about to
offer.
From every viewpoint the dog is now to have his
day, and with these intelligent creatures added fien-
erally to the equipment of the small-bore shot, the
splendid game qualities of the valley quail in Cali-
fornia will make of him an attraction asset superior
even to that of his relative, the Bob White of the
Carolinas and Southern States generally, which an-
nually draws as many wealthy sportsmen to that sec-
tion as all other things taken together.
The idea that dogs were no use on the valley quail
died hard, but the sermon has been preached by
practical demonstration. Close workers, broken, not
for field-trial work, but to work of the gun, have so
established themselves that many of our best hunters
will not hunt without a dog at all.
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Tahoe Fishermen's Union. — At the recent annual
meeting of the Tahoe Fishermen's Union, held in Ta-
hoe City, the following officers were elected for the
coming year: President, W. C. Johnston of Sacra-
mento; vice-president, A. J. Mueller. of Sacramento;
secretary, R. C. Elson of San Francisco, and treas-
urer, W. D. Foote of Tahoe City. Resolutions were
unanimously adopted to offer the California State
Fish and Game Commission assistance, while the
creeks are low, in cleaning various tributaries to
Lake Tahoe of the debris which is the breeding place
of leeches, so deadly to the spawning trout. The
Union recommends having at least three buoys in
front of the creeks, so as to avoid any possible
chance of a violation of Section 632 of the fish and
game law. It also favors having such buoys, as at
Meeks Creek and Taylor Creek, set out into blue
water as in their present position they are no protec-
tion to the fish tempering before ascending the
stream. Resolutions were also adopted requesting
the California Fish and Game Commission to get in
touch with the Nevada commissions, to have legis-
lation enacted having a uniform law on this body
of water. R. G.
Tahoe City, Cal.
90
Quail Respect Autos. — Quail must be classed as a
modern bird, or at least one that has kept right
a-step with progress, according to M. S. Clark, a
game deputy. He says quail are getting so wise that
they can almost tell the makes and models of auto-
mobiles. The reason is that so many hunters are
making use of their gasoline vehicles for hunting
purposes that the quail know that trouble is coming
the second they hear the whirr of the motor or the
honk, honk of the horn.
"It's a fact." says Clark, "that quail will take to
flight the minute they hear an automobile approach.
I have noticed it time and again. The birds seem to
know that hunters are coming after them, and will
fly to get out of range."
90
Famous Hunters Lucky. — Dr. Edward Salisbury
and Dustin Farnum returned last week from a three
hunting trip north of Bakersfield. They brought
back the limit in geese, duck and quail. They were
the guests of William S. Tevis at his famous" Stock-
dale ranch, and were turned loose on the 450,000
acres of the Kern Land Company.
"The hunting was immense," said Dr. Salisbury.
"We had the' limit in duck and geese by 9 o'clock
and in quail by noon. I never expected to find such
excellent shooting."
The two hunters motored up to Bakersfield and
did most of their killing on Saturday. Both would
sooner hunt than eat. When Farnum is not acting
before the camera, he's out hunting. Dr. Salisbury
practically lives with a gun in his hand. He has
hunted all over the world.
William Farnum intended to join these two hunters
in Bakersfield, but could not get away. However, he
shared the spoils.
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COAST FIELD TRIALS IN DECEMBER.
Setters and Pointers Will Contest at Bakersfield
During the Week Commencing on the 13th.
The Pacific Coast Field Trials Club has completed
arrangements for the holding of the 34th annual
trials at the grounds just outside of Bakersfield, dur-
ing the week commencing December 13th. There
was a meeting of the executive committee in San
Francisco on October 25th and all details were
settled.
Present at the meeting were President A. G.
Wilkes, J. S. French, J. A. Chanslor, Phil M. Wand,
Martin I. Smith of Los Angeles and Secretary S.
Christenson. A program of features was mapped
out, which includes the Coast Derby, with $250 guar-
anteed, open to all, with $20 to enter and start, and
the All-Age Sweepstakes, with $20 to enter and
start. Entries will close December 12th, the night
before the trials commence.
J. W. Flynn and John Shoemacher were named as
judges; with PiiiLM. Wand as associate. H. L. Betten
was elected an honorary member for valuable serv-
ices rendered in the past as judge and secretary in
the past as judge and secretary of many trials. Re-
ports secured from Dick Ashe, the patrol man. are
to the effect that conditions are better than ever
before to make the events a success. Plenty of
birds are in evidence and the ground is in ideal
condition for the sport.
The Coast field trials have been held annually for
the past thirty-three years. The men who first intro-
duced the game out here were the pioneer fanciers
of the hunting dog. For a time interest in the sport
waned, but indications are that more dogs will be
in competition next month than in recent years.
Setters and pointers are now in training, and it
is expected that there will be several Eastern dogs
to make a try for the titles.
Charley Murray, the colored handler, has arrived
with a string of splendid California dogs that
cleaned up the trials held in the Northwest. They
are Mrs. A. G. Wilkes' Melrose Dude, that won the
open stake at Washington and Vancouver, B. C, and
Western Boy, J. Walter Scott's favorite, that carried
off the honors in the hunting classes. J. S. French
also has a couple of dogs in Murray's charge. The
color line is drawn in field trials and the chances are
that the owners will handle their own dogs in the
Bakersfield trials.
John W. Considine, who has long been a devotee
of the field sport, has arrived from Seattle and
has announced his intention of being on hand at
Bakersfield. Fanciers from all sections of the State
will likely be on hand, with a special car running
from San Francisco.
l€
Dogs For Coursing Meet. — Many entries are being
received for the Capital City Coursing Club's opening
meet at the Elliott ranch on November 19th, and no
difficulty is expected in filling the 32-dog stake. The
present outlook is that the best greyhounds on the
Coast will participate in the meet.
Among the entries are the following:
Roy S. Avery has entered Expensive Board and
Thread of Fire, two dogs who are returning from the
Middle West where they participated in the Waterloo
Cup, Waterloo Futurity and Aberdeen Cup events.
Expensive Board is a new hound on the Coast.
John Rosseter and Bob Malcolm have entered two
imported dogs.
W. E. Lloyd of the University Farm at Davis has
entered Blue Bell and Blue Streak.
George Heintz of Oakland has applied for three
entries, the dogs to be selected from his kennels.
Mrs. A. Leitch of Oakdale has made one entry.
P. Carroll of Mayhews has entered Mayhews Boy
and County Boy.
C. T. Newton of Yolo has made one entrv.
90
Sportsmen of Vermont purchased 13 deer in 1875
and turned them loose in the forest a few miles from
Rutland. There was no deer shooting for 22 years —
and then deer were more plentiful than voters. The
first year the bars were let down 7,186 deer were
killed, but the law- is stricter now.
Hunters Are Welcome in Many Spots in Counties
to the South.
Reports gathered by the Fish and Game Commis-
sion from its field patrol deputies and checked up
with the verdict of sportsmen all over the State leave
no room for doubt as to the remarkable shooting of
the present season, now being enjoyed by duck and
quail hunters.
The usual complaints are being heard, but usually,
eliminating the cases of genuine "hard luck," the
fault has been with the shooter and not the shooting,
as quail are plentiful and ducks in all the great val-
leys seem to be present again in something like the
supply of old times, which made California a by-word
among the men whose happiest days are spent with
the gun and rod.
Although duck shooting about Los Angeles in the
nature of things, within easy drive of a city of 600,000
population, is largely preserved for duck club mem-
bers, those who do not shy at the time and expense
of a night's ride on the sleeper can reach just as good
duck shooting as the la wallows, with quail for addi-
tional attraction.
The Owens valley sloughs and even the soda lakes
are alive with ducks. On the salt inland oceans, the
birds are mostly spoonbills, but on the marshes along
the aqueduct plenty of fine mallards can be had. This
section is well stocked with doves, quail and snipe,
too. The gunner with a week to spare can find plenty
for diversion anywhere between Independence and
Bishop, the town hotels being fairly comfortable and
the people more than ready to welcome the visiting
sportsman. Up in Inyo they realize the value of
their fish and game as an attraction and will cheer-
fully direct the steps of the newcomer, even taking
time enough to go along and show him what their
beautiful country has to offer. Such courtesies are
usually repaid a hundred fold in estimation of the
recipient.
In the Imperial section the same is true, California
hospitality being well exemplified. Down that way
where the desert has been made to bloom as the rose
game is actually so plentiful that it does damage,
and ranchers vie with one another in offering every
encouragement for the sportsman to shoot on their
places. The "no shooting" signs no gunner ever
believed in are conspicuous for once by their absence.
In many of the tfwns directions are cheerfully given
to the visitor, and good comfortable accommodations
can be had at a fair price. Trains leave Los Angeles
late in the evening, arriving at Imperial Valley points
early the next morning in ample time to get out and
connect with the quail or ducks. Most hunters go to
Mecca as the nearest point to the "sea," as they
know the Salton lake out that way. Any fair shot
can kill his limit of fine ducks any day on that muddy
expanse; the birds fly up and down the shores morn-
ing and evening and much of the shooting is done
from the tops of mesquite trees, carefully denuded of
their thorns, as a mesquite is no sporting proposition
in its natural state.
Those who have connections in the Tulare lake
sections can have wonderful duck shooting there, but
it is a game one must be fixed for, as the birds swing
well clear of the shore line except in high winds, and
the best sport is had from sunken tank blinds out
on the flats. Men knowing the country get a good lot
of shooting away from the lake in places beneath the
aerial trail to feeding grounds in outlying ponds.
Probably no better shooting is to be had anywhere
than that offered along the shores of Buena Vista
lake on a good day when the birds are working well.
Just why they fly one day and do not the next, and
may be the next two in conditions of weather seem-
ingly identical, is not explained to the satisfaction of
hunters, but it is the fact and those going there
should allow themselves several days to be sure of
catchings things "right." When they do the experi-
ence never will be forgotten. The fine rice and bar-
ley fed birds are choice eating. It calls for a long
and devious trip by way of Bakersfield, owing to the
high stage of the water and the new levee.
Farther up in the San Joaquin ahout Los Banos
and Firebaugh, the sloughs are full and it may be
said there is an unbroken stretch of duck shooting
from the Tulare lake-bed to San Francisco bay, bet-
ter in places than others, but good at intervals every-
where.
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Rice Growers Protest. — Some rice growers in the
Colusa and Biggs sections are taking exception to the
statement of Frank M. Newbert of the State Fish
and Game Commission that the ducks are doing little
or no damage to the rice fields in that section. Some
ranchers declare that fully one-fourth of their crop
has been destroyed by the ducks and mud hens this
year.
"We made a thorough investigation on our last
visit up there," says Newbert in answer to these
statements, "and with few exceptions the farmers
have signs posted warning hunters off their fields.
I admit that there may be a few places where damage
is done, but as far as we could ascertain, this is very
smaH compared to the total acreage.
"It's the blackbirds that hurt the rice. The ducks
eat the waste rice that falls to the ground, while the
blackbirds eat it from the stalk. Furthermore, the
ducks do not come to the rice fields in big numbers
until the crop is almost ready to harvest, and they
have but a short time to get at the rice."
Saturday, November 11, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
CHANGES IN FISH AND GAME LAWS.
Bag Limits on Waterfowl and Upland Game Too
Large, Writes C. A. Wood.
Some radical changes in our game laws are sug-
gested in the following letter. Some of the points
are well taken although all may not agree as to the
desirability of many of the suggested changes. The
letter follows:
"Although I believe that our Fish and Game Com-
missioners are doing what they think best for all, I
believe that our laws should be made more strict
and a tighter line drawn. It is my opinion that our
daily bag limits on both waterfowl and upland game
are in many cases too large and should be cut down.
My reasons for wishing to see this change are these:
The present bag limits permit a man to kill more
than he can use himself, and allows him to distribute
the surplus among his friends. It encourages him
to slaughter, and encourages his friends to depend
upon him for their supply of wild game.
"Were the bag limit reduced to an amount suffi-
cient only for a man's own needs, it would cause him
to be appreciative of his privilege to hunt wild game,
would take him out more frequently into the open,
which would mean more to his health, and would
give him more practice with a gun. On the other
hand, the man who has been depending upon his
friend for his game supply would be called upon
to hunt for his own, thereby bringing others out into
the open to get healthful exercise. It would also
encourage the use of the gun, thereby making more
and better marksmen to defend the country in time
of trouble, and would help swell the state's fund
through additional licenses.
"Our present 'district system,' I believe, should be
abolished, thereby allowing a party killing game in
one part of the state to take it into another. Instead
of dividing the state into districts certain sections
and streams of each and every county should be
closed to hunting and fishing for certain periods, say
from one to three years at a time: then when these
sections are opened other sections of the country
should be closed, and so on. At the same time the
present open and close seasons should prevail in the
open sections. This would allow fish and game a
splendid opportunity to breed and multiply unmolest-
ed in a district during the close season. And as hunt-
ers would not frequent the closed sections the game
therein would become man-shy and thus afford plenty
of sport to the hunter. This would in a short time
give to this state a greater reputation as a game
state than it has ever enjoyed and place good hunting
within the easy reach of all. — Cal. Fish and Game.
BB
Game Seasons in Oregon. — The following letter
from a federal officer who is well informed on all
points of the federal migratory bird laws warns Ore-
gon hunters to be careful in regard to the closed
, season, a false account of which was carried in a
tPortland paper last week. The letter is as follows:
! "The statement appearing in one of the Portland
[papers that the waterfowl season does not close in
^certain counties in Oregon until February 15, and
in Clatsop an additional open season extends from
March 1 to April 30, and in Ccos county from Decem-
ber 31 to January 31, is entirely erroneous.
"The federal migratory bird law does not permit
shooting of geese, brant, wild ducks, coots, gallinules
and jaeksnipe after sunset January 15 throughout
Oregon and Washington.
"Black-breasted and golden plover and the greater
and lesser yellowlegs open season closes sunset, De-
cember 15 throughout Oregon and Washington.
"A closed season extends throughout the United
States until September 1, 1918, on the following mi-
gratory game birds: Band-tailed pigeons, little
brown, sandhill and whooping cranes, wood ducks,
■ swans, curlew, willet and all shore birds except the
.black-breasted and golden plover, Wilson or jaeksnipe
and the greater and lesser yellowlegs.
•' "All shooting of migratory game birds is prohibited
^between sunset and sunrise throughout the United
'States.
"Insectivorous birds are protected indefinitely.
"A state date has the call when it opens the season
later or closes it earlier than the federal regulations
if the state game authorities so order, and which
will not be in conflict with the federal regulations.
"If you will give the above information due promi-
nence it may be the means of keeping innocent
sportsmen out of serious trouble with the federal
authorities."
9B
New Game Laws for Washington. — That a new
game law, especially referring to the protection of
upland birds, will be introduced at the coming ses-
sion of the Washington state legislature, is the pre-
diction of Fred Edwards, chairman of the Pierce
county game commission. In addition to the losses
through hunters, a large percentage of the birds
were killed by the inclement weather of last winter
and spring.
The cold, raw winds and rains of the spring did
much to cut down the number of birds on both sides
of the mountains. In Yakima and Kittitas counties
this was especially true. Hunters, who crossed the
mountains at the opening of the upland bird season
there, declared on their return that there were never
less birds than this season.
"The best way out of the difficulty is to either
curtail the season materially or have it closed for
a year or so," Commissioner Edwards said recently.
"This should apply only to pheasant, grouse and
quail, as ducks are more plentiful this season than
they have been in years. Exceptionally large kills
have been made, yet the birds are found on the flats
in greater quantities than ever before."
That the upland bird season should be made later
in the fall, is the contention of many hunters. That
both quail and pheasant raise a second brood of
chicks that do not hatch until September is shown
by the many young ones found in this seetion of the
country at the opening of the season, September 15.
Quail not more than two or three days old were
seen and caught by hunters, who declared that the
season opened entirely too early and that if the birds
were to be protected, provisions should be made for
a later season.
While the Tacoma game associations have not yet
taken action towards preparing a measure to be in-
troduced at the coming session of the state legisla-
ture, it is expected that with the close of the hunting
season meetings will be held and the situation dis-
cussed. There are two game associations there, the
Peirce County Game Protective Association and the
Washington State Game Protective and Propagation
Association. Both of these organizations have al-
ways taken a nactive interest in the game laws and
it is expected their influence will be felt at the com-
ing legislative session.
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Reports from Sacramento. — Many geese have been
arriving in the Sacramento Valley during the week,
according to reports received by the State Fish and
Game Commission. They are mostly of the gray and
brant type. The ducks are mostly sprig, although
some northern mallard are appearing. The northern
birds can be distinguished by their brighter red
feet.
Quail are still reported hard to find, as they keep
well hidden. The hunters are waiting for rain and
frosts to improve conditions. Reports from the
game wardens follow:
Hayfork — Weather too cold for fishing. No ducks
here. Few quail.
Dana — Ducks are scarce. Trout plentiful. Hard to
catch.
Truckee — Lots of Eastern brook trout. Fishing in
all streams good.
Sutter Creek — Several flocks of wild pigeons in the
central part of Amador county.
Susanville — Fishing good. Ducks rather scarce.
Grass Valley — Fishing season quiet account of
early cold weather. Quail hunting not at its best.
Lodi — Ducks plentiful on the preserves, but scarce
on other land because there is no water. So far all
satisfied with quail shooting. Lots of quail along
Mokelumne river and in vineyards.
Red Bluff — Trout plentiful. Quail reported plen-
tiful.
GB
Warm Welcome For Hunters. — Elmer E. Shaner,
manager of the Interstate Association, has a farm,
"Crestview," in Butler county, Pa., and on that farm
is a sign which is something different than the ones
you will find posted on other farms the country over.
Here is what it says:
CRESTVIEW.
"Hunters and Fisermen Welcome.
"But please respect the owner's rights. Kindly do
not injure stock nor damage property. When the
bell rings come to the house and have dinner."
OB
Seattle Association. — Breeder and Sportsman: A
chicken shoot on October 29th was the first of sev-
eral "feature" events throughout the season planned
by Seattle Trapshooters' Association. The turnout
was not good owing to extremely bad weather con-
ditions which rather reminded the shooters of good
duck hunting than that of shooting clays.
Mrs. Newell Miller, daughter of Tom Wilkes, was
a visitor from San Francisco. G. B. Fraser, Western
representative of the American Amateur Trapshoot-
ers' Association with his headquarters at Portland,
Oregon, was also a visitor at the shoot. The scores:
At 100 Targets— Tom Wilkes 96, C. W. Bandy 90,
Ralph Kinzer 89, C. E. McKelvey 89, R. S. Searle 88,
John Considine 88, Hugh Fleming 86, Fred Land-
wehr 86, D. F. Williams 77, W. B. Taft 71, L. H. Reid*
48x50, H. E. Gleason 36x50. Yours,
Seattle, Wash. E. A. FRY.
3B
Grand International Shoot. — Editor, Breeder and
Sportsman: We have much pleasure in forwarding
to you under separate cover, a copy of the St. Thomas
Grand International Handicap Shoot program, which
shoot takes place here December 4th to 8th. We
have forwarded a copy to every sporting editor in
Canada, and to a great many in the United States.
We shall appreciate it very much if you will make
some announcement of our tournament in your paper.
This tournament will be the second largest held on
the continent this year. We will give in the neigh-
borhood of $2000 in cash and trophies. We have
one of the finest shooting grounds on the continent
and have spent the whole year in making everything
perfect for the shooters who will attend our tourna-
ment.
We trust you will give us a strong write-up. This
will be good news to the shooters, a number from
your district having attended our past tournaments.
Yours very truly,
THE ST. THOMAS GUN CLUB,
St. Thomas, Ont. W. J. McCANCE, Mgr.
ARGUING ABOUT THE GRAND AMERICAN.
California Trap Shot Writes, Suggesting That Han-
dicaps Be Dropped.
Editor Breeder and Sportsman: —
As the G. A. H. is over and the shooters are all
talking about that grand affair and many seem to
have a kick coming, or something did not please
them and the one howl is the handicaps — a funny
thing, as after each G. A. H. you always hear the
same kick and you always will if it is shot, and han-
dicaps used as they have been. Each committee has
done as near right as it could, and still something
is wrong. Personally, everything about the G. A. H.
suits me, but I can see where it can be made a bigger
success and please far more trap shots, and all the
kicking will be done away with and never heard
again.
Just drop your handicap committee! What good
did it do at St. Louis — didn't a man win the G. A. H.
on a far better score at 19 yards than the champion
of each State could make at 16 yards? Isn't 99x100,
at 19 yards, far better than 99 at 16 yards, and if
those 100 straight State champions at 16 yards could
beat this score, then why should some of them stand
one, two, three and four yards farther back?
Now, where is the shooter who wanted his one
chance each year to win? Did he get it? He prob-
ably would be far more happier if he had 525 chances
to win, and any one would make him feel happier and
feel and shoot better.
My plan is to all shoot at 16 yards; shoot 4 or 5
100-target events, and the 5 high men each day not
be allowed to compete further. There is a fixed
purse of, say, §300 to $500, to each, and the balance
of the purse divided equally among the next 100 high
guns, with 5 trophies to the 5 high guns each day.
The 5 high guns will be pleased to be spectators and
boosters for the game, and you will find as many
16-yard men and men who never won a State cham-
pionship among the 5 high guns each day as you will
among these imaginary unbeatable State champions.
Let's see how this G. A. H. would come out.
Say we gave the 5 high gun men $1800, we would
have left enough to give the next 105 $40 each. That
includes fifty-five .92 and .93 men who also ran. I
advocate all events $17 entrance. If it had been
so at St. Louis, with just that entry list we would
have had $85 each for every man who broke .92 or
better .and as it was, only 15 shooters got more than
$75 each.
Now Brother Trap Shots, how many shooters do
you think would attend the next Grand Championship
of the world if each man had 525 chances to win his
entrance and expenses? Yrou know we would have
over 1000 at the next shoot. Twenty-five would go
from California, I am sure.
Now a word about the G. A. H. being held in the
East: It is on good grounds, I am sure. We may have
just as much right to want it held in California, yet
no shooter in the State would think of such a thing.
My opinion is that it has always been held in the
right locality, from Kansas City on west to Columbus
in the East. We are unfortunate to be two or three
thousand miles away, but we had more men in the
G. A. H. than two Eastern States that have 50 shoot-
ers to our one. If they would not go 600 to 1000
miles, they would not be boosters if held in the East.
In 1917 let us hope it will be the banner shoot of
all, and every man who goes ask no odds of his
brother shooter, and see what kind of a shoot we will
have. It will be a good one, run by The Interstate
Association, no matter where, or what kind of a pro-
gram. The shooters are going to go, whether pleased
or not. They have got the habit and must shoot just
so much each year.
Yours respectfully,
A CALIFORNLJ. SHOOTER.
ac
Young America and Trapshooting. — It is with
keenest delight that the grown-ups in the trapshoot-
ing game see the youngsters of fifteen years and
thereabouts, embracing the sport and being encour-
aged by their parents. And the results are nothing
short of wonderful, as will be noted from published
scores which appear almost daily in papers in differ-
ent parts of the country.
There is something lacking in the man who is not
thrilled with pride when his young hopeful faces the
trap and beats his dad. So far, the returns show no
one who is not just about as tickled as though he
had landed the Grand American Handicap.
It is just such encouragement which every trap-
shooting dad should bestow upon his boy, presuming,
of course, that the lad is one of those wholesome,
full-blooded kids of which America so pardonably
boasts. If he be of the other sort, he might not like
the sport, but happily, the sport will like him and
do much toward bringing him to a mental and phys-
ical condition of manliness.
Therefore, Brother Shooter, look your boy over,
for be he the one or the other, you owe it to him to
place him on the firing line with a gun in his hand
and coach him in America's king of sports. — George
Peck.
At least 10 conventions to Atlantic City during the
past three months have remained an extra day so as
to give the delegates a chance to enjoy the trapshoot-
ing school.
• • •
Yale has won the intercollegiate trapshooting
championship eight times in as many years.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, November 11, 1916.
Sportsmen's Row
Frederick K. Burnham of Martinez, well known as
a trap shot and hunter and fisher of big game, has
planned a trip to Australia to enjoy Ms favorite
sport He expects to leave next week in company
with Nat Boas. Last year Burnham took a trip to
Honolulu and landed some big tuna.
• • •
Chief of Police Walker and Superintendent of Po-
lice Caldwell, of Battleford, Can., are expert trap-
shooters, and in the recent Alberta and Edmonton
tournaments were right up with the "big winners."
• • •
Trapshooting Leagues are becoming plentiful in
and about Philadelphia. Besides the Philadelphia
Trapshooters' League, there are the Berks County
Trapshooters' League, the South Jersey Trapshoot-
ers' League and the Gloucester County (N. J.) Trap-
shooters' League. All told, these leagues take in
25 cities. There seems to be a field for a league
around the Bay.
• • •
Preparatory schools who have taken up trapshoot-
ing and organized teams for competitive purposes
are Cedarcroft, Hill, Hotehkiss, Kingsley, Mercers-
burg, Northwestern, Pawling, Peddle, Taft and Tome.
• • •
Fish and Game Commissioner Counell got into the
snipe on the Bolsa grounds after his round with the
ducks, and sent part of his limit to San Francisco —
a return migration post-mortem that is rather unu-
sual in bird annals.
• • •
Bill Richards sent his friend Tom Sharkey six
nice birds from Suisun marshes. E. R. Diamond,
E. L. Hogg, L. Sloss and Fred Siebe were others
who sent down limits from that section.
• • •
John T. Connolly and Fred Hardesty took a trip
to La Monda on the coast on Friday and got the
limit of quail. Jim and Gus Zononi, who were in
the party, also got limits.
• • •
Here's a piece of advice that you doubtless know,
but should remember — don't go shooting in a cem-
etery. An Italian tried the stunt at the Holy Cross
Cemetery during the week and was caught red-
handed by Deputy Bert Leahy and was arrested.
As early as 1872 cemeteries were made bird sanctu-
aries, but this Italian was banging away at quail
over the headstones.
• • •
J. S. French and John W. Considine intend going
out during the coming week for their first shoot of
the season.
• • •
Members of the Chiquita Gun Club, which has
headquarters near Grizzly island, have been out
twice and each time have all secured limits. The
following members were out one day this week for
a shoot: Dr. Chismore, N. W. Sexton, M. Sawdon
and A. G. Hebegau.
• • •
Charles Mow has just returned from a vacation
and hunt in the Big Bar country in Butte county.
The fishing has been excellent in that section, Mow
says. Grouse are fairly plentiful, but doves are
scarce. He reports that signs of bears are numerous.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wilkes have been getting in
some good shots at the Greenhead Club up near
Colusa way. They were joined by Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Avery for the week end. Frederick K. Burnham
and Colonel Dorsey have also been up giving a good
account of themselves, as their friends will testify.
• • •
More than 700 gun clubs were formed in the
United States this year, but only 59 have applied to
the Interstate Association for trophies, which are
given to all newly-organized clubs.
• • •
Visitors are welcomed at all trapshooting clubs.
The word "welcome" is conspicuously displayed.
Trapshooters are the most hospitable bunch in the
world.
• • •
The mammoth electric light sign — the largest and
most wonderful in the world — over the Million-Dollar
Pier in Atlantic City. N. J., has been changed to show
a man and woman shooting alternately. It attracts
more attention than ever.
• • •
Women shooters hope to be allowed to shoot in
squads with men in the next Grand American. Mrs.
Vogel was the only woman who shot in a man's squad
in St. Louis, excepting Mrs. Topperwein, the profes-
sional.
• • •
Trapshooting under electric light is getting to be
a favorite diversion. Quite a number of clubs have
tried it with satisfactory results.
• • •
No more Sunday hunting for John P. Fisher at
Los Bancs. He found the country as great as adver-
tised so far as birds were concerned, but hunters
were just as numerous. It was a bombardment from
sunup until sundown. Fisher managed to bag six,
but he didn't get a chance for many other shots.
Stevenson, Wash., Shoot. — Portland trapshooters,
for the most part, carried off the honors at the big
merchandise shoot held under the auspices of the
Stevenson Gun Club at Stevenson, Washington, on
Oct. 29th. High amateur honors in the regular 50-
bird event was divided between Henry R. Everding,
ex-president of the Portland Gun Club, and A. L.
Zachrisson also of Portland, each with 45 broken
birds. In the shoot-off Everding was bested.
Everding distinguished himself by winning the
long-run trophy. Despite the high wind and rain,
which blew into the faces of the contestants, the
Portland man made a run of 28 during the 50-target
race. C. J. Schilling, a Portland professional, was
high gun of the day with a mark of one better than
the leading amateurs.
Joseph St. Martin, of Stevenson, won the class B
trophy after a shoot-off with W. C. Bristol, of Port-
land, while George Bertz, of the Rose City, won the
class C prize. He tied with J. Rrchibald Stutt of
Portland and R. M. Wright of the local club, but
Bertz had no opposition in the shoot-off. Class D
honors were captured by W. G. Rufford, Mayor of
Stevenson and secretary of the gun club. Low prize
was won by H. Swisher of Stevenson, with 13 breaks
out of a possible 50.
The feature number on the program, the 25-bird
affair for 20-gauge gunners, went to Bill Bristol of
Portland. He made the remarkable record of 22 out
of the 25 with the small bore "cannon." Miss Gladys
Reid, of Portland, not only took first prize among the
women trapshooters with 44 out of 50, but she was in
second place among the 20-gaugers with 21 "dead
ones" to her credit out of the 25. There were 26
entries in the regular event ,and all except five com-
peted in the smaller contest.
James K. Simpson, president of the Stevenson
Gun Club, was host to the Portland delegation at a
banquet after the shoot
Mrs. James E. Reid, Mrs. George Bertz and F. M.
Hurd accompanied the Portland party, but did not
shoot. A. W. Strowger, president of the Portland
Gun Club ; Harry A. Pollock, vice-president and man-
ager, and Frank M. Templeton, secretary of the Port-
land organization, were unable to attend because of
the open season on ducks. Following are the scores :
C. J. Schilling* 46; H. R. Everding, Portland, 45;
A. L. Zachrisson, Portland, 46; Miss Gladys Reid,
Portland, 44; James E. Reid*, Portland, 43; Peter J.
Holohan*, Portland, 42; Charles Ziegler, Stevenson,
41; Mrs. Ada Schilling, Portland, 41; Joseph St
Martin, Stevenson, 38; W. C. Bristol, Portland, 38;
James C. Morris, Portland, 36; Ray C. Winters,
Portland, 66; Earl R. Goodwin, Portland, 34; George
Bertz, Portland, 33; J. Archibald Stutt, Portland,
33; R. M. Wright, Stevenson, 33; H. E. Sawyer,
Stevenson, 32; and the following, all of Stevenson:
Clay Knox 30, James K. Simpson 30, A. Billington
26, W. Totten 24, W. G. Hufford 24, N. S. Doumitt 17,
Rex May 16, H. Swisher 13.
Following are the scores in the 20-gauge gun race:
W. C. Bristol 22, Miss Gladys Reid 21, H. R. Everding
IS, A. L. Zachrisson 17, James E. Reid 17, Mrs. Ada
Schilling 17, J. C. Morris 15, C. J. Simpson 13, Rov
Marcum 14, J. K. Simpson 13, George Bertz 12, Earl
R. Goodwin 11, Charles Ziegler 11, Joseph St. Martin
11, J. A. Stutt 10, R. O Winters 7, Felix Friedlander
6, G. Christensen 6, W. G. Hufford 5 and A. Billing-
ton 8.
SB
The Novice in Trapshooting. — I was asked recently
what I considered the first essential toward an early
mastery, on the part of a novice, of the subtle art
of target breaking, and my reply was, "Familiarity
with a shotgun."
It has now become quite common to teach people
to swim, either individually or in class, by putting
them through a course of swimming movements, and
finally when they enter the water for the first time,
they strike out naturally.
By the same token, a novice who can be carefully
coached in the handling of a shotgun, placing it to his
shoulder, assuming a correct shooting position and
pulling the trigger, as certain objects on the wall or
elsewhere are covered, is going to make rapid prog-
ress when he takes his position on the firing line of
a trapshooting club.
It isn't necessary to snap the hammer of the gun
while indulging in this practice. Assuming that the
hammer is already down, a pressume of the trigger
is sufficient when the object is covered and the
brain signals. Later, those same signals will be
flashed when the novice is pointing at a moving tar-
get with a loaded gun, and if his mechanical construc-
tion is in tune, he will hit the object
It would seem that a shotgun were the most awk-
ward and illy balanced object in the world, judging
from the positions assumed by nearly every novice,
and it is right at the start that he forms queer and
often lasting bad habits if not checked and carefully
coached.
Properly instructed thus, for position and poise, he
can be counted upon to take his peg with the air of
a veteran and if he lacks a little assurance 'way down
deep in his heart he will only have to squeeze the
trigger behind a real load once or twice to waken to
his possibilities. — By "Trapshooter."
SB
A five hundred pound bear, one of the largest killed
in Kern county in many years, was bagged in the
hills near Caliente last week by Isaac Chapman.
Archies Goodrich. Matt Logan and William Scott of
East Bakersfield.
Vernon Club. — Mrs. C. E. Groat amateur champion
woman trapshooter of the world, tied with Stanton
A. Bruner in the Sunday competition held by the
Vernon Gun Club Sunday morning for a leg on the
season trophy and for a watch fob emblem in the
design of a gold bar. Each broke 49 birds out of 50.
The tie was shot off at 25 targets, Bruner firing
from 20 yards and Mrs. Groat from 18. Bruner broke
24x25 and Mrs. Groat 23x25. It was one of the closest
shooting matches ever held on the Vernon grounds.
Bruner in beating Mrs. Groat in the shoot-off won
the bar, it making his fourth trophy in about that
many weeks.
Polly McLarry, second baseman with the pennant
winning Angels, took a try on the firing line with
the Vernonites and succeeded in breaking 38 out of
50 and bruising his face up considerably. His gun
didn't fit him and it kicked Polly every time he pulled
the trigger. The results follow:
Trophy Shoot — S. A. Bruner handicap 20 yds.), 49;
Bill Pugh (18) 45, V. A. Rossbach (18) 43, Lou Melius
(IS) 46. C. W. Fish (19) 46, Bob Bole (17) 42, Mrs.
C. E. Groat (18) 49, Millard (16) 36.
Open Competition — Bill Pugh 48x50, S. A. Bruner
50x50, V. A. Rossbach 48x50, Polly McLarry 38x50,
Lou Melius 23x25, J. D. Dierdoff 22x25, C. W. Fish
47x50. Van Nest 51x75, Bole 39x50, Groat 38x50, Mrs.
Groat 48x50, Millard 20x25, French 23x25, and Kimble
22x25.
BB
Be Careful — More Advice. — When going into the
woods the hunter should tie a cow bell loosely around
his neck, in such a way that it will ring freely. This
may scare off the most of the game, but it is far
better to shoot nothing than to be shot yourself.
Besides, the guide expects to shoot your deer for you.
When the guide is going out hunting and there
is a poker game on in the camp, don't insist on going
with him. You are in the woods for pleasure, and
a long tramp through the woods is no pleasure, to
say nothing of the danger you incur. By remaining
in camp on these occasions you will almost certainly
get home alive, and in good spirits.
Guides do not often shoot those for whom they
are working, but it sometimes happens that they do.
To avoid this have a heart-to-heart talk with the man
you employ the first night of camp and tell him how
dear life is to you and how much you desire to avoid
being killed.
If he is a reasonable man, and most guides are
when they have a thorough understanding, he will
heed your admonitions and not fire at yon when
you are on the trail.
If you are still hunting for deer, it might he well
to build a small fire near where your post is. This
of course, is liable to spread and burn down the
woods, but the mere matter of property must not be
considered when human life is in danger. The fire
should afford you ample protection, for most people
in the woods will assume that no deer or other ani-
mal will build a fire.
Besides that, it will keep you warm and will better
enable the guide to find you when it is time to go
to camp.
But first of all bear in mind that so long as you
don't leave your camp you are in little or no danger
of being shot. The moral is obvious.
SB
Value of Birds. — To demonstrate the value of birds
as insect pest destroyers, Sir Boverton Redwood, in
May, 1914, at the British Science Guild meeting held
at the Mansion House, stated that "statistics proved
that vast loss occurred in the United States by the
destruction of birds, and it was estimated that the
birds still left in Massachusetts destroyed 21,000
bushels of insects daily. In Nebraska birds ate ten
cartloads of insects each day, and a single species of
hawk saved the farmers of Western States $175,000
yearly by destroying grasshoppers and field-mice.
Fevers, yellow and typhoid, are disseminated by in-
sects, yet people persisted in killing birds that would
devour them."
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Strange Animal Killed.— The Portland Oregonian
tells a story of a fire warden who shot a strange ani-
mal on Mt. Emily's Peak, Le Grande, Oregon', and
didn't know what it was, but realized it resembled a
large house eat. It proved to be a pet tabby that
strayed from a mountain cabin in that vicinity almost
five years ago.
In its response to the call of the wild, it had weath-
ered ten foot of snow, escaped coyotes and predatory
animal^ hunters and trappers. The isolation doubled
its size and made it a wild beast J. H. Bleumen-
stein, a mountaineer, identified the carcass as his
lost kittv.
BE
Prize Greyhound Poisoned. — Dog lovers will regret
to hear of the death of that beautiful greyhound.
Sweet Princess, owned by-S. E. Portal of San Jose.
Princess was the victim of that worst enemy of
man's best friend, the dog-poisoner. Her sensational
wins at San Jose show a year ago under Judge Shut-
tleworth, who not only knows a greyhound, but loves <
them, was her first and last appearance on the bench, t
Best greyhound in the show, best dog of any breed in j
Santa Clara county and best bitch of any breed inj
the show were the phenomenal wins credited to her
that day. She was only beaten by Mrs. Anita Bald-^
win's imported champion bulldog, Fallsworth White!
Knight
Soon after the show, while chasing a jack rabbit
she was so badly injured by barbed wire as to be put
out of the show game for good.
Saturday, November 11, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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DOGS STILL BEING BUTCHERED BY HOSPITALS
Here's a Case of Licensed Thoroughbred Daschund
Taken by Letterman Hospital for Vivisection.
Once again it comes to notice that the hospitals
of San Francisco are promiscuously accepting pets
r for vivisection purposes. Not so many vjeeks ago
there was a scandal about the Affiliated Colleges tak-
ing dogs and cats without investigation and butcher-
ing them. It was thought that was a lesson. Vivi-
section may be necessary but it certainly seems a
pity that the dumb animals, man's best friends,
should be subjected to so much suffering. The latest
case at hand was told during the week by the follow-
ing account in one of the afternoon dailies:
• "Hans" is a thoroughbred black daschund and his
master, Chas. A. Mohaupt, 3 Dawson Place, has pet-
ted him more than eight years.
Wearing license 3808, "Hans," who is valued at
$250, went walking a week ago.
Today he was returned, but he was not the same
"Hans." He was barely able to wag his tail at the
sight of bis master.
And today the dog's master is visiting the district
attorney's office, the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals and the bond and warrant clerk's'
office in an attempt to obtain a warrant for employes
of the Letterman general hospital.
After "Hans" disappeared a week ago, Mohaupt
went to the city pound, where he was told that em-
ployes would watch out for a dog wearing license
3808. Today the pound notified "Hans' " master that
his pet was at the Letterman hospital.
"Not here," was the curt reply one hospital gave
a member of the Mohaupt family who called for the
dog.
"Sure he is," said another. "Laboratory dog;
you'll find him in the stable."
Sure enough, "Hans" was in the stable. There
were two holes punctured in his abdomen and a great
strip of skin had been torn from his body. He was
weak from pain and loss of blood — and license 3808
was still on his collar, says Mohaupt.
Mohaupt has sworn unceasing war against vivi-
section.
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The record for ratting, according to Our Dogs, is as
follows: Twenty-five rats killed in one minute and
twenty-eight seconds by Jimmy Shaw's dog, Jacko,
London, August 20, 1861 ; sixty rats, two minutes and
forty-three seconds, Jacko, London, July 29, 1862;
one hundred rats, five minutes and twenty-eight sec-
onds, Jacko, London, May 1, 1862; two hundred rats,
fourtee nminutes and thirty-seven seconds, Jacko,
London, June 30, 1862; one thousand rats, less than
one hundred minutes, Jacko, London, May 1, 1862.
• • •
Vinton P. Breese, one of our most conspicuous and
spectacular dog show judges, was recently married
to Miss Carlotta de Felice, a devotee of the stage and
screen.
• • •
James Rolph, Jr., mayor of San Francisco, was
invited to judge Cocker Spaniels at the San Mateo
dog show. Mayor Rolph is the owner of the Mission .
Cocker Spaniel Kennels, and is considered an author-
ity on the breed.
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Angling Prizes of Oregon. — M. E. Cayples did not
catch the biggest fish of the Salmon Club of Oregon's
coast stream season, but he is the most envied of all
light tackle anglers. Cayples carried off one-half of
the prizes awarded by the club for light tackle
angling up to October 15.
This envied angler caught the first bronze button
fish of the season and he also landed the first three
bronze button fish, the largest bronze button fish,
which entitled him to first place in class A, and all
;, three prizes in class B. To win a bronze button an
angler must catch a fish weighing 20 pounds or more,
fish of 30 pounds or more to entitle the angler to a
| silver button and those weighing 40 pounds or more
to a gold button.
Cayples was crowded out of the honors in the
silver button class by Walter F. Backus and A. S.
I Archer and in class D by H. Beach, but he pulled out
the first gold button fish and carried away the first
prize in class F, which is open tocompetition for all
anglers catching fish in classes A, B, C, D and E.
The honor of catching the biggest fish of the sea-
■ son on light tackle was won by O. H. Reed, who
I hooked, gaffed and landed a salmon weighing 44%
pounds. This is the heaviest fish caught on light
tackle since the organization of the club and as a
result Reed becomes honorary president of the Sal-
mon Club of Oregon and his name will be engraved
on the club's permanent trophy.
A. E. Burghduff, who caught the largest fish during
the 1915 season, landed the second bronze button
fish. Walter F. Eackus landed the first silver button
fish and A. S. Archer caught the second. H. Beach
caught one fish, but this one was enough to entitle
him to three prizes. It was the largest and heaviest
silver button fish landed, which gave him the prize
i for catching the second largest number of fish in all
classes, because it was the heaviest landed outside
of the one caught by O. H. Reed.
The following are the Salmon Club prize winners
on coast streams:
Class A: Prize No. 33 — First, bronze button fish,
M. E. Cayples, rubber boots. Prize No. 34 — Second,
bronze button fish, A. E. Burghduff, assortment of
A Talk on the Ways of Wild Owls
Found In The Hills ol Northwest.
[By E. A. Kitchin, well-known ornithologist of the
Northwest.]
Tacoma, Wash. — The shooting season for upland
birds closed last week, and many hunters, while
tramping through wood and field, have met and per-
haps become better acquainted with that most inter-
esting family of birds, the owl.
We have in this locality a good variety, which is
always a treat to the local bird men, although some
of the local ranchers do not always agree with them.
A little study, however, should be convincing that
with the exception of one or two species, the owls
are very beneficial and destroy quantities of mice
and myriads of grasshoppers, and other harmful
enemies of the farmer.
One can hardly expect to go out and find an owl,
but those of us who spend much of our time in the
woods and prairies think it no rare sight to come
suddenly on one of our silent, wise-looking bird
neighbors.
Probably the owl that is seen most by the hunters
is the short eared owl, commonly found on the tide-
flats. He is a day hunter, as well as night, and
spends much of his time skimming low over the
swampy ground in search of field mice. Back and
forth he hovers, noiselessly, until his sharp eyes and
ears find his prey; down he drops, quickly and
lightly, seldom missing, and then to retire to a post
or log for his feast.
Often on a cloudy day several may be seen hunting
together. Each one seems to have a territory of his
own. Once when we were returning along the plank
road that crosses the flats, we were attracted by two
short-eared owls, one hunting on one side of the road
and one on the other. We stopped to watch them.
One evidently made up his mind that the hunting
w-as better on the other side and flew across, only
to be met by cries and claws of the other who
promptly drove him back. After a few turns he made
another attempt but was again driven back. Again
he came; it was great fun for us, and this time he
got past the first attack of the defender, but was
at once pursued and made to go back on his side of
the road. After several more attempts he gave up
and retired to sentinel duty on an old "for sale"
sign, while the victorious defender entrenched itself
directly opposite, on the root of an old tree brought
in by some high tide.
Largest of all our owls, and the fiercest, is the
dusky horned owl. He is the big fellow we occasion-
ally meet in the deep woods. More often we come
on the remains of his midnight repast and it gen-
erally consists of a few bones and feathers of some
game bird.
A search, however} at the base of its nesting tree
discloses the fact that he preys on many small ani-
mals, as well as birds, as the bones of rabbits or
the tail of a squirrel will testify. One peculiar relish
they seem to have is for the skunk, as several speci-
mens locally collected plainly bore evidence. There
was no mistake about it. They are the first birds to
nest in the spring, generally laying two eggs, and the
old nest site is used year after year if not disturbed.
The young are slow growers and weeks are spent in
the nest before they attempt flight. Think of the
quantities of birds and animals that are brought in
nightly by the parent birds to satisfy the hunger of
these young demons!
The screech owl, in looks, is a small edition to the
horned owl. He is probably the most common of all
our owls, and is the little fellow we hear at night in
our gulches, and many inhabit the woods around the
fresh water lakes in this vicinity. In fact, a favorite
nesting site seems to be a hollow in a tree bordering
oh a fresh water lake. This owl is of more good to
mankind than evil, as his chief food consists of mice
and other small animals that are harmful to crops.
Of course, if a colony of blackbirds start a nursery
on his lake he is very apt to occasionally visit their
nests and collect toll, but it is only during the hard
winter weather, when food is scarce, that we have
records of him lulling anything in the game line, and
as our winters are seldom severe, we can generally
pass on him as a friend and benefactor. His weird,
mellow trilling at night, to one who loves the birds, is
certainly not a screech as his name suggests.
We have locaily even a small edition in the saw
wheat owl. a bird very seldom seen; in fact, the local
bird man would consider it bis red-letter day if he
should be lucky enough to run across this little
fellow. His habits must be very near that of the
screech owl, but, of course, his small size clears him
completely from being a game destroyer, or anything
detrimental to the farmer.
These last three mentioned birds have the tufts, or
ears, but can readily be distinguished by their differ-
ence in size, the horned owl apparently about two
feet long; the screech, pigeon size, while the saw-
wheat would not look much larger than a sparrow.
Our smallest owl, even smaller than the saw wheat,
is the pigmy owl. He is rare, but is frequently
found, generally perched on some stump in a strip
of burned off woods. We probably see more of him
on account of his being a "daily" birds as well as
"nightly." Totally different in looks from the above
mentioned birds, lacking the tufts, the feathers of his
head lie flat back, as if brushed, and his countenance
lacks the cat-like look that most owls have. His
food consists chiefly of mice and grasshoppers,
though one can hardly imagine how he can get away
with a good sized mouse, so small is he. Catching
his prey on the ground, nature has provided him
with a very stiff tail, which he seems to use as a
lever in case bis victim tries to pull away. His flight
is different from most owls, not the light, wavy
movements, but a rapid, direct flight, not unlike that
of the robin.
Far up on the highest hills, far removed from any
civilization, dwells the rarest of this species, the
spotted owl. He is a big fellow, nearly as large as
the horned, but his round head and numerous whitish
spots flaked over his brownish body are enough to
identify him from others of his kind. He must live
an easy life, as the trees are too thick for any day-
light tormentors to bother him and mankind seldom
sees him. No enemies and plenty to eat — that is the
life!
Some time ago four of us took an auto trip up the
mountain road, our idea being to hunt the higher
hills in search of ptarmigan or some of the rarer
birds that inhabit the higher altitudes. We left the
machine about five miles beyond Ashford and tack-
led one of the highest hills. A local rancher told us
it would take three and one-half hours to reach the
summut, where we would find a small lake hidden in
the woods. This sounded good to us and we started
off with big strides, eager to get to the top. Three
I and a half hours — the idea — we would make it in an
hour and a half. We did get to the top — in four
hours of the toughest climbing imaginable — no trip
for anything but a wild goat, or maybe one of our
local mountaineers. The last part of the journey
was through very thick woods, without underbrush,
an ideal place for owls, and we stopped every now
and then to give a mouse-like squeak — a call that
will generally attract an owl — but none answered.
Never did anything look so pleasing as did that
little toy lake look to us when we finally spied it
through the trees. Hurrying forward we found the
water clear and cold and stopped to rest and drink
before exploring its shore line. Half of the surface
was frozen over and the ground on one bank was
frozen, with patches of old snow still lingering. Here
and there was a bunch of heather and each one
picked a spray to bring home. We had not rounded
more than half of the lake when our attention was
attracted to some large object tied to the branch of
a tree swaying in the wind. It was a large bird of
some kind and with a bound we reached it to find
that someone had shot a big spotted owl and had left
him for us to find. Here was luck! Here was the
bird that every local bird man would prize more than
anything, waiting for us after our severe climb!
Well were we rewarded. Hardly a collection can
boast of a spotted owl, for as our leading bird man
describes him, he is "the rarest bird found in Wash-
ington."
We came down that hill in half an hour!
spoons and bait.
Class B: Prize No. 39 — Largest number of bronze
button fish caught by one angler to October 15, M. E.
Cayples, Duxback suit. Prize No. 40 — Largest bronze
button fish caught to October 15, M. E, Cayples, Sim-
plex free spool reel. Prize No. 41 — First three bronze
button fish caught by one angler to October 15, M. E.
Cayples, special fly reel.
Class C: Prize No. 42 — First, silver button fish.
W. F. Backus, special fly reel. Prize No. 43 — Second
silver button fish, A. S. Archer, Rustic reel.
Class D: Prize No. 44 — Largest silver button fish
to October 15, H. Beach, Eureka rubber boots. Prize
No. 45 — Largest number of silver button fish caught
to October 15, H. Beach, antiback reel, 100 yards line
and assortment of spoons and bait.
Class E: Prize No. 46 — First gold button fisb.
M. E. Cayples, "dirigo" flly rod.
Class F: Prize No. 47 — Largest number of button
fish caught by one angler, all classes, to October 15,
M. E. Cayples, special dry fly rod. .Prize No. 48 —
Second largest number of button fish caught by one
angler, all classes, to October 15. H. Beach, water-
proof gum rubber coat.
Gun Club Gives Barbecue. — Newport. Ore. — The
barbecue given last week by the Newport Rod and
Gun Club was a successful affair. Nearly 100 mem-
bers were present, and a fish and game supper pro-
vided by the losing side was enjoyed by everyone.
An enlarged photo of the winning catch of trout
was presented to the club by Photographer Roper, of
Newport. This consisted of 198 trout averaging
more than 12 inches in length, and was brought in
by a fishing party consisting of President Schu-
macher and three other members.
Venison from the Yachats country, barbecued to
a queen's taste, was a delicious accompaniment to
the trout.
Steps were taken to formulate a plan to acquire the
building and grounds now occupied by the club
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday. November 11, 1916.
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Scientific Weather Signs.
One of the most trusted weather maxims is "The
weather must change with the change of the moon."
This, however, was tested five thousand times in
succession by a government weather bureau, but
while the weather changed eighteen hundred times
there were thirty-two hundred times when it did not.
But there are plenty of soundly scientific weather
signs. For instance, the "ring around the moon,"
which is produced by t: thin, filmy cloud made up of
minute particles of ice, generally means it will pour
"cats and dogs" within three days at most. In eighty-
six cases out of a hundred the rule holds good. A
still better sign is the "ring around the sun."
This is science pure and simple, and so is the old
maxim: "The farther the sight, the nearer the rain."
It is not pessimism that makes people along the coast
predict a downpour when they can pick out the sep-
arate houses on a far-away island, or people in moun-
tainous regions call it "too good to last" when a
distant peak, generally invisible, comes into view.
They are shrewd meteorologists in making these
predictions, and also in declaring that sounds carry
better when a rainstorm is brewing.
Of all nice convincing weather signs, however, a
"sickening sky" is pretty nearly the most reliable.
When the deep warm blue grows paler, and then
whitish, and your spirits drop, and shadows fray at
the edges and disappear, then you have a sickening
sky.
Rain is not being brought up ready-made from afar,
it is being manufactured directly overhead.
The color of the sky, then, is a fairly trustworthy
sign in and of itself, and so is the color of the clouds.
Intensely white clouds against an intensely blue sky
mean bright weather ahead. Greyish clouds on a
lightish blue foretell rain.
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Sufficient Power Is Necessary.
The mistake is often made, says an exchange, of
keeping barely enough work animals to till the land
in seasons of ordinary rainfall, or in normal condi-
tions. Those who do this may be greatly embar-
rassed when the season proves to be an extraordin-
arily unfavorable time for tillage. In such cases the
manager with not enough work stock may have niany
difficulties with the result that some of the crops are
not properly cultivated, thus causing the farm man-
ager loss.
A safe rule is to keep sufficient work stock to till
the farm in the best manner, even should the season
De unfavorable. It may happen in such events that
one or more animals are not used to their full capac-
ity, but this will be economy. The risk is too great
to begin with insufficient teams, as the worst may
come and cause you to hire in the busy season, pro-
vided you can, or neglect a part of your crop.
If there is neglect for any reason, the garden, truck
crops, orchard, pasture crops, sowing, etc., generally
suffer, for it is human nature to take care of the
money crops first.
Especially important is it that there be plenty of
horse-power in breaking. If the tractor is used this
applies as it also does when horses and mules furnish
the power. Good farming cannot be done without
plenty of power.
Good Sale of Holsteins.
An auction sale of purebred Holstein-Friesian cat-
tle was held at the - state fair grounds, Sacramento,
last week and substantial sums were received for
practically every animal.
The sale was considered very satisfactory by both
consignors and buyers. A. W. Morris, of the firm of
A. \V. Morris & Sons of Woodland, expressed himself
as well pleased with the results of the sale of 77
head of high bred Holsteins. Hewitt & Hewitt, of
Dixon, disposed of 20 animals; Dr. E. J. Weldon and
Fred Kiesel of Sacramento each contributed ten ani-
mals to the sale.
The largest individual buyer was J. L. Gibson of
Williams who purchased 19 animals at a cost of over
$10,000. He paid ?1.350 for K. K. S. V. Elzevere
Barnurn from the herd of Dr. E. J. Weldon of Sacra-
mento: $1000 for Dora De Kol Jeek 2d, purchased
from A. W. Morris & Sons, Woodland; and $875 for
K. K. S. V. Star-Rena, owned by Dr. E. J. Weldon.
Other purchasers of representative animals were:
Dr. T. J. Cox, J. M. Henderson, Jr., C. H. Hobart,
F. Kiesel and A. A. Merkley, of Sacramento; Ginn Co.
of Courtland, Bridgford & Co. of Knightsen and A. W.
Morris & Sons of Woodland.
Nevada Cattle Will Fatten at Porterville.
Porterville, Nov. 4. — What is said to be the finest
lot of range cattle ever brought to Porterville were
delivered here today when 400 head of fine grade
steers were brought here from Fallon, Nevada, for
the Porterville Alfalfa Company's feeding yards. The
in charge of W. E. Premo, the manager of the
alfalfa company, and M. M. Dale of the Poplar dis-
trict, were brought through by special train in record
The addition of this stock to the company's
plant will make 1900 head all told being fattened for
the block by this corporation.
The Status of the Percheron Trade.
The following, signed by President E. B. White and
Secretary Wayne Dinsmore, has been issued from the
office in Chicago of the Percheron Society of
America:
"Your society has enjoyed a healthy growth in
business during the current year. Importations, of
course, have been practically nil, but more American-
bred horses have been recorded this year than have
been recorded in any year heretofore. Careful inquiry
throughout the breeding districts, particularly in Bli-
nois, Iowa, and Ohio, the three leading states, reveals
the fact that there are very few stallions three years
old rising four in the hands of the original breeders,
and not many stallions two years old rising three
that have not already been purchased by dealers or
by farmers who desire to use them. While the major-
ity of the yearlings rising two are still in the hands
of the breeders, the demand for horses of this age
has been greater than ever before. Dealers are buy-
ing more horses of this age because they have not
been able to obtain horses from abroad, and must
make their purchases in this country. To obtain the
best colts and to give them fair opportunity to grow
out, it has been necessary to buy a year younger
than they have been in the habit of buying colts in
France. The keen demand for well-bred yearlings of
first-class type and size has given great encourage-
ment to small breeders and farmers. It will unques-
tionably result in greater care in breeding, and in
more adequate feeding of the weanlings and year-
lnigs.
Selection of the Ram.
Sheep men will agree with A. M. Pateson, assist-
ant animal husbandman of the Kansas State Agricul-
tural College, as to the importance of the ram in
raising sheep.
"The ram must be strong in the points in which
the ewes are deficient," said Mr. Paterson. "It is a
known fact that like begets like, and if both the ewe
and the ram are weak in the same points, these weak-
nesses will be intensified in the offspring.
"In the first place select a breed. Then decide on
the amount that is to be paid for the ram — from $35
to $40 will buy a desirable ram. If it is possible
visit the breeder, and select the ram; otherwise
order from a breeder with a reputation for square
dealing, and let him know the exact type of animal
desired.
"In case the flock is small a ram lamb will be all
right. In case there are more than 30 ewes the ram
should be two years old. The ram selected will de-
pend upon the type of ewes in the flock. If the ewes
are small and light boned, get a heavy weight and
heavy boned ram. In selecting the ram special atten-
tion should be paid to type, mutton qualities, and
denseness of fleece. Quality of mutton is the prime
factor in the farm flock and should receive mogt
attention."
Changing Sheep Pasture.
An old shepherd who was unusually successful
says that sheep should be changed from one pasture
to another occasionally. He finds that this is desir-
able even though it is necessary to change from a
good pasture to one not so good. He says he finds
that when sheep have access to good grazing and
there is evidence that their stomachs are full, if you
turn them into another pasture they will begin graz-
ing and seem to relish it, like they were hungry.
It is a fact that a frequent change of pasture per-
mits the pasture to become purified to some extent.
The animals are then removed from their old grazing
ground where the manure and the pasture, as English
shepherds say, is "sheep sick"
This shows the importance of plenty of grazing.
It means that there should be pastures for a change,
even if they must be small. No doubt this will mean
less parasites and better health in the flock.
Will Winter in California.
Newman, Nov. 4. — Several special freight trains
unloaded fifty-three cars of Nevada cattle at the local
stock yards Thursday, coming to California to escape
the snows and cold of the ranges in that state. The
cattle are the property of the Lander County Live
Stock Company, and are in charge of Manager F. W.
Hobart of that county. They are being driven up into
the foothills, to a big tract owned by the Oristimba
Ranch company, a corporation which has large hold-
ings of rough land along the border of the Stanislaus
and Santa Clara counties. Most of the cattle will
probably be returned to the Nevada ranges in the
spring.
Shorthorns Average $673.
At a sale of Shorthorns held in Chicago week
before last 43 head totaled $30,315, an average of
$673. The leading price for bulls was $1,825, paid
by Dr. J. R. Raby, Gatesville, Tex., for Cumberland
Marshall 2d, consigned by Mr. McDermott. The top
price paid for cows was $2,000 commanded bv Lady
Craigstone from Uppermill, with bull calf at foot by
Villager, on bid of J. A. Countryman & Son, Rochelle,
111. Breeders were present from many states and
the animals were widely scattered.
Aberdeen-Angus Average S428.
An average of $428 was realized on 46 Aberdeen-
Angus cattle sold at auction on Tuesday by C. D. &
E. F. Caldwell at Burlington Junction, Mo. There
was a large attendance of breeders and farmers from
many states. The highest price for a bull was $1500,
and for a female $1000.
Heredity and Joint III.
Professor G. H. Wooldridge, of the Royal Veterin-
ary College. London, England, in a paper read before
the members of the Royal Counties Veterinary Med-
ical Association, made some remarks on the vexed
question of joint-ill, and the bearing heredity may
have on its reappearance in succeeding generations.
He said:
"It has been suggested that infection may be hered-
itary in that the succeeding progeny of some mares
become affected, and this view is somewhat sup-
ported by those few reported cases in which the
joints of foals are enlarged at birth, the result of
intra-uterine infection. In my view, however, al-
though that may occur, a more common hereditary
feature is that all the progeny of certain dams have
a very slowly citracising umbilicus due to a rather
large umbilical ring, and obviously such an hered-
itary condition must be regarded as a predisposition.
Another reason for progeny developing the condition
year after year is frequently that they are born in
the same old places without proper care having been
taken to disinfect them. In fact that is the case to
such an extent that one might almost regard the
disease as one of old lambing folds. I have known
a farm where year after year most of the foals devel-
oped joint-ill. They were all born in the same big,
roomy loose box, the only attempt at disinfection
being occasional whitewashing of the walls. Good
results were only obtained when the farmer, who
would not pay attention to detail, was persuaded to
allow his mares to foal out at grass as the lesser of
two evils. This was immediately successful, and
the mares which were thought to have transmitted
it were proved 'not guilty.' "
Shorthorns Bring Big Money in England.
According to English advices, pedigree Dairy Short-
horns are making big money in England. A new
record was established at Samuel Sanday's sale at
Puddington, Chester, where 115 head made an aver-
age of $605, or $85 per head better than the Tring
dispersal record of 12 months ago. The highest
price was $2,900 given by Thomas A. Rigby for the
four-year-old cow Darlington Day Dream, a daughter
of Oxford Record and Darlington Cranford 10th. A
two-year-old bull out of this $2,900 cow brought
$1,050. The next highest price was $2,750, given by
Capt. Fitzherbert Wright for Puddington Prince Fur-
below 2d, a yearling red by Barrington Prince and
out of a Furbelow cow. Many reached the $1,500
mark. The $2,900 cow is an own sister to Royal
Darlington, sold to go to the United States for $2,000.
Non-pedigree Shorthorns likewise are selling freely.
J. L. Shirley disposed of 35 cows at an average of
$240 each.
Earth Roads Crowned Too High.
It is possible to have too much even of a good
thing, and easy to use a good tool in a wrong fashion.
This is what has happened in Iowa, where the road
drag has been used so thoughtlessly that the surfaces
of some roads have been dragged to a dangerous
peak. The center of the road has been built up too
high for safety or comfort. A high crown and steep
sides create a double danger. It is a case of zeal
without judgment. The misuse of the drag cannot
- be held against that valuable implement or surface
preservation by its systematic employment. The
Iowa State Highway Commission disclaims responsi-
bility, as it is without authority in such local admin-
istration. It suggests complaints from travelers to
the dragger or the road superintendent, the county-
engineer or supervisor. Of course the water will run
off the more readily the steeper the sides of the road,
but so will the vehicles. The ditch is the place for
the water but not the wagons or cars. It is easy to
get the crown too high, just as it is bad to get it
too low. It is all in the operator, and the operation
is simple enough when horse-sense is used. — Breed-
ers' Gazette.
The Shire stallion Neuadd Hillside, imported to
this state from England by Henry Wheatley of Napa,
and sold to Jack London a few years ago, died last
month at London's farm near Glen Ellen, Sonoma
county. Neuadd Hillside was eight years old and
was imported as a four-year-old. He won at shows
in England and was a frequent winner in California,
his last appearance in the show ring being at the
California State Fair, where he won the champion-
ship for Shire stallions. Mr. London has a couple of
colts by this horse that he thinks will be worthy-
successors to him.
British horse buying in Chicago was suspended
early last week, according to the Breeders' Gazette,
and it is understood that policy will be adopted
everywhere. French contracts are also being termin-
ated and it is expected that purchasing on European
army account will be materially contracted during
the winter. Army business— is being done largely at
$150@175. Commercial trade is fairly active. Chunks
weighing 1,400 pounds or more are selling at $190@
225. The range, on drafters is wide, few big horses
being available. Feeders are picking up a few at
$150® 210.
One of the features of the next annual National
Western Stock Show at Denver, Colo., which opens
on Jan. 20th, will be a full-fledged dairy show. It J
will be held under the auspices of the Colorado State ;
Dairymen's Association. Dairy cattle of all the prin-
cipal breeds from all of the Rocky Mountain states
will be on exhibition. A full classification has beeni
provided, with more than $5,000 in premiums.
Saturday, November 11, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
THE FARM
THE RAISING OF TURKEYS.
Size and vigor vary as much in the
different breeds of turkeys as they do
in chickens or other birds. Some are
small and runty no matter how much
or how good the feed is they get. Oth-
ers have a larger frame and better
digestive system to assimilate the feed
supplied, hence they grow faster than
those with poorer vigor. Still others
have a fine vigorous system for as-
similation of the elements in the feed,
and they are also a large type.
It is generally an uphill fight and
discouraging to the breeder to attempt
to make his turkeys big fat birds
when the parent stock "was scrawny
and lacking in vigor. It is a pleasure
to notice the quick growth and in-
creasing fullness of body of birds that
have been hatched from a vigorous
strain of turkeys such as the Giant
Bronze or the big White Holland.
There are different methods of feed-
ing ready for Thanksgiving or Christ-
mas, but when we see some scrawny
tirds, masquerading under the name
of "turkeys," hung up for sale, the
fact is shown that some people be-
lieve a little extra feeding during the
last two or three weeks is sufficient.
Many of these birds have had to hunt
for their food all summer, in many
cases a scarcity of bugs making it im-
possible for a few weeks' feeding to
make fat birds of them.
All through the season every bird
should be sent to roost with a crop
full of feed, preferably grain, and if
two feeds a day are supplied the fin-
ishing process of fattening will be so
much easier. If the birds have a range
to roam over, the feed in the morning
may be lighter than the one at even-
ing, especially if they have access to
growing alfalfa, or if there is an
abundance of bugs around.
Birds intended for Thanksgiving
should be selected for feeding as early
as the first week of October, and they
should be the heavier ones with good
vigor. The lighter and younger ones
should remain for Christmas. There
is no better combination for fattening
than corn, wheat and buttermilk, fol-
lowed by a run in an alfalfa patch.
All milk must be fresh daily, and the
iount cleaned, or indigestion may re-
sult.
One of the most successful breeders
gives his flock a mixture of cracked
corn. Egyptian corn and wheat, in
troughs, plenty of fresh buttermilk in
the shade, and the birds have a run
in an alfalfa patch. They eat all they
want of the grains, and they show
results of the management by the fine
appearance of the flesh and size when
the owner is ready to sell.
Warranted
to uive satisfaction.
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A safe, speedy and
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females and thirteen pounds tor males,
all with a full rounded breast of flesh,
the highest price can be obtained, and
the markets are especially desirous of
getting the biggest and fattest ones.- —
J. E. H., in Rural World.
Pure Bred. — California has only
commenced to realize the importance
of pure bred beef cattle, and is there-
fore just in its infancy asa pure bred
beef state; but it is destined to be-
come of more good herds than any
state in the Union, because of our
favorable feed and climatic conditions.
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Choice Land In Idaho
Lewiston, Idaho, Is situated at the
forks of Clearwater and Snake rivers and
has transportation to the coast.
960 acres iy2 miles from Lewiston, Ida-
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barn; cow barn with two box stalls; hog
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cellar w'ith bunk house overhead. $85 per
acre; will take one-third down, time on
balance to suit purchaser, at 7 per cent
interest. One-third of crop goes with
place if sold any time up close to harvest.
Mild climate, can raise all kinds of fruit,
grain and vegetables. Wheat In thl«
country goes from 35 to 65 bushels per
acre, barley 40 to 80 bushels per acre.
320 acres 4^ miles south of Vollmer,
Idaho, 275 acres in cultivation, balance In
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tically level, one-third of crop goes with
place if sold before harvest. Some fall
wheat already sown. All fenced and cross
fenced. Quarter section of It fenced hog
tight; good four-room houso, wood shed,
and out of door cellar, nice grove around
house, well at house, fair stabling and
out buildings, spring and spring creek
close to barn, three springs on place.
Price $70 per acre, one-third cash, bal-
ance at 7 per cent. Time to suit pur-
chaser.
238 acres 41,4 miles from Lewiston, Ida-
ho, 175 acres in cultivation. 25 more can
be cultivated, balance good bunch grasa
pasture, fenced and cross-fenced, good
spring creek runs across place, small
house, station on place for Johnson R. R.f
two grain warehouses at stntlon. Price
$70 per acre, one-third cash, balance at
7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
160 acres of timber land, good farm land
when timber Is cleared off, all can be
farmed except about 2 or 3 acres. Good
timber, yellow pine and fir. Price $4000.
40 miles from Lewiston, Idaho, Well
located to log off.
240 acres 6 miles from Asotin. 12 miles
from Lewiston, Idaho, about 75 acres In
fall wheat, about 75 acres more can be
cultivated, balance In bunch grass pas-
ture, two springs, small house, all fenced.
Price $40 per acre, one-third cash, balance
at 7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
Reference Lewiston National Bank and
First National Bank. Address
F. W. KELLEY,
Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, November 11, 1916.
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BEAUTIFUL BELVEDERE
10TS FOR SALE
CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
most beautiful spot on the shores of San Francisco Bay
for a suburban home. It commands an extensive view of
the City of San Francisco, Alcatraz and Angel Islands,
Raccoon Straits, San Francisco Bay, Richardson's Bay,
the Berkeley shore, beautiful Belvedere and Mt. Tamal-
pais. It is in Marin County, directly opposite San Fran-
cisco, and forms the eastern shore of Belvedere cove.
It has a naturally terraced, sunny, western slope that is
well adapted for many choice residence sites, every one
affording most picturesque views of the bay and moun-
tain. It is protected from the prevailing western trade winds in
summer by Belvedere Island, and from the southerly storms in
winter by Angel Island. The soil is fertile and part of the island
is well wooded.
It is less subject to fog than any other place near San
Francisco. The summer fog, as it rolls in from the ocean, splits
on the western slope of Sausalito, part of it flowing in a line with
Angel Island towards the Berkeley shore, and part of it along
the southern slope of Mt. Tamalpais, leaving Belvedere, Corin-
thian Island and Raccoon Straits in the bright sunlight, while
the fog banks can be seen as a white wall both to the north and
the south.
There is very little available land about the shores of San
Francisco Bay that is desirable for homes, especially for those
who love boating and kindred sports. The Alameda and Contra
Costa shores of the bay are the lee shores and receive the full
brunt of the boisterous trade winds which lash the shoal waters
near the land into muddy waves, making boating both unpleas-
ant and dangerous. To the north of the city and in Marin
County the land from Sausalito to the entrance of the bay is a
Government reservation and will never be placed on the market.
The shores of Richardson's Bay are not at present convenient
to boat service and, aside from Belvedere and Corinthian Island,
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the natural advantages, improvements and possibilities that are
offered on Corinthian Island. Concrete roads, pure water, tele-
phone service and electric light wires are already installed. It is
only ten minutes' walk from any point on the property to
Tiburon boats, and but forty-three minutes' ride to the foot of
Market Street.
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the white sails of its numerous fleet add to the charming scene,
as the trim yachts glide about the cove. Excellent fishing of all
kinds for bay fish, including salmon, the gamey striped bass,
rock fish and the toothsome silver smelt, is to be had in the cove!
There is probably no spot so accessible and in such close prox-
imity to any large city in the world that offers the attractions
of climate, magnificent scenery, fishing and boating as will here
be found.
FOR MAPS, PRICES AND PARTICULARS APPLY TO
S. L. PLANT,
PLANT RUBBER AND SUPPLY CO.,
32 BEALE STREET
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ere.
San Francisco, Cal.
F. W. KELLEY,
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN OFFICE,
366 PACIFIC BUILDING
San Francisco, Cal.
Saturday, November 11, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
15
Shoeing' and Balancing
. _ The —
Light Harness Horse
BY JAMES CLARK
A COPY of this book should be in every horse
•*» owner's library. It treats the subject in a way
that you can understand, giving accurate and re-
liable information that every owner of a good
horse will find extremely helpful in the care of
his horse's feet.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
The Treatment of the Colt's
Navicular Trouble.
Feet Before Shoeing.
Heavy Shoes and Pads in
The First Set of Shoes.
the Winter Season.
Sore Feet and Sour Disposi-
Neglected Teeth Make Knee
tion.
hitters and Cross Firers.
Knee-hitting, Scalping, Etc.
Making the Shoes.
Pads, their Benefits and
Extension Shoes.
Abuses.
Outside or ^-swedged Shoes.
Thrush, its cause, treatment
Swedges or Dies.
Punctures.
Calks and Grabs.
Quarter and Toe Cracks.
Bar Shoes Behind.
Hoof Bound.
Aluminum Shoes.
Hitting the Elbows.
The Last Word.
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[Saturday, November 18, 1916.
ANNOUNCEMENT
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THE HARTFORD LIVE STOCK INSURANCE
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GUARANTEED
ONLY $2 TO NOMINATE MARE
GUARANTEED
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 17
TO BE GIVEN BY THE
PACIFIC COAST TROTTING HORSE RREEDERS ASSOCIATION
For Foals of Mares Covered in 1916 to Trot and Pace at Three Years Old
ENTRIES CLOSE:
MONDAY, DECEMBER 4th, 1916
$2,500
$1,500 FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD TROTTERS.
$1,000 FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD PAGERS
CONDITIONS:
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 4, 1916; when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 April 1, 1917;
S10 on Yearlings April 1, 1918; $10 on Two-Tear-Olds April 1, 1919; ?10 on Three-Tear-Olds April 1. 1920.
STARTING PAYMENTS— $35 to start in the Three-Tear- Old Pace; $50 to start in the Three-Year-Old Trot. All Starting Payments to be made ten days before the first
day of the meeting at which the race is to take place.
Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered Is a Trotter or Pacer.
Races three heats, money divided 25 per cent to the first heat, 25 per cent to the second heat, 25 per cent to the third heat, and 25 per cent to the race according to ram*
In the summary. Money in each division 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Should two or more horses be tied for first place at the completion of the third heat, such horses only shall
contest in a fourth heat and money divided according to rank In the summary at the termination of that heat. A horse having won the first two heats and drawn or distanced
In the third heat shall not lose position in the summary. Distance, 100 yards.
If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins; or if either the mare or foal dies before April 1, 1918, her nominator may sell or transfer his nomination or
substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there will be no return of a payment, nor will any entry be liable for more than amount paid in or contracted for.
In entries, the name, color and pedigree of mare must be given; also the name of the horse to which she was bred In 1916.
Entries must be accompanied by entrance fee.
Nominators liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payments forfeits all previous payments. This Association is liable for 53500, the amount of the guar-
antee, only.
Hopples will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions.
Right reserved to declare off or reopen these Stakes in case the number of entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors.
Money divided in each division of the Stake 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. There will be no more moneys in each division or heat than there are starters.
Entries open to the wo/ld. Membership not required to enter; but no horse, wherever owned, will be allowed to start until the owner has become a member.
Write for Entry Blanks to
E. P. HEALD,
President.
F. W. KELLEY, Secretary
P. O. Drawer 447. 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco, Cal.
aturday, November 18, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[REEDER AND SPORTSMAN
urf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast.
(Established 1882.)
Published every Saturday.
F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor.
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[oney should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis-
tered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. O. Drawer
447, San Francisco, California.
ommunlcatlons must be accompanied by the writer's
name and address, not necessarily for publication, but
as a private guarantee of good faith.
HE PACIFIC BREEDERS' FUTURITY for the
>als of mares bred this year, to trot and pace as
■ee-year-olds in 1920, will close for nominations on
jonday, December 4th. It has a guaranteed value
K ?2500 and it only costs $2 to nominate. The other
jonditions will be found in the advertisement on
Bother page. Now it is up to the owners of stal-
ons and mares that are of the trotting and pacing
reeds to see that this stake is filled. The breeders
( draft horses, cattle, sheep, hogs and chickens in
alifornia, and the growers of fruit and grains are
11 organized and working together to see that the
larket for their productions is made as profitable as
ossible, but the trotting horse breeders rather let
lings drift and seem content to take things as they
ttne — no, not content, as they do a deal of grumb-
ng over conditions as they are now. If they will
II Pacific Breeders' Futurity No. 17 with more nom-
lations than No. 16 received they will only be doing
>mething to help their own business and increase
le values of their stallions, mares and colts. It will
aly take the nomination of 100 mares in this stake
I make an increase of nearly 50 per cent over last
ear's stake. There were enough mares bred to
•otting or pacing stallions in California last year
lat are owned by men who would not miss the $2
imination fee required to name the mares in this
take, to fill the stake with several hundred nomina-
ffiis. But the P. C. T. H. B. A. does not expect
everal hundred, but would be very pleased to
jceive 100 nominations. Such an increase over last
ear when only 71 were received would be very grat-
ying and also very encouraging to all concerned,
et's have that 100. The stake will close on Monday,
ecember 4th, and the Breeder and Sportsman will
ave but one more opportunity to remind you of the
let before the stake closes. Decide today that you
ill nominate your mares, and tell your neighbor
'ho owns a mare or two to nominate them. A gen-
ral boost for the game is needed at the present
me.
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■[ORE HARNESS RACES were held in the United
Btes this year than ever before in the history of
Ite American trotting horse. Not only were there
lore races, but there were more meetings held and
lie percentage of profitable ones is said by some of
tie eastern statisticians who have been keeping
acords to be greater than ever. There is no doubt
!ut harness racing is the greatest of all American
I ports, both in the money invested and in the mini-
er of people who are interested and engaged in
| reeding, training and caring for trotting and pacing
jOrses. As an amusement feature of the county
lir, harness racing is the one indispensable article
lat the public demands, no matter how many other
ttractions there are. From Maine to California it
I the harness races that fill the grandstands and
raw the crowds. Nine fairs were held in California
lis year at which harness races were the main
emisement, and with a little more effort and a little
[ lore team work on the part of harness horse breed-
rs themselves the number of fairs and race meetings
!in be doubled in 1917. What are you doing, Mr.
rotting Horse Breeder, to see that more fairs with
^rness racing are given? You are more vitally
| iterested in the financial part of the game than
layone. Are you alive to the situation and are you
:Mng your part to boost the sport and make your
orses more valuable? If not, why not?
AMONG THE LAWS voted on and carried by the
people of California at the recent election was one
which prevents a member of the California Legisla-
ture from holding any other salaried office under
the State government. The Attorney General has
now been asked to give an opinion as to whether the
office of member of the State, Board of Agriculture
and like officers are salaried in the meaning of the
law. Members of the State Board of Agriculture are
only paid mileage and a certain amount for attend-
ing each meeting held and this amount probably does
not cover the sum paid out by the member in attend-
ing these meetings. Hon. Ben F. Hush, who was
re-elected Senator from the district of Solano, is and
has been for many years a valued director of the
State Agricultural Society and it would be a distinct
loss to that Society and the live stoek interests of
California if Mr. Rush should be compelled by this
new law to retire from the directorate. A peculiar
feature of the recent election and one that showed
the independence of California voters was manifested
when the votes for Senator were counted in the dis-
trict composed of Napa and Solano counties. Napa
county gave Hughes, the Republican candidate for
President, a majority of something over 800, and at
the same time gave Silva, Democratic candidate for
Senator who resides in Napa, about the same major-
ity over Rush, Republican. Solano county, which is
the home of Rush, gave Wilson a majority of over
1000 and gave Senator Rush a still larger majority
and elected him.
THE IDEA of a California circuit for 1917 is tak-
ing a strong hold on the horsemen of this State and
they are anxiously awaiting an early announcement
of dates. A meeting of secretaries of the associa-
tions that gave meetings in 1916, and intend to give
meetings in 1917, should be called for not later than
December. There are many owners who are only
waiting for the announcement of a circuit to put
their horses into training. Horse owners these days
do not spend their money for training expenses un-
less they see some sport in sight. Training is a
rather expensive business and few horse owners
expect full returns on the money paid out, and there
are a great many of them who will not begin to incur
this expense unless they see a chance to get some
of it back. They do not ask a guarantee to win but
only the opportunity to race. Associations should
remember that it has been fully proved that the
earlier the announcement of a circuit is made the
larger will be the entry lists. And it is entrance
money that makes racing possible and profitable for
the associations. 0
DON'T WAIT until the season is about to open
before getting out the advertising for your stallion.
Owners of mares are beginning to figure now on
mating theim next spring, and if you don't get a card
or an advertisement of your horse before them, they
may overlook him. Getting off to a good start is a
very important thing in a race. And it is the same
in the stallion business. Let the public know now
where your horse will stand next spring, and what
the service fee will be.
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REDUCTION OF RECORDS INCREASES
INTEREST.
The meeting of the Kentucky Trotting Horse
Breeders' Association held during the first two weeks
of October will have a wider influence over the mar-
ket values of young trotters, a greater tendency to
herald the prowess of the light harness horse, and
will create more interest in the trotter throughout
the length and breadth of the land than any other
given during the year, and for the very good reason
that a greater number of startling performances took
place over the famous course than during the entire
campaign down the Grand Circuit. The rank and file
of those interested in the performances of the trotter
are enthused when they read of some remarkable
mile, some new record made, and while they may
keenly enjoy a stirring finish when present to witness
it, the mere announcement that a record has been
lowered attracts their notice where the story of a
desperate struggle would be taken as a matter of
course. There are in this country many thousands
of men and women whose interest in the light har-
ness horse is very keen, yet who rarely witness a
record breaking performance or see one of the
champions in action. These men and women read of
the extraordinary miles trotted at Lexington and are
so enthused that every other race meeting held dur-
ing the year is but a half forgotten memory.
Of the tens of thousands who keep in a measure in
touch with passing events, how many can name the
winner of any of the rich purses of the Grand Circuit
or remember for a week the duels between great
horses about which they read in the dailies? Yet
these thousands, from one end of the continent to
the other, read that The Real Lady, a two-year-old,
has gained a record of 2:04%, lowering the mark but
recently made by Peter Volo; that Volga in winning
the richest prize of the year trotted in 2:04%; that
Lee Axworthy reduced the record for stallions and
missed equaling that of Uhlan by one-quarter of a
second; that fast miles were every-day occurrences,
and that the Lexington track was the fastest piece
of ground ever seen. These things do more to pro-
claim the greatness of the trotter than all else com-
bined, and it is because of this that the Kentucky
Trotting Horse Breeders' Association wields a wider
influence on the breeding industry than any other
organization.
As long as the time test is the all important one,
and records count for more than a mere victory,
such a meeting as the one recently brought to a close
will do more to give publicity to the accomplishments
of the trotter than where nothing sensational in the
way of time is done. The sport-loving public delights
in a close contest in which the finishes are desperate
struggles between two or more of the starters, but
these struggles, while they furnish excitement and
are in reality what give to the spectators the thrill
that comes with a contest, have little to do with
the making of history and are only remembered by
those who witness them. It is the fact that some-
thing sensational has been done, some heroic feat
accomplished that is known to the thousands of ad-
mirers of the trotter who are furnished their infor-
mation by the press, both daily and weekly. The bare
statement that the two-year-old Breeders' Stakes
produced a desperate struggle carries with it little
that is important to the horse lovers who were not
present, yet the announcement that the winner trot-
ted in 2: 04% becomes known to tens of thousands
and is spoken of and written about until the record
has been surpassed. — [American Horse Breeder.
NATIONAL HORSE SHOW NOTES.
Only reports of the opening day of the National
Horse Show in Madison Square Garden, New York,
have reached us so far, but there were many inter-
esting occurrences on that day.
The class for ladies' saddle horses exceeding 15.2
hands was won by Mr. John A. Hartford's Kentucky
mare Gossip. Miss Louise Beaver-Webb, who has
ridden Gossip in most of her performances this year,
was in the saddle.
Miss Loula Long of Kansas City did not make any
entries in the show as she is still suffering from the
result of her accident and is unable to show the
horses herself.
One of the interesting classes at the morning show
on opening day was for saddle horses of heavy-
weight type up to carrying two hundred pounds. Not
one of the twenty entries was over 15.2 in height,. an
indication that tall horses are not wanted to pack
weight. Lady Wilton, a chestnut trotting bred mare
exhibited by Mrs. Josephine Williams, won the blue
with Mr. A. Lincoln Stadler's The Knight second.
Mrs. David Wagstaff, of Tuxedo Park, won the
largest saddle class of the day with her black gelding
Pointer. There were thirty-two entries, and among
them were such well known winners as A. W. Atkin-
son's Sparking Moselle, Alfred Meyer's Northern
Star, Daniel Guggenheim's The Knut and W. H.
Rhodes' Radiant.
Philadelphia exhibitors scored heavily in the har-
ness classes on the opening day. Miss Constance
Vauclain's imported hackney mare The Whip, for
which she paid $10,000 in England a few years ago,
came to the front in slashing style in the strongest
class of the day for high steppers in single harness.
Miss Vauclain, in an effective costume which har-
monized with the color of her horse, drove the chest-
nut daughter of Leopard with masterly skill.
Miss Isabella Wanamaker, the daughter of William
H. Wanamaker Jr., captured a prize worth winning
for the Philadelphia contingent with her high step-
ping chestnut hackneys Eve and Netherhall's Pride.
The latter horse was shown in the class for hackney
stallions last year by an exhibitor who brought him
all the way from Alberta, Canada, to exhibit at the
Garden.
E. R. Bowne, George Willing and Pierre Lorillard
Jr., the judges ol trotters, had their work cut out
for them in the class for light harness horses having
records of 2:30 or better. Louis Lee Haggin, a
nephew of the late J. B. Haggin, sent into the ring
a beautiful brown mare called Chetah, driven by
"Bobby" Moreland of Lexington, Ky. W. M. V. Hoff-
man, one of the oldest exhibitors of trotters at the
Garden, was represented by his chestnut gelding
Teneriffe, winner of championship prizes galore.
John R. Thompson, of Chicago, sent on the speedy
and promising four-year-old, Britton Forbes, that has
shown 2:10 speed, and Edward T. Stotesbury, presi-
dent of the Horse Show Association, exhibited both
Trlxie Briggs, a winner last year, and Ebony King,
a black stallion that has been almost unbeatable
at the summer shows. There was some tall going on
the tanbark before the ribbons were tied, and the
judges finally settled down to the stallion as the
best one in the lot. Teneriffe finished second, Mr.
Haggin's entry was third and Mr. Stotesbury came in
for the white rosette.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, November 18, i,
754 HORSES FOR OLD GLORY SALE.
A SOLDIER'S HORSE.
DEATH OF PROMINENT OHIO BREEDER
Largest and Most Notable Consignment of Recent
Years Will Pass Through the Garden Auction.
Entries to the Old Glory Sale, to be held at Mad-
ison Square Garden during the week of November
20th. closed last week and the returns show that a
total of 754 horses, all trotting bred, will be sold dur-
ing the year's biggest and most important sale, dur-
ing sis days and evenings, writes A. G. Asdikian.
This is the largest number consigned to this sale
for several years past, and even in the absence of
the regular sale catalogue, which will be issued next
Monday, it is certain that the lot to be offered to the
highest bidder will also surpass others of recent
years in quality, judged by advanced announcement
and notices of the leading consignments.'
The greatest feature of this sale will be the two
important dispersals, both due to the death of their
respective breeders, men known all over the country
as two of the best trotting horse breeders of many
years standing, namely, William Russell Allen and
Jacob Ruppert of Pittsfield, Mass., and Poughkeepsie,
N. T., and respectively owners of the two noted
breeding nurseries, Allen Farm and Hudson River
Stock Farm.
These dispersals are absolute — that is, none of the
two magnificent collections, including noted stallions,
brood mares and promising youngsters, will be re-
served, unless sickness and accidents make some of
them temporarily unfit for the sale ring between the
time they were listed and the day they are scheduled
to be sold.
Each of these consignments is headed with a stal-
lion which, as speed producers, hold a unique record
in the annals of trotting horse breeding, for age and
number of standard and champion speed performers.
Bingara, the premier of the Allen Farm, surpasses
all other speed-producing stallions in history for age,
as official records show that at the age of 14 — that is
at the close of the racing season of 1915, he now
being 15 years old — he has put no less than 112 in
the speed list, while his nearest competitor at the
same age is Allerton, with sixty-four to his credit,
and the next best is Axworthy, with forty-six, both
of the latter being sensational young trotters of their
days.
Judged by his record as an early and extreme speed
sire, Bingara, in the unanimous opinion of horsemen
and breeders, is the most valuable stallion of his age
ever sent to a public sale, consequently he is looked
upon as the star of the entire collection and one that
is expected to top the price list.
The close similarity between the Allen Farm and
Hudson River Stock Farm is that the latter's con-
signment is also headed by a young and sensational
speed-producing stallion — namely, Guy Axworthy,
which came into prominence as a sire of speed
earlier than any other stallion in the breeding ranks
except Bingara. At the age of 11 Guy Axworthy had
placed fourteen in the standard speed list, which was
one more than credited to his sire, Axworthy, at the
same age, although the latter is the leader among all
old-timers.
After passing to the Hudson River Stock Farm,
Guy Axworthy climbed up steadily until at the close
of this season he added no less than twenty-two to
his standard list, including his son, Lee Axworthy
1:58%, by all odds the greatest trotter the world has
ever known, one that trotted within a short few
weeks no less than five heats in 2:00 or faster. This
record alone is sufficient to make Guy Axworthy the
contending star of the sale with Bingara, and the
latter the greatest speed sire ever sent to a public
auction.
The grood mare contingent of both sales include
matrons that have been selected from the choicest
each former owner could buy, irrespective of cost and
after long years of study in producing bloodlines or
performances on the turf, with the result that never
In the history of Old Glory Sales were as fine a col-
lection of matrons sold as will be in this one.
It is another peculiar coincidence that in the juve-
nile contingent of both consignments, mostly by the
two stallions mentioned, and out of select matrons,
those offered are all trained to the minute and hold
their positions as the greatest collection of futurity
prospects and future racing candidates. As indica-
tors of present and near future demand for light har-
ness horses of the highest breeding, such two con-
signments are hardly recorded in one public vendue.
In the absence of the official sale list details per-
taining to other consignments are not yet obtainable,
but judged from the sources they come and the qual-
ity of stock they are descended from, the great ma-
jority will surely represent the finest ever sent to a
public sale. Prospective buyers have some ideas
about another consignment of merit and quality,
namely, the twenty-nine weanlings by The Harvester,
the erstwhile champion of the world, and out of the
magnificent lot of brood mares that has been col-
lected for Mr. C. K. G. Billings with which to stock
his now famous Curies Neck Farm in Virginia, a col-
lection never before gathered in one breeding farm.
An effort is being made to organize a club that
will give a harness race meeting at Douglas Park,
Louisville, Kentucky, next season. Several very
prominent trotting horse breeders are interested
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While the harness racing season in the United
States was most successful this year it is already
predicted that there will be more meetings and larger
pursesyin 1917.
A recent issue of The People, a popular London
weekly, has this among its war stories:
"A sergeant tells the following story of his men:
'Whilst out with his battery a man with tears stream-
ing down his face as the result of the German use
of lachrymatory shells, saw that his horse was
similarly affected. Pulling down his mask to save
himself, he proceeded to cut up his smoke helmet to
protect his horse, and was thereupon taken before the'
colonel to answer for destroying government prop-
erty. Asked for an explanation of his action, the
man replied that he loved his horse. The sergeant
was asked by the colonel if he thought the man really
had such an affection for the animal, and the ser-
geant replied that he could quite believe the man's
story, as he once saw him crying for half an hour
beside his dead horse. The man was let off with
a caution.'"
An indignant protest was made by Mr. Henry
Benson, a veteran of the turf, in the London press,
and was a spirited reminder of the regard which
soldiers always hold for their faithful servants. Mr.
Benson wrote from a bed of illness so serious that
physicians were visiting him twice daily, as follows:
"Firstly, let me say that I am confident that I am
expressing the opinion of every lover of horses when
I state that I am proud that the British attny pos-
sesses such a splendid humanitarian as the soldier
referred to, and I blush with shame when the story-
reveals that it embraces such a colonel.
"Apart altogether from the God-made law of duty
of man to his beast, the soldier was actually, from
the sordid pecuniary point of view, serving the
nation faithfully, since nobody will question the com-
parative value of a trained army horse and a smoke
helmet. And yet, forsooth, 'my little great Lord, the
Colonel,' with all that insolence which office and brier
authority too often bring in their wake, actually
'dismisses him with a caution,' whereas he ought to
have paraded the regiment and pointed the trooper
to his fellows as the model of what an English horse-
man, sportsman, or soldier should be.
"And for the benefit of the colonel and his kidney,
if any there be, in the British army, may I, sir, give
a few examples of the treatment meted out by the
greatest soldiers in the world's history to their
steeds? Without exception, they never failed to re-
member that their noble and faithful servants had
been transported from comfortable stables to the
battle-plains to share the sufferings that they and
their men were called upon to endure, and that a
sacred bond of obligation was thereby placed upon
their riders. Indeed, many war-steeds have been
immortalized and in the English mind the most prom-
inent is Wellington's Copenhagen. The famous
charger was a full, rich chestnut, grandson of the
mighty Eclipse, standing barely 15 hands high and
purchased by the Duke for £400. But his powers of
endurance were wonderful. T rode him," said Wel-
lington, 'at the battle of Waterloo from 4 in the morn-
ing until midnight. If he fed, it was in the saddle.
At the end I personally saw that he was fed and
attended to before I touched my despatches.' (Mark
that, my little great colonel!) In Spain he carried
his master hundreds of miles, and in addition to
Waterloo he was present at Vittoria and Toulouse.
He died at Strathfieldsaye in 1S35, at the ripe old age
of 27. (And now, my little great lord colonel, I am
going to give you a terrible shock!) He was buried
with military honors; and the Duke — yes, the Iron
Duke, God bless his memory! — caused the following
inscription to be placed over his resting place: —
" 'God's humble instrument, though meaner clay.
Should share the glories of that glorious day.'
"Scarcely less famous was Napoleon's love for his
white stallion Marengo, whose skeleton, I believe,
may be seen at the Royal United Service Institute,
whilst no man had no greater regard and affection
for a horse than the late Earl Kitchener. Indeed,
every 'officer and gentleman' — the two terms were
formerly synonymous in the British army — has a
peculiar love for his charger and probably there are
few distinguished soldiers who have not in their pos-
session mounted hoofs as mementoes of their depart-
ed favorites. Copenhagen and Marengo, to say noth-
ing of Lord Kitchener's Democrat, by no means end
the roll of honor, and, compiling a short list from
memory, what romance attaches to Caligula's Incita-
tus, King Arthur's Spurnador, Alexander's Buceph-
alus (whom nobody but his master could mount),
Raymond's Aquiline, Richard H.'s Roan Barbary (to
whom Shakespeare refers, my little great lord col-
onel!), Richard III.'s white Surrey (also immortalized
by the bard of Avon) , Lord Marmion's Bevis, William
ni.'s Sorrel (whose stumble in a mole hole brought
about his master's death), Lord Cardigan's Ronald,
whom he rode in the Balaclava Charge, and Earl
Roberts' favorite charger, whom Queen Victoria dec-
orated with the South African medal? To that list
let me add just one other. Amongst the many war
documents which I have read since August, 1914,
none impressed me more than a letter sent rjy a
private in the Dragoon Guards to his mother, which
contained the following passage: 'They shot my
greatest friend from under me — my horse Minnie, the
most faithful animal in the world. God forgive them
for that. I never will.' (And now, my little great
lord colonel, I dismiss you with a caution.)"
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Dr. Henry A. Tuttle died at Boston, Mass., October
30th, aged 41 years. He was the manufacturer of the
well known veterinary preparation Tuttle's Elixir.
Mr. C. F. Emery, one of the foremost horse b
ers of Ohio, died at his home near North Raj
October 31st. Mr. Emery was 84 years of age a'
time of his death and his Forest City Farm we
one time one of the leading breeding farms in (
Soon after reaching his majority Mr. Emery o^
eighty draft horses and had the largest teaming
ness in Cleveland, and became greatly intereste|
trotting horses.
Emery's parents objected to his interest in
horses but that did not stop him. He was determ
to own some good trotters and pacers.
Slipping away to Kentucky back in the early c 12
Mr. Emery bought a trotter called Parana. The I
was supposed to be kept quiet, as he did not t i
his folks to know that he had invested so hej I
in fast horses. The news beat him home, howt I
and Emery had his hands full explaining mat I
The mare turned out to be just as good a one a 3
had picked her to be and she won a long strin»
races, starting in at Chicago, and finally was I
for 516,500.
Mr. Emery also bought Nugget 2:26%; HerB
2:27%, by Harold, the sire of Maud S. 2:08%; Br
Wiikes 2:21%, Mattie Hunter 2:21%, Patron 2:1
McAdams 2:18%, and numerous brood mares t|
he purchased after carefully selecting them for tf
breeding, conformation and gait.
George Whitney drove Mattie Hunter for En
and raced her in- a remarkable campaign aga
Switzer, Sleepy Tom and Lucy. Going into Can
Mr. Emery purchased the stallion Patron. He tui
Patron over to George Fuller to race and after a I
cessful campaign Patron sired a large numbeiB
good horses, including Ananias 2 : 05, a famous pa>
horse, who was raced by Fred Keyes.
Patron's greatest performance occurred at G
ville in a battle with Clingstone. Patron won
first two heats, taking a record of 2:14%, which
one second slower than the stallion record then 1
by Maxie Cobb. He lost the race, but it was
to a bad start more than to any inability on the ]
of the horse.
In addition to being a foremost breeder in
country Emery was the first man to export ho:
to Russia. Joim Splan had shipped trotters
Europe earlier but they went to France.
In 1893 Emery sent Winter Set, Yonondio and
Brown Wilkes and two fillies by Genoa to Russi;
charge of Charles Page. That was mid-winter, 1
The following fall Frank Caton, after many ur|
requests had been made for a capable Ameri
trainer to go to Russia, left his home at Forest <
Farm, where he had been in Emery's employ si
the farm was purchased, took his family, consisi
of a wife and four children, to seek his fortune
the land of the czar. It was a hazardous under
ing, and many, including Mr. Emery, thought
Caton would not go through with his plans.
Caton was determined, however. He took
chance and made good. During his first year in
far-off country he sold fourteen horses for his
employer and by dint of hard work, pleasing per:
ality and skill he quickly made a place for bimsel
his new home. Caton spent twenty-three years
Russia, during which time he won a high place am
the royalty, made much money and gained the ho
of being the man who really built up the racing gs
in Russia.
When Mr. Caton left Forest City "Farm he was s
ceeded by Fred Keyes, who also went to Rui
later. — [Guy T. Rockwell in Cleveland Plaindeale
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To Encourage the Breeders.
Marion, Ohio, November 9th, 191*
Breeder and Sportsman: We have been much
terested in the interviews given by Frank Caton
his return from Russia, especially the follow
statement:
"When one considers that 20 per cent of all m
nings go to the breeder, some idea of the interest
breeding and racing in Russia may be gained."
Every one who has given any thought to the futi
of trotting in America knows that we have got to
something to encourage breeding.
Why can't we pattern after the Russian syste
If not on so large a scale, then in a more mod
manner. For instance, let 5 per cent of each hors
winnings be retained and presented to the Dreeder
that horse.
In addition to encouraging breeders it would
as a check against ringing. A breeder would hs
to prove his claim to his percentages.
We believe that a discussion on these suggestic
could not help but prove beneficial to all interest
in the light harness sport. ^The time to talk the
things over is before the meeting of the Joint Ru
Committee in December.
Very respectfully,
THE HOUGHTON SULKY CO
A few -days ago Lon McDonald worked the thr
year-old trotting colt, Forest B., a mile in 2:10% oi
the Indianapolis track. McDonald purchased Fori
B. at the recent Lexington sale, giving something U
$500 for the bay colt. He is by Mainleaf 2: OS1! t
of Anna Clark, by Prodigal 2:16.
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Fricka, the daughter of Bingen 2:06%, that p
duced Fair Lady 2:07% and Erda 2:09%, gets a ni
2:20 trotter in the two-year-old filly Our Ruth 2i
by San Francisco 2:07@.
iturday, November 18, 1916.]
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Thoroughbred Matters
MR. BOOTS REPLIES TO MR. COFFROTH.
It is announced that the Tijuana Jockey Club has
ien organized in San Diego and that its purpose
icording to James W. Coffroth, who made the an-
juncenient, is to replace the old Pacific Jockey Club,
body which at one time tried to control the
icing of thoroughbreds on the Pacific Coast. Isn't
rather presumptuous for a few men who are pro-
Voting racing in Mexico to set themselves up as a
~a jverning body and attempt to control the sport of
* icing thoroughbred horses in the western part of
;"ie United States?
'.' If there is to be a body governing running racing
! ere it should and probably will be organized by the
ien who are actually engaged in the breeding and
Jaeing of that breed of horses. Nevada now has a
;'lacing Commission that allots dates and is the gov-
erning body for that State. At the coming session of
'the Legislature in California an effort will be made
'jo have the laws provide for a racing commission
'nthis State, and if any more of the Pacific Coast
Jitttes desire such commissions they will probably
'"We them, but we do not think the breeders and
TBliers of thoroughbred horses will ever again sub-
-Wit to dictation as to when and how they shall race,
■Jroni any organization that is running a race track.
in was just such control that made racing a business,
'jjjld brought about its suppression in California, and
he breeders know this to their sorrow. If racing
omes back in California it will come back with some
lass to it and will then be controlled by the men
fho breed horses for the purpose of improving them
nd the sport of seeing them run, and not by the men
Ifhose chief interest in the Thoroughbred is in mak-
ng a profit out of the money wagered on the result
i races.
iome Incidents of Danny Maher's Career.
Danny Maher, whose death was reported from Lon-
[on last week, was a native of Hartford, Conn., and
he son of a blacksmith. He learned to ride under
Father Bill" Daly, who has given to the turf a
[reater number of prominent jockeys than any other
imerican trainer. Maher began to ride in 1894,
ivhen 13 years of age, and his first mount was on a
jiorse named Fagot. At that time he was appren-
ticed to his uncle, "Big" Mike Daly, a brother to
^ 'Father Bill," who had developed young Maher from
Jin exercise boy.
i In 1897 Maher was under contract to A. J. Joyner,
land from Joyner he went to William H. Clark, whose
Rorses at that time were trained by Matt Allen.
[Maher won the Brooklyn Handicap of 1899 for Mr.
Clark on Banastar, but in the Suburban the same
tyear he was left at the post with the Clark horse.
IThis part of his career will never be forgotten, for
[Mr. Clark and his friends accused the jockey of
having deliberately having his mount left, and in pun-
ishment Mr. Clark "set him down."
Maher did not ride again until his contract was
purchased again by Joyner. It is only fair to Maher's
imemory to say that his honesty had never been ques-
tioned except in this Suburban, and Banastar wheeled
'fX the break, and to many who saw the runner his
being left was no fault of the rider.
It was in the autumn of 1900 that Maher went to
England for Pierre Lorillard, and almost from his
ifirst appearance on the English turf he made an
enviable reputation for himself.
I He wore the silks of Lord Rosebery for more than
■even years at a retaining fee of $20,000 a year, while
fcord Derby paid $10,000 for second call on his serv-
ices. His gentlemanly behavior made him such a
fcreat favorite with the aristocracy of England that
he spent his winters yachting with Lord Rosebery in
jjhe Mediterranean, and with both Lord Rosebery and
lord Derby shooting on their preserves in Scotland.
Maher rode 5,626 races in England and won 1,421
'■'of them, a winning percentage of 25.30. Among his
triumphs were three victories in the Derby. In 1903
ie finished first with Sir J. Miller's Rock Sand; in
1905 piloted Lord Rosebery's Cicero to victory, and
fn 1906 captured the blue ribbon event of racing with
Major E. Loder"s Spearmint.
• Now that the question of two tracks at New Or-
leans has been settled, H. D. ("Curly") Brown is
giving all his attention to the Havana track. The
staff at Oriental Park will be the same as last season.
C. J. Fitzgerald will be the presiding steward; C. H.
Lansdale, associate steward; A. T. Dobson, patrol
steward; M. Nathanson, presiding judge; P. A.
Brady, associate judge; J. F. Milton, starter; jC. C.
Campeau, associate judge, clerk of the scales and
entry clerk, and W. W. Lyles, paddock judge.
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Col. Phil Chinn has gone to England to try and
pick up some racing material for use in this country
next season. He will make a tour of the principal
stock farms of England, Ireland and France, and has
commissions from several prominent American horse-
men to fill.
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All the county fairs in California expect to provide
for thoroughbred races next year.
During the month of October Mr. Chas. T. Boots,
the well known breeder of thoroughbreds at Mil-
pitas, California, addressed a letter to the San Fran-
cisco Bulletin in which he opposed the racing of two-
year-olds before April, upholding the rule of the New
York Jockey Club. This communication was replied
to in the columns of the Bulletin by Mr. James W.
Coffroth, president of the Tijuana Jockey Club, who
contended in favor of the early racing of two-year-
olds. To this communication Mr. Boots wrote a
reply which for some reason the Bulletin declined to
publish, and Mr. Boots thereupon sent the same to
the Breeder and Sportsman. It is as follows:
San Francisco, Nov. 2, 1916.
In answer to the letter of Mr. J. W. Coffroth on
the early racing of two-year-olds at Tijuana, as pub-
lished in the Bulletin of Oct. 30th, I desire to state
that I stand by my former statement "that those who
are in favor of early two-year-old racing are in it for
the gambling and the financial gain," and I will sub-
stantiate it by Mr. Coffroth's letter.
First. Mr. Coffrfoth states that it would be suicide
for the breeders to keep their two-year-olds idle for
the extra months, from January 1st to April 1st. In
other words, the money must be gotten out of them
as soon as possible, no matter what the result on
the future racing. I ask, is that for the benefit of
the owner's financial condition or for the improve-
ment of the thoroughbred horse? Is that racing for
sport or for money?
Will Mr. Coffroth please inform me when Mr.
A. B. Spreckels ceased to be a breeder of thorough-
breds other than for the public market? I would
also like to know how many coming two-year-olds
Mr. A. B. Spreckels has for the Tijuana 1917 meet-
ing?
Mr. A. B. Spreckels has been selling the produce
of his Napa Stock Farm as yearlings for a number
of years and if by chance he has one or more that
have not been sold he leases them. Does Mr. Cof-
froth call that breeding and racing for sport and the
improvement of the breed of horses, or to get what
money you can out of them, and get it in the shortest
possible time?
Second. Mr. Coffroth writes that I am decidedly
wrong in stating that only the commercial breeder is
in favor of early two-year-old racing, and named the
following breeders as examples of those who are in
it for sport: Geo. Van Gordon, Lawrence and Corn-
stock, and A. B. Spreckels.
I should like to ask Mr. Coffroth when Messrs. Van
Gordon, Comstoek, Lawrence, and A. B. Spreckels
ceased breeding for the market and began breeding
and racing for spprt and the improvement of the
thoroughbred horse?
Mr. Van Gordon is a good sportsman and likes
a good horse, but desires immediate financial re-
turns; but even he, I understand, has decided not
to race his two-year-olds in the early months of 1917.
I should like to ask Mr. Coffroth if it is not a fact
that the Messrs. Lawrence & Comstoek have sold all
their thoroughbreds except their yearlings, which
are also now for sale? Of course, if they have thirty
odd yearlings for sale they most likely desire a
market for them, and the sooner the better.
Mr. Coffroth also states that as far as he knows I
do not favor the racing of aged horses and have gone
out of the breeding and training of thoroughbreds.
I beg to inform him that I have at the Elwood Farm,
near Milpitas, over seventy head of thoroughbreds
and have a stable in training at the San Jose race
track. I also wish to inform Mr. Coffroth that if he
will adopt the pari-mutual system of betting instead
of bookmaking, and conduct a race meeting instead
of a gambling joint, and get his < race track conces-
sion at Tijuana recognized by the "de facto" Mex-
ican government instead of by a governor of a terri-
tory which is in almost a condition of revolt, I will
be glad to prove to him that I do favor the racing
of two-year-olds after April 1st, and the racing of
aged horses at any and all times.
Yours sincerely,
CHAS. T. BOOTS.
El Paso Business Men Feature Juarez Meeting.
Word comes from EI Paso that the opening of the
Juarez meeting on Thanksgiving Day will be wel-
comed by the business men of the Texas border city.
The Chamber of Commerce has just announced that
this body sanctions the meeting and that practically
every member of the organization would attend the
opening. In a booklet just issued by the El Paso
Chamber of Commerce, they feature the Juarez race-
track as one of the greatest attractions El Paso
possesses.
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Bearcatcher, whose sale and shipment from Ken-
tucky to the West Indies was announced in these col-
umns recently, died on the voyage. The son of St.
George and Sallie McAllister was a fast horse and
a good winner and won many races in California in
the colors of Walter Jennings. As a two-year-old in
1903 he won four races and was a stake winner at
both three and four years old. His opportunities in
the stud were limited but he sired a number of fair
race horses, including J. C. Welch, M. Bert Thurman,
Susan B., Behest, Oakland, La Cazadora, Wild Bear,
Frank Ruhstaller, etc.
Thoroughbreds as Stage Horses.
New York, Oct. 30.— The Coaching Club of New
York during its recent outing of four days to the
Maryland estate of Mr. William Woodward, president
of the Hanover National Bank, in Maryland demon-
strated that there are still in the possession of the
members of that organization some horses of quality,
and that the thoroughbred, though out of his natural
element, played his part most notably during the
final stage of the journey when the conditions were
least favorable of the entire trip.
In speaking of the occasion Mr. F. K. Sturgis, vice-
chairman of The Jockey Club, in active charge of the
Breeding Bureaus, himself a breeder of high class
heavy harness horses at his farm in the Berkshires,
said:
"We had a most delightful trip, leaving the Knick-
erbocker Club at 9 o'clock on the morning of October
11, and passing the first night at Princeton. The
second night we spent at Wilmington and third at
Baltimore, reaching our destination, Bellair House,
Bellair, Md., on Wednesday at 3:30 p. m. We em-
ployed during the trip 64 horses, of which all but 24
were furnished by members of the Coaching Club,
and every horse, including those hired from dealers,
was of good strong coaching type that stood up to his
work admirably and made the occasion one to be
remembered with pleasure. We averaged^ eleven
miles to a stage.
"That portion of the trip which impressed us all,
and should carry a lesson to the horse breeders of
the country at large," continued Mr. Sturgis, "was
the final stage, on which Mr. Woodward furnished
the horses. There were four thoroughbreds, while
the cock-horse was also clean bred, and there wasn't
one of them under 16 hands. They were big hefty
specimens, which whirled us along over the loose
sandy roads at an amazing rate of speed. The Pio-
neer, with its passengers and guard weighed 5,300
pounds, and the ability of this team to handle such
a load in the manner they did was a splendid tribute
to the bone and sinew of the thoroughbred as a har
ness horse.
"We remained at Bellair House," resumed Mr
Sturgis, "until 3:30 p. m. on Sunday, and returned to
New York by train. I am glad to say that it is Mr.
Woodward's intention to engage extensively in the
breeding of thoroughbreds at his farm, which con-
sists of 2,500 acres of good land. He has a good sire
in Heno, the sire of He Will, and mated with the
right kind of mares he should be a success."
Mr. Sturgis, like many other members of the
Jockey Club, is fond of the standard-bred, and be-
lieves that the blood of the best trotting families
nicks with the best thoroughbred most acceptably.
In speaking of this he remarked: "The trotting sire
of the right sort to breed to thoroughbred mares of
size and quality has proved the efficacy of the blend-
ing of these strains. At my place at Lenox I have
bred harness horses of the highest quality in this
manner. They were animals of great endurance,
balance and action, and had beauty as well."
New Yorkers and all who come to Gotham to attend
the approaching National Exhibition at Madison
Square Garden will have a chance -to see a notable
example of the trotting top cross on the thoroughbred
dam in Melrose, a member of Sir Adam Beck's string
of half-bred hunters from London, Ontario. This
very sensational performer wTas sired by the trotter
Adbaron, while his dam was clean bred. He has as
much quality as Sir Edward and Sir Thomas, stable
companions by the thoroughbred sires Tupelo and
Philosophy respectively. He was good enough to
cross the water a few seasons ago and win a cham-
pionship at the Olympia Show in London, England,
over a class of more than 300 competitors. Horses
of mixed trotting and thoroughbred lineage are nota-
bly successful in the saddle classes, but few with
the trotting top cross achieve championship honors
over the timber, while a great majority of the cham-
pions are the result of the mating of the thorough-
bred sire and the trotting dam. This is an interesting
fact and worthy of the attention of the student of
breeding problems.
The management of the National is coming in for
much commendation for the manner in which they
have catered to the thoroughbred this year. If they
will print the breeding of each of these contestants of
pure blood in the catalogue visitors will be able to
follow the fortunes of the clean bred entrants when
they try conclusions with the half or three-quarter
breds in the open competitions.
Big Increase in Stake Money.
Nearly all the spring stakes of the Westchester
Racing Association, New York, which closed on
Wednesday of this week, have been increased in
value. The Metropolitan Handicap has been changed
from $2000 added money to a guaranteed stake of
$5000, the Toboggan Handicap will have $2000 added
against $1500 given at the last running, the Suburban
will be $3000 added instead of $2500, the Juvenile
remains at $5000 guaranteed, The Bouquet is in-
creased from a guarantee of $1000 to one of $1500,
The Belmont wili be for $7500 guaranteed which is
an Increase of $2500, the Withers is raised from
$3500 to $5000, and a number of other stakes have
been increased in value. The confidence the racing
associations feel that racing is now on a safe and
sound basis in New York accounts for this increase
in stakes.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, November IS, 193
Harness Horses and Horsemen
SPORT FOR SPORT'S SAKE.
JAPANESE WANT SMALL THOROUGHBREDS
HEMET QUEEN, CHAMPION FILLY.
Hemet Stock Farm Shows Two Wonderful Yearlings
at Arizona State Fair.
California bred yearling fillies now bold the world's
records at both the trotting and the pacing gaits.
The world's record for a yearling filly pacer is' 2:16%
and it was made last Tuesday at Phoenix, Arizona,
by Hemet Queen, driven by Fred Ward. Hemet
Queen is by the premier stallion of Hemet Stock
Farm, Wilbur Lou, himself holder in 1910 of the
world's yearling trotting record for stallions, which
he placed that year at 2:19%. The dam of the new
champion pacing filly is Hemet Girl, an eight-year-
old daughter of Geo. W. McKinney 2:14%, the second
dam Lady Woolsey, a great brood mare by Woolsey,
full brother to Sunol 2:08%. Woolsey was by Elec-
tioneer out of Waxana, whose dam was a thorough-
bred. The third dam of Hemet Queen is Sespie by
Crichton, a son of imported Glencoe. Hemet Queen
on September 4th this year paced to a record of
2:22%, which was a world's record for a yearling
pacer on a half mile track, and now, two months
later, she has reduced the world's record for all
yearling pacers to 2:16%.
On the same day at Phoenix, Fred Ward drove
Hemet Stock Farm's yearling filly Edith Carter a
mile in 2:18% at the trotting gait, which is within
three-fourths of a second of the record held by that
California bred filly Anselila 2:17% by Prince Ansel,
made at Lexington last year. Edith Carter is by the
chestnut stallion Kinney de Lopez, like Wilbur Lou
a son of Kinney Lou 2:07%. The dam of Edith Car-
ter is Louise Carter (3) 2:24, dam of Wilbur Lou
2:10% by Chestnut Tom 2:15, son of Nutwood
Wilkes 2:16%, second dam the famous brood mare
Ingar, dam of John A. McKerron 2:04%, by Director
2:17. On September 4th, this year, Edith Carter
trotted to a record of 2:26% over the half mile track
at Hemet. •
On Thursday Zeta Lucille, a two-year-old trotting
filly by Wilbur Lou, dam Zeta W. by Nutwood
Wilkes, second dam Zeta Carter by Director, third
dam Lida W., the dam of Nutwood Wilkes trotted
to a record of 2:12%, a reduction of seven seconds
from her record made at Hemet in September.
Then Louise de Lopez, a daughter of Kinney de
Lopez and Louise Carter, dam of Wilbur Lou by
Chestnut Tom, reduced her record from 2:19% to
2:14%. She is a two-year-old.
From the showing made by the youngsters sired
by Wilbur Lou and Kinney de Lopez it is certain
that Hemet Stock Farm has two young stallions that
are proven sires of early and extreme speed. No
other stock farm in the country has sent out two
yearlings this year, one of which has lowered all
records for her sex and age and the other taken a
mark within three-fourths of a second of the world's
record for her age and sex. It is truly a wonderful
showing and Hemet Farm, its proprietor Mr. W. F.
Whittier, its colt trainer Frank Rees, and its driver
and race manager Fred Ward, are each and all enti-
tled to some of the credit which goes with such
performances. And we know that the dean of them
all, Budd Doble, who doubtless planned the mating of
the parents of these two wonderful fillies when he
was the manager of Hemet Stock Farm, will be as
pleased as anybody at their showing.
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A Well Conducted and Successful Fair.
W. J. Kenney, secretary of the San Francisco-
California Driving Club of this city, acted as starter
of the races during the Kern County Fair at Bakers-
field last month. Mr. Kenney says he has been vis-
iting California fairs for thirty years and he has
never seen one that was conducted any better than
this one at Bakersfield. There was one feature that
particularly impressed him. When a race was called
not a person was allowed on the track except the
drivers of the horses. The entire track was abso-
lutely clear and there was not a man permitted to
pass until the heat was ended. Mr. C. L. Claflin, the
presiding judge, was the right man in the right place
and kept everything moving and strictly to rule.
During one of the days several thousand Kern
county school children were admitted to the fair
grounds free, and were escorted through the pavil-
ions and stock sheds by President Hall and every-
thing explained to them. This was praised by every-
one as a splendid educational feature for the chil-
dren. Kern county can grow anything that any
other county in the United States can, from apples
to oranges, from wheat to cotton and from sugar
beets to tobacco. Its live stock interests are very
great and some of the finest beef and dairy herds in
the world are owned there. Mr. Kenney says he
has never attended a fair that was more successful.
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The National Western stock show is to be held at
Denver. January 22nd to 27th, 1917, and one of the
greatest horse shows ever given in the west is to be
part of it. In addition to the usual attractive classi-
fication, the Colorado Stake of $1000 for five-gaited
saddle horses will be one of the features.
Owner of Emma Magowan (2) 2:07J4 Gives Unique
Matinee at Chester, New York.
Why light harness racing holds its own with other
sporting attractions in the United States was pretty
thoroughly demonstrated by Richard Delafield at
Chester, N. Y., Saturday, Nov. 4th, to those who
assembled at Brook Farm that day and viewed with
keen enjoyment the program of racing provided by
Mr. Delafield. The explanation of the survival of
trotting and pacing races was made quite clear. All
carried away the impression that light harness racing
maintains its position in the realm of sport because
of the loyal spirit of sportsmanship back of it. And
considering the exposition of that idea provided by
Mr. Delafield it would be difficult to account for it in
any other way. At much expense to himself Mr.
Delafield staged a series of matinee races without a
cent of revenue from any outside source. He not
only paid for all the expense incidental to the races,
but entertained more than twenty-five hundred per-
sons at luncheon at Brook Farm and presented each
driver in the races with a stop watch.
The same spirit inspired a dozen wealthy New
York men to finance the recent Grand Circuit meeting
at Poughkeepsie, which turned out to be one of the
best trotting meetings of the season and probably
the most successful one held in years on the old up-
state track.
That the spirit exhibited by Mr. Delafield is general
among owners of light harness horses is shown by
the motto of the Road Association of New Jersey
and the Road Drivers' Association of New York,
which is, "Sport for sport's sake." That the senti-
ment spells success is evidenced by the present flour-
ishing condition of both organizations. Members
race purely for the fun of the thing. No betting is
permitted and ribbons and cups are the only awards.
And the men who hold membership in the New Jer-
sey and New York organizations spend thousands of
dollars for new horses every year. Some employ pro-
fessional trainers and drivers, others train and drive
their own horses.
The democracy of the racing side of the meeting
also appealed strongly to the spectators. Amateur
drivers, including one Justice of the Supreme Court
of New York, raced their horses against professional
reinsmen.
The expense assumed by Mr. Delafield in staging
the meet was only an incident in a series of events
leading up to it. Last winter when he came down
to Madison Square Garden he spent several thousand
dollars at the Fasig-Tipton auction sale for the horses
whose triumphs on the track caused him to hold the
celebration at Brook Farm. He bought the horses
for the pleasure of sitting in the grand stand and
seeing them race. Usually the buyer of young horses
at public auction fails to get the pleasure he hopes
for from his newly bought stock. But good fortune
favored Mr. Delafield's selections this season and he
drew a capital prize in Emma Magowan, winner of a
purse for two-year-olds at Goshen in the fastest time
made by a trotter of her age on a half mile track.
The Jersey sportsmen who hold their races at
Weequahic Park, in Newark, admit all to field and
grand stand free of charge. All expenses are borne
by them. That the sport is popular with Jersey folk
is shown by the attendance figures. Frequently fif-
teen thousand persons have viewed the races on a
Saturday afternoon. New Yorkers can view the
speed contests of the local organization on the Har-
lem River Speedway. There is no seating capacity
provided for the visitors, but this is not regarded as
a hardship by Manhattan and Bronx devotees of the
light harness racing. Five to seven thousand of
those sometimes stand in lines four deep on each side
of the Speedway between 181st and 201st streets on
Sunday afternoons during the season. Perhaps they,
too, have imbibed the enduring spirit of the light
harness racing world. — [N. Y. Herald.
Outsiders Can't Hold Stakes at New Orleans.
A sad blow has been handed those of the race track
followers who last year and the year before went to
New Orleans during the race meeting at the Crescent
City and held jobs as stakeholders. For the most
part these men have been bookmakers' clerks, who
in recent years have found their periods of employ-
ment few and far between, and for them New Orleans
has been the real mecca.
Announcement has been made that all stakeholders
at New Orleans must be "native sons," thus bringing
an element of politics into the sport in that section.
This rule is expected to be adhered to, and it may
prove a lean winter for New Yorkers who have been
expecting to make the trip down toward the sunshine.
In addition to this new rule governing stakeholders,
the Business Men's Association, which runs the New
Orleans meeting, has announced that all bookmakers
who intend to do business in the "palm garden" dur-
ing the coming meeting must show a bank roll of
satisfactory size before they will be allowed to "cut
in." And so some of the "shoestring" men, as well
as the clerks, may meet with disappointment.
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The Big Fair Circuit, which comprises tracks in
New Jersey, Delaware and Eastern Pennsylvania, has
already held a meeting of secretaries and announced
dates for 1917. Programs will be announced in Jan-
uary.
Officer of Mikado's Army Offers $7500 For Boog
Red But Offer Is Refused.
In these warlike times the world's military powe
are losing no opportunity to possess themselves
pedigreed horses suitable to become the sires of hi|
class hunters or cavalry mounts. That fact was ei
phasized by two incidents of the opening of the N
tional Horse Show at New York last Saturday.
One of the morning classes brought into the rii
three stallions suitable for getting polo ponies. Tl
blue ribbon was won handily by Mr. Allan Pinke
ton's chestnut stallion Booger Red. Of thoroughbr<
stock, this animal is believed to be the best poi
stallion in the world. He was bred in Texas, wi
foaled in 1905, and is the son of Rancocas and tl
grandson of Iroquois, famous racer owned by tl
late Mr. Pierre Lorillard, the only American-bre
horse that ever won the English Derby. Mr. Pinke
ton brought the stallion to the Garden from his st
bles at Islip, L. I., in a padded motor horse van an
was taking the winner away in the same vehicle s
soon as he had captured the blue trophy.
Before Booger Red could leave the scene of
triumph a businesslike little Japanese, who, it wt,
learned afterward, was an officer and agent of th
Mikado's army, approached Mr. Pinkerton and offere
him $7,500 for the stallion. The animal was wante
for a station which the Japanese have established i
Corea for the encouragement of breeding superio
cavalry mounts for their fighting men. That s
strong a bid was made for a polo stallion only tw
and a quarter inches above fourteen hands in heigh
was spoken of as evidence of the Japanese prefei
ence for small or medium sized mounts for thei
service.
Mr. Pinkerton refused the offer, as he had refus<
two years ago one from a British officer, who b:
$8,000 for the same thoroughbred stallion. Boogi
Red, until he was nine years old, was a speedy rai
and the winner in many a warm contest. He
then relegated to the stud.
Among those who were at the ringside studyini
this splendid animal attentively were Mr. Augus
Belmont, president of The Jockey Club, with Mrs
Belmont; Dr. J. O. Green, also of the Jockey Clui
and the veteran turfman and poloman, Mr. H. L
Herbert. All of these experts are taking a deep in
terest in studying the utility of the thoroughbrei
racehorse elsewhere than on the track, in his capac
ity either as saddle horse, polo pony, hunter or ofB
cer"s mount.
In the same class with Mr. Pinkerton's stallioi
had been entered as a competitor, and catalogued
as such, the bay stallion Christopher Columbus, sire(
by one of the most famous polo ponies in England
Messrs. Harry T. Peters, Russell Grace, Allan Pin
kerton and Horace Havemeyer had combined to ob
tain Christopher Columbus and bring him to thii
country in time for the show, and he was expected
to create a sensation. When this entry failed tc
appear in the competition inquiry revealed the fad
that the British government had intervened at the
last moment and had refused to permit the exports*
tion from that country of an animal so valuable as
a sire of army mounts.
The two episodes serve to illustrate how jealously
the military Powers are now conserving their own
best equine stock and how keenly some of them are
alert to the possibility of assimilating the best Amer-
ica has to offer.
In the competition for the Biltmore Challenge Cup,
a gold trophy valued at $250, for the best saddle
horse, the mare Sceptre, owned and ridden by Mrs;
Robert Todd, was the winner.
Saddle Horses Sell Well in New York.
The first auction sale of saddle horses in New
York since last spring was held at the Durland Rid-
ing Academy on Oct. 31st when 18 head of Kentucky^
bred horses owned by S. T. Harbinson & Co. wera
disposed of. The bidding on the best specimens was
spirited. The 18 head brought $8,515, an average of-
over $470. Cozzette, a chestnut mare, went to W. A.,
McGibbon at $925; Play Wright, a chestnut gelding,
to Charles Butler at $875; Ime Broke, a bay gelding,
to J. J. Dwyer at $850; Seagoing, a bay gelding, to.
L. E. Waring at $700; Breeze, a brown gelding, to
Sal Frank at $600; Blue Stocking, a bay mare, to
B. L. Belt at $420, and Annie Farral, a bay mare, to
J. Deegan at $435.
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The registration of all horses that race on associ-
ation tracks is being advocated again by some of the
turf journals. This paper advocated this years ago,
and such a measure is in force in Australia and New
Zealand at the present time. There are no require-
ments except that the name and full description of
the horse, with his pedigree so far as known, must
be given and registered before the horse can start*
in any race on an association track. Such a rule
would not only serve to identify every horse but it-
would result in making pedigrees easier to trace*
than they now are. Only a small fee should be retij
quired, but registration for racing purposes should!
be compulsory.
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It looks as if those two grand sons of McKinneyJ
Wilbur Lou and Kinney de Lopez, are about as good!
at siring early and extreme speed as any young stal-
lions in the country. And their opportunities have"
been limited at that.
Saturday, November 18, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Notes and News
Those Hemet Stock Farm colts are certainly step-
ping some at Phoenix.
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McKinney 2:11% is now the sire of seventeen
trotters in the 2:10 list.
Nancy Hanks 2:04 has produced two 2:10 trotters
and has a daughter that has produced one.
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The Phoenix meeting closes today. This will wind
up the harness racing season of 1916.
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Up to Friday Will Durfee had won two $1000
purses and got second money in another at the Phoe-
nix races.
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Tom Gahagan, the well known turf writer, is now
in the employ of the Houghton Sulky Co. of Marion,
Ohio.
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The new 2:10 trotters numbered 84 for 1916 up to
the first week in November, and the season is not
entirely over yet.
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None of the youngsters raised at Patchen Wilkes
Farm will be sold at auction this year, but there are
130 listed for sale in a pamphlet recently published.
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Sidney Dillon now has nine 2:10 trotters to his
credit. Zoe Dillon 2:08 is the latest addition to the
list. Her dam is by Rex Americus.
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Nervolo Belle, dam of three two-year-old 2:10 trot-
ters, is in a class by herself. She is also the dam of
two three-year-old trotters that have records below
2:05.
Conundrum: If Arthur Caton Thomas is the
Houghton Owl what is Tom Gahagan? — [American
Horse Breeder.
Can't classify him exactly, but he is some live bird.
Only 16 days will elapse until the $2500 Pacific
Breeders' Futurity will close for the nomination of
mares bred this year. Don't miss making a nomina-
tion in this stake.
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Must have been an English cockney that sent out
the report of the filly by Wilbur Lou breaking the
world's record for yearling fillies at Phoenix last
Tuesday. Her name is Hemet Queen, but all the
daily papers had it Emmet Queen.
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Clarence Berry, C. A. Durfee, Fred Ward, Chas.
DeRyder, C. A. Spencer, W. G. Durfee, W. Smith,
Elmo Montgomery, E. R. Finley, William Best, Ted
Bunch, Ben Walker and others made up quite a con-
tingent from California at the Phoenix races this
week.
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Ben Corbitt Jr. looks like one of the good pros-
pects for 1917. He is owned by Blosser & Finley of
Santa Maria, California and is a much better pacer
now than he showed at the opening of the season in
California. In the hands of young Finley he has won
.two races, was second twice, third once and fourth
*once out of six starts and is still eligible to the
2:10 class. He won a heat at Fresno in 2:07% and
one at Phoenix this week in 2:06% but they were not
in winning races. He is a nine-year-old gelding and
one of the "old fashioned" breeding. His sire was
Ben Corbitt 2:21, son of William Corbitt and a mare
by A. W. Richmond. The second dam of Ben Corbitt
was by the thoroughbred Ben Wade, son of Wood-
burn. William Corbitt was by Arthurton out of Lady
Signal by Signal 3327. The dam of Ben Corbitt Jr.
is Miss Thompson by Thompson 2:14%, a son of
Boodle 2:12%, he by Stranger that was a son of the
famous champion Goldsmith Maid 2:14.
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We have received the catalogue of the Old Glory
Sale which has 765 horses listed. We notice that the
blood of California horses is conspicuous all through
the catalogue, although there are no horses consigned
from this State. No. 535 in the list is a four-year-old
mare that would have sold for a good figure in this
State a few years ago on her breeding alone. She
is by Peter the Great, out of the producing mare
Hattie Fowler by Robin 2:22%, second dam Maud
Fowler 2:21%, dam of Sonoma Girl 2:04%, etc., by
Anteeo 2:16%, third dam the great brood mare Eve-
line, dam of 5, by Nutwood 2:18%. The catalogue
states that this is a handsome mare. Wonder what
she will bring? Others that are well known here
and have been consigned to this sale are Anselila
(1) 2:17%, world's champion yearling trotting filly.
now two years old, by Prince Ansel, Kid Cupid
2:08% by Cupid, Josie Ansel 2:14 by Prince Ansel,
and Miss Griffith 2:14% by Bonnie Direct. The Old
Glory Sale will open at Madison Square Garden, New
York, on Monday next, and should furnish a fair
appraisement of the values of trotting bred horses
in the United States at the present time.
The 2:07 pace at Phoenix last Wednesday resulted
in a red-hot contest and was won by Elmo Montgom-
ery's Lock Logan, although Ben Corbitt Jr. driven by
Finley won the third and fastest heat of the race.
Lock Logan won the first and second heats in 2:07%
and 2:07%, with the ten-year-old stallion Teddy Bear
second each time. In the final heat Ben Corbitt Jr.
took Lock Logan's measure in 2:06%, which is the
fastest heat this son of Corbett has paced and is a
new record for him.
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Mr. J. T. Wilson, recently of Medford, Oregon,
where he has been engaged during the past year in
the automobile business, -is in California on a visit
and will probably remain here during the winter.
Mr. Wilson was formerly prominent as a trainer of
trotters and pacers and a few years ago campaigned
a string through the northwest. He trained and drove
Indian Hal 2:10%, McAlzo 2:21% and several colts
by R. Ambush. If a California circuit were announced
by January 1st, vve should expect to see Mr. Wilson
back in the game again.
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Chas. T. Silva, owner of the Woodland Fair
Grounds and race track, has cleared out the infield
of the mile track and has the surveyors at work
laying out a half mile track. It is so planned that
none of the fine oak trees in the infield will be dis-
turbed, and few changes are contemplated in the
first turn. The grand stand will remain where it is,
and no race track in the country will have a stand
that affords a better view of the races. Lon Daniels
has the Silva horses stabled there for the winter and
will probably have a few two-year-olds by Teddy Bear
2:05 to begin on in the spring. There is a colt by
this horse out of a Zombro mare that looks like
"the goods."
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SUMMARIES.
The official reports of the Phoenix meeting which
opened last Tuesday will not be received until next
week, but reports of the races for the first three
days of the meeting are here given as sent by the
press despatches:
Tuesday, Nov. 14.
2:12 trot, purse $1000:
The Proof , (C. Spencer) 2 1 1
Esperanza (W. G. Durfee) 14 2
Allie Lou (F. Ward) 3 3 3
Columbia T (Smith) 4 2 4
Time— 2:08%, 2:10%, 2:09%.
Two-year-old trot, purse $500 — Won in two straight
heats by Belzebola, DeRyder driving, in 2:27, 2:17%.
Dr. Davidson second, Slats third.
2:20 pace, purse $1000 — Won by Zombrino, Bunch
driving. Time— 2:11%, 2:12, 2:11. May Dell second.
Gay Tommy third
Two-year-old pace, purse $500 — Won by Miss Cheat-
ham, Cheatham driving, in two straight heats. Time —
2:30%, 3:28. George D. second and Bill third.
Wednesday, Nov. 15.
Three-year-old pace, purse $500, best 2 in 3 heats:
Pine Knot (Carmen) 1 1
Lelia Mack (Wheat) 2 3
Little Marguerite (Yore) 3 2
Lady Leland (McNab) 4 4
Time— 2:27 1-2, 2:32 1-4
2:07 pace, purse $1000, 3 heats, every heat a race:
Lock Logan, br g by Zolock. .(Montgomery) 112
Ben Corbitt Jr (Finley) 3 3 1
Teddy Bear (Smith) 2 2 4
Rayo de Oro (Durfee) 4 4 3
Zomar (Walker) 5 5 5
Time— 2:07 1-4, 2:07 1-4, 2:06 3-4
THE PROOF, A WINNER AT PHOENIX.
The Proof furnished a surprise on the opening day
of the Arizona State Fair when Charley Spencer
landed him a winner over Will Durfee's Esperanza
after that mare had won the first heat in 2:08%.
The Proof took the next two heats in 2:10% and
2:09%. Allie Lou, driven by Ward, was third in
each heat, and Columbia T. driven by Smith was
second in the second heat and fourth in the other
two. All races at Phoenix were on the three heat
plan.
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Mr. Charles Hubbard, of Riverside, Fresno county,
is still breeding a few standard breds, although he
has been breeding mules principally during the past
few years. Mr. Hubbard states that he has a couple
of fine mares that he purchased at one of the Warlow
sales that fie intends doing something with, but will
not race them. He owns the standard bred stallion
Don McKinney 59001 but breeds him to very few
outside mares. Mr. Hubbard is still interested in
trotting horses even though he does not race them.
"They say" that the line of march for 1917 for the
trotters and pacers in California will be about as
follows: Pleasanton, Santa Rosa, Dixon. Woodland,
Sacramento, Stockton, Fresno, Hanford, Bakersfield,
Ventura, Riverside, Phoenix. That's an even dozen
and will furnish three months' racing. With a little
energetic work three or four more tracks could be
drawn into the circuit. What's the matter with
Salinas, San Jose, Petaluma, Marysville and Newman
getting into the game? There is a good track and
grounds at all of them.
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Thos. F. Pollock, of Flagstaff, Arizona, and owner
of the three-year-old Miss Axworthy Dillon, has been
very successful at the Arizona Fair. His horses won
three races on Wednesday, Pineknot by Dean Hall
winning the three-year-old pace, Bellzebola by Redlac
the 2:25 trot, and Mona Hall by Dean Hall the two-
year-old trot. Chas. DeRyder has been driving some
of his horses although Mr. Pollock's regular trainer,
Carmen, is up behind a majority of them.
2:25 trot, purse $1000, 3 heats, every heat a race:
Bellzebola, br rn by Redlac (DeRyder) 112
Lillian Van (Best) 3 2 1
Meridian Jr (Carmen) 2 3 d
Miss Delia (Selman) 4 4 d
Alice E. (Evans) d
Fred Mc (Walker) d
Time— 2:16 1-2, 2:17, 2:11 1-2.
Two-year-old trot, purse $1000, 2 out of 3:
Mona Hall, b m (Carmen) 1 1
Arizona Duchess (Selman) 2 2
Lady Direct (McNab) 3 3
Butcher Boy (Yore) 4 4
Time— 2:57, 2:54.
Thursday, Nov. 16.
2:09 trot, purse $1000:
Esperanza, b m (W. G. Durfee) 111
The Proof, b s (C. A. Spencer) 2 2 2
Vallejo King (Thomas Smith) 3 3 3
Columbia T (W. S. Smith) 4 4 4
Time— 2:09%, 2:07%, 2:07%.
2:12 .pace, purse $1000:
Zombrino (Bunch) 111
Hal Logan (J. E. Montgomery) 2 2 2
Mona Ansel (Finley) 3 3 3
Ellen Douglas, b m (Carmen) 4 4 4
Time— 2:07%, 2:07, 2:06%.
2:18 trot, purse $1000:
The Lark (W. G. Durfee) 114
Zolock Zar (Marsh Thompson) 3 3 1
Don de Lopez, b g (F. E. Ward) 2 2 2
Sadie View (DeRyder) 4 4 3
Time— 2:11%, 2:11%, 2:12%.
Ted Bunch is keeping up his lick with the pacer
Zombrino. He won the 2:20 pace, purse $1000, on
the opening day of the Arizona State Fair at Phoenix
with this son of Zombro. The time was 2:11%, 2:12
and 2:11. On Thursday Zombrino won the 2:12 pace
in straight heats in 2:07%. 2:07 and 2:06% and
paced the last half of one heat in 1:00 flat.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, November 18, 1916.
WHY FISHES SPROUT FROM THE EARTH.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
Oakland Professor Explains Freak Happening at
Tulare. — Other Cases on Record.
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
Great Year for Hatchery. — Prank A. Shebley of the
Fish and Game Commission's hatchery department
has gone to Independence, where he will take charge
of the salvaging operations after the big Southern
California hatchery is completed.
Shebley has had a wonderful experience in fish cul-
tural work in California, and considers the Oak Creek
plant certain to prove one of the State's greatest
assets, as his repeated examinations have convinced
him that not only is every condition there favorable
for fish rearing, but the supply of rainbow trout eggs
in the Rae lakes, only five and one-half hours above
by the new trail, is beyond even the vast plans for
this establishment's future work in restocking the
Southern California streams to ■something approach-
ing their capacity.
One of the men drowned in Bear Lake last week
was Willis F. Weismore, the man who built the Bear
Valley dam, and probably knew more about it than
any other, possibly excepting John S. Eastwood, who
designed it. Weismore built most of the cabins in
Bear Valley and had many more in prospect. He was
a lifelong sportsman, an artisan of rare ability and
most unusual taste. The Japanese villa of H. H.
Garstin on Tamarack Island was one of the latest
tributes to Weismore's constructive genius, the Jap-
anese theme being as faithfully worked out as if
planned and executed by an oriental. All who knew
Weismore are at a loss to imagine how of all men
such a rare combination of energy and resourceful-
ness should have met his untimely end in such a
manner.
SO
Reduce Limit on Trout. — The Multnomah Anglers'
Club went on record at its last meeting as being in
favor of cutting the one day's limit on trout from
seventy-five to thirty-five. Notwithstanding the fact
that more trout are being planted every season, lov-
ers of trout fishing see that the sport is gradually
declining, owing to the fact of the limit being so
large and to the numerous power plants erected
which kill the fish. The two power plants on the
Clackamas river, one at River Mills and the other
at Cazadero, slaughter many trout. Power plants
also cause the rivers to raise and lower very suddenly
because' at different times of the day they use more
water. Many small trout are left stranded on the
banks where they die. Through the club's president,
Dr. Earl C. McFarland, steps will be taken to have
the matter brought up at the next meeting of the
Oregon Sportsmen's League, to be held in Portland
in December. Should this powerful organization
view the subject in the same light, there should be
no trouble in introducing and passing a bill which
will prevent the depletion of the trout in the future.
Portland, Ore. HIGHLANDER.
SO
Southern Fly-Casting. — Fly and bait casters of the
Southern California Rod and Reel Club's auxiliary
gathered at the Eastlake Pars casting grounds Sun-
day and two complete programs were participated in.
The May tourney was held at this time on account
of the trout season opening on May 1 and all casters
would rather hunt for the speckled beauties than
cast.
John Low won the special 2^-ounce handicap
event with a heave of 117 feet average. King had
the best throw in this event, which was 226 feet 3
inches.
Oscar Lane is said to have equaled the world's
record for the half-ounce distance bait event. He
had an average of 209 feet 3 inches, while the world's
mark he equaled was 225 feet 3 inches for a single
cast. The summary:
May Events.
Heavy tackle dry fly accuracy — Kennedy 99 4-5;
Van Horn 99 ; Low 99 1-5.
Heavy tackle flly accuracy — Kennedy 99 11-15, Van
Horn 99 1-5, Low 98 5-15.
Heavy tackle distance fly — Kennedy 92, Van Horn
79.6, Low 79.
Half-ounce distance bait — Kennedy 98, Lane 97.5,
Baker 96.9, Lenarth 96.5, Perkins 96.5, Van Horn
95.7, Richey 94.6, Kling 94.3, Roome 94, Borngrebe
91.6, Low 90.3.
Half-ounce distance bait — Lane 209.30, Kennedy
180.40, Perkins 179.60, Baker 160.60, Low 111.30,
Kling 98.36, Borngrebe 90.11, Roome 75.10, Van Horn
58.10, Lenarth 55.00. Longest single cast, Lane 225.3
feet.
Two and one-half ounce distance bait — Baker
218.70, Perkins 192.00, Cerciat 188.11, Roome 174.70,
Low 170.40, Lane 157.00, Kling 153.50, Borngrebe
46.00. Longest single cast — Perkins, 258 feet.
Two and one-half ounce surf distance handicap —
Low 177, Kling 175.50, Lane 168.11, Baker 147.20,
Borngrebe 116.20. Van Horn 110, Lenarth 102.10,
Roome 71.60. Longest single cast — Kling. 226.3 feet.
November Events.
■■• tackle dry fly accuracy — Kennedy 90, Van
Horn 97 3-5, Low 95 4-5.
Heavy tackle fly accuracy — Kennedy 99 11-15, Van
Horn 99 3-15, Low 98 8-15.
Heavy tackle fly distance — Kennedy 90, Low 77.6,
Van Horn 74.9.
Half-ounce accuracy bait — Lane 98.5, Kennedy
97.5, Perkins 97.1, Lenarth 96.6. Baker 96.5, Richey
95.6, Borngrebe 93.8, Roome 93.4, Van Horn 93, Low
91.5.
Half-ounce distance bait — Kennedy 202.3, Lane 193,
Baker 154.2, Lenarth 151.6, Low 133.2, Perkins 131.1,
Van Horn 66.5, Borngrebe 50, Kling 43.1.
Longest single cast — Kennedy, 220.6 feet.
Two and one-half ounce distance bait — Perkins
249.2, Baker 179.3, Low 130.1, Borngrebe 127.8, Lane
120.6, Roome 116.1, Creciat 96.3, Kling 25.6. Longest
single cast — Perkins, 261 feet.
Two and one-half ounce distance handicap — Born-
grebe 205.7, Kling 199, Low 152.5, Baker 145.6, Lane
127.1, Van Horn 122, Perkins 109.5, Lenarth 38.2.
Longest single cast — Kling, 229.7.
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Effects of Snake Bite. — Examine the finest cambric
needle under a high power microscope and its point
will look rough and blunt. A snake's fang similarly
inspected appears perfectly smooth and sharp. In
each fang is a groove which connects by a tube with
a sort of bag — the poison gland — just beneath the
eye. When the snake strikes a muscular contraction
simultaneously forces the venom out of the bag
through the tube and along the groove into the flesh
of the person attacked. Snake poison, generally
speaking, has two effects. It destroys in some mys-
terious way the fibrin of the blood, thereby causing
the latter to behave as if diluted and to filter through
the walls of the veins and arteries. In addition, it
paralyzes the nerve centers and so affects the heart,
sometimes bringing death by suffocation.
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TWO ANGLERS.
A barefoot boy,
A white birch pole;
A can of worms,
A swimmin' hole,
A baited hook,
A tug and swish;
A steady haul,
A string of fish.
A white duck suit,
A canvas boat;
A costly rod,
A patent float,
A gaudy fly,
A dash and swish;
A pretty sight,
But nary fish!
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King Seal Winner. — The King still lives and rules.
On the throne of Seal Rocks, surrounded by his
many subjects, one night last week sat Bill Taft,
king of seals, after he had vanquished an ambitious
rival in a combat which continued all afternoon and
into the night.
On the beach, washed in by the tide, lay the
carcass of the invader.
Visitors at the Cliff House and beach saw a fierce
fight start between King Taft and the latest pre-
tender to the throne. Several seals, springing to the
defense of the king, were killed by the interloper.
Just as the gray fog began to roll in King Taft
vanquished his opponent. With a mighty roar King
Taft made his way to the throne and bellowed a rau-
cous challenge for further combat. But the ambi-
tious aspirant for regal honors lay dead on the beach
and there was none to say King Taft nay.
SO
The Novice in Trapshooting. — A very important
thought in connection with giving a beginner his first
lesson in trapshooting is placing in his hands a gun
which, as near as conditions will permit, fits him.
If he brings his own gun, assuming that his gun-
ning experience ends with the field, it in all probabil-
ity will be found, owing to stock measurements, to
be useless as a target-breaker.
Then, in all fairness to the novice, a trap gun
should be borrowed, but instead of a "hit-or-miss"
selection, the shooters should be carefully looked
over until one is found as near the build of our
friend as may be. Thus equipped, the beginner has
a fair start, and, watched carefully against bad posi-
tion habits, will quickly settle into the proper swing,
which will carry with it a confidence that must
eventually spell mastery.
If a new shooter enters your ranks, don't let him
fight it out alone. If he lifts his gun as if it weighed
a ton, and bends back at an angle of 45 degrees, it
is your cue as a sportsman to step forward and ask
if you may presume to offer him a little advice based
on your own experience, and, nine times out of ten,
you will find you have made a friend for life, for
such are the refinements of the sport.
Balanced well on both feet, body inclined slightly
forward of the perpendicular, with butt-plate of the
gun well inside of the shoulder joint, your new friend
is headed in the right direction, and you will soon
see him breaking targets with creditable consistency.
He has yet much to learn, and volumes which cannot
be taught, but must be automatically absorbed
through personal experience and those corresponding
factors, cause and effect.— [By "Trapshooter.l
In the news dispatches of Oct. 27, under the title:
"Lave Fish Hurled from Bowels of Earth by Quake-
Sprung Well at Spa," I read:
"Tulare, Oct. 26. — Earth shocks of Sunday night
are believed to have developed a freak well" in the
Spa district south of here, according to C. A. Peairs,
dairy inspector for this county, who returned from
that section today.
According to Peairs' story, within a few hours
after the quakes an artesian well, which has a depth
of 1200 feet, began to spout live fish and this strange
geyser has continued intermittently since that day.
The fish are from two to ten inches in length, and
aside from the fact that they are blind closely resem-
ble the common lake trout.
In connection with this fact, I am pleased to ex-
tract from the manuscript of my work, "Causes of
Earthquakes," the following illustrative pieces:
Volcanoes and geysers sometimes do wonderful
things. There are instances on record where fishes
mixed with mud were thrown up from them. An
erudite Japanese writer, by the name of Tit-Singh,
relates that in the year 1793 a volcano on the island
of Kiu-Shu threw up in the air in a few hours, an
enormous quantity of fish, mingled with torrents of
muddy stuffs.
This strange phenomenon is probably due to some
free passages existing between the crater of a geyser
or a volcano and some subterranean lakes hidden in
their flanks just at the time when the force of impul-
sion from below constrains the muddy waters of
those lakes to overflow. The same might also explain
the queer mixture of large quantities of fish, water
and mud, belched forth by the volcano Cotopaxi (Ec-
uador) and other American volcanoes.
This explanation becomes the more plausible if
we consider that the animal species which is thus
forcibly expelled during certain eruptions, is the only
one able to live in the high or subterranean lakes
which, during the process of secular percolation,
have been formed along our mountain ranges, espe-
cially in the Cordilleras of the Andes.
These fish, charged with electricity, are eyeless
and* belong to the class of the Silurids, and are also
known to the zoologists as "Pimelodes of the Cy-
clops."
Fish eruptions are, after all, not so very rare.
Humboldt relates that the Cotopaxi, during the ter-
rific eruptions of 1741 emitted such quantities of
these pimelodes over the surrounding fields, that
their decaying bodies poisoned the very air.
Towards the end of the eighteenth century, the
town of Iburra was decimated by an infectious dis-
ease, caused by the miasmata emanating from enor-
mous quantities of decomposing pimelodes erupted
*by a neighboring volcano.
The waters of the famous Mammoth Cave of Ed-
monton county, Kentucky (the most imposing grotto
in the world) are also inhabited by various species
of blind fish called "Siredons," "Ablyopsis Spelaeus,"
etc. But the most peculiar among those eyeless
animals are the "Ciprynodonts" which quietly pass
their long lives in the sombre waters of the sub-
terraneous river Styx of that wonderful cave.
In these blind fish the sense of sight has been re-
placed by such a delicate sense of hearing that they
perceive the least movement occurring in their
watery environment, and in their gloomy abode they
gradually lose their scaly colors and become very
pale.
Now, returning to the aforesaid earthquake, hap-
pening on Oct. 22 in the Spa district (Tulare county),
I will add that it was due to the sun-spots produced
by the conjunction of Jupiter with Mercury, which
occurred October 8.
And, according to my theory, the very powerful
electro-magnetic energy generated by this predom-
inant planetary phenomenon has been the principal
cause for the production of the severe hurricanes,
earthquakes and the exceptionally heavy storms
which on October 22-23 occurred respectively in the
southeastern sections of the United States and over
the Great Lakes, as I forecasted a month in advance.
And the same energy will yet be the direct cause
for the production of some other storms and earth-
quakes, which will occur during November. — Prof.
Albert F. Porter, Oakland Enquirer.
SO
Raising Wild Ducks for Market. — On October 20th
mallard ducks were placed on sale in two stores in
Minneapolis, Minn., and those fond of roasted duck
could buy one of these birds for about the same price
as it costs for a resident small game hunting license
in that state. The ducks placed on sale were reared
on C. D. Velie's game-breeding farm at Maxwell's
Bay, Lake Minnetonka. Mr. Velie, it is said, obtained
permission from the state game warden to place 150
ducks on sale to determine how much of a demand
there was for them, and if the sale warranted such
a movement, the various game protective associa-
tions of the state will attempt to have a law enacted
at the next session of the state legislature permitting
farmers and others to raise ducks and other game
birds and, under certain restrictions, place them on
the market. How great the demand was for the
birds that were placed on the market by Mr. Velie
we have not learned, but we presume it was sufficient
to encourage the passage of the law mentioned above.
— American Field.
aturday, November 18, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
CALIFORNIA RIFLE TEAM IS HOME.
oach Tells of Good Marksmanship of Civilians in
National Matches.
3y E. C. Crossman, Team Coach California Civilian
Rifle Team.]
With their vests and hats bulging under the strain
the occasion, the members of the championship
alifornia civilian rifle team are straying back to
alifornia from their clean-up at Jacksonville, Fla.,
le last week in October. From their belts dangle
le scalps of every other civilian rifle team entered
i the government national rifle matches — twenty-
iur such aggregations — and of twenty-three state
ilitia teams into the bargain.
Behind them via freight comes the beautiful and
istoric "Soldier of Marathon" trophy, a magnificent
ronze figure that has been in competition for the
flemen of this country since 1876. The bronze is
reclining figure about three feet long on a heavy
edestal, one of the Greeks who turned back the tide
f Asiatic invasion at the battle of that name.
Three great trophies are awarded to the winning
jams in each class at the great government rifle
latches to be held for one year by the teams landing
mm. They are "The National Trophy," a massive
fcnze plaque showing Mars holding in leash the
ogs of war, given to the highest team at the shoot;
le "Hilton Trophy," for the winning team in class
I, and the "Soldier of Marathon" for the high team
1 class C. Ordinarily, before the intrusion of the
estiferous civilion into the national matches, the
iree classes contained roughly fifteen teams in
ach, all militia, and the classification determined
y the showing in the matches of the previous year.
This year the State militia and the national serv-
:e teams, such as the Marine Corps, were put in
lasses A and B, and the civilians, from whom little
'as expected, were put in class C.
Upon which a number of civilian rifle teams, such
s the California civilian and the. District of Colum-
ia civilian, proceeded to shoot so well that they
limbed out of class C, across class B, and into class
the fifteen supposed strongest rifle teams in this
ountry.
Hence the straight-shooting California men won the
rophy. for class C.
Next year the California civilian team will have
j fire in class A, and to win a trophy will have to
eat the strongest teams in the country and take the
National Trophy," the others being now denied to
laem because of their higher classification.
The members of the team were awarded "National
'rophy" medals, replicas of the handsome "National
"rophy," for landing in class A, and the members
naking the picked united service team, the sixteen
est shots of all the civilian teams, will be given
landsome medals for making their places on this
tar aggregation.
■These men include Col. T. F. Cooke (team ad ju-
ant), E. C. Crossman (team coach), A. L. Thomson,
)r. L. Felsenthal, H. C. March, C. T. Blanck, C. W.
Jnder, E. C. Price, G. Frahm and C. F. Williams.
; The Californians are extremely well satisfied with .
heir showing in the great shoot, particularly in view
>f the fact that they were picked from only two rifle
|ilubs in this State, the Los Angeles Rifle and Re-
volver Club and the Olympic Club of San Francisco,
nd were without opportunity for practice over the
lew course and without acquaintance and team work
letween the pairs firing.
Out-shooting in the great team match, for which
hey were sent East, every other civilian State rifle
earn, they beat all but eight of the militia teams into
he bargain, losing only to the crack organizations
the great Eastern States, such as New York, Penn-
Ivania, Indiana and New Jersey. Until the last
r fired the westerners stood in third place, and
■y the momentary loss of judgment on the part of
Wtchard of San Francisco, when he scored a miss
or his first shot at 1000, put the team down to ninth.
Not until his eighth shot kicked up a dust on the
iutt below the far-off paper did he or his agonized
.eam-mates have the slightest idea where his bullets
vere going. Then to prove his nerve, he ran out
itraight bullseyes from the shot that glanced from
.he butt into the paper. The slide of Pritchard was
uifortunate, but even then he put on enough com-
fortably to defeat the nearest civilian rifle team.
March of Los Angeles pulled the same sort of bone-
lead play, finding the paper for a "three" barely on
:he edge of his third shot, and then because of failure
.0 change his sights sufficiently to put his next shot
nto the bull, sliding off the paper again for another
niss the next shot. It was this sort of work that
sounteracted the magnificent and consistent shooting
)f the rest of the team, shooting that caused aston-
shed militia team members to gather round the
California score board. '
[ The California civilians defeated -the California
National Guard team about forty points. The guard
loys shot their 1000 yard scores the day before the
! remainder of the teams fired theirs, and under prob-
ibly worse conditions, but the defeat by the Califor-
nia civilians was at the 600 and 200 yard stages and
aot at the 1000 range, which was the only difference
in the conditions under which the two teams fired.
The place won by the civilian team, ninth, is the
lighest ever won by a team from the State of Cali-
lornia, and was also made in competition with more
:eams than ever before attended a national match.
The 1916 matches opened a new chapter in the his-
tory of rifle-shooting America. For the first time —
under an act of Congress — the government allowed
teams of civilian riflemen affiliated with the National
Rifle Association to compete in the national matches,
and it paid, the railroad fare and the Pullman trans-
portation of these teams in the bargain. At the great
shoot it furnished free rifles to all comers, free pis-
tols, and unlimited ammunition for both arms, with
ample opportunity for practice. All the great indi-
vidual and team matches were opened to the civilians
without a cent entry fee — and well did the civilians
take advantage of the chance. Many such a shooter
heaved a long sigh of satisfaction and declared that
for the first time in his life he'd gotten all the shoot-
ing he wanted. Eight hundred thousand cartridges
were furnished by the government and burned up by
the riflemen.
The act of Congress, the first step toward a sane
Swiss system of training civilians to be riflemen and
potential soldiers, opens up the horizon to the humble
civilian rifle shot. Heretofore confined to plodding
along on his own range at his own expense, or little
trips to other ranges at his own expense, he is now
encouraged by the sight of the rainbow, at Itfie other
end of which lies a free trip to the greatest rifle
matches in the world — and which he can attain by
nothing more than becoming skillful with the rifle.
The California men, not only champions of the
civilian teams of the United States, return with the
satisfaction of knowing that eight of their number
were in the first thirty-five men in the grand aggre-
gate of all the individual matches fired at the big
shoot, that one of their number, Thomson of Los
Angeles, won fourth in the national individual out
of 933 men firing, that some of them were in the first
fifty men in each match, and that they landed the
majority of the places and two out of the three offi-
cers of the picked United Service team. No previous
California team, militia or otherwise, has ever won
the high places taken by the California civilian rifle
team, an aggregation hastily picked from the two
strong California clubs, and most of the men without
an hour's military experience.
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Night Trap Shooting in Los Angeles. — The big
event for the shooters at the Los Angeles Gun Club
will take place on November 26, when the big turkey
shoot will be held. This shoot promises to attract
participants from all parts of the Southland.
On that day the shooters will be divided into four
classes — class A shooters will be handicapped 20
yards; class B, 19 yards; class C, 18 yards, and
class D, 16 yards. The program will consist of ten
15-bird events. Every time a shooter wins a turkey
he will be handicapped one yard.
Op the other hand, the participant who does not
get a turkey after he has shot in four events will be
given a yard. This plan will give every one a chance
to capture one or more of the birds.
Work will start on the new night shooting plant
at the L. A. Gun Club within the next few weeks and
by the first of the year night shooting programs will
be held. This will be the first night traps on the
Pacific coast. In the east these after dark shoots
have been trie"d out and have proved a big success.
Fred Teeples of the L. A. club is planning on stag-
ing a big program on the opening night of tlje traps
and will'invite shooters from all parts.
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Green Lake Club. — The special practice shoot given
by the Green Lake Gun Club on November 5th
brought out a record crowd for this season of the
year, thirty shooters taking part in the program at
the north end grounds.
Dr. C. L. Templeton turned in the high score for
the day with 47 out of 50, while L. S. Barnes, I. M.
Fisher and W. C. Smith tied for second place with
45. Tom Wilkes, with 44, landed in third place. In
the 100-target event, Tom Wilkes, with 91, marked up
the high score, with Dr. Templeton, D. Rhodes and
C. E. McKelvey landing in the order named.
Plans are well under way and practically all ar-
rangements have been made for the big Thanksgiv-
ing turkey gHoot, to be staged by the Green Lake
Club Sunday, November 26th, and from present in-
dications all records for attendance will be broken
at this event.
The shoot marked the last appearance among the
squads of Mr. Smith, secretary of the club, who left
the following Wednesday for the south. Mr. L. S.
Barnes and G. A. Conklin, who have been assisting
Mr. Smith in his work, were chosen to continue the
management of affairs at the north end club. The
scores: —
At 50 Targets— Dr. C. L. Templeton 47, L. S. Barnes
45, *I. M. Fisher 45, W. C. Smith 45, Tom Wilkes 44,
E. K. Van Vleck 43, *George Hambright 43, Dr. King
43, Hi Follerich 42, C. E. McKelvey 41. *D. Rhodes
41, Dr. A. B. Kidd 41, C. W. Bandy 40, J. H. Temple-
ton 40, J. V. Hough 39, J. W. Geltz 39, M. A. Rosen-
field 38, Dr. J. F. Hill 38. E. R. McConnell 37, Dr.
S. W. Case 37, Howard Cosgrove 33, F. F. Gearhard
32, Dr. S.' W. Giffin 30, H. E. Gleason 29, George D.
Horst 24, C. A. Conklin 23, J. F. Rohowits 22, A. L.
Hall 18, C. Bedhome 3.
At 100 Targets— Tom Wilkes 91, Dr. C. L. Temple-
ton 88, *D. Rhodes 88, C. E. McKelvey 87, J. H. Tem-
pleton 78. ('Professional.)
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The International Trapshooting tournament of the
St. Thomas (Ont.) club will take place December
4th to 8th, inclusive.
THE PROPER WAY TO DRESS DECOYS.
Veteran Hunter Suggests Scheme to Make Artificial
Ducks Real Enough to Deceive Live Ones.
"After wild ducks get to pitching into decoys, they
soon find the difference between the live birds and
the artificial birds," said a veteran duck shooter and
pigeon shot.
"Don't you know, fellows," he went on to say, "this
thought struck me one day last year as I sat in my
duck boat waiting for a shot at a passing bird; why
not make the artificial decoys look more like the
real thing by attaching the wings of live birds to
the backs of the decoys. As no one wants the wings,
some good use should be made of them.
"Hunters the country over, will put out a setting
of stools — differently from the next man. Most of
them (the ones who know) get varying percentages
in efficiency. It is a topic that requires a lot of
study. Various schemes and contrivances have been
tried and discarded.
"The one that made use of a pulley at the heavy
duck anchor, with a line running through from the
duck, through pulley to boat, enabling the gunner
by short pulls to make the decoy dive and move
about, did fairly well, but it had the drawback of
unnaturalness.
"Again the judgment (invariably) of the man
pulling the cord was bad. He would pull and agitate
his decoy after he knew the wild birds had their
attention on the decoys. That's the time to sit tight
and quiet — stop calling. Everything you can do has
been done and a call too many or a pull at the decoy
may and has lots of times frightened away a flock
that was surely coming in.
"Then the modulation in the call means a lot.
Many men call too loud and many men will call just
as loud to ducks 200 yards away as they would if
. they were a thousand. Also they take no notice
whether the wind is none, medium, or heavy. The
same call has to do. This certainly reduces the
per cent of efficiency.
"Again your decoys may be set that ducks coming
in will alight either outside of the decoys or away
at and beyond the head stools. The good, safe rule
is to get your decoys distinctly to leeward of you
and place your head ones so- they will face abreast
of you on your right hand. Ducks coming in to
decoys so set will come closer, and if they sweep
through over the decoys will give you a much larger,
free and natural swing of the gun. Again, if they
desire to light, they will almost invariably do so in
the clear water immediately at the head of your
decoy flock. They will then be exactly in front of
you, not off at an angle.
"The method and work of attaching wings to wood
or cork decoys is very easy. Preparing the duck for
table, you pick up to the first joint on the wing, being
careful to leave all the long feathers on that you
can — these snuggle and help to cover the back and
fit together with the other wing. Join two of these
wings together, one each side of your decoy, having
extreme tips just meet at tail, and, take it from me,
you have something that looks natural.
"Your wings have two joints, the tip and the
second joint. Fasten to the decoy by small galvan-
ized wire staples, which, driven in close, bury in
the feathers and are invisible.
"Save your wings and fit out your decoys as you
can — every one that yo'u add to your flock will help,
and you will be much pleased with your added effi-
ciency. With care they will last a season, but new
ones are always available by saving the wings from
all birds shot." — Peter F. Carney.
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Turkey Shoot at Seattle. — Plans made at the club
house of the Seattle Trapshooters' Association on
Harbor Island call for an elaborate program for the
twenty-first annual Thanksgiving turkey shoot to be
held by the club on its grounds Sunday, November
26th.
Prizes will be in the form of fresh killed, corn-fed
Yakima turkeys and geese, and the shooter who does
not leave the grounds with a bird will, indeed, be
to blame, as there will be a sufficient number of
prizes to go the rounds of all contestants.
The program is formed of ten events, of ten tar-
gets each, and the entry will be a nominal sum giving
the shooter the greater odds in securing his Thanks-
giving bird with little cost.
A feature that will meet with the approval of the
"beginning shooters" and give them an even chance
with the "seasoned" bugs is the handicapping of a
shooter as soon as he has won a prize — be going back
from the firing line a distance of two yards, repeat-
ing the distance each time he may win a bird.
The program on that day is attracting many of the
old-time shooters who make the old Seattle club's
"turkeyfest" an annual reunion and the visitors to
the grounds will find many shooters whose names
are synonyms of early trapshooting days in Seattle.
Among the shooters who turned out on Sunday
was J. T. Robinson, this being the first time that
he had appeared on the grounds and showed up well.
J. B. Lewis came out for the second time this season
and made a good score.
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Trapshooting is growing with leaps and bounds.
It will grow just as fast as baseball if given the
some publicity. It is the cleanest of all pastimes —
and truly American.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, November 18, 19i
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Sportsmen's Row
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I—— —.|^11"»<I'<Hii|iiK^
Bill Sharpe, Colonel Dorsey and Fred K. Burnham
had fine sport "with the ducks at Live Oaks.
• e •
Variable returns are being gotten from quail shoot-
ers. Some have good luck, others fail to connect
■with the birds. All are 01 one opinion, however, as
regards the difficulty in reaching the toast tidbits.
The birds are very wild and are clinging to the heav-
iest brush. Fred Willits got eleven of the little birds
near Fresno.
• • •
Clarence Nauman and Newton Newstadter got a
good quail shoot at Watsonville.
• • •
J. Ginocchio is sponsor for the statement that can-
vasbacks and bluebills are plentiful on the upper
bay. He has been enjoying good sport with the
northerners near Sobrante.
• • •
Chas. G-. Werner has returned to the city from an
extended outing through the Tahoe and El Dorado
National Forest regions. He reports a splendid time
— the real typical West life of today, including a
variety of big game shooting and fishing. Amongst
other things he succeeded in getting several nice
bags of quail in Flacer's favorite recreation grounds.
• • •
At the first general meeting of the Spokane
(Wash.) Bait and Fly-Casting Club, G. B. Hunt was
elected president; Dr. D. A. Akin, vice-president, and
Robert Porter, secretary-treasurer. Dr. J. E. Drake
was named captain. H: B. Barrier, A. I. Buchecker
and C. L. withers were chosen to act with the club
officers as a board of trustees. By-laws and consti-
tution for the club were adopted and fifty charter
members admitted.
• • •
So far as we can ascertain, says Sportsman's Re-
view, Mrs. C. C. Crossman, of St. Louis, holds the
championship of revolver shooting — that is, inside
range shooting. Mrs. O. L. Garl has done some
splendid work with revolver at targets. Mrs. Ada
Schilling is among the noted revolver shots. Yet for
genuine "crack" shooting on aerial targets, Mrs. Ad.
Topperwein is quite unapproached.
• • •
After having been confined to his bed for the past
three weeks with a bad case of blood poison, J. How-
ard Smith of the Southern California Rod and Reel
Club is again able to get around with the aid of a
cane.
• • •
There are quite a number of trapshooters who
think that the Grand American Handicap would -be
an even bigger success than it is now if it were
alternated between the East and the Middle West.
Charley Newcomb, of Philadelphia, one of the stu-
dents of the game, believes the tournament would be
a great success in the East.
• • •
Lou Schroeder, Bob Valleau, H. P. Martine and
J. Harvey Jones, members of the Mud Hen Club at
Mount Eden, had excellent shooting last week. They
saw plenty of bluebills but the birds were so shy
that none were shot. Al Durney gathered the limit
on Sunday.
• • •
Charles W. Neale of Belvedere and a party of
friends had good sport in Chipman Slough. Fine
weather handicapped the shooters, and they had to
work hard for their good bags.
• • •
Frank Maskey and Captain du Bray enjoyed good
sport on the Maskey ponds.
• • •
Bob Murdoch and Bill Murdoch, Jacksnipe Club
members, enjoyed excellent sport.
• • •
Johnny Barr and Julian Esberg, with a friend, had
good shooting at the Roos ponds. All got limits.
• • •
Dr. W. F. Sharpe and a friend had good shooting
on Petaluma Creek Sunday.
• • •
Bill Arlett of Fresno reports the San Joaquin valley
shooting good. He brought down a limit Sunday.
• • •
Frederick K. Burnham of Martinez has postponed
his fishing expedition to Australia until after the
first of the year.
• • •
M. J. Connell, fish and game commissioner of
Southern California, was a visitor during the week.
He was the guest of President F. M. Newbert at a
shoot near Colusa and managed to get the limit and
get an idea of the abundance of game up here in the
north.
• • •
That was certainly some game hog they nabbed
down at Redwood City with over 400 ducks in his
possession. The game deputies have known for
some time that Ihe game has been shipped in in that
manner. The violator was given a stiff jail sentence
and fine and it is hoped that it will have the effect
o fstamping out such a practice of exterminating the
Hunting Poor in South. — Hunters still continue to
go out after game, but have very poor success. This
is due t othe fact that the rains have failed to come
during the past few weeks, and as a result no ducks
are coming down from the north to freshen up the
supply.
Of course there are some ducks in the Southland
now, but they are so wild that it is almost impossible
to shoot them. The ducks are feeding at night, and
in the day time, when they fly, the birds go about as
high as they possibly can and do not give the hunter
a chance to bag many.
The local gun clubs have had very poor hunting
during the past week — it has been the worst since
the opening of the duck, quail and rabbit season.
But the warm weather is expected to be followed
with rains, and this will bring the ducks in from the
north and again make the hunting excellent.
Many of the hunters are expecting better shooting
and will go out this week. Owen Council and party
of four will leave for a two-weeks trip through all
the hunting haunts around the Southland — Bakers-
field, Imperial, San Diego and many other places
where hunting is expected to be good will be visited.
Portland Club.— Dr. M. M. Bull, of Richland, Ore.,
formerly of Eugene, who was a well-known figure in
trapshooting circles throughout the Northwest for
several years, went out to the Everding Park traps
on November 5th for the first time in more than a
year. He was high among the amateurs with 90
per cent, the same mark recorded by Peter J. Holo-
han, a Portland professional.
Miss Gladys Reid was second amateur, just two
birds .below Dr. Bull. C. C. Kelly finished with 86
per cent, while Henry R. Everding, ex-president of
the Portland Gun Club, broke 84 out of 100. W. C.
Bristol, with his trusty 20-gauge scatter gun, smashed
70 per cent, with E. L. Clark breaking 68. Manager
H. A. Pollock tied C. N. Parker at 60 per cent.
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Vernon Club. — Stanton Bruner was in rare form
again Sunday and as a result captured the weekly
shoot at the Vernon Gun Club with a score of 47x50
breaks. George Puckett and Meek were second with
46x50 smashes to their credit. C. W. Fish and Pew
tied for third with 45x50 breaks.
George Puckett, who is manager of the Canadian
Indians shooting team, visited the Vernon club and
tied for second place with 46x50 breaks. Puckett
was a visitor in Southern- California last year and
at that time he shot at the Vernon club. He prob-
ably will remain here until after the registered shoot.
It was announced that the registered shoot at the
Vernon Gun Club would open next Sunday, continu-
ing through Monday and Tuesday. Sunday morning
will be practice, with five events of fifteen targets
each. In the afternoon a prize event will take place,
with 10? targets to be competed for.
A. W. Bruner and all the professionals who have
been in Arizona competing in the shoots in that
state will return in time to take part in the registered
tourney at Vernon. Trapshooting has been rather
dead for the past month, but the Vernon shoot is
expected to arouse much enthusiasm.
The complete scores of Sunday's shoot are as fol-
lows:—
Prize Practice
Namfe. Hdcp. Event . Event
George Puckett 15 46x50 66x75
S. A. Bruner 21 47x50 48x50
Meek 18 46x50 48x50
Pew 18 45x50 48x50
Greenbury 31x50
Munzhuber 22x25
Mrs. C. E. Groat 45x50
Melford 39x50
H. Groat 45x50
McAndrews 15x25
Bole 17 44x50 21x25
Fish 18 45x50
Mohler 18 42x50
Cornelius 18 44x50
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Los Angeles Club. — Shooters at the Los Angeles
Gun Club competed for the home trophy for the first
time, and a large crowd of participants turned out
on Sunday. About twenty-five shooters took part in
the event and some good scores resulted.
E. K. Mohler and C. W. Fish tied in the regular
event with 46x50 smashes to their credit. However,
in ihe shoot-off Mohler was the victor, with 23x25
breaks to Fish's 22x25. W. A. Hillis was third with
45x50.
C. Modina Wood created quite a sensation in the
practice event when he broke 97x100. He also
smashed 90x91 and followed this up with smashing
49x50. Previous to Sunday Wood's best score had
been 96x100 and he felt greatly encouraged over his
improvement. The scores:
"Take Home" Trophy Event, 50 targets — C. W.
Fish 46, E. K. Mohler 46, W. A. Cornelius 43, H. E.
Sargent 41, W. A. Hillis 45, P. O. Pool 43, Wm. Ken-
nedy 34, B. H. Carnahan 38, Dr. W. L. Cooper 37,
Geo. H. Melford 44, H. M. Gilliam 43, A. Pachmayr
42, A. Hartmann 34, F. Hartmann 32, R. C. Hartmann
41, M. D. Town 33, W. H. Brooks 33.
Practice Event— C. M. Wood 97x100, J. Matfield
71x75, R. C. Hartmann 64x75, B. H. Carnahan 64x75,
W. A. Cornelius 42x50, C. M. Wood 49x50, H. E.
Sargent 45x50, C. W. Fish 47x50, E. K. Mohler 47x50,
R. O. Pool 44x50, Wm. Kennedy 37x50, F. H. Teeple
21x25, J. P. Hopkins 20x25, R. C. Sullivan 20x25,
Dal Jeffries 10x25, C. A. Mace 19x25.
PEK1N HAS OLD CEMETERY FOR DOGS.
Elaborate Coffins and Marble Tombstones P
Departed Pets; Other Kennel News.
Everyone who owns dogs feels more or less tl
human sentiment which one feels on the loss of
friend when death ends their careers. The strong
of this feeling is shown in the "Dogs' Cemetery
which at all old country houses is a spot surroundi
by many tender memories of faithful eompanioi
who have departed for happy hunting-grounds. Tl
largest and best appointed animal cemetery in tl
world is undoubtedly that which still remains s
tached to the ruined Summer Palace in Pekin. Hei
says "Pearson's Weekly," repose, in coffins of pc
ished orris-wood elaborately carved, more than
thousand dogs, the defunct pets of former Empero:
of China.
The "tombstones" are of marble, but a certai
number are of agate, lapsi-lazuli, and ebony inla;
with silver. At the sacking of the Palace by tl
allied European troops in 1900, considerable loi
was obtained from this unique burial-place. Comir
nearer home, everybody has heard of the "Dog
Cemetery" situated behind the keeper's cottage |
Victoria Gate, Hyde Park. Here are interred son
two hundred dogs and about a dozen cats. Eac
grave is between two or three feet in depth, an
some contain as many as three dogs, each in ij
separate little coffin. The pets of all classes (
society are represented.
• • •
Jack Belnap of Oakland has a dog that can whi
tie. The dog, its owner acknowledges, is of no pa
tieular breed, but had the good fortune of being bor
with a hair lip. When it gets winded and blow
if its mouth be closed, the dog emits a very audibl
whistle. Belknap is trying to teach the dog to whl.
tie tunes, and if he succeeds he plans to put it o
the stage.
• •> •
Mrs. Anita Baldwin is planning to send a string <
dogs to the Westminster show in New York nej
February. Mrs. Baldwin has not as yet made sele<
tions of the dogs that will make the trip, the sho'
being too far off, but Failsworth White Knight, he
great English bulldog, is certain to go, and this prol
ably means that before returning to California tb
"Knight" will cross the Atlantic for a visit to his ol
home in England. Failsworth White Knight is no'
an American champion, having acquired his fini
points at the Venice show, and he lacks one poii
of being an international champion. This cam
about by the fact that when Mrs. Baldwin purchase
the dog he lacked one point of his English champioi
ship, and though Sam Crabtree, the original owne:
who bred the dog, tried to prevail upon Mrs. Baldwi
to leave him in England until he acquired the on
point, she was so enthusiastic over her purchas
that she insisted on having the dog sent over
once. When the "Knight" acquires the one point i
England he will be the only international champio
bulldog living.
• • •
Dr. Pilkington, the only champion bloodhound o
the Pacific Coast, owned by Harry F. Stuart, is goin
east to try his hand in the big leagues. The "doctor
will be shown at the big show in Chicago next montl
and altogether will remain in the East five or si
months. In anticipation of his leaving, Pilkingto;
was bred to San Francisco Lady. This will not b
the "doctor's" first experience in the big league!
Before he came West he won as a puppy in one
the notable shows at Madison Square Garden.
Big Traffic in Dogs. — On the last trip of the Celt!
to New York there was a consignment of dogs froi
the other side for fanciers in the United States.
Yorkshire terrier, a Pekingese and a wire-haired fo
terrier came to W. J. Taylor of New York, and tw
English bulldogs came over for Mr. Stewart, of Ch,
cago, who owns Strathtay Prince Albert, who not r
many years ago was given the prize for the best 0
all breeds at Westminster.
Officers of the White Star line say that there is |
big traffic in dogs to America, and one of the surpris
ing features of it all is the number of Borzois tha
are being shipped here. This is good news in a wa;
t othe fancy, as the Russian wolfhound needs a bit o
new blood to keep the game going.
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Skill in Trapshooting.— Obviously, the most impol
tant part of a trapshooter's equipment is a shotgun
and in this there is a wide range of choice, both a
to the type of arm and the cost.
Shotguns are divided into three principal classes
single-barrel, double-barrel, and the magazine -
pump gun. Prices range from $12 to $500. Howevei
a thoroughly good gun can be had for from $25 ti
$50.
Various other articles are used by shooters as I
matter of necessity or vanity. Your fully accoutre*!
shooter faces the traps with as elaborate an outfi
as is worn by- the star of the diamond or the knigl}
of the gridiron. He wears a shooting jacket ani
girdles himself with a belt and shell pouch;
gun is fitted with a hand protector and a recoil pa
special glasses of giant size protect his eyes fn
the sun's glare and ear protectors dull the repq
of the exploding shell.
Complete equipment is desirable, but after all,
is simple ability to get what is shot at that mak
the successful trapshooter.
Saturday, November 18, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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OUR PRESIDENTS GREAT FISHERMEN.
Grover Cleveland Was Leading Enthusiast of Rod
with Chester Alan Arthur Next.
Of the fourteen of the twenty-seven Presidents of
the United States regarded as good fishermen, next
to Grover Cleveland, probably the best-known angler
was Chester Alan Arthur.
Beyond doubt of these fourteen fishing Presi-
dents, which included George Washington, Martin
Van Buren, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Millard Pill-
more, Franklin Pierce, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew
Johnson, Ulysses Simpson Grant, James Abram Gar-
field, Chester Alan Arthur, GroVer Cleveland, Theo-
dore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft, Mr. Cleve-
land would be regarded as holding first place, Arthur
second place, and Washington third place.
When Arthur was President, the city editor of The
Sun assigned Julian Ralph, a good reported and an
observing correspondent, to go to the St. Lawrence
and write the President's experience on his fishing
trip.
In "The Making of a Journalist," Mr. Ralph tells
of an experience with President Arthur as follows:
"We lived in the same hotel with him, and in the
mornings he used to share with us the muskallonge
or the bass he had caught on the previous day. And
once it came about that he waited upon me as if he
had been the humblest man in the land. •
"With another correspondent I had been kept up
late at night teiegraphlng, and then had stayed up
still later over a midnight supper. When we came
to the hotel it was past midnight and the entire
house — except the windows of the President's suite
of seven rooms — was dark and lifeless. His windows
were still brilliantly lighted, for it was his habit to
work or read until very late at night.
"We tried all the doors, and when we came to the
last one President Arthur opened it and let us in.
We alopogized profusely, but he only smiled, and
said that as his negro boy was very tired and had
gone to sleep, he thought be would rather let us in
himself than disturb the servant.
" 'You have found very agreeable society here,' he
said.
" 'No,' we replied, 'we have been telegraphing.'
" 'Don't tell me that,' he insisted, 'you telegraph
only about me, and I have done nothing for twenty-
four hours. I prefer to envy you and to believe you
have found someone's society very charming.' "
President Arthur was devoted to angling, particu-
larly for salmon. He was a member of the Resti-
gouche Fishing Club in Canada. Doubtless many
times he would have liked to go up there while he
was President, but while occupying the chair of the'
Chief Executive he did not believe that the Presi-
dent ought to leave the borders of the United States.
The greatest pleasure that President Arthur could
get .giving him rest and recreation, was a day's
fishing.
As a member of the Restigouche Fishing Club he
killed a salmon weighing fifty pounds, which was
later exhibited in the United States. Up to within
three years of his death he held the record of having
killed the largest salmon in the Restigouche.
Some years ago, when Mrs. Charles Pinkerton,
daughter of the President, was in London, she picked
up a beautiful card case of leather on which was
painted President Arthur salmon-fishing. In the
opinion of Mr. Pinkerton, his son-in-law, it "was a
very fair likeness."
When Martin Van Buren left Washington he re-
tired to Kinderhook, where he devoted himself to
outdoor occupations, being particularly fond of riding
and fishing.
As was the custom of all Virginia gentlemen living
on their own plantations, John Tyler took delight in
shooting, fishing and riding.
As a young man Zachary Taylor tilled the soil.
He was an out-of-doors man, a good fisherman and
a splendid horseman.
Calvin Dill Wilson, in an article printed in the
Century Magazine some years ago, painted this pic-
ture of him:
"His boyhood was spent amid Indian adventures,
and frequently the house was barricaded at nights.
There was an alarm nearly every week, and on the
way to and from school he was often in danger from
Indians. On one occasion several of his companions
were killed by Indians a few moments after parting
from him.
"When he was seventeen years of age he swam
across the Ohio river from the Kentucky to the In-
diana shore in March, when the water was filled with
floating ice. He took great delight in hunting and
fishing, and was often absent roaming through forests
and over prairies for days and nights together in
pursuit of game. He took part in many bold and
dangerous adventures."
Millard Fillmore was not much of a fisherman.
In his boyhood, spent in East Aurora, he fished for
brook trout, but after he began to study his profes-
sion he was never known to give any attention to the
sport of Izaak Walton.
Franklin Pierce was another President who gave
little time to only occasional fishing.
Little is told of Abraham Lincoln as a fisherman
by his biographers because of the big events that
happened in his life. But before Mr. Lincoln settled
down to his profession at Springfield, particularly in
his early life, like other backwoodsmen, he shot,
fished, rode, drove and swam. He was really an all-
round athlete. Incidentally, he was the tallest and
strongest of all the presidents with the exception of
Washington. Lincoln was really a physical giant.
Andrew Johnson was a man really fond of fishing,
particularly in his early life, and was always eager
to cast a line.
In his memoirs, Ulysses Simpson Grant, in telling
of his boyhood days and the liberty allowed him by
his parents, states:
"There was no objection to rational enjoyment,
such as fishing, going to the creek a mile away to
swim in summer, taking a horse and visiting my
grandparents in the adjoining county, fifteen miles
off; skating on the ice in winter, or taking a horse
and sleigh when there was snow on the ground."
James Abram Garfield was only an occasional fish-
erman, fishing when opportunity offered in Lake Erie.
Theodore Roosevent one always associates with
hunting as Cleveland is associated with fishing
among the Presidents. Col. Roosevelt's interest in
hunting is so great that it has obscured his fishing
proclivities. But so great is Roosevelt's interest in
angling that a trout has been named for the former
Colonel of the Rough Riders. Several years ago the
former President spent a week tarpon fishing off the
Gulf of Mexico with John M. Parker. — [Alexander
McD. Stoddart in N. Y. Sun.
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New Coast Trap Records. — According to a letter
received from O. N. Ford, two Coast trap shooting
records were established in the registered tourna-
ment at Ray, Arizona, on November 9 and 10. Cali-
fornia squad No. 1, which was made up of O. N. Ford
and C. H. Nash of San Jose, Hugh Poston of San
Francisco, L. S. Hawxhurst of Oakland and J. F.
Dodds of San Diego, broke 1924 out of 2000 targets
thrown. There was a straight run of 218 without a
miss for the five men.
C. H. Nash was high man on the opening day, with
196 out of 200, and Ford got 195. Poston was high
professional, with 197 out of 200. L. S. Hawxhurst
and Guy Holohan. professionals, tied for the high
honors of the shoot with 389 out of 400.
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Trade Items. — By a margin of thirty-five targets
the Camden (N. J.) Elks shooting team recently won
the first of a series of contests with the Wilmington
(Del.) lodge over the traps of the Beideman Club.
It was a 100-target five-man event with each man of
the winning team shooting Remington UMC shells.
Camden's Lodge team was made up of five of the best
shots in New Jersey, and the quintet hung up a score
of 472 to 437 for the visitors. For the Jerseymen
A. C. King, Len Lawrence and Fred Slear each made
95, former Judge Voorhees 94 and Frank Hineline 93.
H. Hartley was high amateur at a recent shoot
held by the Clinton County League, of Beckemeyer,
111. Shooting the perfect combination of Remington
pump gun and Nitro Clubs he scored 46x50.
Missing only three of his quota of 100 targets, and
shooting Nitros, Wm. McGinnis was high amateur at
a recent shoot of the Thanhauser Gun Club, of St.
Louis, Mo.
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Caught With 457 Ducks. — Night Watchman Mich-
ael Collins was asked to assist a belated motorist
early one morning last week at Redwood City in
repairing a punctured tire. Collins reached in the
back of the car for an inner tube and his hands come
into contact with feathers. An investigation showed
457 wild ducks and A. L. Mason, driver of the car,
was arrested by Collins for having them in his pos-
session. Mason entered a plea of guilty before Jus-
tice of the Peace George Seely later in the day and
was sentenced to serve 150 days in the county jail
and pay a fine of $500.
The capture of Mason, it is said, reveals the system
used to supply the San Francisco market with for-
bidden quantities of wild fowl.
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Tiapshooting Is Democratic. — "Trapshooting," said
a well known author, "knows no caste and refuses
to recognize social distinction — it accepts a man as
a man. His success or failure at the sport is entirely
in his own hands.
"The game appeals to all ages and conditions of
men, and is one of the few sports in which both
sexes meet on equal terms.
"Look at a squad of shooters and you will perhaps
recognize the most eminent member of the bar stand-
ing beside a clerk whose income precludes member-
ship in a country club.
"His neighbor is a successful manufacturer, whose
fondness for the gun has never waned, but who no
longer can stand the exposure of days afield; the
next man is a physician whose professional duties
permit but a short period of relaxation, so he has
driven his car to the club grounds for an hour or
two at the traps; the fifth shooter is a woman who
loves the great out-of-doors and its pastimes."
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Gulls Destroy Mice. — Gulls, when visiting the riv-
ers and marshes of the interior valleys of California,
do not appear to be wholly scavengers or piscivorous.
A California gull (Larus californicus) taken on
March 12, 1912. along the San Joaquin river near
Mendota. Fresno county, was presented to me. Upon
dissection I was astonished to find its stomach filled
with common black crickets and three whole field
mice. — H. C. Ohl, Cal. Fish and Game.
NORTHERN BIRDS PUT IN APPEARANCE.
Hunters Land Limit Bags with High Wind and Cold
Snap. — Sport Will Improve, Too.
Hunters in Northern California are jubilant over
the improved conditions in hunting wild ducks. The
cold snap with the high wind blowing during the
early part of the week provided ideal weather to
wing the waterfowl.
Reports from many sections are encouraging. This
is especially true up in the rice field country around
Colusa. A. G. and Mrs. A. G. Wilkes entertained a
party at the Green Head Club on Sunday and eight
limits were in order. Included in the party were
Colonel Dorsey, W. J. Terry, S. Christenson,, J. S.
French and Al Sharp.
"It was the best hunting I have ever experienced
since I have been going up to Colusa," said Wilkes.
"Ducks and geese were there by the thousands and
I venture to say we could have killed 200 birds
apiece. As it was we got the limit and had some
fine sport.
"Northern birds are commencing to arrive in num-
bers. We could tell on Sunday by the new plumage
and the fact that the birds were not as fat as the
home-bred that the visitors are starting to put in
an appearance."
From about the bay the club members were fav-
ored with some excellent shooting and the chances
are that it will be even better for the boys that go
out this week-end.
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Bears Numerous; Hard Winter. — "It's going to be
a hard winter," many of the old-time trappers through
the Humboldt County mountains are saying.
A sudden invasion of black and brown bears, wear-
ing fur of remarkable thickness and of fine, glossy
texture, is the reason for this prediction.
Reports from throughout the mountain regions tell
of this peculiar migration. At Blocksburg one man
has killed six bears within the last few days, two in
the outskirts of the town. Many others have killed
one or more.
At Willow Creek, seventy miles north of Blocks-
burg, bears are invading the apple orchards and fat-
tening themselves on the choicest fruit. From many
other points come reports of hunters and ranchers
slaughtering bear and invariably the statement is
that the fur was found luxuriantly heavy.
Despite the inroads of the hunters there seem to be
no diminution in the number of invaders and tracks
are plentiful, the indications pointing to a continuous
increase rather than a decrease.
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Hunting Duty of Deputy. — Hunting is one of the
duties of a game warden, according to a finding of
the State Industrial Accident Commission in making
an award of ?1970 in the form of a death benefit to
Mrs. Ruth Harrington of Sebastopol as compensation
for the loss of her husband, Sidney M. Harrington.
The Commission in making the award also held that
a game warden is not a farmer, one of the excepted
classes under the law.
Harrington was killed last August on the property
of the O. L. Shatter Estate Company when he was
mistaken for a deer by a fellow workman. Accord-
ing to the evidence, Harrington and his companion
had been instructed to kill a deer for the superin-
tendent, and it was in carrying out these instructions
that the man met his death.
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Game Protective Association. — At the convention
of the California Fish, Game and Forest Protective
League at Santa Rosa on November 13, J. B. Hauer
of San Francisco was again chosen president of the
league, H. A. Freen of Monterey, vice-president for
the 15th successive year, C. R. Shaw secretary. The
board of directors is Dr. I. W. Hays of Grass Valley,
W. H. Nagle of Santa Rosa, Robert Laurin of San
Francisco, Dr. A. M. Barker of San Jose, Henry W.
Keller of Los Angeles. The auditing committee is
E. R. Zion, F. L. Haupt and Dr. John M. Dunn of
San Francisco.
A committee which will go to the next session of
the legislature and endeavor to have measures passed
for the conservation of wild life is composed of Er-
nest Schaeffle, Robert Laurin, H. A. Green, E. R.
Zion and A. M. Barker.
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Cold Snap in Bear Valley. — Bear Valley had a cold
snap, and Deputy Malone reports more canvasbacks
on Baldwin Lake than ever before. The lake is the
largest it ever has been. The "cans" are coming in
on the Antelope Valley lakes also, and some who
have the good luck to hit Elizabeth Lake in the storm
may get a few big birds. Redheads are reported in
Bear Valley as quite plentiful. Those going there
are urged to take no chances with frail boats, as
squalls may come without warning and it is better
to avoid any risk of being dumped out in the icy
water, which benumbs at once. The best shooting
has been around the edges and off the big lakes at
a smaller bond hole where the birds are driven in.
Great sport is reported with ducks down Imperial
way, and likewise from Owens Valley, those disap-
pointed evidently going to the wrong places are tak-
ing along "crooked powder" which wouldn't hit them.
Hunters have returned from this section with won-
derful tales of plenty of desert quail. "That is one
place where any fellow can get the limit whether
he can hit 'em or not," says one.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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HORSE BREEDERS ARE HOPEFUL.
[Chicago Breeders' Gazette, Nov. 9.]
Confidence in the future of the horse business is
sensed everywhere. Practically every man who is
established in the raising or handling of horses is
elated over present prospects. Extensive breeders,
small breeders, mare-owners and stallion-owners are
equally hopeful. I have visited practically all sec-
tions of Indiana, and consulted with all classes. It is
more than a pleasure this year to meet farmer-
horsemen. Everyone has the bearing and the sniile
that are found only wh-m business is good.
The brood mare and her colts form the chief topic
of interest among horsemen this year. "This is the
mare that has produced 8 colts that I have sold for
an average of $400," said one. Another confided,
"My colts this year are the best I have ever had.
I am feeding them extras and hope to grow them out
into a top lot of horses." Many breeders are saying,
"I have opportunities of selling my young mares at
very good prices, but I refuse to sell because I think
that I can make :ust as much out of them as anyone."
A dealer who has been an extensive importer re-
marked, "I have bought some purebred colts for $400
each. It is a big price, considering the risk, the
insurance, the feed and labor. Yet I am sure that
I shall win out on them because there is going to be
a demand for such stock that cannot be supplied."
His remarks are certainly to be taken as encouraging
to breeders.
Possibly the only man who is depressed over the
horse business is a former importer who desired to
fill his big barn with homebred animals. He relieved
himself by saying, "I cannot find the kind that I
want. I can find colts that are bred right. I am
willing to pay any price. The colts have been poorly
fed and are undersized and have not been properly
developed. There will be a big demand next year
but I can not get the horses to supply it."
Hundreds of stallion owners have expressed satis-
faction with the lesults of the past season. Almost
without exception men who have had high-class
horses on the stand say that patronage has been
good and in many instances better than ever before.
Stallion-owners seem to be well pleased with their
enrollment law. Scarcely is there one but speaks
favorably of it. One man who has had occasion to
work with stallion-owners in more than 25 counties
in the state during the season this year gives it as
his experience that he encountered only two men
who were opposed to the law and its workings.
Horse breeders* clubs are progressing, and plans
are being made for activities this fall and winter.
A remarkable instance of success and growth of a
local club is at Huntertown, Ind. A horse show was
held there in October, 1915. It was successful from
every standpoint. Following the shSw an organiza-
tion was formed. It has been perceived that pros-
pects for the future are bright. In order to take
advantage of the future the Huntertown people are
building a show and sale barn. This fall their show
will be held under cover. One of the oldest horse
breeders' clubs in the state seems to have been cher-
ishing a desire to hold a club sale. Surplus stock
has been sold so readily that there is no hope of the
sale's being realized this year or in the near future.
Horse shows are bringing out better stock this year
and there is a noticeable improvement in the fitting
and training of the entries. Our people are improv-
ing as horsemen. The renewed and increased inter-
est in horses is well justified, and without doubt the
future will reward horsemen generously.
h. e. McCartney.
Draft Horse Situation.
A few individuals have dealt a severe blow to the
horse producers in this country. The war contracts
have been let to a very small number of men, which
afforded the opportunity of dividing the country into
buying districts so as to avoid competition. From all
indications the leading markets of today are inter-
ested in war contracts. It seems that the buying of
army horses is more profitable than to maintain open
markets. The open market might be a disadvantage
to the filling of orders for war contracts. New chan-
nels of draft horse business are now being developed
to the extent that the purchasers in the large cities
are buying them direct from the small dealers. Many
of the rejected army horses are sold through the
public auctions, which make a very poor showing in
price quotations. This has a bad effect on the pro-
ducers throughout the country and has even discour-
aged a great many farmers to the extent that their
are not being bred. This will only add to the
Shortage in years to come.
All kinds of reports have been circulated concern-
ing the number of horses and mules which have been
purchased and sent out of this country for war pur-
The average breeder can do a little canvass-
ing in his own district and see how nearly all of the
sound horses have been sold — horses that would fill
the army specifications. The buyers have been trav-
eling continuously looking for horses. They are buy-
ing blemished horses and long ages, just so they are
< i ■ iceably a mud and are good for a short campaign.
Another important thing that will increase the short-
age of horses is the high-priced feed at this time.
Practically every horse that the farmer can spare
will be sold at some price. Before another year
farmers will begin to realize that horses of all kinds
are exceedingly scarce.
During the present war practically every factory
that could possibly do so has turned its attention to
the war market trade. These provisions have had a
ready sale for export without much handling. During
normal times the factories have found it necessary
to use lots of horses 'in connection with the use of
their product through the different channels of busi-
ness, which required many more horses. At the first
sign of peace the buyers will be searching this coun-
try from one end to the other for big, rugged, service-
able draft horses and big mules for their own use
in this country. This will be only one part of the
business, because much stock will be needed in Eu-
rope and purchased here if available. Men who have
made a study of the draft horse business in this
country state that in their opinion breeders of the
good, big, strong, rugged horses and mules have a
brighter future, covering a longer period of time,
than ever before in the history of this country. —
American Breeder.
The Ability to Come Back.
Many horses can be fitted to go into the show ring
with credit for one or two years of their life, but it
takes a horse with real stamina and merit to be able
to leave the ring for years and then come back. Not
only does it take a real horse, but it takes a real
horseman in charge. How many horses we see that
are kept in high flesh with show ring bloom for a
few years and then are lost to view. When they are
discovered their systems are sometimes found to
have been ruined by the strain of high feeding and
drugging.
Two horses this year have come back to remind us
that a real horse with proper care will wear better
than the finest machine. The first was a standard
bred mare, Miss Densmore 2:07%. When she was a
two and three-year-old every man interested in speed
horses knew of her because of her extreme colt
speed. For five years racegoers lost her as com-
pletely as though she were dead. Her owner, Fred
L. Wacholz, had retired her to the brood mare bunch.
For those five years she was bred to great sires and
produced colts that have been or will be heard from
because of extreme speed. This year she reappeared
with all of the old speed and stamina that had made
her a marvel as a colt. At Peoria, on the Great
Western Circuit, she finished second to Alice Arion
in the first heat in 2:07%. She took the next three
heats, and first money, in 2:08*4, 2:07% and 2:09%.
In this test she showed that she had the real horse
quality and was able to come back.
The other horse in mind is the Clydesdale stallion
Samuda. As a two and three-year-old, draft horse
lovers saw him in the show ring and were proud of
him. He won when shown and exemplified the best
type of Clydesdale conformation, action and stamina.
Then he, too, was retired to the stud. At the head
of a small band of pure bred mares and doing public
service on grade mares he was little heard of and
his fame was soon forgotten. A colt here and there
with the name of Samuda in its pedigree brought
back to mind the horse's show ring record. But it
remained for Charlie Ireland, in charge of G. W.
Merna's horses, to show the public that the old horse
had the ability to come back strong, sound and full
of life and nerve. At the Iowa State Fair this year
he left the ring as first prize aged Clydesdale stallion.
He repeated the trick at the Illinois State Fair and
was made grand champion Clydesdale stallion of the
show. Again a horse that has the real quality (after
six years lost to view, doing the most wearing work
that a horse can be called upon to do) has shown,
in the hands of a good feeder and caretaker, the stuff
real horses are made of. — [American Breeder.
Grazing Fees to be Increased.
As a result of two years' careful consideration
given to the question of increasing the rates charged
for grazing livestock on National Forest ranges in
California, the Forest Service has decided to increase
the present rates during the next three years to a
point equal to about sixty-six per cent of the average
charge made for similar range on privately owned
lands in this State, according to District Forester
DuBois. This increase will be made gradually, in
order that stockmen now running stock on the Na-
tional Forests may adjust their business accordingly.
In conformity with the established policy of the De-
partment in giving stockmen an opportunity to be
heard on matters affecting their interests, all the
stockmen's associations, as well as the individual
stockmen affected, are being advised of this proposed
increase and requested to submit any statements
which they might desire to make before February 1
1917.
The increase was decided upon after the Govern-
ment's charges were compared with those made by
owners of private lands for grazing privileges of
equal value. A study was made of some nine hun-
dred cases involving private and State lands, reclam-
ation withdrawals, Indian reservations, and railroad
lands in the vicinity of the National Forests. It was
found by the investigators that the average charges
made for grazing stock on these private lands was
3.6c a head for sheep per month andll.7e a head
for cattle per month: while, on the other hand, the
average charge made by the Forest Service for graz-
ing privileges on the National Forests was 1.4c per
head for sheep and 3.9c per head for cattle. This
indicates that the Forest Service charges at the
present time do not exceed thirty-five per cent of the
prices paid by stockmen for grazing on private lands.
Furthermore, it is often asserted that while timber
and other resources of the Forests are being disposed
of at market prices under commercial methods and
at competitive prices, the grazing is being sold to the
stockmen at extremely low rates.
It is said that since the grazing capacity of the
Forests is limited and far less than the demand, that
stockmen holding permits are considered by their
less fortunate neighbors to be highly favored indi-
viduals, who are receiving substantial benefits from
their occupancy of lands belonging to the whole peo-
ple, although it is admitted that these lands cannot
be so divided in their use as to permit every stock-
man to share them. It is said, also, that stockmen
using National Forest range have a financial advan-
tage over those who must either lease or buy lands
upon which to graze stock.
The argument is advanced by municipal organiza-
tions interested in National Forest receipts, twenty
five per cent of which are returned to the counties
containing National Forests, that if the stockmen
paid market prices for their grazing privileges, the
State's share of the receipts would be larger and that
by not so doing the stockmen are favored to the dis-
advantage of the State as a whole. As an illustration,
in the year 193 5 the sum turned over to the State of
California as its share of the grazing receipts from
National Forests was 527,900. On the basis of the
proposed increase in rates, this sum would have been
$55,000.
The increase of rates will not affect the estab-
lished principle of the Forest Service of varying its
charges in accordance with the value of the grazing
privileges on the different Forests. Certain Forests
or groups of Forests produce forage of superior value
to other Forests, and some grazing areas are worth
more than others, due to advantages of location near
shipping facilities or farming areas where winter feed
may be obtained or open grazing lands in the public
domain. — [From Forest Service, U. S. Dept. of Ag.
Ohio Sale of Belgians and Percherons.
That the demand for more and better draft stocks
continues in Ohio and surrounding states was dem-
onstrated on Nov. 1st. when 150 breeders and those
interested in community improvement assembled at
the Ideal Stock Farm of H. S. Preston to attend the
practical dispersion of his stud. While many of the
animals could have realized higher prices, the gen-
eral result was satisfactory, and the event will go
on record as one of the cleanest of its kind. The 41
head, among which were many spring colts and
several yearlings, made approximately $300 per
head. The 17 mares of breeding age averaged
slightly in excess of $400. The imported roan mare
Caline topped the Belgian offering at $800, which
figure was also registered on the imported black
Percheron mare Laconie, a five-year-old. C. Morley,
Peoria. 111., Ray Bros., Trafalgar, Ind., and A. O.
Tracy, Marietta, Ohio, were the most extensive pur-
chasers of the best young fillies and stallion colts,
a majority of the brood mares staying in Ohio.
Chicago Horse Market.
The Breeders' Gazette says: "Eastern horse deal-
ers seeking to evade European army competition at
western primary markets have gone to the interior
to supply their needs, materially curtailing demand.
The market has been unusually dull this week owing
to the election which kept eastern operators at home.
Bi^ horses of all kinds have never been so scarce.
Chunks and expressers are selling at a range of
$190@240. Most of the drafters available have been
appraised at $240@275. Southern buyers are picking
up reject stock from the army inspections and a class,
of light farm mares at a range of $55@125."
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Cattlemen's Protective Association.
The 1916 Annual Convention of the California Cat-
tlemen's Protective Association will be held at the
Palace Hotel, San Francisco, November 25th.
A most interesting program is being prepared for
the afternoon and evening sessions, which will be
addressed by many able and expert livestock men —
H. A. Jastro; Dean Hunt of the Agricultural College,
U. C; Dean Van Norman of the University Farm,
Davis: Judge Peter J. Shields of Sacramento; A. W.
Foster of this city, and others. Mr. Foster is chair-
man of the committee appointed by the Chamber of
Commerce to make the necessary arrangements to
hold a livestock show and attendant auction sales in
San Francisco next year, and is slated to address
the meeting on this subject. A banquet will follow
at 6:30 p. m.
$5000 For a Bull Calf.
One of the important transactions consummated at
the national Dairy Show was the sale by Hood Farm,
Lowell, Mass., to F. W. Ayer, president of the Ayre-
dale Stock' Farm, Bangor, Me., of a bull calf sired
by Sophie 19th's Tormentor, youngest son of the
world's champion Jersey cow Sophie 19th of Hood
Farm, and out of Lass 64th of Hood Farm. The
price of this calf was $5,000. Along with him Mr.
Ayer took three daughters of Hood Farm Torono,
including Lass 64th of Hood Farm, at $2,000 each, and
one other young cow at $1,000, making a total of
$12,000 for four ~cows and a bull calf.
Saturday, 1
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November 18, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
I THE FARM
Pure Seed Law. — The seed importa-
tion act ot August 24, 1912, prohibits
the importation into the United States
ot those seeds subject to the act when
they are adulterated or contain 3 per
cent or more o£ weed seeds, or when
clover and alfalfa seed contains more
than approximately ninety seeds o£
dodder per pound.
This act was amended on August 11,
1916, by including the seed of ryegrass
and vetch in addition to those seeds
enumerated in the original act and by
prohibiting the importation of seeds
which contain less than 65 per cent of
pure live seeds, except that the seed of
Canada bluegrass may be ^imported
when it contains 50 per cent or more
of live pure seed. The amendment fix-
ing a minimum quality for imported
seed is intended to keep out of the
Ufited States seed of law germination
as well as seed containing large pro-
portions of chaff, both of which have
been imported in large quantities in
recent years.
Use of Lime — The chief use of lime
is to improve the texture of a clay soil.
Lime helps to liberate plant food and
occasionally acts as a direct plant
food. It neutralizes harmful acids. It
hastens the decay of organic matter
and increases the work of nitrogen-
gathering bacteria. As a rule, the best
form of lime to use is finely ground
limestone. This can be applied at any
time at the rate of two tons to the
acre. It should be applied after plow-
ing or spading, rather than before, so
that it will not be buried too deeply.
Plants vary in their- need of lime.
The yield of lettuce, beets, cante-
loupes, onions and clovers is increased
by the use of lime, while watermelons
seem to be somewhat acid-loving in
their habits and therefore lime retards
their growth. Irish potatoes do better
in a soil that is slightly acid, since the
fungus that causes scabby potatoes
cannot thrive in an acid soil. Lime
should, therefore, not be applied to
the section of the garden where Irish
potatoes are to be planted.
Experiments have shown that, to get
the best results, most garden soils
need a liberal dressing of finely ground
limestone.
About Red Pepper. — The European
war has cut off the supply of red pep-
per to a considerable extent. Red
pepper, which is used both as a drug
and as a condiment, is grown in South
Carolina, that state last year supply-
ing 152,000 pounds from 118 acres.
This year it is estimated that 500 acres
are devoted to red pepper. One acre
produces nearly 1300 pounds. In 1914
the imports were 8,829„487 pounds.
THE BEST LINIMENT
OR PAIN KILLER FOR THE HUMAN BOPY
■ Gombault's
Caustic Balsam
IT HAS NO EQUAL
Fnr -11 '■pM>,*rat-
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IflS Woondt, I'd ts
Exterior Cancers, Boili
Human cB°"'„"D°,d
CAUSTIC B1LS1M hai
D.fiu rio equal as
DOQj » Liniment.
We would say to all
who buy it that it does
not contain a particle
of poisonous substance
and therefore no harm
can result from its ex-
ternal use. Persistent,
thorough use will cure
many old or chronic
ailments and it can be
used on any case that
requires an outward
application with
perfect safety.
Perfe^
Reliable Remedy
lor
Sore Throat
Chest Cold
Backache
Neuralgia
Sprains .
Strains
Lumbago
Diphtheria
Sore Lungs
Rheumatism
and
all Stiff Joints
REMOVES THE S OR EK ESS-- STRENGTHENS MUSCLES
Corohlll. Tej.— "One bottle Cauttlo Balsam did
my rheomati*m more Bood. than $120.00 paid in
doctor' ■ bill*." OTTO A. BEYER.
Price 8 I .SO per bottle. Sold by drtijjislt. 0-_>ot
by n»expre»» prepaid. Write for Booklet B. *\
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WEIGHING 1200 Lbs. TO 1700 Lbs.
Mules in Carload Lots
Horss and Rigs of Alt Descriptions for Hire at All Times
Classified Advertising
FOR SALE.
Thoroughbred colts and fillies by
Marse Abe.
Standard bred colts and fillies by
Dillcara, son of Sidney Dillon.
Colts and fillies by Flosnut, by Nut-
wood Wilkes"
All these colts are untrained. Some
choice saddle borses among the lot.
Address Mrs. C. E. Farnum, 420
Market St., or P. O. Box 555, San
Francisco, Cal.
I WANT TO BUY.— I have sold eleven
horses in the last few months ranging
from §2,000 to $200. If you have a horse
for sale and will write me, I will tell you
what my system is. It is a winner. I find
there is a buyer for every horse for sale
at the right price. It is just a question of
getting the buyer and seller together. If
you have one for sale let me hear from
you. MAGNUS FLAWS.
542 S. Dearborn St.. Chicago. III.
FARMS FOR SALE
Choice Land In Idaho
Lewiston, Idaho, is situated at the
forks of Clearwater and Snake rivers and
has transportation to the coast.
960 acres 7}3 miles from Lewiston, Ida-
ho, 4^ from Lapwai, Idaho, on main
traveled road, all In cultivation except
about 15 acres, all level land. Just a little
rolling, 320 acres of fall wheat in, 225
acres fall plowed for spring crop, about
30 acres in alfalfa. AH fenced and cross
fenced. Two good springs with big cem-
ent water troughs, well, windmill and
ctment reservoir, water piped to house,
7 room house, hot and cold water and
electric lights. Large horse barn with
hay mow in the center, electric lights In
barn; cow barn with two box stalls: hog
pens, shade trees, chicken houses, black-
smith shop, wagon shed, granary, outdoor
cellar with bunk house overhead. $S5 per
acre: will take one-third down, time on
balance to suit purchaser, at 7 per cent
interest. One-third of crop goes with
place if sold any time up close to harvest.
Mild climate, can raise all kinds of fruit,
grain and vegetables. Wheat In this
country goes from 35 to 65 bushels per
acre, barley 40 to 80 bushels' per «cre.
320 acres 4*£ miles south of Vollmer,
Idaho, 275 acres in cultivation, balance In
pasture and timber, farm land lays prac-
tically level, one-third of crop goes with
place if sold before harvest. Some fall
wheat already sown. All fenced and cross
fenced. Quarter section of it fenced hog
tight; good four-room houso, wood shed,
and out of door cellar, nice grove around
house, well at house, fair stabling and
out buildings, spring and spring creek
close to barn, three springs on place.
Price 570 per acre, one-third cash, bal-
ance at 7 per cent. Time to suit pur-
chaser.
238 acres i\i miles from Lewiston. Ida-
ho, 175 acres In cultivation. 25 more can
be cultivated, balance good bunch grass
pasture, fenced and cross-fenced, good
spring creek runs across place, small
house, station on place for Johnson R. R.,
two grain warehouses at station. Price
$70 per acre, one-third cash, balance at
7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
160 acres of timber land, good farm land
when timber is cleared off. all can be
farmed except about 2 or 3 acres. Good
timber, yellow pine and fir. Price $4000.
40 miles from Lewiston. Idaho. Well
located to log off.
240 acres 6 miles from Asotin. 12 miles
from Lewiston. Idaho, about 75 acres In
fall wheat, about 75 acres more can be
cultivated, balance In bunch grass pas-
ture, two springs, small house, all fenced
Price $40 per acre, one-third cash, balance
at 7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
Reference Lewiston National Bank and
First National Bank. Address
F. W. KELLEY",
Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal.
14
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, November 18, 1916.
X
BEAUTIFJIUIELVEDERE
LOTS FOR SALE
CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
most beautiful spot on the shores of San Francisco Bay
for a suburban home. It commands an extensive view of
the City of San Francisco, Alcatraz and Angel Islands,
Raccoon Straits, San Francisco Bay, Richardson's Bay,
the Berkeley shore, beautiful Belvedere and Mt. Tamal-
pais. It is in Marin County, directly opposite San Fran-
cisco, and forms the eastern shore of Belvedere cove.
It has a naturally terraced, sunny, western slope that is
well adapted for many choice residence sites, every one
affording most picturesque views of the bay and moun-
tain. It is protected from the prevailing western trade winds in
summer by Belvedere Island, and from the southerly storms in
winter by Angel Island. The soil is fertile and part of the island
is well wooded.
It is less subject to fog than any other place near San
Francisco. The summer fog, as it rolls in from the ocean, splits
on the western slope of Sausalito, part of it flowing in a line with
Angel Island towards the Berkeley shore, and part of it along
the southern slope of Mt. Tamalpais, leaving Belvedere, Corin-
thian Island and Raccoon Straits in the bright sunlight, while
the fog banks can be seen as a white wall both to the north and
the south.
There is very little available land about the shores of San
Francisco Bay that is desirable for homes, especially for those
who love boating and kindred sports. The Alameda and Contra
Costa shores of the bay are the lee shores and receive the full
brunt of the boisterous trade winds which lash the shoal waters
near the land into muddy waves, making boating both unpleas-
ant and dangerous. To the north of the city and in Marin
County the land from Sausalito to the entrance of the bay is a
Government reservation and will never be placed on the market.
The shores of Richardson's Bay are not at present convenient
to boat service and, aside from Belvedere and Corinthian Island,
there is little or no land near any ferry landing that possesses
the natural advantages, improvements and possibilities that are
offered on Corinthian Island. Concrete roads, pure water, tele-
phone service and electric light wires are already installed. It is
only ten minutes' walk from any point on the property to
Tiburon boats, and but forty-three minutes' ride to the foot of
Market Street.
On the point of Corinthian Island the Corinthian Yacht
Club has had its home for many years, and on any summer day
the white sails of its numerous fleet add to the charming scene,
as the trim yachts glide about the cove. Excellent fishing of all
kinds for bay fish, including salmon, the gamey striped bass,
rock fish and the toothsome silver smelt, is to be had in the cove.
There is probably no spot so accessible and in such close prox-
imity to any large city in the world that offers the attractions
of climate, magnificent scenery, fishing and boating as will here
be found.
FOR MAPS, PRICES AND PARTICULARS APPLY TO
/
S. L. PLANT,
PVANT rubber AND SUPPLY CO.,
32 BEALE STREET
San Francisco, Cal.
e.^
F. W. KELLEY,
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN OFFICE,
366 PACIFIC BUILDING
San Francisco, Cal.
/
.iturday, November 18, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
15
5AVE-THE-H0RSE-
First For
OVER 21 YEARS
By Using' It You Are Safe and Sure
Read for Yourself:
f Want the Whole World to Know What This Medicine Has Done For Me,"
fetes Frank. Stevens, of Greenwood, Ind. "Save-the-Horse has cured bone
avins, thorougbpins, blood spavins and one witb a sprained stifle — also a
jighboi cured his rheumatism with it," etc.
W. Sponselier, of Dixon, Ohio, is foresighted and knows he never can tell
lien he will need our remedy, so is always prepared. He writes us that he
bias cured two bog spavins as large as a fist, so that you cannot tell where they
were, and sold his horse at a good profit. "I consider your bottle was worth
$100 to me. People said I could not have them off, but you have proved them
(wrong."
"There Is No Other As Good," says Fred Simmons, Antelope, Oregon, who also
writes: "I have used your Save-the-Horse with great success," etc.
'•Billy Completely Cured of Bad Case of Splints and Tendon Complications."
j"Used one and a half bottles of Save-the-Horse on him," etc., writes Fred
Courtland, Waches, Wash.
"I Have Had Your Save-the-Horse For a Year or More— Think it O. K." W. D.
Hudson, Clayton, Del.
"Uses Save-the-Horse With Great Success in Training Stable," so writes Harry
Dunn, 719 Dryden Road, Zanesville, Ohio.
& r Every bottle sold with a Signed Contract to return
"^ money if Remedy fails on Ringbone, Thoroughpin,
SPAVIN, or ANY Shoulder, Knee, Ankle, Hoof or
Tendon Disease.
But Write describing your case and we will send our — Book —
Sample Contract and Advice — All Free (to Horse Owners
and Managers). . /
TROY CHEMICAL CO., Binghamton, N. Y.
CANADIAN OFFICE AND FACTORY: TORONTO, ONT.
D. E. NEWELL, Agent, 80 Bayo Vista Ave., OAKLAND, CAL.
SAVE-THE-HORSE is sold with Contract by Druggists and
Dealers Everywhere or we send prepaid on receipt of price.
Pedigrees Tabulated
—Typewritten, Suitable For Framing —
«> «> <s>
Stallion Service Books, $1.00
Registration Standard-Bred Horses Attended to
«> <8>
Stallion Folders
rith picture of the horse and terms on first page; complete tabulated pedigree
on the two inside pages and description on back page
Stallion Cards for Posting
size, one-half sheet, 14x22; size one-third sheet, 11x14
Stallion Cards
two sides, size 3Ji x 6%, to fit envelop
-ADDRESS-
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN,
366 PACIFIC BLDC.
•AN FRANCISCO.
Turn Your
Hand Trap Stunts
Into Dollars
TELL us your "stunts" with
the Hand Trap at camp,
picnic parties, aboard motor
craft, in the woods and fields,
at the shooting club's joker
trap, or any place where the
Hand Trap has given amusement, instruction and experi-
ence to yourself and friends.
We Will Pay Cash for Illustrated Stories
For the best descriptive story
of the most novel and practical
Hand Trap experience accom-
panied by at least three group
photographs of actions de-
scribed, (containing more than
ALL STORIES AND PICTURES MUST
BE SENT BEFORE DECEMBER 1, 1916
For desirable pictures, (publication rights released
to us) accompanying stories not accepted, we will pay
ONE DOLLAR on receipt of film.
IF YOU HAVEN'T A HAND TRAP
RENT ONE OF YOUR DEALER
when you buy your shells and targets.
Get your ideas "rounded-up," — plan your
exposures and let your camera earn a few
dollars.
No restrictions as to age or sex of contestants
or number of stories and photographic groups
submitted, but prefer stories not over 600 words.
Get a copy of DTJ PONT HAND TRAP BOOK-
LET, — reading what has been done may give
you the "hunch" that gets the bunch of money
we're going to pay. Write for your copy today.
SPORTING POWDER DIVISION
E. I. du Pont de Nemours d Co.,
Powder Makers Since 1802
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
one person) we will pay a first
prize of $15.00; a second prize
of $10.00; two prizes of $7.50;
five prizes of $5.00 each; FIF-
TEEN PRIZES of $2.50 in
CASH.
Shoeing' and Balancing
___ The =—
Light Harness Horse
BY JAMES CLARK
A COPY of this book should be in every horse
•*»■ owner's library. It treats the subject in a way
that you can understand, giving accurate and re-
liable information that every owner of a good
horse will find extremely helpful in the care of
his horse's feet.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
The Treatment of the Colt's
Navicular Trouble.
Feet Before Shoeing.
Heavy Shoes and Pads in
The First Set of Shoes.
the Winter Season.
Sore Feet and Sour Disposi-
Neglected Teeth Make Knee
tion.
hitters and Cross Firers.
Knee-hitting, Scalping, Etc.
Making the Shoes.
Pads, their Benefits and
Extension Shoes.
Abuses.
Outside or -g-swedged Shoes.
Thrush, its cause, treatment
Swedges or Dies.
Punctures.
Calks and Grabs.
Quarter and Toe Cracks.
Bar Shoes Behind.
Hoof Bound.
Aluminum Shoes.
Hitting the Elbows.
The Last Word.
ORDER YOUR COPY NOW
PRICE J I POSTPAID
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
DRAWER 447, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
OCTOBER TRAP-SHOOTING TOURNAMENTS FURNISHED, AS USUAL,
A BIG QUOTO OF
VICTORIES WON WITH
SHELLS
J. J. Randall.
140 ex 150, Messrs. Toews, R. S. Randall and
L. Howell.
Gross.
CULLISON, KANS., October 26.
High Amateur Average, 142 ex 150
Second Amateur Average,
Foulke.
Third Amateur Average, 139 ex 150, C.
High General Average, 148 ex 150, D. D
WEBSTER LAKE, IND., October 23-25.
Hiah General Average, 288 ex 300, H. Kennicott
LOGANSPORT, IND., October 17.
Hiah General Average, 148 ex 150. H. Kennicott.
HOBOKEN, N. J., October 13.
High Amateur Average, 184 ex 200, H. Sindle.
MT. PULASKI, ILL., October 11-12.
High General Average, 286 ex 300, A. C. Connor.
The (p) Brand Quality is always "on the job." Only one standard is
wrcng if you buy shells or cartridges with the familiar red (P) on the
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., October 10-11.
High Amateur Average (tie), 389 ex 400, Otis C. Funderburk.
CINCINNATI, OHIO, October 5-6.
High Amateur Average, 290 ex 300, W. R. Randall.
TOLEDO, ILL., October 3.
High Amateur Average, 147 ex 150, F. M. Buckingham.
MEDFORD. OKLA., October 10.
High Amateur Average, 141 ex 150, Wm. Lambert.
LINCOLNVILLE, KANS., October 6.
High Amateur Average, 144 ex 150, P. J. Cairns.
OMAHA, NEB., October 16-17.
High General Average, 229 ex 3C0, Phil R. Miller.
(U. S. Professional Champion.)
used in the Peters factory, and that is the very highest. You cannot go
abels.
THE PETERS CARTRIDGE CO.,
PACIFIC COAST
BRANCH ....
585-587 Howard Street,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
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WINCHESTER
"LEADER" AND "REPEATER" SHELLS
For the high flyers and the low flyers Winchester "Leader"
and "Repeater" shells have the reach, pattern and penetra-
tion. Their patented construction and uniform loading
make them by far the best shells on the market In proof
of this we point to their unequalled winnings at the traps
this year, including the Grand American Handicap. Such
shells insure a good bag in the field. Get a bos or two for
your next day a-hunting and try them out for yourself.
THE YV BRAND WILL IMPROVE YOUR SHOOTING.
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REMINGTON
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EVERYWHERE in'these prosperous times,
men are treating themselves to new guns
— for thousands of old models and compromise
makes are heing discarded for Remington UMC.
Every new stride a man takes forward in his shooting — every de-
mand he makes for better results from his gun and his ammunition
— is a step toward Remington UMC.
Here are the two Remington UMC Shotguns — celebrated all over
the world — used everywhere — sold wherever there is a dealer alive
to the progressive spirit of the times.
Remington UMC Pump Gun — The first hammerless repeat-
ing shotgun. Six shots. Positive Slide Action. Easily and
quickly loaded. Smooth working. Rapid in fire. Solid
breech, closed top and sides. Loading and ejection at
bottom — shells, smoke and gases go down.
Remington Autoloading Shotgun — Five Shots, each fired,
loaded and ejected by pressing the trigger. Solid' breech,
closed top, ejection at the side. Giving great penetration
and high velocity.
The point is that Remington UMC is the livest issue of the day
in arms and ammunition. No one knows this better than the alert
dealer — the man who features the Red Ball Mark of Remington
UMC, and finds his store becoming Sportsmen's Headquarters in
every town.
THE REMINGTON ARMS UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO.
LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF FIREARMS
Woolworth Building
AND AMMUNITION IN THE WORLD
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Championship of California!!!
PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP 1915
HIGHEST GENERAL AVERAGE, VERNON GUN CLUB,
Los Angtlas, July 2, 3 and 4, 1916
493 ex 50 0, TARGETS
All of the above winnings were made by Sir. Henry pfirrmaon Jr., with his 34 inch
double barrel
PARKER GUN
Highest Official General Average for 1914 and 1915 was made with the
PARKER GUN
$t Interested In small bore runs write for instructive booklet which will be tent free
on request. For further particulars regarding run* from 8 to 28 gauge, address
PARKfcR BROS., Merlden, Conn. New York Salesroom, 32 Warren Street;
er A. W. duBray, Residing Agent, San Frsncisco, P. O. Bex 1M
—TRAINING THE HOUND—
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE TRAINING OF "FOX HOUNDS, BEAGLES,
AND COON HOUNDS.
The system of training- advocated is simple and effective, so that anyone who car-
ries out instructions can easily develop a foxhound, a beagle or a cuon dog to the
highest state of usefulness or organize a pack in which each hound will work independ-
ently and at the same time harmoniously with the others. The subjects are: The
Hound's Ancestry. History, Instinctive Tendencies, English and Native Hounds, Devel-
oping the Intelligence, Training the Foxhound, Voices and Pace of the Hound, Quali-
ties of Scent. Manners, Training the Coon Dog, Coon Hunting, Training the Beagle.
Forming a Pack, Field Trial Handling, Faults and Vices, Conditioning, Selecting and
Rearing Puppies. Kennels and Yards, Diseases of Hounds and Their Treatment. The
chapters on field trial training and handling are alone worth the price of the book.
which is one that every man who loves the voice of a bound should read.
The book contains 224 pages, is clearly printed, nicely bound, and handsomely Illus-
trated with bloodhounds, various types of English and American foxhounds, beagles
and cross-bred dogs for 'possum and coon hunting.
Price, In heavy paper cover, S1; $1.50, postpaid.
ADDRESS:
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
P. O. DRAWER 447, IAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
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VOLUME LXIX. No. 22.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1916.
Subscription — $3.00 Per Year
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, November 25, 1916.
NOW IS YOUR CHANCE to SELL
Trotters and pacers with or without records suitable for winter
racing or next season's campaign — choice breeding stock — stallions,
broodmares, colts and fillies — good horses of all kinds for the show
ring and ready to use on the road for pleasure and business are very,
scarce in the East and will bring top prices at the forty-ninth
regular
CHICAGO AUCTION
December 18 to 21, 1916
We have arranged SPECIAL EXPRESS TRAIN" SERVICE from
Pleasanton, San Francisco, Los Angeles and other coast points; also for
responsible experienced horsemen who will be in constant attendance enroute
and at the sale, and OFFER CALIFORNIA OWNERS, who want to sell one
or more, carload rates with the best service at very low cost.
Over 100 California Horses Already Consigned.
AMONG THE CONSIGNORS ARE
WM. G. DURFEE 2019 So. Figueroa St., Los Angeles
HEMET STOCK FARM Hemet, Cal.
CHAS. w. WINTER Alhambra, Cal.
R. W. SCOTT Bishop, Cal.
C. A. HARRISON 210 — 17th Ave. South, Seattle, Wash.
If you want to ship, get in touch with any of the above, and wire or mail
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$2,500 6U*R*NTEED ONLY $2 TO NOMINATE MARE GUARANTEED $2,500
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 17
TO BE GIVEN BY THE
PACIFIC COAST TROTTING HORSE RREEDERS ASSOCIATION
For Foals of Mares Covered in 1916 to Trot and Pace at Three Years Old
ENTRIES CLOSE:
I MONDAY, DECEMBER 4th, 1916
$1,500 FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD TROTTERS.
$1,000 FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD PACERS
CONDITIONS
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 4, 1916; when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 April 1, 1917;
$10 on Yearling3 April 1. 1918; $10 on Two-Tear-Olds April 1, 1919; $10 on Three»Tear-01ds April 1, 1920.
STARTING PAYMENTS— $35 to start in the Three-Tear- Old Pace; $50 to start in the Three -Tear- Old Trot. All Starting Payments to be made ten days before the first
day of the meeting at which the race is to take place.
Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer.
Races three heats, money divided 25 per cent to the first heat, 25 per cent to the second heat, 25 per cent to the third heat, and 25 per cent to the race according to rank
In the summary. Money in each division 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Should two or more horses be tied for first place at the completion of the third heat, such horses only shall
contest in a fourth heat and money divided according to rank In the sumrrwary at the termination of that heat. A horse having won the first two heats and drawn or distanced
In the third heat shall not lose position In the summary. Distance, 100 yards.
If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins; or if either the mare or foal dies before April 1, 1918, her nominator may sell or transfer his nomination or
substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there will be no return of a payment, nor will any entry be liable for more than amount paid in or contracted for.
In entries, the name, color and pedigree of mare must be given; also the name of the horse to which she was bred in 1916.
Entries must be accompanied by entrance fee.
Nominators liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payments forfeits all previous payments. This Association is liable for $2500, the amount of the guar-
antee, only.
Hopples will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions.
Right reserved to declare off or reopen these Stakes in case the number of entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors.
Money divided in each division of the Stake 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. There will be no more moneys in each division or heat than there are starters.
Entries open to the wo/ld. Membership not required to enter; but no horse, wherever owned, will be allowed to start until the owner has become a member.
"Write for Entry Blanks to
\ HEALD.
President.
F. W. KELLEY, Secretary
P. O. Drawer 447. 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco, Cal.
u-day, November 25, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
SEEDER AND SPORTSMAN
f and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast.
(Established 1882.)
Published every Saturday.
F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor.
F I C E S: 363-365-366 PACFIC BUILDING
Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco.
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lonal Newspaper Bureau, Agent, 219 Bast 23rd St.,
New York City,
ered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco P. O.
ma — One year, S3; six months, $1.75; three months, 21.
elgn postage 21 per year additional; Canadian postage
10c per year additional.
ney should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis-
tered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. O. Drawer
M7, San Francisco, California.
nmunicatlons must be accompanied by the writer's
name and address, not necessarily for publication, but
as a private guarantee of good faith.
PROSPECTS ARE EXCELLENT for a California
■cuit in 1917. Secretary F. W. Kelley of the Pacific
ast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association last week
pressed a letter to the secretary of every associa-
n in California that gave a meeting this year, and
several that did not, asking if the association
Idressed would send a representative to a meeting
be held in San Francisco during December for the
rpose of arranging a circuit for 1917 and announc-
; dates therefor. Every reply that has been re-
ived up to this writing is favorable, and as soon
all are heard from a date for this meeting will be
reed upon and the meeting called. Owners of
itters and pacers can rest assured that before the
st of January a California Circuit will be arranged
d the dates published. From present appearances
ere will be not less than twelve and probably as
my as fifteen meetings. It is proposed that this
•cuit be established on a basis that will guarantee
success, and no association need hesitate to
come a member because it is located in a small
wn where large purses are impossible to give. In
Iber words, no place will be barred because it can-
jit give as large purses as some of the others. This
l|ar the little town of Dixon took a date between
te Breeders' meeting at Santa Rosa where $900
arses were given, and the State Fair at Sacramento
jhich gave purses of $1000 each. The Dixon associ-
|ion concluded that its small town and half mile
■ack could not guarantee purses larger than $300,
ansequently purses of that size were offered. Nearly
II the horses racing at Santa Rosa were shipped
x>m there to Dixon, four days of excellent racing
•ere given and the Solano County Fair and race
teeting was a complete success. There will be no
(tempt made by those who are trying to organize
circuit for 1917 to induce any association to give
ny larger purses than it can afford to. The main
jbing is for each association to give a meeting of
'ome kind, and to be as generous as possible in the
mounts hung up for the horses to race for, but to
jive no more than each association can afford. By
living twelve or fifteen weeks of racing, thus making
(he average shipment as short as possible, with no
Idle weeks between meetings, associations will find
{hat horse owners will be willing to race for smaller
lurses than they will if there are only a few meet-
ngs and those far apart. There has not been a time
it years when the prospects for a good circuit in
California were so good as they now are for a season
if twelve to fifteen weeks in 1917.
ONCE AGAIN we desire to call the attention of
le owners of mares that were bred last year to
:rotting or pacing stallions that on Monday, Decem-
)er 4th, nomination will close for that $2500 stake
.'or three-year-olds, the Pacific Breeders' Futurity.
It will cost you but $2 to nominate a mare in this
stake, and there is probably not a buyer in the United
3tates who might be induced to buy the mare, or her
wit when it is foaled, but will be perfectly willing to
pay several times that amount over and above the
actual price you ask for the mare, if he is told that
she or the colt is entered and paid up in this futurity.
When 1920 rolls around and the foals of 1917 are
three years old, how many of them will be eligible
to start in this stake ? Enough to make a good race,
no doubt, but there will be several others whose
owners will be kicking themselves because the colts
are not eligible to start either in the pace for $1000
or the trot for $1500, as they will then know they
are fast enough to get some of the money if they
were only eligible to stah. Better be safe than sorry,
and by nominating your mare on or before December
•4th you will be safe until the next payment is due,
and by keeping paid up your colt will have a chance
to earn you some of that good money. Stake colts
will be worth a lot more money in 1920 than they
were in 1916 ani we know of several that were sold
this year at a good figure because they were eligible
to the stakes. We are going to start a circuit in
1917 that will grow each year thereafter and as the
population of California increases the size of the
purses to race for will also increase. But nominate
your mare in this stake so that her produce can
take part in the big racing revival that is sure to
come.
FOR A UNIFORM CODE OF RULES.
A BIG CONSIGNMENT of horses will be shipped
from this coast to the Chicago Sale that is to open
at the Union Stock Yards on Monday, December 18th,
which has been designated as California Day. W. G.
Durfee has consigned The Lark 2:08%, the three-
year-old stake winner Hermes 2; 13%, the good win-
ner Rags (4) 2:09%, the coast's fastest pacing mare
Clara Mac 2:04%, that wonderful little two-year-old
Oro Fino that "Pop" Durfee says is the greatest two-
year-old he ever ^rew a line over, and enough more
to make up a couple of carloads. Hemet Stock Farm
will also send a number of highly bred ones from the
farm that holds a number of world's records. Mr.
R. W. Scott, of Bishop, Inyo county, is sending
twenty head of mountain bred horses whose blood-
lines are of the best, and whose individuality will
attract attention in America's greatest horse market.
Chas. W. Winter of Alhambra is sending Alhambra
Prince 2:10% and his son Alhambra Duke (3)
2:17%, both high class horses, and C. A. Harrison of
Seattle, who always is ready to buy or sell, will send
a few head. Now Chicago is the best horse market
in the United States because that is the point where
the buyers congregate, and if the breeding and speed
of a horse do not appeal to the buyer who is looking
for race prospects or horses for the breeding farm,
there are a large number of buyers who are ready
to give the top of the market for horses that are
fitted for the army, or delivery work, or for use on
the farms. The competition is keen among these
buyers and the ordinary horse that is sound and
all right will bring more at auction in Chicago than
any other city in the United States. There are hun-
dreds of horses in California that need selling and
this Chicago sale offers a good opportunity for own-
ers to get rid of them. If you have some that you
are willing to take the Chicago value for, write to
one of the five owners above named who is nearest
you, and get information as to when the horses will
be shipped and what the- conditions are. This will be
the last chance for a big auction this year. Geo. A.
Bain will be the auctioneer and no man in America
can get any higher bids than he can.
A STALLION SOLD FOR $20,000 at auction in
New York this week. True, he was the sire of the
world's champion trotter, but as he is fourteen years
old the only money that can be made with him is
from breeding. He was purchased by the managers
of one of the big Kentucky breeding farms that does
not race horses, but sells all the products of the
farm as yearlings or two-year-olds. This farm has
found the breeding business very profitable and the
fact that it has three of the highest class trotting
bred stallions already and yet is willing to invest
$20,000 in another, is pretty good proof that the man-
agement has implicit faith in the future of the breed-
ing and selling of trotting bred colts. And when
anyone tells you that the breeding of trotters has
gone to the "demnition bow-wows," just refer him
to the fact that on Wednesday last the best posted
people in the business were gathered at Madison
Square Garden, New York, and that th4y competed
with one another for a fourteen-year-old stallion until
one of them finally bid the sum of $20,000 in order
to own him.
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THE DEATH OF JACK LONDON, the noted Cali-
fornia author, which occurred Nov. 22d, will prob-
ably mean the dispersal of the stud of Shires that he
had established at his beautiful farm at Glen Ellen,
Sonoma county. The champion prize winning stal-
lion Neuadd Hillside, owned by him, died but a few
weeks ago, but there are several magnificent young
stallions and imported mares on the farm.
The following notices which have been sent to
every association in membership with the National
Trotting Association are self-explanatory:
Hartford, Conn., Nov. 14, 1916.
There will be a Special Meeting or Congress of
the members of The National Trotting Association
at the Murray Hill Hotel, New York, N. Y., on Tues-
day, December 5th, 1916, at 8 p. m. in accordance
with Article VIII, Section 1, of the By-Laws, for the
purpose of appointing a rule committee of six mem-
bers, which committee together with a like commit-
tee from The American Trotting Association, shall
have power and authority to codify and adopt uni-
form rules for both Associations for the racing of
1917.
By order of
JOHN C. WELTY, President.
Attest: W. H. GOCHER, Secretary.
N. B. — The Committee on Credentials will meet at
the Murray Hill Hotel, New York, N. Y., at 5 p. m.
Tuesday, December 5, 1916, to receive credentials
from delegates to the Twenty-ninth Congress of mem-
bers of The National Trotting Association.
Canton, Ohio, Oct. 27, 1916.
To the Members of the National Trotting Associa-
tion:
It has been apparent to every one for several years
past that because of the frequent changes and altera-
tions made in the rules of the two Associations that,
in the interests of the turf generally the rules of
both Associations should be similar, and to that end
your Board of Review at its meeting in May last,
unanimously adopted a resolution favoring a uniform
code of rules and further providing that inasmuch
as the biennial congress of each of the Associations
would not have their regular meeting until the year
1918, it was provided by said resolution that the
President be given the power to call a special con-
gress to meet in December, 1916, to appoint a rule
committee of six members, which committee, with a
like one from the American Trotting Association,
were to re-write the rules of both Associations for
the year 1917, and which were to be in force until
the congresses of 1918 were held, thus insuring for
the year 1917 a uniform set of rules for both Asso-
ciations. Subsequent to the adoption of the resolu-
tion above referred to, the matter was presented to
the American Trotting Association and a like action
was taken by it, thereby making certain a uniform
code of regulations and rules, subject to the action of
the special congress this day called.
Believing that I voice the sentiments of a great
majority, if not all, of the members of both Associa-
tions when I say that the uniformity of rules is neces-
sary and that no one act can accomplish more good
than its adoption and enforcement.
The special congress is called simply for the ope
purpose, that of appointing the committee, and if y6u
cannot attend please forward to the Association your
proxy, together with a letter giving your views as to
how your Association desires to vote upon the ques-
tion, and I can assure you that the vote will be cast
as you indicate, and it is my desire that each and
every member record its vote upon this most impor-
tant proposition, either by being present or by proxy.
Yours truly,
JOHN C. WELTY, President.
Correct Riding Habits for Horse Shows.
As the National Horse Show was drawing crowds
to Madison Square Garden, New York, last week, for
the benefit of our lady readers who ride we give here
the correct styles of ladies' riding habits as set forth
by the "authorities" on those matters.
For the side saddle suit:
"Coat — Black or gray melton or whipcord. Single
breasted, rather fitted, with flaring skirts and close-
fitting collar and revers. Narrow shoulders and
rather tight sleeve, well curved at the elbow to give
plenty of room when holding the reins.
"Skirt — Regular hunting skirt, cut very short to
show foot and stirrup when riding.
"Breeches — Must fit well without a wrinkle.
"Hat — Medium high topper, belled at the top;
medium brim.
"Gloves — White buckskin.
"Collar — Standing man's linen collar; black tie
wound twice about and bow knot in front. (White
linen pique or silk stocks; cravats also are worn, the
cravat fastened with a sporty pin — horse, fox head,
etc.).
"Riding Crop — A regular crop stick, dark in color,
or a swagger stick of nilgiri wood."
For the cross saddle suit:
"Coat — Single breasted, fitting closely at the waist,
long enough to stop two or three inches above the
riding boots.
"Breeches — Must fit closely at the knee so they
do not wrinkle when seated on the horse; loose
above.
"Boots — Same shape as those worn by side saddle
riders, but much higher, showing only three buttons
of the breeches.
"Hat — Bowler of good shape.
"Collar— Standing turned over man's linen collar,
with black tie (or stock collar and cravat).
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The racing season of 1916 is ended.
It was highly successful but. the season of 1917
will be better.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, November 25,
25,19
GUY WILKES 2:15^.
Due Credit Should be Given This Good Son of
George Wilkes 2:22.
[The American Sportsman.]
In a recent issue of the American Horse Breeder
Mr. Henry Ten Eyck White devotes space to a com-
parison of the relative merits of Guy Wilkes 2:15%
and William L., two sons of George Wilkes 2:22 and
Lady Bunker. In his article Mr. White claims that
William L. completely overshadows his full brother
and, during the course of his article in speaking of
Guy Wilkes, says:
"Guy Wilkes has not bred on in the male line,
although this is not for lack of sons that are 'repre-
sented' stallions, since to the close of 1915 no less
than fifty-two of his sons are recorded in the Tear
Book, but there is not one outstanding sire in the
lot, their average of standard speed (counting both
the trot and the pace) being 6.44 per sire. Sixty-five
daughters of Guy Wilkes are the dams of seventy-
eighi trotters and thirty-five pacers, making the aver-
age per mare 1.78. That is a very bad showing,
especially in the male line, as out of more than half
a hundred sons there would, in the case of a progen-
itor of even the moderate sort, be at least one stallion
that would stand out from the balance of his half
brothers and at the same time take decent rank
among his kind as a whole. But the sons of Guy
Wilkes have done nothing of the sort, and the time
for them to accomplish anything noteworthy in that
line has passed.
"Now consider William L., the brother of Guy
Wilkes, as a progenitor. In quantity he does not
compare with the other horse, having but eighteen
speed siring sons. Yet they have begotten 179 trot-
ters and sixty-four pacers with standard speed, an
average of 13.50 to the sire, or more than twice the
average of the represented sons of Guy Wilkes. The
daughters of William L. likewise excel those of Guy
Wilkes. There are but twenty-four of them that have
produced standard speed, but their crop is twenty-
nine trotters and twenty pacers, or an average of a
shade over two per mare. It is true that Axtell is
the only son of William L. to become eminent, but
even so, he is a real star, while the Guy Wilkes tribe
produced not one sire worth talking about."
Now before making any remarks, we wish to say
that we have no criticisms to make relative to Wil-
liam L.'s great son Axtell and the latter's son Ax-
worthy. Both were noted horses and wonderful
sires and their blood has been, is, and will continue
very prominent in the great futurity and aged class
events, but we cannot agree with Mr. White's estima-
tion of the family founded by Guy Wilkes and, by
setting forth a few facts, we are confident that each
and every unprejudiced person must necessarily
appreciate the latter's worth.
As a performer, and as an individual, Guy Wilkes
completely overshadowed William L. The former
was one of the fastest sons of George Wilkes, and
the latter totally minus any mark to denote he pos-
sessed speed of even ordinary merit. As a sire Guy
Wilkes stands credited with ninety-one in the list,
including such fast ones as Fred Kohl 2:07%, Hulda
2:08%, Seymour Wilkes 2:08%, Lesa Wilkes 2:09,
Dollade Wilkes 2:10%, Reuben S. 2:10%, Muta
Wilkes 2:11, Hazel Wilkes 2:12%, etc. On the con-
trary, William L. sired but fourteen in all, not one
of which entered the 2:10 list and but two of which
secured records better than 2:20. Mr. White says,
"that Guy Wilkes did not get one son worth talking
about." I contend that he is greatly in error on this
point. For instance, Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, though
limited in point of number of mares, is represented
with seventy-five in the list, nine in 2:10, six of
which secured faster records than the get of the
outstanding son of William L. He likewise was rep-
resented by some very notable performers, among
them being Copa de Oro 2:01, a good race horse
and which publicly paced the Phoenix, Ariz., track in
1:59 but through a technicality was not given credit
with it; John A. McKerron 2:04% was several times
a champion and unquestionably had as much if not
more real extreme speed at the trot than any stallion
of his day; Del Rey 2:03% was a stake winner,
paced in 2:01, and but for an injury would have been
the star of his year; Nutmoor 2:05% secured his
record in a winning race on a half mile track and
continually proved his gameness; Wilkes Brewer
2:08% was undefeated in eleven consecutive races
this season and at Lima, Ohio, established several
world's records when she won her third heat in
2:08% and the fifth in 2:08%, and in addition trotted
more small ovals in better than 2:10 than any other
trotter which the industry boasts of. We believe
that it hardly seems necessary to say more to con-
vince most any fair minded man that Nutwood
Wilkes is "one sire worth talking about." However
we will continue a little farther and show that Nut-
wood Wilkes has bred on through both sons and
daughters. John A. McKerron 2:04% has nine in
the 2:10 list and has speed siring sons; Copa de Oro
2: hi has several in the 2:10 list; The Tidal Wave
has two with records faster than 2:08; Stan-
ton Wilkes 2:10% has three in 2:10; Nearest 2:22%
has two in 2:10 and one in 2:05, etc. Having said
enough about the sons of Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, we
will now say a little about his daughters, and they
alone have been productive of enough to gain for
their sire a high rank in turf history. From Nutwood
Wilkes mares have come San Francisco 2:07%, one
of the very greatest sires of the day, as the perform-
ances of St. Frisco 2:03%, Mary Putney (4) 2:04%,
and others will attest; Mona Wilkes 2:03%, Aerolite
(4) 2:06%, sire of two in 2:10; Moortrix 2:07%,
Miss Georgia 2:08%, Lady Mowrey 2:09%, Redeem
2:09%, Demonio Wilkes 2:09%, Dan McKinney 2:10
and others out of his daughters, also should be con-
sidered. Almost enough, we believe, to cause one to
consider him worth talking about That the writer
is not the only one who contends that Nutwood
Wilkes was a sire of unusual merit and that his
blood has proven valuable, we will repeat from last
week's issue of The Horse Review: "The blood of
Nutwood Wilkes is breeding on in a manner to dem-
onstrate its rare value. Everything considered, he
(Nutwood Wilkes) deserves to rank as a truly great
progenitor of extreme speed at both harness gaits."
Here is just one son of Guy Wilkes which is worth
talking about and he likewise had others which were
instrumental in giving the industry notable perform-
ers. Sable Wilkes (3) 2:18, former world's cham-
pion three-year-old, sired fifty-two, his son, Nushagak,
sired in Aristo 2:08% and Nada 2:09% a couple of
fast trotters ; another son of Sable Wilkes sired Bays-
water Wilkes, a 2:10 sire and whose daughters pro-
duced 2:10 speed; Sonoma Girl 2:04%, one of our
greatest racing trotting mares and Charley Belden
2:08%, a stake winner, were by a son of Guy Wilkes;
Maymack 2:04%, another wonderful trotting mare
and joint holder of the world's record for a fifth heat,
was by Arthur Wilkes 2:28% (a son of Guy Wilkes)
and he also sired Welcome 2:10%, which is credited
with a couple in 2:10; Robert Milroi 2:06%, which
was a corking good trotter, was by Milroi, sire also
of the dam of the little gelding Gamar 2:07%, which
was exceptionally successful on the small tracks;
The King Maker 2:24 stands credited with three in
2:10, including R. F. D. 2:05, a notable winner in
the middle west some years ago. Other sons of Guy
Wilkes could be mentioned, but we deem it unneces-
sary as, while but one son of William L. sired any
performers of real ability, the above shows that Guy
Wilkes begot quite a few and in turn their get sired
race horses which met the best of their respective
years at the most important meetings and "got the
money."
Mr. White says, "The daughters of William L. like-
wise excel those of Guy Wilkes." The daughters of
William L. stand credited with but one 2:10 per-
former, this being the pacing mare Miss Willamont
2:07%. Now from the daughters of Guy Wilkes the
industry boasts of Guy Axworthy (4) 2:08%, the sire
of the world's champion trotting stallion, Lee Ax-
worthy 1:58%, and five more in 2:10; Esther W.
2:06%, a great stake winner; Peter Thompson (3)
2:07%, a noted futurity winner and champion three-
year-old trotting gelding; Miss Stokes (3) 2:08%, a
champion as a yearling and a noted futurity winner;
F. S. Whitney 2:09%, Bon Guy 2:09%, Eva Tanguay
(4) 2:09%, Miss Pierette (3) 2:09%, Harry Dillon
2:10, a 2:10 sire; Adioo Guy 2:05%, record made on
a half mile track this season and a most consistent
winner; Denervo 2:06%, Solano Boy 2:07, Guy the
Great 2:08%, etc. His daughters also produced Guy
McKinney, sire of Vernon McKinney 2:01%, a 2:10
sire and a notable Grand Circuit performer; Miller-
ton, the sire of Joe Boy 2:06%, winner of more races
than any horse now campaigning; Guy Dillon, the
sire of Emeline Dillon 2:07% and Guy Borden 2:07%,
the latter- winner of his every start, ten in all, and
considered as one of the fastest horses bred in Cali-
fornia; Guy Thistle, sire of Lotta 2:08%, a noted
race mare of a few years back; Recreation, sire of
Charley Rex 2:08%, winner of nine races in 1916
and which recently trotted the Cranwood half mile
track in 2:10% in a race; Typical Direct, the sire
of Peck Direct 2:09%, a good winner on the twice-
arounds this season, etc. It is unnecessary to call
further attention to the success achieved by the
daughters of Guy Wilkes, and, when it comes to the
point of making a comparison, they stand out so
much superior to those of William L. as to leave
absolutely no grounds whatever to even mention them
in the same breath, much less say that "The daugh-
ters of William L. excel."
In our defense of the family established by Guy
Wilkes 2:15%, we have endeavored to be as brief
as possible and unquestionably failed to bring out
many achievements credited to the tribe, but before
closing we wish to add that while Mr. White lavs
particular stress upon the fact that the sons of Guy
Wilkes average 6.44 per sire while those of William
L. average 13.50 per sire, a different condition can
be made to appear. Granting that William L. has
but one son of consequence, we will deduct this son's
get from the total credited to William L., and we
find that the balance of the sons of William L. aver-
age less than 5% per sire. Now we will take from
the total credited to the sons of Guy Wilkes the
number posted to bis leading son and we find that
the balance of the sons of Guy Wilkes have an aver-
age of more than 6% to their credit.
As we stated earlier, we do not wish to take a
thing away from Axtell or the balance of the familv
of William L., nor do we contend that the family of
Guy Wilkes is greater, but we thoroughly believe.
and likewise are confident, that every unprejudiced
person must agree that Guy Wilkes was individually
a greater sire, his sons were vastly more uniform
sires of extreme speed, and his daughters have bred
on greatly superior to those of William L.
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This is the time of the year when your stallions
should be advertised. Write to the Breeder and
Sportsman for rates.
THE LIST OF 2:05 TROTTERS.
Twenty years ago there were but 51 trotters'
the 2:10 list, while the list of 2:05 trotters numbel
just three — Alix 2:03%, Nancy Hanks 2:04 and Aa
2:04%. Up to the end of this year there were
trotters in the 2:05 list, nearly as many as made
the 2:10 list of 1896. "Raymond" in the Horse Wc
has recently made up a list of the 2:05 trotters
families, as follows:
Wilkes Family.
Lee Axworthy, by Guy Axworthy 2:08% 1
Hamburg Belle, by Axworthy 2:15% 2
Sweet Marie, by McKinney 2:11% 2
Anvil, by St. Valiant Vincent 2:11% 2
Billy Burk, by Silent Brook 2:16% 2
St. Frisco, by San Francisco 2:07% 2
Zomrect, by Zombro 2:11 2
Jack Leyburn, by Alto Leyburn 2:24% 2
Rythmell, by Rhythmic 2:06% 2
Ross B., by Petronius 34394 2
Sonoma Girl, by Lynwood W. 2:20% 2;
Spanish Queen, by Onward Silver 2:05% 2
The Real Lady (2) by Moko 24457 2;
John A. McKerron, by Nutwood Wilkes 2: 16%. 2
Maymack, by Arthur Wilkes 2:30 2:
Tiverton, by Galileo Rex p. 2:12% 2:
Tommy Horn, by Otto Wilkes 2:24 2
Brace Girdle, by Tregantle 2 : 09 % 2 :
Colorado E. (3), by The Bondsman 37641 2
Cheeny, by Medium Line 2:10 2:
Mary Putney, by San Francisco 2:07% 2:
Star Winter, by Ed. Winter 2:12% 2;
Willy, by Wilburn M. 2:27 2
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Uhlan, by Bingen 2:06% l:
Major Delmar, by Del Mar 2:16% 1:
The Harvester, by Walnut Hall 2:08% 2:
Etawah, by Al Stanley 2:08% 2
The Abbot, by Chimes 5348 2
Dudie Archdale, by Archdale 37304 2:
Lord Dewey, by Admiral Dewey 2:04% 2
Bob Douglas, by Todd 2:14% 2;
Admiral Dewey, by Bingen 2:06% 2
Azote, by Whips 2:27% 2
General H., by Combineer 33859 2
The Happy Medium Family.
Peter Volo, by Peter the Great 2:07% 2
Margaret Druien, by Peter the Great 2: 07%.. 2
Mabel Trask, by Peter the Great 2:07% 2
Peter Mac, by Peter the Great 2:07%.. 2
Nancy Hanks, by Happy Medium 400 2
Volga (3), by Peter the Great 2:07% 2
Peter Scott, by Peter the Great 2:07% 2
The Abdallah 15 Family.
Cresceus, by Robert McGregor 2:17% 2
Highball, by Dr. Hooker 2:23% 2
Charley Mitchell, by Marvelous 2:23 2;
Wentworth, by Superior 3780 2;
The Dictator Family.
Lucile Spier, by Directum Spier 2:11% 2:
Joan, by Directum Spier 2:11% 2;
Lillian R., by J. T. 2:12% 2:
Mainsheet, by The Director General 31738 2;
The Artillery Family.
Soprano, by Bellini 2:13% 2:03%
Bonington, by Bellini 2:13% 2:04%
The Strathmore Family.
Lou Dillon, by Sidney Dillon 23157 1:58%
The Woodford Mambrino Family.
Alix, by Patronage 4143 2:03%
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The noted Canadian show horse Melrose, owned
by Sir Adam Beck. London, Ont, is a strictly trotting
bred horse. He was bred by Charles Luke, Bothwell,
Ont, and is a son of Mr. Luke's good sire Ad Baron
40720 (by Adbell 2:23, dam Baroness Theodora by
Baron Wilkes 2:18), his dam being by Grand Fal-
coner (trotting bred), second dam by Almontonian
6783 (son of Almont 33), third dam by John How?
ard 9037 (son of John E. Rysdvk 5721).
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At the recent sale of A. W. Hacking's hackneys in
England the bay yearling Adbolton Forest King, by
Mathias — Towthorpe Iris, was sold for $2,850, which
is a record price for a yearling hackney colt at auc-
tion. The dam of Adbolton Forest King, regarded by
English authorities as the best breeding mare of
modern times, fetched $2,700.
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That New York buyers are willing and eager to
pay fancy prices for thoroughly seasoned horses was
evidenced at the sale of Messrs. Indell & Conforti's
work stock conducted by the Fiss, Doerr & Carroll
Horse Company in their auction mart in East Twenty-
fourth street last week. Teams fetched as high as
$635, while $345 was paid for single horses.
Sound a blast on an automobile horn in approach-
ing a team and in nine cases out of ten the horses
will turn out to the right before the driver touches
the lines. Automobiles are so numerous that even
horses know the rules of the road and such a thing
as a horse frightening at an automobile is now almost
unknown.
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J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08, by Bingen 2:07% and out
of the great dam Santos, holds the record as a sire
of yearling standard performers. In 1912 five year-
lings by him took records of 2:30 or better; in 1913
the number was three, in 1915 it was five and in 1916
seven.
urday, November 25, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Thoroughbred Matters
TWENTY LEADING SIRES IN AMERICA IN 1916.
Ward B. Hall's thoroughbreds are at the Pleasan-
q track. His stallion Joe Carey will make the
ason there and should be well patronized.
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A. G. Dunlap is wintering his runners at Pleas-
ton. Among them is Stolen Ante, winner of many
iod races this year, Capitano and El Capitano, and
veral others.
Louis Becker, the San Francisco merchant, has
iit» a string of runners at the Pleasanton track.
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The A. K. Macomber racing stable under the charge
Walter Jennings is now in winter quarters at
harlestown, South Carolina. There are fifty horses
id nearly fifty men to care for them.
Tfohn Sanford's yearlings, seven in number, sold at
iction at Baltimore November 11th, brought from
!25 to $950. The highest figure was paid for a colt
y Trap Rock out of Consuelo II., the dam of Geo.
toith, Theresa Gill, etc.
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The Kentucky state racing commission has adopted
rule that no horse foaled in 1915 or thereafter shall
on in any race before April 1st of his two-year-old
ear, and under penalty of thereby disqualifying him-
elf for all races under these rules until December
1st of his two-year-old form.
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The executors of the J. B. Haggin estate are selling
iff much of the land of the famous Elmendorf Farm
d Kentucky. Three large tracts have already been
sold, the last sale being one of 400 acres to Mrs. A.
Pettit, who has leased the same to C. H. Berryman
o be used as a stock farm.
Reports from Tijuana are that there are plenty of
worses, but the gate receipts and the number of books
ire not quite large enough to make the meeting as
profitable as was expected. A little later, when the
lourist travel to Southern California is at its height,
here will doubtless be a much larger daily attend-
ance and consequently more money in the ring. The
weather has been all that could be asked and the
track is fast.
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The City of Covington, in the limits of which part
of the Latonia race track is located, passed an ordi-
nance assessing a license of $100 on each race
against the Latonia association. Judge Edmunds of
the Covington Police Court has decided that while
Covington has a right to license racing, the license
of §100 a race is unreasonable and excessive, and
holds that the license is void.
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The steamer Manchuria arrived at New York last
week with a large number of Thoroughbreds from
England and France that had been purchased by
Americans. There were thirteen head purchased by
Mr. J. E. Widener from Edmond Blanc, and six more
that Mr. Widener had either bred or purchased from
other parties. Grant Hugh Brown had nineteen
■horses, including five brood mares, one five-year-old
and eleven yearlings. R. L. Montgomery of Phila-
delphia had seven Irish hunters aboard, and the five-
year-old stallion Mellifont by St. Brendan, out of a
mare by Enthusiast. H. T. Oxnard and A. B. Han-
cock also had horses consigned to them.
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I Although the English turf papers all speak of the
great falling off in the prices at which Thorough-
breds are selling in the British Isles, reports from
some of the sales would lead the average Californian
;to think that they were still pretty high. At the sale
of Richard Croker's horses at Glencairn, Ireland, Oc-
tober 27th, forty-six horses brought a total of about
!$;55,000. The highest price was realized for Eleanor
M., a three-year-old filly by Orby — Vain Glory. She
brought $10,140. Geraldine, a two-year-old filly by
Dinneford, fetched $4,920, a two-year-old colt by Chas.
O'Malley brought $2,125, and there were four year-
lings that realized from $1,250 to $2,100 each. The
'lowest price received for any of the forty head was
$125 for a small yearling.
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' Another Canadian track will go over to the pari-
inutuel system of wagering next season. Gad Bryan,
who with James F. O'Hara, has taken over the man-
agement of the destinies of the Kempton Park track
at La Prairie, near Montreal, is quoted as having
laid his plans for this mode of speculation, and the
same machines used at Bowie will be installed for
the racing next year.
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C. W. Moore. Mere Hill Stud, sold recently to A. K.
Macomber the weanling brown colt by Jim Gaffney
(sire of Dodge) out of Maltha by Ogden for $2,000.
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J. W. Parrish. Midway, Ky., has purchased from
Crosthwaite & Johnson for $1,600 the three-year-old
chestnut mare, Triad, by Star Shoot, out of Thirty-
third (dam of Buckhorn and his good Ballot two-year-
old, Midway), by Sir Dixon.
After being put under eclipse for three successive
years in the sire list by Broomstick, John E. Mad-
den's Star Shoot has reasserted himself with a ven-
geance this year. He is the assured premier of 1916
away off by himself. His progeny have already won
a greater money total than has been credited to any
leading sire since 1908. He has sent the record num-
ber of twenty-six winning two-year-olds to the races.
He has had no winner of as much as $10,000 to his
credit, but he has had the huge family of eighty-six
sons and daughters industriously engaged in racing,
every one of which won some amount of money to
his credit. It is quite probable that this is itself a
record. At any rate, one would have to delve deep
in racing records to match it.
And since there is quite a bit of racing to be done
before a new year is ushered in, it is quite sure that
Star Shoot's various accounts will be further consid-
erably expanded before the end of December. Of
promise in a way is the fact that his four best win-
ners are two-year-olds.
The dead sire, Peep O' Day, was well represented
in the racing of this year and is a respectable second
to Star Shoot, with Ogden a good third. After figur-
ing as the premier for the last three years Broom-
stick dropped so far down that he is now in ninth
place in the list of twenty leading stallions. The
failure of Thunderer and Bromo to train on had much
to do with his declension, as well as the turning over
of many of the Brookdale Stud matrons to All Gold
and Whisk Broom H.
The twenty leading sires up to the first of Novem-
ber and their largest money-earning representatives
are:
Perform- Races
Sire. ers. Starts. Won. Amount.
Star Shoot 86 1,172 190 $124,432
Peep O'Day 64 959 146 90,732
Ogden ...: 47 610 105 82,860
Dick Welles 49 844 139 72,096
Maria Santa 51 987 143 67,869
McGee 47 785 117 65,261
Hastings 40 786 87 62,367
Olambala 5 55 16 56,580
Broomstick 38 434 78 55,441
Hamburg 16 200 55 49,133
Rock Sand 21 222 41 47,974
Cunard 28 527 73 46,599
Fair Play 18 292 41 45,683
Waterboy 26 366 57 45,129
Stalwart. 33 609 80 43,025
Yankee 25 > 458 20 42,197
Jim Gaffney 9 / 85 20 39,678
Transvaal 27 372 54 38,982
Ballot 24 236 45 35,780
Solitaire II 24 473 69 33,636
• Totals (20) 678 10,472 1,636 $1,145,454
The breeding of the above stallions and their five
largest winners follow: —
Star Shoot, ch h, 1898, by Isinglass, dam Astrology
—Straight Forward, $6,040; Ivory Black, $5,670;
Wistful, $5,005; Golden Bantam, $4,965, and Star of
Love, $4,890.
Peep O'Day (dead), b h, 1893, by Ayrshire, dam
Sundown — Ed Crump, $16,351; Top o' th' Morning,
$7,360; Hank O'Day, $4,190; Vogue, $4,268, and Early
Light, $3,830.
Ogden, br h, 1894, by Kilwarlin, dam Oriole — The
Finn. $15,630; Bondage, $6,285; Yankee Witch,
$6,130; Mars Cassidy, $5,993, and The Masquerader,
$5,055.
Dick Welles, b h, 1900, by King Eric, dam Tea's
Over — Langden, $5,253; Gipsey George, $3,995; Ra-
tina, $3,288; Detour, $3,155, and Roscoe Goose,
$3,149.
Maria Santa, b h, 1896, by Martley, dam Luxette —
Skiles Knob, $5,282; Jessie Louise, $4,391; Doctor
Larriek, $4,158; Bird Man, $3,115, and Elizabeth Lee,
$3,040.
McGee, b h, 1900, by White Knight, dam Remorse —
Kewessa, $5,400; Tragedy, $4,975; Irish Gentleman,
$4,363; Little String, $3,565, and Sam McMeekin,
$3,415.
Hastings, br h, 1893, by Spendthrift, dam Cinder-
ella— Thornhill, $7,690; Achievement, $6,980; Haw-
thorn, $5,081; Blue Cap, $4,062, and Flittergold,
$3,755.
Olambala, ch h, 1906, by Ormus, dam Blue and
White — Campfire, $50,035; Killdee, $3,040; Hanobala,
$1,985; Fantam Bala, $1,070, and Mannchen, $450.
Broomstick, b h, 1901, by Ben Brush, dam Elf-
Rickety, $5,721; Broomsedge, $3,185; Fair Helen,
$3,110; Vermont, $3,105, and Cudgel, $3,036.
Hamburg (dead), b b, 1895, by Hanover, dam Lady
Reel— Borrow, $8,115; Hwfa, $7,350; Monocacy,
$7,250; Port Light, $6,065, and Syosset II., $4,750.
Rock Sand (dead), br h, 1900, by Sainfoin, dam
Roquebrune — Friar Rock, $15,275; Fenmouse, $5,885;
Fernrock, $5,150; Damrosch, $5,050, and Malachite,
$4,965.
Cunard, ch h, 1889. by Goldfinch, dam Lucania —
Bayberry Candle, $7,653; Charles Francis, $3,336;
Waterproof, $3,310; Sir Edgar, $3,245, and Bac, $2,950.
Fair Play, ch h, 1905, by Hastings, dam Fairy Gold
— Stromboli, $9,875; All Smiles, $8,335; Sun King,
$6,460; Sands of Pleasure, $5,980, and Hanovia,
$3,244.
Waterboy (dead), br b, 1899. by Watercress, dam
Zealandia— Pif Jr., $8,560; Water Lady, $5,635; Au-
riga, $5,400; Waterblossom, $4,159, and Blue Fox,
$3,245.
Stalwart, ch h, 1901, by Meddler, dam Melba —
Uncle Hart, $4,922; Republican, $3,640; Stout Heart,
$3,377; Camellia, $3,076, and Father Riley, $2,975.
Yankee, b h, 1899, by Hanover, dam Correction—
Yenghee, $5,146; Conning Tower, $4,300; Yankee
Notions, $3,800: Eagle, $3,345, and Outlook, $2,945.
Jim Gaffney, b h, 1905, by Golden Garter, dam Miss
Maxim — Dodge, $26,410; Franklin, $5,555; Berlin,
$3,881; Sedan, $1,573, and Sir Wellons, $966.
Transvaal, b b, 1905, by Commando, dam Royal
Rose — King Gorin, $5,579; Little Bigger, $4,802;
Transit, $3,126; Mabel Dulweber, $2,748, and Guy
Fortune, $2,505.
Ballot, ch h, 1904, by Voter, dam Cerito — Ticket,
$7,230; Capra, $6,510; Kathryn Gray, $4,210; Mid-
way, $3,277, and Bally, $2,065.
Solitaire II.. b h, 1896, by Ayrshire, dam Solesky —
Alfadir, $3,451; Sosius, $3,343; Savilla. $3,315; San-
gallo, $3,087, and Birka, $2,625.— [Thoroughbred
Record.
Breeding Depends on Racing.
Before the present European war racing of Thor-
oughbreds was by far the leading sport in England,
and every horseman knows that the horse' breeding
farms of the British Isles were numerous and their
operations extensive, and that many hundreds of
thousands of dollars were paid for yearlings at the
auction sales. Then came the war and racing was
stopped, and now the following alarming report
comes from the breeding farms of England:
London, September 8.
The Association of Racehorse Owners, Breeders,
and Trainers reports that the recent canvass among
owners, breeders, and trainers, instituted by the As-
sociation, in order to ascertain the effect of the veto
upon racing, has revealed the fact that unless relief
comes quickly in the form of more racing, the Thor-
oughbred breeding industry in this country is threat-
ened with extinction. From the details received from
sixty-nine trainers now located at Newmarket, it
appears that they had charge between them before
the war of some 1382 horses. They now have 354,
and, if racing is not very soon resumed in other
parts than Newmarket, this number, it is stated,
will be reduced to 54.
Heaviest Weight Ever Carried in a Race.
I notice that my friend "Gareth," of the Referee,
is uncertain about the heaviest weight ever carried
in a race by a race horse. He instances Sir John
Astley's match in 1879, when Sir John rode his horse.
Drumhead, to victory at Newmarket, at 16 st. 6 lbs.,
against Mr. Caledon Alexander's Briglia, whose owner
went to scale at six pounds less. "Gareth" is wrong
in attributing Drumhead's breakdown to that match,
for the horse subsequently ran a good third to Ison-
omy and Paul's Cray for the Brighton Cup, and then
ran second to Rylstone for the Lewes Handicap. It
was during a later match, over two miles, with Sol-
omon (Mr. W. Bevill) up, each carrying 16 St. 10 lb.,
that Drumhead broke down. As far as I know the
heaviest weights carried were some time in the late
fifties or early sixties, when Captain Machell and
Captain McCraith (who together scaled 22 st. 5 lb.)
jointly rode the latter's horse Clown in a match over
two miles at Tramore for a substantial sum against
Mr. Maleolmson's Bacon (owner up). Mr. Malcolm-
son weighed 18 st., but although the two captains
were giving a lot of weight to their opponent. Clown
easily carried his double burden to victory. — [Vigi-
lant ,in London Sportsman.
Son of Yellow Tail Wins at Horse Show.
"Thoroughbred Day" at the National Horse Show
at New York last week opened, appropriately enough,
with the class in whicTi thoroughbred stallions were
to be judged on their suitability for improving the
common horse stock of the country. John E. Madden,
who has acted as sole judge of race horses for five
years, walked into the ring with the five horses
entered in the class, placed them, and then walked
out again, taking just four and one-half minutes for
the task he had traveled 1,000 miles to perform. This
is said to be the "fastest time on record," to borrow
an expression from the turf. Mr. Madden knew all
the horses and their performances, had known their
sires and dams before them, and probably might
have made his decision without coming on from Ken-
tucky. .
The blue ribbon was taken for the second year in
succession by Yellow Crest, the gigantic chestnut
stallion formerly raced as Captain John and got by
Yellow Tail. He is 17 hands high. Miss Constance
Vauclain bought him for $2,000 at auction in Dur-
land's Riding Academy last week, but he was shown
in the name of his erstwhile owner, Willis Sharpe
Kilmer, of Binghamton, N. Y. Uncas Chief, 16.2
hands high, was second; Highland Chief, 15.2 hands,
was third, and Glorio, 16 bands, was fourth.
The six-year-old horse Shepherd King, carrying 105
pounds, won the Caulfleld Cup at Melbourne, October
21st. The distance was one mile and a half and there
were eight starters, and Shepherd King won by a
length and three-quarters from Amata, who was a
length in front of Sasanof. The time was 2:33^4 and
the winner was imported from England and owned
by J. Widdis and J. Mills. Shepherd King is by
Martagon, dam St. Windeline.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, November 25, U
RECORD BREAKERS OF HEMET STOCK FARM.
Interesting Facts About Them and the Only Mare to
Produce Two Yearlings with Records Below 2:20.
[By C. C. Crippen.]
Reading of the brilliant performances of the Hemet
Stock Farm youngsters at Phoenix last week recalls
to my mind conversations I had with the late Frank
Holloway in the early summer of 1911, when he had
Wilbur Lou and other Hemet colts at the San Jose
track giving them their final preparations for their
engagements of that season. The now successful
sire of early speed was then a two-year-old and holder
of the world's yearling record for trotting colts, made
at Phoenix the previous November, where six years
later his yearling daughter Hemet Queen won the
world's championship for pacing fillies of her age,
and another daughter, Zeta Lucille, won what I be-
lieve is the Pacific Coast record for trotting fillies
of her age by taking a record of 2:12%.
During the winter of 1910-1911 Mr. Holloway, who
was at that time trainer and manager of the Hemet
Stock Farm, suffered a very severe spell of sickness
from which he never fully recovered, and when he
came to San Jose with the Hemet colts in June of
1911 was but a shadow of the stout and robust Frank
Holloway I had formerly known. In talking with
him I asked if they had mated Wilbur Lou with any
mares that year and he replied that they had not,
and added, that he would liked to have done so but
that Mr. Whittier did not care to take the risk, that
his whole desire was to give the colt every possible
advantage that he might maintain the prestige he
had gained as a yearling during his two and three-
year-old form, and stated that Mr. Whittier did not
figure that he would live to develop Wilbur Lou colts.
"But," said Frank with a smile, "Mr. Whittier is
only eighty-three years old and he will live longer
than I will." And I knew, then that Frank Holloway
spoke what he believed to be the truth. A month or
so later the Hemet horses were shipped to Salinas
where the Breeders' Association was to give the first
meeting of the California circuit I believe the
horses arrived at Salinas on Saturday. On Sunday
Mr. Holloway drove out to the track to see the colts,
and returning to his hotel that afternoon was taken
with a sudden illness that proved fatal in a few
hours, and the next day the Hemet Stock Farm had
lost its trainer and Mr. Whittier his capable man-
ager and valued friend. Poor Frank Holloway's
words had come true.
But the Hemet Stock Farm that Mr. Holloway
helped to establish is still maintaining the reputa-
tion that he was so largely instrumental in its obtain-
ing in almost the very beginning of its existence, as
it has each year turned out stake winners, sensational
youngsters, world's champions and near champions,
and Mr. Whittier, in spite of his advanced years is
still proprietor of the only first class stock farm that
breeds and trains trotters and pacers in this whole
country, and each year has the pleasure of watching
the development and creditable performances of the
get of Wilbur Lou, the champion trotter and cham-
pion sire of his sunset years.
But it is not alone the get of Wilbur Lou that is
adding fame to the Hemet Farm, for colts by Kinney
de Lopez, that other magnificent son of Kinney Lou,
are vieing with the get of Wilbur Lou for the highest
place upon Hemet Stock Farm's roll of honor, and
in Edith Carter, Louise de Lopez and Don de Lopez
he has proven himself a worthy companion to the
farm's premier sire and demonstrated his ability to
transmit his own great speed and inheritance. In
the one or two public appearances that Kinney de
Lopez has made he was unfortunately suffering from
lameness and in no condition to make a favorable
showing, but take it from me, that there have been
few trotters that possessed more speed than Kinney
de Lopez and none better gaited. I have expected
a great deal of this son of Kinney Lou. I gave him
the first track work he ever had, when a two-year-
old, and he then showed great promise of developing
into a very fast trotter, but he has been a very unfor-
tunate one. I gave him his name, too, and perhaps
that has been a hoodoo to him, but as it combines
the names of his sire and his breeder I thought it
very appropriate and it sounded good to me. It is
the blood of Kinney Lou that has made Hemet Stock
Farm famous, his daughter Allie Lou was the best
three-year-old on the coast last year, winning the
majority of the California stakes, and she was bred
at Hemet. The filly Edith Carter, that came so
near the championship mark when she trotted to a
yearling record of 2:18% last week, is the second
yearling out of her dam Louise Carter (3) 2:24 to
beat 2:20, thereby giving Louise Carter the distinc-
tion of being the only mare to produce two yearlings
to beat 2:20. The other is Wilbur Lou (1) 2:19%.
Louise Carter is also the dam of Louise Lucille that
trotted in 2:14% at Phoenix last week as a two-year-
old. She also produced the good trotter Mamie
Alwin 2:12 that, had she not been butchered as a
three-year-old, would have beaten 2:10 to a certainty.
How many greater broodmares are there than Louise
Carter? By a son of Nutwood Wilkes whose dam
was by Director and out of the dam of John A. Mc-
Kerron 2:04%, that was also by Director — such is
her title to quality.
Before Louise Carter produced Wilbur Lou and
Mamie Alwin, two fast and good clean-gaited trot-
ters, I would not have selected her for a broodmare.
Her fame is now too well established for me to be
considered a "knocker" if I gave my reasons. She
was a very fast colt trotter herself, although her rec-
ord is only 2:24. Fred Chadbourne drove her quar-
ters repeatedly in 31 and 30% seconds, but she would
hit her knees so hard that she could not maintain
the clip; but for a short distance she could fairly
fly. Her conformation was faulty in front and noth-
ing could be done to correct her faulty action, and
yet she has produced a family of trotters, none of
whom have inherited her one fault and all have in-
herited her speed.
In regard to the development of Hemet's sensa-
tional yearlings, the results prove that Frank Rees,
who broke them to harness, trained and gave them
half mile track records that were not only the fastest
of the year but in the case of Hemet Queen, the fast-
est of all time for pacers of her age, sex and gait,
has ability as a colt trainer second to none other.
To his credit also is given the development of the
fast two-year-old trotter Zeta Lucille 2:12%. Fred
Ward gave them their records at Phoenix and has
doubtless given them some if not all of their work
since his return from bis successful eastern cam-
paign, but to Frank Rees' careful and intelligent
handling and training from their first lesson is due
the credit of their development, otherwise Fred
Ward would have had no sensational or champion
youngsters to mark at Phoenix.
And I am not seeking to detract anything from ac-
credit due to Fred Ward, for he surely has it coming
to him, but Frank Rees was the man behind the
gun; he made them. The public and I have seen
Fred Ward driving races successfully for twenty
years and we all know that he is a trainer of ability,
as he has made all the horses he has raced, and as a
race driver I would put him in the same class with
Tommy Murphy, "Longshot" Cox, "Pop" Geers, Lon
McDonald, or any of the rest of the noted eastern
teamsters. All Fred needs to be just as widely ad-
vertised and "famous" as they is a few millionaires
to buy him horses. But Frank Rees has stayed at
home and worked with the colts. He started Wilbur
Lou, Hemet Stock Farm's first champion, on the road
to fame, and he has started in the right and proper
way all the others that have followed since Kinney
Lou's champion son put the little town of Hemet in
Southern California on the map and introduced to
the trotting horse world the now noted and far-
famed Hemet Stock Farm, the most beautiful and
best equipped place of its kind in this whole big
country, in class and quality a Palo Alto in minia-
ture. And may Mr. Whittier, its genial and worthy
proprietor, witness many more records shattered by
the get of Wilbur Lou!
Bingara $5200, Guy Axworthy $20,000.
The only report that has come from the Old Glory
Sale, which has been held at Madison Square Garden,
New York, during the present week, is in regard to
the prices paid for the two noted stallions, Bingara
and Guy Axworthy. Bingara, sold on account of the
death of his owner the late William Russell Allen,
was foaled in 1901 and was bred by J. Malcolm Forbes
of Massachusetts. He was bought by Mr. Allen when
a yearling and at that age trotted an eighth in 19
seconds. As a two-year-old he showed an eighth in
17 seconds and a quarter in 37 seconds, but was never
trained, never raced and never worked a full mile at
speed, yet at 15 years of age he is the sire of 119
trotters and pacers in the list, has 9 trotters with
records below 2:10 and 26 below 2:15. He also has
seven producing sons and ten producing daughters.
He is the youngest horse to become a century sire,
which he did at 14 years of age. With the exception
of the dead Todd (also a son of Bingen from an
Arion dam) Bingara at the same age outranks all
sires, living or dead, as a sire of 2:10 trotters. He
is the greatest representative of the tribe of Bingen
2:06%, the greatest of modern family founders, and
that he is a sire of race horses is attested by the fact
that from 1911 to and including 1915, his" get won
a total of $158,858 at the races, and during 1916, as
far as could be checked up to October 10th, his get
.won 42 races, 43 second moneys. 34 thirds and 20
fourths. He was knocked down for $5200 to the bid
of Mr. E. J. Tranter, who was probably acting for
some one else.
Guy Axworthy 2:15% sold for $20,000 on Wednes-
day. He is a year younger than Bingara. having
been foaled in 1902. He was bred by John H. Shults,
but was consigned to the sale by the Estate of Jacob
Ruppert and Leo Ottinger of New York. Guy Ax-
worthy is by the great Axworthy and his dam the
California bred and raised mare Lillian Wilkes by
Guy Wilkes. As a two-year-old Guy Axworthy took
a trotting record of 2:23%, and as a four-year-old he
reduced this mark to 2:08%. Now at the age of 14
he has 51 in the 2:30 list and nearly all are two and
three-year-olds. Heading the list is the world's cham-
pion trotting stallion Lee Axworthy 1:58%, and next
come Guy Nella 2:06%, Muda Guy 2:09, John Garder
(3) 2:09%, Peter Worthy (3) 2:09%, and Axworth
(3) 2:10. His sons have sired four and his daugh-
ters have produced four in the list. The estate of
the late L. V. Harkness bid $20,000 for Guy Axworthy
at the sale Wednesday and he was knocked down for
that figure. There is little question but he will go
to Walnut Hall Farm, Kentucky, where he will join
that great trio of stallions. Walnut Hall, Moko and
San Francisco, and when mated with the daughters
of these horses should produce many more champion
trotters.
Death of William McDonald of Livermore.
After an illness of several months William 1
Donald, Deputy Public Administrator and meml
of the Board of Education of Alameda county, dl
at his home in Livermore November 19th, at the a
of fifty-six. William McDonald was born in (
county in which he died and resided for the gre*
part of his life at or near Livermore. He had fill
many public offices and some years ago represent
Alameda county in the California Legislature. ]
though not a horse breeder he was a student
horse breeding, especially of the trotting and dn
stock of the Livermore valley, and there were ft
horses owned in that locality with whose breedh
he was not familiar. At the horse shows which I
years have been a feature of the early spring
late fall at the town of Livermore, Mr. McDonald w
always the Marshal of the parade and then from
rostrum in the public square gave the name, t
ownership and the breeding of every stallion, mi
and colt as they were led by. Without notes
would correctly give the breeding of from fifty
one hundred horses, and he not only knew the a
mals, but knew every man and boy that led oi
When a young man he taught school near Livermo
and was held in high esteem by all the residents'
that valley. His death is a loss to the community
The Proof 2:09% is Back at Santa Rosa.
C. A. Spencer, of Santa Rosa, was in San Francis
for a few hours Tuesday on his way home from 1
summer campaign with The Proof through the Gre
Western and Grand Circuits, winding up the racis
season at Phoenix, Arizona, last week. He start*
The Proof fourteen times during the season and wi
outside the money but once. The son of The Expi
nent improved greatly at Phoenix and on the la:
day of the meeting was only beaten a head t
Esperanza in 2:07% and was himself timed fast*
than that. In this mile he threw a shoe at the ha
mile pole, but he never quit trying. Spencer think
The Proof will be able to lower his record to 2:0
next season, barring accidents. The Proof close
the season with a winrace record of 2:09%. Th
horsemen of Darlington, Wisconsin, tried to indue
Spencer to bring The Proof there for the season c
1917, offering' to get him 50 mares, but he does nc
want to leave California and will remain at Sant
Rosa. While he had a fairly successful racing se«
son, the long shipments and entrance fees took th
most of the profits from the amounts won by Th
Proof and Spencer would rather race in California i
there were classes for the horse.
Famous Auction Place to be Sold.
Madison Square Garden, where so many horse
have gone under the hammer during the past twentj
five years, will itself be sold by auction very shortlj
The owners of the property have filed an involuntar;
petition in bankruptcy, placing their liabilities a
$3,058,879, while the assets are set forth as $2,763,141
The F. & D. Company, which owns the property, pail
$3,500,000 for it, paying $1,200,000 in cash and givini
a mortgage for $2,300,000. Several weeks ago thi
Court appointed a referee to compute the amount dm
on this mortgage, which was held by the New Yorl
Life. The insurance company had brought foreclos
ure proceedings against the F. & D. Company am
their action will result in an early sale of the famoui
property at auction.
The F. & D. Company is composed of G. Louis
Boissevain, president; Edwin L. Boissevain, secre
tary; George C. Comstock, J. M. Ellsworth and Alyr,
Ball, Jr., directors.
At the time of the purchase it was planned to de
molish the big plant and build a series of thirty-storj
loft buildings on the site. This project was subse
quently abandoned.
English Hackneys Arrive For the National.
In spite of war and shipping perils, apparently
foreign interest in the New York National Horse
Show is not lacking. Two champion hackney stal-
lions, Bingley Toreander and Admiral Cliquot, re-
cently arrived on the steamer Mongolia as exhibits
for the Garden show, which opened on Saturday,
Nov. 11th.
The horses were insured for $10,090 and sent over
the 3,000 miles to be shown only in one class and
compete with seven homebred opponents, the event
being for a special silver trophy donated by the
National Horse Show Association for the best hack-
ney stallion. a
The pair was brought across the Atlantic by WalteJ
W. Rycroft of Bingley, England, a wealthy amateur
horse fancier, who last year was president of the
English Hackney Horse Society, succeeding to th"e
first office held by the late King Edward.
The sole purpose of shipping these valuable stal-
lions over the long voyage and through the dangers
of ocean travel at present-is to show American hack-
ney breeders the sort of stock their owner is breed-
ing and what the choicest type of the breed is. The
value of the cup for which the pair will compete is
given in the prize list as worth only $100. The event, .
however, will be the most interesting to the breeders |
and fanciers of hackneys in the entire show.
The stallions will be shipped back to England im-
mediately after they have gone through the compe-
tition.
o
This is the time to announce where and on what
terms your stallion will stand in 1917.
Saturday, November 25, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Notes and News
Guy Axworthy 2:15%
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Sire of the champion Lee Axworthy 1:58%
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Brought ?20,000 at the Old Glory Sale last Wednes-
day in New York.
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He was purchased by the estate of the late L. V.
Harkness of Kentucky.
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And will doubtless be placed in the stud at Walnut
Hall Farm at Lexington.
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Nearly every owner of a trotting or pacing bred
horse that one meets these days says: "If there is
a California circuit in 1917, count on me to have
something to start."
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VernonMcKinney 2:01% pacing, and The Anvil
2:02% trotting, will again make a season at Pleas-
anton. Both horses should do well. They are the
fastest stallions at their respective gaits on this
coast.
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Charley Thompson, a veteran trainer of trotting
horses, who bought and developed Tiverton 2:04%
for William H. Clark, builder of the Empire track,
New York, died on November 5th at Roulean, Sas-
katchewan, from the effects of a stroke of paralysis.
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Hal Dillard 2:04%, a noted pacer and sire of pac-
ers, died recently at the farm of his owner, Franklyn
Sanford, near Cincinnati, Ohio. The horse was
twenty-nine years old and was a son of Brown Hal
2:12%, sire of Star Pointer 1:59%
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The largest intloor speedway in the world is at
the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, where the big Chi-
cago sale of trotters and pacers will be held during
the week beginning December ISth. That's the place
to sell a fast one that can show.
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"Hawley," writing to the American Horse Breeder,
states that the four-year-old Peter Chenault (3)
2:17%, has worked three miles better than 2:06 at
Lexington within the last thirty days. The horse is
by Peter the Great and his dam is by Baron Wilkes.
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Closely following the death of Dr. Harry A. Tuttle
comes the news of the passing of his brother, Dr.
William U. Tuttle, of Boston, secretary of the Tuttle
Elixir Company, after a brief illness from pneumonia.
Dr. Tuttle was thirty-eight years old and unmarried.
Billy M. 2:03%, the fast pacer for which Mr. W. B.
Eckert, of Reading, Pa., paid $2500 a few weeks ago,
died of pneumonia November 9th. It is such inci-
dents in the horse business that make one think of
horse insurance and wonder if the owner had a policy
on Billy M.
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There are about 125 horses at the Pleasanton track
at the present time, the majority of which are in
training or will be put in training soon. Many are
young colts getting their first lessons in harness.
There are a number of thoroughbreds wintering
there.
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J. Frank has a string of horses in training at Pleas-
anton, one of which is a three-year-old stallion by
Best Policy out of a mare by Zombro that is taking
his work nicely and showing a lot of speed. Frank
drove him a quarter in 32 seconds on the trot. The
colt is considered a fine prospect.
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The twelve-year-old California bred trotting gelding
Prince Lot 2:07% by Prince Ansel that has been
used as a matinee horse in Boston for the past few
years, was consigned to an auction sale held at Med-
ford, Mass., November 2d, and brought $275. Not so
bad for an old outclassed trotter.
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Vallejo King 2:10%, the trotter owned by Thos.
Smith of Vallejo, that Charley Spencer raced in the
east this year, is back from the campaign. He started
a couple of times at Phoenix, but met hot company
and though he trotted in two different heats in better
than 2:10, was beaten by faster horses in 2:07% and
2:08.
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No news of the Old Glory Sale, except the tele-
graphed report of the amounts received for the two
stallions, Bingara and Guy Axworthy, has had time
to reach us from New York up to the hour of the
Breeder and Sportsman going to press, but an extend-
ed report of the sale will be published in our next
issue.
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Clarence Berry drove White Sox in the free-for-all
pace on Friday, the last day of the Phoenix races.
He thought the mare would have too much of a cinch
with Will Durfee driving, so to even things up con-
cluded to handle the ribbons over the daughter of
Del Coronado himself. "And," said he afterwards,
"I had a hard time beating that Jim Logan horse."
The chestnut trotter owned by Henry Scott, of San
Jose, that is in the Longley string of horses at Pleas-
anton, is showing a lot of speed for Schuyler Walton.
A mile in 2:24 was easy for him last week and he
looks as if he would go fast by early spring. He is
by Bon McKinney (that is by Bon Voyage out of the
good brood mare Daphne McKinney by McKinney)
and his dam is by Scott McKinney.
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Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Longley, of Oakland, have gone
to their old home in Chicago for the holidays and
will not return until after New Year's day. Mr. Long-
ley's string of horses at Pleasanton are all doing
nicely under Schuyler Walton's training. Schuyler
worked the pacer Star Dillon by Star Pointer a mile
in 2 : 10 last week. The three-year-old trotter by True
Kinney has been a mile in 2:24 and the filly by
Demonio paced a half in 1:08.
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Messrs. Estabrook and Young of Cleveland, Ohio,
were joint owners of the pacing mare Kate McKin-
ney 2:04% by Wallace McKinney, and campaigned
her successfully this season. They differed in poli-
tics, however, and after some argument over' the
merits of their favorite candidates for President,
each partner wagered his interest in the mare, her
bike, harness, and entire racing outfit on the result
of the election. Mr. Young now is sole owner.
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There are a couple of General Watts 2:06% year-
lings at Pleasanton in the string of horses owned by
Dunne & Lowery that Will DeRyder is training that
are showing signs of that early speed that the pro-
duce of General Watts are becoming so famous for.
Both are bay fillies, one out of Miss Douglas by
Cochato, the other out of Native Bidwell by The
Native. They are both natural trotters and the filly
out of Native Bidwell has trotted a quarter in 38
seconds already. Both these fillies are well staked.
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A. J. Metson, an authority on color and the laws
of heredity relating to color in horses, protests that
the famous trotting sire Bingara is not "a beautiful
seal brown," as described in the sale catalogue, but
a perfect specimen of the dark magonany bay. He
asserts that no horse is a se,al brown unless he has
tan muzzle and flanks, and Bingara has neither. "He
is not only a pure bay," Mr. Metson says, "but a
pure dominant in color transmission — a very rare and
valuable quality in a stallion."
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The well bred stallion Dan Derby will make the
season of 1917 at 114 Humboldt street, Bakersfield,
in care of J. E. Mosher. This is a well bred horse
•although he is not registered as standard. His sire
is Lou Derby 2:17%, son of Chas. Derby and Ludenia
by McKinney. The dam of Dan Derby is Daisy D. by
Zombro, second dam Queen Woolsey by Woolsey,
third dam by Will Crocker and fourth dam Alete by
Billy Norfolk, son of the three-mile champion Thor-
oughbred Norfolk, son of the great Lexington.
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The war is not affecting racing in South Africa.
At the Durban winter Sheeting in August, the totalisa-
tor turnover for the three days was £67,270 — a
record. Durban backers have the choice of machine
or bookmakers for their investments, and though on
the concluding day totalisator odds badly beat the
bookmakers' closing prices in most cases, there was
one marked exception, that of Alluvial in the Mer-
chants' Handicap. At Durban the place as well as
the straight-out machine was in use, and of course
the former received most patronage.
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Will DeRyder is settled for the winter at Pleas-
anton with the Dunne & Lowery string of horses.
He has El Volante S. 57089 and this horse looks like
a real trotter. He worked a mile in 2:20 and a half
in 1:08 the other day, and has had no training to
speak of although he has been used as a jog-to-town-
for-the-mail horse on the Dunne & Lowery ranch this
summer. He is a well bred fellow, his sire being
El Volante 52355, a royally bred son of Zombro, while
his dam is Seville S. by Strathway, second dam that
handsome mare Simmone by Simmons that Mr. S.
Christenson of this city matineed in 2:10 some years
ago. The dam of Simmone was by Baron Wilkes,
next dam by Mambrino Patchen. The picture of El
Volante S. on the title page of the Breeder and
Sportsman this week is from a photograph taken this
summer.
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In theorizing as to the reasons why Bertha by
Alcantara is one of the greatest of brood mares it is
interesting to know that Bertha herself was never
trained, or even driven in harness, so far as anybody
knows. The late Sam Gamble stated that she was
unbroken when he bought her for the Cook Farm and
no attempt was ever made to harness her thereafter.
She produced twelve standard performers, of which
eleven were pacers and two of these pacers — C. The
Limit 2:03% and Elf 2:12% — also have records at the
trot, which according to the way some of the statis-
ticians figure, gives Bertha 14 in the standard list.
Five of Bertha's produce have records below 2:10.
The only daughter of Bertha that has achieved a
reputation as a producer of speed is Bertha Derby,
that up to the close of 1915 had produced eight with
standard records, five of which were trotters and
three pacers, and we understand that Bertha Derby,
like her mother, was never trained, at least she has
no standard record.
Last Day at Phoenix.
The racing program of the Arizona State Fair at
Phoenix ended on Friday of last week, auto racing
filling the card on Saturday. Four races were trot-
ted and paced on Friday, W. G. Durfee winning two
and getting second and third money in the other two.
In the free-for-all pace White Sox, Jim Logan and
Teddy Bear were the only starters and White Sox
won all three heats, Jim Logan being second and
Teddy Bear third each time. Esperanza trotted a
good race in the free-for-all trot. Ben Walker won
the first race, the 2:20 trot, by winning one heat and
being second in the other two. Lillian Van took
one heat and The Lark another.
The 2:12 trot was won by William Best with the
mare Mabel Van 2:11%, daughter of On Stanley.
She took the first and second heats, but Durfee got
Virginia Barnette to the wire first in the third heat.
Charles DeRyder was second each heat in this race
with Sadie View, a daughter of Direct View.
The attendance during the fair was large, there
being as many as 15,000 people on the track on
Friday. The summaries:
First race — 2:20 trot, purse $1000:
Zolock Zar, by Zolock (Walker) 2 12
Lillian Van, by On Stanley (Best) 12 3
The Lark, by Carlokin (W. G. Durfee) 3 3 1
Time— 2:12%, 2:12%, 2:13%.
Second race — 2:12 trot, purse $1000:
Mabel Van, by On Stanley (Best) 113
Virginia Barnette (Durfee) 3 3 1
Sadie View, by Direct View (DeRyder) 2 2 2
George R. Patterson (Rutherford) 4 4 4
Time— 2:15%, 2:10%, 2:15.
Third race — Free-for-all pace, purse $1000:
White Sox, by Del Coronado (Durfee) 111
Jim Logan, by Chas. Derby. . (Montgomery) 2 2 2
Teddy Bear, by Del Coronado (Smith) 3 3 3
Time— 2:06%, 2:05%, 2:06.
Fourth race — Free-for-all trot, purse $1000:
Esperanza, by Carlokin (Durfee) 111
Allie Lou, by Kinney Lou (Ward) 2 2 3
The Proof, by The Exponent (Spencer) 3 3 2
Vallejo King, by Gen. J. B. Frisbie
(Montgomery) 4 4 4
Time— 2:07%, 2:08%, 2:07.
The Hay Market.
The following is a circular letter from Scott, Mag-
ner and Miller, San Francisco hay merchants:
Receipts of hay for the past week were 1048 tons:
the previous week, 1380 tons and the week prior
1821 tons. From the decrease of these receipts one
can readily see that cars are becoming scarcer rather
than more plentiful, as has been promised for some
time past. When it is considered that most of these
small receipts arrived by water, it is easily deter-
mined how few cars have been furnished by any of
the railroad companies for the moving of hay.
The trade is simply demoralized, as there are so
few cars of hay arriving that cne concern could han-
dle the entire receipts and still not be extremely
busy. Those dealers fortunate enough to receive a
carload of hay now and then naturally ask their own
prices for the same; consumers rebel at paying these
prices and will not buy anything while their stocks
last, and when compelled from sheer necessity, only
buy what is required from week to week.
This makes the demand extremely light and helps
to offset the light receipts, but is demoralizing to
dealers who maintain large plants for the transaction
of normal business.
An exceptional car of fancy hay is sold now and
then as high as $20 per ton; with arrivals of a few
cars of this quality our quotations would cover, as
demand is so light.
A good demand from country points is still noted,
but it is almost impossible to obtain cars to fill any
but a small percentage of these orders.
Alfalfa arrivals . are heavier in proportion than
grain hay and arrivals are equal to demand.
Straw is scarce with light arrivals and sells at top
quotations for first quality.
We quote today wholesale prices in carload lots
as appear from dealers' transfers upon the hay mar-
ket. For prices to consumers charges of cartage,
commission and handling expenses must be added
according to conditions :
Fancy wheat hay, light five-wire bales, $18 to $19;
No. 1 wheat or wheat and oat, $14.50 to $16.50; No.
2 wheat or wheat and oat, $12 to $14; choice tame
oat, $15.50 to $17; other tame oat, $12.50 to $15;
barley, $12 to $14.50; wild oat. $12 to $14; alfalfa,
$10 to $14.50; stock hay, $10 to $12; No. 1 barley
straw, 50c to 75c.
Turns Loose Horses in Yuba County.
Marysville (Yuba Co.), Nov. 22.— Sheriff C. J. Mc-
Coy is making a search of the county today for a
crank who operated at the race track and in District
10 last night.
He first went to the race track, released several
horses from their stalls, and took Sir John S. 2:04%,
the famous pacer. The horse was found this morning
on the George Buchholz ranch in District Ten.
Buchholz's horses were turned loose in a field but
none of the horses were missing. The fellow then
took two horses from the Denicke ranch. One of
the horses returned home this morning, but the other,
a valuable riding horse, is missing.
Under Sheriff Sayles said today the horses at the
race track were turned out of the stalls in the same
manner a year ago. It is his belief the thief is a
demented person.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, November 25, 1916.
NEW SYSTEM TO BETTER DOGS' CONDITION.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
Oregon Sportsmen to Meet. — Arrangements have
been made at an executive meeting of the Multno-
mah Anglers' Club for the annual meeting of the
Oregon Sportsmen's League, a statewide organiza-
tion, which will be held in Portland on Monday, De-
cember 4th.
It has already been decided to hold a joint fly cast-
ing and trapshooting contest on Sunday, December
3, for the entertainment of the out-of-town visitors,
who will be in Portland irom all parts of the state.
These contests will be held at the Everding Park
range of the Portland Gun Club. Although the fly-
casters have been using the float at Laurelhurst
Park, there is a temporary affair at Everding Park
which will answer their purposes.
The executive meeting will be held Monday, and
the annual sportsmen's dinner will take place that
evening, at a place yet to be decided on. Wes Mat-
lock at the last annual dinner agreed to furnish
enough geese for the 1916 event, and the committee
in charge is going to remind him of his promise.
Last year the piece de resistance was genuine rein-
deer, shipped from Alaska, and the year before that
there were duck and steelhead in abundance.
A meeting of the Multnomah Anglers' Club com-
mittee and officials of the Portland Gun Club will
be held to plan for the meeting, as these clubs will
provide the entertainment for the visitors.
The Oregon Sportsmen's League, which comprises
all of the gun, rod and reel clubs of the State, has
some important business to come before it, such as
the hunting and fishing measures which it will en-
deavor to have put through the legislature, which
meets next January. H. B. Van Duzer, of Portland,
is president of the organization.
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Hunting License Fees. — There is only one State in
the Union that does not now require a non-resident
to have a license. That State is Arkansas.
There are only four States in the Union now that
do not require a resident to purchase a hunter's
license. Those States are Maine, Virginia, North
Carolina and Mississippi.
Every province in Canada requires both the resi-
dent and the non-resident to have a hunter's license.
For a record for you to keep we publish the non-
resident fee in every State in the Union and every
province in Canada:
Maine. $5-815; New Hampshire, $15; Massachu-
setts. $10; Connecticut, $10; Rhode Island, $10:
Vermont, $10; New York, $20; New Jersey, $10;
Delaware, $10.50; Pennsylvania, $10; Maryland,
25; Virginia, $10; North Carolina, $10; West
Virginia, $16; Tennessee, $10; Kentucky, $15; So.
Carolina, $15; Georgia, $15; Florida, $15; Alabama,
$15: Mississippi, $20; Louisiana, $15; Arkansas,
none; Missouri, $25; Illinois, $10; fiidiana, $15;
Ohio, $15; Michigan, $10-$25; Wisconsin, $10-$25;
Minnesota, $10-$25; Iowa, $10; North Dakota, $25;
South Dakota, $15-525; Nebraska, $10; Kausas, $15;
Oklahoma, $15; Texas, $15; Montana, $10-$25; Wy-
oming, $5-$25; Colorado, $1-$10; New Mexico, $10-
$25; Idaho, $5-525; Utah, $5; Arizona, $10-$25;
Washington, $5-$10; Oregon, $10; Nevada, $10;
California, $10.
New Brunswick, $10-$50; Quebec, $10-$25; Onta-
rio. $25-$50: Manitoba, $15-$50; Saskatchewan, $10-
$50; Alberta, $5-$25; British Columbia, $5-100.
Where there is more than one amount stated above
it shows the scale from small game to the largest
game, the maximum amount including all game that
is in season at the time the license is issued.
If you contemplate taking a big game trip it will
be well to hang on to this table. It is authentic,
and will materially aid you in figuring out the cost
of the trip.
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Organize Rifle Leagues. — The number of rifle clubs
affiliated with the National Rifle Association has
grown to astonishing proportions. At the present
writing, there about seventeen hundred regularly or-
ganized rifle clubs in the United States.
The N. R. A. will, as usual, run an indoor league
this winter and I don't see how it can help being a
success, considering the large number of entries
which are sure to materialize.
In the very nature of things, there is one element
lacking in these big indoor leagues. The spirited
competition with your rivals shooting right at your
elbow is quite lost ih matches in which your oppo-
nents are, perhaps, a thousand miles away.
If there aren't enough N. R. A. rifle clubs in your
vicinity to form a league — three or four clubs are
plenty — it's up to you to help other clubs to get
-tarted.
Just suppose, for instance, that your club is made
jp ot men connected with the So-and-So Manufactur-
mpany. In summer you have a baseball team
which regularly takes the measure of other local
teams. You will find in those other companies there
are men who pride themselves on their rifle shooting
abll'.y. Let them know that you have a rifle team
and if you can, without bragging, convey the informa-
tion to them that you think your rifle team is just
about It when it comes to making bull's-eyes. I am
sure that it won't be long before you will receive a
challenge !
As true sportsmen, you should help your rivals to
get started and even lend them, the use of your
range, if necessary.
You'll get a lot of pleasure out of such competi-
tion and I'm sure you will find the results well worth
the effort. — Alfred P. Lane.
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DEER KILL CLOSE TO 9,000 THIS YEAR.
Hunters Had a Banner Season Despite the Hard
Winter That Exterminated Much Game.
In spite of reports all through the summer months
that deer hunting in both the coast range and the
Sierra Nevada mountains, reports compiled by the
State Fish and Game Commission indicate that fully
as many deer and probably more were killed during
the 1916 season as in the preceding years. In 1911,
8,699 weer were victims of hunters, and in 1915, 8,343
were killed, according to the reports of the commis-
sion, which are not complete.
The "propagation and protection" policy of the
Fish and Game Commission is almost entirely respon-
sible for the plentiful number of deer. The commis-
sion has expended over $60,000 in bounties of $20
each on mountain lions. This money came direct
from the funds of the commission (licenses, fines,
etc.), and not by state appropriation. Experienced
woodsmen and hunters estimate that a mountain lion
will kill one deer a week — 52 deer a year.
Several species of deer are to be found in the
northern game district of California, ranging from the
"mule" deer, possibly the largest true species of
deer to be found in all America, to the small chapar-
ral or brush deer.
The "mule" deer are to be found in generous num-
bers in the lava beds of Modoc, Lassen and a few
other counties. Individuals of the "mule" species,
weighing as much as 400 pounds dressed, are on
record.
There is another species of deer which inhabits
the lava bed and other sections of Northern Califor-
nia which is a cross between the mule and the black-
tailed species. These deer are quite abundant. This
cross-bred deer will average about 250 pounds dressed
and are of excellent meat. The true black-tailed
deer are to be found in all sections of Northern Cali-
fornia. The chaparral or brush deer ranges with the
black-tailed, possibly not to such a wide area. He is
a small, wary little chap who seldom ever attains a
weight of more than 100 pounds, and more often not
over 60 pounds. He is quick of movement, fleet of
limb, and it requires considerable skill and knowl-
edge of woodsmanship to stalk him.
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Wants to Train Deer. — The Fish and Game Com-
mission is in receipt of a request from A S. Condy of
Stockton for permission to keep in captivity two does
and one buck, otherwise three deer. In his request,
Condy says that he intends to train the animals to
do tricks.
"In your natural histories you will find the deer
described as the gentlest and most timid of all the
larger wild animals," says Deputy Commissioner
George Neale, "and the wild cat and the lion as the
most ferocious, but there are ample statistics to show
many instances of the same in California, that once
you tangle with a 'pet' buck, even though he has
been in captivity since babyhood, that there are times
when he can give a wild cat or a lion cards, spades
and big casino for pure, unadulterated viciousness.
"At such times, and you can never be quite sure
when they are to occur, your pet buck becomes a
combination of wild bull in trying to gore you with
his horns, butt you like a goat, kick you like an
unbroke Missouri mule, and at the same time cut
you to ribbons with his razor-sharp front hoofs."
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When Do Ducks Mate? — An interesting question
with reference to mating and migration among birds
is. When does the mating take place — before, during,
or when the birds arrive at their destination? We
are inclined to think that mating, in the majority of
instances, occurs during migration, and when the
couples have come to an understanding, then they
drop out of the stream and seek the first favorable
spot for nesting. The early matings have the first
choice of positions, and as the places get filled up
farther and farther advances are made northward.
Many birds that have been reared in certain choice
localities will return to the same places as adults,
but whether it is the cock or hen which makes the
decision it is difficult to say. The system of ringing
birds, now interrupted by the war, is unquestionably
throwing increased light on the movements of birds,
and in time may solve many problems which puzzle
us at present. — British Sportsman.
Health and Identification Certificate to be Issued to
Owners of Pets.
There is one organization in the dog game which
is not going around with a brass band and fanfare
of trumpets at every corner to let the public know
what it is doing in the way of making the dogs of
this country and the conditions for them as nearly
ideal as possible, says a writer in the N. Y. Herald.
This is the Dog Lovers' Protective Association, of
which James Gardner Rossman is the president and
the moving spirit. Although Mr. Rossman is a very
busy man in the activities which bring him his in-
come, he can always find time enough to do some-
thing for the good of the dog, and he has spent many
an hour in devising schemes whereby he can improve
conditions for the dog in America. Trig troubles
have been rewarded so far in the short existence of
the association with a fine response from dog lovers
all over the country, and at the present time it is
doubtful if even the A. K. C. is better known in the
far off sections of the United States than the Dog
Lovers' Protective Association. The reason for this
is that it is not a body which appeals to the blue
ribbon winners alone, but one that the ordinary per-
son who has a little "mutt" at home as a pet wants
to foster.
Right along Mr. Rossman and his associates have
been hustling through the country trying to get
members of this association. It is not one of those
projects where the promoters are trying to make
some money out of the affair. It is purely an idyllic
proposition. For a long time the association has
been trying to perfect a health and identification cer-
tificate which will prove of value to dog owners and
at last one has been hit upon which should prevent
crooked dealings and help persons recover lost dogs
with little trouble. The American Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals had the blank sub-
mitted to it and has approved of it thoroughly. The
general manager of the A S. P. C. A. has written the
following to Mr. Rossman: —
"The Health and Identification Certificate would
no doubt prove of value and serve 'as a protection to
dog owners. I trust you will do what you can to
promote its use and let us know how we can assist."
The Department of Health of New York also has
placed its stamp of approval on the efforts of the
D. L. P. A., and in a letter to Mr. Rossman has the
following to say: —
"The bill of sale and identifying card is a splendid
idea and one that will go far toward removing many
very embarrassing and annoying conditions relating
to the sale of dogs, especially puppies. Time and
again complaints are made to the department re-
garding persons feeling that they have been duped
into buying an animal either sick at the time or
recently exposed, to succumb to infection at the
earliest opportunity — as is occasioned by a change
of home or diet.
"In the prevention of rabies we are very much
encouraged by our results, tabulating the figures for
the five months of this year and comparing them
with the same period of the previous year, and it is
highly satisfactory. There were 67 cases of rabies
in dogs in 1915 — first five months — against only 11
so far this year in the five boroughs of New York
City. Dog bites, on the other hand, in spite of muz-
zling, still hold their own, being a little more frequent
in 1916 than in 1915, for this five month period. In
1916 1,287 bites were reported, against 1,269 for 1915.
The marked reduction in rabies is highly encourag-
ing. There was only one death in human beings in
1915 and none so far this year, as against 8 in 1914,
which was the time when the muzzling order went
into effect.
"A peculiar feature of the dog bite investigation
has furnished the interesting information that about
sixty per cent of the bites occur within owners' prem-
ises.
"For the first quarter of 1916 the offal contractor
collected 4,654 carcasses of dogs from the streets of
New York, while the S. P. C. A. during the same
period collected and destroyed 9,702 dogs, making a
total of 13,366. This may be accepted as including
a very large proportion of the outcast variety of dog,
which by so many is considered so frequent and
grave a menace."
This health and identification card should be some-
thing that every buyer should insist on. Every char-
acteristic of the dog is detailed in it, and it would be
hard to practice any deception. Mr. Rossman told
of an incident recently where the time of a court
over in Brooklyn was taken up for a whole day in
a lawsuit over a dog. With one of these cards it
would have been the easiest thing in the world to
identify the dog with the testimony of a veterinarian.
The D. L. P. A. is enthusiastic enough to furnish
blanks for all those who want them.
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In the raising of puppies one cannot be too careful
when the spring he use cleaning season conies along.
One woman told the writer that she knew of at least
a dozen cases where puppies had been lost through
licking up insect powder which had been placed on
the floors to get rid of roaches.
• • •
For his bravery in rescuing a dog which had fallen
over a cliff, a police sergeant in Bridlington, England,
was awarded a silver medal by the Canine Defence
League. The policeman was lowered down the side
of the cliff forty feet before he recovered the dog.
lrday, November 25, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
INDIAN IS ARIZONA STATE CHAMP.
». Cooley Wins Honor at Phoenix Shoot; O. N.
Ford is High Gun For the Tournament.
N. Ford writes that the Arizona State Shoot at
enix on November 13, 14 and 15 was a success in
ry way. Quite a pleasant surprise was furnished
trap shooting enthusiasts when C. P. Cooley, an
.an, achieved the honor of winning the Arizona
te title with a score of 87 out of 100. Others in
competition beat his score but he was high among
Arizona contestants. Ford was high gun with
out of 160, the low mark being due to adverse
^ther conditions. Reports of the shoot sent the
eder and Sportsman follow: —
hoenix (Ariz.), Nov. 15. — The greatest gun club
ot Arizona has ever witnessed came to a close
iy at noon, when hundreds of enthusiastic specta-
i left the grounds with good old memories of
isy shooting that had taken place during the three
days of this great tournament. The third and
; day brought an exhibition of some wonderful
oting and in spite of the bad windy weather the
rtsmen were able to hang up the best of records.
"he highest score made during the day was made
an amateur shooter, O. N. Ford of San Jose, Cal.
record was 141 birds out of a possible 160. H. P.
tfund was second high amaeur with a score of
out of 160.
>. W. King, last year's winner, came back strong
en he broke 140 birds out of 160, thus making him
h professional shooter of the day. Guy Holohan
iin repeated his good work of the first day's shoot
proving himself a two time winner for second
ce. He broke 138 out of a possible 160.
n the jackrabbit shoot that was held at the very
t of the program W. B. Twitchell won first. W. S.
flin won second. Cary Smith was third, and Fin
elan won fourth. Four beautiful loving cups were
red for this event and the winners will get the
k of them according to turn, Twitchell getting
t pick.
Jne tiling that will be remembered for some time
come after this big fair and that is the wonderful
;cess ot the Arizona Gun Club shoot, held at the
ite fair grounds on November 13, 14 and 15.
It is hoped by the Arizona Sportsmen's Association
give an even greater gun club shoot next year
m was held this year. And owing to the fact that
ipshooting has held its own among the greatest of
nerican sports, every effort will be devoted by the
mber,s of the gun club to pull some more big
oots during the winter. The following scores of
iv. 15 indicate the character of the shoot: —
O. N. Ford, 141x160, C. H. Nash 126x160, *H. Pos-
it 132x160, J. F. Dodds 18x20, »Len Hawxhurst 45x
Tom EEdens 135x160, H. P. DeMund 137x160, Ray
;Mund 125x160, W. S. Heflin 130x160, Dell Morrell
9x160, W. E. Mullen 117x160, Carl Smith 119x160,
Staiger 107x160, V. A. Rossbach 131x160, W. P.
irham 109x160, *Ed. Mitchell 36x40, *D. W. King
0x160, W. B. Twitchell 123x160, *C. A. Haight 107x
0, *Guy Holohan 138x160, *A. W. Bruner 103x160,
1. A. Hovt 131x160, W. H. Heileman 121x160, Char-
• DeMund 73x100, C. P. Cooley 123x160, C. P. Mullen
xl60, John Mullen 43x100, B. E. Prince 50x100,
'. B. Bertram 36x100, Geo. Miller 56x100, Fin Phelan
x20. Official scorer: Joe Rice. (*Professional.)
The second big day, November 14, resulted in
ime wonderful records. When the first squad was
illed to the post at nine o'clock it started the sec-
id big day of the tournament. It was cool and clear
id the birds were thrown from the traps in a way
at made all the sportsmen "shoot to kill."
Again hundreds of enthusiastic spectators gathered
■ound the field range to see what kind of sharp-
looters the munition factories and local gun clubs
id sent out on the firing line. It was not long
(fore the ground was covered with the black chips
the dead "birds."
The highest score was hung up by Guy Holohan of
le DuPont Powder Company, who broke 203 birds
it of a possible 210. This is a wonderful record
t he only missed seven birds. Ed Mitchell was
icond high professional with a score of 200 out of
possible 210.
Ray DeMund of Phoenix was high amateur shooter
! the day with a score of 202 birds out of 210. De
und only missed eight birds and only lacked one of
ing Guy Holohan, who was high professional. Old
ommy Edens came back again with his good shoot-
g of the day before by making a score of 191 out of
.0, making him second high amateur.
The scores on Monday, Nov. 14th: —
O. N. Ford, 129x160, C. H. Nash 138x160, W. H.
eileman 139x160, C. P. Mullen 117x160. W. E. Mul-
n, 52x120. At 210 targets— *H. Poston 196, J. F.
Ddds 184, *Len Hawshurst 184, Tom Edens 191,
I P. DeMund 188, Ray DeMund 202, W. S. Heflin
18, Dell Morrell 179, W. B. Barham 188, G. Staiger
il, V. A. Rossbach 168, Carl Smith 164, *Ed Mitchell
)0, *D. W. King 199, W. B. Twitchell 171, *C. A.
aight 173, *Guy Holohan 203, *A. W. Bruner 142,
3. A. Hoyt 185, C. P. Cooley 177.
0B
Superintendent J. M. Peters, of the Klatskanie
Itchery, announces the arrival of another shipment
E salmon eggs from the Willamette river. This
me the consignment numbers 455,000, making a to-
ll of 4,109,720 eggs received at the hatchery this
;ason. Two million and a half of the eggs already
i the hatchery have been hatched and the little
imily of fishes is doing nicely. — O. A. T., Astoria, Or.
Seattle Association. — The shooting conditions were
ideal and the targets flew just right for the bunch of
shooters who took their sport out on Harbor Island
November 12, in place of working the "flats" for
ducks.
C. E. McKelvey shot the high position in both the
fifty and one hundred target races, he finishing with
forty-nine and ninety-seven in the two programs.
The second position in the fifty-target program was
tied between two shooters, Hi Follerich and George
Scripture, they both totaling forty-seven out of the
lot. Tom Wilkes "shot up" into second place in the
100-bird event by shooting a 94 score.
George Russell appeared on the grounds for the
first time in several months, and with a borrowed
gun showed some of his old form at the traps.
To break the election day tension a bunch of shoot-
ers hiked out to the grounds that day and incidentally
hung up some very good scores. L. H. Heid, profes-
sional, lost only two birds out of the 100 and furn-
ished the high score with his 98. Tom Wilkes and
C. E. McKelvey shot the second place scores with 95
each.
Bert Railson, of the Washington Hotel, appeared at
the traps for the first time and did some remarkable
shooting for the inexperienced. Jack Lewis, another
shooter with a great many possibilities in the "sport
alluring," showed improvement since last shooting.
The scores: —
At 50 targets— C. E. McKelvey 49, Hi Follerich 47,
George Scripture 47, Tom Wilkes 45, C. W. Bandy
43, John Considine 42, J. V. Hough 41, George Rus-
sell 38.
At 100 targets— C. E. McKelvey 97, Tom Wilkes
94, George Scripture 91, John Considine 89, Hi Fol-
lerich 87, J. V. Hough 84, C. W. Bandy 83.
Nov. 7th, at 100 targets— Tom Wilkes 95, C. E.
McKelvey 95, G. Scripture 84, Mr.' Gibson 75, Jack
Lewis 69, Bert Railson 53.
GB
Los Angeles Club. — Fred Teeples was the host to
a large crowd of shooters at the Los Angeles Gun
Club, and some very good scores resulted. E. K.
Mohler was high man, having a score of 144x150.
Hugh Poston had 97x100 smashes to his credit, while
Charles Vories had 139x150 smashes. The complete
results on Sunday follow: —
E. K. Mohler 144x150, Chas. Vories 139x150, H.
Poston 97x100, H. Pfirrmann 96x100, Mrs. Pfirrmann
87x100, Wm. Kennedy 77x100, L. L. Sheldon 64x100,
C. M. Wood 73x75, R. C. Hartmann 65x75, T. B. Sloan
65x75, F. Hartmann 57x75, O. Evans 45x50, M. D.
Tome 40x50, F. T. Teeple 43x50, F. H. Teeple Jr.
41x50, B. H. Carnahan 45x50, J. A. Fraters 35x50,
H. M. Gilliam 36x50, A. R. Townsend 29x50, A. Hart-
mann 30x50, S. B. Friend 18x25.
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Woman Breaks Trap Record. — Mrs. Ad Topper-
wein, the great trap and fancy shooter, who has
appeared on the Coast several times, broke all previ-
ous trapshooting records for continuous shooting at
Montgomery, Ala., a week ago last Sunday.
She made this record possible by scoring 1952 out
of a possible 2000 targets, shooting the entire score
in five hours and 20 minutes. This establishes a new
world's record for endurance and number of shots
fired over the trap in one day and in targets scored.
The best previous day's record was made by John
W. Garrett, of Colorado Springs, when he scored 967
out of 1000 several years ago.
Mrs. Topperwein used but one gun. She broke 975
out of her first thousand and 977 out of her last. Her
longest run was 280 without a miss.
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Intercollegiate Shoot. — Teams representing Har-
vard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth and Cornell will ex-
change shots today (Nov. 25th), to determine the
1916 Intercollegiate Trapshooting Championship. The
shoot, which is an annual event, will be held at New
Haven, Connecticut, over the traps of the New Haven
Gun Club. A five-man team from each college will
shoot a 100-bird program. The first shot will be
fired promptly it 8:30 a. m. The shoot will be held
under the auspices of the Intercollegiate Trapshoot-
ing Association.
Intercollegiate shoots have been held intermit-
tently since 1898 although not until last year, with
the formation of the Intercollegiate Association, has
the sport been put upon a firm basis.
There have been 25 Intercollegiate shoots; of those
Yale has won 13 first places while Princeton and
Harvard have each won the championship six times.
Yale is the present Intercollegiate champion, hav-
ing won the Intercollegiate shoot held at Princeton.
October 23, 1915, with the score of 366x500. Cornell
was a close second with the score of 361x500.
Princeton holds the record for the Intercollegiate
shoots with the high score of 451x500 made at New
Haven on May 6th, 1916. The previous record of
442x500 was made by Yale in 1912.
Yale has been unusually successful in the Inter-
collegiate shoots and is looked to put up a strong
fight for first honors this year.
In addition to the solid gold clay target watch fobs
which are awarded to the winning team as emblem-
atical of the championship, Stanley F. Withe, Secre-
tary of the Intercollegiate Trapshooting Association,
will present a sterling silver cup to the winner of
the Individual Championship.
Authorized by
STANLEY F. WITHE,
Sec. Intercol. Trapshooting Ass5n.
SUPPORT FOR SUNDAY TRAP SHOOTS.
St. Louis Man Backs Up Fight of Coast Devotees
to be Allowed Registered Tournaments.
The agitation started by Coast trapshooters to be
allowed to have registered tournaments on Sundays
has stirred up their brothers in all sections of the
country. In the main it is conceded that the stand
has been well taken and indications point to the
Interstate Association letting down the bars, which
will be the means of boosting the game along in the
West.
The Interstate Association holds its annual meet-
ing in Jersey City on December 6th and the matter
will come up for discussion. No opposition has ap-
peared at this date against the proposition. It would
in no way interfere with the Eastern shooters from
following their favorite pastime and it would provide
so much more pleasure and recreation for the shoot-
ers out here.
That the suggestion of registered shoots on Sunday
has made an impression with some shooters across
the Rockies is indicated by the following letter from
a St. Louis man: —
"I want to rise up in meeting and say that I think
the suggestion recently made that the Interstate As-
sociation sanction the counting of scores of regis-
tered tournaments conducted on Sundays in the
averages of the year is an excellent one.
"I can readily understand that in some sections
of the country they do not permit any kind of sport
on Sunday. But out here in the West, where Sunday
is our big day for such recreations, it does not seem
right that we should be deprived of the privilege of
having our scores counted in the yearly records.
Thare is just as much justice in saying that the
games played on Sunday in the American and Na-
tional Leagues should not count in the standing of
the year because they play Sunday ball in the West
while the law prevents it in the East.
"To refuse the West the right to count scores of
events shot on Sunday, or to withhold such privilege
from the Pacific Coast is tantamount to saying that
it is wrong to shoot on Sunday, whereas that is
merely a matter of legal right or religious scruples.
"To help trap shooting it would seem to me that
we must make it as elastic as possible. Keep the
main rules rigid and severe, but have enough leeway
in matters of this sort to make it strongly appeal to
those who love sport for sport's sake and do not
care to be bound too tightly by conventions.
"Yours very truly, J. D. H."
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Instructing the Novice. — Beginners are taking up
the sport of trapshooting in such numbers all over
the country that the army of target breakers is as-
suming proportions which places it in the front rank
of popular pastimes.
Fortunately there is a bonhomie and fellowship
about it all which prompts the shooter with instincts
of true sportsmanship to instruct the newcomer along
the lines of deportment and fcrm, and the latter is
doubly fortunate if he can have a trap to himself
while absorbing his initial lessons.
A fast squad is quite apt to be disconcerting to a
novice, in which case the advice of the instructor,
who is standing at his back, goes for naught, and the
pupil in his excitement will often do the very oppo-
site of which he is advised.
After the tutor has assisted in placing the gun
properly to the shoulder, so that the recoil will land
where it should, has got his pupil's cheek to the
comb correctly, so that the center of vision will align
over the barrel, and has told him to look for that
target with both eyes and to pull the trigger when he
has found it, it is love's labor lost if instead a little
temporary "stage fright" prompts him to close both
eyes.
Above all, the beginner should not become discour-
aged when his initial efforts at trapshooting seem
doomed to failure. He has stepped into the arena
of the most fascinating of American sports. He has
elected to learn the most difficult variety of "wing
shooting."
No one can be 100 per cent perfect save on occa-
sion. All have their slumps and the best have their
"off days." Bear in mind that there is no such thing
as a born target-breaker. All have to learn and some
of the best were primarily the worst. — By "Trap-
shooter."
QB
Boys, Some Fish Story. — Wichita, Kans. — C. A.
Whitney of Route 9, on the west side, and his sixteen
year old son rode around on the back of a forty-two-
pound catfish for half an hour in the Chickaskla
River near Drury the other day. They finally landed
the fish and brought it to Wichita.
Mr. Whitney and his son have been camping for
the last month. Neighbors told them of several
times seeing a monster fish in the river. Mr. Whit-
ney, wading into the river, felt around until he
located the fish.
He got one hand in the catfish's gills and jumped
on its back. The fish darted forward and whipped
around in the water until it was about to throw its
rider off. Mr. Whitney's son rushed to his father's
aid and climbed on top of the latters back to weigh
down the catfish. For half an hour the two men rode
the fish around, struggling to get it to the bank. They
finally succeeded.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, November 25,
Sportsmen's Row j
^—.»-«— — — ■ ■ ■mi— ——-♦—■— — —————— — — -»— .»-«.^— — -j3
For a good goose shoot, the famous Church-Hanson
goose preserve near Rio Vista is recommended. The
best goose callers in the state and a number of live
geese decoys are always on hand. Many hunters
have tried the spot with pleasing results. For par-
ticulars, address W. Gordon Wagner, Hotel Rio Vista,
Rio Vista, Cal.
• • •
Rice near Willows will be harvested in a few days,
according to the weekly hunting report of the South-
ern Pacific, and hunters will then be allowed to run
over the fields in quest of ducks. All kinds of geese
are reported to be coming in, and it is predicted that
hunting will be good. At Live Oak it is reported
that shooting is only fair on account of the rice
harvesting.
• • •
George Armstrong, indoor pistol champion of the
world, made a score of 475 out of a possible 500 in
fifty shots, fifty yards distance, standard American
target, on the Shell Mound range on Sunday. This
score was shot in competition with marksmen
throughout the country for the championship of the
United States. Judging from scores made in the
past, it is beyond a doubt that the championship will
come to California.
• • •
The more one sees of class competition, where the
60, 70, 80 as well as the 90 per center stands a chance
of winning something, the more one likes it, and the
more one thinks it would improve the fast growth
of trapshooting if universally used.
• • •
Eleven hundred and 97 clubs have enrolled in the
American Amateur Trapshooters' Association.
• • •
There are 1200 rifle clubs in the United States,
Canal Zone, the Philippines, Cuba and Hawaii.
• • •
Fred Harlow, of Newark, Ohio, has an average of
better than 97 per cent for his season's shooting at
registered targets — the best ever compiled.
• • •
Governor Major of Missouri and president of the
St. Louis Police Commissioners, W. D. Thompson,
attended a recent tournament of the St. Louis Trap-
shooters* Association.
• • •
The curtain never rings up or down on trapshoot-
ing. It is always in season. It never has to be
revived.
• • •
The sportsmen of Centralia, Wash., have organized
a gun club and leased five hundred acres of duck
marsh and water near Gate. The officers of the new
club are as follows: President, Rev. F. E. Dorris;
secretary-treasurer, J. H. Jahnke. A duck preserve
covering 500 acres ought to furnish the members of
the club about all the shooting they will care for.
• • •
The* plentitude of ducks is attributed to the added
protection given a couple of years ago, when the
open season was curtailed by the closing of the sea-
son on February 1 instead of March 1. This, declare
the experts, and the fact that more attention is being
given to existing Federal laws in the Western States,
has operated in favor of the ducks and their conse-
quent increase in numbers is just beginning to ' be
noticeable on the Pacific Coast
• • •
Governor Hiram W. Johnson, U. S. senator-elect,
occasionally goes duck hunting. During the week
he was the guest of President Frank Newbert of the
Fish and Game Commission at a shoot at the West
Butte Club, just above Sacramento. The birds are
said to be very numerous there and the Governor
was promised the limit.
• • •
O. N. Jones, the trapshot professional, was up to
the West Butte Club during the week and easily got
the limit. He picked mallards, passing up many
others. Must be pretty nice when the boys can pick
their birds!
• • •
Turkey Shoot at Woodburn. — A large crowd, in-
cluding many shooters from Portland, turned out for
the turkey shoot under the auspices of the Woodburn
Gun Club on November 18th. The weather was ideal,
as there was no wind stirring, and the scores, as a
rule, were high.
P. J. Holohan, Portland, professional, carried off
high honors, with 90 per cent to his credit. He also
won three turkeys. Charley Leith of Woodburn was
high amateur, with 88 per cent, and he bagged five
birds. E. H. Keller kas high amateur among the
Portland shooters, with 86 per cent. The veteran
Abner Blair of Portland also managed to secure a
turkey. Scores of the shooters, with the number of
turkeys won preceding the names, and the scores
afterward, follow: —
3, *P. J. Holohan, 90; 1, H. R. Everding, 65; 2,
E. H. Keller, 86; 1, C. B. Handy, 75; C. Pearson 66;
1, Abner Blair, 70; 5, Charles Leith, 88; 1, P. B.
Dudley, 67; P. D. Settlemeier. 55; 1, P. Whitney,
68; 2, E. G. Hawman, 75; O. Donus, 45; 1, C. Clem-
ent, 70; E. C. Pearson 70, B. McCrow 40, R. West
60, B. Huddleson 30, B. Trout 50, H. Hoffman 52,
J. Brown 75, C. Mulkey 45; 4, Charles Seller, 85;
F. Brown 60; 1, J. Cammack, 80. ('Professional.)
Tie in Coursing Meet. — Los Molinos, a greyhound
owned by James Duffee and John Maley of Sacra-
mento, was the only local dog to remain in the run-
ning at the Capital City Club's first coursing meet at
Franklin on Sunday. The meet was called on account
of darkness with four dogs tied for first place and
the money was divided equally among them.
This was the first local meet in which Los Molinos
was entered. In spite of the north wind the crowd
witnessed exciting sport as the hares were very fast
and the hounds were forced to extend themselves.
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Frank Troeh on Hunt. — Frank Troeh, the great
Vancouver trapshot, has been heard from again.
Frank took high honors among the amateurs at the
Grand American handicap at St. Louis last summer,
and has now turned the gun to more businesslike
purpose in duck shooting. Troeh uses the same old
standard make of gun for both branches of the sport,
and seems to get equally good results.
Recently Frank and his brothers, J. A. Troeh and
J. B. Troeh, took their machine and went down to
their preserve below Vancouver. They had no trou-
ble getting their limit, as all of the boys are crack
shots.
These boys, with their brother, Edward, form a
quartet of shots who have challenged any four broth-
ers in the country, but have never had it accepted.
They formerly lived in Dakota, and their father was
also a great shot. Challenges for any family of five
have also failed to bring any response.
Frank's 12-year-old son also seems likely to follow
in the footsteps of his father. He also shouldered a
shotgun last Sunday, hiked out to the wilderness and
brought back 10 birds, all of which he brought down
himself.
BB
THREE BIG TRAP SHOOTS FOR N. W.
1915 GOVERNMENT BIRD COUNT.
Intersectional Matches Between Portland, Seattle
and Spokane Promised for Next Month.
The question of sectional superiority in trapshoot-
ing in the Northwest has become so fogged, as a
result of the unusual development of the sport during
the 1916 season, that a series of three big shoots, to
be held in Spokane, Seattle and Portland, is being
arranged to determine who's who with the scatter-
gun. The idea is to let the gun clubs in each of the
three cities draw representation from their surround-
ing territory, and have the ten high men from each
section qualify as the team.
The winning team in each of the shoots will draw
down a purse of $500, of which ?300 is to be furnished
by the club holding the shoot and $100 by each of
the visiting clubs. It is proposed to hold the first of
the three shoots at Everding Park, Portland, on De-
cember 3, one month to intervene between the second (
and third shoots. Each city will, by mutual agree-
ment, be allotted the territory from which it can
draw representation. This will probably give Seattle
all of the Puget Sound district, British Columbia, and
possibly Wenatchee and Yakima. Spokane will have
the Inland Empire and Northern Idaho, while Port-
land will draw the towns along the Columbia and
from the territory to the south.
So many new shooters have developed this year
that it is difficult to predict who might constitute the
teams. Seattle has a number of seasoned veterans
from which it would be easy to select 10 able to hold
their own anywhere. Seattle has Charley McKelvey,
Tom Wilke's, Hugh Fleming, R. H. Miller, Matt
Grossman, G. A. Conklin, Deskin Reid, Dr. Temple-
ton and other reliables, while for a second line it
can depend upon Jack Cooper, Al Riehl, J. A. Dague,
Ed Young and C. J. Jensen, of Tacoma; Harry Quick
of Chehalis; Charley Owens of Wenatchee; George
Miller of Bellingham; J. Weatherwax of Aberdeen;
W. K. France of Arlington, and other clever per-
formers.
Spokane looks strong. Locally it has Hugh McEl-
roy, C. A. O'Connor, Mrs. C. A O'Connor, E. J. Chin-
gren, Charley Fleming, George K. March, Jimmy
Shriver, A. R. Gorkow and many others. To draw
from it has G. B. Joslin and C. A. Couplin of Palouse,
George H. Ariand of Garfield, Jim Spence, Lee Mat-
lock and H. F. Clodius of Pomeroy, Ed Beckman and
C. E. Butler of Lewiston, Jeff Scott, Milt Flohr, Geo.
Gilmore and F. R. Venable of Wallace, Fred Porter
and R. E. Turner of Kellogg, and Earl Fannin of
Sandpoint.
Portland will be weakened by the departure of
Pete H. O'Brien, who is now a citizen of Montana.
But it has another champion at its door in the person
of Frank N. Troeh, of Vancouver, the National prem-
ier, also Frank VanAtta of the same town. These,
with Charley Leith of Woodburn, Mark Siddall of
Salem, Mark Rickard of Corvallis, and other Oregon-
ians, would stand shoulder to shoulder with Frank
M. Templeton, H. R. Everding, A. W. Strowger, Eddie
Keller, Jim Seavey, Abner Blair, Al Seguin, Dick
Carton and other veterans, not overlooking Miss
Gladys Reid and Mrs. Ada Schilling, either or both
of whom may make the team.
BB
Jewfish Weighs 304 Pounds. — Jewfish are not
landed every day. But a recent day will go down
in history for Redondo Beach — that is, Jekfish his-
tory. William Sartor, in whose heart flows the
desire to fish and fish, managed to land one of the
largest ever caught thereabouts. He fought for an
hour and a half and used every ounce of energy that
he had to make the landing. When the fish was
flopping on wharf No. 3, where the event took place,
it was placed on the scales and weighed 304 pounds.
124 Pairs on Average Farm in Northeast — 125
to 100 Acres in Plains Region.
I
Washington, D. C. — One hundred and twentj
pairs of birds nest and raise their families oi
average farm of 108 acres in the Northeastern SI
according to estimates based upon the second ai
bird count conducted by the Biological Survey o
U. S. Department of Agriculture. In that part o
Plains region east of the 100th meridian the ct
would indicate almost exactly the same densil
bird population, 125 pairs of nesting birds to
100 acres. In the Southern States, where the cc
were limited to the part of the farm surrounding
home, which naturally supports more birds
tilled areas, there seem to be on the farms w
counts were taken 131 pairs of nesting birds to
100 acres. The counts so far received, howi
from those sections do not furnish a sufficient 1
for estimating the birds on the remainder of
farm.
In the Northeastern States it was estimated
the average bird population of each 100 acres of
lated woodland under observation was 199 p
while the average bird population for each 100 a
of the area covered was 125 pairs. The reports I
the Rocky Mountain States would indicate that
bird population is smaller in this section.
Three 80-acre tracts in New Mexico indicate!
pairs to 80 acres, or 21 pairs to each 100 acres,
farther west in the irrigated district of western C
rado two reports indicated that irrigated lane
orchard and fields of grain and root crops suppo
a bird population of 66 pairs per 100 acres, but
contiguous non-irrigated land the bird life sharn
5 pairs for 100 acres. In Arizona a 40-acre tract
taining only a few houses, and for the most part
ered with desert shrubs, showed a bird populatio:
50 pairs of 26 species, of which 22 were insectivor
A semi-desert tract of the same size, covered ^
brush mostly less than 6 feet high, showed 31 p
of 16 species. In the mountains of Arizona, i
Flagstaff, a tract of 70 acres covered with yel
pine and Gambol oak, supported a bird populatioi
31 pairs of 18 species.
In California, 20 acres of the campus of the 1
versity of California showed 87 pairs of 23 spec
A tract near Gilroy, Cal, containing 30 acres
fruits and about 8 acres of pasture and creek bott
gave the unusual figure of 176 pairs of 34 species
38 acres. A similarly dense, though less varied, 1
population was found in a 52-acre peach orchard n
Port Clinton, Ohio. This showed 108^ pairs of c
mon farm birds, 36 pairs of purple martins, an
pairs of English sparrows, a total of 150 pairs oi
species.
In the South the counts showed an average of
pairs of 20 species and 5 pairs of English spam
on 83 acres in Florida; in Louisiana an average
95 pairs of 29 species on 53 acres; and the cou
from Texas indicate an average of 91 pairs of bi
of 21 species on 60 acres. The average of all cou
received from the Southern States is 76 pairs
birds of 23 species on a farm of 58 acres.
On the 256 acres on the Cornell University cam]
at Ithaca, N. Y., a very careful study indicated
pairs of nesting birds, an average of 166 pairs
native birds per 100 acres, and 56 nesting pairs
English sparrows per 100 acres, or a total of :
nesting birds per 100 acres. A similar count m:
near Rhinebeck, N. Y., in a 210-acre section ir
cated 54 different kinds represented, by 366 pa:
nearly the same per acre as shown at Cornell V
versity.
The results of the 1915 bird count just publisl
by the Biological Survey indicate an average oi
pairs of robins and 6 pairs of English sparrows
each farm of 108 acres where the count was made
the Northeastern States. The average of all repo
for two years show 7 pairs of robins and 5*£ pa
of English sparrows for each farm covered in tl
section.
BB
Freak Press Reports. — Williamsport (Pa.) — Erne
Horton of Montrose was held a prisoner up a tree
two bears in the woods near Leroy, Bradford coun
for four hours until discovered by bis hunting co
panions.
Familiar with Bruin's liking for apples, Hort
climbed into a wild apple tree to await a possil
visit. In a short time a cub bear appeared,
quickly shot it. That was his last shot, and as
was climbing down from the tree to summon
companions he sighted two other bears xomi
toward the tree. He returned to the limb on whi
he was sitting.
The bears soon discovered the dead animal ai
then the man in the tree. They besieged him un
other members of the hunter's party approached.
New York. — "If any one doubts this story abo
a white sparrow living in Tompkinsville, S. I., tb
I am going to give you," said The World Staten
land correspondent over the telephone, "let him gn
a ferry and go to Griffin and Arietta streets, Tom
kinsville, and see for himself. The white sparrc
hangs out on a little spot of ground there with son
other sparrows.
"There's a lot of figuring on how the sparrow ha
pened to be white. Some think he may have be<
caught in electric wires and have been turned whi
by the shock. Others think it's possible old age
responsible for his color."
1
Saturday, November 25, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
11
WHAT THE SPORTSMEN ADVOCATE.
Resolutions Are Adopted at the Recent Meeting of
National Societies at New Orleans.
That the cause of fish preservation is to receive
quite as much attention and energetic development
as the game preservation and propaganda has had in
recent years is proved by the breadth of the work of
the National Fish and Game Commissioners and the
American Fisheries Society, both held in New Or-
leans recently. Among the resolutions adopted were
several which have to do with these subjects, and
those who know the calibre of the men engaged in
this work realize that they will leave no stone un-
turned to successfully carry out the plans. Some of
the resolutions follow:
"Resolved, That it is the opinion of this convention
that a definite and comprehensive series of national
bird reservations is necessary for proper mainte-
nance of the wild bird life of the continent. That
these reservations should be sufficient in size and
number to furnish adequate resting, feeding and
breeding places for the migratory birds. We urge
odequate federal legislation and appropriations to
make possible the development of such a system, to
the end that the economic loss resulting from the
unnecessary decrease in the food supply naturally
derived from wild ducks, geese, plover, grouse and
quail, and also the great loss to agriculture resulting
from the depredations by insect pests may be les-
sened. We believe that this is a national problem,
and should be met by federal appropriations supple-
mented wherever possible by local contributions, and
we urge definite organized action for securing these
results by Congressional action.
"Whereas, many States, realizing that our rapidly
disappearing game birds cannot stand the enormous
drain caused by the market hunter, having enacted
laws prohibiting the sale of game, and prescribing
bag limits, while other States have neglected to adopt
such measures, so important to the conservation of
our game birds; now, therefore, in order to equalize
shooting privileges throughout the United States, it
is resolved, that this Convention favors a Federal
Law, prescribing a bog limit, and prohibiting the
sale of migratory birds as defined In the treaty re-
cently effected between the government of the United
States and Great Britain.
"We strenuously urge the passage of State and
federal legislation which- may tend to check such
existing abuses as the pacile pollution of public
waters, the waste of valuable young fishes, the use
of unnecessarily destructive methods of fishing and
wasteful methods of marketing. In many instances
laws already exist, but in the absence of enforce-
ment, due to apathy, ignorance, political considera-
tions, conflict or lack of authority, the enormous
economic waste goes on.
"Whereas, .several States of the Union appear to
have no official departments of Fish and Game, and
"Whereas, such a delinquency is distinctly a hard-
ship and detrimental to the interests and welfare of
the people of such commonwealth,
"Be it Resolved, That this National Association of
Game and Fish Commissioners, present, through its
Secretary, its compliments to such respective legis-
latures as may convene during the ensuing years,
with an urgent request that enactments be passed
creating such State organizations in order to properly
assist in maintaining and ^protecting the wild life
involved."
BE,
Vernon Club. — Los Angples, Cal. — Trapshooters
have been very calm during the past few months.
So very calm that few have heard the reports of the .
shooters as they blasted away at the saucer-shaped
targets. But on Sunday these trapshooters came to
life and more than forty participants took part in the
opening day program of the three-day registered
shoot tournament at the Vernon Gun Club.
The crowd was a surprise to every one. As the
time for the shoot neared shooters started pouring
in from every direction. There were men with repu-
tations and men who were seeking note. Some of
these who expected to receive the highly valued
prominence did so. Those who have been famous
in the past failed to repeat.
High honors of the day's program went to one Wil-
liam (Bill) Mullen, who resides in the wilds of Ari-
zona.
Scores on November 19.
Optional sweepstake at 100 targets from sixteen
yards: —
"Tiny" Tuckett 87, Frank Melius 85, Sam Smith
90, Bob Bole 83, Walter Cornelius 89, O. N. Ford 97,
Fred Bair 92, Hugh Poston* 93, J. F. Dodds 98, Lem
Hawxhurst* 86, Ed. Mitchell* 95, H. Pfirrmann Jr.
95, W. E. Mullen 94, E. K. Mohler 84, G. Lovelace 89,
W. Slocum, 83, G. Adams 96, Stan Bruner 96, R. C.
Reed* 95, Dr. J. L. Martin 83, Owen Evans 93, C. W.
Fish 89, L. E. Sargent 89, W. A. Hillis 94, V. A. Ross-
bach 87, J. D. Dierdoff 84, Harry Hoyt* 84, Dr. L. M.
Packard 88, C. E. Groat 81, George Melford 90, F. H.
Nichols 81, C. F. Nichols 86, C. A. Haight* 89.
Summary — (*Professional shooters who shot for
targets only.) J. F. Dodds, high amateur with 98x
100. O. N. Ford second high with 97x100, and Adams
and Bruner tied for third high with 96x100. Ed
Mitchell and R. C. ("Dick") Reed (UMC Remington
pro.), tied for high professional with 95x100, and C.
A. Haight (Du Pont Co. representative), third with
89x100.
Vernon Gun Club trophy shoot, 100 birds from six-
teen yards: —
"Tiny" Tuckett 92, Sam Smith 92, Bob Bole 92,
W. A. Cornelius 85, O. N. Ford 98, Fred Bair 94 H e'
Poston* 96. J. F. Dodds 97, Lem Hawxhurst* 97, Ed
Mitchell* 96, H. Pfirrmann Jr. 97, W. E. Mullen 90,
E. K. Mohler 85, G. Lovelace 89, W. Slocum 92, G.
Adams 97, Stan Bruner 91. R. C. Reed* 94, Dr. J. L.
Martin 81, Owen Evans 95, C. W. Fish 96, L. E. Sar-
gent 92, W. A. Hillis 95, V. A. Rosssbach 94, Harry
Hoyt* 89, Dr. L. M. Packard 92, C. E. Groat 85, Geo.
Melford 92, Guy Holohan* 94, C. A. Haight* 88 W
H. Wilshire 96, Mrs. Groat 88, Fred Grewell 93 L R
Melius 92.
Summary — W. E. Mullen, high amateur with 99x
100; O. N. Ford, second high amateur with 98x100
and J. F. Dodds, Heinie Pfirrmann and G. Adams tied
for third, each with 97x100. Lem Hawxhurst (Peters
professional), high pro. with 97x100; Ed Mitchell
and H. E. Poston tied for second high professional
score, with 96x100 each. Dick Reed (UMC Reming-
ton professional), and "Du Pont" Guy Holohan tied
for third high with 94x100 each.
Heine Pfirrmann, who has captured so many shoot-
ing tournaments during the past few years that it
is just like any ordinary happening for him, was
high amateur for the shoot on Monday. Heine
smashed 196 targets out of 200 possibilities.
Owen Evans surprised himself and all those pres-
ent by capturing second high with 195x200 smashes.
Evans was hard pressed by a certain Mr. O. N. Ford
of San Jose. This gentleman is recognized as about
the best little trapshooter on the coast.
Scores on November 20.
O. N. Ford 194, Fred Hair 189, Hugh Poston 192,
J. F. Dodds 189, Lem Hawxhurst* 192, Ed Mitchell*
196, Heinie Pfirrmann 196, William Mullin 187,
Harry Cline 180, G. Lovelace 176, W. Slocum 186,
G. Adams 187, Stanton Bruner 188, Dick Reed* 192,
Dr. Martin 185, Owen Evans 195, C. W. Fish 19l|
Dr. Packard 1S4, Fred Grewell 188, V. A. Rossbach
182, Harry Hoyt* 167, Guy Holohan* 192, C. A.
Haight* 184, Frank Melius 186, A. Knight* 186, Mrs.
Pfirrmann 161, R. Bole 183, C. E. Groat 186, Mrs.
C. E. Groat 67x30, Dr. Friend 114x140, H. E. Sargent
94x100, Van Brunt 36x40, Milligan 36x40.
Du Pont high runs— O. N. Ford 65, 58, 65; J. F.
Dodds, 80; R. C. Reed* 54, 56; Heine Pfirrmann, 60;
L. S. Hawxhurst* 58, 65, 76; W. H. Wilshire 50; O.
N. Ford 92; Guy Holohan* 51, 57; L. W. Slocum 51;
S. A. Bruner 50, 57; Dr. Martin 63; H. E. Sargent 55.
Hercules high runs — W. E. Mullin 69, 63, 52; H. C.
Poston* 67, O. Evans 58, Ed Mitchell 71, 71 unfin-
ished, H. Poston* 62, H. Pfirrmann 69, 59, Frank Mel-
ius 58, C. W. Fish 63.
Heine Pfirrmann high amateur for day, 196x200;
O. Evans second, 195x200; O. N. Ford third, 194x200.
It was a great day indeed — for close scores, high
runs and for the Dutch — was the third and final day
of the Vernon Gun Club's big registered shooting
tournament on Tuesday. Heine Pfirrmann, the Dutch
entrant, was victorious, although hard pressed by a
number of other contestants.
Pfirrmann's score for the two days was 392x400.
On both days of the tourney be smashed 186x200.
In accomplishing this mark Pfirrmann had high runs
of 60, 70 and 126.
O. N. Ford's score for the two days' shoot was 289
x400, which gained for him second place.
The third place was tied between Owen Evans and
J. F. Dodds, with 285x400 breaks.
Ed Mitchell was high professional for the shoot.
He had a mark of 391x400 and also had the highest
run recorded during the shooting program. His run
was 155 straight. Dick Reed (UMC) was second
high for the two days with 391x400, while Guy Holo-
han (DuPont) was third with 385, and Hawxhurst
(Peters) fourth with 382x400.
O. N. Ford set up a mark which he claims has
never been equaled. It is of having six high runs in
one tourney.
Taking the shoot as a whole, it was a grand suc-
cess. The events were run off quickly and without
any trouble or discussion and all were well satisfied
with the way the prize money turned out in the
events.
Scores on November 21.
O. N. Ford 195. Fred Ball 188, Hugh Poston* 187.
J. F. Dodds 196, Ed Mitchell* 195, Heine Pfirrmann
196, William Mullin 189, Harry Cline 182, Frank
Melius 196, G. Adams 184, Stanton Bruner 191, R. C.
Reed* 196, Dr. Martin 183, C. W. Fish 187, H. E.
Sargent 187, Fred Grewell 180, V. A. Rossbach 181,
Harry Hoyt* 166, Mrs. Pfirrmann 163, Guy Holohan*
193. "Dad" Haight* 178, W. A. Cornelius 186, Charles
Knight* 180, Dr. Friend 183, C. B. Thorning 160, Jack
Milligan 163, C. E. Groat 194, Bob Bole 183. R. Whit-
man 190, J. Arneill 189, P. Peterson 84100, Dr. Pack-
ard 109 120, Wilkes 53x60, Hartman 42x60.
Hercules high runs — J. Arneill 69, H. Pfirrmann
126-70, G. Adams 73, C. E. Groat 52, F. H. Melius 128.
W. E. Mullin 69-63-52, H. Poston* 62-67, Ed Mitchell*
155-71, O. Evans 58-56, F. Grewell 57, C. W. Fish 64.
DuPont high runs— O. N. Ford 75-67-65,92-58; H.
Cline 60, H. E. Sargent 80, Dick Reed* 93-54-63, J. F.
Dodds 115-80. W. A. Cornelius 51, Charles Knight*
82, Dick Reed* 63, Heine Pfirrmann 68. L. Hawxhurst
58, B. Wilshire 50, Guy Holohan* 51-119 unfinished;
Slocum, 51.
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Christy Mathewson, manager of the Cincinnati
Reds, and gun bug, has joined the Cincinnati Gun
Club.
GAME SEASON PROMISES BIG RESULTS.
Evidence at Hand, and Reports Coming In, Points to
an Abundance of Good Shooting.
[By Peter P. Carney.]
Enter the shooting season!
Already the pilgrimage of Nimrod's hosts has be-
gun. Time tables are in demand. Gun cases and
hunters' kits are much in evidence in and about the
railroad depots. Tales of the woods, the fields, and
the meadows are percolating through the atmosphere.
The big game hunter has shouldered his trusty
rifle, packed his kit and is on the trail of his quarry
with visions of wondrous trophies flitting before his
eyes. While near at home thousands of inveterate
shooters are fondling their favored shotguns and
eagerly waiting the test of their marksmanship on
numbers of smaller game.
"Brer" Rabbit is frisking about in the meadows
and scrubwood. The whir of quail sounds a welcome
' not in the brush. Thin lines of wild ducks wend
their orderly flight toward the marshes and bays,
and every sign points to a season worth while.
And there is every reason to believe that this will
be the best season ever. Thanks to the efforts of
the advocates of game conservation and propagation
nature has been given a chance to partially replen-
ish her reserve.
From some of the States where the deer season is
open comes wonderful tales of shooting, and the few
exhibits that have come under our notice have borne
antlers well fit for the ornamentation of any den, to
say nothing of the well-nourished, well-rounded car-
casses that give promise of as tender and juicy a
piece of venison as has ever tickled the palate of an
epicure.
Truly, the next few weeks should prove a boon to
the disciple of the Great Outdoors — the forests — the
fields — the meadows and the marshes. In our roseate
dreams of things-as-they-ought-to-be there's a vision
of autumn leaves — the odor of fir and hemlock — a
lake with the sunshine just breaking through the
early morning mist — and the deep-voiced bay of the
dogs on the distant ridge.
There's the shrill, wild call of the coon — the rustle
of leaves and the thousand mysterious voices of the
forests all blended into one swe.et, soothing note of
harmony. It's the life, my boy! And as you catch
the sound of bacon a-sizzlin' in the pan and the odor
of coffee touches your nostrils — then you're sure
of your appetite, and doubly primed for the day of
sport ahead.
SB
Wind Helps Hunters. — Colusa (Colusa Co.). — The
strong north wind now prevailing has made the vicin-
ity of Colusa a hunter's paradise. The geese which
are unusually few this year, are forced to fly low
and many hundreds of these birds have been slaugh-
tered in the last few days.
In the rice fields the widgeon seem to predominate,
with the mallards and sprig a close second. Mal-
lards are especially common in the tule country, and
it is not unusual for the members of the Colusa
Shooting Club, which has its preserve in this land,
to return with the limit of green heads only.
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Trade Notes. — The Springfield (Mo.) Gun Club
held what will probably the last regular club shoot
of the season, recently. A. Clas, D. M. Simmons and
J. A. White were the three leaders among the ama-
teurs. Mr. Clas shotrNitros while the two last named
gentlemen used the perfect combination of Reming-
ton pump gun and the "Speed Shells." They made
scores of 92x100, 90x100 and 89x100 respectively.
H. P. DeMund and T. Edens divided honors at a
recent shoot of the Ray (Ariz.) Gun Club, both gen-
tlemen shooting the perfect combination of Reming-
ton pump gun and Nitro Clubs. DeMund won high
amateur average, defeating Edens by one target. In
the 100 targets handicap event they tied for first
place with 95x100, Edens winning the shoot-off with
a score of 40x50.
90
Full Moon Slacks Sport. — Reports from Buena
Vista Lake, one of the greatest duck and goose cen-
ters left in the world, tell the same story of slacking
sport, as all the rest at times of full moon. Hunters
with little time at their disposal will do wisely to
leave the ducks and geese alone when the nights
are light and deal rather with snipe and quail, or
doves, which are affected favorably, snipe waxing
fat with the moon, which favors nocturnal feeding.
The ducks become satisfied over night and retire to
the big waters, full-fed and lazy, so the hunter is
merely taking his chances on drawing enough wind
to make them fly. Quiet weather means little sport.
This rule holds true on duck clubs or entirely wild
shooting, as members long since have learned, but in
dry seasons the clubs so monopolize fresh water that
good enough shooting is to be -had any time.
Members of the Pasadena Gun Club near Blxby.
one of the oldest in the South, have enjoyed excel-
lent shooting this season, and the better shots have
turned in a regular blue wing sequence of limits.
Some of the members have been shooting together
for many years, and the club seems as permanent
as any, yet it operates under a lease.
Many new clubs were organized this season, sev-
eral west of the sugar factory near Los Alamitos
using the pulp water from that plant, the shooting
being an incidental to reclamation from alkali condi-
tions.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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Percherons at International Live Stock Show.
Wayne Dinsmore, secretary of the Percheron Soci-
ety of America, has caused an analysis of the entries
in the International Live Stock Show to be made,
and finds that 430 separate Percherons have been
entered, and virtually all of these will be shown.
These 430 animals have been contributed by 54 sep-
arate exhibitors, who come from 15 different states.
Illinois contributes the largest number, with 25 sepa-
rate exhibitors iu 205 entries ; Indiana comes second,
with 4 exhibitors, in 56 entries; Iowa comes third,
with 6 exhibitors, in 54 entries; Ohio comes fourth,
with 3 exhibitors, in 25 entries; and North Dakota,
Virginia, and Nebraska come next in order. Six of
the exhibitors, with 38 animals, come from east of,
Ohio, or eight per cent of the total number of entries.
This is the largest number of entries from the East
that the Percheron show at the International has
ever had, and indicates the awakening interest which
eastern farmers are manifesting in draft horse
breeding.
By classes, it is interesting to note that in the
stallions, 54 aged horses have been entered; 37 four-
year-olds; 35 three-year-olds and 72 two-year-olds.
Forty-eight yearling stallions have been entered, and
21 stallion foals, the largest entry in yearlings and
foals that the International has ever seen.
In the mare classes 25 aged horses have been en-
tered, 18 four-year-olds, 25 three-year-olds, 40 twc-
year-olds, 32 yearlings, and 13 foals'; so that all
classes are well filled and competition should be hot
all along the line.
It is particularly Interesting to note that the com-
petition in the class for three animals, get of one
sire, bred in the United States, will be stronger than
in any previous show, as 38 separate groups have
been entered in this one class. The honor of winning
first in the class of get of sire is the most coveted
honor in the entire show, and there is no question
but that Percheron breeders will see a better show
in this class than has ever been witnessed.
Cows That Are Little Gold Mines.
If any one doubts that dairying is a paying busi-
ness where a good milking strain is handled, we
would refer such a person to J. W. Benoit, a Modesto
Holstein breeder and dairyman, who says his herd
averages 70 pounds of milk daily and that at least
' one of his herd has just completed a record of 24.5
pounds of butter fat in seven days.
Estimating that the whole milk is sold at 16 cents
per gallon, or two cents per pound, his 70-pound cows
would average him $42 per month, or selling his
butter fat from the one cow at 30 cents would yield
him $105 in butter fat.
These figures look to be "dreams," but no doubt,
with the strain of milkers Benoit owns it is possible.
These milkers cannot be had for $100 per head, how-
ever, the price of an ordinary cow. If his estimates
are correct, bis cows are paying a good interest on
$450 per head, after paying expenses of care and
feed.
If all dairymen could milk cows producing such
records as the ones owned by Mr. Benoit, some of
our dairy stock owners would soon be keeping com-
pany with Charles Schwab and John D. Rockefeller.
Warning Given to California Dairymen.
"A good reputation creates a demand and a good
demand creates prices," said E. H. Webster in an
address given recently when he took for his subject
"The Future of California Dairying."
"The dairying industry of California will not come
into its own umil the state establishes a reputation
in outside markets," said Mr. Webster. "A good
reputation creates a demand, and a good demand
creates prices. The question is: What should the
name 'California butter" mean in the outside mar-
kets? At present, whenever it is met with, which is
seldom, it does not mean anything creditable to us,
and sells as low-grade stuff.
"We had our chance two years ago when the Aus-
tralian markets wanted our butter. We allowed un-
scrupulous men of the trade to take advantage of
the opportunity to pawn off inferior products. Con-
sequently, Australia is no longer open to our dairy
products. Our ill reputation has spread to such an
extent that at the present time, although England is
on the market for all the dairy products she can get,
California goods are not wanted. The markets want
good goods, and until we give them what they want
we shall never get their trade."
Stock Sheep at $10.50 per Head.
Jas. Gallagher Jr. sold 1500 head of stock sheep
this week to L. G. Low of Berkeley. He received
$10.50 per head, which is positively the highest price
paid in this locality during the history of the sheep
industry, although another local flock-owner had re-
fused a similar price the previous week. The Gal-
lagher sheep were a superior lot, being Merinos bred
to Bishop Bros.' Shropshire bucks. — Livermore Her-
ald. Nov. 18.
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Fifieen animals from the University Farm at Davis
h ive been shipped to Chicago to be shown in compe-
tition at the International Stock Show which opens
December 5th.
How the Horse Sleeps.
Horses, when turned out to pasture, are more
prone to take their rest lying down than when con-
fined in stable stalls, but even when practically free
from human restraint and observation, or any likeli-
hood of danger, they seldom take more than an hour
each night in the recumbent position, and that period
is generally indulged in at about midnight.
A noted reterinarian says: "There are some
curious facts regarding the disposition of horses in
the matter of lying down. To a hard-working horse
repose is almost as much of a necessity as food and
water, but tired as he may be he is an animal very
shy about lying down. I have known instances
where stablemen declared that horses in their charge
had never been known to take a rest in that manner,
but always slept standing. In some of these instances
the animals were constantly under human watch-
fulness night and day, and in other cases the conclu-
sions were arrived at because no marks of the bed-
ding were ever found upon their coats. I now recall
an instance of a horse that stood in a stall near the
entrance of a livery stable. No one ever saw that
animal lying down within a period of 15 years, and
he finally died standing."
Profits From Percheron Mares.
Mr. R P. Waith, a Percheron breeder of Rock
Island county, Illinois, writes as follows in the Breed-
er's Gazette of Nov. 16th:
"Since the importation of Percherons from France
has been cut off by the war the trade in this country
has developed even beyond the expectations of the
most optimistic horsemen. This home demand has
forced our dealers to comb the country for colts to
supply the trade. These buyers have done much to
arouse our small breeders to the fact that they must
have well-developed colts if they are to sell at satis-
factory prices. Many, seeing that they can sell their
weanlings and yearlings at good figures, are making
a mistake by feeding heavily without sufficient exer-
cise. At the colt shows this fall one could see plenty
of well-grown colts but altogether too many cocked
ankles. Such colts have been kept standing too long
in stalls. Plenty of feed is essential in making a
good colt, but it will ruin the legs unless the animal
is given enough exercise. We find that we can raise
our colts much more satisfactorily by running them
out of doors most of the time, except in very hot
weather when the flies are troublesome.
Farmers who are reasonably good horsemen could
double their incomes by using a pair or two of draft
mares. Of course purebred mares cost more to begin
with than grades, but the purebred colts sell so much
more readily and at so much higher prices that the
original cost of the purebred mare is soon met. We
can sell weanlings out of our purebred mares that
work every day for $300 and $400 and good yearlings
for $500 and $600. I know of several farmers who
own only a pair or two of purebred Percheron mares
worth around $500 or §600 each, who are raising colts
selling at weaning time for $200 and $300 a head.
When colts cen be raised and sold at such prices as
that before they have eaten much grain, I can not
understand why farmers continue to raise plug horses
that will not bring more than $150 at maturity. Even
if farmers would raise good grade draft colts bring-
ing from $75 to $125 at weaning time, it would be
a good deal more profitable than to raise the nonde-
script kind that many do. The raising of good draft
horses is a profitable business.
Feeding Beet Pulp and Alfalfa on a Big Scale.
Visalia, Nov. 20. — Twelve thousand head of sheep,
the first of 36,000 to be brought in from the ranges,
have arrived in Visalia and will be quartered in the
new feed sheds, holding 5,000 at a time, at the Visa-
lia sugar factory, where the Western Meat Company
of San Francisco is to undertake the biggest feeding
experiment ever attempted in California, this fall.
The sheep are from the Keck ranch north of town
and have been gathered there from the west side
ranges. A total of 36,000 sheep and many thousand
cattle are to be fed at this factory this fall by the
company, which is fattening them for the markets of
San Francisco and Los Angeles.
The Western Meat Company has gathered at the
factory already 3.000 tons of alfalfa hay, the largest
stack of hay ever seen in Tulare county, all of which
is being baled. The total output of beet pulp from
the factory this year, about 12,000 tons, is to be fed
with the hay to the stock, as well as other feed.
The meat company is at an enormous preliminary
expense already. The hay is costing close to $8 per
ton ,or about $24,000 alone; the beet pulp ran to
$11,000 and over, and there are over 600,000 feet of
lumber in the feed sheds, which, with the erection
cost, complete an expenditure already of over $50,000.
Hay is still being hauled in and more sheds are
being built.
The company claims beet pulp has been proven suc-
cessful as a fattener, as well as an economical one,
but the Visalia experiment is the greatest recorded
in the state, and upon it will depend the extension of
the plan elsewhere in future years.
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John C. Simpson, who as manager made such a
success of the Iowa State Fair that he was given a
similar position at a larger salary by the Minnesota
State Fair Association, has been called to manage
the Eastern State Fair and Exposition at Springfield,
Massachusetts. He will take up his new duties Jan-
uary 1st
Russian Army Horses.
Since Frank Caton, the American trainer, returned
from Russia, where he spent more than twenty years
and became that country's greatest trainer of trot-
ters, he has been frequently interviewed. In one of
his recent talks with a newspaper man at Lexington,
Ky., he said:
"They use all types of native horses in the army,
from the stoutly built Cossack, which stands about
15.2 hands and is a marvel of his kind, up to the
horse of pure blood. The Cossack is bred in the
mountains and is inured to hardship. They are fit-
ting companions for the men who ride them. They
can stop twice in their own length and drop at the
word of command. No wonder they are making his-
tory in the present war.
"Two kinds of Orloffs are bred, the old-fashioned
and the modern, which is a blending of our American
and the Orloff types. Army remounts as a rule come
from a union of the males of this family with mares
which possess a lot of thoroughbred blood, but some
experts are crossing English thoroughbreds on the
native mares ,and they are getting animals of great
power, endurance and courage. Each family, of
course, has its own following, and the Imperial Gov-
ernment in order to determine which of the types
would stand up best under a test had planned a race
from Moscow to Petrograd. The distance is 406
miles and the road is hard macadam. Each team
of six horses was to pull a gun carriage with full
equipment, which included riders for the wheel team.
They were to race all the way and it was to have
been my privilege to have charge of the Metise or
American-Orloff team. The other teams — the pure-
bred Orloff and the thoroughbreds — were in compe-
tent hands, and we were in hard training when the
war broke out. We had one test, however, which was
conclusive and gave the thoroughbred family great
prestige. A horse of that type weighing about 1300
pounds beat Percheron, Orloff and everything else in
a drawing competition. Two ordinary horses could
not start his load. After the war no doubt the road
test will be undertaken, as the Russians are very
thorough in what they undertake in the way of ex-
periments."
How to Drag a Dirt Road.
Dirt roads that have never been graveled, or those
that have been gTaveled in the past but neglected
since, can be kept in pretty fair condition' if dragged
at the proper time. In California where rain is
almost unknown during the summer months, drag-
ging does no good when the roads are bone dry, but
can accomplish much before and after sprinkling.
In the fall roads that are so rounded up that the
rain will drain from them into the gutters at the
side, and that are not cut into deep ruts by heavily
laden wagons, are in shape to remain in fair condi-
tion all winter, if a drag is run over them at the
proper intervals. The rules for dragging dirt roads
are as follows:
Use a light drag.
Haul it over the road at an angle so that a small
amount of earth is pushed to the center of the road.
Drive the team at a walk.
Ride on the drag; do not walk.
Begin at one side of the road, returning up the op-
posite side.
Drag the road as soon after every rain as possible,
but not when the mud is in such a condition as to
stick to the drag.
Do not drag a dry road.
Drag whenever possible at all seasons of the year.
The width of traveled way to be maintained by the
drag should be from 18 to 20 feet; first drag a little
more than the width of a single wheel track, then
gradually increase until desired width is obtained.
Always drag a little earth towards the center of
the road until it is raised from 10 to 12 inches above
the edges of the traveled way.
If the drag cuts too much, shorten the hitch.
The amount of earth that the drag will carry along
can be very considerably controlled by the driver,
according as he stands near the cutting end or away
from it.
When the roads are first' dragged after a very
muddy spell the wagons should drive, if possible, to
one side until the roadway has a chance to partially
dry out.
The best results from dragging are obtained only
by repeated application.
Remember that constant attention is necessary to
maintain an earth road in its best condition.
The foremost Scotch breeder of Shorthorns, Wil-
liam Duthie, disposes of his calf crop at public ven-
due. At his recent sale this year's crop brought the
comfortable sum of $81,847. For twenty-three bull
calves the average price was almost $3000, one selling
for about $11,000, which is a record for a bull under
six months of age. Fifteen heifer calves averaged
$875. There is only one Shorthorn breeder in all the
world who is able to obtain such prices for a calf
crop. How much is it worth then to have a good
reputation? «■ <j> 4>
The Thoroughbred Sheep Company of Vernal,
Utah, has disposed of its entire band of 2,300 regis-
tered sheep to Snell Johnson and Joseph A. McKee
at $12.50 the head. These sheep cost over twenty
dollars a head when the company was organized and
high priced herd rams have been added regularly, so
it seems that the sale has been a sacrifice sale on
the part of the company. Included in the bunch were
125 head of yearling rams, that have been sold for
$25 a head since closing the deal.
Saturday, November 25, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
THE FARM
Organic matter is decaying vegeta-
ble or animal matter. It may be added
to the soil in the form of barnyard
manure, in compost made of autumn
leaves, plants and garden refuse, or
in turning under crops, like rye or
crimson clover, that have been grown
for this purpose. If the barnyard ma-
nure is well rotted, it may be har-
rowed in after the soil is plowed. If
it is fresh and coarse, it is better to
plow or spade it under. Fresh manure
introduces weed seeds into the soil;
foi this reason it is not the most de-
sirable form to use. To prevent crops
of rye or crimson clover consuming
moisture needed by the vegetables,
they should be plowed under and har-
rowed in before they mature. If
plowed under while green, they will
not be retarded, since organic matter
decays rapidly, and additional Quanti-
ties should be supplied each year.
Treat Horse Right. — You can force
a horse to pull against a raw shoulder,
but he won't pull so hard, and you will
work pretty hard to keep him pulling.
Then that night he will feel mean and
break another horse by kicking. Any-
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Thoroughbred colts and fillies by
Marse Abe.
Standard bred colts and fillies by
Dillcara, son of Sidney Dillon.
Colts and fillies by Flosnut, by Nut-
wood Wilkes.
All these colts are untrained. Some
choice saddle Worses among the lot.
Address Mrs. C. E. Farnum, 420
Market St., or P. O. Box 555, San
Francisco, Cal.
I WANT TO BUY.— I have sold eleven
horses in the last few months ranging
from $2,000 to $200. If you have a horse
for sale and will write me, I will tell you
what my system is. It is a winner. I find
there is a buyer for every horse for sal*
at the right price. It is just a question of
getting the buyer and seller together. If
you have one for sale let me hear from
you. MAGNUS FLAWS,
542 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111.
FARMS FOR SALE
Choice Land In Idaho
Lewiston, Idaho, is situated at the
forks of Clearwater and Snake rivers and
has transportation to the coast
960 acres 7H miles from Lewiston, Ida-
ho, 4*£ from Lapwai, Idaho, on main
traveled road, ail In cultivation except
about 15 acres, all level land. Just a littls
rolling, 320 acres of fall wheat In. 226
acres fall plowed for spring crop, about
30 acres In alfalfa. All fenced and cross
fenced. Two good springs with big cem-
ent water troughs, well, windmill and
cement reservoir, water piped to house,
7 room house, hot and cold water and
electric lights. Large horse barn with
hay mow in the center, electric lights in
barn; cow barn with two box stalls; hog
pens, shade trees, chicken houses, black-
smith shop, wagon shed, granary, outdoor
cellar with bunk house overhead. $85 per
acre; will take one-third down, time on
balance to suit purchaser, at 7 per cent
interest. One-third of crop goes with
place if sold any time up close to harvest.
Mild climate, can raise all kinds of fruit,
grain and vegetables. Wheat In this
country goes from 35 to 65 bushels per
acre, barley 40 to 80 bushels per *cre.
320 acres 4*£ miles south of Vollmer,
Idaho. 275 acres in cultivation, balance In
pasture and timber, farm land lays prac-
tically level, one-third of crop goes with
place if sold before harvest. Some fall
wheat already sown. All fenced and cross
fenced. Quarter section of It fenced hog
tight; good four-room houso, wood shed,
and out of door cellar, nice grove around
house, well at house, fair stabling and
out buildings, spring and spring creek
close to barn, three springs on place.
Price $70 per acre, one-third cash, bal-
ance at 7 per cenL Time to suit pur-
chaser.
238 acres 4*4 miles from Lewiston, Ida-
ho, 175 acres In cultivation, 25 more can
be cultivated, balance good bunch grass
pasture, fenced and cross-fenced, good
spring creek runs across place, small
house, station on place for Johnson R. R.,
two grain warehouses at station. Price
$70 per acre, one-third cash, balance at -
7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
160 acres of timber land, good farm land
when timber is cleared off, all can be
farmed except about 2 or 3 acres. Good
timber, yellow pine and fir. Price $4000.
40 miles from Lewiston, Idaho. "Well
located to log off.
240 acres 6 miles from Asotin. 12 miles
from Lewiston, Idaho, about 75 acres It.
fall wheat, about 75 acres more can be
cultivated, balance in bunch grass pas-
ture, two springs, small house, all fenced
Price $40 per acre, one-third cash, balance
at 7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
Reference Lewiston National Bank and
First National Bank. Address
F. W. KELLET.
Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, November 25, 1916.
BEAUTIFUL BELVEDERE
LOTS FOR SALE
CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
most beautiful spot on the shores of San Francisco Bay
for a suburban home. It commands an extensive view of
the City of San Francisco, Alcatraz and Angel Islands,
Raccoon Straits, San Francisco Bay, Richardson's Bay,
the Berkeley shore, beautiful Belvedere and Mt. Tamal-
pais. It is in Marin County, directly opposite San Fran-
cisco, and forms the eastern shore of Belvedere cove.
It has a naturally terraced, sunny, western slope that is
well adapted for many choice residence sites, every one
affording most picturesque views of the bay and moun-
tain. It is protected from the prevailing western trade winds in
summer by Belvedere Island, and from the southerly storms in
winter by Angel Island. The soil is fertile and part of the island
is well wooded.
It is less subject to fog than any other place near San
Francisco. The summer fog, as it rolls in from the ocean, splits
on the western slope of Sausalito, part of it flowing in a line with
Angel Island towards the Berkeley shore, and part of it along
the southern slope of Mt. Tamalpais, leaving Belvedere, Corin-
thian Island and Raccoon Straits in the bright sunlight, while
the fog banks can be seen as a white wall both to the north and
the south.
There is very little available land about the shores of San
Francisco Bay that is desirable for homes, especially for those
who love boating and kindred sports. The Alameda and Contra
Costa shores of the bay are the lee shores and receive the full
brunt of the boisterous trade winds which lash the shoal waters
near the land into muddy waves, making boating both unpleas-
ant and dangerous. To the north of the city and in Marin
County the land from Sausalito to the entrance of the' bay is a
Government reservation and will never be placed on the market.
The shores of Richardson's Bay are not at present convenient
to boat service and, aside from Belvedere and Corinthian Island,
there is little or no land near any ferry landing that possesses
the natural advantages, improvements and possibilities that are
offered on Corinthian Island. Concrete roads, pure water, tele-
phone service and electric light wires are already installed. It is
only ten minutes' walk from* any point on the property to
Tiburon boats, and but forty-three minutes' ride to the foot of
Market Street.
On the point of Corinthian Island the Corinthian Yacht
Club has had its home for many years, and on any summer day
the white sails of its numerous fleet add to the charming scene,
as the trim yachts glide about the cove. Excellent fishing of all
kinds for bay fish, including salmon, the gamey striped bass,
rock fish and the toothsome silver smelt, is to be had in the cove.
There is probably no spot so accessible and in such close prox-
imity to any large city in the world that offers the attractions
of climate, magnificent scenery, fishing and boating as will here
be found.
FOR MAPS, PRICES AND PARTICULARS APPLY TO
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San Francisco, Cal.
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366 PACIFIC BUILDING
San Franclico, Cal.
rday, November 25, 1916.]
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Into Dollars
TELL us your "stunts" with
the Hand Trap at camp,
picnic parties, aboard motor
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Hand Trap has given amusement, instruction and experi-
ence to yourself and friends.
We Will Pay Cash for Illustrated Stories
For the best descriptive story
of the most novel and practical
Hand Trap experience accom-
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ALL STORIES AND PICTURES MUST
BE SENT BEFORE DECEMBER 1, 1916
For desirable pictures, (publication rights released
to us) accompanying stories not accepted, we will pay
ONE DOLLAR on receipt of film.
IF YOU HAVEN'T A HAND TRAP
RENT ONE QF YOUR DEALER
when you buy your shells and targets.
Get your ideas "rounded-up," — plan your
exposures and let your camera earn a few
dollars.
No restrictions as to age or sex of contestants
or number of stories and photographic groups
submitted, but prefer stories not over 600 words.
Get a copy of DTJ PONT HAND TRAP BOOK-
LET, — reading what has been done may give
you the "hunch" that gets the bunch of money
we're going to pay. Write for your copy today.
SPORTING POWDER DIVISION
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Powder Makers Since 1802
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
one person) we will pay a first
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of $10.00; two prizes of $7.50;
five prizes of $5.00 each; FIF-
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505 Lankershim Bldg., Los Angeles.
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OCTOBER TRAP-SHOOTING TOURNAMENTS FURNISHED, AS USUAL,
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CULL1SON, KANS., October 26.
High Amateur Average, 142 ex 150, J. J. Randall.
Second Amateur Average, 140 ex 150, Messrs. Toews, R. S. Randall and
Foulke.
Third Amateur Average, 139 ex 150, C. L. Howell.
High General Average, 148 ex 150, D. D. Gross.
WEBSTER LAKE, IND., October 23-25.
High General Average, 288 ex 300, H. Kennicott.
LOGANSPORT, IND.f October 17.
High General Average, 148 ex 150, H. Kennicott.
HOBOKEN, N. J., October 13.
High Amateur Average, 184 ex 200, H. Sindle.
MT. PULASKI, ILL., October 11-12.
High General Average, 286 ex 300, A. C. Connor.
SHELLS
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., October 10-11.
High Amateur Average (tie), 389 ex 400, Otis C. Funderburk
CINCINNATI, OHIO, October 5-6.
High Amateur Average, 290 ex 300, W. R. Randall.
TOLEDO, ILL., October 3.
High Amateur Average, 147 ex 150, F. M. Buckingham.
MEDFORD, OKLA., October 10.
High Amateur Average, 141 ex 150, Wm. Lambert.
LINCOLNVILLE, KANS., October 6.
High Amateur Average, 144 ex 150, P. J. Cairns.
OMAHA, NEB., October 16-17.
High General Average, 229 ex 300, Phil R
Miller.
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DILLCARA 57462
Chestnut stallion by Sidney Dillon— Guyeara 2:18% by Guy Wilkes 2:15>/i.
(Full brother to Harold Dillon, now one ot the leading sires of New Zealand.)
Owned by Miss Adeline R. Farnum, daughter of the late Dr. C. E. Farnum,
Sau Francisco.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 2, 1916
MANHATTAN STOCK AND POULTRY
FOOD AND REMEDIES
Awarded Gold Medal
at California State Fair
ENDORSED BY THE LEADING HORSEMEN
OF THE UNITED STATES
Red Ball Stock Food Co.,
OAKLAND CAL.
Horses Will Die-
Same with the other classes of livestock.
Their value when dead is equal only to the amount
of insurance by which they are protected.
Let's talk it over.
Montana Livestock 6 Casualty Insurance Co.
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505 Lankershim Bldg., Los Angeles.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
TO
OWNERS AND BREEDERS
OF LIVE STOCK
THE HARTFORD LIVE STOCK INSURANCE
The Hartford Fire Insurance Company and the Hartford
Accident and Indemnity Company of Hartford, Conn., the "Two
Hartfords," have established a Pacific Department with offices
at 438 California St., San Francisco, California; thereby being
in a position to write insurance covering owners and breeders
in the event of loss arising from the
Death of Live Stock
FROM ANY CAUSE
The "TWO HARTFORDS" Have
RESOURCES EXCEEDING $30,000,000
and are prepared to offer to owners and breeders of live stock
facilities which have never been hitherto approached in the
business of live stock insurance.
The "TWO HARTFORDS" will be able to issue policies for
amounts adequate to protect the interests of the owners of
valuable stock.
Your patronage is solicited and communications bearing
upon anv phase of live stock business will have prompt attention.
The "TWO HARTFORDS"
offer the LARGEST ASSETS, UNSURPASSED SERVICE
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Address all inquiries to
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$2,500
GUARANTEED
ONLY $2 TO NOMINATE MARE
GUARANTEED
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 17
TO BE GIVEN BY THE
PACIFIC COAST TROTTING HORSE RREEDERS ASSOCIATION
For Foals of Mares Covered in 1916 to Trot and Pace at Three Years Old
ENTRIES CLOSE:
MONDAY, DECEMBER 4th, 1916
$2,500
$1,500 FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD TROTTERS.
$1,000 FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD PACERS
CONDITIONS :
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 4, 1916; when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 April 1, 1917;
$10 on Yearlings April 1. 191S; $10 on Two-Tear-Olds April 1, 1919; $10 on Three-Tear- Olds April 1, 1920.
STARTING PAYMENTS— $35 to start in the Three -Tear- Old Pace; $50 to start in the Three-Tear- Old Trot. All Starting Payments to be made ten days before the first
day of the meeting at which the race is to take place.
Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer.
Races three heats, money divided 25 per cent to the first heat, 25 per cent to the second heat, 25 per cent to the third heat, and 25 per cent to the race according to rank
In the summary. Money in each division 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Should two or more horses be tied for first place at the completion of the third heat, such horses only shall
contest in a fourth heat and money divided according to rank in the summary at the termination of that heat. A horse having won the first two heats and drawn or distanced
In the third heat shall not lose position in the summary. Distance, 100 yards.
If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins; or if either the mare or foal dies before April 1, 1918, her nominator may sell or transfer his nomination or
substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there will be no return of a payment, nor will any entry be liable for more than amount paid in or contracted for.
In entries, the name, color and pedigree of mare must be given; also the name of the horse to which she was bred in 1916.
Entries muet be accompanied by entrance fee.
Nominators liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payments forfeits all previous payments. This Association is liable for 52500, the amount of the guar-
antee, only.
Hopples will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions.
Right reserved to declare off or reopen these Stakes in case the number of entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors.
Money divided in eaoh division of the Stake 50. 25, 15 and 10 per cent. There will be no more moneys in each division or heat than there are starters.
Entries open to the woild. Membership not required to enter; but no horse, wherever owned, will be allowed to start until the owner has become a member.
"Write for Entry Blanks to
E. P. HEALO,
President.
F. W. KELLEY, Secretary
P. O. Drawer 447. 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco, Cal.
Saturday, December 2, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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PHOENIX OFFICIAL SUMMARIES.
The following are the complete and official sum-
maries of the races held during the Arizona State
Fair at Phoenix, November 14th to 17th inclusive.
It will be noticed that there are a good many changes
from the summaries as given out by the press reports
heretofore published:
Phoenix. Ariz, (mile track; three-heat plan). Novem-
ber 14. — Three-year-old trot (two heats); purse $500:
Bellzebola. br I by Redlac (DeRyder) 1 1
Doctor Davidson, b c by Dr. Clarke (Wheat) 2 2
Slats, b g by Directly (Mooney) 3 2
Time— 2:27, 2:17%.
2:20 pace, purse $1, ;
Zombrino. blk h by Prince Zombro (Bunch) 111
Maydella. blk m by Lou McKinney (Carmen) 2 2 2
Gay Tommy, b g by Tom Ferguson (Best) 3 3 3
Valbro. b h by Prince Zombro (McNabb) 4 4 4
Time— 2:11%, 2:12, 2:11
Two-year-old pace (two heats); purse $500:
Miss Cheatham, b f by King Daphne. . (Cheatham) 1 1
George D., ch c by King Cyrano (McNabb) 3 2
BUI. ch c by Otis Jr (Selman) 2 4
Jack Ryland. b c by Kuropatkin (Barkley) 4 3
Time— 2:2014, 3:24.
2:12 trot, purse $1,000:
The Proof, b h by The Exponent (Spencer) 2 11
Esperanza, b m by Carlokin (Durfee) 14 2
Columbia T., b m by Bon Guy (Smith) 4 2 4
Allie Lou. b m by Kinney Lou (Ward) 3 3 3
Mabel Van, 5-5-6; Sadie View, 6-6-5; George N. Patter-
son, dis.
Time— 2:08%, 2:10%, 2:09%.
To beat 2:26%, trotting:
Edith Carter, ch f (1) by Kinney de Lopez (Ward) 2:18%
To beat 2:22% pacing:
Hemet Queen, ch f (1) by Wilbur Lou (Ward) 2:16%
November 15. — Two-year-old trot (two heats) ; purse
$500:
Mona Hall, b f by Dean Hall (Carmen) 1 1
Arizona Duchess, b f by Direct So (Selman) 2 2
Lady Direct, b f by Directly (McNabb) 3 3
Butcher Boy, b g by Dr. Clark (Yore) 4 4
Time — 2:57, 2:54.
Three-year-old pace (two heats), purse $500:
Pine Knot, b g by Dean Hall (Carmen) 1 1
Lelia Mack, b f by Leland D (Wheat) 2 3
Little Marguerite, b f by Airault (Yore) 3 2
Lady Leland, blk f by Leland D (McNabb) 4 4
Time— 2:27%, 2:32%.
2:07 pace, purse $1,000:
Lock Logan, br g by Zolock (Montgomery) 112
Ben Corbett Jr.. b g by Ben Corbett (Finley) 3 3 1
Teddy Bear, b h by Del Coronado (Smith) 2 2 4
Rayo de Oro, ch g by Copa de Oro (Durfee) 4 4 3
Zomar, 5-5-5.
Time— 2:07%, 2:07%, 2:06%.
2:25 trot, purse $1,000:
Bellzebola. br f (3) by Redlac (DeRyder) 112
Lillian Van, b m by On Stanley .(Best) 3 2 1
Meridian Jr., blk g by Meridian (Carmen) 2 3dis
Miss Delta, ch m by J. J. M. Jr (Selman) 4 4dis
Alice E. and Fred Mc, dis.
Time— 2:16%, 2:17, 2:11%.
November 16. — 2:12 pace, purse $1,000:
Zombrino, blk h by Prince Zombro (Bunch) 111
Hal Logan, br g by Zolock (Montgomery) 2 2 2
Mona Ansel, b h by Monicrat (Finley) 3 3 3
Ellen Douglass, b .m by Argot Hal (Carmen) 5 4 4
Paul D. Kelly, b g (Henderson) 4dis
Time— 2:07%, 2:07, 2:06%.
2:18 trot, purse $1,000:
The Lark, b m by Carlokin (Durfee) 114
Zolock Bar, br g by Zolock (AValker) 3 3 1
Don de Lopez, blk c (3) by Kinney de Lopez....
(Ward) 2 2 2
Sadie View, br m bv Direct View (DeRyder) 4 4 3
Time— 2:11%, 2:12%. 2:11%.
2:09 trot, purse $1,000:
Esperanza, b m by Carlokin (Durfee) 111
The Proof, b h by The Exponent (Spencer) 2 2 2
Vallejo King, blk g by Gen. J. B. Frisbie(T. Smith)3 3 3
Columbia T.. b m by Bon Guy. . .(W- S: -Smith) 4 4 4
Time— 2:09%, 2:07%, 2:07%.
To beat 2:19%, trotting:
Zeta I.ucile, ch f (2) by Wilbur Lou (Ward) 2:12%
To beat 2:19%, trotting:
Louise de Lopez, ch f (2) by Kinney de Lopez. . . .
(Ward) 2:14U
November 17. — 2:12 trot, purse $1,000:
Mabel Van, b m by On Stanley (Best) 113
Virginia Barnette, b m by Moko (Berry') 3 3 1
Sadie View, br m by Direct View. ... (DeRyder) 222
George N. Patterson, blk c (4) by On Voyage ( )4 4 4
Time— 2:15%. 2:10»4, 2:15.
Free-for-all pace, purse $500:
White Sox. b m by Del Coronado (Berry) 111
Jim Logan, b h by Charles Derby. . (Montgomery) 2 2 2
Ben Corbett Jr.. b g by Ben Corbett (Finley) 3 3 3
Teddy Bear, b g by Dei Coronado (Smith) 4 4 4
Time— 2:05, 2:05%, 2:06.
2:27 trot, purse $1,000:
Zolock Zar. br g by Zolock. . .* (Walker) 2 12
LUlian Van. b m by On Stanley (Best) 1 2 3
The Lark, b m by Carlokin (Durfee) 3 3 1
Time— 2:12%. 2:12%, 2;132.,.
Free-for-all trot, purse $500:
Esperanza. b m by Carlokin (Durfee) 111
The Proof, b h by The Exponent (Spencer) 2 2 3
Allie Lou. b m by Kinney Lou (Ward) 3 3 2
Vallejo King, blk g by General J. B. Frisbie. .
(Montgomery) 4 4 4
Time— 2:07%. 2:08%, 2:07%.
To beat 2:25%. pacing:
Valbro. b h by Prince Zombro (McNabb) 2:24%
Little Marguerite, by Airault (Yore) 2:24%
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SATISFIED USERS EVERYWHERE.
Winning drivers and trainers make capital use of Ab-
sorbine; they know its value in developing first class
race horses and getting them to the races fit and ready,
keeping them strong through the season. They use
Absorbine because they require a good liniment that is
effective and does its work in a mild, soothing manner
without blistering or laying up the horse.
Mr. H. E. Valentine of North Haven. Conn., after using
Absorbine on his horses writes: "I have used Absorbine
several years with great success. I would not be without
it. Three years ago I had charge of a large contractor's
stable. One of the horses had a large swelling come just
below the knee. The proprietor called the state veterin-
ary and he said the animal had a spavin coming. 1 sent
to our dealer for some Absorbine and had it applied freely
and often. The result was that in three weeks the swell-
ing had gone and did not appear again and the horse was
i ' ' VI."
ABSORBINE, $2.00 a bottle at druggists or postpaid.
W. F. YOUNG. P.D.F., 54 Temple St., Springfield. Mass.
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The many friends of D. F. Herspring. the well
known horseman of Woodland, will sympathize with
him in the death of his aged father which occurred
in Oakland on Tuesday of this week. Mr. Hersprins
was 84 years of age and was a pioneer of this State.
| BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
I Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast.
(Established 1882.)
Published every Saturday.
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Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis-
tered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. O. Drawer
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as a private guarantee of good faith.
THIS IS THE LAST CALL for nominations to
Stake No. 17, Pacific Breeders' Futurity, the value
of which is guaranteed by the Pacific Coast Trotting
Horse Breeders' Association to be worth §2500, and
if more money is paid into the stake than that
amount all will go to the different money w-inners.
The recent eastern sales have given proof positive
that the horses that bring the most money and at-
tract the liveliest bidding are colts and fillies that
are staked. Harness racing is increasing in popu-
larity from one end of the country to the other, and
the same is true in Australasia and war stricken
Europe. It is the well engaged youngsters that the
public wants. This being the case every owner of
a mare that was mated with a trotting bred stallion
this year, should see that the expectant colt will have
an opportunity to start in some of the stake races.
The small sum of $2 will nominate your mare in
this stake and the owner who fails to make one or
more nominations will not be acting for his own
best interests. Every mail that comes from across
the mountains brings news of an increased interest
in harness horse breeding and racing. The Old Glory
Sale shows that horse values are rising and there is
no question but California is on the eve of a similar
increase in interest. Within the next two years a
California Circuit will be permanently organized and
the colts that are eligible to start in the stake races
of 1918 and succeeding years will be sought after by
many buyers. They are not going to be very numer-
ous, as the number of nominations have fallen off
greatly in the last year or two, but they will increase
from now on. When Stake No. 16, which closed
with but 71 nominations, is raced in 1918 and 1919,
there will be very many breeders regretting their
failure to nominate in it, and while Stake No. 17,
which closes for nominations on Monday next, is
raced in 1920, a like chorus o£ regrets will be heard
unless the breeders and owners rise to the occasion
nest Monday and send in a much larger list than
they did last year. You fellows who went to Sunday
School when you were kids, may remember the story
of those foolish girlies who could not light their
lamps when the bridegroom came. They had for-
gotten the first lesson in preparedness and all who
own mares bred in 1916 who do not nominate them
in Stake No. 17 next Monday will be in the same
state of unpreparedness when their colts and fillies
foaled in 1917 begin to show miles in 1920 that are
fast enough to win money in the stakes in which
they will not be eligible to start.
THE DEMAND FOR COLTS at the recent Old
Glory Sale has caused expressions of surprise from
those who have not kept themselves informed as to
the trend of harness horse matters, but to those who
have noted the increase in interest in harness racing
the demand for youngsters is only what they have
been predicting. The Herald, which keeps a closer
tab on horse matters than any other of the New
York dailies, has the following to say in this regard:
"Signs of the times were unmistakable in the Garden
sale last week that harness racing is fast coming to
about the same basis as running racing. Nearly all
the high prices were paid for undeveloped young
trotters, as distinguished from "made" campaigners
and mature racing prospects, such as brought the
top prices only a few years ago. Colt races are now
the thing, and unbroken weanlings and yearlings
command better prices than older horses. The aver-
age of $716 for twenty-nine weanlings by The Har-
vester 2:01 is the market record, and so is the top
price of $3,025 for the weanling colt by Peter Volo
2:02. showing that the youngsters are in great de-
mand. Training stables in the vicinity of New York
will be full of two-year-olds and three-year-olds next
season, according to all indications, and it is rather
surprising that the four associations which recently
announced their programs for the summer meetings
in Orange county put on only one race for two-year-
olds and one for three-year-olds. The colt races
were the feature of these meetings in 1915, and the
flood of entries indicated that two classes instead
of one could be filled at each track in the circuit.
Plenty of horsemen expect to see such races dom-
inate the harness racing programs a few years hence,
as they do now on the running tracks. It is a matter
of economics, they say. Now that the trotting horse
has been driven off the roads and is fast becoming
a racing machine, pure and simple, it behooves the
breeder and the owner to make use of his racing
qualities as early as possible, and to save the heavy
expense of keeping him until mature."
THE OLD GLORY SALE has long been known as
the barometer of the trotting horse industry, and it
will cheer the breeders and owners of trotting stock
in California to read the account of this sale in the
Breeder and Sportsman this week. It is by far the
best sale held in the Garden in ten years and there
were not enough youngsters offered to supply the
demand. The lesson of the sale is, give the colts
and fillies plenty of stake engagements and offer
them for sale before money has been spent on their
development. This advice applies to those breeders
who do not care to train and race their colts. There
are hundreds of men wTho enjoy owning and racing
a trotter who do not own farms and who therefore
do not desire to be bothered with pasture bills, stal-
lion fees, etc. They are willing to pay a fair price
for a colt that has engagements and is ready to be
trained for them. When the colt is sold before money
has been expended for training expenses he is very
liable to bring a higher profit to his breeder than he
ever will again unless he turns out to be a champion
or near champion, which of course is the exception.
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THE NORTH PACIFIC IS AWAKE.
About $60,000 is to be Offered for Trotters and
Pacers on That Circuit.
The 16th annual meeting of the North Pacific Fair
Association has been called for Portland, December
6-7, at the Imperial Hotel.
The meeting usually held in February was set for
the earlier date this year as an experiment, the claim
being that an earlier announcement of the stakes and
purses to be offered by the North Pacific tracks in
1917 will bring a larger number of entries.
There will be a two-day session and a busy one.
"There are a number of important matters to be dis-
cussed this year," said Secretary John W. Pace.
"The North Pacific tracks offer about $60,000 this
year for harness racing alone. There are a number
of new tracks, and it is quite iikely that two circuits
will be announced for 1917.
"One will comprise the larger fairs, such as the
State Fairs, Spokane, etc., which offer $1000 per day
and over in harness events. A minor circuit will
probably be arranged for the smaller fairs and tracks.
"There are now 30 fairs in the Pacific Northwest
which have racing as an attraction, and about 20
exhibitions and livestock shows which come outside
of the racing season. There will be eight weeks of
autumn racing, and the spring or summer meets that
may be arranged.
"In addition to the matter of racing, this associa-
tion fixes dates, strives for uniformity in exhibit
classifications, and helps the individual fair man-
agers in the matter of amusements and attractions."
The membership of the North Pacific Fair Asso-
ciation covers Washington, Idaho, Montana and Brit-
ish Columbia. The coming meeting is on the occa-
sion of the Pacific International Livestock Exposi-
tion, at which the exhibiting breeders of the North-
west will be present, and a joint conference between
them and the fair managers regarding classes, ship-
ping facilities, dates and classifications will be held.
The officers of the association are; Frank Mere-
dith. Washington State Fair, president; Thomas S.
Griffith, Spokane Interstate Fair, vice-president, and
John W. Pace, Seattle, secretary-treasurer.
Lee Axworthy 1:58%, champion stallion trotter,
may be trained again and given a chance to make a
further reduction in his record, ard it is also reported
in the Horse Review that $50,100 was recently refused
for him.
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The Review says: "The re-election of former Gov-
ernor James Cox in Ohio was pleasing news to horse-
men of that State, as he is supporter of harness horse
interests.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 2, 1916
FAMILY HONORS MAY PASS ON.
Peter the Great Tribe Due to Be Deposed by Moko's
in 1917.
[By Henry Ten Eyck White.]
Right now it looks as though the scepter among
the three-year-o'd trotters is certain, in 1917, to pass
from the Peter the Great tribe, where it has been
held with remarkable uniformity for the last six
years. What strain will grasp the emblem of author-
ity may not be accurately foretold, but present indi-
cations strongly favor the house of Moko.
It was in 1903 that the first of the get of Peter the
Great won the three-year-old division of the Kentucky
Futurity — the classic among colt stakes. The victor
was Sadie Mac. unbeaten that season, and her best
mile was 2:11%. Since then four others of the
"Peter" family have attained the honor, they being
Grace 2: OS in 1910. Peter Thompson 2:07% in 1911,
Peter Volo 2:03% in 1914 and Volga 2:04% in 1916.
But the outlook for a three-year-old champion from
the Peter tribe next year is a bleak one, since among
the six two-year-old trotters of the present season
that took records of 2:10 or better not one is by
Peter the Great.
Here is a list of the most phenomenal lot of two-
year-olds ever out in one season, with their records
and sires:
Name and Sire. Record.
The Real Lady (Moko) 2:04%
Emma-Magowan (J. M. Forbes) 2:07%
Harvest Gale (The Harvester) 2:07%
Tacita (Atlantic Express) 2:07%
Buck Watts (Gen. Watts) 2:09%
Miss Bcnna Dillon (Dillon Axworthy) 2:10
Strictly speaking, Mary Cobum, by Manrico, should
be added to this list, as although her record is
2:10%, it was made in a winning race, while those
of Tacita, Buck Watts and Miss Bertha Dillon were
obtained in trials against the watch — which means
that a good day and track were selected for the
effort, a flying start had, and the pole hugged all the
way. On form The Real Lady looks to have as much
of a mortgage on the three-year-old stakes as Peter
Volo and Volga had in 1913 and 1915 after their two-
year-old campaigns in which neither lost a race and
each marked up a champion's record. The Real Lady
has done the same thing — and more, since her two-
year-old record is 2:04%, as compared with 2:04% by
Peter Volo at that age and 2:07% by Volga.
The total score for the last fourteen years in the
three-year-old Kentucky Futurity is : Peter the Great,
five; Moko, two, and no other sire more than one.
In the matter of male line descent these fourteen
winners figure thus: George Wilkes, seven; Peter
the Great, five, and Electioneer, two. The "Peters,"
technically considered, should be credited to the
Happy Medium family, but that strain never com-
pared in importance with that of Wilkes or Elec-
tioneer, although all three stallions were sons of
Rysdyk's Hambletonian.
Of course, it is possible some now unknown two-
year-old by Peter the Great may come out in 1917
and win the stakes for three-year-olds, just as Mary
Putney. 2:24% at two, never lost a race at three and
lowered the mark for fillies of that age to 2:05%,
but any aspiring colt making a bid in the 1917 stakes
for three-year-olds will have a much harder row to
hoe than ever was assigned any other young trotter,
as such a horse would have six opponents to over-
come whose records at two ranged from 2:04% to
2:10, with Mary Cobum 2:10%, a proven racehorse,
added for good measure. And even if The Real Lady
should by accident or otherwise be incapacitated
from starting -it three, another perfectly wonderful
two-year-old would be encountered in ' Emma Ma-
gowan, which won a race in 2:07%, 2:07% with
consummate ease, and on another occasion stepped
half a mile in a minute.
Of the seven two-year-olds of supreme class noted
in the foregoing four trace in the male line to George
Wilkes, they being The Real Lady, Buck Watts, Miss
Bertha Dillon nnd Mary Coburn, the last named bv
Manrico, himself a Kentucky futurity winner and a
son of Moko, sire of The Real Lady. Of the "tin
cuppers." all of whom I saw take their records, I
rate Tacita much the best, as her mile was done in
workmanlike fashion all the way, and at the finish
she was putting every foot down in the right place.
Buck Watts in his trial trotted the first halt" in
1:02% and then couldn't come home with much
steam, the last half being 1:06%. He is a very flashy
going colt, but when I saw him pitted against other
horses a few days after his time trial he was jumpy
and easily beaten, despite his extreme speed. Miss
Bertha Dillon broke just before her mile was ended
and went under the wire on a run.
These three outsiders, so to speak, are however,
superbh bred, the sire of each being a stake winner
in coltuood. Atlantic Express, sire of Tacita, was a
-i tin race horse at three and took a record of
.. General Walts, sire of Buck Watts, won the
Kentucky futurity at three and set a new record,
. lor that age. Dillon Axworthy, sire of Miss
i Dillon, was the best two-year-old of his dav,
2:11%. The dam of Miss Bertha
Dillon is Bertha C, 2:10% at three, a heat winner in
the Kentucky futurity that year. The dam of Buck
Watts is not noted as a performer, but The Huntress.
ol Tacita, also is the dam of Margaret Druien
vhich gives her high standing, and as she is
- i I . ■' ' , and out of a great producing
mare, Tacita's credentials are extra good. The filly
was sick and did not recover sufficiently to be started
in the stakes, where two or three heats were sure
10 be asked of her, so merely was fitted for a time
trial, where one heat would suffice, and there need
he no scoring.
Barring sickness. The Real Lady should follow in
the footsteps of Peter Volo, Volga and Sadie Mac by
winning all her starts as a three-year-old. She "has
everything," horsemen say, and in speed not even
Emma Magowan with her half-mile in a minute is
entitled to class with the Moko filly, whose mile in
2:04% stands for a lot more than a half-mile in a
minute. Furthermore, The Real Lady has for trainer
and driver Tom Murphy, who has five times driven
two-year-olds to world's championship miles. Saying
iiiurphy is a wizard with colts does not fully express
the quality of his work. In the case of The Real
Lady and Native Belle he selected those fillies before
ever they had worn a harness, and their preparation
and education, from "ground breaking" to miles
much faster than any trotter of their age had shown,
was his personal, daily work. Native Belle beat the
best two-year-old record of her day three seconds,
and The Real Lady overcame what was considered
an unbeatable handicap when she displaced the
2:04% of Peter Volo with a 2:04% mile, because
Peter Volo, a giant in stature for his age, a Hercules
in strength and courage, was universally considered
by horsemen a freak of nature, and when his two-
year-old mark of 2:04% was put in the books nobody
believed it ever would be beaten.
When it is considered that The Real Lady's two-
year-old mark is only three-quarters of a second
slower then the best for three-year-olds — 2:03% —
some idea of what, with natural improvement, she
will he capable of as a three-year-old is had. Peter
Volo, the only colt trotter with which she can be
compared, improved one second from his two to his
three-year-old form. If The Real Lady does only
that well her mark a year from now will be 2:03%.
No other two-year-old of the present season, save
Emma Magowan, is to be mentioned in the same
breath with the Moko filly, and while Emma Ma-
gowan was comfortable at the end of a mile in 2:07%,
and came back in 2:07%, indicating she was, every-
thing favorable, probably a 2:06 filly, those figures
do not mean anything when stacked up against a
second heat in a race in 2:04%. — [Horse Journal.
U. S. ARMY HORSES.
Fair Board to Seek $920,000.
At a session of the directors of the State Agricul-
tural Society last Saturday, tentative plans were
submitted for examination by the state architect's
office providing for the erection of substantial new
buildings and improvements to cost in the aggregate
well towards one million dollars. The plans were
presented and explained in detail by State Architect
George B. McDougall and A. R. Widdowson, and if
given the final approval of the board at its next meet-
ing in December the legislature will be asked to pro-
vide for the new structures which are deemed abso-
lutely essential for the present needs and scope of
the association.
A main agricultural pavilion, to take the place of
the one recently destroyed by fire, will be the most
important structure in the group of buildings contem-
plated. It was agreed that it should not be less than
150 by 500 feet and of the best fireproof construction
throughout. The estimated cost, with galleries, will
be approximately $350,000.
Other improvements under consideration are fig-
ured as follows. Educational pavilion to house uni-
versity and school exhibits,, $60,000; grandstand
$185,000; extension to manufacturers' • building,
$40,000 ; extension" to machinery hall, $40,000 ; col-
iseum, for night horse shows, lectures, etc., $100,000;
stock barns, new roads, beautification of grounds,
etc., $85,000; additional land, $60,000, making a grand
total of $920,000. All buildings will be fireproof.
A small appropriation in addition is needed in
order that the grounds may be kept open to eastern
visitors throughout the year. If this is secured, ex-
hibits would be maintained at all times by a number
of counties.
Representatives of the citizens' state fair commit-
tee and the state fair legislature committee of the
SacrameDto Chamber of Commerce, appeared at the
session with options taken on several tracts of land
adjoining the fair grounds. They assured the board
of their assistance and support in every possible way.
The proposition of cutting down the race track to
one-half mile was discussed. If this plan is adopted
much less additional land will be required. State
Architect McDougall advocated this scheme and it
was pointed out by some of the directors that other
state fair grounds, notably Texas and New York, have
adopted half mile tracks.
The members of the State Agricultural Board pres-
ent were: John Perry, C. J. Chenu, F. H. Dudley,
E. J. Delorey. E. Franklin, T. Geir, E. F. Mitchell and
B. F. Rush. The committees of the Chamber of Com-
merce were represented by Fred Martin, R. M. Rich-
ardson, Ed Yardley. J. L. Tucker, S. W. Russell, Joe
Huntoon, C. B. Bills, F. W. Breen, E. M. Sheehan,
John T. Skelton and C. C. Hughes.
A pamphlet entitled "Specifications for Horses
and Mules," issued by the office of the Quartermaster
General of the L'nited States Army, gives the follow-
ing general description for horses:
"Head — Small and well set on neck; with ears
small, thin, neat, and erect; forehead broad and
full; eyes large, prominent and mild, with well-
developed brow and fine eyelid; vision perfect in
every respect; muzzle small and fine; mouth deep;
lips thin and firmly compressed; nostrils large and
fine; and branches of underjaw (adjoining neck)
wide apart.
"Neck — Light, moderately long, and tapering
toward the head, with crest firm and longer than
under side; mane and forelock fine and intact.
"Withers — Elevated, not unduly fine, well devel-
oped and muscled.
"Shoulders — Long, oblique and well muscled.
"Chest — Full, very deep, moderately broad, and
plump in front.
"Forelegs — Vertical as viewed from front and side
and properly placed; with elbow large, long, promi-
nent and clear of chest; forearm large at the elbow,
long and heavily muscled.
"Knees — Neatly outlined, large, prominent, wide in
front, well situated and well directed.
"Back — Short, straight, and well muscled.
"Loins — Broad, straight, very short, and muscular.
"Barrel — Large, increasing in size toward flanks,
with ribs well arched and definitely separated.
"Hindquarters — Wide, thick, very long, full, heav-
ily muscled, rounded externally and well directed.
"Stifle — Well defined, prominent and well support-
ed by muscles of that region.
"Hocks — Neatly outlined, lean, large, wide from
front to rear, well situated, and well directed.
"Limbs — From knees and hocks downward ver-
tical, short, flat, wide laterally, with tendons and
ligaments standing well out from bone and distinctly
defined.
"Pastern — Strong, medium length, not too oblique
and well directed.
"Feet — Medium in size, circular in shape, sound;
with hom smooth and of fine texture; sole moder-
ately concave, and frog well developed, sound, firm,
large, elastic, and healthy.
"Each horse will be subjected to a rigid inspection
and any animal that does not meet with the above
requirements should be rejected. No white or gray
horses will be accepted."
Merced May Have a Race Track.
There is some talk at Merced, where a successful
fair was held this year, of building a track so that
racing may be held in connection with a fair next
year. Mr. R. P. Covert, the well known wood and
coal merchant of that city, has offered to guarantee
the building of a track, if the association will get
a five-year lease on a piece of land on which to build
it and agree to keep the track up during that time.
Mr. Covert suggested a half mile track, but the asso-
ciation favors a mile track. The Breeder and Sports-
man would suggest that a half mile track be built
first, and if the fairs and race meetings continue to
be so popular at the end of five years that a mile
track will be demanded, it will not be difficult to
secure additional land and construct the mile oval.
A majority of the big fairs held in the eastern and
middle western States have half mile tracks and
there is no doubt but the public prefers them. Here
in California, where the long dry summers make the
watering and working of a track very expensive, a
half mile track will be found much more economical
than a mile oval. Regulation half mile tracks that
are wide and have the turns well thrown up are
popular with horsemen as well as the public.
Saddle Horses Bring Good Average.
S. T. Harbison & Co. of Lexington sold a carload of
Kentucky saddle horses by auction at Durland's Rid-
ing Academy in New York Thursday evening of last
week, in the presence of a large company of eques-
trians, horse show exhibitors and dealers.
The Picket, a fine looking, high styled, true going
chestnut gelding, catalogued as "a prospective cham-
pion," topped the sale, J. E. Stevenson having paid
$1,650 for him to show next season. John Hays Ham-
mond was among the buyers. He paid $340 for
Likely, a handsome bay mare 15.3 hands high.
Bingen Chief, a registered bay saddle bred gelding
of attractive paces and peacock style, went for $725
to Martin J. Aylward. John Spratley bought No Mis-
take, a five gaited brown gelding 15.2 hands, for
$380. Typesetter, a show prospect 15.1 hands, was
struck off to Mr. Aylward for $650. Latonia. at $530,
looked like a bargain in five gaited saddle horses for
S. Rosenbaum, to whom he was sold. Range Finder,
a three-quarter bred horse of the hunter type, was
purchased by John C. Sparks for $700. The average
for twenty head was about $325.
It is said that there were ninety-nine fairs held in
Iowa this year that received State aid, a total of
$56,000 being distributed among them, no association
receiving more than $800.
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Tommy Murphy is wintering close to 100 horses
at his Poughkeepsie headquarters.
Gen. I. R. Sherwood, for a number of years owner
and editor of The American Sportsman, was again
chosen to represent his Ohio district in Congress
at the last election. Though a Democrat and living
in a locality strongly Republican, the General is
honored regularly bv the voters of his district.
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A $2,500 free-for-all pace will feature the program
of the second meeting at Youngstown, Ohio, next
summer.
Saturday, December 2, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
BIG DEMAND AT OLD GLORY SALE.
Record Prices for Weanlings and Big Average for
Entire Week.
Lively bidding*, high average prices and brisk
demand featured the opening day of the Old Glory
sale at Madison Square Garden, "while the attendance
throughout the day and evening was a record for
a first day. The morning and afternoon session was
taken up by the consignment of Allen Farm horses,
about 118 head being sold before the recess for
dinner.
The top price for the consignment for the day was
$5,200, at which the famous young trotting speed sire
Bingara was sold, the final bid being made by E. J.
Tranter of New York. The price caused some dis-
appointment to horsemen present, some of whom had
expected the price to go as high as $15,000, while
many would have given odds that he would bring
$8,000 or over.
Bertini and Todd Swift, the other stallions, were
sold respectively at $1,000 and $375, which caused
more disappointment than the price received for
Bingara. The first horse to sell over $1,000 was
Bertron, a three-year-old by Bertini, the successful
bidder being Trainer Fred Jamison, who stated that
the purchase was made for one of his patrons, Dr.
W. H. Buechner of Youngstown, Ohio. The next
highest price was $1,300, which H. G. Winnings of
Indianapolis paid for the 11-year-old mare Ban, by
Bingara ,the purchase being made for S. A. Fletcher
of that city and owner of Peter the Great.
For a yearling bay filly by Bingara, "George Grant,
New York," paid $1,050, and also bought several
■others at good prices, but his real identity is not
known except that the purchases were made for a
prominent horseman whose name was withheld from
publication. For $865, "C. Coyne of Albany" bought
the six-year-old mare Belzona 2:10%. This unidenti-
fied purchaser also bought several and, like Grant,
paid some of the best prices received for the con-
signment.
Another unidentified that figured in the bidding
and bought several was a John Smith, New York.
Walter Cox bought two yearlings, both by Bingara,
paying $625 and $300, while Frank Dohrman of Pitts-
burg secured two highly bred mares to add to the
breeding stock of his Aarnold Farm. A total of 118
head were sold from the Allen Farm consignment for
$35,365, or an average of a shade over $300 per head.
The first day's sale fully demonstrated that the
demand is for properly bred and promising looking
youngsters, while the general prices received for all
kinds insured good prices for the entire consign-
ments.
For a first day of any Old Glory Sale, the gathering
of horsemen, breeders and especially trainers was
unusually large and representative, many States
being represented, and a great majority of them have
planned to spend the whole week in New York, be-
cause of the special daily features for the entire sale.
Weanlings Average $716 on Tuesday.
Horsemen who thought it looked blue for breeders
of trotters when the great sire Bingara was struck
off for $5,200 at the opening of the Fasig-Tipton Com-
pany's "Old Glory" sale on Monday were all smiles
Tuesday after the twenty-nine weanlings by The Har-
vester 2:01, from C. K. G. Billings' Virginia stud
farm were disposed of. The colts and fillies, which
were from six to eight months old, came into the ring
scarcely halter broken. They were not led faster
than a walk, but were sold on their appearance and
their pedigrees without moving out of their tracks.
Prices ranged from $225 to $1,900, and the average
for the lot was $716. This is more than twice as
much as Mr. Billings received last year for foals
from the same sire and dams and more than any
other lot of trotting bred weanlings ever brought
under the hammer. The average last year was about
$333.
A. H. Cosden, owner of the champion two-year-old
trotter The Real Lady 2:04%, bought four of the
fillies for Thomas W. Murphy to train next season.
For the filly out of Bernice R. 2: 06% he paid $1,500;
for the one out of Zarrine 2:07%, $1,000; for another
out of the Kentucky Futurity winner, Baroness Vir-
ginia 2:08%, $800, and for the one out of Kingston
Belle 2:10%, $650.
Frank Caton, who gave his address as Moscow,
purchased four for export to Russia. Richard Dela-
field, of Brook Farm, with an eye on the races for
two-year-olds in the Orange county circuit next sea-
son, selected two royally bred ones. Other buyers
were William Crawford, of Glen Lea Farm; Andrew
W. Smith, of New York, and David Tod, of Youngs-
town, Ohio. Harvest Dawn, the highest priced one,
went to W. J. Thubron of Pittsburg, who bought her
for Frank A. Dohrman. Besides the youngsters by
The Harvester Mr. Billings sold four others, one of
which, a five-year-old pacing gelding, called Ben Bil-
lings 2:07 by Bingen 2:06% out of Lou Dillon 1:58%,
was purchased for $3,700 by Fred Jamison, of Arden,
Pa., who trained Wilkes Brewer 2:08% last season.
Californians will be particularly interested in the
prices received at the Old Glory Sale for the wean-
lings from Mr. Billings' Curies Neck Farm whose
dams are of California breeding or trace to mares
from this State.
The brown colt Harvest Lord, foaled April 16th,
1916, by The Harvester 2:01, dam Berta Mac 2:08
by McKinney, brought $600, and was bought by C. E.
Dean, of Palatine, 111.
The bay filly Harvest Pride brought $1500. She
was foaled March 4th, 1916, and is by The Harvester
out of Bernice R, 2:07% by Dexter Prince. A. H.
Cosden was the buyer.
Harvest Gold was purchased by James Snell of
Lexington, Kentucky. She is by The Harvester out
of Adioo Dillon by Sidney Dillon, was foaled April
18th, 1916, and Mr. Snell paid $600 for her.
Harvest Sprite was a royally bred one, as she was
by The Harvester out of a sister to Lou Billings
2:08% by John A. McKerron 2:04%, second dam
Lou Dillon 1:58%. Mr. A. W. Smith bid $700 for
her and became her owner.
$600 was the high bid made by Frank Caton for
Harvest Lady, foaled April 6th, 1916, by The Har-
vester out of Ethel Toddington, the young mare that
Dick Wilson had at Pleasanton five years ago when
she was a yearling. Harvest Lady will go to Russia.
Liuba, a bay filly foaled May 21st, 1916, by the
Russian Orloff stallion Bion, dam Lou Billings
2:08% by John A. McKerron, second dam Lou Dillon
1:58%, brought but $200, and she was bought by
Frank Caton who will send her to Russia where her
breeding will be more popular than it is here.
E. J. Tranter, who bought Bingara Monday, sold
him to John Kleckner, of Philadelphia, for $6,000 on
Tuesday.
Wednesday Sees Highest Average in Eleven Years.
In point of high price, total amount and general
average for one day, the Old Glory auction of trotting
horses on Wednesday made the best record for one
day during the past eleven years.
Guy Axworthy, consigned by the Hudson River
Stock Farm. Poughkeepsie, sold at $20,000, the high-
est price paid for a horse at auction since 1907, when
Todd sold for $30,000, and in 1906, when Axworthy
was bought by William Simpson for $21,000.
The consignment from Poughkeepsie contained
sixty-two head of stallions, mares and youngsters,
and'sold for a total of. $49,905, or an average of $805
per head. Whether this general total and average
per head for a consignment of sixty-two horses has
ever before been equaled in the history of the Old
Glory, neither the sale management nor old-time
horsemen could recollect.
The bidding on Guy Axworthy started at $5,000.
Up to $13,000 the contenders were Walter Cox, acting
for Walnut Hall Farm, and standing between Harry
Harkness and Manager Burgone, William Hudson,
acting for Louis Titus, owner of Stony Farm, and
another Orange county horseman, W. K. Dickerson.
A fourth bidder stepped in who proved to be Leo
Ottinger, half owner of the stallion, and whose last
bid was $17,000. At $500 bids up to $20,000, the bid-
ders were Mr. Dickerson and Cox, the latter getting
the horse.
Only two years ago Guy Axworthy was bought by
the Lexington trainer, Hunter C. Moody, for $2,100
from the consignment of Senator Bailey at the Gar-
den, and the next day he sold him to Jacob Ruppert
at an advance sale of $400, the purchase being made
in partnership with Oettinger Bros. His price Wed-
nesday was due to the fame the horse has gained
since, as the sire of the champion Lee Axworthy
1:58%, and others.
$3,025 for a Seven-Months-Old.
Although high prices were paid for weanlings from
Curls Neck Farm on Tuesday yet the figures went
higher Wednesday, when Walter Cox paid the world's
record sum of $3,025 for a seven-month old brown
colt by Peter Volo, dam Sapphire Worthy by Ax-
worthy, this being also the second highest price paid
for the Hudson River Farm consignment.
Aside from the two mentioned, seven other horses
from this consignment sold at $1,000, the highest
price being paid by Leo Oettinger — $1,500 for the
two-year-old filly Alcy Guy 2:18%. Al Hughes, man-
ager of Coldstream Farms, Lexington, Ky., and H. G.
Winnings, acting for S. A. Fletcher of Indianapolis,
were among the prominent buyers. The former
bought Margaret Parish 2:08%, once owned by J. E.
Madden, for $1,330, and also two others, paying
$1,075, while the latter bought among others Sap-
phire Worthy, the dam of the $3,025 weanling, for
$1,200.
Two highly-bred mares joined the brood mare list
at Curies Neck Farm at a cost of $1,525, while Mr.
Oettinger also bought two others besides the one
mentioned, paying $1,300. E. J. Tranter, H. Grunz-
felder of New York, J. H. Kernochan of Newark,
N. .1., and Jacob Lang of Buffalo were payers of four-
figure prices, while the same mysterious "George
Grant, New York," again figured a? buyer, getting
among others the once famous race mare Lulu Arion,
by Peter the Great.
The fact that outside of Guy Axworthy, the re-
maining sixty-one head averaged close to $500 per
head, showed that the general prices offered were
higher than the management and consignors ex-
pected, and although it was a complete dispersal sale
from one of the oldest breeding farms, yet not one
was sold for less than $100. The first highest priced
horse sold Wednesday was the two-year-old colt
Extend 2:19%, by J. Malcolm Forbes, the buyer being
Fatherland Farm, Ipswich, Mass., for $2,800. A con-
signment which made a satisfactory average was
that from C. W. Baker. Middletown. Md„ who sold
thirteen head for an average of $512.75.
The attendance Wednesday was the largest of the
week. So far the number of individual buyers has
been unusually large compared with former Old Glory
sales, showing a brisk demand. Those present who
were not much interested in the ring, talked, sold,
bought and argued horse and breeding subjects, con-
versations being liveliest where John E. Madden
happened to be sitting or standing. In a group in-
cluding Tommy Murphy and Madden, of course a sale
took place in no time, as before parting Madden had
sold to the famous trainer a Peter the Great yearling
out of Sarah W., dam of Joan, for a small matter of
$4,000, next to Bingara and Guy Axworthy the high-
est priced horse sold at the Garden during the week.
Among the out-of-town visitors was G. W. Slaugh-
ter of Detroit, who made arrangements with Tommy
Murphy to train and race next year the promising
trotter Lucille Spier, record 2:03%. Robert L. Nash,
the wen-known Lexington horseman, closed a deal
with Dr. J. C. McCoy under which he takes the stal-
lion Admiral Dewey to Lexington for a stud season
next spring. Judged by his record as a racehorse and
sire of speed, Admiral Dewey is expected to receive
much patronage in Kentucky under the management
of Mr. Nash.
The stallion Bingara passed to a third owner Wed-
nesday when Joseph Kleclmer of Philadelphia sold
him to B. A. Bulkley of Silver Springs Stock Farm,
Goshen, N. Y., where the son of Bingen will be in
stud service.
High Prices on Thursday.
Lively bidding and general high prices during the
fourth day of the trotting horse sale at Madison
Square Garden again demonstrated a brisk demand
for trotting-bred horses, more so than at any of
the previous three days. Over a score of offerings
brought $1,000 or more, ten sold at $1,500 or over,
while horses selling over the $500 mark were as
numerous as has been for many years past on one
day.
The highest price for the day was $4,200, which
the Brook Farm, Chester, N. Y., paid for the yearling
colt Dr. Elmore 2:24%, by J. Malcolm Forbes, while
the Philadelphia trainer, Nick Grady, paid the next
best, $3,100, for the good pacing gelding Roan Hal
2:00%, a member of Tommy Murphy's stable last
season. H. G. Winnings, of Indianapolis, Ind., acting
for S. A. Fletcher of the same city, bought another
fast pacer, the Bardstown, N. J., mare Baby Bertha
2:04%, for $2,300.
The same buyer paid $1,300 for the four-year-old
mare Rose Watts 2:29%, by Gen. Watts, while J. D.
Callery of Pittsburg paid $1,700 for a yearling filly
by the same stallion. Among metropolitan buyers
who paid fancy prices was Charles Weiland, a Speed-
way driver, paying $1,100 "and $1,025 respectively for
the gray gelding Gunfire 2:09% and the two-year-old
filly Grace Worthy 2:17%, by Morgan Axworthy,
from the consignment of Castleton Farm.
Trainer Fred Jamison paid $1,600 for last season's
good campaigning gelding, Tommy Todd 2:08%, this
purchase also being made for Dr. W. M. Buechner
of Youngstown. Thos. G. Hinds, well known among
local amateur drivers and who trains and races his
own horses, added to his stable the yearling colt
Forbes Robertson 2:26%, at a cost of $1,700, while
Al Pennock's sensational half mile track trotter Wal-
nut Maid (3) 2:12% passed to a buyer named C. F.
Schiffdoeker for $1,500.
The best average for the day was received for the
consignment from James Westwater of Columbus,
who sold eight head for a total of $7,500, or an aver-
age of $935.50 per head, four of them selling from
$1,000 to $1,600. The thirteen yearlings, some with
records, consigned by J. R. Magowan of Mt. Sterling,
Ky., and all by his famous young stallion J. Malcolm
Forbes, brought a total of $11,250, or an average of
$865.35 per head, the prices in this lot ranging from
$105 to $4,200.
The eleven horses, mostly youngsters, from Cas-
tleton Farm, were sold for an average of nearly $340,
and as prices ran from $130 to $1,025 and only two
sold for $500, the general average was quite satisfac-
tory. The eighty horses sold during the afternoon
session brought a total of $47,789, or the most satis-
factory average of close to $600 per head.
A private deal which attracted much attention was
the purchase of last season's sensational three-year-
old trotter Suldine 2:08%, by Trainer J. S. Murray,
acting for Brook Farm, Chester, N. Y. The seller
was the Pittsburg trainer, Walter C. Traymore, who
acted for the horse's owner, R. H. Boggs of Pitts-
burg.
The stallion Bingara, that was sold Monday at
auction for $5,200 and then sold privately for a re-
ported price of $6,000 to Joseph Kleckner, who in
turn sold him to W. H. Bulkley of Goshen for $6,500,
came near being sold again Thursday, had not his
present owner refused an offer of $7,500.
Prices Drop on Friday.
While the high prices of the animals from the big
stock farms were not expected to hold up through
the entire week, there was a good demand on Friday
and the bargain hunters were much in evidence and
were bidding higher prices than they had expected
to pay for the horses. they wanted.
The trotters that sold for $500 or over were not so
numerous as on the previous days, but the demand
continued and bids were lively during the entire day.
The Great Miss Fowler, a four-year-old chestnut mare
by Peter the Great, dam Hattie Fowler by Robin
2:22%, second dam Maud Fowler 2:2H',, dam of So-
noma Girl 2:04>,i, brought $900 and was purchas' 1
by F. H. Galloway of Taunton, Mass. This mare had
shown 2:18 this year in a trial, but tin- money was
paid on her looks and breeding.
Sister Scott 2:16%, own sister to the great Peter
Scott 2:05, a four-year-old mare that bad started in
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[Saturday, December 2, 1916
but one race, was knocked down to Walter Cox tor
$500.
Josie Review, a five-year-old mare by Baron Re-
view, drew a bid of $585 from J. F. Kingsley of Med-
ford, Mass., and he got her at that price.
Curies Neck Farm made the high bid of $800 for
Ruth Todd 2:16%, a five-year-old mare by Kentucky
Todd out of a mare by Directum Boy and whose
fourth dam is the famous Ethelwyn, dam of 10, by
Harold, and she will go to the farm to be mated with
The Harvester.
Setzer Girl, a three-year-old with a record of 2:27
by Henry Setzer, was also purchased by Curies Neck
Farm for a broodmare. The bid was $700.
Many Cheap Horses Saturday.
It is too bad that the average of the 1916 Old Glory
Sale was pulled down on Saturday by the offering of
many scrub horses that had neither individuality nor
breeding to commend them. A. G. Asdikian, the
Daily Telegraph representative, wrote that from
10:30 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon the
horses offered were the poorest ever seen at any
Garden sale, either an Old Glory or a Midwinter.
They were sold, however, the highest price of the
day being $260 paid for a mare by Joe Patchen,
many horses selling for less than $100 and some as
low as $25. These horses brought the average for
the entire sale down to $356.50 when otherwise it
would have stood at about $450.
Even at the average for the entire number sold
the sale was a big success, and showed not only high
value for trotting bred horses, but also big demand
for them during 1917. The fact that of the 722 horses
sold no more than 118 passed to new owners at $500
and over, shows that the final average of $356.50
was remarkably high for the entire consignment.
Eight horses only sold over $2,000, headed by Guy
Axworthy at $20,000 and others as follows: Bingara,
$5,200: Dr. Elmore, a yearling, $4,200; Ben Billings,
$3,700; Roan Hal 2:00%, $3,100; Volo Worthy, a
weanling, $3,025; Extend 2:19%, a two-year-old filly,
$2,800, and Baby Bertha 2:04%, pacing, $2,300. These
eight brought a total of $44,325, or an average of
$5,540 per head, and represented the choicest stal-
lions, fast pacers and above all the most promising
and highly bred futurity prospects.
Thirty-two horses sold from $1,000 up to $1,900,
the latter being the price for a weanling, bringing a
total of $40,274, or an average of $1,258.60, while
seventy-eight sold from $500 up to $975 for a total of
$50,105, or an average of a shade over $6,423, no less
than twenty-three of them selling from $500 to $550.
indicating good and uniform values. The 118 head
of the highest priced horses, therefore, brought a
total of $134,705, or an average of $1,141.60, and rep-
resented not only the stars of the sale, but the right
kind of material now in demand for racing and breed-
ing purposes.
Plenty of Racing in Spite of War.
The flat racing season in England, which ended
with the first week of November, was accounted quite
successful notwithstanding that it ran into the third
year of the war. There were 23 meetings in England,
eleven at Newmarket, four at Lingfield. three at Cat-
wick, three at Newbury and two at Windsor. There
will be jumping meets during the winter, but as
special trains are not permitted and the supply of
petrol for automobiles is limited, the crowds are not
expected to be up to the usual standard.
The king continued to lend his patronage and ap-
pears in the final list of winners with purses aggre-
gating $3865 to his credit. All the classic races of
the English turf were maintained, although many of
them did not come up to the value of the past years.
The leading winning owner was E. Hulton, a news-
paper proprietor, with $86,820. The Earl of Derby,
whose time is almost wholly taken up by his duties
as under secrefary of war, kept his racing establish-
ment intact and was the second winner with $45,830.
The Duke of Portland was third with $40,025, Lord
Falmouth was fourth with $31,500, J. Buchanan fifth,
with $25,425, and Lord D'Abernon, head of the liquor
control board during war time, is sixth, with $23,260.
The winning jockey was S. Donoghue, who had 43
mounts first past the wire.
$20 a Pound for a Pony.
Carll Tucker's reported offer of $10,000 for Mrs.
C. W. Fletcher's hackney pony Mighty Mite at the
recent National Horse Show in Madison Square Gar-
den was at the rate of $20 a pound, the weight of the
bantam high stepper being just 500 pounds, according
to William Carr, manager of Mrs. Fletcher's Halcyon
Farm. Competing against ponies up to 14.1% hands
high, Mighty Mite won the Canadian Hackney Horse
Society's gold medal, and also won the open class for
harness ponies not exceeding 13 hands. She is a
chestnut mare, 12.1 hands high, by Nipper, Jr., a
full brother to James Cox Brady's champion stallion
Irvington Model, and a prize winner at the Garden
this year. Irvington Bounce II., the dam of Mighty
Mite, was also the dam of Irvington Bouncer, a well
known winner in harness and in hand, and of Mr.
Brady's Irvington Fashion, three-year-old reserve
champion of the recent show. Enfield Nipper, the
sire of Irvington Bounce II., was the sire of Irvington
Model and Nipper Jr., so that Mrs. Fletcher's midget
is closely inbred to that remarkable sire, now dead.
Notes and News
The dead sire Zombro 2:11 is tied with General
Watts (3) 2:03% as the leading sire of new 2:10
trotters for 1916. Each has five new ones to his
credit.
The Billings weanlings averaged $716.
This is the highest average trotting bred weanlings
ever brought.
Harold Cohen has consigned that good mare Vera
Hal 2:05 and his trotter Harold C. 2:11% to the Chi-
cago sale.
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Mabel Van 2:10% by On Stanley will be bred to
Wilbur Lou (3) 2:10% next spring.
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Walter Cox marked eight of the new 2:10 trotters
this year and Tommy Murphy comes next with six to
his credit.
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O. P. Updegraff, who did the starting at the P.-P.
I. E. harness meetings, officiated at Phoenix week
before last and gave general satisfaction.
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The Western Horseman has over 1200 nominations
to its stake that closed in November. This is a big
increase over the stake that closed a year ago.
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Few stock farms ever received a bigger average
at a complete dispersal sale than was received by
Hudson River Stock Farm at the Old Glory Sale last
Wednesday. Sixty-two head sold for a total of
$49,905, an average of $805 per head.
$258,370 was paid for trotting bred horses at the
Old Glory Sale in New York- last week. The total
amount and general average ($356.50 for 722 horses)
are far ahead of any similar sale during the past
six years.
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At the dispersal sale of the stock owned by the
late H. A. Greenwell, Lakenan, Missouri, held Novem-
ber 22d, the saddle bred stallion Easter Cloud 4128
was knocked down for $4,000, the highest price ever
paid for a saddle bred stallion at auction.
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Remember that the $2500 Pacific Breeders' Futu-
rity No. 17 closes for the nomination of mares on
Monday next. Send in the name and breeding of your
mare and the name of the stallion she was bred to
this year, with $2, and you will have made a start
toward winning a part of that stake.
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Ted Bunch started Zombrino 2:06% in twenty-one
races this season, won eighteen first moneys, was
second twice, and unplaced once. Zombrino is owned
by Dr. J. G. Belt of Arizona and is a high class race
horse. Ted's many friends in California are much
pleased to know of his success.
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W. F. Whittier, of San Francisco, proprietor of
Hemet Stock Farm, was a visitor at Phoenix during
fair week and saw Hemet Queen pace to the world's
record for yearling fillies. It goes without saying
that he was highly pleased with the performance of
the little miss.
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Terry Patchen, the big yearling trotter by Joe
Patchen II., has trotted a quarter in 37% seconds
for Geo. Ryan at Pleasanton. Everyone that sees
this colt likes him. He is perfectly level-headed and
has made but one break so far and that was not his
fault.
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George Ryan has worked the McKenzie yearling
Carl Vernon by Vernon McKinney, dam by Carlokin,
a quarter in 35 seconds and an eighth in 16% sec-
onds at the Pleasanton track. This colt looks like
the real thing for the two-year-old pacing stakes
next year.
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Barney Simpson is back at Pleasanton after a so-
journ of several months around the New York trot-
ting tracks. Barney, who was with the Meek Farm
at San Lorenzo for many years, and has started as
many young trotters and pacers in the speed kinder-
garten as anyone, says that he enjoyed his eastern
trip, made a little more than expenses and saw a lot
of good racing on the half mile rings. When they
began showing him how high the snow was banked
around the barns in an ordinary winter he did not
delay his visit any longer, but bade good-bye to rela-
tives and friends and bought a ticket for Pleasanton.
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In connection with the purchase of Dodge by Mr.
Macomber there is a story worth telling. The story
is that the purchaser got the great three-year-old at
a less price than he ever expected. There was a
difference of opinion between the Messrs. Weber &
Ward, who owned Dodge, Franklin and the others
that were to be sold to disperse the stable, as to the
relative values of Dodge and Franklin. Early on the
morning of the sale they were offered $20,000 for
Dodge by an agent from Mr. Macomber. One was
willing, but the other said no. The result was that
after Willis Sharpe Kilmer had stopped bidding at
$17,000 for Dodge, Mr. Macomber got him for $17,500,
or $2,500 less than he had offered for him at private
sale but a few hours before.
There are 35,000 horses and mules now at Lathrop,
Missouri, which have been gathered by buyers for
the allies for shipment to Europe. It requires 140
carloads of feed each week to feed these animals.
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Roy D. Mayes, of Dixon, California, owner of the
stake winners Verna McKinney (3) 2:09% and El
Paso (2) 2:18%, has been on a trip east accompan-
ied by Fred Chadbourne, the successful trainer who
trains Mr. Mayes' horses. They visited New York
during the Old Glory Sale and saw Guy Axworthy
sold for $20,000.
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The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, of Great Britain, which is the Red Cross
for dumb animals in the European war, has estab-
lished an American auxiliary in New York City and
is shortly to begin a campaign to raise $500,000 in
the United States with which to care for the thou-
sands of army horses and mules whose suffering, it is
stated, "is one of the conspicuously pitiful features
of the war."
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The returns are about all in and there are 85 new
trotters in the 2:10 list. It was August 1st, 1884, at
Providence, Rhode Island, that Ed. Bither drove the
black gelding Jay Eye See the first mile any horse
ever trotted in 2:10, and the very next day at Cleve-
land. Ohio. W. W. Bair drove Maud S. a mile in
2:09%, and the list of 2:10 trotters contained only
the names of these two for the next seven years,
when at Stockton, October 20th, 1891, Senator Stan-
ford's mare Sunol trotted a mile in 2:08% and be-
came the world's champion.
Mr. T. L. Davidson, proprietor of Indian Hill Farm,
Salem, Oregon, expects to train seven head of trot-
ters and pacers next season, all of his own breeding.
These are Di-Alta by Diablo, dam by Altamont, that
will be trained for a record, and a four-year-old pacer
by On Voyage, a three-year-old trotter by The Bonds-
man, and a two-year-old pacer by Hal B., all out of
the Diablo mare. He also has a three-year-old trotter
and five-year-old trotter by Bonaday, and a two-year-
old pacer by Excellency (son of Expedition), all out
of Addiola Mack bv McKinney.
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C. A. Durfee is back from his trip to Phoenix, and
says the Arizona State Fair was a great success. As
many as 15,000 people were present on one day and
the crowd never got below ten thousand. The weather
was a trifle cool the opening day for racing, but on
every succeeding day it was ideal. He says that
Clarence Berry had two mounts during the week and
when he won the free-for-all pace with White Sox
drove as good a race as anybody. As this race was
in 2:06%, 2:05% and 2:06 it is needless to remark
that a poor driver could never have won it with Elmo
Montgomery fighting for the lead every inch of the
way with Jim Logan 2:01%.
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The Cuban American Jockey Club will open its
meeting on Wednesday next, and in February there
is to be a big horse show in Havana at which many
horses from the United States will be exhibited.
Horses are shipped by rail to Key West, then the
cars are loaded on huge ferryboats which can take
26 cars at a single load, convey them in five or six
hours into Havana harbor, where the cars are then
run by rail to the very doors of the stables at the
track. Oriental Park, where the races are run, is
a show place and represents an outlay of nearly a
million dollars.
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Mr. T. E. Pollock, of Flagstaff, Arizona, whose
mare Miss Axworthy Dillon was raced in her Cali-
fornia stake engagements this year by Charles DeRy-
der, had several entries in the Phoenix races. The
Californians who were at Phoenix state that Mr.
Pollock was as highly if not more highly pleased
when his three-year-old filly Bellzebola was only
beaten a head by Lillian Van in 2:11% as he was
when the filly won the two previous heats. "Wasn't
that a great heat?" he asked as the horses passed
under the wire in this heat. Mr. Pollock is a true
sportsman and with a good California circuit in 1917
we may expect to see him race a stable here.
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The two-year-old pacer Oro Fino by Copa de Oro
1:59 will not be sent to the Chicago sale as Mr.
C. J. Berry has purchased him from W. G. Durfee
and will have him trained for the racing season of
1917. Oro Fino was not paid up in the two-year-old
stakes in which he was entered, consequently when
he developed phenomenal speed in the hands of
C. A. Durfee last summer, there were no races for
him except a purse race for $500 at the California
State Fair, which he won in straight heats in 2:17%
and 2:17%. At the Alameda County Fair he was
started in a race for aged horses just to make up a
race. The pacer Villa won this race, but Oro Fino
was only beaten a head in 2:15 and paced the last
half of the first heat in 1:03% with the last eighth
in 14% seconds. In the second heat Oro Fino was
separately timed the last half in 1:02% and paced
the last quarter in 30 seconds. Mr. Durfee senior
says he is the fastest two-year-old he ever sat behind
or ever saw and is certain that Oro Fino could have
paced a half in 1:00 flat if asked to do so. Oro Fino
is a royally bred colt as his dam is Lady H., dam of
Chango 2:13%, Santiago 2:24%, etc., by Del Coronado
2:09%, second dam Gossie by Gossiper.
Saturday, December 2, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
PLEASANTON TRAINERS NOT IDLE.
California's Horse Centre Is Filling Up With Candi-
dates for the 1917 Campaign.
A Breeder and Sportsman representative conclud-
ed last Saturday was a good day to visit the Pleas-
anton Driving Park and look over the many horses
and colts that are wintering there and being put
in condition for training in the spring. We found
I that the stalls are filling up with horses that have
been raced and more that have yet to learn what a
race is, while the number of youngsters getting their
first lessons in reining and harness work was sur-
prising. There is not a trainer there but has from
one to a dozen weanlings and yearlings, and quite a
number of green two-year-olds are also there to be
sampled for speed as three-year-olds. Unfortunately
rain began falling soon after noon, and we did not get
through more than half our tour of inspection, so
will have to defer mention of the missed ones until
another time.
We saw Schuyler Walton driving the chestnut,
silver maned trotter that Henry Scott of San Jose
raised and sent to Pleasanton to be trained. Mr.
Longley liked this fellow so well that he purchased
him from Mr. Scott and the horse certainly moves
like a real trotter. He is one of the one-two-three-
four kind, puts his feet down right and improves
every time he is worked. A mile in 2:20 was shown
by him last week and he finished strong and with
plenty of speed and power left. He looks good enough
for the races in 1917. The Prince Ansel yearling
stud colt is another that has a world of natural speed,
but he is full of the devil and would rather play than
work. The Demonio two-year-old has a place in
Schuyler's heart that is very warm and he expects
to see her pacing in fast time as a three-year-old.
The two-year-old by True Kinney is also improving
every day. The mile in 2:10 which Star Dillon paced
week before last did not hurt him any as he paced
a mile in 2:11 last Saturday without any trouble and
came back the second heat within a fraction of the
same time . All the Longley horses are in excellent
condition.
George Ryan, superintendent of the Pleasanton
Driving Park, is playing foster mother to a dozen or
more little long-haired future trotters and pacers
that he took away from their real mothers a few
days ago and is trying to make them forget it. Each
had a box stall to itself last Saturday and was learn-
ing to lead by halter and how to get along without
milk as a partial diet. They are a well bred lot and
not one was making any fuss about the sudden
change in its way of living. They are by Vernon Mc-
Kinney 2:01%, Mahomet Watts 2:08%, Quintell, Joe
Patchen II. and other sires, out of highly bred and
record mares. As all these youngsters are in good
condition with pienty of fat on their ribs, they will
learn to get along on hay and grain without losing
weight or fretting over the loss of their mothers.
There is a bay celt by Mahomet Watts out of Zombro
Belle by Zombro, a filly by Mahomet Watts out of
the dam of Anvilite (2) 2:21%, one by Mahomet
Watts out of Mildred Togo 2:11%, one by Quintell
out of Baroness Psyche by Baron Review, a filly by
Mahomet Watts out of Eva J. by Zombro, one by
Rapallo out of a Washington McKinney mare owned
by the Oakland attorney, Mr. Asa Mendenhall, and
a number of others. A bay filly by Vernon McKin-
ney 2:01%, dam by Guy Dillon, second dam Russie
Russell, dam of Ruth Dillon 2:06%, etc., is a particu-
larly handsome miss. She is owned by Mr. L. S.
Mills of Barberton, Ohio. Mr. Jas. Errington is the
owner of a yearling filly that Ryan is teaching har-
ness manners to, and although she can show a 2:40
gait she will not be trained in her two-year-old form
as she has no stake engagements. She is by Vernon
McKinney 2:01%, dam by Searchlight 2:03%, gran-
dam by Direct 2:05%. There is some speed inher-
itance there. Mr. Errington was looking her over
Saturday and was highly pleased with her. He also
owns a weanling bay colt, full brother to the filly,
that is also a fine looker. Mr. Ryan has a filly of his
own that he thinks a good deal of. She is by Vernon
McKinney and her dam is the dam of Miss Bond (2)
2:17%, by Sidney Dillon, second dam by Athadon.
Will DeRyder was giving Dunne & Lowery's stal-
lion El Volante S. a little work last Saturday and
this fellow is a grand looking trotter. He is a stout
built one and is up to a mile in 2:15 right now, but
is not allowed to step that fast, and miles around
2:20 are easy for him. He has never been raced and
has had but little training, but he has learned to
step fast and is good gaited. He is a 2:10 trotter if
no accident happens to him, and is just the conforma-
tion for a stock horse. On Saturday DeRyder was
working him with a fellow trainer who desired to
go a mile in 2:20, and while the other horse had a
hard time getting to the wire in 2:22, DeRyder had
to almost pull the head off El Volante S. from the
head of the stretch to the wire in order to let his
companion finish on even terms. There are two
fillies in the Dunne & Lowery string at Pleasanton
that have been receiving their very first lessons, as
they are foals of 1915. Both are by General Watts
and are as finely formed and well developed fillies
as anyone has ever seen. The larger one that is out
of a Cochato mare, is picked by many of the boys at
the track as the more promising of the two. but
DeRyder cocks his eye on the one out of Native Bid-
well and says she is one he picks for the faster
record and the better race winner. But either of
them wiil do.
James Sutherland, the veteran of all the trainers at
Pleasanton, is attending to a string of eight or nine
horses during the time the junior member of the
firm of Sutherland & Chadbourne is on his vacation
in the east. "Dad" says he is not working any of
the horses any harder than he is working himself
but the writer did not get time to visit his stall dur-
ing the short time he was in Pleasanton, thus failing
to get a list of the members of his speed school.
But we know Sutherland & Chadbourne will be at
the races in 1917 as they have got into a habit of
making a money winning campaign every year, and
don't propose to break it. With Chadbourne to do
the training and driving and Sutherland to manage
the business end, this is a winning team on almost
any circuit.
Al Schwartz, who will again train at Pleasanton,
has increased his stable 100 per cent — he had but
three horses last year and now he has six. His
mare Miss San Francisco came through the season
sound and all right every way and will be a good
one in her class next year, which is the 2:16 class on
mile tracks. Schwartz has recently added to his
string a big five-year-old sorrel mare by Charley D.
2:06% that looks and acts as if she might develop
into something pretty fast. She was bred by Mr.
D. McNally of Livermore and is out of Ruth C, dam
of Red Light 2:14%, O'Kane's Pride 2:19%, etc., by
Guide, son of Director. She was recently purchased
by Mr. J. J. Ryan of San Francisco, who has named
her Lillie R. and turned her over to Schwartz to
train. As a three-year-old this mare worked several
miles around 2:19, and quarters in 31 seconds. She
is a big mare, but clean limbed and all right every
way and Al thinks well of her. Another new member
of his string is the two-year-old pacing filly Vinnie
Direct that is by Adver Direct 54048, dam by Iran
Alto, second dam by Monterey. This is a classy little
miss that paced an eighth in 21 seconds the third
time she was hooked up and taken on the track.
This is surely stepping some for a baby pacer in the
kindergarten class. Miss Vincent S. is a bay pacing
mare by Prince McKinney, dam by Sidney Dillon.
She has shown a mile in 2 : 10 and will be seen on the
California circuit in 1917. The others in the Schwartz
string are the black mare Directess Mac by Nearest
McKinney that raced well on the circuit this year,
and the matinee favorite Rosie O.
Henry Smith has quite a big stable of horses to
look after. He has Mr. S. S. Bailey's horses, among
them O. U. C. 2:07% and Bertie Seattle, that were
raced this year. There is a young pacer called Jim
de Oro by Copa de Oro out of Easter D. that is a
fine prospect, also the three-year-old Bonita Guy by
Bon Guy 2:09% out of a mare by Tidal Wave 2:06%,
second dam by Zombro 2:11. Mr. Bailey is still at
Portland but is expected at Pleasanton to tell the
boys just how he managed to place his bets so as to
win about ?35,000 on the recent election. In addi-
tion to these horses Smith has charge of T. D. Sex-
ton's Future Tramp 2:09% that is in fine shape now,
looks and goes perfectly sound and should be as good
a horse in 1917 as he was in 1915 when he took a
record of 2:09% driven by his owner and worked a
mile in 2:08. He was not raced this year. One of
the sweetest little yearlings at Pleasanton is Mr.
Sexton's filly by Vernon McKinney 2:01% out of a
mare by Oh So. She has worked a quarter in 35
seconds for Smith who is most ' enthusiastic about
her. Smith is jogging his own mare Gertie D. by
Charley D. 2:06% out of Gertie A. This mare is now
five years old, has paced a mile in 2:16, a half in
1:05 and a quarter in 30 seconds. She will be ready
for the 1917 races. Besides the above speed horses
Mr. Smith is breaking three or four horses for out-
side parties, and all in all he is kept pretty busy.
Millard Sanders was giving Peter's Queen slow
work and is getting her ready for the races of next
year. This mare was recently purchased by Messrs.
Dunne & Lowery from C. A. Harrison and Millard
believes she is one of the best prospects he ever
handled. A mile in 2:13% was rather easy for her
last year, and she looks to be a very much better
mare now than she was then. Sanders says he fully
expects her to trot well below 2:10. The other
horses in the Sanders string are the three mares
belonging to Mr. Rudolph Spreckels, mention of
which was made in these columns a few weeks ago.
As these mares were only taken from a pasture a
few weeks ago where they had been running for two
years, they are only receiving jog work. Sanders
says he will be ready to express an opinion about
their speed prospects when he has had them three
months, but that he can say now that he likes the
trotting mare out of Hulda 2:08% and the pacing
mare out of Annie Rooney 2:17 mighty well and ex-
pects them to show well later on. Both are by Wash-
ington McKinney.
C. Berry, who is training Mr. I. L. Borden's horses,
was jogging a very handsome little dark bay mare
by Barney Barnato that while only a green three-
year-old a few weeks out of pasture (that was extra
good feeding, by her looks), shows a lost of natural
speed. Mr. Berry drove her a quarter in 35 seconds
handily and she is a square trotter. She is one of
the good headed kind that does not worry or fret
about anything and marches off at a good fast trot
as if she liked it. She looks rugged and to the
writer's opinion is one of the best prospects in the
Borden stable. Mr. Berry states that had the two
two-year-olds th.it he started in the stakes this year
been in as good shape as they are now they could
have secured a good share of the money. Skyrocket
by Albaloma has recently worked a nice mile in 2:22
with the last quarter in 32 and the last eighth in
15 seconds. The pacer Tommy Atkins by Tom Smith
did a mile in 2:20 right handily. They should show
up well in the Lhree-year-old stakes next year. Berry
is greatly pleased with a couple of yearlings in his
string, one a trotter by Ed McKinney out of a mare
by Hambletonian Wilkes, the other a pacer by Bar-
ney Barnato.
There are a number of trainers at Pleasanton track
that we did not have time to interview during our
short visit between trains last Saturday. Harry Bell
of Grattan Boy fame is there and is looking after
several youngsters that are just being weaned, J.
Frank has a few, Ed Jones is handling several for
S. Christenson, among them a chestnut filly coming
two years old by Peter the Great out of Carrietta, dam
of five, by Directman, and a black gelding by Palite
that is trotting around 2:20. Trainer Griffith has
three or four and there are a number of others.
There are four or five stables of runners at Pleas-
anton track. George Strate has eight or nine head of
imported thoroughbreds owned by Mr. J. Rossiter,
A. G. Dunlap has a number, and the strings of Louis
Becker, Ward E. Hall of Sacramento and others will
receive attention at some future time. The half
mile track has been specially prepared for the use
of the thoroughbreds and is in fine shape for the
training of these horses.
Will Durfee is sending some high class horses to
the Chicago Sale. Besides The Lark 2:08%, Rags
2:09yi, Clara Mac 2:04% and a couple of carloads
of mares and young horses, he has decided to send
Hermes (3) 2:13%, winner of the Occident Stake,
the State Fair Futurity, the Pleasanton Futurity and
second in the Stanford Stake, which were all the
races this three-year-old son of Carlokin started in
this year. As Hermes is out of Miss Quealy, a full
sister to Manrico 2:07%, the breeding of Hermes
should appeal to buyers. But in addition to his royal
breeding he is a real race horse and should trot
below 2:10 in his four-year-old form.
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We learn that the popular and successful reinsman
Fred Ward, who is the trainer of the Hemet Stock
Farm's successful racing stable, was taken ill at
Phoenix and immediately after his arrival at Los
Angeles was taken to a hospital where he underwent
an operation for appendicitis. At last reports he
was doing well and every person that knows the
genial horseman will hope that his recovery will be
rapid and complete. Mr. Ward's campaign through
the Middle West this season was a most successful
one and besides giving a champion and near cham-
pion records to some of the Hemet Farm colts and
fillies, he won a goodly sum in purses and stakes
with the farm's horses and his own.
The first of the get of Mahomet Watts 2:08% to
appear in harness on the Pleasanton track is a brown
or black filly out of Daphne McKinney. dam of Frank
N. 2:07%, Bon McKinney 2:24% and" that good two-
year-old of this year Elloretta D., winner of second
money in the Pacific Breeders' Futurity, her only
start. This Mahomet Watts filly is owned by W. E.
Detels of Pleasanton, and when she was driven on
the track at Pleasanton last Saturday it was said
that she was the first of the get of Mahomet Watts
to wear harness in California. She is a picture for
looks, and steps out at the trot as if it were her only
gait. That she will make speed and be a fast mem-
ber of a fast family is a pretty safe prediction.
Trainer Hildreth has adopted a new system of
handling yearlings which are taking their first les-
sons. After being given exercise under saddle for
a short time they are rubbed down lightly and then
turned out for an hour's play or grazing in their
paddocks, and following this comes another short
lesson under saddle to be followed by another "re-
cess," and so on until they shall have had enough
work for the day. He also follows a similar plan
with his horses which are out of training, giving them
alternate hours in their boxes and out in their pad-
docks, from the time of day when the air and sun-
shine make it pleasant out of doors, until the chill
of evening com^s on.
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For some unaccountable reason the breeders and
owners of trotting bred horses are poor patrons of
horse shows. Says the New York World of Sunday
last: "A single breeders' class for trotters, which
brought out three still active roadsters in masquer-
ade as 'stallions, kept for service,' does not speak
for appreciation of the National Horse Show with the
organizations and individuals devoted to the interests
of the light harness horse. The usual classes for
stallions, mares and fillies, with liberal money prizes,
were announced, but they failed to fill. As the Horse
Show is held in the greatest clearing house for trot-
ters in the United States, and in the city where the
owners of nearly all the greatest trotters and breed-
ing farms have homes, the encouragement of the
halter classes as the show should improve New York
as a light harness horse mart."
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 2, 1916
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
FAMOUS DOG HAS BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Royally-Bred Pekingese Is Now Fourteen Years Old.
— Other Kennel News.
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
This Is Hard to Believe. — Oakland, Cal. — Horatio is
no more.
Some time one night last week Horatio died a
most unusual death, a tragic climax to a remarkable
life.
Horatio was a pet sucker which, by being able to
live out of water, has baffled the world of science for
six months.
S. H. Masters, manager of the Realty Syndicate,
one day found the fish flopping in the mud in the
Oakland estuary, put A in a can of water and brought
it home. Masters performed one of the scientific
wonders of the age by getting the fish to live out of
water and he now bemoans the loss of his pet.
By keeping a constant temperature and removing
a millimeter of water each day from Horatio's pool in
the back yard of the Masters home at 396 Fairmont
avenue, Masters eventually got the sucker to breathe
the atmosphere.
The fish was kept in a cage in the back yard, but
due to the cold last week, Masters brought Horatio
into the kitchen. Near the kitchen sink was a bucket
of salt water. While cavorting about the kitchen
Horatio found the water. He heard the call of the
wild and plunged into the bucket where he was found
in the morning bv Masters, drowned.
08
Coast Fly-Casting Plans. — A movement, it was an-
nounced, has been launched to give the fly and bait
casting game on the Pacific Coast the most powerful
boost in its history by an alliance of the casting
clubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Se-
attle and Tacoma, for the purpose of holding each
year in the cities named a casting tournament in
which each club will enter a three-man team for the
Coast championship, and as many other casters as
desire may compete.
It is the purpose of the five clubs, all of which
are affiliated with the National Association of Scien-
tific Angling Clubs, and in which the San Francisco
Fly Casting Club is taking the initiative, to have the
particular club under whose auspices each annual
tourney is held, finance that particular tourney, and
the five clubs, on a pro rata basis, pay the traveling
expense of all visiting teams.
The matter will be taken up at a special meeting of
the Southern California Rod and Reel Club Casting
Auxiliary, with a view to holding one of these tourna-
ments in Los Angeles.
88
Whale Steak Is Latest. — Delivering a solar plexus
blow to the high cost of living, Capt. John D. Loop,
Long Beach's veteran whale hunter, flooded the meat
and fish markets with choice cuts of tenderloin from
a huge "marine buffalo" or finback whale, which is
also sometimes called the "venison of the sea," be-
cause of its delicious flavor.
Capt. Loop killed the huge leviathan, which is one
of only a few that have ever been captured on this
Coast, sixteen miles off the western end of Catalina,
after a thrilling running fight of three hours. The
big finback, with two harpoons in its body and a
terrific gap in its head from a bomb shot, gave the
launches Camiguin and Fashion a five-mile chase
and stubborn fight before it finally gave up with a
second rifle shot in its side. The whale measured
sixty feet in length and its weight was estimated at
fortv tons.
08
Fish and Game Exhibit. — With the object of teach-
ing the people of Southern California the value of
the fish and game of the state and the necessity of
the conservation of these two great natural resources,
the most effective fish and game exhibit ever ar-
ranged in Los Angeles was opened this week at the
State Building at Exposition Park. The exhibit occu-
pies the marine room of the building, which has a
floor space of 100 square feet.
Scenes from the Greenhorn Mountains, Kern
county, and other scenes from points on the coast
line from San Francisco to San Diego, assist in mak-
ing the exhibit attractive. Glimpses of Lake Tahoe,
the San Joaquin Valley, Yosemite and Salinas Valley
are presented by a large frieze upon the wall of the
room. Many little grottoes, showing various scenes
of wild life, small streams with brook trout lazily
swimming in them, grottoes in which are mounted
stuffed birds, deer and other animals, aid in adding
to the attractiveness of the exhibit.
08
Here's a Trained Bass. — The Yellowstone National
Park management has demonstrated that the confi-
dence of wild animals can be won through kind treat-
ment This, coupled with a lack of effort to capture
or injure them, imbues the animals with a trust in
mankind so that they become chummy. In the park
they are protected by man and law. While the wild
animals have received the necessary protection, fish
have received very little attention. It has remained
for Ed. Bingham, of Koshkonong Lake, to educate a
fish to the extent that he is not only a delight as a
pet. but has become a necessity to Ed along the
lines of successful fishing.
Ed Bingham is a character. Born and raised upon
the banks of Lake Koshkonong, he is thoroughly con-
versant with every nook or likely fishing spot in the
lake, which the old-time song as sung by Dr. Wood-
cock tells us is "four miles wide and nine miles
long." Bingham has charted the bottom of the lake.
It is interesting to sit upon the bank and have him
point out the likely places. Off a certain point 200
feet "in a northeast direction" will be found the
spawning beds of the blue gills. Off Duck Point 1S6
yards directly east the celery beds commence and
extend within thirty-eight yards of an old duck blind,
from which he has shot for years. At this point will
follow a series of duck stories, about the wonderful
bags made, the noted men who have shot from the
point or the marvelous workings of his Airedale dog,
the premier retriever of the world.
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DIFFICULTIES IN HUNTING GAME.
Hard Work Is Required on Quail and Skill with Gun
Is Needed.
There is a good stock of quail left in the country,
but there are educated now and hard to do business
with. The game is not to the inexperienced. In fact,
the birds are about as hard to get on terms with this
season as they ever have been when as plentiful
relatively as this season. This has caused some of
the hunters to think they were scarce. Good hard
hunters who can shoot and do not shy at hills seem
to be getting their limits right along, however. Some
haven't missed it yet. Of course, the fellows who
want to lie under a tree at midday and bowl over
their fifteen birds are out of luck. But quail are
well worth working for and to a dyed-in-the-wool en-
thusiast the work is worth while in itself.
Duck shooting was good in the middle of the week,
and many limit bags made, but these fell mostly to
the expert shots. Some people have an idea that
shooting ducks on a club is an entirely different game
from "wild" shooting. As a matter of fact, all the
best clubs hope to do is to reproduce as faithfully
as they can the natural conditions of a region favor-
able to ducks. While some do succeed in making it
pretty easy, ever}' veteran wild-fowler can recall days
and places where in the wildest kind of shooting they
came piling in to get out of the wind perhaps, and
no club could make the shooting simpler.
The frequency with which limits are "limited" to
the men whose skill with a shotgun is well known
should prove that there is something to this game
even for those who lack the experience of it and
know.
Of all the diversions sportsmen follow it is doubt-
ful if any equals in personal satisfaction the art of
wing shooting, although that other allied art, fly
casting, comes pretty near. Studiously as they seek
to conceal it, all good shots are more than happy in
their skill. And in wing shooting, the highest sci-
ence is ducks — figuratively as well as literally. Ducks
are wary, and no amount of attention can entirely
educate it out of them, although it helps to reduce
the number of long shots. It is in these that the
difficulty comes. Ducks are big birds and seem
nearer than they really are. When in good range
they are not particularly hard to hit or to kill either.
It is the long shots that test gun, ammunition and
man as well. And they are forever offering long
shots. That is why good shots will bag so many
more than ordinary or mediocre shots. The star
performers are dangerous throughout perhaps a ISO-
foot zone, covering twice the aerial area of the chap
who can connect only a little beyond a hundred feet.
Some people think snipe are hard shooting, and to
anyone who cannot handle a gun fast and accurately
so they are, but they usually are in easy range and
that helps a lot. The same is true of quail, also, but
there another factor enters. They get up with such
a fuss about it that some shooters cannot keep a
tight hold on themselves and blaze away prema-
turely to an unduly large percentage of misses. The
best quail shots do not seem to be in much of a
hurry about it, yet they lost no time. The deliberate
chaps who "ride 'em" and drop their birds in the
best places available are usually those who take
the most beating in the field.
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Canvasbacks Easy to Hit — Canvasbacks are not a
hard bird to hit lor anyone who can hit speed; they
fly very fast, but steadily, and once men get geared
up to their gait with a gun it is all a matter of close
shooting and hard hitting with No. 4's. A really
good 16-gauge will make a massacre among them,
properly loaded and skilfully administered: and they
fall victims to 20's favorably placed. The lighter-
bodied spoonbills, teal and sprigs are artful dodgers
and can jump the gun in a way utterly bevond a
heavier-built fowi, although they take less beating by
far than these muscular, hard-boned, down-armored
"bull necks" seem able to assimilate. A good rule is
to shoot all single "cans" twice.
Down at the Peking Kennels, owned by Dr. Mary
H. Cotton, at Mineola, champion Chaou Ching-Ur
recently celebrated her fourteenth birthday with an
informal reception when she received the congratu-
lations of many of her old friends and admirers.
Her glossy black coat was set oft by a bow of deli-
cate pink, one of the newer shades, and every one
said she never looked prettier, which is saying a
good deal and is more than most will be able to do
at a corresponding age.
Receiving with her were three of her admirers
and comrades, Tim Ta-Jen, of Peking, a rich cream-
colored dog with a big bow of dark red; Peking
Wang-Fei, his sister, sun colored, decorated in deli-
cate blue, and Chusan, a rich apricot in pale green.
Ch. Chaou Ching-TJr was the first champion female
Pekingese, and is royally bred, having first seen the
light of day in the royal kennels of the late Empress
Dowager of China
At the early age of six weeks, she was presented
by her royal highness to the daughter of an Amer-
ican army officer and brought by her to this country.
Several years later when Mrs. Nicholas Longworth,
then Miss Alice Roosevelt, made her tour through
the East, the Empress Dowager presented her with
a black Pekingese much like Ching-rr, except a male.
The blacks evidently were much esteemed by the
late Empress, though her favorite was a white and
tan, and she much admired the creams, apricots, am-
bers and fawns.
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During the five years that the Spokane Humane
Society has operated the city pound, according to the
statement of Manager J. E. Eudersdorf, its officers
have responded to 22,225 calls (both pound and cru-
elty cases), and have traveled 36,000 miles. Nine hun-
dred thirteen head of stock were impounded, 6,836
dogs and 3,800 cats. In the animal protection de-
partment, 5,000 animals were involved and 3,000
communications answered.
• • •
Sam Crabtree has just suffered a severe loss in the
rather sudden death of his well-known winning dog,
Failsworth White Monarch. A son of Wroxham Vik-
ing, this all-white dog had made a big name for
himself on the bench. He won a very large number
of first prizes, and several times special for best in
show. At Cruft's this year he topped the Open and
Limit classes in what were considered two of the
best under 45 pound classes seen for some time. His
last outing was at Stockport, where he annexed the
cup for the best in the show, winning the trophy out-
right. He was also a successful sire as well as a
good pal, and his loss will be keenly felt at Highfield.
• • •
The many Airedale fanciers who saw the young
dog Rosanoma Smoke at the recent San Jose show
will regret to hear of the death of this promising
youngster, who succumbed to an attack of pneumonia
a few days after the show. This is a great loss to
his owner, Mr. S. Boehm of Santa Rosa, Cal., who is
a new fancier.
• • •
News reaches us of the death of Mr. G. F. Fawcett,
which took place at Liverpool, England, Sunday, Oc-
tober 1st. The deceased gentleman was the last of
the famous coursing firm of Messrs. Fawcett, who
won the Waterloo Cup no fewer than five times.
Fabulous Fortune in 1896 gave them their first vic-
tory, and in 1900 and 1901 Fearless Footsteps, the
beautiful daughter of Fabulous Fortune, won the
trophy both years; 1902 found the famous Saughall
Kennel again winning the blue ribbon of the leash
with Farndon Ferry; and in 1903 Farndon Ferry was
defeated by a kennel mate in Father Flint. Thus
ended the great Cup victories, though in 1912 Fly to
the Front won the Waterloo Purse, and as late as
1915 False Forecast, a great favorite for the Cup,
won premier place in the Plate. It will be recalled
that Faster and Faster and Fitz Fife ran up to the
mighty Fullerton in 1891 and 1892. The deceased
gentleman, who was in his seventy-seventh year, was
most highly esteemed by all who had the pleasure
of knowing him — Kennel Advocate.
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Care For Dog's Teeth. — The opening of a new es-
tablishment for the care and treatment of dogs,
known as the Telephone Kennels, at 530 Fulton
street, San Francisco, has been announced. The
enterprise is under the management of Dr. Ira B.
Dalziel, veterinary dentist, who has been prominent
in San Francisco as a horseman for many years.
The kennels are equipped to give attention to every
detail of dog culture. Special attention, however, is
given to the conditioning and exhibition of dogs at
shows, and the boarding of dogs under healthful and
sanitary conditions. Electric dental machines have
been provided for cleaning, polishing and treating
dogs' teeth and electric machines for clipping. A
specialty is made of washing dogs, hot-air drying
machines being installed and heated rest chambers
provided for small dogs after bathing. Dogs called
for and delivered.
It is the intention to have constantly at the kennels
for sale a variety of dogs of all breeds and execute
commissions for the purchase or sale of dogs. Dr.
J. B. Boomer, veterinarian, is in charge of the kennels
and an invitation is extended the public to call and
inspect the premises.
Saturday, December 2, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
CHICAGO AFTER THE NEXT GRAND AMERICAN.
Trapshooting Organizations of the "Windy City"
Have Agreed to Erect Ten Traps.
[By Peter P. Carney.]
' The annual meeting of the Interstate Association
for the Encouragement of Trapshooting will be held
in Jersey City, N. J., the first Thursday in Decem-
ber. Because of the vast amount of business on hand
it is more than possible that the meeting will last
more than one day.
To a great many persons the annual meeting of the
Interstate Association means nothing, but to the
600,000 trapshooters and their friends it means a
great deal. It is at this meeting that announcement
will be made where the next Grand American Han-
dicap and tournament will take place, also the dates
and the places where the Eastern, Southern, Western
and Pacific Coast Handicaps and tournaments will
take place. Everything the Interstate Association
does is for the regulation and the improvement in
the conduct of trapshooting tournaments — big and
little.
From the time of tlfe Grand American in August
until the annual meeting is the season for sugges-
tions on the improvement of trapshooting and the
Interstate Association officers have received more
than 2,000 suggestions. These will all be considered.
Some of them are not worth the paper they are writ-
ten on; others are very valuable. Trapshooting
today is second only to baseball as an American
sport and with its vast growth in the past five years
there are many things still to be done to boost the
pastime.
Five cities have applied for the Grand American
Handicap and tournament — the blue ribbon event
of the trapshooting season — the "world's series" of
trapshooting. Only for this world's series no admis-
sion is charged. Strange to say, after all the agita-
tion about having the tournament in the East, not
an Eastern club has put in a bid for the tournament.
Chicago, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, St. Joseph and
Toledo are the cities that would like to stage the
classic — and at this time it looks as if either Chicago
or Indianapolis will get the tournament, with Chicago
having the edge.
Chicago guarantees a place — in one of the parks —
within 15 minutes from the heart of the city, where
10 traps can be erected — and that 10-trap idea makes
a hit. Indianapolis can possibly do the same, but
Chicago shooters are working harder for the tourna-
ment, and that means something. Then, too, trap-
shooting took a wonderful jump into popularity after
the 1915 tournament in Chicago, and this all helps
the Chicago cause. The Chicago Gun Club promises
that if the event is given to the "Windy City" that it
will excel anything ever attempted in a trapshooting
way.
San Francisco and San Jose have applied for the
Pacific Coast Handicap for 1917. This is in direct
I contrast to the 3916 event. There wasn't an applica-
tion for it. San Francisco wants the tournament
because they assert it has been staged in Portland
and San Diego and should go to the central section
next year. No matter which place the tournament
goes to it will be held in May or June.
There hasn't been much noise made about the
other handicaps. Omaha wants the Western just as
long as the association will permit it to be held there,
and Memphis will take the Southern every year with-
out fighting for it. Wilmington, Del., wants the East-
ern again. The biggest Eastern tournaments have
been held in Wilmington. Trapshooters are as plen-
tiful there as automobiles are in Iowa.
Many of the suggestions to the Interstate Associa-
tion deal with the Grand American. Some say limit
it to 90 per cent, shooters, others say increase the
entrance fee and keep out the poor shooters, etc.
It isn't the idea of the Interstate Association to elim-
inate anyone. The Grand American is for all shoot-
ers. All trapshooters are invited and are wanted,
and some way will be devised in due course of time
to make the majority satisfied. The Interstate Asso-
ciation has many plans for the improvement of the
sport and many new schemes for its development will
be incorporated in the report of President T. E.
Doremus.
SB
Los Angeles Club. — The shooters who attended the
big turkey shoot at the Los Angeles Gun Club on
Sunday came away more than satisfied. Most of
those who took part captured birds and in doing so
had excellent scores.
W. A. Hillis surprised all the old-timers by smash-
ing tar hawks from every angle and as a result won
three highly prized and hard contested for turkeys.
Not to be outdone by Hillis, Dr. Packard. Owen Ev-
ans, Guy Holohan, Sam Smith and Heinie Pfirrmann
did a little shooting and as a result each captured
two Thanksgiving birds.
C. W. Fish, H. E. Sargent, W. A. Cornelius, B. H.
Carnahan, C. T. Greenfield, William Kennedy, E. K.
Mohler and Geoige Persinger each captured one
turkey and were well satisfied with their day's en-
joyment.
Some very good scores resulted from the day's pro-
gram. C. W. Fish was in rare form and smashed
142x150 targets for the day. Owen Evans was close
behind with 141x150, while H. E. Sargent broke 140x
150. E K. Mohler smashed 135x140 for the day.
The complete results of the day were as follows:
C. W. Fish 142x150, O. Evans 141x150, H. E. Sar-
gent 140x150, E. K. Mohler 135x150, H. M. Gilliam
97x125, Charles Vcries 114x120, H. D. Blanchard HOx
120, H. Pfirrmann 106x120, B. H. Carnahan 105x120,
W. A. Cornelius 105x120, Geo. Pershing 102x120, Wm.
Kennedy 97x120, W. A. Hillis 93x105, Mrs. Pfirrmann
85x105, L. L. Sheldon 50x100, G. Holohan 76x90, T. B.
Sloan 75x90. H. Hoyt 73x90, H. Cline 71x75, L. M.
Packard 71x75, Seth Hart 66x75, S. R. Smith 65x75,
E. B. Thorning 62x75, H. R. Hamlin 59x75, H. P. Mar-
tine 56x75, C. M. Wood 48x50, Guy Pulley 45x50, M.
D. Towne 42x50, F. H. Teeple 42x50, C. F. Brown 37x
50, H. J. Bauer 36x50, W. Hall 36x50, A. J. Petersen
22x50, Geo. Tuckett 43x45, C. T. Greenfield 39x45,
C. F. Nichols 39x45, F. H. Nichols 37x45. H. W. Nel-
son 33x45, Dr. Cooper 25x30, L. E. McGinnis 24x30,
H. T. Brown 22x30, H. D. Hays 22x25, C. W. Griffith
20x25, G. Steel 20x25, H. E. Huston 16x25.
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Largest Trapshooting Clubs. — There were 3961
trapshooting clubs in the United States on the first
day of January, 1S16 — there are more than 4500 now,
and in that vast number there are some powerful
organizations. Here are the 13 largest trapshooting
clubs in the country:
New York Athletic Club, Travers Island, N. Y.
S. S. White Gun Club, Philadelphia, Pa.
Wilmington Trapshooting Association, Wilmington,
Delaware.
Chicago Gun Ciub, Chicago, Illinois.
Cincinnati Gun Club. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Oriole Gun Club, Baltimore. Maryland.
Memphis Gun Club, Memphis, Tennessee.
Portland Gun Club, Portland, Oregon.
Indianapolis Gun Club, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Golden Gate Gun Club, Alameda, California.
Los Angeles Gun Club, Ios Angeles, California.
Pastime Gun Club, Detroit, Michigan.
St. Louis Trapshooters' Association, St. Louis. Mo.
There are many automobile and country clubs that
have taken to trapshooting, and these organizations
are much larger in numbers than some of the clubs
listed above, but the classification was made on trap-
shooters alone. The New York Athletic Club has as
many trapshooters connected with it as any organi-
zation in America, with possibly one exception. —
[Peter P. Carnev.
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Amateurism in Trapshooting. — There was a time
when the Interstate Association for the Encourage-
ment of Trapshooting gave many thousands of dol-
lars in cash to the trapshooters of the country to
compete for. Last year the association decided to
give clubs that "worked with them the full value of
the money awarded in trophies or half in trophies
and half in cash — but not all in cash.
It is said they contemplate going even further in
1917 — to give only trophies. The idea is to get away
from the professional spirit entirely. There was a
time when a great many clubs would only accept
cash, but that day has gone by. This past year sev-
eral hundred clubs asked only for trophies.
Gun clubs have learned that the fellow who always
wants "sweeps" or wants to shoot for cash prizes
isn't the fellow who is the backbone of the club. The
men and women who are glad to shoot for trophies,
and who cherish them when they win them, are the
people that make trapshooting and all other sports.
The day of the "pot hunter" in trapshooting is fast
nearing an end.
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A. A. T. A. Vice-Presidents. — The following have
been elected Vice-Presidents of the American Ama-
teur Trapshooters' Association for a term of one year.
The new officers will head the organization of the
A. A. T. A. in their respective states and will serve
in an advisory capacity in the national council.
Arizona — W. E. Mullen of Ray, Arizona.
California — C. H. Anderson of San Jose, Cal., Pres-
ident California State Sportsmen's Association.
Connecticut — E. H. Morse of Hartford, Treasurer
Hartford Gun Club.
Kentucky — T. H. Clay, Jr., of Austerlitz, Ky.
Nebraska — H. E. Palmer of Bradshaw, Nebraska.
South Carolina — A. F. McKissick of Greenwood,
South Carolina.
Texas — Walter H. Bertrand of Dallas, Texas.
Wisconsin — Ed. F. Leidel of Milwaukee, Wis.,
President Wisconsin Sportsmen's Association.
Wyoming — C. F. Nelson of Rawlins, Wyoming,
President Wvoming State Sportsmen's Association.
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Yale Trap Shots Win. — Yale won the intercollegi-
ate gun club shoot at the Yale traps on Saturday
with a score of 429 out of a possible 500. Princeton
was second with 413, Cornell third with 362, and
Dartmouth last with 351.
Captain Caesar of Princeton won the silver cup for
individual high score with ninety breaks out of a
possible 100. Ryan of Cornell was second with 89.
The tea mscores were: Cornell 39, Yale 99, Syra-
cuse 115, Harvard 120, Maine 123, Dartmouth 133,
Pennsylvania 170, Princeton State, 310, and College
of the City of New York, 328.
QC
Fur-bearing animals are now protected by general
laws fixing close seasons in 26 States and Alaska,
and in all the Canadian provinces except Yukon.
Thirteen additional States have close seasons for
one or two species of fur animals. Federal laws
prohibit the shipment in interstate commerce of
wild animals killed in violation of State laws or the
shipment of the skins of such animals.
SPOKANE HAS MUNICIPAL TRAPS.
Northwest City Takes Lead in Furnishing Accom-
modaticns for General Public.
The distinction of having installed the first muni-
cipal trap for the accommodation of the general pub-
lic belongs to Spokane, Wash., the home of many
sterling sportsmen. The trap is located in the Sta-
dium, situated in the heart of the city, on the bank of
the Spokane River, across from which is a railway
embankment. It is open to the public at certain
hours designated by the park officials, who have
charge of the Stadium. The Spokane Gun Club has
arranged to have a supply of targets available, and
the official in charge of the Stadium can be relied
upon to furnish trap boys and pullers. Shells can
easily be obtained on account of the proximity of the
trap to the business section of the city.
At the try-out shoot in September it was demon-
strated that there was no danger from the operation
of the trap or drawbacks so far as shooting was con-
cerned. In the first 50-bird event there was one
straight score, two of 49 and five of 48, proving that
the background was satisfactory. Between 40 and
50 shooters took part in the event.
Much of the credit attached to the introduction of
the municipal trap is due to Mayor C. A. Fleming, a
zealous supporter of clean sport, and one of the
smartest shots in the Northwest. Through his influ-
ence the park officials were induced to give the trap
a trial, and as a result of the experiment they were
won over to the Mayor's views. The convenience of
the trap gives busy men who like to shoot an oppor-
tunity to indulge in their favorite pastime, and it
promises to be a popular institution.
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Seattle Association. — The twenty-first annual tur-
key shoot of the Seattle Trapshooters' Association
was pulled off out on the club's grounds at Harbor
Island on November 19 with a big bunch of satisfied
shooters. Satisfied, because many of them had won
their "turk" for the big Thanksgiving dinner and
also from the good shooting and all-around good
time.
Owing to the many ties in the squad shooting the
program was terminated at the end of the ninth
event, most of the shooters having shot many more
targets than ordinarily shooting through a regular
program.
Although the program called for ten 10-bird events,
many of the contestants shot through the first fifty
only. R. S. Searle, Hi Follerich and Ike Fisher, pro-
fessional, stood high men at the end of the first fifty
targets, they each totaling forty-seven. L. S. Barnes
w-as in second position in the fifty bunch by shooting
forty-six as a total.
In the ninety string L. H. Reid, professional, stood
high score by shooting eighty-four. Hugh Fleming
was the high amateur with a total of eighty-three.
Fred Landwehr stood second to him by scoring 80.
The winners of "birds" found themselves handi-
capped two yards each time they repeated, the ma-
jority of them shooting most of the program from
the 18-yard line, although several were placed on the
20-yard line distance and one shooter finished up on
the 22-yard line.
Fred Landwehr left the grounds with two turks
to the good, W. B. Taft one, R. S. Searle one, George
Scripture two geese, H. S. Gibson one goose, A. H.
Riehl, of Taconia, two turkeys, Ralph Kinzer one
turkey, W. J. Northfoss one goose. Jack Lewis one
goose, C. W. Bandy one goose, Hi Follerich two tur-
keys, Dr. Newton two turkeys, L. S. Barnes one
turkey, J. F. Hill two geese, A. B. Kidd one goose,
John Ruppe one goose, Matt Grossman three turkeys
and Deskin Reid one goose.
The day's program attracted many spectators to
the grounds. One of the visiting shooters in the
lineup was William Kuist, members of the Spokane
Rod and Gun Club, of Spokane. The scores:
L. H. Reid* 86, Hugh Fleming 83, Fred Landwehr
80, Ralph Kinker 80, George Scripture 75, H. S. Gib-
son 74, W. B. Taft 70, Joe Bacher 61, C. W. Bandy 63,
J. R. Gibson 51, A. B. Kidd 45, J. H. Hill 41, A. Riehl
50, R. S. Searle 47, Hi Follerich 47, Ike Fisher* 47,
L. S. Barnes 46, D. Rhodes* 44, Matt Grossman 44,
George Hambright* 42, Deskin Reid 41, Dr. Newton
39, W. J. Northfoss 38, F. J. Durdle 33, John Ruppe
30, Alvin Schwager 27, Jack Lewis 25, Douglas Hunt-
ington 15, William Kuist 14, Tom Wilkes 19, A. W.
Mathis 15, J. W. Considine 13, Dr. Case 11.
(*Professional.)
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Record of Trapshooting School. — Two hundred and
thirty-six thousand four hundred and seventy-six tar-
gets were thrown and an equal number of shells were
fired during the first six months of the Atlantic City
Trapshooting Club of the Million Dollar Pier. The
school was opened on March 27. The figures are to
October 27.
The attendance during this period of time was
4870. Of this number 2353 men and 41 women had
performed at the traps previously, while instruction
was given to 2186 men and 290 women who had never
before shot at the flying clays.
This is a remarkable record. The records show
that 2476 new trapshooters were made. These peo-
ple will continue to shoot and to progress and they
will add others to the list by forming clubs or boost-
ing the gun clubs at home. Trapshooting is a great
sport for boosters.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 2, 1916
Sportsmen's Row
The San Joaquin slough, beloved of widgeon and
mallards, is playing to a full house, albeit several
of the mid-week regulars preferred McConnick to
the tin-whistle music of the mid-November birds.
Capt. A. W. DuBray, the Parker prophet, dropped his
ducks with the "Old Reliable" 32-inch long "twenty,"
and Orra E. Monnette took his first shoot of the sea-
son. The Klokke brothers, Stanley Anderson and
John Birkholz. J. Aitken and Edwin L. Hedderly
kept 'em moving — along or down — and took some
heavy bags. Miny teal were in evidence everywhere.
• • •
Those going to the mountains should take shells
with heavy pcvder loads, not only because of the
"punch" necessary ;o put out the big birds, but
because the altitude and cold weather call for more
"gas" to get the "mixture" of good shooting and clean
killing right.
• • •
The mountain lake "cans" are far and away the
best birds to be shot in Southern California at any
time, and particularly this year. There is abundant
feed of the kind they like and they are as fat as
seals, sweet and delicious in flavor.
• • •
New York has sprung another new one in game
protection. They are to have the game protectors
employed by the State Conservation Commission in
uniform. Few boys grow into men without a reason-
able amount of fear and respect for the brass but-
tons and blue coat of the big policeman. It should be
successful, even if expensive, and it will have the
added merit of causing the game protector to be on
the job at all times while in uniform.
• • •
There are 19,761 elk in the National Forest in
Wyoming.
e • •
Statistics show that 70,000,000 animals are killed
each year for their fur.
• • •
The man who over-shoots the limit robs millions
of people. He is in the class with the fellow who
cheats the customs or swears off his taxes — a small,
contemptible thief.
• • •
Buckwood Farm, on the Jersey side of the Dela-
ware Water Gap. one of the finest game preserves in
the Eastern States, has been given to the State of
New Jersey by C. C. Worthington. The Farm swarms
with deer, rabbits, quail, wild duck, woodchuck and
other birds. It comprises several thousand acres.
• • •
Bears have become so plentiful in the vicinity of
Williamsport, Pa., that citizens several times lately
have had to form posses to drive them into the
mountains.
• • •
Wisconsin has become such a favorite place for
wild game hunters that there is danger of all wild
life being destroy ed unless some changes in the laws
are made, and the Wisconsin Game Commission is
planning the changes now.
• • •
Hunters are glad to hunt hard all day in the East
for half a dozen bobwhite quail and count it a good
day when they pet three brace; anything more is
extraordinary. Yet here we find shooters complain-
ing because they had to put in a day getting fifteen
of the gamest little birds that fly. "Spoiled" is right!
• • •
Reports from the mountain lakes tell of splendid
fishing, no trouble to get the limit Parties from
Little Bear brought back some fine twelve-inch fish
and a few larger, saying anyone could catch them.
Wonderful fishing is predicted for another year, with
a normal winter.
• • a
Shooting generally in the Owens Valley has been
little short of wonderful this fall. The valley is over-
run with quail, and ducks are more plentiful than
usual, as well as prime in condition, between Inde-
pendence and Bishop; where the wheat stubbles give
plenty of feed.
• • •
Reports from the Coachella Valley have it that the
red-headed desert quail are getting wild from so
much hunting, as the hunting licensees from the
coast valleys have been taking full advantage of
these long-legged lovers of the mesquite until quail
are getting afraid to venture forth from the thorny
scrub at all. Men used to their ways are getting
them, however.
• • •
Duck shooting down Imperial way has been good
all year. Mecca is, in fact, as well as in name, the
rendezvous of the hunting licensees, who, by the way.
are now known to be 27.000 strong from Los Angeles
office sales by the Fish and Game Commission.
• • •
Eight mountain lions were killed in the state of
California during the months of September and
October. Three were killed in Kern county, two in
Santa Barbara county, and one each in the counties
of Tulare. Sonoma and Tuolumne. The state pays a
bounty of ?30 for each lion killed, as they are very
destructive to the deer family.
Wade Strowger, the seven-year-old son of Presi-
dent A. W. Strowger of the Portland Gun Club, has
the distinction of being one of the youngest, if not
the youngest blue rock shooter in the country.
Young Strowger has his own gun, a 28-gauge trap
gun, and he takes his place at the traps like a vet-
eran.
• * •
Fire recently destroyed the club house of the
Swinomish Gun Club, one of the foremost hunting
clubs in the state of Washington situated on the
Skagit flats, near Whitney. The building was a total
loss, although the greater part of the personal effects
of the members, who are well-known Seattle resi-
dents, was saved. The loss will amount to more than
$1,000, partly covered by insurance. Walter Melbum,
keeper of the club house, with his wife and child,
lived in the house. They saved almost all their
effects, but could not save the building.
• • •
The San Luis Obispo (Cal.) Gun and Rod Club
recently received ten cans containing about 1.000
striped bass, which were immediately taken and dis-
tributed in two streams. Messrs. Albert Martin and
A. L. McCool placed six cans of the fish in the creek
at Avilla, and David Andrews performed similar work
in turning loose four cans full of fish at the mouth
of Pismo Creek. The young bass were from three
to five inches in length, and it is expected that within
the next two years they will multiply and furnish
some good fishing. — [Nemo, San Luis Obispo, Cal.
• • •
W. J. McKagney, a member of the San Jose Gun
Club and one of the first Pacific Coast shooters to
join the A. A. T. A., broke his first target in the
A. A. T. A. medal contest on February 13, 1916. At
that time Mr. McKagney's average, as shown by his
record on registered targets, was 81.3% . On Septem-
ber 9th Mr. McKagney completed his last event in
his competition for the 907c medal. His average, as
indicated by his scores in his last medal series, was
92%, a net gain of 11% in seven months of actual
shooting.
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Anglers on Excursion. — Fifty-one Portland fisher-
men invaded the Nehalem country" in quest of silver-
sides on November 19th on a special train, but only
those who found their way below the Nehalem falls
were successful with the rod and reel.
Dr. E. C. McFarland, O. H. Reed and A. E. Burgh-
duff each succeeded in landing three beauties apiece,
one of the three landed by McFarland weighing 21%
pounds. W. E. Carlon pulled out two silversides.
The honor of catching the biggest fish of the day was
won by J. Budelman, who caught a 24-pounder.
The party as a whole would have had better suc-
cess if it had gone farther down the Nehalem. Ang-
lers who had fished there during the week previous
were of the opinion that the best fishing would be
above the falls at the junction of the Salrnonberry,
but such was not the case.
Another trip is being planned by O. H. Reed, who
was in charge of the party. The special train was
under the supervision of J. E. Hopgood. C. C. Jackson
was the train's conductor and A. V. Jones was the
engineer. The trip to Nehalem was made in four
hours and ten minutes.
Those who made the trip were: Dr. E. C. McFar-
land, E. A. Burghduff, W. E. Carlon, O. H. Reed, J. D.
Asher, N. Berlent. W. C. Allen, C. Gault, Matson,
E. W. Brewer, McClane, Adams, J. E. Nelson, W.
Collins, W. I. Terry, P. P. Fadden. A. Moulton, J. H.
Moulton, Jack Kearney, F. A. Downs, F. T. Boulton.
B. A. Garrett, H. Kerble, A. H. Dellar, E. Fisher,
A. Fisher, L. Broda, G. P. Garrigans, H. E. Mead.
V. C. Lumpkin. W. L. Kinser, Jack Lane, J. E. Brown,
E. T. Yalleant, W. Cornell, W. J. Clarke, A. D. Little,
N. R. Cox, P. Kildoon, Dr. Knoder, W. Burke, Jack
Herman, A. Palough, J. Hanebunt, Jim Miller, W. P.
Kaiser, Hammack, L. Curry, R. A. Chapin, J. Budel-
man and R. A. Thoris.
as
Deer Driven with Cows. — Hot Springs. — Mrs. Dun-
can and Mrs. McDonald certainly beat the hunters
of this vicinity when they captured a deer this morn-
ing by driving it into their barn together with a cow
and calf.
When they first discovered the deer quietly feeding
with the stock, they were going to shoot it, but it
looked so pretty their courage failed them, and they
thought of catching it with a rope, but found it too
shy for that.
They then thought of driving it into the barn with
the cow and calf, and after considerable maneuvering
on their part the feat was accomplished and the
women naturally feel very much elated over their
prize and are contemplating going into the business
of catching large game, as bear and mountain lion
are quite numerous.
QC
Squirrels Overrun Golf Links. — Sacramento is hav-
ing difficulty in keeping the municipal golf links at
Del Paso Park in playing condition on account of the
numerous squirrels infesting the land included in
the course.
The rodents burrow their holes through the greens
and along the fairways so that it keeps the park
workmen busy killing them. Suffocation is being
tried successfully and it is believed that within a
short time the pests will have been driven from the
links.
HOW TO ATTRACT THE BIRDS OF THE N. W.
Government Sets Forth Ways to Encourage Feath-
ered Wild Life.
Washington, D. C. — Lovers of birds in the north-
western portion of the United States who wish to
attract the feathered wild creatures to live and nest
about their homes may receive valuable suggestions
as to methods of protection, feeding, and the provis-
ion of nesting places from Farmers' Bulletin 760,
recently issued by the U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture. The publication relates to Washington, Oregon,
Ndaho, Northern California, and the western half of
Montana, and is the second of a series of bulletins
suggesting methods of attracting birds in various
sections of the country.
One of the first steps a householder must take if
he wishes to attract feathered wild life about his
place is to provide protection from natural foes, espe-
cially cats. If a complete bird sanctuary is to be
created, the area set apart for this purpose should be
inclosed by a vermin-proof fence which can neither
be dug under nor climbed. The principal feature of
such a barrier is a top curved outward or bent out-
ward at right angles. If the construction of such a
fence is impracticable, a more limited protection may
be supplied by placing guards on trees to prevent
cats and other animals from climbing them. Sheet
metal cuffs, completely encircling the tree, or cones
of like material, fitting tightly at the upper edge and
flaring downward, will serve the purpose.
Another essential is to furnish breeding places.
Close-growing shrubs make excellent sites for nests.
They should be trimmed back severely when young
to produce numerous crotches. Bird houses also
should be placed about the home for the species
which will use such nesting places, but care should
be taken that too many such houses are not furn-
ished. As a rule, birds do not like being crowded. If
breeding places are to be provided for ground-nesting
birds, such as bobolinks, meadowlarks and bobwhites,
grass should be allowed to grow thickly and long in
appropriate locations.
For all birds some sort of bathing and drinking
pools should be furnished. These may be either on
the ground or raised and may be of pottery, stone,
metal, or cement. Both the edges and bottoms
should be somewhat rough. The water receptacle
should be shallow and should slope up gradually
toward the edge.
The vital factor in attracting birds is the food
supply. This may be furnished either by providing
artificial food such as crumbs, suet, chopped nuts,
and the like, or by planting trees, shrubs, and herbs
which will produce fruits or seeds that the birds
themselves may gather. Winter feeding is the most
familiar phase of bird feeding but there is no reason
why birds should not be attracted throughout the
year by a supply of food.
For artificial feeding the biologists of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture suggest the use of sev-
eral devices. A food shelf may be placed against
the side of the house near a window, or a food tray
may be fixed to the top of a post. An excellent food
receptacle may be made by cutting a bole in a cocoa-
nut and stuffing the shell full of chopped suet and
nuts or some other food mixture. The shell can be
hung from a limb Holes bored in pieces of thick
lumber may be used instead of a cavity in a cocoanut.
Feeding hoppers like those used for poultry may be
employed for birds on food shelves or on the ground.
A wooden house open on one side, mounted on a
pivot, and provided with vanes to keep the open side
away from the wind also may be used as a feeding
place.
If it is desired to feed the birds naturally, there
are a number of plants that may be grown which will
be ornamental and, at the same time, will furnish
good provender for the feathered guests. For seed-
eating birds in the Northwest the list suggested by
the Department of Agriculture includes prince's
feather, love-lies-bleeding, asters, Calandrinias, bless-
ed thistle, Centaureas, California poppies, sunflow-
ers, tarweed, forget-me-nots, Polygonum orientale, P.
sachalinese, portulaca, Silene, and sugar cane. Other
seed-bearing smali plants that may be grown are the
various millets, Canary grass, and the various species
of Pennisetum. Among the trees bearing seeds rel-
ished by birds are the alders and birches. The red-
polls, siskins, and golfinches are particularly fond of
these tree seeds during the winter. Ashes and box
elders furnish seed relished by evening grosbeaks,
while larches and pines and other conifers are at-
tractive to crossbills as well as to some of the spe-
cies just mentioned.
The fruit-eating birds may be attracted in great
numbers by planting fruit-bearing shrubs and trees.
The best of the long-persisting fruits in the North-
west are juniper, bayberry, tnorn apples and related
fruits, holly, and snow-berry. A large number of
other fruit-bearing plants are listed in the bulletin
already mentioned, and the period of fruiting of each
is shown on a chart. One of the advantages of plant-
ing wild fruit-bearing trees and shrubs, it is pointed
out. is that the birds are fonder of these than of the
cultivated fruits, and the latter, therefore, will be
protected.
Copies of the bulletin may be had free on applica-
tion to the U. S. Department of Agriculture as long
as the department's supply lasts.
Saturday, December 2, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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FISHING SEASON IS OVER.
Southern Part of State Enjoyed Best Angling Sport
of Many Years.
Los Angeles, Cal.— The biggest and best trouting
season Southern California sportsmanship ever saw
ended Thursday, which well might be made a
"Thanksgiving Day" by the angling lincensees as
well as everyone else.
With returns for the season's sales practically com-
pleted so far as the Fish and Game Commission's
southern office is concerned, it is now known that
21,734 anglers paid a dollar or more to exercise the
privilege, this total falling far short of the aggregate
in this end of the State, as county clerks sold quite
a few to individuals, and to dealers who had not
learned how to get 10 per cent commission for their
work in retailing, by going to the State Board.
The fishing in Bear Lake was the best ever, and
the splendid rainbow trout there averaged larger
even than heretofore. At the wind-up, a couple of
them will make a limit, and three of the average
size are quite sure to aggregate the "ten pounds and
one fish" allotted by law.
Bear Lake was of course the biggest fishing feature
of the season as it is every season, but the early
and late sport in Little Bear was and is good, while
fly-casting on the streams has been better the last
three months than in all the preceding period, the
fish bigger, fatter and readier to rise, yet compara-
tively few sought them. It is always thus; the dyed-
in-the-wool fly-fisherman waits until most get off the
stream, and then hits 'em where the other fellow
isn't. The mountain lakes were the only waters that
were consistently played from start to finish.
It was not a particularly brilliant season in sea
angling in any branch, and some are now beginning
to wonder if protective legislation ever can accom-
plish much for the wandering tribes of the high seas
as compared to what has been done in fresh water
by conservation measures.
Surf-fishing was poor most of the summer, although
it started brilliantly enough and for a time gave
promise of old times. Then the corbina left, or went
off feed, bad tides and currents set in. The fishing
slowed down to discouraging. Yet some enormous
catches were made in the forepart of the summer.
One unfavorable condition not to be met by legis-
lation or any other human intervention, is the cold-
ness of the water in the channel, which according
to numerous reports was as much as 12 degrees
below normal throughout the summer. This may
have had much to do with the cool season, and is
ascribed to an unaccountable shift of the Japanese
black-stream current.
A feature of the angling season developed in the
considerable sport enjoyed by bass fishermen in the
city reservoirs and other waters stocked by the city
or the Fish and Game Commission and artificially
created angling was popular enough so that consid-
erable pressure was brought to urge the city fathers
to allow rodsters to raid the baby bass under an
unfortunate law opening the season during spawning
time, but on representation from the Fish and Game
Commission that this was the case, the city protected
the bass.
An experiment conducted by the Fish and Game
Commission in transplanting striped bass from the
proverbially favorable environment of San Francisco
Bay to the southern tidal lagoons of brackish waters
is being watched with interest by alongshore ang-
lers, who see in it a most welcome possibility of
addition of the greatest of the surf game fishes to
their inducements toward the beach sport.
September produced some splendid trolling along-
shore off the coast cities, many yellowtail being
caught, and some still are in evidence, although it
is late; their scarcity about the islands was unusual
and evident. Good swordfishing in spots was a late
feature. The tuna season was a failure.
Another season may change everything as regards
sea angling, owing to the drifting nature of the fish,
albacore canneries -having expert testimony to offer
regarding the lateness of the run upon which the
tuna pack depends. With an average winter, im-
proved trout fishing is to be expected throughout
next season; the Bear Lake trout will be even bigger,
and this year they were more than equal to most of
the tackle employed for their capture. By another
spring the anglers will be up against two-fish limits;
the only objection to which is that a good day is
too soon done. The smaller rainbow will be coming
along, however, and probably they will be biting at
times when the larger fish are not, thus adding vari-
ety t othe sport.
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Ducks vs. Rice Argument. — Two thousand kernels
of rice, mailed to the California Fish and Game Com-
mission by U. M. Damon of Oroville and labeled
"From one mallard duck, killed here November 19,"
furnished a cynical protest against the game laws
which prevent a farmer from "saving" his crops from
the "depredations" of the webfoots. The package
brought out a statement from J. S. Hunter, acting
executive official of the commission.
"The rice is the fallen grain," he says. "The duck
naturally feeds on the ground or the surface of the
water and eats what is fallen. He cannot reach the
tops of the high stalk Sacramento valley rice.
"In this the duck does more good than harm, as he
helps keep the crops from growing wild, which ruins
many a field and spoils the quality of the crop. The
farmer who understands these things does not howl
at the game laws, but knows the ducks as a blessing."
— S. F. Call.
08
Game Expert Drops Dead.— The California Fish
and Game Commission has suffered the loss of
another popular and efficient member through the
sudden death on Sunday of John P. Fisher, game
expert in charge of the license department of the
San Francisco office. He was hunting at Los Banos
in Merced county and dropped dead from heart fail-
ure. Fisher was born in San Francisco and was 51
years of age. His parents moved to Greenwood, E!
Dorado county, when he was a child. He grew to
manhood in that county. For several years he did
clerical work for different firms and was finally ap-
pointed deputy under County Clerk Bosquit. About
twenty years ago he ran for the office and was elect-
ed, serving two terms.
After leaving public life he became bookkeeper for
the C. A. Smith Timber Company of Pino Grande,
El Dorado county. For the last two years he had
been in the License Department of the State Fish and
Game Commission, in San Francisco. His only son,
Wesley, was killed in an accident in San Francisco
a year ago. Fisher's remains have been interred
at Placerville.
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Report on Inyo Hatchery. — W. H. Shebley, in
charge of the department of fish culture of the Fish
and Game Commission, has just returned from in-
specting the work on the new Inyo Hatchery. He
reports that the engineers will have the first unit of
buildings completed by the first of the year and then
the hatchery equipment will be installed and plans
outlined for commencing hatchery operations.
The Inyo hatchery is pronounced by Shebley as the
last word in hatcheries. Besides being the most
modern in the world, it will be one of the largest
when all the plans are carried through. Work ol
repairing the Bear Valley hatchery has also started.
All told, Shebley was pleased with the hatchery
operations in Southern California.
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Vernon Club. — Numerous tie scores resulted in the
annual turkey shoot held Sunday morning at the
Vernon Gun Club. Contenders fired in 15-bird events
from handicaps. Every shooter to win a turkey, if
he continued to shoot, was handicapped two more
yards.
Stan Bruner, Tuckett and Lew Melius tied in the
first, event, each with 15x15. They shot off at ten
birds. Melius breaking 10x10 to Tuckett and Bruner's
9x10. Melius won a turkey in the second event with
a 15x15 score. The fourth turkey was captured by
Bruner with a 15x15 score.
Bob Bole and C. E. Groat tied for the fifth bird,
each with 14x15. Bole won in the shoot-off. George
Melford won the sixth turkey placed up, with a score
of 15x15. The last two turkeys put up were won by
Bruner, the first with 14x15 from 20 yards, and the
last with 13x15 from 23 yards. The competition was
taken part in by 20 shooters.
Country Model Best. — In the final judging of the
Southern California Kennel Club show, Champion
Country Model, an English bull, owned by Antone
Korbel of San Francisco, was adjudged the best dog
of any breed in the show.
Champion Bellmore Buffkins, Cocker Spaniel,
owned by Mrs. Frank Connors of Pasadena, was ad-
judged the best dog of opposite sex in the show.
Cragwood Ben Barry, a St. Bernard entered by
Miss C. B. Trask, won the trophy awarded the best
conditioned dog exhibited.
08
Hunter Conquers Lioness. — One man and three
dogs made short work of the period of freedom
granted one female mountain lion in the woods near
Sacramento on Sunday, and although the lioness was
given 200 yards head start, she was captured within
a short time. M. Bakker, the Montana hunter, who
directed the dogs, climbed a live oak tree and roped
the animal. As the tree was wet from the morning's
rain the task was rather a difficult one. The animal
was held in the tree by the three dogs, who barked
and jumped at it from below. A fair sized crowd of
Sacramento sportsmen watched the performance.
Originally the lion was to be turned loose to test
the ability of several Placer county dogs to follow a
lion trail without digressing for a trail of some other
species of wild animal. However, none of the Placer
owners or their animals put in an appearance, so
Bakker chose three of his own animals and turned
the lioness loose for exhibition purposes.
Instead of making a trail for the distant woods,
the animal climbed a tree in the immediate vicinity
of the point where she was set loose. The dogs,
released at the same time the lioness was set free,
reached the tree a little after the wild animal, and
kept her there. She went out on an extended limb,
with Bakker in pursuit, and he succeeded in roping
her without much effort.
oe
Specimens of the strange blind fish, which are
spouted intermittently from an artesian well in the
Spa district south of Tulare, have been sent to Pro-
fessor Kofoid of the department of zoology of the
University of California, who will make a study of
them in an attempt at their classification. Speci-
mens are also to be sent to Stanford University.
oe
Largest Buffalo Herd. — In the Canadian National
Park at Wainwright, Alberta (on the Grand Trunk
Line between Winnipeg and Edmonton) is the world's
largest buffalo herd — some 2,077. Once upon a time
buffalo flourished in America, today every single one
can be counted.
The Canadian herd was begun in 1873 with four
bison calves, two bulls and two heifers. In 1884 the
number was 13, and the owners sold them to the
Canadian Government for a price said to be around
$300 each. The herd was transferred to the National
Park and a careful watch has been kept over it since.
The National Park covers an area of 160 square
miles.
08
Dog Goes to School.— "Billy" is a dog that goes to
school every day. His mistress teaches a second
grade in one of the schools of Riverside and though
Billy is twelve years old and though he understands
many things he stays in the same grade year after
year. The children think it a great joke that he has
never been promoted. Everybody is very kind to
him and when the city superintendent visits the
school he always has a friendly pat for the school
dog.
Sometimes Billy gets tired of lying in the corner
listening to the children read and spell. Then he
walks down town to call on some of his many friends
but he rarely fails to come back to school in time to
get the scraps from the children's lunches at noon.
08
Age Limits for Hunting. — With the general adop-
tion of the license system has come the necessity of
fixing a minimum age at which licenses may be
issued. The practice is by no means uniform, but
about half of the States have restrictions of some
sort. These restrictions are of three general kinds;
(1) Exemption from the hunting lincense require-
ment for children;
(2) Refusal to issue licenses to children; and
(3) Requirement that children must have the
written consent of the parent or guardian to obtain
a license.
Children under 12 are not required to have a license
in Idaho or Utah; under 14 in Montana, Nevada,
Oklahoma or Oregon; under 17 (hunting small game)
in Michigan; under 21 (hunting small game) in Min-
nesota. Children under 13 in New Hampshire and
Nebraska and under 17 in Arizona do not require
a license when hunting with a licensed adult.
New Jersey prohibits children under 10 from hunt-
ing with firearms, but upon application of a parent or
guardian issues a $1 license to citizens of the United
States between the ages of 10 and 14, provided they
hunt in company with a licensed adult.
Pennsylvania also prohibits children under 14 from
hunting, but issues licenses to minors between the
ages of 14 and 16 upon application of parent or
guardian.
Licenses are not issued to children under certain
ages, or only upon written consent of the parent or
guardian, in the following States:
Not issued under certain age — New Jersey, 10,
Pennsylvania 14, Wyoming (for birds) 14, Wyoming
(big game) 15, Rhode Island 15, Wisconsin 15, Con-
necticut 16, New Brunswick (big game), 16.
Written consent required: Age — Indiana 14, West
Virginia 15, Pennsylvania 14 to 16, Ohio 16, Vermont
16, British Columbia 16, Saskatchewan 18, Iowa 18,
New Hampshire 18.
08
Trade Notes.— R. P. DeMund, T. L. Edens and
H. P. DeMund were "one, two, three" with 522, 512
and 502 out of 570 targets respectively at the Arizona
State shoot recently held at Phoenix. All three used
the "perfect combination," Remington UMC pump
gun and Nitro Club shells.
At the Beideman Shooting Association meet held
at Camden, N. J., ex-Judge H. Voorhees, Camden,
broke 96x100 using Nitro Club shells. "Chief" Ben-
der, Philadelphia, made second high score with 91x
100 using Remington L^MC pump gun and Nitro Club
shells. Third man was W. Edson, of the Quaker
City, with 84x100. He used Remington UMC ammu-
nition. Many municipal officials including members
of the police bureau are members of this organiza-
tion.
W. H. Gooderham, Toronto, carried off honors at
the Manor Farm Gun Club shoot, Clarkson, Ontario,
with a score of 90x100. W. H. Joselin, Scarboro.
broke 89x100 and H. Winters, Toronto. 88x100. All
three used Nitro Club shells.
Charlie Nichols was high man at the Charlotte,
N. C, Gun Club shoot, breaking 91x100. C. E. Web-
ber and Dr. Coles took second and third honors with
88x100 and 83x100 respectively. All shooters used
Nitro Club shells.
08
Close Matches at Greenhill Traps. — Wilmington,
Del. — Nine shooters turned out at the Greenhill Club
Saturday afternoon, Nov. 18. Jenks was high man,
breaking 47x50. In the first class H. B. Hansbor-
ough, R. Bonsall and Dr. McElfatrick tied for the first
pipe and in the shoot-off at five birds, Hansborough
won with three breaks against one for Bonsall and
one for McElfatrick.
In the second class Miss Hammond won a pipe,
but as she had no immediate use for it she put it
up again and it was shot for in a five-bird event, with
the following rssult: Miss A. Schofield 3, W. C.
Lynch 4, H. B. Hansborough 2, H. A. Lynch 2, Dr.
McElfatrick 2, R. Bonsall 5. Bonsall broke them all
and won the pipe.
In the third class the prize was a leather wallet
and was tied for by Miss Schofield, W. C. Lynch and
C. O. Lynch. The latter then broke 4x5 and was
declared the winner.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 2, 1916
Stock B^eeders, Page
THE CHILD'S SHETLAND PONY.
The Shetland pony has come into widespread prom-
inence as a pet for children. Today few large es-
tates are to be found where the little folks of the
family are not provided with one or more of these
diminutive animals for riding and driving. There is
something about these lovable little horses that
appeals at once to children, and it would indeed be a
strange boy or girl whose heart did not warm towards
the shaggy "Shelties." Children are born with an
instinctive longing for some particular object on
which to lavish their affection and care. Sometimes
this takes the form of a doll or favorite toy: again
some childish hobby may be found to supply the
lack: but in nine cases out of ten it is a live pet
that the child really wants, one that can be taught
tricks and played with, a companion in his frolics.
It is in such a capacity that the pony is useful, for
he is a truly ideal comrade.
For children's use the Shetland pony is unques-
tionably the universal favorite. The chief reason for
this lies in the never-failing good humor and docility
which are so characteristic of the breed as a whole.
Find him where you will, the "Sheltie" is invariably
patient and cheerful, and his wonderful tractability
makes it possible for even the tiniest tots to handle
him with perfect safety. The "Sheltie's" diminutive
size is another point in his favor. A pet which can
be eared for by the children themselves is sure to
prove more interesting than one which must be en-
trusted to others, and for this reason a pony suited
to their size is preferable to a large one. Half the
fun of owning a pony lies in being able to harness
or saddle it at a moment's notice without being
obliged a wait for an older person's help. With a
Shetland this is always possible. No registered pony
measures more than 46 inches in height at maturity,
and any child who is old enough to drive can easily
reach to harness his pony.
Best of all the Shetland's good qualities, however,
is his natural love for children. The ponies seem
to know instinctively that the little folks are their
masters and they will allow them to do almost any-
thing. In fact, it has been noticed that these little
animals are more readily managed by children than
by grown-ups, and even when they are being imposed
upon they never seem to forget that the little folks
have been entrusted to their care and must not be
harmed. Playfulness is an essential part of the
"Sheltie's" make-up and a young pony is as fond of a
frolic among his companions or a romp with the chil-
dren as a big dog, although even in fun he is gentle
and takes good care not to hurt his little- playmates.
Nor is this the only way in which the pony reminds
one of a pet dog. On one large country estate where
several Shetlands are kept, the affectionate little
beasts have become so attached to their young mas-
ters that they will follow the children anywhere on
the place, quite as a dog might follow his master.
Throughout the summer months the boys are their
constant companions and many are the good times
they have together. Each shaggy little fellow has
his own particular name to which he responds as
readily as do the boys themselves, and never was
there truer comradeship and affection than exists
between these children and their knowing little four-
footed chums.
With trustful, appealing natures concealed beneath
their shaggy coats, it is small wonder that the hardy
little Shetlands are beloved by old and young alike.
If properly broken and cared for, they can be trusted
to take the children anywhere in safety, and the pos-
sibilities for pleasure which they bring their little
owners is unlimited. With a willing little steed at
their disposal, boys and girls will not fail to find
plenty of healthful outdoor exercise. Drives and brisk
horseback canters will become everyday occurrences,
and as a result color and animation will return to the
pale, listless child and frail bodies will thrive and
grow strong in the bright sunshine and pure air of
the great out-of-doors. Some physicians have even
gone so far as to attribute to the pony, and to the
horse as well, a certain animal magnetism which
they claim is one of the strongest possible safe-
guards against sickness. Transmitted to a child
through personal contact in riding and handling a
pony, this strange influence is said to be most bene-
ficial in promoting good health. How much truth
there is in this particular theory cannot be positively
estimated, but certain it is that no pet could possibly
afford its young owners more wholesome recreation
or greater enjoyment than the universally popular
"Sheltie." — [Mary H. Northend, Breeder's Gazette.
Spencer Borden, the prominent Fall River (Mass.)
breeder of Araoians, has bought an estate at Wood-
stock, Vt,, for the purpose of developing his Morgan
horse stable.
After the National Dairy Show a representative of
the Japanese government who was in attendance
upon that exhibition visited the herd of Stevens Bros.
Co. Liverpool, N. Y., and selected a Holstein-Friesian
bull by King of the Pontiacs for exportation to the
land of cherry blossoms.
Another Good Ayrshire Record.
The two extremes of the United States are demon-
strating the efficiency of the Ayrshire cow as a pro*
ducer of milk and butter-fat. The state of Washington
is the latest to boost the efficiency of "The Perfect
Cow" in the announcement of the official yearly
record just completed by Ryanogue Hattie, a mature
cow, which produced 17,214 lbs. of milk, containing
806.91 lbs. of butter-fat, 941 lbs. of butter. This ani-
mal was bred by John Logan, Howick, Quebec, and
imported by P. Ryan, Brewster, N. T„ and is a\>
present owned by J. W. Clise, Redmond, Washington.
Two months ago New York State, on the opposite
side of the continent, gave the Ayrshire an impetus
by giving to the world a new Ayrshire senior three-
year-old record, Jean Armour 3rd, owned by W. Pi';
Schanck, Avon, N. Y., producing under official test
21,938 lbs. of milk, containing 859.65 lbs. of butter-
fat, her record being exceeded by only one cow of
another breed when reckoned by points including
both milk and fat.
These records but prove that the Ayrshire, in
adapting herself to all conditions of climate and en-
vironment, is gradually but surely coming to her
own.
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A strong feature of the National Western Stock
Show, to be held in Denver, Colo., Jan. 20th to 27th,
will be the Hereford futurity under the direction of
the Western Hereford Breeders' Association. There
have been nearly 100 entries in these classes, limited
entirely to western breeders. When the Denver
show was launched 10 years ago there was not a
breeder of any consequence in the Rocky Mountain
section. It is expected that at the next show be-
tween 30 and 40 western breeders will exhibit.
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Charles F. Singmaster, senior member of the firm
which for so many years has been prominent in the
Percheron breeding and importing trade at Keota,
la., died on Nov. 15th, aged 84 years. He was born
in Pennsylvania and accompanied his parents to
Iowa in 1844.
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The Hagmeister Stock Farm Pereherons were sold
at Administrator's Sale at Bellevue, Wisconsin, Nov.
15th. The thermometer stood at but two degrees
above zero during the sale. The 32 mares and fillies
sold for an average of $343, and the 11 stallions,
ranging from suckers to the eleven-year-old Brilliant,
averaged $290. Eleven of the best broodmares aver-
aged $400 w-ith the highest price at $580. The high-
est priced stallion was Pompey, a son of Historique
out of a Baccarat dam, which was sold at $500. The
senior stud sire Brilliant brought $400, and $410 was
received for the four-year-old stallion McDougal, by
True Blue and out of Petrel by Baccarat.
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mended for sanitary reasons. Dry
food hoppers hung along the wall or
placed on a platform above the floor
where the droppings and litter cannot
get into the food, and so arranged that
the fowls cannot perch on them, pro-
tects the food from contamination.
Furthermore, this fine, dry food is un-
favorable to the existence and devel-
opment of disease germs that are of-
ten present and may easily spread
through the flock where wet mash is
fed and general unsanitary conditions
prevail.
The dry mash feeding is the natural
method. 'When eaten dry, the food is
digested naturally and, the process of
digestion begins where it should be-
gin— in the mouth. Nature has pro-
vided salivary glands at the base of
the tongue for moistening food before
it passes into the crop. When the food
is "gobbled" down, as wet food gener-
ally is, this moistening process by the
salivary glands does not take place,
in which case the crop, gizzard and
intestines of the birds have to take up
the work of moistening and mixing
the food before they can proceed with
their own work. In other words, by
compelling fowls to eat slowly and
naturally they derive more nutriment
from their food and they are not as
likely to get indigestion.
The necessity for a well balanced
ration is appreciated by most feeders.
. Such a ration is one in which all the
different food elements are combined
in correct proportion so that they will
supply the necessary nutriment to the
fowl in order to maintain perfect
health and condition under all circum-
stances. Laying hens require com-
paratively rich food which is easily di-
gestible, and one that supplies the
elements which are contained in egg
formation in large quantities. The
difficult computation involved in se-
curing the correct combinations for a
perfectly balanced ration make it
necessary for the average poultryman
to feed more or less by guesswork.
The poultryman who feeds in this way
must be governed by experience and
al. we can do is to give the general
principles of feeding as a guide.
But it may be stated that mash feeds
are safe and natural, and are gener-
ally composed of bran, middlings,
corn, gluten, oats, meat scrap and
clover.
Wheat bran is indispensable. It is
used as the foundation for nearly all
mashes, either wet or dry. It carries
a comparatively high percentage of
coarse, woody material, and its diges-
tibility is comparatively low. It sup-
plies certain elements, however, which
cannot conveniently be secured in any
other way, being particularly rich in
mineral matter, and it also has a tonic
effect which gives it added value. Corn
meal, wheat middlings, buckwheat
middlings, gluten feed, ground oats
and oil meal are all used in various
proportions.
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Make the bin of cement or redwood
plank not less than three feet wide,
six feet long and three feet deep, with
partition. The purpose of the parti-
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post to be used out while the other
part is being prepared. More than two
compartments mad be made. Set low
in the soil.
How to Make Compost. — Spread
fresh manure of any kind available on
bottom six inches deep. Over this an
inch of ground phosphate rock or acid
phosphate is spread. Moisten well,
tut have no unabsorbed water. Con-
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Along with the manure one may use
green leaves, grass, vegetable tops,
weeds and garden refuse of all kinds.
Ashes may be used to good advantage,
about an inch of ashes to twelve inch-
es of compost. It is well to use some
air-slaked lime, one-half inch to 12
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inches of compost. The ashes and
lime do not take the place of acid
phosphate or phosphate rock, but they
are valuable, especially when the
Phosphate is unavailable, and they
may be used along with the phosphate.
Many home gardeners have chickens
and rabbits, and have learned that the
fresh manure cannot be used with
safety around growing plants. This
compost bin is just the place to pre-
pare the manure so that it can be
used at any time.
Prevent Heating. — Keep the com-
post well stirred and always moist, but
with no unabsorbed water. If this is
done there will be no loss of gases
and valuable material by heating or
fire-fanging. The moisture prevents
heating. It is well to throw in a few
inches of good loam now and then to
absorb phosphates, ammonia, etc. Col-
lect falling leaves from all deciduous
trees to make leaf mold "in the com-
post. For best leaf mold, use only
leaves, phosphate rock or acid phos-
phate and loam. Avoid such oily
leaves as eucalyptus and pepper. If
you are a city gardener and you will
welcome the opportunity to get street
sweepings, use caution in sorting what
ycu get. Compost properly cared for
should be ready to use in from sixty
to ninety days.
Advantages of Compost. — By a com-
post bin, a gardener, trucker or florist
is able to multiply his available fer-
tilizer many fold. Almost anything of
animal or vegetable origin is valuable
as fertilizer if put in proper form. A
dead chicken or dead rabbit is far
from all loss when decomposed in the
compost. There need be no unpleas-
ant odors, and will be none if the
gases are properly absorbed with the
ground phosphate, loam, ashes, lime,
etc. It is very wasteful to let veg-
etable matter dry up and the best
values evaporate, or to burn it when
dry. There is saved in the ashes only
a small proportion of the fertilizing
materials. A great advantage of com-
posting is that it permits the soil to
be growing something all the time in-
stead of lying idle while an applica-
tion of fresh manure is decomposing.
It is not so valuable for large areas,
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Colts and fillies by Flosnut, by Nut-
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All these colts are untrained. Some
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Address Mrs. C. E. Farnum, 420
Market St., or P. O. Bos 555, San
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FARMS FOR SALE
Choice Land In Idaho
Lewis ton, Idaho, is situated at the
forks of Clearwater and Snake rivers and
has transportation to the coast.
960 acres IVz miles from Lewiston, Ida-
ho, 4\4 from Lapwai, Idaho, on main
traveled road, all in cultivation except
about 15 acres, all level land, -Just a little
rolling, 320 acres of fall wheat In, 225
acres fall plowed for spring crop, about
30 acres in alfalfa. All fenced and cross
fenced. Two good springs with big cem-
ent water troughs, well, windmill and
cement reservoir, water piped to house,
7 room house, hot and cold water and
electric lights. Large horse barn with
hay mow in the center, electric lights In
barn; cow barn with two box stalls; hog
pens, shade trees, chicken houses, black-
smith shop, wagon shed, granary, outdoor
cellar with bunk house overhead. $85 per
acre; will take one-third down, time on
balance to suit purchaser, at 7 per cent
interest. One-third of crop goes with
place if sold any time up close to harvest.
Mild climate, can raise all kinds of fruit,
grain and vegetables. Wheat In this
country goes from 35 to 65 bushels per
acre, barley 40 to 80 bushels per \cre.
320 acres i\z miles south of Vollmer,
Idaho, 275 acres in cultivation, balance In
pasture and timber, farm land lays prac-
tically level, one-third of crop goes with
place if sold before harvest. Some fall
wheat already sown. All fenced and cross
fenced. Quarter section of it fenced hog
tight; good four-room houso. wood shed,
and out of door cellar, nice grove around
house, well at house, fair stabling and
out buildings, spring and spring creek
•jlose to barn, three springs on place.
Price $70 per acre, one-third cash, bal-
ance at 7 per cent. Time to suit pur-
chaser.
238 acres 414 miles from Lewiston, Ida-
ho, 175 acres In cultivation, 25 more can
be cultivated, balance good bunch grass
pasture, fenced and cross-fenced, good
spring creek runs across plnce, small
house, station on place for Johnson R. R.,
two grain warehouses at station. Price-
$70 per acre, one-third cash, balance at
7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
160 acres of timber land, good farm land
when timber is cleared off, all can be
farmed except about 2 or 3 acres. '■ 1
timber, yellow pine and fir. Price ]
40 miles from Lewiston, Idaho. Well
located to log off.
240 (icres 6 miles from Asotin. 12 mllefl
from Lewiston, Idaho, about 75 acres In
fall wheat, about 75 acres more can be
cultivated, -balance in bunch grass pas-
ture, two springs, small house, all fenced.
Price $40 per acre, one-third cash, balance
at 7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
Reference Lewiston National Bank and
First National Bank. Address
F. W. KELLEY.
Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cn'.
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[Saturday, December 2, 1916
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LOTS FOR SALE
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CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
most beautiful spot on the shores of San Francisco Bay
for a suburban home. It commands an extensive view of
the City of San Francisco, Alcatraz and Angel Islands,
Raccoon Straits, San Francisco Bay, Richardson's Bay,
the Berkeley shore, beautiful Belvedere and Mt. Tamal-
pais. It is in Marin County, directly opposite San Fran-
cisco, and forms the eastern shore of Belvedere cove.
It has a naturally terraced, sunny, western slope that is
well adapted for many choice residence sites, every one
affording most picturesque views of the bay and moun-
tain. It is protected from the prevailing western trade winds in
summer by Belvedere Island, and from the southerly storms in
winter by Angel Island. The soil is fertile and part of the island
is well wooded.
It is less subject to fog than any other place near San
Francisco. The summer fog, as it rolls in from the ocean, splits
on the western slope of Sausalito, part of it flowing in a line with
Angel Island towards the Berkeley shore, and part of it along
the southern slope of Mt. Tamalpais, leaving Belvedere, Corin-
thian Island and Raccoon Straits in the bright sunlight, while
the fog banks can be seen as a white wall both to the north and
the south.
There is very little available land about the shores of San
Francisco Bay that is desirable for homes, especially for those
who love boating and kindred sports. The Alameda and Contra
Costa shores of the bay are the lee shores and receive the full
brunt of the boisterous trade winds which lash the shoal waters
near the land into muddy waves, making boating both unpleas-
ant and dangerous. To the north of the city and in Marin
County the land from Sausalito to the entrance of the bay is a
Government reservation and will never be placed on the market.
The shores of Richardson's Bay are not at present convenient
to boat service and, aside from Belvedere and Corinthian Island,
there is little or no land near any ferry landing that possesses
the natural advantages, improvements and possibilities that are
offered on Corinthian Island. Concrete roads, pure water, tele-
phone service and electric light wires are already installed. It is
only ten minutes' walk from any point on the property to
Tiburon boats, and but forty-three minutes' ride to the foot of
Market Street.
On the point of Corinthian Island the Corinthian Yacht
Club has had its home for many years, and on any summer day
the white sails of its numerous fleet add to the charming scene,
as the trim yachts glide about the cove. Excellent fishing of all
kinds for bay fish, including salmon, the gamey striped bass,
rock fish and the toothsome silver smelt, is to be had in the cove.
There is probably no spot so accessible and in such close prox-
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of climate, magnificent scenery, fishing and boating as will here
be found.
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Shoeing' and Balancing'
The
Light Harness Horse
BY JAMES CLARK
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horse will find extremely helpful in the care of
his horse's feet.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
The Treatment of the Coil's
Navicular Trouble.
Feet Before Shoeing.
Heavy Shoes and Pads in
The First Set of Shoes.
the Winter Season.
Sore Feet and Sour Disposi-
Neglected Teeth Make Knee
tion.
hitters and Cross Firers.
Knee-hitting, Scalping, Etc.
Making the Shoes.
Pads, their Benefits and
Extension Shoes.
Abuses.
Outside or ^-swedged Shoes.
Thrush, its cause, treatment
Swedges or Dies.
Punctures.
Calks and Grabs.
Quarter and Toe Cracks.
Bar Shoes Behind.
Hoof Bound.
Aluminum Shoes.
Hitting the Elbows.
The Last Word.
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Hiqh General Average, 148 ex 150, D. D. Gross.
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High General Average, 288 ex 300, H. Kennicott.
LOGANSPORT, IND., October 17.
High General Average, 148 ex 150, H. Kennicott.
HOBOKEN, N. J., October 13.
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MT. PULASKI, ILL., October 11-12.
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CINCINNATI, OHIO, October 5-6.
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TOLEDO, ILL., October 3.
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MEDFORD. OKLA., October 10.
High Amateur Average, 141 ex 150, Wm. Lambert.
LINCOLNVILLE, KANS., October 6.
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Shoeing' and Balancing
Tie
Light Harness Horse
BY JAMES CLARK
]\ COPY of this book should be in every horse
•** owner's library. It treats the subject in a way
that you can understand, giving accurate and re-
liable information that every owner of a good
horse will find extremely helpful in the care of
his horse's feet.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
The Treatment of the Colt's
Navicular Trouble.
Feet Before Shoeing.
Heavy Shoes and Pads in
The First Set of Shoes.
the Winter Season.
Sore Feet and Sour Disposi-
Neglected Teeth Make Knee
tion.
hitters and Cross Firers.
Knee-hitting, Scalping, Etc.
Making the Shoes.
Pads, their Benefits and
Extension Shoes.
Abuses.
Outside or |-swedged Shoes.
Thrush, its cause, treatment
Swedges or Dies.
Punctures.
Calks and Grabs.
Quarter and Toe Cracks.
Bar Shoes Behind.
Hoof Bound.
Aluminum Shoes.
Hitting the Elbows.
The Last Word.
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Saturday, December 9, 1916.]
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road in question that it will put a surface on it that
will be nt for horses to haul a load over. At any
rate Dr. Corwin is entitled to the thanks of all horse-
men for his action in the matter.
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THE COMPLAINTS that have and are being made
by horsemen in regard to the condition of the Dublin
boulevard, in Alameda county, lead to the conclusion
that the Supervisors of that county have put one
■ over on the State Highway Commission. The slip-
pery condition of the boulevard, during the rainy
'weather, as reported in the columns of the Breeder
and Sportsman by Dr. Cecil Corwin of Hayward
some weeks ago, finally resulted in that gentleman
making a written complaint to the Alameda Super-
visors, who in turn referred the complaint to the
State Highway Commission. Mr. A. B. Fletcher, the
Highway Engineer, has now replied to Dr. Corwin's
letter as follows:
Mr. Cecil Corwin, Hayward, Cal.
Dear Sir: — Mr. Gross, county clerk of Alameda
county, has sent to this Commission your letter of
October 25 addressed to the Board of Supervisors of
Alameda county, calling attention to the slippery
condition of the Dublin Boulevard, Road IV, Ala-5-B,
for horses.
I wish I could tell you definitely of the plans of
the Commission concerning the Dublin Boulevard.
This road, as you know, was taken over as a State
Highway by the Commission last year and the State
Is now responsible for its maintenance. It is a very
serious problem; Alameda county has already spent
on this road for its construction something more
than $30,000 per mile. It is not in good repair, its
maintenance is costly, there are bad curves and
grades in the road, and as you state, the crown is
excessive. Much of the slipperiness, so far as the
horses are concerned, is due to the high crown.
The problem which the Commission has before it
is whether it is better to try to maintain the road in
its present condition and pay the high maintenance
costs or to rebuild the road, lessening the grades and
curvatures, and repaving it. It will probably be
some months before this matter is determined, but
I wish to assure you that the Commission is not un-
appreciative of the deficiencies to which you call
attention. Yours very truly,
A. B. FLETCHER,
Highway Engineer.
From the above it would seem that the State High-
way Commission has been induced to accept a road
that although costing $30,000 per mile has not been
properly built, but that the Commission intends put-
ting it in proper shape as soon as possible. If that
Dublin road cost thirty thousand dollars per mile,
there must have been a big profit in the job for
somebody. When it was first opened there was much
hurrah advertising by the automobile agencies over
its many fine features, but it seems that it was not
built to last, and when the Supervisors of Alameda
county lifted it over into the lap of the State High-
way Commission it got rid of a troublesome and
expensive child. Dr. Corwin deserves credit for
taking the initiative and registering a complaint
against this highway and it is pretty certain that his
protest will bear fruit. In his first communication
to the Breeder and Sportsman Dr. Corwin left the
impression with us that the proposed State bond
issue (since carried by a big majority) for completing
the road system of California should not be carried
because such roads as the Dublin boulevard were
dangerous for horses and consequently should not be
built. We intimated at the time that the Dublin road
was built by Alameda county, and the mistake the
State Commission made was in accepting it. No
style of road that is slippery in wet weather should
ever be built through hilly countries where steep
grades are unavoidable, and we believe now that if
the State Highway Commission decides to rebuild the
Starting and Timing Trotters in New Zealand.
Racing of harness horses is conducted on such
a different plan in New Zealand from the customs in
vogue in the United States, that the following edito-
rial from a late issue of the New Zealand Referee will
be of interest to all American horsemen:
The racing campaign of the 1916-17 season is now
in full swing, for the early spring meetings have all
been held, in each case with successful results, and
by the time our next issue is published, the New
Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club's spring meeting
— the most important fixture of the season in the
Dominion — will be in progress. The present season's
racing is arousing more than the ordinary amount of
interest because of the fact that the majority of our
clubs have abandoned the system of handicapping
and starting their races by seconds, and have adopted
instead the standing start method, with the handi-
caps adjusted on a distance basis. The change was
made not because there was anything inherently
wrong with the system of time handicapping and
starting, but because it was recognized that the sport
had reached such a stage with large fields and in-
creasingly keen competition that it was a matter of
physical impossibility for the starter so to control
the fields that every horse had a reasonably fair
chance. The handicapping by yards with the horses
standing at their marks ensures a fair chance for
all, although the bad beginner will suffer the same
disadvantages under this system as he did under the
former method of starting. The starting clock is not
required under the new conditions, and clubs have
had to make inquiries for a suitable device to assist
the starter to send away his fields from a standing
start. The Auckland Trotting Club, the first club in
the Dominion this season to have all the events at
one of its meetings handicapped and started by yards,
decided to adopt the Higgins starting-machine, which
is in use on several courses in Australia. This ma-
chine, which is a very efficient one of its type, is
said to have answered requirements well when tested
at Alexandra Park. Demonstrations of it have been
given in the South Island, but it has not yet been
adopted by either of the clubs whose officials saw
its mechanism in action. The question of cost nat-
urally comes into consideration, and under present
conditions clubs cannot be blamed for hesitating be-
fore incurring somewhat heavy expense in fitting up
apparatus which after all may not be absolutely
necessary. Mr. H. Reynolds, who has been connect-
ed with the sport for so many years, has invented a
very simple device, consisting practically only of
light cords stretched across the track and broken
easily when the horses move up to them, and this
invention is to be used at Addington next week for
the New Zealand Cup Meeting. The standing start
has so far this season proved quite successful, con-
sidering that it was strange to practically all the com-
petitors. It is largely a matter of the education of
the horses, and when with more experience they
become better schooled to the new methods, very
substantial barriers may not be necessary. That is
a question that can only be determined by experi-
ence, and in the meantime the experiments being
made will be followed with interest. Arising out of
the new system of handicapping and starting is the
important "one of timing. If in the case of a horse
winning from behind scratch, the time given is that
for the full distance covered, the public can easily
calculate the time for the correct distance, but some
uniform system must be followed. Handicappers in
different parts of the Dominion appear to have
adopted varying standards on which to base their
handicaps, in some cases 12 yards to the second,
and in others 11 yards, and this will increase the
difficulty of arriving at an exact estimate.
Walter B. Jennings unquestionably thinks mighty
well of the sons and daughters sired by Uncle that
he now has in training for A. K. Macomber, as is
evidenced by the number of yearlings of this breed-
ing that he has entered in the Saratoga stakes for
2-year-olds to be run next August. While in the
past season of racing he has shown a partiality for
the get of Sunstar, the celebrated English sire, these
run second to those of Uncle as entered in the big
Jennings has entered seven colts by Uncle and six
Saratoga events. In the United States Hotel Stakes
by Sunstar. The yearling War Cloud, which is sup-
posed to be one of the stars of the string, is by
Polymelus out of Dreamy.
New York is the best market in the United States
for high class horses because there is more wealth
there than in any other city, consequently more men
and women who are willing to pay a big price for
horses that are high class. For the ordinary horse,
Chicago is the best market as there is where the
dealers are the most numerous.
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A dispatch from New York states that the proposi-
tion to make the rules of harness racing uniform on
all tracks through joint action of committees of the
National Trotting Association and American Trotting
Association may not succeed, owing to the apparent
failure of the Western Association to clothe its rules
committee with authority to act.
Saddle Horse Notes.
Marshall Chief Sold to a Philadelphian.
Our title page this week has a picture of the fam-
ous stallion Marshall Chief, winner of the Missouri
state championship of 1916, that was recently sold
by Jumps Cauthorn of Mexico, Missouri, to Mr. Wil-
liam Wallace of Philadelphia for one of the biggest
prices ever received for a saddle stallion. Marshall
Chief is by the famous sire McDonald Chief, that
sired that great show horse Jack Barrymore, also
Easter Cloud, that recently sold for $4,000 at auction.
He carries more championship saddle blood in his
veins than any horse that is still being shown. He
defeated the best horses of Missouri and Kentucky
this year. He is being exhibited at the International
Live Stock Show in Chicago this week and will be
taken to Denver for the big show and will also be
shown at Milwaukee. He will remain in Missouri
for the season of 1917 and will then be prepared by
"Splint" Barnett for the big shows of the year.
Auction Sale of Saddle Horses.
On Wednesday evening, December 20th, at the
Park Riding Academy, Fulton street, between Fifth
and Sixth Avenues, San Francisco, Mr. E. J. DePue,
proprietor of the Woodland Hackney Stud, will offer
at auction twenty head of saddle horses. In this
consignment are heavy weight and light weight car-
riers, horses suitable for children and several good
ring horses suitable for use in riding schools. There
are several really high class saddle horses that with
proper handling can win in almost any show ring.
Woodland Hackney Stud has sent many prize win-
ners to the show ring and the consignment of horses
from this farm that were sold in New York last
spring brought good prices and some of them have
won in the horse shows since. The sale will begin
at 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening, Dec. 20th, and
will give those looking for good saddle horses an
opportunity of securing them at their own prices.
Every horse will be guaranteed to be just as repre-
sented.
Morgan Stallion to Sire Cavalry Horses.
The registered Morgan stallion Robert Bruce has
been sold by Charles A. Stone, of Plymouth, Mass.,
and New York, to the Secretario de Agricultura of
Havana, Cuba, for the breeding of cavalry horses and
the establishment of a cavalry remount station in
Cuba.
Mr. Stone has been interested for several years in
promoting a remount station in this country to furn-
ish good horses for the United States army.
The sale of Robert Bruce marks a further develop-
ment in the breeding of good horses, and he will be
the first Morgan stallion to go to Cuba.
The purchase was made through Captain Louis A.
Beltran, an officer of the General Staff of the Cuban
army, who has charge of buying cavalry mounts for
his government, and Dr. Bernardo Crespo, of the
Agriculture Department.
Robert Bruce is a dark chestnut, four years old,
15.3 hands high, weighing 1,030 pounds. He was bred
by the late Joseph Battell of Middlebury, Vt, and was
got by Scotland, a son of General Gates, brother to
Lord Clinton 2:08% and head of the United States
government stud. Beauty, the dam of Robert Bruce,
was a daughter of General Gates, so that he is closely
inbred to that horse. Robert Bruce has won several
blue ribbons in the show ring.
Al. Thomas Makes Endurance Rides Yearly.
In showing the horses at the Old Glory Sale A. L.
Thomas rode from one hundred to one hundred and
fifty miles a day for five days. Thomas was in the
saddle off and on about twelve hours a day, and. in
addition to riding his own horse he drove another
one, and a strange one, in front of him, tandem
style, the entire distance, changing the leader about
every mile. He is well past sixty, and he has been
showing trotters in the same way for twenty-three
years at the Garden, always at two sales and some-
times three sales a year. He was an expert at the
work as long ago as 1885, when he exhibited the
trotting stallion Don Cossack 2:18, and his colts at
the National Horse Show for the late Arthur J. Caton,
of whose stock farm at Joliet, 111., he was then the
manager.
In his younger days Thomas was an Indian fighter
on the Western plains and was noted as one of the
most enduring riders in the army. His friends tell
of one occasion on which he carried important dis-
patches 250 miles in thirty-six hours through hostile
territory, riding one horse while leading two others.
This veteran horseman is a firm believer that the
western plains pony is the most enduring species of
horseflesh in North America, if not in the world. And
next to the range bred bronco he places the trotting
horse, one of which he used along with his Western
ponies at the recent sale in the Garden. It is worthy
of note that this trotting horse — one of the toughest
animals. Thomas says, that he has ever seen — was
bred by the late General Bravton Ives, of New York,
and was got by Prince Kellar, a grandson of the
champion stallion Allerton 2:09%, out of Pleasant
Thought 2:21, by Prodigal 2:16; grandam Ecstasy
2:1114, the dam of Lord Dewey 2:03%.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Johnson have returned from
their ranch in Mendocino county and are spending
the winter at the Palace Hotel. Mrs. Johnson keeps
her saddle horses at the San Francisco Riding School
and may be seen almost daily riding one of her favor-
ite horses on the bridle paths in Golden Gate Park.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 9, 1911
STAKED YOUNGSTERS BRING HIGH PRICES.
Average Shows That the Public Wants Colts Eligible
to Stakes.
[A. G. Asdikian in N. Y. Telegraph.]
As an annual indicator of trotting-bred horse
values, the Old Glory Sale of last month .made at
least one record which was unique in its twenty-
one year history and demonstrated that the time
has arrived when breeders must center their atten-
tion on producing best possible candidates for juven-
ile stakes and futurities, or their produce will make
a poor showing as horses of any market value.
The big sale also demonstrated that the youngster
element offered to buyers should belong to blood
lines that are represented by stake winners, either
as youngsters or aged horses, or otherwise they are
already a drug on the public market. The prices
received for youngs'ers and the demand also should
teach breeders that their stock must have futurity
engagements or buyers will pass them over and
pay high prices to those that are so engaged, and
will have a chance to be tried in juvenile events
to prove their value and ability as prospective can-
didates to turf fixtures for aged horses.
There were many instances during the sale to
convince breeders that unless they limit their breed-
ing operations to the blood lines now in demand, no
paying returns can be expected. When a consign-
ment of thirty-five head including 3'oungsters with-
out stake engagements and stock representing no
stake winners of either side, brings an average of
$141.50, while nineteen weanlings bred right and fully
engaged average $716.50, the lesson can be readily
learned.
Stake Colts in Demand.
The following figures, taken from the official list
of the Old Glory sale and presented herewith, proved
beyond any doubt what the present demand for
trotting-bred horses is and how they should be bred
upon a paying basis. They also prove that the day
for inflated and fictious values for trotters has long
passed, except in rare cases, while the stock offered
to buyers must show some merit by its blood lines,
individuality and stake engagements, as the kind
most in demand for breeding and racing.
That present-day buyers want nothing as much
or at higher prices, than youngsters properly and
fully engaged in colt futurities, are shown by the
tables herewith given, to prove in figures the respec-
tive values of those eligible to stakes and others
that have no such eligibility. The list contains all
weanlings, yearlings and 2-year-olds sold at the
Garden :
ALL YOUNGSTERS.
No. Amount. Average.
Weanlings 87 $32,960 $378.85
Yearlings 93 33,050 385.35
Two-year-olds 83 31,985 385.35
Totals and averages. 263 $97,995 $373.00
NO STAKE ENGAGEMENTS.
No. Amount. Average.
Weanlings 4 $ 185 $ 46.25
Yearlings 29 3.085 706.40
Two-year-olds 25 3,765 160.60
Totals and average... 58 $7,035 $121.30
ENGAGED IN STAKES.
No. Amount. Average.
Weanlings 83 $32,775 $395.00
Yearlings 64 29,965 467.90
Two-year-olds 58 28,220 486.51
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Totals and average.. 205 $90,960 $443.73
The figures show that when the so-called chaff was
separated from the grain or youngsters with no stake
or futurity engagements were taken out from each
division, and the total, the average improved to the
amount of $70.75 for the total number sold, while
the increased value for the yearlings and 2-year-olds
was an even $100 per head sold.
Deducting the number of colts (263) from the total
number of 722 horses sold during the entire sale,
also the $97,995 received for the former lot, from
the grand total of $258,370, it will be seen that the
remaining 459 head, including the $20,000 Guy
Axworthy and 85,200 Bingara, brought a total of
$160,375, or an average of $349.40 for high-priced
mares, sensationally fast pacers, trotters with rec-
ords, and standard bred horses in general, the differ-
ence in the two averages being $33.60.
Value of Stake Colts.
In order to fully present the real market value of
the weanlings, yearlings and 2-year-olds, as shown by
the sale, two more sets of figures are given here-
with which will eventually prove that, compared
with the general stock sold during the week, colts
with engagements brought about 100 per cent more
at the open market.
To prove the current demand and market value of
trotters, it will be fair to consider the sale of a
Guy Axworthy, at $20,000, as an extraordinary hap-
pening for the fact that no trotter bad been sold
in a public sale near that price for the past nine
years, also must consider the fact that the same
stallion brought only $2,100 at the Garden sale three
years ago, so that the price paid for him was be-
cause he sired the world's champion trotter Lee
Axworthy, 1.58 1-4. The occasional appearance of
a Bingara in the sales ring at $5,000 should also be
considered merely an incident, because had his owner
not died the horse could not even be bought.
The two therefore demonstrate, respectively, in-
cidental values which have very little bearing on
breeding stock in general, except that the best is
the highest. Deducting the $25,200, the amount re-
ceived" for the two stallions, from the $160,375 re-
ceived for 459 head, outside of the youngsters, the
figures show that the remaining general stock of 457
head brought a total of $135,175, or an average of a
shade less than $296 per head. This average, there-
fore, was the correct market price for trotters, ex-
cepting youngsters.
In order to get to the actual average price for
colts with stake engagements, the 58 weanlings and
2-year-olds without stake prospects are relegated back
to the general stock, making the total number of
515 horses sold for $142,210, or an average of $276
per head. The figures correctly prove, therefore,
that, barring the two stallions, the 205 weanlings,
yearlings and 2-year-olds, with stake engagements,
brought an average of almost 100 per cent more
than the total sold, or to be exact, it was $443.75
or $276 in favor of stake colts.
COMPARING THREE CHAMPIONS.
Relative Speed of Lou Dillon, Uhlan and Lee
Axworthy.
THE CURT GOSNELL FUND.
When the popular trainer, Curt Gosnell, died from
the result of an accident last summer, the Western
Horseman started a fund for the benefit of his wife
and with splendid results, as the following will show:
Cambridge City, Indiana, November 27, 1916.
Breeder and Sportsman — Gentlemen: I appreciate
at this time more than ever before in my life, that
bond of loyalty and friendship which exists among
the light harness horsemen of this country as well
as in Canada, and I take this opportunity to express
my appreciation and thank each and every one who
contributed to the Gosnell Fund for my benefit.
I have today received from The Western Horseman
Company, custodians of the Fund, the magnificent
sum of $4,119, same being the net amount of the
Fund which they have deposited in the Fletcher Sav-
ings and Trust Company Bank for my benefit.
Yours very sincerely,
MRS. CURT GOSNELL.
What the National Horse Show Proved.
The big crowds which filled Madison Square Gar-
den daily during the National Horse Show which
closed last Saturday night, and the real interest
shown by a large portion of the persons present each
day and evening of the show denotes clearly that
public interest in the horse has not decreased one
jot or tittle since the coming of the automobile.
Never before has the big Metropolitan been marked
by exhibits of higher quality nor by exhibits for
which the exhibitors had paid more money. It has
been a long time since trotting horse breeders took
any pronounced active part in the big show and this
year was no exception in that respect, but in the
classes for trotting bred horses and roadsters the
quality of those shown was never higher. The
classes for heavy harness horses, saddle horses,
hunters, high steppers and ponies were filled to over-
flowing and the immense crowds that turned out to
see them afford most satisfactory evidence of the
senselessness of the talk of a "horseless age." Love
for a good horse seems to be an inborn trait in the
human race, and no matter what degree of develop-
ment mechanical transportation attains, the horse
will always play a part in the recreative life of the
world if not in its industrial life, although for that
matter, there is no evidence that the horse will be
displaced industrially for generations to come, if
at all. — Horse World.
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Hope Springs Eternal in the Horseman's Breast.
There is a lot of philosophy in a remark attrib-
uted to John E. Madden in a conversation at Madison
Square Garden last week. Speaking of the influence
of the futurities in the encouragement of breeding
and holding the interest in racing he said: "A horse
entered in stakes keeps many a man from getting
the blues. He winters on expectations. Who ever
heard of a man with a lottery ticket in his pocket
committing suicide?" Nothing truer was ever spoken.
It is hope that buoys up the average man who races
horses. He comes home in the fall after a bad sea-
son in a blue funk, with the determination to quit,
and oftentimes he does. But in the spring when the'
training and racing season approaches he regains
his optimism and looks forward to better luck. The
thing he needs to enable him to hold on is a little
hope ahead, and if he has a promising colt with a lot
of stake engagements his boat is moored to a safe
anchor. Racing associations like those at Goshen,
Monroe and Middletown, which hold out in Novem-
ber the glittering rewards to be won the following
August, instill hope in the same manner in the breast
of the hesitating owner. He will not quit as long as
there is hope if he is a game man, and there is
always hope when he can see that he has a chance
[Trotter and Pacer.
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According to advanced reports from Detroit, the
Detroit Driving Club is now planning two Grand
Circuit meetings next year, one in July and another
at a suitable date later. The three-heat svstem,
which was first tried at the Michigan State Fair
track last year, will be abandoned and replaced with
a program of three races daily, on the best three-in-
five system, and speculation confined to the pari-
mutuel system.
Fascinating to the speed-lover, is the analysis of I
record-breaking performances. This dissection and I
the comparison of the pace at different parts of the
miles is always fruitful of interest. The quarter-
time, in truth, discloses "where" the record was
broken — and "how." In one instance it may reveal
a wonderfully even rate of speed, assumed at the
beginning and maintained throughout; in another,
a terrific burst going away, or coming home, or
through the middle half. The analysis computes
and compares these fractions, and they have much
influence in his final estimates.
The three fastest trotters that have thus far ap-
peared are Uhlan 1:58, Lee Axworthy 1:58% and
Lou Dillon 1:58% — and as the first is a gelding, the
second a stallion, and the third a mare, they are
also the champions of the three sexual divisions
which they represent. The fact that their records
are so nearly on a parity, but a half-second separating
the fastest and the slowest of the three, is a some-
what unique feature, indicating how close together
in class they were, or are. If it were a possible
thing for the three to have raced against each other,
without any of them having to trot a longer mile
than the pole horse — that is to say, over a straight-
away course — a blanket would cover them at the
finish. It is true that both Uhlan and Lee Axworthy
made their records "in the open," while Lou Dillon
was preceded by a pace-maker — but, as is well
known, she did not take kindly to that method of
record-breaking, and it was necessary to keep the
runner so many lengths away from her that he v.
of no benefit in lessening wind-resistance. The pres-
ent writer, who witnessed and vividly recalls her
record mile, has no hesitancy in stating that the front
runner was a hindrance rather than a help to her that
day, and that she would have trotted as fast, or
perhaps faster, without him to bother her.
Which of these three trotters was really the "fast-
est"? That is, which possessed the highest flight of
pure speed? Good arguments may be advanced for
all three of them. Many critics still believe that Lou
Dillon has never been approached as a speed marvel,
holding that her flight, for a burst, has never been
equaled by any later champion. Again, did not Uhlan
pull Mr. Billings a half, to four-wheeled wagon, in
56% seconds? And has his owner not repeatedly
ridden him eighths in 13 seconds or better, the geld-
ing packing a weight of 190 pounds or more?
In one respect, however, Lee Axworthy has demon-
strated a higher flight of extreme speed, over a cor-
responding distance of ground, than either of the
other two. When he trotted his record mile in
1:58% at Lexington, Ky., last month, he reached the
three-quarter pole in 1:27%, which is the fastest
time in which any trotter ever covered that distance.
An examination of the records shows that in their
fastest miles all three of these trotters then went
to the three-quarters at a higher rate of speed than
in any other instance, so, as a matter of interest, we
append the fractional time made by each:
Uhlan, 1912 :30 :59 1:28 1:58
Lee Axworthy, 1916. :29% :58% 1:27% 1:58%
Lou Dillon, 1903 :30 :59% 1:28% 1:58%
It will be seen that Lee Axworthy was at the three-
quarters in 1:27%, Uhlan in 1:28 and Lou Dillon in
1:28%. He did not, however, have quite the "steam"
to take him onto the wire at a correspondingly faster
rate. His last quarter consumed 30% seconds, while
both Uhlan and Lou trotted theirs in flat :30. The
middle halves of all three miles was where the
record-breaking was really done. Lee Axworthy
trotted his in :57%, LThlan did his in :58, and Lou
Dillon hers in :58%. The fastest quarter by Lee
Axworthy was his second, which he did in :28%.
Uhlan trotted both his second and his third in :29
each, and Lou did her third in :29 also.
When the three champions, of the three sexual
divisions, reach a speed limit so nearly the same,
the reflection is almost irresistible that the present
speed-limit of the breed is, to all intents and pur-
poses, not only actually, but theoretically established.
This would seem to be farther supported by the
status of the records in the two most important colt
divisions, namely, the two and three-year-olds. As
very few geldings of these ages are trained or raced,
we can best gauge the situation by comparing the
colts and fillies. We find that the champion two-
year-old filly is The Real Lady 2:04%, and the cham-
pion colt Peter Volo 2:04%; while the champion
three-year-old colt is Peter Volo 2:03%, and the
champion three-year-old filly is Volga 2:04%. But a
quarter-second separates the two-year-olds, and a
second the three-year-olds — and, as regards the latter
pair, it is our opinion that Volga might have closely
approached, if not equaled, Peter Volo's record had
she been specially prepared for the task. [ — The Horse
Review. o
Searchlight 2:03%, twenty-two years old, went
through the Indianapolis sale two weeks ago and was
purchased by A. C. Shanks of Deshler, Ohio, for
$180; Diamond Mac 2:15%, thirteen years old, sold
for $195, Hedgewood Patchen 2:09%, six years old,
brought $1200; Edna Ansel, a two-year-old filly by
Prince Ansel, dam Edna Saunders by Axworthy, sold
for $100; and Senator O'Brien, two years old with a
yearling record of 2:29, by Peter the Great 2:07%,
brought $1000. The sale was held during very cold
and bad weather.
Saturday, December 9, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Thoroughbred Matters
THOROUGHBREDS SLOWLY INCREASING
All records have been broken in the way of the
entries of yearlings for future two-year-old stakes in
the number that closed the Saratoga stakes for next
season. This is the announcement made by Racing
. | Secretary A. McL. Earlocker at the offices of the
Saratoga Association.' Last season records were
broke at Saratoga for attendance by patrons of the
sport and the number of thoroughbreds on hand to
furnish the racing. And there is every reason to
predict that everything will be bigger and better at
Saratoga next August than that of the last season
of racing at the great resort that has passed into
memory. The complete list of entries for Saratoga
shows that 200 two-year-olds have been entered for
the Hopeful Stakes. This is seventy-eight more than
I were entered last year when the richest stake of the
season showed 128 entries. This means that the win-
ning of the Hopeful will bring a fortune to the win-
■ ner. And there were big increases in entries all
I along the line. In the United States Hotel Stakes,
guaranteed to be worth ?7,500, 199 yearlings have
; been entered, as against 130 last year, while in the
( Grand Union Hotel Stakes, also for juveniles, there
are 198 against 130 entered for last season's running.
The Spinaway, for two-year-old fillies, also shows a
; considerable increase, with 148 entries, against 105
that were named for this event in 1916. Also the
I subscriptions for the Grab Bag Handicap, for two-
year-olds, shows more liberality on the part of those
who expect to race their stables at Saratoga. This
event shows seventy-two subscriptions, as against
fifty-five that were taken a year ago.
The exodus of brood mares, yearlings and blood-
stock generally to the United States and elsephere,
is assuming proportions that make one anxious con-
cerning the breed in this country. Almost every
week there appear in The Thoroughbred Record
(Lexington, Ky.) lists of fresh importations from
England, and if this sort of thing goes on, as it
promises to, I am afraid that by the end of the war
our stock will become seriously depleted. One can-
not, of course, blame owners and breeders for taking
advantage of the American demand for British thor-
oughbreds, but it is not as if buyers in the States
were content with securing anything on four legs as
long as its pedigree looked well. American owners
and breeders are experts in the matter of make and
shape as well as blood, and the best, or as near to
the best as they can buy, is what they require and in
many cases obtain. — [Vigilant, in London Sportsman.
The death of W. R. Griffin, who prior to the close
of the race track here in California was prominently
identified with the running turf, occurred at his
home in Berkeley last month. Deceased was a brother
of H. T. Griffin, the well known ex-racing man who
is now heavily engaged in rice farming in Yolo
county, and who resides in Oakland. W. R. Griffin
was well known all over the United States as a suc-
cessful trainer, and developed a number of good
horses. He had during recent years been in the em-
ploy of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
476 Thoroughbreds Imported in 1916.
New York, Nov. 27. — The figures in connection
with the thoroughbred industry of the United States
as revealed by The Jockey Club's records for the past
five years, or during the period when racing was
under restrictions which hampered it almost to the
point of extinction, are interesting. The official rec-
ords show that 1,553 certificates were issued for
males and females of various ages exported during
that time by W. H. Rowe, the official registrar of
The Jockey Club.
"These certificates do not by any means furnish
an accurate estimate of the number of thoroughbreds
we lost," said Mr. Rowe a few days ago, "as many
consignments to England, Germany, Australia, the
Argentine and other South American points were
sent without any other papers than the foal certifi-
cates, and we are now getting communications from
these countries where some of the mares have pro-
duced something good and their breeding must be
confirmed. I would say that quite as many animals
went without our certificates of exportation as have
them, so that 3,000 would not be too high a figure to
place on the total shipments of thoroughbreds from
this country from 1911 to 1915 inclusive.
"Our records, however," continued Mr. Rowe,
"show that the tide has turned our way strongly, the
importations during 1914 from abroad totalling 190
head, while the current year to date is responsible
for 406, with 70 more on the Atlantic at the present
time. This will bring us well up to the 700 mark,
with another month to fill out the year. A number
of the horses and mares which went abroad repre-
sented the best blood lines in our stud book, and
many of them we could ill afford to lose, but we are
getting in exchange representatives of families that
have been most successful abroad, and they should
leave their impress on the thoroughbred future of
the United States."
NEW YORK, November 26.— Gradually this coun-
try is getting into its stride again in the thorough-
bred line. In conversation with W. H. Rowe, who
looks after the registration of all thoroughbreds, he
says the home bred two-year-olds which were regis-
tered for next year number 1,974, as against 1,879
this year. While this is but a small increase, it is
something and does not include 205 foreign-bred
youngsters that were imported for next year's con-
tests. This totals 2,179 two-year-olds for 1917. "It
is doubtful,'" said Mr. Rowe, "if there will be quite
as many registrations this year as there were in
1915, owing to so many mares proving barren. One
breeder reported that only one of his eight mares
had given results. This, of course, was an extra-
ordinary case, but as far as I can see now, it will
not be surprising to see a decrease of about one hun-
dred registrations this year compared with 1915. The
proportion of foals in nearly every stud was lower
this year for some unaccountable reason."
A comparative table for the past six years shows a
steady growth since the Hughes crusade against the
sport of racing in 1910. In that year there were 2,415
home-bred yearlings registered. It continued to de-
crease until 1914, when the number took an upward
trend, there being 157 more registrations in 1914 than
in 1913. Following are the figures for the past six
years, for domestic-bred horses only: In the year 1915,
there were 1,974 yearlings registrations; in 1914, 1,-
879; in 1913, 1,722; in 1912, 1,904; in 1911, 2,403; in
1910, 2,415.
Had not adverse legislation interfered with the
growth of the thoroughbred industry7, according to
statements made by members of the Jockey Club, it
would not have been out of reason to expect a list of
3,500 registrations by this time. Many breeding estab-
lishments began to sell their stock to foreign buyers
as early as 1908, and by 1910, hundreds of mares had
benn shipped to foreign countries. For the past two
or three years, however, there have been many im-
portations to this country, and, according to Mr.
Rowe, the result will be beneficial in the long run,
as we need new blood on the farms, and there is no
question it has been brought here. Many horses of
Europe's select blood have been brought over, and,
while it may take a few years to demonstrate what
the result will be, the general feeling is that in a year
or two we shall have as good horses as ever were
foaled here, and possibly better. From all viewpoints
the thoroughbred breeding industry is now in a
healthy condition.
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Jockey Club Will Not Censure Pimlico.
New York, Nov. 29. — Some of the sensationalists
and calamity howlers are trying to inject a feeling
into others that the Jockey Club will take some
action against the Pimlico management owing to its
announcement that it will hereafter abandon stake
races. It is doubtful if any such thought will even
suggest itself to any member of the Jockey Club. In
the first place, every association under Jockey Club
jurisdiction can give as much money as it chooses or
can afford to purses and stakes, so long as the rules
are recognized. Some tracks can give more than
others. As much as the turf rulers would like to see
rich stakes and purses everywhere, it is not likely
to take arbitrary action in any case. Mr. Belmont
simply regrets that such an ultimatum has been
reached at Pimlico, and his interview was issued to
try to show how advisable it is to give rich stakes,
to uphold the breeding industry of this country and
to advance the importance of the horse in every par-
ticular. For the past few years there have been very
few stakes run at Pimlico, hence its determination
to cut them all out will not be any serious hardship.
The only question at issue is whether it would have
been far more advisable to open some rich stakes,
rather than play to the overnight or forty-eight-hour
events. As one horseman remarked: "Rich stakes
bring the best stables to a race course, and with the
best stables come the more aristocratic followers of
the turf. This has been the history of racing for
centuries."
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"From little acorns big oak trees grow" is an old
saying, but it might be recalled in connection with
the fact that one of the Dupont family has decided
to arrange a hunt meeting somewhere near Wilming-
ton, Delaware. It will not take place until next au-
tumn, but there is a reason to believe that if it turns
out a social success, as has the Piping Rock institu-
tion of a similar nature, it may be possible a wonder-
ful race course will be built in Delaware. But for
the war starting when it did, there might have been
a race meeting in Delaware ere this of short dura-
tion and under the auspices of Delaware's fashionable
set, but the European trouble necessitated the Du-
pont powder mills to get busy. There is no question
that the little hunt meeting near Wilmington next
autumn will be looked forward to with much con-
cern by all who are interested in the welfare of the
turf.
Racing in Australia.
The Victoria (Australia) Derby, of one mile and
a half, which was run at Flemington, on Saturday,
Nov. 5th, resulled in a comfortable victory for Mr.
D. U. Seaton's Wolaroi, a 7 to 1 chance, who won
rather easily by half a length from Mr. J. Robinson's
Mehi King, with Eastcourt, belonging to the owner
of the winner, a good third. Wolaroi was bred by
his owner, who offered him for sale as a yearling
without the horse reaching his reserve, and is a
black colt by Kenilworth (son of Childwick and
Kizil Kourgan, winner of the French Oaks and
Grand Prix de Paris) out of Widden Lass by Malt-
ster, the latter of whom himself won the Australian
Jockey Club and Victoria Derbys, and ran second to
Clean Sweep as a three-year-old in the Melbourne
Cup of 1900. Wolaroi is full of Galopin blood, Kenil-
worth being his great-grandson, as is Maltster (son
of Bill of Portland), while Widden Lass's dam Chut-
ney was begotten by Gossoon (son of Galopin).
Wolaroi did very well as a two-year-old, among his
victories being the rich Breeders' Plate at the A. J. C.
spring meeting at Randwick last year, when he cre-
ated a surprise by beating Sister Satellite and others,
starting at 20 to 1. On Monday, the 7th of November.
Lavendo, who won the Caulfield Cup in 1915, secured
the mile and a quarter Melbourne Stakes, a weight-
for-age sweepstakes with 100 sovs added, from Car-
lita (V. R. C. Derby winner) and others. Lavendo
is a five-year-old bay horse by Chaucer (sire of Sted-
fast. Canyon, etc.) from Lavello by Laveno, bred by
Mr. A. L. Christie, and he went to Australia as a foal,
together with his dam, in 1912.
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Juarez Has Successful Opening.
Advices from El Paso are to the effect that the
opening of the racing season at Juarez on Thanksgiv-
ing Day was very successful, about 5000 persons
being present, and the bettors took to the mutuel ma-
chines so well that the amounts wagered were far
above expectations. The weather was perfect and
while the racing was mostly of the sprint order it
was very good.
The famous Melbourne Cup, the richest stake in
the world, had to be postponed from Nov. 7th to Nov.
Ilth. on account of a muddy track which made rac-
ing dangerous. This was the first time a postpone-
ment of this great race has been made since 1870,
when Nimblefoot won the race. The race this year
was won by Sasanof. at 20 to 1. Sasanof is a small
horse of the pony size, and many of the turf
followers did not believe he would be able to go the
distance against the best three-year-olds in Austra-
lia. Furthermore, he was reported lame and a doubt-
ful starter.
When the race got under way, Sasanof trailed back
in the ruck for the first mile. Then Jockey F. Foley
started moving up with him and when the straight-
away was reached he worked his way up among the
leaders. A furlong from the wire, Shepherd King
moved up into contention, but Foley drew his whip
and Sasanof easily increased his lead for a handy
victory.
R. Lewis rode Shepherd King, that was 9 to 2 in
the wagering. St. Spasa, M. Connell up. was third,
and Lingle. with F. Dempsey, was fourth. The time,
3:27%, was slow because of the rains.
Sasanof is a brown gelding owned by W. G. Stead
and E. S. Luttrell and was sired by Martian, dam
Ukraine.
Number of Horses Racing.
In the year 1905 there were 6,232 thoroughbreds
raced in the United States and Canada, while in 1915
only 3700 faced the starter in these two countries.
The number racing in 1916 will probably show quite
an increase, but the actual figures cannot be tabu-
lated until the end of the year. The number of thor-
oughbreds racing over American tracks since and
including 1900 is as follows:
Year Horses. Year. Horses.
1900 4.792 1908 5.405
1901 5.127 1909 4,890
1902 5,271 1910 4,180
1903 5.525 1911 4.038
1904 5.962 1912 3.553
1905 6,232 1913 3.541
1906 5.962 1914 3,632
1907 5.662 1915 3.700
Thirteen head of runners were shipped to New
Orleans last Monday by John Lowe, trainer for
Charles W. Clark, president of the Golden Gate
Thoroughbred Breeders' Association. The New Or-
leans meeting opens on New Year's day and the
outlook is for large attendance and high class racing.
Murphy, an eastern lightweight, has been engaged to
ride for the stable. The horses in the shipment are
the well known Brynlimah. that won so many stakes
at the exposition: Rose Marion, the speedy three-
year-old; Aunt Liz. the Chantilly two-year-old that
holds the New Orleans track record: David Craig.
Pleasureville. El Palomar, Eatham, Duireer Roberts,
Tiirdif . Gun Powder, Tresor and two unnamed Chan-
tilly yearlings.
S. C. Hildreth and Thomas J. Healey have been
weighing and measuring the two great two-year-olds
which they have in their charge, Hourless and Camp-
fire. Hourless. which stands just 15 hands and 2':i
inches high, is a quarter of an inch the taller of the
two. while Campfire is a bit longer. Hourless weighs
1.018 pounds and girths 70 inches. Campfire weighs
1,054 pounds and girths 71 inches. Each trainer is
very proud of his colt, and each is enthusiastic in his
admiration of his stable champion's most dangerous
rival. As Hourless is nearly black, he looks smaller
in proportion to bis actual measurements than does
Campfire, which is a rich "hard" chestnut.
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There are 144 stalls at the San Francisco Riding
School and all are now occupied by saddle horses.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 9. 1916
Harness Horses and Horsemen
M. L. Woy of Fresno Wins His Protest.
At the meeting of the Board of Review of the Na-
tional Trotting Association held in New York this
week, the protest of Mr. M. L. Woy of Fresno, against
the California State Agricultural Society, was sus-
tained. When the Occident Stake for three-year-olds
was trotted at the State Fair Jast September, it was
trotted under the conditions which were made before
the stake closed and which were as follows:
"Occident Stake of 1916, for foals of 1913, to be
trotted under direction of the Slate Agricultural So-
ciety in 1916. One hundred dollars entrance, of which
$10 must accompany nomination Jan. 1st, 1914, $15
to be paid Jan. 1st, 1915, $25 to be paid Jan. 1st, 1916.
and $50 thirty days before the race. Conditions:
Mile heats. Race to be three heats. Every heat
a race. One-third of the money will be allowed for
division in each heat, and money allotted for heat
divided as follows: Fifty per cent to first colt,
twenty-five per cent to the second, fifteen per cent to
the third, and ten per cent to the fourth. The Occi-
dent Cup and $400 to be added by the Society to be
awarded to colt standing highest in the summary.
Distance 100 yards. Otherwise N. T. A. rules to
govern."
When the race had gone to three heats the horses
stood as follows in the summary:
Mr. Durfee's Hermes 3 2 1
Mr. Woy's Lulu B 2 1 3
Mr. Pollock's Miss Axworthy Dillon 14 2
Mr. Christenson's Natal Day 4 3 4
It will be seen that no colt stood highest in the
summary as Hermes and Lulu B. were tied for that
place, each having a first, a second and a third to
its credit The judges thereupon ordered another
heat to decide which of the two should be awarded
the $400 and the cup. Mr. Woy protested that the
conditions provided that the race should end after
three heats, and declined to start his filly. Mr. Dur-
fee brought his colt on to the track, trotted him alone
another heat and was awarded the money and the
cup. Mr. Woy thereupon filed a written protest
against the decision and took the case to the Board
of Review. The Board on Thursday last sustained
his protest, ordered the $400 to be divided between
the two and directed that the Agricultural Society
either give each a cup or let the drivers cast lot for
the one already provided.
Mr. Woy based his protest on the ground that the
conditions of the stake provided for three heats and
three heats only, and that section 4 of rule 37 pro-
vides that "When two or more horses appear equal
in rank in the summary of a race they shall share
equally in the award of premiums won by them."
Mr. Durfee claimed that the added money and the
cup were given for the colt standing highest in the
summary-, and that this condition demanded another
heat so that the award could be made. He also
quoted a general condition governing all the races
at the State Fair this year which stated that "Should
two or more horses be tied for first place at the com-
pletion of the third heat, such horses only shall
contest in a fifth heat and money divided according
10 rank in the summary at the termination of that
heat."
The Board of Review evidently held that this con-
dition could not apply to the stake as no additional
conditions can be made in a stake after it has closed,
and that this condition only applied to the class
races.
Further comment on the decision is reserved until
the full context of the same is received, but we are
safe in asserting that the matter will be subject for
much conversation among California horsemen for
several weeks to come.
The Last 2:10 Trotter of 1916
In all probability Charley Spencer of Santa Rosa
made the last addition to the list of 2:10 trotters for
1916 when he drove The Proof a winning race on the
opening day of the Arizona State Fair last month
and won the third heat in 2:09%. In this race he
beat Will Durfee with Esperanza, Fred Ward with
Allie Lou. and four others that had started in the
2:12 trot for a purse of $1,000. And this reminds us
that Spencer has marked quite a number of 2:10
trotters during his career as trainer and reinsman.
and that he holds the opinion that The Proof will,
barring accidents, trot to a lower record next season
than any horse he has ever driven. During the sea-
son of 1916 The Proof started in thirteen races, was
four times first, six times second, twice fourth and
unplaced once. He trotted a lot of miles from
to 2:08, broke two half mile track records,
and at Phoenix trotted three races in four days and
showed that there is no question but he is capable
of trotting in 2:06 or better. He won the. 2:12 class.
was second in the 2:09 class, and trotted the third
heat in 2:(>734 beaten half a length, with one front
shoe off that he lost about fifty yards after leaving
the wire. He was only beaten a nose in the second
heat in 2:07%. Going a mile with one shoe off
bruised his foot so that it was very sore, yet he
stayed on the trot and the next day was 2-2-3, and
only beaten a nose the first heat in 2:07%. During
Spencer's career as a trainer he has developed and
driven Bernice R. 2:07%, Prince Lot 2:07%, Aristo
2:0S%. Kid Cupid 2:08%, Nada 2:09%, Bonnie Ansel
2:09%, The Proof 2:09%, Glen Rose 2:07% and a
great many others with slower records. All these
horses trotted around 2:07 and some of them have
shown miles in better time. With Bernice R., Prince
Lot and Nada he won about $27,000 in purses and
made very few starts in the colt stakes in California
in which he did not get a part of the money. Mr.
Spencer has been very successful as a trainer, and
while he had some very flattering offers to remain in
the east while on his campaign with The Proof this
year, he thinks California is about the best place in
the world to live and will reside in Santa Rosa. The
Proof will be raced again in 1917 and it is to be hoped
there will be enough races for the 2:10 trotters in
California to induce the owners of horses in this
class to race here instead of crossing the mountains.
Thirty Per Cent More Nominations Than Last Year.
California breeders of trotters and pacers are more
optimistic than they were last year, and have shown
it by an increase of nearly 30 per cent in the number
of entries for the Pacific Breeders' Futurity No. 17,
over the list received for No. 16. Last year the stake
closed with only 71 nominations, the smallest in its
history, while this year there will be at least 90
entries and probably more, as at this writing the
mail from distant points was not all in and there may
be a few more by the time the nominations are all
received. The California breeders have risen to the
occasion and shown that from now on the breed-
ing and racing of trotters and pacers will receive
from them more attention than it has during the
slump of the last few yTears. Everything points to
better prices for horses with speed enough to race
and that is what the breeder must now produce if
he desires to keep up with the procession. The light
delivery and roadster market which in years past
took care of the trotters and pacers that could not
show standard speed, is gone, never to return, so
the breeder who makes a profit must breed horses
with race horse speed. This means that fewer horses
will be bred than ten years ago. but the class will be
higher. There will no doubt be more racing every
year, and horses that can trot in 2:25 or pace in
2:20 will always find races provided for them suffi-
cient to give them a value proportionate to the speed
they show faster than that. Breeders cannot expect
to raise horses at a profit for which there is no
active demand, consequently the proportion of horses
suitable for racing must be larger than heretofore
required. This will lead breeders to exercise better
judgment in mating their mares, and more study in
the selection of breeding animals. The demand is
for faster and better race horses, and that demand
will continue, but will be harder to fill, and the breed-
er who starts in now must breed for more speed and
endurance, even though he is already in the front
rank of the breeding army.
Cathedral Chimes Wins New Zealand Handicap.
American horsemen may look upon New Zealand
as not "cutting much ice" in the harness racing
game, but there is no race in America where aged
trotters and pacers compete for as much money as
is hung up each year in the New Zealand Handicap,
a race which is for trotters and pacers. It has a
value of $13,000, of which the second horse receives
$2500, third $1500 and fourth $1000, leaving the win-
ner about $8,000. The distance of the race is two
miles. This year's handicap was trotted on Tues-
day. November 7th, and was won by J. B. Thomp-
son's Cathedral Chimes, that was handicapped 36
yards. R. McDonnell's Evelyn, handicapped 24 yards,
was second, Mrs. Seymour's Admiral Wood handi-
capped 72 yards was third, and J. Lecky's Mandaren,
scratch, was fourth. The time was 4:313-5, which is
the record for the race for the past seven years.
Seventeen horses started. The winner is a bay four-
year-old colt by Four Chimes, son of Abbey Bells, a
Kentucky bred horse. During the afternoon of the
races fire broke out in the members' stand which
was completely destroyed. It had been but recently
erected at a cost of $50,000. Abbey Bells, the grand-
sire of the winner of this stake, was purchased by a
representative of the Allendale Stock Farm in Ken-
tucky when a colt, and taken direct to Australia. He
was foaled in 1896. and was sired by Bow Bells (son
of Electioneer and Beautiful Bells) ; his dam is Rus-
sia, full sister to Maud S. 2:08%, by Harold, second
dam the famous mare Miss Russell by Pilot Jr.
Hal Dillard 2:04% is Dead.
Word comes from Cincinnati that the noted pacing
stallion Hal Dillard died at the farm of his owner,
Franklin Sanford, across the river in Kentucky on
the 10th of November. The old horse was 29 years
old. He was foaled In 1887 in Tennessee and was
purchased as a two-year-old by Thomas C. Parsons,
who compiled Parsons' Pacing Register. Geers raced
Hal Dillard successfully and gave him a record of
2:07%, which was afterward reduced to 2:04% in
a mile against time, driven by H. A. Hills. Hal Dil-
lard was the first 2:05 pacer sired by the famous
Brown Hal. He has thirteen pacers in the 2:10 list,
and his son Hal B. 2:04% is now the foremost living
sire of pacers, with sixteen 2:10 pacers to his credit,
the three fastest being Hal Boy 2:01%, Hal B. Jr.
2:02% and Hal Raven 2:03%, all famous Grand Cir-
cuit performers. Hal Dillard was a pacing bred
horse. His sire was the pacer Brown Hal 2:12% and
his dam Annie Pointer by John Dillard Jr. At the I
close of 1915 he had 4 trotters and 90 pacers to his
credit with standard records.
Horses Are Like Men.
The sale of Bingara for $5,200 at the Garden last
month was a capital illustration of the fickle char-
acter of the public fancy for trotting sires. Here
was a fashionably bred horse in the prime of life
and as perfect in physical structure as almost any
stallion of the day, one that, in a country where
Peter the Great 2:07%, Baron Wilkes, 2:18, and other
famous sires had been failures at the stud, got more
fast ones than any other horse of the same age ever
got in the favorable climate of Kentucky or Cali-
fornia.
At fifteen years of age Bingara is the sire of such
trotters as Baden, 2:05%, winner of $36,000 in one
campaign through the Grand Circuit; of Belvasia,
2:06%, winner of $10,885 in a single season; of Bin-
volo, 2:07%, a futurity performer, of Bisa, 2:10%,
winner of $12,850; of Bergen, 2:06%, winner of $5,-
050; of Baring, 2:12%, winner of $8,450; of Brisac,
2:06%; Brione, 2:08%; Brescia, 2:09%; Binworth
2:09%; Bismya, 2:09%, and twenty-six trotters in
the 2:15 list.
His get won nearly fifty races this year, and in
the last five years have won more than $158,000 in
purses and stakes. Peter the Great, at the same age,
made no such showing, although he had then stood
for several years in Kentucky, while Bingara's life
has been spent in the rocky hills of Northern Massa-
chusetts, where snow sometimes covers the pasture:
from November until May.
When asked why, in his opinion, Bingara brought
so small a sum, a New York horseman, who now
owns a champion said, it was largely due to his fail-
ure to get more fast colt trotters. But what other
sire under like conditions ever had to his credit at
the same age such colt trotters as Binvolo, with a
three-year-old record of 2:09%; Binworth, with a
record in the same notch at the same age; Bisa,
"runner-up" to General Watts in the Kentucky Futu-
rity of 1907, and Bivolo's second to The Harvester in
the same race the next season, not to mention Bel-
vasia, timed in 2:10% in a race at the same age,
and more than fifty of his offspring that earned rec-
ords in the 2:30 list as two-year-olds? Bingen 2:06%,
the sire of Bingara, was incomparably the best two-
year-old of bis day, having trotted a mile in public
in 2:12% at that age. And Bingara's dam was by
Arion, 2:07%. holder of the world's record for two-
year-olds from 1891 until 1909, so that he is bred in
lines prolific of early and extreme speed. Given the
warm climate of Kentucky or Tennessee, which
changed Peter the Great, Todd, George Wilkes and
so many other sires from failures to successful stock
horses, and Bingara ought to rank with any of them
as a sire of colt trotters or aged trotters.
The more probable explanation of the ridiculously
low price for Bingara seems to be that he had not
been represented on the turf in the last year or two
by a sensational trotter like Baden or Belvasia, and
that the fickle public had in some measure forgotten
him in its enthusiasm for a new idol. This tendency
among horsemen to take up a sire or a family on
the strength of one or two brilliant performers and
then drop it as suddenly and with about as little
reason as they change the style of their hats, is as
old as the breeding of trotting horses. Every old
time horseman remembers the Dictator boom of a
third of a century ago, when Jay-Eye-See, 2:10; Phal-
las, 2:13%, and Director, 2:17, all on the turf at the
same time, made their sire the most popular horse
in the country. A little later came the passing craze
for Pancoast, 2:21%, sire of Patron 2:14%; Issaqu-
ena, 2:21%, and Aquarius, 2:26, and then the scram-
ble for Sultan blood, when Marcus Daly paid $26,000
for an untried two-year-old, and John H. Shults $8,-
500 for a yearling under the hammer the same day.
Had Bingara been sold by auction in New York
about three years ago, when the brilliant perform-
ances of Badea. Belvasia, Bergen, Bisa and Binvolo
were sending troops of buyers to Allen Farm for
colts the great son of Bingen, it is likely, he would
have brought more money than Guy Axworthy com-
manded last week, with Lee Axworthy's splendid
achievements fresh in the minds of fickle horse-
men.— [Am. Horse Breeder.
Must Ride to Keep in Condition.
Messrs. Martin and Martin, the saddlery and har-
ness makers, advise that their New York house re-
cently received an order from The National Cash
Register Co., of Dayton, Ohio, for fifty-five saddles
for the use of their executives, who have been re-
quired to take horseback rides regularly each week.
Horseback riding was undoubtedly chosen by the
company, not only- for its beneficial effects, but also
for the reason that a horse can be ridden most of
the year, thus keeping their executives in good con-
dition at all times. — [Rider and Driver.
To Owners of Arab Horses.
The Arabian Horse Club of America is desirous of
obtaining the names and addresses of owners of
Arabian horses and asks all such owners to commu-
nicate promptly with Miss Ethel Boyd Bowers, Reg-
istrar, 140 West 16th Street, N. Y.
Dick MeMahan, J. B. Chandler and the Hillanddale
Farm stable will winter at Macon, Ga. Each stable
will contain about 25 head.
Saturday, December 9, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Pacific Breeders' Futurity No. 17 will have nearly
100 nominations.
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Many newcomers to the ranks of harness horse
owners are reported in the eastern states.
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Hemet Stock Farm will send 20 head of colts,
mares and race horses to the Chicago Sale.
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Henry Thomas will train a three-year-old halt
brother to Napoleon Direct 1:59% next year.
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One of the half mile tracks in Vermont advertises
a free-for-all trot for a purse of $2500 for 1917.
Over ten thousand trotters and pacers started in
races in the United States in 1916, and about one-
third as many runners.
It is said that Country Jay 2:05%, now twenty
years old, was started in two or three races this
year.
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Several California towns that have not held fairs
or race meetings for years are talking about getting
back into the game in 1917.
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Stallion owners who will place their horses in
public service this year should realize that advertis-
ing should be early to be most effective.
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Harold Cohen, of this city, concluded last week
that he would not send either Vera Hal 2:05 or Har-
old C. 2:13% to the Chicago Sale.
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Fred G. Mead, a prominent horseman of Ossining,
New York, died in San Francisco Nov. 27th. He had
come to California recently for his health.
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Mary Holt, dam of Deroche (3) 2:07%, has a foal
at foot by Etawah 2:03, is now in foal to San Fran-
cisco 2:07%, and is booked for 1917 to Lee Axworthy
1:58%.
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Mr. W. J. McDonald, a Boston amateur reinsman,
bought eight or ten head at the Old Glory Sale and
will probably get a string of horses and of them
to race at the New England fates next year.
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All Style 2:10 is advertised as "the only 2:10 trot-
ting stallion ever seen in Australia." The son of
Stam B. is now- in service at Bendigo at a fee of ten
guineas or about $52.50 for the season.
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Hemet Farm owns the fastest yearling trotter of
1916 in Edith Carter 2:18% by Kinney de Lopez 2:23,
and also owns Hemet Queen 2:16%, the fastest of
all yearling pacing fillies.
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Tommy Murphy recently stated that he believed
Lee Axworthy 1:58% would have trotted to a record
of 1:55, next season, had his owners had his training
continued instead of placing him in the stud.
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Readville, that splendid mile track where the first
mile in 2:00 was trotted, may come into the Grand
Circuit this year, with the backing of influential
breeders and horse lovers of Massachusetts.
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Pierre Lorillard Jr. of Tuxedo Park, New York,
Henry B. Rea of Pittsburg, Pa., and Rees Blizzard of
Parkersburg, W. Va., have been elected to fill vacan-
cies on the Board of Review of the National Trotting
Association.
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The consensus of opinion is now that the Curies
Neck plan of disposing of weanlings will become
more popular every year, and patrons of the sale
marts need not be surprised if prices for Harvester
colts rule much higher next fall.
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Tommy Murphy is to train and race Lucile Spier
for the races next year. She trotted a half mile track
in 2:06% and then stepped the Lexington mile track
in 2:03%. She should be a star for the M. & M. of
1917 and other big stakes.
The Old Glory Sale has set the value of trotting
bred horses in New York and the Chicago Sale, which
opens on the 18th inst., is being looked forward to
for the value set on this breed of horses in the Mid-
dle West.
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Although Grand Rapids has already been placed
in the doubtful list as a member of the 1917 Grand
Circuit, horsemen should not be surprised to hear
that the Furniture City Driving Club may again come
in under circumstances that will insure permanency
for half a dozen years, if not more. It is learned
that after having missed the race meeting last Aug-
ust leading citizens are making great efforts to re-
sume racing at Comstock Park track, under condi-
tions and contracts that will avoid occurrences of
the kind which drove the big race meeting from
their city to Pittsburg.
There is a possibility of the revival of high class
harness racing at Philadelphia in 1917. It is re-
ported that several wealthy residents of that city
will promote a Grand Circuit meeting at Belmont
Park under the management of Albert Saunders.
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Louis Titus of California bid as high as $12,500
on Guy Axworthy at the Old Glory Sale, but stopped
at that figure. Had he secured the horse he would
have made him the premier at Stony Ford, his stock
farm in New York State.
Mr. B. A. Bulkley, owner of Silver Spring Stock
Farm, Goshen, New York, who secured Bingara for
$6500, refused an offer of $12,500 for him last week,
and declares the stallion will spend the rest of his
days at his new home.
The Old Glory sale figures show that a total
of 87 weanlings were sold during the week for $32,-
960, or an average of $378.85 per head. Peculiarly
enough, among the total number there were only
four that had no futurity engagement and sold for
$186, or an average of $46.25 each.
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Joseph Ryan is training several head of trotters
and pacers at the half mile track at Sonoma, getting
ready for 1917, and will try to put that town on the
racing map with some good ones. The pacer Glen-
wood Mac is getting road wrork every day and looks
a good one for next year's ppacing events.
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The State Board of Accidents reports that there
were 730 persons killed in California last year in
automobile accidents. This is at the rate of two a
day. Probably nine-tenths of these fatal accidents
were of the avoidable kind — that is, accidents that
were caused by carelessness.
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Trotting horse lovers the country over will regret
to hear that the veteran New York State breeder,
William Simpson, proprietor of Empire City Farms,
Cuba, N. Y., and owner of Axworthy 2:15% and Mc-
Kinney 2:11%, is seriously ill at his home in New
York.
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Guy Axworthy, whose reputation as a sire is prin-
cipally due to his having sired Lee Axworthy 1:58%,
champion trotting stallion, will have one big help in
maintaining that reputation. He will be kept at
Walnut Hall Farm in Kentucky, where he will doubt-
less be mated with many of the greatest broodmares
in the country.
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C. A. Durfee informs us that the breeding of the
two-year-old pacer Oro Fino 2:17% as given in the
reports of this season's races is wrong. He is by
Copa de Oro but his dam is not the mare Lady H.
by Del Coronado, but is Lily Mac by McKinney
2:11%, second dam Pond Lily by Geo. M. Patchen
Jr. 31.
The suit which R. M. Williams instituted against
the National Trotting Association and W. H. Gocher,
for alleged damages for suspension, came up in the
Federal District Court in New York City a few days
ago, and Judge Mayer ruled that Williams had failed
to state a cause of action. He was, however, allowed
20 days to amend his original complaint.
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During the last week in October in Australia, the
get of Harold Dillon, son of Sidney Dillon and Guy-
cara by Guy Wilkes, won no less than ten races.
This horse is a full brother to Dillcara, the stallion
owned by the late Dr. C. E. Farnum of this city and
now the property of his daughter, Miss Adeline Far-
num. A picture of Dillcara graced the title-page of
the Breeder and Sportsman last week.
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A correspondent of the Horse Review writes: "I
think it was a great thing for the trotting turf that
Harry Harkness bought Guy Axworthy. He bought
him to be his own personal property, and not the
property of his father's estate. You know he started
out with automobiles and flying machines. Well, he
told me he is going to cut out the automobiles and
flying machines and go back to the horses, and I be-
lieve it will be quite a good thing for the game."
Winfred Davies, with other Canadians will estab-
lish another racecourse near Toronto. This track
will be built on the Davies estate. It will be a thor-
oughly modern course, and the men who are behind
it promise that it will be one of the best in Canada.
Mr. Davies is a son of the late Robert Davies and
owner of the Thorncliff stable. Like his father, he
is well-known to the turf, and it is assured that the
new track will be a credit to the Cadanian circuit.
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Plans for a racetrack to be owned and conducted
by an association composed only of owners of horses
are under way in Maryland, which may be in opera-
tion near Baltimore during the next season of rac-
ing. Oscar Lewisohn. who is promoting the scheme,
started the subscription with $10,000. None other
than a horse owner will be allowed to purchase stock
in the association and no man will be permitted to
own enough stock to give him control. It is to be
understood that the stock in the enterprise shall not
pay to the stockholders more than ten per cent per
annum on their investment in the association. All
revenues of the track, after running expenses and
the ten per cent dividend are taken care of will go
into purses for the horsemen.
Charles W. Smith, secretary of the National Horse
Show Association, has opened a book in which to
record suggestions for improving the annual exhibi-
tions at Madison Square Garden. Everybody is in-
vited to contribute his ideas for the consideration of
the directors and Executive Committee. A sugges-
tion which has already been adopted is to go back
next season to the system of giving a number to
each horse in the show and requiring him to carry it
throughout the week every time he appears in the
ring.
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The American Sportsman of Cleveland, Ohio, has
the following about a California bred horse that was
thought last spring to be a coming champion: "All
McKinney, the black pacer that has a time trial of
2:04, has been placed in Frank Hedrick's hands by
his owner. If anyone can get this fellow to stay
pacing, the horse will be a wonder. Hedrick has had
great success with just such horses before, and be
may get this good horse to do just as he wants him
to, in which case he will have a pair of splendid
wigglers in All McKinney and Loyal W."
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Mr. D. S. Frasier, the veteran horseman, who has
been connected with the Napa Stock Farm of Mr.
A. B. Spreckels for many years, is able to be out
again after being confined to the house in this city
for the past five weeks with an attack of pneumonia.
There are few men living in California who have
been identified with horse breeding as many years
as Mr. Frasier. He bred the stallion Secretary
28377 thirty years ago, and owned a farm near Peta-
luma where he bred and raised many fine-looking
and high class roadsters. His many friends will
hope to see him entirely recovered from his illness
in a very short time.
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The young trotting stallion Ei Carbine, that Walter
Maben sold as a three-year-old to John Porter of
Otago, New Zealand, in 1913, won a two mile race at
Oamaru a few weeks ago, beating a field of fourteen
starters. The time was 4:54 over a slow half mile
track. El Carbine is by Carlokin 2:07%. dam by
Zombro 2:11, second dam by Alcazar 2:20%, third
dam Elwood 2:17%, dam of 5, by A. W. Richmond,
fourth dam Criehton's First, dam of that great cam-
paigner Arrow 2:13% by Crichton, son of imported
Glencoe. The meeting at which El Carbine won was
a one day meeting and the New Zealand Trotting
Journal states that £24,165 passed through the
totalisator on that day, or over $120,000 in United
States money. Some betting.
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The stallion F. S. Whitney 2:09%, that was bred
by Frank Turner of Santa Rosa and is now owned by
Sutherland & McKenzie of Orange Cove, California,
carries a lot of speed producing blood in his veins
mixed in a manner that is totally different from the
majority of fast performers. His paternal grandsire
had one cross of Electioneer blood and three of Geo.
Wilkes in his veins and his paternal grandam had
one of Dictator, one of Geo. Wilkes and one of Mam-
brino Chief. On his dam's side his grandsire was by
a son of Geo. Wilkes out of a Mambrino Patchen
mare, and his grandam by Nutwood out of a mare by
Dictator. He has Wilkes, Dictator and Mambrino
Chief blood on both sides of his pedigree and all his
26 ancestors in four generations are producers of
speed with but two exceptions.
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The Jersey sportsmen who hold their races at Wee-
quahic Park, in Newark, admit all to field and grand-
stand free of charge. All expenses are borne by
them. That the sport is popular with Jersey folk is
shown by the attendance figures. Frequently 15,000
persons have viewed the races on a Saturday after-
noon. New Yorkers can view the speed contests of
the local organization on the . Harlem River Speed-
way. There is no seating capacity provided for the
visitors, but this is not regarded as a hardship by
Manhattan and Bronx devotees of the light harness
racing. Five to seven thousand of those sometimes
stand in lines four deep on each side of the Speedway
between 181st and 201st streets on Sunday afternoons
during the season. Perhaps they, too, have imbibed
the enduring spirit of the light harness racing world.
— [N. Y. Herald.
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A. H. Cosden, owner of the world's champion The
Real Lady, was one of the largest buyers in the con-
signment of Curies Neck weanlings by The Harves-
ter. For Harvest Sylph, he gave $800: for Harvest
Pride. $1500: for Harvest Belle $600, and for Harvest
Stream. $1000. After he had bought these babies one
of the most representative trainers in this country
offered to take all four of the weanlings and pay a
profit of $200 on each. The offer, of course, was
a sincere one, and was promptly turned down: how-
ever, had this trainer believed that he could stop
Mr. Cosden in the bidding, each of these youngsters
would doubtless have brought more money under the
hammer. Mr. Cosden very likely had a limit on each
of these foals, but it is equally as likely that his
limit would not have been reached when the other
fellow stopped.
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Among the arrivals at New York from Europe last
week was William Wiley, a jockey who once rode for
John A. Drake. Wiley has been riding for King
Ferdinand of Rumania, but when that country en-
tered into the big European quarrel a few weeks ago.
Wiley decided it was no place for a race rider and
started for home.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 9, 1916
COAST DOG WINS HONORS AT BOSTON.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
Little Tony Wagner Attracts Notice by Jumping Off
Train to Show Ring.
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
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Hunters Are Marooned. — A party of San Francisco
hunters and huntresses, who enjoyed Thanksgiving
day in taking shots at the wild waterfowl on the wing
up in the rice-field country near Live Oaks, were ma-
rooned at that place for a week after the holiday.
J. B. Coleman reached this city on Monday after
being hemmed in for over a week, and he has a thrill-
ing tale of his escape.
The hunters were hemmed in on all sides by over-
flows of water from the recent rains, and they
had to be good swimmers or send out S. O. S.
calls to get away. Coleman was forced to swim and
wade over a mile before he reached the Live Oaks
station and took the train for San Francisco. He is
now suffering from a severe cold, and doesn't believe
that hunting is the grand and glorious sport that it
once was.
Other local nimrods up in that section who were
marooned are Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wilkes, Roy
Avery and Mrs. Avery, and his mother. Thomas
Wilkes, Colonel Dorsey and Mrs Coleman. They were
at the Greenhead Club, which is situated about fifteen
miles from Live Oaks. The party had plenty of pro-
visions and a dry place to sleep, but it is safe to say
they did not enjoy being shut off from the outside
world. Hunting is good, however, and their friends
are counting on receiving some birds when the water
recedes.
The neighboring clubs and preserves on the
marshes have suffered from a similar experience, and
some wild yarns may be in order when the bold
hunters are able to reach their homes.
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Charity Shoot Planned. — George Cline, prominent
sportsman ot Los Angeles, is working hard on the
plans for the monster charity shoot for the poor of
Los Angeles. This is the third year of the charity
shoot, which was a great success last year, when over
2000 ducks were given away to the poor for Christ-
mas dinners.
.Cline wishes that all the hunters of Southern Cali-
fornia would join with him in bagging enough ducks
and rabbits to supply the poor of Los Angeles.
Cline has the consent of most of the gun clubs
around Los Angeles to turn over their ducks to him.
A monster rabbit drive is being planned by Cline.
According to him, there are thousands of rabbits near
Lancaster, and if enough hunters are secured for the
day of the drive, over 2000 rabbits could be secured.
All the ducks and rabbits secured will be gathered
by Cline and will be distributed to the poor of the
city the Saturday before Christmas.
Hundreds of hunters turned out last year for the
shoot and a goodly number of ducks and rabbits were
collected. Cline believes that a better number will
be turned in this vear.
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Keep Gun in Condition. — Keeping a gun in condi-
tion is not such a difficult task if one gives the mat-
ter a little care and attention, but the trouble is that
sometimes we feel a little lazy, and so "friend" gun
suffers.
Among the many formulas given for browning or
finishing gun barrels, the following is recommended:
Remove the old finish with an emery cloth and
polish the gun barrel, using care not to touch the
barrel with the hands or oil after cleaning. Then
with a piece of absorbent cotton apply a solution
made of the following:
Spirits of nitre 3 drams
Tincture of iron 3 drams
Sulphur 1 dram
Blue vitriol 2 drams
Corrosive sublimate 1 dram
Nitric acid % dram
Copperas 1 dram
Rain water 12 ounces
Set the gun barrel away to dry thoroughly and then
repeat until seven or eight coats have been applied.
After the barrel has had plenty of time to dry, wash
thoroughly with a cloth and hot water, and polish
with a piece of soft wool dampened with linseed oil.
For re-blueing barrels without heating the follow-
ing applies:
Wipe the gun barrel free and clean of oil, rust or
any other deposits, then apply nitric acid, using care
to see that none of the acid touches the hands. Neu-
tralize with water or a soda solution, oil the barrel
and burnish. Unless you have had some experience
under intelligent supervision it is better to leave
the blueing process to a gunsmith.
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Status of Sea Lions. — Eugene, Ore. — Of unusual
interest to sportsmen is the recent opinion handed
down by Circuit Judge Coke, of Marshfield. Oregon,
defining the status of a sea lion and the duty of the
counties regarding the payment of bounties for such
animals.
Last summer William Hunter, a fisherman at Gold
Beach, Ore., shot 247 sea lions and took the skins to
the county clerk, who advised that the county could
not pay the bounties of $1 a skin. He said that in
the first place, a sea lion was not considered a seal,
the hairy species of which bring a bounty of $1, and
in the second place, that the boundaries of the county
stopped at the shore line and did not extend to the
three-mile limit.
Carl Shoemaker, state game warden, advised Mr.
Hunter that he was entitled to the bounties in his
interpretation of the game laws, so Hunter had a writ
of mandamus issued compelling the county clerk to
pay the bounties.
The court made the stipulation, however, that in
such cases the state of Oregon should reimburse the
county for half the amount of the bounties, inasmuch
as the shore line was a part of the state as well as
the county. This is the first case of its kind to be
decided in Oregon.
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PROPOSED CHANGE IN FISHING LAWS.
Report Is That Commission Will Recommend That
Trout Season Open a Month Earlier.
Secretary J. S. Hunter of the California Fish and
Game Commission admits that some legislative meas-
ures will be proposed when the legislature meets
after the first of the year. The nature of the bills,
however, will not be discussed, he says, until they
are introduced.
"The field of hunting and fishing in the State has
been gone over thoroughly," he explains, "and we
have noted a number of things that will be recom-
mended to improve the sport and at the same time
work for the conservation of wild life."
Among the proposed measures is a bill for an
earlier opening of the trout season, so it is reported
on good authority. This matter was bound to be
brought to the attention of the State law-makers as
anglers were a unit in declaring that May 1st is too
late. A recommendation coming from the Commis-
sion for an earlier opening will accordingly carry
a deal of weight and will prove a popular move.
Until this year, April 1st has been the opening
date and it was found satisfactory. Then the change
was made and quite a rumpus was raised among the
rodsters, who contend that they are being deprived
of following their favorite sport just at the season
when fish and water are in the streams.
Conditions this year were made worse by the fact
that there was a dry spring with little or no rain dur-
ing April and little in March. The small Coast
streams were very low and trout were conspicuous by
their absence. There was some good sport, of course,
but the rank and file set up the argument that it
would have been so much better if they had been
allowed to fish during April. They claim that the
fish are all through spawning by that time and no
harm could be done.
The taking of so many small fish this year may
also lead to a bill regulating the length of catches.
In many states there are laws making the minimum
catch five inches in length.
Just what the other proposed changes are is not
known, but the Fish and Game Commission has been
active in framing new laws for months past.
Seattle Proposes Changes. — Seattle anglers are in
favor of throwing barriers about fishing so as to
make for greater sportsmanship among the fisher-
men and at the same time give the fish a more even
fighting chance.
The Seattle Bait and Flycasting Club went on rec-
ord recently as favoring the passage of a bill in the
next legislature absolutely prohibiting the use of
salmon eggs as bait lure in Washington state above
tidewater. The point on which this was favored was
that by the extensive and unsportsmanlike use of
salmon eggs the trout had not been given a chance,
and also that so many of the small ones had been
taken in this manner that it had gradually diminished
the number until what was once one of Washing-
ton's greatest attraction to the sportsmen is now
the poorest of any of the western states.
Another bill favored for passage in King county
was to increase the size of trout to eight inches and
bass to ten inches and limiting the catches. It was
brought out by the committee drawing up this bill
that both these fishes do not spawn until they reach
the age and the size designated. By keeping to this
size it is believed the number of both species will be
increased in the streams and lakes.
To represent the club in the legislature President
P. Pitt Shaw has appointed a committee which is
expected to aid the club at Olympia in their endeavor
to place these bills in the same gode.
The monthly fiy and bait casting tournament of
the Southern California Rod and Reel Club's casting
auxiliary will be held Sunday at the Eastlake park
rrounds. The tourney is attracting more than usual
attention, for the casters are just getting warmed up
and expect records to fall at the December tourna-
ment. In the November meeting, which was a double-
header, one world's record was equaled and another
club record was smashed. A tournament between the
Los Angeles casters and the San Francisco casters
may be arranged for next month.
You may talk about grooming a dog for a show,
but once in a while a real dog will show without
much artificial aid, and you can't help hut praise
one that does not need pampering to get on the block ■
and show his points to perfecton.
At the recent Boston Terrier Club specialty show
Little Tony Wagner was the winner. He had been
"stabled" in one of the Wells Fargo barns for ten
days because his owner, who had brought him from
San Francisco, had no particular place to keep to
keep him. Tony, by the way, is not Pacific Coast
bred. He was brought up right in Boston, where
they are always getting the best Bostons — which
should only be a natural tiling — but he was expatri-
ated at an early age. He was "The Man Who Came
Back."
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One cannot help hut say "Gee!" when he reads an
item in a certain paper about an expenditure of
510,000,000 by the women of America for poodles.
If there are ten million dollars' worth of poodles
even in the whole world then the worth of the other
breeds must soar to a height which would defy the
greatest mathematician we have ever known to esti
mate the figures. At a recent meeting of the Worn
en's International Missionary Union in New Orleans,
Mrs. R. L. Barker made the above statement. She
did this in telling how American women make the
money fiy. You could buy the contents of all the
poodle kennels in the world for much less than ten
millions.
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It is wonderful to sit around and listen to the ex-
perts tell you their theories of dieting a dog. The
trouble is that most of the time the dogs are brought
up on those fancy foods much like babies which are
reared on a sort of correspondence school diet.
have a dog whose favorite food is a concoction oj
mashed potatoes, mixed with onions and sage anc
baked with pork gravy. She is crazy about it, and
there is no dog of her breed around this neighbor-
hood in better health or in better coat. She has
never had worms, nor has she ever been attacked
with any sickness. It seems to me that if there was
less theory and more practice it would be far better
for the dogs. — C. H., N. T.
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Just how big a dog may take in one's affections
was demonstrated strongly one day last week, when
Miss K. E. Henesey, of New Y'ork, lost a Yorkshire
terrier, York Sunshine Girl. This little terrier
weighed only a couple of pounds, but her owner
would not have sold her for anything. Miss Henesey
was called out to the kitchen of her apartment for
some reason or another and she did not notice that
her pet was following.- There was a swinging door
between the rooms and "Sally," as she was called at
home, was caught in it as it stemmed. Miss Henesey
was panic stricken, and knowing that there was no
veterinarian near by, called a physician who hap-
pened to be a high priced specialist. When he saw
what the case was he said that he was no "vet.
"Here's a check for $1,000," she said. "Y'ou have no
objection to earning that, and if you can save her it
is yours." The dog had a broken neck, however, and
was beyond saving.
The night of her death "Sally" was laid out in
state on a velvet cushion and about her were flowers
and the ribbons, cups and other trophies that she
had won in her show career. A prominent under-
taker was ordered to furnish a little white satin-
lined casket and she was buried in tiptop style at
the Hartsdale canine cemetery alongside of "Tood-
les," another pet of other days. Over the grave is
a tombstone with the names of the two inscribed.
Miss Henesey said she was going to take a trip to
Europe to buy the best Pomeranian she could get
to take the place of "Sally." The latter was said
to be the best female Yorkshire in this country.
Dog Lost in Tree. — A valuable bull terrier dog, be-
longing to Mr. Roumel of Los Banos, happened to
spy a cat the other day and, as dogs will, gave
chase. The race continued for some distance, when
the cat hied up into a cypress tree and the dog suc-
ceeded in getting ten feet up after his would-be prey.
The cat, however, continued on to the top.
When evening came, the dog was missed, and the
next day after a futile search, an ad, offering a good
reward, was inserted in a local paper. About eigh-
teen hours after the dog chased the cat into the tree
some people happened to pass that self-same cypress
tree, when a heavy object fell upon their heads. The
said object proved to be the lost bull-terrier. The
dog at first appeared dead, but soon gathered himself
together, rolled over in the dirt with his pitch-covered
fur, and hiked at a merry clip, in a bee-line, to his
home.
Although up to his ears in pitch and dirt, the dog
was welcomed with open arms. And thus ended a
true little canine and feline storv of human interest.
Organizers of trapshooting clubs evidently do not
know that the Interstate Association gives trophies
to newly-organized clubs. Of the many organized in
October only two put in claims. They were the
Garrett Gun Club, of Garrett, Ind., and the Oak
Creek Gun Club, of Oak Creek, Col.
Saturday, December 9, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
WHY NOT A TRAP SHOOTING LEAGUE?
Proposal Is Made to Get Up a Circuit in California
to Have Some Sport.
Editor, Breeder and Sportsman:
Why don't the California trapshooters have a
league of gun clubs and engage in contests like other
States in the tnion? Why not start right now and
make arrangements and not be the last to fall in line?
We could arrange a league of five or six clubs with
ten shooters on a team. There could be a shoot every
month with each club taking its turn in promoting
J the events. We could have a banner circuit right
here at home with no long jumps. Counting the pro-
fessionals, we could have sixty to seventy shooters
at every event.
Salinas, Watsonville and Pacific Grove could easily
i get together a strong team; Family Club of San
Francisco another; Golden Gate Club one; Stock-
ton, Modesto and Newman two teams and San Jose
one. That would make six in the league and all so
' closely situated that it would make the transportation
question easy.
Come on, brother Trap Shots, let us get together
and arrange such a circuit or some other that is
' better, if possible. Oregon and Washington have
just organized a league and California should have
one. We should get busy and make all arrange-
ments now so as to be ready to make a start in
February.
We could start off the 1917 season with a bang.
Everything points to the biggest and most prosper-
ous year of all in 1917. More big tournaments are
already being mapped out for next season than ever
before and every shooter should boost for more
events that will attract attention and keep up the
interest. Yours respectfully,
CALIFORNIA TRAP SHOT.
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Portland Club Meeting. — On December 12th the
Portland Gun Club of Portland, Ore., will hold its
annual meeting. At that time they will elect new
officers for their club. The last year has been unu-
sually successful, and this is in a large measure due
to the efforts of the retiring officers, who are; A. W.
Strowger, president; H. A. Pollock, vice-president;
Frank Templeton, secretary; John G. Clemson and
R. A. Tyler, directors.
During the annual Rose Festival the Sportsmen's
Association of the Northwest held its contest, with
101 entries. The Pacific Coast Handicap, held in
Portland on September 12-13-14, was largely attended,
and the interest taken was remarkable. The "Rose
City" has also been awarded the Sportsmen's Asso-
ciation of the Northwest shoot and the Pacific In-
dians for 1917. The club has recently erected cement
trap houses and cement shooters' stands.
Leading Shot of Season. — Fred Harlow of Newark,
Ohio, wTho won the Grand American Handicap at
Columbus, Ohio, in 1S98 by defeating Woolwolk Hen-
derson of Kentucky in the shoot-off — Henderson hav-
ing tied him on a score of 92x100 targets — will prob-
ably rank as the leading amateur trapshot of Amer-
ica this year, he having an average of .9771 on 2,010
targets. Henderson, whom he defeated at Columbus,
is close on his heels with a percentage of .9714 on
2,550 targets, and as these two men are the only
ones this year to break better than 97 per cent, it is
presumed that when the scores are all averaged up
they will stand in the order above named. Harlow,
in 1898, the season when he won the handicap, was
not widely known outside of his own locality, and
he was placed on the 16-yard line by the handicap-
ping committee, while Henderson, who was much
better known, was placed at 19 yards, and it was
probably the three yards' difference in distance and
Henderson's great desire to win the event that
caused him to lose the shoot-off.
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Compliment to Elmer E. Shaner. — "The Father of
organized trapshooting."
That's how the trapshooters of the United States
and Canada speak of Elmer E. Shaner. Elmer lives
in Pittsburgh, Pa., but he is no millionaire. He is
just the tournament manager and treasurer of the In-
terstate Association for the Encouragement of Trap-
shooting.
He's the Ban Johnson of trapdom — but without the
domineering methods of the czar of baseball.
Shaner's title is deserved. For more than a quar-
ter of a century he has devoted all his energies to the
promotion and improvement of trapshooting and he
more than any one else.is responsible for the high
place trapshooting holds in sporting circles today.
Shaner knows trapshooting as well as Connie Mack
knows baseball. Need any more be said? He is
fair, unbiased, honest to a fault, always determined
to do right and keep abreast of the times. Trap-
shooters know this. They have great respect for the
judgment and ability of Elmer Shaner.
Some time ago, when the thought flittered through
■my mind that it wouldn't be amiss to say a few kind
words for Mr. Shaner, I asked one of the leading
trapshooters of this country to give me a little "dope"
— as we say in newspaper offices — on him. This is
the answer I received:
"It is rather hard to say anything about Mr.
Shaner and yet it is hard to say enough about him
and what he has done for the good of trapshooting."
There are several hundred thousand just like this
one. You can go just as far as you like with praise,
the sky is the limit. During his many years of serv-
ice, Shaner has made as many friends as any man in
the country and has established a reputation for fair-
ness that is second to none.
Twenty-eight years ago Shaner was instrumental in
the formation o£ the Pennsylvania State Sportsman's
Association and managed their tournaments until he
was drafted by the Interstate Association, in 1893.
He held the office of secretary-treasurer of the Inter-
state Association until three years ago, when he
resigned the office of secretary.
It was the genial Elmer who worked out the de-
tails of the registered tournament system and all the
other systems that have been promoted successfully
by the Interstate Association. Back in the early
days of trapshooting, if it had not been for his integ-
rity many evils would have crept into trapshooting.
He has kept the sport clean in every way.
He is the right man in the right place. A better
man for the position could not be found. Trapshoot-
ing has not been any see-saw proposition with Shaner
at the helm. There have been no ups and downs.
It has been one of continuous upbuilding. — [By Peter
P. Carney.
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Reports from Sacramento. — If the present rain-
storm continues, says President F. M. Newbert of
the State Fish and Game Commission, duck hunting
for the unattached hunter will greatly improve. The
rain will offer more ponds for the birds in the rice
district, in the valley and in the Yolo Basin, and the
ducks will scatter outside of the duck club preserves.
Reports of game conditions received by the Com-
mission for this week say:
Alturas — All marshes frozen. Ducks and geese
have left.
Newman — Ducks and geese very plentiful from
Gustine to Mendota.
Dana — Ducks are just coming in. Mostly widgeon
and black jack. Few geese.
Truckee — Storms will benefit duck hunting. Very
little hunting at present. Ducks and geese on lakes
not so numerous. Ducks very wild.
Weaverville — Many ducks in the Junction City
section.
Williams — There are still lots of ducks between
Colusa and Williams.
Willows — Hunting open to all, under permission
from ranch owners. Rice lands open since crop was
harvested. Ducks and geese plentiful.
Live Oak — Ducks and geese plentiful on preserves
and members bagging the limit. Not very good on
open territory, but will improve if rains cause Butte
Creek to rise.
Gridley — Many hunters in this section are getting
limits. Birds are fat, on account of feeding on rice
fields.
Biggs — Hunting continues to be good. Ducks and
geese are plentiful a distance of three to ten miles
out. Have had some good rains and rubber boots
are necessary. fjg
Hunt at Sweetwater. — The first big duck drive of
the season took place last week at the quack hunt-
ers' pet lake, famous old Sweetwater. And it was
a real hunt. First in the boats, first in command
and first fn the gathering of webfeet, was Commodore
Stanley Andrews of San Diego.
Sweeping out from the dam the boats formed a
graceful crescent that slowly forged up the lake, and
anon, from the center of the line, Commodore An-
drews roared his orders from the bridge of his flag-
ship, the Leaky Punt. Many times the wily webfeet
maneuvered to outwit the hunters, but always there
was a closing of the gaps and a barking of guns that
meant meat.
Dean of the squad was Colonel Fred Jewell, whose
efforts at quack killing were aided by Walter Jewell,
Ranee Hammond, Charley Rinehart, Fortune Lavier,
Ed Kaley, Mead Cornell, Mr. Riley and his son, E. J.
Hermindinger, E. H. Post, Eddie Overland Davies,
Floyd Topping and Stanley Andrews. More than
300 ducks, a few less than the legal limit for each
gun, found their way into the boats, and the drive
was finished at 2 o'clock.
Damman Fulton showed the outfit every courtesy
and provided a fleet of fine punts. According to Mr.
Fulton, the program at Sweetwater this winter will
include three forays each week, but there will be no
Sunday hunts.
For years Old Sweetwater's fame has been chanted
by San Diego's Brotherhood of Chilled Sixes and yes-
terday's hunt was another joy chapter in the history
of this celebrated lake.
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Kellogg, Idaho, Club. — The most successful shoot
ever held by the Kellogg Gun Club was attended on
November 26th by 32 trapshots, the result being that
38 turkeys, 20 ducks and six geese were distributed
among the participants.
There were four classes, the beginners forming the
largest squad. Fred P. Porter won the stick-pin of-
fered by Frank Venable, tying with Turner with 42
out of 50 and winning in the shoot-off, 22 to 18. There
w-ere five 10-bird events in each class, the following
being the scores:
Class A — Porter 42, Venable 36, Thomas 40, Nich-
olson 36, Sebastian 26, out of 30.
Class B— Gibbs 32, Turner 42, Martin 36, McDoug-
all 38, Johnson 38, Kennett 26, out of 30.
Class C— Armitage 36, Teape 35, R. Jones 37, Heit-
feld 38, Hadley 24, out of 30.
Beginners' class — Ingersoll 19x30, J. E. Jones 4x
30, Mcintosh 11x30, Smith 16x30, Papesh 17x40, Rock
10x20, Presler 4x20, Bowers 4x20, Corbe 11x30, Ma-
cheski 6x30, Conley 6x20, Timpe 23x30, Carter 17x
30 Crim 26x40, Maddox 6x10, Coates 22x30.
GREAT HUNTING SEASON NOW ON.
Duck Is Shot at Mt. Eden with Government Band
on Leg; Market Hunters Busy.
Many old hunters are enthusiastically claiming
that the best hunting season in Northern California
in years is now on, and reports from the southern
sections of the State are just as encouraging. The
reason advanced for the improved conditions — espe-
cially in comparison with the lean season of 1915 —
is that no shooting of waterfowl was allowed during
the month of February and the birds had a chance
to breed.
Certainly home-bred birds have been very promi-
nent. Until a couple of weeks ago few of the north-
ern birds were reported as putting in an appearance
and still limit bags were the general rule. Now that
the flight is arriving, hunting has picked up. The
driving rain of Friday a week ago had the effect of
driving the birds off the bay and made shooting
great for the boys who turn out on the week-ends.
If the rain continues the ducks will likely scatter
to feed at the new ponds in the interior but game
is so plentiful that there will still be enough left to
provide sport up until the closing days in January.
Of course, you never can tell, for one big storm may
drive all the birds south.
San Joaquin Valley and Colusa continue to stand
out as the ideal places to get limits. According to
the shipping statistics kept by the Fish and Game
Commission, it is estimated that the daily kill in the
San Joaquin Valley district has been 2500 daily. The
figures seem stunning at first glance, but every one
who has been down that way declares that they
have never seen birds more numerous and so many
'hunters.
A feature last week was the shooting of a spoon-
bill with a government band on its leg at Mt. Eden.
Billy Flannagan brought it down and in accordance
with the request sent out, he sent the leg and ban
to the San Francisco office of the commission. Un-
fortunately the man carrying the leg lost it, but the
figures were noted and a report will be sent on to
Washington.
Some interesting data may result. Last year the
government liberated a number of ducks that had
been captured at Salt Lake while sick and placed
bands on their legs. Records are being kept on how
the ducks migrate. If Flannagan's bird proves to be
one liberated at Salt Lake it will disprove the theory
of scientists that ducks migrate only to the south
and north.
Market hunters are again getting active in violat-
ing regulations to exterminate game. Two were
caught in the San Joaquin valley stalking ducks with
a horse. The fellows used the "bull" gun with its
four barrels of eight-gauge. Four shots are said to
have slaughtered 100 ducks. The fellows were taken
to Merced and fined $100 apiece. Three others were
caught at Princeton in Colusa county using the hides
of cows to sneak up on game and deputy S. J. Car-
penter secured one conviction with the two other
cases still pending.
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Portland to Fight Bill. — The Chamber of Commerce
is preparing already to put a quietus on the bill
which seems likely to bob up in the legislature again
in the coming session which, if passed, will put
duck shooting out of the running as one of the sports
of the Willamette and Columbia rivers country.
The bill aims to enact a law to prevent the feed-
ing of wild ducks in the lakes along these rivers.
It was up at the last legislature, and some thought it
a joke, but it developed a rather alarming strength
before it was beaten. Information has come to the
chamber that the bill is to be brought up again in the
next session.
Presumably the interests that are backing the bill
are located in Southern Oregon and Northern Cali-
fornia— whither the wild ducks would have to fly,
taking with them the duck hunters, if feeding were
abandoned in Northern Oregon.
In the early days the wapato, which furnished food
for wild ducks, was luxuriant along the sloughs and
lakes of the Columbia and Willamette.
Then some philanthropist introduced carp into the
Columbia and the carp promptly exterminated the
wapato and left the ducks foodless.
So the owners of the duck lakes began feeding,
and the sport remained good, but it will remain good
only while the ducks are fed. — [Portland, Ore.
QC
Owl Attacks Hunter. — Challenging the hunter after
he had brought down a plump mallard on the Nis-
qually flats, near Tacoma, a big white Arctic owl
flew at Allan H. Gilchrist with snapping beak. Gil-
christ had just shot the duck, which had fallen on
the ground, when the owl swooped down upon the
dead bird.
Gilchrist approached, but the owl instead of re-
treating flow at the hunter and attempted to drive
him away. Gilchrist struck at the owl with his gun,
but did not succeed in driving it away. While load-
ing his gun to fire at the bird, the owl swooped down
on the duck again and started to carry away the
prize in its talons.
Gilchrist then brought down the owl with a well-
placed shot and later exhibited to his friends unique
and double trophies of the chase. Arctic owls are
reported by sportsmen to be quite common in the
Tacoma section now, although they were formerly
regarded as a great rarity in that latitude.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 9, 1916
• ■■■■ Hill «'■■
j Sportsmen's Row j
The Portland (Ore.) Gun Club has erected con-
crete trap houses.
• • •
It would be interesting to know what type of clay
target smashing weapon is most in vogue in different
sections of our land. An accurate count has been
made during a popular shoot embracing contestants
from Philadelphia to Boston, and it was found that
64% per cent used the special single barrel weapon,
called "trap-gun," 20% per cent used double-barrel
guns and 15 per cent used repeating guns. It is
quite likely that in the Middle West the order would
be reversed and on the Pacific Coast another order
of choices would prevail.
• • •
Hundreds of mining companies, industrial con-
cerns and athletic associations have added trapshoot-
ing to their list of interests during the past year.
Many concerns recommended it to their employees —
notably the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
• • •
The Interstate Association intends to have an-
nouncers at the big shoots next season, also to try
and have the most competent referees and trap pull-
ers procurable. When the traps are pulled properly
and the referees are keen the trapshooters go home
satisfied. Satisfied men and women are what make
sports successful.
• • •
It isn't often that one sees a clergyman at the
traps, but in the Pacific Handicap in Portland the
Rev. J. R. Olson was one of the most interested
shooters. He is an expert.
• • •
At a recent tournament of the Omaha Gun Club
Al. Koyen, of Freemont, Neb., and Cal. Wagner, of
Diller, Neb., tied and it required five shoot-offs to
break the tie. This is possibly a world's record for
shoot-offs.
• • •
One of the most important changes in trapshooting
methods that will take place next year — important to
newspapers as well as to readers— is that there will
be room for the address, city and State, of the trap-
shooters on the score sheets. It will be no difficulty
hereafter to find out where a shooter is from.
• • •
Statistics just compiled show that there is thirty
millions of dollars invested in baseball and forty mil-
lions of dollars invested in trapshooting in the United
States. Trapshooting is a vastly bigger sport than
a great many people imagine.
• • •
Trapshooting on United States wrarships has been
a popular form of amusement for some time and as
a result several of the officers have become expert
shooters. Paymaster F. R. Holt, U. S. S. "Louis-
iana," recently set up a mark that is likely to stand
for some time. The paymaster broke 97 targets out
of a possible 100. This is mighty fine shooting and
establishes a record in the Navy which, to our knowl-
edge, has never been equaled or surpassed.
• • •
Dr. McGettigan of the Family Club is the latest
convert to the 20-gauge. He has been getting in
some good shots at the Volante Club and will soon be
able to take on Jim Maynard.
• e •
Sitting in a boat for long periods at a time gets
tiresome, for some reason or other the seat has no
soft spots. Here's the answer recently sent in by a
fishing bug. "Go to a carriage trimmer and get a
piece of buggy top, with it make a cushion about
twelve by fourteen inches, sew it all around except
at one end, and in this open end punch holes for
frequent lacings. This will fold flat and take up very
little room. When you get to your destination fill up
the cushion with leaves or balsam boughs and lace
up like a shoe. With this under you, you will find
the sitting much easier."
• • •
Edward Swanson, a membor of the Butte (Mont.)
Anglers' Club, has to his credit a catch of the biggest
trout caught in the Big Hole Country this season.
Mr. Swanson's catch consisted of one "rainbow" that
weighed eleven pounds, eleven ounces dressed and
another that tipped the scales at ten pounds, two
ounces.
• • •
Do not run races with the fisherman ahead of you
on a stream or try to beat him to the best pools. If
you are passed by an angler from behind let him go
ahead as fast as he can, because the faster he goes
the less fish he will catch.
• • •
Newt Neustadter has already imported three Lle-
ivcllin setters from Virginia and now he is going to
send to England for a bitch.
• • •
J. Walter Scott, President of the Los Banos Gun
Club, has been having some great sport. He bagged
his 275th duck of the season last Sunday and of this
number he has eaten only eight. J. Walter remem-
iiis friends.
• * •
Five cities want the Grand American Handicap in
1917. At this writing Chicago looks like the best bet.
The trout fishing season, which drew to a close on
November 30th, was one of the most successful in
years, according to W. H. Shebley, head of the fish
culture department. He declares that trout were
found in abundance in all sections of the State and
prospects are bright for the fish planting operations
for the season panning out well.
QB
Seattle to Give Show. — Seattle, Wash. — The Seat-
tle Kennel Club, one of the most enthusiastic, hard-
working dog clubs in the United States, expects to
hold a five point show next spring. Last 'March
they held the cnly four poini show on the Pacific
Coast or Northwest, going one point ahead of Cali-
fornia. Dogs from five different States were repre-
sented, and the show was a most successful one.
Seattle has that strong "get together" spirit which
means so much toward the success of a show. They
think only of the success of the game out here. The
secretary, George Tinto, a hard working Scotchman,
is receiving letters every day from fanciers in the
East, for it is worth a trip out here to gain five
points toward championship. A very able set of men
compose the officers of the club in Dr. L. W. Brydon,
as president; J. Alvah Scott, vice-president; George
Tinto, secretary; Earl Fry, treasurer, and Captain
Charles Tennant, William Guldenfeldt and "Tom"
White, trustees.
Seattle is taking a prominent place in the dog
world and owns some of the finest dogs in the coun-
try. She always obtains the best of judges from the
East for her shows, which insures large entries.
There are some fine judges on the Pacific coast and
in British Columbia, but exhibitors are always want-
ing some new judge, and from a great distance,
therefore the fancy usually goes East for judges.
One of the latest additions to Seattle's dogdom is
the location there of George Henry Keyes, formerly
of Boston, Mass.. owning the famous Sagamore Ken-
nels. As an authority on Bostons, having judged
several times at Boston and other large Eastern
shows, Mr. Keyes will be welcomed by the numerous
Boston fanciers and dog breeders in general. Mr.
Keyes brought several of his best dogs out with him,
including Sagamore Sag, who took winners at the
Boston show in 1914 and winners at the Barnstable
(Mass.) show of this year; Sagamore Polly, a re-
serve winner at the Barnstable show this year and
winning puppy bitch at the Boston show in 1915.
QB
Green Lake Club. — A summer's vacation from the
trapshooting game did not seem to take the edge
off the eye of J. H. Hopkins, who led a field of flfty-
one shooters at the Thanksgiving turkey shoot of
the Green Lake Gun Club on November 26th. Hop-
kins, who had been in Nome all summer, had not
shot at a target in six months. He broke forty-six
out of fifty targets.
L. H. Reid stood high in the professional class of
six, breaking forty-three, shooting the last thirty from
the 22-yard line. The professional class was en-
larged by the presence of Frank Riehl, of Tacoma,
and E. Valeen, of Spokane.
A total of twenty-three turkeys were given in the
regular events for the amateurs and five in the pro-
fessional class. Three birds were also given in the
consolation event, a donation by the club to those
not winning a turkey in the regulars.
A feature of the program was the handicapping of
all contestants before starting, that all might be
placed upon an equal basis. So satisfactorily did
this scheme work out that only three were able to
win two birds. Shooting from the 20-yard line, I. M.
Fisher, professional, had to break a run of fifteen in
order to win his bird from L. H. Reid and George
Hambright. Several of the ties resulted in spectacu-
lar shoot-offs, the longest being made by J. Converse
with sixteen, nosing out Hi Follrich, also on the 20-
yard mark, who dropped his sixteenth target.
Several extra events were staged after the regular
program was completed, which brought the total
number of turkeys up to thirty-three.
Those winning turkeys were N. Hubinger, two;
George Scripture, two; C. B. Fitzgerald, two; W.
W. Barr, L. R. Reid, Dr. S. W. Case, D. Rhodes, J.
H. Hopkins, Dr. King, W. H. Carstens, D. Huber,
W. J. Northfoss, J. W. Geltz, J. V. Hough, A. E.
Drake, E. Valeen, Matt Grossman, George Hambright,
J. Converse, Frank Riehl, Dr. A. B. Kidd, Dr. New-
ton, H. P. Warner, I. M. Fisher, E. E. Young, Dr. J.
F. Hill, Fred Call, L. S. Barner and G. A. Conklin.
Scores: J. H. Hopkins, IS yds., broke 46; W. W.
Barr (18) 45, N. Nubinger (16) 44, Dr. Newton (16)
44, *L. C. Reid (20) 43, Hi Follrich (20) 43, Fred
Call (20) 42, C. R. McConnell (16) 41, *Frank Riehl
(20 41, *L M. Fisher (20) 41, Jack Converse (20)
41, C. E. McKelvey (20) 41, W. H. Carstens (20) 41,
J. V. Hough (18) 41, E. E. Young (18) 41, George B.
Baker (18) 41, Robert Tyler (16) 41, Dr. King (20)
40, H. P. Warner (16) 40, *D. Rhodes (20) 39, *E.
Valeen (20) 39, J. W. Geltz (18) 39, D. R. Baker (18)
39, S. A. Martin (18) 39, A. E. Drake (18) 38, Matt
Grossman (20) 38, J. Ruppe (20) 38, Dr. J. F. Hill
(18) 38. Dr. A. B. Kidd (18) 38, L. S. Barnes (20) 37,
G. A. Conklin (20) 37, Dr. Winningham (18) 37, C.
W. Bandy (18)36, A. L. Hall (18) 36, C. B. Fitzgerald
(18) 36, C. Chantlerr (16) 36, H. Cosgrove (16) 36,
D. H. Huber (16) 38, George Scripture (20) 35, W. J.
Northfoss (18) 35, W. A. Rosenfield (16) 35. Dr. S.
W. Case (16) 35, C. R. Sydman (18) 32, E. M. Hansen
(16) 32, F. F. Gearhaardt (16) 30, W. Nelson (16) 29,
H. E. Gleason (16) 28, L. A. Taylor (16) 26, A. J.
Gerrard (16) 28. Dr. Slvfield (16) 13, J. H. Taylor
(16) 12. ^Professional.)
HUNTING TOLL HIGH IN FIFTEEN STATES.
California Has Record of Two Killed, But More
Care Should Be Exercised.
Hunting accidents of the year:
States— Killed.
California 2
Colorado 2
Illinois 13
Indiana 3
Iowa 4
Maine 1
Michigan 22
Minnesota 2
New Hampshire 1
New Jersey 4
New York 11
North Dakota 2
South Dakota 1
Wisconsin 6
Injured.
2
3
7
3
2
11
1
14
Totals.
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Eighty-six known dead and approximately forty in-
jured is the hunting toll in fifteen States for the
season which ended on November 30th, as compared
with fifty-nine dead and sixty-six injured last year
and 111 dead and 162 wounded in 1912.
Last year's statistics were gathered from eighteen
States. The figures presented herewith not only in-
cluded the victims of the short deer season, but
those of the rabbit and duck season.
"Mistaken for deer" and carelessness on the part
of hunters account for the many dead and wounded.
Michigan, as during the last several years, leads
in the number of dead with twenty-two. The season
in Illinois produced thirteen deaths, while in New
York eleven dead are reported.
Ten thousand hunters combed the woods of North-
ern Michigan for deer, while it is reported a like
number invaded the forests of Minnesota and Wis-
consin.
Game Commissioner Otis of Michigan described the
deer season just closed as "the worst ever."
"This year the hunters seem to have gone into the
woods together the day after election, or the next
day," he said. "As a result they were in bunches,
not scattered as they usually are, and at the same
time all were in a hurry to get back home. That
accounts for the nervousness and shooting at sounds
without waiting to see what really made the noise.
"Of course, carelessness was one of the chief
causes of so many deaths and injuries, and one
would have thought that this year, above all others,
would have been a 'safety-first' year. The papers in
the upper peninsula printed every day since the sea-
son opened a list of 'don'ts' and woods were placard-
ed with 'dont's' where everybody should have seen
them as they never were before.
"The only thing I can think of that will put an
end to the great number of casualties is a 'buck law,'
and I am going to do my level best to have the next
Legislature pass such an act. Judging from the re-
sults in Wisconsin, that will keep down the shooting
at sounds, which accounts for a great number of the
killings. In Wisconsin they had such a law last
year, and the number of deaths was cut down."
Probably the most peculiar accident that marked
the hunting season was the death of Solon Linn, 12
years old, who was shot by his dog. Solon locked
the animal in the barn. The dog broke loose, over-
took the boy, pulling the gun's trigger with his paw.
The charge entered the lad's head.
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Auto Runs Down Goose. — There are all sorts of
ways of getting a big, fat goose for birthdays, Thanks-
giving and for any other occasion, but to break the
neck of a choice wild goose with the fender of an
automobile on a lonely road after dark, puts to shame
the wildest stories of the imaginative huntsmen. This
freak of good fortune, however, actually happened to
J. C. Burgess of Sacramento one night last week, at
about 8 o'clock, on the road between Sacramento and
Woodland. M. Stein was a witness to the remarkable
incident. Incidentally the goose and the weird story
of its capture came as a surprise to Mrs. Marion
Burgess, secretary to Mrs. Margaret McNaught, com-
missioner of elementary education, who celebrated
her birthday with a wild goose feast.
Burgess and Stein were returning by auto from
Woodland over the Yolo causeway. Before them
they saw a large, wild goose, undoubtedly blinded or
dazed by the glare from the auto headlights, running
directly before the car. The fender struck it in the
neck as Burgess tried to avoid running over it. The
bird was found to be fatally injured and was duly
killed and returned to the Burgess home in Sacra-
mento, and had it not been remembered that Mrs.
Burgess had a birthday anniversary the game would
have served as the main dish of a Thanksgiving
feast at the Burgess home. Mrs. Burgess tells the
story, and refers all to Stein and her husband for
verification.
1230 Deer Killed (L. A.) — The deer census being
completed by the Fish and Game Commission for
the State now shows that the counties comprised in
the Los Angeles administrative district aggregated
1230 bucks. Kern County led with 375 reported.
Santa Barbara ran up ahead of last year with 270.
Ventura, 213, was third. Los Angeles yielded 153;
San Bernardino, 60; Inyo, 54; Riverside, 45; San
Diego, 35; Orange, 20; Imperial, 5; "finished as
named."
Saturday, December 9, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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COAST FIELD TRIALS OPEN THURSDAY.
Large Gathering of Financiers Will Go to Bakers-
field For the Thirty-fourth Annual Events.
On Thursday of the coming -week, the thirty-fourth
annual field trials of the Pacific Coast Club, one of
the oldest organizations in the country, will open at
Bakersfield. Indications point to a banner attend-
' ance with fanciers from all parts of the Coast pres-
ent.
John H. Schumacher of Los Angeles will officiate
as presiding judge with Phil M. Wand and J. W.
Flynn as associates. Reports received from the pre-
: serves about fourteen miles out of Bakersfield, where
! the trials will be held, are to the effect that condi-
; tions are ideal for the pointers and setters to show
at their best.
President A. G. Wilkes and Secretary S. Christen-
son declare that there will be many new dogs in
the competition this season. There has been a re-
,' vival of interest in field trials all over the country.
It was felt on the Coast this year when Oregon,
; Washington and Vancouver staged trials with suc-
cess.
That the trials will be well attended is indicated
by the reservations made by the following members:
. John McKeon, Taft; C. E. O'Neill, Frank J. Ruh-
I staller, W. W. Richards, S. Christenson, Roy Avery,
Mrs. Avery, A. G. Wilkes, Mrs. A. G. Wilkes, Thomas
Wilkes, John W. Considine, J. S. French, J. Walter
I Scott, L. S. Hawxhurst, John M. Kilgarif, C. J. Mat-
j hews, Hugh Crunney, J. A. Chanslor, Dr. Arthur
Beardsley, Henry Cartan, William Dormer, Charles
L. De Ryder, S. P. Eastman, J. W. Flynn, E. C. Ford,
John H. Schumacher, W. W. Sweeney, Martin I.
Smith Sr., and Jr., Lansing Tevis, Lloyd Tevis, Phil
M. Wand, George W. Wingfield, Peter B. Kyne, J.
Bishop, Henry Cline, Fred de Augustine, Robert
Hardman, Stanley Anderson, Mr. Beckhalt and a num-
ber of others.
The three usual fixtures — The Derby, All-age and
Member stakes — will be contested. The entries will
remain open until the night before the trials when
the drawings will be made.
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Shell Mound Pistol Prizes. — The Shell Mound Pis-
tol and Rifle Club, one of the most popular shooting
societies of the Pacific Slope, held its tenth annual
shooting festival Sunday on the Shell Mound range.
It was fully attended and resulted in satisfactory
scores.
When the shooting ended at dusk, the members of
the club and a number of guests partook of a ban-
quet served in the banquet hall of the club in Shell
Mound Park.
Judge James G. Quinn of Oakland officiated as
toastmaster, and during the ceremonies a large num-
ber of valuable prizes were awarded to the marks-
men. Following are the principal scores of the yearly
competition and the winners:
O. Lillemo, king of the Shell Mound P. and R. Club.
T. H. Johnson, the Siebe handicap trophy cham-
pionship.
C. W. Seely, the first prize on the special bullseye,
200 yards.
F. A. McLaughlin, the Orpheum trophy on the 50-
yard special bullseye.
Two hundred yards, 10 best scores for the year:
Class A — E. Schierbaum, 2155; A. Thompson, 2105;
R. T. Wixson, 2046; K. O. KindgTen, 2042.
Class B— A. M. Poulsen 1937, O. P. Peterson 1925,
C. Often 1890, H. Purman 1853.
Class C — L. Erickson 1996, G. R. Hauser 1843, John
Bender 1828.
Class D— T. H. Johnson 1715, B. Brunje 1668, R. A.
Paulson 1442.
Fifty-yard Pistol Range — Class A, R. T. Wixson
909 and O. Lillemo 883. Class B, C. M. Kraul 855, L.
Erickson 846 and A. M. Poulsen 825. Class C, E.
Bridge 871, F. P. Poulter 842 and Dr. R. A. Sommers
828. Class D, A. Hartman 821, A. Thompson 805 and
O. P. Peterson 791.
Fifty-yard Special— F. A. McLaughlin 11%, E.
Schierbaum 15, F. P. Poulter 21, H. Kroeckel 21%,
A. Thompson 23, L. Erickson 25%, H. Kliienenbroich
35%, O. Lillemo 36%.
200-yard special bullseye, total three best centers:
C. W. Seely 68, F. A. McLaughlin 69, L. Erickson
101, K. O. Kindgren 103%, E. Schierbaum 108%, Al
Thompson 132%, G. R. Hauser 167%, C. Otten 169%,
John Bender 172, C. Weggermann 217%.
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Tough on Green Hunter. — Of course, you've heard
the bewhiskered story of Christy Mathewson and the
greenhorn friend he took quail hunting into the Ten-
nessee hills. Well, they take their guns and go out
after the Bob Whites. All of a sudden, Christy sees
his friend's gun pointed at a quail running in the
path ahead.
"Hey! You're not going to shoot him while he's
running?" cried Matty.
"Nope. I'm going to wait till he stops."
This may not be apropose, but the other day in
Portland Rube Foster took his first duck hunt as the
guest of a coterie of friends who have a preserve at
the Sauvies island duck lakes. To be exact, Rube
was there on the invitation of Messrs. A. L. Finley,
state biologist; E. B. Chandler, W. J. Brady and
Kenworthy.
A flock of wild ducks, noting the apparent security
of some of the tribe darting hither and thither over
the lake, began to settle down.
"Bang!. Bang! Bang! Bang!" went the guns of
the old hunters. What wild birds were left winged
rapidly out of reach.
"Bang!" came a belated shot.
Smoke was seen issuing from the muzzle of Rube's
sun .and a live decoy in the lake rolled over on his
back, wiggled his webs in Rube's direction and ex-
pired. The effect was too great on Rube's over-
wrought nerves. The bank gave way under his feet,
and dervish, the 'pride of railroad row,' 'took an
unexpected bath in the 32-degree water.
36
Northwest Trap Circuit — The Spokane trapshooters
are spoiling for a chance to prove that the Inland
Empire can produce 10 men who can defeat any 10-
men team in either the Puget Sound territory or
the Columbia-Willamette valleys in the proposed ser-
ies of team shoots to be held in Spokane, Seattle
and Portland, the first, of which was set for Port-
land last Sunday, but postponed on account of the
field meet of the Oregon Sportsmen's League, prev-
iously arranged for at Everdiag Park.
Charley O'Connor, the president of the Spokane
Gun Club, declares that the Inland Empire marks-
men have "shot the wadding out of the Coast men
many a time before and can do it again." The bold
Charles has evidently been sounding out his territory
and Spokane may be expected to bring down a strong
aggregation from that city, the Palouse country and
Northern Idaho, in which there are many trap ex-
perts of high class.
Shooters from outside the three cities are keen
for the team shoots. It is the first opportunity they
have had to take part in contests of the kind with-
out qualification or selection. All they have to do
is to come and enter. If they happen to strike a
good gait and land among the first 10 in their terri-
tory, and that territory produces the 10 high men,
the purse is theirs as well as the glory. There will
be other events also for their entertainment.
The dates for the three big team shoots will short-
ly be announced. Each club is making provisions
for bad weather in case it should be encountered.
They are also devoting much attention to the social
features of the shoots, which will be much more
elaborate than usual.
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Averages of Pro Shots. — It has taken a remark-
able bit of shooting to place Homer Clark, the little
professional of Alton, 111., at the head of all the pro-
fessionals in the country during the 1916 trapshoot-
ing season. According to Sporting Life's official trap
shooting averages of all of the professionals in the
country in the registered tournaments of the Inter-
state Association, Clark has set the remarkable aver-
age of .9800 on 2100 registered targets.
Out of this total Clark missed but 45 targets. It
was a most noteworthy performance, inasmuch as he
heat out Lester S. German, of Aberdeen, Md., who
was runner-up with an average of .9730 on 4700 tar-
gets. The third man in line is Art Killam, of St.
Louis, Mo., whose average is .9862 on 6,385 targets.
Ranking fourth comes the veteran, William R.
Crosby, of O'Fallon, 111., who on 5546 targets estab-
lished an average of .9670. The fifth professional is
E. L. Mitchell, of Los Angeles, Calif., with .9670 on
1000 targets. C. G. Spencer of St. Louis, Mo.; C. A.
young of Springfield, O.; Rush Razee of Curtis, Neb.;
John R. Taylor of Newark, O., and H. D. Gibbs of
Union City, Tenn., follow in order.
Peculiarly enough the man who has shot the great-
est number of targets in Interstate registered tour-
naments this year is that veteran of more than a
score of years' service in the professional ranks,
Fred Gilbert, of Spirit Lake, la. Gilbert has shot
at 9890 targets and established the fine record of
.9391.
These averages are of 406 registered tournaments
shot during this season.
The figures on Coast professionals are: J. R.
Brennon, Sacramento, Cal., shot at 300, broke 22,
.7500 per cent; A. W. Bruner, Los Angeles, 200x162,
.8100; C. Burtch, Vancouver, B. C, 300x216, .7200;
J. R. Bull, Portland, 990x914, .9232; J. Cadham, Van-
couver, B. C, 250x221, .8840; C. Clement, Pasadena,
300x253, .8433; L. A. Cook, Oakland, 2110x1915,
.9076; S. W. Dimick, 910x723, .7945. F. A. Dryden,
Spokane, 1790x1658, .9263; W. R. Ellis, San Fran-
cisco, 1260x1063, .8437; M. O. Feudner, San Fran-
cisco. 950x857, .9011; I. M. Fisher, Seattle, 890x788,
.8854; J. S. French, San Francisco, 210x130, .6190;
G. H. Harrison, Seattle, 700x662, .9457; P. J. Holo-
han, Portland, 3640x3373, .9266; L. S. Hawxhurst,
San Francisco, 2110x1986, .9412; C. A. Haight, San
Francisco, 1910x1598. .8366; J. G. Heath, San Fran-
cisco, 400x341, .8525; W. J. Higgins, Sacramento,
600x476, .7933; G. Holohan, Los Angeles, 1940x1816,
9361; H. A. Hoyt, Los Angeles, 1000x885, .8850;
O. N. Jones, San Francisco, 800x615, .7687; C.
Knight. San Francisco, 1500x1339; .E. L. Mitch-
ell, Los Angeles, 1000x967, .9670; W. J. F. Moore,
San Francisco, 200x121, .6050; E. B. Morris, Port-
land. 2040x1814, .8892; G. E. Oliver, Los Angeles,
1600x1383, .8644; H. E. Poston, San Francisco, 3650x
3473, .9515; R. C. Reed, San Francisco, 1810x1740.
.9613; J. E. Reid. Portland, 1565x1367, .8735; R.
Rhodes, Seattle, 450x375. .8333; H. Ricklefson, San
Francisco, 900x703, .7811; F. C. Riehl, Tacoma, 2690
x2510, .9331; L. H. Reid, Seattle, 2740x2605, .9507;
C. J. Schilling. Portland, 1210x1110, .8952; W. O.
Shreves, Mayfield, 150x128. 3533; E. L. Valleen,
Spokane, 900x776, .8622; W. F. Willett, San Fran-
cisco, 1100x993, .9027; A. Woodworth, Spokane, 1390
xl241, .9144.
SAN JOSE GETS COAST HANDICAP SHOOT.
Interstate Association Awards Grand American to
Chicago; Local Shots Win Sunday Tournaments.
Press reports carry the information that the San
Jose Blue Rock Club beat out the Golden Gate Club
for the honors of holding the Pacific Coast Handicap.
At the meeting of the Interstate Association on
Thursday, the fixtures were awarded and other action
taken. One of the most important was the permis-
sion granted to hold registered tournaments on Sun-
day.
The Breeder and Sportsman was the first piper to
take up the fight of Coast shooters for the right to
engage in registered tournaments on Sundays and
we feel gratified that the trap shooting officials have
adopted the sensible move. It means a big boost for
the sport out this way where trayshooting is in popu-
lar favor on Sundays. The report on the meeting
is as follows: —
New York, December 7.— At the twenty-eighth an-
nual meeting of the Interstate Association for the
Encouragement of Trapshootiug, held here today, the
grand American handicap tournament for 1917 was
awarded to the South Shore Country Club of Chicago.
The Western tournament will be held under the aus-
pices of the St. Joseph Gun Club, St. Joseph, Mo.
The Roanoke Gun Club, Roanoke, Va., was chosen to
take charge of the Southern tournament. Hartford,
Conn., will be the scene of the Eastern tourney, and
the Pacific Coast handicap will be shot over the traps
of the San Jose (Cal.) Gun Club. The dates for all
these events will be arranged early next year.
T. E. Doremus of Wilmington, Del., was re-elected
president and T. H. Keller of New York vice-pres-
ident. F. R. Shaner of Pittsburg, Pa., secretary, and
Elmer E. Shaner, Pittsburg, manager and treasurer,
also were re-elected.
Acting on the request of Paymaster F. P. Wil-
liams, TJ. S. N„ the association voted to allow the
winner of the Navy trap-shooting championship to
take part in the annual national amateur champion-
ship at 100 targets, which is decided during the grand
American tournament.
In accordance with many applications from West-
ern districts, sanction will be given in future for
Sunday contests.
It was decided that any one who receives shooting
utensils, guns, cartridges or other ammunition from
manufacturers or dealers without purchasing them
and paying his own expenses is to be classed as a
professional.
During the last year 546 sanctioned shoots were
held, as against 333 in 1915, when 4,814,360 targets
were trapped. During 1916 the number of targets
trapped was 6,366,110.
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Los Angeles Club. — Although the rains prevented
many trapshooters from partaking of their favorite
sport Sunday, many took advantage of the fine
weather earlier in the week and journeyed out to the
Los Angeles Gun Club and blasted away at the tar
hawks.
C. M. Wood was one of the visitors, and smashed
95x110, while Seth Hart blazed away at 100 targets
and broke 94 of them. Many others took part in the
shooting during the week. Following are some of
the scores:
C. M. Wood 95x100, Seth Hart 94x100, Wm. Ken-
nedy 88x100. B. H. Carnahan 85x100, F. C. Hartmann
62x100, S. B. Friend 68x75, R. C. Hartmann 60x75,
F. H. Teeple Jr. 45x50, Guy L. Pulley 44x50, S. H.
Wilson 43x50, C. G. Griffith 42x50, G. Steel 37x50, M.
D. Towne 34x50, F. H. Teeple Sr. 23x25, C. C. Sultner
15x25, C. Y. Endsley 15x25, R. B. Houston 12x25,
G. S. Sullivan 10x25, N. A. Combs 11x25, V. Yates
9x25.
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Game Reservations, (Washington, D. C.) — Five
big-game preserves and 67 bird reservations are
maintained by the Biological Survey, U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture. The mammal reservations in-
clude the Montana Bison Range, the Wind Cave Game
Preserve in South Dakota, the Niobrara Reservation
in Nebraska, the Elk Refuge in Wyoming, and the
Sullys Hill Game Preserve in North Dakota. The
Niobrara Reservation was intended as a bird reserve,
but has been stocked with big game and is at present
maintained chiefly for buffalo and elk. according to
the annual report of the chief of the Biological Sur-
vey, just issued. In the first three reservations men-
tioned the herds of buffalo have shown a notable in-
crease since their establishment a few years ago.
says the report, and now include 207 head, or more
than a third of all the buffalo which now belong to
the Government. The elk number about 160 and the
antelope 40, making a total of about 400 head of the
big game.
National Bird Reservations — The number of bird
reservations was increased during the year by the
addition of the Big Lake Reservation in Arkansas.
Sixty-seven reservations are now maintained primari-
lv for birds. The report urges the importance and
necessity of retaining as breeding grounds for water
fowl and other birds, tracts of land which are not
especially valuable for agricultural purposes. The
area of marsh land necessary for breeding grounds Is
insignificant, it is said, in comparison with the bene-
fits which will accrue to the public through the in-
crease in our supuly of game birds.
12
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 9, 1916
is the oiled road of California. A quantity of broken
stone or gravel is spread upon the soil surface and I
thoroughly sprinkled with a light, crude asphaltic
oil, then the whole is plowed to a depth of from six ■
to eight inches, thus mixing soil, stone, and oil. It is «
then rolled with a roller having foot-like projections
which work like a subsurface packer in compacting
the material from the bottom upwards, frequent bar-
rowing and oil sprinkling being done as the rolling
progresses until the surface becomes smooth and !
firm. Light oil or tar sometimes is used to sprinkle
macadam roads and the surface dusted with fine
screenings, hoping thus to eventually secure an
asphaltic road through the penetration of the oil .
into the stone sub-base.
Brick, paving stone and wooden block pavements -
all require a good substantial, smooth-surfaced foun-
dation, preferably of concrete, to insure permanency.
A cushion of sand from one i.o two inches thick is
spread over the surface and the stone or brick laid
in courses with greatest lengtn across the street, the
joints being broken and each brick or block rammed
home to a smooth surface. Sand is then swept into
the cracks, followed with a thin cement grout, a pitch
compound, tar, or asphaltic cement. Wood blocks are
generally treated with some preservative and rammed
to a firm seat in a cement mortar or asphaltic cement
cushion coat. A joint filler of some bituminous com-
pound is worked into the cracks and the surface is
then dusted with sand or fine screenings.
Concrete, while having been used extensively for
foundations, has not been used very much for the
wearing surface until late years. It has the disad-
vantage of being unyielding, scaling or spawling
under blows, very bard on horses' hoofs, and it is
difficult to secure good bonding between repairs and
the older work. Nevertheless, it is coming into favor
in recent years on account of its durability, slightly
cheaper first cost compared to other first-class dur-
able pavements, and the generally comparative ease
in securing the materials for construction and re-
pairs.
Formerly, concrete roads were laid much the same
as sidewalks with a decided difference between sub-
base and wearing coat. This was not entirely satis-
factory, and in later construction the whole depth is
poured at once with reinforcing near the bottom, and
by floating gets the finer materials on the surface for
a smooth, good-wearing surface. The addition of
some form of woven or webbed reinforcing has done
much towards insuring the permanency and conse-
quentl3* increasing the use of concrete roads.
The cost of roads varies with so many factors in
different localities that an average figure means very
little. However, a few average contract prices per
square yard obtained from different sources are as
follows :
Macadam $ .90
Stone paving 2.73
Brick paving 1.95
Wood block 2.82
Bitulithic 2.25
Asphaltic 1.91
and
Petrolithic, or oiled roads (figures from Cali-
fornia only) 36
SSSSSSSSSz'SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
I Stock Breeders' Page
ROAD IMPROVEMENT.
SSSSSS
Dairy Products Worth Over $40,000,000.
California dairy products for the year ended Sep-
tember 30, 1916, had a total valuation of $40,627,039,
according to the biennial report of the State Dairy
Bureau, which has just been issued. A surprising
feature of the report is that the price of butter, dur-
ing the period when all other foodstuffs were soaring
to the' skies, averaged lower than for several years
past. The report gives the average price of butter
in California during the past year as 27.39 cents a
pound, as compared with 28.70 for 1915, 27.61 for
1914 and 32.12 for 1913.
In the above total of ?40,627,039, there is included
butter valued at $19,181,264; cheese at $1,203,592,
condensed milk at ?1,48S,S1S, casein at $503,685, mar-
ketable milk at $14,000,000, calves at $2,500,000, and
skimmed milk and buttermilk at $1,750,000.
The condensed milk industry increased consider-
ably during the past year. California is exporting
large quantities of condensed milk. This is because
the war has shut off importations of the produce from
other channels, and California is now sending con-
densed milk into practically all markets of the world,
according to the Dairy Bureau report.
California Steer Grand Champion.
The University Farm at Davis has sent to the In-
ternational Live Stock Exposition at Chicago two
steers of its own breeding and feeding, and secured
the grand championship. California Favorite, a year-
ling cross bred Hereford-Shorthorn steer, took the
grand championship and California Jack, a two-year-
old Aberdeen Angus steer, was made the reserve
champion. The California University school has thus
demonstrated that California alfalfa, barley and other
grains are as suitable to fatten cattle as the alfalfa
and corn of the Middle West.
Chicago Cattle and Horse Markets.
On Monday a load of 1,627-pound Hereford steers
sold at $12.35, making a new record. Another drove
averaging 1,423 pounds sold at $12.25 and two lots
at $12, but the percentage above $10.50 was small,
the bulk selling at $S.25@10.25. The liquidation of
light steers, of which thousands have been going to
killers at $4.75@6.25, is subsiding, and when the
country stops deluging the market with that stuff
better action by medium grades will be logical. Beef
from such cattle is going into cold storage in enor-
mous quantities, and but for such facilities and ad-
vancing cost of hides light steers and canner grades
have had little value.
Purchases of army horses by the French and Ital-
ian Governments have been curtailed and prices
pruned. Both inspections are now paying $150@165,
and are exacting as to quality. The commercial trade
is of limited volume. Southern buyers are picking
up reject stuff at $75(5)100 and taking mares up to
$125; but they are indifferent. A little city business
is being done in expressers and chunks at $170@220,
and a few work horses are going east on the same
basis; but the recent demand for big horses has sub-
sided, buyers having orders for drafters finding it
advantageous to go to the country to get them. No
considerable volume of trade or urgency of demand
is expected until the turn of the year — [Breeder's
Gazette.
Want the Wiry Western Horses.
For cavalry and artillery service nothing equals the
wiry horses bred in the west The same qualities of
stamina which our western altitude and climate have
given the broncho are noticeable also in the draft
horses bred in this part of the country. Consequently
our western horses are being sought by foreign gov-
ernments for all branches of the war service and a
new raft of buyers appeared last week on the Denver
market in quest of this kind of stock. The United
States and Russia produce three-fifths of the world's
horses. Russia is utilizing all its extra mounts,
hence England, France and Italy were compelled to
turn to this country for their supply. The war de-
mand came at a providential time for our horse rais-
ers as there was a surplus in this country and the
market was weak and showed little chance of im-
provement. The war sales put millions of dollars in
circulation among our farmers. While the war pur-
chases have not made serious inroads on the total
number of horses in the country, the fact remains
that the shrewd buyers from abroad have taken the
best of the average horses. War conditions have not
affected our government supply of horseflesh to anv
extent. There is a good deal of a debate waging in
army circles just now as to the comparative merits
of standard and thoroughbred horses, and certain
regiments are now supplied with one class and others
with the other. The plan is to follow the horses
closely and to determine which strain is the better
for cavalry mounts. There are men who believe most
emphatically in the trotter as being better for gen-
eral purposes. — Denver Field and Farm.
o
The silo is a great aid in any kind of dairying, but
especially so in winter dairying. Silage is a good
deal like pasture, and when supplemented with al-
falfa hay and some grain feed, a maximum milk flow
can be expected.
[By J. B. Stoneking, M. E.]
There is such a heavy increase of traffic on all
roads in this country, more especially on the main
trunk highways between cities and towns of impor-
tance and the roads leading from the more populous
country districts into the markets, that a very neces-
sary and radical change has been forced in road
buiidlng and improvement methods. Not many years
ago, plain graveled and water-bound macadamized
roads stood the wear and tear of the then compara-
tively light and slow-moving vehicles. Light surfac-
ing was the rule and materials which would stand up
under that traffic were found to be inadequate when
subjected to the abrasion and hard pounding of our
heavier and rapid-moving vehicles of the present
day.
Since the development and perfecting of the auto
truck for hauling and delivery purposes, the slow
wide tired wagon has been largely replaced. This
type of traffic has spelled the doom of earth roads,
and tears holes in lighter, more easily worn surfacing
with amazing ease and rapidity. It has also caused
a cry to be raised for easier grades. The lighter
pleasure automobile is almost as hard on road sur-
face as the truck, and the higher speed has increased
the number of bad accidents on sharp curves and
steep grades. These causes have not only made a
heavy, wear-resisting road surface necessary, but in
the rebuilding and improvement now being done the
roads are widened, grades reduced, sharp turns and
dangerous curves eliminated.
The vast amount of work to be done, coupled with
the high cost and shortage of labor, has led to the
development of successful laDor-saving road machin-
ery of many different and highly specialized types.
One of the labor-savers adopted from quarry, rail-
road, and mining work and applied with success to
road building is the low-freezing, slow-acting, heav-
ing, low-grade dynamite for earth work in deepening
and widening cuts, widening curves around hillsides
and points, blasting out stumps, boulders and trees,
and in making side and outfall ditches for drainage.
Considerable saving is accomplished by its use in
loosening material in conjunction with steam shov-
els, graders, scrapers, and other machinery.
After a good earth bed has been prepared, the
type of road surfacing best adapted to local feasi-
bility and traffic conditions should be applied. Each
type of road has its particular advantages and dis-
advantages, and local conditions must govern the
selection, frequently combining parts of each type.
The following are considered standard types, al-
though more or less interrelated;
Macadam in its different forms,
Bituminous or asphaltic,
Brick or stone paved.
Wooden block, and
Concrete roads.
Macadamizing is probably the oldest and most
widely used method of surfacing, having more modifi-
cations than any other type. It consists primarily
of crushed stone or gravel held together with some
form of applied "binder." This type of road is most
generally the cheapest in first cost and holds up
well under the lighter traffic. Heavy traffic, how-
ever, soon breaks through, making a high mainte-
nance cost, hence it is not suitable for use as city
paving nor on main roads near the larger cities and
markets.
Crushed stone having sharp edges is a more satis-
factory material than round-edge gravel for it com-
pacts with less "creeping," and gives a better bind-
ing. Trap rock, diabese, basalt, porphery, and other
fine-grained rock are very good on account of their
hardness and wearing qualities, although somewhat
low in "cementing" quality. Granite is usually too
coarse-grained, and limestone too soft for a first-
class road surface. A small amount of limestone is
frequently mixed with the harder rocks to increase
their cementing effect. The binders used are fine
stone screenings and water, sand and water, lime-
stone screenings and water, or clay and water.
Upon the compacted earth formation is spread a
layer of broken stone of sizes between one or two and
one-half inches in diameter. This is rolled and re-
rolled until it is well compacted; a thin coat of
binder material is spread over this and rolled into
the interstices of the larger stone. Next a coating
of finer material of one-half inch to three-quarter
inch is rolled, on top of which is spread and rolled
very thoroughly a finishing coat of binder, using
water freely. The finished sub-base of coarser stone
is usually about four inches thick and the surface
coat two inches, thus making a six-inch pavement.
In bituminous or asphaltic roads, the crushed
stone sub-base is coated with a small quantity, ap-
proximately one gallon per square yard, of asphalt
cement or tar, then the surface course consisting of
three-quarter to one inch stone, which has been
heated and thoroughly mixed with asphaltic cement,
is spread on and rolled while hot. A thin dusting
of sand or stone screenings is spread on top to keep
the surface from running and becoming sticky. Often
a concrete sub-base is used with the surface left
rough purposely to prevent the creeping of the sur-
face course. This type of road has a certain "spring-
iness" which saves the horses' hoofs from too much
jarring, it is easily repaired, the surface is not easily
abraded, but it has the disadvantage of disintegrating
after a length of time due to the presence of a cer-
tain amount of volatile oils.
A modification of the bituminous and asphalt road
Setting Forth the Natural Causes.
A most astonishing disposition is nation-wide
manifest to overlook natural causes of high-priced
foodstuffs and seek the reason in combinations in
restraint of trade. A wild rush has been made to
the offices of states' attorneys in the apparent fatu-
ous belief that a few grand jury indictments would
augment the fruits of last season's harvests. Unhap-
pily women's clubs, most useful and helpful adjuncts
of modern life, have been among the chief offenders
in this unreasoning campaign. Some public officials
are not wholly guiltless. It is high time that officials
who are supposed to be cognizant of the facts, should
speak as does the dairy and food commissioner of
Wisconsin, when he reports that the shortage of
butter and eggs in that state is attributable to the
wholly abnormal heat and drouth of the past summer.
The heavy exports of cheese, under war-time de-
mand, account for the prices of that dairy product
over which complaint is registered. Doubtless, how-
ever, the women's clubs of Milwaukee will go on
cheerfully boycotting the farmers and handlers of
eggs and dairy products, as if that course would
magically cause the supply to grow in stature like
Jack's beanstalk. — Breeder's Gazette.
o
Winter Dairying.
Winter dairying has been found to be the most
profitable dairying. When the cows freshen in the
fall, they will give a good milk flow during the win-
ter, and when turned on the summer pastures, the
milk production will be given a new impetus. The
drying-up period will come at the time when work
is the most pushing, when flies are the worst, and
when pastures are short.
Another advantage of winter dairying is that milk
and butterfat bring the highest price in the winter
and labor is the cheapest. On many farms a number
of cows could be cared for without any extra labor
during the winter.
The cows that freshen in the fall will produce more
milk during the year than those that freshen in the
spring, and the largest milk production will come
when the prices for milk and butterfat are the high-
est and labor the cheapest — [Rural Spirit.
Saturday, December 9, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
THE FARM
Drainage. — Drainage makes a clay
soil more productive by removing the
surplus soil water and by helping to
coirect acidity. It deepens the root
zones and enables the plant to obtain
more moisture during a dry spell. It
hastens decay of organic matter by
making the soil "warmer and by pro-
viding a supply of oxygen.
Not all soils require drainage. The
nted for it is indicated by the follow-
ing conditions: Moss growing on the
surface, plants looking yellow or
dwarfed, deep cracks during a dry sea-
son, and water standing more than
twenty-four hours after a rain.
A soil may be drained by laying the
land out in beds, by constructing
ditches, or by making a system of un-
derground tile drains. In many sec-
tions the land is thrown up in level
beds five feet wide, to insure suffi-
cient drainage for winter vegetables.
Fresh Vegetables. — The fresher the
green vegetable the quicker it cooks.
Wilted vegetables take two or three
times as long to cook and are not then
as tender as perfectly fresh ones. The
wilted vegetables should be soaked in
cold water till revived as far as pos-
sible . Vegetables likely to contain
worms or insects should be placed in
cold water fifteen to forty minutes to
draw them out. A little vinegar helps
start them.
Mr. J. H. Boisseranc of Buena Park
has recently made a valuable improve-
ment to his ranch by way of installing
a Layne & Bowler Turbine Centrifu-
gal Pump.
THE BEST LINIMENT
OR PAIN KILLER FOR THE HUMAN BOW
^ Gombault's ■
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IT HAS NO EQUAL
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IIIV Wounds, Felons.
Exterior Cancan, Boils
Hum an buT \o™,
CAUSTIC BALSAM has
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who buy it that it docs
not contain a particle
of poisonous substance
and therefore no barm
can result from its ex-
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thorouoh use will cure
y old or chronic
ailments and it can be
used on any case that
requires an outward
application with
perfect safety.
Perfectly Safe
and
Reliable Remedy
for
Sore Throat
Chest Cold
Backache
Neuralgia
Sprains .
Strains
Lumbago
Diphtheria
Sore Lungs
Rheumatism
and
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REMOVES THE SORENESS- STRENGTH ENS MUSCLES
Cornhlll. Tex.— "One bottle Caustic Balaam did
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Price SI. BO per bottle. Sold by druggists. oj_^D
by os eiprois prepaid. Write for Booklet R. ' \
The LAWRENCE-WILLIAMS COMPANY. Clevclantf. IK
Annual Auction Sale
OF
Saddle Horses
BY THE
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E. J. DEPUE, Proprietor
At Park Riding Academy
2439 PULTON STREET
between 5th and 6th Avenues
San Francisco, Cal.
WEDNESDAY EVE., DECEMBER 20, 1916
at 8 o'clock.
Fresh and seasoned borses suitable for
park or road. Every horse guaranteed
as represented.
STOPS
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from a Bone Spavin, Ring Bone,
Splint, Curb, Side Bone, or similar
trouble and gets horse going sound.
It acts mildly but quickly and good re-
sults are lasting. Does not blister
or remove the hair and horse can
be worked. Page 17 in pamphlet with
each bottle tells how. §2.00 a bottle
delivered. Horse Book 9 M free.
AUSORBINE, JR., the antiseptic liniment
for mankind, reduces Painful Swellings, En-
larged GlandSjWens, Bruises, Van cose Veins;
heals Sores. Allays Pain. Will tell you
more if you write. $1 and $2 a bottle at
dealers or dcliveted. Liberal trial bottle for 10c stamps.
W. F. YOUNG, P.D.F., 54 Temple St., Springfield, Mass.
For sale by Lander & Miuhaela. San Francisco, Calif.;
Woodward, Clark & Co , Portland Ore ; Cal. Drug & Chem.
Co., Broiiswig PruK Co., Western Wholesale Drag Co., Lot
Angeles, CalU". Kirk. Clearr & Co., Sacramento, Calif.;
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Buy A McMurray!
The Real Lady (2) t. 2:04^4,
world's champion two-year-old,
established two new world's rec-
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New McMurray Sulky.
Every race record of two minutes
or better in 1916 was made to
the new McMurray Sulky.
The Golden Anniversary Catalogue
shows the complete line of Mc-
Murray "Easy Riding-" Jog-
Carts in which horse action is
absorbed into the springs — The
Model 80 "Flyer," the last word
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for racing-, training" or Matinee
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Remember, McMurrays build Sul-
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mechanics are specially trained,
and by devoting- their entire time
to one line, are better able to
furnish a first quality article at
lowest cost.
Let McMurrays tell you what they
can do for you.
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288 N. Main St., Marion, Ohio
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FOR SALE.
Black gelding, six years. 15.2 hands,
1.050 lbs., perfect beauty and a show
horse. Kind, gentle and fearless. Ab-
solutely sound. Natural smooth pacer.
Wears neither boots or straps. Sired by
Yasser 2:07. First dam Zenobie 2:19 by
Zombro, 2d dam by Truman 2:12. son of
Electioneer. This horse paced a mile as a
3-yc-ar-old at 2:14. If given a chance, he
is rugged and strong, and with his racing
qualities I think he will make a 2:05
pacer. For sale reasonable.
H. OLSEN, 1450— 46th Ave., Oakland.
FOR SALE— THE ICICLE by The Ice-
man 2:10. dam California by a son of
Sable Wilkes, next dam thoroughbred.
Handsome( dark bay horse with black
mane and tail, star, and both hind pas-
terns white. A remarkably showy horse,
weighs 1000 pounds, stands 15% hands
high and can show five gaits under sad-
dle. Has trotted a mile in 2:16%, last
quarter in 32^ seconds; trotted a half in
1:04^&. Kind disposition and intelligent.
One of the most desirable horses to ride,
drive, or show, in California. Will be
sold cheap. Address
A. T. JACKSON,
R. 4, Box 11, Stockton, Cal.
FOR SALE.
Thoroughbred colts and fillies by
Marse Abe.
Standard bred colts and fillies by
Dillcara, son of Sidney Dillon.
Colts and fillies by Flosnut, by Nut-
wood Wilkes.
All these colts are untrained. Some
choice saddle horses among the lot.
Address Mrs. C. E. Farnum, 420
Market St., or P. O. Box 555, San
Francisco, Cal.
I WANT TO BUY.— I have sold eleven
horses in the last few months ranging
from $2,000 to $200. If you have a horse
for sale and will write me, I will tell you
what my system is. It is a winner. I find
there is a buyer for every horse for sals
at the right price. It is just a question of
getting the buyer and seller together. If
you have one for sale let me hear from
you. MAGNUS FLAWS,
542 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111.
FARMS FOR SALE
Choice Land In Idaho
Lewiston, Idaho, is situated at the
forks of Clearwater and Snake rivers and
has transportation to the coast.
960 acres 7% miles from Lewiston, Ida-
ho. 4*£ from Lapwai, Idaho, on male
traveled road, all In cultivation except
about 15 acres, all level land, just a little
rolling, 320 acres of fall wheat In, 225
acres fall plowed for spring crop, about
30 acres in alfalfa. All fenced and cross
fenced. Two good springs with big cem-
ent water troughs, well, windmill and
cement reservoir, water piped to house,
7 room house, hot and cold water and
electric lights. Large horse barn with
hay mow in the center, electric lights in
barn; cow barn with two box stalls: hog
pens, shade trees, chicken houses, black-
smith shop, wagon shed, granary, outdoor
cellar with bunk house overhead. $85 .per
acre; will take one-third down, time on
balance to suit purchaser, at 7 per cent
interest. One-third of crop goes with
place if sold any time up close to harvest.
Mild climate, can raise all kinds of fruit,
grain and vegetables. Wheat in this
country goes from 35 to 65 bushels per
acre, barley 40 to 80 bushels per -acre.
320 acres ky° miles south of Vollmer,
Idaho. 275 acres in cultivation, balance in
pasture and timber, farm land lays prac-
tically level, one-third of crop goes with
place if sold before harvest. Some fall
wheat already sown. All fenced and cross
fenced. Quarter section of It fenced hog
tight: good four-room houso, wood shed.
and out of door cellar, nice grove around
house, well at house, fair stabling and
out buildings, spring and spring creek
close to barn, three springs on place.
Price $70 per acre, one-third cash, bal-
ance at 7 per cent. Time to suit pur-
chaser.
238 acres 4*4 miles from Lewiston. Ida-
ho, 175 acres in cultivation, 25 more can
be cultivated, balance good bunch grass
pasture, fenced and cross-fenced, good
spring creek runs across place, small
house, station on place for Johnson R. R.,
two grain warehouses at station. Price
$70 per acre, one-third cash, balance at
7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
160 acres of timber land, good farm land
when timber Is cleared off, all can be
farmed except about 2 or 3 acres. Good
timber, yellow pine and fir. Price $4000.
40 miles from Lewiston, Idaho. Well
located to log off.
240 acres 6 miles from Asotin, 12 mllea
from Lewiston, Idaho, about 75 acres In
fall wheat, about 75 acres more can be
cultivated, balance in bunch grass pas-
ture, two springs, small house, all fenced.
Price $40 per acre, one-third cash, balance
at 7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
Reference Lewiston National Bank and
First National Bank. Address
P. W. KELLEY.
Drawer 447. San Francisco, QkX.
14
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 9, 1916
/
BEAUTIFUL BELVEDERE
/.OrS FOR SALE
CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
most beautiful spot on the shores of San Francisco Bay
for a suburban home. It commands an extensive view of
the City of San Francisco, Alcatraz and Angel Islands,
Raccoon Straits, San Francisco Bay, Richardson's Bay,
the Berkeley shore, beautiful Belvedere and Mt. Tamal-
pais. It is in Marin County, directly opposite San Fran-
cisco, and forms the eastern shore of Belvedere cove.
It has a naturally terraced, sunny, western slope that is
well adapted for many choice residence sites, every one
affording most picturesque views of the bay and moun-
tain. It is protected from the prevailing western trade winds in
summer by Belvedere Island, and from the southerly storms in
winter by Angel Island. The soil is fertile and part of the island
is well wooded.
It is less subject to fog than any other place near San
Francisco. The summer fog, as it rolls in from the ocean, splits
on the western slope of Sausalito, part of it flowing in a line with
Angel Island towards the Berkeley shore, and part of it along
the southern slope of Mt. Tamalpais, leaving Belvedere, Corin-
thian Island and Raccoon Straits in the bright sunlight, while
the fog banks can be seen as a white wall both to the north and
the south.
There is very little available land about the shores of San
Francisco Bay that is desirable for homes, especially for those
who love boating and kindred sports. The Alameda and Contra
Costa shores of the bay are the lee shores and receive the full
brunt of the boisterous trade winds which lash the shoal waters
near the land into muddy waves, making boating both unpleas-
ant and dangerous. To the north of the city and in Marin
County the land from Sausalito to the entrance of the bay is a
Government reservation and will never be placed on the market.
The shores of Richardson's Bay are not at present convenient
to boat service and, aside from Belvedere and Corinthian Island,
there is little or no land near any ferry landing that possesses
the natural advantages, improvements and possibilities that are
offered on Corinthian Island. Concrete roads, pure water, tele-
phone service and electric light wires are already installed. It is
only ten minutes' walk from any point on the property to
Tiburon boats, and but forty-three minutes' ride to the foot of
Market Street.
On the point of Corinthian Island the Corinthian Yacht
Club has had its home for many years, and on any summer day
the white sails of its numerous fleet add to the charming scene,
as the trim yachts glide about the cove. Excellent fishing of all
kinds for bay fish, including salmon, the gamey striped bass,
rock fish and the toothsome silver smelt, is to be had in the cove.
There is probably no spot so accessible and in such close prox-
imity to any large city in the world that offers the attractions
of climate, magnificent scenery, fishing and boating as will here
be found.
FOR MAPS, PRICES AND PARTICULARS APPLY TO
/
S. L. PLANT,
PLANT RUBBER AND SUPPLY CO.,
32 BEALE STREET
San Francisco, Cal.
efR.
F. W. KELLEY,
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN OFFICE,
366 PACIFIC BUILDING
San Francisco, Cal.
/
Saturday, December 9, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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Wins Healt' , Wealth
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You can gain the best
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using the main feeds
and of turning your
by-products into
solid, profit. Professor
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ADDRESS
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Poet Office Drawer 447, San Franclico
Every farmer should keep a few
guinea fowls. Not only do they make
themselves valuable as watch birds
against hawks, but becouse of their
wild game flavor they are coming into
favor as food. Formerly hotels and
restaurants served grouse, quail and
other wild game birds, but now, on ac-
count of the enactment of game laws,
they are forced to find a substitute.
The guinea fowl makes an acceptable
substitute and is being used increas-
ingly because of its similar taste.
Due to the small size of the guinea
egg, the raising of guineas for egg pro-
duction is not advised. The guinea
egg is classed as a second. If the de-
mand for the wild game taste is to be
satisfied, however, the production of
guineas for the market should become
profitable.
Especially, if the guinea a source of
profit when raised on the farm in
small numbers, since the food that it
eats in ranging over the farm is just
waste food that probably would not
be utilized othewise. The guinea
fowl does not stand confinement well,
but on the farm where it can have free
range the conditions are nearly ideal
for this bird.
Guineas can be raised by use of in-
cubators, but the method which proves
most satisfactory is to use hens, or,
better yet, bantams, for brood moth-
ers. Then the wild nature of the guin-
ea will be moderated and the birds
can be cared for more easilv
G. LINDAUER KK
General Livery and Sale Business
COUNTRY HORSES FOR SALE
WEIGHING 1200 Lbs. TO 1700 Lbs.
Mules in Carload Lois
Hunts and Rigs of All Descriptions lor Hire at All Times
-EL DORADO-
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FOR HORSES, MILK COWS, CHICKENS,
YOUNG PIGS AND HOGS
If Your Dealer Doesn't Carry It. Address
EL DORADO OIL WORKS
433 California Street, San Francisco
Pedigrees Tabulated
Typewritten, Suitable For Framing —
Stallion Service Books, $1.00
Registration Standard-Bred Horses Attended to
with picture of the horse and terme on first page ; complete tabulated pedigree
on the two inside pages and description on back page
Stallion Folders
irse and terma on first page; comple
?o inside pagea and description on b;
Stallion Cards for Posting
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ADDRESS
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Get
Your Game!
\A/HEN your dogs are on
" the point, you want
to feel sure of your birds.
Confidence in your powder is
a big factor in bagging your
game. The fact that gener-
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Du Pont Sporting Powders is
your assurance that they are the powders for YOUR shotgun or rifle.
MAKE EVERY SHOT COUNT
SHOOT dPOK) POWDERS
the game getting qualities of powder, — quick ignition,
high velocity, even pattern, penetration, are incorpora-
ted in every grain of these dependable sporting powders.
Make every shot count on your hunting trip. See that the shell box or
canister reads "DUPONT" when you buy loaded ammunit on or powder
for hand-loading. Du Pont Sporting Powders are loaded by the leading
ammunition companies and sold by dealers everywhere.
For booklets descriptive of Du Pont Sporting' Powders. Came Loads Recommended
and instructions for hand-loading', write to the Sporting Powder Division of
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P, 0. DRAWER 447,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
OCTOBER TRAP-SHOOTING TOURNAMENTS FURNISHED, AS USUAL,
A BIG QUOTA OF
VICTORIES WON WITH
CULLISON, KANS., October 26.
High Amateur Average, 142 ex 150, J. J. Randall.
Second Amateur Average, 140 ex 150, Messrs. Toews, R. S. Randall and
Foulke.
Third Amateur Average, 139 ex 150, C. L. Howell.
High General Average, 148 ex 150, D. D. Gross.
WEBSTER LAKE, IND., October 23-25.
High General Average. 288 ex 300, H. Kennicott.
LOGANSPORT, IND., October 17.
High General Average, 148 ex 150, H. Kennicott.
HOBOKEN, N. J., October 13.
High Amateur Average, 184 ex 200, H. Sindle.
MT. PULASKI, ILL., October 11-12.
High General Average, 286 ex 300, A,
The
SHELLS
C. Connor,
(p) Brand Quality is always "on the job." Only one standard i
wrong if you buy shells or cartridges with the familiar red (p) on the labels.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., October 10-11.
High Amateur Average (tie), 389 ex 400, Otis C. Funderburk.
CINCINNATI, OHIO, October 5-6.
High Amateur Average, 290 ex 300, W. R. Randall.
TOLEDO, ILL., October 3.
High Amateur Average, 147 ex 150, F. M. Buckingham.
MEDFORD. OKLA., October 10.
High Amateur Average, 141 ex 150, Wm. Lambert.
LINCOLNVILLE, KANS., October 6.
High Amateur Average, 144 ex 150, P. J. Cairns.
OMAHA, NEB., October 16-17.
High General Average, 229 ex 300, Phil R. Miller.
(U. S. Professional Champion.)
used in the Peters factory, and that is the very highest. You cannot go
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"LEADER" AND "REPEATER" SHELLS
For the high flyers and the low flyers Winchester "Leader"
and "Repeater" shells have the reach, pattern and penetra-
tion. Their patented construction and uniform loading
make them by far the best shells on the market. In proof
of this we point to their unequalled winnings at the traps
this year, including the Grand American Handicap. Such
shells insure a good bag in the field. Get a box or two for
your next day a-hunting and try them out for yourself.
THE VV BRAND WILL IMPROVE YOUR SHOOTING.
Recommended Game Loads: —
IT IS A difficult matter to recommend a particular load for any certain kind of game shooting, as natural conditions vary
so much in different localities.
With this in mind, we have given considerable study to the various loads recommended and believe that those shown will
give the most satisfactory results, and will be an aid to consumers and dealers.
RABBIT AND SQUIRREL
Brand
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Powder Oz.
QUAIL
Brand Drs. Powder Oz.
Nitro Club and Arrow 3 Smokeless 1 1-8
Nitro Club and Arrow 3?4 Smokeless 1 1-S
Nitro Club and Arrow '2?.> Smokeless I
New Club 3% Black 1 1-8
New Club 3}f Black 1 1-8
New Club 2H Black 1
WOODCOCK AND SNIPE
Nitro Club and Arrow 2%
Nitro Club and Arrow 3%
Nitro Club and Arrow 2%
New Club 3
New Club $%
New Club 2%
RUFFED GROUSE
Nitro Club and Arrow 3
Nitro Club and Arrow 3K
Nitro Club and Arrow 2V2
New Club 3M
New Club - 4
New Club 2%
Smokeless 1 1-8
Smoneless 1 1-8
Smokeless 7-S
Black 1
Black .1 1-3
Black l
AND PARTRIDGE
Shot
7%, s or 9
IVi, 8 or 9
?;s. S or 9
7 , 8 or 9
7 . 8 or 9
7 . S or 9
9 or 10
9 or 10
9 or 10
9 or 10
9 or 10
Nitro Club and Arrow 3
Nitro Club and Arrow 3J4
Nitro Club and Arrow 2>A
New Club 3%
New Club 3'i
New Club 2%
..1 1-S
..1 1-4
Smokeless..
Smokeless..
Smokeless-
Black 1 1-S
Black 1 1-8
Black 1
6 or 7
6 or 7
6 or 7
6 or 7
6 or 7
G or 7
Ga. Brand Drs. Powder Oz.
10 Nitro Club and Arrow 3J4 Smokeless 1 %
There is also a fair demand in 10-gauge for
10 Arrow 3ii Smokeless ....11-8
10 Arrow 4 Smokeless 11-4
Shot
4. 5 or 6
4. 5 or 0
4, 5 or 6
16 Nitro Club and Arrow 2% Smokeless 1
There is also a fair demand in 16-gauge for
16 Arrow 2% Smokeless 1
PRAIRIE CHICKEN
Nitro Club and Arrow 3
Nitro Club and Arrow 3K
Nitro Club and Arrow.. . 2J-o
New Club 3J47
New Club .4
New Club 2VA
Smokeless 1 1-S
Smokeless 1 1-4
Smokeless 1
Black 1 1-S
Black i%
Black 1
6. 7 or 7>i
6. 7 or 7H
6, 7 or iy,
6 or 7
6 or 7
6 or 7
New Club 3M Black 11-8
New Club 4 Black 11-4
There is also a fair demand for
New Club 4% Black 11-8
New Club 4ii Black 11-8
New Club 3 Black 1
4, 5 or G
4. 5 or C
4. 5 or 6
4. 5 or 6
4. 5 or 6
Smokeless....
Smokeless
Smokeless....
Black
Black
Black
1 1-S
iM
l
.1 1-8
■1H
.1
6. 7 or iy,
6, 7 or iy,
6 or 7
6 or 7
6 or 7
DUCKS
12 Nitro Club and Arrow '6% Smokeless 1% 4. 5 or G
Tins it the most popular 12-gauge load, but there is also con-
siderable demand in 12-gauge for
12 Nitro Club and Arrow 3 Smokeless.. ....1 1-8 4. 5 or 6
12 Nitro Club and Arrow 3% Smokeless 1 1-S 4. 5 or 6
'" Arrow 3% Smokeless 11-8 4 or 5
Cut This Out and Keep For Reference.
Championship of California!!!
PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP 1915
HIGHEST GENERAL AVERAGE, VERNON GUN CLUB,
Los Angelas, July 2, 3 and 4, 1816
493 ex 500 TARGETS
All of the above winnings were made by Mr. Henry Hirrmann Jr., with his 34 inch
double barrel
PARKER GUN
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VOLUME LXIX, No. 25.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1916.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 16, 1918.
$2,500
GUARANTEED
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The State Fair Futurity Stake No. 9.
TO BE GIVEN BY THE
CALIFORNIA STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
For Foals of Mares covered in 1916 to TROT and Pace at Three-Years-Old, 1920.
Entries Close: Tuesday, January 2nd, 1917
$1,500 FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD TROTTERS.
$1,000 FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD PAGERS
CONDITIONS
Entrance and Payments — $2 to nominate mare on January 2, 1917, when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given
$5 May 1, 1917; $10.00 on Yearlings May 1, 1918; $10.00 on Two-Year-Olds May 1, 1919; $10.00 on Three- Year-Olds May 1, 1920.
Starting Payments. — $35.00 to start in the Three-Year-Old Pace and $50.00 to start in the Three- Year-Old Trot. All starting payments to be
made ten days before the first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place. Nominators must designate when making payments
to start whether the horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer.
Races three heats, money divided 25 per cent to the first heat, 25 per cent to the second heat, 25 per cent to the third heat and 25 per cent
to the race according to rank in the summary. Money divided in each division 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Should two or more horses be tied
for first place at the completion of the third heat, such horses only shall contest in a fourth heat and money divided according to rank in sum-
mary at the termination of that heat. A horse having won the first two heats and drawn or distanced in the third heat shall not lose position in
the summary.
If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins; or if either the mare or foal dies before January 1, 1918, her nominator may
sell or transfer his nomination or substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there will be no return payment, nor will any
entry be liable for more than amount paid in or contracted for.
Entries must be accompanied by entrance fee.
Nominations liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payments forfeits all previous payments.
This Society is liable for $2500.00, the amount of the guarantee only.
Hobbles will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions.
Right reserved to declare off or re-open these Stakes in case the number of entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors of this
Society.
There will be no more moneys in each division or heat than there are starters. Entries open to the world.
Other than exceptions made on this entry blank, rules of the National Trotting Association to govern.
. JzSzSS&SS^' JOHN M. PERRY, President.-
CHAS. W. PAINE, Secretary,
Sacramento, California.
$10 DUE ON FOALS OF 1916.
Third Payments:
JANUARY 1st, 1917.
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 16-$3,000
GIVEN BY THE
PACIFIC COAST TROTTING HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
FOR FOALS OF MARES BRED IN 1915. FOR FOALS OF 1916 TO TROT
OR PACE AT TWO AND THREE YEARS OLD
Entries Closed Tuesday, February 1st, 1916.
$1600 for Trotting Foals
150 to Nominators of Dams of Winners.
$1100 For Pacing Foals
$100 to Owners of Stallions
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
$1000 for Three-Year-Old Trotters.
50 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Three-Year-Old Trot.
600 for Two-Year-Old Trotters.
25 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry Is named the
Winner of the Two-Year-Old Trot.
50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner
of Three-Year-Old Trot when mare
was bred.
$700 for Three-Year-Old Pacers.
50 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Three-Year-Old Pace.
400 for Two-Year-Old Pacers.
25 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Two-Year-Old Pace.
50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner
of Three-Year-Old Pace when mare
was bred.
$50 In Special Prizes was paid to Stallion Owners in February, 1916.
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on February 1, 1916, when
name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 August
1, 1S1C: $10 on Yearlings January 1, 1917; $10 on Two -Tear- Olds January 1, 1918;
$10 on Three-Year-Olds January 1, 1919.
STARTING PAYMENTS- $25 to start in the Two-Year-Old Pace; $35 to start in the
Two-Year-Old Trot; $35 to start in the Three-Year-Old Pace; $50 to start in
the Three-Year-Old Trot. All starting payments to be made ten days before
the first flay of the meeting at which the race is to take place.
Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered
Is a Trotter or Pacer.
Colts that start as Two-Year-Olds are not barred from starting again in the Three-
Year-Old divisions.
SUBSTITUTIONS
If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or If either the mare
or foal d-es before JANUARY 1. 1917, her nominator may sell or transfer his nomina-
tion or substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there will be no
return of a payment nor will any entry be liable for more than amount paid in or
Address all communications
E. P. HEALD, President.
to the Secretary.
F. W. KELLEY, Secretary.
P. O. Drawer 447,
Office, 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco, Cal.
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Saturday, December 16, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast.
(Established 1882.)
Published every Saturday.
F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor.
tant business to sit and discuss the blood lines of
his favorite stallions and broodmares, for his inter-
est in trotters as in all other live stock was centered
around pedigrees and the laws of heredity.
NATIONAL TROTTING ASSOCIATION.
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tered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. O. Drawer
447. San Francisco, California.
Communications must be accompanied by the writer's
name and address, not necessarily for publication, but
as a private guarantee of good faith.
■ ANY BREEDER of Standard horses who will read
the reports of the auction sales cannot fail to note
that colts that have stake engagements have a far
: greater value than those that are unstaked, and this
| excess value is much more than the cost of the
(engagements. But a few of the California breeders
.of Standard stock can spare the time and the expense
'necessary to train and race their colts in the big
.'futurities that are decided every year on the Grand
: Circuit, consequently it is necessary that they should
patronize the home stakes if they desire to race their
i colts here or sell them to those who will race them,
i The State Fair Futurity No. 9 will soon close for the
nomination of mares covered in 1916. The date for
the closing of this stake is Tuesday, January 2d, 1917.
The value of the stake is $2500 and it costs but the
small sum of $2 to nominate. There were 96 nomina-
tions in the Pacific Breeders' Futurity which is a
stake with much the same conditions, and the State
Fair Futurity should receive every one of these and
several more. If the reader will refer to the adver-
tising columns of the Breeder and Sportsman he will
find all the conditions of State Fair Futurity No. 9
there set forth, and it would be well for him to make
a note of the date of closing and determine to send
Secretary Charles Paine his nominations on or be-
fore January 2d. There will probably be no more
than three stakes for the three-year-olds of 1920 to
trot for in California, and if a colt can win all three
of them he will earn about 52500, which is worth
while. Let everybody get busy now and see if we
can't pull at least 100 nominations for California
State Fair Futurity No. 9. A small boom has been
started in trotting horse affairs in this country, and
every person interested should aid in keeping it
going. January 2d, 1917, will be the last day for
making nominations to this stake.
o
THE TROTTING HORSE lost one of its oldest
and strongest supporters when William Simpson died
last week at his home in New York, says a writer
in the New York Herald. He had been breeding
trotters almost forty years, and horsemen estimate
that he expended more than $1, 000, 000 in rearing,
racing and training them. Before Maud S. 2:08%
was heard of he bought of David Bonner her half
sister, Cora Belmont 2:24%, and founded the Empire
City Stud, which is still in existence, with the re-
nowned sires McKinney 2:11% and Axworthy 2:15%
at its head. For McKinney Mr. Simpson paid $50,000,
and for Axworthy $21,000 at auction in Madison
Square Garden just ten years ago. He owned John R.
Gentry 2:00% when that horse paced the fastest
race on record, at Fleetwood Park, just twenty years
ago, and he bred the crack trotter Bouncer 2 : 09, with
which he won the classic Transylvania Purse at Lex-
ington in 1895.
Though he was one of the large property owners
of New York and the possessor of so much ready
money that E. H. Harriman and other big operators
in the financial district used to go to him on occa-
sions for spot cash in large amounts, Mr. Simpson
almost to the last spent most of his time in his little
ground floor office, fronting on Park row, near the
Brooklyn Bridge, where he demonstrated that a
pawnbroker can be as worthy of confidence and
respect as a banker or any other business man. He
once owned a large herd of Jersey cattle and a fam-
ous collection of Shetland ponies, but the trotting
horse was his hobby, and he would put aside impor-
Official Report of the 29th Congress, Held in New
York, N. Y., December 5, 1916.
The Twenty-Ninth Congress of the National Trot-
ting Association was held at Murray Hill Hotel, New
York, N. Y., December 5, 1916. John C. Welty, Pres-
ident, called the meeting to order as per previous
notice and said: "At the May meeting of the Board
of Review a resolution was adopted looking to the
formation and codification of uniform rules for both
the American Trotting Association and the National
Trotting Association. It was evident then, and must
be to everyone connected with the turf, that the con-
flict of rules and the re-writing and frequent promul-
gation of amendments has led to much criticism —
and justly so — and much confusion, and thrown much
work upon the secretaries and officers of the tracks,
until finally it became apparent to everybody that
uniformity of rules was to be desired. The Board
of Review, for the purpose of hastening the matter,
gave your President authority to convene this Spe-
cial Congress. It is to that end I have called you
together for the purpose of appointing a committee
to act with a similar committee from the American
Trotting Association.
"It should be a committee of six, with six alter-
nates, from each of the two associations; and that
committee of the associations should be fully author-
ized to re-write and to codify a uniform set of rules
which shall be the rules of both associations.
"There is no referendum to the committee. It has
has absolute power; and when the rules have been
agreed to by a majority vote of that joint committee
of twelve, those shall be the rules of both associa-
tions for the year 1917 and until the next meetings
of the Congresses of the two associations. To that
end each of you or your association for you, received
notices of this meeting together with copy of a letter
from myself explaining the situation.
"After the May meeting of the Board of Review,
I took the matter up with Mr. W. P. Ijams, Presi-
dent of the American Trotting Association, and he
heartily concurred in the suggestion of the resolution
passed by the Board. "
"The American Trotting Association, however, is
not as far along as we are in this matter. It is going
to appoint a committee but that committee is going
to be appointed by its Board of Directors, and it
shall not have complete authority until the third
Tuesday in February, 1917, when their annual meet-
ing will be held and ratify it.
"So it seems to me the wise thing for us to do is
to provide in our resolution that, as soon as a like
committee from the American Trotting Association
is granted the same authority and the same power, it
shall go into effect and be a Joint-Board. I am not
in favor of this committee meeting a committee from
the American Trotting Association that has to have
a referendum, because if you adopt the plan sug-
gested in our resolution, we do not have that, for
the committee is given full power to act."
The report of the Committee on Credentials was
presented by A. P. Sandles, chairman of the com-
mittee. It showed that there were 270 associations
represented by person or proxy.
After the report of the committee was presented
Mr. Sandles also stated that since it was completed
he was handed two credentials authorizing Pierre
Lorillard, Jr., of Tuxedo Park, N. Y., to represent the
Bergen County Fair, Hohokus, N. J., and Monroe
Driving Park Association, Monroe, N. Y., and one
credential authorizing W. Averill Harriman of Arden,
N. Y., to represent Goshen Driving Club of Goshen,
N. Y. With these additions the total representation
amounted to 273. On motion of Carlos M. DeGar-
niendia, seconded by John R. Townsend and duly
carried, the report was accepted.
The President presented a resolution for appoint-
ment of committee which after considerable discus-
sion was adopted, the members of the committee and
alternates named in same also being elected after
the resolution was adopted:
"Resolved — That John C. Welty, Canton, Ohio;
W. H. Gocher, Hartford, Conn.; Pierre Lorillard Jr.,
Tuxedo Park, N. Y. ; John Early, Nashville, Tenn. ;
DeForest Settle, Syracuse, N. Y., and E. W. Swisher,
Columbus, Ohio, be and they hereby are appointed
a Rule Committee, which together with a like com-
mittee in number and authority to be appointed by
the American Trotting Association, shall be and they
are hereby authorized to re-write and codify the rules
of both associations and make them uniform, and
upon their adoption by a majority vote of said Joint-
Committee of both associations, shall be the only
rules and regulations governing all racing upon the
tracks of the members of both the National Trot-
ting Association and the American Trotting Associ-
ation during the year 1917. and the necessary rules
to enforce same by said associations and until the
meeting of the Congresses of both said associations
in 1918, hereby giving unto the said Joint-Committee
full power and authority therein to act as fully as
this Congress; and when such Committee has thus
adopted such rules and regulations as herein pro-
vided, the same shall operate automatically to repeal
all the rules and regulations now in force and effect,
of both associations for the time hereinbefore named;
but no authority is given said committee hereby ap-
pointed, to act until a like committee is appointed by
the American Trotting Association, and with as full
and complete authority to act finally upon all matters
submitted as the authority is herein granted to the
above-named committee.
"Further Resolved — That Edward Moulton, Wor-
cester, Mass.; Reese Blizzard, Parkersburg, W. Va.;
Thos. S. Griffith, Spokane, Wash.; Ray M. Colby,
Owego, N. Y\; James M. Belden, Newark, N. J.;, and
James P. Winchester, Wilmington, Del., be elected as
alternates to fill any vacancy or vacancies upon said
committee and in the order named."
Upon motion of A. P. Sandles, seconded by Carlos
M. DeGarmendia, the Congress adjourned, sine die.
W. H. GOCHER, Secretary.
o
Westchester Stakes Show Increase.
With the one exception of the Amateur Cup, a
highweight selling affair for gentlemen riders, every
stake closed by the Westchester Racing Association
for Belmont Park, shows a big increase in the num-
ber of horses entered.
The Metropolitan Handicap has 85 entries against
57 in 1916, while the Suburban has 83 against 53 in
1916 and the Toboggan has 94 against 53. The stakes
for two-year-olds, now yearlings, have even larger
numbers entered. The Juvenile has 124 entries
against 82 last year; the Keene Memorial, 117 against
86; the Fashion, 97 against 64, and the Bouquet, 63
against 58.
There were 50 entries against 30 of last year for
the Ladies' Handicap for mares, while the Harlem
has 50 against 22 and the Hollis, another selling
stake, has 46 against 35.
The entries of yearlings for the Belmont and With-
ers for three-year-olds to be run in 1918 also show
an increase, there having been 132 yearlings entered
in the Belmont and 152 in the Withers, as against
95 and 116, respectively, for last year.
There were 88 two-year-olds nominated for the
Lawrence Realization, to be run In 1917; 145 year-
lings for the Realization of 1918 and 224 weanlings
for the Realization of 1919.
o
Wise cattlemen, says Field and Farm, are purchas-
ing good young stock heifers for breeding purposes
and also patronizing the breeders of pure bred bulls.
The biggest money makers in the next few years
will be the men who breed good heifers and grow
yearling beef. The markets are getting a fair num-
ber of stock heifers of good and medium grade, but
medium stuff should go into ihe slaughterer's hands,
"while high bred heifers should be kept back home
to chew alfalfa in the winter and browse on double-
taxed forest reserve grass in the summer time. The
man who raises his own steer calves and feeds them
into yearling beeves is not taking the same specula-
tive chances as the one who must buy stockers and
feeders each season. The latter runs against a high
feeder market very often and after the cattle are fat
hits a fat beef market temporarily overstocked and
with high priced feed that he has put into the cattle
of course fails to pay out and is left high and dry on
the barren rocks of stern adversity. The calf crop
otters the best end of the cattleman's situation now.
This is the time when the farmer must get back into
cattle breeding. Conserve the heifer supplies and
buy more good bulls.
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Many a horse is bought for a song at the auctions
that turns out a good winner. "It was twenty years
ago," recently remarked Mr. Daingerfield, nephew of
the late James R. Keene, "when I sent imported
Skate, a gelded son of Minting out of imported Glide,
to the Lexington sale. Perhaps his name was against
him, but considering that Glide "was his mother, it
was well taken at that, and not given him because
he was considered a 'skate' in the sense the term is
applied to poor ones.
"Skate netted the Castleton Stud just nine dollars.
He was knocked down for $20. The lowest fee to
the auctioneer at that time was $10. Then there
was a fee of one dollar for bringing a horse into the
sales ring. The colt was bought by George Innes,
then a blacksmith in Kentucky, and the next year he
won nearly a dozen good races for his owner, and a
lot of them were handicaps."
Skate was one of the bargains of the turf, as he
certainly proved a consistent winner through the
seasons of 1897 and 1898, and on one occasion de-
feated the great black mare Imp.
S. C. Hildreth, having given nearly all the American
bred yearlings in the Belmont string satisfactory
trials, has turned them out along with the members
of the older division, including Stromboli, Hourless.
Deer Trap and others, but as yet not much has been
done with the imported yearlings which came up
from The Nursery after the others had had their
trials. These young things are improving rapidly
and are looking vastly better than they did when
they first reached Belmont Park, and some of them
at least have begun to gallop in a style which is
extremely encouraging.
«> * «•
Classes for docked saddle horses are to be cut
down in number at the National Horse Show next
year. In six classes this year there were only 32
entries as against one hundred and one in the same
number of classes for undocked saddle horses. This
shows a most commendable trend among the saddle
horse men.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 16, 191
Entries to Pacific Breeders' Futurity No. 17 for Foals of 1917'
Cheerful news! An increase of about 33 1-3 per cent has been made in the
number of nominations for Pacific Breeders' Futurity No. 17 over the number
made in No. 16. The new stake closed on the 4th of this month with 96 nom-
inations while Stake No. 16 had but 71. While there has been an increase of
15 in the number of mares nominated, the number of stallions represented is the
same — 37. Last year Copa de Oro 1:59 headed the list with eight of the mares
bred to him nominated, Carlokin 2:07% was second with seven, and Peter
McKlyo third with five. In Stake No. 17, Peter McKlyo 2:06 leads with thir-
teen of the mares bred to him this year nominated, Jim Logan 2:01% is next
with eight, and The Anvil 2:02% third with seven. El Angelo, Vernon McKin-
ney and Wilbur Lou are tied for third place with six each, and Carlokin and
Copa de Oro each have four, and are tied for fourth place. Copa de Oro was
sold and shipped to Australia early in the season last year, and probably was
not bred to any mares outside of those owned or in the stables of W. G.
Durfee.
The fact that there has been an increase of a third in the number of nomina-
tions points conclusively to the fact that interest in the breeding of trotters and
pacers and the desire to race them has greatly increased since a year ago. This
stake will be the first since the Pacific Breeders' Futurity was inaugurated in
which there is no provision made for two-year-olds to race, all the money going
to the three-year-olds. There are many who think elimination of the races for
two-year-olds was a mistake, and the great interest which was manifested last
year on the Grand Circuit tracks in the two-year-old races, may lead to the
restoration of the two-year-old events to future stakes of the Pacific Breeders'
Futurity. The complete list of nominations to Stake No. 17 is as follows:
OWNER MARE STALLION BRED TO
D. A. Allen Almah McKinney by McKinney El Angelo
D. A. Allen Miss Logan by General Logan. El Angelo
Ferdinand R. Bain Vanria by McKinney Wilbur Lou
I. L. Borden Gold Lily by Copa de Oro Guy Dillon
I. L. Borden Cleopatra by Zolock Guy Dillon
J. L. Bullock Cora Wickersham by Junio Black Hall
L. L. Cannon Black Lynwood by Lynwood W Exponent Mc
Clark Little Lucille by Palo King Jim Logan
Clark Ruby C. by Palo King Jim Logan
J. N. Colomb Yolanda by McKinney Onward McGregor
Hazen Cowan Maud Wilkes by Linwood Wilkes Guy Dillon
S. H. Cowell Dione II by Cupid Peter McKlyo
S. H. Cowell Hulda C. by Dexter Prince Panama
J. Davidson Elco by Lijero Peter McKlyo
C. L. DeRyder Gracie Pointer by Star Pointer "Vernon McKinney
Wm. E. Detels Daphne McKinney by McKinney George Hammett
L. Dobrzensky Clara Dobs by Leccona El Angelo
J. F. Dunne Letter B. Jr. by Benton Boy El Volante S.
W. G. Durfee My Irene S. by Petigru Carlokin
W. G. Durfee Atherine by Patron Carlokin
W. G. Durfee Helen Stiles by Sidney Dillon Manrico
W. G. Durfee Honey HeaJey by Zombro Carlokin
W, G. Durfee Subito by Steimvay Copa de Oro
W. G. Durfee Miss Carlokin by Carlokin Copa de Oro
W. G. Durfee Pearl Pointer by Sky Pointer Copa de Oro
W. G. Durfee Bay Mare -by Copa de Oro Carlokin
Wm. M. Ferguson Leta K by Palite Alton
Dr. F. N. Folsom Chestnut Mare by Major Dillon F. S. Montgomery
L. L. Gilpin Beautiful Morn by Iran Alto Expressive Mac
Alex. Grant ,Sona by McKinney Alhambra Prince
Alex. Grant Sima G. by Limonero Alhambra Prince
Hemet Stock Farm.
Hemet Stock Farm.
Hemet Stock Farm.
Hemet Stock Farm.
Hemet Stock Farm.
Hemet Stock Farm.
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.Louise Carter by Chestnut Tom Kinney de Lopez
.Lady Zombro by Zombro Wilbur Lou
.Eradiate by Geo. W. McKinney Wilbur Lou
.Hemet Girl by Geo. W. McKinney Wilbur Lou
.Mamie Redmond by Nutwood Wilkes Wilbur Lou
.Zeta W. by Nutwood Wilkes .Wilbur Lou
Palo King Jim Logan
Mac
._. Hershey Palo Maid by
Karns Dollie K. by Athadon Expressive
Karns Beauty N. by Nushagak Expressive Mac
C. Keefer Nada by Nushagak The Proof
S. Kernahan Derby Lass by Arner El Angelo
Mrs. Mabel Lipson. . .Policia by Best Policy Wick Hall
Mrs. Mabel Lipson. . . Jane C. by Zolock Wick Hall
A. W. Longley Lady Gay by Ben Benton Pedlar Direct
A. W. Longley Sidbar by Sidney Pedlar Direct
Geo. W. Lowery Copper the Ore by Direct Heir El Volante S.
R. J. MacKenzie May Mack by Arthur Wilkes. The Anvil
R. J. MacKenzie Bertha Carey by Zombro The Anvil
R. J. MacKenzie Astro Harvester by The Harvester The Anvil
R. J. MacKenzie Zombro Belle by Zombro The Anvil
R. J. MacKenzie Martha Spy by The Spy The Anvil
R. J. MacKenzie Merry Widow by Red Pac yernon McKinney
R. J. MacKenzie Mildred Togo by Togo The Anvil
Roy D. Mayes Madeline Marshall by Demonio Peter McKlyo
Roy D. Mayes Bally Pointer by Star Pointer Bon Watts
Roy D. Mayes Ramona by Demonio Vernon McKinney
Roy D Mayes Leota by Diablo Jim Logan
■Uex McDougall Modesto Maid by Summerset Prince El Angelo
J. E. Montgomery Margaret M. by Chestnut Tom Jim Logan
J. E. Montgomery Beautiful Bird by Nutwood Wilkes Jim Logan
J. E. Montgomery. . "Maggie Hall by Moko Jim Logan
»T. E. Montgomery. . ..Minnie Bond by The Bondsman Jim Logan
J. E. Montgomery! . "Trilby Maid by Black Ralph Jr Dan Logan
Jerry W. Moynihan. '.".Belle Seymore Healani
Theo. Mueller Maggie Thorn by Mechanic Dexter Derby
R. I. Orr . . Benito B. by Stam B Warren Dillon
Geo H Parker Rhine B. by R. Ambush Zowood
H. J. Reismann. ... '""Savannah by Silver Bow Hallie's Star
H B Robben Marie by Diablo Healani
F." J." Ruhstalie'r.'.7.7."ExPedi0 DV Lijero The Anvil
Geo F Ryan Miss Harris by Sidney Dillon Vernon McKinney
C. W. Shaw. .!!!!!!! |Baby by Tanglewood Derbertha Bells
J * E Short " " [Nelmonio by Demonio Mono Ansel
J E Short Honda Girl by Cubino Skidoo Wilkes
J. e! Short!! !!!!!!!!RuoDer Girl °y Skidoo Wilkes Wild Nutling
Tony Simas .'.7.7 ".".".Oleander by Searchlight, Jr Teddy Bear
Tony Simas ...... "Brown Mare by Best Policy Teddy Bear
A. W Sydnor. ! ! ! ! !!Zona B. by Zolock Cop*, de Oro
A w! Sydnor! . ! ! ! !!Lillian S. by Col. Sidney Otis Jr.
John S. Taylor. . 7.7 ..Marie Dillon by Guy Dillon Exponent Mc
Jas. Thompson .......Lydia by Nutwood Wilkes Peter McKlyo
Jas. Thompson !!!!!"Lydia Bond by The Bondsman Peter McKlyo
Jas! Thompson !!!!!!!Buby by The Bondsman Peter McKlyo
Jas. Thompson !.Tennie Hall by Moko Hall Peter McKlyo
L. H. Todhunter. ... ..Janet Bondsman by The Bondsman Peter McKlyo
L. H. Todhunter !Leavinettie by Zombro Peter McKlyo
L. h! Todhunter. !!. .!Osmuda by Bon Voyage Peter McKlyo
L. H. Todhunter Jet Moko by Moko Hall Peter McKlyo
l! h! Todhunter. ! ! . . !Zombowyette by Zombro Peter McKlyo
D. W. Wallis Mary W. by Dictatus El Angelo
G. Wempe Plumado by Advertiser Vernon McKinney
G. Wempe Belle Alwin by Lord Alwin Vernon McKinney
M. L. Woy. .. ...7.7. ..Loma B. by Stam B Feter McKlyo
M. L. Woy Lulu B. by Bon Voyage Stanford McKinney
if. L. Woy Strathalie by Strathway Stanford McKinney
NORTH PACIFIC FAIR ASSOCIATION.
Dates Selected for Seven Fairs Beginning August 20,
at Vancouver, B. C.
About 35 representatives of various fair associa-
tions in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia
answered the roll call when the 16th meeting of the
North Pacific Fair Association was called to order by
President Frank Meredith Nov. 7th, at Portland, Ore.
The most important event was the report of the
dates committee, which was unanimously adopted.
Following are the dates of the 1917 circuit:
August 20, Vancouver Exhibition, Vancouver, B. C.
August 27. Southwest Washington Fair, Centralia,
Wash.
September 3, Spokane Interstate Fair, Spokane,
Wash., and Grays Harbor County Fair, Elma, Wash.
September 10, Washington State Fair, North Yak-
ima, Wash.
September 17, Oregon State Fair, Salem, Ore.
November 4-17, Northwest Land Products Show,
Seattle, Wash.
November 24, Provincial Exhibition, New West-
minster, B. C.
This list is subject to the Oregon State Fair get-
ting permission from the State Legislature to hold its
"doings" the week of September 17. If this is not
obtained the fairs at North Yakima, Salem and New
Westminster will move back one week. If Vancouver
finds it necessary to take the week of August 13th
to join up with the Canadian Prairie Circuit, it will
be permitted to do so.
All of the fairs will be six-day ones with the excep-
tion of the Northwest Land Products Show of Se-
attle.
D. E. Mackenzie, New Westminster; Wilfred G.
Hannam, Spokane; A. C. Marsters, Salem; H. S.
Rolston, Vancouver; H. T. Graves, S. K. Bowes and
R. R. Somerville, of Centralia, composed the report
of the dates committee.
President Meredith appointed W. C. Brown, of Van-
couver, B. C, chairman of the racing committee;
Edith Tozier Weatherred, of Salem, chairman of the
resolutions committee, and H. S. Rolston, of Van-
couver, B. C, chairman of the dates committee.
The following compose the racing committee,
which met and fixed classes and conditions of all
horse racing of the circuit: John W. Pace, Frank
Meredith, W. C. Brown, George R. Walker, Thomas
S. Griffith, Judge E. R. Brady and A. H. Lea. Each
member represents a different fair. All of the cities
will have horse racing with the exception of Seattle
and New Westminster.
The racing committee decided that an effort would
be made to have classes at the race meets of the asso-
ciation as uniform as possible, and recommended the
following : Trotting— 2 : 15. 2 : 20, 2 : 25, free-for-all ;
pacing— 2:15, 2:20, 2:25, free-for-all.
The committee suggests that all except the free-
for-all races be under the "every heat a race" plan.
Any association which sees fit can put on extra
events. The size of purses is optional with each
member. Entries will close for all events on August
1st. Entry fee will be 5 per cent and 5 per cent will
be deducted from the money winners.
R. L. Schee, manager of the Crook County Fair,
was present and said that the circuit for the smaller
fairs will start early in September and end early in
October. Their meets will have parallel dates with
the major circuit. The following towns will be in
the smaller circuit: Goldendale, Wasco, Moro,
Baker, Ontario, Prineville, Bend and Pendleton.
Managers of these fairs will meet in The Dalles
shortly after January 1, where definite plans will be
decided upon.
On Thursday an election of officers wound up a
very enthusiastic and profitable convention.
Thos S. Griffith, of Spokane, was elected president,
W. C. Brown of Vancouver, B. C, vice-president, and
John W. Pace, secretary-treasurer. Frank Meredith
is the retiring president.
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Death of McKinney's Owner.
New Y'ork, Dec. 6. — At his home, 960 Bryant ave-
nue, the Bronx, William Simpson, horse breeder and
pawnbroker, died yesterday morning, in his eightieth
year. Mr. Simpson came of a line of loan brokers,
his grandfather having been the first to establish the
business in New Y'ork.
Mr. Simpson, who was a veteran of the Seventh
Regiment, was born at 232 William street, in the rear
ot the Park Row store. He leaves two sons, William
J. and Frederick B.
All his life Mr. Simpson was keenly interested in
horse breeding, and his stud farm at Cuba, New
York, was one of the most noted in the country. He
v»as always ready to expend thousands of dollars in
the improvement of his string of stallions and his
purchase of McKinney for $50,000 created a sensation
in the world of horsemen. He was also owner of Ax-
worthy, for which he paid $26,000. At one time he
owned the renowned John R. Gentry, which he sold
for $19,500.
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A new French contract for artillery horses at $160
has been let, but inspectors are exacting, demanding
stock weighing 1,275 pounds or more. They reject
horses with one five-year-old tooth and will not accept
many light grays. They will take plain horses if
sound, but are emphatic in turning down anything
with sidebones. The contract was let in Chicago.
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Captain A. H. Waddell, at one time editor of the
Bit and Spur and a writer on horse topics, died on
November 30th at his home tn Brooklyn, N. Y. He
was fifty-eight years old and is survived by a widow,
two sons and one daughter.
The 2:05 Trotters of 1916.
Where, a comparatively few years ago, the 2:10
list was the objective of the breeder and owner of
sny trotter, things have changed until the interest
that centered in this select circle now lies in the
2:05 list. Maybe some day it will be the two-minute
list, but to date that is too small to more than marvel
over the superlative speed of the occasional trotter
that strays into it.
But the 2:05 list is the real mark of distinction, for
it is attainable by several each season, and it is the
badge of great speed and enough manners to carry
it to the end of the mile.
Several records were established during the season
of 1916 and one of the most important of these is
the fact that eight trotters entered the 2:05 list,
exceeding the total of any other year by two. In
view of the great speed shown on many occasions
one might ask himself, "were not there more than
that?" But when you come to consider what 2:05 or
better means, the quantity must stand out as an
achievement.
Those that entered this list during the year are
Lucile Spier, Mabel Trask and St. Frisco, with
2: 03^ each; Zomrect 2:03%; The Real Lady
2:04%; Volga 2:04%; Mary Putney 2:04%, and
Peter Scott 2:05.
Having been in 2: 03*4 the year before, Lee Ax-
worthy, the stallion champion, does not get into the
1916 list. Invasion of the r,wo-minute list is glory
enough for him.
The eight that are in do not represent the list of all
that could have trotted in 2:05. For instance, Donna
Clay was second in 2:03% and Wilkes Brewer showed
when she trotted a half mile track in 2:08H that she
is eligible.
One thing that stands out among the eight that
did the trick is the approved breeding of these fast
horses. Three are by Peter the Great, two by San
Francisco and one each by Directum Spier, Zombro
and Moko, every one of these five horses a successful
sire of extreme speed.
Only four enterd the 2:05 list in 1915 and Peter
the Great led with two, so he has been at the top
in successive years.
The 2:05 list was started by Nancy Hanks when
she trotted in 2:04 in 1892, and only four joined her
in the first eight years. The total roster of this is
55, so that 50 of them have" become members of the
inner shrine in the last 16 years.
Kentucky naturally has the distinction of being
the birthplace of the greatest number, no fewer than
19 being foaled there; seven in California, six in
New York, three in Iowa, two each in Ohio, Illinois,
Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey and West Vir-
ginia, while Michigan, Indiana, Colorado, Delaware,
Maryland, Tennessee, Canada and Austria come along
with one apiece. — [Frank S. Cooke in American
Sportsman.
Saturday, December 16, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMA]
Thoroughbred Matters
BREEDING POLO PONIES.
The well known horseman L. Galbraith, of Inde-
pendence, Oregon, has been spending a few days in
San Francisco. He thinks that country the best
place in the world to raise thoroughbreds or any
other breed of horses on account of the feed and the
climate. He has the stallions Tony Faust and Milton
Barber on his ranch, together with ten or twelve well
bred mares. Among other breeders located there
are C. A. McLaughlin and W. W. Percival, and Bert
Bagley is breeding a few at The Dalles,
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L. Bailey, who formerly rode for Rome Respess,
but who has been retired from jockeydom for ten
years,- during which time he has been in the butcher
business in El Paso, Texas, did a "come back" De-
cember 2d at Juarez, when he took a mount in the
second race and brought the horse in a winner.
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Captain William F. Presgrave, the well-known
Maryland turfman, died of heart failure November
29th at his stock farm, "Tonytank," near Salisbury,
in his fifty-seventh year. Within a few days of his
death he apparently enjoyed good health. He was a
diiector and stockholder in the Maryland Jockey
Club and manager of the pari-mutuel system at Pim-
lico.
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The Thoroughbred Horse Association, at a meeting
held at Lexington recently, directed President Head-
ley to address a letter to the governing turf bodies
of the United States and Canada protesting against
the rule prohibiting the racing of two-year-olds until
April. It is said that among the leading New York
owners and breeders are many who agree with Cap-
tain Cassatt, who framed the rule, that two-year-olds
are raced altogether too early in the year, and they
would move the date back to May 15, while others
would favor a prohibition until August 1. There is
scant chance for any such radical change, however.
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J. McGinnis of New York who returned .recently
from England and Ireland, whither he went to look
over the racing situation abroad, did not bring home
any thoroughbreds with him, but he has some op-
tions of which he thinks rather well. He reports that
North "Star, recently purchased by A. K. Macomber,
is a grand-looking colt, and he praises the eminently
sportsmanlike spirit displayed by that gentleman in
paying such handsome prices for that great two-year-
old and for King's Joker, also bought of Mr. Joel,
but he is of opinion that the Pacific Coast sportsman
will find 1917 a very hard year in which to win big
races in the three-year-old class if both Campfire and
Hourless should pull through the winter as well as
it is reasonable to hope that they will. He says that
two such colts as Campfire and Hourless would be
hard to find in any country, and that they and some
others which performed well as two-year-olds in 1916
promise to make the three-year-old class in 1917 one
of the hottest ever seen in this country.
"I sincerely wish Mr. Macomber good luck," he
said, " for he is a real sportsman and not a mere
'sport.' He took 'the gaff' in the early part of the
season without whining or finding fault with any-
body, and then when good fortune began to come his
way, he was most modest about it."
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Richard Croker will return to the American turf
in 1918 with a strong stable from his Glencairn breed-
ing stud in Ireland. In a recent interview Mr. Croker
expressed the opinion that the American thorough-
bred would soon be the equal of any thoroughbred
anywhere. "At the present time," said he, "I do not
think they rank with the average high-class horse in
England. Of course, the reason for that is well
known, inasmuch as the best can trace back through
generations of really scientific breeding, so that it is
only natural that they should be better.
"While American thoroughbred blood is not consid-
ered of much importance in England just now, the
progress which has been made and must be improved
upon in the near future must force itself upon the
attention of those who now look askance at it."
Mr. Croker has a very decided admiration for Sun-
star, who ranked third among the winning stallions
in England for 1916. This one is the sire of North
Star, recently purchased by A. K. Macomber, the
American sportsman.
Orby, Mr. Croker's Derby winner, was placed sixth
on the list of winning stallions for the year, while
the former Tammany chieftain's silks earned $12,030
on the Irish turf, this placing his name fourth on the
list of winning owners. The two that gave Orby his
place in the stallion list were Eleanor M. and Eos,
a pair of three-year-olds, and the two-year-old Dia-
dem. All three of them have been sold by Mr.
Croker.
Although he disposed of a number of his stock
at auction last month he states that Glencairn still
houses Orby and a dozen brood mares of which he
has great expectations. Among some of his thorough-
bred possessions are two fillies, both by Orby. One
is a full sister to Eleanor M. and the other out of
Blakestown, the dam of Flash of Steel, a frequent
winner of big stakes in India.
[Breeder's Gazette.]
Commenting on the inquiries of N. C, New Mexico
State College, authorities on polo pony breeding may
differ as to the method, but evidence is strong that
all are fairly convinced that the correct type has
been arrived at. English breeders are satisfied on
this point; they have solved the problem of obtaining
ponies large enough combining the requisite charac-
ter, endurance and speed. Size and speed proved
most difficult to combine, and there is yet something
to be accomplished in holding the correct pony type
while cross-breeding to get the finer points of the
Thoroughbred and its velocity. In America many
original or, let me say, fundamental, types have been
tried with more or less success, but by the introduc-
tion of racing blood through the sire ponies with most
of the desirable attributes are now to be seen on our
polo fields everywhere.
Perhaps the closest comparison of types that ex-
perts now living have ever indulged in occurred dur-
ing the first International practice period extending
over several weeks at Lakewood, N. J., and Rock-
away, Long Island, prior to the cempetitive tests on
Meadow Brook Field in 1911. Old polo enthusiasts
noted particularly how ideas had changed with re-
gard to the conformation and weight-carrying ability
of ponies in the game. The old-time, coarse-headed,
big-limbed, slow cob, tricky and handy as the pro-
verbial cat, and mostly produced from bronco stock,
had given way to the finer-drawn equine hurricane
that could get into a flight of speed in an instant and
pull up near the boundary line without having its
jaw' broken.
At first glance a long-legged heavy rider looks en-
tirely too much for his lean, racy, Thoroughbred-
looking mount, but seldom does it happen that such
a pony wilts under its load. Indeed the load is no
longer a mere adipose tissue. Players to live through
a season of hard-fought tournaments are usually
trained down nowadays, and the weight carried is
principally muscle and bone. The burden is alive,
not dead, moves in unison with the mount, and there-
fore is scarcely felt during the short periods of play
now popular.
There is, however, much reliance placed by careful
and far-seeing breeders on the judicious introduction
of coarse strains in the make-up of foundation stock.
There must always be some substance and quite
some bone, coupled with the inevitable Thoroughbred
blood. Inbreeding from "blood" alone would, of
course, result in shadowy mounts, totally out of the
question for either back or forward players. It is a
mistake to suppose that roughness necessarily means
coarseness. The range life of the growing colt and
the lack of care as the animal reaches maturity ac-
count for this roughness. Thus we find rough-looking
mounts that are the equal of finely-groomed and
finely-bred candidates, when put to the test. When,
however, actual coarseness or common character de-
velops, such a pony is usually relegated to general
utility purposes between clubhouse and grounds, or
for occasional practice where the going need not be
particularly fast.
Now that the game has increased in speed, the
light-weight pony is of course In greatest demand for
No. 1 and No. 2 players, and if the idea is not pushed
too far no great harm results. Showring judging of
ponies tends this way possibly, but it is some conso-
lation to find, at least in America, that showring
judges are generally chosen because of their ability
at play, and they may be trusted to recognize the
type that is best at getting away the instant the ball
is dropped, the most enduring and plucky when inter-
fered with, and that can turn on the proverbial ten-
cent piece.
When that acknowledged expert player and judge
of clever, fast and wrought-iron ponies, Foxhall
Keene, picked Thomas J. Regan's heavy-boned,
stoutly-built, rangy, four-year-old, 15.2 chestnut Thor-
oughbred stallion Stalwart Model as the most suit-
able to get polo mounts at the New York National
Horse Show of 1915, the cry went up that he had
selected too much bulk. Yet no one knows better
than Mr. Keene that it takes substance as well as
speed to carry big International players to victory,
and it is generally agreed that he was right, in that
it is an easy matter to breed light fast mares to such
a stallion and get proper results. This year the same
judge picked Allan Pinkerton's nine-year-old, 14.2%
chestnut stallion Booger Red, by Rancocas, a son of
Iroquois, the late Pierre Lorillard's Derby winner.
Booger Red is a typical, wedge-shaped, blood-like
pony, bristling with quality. A representative of the
Japanese government offered $7,500 for him the mo-
ment the rony came out of the ring, but Mr. Pinker-
ton declined it, as he refused the English offer of
$8,000 some time ago. In mares Mr. Keene gave first
to a 15-hand, seven-year-old chestnut called Meteor,
belonging to the Comsewogue Farm. She was rang}',
rather plain in character, but with excellent shoulder
and good hindquarter, well let down, and apparently
in foal. Next he chose a good old-fashioned polo
mare of wedge shape, called Los Angeles, 15 hands
high, S years old and from the same farm. When
these two mares appeared in the light weight 150-
pound class, with riders up, they were again first and
second for handiness, quick get-away, close turning,
speed and guiding by the neck. They were consid-
ered by Mr. Keene as best for foundation stock and
best in the game.
One of the main causes of failure in polo pony
production has been the twrtajxy of so-called polo
pony stock to exceed the limit of height (14.2) for-
merly accepted as standard. Gradually this standard
became ignored, inasmuch as in important matches
ponies 15 hands, and even above that mark, were
frequently played. Many players ceased to bother
about the height limit in spite of regulations. In
fact the measurement of ponies by officials became a
custom more honored in the breach than the observ-
ance. In adopting various methods to keep down
the height of stock, type, and more particularly speed,
were lost. Ponies, like other stock, can be stunted
in growth, hut it was found that the performances
of such ponies late in life went below par.
The plan now7 is to secure mares of the true, old-
fashioned pony blood, or at least character, and then
by the judicious infusion of Thoroughbred blood
through a race-horse-like sire work up to a type that
will be permanent, or at any rate stick for a genera-
tion or so. Ponies in the game will usually average
within an inch or two of the official standard, one
way or the other, and no set rule can alter this.
British players are depending on English and Irish
ponies largely and many such have been seen on
American fields in the east and on the Pacific Coast.
In the English colonies African ponies, Indian "tat-
ties," Australian "waters" and Chinese or Tartar
ponies are used. The problem in America is to breed
native polo ponies, quarter, half or three-quarter
Thoroughbred, without recourse to fresh infusions of
English, Irish, or Oriental blood. The pony is more
than half the game, and our leading players are as
deeply interested in the subject of breeding as they
are in the matter of winning tournaments around the
circuit. They pay big prices for good mounts, and
eagerly buy up all that the reputable breakers, train-
ers and dealers offer. The business is in the hands
of high-class men who have spent their lives at it
and can play up to champion form.
Bergen Co., N. J. A. H. GODFREY.
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Midwinter Polo Tourney at Coronado.
Unless weather conditions interfere to make the
field unsuitable for play, the mid-winter polo tourna-
ment at Coronado will begin on January 1, with com-
petition for the Jessop trophy. The players will in-
clude well known riders who have been identified
with the most noteworthy colors in the country —
Meadowbrook, Bryn Mawr, Rumson, Miami Valley,
Point Judith, Midwick, Denver and Coronado.
Many polo men well known here will participate
in the matches. Players like Lawrence C. Phipps,
Jr., Malcolm Stevenson, Perry Beadlestone, Thomas
Le Boutillier and many others of conspicuous daring
will he seen in the tournament. Probably the most
discussed of these is Alexander Smith Cochran of
New York, heir to an estate said to be appraised at
several millions, and a first rank contender for polo
distinction.
Cochran arrived in San Francisco recently on his
magnificent steam yacht "Warrior." Some index to
Cochran's efforts to equip himself as a polo player
of high rank is furnished by his purchase of the beau-
tiful Mrs. C. H. J. Belmont estate adjoining the Mead-
owbrook Hunt Club at Westbury, L. I. This he im-
proved, developing a private turf for his own practice
and later making a present of the regal estate to the
Meadowbrook Club.
E. W. Hopping, G. M. Heckscher, Benjamin Gatins,
Steve Velie. Cliff M. Weatherwax, Colonel C. Fleisch-
man and Carlton Burke are some of the other leading
players who will appear on the Coronado field during
the season.
Twenty-six ponies belonging to Hopping, Wm. P.
Hulbert, Mrs. Raymond Belmont and Julius Fleisch-
man are among the stock in the Coronado Country
Club stables. Heckscher's string of twenty is due
any day, while other ponies belonging to Le Boutil-
lier and Carleton Burke are soon to follow.
Major Colin G. Ross, secretary of the Coronado
Country Club, said: "We can look for polo this sea-
son which will surpass any we have ever had at Cor-
onado. From the opening match, New Year's day, we
shall have brilliant, daring play."
o
Charleston, S. C. is a most popular wintering re-
sort for the runners and nearly all the stable room
there is filled. Among those there A. K. Macomber
has 51 and the string will soon be increased by the
arrival from England of the great two-year-old North
Star, another two-year-old. War Dog, and King's
Joker, a three-year-old. John Sanford has 32, E. R.
Bradlev 23, Ed Trotter 7, and Jefferson Livingston 21.
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H. C. Hallenbeck recently paid $24,000 for eight
yearlings that were lately brought over from Eng-
land by Duncan Grant of the Rugby Stud. Four of
them were by Heliotrope, two by Pericles, one by
Marco and one by Land League.
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Prices for thoroughbreds in England are high in
spite of the panicky war times. A gentleman who
sent a commission to bid $5000 each on two mares
that were offered at auction at Tattersall recently
was outbid on both of them.
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Charley Borel, who was recently given a license by
The Jockey Club, has signed up for next season and
will ride for Frederick Johnson and Mr. C. K. G.
Billings.
Trappoid won at one mile at Juarez December 5th,
and covered the distance in 1:38 2-5, the fastest mile
of the season at that track.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 16, 1916
Horses and Horsemen
State Fair Track Is Not Idle.
Walter Tryon was down from Sacramento this
week and reports the State Fair track in elegant
shape since the rains. There is not much speed
shown on the track these days but a number of train-
ers have their horses there and will be making speed
before the new year is very old. Tryon has eight
head in his string. Six of them are the property of
Harry Cowell of San Francisco, whose business af-
fairs prevent him from visiting Sacramento very
often, but when he does he enjoys driving a fast one
as much as any man that lives. His pacer Rastus,
that raced so well this year and reduced his record
to 2:04% in a winning race, is now in fine shape and
will be ready for the free-for-alls of 1917. Albaloma
2:08% and Mack 2:12%, both trotters, are also in
good order. Mountain Dee, the pacer bred by the
late Col. J. C. Kirkpatrick, is showing considerable
speed lately. He was given a standard record of
2:20% as a three-year-old and worked miles around
2:11 as a four-year-old, and looks now to be good
enough to race. He is by Charley D. 2:06% out of
the great broodmare Mountain Maiden, dam of Tom
Carneal 2:08% and three more in the list, by Cresco.
The two Peter the Great colts are in fine order, and
they will soon be taking regular work on the track.
They will be three years old in the spring.
Mr. Tryon is giving lessons to a two-year-old by
Peter McKlyo 2:06 out of Iron Bell, that he thinks
a good deal of. This two-year-old is owned by Sam
Gait of Sacramento. A green pacing mare by Demo-
nio, owned by G. W. Davis of Vacaville, completes
the Tryon string. This mare is showing a lot of
speed and heats around 2:10 do not seem to be diffi-
cult for her.
James Thompson has Mr. L. H. Todhunter's stal-
lion Peter McKlyo 2:06 at the track. The horse is in
perfect condition and can brush a two-minute clip
any time he is asked to. He will be in the stud dur-
ing the 1917 season.
William Ivey has a few young horses by Lijero
that are showing well, and Dr. Delano, the popular
veterinarian, has a filly that he purchased at Fresno
last summer that is by Stanford McKinney and
threatened with speed.
John B. Stetson, who came down from Washington
to train at the Sacramento track, is handling quite
a few youngsters by Robert Bingen that he has pur-
chased for Mr. E. D. Gould of the Midway Stock
Farm, Nebraska. Mr. Gould owns Robert Bingen and
these youngsters will be given an opportunity to take
records.
Only a Few Chances Left.
There are still a few chances — very few — to get
your foal of 1916 named in Pacific Breeders' Futurity
No. 16, which has a value of $3000. This stake closed
last February, and there were 71 mares nominated.
Now the substitution condition reads: "If a mare
proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or
if either the mare or foal dies before January 1,
1917, her nominator may sell or transfer his nomina-
tion or substitute another mare or foal, regardless of
ownership; but there will be no return payment nor
will any entry be liable for more than amount paid
in or contracted for." As this stake did not have
a big list of nominators, there were only a few mares
that proved barren or lost their foals or died, conse-
quently there are only a very few opportunities for
foals to be substituted in this stake. There are a
few, however, and if any owner has a foal of 1916
that he desires to give a stake engagement to, he
should forward an application for the same immedi-
ately to Secretary F. W. Kelly, Post Office Drawer
447, San Francisco, (Sal., or bring it in to the secre-
tary's office at 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco.
The applications will be granted in the order in
which they are received and as there are but a few
chances open it is best to "shop early" if you want to
get a nomination for your colt or filly.
Henry Helman Training Youngsters by Blue Peter.
Among the horses owned by Washington breeders
that Henry Helman of Salinas brought to Salinas
when he returned from his campaign in the north-
west this fall, was a two-year-old filly owned by
James Dacres of Walla Walla, that will be heard
from in all probability if she starts as a three-year-
old next summer. She is a pacer, and her sire is
Blue Peter 35385, a son of Peter the Great 2:07%
that was bought in Kentucky some years ago by Wil-
liam Hogoboom and sold to his present owners,
Bowman & Maurer of Walla Walla. The dam of
Mr. Dacres' filly is that good mare Lida Carter 2:12%
by Stam B. 2:11%, second dam Lida W. 2:18%, the
dam of Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, and also of that
sensational little pacer Alberta 2:03%. Mr. Helman
also brought down a couple of yearlings by Blue
Peter, one belonging to Bowman & Maurer that is out
of a McKinney mare, the other belonging to Senator
Aukney of Washington that is out of a mare by
Antrim. Both these yearlings will be given work
next spring when they are two years old. Blue Peter
is inbred to Pilot Medium, as his sire Peter the Great
is a son of that horse, and also his dam, Kahla Belle
2:29%.
High Class Saddle Horses at Auction.
Much interest is being shown in the annual sale
of saddle horses from Mr. E. J. DePue's Woodland
Hackney Stud that is to take place on Wednesday
evening next, at the Park Riding Academy on Fulton
street, between Fourth and Fifth avenues. While
the consignment from the farm is not large, it makes
up in quality what it lacks in quantity and there
should be prompt bidding when Auctioneer Hord
calls for bids. One of the choicest animals to be
offered is the seven-year-old mare Iolanthe, which
for the reputation of the Woodland Hackney Stud
should be sold in New York, as she would there bring
something near her value. Iolanthe is undoubtedly
one of the greatest green show mares ever seen on
this coast. Her training has been limited, but she
shows all the hock and knee action of a show ring
champion, and in addition to magnificent springy
gait and elegant carriage, has all the fire and vim
necessary for a first prize winner and at the same
time is very intelligent and perfectly gentle. She is
a beautiful bay with a white strip in her face and
one white hind stocking. She stands 15.2% and is
broke to both cross and side saddle. Every horseman
who has seen Iolanthe believes she can win in any of
the eastern shows including the National Horse
Show at Madison Square Garden.
Iolanthe is not the only handsome and classy sad-
dle animal to be offered at this sale, as there are a
number of fine saddle animals, mares and geldings
bred on the Woodland Farm and thoroughly man-
nered for the saddle and to drive. Many of them have
fine action, and several are suitable for ladies or
children to ride. There are two or three splendid
ponies in the consignment, also a number of horses
that have been used in the ring at the Park Riding
Academy by the members of the riding classes. No
better lot of useful and thoroughly broken horses has
ever been offered at auction in this city. The sale
will begin Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. McAllis-
ter or Fulton street cars pass the door of the Acad-
emy.
Will Spend the Holidays in Oakland.
Geo. A. Kelly, of Walla Walla, who owned and
raced Anzella 2:06% and now owns that fast produc-
ing son of McKinney 2:11%, Bonnie McK, came to
California a few weeks ago with his wife to spend
the holidays with "the children," who have homes
and families of their own in Oakland. Mr. Kelly has
not yet entirely recovered from the effects of an
accident he met with last spring, when he was
rhrown from a cart he was riding in when the horse
he was driving stumbled and fell. The horse was
speeding at the time and Mr. Kelly was thrown fifty
feet, striking the ground on his head and face. The
bones of his nose and chin were broken, his teeth
knocked loose, and he was unconscious for forty-
eight hours. Outside of a tooth or two missing from
his lower jaw, and a scar across the bridge of his
nose, which will doubtless soon be entirely oblit-
erated, his face does not reveal how serious the acci-
dent was, and the surgeons surely did a good job.
Mr. Kelly reports very cold weather in the north and
great loss among the apple growers from the freezing
of the fruit after being boxed and put in the ware-
houses. The get of Bonnie McKinney are beginning
to drop into the standard list, no less than eight now
bearing standard records. One of the most promis-
ing of his get is the pacer Joe Buckley that was
raced in the northwest by Will Hogoboom this year.
This horse took a record of 2:12% we believe, was
only beaten a half length in 2:06%, and looks a good
one for the fast classes in 1917. Mr. Kelly says
Bonnie McK will probably make the season of 1917
in Walla Walla. During his stay in California Mr.
Kelly is enjoying trips to the training tracks, having
heen shaking hands with the boys at Pleasanton and
Santa Rosa this week. He will not return to Walla
Walla before February.
The complete racing career of the pacer Billy M.
2:03%, that died recently, shows that he started in
69 races, was a winner in 38, second in 12, third in
18, fourth in two, unplaced in but five. His gross
winnings amount to $15,540.
W. J. Leyburn Sold for $15,000.
Terra Haute, Dec. 5. — The most important sale of
trotting horses that has taken place in Indiana for
a number of years was consummated here today,
when W. H. (Knap) McCarthy, veteran Grand Cir-
cuit driver, sold to Hon. David Tod, a wealthy sports-
man of Youngstown, Ohio, the brown trotting stallion
W. J. Leyburn, by Crito Leyburn (son of Arion
2:07% and Criterion by Crittenden) dam Nancy J.
Farrelly, dam of eight standard performers, by Equiv-
alent, for a consideration of $15,000.
The horse has a record of 2:14% and has an au-
thentic trial of 2:07%, half in 1:02, quarter in 30
seconds over a mile track, and 2:08% over a half
mile track.
Being only five years old and a trotter of cham-
pionship caliber, W. J. Leyburn is considered the best
prospect in the United States for the Grand Circuit
classes to which he is eligible.
No Demand for Morgans.
The annual sale of Morgan horses was held at the
United States Government Farm, at Weybridge, Ver-
mont, November 13th. The farm is not very large
and a sale is held each year to prevent overstocking.
At this sale eighteen head were sold, including colts
and broodmares.
The prices were not nearly what was expected.
Most of the stuff was thin in flesh and not in any-
thing like sale condition, which probably accounts,
in a large measure, for the low prices received.
The first one put up was a brood mare, sound, and
in foal to Scotland. The opening bid was only $25
and she was finally knocked down for $50. Next
came a two-year-old filly which went for $50, and
the next one, also a two-year-old filly, sold for $35.
Several others went at prices ranging from $20 to
$45. and one yearling filly brought only $10.
The total for the eighteen head amounted to only
$503 or an average of a trifle under $28 per head.
Macomber's Latest Purchases Reach New York.
On board the steamship Lancastrian of the Atlantic
Transport Line, which docked at New York last Sat-
urday, were three of the finest young thoroughbreds
which have been shipped to this country in recent
years. These were North Star, by Sunstar — Angelic,
War Star by Sunstar — Berne, both two-year-olds, and
King's Joker, a three-year-old by Sunder — Absurdity.
They .are all recent purchases of A. K. Macomber,
the California sportsman who made his debut on the
turf last season and since then has spent a small for-
tune in getting together a high-class stable. The
horses were bought from Sol Joel, the English owner.
North Star is undoubtedly the pick of the three, with
the Middle Park Plate, one of the most important
two-year-old events, to his credit. The winner of this
annual fixture, according to the English custom, is
made the Winter favorite for the Derby, and in num-
erous cases has won the great three-year-old classic.
Mr. Macomber is said to have paid $40,000 for North
Star.
War Star is another Sunstar youngster which has
won a number of races as a two-year-old, though they
have been of less importance than the Middle Park
Plate, and whether he has the speed of North Star
will not be found out until next season, when he will
be seen on the Metropolitan tracks as a three-year-
old.
King's Joker, by Sunder — Absurdity, is a three-
year-old chestnut, which appears to have a lot of
class. He has been moderately successful in England
and should make a valuable acquisition to Mr. Ma-
comber's already large stable.
All three colts were shipped to Walter Jennings at
Charleston.
There Are Two Kinds.
A young student in a little red school house under
the hill got his geography a bit mixed. On examina-
tion day he wrote concerning the subject Zones, as
follows: "There are two zones, masculine and fem-
inine. The masculine is either temperate or intem-
perate; the feminine either torrid or frigid."
There are two zones in the manufacture of veter-
inary remedies and in the selling of them to the
horse owner. In one zone the manufacturer makes
an article which contains the very best medicinal in-
gredients money can buy. He makes this article
good so that horsemen will use his remedy year after
year. His is not a catch-penny affair where they
only hope to sell one order. He wants his good rem-
edy to sell well this year and fifty years from now
and backs every order he sells with a binding gilt-
edge guarantee. HORSE HEALTH is made and sold
''n the above zone. It is made right, and cannot fail
to do right in any recommended use. HORSE
HEALTH is used today by the world's most suc-
cessful horsemen and a great many prominent veter-
inarians.
There is another zone in which the nondescript
condition powders are made, which horsemen are
now well acquainted with. -The inferior condition
powders are sent out into the world in the same
manner as an anonynous letter — no one to back their
claims and no one to care whether they make good
or not. HORSE HEALTH is fast eliminating such
preparations from the market, for once a trial is
given this good remedy the results readily show the
user that there is really no comparison between
HORSE HEALTH and any other conditioner and
tonic ever made. Write to The Horse Health Co.,
Norwalk, Conn., for their boqklet telling "Who
says so."
Saturday, December 16, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Both the sire and the dam of Lee Axworthy 1:58*4.
are now owned at Walnut Hall Farm.
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Peter Scott 2:05 is to be placed in the stud in Ken-
tucky during the season o£ 1917.
I Eleven mares were added this year to the list of
mares that have produced two 2:10 trotters.
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E. E. Smathers, of Major Delmar 1:59% fame, is a
i devotee of the bridle paths and is using Frank L.
2:09% and Vanko 2:06% in Central Park, New York.
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Silver Spring Stock Farm, the new owner of Bin-
gara, announces that the fee for that stallion will
jbe but $100 for the season of $1917.
Secretary Woodland of Youngstown, Ohio, has
already announced a ten days meetings for next
spring, featured by fourteen early closing events.
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California State Futurity, $2500 guaranteed, will
"close for the nomination of mares January 2d, 1917.
See advertisement.
There are a few opportunities for getting substi-
tutions in Pacific Breeders' Futurity No. 16. It is
worth $3000. Jan. 1st, 1917, is the last day. Make
your application before then.
John Sloughgrove, who has been the secretary of
the Shire Horse Society in England for 33 years, died
recently from the result of a street car accident. He
was 69 years of age.
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The Hampton County Fair Association, at Holyoke,
Massachusetts, has been suspended by the N. T. A.
because it failed to pay its purses last summer and
will remain suspended until it pays up.
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Madison Square Garden was sold for $2,000,000 at
the foreclosure sale on the Sth inst. The bid was
made by the New York Life Insurance Company,
holder of the mortgage, and there were no other bids.
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They are now predicting that Ben Billings 2:07,
pacing son of Bingen and Lou Dillon, will reduce
Iris record several seconds before the end of next
season.
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Thos. S. Griffith, of Spokane, has been elected
president of the North Pacific Fair Association. Mr.
Griffith is the head of the Spokane Inter-State Fair,
the greatest fair held in the northwest.
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The Chicago Sale, at which W. G. Durfee, Hemet
Stock Farm, R. W. Scott of Inyo county, C. A. Har-
rison of Seattle and other Pacific Coast owners will
sell, opens Monday next at the Union Stock Yards.
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It is pleasing to know that Mr. L. G. Duffy, editor
of that excellent trotting horse journal The American
Sportsman, of Cleveland, is recovering rapidly from
a recent operation for appendicitis.
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The date of the Oregon State Fair is fixed by the
Oregon legislature as the first week in September
each year, but a petition will be presented to the
Oregon legislative body to permit the board of direc-
tors to fix the date.
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Not all the prices were high at the Old Glory sale.
A weanling colt by Justice Brook 2:09%, a champion
at two years of age, dam Sonoma Girl 2:04%, a
champion in her day, sold for $110 and a yearling
full brother to the weanling sold for $150.
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Homer J. Kline, who has been the efficient secre-
tary at North Randall for several years, has resigned
and will re-enter journalism on the staff of a period-
ical devoted to the automobile. W. Kinnan of Chi-
cago has been appointed Secretary at North Randall
in Mr. Kline's place.
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James Y. Gatcomb, who spent one season in Cali-
fornia some years ago, still has his great pacer
Audubon Boy 1:59% and is quartered at North Ran-
dall, Ohio, for the winter. Audubon Boy will be 20
years old in the spring but is in perfect health and
condition.
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There are more trotters and pacers in the hands of
trainers east of the Mississippi river than during
any winter in ten years. The secretaries of the regu-
lar circuits throughout the east and middle west are
figuring on big entry lists for the racing season of
1917.
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Good horses of any established breed are bringing
good money these days. One hundred and thirteen
thoroughbred horses were sold for an average of
$557.20 week before last during the annual winter
sale held at Lexington by the Kentucky Sales Co.,
the highest price, $9,500, being paid for the eleven-
year-old stallion, Transvaal.
California State Fair Futurity No. 9 will close for
the nomination of mares on Tuesday, January 2d,
1917. It is for the foals of mares covered in 1916,
and it costs but $2 to nominate. It has a guaranteed
value of $2500, of which $1500 will be for three-year-
old trotters and $1000 for three-year-old pacers.
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Harry Young, address not given, tried to start the
pacing gelding Albia 2:11% by Alton, out of his class
on some of the New York half mile tracks this year
and won $315 with him. The man and the horse
have been expelled by the National Trotting Asso-
ciations until the unlawful winnings shall have been
returned for proper distribution. Albia was raced in
Oregon and took his record at Salem in 1913.
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The question of organizing a Western Trotting
Association, to take the place of the National and
American associations on this coast, was debated at
the recent meeting of the North Pacific Fair Asso-
ciation held at Portland, but the concensus of opin-
ion was that the time was not opportune for the
organization of such an association.
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Rider and Driver, of New York, is the first Christ-
mas number of any of the horse journals to reach
our desk. The cover page is very fine, the illustra-
tion being of the Hackney pony stallion Irvington
Tom Trot, from a painting by Haas. The 24 pages of
the number are beautifully illustrated with half tone
engravings of winners in the recent National Horse
Show.
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Hon. David Tod, of Youngstown, Ohio, who re-
cently paid $15,000 for the trotter W. J. Leyburn,
will probably name this horse in the same events
that Dr. Buechnu, also a resident of Youngstown,
will name that great trotter Wilkes Brewer 2:08% in
the next season. There is said to be great rivalry
among the horsemen of Youngstown as to which will
have the best trotter on the Grand Circuit in 1917.
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F. R. Bain, president of the Los Angeles Gas Com-
pany, has consigned his pacer Zocon, eight years old,
to the Chicago Sale. This horse is an own brother
to Auto Zombro 2:02%, being by Zombro, dam Trixie
by Conifer. Zocon worked in 2:19% as a three-year-
old, and has been used on the road by Mr. Bain ever
since, but never trained or raced.
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Gean Smith has just painted a portrait of Lee
Axworthy 1:58%, for William Bradley, breeder of the
champion trotting stallion. Mr. Smith is now work-
ing on a portrait of Guy Axworthy 2:08%. He says
this horse is one of the most perfect in all his lines
and proportions that he has ever seen, with a head
and neck that would pass for the front of a desert
Arab.
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Miss Lotta Crabtree, o£ Boston, favorite San Fran-
cisco actress of years agone, who gave the Lotta
fountain to San Francisco, who paid $20,000 for the
trotting mare Sonoma Girl 2:04% and who bred the
greatest money winning trotter Peter Scott 2:05,
was painfully though not seriously injured recently
in an automobile accident near New Haven, Con-
necticut.
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John Gwynne 2:11%, the eight-year-old bay gelding
bred by John Grimes of Petaluma, sold to eastern
parties and for the past two seasons a member of the
Pittsburg, Pa., matinee brigade, was purchased at
the Old Glory Sale by J. W. Linnehan of South Wey-
mouth, Mass., and will be raced next season. He is
by McMyrtle, son of McKinney, and his dam is by
Secretary.
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Breeders of draft horses in California are getting
fair prices for heavy pairs, but very few teams are
sold here for more than $500. To show how the New
York market for heavy drafters is at the present time
we note that at last week's auctions at Fiss, Doerr &
Carroll's a pair of chestnut geldings that tipped the
scales at 3700 pounds sold for $765 and for several
other teams $600 and over was received. The aver-
age for seven matched pairs was $560.
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Ideal, a young stallion raised on a farm near Wash-
ington Court House, Ohio, proved the first prize
sensation among the Belgian horses at the Interna-
tional live stock exposition. The Belgian horses
were the first to be gone over by the judges. This
stallion, now the property of J. Crouch & Son of
Lafayette, Ind., took the blue ribbon at the Ohio
State Fair. It was at Columbus that the Crouch firm
bought the youngster for $2,000.
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Guy Axworthy 2:08% has been sold four times by
auction in Madison Square Garden. John H. Shults,
who bred him, consigned him to the Fasig-Tipton
Company's sale in November, 1907, where William
Bradley bought him for $8,100. When Mr. Bradley
dispersed the last of his trotters at the Garden in
1912 Senator J. W. Bailey bought the son of Ax-
worthy 2:15% and Lillian Wilkes 2:17%, for $4,200.
Mr. Bailey sent him back to the Garden in February,
1914, when he was struck off for $2,100 to Hunter
Moody, who resold him to Leo Oettinger for $2,500
without taking him out of the building. Mr. Oettin-
ger soon afterward let the late Jacob Ruppert have
a half interest in the horse for $1,250, and he was
sold for the joint account of Mr. Oettinger and the
Ruppert estate when he brought $20,000 at the Gar-
den a few weeks ago.
O. W. Welch, of North Adams, Mass., recently
bought a horse on the witness stand. He was testi-
fying for the defense in a damage suit in which a
horse had been struck by an automobile. "Would
you give $75 for the horse as he stands today?"
asked the attorney for the plaintiff. "I would," said
Mr. Welch. "Then you have bought a horse," was
the quick retort. And a check for the amount was
written out at once.
Referring to the fact that Russell Boy 2:00% won
a race at New Orleans Nov. 18th in 2:08%, 2:09%
and 2:07, the American Horse Breeder remarks, "that
must be a world's record for the time of the year."
Did the A. H. B. notice that only the day previous
(November 17th) the California pacing mare White
Sox by Del CoTonado, driven by her amateur owner,
won a race at Phoenix, Arizona, in 2:05, 2:05% and
2:06, while the same day the California trotting mare
Esperanza by Carlokin won a race in 2:07%, 2:08%
and 2:07%?
Wm. Thaw, Jr., of Pittsburg, was the real pur-
chaser of the weanling filly Harvest Dawn, by The
Harvester 2:01, that was struck off to W. J. Thubron
for $1,900 at the Garden sale. Mr. Thaw is a new-
comer on the trotting turf. Harvest Dawn is engaged
in futurities aggregating about $50,000. Her dam,
Lucille Bingen, by Bingen 2:06%, has a record of
2:08% as a three-year-old, and her grandam, Lucille
Marlow, by Prodigal 2:16, has a mark of 2:09%,
while her third dam, Miss Edgar 2:29, is the dam of
Minna Ward 2:10.
Graustark, the roan pacer owned by J. Silvey of
Dixon, that went east last summer and raced through
the middle west and the southern states with good
success, winning about twenty races, is as well bred
a pacer as hit the half mile tracks this year. He is
by Aerolite 2:06%, his dam is by Bonnie McK 36569
(son of McKinney 2:11% and Bonsilene 2:14% by
Stamboul), and his second dam is that famous old
roan mare Birdie by Jay Bird that is the dam of
Bodaker 2:13 and others, including that fast matinee
trotter Yoncalla that is owned by Mr. Giovanetti
of this city.
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Fifteen thousand dollars is to be added to the
stakes of the Kentucky Derby which will be run at
Churchill Downs May 12th, 1917. The event will be
the richest stake in the west and will doubtless be
worth more than $20,000. Among the cracks to be
named, chief interest centres in R. T. Wilson's Camp-
fire, leading money winner of the American turf this
year, and North Star, the leading two-year-old of
England, which Sol Joel recently sold to A. K. Ma-
comber for $40,000. The probable presence of this
pair had much to do with the raising of the value of
the Derby.
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The historic Stony Ford Stud Farm, in Orange
county, New York, is being cut up in part and sold
off by Louis Titus, the Californian who purchased it
a year or two ago from the estate of the late J. How-
ard Ford. Mr. Titus disposed of twenty-three of his
trotting bred horses in the recent sale at Madison
Square Garden, and has since sold more than two
hundred acres of the farm where Electioneer, Swift
2:07, and other equine celebrities were foaled. The
famous farmhouse in which General Grant, Governor
Leland Stanford, Robert Bonner, General B. F. Tracy,
William C. Whitney and other horsemen were guests
in the days of Charles Backman is not in the market,
it is said.
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The Department of Agriculture is investigating
the practice of some shippers of hay of veneering or
facing the bales. Veneering consists in feeding to
the baling machine an occasional forkful of hay that
is of higher grade than the bluk of the lot being
baled and manipulating the forkful in such a way
that the high-grade hay covers the outside of the
bale, making the bale appear to contain better hay
than it actually does contain. The National Hay As-
sociation has requested the Department of Agricul-
ture to co-operate with it in trying to eliminate this
practice, believed to be dishonest. Buyers of baled
hay are warned to be on the lookout for this practice
in order to avoid accepting on a cursory examination
a lower grade of hay than they intend to purchase.
Nine Horses Die In Bowie Fire.
Bowie, Md., Nov. 21. — In a disastrous fire which
completely destroyed three stables and damaged
many others at the Prince George Race Track at
noon today, nine thoroughbreds were burned to
death. Had not the wind changed suddenly when
the blaze was under control, probably the entire
equipment, including stables, stands and club house
would have been wiped out.
The horses which came to their sudden death were
Father Riley, Corsican, Yellowstone, Joyland, King
Box, Running Shot, Bootless Baby, Ballagung and
Chelsea. There are about 700 or 800 thoroughbreds
quartered at the track.
Several men and boys had their hands severely
burned during the work of rescue. Manager O'Hara
worked like a Trojan to save the horses and build-
ings. Yellowstone, Father Riley and Corsican were
worth $3,000 each.
The other five were worth $1,500 each. All were
a total loss. The stables were insured for half their
value, $1,500 each. The association will replace the
stables temporarily with tents.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 16, 19J
TO HONOR FAMOUS IZAAK WALTON.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
"Father of Fishing" to be Remembered by Anglen
Clubs on Anniversary of His Birthday.
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
Shorter Fishing Season. — Owing to the constant
increase in the number of anglers in California, a
shortening of the trout season to the middle of No-
vember, says President F. M. Newbert of the State
Fish and Game Commission, is among the possibil-
ities of the near future.
Although the Commission has taken no action, the
Legislature may be asked to act at its next session.
At present the trout season in most of the State
closes November 30th. In District No. 2 it reopens
on December 15th to remain open until February
14th.
The number of anglers' licenses for the year end-
ing December 31st is expected to be at least 25,000
greater than during the year 1915. Last year 90,000
licenses were issued by the Commission and this
year indications are that the total will reach the
115,000 mark.
"The constantly increasing use of the automobile
for traveling," says Newbert, "is one of the principal
reasons for the increasing popularity of fishing. With
the present outdoor equipment and means of travel-
ing, hundreds of people in cities find it convenient to
spend week-ends in the open.
"The increase in licenses also shows the people
are in sympathy with the present game laws and that
they are more willing to pay for the sport they en-
joy. Although the Commission is constantly restock-
ing the streams it may be necessary to shorten the
season a couple of weeks in November. It will not
seriously affect the fishing, however, as the height
of the season has been passed by this time of the
year."
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Wonderful Woman Shot. — When It comes to shat-
tering the elusive clays, Mrs. Ad. Topperwein comes
pretty nearly being in a class by herself.
She is beyond all question the greatest of all fair
Dianas of the traps today, and is possibly the best
trapshot in the United States.
That" s quite a compliment vnd a great honor to pay
■anyone, especially a woman, when you take into con-
sideration that there are more than 600,000 trap-
shooters in the United States, hut it is no more than
Mrs. Topperwein deserves.
Tear in and year out for a dozen of them she has
shot at 8000 to 10,000 targets and has always com-
piled an average of better than 95 per cent, but on
November 10th she accomplished the greatest feat of
her career when she pulverized 1952 out of 2000 tar-
gets thrown in succession from the traps of the
Montgomery (Ala.) Country Club.
Not only did Mrs. Topperwein establish a record
for performance, but she also established records for
endurance and for the greatest number of shots fired
over the traps in one day by one shooter. Back
in 1908, when she had been shooting four years, Mrs.
Topperwein shot at 1000 targets in San Antonio, Tex.,
her home city, and broke 961. It took her four hours
and 35 minutes to shoot at the thousand clay boys.
It only took her 5 hours and 20 minutes to shoot at
the 2,000 targets, of which 3 hours and 10 minutes
were spent in actual firing. Thus her improvement
will be noted.
No man has ever shot at 2,000 targets in one day,
and only one has shot at 1000. He is J. W. Garrett,
of Colorado Springs, Col., and he broke four more
targets than Mrs. Topperwein did in 1908. In her
magnificent performance in Montgomery Mrs. Top-
perwein used only one gun, weighing 7 % pounds, and
did not rest a minute, despite the fact that the bar-
rel of the gun became so warm a number of times
that ice water had to be poured over it. It was
difficult to hold, and Mrs. Topperwein suffered a blis-
tered hand, but she was shooting better at the close
than when she began. She broke 96 of the first 100
targets and 98 of the last 100.
The lowest score she had in any 100 was 95, and
her average for the 2000 was a shade less than 98.
She compiled straight runs of 106, 111, 139 and 280,
which we might say in conclusion is "some" shoot-
ing.— [Peter P. Carney.
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Big Trout-Raising Season. — Bear Valley Hatchery
had the biggest season of trout-raising in its history
and was operated to capacity this year, no less than
150,000 rainbow trout fry being hatched and distrib-
uted from the spring "take" of eggs from the Bear
Lake fish, all in San Bernardino county lakes and
streams.
Bear Lake, although already teeming with fish, re-
ceived 386,000 more fry, the last 106,000 being emp-
tied at the time of closing the hatchery, July 17, as
it was impossible then to get over the Mill Creek
road with the trucks to the upper Santa Ana, where
these fish had been allotted. So the state fish-car
was sent South from the big mother hatchery at
Sisson with 120.000 rainbow, steelhead and Eastern
brook trout for the Santa Ana and its tributaries.
For the benefit of angling licensees who wish to
know where these fish were planted by the Fish and
Game Commission in its efforts to repair the storm
scouring ot last January, W. H. Shebley, in charge
of the department of fish culture, has prepared the
following statement of distribution, which should be
pasted in the hat of every sportsman:
From Bear Valley Hatchery — in Bear Lake, July
1, 2 and August 17: 386,000.
During July: 10,000 each to Shay's, Van Dusen,
San Antonio, Waterman, Cucamonga and Bear
creeks: 5000 each to North, Middle, and 6000 to
South Forks Lytle creek; 5000 each to main Santa
Ana, Forsee, Barton and South Fork Santa Ana;
400 to Devil canyon, 12,000 to Coble creek, 2,000 to
Day canyon, 4,000 to Sawpit canyon, 12,000 to Lower
Deep canyon, 8000 to Grass Valley creek, 48,000 to
Mill creek, 48,000 to Forest Home, 4,000 each to Al-
der, Falls and Fish creeks; 2000 to Castle and Vivian
creeks each; City creek, Dark canyon. 24,000 each;
Holcomb creek, 30,000, Crek creek, 6000.
From Sisson Hatchery, September 9 — Santa Ana
river, 16,000 steelhead, 38,000 Eactern brook at Big
Meadows, one-quarter mile up south fork: Falls
creek, 14,000 steelhead; south fork Hill creek. 12,000
steelhead, 6000 rainbow; Montana Home creek, 6000
steelhead; Forsee creek, 4000 Eastern brook, 8000
steelhead; Barton creek, 8000 each of Eastern brook
and steelhead.
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CLUBS FIND IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE.
Wilmington, Portland and Seattle Clubs Go into the
Boosting Game on Large Scale.
[By Peter P. Carney.]
It pays to advertise.
There was a time — and it wasn't so many years
ago — that some of our men of affairs considered ad-
vertising a means for the getting rid of superfluous
cash.
But not now.
Advertising — the right kind — is essential in every
business. One cannot hope to be successful these
days without it.
Advertising can be applied to trapshooting clubs
as 'well as to business. Some gun clubs already
know the benefits to be derived from advertising.
I will tell you about them so that your club may take
heed.
Wilmington, Del., is a progressive city. It has a
progressive gun club. Wilmington newspapers are
strong for the Wilmington Trapshooting Association.
Eut the club doesn't stop here in selling its wares.
In the railroad station, the cigar stores, hotels and
all public places will be found placards telling when
the next shoot of the association takes place: where
it will be held, the time, and how to get there, with
this P. S. : "Visitors are always welcome." This
progressiveness is the reason that Wilmington has
more trapshooters than any city of its size in the
United States.
The Seattle (Wash.) Trapshooting Association is
following in the footsteps of the Wilmington organi-
zation. For their recent big tournament they invited
everyone through the columns of the press, placarded
the city, put signs in the hotels and other public
places and not only invited every one to witness the
shoot but made special mention that "admission was
free."
"Shooters have long distances to travel for the big
tournaments on the Pacific Coast and 100 entries in
California or Oregon is equal to twice that number
in the East. So to get out the shooters for the North-
west tournament at Portland the gun club of that
city sent around a cloth sign three feet by ten feet,
with no letter less than ten inches in heighth, telling
the trapshots of the tournament and inviting them.
They responded. To all trapshooting clubs visitors
are always welcomed and no admission is ever
charged to witness any trapshooting competition.
Progressive trapshooting organizations know that
it pays to advertise.
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Seattle Association. — Only three shooters braved
one of the worst storms of the season and the hard-
est blow that has been experienced on Harbor Island
for a long time, to go out and try their luck at the
handicapped shooting on December 3rd. Angles of
every description were on tap and for really good
shooting exercise the sport could not be beaten.
C. W. Bandy and J. H. Hopkins went through the
fifty target program with forty-two to their credit.
Hi Follerich finished the fifty with thirty-eight.
In an extra hundred targets Follerich finished with
eighty-eight and Hopkins eighty-two.
On Sunday, December 24th. the Seattle Trapshoot-
ers' Association has planned a big Christmas turkey
shoot. Arrangements will be made for the winners
of all "birds" to obtain them on the afternoon of the
shoot for use on the following day. A definite pro-
gram for this day will be annonnced later. The
scores :
C. W. Bandy 42x50, J. H. Hopkins 42. Hi Follerich
38. Hi Follerich 88x100, J. H. Hopkins 82.
Seattle, Wash. E. A. FRY.
For the first time in the history of angling Amer ■
ica. an effort will be made next year to properly ce
ebrate the birth of Izaak Walton, the gentle angler.
Although English fishing clubs for years have ha*.1
celebrations on the birthday of the fisherman wht
wrote the classic, "The Compleat Angler; or, Th<i
Contemplative Man's Recreation," American anglini
clubs have been remiss in this direction.
The United Anglers' League, of New York, intends
to have a national celebration to commemorate Aug
ust 9, 1493. the day when "honest Izaak" was born ai{
Stafford, in the parish of St. Mary.
The league will ask the co-operation of fishini,
clubs all over the country, including the Salmoxj
^lub or Oregon, St. Petersburg Tarpon Club, Izaak
Walton Club, Fort Meyers Fishing Association anc
the Sailfish Club of Florida, Aransas Pass Tarpor
Club, of Texas, the Tuna Club of California, and the
Atlantic Tuna Club of Rock Island, together with the
fishing clubs in every town.
To this end the United Anglers' League has ap-
pointed an Izaak Walton committee, consisting ol
John W. McDonald, John S. Roberts and Julius Hey-
man. The committee will probably be increased to
number that will permit the appointment of seve:
sub-committees, each with a special function. T
idea will be an annual celebration of "Walton Day
Walton published the first edition of his celebrati
work in 1653 and lived to see it go through no le:
lhan five editions, the last of which was accompani
by a second part written by his intimate friend a:
adopted son, Charles Cotton, of Beresford Hall,
the county of Stafford. In it Cotton treated of fl
fishing.
Since Walton's death every few years some author
and some publisher have gotten out an edition of
"The Compleat Angler," some using the modern spell-
ing of "complete" and others using the old English
form.
Some of these authors from Walton's time to the
present include Moses Browne, Hawkins, Ellis R
Thompson, Major, Rennie, Nicolas, Bethune, "Ephem-
era," E. Jesse, G. C. Davies, H. Morley, R. B. Marston,
J R Lowell, E. G. Johnson, J. E. Hartiz, C. H. Dick,
Andrew Lang. Richard Le Gallienne, Austin Dobson
J. Buchan. A. W. Pollard, S. A. B. Dewar and Sir
Edward Grey.
Some of these volumes are illustrated, others are
not. The earlier editions command fabulous prices
and literally are worth their weight in gold. Libraries
which have early editions of Izaak Walton's book
keep them in glass cases.
It is interesting to reprint the manner in which the
first edition of "The Compleat Angler" was adver-
tised in the "Perfect Dimall" from Monday, May 9,
to Monday, May 15, 1653:
"The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's
Recreation, being a discourse of Fish and Fishing,
not unworthy the perusal of most Anglers, of 18
pence price. Written by Iz. Wa. Also the known
Play of the Spanish Gipsee, never till now published.
Both printed for Richard Marriot, to be sold at his
shop in Saint Dunstan's Churchyard. Fleet Street."
Izaak Walton was evidently a believer in the follow
up system, for the same advertisement was printed
in the "Mercurius Politicus" from Thursday, May 12,
to Thursday. May 19. 1653.
In "The Compleat Angler" Izaak Walton refers to
sixty-seven books, but if one copy of every edition
of bis own book were put on a five foot shelf half
a dozen five foot shelves would have to be added to
contain them all.
Few books in the history of the world have been
so popular or have been edited by more individuals.
Probably the romance of "The Compleat Angler" has
been more romantic than the life Izaak Walton him-
self led in the ninety years he spent upon the earth.
The first edition of "The Compleat Angler" found
a ready sale. The publishers put out a second edi-
tion, which is really the first of the book as it is
known today. In this second edition he increased its
length by at least one-third and made many changes
?nd additions.
The first edition had two interlocutors, "Piscator"
and "Viator." In the second edition there are three
' Venator" taking the place of "Viator," whom, ho-
ever. Cotton resuscitates in his second part. Th
second edition was so popular a third and fourth ei
tion. followed. If Walton had not asked Cotton
vrite a second part doubtless his adopted son's n:
would never have been linked with the father of fi
ermen.
All editions since have been based on this
edition. Following are the dates of the five editions
First. 1653; second, 1655; third. 1661: fourth, 1664
fifth, 1668.
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Illegal Catch of Sardines — The opinion of Attorney
R. D. Duke of the Fish and Game Commission tha
the conversion of sardines into fertilizer or chicken
feed, although without the province of that Statt
board, is nevertheless illegal, caused quite a
among canners at San Pedro, Long Beach and Sa
Diego, as enforcement of the law is up to the State
health authorities, who always have been active in
other lines. Canners lay the light catch of albicore
to over-abundant sardines, and took double pleasure
in keeping their plants busy working.
Saturday. December 16, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
OREGON SPORTSMEN'S LEAGUE MEETS.
Recommendations Made in Change of State Laws
and Management of the Game Commission.
Portland. Ore. — The proverbial steam roller was in
evidence at the afternoon session of the third annual
convention of the Oregon Sportsmen's league on Mon-
day, December 4th. at the Imperial Hotel.
When the smoke had cleared away, and a majority
of the delegates, who numbered close to 70, were
late to their duck dinner in the Chamber of Com-
merce dining room, 11 recommendations that will be
presented to the state legislature were passed, new
officers were elected from the seven districts of the
state being appointed.
The recommendations for changes in the game
laws, as passed by the league, are as follows:
The preservation of the Malheur lake preserve,
cne of the most important wild fowl resting places
in the United States.
Reducing the limit of trout from 75 to 50 and not
more than 100 in seven consecutive days.
The prohibition of the killing of female China
pheasants.
The changing of the opening of the deer season
from August 15th to September 1st.
The reducing of the limit on ducks from 30 to 20
in one day and 25 in seven consecutive days.
The blending of the state law regarding the open-
ing and the closing of the duck season with the fed-
eral migratory' bird law.
The closing of the Willamette, Rogue and Necan-
icum rivers to net fishing.
The opening of a China pheasant season in Hood
River county, from October 1 to October 10; bag
limit, three males.
The appointment of two members of the Oregon
Sportsmen's League as members of the Fish and
Game Commission, together with the appointment of
two members by the governor, the four members to
meet and elect their own chairman, who shall be the
fifth member of the commission.
Practically the entire afternoon, given over to dis-
cussion of the various game proposals, was consumed
in a hitter debate over the Rogue river net fishing
question. Secondary to this was the Willamette river
net fishing and the abolition of an open season on
hen pheasants.
The Rogue river net fishing subject saw an align-
ment of C. M. Thomas and R. L. Ewing for the ang-
lers, and George Putnam, Dr. J. C. Smith and Rodney
L. MacLeay for the cannery men. Game Warden
Shoemaker, I. N. Fleischner and F. M. Warren also
gave an illuminating history of the Rogue river fish-
ing subject in general.
A vote on the subject favored closing the stream to
net fishermen by 14 to 10, several of the delegates
not voting.
The matter of feeding ducKS on the lower Colum-
bia river, which was expected to assume a position
of prime importance in the deliberations, was not
mentioned.
Late in the afternoon the question of changing the
administration of the state game commission came
tip, but it was not given the amount of discussion that
some of the delegates would have liked.
So much legislative matter was before the body
for consideration that it would not be accomplished
in one day and it is likely that the 1917 convention,
which will be held in Portland, will be a two-day
affair.
The delegates held their annual banquet at the
Chamber of Commerce. A new set of films on wild
game life, exhibited by State Biologist W. L. Finley,
was a feature of the evening.
Dr. E. C. McFarland, present president of the Mult-
nomah Angler's Club, was named president of the
league to succeed H. B. Van Duzer. Leslie Butler of
Hood River was chosen first vice-president and Y. D.
Hensill of Eugene was named second vice-president.
S. C. Bartrum of Roseburg was re-elected secretary-
treasurer.
The new members of the executive committee in
the districts are: District No. 1, H. B. Van Duzer:
district No. 2, L. H. Kelly; district No. 3, M. H.
Bauer; district No. , R. L. Ewing; district No. 5,
Richard McDonald; district No. 6, J. M. Nichols, and
district No. 7, Robert Robertson.
The following clubs were represented:
Round-Up Gun Club, E. F. Averill; Corvallis Rod
& Gun Club, M. H. Bauer; Grants Pass Rod & Gun
Club. Dr. J. C. Smith; Estacada Gun Club, A. W.
Heylman and C. W. Bartlett: Oakland Gun Club, E.
J. Wainscot t; Molalla Rod & Gun Club, C. J. Her-
man: Canemah Rod & Gun Club, C. E. Tracker;
Gaston Rod & Gun Club, J. H. Westcott; Hillsboro
Hod & Gun Club, G. W. Russell; St. Helens Rod &
Gun Club, E. I. Ballagh; Sutherlin Rod & Gun Club.
F. R. Armstrong; Clatskanie Gun Club, R. B. Ma-
gruder: Ashland Rod & Gun Club, James H. Dris-
coll: Clackamas Rod & Gun Club. W. L. Kelly; New-
berg Rod (t Gun Club. F. W. Kincaid; Hood River
Rod & Gun Club, Alva Day; Haines Rod & Gun Club.
J. K. Fisher; Salmon Club of Oregon. W. E. Carlon;
Oregon Field Trials Club, Dr. C. S. White; Portland
Revolver Club, Roger Newhall; Umpqua Rod & Gun
Club. V. R. Allen; Rogue River Fish Protective As-
sociation and the Medford Rod & Gun Club, C. M.
Thomas and R. L. Ewing; Umpqua County Fish and
Game Club, E. V. Averill and Marion Jack: Seaside
Anglers' Club. C. M. Godfrey; Umpqua Sportsmen's
Club, S. B. Crouch; Bend Sportsmen's Club, J. G.
Gill: Klamath Sportsmen's Club. T. H. Mitchell;
Newport Rod & Gun Club, G. A. Schumacher; Eu-
gene Chamber of Commerce, Y. D. Hensill: Lake
Grove Anglers' Club, N. E. Tyrell; Portland Gun
Club, H. A. Pollock: Astoria Rod & Gun Club. C. V.
Brown: Yamhill Country, Rod & Gun Club. M. F
Corrigan and J. L. Fletcher: Capital City Rod & Gun
Club, Mark Siddall; Brownsville Rod & Gun Club,
Ira Hutchings; Multnomah Anglers' Club. W. F.
Backus, Dr. E. C. McFarland. A. J. Winters, W. L.
Finley, Carl Shoemaker, E. S. Catron, F. M. Warren,
F. A. Elliott. R. E. Clanton, George H. Cecil, Stanley'
G. Jewett, Thomas McKenzie; Orin Thompson anil
C. S. Bartram of Roseburg, and H. B. Van Duzer of
Portland.
SB
Game Plentiful in Alaska— Charles Peterson has
just returned to Tacoma from a trip to Alaska. With
him he brought not a few trophies of the chase and
the finest collection of hunting stories imported in
some time.
"Shooting deer out of the back door of our house
was one of the best things we did," Peterson asserts.
"One morning shortly after we arose we looked out
and saw a deer standing on the shore not more than
100 yards away. We did not have to go out of the
house, but standing in the doorway brought down
enough venison to last us and our friends for sev-
eral meals.
"And grouse? Honestly we could sit in a rocker
on the front porch and get all the grouse we could
eat or force upon our friends. They used to come
and try to steal some of the grain from the chickens.
"Ducks? We went in the back yard for them and
shot them as they swam past. Same way with geese.
Oodles of them. In fact I've had so much game
meat of late that Im tickled to death to get back to
Tacoma where I can bite into a choice piece of beef
neck and have hot sausage for breakfast."
Peterson admits that the house which he did all
of this plain and fancy shooting is quite a way out
of town.
IRELAND IS LOSING FAVORITE DOG.
Blue i errier of County Kerry Disappearing; Other
News in Kennel Circles.
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Portland Club. — Dr. E. C. McFarland captured high
honors in bait casting and Frank Templeton and
W. C. Bristol in shooting at the fly casting and trap-
shooting tournament given December 3rd by the
Portland Gun Club in honor of the Oregon Sports-
men's league at the Everding park traps. Results
in detail were as follows:
One-half ounce accuracy bait casting — First, Dr.
E. C. McFarland, 97-10; second, W. Cornell, 96 8-10;
third, W. F. Backus, 96 6-10.
One-half ounce distance bait casting — First, W. F.
Backus, 142 feet; second, M. E. Caypless, 131 feet;
third, A. T. Gribble. 116 feet.
Trapshooting scores: Winner class A, Frank Tem-
pleton: class B, Miss Gladys Reid (shoot-off); class
C, E. L. Clark; class D, C. G. Dodele (shoot-off).
Scores. 25 targets: Frank Templeton 25, *F. C.
Riehl 24, *P. J. Holohan 24, H. R. Everding 23, Chas.
Leith 22, C. C. Kelly 22, *J. E. Reid 22, E. J. Wains-
cott 21, E. H. Keller 20, A. L. Zachrissen 20, Dr. O. D.
Thornton 20, Miss Gladys Reid 19, John G. Clemson
19. C. W. Lougery 18, J. C. .Morris IS, H. A. Pollock
IS. !,C. J. Schilling 18, Fred Kincaid 17, Dr. E. C. Mc-
Farland 17, E. L. Clark 16, O. Thompson 15, C. N.
Parker 14, W. C. Bristol (20 gauge) 14, Warren Cor-
nell 13, L. A. Spangler 11, F. C. Griffin 10, C. G. Do-
dele 10, Walter Backus 6, W. M. Umdenstock 5, H.
B. Hall 3. (^Shooting salesmen.)
Doubles, 24 targets: W. C. Bristol (20 gauge gun),
20; Frank Templeton 19, Charles Leith (Woodburn)
19, Dr. O. D. Thornton 18.
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Quail Plentiful. — Deputy George W. Courtwright
of Modoc county reports that the marshes and la-
goons of his section are frozen and the ducks and
geese have left.
Deputy G. O. Laws of Trinity county reports that
the storm brought thousands of wild ducks to the
Junction City section. For many years it has been
observed that with the first heavy winter storm the
ducks come to this particular section as though they
know it for the protection and food that it affords.
With good weather they move on south.
Reports from deputies in the foothill sections indi-
cate that quail are quite plentiful, but very little
shooting is being done. Cotton-tail are unaccount-
ably scarce. Before the opening of the season they
seemed to be unusually plentiful, only to mysteri-
ously disappear when the law permitted them to be
killed.
The foothill sections are now alive with robins.
Reports from Deputy Sanders at Truckee indicate
that very few if any deer are left in' the high moun-
tains, the snow having driven them to seek protec-
tion in the lower sections.
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The Game Laws. — The Migratory' Bird Laws are a
fixture. They have received the stamp of approval
from every sportsman worthy of the name in the
United Slates, and now we undergo the stage of trou-
ble caused by those afflicted with tinkeritis.
It is to be fondly hoped that these well-meaning
persons can be subdued until the effect of the pres-
ent laws can be noted, and the gunner anxious to
obey these laws can have a chance to become familiar
with them. While we have some localisms at pres-
ent (the majority of them unjustifiable in the writer's
estimation), we weaken one of the very strongest
points in favor of the law and defeat its original in-
tent when we depart locally from the general scheme
of protection.
It is news to us that the blue — for which should be
read black-blue — terrier of County Kerry' is fast dis-
appearing. So scarce, indeed, has the variety become
that a writer in the Cork Examiner declares, quite
positively, that Ireland is in danger of losing the
breed. It was never very common, and was certain-
ly never shown, for the good reason that it is not
recognized by the Kennel Club, though that might
have been overcome if the smart little sporting ter-
rier had such friends as those who have worked to
such advantage for the Cairn, Sealyham or West
Highland white terriers.
None possesses a better history than the Irish blue,
and the bulk of the best specimens seen in Ireland
[or many years were descended from a strain per-
fected by the man who was credited with having
bred Matter McGrath. He was not at all anxious to
sell any of his terriers, but interest in the breed
extended, and up to a few years since specimens were
to be met with by men touring in the remote parts of
Kerry.
We cannot withhold admiration from the Irish
writer who gave the blue terrier the following char-
acter: "He is the finest all-round dog now in this
country. The red Irish terrier has been so enervated
for show breeding that he often won't kill a rat. The
blue is larger, and is dead game. Rather long is the
catalogue of all he will fight singly — an otter in the
water, a badger in his mountain fastness and another
dog to death. He is good for rabbits; rats are no
trouble; trained, he will track a hare, and when the
beagles get a check he will pick up the line for them.
He is a great watchdog, a good companion and the
best terrier in Ireland. But his days are numbered.
Affection for his master is an extraordinary trait,
and neither blows nor injuries will deter him from
defending him to the very last. The intelligence of
the blue terrier is of a high degree, and much su-
perior to that of most dogs.
"Those who possess that class should attach great
value to them, and dog lovers would do well to give
a trial to the Irish blue terrier." After this there
will surely be a rush over to County Kerry to secure
so great a paragon. — The London Field.
• • • .
Can a man ever become a competent judge with-
out having bred dogs? That was a question put up
to a veteran breeder and exhibitor the other day. He
was broad minded enough to say he thought so. A
man certainly can make a study of almost anything
and become an authority on it without being on the
terms of closest intimacy with it. For instance, a
man would not necessarily have to be a mummy to
he an expert Egyptoligist.
• • •
Superstition counts a whole lot in the dog game.
One of the things that every one thinks about is that
if you get an offer for a dog, sell him right away else
you will lose him. There is one person who is con-
vinced of this, and that is Mrs. William C. Thomp-
son. Recently she presented a Yorkshire puppy to a
friend and it ate insect powder and died in short
order. The next week she lost champion Beauty.
She was sure that things of this sort always came in
threes and waited. Shortly afterward she lost cham-
pion Armley Little Dick, one of the best of his breed
in the country', after two hours' illness. To lose two
champions in a fortnight is the worst of luck. She
thinks that neighbors threw out chicken bones to the
little fellow and that he got one down which per-
forated his intestines.
• • •
Hair tonic and clippers are never seen in a kennel
of Mexican hairless dogs.
In cold weather place four old English sheep dogs
over you in bed and they will serve the purpose of
a dozen blankets.
Many wonder why the dachshund was built as he
is. A famous German savant is authority for the
statement that he was constructed that way so that
he might easily get under bureau drawers in search
of collar buttons.
If your Pekingese is not short enough in the face
hit him on the nose with a sledge hammer. This
will either shorten his foreface or his show career,
probably the latter.
The best way to train a bird dog to point is to
fasten a roast checken on a stick and place it within
tbree feet of his nose, then run him over a course ot
soft asphalt. He is sure to get stuck on his game.
• • •
Edward Ward, of Askern, Doncaster, England, the
man who sent Watlands Winning Ways and ch. Rebel
Chieftain to this country, is here on a visit. He has
brought over with him some terriers and Pomeran-
ians. He has taken over thirteen with him. and some
of them have been big winners abroad.
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Bird lovers of the Imperial Valley report that the
English sparrow menace to local birds is not the least
overdrawn, and say the feathered nits already have
driven out many robins. They mob individual birds
and overpower them by numbers.
• • •
The rain has scattered jacxsnipe considerably and
given some shooting on them to people who ordi-
narily get none at all. Snipe will go wherever
worms are easy to get, and that is the secret of hunt-
ing up the places they frequent.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 16, 1916
Sportsmen's Row
The canvasback ducks from Bear Valley this sea-
son were white with a rich sweet fat which exactly
resembles that on the famous Chesapeake Bay eel-
grass beds. The eel-grass, or Vallisneria, wild-celery,
as variously known, is one of the greatest canvas-
back foods known, although in Crane Lake and other
of the mountain lakes in Southern California, the
"cans" partake freely of sago pond weed tubers and
stalks. Systematic efforts are under way by the Fish
and Game Commission to improve the food condi-
tions for wild ducks in the State by plantings, that
being properly within the province of an organization
which is entirely financed by licenses collected from
sportsmen.
• • •
Investigations already conducted in Bear Valley go
to show that there are several valuable food plants
attracting ducks there, the lake being full of smart-
weed. As there are no carp, and trout do not destroy
vegetation as the "water hogs" do, the Bear Valley
lakes afford opportunity for considerable work of an
experimental nature which will he undertaken.
• • •
Otto Pachmayr reports that the San Pedro crowd
who sold out in the Bolsa and leased the old Gadwell
grounds under Fred Bixby's house at the head of
Alamitos Bay, are getting four or five limits every
shoot, quite a few mallards among them. They have
thirteen members and no hoodoo as yet.
• • •
Dr. W. W. Richardson ensconsed himself in a little
tule opening on the San Joaquin slough Sunday and
by dint of dropping 'em in the open water, got to-
gether a limit with his tru?*y little Parker 20-bore,
among the bag, mostly widgeon, being "class" as rep-
resented by nine mallards. Drs. George W. McCoy
and E. H. Wiley, W. B. McCullough and T. F. Stim-
son, a guest, and Edwin L. Hedderly, found them-
selves too few to keep the big flight of birds moving
when they began to pile into the tule openings to
get out ot the storm. Wiley and Hedderly each got
a goose. The place was alive with mallards.
- • • •
Del Paso Park of Sacramento soon will be the
haven for all the wild game in that section of the
Sacramento Valley, especially quail and the smaller
species which are mostly hunted. At least the city
will do all in its power to protect game in the park.
Commissioner Carragher is planning to ask the
Supervisors to prohibit shoodng in the park. City
Attorney Yell has been asked to determine just how
the city can bring about an order prohibiting shoot-
ing. It is thought, however, that an application to
the Supervisors will be sufficient.
• • •
Despite the disappointments of the last few weeks,
i>ass fishermen anticipate good sport from now on.
The fish shortly will begin their run into the sloughs
to spawn. The big fish will be in abundance then,
and even now some of the San Francisco fishing fra-
ternity are catching their bullheads. This fish is a
favorite morsel of the bass and seldom fails to bring
at least a strike.
• o •
The Capital City Coursing Club has decided to
hold its next coursing meet about January 15th, no
definite date being fixed. It was at first proposed
that a meet be held on December 17th, but this was
considered too near the holidays.
Prospects are for bigger sport than ever this year,
a number of hound owners in that section having
several young pups which will be ready to compete
within a few months.
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Westerrield Is Secretary. — Several changes have
*een made in the Fish and Game Commission. Carl
Westerfleld, commissioner of the San Francisco dis-
trict, has resigned to accept the position of secretary
with a salary of $4,000 per year. Edward L. Bosqui
has been appointed by Governor Johnson to fill the
vacancy on the Commission, as head of the San
Francisco district.
Mr. Westerfield should prove a success in the new
position, which was held by Ernest Schaeffle who
resigned a couple of months ago. Westerfleld is a
hunter and fisherman of practical experience and is
well versed in fish and game conservation. He has
been engaged in the practice of law in San Francisco
for a number of years and boasts of a host of friends.
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Fish and Game Confiscated. — Thousands and thou-
sands of game birds, over one-half ton of venison and
six tons of game fish have been confiscated by officers
if the Fish and Game Commission in the two years
from July, 1914 to July, 1916.
In the same period 2087 cases have been tried and
fines aggregating $33,415 have been collected. Judges
have meted out to offenders against the sportsmen's
laws a total of 3103% days of imprisonment.
These faces are soon to appear, with a complete
record of the work of the Commission in the bi-
annual report, which is now on the press in Sacra-
mento. A 200-page book is being published. The
cover is brown and embellished with a color plate,
while in the book are 200 fine illustrations. Copies
may be secured at the offices of the Fish and Game
Commission when the book is finished.
Tax Commercial Fishing. — Plans for new fish and
game legislation to be introduced at the coming ses-
sion of the Legislature was discussed by the State
Fish and Game Commission at the regular monthly
meeting of the body held at Sacramento last week.
M. J. Connell of Los Angeles and Carl Westerfeld of
San Francisco conferred with F. M. Newbert, presi-
dent of the commission.
A special tax on commercial fishing and the short-
ening of the mountain quail season, possibly closing
it entirely for a few years, are among the most im-
portant changes in the present law being considered.
Newbert, however, states that no definite plans have
yet been made, although there will be a number of
smaller changes tending toward the greater conserva-
tion of game and facilitating the prosecution of law
violators.
"The important changes we made at the last Legis-
lature have brought the fish and game legislation to
in almost ideal condition and this time only trimming
here and there will be necessary. There will be no
great changes, as we nave found the fish and game
seasons for the most part satisfactory.
"The commission has been keeping in close touch
with its deputies and others interested in the fish and
game situation and has considered all suggestions for
changes. The quail situation has been investigated
and it has been found that while the valley quail
seem to be sufficiently plentiful, the mountain quail
are scarce and a smaller limit and shorter season
lor a few years is also possible. As previously an-
nounced, the trout season may also be shortened.
"Commercial fishing is becoming a big industry,
especially along the coast, where much tuna is being
caught. Our investigation shows that the difference
in the price paid the fishermen and the price paid by
the consumer, during the past year, has been
$15,000,000. This increase in value indicates the ex-
tent of the commercial fishing in California and it
appears just that it should bear its proportion of the
costs of maintaining the fish in this state."
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Young America and Trapshooting. — The day is not
far distant when nearly every trapshooting club in
the country will have its quota of boy and girl
shooters. New trapshooters of tender years are
creeping into the ranks daily, and inquiries from all
sides would indicate that an army of youngsters only
needs the proper encouragement to get into this most
fascinating and broadening of all sports.
At 15 years of age a boy or girl is sufficiently
strong to handle a 12-gauge shotgun, but if the pupil
intends to shoot from the 15-yard mark the gun
should be of the regulation gauge. It should have
the customary full straight comb, so that when the
head is on the stock the line-up of rib and sight is
normal.
This end attained, the pupil should be instructed
to shoot with both eyes open — not to aim as with a
rifle, but to look along the barrels, or between the
barrels; if it be a double barrel gun, see the bird
full, if a straight-away, as the trigger is pressed; if
an angle bird, the barrel should be moved slightly
ahead and the trigger pressed, as the gun is still in
motion.
If the gun is stopped as the trigger is pressed, the
charge is apt to go behind the target. All of this,
however, comes instinctively with a little experi-
ence.— [By George Peck.
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Teaching Boys About Gun — To the average father,
it is a foregone conclusion that his son will practice
the use of firearms if by any possible chance the op-
portunity is offered, for the desire is innate with
every real boy.
Just how to handle the matter has often proved a
vexing question to parents who are enough in sym-
pathy with their children as to see the thing from a
boy's standpoint.
Probably the best solution of the problem is the
action of the Columbus (Ohio) Gun Club in organiz-
ing a shooting class for boys in which thorough in-
struction is given in the handling of the shotgun.
Not alone the pleasure to be derived from the
proper use of a gun is taught, but stern emphasis is
laid on the fact that it may become an exceedingly
dangerous weapon in the hands of the inexperienced
or reckless.
The "Columbus idea" promises to prove popular
with, trapshooting clubs throughout the country.
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Elks in the Rockies. — Denver, Col. — Re-stocking
different Rocky Mountains with elk is an expensive
work, according to the recently issued report of the
District Forester. The work is done to keep the
regions uniformly stock with big game.
The report shows that since 1909, when the work
started, it has cost an average of $16 per elk to
transport the animals from one region to another.
There is, however, one -instance where the private
interest, co-operating with the Forest Service, shipped
22 elk from the Jackson Hole district to the Big Horn
Basin in Wyoming at a cost of $59 for each animal.
Shipments of elk have been made regularly each
year, except in 1910 and 1911. A total of 436 animals
have been distributed. Of these 114 have been sent
to the Big Horn Basin, 41 to the Black Hills of South
Dakota, 275 to the National Forest in Coaorado.
They came from Wvoming points.
Biggest Hatchery in World. — The Sisson hatchery
is the largest in the world, according to the report of
the State Fish and Game Commission.
FIELD TRIAL GATHERING IS LATE.
Drawings Are Put Off to Day of Trials; Prospects'
For Best Sport in History of Club.
By FISHER HUNT
[Special correspondent, Breeder and Sportsman.]
Bakersfield, Cal., December 13. — The lobby of the
Southern Hotel presents a lively scene tonight as
fanciers from all sections of the Pacific Coast are
discussing the prospects of their dogs in the thirty-
fourth annual field trials that open tomorrow morn-
ing over the famous preserves some fifteen miles
south of this city. Many of the members from San
Francisco and Los Angeles were late in arriving to-
night and the usual business of making the drawings
for the three feature events was put off until tomor-
row morning.
It was interesting to listen to the discussions.
Secretary S. Christenson, J. Walter Scott and J. A.
Chanslor went over the grounds earlier in the day
and they had their arguments back and forth over
the condition of the dogs. For one thing the mem-
bers of the Coast Field Trials Club have been ex-
ceedingly unfortunate this year in having many of
their dogs taken down with sickness. There are a
half dozen cases out at the kennels and it is feared
that more will follow.
The Derby, however, promises to attract a field of
twelve attractive puppies. Maggie G., a pointer
owned by the Delta Kennels of Vancouver, B. C, has
been electrifying the followers out at the field trial
grounds and is favored to win. It is reported that
A. G. Wilkes is negotiating for the purchase of the
pointer and the sale may be consummated by the
time this is printed. There are other promising can-
didates and a keen competition looms up.
W. B. Couts, 73 years of age and as spry and activ*
as a man of forty, was the center of attraction in the
group of fanciers. The veteran Couts is going to see
his twenty-five field trials in California and then he
declares he will be willing to retire and let the
younger handlers go to it.
L. S. Hawxhurst, the wrell-known professional trap-
shot, was an early arrival but was doomed to disap-
pointment. The first news he heard on his arrival
was that his dog is down with distemper.
It will be impossible to secure the full report in
the Breeder and Sportsman this week, but the news
will be on tap in the next issue.
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Vernon Club. — Robert Bole and Stanton Bruner-
were shooting about the same Sunday. At least they*;
made exactly the same score, which was 48x50. How-^
ever, in the shoot-off Bole was just a shade better*
for he smashed 24x25, while Bruner was one target
behind with 23x25. Bole got off to a bad start at
the first event, but picked up in the last three.
William Pugh was the runner-up with 47x50. A
very fair crowd was in attendance at the shoot Sun-
day and the scores were very good, being as follows:
William Pugh
Meek
Bole
A. W. Bruner
S. A. Bruner
O. Evans 18
Brown
Dierdoff ....
Bohring . ...
Brawner . . .
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Practice
Trophy
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21—43
24
23—47
18
22
23—45
23
23—46
17
20
23—43
24
24—48
16
22
22—44
21
25—46
20
23
23—46
24
24—48
18
24
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22
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Los Angeles Club. — A lively trapshooting tourna-
ment was held at the Los Angeles Gun Club Sunday,
and some real competition resulted. In the first
fifty target event with distance handicaps W. A.
Hillis was the victor and won the solid gold take-
home trophy. In the second event-, of the day Free
won the trophy in a shoot-off with E. K. Mohler.
Free smashed 45x50, as did Mohler, but in the
shoot-off Free won. In a special event with a big
purse- up for the first two places George Tuckett was
the victor with 43x50 smashes, while Harry Cline
captured second place. In a special race for a take-
home trophy E. K. Mohler won.
Next Sunday a big turkey shoot will be held in
conjunction with the special shoot in honor of Tiny
Tuckett. The highest scores in the take-home trophy
events were as follows;
Two events, at 50 targets —
Hdcp.
E. K. Mohler 20
F. Free 19
W. A. Hillis 20
George Tuckett 19
H. Cline 18
H. E. Sargent . . . : 18
B. H. Carnahan 16
William Kennedy 16
H. Hickman 16
Seth Hart r 16
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Salem Ore. — Attorney General Brown has rendered
an opinion to the effect that under the coyote scalp
bounty law it is not necessary to sever the head scalp
in presenting the skins before the county clerk to
collect the bounty. Hunters of coyotes complained
that the severing of the head scalp depreciated the
value of the hides considerably. The opinion was
rendered at the request of the district attorney of
Lake county.
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Saturday, December 16, 1916]
PRIZES ARE PRESENTED TO ANGLERS.
Southern California Rod and Reel Club Elects Offi-
cers and Plans Big Season.
- Members o£ the Southern California Rod and Reel
... Club met December 4th and elected the officers for
the coming year and announced the winners of the
[ ' iclub competitions for the past season.
The election resulted in A. B. Roome continuing
,,'; |as president with Sherman Baker as his assistant.
J;,' Charles Van Horn is second vice-president and F. K.
; King is third high mogul. J. Howard Smith is sec-
."; ,retary-treasurer and Clark Benthuysen's son is re-
:, i cording secretary.
The winners of prizes are as follows:
Tuna— J. W. Jump, 96 pounds 8 ounces, tuna rod
by Roy F. B. Shaver.
Swordfish— J. W. Jump, 201 pounds. No prize (for
record).
Yellowtail— First, Miss Blanch Mills, 22 pounds,
3-6 silkein rod and 300 yards No. 6 line, by Tufts-
Lyon Arms Company; second, R. P. Caufield, 15
pounds 4 ounces, Montague reel, by Montague City
Rod Company.
Albicore — Gust Loobs, 23 pounds 6 ounces, light
tackle rod, by B. H. Dyas Company.
White sea bass — None entered.
Black sea bass — First, F. A. Perkins, 204 pounds,
Bliss belt and buckle, by W. B. Bliss.
Skipjack — None entered.
Bonita — None entered.
Rock bass — First, F. A. Perkins, 6 pounds 9 ounces
(for record only).
Barracuda— First, R. P. Caufield, 8 pounds 15
ounces (for record only).
Halibut — First, F. Kling, 16 pounds (for record
■(only).
Corbina — First, C. Van Benthuysen, 6 pounds 13
ounces, rod, by William H. Hoegee Company; second,
Joe Longfield, 6 pounds 5 ounces, basket, by B. H.
Dyas Company; third, A. W. Dunn, 6 pounds 4
ounces, 300 yards No. 9 line, Tennessee Line and
Twine Company; fourth, Mrs. Gladys Clark, 5 pounds
14 ounces, one yearly subscription to National Sports-
man.
Croaker — First, Frank Kling, 8 pounds 3 ounces,
Neptune reel, by A. F. Meisselbach & Bro.; second]
Charles King, 7 pounds 11 ounces, safety razor, Gil-
lette Safety Razor Company.
Yellowfin — First, C. J. Lenarth, 4 pounds 8 ounces,
Montague reel, by B. H. Dyas Company; second,
J. W. Goepfert, 3 pounds 12 ounces, 300 yards No.
9 line, Tennessee Line and Twine Company; third,
A. E. Perkins, 3 pounds 4 ounces, yearly subscription
to Outdoor Life, by Outdoor Life; fourth, J. A. Leh-
man, 3 pounds, 5 pounds sinkers, by E. J. Lesley.
Special prizes — 100 pounds clams for largest cor-
bina, won by C. Van Benthuysen, clams donated by
the Haniman Fish Company. 100 pounds clams for
largest spotfin croaker, won by Frank Kling, clams
donated by Young's Market, Inc.
Largest number of corbina, two each, caught by
Mrs. Gladys Clark, A. W. Dyer, S. Baker and Charles
King; prize, 200 yards No. 9 line.
Largest number of spotfin croaker, one each by
F. Kling and Charles Bang; prize, 200 yards No. 9
line.
Largest number yellowfin, 200 yards No. 9 line, won
ty C. J. Lenarth; fifteen entered.
Smallest yellowfin, corbina or croaker — Winner,
Charles H. Kin; weight of fish 1 ounce; $5 merchan-
dise order.
Trout, Big Bear Lake— First, J. F. Mahlstedt, 24-
inch trout (for record only) ; second prize, Louie
Breer, 20%-inch, 50 yards silk line, by Ashaway Line
and Twine Company.
Trout, Little Bear — None entered.
Trout, all streams — First, J. F. Mahlstedt, 20 M:
inches, steel rod. No. 14, by Horton Mfg. Co.; second,
(Charles Van Horn; 12 inches, reel by Enterprise Mfg.
Co.
Fresh water black bass — First, E. C. Blackwell, 2
pounds 15 ounces, one No. 6 bass rod, by James
Heddon's Sons.
Special prize — $5 flies and leaders, donated by
Charles Van Horn and won by Charles Van Horn,
donated back to the club. (Trout, 12 inches, caught
in San Gabriel river on a fly.) ■
Winter Prizes, 1916-1917.
Tuna — First, club button, 200 yards No. 24 line.
Swordfish — First, club button; second, 200 yards
No. 24 line.
Yellowtail — First, club button; second, 300 yards
No. 6 In?; thrd, No. 5 Knowles spoons.
Whte sea bass — Frst, club button; second, pair
Utility scales.
Albicore — First, club button; second, 300 yards
No. 9 line; third, one dozen metal South Coast min-
nows.
Black sea bass — First, club button; second, one-half
dozen metal South Coast minnows.
Skipjack — First, club button; second, two No. 3
Knowles strikers.
Bonita — First, club button; second, two South
Coast minnows; third, one dozen metal South Coast
minnows.
Rock bass — First, club button; second, one dozen
metal South Coast minnows.
Barracuda — First, club button; second, two bone
i Jigs.
Halibut— First, club button.
Corbina — First, club button; second, Bliss belt and
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buckle; third, 300 yards No. 9 line.
Croaker— First, club button! second, Bliss belt and
buckle; third, 300 yards No. 9 line.
Yellowfin— First, club button; second, 300 yards
No. 9 line; third, 5 pounds sinkers.
Winter season opens Nov. 1 and closes April 1st.
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Los Angeles Rifle Club.— Eduardo D. Neff of Alta-
dena persuaded some fifteen other fellows of the Los
Angeles Rifle & Revolver Club on Dec. 3rd that they
didn't care much about any old member's medal from
the National Rifle Association anyhow, and it was
finally agreed that his 140 score was just about
enough to win said medal. Therefore Mr. Neff is
the proud owner of the 1916 National Rifle Associa-
tion medal, one of which is given to each civilian
rifle club each year to be shot for on some given
date by the club members.
C. A. Morse, who is something half Mr. Neff's age
and twice his height, hung up a 50 at 200 timed fire
to Neff's 48 and went horse and horse with Neff at
300 slow fire, but alas, somebody pushed the tall
youth at 500, and the veteran from Altadena galloped
in a point to the good when a red "four" disc too
much came creeping up over Morse's target.
Doc. Felsenthal, the logical winner, from his fine
showing at Jacksonville, Florida, in October, was
three points to the bad, about the fourth time the
Hon. Doc. has failed to run true to form in this medal
shoot thing. P. M. Casady qualified as expert, Billy
Burns took down another expert button, while Leav-
itt and McAleer made the sharpshooter grade for the
government buttons, and the legal title to their rifles.
How they shot:
Time fire. Slow fire.
Name. 200 300 500 Total.
E. D. Neff 49 43 49 140
G. A. Morse 50 43 46 139
John Sefert 48 45 46 139
G. L. Wotkyns 48 43 47 138
W. G. Hansen 46 45 47 138
Dr. L. Felsenthal 46 43 48 137
E. C. Price 49 43 44 136
A. L. Thompson 42 43 49 134
C. E. Kemper 45 44 44 133
Casady 45 40 42 132
W. E. Potter 45 42 44 131
Wright 43 39
W. H. Burns 39 45 48 132
Dr. Leavitt 40 37 44 121
W. A. Thompson 30 41 no
McAleer 32 44 45 121
F. C. Payne 46 41 46 133
Casady qualified as expert rifleman by firing at 600
and 300 in addition; Burns qualified as expert; Leav-
itt and McAleer as sharpshooters and Thompson as
marksman.
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Booming Pacific Coast Handicap. — O. N. Ford, sec-
retary of the San Jose Gun Club, writes that work of
booming the Pacific Coast Handicap has started.
The Interstate Association made the award to the
club but no date has been set as yet. It will likely
be staged in June or July as it proved this year at
Portland that September is a bit late in staging the
Coast fixture.
Ford is anxious to break the record for the number
of entries received. The greatest number that have
shot in the event to date is 138 and with the hun-
dreds of shooters to draw from around the bay and
Southern California little trouble should be experi-
enced in drawing at least 150. It is likely that sev-
eral squads will come down from the Northwest as
the trapshooting game is in popular favor up there.
The San Jose Club held the California-Nevada
State championship this past season and ran off the
events in tip-top shape. The club has a beautiful
grounds with Mt. Hamilton in the background. Geo.
H. Anderson is president of the organization with
C. R. Arques vice-president. There are many crack
shots in San Jose.
The California-Nevada shoot, the other big trap
feature in this section, will not be awarded until
after the first of the year. Secretary C. A. Haight
announces that Del Monte is anxious to" secure the
attraction and other cities will also likely file their
-tpplicatioDs.
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Data About Oysters. — There are seventy kinds of
oysters in the world and all of them are good, says
a writer in the Philadelphia Ledger.
So far as the records go, the first man who said
oysters should be eaten only in R months was Butler.
Tn "Dyet's Dry Dinner," which appeared a little more
than three centuries ago, it was written: "It is un-
seasonable and unwholesome in all months that have
not an R in their name to eat an oyster."
Bismarck was a champion long-distance oyster con-
sumer. He ate six dozen at a sitting.
They began eating oysters long before the Chris-
tian era, but Swift said: "He was a bold man that
first ate an oyster."
There are enough oysters eaten each year through-
out the world to feed every person in the United
States 100 each. In other words, more than thirty
million bushels.
Five out of every six oysters are American.
The oyster is the most valuable commercial prod-
uct that comes out of the sea.
According to Sheridan, he is a romantic cuss, for
that celebrated wit said, "An oyster may be crossed
in love."
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WHALE FISHING INDUSTRY ON COAST.
Glycerine, Used in Manufacture of War Materials,
Is Obtained From Oil.
Whale fishing, like every other industry, has felt
the far-reaching economic effects of the war. Glycer-
ine, which is useful in the manufacture of explosives,
is obtainable from the oil of the "humpback," "fin-
back" and "sulphur bottom" whales. As Pacific
whale oil averages 6 to 10 per cent of glycerine con-
tent, with a maximum 14 per cent, a rise of 10c to
20c per gallon since the outbreak of war has given
a pronounced impetus to whale-fishing in Pacific
waters.
The pursuit of whales for oil and bone has declined
very seriously from the high water mark reached in
the middle of last century. While the "right" whale
has become so scarce that the price of baleen or
"whalebone" has risen from $1,250 per ton in 1835 to
about $12,500 today, the price of oil, despite the up-
ward trend caused by the war, has seriously declined
from the level of former years. Sperm oil had de-
clined from upwards of $1 per gallon, in the fifties,
to less than 50c in 1913, and the ordinary whale oil
was sold for 35c. These low prices, together with the
increased cost of fitting out ships— $65,000 in 1853, as
compared with $150,000 today — have made the indus-
try unattractive to American capital. The decline in
the New England whaling industry may thus be ex-
plained on economic grounds.
There is a tendency to scout the idea that whales
are becoming scarce but the fact that the whalers
are going further and further afield demonstrates
that the old grounds are becoming depleted.
A very flourishing fishery has grown up in the
Antarctic. South Georgia, previously uninhabited,
now has a large industrial village with three slips
for cutting up whales, two guano factories, and large
reservoirs for oil. In 1911 the catch was 7000 whiles,
which produced 34,000 metric tons (about 310,000
barrels) of whale oil, enough to fill a basin in which
a 100-ton steamer could maneuver. One company,
with a capital of $182,000, has in two years distrib-
uted an annual dividend of 130 per cent., besides
adding a portion of the profit to various reserve
funds and increasing its resources 60 per cent.
Although whaling is still a flourishing industry in
certain quarters of the globe, these enormous profits
spell the doom of the whales unless an international
agreement can be arrived at to regulate the killing.
Of course, an increasing scarcity of wholes may
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make the business unprofitable and, as in New Eng-
land, the majority of the hunters may be driven from
the field. Then the whales may get sufficient respite
to enable them to re-establish themselves. But, leav-
ing the conservation of natural resources to the
bJind play of economic forces is both dangerous and
unsatisfactory. Not only may it lead to the utter
destruction of an irreplaceable resource — as an ani-
mal species — but it builds up a huge industry in the
boom days — when the principal as well as the inter-
est is being greedily consumed — only to be followed
by a wretched decline when large numbers of men
lose their livelihood and expensive plants rot through
lack of use. Proper regulation would minimize this
expansion and contraction and would ensure a steady
supply and a more stable condition of the industry.
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Change Steelhead Law. — There will be an endeavor
to open the season for steelhead fishing a month, or
it least two weeks, earlier next season. This admis-
sion comes from acting Secretary Hunter of the Fish
and Game Commission.
"There has been a great deal of complaint from
steelhead fishermen. The season now opens in May
over all of California. Many of the fishermen com-
plain that they have lost the best steelhead sport of
the season.
"Steelhead return to the creeks to spawn in the
winter. From December to May they are in the coast
streams. The heavy rains usually come in March and
April.
"We shall propose to the Legislature to allow fish-
ing of trout in the coast streams earlier than is
allowed in the mountain regions. The season might
open April 1st or April 15th. The date has not been
thoroughly considered. A bill will be presented to
the State Legislature, which convenes January 8th."
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Signs in Forests. — Making the tenderfoot safe —
that is what one part of the Forest Service is devot-
ing itself to these days. This particular department,
which is under the charge of Luther Whiteman, is
getting ready to placard every trail and road in the
national forests so that only a blind man will have
p. chance of getting lost.
One hundred thousand signs are to be placed in the
California woods. Rangers all over California are
now sending in orders for these guide signs. As soon
as they are painted they are to be shipped back iDto
the woods, where the forest service men, relieved of
the duty of watching careless campers and stamping
out burning campfires for the while, will attend to
placing them.
The good that these signs will do is only appreci-
ated by those who, relying on the careless directions
of others, have traveled many miles out of their way.
And it is not only the tenderfeet who do get lost.
Many an old experienced woodsman has hit the
wrong trail and wandered about for hours before he
has located himself.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 16, 1916
1 Stock Breeders' Page I
University Bred Steer Sells for $1950.
California Favorite, the cross bred steer that won
the grand championship at the International Live
Stock Show in Chicago, sold for $1950, or $1.75 a
pound, the highest price ever paid for beef. It has
been the custom for years for the prize winning
steers at this great exposition to be put up at auction
at the close of the exposition. Enterprising dealers
who know the value of advertising are the bidders,
and they have customers among the leading hotels
and restaurants who make a feature of the cuts from
these steers on their holiday dining tables. That is
The reason the steers sell for such big prices, or
about two hundred and forty times what most steers
would bring their raisers. It was a Detroit dealer
who bought California Favorite.
The University is rejoicing greatly over its victory
in exhibiting at the International Livestock Show the
two finest steers in America.
The wonderful opportunities California offers for
engaging in the pure-bred livestock business have
been forcefully called to the attention of the whole
country by the feat of the University in winning a
Grand Championship and a Reserve Grand Cham-
pionship with the steers of its own breeding and
feeding exhibited at the International Livestock Show
in Chicago. Never before has an American agricul-
tural college bred and fed a grand champion steer
for this greatest of all livestock shows. The triumph
is the greater because these animals were exhibited
in the heart of the greatest livestock section in
America, before vast throngs of visiting corn-belt
farmers.
"California Favorite," the cross bred Hereford-
Shorthorn steer which won the Grand Championship
over all competitors, over all the pure-breds and over
all the cross-breds, when he left the University Farm
at Davis for Chicago already weighed a hundred
pounds more than any of the three calves that in the
past had won Grand Championships in the Interna-
tional Livestock Show. This steer was shown by the
University for the first time at the State Fair at
Sacramento this year, where he was the first prize
steer calf, the champion grade or cross-bred steer,
and the grand champion steer of the show.
The Reserve Championship, an honor exceeded
only by the Grand Championship, has been won by
University of California Jock. When he left the
University Farm he weighed 1880 pounds, or more
than any two-year-old steer that has ever won the
Grand Championship at the International Livestock
Show. California Favorite is an extreme illustration
of early maturity, and University of California Jock
is for his age and weight an unusually smooth animai.
Jock, as a yearling at the Panama-Pacific Interna-
tional Exposition, was declared the best of the
Aberdeen-Angus steers over IS and under 14 months
of age, was declared Champion Aberdeen- Angus
steer, Champion one-year-old steer of any kind, and
Grand Champion steer of the show. The University
then sent him to the Pacific International Livestock
show at Portland, and there he was first prize Aber-
deen-Augus yearling. At the last State Fair at Sac-
ramento he : was first prize Aberdeen- Angus steer,
winning a gold medal also.
The success of the livestock experts in charge of
teaching animal industry in the University of Cali-
fornia and at the University Farm in breeding and
feeding two steers which have now won the highest
awards it is possible for steers to obtain, and in
having broken all livestock show records for price for
steers, is pointed to by the University as evidence of
the excellence of the opportunities the young men
of California now have to specialize in the College
of Agriculture in - the great California industry of
livestock breeding and feeding.
Skim-Milk and Mixed Grain for Calves.
Milk is so expensive nowadays that the farmer
can't afford to pamper his calves on such a luxury.
So the University of California has been experiment-
ing for the past two years to find out the best way
of raising strong and healthy calves on separator
skim milk, mixed grain feeds, and hay. The suc-
cessful results are told by F. W. Woll, Professor of
Animal Nutrition, and E. C. Voorhies, Instructor in
Animal Husbandry in the University of California,
in a bulletin on "Feeding Dairy7 Calves in Califor-
nia," which may be obtained free by writing to the
College of Agriculture at Berkeley.
They recommend that the new-born calf be left
with its mother for a day only (unless the cow's
udder is greatly inflamed or the calf very weak), that
the calf should be fed whole milk for about two
weeks, at first three times a day, later twice a day;
and then gradually changed to warm skim-milk, "in
the course of a week or ten days, since skim-milk
costs only about one-eighth as much as whole milk.
When the calf is put on a skim-milk diet it should
receive a small amount of a grain mixture, gradually
increased from less than a quarter of a pound daily
to about two pounds at weaning time — four or five
months of age. Bright, fine alfalfa or grain hay
should be kept before the calves, as well as clean
drinking water and salt. The grain mixture can be
made up from standard dairy feeds, such as rolled
barley, dry beet pulp, milo, kafir, cocoanut meai,
crushed carob pods, etc., according to the special
feeds available or economical. In the case of more
or less delicate calves that do not eat their feed
readily, a small proportion of linseed meal may be
included in the grain mixture.
Linseed meal is not necessary, and does not pro-
duce belter gains than grain mixtures which omit
linseed meal, but linseed meal makes the mixtures
more palatable and to some extent improves the
calves' appearance and handling quality. It is not
necessary, therefore, to make this usually high-priced
feed a part of the grain ration for thrifty calves that
have been successfully brought over to a skim-milk
diet.
The University Farm proved that calves can read-
ily be brought up to a weight of over 450 pounds at
an age of six months, on a ration of skim-milk, alfalfa
nay. and a suitable grain mixture, at a feed cost of a
utile over four cents per pound of gain in body
weight from the time the calves are put on skim-
milk.
Beans that grow on a tree — a promising crop, com-
paratively new in California — will prove a good con-
stituent of the grain mixture for calves. This feed
is the pod of the Carob, an evergreen tree highly
prized in Southern Europe and the islands of the
Mediterranean as feed for livestock. These tree-
beans are used also as a food for humans, for cook-
ing, ground with cereals. The carob tree grows well
in the central and southern coast counties of Cali-
fornia. It may be planted on non-arable land, in
pastures, hillsides, and stony and other waste places,
etc., and in time yields a regular supply of a highlj
palatable and valuable feed for stock, without further
effort and expense than harvesting of the crop. The
carob is reported to yield 300 to 500 pounds of pods
per tree per annum when full-grown. Before feeding,
trie pods should be crushed with machinery used for
rolling barley or oats, and mixed in equal proportions
by weight with ground milo. Calves relish the pods
greatly because of their high sugar-content. The
carob pods are equal to barley in nutritive value, at
least as a feed for calves.
A mixture of beet pulp and barley, fed with skim-
milk and alfalfa hay, was found to have a nutritive
value of about ten per cent higher than that of cocoa-
nut meal fed in similar amounts and combinations.
The dried beet pulp is generally cheaper than cocoa-
nut meal. A mixture is two parts of rolled barley to
one each of beet pulp and cocoanut meal.
As an essential suggestion in the successful build-
ing up of a dairy herd, Professor Woll and Mr. Voor-
hies urge that farmers raise heifer calves only from
the good cows in their herds, they point out that no
farmer can expect to make a real success of dairying
unless he places at the head of the herd the best
pure-bred dairy bull that he can secure. "The bull
is half the herd," says the proverb, and they declare
that a good bull who will transmit to his offspring
the capacity for large dairy production bred into his
line for many generations back is likely to be worth
all that he costs, and much more.
In part of these feeding experiments, much valu-
able work was done by two students in the College
of Agriculture, C. V. Castle of Porterville and W. F.
Elder of San Diego, and in some of the other experi-
ments by two other students, W. B. Hubbard of Los
Angeles and Carl J. Williams of Gustine and Bakers-
field.
Cow Pays College Expenses.
Taking his cow to college to help finance his edu-
cation is the new and novel experiment being made
by John Herdley of Holton, Kansas, a student at the
Kansas State Agricultural College. Determined to
get an education, he did not propose to let a little
matter like lack of money be a handicap. He got
his father to give him one of the prize cows from
the Jersey herd on the farm, and instead of selling
the cow, the son loaded the animal onto a freight
car and shipped her to the college town.
He found a man in the town who would feed her
for the milk and John got a job taking care of the
cow in return for his board, which would have cost
him §17 per month. At the end of the term the man
who was feeding the cow and the boy, too, found he
was $20 to^the good. Young Herdley had his school-
ing free of cost and still owns the cow, which he
values at $300. He expects to make the cow pay his
way, in a similar manner, for the coming term of
school.
The Phillips Guernseys Make $356.
L. F. Herrick sold the fifth importation of Guern-
seys for Frederick Phillips of the Frie Baton, Guern-
sey, and the Manor Farm, Villa Nova, Pa., at the
Manor Farm on Nov. 25. The animals consisted of
one aged bull. 10 cows, 34 heifers, 19 heifer calves
and 5 bull calves, which sold for $24,575. Owing to
the presence of submarines near the Atlantic coast
the ship which brought over the importation was
delayed seven days in docking, during which time
she experienced considerable rough weather. As the
cattle were but four days out of quarantine at the
time of the sale, many of them showed the effects of
the hard trip, but the results of the sale prove that
the animals were appreciated. About 500 Guernsey
breeders attended the sale. The top price was ob-
tained for the imported heifer Nellie's Gem des
Blancs Boil-, a superb daughter of Governor of the
Chene, and out of the great Island butter-test and
prize-winning cow Nellie des Blanc Bois 9th, a daugh-
ter of imp. Masher's Sequel. She was purchased by
William L. Austin, Rosemont, Pa„ at $1,400. He
alr.o purchased the prize-winning bull Golden Noble
2d of the Briquet for $825.
How to Feed and Breed Chickens.
The 3000 chickens at the University of California
Farm at Davis are producing more than eggs and
broilers, according to an article appearing in the
special poultry' husbandry edition of the University )
Farm Agricola (the student agricultural weekly, ed-
ited by T. C. Judkins Jr.). Here are some of the
most valuable products of that poultry plant, of which
eggs and broilers are the by-product:
It has been proved by a Three-year feeding test,
says the Agricola, that great savings in cost in feed-
ing chicken may be obtained, since 7.796 of animal
proteids, when balanced by 159& of vegetable proteids,
has been proved to give as good results as feeds con-
taining 307f of animal proteids. That knowledge is
of importance, because animal proteids cost from $56
to §80 a ton, while those from vegetable sources
range from §35 to $40 a ton. The Agricola asserts
that several millions will be saved annually when
California poultry-raisers follow this teaching.
It has been found that during seven and a half
months 307 hens kept in yards with a yard space of
39 square feet per fowl laid 1200 more eggs than 307
hens kept closely confined.
All the cockerels are offsprings of the ten best
hens at the University Farm. Each of these ten
hens lays more than 200 eggs a year. One of them,
Lady California, laid 2S1 eggs in her second year.
Trap-nests are used, and an intricate system of line
breeding is being experimented with to increase egg
production.
Investigations are being made of the effect of time
of hatching on the moulting of fowls, the monthly
ft£g production, and the age Df beginning to lay dur-
ing the pullet year. For the interior valley the pre-
liminary results point toward the desirability of early!
hatching, in order that the birds may get a good start
before the hot weather.
Many valuable publications on poultry matters
have been issued by the University of California.
Among recent publications at Berkeley are "Prac-
tical and Inexpensive Poultry Appliances," "Sugges-
tions to Poultrymen Concerning Chickenpox," and
"Round Worms in Poultry." Soon to be issued is a
paper on "How to Operate an Incubator." Many
Thousands of poultry-growers throughout the state I
are taking the University's free Extension corres- I
pondence course in poultry problems.
DuPont Company Has Completed Road Building Film. J
Much has been said and written relative to the I
building and improvement of roads, but the latest |
means taken to further the .'ducational side of road I
construction and maintenance is a road building mov- 1
ing picture film, made at a considerable expense by I
the direction of the Du Pont Company of Wilming-
i on Del. This firm has always manifested a great
Interest in all public improvements from which the I
people reap a benefit.
This film taken from actual construction scenes,
shows the very latest up-to-date road building nieth-
onds and will surely fulfill its object, the education of ]
the general public.
The plans are to have it shown at the meetings ;
of farmers, road builders, automobile associations
and other gatherings when it can best be seen by
those most directly interested in roads.
In brief, this film shows the troubles from bad
drainage and mud, and how these troubles are cor-
rected; the troubles and dangers from 'boulders and
stumps in and near the road, and how to get rid of ,
them; objections to heavy grades; easier and quicker
methods of grading, stone crushing and hauling;
building several kinds of roads; repairing a dirt
road; re-surfacing worn-out roads; and, finally, a
completed road affording fast, easy travel.
The completed film is in two reels of about one
thousand feet each, and requires about thirty-five
minutes for showing. It malies an attractive, inter-
esting and instructive addition to any convention.
The demand for it is already large and is still in-
creasing, which shows that those interested are eager
to learn, or know more, so as to enable them to talk
and work intelligently on road subjects, thus lending
their co-operation and aid for the upbuilding and
progress of the whole nation, for improved roads are
merely an indication" of how progressive a commu-
nity really is.
A Sane Exception.
A sane editorial expression from a city paper at
this time entitles it to the credit of specific mention.
Oar breadstuff exports for ten months dropped over
$SS, 000.000 below last year. While live stock, meats
and dairy products increased over $10,000,000 in ex-
pert value, the bulk or weight materially decreased.
Our oversea shipments of food are now averaging
nearly §8,000,000 a month less than last year. Com-
rjienting on these facts the Chicago Daily Journal
declares:
"Nothing more is needed to prove the fallacy of
the notion that the increase in food prices is due to
vast shipments of food abroad. That increase is a
world phenomenon, caused primarily by a short cro]
all over the globe."
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After winning fifty-four blue ribbons in various
horse shows, the chestnut saddle mare Fairy Queen,
owned by Myron H. Oppenheim of New York, has
been retired from the show ring and sent to Ken-
tucky to be bred to the noted stallion Richelieu King.
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Dogs and pups of all breeds for sale.
Dogs boarded under sanitary' condi-
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and puppies. Dogs clipped and baths
carefully given. Positively no sick
dogs accepted.
IRA BARKER DALZIEL,
Proprietor.
Classified Advertising
FOR SALE.
Black gelding, six years, 15.2 hands.
1,050 lbs., perfect beauty and a show
horse. Kind, gentle and fearless. Ab-
solutely sound. Natural smooth pacer.
Wears neither boots or straps. Sired by
Yasser 2:07. First dam Zenobie 2:19 by
Zorubro, 2d dam by Truman 2:12, son of
Electioneer. This horse paced a mile as a
3-year-old at 2:14. If given a chance, he
is rugged and strong, and with his racing
qualit ies I think he will make a 2 :05
pacer. For sale reasonable.
H. OLSEN, 1450— 46th Ave., Oakland.
FOR SALE— THE ICICLE by The Ice-
man 2 :10. dam California by a son of
Sable Wilkes, next dam thoroughbred.
Handsome ( dark bay horse with black
mane and tail, star, and both hind pas-
terns white. A remarkably showy horse,
weighs 1000 pounds, stands 15% hands
high and can show five gaits under sad-
dle. Has trotted a mile in 2:16%, last
quarter in 32 V> seconds; trotted a half in
1:04 Kind disposition and intelligent.
One of the most desirable horses to ride,
drive, or show, in California. Will be
sold cheap. Address
A. T. JACKSON".
R. 4, Box 11, Stockton, Cal.
FOR SALE.
Thoroughbred colts and fillies by
Marse Abe.
Standard bred colts and fillies by
Dillcara, son of Sidney Dillon.
Colts and fillies by Flosnut, by Nut-
wood Wilkes.
All these colts are untrained. Some
choice saddle horses among the lot.
Address Mrs. C. E. Farnum, 420
Market St., or P. O. Box 555, San
Francisco, Cal.
I WANT TO BUY. — I have sold eleven
horses In the last few months ranging
from $2,000 to $200. If you have u horse
for sale and will write me. I will tell you
what my system is. It is a winner. 1 find
there is a buyer for every horse for sale
at the right price. It Is Just a question, ol
getting the buyer and seller together. It
you have one for sale let me hear from
you. MAGNUS FLAWS.
542 S. Dearborn St.. Chicago. III.
FARMS FOR SALE
Choice Land In Idaho
210 acres 6 miles from Asotin. 12 miles
from LewhUon, Idaho, about 75 acres In
fall whenl, .-ibout 75 acres more can be
cultivated, balance In bunch grass pas-,
rtfre, two springs, small house, all fenced.
Price HO per acre, one-third cash, balance
at 7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
F. W. KELLEY.
Drawer 447. San Francisco. Ov-.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 16, 1916.
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BEAUTIFUl BELVEDERE
LOTS FOR SALE
CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
most beautiful spot on the shores of San Francisco Bay
for a suburban home. It commands an extensive view of
the City of San Francisco, Alcatraz and Angel Islands,
Raccoon Straits, San Francisco Bay, Richardson's Bay,
the Berkeley shore, beautiful Belvedere and Mt. Tamal-
pais. It is in Marin County, directly opposite San Fran-
cisco, and forms the eastern shore of Belvedere cove.
It has a naturally terraced, sunny, western slope that is
well adapted for many choice residence sites, every one
affording most picturesque views of the bay and moun-
tain. It is protected from the prevailing western trade winds in
summer by Belvedere Island, and from the southerly storms in
winter by Angel Island. The soil is fertile and part of the island
is well wooded.
It is less subject to fog than any other place near San
Francisco. The summer fog, as it rolls in from the ocean, splits
on the western slope of Sausalito, part of it flowing in a line with
Angel Island towards the Berkeley shore, and part of it along
the southern slope of Mt. Tamalpais, leaving Belvedere, Corin-
thian Island and Raccoon Straits in the bright sunlight, while
the fog banks can be seen as a white wall both to the north and
the south.
There is very little available land about the shores of San
Francisco Bay that is desirable for homes, especially for those
who love boating and kindred sports. The Alameda and Contra
Costa shores of the bay are the lee shores and receive the full
brunt of the boisterous trade winds which lash the shoal waters
near the land into muddy waves, making boating both unpleas-
ant and dangerous. To the north of the city and in Marin
County the land from Sausalito to the entrance of the bay is a
Government reservation and will never be placed on the market.
The shores of Richardson's Bay are not at present convenient
to boat service and, aside from Belvedere and Corinthian Island,
there is little or no land near any ferry landing that possesses
the natural advantages, improvements and possibilities that are
offered on Corinthian Island. Concrete roads, pure water, tele-
phone service and electric light wires are already installed. It is
only ten minutes' walk from any point on the property to
Tiburon boats, and but forty-three minutes' ride to the foot of
Market Street.
On the point of Corinthian Island the Corinthian Yacht
Club has had its home for many years, and on any summer day
the white sails of its numerous fleet add to the charming scene,
as the trim yachts glide about the cove. Excellent fishing of all
kinds for bay fish, including salmon, the gamey striped bass,
rock fish and the toothsome silver smelt, is to be had in the cove.
There is probably no spot so accessible and in such close prox-
imity to any large city in the world that offers the attractions
of climate, magnificent scenery, fishing and boating as will here
be found.
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366 PACIFIC BUILDING
San Francisco, Cal.
- ;aturday, December 16, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
HORSES FOR SALE.
, BAKION 2:29. and a select lot of brood-
.ares sired by the following horses: Bar-
ndaJe 2:11%, Zolock 2:05%; Del Norte
:08, Dr. Sunelle 2:15. and Pilot Hal, son
I Brown Hal. Also colts and Allies from
weanlings to 3-year-olds, from the above
amed mares and sired by Almaden D.
:16%. Bonaday 2:ll'i, Alto Express 2:22
nd Barton 2:29. Also Uncle H. 2:14*4,
a fine shape and ready to race. These
orses will be priced cheap for cash, or
raded for agricultural land. Address
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Rio Vista California
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OOUNTRY HORSES FOR SALE
WEIGHING 1200 Lbs. TO 1700 Lbs.
Mules in Carload Lots
Hors:s and Rigs of All Descriptions for Hire at All Tlmos
Pedigrees Tabulated
—Typewritten, Suitable For Framing —
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<5> <&
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NEW EDITION OF JOHN SPLAN'S BOOK
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OCTOBER TRAP-SHOOTING TOURNAMENTS FURNISHED, AS USUAL,
A BIG QUOTA OF
VICTORIES WON WITH
CULLISON, KANS., October 26.
High Amateur Average, 142 ex 150, J. J. Randall.
Second Amateur Average, 140 ex 150, Messrs. Toews. R. S. Randall and
Foulke.
Third Amateur Average, 139 ex 150, C. L. Howell.
High General Average, 148 ex 150, D. D. Gross.
WEBSTER LAKE, IND., October 23-25.
Hiah General Average, 288 ex 300, H. Kennicott.
LOGANSPORT, IND., October 17.
Hioh General Average, 148 ex 150, H. Kennicott.
HOBOKEN, N. J., October 13.
High Amateur Average, 184 ex 200, H. Sindle.
MT. PULASKI, ILL., October 11-12.
High General Average, 286 ex 300, A
The
C. Connor.
Brand Quality is always "on the job." Only one standard
wrcng if you buy shells or cartridges with the familiar red (p) on the labels.
Pmhhwi shells
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., October 10-11.
High Amateur Average (tie), 389 ex 4C0, Otis C. Funderburk.
CINCINNATI, OHIO, October 5-6.
High Amateur Average, 290 ex 300. W. R. Randall.
TOLEDO, ILL., October 3.
High Amateur Average, 147 ex 150, F. M. Buckingham.
MEDFORD. OKLA., October 10.
High Amateur Average, 141 ex 150, Wm. Lambert.
LINCOLNVILLE, KANS., October 6.
High Amateur Average, 144 ex 150, P. J. Cairns.
OMAHA, NEB., October 16-17.
High General Average, 229 ex 3C0, Phil R. Miller.
(U. S. Professional Champion.)
used in the Peters factory, and that is the very highest. You cannot go
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When You
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Guns a?d Ammunition
Made For All Kinds "/Shooting
Said Everywhere
M% W WAMD
Recommended Game Loads: —
IT IS A difficult matter to recommend a particular load for any certain kind of game shooting, as natural conditions vary
so much in different localities.
With this in mind, we have given considerable study to the various loads recommended and believe that those shown will
give the most satisfactory results, and will be an aid to consumers and dealers.
RABBIT AND SQUIRREL
Brand
Drs.
QUAIL
Ga. Brand Drs.
12 Nitro Club and Arrow 3
10 Nitro Club and Arrow 3>S
16 Nitro Club and Arrow 2%
\2 New Club ::',
10 New Club ':;'■.
16 New Club 2l-
WOODCOCK
Powder Oz.
Smokeless 1 1-8
Smokeless 1 1-S
Sinokele=s 1
Black l 1-8
Black 1 1-8
BJack i
AND SNIPE
Shot
7}£. 8 or 9
iya, s or 'j
7JS, S or 9
7 . S or 9
7 , 8 or 9
7 , 8 or 9
Nitro Club and Arrow.. 3
Nitro Club and Arrow '.:,x £
Nitro Club and Arrow 'i\«
New Club _...3K
New Club :■.'..
NV-w Club 2%
Powder Oz.
Smokeless 1 1-8
Smokeless 1 1-4
Smokeless 1
Black 1 1-8
Black 1 1-8
Black 1
Shot
6 or 7
(i or 7
6 or 7
6 or 7
tl or 7
i. or 7
Ga . Brand Drs. Powder Oz .
10 Nitro Club and Arrow 3% Smokeless lM
There is also a fair demand in 10-gauge for
10 Arrow 8% Smokeless .... 1 1-8
10 Arrow 4 Smokeless 11-4
Shot
. 5 or 6
4. 5 or 6
4. 5 or 6
ltj Nitro Club and Arrow 2% Smokeless 1
There is also a fair demand in 16-gauge for
10 Arrow 2% Smokeless 1
Nitro Club and Arrow 2;'., Smokeless 1 1-S 9 or 10
Nitro Club and Arrow 3'4 SmoKeless 1 1-S 9 or 10
Nitro Club and Arrow 2}£ Smokeless 7-8 9 or 10
New Club 3 Black 1 9 or 10
New Club $£ Black 1 1-S 9 or 10
New Club 2% Black 1 8 or 9
RUFFED GROUSE AND PARTRIDGE
Nitro Club and Arrow . ::
Nitro Club and Arrow a' ■■
Nitro Club and Arrow -' ■>
New Club ;-;'..
New Club 4
New Club 2%
Smokeless 1 1-8
Smokeless 1 %
Smokeless 1
Black 1 1-8
Black 1 \
Black 1
PRAIRIE CHICKEN
12 Nitro Cluband Arrow 3 Smokeless 1 1-S 6. 7 or 71 ■>
10 Nitro Club and Arrow :i}-j Smokeless 1 1-4 6, 7 or 7%
16 Nitro Club and Arrow 2% Smokeless 1 G, 7 or 71-
12 New Club 3% Black 1 1-8 6 or 7
10 New Club 4 Black \\£ 6 or 7
16 New Club 2% Black 1 6 or 7
DUCKS
12 Nitro Club and Arrow 3}£ Smokeless 1%£ 4, 5 or G
This is the most popular 12-gauge load, but there is also con-
siderable demand in 12-traiuje for
12 Nitro Club and Arrow 3 Smokeless 1 1-8 4. 5 or G
12 Nifo Club and Arrow 3^-i Smokeless 1 1-S 4, 5 or G
12 Arrow 3?2 Smokeless 1 1-8 4 or 5
12 New Club Sfc Black 11-8
10 New Club 4 Black 11-4
There is also a fair demand for
10 New Club 4% Black 11-8
10 New Club A% Black 1 1-S
1G New Club 3 Black 1
4. 5 or 6
4, 5 or G
Cut This Out and Keep For Reference.
Championship of California!!!
PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP 1915
HIGHEST GENERAL AVERAGE1, VERNON GUN CLUB,
Los Angela?, July 2, 3 and 4, 1316
493 ex 500 TARGETS
Ul of the above winnings were made hy Mr. Henry I firrmann Jr., with his 34 inch
double barrel
PARKER GUN
Highest Official General Average for 1914 and 1U15 was made with the
PARKER GUN
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—TRAINING THE HOUND—
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE TRAINING OF FOX HOUNDS, BEAGLES,
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The system of training advocated is simple and effective, so that anyone who car-
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ADDRESS:
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
P. O. DRAWER <47. SAN FRANCISCO. CAL
I.'OLUME LXEX. No. 26.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1916.
Subscription — $3.00 Per Year
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 23, 191-
$2,500 GUARANTEED ^ ~ BUIIUITEEP ffiSflU
The State Fair Futurity Stake No. 9. |
TO BE GIVEN BY THE
CALIFORNIA STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
For Foals of Mares covered in 1916 to TROT and Pace at Three-Years-Old, 1920.
Entries Close: Tuesday, January 2nd, 1917
$1,500 FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD TROTTERS.
CONDITIONS
$1,000 FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD PACERS
Entrance and Payments — $2 to nominate mare on January 2, 1917, when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given
$5 May 1, 1917 ; $10.00 on Yearlings May 1, 1918 ; $10.00 on Two-Year-Olds May 1, 1919 ; $10.00 on Three- Year-Olds May 1, 1920
Starting Payments. — $35.00 to start in the Three-Year-Old Pace and $50.00 to start in the Three-Year-Old Trot. All starting payments to be
made ten days before the first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place. Nominators must designate when making payments
to start whether the horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer.
Races three heats, money divided 25 per cent to the first heat, 25 per cent to the second heat, 25 per cent to the third heat and 25 per cent
to the race according to rank in the summary. Money divided in each division 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Should two or more horses be tied
for first place at the completion of the third heat, such horses only shall contest in a fourth heat and money divided according to rank in sum-
mary at the termination of that heat. A horse having won the first two heats and drawn or distanced in the third heat shall not lose position in
the summary.
If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins ; or if either the mare or foal dies before January 1, 1918, her nominator may
sell or transfer his nomination or substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there will be no return pavment, nor will any
entry be liable for more than amount paid in or contracted for.
Entries must be accompanied by entrance fee.
Nominations liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any Daymeuts forfeits all previous payments.
This Society is liable for $2500.00, the amount of the guarantee only.
Hobbles will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions. -
Right reserved to declare off or re-open these Stakes in case the number of entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors of this
Society.
There will be no more mone}7s in each division or heat than there are starters. Entries open to the world.
Other than exceptions made on this entry blank, rules of the National Trotting Association to govern.
JOHN M. PERRY, President.
CHAS. W. PAINE, Secretary,
Sacramento, California.
$10 DUE ON FOALS OF 1916.
Third Payments:
JANUARY 1st, 1917.
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 16— S3,000
GIVEN BY THE
PACIFIC COAST TROTTING HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
FOR FOALS OF MARES BRED IN 1915. FOR FOALS OF 1916 TO TROT
OR PACE AT TWO AND THREE YEARS OLD
Entries Closed Tuesday, February 1st, 1916.
$1600. for Trotting Foals
$150 to Nominators of Dams of Winners.
$1100 For Pacing Foals
$100 to Owners of Stallions
MONEY DIVIDED
$1000 for Three-Year-Old Trotters.
50 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Three-Year-Old Trot.
600 for Two-Year-Old Trotters.
25 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Two-Year-Old Trot.
50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner
of Three-Year-Old Trot when mare
was bred.
AS FOLLOWS:
$700 for Three-Year-Old Pacers.
50 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Three-Year-Old Pace.
400 for Two-Year-Old Pacers.
25 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Two-Year-Old Pace.
50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner
of Three-Year-Old Pace when mare
was bred.
$50 in Special Prizes was paid to Stallion Owners in February, 1916.
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on February 1, 1916, when
name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 August
1. 191C: $10 on Yearlings January 1, 1917; $10 on Two-Year-Olds January 1, 191S;
$10 on Three-Year-Olds January 1. 1919.
STARTING PAYMENTS— $25 to start in the Two-Year-Old Pace; $35 to start in the
Two-Year-Old Trot; $35 to start in the Three-Year-Old Pace; $50 to start in
the Three- Year- Old Trot. All starting payments to be made ten days before
the first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place.
Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered
Is a Trotter or Pacer.
Colts that start as Two-Year-Olds are not barred from starting again in the Three-
Year-Old divisions.
SUBSTITUTIONS
If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or If either the mare
or foal dies before JANUARY 1, 1917, her nominator may sell or transfer his nomina
tlon or substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there will be no
return of a payment nor will any entry be liable for more than amount Daid in or
contracted for. K
Address all communications to the Secretary.
F. W. KELLEY, Secretary.
P. O. Drawer 447,
Office, 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco, Cal.
E. P. HEALD, President.
Shoeing' and Balancing'
— = = = The
Lig'ht Harness Horse
BY JAMES CLARK
A COPY of this book should be in every horse
-*"* owner' s library. It treats the subject in a way
that you can understand, giving accurate and re-
liable information that every owner of a good
horse will find extremely helpful in the care of
his horse's feet.
CONTENTS:
Navicular Trouble.
Heavy Shoes and Pads in
the Winter Season.
Neglected Teeth Make Knee
hitters and Cross Firers.
Making the Shoes.
Extension Shoes.
Outside or §-swedged Shoes.
Swedges or Dies.
Calks and Grabs.
Bar Shoes Behind.
Aluminum Shoes.
The Last Word.
TABLE OF
The Treatment of the Colt's
Feet Before Shoeing.
The Fint Set of Shoes.
Sore Feet and Sour Disposi-
tion.
Knee-hitting, Scalping, Etc.
Pads, their Benefits and
Abuses.
Thrush, its cause, treatment
Punctures.
Quarter and Toe Cracks.
Hoof Bound.
Hitting the Elbows.
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,turday, December 23, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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' MERRY CHRISTMAS! We extend the season's
Veetings to our readers and hope the annual fastival
ill be one of great happiness to all and be followed
i a year that will bring health and prosperity to
ich and every one. We, who are connected with
Me horse breeding industry, have seen during the
ist few years a little gasoline cloud grow until it
is almost totally obscured our view of the trotting
>rse breeding farms, but during the past year here
id there over the country there are numerous rifts
that cloud and King Horse is coming into a part
his former possessions, although he has given up
uch territory where his work was so hard that the
ss of it is not to be regretted. During the year
•16, the greatest season of harness racing seen in
ie United States for many years was completed
ith a new world's champion trotting stallion and
any new champions among the colts and fillies,
alifornia has furnished a new champion yearling
icing filly, the fastest yearling trotter of the year,
new champion trotter under saddle in a race, and
ie pacer of a team that has made a new world's
:cord on a half mile track. That is not a long list
champions -but it is of pretty fair- size considering
ie small number of horses California has had in
aining recently, aod it has served to keep us on
ie map. The year 1917 gives every promise of
eing a still more prosperous one for the owners
ad trainers of the light harness horse. The eastern
ad middle states are counting on more meetings,
trger purses and bigger fields than ever. We on
ie Pacific Coast are a .little -slow, but there is a
rospect of a larger circuit than last year and we are
ving in hopes during this holiday season even
lough we die in despair later on. At any rate this
no time to borrow trouble from the future. Let
s all resolve to have as merry a Christmas as we
an afford and determine that we will each do our
art toward making the harness horse industry as
rosperous as it is possible to make it during the
ew year and the years that follow.
Of the two mistakes made in feeding, perhaps
nderfeeding is most common, according to C. H.
Ickles of the Missouri College of Agriculture. It is
serious mistake to feed a cow only enough to keep
p her body. She must receive feed to keep her milk
•roduction up to capacity. If a cow loses weight
ihile in milk, she is not receiving, sufficient food. A
ood cow, if not fed enough, will produce milk for a
ime at the expense of her body; that is, she will
ake the surplus flesh from her body, and convert it
nto milk and thereby will lose live weight. On the
ther hand, when a cow is overfed she will begin to
atten in a short time. This condition may be cor-
ected by giving her only the amount she needs for
aaintenance and for milk production. Such feeding
."ill maintain practically a uniform weight.
Roughness is the first important consideration in
eeding cows. A cow is not contented unless her
tomach is full She should always have all the
oughness that she will clean up and then the amount
f grain she receives should be regulated by the
mount of milk produced. A dry cow in good- condi
ion should be fed roughness only, and does not need
ny grain. In feeding grain to milk producing cows,
he following rule may be used ,and is found to work
airly well: Feed 1 pound of grain for each 3 pounds
T pints of milk produced. A Jersey cow producing
ery rich milk may need a little more grain than the
.mount given. " ■
1 Rollo, a chestnut yearling son of Directum King,
iwned at Wheaton, Illinois, has never been shod and
October 17th paced an eighth in 16 seconds, bare-
ooted and hitched to a cart.
Le Grand McDonald Is a Handsome Horse.
After the sale of the Woodland Hackney Stud
horses at the Park Riding Academy last Wednesday
evening. Judge E. A. Bridgford had his fine three-
year-old saddle stallion Le Grand McDonald led into
the ring. It was announced by Auctioneer Hord that
the winner of the junior championship at the P.-P.
I. E. horse show last year was not for sale, but that
the stallion's owner simply desired to show the large
crowd of horse loving people present how Le Grand
McDonald looks in his three-year-old form. He is
certainly a grand young horse, and is destined to be
a frequent winner in the show ring during the next
few years. The Judge remarked that a gentleman
who saw him as a two-year-old offered 51000 for the
colt, which was refused as Le Grand McDonald was
not then and is not now for sale. The gentleman
who made the offer was present and said that the
offer still stands. The few colts sired by Le Grand
McDonald when a two-year-old are now weanlings,
and they show that he will be a great sire of style
and good looks. He is now a big strong horse of
good bone and substance and in addition to showing
all five gaits of the saddle horse, has been broken
to harness and makes a fine appearance between the
shafts and has excellent road qualities. He is one
of the best bred saddle stallions ever brought to this
coast, and Judge Bridgford made a wise selection
when he purchased him as a weanling in Missouri.
Arranging for a Big Horse Show.
Representatives of the Pacific Coast Saddle Horse
Association met with the management of Idora Park,
Oakland, one evening this week, and made the pre-
liminary arrangements toward holding a big horse
show at that Park during the week following the
California State Fair this year. The State Fair will
hold its usual big horse show and the horses will
then be shipped to Oakland for a show to last four
or five days and at which the prizes will be numer-
ous and of generous size. Idora Park is an ideal
place for a horse show and we predict now that it
will be the leading feature and best drawing card
that place of amusement will put on during the sum-
mer of 1917. Premium lists and programs are to be
issued early and an advertising campaign started
that will cover the entire State. As several of the
fairs will include a horse show in their programs
next year, the owners of saddle and other show
horses will have a regular circuit of shows, which
will add much to the interest and attract more en-
tries than ever before.
Show Horses in the Movies.
A Los Angeles motion picture firm is arranging to
put on and picture a regular horse show during
January. A regular show ring is being constructed
and arrangements have been made with some of
the leading owners of California to bring all their
best horses and show them just as they would at
Madison Square Garden or any of the big show
places. Mr. Revel Lindsay English of Sierra Vista
Stock Farm at Chino has been induced to take an
active part in perfecting the arrangements and those
who know this enterprising and energetic horse
owner will also know that the show will be put on
right. Fred Bork, the well known rider of this city,
is already at Los Angeles under engagement and
will ride a number of horses that are to be filmed.
The films, when completed, will be shown through-
out the country and will give thousands who have
never enjoyed the opportunity of visiting a real
horse show a chance to witness a photographic pre-
sentation of one that will be an exact affair in every
particular. Many of the very best horses in Califor-
nia are to take part in this production.
Children's Horse Show.
Miss Jean Wheeler, Miss Ysabel Chase and Mrs.
Philip Wand have been chosen as a committee to
make the awards at the Children's Horse Show and
Gymkhana, Friday afternoon at the riding school.
A number of cups and other prizes have been given
by the families whose young folks are participating
in these sports.
There are about forty children in this affair, and
the rehearsals show a surprising degree of skill. As
a class, the youngsters are wonderfully well trained
and it is seldom that grown-up riders do nearly as
well as these children.
Chicago Banker Buys Show Horses.
John J. Mitchell, president of the Illinois Trust
and Savings Bank of Chicago, has recently purchased
from Valentine Crane of the Wild Rose Stock Farm,
St. Charles, Illinois, seven high class show horses
and will not only exhibit them at the shows of 1917
but will engage in the breeding of high steppers.
Among the seven horses transferred to Mr. Mitchell
were Rillington Nimble and Nimbus, and Baronet
and Satire, two noted pairs of imported English
hackneys that had won at the London International
and the New York National, as well as many lesser
shows. With them were included Wild Rose and
Wonder Rose, a pair of trotting bred harness horses,
and the runabout horse Mighty Rose, that was sec-
ond in his class at Chicago. Rillington Nible was
one of the star performers at the International exhi-
bition, which clased the season's horse shows.
Driven by Charles J. Barrie, of Ridgewood, N. J.,
she defeated Miss Constance Vauclain's famous Lady
Dilham and Princess Sheila, the latter the champion
of the last National Horse Show. In hand Mr. Mitch-
ell's new mare won from Miss Vauclain's English
mare The Whip, reserve champion in harness in
New York. Rillington Nimble is a daughter of Polo-
nius, and was formerly owned by J. Sumner Draper,
of Boston. J. M. Smith, who selected her and ex-
hibited her for Mr. Draper, always maintained that
on breeding, individuality and performance she was
one of the best hackney mares that ever left Eng-
land. Mr. Mitchell will now retire her to the stud.
Big Attendance at Chicago Horse Shows.
In point of attendance the horse show held at
Chicago week before last in connection with the In-
ternational Live Stock Exposition, was one of the
most successful horse shows of the year, the big
pavilion at the Union Stock Yards having been
crowded every afternoon and evening. The after-
noons were given over to the draft horses, and this
exhibit is said to have surpassed anything ever seen
in this country or Europe in the variety and quality
of the big horses shown. Percherons, Belgians,
Shires, Clydesdales and Suffolks, representing nearly
all the leading breeders and importers of the United
States and Canada, were in the ring, making some
wonderful displays.
California Horse Show Circuit.
The Pacific Coast Saddle Horse Breeders' Associ-
ation has taken steps to aid in the formation of a
circuit of horse shows in California to be held at the
county fairs of 1917. It is planned to have shows at
four or five of these fairs whose dates are such that
shipping from one point to another will be over the
shortest distances and at the least expense to ex-
hibitors.
Woodland Hackney Stud's annual sale of horses,
held at the Park Riding Academy on Wednesday
evening of this week, drew a good attendance, but
prices were not high nor bidders very prompt with
their offers. Auctioneer Hord succeeded in dispos-
ing of twenty head by ten o'clock, the highest price
being $220, two horses bringing over $200 and eleven
more than $100. A few aged horses which have been
used as school horses brought from $40 to $90.
SALES AT THE INTERNATIONAL.
[Chicago Breeder's Gazette.]
Shorthorns.
Such a packed-in congestion of people was never
before witnessed at a cattle sale. It is gratifying
to be able to announce that another year adequate
provision will be made for the large number of
breeders who desire to attend the sales of pedigree
cattle held during International week. The Short-
horn offering sold at figures which gave consider-
able satisfaction. The average on the entire 56 head
was $958.65, while the 22 bulls averaged $1,155.45,
and the 34 females averaged $831.30. The stellar
feature of the sale was the price of $6,600 bid by the
Maxwell & Miller Cattle Co., Steamboat Springs, Col.,
for the first-prize bull Maxwalton Pride 2d. Consid-
erable interest attended the offer of this bull. Sev-
eral bidders wanted him, but the Colorado firm
endured to the end.
Herefords.
They tossed bids around of large size with bewil-
dering rapidity at the Hereford International sale.
A big body of breeders came with the determination
to give the Hereford a front seat in the sale series,
and they succeeded by a decidedly large majority.
On 50 head of cattle of remarkably high class an
average of $1,489 was recorded . It is a record aver-
age. The 33 bulls sold for $56,385, an average of
$1,736, and the 17 females brought $18,100, an average
of $1,064. Contributing materially to the outstand-
ing figures was the sensational sale of the yearling
bull Woodford 6th at $15,100.
Aberdeen-Angus.
When an average of $681.15 is made on 53 head
of Aberdeen-Angus cattle, it looks like a good enough
result even in these times of enlarged values, espe-
cially as the 16 bulls averaged $848.45 and 37 females
$608.80; but an accurate conclusion can only be
reached with a knowledge of the outstanding char-
acter of many of the lots consigned from leading
herds. With this knowledge Angus breeders have
not very substantial ground for felicitation over the
result of their sale at the International. Too many
breeders declared that the prices bid were under
the offers they had received for their animals at
home.
Clydesdales.
The initial sale of Clydesdales at the International
contributed from leading studs and held under the
auspices of the American Clydesdale Association,
proved gratifying to all concerned. Prices did not
rule high but the demand was good and fair values
were realized, considering the youth, and the age, of
some of the entries. The top price, $3,025. was paid
by John K. Branch, Richmond, Va., for Mr. Soder-
berg's champion mare Osco Darling. Mr. Branch
also bought the prize-winning stallion Fariholm War-
rior at $1,550, which he has presented to Gov. Stuart
of Virginia, to be allotted by him to the state insti-
tution where his services can be best utilized In the
improvement of the horse stock of the state.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 23, 11
Horses and Horsemen
Wants to Race in California if Possible.
The Breeder and Sportsman office had a pleasant
call on Monday of this week from Mr. B. F. Jaggar.
of Portland, Oregon, who has been taking a short
lay-off from business and spending a week with
Henry Helman of Salinas, who has for the past two
years been training and driving Mr. Jaggars' pacer
Mack Fitzsimmons 2:07?4. He found Mack enjoj'ing
a run in a big paddock ever}- day and is greatly
pleased with his looks. Mr. Jaggar would very much
like to race his horse in California during 1917, if
there is anything of a circuit and classes for his
horse. Helman also has Prince Zolock 2:06%, owned
by Mr. Gardner of Seattle, thus having two pacers
of near the same class. If there were a free-for-all
pace and a 2:08 class pace at each meeting on the
California circuit, Helman would not think of racing
outside the State unless at one or two of the big
meetings up north or at the Arizona State Fair, but
unless there is a good California circuit announced
early he will make his arrangements to race else-
where. Mr. Jaggar states that the Driving Club at
Salinas is seriously debating the question of giving
a race meeting independent of the annual "Rodeo"
which takes place there, and believes that by claim-
ing an earlier date than the wild west show, it would
be well patronized by the horsemen and tie public.
Mr. Jaggar formerly owned the pacer Maurice S. 2:06
by King S. that Dick Wilson bought for him in 1912
and raced through California and Oregon, taking his
record at Fresno that year. He paid $2500 for this
pacer and won him out and a nice profit beside that
season, as the purses ranged from $1000 to $4000 in
the classes in which he raced. He started ten times,
was six times first, once second, once third and twice
fourth, and his winnings were very nearly $5000 over
and above entrance fees at the end of that season,
and the horse was afterwards sold. Under Henry
Helnian's driving. Mack Fitzsimmons started twice
at the fall meeting of the P.-P. I. E. in 1915 and won
both races, which were for $2000 purses, in straight
heats. Helman raced him up north this year as a
trotter as there were few classes for him at the
pace, but he did not do very well at that gait and
it will be as a side-wheeler that he will be out in 1917.
Harness Racing at Fairs.
At a meeting of the Association of Fairs and Expo-
sitions held at Chicago this month. Mr. Richard J.
White, who is superintendent of speed of the Wiscon-
sin State Fair, also one of the vice-presidents of the
American Trotting Association, read a paper on
Harness Horse Racing at Fairs, in which he argued
that from his experience harness racing is the big-
gest drawing card at all state and county fairs. At
the close of his address he made the following brief
recapitulation of his personal ideas in regard to
racing:
"I believe the sport or business of horse racing is
legitimate only when conducted in the broadest spirit
of fairness and with due regard to the interests of
the public, the association and the horse owner.
"That the public interest is stimulated and best
maintained by good tracks and stables, which insure
the fastest contests, by few rules, wide advertisement
of prime essentials to determine races, liberal purses
which draw the highest class of horses and prompt,
regular and orderly management of the performances.
"That the associations should, to insure adequate
attendance, give large purses, advertise widely and
efficiently, observe and enforce the few necessary
rules to insure promptness, fairness and the best
performances.
"That the horse owners should be given liberal
terms for entrance, should be required to keep their
contracts, but should have due recognition and en-
titled to full benefit of their rights, be governed by
few rules, and allowed largely to control the methods
of races, consistent, however, with and subservient,
always, to the demands of the public. An even break,
no unusual favors, no discrimination, yet courtesy,
fairness and honesty should be reciprocated among
the three elements."
Where Did He Study Breeding History?
Among the many ridiculous things that have got-
ten into print over the signatures of persons who
were writing as experts on horse breeding, the fol-
lowing from a Chicago farm journal of last week
takes the palm:
"Starting with a well-selected tap-root (the Layton
Barb mare) the late Leland Stanford succeeded in
changing the gallop to a trot. Coming along down
the line some 200 years, he bred Estella to Mam-
brino Palchen, a trotter with Messenger blood. He
then bred the produce, Alma Mater, to Electioneer,
using more Messenger. As a result came Palo Alto
and Sunol. Mark you that there was no abrupt pull-
ing oft from type. Stanford did not make the mis-
take that so many have made."
As Leland Stanford did not breed Alma Mater and
never owned her, and as neither Palo Alto nor Sunol
are descended from her, the "tap-roof 'to which he
is giving all the credit was probably a nightmare of
his own breeding.
Canadian Ice Racing Opens Today.
Beginning today, ice racing for trotters and pacers
will be one of the big attractions on Canadian tracks
this winter, and many horses have been shipped
across the line from the United States to take part
in the many events. The Canadian laws permit rac-
ing only on three days of each week and also limit
the number of days during the year. At Hillcrest
Park, Toronto, all the events will be for purses of
$400 each, the start being made today, December 23d,
and again taken up on the following Monday, Tues-
day and Wednesday, and after giving the racing
stables four days of rest the sport will be continued
on the following Monday and Tuesday. Eligibility
of starters will be governed by ice records only, and
in mixed events trotters will be allowed three sec-
onds, with six to enter and four to start, and in case
there are six starters the purses will be divided
among all starters under Winter racing rules of the
Canadian National Trotting and Pacing Harness
Horse Association.
On Saturday, January 6th, stables racing at Hill-
crest Park are invited to shift over to Toronto's other
track, Dufferin Park, and race four days more for
the same amount of purses, but under more liberal
conditions, as here the purses will be divided under
the regulation 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent to the first
four horses, while fifth and sixth moneys will be
added to the regular purse, if that many start and
finish in each event.
The offer of $12,000 in purses and the inducement
of open pool selb'ng and book betting will not only
draw big entries and large fields of starters from
both countries, but also the usual big attendances.
The real "Grand Circuit meeting" of ice racing will
not open until the first day of February so that the
sport may be continued at other points until cam-
paigning stables are ready to go to Ottawa to race on
the river under the auspices of the Hull Driving Club.
The Ottawa program will also extend to two weeks,
and as now announced, contains twenty-three events
for an average value of $1,000 each race. The fea-
tures are two $5,000 purses or rather early closing
events, for trotters and pacers eligible to the 2:10
classes, while seven events each for $1,000 are almost
evenly divided between trotters and pacers.
For a two-mile race, in best two-in-three and also
for a five-mile dash, purses of $500 each are offered,
while the remainder of the programs are made up of
$400 purses, pacing events being two more than
trotting. It now seems certain that with favorable
weather conditions, ice racing will be made an out-
door sport in Canada for over two months.
A number of similar events are being arranged in
this country, mostly in northern New York State and
parts of New England, and while some might be held,
yet not as important as those in Canada, for the
reason that after American owned horses are sent
across the border few remaining owners or drivers
take part in this method of racing harness horses,
except in amateur events and under the auspices of
amateur organizations, the same as sleigh races
where weather conditions make them feasible.
Half-MMe Tracks Best.
Willis Sharpe Kilmer, of Binghamton, N. Y., has
been recently reconstructing a half-mile track at his
Riverside Farm near that city, where he is raising
thoroughbred horses, says the Goshen Independent
Republican. Mr. Kilmer stopped at the Goshen Inn
last October on bis way to Washington, D. C, and
was greatly impressed with the appearance of the
Historic track, and especially with the grade on the
turns. Learning that Coates Brothers had some
years ago reconstructed these turns, he engaged J. S.
Coates to superintend the work on his Riverside
track and consented to have his track entirely re-
modeled upon new lines, and the turns, which for-
merly were of about the same radius as the Goshen
track, now have a radius of 250 feet, and, of course,
somewhat shortened stretches. Owing to the high
rate of speed at which the trotters now go Mr. Coates
attaches gTeat importance to the present day need
of longer and therefore easier turns for the half mile
tracks, and he believes that where this can be ac-
complished the more prominent trainers of the coun-
try will be willing to start their high class horses.
There has always been a good deal of aversion to
the short turns of the half mile tracks on the part
of the trainers of the country's greatest trotters, but
it is now conceded that the day of the mile track is
gone and the "two-lap" course is what the public
desires.
It now seems certain that the once famous trotting
horse breeding nursery, Stony Ford Farm, Stony
Ford, N. Y., long noted in trotting horse breeding
annals, will soon be a thing of the past, as part of
the property is now being already cut up for building
lots and the rest will soon follow. Breeding and
training operations have already been abandoned by
the farm's recent owner, Louis Titus of California,
who bought it from the estate of the late J. Howard
Ford, and the farm's former trainer, Will Hodson,
has opened a public training stable at Goshen.
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Star Winter 2:05 has found a field of usefulness in
the show rings. R. E. Moreland, the well-known Ken-
tucky exhibitor, having bought the gelding recently
from Lon McDonald, who acted for William G. Sneli,
of New Bedford. Mass., former owner of the son of
Ed Winter 2:12%.
L. G. Duffy, editor of The American Sportsman
Cleveland, was recently operated on for appendici ,
and for some reason the incision had to be reopei j
a couple of times on account of complications. Wl
he was convalescent he wrote the following story
his paper which was published: "An Irishman v
taken violently ill with appendicitis and hurried
a hospital and operated upon. The operation wj
pronounced successful, but a few days later com|
cations set in and it was necessary to again put tl
patient under the knife. This time it was discover
that the surgeon had carelessly left a pair of force
in the Irishman. A week later he had high fe*
and the incision became inflamed, evidence of mc
trouble, so for the third time the patient was openi
and a package of gauze removed. Just as the si
geon was preparing to sew up the opening, the patie
remarked. 'Doctor, I would suggest that you p
hooks and eyes on me belly and avoid the annoyan
of carving me when you again find it necessary
peep inside my inwards.' "
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According to the latest gossip, Mr. Devereux w
resign from the presidency of the grand circuit whi
that association meets in annual session in Atlanl
January 23, and that he will under no circumstanc-
accept the renomination. On good authority it h:
also been stated that Devereux is also contemplatii
the severing of his connection as an officer of tl
Forest City Livestock and Fair Company, of whi<
he has been president since its incorporation, at
will thereafter confine his activities to looking aft
the interests of his own matinee stable and the wt
fare of the Pastime Stable, in which he is interest!
along with Coburn Haskell, P. W. Harvey and Frai
Ellis.
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One of the features of the winter fair last wee
at Guelph, Ont., was the display of standard br<
horses. In the stallion class T. Hassard, of Mar
ham, won first with Peter Wilton, the eleven-yea
old son of Peter the Great 2:07% and Mazie W„ I
Wilton 2:19I4, that formerly stood at Pleasanto
while second honors went to Burt Axworthy 2:0
now the property of Crowe & Murray of Toront
and third fell to the lot of Bryson McKinney, owne
by Charles Finnegan, of Stratford, Ont. The chai
pionship in the standard-bred class was won by Pet<
Wilton.
Though the smoke of battle has hardly yet cleare
away after the spirited and brilliant contest for tl
Alfred G. Vanderbilt Memorial Gold Cup for roa
fours at the National Horse Show of 1916, there
already a new Richmond in the field for next year
competition, intent on taking the $1000 trophy awa
from William H. Moore, who won it this seasoi
W. D. Grand, who had a hand in putting together tt
winning team, is authority for the news that M
Moore will have to meet a new and formidable opp<
nent in 1917.
According to an official announcement from Clevi
land, the offices of the American Association of Tro
ting Horse Breeders have been moved from the Nort
Randall track to the Euclid-Penn Building in Clevt
land, where all communications must be addresse
to Secretary H. K. Devereux, who will have Ted E
Kline, son of the former North Randall and Gran
Circuit secretarv, Homer J. Kline, as his assistant.
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Four famous breeders of trotting horses, whos
death meant the dispersal of the horses on thei
breeding farms, have passed away during the pas
two years. They are William Simpson, Empire Cit
Stud, Cuba, New York; John H. Shults, Shultshurs
Farm, Rochester, N. Y.; Jacob Ruppert, Hudso:
River Stock Farm, Poughkeepsie, and W. R. Allen o
Allen Farm, Pittsfield, Mass.
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Nothing has aroused the enthusiasm of New Eng
land horsemen in recent years more than the author!
tative announcement that the famous Readville tracl
will be the scene of a Grand Circuit meeting in 1917
that will be backed by several of the wealthiest horsi
owners of Boston.
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Two-year-old racing will begin at Juarez and a
Tijuana January 1st. but as the colts racing at thi!
two Mexican tracks will probably remain in the wes<
during the year, they will not be affected by th<|
Jockey Club rule which prohibits the racing of two
year-olds before April.
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The demand for thoroughbreds was never greate)
in this country than it is right now, and the impor
ters are all feeling quite comfortable over their prosj
pects. Should there be an early ending of thd
European war. the horses brought over last year anq
this would probably double in value.
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One of the most important deals in the horse goods
field was consummated last week, when Tuttle &
Clark, the famous turf goods house of Detroit. Mich,
purchased the entire horse goods holdings of the
Sell Horse Goods Co., of Canton, Ohio.
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At a meeting of the Massachusetts State Board of
Agriculture held Dee. Sth, the dates for 30 county
fairs that receive State aid were set The dates were
all in August or September and in some instances
three fairs will be held during the same week, al-
though in different counties.
aturday, December 23, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
ommission Has Power to Regulate Tracks.
..' ' Louisville, Ky., Dec. 11. — Holding that the Ken-
.Acky State Racing Commission is clothed with power
j t> regulate the race tracks in the State in the same
~ janner as has the police department to regulate the
'..Ities of the State and that by reason of this power
:r authority, the Commission has the right to fix the
] jmount of money to be offered as purses, Judge Sam-
. el B. Kirby today denied the application of the
rtiouglas Park Jockey Club for a temporary restrain-
\g order to enjoin the Commission from fixing $800
i s the minimum for purses. He also sustained the
emurrer of the Commission to the petition, and
; ranted the Jockey Club an appeal to the Court of
]upeals.
4 Judge Kirby said that because of a press of busi-
ness he had been unable to write an opinion, setting
'forth in full his reasons for denying the prayer of
^he .iockey Club, but that he likely would do so within
he next few days . It was understood, he said, that
- he officials of the jockey club as well as the mem-
bers of the Commission, desired to have the ques-
tions at issue decided by the Court of Appeals at the
"larliest possible moment in order that the decision
"fill be effective before the race meeting next spring,
^.nd for that reason he passed on the motions without
writing an opinion.
[ Judge Kirby said that while it is true, as contended
4iy counsel for the Jockey Club, that the law creating
:4ne Commission did not say specifically that it had
..he right to fix the amount to be offered in purses,
such right was there by implication and that in his
lipinion the Commission had not overstepped its
Authority in requiring the jockey club to fix purses
■t a minimum of $800.
■ Arguments on the motions were made ten days
aigo by Harvey Myers, of Covington, representing the
iiouglas Park Jockey Club, and John T. Shelby, of
iLexington, representing the Racing Commission.
Vlartimas Is Destroyed.
Hamilton, Can., Dec. 13. — The leading Valley Farm
lire, the Futurity winner Martimas, is dead. Until
stricken with colic last Thursday, he was apparently
n the best of health, but the next day he broke a leg
ind had to be destroyed. He was the largest winning
lorse owned in Canada, his earnings amounting to
learly $52,000, beginning with the Niagara Stakes at
Fort Erie in 1898 as a two-year-old. That was his
most successful season from the earnings point of
riew, as bis record included his success in the Futu-
rity, trained by Eddie Whyte and ridden by Harry
Lewis, in a field of twenty-three starters. The fol-
lowing season he won the Canadian Derby at Fort
Erie, and the next year the Toronto Cup, while he
was also a winner three times as a five-year-old.
Though he was practically confined to the mares at
Valley Farm after his transfer to the stud, his prog-
eny have won about $70,000. They include the King's
Plate winners, Kelvin and Shimonese, and one of the
very fastest of Canadian-breds, Slipper Day.
Martimas was a chestnut horse, foaled in 1896, and
therefore 20 years old at the time of his death. He
was bred by Jennings & Eriright, Elmendorf Stud,
Lexington, Ky., by imported Candlemas, full brother
to St. Blaise, from the Bramble mare Biggonet, and
was bought as a yearling by the late William Hen-
drie, who had the greatest fondness for him as a
gallant racehorse and a son of a good mare. Mr.
Hendrie never forgot seeing Biggonet win at Sara-
toga after being more than an hour at the post, and
was determined to have her colt when he was offered
at auction, even though other good judges near home
did not hold such a high opinion of him as a prospect.
The following new selling race rule is now in effect
at Juarez: "Selling Race Rule (Amendment to Rule
142) — Bids for the winner of a selling race must be
sealed and lodged with the clerk of the scales within
fifteen minutes after the official result of the race
has been announced. Each bid must be accompanied
by the cash, unless the bidder has a sufficient amount
to his credit upon the books of the club. No bid
shall be of less sum than the entered selling price of
the horse, plus the value of the purse to the winner.
When the bids are opened the owner shall be notified
of the highest bid and shall have the option of pro-
tecting the horse for an additional $5, said option to
expire five minutes after the opening of the bids."
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It is said to be practically assured that Memphis
will stage a ten-day meeting following directly on
the heels of the Hot Springs season in the spring.
The racing last year at Hot Springs was so success-
ful that Memphis merchants have resolved to have a
meeting of their own. Joseph A. Murphy is behind
the movement and he is expected to put it through.
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H. C. Hallenbeck, for whom that great horse The
Finn performed so well as a star handicap horse
during the past season, is coming back on a larger
scale next year. During the coming season he will
race a string of two-year-olds, and should have some
good ones, as he but recently paid $24,000 for a lot
of eight imported yearlings that were brought to
this country by Duncan Grant of the Rugby Stud.
Speculating on a Mate for Regret.
Regret, Harry Payne Whitney's great race mare,
is to be bred during the coming season, and horse-
men are speculating as to what sire she will be sent
to, and where best results may be had, and wondering
if there is one in Mr. Whitney's Brookdale Stud that
is suitable for her.
The question of a suitable mate for the great
daughter of Broomstick and Jersey Lightning re-
mains an open one. All Gold has been spoken of,
but as yet it cannot be said that he has proved him-
self either a good racehorse or a great sire. Peter
Pan, grandly bred, a great performer and an impres-
sive individual, is thought by many to be the logical
answrer to the question, and his son Pennant,
although untried as a sire, has been mentioned, and
Friar Rock has been spoken of, though he is not a
member of the Brookdale sire contingent.
Whiskbroom II has been suggested by some who
have a high regard for the Bonnie Scotland strain
through the Bramble and Ben Brush line, but of
course there are those who would regard this cross
as quite too close, because both Regret and Whisk-
broom II were sired by Broomstick, but this would
be only a repetition of the experiment made by the
late James R. Keene when he bred Commando, the
son of Domino, to Running Stream, the daughter of
Domino, and obtained the eminently successful sire
Ultimus.
Whiskbroom II and Regret were unquestionably
great performers, and both were rich in the blood of
Bonnie Scotland through its best channel; but this
is not all. Whiskbroom II brings into the combina-
tion the priceless Maggie B. B. strain through his
dam. Audience, by Sir Dixon, who was by imported
Billet out of Jaconet by Leamington out of Maggie
B. B. Then again the Blacklock strain figures prom-
inently in the pedigree of Whiskbroom U through
Audience, by Sir Dixon, he by Billet, he by Voltigeur,
and he by Blacklock and through Broomstick, son of
Elf. she by Galliard, he by Galopin, he by Vidette,
he by Voltigeur and he by Blacklock; and then this
same Blacklock strain through Broomstick again
would come into the combination through Regret.
But even this it not all the rich Maggie B. B. strain
which would come into the proposed combination
through the union of Whiskbroom II with Regret.
Audience, the dam of Whiskbroom II, was by Sir
Dixon out of Sallie McClelland by Hindoo. Her sec-
ond dam was Red and Blue by Alarm, and her third
dam was no other than the same old Maggie B. B.
by Australian, so that Whiskbroom II would bring
into the combination a double cross of the rich Mag-
gie B. B. strain.
Then again, Regret would bring in, besides the
Bonnie Scotland and Blacklock strains, through her
sire, the blood of Hamburg through her dam, Jersey
Lightning, and that of Longfellow through her grand-
dam, Daisy F., by Riley, the splendid son of Long-
fellow.
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American Influence on English Racing.
Whilst England is quiescent, in a racing sense,
Americans are going in for racing as strong as they
can to attract racing men from bur own country,
and are buying all the race horses and valuable
broodmares that they can. Americans know that
racing and race horses must always abound in rich
countries, and that the thoroughbred is a most val-
uable asset. They know that very, few rich men will
stay in a country where there is no racing, hunting,
or other sport, and they know that no country can
thrive unless its rich men spend their money there.
When racing was stopped in America a few years
ago, the race horses were disposed of, and what was
the result? It soon was made clear to the majority
that the great industry of breeding half-breds was
being destroyed, and in all haste did they set about
a renewal of racing and the replenishing of their
reduced thoroughbreds from England.
An event having great influence on English racing
was the introduction of the monkey seat, seen to
perfection in Tod Sloan, who rode for the most part
for Huggins' stable. It had been discovered in
America that horses could carry weight much more
easily on their shoulders than in the middle of their
backs, whilst an additional advantage was gained
by lying as low as possible on the horse's neck, and
thereby avoiding the wind pressure, which must be
great indeed when a horse at racing pace is meeting
a high wind. For a long time the English owners
and trainers held out against it, but certain defeat
soon made it clear that the advantage of the
"monkey" seat was absolutely overwhelming. By
those means the foreigners had a great season of
money-making. They came over to make money,
and they made it. It must be admitted, too. that
they Were clever men with horses, and clever train-
ers." In spite of the money these foreigners were
taking away to America wTith them, they were not
bad times, and there is room for much anxiety lest
America builds up the greatest horse-breeding indus-
try in the world; and yet almost daily we read
about business after the war. After the war, indeed;
it will again be months too late!
By a steady and constant drain very many of our
surplus horses in training have been scattered all
over the world, and it seems to me that next year
the two-year-olds will greatly outnumber the older
horses. Perhaps it is fortunate that it is so. and
certainlv at Newmarket we have a greater number
and a much better-looking lot of yearlings than we
had Is st year. Looking at the older horses retained
in the various stables we first note that no doubtful
ones remain. — [Warren Hill in London Sporting Life.
Small Profits Now in War Horses.
Dealers who made big money during the first two
years of the war, now say there is little money in
the business, according to G. Chaplin of New York
who recently gave an interview on that subject. It
is the terms of the new contracts that prevent any
big profits. The French Commission, it appears, is
stipulating that all horses shall be delivered by the
American contractors at French ports five days after
their arrival there, thus shifting to the shippers all
risks of loss, not only in transit but for a short period
after the horses are on French soil. The mortality
on land and sea averages from ten to fifteen per cent,
experienced shippers say. and insurance rates, which
cover only losses in excess of ten per cent, are so
high that most of the contractors no longer insure
their horses but take the risk themselves. Many of
those who executed contracts early in the war. when
they could deliver horses to the French authorities
at the points of inspection or at the seaboard, are
now resting on their oars rather than assume the
big risk incident to delivery on the other side of
the Atlantic.
That the French Commission has rather out-
maneuvered the American contractors and succeed-
ed in getting more than its money's worth seems to
be indicated by the fact that it is now buying war
horses for less money and on better terms than
when hostilities began more than two years ago. On
the few contracts which then called for deliveries
in France the average price was $275. and fifty per
cent of the horses were of the light cavalry type cost-
ing only about $135 in the West, the other fifty per
cent being artillery horses costing about $165, thus
making an average market value of $150 at the points
of inspection. At present the French government is
paying $279 for horses landed in France, but it is
getting forty per cent heavy artillery horses costing
the contractors about $185 at inspection points, forty
per cent light artillery horses costing about $165,
and only twenty per cent cavalry horses costing $135,
so that the average market value of the horses in
the West is now about $166, or $16 more than in 1914.
In other words ,the contractors are supplying a class
of horses that cost $16 more than those supplied at
the beginning of the war and are receiving only $4
more for them.
When it is remembered that almost one million
horses and mules have been taken out of the United
States since the outbreak of hostilities, it must be
admitted that the buyers for the Entente Allies have
played their cards better than American horsemen
have played theirs to prevent a big rise in prices.
That the French are actually buying on better terms
than ever today, after one horse in every thirty in
the United States has been sent away to the war, is
truly remarkable, the more so since nearly every
other kind of live stock has advanced rapidly and
steadily in price ever since the war demand set in.
Existing conditions in the market incidentally
afford a complete answer to those faddists who have
been frantically calling on the LTnited States to come
to the rescue and supply the alarming shortage of
army horses by breeding them under government
supervision and at government expense, as they do
In Europe. If this country can sell one million horses
for export without affecting prices in the home
market most horsemen will continue to believe the
supply will take care of itself in any circumstances
likely to arise, if the government will merely encour-
age private enterprise in breeding and using horses
in time of peace.
The great war, with its vastly increased use of
artillery, has presented some new- problems in the
supply of horses suitable for military purposes. This
is strikingly reflected in the fact that the Entente
Allies were taking cavalry horses and artillery horses
in equal numbers when the war began, while they
now buy four artillery horses to one cavalry horse.
And besides the horses bought for artillery service
they are now buying thousands of big mules for the
transport wagons and the guns, about 100,000 mules
having been shipped abroad this year. British mili-
tary authorities, awake to the changed conditions,
are giving more attention to the future supply of
gunners than to cavalry mounts, and to this end have
lately purchased some middle weight Percheron stal-
lions and mares in France as being the best type
obtainable to breed for artillery service.
From Hot Springs, Ark., comes word that two
race meetings are assured the Arkansas resort, the
first of which will start directly after the close of
the New Orleans meeting . This means that the Hot
Springs races will open about the middle of March
and ran until the latter part of April, closing in time
for shipment to Kentucky, where Lexington will open
the Blue Grass spring season.
Trappoid. the filly by Trap Rock — Outcome that is
racing at Juarez, has won all three of her starts thus
far, one of them a mile in 1:38 2-5. The filly had a
bad leg when purchased by Mr. Umensetter. but he
has cured this ailment and the chestnut should prove
one of the best selling platers at the track this
winter.
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Old Rosebud, the Kentucky Derby winner who
went wrong in the Withers Stake at Belmont Park.
is fast rounding into condition at Juarez. He is being
galloped and will face the barrier before the end of
the meeting. Trainer Frank Weir believes Old Rose-
bud is again sound, and will stand training.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 23, li
B
I The Christmas Handicap |
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Up around tlie upper floors of the tall buildings
forming the two sides of Broadway's deep canyon,
feathery flakes of snow dashed against the glass or
skittered through the wind to fall further down and
melt into sleety rain as they reached the ground.
It was a reminder of the belated Winter that looks
to be upon us, and sent shivering to cover those who
in recent days have found it pleasant to congregate
about the corners along the thoroughfare. There
was some promise of a white Christmas in that snow-
fall of yesterday, pleasant enough for those prepared
for the rigors of winter, and depressing in plenty to
those who have found the past days other than pros-
perous ones.
Back up in a room where the ivory balls were
clicking about the green table the Hustling Kid
lolled in an easy chair and watched the play of the
two expert wielders of the cue. In contrast to the
dreariness and cold of outdoors, here bright lights
were burning and steam radiators gave off comfort-
able warmth.
"Why wander out in this weather to look for news
when it's yellow backs to a piker's marker that there
ain't any news to get?" the Kid inquired, as he
reached out to borrow the makings. "This kind
of a day makes me feel like traveling toward the
sunshine without waiting for the opening at New
Orleans next month. If I hadn't planned to spend
Christmas in New York I'd be on my way to the
Crescent City tomorrow. This snow reminds me of
one Christmas time when I was racing where there
wasn't much sunshine, and I was there because I
didn't have the price of a ticket to San Francisco,
and its climate the 'Native Sons' talk so much
about."
I knew the Hustling Kid had a story to tell, and
at his invitation to "throw off my blanket and rest
myself alongside his stall," I paused to hear the story
of "Old Doc" Hempsted, the Barefooted Horse and
the Big Christmas at Clifton. And as he told it to
me there where the smoke was almost as thick in-
side as was the snow outside the building, I pass it
along to the "other members of the club" (as Morty
Lynch terms us), for breakfast table consumption.
"It was done at the old Clifton track and so many
years ago that I've got to own up that I'm no longer
a chicken," the Kid began. "I was there because I
was there, and that was about the only excuse I had.
I hadn't had a speaking acquaintance with the holder
of a winning ticket for days and days, and the man
that had the boarding house where I was hanging
on to the feed bag had got mighty sore on that 'O,
Promise Me' song I'd been singing for him. He'd
given me until my week was up to make good, and
it looked like I was going to lose my home and my
trunk."
The Kid paused and stretched his neck to watch
a difficult play on the table near by. The stranger
made a good shot, ran out his string and the game
was over. I waited while the man with the story
lighted another cigarette, and then he went on:
"I was in bad all around. I had a sister up in
Brooklyn that I could have gone and hung up with
for as long as I liked, but I wouldn't let her know
I'd been taking the toboggan since I saw her in the
summer when I was there with the bank roll. She'd
written me to run up for Christmas and I'd answered
that I'd be there and be Santa Claus for her two
kids, and that she needn't bother about their Christ-
mas, which I knew would be good news, for she didn't
have anything to spend foolishly, even if she did
have a little home.
"And here I was, with Christmas two days off, my
trunk in hock to the boarding house, and with Izzy
Einstein, of the Dollar Book, wearing my diamond
ring, and my watch in soak to the feed store man.
I'd sent away at least one 'good thing' every day
for a week to friends in Philadelphia and New York,
and finally had killed every good man I had on my
list. Of course, if I'd been the only hard-luck story
around the track, I might have grabbed a stake from
a dozen different places, but all the gang that had
stuck there was in the same fix. I wasn't the only
bad account on the boarding house books, by a long
shot, or it would have been easy to stall the joint off.
Christmas came on Sunday that year, and it was
on the Friday morning before that I got my final
notice from the scoffing house man, and, as I men-
tioned before, he didn't smile when he said I'd have
to dig up and kick in. I made a last desperate stab
at a client or two that day, taking a chance on one
that was in the only handicap of the day and looked
like he'd have to step on his own feet to lose.
"The only thing in favor of the busted sports had
been the weather, and we'd been having plenty of
Indian Summer all along. The track was in good
shape, but the horses were the worst you ever heard
of. If you got around the stables at night you could
imagine that you heard them barking like a lot of
fox hounds, and that's just the class they were, with
the. good ones all gone South and to California or
into Winter quarters to rest.
"I got up courage that afternoon to squeeze seven
meg more out of Izzy on that ring, and I was so con-
fident o£ ihe trick I had dug up and sent out as a
tip that I shot in five of the seven for a ticket on
him, keeping the other deuce for cigarette money
and care fare. And the same old thing happened. It
was a mile and a sixteenth race for dogs of all ages
and a two-year-old with eighty pounds and a monkey
on his back beat the start five lengths and lasted
just long enough to get the decision over my 'good
thing' by a whisker.
"And it was after this race when I was wishing
all the bad luck I could think of on the starter that
had let that two-year-old off in front, that I bumped
into 'Old Doc' Hempsted. You remember the doc
and that bunch of whiskers that saved him the
trouble of wearing a necktie in summer and in win-
ter kept him warm enough without a vest. But,
believe me, he had it all over the rest of that bunch
of gypsies at Clifton when it came to being a horse-
man. The doc had been having some hard luck along
with the rest of us. Some of his feed hounds had
been on the sick list and his jockey had been given
thirty days on the ground for throwing another rider
into the fence. He was headed for the bar and see-
ing me hanging on the down and out peg asked me
along to get cheered up. I didn't touch a drop of
the strong stuff then, but I'd heard that three drinks
of that racetrack soup would make a stable swipe
ready to take a wallop at James J. Corbett, who was
then champion.
"I took a little pop and stuck around the old man.
Then when I saw he was training for the booze
stakes I hung on to him like a woman at a telephone.
He had the reputation of being tighter than a rubber
ovprshoe, but I had a hunch that if he got enough
of that wildcat milk he might become a philanthro-
pist, if he happened to have any real coin.
"It was another case of a fall for me, though, for
after the old man had taken a half-dozen or so
glasses of fire water, he quit me cold, saying he was
going into town, where there was better and more
of it, and that, as I didn't drink, I needn't come along.
And I'd counted on putting the bee on the old roan
for a sawbuck, at least."
The Kid paused for a moment and reached for
the papers and tobacco to roll a fresh supply of fuel.
Outside, what had promised to be the first snow-
fall of winter had turned into a drizzle of rain, worse
than any flaky fall. I waited for the story-teller to
stoke up, and then he went on his reminiscent way:
"It was the day before Christmas, and it looked the
part that they hand you in the pictures, so far as
weather went. I didn't see any fat turkeys hanging
around loose when I got out of the way that morning,
but outside there was a full foot of snow. And,
believe me, I wanted to go away from that man's
race track worse than I'd ever wanted to take any
trip in my life. I hardly had courage to go into the
feed trough for my scoffings, but finally filled up and
ducked out without anybody but the waitress seeing
me.
"I'd made up my mind to blow the trunk if I could
make a raise to get me back to Brooklyn with
enough dough to get that Santa Claus stuff I'd prom-
ised my young nephews. The only chance I could
see would be to brace 'Old Doc' Hempsted and tell
him the whole story. They had a Christmas Day
Handicap on the card that afternoon, and I hadn't
taken enough interest in it to look at the entries.
I did wonder, though, if they'd race in the snow.
"It was 9 o'clock in the morning when I got over
to the Hempsted stable, and I didn't see anything of
the old man. While I was Sherlocking around I
heard a voice in a stall and peeked in through a
crack. Sure enough, there was the 'Old Doc' in the
stall with Tan Bark, the best horse of his outfit, but
even he wasn't much at that time on account of bad
legs that burned him when he started to run.
"It didn't surprise me when I saw the old man
soaking all four feet of the horse in water. I thought
he was just doctoring his dinky pins, so I opened the
door and walked in. He didn't seem a bit cordial,
and it looked like I'd come to the wrong store for a
touch. 'Who asked you in here?' the old guy growled,
and I was surprised after he'd been so friendly the
night before.
"I apologized and decided to get it over with as
soon as possible, and told him what I'd come for.
And then he sprung the big surprise.
" 'I'll stake you,' was the answer of the old man,
'providing you don't get out of my sight until after
that handicap today. I'm going to win that race,
and I don't want any touts spreading the glad news.
Guess you're smart enough to see what I'm doing and
might as well be in it.'
"As a matter of fact I hadn't paid any attention
to what was coming off, but it hit me all over at
once when I see he had the shoes off old Tan Bark.
He was going to run him without plates in that
snow and was soaking his feet to soften the hoofs
and keep them from breaking and cracking. He
might be good enough to win that Christmas Handi-
cap in any case, but barefooted in the snow he was
a cinch, and he'd be thirty or forty to one because
he hadn't won a race the w'hole winter season.
"The old doc fixed it up that I was to sneak on his
bets for him in fives and tens and twenties, and a
twenty-dollar bet was to go for me. Did I stick by
him? Did you ever have a chigre on you? Well,
that was how close I stuck to 'Old Doc' Hempsted.
"Eight horses went to the post in the Christmas
Handicap, and seven of them were shod with plates
for the snow to freeze onto. Old Tan Bark went to
the post barefooted. He didn't get away in front
and he didn't have a good rider on his back, which
was one of the reasons why I'd been able to get
down about 600 meg at an average of 25 to 1.
"Before they had gone a sixteenth of a mile of I
mile handicap Old Tan Bark was twenty lengths
front. , He shot out and left the others like a boc
hound trying to be first with his leg on the rail
tween acts at a problem play. And while the otl
seven were slipping and floundering all over \
track Old Tan Bark finished all alone, and at m
night I broke into the little shack in Brooklyn wj
about everything that Santa Claus had ever promis
them kids." — [John Day in N. Y. Telegraph.
THE HORSE SITUATION IN EUROPE.
When the European war will have lasted thr
years, what will be the horse situation in those Wi
ring countries? What shall be the demand for hor
stock?
Britain in 1913 imported 12,646 horses and
ported 66,928. Britain is able to produce a quanti
of horses and does it. At the end of the war it
very probable that Britain will be able to raise mo
of the horses that she may want. That country hi
been able to get army horses from the outside at
has not been obliged to consume her own breedii
stock.
France is importing more horses than she export
The surplus of the imports upon the exports repr
sents some 10,000 horses, most of the draft typ
France is able to raise all the light horses wanted 1
that country. The demand for draft horses in Fram
after three years of war is likely to be over 30, 01
Belgium was able to export every year 30,000 d
horses, but will not be able to do much for the m
six years. Belgium may perhaps have enough broi
mares left to replace those horses that have bee
killed and stolen, but she will be unable to expo]
for many years.
Italy imports 45,000 horses and exports 2,500. To
excess of the imports upon the exports is som
42,000 horses, most of which are draft animals. Afte
two years' war, Italy will ask for some 80,000 horsei
Russia is raising a world of light horses, but tha
country has not been able so far to produce all th
draft horses needed. The import of draft horses wa
8,000 a year, or after three years of war she wi!
need very near 25,000 horses of the draft type
Germany was importing 133,065 horses in 1913, ani
exported 8,090. Germany has been unable to ge
horses from the outside unless it is from Hollani
and Denmark. In the best conditions Germany i
short for every year passed at war at least 100, 00<
horses, mostly draft horses.
Austria imports every year 20,000 draft horsei
She is well stocked with light horses produce)
mostly by Hungary. After the war Austria will neet
surely 60,000 draft horses.
The other warring countries are able to produci
the horse stock wanted by their agriculture and in
dustry. To sum up, here are the minimum estimatet
needs of the countries that will be short:
. Russia 25,000 draft horses
France 30,000 draft horses
Germany 300,000 draft horses
Austria 60,000 draft horses
Italy 80,000 draft horses
Total needs.... 495,000 draft horses
From where shall those horses come?
Any one of those now warring nations will be un-
able to furnish the horses to the countries wanting
them. Holland and Denmark will perhaps be able
to furnish 50,000. The United States of America with
Canada, to a limited extent, will be called to supply
the balance, 445,000 horses, weighing an average of
1,500 pounds.
As soon as peace covers Europe, there will be a
very strong demand for draft stock. There will be
such a shortage in horses that oxen and even cows
will be used in the fields. We must not. forget that
there are more small farms than large ones in Eu-
rope, and that tractors cannot be used with profit
on ten-acre farms. For such conditions the demand
for heavy horse stock will last for several years and
the price of work animals which averaged $375 is
likely to jump to $500. — [Ranch Review.
:
Cost of Boarding Hired Help.
It costs $128 per year to board a hired hand, ac-
cording to estimates furnished to the Department of
Agriculture by 1,000 farmers representing widely
separated sections in 14 States. The averages derived
from these estimates are embodied in Department
Bulletin 410, recently published, entitled "Value to
Farm Families of Food, Fuel, and Use of House."
It was found that the total annual cost per person
of board for hired help varied from $104 in Vermont
and Pennsylvania to $162 in New Jersey, and that the
percentage of this cost paid out in cash varied from
15 per cent in North Carolina to 49 per cent in Cali-
fornia. This percentage is about one-third in the
eastern section studied, about one-fourth in the corn-
belt States, and still less in the Southern States.
Says an exchange: Many a man complains that
he is losing money in the horse business, but in look-
ing over his plant nine times out of ten you will find
that not half a dozen people outside of his immediate
neighborhood know that he owns a horse, much less
a stallion in service . A little printer's ink scattered
round such a place would make grass grow on the
barren places and lift the bank account of the whole
concern.
.Saturday, December 23, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
'':o:
A Merry Christmas to every reader.
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Make your nominations in the State Fair Futurity.
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There were 26 horses in the Chicago Sale this
week that have records below 2:10.
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Fred Ward won 39 races and over $11,000 with the
Hemet Stock Farm horses during the past season.
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The fastest trotting gelding of 1916 is M. L. J.
2:05% by Red Hill.
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The fastest four-year-old trotting colt of 1916 is
The Exposer 2:06, son of The Exponent.
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Washington McKinney has four new performers in
the standard list this year, giving him 27 in all.
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With 77 of his produce in the 2:30 list, the dead
sire Nutwood Wilkes has five new standard perform-
ers in 1916.
. The get of Moko have won $82,639.25 in futurity
stakes. Nineteen of them have been returned stake
winners.
Speak a word to the secretary of the fair associa-
tion in your town and impress upon him the neces-
sity of announcing his race program early.
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Complete, the ten-year-old mare by E. D. Dudley's
stallion Palite 45062, reduced her record from 2:1694
to 2:14% trotting this year.
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Fourteen new standard performers were added to
The Bondsman's list this season, which gaves him 85
in all. He will soon be a century sire. The Bonds-
man is now 21 years old.
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C. K. G. Billings paid $1500 for W. G. Durfee's
mare The Lark 2:08% at the Chicago Sale. He
will probably use her as a brood mare and mate her
with The Harvester 2:01.
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Asa Pointer by Star Pointer, the pacer bred by
Attorney Asa Mendenhall of Oakland, California,
took a record of 2:18% this year. He was sold at
the Indianapolis sale last May.
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On January 1st, 1916, there were, according to
the United States Department of Agriculture, 28,913,-
709 horses and mules in the United States, valued at
over three billion dollars.
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Dick McMahon has been in California for several
days, spending part of his time at Pleasanton where
he is greatly pleased with the youngsters owned by
Mr. R. J. McKenzie, and will probably have a few of
them to race next year.
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Hemet Queen by Wilbur Lou is not only the holder
of the world's yearling pacing record for a filly —
2:16% — but she also holds the world's record of
2:22%, the fastest for her age and gait on a half
mile track.
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The dead sire Zombro has eight new standard
performers to his credit this year and five new ones
in the 2:10 list, while Auto Zombro became his fast-
est performer by reducing his record to 2:02% at
the pacing gait.
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Sidney Dillon, sire of the first two-minute trotter,
has just 90 standard performers, and of these 15,
or just one-sixth, are in the 2:10 list. That's a prety
good average for a stallion that never had any op-
portunities to speak of until he was ten years old.
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All mares booked to Gen. Watts (3) 2:06% before
January 1st will be bred for a fee of $100. All
booked after that date during 1917 must pay $200
for the season. This is a good scheme to secure
a full book early.
The average of the first afternoon at the Chicago
Sale was $527 according to the dispatches. That
was for 22 horses sold and they were probably the
W. G. Durfee consignment. We will have full par-
ticulars next week.
It is reported that a wealthy Youngstown, Ohio,
horseman is negotiating for the trotting mare
Blanche Carter 2:09%, owned by Stout Bros., of
Clarksburg, W. Va. A price of $10,000 is asked for
the mare. Blanche Carter trotted a mile in a race
in 2:07 at Columbus last fall.
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Extend 2:19%, the two-year-old daughter of J. Mal-
colm Forbes 2:08 and Extasy 2:10%, that sold for
i $2,800 at the recent New York sale, was so unprom-
i ising early last summer that she was given away.
Ray Snedeker, who trained her all season, considers
her the making of a sensational performer. She is
now owned in Massachusetts.
It is not beyond the range of possibilities that
Zomrect 2:03%, owned by Mr. John J. Fitzgerald of
Covina, California, may enter the two-minute list in
1917. The son of Zombro came from 2:12% to 2:03%
in 1916, and was improving right along when the
season ended.
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Entries will close Tuesday, January 2d, 1917, for
State Fair Futurity Stake No. 9, guaranteed value
$2500. It costs $2 to nominate your mare that you
mated last year with a stallion with the idea of
getting a fast trotter or pacer. One week from Tues-
day next is the last dav for making nominations.
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The only California stallion living and owned in
this State at the present time that is represented in
the table of leading sires of 1916 that have five or
more new standard performers to their credit during
the year is Hemet Stock Farm's Wilbur Lou (3)
2:10%, who has five.
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The fast and beautiful stallion Axtien 2:06%, that
was operated upon for strangulated hernia in July,
is again fit as a fiddle, so much so that he started in
a race at his home town, Plymouth, 111. ,last month,
in which the son of Axworthy was separately timed
in 2:12%.
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From 1911 to 1916 inclusive Tommy Murphy has
won in stakes and purses on the trotting tracks, a
total of $533,537.50. During 1916 his winnings
amounted to $83,503.50, which is more than any
other driver has won this year and it is the sixth
year he has led all drivers in the amount of money
won.
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The Christmas Horse Review as usual is a fine
number with a beautiful cover picture by Dickey.
Never has the Review printed as many "write-ups"
of farms, horses and owners as are in this number.
It is most generously illustrated throughout and a
credit to the staff of the leading horse journal of
America.
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The champion race winning driver of 1916 is Harry
Brusie, of Hartford, Connecticut, who won 42 races
during the year, got second money 20 times, third
money 26 times, and fourth money 10 times. His
total winnings were $13,785, and the fastest heat won
was in 2:09%, when he landed Dusty Dan winner in a
pacing race.
Hart Brothers, of Flemingsburg, Ky., were recently
awarded damages in the sum of $2,500 for the death
of Baron Lassie, dam of Lady Wanetka (2) 2:10 and
Peter Billiken 2:06%. The mare was injured in a
railroad accident and died as a result of the injuries.
The jury held the accident to have been due to care-
lessness and negligence on the part of the railroad
employees.
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Dick W. 2:06%, the Fresno pacer that Schuyler
Walton brought out and sold to Adolph Ottinger,
who raced him one season and consigned to the In-
dianapolis sale in May last, has been expelled from
all trotting tracks together with his present owners,
M. R. West and Harry Thompson, of West Virginia,
who tried to race him under another name during
the summer.
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Captain Alexander H. Waddell. formerly of the
British army, an author and newspaper writer, died
at his home in Brooklyn, N. Y., on November 30,
aged 58 years. He was born in England, and while
in the British army saw service in India and Africa.
After coming to this country he was editor of the
"Bit and Spur," now known as the "Spur," besides
special writer for some of the big metropolitan
dailies.
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Wilkes Brewer, the daughter of Nutwood Wilkes,
has a number of world's records to her credit this
■ year. She trotted on half mile tracks altogether and
on the two-laps she trotted the fastest third heat in
2:08%, the fastest fifth heat in 2:08%, the fastest
three heats in a race by a mare, 2:10, 2:10%, 2:09%,
and won the fastest five heat race in 2:12%, 2:09%,
2:08%, 2:13% and 2:08%, Ima Jay winning the first
and second heats.
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Zombrino 2:06%, owned by Dr. John G. Belt of
Phoenix, Arizona, and driven by Ted Bunch of Cali-
fornia, was the champion race winner of 1916. He
started in 21 races, of which he won 18, was second
twice and once unplaced owing to an accident. This
grandson of Zombro was a much traveled horse dur-
ing the year, as he went from Arizona to Calgary,
Canada, for his first start, raced from there through
Canada to Vancouver, then back into Uncle Sam's
dominions through Washington, Oregon and Utah,
back to Phoenix where he closed the season by win-
ning two $1000 purses.
August Belmont, president of the American Jockey
Club, says: "If the Federal Government wants to
achieve definite success in its breeding experiments,
it can't go wrong if it breeds the thoroughbred horse
to good trotting mares. The army horse must have
stamina. This the trotter already possesses in a
superlative degree, and it wouldn't have to be bred
into him as would be the case in almost any other
type of mare. Generations of racing have developed
great lung power in the trotter, and the muscular
fibre has been improved in proportion."
The Cuban National Horse Show which is adver-
tised to open February 24, 1917, is to be given under
the auspices of the Republic of Cuba, which govern-
ment has appropriated $25,000 in cash to assist in
making the prizes numerous and liberal.
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The property at 2934 Fulton street, this city, occu-
pied for many years past by the Park Riding Acad-
emy, has been purchased by parties interested in the
management of the Riding and Driving School at
701 Seventh avenue, and after January 1st will prob-
ably be closed and used no longer for a riding acad-
emy.
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A circuit of horse shows in the Eastern States
is being arranged for 1917. Reginald Vanderbilt has
taken the initiative and a meeting has been called
to arrange a schedule of dates for next season's
shows which will prevent any unnecessary clash of
dates, such as has happened nearly every year in
the past. The outlook is for a greater number of
shows as well as a much larger number of exhibitors
than in former years.
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The Colorado trotter, A. R. G. 2:13%. brought
$1,700, the top price in the sale of trotters and pac-
ers at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, on Wednes-
day. E. B. Brown of Denver bought A. R. G., after
spirited bidding. Diumeter, the Grand Circuit pacer,
went to H. H. Rogge of Dayton, 0., for $1,525. The
Beaver 2:03%, fast Canadian pacer, was bought by
S. F. Goodenstein of Milwaukee for $1,100.
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The fast and handsome daughter of Bellini 2:13%,
Beatrice Bellini 2:08%, was found dead in one of the
pastures at Castleton Farm, Lexington, Ky., a few
days ago. She was owned by Hillanddale Farm,
where she was bred. Her dam was the double 2:10
producer, Trixy Nutwood 2:18%, and, although young
in the stud, she had already produced Harvette (3)
2:13%, a filly that has raced below 2:10, Beatrice
Mac (2) 2:27%. and Toniotta (2) 2:23%. She was
mated last spring with Etawah 2:03, and was but
14 years of age.
C. A. Durfee, the veteran Oakland horseman, has
driven many a 2 : 10 performer on the race track, and
in his early days could ride a bucking broncho with
the best of the vaqueros, but he has heretofore never
mustered up the courage to drive an automobile. He
had a happy surprise the other day when he received
from his son, W. G. Durfee of Los Angeles, a brand
new five-passenger Dodge machine as a Christmas
present. After looking it over he said all it lacked
was a whip socket and he thought he would have one
put on. Mr. Durfee is now sitting up nights studying
the traffic rules and trying to learn something about
gas engines, non-skid tires, inner tubes, punctures
and how to treat them, and several other necessary
things to know about when driving a gasoline instead
of a hay burner. It is reported that after his first
ride out towards Pleasanton, he wrote to the State
officials and offered to reduce all the bumps on the
State Highway with the famous Durfee Dope at so
much per bump.
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English Now Want Percherons.
One of the interesting results of the war in Europe
is the introduction of French Percheron horses in
England for breeding purposes and the prospect of
an English Percheron stud book in the near future.
The active, docile, powerful, willing French artillery
horses have made a hit with British army men in
France ever since they first came in contact with
them, and some of the progressive English live stock
journals have for some time advocated the importa-
tion of Percheron stallions.
At a recent sale held by the French government
the initiative was taken by Lord Lonsdale, Major-
General Birbeck and Henry Overman, the latter an
army veterinary surgeon. They purchased two gray
stallions and several mares, with a view to trying
out the French breed in Britain, where there is a
conviction among military authorities that the half-
bred Percheron fills the bill "best of the many types
bought for us the world over since the outbreak of
war," as one critic has said.
Many of the grade Percherons purchased for the
British army have gone from the United States, and
of these the London Live Stock Journal says: "The
best of the artillery horses imported from America
are as good as anything produced in the United King-
dom. They show strong indications of Percheron
blood."
Wintering Dairy Cows.
Quantity of feed ranks next to the kind of feed in
dairy rations. Economical feeding demands that
cows be fed as individuals, and not as a herd. Too
frequently each cow in a herd is fed the same amount
of grain, regardless of how much milk she is produc-
ing. By this practice some cows will be underfed,
while others will be overfed.
It should be understood that an animal always uses
a certain amount of the food it receives to maintain
the body. This is the first use to which the food is
put, and is called the ration of maintenance. This
amount is required by the animal whether or not she
is producing milk. All feed above this amount is
used for milk production, or is stored on the body of
the animal as fat. In the case of the young animal
part of this excess is used for growth.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 23, 1916
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
WASHINGTON GAME WARDENS IN SESSION.
Suggestion Made to Change Laws, and Prison Game
Farm is Praisedi
B —
Portland Club Election. — Members of the Portland
Gun Club met October 12th and elected John G.
Clemson president of the organization for the coming
year. Clemson is one of the best-known sportsmen
in the city, has worked faithfully for the welfare of
the club, and his selection is a popular one. He suc-
ceeds A. W. Strowger.
H. A. Pollock was re-elected vice-president of the
organization and H. R. Everding was selected secre-
tary-treasurer, succeeding Frank A. Templeton. Ever-
ding is a former president of the club, and one of its
most popular members.
Other directors elected were W. C. ("Bill") Bristol,
who will insist that all of the members use 20-gauge
guns in the future, and A. W. Strowger.
It was decided that the Pacific Indian shoot would
be held at Portland some time in July, and that the
Northwestern tournament would probably be held
during Rose Festival week.
Members voted a unanimous message of thanks to
John G. Clemson and H. R. Everding for their many
services rendered the club during the year just being
brought to a close.
W. R. Briese was appointed superintendent of the
club, and will take charge at once. Briese has a one-
year contract.
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Biggest Bass of Season. — Unless some skillful ang-
ler slips out between now and December 31 and
catches a striped bass weighing over 41% pounds,
Fred Engle will be awarded the Ripley high hook
medal of the San Francisco Bass Club.
Experts who angle for bass have just about settled
in their own minds that Engle is to be the recipient
of the fine diamond medal. However, other mem-
bers of the club still have one week in which to
surpass the record.
"Pop" Stranahan carried off the trophy last season.
His record catch was a forty-one pound fish. The
bass taken by Engle breaks a Bass Club record of
many years' standing.
The growing scarcity of bass has impelled the
membership of this fishing organization to consider
seriously the possibility of the complete disappear-
ance of this gamey fish. Many feel that unless some
action is taken toward a more stringent enforcement
of the law respecting the size of fish which may
be taken the fish will soon be gone.
9B
New Fish Preserve. — The creation of a new fish
preserve, to comprise the territory surrounding the
new Mt. Whitney trout hatchery, which is being built
on Oak Creek, near Independence, will be asked of
the Legislature at its coming session by the State
Fis hand Game Commission. This announcement
was made by W. H. Shebley, who is in charge of fish
culture of the hatchery department of the Commis-
sion.
Work on the first unit of the hatchery, which is
to be the largest and finest in the world, according
to Shebley, will be completed by the architectural
division of the State Department of Engineering by
the first of the year. Arrangements are being made
now by the Commission for the operation of the
hatchery next spring. It will have a capacity of
six million trout fry in the first unit.
The supply of breeders will be procured by the
new hatchery from the Rae Lake Basin, in the "Whit-
ney range, more than 10,000 feet above the level of
the sea. A chain of lakes in the basin afford excep-
tional opportunities for propagation.
Especial attention is to be paid to rainbow trout,
which will be used to supply the streams in several
counties of the State.
According to an estimate by James Dean, assist-
ant State Architect, the building will cost about
$70,000. It was originally estimated to cost only
about half this amount.
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November Affiliations with A. A. T. A. — In the
month of November thirteen trapshooting clubs made
application for affiliation with the American Amateur
Trapsbooters' Association. Those to be admitted
and given the privilege of holding shoots under the
auspices of the national organization are as follows:
California — Midwick Country Club, Pasadena; El-
mer McGarty. secretary-
Colorado — Oak Creek Gun Club, Oak Creek; Allan
Cliff, secretary.
Idaho — Potlach Gun Club. Potlach; W. L. Maxwell,
secretary.
Illinois — Evanston Gun Club, Evanston; M. J.
Yose, secretary. Trumbull Gun Club, Chicago; C. J.
Prokep. secretary
Iowa — Du Pont Gun Club. Moar; A. K. Peters, sec-
retary.—
Massachusetts — Reading Young Men's Club, Read-
ing T. E. Webb, secretary.
New Jersey — Black Diamond Gun Club, Secaucus,
F. \V. Meerbott. secretary; Eureka Gun Club, New-
ark, H. H. Caruso, secretary.
Pennsylvania — Harrisburg Academy Gun Club,
Harrisburg. J. H. Troup Jr., secretary; Springhaven
Country Club, Wallingford, G. F. Hamlin, secretary;
Wissinoining Rod & Gun Club, Wissinoming, Phila-
delphia, D. R. Jacobs, secretary.
Canada — Greater Edmonton Gun Club — Edmonton,
Alia., R. E. Andrews, secretary.
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MAY BAR ALIENS FROM HUNTING.
Commission to Introduce Bill to Put End to Law-
lessness and Violations.
Aliens are to be forbidden to own, possess or bear
firearms, if the bill which the Fish and Game Com-
mission is considering passes the State Legislature.
Acting Executive Officer Hunter is authority for the
statement that the Commission will introduce legis-
lation at the coming session which will prevent, abso-
lutely, aliens from hunting in this State.
The proposed law is the first outcome of the shoot-
ing of Ray B. Heacack and the disappearance of
J. S. Squires, both deputies of the Commission. They
were involved in a shooting affair, apparently, with
Italian bass fishermen on Stockton slough the night
of December 12.
Each of the five Commissioners has separately con-
sidered this move, says Hunter, and are now ready
to take official action. The law, if enacted, will be
the most drastic measure accomplished in the history
of game control in the West.
Aliens, regardless of character, position or descent,
would, by the proposed law, be forbidden to have in
their possession any firearms. Market hunters would
be especially hard hit.
To support its stringent bill, the Commission points
to the following facts;
Eighty per cent of the violations of the fish and
game laws are made by aliens.
Deputies continually find their greatest difficulty
with them.
In less than three years five killings have occurred.
In most cases aliens were involved. The official re-
ports show these cases:
March 10, 1913 — Jack Galloway, deputy, attacked
and shot in face. George LeCounec and brother at-
tacked him. Galloway lived.
February 2, 1913— Burt Blanchard, shot and killed
by meadow lark hunters. Evidence pointed to alien
Italians.
April 16, 1913 — Earnest Raymond and M. S. Clarke,
deputies, attacked by Italian fishermen. Raymond
and one fisherman killed.
November, 1913 — George J. Randolph • killed while
arresting Lenciseo and Farnsworth, market hunters.
December 12. 1916 — J. S. Squires, shot and killed,
Ray B. Heacock missing, probably dead. Alien fish-
ermen suspected as they had warned deputies that
they would "get" them.
Five states already have bills which prohibit aliens
from bearing arms. They are Massachusetts, North
Dakota, New Jersey, West Virginia and Pennsylvania,
the first state of all to enact the law. Dr. Joseph
Kalbfus, executive officer of the Pennsylvania Com-
mission, says that the enactment of the law not only
reduced violations of game regulations, but decreased
crime of every description in the state. The bill was
passed May 8, 190S. Other states have followed.
Members of the California Commission are certain
that game conditions would be improved, crime les-
sened and the efficiency of deputies increased if such
a bill could be put through. They expect to make a
fight to have the legislation placed on the statute
books. — [S. F. Chronicle.
SB
Tourneys Are Planned. — Fred H. Teeple, secretary
of the Los Angeles Gun Club, has mailed out an-
nouncements calling for a number of good trapshoot-
ing tournaments for the next two months.
The W. A. Cornelius silver trophy will be put up
by the club on Sunday, December 24th. This prize
will be contested at 100 targets, distance handicaps.
The shooter making the highest score will be de-
clared the winner. Ties will be shot off at 25 targets,
and to the shooter making the high score in each of
the four strings of 25 targets will be given a "take-
home trophy."
On December 31st the Henry Pfirrmann Jr. silver
trophy will be shot for at the club at 100 targets, dis-
tance handicaps . The same conditions will govern
this shoot as in the two previous ones.
The H. E. Sargent specially designed solid gold
cuff links will be contested for at 25 pairs o ftargets.
Twelve-gauge guns will be used in this double shoot-
ing event. Three events of 25 targets for take-home
trophy will follow the doubles shoot.
9B
The grizzly bear recently shot in the Sierra Madre
mountains was identified as the one which escaped
fifteen years ago from Echo Mountain, the one
one George Wharton James, the writer, used to
amuse himself wrestling with; it was identified by
former forest supervisor T. P. Lukens by a picture
of M. Y. Hartranft standing alongside it.
Tacoma (Wash.) — More than 80 county game war-
dens and commissioners from the various counties in
the state answered roll call at the convention of
wardens, commissioners and sportsmen which open-
ed on December 11th in the Commercial Club rooms.
The turnout was exceptionally good and but three
or four counties failed to respond.
The men began arriving in Tacoma early and es-
tablished headquarters at the Tacoma Hotel. At 9
o'clock they adjourned to the Commercial Club, but
E. J. Merryman of Ellensburg, president of the State
Association of Game Wardens and Game Commis-
sioners, was unavoidably detained and no official
business could be transacted. Mr. Merryman arrived.
shortly before noon, accompanied by A. J. Bizzard of
Spokane, the association's secretary.
The afternoon meeting was called at 2 o'clock with
Mr. Merryman presiding. L. W. Darwin, state fiish
commissioner and game warden, was the first speak-
er. He spoke shortly on the game farm at thi
Walla Walla penitentiary. Everett Griggs, president
of the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber company, and oni
of three business men selected to make a report o:
the farm last summer, was introduced by Mr. Dar-
win and gave a short address on the advantage ol
the farm. The men who visited the farm in conjunc-
tion with Mr. Griggs were Joshua Green, president
of the Puget Sound Navigation Company, Seattle,
and J. E. Pettigoe, Walla Walla attorney.
According to Mr. Griggs the farm is ideally situate)
and provides work for a number of prisoners. More
than 1,900 China pheasants were hatched at the farm
last year and have thrived. Of 1,800 that were dis-
tributed among the state wardens, less than a dozen
died, showing how agreeable Washington's climate
is to the pheasant.
Chairman Merrynian then appointed a committee
of seven wardens and commissioners to act on the
various recommendations submitted by each county
commissioner. He explained that every warden would
no doubt have his inside pocket full o fchanges in the
laws that he thought necessary, but it would be
impossible to put them all before the meeting. A. G.
Gray of Spokane county, A. H. B. Jordan of Snoho-
mish county, George J. Hurley of Okanogan county,
H. N. Fisher of Clallam county. W. H. Meyers of
Lincoln county, R. B. Walkes of Spokane county and
W. M. Campbell of King county were appointed to
pass on the suggestions. Mr. Gray of Spokane county
was named chairman . In selecting his committee
Mr. Merrynian named one from each part of the state
in order to make them more qualified to pass on the
general problems.
Recommendations were then turned in by the dele-
gates. Every county presented a varied list, but a
majority wanted a closed season on upland fowls,
a bounty for coyote hides and a law prohibiting the
use of hounds in hunting deer. Especially was this
true of the east side representatives.
Wardens were especially anxious to get a law
passed in regard to use of hounds while hunting deer.
Billy Bishop, popular Jefferson county sportsman and
a member of the state legislative body, said he would
fight for this provision at Olympia. This announce-
ment drew forth much applause. Several delegates
favored the revoking of a hunter's license if he vio-
lated this law. Others wanted to make it a penalty
to have a dog on a hunting trip, contending that the
taking of a dog into the woods was prima facie evi-
dence of guilt.
Wardens were also united in the opinion that a
warden should not be arrested for making a false
arrest without the consent of the state attorney.
At the present time women must obain a licnse to
hunt but not to fish . One member suggested that a
recommendation asking women to pay for fishing
licenses be put bfeore th elegislature.
"That's right," said Mr. Bishop, "they're our equals
on the suffrage question. Make 'em pay."
This announcement drew forth much laughter and
the recommendation was passed unanimously by the
assembly.
The Pierce county recommendations were present-
ed by Fred Edwards, chairman of the commissioners,
W. H. Udall and I. H. Hill, commissioners, and Ira D.
Light, warden. The recommendations advised the
prohibition of shooting from public highways; pro-
viding a system for tagging deer; allowing wardens
to hunt: prohibiting the use of dogs when hunting
deer; placing a limit of three birds a day during the
upland bird season, and taking the gray squirrel and
crow off the protection list. These suggestions were
well received.
The recommendations were then turned over to the
appointed committee. Mr. Gray announced that the
committee's final decisions and recommendations
would be announced later.
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Ralph Martin, a visitor from Los Angeles, while
walking along Redondo Beach one day last week, saw
a large yellowtail floundering in shallow water, buf-
feted by the huge breakers which dashed him shore-
ward. Martin waded out in the surf and catching the
yellowrail with both hands, flopped him upon the
sand. The fish provided an excellent dinner on the
beach for Martin and his friends.
Saturday, December 23, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
FULL REPORT ON PACIFIC COAST FIELD TRIALS
FLORETTA IS CROWNED WINNER OF ALL-AGE STAKE WITH MAGGIE G. TAKING THE HONORS OF THE DERBY.
BY FISHER HUNT.
[Rod and Guu Editor, Breeder and Sportsman.]
The weather was warm and balmy and as J. H.
Bishop, Jr., a visitor from the East who is now mak-
ing his home in Pasadena, remarked, "It is just like
a delightful spring morning back East." It was
beautiful weather, but it has been dry down here
for a couple of weeks and Judge John Schumacher
declared that conditions for bird work were not as
ideal as on the occasion of the last trials. However,
everything else was ideal for a start with interest
running at the fever heat point.
Running of the Derby.
Sonoma Boy — Carona Jack — This first brace were
cast off in section 16, a wide open country, which
gave the dogs an excellent opportunity for pace and
range. Sonoma Boy, a black and white and tan set-
ter puppy, owned by J. A. Chanslor and handled by
W. B. Couts, showed to advantage in range and speed
but did not make a point. The judges ordered the
dogs to work over the brush, where quail were likely
to be, and Carona Jack, a liver and white pointer
puppy, owned by F. W. Emery and handled by Fred
Coults, made a pretty point. He flushed his bird,
however. Carona Jack proved too rank on Jacks
and did not stir up much enthusiasm. . Put down
10.37 a. m., up at 11:10.
Trouble Maker — Sweet Marie — Trouble Maker, a
black and white pointer owned by Mrs. Martin I.
Smith and handled by Fred Couts, was a seven and
a half months old puppy that showed quite well
indeed on birds. He made several pretty points and
and was steady under gun fire. Sweet Marie, a small
Blue Belton setter bitch, owned by F. J. Ruhstaller
and handled by W. B. Couts, was a merry goer but
wasn't well in hand and showed poorly on birds. Of
course, not much criticism can be made on this score
with dogs so young and inexperienced. Down at
11:28, up at 12:12.
Maggie G. — Sonoma Girl — This was unquestionably
the class brace of the day put down. Maggie G., a
black and white pointer bitch, owned by A. G. Wilkes
and John McKeon and handled by Wilkes, was handi-
Field Trial Grounds, Bakersfield, December 17 —
"Ladies and gentlemen, the bird is hatched." Thus
did presiding judge John H. Schumacher announce
to the gathering of field trial enthusiasts on Saturday
at sundown that he and his associates, Phil M. Wand
and William Dormer, had settled on Floretta as the
Ibest field trial dog in California in 1916. It was a
tense moment. Melrose Dude, champion last season
and winner in the British Columbia and Washington
trials this year, had just finished the last heat and
rwas lying helpless in the arms of his proud and anx-
ious mistress, Mrs. A. G. Wilkes of San Francisco.
iMelrose Dude finished badly beaten but he was a
sick setter and the sympathy of the spectators went
out to this game little campaigner.
Floretta is a four-year-old white and black pointer
bitch that was imported from Vancouver, B. C, by
J. Walter Scott of San Francisco. Mr. Scott handled
his new acquisition and should be congratulated on
winning the first prize he has ever drawn down.
Floretta's last two heats were wonderful perform-
ances and there was no questioning them. There
was some criticism on her first brace, but after she
was allowed in the second series she won on her
merits.
Fordney Blondy, an up-standing white and orange
pointer, was given second place on his marvelous
display of bird work, and S. Christenson's little
setter, Forestress, came in third by two great heats
of class, style and finish.
The trials, the thirty-fourth in the history of the
Pacific Coast Club, credited with being the oldest
organization of its kind in the country, were brought
to a close today with the running of the Member's
stake and the gathering of close to seventy-five mem-
bers who were in attendance, enthusiastically claim
that they were the best in years. Conditions were
not the best, the grounds being a bit too dry, but
sufficient birds were found and the awakened inter-
est in the sport was most encouraging and pleasing.
President A. G. Wilkes, who was re-elected along
with the old officers, is looking forward to the club
making giant strides. He called for united efforts
of the field trial fanciers up and down the Coast to
get together and bring back the game to its former
high standard. Next year, he says, he expects to
see California dogs striving for honors throughout
the Northwest and in turn he looks for outside rep-
resentatives being here.
It was brought out at the annual meeting that a
change of grounds may be necessary for next season.
The present location just outside of Bakersfield, that
has been used for the past thirty years, may not be
available and the executive committee is looking over
the situation and gives assurance that if a move is
necessary a new home will be found.
Besides President Wilkes, John H. Schumacher, as
first vice-president; J. W. Flynn as second; J. Walter
Scott as third; S. Christenson as secretary-treasurer,
and the executive committee of J. S. French, Phil M.
Wand, J. A. Chanslor and J. Walter Scott will look
after the club's interests with the same earnestness
that called for a vote of thanks from the members.
J. H. Bishop Jr., Fred de Augustine, B. W. Thomp-
son and R. C. Hartman were elected new members.
The honorary list was increased from two to ten by
adding the names of Mrs. Martin I. Smith, Mrs. B. W.
Thompson, Mrs. Roy Avery, T. G. Wilson, I. G. Ries,
George Fraser and your humble correspondent.
First Day, Thursday.
There was a merry tinkling of the telephone bells
in the Southern Hotel on Thursday morning, Decem-
ber 14th. It was the signal to some seventy-five
members and guests of the Pacific Coast Field Trials
i Club to arise and make ready to usher in the thirty-
I fourth annual trials. Eagerness to get out to the
> grounds and commence the fun was quite evident,
I but many of the members had arrived on belated
trains and sleep was at a premium.
After breakfast there was more delay as the morn-
; ing train was late and the officials decided they
would wait for all who made the long trip to partici-
pate in the fun. It was well after nine before a
dozen automobiles started on the pleasant run out to
the grounds, which are located seven miles south of
Bakersfield. It was only a matter of twenty minutes
• or so before the members were out at. the grounds
looking over the dogs that were cooped up in crates.
President A. G. Wilkes almost immediately went
into session with Charley Murray, the colored trainer,
and after earnest conversation for a few minutes
announced that he had purchased, with John McKeon
as partner, the highly-touted Maggie G„ a black and
white pointer bitch fifteen months old. J. A. Chans-
lor, S. Christenson and other enthusiasts had been
busy themselves making new acquisitions so as to be
represented in the running of the coveted Derby,
with $250 in money and the beautiful Chanslor trophy
to go to the winner.
The drawings were held right on the grounds and
, by 10:30 there was a buzz of excitement as the
. handlers started taking the first brace from their
boxes . First, however, there was the customary
i picture-taking, mounting of horses and piling into
rigs and automobiles to be ready for the day's sport
of following the blue-blooded dogs.
J. WALTER SCOTT'S FLORETTA
Pointer that won All-Age Stake of Coast Field Trials.
capped by being in strange hands, it being the first
time Mr. Wilkes had ever seen her. The pair were
away fast in section 21 and after a fairly good cast,
worked in brushy country, where birds were known
to be. Maggie G. was a little the faster and wider
in range and made a good impression. Sonoma Girl,
a black and white setter bitch, owned by J. A. Chans-
lor and handled by Fred Couts, proved to be a won-
derfully developed eight months' old bitch. She
proved positive on bird work and outclassed Maggie
G. a trifle in this department. Each were credited
with three points that were beautiful to behold.
Opinion was divided as to the winner and it was
admitted on all sides that they are two of the best
Derby performers seen on the Coast in years. Down
at 12:30, up at 1:18.
True Blue — Bender's Ben — After the members had
repaired to the Goshen station for a very enjoyable
luncheon as guests of the club, the trip was made to
Fraser's ranch, where this brace was cast off in a
wide, open country. Both proved speedy and ranged
well True Blue, owned by Fred de Augustine, a
new fancier from Los Angeles, and handled by Fred
Couts is a seven months old Blue Belton setter and
showed to good advantage, except in bird work. Birds
were hard to find. A bevy was sighted on the run
but moved around so cunningly that the dogs did not
register a point, although they covered a wide stretch
of countrv. Both give much promise but True Blue
had the better of the heat. Down at 3:04, up at $4:00.
Kenwood Duke — Kenwood Bess. — Kenwood Duke,
an eight-months old Blue Beltou, owned by S. Chris-
tenson and handled by Fred Couts, and Kenwood
Bess, another eight months old Blue Belton, was the
last brace cast off and conditions were not the best.
They were worked over and around the Fraser's
ranch but not a single quail was found. Members
discovered that the birds had gone back to the
ground over which the previous brace had worked.
Down at 4:15, up at 4:50.
Result: — Maggie G., first; Sonoma Girl, second;
Blue Belle, third.
This decision was not reached until the judges
had returned to the hotel and deliberated until 9:30
in the evening. It was evident that it was a difficult
decision to render, so close were Maggie G. and So-
noma Girl matched. A. G. Wilkes and John McKeon
were accordingly shouldered with congratulations,
for it was truly a great victory with a young bitch
that looks to have a bright future.
There was the usual evening meeting, when draw-
ings were made for the All-Age stake that was ran
on the morrow.
Second Day — Friday.
No time was lost in getting to the grounds on the
second day. The opening of the All-Age stake, the
feature event of the trials, was the attraction and
the fanciers were anxious to see the braces in action.
The weather was crisp in the early morn but Old Sol
was out in all his glory and it was soon pleasant
to be around without any wraps.
The handlers were a little late in getting on hand
but before nine-thirty the judges had ordered the
casting off of the first pair. Good progress was made
and six of the thirteen candidates were put through
their paces before luncheon. There was a long
delay, however, as the members and their dogs went
through some stunts for the moving picture cameras
and only two more braces were put down in the
afternoon. It left two more braces for the next morn-
ing before the second series could be started.
Of the dogs in action, S. Christenson's Forestress
made the best showing in general all-around field
trial class. E. B. Tinker's up-standing pointer, Ford-
ney Blondy, was the pleasant surprise of the day in
some of the best bird work exhibited here in many
a day. Mrs. Martin I. Smith's Del Rey Dee also
showed to advantage in classy bird work.
In the evening, President A. G. Wilkes entertained
about fifty enthusiasts at an elaborate banquet.
J. Walter Scott officiated as toastmaster and old and
new members and the game in general were toasted
in approved style. John W. Considine added life to
the party by disputing Mr. Scott's right to be at the
head of the table.
Election of officers and general enthusiasm reigned
at a meeting, which followed. President A. G. Wilkes
spoke of the promising outlook for field trials on the
Pacific Coast and called upon the members to get
out and bring a dog next year. It was said to be the
best meeting ever held by the organization.
Running of the All-Age.
Shasta Water — Blaze of Stockdale. — Little enthu-
siasm was created by this brace. Shasta Water, a
black, white and tan setter, owned by Frank J. Ruh-
staller and handled by W. B. Couts, proved a fast-
going, wide ranger but did not show much on birds in
the limited opportunities offered. Blaze of Stockdale,
a black and white pointer owned and handled by
T. C. Dodge, proved only ordinary and was rank on
jacks. Down at 9:25, up at 10:20.
Forestress — Rod Galderigo. — This pair started off
with one of the prettiest casts of the trials. The
pace and range of both was very good and both ran
with a merry tail. Forestress, a white, black and
tan setter bitch, owned and handled by S. Christen-
son, ran a wonderful heat. Taken on to marked
birds on a knoll, Forestress did a little reading to
feel out the wind and then struck a beautiful point.
She was a trifle unsteady and flushed the birds. Rod
also struck a point but was not finished in his work.
About this lime Forestress swung into a snappy point
and was staunch. Mr. Christenson was ordered to
shoot and gave the gallery a laugh by attempting
to fire with no shell in his gun. The setter made
two other points, which were stylish and positive.
Rod Galderigo, owned by J. S. French and handled
by W. B. Couts, gives much promise with a little
brushing up on birds. Down at 10:45, up at 11:24.
Maggie G. — Orange Blossom. — Away to an open
field with good cover, the pair showed well in speed
and range. A few birds were put up by Charley Mur-
ray. Orange Biossom, a small orange and white
setter bitch owned by S. Christenson and handled by
Fred Couts, made a point where birds had been but
was unsteady. Maggie G., a white and black pointer
bitch, owned by A. G. Wilkes and John McKeon and
bandied by Wilkes, carried her pace well after her
victory in the derby the day before. Down at 11:47,
up at 12:49.
Del Rey Dee — Melrose Chief. — This pair were taken
over to Fraser's ranch and ran into birdy country'
almost at the start. Melrose Chief, a white, black
and tan setter dog owned by John W. Considine and
handled by W. B. Couts, made a point just after
crossing the creek. Del Rey Dee made a back that
aroused favorable comment. Melrose Chief showed
great speed and a merry way of going but was not
finished on bird work. Del Rey Dee, a white and
black pointer bitch, owned by Mrs. Martin I. Smith
and handled by Fred Couts, turned in some beautiful
clean-cut bird work. She made a half dozen points in
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 23, 1916
approved style and was steady to shot. The pointer
bitch was troubled with sore feet and was not much
on range but she had the spectators buzzing on her
good performance on birds. Down at 2:45, up at
3:21.
Fordney Blondy — Old Forester. — After a short cast,
birdy country was run into. Old Forester, a Blue
Belton setter dog owned by J. A. Chanslor and han-
dled by W. B. Couts, located the birds first but was
out of hand most of the time. Couts wras forced to
dismount and go into an adjoining field to locate his
charge. Fordney Blondy, a white and orange up-
standing pointer dog, owned by E. B. Tinker and
handled by Fred Couts, went in after Old Forester
and handled the birds in wonderful, positive style.
Fordney Blondy has been doing a deal of hunting
and did not make the most of range although his
pace was good. The pointer created the biggest
impression so far by his work on birds. Down at
3:35, up at 4:35.
Third Day — Saturday.
After the big evening of entertainment as hosts of
President Wilkes, the members were naturally a bit
late on the third and what was scheduled for the last
day. There was eagerness however, to be in for the
big competition of the week.
Gossip was rife as to what dogs of the previous
day the judges would take into the second series.
There was also a desire to see Melrose Dude and
Floretta, two acknowledged contenders, get into
action. The pair ran off their heats. Dude ran right
to form with an independence and class that left no
doubt that he would be in line for the final honors.
Floretta was a bit of a disappointment.
After the two heats had been run. Judges Schu-
macher, Wand and Dormer went into an executive
conference on the side of a hill. They debated for
half an hour and it was evident that they were having
trouble in arriving at a decision. Finally Judge Wand
rode up and announced that it was the opinion of the
judges thai Forestress and Fordney Blondy should
run in the first heat and Melrose Dude and Floretta
in the second heat of the series.
Of course, there was a deal of comment and dis-
cussion, although no loud protests. The surprise
was that Rey Del Dee was not taken in preference
to Floretta, that had made only a fair showing.
Luncheon followed and the second series started.
Fordney Blondy and Forestress had a wonderfully
close race and the pointer won out on his superior
bird work, although Forestress showed class in her
range and pace. Melrose Dude and Floretta also had
a hot race. The latter was a distinct surprise in
improving over her morning showing by about fifty
per cent. The pair did not have much opportunity
on birds and the judges ordered that another heat
should be run. This beat Melrose Dude.
The famous setter was a tired dog during the
thirty minutes' rest and did not look good, while
Floretta was fresh as a daisy. When they were cast
off, Floretta went out and made three points and
while she was unsteady at shot and chased, the
pointer made a good showing otherwise. Dude simply
blew up and stopped to a walk. At the finish, it was
evident that Dude was out of it. He almost collapsed
and was a mighty sick dog.
The judges did not debate long in announcing that
Floretta was the winner, Blondy second and Forest-
ress third.
Finish of All-Age Stake.
Melrose Dude — Kenwood Beauty. — Interest center-
ed in how Melrose Dude, a white, black and tan set-
ter dog owned by Mrs. A. G. Wilkes and handled by
A. G. Wilkes, performed. They did not have to wait
long as Dude made a long, wide cast and was right
up to form in speed and range. He was independent
and wise in locating birds and made a point. Dude
was a bit unsteady at shot and did let down some at
the finish, but he won easily. Kenwood Beauty,, a
white, black and tan setter bitch owned by J. A.
Chanslor and handled by Fred Couts, had nice speed
and range but was rank on jacks and did not show
up any too well on birds. Down at 8:55, up at 9:49.
Floretta (a bye.) — This white and black pointer
bitch, owned and handled by J. Walter Scott, drew
a bye but at the discretion of the judges was put
down with Kenwood Fan, a white and black setter
bitch. Floretta did not start auspiciously. She
proved slow and had but little class. Later on the
bitch proved one of the most industrious searchers
of game let down so far. Going into an open woods,
she made a staunch point but her handler could not
locate birds. Her speed and range were fair and
she had a fair way of going. Floretta made another
point and displayed style. She pointed again but was
a trifle unsteady. The bitch on the whole was a dis-
appointment but showed many good points. Down
at 10:00, up at 10:41.
The Second Series.
Forestress — Fordney Blondy. — Birds were found
right at the start and not much of a cast was made,
(he dogs returning to hunt the quail. Blondy pointed
where birds had been but nothing arose on investi-
gation. Forestress went ahead and ranged and paced
beautifully. The pair worked around to marked birds
and it was here that Fordney Blondy got in his best
work. The big pointer was sent into the birdy coun-
try while Forestress went over a ridge. Blondy
handled the bevy well and was staunch and beauti-
ful on singles. Forestress made one back that was
a beauty. After his good work, the pointer worked
over the hill and located more birds. He made one
great point and was steady to shot. All this time
Forestress was ranging well but was unable to locate
birds, although she did not make a mistake. The
pointer, if anything., equaled his great performance
of the first series. Down at 1:43, up at 2:20.
Melrose Dude — Floretta. — As in the previous cast,
birds were encountered right at the start. No points
were made, however. J. Walter Scott took his charge
away off to the right and it looked as if Floretta was
ranging more than was really the case as her handler
was right behind her. The judges finally ordered
him back on the course. Dude was working right up
to form and making a good showing. Then Floretta
started going again and went far and wide in an ex-
hibition of industrious hunting that created a favor-
able impression. Working along a ditch, Dude and
Floretta each made a point but nothing raised.
Floretta then made an independent cast to the right
of a bank that was one of the widest seen during
the trials. Scott was forced to ride after her and
was gone for five or six minutes before she was
located industriously hunting as before. Nothing else
of importance happened, no more birds being located,
and the judges called a halt.
After a conference they decided to see the pair in
action again. Dude was carried in an automobile
while Floretta was walked over towards section 16.
It was thirty minutes before they were put down and
perhaps Dude contracted a chill. At all events, he
did not look like the same champion of the previous
two heats. He was slow and took little interest in
hunting. Floretta located birds and made three
points. She broke and chased at shot but otherwise
made a decidedly good showing. Up at 4:30.
Last Day — Sunday.
An agreeable surprise awaited the gathering when
they turned out for the last day on Sunday. Only
four entries had been expected the day before for
the Members' Stake and Lakeside Rank, where birds
were known to be, was selected as the scene of ac-
tivities. When the drawings were made, however,
eight were in competition.
The winner turned up in J. S. French's beautiful
setter, Dixie Chase, that was successful last year.
Admirably handled by A. G. Wilkes, Dixie Chase
showed to advantage on birds and range and carried
off the trophy. In the Members' Stake, the members
shoot to kill the quail over their dogs and a deal of
fun and joshing resulted as the proud owners became
nervous and excited and could not shoot a lick.
J. A. Chanslor was in good form as was his setter,
Kenwood Fan, and he was awarded second place.
S. Christenson with Orange Blossom was third. The
setter bitch was in exceptionally good fettle but
Chris was affected like the others and was all ex-
citement when ordered to shoot. If he had been up
to his usual skill, he would have given Mr. French
a tussle for first place.
Others in the competition were Fred de Augustine
with his newly acquired pointer, Spot; M. I. Smith
with two entries, Del Rey Dee and Del Rey Flash;
J. A. Chanslor with Kenwood Beauty and J. W.
Scott with Western Boy. All the members had a
good time.
Right at the close of the trials, Martin I. Smith
and friends returned from a hunt to discover Del
Rey Flash dead in the kennels. The pointer was
apparently in good health after going through a heat
but was evidentl ypoisoned by drinking bad water.
QC
Los Angeles Club. — A large and enthusiastic crowd
of trapshooters turned out at the Los Angeles Gun
Club on Sunday and took part in the special events
arranged in honor of "Tiny" Tuckett, who is a visi-
to rin Southern California.
The scores were: At 100 targets — O. Evans, han-
dicap 20 yds., broke 92; L. R. Melius (18) 92, E. K.
Mohler (20) 89, V. A. Rossbach (18) 89, H. E. Sar-
gent (IS) 88, P. G. Peterson (17) 88, C. W. Fish
(20) 87, H. Cline (18) 85, George Tuckett (19) 84.
C. H. Betz (16) 83, B. H. Camahan (16) 82, A. J.
Petersen (16) 82, W. A. Cornelius (20) 82, O D.
Ashton (16) 81, H. Hickman (16) 77, E. W. Selbach
(16) 74, J. Mann (16) 75, G. Holohan (20) 55x75,
H. A. Tornow (16) 48x50, S. H. Wilson (16) 46x50,
J. Funk 43x50, C. T. Greenfield 42x50, T. B. Sloan
4Lx50, A. Betz 32x50, C. Y. Endsley 30x50, F. H. Tee-
pie 23x25, L. H. Wearne 22x25, F. Schreiner 18x25,
L. A. Benton 17x25, G. A. Felton 11x25.
ac
Change in Remington Company. — The Remington
Arms Company in the last two years has had such a
large increase in business and has had to meet such
unprecedented conditions that there have necessarily
been changes in the organization and additional men
have had to be brought in to meet the new demands.
A Managing Committeze has recently been ap-
pointed consisting of Mr. Samuel F. Pryor, Mr. G.
M-P. Murphy, Mr. James H .Perkins and Mr. W. E.
S. Griswold. Mr. Pryor, who has been president of
the company, has been elected chairman of the Man-
aging Committee and Mr. Henry S. Kimball, formerly
president of the American Zinc, Lead & Smelting
Company, has been elected president of the company.
Mr. C. S. Hadley, formerly president of the Laconia
Car Company, has become associated with the com-
pany in the capacity of treaturer.
With these additional men and with the Managing
Committee working in thorough co-operation with
the executive offices, the problem of handling the
great volume of business has been successfully met.
With these increases in the executive organization
and with certain adjustments in existing contracts,
it is now considered that the affairs of the company
are in a very satisfactory condition.
H*
i Sportsmen's Row j
g^..»— — .— .... ~— — — "■ ■ ■ . i.i IM"*H-t^.|-t.t.|.i|ii|..H-».|-l-«-^
J. A. Chanslor certainly gets his enjoyment out of
the field trials. He was the life of the gatherings
and had the pleasure of seeing his dogs make good
showings. Sonoma Girl was second in the Derby
and Kenwood Fan took second place in the Members'
Stake.
• • •
Dr. Arthur Beardslee is a devotee of the field dog.
He arrived on Friday morning and was a constant
follower of the heats. The Doctor is some walker
and was right up with the judges at all times. He has
a hunting preserves just below Bakersfield and left
to try out the dogs there. In addition he took along
John W. Considine's Melrose Chief.
• • •
J. S. French had the mount on a big chestnut horse
and towered over the other spectators. He tried out
his Dixie Chase over in a field and then had the pleas-
ure of seeing his setter win the Members' Stake with
A. G. Wilkes doing the handling.
• • •
Roy Avery was troubled with blood poisoning in
his right hand but that did not stop him from fol-
lowing the heats. Seated in a buggy with Mrs. Avery
at his side, he made the rounds day after day. J. A.
Chanslor presented Avery with Old Forester and
you'll see Roy out there next year right in the fun.
• • •
The serving of luncheons at Gosford station every
noon were enjoyable affairs. They were happy gath-
erings and gave an opportunity of reviewing the per-
formances of the mornings.
• • •
J. H. Bishop Jr. of Pasadena was unfortunate in
not having a dog at the trials. He sent back East
especially to have a setter shipped on but it did not
arrive in time. Next year, Bishop declares he will
be right there and give all of the fanciers a race.
• • •
Fred de Augustine was fortunate in winning a prize
in his first appearance as a member. Blue Belle ran
a creditable heat in the derby to come in third out
of a field of thirteen.
• • •
Mrs. Martin I. Smith and Mrs. B. W. Thompson,
prominent in kennel circles of Los Angeles, were
constant followers in a buggy. They did not miss a
heat and did not find the pace too great.
• ■• •
A. G. Wilkes was figuring on sending Melrose Dude
back to the National trials, but owing to the unfor-
tunate sickness of his wife's pet will be forced to
change his plans and look forward to being repre-
sented in 1917.
• • •
L. S. Hawxhurst is an enthusiastic field trials ex-
pert besides being a crackajack trap shot. He was
down for the entire competition and kept pace with
the hikers. Len was figuring on starting a couple
of dogs but was unfortunate in having both of them
take sick on him.
• • •
J. Walter Scott had reason to feel jubilant over
winning the All-Age stake with Floretta. It was the
first trophy he ever pulled down and was a beautiful
pounded silver pitcher presented by his friend, J. A.
Chanslor. Scott on his little pony handled his
pointer.
• • •
Wallace Bruce Couts, such a picturesque figure at
so many trials, is talking of retiring from the game.
He is seventy-three years of age and has been active
in running dogs all his life. He will surely be missed
for he is a fine old gentleman whose skill and grit
have been the source of much admiration. Even at
seventy-three he is out handling dogs like a man
fifty years his junior.
• • •
Mrs. A. G. Wilkes made a pretty picture on her
pony in a beautiful riding costume. Mrs. Wilkes
was one of the regulars and became greatly excited
when her great setter, Melrose Dude, became sick
after the running of the All-Age stake.
• • •
Secretary S. Christenson was a busy man. He was
tearing in the morning getting the fanciers together
for the ride to the grounds and kept on the jump at
all times running off the events.
• • •
The three judges, John H. Schumacher, Phil M.
Wand and William Dormer, certainly made the
awards after the most painstaking efforts to give
each and every one a fair chance. Naturally every-
one was not pleased but all agreed that the work
of judging was handled conscientiously and honestly.
The club is fortunate in having such able and re-
spected gentlemen to do the judging.
• • •
Martin I. Smith brought his wife, and friends Mr.
and Mrs. Thompson, to the trials and then wasjp
forced to return home. He was back again on Sat-
urday and enjoyed running Dee in the Members'
Stake.
• • •
E .B. Tinker, owner of Fordney Blondy, is a new
fancier. He is a civil engineer who resides in Arizona
and he had a long trip to see his star pointer pull
down second prize.
Saturday, December 23, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
11
INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION'S MEETING.
Prosperous Season Reviewed and Plans are Laid For
Next Year.
M
The annual meeting of the stockholders of The In-
terstate Association for the Encouragement of Trap-
shooting was held at the Association's office with
The Corporation Trust Company, 15 Exchange Place,
Jersey City, New Jersey, on Thursday, December 7,
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
The roll-call showed the following members repre-
sented: Remington Arms — Union Metallic Cartridge
Company; E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company;
The Hunter Arms Company, Inc.; Winchester Repeat-
ing Arms Company; Parker Brothers; The Peters
Cartridge Company; The Chamberlin Cartridge &
Target Company; American Powder Mills; The West-
ern Cartridge Company; United States Cartridge
Company; Hercules Powder Company; Ithaca Gun
Company, and the Black Products Company.
The polls having remained open the period pre-
scribed by statute, were ordered closed and the in-
spectors presented their report in writing, showing
the following persons, stockholders of the Associa-
tion, had received the greatest number of votes:
A. F. Hebard, J. Leonard Clark and T. A. Marshall
of the Remington Arms — Union Metallic Cartridge
Company; T. E. Doremus, C. A. Haight and L. J.
Squier of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company;
J. T. Skelly and Edward Banks of the Hercules Pow-
der Company; Jas. F. Carraher of the Hunter Arms
Company, Inc.; F. G. Drew, P. B. Keenan and Chas.
L. Greene of the Winchester Repeating Arms Com-
pany; W. F. Parker of Parker Brothers; C. R. Bab-
son and C. R. Dickey of the United States Cartridge
Company; F. E. D. Keplinger and T. H. Keller of
the Peters Cartridge Company; Paul North and
J. H. Webster of the Chamberlin Cartridge and Tar-
get Company; F. W. Olin and A. J. Norcom of the
Western Cartridge Company; Murray Ballou and
E. B. Drake of the American Powder Mills ; W. B.
Stadtfeld of the Selby Smelting and Lead Company;
George Livermore of the Ithaca Gun Company; C. J.
Fairchilds of the Black Products Co., and Elmer E.
Shaner.
The chairman thereupon declared that the above
named persons were duly elected directors of the
Association.
The meeting of the Board of Directors was called
to order at 11:25 a. m., with Mr. T. E. Doremus act-
ing as chairman and Mr. E. Reed Shaner acting as
secretary. The following officers were elected to
serve during the ensuing year:
|i President, T. E. Doremus; Vice-President, T. H.
Keller; Secretary, E. Reed Shaner; Treasurer-Man-
ager, Elmer E. Shaner.
By resolution it was decided to change the time
for holding the annual meeting to the first Thursday
after the first Wednesday in November.
By resolution, it was decided to continue in 1917
the same general Registered Tournament policy as
was in force in 1916. By this ruling, with the excep-
tion of State Tournaments, Leagues of Gun Clubs
and Special Organizations, all applications to hold
Registered Tournaments, carrying requests for con-
tributions, mut be made on or before February 15th,
and no application will be passed upon before said
date.
By resolution, it was decided that where it is the
custom to hold tournaments on Sunday, such tour-
naments be registered and that the scores made be
included in the official averages.
By resolution, it was decided to print in booklet
form the official averages of 1916, the booklet to
contain a brief digest of 1916 records, Grand Amer-
ican and Subsidiary Handicap data and other matter
of interest to the trapshooting fraternity in general.
This booklet will be distributed gratis to gun clubs
holding registered tournaments and to other inter-
ested parties.
By resolution, it was decided to present a trophy
to the winner of the High Amateur Average of 1916.
The Gun Club Organization Committee's report
was read and, by resolution, it was decided to con-
tinue presenting trophies to newly organized gun
clubs which have affiliated themselves with their
respective State Associations.
By resolution, it was decided to present trophies
for team competition. The conditions under which
these trophies will be presented will be announced in
due season.
By resolution, it was decided that the winner of
the Fleet Championship of the United States Atlantic
Fleet shall be allowed to compete with the respective
State Champions for the National Amateur Cham-
pionship at the Grand American Handicap Tourna-
ment.
By resolution, the following definitions, defining
an Amateur and a Professional trapshooter, were
adopted:
"Any shooter, not dependent upon his skill as a
trapshot as a means of livelihood, either directly or
indirectly, or in part or in whole, including employes
of manufacturers of, or dealers in, firearms, ammuni-
tion, powder, traps, targets and other trapshooting
accessories, and who does not receive any compen-
sation or concession, monetary or otherwise, or al-
lowance for expense or trapshooting supplies from
such manufacturers or dealers, shall be classed as an
amateur."
"Any shooter, including employes of manufacturers
of ,or dealers in, firearms, ammunition, powder, tar-
gets, traps and other trapshooting accessories, who
receives his salary or any portion of his salary', or
any expenses of any kind for use in trapshooting, or
rebate on the market price of such articles, as com-
pensation for the promotion of the sale or advertise-
ment o fany such products handled by such manu-
facturers, shall be classed as a professional."
By resolution, it was decided that in 1917 the Grand
American Tournament shall be given at Chicago,
111., under the auspices of the South Shore Country-
Club ; the Southern Handicap Tournament at Roa-
noke, Va. ; the Eastern Handicap Tournament at
Hartford, Conn.; the Western Handicap Tournament
at St. Joseph. Mo., and the Pacific Coast Handicap at
San Jose, California.
The make-up of the Tournament Committee, Tro-
phy Committee, Gun Club Organization Committee
and the Committee to allot handicaps to entrants in
the 1917 Grand American Handicap will be announced
later.
After discussing matters of no particular interest
to the general public, the directors' meeting ad-
journed to meet at Chicago, Ills., in 1917, during the
week of the Eighteenth Grand American Handicap
Tournament
THE INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION,
E. REED SHANER, Sec'y.
Synopsis of Work in 1916.
Different Trapshooters who took part in Reg-
istered Tournaments 10,528
Tournaments Registered 546
Applications Refused 9
Tournaments Registered under the "Old
Policy" 295
Tournaments Contributed to 223
State Tournaments Registered 46
Tournaments Registered in Canada 16
Reports Received up to November 10th 501
Reports not yet received 16
Tournaments cancelled by request 29
Applications received 568
Applications received for which we request-
ed a change of dates, in order to avoid con-
fliction, and not heard from afterwards.. 12
Targets Trapped (501 Tournaments) 6,366,110
Average number of Targets trapped per tour-
nament (501) 12,700
Average Entry per tournament (501 tourn.)
Amateurs 44.07
Professionals 5.42
Number of Tournaments given in each State; Amount
contributed to each State; No. of Targets Trapped
in each State and Average Entry per State.
Average Entry
State No. Amt.
Alabama ..I 2|$ 150.00
GAME CONDITIONS IN OREGON.
Arizona
Arkansas . ...
California . . .
Canada
Colorado . ...
Connecticut .
Delaware . . .
Dist. of Col'a.
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky . . .
Louisiana . . .
I
S
I 9'
16
! 5
7
3
1
2
3i
3|
551
24!
56
18
11
2
Targ's. Am.
40,340129 1-2
5,10026
80.620J26 5-7
450.00il56,690j40 1-4
219,230148 14-15
150.00
350.00
Maine ! 1
34,905
108,150
42,640
7,350
26,380
51,075
53,355
517,955
233,115
650.00]491,785
525.00|189,720;46
94,580i33
31,115
Maryland . .
Massachusetts
Michigan . .
Minnesota . .
Mississippi .
Missouri .
Montana . ...
Nebraska . .
Nevada —
New Hampshire
New Jersey . . .
New Mexico . . .
New York
No. Carolina . .
No. Dakota . . .
Ohio
Oklahoma . ...
Oregon
Pennsylvania .
Rhode Island | 2
So. Carolina 1
So. Dakota I S
350.00
150.00
150.00
350.001 87,925
2-3
2-3
38 18-43
37 13-24
37 3-11
2-9
3-5
1-2
24,125 67
300.00
8i 400.00
221 450.00
4| 200.00
184,525.00
5| 250.00
191 975.00
42,995
94,220
230.930
62,360
421,390
67,420
37
255,30544
9-22
2-3
7-9
2-3
3-19
(No tournament registered)
Prof.
7 1-2
1
5 3-7
8 1-2
2 13-15
5
7 3-7
1-2
2-3
7
6
5
6
5 12-53
5 5-24
4 7-55
5 4-9
5 1-2
7 1-2
3-10
4-5
1-8
9-11
7 17-18
99,850151 3-4
206,98096 1-4
4,330 11
37 21-26
49 1-4
25 3-7
200.00
450.00
5U.00
550.00 209,895
250.00 154,565
250.00| 49,010
950.00'299,275
400.001114, 485
17l 950.00'299,275 65 15-17
10| 400.00jll4.485 34 2-5
4' 800.00I144,225|62 3-4
52jl,550.00i633.515|54 3-51
200.00
150.00
300.00
24,125
20,275
50.100
Tennessee . .
Texas
Utah
Vermont . ...
Virginia
Washington .
West Virginia
Wisconsin . .
Wyoming . . .
Cuba, and
Canal Zone . .
No. Tournaments
750.001120.130
250.00! 47,950
350.00| 21,600
200.00J 17.340
425.00|115,425
350.00|120,615
250.00J 24,660
475.00,166.670
250.00J 44,150
1-3
3-4
1-2
2-25
1-7
9-17
4-5
3-4
5 37-51
4 1-2
46 16-17
27 1-3
1-8
3-5
1-2
7-9
None
State Warden Shoemaker Explains Questions of
Feeding Ducks and the Seasons.
3| 100.00| 7,165]28
517; Amount Contributed, $22.-
775.00; Targets Trapped. 6.366,110: Average Entries.
Amateur 44.07. Professional. 5.42.
Speaking of two of the very' important subjects
under discussion at the sportsmen's association meet-
ing, which affect all parts of the state, Carl D. Shoe-
maker, state game warden, sums up the duck feeding
and the deer shortening proposition as follows :
"The question of legislating against the feeding of
ducks is a mooted one. As the law now stands, there
is notning to prevent sportsmen from feeding ducks.
As a matter of fact the average sportsman does not
get much duck shooting: duck shooting is limited
practically to members of duck shooting clubs. All
along the Columbia river, in the sloughs and lakes
and on the islands, and in many places throughout
the valley, property has been leased by duck clubs
and no one except members, or invited guests, has
been permitted to shoot.
"There is nothing in the law to prevent this form
of organization and no legislation could be passed
which would affect the right of a number of sports-
men to band themselves together and form a club of
this kind. Naturally, all of the best grounds are
taken up by these clubs and they obtain practically
all the shooting. A great many of these clubs have
been formed along the Columbia, and the members
have employed caretakers who throw feed along the
water to attract the ducks. This has been done for
a great many years and there has been pretty good
shooting.
"Shooting fell off in the valley and the sportsmen
there became aroused over the claim that the feed-
ing of ducks kept them along the Columbia until the
season was over and then the ducks migrated into
California without stopping or resting in the valley.
In order to obtain some shooting in the valley, it was
then proposed in the legislature a number of years
ago, that the feeding of ducks anywhere in the state
be prohibited by law. The vote has been very close
in the past, but the bill has never been carried. A
compromise, however, was effected by closing the
season six weeks earlier in Multnomah, Clatsop, Co-
lumbia. Tillamook and Coos counties than in other
counties of the state. Duck feeding then would stop
on December 31st in the counties first named; the
birds would no longer find food and would immedi-
ately take up their flight to the southlands, migrating
by easy stages through the valley and resting in the
waters ol the Willamette and its tributaries and the
lakes of southern Oregon.
"The federal law stepped in, however, and closed
the season on duck shooting on January 15 of each
year. This cut off a whole month of shooting for
the valley sportsmen and now the old question is
raised again.
"The question of closing the deer season 15 days
earlier or opening it 15 days later is another one
which will demand serious attention. Two years ago
the fight was made for a 60 days' deer season, begin-
ning September 1st. The arguments advanced were,
first, the preservation of the deer, and secondly, less
fire hazard in the National forest; it being contended
that it the season opened on September 1st there
would be less danger o fhunters setting fire to the
timber through carelessness, as the damp season
would be coming on.
"However, a potent argument was advanced stat-
ing that thousands of people throughout the state
took their vacations during the period from June 1st
to September 1st and that a great many sportsmen
arranged to take their vacations some time during
the month of August, in order to get in a deer hunt.
This is true o femployes in the railroad offices, banks,
mercantile establishments and all big businesses, and
the argument was a good one as the legislature lis-
tened to it with respectful attention and finally
compromised by opening the season on August 15
instead of September 1. thus giving two weeks open
deer season during that month.
"But the advocates of game preservation still main-
tain that a 60 days' deer season is sufficient, and
taking into consideration the reasons advanced by
many sportsmen who can only take their hunting
trips in August, it is now advocated that the 15 days
be cut off the taii end of the season; in other words,
close the season on October 15 instead of October 31.
There does not seem to be a great deal of opposition
to the 60 days' deer season and it will probably re-
ceive the endorsement of the league, although there
are some advocates against it and sufficient strength
might be obtained to divert such a recommendation."
0B
Portland Club.— W. C. (Bill) Bristol hung up a
mark for 20-gaugers to shoot at when he registered
a score of 83 per cent in Sunday's shoot at the Ever-
ding Park traps of the Portland Gun Club on Decem-
ber 10th This is the highest score ever made with
a 20-gauge gun at the loca ltraps.
P J Holohan, professional, was high man with the
score of 92 per cent. E. H. Keller led the amateurs
with a score of 90. H. L. Keats, ex-president of the
Portland Golf Club, shot traps for the first time and
registered a score of 68.
The scores: P. J. Holohan 92. E. H. Keller 90, Al
Seguin 88. H. R. Everding 86. J. S. Crane 83, W. C.
Bristol (20-gauge) 83, H. A. Pollock 82. Dr. Beeson
80. A. L. Zachrisson 80, and H. L. Keats 68.
12
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 23, 1916
KSiu^£.-~-ss;
Stock Breeders' Page
EXPERIMENTAL HORSESHOEING IN THE U. S.
ARMY.
S3
Appearance Often Deceptive in Dairy Cows.
That the appearance of a dairy cow can not be
depended on to indicate he reproduction of milk is
illustrated by a demonstration conducted under the
auspices of the Dairy Division of the department
with a herd of nine cows at the National Dairy Show
held recently at Springfield, Mass.
A year's record of milk and butter fat already had
been made for all the cows of the herd. During the
show complete records of production and feed eon-
sumption were kept and in every case the previous
records were duplicated. Some of the cows were
of poor dairy type, yet were good producers; others
were of good dairy type, yet were poor producers;
stUi others of similar appearance had gTeatly differ-
ent records. Of the last-named class were Nos. 8
and 9. Many experienced stockmen selected No. 9
as the better of the two. but the records showed that
for the last year No. 8 gave S.445 pounds of milk and
346 of fat compared with 4,279 pounds of milk and
198 of fat for No. 9. This served as an object lesson
to the hundreds of people who daily viewed the dem-
onstration that good dairy type is not always asso-
ciated with large production and that poor dairy
'.ype does not indicate lack of large yield.
"What does it cost to keep records?" was a com-
mon question of the dairymen. In cow-testing asso-
ciations, where the above-quoted records were made,
the charge is §1.50 a month for each cow, and in addi-
tion the board of the tester for one day each month.
With feed, labor, and live stock so high, it certainly
is imperative to eliminate every unnecessary expense
like the "boarder" or "robber" cow that fails to pay
for even her feed.
In the big room at the dairy show where the cows
were stanchioned were several hundred comfortable
seats. Here several times each day well-known
dairymen from various parts of the country talked
to the large audiences on dairy problems .illustrating
their remarks with the cows of the demonstration
herd. Especial emphasis was laid upon the value
of records in economical management.
Co-operative bull associations were carefully de-
scribed and their many advantages explained. That
it was possible to have high-class bulls of the finest
breeding for the use of a dairynian with only a few
cows seemed to many farmers as too good to be true,
especially when the cost was even less than in the
case of scrub bulls. In this connection the charts
that illustrated the conditions at Roland, Iowa, before
and after the organization of a bull association,
elicited much interest. At that place, for a yearly
investment of $7.50 each, the members have the use
of five $240 bulls for 10 years.
On the walls of the demonstration room were pic-
tures of famous dairy animals, charts showing results
of record keeping, etc. Adjoining were skeleton milk
or dairy houses, with the sides only partially finished,
to show the construction; also a model of a dairy
barn and of a silo. In the milk houses was dairy
equipment, and a man in charge answered questions
on dairying and explained the construction of these
and all other kinds of daily buildings.
At Tegular periods demonstrations in the steriliza-
tion of milk utensils were given with the inexpensive
farm sterilizer described in Farmers' Bulletin 748;
these demonstrations were well attended.
There, was also keen interest in every part of the
demonstrations, as may be judged from the fact that
about 5.000 people listened to lectures and fully
15,000 viewed the exhibits.
Depredations of predatory animals accompanied by
outbreaks of rabies among them in parts of Oregon.
California, Nevada, Idaho, and Utah resulted in the
shooting, trapping, and poisoning of over 11,000 coy-
otes during the last fiscal year by hunters in the
employ of the Biological Survey of the U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture. Altogether over 15,000 noxious
animals, including wolves, coyotes, mountain lions,
and bobcats weie destroyed. The seriousness of the
outbreaks of rabies will be realized when it is stated
that more than 60 persons were treated by State
authorities of Nevada during the year on account of
having been bitten by either wild or domestic ani-
mals. The loss of live stock has been very heavy.
At Winnemucca, Nevada, a single rabid coyote caused
the loss of 27 steers. During the past year over
250,000 acres of government and public lands have
been covered with poisoned grain for the extermina-
tion of ground squirrels. Large areas of private agri-
cultural land also have been cleared of these pests
through campaigns conducted by the owners under
the direction of representatives of the Biological
Survey.
* «■ ♦
The W. A. Saunders Live Stock Company that
deals in horses and mules, and buys all over north-
ern California, makes Woodland, Yolo county, its
assembling and shipping point. Last week this com-
pany shipped five carloads of mules to Chandler,
Arizona, the consignment being to the Goodyear Rub-
ber Company. This company has gone into the cul-
ture of cotton on a 6000 acre tract, the product to be
used in its automobile tire factories. Manager Doyle
shipped two carloads of mules the next day to New
Jersey, the concentrating point of the French gov-
ernment.
By the term modified, a number of meanings can
be applied, but in connection with the shoeing of
army horses in the U. S. Service, it is intended to
describe thinness of the shoe. At Fort Riley, Kansas,
are ,we believe, more army horses than at any post
in the service. And while every detail of niilitary
requirements is minutely carried out, the shoeing
of troop horses is also given closest attention, The
government conducts a school for farriers and horse-
shoers at Fort Riley, that is in charge of Capt. John
A. Degen. and under his inspection all shoeing work
comes. The shoers connected with the service must,
like other soldiers, attend all troop drills and their
shop work must be done between times, either be-
fore or after drills. One feature of the shoeing de-
partment here is the close attention paid to what
city horseshoers would call the very little details.
But these details are a necessary part of the service,
for it is only through constant experimentation that
the latest and very best methods are brought out
for adoption.
Among the recent tests made in the Fort Riley
School was that on the "modified shoe." Tips and
three-quarter shoes all have been given trials and
in order that the relative value of the ordinary
method of shoeing might be compared with this, the
commandant of the post issued an order on Captain
Degen to make a thorough test of the modified shoe.
The order followed another quasi order that had
come from the chief of staff, who had advocated this
method and, like true soldiers, the shoers proceeded
to carry it out.
"Keep a record of each animal shod with the modi-
fied shoe, date of shoeing, reshoeing, lameness and
corrective measures necssary." Such was the com-
mand. This was in March, 1915. and but three
months was given during which to make the test,
a limit which did not satisfy Captain Degen, who
asked for six or even 12 months. For in the use of
the "modified' 'shoe, the foot is brought to as near
mother earth when shod as possible.
The aim in view is to give the whole foot ground
bearing, frog and sole coming in contact alike with
the unshod foot. The shoe itself is about one-quarter
to three-eighths inch thick, the web is narrow, and
when being fitted the wall must be well grown out
in order to allow for reducing to a depth that will
provide for natural frog pressure and at the same
time a strong wall and sole. In a large way the
modified shoe recommended or advocated by the
chief of army staff is a more sane and. therefore,
safer method than the French method adopted sev-
eral generations ago by the Veterinarian Charlier.
This method may yet be used in France, but if so it
is only in exceptional cases, for when looked into,
it offers the reverse of anything logical in horse-
shoeing . The Charlier idea is to use a very narrow
rim of metal and after supplying the necessary nail
holes, fit this into a shoe cut clear around, the wall
being reduced to the necessary depth and width to
allow the metal to fit in. And when fitted the inside
edge of shoe nearest the foot would be very dan-
gerously close to the life of the foot itself. Probably
many a good horse was brought to ruin by this
method; anyhow it never obtained a following out-
side of France and is now almost unheard of. The
modified shoe, however, does not have any of the
objections of the Charlier method. It is a plain, thin
plate, a sort of extension of the tip, "but," says Cap-
tain Degen, "it has the defects of the tip."
This practical head of the shoeing department in
army service evidently has his own troubles trying
to convince his superiors that their ideas on horse-
shoeing are not practical and he passes on the modi-
fied shoe in his report on tests given it after the
following manner;
The object of this style of shoeing is to secure
adequate frog pressure and through that normal ex-
pansion. To correct a pathological condition this is
a proper application of the tip. If adopted for normal
shoeing it defeats its own object. A horse with a
well developed frog properly shod with a normal
shoe has the frog in contact with the ground when
first shod. As the hoof grows the frog is gradually
raised and the degTee of pressure and expansion is
gradually decreased. It is entirely lost only when
the horse travels on a smooth, hard surface. On
soft ground the foot penetrates sufficiently to give
contact for the frog at every stride. On hard but
rough ground the frog gets contact, due to inequali-
ties of the ground at varying intervals and with vary-
ing degrees of pressure. Even if a horse is used
entirely on a surface both hard and smooth, an
asphalt pavement for instance, frog pressure will not
be entirely lost until about the third or fourth week
.after shoeing, depending on the rate of growth of
the horn. When the frog is but a short distance from
the ground, as from one to three weeks after shoeing,
it remains in that position only while the horse is
at rest or the foot is not bearing its share of the
weight. When the foot is brought to the ground at
each stride the weight is transmitted down the bony
column and the frog is forced down and contact and
consequent pressure are obtained. It varies only
in degree from the full pressure that occurs when
the frog is in contact while the horse is at rest,
as in that case there is nothing more than contact
while at rest and the frog does not bear any weight
until the horse is in motion. Horses should be shod
every four to six weeks, usually about once a month.
Six weeks is generally accepted as the maximum
interval between shoeings. One horse was barefoot
when the modified shoe was applied, leaving 20
horses with a recorded interval since last shoeing.
In two of these cases the exact interval was not
known and only the known interval, which was less
than the actual, was recorded. Of these 20 cases the
shortest interval since last shoeing was 40 days and
the longest was 123 days, the average interval being
68.35 days. Taking four weeks as the interval after
shoeing when frog pressure is lost, in order to make
the most favorable showing, it thus appears that in
order to apply a special shoe the avowed object of
which was to obtain adequate frog pressure, it was
first necessary to have the horse go without frog
pressure for a period of from two to 13 weeks.
Complaint has been made that the shoeing of serv-
ice horses is not satisfactory. I believe that this
condition is due, not to any fallacy in the accepted
principles of correct shoeing as they have been
taught at this school since its inception, but to a fail-
ure to properly apply those principles in service. I
have known very few organization commanders who
regularly inspect their shoeing, though doubtless
more did so than I knew about. There have been
more cases, however, where I knew that the troop
commander did not inspect shoeing than where I
knew that he did. I have known only one command-
ing officer who inspected the shoeing of his com-
mand ,and that only once during approximately two
years that I served under his command. Whether
he ever followed up the results of that inspection I
do not know, as he had no fault to find with the
shoeing of the troop I commanded. I must add that
credit for this pleasing condition was not due to me
but to the chance that gave me an excellent and
conscientious horseshoer in the troop at that time.
Until then I had given no more personal attention
to shoeing than any other troop commander and not
as much as some of them. Lack of inspection is,
however, not the greatest cause for poor shoeing.
This, I believe, is the general requirement that horse-
shoers shall attend all drills and instruction. In al-
most all department instruction orders, the cooks are
the only special men excused from drills. No man
should be appointed horseshoer until he is thor-
oughly instructed in the duties of a soldier and there-
after he should be required to attend only target
practice end such inspections as would insure his
equipment being kept in condition. Shoeing three
animals a day all around is strenuous occupation
for any man. If he is required to spend several
hours a day at drill and stables in addition, the shoe-
ing will suffer. Place the horseshoer on the same
basis as cooks regarding drill and similar duties and
give his work the same supervision and inspection as
is given the work of the cooks, and I believe that
in general there will be no fault found with the
results.
For the reasons stated the results of this test are
inconclusive. That there has been no more lame-
ness I believe is due to the very light work these
horses have had. I have observed the condition of
the frogs before and after shoeing, but have not
noted any general improvement. In one case bar
shoes were used to develop the frog so that there
would be pressure when the modified shoe was ap-
plied . I regret that I did not make notes of the con-
ditions of the frogs before and after shoeing in each
case. This should be done if any future experiments
of this kind are undertaken, as well as the measur-
ing of the distance between the heels before and
after shoeing. The only definite deduction that can
be drawn from this experimental work is that by it
alone the unsuitability of any form of tips for gen-
eral shoeing of the service horse has not been proved.
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High Amateur Average, 147 ex 150, F. M. Buckingham.
MEDFORD. OKLA., October 10.
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LIMCOLNVILLE, KANS., October 6.
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HOLIDAY ISSUE
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, 'December 30, 1915. '
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ALABAMA
Cawthorn & Coleman Selma
Van Antwerp's Drug Corporation Mobile
Mobile Drug Co Mobile
ARKANSAS
Jobn Schaap & Sons Drug Co Fort Smith
John B. Bond Jr Little Rock
CALIFORNIA
Langley &. Michaels Co San Francisco
J. David West San Francisco
Coffin, Redington Co San Francisco
Western Wholesale Drug Co Los Angeles
Brunswig Drug Co Los Angeles
California Drug. &. Chem. Co Los Angeles
Wm. E. Detels Pleasanton
Young-Herrold Drug Co Petaluma
Lindsay Hay & Grain Co Lindsay
Lindsay Drug Co Lindsay
COLORADO
The Davis Drug Co Denver
R. T. Frazier Pueblo
W. A. Hover & Co Denver
CONNECTICUT
Apothecaries Hall Co.. 14 Benedict St., Waterbury
The Chas. W. Whittlesey Co New Haven
The Sisson Drug Co Hartford
The Peck & Lines Co Bridgeport
DELAWARE
N. B. Danforth Wilmington
Chas. B. Jackson Felton
IOWA
Des Moines Drug Co Des Moines
Iowa Drug Co Des Moines
Churchill Drug Co Burlington
Green & Bentley Drug Co Oskaloosa
J. W. Edgerly & Co Ottumwa
Hornick-More <£. Porterfield Sioux City
Churchill Drug Co Cedar Rapids
W. H. Shipman West Liberty
Breckenridge &. Co Brooklyn
KANSAS
The Southwestern Drug Co Wichita
J. W. Gibson 105 W. Douglas Ave., Wichita
C. E. Potts Drug Co Wichita
James M. French 714 Kansas Ave., Topeka
Wherrett-Mize Drug Co Atchison
ILLINOIS
Morrison, Plummer &. Co Chicago
Robert Stevenson & Co Chicago
Fuller 4 Fuller Chicago
Humiston-Keeling &. Co Chicago
Peter Van Schaack &. Sons Co Chicago
Colburn, Birks &. Co Peoria
Barker & Wheeler Co Peoria
Aldo Summer's Drug Co Quincy
Hartz 4 Bahnsen Co Rock Island
INDIANA
Mooney-Mueller Drug Co Indianapolis
Daniel Stewart Co Indianapolis
Ward. Bros. Drug Co Indianapolis
A. Kiefer Drug Co Indianapolis
Fort Wayne Drug Co Fort Wayne
Chas. Leich &. Co Evansville
KENTUCKY
Peter-Neal-Richardson Co Louisville
Becker & Durski Louisville
Robinson-Pettet Co ...Louisville
LOUISIANA
Findaly-Dicks &. Co New Orleans
I. L. Lyons &. Co., Ltd New Orleans
The Parker-Blake Co., Ltd New Orleans
Estorge Drug Co New Iberia
Thomas Sadler Clinton
C. W. Perkins RUston
MAINE
John W. Perkins Co Portland
Utterback-Gleason Co Bangor
Vigue Harness &. Carriage Co Waterville
MARYLAND
Muth Bros. &. Co Baltimore
The Henry B. Gilpin Co Baltimore
James Bally & Son Baltimore
The Little Joe Wiesenfeld Co Baltimore
Calvert Drug Co Baltimore
MASSACHUSETTS
Eastern Drug Co Boston
Carter, Carter & Meigs Co Boston
Brewer & Co Worcester
L. A. Hastings Co Worcester
Gilmore Bros., Inc Boston
Ranno-Spiers Co Boston
Forbes <£. Wallace Springfield
MISSISSIPPI
J. W. Quinn Drug Co Greenwood
MICHIGAN
Tuttle & Clark Detroit
Michigan Drug Co Detroit
Farrand, Williams & Clark Detroit
Hazeltine &. Perkins Co Grand Rapids
MINNESOTA
Noyes Bros. & Cutler St. Paul
Minneapolis Drug Co Minneapolis
Laramee & Grahn Minneapolis
John N. Sayer Minneapolis
Northern Drug Co Duluth
MISSOURI
J. S. Merrill Drug Co St. Louis
Meyer Bros. Drug Co St. Louis
Foster-Helmreich- Wagner Co Kansas City
Faxon & Gallagher Drug Co Kansas City
Evans-Smith Drug Co Kansas City
The McPike Drug Co ..Kansas City
Van Natta Drug Co St. Joseph
C. D. Smith Drug Co St. Joseph
Hall Drug Co Springfield
MONTANA
Newbro Drug Co Butte
Parchen Drug Co Helena
NEBRASKA
Sherman & McConnell Drug Co ' Omaha
E. E. Bruce 401 S. Tenth St., Omaha
Richardson Drug Co Omaha
Lincoln Drug Co Lincoln
Capital Drug Co Lincoln
NEW JERSEY
A. M. Guerin Morristown
Seidler Drug Co Newark
NEW YORK
Bruen, Ritchey &. Co 214 Fulton St., New York
H. Aschenbach H'ness Co. 71 Warren St., New York
The Chas. N. Crittenton Co
115 Fulton St., New York
O. H. Jadwin & Sons... 03 Cortland St., New York
McKesson &. Robbins 91 Fulton St., New York
J. Newton Van Ness Co
120 Chambers St., New York
Bartley Bros. &. Hall 50 Warren St., New York
J S. Harley 106 Reade St., New York
Henry Klein & Co... 220 Greenwich St., New York
Schiefflein &. Co 170 William St., New York
Lehn & Fink 120 William St., New York
E J Barry 62 Cliff St., New York
C. S. Littell &. Co 228 Fulton St., New York
The Srnlth-Worthington Co
40 Warren St., New York
The' Kopf-Engel Co 49 Warren St., New York
E. A. Whitehouse &. Co
124 Chambers St., New York
Martin &. Martin 333 Fifth Ave., New York
Fiss, Doerr & Carroll Horse Co
E. 24th St., New York
G. C. Arrowsmith Co 110 Reade St., New York
M. Hancher 128 Chambers St., New York
Middleton & Co 68 Broad St., New York
C. Meyer 1801 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn
American Druggists Syndicate. ... Long Island City
John L. Thompson, Sons & Co Troy
Gibson Drug Co Rochester
Chas. Hubbard, Sons & Co Syracuse
C. W. Snow &. Co Syracuse
Plimpton, Cowan & Co Buffalo
Scheuerman & Co Buffalo
Theo. A. Merritt Newburgh
Walker & Gibson Albany
A. H. Williams &. Co Utlca
OHIO
The Sell Horse Goods Co Canton
Orr, Brown & Price Columbus
Kauffman-Lattimer Co Columbus
John D. Park & Sons Co Crncinnati
The Alfred Vogeler Drug Co Cincinnati
The Hall-Van Gorder Co Cleveland
Strong, Cobb & Co Cleveland
W. A. King Cleveland
Averbeck Drug Co Youngstown
The Beall & Steele Drug Co Steubenville
The Bailey Drug Co Zanesville
The Hale-Justis Co Cincinnati
Trotter & Son East Liverpool
OKLAHOMA
Alexander Drug Co Oklahoma City
OREGON
Blumauer-Frank Drug Co Portland
Clarke-Woodward Drug Co Portland
Foshay & Mason Albany
PENNSYLVANIA
Smith, Kline & French Co Philadelphia
Keim Supply Co 1227 Market St., Philadelphia
Geo. A. Kelly Co 421 Seventh St., Philadelphia
Shoemaker & Busch Philadelphia
Kennedy, Willing &. Co Philadelphia
John Wanamaker Philadelphia
Aschenbach & Miller Philadelphia
Valentine H. Smith & Co Philadelphia
J. G. Gareis Co 123 Seventh St., Pittsburgh
W. J. Gilmore Drug Co Pittsburgh
Donough & Snavely Lebanon
Matthews Bros Scranton
Philip Rudy 243 N. Queen St., Lancaster
S. H. Morgan McKees Rocks
RHODE ISLAND
The T. W. Rounds Co., Ltd .....Providence
The Congdon & Carpenter Co Providence.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Geer Drug Co Charleston
SOUTH DAKOTA
Brown Drug Co Sioux Falls
TENNESSEE
Early-Cain Co Nashville
Spurlock-Neal & Co Nashville
The Hessig-Ellis Drug Co Memphis
Ellis-Lillybeck Drug Co ..Memphis
Van Vleet Mansfield Drug Co Memphis
Berry, De Moville Co Nashville
TEXAS
James J. Miller Dallas
Texas Drug Co Dallas
The J. W. Crowdus Drug Co Dallas
Greiner-Kelly Drug Co Dallas
San Antonio Drug Co San Antonio
H. W. Williams & Co Fort Worth
E. R. Roach Drug Co Amarillo
Southern Drug Co Houston
Houston Drug Co Houston
Kelly & Pollard El Paso
Ber.rens Drug Co Waco
UTAH
Riter Bros. Drug Co Logan
Smith-Bailey Drug Co Salt Lake City
Zion's Co-operative Mer. Co Salt Lake City
Ogden Wholesale Drug Co Ogden
VERMONT
Burlington Drug Co Burlington
H. A. Smalley & Co Morrisville
VIRGINIA
Powers-Taylor Drug Co Richmond
Vaughn-Robertson Drug Co Richmond
Ownes & Minor Drug Co Richmond
The Bodeker Drug Co Richmond
Strother Drug Co Lynchburg
WASHINGTON
Stewart &. Holmes Drug Co Seattle
Spokane Drug Co Spokane
WEST VIRGINIA
Ohio Valley Drug Co Wheeling
Clarksburg Drug Co Clarksburg
WISCONSIN
F. Dohmer Co Milwaukee
Milwaukee Drug Co Milwaukee
Spence-McCord Drug Co La Crosse
Yanr & Lange Milwaukee
PORTO RICO
J. Leavitt San Juan
MEXICO
W. G. Robinson
Avenida Jurez No. 46, City of Mexico
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(Established 1882.)
Published every Saturday.
F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor.
and mail your nominations to Charles W. Paine,
Secretary, Sacramento, California, on or before
Tuesday next.
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Communications must be accompanied by the writer's
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as a private guarantee of good faith.
NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS are now in order,
and it is an opportune time for the standard and
thoroughbred horse breeders and owners of California
'to resolve that they will get together and assist in
the promotion of a circuit of fairs and race meetings
.during 1917 that will be a credit to all concerned.
,The country is prosperous, and it will not require
more than ordinary enterprise and energetic action
>on the part of the breeders to organize and promote
[Such a circuit. This is the New Year resolution that
every California horseman should make, and that the
Breeder and Sportsman hopes will be made. If it is
made the greeting we now extend to every reader
for a happy and prosperous new year will be brought
to an actual realization.
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THE RULES OF HARNESS RACING may be
uniform all over the United States during the year
1917 if the Joint Rules Committee of the National
and American Trotting Associations which meets at
Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday next, January 3d, is
a harmonious body. There is no good reason why
it should not be, if the members of the committee-
act in that spirit which should govern men who are
working for the best interests of the cause they rep-
resent. No personal likes or dislikes should enter
into any part of the proceedings. The members of the
committee were appointed for the purpose of compil-
ing a set o frules by means of which all harness
racing given under the auspices of both associations
will be the same. So far as the public knows the
Joint Rules Committee has no other work to perform,
and we hope it will accomplish that work with credit
to its members and for the good of the great and
popular sport of harness racing in the United States.
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COLTS WITH STAKE ENGAGEMENTS have an
earning capacity. Few open races are made by any
racing associations for two and three-year-old trot-
ters and pacers because it is considered that a few
stake races are sufficient for the youngsters and the
stakes provide them. But nearly every owner of a
two or three-year-old gives it some training and if it
shows speed the stake engagements it may have
give the colt a far greater sale value than it would
have without them. Consequently the wise breeder
is the one who sees that the colts and fillies of his
own breeding have some stake engagements. On
this coast but one futurity (the Pacific Breeders)
for foals of 1917 has been closed thus far, and it
received 96 nominations of mares bred in 1916. On
Tuesday next another futurity for foals of 1917
will close. This is the California State Fair Futu-
rity No. 9. It should receive the nomination of every
mare bred to a good trotting or pacing stallion on
this coast in 1916, and we hope it will receive 100
or more nominations. The Pacific Breeders' Futu-
rity received a third more nominations than the
stake for foals of 1915, and it is in order now for
California horse breeders to make a like increase
in the State Fair stake. It will be well for the
owners of mares to keep the date of closing well in
mind. It is Tuesday, January 2d, 1917, which is the
day after New Year's Day. Don't let the celebration
of the advent of a new year occupy your time and
mind to such an extent that you will forget to make
one or more nominations in this stake. It is guar-
anteed to be worth ?2500, and is for three-year-olds
to trot or pace in 1920. Look over the advertise-
ment in this issue of the Breeder and Sportsman
THE SUPREME COURT OF ARIZONA, on the
22nd of this month, decided that Judge McCall, a
prominent horseman and County Judge of Cochise
county in that State, had not violated any law when
he set up and operated a pari-mutuel machine at
the Arizona State Fair at Phoenix . It seems that
there is a law against gambling in Arizona, which
is somewhat different from the California law, but
in what particular we are not advised, not having
seen a copy of it. At any rate Judge McCall con-
cluded he would test the law. So he secured a pari-
mutuel machine and set it up and the Phoenix 1915
fair. He was promptly arrested of course and has
been fighting the case ever since. Judge Stanford of
the superior court held that the operation of a pari-
mutuel machine was unlawful and ordered that
Judge McCall pay the penalty. McCall appealed his
case to the Supreme Court of Arizona and this court
has now ordered that defendant McCall be dis-
charged from custody as he has not violated the
law, but whether the decision will be satisfactory to
those who desire to use the machines to bet on
races remains to be seen. Judge Cunningham, who
wrote the decision, holds that the operation of the
pari-mutuel machine in itself is not a crime, as the
machine does not regulate to whom the bets are to
be paid; the result of the race decides that. Neither
is the man who operates the machine committing a
crime, but whether the people who play the machine
are gambling or committing a crime is not settled.
Chief Justice Ross especially concurs in Justice Cun-
ningham's decision, but Justice Franklin dissents.
In speaking of the operation of the machine, Jus-
tice Cunningham says: "Certainly holding the stake
is not playing a game. Dividing the stake and pay-
ing it out to the several winners is not playing a
game. Holding a commission for the services ren-
dered in the transaction is not playing a game.
Neither can the furnishing of the tickets be consid-
ered as playing a game. Under the evidence the
game played was the horse race. The bets were
laid on the result of that contest. If a horse race
may be considered a game and a gambling device,
as some courts have affirmed and others denied, yet
the accused is not charged with playing a game with
horses running on a prepared track as gambling
devices. The specific charge is that he conducted
a gambling game by the use of a pari mutuel ma-
chine as device.
"Clearly then the horse race, the tickets sold, the
pooled funds in the accused hands, his commis-
sions and the divisions of such funds and his giving
them out to the persons entitled, are not involved in
this charge because he is not charged with conduct-
ing a horse race game in the first place, and in the
second place, those things which he did in the prem-
ises do not amount to conducting any game what-
ever."
It will be seen by the above excerpt of the opinion
as written by Justice Cunningham, that the conduct-
ing of a pari mutuel machine is not a game and that
there is a question as to whether or not a horse race
is a game. Justice Cunningham closes his decis-
ion by ordering the cause remanded to the superior
court with instructions to dismiss and discharge
the defendant.
In specially concurring in Justice Cunningham's
decision, Chief Justice Ross says: "I concur in the
disposition of this case as directed by Justice Cun-
ningham, but feel that I should give my reasons
therefor, inasmuch as I do not approve of all that is
said by my learned associate." The chief justice
then recites his reasons for supporting the decision,
in the course of which he states as follows:
"The proprietor and owner of the machine, while
forming the nucleus of a betting crowd, does not
play the game of horse racing — it is the crowd that
plays the game — the proprietor and the machine
hold the pool and distribute it after the race to the
winners, holding a percentage for their services.
The machine in and of itself does not determine who
wins or loses, it might be used in connection with
any physical contest, whether of man or beast, as for
instance, in registering bets on foot races, or boxing
or jumping matches, or on horse racing or trotting
races. In all these cases, however, the winner is
determined not by the pari mutuel machine but by
the contestants — the men or horses. It will be seen,
therefore, that the pari mutuel machine, while used
in connection with gambling, is not a device. which
determins who Shall win or lose, and is not a device
with which a game is played — it is an instrumental-
ity employed by those gambling, but it is not a de-
vice mentioned in the statute with which a game is
played."
Justice Ross gives a description of the machine
in the following words: "A pari mutuel machine
is as innocuous in and of itself as a faro table with-
out cards, a roulette table without the ivory balls,
a stein without beer, a goblet without wine. These
are alike harmless without the complement of cards,
balls, beer and wine. So likewise is the pari mutuel
machine without the horse race or other contest of
chance."
Justice Franklin does not take the same view of
the matter- as does either of his associates. In the
course of bis lengthy dissenting decision, he says
as follows:
"It is probably not contemplated that a fair asso-
ciation whose corporate life has been granted by the
state, and which is under the control of public offi-
cers, should claim the right to authorize and rent a
place for gambling at the fair grounds. In the ab-
sence of specific legislation, this would be somewhat
novel. But, nevertheless, those persons whose tastes
and wishes can be gratified only by this species of
public gambling at race tracks must find relief in
legislative action, for no right thinking person would
like to see the odious spectacle of the courts of his
state pioneering in the path of legislation that must
be left open exclusively to another branch of the
government. Such an undertaking will inflict a
wound upon the law wrhich nothing can heal, for one
step in this respect opens the door for others which
are sure to follow'. The public policy of this state
must be announced by the law making power, not
by the courts.
.A judgment should be entered dismiss-
ing the appeal because the proceeding is sham. If
the appeal is entertained, however, this court should
oust at its root and substance, unfrock it of the
mechanical parts, ignore the deadwood, and the
shadow of the dry legal rule, and look broadly at
the stipulated facts . Our vision of the forest must
not be obscured by the tree. . . While I am con-
vinced that a judge, wrhen he wishes to air his indi-
vidual opinions of the law, ordinarily should be will-
ing to pay for the same at the current advertising
rates, and not aid unduly to stuff these 'fellows in
buckram,' nevertheless in palliation of such prolixity,
I can only say that my brothers have grievously
erred, and grievously have I gibbeted the error."
Don't Try to Sell Horses in Poor Condition.
Some persons never will learn that it pays to pad
the ribs of their horses before sending them to New
York for sale. There may be a market in some parts
of the world where the buyers want them thin and
hard and fit, but it must be a good way from the
Bowerj', for they all want them fat and sleek in that
part of the country. E. J. Tranter, who conducted
the recent sale of the Allen Farm trotters, estimated
that poor condition cost the consignors at least
$20,000 on that occasion.
Existing conditions in the market incidentally
afford a complete answer to those faddists who have
been frantically calling on the United States gov-
ernment to come to the rescue and supply the alarm-
ing shortage of army horses by breeding them under
government supervision and at government expense,
as they do in Europe. If this country can sell one
million horses for export without affecting prices in
the home market, most horsemen will continue to
believe the supply will take care of itself in any
circumstances likely to arise, if the government will
merely encourage private enterprise in breeding and
using horses in time of peace.
A new high-class quarterly publication devoted
exclusively to horses is to be issued shortly in Lon-
don. It has been named "The Horseman," and the
principal aims of this new periodical will be to
restore and increase the popularity of the horse; to
create equine interest amongst the rising genera-
tion; to preserve and improve the various breeds
with a special view to national needs; to ascertain
the trend of instructed and practical opinion, and to
bring the results before the public, and so far as
possible to the notice of the government; and to
promote generally the welfare of the horse.
«. ♦ ♦
The North Pacific Fair Association, at its closing
session, abolished the early closing entry list in all
fairs, except the one to be staged at Vancouver,
B. C. Because the Vancouver fair is the first on the
list the privilege of having an early entry list was
given it. The association went on record as favor-
ing uniform racing events. The events listed in the
resolution are trotting and pacing, 2:15, 2:20, 2:25
and free-for-all. All races, except the free-for-all. will
be under the "every heat a race" plan.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 30, 18."'
Hones and Horsemen
Several Trainers at Stockton Mile Track.
A. T. Jackson was down froni Stockton this week
and reports that once famous trotting horse centre
as far from being entirely out of the game. Mr. Jack-
son has that wonderful sire for his opportunities,
Royal McKinney, sire of Leata J. 2:03, etc., and bred
him to about 25 mares last season. He also has a
trotter he calls The Icicle by The Iceman that he
thinks will make a great race horse. He has been
a mile in 2:16% and a half in 1:04%. He is also
looking after a two-year-old trotter and a yearling
by Royal McKinney that are excellent prospects.
W. H. Williams is training a green pacer by De-
monio that has already trialed close to 2:10, that
is owned by James Peirano, of Lodi, and a bay mare
owned by Williams & Akers that has trotted miles
in 2:12, and another said to be by Del Coronado,
owned by a gentleman at Lodi.
Farmer Bunch is still in the ring and handling a
few youngsters. He has a trotter owned by Ed
Lavin and another owned by Mr. Miller, both of
which are eligible to the two-year-old stakes of 1917.
John Rowan has sis head in his stables, one a colt
by The Bondsman that will make the two-year-olds
step to beat him next summer.
Trainer Huniphreyville has moved to Stockton
from San Jose and has a trotter and a pacer that are
good gaited and very promising.
Frank Groom has his stallion Dexter Derby and
a colt by him out of a Director mare that is very
speedy.
The Stockton track is in fair order and there will
be many more horses trained there as soon as the
rainy season is over.
37,000 for Races at Vancouver.
The Vancouver, B. C, Exhibition Association held
a meeting last week and received the report of Sec-
retary H, S Ralston in regard to the harness racing
progTam for next summer's exhibition. The program
as tentatively drawn up shows a total of $7000 in
purses, which insures that the Vancouver summer
meeting will rank with any on the North Pacific
Fairs Association.
The members of the latter association have come
to a belter agreement on the handling of the various
meets on the circuit, in the way of making the classes
more uniform, slightly raising the purses, enforcing
rules as to drivers' uniforms and suspending offend-
ing drivers and owners.
Mr. W. C. Brown, chairman of the racing commit-
tee, informed the directors of the exhibition that this
concerted action will exert a beneficial influence
upon the conduct of racing meets in the North
Pacific area, and will benefit the local exhibition,
inasmuch as suspensions made at any one meeting
under the auspices of the association will be recog-
nized by every member of the body. Heretofore, half
the number of suspensions ordered locally were
ignored by the half of the units of the circuit belong-
ing to the National Trotting Association, and in
consequence the directors have in the past found it
difficult to enforce collection of the fines imposed as
penalties.
The following shows the tentative program of
racing events drawn up for next summer's meeting:
Tuesday, Aug. 21. — 2:15 pace, $1000; free-for-all
trot, early closing, 3 in 5, $800; running, half mile
dash, no entry fee, $100; local 2:15 pace, early clos-
ing, no entry free, §100.
Wednesday. Aug. 22. — 2:15 trot, early closing,
$700; three-year-old pace, early closing, $300; run-
ning, one mile dash, no entry fee, $125; local 2:20
trot, early closing, no entry fee, $100.
Thursday, Aug. 23. — 2:20 pace, $500; three-year-
old trot, early closing, $300; running half mile dash,
no entry fee, $100; local 2:25 pace, early closing, no
entry fee, $100.
Friday. Aug. 24.-2:20 trot, early closing, $500;
free-for-all pace, early closing, 3 in 5, $S00; running,
six furlongs, no entry fee, $100; local 2:30 trot, early
closing, no entry fee, $100.
Saturday, Aug. 2;.— 2:25 trot, $1000; 2:25 pace,
running, one mile, no entry fee, $100; local
race, early closing. Fields & Boyd trophy.
In local races drivers must be amateurs and horses
must st?.rt three times in British Columbia matinees
during the season.
Grand Circuit Colt Sweepstakes.
Horsemen will recall the announcement this summer
by Cleveland, Grand Rapids, Detroit and Kalamazoo
of a series of sweepstakes to be raced during the
Grand Circuit season of 1917.
Two events were announced by each of these cities,
for two and three-year-old trotters, a 55,000 purse to
be guaranteed for each division.
The initial payment was fixed at the nominal sum
of JLOO and entries finally closed August 15, 1916.
The plan under which the events were to be raced
off was as fair and equitable as it was possible to
. ve of and was so arranged as to give the colt
trotters of moderate speed a chance to win as much
money in this series of sweepstakes as the cham-
pions of their year.
If final payments were made on twenty or more
colts three races would be given, the purse divided
equally, and not more than seven starters in each
race. If a larger number entered purse and classes
were to be divided with not more than seven starters
in each. At the first meeting these divisions would
be selected by the officials of the association, but
thereafter starters would be classified in accordance
with performances.
It was confidently expected, in the light of the
great interest shown in juvenile racing at the pres-
ent, a large entry would be secured, but for some
reason or other no publication of the numbers was
made at the time, although the entry was announced
as satisfactory. Now that the time approaches for
the second payment, January 2, 1917, we learn that
over four hundred entries were received at North
Randall, truly remarkable when one considers what
a short notice was given of these events. — [The
American Sportsman.
Hemet Stock Farm Babies Break Records.
This model trotting horse breeding farm, the
youngest and at the same time the most complete
trotting horse breeding form in California, made
a good record this year. It sent out Hemet Queen,
who now holds the world's championship for yearling
pacing fillies with a record of 2:16%. made at Phoe-
nix, Arizona. November 15, 1916. Hemet Queen also
holds the world's record for yearling pacing fillies
on a half mile track, 2:22%. She was sired by the
farm's premier, Wilbur Lou (3) 2:10%, that himself
once held the world's record for a yearling trotter.
The dam of Hemet Queen is Hemet Girl by Geo. W.
McKinney 2:14%. her second Lady Woolsey was by
Woolsey, an own brother to the ex-champion Sunol
2:08%, and her third dam was by Crichton, a thor-
oughbred horse whose daughters and granddaughters
Edith Carter 2:18-4, Fastest Yearling Trotter, 1916.
were wonderful producers of speed at both trot and
pace.
Another baby from Hemet Stock Farm that
achieved distinction is Edith Carter, a yearling
daughter of Kinney de Lopez, another of the farm's
stallions that is by Kinney Lou 2:07%. Edith Carter
trotted the fastest mile trotted in 1916 by a yearling
when she circled the Phoenix track in 2:19%, and
this mile was within three-quarters of a second of the
world's record for her age and sex. Edith Carters
dam is Louise Carter, also dam of Wilbur Lou (3)
2:10%, Mamie Alwin 2:12, Louise de Lopez (2)
2:14% and Martin Carter (3) 2:29%.
A daughter of Wilbur Lou that was also bred at
Hemet Stock Farm is Zeta Lucille, that trotted a
mile in 2:19% over a half mile track as a two-year-
old during the summer of 1916, and then trotted a
mile over the Phoenix mile track in November in
2:12%, which is a new record for Pacific Coast two-
year-old trotting fillies.
Orloff Trotted Quarter in 31 Seconds.
With the return of Frank Caton to the United
States from Russia, writes W. J. Carter in The
Evening News of Richmond, Va., and his recent visit
to Virginia, when, as the guest of Charles Tanner, he
made an inspection of Curies Neck Farm, the splen-
did breeding establishment of C. K. G. Billings, at
Richmond, interest in the Orloff trotter has been
given further impetus, and Mr. Caton's comments on
the breed have been widely disseminated through
the turf journals and other sources. Noting the fact
D. Scott Quintin, now directing head of a big manu-
facturing plant at Petersburg, Va., but formerly one
of the best-known trainers and drivers in the coun-
try, became reminiscent and, reverting back to 1893,
related a most interesting experience with the Rus-
sian nobleman. Count Ishmailoff, who brought over
a stable of Orloffs from the imperial stud for exhi-
bition at the world's fair of 1893 at Chicago. From
the latter point Krakcus and five white stallions were
shipped to Quintin, who then had training quarters
at Trenton, N. J., but soon afterward went to the
kite track of Dr. J. C. McCoy at Kirkwood, Del. It
was there that Krakcus, with Quintin up, trotted a
quarter in thirty-one seconds in the presence of
Count Ismailoff, and did it in an impressive manne j
too. Soon afterward the white stallions passed i ■ J
W. E. D. Stokes, who later attained internation I
fame as the master of Patchen Wilkes Farm, hon |
of Peter the Great 2:07%, but Krakcus was shipps f
to California and wintered by Orrin Hickok, wl' 1
returned the proud Orloff to his native heath in tl II
land of the czar. Quintin relates that the caretakii I
of Krakcus was a big Russian soldier, who donne
brilliant uniforms morning, noon and evening, dail I
and seemed to fairly worship his charge while dev-< I
tion to Quintin, his newly-made American frien'l I
was attested by a kiss on each of the tatter's plum
and rosy cheeks as a parting salute. Not so, hot1
ever, with another well-known horseman of th<-
period, for the big Russian, w^ho could neither spea
or understand English, delivered a smashing bio-
in the face when a proflered tip, in the shape of
fat roll of notes, was construed as a bribe, agaim
which the foreign caretaker of Krakcus had doub
less been warned. Reviewing scenes of those day,
Quintin says that he found agents of the Russia
government prompt and liberal as paymasters, whil
through Count Ismailoff came a substantial offer t
train for the imperial stud, yet the former PhiU
delphian looked upon home ties as too strong to b
denied and remained in the land of his birth.-
[American Sportsman.
Getting Ready for 1917.
Sutherland & Chadbourne have quite a string o
horses at Pleasanton, that they are getting ready fo
the California Circuit of 1917. Among them ar
A. B. C. 2:07%, owned by S. Comisto, Ferndalt
Verna McKinney 2:09%, owned by Roy D. Mayes 0
Dixon, Bon Cres 2:10% and Baron C. McGregor2:2E
owned by J. J. Campbell of Pasadena, Don McKir
ney by Washington McKinney, dam by Daly, a prom
ising trotter owned by Dr. Sayre of Bakersfield, Jak
Logan (3), trotter by Prince McKinney, and a twt
year-old pacer by Jim Logan owned by J. G. Ange
vine of San Jose, a three-year-old trotter by Stanton
McKinney, dam Cora Wickersham, owned by H. Mor
roe, of Oil Fields, Cal., a two-year-old trotter by Th
Proof 2:09%. dam Deviletta 2:10% by Diablo 2:0914
owned by W. S. Harkey of Gridley. and a bay mar
named Gusher by imp. Kismet, owned by D. Powe
of Bakersfield. This stable of ten contains a nig]
percentage of fast ones and will be able to make
good showing when the racing season begins.
Owner of Champion Objects to Early Closing Stak<
After ten years' experience in campaigning trotter.ij
and pacers through the Grand Circuit, A. H. Cosdenl
owner of the champion two-year-old, The Real Lad;'!
2:04%, says he is through with the so-called stak*
system for aged horses.
"If a man could reasonably expect to get bacl|
what he has to pay out in entrance fees, training
bills and shipping charges after he has bought ani,i
paid for his horses, I wouldn't give it up," he said
recently to a reporter of the N. Y. Herald, "beeausi
I like the sport. But it is too one-sided to be enjoy
able . Besides, I like colt racing better, and so I anj
going in for two-year-olds and three-year-olds."
Mr. Cosden's criticism of the prevailing system ot
entering harness horses, not only in the Grand Cir
cult but on nearly all of the leading tracks, is likel}]
to call forth expressions of approval in many quarj
ters, for the country is full of owners who have hac
the same experience and reluctantly reached th€
same conclusion concerning the early closing races
which are miscalled "'stakes."
One Born Every Minute, Said Barnum.
It is a great commentary on the intelligence of oui
American people when so many of them are caught
by the wild horse swindle. A gang of rascals has
been w-orking down in the central states getting vic-;
tims to put up great sums of money for some imag-
inary wild horses represented as running around on
the plains of Arizona. It would be just as sensible
for some rogue to go out selling the vagrant clouds
that fit around in the sky. One fellow was caught
for $35,000 and the gang is now on trial at Omaha.
The government alleges that the sales of these wild
horses aggregate nearly $1,000,000 and one would
wonder if there are any more suckers left to bite at
such incredulous bait. There are certainly a lot of
people in this world who are devoid of common sense
or they would keep out of such traps.
Nutwood Wilkes Only Sick a Day.
Mr. John H. Wilson of Springfield, Ohio, who pur-
chased the California bred stallion Nutwood Wilkes
2:16% when he was sold at the dispersal of the Nut-
wood Stock Farm after the death of its founder,
Martin Carter, writes us that Nutwood Wilkes wasj
never sick a day after he reached Ohio, until the day
of his death on the 29th of last October. The cause I
of his death was acute indigestion. Nutwood Wilkes
is now the sire of 76 standard performers, and there
will be many more added to his list during the next
few years.
o
Robert Seale of Berkeley, Cal., owner of the stal-
lion Burbank that he races with the Oakland Driving
Club horses during the summer season, also breeds
this horse to a few mares every year. Mr. Seale now
owns a two and a three-year-old by Burbank that
are very promising. Messrs. Seale & Curran also
have the stallion Palo King, owned by the late Dr.
Harry Calmes of Berkeley.
aturday, December 30, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
A STORY OF ED. CORRIGAN.
facing Tax in Canada.
The tracks operating in Montreal, Canada, and
icinity, will either use pari-mutuels next season or
;o out of business, owing to a new tax law passed by
he Quebec legislature. The tax provided for the
nile courses in Montreal and neighborhood is 51000
)er day in place of a percentage as was originally
;uggested. The half mile tracks, charging not more
nan 50 cents gate admission, will be only taxed $300
ler racing day. This applies to tracks operating the
lari-mutuel system of betting.
, For associations using the bookmaking system the
j.ax will be doubled and, in addition, each bookmaker
trill have to pay a license of $100 per racing day to
receive a license to operate. The local jockey clubs
:were well represented at the Legislature when the
2ill was passed, and the majority of them have al-
ready decided to install the mutuels.
Each of the half mile track managements will be
put to an expense of about $10,000 in installing the
plants. The bill does not sa'y what percentage is to
'be taken, but it is likely that the Government will
:onfme itself to 8 per cent at the largest.
There are now seven tracks being operated in
Montreal which gives ninety-eight days' racing,' so
'that the revenue derived from them will be a hand-
'some one. The passing of the Syndicate Ring is
'looked on as a good thing for the racing generally
in the province.
Two-Year-Olds Will Race at New Orleans,
i That meeting of horsemen down at New Orleans
■this week at which it was agreed to race two-year-
iolds from the start of the meeting on New Year's
ijday, just as if there had been no adverse ruling by
the turf powers of the East, West and Canada, bears
,no particular significance because it always had been
jexpected that the winter tracks would have racing
,for the "babies" regardless of the rule.
I It is fairly safe to estimate that not many more
than 200 youngsters will come under the ban, and
;this will cut no great figure in mid-summer racing,
, at which time the two-year-old division will be most
prominent. It certainly will be interesting to watch
what develops from the ruling against the racing of
'the young thoroughbreds before the first of April.
That much good may come of it is beyond question.
; The rule provides that any two-year-old that is raced
before April 1, shall be barred from racing on any
' track under the supervision of The Jockey Club in
;the same years. After consideration of the matter,
the same ruling wTas made in Kentucky and Canada,
so that now, the only tracks left open for such as
may violate the rule will be the "bush" meetings.
The ruling only bars those violating it during their
two-year-old form, so that should any great ones de-
velop at any one of the winter meetings, it only will
be necessary to have them rest up through the re-
mainder of their juvenile period and then they can
be entered in aDy of the stakes of the following year
that are open to three-year-olds. After an early
season of racing, the rest may prove all the more
to their advantage, but that will be something for
time to show.
Good Racing at New Orleans.
Word already has been sent out that those con-
templating spending the first months of the coming
New Year at New Orleans had best send ahead for
hotel reservations. It was because of the skipping
of New Orleans after racing had been given up there
that the business men got together and made it pos-
sible for the return of the sport. Those who took
part in bringing back the racing have realized even
more than they expected, all of which made it possi-
ble to buy out H. D. (Curley) Brown, when a race-
track war was threatened there last fall, rather than
cause any conflict that might bring the sport into
bad repute. Had Brown not cut in with his proposi-
tion to reopen City Park there might have been
greater offerings of purses and stakes than now are
on the books of the New Orleans Association. As it
is, however, they have hung up stakes to a total of
$23,700, aside from the probable increases in money
added to the overnight events. The Crescent City
Handicap will have $5,000 added money for the good
horses that may be elected to go the mile and a
quarter distance. There are many other events with
added purses of $1200 up to $4000, besides cups and
other trophies contributed by the New Orleans mer-
chants.
Saratoga Held Great Meeting.
Never in the history of racing has Saratoga seen
such crowds, such horses and such fields of thorough-
breds as were seen during last August at the Spa.
It was the greatest of all meetings held in New York
and greater than any other held in the country during
the year, when it is considered that there was prac-
tically a full month of the sport on the one track.
All those of the old timers who could get there were
on hand for the first day's racing. Also there were
hundreds of newcomers to the turf, and they helped
to swell the attendance and the entries for the races.
During what has been called the "palmy days" of
Pacific Coast racing, that era between the establish-
ing of winter racing in 1893 and its suppression by
the Otis-Walker betting law of 1909, one of the most
prominent of the men who made racing a business
was Edward Corrigan, who, barred from racing at
the tracks around New York, finally came to the
Pacific Coast and soon became one of the leaders in
racing affairs. He was the horse owner's friend as
he persistently fought any lowering of the value ot
purses below $400, and it was his antagonism to the
Williams interests that resulted in the magnificent
racing plants at Ingleside and Tanforan being con-
structed. John Day had a story of Corrigan in a
recent number of a New York journal that will bear
repeating here:
No one ever was known to refer to Corrigan as
other than "Ed," except at times he was designated
as "Big Ed," and big he was in every way. But
scarcely is it necessary to refer to Corrigan in the
past tense, for he still is of the turf, and was a famil-
ilar figure about the Kentucky tracks during the
past season. Also he undoubtedly will be among
those present when the meeting is on at New Orleans
after the first of January.
Huge of frame and big of brain, Corrigan always
has been a fighter, and yet while always he won his
physical encounters, he carried his business fights
so far that seven years ago he found himself against
the wall and a bankrupt after having owned one of
the greatest racing stables in the world, various race
tracks and a great breeding establishment.
Born in Canada, Corrigan drifted across the border
in his early teens and journeyed westward to Kansas
City, although he was actively engaged much farther
West as a youngster. From rock crusher on rail-
road construction work, Corrigan became a contrac-
tor for his own account in this same line more than
fifty years ago. He was one of the contractors in
the building of the Colorado Southern in the early
eighties.
It was about that time he got his first taste of
racing — quarter-horse racing. He bought Little Ca-
sino and raced him all through the western country
at distances from a quarter up to six furlongs. At
St. Louis in 1881, he bought Pearl Jennings from the
late Maryland Jennings of Baltimore. With Pearl
Jennings he beat all comers, east and west. One
of his first races with her was at Salt Lake City
against a sprinter named Red Bird, for $5000 a side.
Corrigan won easily.
Then he came back to St. Louis and tried to get
on a match with the best in Milton Young's stable,
but though Young had some of the best on the turf
he declined the issue.
In those days Clifton Bell, a famous western sport-
ing man, owned a sprinter at Denver that had beaten
everything that had come along. Corrigan took
Pearl Jennings to Denver and got on a match for
$5,000 a side. Difficulty arose as to the selection of
a judge and stakeholder. The Denver sports realized
that the race might be a tight fit. They knew that
both Bell and Corrigan might become intractable
under such circumstances. They sidestepped. Cor-
rigan finally said:
"See here, Bell, I know you are a square man and
I know you won't give me the worst of it. You be
the judge and hold the stakes, and whatever you
say will go with me."
Pearl Pennings was an easy winner.
That race paved the way for Corrigan on the turf
as an owner of importance. In 1883 he bought from
F. B. Harper that great son of Longfellow, Freeland,
then a three-year-old. With Freeland he beat Gen-
eral Munroe, who later on won the Suburban Handi-
cap . In 1884 Corrigan came east and got on a match
for Freeland with the Dwyer Brothers' Miss Wood-
ford, which he won at a mile and a quarter at the
old Monmouth Park course. Then there was a return
match at Brighton, which Freeland won easily. In
his string that year under the supervision of John
W. Rogers, Corrigan had such great flyers as Mod-
esty, first winner of the American Derby; Lizzie
Dwyer, Ada Glen, Irish Pat, Pearl Jennings, etc.
It was along about 1887 that Corrigan became in-
terested in racetracks, taking a part in the ownership
of the Garfield Park course in Chicago. It was this
interest that started his battle with John Condon,
the Chicago gambler, which was of long duration
and which had for one of its incidents the raid on
Garfield Park, in which Jim Brown was shot to
death, after having slain two policemen who were
shooting at him.
The first and last Futurity in which Corrigan was
interested was that of 1891, which was won by
David Gideon's His Highness. Corrigan had Huron
entered in this Futurity, but it was the contention of
the Coney Island Jockey Club that Huron had been
declared out of the race. Corrigan declared that no
one ever had authority to declare the colt out ex-
cept himself and that he proposed to run. He was
allowed to start Huron, which finished second. The
placing judges ignored the Corrigan colors and
Huron was placed last, while Yorkville Belle was
given the place and Dagonet was placed third.
Corrigan was an angry man after this procedure
and entered suit against The Jockey Club. The suit
went against him and a ruling was made that his
entries would not be received on any Jockey Club
track.
Corrigan confined his racing efforts to the West
from that date and built the Hawthorne track, which,
by the way. was the last of his possessions to pass
out of his hands. Tom Carey, contractor and poli-
tician of Chicago, long a friend of Corrigan, took
over the Hawthorne course and owns it today. It
was there that the race meeting of fifteen days was
held last summer.
Corrigan turned his attention to racing in Calt
fornia and had a long fight with the late Tom Wil-
liams, principal owner of the Emeryville track. Later
he fought with the Cellas at St. Louis, and then had
a big interest in the building of the City Park track
at New Orleans, which raced in conflict with the
Fair Grounds track until adverse legislation stopped
racing altogether at the Crescent City.
With the passing of racing from New Orleans
began the passing of the Corrigan fortune. In 1908
he was known to be in financial difficulties, and in
1909 he went into bankruptcy, claiming Lexington,
Ky., as his home. His stable of good horses, which
once had numbered as many as seventy in training,
went under the hammer, as did his stock farm. Haw-
thorne was mortgaged to the last dollar, and there
had been no racing in Chicago since 1904, so the
track was a white elephant and an expensive one to
keep up. Carey gave Corrigan $2,000 for a quit-
claim deed, paid off the mortgages and took over the
ownership of the property in 1909, but he lost noth-
ing by the transaction, for the property has doubled
in value within the last ten years.
Corrigan is now far past 70 and still is to be seen
about the tracks of the West w-henever there is rac-
ing, and has made known his intention of being at
New Orleans all this Winter.
After one got around Corrigan's rough corners
they always found a man. He was a good hater with
a long memory, but of disloyalty to his friends no
man ever accused him. His kindness to horsemen
in distress was multitudinous while he was prosper-
ous. Many a feed bill has he paid for an unfortunate,
and many a stranded owner, some of whom are
racing today, has been started on a new road to
success through the kindness of Corrigan.
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Turf Prosperity in the East.
Eight months of racing is a goodly season, and
that is the one that was completed with the running
of the seventh race at Bowie Thanksgiving Day.
It is indeed a big sport that can hold interest for
so long a time, but if the climatic conditions would
permit, there would be the same interest in the sport
in December as there is in August.
Time was when Maryland did not cut a very im-
portant figure in the Eastern racing. That was when
the New York season began April 15 and continued
without interruption until November 15. With the
shortening of the season in New York, Maryland
grew in importance. The New Yorker must have his
racing and Maryland was none too far to go to enjoy
the sport.
The season that has just come to a close has been
by long odds the most profitable ever enjoyed by
any of the Maryland associations, and the immense
crowds that turned out day after day were just as
eager in their cheers for the victors on Thanksgiving
Day as they were on April Fool's day eight months
before. The crowd that thronged the Bowie track
Thanksgiving Day was by long odds the largest
gathering that had tfeen on the grounds, and it was
the last day of that long season of sport.
Bowie has at once taken the place in the circuit
that was so long adequately filled by the Washington
Jockey Club at the old Benning course. James F.
O'Hara and his associates in the Southern Maryland
Agricultural Association, were the last ones to come
into the Maryland circuit, and they had to take the
least desirable dates — those that raise the curtain in
the spring and ring it down in the fall. It is a season
when the weather is frequently uncomfortably cold
or stormy, but with all this handicap Bowie has en-
joyed an instant popularity and it has become a
most important part of the racing scheme in the
East.
Plans are already being made for the opening next
April and another effort will be made to have better
transportation facilities for the faithful. It was in
this one department, aud one over which the track
management had no control, that Bowie suffered a
real handicap all through both meetings this year.
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Macomber Horses Won $13,290 on New York Tracks.
A. K. Macomber. with one of the biggest stables
to race in the East, saw his colors finish in front
but eight times during the past season in New York.
With his winning of the Lawrence Realization and
the Locust Valley Handicap, Star Hawk was the
largest winner for the Macomber stable, making a
total of $4,120.
Boots, the imported five-year-old gelding purchased
by Mr. Macomber from Oscar Lewisohn during the
Maryland season, helped to raise the Macomber win-
nings, which totaled $13,290 for the season, by win-
ning one stake under the Macomber colors . The one
race that Boots won was the Washington Handicap
at Laurel.
Star Master, the imported two-year-old, was the
first one to win a race for his owner. Other races
won by the Macomber horses in Kentucky are not
included in these figures.
The Grand Circuit Stewards will meet at Atlanta,
Georgia, January 23rd to make arrangements for the
season of 1917.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 30, 19lf
THE CHICAGO SALE.
List of Horses Sold That Brought $200 or Over at
Auction This Month.
Chicag-o's best sale of many years closed Friday, Dec.
22nd. after five days' selling. The offerings were as a
rule <".f a desirable class and attracted buyers from all
over the United States and Canada. The feature of the
first day was the sale of the W. G. Durfee horses. The
Lark 2:08% topped the sale for that day, she bringing
51,5 and going to "Doc" Tanner as agent for the
Curies Neck Farm, Richmond, Va. Tanner also secured
My Irene S. 2:28%, the dam of Esperanza 2:0S%. The
second highest price on the first day was brought by
Great Northern 2:121s, the famous western trotting geld-
ing, who went to Frank Callahan. Tiffin, O., at $1,250.
Diumeter 2:03%, the good Grand Circuit winner of 1916,
was the high priced horse the second day and went to
R. II. Rogee, Davton, O., for §1.525. Ned McCarr secured
The Beaver 2:03-4 for SI. Odd and he joins the Pittsburgh
matinee colony.
Wednesday's offerings were mainly from the Gumaer
ranch in Colorado and the first horse offered. A. R. G.
2:1s1!. brought $1700. the top price of the sale. He w-as
bought by L. E. Brown, Denver. Colo., after spirited bid-
ding, and will be raced by Joe McGuire in 1917:
Thursday's horses were of a lower grade but the sale
was brought to a brilliant closing Friday evening when
the horses of the Densmore Stock Farm were put up.
Don Densmore 2:02%, the noted sire and race horse,
brought $1600 while the Deputy Sheriff 2:04% made
$1,425. It is reputed that the Densmore Farm bought
him back again after the sale.
Taken as a whole, the sale must be accounted a bril-
liant success from all standpoints. More horses wTere
offered than at any sale in a great many years and the
average price obtained was the highest, while more
horses sold for large prices than ever.
President Palmer L. Clark added materially to his al-
ready great repputation as a sales manager and every-
thing moved off with the promptitude and satisfaction
that always rules at Chicago. During the week many-
consignments were made to the next sale of the company
which will be held the week commencing Monday, March
26th. The sales were as follows:
My Irene S. (2) 2:2S%. ch m (12) by Petigru — Jo-
hanna Treat by Thomas Rysdyk; Curies Xeck
Farm. Richmond. Va ? 775
Rayo de Oro 2:27-4. ch g (4) by Copa de Oro — Easter
D. by Diablo: S. Thompson. Leonardsville. Kan. 700
John Warwick (2) 217. g g (5) by Carlokin — Alameda
Maid by Eros: Frank Lindsay. Falmouth, Ind. . 510
Blanche 2:06%, b m (10) by Menlow — Subito by
Steinway; Patchen Wilkes Farm, Lexington. Ky. 350
Clara Mac 2:041o. bl m (8) by Expressive Mac —
Clara by Howard SL Clair: J. Weinberg, Chicago,
Illinois 650
De Ora (3) 2:17, b h (5) by Copa de Oro — Ola B. by
McKinnev; D. D. Merrymnn. Shortsville, N. T... 410
Ethel D. (3) 2:11, b m (5) by Carlokin— Roberts Mad-
ison by James Madison; W. W. Collier, Detroit,
Michigan 300
La Gitana, b m (7) by Del Coronado — Subito by
Steinway; Nat B. Young. Mt. Sterling. Kv 220
Alfredo (2) 2:20. b h (2) by Copa de Oro— Lady H.
bv Del Coronado: E. E. Beckwith, Aurora, IL11... 450
Carl (21 2:14% bl g (4) by Carlokin— My Irene S. bv
Petigru; E. R. Little. Mt. Sterling. Kv 47n
Hermes (3) 2:13%. b c (3) bv Carlokin — Miss Queelv
by Moko: Ned McCarr. Pittsburgh, Pa 750
Chango (3) 2:12%, b g (5) by Copa de Oro — Lady
R. bv Del Coronado; John Sangert, Chicago. 111.. 400
La Cresendo (2) 2:2714. b f (2) by Cresendo— La
Gitana by Del Coronado: Dr. W. F. Gorsline,
Chicago. Iil 210
Honey Healey 2:0S14. br m (9) by Zombro — Ella J.
T. by Bob Mason: R. A. Smith. Los Angeles, Cal. 500
The Lark 2:08%. b m (5) by Carlokin — Subito by
Steinwav: Curies Xeck Farm. Richmond, Va 1,500
Rags (4) 2:09%, b g (6) by Del Coronado— Atherine
bv Patron; Geo. McCrea. Columbus, 0 425
Pavlowa B. '2:22. ch m (11) by Petigru — Subito bv
Steinwav; Nat Young. Mt. Sterling. Kv 200
Belle Rico, br f (2) by Moko — Silurian by Wilton;
A. M. Newbert, Boston. Mass 585
George Hammett 2:15%. b s (7) by Nutwood Wilkes
— School Bell by Prodigal: H. C. Smith, Manches-
ter Iowa '. 300
John N. (2) 2:27%. b g (2) by The Jurist — Ripple by
Glenbrook; H. C. Smith. Manchester, Iowa 200
Great Northern 2:12^. br g (7) by Wayland W. —
Cecile M. by Robin; Frank J. Callahan. Tiffin. O. 1.250
Bon Courage (4) 2:08*4, ch g (5) by Bon McKinnev —
Helen Keves by Sidnev Dillon; Gen. Vogel, Solon
Mills. Illinois 400
Oro Lou 2:19% ch g (4) by Kinney Lou — Neta W.
by Nutwood Wilkes: F. Callahan, Turin. 0 275
Lord Wilbur, b c (1) by Wilbur Lou — Lady Zombro
by Zombro; Haynes Dunn. Paducah. Ky 200
Ceylona Forbes, b f *(1) by J. Malcolm Forbes— Cey-
lona by General Forrest: Dr. S. E. Kent, Jackson,
Michigan 200
Illinois Todd, h e (weanling) by Kentucky Todd —
Emma Conductor by Conductor: S. S. Ferguson,
Murdocksville. Pa 295
Boreal Todd, b c (weanling) by Kentucky Todd —
Dolly Celi by Boreal ; S. S. .Ferguson. Murdocks-
ville. Pa. 200
Rick McKin.-.ey 2:16. b s (6) bv Henrv McKinney —
Minnie P. Wilkes bv Baron Wilkes; E. R. Little,
Mt. Sterling. Kv 300
Mary Knight (2) 2:2!',. b f (2) by Border Knight—
Fnnny Black by Betterton; Arlie Frost, Monroe,
Wisconsin 250
Still Herr 2:19!,. D] m (6) by Charley Herr- Stilleta
by StUlson, Jr.: J. Weinberg. Chicago, m 220
Dick Sentinel 2:06% b g (10). bv Iowa Sentinel;
Robt. Neill. Burlington. Wis 260
Lady Forbes, br f (11 by J. Malcolm Forbes — Lady
Williams by The Hobo; Arlie Frost. Monroe. Wis. 300
The Pythian Knight 2:22t;. bl g (4) by Directum
Spier — Eula A. by Red Arthur; E. D. Pendleton,
National Stock Yards. Ill 310
Peter Handspring, b c (2) by Peter the Great —
Spring Chimes by Handspring; Dr. S. E. Kent,
Jackson, Mich 210
Peter Alation. ch c (2) by Alation — Miss Petreni
by Peter the Great: P. Changelols, Iron River. Wis. 42"
Binder Bells, ch f (1) by Bingen Gal] — Miss Petreni
by Peter the Great: Wm. Marvin. Lafalette, Ind.. 450
Miss Petreni, br m (7) by Peter the Great— lone
Churchill by Walkinn Prince; Will L. Brown, Rush-
ville. Eiidi 475
Bay Dillon (3) 2:1S. b 3 :.cv Dillon— lone
Churchill by Walkill Prince: W. C. McKinley, Smith-
ville, Missouri ■ 285
Brighton B< - ' r m (6) by Echo Bell — Dolly
Patchen by Joe Patchen: 1. R. Trimble. Rochester,
Pennsylvania 460
Arthur, ch f (2) by Htdct-wood Boy — Black
Heiress by Heir-at-I. < Perry, Edinburg,
Illinois
Lucy Boyer 2:21% br m (5) by Bxalted — Brownie
420
e (9) by Great Heart— Ci
ford M:*r.- by Pilnteer; L. A. Guy, Kilroan, Sask.,
Canada 320
Lucille Forbes, bl f (1) by J. Malcolm Forbes — Aria
bv Alcantara: J. W. Rewey. Rewey, Wis 240
Elmer Dickson 2:06%. bl s (7) by Red Medium-
Miss Dickson bv Aleymont; J. C. Keefe. Moravia,
New York - 33d
Wiggins Lass 2:1s1-!. br m (S) by Wiggins — Oakland
Lass by Oakland Baron; C. H. Griswold, Brad-
ford. Illinois 210
Direct Line (4) 2:08%. br s (5) by Baron Direct —
Woodland Echo by Woodline: J. T. Clark, Middle-
3es pa 375
The Beaver 2:V'3% b s (7) by Searchlight A. — Ripple
bv Glenbrook: -Ned McCarr. Pittsburgh, Pa 1,100
Ham Patterson 2:11%. b s (S) by Alfred G. — Fannie
Alexander by Captain Cook: C. B. Brockway.
Winnipeg, Man.. Canada 300
Gipsev Burns 2:10%, b m (8) by Pilot Burns — Mmme
S. by Major Strathmore: N. E. Winslow-. Taylor-
vine, Ind ""
Diumeter 2:03% b g (7) by Dium— Esther B. by
John C-. H;; H. Rogge. Dayton Ohio 1.52D
Harvest Reaper, b s (4) by The Harvester— Erla
Coedin bv Early's First; Robt, Knapp, Ash ton,
Illinois .■ 280
Chikashia Bill 2:17%, b s (7) by Blanchard— Marti-
nee bv Addition; John Shaw. Chicago, III 2o0
Pacific Express 2:28. b g (3) by Atlantic Express—
Molise bv Mobel: D. D. Merrymon, ShortsvUlfc,
New York 2Z0
Bob Axwortb, ch g (2) by Morgan Axworthy — Miss
Greville by Greville: H. N. Cross, Brown Lee,
Sask.. Canada 210
Sahib °'1":), br s (5) by Bingen — Lady Ethelynn, by
Jackdav; Saugerties Farm. Saugerties, N. Y 210
Regeneration, ch m (6) by Peter Wood — Ina Ames
bv Athregent: Chas. Barrett. Park Hill, Ont., Can. 220
Azaraih, b c (2) by The Earl — Flightbar by Silver
Wing; Chas. Bowman. Savannah. HI 220
Doc Allerton Jr. 2130. br s (7) by Doc Allerton—
\lice Grattan bv Grattan: W. Donnelly. Chicago 330
Charter Pavne. br c (1) by Peter W.— Dorothy
Pavne bv Red Cameleon; H. A Busby. Chicago 2i0
Ruth" Pavne 2:26. b m (5) by Peter W.— Dorothy
Pavne bv Red Cameleon; H. E. Winslow, Taylors-
ville, Illinois 200
A. R. G. 2:13%. b s (5) by Gumaer Hal — Claudie
Chimes bv Chimes: L. B. Brown. Denver. Col 1,700
Baron Direct, bl s (12) by Direct — Ebbiemore by
Baronmore; A, R. Manifold. La Harpe, HI 410
Gumaer Hal. eh s (11) bv Direct Hal — Gismonda
bv Dare Demi; Frank Lindsay, H. TV. Flick.
Butler. Penn." 325
Peter E.. bl s (4) by Gumaer Hal — Claudia Chimes
bv Chimes; R. B. Reed. Pittsburgh, Pa 475
Miss Denver Direct, bl f (5) by Baron Direct —
Braden Lass bv Brown Hal; L. B. Brown. Denver 300
Sister Braden, bl f bby Baron Direct — Braden Lass
by Brown Hal; L. B. Brown. Denver, Col 325
Miss Braden Direct, bl f (1) by Baron Direct —
Braden Lass bv Brown Hal; L. B. Brown, Denver 200
Braden Lass, bl m (6) bv Brown Hal — Kate Braden
bv Bav Tom: E. R. Little. Mt Sterling. Ky 335
Direct Ree. b m (5) by Baron Direct — Episode by
Ambassador: Midway Farm. Kearney, Nebr 400
Sue Spiltcr. ch m (9) bv Peter the Great— The Prima
Donna by Betterton: E. R. Little. Mt. Sterling, Ky. 285
Whitney Direct, bl c (3) by Baron Direct — Gismonda
bv Dare Devil: Wm. Rush. Memphis. Tenn 360
Gismonda. b m (17) by Dare Devil — Beattie by Mam-
brino King: Jno. Kirk. Kirksville. Ill 500
Easter Boy 2:17%. br g (8) by Cubanola — Madean by
Dean Sage; E. J. Hanson. Savage, Minn 300
Peter Bing (2) 2:19%. b c (3) by Peter the Great —
Miss Bodena bv Bingen; Al. Koepke. Chicago, m. 335
Azie Hall (2) 2:24i„. br f (3) by Azoff — Linka Hall
h\ Walnut Hall ; Geo. Vogel. Solson Mills, 111. . . 210
Wotan 2:17% b s (13) bv Bingen — Roxana by King
Wilkes: J Weinberg. Chicago. HI 320
Gordon Russell, b c (3) bv Guy Axworthy — Gardenia
bv Ashland Wilkes; J. J. McCarthy, Chicago, m... 250
Count Marque 2:0S%. b g (6) by Sir Markue —
Countess Cecil by Gambetta Wilkes; H. E. Spratt.
St. Joseph. Mo 480
Lord Duke 2:14%. b g ,(10) by Jackdaw — Oakland
Baroness bv Oakland Baron; Pat Chantelois, Iron
River. Wis 300
Don Densmore 2:0214, b s (10) by Pactolus — Ina
Densmore by Hamdallah: Jas. Black. Lowell, Ind. 1,600
Tlv Deputy Sheriff 2:04% b g (5) by The Sheriff —
Jennie K. by Oneida: E. J. Morierity. Chicago, 111. 1.425
Mabel B.. bv Canada Lane — Jennie K by Oneida;
Carl Muneller. Rock Island, HI 300
Dr. J. P. Buckley 2:13%, b g (6) by Emmett Grat-
tun — Vvzelia bv Vyzant; J. Weinberg. Chicago. HI. 375
Lieut. Aubrev <3) 2:21%, b g (4) by Capt, Aubrey —
Anable of King Hill by Bow Bells; E. E. Schmodt,
Chicago. Ills 350
Josephine, br f (1) by Dromore — Directum Maid by
Directum Bov; Chas. Dean. Palatine. HI 200
Lloyd George, gr g (6); D. Shilling, Chicago, HI 700
Edna Leuburn 2:15. b m (3) by Ario Leyburn — Ruby
Ashland by Ashland Wilkes; W . F. Converse.
Minneapolis. Minn 275
Azuff Jr. 2:22i_. ch c (4) bv Azoff— Ethel Egotist
by Egotist: Walter Palmer. Ottawa. HI 425
Roily Canewood 2:09%, ch g (6) by Canewood Baron;
Martin Powers, Milwaukee, Wis 370
THE YEAR'S BEST RECORDS.
Kern County Fair Netted Over $3,000.
Bakersfield, Dec. 26. — The Kern County fair was a
financial success, the profit side of the ledger showing
$3184.65 cash in bank, according to the report of
T. F. Burke, secretary of the association, to the
directors . The total receipts were $20,580.10, of
which nearly $12,000 was paid admissions. Floor
space exhibitors contributed $2817 and the board of
supervisors gave a donation of $2000.
The list of expenditures included $2386, or 20 per
cent of the gross admissions to the fair association;
$1208 as premiums; $3002 for races for horses; $2172
for motor races; lumber, $2772; rent of tents for
pavilions, $1011; free entertainment, $966; salaries,
$1233; advertising, $690, and general and miscellan-
eous expenses $1873.
One of the sources of revenue was the premium
book, the advertisements therein netting $1011, and
receipts from the Trail concessions and privileges of
selling on the grounds brought in $1161.
It is planned to hold a still better fair in 1917. for
which many improvements are to be made and the
half mile track will be given a coat of clay.
>:04%
2:06
Following are the best records made during tht
year 1916 by trotters and pacers of the differen
ages:
TROTTERS.
One-Year-Old.
Filly — Edith Carter, by Kinney de Lopez 2:23,
dam Louise Carter 2:24, by Chestnut Tom
2:17% 2:18>4
Colt — Dr. Elmore, by J. Malcolm Forbes 2:08,
dam Mendosa Worthy 2:17%, by Axworthy
2:15% 2:24}$
Two Years Old.
Colt — Buck Watts, by Gen. Watts -2:06%,
dam Miss Belle Chimes, by Liberty Chimes
2:22% 2:09%
Filly— The Real Lady, by Moko 24458, dam
Fruity Worthy 2:25%, by Axworthy 2:15% 2:"4is
Three Years Old.
Colt — Harrods Creek, by Gen. Watts 2:06%,
dam Axalea 2:24%, by Chimes 5348 2:06%
Filly — Volga, by Peter the Great 2:07%, dam
Xervolo Belle, by Nervolo, p. 2:04%
Four Years Old.
Colt — The Exposer, by The Exponent 2:11%,
dam Emma Conductor 2:21%, by Conduc-
tor 2:14%
Filly — Mar?' Putney, by San Francisco 2:07%,
dam Mendolita, by Mendocino 2:19% 2:04%
Aged.
Stallion — Lee Axworthy, by Guy Axworthy
2:08%, dam Gaiety Lee 2:16%, bv Bingen
2-06% 1:5854
Mare — Mabel Trask. by Peter the Great
2:07%. dam Miss Nutonia, by Nutwood
2:18%, and Lucile Spier, by Directum
Spier 2:11%, dam Lucile 2:07, by Brum-
mell 9679 2:03%
Gelding— M. L. J., by Red Will 32948, dam
Narcissa 2:28. bv Marquette 9941 2:0514
PACERS.
One-Year-Old.
Filly — Hemet Queen, by Wilbur Lou 2:10%,
dam Hemet Girl, by Geo. W. McKinney
2:14% 2:16%
Two Years Old.
Colt — Poorman. by The Northern Man 2:06%,
dam Mary Lloyd, by Vice Commodore 2:11 2:07%
Three Years Old.
Colt— Peter Look, by Peter the Great 2:07%,
dam Pilatka 2:14%, by Bingen 2:06% 2:03
Filly — Sis Bingen, by Bingen 2:06%, dam
Sis Directum, by Directum 2:05% 2:06%
Four Years Old.
Colt— Gen. Todd, by Geo. L. Todd 2:07%,
dam Miss Chorister, by Oratorio 2:13 2:04
Filly — Miss Harris M., by Peter the Great
2:07%, dam Mary Allen Stout, by Ondale
2:23% 2:01%
Gelding — Young Todd, by Director Todd
2:07%, dam Woodford Belle, by Ondale
2:23% 2:02%,
Aged.
Stallion — Napoleon Direct, by Walter Direct
2:05%. dam Lady Erectess, by Tom Ken-
die; Directum I., by Directum Kelly 2:08%,
dani Izetta R. 2:13%, by Pactolus 2:12%.. 1:59%
Mare — Miss Harris M., by Peter the Great
2:07%, dam Mary Allen Stout, by Ondale
2:23%
2:01!
CHAMPION TROTTING RECORDS AT ALL AGES.
Howard Perry, who is wintering Graustark 2:12%
at Shreveport, Louisiana, says the son of Aerolite
2:06 is sound and all right every way and will be
ready to make a better campaign in 1917 than he did
in 1916, as lie is now a seasoned horse and has
learned the racing game well.
1 vr. Airdale. b c. by Tregantle 2:09% 1912 — *2:15%
2 yrs. The Real Lady, bl, by Moko 24457. .1916— 2:04%
3 vrs. Peter Volo, br c, bv Peter the Great,
(4) 2:07% 1914—2:03%
4 vrs. Peter Volo. br c. bv Peter the Great,
(4) 2:07% 1915—2:02 1
5 yrs. Lee Axworthy, ch, bv Guy Axworthy
(4) 2:0S% 1916— '1:58%
6 vrs. Uhlan, bl g. bv Bingen 2:06% 1910— '1:58%
7 yrs. Uhlan, bl g. by Bingen 2:06% 1911— «1:59%
8 vrs. Uhlan, bl g. by Bingen 2:06% 1912— «1:58
9 yrs. Uhlan, bl g. by Bingen 2:06% 1913— '1:59%
10 vrs. Sweet Marie, b m by McKinney
2:llii 1906— '2:02
11 yrs. Sonoma Girl, br m. by Lynwood Ys .
2:2m;, 1910—2:04%
12 yrs. Wentw-orth. bl g. by Superior 3780. ..1905 — 2:04%
13 yrs. Wentworth. bl g. by Superior 3780... 1906 — 2:061*
14 yrs- Country Jay, ch g, by Jay Hawker
2:14s, 1910—2:058
15 yrs. Country Jay. ch g, by Jay Hawker
2:14% 1911— '2:09?i
16 vrs. Van Zandt. b m. bv Chime Bell 5380.1906 — 2:09
17 yrs. Goldsmith Maid, b m. by Abdallah 15.1874 — '2:14
18 yrs. Goldsmith Maid, b m. by Abdallah 15.1875 — »2:14%
19 yrs. Goldsmith Maid, b m. by Abdallah 15.1875— «2:14
20 yrs. Goldsmith Maid, b m. by Abdallah 15.1877— 2:14^i
•Against time
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The great war, with its vastly increased use of
artillery, has presented some new problems in the
supply of horses suitable for military purposes. This
is strikingly reflected in the fact that the Entente
Allies were taking cavalry horses and artillery horses
in equal numbers when the war began, while they
now buy four artillery horses to one cavalry horse.
And besides the horses bought for artillery service
they are now buying thousands of big mules for the
transport wagons and the guns, about 100,000 mules
having been shipped abroad this year. British mili-
tary authorities, awake to the changed conditions,
are giving more attention to the future supply of
gunners than to cavalry mounts, and to this end
have lately purchased some middle weight Per-
cheron stallions and mares in France as being the
best type obtainable to breed for artillery service.
Saturday, December 30, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
STALLION FIGHTING IN ICELAND.
Graphic Account of a Sport that Flourished in the
Fourteenth Century.
Life is an unceasing struggle of the individual
against the mass. It is a lite and death strife which
results ever in the survival of the fittest. In the
whole realm of nature fortune favors the bold and
Ihe intelligent.
[ In a square, open contest for supremacy between
adversaries comparatively equal there is always
some fascination. In the sport and play world com-
petition has always been the feature of greatest
(interest. Human nature is such as to thrill at fight,
to. cheer struggle and to hail victory. This is the
fact, irrespective of the motive underlying the strug-
gle, be it the brutal and barbarous beast element, or
ithe enraptured spirit of innocent play. Whatever
the phenomenon may be, it is an instructive expres-
sion of evolution.
I All this at first glance may seem a commonplace
jgenerality. but the remarks lead directly up to the
'thought of ancient pastimes in which fights of one
kind or another often played the most prominent
part, and for that matter, they do to this day among
■ many peoples. With this fact in view, let us con-
sider specially the practice prevailing among certain
Teutonic nations of matching horses in fights for
'the purpose of trying out the merits of the animals
and to serve as popular entertainments. This sport
reached perhaps its highest development in the Ice-
landic Republic where horse-breeding and stallion-
fighting had a direct relationship. When Iceland
fjwas settled by the Norsemen and the Celts in the
years from 874 to 930 the colonists imported to the
islands the domestic animals of their respective
countries. Horses were of course indispensable to
the colonization, both as mounts and as beasts of
burden. The settlers, accustomed to an adventurous
life and travel, and to diverse occupations, took a
keen interest in horse husbandry and snowed a
. warm appreciation of equestrian sports. Hence the
horse industry entered upon a course of rational
progress as the standard of breeding from the best
;was established and maintained.
The horse fight, or hestaat, as it was called, cer-
tainly was a thrilling pastime of a people which
appreciated valor and paid homage to the competi-
tive game of life.
Imagine a fair autumn day in far-off Iceland. On
a wide and level river bank, adjacent to the valley's
slopes, lies an open-air amphitheatre set in complete
order for the event. The people gather in groups to
attend the meet. Nearly the whole community turns
out for the occasion. Dressed in picturesque and
gaily colored robes, the people come along the trails
and highways leading to the center of the day's in-
terest. The silver bells and diadems of the maidens
gleam in the sunshine, and behind each chief are
soldiers wearing shining Helmets and armed with
gleaming swords. It is a chivalrous society, jealous
of honor, elevated of ambitions and appreciative of
culture and action.
Arriving at the fields the spectators are seated on
the stage overlooking the arena by the river. Every
mind is tense and obviously the suspense is gTeat;
on the outcome of the contest personal interests are
also concerned.
Now the game is about to begin. Two small groups
of horses are driven forth. Each group is headed
by an imperious steed. Evidently the stallion is
considered worth as much as all the rest of his fel-
low.s In the beautiful animal one may note a fine
uniformity of color and conformation. Line-breeding
and good management account for these facts. We
shall soon observe the merits of the animal — his vig-
orous constitution and symmetrical conformation.
These, combined with an indomitable spirit, are the
primary requisites of the performance.
The stallions are matched against each other and
the combat begins. Two men stay close by and
direct the fight with wooden sticks. But such stimu-
lus becomes quite unnecessary as the battle increases
in fury. Rising on their haunches the horses attack
each other, using hoofs and teeth to the fullest ad-
vantage. Every muscle in their bodies is at high
tension, every nerve is on the alert, while the eyes
glow like blazing coals. Like lightning both descend
from their erect positions. The strategic trick is
to tear open the other's abdomen or to bite him
lame. There is agile and powerful exchange of
blows and biting and the battle rises to a climax
as the enraged steeds test their sagacity and cour-
age. Finally when one or the other yields — "con-
summation est." The end of the duel may be fatal
to one of the combatants^ but whatever the outcome
the struggle for supremacy has furnished sufficient
evidence of the merits of each horse. Their respec-
tive owners value them accordingly.
In the first place, the reputation of possessing a
horse of exceptional merit carries with it a certain
prestige. Second, a stallion that has met success-
fully the test for vigor, endurance and prepotency
has a large financial value. Both factors are duly
appreciated and no effort is spared in obtaining a
high standard in horse husbandry, which is consid-
ered the most fascinating branch of animal industry.
The favorite steed is given special care; the ani-
mals are kept by themselves on the range where
they graze on the luxuriant herbage, but when
winter is severe they are housed, exercised and fed
liberal rations of hay and grain. The management
consists of simple methods, for nature's way is after
all the most rational one. Health and fecundity of
the breeding stock are admirably maintained, while
the real worth of the animal is tested by actual per-
formance.
Such was the status of Icelandic horse husbandry
in the republican days. The nation as a whole took
deep interest in equestrian sports, as was evidenced
by the great care taken in developing good strains
of horses and the fact that horsemanship was a
common attainment. The stallion fight was a pecu-
liar feature of the horse industry. In the humane
light of modern times it may appear as a brutal
and barbarous practice; but let it be observed that
each age has its characteristics and it must be
admitted that from a thremmatological point of view
the practice had an important bearing upon horse-
breeding in general and stimulated all rural indus-
tries. Gradually the horse fight lost its popularity
and became an abandoned pastime until finally, in
the 14th century, it was totally omitted from public
entertainments. But still the effects on the horse of
the fighting test and rigid selection for propagation
may be seen in the physiological charactersitics of
the breed. Such morphological characters as could
partly be attributed to the selection referred to are
a large head, firm bones, excellent muscular system
and great stamina. — [P. A. Ingrason in Breeder's
Gazette.
NOTABLE FEATURES OF THE YEAR 1916.
In point of fast average speed, season records,
championship performances, number of 2:10 trotters
and pacers, and total number of separate meetings,
harness racing in this country during the season of
1916 was one of the most notable in history.
In the matter of fields of starters there was a
records for age and sex with world's championship
marks up to the close of 1915 will show that some
wonderful marks were made last season, the most
notable being that of Lee Axworthy 1:58%, the first
trotting stallion in the world to trot a mile faster
than 2:00, or rather 2:01, the latter being the fastest
up . to this year.
The mile of The Real Lady, a two-year-old filly, in
2:04% in a race, wiped off the best record for age
and all sexes, the former best being 2:04% by Peter
Volo, while the marks for fillies and geldings were
respectively 2:07% and 2 ill1 i. Buck Watts was the
year's champion two-year-old colt in 2:09%, a record
for age and sex that was beaten only three times on
the harness turf.
Harrods Creek, a three-year-old colt, trotted a mile
in 2:06%. a record for colts that was beaten only
twice by Peter Volo and Colorado E. and was equal
to third best former world's mark, while the mile of
Volga 2:04%, a three-year-old filly, lowered the
world's mark for age and sex, 2:05%, held by Mary
Putney.
The Exposer was the year's fastest four-year-old
colt in 2:06, a mark for age and sex which Directum
held in 2:05% for twenty-four years until Etawah
lowered it to 2:03% and Peter Volo to 2:02 in 1915,
so that the mile by the season's champion was a
meritorious one compared with past performances.
Mary Putney, the year's champion four-year-old filly
in 2:04%, now divides honors with Joan, the holder
of that record since 1910.
SI". Frisco was the season's champion stallion in a
race — 2:03%, a mark beaten previously by The Har-
vester and Peter Volo, both in 2:02, in a race. The
fastest mare of 1916 was Mabel Trask 2:03%, against
Margaret Druiens 2:04% last year. Two two-year-
olds, The Real Lady 2:04% and Harvest Gale 2:07%,
beat and equaled last season's best record for a
LEE AXWORTHY
HOUGHTON SULKY
noticeable decrease on mile tracks everywhere, in-
cluding the Grand Circuit, with an apparent tendency
on the part of owners and drivers to shift to half
mile tracks, where an unusually large number of
$1000 and $2000 stakes and $500 purses were offered
to campaigning stables, besides the four seconds of
time allowances when racing material was shifted
from mile tracks to two-lappers.
The time allowance rules by parent associations
and circuit organizations proved rather a drawback
to the Grand Circuit, as a great majority of former
horses that were expected to return to the big line
with better chances to win, either drifted to half
mile tracks, or proved unavailing to compete with
the regulars, so that the liberal rules, expected to
increase the field of starters, did not take place,
while those that came under this grant were prac-
tically failures.
Due to the three-heat plan, every heat a race and
three separate divisions of every purse and stake,
it helped make money distribution wider among a
larger number of starters than was recorded in the
previous season, while the best specialties in the
trotting division were not prevented from winning
all they could. Under the changes the season closed
with a larger number of money winners in small or
large amounts in proportion to the number of start-
ers than had been the case in any past year.
Speed and plenty of it was on tap from start to
finish of the season, due to the rule under which
winrace marks alone affected the eligibility of horses
for future racing, with the result that the season
closed with an unprecedented fast time for year's
records, in a wonderful list of fast horses and also
some notable changes in the table of world's cham-
pionship trotting and pacing marks, most of which
are already familiar to interested horsemen.
A brief comparison of 1916 season's best trotting
green performer, namely Volga 2:07%.
The latest and most authentic reports indicate that
no less than eighty-seven trotters are entered in the
new 2:10 list of 1916. This is an even dozen more
than the former mark for one season, namely in 1915,
when a total of seventy-five entered the fast list at
the end of the racing season, consequently a new
record of its kind for the harness turf.
Twenty-six trotters that formerly had records of
2:10 or faster, reduced their marks during the racing
season, or just one more than the year before, and
peculiarly enough all but four gained faster records
in actual race — Lee Axworthy, Lucille Spier, Peter
Scott and The Exposer — a smaller percentage of the
total than has been recorded in any former season,
and shows that the faster contingent was well rep-
resented in the season's contest.
That Lhe younger element was well represented in
the fast trotting list is shown by the fact that of the
eighty-seven new performers forty-six were 2, 3, 4
and 5-year-olds, as follows: Seven two-year-olds, the
same number of three-year-olds, fifteen four-year-olds
and eighteen five-year-olds, while in the reduced list
two were each three and four-year-olds and ten five-
year-olds.
Judged by the steady additions that were made to
the new 2:10 trotting list it is useless to even make
a guess at the number of new 2:10 pacers of the
season until the official Year Book is published, ex-
cept that all available returns on hand show that the
fast pacing list will contain the names of 102 new
performers. The correct list of reduced record pac-
ers is merely a guess work.
It looks very much as if the East will be as strong
with Grand Circuit meetings in 1917 as the West.
Among the tracks that will join in are Readville and
Brooklyn, two that have not been represented for
several years.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 30, 1916
CHANGES IN WASHINGTON LAWS.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
M. Fisher is Elected President of State Game
Wardens at Meeting.
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
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Do Ducks Go to China? — Seward, Alaska. — Game
wardens along Cook Inlet again have raised the ques-
tion whether the ducks, which summer in Alaska,
pass the winter in China and the Philippines. This
question was first raised when the ducks with rice
in their craws were killed on Seward Peninsula.
This winter the ducks summering on Cook Inlet
had not migrated south on November 1, although
zero weather already prevailed. Early in October
reports were received that ducks were migrating
from Canadian lakes, and from California came word
that ducks were arriving in the Sacramento valley
a month ahead of time. It was then evident that
the migration of Alaskan birds had nothing to do
with the arrivals on the southern coast.
Anchorage hunters, hearing that ducks in large
numbers were still to be found on the flats, braved
the cold late in October to bag them. Several hunt-
ing parties nearly came to grief. One party of seven
left Anchorage late in October for a day's hunting
at Fire Island and returned nearly dead from cold
and hunger 10 days later. Most of this time was
spent in an open dory bucking the ice. It was too
cold for the duck hunters then, but not for the ducks.
On November 9 came a break in the weather and
a sharp rise in the temperature.
With the warm spell and rain, the ducks decided
it was time to move and the fast gasoline boats
coming down the inlet noted the first of the migra-
tion. These ducks were flying, not southeast toward
the coast states, but down Shelikoof Strait to the
southwest. This way leads to Asia, by way of the
Aleutian Islands and Japanese archipelago.
More Wardens Wanted.— Although $33,500 in fines
was collected by the State Fish and Game Commis-
sion through arrests made by its game wardens dur-
ing the past biennial periods, the Commissioners are
working for more deputies, and if sufficient funds
are available more wardens will be added.
At present there are sixty-eight wardens in the
employ of the Commission, but owing to the large
size of the State, each warden must patrol a big area,
in some instances as large as the State of Vermont.
In his biennial report, President Newbert of the
Commission declares that in spite of these handicaps
practically all offenders have been arrested and over
83 per cent of the cases resulted in convictions, a
higher percentage than is obtained in any other class
of cases of like degree.
Seattle Association. — The program on Sunday,
Dec. 17th. turned out to be one of the most inter-
esting held on the Association's grounds this season.
Using the yardage handicap the "birds" were more
evenly distributed than by any other method. With
but possibly one exception the turkeys went to the
shooter with the medium score.
L. H. Reid, professional, stood at the head of the
list for high score and by shooting out an additional
fifty targets made a total of ninety-nine out of the
hundred. Visiting shooters with the club were
Messrs. A. Riehl of Tacoma. Wash., and C. E. Owens
of Wenatchee, Wash.
Those shooters who were lucky in drawing down
prizes were: J. H. Hopkins, Matt Grossman, Ralph
Kinzer, C. E. McKelvey, W. B. Taft. A. Riehl, Hugh
Fleming, Harry Williams, Fred Landwehr, George
Scripture, R. S. Searle, Hi Follerich, D. F. Williams,
H. P. Warner, C. R. McConnell, Dr. Hill, Dr. Kidd.
Considerable interest has been created by the
announcement of a trap shooting league in this vi-
cinity, an organization of which is to take place in
the near future, to be known as the North West
Trapshooter's League and will number all of the
active gun clube of Western Washington. The scores :
At 16 yds. handicap— L. H. Reid 49, C. E. McKel-
vey 47, Hugh Fleming 47, J. H. Hopkins 44, R. S.
Searle 44, Matt Grossman 43, Harry Williams 43, Hi
Follerich 43, L. S. Barnes 43, Geo. Scripture 42, A.
Riehl 42, C. E. Owens 40. Ralph Kinzer 34. At 16
yards— Joe Bacher 42, Fred Landwehr 40, D. F.
Williams 40. H. B. Warner 39. W. B. Taft 38, C. W.
Bandy 36, C. R, McConnell 36. Dr. Kidd 33, Dr. Hill
27. Van M. YVoodanian 22.
Yours,
Seattle, Wash. E. A. FRY.
Quick Growth of A. A. T. A.— The rapid increase
in the number of clubs affiliated with the American
Amateur Trapshooters' Association gives some idea
of the increasing popularity of medal shooting. There
are now 1282 clubs affiliated with the national or-
ganizations. Distance or nationality is no barrier
to the growlh of the A. A. T. A. for the latest census
of affiliated clubs shows that there are 55 in Canada,
two in Alaska and one in Hawaii.
The wide distribution of clubs belonging to the
A. A. T. A. is shown by the following:
Pennsylvania 169. New York 114. New Jersey 54
Wisconsin 51, Minnesota 36, Kansas 31, Massachu-
setts 29, California 25, Montana 23, Oklahoma 16
Delaware 14, Colorado 13, North Carolina 12 Ohio
11, New Hampshire 10, Idaho 9, Mississippi 8, Maine
7, Louisiana 6, Georgia 5, Utah 5, Rhode Island 4,
South Carolina 2, Wyoming 1, Dist. of Columbia 1,
Canana 55, Illinois 126, Iowa 93, Indiana 52, Michi-
gan 46, Missouri 35, Maryland 29, Nebraska 27, Con-
necticut 23, Kentucky 21, Virginia 16, Washington
14, Oregon 13, West Virginia 12, Arkansas 10, Ver-
mont 10, Alabama 8, Florida 7, North Dakota 7, Ari-
zona 5, Tennessee 5, Nevada 4, New Mexico 1, Alaska
2, Hawaii 1.
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IT'S A HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR HUNTERS.
Deer and Ducks Winging This Past Season Best in
Years; Quail Go Out on Last Day.
In the twenty-fourth biennial report of the Board
of Fish and Game Commissioners to the Governor,
accounting for its stewardship of the license moneys
contributed toward conservation by hunters and fish-
ermen of California, fresh from the State presses,
appears a wealth of information of great interest to
sportsmen. For example, the value of the public
resource in fish and game is suggested by the con-
servatively reached estimate that the known 165,000
hunting and 85,000 angling lecensees of 1915 expended
not less than $20,000,000 in the pursuit of fish and
game.
The legal department points with some pride to
the fact that the Fish and Game Commission not only
made more arrests in the last two fiscal years than
in any other like biennial period; but that of the 882
fish and 1205 game cases brought, no less than 1742
resulted in convictions, a percentage of 83.6, far
ahead of that obtained in any other class of cases
of like degree. The fines from these convictions ag-
gregated $33,415 and 3103% days of jail was added.
The cases were divided roughly into, deer 227, trout
100, song-bird cases reached the astonishing total of
115, while deputies made 512 searches of markets,
restaurants, conveyances, for suspected illegal fish
and game.
Add to these pleasing reports, the good sport ex-
perienced so far during the season and you can ap-
preciate that California hunters are naturally going
to celebrate a Happy New Year. The scatter gun
fraternity up and down the Coast have had nothing
but the most successful outings in quest of ducks,
geese and deer.
Hunting has really been the very best. The severe
winter of 1915-16 played havoc in exterminating deer
in the mountainous country and it was expected that
game would be scarce. On the contrary, however, an
estimate places the number killed as more than in
the previous year. The best part is that many does
are still left to replenish the herds for the coming
year.
AL DURNEY IN ALL HIS GLORY
Popular Alameda Hunter Had Some Good Sport This
Year at the Mud Hen Club at Alvarado.
The rather dry spring, migratory law and the fact
that hunting stops on the last day of January to
give the birds a chance to nest are held responsible
for the number of ducks and geese that have been
in evidence.
The quail season has not been so prosperous, so
far as limit bags are concerned, but birds have been
reported as very numerous. The trouble has been
in the dryness of the grounds, which makes it diffi-
cult for the hunters to locate their game. The sea-
son -goes out on the last day of the year and it is
pleasing that birds have been left to provide sport
in 1917.
Tacoma, Wash. — H. M. Fisher, of Port Angeles,
was elected president of the State Association of
Game Wardens and Commissioners at the concluding
session of the annual convention. Many revisions in
the game laws were suggested and a committee was <
named to go to Olympia and urge the importance
of the changes on the legislature. North Yakima will
be the next meeting place of the association and the
date for the convention was set for February, 1918.
CLOSE-UP VIEW OF CANADIAN GEESE
You Find These Beauties Around California Fields
and Many Local Hunters Have Bagged Them.
Other officers elected were: First vice-president,
A. H. B. Jordan, Everett; second vice-president,
George J. Hurley, Okanogan county; third vice-
president, James Henderson, Yakima county; secre-
tary-treasurer, James Zizzard. Spokane, re-elected;
members of legislative committee, A. G. Gray, Spo-
kane county; George J. Hurley, Okanogan county;
R: B. Wales, Spokane county; L. J. Essex, Grays
Harbor county; Ira D .Light, Pierce county; H. M.
Fisher, Clallam county, and I. H. Hill, Yakima county.
Fully 100 delegates attended the business sessions
and the major share of them remained over for the
annual game dinner held by the Pierce County Game
and Game Fish Protective Association. The visitors
declared that the Tacoma meeting was the largest
in point of attendance ever held and was one of the
most successful from results accomplished. All but
seven of the 39 counties of the state were repre-
sented.
Many phases of the game laws were taken up in
the recommendations sifted out by the legislative
committee, which considered all the amendments
desired by delegates from every county. The work
of L. H. Darwin, state game warden, and his chief
deputy for eastern Washington, R. B. Wales of Spo-
kane, was commended, as were Gov. Lister's vetoes
two years ago to certain sections of the game laws.
The following are the recommendations made by
the association:
That a bill be drafted appropriating money to be
paid for bounties on the now existing predatory ani-
mals and to include foxes.
That black and brown bear be protected from May
until September, inclusive.
That the killing of two-horned deer and that the
killing of spotted fawns or does be made a gross
misdemeanor at any season of the year.
That any dog hunting deer in the woods that the
owner be made responsible for his acts.
A state game farm in or near the vicinity of Walla
Walla, where convict labor may be used and asking
that $25,000 be appropriated for that purpose out
of the now existing game fund.
An amendment to the powers of the game com-
mission giving it gthe right to use money to maintain
this association.
A closed season on mountain goat.
Fixing bag limit to have in possession of upland
birds to 15.
A law licensing trappers and laws for the protec-
tion of fur-bearing animals.
Amending the game laws so that any violator of
game laws forfeit his license for that year.
Ask for appropriation out of game fund to pay
deputy game wardens in certain sections.
Ask legislature to set aside Ringold island, Brown's
island and others in the Columbia river as refuges
for migratory birds.
A law to compel screening of irrigating ditches
and prohibiting killing of deer one hour before sun-
set and one hour after sunrise.
Giving game commissions right to open and close
season on upland birds in each county at their own
discretion.
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Clarence Nauman is going in for the 20-gauge gun.
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W. W. (Bill) Richards claims the hunting season
on Suisun marshes is the best in ten years.
Saturday, December 30, 1916.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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To start off the New Year we wish: —
Frederick K. Burnham a pleasant trip to Australia
in quest of big game and fish.
Toney Prior more power in busting the blue rocks.
Clarence A. Haight his smile and host of friends.
Heine Pfirrmann a dozen more 100 straight runs.
Frank Ruhstaller continued good sport with his
gun and dogs and horses.
Dr. McGettigan good form with his twenty-gauge.
Billy Price more time to get out and bag some
ducks.
Portland Gun Club the old spirit of boost and en-
tertaining visitors.
John W. Considine a welcome back at the traps
with his gun.
Len Hawxhurst the same old eye and nerve of
1916.
Dick Reed another high average and successful
year.
Miss Meyers and more ladies in the game.
W. A. Joslyn a welcome into our ranks.
California Anglers' Association more pleasant ex-
cursions.
J. S. French another good setter like Dixie Chase.
Vernon Club the same big tournaments.
Phil Bekeart good healthy recreation out in the
fields.
Seattle Association still another banner season.
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By all precedent the duck shooting season should
just now be productive of many good hunting stories,
but the good weather we have had around Vancouver
for the past two months has rather put a damper on
the claims o fenthusiastic shooters, who have in the
past returned to the city boasting of overflowing
bags. There is no complaint of a shortage of ducks,
at least among the regular hunters, but it is only on
odd days just now that they come within reach of
the 12-bores. For two months past anyone could
walk down to the seaward shore of Sea Island and
see away off from shore apparently thousands of fat
waterfowl basking in the sunlight on the calm water.
— [G. W. T., Vancouver, B. C.
• • a
Gamekeeper Clapp, who looks after the welfare of
birds in Golden Gate Park, has found that many of
the canvasback ducks which have taken up winter
quarters on Spreckels and Stow lakes are dying.
Harold Bryant, expert of the Fish and Game Com-
mission, investigated one o£ the dead birds. He
could find no trace of disease, but reported that the
birds are extremely thin.
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Deny Disease Among Quail. — Placerville (El Do-
rado Co.). — Hunters who for years had never re-
turned on a Sunday evening with a good bag are
now coming in without quail. The hunters say the
birds have been afflicted with disease, but Game
Warden Euell Gray says this is not so. Both are
equally positive in their statements and the hunters
have an unprecedented scarcity of quail in this sec-
tion to hack up their statements.
Deputy Gray don't know just what is causing the
scarcity. He admits that hunters who never failed
before are failing steadily this year; but says that
the great numbers of nimrods who have invaded the
favorite haunts of the quail in the Shingle Springs
vicinity have scared the birds to cover. He says the
cold weather would not drive the birds away.
At any rate, in all sections of El Dorado county,
the quail hunting is reported very poor.
Deputy Commissioner George Neale of Sacra-
mento, although he has not yet received definite
reports from Game Warden Gray, states it is un-
likely that there is disease among the quail because
WILD DUCKS SURROUNDED BY HOME LIFE
Mrs. Theo Kytka, wife of the handwriting expert, is shown feeding domesticated wild ducks in the back
yard of her home at 2682 Union Street, San Fra ncisco. Notice the interest of the pointer dog.
they are the one species of birds in the State which
has always been in healthy condition.
"The reason they are scarce," says Neale, "is
probably because they have moved 50 or 60 miles
away in search of food. Although not migratory,
quail will move short distances when food becomes
scarce in one locality. The present cold weather may
have added to their discomfort in El Dorado county,
although as a rule the cold does not affect quail."
OB
Rabbit Hunt For Poor. — Salt Lake sportsmen who
were members of the excursion party to Cedar valley
December 17th, had their fill of rabbit shooting. Not
the most picayune could say that the trip was not
the most successful of its kind held by the local
lodge of the Woodmen of the World, and as a result
E. B. Heagren has more than 5000 bunnies to dis-
tribute to the Salt Lake poor.
The excursionists — ninety-four strong — left the
Union depot at 7:15 in the morning over the Salt
Lake Route. Everything was provided for their com-
fort on the train, from the big, healthy sandwiches
and coffee to the best brand of "two-fora-quarters."
Wagons met the huntsmen at their destination and
conveyed them to the hunting grounds, which were
literally overrun with rabbits. The snows and cold
weather had driven the rabbits from the foothills
and they had congregated in such swarms that the
huntsmen could almost pick them off with their eyes
shut.
E. B. Heagren, his brother, H. W. Heagren, and
Joe Reese proved themselves the best shots and won
the oyster dinner offered for the team which should
return the largest shoot. These three killed between
1000 and 1200 rabbits, practically one-fifth of the
entire number killed. Their shoot alone filled three
wagons.
HAPPY MOTHER AND TWO BABES
This Doe is on a Ranch at Geyserville, Cal., and is
Raising Her Family Unmolested.
Casting Plans Popular. — W. F. Backus, one of the
most prominent fly and bait casters in the state and
a nofficial of the Multnomah Anglers' Club, has re-
ceived a communication from Paul W. Shattuck, of
San Francisco, an enthusiastic caster and angler. It
is the purpose of Shattuck and his associates to form
an organization of Pacific Coast fly-casting clubs,
which will include members at all important points
up and down the Coast.
Backus is enthusiastic over the proposal, and has
already sent word that he will do all in his power
to help along any such organization. The plan is
to hold tournaments between clubs at Los Angeles,
San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and pos-
sibly San Diego.
Clubs in these cities are too far from the East to
enter the general competition with the Eastern
clubs, o rto enter the national tournament, held each
year, but with such an organization held on the Coast
this, in addition to the Northwestern tournament,
which was held in Portland last year, will tend to
make more competition and bring Coast anglers
closer together. — [Portland, Ore.
as
Trap Shooters Are Hardy. — Trapshooting is the
only outdoor sport that knows no season and is fol-
lowed regardless of weather conditions.
That breaking the clay saucers is unique as an
all-the-year-'round recreation is proved by the pur-
suit of the game in northern States when the ther-
mometer lingers at zero or below, and that a major-
ity of the big handicaps are shot in the summer
season when the mercury is sizzling in the nineties
or above the 100 degree mark.
A principal reason for the seasonless feature of
the blue rock shooting is that the game is not played
on the ground, as are golf, cricket, polo, soccer, foot-
ball, etc., nor is it necessary to have a clear field
for the base runner, as in baseball.
Another reason is that the original "players" in
the trapshooting game were hunters who used the
inanimate targets to keep in form for field shooting
or found in the clay birds a substitute for the van-
ished game of wood and marsh.
However, the sport is not limited to enjoyment
by those who have "roughed it," but is now followed
as much by the office or professional man as the
outdoor devotee, but even so it numbers no molly-
coddles or those who "live softly" in its ranks for
its pursuit, especially in the many matches held,
requires that the upholding of the individual or club
supremacy frequently means disregard of heat or
cold, sunshine or storm, and during the winter sea-
son shooters are sometimes called on shoot their
score standing in snow, ice or slush. — [By "Trap-
shooter."
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Plans For Coursing.— The Capital City Coursing
Club has voted to affiliate with the National Coursing
Association, the governing body of coursing through-
out the United States. The Secretary will corres-
pond with Secretary C. E. Root of the National body
to determine whether the Sacramento club will be
admitted.
The club also decided to co-operate with the Cali-
fornia Club of San Francisco so that no conflicting
dates for meets will be arranged.
Secretary Eugene Panario submitted his resigna-
tion, but the club refused to accept it, and laid it
aside for further consideration.
The club will stage a meet before the end of Jan-
uary. The next meeting will be held January 3d.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 30, 1916.
MT. V/HITNEY HATCHERY ALMOST READY.
Greatest Plant of its Kind in the World Has Been
Officially Christened.
On Oak Creek, four miles northwest of Independ-
ence, stands practically complete a great and pictur-
esque structure architecturally unique in America —
the lit. Whitney Fish Hatchery, now officially chris-
tened. Workmen are putting on the final interior
touches. By January 15 it will he turned over to
the California Board of Fish and Game Commission-
ers in readiness to receive a few months later the
6,000,00 to 10,000,000 eggs which will be the initial
yearly capacity.
It is the most artistic, modern, complete and beau-
tiful institution of its kind and will ultimately be
the world's largest This is the first unit of a group
for which plans have already been prepared. It cost
about |7o,000 and modestly shows its class, which
is A. Instead of being the last word in hatcheries
it is the first letter or which words are made. Even
the aristocratic trout of the future must be proud to
have made a start in such a place.
The building holds a commanding position at an
altitude of 4300 feet and is strikingly distinctive in
many ways. It is a fine example of the Swedish type,
particularly the massive tower. In a different invir-
onment it might easily be mistaken for an old Eng-
lish church, since the Britons borrowed that style of
orchitecture from the Norsemen: But it was designed
to harmonize with its grand setting out there on the
sagebrush slope at the feet of our own Alps, the
profile of its majestic range especially considered.
It fits snugly and impressively.
It fronts east. Before it stretches the Owens Val-
ley to the towering barricades of the White Moun-
tains and up and down as far as the eye can reach.
Near by work is in progress on El Camino Sierra,
the State highway which bisects the valley length-
wise. Behind it rises an eternal gray wall, granite
pile heaped atop of granite pile two and a half miles
into the blue sky — the awe-inspiring, white-topped
Sierra Nevada. Over this Titan wall guarding the
beauty of the vale summer .sunsets flaunt endless
streamers of purple and pearl and pink against a
background of golden flame. From the serrated sum-
mit edges, the truncated and pointed cones and the
icy ridges snow banners now fly in the winter gales.
Imagine if you can the view from that hatchery
observatory!
The structure is 200 feet long by sixty-five wide,
and the tower eighty-five feet high and thirty square.
The walls throughout are of rubble work with steel
re-enforcement, generally three feet thick and no-
where less than two, and guaranteed not to crumble
until the mountains shall fall. They contain approx-
imately 3500 tons of boulders of various soft shades,
all picked up within a quarter of a mile. A remark-
able feature in this connection is that not a single
stone on the outer surface of the wall was cut or
even broken. They were sorted to fit, and all show
their natural faces. Even the keystones ' in the
arches and the flat, square ones in the lintels and
steps were found ready to place. ' There were sev-
enty windows and eight doorways to be thus provided
for . Including the floors, foundations and hatchery
equipment there is over 500 cubic yards of concrete.
Spanish tile, ranging in color from cinder brick
to straw and matching the walls, make an effective
roof, practically and esthetically. There are deep
strata of red in the upper mountain background and
these balance the color values. The tile came from
Lincoln, a little town just above Sacramento, where
the clay is found in the natural tints desired.
The hatchery proper, which is the reason for the
building's existence, is a snow-white room, 45x155
feet It will have the latest possible appliances, and
the best. The installation of basins and fixtures is
under way. Connected with it is a splendid labora-
tory. Its water supply comes through a twelve-inch
pipe from an intake for which Oak Creek was
dammed below the junction of the north and south
forks. The water is exactly right for its purpose.
For domestic use and fire protection a high-pressure
four-inch pipe has been laid from another dam on
the south fork. A stream can be thrown over the
tower. Though the building is fireproof no precau-
tionary measure has been overlooked.
The main entrance, huge and imposing and grace-
fully arched, is in the center of the tower front, and
leads to a large reception hall, outer and private
offices, laboratory and other rooms on the first floor.
On the second floor, reached by inner and outer stair-
ways, are attractive and spacious quarters for the
superintendent and his family, including a model
kitchen and a southern-exposure sleeping porch with
an outlook to make an artist dream — or despair. In
the tower on this floor is a beautiful guest chamber,
and above that, lighted by immense windows, the
observatory . Here padded cells may have to be
provided for artists, though no such suggestion ap-
pears in the plans. The panorama in any direction
is entrancing. At the opposite end of the building,
over the hatchery, are dining and living rooms, laun-
dry, bedrooms and other accommodations for the
employees. Wherever needed are large stone fire-
places with heavy mantels, so that the many rubble
chimneys which adorn the structure are reallv useful
as well as ornamental . All the wood-work is rough
finish, gray-stain effect inside, except in the white
hatchery, and brown outside for contrast with the
walls. All electric wires are in conduits. The com-
mission will put in its own generating plant, utilizing
the water power abundantly obtainable.
•The building, with the exception of the roof, was
put up entirely by day labor under the direction of
H. V. Grant, superintendent of construction for the
State Department of Engineering, who began the
task May 1st and is now finishing. He is a young
man. but has been with the department eight years
and has handled a number of the State's large works.
About 500 men from all points of the compass have
been employed, some thirty minutes and others six
months. At the height of operations there were
sixty-five on the pay roll. The edifice was designed
principally by Charles Dean of the State Department
of Engineering in co-operation with and following
out the general lines suggested by the Fish and Game
Commission. Commissioner M. J. Connell of Los
Angeles is credited with the match-the-mountains
and last-forever ideas embodied. The bare building
cost $50,000, and the garage, dams, pipe lines, water
and sewer systems $10,000, making $60,000, which
the Engineering Department is expending. The fish
commission provides the balance.
Eventually the Mt. Whitney group is to consist of
two more hatcheries of the same type, without tow-
ers, and several other necessary buildings. There
are forty acres of grounds, rough and strewn with
boulders the size of elephants, and there is oppor-
tunity for a comprehensive parking scheme which is
to be carried out, and the like of which does not
exist elsewhere. The natural features are to be little
disturbed, but their charm enhanced. English ivy
will be liberally used, on the rocks as well as the
walls, and there will be cascades, fish ponds, hedges
and tree clumps, all in accord with the symphony
already started.
Frank Shebley, an expert, and brother of W. H.
Shebley. in charge of fish culture for all the State
hatcheries, is believed to be slated for the superin-
tendency of the new plant. During the summer he
made a complete survey of Rae (re-named Naylor)
Lakes for the purpose of collecting rainbow trout
eggs, which will be hatched exclusively here. The
vast number of fish found on the spawning beds
assures a full supply. The Mt. Whitney hatchery
will furnish fry for all California from the Tosemite
south.
The demand on the commission for trout to stock
streams and lakes has been multiplied by five in the
past few years and is still increasing in the same
surprising proportion. Better roads, more automo-
biles and a consequent hegira to the land of outdoors
brought it about. The commission is sometimes kept
jumping sideways. It now contemplates, hatcheries
of somewhat similar design to the Mt. Whitney,
though less pretentious, at Lake Tahoe and near
Santa Cruz and the Big Trees, as well as remodeling
the Mt. Shasta (formerly Sisson) wooden buildings
to make them permanent.
The trout has become a whale of a factor in Cali-
fornia life.
BANNER FIELD TRIALS YEAR AHEAD.
Clubs Along the Coast Are Reviving Interest in the
Aristocratic Sport.
NOT BROTHERS, NO RELATION
It's a Fawn and a Hunting Dog Making Friends and
Forgetting Past Differences.
Don't Fool With Laws. — There is a movement on
foot in some portions of the country to pass laws
prohibiting the feeding or baiting of wild duck, but
it would be far better for the duck shooters in this
country if there were a law passed making it obliga-
tory upon each one to do his proportion of the
feeding.
The difference between good and bad seasons for
wild fowl in this country depends much more upon
the favorable or unfavorable conditions afforded for
feeding grounds and loafing grounds than on any
change in the numbers of birds from season to
season.
We can state without fear of contradiction, that
Northern and Central Mexico in the winter season
afford the greatest rendezvous for migratory ducks
in the world today, and the greater percentage of
these birds pass in flight over some portion of the
United States on their way South in the fall.
Pacific Coast followers of the artistocratic sport
of field trials have reason to rejoice over the pros-
pects that loom up in the New Tear that is about
to come in. Indications point to more dogs being
in competition and more interest taken in the pas-
time than in seasons past.
There was a noticeable revival during 1916. Wash-
ington, Oregon and British Columbia got back on the
map by staging trials and the parent body, the Pa-
cific Coast Club, held its most successful events at
Bakersfield than in some time. The beauty of the
sport is that new fanciers are commencing to take
interest and the veteran members are sprucing up.
J. S. FRENCH'S DIXIE CHASE
Winner of Members' Stake at Bakersfield Trials
This Year.
As President A. G. Wilkes of the Coast Club said
in his address at the annual meeting, the right way
in which to promote the best interests of field trials
is for every fancier on the Coast to get in and try
to put in an attendance and to run a dog. "It will
not do," he argued, "to let just a few members run
five or six dogs. Let every one plan to start at least
one dog and then you will find competition keener
and more dogs and more people at our trials.
"The Coast Club is recognized as one of the oldest,
if not the oldest, field trials organization in the
country and we are expected to take the lead in
boosting. What we should do for the coming season
is to make arrangements to send some dogs to the
northwest trials and if possible make a trip up there
to get acquainted with our neighbors. In turn they
would send down some setters and pointers to our
trials and in course of time we could work up quite
an extensive circuit, the same as they have in the
south and other sections of the country. We all
have dogs and love the sport but in the future we
will have to get together better and make for more
success."
The Coast Club is counting on holding their thirty-
fifth annual trials in the month of January for the
coming season, which brings them to 1918. Under
the present game laws, the quail season goes out on
December 31st and it compels holding the trials in
December when conditions are not the best. The
ground is usually dry and it makes harder work on
birds.
The field trial members seem to think that the
quail season will be extended until January and that
will give them an opportunity of enjoying their
sport at the time when everything is ideal.
Finding a new home is a problem that the field
trial members may also have to solve. They may be
forced to move from Bakersfield, where they have
been going for a matter of thirty years past. The
executive committee of J. A. Chanslor, J. TS alter
Scott, Phil M. Wand and J. S. French will take up
the matter and have several sites in mind.
From Oregon, Washington and British Columbia
come encouraging reports and the field trial enthu-
siasts can look forward with much joy to a prosper-
ous and bright New Year.
Licenses Fall Off.— Klamath Falls (Ore.). — Two
thousand five hundred and ninety-one licenses to
hunt and fish in Klamath county were issued by
C. R. De Lap, County Clerk, and his deputies during
the year 1916, according to a report sent by him to
the State officials.
For those 2,591 licenses, $3,054 was received. Of
this sum Klamath county got $2,898.45. The licenses
for 1916 were divided as follows: Non-resident, 30;
combination, 160; anglers, 1,027; hunters, 1,373.
The sale of licenses this year fell short of the
record for 1915, when a total of 3,137 licenses were
issued, or 546 more than for this year. Clerk De Lap
was not able to account for this discrepancy.
Saturday, December 30, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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COAST TRAP SHOOTERS ARE HAPPY.
Registered Tournaments on Sundays Will be Means
of Giving Sport Its Biggest Boost.
NOT AFRAID, BUT JUST CURIOUS
Looking back over the season of 1916, trap shooters
along the Pacific coast can congratulate themselves
on the successes and achievements that have been
accomplished. Old-timers proclaim it the best in the
history of the blue rock pastime. Certainly more
newcomers made their appearance and the perform-
ances were better than ever before.
The new year looms up with even better prospects.
From the northern coast of British Columbia, clear
down to San Diego in Southern California, the trap
shooting clubs are preparing to usher in the banner
season of them all. One big reason for the celebra-
tion was the permission granted by the Interstate
Association in permitting registered tournaments on
Sundays. For years, the Western shooters did not
have a chance to figure in the averages by reason
of no registered targets on Sundays.
The Breeder and Sportsman modestly claims some
credit for giving the local shooters a chance to enjoy
their sport on their favorite day at the traps. This
paper was the -first to call attention to the unjust
legislaion of the national association and others all
over the country saw merit in the argument and
gave their aid to letting down the bars. The result
will be that the sport out in this section will be
given the biggest boost it has ever enjoyed.
Another thing that can be looked forward to with
a deal of pleasure is the many trapshooting leagues
that are springing into existence out on the Coast.
In the Eastern States circuits of clubs holding events
from time to time have been popular for some time
and it is with much pleasure that we note the shoot-
ers of the Northwest getting together with Seattle,
Portland and Spokane lined up against each other in
friendly competition. A movement is on foot here in
Northern California to get a circuit started and per-
haps later on the Southern California scatter gun
artists- will organize a circuit. The Elk lodges are
talking of getting in the fun and all told, the outlook
is bright.
READY TO HUNT IN AUSTRALIA
Frederick K. Burnham, Well-Known as a Hunter and
Fisherman and Trap Shot of Martinez, is Going
on a Pleasant Trip This Year.
Then, the individual clubs are commencing to talk
of events for an early date. In Seattle, Portland,
Spokane, Los Angeles and other points the clubs
stage their shoots right on through the year round.
About San Francisco Bay the gunners are so busy
hunting wild game that they do not turn out at the
traps, but. the interest is there and when the opening
gun is sounded in February or March you will see
a big gathering turn out.
The game seems to be in line for twelve months
of prosperity. Old-timers are coming back and re-
cruits are getting in and the men who have been
A little white fawn at the State
Game Farm at Hayward is in-
vestigating the remains of a
joyote that was trapped and
killed. If the coyote were alive
the investigation would doubt-
less prove quite costly to the
beautiful little creature.
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following the sport loyally are wearing wide smiles
of contentment.
That the Coast is not alone in the advancements
being made is indicated by the report of E. Reed
Shaner, secretary of the Interstate Association, who
makes the following interesting and pleasing com-
parisons in his annual report: —
1914 1915 1916
Different Contestants in
Registered Tournaments 7.049 8,140 10,528
Tournaments Registered.. 314 333 546
Applications Refused .... 15 76 9
Tournaments .Registered,
"Old Policy" 69 104 295
Tourn'm'ts contributed to 245 229 223
State Tourn's Registered. 39 42 46
Tournaments Registered
in Canada 14 11 16
Reports Received 313 332 501
Tournaments Canceled . . 11 11 29
Targets Trapped 4,780,690 4,814,260 6,366,110
Average Number Targets
Trapped, per Tourn't... 15,273 14,500 12,700
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Trap Scoring Machine. — A mistake in the scoring
of the targets broken by A. R. Stevenson, of Jewell,
Iowa, in the Iowa State shoot in Mason City, in 1914,
prompted that gentleman to invent a machine for the
scoring of trapshooting competitions.
■The machine, ready for work, is situated about half
way between the firing line and the traps, and is
operated by means of two levers, connected with
the machine by jointed rods, from behind the shooter.
The operator is also the referee. The figure 1, two
inches tall, is marked for a broken target, and an 0
of the same dimension for a lost target.
The feature of the machine is that the score is
always visible to the trapshooters, and should a mis-
take occur it could be corrected immediately. At the
present time the scoring is done to the south of the
fifth peg on the firing line by an assistant to the
referee, and as trapshooters seldom ever look at the
score until through firing at their full quota of targets
it is then too late to make corrections if a mistake
has been made.
These mistakes occur at times — as we mentioned
in the opening paragraph one happened to Mr. Ster-
nerson,, and he hopes through this machine to avoid
mistakes in the future. In the Iowa State shoot in
1914 Stevenson broke 15 targets at Trap 1; 14 on
Trap 2: 15 on Trap 3, and then another 15 on Trap 1.
After this Stevenson took a look at the scores and
found that he had been credited with only 13 breaks
on Trap 3. To say he was somewhat peeved is put-
ting it mildly. He was so peeved that he at once
formed a plan to eliminate the scorer — which will
occur if the machine is universally used.
Sometimes mistakes are blessings in disguise.
QE
Shoot With Both Eyes Open. — As to whether it is
better to trapshoot with both eyes open or to shut
the eye not directly concerned with the sighting,
seems to be a source of considerable worry to some
shooters, especially beginners.
If a shooter is possessed of a pair of normal eyes,
undoubtedly the proper way to sight a shotgun is to
keep both eyes wide open and focussed on the target
in a natural and easy manner.
The advantages of sighting in this way are a clear
view of the entire field, including that part which
would be otherwise cut off by the gun barrels, and
freedom from the eye strain which results from any
unusual use of the eyes.
I should certainly advise all new shooters to learn
to shoot with both eyes open, unless some actual
optical defect makes it impossible.
Older men, who have been shooting for a great
many years with one eye sighting, as constant prac-
tice, will have crystallized into a second nature the
habit of closing one eye.
A point to be considered, however, is that you have
nothing to lose by the test, as it is easy enough to
to go back to the old system again, if necessary. —
By Trapshooter.
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HEARD ALONG KENNEL ROW.
San Joaquin Valley to Have Big Club. — George
Thomas Loses Airedale.
What fun is there in buying a dog to win? That
was discussed with a prominent breeder. The writer
insisted that there was more fun and real sport in
breeding a winner. The fun comes when you buy a
dog as a puppy and take a gamble, condition him
and watch him grow up — so said a vertain exhibitor.
She maintained that there was just as much sport
in doing a thing like that as in breeding one yourself.
* ♦ ♦
George Thomas has been shedding a few tears
these days over the loss of Double Decker, an Aire-
dale which he says is the best in the world. George
bought the dog over in England and had all arrange-
ments made for his shipping. The crate arrived
ship-shape at Liverpool but there was no dog in it.
No trace has been found of him since.
% * ^
As the result of a dog exhibit held by San Joaquin
Valley fanciers at Fresno the past week, a move-
ment teas been launched to organize a kennel club,
with headquarters in Fresno.
The movement is headed by R. L. Bettis, owner of
the Hy-Born kennels. Mr. Bettis served as judge
at the recent Fresno exhibit, and declared Gypsy
Queen, a pointer owned by C. E. Burke, winner of
the sweepstakes. The attention bestowed upon the
dog exhibit was such that Mr. Bettis concluded that
the San Joaquin Valley is entitled to a regularly or-
ganized club, and took the initiative in the matter.
A meeting of fanciers to discuss the formation of the
proposed club will be held in Fresno within the
near future.
* * *
The winners at the recent exhibit at Fresno were
as follows:
Pointers — Dog, first, Duke, W. D. Crichton; female,
first, Gypsy Queen, C. E. Burke: puppy, Duke, H.
W. Stitt. Best in class, Gypsy Queen.
Airedales— Dog, first. Highbinder, S. S. Hubert;
females, first, No Name, E. W. Whalen; second.
Queen, Evelyn Eckman; puppy, first, L. K. Marshall.
Best in class. Highbinder.
Bostons— Dogs, first, Bert L. Allyn, Sanger; sec-
ond. D. Leland; third. W. Warnekros. Females. Nel-
lie first, T. M. Harkness; second. Midge, Mrs. Grace
Fisher; third, Mrs. C. E. Cornell.
Irish setter — First, Uno D, A. N. Dillingham.
Collie— First, dog, C. G. Fleischauer.
English Bull — Dog, first, Lawton Thomas; second.
Mrs. C. E. Cornell; third, G. R. Duncan; puppy, J. L.
Miller.
Sweepstakes — Gypey Queen, pointer, C. E. Burke.
* * *
It's an ill wind, and so forth. The war over in
Europe has done a lot of things, and among them
now comes the news that America is likely to get the
best dogs that England ppossesses. A certain Brit-
ish woman, who is one of the leading breeders and
judges, said the other day that there was every
chance in the world that an embargo would be placed
on dogs in England. She stated that it looked as if
there was going to be a meal check system put into
force in England, and for that reason the dogs would
have to go by the board.
* * *
The butcher on the Baltic said the other day that
the smallest Pekingese he had ever brought over
came on his last trip. It was consigned to Mrs.
Leslie Hall. He came from Mrs. Herbert's English
kennel. He is a bold little chap and looks like the
makings of a regular dog when he grows up. There
were five others, all reds, and pretty good looking
ones, too.
Saturday, December 30, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
14
THE FARM
Not Result of a Long Purse.
That it was not a long pocketbook
which won for the University of Cali-
fornia the Grand Championship at the
International Livestock Show at Chi-
cago, with the steer California Favor-
ite, of the University's own breeding
and raising, is a source of special
pride to the College of Agriculture.
This wonderful California steer was
sired by a bull for which the Univer-
sity paid only $400. From this same
sire the University has raised bulls
which it has sold at from ?500 to $700
each to practical breeders. The dam
of California Favorite cost the Uni-
versity ?267. Thousands of breeders
throughout the United States are pay-
ing prices many times as large as
this for animals they regard as desir-
able for building up their commercial
herds, as distinguished from the rich
man's show herd. The herdsman who
feeds and cares for these splendid
beef animals raised by the University
of California at the University Farm
at Davis receives no more wages than
hundreds of herdsmen of other pure-
bred herds.
The feed cost of raising this calf,
and keeping his dam one year, charg-
ing everything to it from birth to the
International, was seven and a frac-
tion cents per pound. This steer and
the animals shown at this Interna-
tional, or any State Fair, by the Uni-
versity of California, have not, and
never have received any more care
than any breeder of pure-bred animals
can afford to give the few exceptional
animals in his herd which are worthy
of being shown at a public exhibition.
It is a mistake, says the University,
for any breeder to take his best ani-
mals direct from the pasture lot to
a show and then apologize for their
rough appearance. A show is a place
where contenders for prizes expect to
show the excellence of their best ani-
mals and their greatest skill in pre-
paring them for show.
The University Farm has never ex-
hibited any animals not bred and fitted
by the University. During the past
four years it has won eighty cham-
pionships, of which eight were grand
championships, in addition to many
first and lesser prizes.
The value of showing University
animals is two-fold. It demonstrates
to the students and the public the fact
that the instructors who select and
direct the care and handling of these
animals are commercially practical
men, who can not only select but
breed wisely, and successfully feed,
care for, and manage the animals
throughout the year. Further, it il-
lustrates to the students, who become
familiar with the animals in classes,
the fact that the animals they are
working with are the kind which dis-
interested judges, often from other
states, consider the best types of the
several herds.
The winning of the International
Grand Championship by California
Favorite against the rest of the Unit-
ed States and Canada not only directs
attention to the State of California's
possibilities for livestock, but illus-
trates what can be done without corn
in the fattening ration.
Cost Seven Cents a Pound to Raise.
The steer bred and fed by the Uni-
versity of California that broke the
world's record by selling for ?1.75 a
pound, on the foot, after winning the
Grand Championship at the Interna-
tional Livestock Show in Chicago, was
produced by the University at a cost
of only 7.35 cents per pound. It cost
the University Farm at Davis ?77.98
to raise this steer, and he sold for
$1959. His showyard winnings amount-
ed to $398, so he brought to the Uni-
versity of California a total of $2359.
Had he been sold at the top market
price that day ($12.50 per ewt), he
would have brought $243.75, a profit
of $165.77.
Never until the University of Cali-
fornia won the Grand Championship
and the Reserve Grand Championship
at the recent International Livestock
Exposition at Chicago with steers of
its own breeding and raising, had one
and the same exhibitor won both of
these prizes on animals of his own
breeding. This is the ninth time an
international grand championship has
been won by an agricultural college,
but never before has a college won
with a steer of its own breeding, as
has the University Farm at Davis this
year.
Hide Prices Have Doubled.
A comparison of current raw hide
prices with those of recent years re-
veals sharp general advances. Heavy
aative steers hides that were listed at
fourteen and one-half cents ten years
ago now command from twenty-eight
and one-half to thirty cents. Heavy
range steer hides that ten years back
went at thirteen cents now bring
twenty-seven to twenty-seven and one-
half cents, extreme light steers that
then went at ten cents now make
twenty-seven cents, branded cow hides
that a decade since went at nine and
one-half to nine and three-fourths
cents have been marked up to twenty-
six and one-half cents, while light
native cows that then sold at twelve
to twelve and one-fourth cents now
command twenty-seven and one-half to
twenty-eight cents. The strong posi-
tion of the hide market is a factor of
great underlying strength for the can-
ner and other low priced cattle.
Woolgrowers at University Farm.
To further the interests of the sheep
and wool industry of California, the
State Wool Growers' Association and
the University of California have in-
vited all wool growers and others in-
terested in the problems of wool
growing to visit the University Farm
at Davis on Friday and Saturday, Jan-
JIM: "Where are you taking your old favorite, Mike?"
MIKE: "Down to the auction to get what I can for him. he's all in "
JIM: "I had one worse than that and HORSE HEALTH put him back in nice
shape. Take my advice and give him a treatment. It costs little and works wonders." '
uary 5 and 6. There will be a carcass
and shearing demonstration on Friday
afternoon, January 5 ,and on the fol-
lowing afternoon a demonstration in
docking and dipping. There will be
addresses and demonstrations by
members of the faculty of the College
of Agriculture and other prominent
speakers. A feeding experiment with
some four hundred old ewes will close
at that time.
SAVING SEED CORN.
The Value of Seed Corn Depends
Largely Upon Proper Sorting.
Corn contains a high per cent of
moisture in the fall, and, according
to Professor E. G. Schafer of the ex-
periment station at Pullman, Wash.,
unless it is cared for properly, the
vitality may be greatly reduced, or
even destroyed. The injury results
from moulding before the ears are dry.
This injury may be largely averted by
proper storing. The ears selected for
seed should be put in a dry place,
where there is free circulation of air.
A good method is to tie the ears to
binder twine and snspend them from
the ceiling of the seed room or attic.
The ears should be arranged so as not
to touch each other. After the ears are
thoroughly dry there will be little dan-
ger of moulding.
More than enough ears should be
saved for planting the next year's crop.
The final selection and preparation of
seed corn may take place in the early
spring. Ears which are not in good
condition at this time should be dis-
carded.
Home-grown seed is superior to
other seed because of its becoming ac-
climated. It requires from seven to
ten pounds of shelled corn to plant
one acre.
PREPARE FOR WINTER DAIRYING
The manner in which cows are fed
and managed during the six to eight
weeks' period prior to calving has
much to do with their year's produc-
tion. Improper feeding or failure to
give proper rest between lactation
periods usually results in a decreased
production for the lactation period, no
matter how near perfect the feeding
and management may be after the
cow has freshened.
Winter dairying on the farm has
many points in its favor as compared
to summer dairying, so it is best to
have most of the cows freshen during
the fall and early winter. It has been
proved that cows bred to freshen in
the fall will produce from 15 to 25
per cent more milk in the year than
if they freshened in the spring, be-
cause in the former case, if given half
a chance and supplied with good corn
silage and alfalfa hay they will still
be producing a fair quantity when
they go out on grass in the spring
while if they freshen in the spring
they are subject to hot weather, flies,
and usually by a scarcity of food, and
soon decline in the flow. Another
point to be considered in this connec-
tion is the fact that irrespective of
time of freshening, cows give a slight-
ly higher per cent of fat during the
winter months, the distribution of la-
bor, summer months. The higher
price paid for butterfat during the
winter months, the distribution of la-
bor, as it brings the most work dur-
ing an otherwise slack season when
it can receive the attention it deserves
and the fact that calves born in the
fall have a better chance for growth
during the first year.
Warranted
to eive satisfaction.
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A safe, speedy ani
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Ourt>, Splint, Sweeny, Capped Hock,
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diseases or Parajttea, Thrush, Diphtheria.
Removes all Bunches from Horses or
Cattle.
IAS HEMJJpT for Hhen-
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sold it
per
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We would say to all
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oot contain a particle
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and therefore no harm
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thorough use will core
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and
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for
Sore Throat
Chest Cold
Backache
Neuralgia
Sprains .
Strains
Lumbago
Diphtheria
Sore Lungs
Rheumatism
and
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Dogs boarded under sanitary condi-
tions. Special care of bitches in whelp
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carefully given. Positively no sick
dogs accepted.
IRA BARKER DALZIEL,
Proprietor.
MANHATTAN STOCK AND POULTRY
FOOD AND REMEDIES
Awarded Gold Medal
at California State Fair
ENDORSED BY THE LEADING HORSEMEN
OF THE UNITED STATES
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Saturday, December 30, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
15
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16
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 30, 1916.
$2,500 GUARAHTEED -« ^ GUABAHTEED $2,500
'The State Fair Futurity Stake No. 9.
TO BE GIVEN BY THE
CALIFORNIA STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
For Foals of Mares covered in 1916 to TROT and Pace at Three-Years-Old, 1920.
Entries Close: Tuesday, January 2nd, 1917
$1,500 FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD TROTTERS.
CONDITIONS
$1,000 FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD PACERS
Entrance and Payments — $2 to nominate mare on January 2, 1917, when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given
$5 May 1,1917; $10.00 on Yearlings May 1, 1918 ; $10.00 on Two-Year-Olds May 1, 1919 ; $10.00 on Three-Year-Olds May 1, 1920
Starting Payments. — $35.00 to start in the Three- Year-Old Pace and $50.00 to start in the Three-Year-Old Trot. All starting payments to be
made ten days before the first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place. Nominators must designate when making payments
to start whether the horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer.
Races three heats, money divided 25 per cent to the first heat, 25 per cent to the second heat, 25 per cent to the third heat and 25 per cent
to the race according to rank in the summary. Money divided in each division 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Should two or more horses be tied
for first place at the completion of the third heat, such horses only shall contest in a fourth heat and money divided according to rank in sum-
mary at the termination of that heat. A horse having won the first two heats and drawn or distanced in the third heat shall not lose position in
the summary.
If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins ; or if either the mare or foal dies before January 1, 1918, her nominator may
sell or transfer his nomination or substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership ; but there will be no return payment, nor will any
entry be liable for more than amount paid in or contracted for.
Entries must be accompanied by entrance fee.
Nominations liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any Day merits forfeits all previous payments.
This Society is liable for $2500.00, the amount of the guarantee only.
Hobbles will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions.
Right reserved to declare off or re-open these Stakes in case the number of entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors of this
Society.
There will be no more moneys in each division or heat than there are starters. Entries open to the world.
Other than exceptions made on this entry blank, rules of the National Trotting Association to govern.
JOHN M. PERRY, President.
CHAS. W. PAINE, Secretary,
Sacramento, California.
$10 DUE ON FOALS OF 1916.
Third Payments:
JANUARY 1st, 1917.
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No, 16—83,000
GIVEN BY THE
PACIFIC COAST TROTTING HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
FOR FOALS OF MARES BRED IN 1915. FOR FOALS OF 1916 TO TROT
OR PACE AT TWO AND THREE YEARS OLD
Entries Closed Tuesday, February 1st, 1916.
$1600 for Trotting Foals
$150 to Nominators of Dams of Winners.
$1100 For Pacing Foals
$100 to Owners of Stallions
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
$1000 for Three-Year-Old Trotters.
50 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Three-Year-Old Trot.
600 for Two-Year-Old Trotters.
25 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Two-Year-Old Trot.
50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner
of Three-Year-Old Trot when mare
was bred.
$700 for Three-Year-Old Pacers.
50 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Three-Year-Old Pace.
400 for Two-Year-Old Pacers.
25 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Two-Year-Old Pace.
50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner
of Three-Year-Old Pace when mare
was bred.
Get Your Horses
= — Sound —
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DEMOTE blemishes and stop the
lvlamenessso that you can get the top
price at the sale or have sound, strong
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$50 in Special Prizes was paid to Stallion Owners in February, 1916.
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on February 1, 1916, when
name color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 August
tin „„ tP ""Yearlings January 1, 1917; $10 on Two-Tear-Olds January 1, 1918;
$10 on Three-! ear-Olds January 1, 1919.
STATwoN-YearAOW!:TrTf~l^ *?. St?rV? thtt TS'°-Year-01d Pace; $35 to start in the
the Three-Ve,, -Old £ .1 "' "I- the Thr«e-Tear-01d Pace; $50 to start in
the first d„v n,r"t?,L » A1i 3t"'ms Payments to be made ten days before
the first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place
Nominator must jjesh^ate when rnakrng payments to start whether the horse entered
CO'tVehaart.oS|dardiv1s,ornWs0"Year"°'dS are not barred fr"m starti^ aSain in the Three-
SUBSTITUTIONS
or foa,ad?erbe?o?eVeJ^bNuTBY^Sll,P9S,70^l:rnomienaadtf0al °r ^i"5' °r if elther the ma«
tion or substitute another mire 'or foil regardless of 2,f°r V?*!? hls "°m'n=-
return of a payment nor will any entry be Mahlefnr^,niE: bUl there wi" be no
contracted for. y lable for more tha" amount paid In or
Address all communications to the Secretary.
F. W. KELLEY, Secretary.
P. O. Drawer 447,
Office, 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco, Cal.
E. P. HEALO, President.
' .
Absorbine is used by successful breeders year after year. To the
owner of high-grade stock, the first requisite for a liniment is that it
shall be absolutely safe, and no matter how carelessly used, cannot
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In addition Absorbine is a positive antiseptic and germicide and
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Saturday, December 30, 1916]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Election in the Equine Republic
Naturalists have long ago established the fact that all animals in a natural state
have forms of governments of their own.
This sagacity is instinctive, and very nearly approaches reason, and gives the
lower animals the power to select what is best for them.
In the cartoon is depicted the character of the voters personified, and is a revelation
what the faithful, dumb friend of man would do to assuage the suffering among his kind.
The aspect of seriousness of the voters is characteristic of all animal organisms,
great or small, when controlled by physical environment, in an effort of self-preservation.
If the 22,000,000 of the Equine Family in the United States could, in their natur-
al language, tell their owners and keepers, over 95% of them would say "SPOHN'S"
—according to the sales of SPOHN'S COMPOUND, as compared to all others.
The Tally Sheet in this Contest shows that, east, west, north and south, this mar-
velous veterinary medicine is the common choice of all.
Spohn's Distemper Compound
is the most extensively known and used remedy for contagious and in&ctious Diseases
of the Domestic animals in existence.
THE REASONS: Based on the Double-Germ Theory of Disease; removes the
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, December 30, 1916.
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Let's talk it over.
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Saturday, December 30, 1916]
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[Saturday, January 6 ,1917
Pleasanton Driving Park
PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA
offers for service for the season of 1917 the following stallions:
THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4
Fastest trotting stallion ever offered for service in California
and fifth fastest entire trotter in the world
Son of SL. Valiant Vincent 2:11% (by St. Vincent 2:13^ out of the triple
producer Grace Lee 2:29*& by Electioneer 125); dani Amy Smith by Emperor
Wilkes 2:20?i, sire of Princess Eulalia (4) 2:09*4, etc.; grandam by Hamble-
tonian 539.
The Anvil is regarded by Edward F. Geers as one of the very greatest trot-
ters that he has ever raced. For five years the pair of Tennesseeans went to
the races together and in that time were but twice unplaced, while winining a
total of fifteen races, including the historic M. and M.
As an individual he is most pleasing, not too large or coarse in any way but
smoothly and compactly made and "all horse" in every line. He is a perfect
headed, pure gaited trotter, with the very best of disposition, and is destined
to become a very great sire of trotting speed. His opportunities in the stud
have been very slight as he has been retired from racing only since the close
of 1914. He was selected to head the stud at Pleasanton Driving Park not only
oh account of his great qualities as a race trotter, but because one of his first
foals, Anvilite (2) 2:22i4, with a trial of ten seconds or more faster, was in
every way the greatest colt trotter ever handled by C. L. DeRyder. The services
of The Anvil are recommended to you without reserve.
Fee for THE ANVIL 2:02 34, $50 with usual privilege
Vernon McKinney 2:01 1-2
Fastest member of the great family of McKinney 2:11J4.
Sire of VERNA McKINNEY (2) 2:13 (his first foal raced), fastest two-
year-old pacing filly of 1915, three-year-old record, 1916, 2:09^.;
VERNON DIABLO, mat. rec. half mile track 2:14^, and DR. DYER
(3) trial 2:12^.
lion of Guy McKinney 37625 (by McKinney 2:ll1/i out of Flossie Drais by Guy
"VVilkes 2:15%.); dam Maud Vernon by Mount Vernon 2:15%, sire of the dams of
Leata J. 2:03. etc.; grandam Mag by General McClellan, sire of the dams of
Mack Mack 2:08, etc.
Vernon McKinney's racing career was not an extensive one but will long be
remembered for the excellence of his performances, as his winnings include a
Chamber of Commerce stake in time very near the record for that event at the
time, and he is the fastest of all the McKinneys.
He is a horse of rare qualities in the way of individual excellence, almost
ideal in behavior and temperament in harness or out. Since his retirement he
has been a popular horse in the stud and our claim that he would prove a very
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being the season champion for the age and gait in 1915, a most excellent testi-
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with natural speed and the physical and mental requirements of modern race
horses and find ready sale at most gratifying prices.
Fee for VERNON McKINNEY 2:01 1-2, $50 with usual privilege.
The best of cara taken of mares in any manner owners may desire, but no
responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address for particulars
PLEASANTON, CAL.
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The Treatment of the Colt's
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Feet Before Shoeing.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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REEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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(Established 1882.)
Published every Saturday.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN has pur-
aased the subscription list and 'good will of the
.issouri Stockman, which has been discontinued and
ssorbed by the Breeder and Sportsman. The Mis-
Miri Stockman was one of the leading journals
svoted to its special interests published in that
art of the West.
L Curtis P. ("Jump") Cauthorn, who has been the
IJve wire on the Missouri Stockman and to whom
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I le Breeder and Sportsman, and will take an active
art in the management of the paper and in the
litorial department.
e Under Mr. Cauthom's direction the Breeder and
(portsman will broaden its scope and will make the
eneral livestock breeding and news a prominent
hature. The acquisition of the business of the Mis-
>uri Stockman, which was published weekly and
ttensively circulated throughout the middle west,
ad more particularly in Missouri, Texas, Nebraska,
Lansas, and Illinois, added to the circulation of the
t.reeder and Sportsman, will make this paper one of
le most influential publications in its field in the
nited States and of great value to advertisers who
re looking for business in the sections covered.
; A CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD in San Fran-
| sco on Tuesday, the 16th inst., between as many of
lie secretaries or other representatives of the fair
i ad harness racing associations of this State as can
I e induced to attend. The conference has been
■ ailed by Secretary F. W. Kelley, of the Pacific Coast
[ rotting Horse Breeders' Association, and the pur-
i ose o£ the conference is to see if a circuit of harness
t acing cannot be arranged and dates announced. It
•ill be a meeting in which every breeder of light
arness horses, every owner and every trainer and
I aretaker will be vitally interested. That harness
I acing conducted according to the rules laid down
y the National and American Trotting Associations
|9 the leading American sport is fully attested by
tie statistics of this sort of racing. The number of
arness race meetings held in the United States
t very year runs up into the thousands, and probably
wenty thousand horses take part in them. At the
>tate and county fairs harness racing is the chief
musement and beyond all question the greatest
rawing card. California once had a circuit of fairs
fhich received State aid and in those days the trot-
ing and pacing races were the chief attraction.
lince the State aid was discontinued, a vast major-
ty of the district agricultural societies have gone
ut of existence, and as a result the race meetings
iave been few. But nearly every year has seen more
r less racing, and last season, under most unfavor-
ble conditions, no less than nine harness race meet-
ngs were given at which the racing was good and
he attendance fair. It has long been the opinion of
orsemen, that were the secretaries or other respon-
ible representatives of the fair and other associa-
ions promoting harness racing, to get together early
a the year, select and arrange their dates and if
'ossible announce their programs, there would be
wice as many entries received and a great deal more
interest manifested than has been the rule under
| he usual haphazard way of arranging a racing cir-
uit, by which it was impossible for a horseman to
:now before May or June whether he would have a
hance to race his horses or not. Consequently a
■aovement has been made this season to get repre-
sentatives of the different California associations
together in January to see if a circuit cannot be
or-anized and dates selected. The principal thing
to look after is to see that every delegate to this
conference comes with the authority that his asso-
ciation will give a meeting and announce the dates
on which it will be given. When and where the
meetings will be held is what the horsemen want
to know early so that they can commence their train-
ing work. No association should hold aloof from
this conference because it feels itself unable to give
as large purses as the State Fair and the Pacific
Coast Trotting Horse Breeders hang up. Each asso-
ciation should give what it can afford and give no
more. The little but enterprising town of Dixon
gave a successful meeting last year with $300 purses
■as the rule, and came directly between the big
Breeders' meeting at Santa Rosa and the State Fair
at Sacramento, where the purses ranged from $900
to $3000. The Breeder and Sportsman hopes to see
a large attendance at the conference to be held in
this city on Tuesday, January 16th, as on this con-
ference will depend the fate of a California circuit
for 1917.
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The 1915 YEAR BOOK issued by the Missouri
State Board of Agriculture is at hand and is a sump-
tuous volume of over 600 pages, beautifully illus-
trated and handsomely printed. In the volume is
included the 47th annual report of the Missouri State
Board of Agriculture, which gives much valuable
information about the resources and the products of
that great State. Many special articles, written by-
experts, are included in the work.
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COLONEL FRED A. LAWRENCE, an enthusiastic
lover of horses and a real sportsman, died in New
York December 24th, aged 83 years. Col. Lawrence
was a prominent man in horse affairs in the days
when Budd Doble made Dexter the world's champion
trotter. The Trotter and Pacer of December 28th
says: "Personally Col. Lawrence was one of the
most charming of men, kindly, unassuming, courte-
ous and punctilious as to honor in sport as well as
business. He was dearly loved by all who knew him,
and we doubt not that, although he had been off the
stage for some years, there are still many of our
readers who remember him, and will mourn the loss
of a tried friend and true sportsman."
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PROPOSED STATE RACING COMMISSION.
Draft of the Bill That Will Be Introduced in the
California Legislature by Senator Nealon
of San Francisco.
Following is a draft of a bill which will provide a
racing commission for this State and permit pari-
mutuel betting on racing. The bill was prepared by
the Golden Gate Thoroughbred Breeders' Association
of which Charles W. Clark of San Mateo is president,
and James C. Nealon, secretary, and the following
are among the members: E. R. Armsby, George N.
Armsby, Gordan Armsby, C .B. Alexander, Captain
John Barneson, Charles Butters, W. P. Bourn,
J. Cheever Cowdin, Charles Templeton Crocker, Wil-
liam H. Crocker, John B. Coleman, F. J. Carolan,
Walter Dupee, M. H. de Young, John Drum, Thomas
B. Eastland. Herbert Fleishhacker, F. W. Fuller, A.
B. Flint, J. D. Grant, M. Gunst, W. F. Humphrey,
Colonel D. C. Jackling, A. K. Macomber, Walter S.
Martin, Captain J. H. McKettrick, J. R. McKenzie,
Andrew G. McCarthy, Lawrence McCreery, John H.
Rosseter, R. M. Tobin, J. S. Tobin, J. O. Tobin, W. G.
Van Pelt, Arthur H. Whitney, James Wood, Harry
Payne Whitney, Vincent Whitney and others.
An act to regulate the racing of horses in the State
of California, o,nd to establish a State Racing Commis-
sion, and to define its powers and duties, and prescribing
a penalty for the violation thereof.
The People of the State of California do enact as
follows: —
Section 1. Any association or corporation formed for
the purpose of racing and breeding or improving the
breed of horses and conducting races and contests of
speed between horses shall have the right and power,
subject to the provisions of this act, to hold one or more
race meetings in each year and to hold, maintain and
conduct horse races at such meetings. At such meetings
the corporation or association or the owners of the horses
engaged in such races, or others who are not participants
in the racing, may contribute purses, prizes, premiums
or stakes to be contested for; but no person or persons
other than the- owners of a horse or horses contesting in
a race shall have any pecuniary interest in a purse, prize
or premium or stakes contested for in such races or be
entitled to or receive any portion thereof after such races
shall have been finished; and the whole of such purse,
prLse, premium, or stakes shall be allotted in accordance
With the terms and conditions of such race.
Section 2. The Racing Commission established by this
act shall have the right and power, and it shall be its
duty to allot periods for the holding of such race meet-
ings amt-ng the several counties of the State. Such
race meetings shall not exceed in the aggregate in any
county sixty days racing in any one year, nor shall any
meeting continue in any county for more than thirty
days. Thereafter no other meeting shall be held in such
county within four months after the conclusion of such
meeting; provided, however, that such meetings through-
out the State shall not exceed in the aggregate 122 days.
Section 3. No meetings shall be given where book-
matting is allowed, nor shall any person, associations or
ci irporations furnish to poolrooms or their agents any
information whatever in regard to racing, or knowingly
permit to be furnished from any course or premises
under their control any such information: provided, how-
ever, that nothing herein cointained shall be held or be
construed as prohibiting the purchase or sale of com-
bination or French pools or pari mutuels at such race
meetings. Any person or persons, associations or cor-
poration:; who shall conduct any race meetings contrary
to the provisions of this act, or engage in bodkmaking
on horse racing, or furnish or knowingly allow to be
furnished, any information whatever, to a poolroom or
poolrooms contrary to this act, are hereby declared to
be gudty of a misdemeanor; or any person, association
or corporation acting or aiding them shall be deemed
£.'Uilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be
fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000, or be im-
prisoned in the county jail for a period of not less than
20 days nor more than six months, or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
Section 4. No horse races are authorized or shall be
permitted between sunset and sunrise or on Sundays.
Section 5. A State Racing Commission is hereby es--
tablished to consist of three persons to be appointed by
the Governor within twenty days after this law shall be
in force. The members of the said commission shall hold
their offices for a term of six years; provided, that the
Commissioners first appointed shall determine by lot, one
to go out of office at the end of each two years. The
successor of each commissioner so going out of office
shall hold office for the full term of six years.
Section 6. Such commission shall appoint a secretary
who shall serve during its pleasure, whose duties it shall
be te keep a full and faithful record of its proceedings,
and preserve at its general office all books, maps, docu-
ments and papers intrusted to its care, and perform such-
other duties as the commission shall prescribe. He shall:
be paid a salary to be fixed by the commission at a rate
not exceeding $1,800 per annum which, together with
other expenses of the commission, shall be paid by the
racing corporations or associations who shall obtain
licenses from said commission. The commission shall
biennially make a full report to the Governor of its pro-
ceedings for the two-year period ending with the first
day of January preceding the meeting of the legislature,
and shall embody therein all suggestions and recom-
mendations as it shall deem desirable.
Section 7. Such commission shall have the power to
prescribe the rules, regulations and conditions under
which horse races shall be conducted in this State, and
no races shall be conducted except by an association or
corporation duly licensed by said commission as herein
provided. Any association or corporation desiring to
conduct such races may apply to the State Racing Com-
mission for a license to do so. The Commission may, in
its discretion, grant the same for not to exceed one year,
and every such license shall contain a condition that all
races or race meetings conducted thereunder shall be
subjected to the rules, regulations and conditions from
time to time prescribed by the Commission, and shall be
revokable by the Commission for any violation thereof,
or wherever the continuance of such license shall be.
deemed by the Commission not conducive to the interests
of legitimate racing. But if said' license is refused or
revoked said Commission shall cause its reasons for so
doing to be written in full in the minute books of said
Commission, which books shall be open at all times to
inspection to anyone known to be interested in the breed-
ing or racing of horses.
Section 8. Ev-sry race meeting held or conducted, ex-
cept as allowed by this act, is hereby declared to be a
public nuisance and every person acting o raiding therein
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished
by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 for
each day of such meeting and racing; and a restraining
order may issue against any proposed, unauthorized race
meeting at the suit of the State Racing. Commission.
Section 9. The provisions of this act shall not apply
to race meetings conducted by any State" Fair Associa-
tion, agricultural society, county fair, or any other asso-
ciation to which state or county aid is given; and no
such state fair association shall hold a race meeting for
a period of more than 12 days in any one year; and no
such agricultural society, county fair, or other associa-
tions to which state or county aid is given shall hold a
race meeting for a period of more than six days in any
one year.
Section 10. Any association or corporation conducting
horse races in this state, at which combination or French
pools or pari riutuels are purchased or sold, shall take
out such commissions from all money received from the
sale of such pools as may be prescribed by the State
Racing Commission, not to exceed 8 per cent, one-fourth
of which shall be paid by said associations or corpora-
tions daily to said State Racing Commission and shall be
paid bv said State Racing Commission to the State treas-
urer for the exclusive use and benefit of the State School-
Fund. It is hereby made the duty of the State Racing
Commission, and it is hereby granted the power, to in-
spect the books of any such association or corporation
and to revoke their license unless the said books are-
fully, accurately and fairly kept.
Section 11. It shall be unlawful for any person or
persons to bribe, influence, or have any understanding or
connivance with any jockey, owner, groom or any one
connected with any of the stables, horses, racing or
races at any race meeting, and anyone violating this
provision shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction
.'hall be imprisoned in the State prison for a period of
not less than three years nor more than ten years.
Beautiful holiday numbers have been issued by
the Chicago Horse Review, American Horse Breeder
of Boston, Horse World of Buffalo and Western
Horseman of Indianapolis. All are extensively illus-
trated, and contain many statistical tables and spe-
cial articles of great interest and much value to
trotting horse breeders.
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What is believed to be the prize porker of all
prize pigs was brought into Healdsburg, Sonoma
county, one day last week and sold to a local butcher.
The squealer brought the sum of $35. It was grown
by S. Patterson of Alexander Valley, and was a year
old. It tipped the scales in the butcher shop at 635
pounds. This hog is considered the biggest for its
age that has ever been brought to that city.
<$> ♦ $
Grant Hugh Brown, of Goshen, New York, has
recently imported the 16-year-old stallion Flotsam by
that royally bred son of St. Simon. Frusquin. and
out of the fashionably bred dam The Float. He beat
Rock Sand twice as a two-year-old and was quite a
race horse as a three-year-old, as in the Two Thou-
sand Guineas he finished second to Rock Sand, while
Rabelais, the famous French race horse and she, was
third in the race; and in the Derby he ran third to
Rock Sand and Vincius.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 6 ,19J<
Horses and Horsemen
CIRCUIT MANAGER SUGGESTED.
MEETING CALLED TO ORGANIZE CIRCUIT.
Secretaries Will Meet in San Francisco January 16th
to Arrange Dates and Programs.
It begins to look very much like a good circuit of
harness racing will he arranged for the season of
1917 in California. Secretary F. W. Kelley, of the
Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association,
has received letters from nearly every fair associa-
tion secretary and track owner in the State replying
to his call for a conference to agree on dates for the
meetings of 1917, and they have all agreed that Tues-
day, January 16th, will be a most convenient date on
which to hold said meeting, consequently it has been
called for that date.
It now remains for every association and track
owner who desires his town to be a member of the
California circuit of fairs and race meetings to see
that the representative who attends this conference
shall have full power to agree on the dates which the
delegates may fix for this circuit and to transact
any other business that may come before the body.
It is expected that representatives from Salinas,
San Jose, Pleasanton, Santa Rosa, Dixon, Woodland.
Marysville, Sacramento, Stockton, Merced, Modesto,
Fresno, Hanford, Bakersfield, Riverside, Ventura and
other places will be present at the conference, and
if each comes with the authority to act for his asso-
ciation there will not be any great difficulty in ar-
ranging a circuit that will be by far the best and the
largest that California has had in years.
We desire to impress upon every horse owner as
well as every owner of livestock that believes in
county fairs and race meetings that he should sug-
gest to the directors of the different fair associations
the importance of having a responsible delegate at
the conference.
The conference is going to be held on Tuesday,
January 16th, and your town should be represented,
as a circuit will be organized and if your town has
no delegate present it may be overlooked in the ar-
rangement of the circuit. With a pull all together
we can have a circuit of fairs that will be a credit
to the State. So. let every one help as much as he
can .
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A Word to County Fair Managers.
There has never been any unanimity of action
among the county fair managers in California, and
to show them how advertising and publicity are man-
aged by the fair circuits beyond the Rockies, we
would like to call attention to the following from a
recent number of a Chicago paper:
"At the Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, December 9th,
the day following the annual meeting of the Amer-
ican Association of Fairs and Expositions, represen-
tatives of seven of the largest fairs met and organized
a publicity bureau. The persons who attended the
meeting were A. L Sponsler, Kansas State Fair;
W. H. Stratton, Texas State Fair; I. S. Mahan, Okla-
homa State Fair; W. J. Gooch, Kentucky State Fair;
W. R. Hirsrh, Louisiana State Fair; John C. Simp-
son, Eastern State Agricultural and Industrial Ex-
position, and Thomas H. Canfield, Minnesota State
Fair.
"Each fair belonging to the bureau is to contribute
three per cent of its advertising appropriation to
maintain it, and give counsel in spending the other
ninety-seven per cent of it. The bureau is to be
located at the Minnesota State Fair and is to be in
charge of Ray P. Speer, publicity manager of the
Minnesota State Fair.
"The service rendered is to include a thorough
survey of the advertising policies of all members;
assistance in making up the 1917 budgets as soon as
all comparative information has been assembled; the
preparation of a large part of the publicity matter
used, including hangers, posters, billboard posters,
car cards, window cards, newspaper ad designs and
borders, and similar matter, and the creation of new
ideas.
"It is believed that greater efficiency will not only
result but that economies will be effected which will
save each member several times as much money each
year as is needed to pay the expense of maintaining
the bureau.
"It is the intention of the seven charter members
to wage a determined campaign to interest other
fairs in the bureau. Although no formal application
has been obtained by any of the seven fairs, it is
known that several dozen others intend to join as
soon as the matter can be taken up with the boards
of managers of the institutions."
o
\V. W. Percival, who has lived at Independence,
Oregon, for a great many years, and who was a
prime mover in all that pertained to good racing in
that section of the country, passed away December
24th. Mr. Percival has been in failing" health for
some time and when the cause of illness was finally
determined it was found to be cancer of the stomach.
In the death of Mr. Percival the racing interests lost
a good friend. — [Rural Spirit.
Sonoma Driving Club Takes Initiative in Proposing
That Mr. Joseph Waddell Be Engaged.
The Sonoma County Driving Club of which Mr.
L. L. Cannon is president, Henry H. Elliott, treasurer
and Jack Forsythe, secretary, has sent a circular
letter to other organizations that may give harness
races in California this year, suggesting the engage-
ment of Mr. Joseph Waddell of Baker, Oregon, as
circuit manager. Mr. Waddell was the manager of
the Inter-Mountain Circuit of eight meetings last
year, and every one of those meetings, with one
exception, was a financial success. At that point a
rain that continued through the meeting kept the
gate receipts down so that there was a slight loss.
The largest list of entries ever received in that sec-
tion was the result of Mr. Waddell's work, and he
was an active manager all through the circuit,
arranging with the railroads for the transportation
of the horses and attending to all matters that per-
tained to the racing programs, etc. The circular let-
ter which the Sonoma County Driving Club has now
sent to the different fairs and racing organizations
in California, is as follows:
"Santa Rosa, Cal., Jan. 2, 1917.
"Dear Sirs: The president of our Association,
L. L. Cannon, made a trip through the Inter-Mountain
Circuit last summer and was most favorably im-
pressed with the work of the secretary, M. Joseph
Waddell.
"The Inter-Mountain, through the work and energy
of Mr. Waddell. secured the biggest entry list of
any western circuit in 1916.
"While Mr. Waddell's services are wanted by the
Inter-Mountain Circuit, he would like to come to
California.
"In conversation with Mr. Cannon, Mr. Waddell
said he would be willing to come to California and
work up a circuit, provided be was assured of funds
sufficient to pay actual expenses while working up
the meetings.
"At a meeting of Sonoma County Driving Club it
was decided to take this matter up with various per-
sons, clubs and racing associations in the State to
see if the services of some one of Mr. Waddell's
ability was wanted.
"This club voted to donate $50.00 for the above
purpose provided enough other places would fall in
line to make the proposition feasible.
"Hoping to have a prompt reply and that 1917 will
show California's best racing circuit, we are,
"Sincerely yours,
L. L. CANNON. President.
"JACK FORSYTHE, Secretary."
Kinney de Lopez at Los Angeles.
Budd Doble, the dean of all trotting horse trainers
and drivers, who has now retired and is living a life
of ease and comfort at Los Angeles, was in San
Francisco during holiday week, having run up for
a day from San Jose, where he had been visiting
relatives during the Christmas season. When asked
about his grand young stallion Kinney de Lopez 2:23,
he stated that this chestnut son of Kinney Lou
2:07% and Betsey Direct by Direct 2:05% will make
the season of 1917 at Agricultural Park, Los Ange-
les. This will be good news to the breeders in that
section as this eight-year-old stallion is starting out
with a record as a sire of early and extreme speed
that will place him among the leading sires of the
country if he can be given fair opportunity. Kinney
de Lopez will never be trained or raced as he re-
ceived an injury that has caused him to show lame-
ness when given fast work, but one would never
think so to see him as he jogs sound and is full of
vim and go. He had as much speed as any horse
before his lameness ,and quarters in 30 seconds or
better seemed easy for him. He has sired only
about eighteen foals, never having been mated with
more than twenty-five mares, but the speed shown
by the few youngsters old enough to train is marvel-
ous. Edith Carter, a yearling by him, trotted the
fastest mile trotted by a yearling in 1916. The mile
was in 2:18%, and is within three-quarters of a sec-
ond of the world's record for a yearling filly. Louise
de Lopez, a two-year-old by him, took a record of
2:14)4, was raced all through the middle west and
never lost a heat. Then his three-year-old Don de
Lopez started in thirteen races during 1916, winning
12 of them and $3170. Another of the get of Kinney
de Lopez was worked as a two-year-old at San Jose
and trotted a mile in 2:17%. These four are about
the only ones of the get of Kinney de Lopez old
enough to be trained, so his showing is all the more
remarkable. Kinney de Lopez is one of the most per-
fectly gaited trotters ever hooked to a sulky. In
fact, every horseman that has ever seen him in
action calls his gait perfection. That he has a great
future as a sire is certain.
Two Fastest Stallions in California.
Pleasanton Stock Farm, Mr. R. J. MacKenzit
owner, offers to the trotting and pacing horse breei
ers of California this season the services of the faBi
est trotting and the fastest pacing stallions in th
State. The Anvil 2:02% is the trotter, and he I
the fastest horse at that gait ever standing for seri
ice on this coast The Anvil was a great race hors|
in his day — one of the greatest that ever scored tci
the word as his former trainer, Ed Geers, has er
pressed it This endorsement is enough so far as hii
racing qualities are concerned. That he is a gran
individual will be admitted by every man that ha
ever seen him. Not a big horse, but like Lee Ay
worthy, champion of all trotting stallions, a con!
pactly made, smooth fellow, of just the right size fci
a race horse and a sire. He was sired by a raei
horse, Sir Valiant Vincent 2:11%, that was bl
another race horse, St. Vincent 2:13%. His dam i
by Emperor Wilkes, a 2 : 10 sire of the famous Wilke
family. The Anvil is bred to race and to sire rac
horses which he will undoubtedly do. His servic
fee will be $50 for the season.
Vernon McKinney 2:10% is the fastest pacing sta
lion in service in California, and has the fastest rei
ord of any horse now on this coast. He was bred i
California and all breeders know his history. H
was also a great race horse and while his campaign
were not extensive he got the money — the his tori
Chamber ot Commerce being one of the big race
to his credit. He is by Guy McKinney, one of th
very best sons of the great McKinney, while his dai
is from a family of fast ones and great money wil
ning race horses. He has already proven himself
sire as the first of his get to start was the stak
winner Verna McKinney that took a record of 2:1
as a two-year-old and 2:09% as a three-year-olc
Vernon McKinney's fee will also be $50.
More facts about the pedigrees and performance
of these two stallions will be found in the adve:
tisement which appears in this issue of the Breede
and Sportsman. Both horses will be at Pleasanto
in charge of Geo. Ryan, superintendent of the Pleai
anton Stock Farm, and we advise every person wh
has a good mare to breed this year to visit tha
beautiful stock farm and take a look at these chan
pions, or write to Mr. Ryan for any informatio
wanted.
The Orloffs and How They Race Them.
The native Russian Orloff is a wonderful typ<
There are few of them that if trained our way coul
not trot in 2:30. The evolution of the breed shoul
convey a lesson to the United States. It has take
since the time of Peter the Great to bring the typ
to perfection. The pure bred ones are black or gra
in color, but when crossed with the American trotte
or thoroughbred, bays are occasionally seen. Non
of the males are castrated and they are raced ti
twelve years of age, the limit for the mares bein
ten.
The great interest in harness racing in Russia i
undoubtedly maintained by the custom of giving 2
per cent of all the horse's winnings to his breeder.
Trotters race over a sand-covered asphalt tracV
and they never postpone unless the thermomete
drops beyond 16 degrees below zero. Sometime
there are as many as twenty-two races a day, con
mencing at 2 o'clock and continuing till 9. The light
ing system is so perfect that there are no shadows
Everything goes like clockwork. The timing is don
by electricity and all finishes are photographed b;
two cameras, which are released by a cord. Th
grandstands are heated, and they have restaurant
and all other conveniences for patrons.
No two-year-olds are raced and the three-year-old
are only asked to try conclusions in a dash of twc
thirds of a mile. All races for older horses wep
formerly at two miles, but now about half are at i
mile. Entrance fee is only 1 per cent, and there ai<
no other deductions. Horses are classified accordini
to their winnings, and are arranged in groups, th)
slowest being the ninth, which is for those that havi
not won 2,000 roubles. All trots are under the i
pices of the Imperial Trotting Club, which hold;
twelve meetings yearly in centers of population. Thi
half-bred can beat the native, and the Americai
is the daddy of them all. There are only thirtea
races open to all, and these are known as Interna
tionals. They are of a value of 25,000 roubles o
more.
According to latest reports the Hillanddale Farm
string, to be wintered at Macon, Ga., in charge of
Trainer John H. Dickerson and his assistant, Harry
Fleming, will consist of twenty-three head, one of
the largest W. B. Dickerman has had for many years
in winter training. Among the record horses are
Bonington 2:04%; Barbara King 2:07%: Tacita (2)
2:07%, while the juvenile section is made up of a
dozen yearlings, four of which are by Bonington and
will naturally receive the best of attention.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Mr. C. J. Snyder of Hanford asks for the breedini
of the stallion Milorod, son of Albenard and a mar
by Shadeland Onward. Mr. Snyder evidently refer,
to the bay stallion Milord, register No.35783, fqale
1900, bred by The Highland Stock Farm, Denve
Colorado. He is by Albenard 22249 (son of Aller
and Banca by Onward), his dam is Belle Barlow j
Shadeland Onward 6010, second dam Maud W.
Weisbaden 1629, third dam Daisy, pedigree
traced.
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Thomas Russell of Milpitas asks what time Mr
Barstow's horse paced in at Santa Rosa and on wha
date he left for the east. We suppose he refers ti
All McKinney. This horse was given a breeder"!
record of 2:04 at Santa Rosa on Saturday, July 8th
1916, and a few days later — we think it was the fol
lowing Tuesday — the horse was shipped east.
aturday, January 6, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Thoroughbred Matters
ECLIPSE AS RACER AND AS SIRE.
Successful Sires in United States.
The chief test of a stallion's merit lies in the per-
ormance not only of his three-year-olds, but of his
.uvenile performers, and from this point of view-
Star Shoot. Ogden, and Ballot, must be regarded as
he most successful sires of the season in the United
States, writes an English racing authority, in com-
menting upon the successful American stallions of
he year. He says in part:
I "To the end of last month Star Shoot had sired
no fewer than twenty-five winners of sixty-five races.
Dgden was responsible for eighteen winners of forty
races, and Ballot's young stock, or rather nineteen
jf them, had secured a total of thirty-eight.
"It redounds to the credit of our Island-bred stock
•hat both Star Shoot and Ogden were bred in the
L'niied Kingdom, although Ogden was actually foaled
Rn the States, his dam. Oriole, having been sent out
'there after being mated with Kilwarlin. It is curious
that Star Shoot should year after year take a high
Mace — he has been first on several occasions — among
the leading stallions in the States, whereas his half
[brother, Telescope, which was likewise a successful
frace horse, begot nothing of special note at the stud
with the exception of the Caste gelding and the
steeplechaser, Deerstalker. Telescope, however, was
p descendant of the decaying Beadsman line.
! "Star Shoot is a son of Isinglass, one of the great-
jest sons of Isonomy, the Stirling, or Oxford line of
Birdeatcner. This is the male line of Eclipse, but
so, too, was that of Telescope. The latter, however,
;was too much inbred to Eclipse to do good — his
Herod blood being feminine — unless mated with
[mares exceptionally strong in Herod and Matchen
blood, whereas Star Shoot's sire had in his make-up
a plentiful supply of both these necessary strains of
blood — through his sire, Isonomy, for instance.
"As to Ballot, he was an excellent race horse, both
in the United States and here, and as a five-year-old
in this country he gave ten pounds and a beating to
the three-year-old Valens in the Select Stakes. It is
interesting to note that Ballot is by Voter, which was
by Friar's Balsam, the latter a son of Hermit, whose
male line in this country is almost extinct, although
doing well in the United States.
"It is on the cards that a more recent importation
into the United States in the shape of Short Grass
may in due course develop into a stallion of the first
order, the more particularly as the Bend Or male
line, of which he is a member, has topped the win-
ning list in England for the last three years by aid
of Polymelus. Sol Joel's champion goes back to
Bend Or via Cyllene and Bona Vista, whereas Short
Grass, which has proved his worth in handicaps in
the United States, carrying the colors of Emil Herz,
is a degree nearer to Bend Or, being by the 1880
Derby winner's sen, Laveno. There is no doubt that
Laveno was a magnificently bred horse, for he was
by Bend Or (1) out of Napoli (1) and both his sire
and dam were grandchildren of Thormanby.
"What inbreeding to Tbormanby means we have
seen in quite recent years in the case of The Te-
trarch, which, except for his habit of striking himself
when galloping, would doubtless have shown himself
as far in front of his peers at three years of age as
he had done in the course of his brilliant juvenile
career. On his dam's side Short Grass, which won
the One Thousand Sovereigns London Cup and other
good races here, was equally well bred, for his dam,
Outburst, whose first foal he is, was got by Enthusi-
ast, son of Sterling and conqueror of Donovan in the
Two Thousand Guineas, out of Sunburst, by Hackler
out of Solstice, by Solon.
"Outburst was also the first foal of her dam, which
goes back in the female line to The Deformed, by
Burgundy or Harkaway out of Welfare by Priam.
As every one knows, Priam was one of the early
Derby winners that was sent to the United States.
This was before his daughters. Miss Letty, Industry
and Crucifiex had won The Oaks three years of out
four. It might be urged that Priam was chiefly re-
markable for his good fillies, but he got many win-
ners in the United States.
"Short Crass is a really good-looking big horse,
and his sire Laveno, before him. showed himself
to be a horse of high class by winning the Jockey
Club Stakes. In addition to being a brother to that
good race horse and sire Orvieto, Laveno wTas brother
in blood to such good sires as Ormonde, Bona Vista,
and Martagon."
A dispatch from London says the Duke of West-
minster has announced his intention to sell off the
whole of his blood-stock, horses in training, brood
mares, foals and yearlings, which has caused general
regret in racing circles, for no colors are more popu-
lar than those of the house of Grosvenor. It will
never be forgotten that from the Eaton paddocks
came Bend Or, his son Ormonde, Orme, the son of
Ormonde r:nd Flying Fox, the son of Orme. The
Duke, who has been on active service with the Ar-
mored Car Division since the beginning of the war,
is at present home on sick leave.
[By W. H. E. Wanklyn.]
It is a popular idea that Eclipse was a great race-
horse.
The test of greatness in all speed competitions
is not governed by a time test, but in the meeting
and succeeding with the best, and Eclipse's perform-
ances on the turf were, with one exception, hardly
such as to impress the follower of racing in the
present day as being anything out of the ordinary.
Eclipse was bred by H. R. H. the Duke of Cum-
berland in 1764, and being foaled during the eclipse
of that year, was so named. He was by Marske
from Spilletta by Regulus. Marske was not a great
racehorse, only starting in three events, none of
which he won. Eclipse's dam Spilletta only raced
once, but her claim to fame does not rest with her
famous son, as she is the foundation mare of the
family from which Weatherbit, Oxford, Adventurer,
Scottish Chief, and Prince Charlie descended. At
the death of the Duke of Cumberland, his stud was
sold and Eclipse fetched 70 guineas, but Mr. Wild-
man, a salesman at Smithfleld, arrived just after he
was knocked down, and protested that the sale had
started before the advertised time. He was there-
fore put up again, and Mr. Wildman secured him
for 75 guineas.
He was two years old at this time, and looked to
be anything but a bargain: his temper was so bad
that it was seriously considered whether it would
not be better to have him gelded. However, he was
given to a rough rider who added to his income by
poaching: and after being worked hard all day had
to assist in the poaching affairs of the evening. This
treatment did not affect his powers or improve his
temper very much, but he became sufficiently amen-
able to start racing as a five-year-old on April 3rd,
1769, at Epsom in a £50 Plate, two four-mile heats.
He won both heats easily enough, in fact, he dis-
tanced his four opponents in the second heat, but
they were of very inferior class. He next appeared
at Ascot in a £50 Plate, two-mile heats, his solitary
opponent, a poor performer, Creme de Barbade, being
easily beaten in both heats. The King's Prize of
100 guineas at Winchester, two four-mile heats, in
June, saw him defeat a field of five, of which Chigger
was the best of a very inferior lot, and at the same
meeting, as well as at Salisbury a fortnight later, he
walked over. On the second day of the latter meet-
ing a horse named Sulphur and one other were be-
hind him in the City Free Plate, but Sulphur wras
not as good as Chigger. At Canterbury on July
25th he walked over for the King's Plate, and at
Lewes two days later he beat a very poor horse in
Kingston, winding up the season at Lichfield by
beating Tardy, who was hardly above a Selling
Plater. His six-year-old career began at Newmarket
April Meeting ,when his owner (still Mr. Wildman)
staked 600 guineas to 400 guineas that he would beat
Bucephalus, by Regulus, whose two previous starts
had been wins, but he was of inferior class and no
use to Eclipse over the Beacon course . At the same
meeting he won the King's Plate, two four-mile heats,
from Pensioner, Diana, and Chigger, and at Guild-
ford, Nottingham and York he walked over for King's
Plates. At the latter meeting he met Tortoise and
Bellario in the Great Subscription of £319 10s, and
this was really his only performance against high-
class horses. He started three times afterward, two
were walks over and in the other his only opponent,
Corsican, was not nearly in the same class. Bel-
lario and Tortoise were both good horses, but there
were others better at the time that Eclipse never
met in Trentham by Sweepstakes, the unbeaten
Goldfinder by Snap, Gimcrack by Cripple, and Tor-
toise by Snap. He only started in 18 races, of which
eight were walks over, and the others were appar-
ently only exercise canters. As a sire. Eclipse's
name stands quite by itself, and deservedly so. Dur-
ing his racing career Mr. Wildman sold a half-share
in him to Mr. O'Kelly for 650 guineas, the latter sub-
sequently buying him right out for another 1000
guineas, and a veritable gold mine he turned out.
Compared with Herod and Matchem he did not get
a large number of successful horses on the turf, but
this was probably due to the fact that his owner
kept him more or less exclusively for his own mares
or those of his friends. Whether this was the case
or not, from the year 1774 until 1787 Mr. (or rather
Colonel O'Kelly as he was then), helped himself
pretty freely to many of the good things at Epsom
and Newmarket. His success, mainly with the sons
and daughters of Eclipse, was something phenom-
enal. Of those raced by O'Kelly, the brothers Mer-
cury. Jupiter, Volunteer, and Odonis and their sister
Venus, the brothers Chaunter and Hautboy and their
sister Scota, the brothers Dungannon and Serjeant,
the brothers Boudrow and Vertumnus, the brothers
Clarinet and Serpent, the brothers Soldier and Gun-
powder, and King Fergus and Young Eclipse, were
the best. But he had quite as many who were not
quite up to their standard. Other sons and daugh-
ters of Eclipse who raced successfully were Pot 8 o's,
Eagle, and Poor Soldier (brothers to Everlasting).
Don Quixote and Alexander (brothers), Saltram and
his sisters Maria and Annette, Alphonso, Giant, Dido,
Meteor, and Planet.
The only male lines of Eclipse to survive are those
of Pot 8 o's and King Fergus, the latter through
Blacklock to 'Vedette, Galopin and St. Simon, and
the former through Whalebone to Camel and Touch-
stone, and Sir Hercules to Birdcatcher, whose two
branches, Oxford and The Baron, bring us down to
Sterling with the former, and Stockwell with the
latter. The Tramp and Whisker lines are still rep-
resented mostly on the Continent, but they look
perilously near extinction.
Eclipse died early in 1789 at the age of 24, but he
did not get any important sons or daughters after 21.
The only son worth mentioning was Clarinet's
brother Serpent, who was probably the poorest of
his prominent sons, and left no descendants. At the
age of 20 he covered the famous Tartar mare, who
produced more great sons and daughters than any
other mare in the Stud Book, and she must have
been at least 28 (it was asserted that she was 36
years at the time), the result being a daughter.
Queen Mab, whose descendants are still with us
producing winners, but there are not many good
sires, the Derby winner Daniel O'Rourke by Bird-
catcher being the most prominent. Two other daugh-
ters, Violet and Bobtail, were got in the same year,
but their lines did not survive. Queen Mab is
another instance of old age in the parents not affect-
ing the productiveness of the female, as she had ten
sons and six daughters, several of the former being
good racehorses, but Remembrance is the only one
of importance to leave descendants, and they were
females. — [New Zealand Referee.
Polymelus Leading Sire in England.
The stallion Polymelus for the third time running
has wound up the season at the head of the winning
list of English sires. This is. of course, excellent
testimony to his merit as a sire, but by no means
a record. His paternal ancestor, Stockwell, for ex-
ample, headed the list for three years in succession
from I860 to 1862, and subsequently improved upon
that performance by heading the list from 1864 to
1867, inclusive. But for being relegated to second
place in 1863 by his old rival, Newminster, which
beat him by something like £1,500, the mighty chest-
nut would have had an unbroken sequence extending
over eight seasons.
As matters stand the record is held jointly by St.
Simon and Hermit, each of which figured at the head
of affairs for seven consecutive years. Hermit from
1880 to 1886 and St Simon from 1890 to 1896. In
earlier days there was annually a keen struggle for
supremacy among such famous old-time sires as Or-
lando. Birdcatcher, Touchstone — sire of Orlando —
and Melbourne. But for the last named the line of
Matchem would nowadays be extinct, and since his
time its fortunes to a great extent have hung on the
slender thread of Barcaldine. The latter, in a brief
stud career, sired a number of good race horses,
which, like Barcaldine himself, did well at the stud.
Among the most prominent of these were Wolf's
Crag, Winkfield, and Marco. Winkfield did not win
much on the race course owing to something being
wrong with his back, but he sired excellent stock,
among his get being the sensational Cambridgeshiire
winner, Winkfield's Pride.
Chaucer, the second on the list of winning sires,
is a member of the St. Simon family, while Sunstar,
which comes third, belongs to a branch of Blacklock,
which is different from St. Simon. Fourth stands
another descendant of Bend Or in Radium, which
was one of the 1880 Derby winner's last crop of foals.
Not a Pleasant Journey for Horses.
Horses sent across the Atlantic for the war have
a rather strenuous time of it on the eight weeks'
voyage. Each horse is put into a narrow stall two
feet by six inches wide and separated from his neigh-
bor by two narrow top and bottom slip rails only.
During the long journey the animal can never lie
down and is prevented from moving backward or
forward by the partitions. The wooden floor is re-
moved for cleansing purposes and to do this effec-
tually every fifteenth stall is vacant so that twice a
day they are shifted from right to left while the
portable parquet is washed over. Grooming in tran-
sit is never done with a brush, but a soft cloth is
used instead. Four times a day they are fed and
watered and ten minutes of walking exercise follows
after one of the grub seances . After the first day
out these travelers accommodate themselves to their
new surroundings and are content. After standing
three or four weeks the horses become so restless
and exhausted that it is found necessary to adjust
a canvas sling beneath their bellies so as to partially
relieve the strain upon their feet and legs. When
they land it requires several days for the horses to
get off their sea legs so as to walk steadily on the
ground and the most of them seem to be partially
paralyzed from the constant cramping in close quar-
ters.
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Handsome is as handsome does, is an old saying.
By winning the Melbourne Cup. Sasanof, the New-
Zealand three-year-old gelding, scored a marked tri-
umph over the equine beauties of the turf (says the
Melbourne Age). In appearance this great little gal-
loper is a most commonplace sort of fellow. He has
no good looks to commend him, and when the horses
filed to the post for the big event he was undoubtedly
the ugly duckling of the party. "Gee: look at the
rabbit," exclaimed an overseas visitor as Sasanof
made his way down the course. As the finishing
post hove in sight the ragged New Zealand horse
shot clear ahead of the field, leaving behind him a
toiling procession of "beauties in distress." After
the race he became the hero of the hour. — [N. Z.
Referee.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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- Capt. Dilbam, the well known riding instructor, is
conducting a class in riding for both adults and
children at the old Park Riding Academy on Fulton
street.
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The Park Riding and Driving Club stables on Sev-
enth Avenue has a large number of riding classes
and there are over 150 saddle horses quartered in
this fine building.
Lady Dilham, once champion of the National Horse
Show, got the gate at the recent International Horse
Show in Chicago, with William A. Moore and Robert
A. Fairbairn judging. The reason given in their, re-
port was, "Too severely bitted."
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W. R. Brown, who recently purchased J. A. P.
Ramsdell's racing pony Mashalla, now has four Arab
stallions at Waynesboro Farm, Berlin, N. H., where
he is going to breed pure Arabs . The others are
Khaled, a chestnut, 15.3 hands high; Abu Zeyel, a
chestnut, 15.1 hands, and Jerrede, a bay, 15 hands.
Mashalla is IS. 2 hands.
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Geo. A. Kingsley of Minneapolis, Minn., who owns
several fine saddle horses, was an interested visitor
at The International. Mr. Kingsley, who is an attor-
ney, attends the horse sales of Missouri and Ken-
tucky regularly and has achieved the reputation of
being able to pick the winners.
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John K. Branch, of Richmond, Va., paid $3,025 at
auction for the Clydesdale mare Osco Darling during
the recent International Horse Show in Chicago. He
also purchased for $1,550 the six-year-old stallion
Fairholme Warrior and presented him to the Gover-
nor of Virginia for use in the stud at one of the
State agricultural schools.
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The Park Riding Academy has been removed to
-the splendidly appointed Hulda Stables at 1530 Fell
street, just west of Baker street, San Francisco, and
right opposite- the panhandle entrance to Golden Gate
Park. Woodland Hackney Stud, owned by Mr. Edgar
J. Depue, will also make its city headquarters there
and now has on hand a few high class saddle horses
for sale.
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D. Schilling, who recently purchased the Missouri
saddle stallion, Noble Rex, will exhibit him at the
National Western Horse Show, at Denver, January
12 to 22. Noble Rex is now in the stable of Blades
& Holman, Holliday, Mo., where he is receiving the
attention of that experienced trainer, Dell Holman,
and well informed horsemen who have seen him
work declare Noble Rex is destined to be one of the
best studs brought out in recent years. Mr. Schilling
bought him for his ranch, the J. 0. D. at Aroya,
Colo., but it is understood that he has about decided
to keep him in Missouri and have him exhibited in
stallion classes in 1917.
One of the most interested spectators at the recent
International Show was William Wallace, of Phila-
delphia, who recently purchased Jump Cauthorn's
stallion, Marshall Chief. This was the first oppor-
tunity Mr. Wallace had of seeing his horse and he
was delightfully surprised. In a letter to the writer,
Mr. Wallace makes the following comment on the
Milwaukee Charity Horse Show, which was con-
ducted by that popular sportsman and horse lover,
Hans Berg: "The show was a wonderful success.
Marshall Chief was exhibited in the five gaited class
by 'Splint' Barnett, and made a brilliant and perfect
showing. I think he was the most admired horse at
the show and in addition to the championship ribbon,
won a beautiful vase, presented by Mr. Chas. F.
Preister."
The well known breeder of saddle horses, French
Field, of Mexico. Mo., should be justly proud of the
recognition of the sensational three-gaited mare,
Pretty Baby, which the Lexington, Ky., horseman
"Hugh Willoughby sold this week. Fields has always
declared this mare would be a winner, and when
Willoughby told him when he bought her last spring
hot to publish the price, for he was ashamed for
anyone to know he would go so high for a green
one. Fields offered to bet him he would have won a
championship and given her a big selling before a
year. Willoughby did both.
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RnfUS Jackson, who is known throughout the land
as one of the most instructive and capable writers
on saddle horse affairs, will not be out of touch
with I he saddle horse lovers of this country, and will
conduct a column of reliable news of Missouri and
Kentucky in the Breeder and Sportsman. Mr. Jack-
son is one of the most influential men in public life
in Missouri, and is responsible for most of the repu-
tation Missouri has achieved as the leading saddle
horse state. He is furnishing this news as an accom-
modation to the publishers, realizing that at the same
time he is continuing in his endeavors to keep the
Missouri saddle horse industry in the lead.
The Milwaukee Charity Horse Show.
Probably the best horse show, in point of attend-
ance, in the showing of fine horses, in the receipts
and in the general interest shown, was given in the
Milwaukee Auditorium December 21. It is estimated
that $5,000 was turned over to the Milwaukee Chil-
dren's hospital as a result of the activity of the pro-
moter Hans Berg, the women of the hospital, and of
the participants in the various classes, the members
of the Milwaukee Riding and Washington Park Driv-
ing clubs. Ira G. Sharp of Sharpsburg, 111., was the
judge.
Milwaukee society, a kaleidoscope of shimmering
twentieth century colors, the bare shoulders of
women, white shirt front, silk hats and walking
sticks, formed a brilliant circle around the center of
activities.
Among the horses, Marshall Chief, a handsome
black stallion, entered in the five gaited saddle class
by William Wallace, was one of the sensations of
the performance. He has won purses ranging from
$500 to $2,500.
Miss Isabel Earling rode her mare, Juanita, who
was entered in the five gaited saddle class, winning
third place.
Mrs. William Woods Plankinton, driving Satire,
formerly of the Wild Rose farm, won the silver cup
presented by the board of directors of the children's
hospital in the single harness horses' class. Mrs.
Plankinton, smartly costumed in brown, drove like an
expert. Sunny Jim, Miss Lorraine Freuler"s roan
gelding, won fourth place in the event, in which he
was driven by his young mistress.
The Admiral and Silver Piece, owned by Ferdinand
Schlesinger, won second and third places in the
event for single harness horses.
One of the prettiest events of the evening occurred
when Fred Pabst drove out with his coach and four.
His passengers were a group of daintily clad young
society girls — mostly debutantes. They were the
Misses Gertrude Marker, Edith Thompson, Louise
Schneider, Margaret Forsyth, Marian Russell, Con-
stance Miller, Josephine Dyer, Eliot Smith and Edith
Courteen.
As in former years, horses from the Pabst stock
farm at Oconomowoc carried away many of the
prizes and were displayed to great advantage when
driven by Mr. Pabst himself. Their rivals this year,
who really acquitted themselves with great honor,
were entries from the stables of Ferdinand Schles-
inger, who has purchased a number of new horses
the last year.
Parson, a fine grey gelding, owned and ridden by
Michael Cudahy, won first place in the jumping
event, however, the entries from Woodin farm com-
ing in second, third and fourth.
Miss Ernestine Blatz, mounted on Diamond, won
a silver cup in the ribbon chase, which was ridden
by nine girls, led by Carl Wiesel, and which elicited
frequent bursts of applause.
In the three gaited saddle class, Mrs. Hans Berg's
Beachwood won first place from thirteen other
aspirants.
California Girl Used Her Riding Crop.
"You recall," the story teller said, "the row that
was raised over the alleged lack of police protection
during the woman's suffrage parade on Pennsylvania
Avenue, Washington, the day before the Wilson
inauguration. A Miss Kent was in the mounted
troop of that parade. As she was about to mount
her horse in front of the Kent home, her father, an
M. C. from California, returning from a trip iover the
route of the parade, noticed that his daughter carried
a light crop. He gave her a heavier one, saying, 'If
you need a crop at all you'll need a heavy one.'
"You remember how the hoodlums annoyed the
paraders, and would have broken up the march en-
tirely had it not been for the work of a few of the
young women riders. Among them was Miss Kent,
who handled her horse with the skill of a New York
mounted cop in pushing back the roughs who were
trying to manhandle the marchers.
"At one point a hoodlum darted from the sidewalk
jeering at Miss Kent, who when she saw him coming
raised her crop over her head. But the hoodlum
didn't know that the rider he had selected to bait
was famous even among California women tennis
players for her terrific drives. He pinched her booted
leg and then fell back shrieking with a bleeding
welt across his face.
" 'You say it was a slip of a girl with a riding
crop?' the ambulance surgeon asked the policeman
who was giving him operating space on the side-
walk. 'Some girl, then, for this ruffian will carry
a scar from the top of his forehead across his mug
to the end of his chin as long as he lives.'
"The Kents are a family of notable independence
of action," concluded the narrator. — [Rider and
Driver.
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Col. Paul Brown, the millionaire horse lover of
St. Louis, is now riding the stallion Foss McDonald
through the St. Louis parks every day. Foss Mc-
Donald was reported to be a "bad egg" but this
veteran sportsman has made an ideal pleasure horse
in the few weeks he has owned him. In a recent
letter to the writer Col. Brown declared Foss McDon-
ald the best saddle horse he had owned in many
days. He is a seal brown, one of the grandest look-
ers on earth, and those who know Col. Brown can
imagine what a sight it would be to see them on the
St. Louis bridle paths these frosty mornings.
Standing Room Only at the Horse' Show.
Ivanhoe Whitted writes as follows of his efforts
attend the great horse show at the Internation
Live Stock Exposition at Chicago last month:
"But the night horse shows! Really and trul
'cross my heart and hope to die' if I ever saw su<
a jam; such a wild, riotous mob as the aggregatic
that besieged the doors each night waiting for tl
show to begin; such a crazy, pushing, toe-trampii
herd of lunatics, every separate individual obsesst
with the one central aim and idea of beating som
body else to a favorable spot at the ringside. Ai
when at 7 p. m. the gates swung back maybe it wasn
a stampede. Standing room? It was standing roo]
that this giant mob of ticketless humanity was figh
ing each other for. About 4 o'clock Wednesday afte
noon I dropped around to a ticket booth to get a b
of pasteboard entitling me to the privilege of a chai
for the evening show. The booth was deserted t
the young woman I had noted earlier in the day. Th
wicket was closed and a card announced "Sold Out,
So I watched the crazy ones fight for standing rooD
meanwhile making a mental reservation to emulat
the praiseworthy example of the early bird on th
following day.
So at noon on Thursday I approached the bootl
laid down one good iron man and asked for the bit c
pasteboard. The very blonde lady behind the bai
smiled sweetly and spoke tersely, 'Sold Out.' 'Wha
are those people selling for, then?' I questioned, ind
eating the occupants of an adjoining booth. 'Po
Saturday night's show,' she replied; 'tonight and t(
morrow night both sold out."
Well, there was only one thing to do — join th
mad 7 o'clock rush for standing room.
So early in the evening I edged as far into th
rapidly growing mob as possible and waited. Whe
the gates were opened I got pretty close to the ra
without very much effort on my part. Several thot
sand anxious people in my rear propelled me, insisi
ently if not quietly to my place. We were packe'
in like California prunes or figs. Between me am
the rail were two layers — thin ones — of humanitj
At my right was a husky guy; at my left a slip o
a girl, who, before the show was over, was squeeze"
until there wasn't even a giggle left in her. Behim
me a million men and women were pushing am
pushing. It was hot, beastly hot. I was caught ii
the jam with a heavy coat on. I sweated and swel
tered; my collar wilted; the perspiration tricklei
down my legs and soaked my socks. I was packet
so tight that I couldn't have got out of that overcoa
on any kind of a bet, and there was no place to pu
it, anyway. But if misery loves company everybod;
had plenty of it. The show was long, but I stuck i
out because I couldn't get away."
Teaching the Rack and Fox-Trot.
A successful teacher of the saddle horse gait!
says the best way to teach the rack and fox-trot ii
to first get the colt handy in a snaffle bridle. Abov<
all things, teach him to walk properly at the start
It has been frequently remarked that a good, flat
footed walk is the foundation of all the saddle gaits
If the fox-trot is the slow gait which he wishes tc
develop, the colt should be urged out of the wait
until he takes it. It will probably require muct
patience and much taking back before he knows
what is wanted. Before teaching the colt to single'
foot or rack, he should be got used to the double-rein
bridle. Take his head up pretty high, "jiggle" the
curb in his mouth, and urge him rather strongly out
of the walk into a rack. No attempt should be made
to rack the colt except on smooth, firm footing. It
may help some if he is shod rather heavy behind
and light in front.
Buys Champion Saddle Mare.
John P. Crozer, of Upland, Pa., has purchased of
Hugh Willoughby the chestnut; saddle mare Pretty
Baby, that went through from the novice class to the
championship without meeting defeat at the Ken-
tucky State Fair this year. She is just under 15.2
hands high and has been looked upon as one of the
best of her size and type in Kentucky. She is a
saddle bred mare, by Grand McDonald out of Martha
Field, by Aaron Pennington, a thoroughbred race
horse, and was bred by Frenchdale Farm, Mexico,
Missouri. Mr. Crozer, who is a wealthy manufac-
turer of Chester, Pa., will have a strong stable of
saddle and harness horses out next season. He
exhibited Rectina, Lee Chief and Sunflower with
much success last summer, winning four blue rib-
bons with one, six with another and eight with the
other, according to the Horse Show Blue Book.
Thirty years ago he was a prominent breeder of
trotting horses, and a little later the owner of the
famous high jumper, Filemaker.
Lovers of saddle horses are paying considerable
attention to The Leading'Man, a beautiful chestnut
gelding owned by Langhorne Tabb Anderson of
Maysville, Ky. In fact, some of the best judges
believe he will be the most important candidate in
Kentucky next year. He was only exhibited once :
in 1916— at the Ohio State Fair — and won over the
"would-be wonders" of the present time. It is under-
stood Mr. Anderson has refused several offers from
Eastern men for this gelding, and horse lovers of
Missouri and Kentucky are congratulating him for
not doing so. The Leading Man is one of the kind
that can go out and win several thousand dollars at
the shows, and his owner knows it.
Saturday, January 6, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Notes and News
A California Circuit is incubating.
Representatives of a large number of associations
and track owners will meet in this city January 16th.
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It is proposed to arrange a circuit, select dates and
announce programs and purses.
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A draft of the proposed racing commission bill will
be found on another page.
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Very nearly 100 trotters and pacers are wintering
. at the North Randall track, Ohio.
An offer of $20,000 has been refused for the cham-
i pion half mile track trotting filly Emma Magowan
(2) 2:07%.
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And now Jacksonville, Florida, and Peoria, Illinois,
,!• both want to hold Grand Circuit meetings, and have
made applications for membership therein.
Lee Eros., of Mexico, Mo., have recently sold sev-
I era! three gaited horses to Godfrey Preece, the New
I Yorker, who has picked so many winners in Missouri.
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. It has been figured that the sum of $803,665 has
been awarded in premiums to breeders and exhib-
itors at the National Horse Show since its inception
in 1883.
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Bert Webster, who has given first lessons to as
many good horses as any trainer in California, is at
I Pleasanton with five head of trotters and pacers that
he will get ready for the racing season of 1917.
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L. H. Michales, a horseman of Brookside, Ossining,
New York, writes the Breeder and Sportsman that
he contemplates selling out his interests in the Em-
pire State and locating in California.
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Bob Smith, of Los Angeles, purchased Honey
Healey 2:08% by Zombro at W. G. Durfee's Chicago
sale and has sent her to Mount Sterling, Kentucky,
to be bred to J. Malcolm Forbes (4) 2:08.
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Al Thomas is now educating sixty yearlings that
are to be consigned by Walnut Hall Farm, Lexing-
ton, Kentucky, to the Midwinter Sale at Madison
Square Garden in February. The education consists
in learning to lead fast at the trot.
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C. B. Johnson, of Ogden, reached Pleasanton re-
cently with four head of trotting bred horses, one a
good race mare that he will breed to The Anvil
2:02%. The others are colts and fillies that will be
put in training.
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The complete racing career of the pacer Billy M.
2;03%, that died recently, shows that he started in
69 races, was a winner in 38, second in 12, third in
18, fourth in two, unplaced in but five. His gross
winnings were $15,540.
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A new departure at the London Hackney Show of
1917 will be a competition for stallions suitable to
get artillery and army horses. "High action will not
be taken into consideration," so the conditions read.
The exhibition is scheduled for March 6, 7 and 8.
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W. G. Durfee consigned 35 head to the Chicago
sale. They brought an average of $350 per head.
Only the sales of horses that brought $200 or over
were reported in the accounts of the sale sent on
from Chicago and printed in the Breeder and Sports-
man last week.
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The horses of the late M. W. Savage's Interna-
tional Stock Farm have been sold at private sale
since the death of that gentleman. Up to the present
time 165 horses have been sold at an average of
$250 each. The majority of the purchases were by
Minnesota buyers, but 25 states and Canada bought
horses through correspondence. Louisiana took 16,
South Carolina 12. New York 9, and Western Canada
12. The weanlings were in demand and went to
buyers in all directions.
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Presence and style are characteristics which a
good many judges seem to overlook, or ignore, while
the public is sometimes so swayed by them as to
overlook other essentials. Possibly it was this dif-
ference between the official and the unofficial point
of view which caused the spectators in Chicago to
show their preference for Lady Dilham by continued
cheering and applause throughout the contest in
which the judges placed her fourth to Princess
Sheila, Rillington Nimble and Gypsy Girl. There are
not a few harness horses that excel Lady Dilham in
conformation and that go higher, especially with
their hocks, but the little mare in her twelve cam-
paigns has never met one that could take the atten-
tion of a crowd away from her when she is stepping
and going at her best, so proudly and daintily does
she carry herself, and so full of life and spriit does
she seem to be.
The Yolo County Fair will be held at Woodland
this year. The Yolo County Farm Bureau directorate
is already discussing preliminary plans for a fair that
will be wide in its scope and typical of that section.
The bureau as an organization will offer four prizes —
one of $50, one of $25, one of $15 and one of $10 —
for the four exhibits in the order named, which are
composed of the greatest variety of products exhib-
ited by one farmer.
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If a stable has just finished a disastrous campaign
does the owner quite the game? inquired Jesse Shuff,
the Kentucky correspondent of the American Sports-
man. Not by a jugful . He may be a little blue, but
it is so easy to avail himself of any of a hundred
and one excuses why his horses failed to connect
with the big end of the purses, or he just peddles off
one or two of them and starts out on the hunt for a
trotter that can win.
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J. G. Truman, one of the largest importers and
breeders of Shire and Hackney horses in the West,
was indefinitely suspended .as an exhibitor at the
International Horse Show during the recent exhibi-
tion in Chicago. He lost his temper when his Hack-
ney stallion Romping Flash, champion of the last
National Horse Show in New York, was placed sec-
ind to John J. Mitchell's Kingfisher, and used offen-
sive language to the judges, William H. Moore and
Robert A. Fairbairn, as he was leaving the ring.
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The Department of Commerce reports 29,590 horses
and 15,309 mules exported from the United States in
the month of October. Their value was $9,719,594.
In the ten months ended October 31 the number of
horses exported was 239,894, and the number of
mules 106,334, making a total of 345,228 head, valued
at $74,700,433. During the same period last year the
number of horses was 391,059, arid of mules 105,238,
making a total of 496,297 head, valued at $101,388,-
938.
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The next big trotting horse auction will be the
Mid-Winter Sale at Madison Square Garden, New
York. The highest prices ever obtained at this fam-
ous annual sale were for Baldy McGregor, at $16,000,
while three other aged horses were sold at $4,000
or more; Peter Billiken, $5,000; Charley Mitchell,
$4,500, and Mr Hawthorne, $4,000. The highest-
priced mares sold in the same sales were Helen
Hale, $8,000, and Adioo Dillon, $4,500. Only two
two-year-olds have been sold for $3,000 or over —
Katv O'Neill, $3,S50, and Rose Knight, $3,000.
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Dick McMahon, after a week's visit in San Fran-
cisco and Pleasanton, has been spending several
days in Los Angeles looking over some of the pros-
pects he has heard about. He will probably take
three or four back to Libertyville with him from Mr.
R. J. MacKenzie's Pleasanton Stock Farm. Mr. Mc-
Mahon's injured ankle is giving him a good deal of
trouble and he expects to go to the celebrated Mayo
Brothers, surgeons at Rochester, Minn., to have an
operation performed in the spring if the ankle is not
improved by then.
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W. R. Murphy, of Santa Ana, has moved to Los
Angeles for the winter and has five head of horses
at the track there that he is getting ready to race.
The five are Bellwig Boy by Wiggins out of a mare
by Bow Bells that looks like a classy trotter; a two-
year-old by Junior Dan Patch 2:04%, dam by Roy
Wilkes 2:06Vi; a two-year-old by Red McK, dam by
Ignis Fatuus 2:20%; a four-year-old by Hal McKin-
ney 2:06%, and a bay mare by a son of Barondale
2:11 % out of a mare by Atto Rex. All these horses
are green and have not had any work as yet since
last summer.
A New York daily quotes Mr. A. H. Cosden, owner
of The Real Lady (2) 2:04%, and for many years
one of the best supporters of Grand Circuit racing,
as opposed to the present system of early-closing
installment plan purses, usually misnamed stakes,
and determined to patronize them no more. "If a
man could reasonably expect," Mr. Cosden is re-
ported as saying, "to get back what he has to pay
out in entrance fees, training bills and shipping
charges, after he has paid for his horses, I wouldn't
give it up, because I like the sport . But it is too
one-sided to be enjoyable. Besides, I like colt racing
better and so I am going in for two- and three-year-
olds."
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W. S. Harkey, of Gridley, was in town this week
for a few days' recreation. Mr. Harkey bred the good
mare Deviletta 2:10% and Sutherland & Chadbourne
now have a two-year-old from her in their string that
looks like a real good one. He is by The Proof
2:09% and if there is anything in looks and breed-
ing he will be an honor to both sire and dam. Mr.
Harkey, who is an extensive farmer, has added a
herd of 40 milk cows to his farm, and sells his milk
to the creamery . He sows the most of his acres to
grain, however, and has a lead mule on one of his
plow teams that he says is the best jerk line mule in
the State. This mule is out of a trotting bred mare
by Moses S. 2:19%, and no day is too long for him.
He is kind and gentle, afraid of nothing, yet is up in
the collar from morning until night, and carries his
head in the air like a show horse. Mr. Harkey also
has a fine young mule out of Deviletta that he says
can trot your eye out.
Mutual Betting Is Popular.
Excepting the bookmakers ,who lost their occupa-
tion when the pari-mutuel machines were introduced
in Kentucky and Maryland, nearly everybody in those
States seems to be pleased with the mutual system
of betting. In Maryland, where a very prosperous
racing season ended in November last the track man-
agers are enthusiastic. The average daily amount
at the Laurel and Pimlico fall meetings was consid-
erably more than $200,000, it is said, and in one day
at Laurel the total was $290,000, while at Pimlico' the
high water mark was $316,000, which stands as a
record for the Maryland tracks.
What the mutuel system means to the tracks is
readily seen when it is remembered that in the old
days of book betting there were never more than
thirty-five bookmakers at Pimlico, and they paid $100
each for the privilege of operating. This arrange-
ment limited the income of the track from this
source to $3,500 a day, whereas it was something
like $17,000 on the best day of the fall meeting this
year, with an average of more than $10,000 a day
for twenty-six days of racing, or approximately
$300,000 for the year.
In Canada and Kentucky, as well as in Maryland,
the mutuels are supplanting the bookmakers on all
running tracks, and their popularity now extends to
the trotting tracks, machines having been used last
year at several meetings in the Grand Circuit. At
Windsor, Ont., which is just across the river from
the flourishing city of Detroit, there are now five or
six running tracks operating the machines, and at
Montreal a lot more tracks have come into existence
since the profitable mutuels supplanted the book-
makers.
Breeder of Lee Axworthy Buys Peter the Great Colt.
That sons of Peter the Great 2:07% will be as
successful in the stud as the sons of any other trot-
ting sire in the world is the confident bleief of
William Bradley, treasurer of the Fiss, Doerr &
Carroll Horse Company of New York and breeder of
the champion stallion Lee Axworthy 1:58%. Mr.
Bradley has just backed his opinion in the matter
by purchasing the grand looking young stallion Little
Peter 2:22%, by Peter the Great, to put in the stud
at his Ardmaer Garm, Raritan, N. J., where Lee
Axworthy was bred.
Little Peter belies his name, for he is 15.2% hands
high and is powerfully as well as finely formed at
all points. He is four years old, and is a dark, rich
mahogany bay in color. He was bred by H. B. Clay
of Paris, Ky., and is out of Bettie Wiggins, by
Wiggins 2:19%, son of Aberdeen and sire of many
crack trotters, including four in the 2:10 list, Nellie
Tourney 2:21%, the grandam of Little Peter, is the
dam of Aunt Molly 2:16% and Baron Allerton 2:15%.
She was by Baron Wilkes 2:18, the sire of Moko,
and was out of Belle Medium, one of the best produc-
ing daughters of Pilot Medium, sire of Peter the
Great.
Little Peter's record was made as a three-year-old,
with very limited training, and in his work at that
age he trotted in 2:18% over a half mile track.
Probably no other horseman now living has owned
three such sires as Mr. Bradley owned in Bingen
2:06%, Todd 2:14% and Guy Axworthy 2:08'/i, and
his choice of a son of Peter the Great for stud pur-
poses is therefore especially significant. Referring
to the doubts expressed recently by some horsemen
as to whether Peter the Great is going to breed on,
Mr. Bradley said recently:
"Why in the world shouldn't he? He is as great
a sire as ever lived, and I am confident he will breed
on as well as any of them. If I didn't think so I
wouldn't have bought Little Peter."
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E. B. Jermyn, Mayor of Scranton. Pa., a wealthy
coal baron, shipped to Toronto in charge of Trainer
.las. Terrell four head of new candidates for the ice.
Lottie Hall, brown mare, 2:20'i, by Walnut Hall,
dam by Moko, is a trotter, the balance of the string
being pacers: Light Silk, chestnut mare, green pacer,
by Silk Cord, dam Headlight by Dictator Chief, by-
Dictator; Lady Alice, brown mare, 2:19%, by Joe
Patchen 2:01%, dam Dower 2:12%; Polly Ann,
brown mare. 2:06%, by Alstrath, by Alcyone, dam by
Wilkes Boy. The four head landed in good shape
and have all taken to their work nicely. Mr. Jer-
myn. who will arrive on the opening day of the races
at Hillcrest Park, is a devotee of the harness horse,
and keeps his string for the pleasure he derives from
seeing them race, and as a recreation from the busi-
ness worries that naturally beset a man in his posi-
tion. Mr. Terrill .the trainer, feels sure he has four
good horses in his string, and if they take to the
going over ice they will certainly give a good ac-
count of themselves. — [Trotter and Pacer.
Dates for some of the big Western horse shows to
be held next season in connection with State and dis-
trict fairs have lately been arranged, as follows:
Des Moines, Iowa Aug. 37-31
Detroit, Michigan Sept. 3-7
Hamline. Minnesota Sept. 3-8"
Indianapolis, Indian Sept. 3-8
Springfield. Illinois Sept. loir,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Sept. 10-15
Syracuse, New York Sept. 10-15
Louisville, Kentucky Sept. 10-15
Nashville. Tennessee Sept. 24-27
Sedalia, Missouri Oct. 9-13
Kansas City, Missouri Oct. 1-6
Atlanta, Georgia Oct. 15-20
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 6 ,1917
DEFINITE STEPS FOR RATING DOG SHOWS.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
Present Point System For Championship Likely to
be Abolished by A. K. C.
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
Steelhead Angling. — Anglers by the score betook
themselves to the Russian river over the holidays to
enjoy the steelhead fishing which is now allowed in
District Two.
The limit is two per man per day, but the fish are
large and a limit catch often means that fisherman
has from ten to twenty pounds of trout. Reports
during the week have told of fifteen pound catches
and of many smalltr ones.
The stream is running freely across the bar and
the present storm should increase the run of steel-
head up the river. The fish are quick to find fresh
water inlets at this time of the year. A freshet,
which will thoroughly wash out the stream and de-
crease the saltness of the water, should bring an
increased run of fish.
Some fishermen will not take fish from this stream
until after a freshet. They believe that the water of
the lower reaches of the river is so polluted during
the summer months, and so saturated with decayed
redwood, that the fish partake of the flavor of the
water.
A number of sportsmen took limits last week,
among them R. E. LaCoste, Jnc. LaFranchi. Harry
Lep, E. Snider, E. Foresti, C. M. Morrill, J. C. Par-
mier, Wm. Kimball, Edward Feranes, Tom Eckert
and F. V. Ogburn.
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Boosts Migratory Law. — Washington, D. C. — The
magnitude and importance of the wild fowl of the
United States is shown in these plain statements
of facts given out recently by the Department of
Agriculture:
"The State of Maine estimates the annual income
from its game resources at $13,000,000, of which
about 5 per cent, or $650,000, can safely be allotted
to 'he returns from migratory wild fowl.
"Oregon values the annual returns from its game
resources at $5,000,000. Of this amount about one
million dollars may be attributed to migratory wild
fowl.
"It is evident that the actual annual returns from
this source in the several states reach a very large
amount, and the value of this resource to the nation
amounts to hundreds of millions of dollars.
"The benefits of the migratory bird law in conserv-
ing and increasing the wild life of the country is not
confined solely to the game birds. This law also
protects at all times throughout the United States
our insectivorous birds, which inhabit every state.
"The bureau of entomology has estimated that
insects injure agriculture and farm products to the
amount of $652,000,000 annually. When it is consid-
ered that insectivorous birds constantly prey upon
and devour myriads of injurious insects throughout
the country, the benefit of these birds in maintaining
the balance of nature and in limiting the increase of
our insect enemies is of untold value."
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Talk With Bill Richards. — "The best duck season
in ten years, that is what I think about it," said Bill
Richards when asked how brids were going over the
Suisun marshes this year.
Bill Richards is one of those sportsmen who has
mellowed with the game. When you write his name
you think "Bill" and put down, in parenthesis, "W.
\V.," and as an afterthought add "Richards." He is
sixty-two.
"You see." said Bill, as he tilted back and propped
his feet up on a dwarfed desk stool, "you see, I
always figured that a man's business was entitled to
three days a week."
And then something that Harold C. Bryant once
remarked became clear. "If I should want to find
the man who knows most about Suisun marsh I
should hunt up Bill Richards." And Bryant knows
a thing or two about birds himself.
"I began shooting in that marsh in '77," continued
Richards. "This season is the best that has come
along in recent years. The reason? Well, I think
it's this: We had but little rain after the middle of
February. It gave the ducks time to nest and rear
their ducklings without the usual losses. Breeding
conditions were better all the way through and that
is what counts.
"The Federal migratory bird law is another thing
that I think helps. The good effect of this law is
going to be felt more as the years go on.
"We have had good shooting on the marsh. It's
a sprig camp — that marsh . We've had limit after
limit. Yes, sir, the best season in ten years "
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Green Lake Club.— The Green Lake Gun Club was
formed three years ago with ten members, consisting
then mostly of people in the immediate vicinity of
Green Lake. In 1915 the membership was pushed up
to seventy-five. In 1916, realizing the growing needs
of the club, the officers voted an expenditure for a
new club house and improvements to their grounds
That this work has brought forth its fruits may well
be evidenced from the fact that the club now consists
of 120 members in good standing.
During the meeting of the Washington State
Sportsmen's Association held last May, the Green
Lake Club was awarded the state shoot for 1917, the
trapshooting classic of the year for the state of
Washington . Plans are now being formed which
the club believes will result in bringing together the
largest number of contestants the state shoot has
ever drawn.
A cordial welcome is extended to all to come out
and get acquainted wit hthe sport that has proved
so attractive to more than 600,000 sportsmen through-
out the United States, all being invited to partici-
pate, whether members or not.
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TALK OF CLOSED SEASONS IN SOUTH.
Slaughter of Game Is Pointed Out with Thousands
of Hunters in Field.
Los Angeles, Cal. — Some drastic action must be
taken hurriedly if Southern California is to have any
wild game at all. Last season the killing was ver-
itable slaughter. Two or three more such and the
deer will take its place with the stuffed buffalo in
some museum.
The automobile and the good roads have brought
the forests and the waste places where the wild ani-
mals live within a few minutes' ride of the city
huntsman's door. It used to be when a man went
deer hunting, he was gone for a week or a month.
Now he merely rises at daylight, jumps into his ma-
chine and is back for work at 9 o'clock with or
without his deer, depending on his luck
The result has been that thousands are hunting
today who did not hunt three years ago. They
didn't have the time, nor the willingness to rough it,
nor the hunter's instinct.
Last year a man stood along the Malibu and count-
ed the hunters as they passed. Between daylight and
darkness, 117 went by; 117 hunters passing one
place in twelve hours — that means that probably a
thousand were out that day. It means that thou-
sands were out during the season. No game can
exist long in the face of mobs like that.
So the deer and every* other wild game is going.
The sport of the hunt has decreased and the lust to
kill has increased as the means of access to the for-
ests have become easier.
Killing chickens in one's backyard isn't much suc-
cess as a hunt. The only way anybody can get any
excitement out of it is seeing how many they can
kill in an hour or in three shots. The whole object
with the hunters nowadays is to see how many limits
they can get and how fast they can get them. That
is the only sport a man can possibly get when he
motors to the scene of the hunt in a limousine and
tramps around in his bedroom slippers.
Not only have the uneducated army of hunters, the
spoilers, killed merely for lust's sake, but they have
killed blindly. Does, fawns and spike bucks lie rot-
ting in the canyons.
So great has the killing become, that the animals
cannot possibly breed as fast as they are killed, or
even one-half as fast.
When they are gone, they are gone for all time.
Streams can be stocked with trout from hatcheries,
but you cannot restock the forests with deer, no
more than the plains could be restocked with bison.
The real hunters of the South, seeing the imminent
danger, have proposed a closed season for the next
four years. In that time the fast thinning game
would have a chance to breed and grow unmolested.
They should easily more than double. Then the
bars could be taken down again, probably never as
far as todav, but enough.
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Portland Club. — Dennis J. Holohan, a visitor from
Burley, Idaho, was high amateur at the Everding
Park traps of the Portland Gun Club on December
24th. He tied his father, Peter J. Holohan, a Port-
land professional, for high honors of the day. Each
broke 88 per cent of the bluerocks thrown to them.
Following are the scores recorded: Dennis J. Ho-
lohan 88. P. J. Holohan* 88, A. W. Strowger 82, C. N.
Parker 81, Henry R. Everding 80, Homer A. Pollock
72, Dr. A. J. Brock 70, J. S. Crane 70, John G. Clem-
son 70, William C. Bristol, with his regular 20-gauge
gun, 65.
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Hunting Dog Wears Glasses. — Moultree (Ga.) —
Fanny, a thoroughbred setter, wears spectacles. She
was fitted with glasses by an oculist, who found that
she had astigmatism.
For years Fanny has been known as one of the
best hunting dogs in this section. Before the open-
ing of the quail season this year she went to the
fields b yherself, and on returning showed evidence
of bad falls. Fanny could not help falling into
ditches and running into trees. Then it was dis-
covered that her eyes had become affected.
It is believed that the glasses will correct the
trouble. At least Fanny now is doing her work as
well as usual.
New York. — The quarterly meeting of the Amer-
ican Kennel Club was held last week at headquarters.
No. 1 Liberty street. Although nothing of a radical
character resulted, many incidents of significance
for the future transpired. The meeting, although in
itself purely routine, indicated that much may be
expected at the annual meeting to be held in Feb-
ruary.
One thing seems certain ,and that is the present
point system governing ratings for championship
titles will be dropped overboard. From what one
could gather, the conferences which have been held
between the Rules Committee and the License Com-
mittee have resulted in the conclusion that the pres-
ent system utterly fails to meet the situation. Fur-
thermore, the discriminating manner of apportioning
winners' classes according to breeds will not be pre-
sented for ratification at the annual meeting.
The system which seems likely to be put into effect
is one based on the average number of dogs per
class. At present it looks as if each breed will sail
under its own flag. In other words, according to
the average per class in each breed, so the points
credited to the winner's class for that particular
breed.
In the light that half a loaf is better than no bread,
such a system must be sweepingly beneficial. Its
weak spot, however, lies in the fact that breeds in
which bitches produce large litters have a big advan-
tage over breeds in which bitches produce two or
three in a litter.
Naturally one must take the good with the bad,
but the writer thinks some consideration should be
given to the fact that some breeds are more prolific
than others; also that the young of some breeds are
much harder to raise to maturity than others. It is
not numbers alone which count. I have in mind one
breed so prolific in its producing powers that "the
market" is flooded with specimens, most of which
are much below the standard for show purposes.
Yet because this breed's classes fill well — more for
dealing purposes than in the hope of winning a prize
— the road to a championship would be much easier,
owing to the number of points its excessive "output"
would give to the winner's class.
Again, if each breed went off its own bat, shows of
distinctive importance would lose all that, or one
might say would lose their identity.
As regards specialty club shows, however, such a
system is absolutely necessary. A little coterie can
get together and under the pretext of holding a spe-
cialty club show have as many gatherings per annum
as are necessary for their dogs to become champions.
An examination of the awards list in the Kennel
Gazette for the last year or two will disclose this.
For shows not confined to a particular breed, how-
ever, it would, perhaps, be more equitable to take
the grand average — i. e., if a show gives 100 classes
and has 500 entries, the average would be five per
class.
Whatever may be determined on at the annual
meeting I would suggest that it be specifically stated
that dogs entered for "specials" only or "not to com-
pete in this class," will not be considered as far as
the rating is concerned. FOX HILLS.
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New Coursing Club. — The California Coursing
Club, an organization recently formed around San
FTancisco bay section to revive interest in the
racing of greyhounds, has determined on January
14th as the date for the initial meet. It will be run
off at Sacramento. The members are figuring on
using the Tanforan race track later on in the year.
At present the coursing enthusiasts have no park,
as their place at Ingleside was cut up several years
ago.
The Capitol City Club has grounds at Sacramento
that have been tendered to the local organization.
R. J. Malcolm is president of the California Club,
with George Heintz of Oakland, secretary, and John
H. Rosseter, Roy A. Avery and H. H. Deckleman on
the executive committee.
A number of the members are starting to acquire
greyhounds again. Rosseter recently imported two
dogs from England and Avery has just received two
dogs from the East. One of them is Wild Night, that
divided a sixty-eight and won a sixteen stake in the
Middle WesL
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Snow at Bear Lake. — Heavy snowfall and freezing
weather has chased out the remainder of the Bear
Valley ducks and put an end to the sport for the
season. Gus Knight of Los Angeles has several firm
convictions regarding the regulation of the fishing
and shooting which is the chief asset of that beau-
tiful mountain resort, behind them being his forty
years' experience of the local conditions. Knig]
thinks all motors should be forbidden in duck hi
ing. and might well add fishing also, but doesn't,
veteran thinks the small hook and fine gut syste]
of murdering fish should be forbidden by law, tl
being the worst year of trout-wasting by hook-kill
trout he ever saw, and he strongly advocates p:
hibiting all market fishing in Bear Lake. An expert.
Knight has finally come to advocate strongly all sane
protective measures as essential if the supply is to
be kept up against the wonderfully-increasing de-
mand.
Saturday, January 6, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
PLENTY OF QUAIL ARE LEFT.
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Season Is Now Over and Conditions Are Favorable
For Breeding.
HOW DID MOTHER-LOVE BEGIN?
ARE ANIMALS' MINDS LIKE MEN'S?
SCIENTISTS TAKE UP QUESTIONS AFTER DEVOTING MITCH STUDY :
Although the quail have been hunted long and per-
sistently this season, close observers are rather sur-
prised at the number that have survived, and the
present snowfall will prove to those who go forth
in it that there is at least as big a breeding stock left
over now as a year ago, ready to take advantage of
the favorable breeding season which a continuance of
the present rains assures.
Upon the big preserved ranches of the Simi Valley,
more quail are to be seen today than a year ago.
The bunches range from thirty to fifty individuals,
and every spring has its following, sometimes a band
in every little draw. This breaking up of the big
droves is considered one of the best developments
possible as inducing a heavy general breeding, the
birds separating in pairs with the coming of warm
weather, and repopulating every canyon.
The maintenance of quail shooting in limit possi-
bility for those who not only know where to go, but
how to hunt and can hit when they get there, this
in face of over 30,000 registered hunting licensees in
the southern end of the State is one of the most
encouraging tributes to scientific game law enact-
ment and administration, quite at variance with the
usual good sport, drastic prohibition and no-increase
program exemplified in the East.
Californians who study fish and game problems
feel much encouraged at the uniformly good sport
of 1915 and 1916, and the idea is growing that the
Fish and Game Commission should be given power
to shorten seasons if in its judgment the need should
develop between two Legislatures, through very bad
weather, dry winters or other features likely to
curtail breeding.
Harry Sutherland of San Luis Obispo states that
the quail are more plentiful thereabouts than in
years; rabbits so pestiferous that farmers are com-
plaining. Duck shooting near San Luis and west of
Santa Maria has been very good. The wild pigeons
are so numerous that upland stock-raisers complain
because of the acorns they eat, which make such
choice pork. Traveling sportsmen who have not
made the acquaintance of this section have over-
looked good shooting country that is not generally
appreciated at its true worth.
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Places For State Shoots. — Thirty-seven State trap-
shooting associations have selected the cities where
they will stage the 1917 State championship tourna-
ments. Here is the list of States and the fortunate
cities :
Alabama — Brmingham. Arkansas — Texarkana. Ari-
zona (not selected). California (not selected, prob-
ably Del Monte). Connecticut (not selected). Dela-
ware (not selected). District of Columbia (affiliated
with Maryland). Florida (not selected). Georgia
(not selected). Idaho — Twin Falls. Illinois — Strea-
tor. Indiana — Indianapolis. Iowa — Waterloo. Kan-
sas — Larned. Kentucky — Louisville. Louisiana —
Alexandria. Maine — Rockland. Maryland — Balti-
more. Massachusetts (not selected). Michigan —
Birmingham. Minnesota — Brainerd. Mississippi —
Narchez. Missouri — Springfield. Montana — Anacon-
da. Nebraska (not selected). Nevada (affiliated
with California). New Hampshire — Manchester. New
Jersey (not selected). New Mexico (affiliated with
Colorado). New York — Syracuse. North Carolina —
Wilmington. North Dakota — Minot. Ohio — Cedar
Point. Oklahoma — Tulsa. Oregon — Salem. Penn-
sylvania— Bradford. Rhode Island (not selected).
South Carolina — Greenwood. South Dakota — Alexan-
dria. Tennessee (not selected). Texas — Houston.
Utah — Oregon. Vermont — Randolph. Virginia — Roa-
noke. Washington — Seattle. West Virginia — Rich-
wood. Wisconsin — Wausau. Wyoming — Casper.
QC
Are You a Sportsman? — Can it be said of you that
you are satisfied with a reasonable bag? Does the
man that comes after you get any of the sport? In
many localities such sportsmen exist. They are
interested in the protection and perpetuation of the
country's game resources. They get what they want,
but they have conservative wants. They never fire
a gun at any kind of game if they thought by so
doing they would injure the prospects for the in-
crease of that game supply. In some sections wild
water fowl are exceptionally good this year, the
increase being attributed to the migratory bird law
and to gunners who on previous gunning trips only
shot enough for their actual needs and never more
than the law limit.
This could be true of all other game. Don't shoot
more than you need. Don't shoot just for the sake
of hitting something. If you feel that way about it,
go to the nearest gun club and break targets. It's
a fine sport and you are not killing off or reducing
chances for future supply, no matter how many clay
birds you kill.
Be a considerate sportsman.
QB
Swift Killed Near Arbuckle. — A large, almost full-
grown swift, a cross breed between a coyote and fox,
was killed by Ernest Sachreiter about eight miles
east of Arbuckle. The animal had been seen several
times lately but no one had been able to get near it.
Sachreiter, on a horse, chased the swift for eight
or nine miles before it finally became exhausted and
stopped.
How did mother-love, self-sacrifice, and intelligence
come into the world? To help solve such puzzles,
the scientists are turning to man's cousins, the ani-
mals. Some of the curious and illuminating results
are set forth by Dr. S. J. Holmes, Associate Profes-
sor of Zoology in the University of California, in his
book just published, "Studies in Animal Behavior."
Why do mother-birds go to the trouble of brooding
over their eggs, and if eggs won't hatch unless they
are kept warm, where did the first bird come from? —
this is an old-time puzzle. Professor Holmes's answer
is that the first bird was not a bird but a reptile. This
ancestral reptile come up out of the sea to live on
the land. Those which acquired the habit of guarding
their eggs had more descendants than those which
did not. As the cold-blooded reptiles in time changed
into warm-blooded creatures, the habit of lying near
or over the eggs while guarding them helped along
the process of hatching, until finally warm-blooded
birds developed which must brood over their eggs if
their own kind was to continue.
The development of parental care was a long, slow
process. The lowest creatures multiply by just split-
ting in two — but even in that there is a beginning of
altruism and egoism. Among the lower invertebrates
the young are left to shift for themselves from the
first. There is an interesting crustacean, Amphithoe,
which carries her eggs and her young for a few days
after they hatch out, in a brood-pouch under her body.
When agile enough, the young creep out and swim
away, and this mother manifests her fondness for
her children only by devouring them if she has a
chance.
But family life is impossible on a basis of purely
egoistic behavior, and all autruism grows out from
the beginnings of parental care. The first manifes-
tation of parental care is the instincts for finding
proper surroundings for the eggs — instinct found in
creatures which will never see their young and could
not recognize their own offspring. The botfly lays
its eggs on the hair of the living horse or cow.
Among certain solitary wasps, the mother digs a
hole, catches a particular species of insect or spider,
and deposits an egg in the body of the victim, there-
by paralyzing it so that it cannot crawl away but
must remain entombed alive where the wasp has
buried it. So, when the wasp's egg hatches, her off-
spring will have living, undecayed fresh meat on
which to feed.
The female scorpion displays interest in her young,
for she tears away the egg membranes to help the
young escape, and then the tiny scorpions mount on
their matter's back . She then remains for several
days in her nest.
The male Obstetrical Toad of Europe carries the
eggs of his mate coiled in strings about his hind
legs until the young are ready to hatch. The Run-
ning Spider, Lycosa, carries her cocoon about with
her, and when the spiderlings hatch out they cling
in a squirming mass to her body.
The alligators guard the spot in the sand where
they have buried their eggs . The pythons coil about
their eggs and help them to incubate. It is seldom,
however that snakes show any such solicitude for
their eggs, and active care for their young is prac-
tically absent among reptiles.
The father is the defender of the family among
the dogfish and the sticklebacks. The male fish
builds the nest, remains in it or near it to drive in-
truders away, and for several weeks after the eggs
hatch out, swims about with the young fish valiantly
defending these small fry.
Most insects are indifferent to their young, but
certain of the solitary' ants and solitary bees leave
an ample provision of food with their eggs so that
the young may be fed. It is a natural development
from this beginning to the habit of continuing to
bring food and of caring for the young larvae. Soci-
ties grow out from the family. The typical insect
community is an enormous family with but a single
mother.
The higher the scale of life, the fewer the off-
spring and the greater and longer the care the young
receive. So develop sympathy, affection, and the
emotions ot family life.
The lower birds build only crude nests and hatch
many young, which are active early in life, but a
large proportion of the young die. Among the higher
songbirds, however, few eggs are laid, but those are
in a well-prepared nest. The young are helpless,
and so are fed, kept clean, carefully guarded, and
educated.
Our monkey cousins show a tenderness little short
of human, driving away the flies from the monkey
baby, washing a young one's face in a stream,
monkey mothers dying of grief over the loss of their
young, and other monkeys promptly adopting or-
phans.
With the doctrine of evolution universally accepted
by scientific men, a particularly active endeavor
nowadays is to trace the process of evolution of par-
ticular instincts and of particular mental faculties.
Explanation of the tropisms of the lower creatures
is made more difficult by the fact that behavior may
be extremely varied even without the slightest evi-
dence of intelligence.
Many lower creatures, however, show the begin-
nings of intelligence in that they can learn by experi-
ence. Out of purely instinctive behavior has grown
a power of associative memory — though there is lit-
tle ground for believing, thinks Professor Holmes,
that animals have general ideas or the power of
deliberate reasoning. They do have, however, ideas
of a simple sort and a certain power of inference.
A crayfish can be taught. One crayfish was put in
a box divided by a partition. If it went to the right,
it was stopped eventually by a plate glass. If it
went to the left, it found an open passage to a tank
of water. In the first ten trials the crayfish took
the wrong road as often as the correct one. In the
next ten trials the percentage of correct choice in-
creased. Finally, the crayfish came to know the
correct path to the open tank, so that it rarely made
a mistake. Similar experiments have shown that
crabs, fishes, and frogs can slowly learn.
The curious ways in which certain creatures feign
death has aroused much interest. There is a cater-
pillar of one of the geometrid moths which clings
by one end to a twig in such a way that it looks
exactly like a fork of the twig. Many insects on
being touched will feign death. Certain crayfishes,
frogs, lizards, snakes, birds, and mammals by manip-
ulation may be put into a sort of hypnotic state. In
large part these feignings of death are not an intelli-
gent intention, but automatic, and the result of a
contact-shock. The young terns have a strong in-
stinct for feigning death.
"Playin' possum" is proverbial, and foxes will pre-
tend to be dead and open their eyes surreptitiously
to see if it is safe to scamper off. In the birds and
the mammals such feigning of death involves a more
or less deliberate intention to profit by deception,
though it is probably not a result of conscious reflec-
tion, but based on instinct.
The profoundly important role of sex in evolution
is pointed out by Professor Holmes. Were it not
for the necessities of sex, there would be neither
color nor scent in flowers.
The processes of wooing and mating have been
responsible for the sharpening of the senses, the de-
velopment of strength and acuteness, and the evolu-
tion of the higher qualities of mind. The vocal appa-
ratus, for instance, has as its primal purpose the sex
call . Later came the development of the voice as a
means of protecting and fostering the young, and
then the development of speech for social communi-
cation— and from that the whole development of
intelligent human society.
Mayor of Alvarado. — Bill Robinson is the Mayor of
Alvarado, so the boys say. He lives in a cabin on
the drawbridge and conducts his tuleborough with
much more efficiency than a hunter for political
favor.
Bill Robinson leaves San Francisco each year with
the opening of the season, and from then until ducks
are no longer to be shot he keeps his abode on the
bridge . The Mayor, though he always must walk
with a crutch, never fails to have game — limits
mostly. The Mayor doesn't sell his game. It goes
to his friends or is roasted and served to hungry
parties right in the Mayor's hall.
Robinson's father was a great hunter, too. He was
Richard Robinson .who won distinction as the cham-
pion wing shot of Canada.
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Biggest Hatchery in World. — The Sisson hatchery
is the largest in the world, according to the report of
the State Fish and Game Commission.
The hatchery has an annual capacity of 50,000,000
trout and salmon fry, and during the last season dis-
tributed 18,400,000 quinnat salmon and 9,597,000 trout
fry. The hatchery turned out 11,372,000 trout fry
more than could be shipped, this resulting in plans
for a better distribution system.
The hatchery has on hand at the present time
313.204 trout, including 9000 mature rainbow trout,
«600 Eastern brook trout and 12,650 Loch Leven
trout.
GB
Got a Hungry Goat? — Two hundred hungry goats
are wanted by the forest service. They must be
hungry, says W. L. Whiteman of the local office.
Most ordinary' citizens will think that the specifi-
cations concerning the appetite is superfluous. A
goat without an appetite is as unthinkable as a burro
with a pleasant disposition.
But the Forest Service is quite in earnest when it
declares that the goats must be free from stomach
trouble, have good teeth, and, above all, husky appe-
tites.
Eating is to be the main business of these angor.-is.
which labor undoubtedly brings a mere goat as close
to his seventh heaven as he will ever reach. These
two hundred dyspepsia-free beasties are to be ban-
queted on the fire breaks of the Angelus forest. They
are to take the place of brush cutters, who each year
clear the growth which springs up on these pro-
tective trails.
Tlie service expects to be able to herd the goals
up and down these clearings and allow them to mow
the brush before them. It all rests, however, with
the goats, say the officials. There must be no dieters
among the two hundred.
10
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 6 ,1917
Sportsmen's Row
President F. M. Newbert of the State Fish and
Game Commission states that he does not know of
any bill to be introduced by the committee forbidding
the use. of salmon-eggs as bait for trout. "I do not
wish to go-on Teeord in favor or against such a meas-
ure until I see the. bill," says Newbert. "There are
things in favor of the bait and there are things
against it. As far as I know the Commission has
taken no action either way."
* * *
Members of the San Francisco Fly Casting Club
recently elected officers for the new year as follows:
President, Frank J. Cooper; first vice-president, F.
W. Webster; seere ary. Paul Shattuck; directors,
Dr. B. W. Westphal, W. F. Bokart, W. J. Davis Jr.,
Stanley Forbes. Walter Mansfield and J. S. Siebe.
* * *
Cards have been received here carrying the an-
nouncement that the Wilmington, Del., Gun Club, of
which T. E. Doremus is president, held a shoot on
December 30 in honor of "Ted," as he is known to
his many friends. The occasion is the celebration of
his 29th birthday. Mr. Doremus was recently re-
elected president of the Interstate Trapshooters' As-
sociation, which controls organized trapshooting in
the United States. He is well and favorably known
here, having been in attendance at the Pacific Coast
handicap shoot staged at Portland in September.
* * *
Canvasback shooting on the mountain lakes
showed improvement over last year, the feed beds
at last having caught up with the sudden raise in
the water levelsin the spring of 1915 further swelled
last January. The chief food supply of the canvas-
backs in Crane and Castais lakes is sago pond weed
(Potamogeton Pectinatus), but those frequenting
Bear Lake are drawn by a water smartweed and
another plant very closely resembling the famed
"wild celery" or "eel grass" (Vallisneria Spiralis) of
Chesapeake Bay.
* * *
Rabbits appear to be more affected by parasitic
and other disease than by law, which is the explana-
tion of conflicting reports, some sections noting a
decrease even under shorter seasons and the fifteen-
per-day bag limit, but in general both sage and cot-
tontail species seem to have held their own or better.
* * *
Awakening to the real value of fishing and hunting
as assets to the community at large through the in-
terests built up about these sports has been more
noticeable during the year just closed than ever
before and is considered by conservationists as an
earnest of continuance in the program of wise laws
well enforced; that there may be more fish to catch
and more birds to hunt. Even the deer bag showed
an increase, although admittedly the hardest problem
with which game lawmakers or their administrators
have to deal.
* * *
Angling licensees who exercise the privilege in the
surf attribute the scarcity of their favorite species to
current changes rather than over-fishing, either sport-
ing or commercial, as the surf fishes have been given
protection for a number of years, and more arrests
were made than usual through closer surveillance
rather than gTeater violation.
* * *
Dove hunters enjoyed as good a season as the
necessarily-delayed opening permits, the famous
"flights" that used to be so marked a feature of
Southern California sport being so essentially a fea-
ture of the breeding period that they must be fore-
gone if the dove is to be maintained as a game bird
at all.
* * *
The International trapshooting tournament at St.
Thomas. Ont„ in December was the biggest ever
held in Canada. Bob Emslie, the baseball umpire,
is president of the St. Thomas Association.
* * - *
Joe Bush, a member of the present day Athletics,
and Chief Bender, a pitcher of the once champion
Athletics, engaged in a 100 clay target match in
Camden, N. J., a short time ago and Bush broke 94
targets to 92 for Bender.
* * *
The Minneapolis Athletic Club, the largest and
strongest social organization of business men in that
city, has gone in for rifle shooting and trapshooting.
* * *
Thirty girls of the State College of Washington are
given instruction weekly in the use of fire-arms.
* * *
Employees of the Twin City Telephone Company
in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., have formed a
rifle club.
* * *
Trapshooting trade representatives of Missouri.
Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois. Kentucky, Indiana and
Michigan have formed an organization known as the
Miwikims and an annual tournament on the same
order as the Westy Hogans will be conducted.
* * *
Thirty-five States allow the killing of deer.
* * *
Wyoming is the only State in the Union where the
big hom sheep may be killed.
The States — Nevada and Texas — and the Province
of Manitoba are the only places where antelope may
be hunted.
* * *
Moose may be killed in nearly all of the Canadian
provinces, and in Wyoming under a special license
fee of 5100.
* * *
The United States Government has appropriated
5300,000 for the destruction of noxious animals in
the mountains.
* * *
The Connecticut Fish and Game Association has
increased its membership more than 500 souls during
1916.
* * *
New Mexico has such a progressive State Associ-
ation for the protection of game that there are few
violations there
* * *
Elk may be killed in three States — Montana, Wyo-
ming and Idaho — and in four Canadian provinces —
Yukon, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Northwest Ter-
ritory.
* * *
Some hunters do not look before they shoot — and
that is the reason five men were killed in New York
and fuor in Michigan during the few days of the deer
season.
* * *
Pennsylvania gunners assert that the deer season
in that State, the first 15 days in December, is too
late for the comfort and pleasure of the hunters,
and say also that the venison is not fit to eat so
late in the year.
* * *
Colusa (Colusa Co.) — The shooting preserves in
the vicinity of this city have yielded nearly forty
tons of ducks for visiting hunters. More than 1,000
hunters, averaging a kill of 25 each, have been in
Colusa since the opening of the season. This would
indicate the slaughter of 25,000 ducks, totaling at the
very least 5,000 pounds or nearly forty tons. These
figures do not include the number of ducks killed by
local gimners.
• • •
News have been received of the deaths of two of
the most famous bulldogs in England. Ch. Felton
Comet, whose winnings ran into four figures and
who was victor in practically every competition
worth while, is gone. So is Aquitania. The latter
had trouble in whelping, and not only succumbed
herself, but so did a litter of seven puppies.
* * *
J. F. W. Moore — "Just wait for me" — has returned
from a pleasant vacation in the South. The local
trap shot took in all the sights in Southern Califor-
nia and crossed over to Tijuana to see the races.
J. F. W. M. found the hunters busy in getting game,
and prospects bright for the trapshooting sport,
* * *
Hugh Poston has happily recovered from his re-
cent illness and is up and about again greeting
friends.
* * *
J. A. Chanslor thinks a deal of his little setter,
Sonoma Girl. The bitch is only eight months old and
looks like the best bet for the Derby at the next
trials. Last month Sonoma Giri was just beaten by
Maggie G. by a margin.
COAST HANDICAP LATE IN MAY,
interstate Association Announces Dates and $1300
Added Money for San Jose.
Vernon Club. — Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Groat tied for
the gold bar emblem put up for competition in a 50-
bird handicap trap shoot Sunday morning by the
Vernon Gun Club. Both shot from IS yards and
broke 48 birds. They shot off at their allotted han-
dicaps. Groat won, breaking 24x25 and Mrs. Groat
23x25. The race was closely contested as the scores
indicate.
The four beautiful oil paintings, painted by Fred
Kimble and donated to the club as season prizes,
were awarded as follows: Stanton A Bruner, first
choice of pictures: C. E. Groat, second choice, Mrs.
C. E. Groat, third choice, and J. W. Meek, fourth
choice ot pictures.
The loving cup donated to the club by Mrs. Groat
was won by William Pugh, the most faithful and
enthusiastic follower of the trapshooting game in
Southern California.
Secretary Stan Bruner announces that another set
of season trophies will be placed up for competition
as soon as the game season closes. The clay bird
season never closes and the followers of this sport
have that advantage over the field stalkers, being
able to shoot the year around. Sunday's scores
follow:
Hdcp.
C. E. Groat 18
Mrs. C. E. Groai 18
J. D. Dierdoff 18
Kinney 16
Spafford 16
Wm. Pugh 18
Bob Bole 18
A. W. Bruner 16
Chas. White 16
Yorby 16
Billy Neil 16
Ed Bohring 16
Wm. Brawner 16
Prac-
Total tice.
48 45
48 45
46 45
47 37
43 42
45 43
39 41
4
r 42
49
39
50
25
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Editor "Breeder and Sportsman":
Please announce to the readers of "Breeder and
Sportsman" that the Eighteenth Grand American
Trapshooting Tournament will be held at Chicago,
Ills., on August 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24, 1917, under the
auspices of the South Shore Country Club. There
will be 84,000 or more added money. The winner of
first place in the Grand American Handicap will be
guaranteed $500 and a trophy; the winner of second
place will be guaranteed §400 and a trophy; the
winner of third place will be guaranteed $300 and a
trophy; the winner of fourth place will be guaran-
teed $200 and a trophy and the winner of fifth place
will be guaranteed $100 and a trophy. Numerous
other trophies will also be awarded.
Also announce that the Twelfth Southern Trap-
shooting Tournament will be held at Roanoke, Va.,
on May 8, 9, 10, 1917, under the auspices of the Roa-
noke Gun Club. There will be $1,00 added money.
The winner of first place in the Southern Handicap
will be guaranteed $100 and a trophy; the winner of
second place will be guaranteed $75 and a trophy
and the winner of third place will be guaranteed $50
and a trophy. Several other trophies will also be
awarded.
The Twelfth Pacific Coast Trapshooting Tourna-
ment will be held at San Jose, Cal„ on May 28, 29
and 30, 1917, under the auspices of the San Jose
Gun Club. There will be $1,300 added money. The
winner of first place in the Pacific Coast Handicap
will be guaranteed $100 and a trophy; the winner of
second place will be guaranteed $75 and a trophy and
the winner of third place will be guaranteed $50 and
a trophy. Several other trophies will also be
awarded.
The Eleventh Eastern Trapshooting Tournament
will be held at Hartford, Conn., on June 20, 21 and
22, 1917, under the auspices of the Hartford Gun
Club. There will be $1000 added money. The win-
ner of first place in the Eastern Handicap will be
guaranteed $100 and a trophy; the winner of second
place will be guaranteed $75 and a trophy and the
winner of third place will be guaranteed $50 and a
trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded.
The Twelfth Western Trapshooting Tournament
will be held at St. Joseph, Missouri, on July 17, 18
and 19. 1917, under the auspices of the St. Joseph
Gun Club. There will be $1000 added money. The
winner of first place in the Western Handicap will
be guaranteed $100 and a trophy; the winner of sec-
ond place will be guaranteed $75 and a trophy and
the winner of third place will be guaranteed $50 and
a trophy. Several other trophies will also be
awarded Yours very truly,
THE INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION,
ELMER E. SHANER,
Pittsburgh, Pa. Treasurer and Manager.
8B
Oregon Duck Season Over. — The duck hunting sea-
son, which by the state law closed the last day of
the year in Multnomah, Columbia, Clatsop and Tilla-
mook counties of Oregon, has been above the aver-
age, both in the number of limit bags secured and
in the quality of the birds.
This has been due to exceptional weather condi-
tions, which favored the sportsmen until the cold
weather of this week arrived.
Last year was an unusually poor season, especially
the latter part, when the unusually heavy snow and
low temperature drove all of the ducks south. Earlier
in the open season it was very dry along the Colum-
bia river and on many small lakes in the vicinity of
which are the favorite haunts of the mallards, teal,
sprig-tails and widgeons.
State Game Warden Carl D. Shoemaker said re-
cently that local sportsmen, as a rule, haven't done
much protesting on closing the season December 31,
as demanded by the state law. Heretofore it has
been the custom to follow the federal statute in this
respect, which requires the duck season to close on
January 15th.
The season opens two weeks earlier in the coun-
ties mentioned, according to the state law, than it
does in the rest of the state, and it seems unfair to
give the sportsmen of these districts a longer shoot-
ing period than is enjoyed in other sections.
Mr. Shoemaker is not figuring on putting on any
additional force of deputy wardens to handle the
situation in these counties at present, he asserts,
but will do so later. There are some sportsmen who
don't believe the ruling is legal, but any person
caught hunting ducks will be arrested and tried. Mr.
Shoemaker is confident the statute will be upheld.
BB-
Traps For Yacht Clubs. — William H. Johns, Com-
modore of the Bayside Yacht Club, Bayside, Long
Island, in his annual December report has the follow-
ing to say about trapshooting:
"In our trapshooting work 26,326 shots were fired
during the season, and the interest in this splendid
winter sport is growing with every year."
The above seems to express in very few words
the attitude and feeling of many clubs, not alone gun
clubs. The sport has made wonderful progress in
the last few years and is now an important feature
of many country, golf and yacht clubs.
Saturday, January 6, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
11
HOW TO ORGANIZE A RIFLE CLUB.
Government Is Anxious to Encourage Men to Become
Crack Shots and Offers Inducements.
[By E. C. Crossman.]
. The old gentleman with the striped trousers and
the white goatee is anxious to see as many Ameri-
cans shooting the military rifle as possible and to
that end our Uncle Samuel has made available the
purchase of the army New Springfield and the obso-
lete, but still serviceable, Krag, with ammunition at
reasonable prices to fit both arms. Reputable civil-
ians who sincerely desire to perfect themselves in
rifle shooting, who have good reputations, who have
organized a rifle club under the rules of the National
Rifle Association, and who have equipped a military
rifle shooting range, find their shooting quite reason-
able in cost through the low prices of the govern-
ment arms and ammunition sold to such clubs.
But what, the old gentleman does to the grafter
going into such a club only to get possession of a
government rifle, and who does not intend to qualify
as a sharpshooter or expert, is a sin. The sale or
loan of government rifles to civilian rifle clubs affil-
iated with the National Rifle Association is just as
strictly regulated as is the issue of a rifle to a mem-
ber of the State Militia. Rifles turned over to civilian
rifle clubs are the property of the clubs, and must
be ready for inspection at all times by government
officers who may recall them if they choose.
They are not the property of individual members
until such members have qualified as sharpshooters
over the difficult government course up to 600 yards,
then after considerable red tape, the rifle is finally
transferred to the lucky man. Under no circum-
stances is the rifle the personal property of the civil-
ian shot until he has complied with the government
regulations, which require about four months' time
and some skill, not to mention a completely-equipped
rifle range, which is also essential before the rifles
can be purchased.
The regulations of the War Department say:
"The sale of arms and equipment is made on the
condition that they shall remain the property of the
club, and be retained under its control and subject
to inspection by officers or agents of the United
States any time. Rifle clubs are authorized to trans-
fer title to one arm of a model, purchased by the
club from the ordnance department, to any member
of the club who qualifies during the calendar year as
sharpshooter or expert rifleman, N. R. A. course,
provided the member has affiliated with the club as
a member or with the N. R. A. as a member for the
next following year.
"Provided, further, that the transfer of title shall
not be made without the approval of the recorder,
national board for the promotion of rifle practice in
the United States. The. secretary of the club shall
make certified report of the qualification and request
for authority to transfer the property on special form
for that purpose in triplicate. Two copies of the ap-
proved request will be returned to the club secre-
tary, who shall deliver one copy to the member,
which will be bis authority for having the arm and
stores in his possession."
In other words the man butting into a rifle club
with the idea that he can thereby obtain a cheap
rifle and ammunition finds that he must first qualify
as sharpshooter over the course, which means mak-
ing 190x250, at 200 and 300 yards, timed fire, and
300, 500 and 600 yards slow fire, ten shots per range.
It may be noted that making these scores with the
Krag is difficult even for the skilled shot. Then if
he does qualify, he must pay his dues to the club
for the next year or send $2 to the N. R. A. for the
next year, after which his scores and request are
sent in triplicate to the War Department for author-
ity to transfer the gun to him. Until that time the
rifle may be seized at any time by United States offi-
cers or agents.
Uncle Sam is generous to those honestly intending
to make shots of themselves; he is merciless to the
"rifle and ammunition moochers," who try to take
advantage of his generosity. Nobody on earth has
•the slightest right to promise government arms and
ammunition at any price to anybody, the man getting
them must first demonstrate that he is fit to own
the rifle, and this means with the arm loaned to
him, even though he's paid for it, he must qualify
as stated.
To organize a government rifle club ten or more
citizens of the United States foregather and form
a club, applying for the proper papers to the secre-
tary. National Rifle Association, D. C. On the papers
being properly filled out, they are sent, to the State
official for his O. K. and if he is in the least doubt
as to the honesty of those. back of the movement, or
doubts that the arms are desired for bona-fide rifle
practice under government restrictions, they are not
passed. Government arms are too low-priced to take
chances with the sponger element.
- If the papers pass, then the club is given its char-
ter, and it must then proceed to build and equip a
rifle range up to 600 yards, before it can purchase
the rifles or ammunition, because the requisition
blank must show the equipment of the club for
carrying on rifle firing, and it must be so the govern-
ment course can be fired over it. With this finished,
then the papers necessary for the purchase of gov-
ernment rifles are filled out and sent in — not before.
About six weeks' time then intervenes.
The government sells to clubs its regular service
rifle, the Springfield, for $17.37, plus freight, and
ammunition at $26 per thousand. New Krag rifles
cost $5.56. plus freight, used and very doubtful
Krags, half worn out. cost about $4, but no rifleman
intending to qualify buys such an arm. Ammunition
for the Krag costs $15 per thousand in thousand-
round lots, plus freight. Eeing old, it is doubtful in
accuracy, and the riflemen of the Los Angeles Rifle
and Revolver Club never use either Krag — old or
new — because they are s omuch outclassed by the
new Springfield.
If the rifleman has to qualify as sharpshooter, any-
how, to get legal possession of the rifle, and if he
really intends to go in to make a shot of himself, it
pays him to get the present service rifle, the Spring-
field, as the red tape is no more for this than it is
for the Krag. The government also loans its Krag
rifles — second-hand and half worn out — on the put-
ting up of a bond of $10 for each rifle and paying
the freight and boxing and making a report of the
rifles on hand each quarter. Such rifles are loaned
to civilian clubs in the proportion of one to every
ten bona-fide members, and 120 rounds of ammuni-
tion per man is also issued, which must be expended
under strict supervision and each shot accounted
for every three months.
Riflemen intending to follow the game and make
real shots of themselves rarely waste much time with
the Krag, because the man with the Springfield is
bound to win and nobody likes a licking. The ammu-
nition for the Springfield is, after all, not costly,
25 cents for ten shots, and it is the best in the world.
No demon organizers are necessary to get up rifle
clubs, merely ten or more honest and reputable citi-
zens who will guarantee to shoot and who have one
or two men who are willing to tackle the hard work
of keeping up the club without compensation. There
is no way in which anybody can make any money
handling a government rifle club, nor would the gov-
ernment permit it.
In a city the size of Los Angeles or San Francisco
there should be a score of civilian rifle clubs and a
club league, both on the outdoor range and indoors,
during the rainy season, as in the East. Several
clubs may band together to fit up a range and use
it in peace and harmony. There is plenty of room
for twenty clubs in the city without conflicting with
one another, and plenty of members to fill them up.
The officers of the Los Angeles Rifle and Revolver
Club as the official representatives of the N. R. A.
in the south, or Col. T. F. Cooke, 631 South Spring
street, the N. R. A. director for California, are glad
to aid in the organization of civilian rifle clubs. All
that is asked is that the men organizing them have
no financial "graft" in view, which is impossible if
the club is honestly handled, and that those joining
them have in mind perfecting themselves in the art
of rifle shooting, not merely the "grafting" of a gov-
ernment rifle at the government's generous prices.
Uncle Sam has put the kibosh on the graft game.
QC
Against Net Fishing. — About a week ago a delega-
tion of 75 business men visited the Bonneville hatch-
ery, and while there saw millions of Chinook salmon
eggs in the process of incubation. All of these eggs
were taken from the finest spring run variety of
Chinook salmon and a good portion of them came
from the Upper Willamette and McKenzie rivers.
Fully one-third of the eggs, how-ever, were taken from
the Umpqua as the amount of eggs received from
the Willamette river run was not sufficient to fill
the hatchery troughs.
The fact that it is necessary to draw on the Ump-
qua for an additional supply of eggs is one of the
principal reasons why the State Fish and Game Com-
mission is anxious to close the Willimette river to
all net fishing for salmon, as they realize that if a
larger portion of the spring run of fish was allowed
to get over the falls they could depend on a sufficient
supply of eggs from the Willamette river run each
year. As matters now stand the number of fish which
reach the spawning ground depends a great deal on
water conditions in the Willamette during the month
of April.
The main run of spring salmon reaches Oregon
City about the middle of April, and if water condi-
tions are normal they ascend the fish ladder and go
on up stream without any delay. It frequently hap-
pens, however, that an April freshet will cause a
three or four-foot rise in the river. This puts such
an immense volume of water over the falls that the
salmon are unable to reach the fish ladder, much less
ascend it. When this happens the fish are forced
down stream into the wider portion of the river,
where they can rest in the eddies until the flood
waters subside.
The netting season opens May 1st. and if the river
happens to be at a high stage at that time the net
fishermen make a huge haul, as they take out most
of the fish which are gathered in the low reaches of
the stream and get nearly all of those which come
up after that date. In 1914 conditions were favor-
able to the fishermen. They made an immense haul
the first week in May, and the egg take on the upper
McKenzie was correspondingly low. In 1915 the
salmon had a little the best of it, as the water was
low at the time the net season opened and a good
take of eggs above the falls resulted.
Some people are inclined to blame the fish ladder
when but few salmon get over, but this is not the
place t oput the blame . A dozen fish ladders would
not help matters when the river is on one of its
periodica! April freshets. It is simply a physical
impossibility for any salmon to breast the fearful
torrent of water which comes over the falls and
sluices through the fish ladder at that time. When
the water conditions are at the normal stage salmon
are frequently seen going over the ladder at the rate
of 30 or 40 a minute.
3B
Trapshooting Develops Boys. — A new, though log-
ical, development of the sport of trapshooting is the
forming of "junior" clubs as auxiliaries of trapshoot-
ing clubs.
Naturally ,the ranks of the boys' organizations are
largely recruited from the families of members of
the senior clubs
The pioneer in the movement was the Columbus
(Ohio) Gun Club, and the plan worked so success-
fully that many other trapshooting clubs throughout
the country have adopted the idea.
Aside from the perfectly naturad desire of the
average American boy to shoot, there is no sport
better adapted to the development of manly qualities
than trapshooting.
Perhaps no other game requires so much or such
rapid head-work as the breaking of the clay skim-
mers.
An analysis of the apparently simple act of hitting
the flying target shows that it includes a certain de-
gree of courage to fire the shot; quick judgment in
deciding the angle of flight and elevation, the effect
of wind in deflecting the target from its normal
course, and equally rapid action in following, lead-
ing, etc., and firing the charge.
Steadiness, cool-headedness, nerve, judgment and
physical control result from regular work at the
traps.
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Favor $1.50 Angling License. — At a meeting of the
Multnomah Anglers' Club held December 26th in
conjunction with a luncheon, the board decided in
favor of increasing the cost of fishing and hunting
licenses from $1 to $1.50, which would make the
combination cost $3.
The board also expressed the opinion that not more
than 25 per cent of the cost of the work on .steelheads
at the Bonneville fiish ha'tchery should be charged
to the fish and game fund. The bill for the closing
of the Willimette river to net fishermen was drawn
and will be presented at the Legislature by Senator
John Gill. A switch was made in the regular bill
establishing the deadline at the Hawthorne bridge.
The following members of the executive committee
were present: Walter F. Backus, Dr. Earl C. McFar-
land, John Gill. H. B. Van Duzer, Lester W. Hum-
phreys, A. E. Burgduff, William M. Umbdenstock,
Ray C. Winter, W. E. Carlon and Will C. Block.
William F. Finley. State Biologist, was the only one
who is not a member of the committee present
QB
Trapshooting School. — The Atlantic City (N. J.)
school of trapshooting — the first of its kind in the
United States — attracted 5122 persons during the
period from March 27 to November 18, which, we
might say, speaking by and large, is quite a crowd.
There was some doubt when the trapshooting
school opened as to whether or not it would be suc-
cessful. All doubt has been removed. It was clearly
demonstrated that a school for the instruction of
trapshooting was something that was needed.
Of the 5122 persons who placed the 12-gauge guns
to their shoulders and gred at the flying clays over
the blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean from the Mil-
lion Dollar Pier, 2806 never before had handled a
gun. That means there are 2806 more trapshooters
now than there were when the school opened— for
there are no backsliders in the "sport alluring."
Of these novice shooters 2483 were men and 323
women. This means that of the regular shooters
there were 2312. Of this number 2264 were men and
52 were women.
The number of targets thrown was 249.125. An
equal number of shells were fired. From every point
of view the trapshooting school was a success. So
much so that the better class of hotels at all the
winter and summer resorts have added trapshooting
schools to their establishments. Indications at this
time are that a public trapshooting school will be
opened at one of the bathing resorts in Florida either
this winter or next. The Atlantic City school will
reopen next March.
The best score at 100 targets during the season
was 99 out of 100 by Barton Pardee of Atlantic City.
The best score by a woman was 90 out of 100, by
Mrs. B. G. Earle.'of New York city.
Portland Shot Goes East.— Members of the Port-
land Gun Club had planned a complimentary shoot,
which was to have been held at the Portland Kun
Club range at Everding Park December 27th. The
occasion was in the nature of a farewell to John G.
Clemson. newly elected president of the organization.
Mr Clemson has left for an extended trip East.
Most of his time will be spent in New York, where
he will attend the automobile show. It is also pos-
sible that he mav be induced to go to Plnehurst.
North Carolina, to participate in the Mid-W inter
handicap which will be held there during the early
part of January. .
When the trap shots who were planning to unlim-
ber their artillery arose and saw the ground covered
with its mantle of white .they decided that they had
better let wel lenough alone and not tempt fate by
taking a chance on shooting.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 6 ,1917
I Stock Breeders' Page j
Bridgford Farm Adds to Herd.
The Bridgford Company of Knightsen, eastern Con-
tra Costa county, breeders of fine Holstein-Friesian
cattle and gaited saddle horses, have received from
New York a car of registered Holsteins containing
thirty head of h;gh class females, which will be added
to their present splendid herd.
The Bridgford Stock Farm is one of the big show
places of Contra Costa . It is located about five miles
from Knightsen, on the Bethel Tract. Among the
lot of new animals are:
Two heifers sired by King Segis Pontiac Alcartra,
the $50,000 bull, one out of a 31 pound dam, one out
of a 19 pound two-year-old who has a 37 pound dam.
The first six dams of this heifer average over 31
pounds of butter in seven days, including her own
dam of 19 pounds.
Three daughters of Spring Farm Pontiac Cornu-
copia, the $15,000 bull, who is a son of the 44 pound
cow King Pontiac Pontiac Lass. One of these heifers
is from a 30 pound dam. one that gave 29 pounds
and one 27 pounds of butter in seven days.
Three daughters of Spring Farm King Pontiac,
who is a 37 pound son of King of the Pontiacs — one
from a 21 pound dam, one from a 28 pound dam and
one from a 27 pound.
Two heifers by King Pontiac Konigen, who is from
a 37 pound cow and by King of the Pontiacs.
Six daughters of King Walker oth, who is a son
of King Walker and out of Paula of Chagrin Falls
3rd, who has a record of 30.82 pounds of butter in
seven days from 751 pounds of milk, milking 10,112
pounds of milk in 100 days. She was winner in the
Aged Cow Class at the last National Dairy Show.
All of these heifers are out of good A. R. O. dams —
one with a record above 30 pounds and two above
29 pounds of butter in seven days.
One heifer by a 33 pound son of Pontiac Korndyke.
This heifer just dropped" a nice bull calf by a 34
pound son of King Segis Pontiac Alcartra.
Also several good record cows bred to the 44 pound
bull Spring Farm Pontiac Cornucopia. — [Byron
Times.
Ox Warbles Damage Cattle.
The characteristic lumps or swellings which may-
be found under the skin on the backs of many cattle
from January until April contain grubs. If these
grubs are allowed to remain, they will complete their
growth, drop to the ground and transform to heel
flies which may reinfest the cattle during the spring
and summer, according to T. J. Talbert of the Uni-
versity of Missouri College of Agriculture. The grubs
weaken the cattle, cause them to fall off in flesh and
milk, and decrease the value of the hide. The beef
in the immediate vicinity of a grub becomes slimy
and of a greenish color, and is known to the butcher
as "licked beef." On an average, the damage to the
hides is placed at one-third their value and the loss
of beef to each infested animal ranges from three
to five dollars.
The grubs may be pressed out through the opening
at the top of the swelling . A sharp knife and a pair
of tweezers will often facilitate the work of remov-
ing the grubs. Care should be taken to crush all the
grubs removed, to prevent their further development
and transformation into flies. It is advisable to ex-
amine the cattle for lumps or swellings over the
back every two or three weeks during late winter
and early spring to detect the pest. Various oils
are often used. The lotion is either smeared over the
infested region, or applied to the mouth of the breath-
ing hole of the grub. One or two applications will
usually be sufficient. The objection to this method
is that the wounds do not heal readily unless the
grubs are removed.
Some have claimed that the arsenical and coal tar
dips can be used in the case of large herds which
cannot readily be treated by direct removal of the
grubs. It still remains to be determined, however,
whether practical means of eradication can be made
by the use of dips. Dips applied during spring and
summer will no doubt kill many maggots, and eggs
which are attached to hairs on the animals' bodies.
The adult of the ox warble is a fly about half an
inch long, very hairy, and resembling a small black
honey bee. The females in depositing their eggs on
cattle worry and torment the animals and frequently
cause them to stampede for shelter or water. The fly-
does not sting or bite, but the animals seem to have
an instinctive dread of its approach just as the horse
has for the bot-fly.
Fish oil, train oil, and other substances are often
recommended as spray to keep off warble flies. To
be effective, their use would have to be continued
during spring and early summer, and such a practice
would be difficult and expensive and impracticable
except in the case of small herds of valuable cattle.
The flies do not appear to attack cattle which stand
in water or in dense shades.
EX-FIRE HORSE IS SAVING LIVES.
He Supplies Tetanus Antitoxin Used in the War
Hospitals.
H. G. Humphrey, a Nevada stockman, says the
lamb crop of Nevada for 1916 added about three mil-
lion dollars to the revenue of that State as 600,000
lambs were sold at $5 each, the highest price ever
sown.
When the army surgeon at the field hospital on
the French front stands over a soldier maimed and
torn by shrapnel and lifts a shining needle-tipped
instrument and fills its tube with tetanus antitoxin,
he may pour it into a liquid that came from the
veins of Dan, an old retired New York City fire
horse, who lives on the Health Department sanita-
rium farm at Otisville, N. Y.
In the last five years, since he was discarded by
the Fire Department. Dan has supplied diphtheria
antitoxin and tetanus serum which would have cost
its users $200,000 in the open market. At least
100,000 European soldiers, it is estimated, have been
treated with antitoxin taken from the veins of this
old horse. He has been so inoculated with tetanus
germs that he now produces the serum periodically
and will so long as he lives.
The rescue of the police mount Laughlin from the
auctioneer's block recently because of resentment at
the city's throwing to their fate the horses that have
grown old in its service, makes of peculiar interest
the role played by Dan after he outlived his active
usefulness.
Since the war started the New York City Health
Department has been selling tetarus antitoxin to the
fighting nations at the rale of $30,000 worth a year.
In the first months of the war a shipment of the
antitoxin was sent to Austria, but it is not known
whether it ever reached its destination; the rest of
the antitoxin sold has gone to the allied nations.
Dan and four other horses have produced this serum,
from which was made antitoxin which has brought
to the Health Department about $70,000.
There are now on the Otisville farm about twenty
horses. I'nder the New York City laws the Health
Department produces the antitoxins for distribution
in the city, free of charge to hospitals and those who
cannot afford to pay for them. The law also provides
that if the Health Department produces more anti-
toxins than is needed in the city, it may sell the sur-
plus, the revenue to be used for Health Department
purposes. Dp to the beginning of the war, most of
the serum produced at Otisville was for diphtheria
antitoxin, there being very little demand for tetanus
antitoxin in New York.
When the war started the department had a sur-
plus of tetanus antitoxlin, which it sold in Europe
and, inasmuch as the expense of producing more was
not large, five horses instead of one were set to man-
ufacturing the life-guarding fluid. The department
has been supplying its European market and now
has about 800 quarts in reserve. Dan. who used to
make diphtheria antitoxin for use in the city, now
makes tetanus serum.
Dr. W. H. Parks, head of the Health Department
laboratory, said last week that probably as many as
400,000 wounded soldiers had been treated with the
tetanus antitoxin the department has sent abroad,
with the result, he was sure, of the saving of many
thousands of lives. Dr. Parks explained that the
horses suffered almost nothing. He said the diph-
theria inoculation made the animals a bit groggy, and
perhaps might shorten their lives, but that the horses
treated with the tetanus germs were all in the best
of health. Animals in very poor shape, when taken
to the farm, have soon become sleek and handsome,
despite the germs they carried around. The animals
do no work and are fed on clover and all the other
things that a horse likes to eat
When the horses are first received at the farm,
they are gotten into good condition. Then it is de-
cided which of the serums the horse is to be used
to produce. Dr. Parks said that it was practicable
to have a horse produce two serums at once, that
there would be no quarrel among the germs. But he
said that in practice, inasmuch as old horses were
easy to get, only one serum was made by one horse.
The animals are inoculated with the germs of
either diphtheria or tetanus, and the dose is grad-
ually increased, the animal's system all the time
manufacturing antitoxin — a sort of super-vaccination.
When a certain stage has been reached, the blood
vessels in the animal's neck are tapped and an
amount of blood taken from which the antitoxin is
made in the Health Department laboratories. Diph-
theria inoculation must be made more often than
that for tetanus serum.
It was after Dan had turned out many quarts of
diphtheria serum that the war turned him into a
lockjaw serum plant. He was "fed up" before the
treatment was started. It took about three weeks of
inoculation treatment before his blood was in the
proper state to produce the best serum. The tetanus
germs caused the making of antitoxin to counteract
them, and gradually Dan's blood came to the point
where he could make a very large amount of anti-
toxin needed to combat the germs shot into his veins.
He is now regularly led up to the stables, and the
blood taken from his neck. The doctors who do the
work say that he suffers no pain except the slight
prick of the needle, which doesn't cause him to move
in his tracks. After the blood is taken, Dan goes on
about his business of doing nothing in particular.
Another horse that has produced perhaps almost as
much antitoxin as Dan is Old Faithful, who was re-
tired from the Street Cleaning Department several
years ago.
Dr. Parks said that all of the horses on the Otis-
ville Sanitarium farm had been obtained from the
r.
e
Street Clep.ning and Fire Departments after they had
outlived their term of service. He said that while
there was no use on the farm for all the horses the
city retired, and while he said it was not his prov-
ince to say what could be done with them, the exam-
ple of the horses at Otisville was a consummate
example of service which no human ever excelled.
"These horses have saved many lives," he said.
"Twenty-six thousand persons annually in New York
City are treated with the diphtheria antitoxin made
at Otisville, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers
who have received wounds on Europe's battlefields
have been helped in their fight for life by the serum
which flowed from the veins of Old Dan and hia
partners."
Wormy Horses Do Not Thrive.
Many horses lose condition, or fail to make gains
during winter months, because they are infected with
worms. This is especially true of colts. Horses
suffering from worms generally have a good appe-
tite, but apparently benefit little from the food eaten.
There may be no symptoms which point conclu-
sively to worms, but this trouble is so common that
if the colts and horses are not doing as well as they
should for the food given, a worm remedy may prove
of decided value. In treating horses for worms. Dr.
L. S. Backus ,of the University of Missouri College
of Agriculture, suggests it is well to keep in mind
that the drag is meant for the worm rather than thi
horse and should therefore be given in as concen-
trated form as possible. To insure this, little or no
bulky food should be fed during the course of treat-
ment, and as the parasites are stupified by worm
remedies rather than killed, the animal's bowels
should be kept in an active condition so that the
stupefied worms may be passed out before they re-
gain their vitality. A well salted bran mash once
a day will generally insure such an action.
The following formula is a worm remedy which is
also of value as a tonic: Powdered Nux Vomica 2
ounces: Powdered Gentian Root 4 ounces; Powdered
Areca Nut 6 ounces; Sodium Chloride 4 ounces; Ar-
senious Acid 2 drams. Mix.
Give one heapmg teaspoonful to every 250 pounds
weight, every morning and evening for about ten
days. The medicine may be mixed with ground feed
or sprinkled over oats or corn which has been damp-
ened.
Harness Prices Going Skyward.
As one of the results of the great war in Europe
there is a shortage of harness in the wholesale mar-
kets of the United States, which threatens soon to
be sharply felt by the consumer. Prices for all grades
of harness leather have advanced again and again in
the last few months, and now comes word from some
of the largest producers that business is at a stand-
still because the supply of hides has given out.
Retail dealers in harness in New York say they
have not yet put their prices up. but those who renew
theii stock hereafter will have to do so, according
to all experts in the manufacturing industry, some of
whom predict an advance of 60 per cent before
spring.
There has been a noticeable increase lately in the
demand for second hand harness, and though much
of it has come into the market this winter the sellers
are getting better returns than at any other time in
years.
Some of the men in the harness trade predict an
unprecedented shortage even after the war ends.
One of them said the other day that soaring prices
are going to teach American horse owners in the
near future to take better care of their harness. This
expert estimates that dirt and neglect now shorten
the life of the average set at least fifty per cent.
To keep harness in proper condition it should be
taken to pieces every now and then, and washed
with warm water and eastile soap. Then it should
be oiled before it is put together again, and when
hung up for any length of time should be covered to
keep the dust from settling on the leather. Harness
that is hung up for the winter without washing and
oiling will go to pieces twice as fast as if it were
used daily, and the man who neglects it this winter
will probably find next spring, when in need of a
new one. that the set for which he has been paying
$100 will cost him $200 or more.
Mrs. Eliza Shepard, superintendent of the Jack
London ranch at Glen Ellen, Sonoma county, reports
the sale of twenty-five Duroc Jersey hogs to the
Western Meat Company. The shipment, which aver-
aged 205 pounds, killed out 81 per cent, and brought
the fancy price of 10 cents per pound on foot. The
London ranch culls out closely and keeps only the
finest for breeding. A. E. Gaige, the Glen Ellen
butcher, had a bet with Mrs. Shepard that 9% cents
would be the top price. The clever woman rancher
wins and Mr. Gaige must buy the bonnet. Mrs.
Shepard and Mrs. Jack London contemplate a trip
to the East next month, to buy short horned heifers,
which will be added to the prize stock at the ranch
above Glen Ellen.
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J. C. Bruss, of Tulare county, has received twelve
head of Tamworth hogs from Bear Creek Farm,
Palmer, Illinois, and plans to raise this breed of
hogs on a ranch near Tulare. These hogs are from
registered stock and premium winning sires. English
bacon is made from this kind of hog. Mr. Bruss has
raised Tamworth hogs in the past, and feels that
the business can be profitably conducted in Tulare
county.
Saturday, January <J, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
THE FARM
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DRAINING WET LANDS WITH
DYNAMITE.
The success of a crop depends large-
ly upon being able to get it planted in
time. Nature sometimes hinders us
with too much rain, and many times,
on days after heavy rains, we find the
farmers waiting for the land to dry
off sufficiently so they can do their
plowing.
This was the case with my land.
Thinking that the condition could be
remedied by doing the plowing in fall,
I did most of it at that time. The
next thing was to devise an econom-
ical way to drain it. Not being blessed
with an abundance of money, I re-
sorted to blasting as the most immed-
iately practical expedient.
I decided to blast the subsoil to
make top-soil porous. After the wheat
had been cut a man was put to work
making holes two inches in diameter
and three feet deep, every 15 feet. The
land was in good condition to blast,
being perfectly dry. After the holes
were made, with the assistance of the
man I loaded each hole with half a
stick of 20 per cent dynamite. These
charges were lightly tamped with a
wooden tamper. When a row of holes
had been loaded they were discharged
and in due time the entire field was
gone over. The land was fall-plowed
and left until spring.
We were eager to see the results
obtained, if any. In the spring, to our
surprise, we were able to work the
blasted field exactly nine days sooner
than we could the adjoining piece that
was not blasted.
The blasted piece of land was ma-
nured and worked and corn planted.
The corn grew and grew and at last
we obtained something like a crop for
our trouble. The next fall the other
portion of the land received a good
shaking up with the same results. The
breaking up of this tough subsoil
caused the water, that usually lay in
the top soil, to be filtered down into
the subsoil.
This blasting was done four years
ago and ever since then we have been
able to get on the land when we were
ready. — F. A. Kuhn.
Shortage of Wheat. — For the first
time in fifty years our wheat crop is
not big enough for our own require-
ments. The government's estimate on
September 8. 1916. was 611,000,000
bushels. The United States requires
625,000,000 bushels for bread and for
seed.
Fortunately a surplus of 163,000.000
bushels was carried over from last
year, but this will not serve to keep
prices down if the war continues. The
price of flour has been rising all fall,
and bakers in the cities are cutting
out the 5-cent loaf of bread and mak-
ing the 10-cent loaf smaller. The crop
was short all over the world. The for-
eign buyers, of course, came after the
Canada crop and actively bid for our
own small surplus..
Should the war end soon, and the
three-year surplus of Russia's crops be
moved to market, the situation would
brighten for those who must buy flour
or bread. As it is, all the joy gleams
in the situation are for the farmers
who have wheat to sell, and for the
speculators.
We can feel happy that a few farm-
ers are making some money, but we
are decidedly lacking in enthusiasm
regarding the speculator's profits. We
would like to see him accumulate a
little more experience in the tedious
details of raising wheat and much less
in the pocketing of gains from crops
that others toil to produce.
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THOROUGHBRED STALLION FOR SALE
Brown, six years old. sired by Orsini. dam
Leta Trix by Brutus, sound. Bred by J. J.
Moore. Address JAMES LAYN'E.
26 S. River Street. San Jose. Cal.
Black gelding, six years. 15.2 hands,
1,050 lbs., perfect beauty and a show
horse. Kind, gentle and fearless. Ab-
solutely sound. Natural smooth pacer.
Wears neither boots or straps. Sired bv
Vasser 2:07. First dam Zenobie 2:19 by
Zombro. 2d dam by Truman 2:12, son of
Electioneer. This horse paced a mile as a
3-year-old at 2:14. If given a chance, he
is rugged and strong, and with his racing
qualities I think he will make a 2:05
pacer. For sale reasonable.
H. OLSEN, 1450— 46th Ave., Oakland.
FOR SALE— THE ICICLE by The Ice-
man 2 :10, dam California by a son of
Sable Wilkes, next dam thoroughbred.
Handsome( dark bay horse with black
mane and tail, star, and both hind pas-
terns white. A remarkably showy horse,
weighs 1000 pounds, stands 15% hands
high and can show five gaits under sad-
dle. Has trotted a mile in 2:16%, last
quarter in 32^ seconds; trotted a half in
1:04%. Kind disposition and intelligent.
One of the most desirable horses to ride,
drive, or show, in California. Will be
sold cheap. Address
A. T. JACKSON,
R. 4, Box 11, Stockton, Cal.
I WANT TO BUY.— I have sold eleven
horses in the last few months ranging
from $2,000 to $200. If you have a horse
for sale and will write me, I will tell you
what my system is. It is a winner. I find
there is a buyer for every horse for sals
at the right price. It is just a question oi
getting the buyer and seller together. If
you have one for sale let me hear from
you. MAGNUS FLAWS,
542 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, III.
Choice Land In Idaho
FARMS FOR SALE
Lewis ton, Idaho, is situated at the
forks of Clearwater and Snake rivers and
has transpurtation to the coast.
960 acres 7\b miles from Lewlston, Ida-
ho, 4*£ from Lapwai, Idaho, on male
traveled road, all In cultivation except
about 15 acres, all level land, just a little
rolling, 320 acres of fall wheat In. 225
acres fall plowed for spring crop, about
30 acres In alfalfa. All fenced and cross
fenced. Two good springs with big cem-
ent water troughs, well, windmill and
cement reservoir, water piped to house,
7 room house, hot and cold water and
electric lights. Large horse barn with
hay mow In the center, electric lights In
barn; cow barn with two box stalls; hog
pens, shade trees, chicken houses, black-
smith shop, wagon shed, granary, outdoor
cellar with bunk house overhead. $85 per
acre; will take one-third down, time on
balance to suit purchaser, at 7 per cent
interest. One- third of crop goes with
place it sold any time up close to harvest.
Mild climate, can raise all kinds of fruit,
gruln and vegetables. Wheat In this
country goes from 35 to 65 bushels per
acre, barley 40 to 80 bushels per »cre.
320 acres 414 miles south of Vollmer,
Idaho, 275 acres In cultivation, balance In
pasture and timber, farm land lays prac-
tically level, one-third of crop goes with
place If sold before harvest. Some fall
wheat already sown. All fenced and cross
fenced. Quarter section of It fenced hog
tight; good four-room house*, wood shed.
and out of door cellar, nice grove around
house, well at house, fair stabling and
out buildings, spring and spring creek
close to barn, three springs on place.
Price $70 per acre, one-third cash, bal-
ance at 7 per cent. Time to suit pur-
chaser.
238 acres 4*4 miles from Lewlston. Ida-
ho, 175 acres In cultivation, 25 more can
be cultivated, balance good bunch grass
pasture, fenced and cross-fenced, good'
spring creek runs across place, small
house, station on place for Johnson R. R.,
two grain warehouses at station. Price
$70 per acre, one-third cash, balance at
7 per cent. Time to suit purchaser.
F. W. KELLEY,
Drawer 447, San Francisco, Chi.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 6 ,1917
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BEAUTIFUL BELVEDERE
LOTS FOR SALE
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CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
most beautiful spot on the shores of San Francisco Bay
for a suburban home. It commands an extensive view of
the City of San Francisco, Alcatraz and Angel Islands,
Raccoon Straits, San Francisco Bay, Richardson's Bay,
the Berkeley shore, beautiful Belvedere and Mt. Tamal-
pais. It is in Marin County, directly opposite San Fran-
cisco, and forms the eastern shore of Belvedere cove.
It has a naturally terraced, sunny, western slope that is
well adapted for many choice residence sites, every one
affording most picturesque views of the bay and moun-
tain. It is protected from the prevailing western trade winds in
summer by Belvedere Island, and from the southerly storms in
winter by Angel Island. The soil is fertile and part of the island
is well wooded.
It is less subject to fog than any other place near San
Francisco. The summer fog, as it rolls in from the ocean, splits
on the western slope of Sausalito, part of it flowing in a line with
Angel Island towards the Berkeley shore, and part of it along
the southern slope of Mt. Tamalpais, leaving Belvedere, Corin-
thian Island and Raccoon Straits in the bright sunlight, while
the fog banks can be seen as a white wall both to the north and
the south.
There is very little available land about the shores of San
Francisco Bay that is desirable for homes, especially for those
who love boating and kindred sports. The Alameda and Contra
Costa shores of the bay are the lee shores and receive the full
brunt of the boisterous trade winds which lash the shoal waters
near the land into muddy waves, making boating both unpleas-
ant and dangerous. To the north of the city and in Marin
County the land from Sausalito to the entrance of the bay is a
Government reservation and will never be placed on the market.
The shores of Richardson's Bay are not at present convenient
to boat service and, aside from Belvedere and Corinthian Island,
there is little or no land near any ferry landing that possesses
the natural advantages, improvements and possibilities that are
offered on Corinthian Island. Concrete roads, pure water, tele-
phone service and electric light wires are already installed. It is
only ten minutes' walk from any point on the property to
Tiburon boats, and but forty-three minutes' ride to the foot of
Market Street.
On the point of Corinthian Island the Corinthian Yacht
Club has had its home for many years, and on any summer day
the white sails of its numerous fleet add to the charming scene,
as the trim yachts glide about the cove. Excellent fishing of all
kinds for bay fish, including salmon, the gamey striped bass,
rock fish and the toothsome silver smelt, is to be had in the cove.
There is probably no spot so accessible and in such close prox-
imity to any large city in the world that offers the attractions
of climate, magnificent scenery, fishing and boating as will here
be found.
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PLANT RUBBER AND SUPPLY CO.,
32 BEALE STREET
San Francisco, Cal.
erk
F. W. KELLEY,
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366 PACIFIC BUILDING
San Francisco, Cal.
iturday, January 6, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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Buy A McMurray!
The Real Lady (2) t. 2:04%,
world's champion two-year-old,
established two new world's rec-
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New McMurray Sulky.
Every race record of two minutes
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the new McMurray Sulky.
The Golden Anniversary Catalogue
shows the complete line of Mc-
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Carts in which horse action is
absorbed Into the springs — The
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mechanics are specially trained,
and by devoting their entire time
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TOLUME LXX. No. 2.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1917.
Subscription — $3.00 Per Year
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 13, 1917
Pleasanton Driving Park
——PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA
offers for service for the season of 1917 the following stallions:
THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4
Fastest trotting stallion ever offered for service in California
and fifth fastest entire trotter in the world
Son of St. Valiant Vincent 2:11% (by St. Vincent 2:13% out of the triple
producer Grace Lee 2:29^4 by Electioneer 125); dam Amy Smith by Emperor
Wilkes 2:20%, sire of Princess Eulalia (4) 2:09%, etc.; grandam by Hamble-
tonian 539.
The Anvil is regarded by Edward P. Geers as one of the very greatest trot-
ters that he has ever raced. For five years the pair of Tennesseeans went to
the races together and in that time were but twice unplaced, while winining a
total of fifteen races, including the historic M. and M.
As an individual he is most pleasing, not too large or coarse in any way but
smoothly and compactly made and "all horse" in every line. He is a perfect
headed, pure gaited trotter, with the very best of disposition, and is destined
to become a very great sire of trotting speed. His opportunities in the stud
have been very slight as he has been retired from racing only since the close
of 1914. He was selected to head the stud at Pleasanton Driving Park not only
on account of his great qualities as a race trotter, but because one of his first
foals. Anvilite (2) 2:22%, with a trial of ten seconds or more faster, was in
every way the greatest colt trotter ever handled by C. L. DeRyder. The services
of The Anvil are recommended to you without reserve.
Fee for THE ANVIL 2:02 J-4, $50 with usual privilege
Vernon McKinney 2:01 1-2
Fastest member of the great family of McKinney 2:11 J/4.
Sire of VERNA McKINNEY (2) 2:13 (his first foal raced), fastest two-
year-old pacing filly of 1915, three-year-old record, 1916, 2:09^4;
VERNON DIABLO, mat. rec. half mile track 2:14J4, and DR. DYER
(3) trial 2;12J4.
lion of Guy McKinney 27625 (by McKinney 2:11% out of Flossie Drais by Guy
Wilkes 2:15%); dam Maud Vernon by Mount Vernon 2:15%, sire of the dams of
Leata J. 2:03, etc.; grandam Mag by General McClellan, sire of the dams of
Mack Mack 2:0S, etc.
Vernon McKinney's racing career was not an extensive one but will long be
remembered for the excellence of his performances, as his winnings include a
Chamber of Commerce stske in time very near the record for that event at the
time, and he is the fastest of all the McKinneys.
He is a horse of rare qualities in the way of individual excellence, almost
ideal in behavior and temperament in harness or out. Since his retirement he
has been a popular horse in the stud and our claim that he would prove a very
great sire of pacing speed has been fully substantiated, his first foal to be raced
being the season champion for the age and gait in 1915, a most excellent testi-
monial to his potency. He is a very sure breeder, his get are uniformly endowed
with natural speed and the- physical and mental requirements of modern race
horses and find ready sale at most gratifying prices.
Fee for VERNON McKINNEY 2:01 1-2, $50 with usual privilege.
The best of car3 taken of mares in any manner owners may desire, but no
responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address for particulars
GEORGE F. RYAN, Superintendent,
PLEASANTON, CAL.
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I A CALIFORNIA CIRCUIT will probably be organ-
ized and dates for the different members agreed upon
Lt a meeting of county fair and track representa-
tives to be held in the Pacific Building, S. F.t on
fuesday afternoon next, Jan. 16th. This meeting has
leen called by Secretary F. W. Kelley of the Pacific
.'oast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association, who has
Mimed to get as many associations represented as
possible by their secretaries or other persons who
tvill be clothed with the authority to report that their
lissociations will give harness races in 1917, and who
lilso have the authority to name the dates on which
[hose races will be given. If on Tuesday next this
conference can agree on dates for enough meetings
Lo form a circuit and will announce the same, the
California harness racing season of 1917 will have
blade a start that will lead to a successful conclu-
sion. Fair and other associations that make liarness
[racing a part of their programs all desire large entry
lists to assure good fields and successful racing, and
If they will only realize that an early announcement
fit dates and racing programs is the very first step
[to take to insure such results, they will see that their
organizations are represented at the meeting next
(Tuesday. It is certain that nine or ten fairs are to
[be given in California this year and it is probable
[that twice that number will be held . If these fairs
[will organize into a regular circuit, with dates ar-
ranged so that exhibitors can ship from one to
[another by the shortest route and at the least ex-
pense, and make an early announcement of the same,
tone-half of their battle will be won. The live stock
|men, the manufacturers, the fruit growers and the
I horsemen are only waiting for such an announce-
ment to begin work preparing for these fairs. Horse
[owners especially must prepare their horses for the
[races and this takes time and costs money. A very
large number of them will keep their horses running
at pasture unless a good circuit is advertised early.
Consequently the result of the conference which is
to be held next Tuesday will be awaited with anxiety
by every harness horse owner in California. We
hope to be able to announce in the next issue of the
1 Breeder and Sportsman that complete success has
! crowned the effort to organize a California circuit.
Stake Races Would Build Up Harness Racing.
John E. Madden, whose Kentucky thoroughbred
breeding stud is the most noted of its kind in the
United States, made his start in the horse business
with the trotters and he makes no secret of the fact
that personally he likes the trotter much better than
the thoroughbred and he owns and conducts a very
select trotting stud, but on a much smaller scale
than his thoroughbred stud. Mr. Madden declares
that it is only the greater financial returns which
thoroughbred breeding results in that keeps him in
that branch of breeding; that if harness racing was
marked by the same degree of stake racing that is
in vogue on the running tracks his trotting stud
would far overshadow his thoroughbred breeding
operations. He declares that if the system of stake
racing now in vogue on the running turf were to be
dispensed with, the standard of racing would be so
reduced and the earning capacity of the horses would
be so impaired that the good performers would be
buried and the breeding studs devoted to the produc-
tion of race horses would go out of existence. With,
the stake system, Mr. Madden says, dozens of possi-
ble winners of each big fixed event are picked
months before the date of the race and every horse's
chances are discussed for weeks before the event.
Few persons go to the races nowadays, the Kentucky
turfman asserts, simply to gamble, and to do away
with these stake events would destroy public interest
in racing to the extent that would mean the end of
high-class racing. How much the stake system
would do for harness racing is pointed out by Mr.
Madden, in connection with the lessons taught by
last month's big sale of trotters in New York. Two-
year-olds, yearlings, and weanlings brought prices
way up in the thousands when engaged in futurities,
but those equally well bred and of equal promise
were almost unsalable when not eligible to those
events. There are indications that Mr. Madden's
views are getting the indorsement of many of the
prominent men in harness racing circles and it is
within the range of probability that some concerted
effort to make stake racing more of a factor on the
harness racing tracks than it is now is, may be made.
ANOTHER CHICAGO SALE is announced by the
Chicago Horse Sales Company, whose December sale
was such a success. Aliready there have been con-
signments of California horses to the March sale and
horse owners who desire to sell should read the pre-
liminary advertisement in this week's Breeder and
Sportsman and then write to the company for further
particulars.
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George Ryan, superintendent of the Pleasanton
Stock Farm, has purchased from Lawrence & Corn-
stock, owners of the Oakwood Stock Farm, Lincoln,
California, all the thoroughbreds remaining on that
farm. There were 28 head in all, including twelve
two-year-olds by Rey Hindoo, eleven two-year-olds
by Salvation, five two-year-olds by Tim Payne and
two three-year-olds, one by Salvation and the other
by Tim Payne. A number of these are out of pro-
ducing mares, among them being full sisters or
brothers to Rhymer, Elizabeth McNauton, Premo
Vera, So Eze, She Will, Little Ford, Rey Ennis and
other two-year-old winners in 1916. Mr. Ryan is
now having the two-year-olds broken, and they are
about evenly divided as to sex, there being 13 colts
among them. He expects to start several of them
this year.
Word comes from Ireland that H. R. A. West, who
has just returned from the war, and who is a well-
known trainer (Eastern Circuit) is leaving for Can-
ada on the S. S. Pretorian, with a shipment of thor-
oughbred horses . All these horses except the year-
lings have shown good form in Ireland and they will
be disposed of on arrival in Canada. Mr. West will
act as the agent of the Irish Bloodstock Agency of
Dublin, and will be located at Hamilton, Ont. This
firm, whose advertisement will be found in the col-
umns of the Breeder and Sportsman, has sent many
good horses to this country, among them Fair Mac,
property of Grant Hugh Browne. They are also
sending to. Canada Opera Glass, chestnut colt (3), by
William Rufus— Spyglass, by Royal Hampton, win-
ner of many races. The horses Mr. West is bringing
over are as follows:
Never Fear, b g, 9, by Clonmell — Lady Glenwood,
by Hackle r.
Iron Cross, b c, 2, by Galloping Simon — Madame
Gull, by The Gull.
Annie Edgar, b f, 2, by Sir Edgar— Lady Castle,
by Gallinule.
Bachelor's Bliss, blk c, 2, by Tredennis — Lady
Black, by Le Noir.
Bachelor's Blend, ch f, 4, by Tredennis — Lady
Dern, by Derncleugh.
Kilcroney, br f, 1, by Tredennis — Inocency, by
Derncleugh.
Royal Spinner, br m, 6, by Royal Hackle — Queen's
Weather, by Royal Hampton.
Royal Spinner won three steeplechases running
this year and Never Fear won many 'chases includ-
ing the Galway Plate, which is probably the best
steeple-chase in Ireland.
"The past season has demonstrated that the Amer-
ican thoroughbred is the equal of any in the world
at any distance," remarked John E. Madden the
other day. "The Lexington blood in the horse Star
Hawk, that came from England, and other winners
in America, shows that American blood will assert
itself," continued Mr. Madden. "While in England
Richard Croker's stallion Orby, whose dam is by our
Hanover, may be mentioned. Orby, you know, is
sixth on the leading sires' list this year, among his
winners being Diadem (two-year-old winner of
$12,915, the largest two-year-old winner in England
only having $16,875 to his credit), Eos (three-year-
old winner of $10,345), etc. The marked improve-
ment of the race horse of today, and the demand for
the service of the thoroughbred sire by the farmers,
show its increasing popularity. Another pleasing
feature of the situation at present is the large in-
crease of patrons from the leisure class, both as
breeders and attendants at the race track. It is to
be regretted thai the western associations, Kentucky
among the number, have abolished steeple-chasing,
a sport admired by all and especially by the ladies.
The war in Europe has awakened the authorities to
the great necessity of having good thoroughbred
stallions for our native mares, and those who for-
merly abused the running horse now stand in the
ranks o£ those who see much virtue in them." —
[Thoroughbred Record.
<§> <$> *
Sad Sam holds a record at the Juarez track. He
won the second race December 28th and a $2 ticket
on him paid $445.80.
North Pacific Fair Association.
Seattle, Wash., January 4, 1917.
Breeder and Sportsman, San Francisco, Cal. —
Gentlemen: At its recent annual meeting in Port-
land the North Pacific Fair Association revised its
By-Laws to take in affiliated members, — those that
cannot give the requisite number of purses. County
fairs and exhibitions may be included and receive the
benefits of protection in concessions, amusements,
etc.
In addition to others the following classes were
agreed upon for the seven active members:
Trotting— 2:15, 2:20, 2:25, F.F.A.
Pacing— 2:15, 2:20, 2:25, F.F.A.
All events will close August 1st, with 5 per cent
entry fee. In all the classes except the Free-for-All,
the every-heat-a-race plan will be followed.
The effort to make racing more attractive culmin-
ated in a resolution compelling members to enforce
the rule regarding colors, caps, and jackets for driv-
ers and riders, and coats for grooms appearing on
the tracks during the racing period.
The racing season will begin at Vancouver, B. C,
on August 20th, including Southwest Washington
Fair, Chehalis; Spokane Interstate Fair, Grays Har-
bor County Fair, Washington State Fair, New West-
minster, B. C, and ending with the Oregon State
Fair, Salem, the first week in October.
The Stake Book will be issued early in 1917 and is
to be had for a postal card to Jno. W. Pace, Sec'y,
Seattle, Wash., or to any of the individual . secre-
taries.
Very truly yours,
NORTH PACIFIC FAIR ASS'N,
By JNO. W. PACE, Secretary.
Grand Circuit Stewards Will Meet January 22d.
Homer J. Cline, secretary of the Grand Circuit
stewards, who for years has been the originator of
ards, who for many years has been the originator of
novelties in connection with matters pertaining to
the harness turf, is now the author of another,
namely, an official itinerary of the stewards' annual
meeting. In years past all interested horsemen could
know of these important sessions was the date and
the place where they were to be held, without any
further information as to where the track managers
could be found, when and where they held their pre-
liminary meetings or what time and when the execu-
tive sessions were in progress.
According to Mr. Kline's official notice, the Grand
Circuit stewards will be at the Georgian Terrace
Hotel, Atlanta, Ga., on Monday, January 22, and
Tuesday, January 23. At 10:30 a. m. Monday, the
schedule committee, Ed. A. Tipton chairman, E. W.
Swisher and A. A. Shantz, will be in executive ses-
sion at Parlor A, to go over the applications, arrange
the date schedule after a careful consideration of
all matters pertaining to that important feature of
the annual meeting.
At the same hour the committee on rules and reg-
ulations, composed of Edward Schoeneck, president
of the New York State Fair Commission and State
Fairs' Racing Commissioner, H. N. Bain, secretary
of Hudson River Park track, Poughkeepsie, and H.
K. Devereux, president of the stewards, will meet
at Parlor E, and receive all suggestions from mem-
bers and outsiders, as to changes or additions to the
already existing regulations in force on the Grand
Circuit.
In case applications for racing dates and sugges-
tions for changes of rules and regulations now in
force have not been previously filed with Secretary
Kline, 1853 East Eighty-first street, Cleveland, Ohio,
they can be addressed direct to the hotel in Atlanta
for consideration by the proper committee.
The sessions of both committees will reopen at
2:30 the same day, after a luncheon for stewards,
their secretaries and friends, the afternoon sessions
being followed by a dinner at which the stewards,
secretaries and friends will be present.
At 11 a. m. Tuesday there will be an open meet-
ing of the stewards to which all interested in the
breeding and racing of trotters and pacers are invited
to attend and make any suggestions they may have,
looking toward the improvement of both, either per-
sonally or by letters. The luncheon, after this open
session, will be a family affair, as only stewards and
their secretaries will be present. The executive ses-
sion in which reports from committees will be pre-
sented and everything pertaining to the season's date
schedule, rules and regulations arranged, will be held
at 1:30, and the closing session will be celebrated by
a banquet starting at 7:30. Mr. Kline will gladly
furnish any further information wanted by stewards
or horsemen who intend to be present at the meeting.
o
An interesting item of news from Holland is that
the law which was passed five years ago forbidding
bookmaking and the use of the totalizator on Dutch
race courses is to be rescinded . The reason for the
removal of the prohibition is that it caused great
injury to horse breeding in Holland. That racing
cannot flourish unless accompanied by some form of
speculation every one possessing practical acquaint-
ance with the subject is well aware. Similarly it has
been made plain since the beginning of the war, how
grievously the horse breeding industry has been
affected by the closing of many of our race courses,
and in the circumstances the lesson from Holland is
one that should not lightly be passed by. — [London
Sportsman.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 13. 1917
Harness Horses and Horsemen
SANTA MARIA, CAL., AND ITS HORSEMEN.
Something About a Young Trainer Who Put His
First Four Horses Raced in the 2:10 List.
[By C. C. Crippen.]
It was during the spring and early summer o£ 1914
while at the half mile track at Santa Maria, that I
made the acquaintance of a young amateur horseman
(and a lot of other good fellows, too) who impressed
me with his natural horsemanship and ability to
drive a horse well in a race, and in a letter I wrote
in June of that year for the Breeder and Sportsman,
I said of him:
"Wm. Finley owns Pope Hartford, a four-year-old son
of Wild Nutling thai is a matinee winner and recently
worked a mile in 2:20. By the way. the young owner
and trainer of Pope Hartford is a natural born reinsman,
and, while he trains and races his colt for pleasure only,
should he choose to become a professional driver of
harness race horses he would undoubtedly win success:
he is rapidly learning the tricks of the trade. "With
othtr horses than his own he has been equally successful
and he has won more matinee races than any other mem-
ber of the club this season.'1.
And the boy has made good; fulfilled my predic-
tion that he would make a winner if he ever took to
professional racing, and as far as I know he is the
only driver that in his first two seasons of profes-
sional races has taken but four horses to the
races and each horse returned with a winning race
record better than 2:10, and it is probably true that
in this respect "Billy" Finley of Santa Maria, Cal.,
holds a world's record, and I congratulate him. He
is deserving of success as he is well bred, well raised
and as gentlemanly a young native son of the Golden
West as ever entered into the harness horse racing
game.
In 1915 young Finley set forth for the first time
on the professional track and invaded Colorado, Wy-
oming and New Mexico, with a quartet of side-
wheelers consisting of the three green ones, Ben
Corbett Jr., Pope Hartford and Mono Ansel, and the
record mare Pointer's Daughter 2:11%. He started
Pope Hartford 12 times, winning three first, five sec-
ond, three third and one fourth moneys. The horse
took a mile track record of 2:09% in a winning race
at Denver, Colo., and a half mile track record of
2:11% at Casper, Wyoming, which is the record for
that State. The free-for-all pacers, which included
Leata J. 2:03 and Waynetta 2:04%, raced over the
same track the' following day, but did not equal the
time made by the automobile horse. I will here men-
tion that his young owner did not drive Pope Hart-
ford in the Denver race, where he made a record
of 2:09%. "Joe" McGuire was behind him that day.
But Finley gave him his entire -training, and his de-
velopment is the result of his young owner's maiden
efforts as a trainer of race horses. He paced the
Denver track in 2:08 and the Pueblo half mile track
in 2:10. In 1916 he was turned out and not raced,
as he was eligible to the same class as Ben Corbett
Jr. and Pointer's Daughter, but his owner hopes to
race him in 1917 and will soon start getting him
ready for the coming year.
Ben Corbett Jr. started twelve times and eight
times headed the summaries, was second once, third
once, fourth once and once behind the money. He
took a winning race mile track record of 2:09% and
a half mile track record of 2:14%.
Mono Ansel answered the call of the bell eight
times, was first twice, third once, fourth twice and
three times out of the money. He took a winrace
record of 2:19% over a half mile track and was timed
in 2:08 over the mile ring at Denver.
Pointer's Daughter raced eleven times against
fields composed of such fast ones as Leata J. 2:03,
Red Rock 2:10, Waynetta 2:04%, College Gent
2:06%, and Hal Boy 2:01%, and finished second to
the last named horse at the Exposition meeting in
San Francisco. She was first once, second four
times, third five times and once behind the banner at
the Exposition when, on a muddy track, she was sent
away on the run. She finished ahead of Leata J.
2:03 in two races and in two races beat Waynetta
to the wire. She went several miles better than 2:10
over half mile tracks that were far from being fast.
Altogether, "Billy" Finley started in his first year
of professional racing four horses 43 times, was 14
times first, 10 times second, 10 times third, 4 times
fourth and 5 times where they didn't pay off. This
includes the one race that McGuire drove for him at
Denver. Reader, can you call to mind any other
young driver that in his first season of professional
racing ever made as good a showing as the young
man from "Windy Maria"? I don't think you can.
During the season just past Finley has raced suc-
cessfully Ben Corbett Jr. 2:06%, Mono Ansel 2:09%
and Pointer's Daughter 2:09%. Their performances
are too fresh in the mir.ds of the readers of this
paper to call for any summarizing. I will only state
that lor the number of starts he made and number
of horses in his stable he was more times first and
second than any other driver whose campaign was
confined to California and Phoenix, Ariz., and will
add that in liis first two seasons of professional race-
driving he has campaigned four horses and each of
the four has acquired winning race records better
than 2:10. Who can beat it? At Phoenix Ben Cor-
bett Jr. won a third heat in 2:06% after being second
twice in 2:07%, and Mono Ansel was timed a mile
in a race in 2:06 and stepped a half in better than
a minute. Both these horses are perfectly at home
on half mile tracks and v>ere consistent winners at
Hanford, Bakersfield and Riverside. Pointer's Daugh-
ter was expected to be able to bring home all the
2:10 class money in California but went lame at
Santa Rosa and was unsound all through the season.
She won a good race at Fresno in straight heats,
pacing the third in 2:09%, but hopelessly broke down
at Riverside.
Young Finley has fortunately had for a partner
and counsellor in the racing business a capable and
experienced horseman in Garrett Blosser, and to him
in no small degree is due the success of the stable
during the two seasons they have raced. The firm
will prepare their stable for another campaign in
1917 and if all goes well will have some additional
members. In Garrett B., by Wild Nutling, they have
a promising trotter, and a fast green pacer in R. W.,
a half brother to Ben Corbett Jr. that has been a
mile in 2:08, also a brother to R. W. that is a prom-
ising young pacer.
Santa Maria will send other horses to the races
next year besides those of Blosser & Finley. C- W.
Short, who raced the good little pacer Silver Tips
2:12% (half mile track record), will be out again
with the brother to Chorro Prince 2:08 and a green
trotter that is thought very highly of in Santa Maria.
He is called Trigione, by Skidoo Wilkes, and has
been a mile in 2:16 over the half mile track there.
Mr. Short also has some promising colts that are
entered in the California futurities; also a good
gaited and fast trotting mare by Morris A., owned
by Mr. Spooner of San Luis Obispo, that may also
be good enough to try for the money.
"Con" McCormack has the pacing stallion, Show
Willy by Wild Nutling, owned by F. Buzzini, that
with little work has been in 2:24, and several young-
sters of his own by the same sire, one in particular,
a filly that shows all the earmarks of a fast pacer.
James Hall has a handsome and fast three-year-old
filly by The Proof 2:09%, that can beat a 2:20 clip.
Frank Treanor has two fillies by the same sire and
Harry Steinhart has a Proof colt. All are trotters
of promise and only require a little more work to
demonstrate that the colts by the good son of The
Exponent have all got speed at the trot,
J. E. Moshier is working a four-year-old trotter by
Rapallo (trial 2:08), the half brother to San Fran-
cisco 2:07% that bears a very strong resemblance
to his famous "Uncle" and will make a fast trotter.
Wm. Mead, the popular clothing merchant of Santa
Maria, has a four-year-old filly by El Zombro out of
My Trueheart 2:19%, dam of True Kinney-2:12, that
is a beautifully gaited trotter and one that cannot
possibly help going fast with development. She can
brush close to a two-minute clip now. She was bred
by Keefer & Spencer, from whom she was purchased
in 1914 by her present owner. And that reminds me
that probably one of the best prospects that will be
in the stable of Blosser & Finley is a black pacer
called Melvin K., that Garrett Blosser purchased
from Mell Keefer as a two-year-old in 1914. He is
a full brother to Adansel (3) 2:14% by Prince Ansel,
dam Advosta by Advertiser 2:15%, next dam by Nut-
wood 600. He is said to be a very oily going side-
wheeler with a lot of buzz.
A few good race horses have gone forth from Santa
Maria and won money and helped to advertise their
home town, and more will follow and continue the
good work. Many people will come to know that
there is such a place as Santa Maria, Cal., that might
never hear of that prosperous little out-of-the-way
city were is not for the horses that come from there.
Santa Maria has a present population of 4,000 and
is growing. It is centrally located in the rich and
productive valley of the same name whose tillers of
the soii are rich and getting richer. This was an
unusually prosperous year for the farmers of Santa
Maria. They raised thousands of acres of barley and
sold it for $1.50 per hundred. They raised thousands
of acres of beans which they sold for $10 per sack.
One farmer sold 100 sacks for $1100, another re-
ceived a check for $90,000 for his entire crop. A big
beet sugar factory at Betteravia, nine miles from
Santa Maria, has used the products of 10,000 acres
of beets this year, and the beet growers have had
a rich harvest. The oil fields near Santa Maria are
booming. One man has just bought a tract of land
for which he paid $1,800,000, besides several smaller
tracts. The Santa Maria Valley, in the northern part
of Santa Barbara county, California, is about the
most prosperous valley in this great state today. We
are interested in all the products of the valley that
bring prosperity to its population — barley, beets,
beans and oil — but the horses are our hobby, and
here's hoping they will bring home more bacon in
1917 than ever before!
PACIFIC BREEDERS' FUTURITY STAKE NO. 16.
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Andrew Albright, proprietor of Prospect Farm,
Hilton, N. J., the home of Nathan Axworthy 2:09%,
has rented the palatial Stony Ford Farm Stable locat-
ed at the Historic Track, Goshen, N. T.
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The Chicago Horse Review has advanced its sub-
scription price from $2.50 to $4 per year and the
American Horse Breeder has advanced its price
from $2 to ?3.
The following fifty-one payments were made on
the first of January' in Futurity Stake No. 16, for
foals of 1916, now yearlings. This stake had but 71
original nominations, and of these 62 were kept
eligible on the second payment and now 51 have had
third payments made on them. This is a large per-
centage and presages as many colts to be trained
and kept eligible to start as have been kept in stakes
with a much larger original entry list:
J. N. Anderson's b g Derby Dillon by McDillon, dam
Delia Derby by Chas. Derby.
I. L. Borden's f Cleo Barnato by Barney Barnato,
dam Cleopatra by Zolock; br c Robert Barnato
by Barney Barnato, dam Roberta by Robert I.;
b f Miss Stone by Ed. McKinney, dam Miss Yolo
by Antevolo.
J. L. Bulloch's ch c Lindon Hall by Black Hall, dam
Gadsky by Athablo; br e Chester W. by Black
Hall, dam Cora Wickersham by Junio.
T. L. Carey's ch f Quinie Star by Hallie's Star, dam
Quinie Direct by Quintell.
J. M. Clark's b c by Jim Logan, dam Ruby C. by
Palo King.
I. J. Cornett's bl f by Yernon McKinney, dam Mal-
vina by Oh So.
Hazen Cowan's br c by Guy Dillon, dam Maud Wilkes
by Lynwood W.
S. H. Cowell's foal by Peter McKlyo, dam Dione II'
by Cupid: foal by Panama, dam Hulda C. by
Dexter Prince; foal by Peter McKlyo, dam El-
eanor Sears by Searchlight.
Wm. E. Detels' br c by Mahomet Watts, dam Daphne
McKinney by McKinney.
J. F. Dunne's bl f by Mahomet Watts, dam Letter
B. Jr. by Benton Boy.
W. G. Durfee's b c by Carlokin, dam My Irene S_
by Petigru; b f by Carlokin, dam Atherine by
Patron; b f by Carlokin, dam La Gitana by Del
Coronado; b c by Carlokin. dam Ezelda by Del
Coronado; ch f by Copa de Oro, dam Pavlowa B.
by Petigru: ch c by Copa de Oro, dam Subito
by Steinway; b f by Copa de Oro, dam Leonor
McKay by McKinney; foal by Copa de Oro, dam
Rosebud by Direcho.
Wm. M. Ferguson's rn f Miss Helmont by Alton,
dam by Jay Bird.
Sam Flynn's f Healani Maid by Healani. dam Dic-
tatus Maid.
L. L. Gilpin's b c Freddie C. by Palo King, dam Beau-]
tiful Mom by Iran Alto.
W. S. Harkey's b c by Robert Bingen, dam Deviletta
by Diablo.
H. H. Helman's b g Dick Dillon by Warren Dillon,
dam Mollie McXeita by McKinney.
Hemet Stock Farm's b f Zeta Lucile by Wilbur Lou,
dam Zeta W. by Nutwood Wilkes.
H. A. Hershey's b f Mable Bell by Jim Logan, dam
Palo Maid by Palo King. .
A. W. Lungley's bl or br f by Bond Wilk, dam Sidbar
by Sidney.
R. J. MacKenzie's b f by Mahomet Watts, dam Mar-
tha Spy by The Spy; bl f by Quintell, dam Bar-
oness Psyche by Baron Review: b f by Mahomet
Watts, dam Mildred Togo by Togo; b c by Ma-
homet Watts, dam Zombro Belle by Zombro.
Roy D. Mayes' br c Master Derby by Jim Logan, dam
Ramona by Demonio; b f Miss Logan P. by Jim
Logan, dam Bally Pointer by Star Pointer.
J. E. Montgomery's b c by Jim Logan, dam Edna R.
Diablo by Diablo.
Theo. Mueller's b c Alto Thorn by Richard Alto, dam
Madge by Mechanic.
Geo. F. Ryan's b f by Yernon McKinney, dam Miss
Harris by Sidney Dillon.
W. L. Selman's ch c Bill by Otis Jr., dam Miss Delta
by J. J. M. Jr.
J. E. Short's b c Yalador by- Skidoo Wilkes, dam
Honda Girl by Rubino: b f Lady Earl by R. W..
dam Keno by Prismo.
Chas. F. Silva's b f by Teddy Bear, dam Normono
by Demonio.
Jas. H. Spafford's b c Stockton Lad by Royal McKin-
ney, dam Libby H. by Bronzo McKinney.
A. B. Spooner's b c Pecho Morris by Morris A., dam
San Luis Belle by McGinnis.
L. H .Todhunter*s bl f Jean McKlyo by Peter Mc-
Klyo. dam Leavinettie by Zombro.
D. W. Wallis' b c Easter Angelus by Bondholder, dam
Mary W. by Dictatus.
M. L. Woy's br f McKinney B. by Stanford McKin-
ney, dam Loma B. by Stam B.; b c Woy's Express
by Expressive Mac. dam Florence B. by Bon Voy-
age; br f Alice W. by Expressive Mac, dam
Strathaiie by Strathway.
Several eastern papers gave out that Havis James
made the trip to California with Dick McMahon. All
the California horsemen would have been glad to
greet Mr. Jame=, who formerly resided at Pleasanton
and managed the Pleasanton Stock Farm as well as
trained the string of Mr. R. J. MacKenzie, but Mr.
James did not make the trip.
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The dead sire Zombro 2:11 now leads his sire,
McKinney 2:11%, as a sire of 2:10 trotters. He has
18 to his credit and McKinney 17. Peter the Great
2:07% is the only stallion that has sired more and
he has 39 trotters in the 2:10 list, four more than
McKinney and Zombro combined.
Saturday, January 13, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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SADDLE and SHOW HORSES
Horseback riding has been at such a comparatively
low ebb for the last few years that more than pass-
'ing interest is being taken by San Franciscans, in
'the number of prominent citizens who have swarmed
i. in a general "back to the horse" movement. At the
|San Francisco Riding Academy on Seventh avenue
there are more than 100 fine saddle horses quartered.
Of this number fifty are the property of the academy
:and the remainder are owned by San Francisco's
J horse lovers.
I 'While the majority of the horses being used are
Hof the average Riding Academy class, there are an
exceptionally large number of splendid horses. Many
i of them are noted for their achievements in the
show rings, and for their blood lines. Probably of
.these the mare, Mavis, which was the sensational
| debutant of Kentucky two years ago, is the best
• known and most important. Mavis, it will be remem-
|*bered by horsemen, was brought out by Kentucky's
I premier exhibitor, "Exquisite" Billy Shropshire, who
I also brought out Hazel Dawn, Hazel Dazzle, Jack
iBarrymore and Blanche Ring. She was sold by Mr.
I Shropshire to Henry Ahlers, of San Francisco, who
1 16 her present owner. She shows that she has had
I good treatment since coming west and with a little
! preparation could go to the select show rings and
I win.
E. Courtney Ford is another local sportsman who
I has one of the attractive saddle horses in the Acad-
emy, his good gelding Golden being one of the most
admired horses on the equitation paths. This gelding
f is a big fellow, built for endurance and speed as well
I as attractiveness and represents one of the rarely
successful crosses between the Thoroughbred and
Hackney; he being sired by the imported stallion
I Manchester and having the much talked-of Avail for
his dam . Mr. Ford is one of the most enthusiastic
horse lovers in the city and few professionals can
ride a horse to better advantage and at the same
time look so well themselves while riding.
Sanford L. Goldstein, treasurer of the California
Fruit Packers Association and one of the leading
sportsmen of the Pacific Coast, has three good saddle
horses in the academy. Mr. Goldstein and his tal-
ented daughter. Miss Edyth, are among the most
regular patrons and the best part of their riding is
their evident knowledge of what they are about,
which is a rare thing at. riding academies. Mr. Gold-
stein has three horses in the academy — the bay geld-
ing Mexico, which he uses personally; Melba, an at-
tractive pony used by his daughter, and the splendid
young stallion Chief Eagle 6073, which is in training.
This is one of the best bred horses in the records,
despite the fact that he was foaled in Oklahoma. He
is sired by Regal Rex 5010, by Rex McDonald Jr.
1418, by King Eagle 750. He was brought to Cali-
fornia by J. M. Townsend of Yosemite, who later
sold him to D. J. Desmond of San Francisco. Mr.
Desmond sold him to Samuel Kramer, manager of
the academy, who sold him to Mr. Goldstein.
However encouraging it may be, by the number of
sportsmen who are taking an interest in saddle
horses in San Francisco, the steadily increasing
number of children who are taking lessons at the
academy means more to the game in California than
any other thing. There are from 40 to 50 children
in many classes ,and the way they are riding "rings"
around some of the older devotees is not only amaz-
ing, but amusing.
It brings to mind the assertion of the late J. A.
Potts, who was the father of the saddle horse indus-
try in Missouri, when watching a crowd of kids (both
white and black, riding some colts, and of which the
writer was a member), that a person was not and
could not be a real horseman unless brought up in
the saddle.
On December 29 Mr. Kramer conducted the first
annual Children's Horse Show, and the nine classes
had an average of eight entries. The pavilion was
filled and as it was confined exclusively to children's
events, it has created a desire among them to know-
how to handle their mounts as well as to own the
best horse. The judges in this event were Mrs. Phil
Wnnd, Miss Jean Wheeler and Miss Ysobel Chase.
The next important event on the horse show calen-
dar will be the Denver show, which is conducted in
connection with the National Western Stock Show.
In addition to the attractive heavy leather and light
harness horse classes, a stake of $1,000 for five-gaited
saddle horses and a $500 junior saddle stake will be
given. The best horses in the East will come to-
gether for the opening show of 1917. The show will
be conducted under the same liberal lines as in 1916,
which was supposed to be the best horse show ever
conducted west of the Mississippi. Fred P. Johnson,
the secretary, is one of the best known officials in
the country and offers exhibitors every possible op-
portunity for a profitable week. Denver is one of
the best horse show towns in the "West, and the show
always attracts good crowds. The feature of the
show, however, is in the number of sales made dur-
ing the week. The show will be held from Jan. 22d
to 27th.
An Inquiry From Portland, Maine.
In a letter to "Jump" Cauthorn, of the Breeder and
Sportsman, Fred A. Thomas, of Portland, Maine, who
is an old and valued subscriber of the Missouri
Stockman, seeks information in regard to saddle
horses and mules. His letter follows:
"The gaited horse is a rare thing in this vicinity.
There are no mules at all. Being an old subscriber
of your paper I have naturally become interested in
them. At the present time I have IS saddle horses,
that is, horses used for saddle purposes . What kind
of horses should I buy? There are a lot of people
here who would ride regularly if they could have an
easy-going horse . If they try to ride a horse that
trots it is hard for them and they soon become dis-
couraged and give up. If they had a horse with a
good easy gait they would ride regularly and many
would buy horses. What kind should I buy, — a good
nodding walker or one that is educated for the five
gaits? Are such horses used in harness?
'T use a number of work horses weighing from
1,200 to 1,500 pounds and would like to know how
mules compare with them. Are they lazier than
horses?"
. . ANSWER.
Saddle horses are used at the present time more
for. .exercise than anything else. The majority of
buyers want a walk, trot and canter horse. Just the
kind Mr. Thomas wants to avoid. In his case, I
should say a well educated, five-gaited horse, would
come nearer filling the bill. A real nodding walker
usually referred to as a plantation horse is seldom
a good driving horse, while the properly schooled
five-gaited horse is an ideal harness horse. The
best explanation is that a nodding walker is a natural
gaited horse and a five-gaited horse is trained. If
he is a real five-gaited horse, he will have an excel-
lent trot, permitting of his use in harness to good
advantage. However, for the ease and comfort in
the saddle, suggested by Mr. Thomas, more attention
should be paid to the slow- gait, and if it is the right
kind the horse will give an easier ride than the nod-
ding walker.
It is conceded that a 1400 pound mule will do the
work of a 1600 pound horse. They are not lazy and
working by the side of a good horse the mule will
always hold his own. However, he is noted for taking
care of himself. No one ever heard of a mule being
over driven. As drivers, they do not compare with
good road horses, but are far better on the road than
the average farm horse. They are easy keepers, can
stand work, hardships and abuse, but appreciate good
treatment as much as a horse.
Dr. Gadsby Buys Two Kentucky Stars.
Dr. W. C. Gadsby, of Kirkwood, Mo., invaded Ken-
tucky during the holidays and purchased two of the
most noted show horses in the Blue Grass, getting
the stallion. Crimson Chief and the mare, Blanche
Ring (Regina Loyd). The stallion was bought from
Mode Nichol of Lexington and the mare from "Bil-
lie" Shropshire, of Winchester. There has been
some speculation in regard for whom Dr. Gadsby
was acting. It has been reported that he bought
them for Adolphus Busch III, of St. Louis, who has
been keen to get in the saddle horse game for some
time, while other rumors suggest they were pur-
chased for G. S. Parsons, a St. Louis sportsman, who
recently established a country place at Benson, Vt.
More familiar friends of Dr. Gadsby, however, be-
lieve he bought them on his own account. The price
paid for the two was $7,000. Outside of the consign-
ment Dr. Gadsby bought in Kentucky last February,
this is one of the best sales made in that state this
year.
Crimson Chief is by Red McDonald and out of a
daughter of Bourbon Chief. Blanche Ring is by the
noted sire, Rex Peavine, and has for a dam that most
noted of Kentucky matrons, Mary Dick, by Chester
Dare 10. She was brought out by Brock Bros., of
Georgetown, who sold her to Shropshire last spring.
Well informed horsemen who have seen these young
stars perform declare they are the most brilliant
horses sold in Kentucky this year.
Champion Hackney Pony.
Tissington Amity, an English hackney harness
pony, owned by Charles E. Coxe. of Philadelphia,
was the busiest and most successful show horse of
1916. Competing in forty-five classes she won forty-
three first prizes, ten of which were championships.
At the National Horse Show in New York, she won
first in every class in which she was shown, winning
the open class for harness ponies, the American
Hackney Horse Society's special and the champion-
ship of the show, to wind up her remarkable cam-
paign. Her earnings for the year were $1,795 in
money and $300 in plate. Tissington Amity is a bay
mare, 13.3 hands high. She was bred by Sir Gilbert
Greenall, of Warrington, England, and imported by
Mr. Coxe in 1914. Her sire, Sir Horace, was one of
the greatest hackney pony sires of his day. Her dam.
Ailsa, was by Goldfinder VI, another noted bantam
hackney sire in England .and through sire and dam
she is closely inbred to both Denmark and Lord
Derby II. Frank E. Palmer has trained her and
driven her in all her winning performances.
NOTES.
The horse show to be held in connection with the
National Western Stock Show, at Denver, January
22-27, gives every indication of eclipsing the success-
ful shows held under the same management in previ-
ous years . Advices from Chicago are to the effect
that Mr. Frank Peabody will show his stable of
hunters, as well as the favorite heavy harness mare,
Lady Tuck, and a pair of walk trot saddle horses.
Mr. and Mrs. Peabody will leave Chicago in their
private car, stopping at the Denver Show en route
to the Pacific Coast. Mrs. Peabody is a charming
young Chicago matron, a favorite in society circles,
and the presence of herself and Mr. Peabody will
lend prestige to the social functions already being
arranged for by the Denver folk. In addition to the
Peabody stable, the Denver entry list will include
the stables of J R. Thompson, Chicago; Miss Long,
Kansas City; ,T. R Peak, Winchester, 111.; O. J.
Mooers, Columbia, Mo.; Tom Bass, of Mexico. Mo..
Blades & Holeman, Holliday, Mo.; Joe T. Harris,
Columbia, Mo., and other exhibitors of note.
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D. Schilling, chairman of the Horse Show com-
mittee, has announced that the classes will be passed
upon by Judges WTalter Palmer, of Ottawa, 111.; Billy
Roberts. Lexington, Ky. ; and James Lockridge, of
Favette, Mo.
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One of the most important sales of saddle horses
in Missouri since the new year, has been the sale of
the handsome young stallion, Jack Kerrigan, by
Judge J. W. Dempsey of Shelbina. Mo., and J. J.
O'Brien, of Chicago, who owned him jointly, to A. R.
Lewis, a prominent banker of • Marsailles, 111., for
$900. Jack Kerrigan was one of the good junior
horses in Missouri in 1916. Exhibited by John Wood,
he was in the money at the St. Louis fair and at
The International. The sale was made by Mr.
O'Brien, who is one of the leading dealers of high
class horses in Chicago.
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D. Schilling, proprietor of the J.O.D. Ranch, Aroya,
Colo., has recently purchased the black saddle stal-
lion, Grassland King 3530 by Forest King 1462; dam
Rozella 2877 by Rex McDonald 833; 2nd dam, Ro-
mola C 2437 by Harry Montrose 3rd by Black Squir-
rel 58. With Mr. Schilling's other recent purchase,
the stallion. Noble Rex, by Rex Hardwick, Grassland
King will be shown at the Denver Show.
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At the Chester Atterbury sale, near Madison, last
week, a good Rex McDonald mare sold for the very
low price of $75, while her colt by Rex Cloud Chief
only brought $33. Their purchasers got two excep-
tionally low bargains.
THOROUGHBRED NOTES
We are in receipt of our annual New Year remem-
brance from our good friend. Jack O'Brien, the popu-
lar Chicago horseman, which, as in former years, is
a splendid lithograph calendar.
To bring about larger fields, handicapper W. S.
Vosburgh suggests divided handicaps. "What I call
a divided handicap." says the New Yorker, "is one
for which all the horses nominated are weighted the
same as in any handicap; then divided into two
classes — those handicapped above — say 105 pounds
or 100 pounds to form Race No. 1; those weighted
below that figure, to form Race No. 2; only that
the weights in Race No. 2 are raised 10 pounds or 15
pounds. By these means we are enabled to have a
race between horses of the first class without their
being compelled to concede undue weight to inferior
horses — something approaching a weight-for-age race
with classification. In Race No. 2, raising the weights
renders the horses probable starters, as it enables
them to be ridden by competent jockeys — something
which under their original allotment is rarely pos-
sible. In addition, it enables horses to win a handi-
cap which they could not otherwise, being outclassed.
Such horses at present belong in the selling race
class, yet their owners rarely care to sell them. To
this class the divided handicap would open a new
field of usefulness and thus help simplify the selling
race question which has. is, and threatens always to
be a vexatious one.
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Campfire was far and away the largest money win-
ning two-year-eld in the United States in 1916. He
won $48,965, and next to him were Hourless $16450,
Harry Kelly $13,544. Hwfa $7,350, Manokin $6,885,
Bondage $6,685. America $6,495, Crank $6,290. Deer
Trap $6,250. Koh-i-Noor $5,970. Ticket $5,825. Yankee
Witch $5,460, Fan G. $5,250, Tom McTaggart $5,200.
No other two-vear-old won as much as $5,000.
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The New Orleans meeting opened January 1st
The big feature of the afternoon was the New Year's
Handicap, and while Jefferson Livingston's Syrian
was an easy winner over Typhoon and Hanberk it
was a thoroughly good contest and the track condi-
tion undoubtedly had very much to do with tbi
with which the son of Electioneer scored. Nine
horses contested for the stake, which was worth
$1,380 to the winner.
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The Jockey Club has changed the definition of a
maiden and now any winner of a race on the flat is
no longer a maiden. Under the old rule no penalty
"a- provided for the winner of a sweepstakes or
match race and a horse that had won a five or ten
thousand dollar sweepstakes could start in a regular
stake race later on with a maiden allowance.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 13, 191'
Sixty-Eight Nominations in State Fair Futurity No. 9.
A slight increase in the number of nominations made in State Fair Futurity
No. 9, over those made in Stake No. 8, is gratifying. While the increase is not
large, five more mares have been named over last year's list, which shows that
the interest in breeding and racing of trotting and pacing colts has not declined.
Among the stallions to which these 68 mares were bred last year and whose
prospective sons and daughters will compete for the divisions of the stake as
three-year-olds, the trotter Peter McKlyo 2:06, owned by L. H. Todhunter of
Sacramento, and the pacer Jim Logan 2:01%, owned by J. Elmo Montgomery
of Davis, are tied for first place with eight of the mares bred to them in 1916
nominated in the stake. Wilbur Lou (3) 2:10H, owned by Hemet Stock Farm,
is second with seven mares nominated, while Vernon McKinney 2:01% is third
with six. Thirty-five breeders have made the 68 nominations in the stake,
Hemet Stock Farm leading with six, J. Elmo Montgomery and R. J. MacKenzie
making five each. R. D. Mayes and W. G. Durfee four each, and I. L. Borden,
L. H. Todhunter and M. L. Woy naming three each. But one mare that was
mated to a stallion outside of California has been nominated in the stake and
that is the mare Helen Stiles 2:06^4 that was bred to the great Kentucky sire
Manrico 2:07*4 last year and is nominated by W. G. Durfee of Los Angeles.
"The list of nominations in the stake follows:
Hemet Stock Farm. ..Mamie Redmond, by Nutwood Wilkes "Wilbur Lou
Hemet Stock Farm. ..Louise Carter, by Chestnut Tom Kinney de Lopez
H. A. Hershey Palo Maid, b m by Palo King Jim Logan
M. C. Keefer Nada. bl m by Nushagak The Proof
J. E. Montgomery- •- -Beautiful Bird, b m by Nutwood Wilkes.. Jim Logan
J E. Montgomery Maggie Hall, br m by Moko Jim Logan
J. E. Montgomery Winnie Bond, b m by The Bondsman Jim Logan
J. E. Montgomery. .. .Margaret M.. ch m by Chestnut Tom... Jim Logan
J. E. Montgomery- -• -Trilby Maid, ch m by Black Ralph Jr... Dan Logan
Mrs. Mabel Lipson. . .Policia. s m by Best Policy Wick Hall
Mrs. Mabel Lipson. . .Jane C. br m by Zolock IWick Hall
A. W. Longley Lady Gray, br m by Ben Benton Pedlar Direct
A. W. Longley Sidbar, bl m by Sidney Pedlar Direct
Geo. W. "
Roy D.
Roy D.
Rov D.
Roy D.
R. J.
R. J.
R. J.
R. J.
R.
R.
C.
F.
Lowery Copper the Ore. bl m by Direct Heir El Volante S.
Mayes Leota. b m by Diablo Jim Logan
Mayes Madeline Marshall, ch m by Demonio. .. Peter McKlyo
Mayes Bally Pointer, b m by Star Pointer -?°n Watts
McKinney
Owner.
Mare Nominated,
Stallion Bred To.
F. R. Bain Vauria, ch m by Geo. W. McKinney Wilbur Lou
I. L. Borden Gold Lilly, b m by Copa de Oro Guy Dillon
I. L. Borden Cleopatra, ch m by Zolock Guy Dillon
I. L. Borden Cherry B., b m by Barney Barnato Major's By Guy
J. L. Bullock Cora Wickersham, b m by Junio Black Hall
John Clark Little Lucille, by Palo King Jim Logan
John Clark ...Ruby C, b m by Palo King Jim Logan
John N. Colomb Tolanda. b m by McKinney Onward McGregor
S. H. Cowell Dione II, b m by Cupid Peter McKlyo
S. H. Cowell Hulda C, ch m by Dexter Prince Panama
W. E. Detels Daphne McKinney, b m by McKinney. .. George Hammet
J. F. Dunne Letter B. Jr.. br m by Benton Boy El Volante S.
W. Ferguson Leta K.. b m by Palite Alton
L. L. Gilpin Beautiful Morn, b m by Iran Alto Expressive Mac
Alex. Grant Sona, br m by McKinney , Alhambra Prince
Alex. Grant Coma, b m by Limonero Alhaxnbra Prince
Hemet Stock Farm.. .Lady Zombro, by Zombro Wilbur Lou
Hemet Stock Farm. ..Hemet Girl, by Geo. W. McKinney Wilbur Lou
Hemet Stock Farm. ..Eradiate, by Geo. W. McKinnev Wilbur Lou
Hemet Stock Farm...Zeta W., by Nutwood Wilkes Wilbur Lou
Mayes Ramona, br m by Demonio Vernon
MacKenzie May Mack, b m by Arthur Wilkes Anvil
MacKenzie Bertha Carey, b m by Zombro Anvil
MacKenzie Astro Harvester, b m by The Harvester Anvil
MacKenzie Eva G.. b m by Zombro .Vernon McKinney
MacKenzie Zombro Bell, by Zombro .Vernon McKinney
Orr Benito B.. by Stam B .Warren Dillon
Owen Sister Mary, b m by Kinney Lou Artie Demonio
Ruhstaller Expedio. b m by Lijero Anvil
Geo. F. Ryan Miss Harris, b m by Sidney Dillon .Vornon McKinney
Yi . L. Scott Lady Lou, ch m by Stanton Wilkes Wilbur Lou
J. E. Short Melmonio. b m by Demonio Mona Ansel
J. E. Short Honda Girl, b m by Cubino -,..Skidoo "Wilkes
Jas. H. Spafford Libbie H., ch m by Bronze McKinney. . .Royal McKinney
A B. Spooner San Luis Bell, b m by McGinis -Morris A
A W. Sydnor Zona B.. by Zolock Copa de Oro
Jas. Thompson Rubv. br m by The Bondsman Peter McKlyo
Jas. Thompson Tennie Hall, br m by Moko Hall Peter McKlyo
L. H. Todhunter Janet Bondsman, b m by The Bondsman Peter McKlyo
H. Todhunter Leavinettie. b m by Zombro Peter McKlyo
H. Todhunter Osmuda, blk m by Bon Voyage Peter McKlyo
Wallis .Mary W.. sor m by Dictatus El Angelus
Wempe Belle Alwin. b m by Lord Alwin Vernon McKinney
Wempe Plumada, ch m by Advertiser Vernon McKinney
L. Wov Strathalie, b m by Strathway Stanford McKinney
L. Wov Loma B., br m by Stara B Peter McKlyo
L. Wov Florence B., br m by Bon Voyage Stanford McKinney
G. Durfee Atherine. b m by Patron Carlokin
G. Durfee Helen Stiles, b m by Sidney Dillon Manrico
G. Durfee Subito. b m by Steinway Copa de Oro
G. Durfee Miss Carlokin, b m by Carlokin Copa de Oro
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TRAINING AND TRACK TALK.
Items Picked Up by a Breeder and Sportsman Repre-
sentative on Trip Through the State.
News from Woodland's New Half Mile Track.
No doubt there are many horsemen in California
who do not like to race their horses over half mile
tracks and in many instances they are right, on ac-
count of the way some of them have been built, with
their long stretches and short, fiat turns, but the new
track at Woodland is all that can be asked for in
the way of a two-lap ring. It has good saucer turns,
an ample stretch, good and wide the whole way
around, and last but not least, the soil to make it
fast. Charley Silva knew that he was making no
mistake when he decided to make this change and
with Lon Daniels in charge there will be work done
here in the way of cleaning and firing up that has
been neglected for some time. At present the track
is soft and all jogging is done on the road, and that's
one of Woodland's best points. You can take a
horse out any time after a rain and give him as many
miles as you wish over some of the best dirt roads in
the state. Silva has decided to give a meeting just
before or after the Dixon May Day races. There will
be some races for colts and the other classes will
be made to suit the horses that race at Dixon.
More than likely the Silva stable will be split this
year, some going north over the northern and Cana-
dian Circuits and the rest will stay here if there is
the right kind of a circuit. If not, they will go East
Teddy Bear 2:05 is looking fine and is sure to go
north this year, and Daniels says any horse that will
bear him will have to step some. Bondeline (3)
2:06H by The Bondsman, dam Katalina 2:11*4, is
running in the paddock but will soon be taken up
and commenced on.,
Quite a number of Teddy Bears will be raced this
year. Merril (3), dam by Zombro. showed last year
an eighth in :14% and a half in 1:08. Raymond (3),
dam by Whitestone, a quarter in :30%, a half in
1:08%. Little Jack (3), trotter, dam by Stam B.,
last year showed a quarter in :32, a mile in 2:24.
Lon looks for this fellow to be some horse this com-
ing year.
Bypass, a five-year-old trotter by Lijero, dam by
Stam B.. and Columbia T. 2:13% trotting, by Bon
Guy, dam Majr T., are in good shape and should* show
good this year.
The following horses are still in pasture but will
be taken up February 1st: Dixon Boy (p), time rec-
ord at Fresno 2:08%, stepped last year in 2:05% and
2:05%. Potrero Boy (p) 2:06%, and John Malcolm
(p) 2:11%, driven a mile by Charley Silva in 2:04%
last year; Stanley Quinn (3), pacing 2:19*4, by Dan
Logan, last year a quarter in :30%, half in 1:01 and
mile in 2:13, and San Felipe 2:09^, irotter, who
was beaten at Columbus last yearby an eyelash in
2:05
All will be put in shape and be ready when
the time comes.
Charley Johnson has a lot of as fine looking colts
by his good race horse Airlie Demonio 2:05% as you
win find in your travels any place on the coast, and
the following broodmares of which Johnson has a
number of high class ones, are in foal to him: Trixie
Diablo, by Diablo 2:»9>,. May Logan by Diablo, Star
Logan by Star Pointer. Mista Lockheart by Lock-
heart. Aleenia by Nutwood Wilkes and Nutflower by
Nutwood Wilkes. Airlie Demonio is looking in the
best of shape and it would not take much to get him
ready, but Johnson has decided to lay off this "year
and get him and some of his get ready for the follow-
ing year. Trainer Ed Parker has four of the John-
son horses at the track and he thinks well of all of
them. The best liked one is Airlie Pointer (3) by
Airlie Demonio 2: 05%, dam by Star Pointer, second
dam Effie Logan, dam of Jim and Dan Logan. Also
a nice yearling by Airlie Demonio, dam May Logan,
and May Demonio by Airlie Demonio, dam by Diablo.
Hi Hogoboom is jogging several two and three-
year-olds and he thinks he will find a couple of good
ones among them. He has a nice two-year-old pacer
by Jim Logan. Lily of the Valley (3) 2:24%, another
three-year-old trotter by Palo King and Rose King
2:19 trotting, by Palo King.
J. Elmo Montgomery drops over from Davis about
every ten days. The old stand-by Jim Logan 2:01%,
along with Lock Logan 2:07%. will be raced again
this year, but the best card will be the six-year-old
pacer Hal Logan 2:09 by Jim Logan. This fellow
wa<: three times second to Zombrino at Phoenix last
fall in 2:07, and the way he was stepping when the
races closed, it looks like there will be a pretty fast
addition to the Jim Logan family.
Sacramento Track News.
Walt Tryon has returned from his eastern trip
and expects to close a deal later on for something
good. The following record horses in his string and
all the property of Mr. S. H. Cowell are looking good
and being jogged daily: Rastus 2:04% pacing, and
the trotters John Mac 2:12% and Albaloma 2:08%.
Walt looks for the last named to be a real good
horse this year. The green pacer Mountain Dee by
Charley D. did a mile in 2:11 last year. The two
three-year-olds by Peter the Great, filly and colt, and
a green mare by Bingen all have the appearance of
having "the goods" with them. Tryon also has Sam
Gault's three-year-old colt by Peter McKlyo 2:06, and
a green pacing mare by Demonio 2:11% owned by
G. W. Davis of Vacaville. This Demonio mare has
shown a mile in 2:11.
William Ivey will get his mare Sister Patrice by
Lijero ready ths year. She showed well as a three-
year-old, having been a mile that year in 2:18.
J. B. Stetson, who now has charge of the horses
owned by the Midway Stock Farm of Kearney, Ne-
braska, is wintering here and has some very classy
looking yearlings, four of them being by Robert Bin-
gen. out of high class broodmares. The others in
the stable are Hal Royal, a pacer by Hal B. 2:04%,
that acts like a very fast horse, the trotter Adiola
Mack by McKinney, Joe Watkins, a trotter by Ken-
tucky Todd, dam by Moko, and the three-year-old
pacer Santa Clara by Demonio 2:11%, all in good
shape and condition. Stetson has the pacer Grav
Hal, a full brother to Hal Gray 2:08 and Gray Ghost
2:11% by Hal B.. owned by C. A. Harrison of Seattle,
and the six-year-old pacer Palita by Palite owned by
Dr. Haile of Sacramento. Mr. Stetson says that
when Warren Dennis, of Farmington, Utah, bought
Hal Regent by Hal B. out of a mare by Vice Regent,
from C. A. Harrison, he got one of the best three-
year-old Hal B.'s that he has seen in a long time.
Jim Thompson has but two of Mr. Todhunter"s
horses at the track, Peter McKlyo 2:06 by Peter the
Great 2:07% and the three-year-old colt by Gen.
Watts, dam Zoni Bell. The rest of the horses are at
the home farm at present and it has not yet been
decided how many will be sent to the track. Thomp-
son has two very fine looking fillies, one by The
Northern Man 2:06% and the other by Tregantle
2:09%. The Tregantle filly has been a mile in 2:25
as a two-year-old. Thompson's Gen. Watts colt Bon
Watts, now a three-year-old, is a grand looking
youngster and with his breeding will surely be
heard from later on. L.
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NEW RULES FOR HARNESS RACING.
American and National Associations Agree on Rules
for 1917 and Make Them Mandatory.
The joint rules committee of the American and
National Trotting Associations met at Columbus,
Ohio, January 3d and adopted a set of rules which
will govern both associations during 1917 and until
the next meeting of the congress of both associa-
tions. An official report of the details of the rule
session shows that a large number of changes have
been made, but as this report was received on Thurs-
day of this week a full account of the same cannot be
published in this week's Breeder and Sportsman.
Last year many horses raced under a rule of the
American association which permitted horses requir-
ing winrace records prior to July 8th to get no bar.
This rule will not prevail henceforth. The old rule
which gave a horse making a winrace record on a
mile track, four seconds allowance in races on half
mile tracks still stands, but there are no other allow-
ances except the following:
"After a horse has a winrace record he shall be
allowed, whether raced or not, one second for each
calendar year until he equals or reduces his record."
This rule is expected to bring to the front many an
old horse that was marked for life in his youth and
has never been able to equal his record since. Thus
any horse that took a mark of 2:10 five years ago
and has not equaled that record since will be per-
mitted to start in the 2:15 class this year.
In all purse races the number of entries required
to fill must be stated in the advertised conditions and
the definition of purses and stakes is clearly defined.
All races in the future will be to a finish. Instead
of a varied system of conducting races there will be
three styles, namely, the two in three, three-heat and
three-in-five systems.
In the two in three heat plan a horse to get first
money must win two heats. Horses not standing
for money after the third heat are ruled out.
In the three in five heat plan the winner must win
three heats. Horses not standing for money after
four heats go to the barn. After the fifth heat only
heat winners start, unless two horses have two heats
apiece, in which event they only shall start.
The three-heat plan is an event to end with the
three heats, the horses standing best in the summary
being declared" the winner "and the recipient of 10
per cent of the purse in addition to first money. In
case of an absolute tie a fourth heat will be required.
Every horse hereafter must be entered in the name
of his owner or owners. A syndicate may have its
stable name registered and may use that in place of
names of individuals.
In all races for two and three-year-olds the dis-
tance has been made 100 yards on half mile tracks
and eighty yards on mile tracks.
All riles are mandatory and neither association
shall recognize special allowances by any track asso-
ciations.
Saturday, January 13, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Give your stallion more of an opportunity by ad-
vertising him. Keep his name before the public.
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! The meeting o£ secretaries and track managers
for the purpose of forming a California harness rac-
ing circuit will be held next Tuesday in this city.
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i Peter Wilton, the son of Peter the Great that
:Havis James had at Pleasanton during the season of
1911, won the championship of all breeds at the
horse show held at Guelph, Ontario, last month.
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Harry S. Neally, racing secretary of the New York
State Fair, has already drafted his program of early
.closers for the Grand Circuit meeting, subject to
such changes as the action of the stewards at the
Atlanta meeting may require.
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The North Pacific Fair Association has abolished
the early closing purse . Entries to its races will not
close until August 1st. This will suit the horse
owners, and there should be a much larger percent-
age of starters than under the old plan.
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A payment of $10 will be due Thursday. February
1st, on all two-year-olds entered in Pacific Breeders'
Futurity No. 15, which is for foals of 1915. This
stake has a value of $5,150. Better not let February
1st go by without making this payment.
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Lucille Spier 2:03% has been insured for $30,000
in The Two Hartfords. If you desire to know all
about horse insurance in these companies write to
Mr. Roland C. Drake, Assistant General Agent, 438
California street, San Francisco. All good horses
should be insured.
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Harry J. S. 2:07%. the pony trotter that forced
Richard Delafield's Al Mack out in 2:08% and 2:09%
over the half mile track at Goshen last summer, is
now credited with thirty-two winning races and earn-
ings of $17,130. He has started fifty-eight times in
the last six years and has won a part of the purse
in all but three of his races.
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Baron Robin Hood 2:10%, purchased by J. D. Cal-
lery of Pittsburg, after trotting a mile in 2:06 in his
work as a three-year-old last season, is to be a mem-
ber of Thomas W. Murphy's campaigning stable this
year. The colt is a son of Baron Review, sire of
Murphy's first Futurity winner, Baroness Virginia
2:08%.
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That Volga 2:04% will yet prove to be the fastest
trotter of her wonderful family, which includes Peter
Volo 2:02, her full brother, is the belief of some
astute Kentucky horsemen. Though trained as a
two-year-old, she has always been carefully handled,
and her physical condition is said to be as good as
if she had never worn a harness. Ben White, who
drove her to her record, is wintering her at Thomas-
ville, Ga.
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Allie Watts 2:07%, by General Watts 2:06%, has
trotted forty-two races of more than one hundred
and twenty-five heats in her last campaigns, winning
twenty-two times and finishing behind the money
only twice. Her three-year-old campaign, in which
she trotted twenty-one races, winning nine of them,
is said to be without a parallel for a trotter of this
age. Fred Edman, of Jonesville, La., developed and
drove her.
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Walter R. Cox says that Mabel Trask 2:03% is the
most intelligent animal of the genus equus that he
has ever seen. "It isn't necessary to urge her when
another horse comes to her," he said recently, "nor
is it necessary to take her back when she has the
race won. She seems to know by instinct just when
to speed and when to conserve her energy. She
drives herself with as much judgment as I or any
other human being could drive her."
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The Stanislaus county board of supervisors will
probably purchase the land adjoining the city of
Modesto on which the county fair was held last year,
and the fair will be made a permanent institution.
The land consists of 103 city blocks, and is offered
to the county for $12,250. If the board purchases
the land, permanent buildings and stock sheds will
be constructed. The board will also appoint a fair
commission, under whose direction future fairs will
be held.
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Geo. W Iowery has received word from "Tommy,"
who has been the caretaker of Spriggan 2:0SU for
several years past, that the $20,000 stake winner has
not had a blanket on all winter, although he is pass-
ing through the season in the stables of Lon McDon-
ald at Indianapolis, and has a coat of hair on him
that would make a polar bear envious. The son of
Baron McKinney is now in perfect health and Mr-
Donald will begin jogging him as soon as the weather
permits. Spriggan will be an acclimated trotter
when the Grand Circuit opens and Mr. Lower}' hopes
to see bim trotting in his 1915 form again.
The American Horse Breeder of Boston says Bos-
ton had a Christmas tree for horses. A huge ever-
green was placed in Postoffice Square, where carrots,
apples, sugar and a lot of other "goodies" were dis-
tributed among hundreds of animals, while coffee was
served to the drivers.
J. D. Calley of Pittsburg, who at the Chicago sale
last month purchased Hermes 2: 13 %, winner of
three three-year-old stakes in California last year,
will use the son of Carlokin as a matinee horse.
And C. A. Durfee, who drove him in all his races
last year, says Hermes is a good enough trotter to
race anywhere in his class.
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C. K. G. Billings, of New York, is spending a few
months at Santa Barbara and has had expressed to
him there eight automobiles and seven head of his
favorite riding horses, among them the world's cham-
pion trotting gelding Uhlan 1:58, California B.
2:14%. world's champion under saddle on a half
mile track, and several other fast horses. Mr. Bil-
lings has taken the beautiful Graham residence at
Santa Barbara for the winter.
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Many important sales of high class live stock have
recently been made through the office of D. O. Lively
of San Francisco. Mr. Lively has sent Poland-China
hogs to South American points; two Holstein bulls
to Nicaragua; two jennets, thirteen Polled Ram-
bouillet sheep and a Shorthorn bull to the Hawaiian
Islands. Local sales have included three cars of
stock hogs to go to the rice fields and 106 head of
grade Shorthorn cows to W. J. Hammon.
T. D. Sexton, the popular Oakland contractor,
owner of Future Tramp 2:09%, had a narrow escape
from death a few days ago when a plank broke on
which he was walking in the new Breuner building,
now in course of construction in Oakland. Mr. Sex-
ton fell about fifteen feet, striking on his head and
shoulders, and when picked up was unconscious. He
is out again attending to business as usual, but will
feel the effects of the fall for some time.
E. D. Dudley, one of the progressive stockmen of
the Sacramento Valley, whose fertile ranch is near
Dixon, sold 26 Duroc-Jersey shoats to J. I. Thompson,
of the State Farm at Davis, this week. Prof. Thomp-
son bought the pigs for experimental feeding at the
farm. They were from good sows and by a pure-bred
boar. Mr. Dudley, who formerly engaged quite ex-
tensively in the breeding of trotters, has recently
devoted his time to the breeding and feeding of high
class live stock. His farm is well stocked with the
best herds of sheep, cattle and swine.
Dick McMahon, when at Pleasanton recently,
offered $1250 for Dunne & Lowery's mare Peter's
Queen by Peter the Great, that Millard Sanders is
training . This daughter of Peter the Great is win-
tering nicely and gives every prospect of being a
good mare for the trotting classes this year. While
her owners feel she is worth more money than Mc-
Mahon offered for her, they were complimented that
a trainer of his experience should offer that amount
for the daughter of Peter the Great.
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The Yolo County Fair, already advertised as "the
Biggest Little Fair in California," has selected Aug-
ust 29th to September 1st, inclusive, as the tentative
dates of its fair this year. This fair association pro-
poses to hold the best live stock exhibit ever made
at any district fair in California. Already applica-
tions for space have come in from Stanislaus, San
Joaquin, Sacramento, Glenn and Yolo county farmers
and from the Alameda and San Francisco chambers
of commerce and the California Development Associ-
ation. The fair will be held at the Woodland Fair
Grounds, now owned by Charles Silva, and on which
he is constructing a first-class half mile track.
Mr. H. E. Middleton. of Oakdale, Stanislaus county,
is the owrner of two fine mares, full sisters, ten and
eleven years old, respectively — Miss Zom B. and
Antie Oak. by Zombro 2:11. dam Lady Van Nuys by
Stam B. 2:11%, second dam Whisper, the dam of
Zombro, by Almont Lightning. Both mares are reg-
istered, and he owns a three-year-old colt by Best
Policy out of Lady Zom B. that trainer Frank is giv-
ing lessons to at Pleasanton. This colt is a trotter
and shows a lot of speed. Mr. Middleton will have
him registered this month and one glance at his
pedigree shows that he is one of the best bred young-
sters now in training in California .
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A. Edstrom, of Oakland, who bred Vera Hal 2:05,
Roan Hal 2:18%, and several others that have fast
records, will probably take his pacer Hallie's Star
to the Stockton track to train him for the California
circuit this year. Mr. Edstrom is only waiting for
the announcement of such a circuit to move his
horse to the Stockton track. Hallie's Star is a free
going pacer and has worked a mils in 2:15 with the
last quarter in 30% seconds. He is by Star Pointer
1:59% out of Sweet Hallie by American Hal and has
never been regularly raced, but took a time record of
2:24% when a three-year-old and has started in a few
matinee races . He was foaled in 1910. Probably
he is the most intensely bred pacing stallion on the
Pacific Coast, as he is from a pacing ancestry on
both sides of his pedigree.
Frank D. MacGregor, who has conducted a success-
ful livery and sale stable in Santa Rosa for forty
years or more, has sold out the business to his son.
William W. MacGregor, who has been associated
with him for the past three years. The son has
added an automobile garage to the business, the
property being ideally located and arranged for this
addition. Driving and saddle horses will be kept on
hand as usual for those who like to ride or drive and
in addition an up-to-date automobile garage will be
conducted. The many friends of Frank MacGregor
will wish him long life and good health for the re-
mainder of his days and will be glad to know that
he retires with a fine home and a competency that
• ill keep him comfortable during I he rest of his life,
which should be a long time as he is still in good
health and has a "long expectancy," as the insurance
men say. They will also wish the son much success.
William Stuart, the Humboldt county trainer who
has been located at Santa Rosa for the past two
years, is spending a few weeks in San Francisco
while his horses are "just loafing," and is keen to
have a California circuit this year as he wants to
race here. He took in the Inter-Mountain circuit last
year and says it was a big success all the way
through. He also says that Joseph Waddell, who
was the circuit managing secretary, is the right man
to manage a circuit, and he hopes California can
secure his services. Mr. Stuart had three horses in
his string last year, started in 23 races and was never
outside the money. He raced Emeline Dillon 2:10%,
Potreress 2:13% and Bonnie Quinn 2:12, but the
last named was off and did not win any races. Stu-
art thinks Emeline Dillon (breeder's record 2:07%)
is good enough to win in her class anywhere. She
is eligible to the 2:11 pacing class on mile tracks,
and is a well bred one, being by Guy Dillon, one of
the best bred stallions in America, and out of a mare
by John L., a son of Anteeo.
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C. A. Harrison of Seattle, who seldom lets a month
go by that he does not buy or sell a trotter or pacer,
writes that he has shipped to Warren Dennis at
Farmington, Utah, the bay four-year-old pacing geld-
ing Hal Regent by Hal B. 2:04%, dam Almota, a pro-
ducing mare by Vice Regent, brother to Heir at Law,
second dam Antonia, great brood mare by Election-
eer, third dam Columbine, the dam of Anteeo, Ante-
volo, etc., by A. W. Richmond. Mr. Harrison adds:
"Hal Regent is a most perfectly made horse, besides
being a very choicely bred one, is a fast, free-legged
pacer and has never been 'honed.' Mr. Dennis
bought the horse without coming to look at him. and
it will be a source of sincere pleasure to me for this
young horse to make good for Mr. Dennis. If no
accident happens him Vice Regent will make good
as Warren Dennis is a successful trainer and race
driver. He has about fourteen horses in his stable
at Lagona Park, situated about midway between Og-
den and Salt Lake. Lou Childs purchased Oregon
Hal 2:09% from Mr. Dennis for Tommy Murphy and
it did not take Dennis long to fill Oregon Hal's stall
with another Hal B. pacer, which goes to show that
he thinks well of those money getting Hal B.'s. I
also sold Joseph Ansel (3) 2:12%, a pacing gelding
by Prince Ansel, dam Josie D. by Nutwood Wilkes,
to R. H. Ball, of Mount Vernon. Washington. Mr.
Ball's horses are being wintered at the Burlington,
Washington, track.
Notable Performances in 1916.
Two performances of superlative merit made the
harness racing campaign of 1916 a memorable one.
The first and" greatest of these was the mile in
1:58% trotted by the five-year-old stallion Lee Ax-
worthy at Lexington, Ky., on October 7th. This is
nearly three seconds faster than the record of any
other stallion, and lacks only a quarter of a second
of matching the world's record made by LThlan (1:58)
on the same track in 1912. Only one stallion in the
history of the trotting turf has equaled the record
held by the fastest mare or gelding of his day. Lee
Axworthy's record is the fastest ever made by a five-
year-old, and is likewise the only unstarred record
of 2:00 or better yet made by any trotting horse ex-
cept Uhlan.
On the same day and track on which Lee Axworthy
lowered the stallion record and the five-year-old rec-
ord The Real Lady won the final heat of a sweep-
takes race for two-year-old trotters in 2:041i, which
is the fastest time ever made by a trotter of her age.
The previous record was 2:04%, made by Peter Volo
in 1913.
The fastest three-year-old trotter of 1916 was Volga
2:04%, full sister to Peter Volo, whose 2:03% is the
best on record at that age. The fastest four-year-old
was Mary Putney 2:04%, that ranked as the fastest
three-year-old of 1915. The largest money winning
trotter was Mabel Trask 2:03%, whose earnings total
$33,720. The six-year-old daughter of Peter the Great
2 :07%, in fourteen weeks trotted sixteen races of
fifty-two heats, the average time of which was 2:06%.
Nine of these heats were faster than 2:05 and five
aster than 2:04.
The most notable performance of the season by a
pacer was Poor Man's mile in 2:07% as a two-year-
old. This equals the best record for pacers of this
Hi I Queer. 2 : li; ' , was- the Fastest yearling
of 1916: peter Look ::"?.. the fastest three-year-old,
and Miss Harris M. 2:m1'; the fastest four-year-old.
The fastest, record made by a mature pacer was Na-
poleon Direct's 1:59%.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 13, 1917
REVIEW OF HUNTING AND FISHING.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
Expert Points Out Prosperous Season That Was
Enjoyed in California.
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
Duck Banded in Utah. — The leg-banded teal shot
recently by Chris Krernpel on the Chieo Land and
Water Club grounds in Orange county was tagged in
Utah August 20, last, and goes to prove a contention
that the Utah and Nevada birds come down this way.
In a letter to the Fish and Game Commission. E.
W. Nelson .Chief of the Biological Survey, writes re-
garding this teal:
"The bird is one that was captured near the mouth
of Bear River, Utah, while suffering from the sick-
ness prevalent among water fowl in that vicinity.
The bird was brought in to our field laboratory, there
cured by treatment with iresh water, and on August
20, 191G, it was banded and released. Its subsequent
recovery not far from Los Angeles constitutes an
interesting record. This duck sickness is similar to
the trouble found during recent years at Tulare Lake
in your State. A considerable number of wild ducks
nave been cured and banded before released in Utah.
It is interesting to note that your record is the sec-
ond that has come in from Orange county, California.
Should any other banded birds come to your atten-
tion, I trust you will imform us immediatelv."
QG
United States Field Trials.— The United States
Field Trials opened on January 2nd. The Breeder
and Sportsman will have a report of the big events
next week. The winners, according to press reports,
were as follows:
Grand Junction, Tenn., Jan. 3. — Mary Montrose, a
pointer owned by Win. Ziegler of New York and
handled by Robert Armstrong of Barber, N. C, today
won the derby of the United States Field Trials Club,
run over the club's course here. The pointer Concho
Dick, entered by C. E. Duffield of Tulsa, Okla., was
a warded second place and Master Peg, a setter
owned by Dr. Ward Akester of Marshall, Minn., third.
Twenty-six dogs competed.
Grand Junction, Tenn., Jan. 6. — Joe Muncie, setter,
owned by Benjamin Weil of Alexandria, La., and
handled by J. M. Avent, Hickory Valley, Tenn., was
declared the winner of the United States Field Trial
Club's all-age stake yesterday.
Lewis C. Morris, pointer, owned by Louis Haggin,
Lexington, Ky., was second , and Square Edges,
owned by J. R. McMillan, Lodi, Wis., third.
06
One-Buck Season. — Most deer hunters who really
want to preserve the species for future sport are
coming to favor a one-buck seasonal limit, forked-
horns the minimum size, and argue that, while a
one-buck limit is easy to enforce, permitting a man
to shoot two adds great difficulties to the work of
the game warden in which every deputy fish and
game commissioner concurs. Owing to their slow
reproduction and abundant natural enemies, even
large reserved districts will fail to restore the sport
except in specially-favorable sections, and the way
bucks have held out against improved equipment,
rapid transportation and an increase of hunting in-
terest beyond precedent continues to amaze men
whose hearts are attuned to the "call of the wild."
QB
Judges For Westminster Show. — Njne additional
judges have been selected, which completes the list
for the Westminster Kennel Club's annual bench
show at Madison Square Garden, February 20 to 23,
inclusive. They include William Faversham, who
will take the bull terriers; Frank Walker of London,
England, for bulldogs, a breed in which he is pre-
eminent and which was last judged by him at the
Richmond, England, championship show, and Mrs.
F. Y. Mathias for the Pekingese.
Mrs. William F. Stevens of New York will judge
the pugs . The other appointments are: Great Danes,
Paul C. Elass; Greyhounds. Henry D. Whitfield;
French bulldogs, John E. Haslem; Sporting Span-
iels, William R. Lowe, all well-known New Yorrk ex-
perts, and Charles D. Barney of New Bedford, Mass.,
who will take the American foxhounds.
9B
At State Game Farm. — Little effort has been made
to continue the introduction of foreign game birds
at the S le farm, according to the Biennial
report made by the Fish and Game Commission.
Believing that sufficient attempts have been made
to stock the state with ring-necked pheasants, and
that the game farm has not proved its worth, the
efforts at propagation on the farm have been cur-
tailed. Consequently, but few ring-necked pheasants
have been reared, and only a few hundred birds have
been liberated. In order that breeders might be
furnished information as to the possibilities in quail
and duck breeding, the farm has been stocked with
valley quail and wild ducks and experiments carried
on to determine the success which can be obtained
in artificially rearing them. The main justification
for a game farm appears to lie in its value as a sta-
tion for carrying on breeding experiments, the results
of which will bmefit game breeders, rather than in
i • a?, a practical means of increasing game.
Judging from the experience of other states it seems
best that the greater amount of effort be placed on
the conservation of native species rather than on the
introduction of foreign ones which are apt to sup-
plant valuable native species, or introduce some
infectious disease. The breeding stock at the Game
Farm on July 1, 1916, was as follows:
Valley quail .including young stock 250
Mountain quail 15
Bobwhite quail 20
Golden pheasants, including young stock 17
Silver pheasants .including young stock 14
Ring-necked pheasants, including young stock 140
Ducks (13 species, including fulvous tree-ducks) 575
Geese (4 species) 9
Coots 10
Great blue heron 1
Total birds 1,151
Black-tailed deer 2
Mexican white-tailed deer 1
Total mammals 3
QB
FISHING TRIP TO HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
J. W. Jump and Family Will Take Over Motor Boat
to Enjoy Sport.
A motor boat trip with a kick to it is what J. W.
Jump of Los Angeles has mapped out for himself and
family during the next three or four months. Not
content with hunting the festive tuna and albicore in
local waters, Mr. Jump has decided to invade the
game-abounding coasts of the Hawaiian Islands. And
he will not tackle the deep sea fish in a hired motor
boat. He is taking his own boat with him.
Fishing parties are not unusual objects around
the Hawaiian Islands. But though most of the ang-
lers take their own tackle, lines, hooks, etc.. with
them, very few have the nerve to include their favor-
ite boat in the equipment. Mr. Jump has it on 'em
all. His outfit will include everything from an 18-
ton launch to the best two-ply gut leaders on the
market. Tne whole works is to be shipped across on
the steamship Moana and we'd hate to pav the freight
bill.
Mr. Jump's launch, the Sea Scout, is a forty-foot
boat and would have little trouble in making the
trip across the ocean itself. But in order to save
time and trouble it is to be placed aboard the Manoa
and put into use after it reaches the islands.
"We will motor up to San Francisco and then put
the Scout on board the Manoa." said Mr. Jump this
week. "Capt. K. S. Walker will accompany us on
the trip and will navigate the boat as far as San
Francisco. When we reach Honolulu, we will simply
travel around and will spend at least a couple of
months giving the Hawaiian Sshing the once over.
"It's hard to beat the fishing around the Hawaiian
Islands. There are so many varieties of fish around
those beaches that you can't keep track of them. All
our local fish are represented and there are countless
other specimens. In fact, they've got everything
from the playful dolphin to pompano weighing 200
pounds.
"There are two particular species of fish that we
hope to catch. These are the ono and ulua. And,
belinve me. they are some fish. The ono looks like
the local surf fish, except for the fact that it weighs
about 100 pounds. It is as game as any fish afloat
and will put up a fight that will make your hair
stand on end.
"The ulua is on the order of a pompano, except
that it also is greatl yenlarged. Many of these weigh
200 pounds. There are several other kinds of these
monsters and we expect to have plenty of sport."
Mr. and Mrs. Jump, their two children and Capt.
K. S. Walker will start on their unique fishing ex-
pedition in a couple of weeks.
Champions of 1916 — State Champions (Profes-
sional)— E. R. Galvin, Wilmington, Delaware.
National Amateur — Frank M. Troeh, Vancouver
Wash.
"Grand American Handicap — Captain John F.
Wulf, Milwaukee. Wis.
"Southern Handicap — F. C. Koch, Phillipsburg, O.
"Western Handicap — E. F. Gibbs, Canker City,
Kans.
"Eastern Handicap — Clarence B. Piatt, Bridgeton
N. J.
"Pacific Coast Handicap — Frank B. Templeton,
Portland. Ore.
National Doubles — Allen Heil, Allentown, Pa.
"Open Doubles — George Nicolai, Kansas City, Mo.
Open Amateur (200 Targets)— Ralph H. Spotts,
Xew Yor kCity.
U S. S. Navy— F. P. Williams. TJ. S. S. Solace.
All-Round Open — Homer Clark, Alton, 111.
All-Round Amateur — Fred Plum, Atlantic City
X. J.
"18 Yards— G. N. Fish, Lindenville, N. Y".
(*Amateur.)
[By Harold C. Bryant. Research Expert of the
State Fish and Game Commission.]
With enough fish planted from our hatcheries in
191" to supply every man. woman and child in the
State with sixteen fish apiece, it is little wonder that
all those who have sought the gamey trout this yeaj'
have been rewarded. From all parts of the State
favorable reports have come, and in many instances
trout of remarkable size have been taken. Of par-
ticular interest was the capture of a Loch Leveri
trout in the Owens river that weighed six and three-
quarter pounds . Since this species was planted in
the Owens river, but seven or eight years ago. this
fish must have gained almost a pound in weight each
year.
Anslers in the bay region found the streams in
the immediate vicinity depleted because of over-
fishing .and consequently they had to go farther away
from home. Those who did go, however, reported
excellent sport. Bear Valley lakes in the San Ber-
nardino mountains furnished excellent sport to
Southern California anglers.
The season for big game opened auspiciously ami
the kill for the year was well up to normal. All deer
hunters who knew where to go succeeded in obtain-
ing at least one buck, and most of the experienced]
hunters obtained the limit. The killing of several
very large mule deer in the eastern part of the state:
has been reported.
All hunters agree that the new spiked buck law,.
parsed at the 1915 Legislature, has done a great deal
for the protection, not only of deer, but of the hunt-
ers themselves. Judging from reports, fewer hunting
accidents occurred this last year than ever before.
The protected species of big game, such as mountain
sheep and elk. have about held their own, but the
bands of antelope in Lassen and Modoc counties are
reported to be decreasing rather than increasing.
Small game, rabbits in particular, have been so abun-
dant that much complaint of their depredations has
been heard.
Due to a number of causes, the season on wild fowl
was a marked improvement over that of last year.
Ducks and geese have been abundant everywhere,
and many hunters attribute the increased numbers
to the Federal migratory bird law. The occurrence
of large numbers of whistling swans, of such ducks
as the bufflehead and golden-eye in the Sacramento
valley, and of snowy owls throughout the northern
sections of the State, would argue that weather con-
ditions and food supply have also been factors in
the increased numbers of wild fowl appearing during
this last season. Limits have been the rule, and
to the good fortune of the hunter these limits have
been made up largely of the most desirable species.
More mallards were taken in Southern California
than for many years past.
Newspaper reports on quail hunting have uni-
formly proclaimed a raiher poor season. The rea-
sons advanced have been various, Lut every one must
admit that quail are far less numerous than they
wfre twenty years ago, £nd that this diminution in
numbers has been one of the prominent reasons for
the poor luck experienced by quail hunters. Moun-
tain quail also have been scarce and hard to obtain.
The fact that fish and game is still abundant is
proved by the large numbers of licenses. Nearly
158,000 licensed hunters and 89..000 anglers have
taken the field this last year. These hunters and
anglers probably spend for equipment, traveling ex-
penses, etc.. about ?20,000,000 annually. This does
not take into account the value of the game and fish
as food. The deer kill alone is worth not less than
§200,000. It can be seen, therefore, that California's
resources in fish and game form an asset worth many
millions of dollars. The State can, therefore, be con-
gratulated that, in spite of the waste of the past,
sufficient firh and game still remain for sportsmen.
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risherman Sleeps in Peace. — The dead sleep
sweerest where they have been happiest. So thought
August Rant, whom the Great Spirit called on Christ-
mas day.
For many years Raht had fished and hunted in
California, and the happiest days of his closing years
were those days spent in an open boat off Santa
Cruz, trolling for salmon. In the launch of Arthur
Guggins. each morning at 4 a. m. during the salmon
se-son, Raht would start for the fishing banks. There
the v. hole day would be spent, and night time would
find the craft loaded deep with fat. pink salmon.
Those days, out en the open sea and filled with
recollections of flashing sides and whipping winds,
were Rain's happiest days.
When his 74 years became heavy on bis shoulders
he would tell his friends that in death he wished to
rest where he had been happiest — off the heads at
Santa Cruz.
On Sunday his daughters. Mrs. Mary Elkins and
Mrs. Ella Marsh of Denver, will get into Guggin's
weather-beaten fishing boat and sail beyond the
heads. Over the channels where the old fisherman
took his biggest salmon the ashes will be scattered.
August Raht will sleep where he was happiest —
off the heads at Santa Cruz.
Saturday, January 13, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
TRAPSHOOTING HAD ITS GREATEST YEAR.
More Than 700 New Clubs Were Organized and Over
50,000 Joined the "Pull," "Bang," "Puff" Army.
Trapshooting is now enjoying the full flush of pop-
ularity. Nineteen hundred and sixteen was the great-
est of all years for the "sport alluring."
During the year on which Father Time has closed
his books, birth was given to 737 trapshooting clubs,
an increase of 40 per cent over 1915 — the best previ-
ous year: in the 501 registered tournaments reported
10.528 different shooters took part, an increase of
331-3 per cent over 1915; beginners' day events at-
tracted 11,623 novices to the traps as against the
«1915 high water mark of 7506, and registered tourna-
ments numbered 546, an increase of 35 per cent.
Championships were shot and decided in 46 States,
I against 38 the previous year. Conservative figures
t1 show that more than 50,000 new members were added
to the trapshooting fraternity before the ledgers
were closed for the year.
Trapshooting has been gaining many friends and
devotees for the past half dozen years, and during
that period it has grown faster than any American
sport. No sport is excepted in this declaration. Some
half dozen years ago there were a few more than
100,000 trapshooters in the United States and Can-
ada. Now there are nearly 600,000. In the same
period trapshooting clubs have multiplied from 497
to 4,666. of which 4.10S are active in the promotion
of the sport.
Gaining by leaps and bounds doesn't begin to ex-
press the marvelous growth of trapshooting. It is
not the National Pastime, but it is a close second.
More people each year are going in for the sport that
they can play themselves, and as every American
desires to own a gun and shoot, trapshooting is get-
ting its quota. And every shooter is a booster for
the sport that knows no season. It is played all
the year.
Any sport that can come along like trapshooting
must have a good foundation. No sport can suc-
ceed— nc matter how much advertising or publicity
it receives — if it hasn't the goods. The sport of
trapshooting is supervised by the Interstate Associa-
tion for the Encouragement of Trapshooting, ably as-
sisted by the American Amateur Trapshooters' As-
sociation.
The Interstate Association frames the rules, man-
ages the Grand American handicap tournament —
and subsidiary tournaments, aids in the formation
of State associations, and gives about $25,000 each
year for trophies, which are awarded to the winning
trapshooters in the registered tournaments. The In-
terstate Association is even more important to the
welfare of trapshooting than the National Commis-
sion is to baseball.
The American Amateur Trapshooters' Association
works along lines that do not conflict with the Inter-
state Association, yet aids greatly in the develop-
ment oi the sport. Thirty-eight State organizations,
1272 clubs and 60,000 individuals hold membership
in the A. A. T. A. The idea is to have every trap-
shooter in the world on the membership list of the
A. A. T. A.
This may be news to you, but it is a fact neverthe-
less: More money is invested in trapshooting in
the United States and Canada than in baseball -or
any other outdoor sport — excepting golf. Trapshoot-
ing clubs do not require the same finely kept lawns
that the golfers do — nor do they go in for such ex-
pensive club houses.
It may be a surprise to you, also, to know that it
costs nearly as much in coin of the realm to stage
the Grand American handicap tournament as it does
to manage the World Series in baseball. And in pass-
ing it might be mentioned that trapshooters last year
spent $4,000,000 for clay targets and shells, and
$2,000,000 more in ear fare, hotel bills, etc., so that
they could participate in the various tournaments —
and 96 per cent of the trapshooters pay all of their
own expenses.
As trapshooting progresses the quality of the shoot-
ers improves. In the State championships in 1914
only two shooters broke 100 targets, in 1915 three
had clean scores, while this past year seven broke
100 targets, eight broke 99 and eleven broke 98. In
one State Championship tournament five men tied
for the honor at 99. This, more than anything else,
shows the quality now interested in pulverizing the
clays.
Trapshooting schools and beginners' days have
done a world of good for the King of Sports. The
first trapshooting school was opened on the Million
Dollar Pier, Atlantic City, N. J. This opened on
March 27th and closed November 18th. During that
time 5,122 persons fired 249,125 shells at the same
number of targets. In the above attendance figures
there are £ 183 men and 290 women who never before
shot over the traps. — [By Peter P. Carney, Phila., Pa.
se
4666 Trapshooting Clubs. — There are 4666 trap-
shooting clubs in the world: 4331 of them being in
the good old U. S. A. This is about 4000 more clubs
than there were a decade ago. The appended table,
showing the number of clubs in the various States
and countries, gives sportsmen a lot of food for
thought and furnishes an idea of how popular a sport
trapshooting is:
Alabama 24, Alaska 9, Arizona 14, Arkansas 30,
California 130, Colorado 44. Connecticut 48, Cuba 7,
Delaware 22, Denmark 1, District of Columbia 6, Flor-
ida 2S. Georgia 32, Idaho 23, Illinois 306, Indiana 127,
Iowa 258, Kansas 103, Kentucky 60, Louisiana 23,
Maine 24, Maryland 64, Massachusetts 100, Mexico
1, Michigan 147, Minnesota 181. Mississippi 21. Mis-
souri 13S, Montana 55, Nebraska 123, Nevada 10, New
Hampshire 23, New Jersey 196, New Mexico 8, New
Zealand 2, New York 384, North Carolina 34, North
Dakota 59, Ohio 211, Oklahoma 59, Oregon 55. Pana-
ma 2, Pennsylvania 552, Philippine Islands 2, Rhode
Island 14. South America 3, South Carolina 19, South
Dakota 51, Tennessee 25, Texas 80, Utah 14, Vermont
23, Virginia 65, Washington 69, West Virginia 36,
Wisconsin 192, Wyoming 20, Australia 3, Bahamas
2, Canada 307, Hawaii 1, Honolulu 3, China 4. Total,
4666.
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TRAPSHOOTING FIXTURES.
ALL READY FOR BIG TRAP SEASON.
Golden Gate Gun Club Meets and Decides on Mer-
chandise Shoot; Many Registered Events.
May 8, 9, 10, 1917 — Roanoke. Va. — The Interstate As-
sociation's Twelfth Southern Trapshooting Tour-
nament, under tne auspices of the Roanoke Gun
Club; $1,000 added money. Winner of first place
in the Southern Handicap guaranteed $100 and
a trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $75
and a trophy, and the winner of third place guar-
anteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies
will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
May 28, 29, 30, 1917— San Jose, Cal.— The Interstate
Association's Twelfth Pacific Coast Trapshooting
Tournament, under the auspices of the San Jose
Gun Club; $1300 added money. Winner of first
place in the Pacific Coast Handicap guaranteed
$100 and a trophy ; winner of second place guar-
anteed $75 and a trophy, and the winner of third
place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other
trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner,
Manager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
June 20, 21, 22, 1917 — Hartford, Conn. — The Inter-
state Association's Eleventh Eastern Trapshooting
Tournament, under the auspices of the Hartford
Gun Club; $1000 added money. Winner of first
place in the Eastern Handicap guaranteed $100
and a trophy; winner of second place guaranteed
$75 and a trophy, and the winner of third place
guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other tro-
phies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner,
Manager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
July 17, 18, 19, 1917 — St. Joseph, Mo.— The Interstate
Association's Twelfth Western Trapshooting Tour-
nament, under the auspices of the St. Joseph
Gun Club; $1000 added money. Winner of first
place in the Western Handicap guaranteed $100
and a trophy; winner of second place guaranteed
$75 and a trophy, and the winner of third place
guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other tro-
phies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner,
Manager, Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania.
August 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 1917— Chicago, Ills.— The
Interstate Association's Eighteenth Grand Amer-
ican Trapshooting Tournament, under the aus-
pices of the South Shore Country Club Gun Club;
$4,000 added money. Winner of first place in the
Grand American Handicap guaranteed $500 and a
trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $400
and a trophy; winner of third place guaranteed
§300 and a trophy; winner of fourth place guaran-
teed $200 and a trophy, and the winner of fifth
place guaranteed $100 and a trophy. Numerous
other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E.
Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Gone Are Our Pigeons. — There is a mistaken idea
that the government has offered a reward for a spec-
imen of the now extinct passenger pigeon, and every
once in a while some misguided individual claims
the reward .although in no instance has the pigeon
proved to be a passenger. For fear of discouraging
research, however, let us state that the man who can
deliver a real passenger pigeon could collect a hand-
some sum for it. The last one, so far as is known,
was killed near Detroit in 1908. The last living
specimen died last year in the Cincinnati zoo.
Think of it! There are men now living who re-
member when they literally darkened the sky and
when they killed them as they roosted in the trees.
Alexander Wilson, the ornithologist, reports seeing
a single flock in Michigan that he estimated to con-
tain at least 2,230,272,000 pigeons! As late as 1880
they were plentiful.
Of course, the market hunters and dealers in game
have an alibi (they always have), which is a story
of millions of pigeons being killed in a storm at sea,
but what is an alibi like this in face of the following:
In 1869 three carloads of dead pigeons were shipped
every day for forty days from Hartford, Mich. — a to-
tal of 12,000,000 birds. There were hundreds of
Hartfords then where pigeons could be had in car
lots at 12 cents a dozen!
No one in those days believed that the passenger
pigeon would ever be decreased, much less exter-
minated— they had no example like we have. As we
will point out in this column from time to time, other
birds are going the way of the passenger pigeon —
slower, but just as certain. Think it over.
Ain't it a grand, glorious feeling" to think that
the almost brainless polecat, who kills only what he
can use, has more horse sense than some hunters?
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A. G. Wilkes, Pi evident of Pacific Coast Field
Trials Club, and Mrs. A. G. Wilkes are expected
home after a two weeks* trip in New York.
Get out the gun and start oiling up in preparation
to cry "P-u-1-1!" The alluring sport of trapshooting
will soon be on in its full glory again. It is true
that clubs up and down the Coast have been continu-
ing their events right on through the winter, but
with the dawn of a new year it brings forth new
schedules and new activities.
Around the bay the Golden Gate Gun Club has
taken the lead in having a meeting of its officers and
directors and steps have been taken to bring in the
season with a loud report on Washington's Birthday.
A merchandise shoot has been scheduled and it is
expected that a big gathering will be on hand at the
Alameda grounds. The officers also decided to apply
to the Interstate Association for a registered tourna-
ment on Sunday, May 20th. The Coast boys will be
allowed to have their registered events on Sundays
this season and it will act as an inducement for the
various clubs to get in line and pile up an average
and at the same time enjoy their favorite pastime
more. At the Golden Gate meeting. President T. D.
Riley presided, with Clarence A. Haight, secretary.
Other clubs are busy getting in their applications
to the Interstate Association. The applications must
be in at February" 15 and the secretaries are advised
not to let the date slip by.
The selection of a place for the California-Nevada
State tournament will be settled shortly. The asso-
ciation directors will have a meeting and act on the
applications made. Del Monte is going to make a
concentrated effort to land the big event. Traps
have been installed on the beautiful grounds and
the local shooters who were down there last summer
for a tournament report that conditions are ideal
with pleasant surroundings.
The Pacific Coast Handicap at San Jose in the last
four days of May is attracting a deal of interest. The
San Jose Club officers are working tooth and nail
to attract a record number of entries. Certainly
with so many recruits getting into the game and
with San Jose so conveniently located there will be
many of the boys m-iking tracks for the Garden City.
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To Shoot For All-Around Title. — Ten years ago
this month Leonard Tufts inaugurated the midwinter
trapshooting tournament at the Pinehurst Country
Club. Pinehurst, N. C, and paved the way for the
greatest trapshooting tournament of the winter
season.
The first Pinehurst tournament wasn't a big one.
No one expected it would he; but it has grown each
year until now it attracts trapshooters from every
State in the Union and Canada . There was at least
one representative from every State and the Cana-
dian provinces last year, some 130 shooters in all,
and in the tournament which begins on January 15th,
and concludes on the 20th, more than 200 trapshoot-
ers will participate.
The pinehurst tournament has earned an enviable
name among trapshooters. Those who attend one
tournament always return, and they bring others
with them. During the past three years the tourna-
ment grew faster than the management anticipated
and last year the club house wasn't large enough to
accommodate the gathering. This year it will be
different. A new club house has been erected. It is
of brown stone and solid logs, 30 by 80 feet, divided
into three rooms, each with an open fireplace. The
club house is situated on the edge of an oak grove
about 100 yards from the former quartres.
A total of 129.61" targets were thrown at Pine-
hurst last January, and the daily attendance averaged
more than 1000 persons. There will be twice as
many targets thrown this time and there will be
many more spectators because there will be more
class to the events. As an added attraction, Frank
S. Wright, the former New York State Champion,
and Fred Plum, of Atlantic City, N. J., will shoot for
the All-round Amateur Championship trophy. Wright
hails from Buffalo, N. Y„ Plum is the present cham-
pion. He defeated E. L. Bartlett, of Baltimore, for
the title at the Westy Hogans' shoot. Plum was orig-
inally challenged by Henry Powers, of Atlantic City,
but as Powers could not shoot at Pinehurst, Wright
asked to be allowed to take his place. This event
will be shot on January 15th.
The events at Pinehurst will be identical with
those of last year, the main events being the Prelim-
inary and Mid-winter handicaps, $5000 in cash and
trophies will be given in the various events. In the
two handicap events the shooters will be divided into
classes, based on the scores made in the first 500
targets. There will be an equal number of shooters
in each class. The trophies for the classes will be
the Presidents, Governors, Secretary, and Captains.
By this system, every shooter has a chance to win
a trophy. Those who win in the Preliminary handi-
cap are not eligible for trophies in the Mid-winter
handicap. The usual number of trophies will be
given for high averages at 600 targets and for the
entire week's shooting. Four traps will be used.
Pinehurst is awaiting the event. It will be a great
week.
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The hunting season is rapidly drawing to a close.
Then the boys will turn their attention to the traps.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 13, 1917
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Sportsmen's Row
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Fred Engle's record of a 41%-pound bass was not
surpassed by any member of the San Francisco Bass
Club, and Engle is shortly to be the recipient of the
Ripley medal, annually given to the "high hook" of
the club. "Baldy" Cummings was "second hook"
with a catch of a 37%-pound fish. Engle is to be
presented with his medal at the yearly banquet of
the club on the evening of February 8th.
With duck shooting closed to the hunters of Mult-
nomah, Columbia, Clatsop and Tillamook counties,
the boys are now awaiting April 1, when they can
fish for trout over six inches long. Just now they
are catching salmon trout and other large species.
But with the coming of April angling in the Clack-
amas, Rogue, and in streams in Columbia, Tillamook
and Clatsop counties will be excellent.
$ :£ $
An Alaskan white owl, the wings of which meas-
ured 5 feet from tip to tip, was killed the other day
by Claire Hicker, age 16, near Tacoma auto speed-
way. The bird was resting on a telegraph pole and
the lad brought it to the earth with a swiftly thrown
rock. The rock struck the bird in the back of the
neck, breaking it, and Hicker was much surprised
with the result of his throw. Several Alaska owls
have been seen in the vicinity of Tacoma this winter.
* # *
A report from Livingston, Mont., is to the effect
that hunting has been splendid near the Yellowstone
Park this Fall. Grass has been plentiful the past
season and the elk and other game are in fine flesh.
The deep snow in the higher mountains has brought
the elk down to the foothills and some fine specimens
have been killed. Several herds of elk are soon to
be rounded up and shipped to eastern parks, accord-
ing to Deputy State Game Warden P. W. Nelson.
State Game Warden J. L. DeHart was in Livingston
recently arranging the details for the work.
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It was announced by the officials of the Vernon
Gun Club that a registered shooting tournament
would be staged at the club on May 13, 14 and 15.
The club is planning on making this shoot one of
the biggest and best ever held in Southern California.
The practice day for the shoot will be held on the
12th. Six hundred dollars added money will be added
to the three days' registered program. This means
that ?20 will be up for each twenty-bird event.
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H. Lorenson of Newman, one of the younger shoot-
ers who was the sensation last season, is oiling up
his 12-gauge to be on hand for the opening festivi-
ties.
Manager Pete Ashcroft is figuring on putting the
Alameda grounds into shape shortly.
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Griffon Popular Dog. — During the past five or six
years a dog made his appearance in this country
known to American canine animal lovers as the wire-
haired pointing Griffon. He is a native of France
and Belgium and is built very much on the order of
the old Spanish pointer, with the exception that he
has a wire-haired coat that is practically impervious
to any weather conditions or any kind of cover.
Among a certain class of sportsmen he soon be-
came popular, for he is an all-round dog with an ex-
cellent disposition and a shoke-bore nose. As a re-
triever from land and water he has few equals, and
on upland game he is equally at home. To the aver-
age man the Griffon might look like an ordinary dog
with his great head, his almost yellow eyes, his
shaggy coat and his stump tail, for fashion decrees
that the Griffon must have his tail docked, but to
the man who wants a faithful companion in the field
and does not care particularly for range, speed or
style, he proves up to the requirements. He can find
birds if there are any in a given field, and while he
may be slow in doing so, it is almost a certainty that
none will be passed over.
To foster the breeding of this new dog — new to
American sportsmen, at least — a club has been
formed and the president of it is L. A. Thebaud, the
man who is primarily responsible for introducing the
breed to American sportsmen. The secretary is Dr.
KB. Ilyus of Lancaster, Pa., who, like Mr. Thebaud,
also imported a number of Griffons from Belgium
and France. For a specialty club this new organi-
zation has a very respectable following in the way
of numbers and as for the quality of sportsmanship
among the organizers, it is of the highest.
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Salmon Club of Oregon — "Two years ago a number
of ardent salmon anglers got together and formed an
organization which became known as the Salmon
Club of Oregon," said Walter F. Backus, secretary
of the Multnomah Anglers' club. "The members of
tui:; club pledged themselves to use light tackle in
fishing for Chinook salmon at Oregon City. Previous
to this time most of the fishermen had been using
very heavy gear, and the charter members of this
club felt that they were losing a great deal of sport
by not using lighter tackle. At first most of the
salmon fishermen hooted at the idea, but the club
went through its first season and ended up by hav-
ing over 40 members. At the present time Secretary
Ray Winters reports that he has almost 200 members
on the list, and from all indications the membership
wil lbe doubled before the 1917 season is finished.
"Most of the members of the Salmon Club feel that
this year will see the end of net fishing in the Wil-
lamette river, and a biulding committee has been ap-
pointed, which has practically completed plans for a
club house to be located at Oregon City. This club
house is to be modeled after the one owned by the
Tuna club in Southern California, which is well
known to all big fish anglers. The building will
probably be a two-story affair, the upper floor to
consist of a general clubroom, with large windows
overlooking the trolling ground.
"Photos of fishing scenes will adorn the walls, and
a record book will be in readiness to register all cap-
tures made on light tackle. The lower floor will be
given over to lockers, each member having sufficient
space to hold the one piece rods which are so much
in favor, as well as enough water-proof clothing for
the rainy days. There will also be plenty of folding
cots for the anglers who like to get out early in the
morning.
"Directly below the club house a large float will
be anchored, with a fleet of perhaps 50 fishing boats
— small, easy running skiffs for the trolling, and
heavier models for the man who likes the rough
water below the falls. An expert boatman will be
in attendance during the trolling season, and there
will be plenty of caddies to do the rowing for those
who are not used to handling the oars.
"Something of this sort has long been desired by
all the lovers of salmon angling, but as the season in
the past has seldom run longer than 20 days, a move
such as outlined above would hardly have been justi-
fied . With the nets removed from the Willamette
river, there will be nearly two months of angling
each spring, and as soon as the new law is in effect
the Salmon Club will take up the proposed plan in
earnest."
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Du Pont Long Run Trophy Plan. — The Long Run
Trophy Plan of E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company
has proved so popular during the past two years that
Mr. T. E. Doremus, Manager Sporting Powder Divis-
ion of tha tcompany, advises it will be continued
during 1917 with but few changes . It is announced
that during the two years of its operation the follow-
ing trophies were won with DuPont Powders:
Long Run Fobs, 1686; Long Run Bars, 4947; Long
Run Watches, 116.
It is also of interest to know that 77 shooters each
won 1 watch, 7 shooters each won 2 watches, 7 each
won 3 watches, and one shooter won four watches.
Eighty watches were won by amateur shooters, and
thirty-six by professionals. Following is a list of
winners of DuPont Long Run Trophy Watches:
*A .H. Amann, Pectone, Ills.; Dr. W. A. Anderson,
Sleepy Eye, Minn.; *Neaf Apgar, Plainfield, N. J.;
P. Baggerman, St. Louis, Mo.; E. L. Bartlett, Balti-
more, Md.; W. S. Behm, Esterly, Pa.; J. W. Bell, St.
Louis, Mo.; *F. G. Bills, Chicago, Ills.; John S. Boa,
Montreal, Can.; Horace R. Bonser, Cincinnati, O.;
R. H. Bruns, Brockville, Ind. ; A. C. Buckles, Lake
Fork, Ills.; Paul R. Burger, Catawissa, Pa.; J. Ed.
Cain, Dayton, O.; J. I. Chipley, Greenwood, S. C;
C. D. Cobura, Mechanicsburg, O.; A. V. Cooke, Wel-
lington, Tex.; W. E. Corfield, Utica, N. Y.; *J. E.
Dickey, Minneapolis, Minn.; *J. H. Donnelly, Guth-
rie, Okla.; C. B. Eaton, Fayette, Mo.; Geo. N. Fish,
Lyndon ville, N. Y. ; A. G. Flickinger, Vallejo, Cal. ;
*G H. Ford, Indianapolis, Ind.; O. N. Ford, San Jose,
Cal.; Sam S. Foster, Mason City, la.; J. S. Fink,
Worthington, Minn. (2) ; O. C. Funderburk, Detroit,
Mich.; Ira Galbraith, West Frankfort, Ills; *L. S.
German, Aberdeen, Md. (3) ; *Fred Gilbert, Spirit
Lake, la. (3) ; 'Mr. J. Mowell Hawkins, Baltimore,
Md. (3); Allen L. Heil, Allentown, Pa.; Ed. Hellyer
Jr., Alexandria, Pa.; Woolfolk Henderson, Lexington,
Ky. (3); H. C. Hirschy, Minneapolis, Minn.; D. J.
Holland, Springfield, Mo.; 6P. J. Holohan, Portland,
Ore ; W. S. Hoon, Jewel, Iowa; M. S. Hootman,
Hicksville .Ohio; *Walter Huff, Macon, Ga. ; Charles
Hummel, LaPorte City, la. (2) ; S. A. Huntley, Chi-
cago, 111.; K. P. Johnson, Kenton, Ohio; Joe Kautzky
Sr., Ft. Dodge, la.; "Arthur Killam, St. Louis. Mo.
(4); A. C. King, Toms River, N. J.; R. A. King, Delta,
Colo.; Max Kneussl, Ottawa, Ills; F. C. Koch, Pb.il-
lipsburg, O.; A. Koyen, Fremont, Neb.; *C. O. Le-
Compte, Asheville, N .C; *Barton Lewis, Auburn,
Ills.; F. B. Lofland. Plymouth, Ohio; F. W. McNeir,
Houston, Tex.; *T. A. Marshall, Evanston, 111.; J. G.
Martin, Harrisburg, Pa. (2) ; *Geo. Maxwell, Hast-
ings, Neb.; Frank H. Melius, Los Angeles, Cal.;
Chas. H .Newcomb, Philadelphia, Pa. (3) ; John H.
Noel, Nashville, Tenn; C. H. Peck, Remington, Ind.;
H. J. Pendergast, Phoenix, N. Y. ; H. Pfirrmann Jr.,
Los Angeles, Cal.; Fred Plum, Atlantic City, N. J.
(2); R. E. Probert, Claypool, Ind.; A. B. Richard-
son, Dover. Del (3); *F. C. Riehl, Tacoma, Wash.;
W. D. Runnels, Staunton. Va. ; H. B. Shoop, Harris-
burg, Pa.; G. R. Shuck, Kempton, Ind.; F. S. Side-
botham, Frankford, Phila., Pa.; H. E. Smith, Colum-
bus, Ohio; *C. G. Spencer, St. Iouis Mo. (2); R. L.
Spotts, New York, N. Y.; *W .D. Stannard, Chicago,
Ills.; J. R. Tansil, Blytheville, Ark.; *J. R. Taylor,
Newark, Ohio (2) ; Brian Teats, Northumberland,
Pa.; W. H. Tolen, Ft. Dodge, la.: F. S. Tomlin, Glass-
boro, N. J.; F. M. Troeh, Vancouver, Wash. (3); S.
G. Vance, Tillonsburg, Ont.; J. P. White, Watertown,
S. Dak.; F. S. Wright, Buffalo, N. Y. (3); *C. A.
Young, Springfield, O. (('Denotes professionals.)
TRICKS IN SHOOTING ON STAGE.
Marvelous Feats Are Easily Explained When You
Know the Facts.
Most of our readers have seen what appear to be
marvelous shooting feats on the stage, and have mar-
veled greatly thereat. Some years ago Capt. Fowler,
who was a clever stage marksman, as well as a
really excellent shot, explained some of the tricks ■
to us, and exposed the deception. In Field and '.
Stream we note that some of these dodges are de-
scribed, and, as some of our readers might like to
astonish their friends writh their skill with rifle or
revolver, we give a few instances. Say you desire
to show off at targets apparently 1-in. in diameter.
You require a black background and a few air-'
balloons. These are painted black and inflated to
about 6-in. diameter. They are affixed to the back-
ground, and small white spots 1 inch in diameter are
painted on them. From a short distance the outlines
of the balloons are invisible, and you have a target
of some 30 inches at which to fire. A repeating rifle
is used, and it is an easy matter to make 10 targets
in as many seconds. A shot anywhere within a con- '
siderable radius would be practically certain to hit
one of the balloons, and with its instantaneous col-
lapse the white target would vanish. Where lighted
candles are extinguished with a rifle, candles are
placed in compartments or open boxes on a back-
ground. The whole is painted black, the mask the
partitions in the boxes, at the back of each box is
placed a loosely hung plate of steel, suspended only
by the top and. free to swing slightly. Before this
are placed the lighted candles, and the shooting
begins. It should be remarked that these plates are
six inches square ,and consequently give an area of
large size to shoot at. When a bullet strikes a plate,
the concussion of the air caused by the quick move-
ment of fhe plate in response to the impact of the
bullet, blows out the candle, and the trick is accom-
plished.
In the feat of disrobing an assistant with rifle bul-
lets, the garments are made in halves, front and
back, fastened together with thin glass globes, about
two and one-half inches in diameter and of dark
material, and the usual white spots painted on them,
while the assistant invariably stands against a black
background . If you can shoot reasonably straight it
is not at all difficult. The marvelous revolver shoot-
ing at moving targets is generally done with cart-
ridges filled with bird shot. The man or woman who
goes up into the top gallery and snuffs out the light-
ed candles or breaks a small balloon sometimes does
it the same way as described" above, although many
use a steel funnel with a 12-inch opening which nar-
rows down to about one inch where the object is
placed. This opening, on account of the black back-
ground, does not show to the audience, and all the
marksman has to do is to shoot into the opening,
and the bullet will finally reach the small end. A
few years ago a Frenchman came over and created
quite a sensation while playing in theatres through-
out the country. He made about half a dozen straight
shots; the rest were clearly fakes, and he had no
trouble in fooling the general public. But one night,
while he was playing the piano, supposedly by using
bullets to strike the keys, his rifle jammed and the
piano kept on playing for a few seconds, but quite
long enough to make the audience sit up and take
notice.
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Migratory Law Still in Force — Washington, D. C. —
The Department of Agriculture has received inqui-
ries from sportsmen in various parts of the United
States as to the effect of the ratification of the treaty
between the United States and Great Britain in ref-
erence to migratory birds upon the Migratory Bird
Act of 1913 and the Regulations issued thereunder.
In response the Department has made the following
public announcement: In the opinion of the Depart-
ment, the Migratory Bird Act and Regulations are
still in force; also these will continue in operation,
and the Department regards it as its duty to enforce
them, pending the enactment by Congress of new leg-
islation for the purpose of carrying out the provis-
ions of the treaty.
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Guard Against Fires. — Sportsmen in Texas are be-
ing asked to guard against forest fires by the De-
partment of Forestry, in a folder issued to the peo-
ple of the State. The folder is also addressed spe-
cifically to farmers, ranchmen, lumbermen, owners
of cut-over lands, railroad men. boys and girls and
citizens in general. Mr. J. H. Foster, State Forester,
epitomizes the situation in these words:
"Mr. Hunter: — Burning destroys the breeding plac-
es of game, drives the birds fro mtheir nests and
destroys the eggs and the young of countless thou-
sands. Every fire that burns, helps to rob hunting of
its pleasure.
"Mr. Fisherman: — Fires destroy young growth and
humus which tend to prevent drying up o fsprings
and small streams during dry seasons, preserve the
regularity of stream flow and secure clear, running
water so essential to the best fishing."
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The Alameda Elks Club will get busy and map
out plans for the season. The members were new to
the game last season but were very enthusiastic and
active.
Saturday, January 13, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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' ARE STRIPED BASS BEING EXTERMINATED?
SAN FRANCISCO FLY CASTING CLUB.
Anglers Meet and Argue Question; Decide On Law
For a Closed Season.
When fishermen get together you can bank on
there being many stories unfolded. Anyone holding
opinions to the contrary should have been in attend-
ance at the San Francisco office of the Fish and
Game Commission "When some seventy-five sports-
men, anglers and commercial fishermen answered
the call to consider a bill proposed by Al G. Cum-
mings.
The important question of the extermination of
the gamy and fine food fish, the striped bass, was up
for debate. Cummings contended, and he was borne
out by members of the San Francisco Bass Club and
Pacific Bass Club, that the striped bass is rapidly
passing out of existence. The fish, according to
Cummings, has been afforded practically no protec-
tion whatsoever, and naturally is suffering from the
large catches that have been made season after sea-
son. The commercial fishermen and some anglers,
among them Al Wilson, set forth that the fish were
never more plentiful in San Francisco Bay and the
reason that the anglers are not making the strikes
up in Wingo ,San Antone Slough and nearby points
is that the fish have departed for other waters.
E. L. Bosqur, the new fish and game commissioner,
and Call Westerfield ,the executive officer of the
commission .presided and made efforts to give all
parties a fair hearing. For about two hours the hear-
ing held full sway with arguments and counter argu-
ments.
In the end a compromise was finally effected with
both sides agreeing to support the bill to be intro-
duced in the legislature by Cummings. It calls for
a closed season to the net fishermen in the months
of February, March and April, which with the period
already shut out from September 25th to November
15tfc, will afford plenty of protection. The anglers
will submit to having the limit during the closed
periods cut down from fhe to two fish.
The main argument was to keep the net fishermen
from the mouths of the sloughs and creeks. Angler
after angler made reports of seeing the present law
violated and the object is to make it a felony for
net fishing inside of a line drawn from Mare Island
Light to San Pablo Point, and from the First Beacon
in San Pablo Bay to Black Point, taking a line from
a point on the Marin shore to a point northwest of
Midshipman Slough. The net fishermen present
agreed that it would be a good thing for the fishing
game.
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Placing the limit of a bass taken back to three
pounds was another argument that met with the ap-
proval of the assembled sportsmen. Commissioner
Bosqur and secretary Westerfield pointed out, how-
ever, that the anglers at Sacramento were instru-
mental in having the limit taken off and they would
doubtless oppose any measure tending to put on the
limit again. It was conceded that the Sacramento
boys have only the opportunity of catching the
smaller fish and some way will be tried to redistrict
the state so that the limit can be put on around San
Francisco Bay.
While all these points were brought out, the stories
just naturally popped out. When Al Cummings was
questioned about how the fish are being extermin-
ated, he made the bold statement that striped bass
were so plentiful a matter of twenty years ago that
a man could walk across San Francisco Bay on the
backs of the fish. Furthermore, he declared that a
man could not row his boat around Angel Island to
the Racoon straits without having the fish jump
into his boat.
One of the commercial fishermen up and declared
that striped bass are at present so numerous in the
bay that he can go out any old day and catch 5,000
pounds with his net. There were times when he
could make it 50,000 pounds. This created a riot and
pencil and pad were brought out to figure that the
market fisherman would need only a week or so of
work in a season to make thousands of dollars with
the fish selling at 12 cents a pound.
The drastic arguments were finally stopped and
all hands got together and agreed that the proposed
new law would work to great advantage in protect-
ing the striped bass.
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Money for National Forests. — Washington, D. C. —
Secretary Houston has announced the amount allot-
ted to each State from the million dollars to be spent
during the fiscal year 1918 in constructing roads and
trails within or partly within the National Forests.
This money is part of the ten million dollars appro-
priated by the Federal Aid Road Act to assist devel-
opment of the National Forests, which becomes
available at the rate of a million dollars a year for
ten years.
The allotments as approved are as follows: Alaska
$46,354, Arizona $58,604, Arkansas $9,803, California
$140,988, Colorado $62,575, Idaho $108,730, Montana
$70,042, Nevada $19,296, New Mexico $42,495, Oregon
$128,111, South Dakota $8,092. Utah $41,167, Wash-
ington $91,344, Wyoming $40,684. A total of $9,995
has been allotted to Florida, Michigan, Minnesota,
Nebraska, North Dakota, and Oklahoma. The group
of Eastern States — Georgia, Maine, New Hampshire,
North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and
West Virginia — in which the government is purchas-
ing lands for National Forests, receive $21,120.
The medal contests of the San Francisco Fly-Casting Club this year were a pronounced success
W . D. Mansfield made a new record in heavy tackledistance fly with a 150-foot cast, and in delicacy and
accuracy fly with a score of 2% demerits.
Following is a summary giving the general average of our members in the different events for the
season of 1916:
CD
Feet
C. G. Young
E. N. Borg
Dr. E. W. Brooks
J. F. Burgin 106.8
F. J. Cooper 113.6
Wm. Crawford 95.4
W. J. Davis, Jr 108.6
PJ. C. Edwards 103
S. Forbes 118.6
C. H. Gardner 96.6
C. H. Kewell 110
W. D. Mansfield 136
F. H. Reed
E. A. Rogers 119
P. W. Shattuck 105
A. Sperry 112.2
H. B. Sperry 109.8
J. Springer
H. A. Thomsen, Jr 112.6
F. A. Webster 110.6
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Feet
103
103
107.
100
93
87
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De-
merits
19
42.4
19.6
6.6
12.8
22
9.8
13.8
8.8
12.2
7.8
11.8
11.2
12.8
26.8
12.6
18.8
15.2
10.2
a <j
De-
merits
16.6
47.8
22.2
27.7
11.6
19.1
13.7
16
28.2
24.6
6.7
6.7
38.2
27.4
38.5
31
45.1
23.6
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De-
merits
20.6
23.2
19.2
19
15.2
18
13.6
22
13.8
Feet
125.8
103
130.6
129.2
119.2
15.8 138
16.6
14.8
19.4
114.4
122
De-
merits
20.4
20
17
39
16.8
61.8
13.4
10.4
20.8
21.4
18.4
34
38.8
41.6
44.2
20.2
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De-
merits
19.2
9
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14.8
17.6
16.2
27.4
37.2
17.2
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Feet merits
21.8
16.2
8.6
10.4
172.4
103.8
142.2
145.4
163.4
10
13.8
10.2
14.8
7.2
19.2
12.8
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P. W. SHATTUCK, Sec'y
19.2
21
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In making allotments, it is explained, ten per cent
of the amount available for 1918 is withheld as a con-
tingent fund. One-half of the remainder has been
apportioned among the States in amounts based on
the area of the National Forest lands in each State,
while the other half has been allotted on a basis
of the estimated value of the timber and forage re-
sources which the Forests contain.
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Los Angeles Club. — The Henry Pfirrmann Jr. silver
trophy, contested for Sunday morning at the Los
Angeles Gun Club, was won by Owen Council, with
a score of 97 dead birds out of 100 shot at. Council
shot from 18 yards.
His nearest competitor was L. J. Micha, with a
total of 96 dead out of the century from 19 yards.
Micha, Harry Cline, Bill Kennedy and Louis Melius
won take-home trophies for hanging up the best
scores in each event of the 25 birds of the century
contest. Yearly subscriptions to the Sportsmen's
Review were won by P. G. Peterson, O. Evans, Seth
Hart and W. A. Cornelius. The results:
O. Council, 18 yds., broke 97; L. J. Micha 19—96,
H. Cline 18—95, G. Holohan 21—94, L. R. Melius
19— 93, E. Mitchell 21—93, C. W. Fish 21—89, H.
Pfirrmann 21—89, V. A. Rossbach 18—85, S. H. Hall
17—89, W. A. Cornelius 20—89, O. Evans 21—88, Wm.
Kennedy 16—87, P. G. Peterson 17—87, C. H. Betz
16—86, W. A. Hillis 21—85, W. A. Carnahan 16—85,
Geo. Oliver 20—83, E. K. Mohler 21—82. P. O. Long
18—80, Mrs. H. Pfirrmann 16—79, H. Hickman 16—
78, J. E. Betz 16—66, Mack Sennett 16—62, F. Free
18—84, E. W. Selbach 16—84. O. D. Ashton 16—78,
N. W. Nelson 16—77, Seth Hart 16—86, O. F. Mer-
lich 16—83, P. Lettick 16—15, H. E. Sargent 18—86,
C .F. Nichols 18—67x75, F. H. Nichols 18—58x75,, V.
Powley 16—44x50, C. J. Hurst 16—41x50, M. D.
Towne 16—40x50, J. W. Griffith 16—40x50, G. C.
Boynton 16—38x50, S. Steel 16—38x50, J. Carter 16—
22x25, A. M. Van Ness 16—22x25, B. Lloyd 16—20x25,
F. H. Teeple 20—19x25, H. Chamberlain 16—15x25,
C. E. McStay 18—13x25, W. Jones 16—2x25, A. Baum-
gartner 16 — 14x25, Mrs. Wm. Kennedy 6x15.
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Vernon Club. — A ninety-nine per cent perfect day
made shooting conditions ideal at the Vernon Gun
Club Sunday, when 21 shooters turned out to com-
pete in a 50-bird handicap event for the Gold Bar
Trophy. DeHate won the emblem with a score of
48x50. It was the winner's first appearance at the
gun club in over a year. He shot from 16 yards.
Stanton A. Bruner was runner-up with a score of
47x50 from 20 yards.
The results follow:
Hdcp. Trophy Prac.
J. W. Meed 18 46 44
A. N. Vannest 16 39
A. W. Bruner 16 47 21
Dr. Leisure 16 30
Wm. Pugh 18 43 41
Stafford 16 44
S. A. Bruner 20 47 49
Bob Bole 17 45 45
Chas. White 17 45 46
Geoffest 16 . . 35
Dr. Cooper 16 . . 38
Reid 16 41 42
Dr. Goen 16 . . 32
Dr. Edmonson 16 . . 38
C. E. Groat 18 46 45
DeHate 16 48
Mrs. C. E. Groat 18 46 23
Ed. Bohring 18 46
Wm. Browner 18 46
J. D. Dierdoff 18 46
Forest Rangers' Convention — San Francisco, Cal. —
The Forest Ranger meeting, in session from January
3 to 12 at College Hall, Berkeley, California, is the
first ever attended by Rangers from all the eighteen
National Forests in this State, according to District
Forester DuBois. More than seventy Forest officers,
coming all the way from Alturas to San Diego, are
making a study of administrative matters and the
thousand and one questions pertaining to the busi-
ness of the National Forests in California. In order
that they may have every opportunity for informal
as well as formal discussion, they are occupying the
same quarters — College Hall, one of the largest dor-
mitories in connection with the University of Cali-
fornia.
The mornings are given up to discussions and
papers, and the afternoons to inspection trips about
the Bay for the purpose of obtaining object lessons
of the matters discussed in the morning sessions.
Visits will be made to a local automobile factory,
the Presidio, an Alameda ship-building plant, a San
Francisco telephone exchange, a newspaper office,
and the University of California.
In the evenings the men gather about the fireplace
for informal talks by prominent educators, business,
and professional men. Among the speakers who have
been asked to make addresses are Dean Hunt, of
the University of California, Professor Crocheron,
Chief Farm Advisor for the State, Dr. Ebright, Pres-
ident State Board of Health, William E. Colby, Sec-
retary of the Sierra Club, A. B. Fletcher of the State
Highway Commission. Capt. Parks and Capt. Poillen,
U. S. A., E. H. Cox, President of the Weed Lumber
Company, and R. L. Duffus, of the San Francisco
Bulletin.
The keynote of the convention is public service,
and the chief subjects under discussion are, first, the
ways and means by which the Forest Service may
co-operate with rural communities and organizations
in the development of local resources and industries,
and the ways and means by which the Forest Service
may co-operate in the improvement of living condi-
tions, particularly as regards rural sanitation and
recreation. Second, the meetings are devoted to dis-
cussions of National Forest administration, protec-
tion, and development, with reference to the applica-
tion of modern efficiency methods.
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Seattle Association. — After an absence from the
grounds for three weeks a small bunch of shooters
turned out for the regular program shoot held on
Jan. 7th. C. E. McKelvey showed up in great form,
especially so in the fifty bird event, he going straight
in the same and standing high score both in this
and the hundred target race. Hi Follerich stood next
to McKelvey through the program with scores of
forty-eight and ninety-five. J. A. Fortier showed up
at the traps for the first time and made a remarkable
showing for his inexperience.
Considerable interest has been created among
trapshooting circles of this locality by the announce-
ment of a Northwest Trapshooting Association, tak-
ing in organized gun clubs of the northwest. Regis-
tered shoots will be held in the various cities as
worked out in the schedule now being made, it being
planned to hold an event in each city represented
every two weeks. The scores, at 50 targets:
C. E. McKelvey 50, Hi Follerich 48, Ralph Kinzer
45, Ed. Jones 44, W. B .Taft 42, C. W. Bandy 41, J. A.
Hopkins 40, J. A. Fortier 22.
At 100 targets — C. E. McKelvey 97, Hi Follerich
95, Ralph Kinzer 89. Ed. Jones 89, C. W. Bandy 88.
J. A. Hopkins 86, W. B. Taft 78, J. A. Fortier 50, Dr.
Hill 41. Yours truly,
E. A. FRY.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 13, 1917
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Stock Breeders' Page
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More than 20,000 dairy cows are now being tested
in California, an increase of approximately 15,000 in
two years.
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The high price of mutton and wool has made the
breeders of pure bred sheep very enthusiastic and
many California breeders reports big sales of pure
bred breeding bucks and ewes.
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One of the best Shorthorn herds in California is
owned by the Butte City Ranch, at Butte City, Cali-
fornia. The herd bull is by a son of Whitehall
Sultan.
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Western breeders of pure bred beef cattle are pre-
paring their herd headers for the National Western
Live Stock Show, which will be conducted at Denver,
January 22 to 27. Fred P. Johnson is the secretary
of the show.
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A convention of the California Swine Breeders'
Association will be conducted in Los Angeles, Jan-
uary 18 and 19. Prominent breeders will discuss
breeding, feeding and marketing, as well as every
other part of the swine business.
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Winnie Korndyke Cornucopia de Kol, owned by
the J. S. Gibson Company of Williams, California,
has just completed a yearly record of 31034.2 milk
and 1200.99 butter. This gives her second place in
milk production; and she is the only cow to give
over 31,000 pounds of milk and produce 1200 pounds
of butter.
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K. E. Boudier, of Napa, recently sold Duroc boars
to Albert Joppas, of Ferndale; Hiram Briggs, of
Healdsburg; D. W. Rodgers of Gazelle, and sows to
A. Munk, of Napa, and I. W. Brown, of Placerville.
Mr. Boudier's Durocs have been successful in swine
shows and his breeding stock is proving equally as
successful in the breeding pens.
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The J. O. D. Ranch Co., at Aroya, Colo., recently
received two carloads of fine Missouri Herefords
which Will be prepared for the National Western
Stock Show at Denver. At the 1916 show this ranch
won several championships on both its Hereford
cattle and Duroc-Jersey swine.
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Guy Miller, of Modesto,- Cal., is one of the Jersey
breeders of this State that is meeting with wonderful
success. Mr. Miller has a number of Register of
Merit cows in his herd and has several heifers on
test now that he expects to make the Register with-
out any difficulty.
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The development plans of the Stanislaus Dairy
Farms Company on the old Gray Bros.' ranch, be-
tween Oakdale and Knights Ferry, are well under
way, and the first shipment of registered stock for
the proposed big dairy will arrive from New York
some time in February. .
J. C. Bruss of Tulare has received twelve head of
Tamworth hogs from Palmer, Illinois, and plans to
raise this breed of hogs on a ranch near Tulare.
These hogs are from registered stock and premium
winning sires . English bacon is made from this kind
of hog.
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Farmers' week in Missouri is one of the really
important events in that State and attracts the farm-
ers of the state in greater numbers than the fair
and other agricultural meetings. The annual meet-
ing was conducted at Columbia. Mo„ last week, and
the attendance was the best in the history of the
show. Prominent speakers of the United States and
foreign countries were secured for the entertainment
of the farmers.
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R. L. Hill, proprietor of Adenhill Farms, Columbia,
Mo., has been made field representative of the Na-
tional Duroc-Jersey Breeders' Association. Mr. Hill
is one of the most successful breeders in Missouri,
having developed several State fair winners and a
champion at the National Swine Show. The brilliant
success he has attained with his own herd, it is said,
had much to do with his appointment. The Duroc
association is one of the livest in this country and
is making rapid progress for the breed.
Dixon Men Buy Big Sheep Range.
A. J. Hillhouse, Roy D. Mayes and B. M. La Fon-
taine, three capitalists and prominent business men
of Dixon, Solano county, Cal., have obtained control
of 150,000 acres of land in Lassen county on which
they intend to engage in sheep raising on a large
scale. They bought 9,000 sheep with the land. The
purchase price has not been given out, but it is
understood to be well up in six figures.
The purchasers will take possession of the great
ran e within thirty days. They have been working
on the transaction for several weeks. All three will
move to Lissen county as soon as they can put their
business affairs in such shape as will permit of their
attention to their new business.
First National Calf Club Sale.
Mr. Thos. F. Chamberlain, cashier of the First Na-
tional Bank, Brighton, 111., purchased in Wisconsin
last March 84 head of heifers ranging in age from six
to sixteen months. These calves were shipped to
Brighton and sold to school children in that vicinity
at actual cost, the bank taking The child's note bear-
ing six per cent interest. They paid an average price
of $43 per head for these calves, delivered at Brigh-
ton, with the understanding that in less than one
year they were to be brought to Brighton and sold
at public auction. The difference in what they paid,
plus six per cent interest, and what the heifer
brought at the sale, was the profit the child made on
the transaction.
This sale was held Friday, December 8, and the
84 heifers were sold for cash at public auction to
the highest bidder, and brought an average of $92.30
per head, a total of §7,749. The notes given by the
children totaled $3,612, leaving a profit of $4,137.
This sale was the first of its kind held in this coun-
try, and afforded convincing evidence of the practic-
ability of the Bank Calf Club Movement in Illinois.
Under the leadership of W. Scott Matthews, Illinois
Dairy and Food Commissioner, this movement has
resulted in the organization of nine Calf Clubs for
the purpose of interesting children in the Dairy In-
dustry. Plans are now under way for the formation
of more of these clubs by bankers in different parts
of the state. As the heifers had been on pasture
the greater part of the time, the cost of keeping
them was small.
The program for "Sale Day" was given under the
auspices of the Business Men's Dairy Extension
Movement of Illinois, Dairy and Food Commissioner
W. Scott Matthews, the Agricultural Committee of
the Illinois Bankers' Association, and the First Na-
tional Bank of Brighton, Illinois. First on the pro-
gram was a parade, followed by speeches from prom-
inent dairy authorities, and the awarding of prizes
for heifers making the best showing. Moving pic-
tures were taken, and a dairy banquet, served in
Dutch style, closed the festivities.
As a further means of encouraging dairy farming
in this locality, S. P. Stevens, owner of the Oak
Glenn Farm at Bartlett, Illinois, sent his show herd,
including a $20,000 bull, and also put up 13 registered
bulls with the understanding that they would be sold
for what they would bring, to be kept and used for
the improvement of the herds in this part of the
state. These bulls wTere young stock, some of them
being only six weeks old, and brought from $80 to
$315 per head.
Carl Vrooman, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture,
made a special trip from Washington, D. C, in order
to address the boys and girls of the Brighton Club,
to encourage them in their dairy work and congratu-
late them on the results accomplished.
Prof. F. W. Merrill, of the Dairy Development
Department of the DeLaval Separator Company, ex-
plained briefly the points in selecting good dairy
stock.
Ruth Deatherage's heifer brought her $145 — and
the pound of butter which Ruth made herself from
her heifer's milk was sold at auction and was bought
by the International Harvester Company for $5.00.
It was very interesting to watch this sale and see
the interest manifested by the children who had
cared for these heifers, but the part of the program
that attracted most attention was to see these chil-
dren gather at the bank and receive their money,
and see them deposit the same, and in hearing what
they had to say about what they were going to do
with this money. And in nearly every instance it
was this: "I am going to buy two heifers this spring
and I am not going to sell them. I am going to keep
them and start a dairy herd."
We believe that practical work of this kind will
go much farther in encouraging children to stay on
the farm than all the literature that could be dis-
tributed and speeches that could be made. Speeches
and bulletins are good, but practical help and actually
earning money on the farm are the best arguments
to use. In other words, help people to help them-
selves. You can go to any town, especially in South-
ern Illinois, and find men working at very low wages,
barely able to support their families. If they had
been encouraged when they were children and re-
ceived this practical help, they would not be living
on the farms where they were born and would be
prosperous dairymen and farmers, and their land
would be worth from $100 to $200 an acre, whereas,
in many instances now, the land they were living on
30 years ago has been practically abandoned and
some of these farms have grown up in blackberry
briars and sassafras bushes. If this practice of en-
couraging the children was universally adopted by
the bankers of Illinois it would result in the produc-
tion of much more meat, butter, cheese, leather, and
other products which come from the cow. Do you
know there are six million less cows in this country
today than there were fifteen years ago, and twenty
thousand more people? About 75 per. cent of the
citizens of the United States lived on farms 30 years
ago. Today approximately 50 per cent live on farms
and about 50 per cent in the towns.
At a sale of 40 Percheron mares and stallions held
in Kansas December 14th at the White Water Falls
Farms, the top price for a stallion was $1040 for the
gray two-year-old Comet 125810, and the top price
for a maro $800 for a two-year-old by Casino. No
horse sold for less than $320.
Want to Help Reduce Living Cost.
Believing that one way to help reduce the cost of
living is to reduce the cost of production on the
farm, the University of California has invited the
fanners of California and all others interested to<
attend a "Farmers' Week" to be held at the Univer-
sity Farm at Davis on Tuesday and Wednesday, May
29 and 30, and Thursday, June 1, 1917. This three
days and a half will be devoted to intensive agricul-
tural study and farm demonstrations.
"Farmers' Week" will be so arranged that those
attending may devote their whole time to a single
subject or special field of farming work, or may turn
their attention to several different problems. There
will be four or five parallel courses — in such subjects
as livestock, field crops, deciduous fruits, dairying,
and poultry. Practical demonstrations of methods
will be emphasized . Visitors will be given a chance
actually to try for themselves the new methods rec-
ommended and discussed in the conference. There
will be no charge for enrollment in these courses.
Breeders of Berkshire Hogs to Gather.
An important gathering of breeders of swine will
be held at the University of California Farm at Davis
on February 13, 14 and 15, 1917, as the Western
Berkshire Congress. Tuesday, February 13, there
will be a judging of fine hogs, subsequently to be
slaughtered in a carcass-judging competition, an in-
spection of the activities of the University Farm, and
a business meeting in the evening. Wednesday,
February 14, there will be a students' judging con-
test of sale stock and a show of breeding stock, a
swine-judging contest in which only women may
compete, a carcass demonstration, a banquet, and a |
"Berkshire Love Feast." On Thursday, February 15,
there will be an exhibition of sale hogs, followed
that afternoon by a public sale.
A Tribute to the Cow.
Little do we realize the debt we owe The Cow.
During the dark ages of savagery and barbarism we
find her early ancestors natives of the wild forests
of the old world. As the bright rays of civilization
penetrated the darkness of that early period, and
man called upon The Cow, she came forth from her
seclusion to share in the efforts that gave us a
greater nation and more enlightened people!
For two thousand years she has shown her alleg-
iance to man, sharing alike in his prosperity and
adversity, responding nobly to all that was done for
her, until through her development she became an
idol of the people of her native country.
In 1493, when Columbus made his second voyage
to America, The Cow came with him, and from that
time to the present day she has been a most potent
factor in making this, our country, the greatest
nation, with the highest type of womanhood and man-
hood history has ever known!
Her sons helped till the soil of our ancestors and
slowly moved the products of the farm to market.
They went with man into the dense forests of the
new world, helped clear them for homes and made
cultivation possible for the coming generation, and
when the tide of emigration turned westward they
hauled the belongings of the pioneer across the sun-
scorched plains and over the great mountain ranges
to new homes beyond.
Truly, The Cow is man's greatest benefactor.
Hail, wind, drouths and floods may come, destroy
our crops and banish our hopes, but from what is
left The Cow manufactures into the most nourishing
and life-sustaining foods, and is she not foster mother
and life itself to countless thousands of little children
all over this world of ours? We love her for her
docility, her beauty and her usefulness. Her loyalty
has never weakened, and should misfortune overtake
us as we become bowed down with the weight of
years, we know that in The Cow we have a friend
that was never known to falter. She pays the debt.
She saves the home. God bless The Cow — little do
we realize the debt we owe her! — [E. G. Bennett.
Miles City and Its Horse Mart.
More horses now change hands at Miles City,
Montana, from their original owners, than even at
the great horse markets at Chicago and St. Louis.
The Miles City Horse Sale Company was established
15 years ago, when A. B. Clark conceived the idea
of bringing the buyers and sellers of Montana horses
together .
The first sale was held in the Northern Pacific
stockyards and a train load of horses could be bought
for a song . It was a discouraging fight, but Mr.
Clarke persevered and gradually the horse breeders
of Montana became convinced that they could raise
big boned horses with quality and substance, as wTell
as the bucking bronco. Scores of richly bred draft
stallions have been put on the range, and the horses
sold at Miles City now show the effect of the im-
provement.
New yards have been added in recent years, a J
large sale pavilion has been erected and today the
sale yards cover over ten acres of ground. ' They
have branches in Utah, Oregon and other western
states . The present officers of the company are:
Ed Love, president ; Luther Milligan, secretary, and
Guy Crandall, manager.
Contact, a Percheron stallion that won fourth prize
at the Chicago International, changed hands during
the show for $7,000. The buyer was T. B. Bowman,
of Boone, Neb. For a two-year-old colt of the same
breed a Canadian horseman paid $5,000.
Saturday. January 13. 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
THE FARM
PUTTING THE AUTO TO WORK.
Most farmers believe that "hand-
some is as handsome does,' 'so when
they took to the automobile they
speedily found other uses t han joy
riding for it. Joy riding is mighty
fine but it doesn't pay interest on the
mortgage. Manufacturers have work-
ed with the farmer to make the auto
profitable as well as pleasuable. The
modern auto will stand country roads
and climb country hills, carrying eggs,
butter and like things, to market, and
bringing many needed articles back,
that otherwise would mean a slow
trip with the team — perhaps when
the team was badly needed on the
farm; or work at a standstill till some
repair or other arrived. And perhaps
when the auto gets back from its trip
it pumps water, grinds feed and does
like work.
• Anyhow, all these things are pos
sible. There are trailers on the mar-
ket to attach to the auto so that it
can carry quite a load of light stuff.
There are gears and shafting which
transform the car into a power plant
capable of running all sorts of light
machinery. Regarding these, Proces-
sor Wirt of the Kansas Agricultural
College says:
"The purchase of a trailer makes
possible the transporting of milk,
cream, garden truck, and chickens to
market. The trailers, which are of
various design, are manufactured by
more than a dozen companies. The
engine of the average automohile is
seldom worked to capacity and con-
sequently there is plenty of tractive
power to take care of the light trailer.
"Attachments are now being manu-
factured, at a low price, which will
transform several of the more popular
makes of cars into power plants. A
series of gears and shafting has been
devised which operates a pulley on the
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ble to turn farm machinery.
"One of the smaller cars most pop-
ular on the market will develop about
12 horse power on the brake, and is
consequently more tha nstrong enough .
for the average work required of a
farm engine. Most farmers use a gas
engine of five or six horse power.
"It is not economical to use a 12-
horse power engine for furnishing
power to a washing machine or a
pump. It is best to have a system
of shafting which can be arranged to
drive several pieces of machinery
simultaneously. Corn shellers, feed
grinders, fanning mills, and other
small pieces of farm machinery can
be connected with the system of
shafting.
"If there is a small electric power
plant with storage batteries on the
farm the automobile engine can be
made effective in charging the bat-
teries at times when the car is not in
other use, but it would not be econom-
ical to use the car's engine to store
electrical energy in the battery, and
then use the electricity to drive small
individual motors attached to the
smaller pieces of machinery, except-
ing the washing machine, sewing ma-
chine, and the like. The overhead
charges are too heavy.
USE OF MILKING MACHINES.
In using a milking machine some
facts of interest were brought out by
an experiment at the North Dakota
Station where seven machines of lead-
ing makes were tested.
Care must be taken that the ma-
chine does not frighten the cow or
make her nervous. A little nervous-
ness at first is only natural with some
animals, but they should be gently
handled to rid them of any fear, or
they will hold up their milk.
The teat cups of the machine must
fit to the cow's teats. In cold or wet
weather when the teats are wrinkled
o rshrunk this point needs especial at-
tention.
The pulsations of the machine must
also be adapted to the cow to get the
best results. A quick pulsation is not
good for a hard milker with long
teats, nor a slow pulsation for a cow
with short teats that milks easily.
The machine should not be attached
too quickly to a cow that is slow in
letting down her milk. Start the milk
first. Most cows let down their milk
more slowly as the milking period is
advanced. For this reason it is better
to begin the use of a machine when
the cows are fresh.
The machine is not adapted for use
with cows whose front teats give much
mere milk than their rear teats. The
continued suction on the front teats
after they are dry; while the rear
ones are being finished, may injure the
cow's udder. And the discomfort may
cause the cow to hold up some of the
milq in her rear teats.
The conclusion of. the experiments
is that for successful use of the milk-
ing machine, it must be a good one,
the ecows must be normal with well
developed udders, and the operator
must thoroughly understand both the
cows and the machine.
Shingles Required For a Roof. — To
find the number o fshingles for a roof,
multiply its area in square feet by
nine i fshingles are laid four inches
to the weather, by eight, if four and
a hal finches to the weather, by seven
and one-fifth if five inches to the
weather. For hip roofs add one-
twentieth to result. Example: Sup-
pose each side of the roof is 30 feet
long and 16 feet wide, shingles to be
laid four inches to the weather: 30x16
equals 480 squaree feet in one side of
the roof, or 960 square feet in both
sides; 960x9 equals 8.640 shingles re-
quired. If it is a hip roof one-twen-
tieth more will be required . One-
twentieth of 8,640 is 432, added to
8,640 equals 9,072 shingles required.
Of 16,700 cows tested through 47
Wisconsin cow testing associations
last year, 3,375 were disposed of as
unprofitable.
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Brown, six years old, sired by Orsini, dani
Leta Trix by Brutus, sound. Bred by J. J.
Moore. Address JAMES LAfc'NE,
20 S. River Street. San Jos.-. Cal.
FOR SALE— THE ICICLE by The Ice-
man 2:10, dam California by a son of
Sable Wilkes, next dam thoroughbred.
Handsome ( dark bay horse with black
mane and tail, star, and both hind pas-
terns white. A remarkably showy horse,
weighs 1000 pounds, stands 15^4 hands
high and can show Ave gaits under sad-
dle. Has trotted a mile in 8:16%, last
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One of the most desirable horses to ride.
drive, or show, in California. Will be
sold cheap. Address
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R. 4, Box 11, Stockton, Cal.
1 WANT TO BUY.— I have sold eleven
horses in the last few months ranging
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 13, 191'
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BEAUTIFUL BELVEDERE
LOTS FOR SALE
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CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
most beautiful spot on the shores of San Francisco Bay
for a suburban home. It commands an extensive view of
the City of San Francisco, Alcatraz and Angel Islands,
Raccoon Straits, San Francisco Bay, Richardson's Bay,
the Berkeley shore, beautiful Belvedere and Mt. Tamal-
pais. It is in Marin County, directly opposite San Fran-
cisco, and forms the eastern shore of Belvedere cove.
It has a naturally terraced, sunny, western slope that is
well adapted for many choice residence sites, every one
affording most picturesque views of the bay and moun-
tain. It is protected from the prevailing western trade winds in
summer by Belvedere Island, and from the southerly storms in
winter by Angel Island. The soil is fertile and part of the island
is well wooded.
It is less subject to fog than any other place near San
Francisco. The summer fog, as it rolls in from the ocean, splits
on the western slope of Sausalito, part of it flowing in a line with
Angel Island towards the Berkeley shore, and part of it along
the southern slope of Mt. Tamalpais, leaving Belvedere, Corin-
thian Island and Raccoon Straits in the bright sunlight, while
the fog banks can be seen as a white wall both to the north and
the south.
There is very little available land about the shores of San
Francisco Bay that is desirable for homes, especially for those
who love boating and kindred sports. The Alameda and Contra
Costa shores of the bay are the lee shores and receive the full
brunt of the boisterous trade winds which lash the shoal waters
near the land into muddy waves, making boating both unpleas-
ant and dangerous. To the north of the city and in Marin
County the land from Sausalito to the entrance of the bay is a
Government reservation and will never be placed on the market.
The shores of Richardson's Bay are not at present convenient
to boat service and, aside from Belvedere and Corinthian Island,
there is little or no land near any ferry landing that possesses
the natural advantages, improvements and possibilities that are
offered on Corinthian Island. Concrete roads, pure water, tele-
phone service and electric light wires are already installed. It is
only ten minutes' walk from any point on the property to
Tiburon boats, and but forty-three minutes' ride to the foot of
Market Street.
On the point of Corinthian Island the Corinthian Yacht
Club has had its home for many years, and on any summer day
the white sails of its numerous fleet add to the charming scene,
as the trim yachts glide about the cove. Excellent fishing of all
kinds for bay fish, including salmon, the gamey striped bass,
rock fish and the toothsome silver smelt, is to be had in the cove.
There is probably no spot so accessible and in such close prox-
imity to any large city in the world that offers the attractions
of climate, magnificent scenery, fishing and boating as will here
be found.
FOR MAPS, PRICES AND PARTICULARS APPLY TO
S. L. PLANT,
PLANT RUBBER AND SUPPLY CO.,
32 BEALE STREET
San Francisco, Cal.
ersi
F. W. KELLEY,
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN OFFICE,
366 PACIFIC BUILDING
San Francisco, Cal.
;aturday, January 13, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
15
Duck Popularity is Increasing. — It
osts no more to feed and shelter lay-
ng ducks than hens. The eggs are
tot only much larger but in greater
\umber, and, in the opinion of many
| Lre better than hen eggs. Indian Run-
ler ducks have made wonderful egg
records.
I A swimmin gspace is not a neces-
sity. Many prefer to dispense with
It and report good results. Indian
liRunners are particularly adapted to
Ibis form of dry farming. As a rule,
■owever, the highest fertility of eggs
Is on the ranch with the water. If
■pools are provided, they must be fre-
quently cleaned.
With the rapid vanishing of grazing
land, it would seem that the price of
beef is destined to continue rising. In
my case there is a shifting of demand
for meat. It is more fowl and less
beef. This is due partly to price and
particularly to the relative merits of
the meats. He who enters the duck
business can depend upon a growing
market. — Homer Derr in Rural World.
One advantage of always keeping
the pigs thrifty and growing is that
they are always ready for market and
the owner is enabled to take advan-
tage of high prices is offered.
$10 Due on Two-Year-Olds
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1st, 1917
[Pacific Breeders Futurity Stake No. 15.™ $5,150
6IVEN BY THE PACIFIC COAST TROTTING HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
FOR FOALS OF MARES BRED IN 1914
FOR FOALS OF 1915 TO TROT OR PACE AT TWO AND
THREE YEARS OLD
$2800 FOR TROTTING FOALS $250 TO OWNERS OF STALLIONS
$1800 FOR PACING FOALS $300 TO NOMINATORS OF DAMS OF WINNERS
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
$1200 for Three-Year-Old Pacers.
100 lo the Nominator of the Dam on
.2100 for Three-Year-Old Trotters.
100 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Three-Year-Old Trot.
800 for Two-Year-Old Trotters.
50 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry Is named
the Winner of the Two-Year-Old
Trot.
50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner
of Three-Year-Old Trot when mare
was bred.
whose Original Entry Is named the
Winner of the Three-Year-Old
Pace.
500 for Two-Year-Old Pacers.
50 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry Is named the
Winner of the Two-Year-Old Pace.
50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner
of Three-Yaar-Old Pace when mare
was bred.
$150 In Special Prizes was paid to Stallion Owners in December, 1914
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — '$2 to nominate mare on December 1, 1914, when
name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 March 1,
1915; $5 November 1, 1915; $10 on Yearling's, May 1, 1916; $10 on Two-Year-Olds
February 1, 1917; $10 on Three-Tear-Olds February 1, 1918.
STARTING PAYMENTS — $25 to start in the Two-Year-Old Pace, $35 to start in the
Two-Tear-Old Trot; $35 to start in the Three -Tear- Old Pace; $50 to start in
the Three-Year-Old Trot. All starting- payments to be made ten days before
the first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place.
Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered
Is a Trotter or Pacer.
Colts that start as Two-Year-Olds are not barred from starting again In the Three-
Year-Old divisions.
F. W. KELLEY, Secretary,
Post Office Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cai.
E. P. HEALD,
President.
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The Real Lady (2) t. 2-MVi,
world's champion two-year-old,
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Every race record of two minutes
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The Golden Anniversary Catalogue
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Remember, McMurrays build Sul-
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and by devoting their entire time
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Let McMurrays tell you what they
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P. O. DRAWER 447. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
VOLUME L.XX. No. 3.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1917.
Subscription — $3.00 Per Year
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 20, 1917.
Pleasanton Driving Park
PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA
offers for service for the season of 1917 the following stallions:
THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4
Fastest trotting stallion ever offered for service in California
and fifth fastest entire trotter in the world
Son of Si. Valiant Vincent 2:11% (by St. Vincent 2:13% out of the triple
producer Grace Lee 2:2934 by Electioneer 125); dam Amy Smith by Emperor
Wilkes 2:20^, sire of Princess Eulalia (4) 2:09^i, etc.; gxandam by Hamble-
tonian 539.
The Anvil is regarded by Edward F. Geers as one of the very greatest trot-
ters that he has ever raced. For five years the pair of Tennesseeans vrent to
the races together and in that time were but twice unplaced, while winining a
total of fifteen races, including the historic M. and M.
As an individual he is most pleasing, not too large or coarse in any way but
smoothly and compactly made and "all horse" in every line. He is a perfect
headed, pure gaited trotter, with the very best of disposition, and is destined
to become a very great sire of trotting speed. His opportunities in the stud
have been very slight as he has been retired from racing only since the close
of 1914. He was selected to head the stud at Pleasanton Driving Park not only
on account of his great dualities as a race trotter, but because one of his first
foals, Anvilite (2) 2:22V-., with a trial of ten seconds or more faster, was in
every way the greatest colt trotter ever handled by C. L. DeRyder. The services
of The Anvil are recommended to you without reserve.
Fee for THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4, $50 with usual privilege
Vernon McKinney 2:01 1-2
Fastest member of the great family of McKinney 2:11J4
Sire of VERNA McKlNNEY (2) 2:13 (his first foal raced), fastest two-
year-old pacing filly of 1915, three-year-old record, 1916, 2:09!^.;
VERNON DIABLO, mat. rec. half mile track 2:14"4, and DR. DYER
(3) trial 2:12J4.
Son of Guy McKinney 27625 (by McKinney 2:llli out of Flossie Drais by Guy
"Wilkes 2:1»H); dam Maud Vernon by Mount Vernon 2:15^4, sire of the dams of
Leata J. 2:03, etc.; grandam Mag by General McClellan, sire of the dams of
Mack Mack 2:08, etc.
Vernon McKinney's racing career was not an extensive one but will long be
remembered for the excellence of his performances, as his winnings include a
Chamber of Commerce stake in time very near the record for that event at the
time, and he is the fastest of all the McKinneys.
He is a horse of rare qualities in the way of individual excellence, almost
ideal in behavior and temperament in harness or out. Since his retirement he
has been a popular horse in the stud and our claim that he would prove a very
great sire of pacing speed has been fully substantiated, his first foal to be raced
being the season champion for the age and gait in 1915, a most excellent testi-
monial to his potency. He is a very sure breeder, his get are uniformly endowed
with natural speed and tne physical and mental requirements of modern race
horses and find ready sale at most gratifying prices.
Fee for VERNON McKlNNEY 2:01 1-2, $50 with usual privilege.
The best of cars taken of mares in any manner owners mav desire, but no
responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address for particulars
GEORGE F. RYAN, Superintendent,
PLEASANTON, CAL.
Thoroughbred sire M ARSE ABE
WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1917 AT
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK
Service Fee $50
Marse Abe carries the best ( Hindon *> Virgil
blood of America through his f Hanover ' natJ0 , Florence
sire lines. Yankee was a su- ( Bourbon Belle * Bonnie Scotland
perior race horse and sire. Han- U f Yankee l jjuuiuoii nene.. f E]]a D
over was the best horse of her fiQ I I ( Himvar /Alarm
day, and headed the list of win- < I Correction.' J 1 Hira
ning sires for years. No refer- ^ ] { Mannie Gray... j Enquirer
ence is necessary to Hindoo as yj ' I Lizzie G.
everyone knows what he was. p* . _ „, . (Hermit JNewminster
Halo, the dam of Marse Abe, < bt. Blaise...J (Seclusion
is bred just right to cross with y Trai^ (Fusee ) Mars y as
the sire blood in his pedigree: Lnaio...-| f\esuvienne
a daughter of St. Blaise, son of m* it ( Kin* Alfonso.. .1 £na?.t0.n
Hermit, the most fashionable l iaa K J, ?T. -S
sire line in England, and backed ( Lerna j Asreroia
up on her dam's side by the i^aura
lines of long distance perform-
ers from which sprung Ten a^Frt C DVAftl
Brock and other four-milers. \aCW» "■ If TAIij
Address all communication a to PlG3S3flton Cal.
=== DILLCARA 57462=
Son o£ Sidney Dillon 23157 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list) and Guycara by Guy Wilkes
2867 (sire o£ 3 in 2:10 list), will make the season of 1917 at
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK, PLEASANTON, CAL.
SERVICE FEE $50 TO INSURE
Dillcara is a full brother to Harold Dillon 39610, the leading sire of New Zealand.
Last season the get of Harold Dillon won 41 races, totalling oyer ?25,000.
Address all communications to
GEO. F. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
MANHATTAN STOCK AND POULTRY
FOOD AND REMEDIES
Awarded Gold Medal
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ENDORSED BY THE LEADING HORSEMEN
OF THE UNITED STATES
Red Ball Stock Food Co.,
OAKLAND CAL.
$10 Due on Two-Year-Olds
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1st, 1917
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stake No, 15.— $5,150
GIVEN BY THE PACIFIC COAST TROTTING HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
FOR FOALS OF MARES BRED IN 1914
FOR FOALS OF 1915 TO TROT OR PACE AT TWO AND
THREE YEARS OLD
$2800 FOR TROTTING FOALS $250 TO OWNERS OF STALLIONS
$1800 FOR PACING FOALS $300 TO NOMINATORS OF DAMS OF WINNERS
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
$2100 for Three-Year-Old Trotters.
100 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Three-Year-Old Trot.
800 for Two-Year-Old Trotters.
50 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named
the Winner of the Two-Year-Old
Trot.
50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner
of Three-Year-Old Trot when mare
was bred.
$1200 for Three-Year-Old Pacers.
100 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry is named the
Winner of the Three-Year-Old
Pace.
500 for Two-Year-Old Pacers.
50 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry Is named the
Winner of the Two-Year-Old Pace.
50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner
of Three-Year-Old Pace when mare
was bred.
$150 in Special Prizes was paid to Stallion Owners in December, 1914
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 1, 1914, when
name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 March 1,
1915; $5 November 1. 1915; $10 on Yearlings, May 1, 1916; $10 on Two-Year-Oldi
February 1, 1917; $10 on Three -Tear -Olds February 1, 1918.
STARTING PAYMENTS — $25 to start in the Two-Year-Old Pace, $35 to start in the
Two-Year-Old Trot; $35 to start in the Three -Year- Old Pace; $50 to start in
the Three-Year- Old Trot. All starting payments to be made ten days before
the first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place.
Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered
is a Trotter or Pacer.
Colts that start as Two-Year-Olds are not barred from starting again In the Three-
Year- Old divisions.
E. P. HEALD,
President.
F. W. KELLEY, Secretary,
Post Office Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal.
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BREED TO THE COAST'S CHAMPION CAMPAIGNER AND FUTURITY SIRE
Rec. 2:01 3-4.
Reg. No. 44977
Jim Logan
Sire of Hal Logan 2:09, jyiaxtne (3) 2:15, winner of
Breeders' Futurity, etc.
Son of CHARLES DERBY 2:20, brother to Klatawah
(3) 2:05/2, etc., and sire of TEN in 2:10.
Dam, EFFIE LOGAN, dam of Jim Logan 2:01%, Sir
Albert S. 2:03%, and Dan Logan 2:07%.
In the stud, season of 1917, at Woodland Race Track.
FEE: $50, usual return privilege, $75 to insure liv-
ing colt payable at time of service or before removal
of mares. Call at race crack or address
J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal.
NEW EDITION OF JOHN SPLAN'S BOOK
"LIFE WITH THE TROTTER"
PRICE $3.00 POSTPAID
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Saturday, January 20, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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(Established 1882.)
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tered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. O. Drawer
447, San Francisco, California.
Communications must be accompanied by the writer's
name and address, not necessarily for publication, but
as a private guarantee of good faith.
Fred Jamison, who is called King of the halt mile
track trainers, and who campaigned the great mare
Wilkes Brewer by Nutwood Wilkes last season, won
over $22,000 in purses on halt mile rings during
1916.
One ol the oldest horses whose deaths have been
reported in recent years was Fanny, owned by Mrs.
Jennie Vanderheyden, of Troy, N. Y., who died a few
days ago at the age of forty-three. She was in
service up to a short time before.
The flivver, standing at Sixth avenue and Thirty-
sixth street, New York, was new, shiny and appar-
ently quite sound. It had a fur lap robe over its
radiator. Directly in front of it stood a Bering Sea
victoria to which was attached an ex-horse, old,
muddy and unquestionably unsound. He wore no
blanket, opera cloak or muffler. There was but one
thing for the whistling newsboy to do, which was to
transfer the robe from the auto to the horse, and he
did it without delay or apparent qualm of conscience.
For a moment he stood surveying the fur clad
charger. "Atta boy," he said contentedly, after
which he went whistling down Sixth avenue. — Ex.
APPRECIATED EDITORIAL COMMENT.
THE PRELIMINARY WORK toward the holding
o£ a good circuit of harness race meetings in Cali-
fornia this year has been accomplished. An organi-
tzaion has been effected, a circuit secretary engaged
and over $600 raised toward a fund that will be used
in assisting every fair and other organization that
will give harness racing in securing a large list of
entries and large fields of starters. Mr. J. S. Wad-
dell, who has been selected as Secretary of this or-
ganization, has already started to work and he will
have the help of every person who is interested in
any way in seeing trotting and pacing racing restored
to the prominent place it once occupied at our county
and district fairs. Mr. Waddell has established his
headquarters for the present at the office of the
Breeder and Sportsman and will immediately get in
touch with horsemen and fair associations through-
out the State. Mr. Waddell is no raw recruit. He
ias had a great deal of experience in this line in
Oregon and elsewhere and has built up successful
circuits in sections where the population and the
number of horses bred and trained are small in
comparison with those in California. He is on the
job now and proposes to stay on it until the Califor-
nia harness racing circuit of 1917 is brought to a
successful conclusion. He will soon start on a tour
of the State and will inform himself thoroughly on
the local conditions, so that he may be able to show
the directors of associations just what, in his opin-
ion, can be done in each county. If he receives the
assistance he should there will be a circuit this year
that will be not only successful financially and oth-
erwise, but will lead to an organization of fairs and
race meetings that will be permanent and of great
benefit to every breeder, owner and trainer of trot-
ters and pacers on this coast.
A bill introduced in the California legislature by
Senator Lyman King of San Bernardino county
should pass, and if it becomes a law automobile rac-
ing on the roads of the State, which has gotten to
be quite a nuisance, will end. In a short paragraph
of 24 words, at the very beginning of his bill, King
has provided for the end of automobile racing on
public highways as follows: "No races or contests
for speed, whether on a bet or wager or otherwise,
shall be held on any public highway of the state."
King's bill, if passed, may be construed as prohib-
iting racing against time, which has been a popular
fad with big automobile concerns in years past. The
auto concerns have on numerous occasions raced
cars against time between San Francisco and Los
Angeles for the purpose of making records and re-
ceiving advertising. King's bill also provides for
careful driving by prohibiting autoists from driving
faster than 30 miles an hour at any time, compelling
them not to exceed 20 miles an hour in built up com-
munities, limiting them to a speed of 15 miles an
hour in business districts of cities and limiting them
to a speed of not more than 10 miles an hour where
their view of the highway is partially obstructed.
Averhill Harriman, son of the late E. H. Harriman
and famous light harness horse fancier, is banding
together as strong a stable as money will buy to
take down the Grand Circuit this year, it is reported.
Mr. Harriman has purchased Baron Frisco, Dos Pa-
los, and is searching for more material. He probably
will have a few sons of John R. Gentry flying his
colors. Will Dickerson, brother of John Dickerson,
one of the well known Grand Circuit drivers, will
have charge of the Harriman stable.
A new monument is to be erected over the grave
of Goldsmith Maid 2:14 at Fashion Stud Farm, Tren-
ton, New Jersey, where the famous old mare is
buried.
WHY FARMERS SHOULD BREED MORE DRAFT
HORSES.
The danger of overproduction of horses is remote.
It costs more to produce them than any other class
of livestock. For that reason many farmers sit back
and proclaim that it doesn't pay to raise horses; that
there never was a time when the horse market was
so dull as now; that the motor truck and tractor
have killed the horse business and the horse is a
thing of the past. Some people believe all of this,
even though the truth of the matter is the opposite.
Those who have allowed such thoughts to direct
their operations for the past five to ten years will
soon see the error of their ways. It takes time to
make much headway in the horse business. Five
years are needed to grow a horse. At best one should
not expect more than two colts from three mares as
an average per year. Moreover, not more than 16
per cent of our farmers are raising colts. Not long
hence the American farmer will wake up only to
learn that a great opportunity has passed. The next
ten years is bound to see the greatest demand for
horseflesh the world has ever known. It can't be
met on short notice. The man who is breeding every
mare old enough to the best stallion available and
is taking proper care of the offspring is the man who
is sure to be rewarded. There are plenty of men who
have bought and paid for farms within the past ten
years by their pure bred draft mares. In the same
community there are farmers who are no better off
financially than they were a decade ago because
they failed to foresee the profits from using the right
kind of horses in their farm work. The men who
have made money and who are going to reap the
fruits of their efforts in the future are those who
early saw the undeniable need for heavy draft horses
for farm work; who bred that kind and who will
continue to do so without a halt.
Why is there a general tendency among farmers
to buy their horses rather than to raise them?
Farmers say, "I don't want to be bothered with a
colt. When I get ready to plant corn or cut wheat
I want horses ready to work, I don't want to have to
pay $25 for a little scrub colt and then have all the
bother to raise it, besides." Men with such ideas
have to buy a horse or two nearly every spring at
a cost of $150 to $250 a head. Instead of having a
horse or two to buy, better have some to sell. There
is no unusual training necessary. Any farmer can
raise good horses if he will only use common sense.
He can even succeed with pure bred drafters if he
will select good parent stock, take reasonably good
care of them and develop the offspring rightly.
Therein lies the secret of success.
A careful consideration of the situation cannot fail
to convince us that there is no danger of an over-
production of heavy draft horses for our farm and
city uses. Almost a million horses and mules have
been exported from this country in the last 27 months
for use in war. These figures show almost one horse
or mule taken for every twenty-five left. As surely
as this war continues another two years, good farm
horses will be at a premium; and even after the war
is over, exports will not cease, for thousands of
horses will be needed to start European agriculture
anew.
It follows, as a necessary consequence, that the
demand for purebred draft horses for breeding pur-
poses will continue to be good. Importations have
been, to all practical purposes, cut off. We are pro-
ducing only twelve or thirteen thousand purebred
draft horses eligible to registry. This means, in sub-
stance, that we are producing only five or six thou-
sand stallions fit for service per year, when we need
at least seven or eight thousand. An excess of de-
mand over supply always makes good prices, and
the present is no exception.
The farmer who uses heavy draft mares does bet-
ter farm work, and raises bigger crops, than he who
relies on small horses or tractors . Furthermore, he
has horses to sell each spring, at a profit. If you
don't believe it, go ask any country banker for the
names of the most successful farmers in his neigh-
borhood. You will find them to be livestock farmers,
and men who keep and use heavy draft mares, either
grade or purebred, in their farm work.
[Mexico, Mo., Intelligencer.]
Curtis P. ("Jump") Cauthorn departed Tuesday
afternoon for San Francisco, Cal., where he has
become interested in the Breeder and Sportsman, a
journal devoted to live stock and sports, as its name
indicates.
Since he became associate editor of The Missouri
Stockman three years ago, Cauthorn acquired the
reputation of being one of the leading writers on
live stock topics in the country. Having come of a
family of pure-bred live stock and Saddle Horse
breeders, and himself a breeder and dealer in Saddle
Horses of considerable extent, "Jump" Cauthorn was
able to write from first hand, technical knowledge of
stock shows in a manner that attracted the attention
of stockmen all over America.
As associate editor of The Stockman, his work was
varied. His account of a sale of Shorthorn cattle
conducted a year ago by S. P. Emmons & Son, was
handled in a style that caused R. L. Harriman, the
noted live stock auctioneer, to declare it a master-
piece from a standpoint of live stock reporting. The
Missouri Stockman made for him the reputation that
has grown nation-wide.
[Spirit of the West.]
Announcement is made in the Missouri Stockman's
Christmas number, which, by the way, is the finest
number that -publication has ever gotten out, that
Mr. Jackson, the owner, has sold out and that it will
be taken over by the Breeder and Sportsman, of San
Francisco. Jumps Cauthorn, who has been editor
for the past two years, will go to the coast as man-
aging editor of the two combined papers.
The Missouri Stockman was established in 1914.
During its life it has overcome many obstacles and
has continued to improve each year. Devoted largely
to the interests of the great American Saddle Horse,
it was one of the snappiest and newsiest publications
which came to our exchange desk, and one which we
looked forward to with pleasure. Mr. Cauthorn as-
sumed his editorial duties about two years ago, and
during that time has "made good" in every sense of
the word.
The Breeder and Sportsman was established in
1882, and is one o£ the best publications in the coun-
try today. Mr. Cauthorn says that he intends to
devote a department to the saddle horses of the Mid-
dle West, even though he is far away, so the readers
of the Missouri Stockman may still feel that they
have not lost him. While his many friends will re-
gret to see him leave this part of the country, the
Breeder and Sportsman is certainly to be congratu-
lated upon getting such a capable man on their edi-
torial staff.
[Farmers' Horse Journal.]
The holiday number of the Missouri Stockman
came to me last week in a very attractive and profit-
able dress of many brilliant articles and handsome
advertising cards. But I am sorry to note that the
Stockman is to come to me no more, as its owner,
Rufus Jackson, has sold out, field and equipment to
the Breeder and Sportsman of San Francisco, Cal.
Mr. Jump Cauthorn goes with it, as managing editor
ol Breeder and Sportsman, said papers to converge
into a complete live stock periodical. While the
Breeder and Sportsman is already one of the best
and ablest papers of its class published in America,
we dislike very much to give up the Missouri Stock-
man ,for Missouri's sake. We dislike very much, too,
to lose Mr. Cauthorn from Missouri, as he is an eu-
thusiastic horseman, a tireless worker, with a con-
geniality of spirit that makes him a drawing card
wherever he goes. What we lose, the Pacific Coast
will gain, and we believe he will do all in his power
toward husbanding the promises of the live stock
industry of the West.
[Columbia, Mo., Tribune.]
Missouri has lost another one of her best news-
paper men. This time "Jump" Cauthorn has cast
his future with the state that elected Woodrow Wil-
son President of the United States for a second
term, for immediately after he completed a holiday
edition of the Missouri Stockman, of which he has
been the editor for several years, he left for San
Francisco, where he will become associated with the
Breeder and Sportsman.
There is no better known or better liked news-
paper man in Missouri than "Jump" Cauthorn, and
he is not only known in Missouri but all over the
Central West and by reputation all over the United
States.
"Jump" is a horse editor, a real horse editor, who
knows pedigrees of horses and can repeat them from
memory with the same efficient degree of accuracy
that William Jennings Bryan speaks his "Prince of
Peace." He has attended all the important horse
shows in all sections of the country for several years
and knows not only the horses and their breeding,
but also their owners and trainers. He probably
knows more stockmen than any one in Missouri.
The Tribune predicts success for Mr. Cauthorn
and joins his many friends in wishing him success in
his new field.
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Guy Boy, by B'rank Turner's horse Guy Dillon, won
a race on the ice at Toronto, Canada, December 23d,
and got two heats and won second money a few days
later when the race was in faster time, Guy Boy
winning the second heat in 2:22%.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 20, 1917.
Harness Horses and Horsemen
CIRCUIT OF FAIRS ASSURED.
One and Probably Two Will Be Organized in Cali-
fornia This Year.
In response to a call issued by Secretary F. W.
Kelley ot the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders
Association, representatives of nine associations that
will give fairs in California this year met in the
Pacific Building, San Francisco, on Tuesday after-
noon, January 16th, and discussed the question of
arranging dates for these fairs "which would provide
for a continuous circuit with the shortest possible
shipments for the live stock and other exhibitors
who desire to show their stock and race their horses
at these fairs . The meeting was called to order by
Secretary Kelley and Mr. I. L. Borden, director of
the State Agricultural Society, was placed in nom-
ination for chairman by Secretary C. W. Paine of
the State Board of Agriculture. Mr. Borden was
unanimously elected to preside and Mr. F. W. Kelley
was then elected secretary of the conference.
The associations that were officially represented
at the meeting were as follows:
Alameda Fair Association — E. E. Hall.
Salano County Fair Association — Harry Mc-
Fadyen.
State Agricultural Society — C. W. Paine.
Fresno County Fair Association — J. H. Dicken-
son.
Kern County Fair Association — J. W. Jennings.
Riverside County Fair — C. H. Lewis.
Ventura County Fair-^L. T. Hathaway.
The tracks that were represented were as follows :
Pleasanton — George Ryan.
Santa Rosa — C. Donovan.
Woodland — Chas. Silva.
After considerable discussion is was found that
there were not enough weeks after the State Fair
at Sacramento and before the opening of the usual
rainy season to permit all the places south of Sac-
ramento who desire to have a place on the circuit to
secure dates. Finally a motion was made and carried
that the following tentative dates be allotted to the
different fairs:
Santa Rosa, August 20-27.
Dixon, August 27-September 2.
Woodland, September 3-6.
Sacramento, September 8-16.
Pleasanton, September 17-22.
Modesto, September 24-29.
Fresno, October 1-6.
Hanford, October 8-12.
The representatives from Bakersfield, Riverside
and Ventura were very positive that their associa-
tions would not consent to hold their fairs on dates
later than October 1-6, and they finally concluded
they could not accept such dates. Consequently their
dates will probably be about as follows:
Los Angeles, August 27-September 2.
Riverside, September 17-22.
Ventura, September 24-29.
Bakersfield, October 1-6.
Visalia, October 22-27.
Of these five fairs, but three (Riverside, Ventura
and Bakersfield) are certain, but should Los Angeles
and Visalia decide to hold fairs an excellent Southern
California circuit would thus be provided.
As the State Agricultural Society has fixed its
dates as given above and cannot change them the
dates following it are necessarily limited. Thus,
in a State which for several years has held but few
fairs and had many vacant dates, the situation has
changed so that during the fall season there are
more places asking for dates than can be accommo-
dated.
After the adjournment of the conference, a meeting
of the horsemen and track owners was held and an
organization of the California Fair and Racing As-
sociation was effected, which is reported elsewhere
in this issue of the Breeder and Sportsman.
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Lived Twenty-Six Years.
During the latter part of the year just passed Mr.
Geo. L. Warlow. of Fresno, had his old favorite
Athadon put to death by chloroform. Athadon was
foaled in 1S90 and was bred and owned during his
entire lifetime by Mr. Warlow. His sire was the
Onward stallion Matadon to which horse Mr. Warlow
bred his mare Athalie by Harkaway before bringing:
her to California. In November, 1891 at Stockton,
Athadon trotted a mile in 2:27 and became the
world's champion yearling stallion, a record he held
until Adbell put the mark at 2:23 at San Jose in
189L Placed in the stud Athadon had a limited op-
portunity, yet he sired a number of fast performers,
and up to the close of 1916 had sired 18 standard
performers, had three producing sons and four pro-
ducing daughters. His fastest performers were the
trotters Aihasham 2:09% and Donasham (4) 2:09%,
and the pacers Dick W. 2:06% and The Donna
2:07%.
Jim Logan 2:01% Will Be at Woodland This Season.
The most popular race horse in California, hero of
many a hard fought battle, winner of the fastest
heat ever paced in this State, a tried sire and one
of the best bred pacers that ever stood for public
service, J. Elmo Montgomery's horse Jim Logan, will
make the season of 1917 at the Woodland race track,
where he made his record, and where he has a friend
and admirer in every house where there is anyone
who knows a pacing horse from a traction engine.
Jim Logan's name is a household word in that sec-
tion and on the day when it is known at the county
fair that Jim Logan will start, the grand stand is
always full and the "standing room only" sign is out.
Mr. Montgomery has placed Jim Logan's service fee
this year at $50, or $75 to insure a living foal. These
are liberal terms for a horse of Jim Logan's breeding
and speed and should bring him a number of the best
bred mares in California, especially as he has shown
his ability to sire race winners and speed of the
highest order. His first foal to start, the filly Max-
ine. won the Pacific Breeders' Futurity as a three-
year-old, taking a record in that race of 2:15, and
the race went to five heats. Hal Logan 2:09 is
another of Jim Logan's get that was in the limelight
this year and after taking a time record of 2:09 at
Santa Rosa, went to Phoenix and was a close second
every heat of the race in which that sensational
pacer Zomhrino won in 2:0714, 2:07 and 2;06%. This
son of Jim Logan is expected to pace very close to
his sire's record during the coming season. Owners
of mares should read Mr. Montgomery's advertise-
ment in this issue of the Breeder and Sportsman and
correspond with him. Excellent pasturage will be
furnished all mares sent to Jim Logan's court and
the charges will be reasonable.
At the Phoenix Track.
Phoenix, Arizona, where the training track is in
good shape all winter, is quartering about fifty trot-
ters and pacers at the present time. The California
trainer Ted Bunch has charge of Dr. J. G. Belt's sta-
ble of horses, consisting of the big winner Zombrino,
p. 2:06%; Wynetta, p. 2:04%; Evermore, p. 2:14%;
Kildare, green trotter by Zombro; Jewell Tolus,
green trotter by Pactolus; Pactolus Chief, p. 2:22%,
by Pactolus. and a promising three-year-old trotter
by Dr. Wayo 2: 12 '4. The topliners in this stable will
be raced through the Great Western Circuit the com-
ing season. Orin Carmen, son of Fred Carmen, of
Kansas City, has the Pollock stable from Flagstaff,
Ariz., mostly colts and fillies by The Northern Man,
Dean Hall. Vernon McKinney, and other sires. Car-
men has twelve head in his stable at present. He
will be remembered as the young man that was with
Arlie Frost so long, and had charge of Knight of
Strathmore when that horse was such a great three-
year-old. W. T. McNab, formerly of Hutchinson,
Kans., has Santa Fe, an own brother to Sherlock
Holmes p. 2:06%, and several promising young trot-
ters and pacers. Lesta Selman has a number of very
likely youngsters by Prince Zombro, James Otis and
Dr. Clark, and from the bunch expects to have sev-
eral good enough to race next fall. Wm. Best is win-
tering Lillian Van 2:11% and the fast green trotter
The Shriner, by Colonel Green, by Zombro.
Fast Colt By Best Policy.
The boys at Pleasanton are talking a good deal
these days about the three-year-old trotter men-
tioned in the Breeder and Sportsman last week
which is by Best Policy and out of the mare Miss
Zom B. by Zombro. He is owned by Mr. H. E.
Middleton of Oakland and is being trained by Jay
Frank. The latter says this colt is the fastest nat-
ural trotter he ever saw and Millard Sanders says
he ought to trot in two minutes. The only trouble
with the colt is that he doesn't like the bit and fights
it. He can trot a two-minute lick right now and if
Frank succeeds in getting him under control he will
have a sensational trotter beyond a doubt. Frank
is going easy with him, and is trying a bridle without
a bit that Havis James used on some of his horses
when at Pleasanton. George Ryan dug this contriv-
ance up the other day and loaned it to Frank who
is giving it a trial. This colt is a peculiarly bred
fellow , His sire Best Policy is by AUerton "out of
Expedition. His dam is by Zombro, second dam by
Stam B. and third dam the dam of Zombro. If he
ever learns to race he will be one of the fastest trot-
ters ever seen in California. Mr. Frank has four
head in his string at Pleasanton ,two by Best Policy
and two by Red Cloak Jr. out of mares by Prince
Nutwood.
Mr. Rudolph Spreckels Owns Two Good Prospects.
Millard Sanders has found a mighty promising
pacer in Mr. Rudolph Spreckels' chestnut mare by
Washington McKinney out of Annie Rooney 2:17 by
Strathway. Sanders took this mare out of pasture
where she had been running out for two years last
October and is not yet giving her anything" like hard
work, but she paced a quarter for him in 32% sec-
onds the other day. and he says she is as promising
a pacer as he has seen for a long time. Mr. Spreck-
els' trotting mare by Washington McKinnev out of
Hulda 2: OS % is also showing up well. She can show
a 2:30 gait any time she is given her head, and being
a good individual and a square trotter is considered
a real prospect by the man who holds the record of
having trained and driven the first trotter to reach
the two-minute mark — Lou Dillon 1:58%.
WILL PROMOTE HARNESS RACING.
California Fair and Racing Association Organized
and Officers Elected.
Active and energetic promotion of a season of
harness racing in California is to be entered upon
immediately by an organization of harness horse
breeders and owners called the California Fair and
Racing Association which has elected as its officials,
Mr. L. L. Cannon, a prominent farmer and live stock
breeder of Sonoma county, as president; J. Elmo
Montgomery, an extensive Yolo county farmer and
owner of the famous pacer Jim Logan 2:01%, as
vice-president; and the popular capitalist, farmer
and horse breeder, I. L. Borden of San Francisco,
as treasurer. Joseph S. Waddell, formerly of Baker,
Oregon, but now of California, was elected secretary.
Mr. Waddell is the man who so successfully promot-
ed and managed the Inter-Mountain circuit last year,
and who was induced to come to California to en-
gage in promoting and organizing a California cir-
cuit. It will be Mr. Waddell's duty to start in im-
mediately to get as many of the California associa-
tions that will give fairs and race meetings in 1917
into line, and to also make an effort to get towns
where tracks are situated and that will not give
fairs to hold harness race meetings, even though
they may give only a program of a day or two. The
idea is to try and boost and encourage the sport of
clean harness racing, which as all know is one of
the most popular of American sports.
After the meeting of representatives of a number
of California fair associations called to organize a
fair circuit and select dates for the various fairs to
be held in the State had agreed upon a tentative
schedule of dates, and adjourned, the horsemen and
others present at the meeting were urged by J. Elmo
Montgomery to organize, raise some money and em-
ploy an organizer and promoter of a harness racing
circuit to hold meetings in conjunction with the
fairs and otherwise. Mr. Montgomery's proposal was
heartily entered into and within a few minutes over
$600 was pledged to the association. The contrib-
utors were Messrs. M. L. Woy, C. F. Silva, L. L.
Cannon, I. L. Borden, G. J. Giannini, L. H. Todhunter-
Fresno Fair Association, Santa Rosa Association,
State Fair Association, C. A. Durfee, J. E. Montgom-
ery and others.
Mr. Waddell will establish an office and will visl
the different towns where fairs and race meeting!
are to be or may be held and will be prepared to
demonstrate by conservative and accurate figures
just how much money is required to carry through
to a financial success a program of harness racing.
Mr .Waddell has had extensive and successful experi-
ence and his success has been due to the fact that
while he is an energetic promoter he is also a con-
servative one and does not try to induce fair or rac-
ing organizations to give any larger programs than
they can afford to and which conditions, location and
other things will justify. Mr. Waddell is not work-
ing for the immediate present, but for the future
and states that he fully realizes that if he succeeds
in promoting a successful circuit this year, he will
be asked to proceed with the work next year and
years to follow. He believes that he can arrange a
program of purses that will draw a big list of entries
for every place on the circuit and he has already
started to work with that idea in view, and the fur-
ther idea of making every race program a profitable
one for the organization backing it. It looks now
very much as though a better California circuit than
has been seen in many years will be the result of
the organization of the California Fair and Racing
Association.
A Grandly Bred Horse at Midway Farm, Nebraska,
The well known breeder E. D. Gould, of Kearney,
Neb., whose horses are now being trained by J. B.
Stetson at Sacramento, recently bought Lord Roberts
2:07% at the dispersal sale of the Riverside Farm,
Weston, W. Va„ and the son of Arion and Nancy
Hanks will spend the balance of his days at Mr.
Gould's Midway Farm where he will share the hon-
ors of the stud with Bingen Silk 2:07% and Robert
Bingen 2:15%. It is needless to say that Lord
Roberts will have exceptional opportunities in his
new location for Mr. Gould has collected a band of
brood mares unexcelled in the West Lord Roberts,
in spite of the handicap which was placed on him
by the out-of-the-way location of Riverside Farm, has,
during the past three years, justified the judgment
which led to his purchase by his late owner and it
may be confidently asserted now that his reputation
as a sire will be greatly increased during the next
few years. From present indications he will be to
the Arion branch of the Electioneer family what Bin-
gen is to the May King branch and Walnut Hall is to
the Conductor branch and, to carry the comparison
farther, what Peter the Great is to the Pilot Medium
branch of Happy Medium's family.
Three Meetings at Charter Oak Track.
The Connecticut Fair Association at Hartford has
certainly shown itself a friend of the trotting horse
breeder as it has already advertised three good meet-
isgn for 1917. The first will be on May 30th, when
four races at half mile heats will be given with
purses from $200 to $400. The next will he on July
4th with $400 each for the 2:15 pace and 2:24 trot,
$500 for a 2:15 trot and $1500 for a free-for-all
Saturday, January 20, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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pace. These races "will be held on the half mile
track. The big fair will be held in September and a
bunch of eight early closing purses is already an-
nounced. The $5000 Charter Oak is for the 2:12
class trotters. The Yankee is $3000 for 2:08 class
trotters, the Acorn for three-year-old trotters of the
2:20 class is for $2000, the Nutmeg, 2000, is for
two-year-old trotters, and the Double O is a $1500
purse for 2:20 class trotters on the half mile track.
For the pacers there is the Connecticut, $3000, for
the free-for-all class, the Hartford, $2500, for the
2:08 class, and the Capitol, $2500, for the 2:12 class.
A new feature is The Battle Royal which will be a
$3000 purse for trotters with win race records of
2:07 or faster. In this event the horses will race
two heats of a mile and a half, trotting around the
halt mile track and then around the mile track. The
money is to be divided $1300 for each heat and $400
to the horse standing best in the summary. In the
|j event of a tie the horse standing best in the second
heat will be awarded the $400. The $1300 for each
heat will be divided as follows: $300 to the four
leading horses when they pass the half mile, $150 to
first, $75 to second, $45 to third and $30 to fourth.
$1000 to the four leading horses at the finish of the
mile and a half— $500 to first, $250 to second, $150 to
third and $100 to fourth. This is an entirely new
plan of racing and should make a most interesting
race. The old saying that "they don't pay off at the
half mile pole" will not apply to this race, and the
sprinters should make the first half mile as interest-
ing as the long distance trotters will make the last
full mile.
The Horse vs. The Automobile.
Every little while some man bobs up with a long
I spiel about how the automobile is going to put the
horse out of business, and that right soon. We have
I been hearing the same thing for the past five or six
■ years. Recently some automobile salesman, writing
E in one of the Sunday papers, explained at some
[ length just why the horse was doomed to go, and
| predicted that in ten years horses would be as much
I of a novelty on the average city street as the auto-
mobile was ten years ago.
The Department of Commerce at Washington,
I D. C, reports that during the month of October, 1916,
1 29,590 horses and 15,309 mules were exported to for-
eign countries, the value of which is given as $9,719,-
I 594. For the ten months ending with October 31, the
exports are given as 239,894 horses and 106,334 mules,
or a total of 345,288 head, with a value of $74,700,433.
During the same period in 1915 the number of horses
exported is given as 391,059 and 105,238 mules, or a
total of 496,297 head, valued at $104,388,930.
In the last report, issued by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture and received at this office
this week, is a table showing the average prices of
horses for the two years past in each state in the
Union. The average price of the entire country in
1915 was $127.03 per head, while in 1916 it was
$129.45, an increase of $2.42 per head. Not much, to
I be sure, when you look at it singly, but when we stop
to think of the number of horses in the country, the
figures show up pretty large.
The Year Book of the Department of Agriculture,
published in 1915, gives the number of horses in the
United States from 1867 to the time the book was
published, with the average value per head and the
total value, for each year. In 1867 there were 5,401,-
000 horses, worth on an average of $59.05 per head.
This was, of course, long before automobiles were
dreamed of, or auto salesmen heard of. It was about
1904 when the automobile men began to ring the
death knell of the horse. At that time therewere
16,736,000 horses, worth on an average of $67.93 per
head, and 2.758,000 mules, worth $78.93 per head. At
the time the 1915 Year Book was published there
were 21,195,000 horses, with an average value of
$103.33 ner head, and 4,479,000 mules, worth $112.36
per head, or a grand total of 25,674,000 horses and
mules, with a total value of $2,693,373,000. Of course,
the number of animals exported during the last three
years are included in these figures, but the increase
in the average value during the period from 1904,
when it was $67.93 per head, to the present time,
when it is $129.45 per head, would not seem to cor-
respond very well with the claims of the automobile
men that horses are a thing of the past. — [Spirit of
the West.
To call a horse a mongrel that is sired by a stand-
ard and registered trotter, whose first and second
dams were sired by registered trotters and whose
third dam is by a thoroughbred stallion, is an absurd
proposition, and yet this is what the California Stal-
lion license law does unless the owner of such a
stallion registers him as Non-Standard, which really
means nothing. A horse whose pedigree is as above
given had the word Mongrel written on his last
year's license in this State, yet he is a better bred
horse than many that are licensed as standard.
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North Randall's third race track will soon be a
reality. Work of unloading cinders to build the jog-
ging course has started, and it is believed trainers
will have a first-class place to work horses on wet
days by spring. This cinder path is to encircle the
mile ring at North Randall. On the east side the
patch will widen into a 50-foot strip, where trainers
may speed for an eighth of a mile.
Thousands Will Go to See This Match Race.
Ben Earl 2:00% and Peter Stevens 2:01% may
come together in a match race next July. W. B.
Eckert, Reading, Pa., recently stated that he would
match Peter Stevens against any pacer in the world
over a half mile track, and now comes Ed. Peterson,
of Omaha, Nebraska, who says he is ready to race
his horse Ben Earl against Peter Stevens on a half
mile track for any amount from $1000 to $2500 a
side and has already posted $500 with The Western
Horseman for a forfeit to hold good until January
23d, or twenty days from the time he accepted the
challenge. Mr. Peterson says any date tween July
1st and 18th, and any track will suit him, and wants
the race play or pay, winner to take all. The Horse-
man says Ben Earl had but little racing over the
half mile tracks during the season of 1916, most of
his campaigning being over the mile rings, but in
1915, previous to becoming a member of the Peter-
son stable, the unsexed son of The Earl won eleven
straight races over the Western two-lap courses and
took a record of 2:11%. Last season Ben Earl, raced
by Harvin Childs, made a wonderful campaign and
proved to be the leading money winning pacer of
the year, with something like $12,000 to his credit.
He met the best stake pacers in the land at Colum-
bus and Lexington, and beat them, taking a record of
2:00% when he beat an all-star cast in the $3,000
Arch City stake at Columbus.
Peter Stevens was the most consistent pacer that
raced on the Grand Circuit in 1914, when he won
ten out of eleven races in his campaign down the
Big Ring . In 1915 the son of Peter the Great 2:07%
was raced seven times on the half mile tracks and
was defeated but once, this defeat coming in the
match race with Directum 1 1:56% at Allentown, Pa.,
when the chestnut stallion headed him in the sum-
mary in what proved to be a record-breaking three-
heat race over a. half mile track. Directum I won
the first and third heats in 2:05% and 2:06, while
Peter Stevens won the second in 2:04. He won at
Lebanon, Pa., when he paced the second heat in
2:04%; at Kutztown, Pa., the second heat in 2:04
and third in 2:05%; and in a battle against the
watch at West Chester, Pa., paced in 2:04%. At Lex-
ington he was twice second to Napoleon Direct
1:59%, forcing the son of Walter Direct 2:05% to
pace in 2:00%, and back in the same notch in their
second race at the Blue Grass track. Last season,
at Columbus, Peter Stevens forced Napoleon Direct
to lower his record to 1:59%, giving Mr. Geers, who
piloted Napoleon Direct ,the opportunity of taking
his first ride in two minutes or better, and was timed
separately in two minutes. He took his record
against time at North Randall, and later, at Lexing-
ton, equaled it in a race.
Should these two crack pacers come together next
summer a great race can be looked for. Both have
demonstrated that they are race horses of the highest
type, and while Peter Stevens has had more experi-
ence over the two-lap tracks, Ben Earl has shown
that he can get around the short turns pretty well
himself.
A Harness Paper's View of an Interesting Subject.
There has been a great hue and cry within the
past few years about the rapidly declining use of the
horse-drawn vehicle and its consequent disaster to
the harness industry. We all know that this has
been more particularly referred to in connection
with the light or buggy harness, and some of the
harness men are really in earnest about the buggy
and its harness being relegated to the dump heap or
to some other spot that is equally as profitable.
To the man who gives up a fight without at least
a struggle there can be no honors given. He dies
sometimes within reach of victory, and still with a
fainting heart that only cowards possess. Sometimes
there is not even cause for the alarm that fills his
mind, and he succumbs without even looking just
a little ahead where still lies the land of promise.
If it were true that the buggy industry was dead,
then indeed might he shake his head and sigh that
the good old days were no more. Maybe he thinks
so, for he possibly has listened to the wail of his
weak-kneed competitor, and to the awful clarion call
of the man who is still trying to sell his automobiles.
While the latter has been drowning out the voice
of the buggy and harness men, telling the world that
both of these industries are dead, there have been
some of these men willing to listen to this tale of
woe, and to convince themselves that it was in very
truth a fact. Hearsay evidence is never considered
in any court of law. Must it be taken for cold-blooded
facts with any manufacturer or dealer in the harness
industry? Would it not be better if we made a little
personal investigation for ourselves and then be-
came convinced that all that we hear is not true?
These thoughts have been brought very forcibly
to mind by an article that appeared in a recent issue
of the Eastern Dealer, and we take a few excerpts
from the same for the consideration of the harness
men. They are just as applicable to the harness
man, for every buggy made and sold means a like
sale for harness and other equipment that the har-
ness man sells.
Here is the story: Consider the enormous number
of automobiles owned and operated by persons who
never owned a horse and buggy and probably never
will, regardless of what may or may not be the future
state of the automobile.
Many people who now own automobiles never had
any real love for the horse and still others had no
way by which horses could be kept and cared for.
Such persons would not be prospects for buggies
even though business will not suffer because people
of this class buy automobiles.
Again, lots of fellows who used to shiver when
they figured on the expense of maintaining a horse
and buggy in town, now spend three times that sum
in a half-way attempt to finance an automobile, and
they will continue to do so for a time.
There is an old saying, "The unceasing drop of
water will wear a channel in the hardest stone," and
there will come a time when the real figures of this
automobile thing will have to be faced the same as
we face other terms of business and household ex-
pense.
The farmer who deludes himself with the idea thai
he can buy a cheap automobile and operate it with
practically no cost to himself, will have a rude wak-
ening. He may shut his eyes to the expense for a
while and say nothing — but he will keep up a terrible
thinking. Sometimes he will figure it all out. ana
when he does there will be less mileage with the gas
wagon. When he takes his stub of a pencil and the
back of an envelope, and in the light of his experi-
ence does some figuring, the result will be startling.
For instance, here are some of the items on an in-
vestment of $500 — and goodness knows $500 is a
conservative sum to invest in an automobile:
Interest a.t 6 per cent $ 30.00
Insurance and license 25.00
Deprecaition 100.00
Tires and tubes 50.00
5,000 miles at two cents 100.00
Repairs 25.00
Total $330.00
Now, how many farmers stop to think that three
hundred dollars is interest at 6 per cent on an in-
vestment of five thousand dollars? How many farm-
ers, when they buy a little five-hundred-dollar car,
figure that they will have to use up the interest on
a five thousand dollar investment to maintain it?
And it is the easiest thing in the world to double the
figures. Any of the big automobiles will do it.
When the true facts get flashed on the screen of
the human mind, by the projector of experience, the
picture will be a revelation and an education. Now
consider the sanity of the other side:
A good buggy represents a small investment, con-
sequently the depreciation amounts to little or noth-
ing. The operating expenses in most cases is not
direct, because the horses have to be maintained on
the farm and the use of them for the buggy does not
add materially to the cost of their up-keep.
A buggy is a good, old, staid, reliable, every-day
proposition. Winter and summer, whether the
weather is hot or cold, wet or dry, it can be depended
upon — always and everywhere.
The family buggy does not get out of adjustment.
It has no carburetor to perplex, to hinder and excite
you to profanity. It has no ignition to go on the
bum, and no spark plug to refuse to spark. You
don't have to "get out and get under." The only
tools and equipment you ever need are a monkey-
wrench and an oil can. The tires don't blow up.
The wheels don't spin in the mud and burn up fifty
dollars' worth of rubber in five minutes. And there
isn't a day in the year you can't use the old, reliable
buggy, regardless of weather or roads.
Then think of the young and romantic. The auto-
mobile has other handicaps. It requires the undivid-
ed, two-handed attention of the driver. The influence
of the moonlight is destroyed at 30 miles an hour:
but the little sorrel horse "has a heart" — he gets the
spirit of the occasion and loafs along the shady wood-
land road Sunday afternoon without any attention
from you at all.
Ponder over this also: If any fellow thinks the
buggy business is now confined to the country trade
he has got another think coming, dropping into the
parlance of the small boy. In the big cities like St.
Louis, for instance, where the traffic department has
actual statistics, you will find some eye-opening fig-
ures. At a principal street intersection in St. Louis.
323.869 vehicles of all kinds passed, and 102.168 of
them were horse-drawn, or about 32 per cent of the
total. Only 52 per cent were passenger-automobiles.
16 per cent trucks and freight vehicles. This, mind
you, in the heart of a great city where the buggy
is supposed to be as extinct as the dodo. — [Harness
World.
Advance of Mule Prices.
McCarty Bros, of Clarence, Mo., are famous as
mule buyers . Twenty-one years ago this firm began
their operations by purchasing 18 head of fouJ>year-
"old mules, for $33.33 per head. On last Monday they
sold to Maher Bros. & Edwards, St. Louis, 98 mules
at $212.50. These mules were no better than the
ones they purchased twenty-one years ago when they
began their most successful career of mule dealers.
In addition to buying and selling mules and horses
they are owners of and manage one of the largest
farms in Shelby county. They are well-known buy-
ers over the state and many fine horses and mules
are brought to their farm and barns near Clarence
to feed and prepare for the market.
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The fastest quarter ever made by a trotter was
trotted by Lou Dillon when she pulled her owner.
C. K. G. Billings, in a wagon an accurately measured
and timed quarter on the New York Speedway in
:25%, which is a 1:43 gait.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 20, 1917.
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One of the features of the Denver horse show,
January 22 to 27, will be the special high school
exhibition of the celebrated mare, Belle Beach. This
mare is conceded to be the peer of all present day
high school animals and her appearance is always
well received by a horse show audience. She is
owned by Dinks L. Parrish of St. Louis and exhib-
ited bv Tom Bass, the veteran trainer of Mexico, Mo.
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The announcement of E. D. Moore selling his hand-
some saddle geldiDg, Greyburst, to J. C. Hart, of
Chicago, will not cause wonder to those who attended
the recent International Horse Show. It was ex-
pected that a big sale of this clever gelding would
be made before the termination of the show, as he
was the most popular three-gaited horse exhibited.
He won every class he was shown in and the cham-
pionship. The Eastern judges declared with some
other color he would bring $10,000 in New York.
Greyhurst is by Rex McDonald, and while Moore
has been criticised by horsemen for giving him so
much attention, his recent success in the show ring
and sale proves the owner's judgment was the best.
Greyhurst was also exhibited at the P.-P. I. E. and
was a winner here.
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The selection of Col. J. G. Lockridge, of Fayette,
Mo., to serve as one of the judges at the coming
Denver horse show, follows the long established cus-
tom of the Denver management to get good "timber."
This association has the reputation of having always
had the fairest of judges and their show, coming
early in the year, usually causes other associations,
who noting the satisfaction the judges give at Den-
ver, select the same men. In other words, when
a man judges at Denver, one can count on seeing
him in the same capacity in the middle west all
during the season. Col. Lockridge is one of the best
informed horsemen in Missouri, having been a prom-
inent dealer many years and served as judge at
prominent fairs and shows and presiding over many
race meetings.
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E. D. Moore, of Columbia, Mo., reports the sale of
the good three-gaited gray gelding, Greyhurst, to
J. C. Hart, and the gelding, The Captain, to W. N.
Rasmussen, both of Chicago.
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A carload of horses, including the stables of Tom
Bass, of Mexico, and Blades & Holeman, of Holliday,
was shipped from Mexico this week to Denver, where
the horses will be shown at the National Western
Stock Show. Included in the shipment were a pair
of polo ponies, owned by Mr. Walter Hill, of St. Paul,
that will be re-consigned from Denver for Los Ange-
les, Cal., where Mr. Hill will spend the latter part of
this winter and "will take part in the polo games at
Pasadena.
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T. P. Harrison and John Tates, the well known
North Callaway county mule feeders, got $230 a head
for 100 head of mules sold to Harry Gillen, of the
Gillen-Heiman-Harper Mule Co. of National Stock
Yards.
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Arrangements have been made by Hans Berg, act-
ing for the owner, Mr. William Wallace, of Philadel-
phia, to place the stallion, Marshall Chief, in charge
of Ed N. Hamilton, near Mexico, for the 1917 season.
Mr. Hamilton now owns the good young stallion, All
McDonald.
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Noted Show Mare to Matron Ranks.
The Breeder and Sportsman has been informed that
H. C. Downing, of Des Moines, Iowa, owner of the
celebrated show mare, Cigarette, contemplates send-
ing her to the court of My Major Dare, Longview
Farms, premier saddle stallion. Cigarette is by Bour-
bon King, and two years ago was one of the most
successful saddie horses before the public. She was
purchased by Mr. Downing at Mexico, Mo., last
spring from the estate of the late George Barton,
who was one of the best known sportsmen in the
country.
E. G. Bylander Appointed Secretary, Mo. State Fair.
The most popular appointment the Missouri State
Board of Agriculture ever made was at their recent
meeting, when E. G. Bylander, for many years assist:
ant secretary ,was made secretary of the state fair.
Mr. Bylander is the best fitted man for this position
available and his appointment will meet with the
approval of live stock breeders all over the country.
His appointment does not only mean success to the
state fair and live stock interests generally, but that
politics are to be excluded from that institution. It
was a matter of getting the best man regardless of
his political affiliations.
Mr. Bylander was appointed as a compromise be-
tween (he supporters of the present incumbent, E. T.
Major, brother of the Governor, and those who op-
posed him. Mr. Major has been secretary for two
years. He probably will return to his home at
Bowling Green, where he has real estate interests.
Mr. Bylander is recognized by fair managers and
secretaries everywhere as one of the most capable
men in the business. He is a tireless worker, con-
scientious in his dealings with the patrons and well
informed on all subjects connected with the manage-
ment ol a big fair. The 1917 fair, which will be the
biggest in the history of the association, will be
conducted the second week in October. The purses
for every department have been materially advanced
and good entry lists in all events are expected. It
is probable that the 52500 stake for gaited horses will
be discontinued unless a concerted effort on the part
of saddle horse men is made.
The association is willing to give the money and
realizes this stake is the best drawing card of their
fair; however, it has been hard to get a sufficient
number of entries to fill the event, and saddle horse
breeders must show some interest if it is to continue.
Advertising Brings Quick Results.
"My little want ad in your paper certainly brought
results," writes Wm. Kublmann, of Winona, Minn.
He adds: "So far, only a short time since it ap-
peared I have had two inquiries from Kentucky;
two from Missouri; one from Colorado and one from
Virginia."
GOLDEN KING, recently sold to J. A. P. Ramsdell
by George Ford Morris, of Fordacre Farm, Eaton-
town, N. J.
J. A. P. Ramsdell, of Powelton Farm, Newburg,
N. Y., has lost by death the noted saddle stallion
Korosco, sire of many blue ribbon winners at East-
ern shows, and has replaced him with Golden King,
a widely known sire that was formerly in the stud
at Adirondack Farms, Glens Falls, N. Y. The new
horse is a chestnut, about 15.2 hands high, and is
regarded as one of the handsomest of living saddle
stallions. His breeding shows the close relationship
between the Kentucky saddle horse and the trotter,
his sire, Wilson's King, having been a son of the reg-
istered trotter and saddle horse Harrison Chief, by
Clark Chief ,son of Mambrino Chief, the sire of Lady
Thorn 2:18*4. Golden King's dam, Indian Queen,
was by Wyatt's Red Cloud, a registered saddle horse
by the registered trotting horse and saddle horse
Indian Chief, son of Blood's Black Hawk, by Hill's
Vermont Black Hawk, the sire of Ethan Allen 2:25%.
Both Wyatt's Red Cloud and Wilson's King were out
of the same mare, a daughter of the trotting horse
Parsons' Abdallah, by Alexander's Abdallah, the sire
of Goldsmith Maid 2 : 14. The granddam of Golden
King was by Governor Wiikes, son of George Wilkes
2:22, and Daisy Burns, by Indian Chief, sire of Wy-
att's Red Cloud.
A "Bred-in-the-Bone" Record Breaker.
Irene's Cherry 285828 has earned the title of
"World's Champion Senior Two-Year-Old Jersey."
She went on test at two years and eleven months of
age, and in the ensuing 365 days produced 12,567.7
pounds of milk, containing 749.87 pounds of fat. This
means S82.2 pounds of 85 per cent butter and easily
exceeds the record which was made by Lad's Lady
Riotress Irene, the former champion.
The new champion is a direct descendant of Lo-
retta D. and Ida Marigold. It will be remembered
that Ida Marigold was the "best cow of any breed"
in the cheese test at the World's Columbian Exposi-
tions at Chicago and St. Louis, and Loretta D. was
pronounced "best cow of any breed" in the tests
for "economic production of butter-fat and butter"
and "economic production of milk for all purposes
of dairying" at the St. Louis Exposition.
It is interesting to note that Irene's Cherry is the
first cow to go on official test at Fewacres Farm,
located at Wauwatosa, Wis., where is located one of
the greatest county agricultural schools in America.
She was bred by Clark & Emery of New York, and
sold to Mr. F. D. Underwood, her present owner, be-
fore she was two years of age.
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Dillcara, one of the best bred of all the Sidney
Dillons, will stand for service at Pleasanton Driving
Park this year. His fee will be $50 to insure.
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That grandly bred stallion, Marse Abe, son of the
great Yankee and the mare Halo by St. Blaise, will
be in service at Pleasanton this season. Fee §50.
Read the advertisement for further particulars.
Proposed Change in Thoroughbred Registration.
By an amendment to The Jockey Club's registra-
tion rules it is proposed to abolish the so-called "five
cross" rule in the registration of thoroughbreds. The
present rules provide that "only those horses are
eligible for registry which have either five uncontam-
inated thoroughbred crosses or which authentically
trace through or to animals recorded in the first six '
volumes of the American Stud Book, or in a recog-
nized stud book of another country." The new rule
says : —
"Only those horses are eligible for registry which
authentically trace, in all of their lines, to animals
recorded in the American Stud Book or in a recog-
nized stud book of another country."
An explanatory note says : "It is deemed essen-
tial to omit the five cross rule, as it is misconstrued
by the general public and leads them to believe that
a thoroughbred can be made to order by five top
crosses."
In the first seven volumes of the American Stud
Book, compiled by its founder, Colonel Sanders D.
Bruce, he accepted as thoroughbred any horse hav-
ing five top crosses of registered blood, and as a
matter of fact registered many that could not qualify
under this rule. In the last volumes compiled by
him the short bred horses were in an appendix, where
he admitted anything having two crosses or more.
When the Jockey Club came into possession of the
Stud Book, in 1898, this appendix was abolished, and
horses were thereafter registered in the body of the
book only when they could show the requisite five
crosses or traced in all lines to animals in previous
volumes of the book. Now it is proposed to close the
doors to any more "cold" blood, however remote, and
follow the example of the English authorities by
limiting registration strictly to the offspring of reg-
istered sires and dams. And since horses must be
registered before they can start on Jockey Club
tracks the races of the future may be for the first
time in this country exclusively for thoroughbreds.
Two new rules have been proposed by the Ken-
tucky State Racing Commission. The first is to the
effect that at race meetings at Louisville and Latonia
the average amount of money shall be $800 cash and
there shall be no race given to which is added less
than $600. At Lexington the average is fixed at $600
and the minimum at $500. No stake, except selling
stakes, shall have less than $2,000 added at Louis-
ville and Latonia and $1,000 at Lexington.
The other rule reads: "In any race that fails to
fill and is declared off, the names of all horses that
were entered shall be publicly posted in the secre-
tary's office not later than 1 o'clock p. m. on the day
of which it was to be run."
A resolution to give premiums at County rairs for
weanlings, sired by thoroughbred stallions belonging
to the Kentucky Breeding Bureau, which is fostered
by the State Racing Commission by pro-rata sub-
scriptions from race tracks of the state, was adopted,
the resolution having been the outgrowth of a sug-
gestion made by James P. Ross, superintendent of
the Lexington track.
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John E. Madden has made an important sale of
twenty-one yearlings to Hal Price Headley and Mr.
Headley has taken over with the lot their engage-
ments in the Futurity of 1918, for which they are
eligible. Each is by Star Shoot and the colts are
from Bold Girl, Busy Maid, Blue Grass, Courtplaster,
Doria, Dorothy Hampton, Flora Pomona, Mamie
Worth, Miss Granville, Miss Kearney and Raglan.
The fillies are from Decoy, Dolly Higgins, Fair Lou-
ise, Janeta, Lady Tarantella, Little Buttercup, Lady
Schorr, Pastorella, Pedigree and Sweet Majoram.
The Courtplaster colt is a twin.
Trampfast (2) 2:12*4 and The Exponent 2:11%
gained credit with twenty-six new performers in
1916 and when official returns are announced the
number will, in all probability, be increased.
Anti-Cattle Rustling Bill.
An anti-cattle rustling bill will be introduced in
the legislature next week by Senator E. S. Rigdon of
San Luis Obispo as a means of limiting depredations
and thefts committed by cattle thieves. Rigdon's
measure provides for a system of inspection of hides
and cattle which would establish ownership at the
time of sale. The measure was drafted in the inter-
est of the Central Stockmen's association of Califor-
nia. The cost of inspection will be borne by the
cattlemen themselves.
Tagus Ranch Sells Herd.
Tulare, Jan. 13. — The Tagus ranch, north of Tulare,
today closed a deal for the sale of 900 head of black
Polled Angus beef cattle for approximately $100,000
to a Los Angeles packing company. It is the largest
cattle deal that has been made here in years. The
cattle are to be fattened on cottonseed meal at the
Tagus ranch until delivery to the packing company, I
which will be extended over the time between now
and next May. The Tagus ranch was stocked with
black Polled Angus cattle more than two years ago,
wh<m the stock was imported from Texas.
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Star Winter, that a few years ago won a lot of
money in the Grand Circuit and took a third-heat
record of 2:05, has been sold for a show horse.
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A 520,000 offer was refused for Emma Magowan.
Saturday, January 20, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Yes; there'll be a California circuit.
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There will be at least ten meetings between Aug-
ust 1st and October 6th.
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The old weight rule has been done away with by
the new rules of the A. T. A. and N. T. A.
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The substitution of "shall" in the place of "may"
is quite noticeable in the new rules of the N. T. A.
Ted Bunch and the pacer Zombrino 2:06% made
a good looking picture for the title page of the Horse
Review last week.
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Harry Brusie, of Hartford, Conn., won $13,785 in
purses racing on half mile tracks in 1916.
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There is to be two weeks' racing on the Youngs-
| town, Ohio, half mile track from June 26th to July
6th this year, and the purses will range from $500 to
$2500.
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It is stated on good authority that the pari mutuel
bill prepared by the Golden Gate Thoroughbred As-
sociation will not be introduced at this session of
the California legislature.
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If your horse that you value so highly dies and
there is no insurance money to collect you will feel
his loss a great deal more than if you had a policy
on him in The Two Hartfords.
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The thoroughbred stallion Joe Carey, sire of many
good winners, and himself a high class race horse,
will stand for public service at Pleasanton this sea-
son, fee $50. See advertisement for tabulated pedi-
gree.
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An ideal circuit of harness racing would start at
Pleasanton and proceed in the following order: Pet-
aluma. Santa Rosa, Dixon, Woodland, Marysville,
State Fair, Fresno, Hanford, Bakersfleld, Riverside,
Ventura, Los Angeles, Phoenix.
Mr. J. J. Kadderly of Portland, Oregon, recently
sold his mare Tangerine by Bonnie Tangent and pur-
chased a five-year-old Hal B. pacing gelding. Mr.
Kadderly is much pleased with his Hal B. pacer and
says this horse acts like an "Isser."
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John Kirkland is training a very fast pacer in
the roan mare Helen Mistletoe by Hal B. This mare
trialed an easy mile in 2 : 08 last fall for Kirkland and
looked like an easy 2:05 pacer . Mr. Kirkland is
wintering at Albany, Oregon.
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When the Blackhawk Stock Ranch gets its new
quarters at the foot of Mount Diablo all fitted up, it
will be the finest draft horse ranch in California.
There are some excellent young sires for sale at the
ranch now at Burlingame. See the advertisement.
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It is rumored that Thos. Murphy will campaign the
pacer Zombrino 2:06% owned by Dr. Belt of Phoe-
nix, Arizona, over the big ring next year. Murphy
will have a hard time beating Ted Bunch's record of
18 wins out of 21 starts with this horse in 1916.
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Mr. J. S. Waddell, Secretary of the California Fair
and Racing Association, has made the office of the
Breeder and Sportsman his headquarters and asks
that all communications be addressed him in San
Francisco, care of this office, 366 Pacific Building,
San Francisco.
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Harry J. S. 2:07%, the pony trotter that forced
Al Mack out in 2:08% and 2:09% over the half mile
track at Goshen last summer, is now credited with
32 winning races and earnings of $17,130. He has
started 58 times in the last six years and has won a
part of the purse in all but three of his races.
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The letter from Mr. M. L. Woy, of Fresno, to the
convention called to arrange a circuit of harness
racing, in which he suggested organization and
pledged $50 to the cause, did much to start the ball
rolling at the convention which resulted in the or-
ganization of the California Fair and Racing Asso-
ciation. And when C. A. Durfee heard the letter
read he remarked, "Woy is all right and I'll subscribe
to that cause myself." And he did.
L. L. Cannon of Penn Grove, Sonoma county, is
breeding dual-purpose cattle on an extensive scale
and finds them highly profitable. Mr. Cannon first
started w-ith Jerseys. He crossed them with Short-
horns and is mating that cross to pure bred Holstein
bulls. He says his section of the country requires
niggedness and that these crosses produce this type
as well as profitable dairy and beef cattle. Mr. Can-
non says the fair at Santa Rosa will give a big stock
show again this year and expects the herds of ad-
joining counties as well as their own. Mr. Cannon
was elected president of the California Fair and Rac-
ing Association last Tuesday.
Charley Silva. owner of the Woodland Stock Farm,
reports that the half mile track there is finished.
It is 60 feet wide and is located inside the old mile
track, with the exception of the home stretch which
is the same for both tracks. The turns are well
thrown up and as soon as the soil settles it will be
as fast a two-lap ring as there is in the countrv.
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Report has it that Peter the Great 2:07%, the
greatest of all sires, is to remain in Kentucky for
another season. The purchase of so many horses
recently by Mr. Fletcher, principally brood mares,
gave rise to the belief that the son of Pilot Medium
and Santos would be removed to the splendid Indiana
farm that has been fitted up by Mr. Fletcher.
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Following the fashion set by ' C. K. G. Billings
about ten years ago, more and more men who ride
for exercise in Central Park, New York, are using
fast trotting horses under saddle. No one who has
seen Mr. Billings mounted on the champion trotter
Uhlan 1:58, can doubt the exhilaration the fast trot-
ting saddle horse affords to a good rider when going
a 2:20 clip on the bridle paths, while for exercise
there is admittedly no other saddle gait like the trot.
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Lou Dillon 1:58%, the fastest of trotting mares,
gave birth on Thursday, January 11th, to a filly by
The Harvester 2:01, holder of the world's record for
trotting stallions until last year. The royally bred
youngster was foaled at C. K. G. Billings' Curies
Neck Farm on the James river, near Richmond, Vir-
ginia. Lou Dillon was barren in 1915, after having
produced Lou Billings 2:08%, Expressive Lou 2:08%,
Ben Billings 2:07 and Mack Dillon 2:22%.
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It behooves every harness horse owner, trainer
and driver to get a copy of the new rules as soon as
they are printed "and read them over carefully before
he enters or starts to race horses this year. The
rules are now identical for both American and Na-
tional tracks, and there are a number of important
changes. Every horse must now be entered in the
name of its owner or duly authorized agent, and
every stable name must be registered. The new rules
will be ready in pamphlet form very soon.
My Irene S. (2) 2:28%, great broodmare by Peti-
gru 2:10%, and dam of Esperanza 2:07%, Zorene
2:10%, Carl (3) 2:14% and two or three others,
brought $775 and was bought for Mr. C. K. G. Bil-
lings, owner of Curies Neck Farm, Virginia, at the
Chicago Sale last month. She was stinted to Carlo-
kin in 1916 and W. G. Durfee, who consigned her to
the sale, believes her to be in foal. However she
did not look to be with foal on the day of the sale
and was knocked down for the amount named.
Palmer L. Clark, president of the Chicago Sales
Company, says that My Irene S. would have brought
$2500 had she shown to a certainty that she was
carrying a foal.
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One of the prominent rancher-stockmen of Cali-
fornia, who attended the meeting of fair managers
and secretaries in San Francisco this week, was
J. W. Jennings, of Tehachapi, Kern county. Mr. Jen-
nings is one of the directors of the Kern county fair
at Bakersfleld and represented that association at
the meeting. He says the association will offer lib-
eral prizes for every class of pure bred stock this
year. Their 1916 fair cleared $3,000 and it was their
first meeting. Several hundred head of stock was
exhibited and a big race meeting held. Mr. Jennings
is the manager of the Ramina Ranch, and stock from
his ranch won 21 prizes at last year's fair. They
have a magnificent band pf Percheron and Shire
horses, which are proving profitable, and a herd of
pure bred Jersey cattle comprising 105 head. He is
preparing 30 head of stock for the 1917 fairs of that
section of California.
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Rearing an orphan colt is a tedious task and re-
quires patience, attention to details and cleanliness.
Cow's milk is the logical substitution for mares'
milk, but as it is lower in per cent of protein, fat
and ash than mare's milk and higher in per cent ot
water and milk sugar, allowance must be made for
this. Add enough warm water to a tablespoonful of
sugar — preferably white sugar — to dissolve it and
then add from three to five tablespoonfuls of lime
water and enough milk to make a pint. Feed one-
fourth of this mixture every hour for a few days,
gradually lengthening the intervals between feeding
and increasing the amount given at a feed as the
colt grows older. It is important to warm the mix-
ture to body temperature before feeding. At first,
especially, a bottle and nipple probably will be found
the cheapest and most satisfactory means of induc-
ing the colt to take the milk. If the colt scours, cut
down on the amount of milk and give two to four
ounces of a mixture of two parts of castor oil to one
part of sweet oil. At three or four weeks old the
sugar in the milk may be discontinued and at three
months the colt should be on a ration of all the
sweet milk it will drink three times daily. As soon
as possible teach the young colt to eat grain and
alfalfa and allow it access to grass. Crushed oats
and a little bran make the best grain feed, but if
these are not available one may substitute crushed
corn and bran in equal parts by bulk with a little
linseed meal. A colt should be given opportunity to
nibble alfalfa from the very beginning so as to make
a lot of strong growth.
Writing from Vienna, Austria, on October 25th, Ira
Ryerson has informed his friends in Goshen that he
won eighty races in 1916, with two weeks more re-
maining before the close of the campaign.
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"All horses must be entered in the names of their
bona fide owners, and must so appear in the pub-
lished lists of entries," is the wording of a new pro-
vision in the turf code, but owners may still keep
their names out of print by using a stable name,
which must be duly registered.
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The racing string of Capt. David Shaw, of Cleve-
land, for the coming season will consist of Peter Mc
2:03%, who will be raced through the Grand Circuit;
Miss Rejected 2:05%; Prince Loree, matinee 2:13%;
Miss Eleata (3) by Peter the Great 2:07%, dam
Eleata 2:081i by Dexter Prince, and her four-year-
old sister, Eleata the Great.
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The New York Herald of last Sunday said that
H. D. Beavers, who handles the highest class of Ohio
drafters, was on the market for the third time this
winter on January 8th. He had a grand lot of Per-
cheron and Belgian geldings, some of which weighed
close to a ton. Brewers, contractors and coal dealers
got the most of them, at prices ranging up to $425
for singles and $825 for teams.
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The first important special sale of show, harness
and saddle horses held this year is announced in
New York by Miss Constance Vauclain, of Philadel-
phia, who will dispose of twelve noted prize winners
from Broadlawn Farms. The horses will be shipped
to New York and the sale will take place on the
afternoon of Wednesday, January 31. In the con-
signment are Lady Dilhani and Elegant Dilham, eas-
ily the most successful pair of bantam hackney high
steppers ever seen at American horse shows. Miss
Vauclain paid $4,800 for the pair at auction less than
a year ago, and exhibited them with much success
at the summer shows, winning twenty-nine first
prizes in single and double harness.
BILLINGS MAY MOVE TO CALIFORNIA.
Owner of The Harvester 2:01, Lou Dillon 1 :5B</Z,
Uhlan 1:58 and William 1 :58|/2 Likes This State.
Surprising news came from New York last night,
says Guy T. Rockwell of the Cleveland Plaindealer
of Jan. 14th, that C. K. G. Billings, millionaire horse
fancier, has no further use for Curies Neck Farm,
his 5.250-acre stock farm on the James river. Rich-
mond. Va., which he bought for years ago for
$1,000,000.
He is willing to part with the historic property
for $700,000 or even less. Ten days ago Mr. Billings
sold for less than its value Tryon Hall, his country
estate at the north end of Manhattan Island, to John
D. Rockefeller Jr., as a site for a public park, and a
few days later he gave a large plot of Chicago real
estate as a site for a medical research laboratory
such as Mr. Rockefeller has established in this city.
In the absence of definite information the signifi-
cance of these real estate deals was said today to
be that Mr. Billings is through with the east and
that he plans to make his permanent home in Cali-
fornia, and he is now at Santa Barbara where he has
spent several winters.
Mr. Billings purchased the farm four years ago
and immediately commenced to modernize it. He
has spent thousands of dollars in razing old build-
ings, erecting new ones and improving the estate.
In addition, he has invested heavily in brood mares,
owning at present fifty or more carefully selected
matrons who are bred in the deepest of purple.
The farm consists of 5,250 acres of useful land,
a liberal share of which is marshy and is used as a
game preserve. Quail, snipe, teal, grouse, wild tur-
keys, ducks, geese and various other birds are to be
found in abundance, while it is a common sight to
see deer grazing with the brood mares.
There is a mile training track on the place, over
which William is being trained this winter, while
all told there is fifty miles of road on the farm for
horse and auto.
Buildings are numerous at Curies Neck. In addi-
tion to the mansion, which is a roomy brick house
of Colonial design, each department head has hi? own
house. Among these is the head farmer, assistant
farmer, the dairyman, the game warden, the mechan-
ician. Then there is the boarding house, the pump
house, etc.
There are numerous buildings for horses, too.
There is a training barn, 470 by 60, that has a double
row of box stalls down the center and each stall is
12 by 14. Around the stalls is a track that is used
for jogging horses on inclement days. This barn is
larger than the mammoth structure at North Ran-
dal], in which ninety-six horses may be accommo-
dated.
There is a new barn for colts, a new barn for brood
mares, a saddle horse barn, a stallion barn, several
barns for hay, as well as several old barns still used
for housing mares and colts.
The entrance to the farm is over a stone bridge
that cost S5
Curies Neck is the home of Lou Dillon 1:58%;
The Harvester 2:01; Uhlan 1:58. and William 1:58%.
all champions. The brood mares purchased upon
advice of Ed Tipton and Doc Tanner, graze in pas-
tures of 150 acres each, and have water to drink from
artesian wells, some of which are 700 feet deep.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 20, 1917.
GAME REFUGES FOR CALIFORNIA.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
Expert Locates Chain of Sanctuaries From Mexican
Border to Oregon.
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
U. S. Field Trials. — January 1, 1917, marked the
opening date of the annual trials of the United States
Field Trial Club, at Grand Junction, Term., the his-
toric old town where history has been written on the
scrolls of the bird dog records during the past forty
or more years.
In the present trials there were twenty-six starters
in the Derby and thirty-one in the All-Age. It is not
a record-breaking mark, it is true, but nevertheless
it is a healthy average and about on a par with the
otber important clubs of the season.
Mary Montrose proved to be the winner of the
Derby and in this stake she showed her superiority
over the rest of the field in a decisive manner, Mary
ran two brilliant heats. She proved in this stake
that she can handle game as perfectly as an All-Age
dog, that she is a good ground-worker and that she
has the stamina. On the morning when she ran her
one-hour heat, which is one of the stipulations in the
United States Derby that winners of first and second
must go this length of time, the ground was soggy
from the heavy rains of the night before.
Mary Montrose is a very handsome white and liver
pointer bitch, by Comanche Frank, out of Lorna
Doone, and one of the famous William Ziegler string,
which were picked up early in the season by Bob
Armstrong for J. J. Graham of Syosset, Long Island,
N. Y. Bob Armstrong handled the bitch in this stake,
as he has been doing mose of the season, and he
never did a better piece of work than he did at
Grand Junction.
The second series and winners were: — Mary Mont-
rose with Brightfields Freckles; Comanche Rap with
Concho Dick; Miss Peg with Count Kinsman; Royal
Flush with Master Peg.
Result: — 1st, Mary Montrose. 2d, Concho Dick.
3d, Master Peg.
The winner of the All-Age Stake was Joe Muncie
and second went to Lewis C. Morris. This is a case
of history repeating itself, for a year ago these two
dogs were placed the same way in the United States
trials. Reams about Joe Muncie have been written
during the three years he has been before the public
and to say much more now would be merely a reitera-
tion of his good qualities and an accentuation of his
faults. Joe is a wide-going, indefatigable ground
worker, and withal a dog with o nose, for there are
few days which find more birds than does Joe. But
he is not intense on his game. It is well known by
this time that he is now the property of Benjamin
Weil of Alexandria, La., and that he has been in
Avent's string since last February.
Lewis C. Morris, grand pointer that he is, did not
seem like the same Lewis of a year ago. Lewis was
clearly not himself and under the conditions could
not go higher in the stake, Gilchrist, however, has
full confidence in the dog and feels assured that by
the time the two championship stakes are run the
dog will be himself again.
Square Edges, the pointer bitch which Herbert
Fishel campaigned in the Derbys of two years ago
so successfully, was placed third.
The second series and results were : — Lewis C.
Morris with Joe Muncie; Candy Kid with Square
Edges.
Result — 1st, Joe Muncie. 2d, Lewis C. Morris. 3d,
Square Edges.
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Ducks vs. War Again. — Sacramento, Cal — The rice
growers of the Sacramento valley have declared war
on ducks and other feathered animals that virtually
unmolested have lived well and luxuriantly on the
growing rice crops. They will seek to have the legis-
lature enact a law which will permit them to kill,
in and out of season, all wild fowls in their territory.
Stories of depredations committed by ducks in the
rice fields have been related to the legislators by
representatives of the growers and they obtained a
sympathetic hearing from Senator Herbert W. Slater
of Santa Rosa, chairman of the Fish and Game Com-
mission committee.
At present the farmers are liable to arrest and
punishment under the laws of the Fish and Game
Commission should they attempt to protect their
property by shooting game birds out of season. Either
the ducks and birds must go or a budding industry
perish, so the growers have told the legislators. They
will therefore ask that a protective measure be
passed in their interest.
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California Coursing Club. — Sacramento, Cal. — San
Pablo Girl was the winner of the 16 dog San Fran-
cisco stake, and Irish Linnet was the winner of the
12 dog Oakland stake at the first coursing meet of
the season of the California Coursing Club of San
Francisco, held at. Franklin on Sunday. The San
Francisco stake carried a ?50 first price and the Oak-
land stake carried a ?40 prize for the first place.
Oakland was the runner-up in the San Francisco
stake, while Jim Long ran second in the Oakland
stake.
Many San Francisco, Oakland, Richmond and Sac-
ramento sportsmen were on hand to witness the meet
in spite of the cold weather . The officers of the
California club are satisfied with the first meet, and
are contemplating another meet at Franklin in the
near future.
The following are the results in the first tie in the
San Francisco stake: San Pablo Girl beat Oakland
Beauty, Hellover Swell beat Sure Mike, Expensive
Board beat Riley's Tralee, Napa Jack beat Sad Sam,
Oakland Beau beat Gaudy, Oakland Dandy beat
fashion Clothes, Isleton beat Majule, and Queenie
beat Granaile.
In the second tie San Pablo Girl beat Hellover
Swell, Expensive Board beat Napa Jack, Oakland
Beau beat Oakland Dandy, and Isleton beat Queenie.
In the third tie San Pablo Girl beat Expensive Board
and Oakland Beau beat Isleton. Oakland Beau was
winded at the end of the third tie, so San Pablo Girl
was declared the winner.
In the first tie of the Oakland stake Steam Trawler
beat Louie's Best, Oakland Girl beat the Fretter,
Irish Linnet beat Los Molinos, Young Blade beat
Alfred M., Jim Long beat Mark West, and Pride of
Richmond beat White Sox.
In the second tie Steam Trawler beat Oakland
Girl, Irish Linnet beat Young Blackie and Jim Long
beat Pride of Richmond.
In the third tie Irish Linnet beat Steam Trawler,
and Jim Long ran a baye. Irish Linnet had little
difficulty in beating Jim Long in the final dash.
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Portland Club. — Mrs. Ada Schilling, after a much-
needed rest, went out to Everding Park January 7th
and returned with the high average of the regular
weekly shoot. Her score was 100 per cent, and the
next in line was her husband, C. J. Schilling, and
James K Reid, both professionals, and each with a
mark of 96 per cent. Twenty-two contestants were
at the grounds and enjoyed themselves.
Frank M. Templeton, winner of the main event in
the Pacific Coast handicap last year, has issued a
challenge for the beautiful W. C. Bristol trophy for
20-gauge guns now held by Henry R. Everding, the
secretary-treasurer of the club. Mr. Everding so far
has been able to defend it against all comers, and he
will have a chance to show his superiority over Mr.
Templeton. The provision of the challenge is that
all contestants must shoot a 20-gauge gun.
The cup must be defended and won five times be-
fore it becomes the permanent property of any shoot-
ed. The competition is open to other than members
of the Portland Gun Club, and plenty of 20-gauge
guns are kept at the clubhouse for the use of pat-
rons. Fred E. Butler, said to be one of the best 20-
gaugers of the Lewiston, Idaho, Gun Club, will make
a special trip to Portland to contest for the cup, The
event will be for 25 birds and will be shot following
the Templeton match.
Following are the scores: E. H. Keller 80, Mrs.
Ada Schilling 100, Carl J. Schilling (professional)
96, C. Meach 56, O. J. Clossett 61, A. W. Strow-ger 80,
James K. Simpson 76, C. L. Diven 76, A. L. Zachris-
son 88, A. Erickson 80, James P. Bull and E. B. Mor-
ris, both professionals and using 20-gauge guns, 68;
E. E. Long 68, W. C. Bristol (20-gauge gun) 72, Jas.
E. Reid (professional) 96, J. S. Crane 64, Miss Gladys
Reid S4, Frank M. Templeton 88, Henry R. Everding
84, L. L. Mulit 76, E. L. Clark 72, and Al Seguin 68.
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Starts Fox Ranch — About a mile south of Kettleby,
Ont., a fox ranch has been started by Mr. Walls'.
He is associated with other men experienced in the
raising of foxes for fur. They have at present 19
fine specimens ranging from black, silver and cross
to the ordinary red species. The fancy animals were
secured in the far north from Indians, and are of
great value.
These animals are valued by the owners at ten
thousand dollars. They are confined in double wire
pens, the top and bottoms also being of wire netting.
Around the pens containing the matched mates ars
also two high wire screen fences to prevent escape
or molestation. So far the Walls' have not lost a
single fox and they are all healthy and very lively.
With good luck there will be a big increase in April
and May.
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Seal Herds Increase. — The seal herds on the Pribi-
lif Islands in Behring Sea have increased so rapidly
since killing of the bur-bearing animals was prohib-
ited that the Government will begin to kill them
regularly next year, according to a statement made
by H. J. Christoffer, assistant agent for the United
States Bureau of Fisheries, on his return from an
inspection trip to the islands. Mr. Christoffer made
the trip on the steamer Elihu Thomson, which left
September 5th with winter supplies for the islands
The Thomson brought back 7,000 skins which were
taken from seals killed to supply food for the natives
on the islands. The skins will be shipped to St.
Louis, where the Government will sell them at auc-
tion.
Wild game will have a chance in California when
the series of game refuges now being located by
Harold C. Bryant for the State Fish and Game Com-
mission, is approved by the Legislature. A fair
chance, is the way sportsmen put it — a chance for
big game to rear young unmolested by any gang of
pot hunters who possess the price of an automatic
rifle.
And just how much chance the men who are plan-
ning these sanctuaries intend to give wild game is
here told for the first time. Forest rangers, State
deputies and resident mountaineers have co-operated
with the State officials and have furnished field data
which is now being plotted by Bryant.
The scheme is to locate a series of the refuges
extending in two chains, from the Mexican border
to Oregon along the coast; the other through the
Nevada Sierra mountain. These refuges are pro-
posed:
San Diego county — A Laguna mountain refuge, 36
miles from San Diego, near the eastern boundary of
the National Forest, 51,840 acres.
Sespee river, Santa Barbara county— The largest
part of the watershed of the Upper Sespee, 125,440
acres.
Sisquoc river, near the headwaters — 39,680 acres
reserved. Sisquoc is a tributary to the Santa Maria.
In the Sierra Nevada mountains, the chain begins
with a refuge near the head of the South Fork of the
Kern river.
On the Kings river a preserve of 33,400 acres is to
be set aside. The site is not yet fixed.
Northerly, two national parks, the Sequoia and
Yosemite, form two links of the chain. The next
refuge is in eastern Amador county, where 57,600
acres will be set aside on Panther creek.
American river, between the Rubicon and Middle
Fork of the American, 64,000 acres will be reserved.
Feather river — That region north of Hartman bar
to be reserved.
Tehama county — The headwaters of Mill creek and
a part of the Deer creek watershed. Size is not de-
termined.
Lassen county — Eagle lake, section on west shore,
amounting to 47,580 acres, to be set aside.
Modoc county — Pine creek headwaters to be made
a refuge, amounting to 57,000 acres in the lava beds.
McCloud river— Southeast of Castella, between the
Sacramento and McCloud, 69,000 acres.
Klamath river, west of Gottville, about twelve
miles, a tract of 8960 acres.
Mendocino county — Section in Eastern Mendocino
and Western Lake, in vicinity of Hull mountain, of
37,00 Oacres.
Monterey county — Headwaters of the Arroyo Seco.
Hunting only will be forbidden in these areas.
Fishing and the bearing of arms will not be stopped,
and is not stopped in the game refuges which now
exist. At present permits are issued for the hunting
of predatory animals. This custom will be continued
if the new refuges are accepted, according to Bryant.
Sportsmen have one real objection to the establish-
ment of these refuges, and it has been voiced by
many of those who have studied the game conserva-
tion problem. That is, how to make it possible for
a hunter to transport game, not killed in the refuge,
through the refuge. In those protected areas now
existing the law declares that "possession" of game
is a violation of the law.
The hunter may ask, and with some force, how am
I to get my game home when a trail runs through
the refuge?
To which Bryant makes reply:
"We hope eventually to establish a tagging system.
A deputy in each refuge would tag all game, killed
outside and brought to him. This scheme would al-
low hunters to travel through the areas without
delay.
"We have had little trouble of this kind in the re-
serves now established, although they are so situated
as to discommode hunters much more than the new
ones we propose."
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New Angling Licenses — The new angling licenses
of 1917, due January 1st, have been received by the
Fish and Game Commission and are being distrib-
uted among its resale agents. The new licenses are
both handsome and instructive, printed in blue, with
a fine engraving of the Mt. Whitney hatchery, just
completed, the most substantial improvement it has
ever been possible to erect for fish and game in the
south. The solid architecture and handsome appear-
ance of this imposing pile which harmonizes so per-
fectly with the rugged grandeur of the Sierras is well
shown.
All who fish from the surf, or troll for yellowtail,
albacore, barracuda, bass, bonita, tuna or other game
fishes as specified, require license and a lively de-
mand has arisen from sea fishermen, although trout
anglers will be quiet perforce until May.
On the back of the license appears "Your dollar
is used to maintain sixteen hatcheries and egg-
collecting stations; raise and distribute 18,000,000
trout annually; build the most modern hatchery in
the world; patrol 157,000 miles of fishing streams,
make California's hatcheries the best in the world
and make California the Anglers' Paradise."
Saturday, January 20, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
AUTO LIGHTS FOR NIGHT TRAP SHOTS.
Innovation Is Tried by Local Club and Sport Is
Enjoyed by Twenty-five Gunners.
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Dating back last September you may recall an
account carried by the Breeder and Sportsman of a
team match between the Crystal and Western Gun
Clubs, both located near Newark, Cal. This is set
forth because the Crystal Club just paid the bet last
Saturday night of an elaborate turkey dinner at the
club house and it led to something brand new in the
'■ alluring sport o£ trapshooting.
Some twenty-five gunners enjoyed the hospitality
of the Crystal members and as a side entertainment
a proposal was made to have a trap shoot. Ere the
dinner was finished it was naturally nightfall and
the proposition of a shoot in the darkness was never
tackled before by shooters about the bay. There
have been tales of the Portland Club gunners enjoy-
ing their favorite pastime in the evenings and in the
East it is no uncommon thing.
So, where there's a will there is a way and the
ki boys tackled the job. A trap was already installed
in back of the clubhouse and the automobiles that
were used to transport the members to the party
were drawn up behind the traps. The headlights
were then put to work and the rest was simple.
To show what success the arrangement was the
Sj boys made the following creditable scores out of
I twenty-five targets: Bray Thorning 21, Al Durney
I 20, Bill Ellis 20, Charles Linderman 18, Ned Williams
I 17, Walter Plummer 16, Otto Keifer 16, Heine Mein-
ecke 15, Jack Trainor 15 and Jack Van Sycklin 15.
"It was the greatest kind of sport," reports Bill
I Ellis. "We had the lights trained on top of the trap
I house and a couple of the lights that worked freely
1 followed the targets. It was no trick at all to see
I the rocks and the boys busted into them with great
delight . Of course, we did not set the traps for any
extreme angles as we were taking no chances of
I losing the targets in the darkness.
"I believe trap shooting at night can be made a
great success," he continued. "The proper way
would be to have the searchlights inside the trap
house and play them on the targets. Just enough
| light so that the sights could be seen would he
needed behind the shooters. Even with the automo-
• bile headlights everything worked nicely and I know
we all enjoyed the novelty of it."
That was not the only feature of the outing. Char-
ley Linderman of the Western Club and Bray Thorn-
ing of the Crystal Club were matched for a "chicken
fight." Rivalry was keen and a spirited contest en-
sued. To give an idea of the struggle, Linderman
weighs in the neighborhood of 265 pounds. Thorn-
ing, although outweighed fully a century by "Citron-
ella," proved a gamester and through the decision
of Senator Simms, who officiated as referee, he was
declared the winner. He secured three out of four
falls over Linderman.
Not satisfied with the large evening, the shooters
tackled the traps again on Sunday and this time
tried their skill in daylight. The scores on fifty
targets were as follows: Bray Thorning 46, Al Dur-
ney 45, John Cavanaugh 43, Bill Ellis 43, Heine Mein-
ecke (20-gauge) 39, W. A. Plummer 37, Ben Boyd 37,
Otto Keifer 34, Nat Little 34, Herman Hertzer 34,
Lance Baird 32, Senator Simms 32, Leon Winans 32,
George Wagner 31, Frank Sarroll 31, Truman Weav-
er 29, Herman Wilke 28, Mike Stahl 28.
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Los Angeles Club. — Henry Pfirrmann, Jr., cham-
pion trapshooter of California and Nevada, and who
is known in the West for his deadly aim at the clay
bird pastime, triumphantly blasted his way through
twenty-five pairs of double targets Sunday at the Los
Angeles Gun Club and won the H. E. Sargent trophy.
His score was 43 out of 50. The results in all events
follow :
Sargent event, 25 pairs of doubles from 16 yards —
Henry Pfirrmann 43, C. W. Fish 39, H. D. Blanchard
38, V. A. Rossbach 38, E. K. Mohler 37, O. Council
36, W. A. Hillis 36, V. Powley 35, Wm. Kennedy 34,
H. E. Sargent 33, H. Cline 32, Al Pachmayr 29, A. L.
Rowe 27.
Take Home Competition: — At 75 targets: O. Coun-
cil, 20 yards, broke 66; H. E. Sargent 16 — 63, V. Pow-
ley 16—66, W. H. Hillis 21—64, R. P. Riggs 16—64,
J. Cline 16—64, E. K. Mohler 21—63, F. H. Teeple
20—63, V. A. Rossbach 18—63, H. Hickman 16—63,
Mrs. H. Pfirrmann 16—63, C. W. Fish 20—62, H.
Cline 19—62, S. Hart 16—61, H. D. Blanchard 20—60,
A. Pachmayr 21—59, Wm. Kennedy 16—59, T. B.
Sloan 16 — 57, A. L. Rowe 16 — 57, B. H. Carnahan 16 —
55, L. Mann 16—52, J. G. Griffith 16—38x50, J. H.
Wearne 16—38x50, N. Israelson 16—29x50, S. E. Cole
16—28x50, W. A. Cornelius 16—86x100, J. H. Bishop
Jr. 16—67x75.
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Young America and Trapshooting. — It is positively
unfair — in fact, unsportsmanlike, to place a boy or
girl before a trap with "any old gun" in the thought
that because it is only a child it makes no particular
difference.
A poorly fitting stock will tend more to discourage
a new shooter than anything else, not alone from the
possible punishment which it delivers in the recoil,
but the fact that the load will not land where the
shooter looks.
The recoil of a correctly fitting stock is not puni-
tive. The novice soon instinctively sets his muscles
against it and is forever after immune from a lame
shoulder.
Habit is strong in trapshooting and, once formed,
is hard to break; therefore, start right.
See that your pupil assumes a natural position,
with the right foot slightly to the rear of the left and
body only a little inclined forward. You may have
some very excellent shots in your club who shoot
in poor position. Some squat, some bend way for-
ward, while others place the right foot a half yard
to the rear of the left and bend both knees.
Primarily this was all unnecessary, but they have
formed the habit and it cannot be broken off. If your
own form is poor, have your boy or girl copy that of
some shooter who began right. — [By George Pesk.
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TRAPSHOOTING FIXTURES.
LEADING SHOTS OF THE SEASON.
Fred Harlow Tops the Amateurs and Homer Clark
Is Best of "Pro6."
May 8, 9, 10, 1917— Roanoke, Va.— The Interstate As-
sociation's Twelfth Southern Trapshooting Tour-
nament, under the auspices of the Roanoke Gun
Club; $1,000 added money. Winner of first place
in the Southern Handicap guaranteed $100 and
a trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $75
and a trophy, and the winner of third place guar-
anteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies
will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
May 28, 29, 30, 1917— San Jose, Cal.— The Interstate
Association's Twelfth Pacific Coast Trapshooting
Tournament, under the auspices of the San Jose
Gun Club; $1300 added money. Winner of first
place in the Pacific Coast Handicap guaranteed
$100 and a trophy; winner of second place guar-
anteed $75 and a trophy, and the winner of third
place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other
trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner,
Manager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
June 20, 21, 22, 1917 — Hartford, Conn. — The Inter-
state Association's Eleventh Eastern Trapshooting
Tournament, under the auspices of the Hartford
Gun Club; $1000 added money. Winner of first
place in the Eastern Handicap guaranteed $100
and a trophy; winner of second place guaranteed
$75 and a trophy, and the winner of third place
guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other tro-
phies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner,
Manager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
July 17, 18, 19, 1917— St. Joseph, Mo.— The Interstate
Association's Twelfth Western Trapshooting Tour-
nament, under the auspices of the St. Joseph
Gun Club; $1000 added money. Winner of first
place in the Western Handicap guaranteed $100
and a trophy; winner of second place guaranteed
$75 and a trophy, and the winner of third place
guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other tro-
phies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner,
Manager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
August 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 1917— Chicago, Ills.— The
Interstate Association's Eighteenth Grand Amer-
ican Trapshooting Tournament, under the aus-
pices of the South Shore Country Club Gun Club;
$4,000 added money. Winner of first place in the
Grand American Handicap guaranteed $500 and a
trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $400
and a trophy; winner of third place guaranteed
$300 and a trophy; winner of fourth place guaran-
teed $200 and a trophy, and the winner of fifth
place guaranteed $100 and a trophy. Numerous
other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E.
Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Vernon Club. — Owen Evans smashed 48x50 targets
at the Vernon Gun Club Sunday and by doing so won
the gold bar offered for the high run. Charles White
was the runner up with a score of 47x50. In the
practice event better scores resulted than in the
prize event. Stanton Bruner made a 49x50 mark in
practice, while Evans made 47x50.
A very large crowd attended the Vernon shoot and
but for the stiff cold wind which blew across the
traps even better scores would have resulted. There
were twenty-one shooters present. Following were
the results:
Gold Bar. Prac-
Hdcp. tice.
C. W. Clement 16 43 44
Fred Grewell 18 44 22
Charles White 17 47 46
A. W. Bruner 18 45 44
Pete Dekeare 16 43 41
William Pugh 18 45 44
George Oliver 12 45 43
Fred Kimble 16 41
William Browner 18 46
O. Evans 18 48 47
K. Menzbubeh 16 40
S. A. Bruner 20 46
J. D. Dierdoff 18 46 42
Yocuni 16 41 20
Bob Bole 17 45 44
Bruce 16 33
Schufer 16 35
Wilt 16 28
C. E. Groat 18 35
Mrs. Groat 18 41
George Mulford 16 45
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A few ducks can still be found at Alvarado and
scullboat men are getting fairly good bags at Alviso.
At the latter place, however, men in the shore blinds
are lucky to get a bead on a few strays.
The amateur who can bust pretty close to 98 per
cent for a season's shooting at registered targets is
a mighty fine trapshot. And that is just what Fred
Harlow, of Newark, Ohio, is. Harlow averaged 97.71
for 2010 targets, or, in other words, he broke 1968.
This average is the highest ever compiled by an
amateur trapshot. And it has only been bettered
twice by the professionals, by Heer in 1910, and by
Clark in 1916.
Only on two other occasions, previous to 1916, has
the leader of the amateurs in average gone over
97 per cent. Day did it in 1910, and Henderson last
year . Henderson was over the 97 mark in 1916, too,
being next to Harlow with an average of 97.14 on
more than 2500 targets. But for Harlow Henderson
would have led the high average shooters for three
years in succession.
Once before Harlow checked the Kentucky shot.
That was in 1908. At that time Harlow was shooting
off 16 yards, and Henderson from 19. They tied in
the Grand American Handicap in Columbus, Ohio,
and on the shoot-off Harlow won; 1916 was Harlow's
big year. He was high average shooter in the In-
dians and Westy Hogans — the biggest tournaments
outside of the Grand American. In the Hogans he
broke 490 out of 500 targets, and the weather was
far from being ideal for the pastime.
Following Harlow and Henderson in the amateur
averages, come Mark Arie, of Thomasboro ,111. ; H. B.
Bonsar, Cincinnati, 6.; C. H. Peck, Remington, Ind.;
F. A. Graper, Custer Park, 111.; R. A. King, Delta,
Col.; J. R. Jahn, Davenport, la., and A. C. Skutt, of
Morton, N. Y. The Middle West seems to have a
monopoly on the average honors. The East only
broke in with the late A. B. Richardson and Skutt,
of New York.
The appended list shows how the leaders hit the
targets for the past nine years:
Year. Shooter. Shot. Bke. Av'ge
1908— C. M. Powers 5690 5383 .9460
1909— J. S.Young 4730 4498 .9509
1910— J. S. Day 4280 4164 .9728
1911— W. S. Spencer 2100 2022 .9623
1912— Wm. Riley 800 767 .9587
1913— Bart Lewis 6080 5811 .9557
1914— W. Henderson 2050 1981 .9663
1915— W. Henderson 2800 2731 .9753
1916— Fred Harlow 2010 1968 .9771
That size and weight are not important factors in
trapshooting was proven in 1916 by Homer Clark, of
Alton, El., when he broke 2055 of 2100 targets shot at
in tournaments registered by the Interstate Associa-
tion. This gives Clark an average of 98 per cent,
the highest ever compiled by a trapshooter, amateur
or professional. The best previous average was 97.75
made by William H. Heer on 2000 targets in 1910.
Clark is the smallest in point of stature of the pres-
ent da yprofessional trapshots. What he lacks in
inches he makes up in ability. He is considered the
best professional trapshot in America — even though
he failed to win the professional championship held
at St. Louis last August in connection with the Grand
American handicap tournament. The championship
was the only professional event held during the week
that Clark did not win.
Clark is the proverbial iceberg when it comes to
trapshooting. He never becomes flustered, never
hurries, and his misses are rare. He showed his
nerve and ability in the final championship match
for the "E. C." trophy the Sunday preceding the G. A.
H. The youngest of the array of great shots who
had won the trophy Clark kept smashing his clays —
as did all the others — for a few misses would elim-
inate one from consideration.
The doubles was the last order of business. With
three pairs to shoot at Bill Crosby had a lead of five
on Clark. There didn't appear to be a chance in a
million of Clark winning — but he did. The heat got
Crosby and he missed all six targets. Clark broke
every one of his and won by a target. After Crosby
missed his last pair it was up to Clark to break both
of his — and all eyes were centred on him. He knew
what he had to do — and did it.
Here is the list of the professional high average
winners since 1908, which is the best evidence of the
ability of the midget:
Year. Shooter. Shot. Bke. Av'ge
1908— J. M. Hawkins 5945 5745 .9663
1909— C. G. Spencer 8325 8092 .9720
1910— W. H. Heer 2000 1955 .9775
1911— Jno. R. Taylor 2100 2038 .9704
1912— W. R. Crosby 2000 1952 .9760
1913— W. H. Heer 5350 5205 .9730
1914— L. H. Reid 2225 2146 .9644
1915— C. G. Spencer 5620 5480 .9750
1916— Homer Clark 2100 2055 .9800
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Annual Run Is On. — The salmon and striped bass
which have been taking a siesta in the salt water
while waiting for the first heavy rains of the season
are now making their run to the spawning grounds,
and from now on hook-and-line fishing, as well as
seining, will be good. Both bass and salmon fishing
will be good this season if for no other reason than
that the state fish and game commission, through its
seventeen hatcheries, has planted all the streams of
the state with large quantities of fry. The run
should be exceptionally heavy. R. B. B.
Sacramento, Cal.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 20, 1917.
AVERAGES OF CALIFORNIA SHOOTERS.
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Sportsmen's Row
From conditions existing at the present time,
sportsmen are coming to Che conclusion that, as far
as good duck shooting is concerned, the season may
as well close the first year instead of the last of Jan-
uary. Birds are scattered far and wide by the storms
of the last few weeks and i tis doubtful now if, even
with continued good weather, the sport will get back
to normal before the season closes at the end of the
month.
* * *
Not only are the ducks scattered, but, their na-
ural grounds flooded, it is difficult to find snipe. Few
of these small birds can be picked up in their regu-
lar haunts in the Suisun marsh, though in some local-
ities they can be found.
* * *
Suisun marsh shooting for eanvasbacks and blue-
bills continues fair, and valley shooting, both north
and south, is not as bad as in the bay localities.
Colonel Sharpe and Colonel Dorsey picked up a limit
at the Greenhead Club at Live Oak.
* # *
From a resident of the Duncans Mills country
comes word that the last storm has not greatly dis-
turbed the river and that fishing is fairly good in
Austin Creek and in Austin Pool, where the creek
flows into the Russian river.
:£ - $ 1£
Recently J. Quincy Ward, executive agent of the
Kentucky Fish and Game Commission, sold 350 con-
fiscated quail at auction. The attendance at the sale
was large and the bidding lively. The birds had been
seized from a party who was handling them illegally.
The ywere sold in dozen and half-dozen lots, each
quail being tagged and the purchaser's name taken
by Mr. Ward. The birds brought about §3 per dozen,
one-halLthe.money_ received for them being placed in
the state treasury" to the credit of the Fish and Game
Conrmission, while the other half was divided equally
between- the officers who made the arrest of the
illegal dealer.
* * *
Joseph A. Addleman, ex-secretary-treasurer of the
Portland Gun Club and one of the best-known boost-
ers of amateur sports in Portland for several years,
is visiting friends and relatives. He is now located
at Pacific Coast representative- of a large sporting
goods concern with headquarters in San Francisco,
but he still finds time to take a run to the Northwest
to renew acquaintances. He will remain in Portland
for several days.
* * *
C. Meach, O. J. Clossett and L. L. Hulit broke their
first bluerocks last week in Portland, and all are firm
in their statement that Ihey will he regular at the
traps from now on. Mulit managed to finish with
the highest score of the trio, and all the scores were
good.
* * *
James K. Simpson, president of the Stevenson
(Wash.) Gun Club, is figuring on holding several
shoots at his club during the 1917 season, and he has
placed a standing invitation to the members of the
Portland Gun Club to take in the events.
* * *
T. E. Doremus, president of the Interstate Associ-
ation and well known along the Pacific Coast, is fig-
uring on being present at the Pacific Coast handicap
contests at San Jose, and later take in the North-
west shoot during the Rose Festival in Portland two
weeks later. He makes his annual visit to Portland
during the trapshooting season, and is a welcome
visitor from Wilmington, Del.
* * *
Billy Price finally got out after ducks last Satur-
day afternoon. Accompanied by George Thomas,
he ducked over to Alvarado. We understand that Bill
got several birds but he kept the extent of his bag
a secret.
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E. B. Van Arnam Dead.
E. B. Van Arnam, one of the best known profes-
sional trapshots in the northwest and a former base-
ball star on the Pacific coast, died at his home in
Portland last week after an illness of several months.
For the past several years Van Arnam was a familiar
figure in the tournaments of the Portland Gun club.
Eighteen years ago Van Arnam played baseball with
the Minneapolis team of the American association
under the name of Billy Lavan. Later "Van," as he
was known known to his friends, played ball in San
Diego and Los Angeles.
* * *
Fandom lost a real friend and booster in the death
of E. B. Van Arnam. Mr. Van Arnam had been a
representative of the Winchester Repeating Arms
Co. for the last three or four years with headquar-
ters at Portland, Oregon. He was a good- trapshooter
and was capable of turning in scores of better than
90%. He became ill at the big shoot at Portland
last September. He was a member of the Portland
Gun Club.
He is survived by a widow and San, Wilbert; a
brother, W. J. Van Arnam of Omaha, Neb., and two
sisters, Mrs. Edith Rubdioux of Omaha and Mrs. A.
R. Sauer of San Diego.
Heine Pfirrmann Stands Out With the Best Record
With O. N. Ford Close Up.
Unofficial averages of California's trap shots, as
compiled by Sporting Life ,show that Heine Pfirr-
mann of Los Angeles, the California-Nevada State
champion, stands high among the regulars with a
mark of .9604. He shot at 2100 targets, which en-
titles him to an official ranking ,and busted 2017 of
them. O. N. Ford of San Jose comes next with .9446
out of 6580 targets.
In the professional ranks, E. L. Mitchell just did
nose out Dick Reed in a close contest, only a frac-
tion separating them above the .96 mark. The aver-
ages follow: —
Amateurs — Adams.G. A., Fresno, shot 1650, broke
1555, percentage .9424; Appling, Fred, Fresno, 150 — -
115. .7666; Anderson, G. A.. San Jose, 1410 — 1292,
.9163; Arneill. J. M., Camarillo, 620—565, .9112; Ar-
nold, R. M„ Oxnard, 400 — 383, .9575; Arques, C. R.,
Madrone, 550 — 465, .8456; Avery, R. S., San Fran-
cisco. 340—268, .7882.
Babcock, F. D., Los Angeles, 150 — 103, .6866; Balk-
will, H. G., Stockton, 600 — 536, .8933; Bair, F. S.,
Maple Creek, 1150—1037, .9010; Barber, E. M., San
Diego, 300—246, .9200; Barieu, C. O., Lindsay, 500 —
441, .8820; Barker, A. M., San Jose, 750 — 638, .9506;
Barto, J. B.. Alhambra, 450 — 409, .9088; Baumgartner.
A. F., San Jose, 400 — 322, .8050; Bechtell, San Fran-
cisco, 200 — 165, .8250; Beckwith, W. W., Coronado,
450—386, .8577; Betz, C. H, Upland, 300—271, .9033;
Blaekstock, C. F., Oxnard, 150 — 137, .9144; Blanchard,
H. D., Los Angeles, 1600—1441, .9006; Bole, R. E.,
Los Angeles, 1100 — 1002, .9100; Boyson, D. C, Wad-
dington, 70 — 41, .5857; Breschini, P., Salinas, 160 —
107, .6687; Brewington, F., Watsonville, 200 — 154,
.7700; Brickell, San Francisco, 200 — 170, .8500; Bru-
ner, S. A., Los Angeles, 800 — 764, .9550; Bungay, R.
H„ Ocean Park, 300 — 265, .8833; Burke, E., Fresno,
50 — 29, .5800; Burnham, F. K., Martinez, 1110 — 947,
.7800.
Coleman, G. K., Eureka, 750 — 629, .8386; Considine,
John, San Francisco, 1200 — 1010, .8416; Cook, W. E.,
Eureka, 40—29, .7250; Cornelius, W. A., Los Angeles,
850—795. .9352; Cornelius, W. J., Los Angeles, 410 —
383, .9341; Council, Owen, Los Angeles, 800—713,
.8912; Cowan, D. A., Fresno, 150—98, .9533; Cross-
man. Mrs. E. C, Los Angeles, 300 — 226, .7533; Cross-
man. E. C, Los Angeles, 300—275, .9166; Cutler, F.,
Eureka. 40—27, .6744.
Daniels. D., San Francisco, 100 — 86, .8600; David-
son. D. C, Modesto, 600 — 558, .9300; De Augustine,
F., Los Angeles, 60 — 31, .5166; Dierdoff, J. D., Long
Beach, 340—322, .9470; Dodds, J. F„ San Diego, 5980
—5606, .9374; Dougherty, Wm., 200—185, .9250; Dunn,
T. N.. San Diego, 140—123, .8785.
Eilert, W. J., Fresno, 950 — 832, .8756; Ekdale, E.
E., Pasadena, 150 — 129, .8600; Ellis, G. E., Stockton,
600 — 528, .8800; Evans, O. A., Los Angeles, 1400 —
1306, .9328; Everding, L., Arcada, 60 — 51, .8500.
Falk, C. C, Eureka, 40 — 23, :5750; Falk, C. O., Eu-
reka, 550 — 432, .7854; Falk, E. V., Modesto, 600—530,
.8833; Fish, C. W., Los Angeles, 1500—1358, .9053;
Fisher, C. W., 300—233, .7766; Foin, C. L., Fresno,
150—110, .7330; Flickinger, A. G., Vallejo, 1660—1553,
.9355; Ford, O. N., San Jose, 6580 — 6216, .9446; For-
rest, L. C, Fillmore, 290—266, .8172; Free, F., Pasa-
dena, 410—343, .8341; Friend, S. B., Los Angeles, 550
— 480, .8727; Fuller, R. N., Tulare, 1450—1346, .9282.
Garrison, Henry, Modesto, 950 — 826, .8694; Gofl,
I. C, Waddington, 130 — 112, .8615; Grewell, Fred,
Los Angeles, 900 — 832, .9244; Groat, C. E., Los Ange-
les, 1700 — 1528, .9244; Groat, Mrs. C. E., Los Angeles,
1330—1192, .8962.
Haese, J. P., Santa Barbara, 1450—1304, .8993;
Hagerman, C. D., Los Angeles, 500 — 458, .9160; Hali-
burton, A. P., Lindsay, 1360 — 1260, .9264; Hall, R. L.,
Los Angeles, 60—55, .9166; Harris, R. L„ Sofia, 70 —
53, .742S; Hartman, R. C, Los Angeles, 60 — 42, .7000;
Havens, H„ Piedmont, 910 — 765, .8406; Hine, T. W.,
Eureka. 80 — 72, .9000; Hine, H. A., Eureka, 750 —
635, .8466; Hinman, H., Eureka, 550 — 471, .8564;
Hoelle ,E., San Francisco, 400—361, .9025; Hogg, R.
C,. Saratoga. 400—325, .8125; Hostetter, F. F., Lind-
say. 200 — 152, .7600; Howard, ' N. A., Piedmont, 3500 —
3167, .9048; Huber, C. C, Newman, 350—290, .8285;
Hutcheson, J. M., Eureka, 150 — 104, .6933 .
Innes, W. E., Eureka, 350 — 252, .7200.;
Jackson. C. B., Fresno. 150 — 116, .7733; Jackson,
W., Lindsay, 150 — 105, 7000; Julian, C. H., San Diego,
300—273, .9100.
Kelly, H, Eureka, 150 — 120, .8000; Koch, W. L..
San Francisco, 120 — 78, .6500.
Llewellyn, D. E., 150— 119, .8933; Long, P. 0„ Up-
land, 150—137, .9133; Lorenson, H., Newman, 1350 —
1239, .9177; Lovelace, Guy, Dibehe, 350 — 302, .8628.
Manderville, C. P., Los Angeles, 700 — 606, .8657;
Martin, J. L., Fresno, 2500—2150, .8600; Martin,
C. C, Waddington, 50 — 30, .6600; Massora, V., Salin-
as. 360-277. .7694: Mathew; R. v., San Jose, 760—
555. .7302; McFadden, C. Salinas, 360 — 315, .8750;
McFadden. D., Blanco, 760—652, .8578; McGettigan,
C. D., San Francisco, 200 — 176, .8800; McKagnev,
W. J., San Jose. 860—734, .8534; Meek, J. W., Los
Angeles, 200—184. .9200; Melford, Geo., Glendale, 200
—174. .8700; Melius, T. H.. Los Angeles, 2000—1905.
.9525; Melius. L. R., Los Angeles, 1200 — 1057, .8808-
Merrill, J. G.. San Diego. 300—268, .8933: Meyers,
Miss G. J.. San Francisco, 1020 — 745, .7303; Milligan
J., Oxnard, 590—521, .8830; Mills, F. B., Las Alamitos,
340—332, .9764; Mohler, Mrs. E. K., Los Angeles,
240 — 175, .7291; Mohler, E. K., Los Angeles, 700 —
649, .9270.
Nook, L. J., Fresno, 150 — 103, .6866; Nash, C. H.,
San Jose, 2080—1849, .8889; Newbert, F. M., Sacra-
mento, 600 — 556, .9266; Nichols, F., Los Angeles, 200
—181, .9050; Nichols, C. F., Los Angeles, 200—185,
.9250; Nickle, C. L„ Glendora, 120 — 109, .9083.
Ogilvie, H., Lindsay, 1750 — 1636, .9348.
Pachmayr, A. M., Los Angeles, 150 — 124, .8266;
Packard, Dr. L. M., Los Angeles, 1920 — 1796, .9354;
Palmer, L. H., Los Angeles, 200 — 175, .8750; Parker,
E. O., 75 — 46, .6133; Peet, H. C, San Francisco, 240—
200, .8333; Peterson, H. E., Los Angeles, 100 — 84,
.8400; Pfirrmann, H. Jr., Los Angeles, 2100 — 2017,
.9604; Pfirrmann, Mrs. H., Los Angeles, 640 — 500,
.7953; Phinney, H. R., Berkeley, 200 — 179, .8950;
Plaskett, J. P., Modesto, 200 — 174, .8700; Powers, C.
J., Eureka, 40 — 21, .5250; Price, W. H., San Francisco,
200—165, .8250; Prior, T., San Francisco, 1160 — 1057,
,9111; Pura, F. C, Gonzales, 560 — 468, .9360.
Reger, J. W., 150—115, .7666; Ricks, H. L. Jr., Eu-
reka, 150—122, .8133; Riley, T. D., San Francisco,
660 — 558, .8459; Robinson, R. D., Fresno, 150 — 116,
.7500; Rossbach, V. A., Los Angeles, 2620 — 2251,
.8591; Rock, Mrs. A. L., Whittier, 45—27, .6000;
Rowe, A. L., Whittier, 150 — 124, .8266; Ruhstaller,
D. J., Sacramento, 600 — 510, .8500 Ruhstaller, F. J.,
Sacramento. 600 — 484, .8066; Russ, I. A., Eureka,
150 — 100, .6666; Russell, S. G., San Francisco, 50 —
33, .6600.
Sloan, W. T., 200 — 171, .8550; Slocum, L. W., Fres-
no, 1850—1660, .8974; Smith, B. E., Oakland, 100—77,
.7700; Smith, S. R., Los Angeles, 450 — 405, .9000;
Stall, G. E., Masonic. 700 — 593, .8471; Stamper, E.,
Saratoga, 200 — 163, .8150; Stamper, C. L., Newman,
100—88, .8800; Stelling, H., San Francisco, 520—276,
.8625.
Teeple, F. H., Los Angeles, 30 — 24, .8000; Terry,
W. J., Oakland, 200—180, .9000; Tevis, I. K., San Ma-
teo. 150 — 110, .7333; Thlocke, F., Salinas, 200 — 156,
.7800; Thomas, G., San Francisco, 100 — 82, .8200;
Thompson, Ned, Tulare, 50 — 26. .5200; Thompson, H.,
Tulare. 150 — 122, .8133; Thorning, E. B., San Fran-
cisco, 200 — 160, .8000; Topham, Dr. E., San Francis-
co, 300—230, .7666.
"Van Brunt," 80 — 71, .8875; Van Nest, A., Los An-
geles, 400—308, .7700; Varien, W. H., Pacific Grove,
600—556, .9266; Voris, C. A., Los Angeles, 300—277,
.9233.
Walker, G. C, Oakland, 200—148, .7400; Walsh, R.
J., San Diego, 200 — 157, .7850; Wheeler, Miss Alenev
Los Angeles, 210^-168, .8000; Wickland, N., Bakers-
field, 400 — 355, .8875; Wilkes, Thos., San Francisco,
1350—1188. .8800; Wilkes, A. G„ San Francisco, 1760
— 1608. .9136; Wilkes, Mrs. A. G., San Francisco,
1445—1098, .7598; Williams, H. M., San Diego, 900—
799. .8877; Wilshire, W. H., Los Angeles, 350—320,
.9142; Witman, R. B., Oxnard, 200—190, .9500; Wors-
wick, Wm. H., Los Banos, 100 — 51, .5100; Worthen,
B. H„ San Francisco. 600—556, .9266.
Professionals — Willett, W. F., San Francisco, 1100
—998, .9027; Shreves, W. O., Mayfield, 150—128,
.8533; Ricklefson, H„ San Francisco, 900 — 703, .7811;
Reed, Richard, San Francisco, 2200 — 2177, .9632; Pos-
ton. H. E., San Francisco, 5020—4751, .9464; Oliver,
G. E., Los Angeles, 1600—1383, .8644; Moore, J. W.
F., San Francisco, 200—121, .6050; Mitchell, E. L.,
Los Angeles, 2200 — 2124, .9654; Knight, C. H., San
Francisco, 1950 — 1733, .8876; Jones, O. N., San Fran-
cisco, 800 — 615, .7687; Hoyt, H. A., Los Angeles, 2320
— 2040, .8793; Holohan, Guy E., Los Angeles, 3260—
3070, .9417; Higgins, W. J., San Francisco, 600 — 476,
.7933; Heath, J. G., San Francisco, 400—341, .8525;
Hawxhurst, L. S., Oakland, 3380—3170, .9378; Haight,
C. A., San Francisco, 2880 — 2409, .9364; French, J. S.,
Berkeley, 210 — 130, .6190; Feudner, M. O., San Fran-
cisco, 950 — 857, .9011; Ellis, W. R., San Francisco,
1310—1107, .8450; Clement, C. W., South Pasadena,
300—253, .8433; Cook, L. J., Oakland, 2160—1959.
.9069; Breanen, J. R., Sacramento, 300 — 225, .7500;
Bruner, A. W., Los Angeles, 1120—869, .7758.
SB
Trade Notes. — At the opening shoot of the Port-
land Gun Club on January 7th, Mrs. C. J. Schilling
started the new year with the phenomenal score by
breaking 100 targets without a miss. As the Port-
land paper reports: "Target after target fell before
the splendid shooting Portland Diana, who was per-
forming in machine-like style, never flinching at the
hard left and right angle birds."
In competition with twenty-two other club mem-
bers the next amateur score was 88x100. The near-
est professional was that of Mr. C. J. Schilling, with
96x100.
Mrs. Schilling made this phenomenal score with a
Remington U. M. C. Pump gun and Nitro Club shells,
the winning combination that has made her many
records possible.
C. F. Shaw and A. J. Dahds, both shooting the
perfect combination of a Remington pump gun and
the "Speed Shells," won the first and second places
respectively at a recent shoot of the Westmont
(N. J.) Field Club.
The Manor Gun Club of Clarkson. Ont.. Can., held
an interesting shoot recently at which 33 followers
of the clay saucer faced the traps. W. H. Gooder-
ham of Toronto, shooting Nitro Club "Speed Shells"
was high amateur with a score of 90x100. Norman
Gooderham and H. Simpson, both shooting the same
brand of shells as the winner, won second and third
places respectively,
Saturday, January 20, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
11
GREAT YEAR FOR FIELD TRIALS.
Record of Winners in Events on Pacific Coast.
The year just closed indubitably has been the ban-
ner year in the history of field trials, taking into
consideration all the facts connected therewith. The
remarkable increase in the number of clubs holding
trials is mainly due to the fact that owners o£ point-
ers and setters all over the country are taking an
active interest in trials through the medium of ama-
teur organizations, and to this fact alone is mainly
due the greatly increased interest and the successful
year.
On what is usually denominated the main circuit,
starting with the United States trials last January,
the only notable additions to the list are the National
Field Trial Club's new Free-For-All Championship
Stake, the iuaugural trials of the Southwestern Field
Trial Club at Vinita, Okla., and the Continental Field
Trial Club's successful essay at holding prairie chick-
en trials at Towner, N. D. In the amateur ranks, or
■ o£ clubs holding trials where the owners of the dogs
participated as handlers may be noted the return to
the ranks of the Oregon Field Trial Club, the start of
a new club in Maryland under the appellation of the
Bird Dog Club of Maryland, and the grouse trials at
Pittsfield, Pa.
Among the notable events of the year must not
I be overlooked the winding up of the career of the
great pointer, John Proctor, in a real blaze of glory,
wherein he accomplished the wonderful task of win-
ning both the National Championship and the Free-
for-All Championship Stake in a space of a little over
I a week, a feat unsurpassed in the annals of field
I trials. It is also worthy of note that the pointers
t generally have continued in their victorious career,
and the close of the year undoubtedly found the pre-
ponderance of honors, in proportion to the number
| of starters, with the short-haired representatives.
The National trials and events on the Coast follow:
NATIONAL FIELD TRIAL CLUB.
Calhoun, Ala., January 9.
Judges: W. W. Titus and L. W. Blankenbaker.
ALL-AGE STAKE — Twenty-four Starters, Thirteen
English Setters and Eleven Pointers —
1st — Lewis C. Morris, 27046 (Fishers Frank — Bessa-
tina) ; white and liver pointer dog. E. J. Rowe,
owner; W. D. Gilchrist, handler.
2d— Gibraltar Ollie, 26583 (Gibraltar — Comanche) ;
white and orange setter bitch. G. C. Parsons,
owner; J. A. Gude, handler.
3d; — John Proctor, 25105 (Fishel's Frank — Miss Mari-
utch) ; white and lemon pointer dog. A. L. Cur-
tis, owner; C. H. Babcock, handler.
DERBY — Twenty-seven Starters, Nineteen English
Setters and Eight Pointers —
1st — Gunner, 34529 (Free Lance — Cotton Blossom) ;
white, black and tan setter dog. Fleischmann
& Bedford, owners; C. H. Babcock, handler.
2d— Attakapas Rap, 32378 (Manitoba Rap — Lady Fer-
ris) ; white and liver pointer dog. I. G. Abney,
owner; Herbert Fishel, handler.
3d — King Cy, 32651 (John's King — Bird's Dakota
Pride) ; white and lemon pointer dog. Dr. T.
E. Barber, owner; M. E. McMichael, handler.
Calhoun, Ala., January 24.
Judges: Theodore Sturges and L. W. Blankenbaker.
FREE-FOR-ALL CHAMPIONSHIP STAKE — Nine
Starters, Five Pointers and Four English Setters —
Winner — John Proctor, 25105 (Fishel's Frank — Miss
Manutch) ; white and lemon pointer dog. A. L.
Curtis, owner; C. H. Babcock, handler.
PACIFIC COAST FIELD TRIAL CLUB.
Bakersfield, Cal., December 14.
Judges: J. H. Schumaker, P. M. Wand, Wm. Dormer.
DERBY — Ten Starters, Six English Setters and Four
Pointers —
1st — Maggie G. (Vancouver Chief — Vancouver Nel-
lie) ; white and black pointer bitch. Wilkes &
McKeon, owners; A. G. Wilkes, handler.
2d — Sonoma Girl (Old Forester — Caesar's Keep-
sake) ; white and black setter bitch. J. A.
Chanslor, owner; Fred Coutts, handler.
3d — True Blue (Old Forester — Caesar's Keepsake) ;
blue belton setter. Fred De Augustine, owner;
Fred Coutts, handler.
ALL-AGE STAKE — Thirteen Starters, Eight English
Setters and Five Pointers —
1st— Fleeirette, 29105 (Spot's Rip Rap — Jess Rus-
sell) ; white and black pointer bitch. J. W.
Scott, owner and handler.
2d— Fordney Blondy, 39391 (Stanley's Triumph—
Hollyroad) ; white and orange pointer dog. E.
B. Tinker, owner; Fred Coutts, handler.
3d — Forestress (Old Forester — Linda B.) ; black,
white and tan setter bitch. S. Christenson,
owner and handler.
MEMBERS' STAKE— Eight Starters, Five English
Setters and Three Pointers —
1st — Dixie Chase (Sven C — Blue Bonnet) ; blue bel-
ton setter bitch. J. S. French, owner; A. G.
Wilkes, handler.
2d — Kenwood Fan (Melrose Dude — Caesar's Keep-
sake) ; white, black and tan setter bitch. J. A.
Chanslor, owner and handler.
3d— Orange Blossom (Bohemian Prince — Peach Nug-
get) ; white and orange setter bitch. S. Chris-
tenson, owner and handler.
OREGON FIELD TRIAL CLUB.
Portland, Ore., September 18.
Judge: E. A. Parsons.
DERBY — Thirteen Starters, Ten English Setters and
Three Pointers —
1st— Count Moring (Moring — Ruby Gladstone Rod-
field) ; black, white and tan setter dog. M. Abra-
ham, owner; H. T. Drennen, handler.
2d — Rowdy (Chicken Chops — Trixie II); white and
black setter dog. Dr. E. W. Morse, owner;
Thomas Howe, handler.
3d — Nellie Gray (King — Mark's Belle) ; white and
liver pointer bitch. H. T. Drennen, owner and
handler.
ALL-AGE-STAKE— Seven Starters, Four English Set-
ters ,Two Pointers and One Irish Setter —
1st — Chow's Chessie 29994 (Marse Ben — Bryan's
Chow-Chow) ; white, black and tan setter bitch.
C. G. Liebe, owner; H. T. Drennen, handler.
2d — Fleetwood Flip (Bow — Peggy Hawley) ; white,
black, tan and ticked setter bitch. T. R. White-
side, owner and handler.
Equal 3d — Bing N (breeding not given) ; white and
black pointer dog. P. G. Nealand, owner and
handler.
Equal 3d — Jack (Blake's Spontzell — Blake's Nellie) ;
blue belton setter dog. Frank Patton, owner;
W. E. Martin, handler.
WASHINGTON FIELD TRIAL CLUB.
Tacoma, Wash., February 21
Jduge: . E. A. Parsons.
MEMBERS' DERBY— Four Starters, Three English
Setters and One Pointer —
1st — My Tillacum, 36588 (Cayuga — Ramona's Ruby) ;
white, black, tan and ticked setter bitch. M. A.
Howe, owner and handler.
Equal 2d — Ben Jax, 35021 (Don Momo Rodfield — Ra-
mona's Ruby) ; white, black, tan and ticked
setter dog. P. E. King, owner and handler.
Equal 2d — Matoca, 34346 (Fishel's Frank — Lad's
Waneda) ; white, orange and ticked pointer dog.
F. D. Dean, owner and handler.
3d — My Pal, 36565 (Cayuga — Ramona's Ruby) ; white,
black, tan and ticked setter dog. M. A. Howe,
owner and handler.
OPEN DERBY— Nine Starters, Eight English Setters
and One Pointer —
1st — Destiny Buck, 34256 (Don Momo Rodfield — Ra-
mona's Ruby) ; blue belton setter bitch. A. H.
Nelson, owner and handler.
2d — Momo's Lady Lou, 36139 (Don Momo Rodfield —
Queen Lou) ; white, black, tan and ticked setter
bitch. Billett & Van Derveer, owners; R. G.
Billett, handler.
3d — Llewellin Danstone's Duke, 35082 (Llewellin
Danstone — Jessie Brady) ; white, black and
ticked setter dog. R. C. Brown, owner and
handler.
ALL- AGE STAKE — Four Starters, Tliree English
Setters and One Pointer —
1st — Lometa, 29349 (Manitoba Rap — Frank's Lottie
B) ; white, liver and ticked pointer bitch. F. D.
Dean, owner and handler.
2d — Destiny Buck, 34256 (Don Momo Rodfield — Ra-
mona's Ruby) ; blue belton setter bitch. A. H.
Nelson, owner and handler.
3d— Queen Lou, 26546 (Pony Boy — Emma Lou) ;
white, black, tan and ticked setter bitch. Billett
& Van Derveer, owners; R. G. Billett, handler.
Yelm, Wash., September 11.
Judge: Dr. Meyer.
OPEN DERBY — Twelve Starters, Seven English Set-
ters and Five Pointers —
1st — Matoca, "4346 (Fishel's Frank — Lad's Waneda) ;
white, orang« and ticked pointer dog. F. D.
Dean, owner and handler.
2d — Nellie Gray (King — Mark's Belle); white and
liver pointer bitch. T. H. Drennen, owner and
handler.
3d— Liebe's King (General Whitestone — Queen) ;
white, black and tan setter dog. C. G. Liebe,
owner and handler.
OPEN ALL-AGE STAKE— Nine Starters, Six Eng-
lish Setters and Three Pointers —
1st— Ramona's Ruby, 30506 (Paliacho — Ramona);
white, black and ticked setter bitch. F. M.
Stephenson, owner; A. H. Nelson, handler.
2d— Momo's Lady Lou, 36139 (Don Momo — Queen
Lou); white, black and tan setter bitch. L. S.
Mclntyre, owner; F. E. King, handler.
Equal 3d — Irene Danstone's Marie, 28079 (Llewellin
Danstone — Marie's Queen) ; white, black and
tan setter bitch. A. D. Opdyk & Co., owners;
- Mr. Woodword, handler.
Equal 3d— Chow's Bessie, 29994 (Marse Ben— Bry-
an's Chow-Chow) ; white, black and tan setter
bitch. C. G. Liebe, owner; H. T. Drennen,
handler.
SUBSCRIPTION DERBY — Six Starters, Four Eng-
lish Setters and Two Pointers —
1st — Matoca, 34346 (Fishel's Frank — Lad's Waneda) ;
white, orange and ticked pointer dog. F. D.
Dean, owner and handler.
2d— Maggie G. (Vancouver Chief— Vancouver Nel-
lie) ; white and black pointer bitch. Delta Ken-
nels, owners; C. Herman, handler.
3d— Mohawk Tess (Melrose Mohawk— Tess) ; white,
black and ticked setter bitch. Lyle & Frazier,
owners; Mr. Herman, handler.
SUBSCRIPTION ALL-AGE STAKE — Ten Starters,
Six English Setters and Four Pointers —
ls;_Melrose Dude, 25953 (Melrose Prince — Kil's Jes-
sie) ; white, black and tan setter dog. Mrs. A.
G. Wilkes, owner; H. Herman, handler.
2d -Fleeirette, 29105 (Spot's Rip Rap— Jess Russell) ;
white and black pointer bitch. Charles Murray,
owner; C. Herman, handler.
3d — Shotover (Tod Sloan — Wilson's Point) ; white
and liver pointer dog. C. Godson, owner; C.
Herman, handler.
NEW CLASSES FOR WESTMINSTER SHOW.
Innovations Are Started and Are Attracting Wide-
spread Interest.
Premium lists for the forty-first annual dog show
of the Westminster Kennel Club, to be held at Mad-
ison Square Garden, from February 20 to 23, inclu-
sive, have been mailed. New classes will at once
attract attention, for the oldest and premier club in
American dogdom has started several innovations in
bench show classifications. The aggregate of the
money prizes to be given by the Westminster Kennel
Club is about $15,000. Special prizes, which include
plate as well as cash, will aggregate as much more.
The Board of Governors has been increased by the
election of Henry Payne Whitney to succeed the late
Hermanus B. Duryea. One of the new special classes
is for the best team of four pointers. English set-
ters, or Irish setters, shown by members of the Point-
er Club of America, English Setter Club of America
or the Irish Setter Club of America. The prize is the
Hermanus B. Duryea Memorial Cup, the gift of his
widow, which becomes the property of the club show-
ing the winning team.
Twenty-seven of the members offer cups to be
won outright, the list including the president's cup,
given by R. H. Williams, for the best team entered
in the regular classes, and the vice-president's cup,
given by Francis R. Hitchcock, for the best brace
under the same conditions. The Westminster Kennel
Club offers $150 for the best pack of American fox
hounds, and $100 for the best pack of beagles. They
will be judged on Friday, February 23, which will be
known as Hound Day, and members and masters of
hunt clubs will wear the club uniforms to celebrate
the occasion. All the classes for foxhounds will be
judged on that morning, which is another innovation
and will specialize the interest on the day for fox-
hounds and increase the interest of the riders to
hounds.
The new classification, which has the approval of
the American Kennel Club, begins as usual with the
classes for puppies, novices, junior, limit, open and
American bred, with separate classes for each sex.
Then follow the innovations, details of which are
given in full:
Graduate Classes. — For dogs that have not won a
first prize of the value of $10 or over in the regular
classes under A. K. C. rules; wins in puppy, novice,
maiden, bred by exhibitor and selling classes ex-
cepted.
Maiden Classes. — For dogs that have not won a
prize in any class at any show under A. K. C. rules.
Debutante Classes. — For dogs that have never been
exhibited at any show prior to the closing of entries
at this show.
Selling Classes. — For dogs which are entered to
be sold at a price not exceeding the limit named.
* * *
"Scotty" Allan, three times winner of the Alaskan
sweepstakes with a team of dogs, has established a
new record for making the round trip from Nome
to Valdez in little more than ten days by means of
an "aero sled." By dog teams the trip usually is
made in about eighty days.
Allan took the dogs to France for use in the battle
front in the Vosges Mountains, and on his way back
to Nome he purchased an engine and propeller, which
he installed on a sled. After several trials he under-
took the Nome-Valdez journey, about eleven hundred
miles, in the face of much scepticism. He started
from Nome and seventy-two hours later he arrived
in Valdez, and returning reached Nome on November
11th. His machine is described as a combination
hydroplane, aeroplane and sled, with gasoline as the
motive power.
* * *
Over at Somerville, N. J., some years ago a terrific
thunder storm broke, and there was a family in which
there was an Airedale terrier and a little child about
three years old. The child was playing out in the
kitchen, which adjoined a bedroom, and when the
first fierce clap of thunder came the dog rushed out,
seized the child by the clothes and dragged him in
under the bed. The mother came looking for her
offspring, and when she tried to get him out the
terrier snarled at her and would not let her budge
the baby. The mother, thinking the dog had suddenly
gone mad because of the excitement caused by the
storm, decided to shoot her pet. She went to a
bureau drawer and obtained a revolver, but she
was afraid to shoot fearing she would miss and kill
her baby. Just as she drew back a bolt of lightning
struck the kitchen where the child had been playing,
and in a moment it was a mass of flames. After the
crack the Airedale came out, wagged his tail and
allowed the mother to release the baby. This may
sound like a fish story, but it is vouched for by a
very reputable fancier, who says he would be willing
to make affidavit t othe facts.
The annual meeting of the United States Field
Trials club was held with President Stephenson in
the chair. The present officers were re-elected and
a motion was passed to lease more ground which is
contiguous to the old preserve . Not that there is
insufficient land to run the trials satisfactorily, but
the opportunity was at hand to secure this ground
and the club had no idea of allowing it to slip away.
The next annual trials will be held the first week In
January, 1918.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 20, 1917.
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Stock Breeders' Page
PURE BRED SIRES ON THE FARM.
By R. L. HILL, Columbia, Mo.
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The California Breeders- Sales and Pedigree Com-
pany held an auction sale of nineteen registered Hol-
stein bulls at Gonzales, Monterey county, on Satur-
day, January 6th, that attracted a large attendance
of dairymen who reside in that section. There was
not a poor bull in the lot, and while prices were not
as large as might have been made in other localities,
the California Breeders Sales and Pedigree Company
officials are well satisfied, as the sale of every bull
contributed to the improvement of the dairy stock
in that section of the State. The nineteen bulls sold
for a total of $3,875, an average of $204. The top
price of the sale was made by the nine-months-old
calf Manteca Tilly Alcartra, from the Henderson Co.
herd of Sacramento county, which was sold to Pura
Bros, for an even $500.
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Thirty thousand cows of Northern California are
controlled by the newly-formed Northern California
Milk Producers' Association. Thirteen counties are
represented in the organization which was formed for
the purpose of securing protective measures looking
to the advancement of the dairying business, which
is one of the most rapidly growing of the Northern
California industries. The dairymen believe that
they can through organization, have some power in
fixing the price of the product to the consumer.
* * ♦
An appropriation of $250,000 will be asked of the
Legislature for the University Farm at Davis. A
committee appointed by the Sacramento Valley De-
velopment Association has been appointed to work
for the same and this committee is composed of Sen-
ator Rush, Marshall Diggs, Morris Brooks, J. W.
Kearth, Judge P. J. Shields and Assemblyman Louis
Tarke.
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A Holstein cow owned by Oliver Capbna of Elma
Center, New York, recently broke the world's rec-
ord for butter fat production, producing in seven
days 722 pounds of milk out of which 40.544 pounds
of butter fat was received. This is equal to a little
over 60 pounds of commercial butter.
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At the meeting of the Missouri State Board of
Agriculture recently, J. Kelly Wright and Samuel
Jordan were re-elected to the position of institute
lecturers for a period of three years at salaries of
$3,000 a year. This is the first time that the insti-
tute lecturers were elected for a certain term of
years and the sterling worth of the two men re-
elected was recognized by the board, who voted unan-
imously for their retention. The report of the sec-
retary of tie board, Jewell Meys, sets forth just
what has been accomplished by the board and what
progress has been made to improve agricultural con-
ditions of the ^state. According to Mr. Mayes' report
the year 1916 was one of the most successful years
of the board.
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Nolan Huddleston, an extensive buyer and shipper
of horses and mules in Callaway county. Mo., shipped
a load of horses and mules to Wynne, Ark., last week.
These were purchased in North Callaway and South-
ern Audrain counties at good prices.
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At the annual meeting of the Standard Poland
China Record Association, held at the head office of
the association in Maryville, Mo., Jan 3, Walter W.
Head of St. Joseph, Mo.; O. E. Wade of Rising City,
Neb., and S. McKelvie of Fairfield, Neb., were elected
directors for a term of three years, succeeding H. C.
Lookabaugh of Watonga, Okla. ; W. A. Baker of But-
ler, Mo.; and S. McKelvie, whose terms expired.
John B. Lawson of' Clarinda, la., was elected presi-
dent of the association, vice H. B. Walter of Effing-
ham, Kan., whose term had expired. C. D. Bellows
of Maryville was elected to succeed himself as treas-
urer. F. L. Garrett, formerly assistant secretary, was
elected secretary, succeeding Ray Davis, whose term
of office expired. The office of assistant secretary
was abolished, and the- salary of the secretary was
fixed at 31,800 a year, i
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Demand for war horses at the National Stock
Yards market, St. Louis, continues brisk. Daily in-
spections are being made by the French, Italian and
Belgian representatives; while the British represen-
tatives are holding inspections Monday and Tuesday
tif each week. During the first week of the year, the
French government bought 262 head of horses and
468 head of mules, the Italian government bought
206 head of horses and 77 head of mules, while the
Belgian government bought 80 head of horses. The
war horse demand, combined with the brisk South-
ern demand, had made the market the best in its
history.
Alex Keith, of Sturgeon, Mo., left this week for
Havana, Cuba, where he has a stable of race horses
for .he meeting that now is in progress there.
Irvin I.Iaddox, of McCredie, Mo., recently sold 26
hend of mules for $227.50 around. J. Ed. Moore, rep-
resenting the Maxwell-Crouch Company, National
Slock Yards, being the buyer. Mr. Maddox also sold
another load on the National market at $200 around,
and has yet one load on feed.
[Written for the Breeder and Sportsman.]
Country buyers, commission men and shippers tell
me they have noticed more good cattle, hogs and
sheep going to market the last twelve months than
ever before in their recollections, and when asked
the reason for this most of these men were unani-
mous in the opinion that
it was the result of the
educational campaigns
conducted by agricultural
colleges and experiment
stations, the agricultural
press and the breeding as-
sociations.
For years from various
sources pressure has been
brought to bear on the
thinking breeders and
feeders to remind them
that it pays to use pure-
bred sires of any kind, that
there is always an in-
creased price to accom-
pany well bred stock, and
R. L. HILL t^t t^e demand is always
better for the better grades of any kind of live stock.
While there are no separate classifications for pure-
bred or for high-grade stock on the market, there
is a cash value difference.
The . market toppers are the easy-feeding, quick-
maturing kind, uniform in size and conformation,
and usually well-bred, or at least the get of a pure-
bred sire.
I mention the above to impress upon those who
are not using pure-bred sires to give the matter con-
sideration this coming year. The winter months
furnish an excellent opportunity to plan for another
twelve months, and in that planning, get the avail-
able literature bearing on the subjects of pure-bred
sires for raising market stock and study carefully
the figures and facts there given. Begin the new
year as it should be started, with a balancing of
books so far as possible, and with a little retrospec-
tion, not for the purpose of finding errors to mourn
over, but for the sake of drawing lessons from past
experience for future guidance. Consider well the
.class of stock handled in the past, and what could
have been done in the way of improvement with the
small outlay of expense attached to a pure-bred sire.
There is a man in every community who has a
reputation as a good feeder — not only of cattle, but
of hogs as well, and he usually tops the market with
the stuff he feeds. Sometimes this man breeds the
animals he feeds, and in other cases he buys them.
This man is making money and is looked upon as a
have everything on the place pure-bred, but it is im-
portant to have very high grades, because it has been
conclusively shown that high grades will make a
profit when common stock will not. When common
stock will make a profit, plenty of good blood will
make a better one.
There has been remarkable improvement in the
stock that is being fed for market. Many farmers
have for years been improving their herds and flocks.
There is a vast number of men who won't use any-
thing else but a pure-bred sire, and a good one. These
men introduce new blood into their herds from time
to time, and by that means seek to grade up. These
men know the kind of a sire they want to mate, with
their females, having studied the matter. When
these men find out the profitable kind they know
what they want, hunt up the man who has that kind
to sell and then they buy him — not buying something
else just as good but a good deal cheaper, but the
kind they want and need, and they don't dicker too
much about the price. It is necessary to buy a new
male often enough to avoid in-breeding and conse-
quent weakness and lack of vigor, and to buy a male
of the same breeding as the females, and keep the
herd improving. Once a good sire is secured, it is
good business to keep him as long as he can be used
without in-breeding. A good, tried sire, one that can
be depended upon, should be kept in the herd as long
as possible. It is not necessary to spend a whole
lot of money to improve a grade herd. Males can be
purchased very reasonably. Most breeders are will-
ing to sell males so that they can make a profit on
the individual and still let the buyer get a profitable
investment.
Don't make the mistake of going into any pure-
bred business on an extensive scale right on the
jump. There are a large number of men who are
constantly on the lookout for easy ways to make a
living, and a good many of them who read so much
bunk about how the old sow or the old cow makes
men fortunes turn to the live stock business, and in
most cases do themselves and the breed they handle
an injustice. The vague impression which seems to
prevail among those who know little about it, that
the sow or the cow does all the work and the owner
doesn't have much of anything to do but gather in
the dollars, is unwarranted. To an industrious, en-
terprising man, content to begin in a small way, we
believe the pure-bred business affords as good oppor-
tunities for making money in proportion to the cap-
ital invested as any other in sight, but it is after all
a question of man and management, and the pure-
bred business is especially one in which one must
creep before he attempts to walk. He must learn to
be faithful over a few things before he trusts him-
self with the control of many. Given enough capital,
the right kind of animals, enough feed and a good
feeder, it is not difficult to produce good animals and
mature them to good individuals, but there is another
end to the pure-bred business ,and that is the selling
R. Ij. Hill's Herd Boar, Winner of Duroc-Jersey Championship Missouri State Fair 1913
good farmer and feeder. Somehow or other, his
neighbors say, he can put more pounds of meat on
his fattening stock with less grain than they can,
and they wonder at this. They also say that he can
get his stuff ready for market quicker than anybody
they ever saw, and they cannot account for this.
This good feeder himself tells you the reason in
a few words. He won't feed anything but well-bred
stock, the easy-feeding kind, the kind that put on a
gain with Ihe least amount of grain, the kind that
mature rapidly and get ready for the market in the
shortest possible time. If this feeder buys on the
market .you will find him giving instructions to his
commission man to buy for him nothing but the best
to feed, and if he buys his feeders locally, he buys
stock from the neighbors who are using" pure-bred
boars or bulls on pure-bred or high-grade sows or
cows. He has found that it is unprofitable to try to
feed common stock of any kind and expect to make
money. But his neighbors can't realize it. This is
not due to ignorance, but just to lack of study and
thought.
There are just too many farmers who don't care
what kind of a boar serves their sow, or what kind
of a bull serves their cow, just so the animal gets
settled. It is not necessary, for market purposes, to
end. Many men can produce, but they can't sell.
But to discuss the pure-bred business would take
many books. I started out to say that it is essential
to use pure-bred sires on the farms of the corn belt,
or anywhere else. A farmer should not be content
with just getting a living from his farm, he should
be making money on it, and if he expects to make
money on the live-stock he feeds he must have good
stock, and one of the quickest ways to get the good
kind is to use a pure-bred sire on the grade female
stuff which he now owns. In your plans for 1917,
set aside a sufficient amount of time and money and
invest in a pure-bred sire for the kind of stock you
are intending to breed and feed.
o
At a sale of big drafters held in New York last
week prices for individual horses ranged from $165
to $385, and for teams from $460 to $850. Trucks
and harness also brought good prices, some of the
trucks making $350 and the harness selling as high
as $115 per set. The outfits were consigned by a
trucking firm going out of business.
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Atlanta, Georgia, which had its first harness race
meeting last fall, reports a total attendance of 166,000
for the six days, an average of 27,600^ for each day.
Saturday, January 20, 1917]
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[Saturday, January 20, 1917;
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BEAUTIFUL BELVEDERE
LOTS FOR SALE
CORINTHIAN ISLAND Subdivision to Belvedere is the
most beautiful spot on the shores of San Francisco Bay
for a suburban home. It commands an extensive view of
the City of San Francisco, Alcatraz and Angel Islands,
Raccoon Straits, San Francisco Bay, Richardson's Bay,
the Berkeley shore, beautiful Belvedere and Mt. Tamal-
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the white sails of its numerous fleet add to the charming scene,
as the trim yachts glide about the cove. Excellent fishing of all
kinds for bay fish, including salmon, the gamey striped bass,
rock fish and the toothsome silver smelt, is to be had in the cove.
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Saturday, January 20, 1917]
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The Treatment of the Colt's
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Feet Before Shoeing.
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P. O. DRAWER 447, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
THE BREEDER AND SPO RTSMAN
[Saturday, January 27, 1917
Pleasanton Driving Park
PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA
offers for service for the season of 1917 the following stallions:
THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4
Fastest trotting stallion ever offered for service in California
and fifth fastest entire trotter in the world
Son of St. Valiant Vincent 2:11% (by St. Vincent 2:13% out of the triple
producer Grace Lee 2:29*4 bv Electioneer 125); dam Amy Smith by Emperor
Wilkes 2:20?i, sire of Princess Eulalia (4) 2:09%, etc.; grandam by Hamble-
tonian 539. ,, , , -
The Anvil is regarded by Edward P. Geers as one of the very greatest trot-
ters- that he has ever raced. For five years the pair of Tennesseeans went to
the races together and in that time were but twice unplaced, while winining a
total of fifteen races, including the historic M. and M.
As an individual he is most pleasing, not too large or coarse in any way but
smoothly and compactly made and "all horse" in every line. He is a perfect
headed, pure gaited trotter, with the very best of disposition, and is destined
to become a very great sire of trotting speed. His opportunities in the stud
have been very slight as he has been retired from racing only since the close
of 1914. He was selected to head the stud at Pleasanton Driving Park not only
on account of his great qualities as a race trotter, but because one of his first
foals, Anvilite (2) 2:22*i, with a trial of ten seconds or more faster, was in
every way the greatest colt trotter ever handled by C. L. DeRyder. The services
of The Anvil are recommended to you without reserve.
Fee for THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4, $50 with usual privilege
Vernon McKinney 2:01 1-2
Fastest member of the great family of McKinney 2:11J4
Sire of VERNA McKlNNEY (2) 2:13 (his first foal raced), fastest two-
year-old pacing filly of 1915, three-year-old record, 1916, 2:09^;
VERNON DIABLO, mat. rec. half mile track 2:14^, and DR. DYER
(3) trial 2:12|4.
Son of Guy McKinney 37625 (by McKinney 2:11*4 out of Flossie Drais by Guy
Wilkes 2:15}£); dam Maud Vernon by Mount Vernon 2:15^4, sire of the dams of
Leata J. 2:03, etc.; grandam Mag by General McClellan, sire of the dams of
Mack Mack 2:08, etc.
Vernon McKinney's racing career was not an extensive one but will long be
remembered for the excellence of his performances, as his winnings include a
Chamber of Commerce stake in time very near the record for that event at the
time, and he is the fastest of all the McKinneys.
He is a horse of rare Qualities in the way of individual excellence, almost
ideal in behavior and temperament in harness or out. Since his retirement he
has been a popular horse in the stud and our claim that he would prove a very
great sire of pacing speed has been fully substantiated, his first foal to be raced
being the season champion for the age and gait in 1915, a most excellent testi-
monial to his potency. He is a very sure breeder, his get are uniformly endowed
with natural speed and the physical and mental requirements of modern race
horses and find ready sale at most gratifying prices.
Fee for VERNON McKlNNEY 2:01 1-2, $50 with usual privilege.
The best of cara taken of mares in any manner owners may desire, but no
responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address for particulars
GEORGE F. RYAN, Superintendent,
PLEASANTON, CAL.
Thoroughbred sire M ARSE ABE
WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1917 AT
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK
Service Fee $50
Marse Abe carries the best
blood of America through his
sire lines. Yankee was a su-
perior race horse and sire. Han- CJ
over was the best horse of his RQ
day, and headed the list of win- <
ning sires for years. No refer- q
ence is necessary to Hindoo as ^
everyone knows what he was. gg
Halo, the dam of Marse Abe, <
is bred just right to cross with je
the sire blood in his pedigree;
a daughter of St. Blaise, son of
Hermit, the most fashionable
sire line in England, and backed
up on her dam's side by the
lines of long distance perform-
ers from which sprung Ten
Brock and other four-milers.
Address all communications
f Hanover-
Halo. .
to
(Hindoo li\irgU
) Florence
I Bourbon Belle.. j |{)°n^e Scotland
(Himyar j Alarm
i. J I Hira
(Mannie Gray...-(Enquirer
I Lizzie G.
(Hermit (Nawminster
..J (.Seclusion
(Fusee IMarsyas
I Vesuvienne
f Phaeton
' I Capitola
Alfonso..
aK (Kln*
f^Lerna {Asteroid
t Laura
GEO. F. RYAN,
Pleasanton, Cal.
=DILLCARA 57462=
Son o£ Sidney Dillon 23157 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list) and Guycara by Guy Wilkes
2S67 (sire of 3 in 2:10 list), -will make the season of 1917 at
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK, PLEASANTON, GAL.
SERVICE FEE $50 TO INSURE
Dillcara is a full brother to Harold Dillon 39610, the leading sire of New Zealand.
Last season the get of Harold Dillon won 41 races, totalling over ?25,000.
Address all communications to
GEO. F. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
Anse! M. Easlon
Blackhawk Stock Ranch
William Ward
IMPORTERS AND BREEDERS
of Prize Winning
SHIRE HORSES
Barns full of top notch two to five year old Stallions
IMPORTED AND HOME BRED
With freight, style, and quality, heavy clean bone and the best of breeding to recom"-
mend them. Show horses and prize winners. Great opportunity to secure a top-notch
™"!n' „ ,, .„„ BLACKHAWK STOCK RANCH,
Telephone Burllngame 131 Burlingame, Cal.
$10 Due on Two-Year-Olds;
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1st, 1917
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stake No. 15.— $5,150)
61VEN BY THE PACIFIC COAST TR0TTIN6 HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
FOR FOALS OF MARES BRED IN 1914
FOR FOALS OF 1915 TO TROT OR PACE AT TWO AND
THREE YEARS OLD
$2800 FOR TROTTING FOALS $250 TO OWNERS OF STALLIONS
$1800 FOR PACING FOALS $300 TO NOMINATORS OF DAMS OF WINNERS
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
$2100 for Three-Year-Old Trotters. $1200 for Three-Year-Old Pacers.
100 to the Nominator of the Dam on 100 to the Nominator of the Dam i
whose Original Entry Is named the
Winner of the Three-Year-Old Trot.
800 for Two-Year-old Trotters.
50 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry Is named
the Winner of the Two-Year-Old
Trot.
50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner
of Three-Year-Old Trot when mare
was bred.
whose Original Entry Is named the
Winner of the Three-Year-Old
Pace.
500 for Two-Year-Old Pacers.
50 to the Nominator of the Dam on
whose Original Entry Is named the
Winner of the Two-Year-Old Pace.
50 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner
of Three-Year-Old Pace when mare
was bred.
$150 In Special Prizes was paid to Stallion Owners In December, 1914
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 1, 1914. when
name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be riven; $5 March 1,
1915; $5 November 1. 1915; $10 on Yearlings, May 1, 1916; $10 on Two-Year-Olds
February 1, 1917; $10 on Three-Tear-Olds February 1, 1918.
STARTING PAYMENTS — $25 to start in the Two-Tear-Old Pace, $35 to start in the
Two-Tear-Old Trot; $35 to start in the Three-Tear-Old Pace; $50 to start in
the Three-Tear-Old Trot. All starting payments to be made ten days before
the first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place.
Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered
is a Trotter or Pacer.
Colts that start as Two-Year-Olds are not barred from starting again In the Three-
Year-Old divisions.
F. W. KELLEY, Secretary,
Post Office Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal.
P. HEALD,
President.
THE BEAUTIFUL SADDLE STALLION
Scottie Moore McDonald
By Champion Rex McDonald 833
MUST SELL
on account of my failing health
A tried sire, possessing the most desired blood lines, in
the prime of his life and is offered at a price that should
appeal to any one in the market for a stallion.
HE WILL PAY FOR HIMSELF THE FIRST TEAR
For prices and further information addresa
J. R. HODGE, Laddonia, Missouri
JOE CAREY
THOROUGHBRED STALLION
$50
Hayden
f Edwards..
( Prince Charlie
Blair Athol
Eastern Princess
Sire of
Brighouse
Orange Blossom
Custom House
Azurea
Mercurium
Deckhand
Buckshot
Bernice, and other
Good -winners.
■,- Bannockburn.-.-l
5
a.
SJ
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*■» I. Miss Marion..
f Himyar..
I imp. Astolat..
js«-Biaise te"
4*™ isssr
tm» |^fon
J**" {3W
( Bellicent i ?rem°rn£„
( Lynette by
Lord Lyon
Address all communications to:
GEO. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
BREED TO THE COAST'S CHAMPION CAMPAIGNER AND FUTURITY SIRE
Rec. 2:01 3-4.
Reg. No. 44977
Jim Logan
Sire of Hal Logan 2:09, Maxlne (3) 2:15, winner of
Breeders' Futurity, etc.
Son of CHARLES DERBY 2:20, brother to Klatawah
(3) 2:C5i/2, etc., and sire of TEN in 2:10.
Dam, EFFIE LOGAN, dam of Jim Logan 2:01%, Sir
Albert S. 2:0:1%, and Dan Logan 2:07%.
In the stud, season of 1917, at Woodland Race Track.
FEE: $50, usual return privilege, $75 to insure liv-
ing colt payable at time of service or before removal
of mares. Call at race track or address
J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal.
NEW EDITION OF JOHN SPLAN'S BOOK
"LIFE WITH THE TROTTER"
PRICE $3.00 POSTPAID
J ll-«M, BREEDER ml SPORTSMAN, P. O. Dntwu 44T, *u MulMb Otf.
Saturday, January 27, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast.
(Established 1882.)
Published every Saturday.
F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor.
THE CALIFORNIA CIRCUIT.
CALIFORNIA TO THE FRONT.
Several Towns Desire a Place That Were Not
Represented at the Conference.
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THE SEASON OF 1917 promises to be one of the
best ever enjoyed by the lovers of and participants in
harness racing. The Grand Circuit has been ar-
ranged and contains a greater number of meetings
than for many years, and the purses to be offered
are large and numerous enough to attract a larger
number of horses and owners than have been seen
in a long time. Here in California we are to have
a circuit that will attract horses from all over the
coast, as the circuit now being arranged will provide
at least fifteen meetings with three to seven-day pro-
grams and purses ranging from $400 to $1,000. We
expect to see the largest list of entries that have
been made for many years and these will assure a
large attendance and consequently profitable meet-
ings all along the line. The only question now both-
ering those who are engaged in organizing a circuit
on practical lines is to provide for all the places that
desire to come in. With all the places north of
Fresno arranged into a circuit that will start in
July it will not be difficult to make an amicable ad-
justment of dates for the fairs and race meetings to
be held in towns south of the raisin center. Mr.
Waddell, secretary of the newly organized Fair and
Racing Association, is meeting with such an enthu-
siastic reception in every town he has thus far vis-
ited that he is most optimistic over the organization
of a circuit that will be the best seen on the Pacific
Coast for years, and he is already in receipt of letters
from horse owners and exhibitors in the northwest
and elsewhere who are anxious to come to California
this summer and are only awaiting for the official
announcement of programs and dates to make their
decision. It will take Mr. Waddell a few weeks to
get the preliminaries arranged but a very early an-
nouncement of all particulars may be looked for.
We advise every owner who has a horse that is worth
exhibiting or racing to begin to get him ready as
there will be plenty of classes for all. - The new rule
which allows every trotter and pacer a second off
for every year that has passed since he failed to
equal or lower his record will bring out many a
contestant that has been considered outclassed here-
tofore. Mr. Waddell will visit San Jose, Hollister
and Salinas during the next few days, and then he
will go north to Dixon, Woodland, Marysville and
other places.
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THE SPRING SALE of the Chicago Horse Sales
Company, which is advertised in this issue of the
Breeder and Sportsman, offers a splendid chance for
California owners who want to sell, as Chicago is
the best horse market in the United States today.
Among those who have already consigned horses to
this sale are C. A. Spencer of Santa Rosa and Geo.
A. Lowery of San Francisco. This is an opportunity
for those who want to sell to take advantage of.
Owners should correspond with the Chicago Horse
Sales Company immediately so as to get the full
value of the extensive r-\vcirtising this company will
do for this sale.
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Mr. G. J. Giannini, president of the San Francisco-
California Driving Club, and one of the directors of
the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Associ-
ation, left for New York this week on business mat-
ters connected with the commission house of which
he is manager. It is not beyond a possibility that he
may see a trotter or pacer while on the trip that he
will add to his racing stable this year.
Since Joseph Waddell was elected Secretary of
the California Fair and Racing Association, he has
visited Pleasanton, Santa Rosa and Petaluma in the
interests of the proposed circuit and has received
letters from a number of persons residing in towns
that were not represented, but desire to be, when the
circuit is fully organized.
At Pleasanton it was learned that citizens there, in
conjunction with Mr. R. J. MacKenzie, owner of the
track, desired to open the circuit as early as July
4th, and that a day's racing for that date has already
been financed. Mr. Waddell showed them the advan-
tage of holding a meeting of four days beginning
Wednesday, July 4th, and the probability is that
such a program will be arranged.
On his visit to Santa Rosa in company with Presi-
dent L. L. Cannon of the association, they found that
the citizens of that city were ready to subscribe to
a financial guarantee against loss for a properly con-
ducted fair and race meeting and that August 15th
to 18th would suit them very well for dates, but they
were willing to shift a week forward or backward
to accommodate others.
Mr. Cannon and Mr. Waddell then visited Peta-
luma and met with a cordial reception from the
horsemen and others who would like to see that
town on the circuit.
There are five weeks between the proposed open-
ing at Pleasanton and the Santa Rosa fair, so Messrs.
Cannon and Waddell set to work to devise a plan
by which other towns could be brought into the cir-
cuit . From all that can be learned Eureka, Hum-
boldt county, and Ukiah, Mendocino county, would
like to join the circuit and their citizens are willing
to aid materially in a financial way if the regular
circuit horses can be brought there.
Salinas and Hollister will also do much to aid a
good race meeting and Mr. Waddell says he believes
a circuit of the towns that would join and give meet-
ings before the State Fair can be arranged as fol-
lows:
Pleasanton July 4- 7
Salinas July 11-14
Hollister July 18-21
Petaluma July 25-28
Eureka Aug. 1-4
Ukiah Aug. 8-11
Santa Rosa Aug. 15-18
Dixon Aug. 22-25
Woodland Aug. 29-Sept. 1
Marysville Sept. 41 7
State Fair, Sacramento Sept. 8-15
Such a circuit would provide ten weeks of racing
before the State Fair opened, and would give all the
towns that desire to hold fairs and race meetings
after that date opportunity to fall in line for a cir-
cuit of fall meetings. The Alameda, Stanislaus,
Kings and Kern county fairs might then agree on
dates that would be consecutive and give a Califor-
nia circuit that would start the first week in July
and end during the month of October.
Mr Waddell is energetically at work and proposes
to visit every town where there is a chance of hold-
ing a meeting and arranging them into a real and
convenient circuit.
[By Stockton Fountain, in The Farmers' Home
Journal, Louisville, Ky.j
Someone has said "all things come to those who
wait, but they get their share who go after them."
The year 1916 will go down in the annals of history
as one of truly great achievement for the State of
California.
The Golden Gate State has proved that the Far
West is really a factor in this great country of ours.
The great International Live Stock Show pro-
claimed the Hereford-Shorthorn yearling California
Favorite to be the Grand Champion steer. He sold
at auction for the record price of $1.75 a pound. Oats,
barley and bran constituted his ration chiefly. Cattle
men of the corn belt states readily admitted that the
impossible could happen and that in the beef world
California could play her cards as ably as she had
in the Presidential election.
California now steps forward, and commands the
services of Missouri's noted live stock authority —
"Jump" Cauthorn — past editor of the Missouri Stock-
man— now with The Breeder and Sportsman of San
Francisco, California.
"Jump," as he is familiarly known and admired by
thousands of friends, is a self-made saddle horse
journalist. He was born in the "saddle" and was
a real "rail bird" the first time he saw his father
lead out Rex Edmonston, Thornton's Star, and oth-
ers. His ambition was to render service to his maj-
esty— the saddle horse — rather than to take a college
degree.
As an exhibitor and owner of "The Intelligencer,"
"Jump" soon won a home with every exhibitor and
fair association of Missouri. He can write of the
saddle horse as no other could possibly do without
his experience — and his way is so original that you
are visiting with the horse alone.
"Jump" will be missed by scores of admirers. When
the "rail birds" assemble the coming year, there will
be a chair turned down for our old friend "Jump."
California, our loss is your gain. Missouri trusts
that you will appreciate the opportunity of having
"Jump" become a citizen of your State, that you will
afford him a field for greater development, and honor
and fame will come to your saddle horses and to
your hogs and cattle.
In conclusion, I am sure that I voice the sentiment
of all Missouri horsemen, in trusting that success
shall crown the efforts of our old friend "Jump" Cau-
thorn in the future as it has in the past. May you
continue to forge ahead, California, and prove to the
world that along with the scenery and climate, you
have beef cattle, horses, etc., and above all else,
men — men like "Jump," with courage and love for
work.
Glenn County to Hold Fair.
Orland (Glenn Co.), Jan 24.— The agricultural and
live stock fair of Glenn county is to be located at
Orland. It is incorporated for $10,000, already in
part paid up. Its first beginning was last fall, and
the present year will see one of the best and biggest
fairs ever held in Northern California.
James Mills, the largest farmer the Sacramento
valley has seen since the days of Dr. Hugh Glenn,
will be president. This alone assures its being car-
ried on on a scale that will assure it state-wide prom-
inence. Chris Myhre will be vice-president. H. M.
Kingwill will be treasurer. These officers have all
been duly elected and will form a corps of leaders,
efficient and enthusiastic.
A board of fifteen directors also has been elected,
as follows: President, James Mills, Hamilton City;
vice-president, Chris Myhre, Orland; secretary, E. A.
Kirk, Orland; treasurer, H. M. Kingwill, Orland.
A three day show will be held in Orland next fall.
Ample grounds will be provided, and ample exhibit
space. It is the intention of the officers and direc-
tors to make the exhibition county-wide in its scope,
and to cover every line of agricultural activity. The
movement has started with a vim, and is being car-
ried out with a broad conception of its possibilities
that assure its abundant success.
The Orland center of the farm bureau was the
father of the idea. The entire farm bureau of the
county took the matter up and furthered its advance.
The farming interests outside of the farm bureau
influence have joined in the movement.
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Al. Sanders, who gave some very successful one-
day harness race meetings at Philadelphia last year,
is the person who has succeeded in getting a place
on the Grand Circuit for that track. He raised a
$10,000 guarantee in a few hours.
To breed a "Khaki" Horse.
At the Havana Horse Show which will be held
next month a special cup is to be offered for a horse
suitable for cavalry that will be of a dun color. In
this connection Col. Spencer Borden of Fall River,
Mass., who gives the cup and who for several years
has been a breeder of Arabian horses ,and whose
book "What Horse For the Cavalry" is one of the
best on this subject ever written, writes as follows
to the New York Rider and Driver:
"I have for a number of years made a study of
horses for the cavalry service, and visited many
countries to see them. I am impressed with the idea
that the Cuban Colon Horse, dun in color (biccocho,
they are called in the Philippines, almost Amarillo),
with black legs, mane, and tail, many of them with
a black stripe on the back, would be an ideal founda-
tion for a cavalry horse, if bred to a good chestnut
colored Arab of pure blood.
"When the Hungarian Government started to de-
velop their wonderful breed of chestnut cavalry
horses that they call Gidrans, they selected 80 chest-
nut mares, bred them to chestnut Arab horses and
kept all the chestnut female offspring as foundation.
These have again been bred to chestnut Arab stal-
lions, till now the Chestnut Gidran is an established
breed, that breeds true.
"In these days all soldiers are being clad in khaki
colored uniforms. They would also like khaki col-
ored horses if they could get them; and to my mind
the Cubans have a chance to be the first to establish
such a breed. A gallant American cavalry officer
just back from the border, whom I met in Washing-
ton last week, told me that the men under his com-
mand always knew when a certain commander got
secret orders that he might be ordered over the bor-
der, for at that time he always gave his old white
horse a coat of brown paint. Why not breed them, so
they would not have to be painted!
"Therefore, I offer a cup for Colon mares, suitable
for breeding cavalry horses, shown at the Havana
horse show."
Stoughton A. Fletcher, of Indianapolis, Ind., has
added another high class brood mare for his stud
which Peter the Great 2:071/1 heads. This one is
Clara Cantrill, the dam of the sensational stake trot-
ter, St. Frisco 2: OS1/!, purchased a few days ago from
F. D. McConnell of Tulsa, Okla. Clara Cantrill is
a ten-year-old mare, sired by Clarence S. 2:19%, a
speed-siring son of Wilkes Boy 2:24%, and her dam
was Cantrill (dam of Miss Penrile 2:17%), by Nut-
wood 2:1834. second dam Miss Redmon 2:29%, a
producing daughter of Bourbon Wilkes, third dam
Becky Bird II., a producer, by Westwood, a son of
Blackwood 74.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 27, 191
Harness Horses and Horsemen
Berta Mac's Daughter, Bertha Maguire.
Worthington Parsons, formerly of Salinas but now
retired from farming and the breeding of horses, and
a resident of San Francisco, dropped into the Breeder
and Sportsman office one day this -week to sign a
transfer of some of the horses he had sold, and in
the couise of the usual horse talk remarked that he
visited the famous Curies Neck Farm of Mr. C. K.
G. Billings near Richmond, Virginia, last year and
there saw his old mare Berta Mac 2: OS by McKinney,
that he had bred and raced here on the coast and
raced to her record. With Henry Helman as her
trainer Berta Mac won $15,000 for Mr. Parsons and
she was then sold to Mr. Billings for $7000. Conse-
quently it was with a lot of pleasure that Mr. Par-
sons visited Berta Mac in Virginia ,and the fact that
Virginia is Mr. Parsons' native State did not detract
any from the renewal of Berta Mac's acquaintance.
She had a weanling at foot by The Harvester and
Parsons says the youngster was full of fire and so
wary that he could not get near him. This colt was
named Harvest Lord and brought $600 at the Old
Glory last November. After visiting Curies Neck
Mr. Parsons attended the great meeting at Lexing-
ton and there saw Berta Mac's first foal, Bertha Ma-
guire, start in the Kentucky Futurity for two-year-
old trotters, which was won by that wonderful filly
The Real Lady 2:04% in two heats in 2:07% and
2:07, with Mar}' Cobum second and Berta Mac's filly
third. Mr. Parsons says that Bertha Maguire looked
exactly as Berta Mac did at her age and trotted just
like her. The following week Bertha Maguire was
started in a two-year-old race, that went to three
heats and proved to be the fastest three heats ever
trotted by two-year-olds. It was won by Worthy
Volo, who took the first heat in 2:11%, after which
Harvest Gale won a heat in 2:07%, and Worthy Volo
captured the third heat and the race in 2:10%. Ber-
tha Maguire was third in every heat and was sepa-
rately timed in 2:08% in the second. Mr. Parsons
says that Townsend Ackerman, who trained and
drove Bertha Maguire in all her races last year, ex-
pects her to trot very close to 2:00 before she quits
racing as she is sound and all right in every way
and as game as any trotter he ever drove as well as
having a wonderful amount of endurance. She is by
The Harvester 2:01.
Death of Advertiser 2:1514.
Advertiser 2:15%, one of the very few remaining
sons of Electioneer, died recently at Springfield,
Ohio, aged 29 years. He was bred by the late Sen-
ator Leland Stanford at the famous Palo Alto Farm
and $125,000 was offered and refused for him during
the Senator's lifetime, the Senator absolutely refus-
ing to set a price on him. When Advertiser was six
years old his son Adbell, whose dam was the famous
Beautiful Bells, trotted to the world's yearling record
of 2:23, which record remained for 19 years. This
added to the fame of his young sire but in the years
following nothing like Adbell appeared at the farm
and when the farm's dispersal sales began after the
Senator's death Adbell was one of a consignment
that went to the eastern auction sales in 1899 and he
was knocked down to the bid of Gen. B. F. Tracy
for $2600, or about one hundred and twenty thousand
dollars less than could have been taken for him a few
years previous. He was a very handsome horse and
won the blue ribbon at the National Horse Show
when shown there. He was not a great success as a
sire of fast performers as but 25 trotters and 5 pacers
with standard records were sired by him, and none
of them are in the 2:10 list. His sons and daughters
are doing better, however. Adbell, that died at
nine years old, was the sire of three and the dams of
three in the 2:10 list. Eleven of Advertiser's sons
are producing sires, and 15 of his daughters have
produced standard speed. Advertiser was by Elec-
tioneer out of Lulu Wilkes by George Wilkes. It is
said that Arion 2:07% and Hummer 6112 are now
the only living sons of Electioneer, that great horse
that founded at Palo Alto Stock Farm one of the
greatest of all trotting families.
Keep Your Colts and Fillies in This Stake.
How about your two-year-old that is entered in
Pacific Breeders Futurity No. 15? This stake is
worth $5,150 and the two-year-old divisions are to be
trotted and paced this year. The amount given for
the two-year-old trot is $800, and for the two-vear-
old pace $500. The payment necessary to keep Vour
colt or filly in the stake is ?10, and it must be made
on or before next Thursday, February 1st. The two-
year-olds will make an interesting race this year as
they generally do, as they are all unknown quantities
until they get the word in a real race. There will
probably be several races for two-year-olds given on
the circuit this year, but the Pacific Breeders Futu-
rity will be the main race for the colts and fillies
of this age. Don't miss a chance of getting some of
this stake money by failing to make this payment.
Next Thursday is the date, February 1st. Also re-
member that this payment is necessary to keep your
colt eligible to the three-year-old divisions which are
to be trotted or paced next year.
Curies Neck Horses to be Dispersed.
Right on top of the announcement that C. K. G.
Billings had sold his New York residence, had offered
the famous Curies Neck Farm in Virginia for sale
and would move to California, came the news this
week that he would sell his entire trotting stud at
auction this spring, reserving only the two great
champions Uhlan 1:58 and Lou Dillon 1:58%. This
means the dispersal of one of the greatest collections
of brood mares in the country, together with the ex-
champion stallion trotter The Harvester 2:01. It is
stated that Mr. Billings expended over a million dol-
lars in buying and improving Curies Neck Farm,
which comprises 5,000 acres of land and is probably
one of the best appointed horse breeding farms in
the world. Among the brood mares on the farm are
Lou Dillon 1:58%, Berta Mac 2:08, Baroness Virginia
(3) 2:08%, Baroness Evelyn (3) 2:12%, Bernice R.
2:07%, Kingston Bell 2:10%, Louise Wilson 2:10%,
Zarrine 2:07%, Adioo Dillon (2) 2:24%, Nancy Royce
2:06%, Margaret Preston 2:10%, Santos Maid 2:08%,
Ethel Toddington (2) 2:13%, Lucille Marlow 2:09%,
Lucille Bingen (3) 2:08%, and many others. The
weanlings by The Harvester from the Curies Neck
Farm mares brought an average of over $700 at the
Old Glory sale last November, one of the largest
averages ever received for weanlings, so it is not
probable that Mr. Billings is selling out on account
of any depression in the prices of trotting bred stock.
Mr. Billings will make Santa Barbara bis home, and
has already shipped seven or eight trotters there to
use under the saddle, an exercise to which he is
greatly devoted.
Grand Circuit Dates For 1917.
The Grand Circuit for 1917 will open at Cleveland,
Ohio (North Randall track) on July 16th and close
at Atlanta, Georgia, October 20th. The circuit stew-
ards met at Atlanta this week, re-elected W. K. De-
vereux as president and allotted the following dates,
according to press dispatch. It will be noticed that
Philadelphia will be a member of the circuit this
vear:
Cleveland (North Randall) July 16-21
Detroit July 23-Aug. 4
Kalamazoo Aug. 6-11
Columbus Aug. 13-18
Cleveland Aug. 20-25
Philadelphia Aug. 27-Sept 1
Hartford Sept. 3-8
Syracuse Sept. 10-15
Columbus Sept. 17-29
Lexington Oct. 1-13
Atlanta Oct. 15-20
It will be noticed that Columbus and Cleveland will
each hold two meetings ,and that Lexington is given
its usual two weeks.
To Stallion Owners.
Other things l*eing equal, owners of good mares
prefer to breed them to stallions that are well ad-
vertised. The advertised stallion not only does more
business but gets a better class of mares and thereby
sires more winners and nigh-class colts that will add
to his fame and value. If you own a stallion that is
worth his keep as a stallion, printer's ink is as neces-
sary as any other item of his keep, in fact, it is the
one expense that will bring cash returns. Now is
the season to let the public know about your horse.
Owners of mares are choosing the horses to patron-
ize. Get your announcement in early when it will
produce the strongest impression. State terms for
service, give breeding and other particulars, or let us
know and we will fix u5 the copy for you.
An advertisement in the Breeder and Sportsman
for three months will cost according to space used;
for instance, you can put in an announcement the
size of that of the Blaekhawk Stock Ranch on page
two, for $5 a month. Also don't forget that the
Breeder and Sportsman issues a modern Stallion
Service Book, the price of which is $1, and tabulates
pedigrees and prints stallion posters and folders,
doing expert work at the lowest prices.
Bill to Provide Fifteen Agricultural Districts.
Senator Slater of Sonoma county, always a friend
of the live stock breeders and agriculturists of Cali-
fornia, has introduced in the California Senate a bill
dividing the State into fifteen agricultural districts
and giving the counties power to co-operate in hold-
ing district fairs. This is a bill that should pass,
for nothing has been more clearly demonstrated than
the fact that district or county fairs are a wonderful
aid in developing the resources of the sections in
which they are held. Any person who attended the
State or any of the county fairs held in California
last year could not help but notice the great interest
manifested in the displays of live stock, while the
sales of pure-bred cattle, sheep and hogs for breeding
purposes ran into thousands of dollars. Fifteen fairs
could be arranged in a circuit that would attract
entries from the leading live stock breeders of the
United States and prove of immense value to the
industry in California. There should be a concerted
movement among the farmers and live stock breeders
of this State toward inducing the Legislature to pass
and the Governor to sign Senator Slater's measure.
McKenzie Youngsters Shipped to Dick McMahon.
On Monday last four youngsters owned by Mr. R. J.
MacKenzie were shipped from Pleasanton Stock
Farm to Dick McMahon at Macon, Georgia. They
were the two-year-old colt Terry Patchen by Joe
Pathen 2d, dam Zombro Belle by Zombro, Carl Ver-
non by Vernon McKinney, dam by Carlokin, a filly b
Vernon McKinney, dam Merry Widow 2:03%, an.
another two-year-old by Vernon McKinney out of .
mare by Searchlight. All will be put in training b;
McMahon and all are fine prospects. George Rya:
had them led out for inspection by a number of vis 1
iting horsemen at Pleasanton last Saturday and al
pronounced them a fine quartette of youngstereji
Terry Patchen and Carl Vernon both took the ex I
perienced eye of C. A Durfee, who said he woul*
like to have .both of them in his own stable. Terr:! I
Patchen is one of the best developed two-year-old!) J
we have seen this year and has natural trotting speeclj
of a high order, having already stepped an eighth ii
16 seconds.
Experimenting with Starting Machines.
Down in New Zealand where they are trying te 1 1
handicap trotters and pacers by yards instead 01
seconds, a number of new devices are being tried ' i
The latest invention, according to the New Zealanc
Referee, is that of Mr. D. M. Robertson, of Christ I
church, and it is really an ingenious piece of work ' I
The object of the invention is to provide a reliable i
construction which will operate silently. Two post:
are provided, one on either side of the course aifl
each end of the points where the barriers are re
quired, and upon each of these posts is provided all
arm pivotted at one of its ends so as to be capable J
of swinging in a vertical plane parallel with the I
course. The barrier consists of a card which is at
tached to the ends of the arms and extending across
the course to a corresponding arm, the arrangement!
being that when the arms are down the barrier wilil
be closed and so retain the horses behind it, ancl
when the starter presses a lever all the barriers!
which are placed at intervals of 12 yards, will siniul
taneously be released. The idea is really after thel
style of the barrier now in use for the starting oil
gallopers, only instead of one barrier being used, as
many barriers as there are handicapped horses ma; I
be utilized, the whole number being linked up so that
when the lever is released all will fly up in a hori'j
zontal position, thus effecting the start. The bar II
riers can be readily altered to sut the various dis-n
tances of handicaps.
Promising Youngsters at Los Angeles.
Mr. Charles Ramsey, of Los Angeles, who is ar
enthusiastic lover of horses, has a very promising
bunch of youngsters at Exposition Park in that city
Among them is a handsome black gelding three years j|
old, by Six Bells, dam Kinneywood by Zolock 2:05%
that has been an eighth in 17% seconds on the pace!
Another nice one is a two-year-old filly by ZomrectH
2:03%, dam a full sister to the gelding just men
tioned. A three-year-old stallion by a full brother tc
Auto Zombro 2:02%, out of a mare by Zolock 2:05%l
can trot a 2:20 gait taken right off the road and looks!
like a high class trotter. Mr. Ramsey also has the!
mare Donna Lee 2:19% by Donnasham, dam Bay
Leaf by Telephone 2:16, that is in foal to Carlokin
2:07%, and that had two-minute speed when in train-
ing as a two-year-old. Another member of the string!
is a verj' handsome yearling by Carlokin out 01
Donna Lee that should make a trotter. Donna Lee J
and this yearling are owned by Mr. Ramsey's sonjl
George.
Trying to Close the Pool Rooms.
A bill has been introduced in the California Legis-
lature which has for its object the closing of the pool
rooms which infest nearly every town of any size in
the state. The bill makes it illegal for a newspaper I
to print any form chart or other news by which thel
bookmakers are enabled to make odds and the public I
to get information on which to back their "systems" \t
of betting. It will be a hard job to devise a bill which
will close the so-called pool rooms, and they probably; I
will continue to be open for business so long as there |
is anything on which people wish to make wagers. |
There was probably more business done by these 1 1
pool rooms on the result of the recent Presidential |
election than were wagered on horses during that 1 1
time. Of course every one knows that all pool rooms . 1
can be closed in any town where the police do their ||
duty, and we doubt if any law that will keep the jl
daily newspapers from printing the form charts, se-H
lections, and other news will ever be enforced in the I j
large cities.
The Hay Market.
Wholesale prices of hay in carload lots are quoted
as follows this week: Fancy wheat hay, light 5-wire|
bales $20 to $21; No. 1 wheat or wheat and oat $17
to $19; No. 2 wheat or wheat and oat $15 to $17;
choice tame oat $18 to $19; other tame oat $14 to
$16; wild oat $14 to $16; barley $14 to $16; alfalfa
$14 to $17; stock hay $13 to $14; No. 1 barley straw
70c to 90c. _
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Arlie Frost, the Monroe, Wis., trainer, has pur- 1
chased the fast pacing mare Colleen 2:05%, for one I
of his patrons. Colleen was in the stable of Henry I
Thomas, who raced the daughter of Charley D. |
2:06% for her former owner, E. L. Leach, of Cin-t
cinnati, the past season. This mare raced very con- 1
sistently over both the mile and half-mile tracks and
took her record in the first heat of the 2 : 07 pace at
Lexington. She worked in 2:04% very handily over
the Blue Grass track and ought to be a good mare
for Frost the coming season. She was bred in Cali-
fornia and is a daughter of the old mare Cricket 2:10,
who was the first pacing mare to pace that fast
Saturday, January 27, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
THOROUGHBREDS BETTER TODAY THAN EVER
Racing Authority Compiles Tables to Prove This
Assertion.
THE RACING COMMISSION BILL, which it has
Deen decided will not be introduced in the California
legislature this year, and which it has been stated
was endorsed by the Golden Gate Thoroughbred
Breeders' Association, never came before that organ-
ization for endorsement and had it so come it would
Have been materially altered in all probability before
. being submitted to the Legislature. A member of
ihe aforesaid association informed the writer this
, week that at a meeting of the association held before
the Legislature met, it was ordered that a bill pro-
I viding for a racing commission be drafted on the
plan of the Kentucky law. A firm of legal gentlemen
was instructed to prepare such a measure. When
this draft was finished, copies of it reached the press
and were published in the San Francisco Chronicle
and the Breeder and Sportsman. When the meeting
of the Golden Gate association was called to hear
the bill read and to pass on it before submitting it
i to the State's lawmakers, but five members showed
. up and the meeting adjourned with the understand-
. ing that it would not be good policy to have the bill
introduced at this session. Our informant stated that
: in his opinion the bill did not meet the approval of
I a majority of the Golden Gate's members and that
had it ever come before that body it would have
been materially amended before receiving their en-
dorsement. The section which fixed the length of
< meetings at 30 days with two meetings a year was
i objectionable, as many thought the Kentucky law,
I which put the allotment of dates entirely with a com-
i mission to be appointed by the Governor, much more
f preferable . No association is permitted to hold a
i meeting lasting 30 days in Kentucky. There were
[several other features of the bill which were objec-
tionable to the breeders of thoroughbreds and it was
I a mistake to say that it was endorsed by the Golden
Gate Thoroughbred Breeders' Association.
The thirty head of thoroughbred youngsters which
;Jf Geo. Ryan, superintendent of the Pleasanton Training
'•fl Track, recently purchased from Lawrence & Com-
c.*4 stock of the Oakwood Stock Ranch, Lincoln, Placer
i county, are now at Pleasanton and being broken to
' saddle. There has seldom been as nice a lot of young
thoroughbreds in one collection. The two-year-old
colt by Salvation out of Zorita, half sister to Emperor
: of Norfolk by Cerito 2d, is a grand looker and Ryan
i intends keeping him for a stallion. He is a chestnut
• with white hind ankles and strip in his face. The
: sire of Zorita is by imp. The Hook out of the famous
"•' Miss Ford by Enquirer, and every dam of this colt
^ back to the seventh is a producer of winners. Salva-
- tion is proving an excellent sire, no less than nine
: of his get being returned winners as two-year-olds
last year. Nearly all the youngsters in this string
-* are out of the dams of winners and as they are by
' Salvation, Rey Hindoo and Tim Payne they lack
nothing in breeding. It is Mr. Ryan's intention to
j race several of them this year. The colts and fillies
i were sent down from the Oakwood ranch in excel-
:i\ lent condition and all look big and strong and ready
a to commence galloping as soon as they are broke to
■) the saddle.
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A. J. Gorey, of Covington, Ky., this week sold his
' good stallion Transvaal to R. J. Walden, for $10,000.
Transvaal is a bay horse .twelve years old, son of
• Commando and imp. Royal Rose, by Royal Hampton.
■i He is the sire of thirty-eight winners which have won
in the neighborhood of 200 races and $100,000. King
C-orin, Blackie Daw, Little Bit, Resign and Balko are
' some of the best of his get. In speaking of the sale
Mr. Gorey said: "While $10,000 may seem to some
' people as a large price to pay for a horse I think it
is but about half what the horse is worth, as I pre-
• diet within the next year or two Transvaal will be
' the leading sire of North America, and the only ex-
cuse I can offer for selling him is he has become too
valuable an animal for a person in my circumstances
to retain. Mr. Walden, the purchaser, has a splendid
stock farm at Middleburg, Md„ stocked with a band
of brood mares, the blood lines of which have no
superior in America, and I feel sure what is Ken-
tucky's loss will be Maryland's gain in the transfer
of Transvaal."
A bill to legalize the totalizator or pari mutuel
machine is before the Australian parliament and will
probably become a law. Under the terms of the bill
10 per cent commission is to be taken out of the
amount wagered on every race of which the Austra-
lian government will take 7 per cent, allowing the
association but 3 per cent. The government expects
to realize about two million dollars per year from
this source.
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John E. Madden sold this week to Messrs. Pinker-
ton and Arnold of New York, Duke of Ormonde, bay
horse, 7, by Orsini out of Santa Bella by St. Serf;
and Lord Rock Vale, brown horse, 4, by Rock Sand
out of Lady Violet by The Ill-Used. These horses
will be used to sire hunters.
Walter S. Vosburgh, handicapper for The Jockey
Club tracks, and one of the authorities in America
on racing, has compiled some interesting statistics
and brought forth some interesting discussions dur-
ing the off season. Most recently Mr. Vosburgh has
turned his attention to records made and improved
upon from lime to time. His latest discussion is as
follows :
"When I began attending races, Legal Tender's
time, 1:44, was the fastest mile on record. I have
often thought it might prove somewhat interesting,
as demonstrating the improvement in the speed of
the racehorse, if a table were presented, showing
how the time for one mile and other distances, had
been gradually reduced during the years following
Legal Tender's race. Never having seen one in
print, and for want of a more perfect one, I present
my own. which I have kept for many years ,and beg
indulgence for any omissions in it:
REDUCTION OF THE RECORD— ONE MILE.
1:44 — Legal Tender, 3. 104 (third heat), Cincinnati,
June 23, 1865.
1:43% — Herzog, 3, Cincinnati, September 21, 1869.
1:4314 — Herzog, 3, Cincinnati, May 25, 1869.
1:43% — Judge Curtis, 5, 114, Saratoga, July 18, 1878.
1:43 — Fadladeen, 4, 104, Lexington, May 22, 1871.
1:43 — Sauna. 3. 87, Lexington, May 23, 1871.
1:42% —Alarm, 3, 90, Saratoga. July 17. 1872.
1:42% — Grey Planet, 5, 110 (against time), Saratoga,
1874.
1:41% — Searcher. 3. 90, Lexington. May 13, 1875.
1:41% —Kadi, 6, catch weight, Hartford. 1875.
1:41 — Warfield, aged, 87, Saratoga, July 26, 1882.
1:40% — Boardman, 4. 91, Sheepshead Bay, September
22, 1880.
1:40 — Stuyvesant, 3, 111, Sheepshead Bay, September
7, 1887.
1:39% — Ten Broeek, 5, 110 (against time), Louisville,
1S77.
1:39% —Racine. 3. 107. Chicago, June 28. 1890.
1:39% — La Tosca. 3. 105, Morris Park, October 10, 1891.
1:39% — Raveloe, 3, 107 (straightaway), Monmouth, July
31, 1890.
1:38% — Libertine, 3, 80, Chicago, 1894.
1:37 4-5 — Brigadier, 4, 112, Sheepshead Bay, June 22, 1901.
1:37 2-5 — Dick 'Welles. 3. 109, Harlem. Chicago, 1903.
1:37 2-5 — Kiamesha, 3. 104, Belmont Park, October 9, 1905.
1:37% — Kildeer, 4, 91 (straightaway), Monmouth, Aug-
ust 13, 1892.
1:36 4-5 — Sam Jackson. 7. 117, Aqueduct. July 31. 1915.
1:36% — Amalfi, 6, 107 (trotting track), Syracuse, Sep-
tember 3, 1914.
1:35% — Salvator, 4. 110 (against time, straightaway),
Monmouth, August 28, 1890.
"Legal Tender's 1:44 was made in the third heat
of a race of mile heats, and was the occasion of con-
siderable dispute. The horse was a son of imported
Sovereign ,and was bred by Col. W. S. Buford, who
happened to be one of the judges at the meeting.
Feeling that he was an interested party, Colonel
Buford withdrew in favor of Mr. B. G. Bruce, who
had a curious prejudice against the get of Sovereign.
"The late Dr. J. W. Weldon, who trained Legal
Tender, made a bet of $5 to $100 with a friend that
Legal Tender would beat the record (Mammona's
1:14%). He won it, as Legal Tender won the third
heat in 1:44. Colonel Buford walked over to the
timer's stand and remarked to the late Mr. R. A.
Alexander, who was one of the timers: 'Well, what
do you think of the Sovereigns now? Don't you
think 1:44 a little better than the Lexingtons?' Mr.
Alexander replied that it was remarkable, as the
heat was really run in 1 : 43. Buford exclaimed, 'Why
in hell didn't you report the heat as run?' Mr. Alex-
ander answered that it was 'fast enough,' and that
if the real time had been given a host of doubters
would rise up and dispute it. Thus it stood, but Mr.
John Smith, secretary of the Buckeye Jockey Club at
the time, said his watch made Legal Tender's heat
1:41%.
REDUCTION OF THE RECORD— SDC FURLONGS.
1:16 — Alarm, 4, 108, Saratoga, July 17. 1872.
1:15% — Chinaman, 3, 111, San Francisco, January 9,
1875.
1:14 — Barrett, 2. 110, Monmouth Park, August 14,
1880.
1:13 — Force, 5, 121. Louisville. September 24. 1883.
1:11 — El Rio Rey. 2. 126 (straight), Morris Park, Aug-
ust 31. 1889.
1:10% — Fides. 4, 116 (straight). Morris Park, May 31.
1890.
1:09% —Yemen. 3. 105% (straight). Morris Park. Octo-
ber 1. 1892.
1:09 3-5 — Iron Mask, 6, 115, Juarez, January 4, 1914.
1:08 — Artful, 2, 130 (straight), Morris Park, October
15, 1904.
REDUCTION OF THE RECORD— NINE FURLONGS.
1:56% — Fannie Ludlow, 4, 105, Saratoga, August 10, 1869.
1:56 — Fadladeen, aged. Ill, Saratoga, August 19. 1874.
1:54 — Bob Woolley, 3, 90. Lexington. September 6,
1875.
1:53 — Rosalie, 4 (catch weight), Brighton, August 13,
1881.
1:52% —Teuton, 4. 113. Chicago. June 28. 1890.
1:51% — Tristan, 0, 114, Morris Park, June 2. 1891.
1:51 — Eonnibert. 4. 120. Brighton. July 20. 1902.
1 :50 3-5 — Charles Edward. 3. 126. Brighton, July 16. 1907.
1:49 3-5— Roamer. 3. 124. Laurel, October 10. 1914.
REDUCTION OF RECORD— 1% MILES.
10 — Narragansett, 3. 90. Saratoga, August 4. 1869.
09% — Frogtown. 4, 104. Lexington, May 4, 1872.
08%— Grinstead. 4, 108, Saratoga, July 24. 1875.
08ii— Charlie Gorham. 3. 87. Lexington. May 18. 1877.
08 — Mendelssohn. 3, 95. Lexington. May 10. 1880.
07% — Getaway, 3, 100. Saratoga. August 4. 1881.
07% — Binette. 5. 101. Chicago. July 12. 1886.
07 — Dry Monopole, 4. 106. Gravesend, May 14. 1887.
06% — Kingston, S, 122, Gravesend. September 24, 1889.
05 —Salvator, 4. 122. Sheepshead Bay, June 25. 1890.
03% — Banquet, 3. 109 (straight). Monmouth, July 17,
1890.
02 4-5— Broomstick. 3, 104, Brighton. July 9. 1904.
02 — Roamer, 3, 114 (trotting track). Syracuse, Sep-
tember 5, 1914.
00 —Whisk Broom. 6, 139. Belmont Park, June 28,
1913.
"Whatever may be said of the value of time as a
test, it is certain that it is influenced greatly by
conditions. The state of the weather, the tempera-
ture, the condition of the ground, and the formation
of the track — not to speak of the manner in which
the race is run. Several of the records were made
over straightaway courses, which, particularly in
races over moderate distances, are greatly to the
advantage of fast time when compared to a circular
course. Over long courses, it is not so much so, as
a straightaway gives no change in the use of the
muscles, and a horse would tire much sooner. Some
of ihe races, Ten Broeck's and Salvator's miles, for
example, were not made in actual contests, but
"against time," they having the course to themselves
except for stable companions to help them regulate
their speed. Accordingly, Sam Jackson's mile made
in an actual race seems the most creditable perform-
ance.
"Taking all things into consideration, it would ap-
pear from the records that the horses of today are
faster than those of forty or fifty years ago. But
it is doubtful if they are so much faster as many
people believe. Assuredly, there is a great improve-
ment in the tracks which in those days were kept
deeper than in later years, when they have been kept
so hard as often to show the blue metallic mark of
the horses' footprints. Besides, in the old days the
tracks were often neglected until a short time before
a meeting.
"Little was done with them, while nowadays, some
of them are kept in condition for galloping during
the entire season. Naturally then a horse could
gallop faster over the tracks of today than over those
of forty years ago. So much, then, in favor of the
horses of the earlier period.
But on the other hand, if any one will compare the
results in the records given above, it will be noticed
that the early records generally were made by horses
carrying very light weights as compared with those
of today. For example, when Alarm in 1872 made
his mile in 1:42%, he carried only 90 pounds, while
Dick Welles, the same age (three years) in 1903
made his mile in 1:37 2-5 with 109 pounds.
When Legal Tender ran his mile in 1:44 in 1865,
he was five years old and carried only 104 pounds.
Herzog, Salina, Searcher and Warfield all carried
very light weights. And the same is true in respect
of other distances. Narragansett's record in 1869
of 2:10 at a mile and a quarter, was made with 90
pounds up, while Broomstick's 2:02 4-5 in 1904 was
made with 104 pounds. At nine furlongs Fannie
Ludlow, four years old, in 1869 made a record of
1:56% with 105 pounds, while Roamer, three years
old, in 1914 ran it in 1:49 3-5 with 124 pounds.
"It is the habit of old racing men to admit that,
while the horses of today may be speedier than those
of the 'sixties' and seventies,' it is for short distances
only; that they cannot carry their speed — they are
not so stout and cannot stay over a distance of
ground like the older generation. But the records of
time do not bear this out. When I began attending
races Kentucky's 4:01% was the 2*4 -mile record,
made at Saratoga in 1965, as a four-year-old, with
10-1 pounds . Ethelbert, the same age, with 124
pounds, covered the distance at Brighton Beach in
1900 in 3 : 19 1-5 — over twelve seconds difference and
with 20 pounds more weight. Again, take the record
for four miles: We have practically ceased to run
four mile races, therefore there is less opportunity
for comparison; but in 1874 Fellowcraft, four years
old, at Saratoga ran the distance in 7:19%, with 108
pounds up, while in 1912 Sotemia, a five-year-old
mare, ran it at Louisville in 7:10 4-5, with 119 pounds.
"Accordingly, the 'predonderance of evidence,' as
they say in the courts, is rather in favor of the horse
of today. Personally, I believe we have horses now
in training that could gallop four miles in close to
seven minutes. But they would need to be specially
trained to do it. The system of training today is
opposed to the system of training for four-mile races.
Horses are trained to break fast and run at a high
rate of speed from the start. Such horses would find
it difficult to maintain that rate of speed very far.
Indeed, the limit of extreme speed in a racehorse is
only about three furlongs — perhaps 600 yards is
nearer the mark.
"Some horses can carry a very high rate of speed
for a mile or nine furlongs, but to cover four miles
they would need to be trained to rate along, the heart
action regulated, and the muscular system developed
to sustain the prolonged effort. That would dimin-
ish their speed for the kind of races now in vogue;
hence trainers are naturally averse to distance races,
and rightfully so, as distance races are so few that
the game isn't worth the candle."
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All ten of the outside subscriptions to Headley &
Miller's popular sire Uncle have been subscribed for
1917. A. K. Macomber got four, R. J. MacKenzie
two. F. R. Hitchcock, S. L. Parsons, Otto Stlfel and
A. L. Rogers one each.
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Walter S. Heather, of Rugby, England, has made
eleven nominations in the Futurity for 1919 to be
run in New York. This is certainly an innovation
and may lead to English breeders being well repre-
sented in the leading American stakes.
O. A. Bianchi sold this week the chestnut mare
Irish Queen, by Bearcatcher. dam Maid of Fermoy.
by Trentola, by Trenton, and a half interest in the
yearling colt, by Jim Gaffney, out of Irish Queen, to
W. H. Luesing, for $1,800.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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The horse is given to man to use, but not to abuse.
Geo. E Stocking, o£ Rochelle, 111., last week pur-
chased a good pleasure-using gelding from Blades &
Holeman of Holliday, Mo., for 5275.
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Col. Paul Brown, the St. Louis horse lover, reports
the sale of his stallion, Foss McDonald, to George
M. Taylor, of Trenton, Tenn . Foss McDonald was
purchased by Col. Brown at the Greenvell dispersion,
sale at Lakenan, Mo., last fall, and was considered
one of the best bred stallions in Missouri.
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Jas Buford, of Paris, Mo., is working nine saddle
horses, among them the much-talked-of Katherine
Farmer, owned by W. W. Crosswhite, of Clark, Mo.,
that is said to be going at her work in the proper
manner, entirely settled and racking like a wild
horse. He recently received four new ones from
Jake Sikes, of Sikeston, Mo., for training.
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Jas. Houchin, of Jefferson City, Mo., owner of the
world famous saddle stallion Astral King, reports
the demand for the progeny of that celebrity greater
than he can supply. While there are many noted
matrons at the Astral King farm, and a large num-
ber of colts produced every season, Mr. Houchin has
been forced to buy the colts of others breeders and
this has brought the public service of this stallion
in great demand.
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In this issue J. R. Hodge, of Laddonia, Mo., offers
his magnificent stallion, Scottie Moore McDonald, for
immediate sale. Ill health prevents this well known
breeder giving this horse proper attention and the
sale must be made at once . This unfortunate condi-
tion will be the cause of some one getting a beautiful
saddle stallion, a proven sire and show horse, at a
very low figure. Scottie Moore is sired by Rex Mc-
Donald, and is one of the handsomest horses in exist-
ence with the blood of the old champion.
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There has been more fox hunting in Missouri this
year than in a decade, clubs being formed in every
section of the north-of-the-river country, and many
new recruits going in for the sport. Dell Holeman,
of Monroe county, has recently purchased a pack of
hounds and has organized a club in that section.
Fox hunting in Missouri is not a society stunt, it's a
regular whiz of a sport, and the foxes are regular,
"wild and woolly" and are scouted from their orig-
inal dens. The baying of the hounds has the same
effect on the old-timers as of a band playing Dixie.
It is understood that E. A. Trowbridge, of the Col-
lege of Agriculture, Columbia, Mo., has been invited
to serve as judge at the Cuban-American horse show
at Havana, next month. He has not definitely decid-
ed, however, whether he will accept or not. Mr.
Trowbridge is one of the best judges in the country
and bis conscientious work has made him a univer-
sal favorites with exhibitors. He has served in many
states and was the judge at the California State Fair
last year. His election is a splendid compliment of
the association to the Missouri College, as well as
to the saddle horse interest of that state.
Blades & Holeman, of Holliday, Mo., are repre-
sented at the Denver horse show, this week, with the
beautiful roan mare, Lady of the Decoration; the
junior stallion, Beauchamp; the three-gaited Cath-
erine Countiss, Theda Bara, and Dan Matthews.
They are also showing the senior stallion, Noble
Rex, In a letter to the Breeder and Sportsman, a
recent visitor to Holliday declares Blades & Hole-
man will be well up in every award at the show.
The Judy mare, referred to above as Lady of the
Decoration, will make her first real show for these
horsemen at Denver, under the name Adelaine Jeane,
and Holeman declares there never was "no such
hoss." This mare's show at the Missouri State Fair
last year was sensational. She was green, thin and
pulling, but nevertheless at the same time wonder-
ful. Beauchamp was the sensation of the saddle
horses at the International, and is fifty per cent bet-
ter now iian at that time. Mr. Holeman probably
will only show one of these in the $1,000 saddle
stake and will reserve the other for the other class.
The great demand for colts of champion Astral
King is a splendid recognition, on the part of horse
lovers, as to the popularity of that celebrated stal-
lion. Astral King is siring a magnificent lot of colts
which are selling as rapidly as they come on. The
prospects for a "full house" in the stud this year are
also bright for the champion.
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Lee Bros., of Mexico, Missouri's largest operators
in the buying of horses and mules, during the last
year averaged four carloads a week in shipments to
the National market. In addition the firm's sales of
high-class horses sold to Eastern users and dealers
increases the number appreciably and value very
materially. It is doubtful if there has been a con-
cern in the Middle West that has gotten more out
of the "war-horse" business than the Lee Bros. They
are keen business men, and upon this business open-
ing up their foresight and good judgment indicated
to them the great possibilities of the business and
they got busy and have continued busy. In this con-
nection the firm has paid to the farmers of Central
Missouri many thousands of dollars that would not
have been theirs had it not been for the enterprise
and resourcefulness of this popular firm. While the
bulk of the buying during the last year has been
done by Col. Will Lee, yet the junior member of the
firm, Ed L. Lee, has been a big factor in this end of
the business. George Lee has devoted the greater
part of his time to the selling end and has been
present at the inspections at which the representa-
tives of the foreign governments pass upon the qual-
ity and suitability for service of horses and mules
furnished them by his firm. In this connection and
as a testimonial of the good judgment used by the
buying end of the firm Lee Bros, have had "branded"
more horses and mules than any other firm of ship-
pers on the National market, with fewer "rejects"
in proportion to the number inspected.
JOHN T. HOOK, America's premier saddle horse
exhibitor. Mr. Hook is the manager of the saddle
horse department of Longview Farm, which is the
show place of Missouri and the leading saddle horse
nursery of America. The Longview stable, headed
by the magnificent stallion, My Major Dare, is being
exhibited by Mr. Hook at the Denver Horse Show
this week. Reports from Denver are to the effect
that this is most spectacular exhibition of show
horses ever given in the West and that the attend-
ance is the best in history, fully 10,000 persons
attending every performance.
Mrs. J. Quinn, one of the prominent patrons of the
San Francisco Riding Academy, has not missed a
day on her favorite mount in many weeks. Mrs.
Quinn is one of the most accomplished devotees of
this popular sport in the city.
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Langhome T a b b Anderson, of Point-au-View
Farms, Maysville, Ky., has purchased of Jump Cau-
tborn, of the Breeder and Sportsman, the undeveloped
saddle mare, Lillian Terry. Mr. Anderson has been
"dickering" for the mare for several weeks and when
Cauthorn came to California the Kentucky horseman
took advantage of the opportunity and purchased her.
While the price was an exceptionally good one for
a green mare, Mr. Anderson was well aware of the
possibilities in this sensational doing mare. She
is a full sister to The Intelligencer, one of the best
horses produced in Missouri in recent years and for
which an offer of $4,000 was refused. Like her illus-
trious brother she is a bay with stripe in face and
hind feet white, with excessive style and action.
Two of the most attractive horses in San Fra
Cisco are the chestnuts, Money and Tango, owne
and ridden daily by Mrs. Winfield Scott Davis,
charming saddle horse devotee.
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Mr. and Mrs. St. Clair Boyd, who are spending the
winter in the city, brought their favorite saddle
horses up from their ranch and are taking advantag
of San Francisco's splendid equitation paths and by-l
ways.
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A. J. Donzel, a well known San Franciscan, who is |
along in the sixties and rides a registered trotter I
every day, has not missed a day in the saddle fori
years and attributes his splendid health to this form
of recreation.
John T. Hook, manager of the Saddle Horse de-
partment of Longview Farm, Kansas City, Mo.,
writes the Breeder and Sportsman, from Denver,!
where he is showing the champion, My Major Dare,
Joan Sawyer, Prince of Melbourne and a new "King1
Bee" as he expressed it, called Silver Zizz, that they I
are having a fine show this week. The writer fully I
appreciates where the name Zizz comes from, as i
every horse lover in the Middle West and South
knows what that popular sportsman, D. Schilling, [
said when he mounted the sensational High Ball, at
the International several years ago. While the own-[
er, Miss Loula Long, declared at the close of the!
1916 International that My Major Dare would be re- 1
tired from the show ring, having won all honors pos-l)
sible for a saddle horse to win, she has, however, I
decided to make one more performance with him ail
Denver, where both owner and horse are so popular.]
Mr. Hook in his letter declares lie has the most sen-l
sational saddle horse he has brought out in many!
years in Silver Zizz, and expects to feature him in I
stake and championship classes the coming season. [
He was bought at Columbia, Mo., from Joe Howell, !
a well known horseman, who was using him as a I
farm horse, and when the writer first saw him hel
thought that was what Hook was going to do with I
him. The popular manager declared to the critics J
present .however, that he would make them all sit I
up and take notice before another year. He paid less I
than $200 for him and it is doubtful if he could be!
bought for $2,000 now. Deals of this kind are the]
cause of John Hook's being the highest salaried!
saddle horse man in the United States. Watch next!
week's Breeder and Sportsman for a full report of|
the Denver show.
Payments Due Feb.1 in $5,000 Saddle Horse Futurity. I
Owners of saddle horses eligible in the California!
State Fair saddle horse futurities are reminded of |
the payment due in stakes number one and two, \
February 1, 1917. Stake number one is for three-
year-olds, to be shown under saddle, and a payment j
of $25 is due and must be paid on every horse that
is to be kept eligible and to show. Stake number
two is for two-year-olds, to be shown to halter, and
a payment of $15 must be made if the entries are to
be shown in 1917 and kept eligible for the three-year-
old division of 1918.
Few stakes have ever been offered of such magni-
tude and with such liberal conditions for saddle
horses and this year's show will undoubtedly prove
of more interest than any saddle horse exhibitions
ever given in California. The three-year-olds have
been rivals since weanlings, and this will be a test
between the winners of former shows, where individ-
uality played such a prominent part and their ability
to perform five gaits correctly. Individuality, man-
ners and soundness to count as before. It will bring
about more than any one thing the qualities of the
sire and matrons of California, and the winners will
be worth double their present value. The breeders |
of saddle horses and horse lovers of California have
been watching these entries show since their wean-
ling form, and they are keen to see them compete
in a performance class. The three-year-old stake, or j
futurity number one, is for $1,200, and will be divided
between the three and five-gaited varieties; $800 |
going to the five-gaited entries and $500 to thethree-
gaited class. Every owner of colts in these futurities I
will make a serious mistake if they fail to make j
this payment. Should the two-year-olds not be in
condition and ready for this show, they should be
kept eligible for the final show in 1918, for after the
sensation the three-year-olds will make in futurity |
number one, there will be a demand for two-year- j
olds eligible for next year's show. Every owner who
expects to continue in the business and to encourage I
the breeding of saddle horses in California should
make these payments.
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James Hayes, on the W. M. Afflick place in Saling
Township, now has forty Ijead of mules to feed. He
recently purchased a pair of extra good cotton mules
from Walter Bryson.
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Robt. Ferris, of Laddona, recently sold twelve head
of medium classed mules to O. E. Underwood, of
Wellsville.
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For nine years the grey gelding, "Billy Milo," has
been pulling a mail wagon and a man that weighs
over 200 pounds. In that time Billy has been off
duty only four days, aside from legal holidays, trav-
eling a distance of 52,560 miles, equal to two times
around the world.
Saturday, January 27, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Notes and News
October 1st to 14th are the dates selected for the
Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders meeting in 1917.
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I E. J. Tranter now owns Zephyr 2:07%, the dam of
Virginia Barnette 2:07%.
W. H. Kinnan of Cleveland has been elected secre-
tary of the Grand Circuit.
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Seven thousand dollars will be given for harness
:i i racing at the meeting at Vancouver, B. C, August
21-25.
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Dick McMahon is back at Macon, Georgia, where
his horses will winter and get their early spring
training.
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Tenants of Madison Square Garden have been
notified to move by March 1st, and the Fasig-Tipton
Company will soon announce its new headquarters.
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Ed Geers, who will soon celebrate his 66th birth-
day, is reported to be in fine health this winter and
to have fully recovered from the effects of the two
smashups he suffered last summer.
Of the ten head of horses owned by Mr. I. L. Bor-
den that were at the Pleasanton track four head have
been turned over to Sutherland & Chadbourne and
the others sent back to the farm.
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The time allowance will permit many a trotter or
pacer that has not equaled his record for a few years
to get back into the game again in classes where
he belongs.
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There are several horses being worked at Red
Bluff and it is thought a good meeting could be
pulled off there this year if action were taken in
that direction.
Sutherland & Chadbourne are only jogging the
horses in their stable at Pleasanton these days, but
they are as busy as bees as their stalls back of the
Rose Hotel are about all full.
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John H. Wilson, of Springfield, Ohio, who owned
Nutwood Wilkes 2 : 16 %, writes to renew his subscrip-
tion to the Breeder and Sportsman and states that
they were enjoying good sleighing in Ohio last week.
♦ ♦ ♦
W. H. Smollinger, for several years prominent in
the affairs of the Great Western Circuit, has sold his
Iron Mountain Stock Farm, Iron Mountain, Mo., and
will dispose of all his trotting stock except Angiola
2:06, and her son, St. Roch, by Bingen 2:06%.
♦ ♦ ♦
William Frye, an aged horseman who has worked
'i at Pleasanton for several years past, suffered a para-
l i lytic stroke one day last week and is now at the
' Alameda county hospital. Owing to his age, his con-
dition is serious.
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C. E. Berry, who trained Mr. I. L. Borden's horses
last year, has left that gentleman's employ and de-
sires to engage as trainer of trotters and pacers. Mr.
Berry has been a successful trainer in the east and
can furnish the very best of references.
Jos. Twohig was at Pleasanton last Sunday, arrang-
ing to send a couple of mares to George Ryan to be
bred to The Anvil and Vernon McKinney. Mr.
Twohig is engaged in farming at Mission San Jose,
but he may find time this summer to take a horse
or two through the California circuit.
♦ ♦ ♦
The many friends of Mr. W. P. McNair of Phoenix,
Arizona, who has acted as starter for the harness
races on the California Circuit on several occasions,
will regret to learn of the death of his estimable
wife, which occurred at Phoenix on Saturday, Jan-
uary 13th. The cause of death was heart disease.
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The latest report concerning the future of Madi-
son Square Garden, New York, is that that part of
the property containing the arena, where horse
shows and sales have been held, will be preserved,
but that on the Madison and Fourth Avenue front-
ages will in all probability be erected modern busi-
ness buildings.
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Several changes will be made in the next Ken-
tucky Futurity, soon to be announced. The money
set aside as prizes to the original nominators of the
dams of winners has been increased from $800 to
$3000, of which $2000 goes to the three-year-old divis-
ion and $1000 to the two-year-old. Prizes are to go
to nominators of dams of the first, second, third,
fourth, fifth and sixth horses in each race. The pac-
ing division of the stake is entirely eliminated. It
has also been decided that the prize money will go
entirely to the original nominators and none to those
who get substitutes. In the case of any of the latter
winning, the prize money will revert to the associa-
tion.
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Harry Boyle, of Livermore, intends breeding a
number of his big mares to a fine jack this year. He
received the jack from Stockton last week and the
horse and mule experts of Livermore who were pres-
ent to look him over when he was taken off the cars
predict that there will be some extra fine mules
sired by this jack.
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Tests recently made with the object of ascertain-
ing the quantity of water drunk by horses went to
show that medium-sized animals, engaged in farm
work, consumed on an average from five to six gal-
lons per day, and in hot weather, or under severe
work, from eight to ten gallons. On dry rations of
grain and hay they will naturally require more water
than if soft, succulent foods of any kind are included
to any extent in the rations.
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The Bureau of Estimates of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture estimates that on January
1st, 1917, there were 21,126,000 horses on farms and
ranges in this country, having an average value of
$102.94 per head and a total value of $2,174,629,000.
This is a slight decrease in the total number of
horses over last year and a slight increase in value,
as they averaged $101.60 last year. There were
nearly five million mules in the United States Jan-
uary 1st, with an average value of $118.32 per head.
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A. R. Miller, of Vancouver, B. C, the man who
formerly owned Bon Voyage 2:08 and Bonaday
2:lli,i, has purchased the bay stallion Hal Scott
2:19% by Hal B. 2:04%, dam Maud Hunter by Cap-
tain Hunter, grandam by Geneva. Hal Scott made
his record in 1911 and under the allowance made by
the new rules will get a second off his record for
every year since, which will make him eligible to
the 2:26 classes. He is a sound and fast pacer, a
good looking stallion and resembles his famous sire.
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Hemet, Riverside county, desires to hold a race
meeting during September this year. The half mile
track at the famous Hemet Stock Farm is one of
the best on this coast and has all the appointments
for a first class race meeting. The plan as announced
in the Hemet News is to give a two days meeting
during the second week in September, with two
harness and one running race each day. Purse, $400
for the harness events and $100 for the running
races. The meeting would be just prior to the one
at Riverside.
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At Pleasanton Bert Webster is getting five head
ready to attend speed school this spring. He has a
couple owned by Thomas Coulter of Sacramento,
bo*h out of that fast mare Queen Derby 2:06%, one
a four-year-old sired by The Bondsman and the other
a two-year-old by Joe Patchen 2d. Others in the
string are a gelding by Cole Pointer out of a mare
by a son of Piedmont, another is a yearling by Ra-
pallo out of a mare by Washington McKinney, and
Rodney Patchen by Joe Patchen 2d, dam Miss Harris
by Sidney Dillon.
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Last year the American Trotting Register Associ-
ation had a rule that records made prior to and dur-
ing the week of which July 4th was a part were not
winrace records. and therefore no bars. There seems
to be an impression among horsemen that the new
rules for 1917 vacate the conditions of the old rule.
This is not the case. While no such conditions will
be made this year the records made in races held
during the week of July 4th or prior thereto in 1916
will not keep them out of races in 1917 to which they
are otherwise eligible.
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Another of the old-time Califronia horsemen has
crossed the great divide. Suel Harris, a native of
Maine, who came to California when quite a young
man and engaged in farming and live stock raising
in Sutter county, died at his home near Yuba City on
Thursday of last week, aged eighty years. Six sons
and daughters and seven grandchildren mourn his
loss . His wife died about fourteen years ago. Mr.
Harris was a man of high character, an enterprising
farmer, and at one time greatly interested in the
breeding of trotters.
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That the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' As-
sociation should abolish the pacing division of the
Kentucky Futurity after more than fifteen years' trial
is no surprise to the trotting horse fraternity in
general. So few pacers were started in these futu-
rities as to make interest in them almost nil, is the
reason for this action. The reason for the scarcity
of pacing colts is hard to understand. There are as
many pacers in the class races as trotters, but so
few three-year-old wigglers have been raced in the
futurities that these events have been little more
than jokes.
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Sam Norris, of Santa Rosa, reached home last
week with a car load of Arabian horses — two stal-
lions and seven mares — which were purchased re-
cently at Hingham, Massachusetts. They were
shipped from Hingham by express and were only
about six days on the road. These horses were pur-
chased by a wealthy Japanese gentleman who is es-
tablishing-a breeding farm in Korea for the purpose
of raising horses suitable for the Japanese army.
Quite a number of thoroughbred mares have already
been purchased and shipped to Korea.
Horsemen will sympathize with George A Bain,
the widely known live stock auctioneer who criesT
the Old Glory and other big sales, in the loss of his.
mother, who died suddenly last week at Lexington,
Ky. Mrs. Bain was seventy-six years old, and is
survived by her husband, George W. Bain, and his
two sons, George A. and John W.
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Frank Loomis is handling a very elegant three-,
year-old chestnut colt by Prince Ansel, dam Princess-
Bessum, dam of Prince Del Monte 2:22%, second
dam Carrie Malone, dam of Ray o' Light 2:08% and
several others by Steinway, third dam Katie G., dam
of Klatawah (3) 2:05%. etc. by Electioneer. This
colt is owned by W. C. Brown, a Vancouver, B. C,
barrister. Mr. Loomis is wintering several head of
race horses at Vancouver, B. C.
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Two important deals were put through at Lexing-
ton week before last. James Snell sold to the Pas-
time stable for a snug sum the promising youngster
Han-est Song by The Harvester. This youngster
was one of the juvenile sensations at the Lexington
track last summer. The other sale was made by
John Splan to Roy Miller, and was of the four-year-
old Miss Gaiety that took a breeder's record of 2:20
as a three-year-old last year. She is by Peter the
Great.
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Richard W. Russell, a pioneer of California and
for many years engaged in the stage and livery busi-
ness at San Andreas, Calaveras county, died at Stock-
ton this week, aged 86 years. Arriving in California
from New York by way of Cape Horn in September,
1849, Mr. Russell engaged in mining in the Mother
Lode country. In 1852 he settled at San Andreas as
a miner and sluiced out gold with three partners in
the gulch that runs through the town today. Each
man usually cleaned up about $30 per day. In 1854,
with a few head of horses and two open buggies, he
went into the livery business. Later he owned some
of the finest livery horses to be found in the moun-
tains . In the '70's Mr. Russell went into the stage
business with a line running to Mokelumne hill. Later
he operated a line from San Andreas to Milton. He
had lived in Stockton for many years.
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Mr. C. A. Durfee hitched up his new Dodge ma-
chine last Saturday morning and invited Secretary
Jos. Waddell of the California Fair and Racing As-
sociation, Mr. Nick Sweeney of Oakland, and the
editor of the Breeder and Sportsman for a ride to
Pleasanton. This is to certify that "Pop" is a care-
ful driver, never exceeds the speed limit, and is as
good a chauffeur as we ever rode with. Only once
on the entire trip was there an incident that caused
any worry . The engine stopped near Dublin and as
anyone by the name of Durfee is certain to be well
known in a town of that name, our chauffeur sat
still and waited for someone to come along that was
an expert with gas engines. A handsome young
man driving a big car soon hove in sight and the
question was put up to him. He raised the lid,
looked at the engine and said there was nothing the
matter. He thought perhaps Durfee had shut the
gas off and forgotten to turn it on again. So the
electric button was pushed and the engine turned
over and worked as smooth as butter. Apologizing
to the young man for delaying him, and thanking him
for his advice, "Pop" started up and brought his
guests safely into port. He insisted, however, that
the engine stopped of its own accord and that in
his opinion either the magneto crossfired or the car-
buretor was hitting its knees. He said the car acted
the same way once before but that time he started
it by putting a few gallons of gasoline in the tank.
Thanks to Mr. Durfee we all had a fine ride and
Geo. Ryan, superintendent of the Pleasanton track,
treated us to the finest dinner we ever sat down to
on a race track.
Horse Famine After the War.
That the next ten years will see the greatest de-
mand for horses the world has ever known is the
opinion of Wayne Dinsmore, secretary of the Per-
cheron Society of America. His belief is based on
the unprecedented destruction of horses in the great
war in Europe, which some authorities estimate as
high as 10,000,000. This country alone has lost one
million horses and mules since the outbreak of hos-
tilities. France, England, Germany and Austria as
well as all the other countries in Europe, must have
been stripped of available animals for military pur-
poses. Russia alone has a supply sufficient to meet
her own needs.
When the war is over and the men under arms re-
turn to agriculture and industry every country in
Europe will be short of horses unless the market
experts are much mistaken. They expect to see
hundreds of thousands exported from the United
States after peace is restored. Breeders who have
ceased to raise horses in expectation that motor
vehicles are going to supplant them in nearly all
lines of work will soon see the mistake they have
made, Mr. Dinsmore declares. "It takes time to
make headway in the horse business," he says. "Five
years are required to grow a horse of marketable
age. At best one should not expect more than two
foals from three mares, on an average, per year.
Moreover, not more than sixteen per cent of our
farmers are raising any colts. Two or three years
hence the others are going to wake up only to learn
that a great opportunity has passed."
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 27, 191
CALIFORNIA DOGS GOING EAST.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
Miss Anita Baldwin and Martin I. Smith to Show
at Westminster.
No Arms for Aliens. — A bill is to be introduced by
the Fish and Game Commission prohibiting the car-
rying of firearms by aliens. This measure is the
most far-reaching and most important of any that
the Commission is contemplating.
A meeting of the committee on game and fish reg-
ulation last week disclosed that many of the mem-
bers were in favor of such a law. Carl Westerfeld,
executive officer of the commission, is of the opinion
that the bill will be carried.
Following the enactment of a similar statute in
Pennsylvania, the Italian Minister contested the law
on the ground that it was unconstitutional. A year
ago the United States Supreme Court held that such
a law was constitutional. Since that time other
states have enacted the same measure.
Eighty per cent of the violations of fish and game
laws are made by aliens, according to Assistant Ex-
ecutive Officer Hunter, who also points out that in
the past few years alien hunters have killed or
wounded at least six state deputies.
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Angling Club Elections. — Annual elections in the
two leading anglers' clubs of San Francisco have tak-
en place recently. The California Anglers' Associa-
tion has elected practically the same set of execu-
tives who held office last year. They are: Floyd
Spence, president; Charles Bredenstein, vice-presi-
dent; George Wentworth, secretary; H. Cohn, treas-
urer; and W. Ogle, Charles Gibbs and Joseph String-
er, directors.
William von Dohlen now heads the San Francisco
Bass Club, for two years presided over by A. W.
Thornton. E. F. Davis is the new vice-president,
while James S. Turner and Charles H. Kewell were
re-eleeted secretary and treasurer respectively.
The Bass Club announces that it is prepared to
line up behind the Fish and Game Commission and
support any reasonable measure intended for the
proiection of fish. However, the sentiment of the
club ,as voiced by Thornton, is against any radical
measure .which would have little or no chance of
success at Sacramento.
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Hogs Eat Fish. — That hogs are fattening them-
selves on bass, shad and salmon — the fish that the
State Fish and Game Commission each year spends
thousands to protect and batch — and that millions of
these fish die each year in the irrigating ditches of
Sacramento valley, are some of the pertinent facts
disclosed in a communication from H. G. French of
Jacinto ranch, in Glenn county.
Hatch charges that the Fish and Game Commission
is derelict in its duties in not stopping the tremen-
dous loss of valuable fish, which are sucked up by
the powerful pumps which draw water for irrigation
from the valley rivers. He says:
"All that come within reach of the suction of the
large pumps are doomed, not to immediate death,
but to an eventual death in the canals, which have
no outlet to any stream, and are allowed to run dry
each winter, when irrigating ceases and the pumps
are shut down.
Striped bass exceeding a pound in weight have
been sucked through even the small 24-inch pumps,
and bass up to 10 pounds in weight frequently come
through them.
"To see the hogs wading through these shallow
pools, that are nearly solid with fish, feasting on
three-inch bass, perch and all varieties of fish that
spawn in the Sacramento river, is enough to make
a sportsman's heart bleed. These canals destroy
more fish than all the fishermen on the upper Sacra-
mento.
"Since, according to the highest authority, more
than 80 per cent of all salmon hatched in the natural
way fail to reach maturity, whereas over 90 per cent
of those released by hatcheries do, would it not be
better to propagate more salmon and protect them
while on their journey to the sea, rather than to
curb a rapidly growing industry and add to the cost
af salmon to the consumer by putting further restric-
tions on the fishermen?"
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Indoor Rifle Match. — Philadelphia, Jan. 20. — Dr.
W. G. Hudson of Wilmington, Del., won the national
indoor 22-calibre rifle championship here tonight, de-
feating Arthur Hubalek of Brooklyn, the title holder,
by a single point. Dr. Hudson scored a total of
2,468 points.
Alfred P. Rains of New York, world's champion
pistol shot, won the 25-shot pistol championship of
the United States with a score of 236 points. Cap-
tain W. H. Richard of New Haven, of the United
Stales army, won the 20-shot prone rifle match with
the score of 199 points and the 10-shot prone match
with a score of 300.
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Tough on Rabbits. — Beware, you hunters who
chase the naughty bunny! Beware, rabbits are
"wors'n" we thought. "Meadowlark" Stuckenbruck,
the blacksmith Senator from Lodi, has introduced an
amendment to section 637^ of the penal code, which
maligns and injures the character of our native jack-
rabbits.
Not content with calling the long-eared jumpers
"predatory" animals, he puts them in the family
Feladae, the cougars, bobcats and other wicked var-
mints. Perhaps the Senator has found a new spe-
cies in the wilds of the San Joaquin valley, a curious
animal with cats' claws and a long tail, which bristles
when dogs approach.
Many limes we have been startled when a huge,
mule-eared bunny jumped right out of the brush in
front of our gun, but never did we feel the need of
a low-branched tree.
With the rabbits of the ferocious family Felidae
at large, it's trees for us.
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Big Game Farm. — G. W. Bene, a Yisalia resident,
is preparing to start a wild animal farm, and he
proposes to procure the nucleus for his farm from
Golden Gate park in San Francisco. Register H. P.
Andrews of the Sacramento land office has received
a modest request from Bene that he be sold three
deer and two buffalo from the Golden Gate park
herd
Bene's letter follows: "Dear Sir: I was informed
by a friend about deer. There are some deer at
Golden Gate Park and I would like two does, one
buck and two buffalo heifer calves.
"I would like to get a start of them. If you can
grant me a favor to get them, I wish that you would
be so kind enough to help me, so I can get a start.
Write soon."
Andrews is a bit fearful that the city of San Fran-
cisco will not allow him to sell a^part of its wild
animal herd, so he has referred Bene's letter to the
San Francisco park commissioners.
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Bill for Preserve. — Santa Barbara. — State Senator
R. Thompson proposes to make a strong effort to
secure two wild-game preserves for this section. One,
it is explained by the Senator, he expects to have
located near Lompoc and the other in Ventura
county, both on the National Forest Reserve.
"The slaughter of deer is bringing this game close
to extinction," said Senator Thompson last week,
"and we are facing a really serious problem. Either
we must close the deer season for at least three
years or establish game refuges where wild game
will always be immune from the huntsman.
"I favor two preserves as the most feasible solu-
tion. We have the forest reserve officials with us in
this plan. By wise conservation we will be able to
add materially to the wild life of the county and in-
crease the reputation of Santa Barbara and Ventura
counties as a hunter's paradise."
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Forest Rangers Visit Park. — A hundred Forest offi-
cers from the National Forests in California, dele-
gates to the Forest Ranger Convention held in
Berkeley from January 3 to 12, visited Golden Gate
Park Sunday afternoon, guests of Superintendent
John McLaren. The object of the trip was primarily
to afford the Forest Rangers a lesson in the inten-
sive development of the recreation features of Gol-
den Gate Park and the methods of handling the
traffic problems in this popular playground.
The trip was made in three "rubber-neck" coaches
provided by the Park Commission. Visits were made
to the California Academy of Science, Stow Lake,
and the Beach. On their return to Berkeley in the
evening, the Rangers, whose work is so largely the
recreational development of the National Forests
and the handling of mountain travelers and campers,
were given a fireplace talk by William E. Colby,
Secretary of the Sierra Club.
The morning session included an address by Su-
pervisor Bigelow, Nevada City, on "Service to Recre-
ationists," a paper by Supervisor Kotok of Placer-
ville, California, on "Improvement Work,',' with par-
ticular reference to National Forest roads and trails,
and a paper by L. A. Barrett of the District Fores-
ter's office, on the application of modern efficiency
methods to the recreation development of the Na-
tional Forests.
It is believed by many expert hunters in California
that the growing of so many thousands of acres of
rice in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys is
having a peculiar effect on some of the wild ducks.
Many thousands of birds have been killed, it is said,
so devoid of flesh as to be little more than skin and
bone . Close examination of the birds shows that the
gizzard of each is in an unhealthy condition, the craw
without sand or grit and the passage from the craw
to the gizzard so attenuated as to apparently prevent
the passage of food. There is a theory that the birds
feed greedily on rice without sand or grit to help
grind the food and thus fail to secure the mixture
that is needful to proper nourishment.
There will be a good representative entry of
fornia dogs at Westminster show this year. Anoak
Kennels are showing six dogs of each of their thre
principal breeds. Airedales, Bulldogs and Russia
Wolfhounds, says H. M. Robertson in the Kenne
Review. The dogs go through from the Coast
a special train under charge of Chris Shuttlewort]
It is unlikely that they will take in any of the othe:
Eastern fixtures but they have not definitely decided. I
The probability is that they will leave immediately!
after the New York show and take in pasadena show, |
the middle of March, if all is well.
Mrs. Baldwin's dogs are in great shape meantin
and ought to do well. It takes a lot of ambition
enterprise to enter eighteen dogs and travel then
three thousand miles, and no matter what honor
they gain they will be well deserved.
Martin I. Smith, Jr., is sending through a corkin
good Wire puppy under charge of Billy Coats
Vancouver, who judged him at Long Beach. Thii
puppy should make a good showing in any sort
fast company. He was bred by Mr. Smith at De
Rev Kennels, near Venice, and called Del Rey Wy
collar Boy, after his illustrious dad. He is out oil
Venus of Paignton, imported from Stephen Plump- 1
ton last year. This bitch whelped a marvelous litter
and is being bred back to Wycollar Boy next time in. I
I have no word of any other Airedales that are to I
brave the journey except those of the Anoakia Ken- 1
nels. but if these are taken as representative of Cal-
ifornia Airedales, and this Wire puppy as an exam- 1
pie of the home-bred stuff, it will look like another I
boost for the Golden State. From Lamonda Park
there will sojourn a lonesome Whippet bitch, Ross- \
moyne Dancing Girl.
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The regular quarterly meeting of the Pacific Coast I
Collie Club was he'd at 1275 Stanyan street, Saul
Francisco, on the evening of October 6th, with the
president, Thomas J. Murray, in the chair. After a
the calling of the roll, the minutes of the previous f
meeting and the treasurer's report were read and ;
approved.
The resolution regarding the reinstatement of the I
Valverde dogs, and the letter which the secretary I
was instructed to prepare, was then discussed at l
length, and the following letter and resolution sub- ('
milted:
"American Kennel Club, New York, N. Y. — Gen-
tlemen : At a recent meeting of the Pacific Coast j
Collie Club, held in this city, the following resolution |
was presented and unanimously carried, with in-
structions that the same be presented to your body: I
" Resolved, That we petition the American Kennel |
Club for reinstatement of dogs purchased from or
bred from the Valverde Kennels of California.
"In presenting this resolution and asking your con-
sideration of the same, we wish to make clear our
position in the matter, and the reasons which impel
us to make such a request. We have no desire that
the painful and unpleasant memories of the past be
revived; no one who truly loves a Collie can but re-
gret that the master mind which directed operations
at Valverde has been lost to us. There still remains,
however, a splendid kennel, with the blood and breed-
ing so much needed in Colliedom.
"The risk in importing dogs in these days is, as
you know, a great one. Even the long journey across
our own continent has seriously to be considered.
But greater than any financial risk or loss, is the
tragedy to the Collie lovers here on the coast, that
right at our doors the greatest Collies of all time are
unavailable by purchase or for breeding purposes.
The immortal Anfield Model and his progeny still
live at Valverde. May we not perpetuate them?
"This resolution was presented, considered and
carried with but one thought of better Collies, and
saving to the world this royal blood and breeding.
We most earnestly beg that you, as the parent body
of the dog fancy, will consider it in the same spirit.
"Respectfully submitted,
"CALIFORNIA COAST COLLIE CLUB."
Signed: Thomas J. Murray, president; Mary R.
Rand, vice-president; Charles Cleveland, director;
Watler Duncan, director; E. C. Rand, director; Mrs.
Walter Duncan, secretary.
The secretary was also instructed to send a copy
of this letter to all Collie clubs in the United States
and Canada ,and as far as possible to every known
breeder of show stock.
06
S. F. Fly-Casting Club. — San Francisco fly casters
are planning a big spring tournament at Stow lake
on February 22. The contests will mark the first ac-
tivities of the sport for the new year.
Interest in this sport is increasing, partly due to
the move of the San Francisco organization to bring
about a coast-wide association. The plan originated
with Paul W. Shattuek and has met the approval of
the secretaries of other coast clubs.
A "ladies' night," an annual affair with the local
club, will provide opportunity for the presentation of
the trophies which are to he awarded to winners in
the spring tourney . The date of this dinner is not
settled, tut probably will be on the evening of Feb-
ruary 22.
Saturday, January 27, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION AVERAGES.
;oast Shooters Rank High For the Season of 1916.
Breeder and Sportsman: — Following herewith is
:he official Interstate Association list of trapshooting
averages of Amateurs and Professionals who quali-
fied in 1916, with names of contestants, total number
Df targets shot at in Registered Tournaments, total
number of targets scored, and percentages.
The averages for single targets for both Amateurs
and Professionals are based on a minimum of 2,000
targets, as per The Interstate Association ruling to
that effect.
The averages for double targets are computed on
The Interstate Association Tournaments only, and
they are based on taking part in two tournaments as
a minimum, as per The Interstate Association ruling
to that effect.
THE INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION,
E. REED SHANER,
Pittsburgh, Pa. Secretary.
The leading twenty shots of the country with the
official averages of the shooters on the Pacific Slope
are as follows:
Shot. Bke. %
Harlow, Fred, Newark, Ohio
Arie, M., Thomasboro, Ills
Henderson, W., Lexington, Ky
King, R. A., Delta, Colo
A. B„ Dover, Del
Cincinnati, Ohio
H. J.. Phoenix, N. Y . . .
Remington, Ind
I., Jr., Los Angeles, Cal.
l., Custer Park, Ills
Richardson,
Bonser, H.,
Pendergast,
Peck, C. H
Pfirrmann,
Craper, F.
la.
Pa.
2010
2400
2650
2000
3435
2000
2250
2460
2100
4250
5660
2345
2410
5155
4260
4415
3300
3150
2000
2720
2890
2820
2250
6580
5980
3080
4290
2070
2080
3500
2440
2090
2190
3105
2500
2620
2340
2350
2640
1964
2337
2572
1936
3316
1020
2168
2364
2017
4074
5414
2243
2305
4928
4070
4218
3147
3003
1906
2592
2751
2682
2126
6206
5606
2870
3980
1906
1899
3167
2188
1866
1945
2735
2150
2251
2003
1998
2147
2058
4573
5367
4988
3565
2100
4700
5545
5160
3690
6535 6310
2200 2124
Jahn, John R., Davenport
Skutt, A. C, Morton, N. Y
Shuck, C. R., Kempton, Ind . . .
Newcomb, C. H., Philadelphia,
Wright, F. 3., Buffalo, N. Y
Plum, Fred, Atlantic City, N. J
Livingston, J. R., Springville, Ala...
Spotts, R. L., New Y'ork, N. Y
Melius, F. H., Los Angeles, Cal
Huckins, L. C, Chicago, Ills
Troeh, F. M., Vancouver, Wash
Cocke, A V., Wellington, Tex
Varner, E. W., Adams, Nebr
Ford, O. N., San Jose, Cal
Dodds, J. F., San Diego, Cal
O'Brien, P. H., Portland, Ore
Koyen, Albert, Fremont, Neb
De Mund, H. P., Phoenix, Ariz
Nash, C. H., San Jose, Cal
Howard, N. A., Piedmont, Cal
Niddaugh, H. J., Fremont, Neb
Seavey, J. W., Portland, Ore
Siddall, M., Salem, Ore
Mullen, W. E., Ray ,Ariz
Martin, Dr. J. L., Fresno, Cal
Rossbach, V. A., Los Angeles, Cal
Cline ,H. W., Los Angeles, Cal
O'Connor, C. A., Spokane, Wash
Strowger, A. W., Portland, Ore
Professionals.
Clark, Homer, Alton, Ills
German, L. S., Aberdeen, Md
Crosby, W. R., O'Fallon, Ills
Spencer, C. G., St. Louis, Mo
Young, Chas. A., Springfield, Ohio...
Killam, Art, St. Louis, Mo
Mitchell, Ed. L., Los Angeles Cal
Razee, Rush, Curtis, Neb
Taylor, J. R., Newark, Ohio
Gibbs, H. D., Union City, Tenn
Reed, R. C, San Francisco, Cal
Barre, J. W., Louisiana, Mo
Graham, E. S., Ingleside, Ills
Hawkins, J. M., Baltimore, Md
Kirkwood, H. C, La Grange, Ills
Reid, L. H., Seattle, Wash
Poston, H. E., San Francisco, Cal
Holohan, G. E., Los Angeles, Cal
Hawxburst, L. S., Oakland, Cal
Riehl, Frank C, Tacoma, Wash
Holohan, P. J., Portland, Ore
Morgan, E. J., Salt Lake City, Utah..
Carter, Geo. L., Lincoln, Neb
Cook, J. A., Oakland, Cal
Morris, E. B., Portland, Ore
Bowman, Wm. M., Denver, Col
Hoyt, Harry A., Los Angeles, Cal
Stanton, L. A., Denver, Col
Simmons, E. E., Minneapolis, Minn...
Haight, C. A., San Francisco, Cal
Double Targets — Amateurs
Troeh, F. M., Vancouver, Wash
Noel, J. H., Nashville, Tenn
Dering, Guy V., Columbus, Wis
Henderson, W., Lexington, Ky
Jones, W. H., Macon, Ga
Larsen. L. C, Greeley, Neb.
Tappan, C. C, Hoagland, Neb
Double Targets — Professionals
Spencer, C. G., St. Louis, Mo 60 54.9000
Clancy, R. W., Chicago, Ills 60 50 .8333
Crosby, W. R., O'Fallon, His 60 49.8166
Marshall, T. A., Chicago, Ills 60 49.8166
Dickey, O. R„ Boston, Mass 90 72.8000
00
Du Pont 18-Yard Shoot. — Trapshooters throughout
the United States will no doubt be interested in some
2190
4250
3050
2260
2960
2500
7580
2580
2740
5020
3260
3380
2690
3640
4325
3250
2160
2040
3490
2320
2395
4535
2870
2114
4101
2942
2177
2840
2406
7294
2482
2605
4751
3070
3170
2510
3373
3993
3000
1950
1814
3091
2040
2079
3871
2410
120
105
60
50
130
105
130
104
130
101
60
41
130
83
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.9737
.9705
.9680
.9653
.9645
.9635
.9609
.9604
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.9564
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9533
9530
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9519
9510
9440
9431
9374
9318
9277
9207
9129
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.8967
.8928
.8881
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.8600
.8591
.8559
.8502
.8132
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.9729
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.9666
.9661
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6384
information relative to the Du Pont 18-yard mark
Championship Trophy since the last Accumulation
Purse of $200 was shot for at the Westy Hogan
Westy Hogan Tournament in Atlantic City, N. J.,
during the month of September, 1914. The winner
of the trophy at that shoot was William Foord of
Wilmington, Del., with the remarkable score of 97x
100. The historic cup was again placed in competi-
tion at the Westy Hogan shoot in September, 1915,
when it was won by Allen Heil of Allentown, Pa.
Mr. Heil duplicated Mr. Foord's excellent score in
winning this trophy.
With the consent of the Interstate Association the
cup was next placed in competition during the month
of July, 1916 at Philadelphia, Pa., on Practice Day
of the Eastern Handicap. The late A. B. Richardson
of Dover, Del., led the field with 97x100. It is inter-
esting to note that the winner of the last three com-
petitions was compelled to break 97 in order to cap-
ture this attractive trophy.
The cup was shot for last at Atlantic City in Sep-
tember, 1916, during the annual tournament of the
Westy Hogans. Seventy shooters entered the con-
test which was finally won by Geo. N. Fish of Lyn-
donville, N. Y. Mr. Fish broke 96x100. beating out
E. L. Bartlett of Baltimore, Md., by two targets.
These shoots have naturally contributed largely to
the Accumulation Purse and at the present time
there is $174.65 in the bank to the credit of the 18-
Yard Championship Trophy.
Trapshooters should understand that under the
conditions governing competitions for the trophy
they are privileged to challenge Mr. Fish at any
time. Challenges should be sent to the Du Pont
Powder Company, Wilmington, Del., who will in turn
notify the holder of the trophy that he has been
challenged. The holder of the cup when so advised
must notify the Du Pont Company within ten days
of his acceptance of the challenge, naming the place
and date for the contest that shall not be later than
forty-five days from the date of challenge notice.
When a contest for this historic cup is arranged,
by reason of challenge or otherwise, the event be-
comes an open competition and all amateurs are
eligible to compete for the trophy and purse. All
contests are at 100 single targets, 18 yards rise, and
targets are thrown full 60 yards.
The championship cup is the old Du Pont Smoke-
less Powder Championship Trophy. It was first won
in 1895 by Fred Gilbert of Spirit Lake, Iowa, at Bal-
timore, Md. If no challenge is received within a rea-
sonable time, it should be understood that the Du
Pont Powder Company reserves the right to call in
the trophy upon the payment of $10 to the holder
and to place it in open competition. It is hoped that
another shoot for this attractive cup may be staged
shortly in order that the Accumulation Purse may be
increased from $174.65 to the necessary $200.
oo
Averages of Arizona Shooters. — The averages of
the Arizona shooters during the past season are as
follows:
Shot. Bke. Pet.
Barham. W. B., Ray 920 785 .8532
Bertram, W. R., Phoenix 100 36 .3600
Boyd, W. S., Ray 40 29 .7250
Batton, C. A 200 182 .9100
Campbell. H.. Flagstaff 20 10 .5000
Carlisle, J. H„ Parker 200 138 .6900
Coolev, C. P., Holbrook 520 425 .8173
Crabb, E. H., Flagstaff 120 93 .7750
Davis, J. H., Ray 400 302 .7550
De Mund, H. P., Phoenix 2070 1906 .9207
De Mund, R. P.- Phoenix 1120 1050 .9375
De Mund, C. W., Phoenix 100 73 .7300
Edens, T. L., Phoenix 1120 1043 .9331
Feland, R. F., Phoenix 100 61 .6100
FRinnev, W. D 200 169 .8450
Francis, J. W„ Flagstaff 200 166 .8300
Francis, C. W 20 18 .9000
Gold, F. M„ Williams 200 179 .8950
Heflin, YV. S., Phoenix 920 802 .8717
Hellemay, W. H., Phoenix 510 441 .8647
Hughes, K. L., Williams 200 153 .7900
Jones. J., Phoenix 120 54 .4416
Lowe, F. E 80 57 .7125
Melick, E. W., Williams 200 139 .6950
Melick, Dr. P. A., Williams 200 194 .9700
Miller, Geo., Phoenix 100 52 .5200
Morrell, D. E., Phoenix 1120 961 .8401
Mullen, W. E., Ray 3105 2735 .8808
Mullen C P 520 363 .6980
Mullen,' A. P., Signal 140 77 .5500
Mullen, Thad., Hillside 200 168 .8400
Ortt, C. W„ Williams 60 53 .8833
Patterson, C. S., Williams 200 183 .9150
Prince, B. E., Phoenix 340 174 .5117
Smith, C. L„ Ray 1120 944 .8428
Smith, Wyatt, Williams 20 16 .8000
Staiger, G., Ray 1120 873 .7821
Sweenev, J. R.. William.. s 40 28 .7000
Twitchell, W. B.. Phoenix 1400 1134 .8100
Wade, C. F., Williams 40 34 .8500
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Trade Notes.— The Portland (Me.) Gun Club ush-
ered in the New Year with an interesting shoot.
E. A. Randall, the State Champion, was high gun.
Shooting Nitro Club "Speed Shells" he scored 120x
125.
Thirty-six shooters faced the traps of the Thorn-
burg (Pa.) Gun Club recently. W. A. Smith, shoot-
ing Nitros, was high over all with a score of 48x50.
TRAPSHOOTING FIXTURES.
August 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 1917— Chicago, Ills.— The
Interstate Association's Eighteenth Grand Amer-
ican Trapshooting Tournament, under the aus-
pices of the South Shore Country Club Gun Club;
$4,000 added money. Winner of first place in the
Grand American Handicap guaranteed $500 and a
trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $400
and a trophy; winner of third place guaranteed
$300 and a trophy; winner of fourth place guaran-
teed $200 and a trophy, and the winner of fifth
place guaranteed $100 and a trophy. Numerous
other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E.
Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
May 28, 29, 30, 1917— San Jose, Cal.— The Interstate
Association's Twelfth Pacific Coast Trapshooting
Tournament, under the auspices of the San Jose
Gun Club; $1300 added money. Winner of first
$75 and a trophy, and the winner of third place
place in the Pacific Coast Handicap guaranteed
$100 and a trophy; winner of second place guar-
anteed $75 and a trophy, and the winner of third
place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other
trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner,
Manager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Eids for State Shoot. — Clarence A. Haight an-
nounces that bids for the California-Nevada shoot
will remain open until February 15. Any club desir-
ing to hold the attractive event is invited to get in
line before it is too late. The directors of the asso-
ciation will meet at that time and formally make the
award.
So far Del Monte and Los Angeles have declared
their desire to hold the event. Del Monte .where
traps have been installed, has been anxious to at-
tract the scatter gun artists and Los Angeles papers
carry the information that the Los Angeles club will
make a bid for the state title shoot.
If Los Angeles gets the shoot it will be pulled off
early in May, according to the reports, while Del
Monte will likely wait until June or July when the
Pacific Coast handicap will be finished at San Jose.
Interest is running high over the selection of the
place to be named. Last year at San Jose a large
gathering of shooters was attracted and the events
were very interesting. Heine Pfirrmann performed
the feat of breaking 100 straight to carry off the hon-
ors and the competition was close and exciting all
the way.
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Seattle Association.— With a frosty, snappy day
that added considerable zest to the sport, a good-
sized bunch of gun bugs turned out for one of the
most enjoyable shoots of the season on January 17.
New shooters were much in evidence as well as
several old-time shooters who turned out for the first
time in several months.
D. Rhodes, professional, surprised the bunch by
shooting high score in the fifty target event after
an absence from the firing line of several months.
Tom Wilkes and J. H. Hopkins stacked up the high
amateur score, both hitting forty-seven out of the
bunch. Hopkins stood high man in the hundred
event with a ninety-four. Tom Wilkes and D. Rhodes
were in second position in this race with ninety-
three each.
Some of the new shooters who have started in the
fascinating sport are, J. H. Davis, J. A. Fortier, A.
F. Hale, C. F. Reinhard, O. F. Weaver and J. H.
McDiarmid. R. J .Ovington of Lake Crescent, Wash.,
turned out for the first time at the traps since the
early eighties.
Portland was well represented by the genial pro-
fessional known as Pete Holohan. The scores:—
At 50 targets — D. Rhodes* 48, Tom Wilkes 47, J.
H. Hopkins 47, Pete Holohan* 46, C. E. McKelvey
45, Ed Jones 45, Ralph Kinzer 44, C. W. Bandy 43,
Hi Follerich 42, Jno. Ruppe 40, W. B. Taft 36, E. J.
Ovington 35, J. A. Fortier 31. J. H. Davis 29, Geo.
Scripture 27, C. F. Reinhard 20, A. F. Hale 16.
At 100 targets — J. H. Hopkins 94, Tom Wilkes 93,
D Rhodes* 93, C. E. McKelvey 92, Ed Jones 92, Pete
Holohan' 88, Hi Follerich 79, W. B. Taft 71, J. A.
Fortier 65. J. H. Darts 65, J. H. McDiarmid 45, F. O.
Weaver 29.
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Alameda Elks' Club. — At an enthusiastic meeting
of the Alameda Elks' Gun Club on Monday night offi-
cers were elected for the ensuing year and plans out-
lined for a busy season at the traps. The club, which
was organized last year with a membership of fifty-
nine, will hold monthly tournaments throughout the
year. The members also decided to apply to the
Interstate Association for a registered shoot on the
Alameda grounds on Sunday. April 29. The club will
use the first Sunday in each month for its events,
starting the season on March 4.
Former officers who handled the gun affairs so
well the first year, were re-elected, with Tom Hast-
ings as president, Henry Meinecke vice-president,
Fred Hillyer secretary, Tay Croll assistant secretary
and treasurer; Bray Thorning, field captain; Charles
Linderman, Al Durney, Pedro Martine, Bill Ellis, Lou
Scnroeder and Bob Vallow, board of directors.
00
The annual meeting of the Portland Rifle Club was
held at the armory January 14. and the following offi-
cers were elected: President, Dr. G. Earle Hen ton:
vice-president, Norman Schmitt: secretary, J. S.
Hyatt; treasurer, H. F. McDonald; range officer, E.
D. Ritter.
10
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 27, 1917
a-
Sportsmen's Row
jj...
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Al Durney, the enthusiastic member ot the Alameda
Elks' Gun Club, left Wednesday for Honolulu on the
steamer Matsonia. Before departing Durney made
an effort to have the steamship officials install a
trap aboard the ship so that the alluring trapshooting
sport could be enjoyed on the ocean. Al argued that
the sport would arouse interest aboard ship and at
the same time give the shots a chance to try their
eye. Shooting targets from steamers is nothing new
but it has not been taken up very extensively out
here and there is a big field.
* ^ 3s
lit is not often in these days of keen competition
that we see an 11-year-old dog winning at bench
shows and field trials, but such was the unique rec-
ord of the Llewellyn setter Count Gladstone's Glad,
owned by R. L. Keesler of Harrisburg, Pa. Count
Gladstone's Glad won first in the bench show held in
connection with the Pennsylvania grouse trials in
November in a class that brought forth some twenty-
odd dogs, and then came to the field the next day and
won second in the All-Age Stake and was runner-up
in the Grouse Championship. Count Gladstone's Glad
is one of the few surviving sons of Champion Lady's
Count Gladstone, and he represents a line of blood
that breeders of Llewellyn setters are cherishing
with jealous care, for they realize that this blood is
absolutely necessary to preserve the "fountain-head"
of the strain. The dog, despite his years, is as young
looking as a three-year-old.
* * *
The Ontario Government has this season reduced
the fee for hunting licenses, granted to non-residents
of the province, from $50 to §25. With the magnifi-
cent sporting opportunities in the "Highlands of On-
tario," and throughout the newly opened territory
along the line of the Transcontinental, the season
of 1916 should see a large increase in the number
of visiting hunters.
A rabbit with six legs, all perfectly formed, and all
"in working order" was born on the beautiful estate
of W. Marrigan, Polard Plains Park, Port Arthur, in
August last. The rabbit is pure white, of the Dutch
breed, both its parents being white also. If it lives
it should prove a very valuable pet,
Hugh Poston has been having a time of it getting
on his feet, but he is up and about and is looking for-
ward to setting another high mark for 1917.
Members of the California Fish and Game Commis-
sion are mourning the death of Paul Smith, a deputy
connected with the commission for five years, who
died late last week of appendicitis. Smith was well
known in Del Norte and Sonoma counties and in Los
Banos, where he had served as game warden. He
was known as a hard and faithful worker. Smith,
who leaves a widow and child, was the sixth member
of the commission to die inside of six months.
* * *
Dr. E. W. Morse of Portland, Ore., is being con-
gratulated on the recovery of his promising poung
English setter, "Rowdy," from an attack of distem-
per. "Rowdy" was runner-up in the Oregon Derby,
and might have been the winner had his handler not
been taken ill. He gives promise of training on, and,
should he develop as his owner expects, he will be a
hard dog to beat next year. "Rowdy" is by Chicken
Chops — Trixie II. He is coming back strong after
his recent illness, and will be given light work by
his trainer during the winter.
* * *
If a good breeding season is experienced this sea-
son in Utah the sportsmen of Ogden will enjoy some
grand quail shooting next autumn, as there are now
more birds in the east foothills than for many years.
A. H. Mbyes of Ogden, deputy game warden, has re-
cently made trips to the foothills to feed the birds
and says he finds them very numerous.
» * *
Every gun club should become a member of a local
league if possible. If this cannot be done, arrange
team shoots with neighboring clubs in which every
member will be permitted to participate and the
scores of the five or ten high men to count as the
club's team score. If this is out of the question, each
week appoint two of your members team captains,
divide the members of your club equally as possible
in shooting strength and shoot a team race. Such
action will create new interest in the club and bring
out the members regularly.
* * *
The annual report of state game warden Hedrick
of South Dakota shows that over 200 tons of rough
fish were seined out of the waters of the state the
past year, the work being done under the supervis-
ion of the fish and game department.
* * *
The annual banquet of the San Francisco Striped
Bass Club was held in a Mission banquet hall on
Jan. 25th. Jack Wallace was in charge of the com-
mittee arranging for the event and drew up a
menue on which individually baked striped bass was
a feature.
H. Wheeler Perce of Chicago, for many years prom-
inently identified with the casting game, died sud-
denly Saturday, January 6, at 1 a. m., from heart
trouble. Mr. and Mrs. Perce were returning home
from a social gathering when Mr. Perce was sud-
denly taken violently ill. He was removed from the
elevated train and taken to the Palmer House, where
he died a few minutes later.
The Del Monte Trapshooters' Association, J. F.
Neville, secretary, has affiliated with the American
Amateur Trapshooters' Association. There were
thirty-four new clubs taken in during the month of
December. The Cedar Lake shooting club of Cedar
Falls, Washington, R. S. Whaley secretary, was
among those that joined.
* * *
Manager Pete Ashcroft is getting the Alameda
grounds into shape to open up the local trapshooting
season around February 10th.
At a meeting of a handful of Ventura sportsmen
to discuss the proposal of an all-the-year-round open
season for steelheads in tide water the oipnion was
expressed by Assemblyman Joseph Aagabrite that
any such changes would have to be approved by the
Fish and Game Commission before the legislature
would feel justified in enacting them.
QB
Los Angeles Club. — The cool, brisk weather Sun-
day seemed to be to trapshooters' liking, and as a
result close to forty shooters were in attendance and
contested for the Owen Council trophy. The hand-
some prize was captured by Lew Melius, who smash-
ed 90x100 targets from the nineteen-yard mark.
Six professionals finished with better scores than
Melius, but their shooting, as usual, went for naught.
Frank Riehl and Al Cook, two visiting pros from San
Francisco, had the high scores of the day. Both
smashed 93x100 targets.
Heine Pfirrmann tried hard to win the Council cup,
but failed. The best the Dutchman could do was to
smash 8Sxl00. Pfirrmann was anxious to win the
Council cup because, a few weeks ago, Council cap-
tured the Pfirrmann trophy. Both being sporting
goods salesmen, it was a peculiar incident that Coun-
cil should capture his fellow salesman's cup. Pfirr-
mann tried to return the compliment, but failed.
William Kennedy won the solid golf take home
trophy in the first string of twenty-five. He had a
straight score. In the second event at twenty-five
targets for a take home trophy Heine Pfirrmann and
Owen Evans tied ,each having a score of 24x25. In
the shoot-off for the prize Pfirrmann was the victor.
He smashed twenty straight, while Evans missed one
target.
Fish won the take home trophy with a straight run
of twenty-five. In the fourth event at twenty-five
targets, Micka and Dunn tied with 23x25. In the
shoot-off for the prize Dunn won by breaking twenty
straight.
Following are the scores:
—Frank Riehl, 16 yards, broke 93; F. H. Teeple 18—
93, J. A .Cook 16—92, Ed Mitchell 16—91, G. Holohan
16—91, L. R. Melius 19—90, H. Pfirrmann 20—88, L.
J. Micka 20—88, J. N. Dunn 19—88, Roy Witman 19—
87, O. Evans 20—84, F. M. Gibson 18—84, R. O. Pool
16—84, C. W. Fish 21—83, W. H. Carnahan 16—83,
E. C. Crossman 16—83, W. A. Cornelius 20—82, C. W.
Clement 18—82, A. Pachmayr 16—81, O. Council 20—
79, E. K. Mohler 21—78, W. A. Hillis 21—78, H. E.
Sargent 18—78, F. H. Hall 17—78, C. Blackstock 18—
77, H. Cline 18—76, Mrs. Pfirrmann 16—74, V. A.
Rossbach 18—73, E. Goiter 16 — 48, D. R. Dickey 16—
55, O. F. Meilicki 18—53x75, O. D. Ashton 16—52x75,
F. Free 18—50x75, E. W. Selbach 16—50x75, William
Kennedy 16— 5Sx75, J. G. Griffith 16—32x50, M. Steel
16—31x50, F. C. Patton 16—29x50, G. L. Pulley 16—
23x25, Mrs. Crossman 16 — 22x25, J. H. Bishop Jr. 21 —
18x25, "Wally Robb 16—12x25.
QB
Vernon Club — A large crowd of trapshooters at-
tended the weekly shoot of the Vernon Gun Club
Sunday, and despite the cool wind some very excel-
lent scores were made. Dr. Packard, after a lay-off
fro mtrapshooting for a short time, did a come-back
Sunday and won the gold bar for the high run. He
smashed 48x50.
Stanton Bruner was a very close runner-up with
46x50 smashes. The real high gun for the day was
A. W. Bruner. He made a score of 49x50, but as he
is a professional his score did not count. In the prac-
tice event Bob Bole and Stanton Bruner were high.
Each contestant broke 47x50 targets.
Following are the complete scores:
Hdcp. Trophy Practice
S. A. Bruner 20 46 47
C. E. Groat .'. IS 43 20
Mrs. Groat 18 41 20
J. D. Dierdoff 18 43 23
George Keeny 16 36 21
J .W. Meek 17 42 42
Dr. Packard 20 48 44
Bob Bole 17 43 47
William Pugh 18 45 46
A. W. Bruner 16 49 24
George Pefert 16 32
Fred Kimble 16 . . 36
Polly McLarry 16 .. 20
Roperson 16 .. 21
Grondyke 16 . . 19
E. Bohring 18 43 23
William Brawner 16
HERE IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
Where Are the 10,000 Elk That Were Once in this
Country?
Consider the elk, my son.
When the first white man settled in what is now
the United States there were, according to calcula-
tions made by Ernest T. Seton, based on twenty
years' research, 10,000,000 elk in this country. In the
days of Daniel Boone they were more than plentiful
in Kentucky and neighboring states. Naturally these
elk, as well as the buffalo, being of good size and
fair flavor, made up the principal meat supply of the
people. It is fit and proper that native wild animals
be used for food under such circumstances, so the
decrease in elk cannot be blamed entirely on the
early settlers — people long dead, and for this reason
on whom we like to shift the blame for our own near-
sightedness in game protection.
Dr. Hornaday .director of the New York Zoo, who
has done much good work in the cause of conserva-
tion, says: "There is no reason, except man's
shortsighted greed and his foolishness, why there
are not today 100,00 Oelk living in the Allegheny
mountains, furnishing each year 50,000 three-year-
old males as free food (and noble quarry) for the
people. By sensible management the Rocky ■ moun-
tains, the Sierra Nevadas, and the coast range would
support enough wild elk to feed a million people.
Emerson Hough says that elk were killed as late as
1865 at Spirit Lake, Iowa, but now look what we
have: less than 60,000 on the whole North American
continent, according to Hornaday.
It is true that the early settlers and "civilization"
are partly to blame, but not nearly as much as our
American happy-go-lucky, not to say boob, proclivi-
ties. The hundreds killed by sportsmen and tusk
hunters in recent years cuts a bigger figure in our
supply than did the hundreds of thousands killed by
our granddads.
It was only a few years ago that bands of elk
were driven from Yellowstone Park by snow and
lack of feed only to be slaughtered, does and young-
sters along with the older males, by so-called "sports-
men."
It seems to be the general impression that in order
to be a conservationist one must necessarily be a
"muck raker," a "gloomster," and a rabid "long
hair," but such is not the case with us — we like to
show the good with the had. Consequently, we take
pleasure in telling those who do not know that the
grand lodge of the B. P. O. E. has passed a resolution
discouraging the wearing of elks teeth as emblems.
The Elks we know personally are kindly, intelli-
gent men — just about the last folks in the world who
would knowingly injure anybody or anything — and
for this reason we have often wondered at their
thoughtlessness in encouraging tusk hunters, the
most ignoble beasts that stalk about the earth today.
Possibly they are not aware of the fact that thou-
sands of elk have been killed for their tusks alone
and the carcasses left to rot.
So let's not weep over the past, sad as it may be,
hut be thankful for the elk that are thus saved by
the action of the grand lodge.
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Portland Club. — Henry R. Everding successfully
defended the W. C. Bristol 20-gauge gun trophy
against a field of twenty contestants, including the
donor himself, on January 14th. Mr. Bristol, how-
ever, is not a contender for the trophy.
Everding pulverized 20 out of 25 targets thrown
for him. C. C. Kelley came within one bird of tying
Everding's score, while Frank Templeton, who issued
the challenge, broke but 16 targets?
A 25-bird memorial event in honor of E. B. Van
Arnam, the local professional who passed away a
week ago, brought out a field of 36 nimrods. Dennis
Holohan of Burley, Idaho, was high man in the event
with a perfect score. J. W. Seavey was second,
dropping but one bird, and Frank Troeh, the national
champion, was third.
A. L. Tippett, a prominent sportsman of Deer
Lodge, Mont., participated in the event and broke
20 out of 25 targets.
The scores of the E. B. Van Arnam Msmorial
event of 25 targets: — Dennis Holohan 25, J. W. Sea-
vey 24, Frank Templeton 23, F. M. Troeh 23, R. P.
Knight 22, Abner Blair 22, P. P. Bull 22, A. Woelm
21, S. E. Bird 21, C. C. Follett 21, H. R. Everding 21,
A. L. Tippett 20, H. A. Pollock 20, Dr. L. L. DuBois
20, E. L. Youmans 19, J. C. Morris 19, E. E. Redfield
19, E. H. Keller 19, A. L. Zachrisson 19, W. B. Honey-
man 18, O .J. Clossett 18, C. C. Kelley 18, L. L. Mulit
17, Al Sequin 17, J. S. Crane 17, B. J. Boone 17, Ed
Long 16, A. W. Strowger 16, A. R. Parrott 16, Dr. L. S.
Besson 15, R. E. Martell 14,-Dr. A. J. Brock 14, J. K.
Simpson 14, W. C. Bristol (20-gauge) 13, C. Meach
11, A. Erickson 10.
Following are the scores registered in the 20-gauge
event: — Everding 20, Kelley 19, Holohan 18, Zachris-
son 17, Bristol 17, Follett 16, Templeton 16, Youmans
16, Seavey 15, Blair 15, Bull* 15, Clossett 14, Boone
14, Pollock 14, Knight 12, Honeyman 11, Parrott 10,
Simpson 10, Bird 10, Strowger 10, Keller 8.
The hunting season is rapidly drawing to a close.
Most of the hoys got in their sport before the first of
the year, but some of them have been getting good
bags of late.
Saturday, January 27, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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NEW FIGHTING SWORDFISH OF PACIFIC.
Sportsmen at Catalina Are Worried by Appearance
of New Species
By W. T. PAYNE.
(Author of "Game Birds and Game Fishes of the
Pacific Coast.")
The appearance in large numbers in the waters of
Catalina of a swordfish new to the California coast
has created a lively interest among the expert ang-
lers who are always looking for the most determined
fighters of the sea with which to match their skill.
This new and powerful fighter has, very naturally,
created no end of discussion as to what it really is,
what is its relationship to the Atlantic swordfish and
to the resident fish of a similar character, long
known as the California swordfish.
The common resident of the Catalina waters, and
very appropriately given the English name, Califor-
nia swordfish. by Jordan and Evermann, has been
classed as a member of the genus Tetrapturus, found
on the Atlantic coasts and in the waters of Japan.
: I have illustrated and described this fish in "Game
Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast," under
the name used by Jordan and Evermann, Tetraptu-
, rus mitsukurii, as it is supposed to be one of the
species inhabiting the Japanese waters. But there
is at least some question whether or not this fish is
the mitsukurii of Japan. I am led to the entertain-
ment of this doubt by the fact that none of the illus-
trations or descriptions of the mitsukurii that I have
yet seen, either show or describe the two long "feel-
ers" which are, in fact, ventral fins, so prominent in
the Catalina fish; nor do the descriptions of it cor-
respond in many other respects. I may here state,
however, that but little is known of any of the spe-
cies of the families Istiophoridae or Xiphiidae, which
include the sword, spear and sailfishes. It is there-
fore possible that a better study of the California
swordfish (Tetrapturus mitsukurii) may show it to
be as distinct a species as is the new visitor to our
coast, and possibly separate it from the Tetrapturus
to which the spearfishes belong. I am led to this
opinion also by the behavior of the fish when im-
paled. It is the most determined and spectacular
fighter known to the anglers in any part of the world.
In its struggles for freedom it fights constantly on
the surface, and in its mad rushes to free itself from
the impaling hook leaps clear into the air thirty,
forty and even sixty times before its strength and
courage are exhausted, a fighting courage never even
approached by any other fish. The tuna, while a
hard fighter, wearies the angler by its strong, steady
work below the surface. The trout and salmon, after
one to three angry leaps, settle down to erratic under-
water runs. The tarpon, once considered the king
of fighting fishes, rarely, if ever, shows itself half
a dozen times above the surface. But the California
swordfish enters the contest with the spirit of the
Roman gladiator, with its heart in the battle, and
with a determination to fight to the very finish.
An examination of the illustrations of the two
swordfishes, the Xiphias gladias of the Atlantic and
the new Catalina visitor, to which I have given the
name Pacific swordfish, will show a very marked
difference in the length of the sword, the length of
the under jaw, the shape and size of the dorcal fin,
the location of the pectoral fins, the size of the eye,
and the presence of a large anterior anal fin in the
Pacific fish which is entirely absent in the Xiphias.
The swordfish of the Atlantic is fairly well known
to our scientific men, and described alike by them
all. Its habitat is given as both sides of the Atlantic
Ocean, and its supposed spawning grounds as the
Mediterranean. None of our writers on the subject,
so far as I am able to learn, seem to have any knowl-
edge of a species of swordfish distinguished from the
Xiphias of the Atlantic, except Gunther, who writes
of a type inhabiting the warm waters of the Pacific
and Indian oceans. In writing of these he says:
"Many of the young fishes are caught in the nets of
the native islanders, but the mature fishes are too
strong for any net." An assertion easily believed
after an examination of its powerful fins. He de-
scribes these fishes as "distinguished from the At-
lantic Xiphias by the presence of ventral fins which,
however, are reduced to long styloform appendages,"
but he does not mention their location. He classes
them under the generic name Histiophorus, but it
seems he has not been sufficiently conversant with
them to give them specific names. Nor does he de-
scribe the species herein discussed. For it, unlike
his histiaphorus, has no ventral fins, and unlike the
Atlantic Xiphias it has a very large, fleshy anterior
anal fin.
Jordan and Evermann, speaking of the Atlantic
swordfish, the Xiphias gladias, say: "It is rare on
the Pacific coast, only five records being known."
And in mentioning their value as food fishes, they
say: "Its dark flesh, though a little coarse, makes
excellent steaks." These well known authorities also
indorse the statement made by others that but little
is known of this family of fishes because of its in-
convenient size for laboratory work. In view of
these statements it is quite possible that the five
records mentioned were reports furnished them by
fishermen, and not actual examinations made by
themselves, for they are too careful observers not to
have noticed the marked difference between the dor-
sal fin of the California swordfish, or the new visitor,
and those of the Xiphias of the Atlantic. Also the
presence of the large, fleshy anterior anal fin in both
of these Pacifis species, which they well knew was
entirely absent from the Atlantic species. If, then,
as I have assumed, the five records were furnished
by fishermen who mistook the California swordfish
for the Atlantic Xiphias, it will account for the state-
ment that the flsh is "dark and a little coarse," which
is the case with the California swordfish. Whereas
the flesh of the Atlantic species is quite light col-
ored, while that of the new visitor is absolutely
white and almost devoid of grain, and so delicate
that in the language of one angler, "It melts in the
mouth like a caramel."
This new Pacific swordfish, which has caused so
much discussion, is, as will be seen by a glance at
its large, heavy fins, a powerful swimmer. The larg-
est one yet landed weighed 404 pounds, but speci-
mens have been hooked though, not landed, that
when brought to the surface, were estimated to
weigh fully 600 pounds or more.
Avoiding the technical style of the naturalist, this
fish may be described as a large, powerful fish, reach-
ing a weight of 600 pounds or more. Color, dark
green above, with a metallic luster .shading to
silvery below; upper jaw extending into a hard,
bony sword, four or five inches wide at the base and
tapering to about one inch wide by a quarter of an
inch thick at its point, and. in length about three-
fourths of the length of the body, measured from the
eye to the base of the tail; under jaw sharp and
pointed and about one-fifth the length of the sword;
dorsal fin three to four inches thick at the base,
a little higher than the depth of the body, fleshy like
that of the shark, rising aburptly from the head a
little in front of the gills and about one-half the
width of its length; second dorsal unconnected with
the first and reduced to a mere adipose teat close to
the tail; pectoral fins longer than the depth of the
hody and located on the throat just under the gills;
ventral fins absent; anterior anal fin thick and
fleshy, located about half way between the pectorals
and the base of the tail and nearly as wide as it is
long; posterior anal fin very small and about half
way between the anterior and the base of the tail
and without the two spiny points of the Atlantic
species; flukes of the tail very ling, thick and pow-
erful; eye brilliant light blue and very large with a
hard crystal encased in a movable bone cup ;skin
smooth, oily and without scales.
This species quite likely helongs to Guntheris
Ocean type to which he has given the generic name,
Histiophorus, although he has failed to describe this
species . Nor can I find any mention of it in any of
the authorities at my command. I can, therefore,
draw but one conclusion, and that is, that it is a type
heretofore unknown.
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Arguing Over Quail. — Some sportsmen with best
intentions are advocating a return to the old short-
season plan of protecting quail, based upon an ap-
parent scarcity in their immediate neighborhood.
The state game authorities say the extension of the
season from one to two and a half months was a vin-
dication of the promise made several years ago to
restore the shooters their longer open period when-
ever a sufficient stock had heen built up by the
drastic legislation to permit maintaining the supply.
Therefore the legislature of 1915 was advised to ex-
tend the season in the South. Rather than reduce
it generally because of a limited local condition, the
argument has been advanced that an extension of the
powers of the fish and game authorities by giving
them right to arbitrarily curtail the open seasons
would better meet the possible emergencies of dry
seasons developing in between legislatures and al-
lowing breeding stock to be shot off before the law-
makers could act.
Many sportsmen shot their limits the last two days
of the season of 1916 and general opinion among ex-
perts is that the year ended with plenty of quail left
for breeding.
Quail shooting is so particularly a California sport-
ing asset, typical of the country, that all the exer-
cise of the privilege possible is thought wise, but the
hreeding stock must be maintained. Given that and
good seasons there will always be plenty of quail.
Even sportsmen are at times inclined to place all
blame for scarcity of game upon the gun, forgetting
that the gun never drained marshes or plowed up
the brushy uplands that made the best hunting
grounds. Posting has been a great factor also; quail
shooting upon many of the present ranches has not
improved at all, and very little shooting is done upon
most of them. It seems the nature of quail not to
increase beyond a certain point, whether shot or not.
* * *
Bill Against Spears. — Sacramento, Cal. — Abolition
of the use of the spear in catching steelhead salmon
is the intent of a bill which was introduced in the
Senate by Senator Herbert W. Slater of Sonoma
county this week.
That the bill will be fought stoutly by fishermen
in Slater's own district was admitted by him. Inter-
est in this bill is augmented by the fact that Slater
is chairman of the Fish and Game Committe of the
Senate.
Senator Slater says he was moved to an attempt
to abolish the use of the spear for the reason that
the steelhead salmon is decreasing to an alarming
extent. As hundreds of fishermen who use the spear
live in Slater's district, the fight against the bill
probably will be spirited.
Representatives of the Truckee Fihermen's Union
appeared before the Senate Fish and Game Commit-
tee this week to protest against the introduction of
a bill prohibiting the sale of Tahoe trout. The fisher-
men's committee was assured that if the bill appeared
it probably would be killed. Chairman Slater said
that no bill for the prevention of the use of salmon
eggs as bait would be introduced in the 191? legis-
lature.
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Casters Going East. — The fly and bait casters of
the Southern California Rod and Reel club will hold
their regular monthly casting tournament at the
Eastlake park grounds a week from Sunday. This
tournament next month is expected to prove one of
the best held this season, for the casters are just
getting warmed up.
In the tourney last month some very good marks
resulted in the varoius events. The casters now have
something to try for good marks, for the present
indications are that at least three of the local fly and
bait casters will be sent east this year to take part
in the national tournament.
Sherman Baker, Oscar Lane and E. J. Kennedy
are the three men who are expected to make the
trip. All are experienced casters and have equaled
some of the national records in the tourneys at East-
lake park.
Both fly and bait events will be down on the pro-
gram for the tournament, and with good weather
nothing but good marks are expected.
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Seattle After Game Warden.— Seattle, Wash.— The
sportsmen of King county, and have been for the
last few weeks, taking a very keen and active inter-
est in the administration of the county game war-
den's office, which includes the propagation of game
birds and fish, as well as the enforcement of game
laws.
Sportsmen cite the fact that King is the richest
county in the state, but that it is the poorest in the
amount of game birds and fish at the present time.
They contend that they should have as many game
birds and fish as any other county in the state, espe-
cially in view of the fact that there is spent annually
about $17,000 . This amount is secured through the
sale of hunting and fishing licenses and not by tax-
ing the general public. This is a great deal more
than is spent by any other county in the state. The
sportsmen believe that they are entitled to consid-
eration in the selection of the game warden and his
deputies and in the administration of that office.
At a recent meeting held jointly by the Seattle
Trapshooters' Association, the Green Lake Gun Club
and the Seattle Fly and Bait Casting Club, many mat-
ters of interest were discussed pertaining to the con-
duct o fthe game warden's office and to the deplor-
able conditions of fields and streams. It was unani-
mously agreed by those present to advocate an entire
change of administration in that office and the ap-
pointment of E. J. Beach as game warden and E. E.
Bonn as second choice, or chief deputy. Since that
meeting the Seattle Rifle and Revolver Association
has joined the movement. Each of these organiza-
tions has respectively petitioned the King county
game commissioners to grant its requests.
The commissioners also were presented with a pe-
tition containing the signature of approximately 1200
sportsmen, urging the appointment of Beach and
Bonn, as indorsed by the clubs.
The ppirit of the movement on the part of the
clubs and sportsmen is for the purpose of assisting
the commissioners in the selection of highly compe-
tent officials and they believe that their request has
been kindly received and will be granted.
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Handicap Committee. — Editor Breeder and Sports-
man:— Please announce in the Trap Department of
"Breeder and Sportsman" that the committee which
will allot handicaps to entrants in the coming Grand
American Handicap is constituted as follows: Guy
V. Dering, Chairman, Columbus, Wis.; Geo. K.
Mackie, Lawrence, Kans.; Ben S. Donnelley, Chicago,
Ills.; W. H. Cochrane, Bristol, Tenn.; Fred Plum, At-
lantic City, N. J.
Yours very truly,
THE INTERSTATE ASS'N,
Pittsburgh, Pa. E. REED SHANER, Sec'y.
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The first registered shoot to be held by Denver
Trap club under the auspices of the Interstate Asso-
ciation will be Sunday, May 6, in which there are
expected about seventy-five participants . The Inter-
state Association will contribute $150 in merchandise
and cash prizes, to which will be added a sum of $50
by the Denver Trap club, so now is the time for all
to get out and commence to practice for this event.
* * *
Santa Barbara county has discontinued the office
of game and fish warden, owing to the efficient work
done in that vicinity by Deputy Fish and Game Com-
missioner Henry J. Abels of Santa Maria. Several
other counties co-operate with the Fish and Game
Commission in sharing theexpenses of patrol work
which in the past has made itpossible in several in-
stances to maintain deputies in counties.
* * *
Fish and Game Commission field patrol deputies
have been instructed to take nothing but the exhibi-
tion of a license as evidence of the issuance of one,
hunters and fishermen be ing required by the law
not only to have procured their license but to exhibit
them to any warden or duly qualified peace officer
upon demand; and one cannot exhibit anything
without having it with him.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, January 27, 1917
Stock and Farm Department I
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The two-day sale of Holstein-Friesians reeently
held at the Liverpool, N. Y., pavilion netted an aver-
age of ?45C. The highest price was $3,500, which
was paid for Woodcrest Ina DeKol 4th, a four-year-
old with a record of 34% pounds of hutter in seven
days. Edward H. Witte, Kansas City, Mo., bought
her for his stock farm at Independence, Mo.
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The second annual public sale of the Ohio Short-
horn Breeders' Association, conducted at Columbus,
Ohio, January 10, resulted in the sale of 127 head
for $30,040.
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Nothing better has ever happened to the dairy in-
terest than the great advertising campaign now being
carried on in all national magazines, in which milk
as a food is being brought to the attention of the
consumer. Wise will be the breeder of good dairy
cattle who will see and grasp his opportunity, when
he realizes that this great wave of education on the
value of milk as a food will sweep the country. Cali-
fornia and the coast states are prepared. Her dairy
interests are now the most important of all live stock
affairs.
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Exercise for Hogs in Winter.
In cold weather a colt or a calf will hustle around
on its own account and get plenty of exercise just
for the fun there is in it, if given room. But a pig
is lazy, and if the weather is a little chilly will not
come out of its warm nest except to eat. It is more
diflicult to make young fall pigs exercise than it is
those born in warmer weather. They shun the cold
and avoid any unnecessary exertion. Accordingly
their blood runs more sluggishly, which makes them
feel the cold more and also prohibits the body from
assimilating the food most efficiently. Probably no
one thing is responsible for so much trouble with
pigs at this time of year as the direct and indirect
effects of too little exercise. One way to remedy
this condition is to make them march the length of
their pasture lot or enclosure for their feed. House
them at one end and feed them at the other. Colony
houses make this arrangement easy. They want to
eat and they want to sleep. The involuntary walk
between does the trick.
Keep the Tried Brood Sows.
While the practice of selling young sows before
one really knows their value is not followed as often
by the breeder as by the market producer, neverthe-
less this is sometimes the case.
There have been many times when a breeder
would give several times the market value could he
only get back a sow that had proved her value in a
litter developed after she had gone to market.
Aside from the fact that the old, well-selected sow
generally does better for one, some figures recently
gotten together at this station show that the old sow
produces more pigs per litter in later litters than in
her earlier ones
Of the 34 sows which have raised five or more lit-
ters in the station herd, the following is the average
number of pigs farrowed:
First litter, number of pigs, 7.09; second, 8.64;
third, 8.S7; fourth, 9.83; fifth, 9.62.
While it is generally recognized that the young
sow will raise a greater percentage of the pigs far-
rowed than the old sow, the number will not be so
large nor the vitality and ability as when the sows
of known value are used. — [J. B. Rice, Illinois Eperi-
ment Station.
Choosing a Stallion.
As spring approaches, the progressive farmer is
confronted with the problem of choosing a stallion
to which to breed. In many cases it is merely a
question of eliminating the worst, as there are some
communities that are not supplied with a good stal-
lion. In other cases, however, the saving of $5 on
a service fee plays a too-important part An effort
to save $5 on a service fee often means a loss of
Slop or more when the colt is two years old. The
day of the mediocre horse is over, and the farmer
is only wasting time and effort by bringing the scrub
into the world. No one wants him, there is no place
for him and he will not bring his cost at four years
old. However, the best of every breed are growing
in demand and price. If farmers generally would pav
more attention to selecting animals of the right kind
of breeding, progress would be made more rapidly.
It should be remembered that good feet and legs
are the first essential of a marketable horse. If a
stallion does not have them he cannot be expected
to produce them in his progeny.
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G. T. Florida & Son. of Sweetwater, Tenn., who is
<he King of Tennessee jack men, advises the Breeder
and Sportsman of the sale of his three-year-old cham-
pion jack to Jenkins & Shook, of Tarboro, N. C, for
Mr. Florida breeds the best jacks in that
section of the South and has made some remarkable
sales. He recently sold 18 head to R. A. N. Walker,
of Jonesboro, Tenn., for $27,000, at private sale.
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Hughes Maupin, the well known North Callawav
operator, last week bought 11 mules and a horse from
E. Underwood, of Wellsville.
Finderne Mutual Fayne Valdessa, the $21,500 junior Holstein bull. — A recent acquisition of the West.
Hotstein Interest Improved by Sensational Purchase.
While the dairy interest of the Pacific Coast has
been making phenomenal strides for several years,
and many famous herds of dairy cattle brought into
this section, which have proven profitable, the pur-
chase at the recent Pacific International Livestock
Show, at Portland, of the junior yearling bull, Fin-
derne Mutual Fayne Valdessa, by Mr. John von Her-
berg. well known theatrical man and ranchman of
Portland and Seattle, for $21,500, is the most valu-
able acquisition to the interest yet attained. The
consignor of this magnificent young bull was Bern-
hard Meyer, of Finderne, N. J., who is one of the
foremost breeders of America.
Finderne Mutual Fayne Valdessa is considered the
greatest Holstein of all time and in addition to his
wonderful type sud Holstein character, carries the
blood of more champions than any bull in this coun-
try. He is sired by a son of the first 40-pound cow
of the breed and his grandsire was champion Pontiac
Cornucopia that sold for $15,000 several years ago,
and which was the record price for many years. His
dam, Finderne Mutual Fayne, was the world's record
junior two-year-old.
Mr. von Herberg owns one of the most magnificent
country places in the country near Kent, Wash.,
where Valdessa will head the heard of 100 magnifi-
cently bred Holsteins.
Ayrshire Breeders' Association Annual Meeting.
The forty-second annual meeting of the Ayrshire
Breeders' Association was held at Hotel McAlpin,
New York, January 11th, with about one hundred and
twenty-five members and friends present. The re-
port of the secretary showed an increase in the
number of members over any year since the organi-
zation of the association, one hundred and eight new
members having been added, coming from all parts
of the United States and Canada, but particularly
from the West and Southwest, the result largely of
the increased advertising done by the association
during the year.
o
The Hillcrest Stock Farm, near Davis, California,
has long maintained the reputation of being one of
the prominent factors in the gTowth of better stock
in California. It is one of the pioneer establishments
of the West which has stood always for the advance-
ment of pure-bred stock and only the best available
blood has ever been considered when it came to
purchasing new foundation stock. Perhaps one of
the most important secrets of the success of T. S.
Glide, the owner, has been in the constant improve-
ment of his herd. Never satisfied with letting well
enough alone, Mr. Glide has gone out and year after
year added some famously bred bull or cow to be
used in the foundation.
The famous King Edward has, however, added
much to the success of this magnificent herd, and the
blood of that grandly bred hull can now be found in
many of the leading herds in the state. He was
three times grand champion at the state fair and his
offspring has repeatedly won in important shows over
the state. His most noted son, King Lancaster, now
one of the herd bulls at Hillcrest, is proving a re-
markable sire, as are also Hillcrest Knight and
Knights' Perfection. Mr. Glide has much faith in two
recent purchases, one a Canadian bred bull and the
other a calf of Cumberland blood.
There are more than 70 head in his stables at the
present time being fitted for forthcoming sales and
shows. While the Shorthorn herd at Hillcrest has
been the leading breed, they also have several mag-
nificent flocks of pure bred sheep. They market
thousands of sheep and cattle annually, and the big
prices their market stock commands is on account of
the uniformity of type and quality found in their
beet herds, which are from pure bred bulls and very
high grade cows.
There are 80 cows in the magnificent herd of
Holstein-Friesians owned by A. W. Morris & Sons.
of Woodland. Cal.. including 28 heifers, which aver-
age 16.932 pounds of milk and 722.29 pounds of
butter in one year.
California swine breeders seem to appreciate the
merits of the Berkshire, and that profitable breed can
be found in great numbers on the good ranches ol
the state. There are also a number of splendid
herds of pure-bred Berkshires in this state which
are far in advance of any in the Cornbelt.
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All previous Colusa county wool sales were broken
last week when F. J. Mendonsa sold 60,000 pounds
at 33 cents per pound. This is ten cents in advance
of any price heretofore received by this well known
sheepman. The wool sold by Mr. Mendonsa is con-
tracted for May delivery. He refused to sell his
lambs for June delivery at $6.50 per head. This is
indicative of what he expects sheep prices to come to
during the coming season.
J. M. Roberts. California field agent for the Amer-
ican Jersey Cattle Club, with headquarters in Davis,
has returned from an extended business visit through
Missouri and Kansas, where he purchased 21 head
of Jersey cattle. The selections were made from the
leading herds of those states and are from some of
the largest producing herds in the country. Mr.
Roberts personally accompanied the shipment from
Kansas City.
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I. F. Davis, agent of Animal Husbandry of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture, who is looking after
pig club work in California, has recently organized
clubs in many public schools in the state. Last week
he organized a club at Live Oak which promises to
accomplish much.
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E. O. Lamb, a leading sheepman of Paisley, Ore-
gon, has sold bis wool, numbering 2,800 fleeces, to
Chas. Umbach, a Lake View dealer, for more than
30 cents per pound.
$ » *
The wool, cattle and horse market around Lake
View, Oregon, has been rather active during the last
week. The majority of the cattle and horses were
sold to California buyers. Jas. Dodson, a prominent
shipper, brought 300 head of good cattle to California.
One hundred head were purchased from M. C. Cur-
rier, 128 from W. B. Parker, 62 from C. E. Campbell
and others from various breeders. He also made
purchases from Brattain Bros., and Elder & Mc-
Donald, of Paiseley, Ore. Six hundred head were
purchased in that community. Mr. Horton intends
to buy 1,000 head for shipment to California.
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The value of the combined products of the farms
of Missouri in 1916 was approximately $232,000,000,
according to the state board of agriculture.
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D. O. Lively, San Francisco's well known live stock
broker, is attending the National Western Live Stock
and Horse Show at Denver, Colorado, this week. Be-
fore his return to the coast Mr. Lively will attend
several important live stock sales in Illinois, Iowa
and Missouri.
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Wilmer L. McElroy, of near Louisiana, recently
purchased at Palmj-ra, Mo., a two-year-old Percheron
stallion that is a half-brother to the great two-time
International Grand Champion, The Dragon. This
youngster is said to be one of the best of his age.
Mr. McElroy also reports the sale of a pure bred
Percheron mare to C. H. Randall, of Whitmore, Kan-
sas. In an interview recently, Mr. McElroy expressed
himself as feeling most optimistic regarding the im-
mediate future of the live stock industry. Particu-
larly does Mr. McElroy view with favor the situation
as it applies to the breeding of draft horses, jacks
and mules. "Europe will never again be looked upon
as the nursery of the draft horse and American
breeders will henceforth lead in their production,"
was his comment on the subject.
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J. T. Johnson just put on feed what is said to be
one of the finest bunches of cattle ever brought to
the county. They are equally Whitefaces, Blacks and
Shorthorns. They were sent to Mr. Johnson's Fish
Branch and Laddonia farms.
Saturday, January 27, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
The University Farm
By JUMP CAUTHORN.
. The farm, no matter how far off the beaten track
bf civilization; how old-fashioned are the ideas of
the owner or how run down the improvements may
be, to all good blueblooded people, is more alluring
than are the great white ways of our best cities, with
all their thrillers, romance and glamour. It does
one good and is of far more value, however, to visit
one of the country places of the new-idea farmer and
stock grower.
Only a visit to one of these modern ranches will
give one any conception of what progress is being
made in an agricultural way, and every man who pro-
poses the establishment of a herd of pure bred stock
or to go into extensive agriculture, should visit the
leading establishments of the vicinity in which he
expects to operate, before going on with his venture.
However much one learns on these inspections, it
is only the preliminary to what he will get by visit-
ing the University Farm, at Davis.
Having only left the corn belt, with its long estab-
lished agricultural colleges and advanced herds of
breeding stock, I fully expected to spend most of my
time, when I visited Davis, in advising those with
whom I came in contact, of the achievements being
made there; of the results of their experiments and
of the value of those institutions to the interest of
which they are devoted; of the great land of plenty,
where the farmer's son is born with the silver spoon
in bis mouth; where "milk and honey land" first got
its name. However, there was not a chance for me
to bring up a subject or to make a statement, that
the instructors at Davis did not show me one better,
and I was amazed to see an institution so young, and
only since the achievements of their efforts made at
the International Stock Show known to the Cornbelt
and East, achieving so much.
There are no agricultural and experimental sta-
tions in the United States today that are more inter-
esting than the University Farm, with its varied
lines of endeavor and instruction, its experiments
and live stock, and growing crops. The farm con-
sists of 780 acres in the fertile Sacramento valley,
where facilities foi agricultural investigation are un-
equaled. It was established about ten years ago and
at present has an enrollment of several hundred stu-
dents; more than 150 head of pure bred cattle of all
leading breeds, and the same number of pure bred
sheep in which the following breeds are represented:
Hampshire, Shropshire, Southdown, Cotswold and
Romney Marsh. The advancement of California as
a sheep state in recent years has attracted the at-
tention of live stock breeders everywhere, and the
state farm is responsible in a large measure for this
progress and prevailing activity among the breeders
of the state.
More than 400 hogs are handled every year, and in
no department has the school proven more valuable
to students and breeders. The most successful ex-
periments have been carried on, and California, a
few years ago not mentioned when prominent swine
breeders met, is now regarded as one of the leading
swine states. The popular breeds are handled and
they have owned some of the most noted boars and
brood sows in the country. The farm is now furnish-
ing breeders all over California with foundation
stock.
The certainty that good draft horses will always be
in demand and profitable for the breeder, has caused
the school to establish a splendid band of pure bred
draft horses. Practicing what they preach, they pro-
cured a splendid foundation, and the Percheron stal-
lion, Fernand, with several filly foals, is the begin-
ning of what is expected to be one of the leading
draft horse breeding establishments in the country.
Percheron stallion
Fernand and five of
his get.
The young mares sired by Fernand and owned at the
farm show that he is a sire of splendid type, with
necessary size, bone and conformation. One of the
most attractive horses, however, on the farm is the
two-year-old Shire mare, by Newadd Hillside, the
Jack London stallion. This filly won her class at the
P.-P. I. E. and I believe could win in any company
today, were it not for a slight blemish. She is
breaking nicely and is doing her share of the work
on the farm. The evident interest shown by the stu-
dents in these horses is splendid assurance that there
are to be a lot of valuable herds established in Cali-
fornia in the future.
E\ ery California farmer, rancher and stock grower
should arrange to visit this wonderful institution,
which is doing much to make this the leading agri-
cultural state. The rapidity with which the science
of agriculture has developed and the many ways in
which ranch profits may be increased or losses re-
duced, make it very necessary that every present day
ranchers visit the farm. The farmers' short courses
are noiv being well attended, and many successful
rancher-stockmen have found that a few weeks' in-
struction at the University Farm have been the most
profitable seed they have ever sown. The value of
the short course is best attested by the steadily in-
creasing enrollment.
The student is taught both by lectures and prac-
tical work. He is required to do the things which
will make him more expert in his stock raising and
agricultural endeavors.
Some have told me the fertility of the farm has
been the cause of California's agricultural college
making such remarkable progress; others, however,
declare they could do more on their own farms if
the? had the money to operate on; while others be-
lieve it's just because it's California. I should say,
however, from what I have seen of conditions and
the advancement of this great institution, that the
faculty and instructors of the College of Agriculture
are responsible for more of its success than all these
splendid affiliations. California has been fortunate
in selecting men of the type found in this school.
They have excluded politics and prejudice entirely;
have gone to the four corners of the earth to get the
best limber for every department. The instructors
work to one end, every one desirous of having his
department outdo the other, and the result is won-
derful. The whole school is a fascinating, co-opera-
tive organization with every department dovetailing
into the others.
MISSOURI NOTES.
[By RUFUS JACKSON.]
In a communication to this paper J. F. Morrow, of
Adairville, Ky., asks to be put in touch with a
responsible mule-feeder as he desires to buy a car-
load of mare mules of good quality, two- to four-
year-olds, preferably twos and threes. Any reader
that can supply Mr. Morrow's wants will confer a
favor by writing him and mentioning the Breeder
Grade shire, mare
and foal. Both bred
at the University
Farm. The filly was
first in her class
at the Sacramento
State Fair.
and Sportsman.
Last week's sales just about cleaned up the Mis-
souri cotton mules of Audrain, Callaway and Boone
counties. A prominent mule-feeder informs us that
there remain in the feed lots of the three counties
not to exceed 200 head of cotton mules. This num-
ber includes a load belonging to John Glenn, of east
of Columbia, two loads belonging to Henry Brown of
Hallsville, and one load belonging to Sam Brown
of Centralia. Never before in the memory of pres-
ent day mule-feeders has there been so active a
demand or better prices obtainable for well condi-
tioned cotton mules.
R. B. Glenn, of near Stephens, cleaned up his mule
pens last week with two shipments to the National
market. The first load sold Thursday at $207.50 and
the other load sold Saturday at $200.
Zena W. Green, of the well known firm of W. L.
Green & Sons, of Centralia, was on the National Sat-
urday with a load of cotton mules that sold at satis-
factory prices. The last year has been the most suc-
cessful in the career of W. L. Green & Sons. The
firm has handled 3,387 head of mules, of which all
but 484 head were sold as "warriors" to the foreign
governments. While December was the banner month
for the firm yet the largest individual sale was made
in July, when the firm sold to Hudson & Sons of
New Orleans, 154 head for over $30,000. The sales
by months follow: January, 270; February, 33;
March, 20; April, 98; May, 111; June, 232; July, 247;
August, 321; September, 377; October, 512; Novem-
ber, 339; December, 827. However, this does not
include about 1,200 head of mules purchased by
Charles W. Green, of the firm, and shipped to market
from other points.
Owen Layson, of near Hereford, last week sold 27
head of cotton mules to J. Ed Moore, representing
the Maxwell-Crouch Mule Co., of the National mar-
ket, at $227.50 a head. These mules were shipped
from McCredie Saturday.
Stockmen throughout this section of the State are
commenting upon the absence of Howard Bailey of
the Maxwell-Crouch Co. Mr. Bailey in previous sea-
sons has been represented in the extensive pur-
chases made in this territory, and the activities at
the National market have heretofore been forecasted
by the visits of the popular dealer to the mule pens
of this section. It may be explained that Mr. Bailey
is yet in the mule business but is on the selling
rather than the buying end. His firm has had exten-
sive contracts with the Allied Governments and for
the last year has been located in New York, where
he receives the mules shipped from his firm for ex-
port and collects for same from the fiscal agents of
the governments purchasing the mules. In this con-
nection it is of interest to know that all the mules
now being sold by Mr. Bailey's firm to the Allies are
being shipped to New York and other eastern sea-
ports by express. The additional cost, it is said, is
overcome by the lessened loss by death and injuries
suffered through the slower means of freight trans-
portation. J. Ed Moore, of Callaway county, has rep-
resented the Maxwell-Crouch concern in this terri-
tory in Mr. Bailey's absence and his purchases have
been in keeping with his high-class judgment of
mules and their values.
There is a good story being told at the expense of
Col. Harry Gillen, of the Gillen-Heiman Mule Co.,
of the National market. The story- goes that Col.
Gillen, in anticipation of the visit of one of the firm's
good buyers, came up to Mexico in advance of the
patron's arrival at the market. With his character-
istic promptness for details, Col. Gillen ordered three
cars set out at McCredie to be loaded for that after-
noon's north-bound train and departed for that point
on the morning passenger. Upon his arrival there
he immediately proceeded to Tyke Harrison's mule
pens and almost before he had looked over the Har-
rison & Y'ates mules he had negotiated their pur-
chase. Upon his return to McCredie a telegram was
handed him. This read in effect that the firm's
expected buyer had arrived at the National and that
he had stated firmly that he expected to acquire the
mules needed by him at a price not to exceed $200
a head. One may imagine the Colonel's state of
mind when it is stated that the mules that he had
bought and arranged to ship so hurriedly for this
particular patron had cost the munificent sum of
$225 around.
J. B. Rutter, of east of Mexico, recently purchased
a mare mule from R. A. and J. R. Fountain, of Cen-
tralia, for $240.
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[Saturday, January 27, 1917
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THE BREEDER AND SPORT S MAN
[Saturday, February 3,
Pleasanton Driving Park
PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA
offers for service for the season of U17 the followiag stalliois:
THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4
Fastest trottiag stallion ever offered for service ia California
and fifth fastest entire trotter in the world
Son of SL Valiant Vincent-2:11% (by St Vincent 2:13V4out of the triple
producer Grace Lee 2:29?4 by Electioneer 125); dam Amy Smith by Emperor
Wilkes 2:20?;. sire of Princess Eulalia (4) 2:09Vi. etc; grandam by Hamble-
The Anva is regarded by Edward F. Geers as one of the very greatest trot-
ters that he has e'er raced. For ave years the pair of Tennesseeans went to
the races together and in that time were but twice unplaced, while wininlng a
total of fifteen races. Including the historic M. and M.
As an individual he is most pleasing, not too large or coarse in any way but
smoothly and compactlv made and "all horse" in every line. He is a perfect
headed, pure gaited trotter, with the very best of disposition, and is destined
to become a very great sire of trotting speed. His opportunities in the stud
have been very slight as he has been retired from racing only since the close
of 1914. He was selected to head the stud at Pleasanton Driving Park not only
on account of his great qualities as a race trotter, but because one of his first
foals. Anvilite (2) 2^2^, with a trial of ten seconds or more faster, was in
every way the greatest colt trotter ever handled by C. L. DeRyder. The services
of The Anvil are recommended to you without reserve.
Fee for THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4, $50 with usual privilege
Vernon McKinney 2:01 1-2
Fastest member of the great family of McKinney 2:11 J4
Sire of VERNA McKINNEY (2) 2:13 (his first foal raced), fastest two-
year-old pacing filly of 1915, three-year-old record, 1916, 2:09^4;
VERNON DIABLO, mat. rec. half mile track 2:14^, and DR. DYER
(3) trial 2:12»4.
Son of Guy McKinney 27625 (by MeKinney 2:1114 out of Flossie Drais by Guy
Wilkes 2:15%); dam Maud Vernon by Mount Vernon 2:15*4. sire of the dams of
Leata J. 2:03. etc.; gTandam Mag by General McCleUan, sire of the dams of
Mack Mack 2:0S, etc
Vernon McEinney's racing career was not an extensive one but will long be
remembered for the excellence of his performances, as his winnings include a
Chamber of Commerce stake in time very near the record for that event at the
time, and he is the fastest of all the McKinneys.
He is a horse of rare qualities in the way of individual excellence, almost
ideal in behavior and temperament in harness or out. Since his retirement he
has been a popular horse in the stud and our claim that he would prove a very
great sire of paeing speed has been fully substantiated, his first foal to be raced
being the season champion for the age and gait in 1915, a most excellent testi-
monial to his potency. He is a very sure breeder, his get are uniformly endowed
with natural spe^d and the physical and mental requirements of modern race
horses and find ready sale at most gratifying prices.
Fee fer VERNON McKINNEY 2:01 1-2, $50 with usual privilefe.
The best of cars taken of mares In any manner owners may desire, but no
responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address for particulars
GEORGE F. RYAN, Superintendent,
PLEASANTON, CAL.
Thoroughbred sire M ARSE ABE
WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1917 AT
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK
Service Fee $50
Marse Abe carries the best
blood of America through his
sire lines. Yankee was a su-
perior race horse and sire. Han- Ed
over was the best horse of his CQ i
day. and headed the list of win- <
ning sires for years. No refer- ^ '
ence is necessary to Hindoo as yj
everyone knows what he "was. g
Halo, the dam of Marse Abe. <
is bred Just right to cross with g
the sire blood in his pedigree;
a daughter of St. Blaise, son of
Hermit, the most fashionable
sire line in England, and backed
up on her dam's side by the
lines of long distance perform-
ers from which sprung Ten
Brock and other four-milers.
Address all communications to
f Hanover.
(Hindoo I IS™1
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( Bourbon Belle. \ g0,*1^ Scotland
1 Ella D.
(Himyar _f 4lann
(Mannie Gray... if W1^
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GEO. F. RYAN,
Pleasanton, Cal.
=DII_LCARA 57462=
Son of Sidney Dillon 23157 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list) and Guycara by Gay Wilkes
2867 (sire of 3 in 2:10 list), will make the season of 1917 at
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK, PLEASANTON, CAL.
SERVICE FEE $50 TO INSURE
Dillcara is a full brother to Harold Dillon 39610, the leading sire of New Zealand.
Last season the get of Harold Dillon won 41 races, totalling over $25,000.
Address all communications to
GEO. F. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
Ansel M. Easlon
William Ward
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THOROUGHBRED STALLION
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GEO. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
BREED TO THE COAST'S CHAMPION CAMPAIGNER AND FUTURITY SIRE
Jim Logan HJ "i^
Sire of Hal Logan 2:09, Maxlne (3) 2:15, winner of
Breeders' Futurity, etc.
Son of CHARLES DERBY 2:20. brother to Klatawah
(3) 2:05V2, etc., and sire of TEN In 2:10.
Dam, EFFIE LOGAN, dam of Jim Logan 2:01%. Sir
Albert S. 2:03%, and Dan Logan 2:07%.
In the stud, season of 1917, at Woodland Race Track.
FEE: $30, usual return privilege, $75 to insure liv-
ing colt payable at time of service or before removal
of mares. Call at race track or address
J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal.
Jewel Dare 3025 For Sale
On account of other business taking my entire time, I am offering for sale the
Great Show Horse and sire, Jewel Dare 3025, by My Dare, 1st dam Maud Jewel, making
him a full brother to Gypsy Dare and half-brother to the 510,000 My Major Dare.
Jewel Tucker, by Jewel Dare 3025, 1st dam Sallie Tucker, Foaled 1915. A constant
jvinner in 1915 and 1916 including Kentucky State Fair winning.
The great brood mare, Sallie Tucker 7032, by My Own Kentucky, a proven dam of
high quality. Two extra good geldings by Sir Bourbon, one and five years old, extra
fine. These are all high-class horses at low prices for quick sale. Your Inspection
invited.
CLARENCE B. SMITH, Shelbyville, Ky.
THE BEAUTIFUL SADDLE STALLION
Scottie Moore McDonald
By Champion Rex McDonald 833
MUST SELL
on account of my failing health
A tried sire, possessing the most desired blood lines, in
the prime of his life and is offered at a price that should
appeal to any one in the market for a stallion.
HE WILL PAY FOR HIMSELF THE FIRST YEAR
For prices and further information address
J. R. HODGE, Laddonia, Missouri
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THE CALIFORNIA CIRCUIT is forming and there
is every reason to believe that it will be comprised
of more tracks than for many years past. Secretary
Jos. Waddell is permitting no grass to grow under
his feet but is visiting every town where a harness
meeting is possible and getting data that will enable
him to arrange a circuit in which the meetings will
come in consecutive order and be profitable to each
member as well as to the horsemen. He has now
visited Pleasanton, Salinas, Hollister, San Jose, Pet-
aluma, Santa Rosa, Dixon, Woodland and Marysville,
and feels greatly encouraged over the outlook for a
meeting at every one of those towns and believes
each and every one will become a member of the
circuit and hold meetings in the order named. Ukiah
and Eureka have not yet been visited but Mr. Wad-
dell intends making a trip to those towns and bring-
ing them into membership if possible. In regard to
the towns that will hold fairs and race meetings
after the State Fair, Mr. Waddell is pretty certain
that the difference of opinion in regard to dates can
be amicably arranged so that a continuous circuit
will be held as far as Bakersfield. There will be
no conflict of dates in the circuit from Pleasanton
to Sacramento and Secretary Waddell is optimistic
enough to believe that a get-together meeting of the
representatives of fairs that desire to hold meetings
after the State Fair will result in harmony and an
arrangement of dates that will not conflict. There-
fore the outlook for at least 15 consecutive weeks of
harness racing is now a most promising one. As
Mr. Waddell remarked the other day, there are two
main factors in guaranteeing a race meeting against
loss — gate receipts and entrance money. He is cer-
tain from what he has thus far seen of California
that the gate receipts will be sufficient in any town
where a good meeting is held, and he knows to an
absolute certainty that if a circuit of ten or more
meetings is advertised the entries will be more than
sufficient to meet that end of the expense. In fact,
he looks for the largest list of entries ever received
in California.
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ALTHOUGH the market for draft horses has not
been good in San Francisco during the past year,
nothing but the very best bringing a fair price, there
seems to be a demand in New York and Chicago that
is hard to supply. At a sale held in New York last
week the Herald says that not only were the offer-
ings unusually numerous and attractive for this sea-
son of the year but the buyers were present in large
numbers, eager to bid on anything useful that came
under the hammer. F. S. Francis, of Kewanee, HI.,
obtained the best prices of the year on Monday for
a car lot of western wagon horses, chunks and
drafters. Scarcely a horse in this consignment
brought less than $200. The bulk of them went off
at prices ranging from $250 to $500, and one pair of
big fellows went to $750, the highest price of the day.
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i THE Horse Review's Harness Racing Guide and
Breeders' Directory for 1916 is at hand and, like all
its predecessors, is the one annual that is of most
use to trotting and pacing horse owners and breed-
ers, and to turf writers and compilers of any harness
turf statistics. It has a complete summary of nearly
every race trotted or paced in the United States last
year, and in addition tables of statistics on almost
every subject in which a horseman is interested. We
Volume 32 of Wallace's Year Book is out and
shows many improvements over the lost volume. It
has the full summaries of all trotting and pacing per-
formances of the year 1916 in which any heat was
trotted in 2:30 or better or paced in 2:25 or better,
compiled from the official reports of the National and
American trotting associations and other reliable
sources. Each meeting reported is numbered, show-
ing that there were 1162 harness meetings reported
in the United States last year, and about 12,000 trot-
ters and pacers were raced. A new feature of the
book is the Winraee and Eligibility List which has
been compiled by the National Trotting Association.
Unfortunately, the American Trotting Association
has not contributed a similar list of records made
over its tracks and to obtain them application must
be made to the latter organization. The book is well
printed and bound in conformity with the preceding
31 volumes. The price is $3.25 sent prepaid from
this office on receipt of cash.
Death of Daphne McKinney
Daphne McKinney, the well known brood mare
owned by W. E. Detels, was found dead last Sunday
morning in the infield at Pleasanton Training Track,
where she was at pasture. She was discovered lying
down as if asleep, with no marks of a struggle, and
must have died suddenly. She was a bay mare,
foaled 1900. sired by McKinney, dam La Muscovita
by Guy Wilkes, second dam Muscova by Belmont 64,
third dam by Woodford Mambrino. She was bred by
Dr. C. Masoero, the well known veterinarian of San
Francisco, and was sold by him to Frank Nugent,
Superintendent of the Dutard Farm, who sold her
to Mr. Detels. Her first foal was the pacer Frank N.
that is now owned by the Dutard Estate. She was
then bred to Bon Voyage 2:08 and foaled a colt
named Bon McKinney, that took a record of 2:24V*
and is the sire of Bon Courage 2:08% and several
others in the standard list. Her next foal was by
Alconda Jay and we believe is still owned by the
Dutard Estate. Daphne McKinney was sold in 1911
to Mr. Detels who bred her to Palite 45062, and in
1912 she foaled another colt, that was named Palado,
but he never took a record. She was mated in 1912
with The Proof 2:09% and the result was a filly that
lived but 24 hours. In 1913 she was mated with Gra-
ham Bellini 2: 11 % and a filly resulted. This filly-
was named Elloretta D. and last summer she won
second money in the Pacific Breeders' Futurity at
Santa Rosa, driven by Fred Chadbourne. While
Elloretta D. has no record she worked miles around
2:20 last year as a two-year-old and is entered in
several of the three-year-old stakes for this year. In
1914 Mr. Detels bred her to Homer Rutherford's colt
Geo. N. Patterson that now has a record of 2:12%,
but she missed. In 1915 she was mated with Ma-
homet Watts 2:08%, foaling a handsome colt last
spring that has just been broken to harness and is
a very promising yearling. Mr. Detels does not think
she was in foal at the time of her death, although
she was bred to Geo. Hammett (3) 2:15% last year.
Mr. Detels is lucky to have a filly from this mare in
Elloretta D. and she is the only filly from Daphne
McKinney that is living. La Moscovita, the dam of
Daphne McKinney, is the dam of Bon Guy 2:09%,
Triva 2:20%, Lou Crellin 2:23 and Winnie Bond
2:27.
A Letter From Mr. Knight.
We are in receipt of a letter from Secretary Knight
of the American Trotting Association, under date of
January 20th, regarding the no-record rule prior to
July 4th, which reads as follows: "There seems to
be an impression among horsemen that the new rules
vacate the conditions of the old rule 49, as to rec-
ords made prior to and during the week of which
July 4, 1916, was a part on tracks of The American
Trotting Association. This is not the case. Their
eligibility is not affected by the new rules.
(Signed) W. H. KNIGHT."
The rule referred to reads as follows:
"Only race winners, if they be heat winners ac-
cording to the system raced, shall obtain a record.
In races conducted under either the Combination
Plan or Every-Heat-a-Race system, the horse taking
the record shall be the heat winner standing best in
the final summary of the race under the Old Placing
System. Should two or more horses be tied for first
place in said summary, each horse so tied shall ac-
quire a record.
"In determining the eligibility of horses to com-
pete in public races, only records that have been or
may hereafter be made by the winners of races shall"
be considered. Records that have been, or which
may hereafter be, made In performances against
time (not for money premiums) or In public races
by non-winners of races or records that may here-
after be made on the track of the American Trotting
Association prior to or during the week of which
July 4th is a part in each year, shall not be consid-
ered a bar to eligibility in public races, but shall be
considered a breeder's record."
Discussing the Kentucky Derby.
New York, Jan. 22. — That a real American Derby
to be run at Belmont Park's spring meeting is one
of the things needful to the turf is not disputed by
anyone having the interest of racing at heart. An
evidence of the interest taken in the first and big-
gest stake of the year for three-year-olds was had
at the Waldorf yesterday, when a number of horse-
men and trainers had gotten together. The main
topic of conversation was the Ketucky Derby to be
run at Churchill Downs in May.
The Kentucky Derby has $15,000 added as a purse
this year, making it not only the richest three-year
old stake of the year, but the most important because
of its early running and the chance to prove which
of the two-year-olds of the past season has developed
into a star in his three-year-old form.
Trainer Rowe was the center of attraction during
the discussion of the Derby, for the reason that he
was the only one present to have entries for the
Kentucky classic. He made it known that be will
have four entered in the rich event.
"Of course, Joyner hasn't anything to enter in the
Derby," was the kidding remark of Trainer Rowe.
"He's just a selling-plate trainer, but that doesn't go
if Mr. Widener hears it. I am entering four for the
Derby, and Walter Jennings, who is training the big
Macomber string down at Charleston, S. C, would be
worried if he knew what great weather we've been
having here and how well- my youngsters are doing.
The Derby candidates that Mr. Rowe has to enter
for the Harry Payne Whitney stable are Tumbler,
Hwfa, Rickety and Bellringer. The trainer declined
to say which one of the lot he considered the best.
When it was suggested that Tumbler might be the'
pick of the pack, he called attention to the fact that :
this youngster has been gelded and might not run :
so well, although he admitted that, on the other '
hand, he might show a big improvement in his three-
year-old form, as he has been showing well recently.
In Rickety he has a good one that gave Campfire a
great race in the Futurity last season, having the
R. T. Wilson champion headed at one stage of the
journey.
At any rate, Mr. Rowe is the first to make public
announcement of what horses he will enter for the
big spring event.
"You can go right along entering the best you've
got, but you are certain to finish behind one horse,
and that one will be North Star," was the retort of
A. J. Joyner to Mr. Rowe's kidding remark about Mr.
Joyner having no fit candidates for the classic event
"If North Star keeps well and starts in the Derby,
they can start paying off on him when they go to
the post."
Mr. Joyner is an enthusiast on the subject of North
Star and the other horses that have been imported
from abroad by A. K. Macomber. He does not con-
tend that the other youngsters purchased abroad are
going to come to the races as world-beaters, but he
is firm in his belief that North Star is the greatest
horse that has been imported for racing purposes.
The surprising note sounded in the discussion was
that of Eniil Herz, long supposed to be a strong be-
liever in the potency of the imported racer. The
opinion advanced by Mr. Herz was that there were
far more poor ones than horses worth while among
the recent buys of Americans in England.
"In another year North Star may be the greatest
four-year-old in the World, but I can't see him as a
winner of this year's Derby," was the assertion made
by Mr. Herz. "In fact, I'll lay 4 to 1 against him to
show." And right there the owner of Short Grass,
the imported thoroughbred just retired to the stud,
made a "winter book," and found takers of his odds.
He laid 4 to 1 that North Star would not finish one-
two-three, but he was backing his contention that
the newest of Mr. Macomber's imported prizes would
not even be a starter.
Mr. Herz is strongly of the opinion that Cudgel,
one of the Whitney cast-offs of last season, purchased
by John W. Schorr, would be heard from in the
Derby.
To bring the horse back to his old-time glory the
State Racing Commission will recommend to the
New York Legislature, in its annual report, the adop-
tion in the state of the pari-mutuel system of betting.
The introduction of bills to carry out this recom-
mendation, it is expected, will again cause one of
the bitterest fights ever known in the Legislature,
and open again the race track betting controversy,
which under Governor Hughes resulted in laws pro-
hibiting all betting on New York race tracks. Before
any pari-mutuel system could be established in New
York there would have to be an amendment to the
present Constitution of the State, adopted in 1894,
which, in Section 9 of Article 1 says, in part: "Nor
shall any lottery or the sale of lottery tickets, pool-
selling, bookmaking, or any other kind of gambling
hereafter be authorized or allowed within this State,
and the Legislature shall pass appropriate laws to
prevent offenses against any of the provisions of
this section."
+ + +
The Futurity for 1919 has received the largest en-
try list in ten years, no less than 919 nominations
having been received. It is believed the value of
the stake when run will be over $65,000.
♦ ♦ *
The King of Spain, who races under the nom de
plume of the Duke of Toledo, has entered a number
of horses for 'he coming English flat racing season.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 3, 191;
Harness Horses and Horsemen
Death of William F. Whittier.
William F. Whittier, one of California's leading
business men and land owners, proprietor of the
largest and most perfectly appointed trotting horse
breeding farm in this State, died at his home in San
Francisco on Friday of last week after a brief illness,
aged 86 years.
Mr. Whittier was a pioneer and one of the few
remaining members of the famous Vigilance Commit-
tee of 1856. He was born in Maine January 17th,
1832, came to California in 1854, entering the paint
and oil business in 1857 by forming the Cameron-
Whittier Company. This firm was succeeded by
Whtitier, Fuller & Co., in 1867. William P. Fuller
Sr. died in 1892, and the Whittier, Fuller Company
dissolved in 1S94, after which Mr. Whittier formed
the Whittier-Coburn Company. He successfully man-
ufactured the first white lead and the first mirrors
produced on the Pacific coast.
In company with his friend, the late Col. E. L.
Mayberry. Mr. Whittier in '18S7 went on a quail hunt
in the Hemet Valley, Riverside county. The two
triends saw the possibilities of an irrigation system
that would bring water to that valley and organized
a company that built the Hemet dam and made of
the valley one of the most prosperous fruit growing
sections of the State. He founded the town of Hemet
and about fifteen years ago Mr. Whittier took over
all the holdings of his associates in that section. At
the time of his death he was the sole owner of Lake
Hemet Water Company and its subsidiaries, Hotel
Hemet, the Hemet Stock Farm, the First National
Bank and the Bank of Hemet He also owned a
large amount of real estate in Hemet and the sur-
rounding country..
Most of the Breeder and Sportsmen's readers are
more or less familiar with Mr. Whittier's history as
a breeder of trotting stock. He was always a lover
of horses but it was not until the death of his friend
and partner Col. Mayberry that he became an exten-
sive horse breeder. At the Colonel's death Mr. Whit-
tier took over some of that gentleman's horses,
among them the stallion Geo. W. McKinney 2:14%.
He had in his employ at the time that thorough
horseman, the late John R. Holloway, and placed him
in charge of the new venture. Mr. Holloway attend-
ed several trotting horse sales during 1908 and 1909,
buying carefully and selecting some highly bred
mares. Among others he secured at the dispersal
of the late Martin Carter's Nutwood Stock Farm, the
young mare Louise Carter (3) 2:24, in foal to Budd
Doble's great stallion Kinney Lou 2:07%. After
being taken to Hemet, Louise Carter gave birth to a
chestnut colt that was trained by Mr. Holloway the
next year as a yearling, and driven by him at the
Phoenix Fair a mile in 2:19%, the world's record for
a yearling colt at that time. Hemet Stock Farm im-
mediately jumped into the limelight as the home of
a world's champion, and since then it has been vis-
ited by hundreds of horsemen who have, without ex-
ception, pronounced it the model stock farm of the
West.
When Wilbur Lou was a two-year-old, Mr. Holloway
began training him again for his stake engagements,
but soon had to give up personal attention to the
matter owing to severe illness. He took Wilbur Lou
and a few others of the Hemet Stock Farm horses
to San Jose, however, intending to race them on the
circuit, but his illness suddenly terminated fatally
and the horses were put in charge of Budd Doble,
who then resided at San Jose . Under Mr. Doble's
driving Wilbur Lou won all his stake engage-
ments that year and as a three-year-old trotted to a
record of 2:10%. Mr. Whittier then organized the
Hemet Stock Farm as a corporation with himself
as President and Mr. Doble as Vice-President and
Manager. Last year Mr. Doble retired, and Fred
Ward was engaged as trainer and manager.
During the racing season of 1916 another world's
record came to Hemet Stock Farm when Hemet
Queen, a daughter of Wilbur Lou, paced a mile in
2:16% at Phoenix, which is the fastest mile ever
paced by a yearling filly. At the same meeting Edith
Carter, a yearling filly trotter, took a record of
2:18Vi, which is within a half second of the world's
record for her age and sex. This filly is out of the
dam of Wilbur Lou and is by Kinney de Lopez, the
stallion owned by Budd Doble.
Hemet Stock Farm is one of the show places of
California and is as well appointed as any breeding
farm west of the Mississippi. It is always kept in
perfect order and its neat buildings, clover fields,
half mile tract, etc.. are a delight to the eye of every
horseman who visits Hemet.
Mr. Whittier made of this farm a success the same
as he did of every other business in which he en-
gaged, but his death will probably mean its dispersal,
which will be a great loss to the horse breeding
interests of California.
In the death of Mr. Whittier California has lost
one of the actual builders of her commonwealth, and
an energetic man of strict integrity and strong char-
acter, whose work has always been for the upbuild-
ing of the State of his adoption. He married Char-
lotte A .Robinson In Maine in 1858. She died in
1&S5. He leaves three children, Mrs. Jane W. Sypher,
Mrs. Mattie W. Weir and William R. Whittier. Up
to the time he contracted pneumonia, a few days
before his death, Mr. Whittier was a very active man
both mentally and physically, personally directed all
his extensive business affairs and did not look to be
within twenty years of his age.
District Fairs Would Aid State Fair.
Denying insinuations made by some Northern Cali-
fornia legislators that his bill, which provides that
the state be split into fifteen districts where district
fairs could be held, is a measure designed to cripple,
if not bring about the eventual abolition of the State
Fair, Senator Herbert W. Slater of Santa Rosa de-
clares the passage of his bill would insure a bigger
and more representative State Fair than ever.
Senator Slater states that primarily his bill is de-
signed to encourage district fairs, which could be
participated in by counties far removed from Sacra-
mento. Secondly, the bill intends to make the State
Fair a much larger institution than it is now, says
Slater.
Slater believes that some provision should be made
to allow counties to group together, as provided for
in his bill, and hold fairs of their own. He argues
that too little attention is being paid to bettering
the Quality and quantity of crops and that the breed-
ing of stock is receiving too little attention. Carry-
ing the argument further, he says these district fairs
would create a pride in local products in all sec-
tions of the state.
"It is a certainty that no fruits, vegetables, mate-
rials or stock would be exhibited at these fairs that
would not be the very best," said Senator Slater.
"When people compete to exhibit the best they nat-
urally improve the grade of their product."
Slater states that the advantages of the State Fair
are now enjoyed only by the people residing in the
Sacramento valley and nearby foothill counties. He
believes that the prize winners at the district fairs
would naturally want to display their wares at the
State Fair. As a result he thinks that a score or
more of counties never having exhibits at the State
Fair would enter the open competitive field the fair
offers. If these exhibitors were interested enough
to place their wares before the public at the State
Fair, they would be interested enough to attend the
fair themselves.
"Two years ago a big Sonoma county fair was held
at Santa Rosa. Jack London and other breeders of
good stock in Sonoma county entered their stock in
our fair. After winning prizes there it was but nat-
ural they would want to invade a wider field. Many
of them, London among them, brought their prize
winning animals to the last State Fair.
"They won prizes at the State Fair, I may add. It
is a well known fact that the cattle shown at the
last State Fair were the best in history- If one fair
would result in procuring a number of exhibitors for
the State Fair, what would fifteen district fairs do
for the big yearly exposition? The smaller fairs
would simply be feeders for the big one.
"I can't see how there can be any opposition to
the bill. I know that similar measures have been de-
feated when brought up in the legislature before,
but I am very sanguine of the success of this bill,
because I know it will do no harm and more good
than can be estimated."
Slater has also introduced a bill providing for the
holding of an annual poultry show in some city of
the State. He claims the annual poultry show would
be another big feeder of the State Fair, and would
result in renewed interest in poultry raising in this
State.
Leata J.'s Sire Has New Owner.
A. T. Jackson, who now resides at Stockton, has
become the owner by purchase of the stallion Royal
McKinr.ey 2:29%, sire of Leata J. 2:03, and will
stand him for public service in San Joaquin county.
This horse has a very remarkable record as a sire
as he never stood for public service until 1913, and
up to this time has but a half dozen foals old enough
to have been trained. Besides being the sire of
Leata J. 2:03. winner of $23,000 in purses and stakes,
he is the sire of The Orphan, that had harness on
for the first time March 9th, 1916, and was second
both heats of the two-year-old pace at Sacramento in
September in 2:17% and 2:18%, and that paced a
trial mile the following month in 2:14% with a halt
in 1:04. Lloyd A., a full brother to The Orphan,
trotted a mile in 2:11% as a five-year-old, and
Blanche, another of his get, paced to a matinee rec-
ord of 2:14 and trialed in 2:12, while Laura J. at 22
months old trotted a quarter in 35 seconds and a
mile in 2:36. Another of Royal McKinney"s get
is used as a work horse and never trained, and these
are the only ones that Mr. Jackson knows of that
were sired by Royal McKinney that were broken to
harness up to last year.
American Horse Breeders Stakes Fill Well.
According to official reports from Secretary De-
vereux's office, a total of fifty-one stallions, including
all the noted speed producing sires and young pros-
pects for same distinction, are named in the Cham-
pion Stallion Stake for foals of 1916 to be raced in
1919. This is six more than last year, which in turn
was the largest since the Futurity was first an-
nounced. Without giving the names of all the stal-
lions named in this stake, the record shows that no
less than sixteen of the leading sires of 1916 are in
the list, the notable absentees being J. Malcolm
Forbes and Guy Axworthy, the former so far noted
through the early speed of his get over the tincup
route, mostly named because of the plan already
made for his sale, but who will be in the list this
year as all the five stallions of Walnut Hall Farm
already are.
The showing in the Matron Stake is more brilliant
and indicates that prominent breeding farms, like
Walnut Hall, Patchen Wilkes .Hamburg Place, Colcf-i
stream. L. E. Brown, Curies Neck, Castleton Farm, I
Midway Farm ,and others, are well represented. Thel
official list shows a total of 750 in this branch of the
Breeders' Futurity, with a total of 124 individual
nominators of mares, or an average of six for each,)
and of whom just forty-five have named only onei
more each. It is needless to say that practically all
of the noted speed producing mares now in the breed- f
ing ranks are in this list, although it is not as large
as those for others, like the Kentucky Futurity, and [
'■s due to the fact that only mares owned by members I
are eligible. The stakes are for three-year-olds alone,
with a total entrance fee of $155, of which $135 are j
due on March 1st the year of the race and at time oil
closing of entries at the meeting where the stake will
be raced. At the rate of $35 and $100, the cost oil
carrying a colt or a filly to the year of the race, I
therefore, is $20 as yearling and two-year-old, re- i
spectively, ?5 and $15.
Hemet Stock Farm Horses
The death of W. F. Whittier will doubtless make!
many changes in the arrangements that were made!
in regard to the Hemet Stock Farm horses that arej
in charge of Fred Ward. It had been decided not to
race last year's great yearlings Hemet Queen 2: 16% I
and Edith Carter 2:18% as two-year-olds. Accord-I
ing to the Hemet News, however, the two-year-olds I
of last year were to be raced as three-year-olds, and I
payments had been made on them for their engage- 1
ments. Zeta Lucile (2) 2:12% holds the Pacific
coast record for two-year-old trotters and Louise del
Lopez (2) 2:12% made a whirlwind campaign!
through the Middle West last year.
Don de Lopez 2:16% is another trotter that was*
expected to be a big money-winner the coming year. II
Don de Lopez started fifteen times in the East last I
year and finished first twelve times, second twice
and was out of the money once when he made a bad
break. He was beaten only by a head in 2:11 last!
season and is eligible to the 2:17 class.
Allie Lou (3) 2:12% won every stake in California (
in 1915 as a three-year-old and took more than $9,000 1
in purses that year. Allie Lou was beaten by a f rac- 1
tion of a second in 2:07 time at Phoenix last fall and!
trotted three heats in better than 2:09.
Harry R. 2:11% (half mile track) won four straight!
races on the Midway circuit in Kansas and Nebraska!
last season and is expected to be an excellent pacer i'
this year.
Sterling Lou 2:19% (half mile track) won three*
races in Iowa and Nebraska last year and is expected I
to be a good trotter the coming season. Many other
horses at the farm were to be trained this spring.
L. B. Brown of Denver Buys Direct Pointer.
Mr. L. B. Brown, a wealthy Denver man, re- j
cently purchased a number of high class trotting
bred mares and horses at the Chicago and other f
sales and turned them over to Joe Maguire. One of I
these horses is Direct Pointer, a very fine looking
and wonderfully fast horse. He is by Baron Direct, !
dam Hallie Direct by Directly 2:03%, second dam I
by Sky Pointer, full brother to Star Pointer 1:59%. I
Maguire says this is the fastest horse he has ever I
seen, and when eleven months old the twentieth time
the harness was put on him he paced an eighth in n
15 1-5 seconds. He was then sent back to the farm I
and has not been trained since. He is now seven r
years old, and it is believed will make a great sire. [
He now stands 15.3, weighs 1100 pounds and is a
dark bay.
Perhaps It Is Badger Boy 2:27%.
Among the horses in training at the Phoenix, Ari- I
zona, track is a trawberry roan gelding by Vassar j
out of a mare by Badger Boy. This gelding is owned
by Frank W. Efner and John Howard, the last named .
being the trainer. Mr. Efner writes that the man
from whom they bought the gelding could not tell
much about Badger Boy. Perhaps this is the stallion t
Badger Boy, register number 12,429, trotting record
2:27%, that died in Wisconsin in 1892. This horse
was by Swigert 650, dam Badger Girl 2:22% by Black
Flying Cloud 378. Mr. Efner"s father, the late Geo. I
B. Efner, bred and raised Byron 2:25% that trotted
the first mile better than 2:30 ever trotted in Erie
county. New York. Byron was by Royal George.
North Yakima Announces., Purses.
The Washington State Fair at North Yakima has
decided to take the dates September i7th to 22d, and
will hang up 56000 in purses for harness races. There
will be five trotting and five pacing events. The
free-for-all and 2:12 classes will be the fastest for
the trotters and the free-for-all and 2:08 classes for
the pacers. For these races purses of $700 will be
offered ,and for the other class $500 and $600. No
money will be offered the runners except what will
be hung up for the Indians, and it is proposed to
bring a large number of the aborigines and their
horses to the fair.
Saturday, Februay 3. 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
HORSE NEWS FROM OREGON.
Fred T. Merrill, of Portland, Oregon, is the breeder
of the good pacer Oregon Hal 2:09% recently sold
by Warren Dennis to Thos. W. Murphy of New York.
Mr. Merrill, in a quiet way, is a substantial breeder
at his own farm and half mile track only a few miles
from the center of Portland. He keeps a few choice
broodmares and breeds them to the best stallions
available. He has raised colts by Hal B„ McKinney,
The Bondsman, Cruzados and others of note. He
bred the fast pacer Red Hal 2:09% and while a busy
man with his real estate, his promotion of boxing
events and other sports, yet finds time to visit and
enjoy his horses, and to spend his money for the good
of the harness horse game. He is a live wire.
Messrs.- Cox & Miller are now owners of the half
mile track at Forest Grove, Oregon, having secured
the plant from Capt. McCann of The Bondsman fame.
In the deal they took over Capt. McCann's stallion,
now five years old — Cavalier Gale. He is by Baron-
gale 2:11% and his dam is Nella Jay (3) 2:14%,
winner of the $14,000 Kentucky Futurity in 1902, by
Jayhawker. So Cavalier Gale needs no apology when
it comes to a question of his breeding, for he is bred
in the purple. As to his gameness, it is as good as
his breeding. Last season was his first year out.
Mr. Cox, who trained the colt, could not locate a
lameness that came on early in spring and stayed
with the roan colt all season. At times it was severe
yet Cavalier Gale never at any time in any of his
races quit trying to trot. He was on nearly every
occasion outclassed and short of work on account of
his lameness, yet he made the spectators cheer at
his exhibition of gameness. It is to be hoped he
will be trained this year and be ready and sound to
race, also that Cox & Miller will advertise him and
give him the opportunity that such a royally bred
stallion is entitled to. The owners of good mares
around Portland and points close to Forest Grove
need not make the excuse that there is no good stal-
lion in the district for Cavalier Gale is as well bred
as any and a fast and game trotter besides.
Cox & Miller own the great little race mare Lads
Hal 2:05% by Hal B. 2:04%. She was a sick and
sore mare all last season . When she met Zombrino
at Vancouver she should have been in the hospital
instead of out racing against such horses as Zom-
brino and Sir Wilfred, but she put up a good race.
At Centralia she was in a bad way but another Hal
B. in Hal Paxton was there to entertain Zombrino,
and while Hal Paxton was very lame yet he beat
Zombrino at every station and put in three heats
below 2:10. While I am at it I will say that Hal
Paxton is to me the gamest race horse I ever saw,
because he was a very lame horse at Yakima and
Spokane yet he dared battle with the great Zom-
brino without flinching. At Salem Dr. Patterson
cocained his bad ankle and he got busy, and it took
all Zombrino had that day to stave him off. I just
make this statement out of respect for the game race
horse Hal Paxton and his owner-trainer, Fred Wood-
cock, and I know Zombrino is a great pacer and his
trainer, Ted Bunch, as fine a man as I know in
America.
But back to Cox & Miller. Mr. Cox is one of Amer-
ica's oldest trainers for he was a trainer years and
years ago on the famous Jewett Farm in New York
State, and he trained many famous horses — Jerome
Eddy and many others. Now he has a real race track
of bis own and several grandly bred young horses,
and everybody who knows him and his partner, Mr.
Miller, will extend to them their most hearty good
wishes.
Every once in a while we read in the horse jour-
nals an item to the effect that a horseman of ad-
vanced age is training a light harness horse. Usu-
ally these items are about men who live in rock-
ribbed Maine, the Old Granite or the Nutmeg State.
So I think it but right and proper to make an item
about a man who trains a horse and lives in Oregon.
His name is Peter Cook. He lives at Balston, Ore-
gon, is a real live merchant and a successful one, and
his age the last time I saw him, during the Oregon
State Fair, was 74. Peter Cook trains and drives
his own horses, and does it in addition to managing
a large and prosperous general merchandise store.
Every year Mr. Cook manages to have one or two
horses ready to race, and whether the races begin
July 4th or August 24th, Peter Cook is ready. Last
season he went through the Oregon circuit with his
good game and fast trotter Mark H., and every time
he started this horse the other teamsters had to
hustle and the spectators saw a real horse race. At
Salem he started Mark H. against a good-sized field
and won, giving the son of Como a mark of 2:17%
and bringing the crowd to its feet in a wild burst of
applause as he made a Peter Cook finish. He can
sure high line a trotter, is not afraid of the cars,
does not take the overland route nor tear around the
first turn as though the Old Nick were after him,
and can time a finish to a nicety. During one of the
heats of this race last fall, when his driving was
being cheered to the echo by the great crowd in the
grand stand, Mr. Cook's hat blew off and his very
bald head was exposed . Some one began to shout,
"See the old bald-headed scout; why don't he wear
hair?" To which comment a bright lady sitting near
me made reply: "Peter Cook don't need hair on his
head because he has real brains inside." This quick
retort closed all further remarks about Peter's head.
Besides owning Mark H., which horse by the way
is a game, fast, reliable and good gaited trotter. Mr.
Cook owns a very good-looking four-year-old horse
named Kinney Wave by Tidal Wave 2:06%, dam by
McKinney. Mr. Cook traded Lottie Ansel 2:14%, a
mare that the writer sold him a year ago, for this
horse, that is young and sound and a fast pacer. Mr.
Cook will have his pacer and trotter both ready
when the 1917 races begin. Besides haivng his sport
in summer Peter Cook winters his own horses, jogs
them on the roads around Balston and in addition
attends all the meetings of his Grand Army post, goes
to every dance and social gathering and dances a
minuet, a fox trot, or turkey in the straw as accu-
rately and gracefully as any man in Oregon. This
is a long story, but it is about a good American. 1
wish I knew many more such horsemen as Peter
Cook. He is my interpretation of a real sportsman.
C. A. HARRISON.
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DEATH OF A ONCE PROMINENT HORSEMAN.
[Communicated]
Those lovers of the trotting horse whose recollec-
tions extend back two-score years, will hear with
regret of the recent death, in Chicago, of Mr. James
Stinson. Mr. Stinson came of a Canadian family of
prominence, wealth and fondness for sport. He was
a man of large means, who came to Chicago before
the civil war period, and was always known for his
intense fondness for fine horses. In 1S71 he took
four of his horses, Volunteer, David, Tom and Satin-
ette, and at the old Dexter Park Race Track, driving
himself, he broke the world's four-in-hand record.
For a period of some years after this he confined
his attention to driving and riding horses, and he was
a very familiar figure on the Chicago boulevards, at
the Washington Park Club, and in the neighborhood
of his beautiful mansion which stood in the midst of
ten acres of park-like grounds on Drexel Boulevard.
About 1885 he conceived the idea of producing, by
careful breeding and changes of handling methods,
a more natural trotter, from whom speed could be
had without the use of such artificial aids as special
shoes, tips, boots, check reins, etc. He attempted
to carry this idea out, and for the purpose he pur-
chased two stock farms, one at Thornton, Bl„ and
the other at Gary, Ind., which he equipped with spe-
cial stables, tracks, and every facility for the training
of his colts and horses. He purchased for his chief
stallion Nutmeg 2:16, and quantities of brood mares
and colts from various stock farms. Among his
trainers were V. L. Shuler and Wm. McDonald. Budd
DoMe also at times drove his horses. Mr. Stinson's
ideas of handling horses were so revolutionary that
he never obtained a trainer who could really compre-
hend and carry them into execution. From boyhood
they had all been used to the orthodox methods, from
which they often got quick results, and they never
really sympathized with his peculiar ideas. Another
point on which they were not in sympathy was in
the matter of racing the horses. The trainers were
anxious for the glory and excitement of following the
circuits ; to Mr. Stinson this was repugnant — his sole
interest was in improving an individual horse by
handling, and improving them generally by breed-
ing— for any glory, or to make money from his
horses,, was a thing which was farthest from his
desires. He was a disciple of the late Joseph Cairn
Simpson and drove his horses shod only in tips; he
used no boots, toeweights, check reins or any device
to change their gait or stride; and he insisted that
they be driven on a loose rein. Notwithstanding
these methods he produced many fast trotters, and
perhaps his crowning achievement came in 1892. It
was from Mr. Simpson's book "Tips and Toeweights"
that he obtained bis ideas on shoeing.
His four-in-hand record, made in 1871, stood as the
world's best for seventeen years, when Mr. Gordon,
of Cleveland, took Clingstone and three of his other
best horses and, with a professional driver, broke it.
In 1892 Mr. Stinson took four of his colts, all sired
by Nutmeg and bred by himself, then at the age of
sixty-five, and without any artificial aids to their
gaits, shod in tips, drove them at the Washington
Park track, knocking eight seconds off of Mr. Gor-
don's record, and making a world's record again,
which probably still stands.
The panic of 1893 swept away Mr. Stinson's great
fortune, with all his breeding farms and horses. It
came so soon after the period of their conception
that enough time had not elapsed to test Mr. Stin-
son's theories.
Mr. Stinson loved all animals, but he was particu-
larly devoted to the horse. His patience in training
them was almost inexhaustible, and the results he
obtained were astonishing to his fellow horsemen.
By kindness, firmness and infinite perseverance he
would take a nervous, rattle-headed horse and event-
ually drive him on a loose rein. His method reveals
his great patience. He could not stand a horse that
pulled on the reins. As soon as his horse would
start to pull Mr. Stinson would stop him and back a
few steps, then start again, and the moment the
horse took hold he would stop and back again. He
would keep this up for hours, sometimes backing the
horse over a mile at a time, but he was invariably
successful in dominating the animal and obtaining
his desired result. "White Hat" McCarthy of Cali-
fornia once sold Mr. Stinson a very speedy but nerv-
ous, rattle-headed mare. A year later Mr. McCarthy
was passing through Chicago ,and went to see Mr.
Stinson, who asked him to take a drive behind the
mare. McCarthy, who knew her well, was by no
means anxious to go, but did not like to refuse. He
took a seat in the buggy ready to spring out any
moment. To McCarthy's amazement the mare went
along quietly on the loose rein and after driving a
couple of miles they stopped, and the mare began
to browse on the grass along the roadside. McCar-
thy turned to Mr. Stinson and said that no one could
have made him believe such a change in that animal
was possible, if he had not himself seen it. This is
merely one of many similar incidents where horse-
men were astonished at his results.
Mr. Stinson never sold a horse — he kept them until
they died. Sometimes this trait seemed very strange,
as the following incident will illustrate: He bought
a colt that as a two-year-old showed great speed for
that age . The following year he trained it, but no
improvement developed, and this was repeated as a
four and five-year-old, when it was manifest that he
never would improve on the original speed he had
shown at first . As he was a fine looking, showy
horse, a neighbor made Mr. Stinson a very good
offer to buy him. Mr. Stinson refused the offer, and
on the same day gave orders for the horse to be
taken out and killed. He felt that he was not good
enough to keep, that he was useless on the farm, but
he would not unload him on anyone else.
Mr. Stinson's patience and philosophy, which were
revealed in handling his horses, stood him in good
stead in his latter years of reduced circumstances.
He never complained of his reverses in fortune, or
made the slightest references to his former opulence.
Once, when the writer made an allusion to it, he
smiled benignly and said that, like Socrates, he
looked around and thanked Jove that there were so
many things in this world that he did not want.
He attained the ripe age of eighty-eight years, and
in his death the turf loses a follower who was im-
bued with the finest ideals. G. P. W.
San Francisco, Jan. 26, 1916.
The Revolution in Racing.
How racing has been revolutionized in the last
forty years is shown by the records of 1876 compared
with those of 1916. In the Centennial year 476 races
were run in the United States, and of these 103 were
heat races. Four were at four mile heats, four at
three mile heats, eighteen at two mile heats and
seventy-two at mile heats. Only one race reported
was at a distance less than half a mile and only nine-
teen were run at that distance, most of these being at
fairs.
There were ten dashes at five furlongs, forty-five
at six furlongs and sixty-five at one mile. Forty-three
were at a mile and a quarter, fifty at a mile and a
half, twenty-eight at a mile and three-quarters, forty-
four at two miles, seventeen at two miles and a half,
seven at three miles and three at four miles.
Statistics of last season are not yet available, but
it is safe to say there was not a running race at any
recognized meeting under the jurisdiction of the
Jockey Club in which the horses had to repeat, even
at the shortest of distances. Four mile races, once
deemed to be the true test of an American thorough-
bred, were unknown ,and substantially the same thing
was true of races at three miles and at two miles,
while the number of dashes at distances greater than
a mile and a half was negligible.
At some of the purely commercial meetings the
program day after day showed no race at a distance
so great as a mile. Even at Saratoga there was only
one contest at a greater distance than a mile and
a quarter in a month of racing, and at Belmont Park
the Municipal Handicap and the Realization were the
only exceptions on the program of the autumn meet-
ing.
Will Again Sell Thoroughbreds.
The Fasig-Tipton Company has fitted up a pavilion
at Saratoga and will return to the business of auc-
tioning thoroughbreds. George Bain, who has been
auctioneer for the trotting horse sales of the com-
pany, and who succeeded the late William Easton as
a thoroughbred auctioneer, will fill that office, and
the contracts that have already been made suggest
that he will have a very busy season. Some of the
breeders who have booked their consignments for
the Saratoga selling season are: Hal Prince Headley,
with 28 yearlings, the get of Star Shoot; the Beau-
mont Stud yearlings of Headley and Miller; Clarence
H. Mackay's Hara de Fresnay lot from Normandy,
France; Williams and Radford's Adelbert Stud year-
lings; J. S. Barbee's output from the Glen Helen
Stud; O. H. Chenault's Spendthrift Stud lot; J. O.
and G. H. Keene's Keeneland Stud and a number ot
recently imported yearlings; Phil T. Chinn's im-
ported thoroughbreds and the yearlings of White and
Garnett and Edgar Renshaw. All of the other breed-
ers of importance will probably send consignments,
and the Fasig-Tipton Company bids fair to at once
come back to the important position the company
enjoyed in the thoroughbred field back in the days
when they had commodious paddocks on Ocean ave-
nue, opposite the old Sheepshead Bay racecourse,
and when William Easton officiated so entertainingly
on the block.
♦ ♦♦
A dispatch from New York states that a butcher
shop, in which horse meat is sold exclusively, has
been opened in Harlem with the sanction of the board
of health. A sign over the shop reads: "Horse flesh
for sale here." Round and sirloin steaks are quoted
at 12 cents a pound, while inferior cuts sell as low
as six cents a pound. Horse meat frankfurters re-
tail at 10 cents a dozen.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February S, 1117
James W. Cromwell, one o£ the pioneer breeders
of saddle horses in the country, died at his home
near Cynthiana, Ky., January 14. Mr. Cromwell, who
was 76 years of age at the time of his death, never
lost interest in the saddle horse and the shows. He
was the breeder of Harrison Chief, the founder of
the Chief family of saddle horses. He also owned
Gaines' Denmark, to which all Denmarks trace.
+ + *
The four-year-old saddle mare, Willie McDonald,
by McDonald Chief, which was recently sold by Mc-
Cray Bros, of North Middletown, Ky., to Tom Cross
of Chicago, was sold to Walter Hill of St. Paul dur-
ing the Chicago show, and turned over to Tom Bass
of Mexico, Mo., who exhibited her at the Denver
show last week. From Denver she was shipped to
Mr. Hill at Los Angeles, where he is spending the
winter. The imported Hackney pony, Piccadilly, and
two ponies were also shipped by Bass to Mr. Hill.
+ ♦ +
W. J. Gooch, secretary of the Kentucky State Fair,
died recently at his home in Louisville. Mr. Gooch
was formerly a member of the State Legislature and
has been prominently identified with the live stock
interest of the South. He was a very efficient secre-
tary, but has only served one year. An effort is
being made by friends of L. B. Shropshire, assistant
secretary for many years ,to have him succeed Mr.
Gooch. Mr. Shropshire is thoroughly familiar with
the duties and his appointment would be a popular
one.
* + +
Future Bids Fair For Saddle Horse.
That the American saddle horse has the most
promising future since the establishment of the
breed and that the breeders who produce the right
kind will find a stronger demand than they can sup-
ply, practically at their own price, is the opinion of
W. W. Pollock, banker-miller and planter-stockman,
of Mexico, Mo., who was in San Francisco this week.
Mr. Pollock was at one time part owner of the great-
est saddle stallion the world has ever known, Rex
McDonald 833 ,and at the present time his country
estate, Pollock Place, near Mexico, is well stocked
with a magnificently bred herd of matrons. They
represent such sires as Rex Denmark, Rex McDon-
ald, Black Squirrel, Montrost Rex Chief A, and other
famous stallions of the past and present. He bred
Rex McD, the stallion that went to Kentucky a few
seasons ago as the most promising son Rex McDon
old ever sired. This horse was injured or the predic-
tions would have been fulfilled. Mr. Pollock declares
the present great demand for the saddle horses pro-
duced in Missouri and Kentucky will grow with leaps
and bounds and that the outlook for them is brighter
than for any breed, despite the growing demand for
weight in the collar. "Many prominent breeders have
been mating their mares with jacks, and well bred,
well educated, good looking saddle horses, such as
are wanted for riding in the parks of our cities, are
as scarce as 'hen's teeth. Thost breeders who
have the good judgment to raise good horses are
going to be well paid for their efforts. Every one
wants to ride and it is up to the producers to breed
the kind that the business man can ride with a cer-
tain amount of pleasure; the idea of believing they
are ready when only a professional trainer can ride
them must be abandoned and they must be abso-
lutely mannered before they will find a buyer," said
Mr. Pollock.
In addition to being the leading miller of Missouri
Mr. Pollock has one of the best bred herds of Short-
horn cattle and Poland-China hogs in Missouri.
0
The "rail birds" of Missouri and Kentucky, and
wherever horse shows are conducted in the Middle
West, will have something to talk about when the
bell is tapped at the opening of the summer shows.
There are more fresh horses of sensational quality
about to be uncovered than in several years. Some
of them have already been seen on rare occasions
but their performances at that time were not up to
what is expected of them since the season's devel-
opment. Prominent among these that will open the
eyes of the critics and cause applause in the grand
stand, is Easter Girl, owned by Jas. Buford of Paris,
Mo. This filly was shown by Buford in 1915 as a
af-old, and won many prizes; however, she
had a growing streak and in 1916 was not handled.
She was left entirely alone, and the results have
proven that it was good judgment on Buford's part,
as she has developed into a beautiful mare of the
big three-gaited type. She has broadened out to
magnificent proportions, has a long fine turned
neck, beautiful head with large expressive eyes, and
a snappy, well balanced trot. She is another saddle
bred one that is destined to become a three-gaited
crack, having the qualifications of Pretty Baby, Grey-
hurst and others that have proven winners.
Buford also have a two-year-old stallion called Ima
Dare, by My Major Dare ,that is, as he expresses it,
a "doing fool"; a three-year-old stallion that is going
to be a real contender this year ; a junior mare which
will have to be reckoned with, and something for
every class and stake. In fact, Buford will have the
best stable of horses he has ever exhibited and he
has them "tuned and trimmed" — and when the bell
taps they will all know that "Jimmy" has been in
the ring.
o
Horse Shows For California.
The season of 1917 promises much in the way of
county, district and state fairs for California. These
associations which have been in progress in former
years are expanding and the revival of a county and
district fair is the "town talk" in many of the pro-
gressive counties of California. The fairs are being
organized into circuits so that the exhibitors of live
stock — horses, cattle, sheep and swine — will find sev-
eral weeks in which they can exploit their products
before the interested public of the coast. Many herds
of pure bred stock in California are being prepared
for the show rings this season, which have never
been exhibited before. The cause is that the people
of the West are demanding stock that has won in
any other department until the horse show program
is assured.
"Yes, that is all well and good in that part of the
country." some of the wiseacres have informed me.
"But you can't do it in California." The writer
knows that it can be done in California. There are-
scores of good show horses in this state and then
are scores of others who, if they had an opportunity !
to make more than one or two shows a season, would
"show you" whether it could be done in California
or not. There is more of an opportunity for suc-
cessful horse shows here than in any other state,
and with the undisputed revival of the saddle horse
it would be only a matter of a few years until there
would be many breeders in California producing foals
every year, and it would be here, as elsewhere, one
of the leading branches of the great diversification
of live stock production.
The writer has attended county fairs which were
conducted in towns of two thousand population where
a night horse show was conducted and where stand-
ing room only was available in the grand stand and
around the track. More than 2,000 automobiles were
parked in the center field during a night show at
Shelbina, lie, two years ago. Despite the fact that
the show was rained out the association cleared
$2,000 on their horse show. Again, California has
the advantage, in that there would not be the always
expected rains which are so frequent in the Middle
West at that season of the year.
In addition to the California owned horses, many
stables of the Middle West could be secured provid-
ing there were as many as six shows. These exhib-
itors are not particularly interested in the prizes;
they are not looking for immediate returns in cash,
but realize that a few successful shows will bring
about the desired enthusiasm among the people, the
RUTH ST. DENIS
A Frequent Winner in the Gaited
Shows of 1916.
Saddle Horse
competition with other herds; herd headers of real
achievements, not idle boasts and claims of superi-
ority; and, the opportunity now afforded, it will be
profitable in an immediate cash return for exhibitors
this year and in years to come, as it is profitable
from an advertising standpoint, for there will be
several weeks of continuous -showing.
An effort should be made by breeders and exhib-
itors of saddle and show horses in California, of
which there are a large number, to arrange with
every one of these associations to conduct a horse
show in connection with their fairs. If the proper
attention is given this matter, there is no doubt but
that every fair in California will arrange for a horse
show along with a racing program and live stock ex-
hibition. Once the associations are made to under-
stand the great drawing card a horse show is ,they
will not hesitate to promote one.
However, the mistake of "just shoving it in" must
not be made, as it has been thoroughly demonstrated
that a horse show conducted early in the forenoon,
before the races, or on the back track out of the way,
does not pay. The exhibitions for show horses must
be arranged on a good day, between races or — to be
a real show — in the evening. The management of all
leading fairs and stock shows of the country will
attest to the popularity and profit of a horse show
conducted along proper lines. At the International,
the National Western ,and the American Royal shows
the night horse show attracts greater crowds at bet-
ter prices than any other attraction. At the Missouri,
Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio and other state fairs the
night horse shows make the fairs more interesting,
and that result always pays the management. While
the average county and district fair does not consider
horse lovers and the associations, and horse shows
will be firmly established, that many sales will be
brought about and the great American Saddle horse
will have been successfully established in California
and recognized as a profitable animal to breed. Cali-
fornia's climatic conditions and winter resorts make
it the ripest of all fields for the saddle horse in the
future. The East has given way and admitted the
horse with weight in the collar, and the saddle horse,
are here to stay and the demand is growing. There
is no "craze" or "boom" which will flourish only a
few seasons, but a gradually increasing demand. The
call of the horse is not of an insecure tenure. Its
roots go down deep into the very heart of our nat-
ural instincts and its operations are in accordance
with laws as old as eternity and as immutable as
truth. It will always be so. The horse is the great-
est leveler of rank. The poorest, humblest being
and the man of millions rub shoulders when King
Horse is the attraction.
+ *„.♦
Thirty-two exhibitors won $1000 or more at last
season's shows, according to the Saddle and Show
Horse Chronicle. Miss Loula Long, of Kansas City,
heads the list with $9,001 to her credit. Next in
order is O. J. Mooers, another Western exhibitor,
who hails from Columbia, Mo. His horses won
$6,742. Others who won more than $5,000 were:
James Cox Brady, of Gladstone, N. J., $5,770; Walter
H. Hanley, of Providence, $5,300, and Miss Constance
Vauclain, of Philadelphia, $5,195. William H. Moore,
who topped the list at the National, was only twelfth
in the list of winning owners for the season, with
$3,150 to his credit.
Saturday, Februay 3, 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Notes and News
Porterville, Tulare county, has decided to hold a
live stock show and agricultural fair in October.
* + ♦
The State Fair track at Sacramento is reported to
be in fine shape for working horses over this winter.
• +;*
More money to the breeder of the winners is the
rule that many associations offering stakes are
adopting.
• *•
Programs In which there are $1000 purses are get-
ting to be quite common on the eastern and middle
west half mile tracks.
♦ + ♦
Tne California Circuit is forming. It begins to
look as if fifteen weeks will not provide for all the
tracks that want to get in.
+ + +
It is said that Trainer Earl Pitman refused an
offer of $3000 for the pacer Billy Sunday, by Justo,
during the Toronto ice races.
* + *
The Madera County Fair Association is to be given
a tract Of 100 acres of land for fair purposes adja-
cent to the town of Chowchilla.
• •*
A. Edstrom of Oakland, now owns the old mare
Fanadma 2:19% by Eros, dam Elma 2:24 by Elmo
891, that was bred by the late John McCord of San
Francisco.
+ * *
Tracks can no longer keep a distanced horse's
money, as the rules do not permit of the former
purse-saving condition: "Only one money to the
winner."
***
Helen Stiles 2:06% that took her record in 1912
may be raced in California again this year. She is
now eligible under the new allowance rule to the
2:12 class.
♦ + +
The price paid for the California bred pacing mare
Colleen 2:05% was ?2500, and her new owner is
Frank Luchsinger, of Monroe, Wisconsin. Airlie
Frost will train and drive her.
• * +
It Is stated that thirty-nine out of forty of the
mares that were bred to Robert Bingen 2:11%
on the farm of his owner, Mr. E. D. Gould, of Kear-
ney, Nebraska, are in foal.
+ + +
The free-for-all pace offered by the Connecticut
Fair Association for its meeting next fall at Charter
Oak Park has been made a purse of $2000 instead of
$1500 as first announced.
#>■•
The four-year-old gelding by Kentucky Todd
2:08%, dam by Moko, that J. B. Stetson has in his
string at Sacramento, is a well bred trotter that may
be heard from this year.
***
The Anvil 2:02% looks good enough to race again
this year although he is not expected to be put in
training. He is now eligible to the 2:07 class, his
winrace record of 2:03% having been made in 1913.
* * *
The Grand Circuit will furnish fourteen consecu-
tive weeks of harness racing this season. Detroit
asked for an extra week this year and it will be the
first time a two weeks' meeting was ever held in the
"blue ribbon" city.
* + +
And this in staid old Massachusetts: Four hun-
dred thousand dollars is to be raised to construct
a handsome grandstand and other buildings on the
grounds of the Eastern States Fair and Exposition
at Springfield, Mass.
#**
Joe Magulre of Denver has been very busy lately
selling off the horses belonging to the Gumaer Es-
tate. Two sales were held in Denver and 80 head
were sold in Chicago. There were 204 head sold
altogether and they brought fair prices.
+ + +
French Devereux, son of H. K. Devereux, the well
known Cleveland horseman, a member of Troop A.,
the noted Cleveland cavalry organization, has been
appointed on the staff of General Bell and in conse-
quence becomes a member of the regular army.
* + *
The setter dog owned by Mr. H. K. Devereux, the
Cleveland patron of harness racing sports, was de-
clared the winner of the Derby of the National Field
Trials Club, concluded recently at Calhoun, Ala.
There were 24 starters in the derby and the compe-
tion was unusually keen.
♦ + +
Henry Smith of Pleasanton lost by death this week
his mare Delia H. 2:10 by Hal B. 2:04%, dam Jessie
M. (dam of Hal J. 2:09%) by Del Norte. Delia H.
was bred by H. E. Armstrong, former owner of the
Pleasanton track and made her record at Fresno in
1913. We did not learn the cause of this mare's
death.
The late Admiral Dewey was a great lover of the
trotting horse and owned a very handsome pair of
matched trotters that drew his carriage in Washing-
ton. He never was induced to part with them in
favor of an automobile.
+ + +
Guacho 56147, the seven-year-old stallion bred by
L. Todhunter of Sacramento, took a record of 2:27%
in a race at Grand Island, Nebraska, last summer.
He is by the young stallion Nobage 48390 and his
dam is by Zombell by Zombro, second dam The
Silver Bell, dam of seven in the list.
* ♦ ♦
Dick McMahon has shipped all his horses to Ma-
con, Georgia. Besides the four youngsters sent from
Pleasanton those in the string belonging to R. J.
MaeKenzie are Miss Perfection 2:07%, Pointer
Queen p. 2:12%, and Anvilite (2) 2:22%, now a four-
year-old.
+ ♦ +
There is a two-year-old trotting colt in training at
Youngstown, Ohio, that is very highly thought of
and whose breeding would interest any Californian
who should happen to visit the track, as he is by San
Francisco 2:07%, dam Miss Georgia 2:08% by Mc-
Kinney 2:11%.
+ ♦ ♦
Joseph Waddell, secretary of the California Fair
and Racing Association, who visited Salinas last Sat-
urday, says the track there is in good shape. Henry
Helman, who is the lessee of the track, told him a
coating of clay was put on the track in the fall of
1915, and it is now a fast and safe track.
* * *
Louise Carter and Lady Zombro, two of Hemet
Stock Farm's best mares, have been booked to Budd
Doble's stallion Kinney de Lopez 2:23 this season.
The first named mare is the dam of Wilbur Lou (1)
2::19% (3) 2:10%, Mamie Alwin 2:12 and Edith
Carter (1) 2:18%, the last named being by Kinney de
Lopez. Lady Zombro is the dam of three in the list.
* + *
It is reported that an offer of $30,000 was recently
made and refused for Wilkes Brewer 2:08%, the Nut-
wood Wilkes mare that was unbeaten on the half
mile . tracks last year. Whenever a trotter is fast
and sound enough to be a good prospect in the fast
classes there is no trouble about getting a good price
for him.
* * *
W. E. D. Stokes, owner of Pftchen Wilkes Stock
Farm, Lexington, Ky„ has just issued a book which
horsemen will be interested in. The title is "The
Right to be Well Born," or "Horse Breeding in Its
Relations to Eugenics." The work is furnished by
all American News Company's stands and book
stores.
+ * *
After the death of Guy Cressey, a milkman of
Westbrook, Me., no one knew his milk route, and it
was not until Mr. Cressey's horse, which had trav-
eled the route for five years, was hitched up and
permitted to have a free rein, that the course was
discovered. The horse made the trip and stopped at
the door of every customer except one.
* **
A Mr. Hafner, of Agram, Austria, is the owner of
160 head of trotting bred stallions, mares and colts
and engages extensively in breeding trotters. He
owns Baron McKinney 2:10%, the sire of Spriggan
2:08% and Al Stanley 2:08%, sire of Etawah 2:03.
Geo. Bodimer, well known American trainer, is the
superintendent and trains the youngsters.
* **
The announcement has been officially made that
Mr. C. K. G. Billings, of Santa Barbara, will sell
Curies Neck Farm in Virginia and all the horses
thereon except Lou Dillon and LThlan, but no state-
ment has come from Mr. Billings that he will estab-
lish a trotting horse breeding farm in California, as
some of the newspapers have reported.
* + *
At a meeting of the Riverside Fair Association held
last week C. H. Lewis, of Riverside, was elected
president, J. F. Backstrand vice-president, A. H.
Brouse of the National Bank of Riverside, treasurer.
President Lewis was empowered to appoint a com-
mittee of five directors to act with himself in select-
ing a secretary. The person selected will be paid a
salary and be required to devote his entire time to
the work of the annual fair in September.
+ + +
Here is something for the theorists to study over.
About 66,000 trotting and pacing stallions have been
registered as standard. The official number of 2:30
or better trotters up to the close of 1916 is 32,938.
The official number of pacers, up to the same date, is
24,738, or a grand total of 56,676 standard perform-
ers. Thus the official records show that the regis-
tered standard stallions have not sired an average
of one standard performer each.
* + ♦
The new plan of awarding the prizes in the $21,000
Kentucky Futurity which is for foals of 1917 and
will close April 1st. is as follows: Three-year-old
division, $14,000, divided: Winner $8000, second
$2500, third $1000, fourth $500: nominators of dams,
winner $1000, second $500, third $300, fourth $100,
,fth $75, sixth $25. Two-year-old division, $7000, di-
vided: Winner $4000, second $1250, third $500,
fourth ?250; nominators of dams, winner $500, sec-
ond $250, third $100, fourth $75, fifth $50, sixth $25.
At the Forbury Park, New Zealand, trotting meet-
ing last month, the get of Harold Dillon won six
races. Harold Dillon is an own brother to Dillcara,
the trotting stallion owned by the late Dr. C. E,
Farnum, and that is now in the stud at Pleasanton
Race Track.
+ + ♦
Friend C. A. Harrison of Seattle, who is always
doing something to arouse and increase interest in
the breeding and racing of trotters and pacers, writes
that he hopes Sunkist California will arrange this
year for racing to begin earlier and last longer, and
that the old custom of 10% months of training and
6 weeks' racing will be changed.
+ ♦ ♦
The unusually cold winter we have been having in
California has prevented the California trainers from
doing much with their horses at any of the tracks,
as it goes against a California trainer's grain to do
much riding when the mercury is down as low as 40
degrees above zero in the morning. Warm days are
coming, however, and the training tracks will be
busy places by the first of March.
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When figuring that your trotter or pacer will be
given an allowance of one second for each year that
he has not equaled or lowered his record since it
was made, don't figure in 1917. If your horse made
his record of 2:10 in 1912, he will be allowed one
second for each of the years 1913, 1914, 1915 and
1916, or four seconds in all. The season of 1917 has
not been raced yet.
**•
W. E. Detels has turned his two-year-old filly by
Onward McGregor 2:23, dam Bonnie Melba by Bon
Guy 2:09%, over to Dan Hoffman who will have her
trained by Millard Sanders at Pleasanton. She Is
entered in the Pacific Breeders' Futurity. Her sec-
ond dam is Melba T. (dam of May Twohig 2:15 and
Charley 2d 2:25), by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, third
dam Myra by California Nutwood.
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Hon. David Tod, the widely known Youngstown,
Ohio, horseman and owner of the Southern Park
track, has decided to send his racing string to Bil-
lings Park track, Memphis, Tenn., for winter training.
The string is in charge of Trainer Cecil Traynor and
contains several high class racing prospects, includ-
ing some high-priced youngsters which Mr. Tod
bought at the last Old Glory sale.
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, is one of the towns of the
Northwest that the European war has changed, so
far as fairs are concerned. The former annual ex-
hibitions of the Winnipeg Fair Association are not
being held, the fair association having gone out of
existence two years ago, since which time the
grounds and buildings have been used for military
purposes. Some years ago the city acquired land
which was generally understood would, sooner or
later, be utilized for fair purposes, but at present the
plot has been advanced to a very attractive park. The
prospect for the fair feature in connection is said to
be unlikely to be realized, at least until after the
war.
The Vancouver, B. C, Program.
Following is the program of harness and running
races announced for the meeting at Vancouver, B. C,
which opens August 21st:
Tuesday, August 21 — 2:15 pace, $1000; free-for-all
trot, early closing, three in five, $800; running, half
mile dash, no entry fee, $100; local 2:15 pace, early
closing, no entry fee, $100.
Wednesday, August 22. — 2:15 trot, early closing,
$700; three-year-old pace, early closing, $300; run-
ning, one mile dash, no entry fee. $125; local 2:20
trot, early closing, no entry fee, $100.
Thursday, August 23. — 2:20 pace, $500; three-year-
old trot, early closing. $300; running, half mile dash,
no entry fee, $100; local 2:25 pace, early closing, no
entry fee, $100.
Friday, August 24. — 2:20 trot, early closing, $500;
free-for-all pace, early closing, three in five, $800;
running, six furlongs, no entry fee, $100; local 2:30
trot, early closing, no entry fee, $100.
Saturday, August 25. — 2:25 trot, $1,000; 2:25 pace,
$500; running, one mile, no entry fee, $100; local
race, early closing. Fields & Boyd trophy.
In local races drivers must be amateurs and horses
must start three times in British Columbia matinees
during the season.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Henry E. Bean, Los Angeles, Cal. : The "Weekly
News Letter" is issued every week by the United
States Department of Agriculture and can be ob-
tained by writing to that department at Washington,
D. C.
♦ » *
L. C. D., Sacramento: The stallion Don Marvin
2:28 was sired by Fallis, son of Electioneer. Don
Marvin's dam was Cora by Don Victor, a son of
Williamson's Belmont. While the index of the
Index Digest gives Don Marvin as by Phallas it is
an error in spelling as the correct register number
of Fallis (4781) is given. Phallas 2:13%, one time
champion trotting stallion, was by Dictator, but was
not the sire of Don Marvin.
Ed Geers had his 66th birthday on January 25th.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 3, 1917
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
UNLICENSED DOGS HAVE NO STATUS.
Supreme Court Decides Owner Cannot Recover Loss
Unless Pet Is Registered.
O
Coursing at Sacramento.. — Some of the fastest
hounds in the state are entered in the next coursing
meet of the Capital City Coursing club, to be held
at Franklin on Sunday, February 11. Although the
entries for the meet do not close until February 5,
Eugene Panario, secretary of the club, has already
receiyed entries from a number of dog owners at the
bay. The drawings will be made on February 8.
Two stakes will be run off during the day. One
of them, termed the Championship stake, for 16
dogs, is the biggest event of the season. Such dogs
as Los Molinos, San Pablo Girl, Irish Linnet, Hell-
over Swell, Mayhews Boy, Wild Night, Expensive
Board, Steam Trawler, Blue Bells, Young Blackie and
Oakland Girl, have already been entered in this
stake, which carries a $60 first prize, a $40 second
prize, $20 prizes for fourth and fifth places, and $5
prizes for sixth, seventh and eighth places.
The other event of the day is a 16-dog membership
stake. Entries for this stake are already coming in.
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Live Fish, 3,800 Feet Down. — A correspondent,
writing to the current issue of the Fishing Gazette,
describes the taking of live fish from the bottom of
a Transvaal gold mine. "The fish," he states, "were
found in the catchment at the 900 ft. level, and also
at the. bottom of the shaft. The particular shaft
from which they came is vertical and 3800 feet deep.
The fact that they were found alive at the bottom as
well shows, I think, that they must have been merely
spawn when they fell. The fish I have seen were
barbel, very light in color, and from 6 in. to 12 in.
long, and up to %-lb. in weight. They were not
nearly as black as the river barbel we get here.
What on earth they find at the bottom of a shaft in
the way of food I can't think. However, they appar-
ently thrive. Frogs and water-snakes are much more
common than fish. In exceptionally dry weather
small bull-frogs have been seen to distend themselves
and deliberately jump down the shaft .apparently in
search of water."
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Anglers at Legislature. — Portland, Ore. — Over 50
strong, Multnomah county sportsmen and anglers in-
vaded the state capital on January 25th in a special
train and presented their views on the closing of the
Willamette river to commercial fishing to the joint
fisheries committee of the legislature.
After the hearing, which lasted for nearly three
hours and during which both sides had equal oppor-
tunities to express themselves, a number of Mult-
nomah sportsmen stated they were of the opinion
that the bill would be passed by both houses.
Master Fish Warden Clanton was among those
present at the hearing, and he gave the committee
some very interesting data on the conditions at -the
Oregon City falls, recommending~that another fish
ladder be constructed.
Among the prominent speakers for the anglers
were Arthur I. Moulton and Walter Backus, District
Attorney Hedges of Oregon City, carried on the fight
against closing the river to net fishermen.
38 •
Raising Wild Game. — The raising of "wild game"
is a. comparatively new industry in this country, but
has been making remarkable strides in the past
twelve months, according to the report of the Game
Conservation Society. The society's membership in-
cludes many breeders who have established game
farms for the purpose of renewing the country's sup-
ply of game fowl. This supply, according to mem-
bers of the society, was rapidly diminishing until a
year or so ago, and many of the most delectable
forms of wild fowl that had formerly been plentiful
in this country had become rare dishes even for epi-
cures Wild ducks and pheasants are among the
varieties of fowl that are being raised by the breed-
ers at the present, time, and according to the society's
report the former have become so plentiful through
this method in some States that they have appeared
on the market at prices which place wild ducks
within the range of the public generally instead of
the rich alone. In Minnesota, the report states, wild
ducks sold at $1 each this year/ It is suggested in
this report that at the present rate wild ducks and
other formerly rare fowl may actually tend to lower
the cost of the more commonplace heats of daily con-
sumption. "Thirty-five States now have laws permit-
ting the breeding and sale of all or certain species
of game ,and many game farms have been started in
other States in anticipation of laws encouraging the
industry," the annual report says. "Reports coming
to the society indicate that all of the States and some
of the Provinces of Canada soon will- permit and
encourage game breeding. Reports coming to our
game census indicate that our members have over
a million game birds — there were fewer than 100,000
reported last year — and that they have several times
as many deer and elk as they had last year. The
membership of the society has doubled during the
year, and our list shows a very rapid increase. The
breeding of quail and grouse has been started in the
Western States, and there is much interest in quail
breeding in the Southern States, which are well
adapted to the production of quail in big numbers."
Despite the fact that hundreds of thousands of pheas-
ants have been raised by the breeders, the report
says, the prices have continued to rise because im-
porters have been prevented from bringing these
birds from foreign countries. The report also states
that the breeding of game fish is beginning to attract
widespread attention and to prove highly profitable.
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BILL TO ABOLISH GAME COMMISSION.
Hot Fight Looms Up When Legislature Meets Again;
Duck Season Is Now Over.
The duck hunting season came to an official close
on Wednesday. Fairly good sport was enjoyed in
the closing days, although the sport has been on the
decline since practically the first of the year. Up
until that time ducks were more plentiful and more
limit bags were reported than in several years past.
Attention will now be focussed on the numerous
bills that have made their appearance in the Califor-
nia Legislature. The lawmakers put in the first ses-
sion, which ended January 26th, in introducing meas-
ures and they have adjourned until February 26th,
when the business of getting through the acts will
commence in earnest.
Fish and game bills have been introduced in abun-
dance. Many are the changes that have been advo-
cated. By far the most important is the one having
the backing of J. B. Hauer, providing for the aboli-
tion of the present commission, in favor of a single
commissionership with a salary of $5,000. Ernest
Schaeffle, former executive officer of the commission,
denies the charge of President Frank M. Newbert
that he drew up the bill but he says that he is in
favor of the idea.
The Fish and Game Commission is perturbed by
the measure, more than the dozens of other bills
that are pending. It charges Hauer with trying to
settle a personal grievance and says that the Cali-
fornia State Fish, Game and Forest Protective
League, of which he is president, has only a limit
number of disgruntled members. Both sides have
beeen firing back and forth in the daily papers and
a hot fight looms up.
Spoonies and teal everywhere is the way in which
hunters tell of their last Sunday's sport in the San
Joaquin country. Some hunters near Los Banos
found that they could step from the blinds and pick
the birds in the open. Most all of those who ven-
tured out secured limits, or near-limits.
While the tenor of reports from the northern sec-
tion is not quite so encouraging, the shooting has
been fair. Gridley, Live Oaks and the whole of the
rice field country produced some fine bags.
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Word From the South. — Los Angeles, Cal. — Duck
season wound up Wednesday night with a general
celebration on the part of duck clubs and unatached
hunters alike, although from present prospects there
is not likely to be very much to celebrate, as the tail-
end of a poor season is to be laid away with such
obsequies as may seem fitting.
A few gunners are away now on wind-up trips, the
desire to be in at the finish being as strong as the
disinclination to be left out at the beginning. Best
prospects exist down Imperial way.
Deputy Fish and Game Commissioner W. R". Ma-
lone of San Bernardino reports good shooting on
San Jacinto lake, a flooded basin north of that town,
formed by rain water collecting and comprising per-
haps 200 acres now. The sprig are out that way,
feeding upon the seed barley of the ranchers, it
being a great grain country. Geese are reported
plentiful also.
San Bernardino sportsmen have been successful
in securing the introduction of a bill to prevent
shooting at ducks from any boat propelled by power
or with ' any thing more powerful in her than a pair
of oars — man power. Power was abused on Bear
lake last fall and many think it injured the shooting
very seriously.
Bear Valley is now inaccessible except by snow-
shoes, some photographs which came down two
weeks ago showing snow up to the porches of the
cabins.
Some local sportsmen have become excited over
bills which they have been passing around calling
for radical changes in the game laws, but as these
all have to be passed upon by a committee of level-
headed fellows whose duty is to weed out the im-
practicable and unjust measures, worrying is confined
to those who think every bill introduced is already
law.
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The State Fish and Game Association will recom-
mend to the Pennsylvania Legislature the adoption
of a fishing- license bill. The receipts from such a
measure would go towards the propagation of fish.
Dogs not licensed have no legal status, is the gist
of a ruling recently made by Irving G. Hubbs, a Jus-'
tice of the New York State Supreme Court, in a test
case at Fulton, N. Y. No doubt it is the most impor--
tant ruling that has been passed in years affecting
New York State dog owners. It will also carry weight
in all other States of the Union.
A great many of the States have laws requiring all'
dogs to be licensed. It has always been one of the
favorite hobbies of legislators of the hayseed type
to annually bring up a bill imposing taxes on dogs
and dog owners. It is only a short time ago that New:
York had to array itself against a Senator who tried
his utmost to have a bill passed which more than
doubled the tax on dogs and further attempted toi
restrict the number of dogs and make preference for
the so-called farmer dogs.
Scarcely a month later Pennsylvania fanciers had
to fight against the passing of a law that gave any.
one the right to kill dogs found running at large.'
That old bugaboo sheep killing is always brought:
out strong by anti-dog legislators, who magnify the
number of sheep killed by dogs until they run" into
the millions.
A Troy fancier effectively killed all attempts to'
overtax dogs by showing" how ridiculous was the
assertion of the Senator who fathered the bill that
the dogs of the State killed so many sheep. He
showed that by the government census there was not'
the number of sheep in the State that the Senator
claimed were killed annually by dogs.
Dog people have always been heavily imposed upon'
in the matter of licenses and extra taxation, and it is'
only by constant struggle, that fanciers have been
able to prevent their being legislated out of exist-
ence. This latest ruling of Justice Hobbs is of the.
most vital importance, and dog fanciers and breeders'
throughout the country would do well to organize
now.
The decision — in a nutshell — is that if a dog is not
licensed you cannot recover for his loss. If a man
applies for a license and does not get one, according;
to Justice Hobbs' interpretation of the statute gov-'
erning the licensing of dogs, and allows his dog to"
run at large, he cannot recover the value of the ani-
mal if the latter is destroyed. Instead, before he
may recover for their loss, a man must keep his
dogs locked up until such time as he has obtained
licenses.
Justice Hobbs' ruling was made in granting a
non-suit to the defendant in a test action brought by.
Frederick L. Ingersoll, of Fulton, against Thomas,
George and William Lanning, of the town of Volney.
Mr. Ingersoll alleged that the defendants killed two
dogs ,a foxhound and a setter, valued at about $150.
The killing of the dogs occurred a few days after
Mr. Ingersoll had applied for licenses and had been
refused them at the City Clerk's office in the city of
Fulton. The clerk at the office told Mr. Ingersoll,
it was stated, that they had not yet begun to issue
dog licenses for the year.
It was said that the dogs ran on the Fanning place
and created much havoc among Belgian hares raised'
there for the market. It was alleged the Fannings
killed the dogs and buried them on the place. The
action was then brought by Mr. Ingersoll to recover
the value of the dogs.
The lawyer appearing for Mr. Ingersoll argued at
length in opposition to the non-suit, stating that his
client had acted in good faith in the matter, and held
that his client should not be made to suffer because
of the Fulton City Clerk's failure to provide a license.
The Court decided the statute was mandatory and
refused to allow the case to go to the jury.
The colloquy between the Court and counsel
brought out the fact that all were dog owners, the
Court admitting the ownership of two, and counsel
for both sides as well. The decision has already led
to a large increase in the number of dog licenses
issued in Fulton and adjoining counties.
In other words, if for any reason your license-
lapses or your dog is not licensed you cannot recover
for his value in case of injury or death. He has no
iegal status, nor does your ownership count as worth
anything unless your dog is licensed. The impor-
tance of the ruling is due to the fact that some one
will contend that if your dog is not licensed you
' cannot transfer ownership — cannot sell your dog
unless he is licensed. It affects every dog owner,.
not only in New Y"ork State but throughout the coun-
try.
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It is at best a daring thing to challenge everybody
in the country to produce a better dog than the one
you own, but Mrs. Ida H. Garrett goes even farther
and challenges anybody from any part of the globe
to produce a better Chihuahua. Mrs. Garrett is the
proud owner of a dog of her own breeding, the breed-
ing going back three generations in her own owner-
ship. The dog weighs but one pound, and she claims
is the best Chihuahua ever reared. To back her
opinion Mrs. Garrett is ready to arrange a match
for $100 a side with anybody who can produce one'
as lively, as healthy, as small and as perfect as this"
young dog of her breeding. One pound can well be
said to be the lowest weight for any dog, and is a.
record even for this tiniest of small breeds, the Chi-
huahua. -:
Saturday, Februay 3, 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
THE BEST TRAPSHOOTING TEAMS.
Only a Fraction of Target Difference in Averages of
20 Highest Professionals and Amateurs.
Ten Professional Trapshots.
Shot. Bke. %
2100
4700
5545
5160
3690
6535
2200
2190
4250
3050
20,
4573
5367
4988
3565
6310
2124
2114
4101
2942
.9800
.9729
.9678
.9666
.9661
.9655
.9654
.9652
.9649
9645
Shooter — Residence
Homer Clark, Alton, 111
L. S. German, Aberdeen, Md....
W. R. Crosby, O'Fallon, 111
!C. G .Spencer, St. Louis, Mo....
. jC. A. Young, Springfield ,0
lArt Killani, St. Louis, Mo
E. L. Mitchell, Los Angeles, Cal.
Rush Razee. Curtis, Neb
J. R. Taylor, Newark, O
' ,H. D. Gibbs, Union City, Tenn. .
Totals: Shot at 39,420, broke 38,142,' average i9676.
Ten Leading Amateurs.
Shooter — Residence Shot. Bke. %
Fred Harlow, Newark, 0 2010 1964 .9771
Mark Arie, Thomasboro, 111 2400 2337 .9737
W. Henderson, Lexington, Ky 2650 2572 .9705
R. A. King, Delta, Cal 20001936.9680
A. B. Richardson, Dover, Del 3435 3316 .9653
H. Bonser, Cincinnati, 0 2000 1929 .9645
H. J. Pendergast, Phoenix, N. Y 2250 2168 .9635
C. H. Peck, Remington, Ind 2460 2364.9609
H. Pfirrniann, Los Angeles, Cal 2100 2017.9604
F. A. Graper, Castor Park, 111 4250 4074.9585
Totals: Shot 25,555, broke 24,677, average .9656.
There is but slight difference in the ability of the
i professional and amateur trapshot.
The 1916 averages compiled by the Interstate As-
sociation for the Encouragement of Trapshooting,
and just issued by Secretary Shaner, show there is
|jbut a fraction of a target difference in the percent-
age of the highest 20 trapshooters — 10 amateurs and
10 professionals.
The professionals have the edge — but it isn't much.
The fellows who make a living "busting" the blue
rocks broke 38,142 out of 39,420 targets for a com-
r. bined average of .9676. The 10 leading amateurs
broke 24.677 targets of the 25,555 for a grand average
of .9656. The 20 trapshooters shot at 64,975 targets
.and averaged .9666. That is what you call "busting"
i the targets with a vengeance.
The fact that the professionals had a slight advan-
' tage on the amateurs in the averages doesn't neces-
sarily mean that the professionals would beat the
amateurs in a team match. The amateurs in the
1 select 10 are a fine bunch of trapshots. One of the
amateurs listed is the late A. B. Richardson, of Do-
ver, Del. The eleventh amateur on the list is J. R.
i Jahn, of Davenport, la., who had an average of .9565
— and in the winter league competition he would have
: to be listed in the place of Richardson.
In the 1915 averages also the professionals had a
slight advantage on the amateurs — the figures being
.9617 to .9604. The best professional shots vary but
little in their shooting from year to year. Only two
of the men who were in the first 10 in 1915 failed to
get in in 1916. Henderson, Richardson and Graper
are the only amateurs to get in the select circle of
amateurs in 1915 and 1916.
There are a couple of singular things in connec-
tion with the averages. Phil. Miller, the professional
champion, and Frank Troeh, the amateur champion,
were twenty-fifth in their respective divisions, and
both the amateurs and professionals had 31 shooters
with an average of 95 or better. The amateurs had
9 over 96 and 3 over 97. The professionals had 16
over 96, 3 over 97 and one with 98. Ralph Spotts,
the amateur champion at 200 targets, was eighteenth
on the list.
Mrs. Adolph Topperwein, the only woman profes-
sional shot, broke 2539 of the 2690 targets trapped
for her for an average of .9438, and George Maxwell,
the one-armed professional shot, broke 3439 out the
3640 targets thrown for him for an average of .9447.
Fred Gilbert, the wizard of Spirit Lake, shot at
more targets than any other trapshooter in 1916—
9690, and averaged .9543. O. N. Ford, of San Jose,
Cal., shot at more targets than any amateur — 6580,
and averaged .9431. A shooter had to fire at more
than 2000 targets to get recognition in the inter-
state list. . .
Il the doubles Frank Troeh led the amateurs with
an average of .8750, and C. G. Spencer led the pro-
fessionals with an average of 90. Six professionals
bettered 80, and four amateurs reached that mark.
Altogether the shooting was better in 1916 than in
any year in the history of trapshooting.
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Idaho Averages. — The averages of Idaho shooters
follow: —
Amateurs. — Adelman, A. G., Boise, shot 200, broke
182, average .9100; Addison, D., Boise, 200 — 166,
.8300; Allen, O. W., Boise, 200—161, .9050.
Bailey, C. A., Twin Falls, 300—275, .9166; Beck-
roan, Ed., Lewiston, 150—131, .8733; Beckman, Geo.,
Lewiston, 670-589, .8701; Bennett, Nellie, Hollister,
150—118. .7866; Biwer. E. T„ Boise, 200—163, .8150;
Brooks, E. R., Clear Lake, 150—142, .9466; Brooks,
Dr. E. E., Kellogg, 300—259, .8633; Butler, C. E., Lew-
iston, 450—365, .8111.
Channel, C. B.. Twin Falls, 300—239, .7966; Coates,
R. J.. Jerome, 300- 276. .9200.
Deklotz, John G„ Filer, 300—266, .8866; Dresser,
Dr. Harold, Boise, 940—700. .8440.
Eastman, J. O., Buhl, 150—116, .7763; Erb, R. S.,
Lewiston, 300- -236, .7866.
Fannin, E. D., Sand Point, 640 — 535, 8359; Fisher,
D. C, Grangeville, 50-53, .8833; Fisher, A. G., Twin
Falls. 300—275, .9166; Fitzgerald, Edw.. Burley, 700
—625, .8928! Freeman, Gaylord, Buhl, 150—124, .8266;
Fritcher, T. D., Buhl, 150—112, .7466.
Garber, A. S., Nampa, 90 — 69, .7666; Garvin, P. P.,
Boise, 200—141, .7050; Gibbs, C. W., Wallace, 60—26,
.4333; Gilmore, G. K., Wallace, 300 — 241, .8033;
Green, C. B., Moscow, 450 — 378, .8400; Gregory, P. J.,
Boise, 200—157, .7850; Grice, E. G., Boise, 740—674,
.9108.
Hahn, Chas., Lewiston, 300 — 279, .9300; Hargraves,
C, Boise, 200—137, .6850; Harvey, G. H., Boise, 90—
64, .7111; Heitler, Dr. A. W., Burley, 150—114, .7600;
Hill, R. C, Lewiston, 300 — 260, .8666; Molohan, D. J.,
Burley, 640—601, .9390; Hopffgarten, J. H., Boise, 200
—167, .8350; Humphreys, W. . H., Boise, 200—181,
.9050.
Ingersoll, W. E„ Kellog, 285—164, .5754.
Johnson, A. R., Lewiston, 300 — 264, .8800; Johnson,
C. M., Wallace, 300—192, .6400; Jones, O. M., Boise,
300—263, .8766; Jones. C. E., Twin Falls, 150—135,
.9000.
Kavanaugh, G. K., Lewiston, 90 — 57. .6338.
Leigh, C. A., Twin Falls, 300—245, .8166; Lemp,
H., Boise, 200—176, .8800.
Magel, Glenn, Twin Falls, 300—228, .7680; Martin.
Ray, Boise, 300—263, .8766; Maxwell, J. M., Twin
Falls, 150—128, .8533; McCracken, N. R., Twin Falls,
300—266, .8866; Miller, M. I., Filer, 300—257, .8566;
Miller, Wm., Filer, 300 — 241, .8033; Moberly, E. H.,
Boise, 200—166, .8300; Moore, F. C, Wallace, 300—
265, .8833; Morse, R. C, Buhl, 150—121, .8066; Mull,
C, Twin Falls, 300—229, .8633.
Oliver. C. Buhl, 300—257, .8566.
Porter, Fred, Kellogg, 300—227, .7566.
Reason, W. A., Boise. 440—336, .7636; Roland, R.
F., Kellogg, 300—239, .7966.
Scott, J. H., Wallace, 300—235, 7833; Sebastian,
R., Kellogg, 300—241, 8033; Seckel, C. R., Boise, 500
—434, 8680; Shaw. C. R., Boise, 200—164, .8166;
Snook, F. E., Twin Falls, 300 — 245, .8166: Streeter,
H. L., Boise, 300—215, .7166; Sweeley, E. Mi, Twin
Falls, 400—377, .9425.
Thomas, R. E., Kellogg, 600—488, .8133; Thompson,
N. O., Buhl, 150—132, .8800; Titus, F. F., Grange-
ville, 60—47, .7833.
Ulrich, G. W., Lewiston, 400—314, .7850.
Venable, F. R., Wallace, 60—29, .4833.
Wade, J. E., Boise, 200—178, .8900; Wade, F. D.,
Wendall. 500—473, .9460; Wallace, D. S., Lewiston,
450—383, .8511; Wann, J. N., Lapwal, 750— 636, .8480;
Weaver, A. E., Boise, 500—437, .8740; Werkheiser,
M. L., Wallace, 60—46, .7666; White, Ernest, Twin
Falls, 300—279, .9300; Wood, W. T., Twin Falls, 300
—274, .9133; Wright, L. T., Twin Falls, 300—249,
.8300.
Professional — Reed. J. A., Boise, 200 — 168, .8400.
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Great Records. — The "Old Reliable" Parker Gun
has again forced itself to the front by making the
highest official amateur record on the Pacific Coast
for 1916, scoring over 96% on 2100 targets in the
hands of Mr. Henry Pfirrmann. It will be remem-
bered that Mr. Pfirrmann by scoring 100 straight tar-
gets at San Jose won the Championship of his State
and also made the brilliant score of 493 out of 500
targets at the Vernon Gun Club in July,1916. The
above shooting was done with a 34-inch double barrel
Parker "Old Reliable" gun.
During 1915 and 1916 the Parker Gun made the
highest Official General Averages as compiled by the
Interstate Association, and Mr. Lester German's
score of 647 out of 650 targets is the world's record
under Interstate rules. Mr. German- always shoots
the Parker Gun.
The Parker 20-gauge double gun is the forerunner
of small bores in America and has reached the place
in the sun it so well deserves.
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Amateurs Beat Pros. — Denver, Col. — Only recently
trapshooters of Denver proved that they were wide-
awake, as usual, when they made an interesting test
in the shape of a 50-target contest between five of
Denver's best amateur shots and five of Denver's pro-
fessionals. This resulted in a victory for the ama-
teurs by a score of 242 to 229 out of a possible 250.
The greatest bunch of old-time shooters, as well
as spectators, witnessed the contest, notwithstand-
ing the chilly atmosphere. After a practice score,
or "warm up" of 25 targets, interest centered on the
coming contest owing to the rivalry between the two
teams.
Ambrose E. McKenzie, father of trapshooting in
the Rocky Mountain States, and Nelson Franklin, for
years president of the Rocky Mountain Interstate
Sportsmen's Association, were selected to referee the
contest, and the big match wras on.
The amateurs started to gain from the very begin-
ning, and while the match was a fine exhibition, the
professionals never had a chance. W. R. Thomas Jr.,
for the amateurs, and George Burt, for the profes-
sionals, were the only two to break 50 straight, while
R. A. King, the Delta wizard, who has just been de-
clared fourth high amateur in the United States, with
an average of 96 per cent for the year's shooting,
broke 49 out of 50.
The amateurs were immediately challenged for a
return match, and same will be decided during the
stock show, perhaps the Sunday before.
The fact that a man is a professional in the trap-
shooting game does not indicate that he is a better
shot than an amateur. This was forcibly demon-
strated here.
TRAPSHOOTING FIXTURES.
August 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 1917— Chicago, Ills.— The
Interstate Association's Eighteenth Grand Amer-
ican Trapshooting Tournament, under the aus-
pices of the South Shore Country Club Gun Club;
84,000 added money. Winner of first place in the
Grand American Handicap guaranteed $500 and a
trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $400
and a trophy; winner of third place guaranteed
$300 and a trophy; winner of fourth place guaran-
teed $200 and a trophy, and the winner of fifth
place guaranteed $100 and a trophy. Numerous
other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E.
Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
May 28, 29, 30. 1917— San Jose, Cal.— The Interstate
Association's Twelfth Pacific Coast Trapshooting
Tournament, under the auspices of the San Jose
Gun Club; $1300 added money. Winner of first
$75 and a trophy, and the winner of third place
place in the Pacific Coast Handicap guaranteed
$100 and a trophy; winner of second place guar-
anteed $75 and a trophy, and the winner of third
place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other
trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner,
Manager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Improving Portland Traps. — Sixteen hundred dol-
lars additional will be expended in improving and
beautifying the Vverding Park grounds of the Port-
land Gun Club at Jenne station. Acting President
H. A. Pollock announced that contracts were let call-
ing for the expenditure of this amount in carrying
out the details of improvements planned by the di-
rectors.
The work will be started as soon as weather con-
ditions permit and when completed will rank the
Everding Park traps second to none in the United
States. The club grounds ar now recognized among
the best in the country, having been greatly improved
last year.
Cement shooting stands will be installed at each,
of the four traps and they will be connected with
each other by cement walks. A wide cement walk
will lead from the clubrooms to trap No. 3, which is
situated directly in front of the building. Crushed
gravel will be placed between the shooting stands
and a promenade six feet wide will be put in between
the clubhouse and the shooting stands. The prome-
nade will be crushed gravel and will extend from one
end of the grounds to the other. Permanent benches
for the squads will also be erected.
The concrete traphouses, the finest in the country,
will be cut down a little and concrete tops will be
put on them. The ground in front of the shooting
stands will be leveled and planted in grass. Flower
beds will be placed between each shooting stand,
which will make the grounds as pretty as some of
the most exclusive clubs in the country.
Five hundred dollars is being spent in the construc-
tion of a well. The wooded section in back of the
clubhouse, through which Johnson creek winds, will
be converted into a picnic grounds.
The officers of the club are putting forth every
effort to have this work completed before the big
northwest tournament .scheduled t obe staged during
the Rose Festival.
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Seattle Association. — A good attendance with excel-
lent weather made this shoot one of the most enjoy-
able o fthe winter season, on January 21st.
L. H. Reid, professional, furnished the high score
in both the fifty and one hundred target races. He
broke forty-nine and ninety-seven, respectively. The
high amateur score was divided between Deskin
Reid, C. W. Bandy and L. S. Barnes, each knocking
out forty-seven. Bandy made an exceptionally good
showing, this being the first time that he has topped
the list, resulting through the consistency in shooting
by one who might be termed a new shooter. Second'
amateur position was taken by Hi Follerich with a
score of forty-six.
In the hundred bird program, the high scores were
between C. E. McKelvey and Hi Follerich for first,
with ninety-four each, and L. S. Barnes for second
place with a ninety-three to his credit.
P. G. Schwager of Dundern, Saskatchewan, Canada,
and H. J. Trimmer, formerly of Victoria, B. C, were
visiting shooters with the club. The scores: —
A.t50 targets— L. H. Reid* 49, Deskin Reid 47, C. W.
Bandy 47, L. S. Barnes 47, Hi Follerich 46, P. G.
Schwager 46, J. H. Hopkins 45, Dr. Kerr 45. C. E.
McKelvey 44, Ralph Kinzer 43, D. Rhodes* 43, Ike
Fisher* 43, G. A. Conklin 42, H. E. Gleason 42, C. L.
Templeton 4], Alvin Schwager 40, W. B. Taft 39,
J. H. Davis 30, C. F. Reinhard 28, H. J. Trimmer 28.
At 100 targets — L. H. Reid* 97, C. E. McKelvey
94, Hi Follerich 94, L. S. Barnes 93, Deskin Reid 90,
J. H. Hopkins 89, Ike Fisher* 88, D. Rhodes* 88,
P. G. Schwager 86, G. A. Conklin 85, A. Schwager
S4, Ralph Kinzer 83, C. L. Templeton 83, H. E. Glea-
son 80, W. B. Taft 79, J. H. Davis 60. Dr. Hill 41,
J. P. Houston 12. Yours, E. A. FRY.
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Three hundred and twenty-one thousand eight hun-
dred and twenty-three persons have visited the Ca-
nadian National Park at Banff. It is a great place
for tourists.
# * *
There wasn't a shooting accident during the recent
hunting season in New Jersey.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 3, 1917
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Sportsmen's Row
►a
Nine registered tournaments were given in Cali-
fornia last year as against eight in 1915. Indications
point to many more this year "with the events per-
mitted on Sunday. The Golden Gate, Alameda Elks,
Vernon and Los Angeles clubs have already applied
for dates.
* * *
Bear Valley sportsmen are insisting upon an ex-
tension of the law prohibiting power-boat shooting
entirely, as the "in motion" feature of the present
law was abused.
* * *
George Harris of Aliso Canyon, below Santa Ana,
shot a big mountain lion 6 ft. 2 in. long, weighing
eighty-five pounds, recently, it having raided his
piggery once too often.
* * *
The Interstate Association will give $500 to the
Westy Hogans shoot beginning in 1917 — the same as
they give to the subsidiary handicaps.
* * *
Portland, Ore., is the only city in the United States
that has a trophy competition in which only 20-gauge
guns are allowed.
* * *
Larry Gardner, third baseman of the Boston Amer-
icans, has rigged up a hand trap on the fender of his
automobile, and he gets a lot of sport out of the
"sport alluring" by trying to break the clay birds
while the car is in motion.
* * *
There is a new trapshooter in Portland, Ore. He
is James Everding Strowger. He weighed eight and
one-half pounds when he arrived on December 3rd.
His father was president of the Portland Gun Club,
and he is named after H. R. Everding, the former
president of the club.
* * *
Pennsylvania maintains 18 game preserves, which
cover an area of 100 square miles.
* * *
Connecticut sportsmen are demanding a closed
season for deer.
* * *
Ten thousand deer were killed in Maine during the
past season. Nine thousand more were killed in
California and 261 in New Jersey. In the latter
State the season is only four days.
* * *
Two hundred and fifty bear were killed in Penn-
sylvania during the season just closed, which is a
greater number than were killed in many of the
Western States. Eighteen bear were killed in Maine.
* * *
California paid out $60,000 in bounties for moun-
tain lions at $20 each during 1916. Statistics show
that a mountain lion will kill 50 deer a year.
* * *
Five game preserves and 67 bird reservations are
maintained by the Biological Survey of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
* * *
Statistics upon casualties in hunting this last year
in California compiled by the Fish and Game Com-
mission indicate eight fatalities and nine injuries.
Carelessness killed seven of them. Automobiles
equal that record every week, but no one worries
much about the ever-present dangers of motoring.
Based upon the number who follow it, hunting would
seem to be one of the safest of diversions, about as
dangerous as crossing the street.
* * *
United States and Great Britain have signed a
treaty for the mutual border protection of migratory
birds. One of these days Uncle Sam will have a like
treaty with Mexico.
* * *
Word comes from Independence that the big Mount
Whitney hatchery is officially turned over to the fish
and game commission by the state department of
engineering, which built it Completed in every de-
tail to the last trough, it is said to be ready for the
eyed eggs from Naylor district up above. It is the
biggest, best, most modern trout propagation plant
in the world, and the handsomest to look upon, as
well as certain to outlast any other hatchery now
above ground. Watchmen have been put in charge
and an inventory taken of the property as it now
stands . Every man who has seen it came back en-
thusiastic and declares it the biggest improvement
that could have been made in fish and game for the
south.
* * *
John T. Connolly went up to Knights Landing and
got out in the tules. He found that most of the large
birds had departed for other parts but he had a good
shoot on teal and sprig.
* * *
J. Walter Scott, the field trials enthusiast and
president of the Los Banos Gun Club, closed the
seaBon appropriately. There were five or six in his
party and there were as many limits. Sir J. Walter
says that the shooting at Los Banos this year was
the best he has ever experienced.
biggest goose of the season at the Teal Club near
Willows on Sunday. It weighed 21*4 pounds and
was some monster. In addition he got the limit on
mallards and English snipe. It was certainly a great
day for shootiDg.
* * *
Bill Price and George Thomas got the limit, ac-
cording to the way they figure it. Up at Sobrante
on Sunday they shot 2 birds in the morning and 0 in
the afternoon. Adding 0 to the 2, it makes 20 — just
the limit.
* * *
The National Championship has been postponed
until February 5th, to be held the week following
the Southwestern and Derby Championship trials at
Vinita, Okla. The stake was scheduled to begin at
Grand Junction, Tenn., on Monday, January 15th,
but the elements conspired and decreed otherwise.
* * *
In the state of New Jersey a foreign-born, unnat-
uralized person is prohibited from hunting or own-
ing a shotgun or rifle unless he is the owner of real
estate to the value of $2000 above all incumbrances.
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Hawk Flies 3700 Miles. — Red Lodge (Mont.).— A
large hawk, caught by Eddie Hotchkiss in his oat
field August 19, was killed October 29 on Bogota
plain, nine miles north of Bogota, capital of the
South American Republic of Colombia. When Hotch-
kiss caught the birds he conceived the idea of at-
taching to it a bottle, containing his name and ad-
dress ,and releasing it. This he did, and has just
received a letter dated November 4, from Luis Fe-
lipe Rulda of Colombia, in which he wrote of killing
the hawk and finding the bottle tied to the bird's
neck. In an air line, Bogota is about 3700 miles
from Red Lodge.
Rabbit Bounties Large — Lakeview, Ore. — Dan God-
sil, who has charge of the counting of the scalps that
are brought to the courthouse for payment, says that
the past few days has seen only a few rabbit scalps
brought in. However, the previous several weeks
since the first of the year saw him almost swamped
with them. He states that up to the present time
bounties have been paid pn about 10,000 rabbits.
This means about $500 worth of warrants issued in
the first three weeks that the bounty law has been in
effect.
However, it is impossible to cash the warrants at
the present time as there is no money in the rabbit
bounty fund to pay them and there will not be until
the taxes come due on the fifth of April next. Rumors
have been going around Lakeview in the past few
days that some of the large timber holders are going
to refuse to pay that portion of the tax, claiming
that it is in direct violation of the six per cent tax
limitation law.
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Has Doe Skin; Fined. — Jail sentence befell a Mex-
ican arrested by Deputy Fish and Game Commission-
er Henry J. Abels in Santa Barbara county for hav-
ing in his possession the hide of a doe, and Joe So-
leara was given 30 days wherein to pay a $25 fine
for having deer meat in the closed season. The
snows have driven down deer from the heights and
made them easy to get from the Santa Ynez valley.
As some 275 deer were reported in that county
as shot by hunters during September over previous
years. Deputy Abels feels that the protection of deer
has paid and the justices support enforcement work
by stiff penalties.
Los Angeles Club. — R. P. Riggs, shooting from the
sixteen-yard line, captured the C. W. Fish cup at the
Los Angeles Gun Club on Sunday, from forty other
contestants. Seth Hart and A. Pachmayr tied for
second place. A cool wind blew over the traps at the
Los Angeles Club and this accounts for the only fair
scores which were made. The complete scores of
the day's shoot are as follows:
Ed Mitchell 93, R. P. Riggs 91, Seth Hart 90, A.
Pachmayr 90, W. A. Hillis 87, H. D. Blanchard 86,
L. R. Melius 86, C. W. Fish 84, E. K. Mohler 83,
O. Council 83, V. A. Rossbach 83, N. W. Nelson 82,
Mrs. Pfirrmann 82, C. S. White 82, W. A. Joslyn 81,
J .H. Bishop Jr. 80. H. Pfirrmann 80, G. Holohan 79,
H. E. Sargent 78, B. H. Carnahan 77, Wm. Kennedy
76, George Oliver 72, H. Hickban 59, W. L. Cooper
52x75, A. J. Petersen 46x75, G. Pulley 44x50, L. M.
Packard 43x50, O. L. Grimsley 43x50, F. H. Teeple
42x50, M. D. Town 39x50, H. Bower 36x60, R. Cheno-
with 30x50, W. Koemer 24x50, S. Mclnnis 19x50, Ben
Meyer 14x50, Mrs. C. E. Groat 21x25, C. E. Groat
19x25, S. F. Bell 19x25, H. A. Richey 14x25, C. A
Scroggs 16x20, Bordean 10x15.
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WHAT SIZED FISH, MOST FUN?
One-Pounders Better Than Giants is the Opinion of
Eastern Anglers.
°
W. J. Terry, the well-known trap shooter of the
olden Gate Gun Club, bagged what is said to be the
Much has recently been printed in the papers re-
garding brook trout of extremely large size having
been taken with the fly, some of which weighed ten
pounds, and in fairness I do not believe that such
an incident has ever occurred in American waters.
Trout of ten pounds in weight are found only in
the Rangeley lakes of Maine, and while it may be
true that these monster trout are phvsicallv landed
after being hooked with artificial flies, vet' the big
fish never come the the surface to seize the fly as do
the smaller trout, which often make such a rush in
attacking the insect as to shoot above the surface of
the water, quite as If their entire future happiness
depended upon securing that particular fly.
To get the big fish a light shot is attached to the
fly, which is sunk far beneath the surface and agi-
tated before the fish and is thus taken, and this is
bait fishing and nothing else. .
The salmon always steals upward slowly and de-
liberately, quietly sucks the fly into his mouth and |
gradually sinks to the bottom in a leisurely manner,
while the big trout take the fly only when it is sunk i
beneath the surface of the water to some distance,
and *hen the fly becomes ordinary bait.
And when hooked the big fish do not display the
agility or skirmishing qualities of the smaller speci-
mens, but of course they fight hard because of their
weight and correspondingly great muscular devel-
opment.
It has been repeatedly asserted that brook trout of
fourteen pounds or more have been taken from the
Nepigon River, and that very large trout are found
there cannot be denied; but I do not believe they
ratb^r a species of fario, and of course true trout.
If I might be able to get one of them into my
hands for two minutes I could reach a definite conclu-
sion because, while I don't know much I am able to
distinguish a salmon from a charr unerringly.
I have a mounted brook trout which weighed over
ninf- pounds and which put up a long and game
fight, but it was just a constant and heavy pull and
sulk, giving and taking line until the fish was ex-
hausted and netted.
There is more solid fun and excitement in taking
the dashing and vigorous one-pounders with light
tack'e than can ever be enjoyed in landing the giants
of the species, but you have got to capture a colossus
of the species if you want to see your name and pic-
ture printed in the newspapers.
A« an object of intrinsic beauty there is no fish in
our waters that is even remotely worthy of being
compared to the brook trout. It is gorgeousness ex-
emplified, a thing of rare beauty and an endless de-
light to the eye.
In outline it is grace personified, not an ideal curve
absent, dazzling in its coat of rose and velvet, its
countless vermillion spots and aureole of blue digni-
fying it with a crown of royalty, the veritable mon-
arch of American waters.
When Marc Antonio discovered his friend Raphael
engaged upon the Sistine picture, he exclaimed:
"Cospetto! Another Madonna?"
Raphael gravely replied: "Amico mla, were all
artists to paint her portrait forever they could not
exhaust her beauty."
The exclamation applies with full cogency to the
valorous brook trout, than which God never created
a more beautiful object.
There is one feature associated with trout fishing
not met in the pursuit of any other fish, the stately
quiet and peace and freedom from danger and the
soothing effect of the murmuring ripples of the cease-
less brook.
Repeatedly have I stretched myself upon the
ground in the shade of a bunch of bushes beside a
mountain brook and enjoyed a refreshing sleep, and
when I awoke the $17 and my watch were still se-
cure in my pockets, and I think it would be risky to
indulge in this experiment anywhere in New York
and expect to retain my property.
From this it is fair to assume that the beasts of
New York are a greater menace to man than the
beasts of the forests, and indeed no wild beast will
ever attack a human being in the wilderness unless
it is assailed and its safety threatened. Even the
villainous rattlesnake will make every effort to es-
cape and get away from a man as fast and as far
as possible, and inflicts its perilous stab only when
it finds danger to itself impending. It may safely
bo asserted that mankind's greatest enemy is man,
and the farther away one gets from his race the more
secure is he from harm.
The brook trout is beset with more enemies by
far than the anglers who endeavor to catch them;
indeed the entire existence of the fish appears to be
a constant and vigilant effort t oavoid its relentless
destroyers.
Among such enemies are water snakes, cranes,
kingfishers and snapping turtles, and the vast amount
of trout these destroy is beyond computation. Even
the trout themselves destroy and eat each other con-
stantly, the larger seeming to be very fond of the
smaller fish as a regular diet, and it must be con-
fessed they know a good thing when they see it.
The water snake .however, quite often falls victim
to the fish, thus pleasantly reversing conditions, and
I have caught trout with one or two small snakes in
the stomach.
The crane will stand upon one of his long legs,
usually at the foot of a pool," as rigid and immovable
as a rock, and when a trout leisurely swims by the
long bills makes an instantaneous dive and never
fails to bring up a fine trout, when it flies away to
quietly enjoy its delicious morsel.
The bulky snapping turtle is wonderfully quick,
wily and active when hunting a stream, and no trout
for which it darts ever escapes.
Nothing that lives is so tenacious of life as the
snapping turtle. With the head severed from the
body it will live for days, and a headless turtle mov-
ing about is a most repulsive sight, while the severed
head will snap fiercely for several days, as if attack-
ing a foe.— [Kit Clarke, N. Y .
Saturday, Februay 3, 1917.]
CLOSED SEASONS FOR WASHINGTON.
Old Hunter Writes, Advocating Protection For the
Upland Birds.
Tacoma, Wash. — Ira Robinson o£ Bellinghani be-
lieves that recommendations made to the legislature
by count ygame commissioners are wrong and in an
open letter to the game and fish committee he sets
forth his views on the matter. He believes that a
closed season of one or two years should be declared
for upland birds to replenish flocks. A closed sea-
son for part of each year is not sufficient, in his esti-
mation, to preserve bird lite. Robinson takes a slap
at county game commissioners and charges that
some of them at least are not equal to their jobs. He
thinks the state should protect deer also, and that
game fish should be kept from going to sea. His let-
ter is as follows:
"Considerable interest being taken in the protec-
tion of same this year, amendments to our present
game code will no doubt be enacted.
"Having been a resident of the state o£ Washing-
ton for the last 44 years, and following the pleasures
of outdoor life for 30 years or more, and during that
time being a close observer of our game and fish,
a few suggestions along that line may be of some
benefit to your honorable committee.
"We remember that a few weeks back the county
■ game commissioners of the state met at Tacoma and
have recommended several amendments to our game
laws. One is, they recommend that the game com-
missioners be given the power to regulate the open
and closed seasons in their respective counties. In
other words, having the making of game laws. In
my judgment this is entirely wrong.
"I base my reasons for that on the fact that we do
not always have game commissioners who are quali-
fied to hold their positions.
"Our present way of appointing county game com-
missioners, I believe, is wrong. While it is right
that the county game commissioners should be rec-
ommended by the board of county commissioners,
the law should be so amended as to give the
county commissioners who are in power that privi-
lege. We also remember that by a decision of the
■ supreme court not long ago, the county commission-
ers are compelled to audit all game bills padded by
the game commissioners without the right to reject
any of them. This part of the game laws should
receive your due consideration and you should so
amend, giving the county commissioners the right
to handle the game funds as they do all other county
funds . It is recommended that a law be enacted hold-
ing the owner of dogs liable for what damage their
dogs may do. I believe this a good law, for from
personal knowledge I know dogs kill many of our
game birds durinf the closed season.
"Another most important amendment recommend-
ed by the game commissioners is in regard to the
open and closed seasons for upland birds. It seems
to be their desire to go right on killing. We must
admit that some of our game commissioners are city
bred and brought up. Some are late arrivals in the
state and do not fully realize that our game is being
gradually exterminated. Changing the open and
closed seasons will not prolong the life of our game
many years more. What we need is a closed season
for one or two years, and our coveys will increase in
number.
"Restrictive measures alone will not preserve our
game. A certain per cent of each county's game fund
should be set aside for propagation purposes or pur-
chasing game birds and distributing the same thru-
out the country.
"Considerable stress is being put upon the state
game farm at Walla Walla to furnish all game birds
necessary. Let us notice for a moment as to how
these birds are liberated. They are sent out some
time during the summer months along with the
mother bird who broods and cares for them until
they become nearly grown, when they wander away.
We must consider that these birds are reared in
captivity and become quite tame, and it is an even
bet that not one of these birds live through the hunt-
ing season.
"I suggest that the law be so amended that all
birds be liberated at the end of hunting seasons in-
stead of just before. By so doing these birds will
nest the following spring and greatly increase our
game birds.
"Taking the history of Whatcom, my home county:
In our pioneer days, or say, 25 years back, our
streams, lakes and marshes were alive with water-
fowl, but with the advancement of agriculture their
resting and feeding places have been destroyed, and
as they are strictly a migratory bird, no restrictions
other than our federal migratory law will increase
their numbers here. A few years back native pheas-
ants were plentiful, but as they are a woodland bird
and our forests are being rapidly cleared up, they
are doomed to be exterminated.
"We have a few Hungarian pheasants, but they
are protected until 1920, so we practically have no
other upland bird than the Chinese pheasant, which
we must look to for our future game.
"In the pioneer days deer roamed our forests in
great numbers. Today they are almost extinct and
the killing of bucks only (as recommended by the
game commissioners) will not preserve the life of
that noble animal. A closed season should be placed
upon them, especially in some of our counties. As to
game fish — we find from the recoids of our game offi-
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
cers that the Lake Whatcom trout hatchery (recog-
nized as the best game fish hatchery in the state)
has spent several thousand dollars in the last five
or six years for operation and maintenance; has also
liberated several million game fish, with the result
that game fish are no more plentiful today than they
were when the above named hatchery was put into
operation.
"The pioneers, or those of us who have studied
and observed the habits of the fish, know that game
fish, as well as food fish, are of migratory nature. It
is their habit to remain on or near their spawning
grounds for about a year, until they become from
three and a half to five inches long. Then they head
for the open sea, and unless they are properly se-
cured by screen or otherwise, it is an absolute waste
of game funds to operate a game fish hatcherv."
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Seattle Fly-Casting.— With a list of new officers at
its head the Seattle Fly and Bait Casting Club is
starting another year which promises to be a record-
breaker in membership and good work in the propa-
gation, preservation and other work on the fish and
game question.
At a recent business meeting of the club R. E.
Lyttaker was elected president, R. S. Hayes vice-
president and L. F. Lane, secretary-treasurer for the
ensuing year.
It was with pride that P. Pitt Shaw, the retiring
president, turned over the head of what has become
the largest sportsmen's organization in Seattle. Mr.
Shaw and the other retiring officers were given a
vote of thanks for their good work during the past
year.
Trustees elected for 1917 were Messrs. Houser,
Chase, Bunker, Thomas and De Long.
R. S. Hayes was also elected as captain and will
immediately start action toward the fly and bait
casting tournament work for the coming season.
Hayes has planned at least one large Northwest tour-
nament and several inter-city affairs, and intends to
place the Seattle club on a par with the tournament
work carried on by other cities.
Mr. Smart as judge and Messrs. Flammont and
Schaefer as tellers were the first appointments to
be made by the new president.
The club, working together with other sportsmen's
organizations of the country, is making a special ef-
fort to get a good, reliable man in the office of county
game warden .
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Vernon Club. — Bob Bole captured the gold bar
prize at the Vernon Gun Club Sunday by defeating
Stanton Bruner and W. Reid in a twenty-five bird
shoot-off. Bole smashed 24x25 in the shoot-off, while
the other two participants broke only 23x25. In the
first event the shooters tied with 46x50 smashes.
The scores:
Hdcp. Prize. Prac.
H. Hoyt 16 34 39
O. A. Evans 18 42 47
A .W. Bruner 16 47 46
Willia mPugh 18 43 44
Betz 16 38 41
Long 16 41 41
Bob Bole 17 46 47
S. A. Bruner 20 46 49
Van Nest 16 35
Reid 16 46 44
Geoffit 16 34
Mrs. Groat 18 . . 18
H. Groat 16 .. 20
J. L. Smith 16 32
Hanlon 16 .. 17
Fred Kimble 16 .. 21
A. Betz 16 .. 12
William Braner 16 . . 23
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Los Angeles Gun Club Plans. — Los Angeles, Cal. —
During the past year the Los Angeles Gun Club had
Ihe largest weekly attendance of any gun club in the
United States. Greater enthusiasm is being shown
by the members so far this year, although it is early
in the year. From 4,000 to 7,000 targets were thrown
weekly during the year of 1916.
Somewhere between Los Angeles and the east are
120,000 targets which make up the regular shipment
the L. A. club receives every three months during
the shooting season.
The Los Angeles Gun Club has made a bid for the
big 1917 shooting tournament, which will be held
this summer. The present indications are that Los
Angeles has never had a big shooting event. Al-
though it has one of the largest trapshooting clubs
in the state it has never been awarded the big
shooting event.
Heine Pfirrmann and Fred Teeples are in receipt
of more than half a hundred letters from prominent
trapshooters throughout the coast who are in favor
of the big California-Nevada Gun Club this year. The
two states always hold their shoots together.
The dates of May 21-22-23 have been submitted to
the association by the club. If the shoot is warded
to the Los Angeles Gun Club a special car will be
chartered to carry the local shooters to the Pacific
Coast Handicap shoot, which will be held at San
Jose, May 27, 28, 29 and 30. The head of the San
Jose club, Mr. Ford, has written to the local officials
and is doing everything in his power to land the big
state shoot for the Los Angeles Club.
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TRAPSHOOTING AMATEUR IS DEFINED.
Any One Who Receives Expenses, Free Shells or
Ammunition, or Anything Else.
The National Associations of Golf and Tennis have
for years been trying to define an amateur— and have
not met with any success because every move toward
the tightening of the amateur clause has hit some
popular player who earns his daily bread through
his connection with some sporting goods house.
The Amateur Athletic Union defines an amateur
clearly— and then tries to duck from under. The
definition is lived up to in some sections and in more
others it is not. Influence has a great deal to do
with whether an athlete remains an amateur or is
declared a professional. I speak from experience —
for I know.
It would pay some of the organizations that are
trying to define amateurism to delve into the trap-
shooting rules and purloin a few pages from the
books of the Interstate Association for the Encour-
agement of Trapshooting. Here is an association
that handles in the neighborhood of a half-million
trapshooters annually without any registration and
has less friction and complaint than organizations
dealing with a half-dozen persons.
The Interstate Association makes a ruling on ama-
teurs and professionals and lives up to it . Some
years ago it wasn't very sever. It has been tighten-
ed each year, and there have always been some peo-
ple who were able to beat the rules and remain in
classes that they were not entitled to be in. These
things are known and as time wore on the Interstate
Association corrected the faults.
Now they have defined the amateur and profes-
sional so clearly that it will be next to impossible
for any person to beat the rules without dishonor.
Everything is accomplished on the honor system in
trapshooting — and trapshooters are the finest sports-
men in the world.
Here is the Interstate Association's definition of
the Amateur and Professional:
"Any shooter, not dependent upon his skill as a
trapshot as a means of livelihood, either directly or
indirectly, or in part or whole, including employees
of manufacturers of, or dealers in, firearms, ammu-
nition, powder, traps, targets and other trapshooting
accessories, and who does not receive any compensa-
tion or concession, monetary or otherwise, or allow-
ance for expenses or trapshooting supplies from such
manufacturers o rdealers, shall be classed as an am-
ateur.
"Any shooter, including employees of manufactur-
ers of, or dealers in, firearms, ammunition, powder,
targets, traps and other shooting accesories, who re-
ceives his salary or any portion of his salary, or any
expenses of any kind for use in trapshooting, or
rebate on the market price of such articles, as com-
pensation for the promotion of the sale or advertise-
ment of any such products handled by such manufac-
truers, shall be classed as a professional."
In other words, the amateur shooter is the one who
pulverizes the clay birds because he likes the sport
and shoots for sport only.
The fellow who receives any portion of his expen-
ses in any capacity, or who purchases shells, guns,
etc.. less than standard figures because he has some
ability as a shot, or the hardware clerk who gets his
ammunition free, etc., will be found in the profes-
sional class this year. The rule is drastic — but it is
right — and the Interstate Association didn't mince
matters in adopting it. And if it isn't strong enough,
they will put in a few more screws and tighten it. —
Peter P. Carney, Phila., Pa.
Trapshooting Comparisons. — Back in the early 80's
when America's sportsmen began to demand a
between-season outlet for their gunning enthusiasm,
some bright lankee genius conceived the idea of the
glass ball as a fitting target to try the prowess of the
marksman, when the object was projected at un-
known angles from a mechanical contrivance known
as a trap.
The name of Bogardus, in connection with glass
ball shooting, is not only historical, but still alive
and dominant in the reminiscences of old-timers, a
goodly percentage of whom still follow the sport of
trapshooting.
The trapshooting of today, however, differs ma-
terially from that sport of long ago; the traps are
more scientifically constructed, the target, instead of
being globular in form, is saucer-shaped and not
only covers its fifty-yard flight with the speed of an
arrow but rotates as well.
It has become customary for writers to refer to
the clay pigeon as "the inanimate target"; so long
as they remain packed in barrels or stacked in the
trap house this is quite proper. On the other hand,
were you to ask any one of the 500,000 trapshooters
in the country for his personal opinion he would un-
hesitatingly say that immediately following the re-
lease of the trap, it becomes just about as animated
as a devilish ingenuity could conceive. — [By Geo.
Peck.
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Wyoming appropriated $60,000 in 1916 to be paid
for the hides of coyotes at $1.50 each. The sum was
not enough. Thousands of coyotes were killed which
the trappers could not collect for.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 3, 1917
| Stock and Farm Department
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It is estimated that there are 130,000 acres of
prunes and apricots in California.
* * *
The cheese factory at Caruthers paid out $6,800 for
butter fat during the month of December. The price
paid producers for the butter fat was 42% cents.
4* .J. *j.
It is not economy to feed all cows the same amount
of grain. They should be fed in accordance with
their production. A heavy grain ration given a light
milking cow tatters her but does not increase her
milk beyond her ordinary limit
+ + *
A Los Angeles colony consisting of thirty-six fam-
ilies will settle on land purchased at Oak Flat, near
Dunlap, Cal„ June 1. The land brought $100 per
acre. The land will be improved with apple orchards.
All of the families intend to erect dwellings and re-
side on the premises. The land is considered among
the best in the state for the culture of apples, and it
is understood there is plenty of capital behind the
colony to make all needed improvements.
* * *
High prices for potatoes on the Chicago market
have attracted big shipments from England to com-
pete with the American-grown product, according to
a statement made public by Sol Westerfield, former
president of the National Retail Grocers' Associa-
tion. "It seems impossible that war-stricken England
can seDd potatoes to Chicago to compete with the
product grown in Illinois, Wisconsin and other west-
ern states, but I have seen the bills of lading." Mr.
Westerfield says. Potatoes are selling at $2.25 a
bushel.
Approximately 50,000 hogs were shipped from Co-
lusa county during the year 1916. At a conservative
figure the amount of money returned to Colusa
county was approximately $750,000. The principal
shippers were Johnsen & Richter, who shipped more
than 10,000 hogs during the year, and Comfort &
Hougland, who shipped about the same number. That
this year will see a large increase in the shipments
is the belief of the shippers. It is expected that more
than $1,000,000 in hogs alone will be shipped in 1917.
Ideal climatic conditions, combined with excellent
feeding grounds and water transportation, make it
possible for Colusa county producers to ship their
hogs at a minimum cost and at a comparatively small
cost for production.
Dairymen receive $5,529.
Two hundred and fifty shareholders in the Dairy-
men's Co-Operative Creamery Association of Tulare
attended the annual meeting of the association last
week. The report of the maneger showed that the
creamery had a capacity business in 1916. The sales
totaled $638,630.19, of which amount $5,529.58 was
paid dairymen for 5,178,918 pounds of cream deliv-
ered during the year. The butter churned during
the year totaled 2,120,962 pounds, and the average
make per day was 5,180 pounds. The average price
per pound paid for butter fat was 24.65 cents.
*•§•<•
Volumne 34 of the Holstein-Friesian Herd Book is
the last volume issued by the Holstein-Friesian As-
sociation of America, Brattleboro, Vt. It contains
the entries from May 1, 1915 to Jan. 15, 1916, instead
of those for the entire fiscal year as formerly, the
business having so increased as to make the issuing
of one volume a year impracticable . The total num-
ber of entries in the volume is 45,538, of which
16,659 are bulls and 28,879 cows.
* * *
Tietje Quenn de Kol, the Holstein-Friesian cow
which recently broke the record for butter making
in giving 542.7 pounds of milk in seven days for
542.7 pounds of butter was sold recently for $5,000
to a creamery company. The previous record has
been 32 pounds of butter. The vow is nine years
and nine months old.
* * *
A dairy cow should be in good condition at time
of calving. The amount of milk she gives when
fresh usually shows her capacity . She should then
be fed enough to support this milk production. A
cow that does not have the inheritance to give more
than 20 pounds of milk daily cannot be made to give
40 by liberal grain feeding. However, the cow that
starls giving 40 pounds will not continue to do so
long unless sufficient feed is given to furnish the
raw material for this much product.
* * +
The findings of the tri-state milk commission,
which was appointed from Maryland, Pennsylvania
and Delaware with a view of standardizing the pro-
duction and sale of milk, were recently made public.
The food value of milk is exhaustively discussed and
shows that a quart of milk is equal to eight eggs.
With milk at nine cents a quart and eggs at 45
cents a dozen, it is stated that the consumer pays
33.10 limes as much for the same food value, when
buying milk and eggs. The report shows that the
cost of production of a quart of milk now ranges
between two and four cents, where formerly it was
one to two cents.
The late S. C. Lillis, whose death occurred in Oak-
land last week, owned 140,000 acres of land, the
major portion of which was in Fresno county. He
was particularly interested in cattle and owned sev-
eral thousand head of range cattle at the time of
his death.
* * *
At a mass meeting at Fresno, last week, the
$9,000,000 Pine Flat reservoir project was explained
to a large number of farmers. More than 1,000,000
acres of land in Fresno, Tulare and Kings counties
will be irrigated if the project is successfully carried
through.
+ + *
Keen competition between the southern and north-
ern citrus fruit districts has developed into the Na-
tional Orange Show, to be conducted at San Ber-
nardino, February 20 to 28. World honors are to
be awarded to the best quality of fruits, and, as in
former years, the citrus fruit growers of California
are preparing to enter their most luscious orchard
products.
+ + +
A farm adviser is assured for Fresno county, fol-
lowing the example of the progressive counties of
California, the majority of which have farm advisers.
The Chamber of Commerce of Fresno county and the
University of California department of agriculture, by
working hand in hand secured enough signers of
Fresno county stockmen and farmers to assure the
support of a capable man.
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California Swine Breeders Meet.
One of the most enthusiastic meetings of live stock
breeders ever held in California was conducted at
Los Angeles, January 1 8and 19 account the Cali-
fornia Swine Breeders' Association.
The progressive breeders of the coast attended and
many prominent breeders addressed the convention.
They are a live-wire bunch and the swine business
of the coast promises much in the future for the
breeders, as a result of this association.
The following resolution was adopted at the meet-
ing:
"Whereas, It is held by some that the remedy for
existing marketing ills for farm products is the estab-
lishing of state markets in the towns and cities of
California in order to bring producer and consumer
together, and
"Whereas, We, the members of the California
Swine Breeders' Association, assembled in the city
of Los Angeles this 18th day of January, 1917, in
state convention, feel in common with the field farm-
ers of California that such state markets would not
in the slightest degree solve our grave and serious
marketing problems, and
"Whereas, We firmly believe that the only solution
for such swine marketing problems lies first of all in
organizing a strong and effective swine breeders'
Marketing association, and
"Whereas, We believe that such producers' market-
ing association is as much in the interest of consum-
er as of producer, by
(a) Raising the standards so as to ship market
products equal to those shipped here from outside
the state,
(b) Minimizing the waste in cost of distribution,
(c) Lessening the possibility of speculation and
thus in the interest of producer and consumer sta-
bilizing prices; be it therefore
"Resolved, That we heartily approve the work that
has been done and is being done by State Market
Director Weinstock in organizing the farm produc-
ers of the state into effective marketing associa-
tions ;
"Resolved, That we earnestly recommend to the
legislature now in session that it approve such addi-
tional amendments to the marketing law as will ena-
ble the State Market Director, in the interest of pro-
ducer and consumer of farm products, to broaden his
activities and to enlarge the scope of his work so
that the State Market Commission may be of highest
usefulness to the great agricultural interests of Cal-
ifornia."
Treating Wounds of Animals.
Most wounds on farm animals will heal naturally
without causing trouble. It is, however, good prac-
tice to aid nature by keeping out infection and thus
causing more rapid healing. The first twenty-four
hours the wound is made is the most important time
to get in good work. Normally the skin keeps out
infection, but when it is broken the portion under-
neath is laid open to harmful bacteria. After about
twenty-four hours the body sends blood and white
corpuscles around the wound to fortify it against
infection, but infection usually gets in while the
wound is fresh and the body is unprepared for the
attack.
In treating a fresh wound, the first step is to check
the hemorrhage if the animal is bleeding badly. This
can be done by heat, torsion of the blood vessels,
ligation, or pressure. One of the best ways to check
bleeding from most wounds is to put a pack of sterile
cotton, dusted with boric acid, over the raw surface
and bandage it tightly. Washing with warm water
will control a slight hemorrhage. After the bleeding
is over the wound should be prepared for immediate
healing. All dirt, hair, slivers of wood or foreign
substances of any kind should be removed. Long
hair near the wound should be clipped and parts of
the tissue that are badly torn and hanging should be
cut off. Then wash the wound thoroughly with a
weak solution of mercuric bichloride or carbolic acid
Repeat these washings every 8 hours for the next
hours, but just dampen the wound after the first
good washing.
Wounds that have not been looked after at firsl
and have become infected should be well painted
with tincture of iodine. In case an animal is snagged I
the hole should be filled with iodine every 8 hours !
for four or five times. Be sure to get the iodine to
the bottom of the hole. A syringe comes in handy in
this case.
After the wounds have begun to heal they usually !
require but a small amount of attention. The follow- |
ing is a good healing lotion that can be profitably ■!
used once or twice a day: Pine tar 2 ounces, and- a
castor oil enough to make up a pint. If there is any ,
overabundance of new tissue forming an excessive' {
granulation, white lotion is good to use. It is com-
posed of lead acetate, 1 ounce; zinc sulphate 6
drahms, and water enough to make up a pint;
Dampen the surface of the wound mornings and
evenings with the above mixture. If quite a bit o£
proud flesh has already formed cauterizing should' |
be resorted to . A red hot iron rubbed thoroughly
over the wound will stop the formation of proud I
flesh. Copper sulphate, iron sulphate and zinc sul- |
phate mixed in equa lparts will form a powder that
will serve the same purpose as the hot iron, if the
mixture is dusted on the wound every three or four
days until unhealthy granulation ceases.
Union Stock Yards at Sacramento.
With the filing of incorporation last week of a
$100,000 stock company, California promoters and-
capitalists have taken formal steps to establish a'
union stockyards at Sacramento. The new organiza-
tion will be known as the Union Stockyards of West
Sacramento. Harry Thorp will be president, with
D. O. Lively, formerly Chief of the Department of
Livestock, P.-P. I. E., as manager. The directors1
and organizers are J. H. Glide, Harry Thorp, Chas.
E. Virden, H. Sam Thorp, T. S. Glide.
Before launching the new stock concern the organ-
izers visited the Portland yards with the result that
they became convinced Sacramento is an ideal place
for such an industry. They found that many of the
cattle from this district are shipped to Portland,
while the stock men of the state largely are depend-
ent on buyers in handling their cattle, a situation
that does not mean the best of prices.
The proposed stockyards will be located on a 20-
acre tract in West Sacramento between the Oakland,
Antioch and Eastern tracks and the Sacramento
river. Fifteen acres will be used for the stock yards
proper, while five acres will be reserved for a pack-
ing plant which it is proposed to establish after the
venture is in working order.
With the completion of the incorporation of the
stock yards the concern will be ready to issue stock,
and it is expected will be in a position to open the
yards in about six months.
Following the announcement that the stockyards
are about to be established in Sacramento, State
Market Director Weinstock issued a statement com-'
mending the idea as a step toward the settling of
some of the marketing problems of livestock growers
and dairymen. With a central stock market, Wein-
stock declared, it will be easier to organize the stock
men and increase the business of growing meat in
this state, which now depends on other common-
wealths for $30,000,000 worth of meat products con-
sumed.
PREVENTION OF ABORTION IN CATTLE.
Veterinarians Receive Instruction Concerning Recent
Discoveries Regarding Abortion at Short Course
at the University Farm at Davis.
[A System of Hygiene for Breeding Cattle Recom-
• mended to Cattle Owners by an Expert J
In order to make immediately available throughout
the state recent discoveries regarding infectious
abortion and allied diseases of cattle, the College ot
Agriculture of the University of California, in co-
operation with the California State Veterinary Med-
ical Association, recently held a Practitioners' Short
Course in Veterinary Medicine at the University
Farm, Davis. Seventy-five veterinarians attended
the course. One of the chief features of the course
was the demonstration by Dr. W. I. Williams, Re-
search Professor of Diseases of Breeding Cattle at
Cornell University.
The success of his system of treating the barren-
ness in cows resulting from abortion disease has at-
tracted the attention of veterinarians and stock own-
ers throughout the country. The system requires
special training and some of the California veterin-
arians are planning to go to Ithaca, N. Y., for further
study and practice under Dr. Williams. In addition
to the special operations taught by Dr. Williams he
recommends a system of preventive hygiene which
should be carried out by every owner of valuable
cattle, and which he explained at a lecture before the
cattle breeders of the State at Sacramento on De-
cember 26th. He stated that abortion is a disease so
widely disseminated that few dairy or pure bred
herds are free from infection.
The infection may even be present in cattle with-
out the occurrence of abortions. When the virulence
or disease producing power of the germs is high,,
losses occur in the herd from abortion, sterility, re-,
tained afterbirth, or diseased ovaries, and they also
cause diseases of new-born calves such as calf
Saturday, Februay 3, 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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scours, pneumonia, joint disease and similar compli-
cations. In infected herds not only the aborting
cows but non-aborting cows, bulls and calves may
harbor the infection ,and calves and young heifers
should be protected from infection. Heifers carrying
(he first calf are more liable to abort than older
cows. The two periods when the germs of abortion
jnfection are most liable to gain entrance to the oft-
spring are at the time the heifer calf is born and at
the time she is first served by the bull. The en-
trance of the germs at these times is especially
liaMe to cause damage. In order to obviate as far
as possible the infection, Professor Williams recom-
mends the following procedure to all cattle owTiers
having animals valuable enough to warrant the extra
expense :
Before and after service irrigate the sheath of the
bull with one-fourth per cent Lugel's solution. It is
advisable to administer a vaginal douche of this solu-
tion an hour or two before service to cows which do
not conceive at the first service. Dr. Williams has
discovered that the use of this solution does not in-
terfere in any way with conception. If the cow still
tails to breed, enlist the services of a qualified vet-
erinarian who by manipulating the ovaries and cathe-
terizing the uterus may be able to get the cow into
breeding condition.
I When the cow has reached her 270th day of preg-
nancy or earlier, if calving seems probable, give her
I thorough bath with warm water and soap, lathering
(he skin repeatedly until thoroughly clean. Rinse off
the soap and water with a one per cent solution of
compound solution of cresol. Place the cow in a
clean, disinfected stall. After the bathing wash the
tail, vulva, thighs and udder daily with warm com-
pound cresol solution, one and a half to two per cont,
. and douche the vagina daily with one-fourth per cent
Lugol's solution.
When the calf is born rub it dry and disinfect the
stump of the navel cord. Do not tie it. Do not touch
the navel stump with the hands. Fill a goblet or
glass to the brim with 1-1000 corrosive sublimate
solution and having the calf held on its feet, push the
goblet against the navel region so as to submerge
the navel stump completely and keep it submerged
for fifteen minutes. (Corrosive sublimate tablets can
be purchased of a size that one to one pint equals
1-1000.) Then dust the navel stump over heavily
with a powder composed of equal parts of powdered
alum or boric acid. Place the calf in a clean, dry,
comfortable stall and keep it alone until two or three
months old. Do not permit the calf to suck.
■ According to Dr. Williams, it is best in most cases
to feed calves on boiled milk. Some very young
calves do not thrive on boiled milk and when it does
not appear practicable to boil the milk the following
special precautions should be taken to protect the
milk for the calf from infection:
■ Before drawing milk from the cow to feed the calf
wash her vulva, tail, thighs and udder and douche
the vagina according to the plan recommended prior
to birth. The milker must first disinfect his hands
and use a sterile pall. The first milk from each teat
should be discarded. Repeat the washing of the
vulva, tail, thighs and udder immediately before each
milking. Repeat the vaginal douches daily until all
discharges from the vulva have ceased. At eight or
ten days of age nearly all calves may safely be placed
on boiled milk. The milk which is boiled may be
drawn from any economic source. In order to pre-
vent scorching a large double boiler or water bath
should be used to heat the milk.
When all discharges after calving have ceased, vag-
inal douching of cows may be stopped, though it
would be well, to continue the external washing of
vulva, tail and udder daily in the interest of clean
milk as well as of the general health of the herd.
When abortion or retained afterbirth occurs each
case should be handled individually by a skilled vet-
erinarian and by the special treatment restored to
health as promptly as possible. Much needless loss
might be saved by owners of valuable pure bred cat-
tle if the services of veterinarians skilled in the spe-
cial work perfected by Dr. Williams were1 available.
By a monthly or quarterly veterinary examination of
all the animals in a herd, cases of sterility will be
discovered before it is too late to cure them and in-
curable or dangerous cases can be eliminated before
they have done irreparable damage to the bull or
other cows.
This does not mean, however, that all animals in-
fected with abortion should be disposed of. As a
matter of fact in herds in which abortions are occur-
ring a cow that has aborted once or twice may be
just as valuable for breeding as one that has not.
Cows seldom abort more than two or three times.
Cows that are not made sterile by abortion will in
all probability resume normal reproduction. On the
other hand, if they are removed to make way for
fresh animals there is a possibility that the new-
comers already are or soon will be infected and are
more liable to abort than the old ones. The elimina-
tion of infected animals is, therefore, not to be rec-
ommended as a means of controlling the disease
unless their value is not great enough to warrant
the expense of treatment.
By keeping pregnant animals the disease will be
brought to a standstill more quickly than if new
susceptible material is continually added in their
place. Some cows apparently become immune with-
out aborting. It is the history of the disease in the
great majority of herds that after reaching its
height it gradually subsides of its own accord until
only a few flips occur each year or it may disappear
entirely. In herds where abortions have not occurred
for several years, or at least only rarely, the owner
should take particular pains to prevent its introduc-
tion. Every case of abortion should be regarded as
infectious until proved otherwise.
For outbreaks of pneumonia and scours in calves
Dr. Williams recommends the frequent use of enemas
of physiological salt solution and the daily injection
of liberal amounts of calf scour serum in addition to
the special precautions to be taken at time of calving
mentioned above.
Judging Horse's Age.
Until a horse is over ten years old the teeth fur-
nish an indication of age which is fairly accurate.
In estimating the age of a horse, only three pairs of
front teeth or nippers on each jaw are considered.
Horses, like human beings, have two sets of teeth;
the first set, known as milk teeth, being replaced by
permanent teeth. Now teeth have deep cups, or in-
dentations, at their centers. As the teeth wear down
these cups disappear.
A colt does not usually get its first pair of nippers
until it is a few days old, but has all three pairs by
the time it is 6 to 10 months old. Until a colt is 3
years old, however, its general appearance is relied
upon largely to indicate its age . Following is a de-
scription of the yearling changes which ordinarily
occur in the teeth of a horse:
One year. — The center pair of milk incisors, known
as the pinchers, and the pair next to them, known as
the intermediates, are well through the gums and in
contact, but the corner pairs do not yet meet on a
level.
Two years. — The pinchers and intermediates indi-
cate that they are being crowded by the permanent
teeth, as they are pushed free from their gums at the
base. By the time the colt is 2Vz years old the mid-
dle pinchers should be through. The permanent teeth
are much longer than the temporary ones.
Three years. — The middle pinchers are large
enough for use. Their deep cups show plainly. The
milk intermediates are about to be shed.
Four years. — The permanent intermediates appear
at 3% years and are ready for use at 4. The corner
teeth give evidence that the permanent corners are
coming. The cups in the pinchers are about one-
third gone. (The tusks, or canine teeth, of male
colts may appear about this time.)
Five years. — The temporary corner teeth are shed
at 4^4 and the permanent ones are ready to use. The
horse has now what is known as a full mouth, all
permanent incisors being ready to use. The cups
of the first pair are about two-thirds gone.
Six years. — The cups in the center pair have near-
ly disappeared. In the second pair they are about
two-thirds gone.
Seven years. — The cups from the second pair are
now gone. There is a notch in the upper corner
tooth where it overlaps the lower one.
Eight years. — The cups having all worn out of the
lower nippers, we now look at the upper jaw. Al-
though cups remain in the center pair, they are not
deep.
Nine years. — The cups in the center pair of nip-
pers on the upper jaw have disappeared. They are
still present in the other two pairs, being fairly deep
in the corner ones.
Ten years. — The cups are worn out of the second
pair on the upper jaw, although they are still present
in the corner pair.
Older horses. — At 11 years all of the cups are usu-
ally worn out of the incisors and it becomes neces-
sary to use some other indication. Estimation of
age may now be based upon the angle at wrhich the
teeth meet, their change in size and shape. As the
horse gets older, the teeth meet more and more at
an acute angle; that is, the jaws become more
oblique. As the teeth wear down, the shape of the
worn ends changes from oval to more nearly round
and, finally, in an aged horse to a nearly triangular
form. Sometimes cups are cut or burned in the teeth
of old horses to make their mouths resemble those
of younger animals. This practice, known as "Bish-
oping," may be detected if the shape of the tooth and
the absence of the ring of enamel which surrounds
the natural cup are noted. After a horse is 12 years
old its condition is more important than its age in
determining values.
0
The national convention of wool growers at Salt
Lake last week endorsed the idea of seeking a stand-
ardization of wool and petitioned the department of
agriculture to fix a definite system on which wool
should be sold on the American markets. Other res-
olutions called upon it to appropriate $300,000 to aid
in gaining control over predatory animals and asked
the different states to make appropriations for the
same purpose. They urged the United States bureau
of animal industry to conduct experiments to deter-
mine the most economical method of feeding sheep
on the range; condemned the agricultural committee
of the House of Representatives Pt Washington for
disallowing an appropriation of $20,000 for the estab-
lishment of an experimental farm and expressed the
hope that the Senate committee would reinstate the
appropriation. They requested the flock-masters to
hare"" their wool graded at the shearing pens and
pledged support to the secretary of the interior in
the matter of laying trails through ■ the national
forests.
Farm Advisor \V. H. Hamilton of Monjmmii
county. New Jersey, reports the results of scientific
methods of handling a run-down orchard on a farm
in the same county that resulted in the increasing in
two years of the average yield of apples annually
from 800 to 4000 bushels. Mr. Hamilton used the
orchard, which the owner intended to cut down, to
demonstrate the results to be obtained by careful
pruning, spraying, fertilizing and cultivating. The
cost of the extra care, sprays and fertilizers amount-
ed to five cents per bushel on the increased yield.
Instead of poor, inferior fruit of low market value,
Mr. Hamilton secured high quality apples of high
market value.
One of the difficulties confronting the man who
aims to produce fall lambs for market is the fact
that the regular time for ewes to drop their young
is in the spring; while some will bred so as to drop
their young late in the fall, the majority do not breed
until fall, dropping the lambs the next spring. It is
claimed that this has been overcome to some extent
by the selection of November and December lambs
as breeders for a flock of early lambing ewes each
year, saving a few of the December lambs to raise as
breeding ewes. The usual method followed has been
to pay particular attention to the feeding and care
of the ewes during the winter, and after lambing in
the spring get them in good vigorous condition be-
fore turning them out to pasture. When placed in
the pasture in May the rams tre turned out with
them, and better results will be secured if two or
three young active rams are allowed to run in the
flock.
+ + +
According to experiments at the Kansas Experi-
ment Station, the time to change the calf from whole
milk to skim milk depends upon the development of
the calf. If it is healthy it may be changed to skim
milk at the end of the second week, but the third
week would be better . This change must be made
gradually by putting a small quantity of skim milk
into each feeding. About a week or 10 days is re-
quired. In this way the calf learns to like the skim
milk without noticing the change. The right tem-
perature for the milk is 100 degrees. It should be
fed at as nearly this temperature as possible. Feed-
ing cold milk at one meal and warm milk at another
upsets the digestive system of the young calf. It
is also important to feed the milk sweet. A single
feed of sour milk might cause serious trouble for the
young calf. Better let it miss a feed or even two
than give it sour milk. The pails out of which it is
fed must be kept clean and sterile.
* + +
The Hammond brothers of eastern Utah recently
purchased 2000 head of sheep from W. T. Goslin of
Mesa county, Colorado, for the big round figure of
$12 a head.
* ♦♦
It has been a good many years since the old Dun-
ham days with the great Brilliant at the head of 150
of his colts, that we have seen such a display of all-
around Percherons as were stacked up at the Denver
show last week. France, in the decrepitude of her
national struggle, can scarcely bring out as many-
good Percherons as may be found in our western
states today ,and the pick of these were admired in
Denver last week. The Belgians were also fine and
it is a good thing for posterity that Americans have
been breeding these fine animals in a substantial
way before the great crash came to wipe out the
industry on its native sod. Europe will have to come
to us to replenish its broken blood lines and keep
some of the families going. The seven breeders" of
Belgians w~ho were here last week seem to be pretty
well fitted to pick up the banner and light the way
for the perpetuation of the breed writh their noble
animals. It there were any Clydes, Shires or Suf-
folk Punches in the show we did not notice them. —
[Field and Farm.
In keeping your horses sound and well it is advis-
able to keep on hand the Tuttle remedies. They are
Tuttle's Elixir, Hoof Ointment, Condition Powders,
and others that have been used for years with the
very best results. Send for the free booklet Veter-
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will be useful to horse owners.
* * +
J. L. Harlan, one of Yolo county's most progressive
farmers, is the owner of a Holstein bull that is a
half brother to the bull that was sold at auction at
Portland, Oregon, a few wreeks ago for the highest
price ever paid tor a bull on the Pacific coast. The
price was $21,500, and the animal was Finderne Mu-
tuale Fayne Valdessa. and John Von Herberg, owner
of a fine herd at Kent, Washington, was the success-
ful bidder.
* + +
The Carr ranch of 5600 acres, in Monterey county,
was sold last week to Mr. P. F. Brown at a reported
price of $90,000, by Mrs. Jesse D. Seale, a daughter
of the late Jesse D. Carr, of Salinas, and the deal,
it is rumored, was made in the interest of the Pai-
cines Ranch Company owned by A. K. Macomber.
This fine tract of land adjoins the ranch of that com-
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large holdings. About 600 acres of the Carr place
is suitable for farming and the balance is fine grazing
land.
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DANIEL F. McMAHON. New York Athletic Clul.
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H. J. FENDERGAST
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WALTER HUFF Macon. Ga.
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THE EVENT*
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High Amateur Average
Preliminary HandicBP
Three-Man Team
17 teams entered*
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121 yds. I
l&S X 500
92 X 100
1.441 X 1.500
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P. O. DRAWER 447, »AN FRANCISCO, CAL.
VOLUME LXX. No. 6.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1917.
Subscription — $3.00 Per Yeai
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 10, 1917
Pleasanton Driving Park
PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA
offers for service for the season of 1917 the following stallions:
THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4
Non-Standard Cal. State License No. 2.
FASTEST TROTTING STALLION EVER OFFERED FOR SERVICE IN
CALIFORNIA AND FIFTH FASTEST ENTIRE TROTTER IN THE WORLD
Son of Si. Valiant Vincent 2:11% (by St. Vincent 2:13% out of the triple
producer Grace Lee 2:29% by Electioneer 125); dam Amy Smith by Emperor
Wilkes 2:20%. sire of Princess. Eulalia (4) 2:09^, etc; grandam by Hamble-
tonian 539.
The Anvil is regarded by Edward F. Geers as one of the very greatest trot-
ters that he has ever raced. For five years the pair of Tennesseeans went to
the races together and in that time were but twice unplaced, while winining a
total of fifteen races, including the historic M. and M.
As an individual he is most pleasing, not too large or coarse in any way but
smoothly and compactly made and "all horse" in every line. He is a perfect
headed, pure gaited trotter, with the very best of disposition, and is destined
to become a very great sire of trotting speed. His opportunities in the stud
have been very slight as he has been retired from racing only since the close
of 1914. He was selected to head the stud at Pleasanton Driving Park not only
en account of his great qualities as a race trotter, but because one of his first
foals, Anvilite (2) 2:22*4, with a trial of ten seconds or more faster, was in
every way the greatest colt trotter ever bandied by C. L. DeRyder. The services
of The Anvil are recommended to you without reserve.
Fee for THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4, $50 with usual privilege
Vernon McKinney 2:01 1-2
Pure Bred Cal. State License No. 39
Fastest member of the great family of McKinney 2:11J4
Sire of VERNA McKINNEY (2) 2:13 (his first foal raced), fastest two-
year-old pacing filly of 1915, three-year-old record, 1916, 2:09)4.;
VERNON DIABLO, mat. rec. half mile track 2:14'^, and DR. DYER
(3) trial 2:12|4.
Son of Guy McKinney 27625 (by McKinney 2:llii out of Flossie Drais by Guy
Wilkes 2:15*4); dam Maud Vernon by Mount Vernon 2:15%, sire of the dams of
Leata J. 2:03, etc. ; grandam Mag by General McClellan, sire of the dams of
Mack Mack 2:08, etc.
Vernon McKinney's racing career was not an extensive one but will long be
remembered for the excellence of his performances, as his winnings include a
Chamber of Commerce stake in time very near the record for that event at the
time, and he is the fastest of all the McKinneys.
He is a horse of rare qualities in the way of individual excellence, almost
ideal in behavior and temperament in harness or out. Since his retirement he
has been a popular horse in the stud and our claim that he would prove a very
great sire of pacing speed has been fully substantiated, his first foal to be raced
being the season champion for the age and gait in 1915, a most excellent testi-
monial to his potency. He is a very sure breeder, his get are uniformly endowed
with natural spepd and the physical and mental requirements of modern race
horses and find ready sale at most gratifying prices.
Fee for VERNON McKINNEY 2:01 1-2, $50 with usual privilege.
The best of cara taken of mares in any manner owners may desire, but no
responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address for particulars
GEORGE F. RYAN, Superintendent,
PLEASANTON, CAL.
Thoroughbred sire M ARSE
WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1917 AT
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK
Service Fee $50
Marse Abe carries the best (Hinri™ * Virgil
blood of America through his f Hanover J11111000 'Florence
sire lines, Yankee was a su- ( Bourbon Belle J Bonnie Scotland
penor race horse and sire. Han- £=J [\ankee- c (Ella D.
over was the best horse of his CO j I ( Himvar /Alarm
day. and headed the list of win- < I Correction.,] "jHira
ning sires for years. No refer- rj ! ( Mannie Gray {Enquirer
ence is necessary to Hindoo as yj 'i "(Lizzie G.
everyone knows what he was. a < p.. ™ ■ (Hermit fNewminster
Halo, the dam of Marse Abe, < bt. Blaise... J (Seclusion
is bred just right to cross with 5 tt«,i« (Fusee J Marsyas
the sire blood in his pedigree; m kuaio. .. , / A esuvienne
a daughter of St. Blaise, son of Tfl. -^ ( Kins Alfonso... \ Phaeton
Hermit, the most fashionable I iaa k„ ICapitola
sire line in England, and backed ( Lema J Asteroid
up on her dam's side by the i-aura
lines of long distance perform-
ers from which sprung Ten f*|7/\ ET nv A M
Brock and other four-milers. %*Cw« r, rvT Aft,
Address all communication a to PIC8S3nton CdL
=DII_LCARA 57462=
Son of Sidney Dillon 23157 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list) and Guycara by Guy Wilkes
2867 (sire of 3 in 2:10 list), will make the season of 1917 at
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK, PLEASANTON, GAL.
SERVICE FEE $50 TO INSURE
Dillcara is a full brother to Harold Dillon 39610, the leading sire of New Zealand.
Last season the get of Harold Dillon won 41 races, totalling over ?25,000.
Address all communications to
CEO. F. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
Ansel M. Easton William Ward
Blackhawk Stock Ranch i™
Barns full of top notch two to five year old Stallions
IMPORTED AND HOME BRED
mind 01ei?!U'=WvwiQUaaiiy' J*1"? ciean bone ana the bes' of breeding to recom-
™B?o^ ° SeS and P"Ze Wlnners- G"at opportunity to secure I topiotdi
D1 .. . BLACKHAWK STOCK RANCH, Burlingame, Cal.
Pl««ie lend for bee phMetfrephic ntalofii*. Telephone Burlingame 131
MARSHALL CHIEF 2765
MISSOURI'S CHAMPION SADDLE STALLION 1916.
By McDonald Chief by Rex McDonald 833; Dam, Minnie Marshall by Bourbon Chief.
In Public Service at Mexico, Mo., Season 1917'
AT $25 CASH FOR SEASON
Xo more scientific nor successful blending of the best of the
Denmarks, (Rex McDonald) and the Chiefs, (Bourbon
Chief) can be found than is represented in Marshall Chief.
INDIVIDUALITY and ACHIEVEMENT COUPLED WITH PEDIGREE. "
WM. WALLACE, Philadelphia, Pa., Owner.
FOE FCBTHER PARTICULARS WRITE
HANS BER6, 159 Warren Ave.
Milwaukee, Wis.,
or
E. N. HAMILTON, Manager,
Mexico, Mo.
The World's Champion
Saddle Stallion
ASTRAL KING
HAS DEMONSTRATED BEYOND QUESTION THAT
LIKE BEGETS LIKE
HIS PROGENY ARE HIS NEAREST RIVALS
If you have a desire to own a winner come here and buy an Astral King. Tin
height of every horse lovers' ambition is to breed a winner. There is only one way
mate your mares to the champion and sire of winners. A few outstanding young
sters for sale. For the services of the champion, address:
THE ASTRAL KING FARM, Jefferson City, Mo
JAS HOUCHIN, Owner. T. D. ANDERSON, Supt
RECORD 2.25'i
REG. NO. 41513
EXPRESSIVE MAC
Sire of: CLARA MAC 2:04*5 VERA HAL 2:05; MADAM MAC 2:071
Only stallion offered for service in California sire of two in 2:05, three in 2:10
Son of McKINNEY 2:11?-* and the greatest living broodmare. EXPRESSIVE (3) 2:12% (dam
of 6 trotters. 2 in 2:10> by ELECTIONEER 125. Ideal in color, size and conformation — seal
brown, height 16% hands, weight 1275 pounds. $25 the Season, $35 to insure, usual return
privilege. Send for tabulated pedigree. Address: J. H. NELSON, Selma, Cal.
JOE CAREY
THOROUGHBRED STALLION
$50
Pure Bred Cal. State License No. 2004
Sire of
Brighouse
Orange Blossom
Custom House
Azurea
Mercurium
Deckhand
Buckshot
Bernice, and other
Good winners.
^, fBannockburn
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•^ ,.Miss Marion.
Address all communications to:
r H^den * ( Prince Charlie \ ?lailr M^°}
i Edwards ) < Eastern Princess
I ^™B*M§aS Butler
UettieB.aise...JSt-Blai3e \fSS%
I Settle M I???"**6*
I Lida Gaines
fTT. (Alarm \^W
I Himyar J ( Maud
j Hira I Lexington
.-j " "iHegira
| . .-...- (Kisber (Bueaneer
I imp. Astolat.... ) \ Mineral
t Bellicent j Cremorne
I Lynette by
Lord Lyon
GEO. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
BREED TO THE COAST'S CHAMPION CAMPAIGNER AND FUTURITY SIRE
Rec. 2:01 3-4.
Reg. No. 44977
Jim Logan
Pure Bred. Cal. State License No. 17
Sire of Hal Logan 2:09, Maxine (3) 2:15, winner of
Breeders' Futurity, etc.
Son of CHARLES DERBY 2:20, brother to Klatawah
(3) 2:05'/2, etc., and sire of TEN in 2:10.
Dam, EFFIE LOGAN, dam of Jim Logan 2:01%, Sir
Albert S. 2:03&, and Dan Logan 2:07%.
In the stud, season of 1917, at Woodland Race Track.
FEE: $50, usual return privilege, $75 to insure liv-
ing colt payable at time of service or before removal
of mares. Call at race track or address
J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal.
Jewel Dare 3025 For Sale
On account of other business taking my entire time, I am offering for sale the
Great Show Horse and sire, Jewel Dare 3025, by My Dare, 1st dam Maud Jewel, making
him a full brother to Gypsy Dare and half-brother to the $10,000 My Major Dare.
Jewel Tucker, by Jewel Dare 3025, 1st dam Sallie Tucker, Foaled 1915. A constant
dinner in 1915 and 1916 including Kentucky State Fair winning.
The great brood mare, Sallie Tucker 7032, by My Own Kentucky, a proven dam of
high quality. Two extra good geldings by Sir Bourbon, one and five years old, extra
fine. These are all high-class horses at low prices for quick sate. Your Inspection
invited.
CLARENCE B. SMITH, Shelbyville, Ky.
:iturday, February 10, 1917.]
65
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
SEEDER AND SPORTSMAN
urf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast.
(Established 1S82.)
Published every Saturday.
F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor.
WINRACES AND TIME ALLOWANCES.
F F I C E S: 363-365-366 PACFIC BUILDING
Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts.. San Francisco.
P. O. DRAWER 447.
atlonal Newspaper Bureau, Agent, 219 East 23rd St..
New York City,
intered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco P. O.
fj'erms — One year. $3 ; six months, $1. 7 5 ; three months, $1.
'orelgn postage Jl per year additional; Canadian postage
, 50c per year additional.
loney should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis-
tered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. O. Drawer
447, San Francisco, California.
,. communications must be accompanied by the writer's
name and address, not necessarily for publication, but
I' as a private guarantee of good faith.
1i THE WORK of organizing a California circuit of
.,'iarness racing which has been undertaken by the
J ecently organized California Fair and Racing Asso-
1 iation is steadily progressing. Secretary Joseph
Vaddell spent the past week in visiting Marysville,
Voodland, Dixon and Stockton and the preliminary
vork of bringing those cities into line is well under
s-ay. Some of these places are hardly ready to give
|i fair this year, but will join the circuit with a race
meeting and horse show, thus providing a complete
'.•ircuit for the harness horsemen. There is an ex-
cellent chance of Stockton taking the week following
J he State Fair and if this is done it will fill in a
jveek that has not otherwise been claimed. Mr.
IrVaddell will visit Fresno, Hanford, Riverside and
IjOS Angeles during the coming week and will be
jible to report fully at a meeting of the California
'air and Racing Association which will be called
i o meet in San Francisco on Saturday, the 24th inst.
lit this meeting everyone interested in a circuit of
I 'airs and race meetings is invited to be present.
IVIany interesting addresses will be made and a gen-
pral movement started for the advancement of the
laorse breeding interests of California.
o
Volume 21 of the American Trotting Register has
[been received at this office. It is three years since
[volume 20 was issued, and the new volume contains
[the names of all stallions from No. 59500 to 63599.
[The rules for registration of standard trotters and
I pacers are the same as have been in effect since
November 1st, 1898. The printing and binding are
uniform with previous volumes of this work.
** +
Albaloma 2:08*4, now owned by S. H. Cowell and
in the training stable of Walter Tryon at Sacra-
Imento, has won nearly $17,000 during his racing
i career. In 1912 he won three races and $4162 ; in
1913 he had four first moneys to his credit and $5725 ;
in 1914 he took his record of 2:08%, won five races
and $2150, and in 1915, the last year he was raced,
he won two races and $4834. The total for the four
years was 14 races and $16,862 won.
* * +
Harold Welcome, the pacing stallion that reduced
his record last year to 2:08% at Boise, Idaho, is now
thirteen years old. He was foaled in 1904, was bred
by the late Horry W. Meek of San Lorenzo, and is
by Welcome out of Judith, sister to Janice 2:08%, by
William Harold, second dam Fenella, by Fallis 4781,
third dam Patti (dam of 2 in the list) by Nutwood
600, fourth dam the thoroughbred mare Centennial
Belle that was the grandam of Clipper 2:06. The
fifth dam, Eonnie Belle, was a full sister to Langford,
sire of the grandam of Guy Axworthy, sire of the
world's champion trotting stallion Lee Axworthy
1:58%. Judith, the dam of Harold Welcome, was
sold at an auction held by the Meek Estate in 1903
and purchased by James Faris Jr., then of Sacra-
mento, but now of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. Judith
was in foal at the time to Welcome and Harold Wel-
come was foaled the following spring. Harold Wel-
come raced over the Inter-Mountain circuit last year,
won three races, got second money five times and
third money once out of nine starts. He did not
start in any race in which he failed to win at least
* * *
Eight of the twelve members of the state board
of agriculture, whose terms had expired, were re-
appointed to their jobs by Governor Hiram W. John-
son this week.
Those named to serve on the board again were
Charles J. Chenn of Sacramento, T. H. Ramsey of
Red Bluff, John M. Perry of Stockton, Theodore Gier
of Oakland, E. Franklin of Colfax, E. F. Mitchell of
San Francisco, I. L. Borden of San Francisco and
E. J. Delorey of Los Angeles. The appointments
extend over a period of four years.
Some of the terms of the men reappointed expired
several years ago. Chenu had been serving since
1913 and Gier since 1914 without being appointed.
Hartford, Conn., Feb. 2. 1917.
As there is a tendency to misunderstand the new
time allowance rule by getting it confused with the
one defining the four seconds difference between win-
races made on a mile and a half mile track, and
especially when a horse has a half mile track win-
race within the four seconds allowance fixed by Rule
7, Section 5, an explanation will materially assist
owners and racing officials in its application. A win-
race is defined in Rule 2. Section 10, as follows: "A
winrace is the fastest time made by the winning
horse in a public race or in an event in which he
stood best in the summary. "Nothing is said in
this rule as to whether the winrace was made over
a mile or half-mile track. It is simply the fastest
and the one to which the time allowance granted by
Rule 7, Section 6, is added in the event of a horse
being entitled to any.
In the National Trotting Association Winrace and
Eligibility List which is published in Volume 32 of
Wallace's Year Book, no reference is made to a win-
race made over a half mile track in connection with
the performance of a horse except when he has a
winrace made over a mile track and also one made
over a half mile track and which is within the four
seconds limit fixed by Rule 7, Section 5, which reads
as follows:
"A horse with a winrace made on a mile track
shall be allowed four seconds when entering on a
half-mile track, providing the class to which he would
be eligible under this allowance is not slower than
his winrace on a half-mile track."
If the latter, that is, his winrace made over a half-
mile track, is three seconds slower than his winrace
made on a mile track he is entitled to but three sec-
onds. If it is but two seconds, he is entitled to two.
This is the first time allowance rule that was ever
adopted. It was originally enacted by the National
Trotting Association in 1912. At that time the differ-
ence was fixed at three seconds. In 1914, it was
increased to four seconds. There is no connection
between this allowance and the one fixed by Rule 7,
Section 6, which reads as follows:
"After a horse has acquired a winrace he shall be
allowed whether raced or not, one second for each
calendar year until he equals or reduces it. No other
time allowances shall be permitted. A nominator is
required to claim time allowance when making
entry."
Section 5 covers the difference fixed in the rules
by actual performance while Section 6 covers the
year or years in which a horse has for any reason,
whether raced or not, failed to equal or reduce his
winrace, the limit being fixed for one second for
each calendar year.
In order to illustrate the two sections of this rule
the names of the following well known performers
are presented together with an explanation showing
what allowances they are entitled to in 1917.
Joan, br m (p) by Directum Spier(1914) (m) 2:04%
Earl Jr. (p), gr s by The Earl. . .(1915) (m) 2:01
Peter Scott, b s by Peter the G't (1915) (m) 2:05%
Hal B. Jr. (p), br s by Hal B....(1913) (m) 2:02%
(1916) (%) 2:05%
Fred W (p) b g by Modern Chimes(1914) (m) 2:09
Texas Jim (p), b g by Texas Jack(1915) (m) 2:04%
(1915) (%) 2:07%
Judge Ormonde (p), bl s by
Ormonde (1915) (m) 2:03%
(1916) (%) 2:07%
Aconite (p), b s by Aquilin (1915) (m) 2:07%
(1916) (%) 2:10%
Ida May W., bl m by Cazeaux. . . . (1914) (m) 2:18%
(1914) (%) 2:20%
Add F (p), b s by Jno. J Hughes (1913) (m) 2:09%
(1913) (%) 2:10%
Earl Jr. made his winrace in 1915, on a mile track.
He has not a half-mile track winrace within four
seconds limit and is entitled to one second time al-
lowance as he failed to equal or reduce his winrace
in 1916. He is therefore entitled to the four seconds
allowance when entering on a half-mile track and
one second for failing to equal or reduce his winrace
of 2:01% in 1916. He can therefore start in the 2:03
class on mile tracks and the 2:07 class on half-mile
tracks in 1917.
Joan made her winrace of 2:04% in 1914. She is
entitled to two seconds time allowance and is eligi-
ble to the 2:07 class on a mile track and the 2:11
on a half-mile track in 1917, providing she does not
equal or reduce her winrace of 2:04%. Peter Scott
has a winrace of 2:05% made in 1915. He is entitled
to one second time allowance for 1916 and under the
same can start in the 2:07 class on a mile track and
the 2:11 class on a half-mile track until he equals or
reduces his winrace. If he should be taken up and
trained this year and failed to do so, in 1918, under
the present rules, if continued without change in
1918. he would be eligible to the 2:08 class on a
mile track and the 2:12 class on a half-mile track.
Hal B. Jr. was foaled in 1905. He is now twelve
years old and has like Goldsmith Maid and Tom
Keeler trained on and improved with age. He made
a winrace of 2:02% in 1913 and has done practically
no racing on mile tracks since that date. As an evi-
dence, however, that he was not raced to his limit
on the mile tracks, he came back in 1916, and at
York, Pa., acquired a half-mile track winrace of
2:05%. He is, therefore, entitled to but three sec-
onds allowance, the difference between his winraces
on a mile and a half-mile track and three seconds for
failing to equal or reduce his winrace in 1914, 1915,
1916. In other words, in 1917 he is eligible to the
2:06 class on a mile track and the 2:09 class on a
half-mile track. Also if raced in 1917. if associations
consider him too formidable, there is but one way to
keep him out of the 2:09 classes on the half-mile
tracks, and that is, by barring him in the published
conditions just as Johnson was in the Grand Circuit
in the early '80's and Peter Mac was at one or two
meetings last season. He will then be required to
start in the free-for-alls or go back to the mile tracks
when, in the event of winning in 2:02% or better, he
would forfeit his three seconds time allowance.
Fred W. is a halfmile track pacer. He drops from
the 2:09 class to the 2:11. Texas Jim has a winrace
of 2:04% made on a mile track in 1915, and 2:07%
on a half-mile track. He is therefore entitled to but
three seconds time allowance, as his half-mile track
winrace comes within the four seconds limit. In
addition to this he also is entitled to one second as i
he failed to equal or reduce his winrace last year, j
This makes him a 2:06 pacer on a mile track and a
2 : 09 pacer on a half-mile track.
Judge Ormonde has a winrace of 2:03%, made in
1915 on a mile track, and 2:07% over a half-mile
track in 1916. He is also entitled to one second time
allowance for 1916 during which he failed to equal or
reduce his winrace of 2:03%. He is therefore eligi-
ble to the 2:05 class on a mile track and the 2:09
class on a half-mile track in 1917. Aconite has a
mile track winrace of 2:07% made in 1915. While
last year he acquired a half-mile winrace of 2:10%,
he is, therefore, entitled to but three seconds under
Rule 7, Section 5, while he is entitled to one second
for failing to equal or reduce his winrace last season.
He is now eligible to the 2:09 class on a mile track
and the 2:12 class on a half-mile track.
There is but two seconds difference between the
mile and half-mile track winraces held by Ida May
W. and, as she made both in 1914, she is entitled to
two seconds time allowance and is eligible to the
2:21 class on a mile track and the 2:23 class on a
half-mile track. The returns for Add F show but
one second difference between his mile and half-
mile track winraces and as he made both in 1913
he is entitled to three seconds allowance and in 1917
can start in the 2:13 class on a mile track and the
2:14 class on a half-mile track.
As the time allowance rule was presented to and
adopted by the Joint Rule Committee at Columbus,
Ohio, it is very simple and adapts itself to any case
that may arise so long as the two time allowances —
that is, the one granted by Rule 7, Section 5, and the
one granted by Rule 7, Section 6 — are kept separate
and distinct. When estimating time allowances it
must always be borne in mind that the half-mile ,
track winrace given in the list published. in Volume
32 of Wallace's Y"ear Book is presented solely for the
purpose of showing that the horses having same are
not entitled to four seconds when entering on a half-
mile track, but only the difference between the win-
races made on a mile and a half-mile track. To this
it is necessary to add the one second for each calen-
dar year in which a horse has failed to equal or
reduce his winrace as defined in Rule 2, Section 10:
that is, the fastest time made by the winner in a
public race or in an event in which he stood best in
the summary. The latter is given to each horse
because he is entitled to it and because it was ad-
mitted when the rule was adopted that after a horse
reaches his top form he goes back at least one second
a year, and he retains that allowance until he can
show by actual performance that he is again as good
or better than he was on the day that he acquired
his winrace. Among the older horses this will he
very rare, although it will be the means of bringing
back to the turf many horses that were considered
outclassed until this rule was adopted. It will, how-
ever, be an every day affair during the racing season
in the younger division that was retired for a season
or two, or even three seasons, to mature for breeding
purposes or to recover from an injury.
W. H. GOCHER, Sec'y.
An Excellent Idea.
Gordon H. True, of the Division of Animal Hus-
bandry of the University Farm at Davis, has ad-
dressed the following letter to the secretaries of all
fair associations in California:
"It has been planned that there shall be held at
the University Farm the last week in May or the first
of June what will be called Farmers' Week. At this
time it is planned to put on a program of practical
talks and demonstrations to be participated in as far
as possible by the stockmen of the state. All of the
organizations interested in agriculture or the live-
stock industry are being invited to meet here at that
time and to participate in the meeting.
"I have wondered if we could not secure, at this
time, a meeting of the managers of the fair associa-
tions of the state. I do not know whether there is
an organization of these associations or not, but my
experience with such in the east suggests that a
program of considerable profit might be carried out.
I, therefore, take the liberty of suggesting the calling
such a meeting at the University Farm at the time
named.
"I would be very glad indeed to hear from you,
telling what you think of the plan and suggesting
topics which might come up for discussion at such
a meeting. Yours very truly,
"GORDON H. TRUE."
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 10, 191
Leading Money Winners.
The ten leading money winning trotters which
have won races during the past seven years are:
Peter Scott 2:05% by Peter the Great $56,210
Dudie Archdale 2:03% by Archdale. . .|. . 47,488
Peter Volo (4) 2:02 by Peter the Great.. 44,536
Sonoma Girl 2:04% by Lynwood W 41,328
Baden 2:05% by Bingara 40,085
Mabel Trask 2:03% by Peter the Great. 36,795
Spanish Queen 2.04% by Onward Silver. . 34,540
Etawah 2:03 by Al Stanley 33,599
R. T. C. 2:06% by Prince March 33,456
Saint Frisco 2:03% by San Francisco... 31,875
The ten leading money winning pacers that have
won races since 1909 are the following:
Hal Boy 2:01% by Hal B $49,809
Earl Jr. 2:01% by The Earl 40,314
Frank Bogash Jr. 1:59% by Frank Bogash 37,700
Directum I 1:56% by Directum Kelly... 33,225
The Eel 2:02% by Gambolier 30,950
Major Mallow 2:03% by Box Elder 30,940
Branham Baughman 2:04% by Gambetta
Wilkes 30,302
Joe Patchen II 2:03% by Joe Patchen 28,750
Braden Direct 2:01% by Baron Direct... 26,485
Hal B. Jr. 2:02% by Hal B 25.863
In the above tables it will be seen that among the
trotters no stallion has sired more than one of the
ten except Peter the Great, who has sired three, and
among the pacers Hal B., with two of the leading
money winners to his credit, is the only horse to sire
more than one.
McKinney Stands Well in Front as a Sire.
The greatness of McKinney 2:11% as a progenitor
of speed is not dimmed as the years go by. In the
list of sires of standard performers he is fifth with
203 to his credit. Peter the Great, Allerton, Gam-
betta Wilkes, and Bingen are the only sires that lead
him in this list, and they have 286, 269, 235 and 218,
respectively.
In the list of sires of standard trotters he is fourth,
with 162, Peter the Great with 241, Allerton with 209,
and Bingen with 172 leading him.
In the list of sires of 2:10 performers he is second,
with Peter the Great the only sire to lead him.
Peter the Great has sired 50, and McKinney 28 2:10
performers.
Among the sires of 2:10 trotters McKinney is third
with Peter the Great again first, with 39, McKinney's
son Zombro second, with 18, and McKinney himself
third with 17.
In the list of 2:10 pacers McKinney, with 11 to his
credit, ties Ashland Wilkes and Peter the Great for
eighth position, each having that number.
Old Fashioned But Good Blood.
Arthur Remington, reporter of the Supreme Court
of the State of Washington, owns a little farm near
Olympia whereon he has built a training track on
soil that does not get muddy during the rainy season.
This sounds rather fishy, but it is true, nevertheless.
Mr. Remington is not a regular horse breeder as yet,
having a few head of old-fashioned breeding that, as
he says, "just happened." But his little farm is a
gem and some day he hopes to put a few high class
mares on it, as he can raise all the feed necessary
for them. He has two mares that are very fine indi-
viduals and make an ideal pole team that he thinks
are not quite good enough for foundation stock, but
any student of breeding would take a chance on get-
ting good colts from them if they were mated to a
good horse. One mare is by the registered stallion
Florida M. that is a producing sire ,and she is out of
Birdie, dam of Irene 2:19% by Altamont, second dam
Stella H. 2:29%, dam of McClosky Wainwright
2:21% by Hambletonian Mambrino, sire of Carlyle
Carne 2:11%, third dam by Challenge 1698, a son of
Sherman Black Hawk. The other member of Mr.
Remington's pole team is by Zombrook, a well bred
son of the great Zombro, and is out of the same dam.
With such blood as flows in the veins of these mares
we think Mr. Remington would be fully justified in
expecting something good from mating them with a
good trotting bred stallion.
Pop Geers Has a Birthday.
Thursday, January 25, was the sixty-sixth birthday
of the Grand Old Man of the harness turf, Ed F.
Geers. while next May he will also celebrate the
forty-filth anniversary of his connection with the
sport as an active driver. As usual Pop Geers. the
idol of the turf, received hundreds of congratulations
from horsemen all over the country, who will be glad
to learn that in spite of the two severe smashes he
suffered from last summer he is now in fine health
and not only in the training cart every day, weather
permitting, but has resumed his younger days' prac-
tice of winding up his daily work with a horseback
ride.
This birthday was no doubt of greater pleasure to
Pop than in the past because he also celebrated the
first even! in which he ever drove a harness horse
a mile faster than 2:00, namely Napoleon Direct
1:59%, at the Columbus August meeting. Up to 1916
his best trotting and pacing miles were 2:01 by The
Harvester and 2:00% behind Ess H. Kay. His train-
ing stable right now contains more high-class racing
prospects than in many years past, and his hosts of
friends wish him many more and happy days. —
[Horse Journal.
The Faster the Cheaper.
Nothing truer was ever written than these words
of Frank Trott, referring to the custom of giving
the big purses to horses without reputation and all
unknown to the race-going public, which has for so
long prevailed on the Grand Circuit:
"Nothing has been given out anywhere along the
line that the trotters whose names even thrill are
to be looked after with substantial purses.
"The Grand Circuit track manager figures that Cox
will have Mabel Trask along, as Geers will have St.
Frisco, and a $1200 purse will catch them.
"That is the way the harness horse turf is gen-
erally conducted, and it tells as no other thing can
why harness horse racing has not attained its just
measure of public approval."
Mabel Trask and St. Frisco last season contrib-
uted more to increase the popular interest in harness
racing than any ten trotters combined, and their re-
ward is the practical obliteration of their earning
capacity. They must race for $1000 or $1200 purses
or stay in the barn, because trotting managers fail
to appreciate their importance as gate-drawing at-
tractions and fall back upon their stock reliance, the
entrance fees. The available resources in extremely
fast and widely known trotters, whose reputations
are familiar to everybody who has an atom of inter-
est in the harness sport, were never so large as at
this time. A free-for-all would include among its
competitors reigning sensations like Mabel Trask
2:03%; Peter Mc 2:03%; Lucile Spier 2:03%; St.
Frisco 2:03%; Zomrect 2:03%; Volga 2:04%; Mary
Putney 2:04%; Peter Scott 2:05; M. L. J. 2:05%
Dona Lona 2:05%, and others. A 2:05 class would
attract all of the above except Mabel Trask, St. Fris-
co and Zomrect, and also Peter McKIyo 2:06; The
Exposer 2:06; Brisac 2:06%; Donna Clay 2:06%
Early Don 2:06%; Grand Chimes 2:06%; Tramp-
right 2:06%; Azora Axworthy 2:06%; Busy's Las-
sie 2:06%, and seven or eight others with records
faster than 2:07, all of whom were largely before the
gaze of racegoers last season. And yet we are told
that the M. and M. and the Charter Oak Purse are
likely to be moved back to the 2:12 class, and other
promoters of big purses will probably follow suit.
The foreign war, through the fact that it is impos-
sible to ship our horses abroad safely, has made fast,
sensational racing material more abundant and avail-
able to us than ever before and yet it is not to be
utilized because trotting managers demand a big
entry list to pay their purses, Mr. Trott is right
when he says that it is this condition which tells
why harness racing has not attained to its just meas-
ure of public approval. — [Trotter and Pacer.
The Little Red Horse.
The following is from the Nashville, Tenn., Banner
of January 5th:
"Last Monday John R. Gentry 2:00% completed
his twenty-eighth year in this land of the free, and
during the day Mr. Rensselaer Weston, of Goshen,
New York, journeyed out to Cumberland Park and
jogged the grand old horse a couple of miles just to
see if anything of the old spirit was left in him.
There was, and Mr. Weston discovered it the mo-
ment he gathered up the reins. The son of Ashland
Wilkes was in a fine humor, seemed to realize that
it was New Year's day, as well as his birthday, and
without word from his driver, flew around the track
like a frisky colt trying to show off before company.
Evidently he remembered the day twenty years ago,
when, on this same track, he and Robert J. raced
each other to a head, and as he flew down the stretch
with his ears working like a pair of shears, he
seemed to be looking for his old rival. He was
allowed to do just as he pleased, and brushed the
last eighth like a house afire, clearly demonstrating
his ability to hold his own in the best of company.
"John R. Gentry was foaled in 1889, and his owner
hoped he would die, so weak and puny did he appear.
He wasn't bigger than a minute, and could not stand
up. And yet he lived to be one of the greatest horses
in the world, a champion in more ways than one, and
universally voted the handsomest horse in the world.
He was all that, and more, for it is to his credit that
at one time or another he beat every great horse he
ever met on the race track. He does not look half as
old as he is, and every time Mr. Weston comes to
Naphville to look him over and to see that he has all
the horse comforts possible, he, too, seems to renew
his youth and to take a more rosy view of the affairs
of life. John R. Gentry's dam was a daughter of
Wedgewood, who, twenty-five years ago, was the
premier stallion at the old Hermitage stud. His
sire, Ashland Wilkes, was sired by Red Wilkes, son
of George Wilkes, and behind his Belmont cross that
he gets through Wedgewood, his lineage traces to
the warm blood of the thoroughbred."
PACIFIC BREEDERS' FUTURITY NO. 15.
John Splan, the veteran horseman, who is in
charge of breeding operations at Patchen Wilkes
Farm, Lexington, writes that on the first of the year
more mares were booked to the champion colt trot-
ter, Peter Volo 2:02, than to his famous sire, Peter
the Great, at that time of the year in any past season.
Forty-Four Two-Year-Olds Kept Eligible to Thi;
Stake by Payment on February 1st.
There is a goodly field of two-year-olds eligible fo
the Pacific Breeders' Futurity this year as the follow
ing list of forty-four, on which payments were madi
February 1st will show. From this 44 there shouli
be good fields in both two-year-old divisions of thii
stake when it is raced at the Breeders' meeting this
year. The eligihles are the following:
E. T. Barnette's b f by Carlokin, dam Zephyr bj
Zombro.
I. L. Borden's b f by Major's By Guy, dam C. D. K,
b f by Ed. McKinney, dam Miss Nutwood by Nut
wood Wilkes.
S. Christenson's br c King Albert by The Bondsman
dam Reina Directum by Rey Direct.
John N. Colomb's b f Mary McKinney by Vernoi
McKinney, dam Mary Gordon by Gordon.
Chas. Cook's b f G oldie McGregor by Onward Mc
Gregor, dam Gypsy C. by Nutwood Wilkes.
S. H. Cowell's b) c by Panama, dam Harvest Queen
by Silver Arrow; b c by Panama, dam Zaza b}
Henry Nutwood.
Wm. C. DeRyder's b f Kilo Watts by General Watts
dam Miss Douglas by Cochato.
Dr. Wm. Dodge's b c Bon Rex by Bon McKinney,
dam Johanna R. by Limonero.
Jas. F. Dunne's bl f Prieta by Tom Smith, dam Lettei
B. Jr. by Benton Boy; b f Viola Watts by Gen-
eral Watts, dam Native Bidwell by The Native.
V. K. Dunne's ch c The General Bond by General
Watts, dam Bourbon Bond by The Bondsman.
W. G. Durfee's ch f by Copa de Oro, dam Christianita
by Zolock; b f by Carlokin, dam My Irene S. by
Petigru; b f by Carlokin, dam Honey Healey by
Zombro.
E. A. Gammon's b e The Meteor by Peter McKIyo,
dam Cleo Dillon by Sidney Dillon.
Alex. Grant's br f Margaretta Lou by Wilbur Lou,
dam Sona by McKinney.
H. H. Helman's b c Baron Mowry by The Bondsman,
dam Lady Mowry by McKinney.
Hemet Stock Farm's ch c by Wilbur Lou, dam Eradi-
ate by Geo. W. McKinney; b c by Wilbur Lou, dam
Fiesta Queen by On Stanley; b f Hemet Queen
by Wilbur Lou, dam Hemet Girl by Geo. W. Mc-
Kinney; ch f Edith Carter by Kinney de Lopez,
dam Louise Carter by Chestnut Tom.
H. A. Hershey's b f Skye Ball by Jim Logan, dam by
Falrose.
Dan E. Hoffman's b f Onward McGregor, dam Bonnie
Melba by Bon Guy.
S. Hogoboom's ch f Beautiful Baby by Palo King,
dam Beautiful Morn by Iran Alto.
S. Irvine's b c Vannan by The Bondsman, dam
The Bloom by Nushagak; b f Bonnetta by The
Bondsman, dam Beretta by Searchlight.
Abe W. Johnson's b c W. J. K. by Directum Penn,
dam Belle Raymon by Raymon.
Ed. Lavin's br c Eddie L. by George Hammett, dam
Stella McKinney by Ed. McKinney.
Wm. Loftus' b f by Copa de Oro, dam Leonor McKay
by McKinney; b c by Copa de Oro, dam Annabelle
L. by Hamb. Wilkes; b f by Carlokin, dam Iran
Belle by Iran Alto.
A. W. Longley's b c by Prince Ansel, dam Ella J. T.
by Bob Mason.
Carey Montgomery's b c Tennessee Bill by Jim Lo-
gan, dam Lela H. L. by Nutwood Wilkes.
Dr. M. F. Schaltenbrandt's b c Wm. McKinney by
Scott McKinney, dam Kate by Antevolo.
L. Scott's ch c Wilbur Lou 2d by Wilbur Lou
dam Lady You by Stanton Wilkes.
L. Selman's br f Bess by Prince Zombro, dam
Bessie Mack by Herman.
T. D. Sexton's bl f by Vernon McKinney, dam by
Oh So.
J. E. Short's b c Tom Morris by Skidoo Wilkes, dam
Honda Girl by Rubino.
C. M. F. Stone's b f Harriet by Carlokin, dam Cora
Jane by Del Coronado.
L. H. Todhunter's foal by Peter McKIyo, dam Zom-
bowyette by Zombro; foal by Peter McKIyo, dam
by Osmuda by Bon Voyage.
L. Woy's br c Strathalie Hall by Black Hall, dam
Strathalie by Strathway.
H.
R.
W.
W.
M.
One of the anomalies in the Denver show this year
was the mare Alice E. N., a Kentucky standard bred,
who won the first place in the roadster and trotting
class. Although an ordinary street mare pulling £
delivery wagon, Alice E. N. has twice won the Joslin
cup as the best road horse in Colorado, and during
her show career has earned more than $2,000 in
prizes. She was foaled at Elmendorf in 1906 and is
of the blood of Prodigal and Neonta, owned by J. B.~
Haggin. She was brought to Colorado when young
and raised on the MacRose farm of Colonel George
S. Newman near Denver.
* * *
The management of the mile track at Readville,
Mass., has announced a race meeting of five events,
carrying $11,000 in purses, for July 4. The Amer-
ican Trotting Derby for three-year-olds eligible to
the 2:20 class will be for a purse of $3,000; the
Massachusetts 2:08 trot and a free-for-all pace will i
have prizes of $2,500 each attached and the 2:14 i
trot and 2:18 trot will be for $1500 each. The races I
will be decided in heats of one mile each, best two
in three, with the entrance three per cent.
iturday, February 10, 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Thoroughbred Matters
The good horse Ed Cudihee, winner of the San
'iego Business Men's Handicap at Tijuana in which
ice he defeated Geo. Wingfield's Slippery Elm and
thev good horses, was bred by Aaron Neale at Sun-
yside, Washington. Ed Cudihee is sired by Golf
iall, dam Purse Rose that was out of imported China
ose. Louise Miller, the nice filly now racing at
'ijuana in Mr. Neal's colors, is a half sister to Ed
udihee. Mr. Neal's great mare Purse Rose is at
Ir. Geo. Wingfield's Nevada Stock Farm at Reno
nd is safe in foal to his fine stallion imported Honey-
rood. The resultant foal from this mating should be
valuable one. Ed Cudihee was named for Mr.
,;eal's long-time friend. Edward F. Cudihee, former
heriff of Kings county, Washington.
Ii is probable that the Tijuana meeting will be ex-
ended beyond the 100 days advertised.
+ * *
The abolition of the gelding allowance of three
ounds, which is in effect on The Jockey Club
racks, was supported by many on the assumption
hat when a racehorse was broken down he would
e worthless if a gelding, but more or less valuable
f a stallion. Then again it was pointed out that in
loony cases like those of Roamer, Stromboli, Borrow,
Soots and many other good ones .the loss inflicted
pon the horse breeding industry wras very material.
Jut it now appears that the abolition of the gelding
llcwance has done little or nothing to reduce the
l.umber of geldings.
An epidemic of typhus fever brought the meeting
'. t Juarez to an abrupt close and a consequent heavy
loss to Price McKinney and his associates of the
Juarez Jockey Club. The rigid quarantine established
gainst Juarez by El Paso came after the death of
h\ \Y. C. Kluttz (health officer of the Texas city),
vho was a victim of the disease. It wTas after his
leath that the mayor of El Paso established the
, (uarantine. Under the quarantine no person may
[■nter El Paso from Juarez, or any other point in
Jexico, without the most rigid examination and dis-
nfection.
* * *
Charles Scribner, the magazine and book publisher,
laving bought the bay stallion Uncas Chief, by Ben
Strome out of Passion Flower, has sent him to his
arm at Far Hills, N. J., where he will be employed
I "or the breeding of hunters and saddle horses. Uncas
Thief is the last stallion son of Ben Strome, the sire
)f Highball, Roseben, and other good ones. Ben
Strome was one of the largest and most impressive
ooking sons of Bend Or brought to this country.
While no move has been made as yet to allot dates
or the eastern racing season of 1917, the Maryland
Jockey Club, which operates the Pimlico track, has
ssued its list of stakes for the Spring meeting, which
■t is presumed will be held early in May. Entries
A'ill close on April 2 and large purses are offered for
:he chief events. The stakes announced are the
Spring Juvenile, for two-year-olds, at four and one-
half furlongs, with $2000 added; the Preakness for
three-year-olds, with $5000 added, at one mile and
Dne-eighth; the Pimlico Spring Handicap, for three-
year-olds and upward, with $2500 added, one mile
and seventy yards, and the Green Spring Valley
Steeplechase Handicap, for four-year-olds and up-
ward, with $2,000 added, two miles. No purse of less
than $700 will be offered for overnight events.
There is every possibility that the three great
classics — the Derby, the Oaks, and the St. Leger —
will be restored to the coming season's calendar of
English fiat racing which commences this month.
Strong appeals have been made by owners, trainers,
and breeders to The Jockey Club, for it is felt espe-
cially that the entries which have already been made
for these races should be allowed to stand, as well
as the conditions, and that the Ascot Gold Cup
should also be revived under its original title. Of
course, all four events will have to be run off at
Newmarket, as their original values are not avail-
able, but, after all, it is the names of the races and
not the places at which they are decided that are of
most significance and value to the all-important
breeding industry.
The National Hunt Stewards have decided that the
Grand National — the blue ribbon of the English
steeplechase season — will be run off over the Gat-
wick course on March 21. A number of fine entries
have been received for this classic race, including
Ally Sloper, winner in 1915; Sumoch, who scored
twelve months earlier, and Irish Mail.
* * *
That it pays to nominate a number of horses for
an event such as the Futurity is shown by the an-
nouncement that John E. Madden has transferred
the entries of twenty-one nominptions for the Futu-
rity of 1918 to Hal Price Headley. All these year-
lings are by Star Shoot. There are eleven colts and
ten fillies.
Polymelus Most Successful Sire in England.
Going to the stud when six years old, not as a
classic winner, but as merely a well bred handicap
horse, Polymelus is making a record as a sire in
England that has not been equaled since the days of
the great St. Simon, more than twenty years ago.
Among his rivals in the stud were nearly a dozen
winners of the Derby or the St. Leger, yet the horse
whose best performance was a win in the Cambridge-
shire Handicap, with 122 pounds up, has beaten them
all by leading the list of winning sires three years in
succession, which no other horse save St. Simon has
done in a generation or more.
That wonderful sire led the list four years in suc-
cession and with his sons held the place of honor
twelve years out of twenty-one before Polymelus
came to the front in 1914. Persimmon, one of the
sons of St. Simon, won the first place four times be-
tween 1902 and 1912, but no two years were to-
gether. Cyllene, the sire of Polymelus, is the only
horse that has topped the list two years in succes-
sion since 1896. He was sold for export to South
America at the height of his stud career, else he
might now be outshining his best son in England.
Polymelus is bred for the great stock horse he is
proving to be. His sire got four Derby winners in
eight years and he was a son of Bona Vista, whose
sire. Ben d'Or, got the dam of Polymelus, was by
Hampton, the sire of three Derby winners, out of
Queen Victoria's famous old mare Quiver, by Toxoph-
olite, that produced La Fleche and Memoir, fillies
that in their respective years won both the Oaks and
the St. Leger.
Polymelus is fifteen years old. He was bred by
Lord Crewe As a two-year-old he won three of the
eight races in which he started. At three he ran
eleven races, in all but four of which he was beaten,
but he finished second to Challacombe in the St.
Leger and second to St. Amant in the rich Jockey
Club Stakes. He won the Cambridgeshire as a four-
year-old and at five won the Princess of Wales
Stakes, but was easily beaten by The White Knight
for the Coronation Cup at Epsom.
It was not until 1912 that a high class race horse
by Polymelus appeared. In that year Maiden Erlegh
ran second to Tracery in the St. Leger. Two years
later Black Jester, by Polymelus, won the Doncaster
classic from the largest field seen in fifty years, and
in the same year Honeywood, by Polymelus, won the
Cambridgeshire. Then came Corcyra, one of the best
three-year-olds of 1914; Pommern, winner of the New
Derby and St. Leger in 1915 ; Fifinella, winner of the
New Derby and New Oaks last year, and Cannobie,
the colt that beat the Caesarewitch winner, Sanc-
tum, for the Jockey Club stakes, now the richest
prize of the British turf.
In the six years they have been running the off-
spring of Polymelus have won $410,000, a large sum
when it is considered that racing in England has
fallen off to one-fifth its normal volume since the
beginning of the war. The earnings of the family
last year were $80,000 as compared with $48,000 for
that "of Chaucer; $44,000 for Sunstar; $35,000 for
Radium, $30,000 for Captivation, $26,000 for Orby,
$26,000 for William the Third, $23,000 for Marcovil,
$22,000 for Desmond, $22,000 for Spearmint and
$21,000 for Bayardo.
Of these eleven sires four are descended in the di-
rect line from Ben d'Or, the Derby winner of 1880.
When he was twenty-five years old he got Radium,
the fourth horse on the list. His son Bona Vista got
Cyllene, the sire of Polymelus and of Captivation,
while Ormonde, another son, got Orme, the sire of
Orby. This line comes down from Eclipse through
Stockwell, Birdcatcher and Sir Hercules, and is gen-
erally known as a branch of the Stockwell family.
But in spite of the fact that British breeders sold for
export its greatest representatives, Ormonde. Flying
Fox, Galtee More and Cyllene, the Ben d'Or branch
at present overshadows all the other lines from
Stockwell and Birdcatcher, whose best recent repre-
sentatives were Rock Sand, Isinglass and Gallinule.
Chaucer, Desmond and William the Third are sons
of St. Simon, whose daughter. Charm, produced Cap-
tivation, an Irish sire that has come to the front with
a rush. Angelica, the full sister of St. Simon, pro-
duced Orme, the- sire of Orby. Galopin, the sire of
both St. Simon and Angelica, got Donovan, the Derby
winner of 1889, and the sire of Galliard, who got
Black Duchess, the dam of Bayardo. Going back
another generation, Vedette, the sire of Galopin, got
Speculum, sire of Roseberry, sire of Amphion, sire
of Sundridge, sire of Sunstar, so that eight of the
eleven leading sires of 1916 are direct descendants
of this horse Vedette, winner of the Two Thousand
Guineas, in 1854, and of two Doncaster cups.
Sixteen polo ponies, bred at Capt. W. H. McKit-
trick's farm near Bakersfield, were shipped on the
steamer Lurline to Honolulu last Tuesday for Walter
Dillingham, one of the polo enthusiasts of the island
territory. Dillingham will head a Honolulu team
next year that has planned to make a tour of the
rutted States, end the McKittrick ponies, it was
said, would be used as mounts. They will be given
their first tryout next month in the polo tournament
to be played at Honolulu.
+ * *
During tin- four days of the New Zealand cup
meeting the sum of $878,485 passed through the
totalisators. We doubt if any such amount was ever
wagered on a track in the United States in four days.
Pioneer Mail-Messengers Before Pony Express.
A long-delayed recognition has at last come to
heroic pioneers who carried the mails to California
for ten years before the famous "Pony Express" was
established.
Everyone knows the romantic story of the "Pony
Express," but by a curious irony of fate the world
had forgotten until now predecessors who for a
decade faced every danger of nature and of hostile
Indians to carry the mails across plains and moun-
tains to California. This forgotten history has been
recovered through documents sent to the California
Historical Survey Commission, at its headquarters
at the University of California, by H. Chorpenning
McKee of Berkeley.
Discovery has been made by Owen C. Coy, Secre-
tary of the Commission, through examination of these
documents, that as early as April 25, 1851, nearly
ten years before the "Pony Express" was started,
the United States contracted with George Chorpen-
ning and Absalom Woodward to pay $14,000 a year
to have the mail carried once each month between
Salt Lake and Sacramento. The contractors agreed
to make the 910-mile journey in not more than thirty
days. The original route was along the regular emi-
grant road through Placerville, crossing the Sierras
at Carson's Canyon, then following along the Carson
and Humboldt rivers and around the northern end
of Great Salt Lake. In the first journey across the
mountains it took at times a whole day to make two
miles through the snow. Before the end of the first
year. Woodward was killed by Indians, near Great
Salt Lake. Winter proved the northern route im-
practicable, so, alter an unsatisfactory trial of the
Feather-river route, Chorpenning changed the winter
route so that the mails went from Salt Lake to San
Pedro and thence on a Panama mail steamer to San
Francisco. By 1858 the quantity of mail to be car-
ried increased so much — and also the government
remuneration — that Chorpenning was able to run a
stage-line of four-horse coaches along the mail route.
A new route was discovered, south of Great Salt
Lake, which shortened the journey a hundred miles.
The very idea of the "Pony Express" was antici-
pated by Major Chorpenning, for in December, 1858,
when the President's Message was about to be is-
sued, Chorpenning placed a fresh horse at each mail
station from Salt Lake to California, and Sacramento
read President Buchanan's second annual message
only seventeen days after it had been delivered to
Congress. This was two years before Russell and
Company established the famous "Pony Express."
Californians who read a Chicago newspaper only
three days old, or who look out over the desert from
a dining-car table, little realize the dangers and dif-
ficulties of these long-forgotten pioneer mail con-
tractors. During the ten years Major Chorpenning
was engaged in this service, says Mr. Coy, he lost
at the hands of the Indians nearly three hundred
head of horses and mules and many coaches, wagons
and station buildings, and sixteen of his brave mes-
sengers were slain by the Indians.
The English Government has notified the Irish
Turf Club that, in the interests of the State, the
number of days of racing In Ireland during this year
must be reduced considerably. Since the railways
were taken over by the Government pleasure traffic
of all description has been discontinued. Thorough-
bred horsebreeding is one of the most important and
remunerative industries in Ireland, more than 100,000
horses having been exported from the Emerald Isle
for war purposes.
+ * *
The new regulation which prohibits the English
railways from conveying horses to race meetings
has not interfered with the steeplechase season in
any way. A service of motor vehicles has been in-
stalled from the training stables to the various race-
courses.
Stayers Descended From Roarers.
If roaring is hereditary, as was asserted in 1891 by
the prominent breeders and owners who objected to
the return of Ormonde, it is indeed strange that the
taint has not disclosed itself in his descendants. Mel-
bourne and Macaroni were roarers, but the present-
day line of Melbourne, via West Australian. Solon,
Barcaldine and Marco, has given us not roarers, but,
on the other hand, such excellent stayers as Beppo.
Mark Time and others of less note, together with
brilliant horses at from a mile to a mile and a quar-
ter or thereabouts, in Neil Gow, Marcovil, Sansovino,
Malua, etc. Similarly the Wolf's Crag branch of
Barcaldine has produced good stayers in Karakoul,
War Wolf and Bellivor Tor, while Manwolf. Catty
Crag, Dumbarton Castle, Linacre (now a successful
sire in Australia) are only a few of the other sons
of Wolf's Crag that have been prominent winners.
Then, as to Macaroni, mares by him have been of
inestimable value. Both Kendal and Ormonde were
out of daughters of Macaroni out of mares of the
Agnes family. — [London Sportsman.
o
One never hears of trouble or dissatisfaction over
the conditions of selling races in England, such as
is common at almost even,' race meeting on this side
of the Atlantic. The difference seems to be, not in
the conditions, but in the attitude of owners, who. in
America, want the opportunities without any conse-
quent responsibilities. In England horses are put
into selling races to be sold, which is the last thing
in the minds of owners on this side.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 10,
DENVER'S GREATEST HORSE SHOW.
m
Six young women of the Young Women's Chris-
tian Association, of Fresno, have recently fostered
a horseback club. They made their first ride Satur-
day to Kearney park and return. Many like trips
will be taken other Saturdays. It is expected that
the club will be considerably enlarged within a
short time. The club has been organized under the
supervision of the physical director, Miss Alice Leh-
man.
+ + +
Scottie Moore McDonald, advertised for sale in
this issue by J. R. Hodge, of Laddonia, Mo., is one
of the best saddle horse sires in Missouri and has
been greatly admired by many noted horsemen. He
is sired by Rex McDonald and his dam is by Kentucky
Cavalier 403. He was first prize three-year-old stal-
lion at the Iowa and Minnesota State Fairs and has
been a big winner at Missouri county fairs.
* * +
The owners of good breeding horses in Missouri
are lining up for the Stallion Registration Law, which
was. recently introduced by Representative B. T.
Gordon, of Liberty, Mo., himself a well informed
breeder. The bill is an improved form over many
stallion laws now in effect in other states and has
the endorsement of progressive horsemen of the
state who hope for its adoption.
Sixteen Polo ponies, representing the best blood in
California, were shipped to Honolulu last week. They
aTe from Captain W. H. McKittrick's farm at Bakers-
field and are consigned to Walter Dillingham.
Mrs. Adelaide Gillis McCormick, of Los Angeles,
has sent her celebrated matron, Undine, by Chester
Dare 10, and the dam of many winners, to the court
of Montgomery Chief, the premier sire at the head
of Ball Bros.' farm, Versailles, Ky. Montgomery
Chief is the sire of as many champion saddle horses
of the present day shows us any living stallion and
the cross with the beautiful daughter of Chester
Dare will be watched with interest.
* * *
Missourians are indeed proud of the fact that Gov-
ernor Gardner's inclinations are of the most demo-
cratic nature. Pie gets to the Executive office early
in the morning, doffs his coat and goes at his impor-
tant duties in his shirt-sleeves. After his day's work,
and in the late afternoon, he mounts a good Missouri
saddle horse and forgets the worries of his impor-
tant position in an exhilarating, healthful and pleas-
ant hour spent on his horse along the highways of
Cole county As often as her household and social
duties will permit, the Governor's estimable wife
joins him on these pleasant excursions for, like her
distinguished husband, Mrs. Gardner is a great lover
of the noble equine and is a thorough and capable
horsewoman. With the Governor and Mrs. Gardner
setting this splendid example those high in official
life at our State capital are rapidly following suit
and it may be expected that with the coming of
spring and summer many of the Jefferson City elite
will be improving health and morals by daily jaunt?
to the countryside horseback.
+ * ♦
Jas. A. Houchin, of Jefferson City, Mo., is of the
same opinion as the Breeder and Sportsman, as re-
gards horse shows in California, and in a letter to
the writer, declares that the horse show stables of
Missouri and Kentucky will rally to the call and give
their support to the West. He also suggests a circuit
of big shows regarding which he makes the following
comment: "I talked horse shows when I judged at
Salem, Ore., last year and I have no doubt, in fact I
know, those people up there are anxious to get in a
horse show circuit. A show at Denver, Salem, San
Francisco, Los Angeles. El Paso and up to Fort
Worth, would certainly be a "stem winder" and would
attract the leading stables of this section. Once they
give a properly conducted horse show, the future of
the shows in those places will be assured. If we
can find a winning gelding and mare this year our
stable will be in the midst of the fray from the tap
of the first bell. Astral King is in his prime and
we have some youngsters coming on that can win.
Whether we show or not I would like to see the cir-
cus started and we will come in time."
[Written for the Breeder and Sportsman
by "Looker On."]
"Number Four!" the clarion voice of Superintend-
ent Harry Youngermman echoed through the great
building, and the multitude that had sat spellbound
throughout the high jump broke into deafening
cheers as the splendid chestnut gelding, Great Heart,
owned by the Mayslake stables Chicago and ridden
by Fred Veasey, trotted out for the blue ribbon;
twenty minutes later taps were sounded and the
lights were turned out, and the 1917 performance of
the National Western Horse Show, at Denver, Colo.,
passed into equine history upon whose golden pages
there will be no more alluring story.
From its inception the Denver show of 1917, which
is the forerunner of all live stock exhibitions, was
particularly fortunate. Fortunate in the selection of
the men who guided its destinies; fortunate in the
quanaity and quality of its entries; fortunate in the
prosperity in evidence on every hand, and last of all,
fortunate in being favored with weather such as
Colorado alone can at times produce. All these
things and more contributed toward the success of
the show and resulted in an attendance which, at the
entire eight performances, taxed the seating capac-
ity of the stock yards coliseum. Seats at all times
were at a premium and the promenade was thronged
with people who divided their attention between
Denver's gaily clad Four Hundred and the blue
bloods of the arena. Society was out in force, and
when Denver smiles the whole world stands aside.
Fred P. Johnson, long identified with the live stock
interests of the West and promoter of previous exhi-
bitions, was ably assisted by Robt. R. Boyce, who
acted as secretary of the horse show. R. P. Shollen-
berger was retained as Ring secretary and the only
Harry L. Youngerman, whose friends are legion and
whose efficiency and popularity are the subject of
much comment, handled the show as master of cer
MISS LOULA LONG,
America's Most Noted Exhibitor of Horses, Who
Revived Her Usual Success at the Denver Horse
Show.
monies; and be it said, to his credit, that there was
not an idle moment or a lull in the entertainment
during the week.
Mr. D. Schilling, known to every one as a breeder,
owner, exhibitor and all-around horseman, acted as
chairman of the Directing Committee. He was as
usual untiring in his efforts to serve the best inter-
ests of the show and please its patrons. One can
always avoid criticism by saying nothing, doing noth-
ing and being nothing, but such an individual has no
place in the show ring. His determination to get
impartial results regardless of ownership was com-
mendable, and his selection was a happy one. He
was ably assisted by Mr. Bruce G. Easton, a well
known breeder of saddle horses, and Mr. J. A. Osner,
prince of good fellows, of Denver.
The ribbons were tied by W. S. Roberts of Lexing-
ton, Ky., James Lockridge of Fayette, Mo., and Wal-
ter Palmer of Ottawa, 111. Their decisions were
ren-lered with a promptness that implied proficiency
and were well received.
Capt. Louie Verdier of the French army judged all
hunters in a satisfactory manner.
The ceremonies were opened on Monday night
with a class for trotters with records, which was
won by the veteran stallion Tommy Doyle, from the
stable of Geo. J. Peake, Winchester, 111. Britton
Forbes, heralded as a champion, was placed second;
his speed was terrific but he became erratic as the
show progressed and lost all chance of winning.
Homer Allerton, well shown by Tom Bass, was third
and Tommy Piper fourth.
High stepping pairs revealed entries from the sta-
bles of John R. Thompson, Miss Loula Long (two
entries), and O. J. Mooers. Ribbons were awarded in
the order named. First going to Pride & Oakwood,
second to Revelation and Reputation, third to Fascin-
ation and Flirtation, and fourth to Pick of the Bask
and Adora.
Ladies' saddle horses, three-gaited, was won by
John R. Thompson's Nancy Walker, ridden by the
charming little daughter of the restaurant magnate
Lady Fascination, of the Mayslake stables, was
placed second, Cathryn Countiss third, and Chloe
Malone fourth.
Heavy Harness horses, 15.2 and over, resulted in'
one of the best contests of the entire week. John'
R. Thompson's bay gelding, Sir Edward, evidently in
marvelous form and faultlessly shown by Ed. White,
finally won from Miss Long's Reputation, Mr.
Thompson's Lord Brilliant and Miss Long's Exclama-,-
tion.
Five-gaited saddle mares developed into a battle
royal between Miss Long's Joan Sawyer, Mr. Eaton's
Princess Eugenia and Mr. Davis' Helen Hicklin,
placed as named. Mr. Eaton's mare was always the!
favorite with the crowd and the judges were nearly!
stampeded as the audience shouted its approval.1
Form was thrown to the four winds by most of the
riders and at every call for a different gait a free-i
for-all race resulted, Willie McDonald, ridden by!
Bass, showing astonishing speed at the trot and
Helen Hicklin racking out from under Roy Davis in
a startling manner.
Ebony girl and Lovely Lady annexed another blue
for the Thompson stable in the tandem over 14.2 and:
under 15.2; second going to O. J. Mooers with Pick;
of Basket and Adora and third to Honey Girl and'
Southerner, the local entry of J. M. Kuykendall.
Heavy harness horses, single, under 15.2, produced1
four splendid mares and was finally won by Miss
Long's Realization, with O. J. Mooers' The Spring
Maid the real contender, 2nd; Mr. Thompson's
Lovey Lady was third and Miss Long's Fascination
fourth.
Tommy Doyle, minus the master hand of the sage
e-of Winchester and as nearly guideless as a horse
could be, received fourth place in a class for road-
sters single, Miss Long's Aspiration and Anticipation
being placed first and second, respectively, and the
gray mare Miss Beulah, "the idol of the gallery,"
third.
My Major Dare was withdrawn from the stallion
class for five-gaited horses of any age, at the request1
of the management, and Beauchamp, from the stable
of Blades & Holeman, simply tramped on the remain-
der of a very good field. Mr. J. A. Osner's bay colt
Mary's Artist made his first show, and, destined for
future honors, was awarded the red ribbon. D. Schil-
ling's Noble Rex was third and Tom Bass with
Sulton Star fourth.
Miss Marie Eaton and Don Reavis, faultlesslj
mounted, made a strikingly beautiful picture as they
cantered to victory in the class for pair of riders.
Ray Davis and Mrs. Holman were second and Miss
Daly and Mr. Fitzell third.
The riding of Miss Marie Eaton in the class for
Girl riders under 18 years was one of the notably!
artistic events of the week. Princess Eugenia was
in splendid form and never responded to professional
hands as she did to the magic touch of the Miss
from Eaton farm. Scarcely less proficient was the
work of Miss Florence Flick, Miss Barbara Petrikin
and Miss Louise Tebeau, who caught the judge's eye
as named.
On Wednesday night Lord Brilliant won the Gig
class from a field which did not tax his ability. Mrs.
Holman won the Ladies' cross saddle class, and Miss
Long's dainty black mare again took the roadsters
into camp.
The appointment class for Ladies' horses, single,
was won by Miss Long's Realization, with her Com-
bination second. The three-gaited event went to
Nancy Walker, and Revelation and Reputation won
the pair class for horses over 15.2,
Alice E. N. won a second leg on the Joslin Dry
Goods challenge cup which has been the subject of
local rivalry for five years.
Miss Beulah, the Annette Kellerman of the horse
world, was all the judges could see in the class for
ladies" saddle horses owned in Colorado, and Walter
Burcher, who has had the winning habit for years,
carried away the blue in the class for boy riders.
H. Rasmusson won the Sporting tandem event in
record breaking manner.
The 51,000 Colorado stake for five-gaited saddle
horses was the magnet which drew an audience that
packed the house to the rafters on Thursday evening.
Eight entries responded to the bugle and enter-
tained the responsive audience for thirty minutes as
perhaps no show has done before. Brilliant as has
been the career of My Major Dare and great as has
been his prestige, it is doubtful if he has ever en-
tered the ring in more superb form or staged a more
dazzling performance. It was a foregone conclusion
that he would win and he was not extended but for
an instant t.t each gait, but it was the opinion of
those who know him best that he is right now at
the zenith of his achievements, and stands unquali-
fiedly the peer of all living saddle stallions.
Beauchamp, well ridden by Dell Holeman, was an
easy second, and is, in the writer's opinion, a com-
ing champion. Adelaid Jeanette, formerly The Deco-
ration Lady, was placed third; Princess Eugeni«<
fourth; Helen Hecklin fifth, and Mary's Artist sixth.
One of the really sensational thingc of the show
(Continued on Page 7, Column 3.)
3aturday, February 10, 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Notes and News
The New England Trotting Horsemen's Convention
■will be held in Boston today and 500 are expected to
be present.
+ * *
The Lake Erie Circuit offers racing over half mile
tracks this year from the first week in June until
the last week in October.
+ * +
The green trotter Joe Matthews by Kentucky Todd
that is in J. B. Stetson's string at Sacramento can
2:20 right now and looks like one of the good trotters
for 1917.
* * *
Read Secretary Gocher"s article on "Winraces and
Time Allowances" on page 3 and you will be able
to figure out exactly the class to which your horse
is eligible this year. It is a timely article.
*♦♦
Sixteen two-year-olds, 80 three-year-olds and 114
four-year-olds have trotted to records of 2:10 or
better. Two two-year-olds, three three-year-olds and
five four-year-olds have trotting records below 2:05.
4« 4» 4»
The stallion Zoniblack 2:141/4, bred by James W.
Marshall of Dixon, and now owned by R. J. MacKen-
zie, is making a season in the stud at Palatine, Illi-
nois, where he is in charge of Charles ("Red")
McDonald.
* * +
It is said that some of the associations are throw-
ing fits over the new mandatory rule which awards
all the moneys to a horse distancing the field, and
predictions are already being made that they will
insist on its being rescinded next year.
* * <•
Cornelius J. Griffin, who was well known in Cali-
fornia as a trainer of race horses, and who was a
familiar figure at Emeryville and Ingleside years
ago, died at his home in Martinez this week, aged
79 years. He was a native of Canada.
Of the 34 stallions that are sires of more than 100
standard performers, but six are living. They are
Peter the Great 2:07%, sire of 286; McKinney 2:11%,
■sire of 203; Axworthy (3) 2:15%, sire of 152; Moko,
sire of 143; Bingara sire of 125, and Walnut Hall
2:0S%, sire of 117.
. Bon Watts, James Thompson's son of Gen. Watts,
■is now a three-year-old and a better looking colt it
would be hard to find. Thompson has him at the
Sacramento track and is only giving him exercise at
present.
•fr + *
A payment of $10 will be due and payable on
Thursday, March 1st, on all three-year-olds that are
still eligible to Pacific Breeders' Futurity No. 14,
which stake has a total value of $7,250, and which is
to be raced for this year at the Breeders' meeting.
* * +
Marysville will almost certainly be on the Califor-
nia circuit this season. J. E. Strain of that city and
other enterprising stock men have already taken the
matter up and will soon get to work to organize and
get a guarantee fund for a good fair and race
meeting.
<• * +
Joseph Waddell, secretary of the California Fair
and Racing Association, took a look at L. H. Tod-
hunter's stallion Peter McKlyo 2:06 for the first time
last week and pronounced him one of the best look-
ing stallions he had seen in many a day, and Joseph
has seen "quite a few" during his lifetime.
4» * 4»
The sale of the Billings horses will undoubtedly
occur some time next fall — if not sold as a whole in
the meantime — and will take place either at Lexing-
ton during the October "trots" at Curies Neck Farm,
or in ,New York City, Uhlan 1:58 and Lou Dillon
1:58% being the only two that Mr. Billings will
reserve.
*■• +
Lou Dillon 1:58%, the trotting queen, is 19 years
old, has been bred 11 times, has produced eight foals,
seven of which are living. Her latest foal, a filly,
came January 11 and' is by The Harvester 2:01.
Three of her produce are in the 2:10 list and five
have taken standard records. One of her daughters
is the dam of a standard performer.
* + *
George Ryan has in training at the Pleasanton
track a handsome three-year-old colt by Flosnut, dam
by Dillcara. Considering the short time the colt has
been taken up, he is showing remarkably well. Any-
one looking for a promising three-year-old would do
well to see this colt as the owner will be pleased to
dispose of him to someone who would develop him.
+ * +
Lou Mativia has four head in training at the Dixon
half mile track. The six-year-old stallion Healini
56150 is showing up well and acts like a real trotter.
He has no record. Others in his string are two four-
year-olds by Logan Pointer, a four-year-old mare by
Alton, and a three-year-old by Logan Pointer.
The Chicago Breeders' Gazette of last week says
that owing to scarcity of heavy steers heavy cows
are being substituted in kosher trade and are selling
at the high point of the season .anywhere from $9.25
to $10 being paid. Shortage of fat yearling steers is
making a high market for heifers, one, averaging
1,260 pounds, selling this week at $11.
Back in 1892 Budd Doble drove Martha Wilkes to
what was at that time the record for the three fastest
heats in a race. The heats were in 2:12, 2:10 and
2:09%, an average of 2:10%. Ed Geers now holds
this record and has held it since 1914, when he drove
Btawah, a four-year-old colt by On Stanley, three
heats in 2:03%, 2:03% and 2:03%.
* * *
Mr. George J. Giannini, president of the San Fran-
cisco-California Driving Club and a director of the
Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association,
who went east two weeks ago on a business trip,
underwent an operation for appendicitis at a hospital
in Washington, D. C, on February 4th. The opera-
tion was successful and his recovery is expected to
be speedy.
+ * *
The Solano County Fair Association will give its
fair and race meeting at Dixon this year and will
increase its purses to $400 for the majority of the
events, with a $500 purse for each of the fast classes
at trot and pace. It is probable that the stretch and
first turn of the track will be widened before the
meeting. The live stock exhibit will be again made
one of the big features of this fair.
* * *
P. W. Hodges has a string of horses at the Stock-
ton track which are being prepared for the Cali-
fornia circuit. Mr. Hodges has been one of Califor-
nia's most successful breeders. He bred the great
stallion San Francisco 2:07% now owned by Wal-
nut Hall Farm, Lexington, Kentucky, and he also
bred Copa de Oro 1:59, the fastest pacer ever bred
in California.
* * +
A meeting of the members of the California Fair
and Racing Association will be held in San Fran-
cisco on Saturday, February 24th to complete the
organization of a California circuit. Every person
interested in the breeding, training and racing of
harness horses is invited to be present. The hour
and place of meeting will be duly announced.
* * *
Of the 55 trotters in the 2:05 list, 25 are out of
developed dams. Uhlan 1:58, the fastest of them all,
is out of an undeveloped dam, as is Lou Dillon
1:58%, the fastest of all trotting mares. Lee Ax-
worthy 1:58%, champion trotting stallion, is out of
a developed dam, but The Harvester 2:01 that he
displaced is not. Of the six trotters that have beaten
2:02. but two are out of developed dams.
*♦♦
Says the North Pacific Rural Spirit: "When the
California racing interests came to Oregon and em-
ployed Joseph Waddell, of Baker, to act as the secre-
tary of the California Fair and Racing Circuit, they
picked up one of the most capable men to be found
for that work that is to be done. Mr. Waddell is
probably one of the best informed men along this
line of work in the West and if a successful series of
meets is in the cards he will make a go of it."
Elmo Montgomery's string from which his cam-
paigners for 1917 will be selected are now at the
Woodland Stock Farm track. The old hero of the
homestretch. Jim Logan 2:01%, is making a season
there in the stud but will be ready to race in any
classes to which he is eligible. Lock Logan 2:07%
and Hal Logan are in good shape and the three-year-
old Marshall Logan and the two-year-old Tennessee
Bill are both entered in stakes and will be out for
their share of it this year.
* * *
The special catalogue for the Walnut Hall Farm
consignment to the Midwinter sale at Madison
Square Garden, this month, contains a list of fifty-six
yearlings, five two-year-olds and one six-year-old.
Number one on the list is Ferncroft, a full brother
to the world's champion two-year-old filly The Real
Lady 2:04%, and the largest money winner of her
age, a total of $13,663.
+ * *
Dr. D. F. Herspring of Woodland has bred his mare
Niquee 2:13%, by Joe Patchen 2:01%, to Chas. Su-
va's game and fast pacing stallion Teddy Bear 2:05.
The resultant foal will have a lot of speed and racing
inheritance and it is to be hoped that Dr. Herspring
will nominate Niquee in all the California futurities.
He has recently bought a very promising three-year-
old filly by G. Albert Mac (full brother to Berta Mac
2:08), dam a mare by Dictatus, that is a producer of
standard speed.
* * +
In Guy Axworthy, sire of the world's champion
trotting stallion, there is not as much of the blood
of Hambletonian 10 as one would surmise from the
fact that both his sire and dam trace in the direct
sire line to the Hero of Chester. Through his sire
Guy Axworthy gets one thirty-second of the blood
of Hambletonian and through his dam one-sixteenth,
a total of but three thirty-seconds. However, the
dam of Lee Axworthy has a much stronger infusion
of the Hambletonian blood, as 13-64ths of her blood
is that of the so-called founder of the American
trotting family.
SADDLE AND SHOW HORSES.
(Continued from Page 6.)
was the speed displayed by the roan runabout cham-
pion Jack Tar. Good as he has always been, his per-
formance at Denver was a revelation to all, and it
is doubtful if there is a runabout horse living that
could have taken his measure in that event.
The jumping contests of the week were as usual
battles royal between the Rasmussen and Mayslake
stables, with the audience waiting until the last horse
was over the bars.
High class side attractions, notably the splendid
girl riders from the Wolcott riding club; the Denver
Division of the Boy Scouts of America; the Olinger
Highlanders; the tug of war between the Police De-
partments of Omaha and Denver, won by the latter;
the parades of draft horses and beef cattle, unpar-
alleled in the history of the show, and last of all, the
perennial, inevitable, fascinating Belle Beach, com-
pleted a program which the people of Colorado ap-
proved by their attendance and applause.
* * *
Notes on the Denver Horse Show.
Where did George Peak get the new "teamster" in
the single classes?
John R. Thompson's old pair, Pride of Prides and
Oakwood, put up a wonderful show the first night
at the Denver show. They looked fresh and fit.
Talk about pretty girls and good riders, come to
the Denver show and see the Wolcott School Riding
Club members.
O. J. Mooers has a splendid three-gaited mare in
Chloe Malone. She has type, class and conforma-
tion; but is a little shy on manners so far. A little
time, however, will correct them.
Mrs. Grace Maxwell, Denver's star rider, showed
all the ladies' classes in her usual finished style and,
as is always the case, every one pulled for this pop-
ular little lady.
The judges at Denver did well. There were few
classes where all three agreed. There are no better
horse show judges in America than "Billie" Roberts,
Walter Palmer and Jas. Lockridge.
Blades & Holeman, of Holliday, Mo., sold the
three-gaited mare, Theda Bara, during the show to a
Denver man, who presented her to his daughter, a
member of the Wollcott Riding Club. Theda Bara
won her share of three-gaited classes in 1916, and
more than $1,200 in cash prizes. She has defeated
some of the best of her class of the present day and
under the direction of Mrs. Dell Holeman, won the
Lady's class at the Denver show. She carries more
of the blood of Black Squirrel than any other pres-
ent day show mare, and should be invaluable as a
brood mare after retirement from the show rings.
* * +
S. Anissimoff, riding master of the First Cavalry Rid-
ing Academy, Chicago, was in Mexico, Mo., last week
in search of good desirable saddle horses for the
use of his pupils. Mr. Anissimoff was accompanied
by Bert Luckie, of Montgomery City, and a close in-
spection was made of the offerings in the stables of
Lee Bros., Tom Bass and Other local horsemen. While
no direct purchases were negotiated arrangements
were made that with Mr. Anissimoff's return to this
section in the near future a car load of the type of
horse he desires will have been assembled for him
by Mr. Luckie. Mr. Anissimoff has been connected
with the First Cavalry Riding Academy for the last
twelve years. He is a native of Russia and came to
this country in charge of a squad of Cossacks that
appeared as a feature with the late Buffalo Bill's
great show He is an expert horseman, and, contrary
to the views generally held by the foreign riding
masters, is a great lover of the five-gaited saddle
horse. "The gaited saddle horse is the ideal pleasure
horse," this well-qualified authority said to a group
of horsemen; "and I am glad that with the increasing
popularity of horeback riding in the cities more inter-
est is being shown in the gaited horse than ever be-
fore."
* -•■•
Friends and admirers of Tom Bass, the famous
trainer and exhibitor of saddle horses, are greatly
interested in the sketch of him which appears in
the current issue of the Breeder's Gazette, and which
is written by Will L. Nelson, one of Missouri's most
brilliant writers on live stock topics.
+ * +
Hamilton Bros., of the Blue Grass Farm. Mexico.
Mo., last week sold 20 fine jacks to W. L. DeClow, a
dealer of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This is one of the
best shipments these well known breeders and deal-
ers have made this year. They have shipped several
cars of jacks and fine saddle horses since the first of
January.
***
The state of Kentucky has never produced a hand-
somer saddle horse than Jewell Dare, advertised for
sale in the Breeder and Sportsman, by Clarence B.
Smith, of Shelbyville, Ky. Jewell Dare probably has
won more breeding classes than any horse in Ken-
tucky and as a sire he has proven himself the equal
of any horse offered for sale. Mr. Smith's extensive
business interests prevents him giving him the at-
tention he deserves, and he will sell him for a very
reasonable price, considering the breeding and class
of the individual offered. Jewell Dare would be a
valuable asset to the saddle horse interest of Mis-
souri or California and the writer would like to see
some one in one of these states buy him.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 10. 1917
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
BILL TO PROHIBIT SALE OF TROUT.
Many Measures in Legislature Are Arousing Interest
of Hunters and Anglers.
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Cougar Hunt in Washington. — J. W. Clark, pub-
lisher of the Grays Harbor Post, of Aberdeen, Jack
Winslow and Ignar Olson, the latter of the Quinault
valley, returned to the lake recently after a week's
cougar hunt, during which they bagged two cougars,
one of which gave them a few minutes of real excite-
ment by charging the hunters, says the Washing-
tonian, of recent date. Clark and Winslow returned
to the Harbor.
They started out from the lake early in the week,
taking Winslow's dog and Olson's dog, Ring. The
hunters found the trail of a cougar, which evidently
was trailing an elk. The dogs took the trail and
after some time came upon the cougar where he had
just killed an elk, a year and a half old bull. The
hunters came upon the cougar suddenly and the
dogs dashed forward. The elk carcass lay on a ledge
of rock along the side of a canyon and the cougar
was standing over his prey.
As the dogs dashed at the animal and the men ap-
peared below, the cougar, an unusually large one,
turned on his pursuers, something very unusual for
the Olympic mountain lions, and leaped from the
ledge for the men. He landed between and in front
of Winslow and Olson, and not more than ten feet
from either. Winslow fired twice point blank at the
cougar but missed.
Showing his unusual knowledge of cougars and his
presence of mind, Olson jerked off his felt hat,
sprang at the cougar and threw the hat directly in
its face. The animal was bewildered by the sudden-
ness of the attack, and instead of stopping to fight
sprang sideways over Winslow's head to a tall cedar,
and went off on the other side past Clark and down
the canyon. Olson quickly rounded up the surprised
dogs and started them down the canyon in pursuit
of the cougar. It was soon treed, and Clark fired at
it, wounding the animal. It came out of the tree
again and started to run but was soon treed a second
time, and the next shot brought it down. The animal
was about eight feet from tip to tip and weighed
about 450 pounds.
Two days later, about three miles farther east, the
hunters got another cougar, which Clark also killed.
On the trip the hunters saw large numbers of elk,
and all seemed to be in good condition. There al-
read is considerable snow in the mountains. Mr.
Clark stated that tracks in the snow and broken
brush showed the terrible fight the elk and cougar
they found had made. They fought along the hillside
for fully 150 yards. Mr. Clark was enthusiastic in
his praise of Olson's handling of the situation when
the cougar attacked the hunters. He said it would
do credit to a Hagenbeck.
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Westminster Kennel Show — All entries, except for
the pack specials beloved of the foxhunting sets,
have closed for the forty-first annual dog show of
the Westminster Kennel Club, to be held at the Mad-
ison Square Garden, from February 20 to 23 inclu-
sive. In the regular and special competitions about
$30,000 is hung up in prizes, in money or late, of
which the Westminster Kennel Club will give about
60 per cent.
The first competition for the James Mortimer Me-
morial Trophy will give a sentimental interest to the
unclassified specials. The award will be to the best
American-bred dog or bitch at the show, but the plate
must be won five times by the one person to be won
out. The trophy has been purchased by the com-
mittee headed by Theodore Offerman, which has been
collecting voluntary subscriptions for this purpose
since the death of Mr. Mortimer, for many years,
until his death, superintendent of the show. The con-
ditions do not seem too long a string, or too burden-
some to dog exhibitors, for Mr. Mortimer had so
many friends among them that they really hope the
competition may continue forever and so help to
keep his memory green among them.
There has been an especial number of advance
entries for the children's and the selling variety
classes, both of which will be a special attraction in
the way of spectacular charm. The regular classes
have already brought entries in from British Colum-
bia, California. Texas, Canada, and throughout the
nearer points . Thus far there have been no foreign
entries, but some fifty of the best British and Conti-
nental show champions have been imported for the
shov.- and will make their debut at the garden.
9C
Waterloo Cup Abandoned. — London. — Owing to the
restricted train service, labor shortage, and the in-
ability of many of the subscribers, through loss of
trainers, to fill their nominations, it has been found
3ary to abandon the famous Waterloo Cup,
which has caused widespread regret throughout the
north of England. The annual Dog Derby has been
decided without a break since its institution in 1836,
when it was only an eight-dog stake. In 1S47 the
stake was increased to sixteen dogs and in 183S to
thirty-two dogs. In 1857 it became a sixtv-four-dog
take.
The Waterloo Cup is to the coursing fraternity
what the Derby is to followers of racing. The per-
manent trophy, in existence for many years, is a
collar, to which the owner of the winner adds a
silver medal. The first Waterloo Cup proper, valued
at $500, was presented by the Earl of Sefton, over
whose estate at Altcar the event is decided, in 1903,
and a new trophy is added each year by his lordship.
The winner gets $2500 in prize money, SI, 000 going
to the runner-up.
GB
STORY OF THREE FAITHFUL DOGS.
Shepherd's Life Is Saved by His Best Friends in
Fight with Coyote.
Salt Lake, Utah. — Dr. T. B. Beatty, secretary of
the State Board of Health, wants to give the Pasteur
treatment to three shepherd dogs who saved the life
of their master, Eli Black, by fighting a monster
rabid coyote to a standstill on the snow-covered
waste ten miles north of Low station, on the Western
Pacific. Black told the story of canine devotion at
the Board of Health office yesterday. When he con-
cluded Dr. Beatty said:
"I want to give the Pasteur treatment to those
dogs. Where was there ever greater devotion? They
shall at least be put on the leash and given a ninety-
day chance for life — but I want to give them the
Pasteur treatment. I wish I could."
Black is a sheep herder for the Bountiful Live-
stock Company in the desert district north of Low
station, with camp quarters in Puddle valley. A
week ago, with a biting wind dashing the snow in his
face, he turned toward the campfire, accompanied by
his three dogs. His big conibrero was drawn down
over his eyes to break the shower of freezing snow .
He was beating it sturdily along, the dogs trailing
close by his side, when a stronger blast than usual
made him lift his head.
About "three jumps away/ 'as the shepherd put
it, and directly in front of him, a big coyote was on
the leap. With presence of mind he threw out his
hands, but that was all he could do, for the beast
was upon him. Both the coyote and the shepherd
fell to the ground with the crash, and then the brave
dogs "gathered."
A fierce battle ensued, and Black bore on toward
the camp, three-quarters of a mile away. The coy-
ote dashed at his heels, refusing to keep up the fighi
with the dogs. He sprang again and again on the
hard-driven shepherd, but every time the faithful
collies dragged him down and held him for a time in
a rough-and-tumble in the snow.
Black toiled on, helpless to injure the crazed ani-
mal and almost hopeless of escape. The coyote's
head was swollen and covered with froth.
The dogs held to their task, and the mad coyote
held to his — that, apparently, of tearing the shep-
herd down and ending his life . Every time the in-
furiated beast tore from the claws and teeth of his
canine enemies, he dashed ferociously upon Black.
The desperate battle left a bloody trail over a
half-mile long, but the campfire was in sight. The
struggle had increased in fury all the way, and
Black's strength was gone. Raising his arms in ap-
peal to the skies, he said, he gave up and collapsed
in the snow.
"What happened then?" Dr. Beatty asked.
"I hardly know," said Black, "the dogs ran all
over me as I lay, and stretched out their heads to
they coyote; but they seemed tired and made no
advance. They just stood on me, like, reaching out
to the thing. The coyote seemed as if he could not
come back, and I think he turned tail and ran off
across the desert. My dogs stayed with me, and I
got up after awhile and made it to camp."
Black's right index finger is badly torn and his
defenders are severely gashed and lacerated. Black
is but a youth. His face is deeply tanned with the
wind and sun. He showed no fear of the possible
result of the coyote's bites, save for his "good dogs,"
as he called them.
Deer-Slaying Lion. — Loveland (Col). — The first
deer-slaying mountain lion to have its career blasted
by Government hunters sent into the Rocky Moun-
tain National Park, under the leadership of A. J. Mc-
Glocin, was killed between the Big Thompson and
the St. Vrain after dogs had trailed it from a point
where it had downed and partially eaten a big buck
deer.
Dogs used by McGlocin and his companions fol-
lowed the trail for some distance from the foot of a
steep slope where the deer was found. High up on
the mountain side, the lion had caught the deer by
the throat and the two animals had rolled over and
over, loosening the rocks and tearing up the ground
in the death struggle.
The dogs treed the lion in a big pine and the
latter sought refuge in the uppermost branches.
Upon being wounded it fell to the ground and proved
more than a match for the two canines when they
gave it battle.
No single topic during the brief weeks of the short
session of the State Legislature received more at-
ten than game regulation. Good bills, freak bills,
bad bills — all sorts of bills — were introduced. Some
who entered bills thought only of local conditions, a
few, judging from the character of their pet idea,
knew little of conditions; others, seemingly anxious
only to have their names appended to measures,
fathered bills that surely will die in the committee
chambers.
A State Commission measure — the one which for-
bids the sale of trout — has caused as much stir
among sportsmen and market fishermen as any oth-
er proposition. The Commission feels that if this
law fails to get in the statute books there is grave
danger of trout streams and lakes becoming barren
creeks and shallows with onl yfrogs and water dogs
for inhabitants.
Carl Westerfield and Commissioner Bosqui argued
that the combination of good automobile roads to the
lakes and organized fishing may easily offset every
effort of the State to keep the number of fish up to
normal.
"How easy it will be," says Bosqui, "for market
fishermen to establish automobile lines to the lakes
and streams. A crew of men fishing in a lake will
surely exhaust it of fish. Already the improved roads
are making it possible for market men to establish
camps and send fresh trout to the market in twenty-
four hours.
"Since Lake Almanore has been opened up, market
anglers have started there, and it is only a question
of time until auto highways will make all of our
lakes accessible."
Secretary Mueller, of the Fishermen's Union, com-
posed mostly of market fishermen of Lake Tahoe,
fought the bill bitterly in Sacramento. He claims
that not only are market men being deprived of a
livelihood, but citizens are being forbidden to buy
what their own contributions create.
Last season seventy-eight market fishermen were
operating on Lake Tahoe. They shipped 74.138 fish,
weighing 65,241 pounds. Bear Lake in the south, and
Lake Almanore at Big Meadows, supplied quantities
of fish.
Sentiment of many of the legislators was in favor
of the bill which will establish a series of game ref-
uges in California. If this bill is passed thirty-eight
sanctuaries, wherein game may not be molested, will
be created. These are to extend from the Mexican
line to Oregon, with areas varying from 75,000 to
9,000 acres.
Another little bit of innocent legislation, which
looks harmless enough, but which may cause a fight,
is the bill which forbids aliens from carrying fire-
arms. Since Pennsylvania adopted this measure sev-
eral years ago many other states have taken it up,
with a marked diminishment of violations of game
laws and of police regulations.
"Meadow Lark" Struckenbruck, along with a num-
ber of curious bills, has brought up one which has
met with the approval of many hunters. The Sen-
ator now proposes to close the season on mountain
doves. And then comes J. N. Argabrite, from down
in the southern end of the State, with another
"hunch." He wants to open the dove season August
16 instead of September 1, as at present. Experts
say that such an opening date would be deplorable,
as the birds are still nesting at that time.
A change is proposed in the law governing the kill-
ing of deer. At present the shooting of spike bucks
is forbidden, but a joker crept into the law. No deer
with "straight, unbranched antlers" may be shot The
result was that some cases arose where a spike buck
offender pleaded that since the horns of his deer
were not "straight" he was not violating the law. The
change will make the law read "unbranched antlers."
A bill designed to give the Fish and Game Com-
mission an oversight of trappers has been submitted.
If passed, this law will require that all trappers take
out licenses when trapping for profit, and advise the
authorities of every" catch made. For similar reasons
it is urged that taxidermists be licensed, and such a
bill is in the hands of the committee.
And to wind up a long list of bills, of which the
foregoing are only a very small part, comes the sug-
gestion, all done in legal form by Senator Thompson
of Santa Barbara, that violators of fish and game
laws shall have their weapons confiscated by the
deputies making the arrest. He would also empower
peace officers to act as game wardens.
3B-.
Catches Ribbon Fish. — Long Beach. — A ribbon fish,
measuring five feet in length, was brought to the
pier on Sunday by Capt. Ben Denslow of the launch
Eagle. The fish was caught while Captain Denslow
was angling for cod and salmon groupers off Long
Beach.
Though ribbon fish frequently are caught in Mexi-
can waters this one is the first captured in local
waters. It weighed three pounds and four ounces.
The ribbon fish resembles in form the article after
which it is named. The one caught by Denslow was
extremely dark and possessed very sharp and power-
ful teeth. The fish bit off a heavy steel hook and
broke in two a quarter-inch oak stick.
urday, February 10, 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
EAST vs. WEST AT THE TRAPS.
Highest Eastern Trapshots Averaged Five Tar-
gets Better in Every Thousand.
he Ten Best Amateur Trapshots in th
Shot.
Fred Harlow, Newark, O
\V. Henderson, Lexington, Ky. . . .
A. B. Richardson, Dover, Del....
H. Bonser, Cincinnati, O
. |H, J. Pendergast, Phoenix, N. Y..
C. H. Peck, Remington, Ind
A. C. Skeet, Morton, N. Y
G. R. Shuck, Kempton, Ind
C. H. Newcomb, Philadelphia, Pa.
F. S. Wright, Buffalo, N. Y
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There has always been speculation as to whether
the best trapshooters are from the East or the West
— and there always will be. In the 1915 averages ot
the Interstate Association the highest ten Western
amateurs had just a shade on the highest ten East-
ern shots. The highest ten amateurs in the East av-
eraged five more breaks in every thousand targets
than did the high ten amateurs of the West — for a
combined average of 9615 against 9570. The Eastern
shooters missed 1126 out of 28,975 targets while the
Western shooters missed 1370 out of 31,890. If the
ten highest shooters in the averages from the two
sections could get together in a match of 100 targets,
each, it would be well worth witnessing and there
would be such a slight difference in the totals of the
teams — all shooting to form — that the match might
depend on the last target.
This idea of comparison of the East and the West
and the Professionals and Amateurs in trapshooting
will bring forth as many arguments as the people
interested in the "sport alluring" as in any other
outdoor sport. Just this kind of a yarn one year
ago caused the Westy Hogans to put on a shoot be-
tween the East and the West in their Atlantic City
tournament and this event will be one of the features
in years to come.
This sectional rivalry brings out a lot of good keen
competition that is good for the sport, for trapshoot-
ers are honest to the core and fair in all their deal-
ings. No trapshooter will take advantage of an error
of an official — they all play the game fair. This adds
to the popularity of the sport.
It will be noted that in the Eastern shooters is list-
ed the name of the late A. B. Richardson. If Rich-
ardson's name was stricken from the list the name
of Fred Plum, of Atlantic City, N. J., would come
next. Plum shot 4415 targets and broke 4218 for an
average of .9553. The elimination of Richardson
from the mythical team and the addition of Plum
would bring down the average of the Eastern team
slightly — but Plum, by his great run of 281 straight
at Maplewood — 100 of this number being from 21
yards, shows the kind of stuff he is made out of.
QB
Local Chapter of Indians. — A California chapter of
the Indians, the national trapshooting organization,
which embraces in its membership the best marks-
men, both professional and amateur, in the United
Stales and Canada, is in the process of organization
in San Francisco.
At a preliminary meeting, plans were made for the
organization meeting to be held within the next few-
weeks. R. C. Reed, L. S. Hawxhurst, C. A. Haight
and 1. A. Cook are the men actively engaged in hav-
ing a California body formed.
Interest in such an organization, of which there
are many chapter.- in the East famous in trapshoot-
ers' records, has been stimulated by the visit here
of F. C. Riehl, the first secretary of the original In-
dians of Arnold's Park, la. They organized in 1897.
Since that time many chapters have been formed,
among which are the well-known Westy Hogans, the
East Indians of Sandusky, O., and the Southern Pap-
pooses. The Indians have but one purpose — the fur-
thering of trapshooting — and to that end each year
an open shoot is held. Amateurs and professionals
are put on the same footing; outsiders may enter,
and if they are able to tally higher than the Indians,
prizes go to them.
J. A. Cook states that San Francisco blue-rock men
are eager to see an Indian camp established here.
Already a number of scattergun enthusiasts have
given their support to the Indian idea. They are:
Henry Stelling, Andy Flickinger, F. K. Burnham,
ft N. Fuller. Harry Ogilvie, Dr. C. N. McGettigan,
George 1 nomas, W. A. Landry. A. G. Wilkes, N. A.
Howard. W. H. Price, Barney Worthen, Johnny Con-
ley. W. E. Ccoley, Dr. E Topham, J. W. Terry, E. B.
Thorning, Dave and Frank Ruhstaller. In addition
to these amateurs, at least twenty-five trade repre-
sentatives will be included in the Indians.
The present plan, as outlined by J. A. Cook, is to
include both Nevada and Arizona in the Indians.
This will bring together the best marksmen of three
states for the annual shoot, the first of which will
possibly be held this year.
There is one chapter of the Indians on the Pacific
Ccasl — the Pacific Indians of Tacoma. Their annual
shoot comes in July. A number of marksmen inter-
ested in the California scheme will meet informally
at the Golden Gate Club Sunday. The day will also
nnulc the first practice shoot of the season on the
Go!den Gate grounds.
SB
CAREERS OF TRAPSHOOTERS.
TRAPSHOOTING FIXTURES.
Martines Chick.
The career of Martines Chick, of San Diego, Cal.,
at the traps was a brilliant one, and covers a series
of some twenty-six years. He was a member of the
original Pastime Gun Club of San Diego, and is an
honorary member of the present club of that name.
His record is interestingly told by a correspondent
of the Sportsmen's Review, from which account the
following is compiled and quoted.
On March 20, 1888, a big crowd watched the race
at 100 live birds between Chick and Dr. W. F. Carver,
known as the world's champion wing shot. The
match was intensely interesting. At the half way
post, Carver was one bird behind, with 45 kills to
his credit, and at 75 birds he had dropped three more
birds to the rear. In the home stretch, Chick let
three birds get away, two of them dead out of bounds,
but from then to the finish he shot true to form, and
went under the wire the winner by one bird; with
91 to Carver's 90. After the match Carver remarked,
as he extended his hand in congratulation, "I didn't
know you could shoot so good." Chick hesitated a
minute, and replied, "I didn't either. Doc!"
Two years later, in 1S90, Chick went to Oakland to
shoot a series of three matches against John L.
Brewer, of Australia, who claimed the world's cham-
pionship. This match was for the championship of
the world and a purse of $500, and was shot on June
1st. At the half way post Chick led by one bird, and
in the last 50 he increased his lead, winning on a
score of 95 to 92. The next match was shot on
June 5th, Chick taking the lead almost from the
start, winning the race with a score of 95. There
was no third race, as Brewer was satisfied.
Chick was also an expert in smashing clay pigeons.
In San Jose, shooting at 50 singles and 25 pairs, 16
yards rise, he turned in the fine score of 94. He
missed one single and five of the doubles. In River-
side, October 29 and 30, 1888, he broke 142 out of
150, which included 30 pairs of doubles. He won
the Fay diamond medal, a perpetual challenge tro-
phy, half a dozen times; won the Selby medal; the
California live bird championship; the Standard
medal, and a great many other cups and money
prizes. All the medals except the Fay diamond
trophy had to be won three times to entitle owner-
ship, and Chick owns them all. They are all Pacific
coast trophies.
For years Chick defeated all comers. His closest
rival was another Californian, Crit Robinson, of San
Francisco. In a match at 75 live birds, in 1889, Chick
won with 74; Robinson, 73. In 1887 Chick beat Gus
Knight in a 100 live bird match at San Bernardino;
Chick 88. Knight 86. This was one of Chick's poor-
est scores, although he lost eight of his birds dead
out of bounds. In San Diego, in 1893, he defeated
A. W. Bruner in a match at 100 live birds, with a
score of 94 to 92.
Chick's last public appearance was in 1904 with
the Spanish Bright Gun Club in Coronado. He com-
peted for a silver loving cup given by Mrs. Walter
Dupee. and won it. This race was at 50 live birds,
and the old veteran rounded out his sensational trap
career by making 94 straight kills, all he shot at that
day, so his score in the cup race can be easily com-
puted. Since this time Chick has confined his shot-
gun work to quail shooting, and he's a master hand
at that game.
GO
Portland Club. — L. L. Burtenshaw, of Council, Ida-
ho, won the W. C. Bristol 20-gauge trophy on Jan-
uary 2bth from Henry R. Everding, who had previ-
ously defended it successfully on three occasions.
Despite the snow flurries and cold weather 18 nim-
rods were out at the Everding Park traps.
As Mr. Burtenshaw will be unable to be in Port-
land, he has turned the cup over to A. Woelm.
Four out-of-town visitors were at Everding Park —
L. L. Burtenshaw, Council. Idaho; F. E. Butler, Lew-
iston, Idaho; Mark Siddall, Salem, Oregon, and A. J.
Gerrard. Seattle, Washington.
Following are the scores on the Bristol trophy:
L. L. Burtenshaw 20, Frank M. Templeton 19, E. H.
Keller 19, Henry R. Everding 19, C. C. Kelley 17,
F. E. Butler 17, A. L. Zachrisson 17, A. W. Strowger
16, A. Woelm 16, James K. Simpson 16. A. K. Downs
16. and A. J. Gerrard 12.
The regular practice event resulted in the follow-
ing scores: L. L. Burtenshaw 96. Mrs. Ada Schilling
96^ C. C. Kelley 96, Frank M. Templeton 92. Carl
J. Schilling 92, A. L. Zachrisson 88. Mar kSiddall 88.
E. H. Keller 84, A. J. Gerrard 84. James K. Simpson
76, F. E. Butler 76. James P. Bull 76. A. K. Downs
72. A. Woelm 72, A. W. Strowger 72. Mayfield Stan-
difer 65, C. L. Diven 60, and Henry R. Everding 58.
August 20, 21, 22. 23, 24, 1917— Chicago, Ills.— The
Interstate Association's Eighteenth Grand Amer-
ican Trapshooting Tournament, under the aus-
pices of the South Share Country Club Gun Club;
$4,000 added money. Winner of first place in the
Grand American Handicap guaranteed $500 and a
trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $400
nd a trophy; winner of third place guaranteed
$300 and a trophy; winner of fourth place guaran-
teed $200 and a trophy, and the winner of fifth
place guaranteed $100 and a trophy. Numerous
other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E.
Shaner. Manager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
May 28. 29, 30, 1917— San Jose, Cal— The Interstate
Association's Twelfth Pacific Coast Trapshooting
Tournament, under the auspices of the San Jose
Gun Club; $1300 added money. Winner of first
place in the Pacific Coast Handicap guaranteed
$100 and a trophy; winner of second place guar-
anteed $75 and a trophy, and the winner of third
place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other
trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner.
.Manager. Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania.
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Los Angeles Club. — Owen Council and C. F. Nich-
ols had some very lively competition at the Los An-
geles gun club. The two shooters tied in the shoot
for the Du Pont cup with 93x100 smashes, and it re-
quired two shoot-offs before Nichols finally won the
cup. The Los Angeles shooting team defeated the
visiting shooting squad in two special events.
Ed Mitchell was the real high man for the Du Pont
trophy with 97x100 smashes, but as he is a pro the
mark did not count. A very large crowd attended
the shoot. The scores:
Ed Mitchell, handicap 16 yds., broke 97x100; H.
Poston IS— 96, O. Council 20 — 93, C. F. Nichols 19—
93, H. E. Dickerman 20 — 92, H. Pflrrmann 20 — 91.
H. Cline 18—91, J. Barto 19—90, R. H. Morse 19—90,
L. J. Micks 20—89, F. H. Melius 20—89, F. H. Hall
17—89, W. A. Hillis 20—88, C. F. White 18—88, H.
Hoyt IS— 88. L. R. Melius 20—87, W. E. Phillips 19—
86, H. E. Sargent 18—86, George Middleton 16—86,
H. D. Blanchard 20—85, W. A. Cornelius 20—85, D.
R. Dickey 16 — 85, Seth Hart 16—85, O. Evans 20—84,
V. A. Rossbach 18—84, C. W. Fish 20—84, S. C. Miller
16—84, B. H. Carnahan 16—84, F. H. Mellon 19—84.
George Oliver 16—83, Guy Holohan 19—83. Mrs. Pflrr-
mann 16—82, Geo. H. Melford 17—82, F. C. Grossman
16—82, William Kennedy 16—82, D. Holohan 20—81,
F. Free 18—80, A. Pachmayr 16 — 79, F. H. Nichols 17
—79, E. K. Mohier 20—78, Mrs. F. H. Mellon 16—73,
A. J. Petersen 16—68. W. F. Nordhoff 16 — 63; others
at 16 yards— A. W. Childs 63, H. J. Bauer 62, R. Torn-
by 53.
by 43, J. N. Dunn 58x75, J. H. Bishop Jr. 42x50. J. W.
Meek 40x50. O. D. Ashton 37x50. Mrs. A. W. Good-
rich 37x50, M. D. Towne 34x50, E. W. Selbach 32x50.
For Silver Trophy— E. J. Fisk 32x50, F. B. Winters
22x50, F. H. Teeple 22x25, J. B. Joslyn 21x25, A. B.
Carter 20x25, P. J. De Hetre 19x25, Charles Gotleib
17x25, E. K. Mohier 99x100. H. Pflrrmann 98x100,
V. A. Rossbach 98x100, F. H. Mellon 94x100, F. H.
Teeple 94x100, B. H. Carnahan 90x100, William Ken-
nedy 88x100, F. H. Melius 80x80. H. Cline 49x50. Seth
Hart 47x50, A. Pachmayr 47x50, Mrs. F. H. Mellon
89x100.
Locals vs. Visitors (25 targets, 16 yds.) — Los An-
geles: Pflrrmann 24. F. H. Melius 25, Council 24.
L. R. Melius 24, Fish 24, G. Holohan 25, Rossbach
24, Evans 21, Mrs. Pflrrmann 17. Cornelius 25, Pach-
mayr 21. Mohier 22, Hall 25. Carnahan 23— total, 324.
Visitors: Dickerman 23, Phillips 20, D. Holohan 25,
Micka 23, Sargent 23. Cline 23, White 23, Morse 22,
Mellon 24. Barto 20, Dunn 21, Kennedy 20, Teeple 22;
total, 31S.
25 targets, 16 yards — Los Angeles: Pfirrman 25,
Dickerman 25. Fish 24, Micka 25, Poston 24, Evans
25, White 24. Pachmayr 23 — total, 195. Visitors — F.
H. Melius 25, G. Holohan 23, D. Holohan 23, Cline
25. Mellon 18, Cornelius 24, Rossbach 24, Mohier
20— total, 182.
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Young America and Trapshooting. — Did you ever
see paternal pride fairly exude? Well, just let a
father bring his boy to a trapshooting club and start
him at the sport and when the lad begins to "hit
'em on the nose," as the saying goes, papa is there
with the pride.
One boy wonder is W. E. Phillips, Jr., of Chicago.
He is not a new shooter by any means, though he is
but 15 years old. His father, a winner of the Grand
American Handicap, took him in hand early and he
made the grade to a point where he entered the
G. A. H. last August and gave a very good account
of himself.
On the 17th of last June, at a registered shoot of
the Metropolitan Gun Club, of Chicago, Master Phil-
lips tied the high amateur score, 139x150, with Chas.
Burmeister, the Illinois State champion, and in the
shoot-off beat the latter, the young man breaking
25 straight, while the State champion dropped one.
Master Phillips intends to enter the Grand Amer-
ican Handicap next August, and who knows but what
he will emulate the achievement of his illustrious
dad?
Mr. Phillips coached his son wisely and well, both
as to form and deportment. Undoubtedly his cool-
ness came naturally, but whether natural or acquired
it is bound to stand him in good stead in years to
come. — George Beck.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 10, 1917
BILL TO GIVE EFFECT TO TREATY.
Sportsmen's Row
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■While it seems a long way off yet, the officials of
the San Jose, Cal., Gun Club are jubilant oyer their
success in landing the P. C. Handicap. There are
so many ladies on the west coast who shoot — Mrs.
Wilkes, Mrs. Pfirrmann, Mrs. Groat, Miss Meyers,
Miss Reid, Mrs. Schilling, Mrs. Peret, and scores oi
others, — that there will, no doubt, be a generous
sprinkling of the fair shooters at the big event above
mentioned. The San Jose Club is always generous
in giving prizes to the lady contestants, which proves
an attractive event.
* * *
Stockton.— The body of Raymond B. Heacoek.
game warden, who was killed with Richard J. Squire
during a gunflght with Sicilian fishermen on Bouldin
island December 1, 1916, found by a trapper on day
last week, was brought in by deputies from the office
of the Sheriff.
* ♦*
A. G. Wilkes, president of the Pacific Coast Field
Trials Club and well known in local trapshooting
circles, has returned with Mrs. Wilkes from an ex-
tensive trip in the East. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkes par-
ticipated in the midwinter handicap tournament at
Pinehurst, N. C. Wilkes was put on the nineteen-
yard mark and broke 82 and 88, and for the tourney
had a total of 461. Mrs. Wilkes, on the sixteen-yard
mark, broke 76 and 83 out of 100 frames, which was
creditable shooting. George N. Fish was the winner,
with 488 out of 500. Wilkes reports that the trap-
shooting sport is booming in the East.
*•+ *
A party of American naturalists are, it is said, en
route for the French Congo to get specimens of
gorillas for mounting in the American National Mu-
seum. They are accompanied by Professor Garner,
who, it may be recollected, some years ago built
himself a hut in the wilds of the Congo forests for
the purpose of studying gorilla language. The Pro-
fessor's part in the expedition will be that of decoy to
call the gorillas to their doom in their own language.
* * *
O. N. Ford took the lead in the shooting at the San
Jose Gun Club last Sunday, February 4, with 94x100.
Following are other scores which were made: Hal
McLochlan 89x100, George Anderson 88x100, C. H.
Nash 88x100, D. C. DeHart 34x50, A. R. Kennedy 33x
50." In class "A" George H. Anderson made 282x300
and Hal McLochlan 281x300. O. N. Ford shot 292x
300. Mr. DeHart and Mr. A. R. Kennedy have just
joined the club and members who have watched them
shoot predict high scores for them in the future.
* * *
Clarence Howard caught a salmon Sunday at
Healdsburg which weighed 15 pounds. The large
fish was captured with a hook and line.
* + *
Now for trapshooting to get going in full blast.
The regular hunting season is over and the boys are
starting to turn their attention to the blue rocks.
* * +
Manager Pete Ashcroft has been active over at the
Alameda grounds and has everything in readiness
to welcome shooters who want to get in some prac-
tice.
** +
Applications for the California-Nevada State shoot
must be in by February 15th. So far it is known
that Del Monte and Los Angeles are after the fixture.
Secretary Clarence A. Haight will announce where
the event will be contested right after the fifteenth.
so
Oregon State Shoot. — Salem, Ore. — Directors of the
Oregon State Sportsmen's Association decided at a
meeting last week to hold the state championship
trap shoot at the Capital City Rod and Gun Club
grounds May 6, 7 and 8.
The Squier money back system is to be used in
the shoot. Special attention will be given team
events, three men to a team from each gun club in
the state G. B. Fraser, J. E. Reid and J. P. Bull
of Portland were present.
About 20 of the sportsmen took part in a practice
shoot at the Capital City Rod and Gun Club's grounds
on Feb. 3d.
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Utah For Protection. — Following the general move-
ment inaugurated in the west for the better protec-
tion of game birds, fish and animals, sportsmen from
all parts of Utah are actively engaged in bringing
before the state legislature suggestions for the bet-
terment o fexisting protective laws.
Two issues discussed and voted upon recently at
a meeting of sportsmen were the increase in the
license fee from $1.25 to $2 a year, and the discontin-
uance of the 10 per cent profit to issuing agents on
each license sold. It was claimed that the increase
of 75 cents on every license would greatly aid the
state fiish and game commission in the preservation
of fish and game and in the establishment of new
fishing and hunting grounds.
The suggestion was made that one-half of the rev-
enue derived from this increase be used for the pro-
tection and propagation of upland game birds, and
the other half be directed toward the purchase of
screens to prevent the game fish from getting into
•igation ditches.
Migratory Bird Law Introduced in Both Houses of
Congress.
Herewith is a bill that was introduced in the Sen-
ate of the United States on January 13 (S. 7858) to
give effect to the Migratory Bird Treaty between the
United States and Great Britain. The bill was in-
troduced by Mr. Hitchcock, read twice, and referred
to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry:
"A BILL
"To give effect to the convention between the United
States and Great Britain for the protection of
migratory birds, the ratifications whereof were ex-
changed on the seventh day of December, nine-
teen hundred and sixteen, and for other purposes.
"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, That unless and except as permitted
by regulations made as hereinafter provided, hunt-
ing, taking, capturing, killing, attempting to take,
capture, or kill, possessing, offering for sale, selling,
offering to purchase, purchasing, delivering for ship-
ment, shipping, causing to be shipped, delivering for
transportation transporting or causing to be trans-
ported by any means whatever, receiving for ship-
ment or transportation, or exporting, at any time or
in any manner, any migratory bird included in the
terms of the convention between the United States
and Great Britain for the protection of migratory
birds, or any part, nest, or egg thereof, is prohibited.
"Sec. 2. That, subject to the provisions, and in
order to carry out the purposes of the convention,
the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and di-
rected, from time to time, to determine when, to
what extent, if at all, and by what means, having
due legard to the zones of temperature and to tbe
distribution abundance, economic value, breeding
habits, and times and lines of migratory flight of
such tirds, it is compatible with the terms of the
convention to allow the hunting, taking, capture, kill-
ing, possession, sale, purchase, shipment, transpor-
tation, and export of any of said birds, or parts,
nests, or eggs thereof, and to adopt suitable regula-
tions t ermitting and governing the same, in conform-
ity with such determinations, which regulations shall
become effective when approved by the President.
"Sec. 3. That the shipment, transportation, or
export to a foreign country of any birds, or parts,
or eggs thereof, taken, captured, killed, shipped, or
transported contrary to the laws of the state, terri-
tory, or district in which the same were taken, cap-
tured, killed, shipped, or transported, is prohibited.
The importation of any birds, or parts, or eggs there-
of, taken, captured, killed, shipped, or transported
contrary to the laws of any province of the Dominion
of Canada in which the same were taken, captured,
killed, shipped, or transported is prohibited.
"Sec. 4. That persons appointed by the Secretary
of Agriculture for the purpose of enforcing the pro-
visions of this act shall, with respect thereto, have
the same powers as are conferred by law on mar-
shals with respect to executing the laws of the Unit-
ed States. Any such person shall have authority,
without warrant, to search any place other than a
dwelling, and, with warrant, to search any dwelling,
if he shall have any reason to suspect that there is
concealed therein any migratory bird, or any part,
nest, or egg thereof, which has been taken, or is
possessed, contrary to the provisions of this act or
of any regulation made pursuant thereto. The sev-
eral judges of the courts established under the laws
of the United States and United States commission-
ers may, within their respective jurisdictions, upon
proper oath or affirmation showing probable cause,
issue warrants in such cases. All such migratory
birds, or parts, nests, or eggs thereof, when found
shall be seized and held and, upon conviction of the
offender, shall be forfeited to the United States and
disposed of as directed by the court.
"Sec. 5. That any person, association, partnership,
or corporation who shall violate any of the provis-
ions of said convention or of this act, or shall vio-
late or fail to comply with any regulation made pur-
suant to this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined
not more than $500, or be imprisoned not more than
six months, or both.
"Sec. 6. That nothing in this act shall be con-
strued to prevent the several states and territories
from making and enforcing laws and regulations not
inconsistent with the provisions of said convention,
or of this act, or of any regulation made pursuant to
this act.
"Sec. 7. That there is hereby appropriated, out
of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, available until expended, for the expenses
of carrying into effect the provisions of this act and
regulations made pursuant thereto, including the
payment of such rent and the employment of such
persons and means as the Secretary of Agriculture
may deem necessary, in the city of Washington and
elsewhere, and for co-operation with local authorities
in the protection of migratory birds and necessary
investigations connected therewith, the sum of
$170,000, and in addition the unexpected balance of
any sum appropriated by the agricultural appropria-
tion act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sev-
enteen for enforcing the provisions of the act ap-
proved March fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen,
relating to the protection of migratory game and in-
sectivorous birds.
"Sec. 8. That this act shall become effective im-
pediately upon its passage and approval."
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522-Mile Dog Race. — St. Paul.— Albert Campbell, a
Cree half-breed from the Hudson bay district, won>
the longest dog race of history last Saturday night,
while Fred Hartman, an American and popular favor-
ite, finished last in the field of five competitors who
completed the course, and collapsed as he crossed
the line. Wild acclaim greeted Hartman, when long
after dark, he staggered in front of the judges' stand
at Lake Como.
Campbell finished ten days almost to the minute,
after he had been sent away at Winnipeg. Next in
order came Bill Grayson, Joe Metcalf and Gabriel
Campbell, a brother of the winner.
The final dash from Elk river was dramatic. The
four Hudson bay drivers had arranged to stake every-
thing on the final drive, and purposed resting at Elk
river. There Hartman was staying also, but his at-
tempt to slip away from his rivals was frustrated,
when some one, said to have been employed to watch
him, informed the other four of his movements, and
they were routed out o ftheir beds. They reached
Anoka i nthe lead and were never headed. Hartman
crumpled up as he plodded over the ice of Lake
Como.
Hartman. a Boston chemist, employed as assayer
in Manitoba will profit by his arduous experience,
notwithstanding his failure to win. Purses aggregat-
ing §1000 have been made up for him. A first prize
of $500 cash and a number of other prizes go to
Albert Campbell. Eleven teams started. The course
was 522 miles.
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Fun With Sharks. — Nine man-eating sharks have
been caught with a hook and line off the Jersey
coast and within 200 miles of New York by the crew
of the Standard Oil tank ship Glenpool.
With the carcasses of the dead sharks in her hold,
the Glenpool arrived at her Brooklyn pier, foot of
Van Brunt street, where the officers told the story
of the capture of the sharks. They declared that the
sharks were members of the real man-eating species.
A remarkable thing about the capture is that the
sharks were not caught in the Gulf stream, but in
the cold waters north of that current.
The man-eating shark makes his home in tropic
waters, and it is a most unusual thing for him to
venture so far north. It was in this vicinity that
so many sharks were seen last summer and several
persons were attacked and killed by them. The Glen-
pool was on her way to New York from a Southern
port when her engines broke down, and she drifted
for two days while repairs were being made to her
engines. During that time, the crew amused them-
selves by fishing over her rails. They caught the
sharks in this way. The smallest of the fish was
five feet long and the largest was eleven.
The sharks were killed by placing a rifle in the
mouths of the fish and discharging it.
The crew were full of the story of the sharks
when they reached port . They said they had never
seen such large fish, and they were amazed that
man-eaters should loiter so far north.
When the assistant curator of the Museum of Nat-
ural History was asked about the catch, he said that
it was a most unusual occurrence. He doubted, he
said, that the sharks were man-eaters.
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Something to Think About. — Getting indignant is
thefcest little thing we Americans do; second best
is forgetting all about the thing or condition that
arouses our indignation, writes Larry St, John. We
get "all het up" about something, even to the extent
of passing a law against it — then we put it in the
"cannery" by not enforcing the law.
We are going to lay ourselves open to the charge
of raiding this cannery by mentioning a subject on
which, for a fleeting moment at least, there was once
considerable indignation. This is the use of feathers,
especially aigrettes, for millinery.
You can tell a woman who wears aigrettes that the
feathers are torn from the living mother bird during
the mating season; that the mother bird, still living,
is thrown to the ground, and lies there helpless while
her babes cry for food, and she'll dismiss the whole
subject by stating that she did not kill the bird —
"passing the buck" is the best thing we do.
There is no difference in the motives of the belle
of the Solomon isles who wears a string of porcelain
door knobs around her neck and the Caucasian
woman who wears feathers on her hat. There is
this difference, however: in effect door knobs may
as well be decorating dusky damsels as doing duty
on doors, because there is practically no limit to the
output of the knob factories, but a species of birds
once exterminated is gone forever.
We are holding the birds we now have in trust for
future generations. The question is, are we going
to violate that trust? The answer is, we probably
will. The reason is that we get indignant or senti-
mental when we ought to get busy — we raise a lump
in our throats when we ought to raise h — 1!
The remedy is education of feather wearers and
rod oi iron iaws that will make feather hunting,
feather selling, and feather wearing not a fine paying
affair hut a ball and chain offense.
Saturday, February 10, 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
11
FUR VALUES OF RABBITS.
Government Gives Advice on Great Industry Encour-
aged in This Country.
Washington, D. C. — The U. S. Department of Agri-
culture during the past few months has received
many inquiries regarding the merits of certain rab-
bits that have been extensively advertised as fur
producers. Replies to such inquiries have stated
that the demand for rabbit fur is such as to make
it pay to save the pelts of domestic rabbits killed
for food, but that raising rabbits for the fur alone
would be unprofitable with any known breed. Some
facts about the trade in rabbit skins will be of inter-
est in this connection.
More skins of rabbits are collected and sold annu-
ally than of all other fur animals combined. Before
the present war. Great Britain imported each year
from 70,000,000 to 90.000,000 skins, while the home
production added 30,000,000 more. The imported
supply came from Australia and the nearer Euro-
pean countries. France, Belgium, Germany, the
United States, and other countries also use large
quantities of this fur. The bulk of it is sold in bales,
bringing from 10 cents to 50 cents a pound, depend-
ent on color and quality. The better class of skins
sell by the dozen, bringing from 50 cents to $1, that
is less than 10 cents each.
Baled rabbit furs are bought largely for felting
purposes, the fur being made into cloth or coarse
hats, while the skins are utilized for manufacturing
glue. Fine hats are made of nutria (the fur of the
South American copyu) or of nutria and rabbit fur
mixed. The fur of the common wild rabbit of Amer-
ica does not felt well and is in slight demand. Whole
skins of these animals seldom sell for more than 1
or 2 cents each,
The better kinds of rabbit skins are used for mak-
ing fur garments, which, when made up, are com-
monly sold as "cony," but often under other trade
names. White skins are made up in imitation of
arctic fox, or, sheared, in imitation of ermine. Gray
rabbits are dyed brown or black and become "Bal-
tic black fox" or "Baltic brown fox"; seal-dyed, they
become "inland seal," "electric seal," "coast seal,"
or "near-seal." Reputable furriers avoid such names,
or, if they use them, frankly explain that the goods
are cony or rabbit. These garments, while hand-
some and comfortable, have little durability and are
therefore cheap.
Statements to the effect that certain breeds of
rabbits produce pelts of high market value are un-
warranted . The long-haired breeds, such as the An-
gora and the Siberian (both white animals) have
poor pelts and the hairs are not well set in the skins.
The short-haired varieties are much alike as to
strength of pelts, but vary considerably in color. The
English black-and-white has striking colors that
might appeal to the fancy of individual wearers of
fur garments, but they are not popular in the fur
trade. Skins of piebald rabbits of any shade sell
for less than those of solid colors. There is also a
difference in quality of fur between hutch rabbits
and those kept in the open, the latter having the
better pelts.
Besides exaggerated statements as to value of fur,
advertisements of fur rabbits contain totally false
claims as to the origin of animals offered for sale.
This practice is not a new one, for about 60 years
ago. when the now well-known Himalayan rabbit was
first bred in England, the statement that it originated
in the Himalayan Mountains was believed by a fel-
low of the Zoological Society of London, who de-
scribed and figured the animal in the society's jour-
nal as a new species. Rabbits recently advertised
as fur animals are said to have been imported di-
rectly from Siberia in one instance, and from Mongo-
lia in another. The further statement that the
animals exist in these countries in a wild state is
advanced. As a matter of fact well known to nat-
uralists, no wild rabbits occur in either country and
the few specimens of hares found there are small
gray animals that turn white in winter. The support
of the fanciful testimony of an unknown naturalist
who claims to have resided in Siberia and to have
observed the animals in the wild states does not
help the case.
So far as the "black Siberian hare" is concerned,
any experienced breeder of rabbits can readily iden-
tify the animals at first sight. They are undoubtedly
the common European rabbit of the Flemish giant
greed. In this variety black is a constantly recurring
color and sometimes appears among litters of the
purest-bred strain. These black individuals are usu-
ally regarded by fanciers as undesirable and are dis-
carded. However, if the black stock be chosen for
reproduction, a black strain of Flemish giants is
obtained in which bluish gray individuals refur from
time to time, as several breeders in the United
States have proved. Such a strain of Flemish giants
is now offered as a new species imported directly
from Siberia, a country without rabbits unless car-
ried there as domestic animals.
It is not to be inferred, however, that black Flem-
ish giant rabbits have no fur value. On the contrary,
owing to their great size and color, the skins will
probably sell for more than those of most other
breeds. All known breeds of domestic rabbits belong
to a single species, the European rabbit, whether
they are known as Belgian hare, Flemish giant, Si-
berian, Himalayan, Dutch, Japanese, Kai-Gai, or any
other name, and the attempt to palm any of them
upon the public as a new species imported from a
portion of the world not inhabited by rabbits is
wholly unwarranted and to be severely condemned.
QG
Seattle Association. — Shooting in a blinding snow
storm, one of the worst handicaps the "gun bugs"
have experienced for some time, a big bunch of
shooters turned out and hung up some good scores
despite the weather conditions, on Sunday, Jan. 26.
The amateur honors went to C. E. McKelvey and
Hi Follerich, who both shot the same score in the
50-target program, and C. W. Bandy was second
high in the same event. C. E. McKelvey and Hi Fol-
lerich stood first and second position in the hundred
target program.
L. H. Reid led the professionals in both programs,
while Ike Fisher stood second in the 50-bird event
and Pete Holohan second in the 100 stretch.
Further plans for a trapshooting league has led to
the formation of the Northwest Trapshooters' League
and taking in the following clubs: Seattle Trapshoot-
ers' Association, Green Lake Gun Club (both of this
city), Everett Gun Club, Bellingham Gun Club, Blaine
Gun Club, and the Tacoma Gun Club. While no
schedule has as yet been completed it is very prob-
able that the first shoots will be held the latter part
of March. The first few programs will doubtless be
held at Seattle and Tacoma. Dr. C. L. Templeton
and Earl A. Fry, both of Seattle, were named presi-
dent and secretary-treasurer, respectively. The
scores :
Hi Follerich 48, C. E. McKelvey 48, *L. H. Reid
47, C. W. Bandy 46, Ike Fisher* 46, P. Schwager 45,
Pete Holohan* 45, Geo. Garrison* 44, Dr. C. L. Tem-
pleton 43, W. B. Taft 42, Deskin Reid 42, Ralph Kin-
zer 41, J. H. Hopkins 41, A. Schwager 35, W. B.
Cook 34, H. J. Sorensen 29, Jack Lewis 23, all at
50 targets.
At 100 targets— L. H. Reid* 97, C. E. McKelvey 96,
Hi Follerich 95, Pete Holohan* 93, P. Schwager 90,
Dr. Templeton 88, J. H. Hopkins 86, Ike Fisher 87,
Ralph Kinzer 86, Jack Lewis 58, F. T. Barron 13.
Yours, E. A. FRY.
9B
Vernon Club — With perfect weather prevailing, a
large crowd of trapshooters turned out at the Vernon
Gun Club Sunday and some very good scores result-
ed. This was the first day's shooting for the new set
of trophies which have been put up by the club.
In the prize event Dr. Packard was the high man,
making a record of 57x60 smashes for the afternoon.
William Pugh and Stanton Bruner tied for second
place with 56x60, while William Dougherty and Mrs.
Groat tied for third place with 52x60.
In the practice event some very good scores re-
sulted and competition was very close. Following
are the scores of the day's shoot:
J. D. Dierdoff, 19 yards, broke 47; Spofford 16 — 48,
A. W. Bruner 19—56, William Pugh 20 — 56, William
Dougherty IS — 54, George Kenney 16 — 43, S. A. Bru-
ner 20—56, P. E. Peterson 17—52, Bob Bole 18—53,
Van Nest 18—42, Reid 16—49, C. P. Smith 16—46,
Dr. Packard 20—57, Manderville 17—51, C. E. Groat
18—50, Mrs. Groat 19— 54.
Practice event — Fred Kimble 16, Spofford 31, A.
W. Bruner 36, William Pugh 20, Dougherty 18, Kin-
ney 23, S. A. Bruner 38, Bole 17, Reid 17, Meenzuber
14," Hollowell 11, Bohring 19.
BE
Shooting Permits. — The Du Pont Company of Wil-
mington, Del., has just issued a small book which
will no doubt he received with thanks by the many
hunters and gunners of the country. It contains ten
permit slips, reading as follows:
SHOOTING PERMIT.
Date
I hereby grant
M
permission to shoot on my land.
from this date until
Signed
upon which the shooter gets the signatures of the
owners of the land in the territory in which he in-
tends to hunt. These slips are neatly clasped with
a different color cover.
In this form the permit will not get dirty, crum-
pled or lost as often happens to small individual
pieces of paper, which the busy man puts into his
pockets.
00
Prize Winning Fish. — At the ball of the United
Anglers' League held at the Amsterdam Opera House
in New York City, January 6th, prizes were awarded
to the members of the league who caught the largest
fish duz-ing 1916.
The prize winners took fish as follows: George W.
Reynolds, at Island Beach, channel bass of 41
pounds; Al Oches, at Rockaway, drum of 70 pounds;
A. Kubler, at Point Pleasant, striped bass of 59
pounds 14 ounces; Gus Wolz, at the Farms, from the
steamer Taurus, cod of 52 pounds; J. McGuire. at
Seabright, blackfish of 4% pounds; C. Arthurman, at
Hempstead, weakflsh of 11 pounds; Gus Christman,
at the Cholera Banks, from the Evelyn, 4-pound sea
bass; Dr. F. C. Raynor, at Corsen's Inlet, fluke of
8% pounds; J. Hardenberg, in the Wallkill, wall-eyed
pike of 5 pounds; J. H. Ghegan, in the Mombaquist
river, small-mouth black bass of 2% pounds; C. E.
Anderson, in Rye Lake, large-mouth black bass of
W2 pounds.
GAME IS FAST DISAPPEARING.
Government Report On Former Vast Herds of
Buffalo and Antelope.
Washington, D. C. — "Although the wild life of
North America is more abundant than that of the
other continents of the northern hemisphere and has
oniy Africa as world rival, yet our present-day rich-
ness in this respect is decidedly poor compared with
the abundance and variety of mammalian life that
roamed our plains before the advent of the white
man, while the vast number of species which disap-
peared even before the Indians came to inhabit the
land is eve nmore astonishing."
In a communication to the National Geographic
Society, E. W. Nelson, chief of the United States
Geological Society, gives an amazing account of
North American wild life in prehistoric times. A
portion of the communication has been made public
by the society in the following bulletin:
"The original buffalo herds have been estimated
to have contained from 30,000,000 to 60,000,000 ani-
mals (the latter figure is 6,000,000 greater than the
total number of cattle in the United States, accord-
ing to the census 1910). and in 1870 it was estimat-
ed that about 5,500,000 still survived — exceeding by
1,400,000 the number of mules in the United States
in 1910. A number of men now living were privi-
leged to see some of the great herds of the West
before they were finally destroyed. Dr. George Bird
Grinnell writes:
"In 1870 I happened to be on a train that was
stopped for three hours to let a herd of buffalo pass.
We supposed they would soon pass by, but they
kept on coming. On a number of occasions in ear-
lier days the engineers thought that they could run
through the herds and that, seeing the locomotive,
the buffalo would stop to turn aside, but after a few
locomotives had been ditched by the animals the
engineers got in the way of respecting the buffaloes'
idiosyncrasies.'
"Astonishing as was the number of buffalo which
roamed the plains of old, even more numerous were
the antelope, though the latter did not attract as
much attention as the larger mammals. Besides
these, the chroniclers of the colonial days give many
interesting accounts of the incredible number of
other wild animals, including bears, wapiti, white-
tailed deer and turkeys, on which the wolves made
firce war. One writer narrates that during the win-
ter of 1670-71 fully 2400 moose were snared on the
Great Manitoulin island at the head of Lake Huron.
"The wealth of animal life found by our forbears
was one of the great natural resources of the new
world. Although freely drawn upon from the first,
the stock was but little depleted up to within a cen-
tury. During the last 100 years, however, the rap-
idly increasing occupation of the continent and other
causes, together with a steadier increasing commer-
cial demand for animal products, have had an appall-
ing effect. The buffalo, elk and antelope are reduced
to a pitiful fraction of their former countless num-
bers.
"Practically all other large game has alarmingly
decreased, and its extermination has been partly
stayed only by the recent enforcement of protective
laws."
9E
A. A. T. A. Election of Officers — The following of-
ficers were re-elected at the annual meeting of the
Board of Trustees of the American Amateur Trap-
shooters' Association held at the headquarters of the
Association in Baltimore, Maryland, on Saturday:
John Philip Sousa of New York, president.
Dr. Horace Betts of Delaware, first vice-president.
Chas. W. Billings, New Jersey, second vice-presi-
dent.
Prof. James L. Kellogg of Mass., third vice-presi-
dent.
Stanley F. Withe, Maryland, secretary-treasurer.
State Vice-Presidents — Alabama, R. H. Baugh;
Arizona, W. E. Mullen; Arkansas, W. Gus Nash;
California, G. H. Anderson; Connecticut, E. H.
Morse; Illinois, Ray Loring; Indiana, H. E. Stutz;
Idaho, E. N. Sweeley; Iowa, E. O. Hinshaw; Ken-
tucky, T. H. Clay Jr.; Louisiana, R. W. Dodd; Mary-
land, H. D. Billmeyer; Michigan, A. R. Hensler;
Missouri, J. O. Victor; Mississippi. Chas. Green;
Montana, Frank Conley; Nebraska, Harry E. Palmer;
New Hampshire, Peter M. Kling; New Jersey, J. W.
Mason; New York, H. W. Smith; North Carolina,
J. B. Pennington; North Dakota, C. O. Heckle; Okla-
homa, S. H. Harris; Oregon, H. S. Veatch; Pennsyl-
vania, J. S. Speer; Rhode Island, N. F. Reiner; So.
Carolina, A. F. McKissick; So. Dakota, A. F. Scharn-
weber; Tennessee, John H. Noel; Texas. W. H. Ber-
trand; Utah, John F. Cowan; Virginia, C. S. Adams;
Vermont, G. B. Walton; West Virginia, John W. Gra-
ham; Wisconsin, E. F. Leidel; Wyoming, C. F. Nel-
son.
The following were elected Vice-Presidents of the
Association from States and Provinces previously
unrepresented: Colorado, J. H. Rohrer; Florida,
W. C. Thomas; Georgia, H. W. Quick; Kansas, B. F,
Simonds; Maine, A. W. Reed; Minnesota, J. E. Har-
ker; New Mexico, C. A. Whited; Ohio, C. E. Sheldon;
Washington, W. B. Taft; Nevada, E. M. Bosch; Mas-
sachusetts, L. H. Davis; Alaska, R. E. Murphy; Ha-
waii, G. K. Mills.
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Fifty-eight thousand four hundred and thirty-six
muskrats were trapped in Wisconsin in 1916.
12
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 10, 1917
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Mrs. Jack London, of Glen Ellen, Sonoma county.
California, "was a buyer at the first Shorthorn sale of
the year held at Chicago, January 16th and 17th. She
paid' $2000 for the six-year-old cow Pine Groye Secret
and her bull calf. Twenty-three of the animals
brought from $1000 to $2000 and the average for the
96 head sold was $775.
The Yolo County Farm Bureau has set October 4,
5 and 6 as the time for holding the annual farm
festival at Woodland this year. It is the hope and
expectation of the directors that the festival will
develop into a real county fair, where all sorts of
soil products, stock and poultry exhibits, will appeal
to the farmers and where a section devoted to fruits,
both fresh and canned, and needlework, will open an
avenue for the women of the county to take part.
Prizes will be offered covering a wide range of ex-
hibits, among them being four prizes for the first,
second, third and fourth best exhibits of variety and
quality from any one farm. These prizes will be $50,
$25, $15 and $10 respectively.
* * *
There is now being offered by the California Col-
lege of Agriculture, correspondence courses entitled
"Dairy Husbandry," "Swine Husbandry" and "Sheep
Husbandry." Each course takes up in detail the
care and management of the animals under discus-
sion with special reference to selection, breeding and
feeding. One may enroll for any one of the above
courses free of charge; for a description of these
courses and an application card address the Division
of Agricultural Education, College of Agriculture,
University of California. Berkeley, California.
* * *
The Butte County Spring Exposition at Chieo last
year was a big success, but it is proposed to make
the 1917 exposition much greater in every way. It
will be held May 21-27 inclusive and A. G. Eames,
director-general, states that it will be a livestock
show above all else. The Blackhawk Stock Ranch
of Burlingame, California, has already decided to
make a number of entries of its Shires.
* + +
At the Denver show last week some range-fed
blooded stock from Wyoming carried off prizes
against stall-fed stock from Missouri, Kansas, Ne-
braska, Oklahoma and eastern states. The Hereford
corporation of Wyoming entered one car of regis-
tered Hereford junior heifers and a second of regis-
tered Hereford junior bulls and took first prize and
championship on the heifer entries and first prize
and reserve championship on the other lot. Among
the Shorthorns, Angus and Galloways were some of
the finest lots ever seen in any show. One bunch of
Angus from away out in Washington was especially
fine, but the Galloways were not very strong. There
was a $6600 Shorthorn bull and a 2200-pound three-
year-old cow on exhibition. — [Field and Farm.
* * *
The Western Berkshire Breeders' Congress will
meet at the University Farm, Davis, California, on
the 13th and 14th of this month. There will be spe-
cial features for the two days, as follows: Hon. A.
J. Lovejoy, eminent Berkshire breeder and authority
will speak on Breeding and Breed History; Judging
of live barrows for carcass contest; Slaughter test
and carcass judging; Student judging; Thirty ladies
judging contest for a $50 prize; Banquet and love
feast. On February 15th there will be an auction
sale of Berkshires with Mr. W. H. Hord as auctioneer.
A fifty-dollar trophy' will be given for the best sow
entered in this sale.
* + +
Thirty-one Shires realized $13,730, an average of
$443, in the sale by McCraw & Fowler at Danville.
111., Jan. 17. Buyers were present from many parts
of the nation. The progeny of Royal Grey were in
special demand. A mare by him brought $2100, the
highest price of the sale. The purchase of a few not
in sale condition lowered values, but the prices real-
ized on the productions of the sellers and particu-
larly on the Royal Grey stock were encouraging to
breeders of good stock. The attendance was large.
+ + *
River Bend Farm, St. Helena. Cal., in Napa county,
has just received some young Duroc-Jersey gilts
from the east, selected from the noted Larson and
Jackson herds. Crossed with the farm's Model and
Defender herd boars, these magnificent gilts will
produce grandly bred litters and California Duroc
breeders will not have to go out of the state to get
the best to be had of the big type Duroc- Jersevs.
+ * *
The Jersey cow Sophie's Adora, owned by Hood
Farm. Lowell. Mass.. finished her year's test on Dec.
30 with a record of 15.852 pounds of milk and 888
pounds of fat, a breed record for cows starting when
more than 4 and under AV2 years of age. Sophie's
Adora was bred at Hood Farm and is a daughter of
•:nh of Hood Farm. Her dam is a daughter
of Hood Farm Torono. Sophie's Adora. starting at
2 months of age, made a record of
pounds of milk and 691 pounds 8 ounces of
butter and dropped 3 calves before she was four
rs old.
A notable sale of Duroc-Jerseys was held at New
London, Ia„ on Jan. 19 by Hanks & Bishop. An
average of J228 was secured on some 56 head. The
boars were sired by Pathfinder and many of the
females were bred to him. J. Wellendorf. Algona,
la., paid $550, tie top price, for one of the sows.
Another went to Wm. Putnam & Son. Worthington.
Neb., at $505. while the top-priced boar was taken
by Jake Waltemeyer, Melbourne, la., on a bid of
$435.
* * *
Godie Nehalem Beauty, a three-year-old owned by
C. F. Reid. Portland, Ore., has leaped into fame by
acquiring the title of junior champion three-year-old
J.ersey. In a 365-day test, conducted under Register
of Merit rules, and supervised by the Oregon Agri-
cultural College, she produced 12,367.7 pounds of
milk and 750.51 pounds of butter-fat. The new rec-
ord exceeds that of Lass 74th of Hood Farm, the
former title-holder, by 4 pounds of butter-fat.
* * *
At Hiawatha. Kansas, the other day twenty spans
of mules sold at an average price of $431 the span,
with the top at $570.
* * *
G. Wendt & Sons, of San Jose, this week purchased
from the Miller & Lux corporation fifty-two head of
stall fed steers, the total weight of which was 68.090
pounds, the price for the same, delivered at the
yards oi the Southern Pacific Company in San Jose,
being $5274, an average of SV2 cents per pound on
foot.
Two steers purchased from Mike Feeney by John
Wood for H. T. Carey weighed 5370 lbs. One of
them was 2690 pounds and the other 2680. Carey
said they were the finest steers he had ever seen.
Oscar Scunrbusch, recently retired as a partner in
the Willows Meat Market and who has had an ex-
perience of twenty-five years with cattle, said they
were the largest cattle ever produced in Glenn
county. The price paid for the two steers was in
the neighborhood of $400. — Yolo Democrat.
* * *
W. T. Nance. Lapwai, Idaho, recently sold twenty
head of steers to a Spokane packer for $8.35 per
hundred weight. This is-said to be the highest price
ever paid in the Spokane yards for prime light cattle.
The steers averaged 1110 pounds each.
* * *
The prize story of the season comes from Port
Angeles, Wash., and is to the effect that a Jersey
cow7 owTned by a farmer near that place recently gave
evidences of failure in milk and the symptoms gave
the veterinarian no solution. The cow appeared per-
fectly healthy and gave a good flow of milk mornings
but none at all in the evening. Investigation proved
that she had adopted a fawn out in the woods and a
photo was snapped of the fawn stripping the cow to
prove the authenticity of the story.
* * *
It is not wise to select a bull from a cow even
with a wonderful record if she is the only good ani-
mal in her family. In this case she is a freak in her
family and will probably transmit not her own high
milk production, but the average of the family to
which she belongs.
* + *
The raising of beef cattle will always be at its
best where pasture can be used to a maximum de-
gree, and where land is rather too distant from a
suitable market for the more perishable products.
Such land will naturally be cheaper, and as a gen-
eral thing less adapted to more intensive farming.
The modern dairy cow is bred so far away from
the wTild cow of nature that it is only by continual
selection that the production of our herds can be
maintained at the present level, to say nothing or
increasing it. The only practical ways for most
farmers to greatly improve their herds are to cull
out the interior cows and introduce the best possible
blood through the sire. The old saying that the sire
is half the herd is literally true from the standpoint
of herd improvement. The sire selected should first
of all be a pure-bred of the breed ro which the cows
belong. Cross breeding does not pay and in the end
is disastrous to the herd.
Percheron Blood For European Armies.
The exports of horses and mules have at last
passed the million mark. The official figures given
by the Department of Foreign and Domestic Com-
merce. tJ. S. A., show that during the twenty-seven
months ending December 1, 1916, 1,029,961 head of
horses and mules, valued at a total of $216,941,912.
were actually exported from the LTnited States, most
of these going directly to the European war terri-
tory. Purchases are still continuing at a heavy rate.
The firm of Ellsworth and McNair have sold more
than 70,000 head of horses annually for the last two
years and no one is better informed on horse values
than Harry McNair of that firm. In discussing the
war trade recently he estimated that the average
prices for the different classes of horses actually
accruing to the farmers, or, in other words, the
prices which the farmers realized for the horses on
the farm, were substantially as follows: Cavalry
horses SH5 per head. French artillery horses $140
per head. British artillery horses $165 per head, draft
horses weighing over 1650 pounds about $215 to $240
per head. In other words, light weight horses rang-
ing around 100 to 1100 pounds have brought farmers
$115 each, but one cross of draft horse blood on the
same mare that was used to produce this light cav-
alry horse would have produced a horse ranging
from 1200 to 1500 pounds in weight, depending upon
the conditions under which said half-blood drafter
came to maturity. Those that were not well fed
would naturally be lighter in weight at maturity,
while those that received an abundance of food, per-
mitting of full development, would range from 1400
to 1500 pounds, so that the first cross of draft blood
raised the value from $115 to $140 or $165 per head.
The selection of half blood Percheron mares, weigh-
ing from 1350 to 1500 pounds, for breeding to
another Percheron stallion of first class type and
conformation will result, as long experience has
shown, in horses of good draft type and conforma-
tion, weighing from 1600 to 1800 pounds at maturity
if they are allowed plenty of food for full develop-
ment, and these horses have brought prices ranging
in excess of $200 on the farms. In other words, one
cross of Percheron blood increases the value of the
progeny from light weight mares from $35 to $50,
and a second cross on the half blood mares will in-
crease the value from $35 to $50 more, so that the
first two crosses of Percheron sires on ordinary light
weight mares will increase the value of the progeny
resulting from $70 to $100 per head. This is not
theory, but has been proved over and over again in
the sales of horses occurring during the past two
years.
The farmer who has been obliged to sell his horses
at $115 per head, while his neighbors using the same
kind of mares, but who bred to Percheron stallions,
have sold their surplus at prices ranging from $140.
$165 up to $225 per head, sees in a financial way the
direct contrast in the value of light horses as com-
pared with the value of horses carrying one-half or
three-quarters of Percheron blood. This has done
more to increase the demand for Percheron stallions
than anything that has occurred in the past fifteen
years.
Death of a Prominent Dairyman.
Dixon (Solano Co.), Feb. 5 — H. R. Timm, of wide
reputation as a dairyman, banker and prominent
resident, died this evening about 6 o'clock, after an
illness of ten days with pneumonia.
The high standing of Dixon as a dairy center is
due to the intelligent effort and energy of H. R.
Timm, who had the distinction of establishing, near
this city, the first certified dairy in California. From
a small beginning the dairy has grown to be one of
the largest in California and its product is in great
demand in the cities around the bay of San Fran-
cisco.
The Timm certified dairy has become one of the
model institutions of its kind in California. The man-
ager's activities were not confined alone to the best
methods of obtaining pure milk, but the herd of
dairy cows became known for breeding and healthy
conditions.
Mr. Timm was manager of the Timm Certified
Dairy Company, president of the First National Bank
of Dixon and secretary-treasurer of the Sacramento
Valley Railroad Company. He had been president
of tiie chamber of commerce several years and took
an active interest in the development of this section.
Before starting the certified dairy he had a stock
ranch near Elmira.
H. L. Timm was born near Dixon about 48 years
ago. He started the dairy about 1907. He leaves a
wife, a son, a mother and two sisters, all residents
of Dixon.
Relative Value of Corn and Oats.
Some interesting facts have been learned in inves-
tigations made on feeding horses at the Ohio station.
Contrary to popular opinion that horses fed oats
have more life, keep in better condition and endure
work better, especially during the hot weather, than
horses given a grain ration consisting largely or
exclusively of corn, an experiment conducted for 48
weeks at the Ohio Experiment Station with work
horses showed that oats are not superior in effciency
to corn. Economy in feeding is generally in favor
of corn.
Three teams of mature geldings were used, one
horse in each team being fed oats and the other an
equal weight of ear corn, in connection with mixed
clover and timothy hay. There was practically no
difference in the changes in weight during the year
betw-een the two lots. No difference due to the feeds
used was observed in the spirit and endurance of
the horses.
The cost of feeding the corn-fed horses, with corn
at 80 cents a bushel, oats at 60 cents and hay at $10
a ton, was $85.65 for the 48 weeks, as compared
with a charge of $122.19 for the horses given oats.
Animal husbandmen at the experiment station, con-
sidering the relative prices of these two grains over
a long period of years, say that corn may be substi-
tuted for oats for work horses with a material sav-
ing, and therefore should be given a large place in
their rations whenever market conditions warrant
its use.
o
Dr. Kunz of New Y'ork, one of the prominent speak-
ers at a recent convention of scientists, said: "If the
United States would spend annually for highways,
and to reclaim swamps and arid land, as much as
the war is costing in one month, the increased value
of the land would return a profit to the government
Saturday, February 10, 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
li
THE FARM
TRANSPLANT IN THE FALL.
In general the fall is the best time
to plant trees and shrubs on the home
grounds. When planted in the tall, the
plant is given an opportunity to spend
its strength in producing new root
growth rather than lop growth. These
new roots are the "feeding" roots and
it well established will give added vig-
or to the plant the following year. The
protection and health of the root sys-
tem is the most important considera-
tion in plant growing.
There are some exceptions to this
rule. If the summer and fall seasons
have been unusually dry and the plant
has suffered from drouth, it may be
best to wait until early spring to
transplant, as plants may recuperate
during the winter. In some parts of
the country late summer planting of
evergreens has proved best, but for
Missouri early spring planting seems
more satisfactory.
It is best to transplant all trees and
shrubs in the fall. It is possible to
move plants after they have "leafed
out" but there is some danger of over
evaporation of moisture from the
leaves and bark which will exhaust
the strength of the roots. The plant
will then show wilt and spend its
strength on new leaves instead of re-
adjusting its roots. To lessen the
danger from evaporation it is always
well to cut the tops back severely and
if in leaf, the trunk of a tree should be
wrapped with straw or sphagnum
moss to keep it moist. Trees have
been moved as late as June first in
Central Missouri without showing wilt,
by using this method. It is better to
transplant early in the morning or late
§! the afternoon.
Rainy or cloudy days are the best
ones in which to do planting. Trans-
plant after the leaves drop in the
autumn or before they open in the
spring.
CONCRETE WATER TANKS.
A good mixture for concrete tanks
is one part cement, two parts sand,
and four parts broken stone or gravel.
A mixture of one part cement and
three parts of coarse sand can also be
■used. The cement and aggregate is
thoroughly mixed and the mixture
well tamped or shaded when placed in
the forms. After removing the forms
the sides of the tank may be flushed
with a mixture of cement and water to
smooth them.
Heavy woven wire fencing may be
used to reinforce the tank. Lap the
ends of the reinforcing at least six
inches. The reinforcing for the walls
should be placed near the outer side
aid well covered with concrete.
Green lumber is best for the forms.
I fseasoned lumber is used, it should
be dampeded before the concrete is
poured in. Dry boards absorb the
moisture from the concrete which
causes the tank to crock.
"■ Make the bottom o fthe tank smaller
than the top by sloping the inner
walls. This will prevent ice from
breaking the walls. The inner forms
should be built so that they may be
easily removed. A wedge can be used
to advantage if the forms swell and
are difficult to remove. Avoid heavy
pounding and prying as green con-
crete is easily cracked.
It is easier t obuild a rectangular
form for a tank, but the round is a
stronger one and calls for less con-
crete,
shrdlshrd shrd shr shr shr shrdlhrdl
Acre Yields. — In "Monthly Crop Re-
ports" the bureau of crop estimate
gives the results of inquiries made
among its thousands of crop corres-
pondents as to the largest yields per
acre obtained by farmers last year.
The figures are surprising and valu-
able, indicating that the heaviest re-
turns are far in excess of fthe average
yields per acre 'for the country.
In the case of wheat, for example,
correspondents fcund one tract of 18
acres in Island county, Washington,
which averaged 117 bushels an acre.
In Twin Falls county, Idaho, a tract of
12 acres averaged 108 bushels. Twin
Falls county also reported average
yields of 105 bushels from 11 acres,
102 bushels from 6 acres and 98 bush-
els from 8 acres.
Skagit county, Washington, reports
an average yield of 183.7 bushels of
oats per acre from 8.5 acres. Logan
county, Colo., claims second honor in
this respect, 166 bushels from 8 acres.
Ottertail county, Minn., reports 165
bushels per acre from two acres.
El Dorado county, in California, re-
ports 790 bushels of potatoes from one
acre. This was from a selected acre
in a 30-acre field which averaged 550
bushels per acre. Yakima county,
Wash., reports 743 bushels per acre
from four acres. A Roane county,
Tenn., grower averaged 600 bushels
per acre from twc acres of sweet po-
tatoes.
In addition to receiving a period of
rest before freshening, a cow should
receive feeds that meet the following
requirements :
1. Rest and cooling out of the di-
gestive tract. For this purpose the
following feeds are very good: Silage,
pasture grass, soiling crops, bran, oil
meal ,etc.
2. Building up of the flesh and the
strength of the cow herself. For this
corn silage, grass, soiling crops, oats,
corn, etc., ai'e good.
3. Supplying nourishment for ' c.<-.
growth of the unborn calf. The fe9i&
rich in proiem and mineral matter mi
needed, such as alfa-fa, or clover hay,
o;i'S, bran, i-tc.
It is a good plan to have a small
pasture so that cows due to freshen in
the summer or fall may have an abun-
dance of grass and not be molested by
other cows. In addition to this a few
pounds of ground oats, which is one
of the best feeds for pregnant cows,
and in some cases a small quantity of
cracked corn and bran will be sufli-
cifnt. For cows that are to freshen
during the winter months, corn silage
make an excellent, substitute for pas-
ture grabs and in summer time, cora
."hould oftentimes fce a supplement to
pasture gross. In fact it is imprac-
tical and unprofitable to attempt to
run a o'airy farm in the corn belt
without corn silage. A ration made
up of 20 to 30 pounds of corn silage,
all the alfalfa or clover hay they de-
sire and a grain or clover hay with
oats, bran and oil meal, will prove
very satisfactory. The amount of
grain per day should be governed by
the individual animal.
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$600 to Nominators of Dams of Winners and $150 to Owners of Stallions.
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200 to the Nominator of the Dam on
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1000 for Two-Year-Old Pacers.
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of Three-Year-Old Pace when
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$2600 for Three-Year-Old Trotters
$ 200 to the Nominator of the Dam on
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The Treatment of ihe Colt's
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BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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.VOLUME LXX. No. 7.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1917.
Subscription — $3.00 Per Year
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 17, 1917
Pleasanton Driving Park
PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA
offers for service for the season of 1917 the following stallions:
THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4
Non-Standard Cal. State License No. 2.
FASTEST TROTTING STALLION EVER OFFERED FOR SERVICE IN
CALIFORNIA AND FIFTH FASTEST ENTIRE TROTTER IN THE WORLD
Son of St. Valiant Vincent 2:11% (by St. Vincent 2:13% out of the triple
producer Grace tee 2:29^4 by Electioneer 125); dam Amy Smith, by Emperor
"Wilkes 2:20%. sire of Princess Eulalia (4) 2:09^1, etc.; grandam by Hamble-
tonian 539.
The Anvil is regarded by Edward F. Geers as one of the very greatest trot-
ters that he has ever raced. For five years the pair of Tennesseeans went to
the races together and in that time were but twice unplaced, while winining a
total of fifteen races, including the historic M. and M.
As an individual he is most pleasing, not too large or coarse in any way but
smoothly and compactly made and "all horse" in every line. He is a perfect
headed, pure gaited trotter, with the very best of disposition, and is destined
to become a very great sire of trotting speed. His opportunities in the stud
have been very slight as he has been retired from racing only since the close
of 1914. He was selected to head the stud at Pleasanton Driving Park not only
on account of his great Qualities as a race trotter, but because one of his first
foals. Anvilite (2) 2:22^4, with a trial of ten seconds or more faster, was in
every way the greatest colt trotter ever handled by C. L. DeRyder. The services
of The Anvil are recommended to you without reserve.
Fee for THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4, $50 with usual privilege
Vernon McKinney 2:01 1-2
Pure Bred Cal. State License No. 39
Fastest member of the great family of McKinney 2:11^
Sire of VERNA McKINNEY (2) 2:13 (his first foal raced), fastest two-
year-old pacing filly of 1915, three-year-old record, 1916, 2:0914;
VERNON DIABLO, mat. rec. half mile track 2:14J4, and DR. DYER
(3) trial 2:1214.
Uon of Guy McKinney 27625 (by McKinney 2:11U out of Flossie Drais by Guy
Wilkes 2:15%); dam Maud Vernon by Mount Vernon 2:15%. sire of the dams of
Leata J. 2:03, etc.: grrandam Mag by General McClellan, sire of the dams of
Mack Mack 2:08. etc.
Vernon McKinney's racing career was not an extensive one but will long be
remembered for the excellence of his performances, as his winnings include a
Chamber of Commerce stake in time very near the record for that event at the
time, and he is the fastest of all the McKinneys. ■
He is a horse of rare Qualities in the way of individual excellence, almost
Jdeal m behavior and temperament in harness or out. Since his retirement he
has been a popular horse in the stud and our claim that he would prove a very
peat sire of pacing speed has been fully substantiated, his first foal to be raced
being the season champion for the age and gait in 1915, a most excellent testi-
monial to his potency. He is a very sure breeder, his get are uniformly endowed
with natural speed and the physical and mental requirements of modern race
horses and find ready sale at most gratifying prices.
Fee for VERNON McKINNEY 2:01 1-2, $50 with usual privilege.
The best of cars taken of mares in any manner owners may desire, but no
responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address for particulars
GEORGE F. RYAN, Superintendent,
PLEASANTON, CAL.
Thoroughbred sire M ARSE ABE
WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1917 AT
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK
Marse Abe carries the best
blood of America through his
sire lines. Yankee was a su-
perior race horse and sire. Han-
over was the best horse of his
day, and headed the list of win-
ning sires for years. No refer-
ence is necessary to Hindoo as
everyone knows what he was.
Halo, the dam of Marse Abe,
Is bred just right to cross with
the sire blood in his pedigree;
a daughter of St. Blaise, son of
Hermit, the most fashionable
sire line in England, and backed
up on her dam's side by the
lines of long distance perform-
ers from which sprung Ten
Brock and other four-milers.
Address all communications
Service Fee $50
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GEO. F. RYAN,
Pleasanton, Cal.
— DILLCARA 57462=
Son of Sidney Dillon 23157 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list) and Guyeara by Guy Wilkes
2867 (sire of 3 in 2:10 list), will make the season of 1917 at
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK, PLEASANTON, CAL
SERVICE FEE $50 TO INSURE
Dillcara is a full brother to Harold Dillon 39610, the leading sire of New Zealand.
Last season the get of Harold Dillon won 41 races, totalling over $25,000.
Address all communications to
GEO. F. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
Ansel M. Easlon
William Ward
IMPORTERS AND BREEDERS
of Prize Winning
SHIRE HORSES
Blackhawk Stock Ranch
Barns full of top notch two to five year old Stallions
IMPORTED AND HOME BRED
With weight, style, and quality, he.-.vy clean bone and the best of breeding to recom-
Samon 6S Snd PHZe winners- Great opportunity to secure! top-notch
BLACKHAWK STOCK RANCH, Burllngame, Cal.
Pleue lend for tree photographic catalogue Telephone Burllngame 131
MARSHALL CHIEF 2765
MISSOURI'S CHAMPION SADDLE STALLION 1010.
By McDonald Chief by Rex McDonald 833; Dam, Minnie Marshall by Bourbon Chief.
In Public Service at Mexico, Mo., Season 1917
AT $25 CASH FOR SEASON
No more scientific nor successful blending of the best of the
Denmarks, (Rex McDonald) and the Chiefs, (Bourbon
Chief) can be found than is represented in Marshall Chief.
INDIVIDUALITY and ACHIEVEMENT COUPLED WITH PEDIGREE.
WM. WALLACE, Philadelphia, Pa., Owner.
FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS WRITE
HANS BERG, 159 Warren Ave.
Milwaukee, Wis.,
or
E. N. HAMILTON, Manager,
Mexico, Mo.
THE KING OF
SADDLE STALLIONS
ASTRAL KING 2805
BOURBON KING 1788— MISS CARRICK 4024 by HIGHLAND DENMARK 730.
By right of achievement in the show ring and stud he is considered the PEER
OF ALL LIVING SADDLE STALLIONS, by. the most expert horsemen.
COLTS BY ASTRAL KING ARE DEMANDED BY THINKING EXHIBITORS
OF SADDLE HORSES.
Aii invitation is extended to the owners of approved brood mares for the serv-
ices of this magnificent stallion.
Address all communications to
JAS. H0UCHIN, Owner, Jefferson City, Mo.
[Mention the Breeder and Sportsman when writing advertisers.]
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THOROUGHBRED STALLION
Pure Bred Cal. State License No. 2004
Sire of
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Orange Blossom
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Mercurium
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Rec. 2:01 3-4.
Reg. No. 44977
Jewel Dare 3025 For Sale
On account of other business taking my entire time, I am offering for sale the
Great Show Horse and sire, Jewel Dare 3025, by My Dare, 1st dam Maud Jewel, making
him a full brother to Gypsy Dare and half-brother to the $10,000 My Major Dare.
Jewel Tucker, by Jewel Dare 3025, 1st dam Sallie Tucker, Foaled 1915. A constant
winner in 1915 and 1916 including Kentucky State Fair winning.
The great brood mare, Sallie Tucker 7032, by My Own Kentucky, a proven dam of
high quality. Two extra good geldings by Sir Bourbon, one and five years old, extra
Invited are h|9h-class horses at low prices for quick sale. Your Inspection
CLARENCE B. SMITH, Shelbyville, Ky.
VERA HAL 2:05; MADAM MAC 2:07 i
Only stallion offered for service in California sire of two in 2:05, three in 2:10
Son of McKINNEY 2:11Viand the greatest living; broodmare. EXPRESSIVE (3) 2:12% (dam
of 6 trotters, 2 in 2:10) by ELECTIONEER 125. Ideal in color, size and conformation — seal
brown, height. 16% hands, weight 1275 pounds. $25 the Season, $35 to insure, usual return
privilege. Send lor tabulated pedigree. Address: J. H. NELSON, Selma, Cal.
$50
BREED TO THE COAST'S CHAMPION CAMPAIGNER AND FUTURITY SIRE
Jim Logan
Pure Bred. Cal. Stale License No. 17
Sire of Hal Logan 2:09, Maxine (3) 2:15, winner of
Breeders* Futurity, etc.
Son of CHARLES DERBY 2:20, brother to Klatawah
(3) 2:05'/2, etc., and sire of TEN in 2:10.
Dam, EFFIE LOGAN, dam of Jim Logan 2:01%, Sir
Albert S. 2:03%, and Dan Logan 2:07%.
In the stud, season of 1917, at Woodland Race Track.
FEE: 550, usual return privilege, $75 to insure liv-
ing colt payable at time of service or before removal
of mares. Call at race track or address
J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal.
Saturday, February 17, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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' Communications must be accompanied by the writer's
name and address, not necessarily for publication, but
as a private guarantee of good faith.
YOUR THREE YEAR OLD that is still eligible to
Pacific Breeders' Futurity No. 14 will not be eligible
to that rich event if you should miss making the
payment of $10 which is due Tuesday, March 1st.
This stake had an original guaranteed value of
$7250. The two-year-old divisions were raced last
year, and this year at the meeting of the Pacific
Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association, guaran-
tors of the slake, the three-year-olds will race in
two divisions for the balance of the stake. The
money for the three-year-old trotters to race for will
be $2500, quite a nice sum and one that should put
every three-year-old trotter that is still eligible to
the stake, into training. The pacers will race for
$1500, another good fat stake. These races will be
on the three heat plan, every heat a race, the money
hi each race being divided into three equal parts
and there being four moneys for each heat. There
were sixty-two colts paid up on in this stake one year
ago when they were two-year-olds. Out of these
there should be enough paid up on March 1st to
make two of the best three-year-old races seen in
California for a number of years. But you can't
start unless your colt is kept eligible, so don't fail
to send in that $10 on or before that date.
THERE have been more rainless days during Jan-
uary and February in California this year than any
winter since 1899. Grain crops are very backward
and feed very short in the pastures. The long cold
spell during January prevented the feed from grow-
ing but at the same time the absence of warm
weather kept in the ground the moisture that fell
during November and December. Rain within the
next two weeks will put the growing grain and pas-
tures in fair order again and start the late sown
grain. At this writing (Thursday) the outlook for
fanners and stock men is anything but promising,
but California has seen seasons that looked worse
at this time that finally turned out fairly well.
Nearly all stock on pasture is being fed hay at the
present time which is an uncommon sight in Cali-
fornia, as usually the grass is six inches high in the
hills and valleys at this season.
ONE FEATURE that will be a welcome change
to trainers and horse owners in the organization of a
California Circuit will be the systematic shipping of
horses from one town to another on the circuit.
Heretofore in California it has been a case of every-
one for himself when engaging transportation for
horses, with the result that the shipping has gen-
erally been done at a maximum of expense. Secre-
tary Joseph Waddell has had much experience in
the matter of horse transportation and has already
held conferences with the railroad officials that have
been most encouraging. Mr. Waddell is of the opin-
ion that by united action the horsemen can ship by
express at less cost than they have been paying when
shipping singly by freight. It will certainly be a
great convenience to horse owners to have all the
details of ordering cars taken off their hands and it
will detract much from the many annoyances which
they have heretofore met with in shipping through
the circuit.
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THE THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTION of the
Western Berkshire Congress and Western Berkshire
Congress sale, at the University Farm, Davis, Cali-
fornia, February 13, 14 and 15, was largely attended
and was characterized by much enthusiasm. Excel-
lent programs had been arranged for the sessions of
the convention, the addresses being of a practical
and instructive nature. The sale offerings were the
most representative lot of Berkshires that have ever
been gathered for a western sale and were a credit
to their producers. The 47 head sold averaged $136.
The top of the sale was the winning gilt, Escalon
Fashion Princess, by Fashion Longfellow, consigned
by A. B. Humphrey of Escalon and bought by Harry
Moore, of Indianapolis, for $500. The offerings were
widely distributed, one of the buyers being H. W.
Rice of Hawaii L. E. Frost of Chicago was sales
manager, ably assisted by the officers of the Western
Berkshire Congress and the Faculty of the State
Farm. Col. W. H. Hord of San Francisco was the
auctioneer.
Students Will Judge Saddle Horses.
The second annual American Saddle Horse Judg-
ing Contest will be held at the University of Mis-
souri in the afternoon of February 22. The contest
last year was the first ever held by any state univer-
sity. That it was a success is shown by the interest
of the American Saddle Horse Breeders' Association.
This association will offer again this year a $50 silver
trophy, to be awarded to the best student judge of
saddle horses. Missouri is one of the leading states
in saddle horse production and the College of Agri-
culture is holding these judging contests to further
interest in saddle horses.
Since the contest falls on Washington's birthday,
which is a holiday, all students who care to enter
the contest will be able to do so. Last year 161
students competed. They were required to place a
class of three-gaited and a class of five-gaited horses
under saddle, and a class of brood mares and wean-
lings to halter.
The judges this year will be prominent Missouri
breeders and exhibitors of saddle horses. Visitors
will be permitted to watch the contest.
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American Association Fills Vacancies.
Chicago, Feb. 8, 1917.
Breeder and Sportsman: This is to inform you
that there was held in the office of the Association
yesterday, February 7, 1917, a meeting of the stock-
holders and directors of the American Trotting Reg-
ister Association, at which Mr. John R. Thompson of
Chicago and Mr. J. A. Snyder of Springfield, Ohio,
were elected to fill vacancies in the Directory for
one year, and Mr. Lee Sturgis, of Chicago, for two
years. There was also added to the directors Messrs.
C. B. Shaffer of Chicago and Lexington, Ky., and
W. P. Cowan of Chicago.
Mr. David M. Look of New York was elected
President, and Mr. Paul C. Wilson of Menomonie,
Wis., was elected Vice-President. Mr. F. E. Best
was re-elected Registrar and myself as Secretary and
Treasurer.
In consequence of vacancies on the Executive
Committee, Messrs. C. B. Shaffer and John R. Thomp-
son were added.
Resolutions in consequence of the death of our
much respected President, also Directors Messrs.
Wm. Simpson and W. G. Bennett, were spread upon
the minutes of the meeting.
W. H. KNIGHT, Secretary.
Probably no other horseman in the history of rac-
ing has owned so many trotters of 2:10 speed as
C. K. G. Billings has. Among those in his stud or
his stable at one time or another were Uhlan 1:58,
Lou Dillon 1:58%, The Harvester 2:01, Major Del
Mar 2:01%, Margaret Druien 2:03%, George G.
2:05%, The Monk 2:05%, Lewis Forrest 2:06%, W.
J. Lewis 2:06%, McCloskey 2:06%, Nancy Royce
2:06%, Prince of Orange 2:06%, Lucile 2:07%, Ber-
nice R. 2:07%, Tempus Fugit 2:07%, Zarrine 2:07%,
Fleming Boy 2:07%, Charley Mac 2:07%, Turley
2:07%, Berta Mac 2:08, The Lark 2:08%, Baroness
Virginia 2:08%, Lucille Bingen 2:08%, Lou Billings
2:08%, Santos Maid 2:08%, Expressive Lou 2:08%,
Lucille Marlow 2:09%, Ida Highwood 2:09%, Clarita
W. 2:09%, Battleton 2:09%, Alexander 2:09%, Cap-
tor 2:09%, Louise Jefferson 2:10, and Doc Book 2:10.
* * +
Visitors at the California State Fair last year
doubtless remember the two little Arabian stallions
that took part in the horse show and were seen in
the horse parades driven to a four-wheeled vehicle
by their owner, Dr. J. W. Henderson, of Berkeley.
Dr. Henderson has recently sold these two stallions,
Zamil and Mubarka, to the Japanese Government and
it is understood they will be used for siring horses
suitable for the Japanese army. As the Japanese
are small in stature they need small horses and these
Arabians will doubtless fill the bill.
* * *
Billy Finley has a good stable of pacers at Santa
Maria. He has Pope Hartford, black gelding by Wild
Nutling, with a mile track winrace of 2:09% made
in 1915, and a half mile track winrace of 2:11% made,
the same year. Mono Ansel, bay stallion by Mono-
crat, with a winrace of 2:09% made last year, Ben
Corbett Jr., bay gelding by Ben Corbett with a mile
track winrace of 2:09% made in 1915, and a half
mile track winrace of 2:12 made in 1916. Besides
these three he has several young horses without rec-
ords that he expects to race this year.
A New Lamb Record at $14.80.
Live Stock Reporter: — During the latter part of
1916 and so far the present year may be correctly
termed sensational periods in the history of the St.
Louis market. First one price record and then
another was hung up only to be replaced by another,
then still others. Cattle, hog, and sheep records have
been smashed right and left during the past few
months and fortunate have been the men who have
been stimulated with confidence as to the future of
the market in feeding $1 corn.
One of the noteworthy record breaking sales was
made Tuesday in the sheep house when 136 head of
choice Missouri fed western lambs averaging 80 lbs.
sold at the phenomenal price of $14.80 per cwt, while
108 head of Missouri fed, aged western ewes that
averaged 108 pounds sold at $10.90 per cwt. These
were marketed by Chas. Householder, one of the
foremost flockmasters of the state of Missouri. Mr.
Householder resides in Audrain county, one of the
best producing sections. The systematic handling
and conservative judgment of his feeding operations
have given him a reputation second to none. Mr.
Householder is to be congratulated on the honor of
selling the first sheep and lambs at the price upon
this market in history.
John T. Buckner of Audrain county, Mo., sold a load
of western lambs of his own feeding, 149 head that
weighed 75 lbs., and they sold straight at $14.60 on
the National Market Tuesday. Mr. Buckner was
pleased with the sale of his lambs as they brought
much more than he hoped to get when he began
feeding them.
* * *
The State Veterinarian has on file applications for
the tuberculin testing of over 6,000 herds containing
between 75,000 and 100,000 head of dairy animals.
The testing of these cattle will require an immense
amount of work. A large number of these herds must
be tested twice every year, and in order to assist
dairymen in eradicating tuberculosis from their herds
it will be advisable to test some herds oftener. In-
spectors are instructed to test every animal in the
herd, including fresh and dry cows, bulls and calves.
This indicates the thoroughness with which the new
law- is being enforced. With the co-operation of
dairymen throughout the State, tuberculosis should
be greatly reduced in the dairy herds of California.
+ * +
Overton Harris & Sons, Harris, Mo., have com-
pleted arrangements to sell 150 head of Model Here-
fords on the farm Feb. 28 and March 1. That this
sale will easily eclipse all former sales goes without
saying. The staging for this annual event is now
nearing completion. During the year 1916 this great
herd has increased to the point of a new building 200
feet long that has been added to the regular equip-
ment, that can stable the 150 head of sale cattle so
buyers can have a splendid opportunity to see every
animal. Added to this is a new sale pavilion, com-
fortably seated, so that practically everything is
under the one roof; thus visitors at the 1917 sale
can rely on seeing the cattle to the best possible ad-
vantage without even going outdoors.
The first Western Hereford Futurity, judged at
the recent Denver show, was a decided success, and
its promoters are well pleased with the experiment.
The nominations were limited to members of the
Western Hereford Association, membership in which
is open to breeders in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana,
Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Nevada and Cali-
fornia. A total of 65 junior and senior calves were
kept good and presented in the ring, and they were
highly creditable to the Western breeders, a growth-
ier, stronger-boned, typier lot of calves seldom hav-
ing been seen in any show ring.
** +
M. L. Woy, of Fresno, a leading horseman-stock-
man of California, recently purchased 100 head of
fine Durham heifers and placed them on his ranch
near Fresno for breeding purposes. He will buy
the best bulls from time to time that the breed
affords and expects to follow the same custom in
this line of endeavor as he has with his favorite
hobby, the trotters, and own and breed nothing but
the best. The cattle were purchased from D. C.
Sample, one of the leading breeders of that section of
California. In addition to some splendid swine and
other live stock, Mr. Woy has a mammoth jack and
20 fine mule-mares on his ranch and will breed mules
on an extensive scale.
• *•
Probably the best way for the dairyman to main-
tain and build up his herd is to raise his heifer
calves. If his foundation cows are good producers
and if he uses a tested sire he can be reasonably
sure that the heifer calves will be good producers.
But with the fast advance in prices of land and farm
products, the expense of raising the calves is increas-
ing. When the young were allowed to suckle their
dams no such conditions existed, but this practice
is no longer economical.
♦ ♦ +
D. O. Lively, of San Francisco, who is in the corn-
belt buying purebred live stock, last week secured
one of the prize bulls from W. T. McCray's herd at
Kentland, Ind.
♦ *♦
Preparations are now under way for the installa-
tion of the milk condensary machinery at the large
Borden plant recently completed at Modesto.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 17, 1917
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Fair Promoters and Horsemen to Meet.
Secretary Joseph Waddell, of the recently organ-
ized California Fair and Racing Association, has
sent the following communication to all secretaries
and managers of fair associations in California, and
also to a large number of horse breeders and others
interested in the organization of a fair and racing
circuit in California this year. In addition to this
personal invitation. President Cannon and Secretary
Waddell request that every person interested in
fairs, live stock and horse shows as -well as legiti-
mate racing will consider himself as invited, on
reading or hearing of this notice, and will make ar-
rangements to attend this meeting and take part in
its deliberations. The call is as follows:
San Francisco, Feb'y 10, 1917.
"A meeting of the California Fair and Racing As-
sociation is hereby called to meet in the assembly
room of the Hotel Manx, Powell street between Geary
and O'Farrell, San Francisco, at 1 p. m., Saturday,
February 21th, 1917, for the purpose of further per-
fecting the permanent organization of this associa-
tion, arranging and making a final allotment of dates
for the California Circuit of 1917, and providing uni-
form rules and conditions for the same, and such
other business as may properly come before the
meeting.
All the members that would like to be in this cir-
cuit that we have been unable to visit are invited
to attend this meeting and try to arrange for dates.
Members should come prepared, if possible to pre-
sent their racing schedules, accept dates, and adopt
conditions and classes. If there is any benefit in
early announcement of schedules, we should this
year receive it, so discuss these matters, if neces-
sary, with your directors before the meeting.
You are earnestly requested to be present at this
meeting in person, and a general invitation is ex-
tended to all. persons who are interested in the hold-
ing of annual fairs and race meetings in California
to be present and take part in the deliberations.
L. L. CANNON, President.
JOSEPH WADDELL, Secretary."
C. A. Harrison Says a Few Words.
Dr. Ellis McLean, of the horse dealing firm of
Frazier & McLean, Portland, Oregon, is the owner
and breeder of two very choicely bred young horses.
One is a three-year-old filly, sired by The Bondsman,
dam Shelagh by McKinney 2:11%, second dam Elect-
way (own sister to Klatawah (3) 2:05%, Chas. Derby
2:20 and others), third dam the great broodmare
Katie G. by Electioneer. Shelagh was was a fast
trotter sold at auction at the dispersal sale of the
late James Coffin, and bought by D. L. Hackett for
C. A. Harrison, then a resident of Victoria, B. C.
Mr. Harrison sold Shelagh in Canada and a Mr. John-
son got her. Dick Wilson trained her and drove her
a mile in 2:13 at Rose City Track, Portland, so her
filly by The Bondsman has a just right to make Dr.
McLean proud of her. The other is a two-year-old
colt out of May Ella by McKinney, second dam Ada
Rock by Adirondack. Ada Rock is the dam of one
of Oregon's many good pacers, Atlas 2:15%, and the
trotter Bessie Jones 2:17%. Dr. McLean is going
to send these two royal equine swells to a first-class
trainer as he realizes they have no value unless
early and properly trained.
There are many well bred young horses owned in
and around Portland and Salem, if their owners
would just brace up, cheer up and have them trained
and raced. Oregon should begin racing by June 1st.
There is no scarcity of tracks nor is there a scarcity
of horses. I admit there is a scarcity of sober, hon-
est, competent trainers, but our factories are still
making baby carriages, so I think the crop of com-
petent trainers will be kept replenished unless a
war should take away all our good young western
trainers. But as I said before, perambulators are
still being made. C. A. HARRISON.
Death of Directly 2:03J4
Word comes from Phoenix, Arizona, that the black
stallion Directly 2:03% dropped dead in his stall
there on January 29th from heart failure. He was
owned at the time by Chas. A. Smith, who also
owned the old champion four-mile trotter Senator L.
when that horse died a few years ago. Directly was
bred by Mr. I. D. Cunningham of Hayward, Cal.,. and
was foaled in 1892. Mr. Cunningham owned the
mare Mabel by Naubuc and sent her to the court of
the "little black rascal" Direct 2:05%, as Monroe
Salisbury called that son of Director, and Directly
resulted. Mr. Salisbury took Directly and raced him
as a two-year-old, giving him a mark of 2:07% at
the pacing gait at Galesburg in 1894. It is twenty-
three years since then and Directly's mark has never
been beaten by any two-year-old pacer, but the two-
year-old colt Poorman by The Northern Man tied it
last year. After Salisbury sold Directly to Frank
Gorton of Chicago the latter placed him in the hands
of George West, who took him to Louisville, Ken-
tucky, in 1898 and beat such horses as Anaconda,
Chehalis, Frank Bogasb, Bumps, Ananias and Planet
three straight heats in 2:04%, 2:06% and 2:03%,
and became the fifth fastest pacer in the world, only
Star Pointer l:59Vi, John R. Gentry 2:00%, Joe
Patchen 2:01% and Robert J. 2:01% having faster
records. He passed through different hands and
made seasons in several states after being retired
from racing. The Year Book credits him with 40
standard performers up to the close of 1916 and of
these three pacers are in the 2:10 list — Direct Gen-
try 2:05%. Correctly 2:08 and Directed 2:08%. He
was a wonderfully fast and game horse and but for
his bad feet, which probably resulted from too much
work as a two-year-old, he would have paced close
to the 2:00 mark.
Stanford McKinney in the Stud.
M. L. Woy. who bought the stallion Stanford Mc-
Kinney from George Warlow of Fresno, intending
to use him as a private stallion, has consented to
permit him to serve a few outside mares this year
and presents his advertisement in this issue of the
Breeder and Sportsman. For his opportunities Stan-
ford McKinney has proven a high class sire. He
never sired a colt or filly out of a mare of any breed-
ign that could not trot fast, and now has to his
credit Miss Macklie 2:09*4, Pavana 2:10%, Kinney-
sham (3) 2:13% and Silente 2:19. Stanford McKin-
ney was bred by Palo Alto Stock Farm. He is by
the great McKinney 2:11% and his dam is Palavena,
a daughter of Palo Alto 2:08%. Palavena took a
record of 2:27 under the name of Avena P. and pro-
duced High Admiral 2:07%, Mendovina 2:19% and
Alto Dewey 2:24%. The second dam of Stanford
McKinney was Astoria, by Gen. Benton, sire of the
dams of Sunol 2:08%, Serpol 2:10 and Lena N.
2:05%; his third dam was Asthore by Kentucky
Prince, sire of the dams of 9 in the 2:10 list; his
fourth dam Sheba by Hambletonian 10, and fifth dam
Queen by Harris Hambletonian 2. Stanford McKin-
ney is not a large horse, but he is a horse of fine
proportions, perfect trotting action, and could be
given a low record even now if he were trained.
There is no horse in California today that a person
can send a good mare to with more certainty of get-
ting a fast trotter.
The New Time Allowance Rule.
A Sacramento correspondent writes the Breeder
and Sportsman as follows: "How does the new time
allowance rule strike you? If it works out in other
States as it looks to here it will be fine — for a few.
There is a horse here with a winrace of 2:09%. He
can start in the 2:14 class and no matter when
entries close, if he don't beat 2:09% he can race all
season in the 2:14 class, and next season, unless the
rule is changed, get one more second and be in the
2:15 class. If you start out against him with a
green one and get a winrace of 2:10 you will be in
the 2:10 class in 1918 and the old "winrace" that
has beaten you in 2:09% (a quarter of a second
slower than his old record) will be in the 2:15 in
1918. I know a mare, record 2:07% fourth heat,
has raced around 2:05 and 2:06, that is eligible to
the 2:13 class; another with a record of 2:06% that
is eligible to the 2:12 class; a gelding with a record
of 2:09% eligible to the 2:12 class. These are horses
that are all likely to be raced this year and all but
one quite likely to go right to - or better than their
records. A nice bunch for a 2:12 or 2:14 class trotter
to hook up with all season. They can leave the best
2:12 and 2:14 class trotters out of the money all
season and get another second allowance for it next
year, w7hile a green one gets marked if he is lucky
enough to win a race just where they make him go.
"OBSERVER."
[There will never be a time allowance rule devised
that will not favor some horses, just as the old rule
which compelled a horse to enter in his class de-
termined by his record, has kept many horses from
being raced after being "marked for life." Some of
these horses that will have a big time allowance this
year have never made a successful campaign, and
have had more entrance money paid out on them
than they have won. And the chances are that a
horse that fails to race well in the class in which
he has been entered will not make a much better
showing when entered in slower classes to which he
is made eligible by the new time allowance rule.—
Ed. B. and S.]
Many With Records Below 2:10.
There is quite a field of fast record pacers, owned
on the Pacific Coast, from which the managers of
race meetings will be able to make up some good
fast races this year. Among them are Zombrino
2:06%, White Sox 2:05%, Vernon McKinney 2:01%,
Rastus 2:04%, Jim Logan 2:01%, Nifty 2:07%, Ber-
nice 2:07%. Mono Ansel '2:09%, Ben Corbett Jr.
2:06%, Potrero Boy 2:06%, Emeline Dillon 2:07%,
Prince Zolock 2:07%, Mack Fitzsimmons 2:07%,
Madame Mac 2:07%, Clara Mae 2:04%, Vera Hal
2:05, O. U. C. 2:07%, Leata J. 2:03, Teddy Bear 2:05,
Harold Welcome 2:08%, Bold Harry Aerolite 2:07%,
Lock Logan 2:07%, John Malcolm 2:09%. Verna Mc-
Kinney 2:09%. Pedlar Direct 2:09%, Hal Logan 2:09,
Hal Paxton 2:09%, and several others. The fast rec-
ord trotters are not quite so numerous, but among
them are Anvil 2:02%, Peter McKlyo 2:06, Helen
Stiles 2:06%, Esperanza 2:07%, Carlokin 2:07%,
Virginia Barnette 2:07%, Albaloma 2:08%, Honey
Healey 2:08%, Kid Cupid 2:08%, Pegasus 2:08%,
Bon Guy 2:09%, Bonnie Ansel 2:09%, Future Tramp
2:09%, Miss Macklie 2:09%, Nada 2:09%, Rags
2:09%, San Felipe 2:09%, Donasham 2:09%, F. S.
Whitney 2:09%, The Proof 2:09%, Moko Hall 2:09%,
and others outside the 2:10 list that are expected to
enter "the charmed circle" this season.
Will of the Late W. F. Whittier.
The will of the late William F. WhittieT bequeathed
the bulk of his large estate to his three children,
Mrs. Lottie J. Sypher and Mrs. Mattie S. Wier of San
Francisco, and William R. Whittier of Hemet,
Other beneficiaries are W. J. Weatherly, for many
years private secretary to the decedent, who is
given $5,000, Way Ying, a Chinese cook, who gets
$500, Minnie Stengel, housekeeper, who is be-
queathed $1,000, and the Hospital for Children at
San Francisco, which is left $5,000.
The value of the estate is not known, but is pre-
sumed to be well up in the millions. The Whittier
properties in.Hemet and vicinity are estimated to be
worth more than a million, and Mr. Whittier owned
much valuable property in San Francisco, and was
heavily interested in manufacturing enterprises in
West Virginia.
W. J. Weatherly, William B. Wier and William R
Whittier are named as executors under the will and
absolute control of the estate will vest in them.
It is not expected that there will be any immediate
change in the management of the Hemet properties,,
but it ir. understood the real estate, including the
Hemet Stock Farm, will be put on the market.
Our New Editor Visits Fresno.
Ideal weather conditions, a splendidly equipped
track and the brightest racing prospects California
has had in years, together with the interest being
taken all over the state in harness racing and the
liberal purses proposed, are the prime factors for
the "whiz" and preparation being made at Fresno.
There was more activity there last week than I
have ever seen at this time of year and the enthusi-
asm and eagerness with which every trainer is
working his horses would lead one to believe the
bell was going to tap within the month.
There are more than twenty-five head of "top-
liners" getting their final preparation at this track
and there are many in the lot which promise some
memorable battles for the coming season. A whirl
around the stables and a few moments listening to
the business chatter assured me that the boys were
at it in earnest and I saw some youngsters which
would be ready if the races were called tomorrow.
M. L. Woy, one of the veteran California sports-
men, who has won many a coveted purse and prob-
ably as much money as any owner of recent years,
has recently bought the good stallion, Stanford Mc-
Kinney 45173, by McKinney; dam Palavena 2:19%
(2-year-old record), by Palo Alto 2:08%, from Geo. L.
Warlow, of Fresno, and will place him in the stud
at his ranch near Fresno. Stanford McKinney is a
trim made, good looking horse; a little small but
built for a lot of endurance, and is all horse from
end to end. Mr. Woy has always wanted him as he
believed him to be the right kind of a sire, and when
Judge Warlow decided to sell out Mr. Woy did not
let any grass grow under his feet before closing with,
him for this horse. Stanford McKinney has already
sired a number of fast ones, including Miss Macklie
2:09%, Pavana 2:10%, Kinneysham 2:13%, and Sil-
ente 2:19, and there are several now being worked
that will add to this list as soon as they are raced.
B. F. Townsend has nine head of the best he has
ever jogged in his string, four of them owned by
Mr. Woy, who declares they are the best lot he ever
owned. From his three-year-old stake-winning filly,
Lula B, 2:11% by The Bondsman and out of Loma B.
by Stam B., Mr. Woy expects some sensational speed.
In fact. Miss Macklie, Expressive B. and the green
pacer, Strathalie Hall all have this horse lover and
sportsman about as enthusiastic as he has even been
over his "hosses."
Walter Gallup is well pleased with the results he
is getting from four youngsters and declares the
boys will know he has been to the races when the
roll is called. He is particularly sweet on the pacer,
Surety, which took a three-year-old mark of 2:11 in
the hands of Al McDonald, who sold him to Mr. Gal-
lup. Surety has recently been gelded and did not
come around as well as was hoped for, but is now
as sound as a bullet and Mr. Gallup says we had
better "look out" for this good son of The Bondsman
and Eva H., that good daughter of Washington
McKinney.
C. E. Clark has two, a young pacer and a trotter
that are getting a lot of good work and fulfilling
the hopes of their trainer.
' Harve Workman recently landed at Fresno's
speedway with five head owned by De Ryder and
Malcolm and has started them on their way to
glory.
Harry Brown has two ripping good colts going
good and will start a few more in the near future.
[Jump.]
An Dlinois tanner who breeds big trotters, using
mares that weigh around 1200 pounds, and patron-
izing registered horses that are large, says the trot-
ter as a draft horse is a success and that in summer
his trotting bred horses plow all day when the
weather is so hot that the big drafters cannot work
at all. "
Harry Hersey, who drove Dan Patch to his record
of 1:59%, has accepted the position of second
trainer with the stable and is already located at
Poughkeepsie.
Saturday, February 17, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Mr. Macomber to Build at Belmont Park.
New York City, Feb. 6. — A. K. Macomber, the most
notable of recent recruits to the American turf, will
have his own private stable at Belmont Park before
the opening of the season at the big Nassau County
track, and construction will shortly be commenced.
The new buildings, plans for which have been ac-
cepted, will be probably the most elaborate and
most modern found on any race course. They will
j be situated a short distance above the field stand
! and the plot of ground that has been set aside for
their occupancy is of a size to permit of commodious
1 1 Quarters for the horses as well as a luxurious home
. for Trainer Walter Jennings.
When seen at the offices of The Jockey Club
Trainer Jennings said that all of the Macomber
horses, as well as those of the various others that
make up the colony at old Palmetto Park, were en-
|i joying the very best of health. There has not been
a day when it was not possible to gallop over the
K track, and though there had been considerable rain,
li the track is of such a sandy nature that it rapidly
II dries out and it is always a safe galloping ground.
Just now Jennings has fifty-one horses in his care,
r and of these all, with the exception of some Star
n Shoot two-year-olds and the older horses that were
I purchased at Saratoga, are foreign-bred. Mr. Ma-
comber has paid larger prices than any other Amer-
■ ican sportsman who made importations last year,
1 and there are several in his string that would not
I: have been permitted to leave England at any price
i were it not for the present war.
It was at Palmetto Park that Jennings fitted Star
I Hawk for the Kentucky Derby last winter, and his
I spring he will have a try at the same big race with
I another son of Sunstar in North Star, probably the
I best two-year-old that raced in England last year.
I This fellow is a son of Sunstar and Angelic, and
I he was winner of the Middle Park Plate and the
I Barton Mills Nursery Handicap of seven furlongs at
I Newmarket.
Mr. Macomber's commission was to buy the best
two-year-old in England and before North Star was
the final selection Knutsford, a son of Swynford and
Maypole was seriously considered. He won the Ex-
eter Stakes and the Soltykoff Stakes at York, and
Two-Year-Old Stake at Newmarket, and he was also
second in the Hopeful Stakes at Newmarket. After
both colts were carefully considered North Star was
the selection.
Since arriving at Palmetto Park North Star has
been going along nicely under the care of Trainer
■ Jennings, and he promises to have him go to the
I post in the best of condition for the Kentucky
I Derby, barring accidents. There are others named
I for the same running from the stable, but the general
I belief is that North Star will readily be the best
I in the string.
Star Hawk will be pointed for the Kentucky Han-
I dicap, to be run at Douglas Park, and provided he is
I not too harshly treated by the handicapper he will
i undoubtedly be a starter there, but as is the case
I in the Derby there will be several others named for
I that fixture.
' When Racing Was For Sport in South Carolina.
Josiah Quincy's diary record of wagers aggregat-
I ing £2,000 on the Flimnap race is indicative of the
active spirit of betting before the Revolution. That
I spirit increased rather than abated with the revival
I of racing after the restoration of peace. Betting was
.conducted then, however, under very different meth-
ods than those of these days. Bookmaking and pool-
selling were unknown. Gentlemen carried ivory tab-
lets, morocco or vellum covered, upon which they re-
corded the items of their wagers with the names of
the takers, and the differences were adjusted, gen-
erally, though not always, at the end of the day, or
on the morrow. Thus cash was not necessary, and
the prevailing tendency was, therefore, probably, to
bet more than is possible now under the bookmaking
system.
Horse racing reached its zenith at Charleston un-
der the auspices of the South Carolina Jockey Club,
the oldest jockey club in the United States. The
date of its organization is not definitely known, but
it probably came into existence after the Revolu-
tion. It purchased the Washington race course from
the heirs of the founders in 1836, the following year
inclosed it by the erection of a seven-foot fence.
Then, "for the first time, a small assessment was
levied on foot passengers." Distinguished visitors,
or even respectable strangers from abroad or from
other states, were never allowed to pay for ent-
rance. They were received as guests of the club,
and provided with tickets and badges entitling them
to all of the hospitalities of the meeting. The meet-
ing lasted a week, and was usually held in the early
spring. The Jockey Club dinner, on Wednesday
evening, and the Jockey Club ball, on Friday night,
were the chief society events of the week. In 1856
the club had over 200 members and an annual in-
come of more than $10,000 derived from subscrip-
tions, real estate, bonds and bank stock. Besides
the race course the club owned a large farm adjoin-
ing, where horse owners could get supplies and ac-
commodations for their help.
In those days, race week was the red-letter occa-
sion of the year. Mrs. St. Julian Ravenel, widow
of a descendant of the pioneer of the sport men-
tioned, wrote as follows of the enthusiasm of Charles-
tonians over racing:
"Race week was the great popular festival shared
by everyone, from the government and ladies in the
grandstand, to the negroes who sat unmolested on
the fence tops — only the sick and infirm staying at
home. The ladies in carriages; the gentlemen on
their handsomest horses; the boys on their ponies;
the poorer sort in carts and wagons of every kind;
the negroes in numbers, all thronged from every
direction to the course. It was a gay open-air jolli-
fication, good humored and merry, thoroughly en-
joyed by all."
To complete the picture we must add the state-
ment of Dr. Irving that the schools were closed,
shops shut up, and the courts adjourned at noon to
give opportunity to all to attend the races, and that
'"venerable and distinguished dignitaries of the land,
clergymen and judges" touched elbows on the grand-
stand. There can be no gainsaying that much of the
same spirit exists in the old town today, notwith-
standing the inscription on the statute books of pro-
visions forbidding the sport.
The last successful meeting of the club was held
in 1860. No meetings were held during the war, and
only one afterward. That was a failure, so after re-
maining dormant for some years, it sold its real
estate and other assets and went into liquidation.
The last president of the Jockey Club was the
venerable Major Theodore G. Barker, a distinguished
lawyer,' still socially prominent as head of the fam-
ous St. Cecillia Society.
Racing Dates for 1917.
Business Men's League, Hot Sprinks, Ark., March 7
to March 26 — 17 days.
Essex Park Jockey Club, Hot Springs, Ark., March
27 to April 14 — 17 days.
Kentucky Association, Lexington, Ky., April 28 to
May 10— -11 days.
New Louisville Jockey Club, Churchill Downs, Louis-
ville, Ky., May 12 to 25—12 days.
Douglas Park Jockey Club, Douglas Park, Louisville,
Ky., May 26 to June 9 — 13 days.
Latonia Jockey Club, Latonia, Ky., June 11 to July
-4—21 days.
Montreal Driving Club, Delorimier Park, Montreal,
Que., May 19 to May 26 — 7 days.
Ontario Jockey Club, Toronto, Ont., May 19 to May
26—7 days.
Dorval Jockey Club, Montreal, Que., May 29 to June
5 — 7 days.
Montreal Jockey Club, Montreal, Que., June 7 to
June 14 — 7 days.
Back River Jockey Club, Mount Royal Park, Mon-
treal, Que., June 14 to June 21 — 7 days.
Connaught Park Jockey Club, Ottawa, Ont., June 16
to June 23 — 7 days.
Maisonneuve Park Jockey Club, Montreal, Que., June
22 to June 29 — 7 days.
Hamilton Jockey Club, Hamilton, Ont., June 26 to
July 3 — 7 days.
Western Racing Association, Devonshire Park, Wind-
sor, Ont., June 30 to July 7 — 7 days.
Montreal Driving Club, Delorimer Park, Montreal,
Que., June 30 to July 7 — 7 days.
Niagara Racing Association, Fort Erie, Ont., July
4 to July 11 — 7 days.
King Edward Park Jockey Club, Montreal, Que.,
July 9 to July 16 — 7 days.
Windsor Jockey Club, Windsor, Ont., July 14 to July
21 — 7 days.
Kempton Course Breeders' Association, Kempton
Park, Montreal, Que., July 21 to July 27 — 7 days.
May Regulate Pay of Jockeys.
The Kentucky Racing Commission has a rule be-
fore it which, if passed, will enable racing associa-
tions to intelligently distribute their offerings. It is
likely to pass, and is one of the best rules proposed
during the life of the present commission. The next
regulation which the commission should take up is
a graduated jockey fee system. At present jockeys
riding in Kentucky receive $25 for winning mounts
and $10 for losing mounts. A jockey who finishes
second or third receives no more pay than the jockey
who finishes tenth in a field of ten. The purses are
distributed to horses which finish first, second and
third, and in stake races the fourth horse usually
saves his stake entrance, then why should not the
jockey money be distributed in the same manner?
An easy way to divide the jockey money properly
would be to pay $25 for winning mounts, $15 for
placed horses, $10 for show horses and give $5 to the
jockeys who failed to get their mounts in the money.
This gives a premium for the boys who are always
trying to get down in front. Too many mounts now
are pulled up when their riders see they have no
chance to win. It a graduated jockey fee system was
in vogue racing patrons would find their horses rid-
den out, and those who wager on them to place and
show would have a much better opportunity of win-
ning than they have now. Horsemen at Latonia
discussed this rule last fall and were unanimous in
their praise of such a measure. Pass this measure,
Mr. Commissioners, and better racing will result in
Kentucky. — [Cincinnati Enquirer.
More About Latonia's New Stake.
The greatest thoroughbred race in all America
may be run annually during the fall meeting at La-
tonia, if plans under consideration by General Man-
ager John Hachmeister materialize. Mr. Hachmeis-
ter is contemplating putting on a race to which
$15,000 will be added for three-year-olds and over,
probably at a mile and three-eighths or a mile and
a quarter. The terms and conditions of the race have
not yet been determined, and, according to Mr. Hach-
meister, the race itself is not a certainty. "This race
I have in mind depends upon the breeders," said Mr.
Hachmeister a few days ago. "If the breeders show
a desire to support it by nominating their horses, I
am sure that the Latonia Association will put it on.
However, it has not been determined just what the
conditions will be. I understand that the Thorough-
bred Breeders' Association gave an indorsement to
a race of this kind. I have been in correspondence
with A. B. Hancock about the race, but nothing defi-
nite has come out of it. Some of the Kentucky
breeders do not support the stakes now offered in
Kentucky, but I believe this event is worthy of their
hearty support.
"If we go through with the plans for such a race
it will mean the biggest race in the country. The
Futurity was worth $17,340 net to the winner last
year and only $5,000 was added to it. We propose to
go this $10,000 better in added money alone. First
money should be worth $30,000 and this race should
make Latonia America's premier racing point."
Horse Values Will Not Be Lower.
A writer in the Chicago Breeder's Gazette says:
"Interest in horse breeding among farmers is quiet
just now. The unusual combination of conditions
seems to have distracted attention and befogged
judgment. The centering of horse market demand
upon war horses has caused the impression that
big draft horses are not wanted. In reality not
enough high-class heavy horses are showing up at
markets to supply requirements of team-owners.
The big ones have been scarce all along, and they
have brought much more than war-horse prices.
But horse prices have not vaulted skyward along
with other live stock values, and that has also caused
discouragement.
Big food requirements hold up the prices of cattle,
hogs and sheep; tractor talk tends to keep down
the price of horses. This has undoubtedly checked
the purchase of farm mares and stallions. It has
led some men to wait for subsequent events to point
the way before they launch ahead on established
breeding plans. Tractors and trucks are doing some
horse work, and yet horses have not slumped. That
fact of itself should impress the conclusion that the
horse has a secure place in commerce and agricul-
ture The war is steadily reducing the horse popu-
lation of the world, and the end of the war is not in
sight. After the war some countries must restock
their farms, and that will require more and better
horses than are needed for war. In fact, the recon-
struction of agriculture and the industries in war-
swept countries will demand horses more insistently
than other live stock. Peaceful people eat bread
and vegetables if they think meat is too high-priced.
Our exports of meat are going for army use. It
seems certain that later on, when shattered indus-
trial pursuits must be repaired abroad, there will be
just as imperative and paying a call for horses to
do the work.
"While interest is largely attracted from horses
to meat and dairy animals, there is a good opportu-
nity to get ready for the higher prices that are sure
to come for horses. The time to stock up is when
many are thinking of something else. The time to
breed horses for the market five years hence is now,
so that the animals will be ready for sale later on.
No sudden expansion in horse breeding is possible.
It is only the man with prophetic instinct and per-
sistence through depression who will be ready to
sell horses when everyone else wants to buy."
The latest and assuredly one of the most valuable
purchases in the bloodstock line yet made by Corri-
gan & McKinney, for their Wickliffe Stud in Ken-
tucky, in Marian Hood, half-sister to Polymelus, the
leading sire of England, which they have just secured
from J. B. Joel. The transaction also includes a
filly foal by Prince Palatine (for which Mr. Joel paid
the highest price ever given for a thoroughbred) and
she will be bred to him again this year. Marian
Hood is a bay mare, foaled 1905, by Martagon (son
of Bend Or and Tiger Lily by Macaroni) out of Maid
Marian (dam of Polymelus) by Hampton; next dam
Quiver by Toxophilite. Marian Hood is the dam ot
A. K. Macomber's Sunbonnet, which showed consid-
erable class in this country last year as a two-year-
old and of which great things are expected this year.
+ * +
I«idy Dilham, one of the greatest show horses in
the world, and winner of 170 blue ribbons, and Ele-
gant Dilham, a full brother, were sold as a pair for
$4,500 to Thomas Clark of Edgmont, Pa., in the sales
ring in New York last week. The two noted high
steppers belonged to Miss Constance Vauclain of
Philadelphia, who authorized the sale to modify the
present over-extensiveness of her great stable of
show horses at Rosemont, Pa. This pair are prob-
ably 15 and 16 years old respectively.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 17, 1917
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bition, whose first appearance was at Denver's great
horse show and where his name created amusement.
Her great Revelation is better by himself than with
Reputation, the new mate.
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Col. Tom Dennison's high school mare, Fashion
Denmark, was a sensational attraction despite the
presence of Belle Beach. Fashion Denmark was
mated to Marshall Chief late last summer and is
thought to be in foal to that great stallion.
+ * *
N. R. Pratt, of Denver, has the finest selection of
saddle horses in his Capital Hill Riding Academy
that is to be found in any riding academy in the
country.
* * *
John Hook must have felt considerably "elated"
when his junior mare, Joan Sawyer, defeated the
noted gray Princess Eubenia. It takes a real one
to beat the gray mare that a few years ago came
nearer taking the measure of My Major Dare than
any mare has ever done. However Joan Sawyer
is the most attractive thing Longview has brought
out in many years.
* * *
The Mayslake stable of Mrs. Francis Peabody,
which was so successful in Hunter and three-gaited
saddle events at Denver, were shipped to Southern
California where Mrs. Peabody will spend the re-
mainder of the winter.
Silver Zizz, the gray gelding John Hook has been
telling the world about for several weeks, was de-
feated in the five-gaited gelding class at Denver by
his stable companion, Prince of Melbourne.
Henry Cullens, of Philadelphia, who is a good
buyer of' Missouri and Kentucky saddle horses, re-
cently purchased a high class hunter from Lang-
horne Tabb Anderson, Point-au-View Farms, Mays-
ville, Ky. Mr. Anderson has produced some of the
best Hunters in recent years and like the saddle
horses he sells, they have made good at the big
shows.
* * *
Dr. J. J. Cox, of Sacramento, recently purchased
from R. L. English, Pasadena, the good three-year-
old stallion Cochise by Highland Squirrel King out
of Grace George, also a daughter of Highland Squir-
rel King. The youngster was left in Mr. English's
care to be prepared for the 1917 Pacific Coast Gaited
Saddle Horse Futurity. Trainer Tom Jefferson has
him racking splendidly and acting like a regular
show horse. Cochise has a great tail and carries
it well; is of good conformation, and Mr. English is
expecting great things of him in the Futurity.
Usually at this time of year there are five or six
annual sales of saddle horses advertised in Missouri,
but to date there have been no formal caliming of
dates or other movements to signify that there will
be the regularly conducted saddle horse sales of the
past. The majority of the big sales declare they
had such a strong private demand for good saddle
horses that they have nothing to offer. This however
is not logical, for usually the more prosperous a
breed ot live stock the more numerous the public
auctions. The Breeder and Sportsman has received
several inquiries for the dates of saddle horse sales,
which is an indication that there is some interest.
Sale dates will be published free in this publication
and it will be good business to select dates early.
+ + *
The directors in the Shelbina, Mo., fair association
has elected the following officers: Mark C. Demp-
sey, president; J. G. Douglass, vice-president; B. F.
Dobyns, treasurer, and C. C. Hayward, secretary.
Mr. Hayward is undecided as to accepting the secre-
taryship, inasmuch as it may ri quire more time than
he can devote to it.
*♦ ♦
Col. D. A. Pierce, of Armstrong. Mo., sold a well
bred yearling saddle horse to Emmett Ballew of
Glasgow, last Friday at $300. The horse is a full
brother of Easter Girl, raised and sold by Mr. Pierce,
and for which her present owner, Jas. Baford, of
Paris, refused an offer of $1000 last fall. Mr. Ballew
expects to develop the colt into a great prize winning
saddle horse.
Southern California Saddle Horses.
Much has been said of recent years of saddle and
show horse activities in California and the breeders
of saddle horses especially are looking to California
as a future market for this type, so surely destined
to become the most popular of all light horses. How-
ever, the general impression in the East, Middle
West and South, is that there is no comparison be-
tween the horses bred and exhibited there and here.
Myself a Middle-Wester, I know what Kentuckians
and Missourians think of the interest here. The
general impression is that there are only one or two
reai show horses on the coast and that they have
been "handed in nice packages" to the Californians.
The belief that California is destined to become a
great state for saddle horses is, in my opinion, a
just one, and there will only be a few seasons pass
before the county and district fairs are giving liberal
premiums for saddle horses and the cities of Los
Angeles. San Francisco, Oakland, Portland and Pasa-
dena, conducting annual horse shows which will at-
tract the breeders and exhibitors of the Middle West
and which will act as an impetus to the rancher-
stockmen of California. Like the farmer-stockmen
of Missouri and Kentucky, the Californians will re-
alize what great possibilities are to be gained by
having a few well bred saddle mares on their farms,
and. as in everything else, will buy but the best. But
the idea that Californians are yet in darkness is
entirely wrong.
It has only taken me a few weeks to find that they
are as good judges here as elsewhere, and further,
there are some establishments breeding saddle horses
here which will compare with the most pretentious
and oldest established breeding farms of the Blue
Grass. There are comparatively few breeders, yet
those breeders have had "hoss sense" all along and
a visit to their places will convince any Missourian
that ever lived that they have "hoss sense" and good
judgment here as well as there. The future of the
riding horse is bright and Californians realize it.
If my good and highly esteemed friends in the "Blue
Grass" don't step a little livelier it will be another
story of the Tortoise and the Hare.
A week of perfectly tropical conditions, with such
skies and air and sea as are only found in favored
California — the air full of the twitter and chatter of
birds, the fragrant scent of growing young crops
and ripening oranges — found this Missourian inspect-
ing the leading saddle horse nurseries of the coast,
which are located near Los Angeles, and whether it
was the honest-to-goodness hospitality, the multitudi-
nous charms of Southern California, or sure enough
good horses, I cannot swear; "but I was the most
delightfully surprised man living. I saw things that
would open the eyes of many a veteran of the horse
shows, and youngsters that would cause many an
egotistical horseman, starting to the California shows
with his mind made up to gather in all the alluring
purses, to pause. I saw saddle horses made and in
the making; colts of untold possibilities, and matrons
and stallions of royal lineage and reputations, which
are to be known in the future saddle horse industry
of California, as Montrose, Black Squirrel and Rex
Denmark are considered at the present time in Mis-
souri. I saw the foundation of what is to eventually
become a magnificent institution, a business promis-
ing great possibilities and profit to the judicious
breeders and pleasure and entertainment to the mul-
titudes, who, I am sure, are going to grow in numbers
with the advancement of the business.
At the Sierra Vista Farm.
Time whirls along so rapidly in the horse breeding
world that one remembers a bunch of colts in their
long haired ruggedness and coltish characteristics;
and returning, to see the same colts in a few short
seasons, is unable to grasp the change which has
occurred. The development into full aged horses is
nothing short of marvelous and causes amazement.
I was with Revel Lindsay English, of Pasadena, in
Missouri two years ago when he bought a consign-
ment of fine saddle horses for his Sierra Vista Stock
Farm at Chino, California. I visited the Sierra Vista
Stock Farm last week, just two years to the day
after the purchases were made, and it was hard for
me to realize some of the highly educated saddle
horses exhibited for me at this time were the same
weanlings, yearlings and two-year-olds this California
horseman bought at the Blue Grass Farm at Mexico,
Mo., and at the Moore sale in Columbia, Mo., Febru-
ary 2d and 3d, 1915.
Much speculation was made by Missouri and Ken-
tucky horsemen present of what would be the out-
come of Mr. English's selections, which cost him
several thousand dollars. It is amusing when one
remembers the prophecy of the wiseacres, to see
what has really happened. King of the Highlands,
the aged stallion bought by Mr. English at that time,
has recently died. He sired some good colts here
and was a consistent winner in the show rings in
California. The Matron, a daughter of Wilson's King
and one of the most successful broodmares in Mis-
souri, was bought by Mr. English for $500. She was
safe in foal to the noted Grand McDonald; produced
a filly foal and was left in Missouri and mated with
Majestic McDonald and produced a splendid stallion
foal. She is safe in foal again this year and is good
for many years to come. She was the best buy Mr.
English made and one of the best buys any saddle
horse man ever made; in fact, her real value cannot
be estimated at this time.
Another horse I was particularly interested in see-
ing was Comedian, a chestnut colt by Rex McDonald
and out of Helen Middleton. I made this comment
at that time; "The best horse, in my opinion, was
the first sold, Comedian, a handsome youngster by
champion Rex McDonald, and all horsemen agreed
with me that he was the best buy Mr. English made,
and the cheapest horse sold. He is of the approved
Eaton type and when he entered the sale arena,
graceful and handsome, alert and full of pep, the
audience applauded. He started at $200 and was
knocked off at $585." However, Comedian was a dis-
appointment when I saw him and he has been a dis-
appointment to Mr. English, who has gelded him and
is using him in his Pasadena Riding Academy. He
is a very handsome young horse, well gaited and
worth what Mr. English gave for him as a pleasure
horse. However, as a sensational show horse he has
proved a disappointment.
Mrs. T. L. Johnston's noted stallion, Lord Den-
mark, is the sire of one of the best animals on Sierra
Vista Farm — the five-year-old mare Tarma Denmark.
This mare is a rich brown with four white feet and
is cleverly gaited and up to making a finished show
in five-gaited classes. She is of good conformation,
level headed, and is good proof and Lord Denmark
is a high class sire. She won the three-year-old
Pacific Coast Gaited Saddle Horse Futurity at the
P.-P. I. E. and has been a consistent winner at the
State Fair.
Many of the most famous three-gaited horses in
the big shows of recent years have been sired by
that splendid stallion. Rex Chief A., among them
Glittering Glory, Early Morn, Lee Chief and Vernon
Castle, so when Mr. English told me his three-gaited
gelding, Confidence — probably the best three-gaited
horse on the coast — was by Rex Chief A, I could
account for his splendid qualifications. He has been
one of the most successful horses exhibited under
the colors of the Sierra Vista Farm, among his win-
nings being the three-gaited championship at the
State Fair and second prize to the sensational My
Idol at the P.-P. I. E. He is a full made fellow, well
mannered, with good legs and feet, and though of
the smaller type is made to carry weight.
The black mare, Helen Idlewood, always consid-
ered by horsemen as one of the best, if not the best
daughter of Rex McDonald, is in fine fettle and it
will take "some hoss" to beat her this year. She
was shown twelve times last year, winning first in
every event, including the championship. Jefferson
has her racking like a house-a-fire and seems to have
given her a good schooling, for when I knew her she
was an erratic sort of cuss and now she has perfect
manners and a sweet way of behaving. She comes
nearer to being an ideal lady's mare than anything
I have seen in California. In fact, she is quite a
different mare than the one formerly campaigned
by O. J. Mooers.
Like every one who visits this establishment, I was
particularly interested in seeing the head of the
family, and after seeing a number of spanking good
youngsters by Highland Squirrel King I expected
much of him ; however, when he was brought out. I
was not disappointed. He is as game as a peacock,
clean of limb and sound in feet, healthy, gimpy and
breedy and reminding me of bis noted sire, the old
champion Forest King. Highland Squirrel King is
18 years old. He has sired many western winners
and himself was invincible at the California State
Fair until retired. To see him and his foals is a
rare treat and a sound convincement of his sterling
worth in the stud. He also sired San Jacinto, winner
of the first futurity ever shown under saddle.
There are two splendid three-year-olds, Cochise by
Highland Squirrel King and Tourist Peavine by Dr.
Hockaday, being trained with utmost care for the
California Saddle Horse Futurity, and the horse that
beats either of them will have to be a "plumb good
one."
There are a number of worthy youngsters in the
stables at Sierra Vista and all worthy of detailed
mention. Many of them are destined, I believe, to
attract the attention of horse lovers everywhere.
The saddle horses here are now in charge of Tom
Jefferson, one of the most capable trainers and ex-
hibitors in the country. Mr. Jefferson, a Kentuckian,
has been a leading exhibitor in the South for several
years and declares he never worked a better lot of
prospects than he now has at the Sierra Vista Farm.
There are a number of prominent breeders of sad-
dle and show horses in California who have splendid
foundation stock, and like the above described farm,
are only in their infancy. A few shows, such as are
now contemplated and advanced by the California
Saddle Horse Breeders' Association, will put the
business on good sound feet here, and then, and only
then, will the breeders realize what a brilliant future
is in store for them.
o
Talk about the horse breeding industry being a
"dead one." Hon. James Houchin, of Jefferson City,
has sold all of his weanling and yearling stallions by
his great stallion, Astral King, and is in the market
for good stud colts to fill several orders. There
never was a better demand for horses of quality
than at present
+ + +
J. F. Walker, of Garden City, Kan., last week rode
horseback from his home to a farm that he owns
near Stoutsville, Mo., a distance of about 600 miles.
This distance was covered in eight days.
Saturday, February 17, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Directly 2:03% is dead in Arizona.
+ * +
His two-year-old record of 2:07% was never beaten.
. They are going to try Peter Mac 2:03% on the
hall mile tracks.
* * +
The book of Gen. Watts 2:06% is full for the
season of 1917.
* * *
.Adioo Guy 2:05% will be raced on the Grand Cir-
cuit this year.
+ * +
IThey are talking about having an auction sale of
trotters and pacers at Pleasanton during the spring.
***
Secretary Waddell is visiting Fresno, Hanford,
Bakersfield and other points south this week.
* ♦:♦
Send in the list of your foals as they appear. Such
news is of interest to all horse breeders and owners.
* + *
Is your stallion advertised? If not, wThy not? You
may have just the line of blood some one wants and
does not know where to find.
* * *
For the eleventh consecutive year Magnus Flaws
of Chicago has been engaged to do the starting at
the South Dakota State Fair.
* * *
Fresno will probably give a better racing program
than ever this year. It is proposed to offer $1000
purses for some of the classes.
How much will Ferncroft, the yearling full brother
to Real Lady (2) 2:04%, bring at the Midwinter
Auction, on the 26th of this month?
+ * *
W. G. Durfee's two-year-olds that he has kept
eligible to the Pacific Breeders' Futurity are all
fillies. One is a full sister to Esperanza 2:07%.
* * *
Twenty-two of the 62 yearlings to be sold in the
Walnut Farm consignment to the Midwinter Auc-
tion at New York this month are by San Francisco
2:07%.
* + +
Expressive Mac, sire of Clara Mae 2:04%, Vera
Hal 2:05 and Madam Mac 2:07%, is in the stud at
Selma, Cal., at the low price of ?25 the season, or
$35 to insure.
+ + +
Let every harness horseman in California deter-
mine to attend the meeting of the California Fair
and Racing Association, to be held at the Hotel
Manx in this city next Saturday.
* * +
The winrace and time allowance rules are quite
simple, but every owner of a horse that did not equal
or lower his record last season has been busy figur-
ing just what classes he will be able to enter in
this year.
+ * *
C. A. Durfee may do the early training of his trot-
ters and pacers this season at the stadium track in
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. He has not se-
lected them yet but has his eye on two or three and
has been offered enough horses to make quite a
stable.
* * *
Eight hundred and three foals have been kept eli-
gible to the Kentucky Futurity for foals of 1916. This
is 40 more than were kept eligible to the 1915 Futu-
rity at the January payment. California did not have
a representative, but the stake is not advertised
here.
* * *
One of the best evidences that harness racing is
getting more popular than ever is the fact that east
and west the associations are quarreling over dates.
A very serious conflict is now on between two of the
big fair associations on the Great Western Circuit
that want the same date.
+ + *
If you are looking for a high class Shire stallion
at a reasonable price, communicate with Blackhawk
Stock Ranch, Burlingame, Cal. They have imported
and home bred horses with weight, quality and style,
that last year made a clean sweep of blue ribbons at
the State and county fairs.
+ * +
R. M. Flick, a leading hotel man of Butler, Pa.,
owns a three-year-old filly by Copa de Oro 1:59 out
of Subito, the dam of White Sox 2:05%, and will
breed her this year to Walter Direct 2:05%, sire of
Napoleon Direct 1:59%. The resultant foal will have
a lot of speed inheritance if there is such a thing.
* + +
Don't fail to attend the meeting of the California
Fair and Racing Association at the Hotel Manx in
this city on Saturday next. Every person interested
in fairs and harness racing is invited to be present.
Secretary Waddell will have a report to make that
will be of great interest to harness horsemen.
Jim Logan 2:01% has started in 87 heats, won 53
of them and been unplaced in but 5. The son ot
Charles Derby is a real race horse and will doubtless
be out again this vear.
* * *
Native King 2:11% is the only stallion that ever
had a 2:10 trotter to his credit when five years old.
He sired Native Spirit, that took a two-year-old rec-
ord of 2:09% and was the fastest two-vear-old trotter
of 1914.
* * *
Hereafter the breeder of the winner of the Ken-
tucky Futurity will receive $1000 out of the stake,
the breeder of the second horse will receive $500,
of the third $300, the fourth $100, the fifth 573 and
the sixth $25. This should encourage the breeding
of trotters, and it is to be hoped it will, as the num-
ber of breeders is diminishing every year.
V V V
The Canadian Parliament will probably further
restrict racing in Canada. There have been so many
tracks built in particular centres of population that
continuous racing, with all its evils, is feared by the
authorities. A bill has been passed to its second
reading limiting racing to fourteen days in any
county.
* + +
Horace White, formerly Governor of New York,
has just purchased four promising young trotters in
Kentucky, through James Snell, who will train them
for the Syracuse horseman. Two are two-year-old
colts, by Morgan Axworthy 2:17, and another is a
two-year-old filly by Siliko 2:08%, while the fourth
is a three-year-old gelding by the same sire.
If you have a mare that you think will raise you
a pacer fast and game enough to win races if she is
mated with a good horse, look over the breeding and
history of Jim Logan 2:01%. His advertisement
will be found on the second page of this issue. His
sire has ten in the 2:10 list and his dam has pro-
duced three with records below 2:08. Jim Logan
is a race horse and gets the money.
Henry Helman has a two-year-old colt that is eligi-
ble to the Pacific Breeders' Futurity and other stakes
that is by The Bondsman out of Lady Mowry 2:09%
by McKinney. Henry trained and raced Lady Mowry
and gave her her record, and has been expecting to
get a real trotter out of her some day. This colt
by The Bondsman acts as if he might fill the bill.
* * *
The Yolo County Fair for 1917 will be held during
the early part of October, Thursday, Oct. 4th having
been set as the opening day. This fair is to be given
by the Yolo County Farm Bureau and no provision
has been made thus far for any race program in
connection with it. The regular circuit racing on
the Woodland track will take place during the last
week in August or the first week in September.
The Connecticut Fair to be held at the historic
Charter Oak track at Hartford, Sept. 3-8 this year,
has provided liberally for the fast trotters. The
Battle Royal will be for the 2:06 or better trotters
and its value $5000. The Yankee Purse is $3000 for
trotters eligible to the 2:07 class and the Charter
Oak; $5,000 for trotters eligible to the 2:12 class.
Then there will be $3000 for a free-for-all pace, $2500
for a 2:08 pace and $2500 for a 2:12 pace.
* * *
The free-for-all pace for which the Breeders' As-
sociation hung up $900 at Santa Rosa last year had
eight entries and seven starters, and resulted in one
of the best races ever seen on the Santa Rosa track,
Rastus winning the first two heats and Jim Logan
the third. The race was on the three heat plan.
There should be just as many entries in this class
this year. At Sacramento where Jim Logan won in
straight heats there were six starters, and the purse
was $1000. There is one good feature about a free-
for-all — there is no figuring on time allowances.
* * +
Another attempt will be made this year to cam-
paign the great trotting stallion Peter Mac 2:03%,
by Peter the Great. At this time last year nearly
every follower of the Grand Circuit expected to see
him win all the big early closing purses in much the
same way that Peter Scott 2:05 won them in 1915.
He had never started in a public race and was eligi-
ble to the slow classes. On the eve of the opening
meeting at Cleveland he developed trouble in his
feet, or in his head, and did not fill an engagement.
Mike McDevitt, his trainer, now believes the fast
stallion is "cured."
* * *
Every mail from New Zealand brings news of
races won by the get of the California bred stallion
Harold Dillon that is by Sidney Dillon out of Guycara
by Guy Wilkes. Author Dillon, a son of Harold Dil-
lon, won the New Brighton handicap of $2000. and
the Mace Memorial handicap of $1500 at the New
Brighton meeting. Another son of Harold Dillon
that has been winning lately is Sungod that won the
Selwyn handicap at Canterbury in 3:29. the distance
being a mile and a half and his handicap three
seconds. Still another good winner is Bundura,
winner of the Islington handicap last month. He is
by Harold Dillon out of Bonny Jenny, the daughter
of Bonnie Direct 2:05% and Jennie Mac 2:09. Har-
old Dillon's full brother, Dillcara. is in the stud this
year at Pleasanton, California.
Harness horsemen who belong to the Parkway
Driving Club of Brooklyn, New York, where they
race on a half mile track, concluded recently that
thev would like to be on the circuit of half mile
tracks of which Goshen is the star member. So
they went to work and subscribed $9000 as a guaran-
tee for a meeting to be held July 17, 18 and 19, and
will give a program of $1000 purses for each class.
There will be three races each day and if there is
not a cent of gate or grand stand receipts the $9000
will be on hand to pay the purses. But the club is
not afraid of a poor attendance. The members ex-
pect to get the $9000 back and a few thousand profit.
+ * *
Mr M. L. Woy of Fresno has sent his mare Loma
B. (dam of Lulu B. 2:11%, winner of last year's
Pacific Breeders' Futurity and several other big
three-year-old stakes) by Stam B. 2:11%, to Sacra-
mento to be bred to James Thompson's three-year-
old colt Bon Watts, son of Gen. Watts 2:06%. Loma
B. is now in foal to Peter McKlyo 2:06. Mr. Woy
has sent his mare Strathalie (dam of Miss Macklie
2:09%, Panavana 2:10% and Strathboul 2:13%) by
Strathway out of Athalie, dam of 6 in the list, to be
bred to Peter McKlyo 2:06. Strathalie is expected
to foal soon to Stanford McKinney. Florence B. by
Bon Voyage out of Loma B. is about due to foal to
Stanford McKinney.
+ + +
The leading living broodmare sires for 1916. that
is those stallions whose daughters led in the number
of- new performers during that year, are Axworthy,
whose daughters were the dams of 19 new perform-
ers, Moko, whose daughters produced 18, Arion, with
15 new ones to the credit of his daughters, McKinney
with 8, Peter the Great with 8, Sidney Dillon with 8,
John R. Gentry 6, Walnut Hall 6, The Bondsman 5
and Tregantle 5. In the total number of standard
performers produced by daughters these stallions
stand in the following order: Moko 98, Arion 90,
Axworthy 68, McKinney 59, Peter the Great 29, John
R. Gentry 20. The Bondsman 20, Sidney Dillon 18,
Walnut Hall 16, Tregantle 15.
* + +
Every horseman in California will wish Hiram
Hogoboom good luck with his two-year-old filly Beau-
tiful Baby that is engaged in a number of stakes to
be trotted this year and next. Beautiful Morn 2:25,
the dam of this filly, is by Iran Alto 2:12% out of
Beautiful Bird by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, second
dam the great brood mare Expressive 2:12% by
Electioneer. Beautiful Baby is by Palo King, a son
of Marengo King, he by McKinney out of the great
mare By By by Nutwood. We doubt if there is a
two-year-old in California at the present time whose
tabulated pedigree will show more producing sires
and dams within five generations, than Beautiful
Baby.
Will DeRyder's bay filly Kilo Watts by Gen. Watts
2:06%, dam Miss Douglas by Cochato 2:11%, is one
of the best looking of the two-year-olds that have
been kept eligible to the Pacific Breeders' Futurity,
and is a rare bred one to be entered in a California
stake. Her dam is only nine years old, having been
foaled in 1908, but has already produced Daisy Todd
2:09% and Guy Douglas 2:16%. She is out of Clyce-
zone, dam of Bob Douglas 2:04% and Poindexter
2:09, by Cyclone 1956, next dam Bettie P. by Col.
Hambrick 5806, an old-time stallion that was by
Dictator and whose dam had that old fashioned
Snowstorm and Copperbottom blood in her veins.
If Kilo Watts is as good as she looks she should
make a fast trotter when matured.
* * +
Dan Hoffman, the well known liveryman of San
Francisco, will race the fast trotter Pavana 2:10%
by Stanford McKinney on the California circuit this
year. Mr. M. L. Woy. owner of Pavana, was in San
Francisco this week and made arrangements with
Hoffman to take the horse. Hoffman has had him
shipped to Millard Sanders at Pleasanton who will
get him ready for the races. Pavana took his record
of 2:10% at Pleasanton in 1914, winning two races
during that meeting, trotting his winning heats in
2:10% and 2:13% in the first race and in 2:10%,
2:10% in the second race. As Mr. Hoffman is an
enthusiastic amateur driver and enjoys the sport of
racing, it is probable that he will drive Pavana him-
self in some of his races. Pavana is now eligible to
the 2:13 class trotting events.
+ * +
If you have a preference for either a pacing sire
or a trotting sire with a fast record, you can find
either in charge of Geo. Ryan at the Pleasanton
Driving Park. The Anvil 2:02%, the fastest trotting
stallion ever offered for service on this coast, is there
and his fee is $50. He is a young horse and has very
tew foals old enough to wear harness, but his son
Anvilite (2) 2:22'/2, with a two-year-old trial of 2:12,
is good enough proof that he can sire speed. The
Anvil is a great race horse himself, was sired by a
great race horse and his dam is the triple producer
Grace Lee 2:29% by Electioneer. If you want to
breed to a pacer there is Vernon McKinney 2:01%,
the fastest record horse in California, and while
young in the stud is the sire of the stake winner
Verna McKinney, two-year-old record 2:13 and three-
year-old record 2:09%, his first foal to race. Vernon
McKinney's fee is also $50. Mares sent to these
stallions will be given the best of care. Write Geo.
Ryan at Pleasanton for any information or particu-
lars not stated in the advertisement on another page.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 17, 1917
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
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RESTRICTING DOGS IN ENGLAND.
Number Will Be Reduced, But Fanciers Will Not
Lose Pets.
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
a
Record of Large Tuna. — Careful records of large
tuna caught with, rod and line annually off the Cali-
fornia coast have been kept by the Tuna Club of
Catalina Island since 1898.
The largest leaping tuna over 100 pounds were
taken as follows (where a year is not entered no
fish over 100 pounds was taken) :
Angler. Season. Wt.
Dr. C. F. Holder, Pasadena, Cal 1898 183
Col. C. P. Morehouse, Pasadena, Cal. 1899 251
Gen. A. W. Barrett, Los Angeles, Cal 1900 164
Mrs. E. N. Dickerson, New York 1901 216
Ernest E. Ford, Alhambra, Cal 1902 174
John E. Stearns, Los Angeles, Cal... 1902 197
Gen. A. W. Barrett, Los Angeles, Cal. 1904 131
Phil. S. O'Mara, Salt Lake City 1909 153
L. G. Murphy, Converse, Ind 1910 175%
C. B. Stockton, Los Angeles, Cal 1911 170
Dr. B. F. Alden, San Francisco, Cal.. 1914 151
W. C. Boschen, New York City 1915 138
A. W. Hooper, Boston, Mass 1916 100
These fish were taken with the following tackle:
Rod to be of wood, consisting of a butt and tip, and
to be not shorter than six feet nine inches over all.
Tip not less than five feet and to weigh not more
than sixteen ounces. Line not to exceed standard
twenty-four thread.
On light tackle the record follows (where a year
is not entered no fish over fifty pounds was caught) :
Angler. Season. Wt.
Arthur J. Eddy, Chicago 1906 60
E. J. Polginhorn, Pasadena, Cal 1907 50%
F. T. Newport, Arcadia, Cal 1911 54
R. Rochester, Jr., Los Angeles 1913 77%
A. W. Hooper, Boston 1914 60
Ben Williams, Los Angeles 1916 55%
Light tackle is epecified as follows: Rod to be of
wood, consisting of a butt and tip, and to be not
shorter than six feet over all. Butt to be not over
fourteen inches in length. Tip not less than five
feet in length, and to weigh not more than six
ounces. Line not to exceed standard nine thread.
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Dog Retrieves Fish. — Francis Gilpin, sportsman,
policeman and pioneer of the Pike's Peak region, is
the owner of a dog whose greatest joy is to go fish-
ing. Mr. Gilpin believes that his animal is the only
dog in the world that will retrieve fish. At least
he has never heard of another.
When on his trout fishing trips, Mr. Gilpin never
carries a net with which to land his catches, As
soon as he has made a strike, his dog runs into the
water until it is within distance to pounce upon the
fish, which is then brought ashore and laid beside
the master. No blemish is found on the fish as a re-
sult of the dog's teeth.
"Mack" is the name of the dog and it is a liver-
and-white Norfolk spaniel weighing about 70 pounds.
"Mack" is a product of George Gould's kennels in
the East.
"In speaking of "Mack" Mr. Gilpin said: "The first
time my dog retrieved a fish I was quite astonished
and not a little annoyed at the action, but after the
trick had been repeated several times it occurred to
me as not only being unique, but a great aid to me in
landing my catches. Many a fine fish is lost just
before the net is put under it but I do not remember
that 'Mack' ever lost a fish once it was hooped; and
he has brought hundreds ashore.
"Once the fish is on the shore Mack will not go
near it. Apparently he dislikes the smell when they
are out of the water. Frequently he will steal away
all by himself and go on private fishing trips. I have
found him several times standing in the water
alertly watching for the opportunity to land a passing
trout."
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Bird Lovers to Meet. — Leaders in the movement
to advance the science of game breeding and preserv-
ing will gather in New York Tuesday and Wednes-
day. March 13 and 14, when the Third National Con-
ference on Game Breeding and Preserving will be
held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. At last year's
conference the attendance was nearly double that
of the preceding year. It is hoped and believed that
a similar ratio of increase will take place this year.
Ever ysportsman and every lover of wild life is
invited to the dinner, on the evening of March 14.
and all sessions of the conference, regardless of
membership in this association and without further
invitation than is given here.
These gatherings are held under the auspices of
the Department of Game Breeding and Preserving
of the association. They were started three years
ago in recognition of the fact that this country faces
the beginning of what promises to be constantly
increasing activity along these lines for many years
to come. It. was felt that great benefit would accrue
by the exchange of views and experiences afforded
by the conference. Another reason lay in the belief
that proper direction and safeguarding of the move-
ment fro mexploitation would result from an annual
getting together of those genuinely interested in its
success.
Practically every game breeding section of the
country has been represented at the previous gather-
ings, and last year delegates were present from the
Pacific Coast, and such comparatively distant States
as Iowa, Minnesota, West Virginia, and others.
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GAME IN CALIFORNIA.
[By F. M. Newbert, President California Fish and
Game Commission.]
It is the writer's opinion that California not only
has a greater variety of birds and mammals, but
that we have more of them than any other State.
Best of all, our wild life is constantly increasing
in numbers. Several herds of elk, antelope and
mountain sheep are rapidly multiplying each year.
Deer and quail are plentiful, while dove, grouse,
mountain quail and sage hen are steadily increasing
in numbers. This State has always been famous for
its flight of wild geese and ducks, but not for many
years past have we had so many ducks as the present
season.
Our streams and lakes are alive with food and
game fishes — trout, bass (calico, black and striped),
crappie, blue gill, perch, catfish, etc., while the sea-
sonal runs of salmon and shad can only be appre-
ciated by one who knows their value.
Prominent among the recent accomplishment of
the Fish and Game Commission can be mentioned:
The establishment of a world's record in the propa-
gation and liberation to the waters of this state of
over fifty-two and one-half million trout and salmon
in one season; the stocking of barren waters with
bass, crappie, blue gills, etc.; the installation of
eighty-six adequate fishways or ladders to permit
fish to ascend obstructed streams; three hundred and
seventy-seven screens placed in ditches and canals ;
the removal of obstructions that have opened up
hundreds of miles of fine fishing streams; from Oc-
tober, 1907, to June, 1916, a bounty of twenty dollars
each has been paid on two thousand four hundred
and fifty-eight mountain lions, and the erection at a
cost of of sixty thousand dollars of a fish hatchery
which, when completed, will be the most up-to-date
plant of its kind in the world.
This work has not cost the taxpayer a single
penny. The Fish and Game Commission of Califor-
nia is entirely self-supporting.
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Spearing of Steelhead. — The most fundamental law
of fish and game conservation is the one which pro-
vides that fish and game shall be allowed to breed
undisturbed. We demand that all of our best game
birds and animals be given the best of protection
during the breeding season and the closed season is
always made to conform to the breeding season. In
spite of this situation there are a number of people
in the north coast counties who are demanding the
right to spear steelhead trout while they are on the
spawning grounds. Furthermore, they are demand-
ing the right to fish with a gaff hook, thus increasing
many times the destructive forces already at work.
Just as people are seeking a better grade of sports-
manship by advocating the use of a fly rather than
bait in capturing fish, just so the tendency should be
towards the elimination of such a destructive instru-
ment as a gaff hook. This instrument can be carried
to a pool where large spawning fish are abundant
and by feeling around with the end of the hook the
whole pool can be stripped of its fish. This is seldom
possible when a spear is used. The law as it now
stands provides that the people of the counties men-
tioned can capture two fish a day between December
15 and February 15, a sufficient number for use as
food. The demand for a more liberal law, as regards
the method of capture, is in reality a demand for a
larger catch at the time of year when fish should
have total protection. Every spawning fish killed
means a direct loss of thousands of young fish. Fur-
thermore, it is always the largest and therefore the
heaviest spawners that are taken by means of a
spear or gaff.
As far as possible each section of the country
should be allowed to utilize its wild life resources,
but that they be allowed to make use of them to their
awn advantage and to the detriment of surrounding
districts should not be permitted.
It will be necessary, ultimately, to prohibit the de-
struction of fish during the spawning season. The
move to take a larger toll of the spawning steelhead
in District Two is therefore directly contrary to
natural law and a depletion of the streams is sure
to follow.
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State associations have done a wonderful lot of
good for shooting — at the traps and in the field — dur-
ing the past two years. The State associations have
made themselves felt in the passing of common sense
game laws and ridding the books of laws that were
useless.
The suggested restriction in the number of doga
in the United Kingdom foreshadowed by Mr. Prety-
man in the House of Commons has created some-
thing of a ferment in the kennel societies and cor-
respondingly delighted those who assert that pet
dogs are a luxury — says an English writer — espe-
cially in war time.
But owners of pet dogs — and all, in fact, who keep
dogs properly — need have no fear of being deprived
of their pets, if, indeed, Mr. Pretyman's proposal ever
does come into effect. This is not the object of the
proposal at all.
"It is certainly desirable," said Mr. Pretyman, "to
reduce the number of dogs in urban districts, where
many of them serve no useful purpose."
No one denies that this is so. There are thou-
sands of stray dogs and dogs improperly cared for in
London. There are far too many poor who cannot
afford to keep dogs and who, when puppies have
reached the age of six months, when they become
liable to taxation, turn them adrift to live as best
they can or die.
Mr. Charles R. Johns, secretary of the National
Canine Defense Association, asked his views on the
matter, said:
"Undoubtedly there are too many dogs. But I
think I could show that much of the public prejudice
rests on flimsy grounds. The present agitation has
been fomented partly by the dog-hater and partly by
those who see women going about with fancy dogs,
and have heard stories of these animals being fed on
mutton chops. I hold no brief for those who pamper
dogs, but many of the stories you hear are grossly
exaggerated by those who object to dogs.
"For instance, I have seen it stated that there are
2,000,000 in London alone, but, as a matter of fact,
the total of dogs in England, Wales and Scotland in
1914 was only 1,970,000, exclusive of about 200,000
kept by farmers and not licensed.
"The London County Council last year licensed
only 100,000 dogs, and the greater number of these
were of the terrier class, kept on bones and scraps,
and not costing their owners more than a shilling a
week each.
"If any new regulations come into force, it will be
to free London, and its suburbs in particular, of all
stray dogs and of dogs improperly kept. Holders
of dog licenses will not be refused renewals for dogs
that are well cared for and kept under proper control.
It may happen that private owners, other than deal-
ers, who keep a number of dogs, may have to show
cause for any additions to their kennels that they
may desire.
"The taxes may be increased. That has been ex-
pected. But few, except the very poor, will object
to that.
"The breeder and well-to-do owner," said Mr.
Johns, "will not be deterred by an increased tax,
but the suburban people who take dogs as com-
panions will certainly be hit. The very poor who
keep dogs in the puppy stage and then turn them out
when the tax can be escaped no longer will not be
affected, for they don't pay now.
"The compulsory destruction of puppies by people
who cannot afford to keep a number of dogs," said
Mr. Johns, "is the only feasible way of dealing with
the evil of superfluous dogs."
Meanwhile the Pet Dog Show had a satisfactory
list of from nine hundred to a thousand entries.
"Why," said Miss L. Jackson, who organized the
show, "should pet dogs be extravagant luxuries in
war time? If people can afford to keep dogs, why
shouldn't they? If the government wants heavier
taxes — Mr. Pretyman says 'the question can be con-
sidered before the new licenses are issued' — well, let
them. But why can't they tax bicycles — or cats?"
And that is one of the popular comments on the
whose question. Why not cats? When the debate
on the extra tax on dogs comes before the House
there is going to be some arguments on cats.
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Against Pump Guns — Bills and more bills. There
seems to be no end to the fish and game bills which
State legislators have introduced. One hundred and
six Assembly measures and sixty in the Senate —
that's enough to settle everything but the size of that
trout you failed to land last season.
Assemblyman Phillips of Los Angeles has a bill
which will forbid the use of pump and automatic
guns unless they be so regulated as to shoot but two
shells at one loading. New York has such a law in
force, won after a bitter fight with ammunition men.
Phillips has his name on several other game bills.
He would make on buck a .year the limit; prevent the
use of blinds where they are situated away from the
natural cover. This would stop the use of blinds and
boats in the bay.
Much attention has been paid to the mountain
lion. Several bills, including one by Byrne, in the
Assembly, have asked for bounties on the beasts.
The price for scalps ranges from $30 to $50. Lion |
hunters say that they cannot make money unless
they secure at least $30 per scalp.
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One hundred and nineteen golf and country clubs
in the United States and Canada have installed trap-
shooting equipment.
Saturday, February 17, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
STATISTICS SHOW TRAP GROWTH.
Interesting Data in Report of Secretary Shaner of
Interstate Association.
The remarkable growth o£ trapshooting as a sport
is conclusively shown in the annual report of Reed
Shaner, secretary of the Interstate Association for
the Encouragement of Trapshooting. Naturally
every one interested in sport is interested in the
statistics of all its branches and the figures that
Shaner sets forth in his report are worth knowing.
These statistics show that in 1908 the •average at-
tendance at the trapshooting tournaments was 27
amateurs and four professionals. In 1916 the attend-
ance averaged 44 amateurs and five professionals,
and there were hundreds more trapshooting events
than in 1908.
A comparison of figures of the past four years
show just how trapshooting has come along — and the
reason why it is known as the King of Sports. In
1913 the number of shooters who participated in the
registered tournaments of the Interstate Association
IK were 7014. One year later the number amounted to
7849. In 1915 the figures were 8140 and in 1916 the
individual shooters numbered 10,528.
With the steady increase in trapshooters there has
i: been a steady increase in registered tournaments.
I There were 286 in 1913; 314 in 1914; 333 in 1915 and
jl: 546 in 1916. There were 38 State championship
E tournaments in 1913; 39 in 1914; 42 in 1915 and 46
in 1916. In the number of targets trapped one notes
' the real increase in the sport. In 1913, 4,526,570 ta'r-
I gets were thrown in the registered shoots. In 1914
the number was 4,780,690. In 1915 the number had
reached 4,814,260 and in 1916 the high-water mark
of 6,366,100 was reached. The average number of
targets thrown in the tournaments in 1913 were
16,051; in 1914, 15,273; in 1915, 14,500, and in 1916
12,700.
The Interstate Association appropriates about
$25,000 each year to promote trapshooting, at least
one-half of the money being spent for trophies. The
report shows that 1023 trophies were awarded. Six
hundred and sixty-one shooters received one trophy
each; 102 shooters received two trophies each; 30
shooters received three trophies; 11 received four
trophies ; two won five trophies ; one shooter won six
trophies and one other won eight. In no competition
is a trapshot allowed to win more than one trophy.
More money was given for trapshooting in Mis-
souri than in any other state — quite naturally, be-
cause the Grand American Handicap was held there.
The sum of $4525 was given to the Missouri organi-
zation. More targets were trapped in Pennsylvania
than in any other state, 633,575. New Jersey had the
greatest average to its shoots — 96 amateurs and 11
professionals — by reason of the Westy Hogans event
being held in that State. Iowa led in the number of
registered tournaments with 56.
These figures, with the knowledge that 737 new
gun clubs were formed in 1916; that there are now
more than 4500 gun clubs in the United States and
Canada; that $40,000,000 is invested in the sport;
that the trapshooters annually spend $4,000,000 for
targets and another $2,000,000 for traveling expenses,
are the reasons why the sport is being given such
serious consideration. It must be after one goes
carefully over the facts. — Peter P. Carney (Phil., Pa.)
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Golden Gate Club. — Trapshooters have officially
opened the season about the bay. Last Saturday
over thirty gunners turned out on the Alameda
grounds and took a fling at the flying bluerocks.
Considering that most of the boys have been in the
field for months after live game, the scores set in
the practice events were very creditable.
Len Hawxhurst, the local professionalj.iShowed that
he is in good form by going 63 straight. W. J. Terry,
Toney Prior and Henry Stelling also knocked out
straight runs of 25. W. A. Joslyn, the new profes-
sional from the East .showed that he can handle a
gun by busting 91 out of a 100. The first regularly
scheduled event will he the Golden Gate Club's mer-
chandise shoot on Washington's birthday. The scores
set were as follows:
At 50 targets — E. Garratt 47, Mr. Linderman 39, T.
Prior 49, M. Garratt 25, Dr. Fuller 34, Mr. Wood 42,
Mr. Crusoe 41, Bray Thorning 38, W. J. Terry 48,
F. W. Blum 39. At 75 targets — Mr. Jennings 75, Mr.
Truscott* 63, Mr. Merrill 59, S. Morrison 52. At
100 targets — Mr. Ross 94, Mr. Handman 88, B. Wor-
then 88, H. C. Peet 85, Mr. Vallejo 83, J. S. French
76, F. Webster 83, D. Best 76, W. A. Joslyn 91. J. Nel-
son 1:09x125, J. Nelson 127x150, L. S. Hawxhurst
189x200.
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Green Lake Club. — Fourteen members of the Green
Lake Gun Club of Seattle could not wait for the
regular opening of the club and just had to go out
on February 4th and see if their eyes were still in
trim.
Never in the history of the club has the percentage
of good scores been so great. Scores of forty-nine
out of fifty were nothing. D. R. Baker, E. K. Van
Vleck and George Scripture all tied for first honors,
with forty-nine "dead" ones to their credit. Of the
fourteen shooters, nine broke 90 per cent or better.
After the regular program had been finished, I. M.
Fisher produced a 20-gauge gun and some ammuni-
tion. Several of the members tried their skill at
targets thrown crosswise from a hand trap, several
breaking four out of five, but none going straight.
The scores follow:
At 50 targets— D. R. Baker 49, E. K. Van Vleck 49,
George Scripture 49, L. S. Barnes 48, Hi Follrich 47,
Dr. King 47, G. A. Conklin 47, I. M. Fisher* 46, S. A.
Martin 45, H. E. Gleason 42. George B. Baker 42,
M. A. Rosenfield 41, Dr. A. B. Kidd 39, George O.
Colwell 36.
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TRAPSHOOTING CAREERS.
TRAPSHOOTING FIXTURES.
George W. Maxwell.
George W. Maxwell, of Hastings, Neb., is famous
in the trap shooting world as one of the leading
experts. Some years ago he lost his left arm in a
gun accident, and this makes his work the more
phenomenal. His first shooting at the traps was in
1903, and he won the Denver Post trophy, emblema-
tic of the championship of the middle west, early In
his career, and followed this up with winning the
championship of Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Mis-
souri. In 1905 he won the Western Handicap with a
score of 98 out of 100 targets from the 18 yard mark,
and tied for this event in 1904. At the Grand Amer-
ican Handicap in 1908, he won high average on all
targets, and repeated in the same event in 1911. He
also won high professional honors at the Southern
Handicap, and high average on singles at the Eastern
Handicap. He has a long run of 268 straight to his
credit. In 1905, as an amateur, he broke 4,171 out
of 4,590 targets, an average of 90.8 per cent; in 1906
he increased his average to 91.7 per cent, breaking
8,205 out of 8,495 targets; in 1907 he shot as a pro-
fessional, making an average for the year of 93.3 per
cent, breaking 12,311 out of 13,186 targets. Since
then he has been shooting steadily and has main-
tained his position with the leaders, finishing the
year 1915 with an average of 94.73 per cent on 5,240
targets. In 1911 he finished in a tie for third place
in the National Professional Championship event at
20 Otargets, 18 yards rise, with 195.
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Vernon Club. — D. Holohan came into prominence
as a Southern California trapshooter on Sunday by
smashing 59x60 targets at the Vernon Gun Club and
in doing so was high man on the trophies. C. W.
Fish was a very close second, with 58x60 breaks. Bob
Bole was a good third with a mark of 57x60 breaks.
Good marks featured the shoot. Hugh E. Poston,
although he is a professional, broke 99x100 targets,
while many other very sensational marks were also
recorded. Poston was high professional in the tro-
phy event with 60x60 breaks, and Guy Holohan was
second with 57x60. Bob Bole did well in the prac-
tice by breaking 97x100 targets. Following are the
scores:
Hdcp. Trophy Prac.
L. C. Forrest 18 53 38
H. E. Poston 20 60 39
Guv Holohan 20 57 36
C. W. Fish 20 58 17
A. W. Bruner 18 55 38
Wm. Pugh 19 56 37
O. Evans 18 40 18
J. C. Fameshon 19 56 35
Wm. Hilles 20 57
Geo. Keeney 16 40 14
Wm. Dougherty 18 48 33
S. A. Bruner A ,v , 18 56 37
A. N. Van Nest 16 43 29
C. E. Groat . .- 18 50 17
Mrs. Groat 19 51 19
Bob Bole 19 57 40
J. D. Dierdofl 18 52
J. E. Reid 18 49 13
C. T. Smith 16 51 10
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Trapshooting — What It is? — In response to a re-
quest for a concise description of "clay bird" shoot-
ing, a local sportsman writes:
"In general, trapshooting consists of shooting with
a shotgun at targets thrown from traps. The tar-
gets, or pigeons, are composed of river silt and tar-
molded into a shape similar to that of a saucer.
These are impelled by the releasing of a strong
spring when the word 'pull' is called to the trap boy.
"The shooters, in squads, usually of five, take their
places sixteen or more yards in the rear of the traps
and shoot in rotation.
"Your skilled trapshooter is a fellow with steel
nerves, quick and unerring judgment, and unfalter-
ing action. In the majority of eases these positive,
manly qualities were as latent in the trapshooters
as they are in the average man, until the devotee of
the trap and gun took up this most fascinating of
recreations.
"Few sports are as scientific as trapshooting. The
rapid calculation of lead, elevation, angle, etc., the
nice decision and instant action, quicken the eye and
hand, and develop qualities which make for success
in the affairs of life. Work at the traps drives away
brain fag, for the reason that it requires intense
concentration on a pleasurable pursuit. Thus, the
brain worker finds real relaxation in trapshooting,
without the physical exhaustion which in many
games more than offsets the good effects of the men-
tal diversion."
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One hundred and ten employees of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company recently met at the traps
to decide the individual championship. W. W. Wil-
liams, of Philadelphia, won the title. The Piteairn
(Pa.) team took the team honors.
August 20, 21. 22, 23, 24, 1917— Chicago, Ills.— The
Interstate Association's Eighteenth Grand Amer-
ican Trapshooting Tournament, under the aus-
pices of the South Share Country Club Gun Club:
$4,000 added money. Winner of first place in the
Grand American Handicap guaranteed $500 and a
trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $400
nd a trophy; winner of third place guaranteed
$300 and a trophy; winner of fourth place guaran-
teed $200 and a trophy, and the winner of fifth
place guaranteed $100 and a trophy. Numerous
other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E.
Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
May 28, 29, 30, 1917— San Jose, Cal— The Interstate
Association's Twelfth Pacific Coast Trapshooting
Tournament, under the auspices of the San Jose
Gun Club; $1300 added money. Winner of first
place in the Pacific Coast Handicap guaranteed
$100 and a trophy; winner of second place guar-
anteed $75 and a trophy, and the winner of third
place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other
trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner,
Manager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Los Angeles Club. — Harry Cline would like very
much to capture the diamond watch charm put up by
his father at the Los Angeles Gun Club. At least
Harry was high man on the first leg of the shoot for
the trophy Sunday when he smashed 97x100 targets
from the 19-yard mark. Unless he wished to win the
handsome prize he certainly would not have shot
like he did.
It was the first 100 target shoot for the prize. The
trophy will be awarded on points. Harry Cline now
has 5 points, F. H. Mellon 4, F. H. Melius 4, L. M.
Packard 3 and P. C. Carter 2. Cline, Pfirrmann,
Pachmayr and Packard each won a solid gold take-
home trophy, while R. O. Pool, Mellon, Melius and
Morse captured the silver take-home cups. In the
practice shooting Frank Melius smashed 99x100 tar-
gets, while Heinie Pfirrmann broke 98x100 and Hugh
Poston broke 50 straight.
Shooting has been going on at its usual steady gait
at the Los Angeles Gun Club during the past week.
During the last ten days 17,565 targets have been
thrown and 125 shooters have fired from the traps in
that time. Since April 1 there have been 245,585
targets thrown at the popular club.
Following are the scores of the shoot:
H. Cline 97, F. H. Mellon 94, F. H. Melius 94, L. M.
Packard 94, R. O. Morse 93, Lee Garnsey 93, P. C.
Carter 90, Fred Grewell 90, F. Gibson 90, E. L. Rog-
ers 90, Geo. Oliver 90, L. J. Petit 89, O. Council 89,
H. Pfirrmann 89, E. K. Mohler 89, L. R. Melius 89,
W. A. Cornelius 89, C. S. White 89, A. Pachmayr 88,
Seth Hart 88, V. A. Rossbach 87, H. E. Sargent 86,
J. L. Martin 86, S. H. Hall 86, L. R. Breer 86, R. O.
Pool 85, L. J. Micka 85, J. H. Bishop Jr. 84, B. H.
Carnahan 82, R. Thornby 82, H. Prrmann 81, Wm.
Kennedy 77, J. Marin 73, Mrs. F. Mellon 69, S. C.
Miller 67, Guy Holohan 72x75, J. R. Pitcher 51x75,
N. Bill 44x75, H. E. Poston 48x50 F. H. Teeple 48x50,
D. Holohan 47x50, C. W. Fish 47x50, W. S. Oliver
46x50, Guy Pulley 46x50, Fred Thatcher 38x50, M. D.
Towne 31x50, O. A. Evans 26x50, R. Adcock 20x25,
F. M. Karacoft 20x25, Earl Mueller 20x25, C. R. Banks
H. R. Haskin 16x25, E. B. Toppin 15x25, H. S. Nilsen
15x25, G. H. Stewart 15x25, Clement Bouniqu 14x25,
J. H. Majo 12x25, J. De Bruyn 8x25.
Team Shooting — H. Pfirrmann (C) 45, H. E. Poston
50, C. W. Fish 45, E. K. Mohler 47, D. Holohan 47—
Total, 234x250. F. H. Melius (C) 48, H. Cline 47,
G. Holohan 49, O. A. Evans 38, W. A. Cornelius 47—
total, 229x250.
Point winners on the John C. Cline specially de-
signed diamond watch charm: Harry C. Cline 5,
F. H. Mellon 4, Melius 4, Packard 4, Morse 3, Carter
2, Grewell 2, Gibson 2, Petit 1, Council 1, Pfirrmann
1, Mohler 1, L. R. Melius 1, Cornelius 1, White 1.
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Seattle Association.- — Good scores were the order
of the day, the weather conditions helping the shoot-
ers to a certain extent, on February 3d.
L. H. Held shot the high score throughout the pro-
gram, totaling a straight fifty in the events calling
for that amount, and ninety-eight out of the hundred.
C. E. McKelvey held the high amateur honors in
both programs, shooting forty-nine out of the fifty
and ninety-seven out of the hundred. Deskin Reid
furnished the second high amateur scores by his
forty-seven and ninety-six. C. H. Knight, profes-
sional, was a visiting shooter from San Francisco.
Interest in the newly formed Northwestern Wash-
ington Trapshooters' League is on the increase and
it is very certain that when the schedule opens next
month a record attendance will have their scores
registered. The Seattle Trapshooters' Association
has been given the opening date, followed in turn by
the various clubs that comprise the league, each club
holding one shoot during the season. The scores:
At 5 Otargets— L. H. Reid* 50, C. E. McKelvey 49,
Deskin Reid 47, J. H. Hopkins 46, C. H. Knight* 45,
C. W. Bandy 45, R. S. Searle 45, Matt Grossman 44.
A. J. Gerrard 41, Ralph Kinzer 40, Jack Lewis 38,
Geo. Hambright* 35, C. F. Reinhard 34, J. H. Davis
27.
At 100 targets— L. H. Reid* 98, C. E. McKelvey
97, Deskin Reid 96, J. H. Hopkins 92, Matt Grossman
90, Ralph Kinzer 83. A. J. Gerrard 82, C. F. Rein-
hard 68, J. H. Davis 51, P. Schwager 48, Alvin Schwa-
ger 32. Yours, E. A. FRY.
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THE BREEDEE AND_ SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 17, 1917
Sportsmen's Row j
Robert H. Parker and Beverly H. Coil of Woodland
have started a movement for stocking Willow slough
and Cache creek with black bass, crappie and Sac-
ramento perch. The present bass supply in Yolo
county is due to the foresight of Ji A. Murray and
Ernest Norton, who planted two cans of bass in
Willow slough ten years ago. That the new plan
meets with the approval of the State Fish and Game
Commission is indicated by a communication which
has just reached Woodland fishing enthusiasts.
+ + +
The Spokane Gun Club is priming for the 1917
Inland Empire Shoct on broader lines than hereto-
fore. This event is now regarded as one of the big
Western classics. This year it may be shot at the
Stadium, in the heart of the city, where conditions
are ideal. Spokane was figuring on getting the Pa-
cific Coast Handicap in May, but as San Jose drew
the plum, the Inland Empire marksmen have turned
their attention toward making the Inland Empire
a worthy rival to the big handicap, and they have
the enviable record of never having scored a failure.
* + •
Owen N. Jones, of the Du Pont Company, San
Francisco, was married in San Diego on January 2
to Miss Hazel Schlingman.
*•*
While talking of trapshooting averages in 1916,
it will be well to remember that George Maxwell,
the one-armed professional of Nebraska, shot at
3,640 targets and broke 3,439, an average of 94.47
per cent; that O. N. Ford of San Jose, Cal., shot at
6,580 targets and averaged 94.31 per cent, while
Frank Troeh led the amateur trapshooters at double
targets with a percentage of 87.50, C. G. Spencer
leading the professionals on doubles with a percent-
age of 90.
* + *
Three caribou, a grizzly bear, two wild sheep and
three goats constituted the game bag of Mrs. Russell
Earl, a young Brooklyn bride on a honeymoon hunt-
ing expedition in British Columbia, according to
word received from her by her friends. Before de-
parting on this trip Mrs. Earl had never gred a gun.
Now she has developed into a most successful and
fearless hunter in a party of which she is the only
woman.
•-+«►
Vincent Oliver, the Philadelphia trapshot, is using
the same gun that George Lyon did such creditable
work with for many years.
***
Hereafter the annual meeting of the Interstate As-
sociation for the Encouragement of Trapshooting
will take place the first Thursday after the first
Wednesday in November.
+ * *
Yale won the Intercollegiate trapshooting cham-
pionship in 1916 for the fourteenth time. Princeton
and Harvard each have won the championship six
times.
+ * *
Sporting writers of Portland, Oregon, are strong
for the "sport alluring." At all of the important
events of the Portland Gun Club Messrs. Kennedy,
Fawcett, Bertz, Goodwin and Cronin, representative
Portland scribes, make up the sporting writers'
squad.
* * +
The Fish and Game Commission of Oregon, this
year, asks for an appropriation of $89,600, most of
the amount, except that needed to pay the salaries
and expenses of the commission and deputy wardens,
to be used for the improvement of fish hatcheries
and firhing conditions. Two years ago the commis-
sion received $29,400 in actual appropriations. The
same amount is asked this year for running expenses
but $60,200 additional is asked for repairs and per-
mrcent improvements, on hatcheries and on the
Orefon City fishway.
* + *
According to the statement of Fred W. Thatcher
secretary of the Southern California Trout Associa-
tion, the official count of licenses sold in Los Angeles
and vicinity during the year 1916 shows that 25 000
fishermen took out licenses in that city and vicinity
Mr. Thatcher goes on to say that if each of this
number had half a mile of stream in which to cast
his fly, this "line of hope" would reach almost half-
way round the earth.
* + +
Despite the efforts that were made by farmers and
the deputy game wardens of Utah to save the birds
it is thought that fully 50 per cent of the quail in that
state before the recent snowstorm and severe cold
weather have perished, and many mare it is feared
will d.e before the weather moderates. Reports have
been received from Boxelder, Weber, Davis and Salt
Lake counties that a great many birds have perished
for want of food and the proper shelter
* + +
This will be the fifth time that Chicago has staged
;he Grand American Handicap. The other years were
W07, 1909. 1910 and 1915. The entries were 495 457
353 and 884. No less than 1000 is the Chicago slogan"
this year. °
Klamath Falls (Ore.). — Twenty elk calves to be
placed by the state fish and game commission in
the northern part of Klamath county, arrived in a
special express car on the local passenger train last
week. The animals were shipped by State Game
Warden Shoemaker from Wallows county, Oregon.
From Klamath Falls the elk were shipped by rail to
Chiloquin and from there transported in sleds to
the Sisemore ranch in the Wood river valley, where
they will be fed in the corrals until the grass is long
enough to assure their living in the spring.
There are a lot of trapshooters who made excellent
averages in club shoots who do not come up to the
mark in registered tournaments. It is not difficult
to fathom the reason for this. In many club shoots
the targets are thrown 40 and 45 yards, while in the
registered tournaments the targets are thrown 55
and 60 yards. It would pay all shooters to always
fire at regulation targets. In making high scores on
easy targets thev deceive no one but themselves.
* * *
The Denver Trap Club installed another trap at
their Aurora grounds last week to take care of the
increasing number of shooters. The new trap is of
the latest automatic type and throws both double
and single targets. It now will be possible to accom-
modate fifty shooters in two hours, eliminating the
tiresome wrait with which some have had to contend
in the past, and it is expected that there will be
enough target smashers to keep both traps going
to the full capacity at every regular Sunday morning
shoot.
* * *
The Lakewood club announces that it will hold a
registered shoot, at its country club March 25 for
merchandise and cash prizes. This, with the regis-
tered event of the Denver Trap club on May 6, will
give Denver two registered shoots for the season of
1917, which is a new thing and puts Denver on the
trapshooting map.
SO
Fly-Casting in South. — Earl J. Kennedy, returning
to the form in which he was in earlier in the season,
captured five of the eight casting events of the South-
ern California Rod and Reel tournament held in East-
lake Park Sunday noon.
Shifting winds made it difficult for the fly and bait
throwers to make high scores. The performance of
Kennedy was particularly noteworthy by his making
a clean sweep of the fly events. In the light tackle
dry fly accuracy number he made nine straight casts
with a perfect score, and out of his fifteen casts he
missed the target only three times and none of his
casts fell more than ah inch or two away from the
red dies.
A large crowd witnessed the events. Many mem-
bers of the women's auxiliary were present and sev-
eral of the feminine anglers gave an exhibition of
their skill at bait casting. Summary:
Light tackle, dry fly, accuracy, 15 casts (per cent) :
E. J. Kennedy99 12-15, C. Van Horn 99 6-15, J. J. Low
99 2-15, H. Richey 97 7-15.
Light tackle, fly accuracy, 15 casts: E. Kennedy
88 7-15. C. Van Horn 99, J. j. Low 98 11-15, H. Richey
96 8-15.
Roll fly distance, 10 minutes to each entrant (feet) :
E. J. Kennedy 75, C. Van Horn 60, J. J. Low 58, H.
A. Richey 50.
Light tackle fly, distance, 10 minutes each — Ken-
nedy 82.0, Low 72.6, Van Horn 72.
One-fourth ounce accuracy, target 60 to 80 feet —
Oscar Lane 98 6-10, C. J. Lenarth 98 2-10, Sherman
Baker 97 3-10, E. J. Kennedy 97 2-10, H. A. Richey
95 9-10, A. E. Perkins 93 4-10, Geo. Bongrebe 93 2-10.
One-fourth ounce distance, 5 casts each — Kennedy
138:6. Lane 125:3, Perkins 97:3, Lenarth 65:3, Baker
61:1, Kling 37:5, Bongrebe 93 2-10.
Longest single cast — 162 feet 2 inches, bv Oscar
Lane.
Two and one-half ounce, distance, 5 casts — Perkins
238:9, Baker 227:11, Kennedy 144:1, Bongrebe 140:11
Lane 115:10, E. C. Hibbets 92:4, Kling 75:4.
Longest single cast— 252 feet, by E. J. Kennedy.
Two and one-half ounce handicap, under surf con-
ditions, 5 casts each — Bongrebe 176:5, Kling 173-10
Hibbets 156:8, Perkins 144:8, Baker 144:3, Lane
141:1, Kennedy 124:1, Lenarth 59. Longest single
cast— 254 feet 2 inches, by Geo. Bongrebe.
REFUGES FOR WILD DUCKS.
Oregon Has Largest and Best Feeding Grounds in
the United States.
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Cat-Fishing Club.— With a promised membership
of at least 1000 ,the Cat Fishing Club of Utah was
organized last week at Salt Lake. The officers and
members are enthusiastic over the prospects that
the legislature will cut out seining for catfish in
Utah lake and the Jordan river. "If the legislature
will only stop the seining for catfish for two vears
every man and boy in Salt Lake county who cannot
afford to get away for a day will have a chance to
get a mess of the best eating flsh there is in the
world." declared President C. C. Patten. "The Leg-
islature is taking a step in the right direction when
it proposes to stop the seining for catfish Why
should a lot of us Salt Lake men and boys, and
there are more than ten thousand of us in Salt Lake
county, be deprived of the chance to get a mess of
fish because some seiners want to 'hog' it all'" said
Vice-President L. L. Yarsen. With Patten as presi-
dent, Yarsen as vice-president, O. C. Brown as sec-
re!J"?'„A' S' Thoras°n as treasurer, Walter Jewks
and J. C. Anderson as members of the board of direc-
tors, the Cat Fishing Club of Utah starts with a good
deal of indications for growth.
The Biological Survey of Washington, D. C, was
recently asked if it could give the number of acres
of land, water and marsh now employed in this
country' as wild duck refuges, and the reply was as
follows :
"There is no information available on any of these
items, except for Louisiana, where there is a total of
234,300 acres in the neighborhood of Vermillion Bay,
spoken of generally as the Ward-McRhenny reserva-
tion, secured by the co-operation of Mrs. Russell
Sage and the Rockefeller Foundation, divided as
follows: Marsh Island, 79,300 acres; the Louisiana
State Reservation, donated to the state by Messrs.
Mclnhenny and Ward, 13,000 acres; the Ward-Mcll-
henny tract of 57,000 acres, and the Rockefeller
Foundation wild life refuge, 85,000 acres. This is,
so far as I know, the only large tract devoted exclu-
sively to duck refuge. A large reservation in Min-
nesota, approximately 1,000,000 acres, serves to
some extent as a breeding place for ducks; Crane
Lake, in Illinois, is a prominent refuge, while the
Big Lake Reservation in Arkansas is of great Im-
portance for ducks migrating on the Mississippi
route.
Klamath Lake and Malheur Lake, inOregon . are
the largest and best breeding grounds for ducks in
the United States which today are given any degree
of protection. Dungeness Spit, in the state of Wash-
ington; East Lake, in California; Salt River, in
Arizona; Rio Grande and Carlsbad, in New Mexico,
and the North Platte, in Nebraska; Belle Fourche,
in South Dakota, and Minidoka, in Idaho, are the
government reservations which are most used by
wild ducks. It is exceedingly difficult to get actual
information as to the number of acres in each state,
for the reason that many of the state refuges are
temporary in character, changing with the commis-
sions, or by legislative action. Many of the most
important ones are in private hands, and as such
are more or less transitory in nature.
"What is needed now, chiefly, is additional breed-
ing grounds and refuges along the paths of migra-
tion, so that the birds may be tempted to stop and
thus increase the opportunities for shooting without,
as the same time, subjecting the ducks to such dan-
gerous hazards as well seriously reduce their num-
bers. "E. W. NELSON,
"Chief, Biological Survey."
BO
Elks Pest of Farmers. — Everrett, Wash. — This
county has been for some time confronted with per-
haps one of the most unique situations which has
ever come before the sportsmen of this state.
In 1913 the county procured a carload of elk from
the Yellowstone Park, which were liberated at
Startup, near the Sultan Basin, thinking the elk
would immediately go into the hills, where it was
hoped they would thrive to the extent that when the
season is opened in 1925 they would be sufficiently
numerous to afford much sport for the big game
hunters of this county. Instead, however, of taking
to the hills, these elk seemed to prefer civilization
and remained in the vicinity of Startup, doing con-
siderable damage to crops, and especially to young
orchards. In fact, one rancher who has a large pear
orchard, representing an investment of over $50,000,
has sustained damages of approximately $2,000 to
his young trees and crops.
Wire fences will not keep the elk out, as they
jump or ride down any wire fence we have been able
to put up. We tried shooting them with birdshot,
with the result that they stayed in the timber by day,
but came back in the orchards at night.
The best results were obtained by running them
with dogs, using hounds and Airedales, which drove
them for a considerable distance into the hills, where
they remained during the summer; but as soon as
feed became scarce last fall they once more returned
to the ranches and continued their depredations, and
we are undecided what to try next. We want some-
thing that will put these elk back into the hills and
make them "stay put."
If any reader of this article can offer any sugges-
tions of value, they will be very thankfully received.
G. H. MILLER, Game Warden.
00
Change Lobster Law. — Good news for chorus girls,
epicures and midnight cafe habitues comes from an
investigation of Deputy Fish and Game Commis-
sioner C. S. Bauder of the commercial fisheries re-
search bureau, who finds that spiny lobsters of large
size are plentiful in deep water offshore where com-
mercials have been getting them freely in size just
too large to market under the 13-%inch maximum
size limit.
As this supply may prove "so extensive as to have
direct bearing upon the "H. C. of L." Bauder will
recommend a change in the lobster law to permit
these larger fish to be marketed up to 16?4-inch
length, so a greater supply may keep down the price
to where the general public can taste this delicacy
occasionally.
It is Thought that the red water inshore may have
driven the crawfish out into this depth, which is
beyond what w-as always supposed to be their range.
Deputy Bauder has been detailed on work out of
the Los Angeles office and is now compiling a cen-
sus of the value of the fisheries of Southern Cali-
fornia with the amount of investment therein.
Saturday, February 17, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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SUBMARINES HIT BIG KENNEL SHOW.
English Judges May Not Be Able to Arrive For the
Westminster Exhibition.
Officials o£ the Westminster Kennel Club are con-
cerned over the latest developments in the U-boat
situation. It is feared that some or all of the English
judges scheduled to officiate at the show in Madison
Square Garden February 20 to 23 may be prevented
■from crossing the ocean. It will, of course, be possi-
jble to fill the places of any one of these judges on
this side of the water, but the fact that the club
went so far afield for the officials is considered
| sufficient indication that it was good policy to en-
Igage them.
| Some of the most important breeds are to be
I supervised by the foreign experts. A gratifying
i entry has been received for the English bulldog
classes, which will be judged by Frank Walker, a
London business man who had planned to take his
i vacation and come over for the New York show.
| Other important breeds will be intrusted to E. R. L.
1 Hoskins, a fancier from Buckinghamshire. These
are fox and Welsh terriers, the former especially
being one of the big attractions of the show. The
other English judge expected is Lady Savory of
Stoke Pogis, Bucks, who is slated to adjudicate on
Sealyhams, which are much better understood in
England than in this country. The English judges
had planned to stay at home until after the Craft's
Show at Islington, which will be held the first week
in February, and in the ordinary course of events
would be here in plenty of time for the exhibition
in the Garden. Should the sailings of steamships
be delayed, it is considered likely that the visitors,
if they come at all, will not be here for the opening
day.
ac
Up at Vancouver, B. C, recently an ordinance was
proposed to the effect that no person should keep
a kennel within 500 feet of the house. Some of the
aldermen moved that the by-law be laid on the table
for three months; others said it should be kept there
for three years or more.
* + +
It is estimated that about twenty-five thousand
dogs are turned adrift in London every year, and a
great expense is caused to taxpayers for collecting
and destroying them. Real dog lovers have been
trying to educate the public who own dogs as to what
it means in mental and physical suffering to an aban-
doned dog.
+ * +
Purchasing dogs by cable is nothing new. The
moneyed persons around Manhattan and environs
who are looking for winners do it regularly, but buy-
ing a dog by wireless is not so common a custom
here. They do it between Alaska and points on the
Pacific coast, however. Only the other day an order
came for a collie from Hadley, Alaska, to Seattle for
one from tlje Mouls Kennels.
* * *
Sam Crabtree, who is well known over here, has
been invited to judge in New Zealand, and is going
to take the trip "down under." The show where he
will officiate is to take place next July. This will
give him an edge as a globe-trotting pudge on his
confreres, Marples, Raper and Holgate, for none of
them have yet officiated in the Antipodes, although
they have visited every other eountry as judges at
bench shows.
* * *
Interstate Committees. — Guy V. Dering, of Colum-
bus, Wis., former amateur doubles champion of the
United States, has been named as the chairman of
the committee that will allot the handicaps to the
trapshooters in the Eighteenth Grand American Han-
dicap, which will take place at the South Shore
Country Club, Chicago, 111., in August. The other
members of the committee are George K. Mackie, of
Lawrence, Kan.; Benjamin S. Donnelly, of Chicago,
IU. ; William H. Cochrane, of Bristol, Tenn., and Fred
Plum, of Atlantic City, N. J.
It would have been a difficult matter for President
Doremus to have selected a more efficient or better-
equipped committee. They are shooters who are in-
timately acquainted with nearly all of the trapshots
in the country, for it is seldom that any member of
the committee misses an important shoot. The
Grand American handicapping is in good hands.
Other committees appointed by President Dore-
mus, of the Interstate Association, are:
Tournament: John T. Skelly, chairman; F. G.
Drew, T. H. Keller, Jr., L. J. Squier, Charles North,
R. W. Clancey and H. E. Winans.
Gun Club Oragizations : J. Leonard Clark, chair-
man; L. P. Smith, Edward Banks, W. B. Stadtfield,
C. J. Fairchild.
Trophies: C. R. Babson, chairman; A. F. Hebard,
P. S. Keenan.
Classify Shooters: J. Leonard Clark, chairman;
Elmer E. Shaner, L. J. Squier, P. S. Keenan, T. H.
Keller.
The last-mentioned committee was appointed to
assist in the classifying of trapshooters with the idea
of having contestants of known ability shoot among
themselves.
Class shooting is something that is coming. A
great many of the active gun clubs of the country
classify their shooters, and the clubs that do this
have more genuinely enthusiastic members than the
clubs that do not. Under the class system the tro-
phies do not all find their way into the dens of the
best shooters — the poorer shots having an opportuni-
ty of winning something and therefore maintaining
interest in the sport.
GB
Mary Montrose Wins Derby. — Mary Montrose, the
handsome daughter of Comanche Frank and Lorna
Doone, won the Derby Championship at Vinita, Okla.,
on February 2nd, and thus finished her marvelous
Derby career in a blaze of glory. The win was not
entirely unexpected by those who have been follow-
ing the work of the Derbys of the past season;
nevertheless, this race will go down in history as
one of the greatest that has been seen in many and
many a day. In fact, we are not overstepping the
bounds of reason when we say that at least in the
last dozen or more years, no Derby dog or bitch has
ever run a race the equal of that which won the
Derby Championship. Many of the old-timers, who
have followed field trials for the past quarter of a
century, go farther than that and freely state that
another such race has never been run by any Derby
dog at any time or at any place. As those who are
credited with this statement were interested in the
stake, it naturally carries considerable weight.
The other dogs all ran good races, and this par-
ticular one of Mary's so overshadowed the field that
there was really nothing in her class, although her
litter brother, Royal Flush, was easily the next best
and thus won the position of runner-up. It was a
great day for the Ziegler dogs and a still greater
one for Bob Armstrong, who handled both. Ever
since the field trial season began on the prairies of
North Dakota last August Armstrong maintained that
Mary Montrose was not only the best of all the fam-
ous puppies which he brought out this year, but
that she was the finest flower that ever bloomed in
dog flesh. Mary has been doing considerable win-
ning, but her brothers have divided honors with her
quite consistently, hence Bob was never given all the
credit for his statements about Mary.
Vinita, Okla.
* * *
Doc Got Mixed. — One of Portland's most ardent
devotees of the trap game is Dr. A. K. Downs. Re-
cently, while meditating in his office, Doc conceived
the idea that he would like to shatter a few clay
birds on the following day, and to make sure that
he would not forget to take his gun home that even-
ing, he put it in a case and placed it near the rack,
where his hat and coat were hanging in the office.
Shades of night were creeping over when Doc
realized that it was time to start for home, and with
him went his trusty gun. . Again making sure not
to forget the firearm, Doc left it in his automobile
when he locked his eight-cylinder up in the garage.
Bright and early the next morning he was up,
ready for the conquest of the "mud saucers." On
the way out to the Portland Gun Club grounds he
picked up several friends and, upon arriving at the
Everding park traps, proceeded to thaw out, as the
cold east wind chilled him somewhat. While stand-
ing before the fireplace, dreaming of what was going
to happen to the club pigeons, there was a call for
squad one — "Morris, Everding, Downs," etc.
Doc got a hustle on and grabbed his gun case;
three moves and he was ready to put his gun to-
gether, but, after trying several minutes, he looked
over the stock very carefully and then turned his
attention to the barrel. Alas, he discovered that he
had brought the stock of his Winchester rifle and
the barrel of his Remington scatter-gun.
However, Doc borrowed a 12-gauge and shattered
a few of the blue rocks that day, but learned his
lesson, and hereafter, he says, will keep his two
guns together.
QC
Field Dogs Going North — S. Christenson, secretary
of the Pacific Coast Field Trials Club, has written to
Portland that it is the intention of a number of Cali-
fornians to send their dogs North this year to com-
pete in the pheasant trials in British Columbia,
Washington and Oregon.
As the California trials will not take place until
January, 1918, there will be plenty of time in which
to work the dogs on quail in that state after the
Oregon trials, which will take place in September.
Distemper has been prevalent in some of the Bear
State kennels of late and a number of valuable dogs
have been lost. There are enough left, however, to
make things interesting in the Northern trials.
Carl Liebe's young dog, Liebe's King, a good per-
former in last year's Oregon derbies, is developing
splendidly and those who have seen him work in the
last few weeks believe that he will be a grand per-
former this year. Dr. E. W. Morse's Rowdy, winner
of second place in the Oregon derby last September,
has completely recovered from an attack of distem-
per and returned to form. He shows great promise.
Maurice Abraham's Count Moring, the Oregon
derby winner, looks well and is receiving light work
to keep in condition. He is a tractable dog, a con-
sistent performer and is expected to show something
out of the ordinary in the all-age races.
Dr. L. D. Rricks, of Washington, D. C, head of the
United States Public Health Service, has sent out
a promising English setter bitch to Fred Beals. She
will be fitted for the Northwest trials this season.
E. A. Parsons, of Portland, has sent his noted bitch,
Irene Danstone's Marie, to Qualeyville, W. Va„ to
be bred to the famous sire, Prince Rodney's Count.
He has also sent Theda Bara, another English setter
bitch, to the same kennels to be trained.
NEW RULES FOR RIFLE MATCHES.
National Events at State Camp in Florida to Begin
August 23.
By reason of the changes made by the National
Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice in the Na-
tional Match rules, the 1917 annual competitions
scheduled to begin August 23, at State Camp, Florida,
should appear more attractive than ever to military
and civilian shots. One of the most radical changes
is evidenced in the new course of fire. The "chang-
ing position" fire will perhaps prove the most popular
of any of these modifications among the marksmen
of the country. All who attended the 1916 N. R. A.
matches will recognize it in the "monkey drill" which
scored such a decided success, and those who have
shot the new N. R. A. qualifications course will iden-
tify it as being a Navy institution. The change was
made in the 600-yard course, prescribing rapid fire
instead of slow fire, and is also likely to prove bene-
ficial and popular as well.
In the opinion of many rifle shots, the slow fire at
600 was too little different from the slow fire at 1000
yards to make the shooting of this course, as previ-
ously described, worth while. As the course of fire
stands today, it provides much more of variety, and
a greater training in quick, accurate shooting than
it has in the immediate past. Through the provision
which requires each team to stand ready to furnish
three pit operatives, the holding of the National
Matches are assured. Many rifle club members have
apparently misunderstood the true significance of
this section. It does not mean necessarily that each
team must bring three supernumerary men in addi-
tion to its shooting members to the matches, whose
only participation in the big shoot will be the haul-
ing of targets. It does mean, however, that if for
any reason an insufficient number of men are de-
tailed from the regular establishment, the executive
officer of the matches may call upon every team for
a maximum of three men to assist in the operation
of the range. These men may be either be brought
as supernumeraries, may be team members, serving
in rotation one day in every three or four and shoot-
ing the rest of the time, or may be hired from a
waiting list which will probably be provided.
The new rales also provide for the participation
of an increased number of teams in the National
Matches, as next August it will be possible for each
State, Territory and the District of Columbia to be
represented by one National Guard, one civilian, and
one school team. On this basis, at least 150 teams
are expected to attend the matches. Last year, with
much less than a month's notice, fifty-five teams were
assembled at State Camp, and the greatest shoot in
National Match history resulted.
In 1917, clubs will have seven months' notice, and
the new rules provide a plenty of ammunition for
practice at home stations for the teams selected to
represent the different States. There is no reason
why the riflemen of the United States, by making
a united effort within their several States and Terri-
tories, cannot make the year's competitions the
giants of their long line, demonstrate the value to
the nation of such a congress of marksmen, and show
to the government that the citizen and the National
Guard shooters are eager to do everything possible
to advance the cause of rifle practice.
It is up to the rifle club members to lose no time
in arousing interest in the shoot of next August.
Call representative gatherings of National Guard,
civilian and school marksmen, get the newspapers
interested, and through them point out the necessity
of holding Statewide competitions from the high
scores in which the State teams may be picked.
There is little going on now on the outdoor range.
The rifleman has plenty of time to devote to this
organization and publicity work. This is the time
to start things going.
Expect Bass Run. — Bass fishing in the vicinity of
Tiburon island is expected to begin within the next
ten days. Members of the Tiburon Club have tested
out the waters with spoons, but have had very little
success so far.
However, February of last year brought the gamy
fish in numbers to the Tiburon section, and experts
expect to find them returning within a few days.
One of the best catches of 1916 was made at Tiburon.
Water conditions in the bay are such that spoon
fishing should be evceptionally good. Cold weather
in the upper reaches of the rivers has prevented the
usual inflow of muddy water, and the bay is clear.
Bass spooning should soon be calling many anglers
to the boats.
QB
There is a movement on foot to hold field trials in
Yakima this year. A number of dog owners have
signified their willingness to take part in the trials
and it seems more than probable that there will be
a large number of entries. The British Columbia
trials will likely be the first in the Northwest. They
will be held about September 1. Then will come
the Washington trials, which will be held near Se-
attle. Following these will be the Yakima and Ore-
gon trials, the four forming an attractive circuit.
• ♦*
With more trophies and prizes already pledged
and in the hands of the club, the prospects of win-
nings that will amount to considerable are in store
for the many entries that will grace the benches of
the big exhibit of the Seattle Kennel Club March 29.
30 and 31.
12
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 17, 1917
n
J Stock and Farm Department J
The first individual sale of pure bred Berkshires
conducted in California was made by George M.
York & Son. of Modesto, Cal., January 20. The sale
averaged $23.
+ + +
John P. Daggs, of Modesto, Cal., has recently
bought some prize winning Duroc-Jersey breeding
stock in the East, among them a full sister to Iowa's
champion sow.
* *»
The River Bend Farm, St. Helena, Mont., makes
a specialty of mail order business. Not that they
are ashamed to show their stock to visiting breeders,
for there are few herds in California whose stock
will equal theirs. They believe in square dealing
and this has brought about their extensive mail
order business. By ordering by mail from the River
Bend Farm, one not only gets the same stock but
saves the cost of a trip.
* + +
Among the recent sales of John P. Daggs, pioneer
Duroc-Jersey breeder of Modesto, were: One boar
to A. D. Cooldige of Modesto, $35; one boar and two
bred gilts to C. C. Lester, Gilroy; three gilts and
one boar to Jas. Hansen of Newman, $200; one boar
and one gilt to Gen. A. J. Gootch, San Francisco, $80.
+ * +
Buyers for spring lambs have already made their
appearance in California and are offering liberal
prices. Few sales are reported, however, as breed-
ers are expecting a bigger demand and stronger
prices later on.
+ + *
Like the feeders of the cornbelt, California cattle-
men are pushing young cattle and making a spe-
cialty of baby beeves.
+ + +
Wool selling at 40 cents is a reality for Montana
flockmasters. Fred I. Long of Great Falls sold his
1915 clip at that figure. There was a total of about
160,000 pounds in the clip which had been in the
wool warehouse since it was clipped in 1915. The
sale was made through a Boston house.
* + +
Merchants of Fresno have subscribed $3750 to date
toward the packing bouse site which is proposed to
be donated to the Universal Packing Company of
Chicago if it will erect a $150,000 meat packing plant
in that county. The site proposed to be given is a
short distance south of Salwa and embraces 35 acres.
+ + +
Four hundred dollars per acre has been paid by
A. Verkuyle for 80 acres of vines and peaches, adja-
cent to the Lucerne vineyard at Hanford, the total
amount being $32,000. The ranch was the property
of E. J. Hummell. Verkuyle will take possession of
the ranch immediately.
* + +
C. A. Robertson has agreed to give 100 acres to the
Chowchilla Fair Association near the town of Chow-
chilla. It is understood that the land will be used
exclusively for the holding of agricultural fairs.
* + +
A San Francisco company is endeavoring to sign
up 1000 cows in the Manteca section of San Joaquin
county in the hope of establishing a casein factory
at that place.
* + +
Hadeu Smith, Duroc breeder of Tolo county, re-
ports the sale of 17 bred sows to Chas E. van Barne-
veld, Glenn county; a boar to A. J. Gomes, of Cala-
veras county; and a service boar to Joe Hulen of
Solano county and a gilt to F. W. Marstone of
Shasta county.
+ * *
H. B. Thornberry, of Stockton, California's "Jack
King," has recently returned from Missouri where
be purchased a large consignment of mammoth
jacks. He now has in his sale stables at Stockton
a complete consignment of saddle horses, draft
horses and jacks.
+ + +
The members of the Kings County Poland China
Breeders' Association are sending out invitations to
Poland China breeders in all parts of the State ask-
ing them to be present at Hanford March 7 when an
attempt will be made to organize a State Poland
China breeders' association. The Kings county
brecders will hold their auction sale on the same
date.
**♦
With a production of 97.9 pounds of butter-fat
from 2452 pounds of milk, Abbie, a purebred Hol-
stein cow owned by H. E. Cornwell of Modesto
reached the high mark of production for the month
of January among the 673 cows tested for members
of the Stanislaus Cow Testing Association. A pure-
bred Jersey owned by J. M. Bomberger of Salida was
a close second to the Holstein with a production of
92.38 pounds of butter-fat from 1276 pounds of milk
her milk making a test for the month of 7.2 per cent!
The Holstein produced nearly double the amount of
milk as the Jersey, but the quality of her milk was
such that the Jersey butterfat record was nearly
equal. Forty-seven cows won a place on the honor
roll by producing more than 1:50 pounds of butterfat
" day for the month,
Sixty-one cars of live stock were shipped from Tu-
lare in January, according to figures given out by
the local freight offices. These shipments included
eight carloads of horses to Kansas City and Mem-
phis, and a carload of pure blood holstein cattle to
New York. The other shipments were about equally
divided between cattle and hogs going to San Fran-
cisco, Los Angeles and other markets in the state.
J. A. Franklin, of Durham, Cal., recently purchased
the Percheron mare, Marie, that will be remembered
as being shown by A. C. Ruby and among the prize-
winners at the recent Pacific International. She is
the daughter of the famous Illinois stallion. Grand-
eur, and her dam was by Voltaire, a stallion owned
by the French government.
* * +
Holstein Breeders' Sale Postponed.
The big semi-annual Holstein-Friesian cattle sale
of the California Pedigree and Sales company of
Sacramento has been postponed for a week and will
be held at the University Farm, Davis, during
Farmers' Week, which is being planned as a big
event.
The Holstein sale was planned for May 25 and 26,
which would be Friday and Saturday, at the State
Fair grounds in Sacramento. Instead it will be held
during the following week at the University Farm on
days to be decided later.
Members of the board of directors of the company
met in Sacramento last week and authorized the
change of date. The change was welcomed.
President Frederick Kiesel of the California Hol-
stein Breeders' association has named the advisory
committee to prepare by-laws for the rejuvenated
association and met in Sacramento last week with
the members of the body. The committee is com-
posed of W. J. Taylor of Santa Anita Rancho at
Santa Anita; Gion Gibson of the J. S. Gibson com-
pany, Williams; A. R. Magruder of Ripon; A. W.
Morris of Woodland; Frank Helm of Fresno; James
M. Henderson, Jr., of Sacramento, and Owen Duffy,
manager of the Napa state hospital, Napa.
Tuberculosis Rare in Small Dairy Herds.
Large dairy herds have more cattle infected with
tuberculosis tban small dairy herds, according to Dr.
Chas. Keane, State Veterinarian. Out of 503 herds
containing ten or fewer animals, 430 herds were
found entirely free from tuberculosis, while out of
19S herds containing ten or more animals, but 51
herds were found free from the disease. These fig-
ures cover only the first three months of work under
the new milk law, and the percentages of infected
herds may change as the work advances, but it is
certain that the small dairyman has little to worry
him in the enforcement of the milk law. The State
Board of Health, the State Dairy Bureau and the
State Areterinarian share the responsibility for the
enforcement of the law.
+ * *
Merced Is Assured County Farm Bureau.
That a county farm bureau and a county farm ad-
viser for Merced are to be a reality before long is
practically assured by the success that has rewarded
the efforts to date of the Merced Chamber of Com-
merce. With the field but partially canvassed, 250
signatures of farm land owners desirous of having
a farm adviser have been obtained already, which
leaves but 120 of the required 370 names yet to be
secured . Farm centers, which are the units in the
farm bureau, have been organized in Merced, Stevin-
son, LeGrand, El Nido, and Winton, and signatures
for membership in farm centers have been secured in
abundance at Livingston and Amsterdam, where the
centers are to be organized at once.
All the canvassing has been done to date on the
east side of the county. Soon the work will be
launched on the west side also.
Prof. V. C. Bryant of the department of agricul-
tural extension of the University of California has
supplemented very ably the work of the Chamber of
Commerce in organizing the farm centers. He has
given much time to the work of addressing rural
meetings where centers have been formed and sig-
natures obtained to membership cards in farm cen-
ters.
Col. L. M. Monsees, of Limestone Valley Farm, Smithton, Mo.
Swine breeders were advised to breed for utility
first and for looks afterwards, by Prof. G. R. Sam-
son of the Oregon agricultural college in an address
on "Influence of Breeding on Profit" before the an-
nual meeting of Oregon swine growers recently.
The whole question of purebred breeding has hinged
largely in the past on the appearance of the individ-
ual, he said. Consequently the success of the breed-
ers in the show ring has been due to their getting
their sows to farrow the first few days of March or
September, rather than in getting their pigs up to
market weight and condition and up to breed stand-
ard of excellence in a minimum time, and at a max-
imum profit.
*.* +
The Oregon Agricultural College has just com-
pleted a new hog barn and feed house that is prob-
ably the most modern to be found anywhere. Others
are more elaborate, are better finished or more
expensive, but none accomplish more in the way of
providing comfortable and sanitary quarters for the
pigs and in reducing the labor of feeding and hand-
ling. While tbis house was planned especially for
the needs of the college, everything about the build-
ing is suitable for farm use.
* * *
According to the annual estimate of the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture, the number of hogs in the
United States Jan. 1, 1917, was 313,000 fewer than
the number on Jan. 1, 1916. The average value of
hogs per head was $11.73, against $8.40 on Jan. 1,
1916, an increase of 39.64 per cent, or $3.33 per head.
While the total number of swine decreased for the
year 313,000 head, the aggregate value increased
$221,669,000.
♦ ♦♦
The Utah Agricultural College recently sent out
a warning against "bull peddlers" to the cattlemen
of the state, a warning that leading breeders of Utah
say is fully justified by the quality of registered
bulls that are being rushed into the state bv unscru-
pulous speculators.
Cow Testing Association Report Shows Raising of
the Standards.
The San Joaquin cow testing association has been
reorganized under the able leadership of Carl J. Wil-
liams, who has been acting as assistant farm adviser
in San Joaquin county. The coming year promises
to be the most successful since its organization.
About 800 cows are on test at the present time
with a promise of one or two more herds entering
soon.' The cream samples from two of the cream
pooling associations are being tested as well. There
is great rivalry among the different dairymen for
individual honors, resulting in a gradual raising of
standards. William F. Elder is the tester for the
association.
Following are the five leading herds in milk produc-
tion for the month of January, 1917:
No. of Average
No. Owner. cows. lbs. milk
1. F. Kell. Stockton 9 808
2. M. C. Gammon Estate, Lodi 27 803
3. E. B. Goodwin, Ripon 51 785
4. County Farm, French Camp 35 771
5. H. Bailey, Lodi 37 749
Following are the five leading herds in butterfat
production for the month of January, 1917:
No. of Average
N. Owner. cows. B. F.
1. F. Kell, Stockton 7 9 32.1
2. E. B. Goodwin. Ripon 51 31.7
3. M. C. Gammon Estate, Lido 27 30.6
4. H. Bailey, Lodi : 37 29.4
5. County Farm, French Camp 35 28.8
Pigs confined to small pens will not eat as much
as will freely-running animals. That has been de-
termined in a hundred instances. Moreover, their
digestion will not be as good as if they were allowed
to forage for some of their feed. Confinement to
pens is oDly justified when finishing for fat. Exercise
stimulates digestion and directly increases growth
and the capacity to fatten up to the greatest extent.
Col. L. M. Monsees, of Smith
ton, Pettis, county, Mo., is the
Jack King of the world." Col.
Monsees conducted his first
public sale of jacks and jen-
nets in 1881 and the total of
his sale was $8,490. His 37th
annual sale, conducted in
March, 1916, totaled more than
$90,000. He has the greatest
herd of prize winning and pro-
ducing jacks stock in America
and his private sale business
3quals his annual public sales.
He has sold more grand
champion jacks then any oth-
er man in the country. He an-
nounces his 38th sale March
15, at Sedalia, Mo.
Saturday, February 17, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
IS
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Save the Trees. — Any fool can de-
stroy trees. They cannot run away;
and it they could, they would still be
destroyed — chased and hunted down
as long as fun or a dollar could be got
out of their bark hides, branching
horns, or magnificent backbones. Few
that fell trees plant them; nor would
planting avail much toward getting
back anything like the noble primeval
forests. During a man's life only sap-
lings can be grown in the place of the
old trees — tens of centuries old — that
have been destroyed. It took more
than three thousand years to make
some of the trees in these Western
woods — trees that are still standing in
perfect strength and beauty, waving
and singing in the mighty forests o£
Itne Sierra. Through all the wonder-
ful eventful centuries since Christ's
time — and long before that — God has
■cared for these trees, saved them from
drouth, disease, avalanches, and a
thousand straining, leveling tempests
and floods; but He cannot save them
i from fools — only Uncle Sam can do
(that. — John Muir.
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$10 DUE on THREE-YEAR-OLDS
Tuesday, March 1st, 1917
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 14.-S7.250
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$200 to the Nominator of the Dam on
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100 to the Nominator of the Dam on
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STRATING PAYMENTS— $25 to start in the Two-Year-Old Pace; $35 to start in the
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Three- Year-Old Trot All Starting Payments to be made ten days before the
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Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse
is a Trotter or Pacer.
Colts that start as Two-Year-Oids are not barred from starting again in the Three-
Year-Old divisions.
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— CHINO, CAL.=—
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Highland Squirrel King 1881
- - By Forest King, by Squirrel King, by Black Squirrel 58.
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T!iS BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 24, 1917.
Pleasanton Driving Park
= ==PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA
offers for service for the season of 1917 the following stallions:
THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4
Non-Standard Cal. State License No. 2.
FASTEST TROTTING STALLION EVER OFFERED FOR SERVICE IN
CALIFORNIA AND FIFTH FASTEST ENTIRE TROTTER IN THE WORLD
Son of Si. Valiant Vincent 2:11% (by St. Vincent 2:13% out of the triple
produce- Grace Lee 2:29^ bv Electioneer 125); dam Amy Smith by Emperor
Wilkes 2:20%, sire of Princess Eulalia (4) 2:09^, etc.; grandam by Hamble-
tonian 539.
The Anvil is regarded by Edward F. Geers as one of the very greatest trot-
ters that he has ever raced. For five years the pair of Tennesseeans went to
the races together and in that time were but twice unplaced, while winining a
total of fifteen races, including the historic M. and M.
As an individual he is most pleasing, not too large or coarse in any way but
smoothly and compactly made and "all horse" in every line. He is a perfect
headed, pure gaited trotter, with the very best of disposition, and is destined
to become a very great sire of trotting speed. His opportunities in the stud
have been very slight as he has been retired from racing only since the close
of 1914. He was selected to head the stud at Pleasanton Driving Park not only
on account of his great qualities as a race trotter, but because one of his first
foals. Anvilite (2) 2:22*4. with a trial of ten seconds or more faster, was in
every way the greatest colt trotter ever handled by C. L. DeRyder. The services
of The Anvil are recommended to you without reserve.
Fee for THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4, $50 with usual privilege
Vernon McKinney 2:01 1-2
Pure Bred Cal. State License No. 39
Fastest member of the great family of McKinney 2:11 >/£.
Sire of VERNA McKINNEY (2) 2:13 (his first foal raced), fastest two-
year-old pacing filly of 1915, three-year-old record, 1916, 2:09^4;
VERNON DIABLO, mat. rec. half mile track 2:14^, and DR. DYER
(3) trial 2:121^.
Son of Guy McKinney 37625 (by McKinney 2:11^4 out of Flossie Drais by Guy
Wilkes 2:15^i); dam Maud Vernon by Mount Vernon 2:15^4, sire of the dams of
Leata J. 2:03, etc.; grandam Mag by General McClellan, sire of the dams of
Mack Mack 2:08, etc.
Vernon McKinney's racing career was not an extensive one but will long be
remembered for the excellence of his performances, as his winnings include a
Chamber of Commerce stake in time very near the-record for that event at the
time, and he is the fastest of all the McKinneys. %
He is a horse of rare qualities in the way of individual excellence, almost
ideal in behavior and temperament in harness or out. Since his retirement he
has been a popular horse in the stud and our claim that he would prove a verv
great sire of pacing speed has been fully substant;ated, his first foal to be ra^ed
being the season champion for the age and gait in 19m aVypst apccellentafifti-
monial to his potency. He is a very sure breeder, his get are uniformly end.
with natural speed and the physical and mental requirements of modem cac
horses and find ready sale at most gratifying prices. T
Fee for VERNON McKINNEY 2:01 1-2, $50 with usual privilege.""
The best of cars taken of mares in any manner owners may desire but no
responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address for particulars
PLEASANTON, CAL.
GEORGE F. RYAN, Superintendent,
Thoroughbred sire M ARSE ABE
WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1917 AT
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK
Marse Abe carries the best
blood of America through his
sire lines. Yankee was a su-
perior race horse and sire. Han-
over was the best horse of his
day, and headed the list of win-
ning sires for years. No refer-
ence is necessary to Hindoo as
everyone knows what he was.
Halo, the dam of Marse Abe,
is bred just right to cross with
the sire blood in his pedigree;
a daughter of St. Blaise, son of
Hermit, the most fashionable
sire line in England, and backed
up on her dam's side by the
lines of long distance perform-
ers from which sprung Ten
Brock and other four-milers.
Address all communications to
Service Fee $50
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GEO. F. RYAN,
Pleasanton, Cal.
=DILLCARA 57462=
Son o£ Sidney Dillon 23157 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list) and Guycara by Guy Wilkes
2867 (sire of 3 in 2:10 list), will make the season of 1917 at
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK, PLEASANTON, CAL
SERVICE FEE $50 TO INSURE
Dillcara is a full brother to Harold Dillon 39610, the leading sire of New Zealand.
Last season the get of Harold Dillon won 41 races, totalling over $25,000.
Address all communications to
GEO. F. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
Ansel M. Easlon
William Ward
IMPORTERS AND BREEDERS
of Prize Winning
SHIRE HORSES
Blackhawk Stock Ranch
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MARSHALL CHIEF 276!
MISSOURI'S CHAMPION SADDLE STALLION 1916.
By McDonald Chief by Rex McDonald 833; Dam, Minnie Marshall by Bourbon Chief.
In Public Service at Mexico, Mo., Season 1917
AT $25 CASH FOR SEASON
No more scientific nor successful Wending of the best of the
Denmarks, (Rex McDonald) and the Chiefs, (Bourbon
Chief) can be found than is represented in Marshall Chief.
INDIVIDUALITY and ACHIEVEMENT COUPLED WITH PEDIGREE.
WM. WALLACE, Philadelphia, Pa., Owner.
FOR FARTHER PARTICULARS WRITE
HANS BERG, 159 Warren Ave.
Milwaukee, Wis.,
or
E. N. HAMILTON, Manager,
Mexico, Mo.
There are other
Great Saddle Horses
but ASTRAL KING
IS THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL
HIS ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE SHOW RING AND STUD, NOT IDLE
BOAST — CLAIMS BACK UP THIS STATEMENT.
IF YOU WANT TO RAISE SADDLE HORSES THAT SELL AND SELL
AT A PROFITABLE FiGURE; horses that can win in the show rings of any
state, send your mares to the court of
ASTRAL KING
JAS. HOUCHIN, Owner, Jefferson City, Mo.
[Mention the Breeder und Sportsman when writing advertisers.]
RECORD 2.25J,
REG. NO. 41513
Sire of: CLARA nkC'TSfb VERA HAL 2:05; MADAM MAC 2:071
Only stallion offered for service in California aire of two in 2:05, three in 2:10
Son of McKINNEY 2:11% and the greatest living broodmare. EXPRESSIVE (3) 2:12% (dam
of 6. trotters, 1 in 2:10) by ELECTIONEER 125. Ideal in 'color, size and conformation — seal
brown, height 16% hands, weight 1275 pounds. $25 tha Season, $35 to insure, usual return
privilege. Send for tabulated pi-digree. Address: J. H. NELSON, Solma, Cal.
JOE CAREY
THOROUGHBRED STALLION
Pure Bred Cal. State License No. 2004
$50
Sire of
Brighouse
Orange Blossom
Custom House
Azurea
Mercurium
Deckhand
Buckshot
Avon Carey
Bernice, and other
Good winners.
Hayden
f Edwards..
Bannockburn...i
.Miss Marion..
( Prince Charlie \ glailr A&°}
.) I Eastern Princess
(Nannie Bay fSleneJ* .,
t Nannie Butler
i St. Blaise ifennit
. J t Fusee
/Bettie M i?^^r
i Lida Gaines
Alarm j gcl^se
' Maud
Hira (Lexington
1 Hegira
(Kisber JBucaneer
. | 1 Mmeral
I Bellicent ] pernorne
( Lynette by
Lord Lyon
Address all communications to:
GEO. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
BREED TO THE COAST'S CHAMPION CAMPAIGNER AND FUTURITY SIRE
Jim* I A/v^a-k Rm- 2:01 3-4.
im Logan u*. «,. 44977
Pure Bred. Cal. State License No. 17
Sire of Hal Logan 2:09, Maxlne (3) 2:15, winner of
Breeders' Futurity, etc.
Son of CHARLES DERBY 2:20, brother to Klatawah
(3) 2:05"/2. etc., and sire of TEN In 2:10.
Dam, EFFIE LOGAN, dam of Jim Logan 2M%, Sir
Albert S. 2:03%. and Dan Logan 2:07%.
In the stud, season of 1917, at Woodland Race Track.
FEE: $50, usual return privilege, $75 to insure liv-
ing colt payable at time of service or before removal
of mares. Call at race track or address
J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal,
Jewel Dare 3025 For Sale
On account of other business taking my entire time, I am offering for sale the
Great Show Horse and sire, Jewel Dare 3025, by My Dare, 1st dam Maud Jewel, making
him a full brother to Gypsy Dare and half-brother to the $10,000 My Major Dare.
Jewel Tucker, by Jewel Dare 3025, 1st dam Sallie Tucker, Foaled 1915. A conslan
winner in 1915 and 1916 including Kentucky State Fair winning.
The great brood mare, Sallie Tucker 7032, by My Own Kentucky, a proven dam of
high quality. Two extra good geldings by Sir Bourbon, one and five years old, extra
fine. These are all high-class horses at low prices for quick sale. Your Inspection
Invited.
CLARENCE B. SMITH. Shelbyville, Ky.
Saturday, February 24, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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as a private guarantee of good faith.
AS THE BREEDING SEASON approaches, and
the competition for business becomes more strenu-
ous, it is up to the stallion owner and mare owners
to get together. It is up to the owners of stallions
to display their offerings in the most attractive man-
ner; in much the same fashion as a jeweler displays
his wares in the shop windows, with the approach of
the holidays. The breeding season is the stallion
owners 'opportunity . The results are directly pro-
portional to the extent and intelligence of the prep-
aration. The Breeder and Sportsman is the "show
window" for the stallion owners of the West. The
shoppers referred to as the "mare owners," are look-
ing through this attractive "show window,' 'where
in former years they have found the announcements
of celebrated stallions; and the wise stallioneer will
see to it that his stallion is here represented. It is
unfair to a well bred horse to let him go through the
breeding season not advertised. He may possess
just the qualifications some mare owners desire;
his breeding, his conformation, or his record prob-
ably are not known to as many mare owners as one
believes. Unless a horse is kept constantly before
the public he is soon forgotten. The most briliiant
performers must be constantly kept in the SPOT-
LIGHT of they are to be remembered for their
achievements. An announcement for the season —
say, the price of one service fee — will put your horse
before the interested public. Send that copy today.
THERE IS NOTHING that will attract so many
people to a rural community as a monthly stock sale.
In California, where public sales are as yet few and
far between, only the big breeders and the pure bred
breeders who are the members of some live organi-
zation have an opportunity to dispose or their stock
In this successful manner. In Missouri, Kentucky
and other states the monthly court day or stock sales
day is an event of much importance. It is a means
of bringing buyers and sellers together without ex-
tra expense to either. Have a certain day once a
month and advise the owners of horses, cattle, sheep
or swine to bring their sale offerings to town that
day, is a suggestion to some of the commercial clubs
in small towns of California. The sale should be
advertised in all the county papers; and after it is
fairly established it will advertise itself. It will
draw stockmen from every nook and corner of adjoin-
ing counties as well as from the county in which it
is conducted. Live stock is just like any other mer-
chandise— it must be moved and change hands oc-
casionally, or it is likely to become stale; a monthly
sale offers the owner of a few head a market where
he is sure to find a buyer. In fact, the sales will
grow to such an extent and to such prosperous pro-
portions that, in time, it will keep sellers busy get-
ting stock together for the monthly sale. It will
create an impetus toward better feeding and care-
taking of the herds and it will bring splendid crowds
and new money into the community.
THE unanimous endorsement of the Santa Rosa
Chamber of Commerce was given to the District
Fair bill, which has been introduced into the legisla-
ture and which will come up for passage when that
body opens again the latter part of this month.
At the annual banquet Thursday night of last week
Walter F. Price, who has long been a consistent
booster for district fairs, introduced a resolution,
which was unanimously passed. The resolution
reads:
"Whereas, The holding of agricultural district
fairs is recognized as the best and most successful
manner for the development of the farmer, fruit
grower, stock man. poultry raiser, the hop and wine
producers, and incidentally benefiting and stimulat-
ing the mercantile and manufacturing industries in
our cities; therefore, be it
"Resolved, by the Santa Rosa Chamber of Com-
merce in annual meeting assembled, That we heart-
ily endorse proposed legislation establishing agricul-
tural diserict fairs in the several districts of the
State of California, and providing suitable appropri-
ations to maintain the same, and we most earnestly
urge our representatives in the legislature to work
for the passage of an agricultural district fair bill
and when passed we respectfully ask the governor
to approve the same."
MISSOURI NOTES.
IN MOST of the important beef producing coun-
tries of the world, cattle raising is on the decline.
This condition obtains in Argentine, Australia, Aus-
tria, the Danube countries, Canada, Germany, France,
New Zealand and European Russia. The United
States is the only important producing country
where cattle are increasing to the per capita of
population, says the Northwest Farmer. Informa-
tion is not complete as to the effect of the
present war on the number of cattle in Europe, but
it is believed that in the past year tremendous re-
ductions have occurred in the herds of the central
empires and in the smaller states of Serbia, Rou-
mania and Bulgaria, with probably the complete de-
struction of the cattle of the territory occupied by
the Germans in Belgium and France. Great Britain
has barely held her own since the war began. She
ranks as one of the countries where the industry
is in a stationary conditi n. Italy and Spain and
the northern European >untries all have fewer
cattle than in 1914.
For these reasons it i ., 'u likely that cattle soon
will become so plentiful they will be cheap.
Also another factor, besides reduced stocks in nearly
all parts of the world, insures that. One of the
effects of war is to raise the living standard of the
individuals experiencing it. A good many million
men in Europe are now eating meat as a regular
thing, to whom meat before the war was a luxury.
That habit will persist, for it is a lot easier to raise
the living standard than it is to lower it. The war-
ring nations of Europe will become meat eaters as
the United States became a meat eater following the
Civil War. That war is said to have done more to
stimulate consumption of meat in the United States
than anything else that ever happened and directly
started the great boom in the cattle industry in the
republic.
It is a certainty that this war has greatly reduced
the number of cattle in the areas affected by it. It is
true that in every important producing country, save
one, cattle are either stationary in numbers, or
actually on the decline. It is probable that meat
consumption in Europe succeeding the war will be
higher per capita than before. If these facts do not
establish for the cattle industry some surety for
continued prosperity, factors more potent than de-
mand and supply are going to shape the values put
on cattle in the future. At present, for no industry
is the outlook more favorable than for the growing
of beef. For it, the future, as it may be read from
present conditions and the past, holds every factor
that should make for prosperity for years to come.
CONCERNING CALIFORNIA FAIRS.
Breeder and Sportsman,
Pacific Bldg., San Francisco, Cal.
Dear Sirs: I notice in your issue of the 17th inst.
that there is to be a meeting held at the Hotel Manx
in this city, Saturday, the 24th inst., at 1 p. m., of
persons interested in the promotion of district fairs
for the year 1917. I am greatly interested, among
other things, in seeing that there are a number of
Horse Shows given. There is nothing more attrac-
tive nor a greater drawing card than such shows.
Your Mr. Cauthorn will tell you that such shows are
the greatest drawing feature of the Middle West
States, and it is in the Middle West where fairs
have reached their greatest perfection.
I trust there will be present at the meeting to be
held Saturday a large number of representatives of
fair associations and that they may be made to see
the great value of these shows. They are growing
more and more popular throughout the East as well
as in the Middle West. So mote it be on the Pacific
Slope. Yours truly,
E. A. BRIDGFORD.
San Francisco, February 21, 1917.
[By Rufus Jackson.)
The writer is enjoying some very fine tobacco of
the homespun variety from the big plantation of
Wilson Bros., of Cave City, Ky. The tobacco arrived
with the compliments of our good friend Tom Wil-
son, the popular and efficient horseman who was
never known to forget a friend or take an unfair
advantage of an enemy. The tobacco is white burley
and of the choicest quality. With our Missouri
meerschaum settling at the proper angle and in a
halo of smoke we are wishing every good thing for
our thoughtful Kentucky friends. May the tribe of
Wilson never grow less, is our heartfelt wish.
+ + *
The sympathy of the farmer-stockmen generally in
this section is extended to Jack Harrison, whose big
barn at his home three miles east of Auxvasse, Mo.,
burned last Monday afternoon, full of live stock, with
a loss of approximately $20,000. Mr. Harrison was
arranging to have a sale February 28. Friends of
Jack Harrison will recall his gameness a few years
ago, when experiencing a run of bard luck he refused
to "duck' 'and paid himself out — every dollar. Many
a man, with less nerve, would have taken advantage
of the bankruptcy laws. The writer doesn't know
how badly this loss hits Jack Harrison at this time,
but he asserts Mr. Harrison will recoup his losses,
by honorable means, and come out maintaining his
position as one of the most substantial farmer-stock-
men in Northeast Missouri.
o
Marshall Chief Back in Audrain
The superb saddle stallion Marshall Chief, for-
merly owned by "Jump" Cauthorn, now of San Fran-
cisco, at present the property of William Wallace of
Philadelphia, will make the season at Hill View
Farm, southeast of Mexico, Mo., under the handling
of Ed. N. Hamilton, the well known breeder and
developer. This will be good news to owrners of
mares in this section of Missouri. In Marshall Chief
2765 this country is afforded a saddle horse sire
whose breeding alone is sufficient to satisfy the most
exacting breeder. Marshall Chief's sensational show
ring record is familiar to horse lovers all over the
Middle West. He won the stallion class at the Mis-
souri State Fair last year, "hands down," over a field
that included some of the finest in the world. He
won third in the big stake in Sedalia; third at the
Mexico Fair, first at Montgomery and was in the
money in all the other shows. Hans Berg, proprietor
of the Central Riding Academy, Milwaukee, is man-
ager of Marshall Chief this year. Mr. Berg is quite
well known to the horsemen of this section and is
recognized as a keen judge of the merits- of a saddle
horse. Ed. N. Hamilton said that he intends to give
his entire attention to the handling of Marshall Chief
during the breeding season. Mr. Hamilton has bred
and developed some of the best saddle horses that
ever went out of Audrain, including Thornton Potts,
by Thornton Star, sold to Crews Bros., of Jackson-
ville, 111., for ?1250; Joe McDonald, sold to Col. C.
C. Judy, of Tallula, III., and others. He also owns
the great young saddle stallion, All McDonald, now
under "Splint" Barnett's tutelage at Lee Bros.' sta-
bles in Mexico. All McDonald will make his start at
the Commencement Horse Show at Columbia in May.
The seventh annual holiday number of the Saddle
and Show Horse Chronicle, to be known in the future
as the Show7 Horse Chronicle, has been received and
it is even more attractive than the former numbers
published by Herbert J. Krum. It is, mechanically,
about the consummation of preservative art. The
illustrations in color and in plates are a work of art
and attractiveness, being clean cut and portraying
the most noted show horses and horsemen in Amer-
ica. 200 pages of facts and figures include a com-
plete list of the winnings and records of every show
horse and stable in the LTnited States. The statis-
tics, which probably will be preserved by every in-
terested reader , alone are a work of genius and
bespeak many weeks of painstaking efforts and hard
work.
* + +
Ruby and Bowers, noted horse dealers, who per-
haps have sold more high priced draft stallions than
any firm in California, are arranging to embark in
the beef cattle business, handling pure bred Hereford
and Shorthorns on as extensive a scale as has charac-
terized their horse business. The new finn will
operate from Davis, which is fast becoming one of
the leading live stock centers of the West, due to the
good herds established there in early days; the
splendid climate, soil and shipping facilities, and the
home of California's great experiment station. The
firm last week purchased a fine Percheron stallion
from Senator Rush, which has been one of the at-
tractions at the Senator's good ranch near Suisun.
* + +
One of the welcome callers at the Breeder and
Sportsman office this week was L. L. Cannon, a lead-
ing stockman of Santa Rosa, and an old and valued
friend of the Breeder and Sportsman. He reports
conditions in Sonoma county as brilliant as has has
always characterized that splendid section. Plenty
of good feed with lots of high class stock to feed it
to, makes Sonoma county one of the leading live
stock and agricultural centers of the state. Mr. Can-
non says they will have "prosperity galore" there
this year.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 24, 1917.
AN ACT THAT SHOULD PASS.
Bill Introduced by Senator Slater of Sonoma County
Forming Fifteen Agricultural Districts
Following is the test of the bill introduced in the
California Legislature by Senator Herbert Slater of
Sonoma county and which every farmer and live
stock breeder should aid in having passed:
AN ACT
To Form Agricultural Districts, Providing for Boards
of Directors for the Government Thereof, and for
the Management and Control of the Same by the
State, and Making an Appropriation Therefor, and
Repealing All Acts and Portions of Acts in Con-
flict with This Act.
The People of the State of California do enact as
follows :
Section 1. The several counties of this State are
divided and classified into agricultural districts, and
numbered as follows:
District No. 1 — County of San Francisco (no ap-
propriation requested).
District No. 2 — Counties of Napa, Solano, Marin,
Sonoma, Lake, Mendocino.
District No. 3 — Counties of Humboldt, Trinity, and
Del Norte.
District No. 4 — Counties of Siskiyou, Shasta, Te-
hama, Glenn, Butte, Tuba, Sutter, Colusa, Yolo,
Nevada. Placer, El Dorado.
District No. 5 — Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa,
Santa Clara, San Mateo.
District No. 6 — Counties of Amador, Calaveras, San
Joaquin, Tuolumne, Sacramento and Stanislaus.
District No. 7 — County of Los Angeles (no appro-
priation requested).
District No. 8 — Counties of Monterey, San Benito,
Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ven-
tura.
District No. 9 — Counties of Kern, Tulare, Kings.
District No. 10 — Counties of Fresno, Madera, Mer-
ced, Mariposa,
District No. 11 — Counties of San Bernardino, Riv-
erside, Orange.
District No. 12 — County of San Diego.
District No. IS — County of Imperial.
District No. 14 — Counties of Mono, Inyo and Al-
pine.
District No. 13 — Counties of Modoc, Lassen, Plu-
mas and Sierra.
Sec. 2. For the purpose of holding fairs, exposi-
tions or exhibitions of all of the industries and indus-
trial enterprises, resources and products of every
kind or nature of the district for which they are
appointed, or of the state, with a view of improving,
exploiting, encouraging and stimulating the same,
there shall be a board of directors for each of such
agricultural districts, consisting of one member from
each county within the district, to be appointed by
the governor of the State of California, but no dis-
trict shall contain less than eight directors. In such
districts as are composed of less than eight coun-
ties, one director at least shall he chosen from each
county constituting the district. No person shall be
appointed to the office of such director unless he is
a citizen of the State of California and is actively
engaged in agricultural, mining, manufacturing or
stock raising pursuits within the district from which
he may be appointed.
Sec. 3. The term of office of said directors shali
be four years from and after the date of their ap-
pointment: provided, however, that within ten days
after their appointment, the members of the first
board 'of directors appointed under the provisions of
this act shall so classify themselves, that two of
them shall serve only one year, two of them two
years, two of them three years, and two of them four
years. All directors appointed under the provisions
of this act shall qualify by taking the usual oath of
office, as required by the constitution and any va-
cancy occurring in any such board of directors shall
be refilled by the governor of said state, as herein-
before provided for the appointment of the members
thereof.
Sec. 4. Within thirty days after their appoint-
ment, the members of each said board of directors
shall meet at a place within their respective dis-
tricts and organize by the election of one of their
number as president of the board, who shall hold
office for the period of one year and until his suc-
cessor is elected; they shall also elect a secretary
and treasurer not of their number, who shall hold
office at the pleasure of said board.
Sec. 5. Each board of directors appointed and
organized under the provisions of this act shall
be known as "California Agricultural Association
(Inserting the number of the district for
Xo-
which such board was appointed), and by such name
and style shall have perpetual succession, shall have
power to contract, to sue and be sued, to have a seal,
to purchase, to hold and to lease real estate and
personal property and may sell, lease, beautify and
dispose of the same, and do any and all acts and
things necessary to carry out the objects and pur-
poses for which said associations are formed, and
the board of directors so appointed and qualified
shall have the exclusive control and management of
such institution for and in the name of the state,
and shall have possession and care of all the prop-
erty of the association, and shall fix and determine
the salaries and duties of its secretary and treasurer.
They shall have the power to make all necessary by-
laws, rules and regulations for the government of
the association and the management of its public,
industrial and financial affairs. They must provide
for an annual fair, exposition or exhibition by the
association of all industries and products in the
district or state at such time as they by majority
vote may determine upon, and at the place in each
of their districts, respectively, which may be select-
ed, chosen or designated as hereinafter provided;
provided, that the state shall in no event be liable
for any premiums offered or awards made or on
account of any contract made by any district board
of agriculture or agricultural association; provided,
further, that any such agricultural association hav-
ing a speedway or race course upon any lands owned
or leased by it under its control, shall maintain the
same for the purpose of holding speed contests and
training and speeding horses thereon. AH moneys
received or collected by said board for admission
fees, or by ways of gifts or donations shall be
under the sole control and possession of said board
and shall be expended under its direction.
Sec. 6. The legislature shall, at each session
hereafter provide in the general appropriation bill,
or otherwise, for the maintenance and support of
the agricultural districts created by this act.
Sec. 7. The fairs or exhibitions to be given by the
district agricultural association shall be given at
such place or places within such districts, as the
board of directors of the said district may elect. But
only one of such district fairs shall receive state aid
in any district during any given year, and the money
provided by the state as premium money shall be
applied to exhibits at this one fair; provided, how-
ever, whenever the board of directors or two or
more agricultural districts shall, by a majority vote
of each board elect to unite, the several districts
may associate and combine as one district, and hold
a fair in any one of said districts that may be agreed
on by the board of directors of said associations so
combining ,and may for such purpose draw the appro-
priation for all the said districts and expend the
same for said fair.
Sec. 8. Any sum appropriated by the state for
aid to the district agricultural associations herein
provided for and created or for any of them, shall
be used exclusively for the payment of premiums
upon bona fide exhibits of agricultural, horticultural,
vitieultural and mechanical products, or of manufac-
tures, or mining or forestry products, and for the
payment of premiums upon exhibits of domestic live
stock, except as hereinafter provided in section
thirteen of this act.
Sec. 9. The board of directors of the district ag-
ricultural associations hereby created, and each of
such hoards, in preparing their premium lists and
in the offering of premiums for the annual fairs,
exhibitions and expositions to be given by them as
required hereby, shall classify the premiums to be
offered for live stock exhibits in the same way as
the same are offered and classified by the state
board of agriculture in the same department, so that
the classes for animals shall be uniform for the state
fair, and each of the district agricultural associa-
tion fairs, provided for herein; provided, that such
uniformity need not extend to the amount of the
premiums to be offered.
Sec. 10. No free passes shall be issued by the
board of directors of the district agricultural associ-
ations herein provided for or by any of them, to the
grounds of such associations during the fairs, exhi-
bitions or expositions to be held by them, except the
bona fide exhibitors and accredited newspaper cor-
respondents, and all other persons shall be admitted
thereto only upon paid admissions, to be uniformly
and equally assessed.
Sec. 11. The sum of one hundred thousand dol-
lars is hereby appropriated for the purposes of this
act, fifty thousand dollars of said sum to be avail-
able during the sixty-sixth fiscal year and fifty thou-
sand dollars thereof to be available during the sixty-
seventh fiscal year and said total sum of one hundred
thousand dollars to be apportioned annually as fol-
lows:
For aid to agricultural district number one (no
appropriation requested).
For aid to agricultural district number two, five
thousand five hundred dollars.
For aid to agricultural district number three, two
thousand five hundred dollars.
For aid to agricultural district number four, four
thousand dollars.
For aid to agricultural district number five, five
thousand five hundred dollars.
For aid to agricultural district number six, five
thousand five hundred dollars.
For aid to agricultural district number seven (no
appropriation requested).
For aid to agricultural district number eight, four
thousand dollars.
For aid to agricultural district number nine, four
thousand dollars.
For aid to agricultural district number ten, five
thousand five hundred dollars.
For aid to agricultural district number eleven, five
thousand five hundred dollars.
For aid to agricultural district number twelve,
three thousand dollars.
For aid to agricultural district number thirteen,
two thousand dollars.
For aid to agricultural district number fourteen,
one thousand five hundred dollars.
For aid to agricultural district number fifteen, one
thousand five hundred dollars.
Sec. 13. Each board of directors herein provided
for, together with the members hereof, shall serve
without pay, but each board shall be allowed its
reasonable expenses, including the traveling ex-
penses of the members thereof; and for advertising,
printing, salaries and general office expenses of the
board of directors, secretary and treasurer; provid-
ed, that the total of such allowance for all purposes
does not exceed twenty per cent of the annual ap-
propriation to any one such hoard.
Sec. 14. All sums of money appropriated by the
state for the support of the district agricultural as-
sociations herein provided for shall be paid to said
associations_an.d_collected by them in the same, man-
ner in which sums now provided for the support of"
the state board of agriculture, or state agricultural
society, are paid to and collected by it.
Sec. 15. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with
this act are hereby repealed.
a "Phenom" at Hanford Track.
Hanford, Feb. 17. — Some time ago I saw an ac-
count in the B. and S. of a fast Best Policy trotter
at Pleasanton. We have here in Hanford a green
trotter, by the same sire that I think the best trot-
ting prospect I ever saw, excepting none. This is
a six-year-old gelding in Javob Brolliar's string. He
was never tracked until this winter and yesterday
(Feb. 16) he trotted a full mile oh this half mile
track at its very worst condition, in 2:17%, and is
surely able to trot in 2:14. He can rtot an eighth
through the stretch in 14% seconds. There does not
live a trotter that is more abundantly blessed with
every quality essential to a really great one than is
this horse. He stands 15:3 hands, and will weigh
1050 pounds in track condition. He wears no boots,
but speedy cut and scalpers and does not hit hard
enough to leave a mark; 7-oz. bar shoe forward and
5-oz. behind, open bridle, plain bit and harness is all
his equpiment. He does not pull, only enough to
steady him, and he has never yet made a speed
break in his work. This horse was bred by J. C.
Snyder, breeder of Jonesa Basler 2:05%. He is in-
bred to Allerton 2:09%, his dam being by Milord,
son of Albenard by Allerton, second dam a mare
called Contrary by Stoneway 2:23% that is the dam
of Amanda S. (a green pacer in Jake's string that is
to ue raced the coming season and has been a trial
of 2:09 two years ago and only recently paced a
quarter in 31 seconds) ; third dam Black Diamond,
dam of Jonesa Basler 2:05%.
Moody Leggett and Jake Brolliar are the only
trainers here. Moody has three head, all pacers and
very fast, which will be sighted for the California
circuit. Jake has five head in all, two pacers and
the trotter above mentioned, which he will head for
the races when the run opens. Jake will ship to
Pleasanton about April 1st, while Moody will likely
go to Fresno.
The outlook for members of the California circuit
is very encouraging down here and is already hav-
ing its influence even here. The horses that are
being worked are such as show fast enough to race.
Never in the history of this track has there been as
much extreme speed for the number of horses as can
be shown at the present time. There are no less
than six head that can show right around 30 seconds
for a quarter of a mile, and it need not surprise
anyone if something jumps out and equals the per-
formance of Clara Mac 2:04% of three years ago.
TONY SIMAS.
A Few Words From Hemet Stock Farm.
Fred E. Ward, general manager of the Heme*
Stock F^rm (incorporated), writes that the horsei
on that farm are all in fine shape. The colts, fillies
and aged horses that raced last year have been run
ning in paddocks all winter during the day time, ano.
Ward commenced to jog them on the first "of Feb
ruary. The colts have all grown well this winter,
and there are about ten head of as nice ones as one
ever saw on the farm. Louise Carter 2:24, dam of
Wilbur Lou 2:10% and four more ill the list, has a
fine filly by Kinney de Lopez 2:23 that arrived Feb-
ruary 11th. Louise Carter is the only mare that
ever produced two yearling trotters - to beat 2:20.
They have been having fine weather at Hemet and
everything in the valley gives promise of a good
year. Mr. Ward is feeling fine again since his opera-
tion for appendicitis and says he is as well as ever
He had the sad misfortune to lose his mother on
January 17th. She had lived to the good old age of
Sfi years. Since Mr. Whit.tier's death last month.
Hemet Stock Farm is for sale. It is one of the best
appointed breeding and training farms in the United
States and there 'is no place where horses can- be"
worked so many days in the year. Ward hopesJ we
may have a good circuit in California this year as lie
would much rather race here- than across the moun-
tains, although he won over ?13,000 on bis campaign
in the Middle West last year.
"The Story of Lee Axworthy 1:58%" is the title
of a handsomely illustrated and splendidly worded
story that has been issued in pamphlet form by the
Houghton Sulky Company of Marion, Ohio. Tom
Gahagan of the Western Horseman, who saw Lee
Axworthy in every race and performance against
time he ever made except once, when he started in
a three-year-old race, is the author of this story and
it will interest any horseman who loves to read
about a great horse.
Saturday, February 24, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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That Are Worth Reading.
Items From Salinas.
Henry Helman has a nice lot of horses in his stable
at the Salinas Race Track o£ which Mr. Helman is
the lessee and manager. The big black free-legged
pacing stallion Prince Zolock 2:04% by Zolock is
the star of the Helman stable. This big racer is
owned by H. A. Gardner of Walla Walla, Wash., and
is a reliable, game race horse. Mr. Gardner is also
the owner of the nice green trotter Alma Jay by
Alconda Jay. Mr. Helman thinks well of this mare
and she is certainly a promising trotter.
Mack Fitzsimmons 2:07%, the big chestnut pacer,
is owned by Ben F. Jagger, a Portland, Oregon, busi-
ness man. Big Mack is wintering well and when
just right is a dangerous horse for anybody's pacer
to fool with. Mr. Jagger is also owner of a good-
looking green trotter named Warren Jay by Alconda
Jay.
Ed Lyons, a Walla Walla wheat raiser, is the
owner of a green trotting mare by Zolock. This
mare has speed, size, and the benefit of a real race
horse sire. Helman likes this lady.
Fred Aldrich of Walla Walla is the owner of a
green trotter in the black mare sired by Bonnie
McK., son of McKinney and Bonsaline by Stamboul.
This black girl can trot fast.
James Dacres, the richest man in Walla Walla,
owns a green trotter, a filly three years old sired by
Bliw Peter 2:16%, the big. son of Peter the Great
and Kahlia BeHe by Pilot Medium. Mr. Dacre's filly
is out of Louisa Carter, full sister to John A. Mc-
Kerron 2:04%, and acts as if she will be as good as
her royal breeding.
Bowman & Maurer, owners of Blue Peter, also
own a -three-year-old filly by bim whose dam I could
not locate, but the filly is a sure-enough classy young
miss and has the correct trotting notion.
John Ankeney, the Walla Walla banker, is the
owner of a beautiful brown two-year-old stallion, a
fast trotter sired by Blue Peter. This is a good colt
and I am glad of it, for Mr. Ankeney will be a good
owner.
Hallie D. 2:08% is a pacing mare by Walter Di-
rect out of a John Dilard dam. She is a fast mare
and a real race mare, quite up to her speedy pedi-
gree. She is owned in Salinas and is now eligible to
the 2:14 classes.
Warren Dillon is a green pacer of the Sidney Dil-
lon family. He is a nice horse and has the Sidney
Dillon speed bug in his head; he is owned in Salinas,
as is a grand-looking two-year-old colt by The Bonds-
man, a nice one. Keep an eye on this Bondsman; he
will be- heard from in 1917.
S. H. Cowell of Santa Cruz is the owner of a
grand-looking brown -eek sired by California's great
race horse Jim Logan 2:01%. This fast young pacer
has a few blessings showered on him. One is his
having been sired by Jim Logan 2:01%; another is
his good looks, and next comes the fact that he is
owned by a good owner, a man who will be and who
is able to have his horses trained. And next comes
the fact that this young pacer is in the hands of a
first class and successful trainer, namely, Henry
Helman.
Paul 2:15% is a pacer sired by Kinney Lou 2:07%,
dam by Gen. Benton. Paul carries good looks, a good
gait, is sound and sensible, and what he did in 1916
was not sensational for the reason that he was not
himself nearly all last season; but Paul will show
racegoers in 1917 that he does not belie his good
race norse UneHge. ~He"is "owned"by PrJohnson~or
Salinas.
A Few Words About Walla Walla.
While making a hurried visit to Walla Walla I was
informed that the fair and racing association were
contemplating giving a first class fair and race meet-
ing this year. This announcement will be joyful
news to the many harness horse fans in Washing-
ton, Oregon, Idaho and many other places, as Walla
Walla is one of the best racing places in the great
North Pacific country, and the men behind the asso-
ciation are all men who pay 100 cents on the dollar
of all their obligations. I hope these men will push
aside the Wild West show game and again put
Walla Walla where it rightfully belongs in the front
as a harness and thoroughbred horse centre, for no
city in the west is any better adapted or located
to be a great fair and race meeting place than Walla
Walla. Both the county and city are rich in material
wealth, rolling in money, have good railroad facili-
ties, plenty of good hotels, good street car service,
good roads and as good a half mile track, stalls and
general accommodations for the comfort of the audi-
ence as any city in the great northwest. I believe
all Walla Walla has to do is to begin by having
every business man in the city do the boosting act;
every farmer, boy and girl should be made a booster;
every minister, priest, law-yer, doctor, politician and
newspaper man in the great country of Walla Walla
should be engaged in working for a greater Walla
Walla County Fair than was ever before held in that
beautiful city.
There are quite a few horses being trained at the
Walla Walla track. However, as I was rushed for
time, the only man I saw was my friend William
Hogoboom, and I - was- pleased to see genial Billy
busy with a big stable of good horses. The good race
horse Joe Buckley 2:11% by Bonnie McK. looks like
ready money for his owner any time he is called on.
Mr. Hogoboom has a number of nice young horses
sired by Blue Peter 2:16% and the Blue Peter colts
are certainly a grand looking lot. I find that my
notes of the names and breeding of the horses in Mr.
H.'s stable have either been lost or accidentally de-
stroyed by me, so I will have to omit that portion
of my story, and in conclusion will say that Billy
Hogoboom is an active and successful harness horse
trainer, and in looking over the list of men in the
Northwest who have put horses in the 2:10 list, his
name is well up in the front row. He is a good
booster in season and out of season for the game he
has given the best years of his life to, and he is also
a real booster for his home town, Walla Walla,
Washington.
Indian Hill Stock Farm.
Some weeks ago I sent you a story about Cavalier
Gale, and thinking about this nice roan horse brought
to my memory the recollections of a visit I made to
the Indian Hill Stock Farm last fall at the request
of. and accompanied by, John B. Stetson. I went
out to this farm with Mr. Stetson who was buying
the brood mare, Adiola Mack, the beautiful daughter
of McKinney, for E. D. Gould. The Indian Hill Stock
Farm is situated a quarter of a mile from the city
limits and end of street car service at Salem, Ore-
gon. It is the farm where the late Homer Davenport
kept his beautiful Arabian horses and also kept a
good son of Brown Hal.
Arriving at the farm we were told that Mr. David-
son, the owner, has just left for town. We were,
however, well entertained by Mr. Davidson's ten-year-
old son. This very bright and intelligent boy gave
us the breeding and correct status of every mare and
colt, cow and calf, on the Indian Hill Farm. And the
way this boy explained the breeding and good points
of his father's horses would really make many so-
called horsemen and farmers ashamed of their lack
of intelligent information on the general subject of
horses and livestock.
The Indian Hill Stock Farm is a well equipped
place with a fine barn filled with box stalls. I saw
first class bike carts and first class harness, and
when we began to look the horses over the first one
we saw was a big and flashy looking three-year-old
Bonaday filly out of Adiola Mack. Mr. Stetson knew
a great deal about this filly and told me that she had
with a very little training shown a great deal of
speed. We then saw Adiola Mack. Both Mr. Stetson
and myself were pleased with Adiola. So much so,
that Mr. Stetson purchased her for E. D. Gould, and
in doing so I think he purchased a mare that will go
down in horse history as being a first class brood
mare,, as she is already the dam of the good young
trotter Bonniola (3) 2:15%, race record. Beside
Bonniola was one of the most perfectly formed wean-
ling colts that it has ever been my pleasure to see.
This roan colt was sired by the good roan horse
Cavalier Gale. After seeing this young scamp trot
through the peach orchard I told Mr. Stetson that
he might buy Adiola Mack, but I was going to buy
her Cavalier colt. But in making my statement I
had reckoned without my host, for when owner Dav-
idson appeared on the scene and I asked him for a
price on the roan weanling he very promptly said,
"That colt is not for sale, at any price." And the
way young Davidson stepped out in front of me and
flashed an angry eye, I decided that he had something
to say as to the welfare of the good looking roan
colt. We were then shown a two-year-old from Adi-
ola Mack sired by the great Hal B. This bay colt
had all the good qualities of his dam blended with
"" those* of his "great sire Hal B., so that there is no
necessity for any further description. A big flashy
bay three-year-old; filly, sired by the good horse On
Voyage, the son of Bon Voyage and Sarah S. 2:09%.
In looking over this grand filly I could see the strong
resemblance to her good and game trotting mother.
For Sarah S. in her day was truly one of the greatest
campaigning trotters ever trained or raced through
the great western country, and the sire of this filly
is a grand horse; many in Oregon can testify that
he has at all times on hand plenty of speed of the
two-minute variety. Unfortunately On Voyage is
owned by a man who does not believe in advertising
or the proper use of printers' ink.
The filly by On Voyage is out of a daughter of the
great horse, Diablo 2:09%. Mr. Davidson told me
that it was his intention to have his young horses
developed, commencing during 1917. I hope Mr.
DavidsbTT'will see his way clear to develop the well-
bred horses that he has on the Indian Hill Farm, for
the reason I think Mr. Davidson will be a good
owner. I am sure he has good horses and I know
that they are worth little unless they are properly
developed.
And I know of several other farmers in and around
Salem, Oregon, who are the owners of well bred colts
sired by the mighty Hal B.. On Voyage, The Bonds-
man, Cavalier Gale, The Patchen Boy and many other
first class horses. And it is up to the few trainers
that are at present loafing around Oregon, to seek
out the owners of these colts and do their best to
induce the owners to have them trained during 1917.
Also, to begin now with this campaign. And I
strongly advise the owner, or owners, of every first
class harness bred horse in Oregon, to either train
their horses themselves, or give them to the best
tramer-they can find in their immediate vicinity, for
there is not a farmer in the Willamette Valley but
who is rich enough and can afford to have their colts
trained and raced in 1917. I hope that the Oregon
farmers who may read this article will take my ad-
vice and send their colts to a trainer, and in so doing
they will also pay the trainer a satisfactory charge
so that he can properly feed and care for their colts.
And that the farmer owners will go to see their colts
and see to it that the trainer is giving them honest
care and intelligent training and it is up to the
trainer to give their patrons, be they farmers, bank-
ers, or store keepers .an honest return for the money
invested in their colts.
I believe if the trainers and owners of Oregon will
follow out my plan the results will be very satisfac-
tory to both the trainers and the owners. I further-
more believe that it is part of the business of every
secretary and director in every county and state fair
racing association to get a line on every owner of
either a colt or an aged horse in their particular dis-
trict. Let them do everything in their power to en-
courage the owners to have their colts trained and
gotten ready for the 1917 races, for if the trainers,
the secretaries and owners of race tracks, and the
owners of harness horses do not get together and
systematically promote and encourage the welfare
of the harness horse sport, why, the sport must nat-
urally die. And I. for one, want to see it kept alive.
Therefore I believe that every well-wishing horseman
should get busy, and keep busy, for inactivity and
bad management will kill any business and any sport.
Tours truly,
C. A. HARRISON.
Trying to Avoid Conflicting Dates.
A meeting of representatives of the Kern County
and Fresno County fair associations will probably
be held at Fresno today to see if some action cannot
be taken by which one or the other association will
shift its date so that the two fairs will not be held
during the same week. That both associations
should have selected the same date is indeed unfor-
tunate, and it will be still more unfortunate if the
conference should end with both declining to accept
a change of dates. Fresno gives the largest fair held
in California outside the State Fair, and the Kern
County Fair at Bakersfield is next in importance,
in the natural order of things Fresno should follow
the State Fair not later than one week, which would
give San Joaquin county a week between the two
if that county should decide to hold a fair at Stock-
ton. After the Fresno fair Kings county should have
a week as that county has heid successful fairs for
many years at Hanford, then the Kern county fair
should follow with a week at Bakersfield. By hold-
ing these fairs in the order named exhibitors would
have a succession of fairs at which to show their
livestock and other products, at the least cost for
transportation and other expense. This would not
only benefit the exhibitors but would bring more ex-
hibits and greater attendance to each and all these
fairs. It will be a pity if the Fresno and Kern
county associations cannot at least arrive at an
agreement by which there will be no conflict of
dates.
Fresno Fair Has New Directorate.
Increase in number of the board of directors from
seven to seventeen and amendment of the by-laws
so that a quorum from the executive committee can
transact all business relating to the organization,
were the principal items of business transacted by
the stockholders of the Fresno County Agricultural
Association which held its annual meeting last week.
Directors for the ensuing year were also named.
The executive committee will consist of seven mem-
bers who are to be selected from the board of direc-
tors when they meet March 3d to organize. This
committee was created at the above mentioned
meeting. The association conducts the Fresno Dis-
trict Fair each year. Directors chosen for the new
year are: George L. Warlow, J. E. Dickinson, H. E.
Vogel, Al McNeil, W. A. Collins, S. E. Williamson,
H. E. Patterson, Frank Helm, all of Fresno; J. A.
Poytress, of Easton; Levi Garrett, of Kingsburg; M.
Dineen, of Reedley; I. G. Maxson, of Sanger; George
Hensley, of Clovis; H. K. Dickson, of Kerman; John
C. Rorden. of Selma; Mrs. A. B. Armstrong, of Fow-
ler; T. C. Robinson, of Raisin City.
A total of 9,225 shares of stock out of 18,000 shares
was represented at this meeting. George L. Warlow
acted as chairman, and C. G. Eberhart as secretary-
Great Western Circuit Allots Dates.
Chicago, Feb. 20. — At the annual meeting of the
Great Western Trotting Association today F. J. Cur-
tin, of Deorah. Iowa, was elected president, and
W. H. Smollinger of Iron Mountain. Missouri, secre-
tary. The racing dates were allotted as follows.
Peoria. 111., week of August 6: Burlington, Iowa,
week of August 13; Omaha, Neb., week of August
20: Des Moines. Iowa, week of August 27: Hamline.
Minn., week of September 1: Milwaukee, Wis., week
of Sept. 7; Peoria, 111. (second week), week of Sept.
22; Sedalia, Mo., week of Sept. 24.
Tommy Murphy bought an eight months old colt
by Moko this week for $5000. Of course the colt is
well engaged in the big stakes, but when a colt less
than a year old can be sold for $5000 it shows that
prices on good colts with earning capacity are not
going down, as no colt of that age has brought such
a price for many years.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 24, 1917.
SAN VICENTE RANCHO.
Philadelphia has claimed April 12 to 14 for their
annual indoor horse show.
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A new horse in the stable of O. J. Mooers, Colum-
bia. Mo., is Troublesome Tommy, a runabout crack,
and he will surely be troublesome for the good horses
of this class with a few more shows under his belt.
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Daisy E., one of the best matrons on the Sierra
Vista Farm, Chino, Cal., last week foaled a beautiful
stud colt by Highland Squirrel King. The colts that
have made their appearance at this farm this year
are as fine a lot as have ever been foaled there, and
Mr. English declares there will be some colt shows
in California this year.
Noble Rex, the attractive black stallion owned by
D. Schilling of Aroya, Colo., won the class for regis-
tered saddle stallions at the Denver show, which was
his first public appearance and was greatly admired
for his beautiful conformation and good manners.
Noble Rex is by Rex Hardwick, one of the best breed-
ing sons of Rex McDonald.
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The Missouri horseman, O. J. Mooers, who has led
the exhibitors of heavy harness horses a merry chase
for several years, did not get his usual share of
blues at the Denver Horse Show. His stable un-
doubtedly needs strengthening in most classes. His
walk trot mare, Chloe Malone, is of the most desired
Eastern type and with a little more manners and
schooling will be a top notched.
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Willie McDonald, the five-gaited mare; Picadilly,
the Hackney pony, and two polo ponies, recently
shipped from Mexico, Mo., to Walter Hill, the popular
Minnesota sportsman and son of the late Jas. J. Hill,
empire builder, who with Mrs. Hill is spending the
winter at Pasadena, have reached their destination
and Mrs. Hill is now riding the mare through the
parks and over the good mountain roads adjacent to
Pasadena.
D. Schilling, well known Chicago sportsman-horse
lover and Colorado rancher, has sold the good three-
year-old stallion, Mary's Artist, to J. A. Osner, a well
known Denverite. This young stallion was second in
the stallion class at Denver and won his three-year-
old division. He was purchased by Mr. Schilling at
the Longview Farm sale and is considered the mak-
ing of a great show horse in the eyes of such an
expert as John Hook, who has handled him up to
this time.
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P. W. Ray, of Bowling Green, Ky., the developer
of My Major Dare, Sun Flower and others, writes
that he has the best stable of prospects for the good
shows of 1917 he has banded together in manv vears.
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Peter M. Voggetzer. of Taylorville, HI., the man
who made Marshall Chief and other good ones, has
twelve head of high class saddle horses in his stable.
"Pete" has been working Young Rex McDonald, a
horse that will soon be five years old, for P. J. Don-
nelly, of St. Louis, who, it is said, paid Hamilton
Bros., of Mexico, Mo., $3,500 for him, unbroken. Mr.
Donnelly visited the Taylorville training quarters
recently and declared such satisfactory work had
been done that he intended for Voggetzer to has his
entire stable. The result of that decision is that the
good bay mare Bohemian Actress, the young stallion
Denmark Peavine. and others of Mr. Donnelly's
stable are now in Taylorville. Tom Bass, of Mexico,
had Bohemian Actress this year and was very suc-
cessful with her; however, she will be best remem-
bered as the sensational two-year-old Col. Press Ray,
of Kentucky, showed through the Missouri and Ken-
tucky circuit in 1915. Another horse at Taylorville
of which there has been much speculation is Rex
Reighley, a full brother to the once famous Joe Mc-
Donald. Peter declares, in a recent letter to the ed-
itor of the Breeder and Sportsman, that this horse
has rounded to and made an extremely well propor-
tioned. 6n- horse, with speed and action. He is
also working- two geldings by Marshall Chief that he
is putting a lot of faith in, and several youngsters
of promise.
It is impossible to do justice to the saddle horses
of San Vicente Rancho by picturing them in prosaic
words and figures. Even the camera fails to bring
out the fullness of the beauties being bred and edu-
cated there. Truly, we have to go to the uttermost
parts of the earth to find all the good things, and one
traveling out of Los Angeles into the picutresque
Santa Monica Canyon would hardly expect to find
one of the most celebrated families of saddle horses
in existence there. However, the horses owned by
Mrs. Adelaide Gillis MeCormick are worthy of a
place in the honor roll of all great stables, for here
one sees what great things can be done in five short
years toward the establishment of any good breed
of live stock Not only are the great horses selected
by the owner of this farm for foundation stock up to
creating amazement and inspiration in a horse lover,
but the youngsters which have been foaled on San
Vicente Rancho are, in my opinion, in the class with
many establishments of fifty7 years' duration.
Starting in the saddle horse business was some-
thing of an accident for Mrs. MeCormick, and yet,
one of the things intended by the Master of things.
Her father, R. C. Gillis, a prominent capitalist and
land owner of California, went to Kentucky and
selected a saddle horse for his personal use. Upon
his arrival at Los Angeles his daughter immediately
became infatuated with the horse and his type, and
the first time she rode this good gelding — called
Kentucky, in honor of the state of bis nativity — she
demonstrated that she could be just as much at home
on a highly developed five-gaited horse as on the hill-
climbing ponies and native cow horses of the West
So enthusiastic a reception was given Kentucky that
the idea was immediately conceived to own and
breed saddle horses the equal of those in Kentucky
and Missouri.
Unlike the all too-common occurrence of one not
well informed, Mr. Gillis selected real horses, stal-
lions and mares that were not only good individuals,
of superior breeding and education, but horses that
possessed the qualifications to breed on, and the re-
sult is that they have at San Vicente Rancho highly
finished saddle horses of their own breeding which
would do credit to the breeders of many years' study.
If every wealthy horse lover who determined to es-
tablish a breeding farm would "get off on the same
foot" that R. C. Gillis did, there would be less dis-
satisfaction and every one would continue in the
business. The thing that impresses me most is that
they are breeding better horses than they bought to
start with; a declaration that very few breeders can
make after only five years in the business.
I should say the purchase of Undine, a proven
brood mare by Chester DarelO, the peer of all brood
mare sires, was the most fortunate event in the
establishment of this stable; the fact that she was
in foal to the illustrious Rex Peavine, making it
doubly so. However good Undine has proven, the
selection of Don Castano, to head the stud, was
another important feature and evidence of good
judgment. Being sired by Golden King, recently se-
lected to head the stud at Powelton Farm, Newburgh,
N. T., and out of Indian Dream, a good producing
daughter of Red Cloud, Don Castano possesses the
blood which, combined with his splendid conforma-
tion, quality to do, level head splendid legs and feet
makes him all that is needed for a stallion to head a
great stud and show stable. He has produced some
of the most promising youngsters I have had the
pleasure of looking at for some time, and there will
come a day, when these youngsters have reached
maturity, when California will boast of having one
of the really great sires of saddle horses.
Realizing at the start that
two stallions were needed in
order that the produce of one
jould be profitably mated with
the others, Mrs. MeCormick
purchased Highland Monarch,
by Indian Rexie and out of
Edith Lawrence, by Monarch.
He, too, has proven a good sire
and many of the best informed
horsemen believe he is the
equal if not the superior of
Dan Castano in the stud. At
the last state fair, colts of
Highland Monarch, in many in-
stances, defeated the entries
by his stable companion, as
well as those of many other
good stallions.
The result of the mating of
Undine with Rex Peavine was
the four-year-old stallion, San
Vicente. In San Vicente Mrs.
MeCormick, and the manager,
L. S. Rollins, have pinned their
faith, and so far it has been
justified. San Vicente is a rich
chestnut, possessing the most
desirable qualifications for a
"whiz" of a show horse. He
has speed galore, action to
spare, conformation and beaut}
of line from end to end. His
back is short and made to
carry, as a saddle horse is in-
tended, rather than to draw;
his under lines denote a big
bread basket with room for feed and water, good
lung power and wonderful constitution. His feet
are the right size and shape and his legs, of flat and
clean bone, are free from end to end of any unsound-
ness. With these qualifications he has a beautifully
carried, unspoiled tail, and an abundance of air and
charm that will attract the attention and admiration
of horsemen anywhere. Barring accidents, and with
the right kind of an education, which I believe he
will get San Vicente is destined to become one of
the truly great show horses of the day. If he devel-
ops as I expect him to, his accomplishments prob-
ably will not be confined to the West, but he will be
taken to Missouri and Kentucky where he will
"show them" that the climate of California, with
plenty of out-of-doors and feed, can play its part in
the production of "better stock."
The first horse foaled on San Vicente Rancho was
the mare, Rain Cloud, by Cloud King— Dolly Rex by
Rex McDonald, which after being successfully shown
for several years in junior events, has been retired
to the matron ranks. Her retirement from the shows
was not because of her not being qualified, for she
is; but rather on account of her qualifications as a
brood mare.
For the three-year-old division of the futurity, Mrs.
MeCormick has nominated Tamarack, by Highland
Monarch— Undine, and while I did not get to see him
work, Mr. Rollins assured me that he was all that
he could hope for, and it is with a great deal of just
confidence that they will see him go into the futu-
rity stake at the California State Fair this year.
They will show Santa Ynez, by Don Castano and
Santa Monica, by Highland Monarch, in the two-
year-old futurity, and if no other entries were made
the show, between these two fillies, would be worth
the money. They are receiving all possible care and
attention, and when the bell taps they will be ready.
I saw yearlings, two-year-olds and three-year-olds
of class and attractiveness; among them, as is al-
ways the case, one or two of outstanding class and
that will be heard from as soon as they make their
first public appearance.
With Undine, by Chester Dare 10; Rain Cloud, by
Cloud King; Dona, by Golden King and Pasadena by
Cecil Palmer, in the matron ranks; Don Castano
and Highland Monarch at the head of their stud and
several other great stallions in the state at their
service; with Miss M. Freeman, one of the best
informed and enthusiastic horse lovers I have ever
seen directing the policy of the establishment; Mrs.
Frederick MeCormick and her father, R. C. Gillis,
interested as only true and born horse lovers can be
and satisfied with every purchase they have made;
and L. C. Rollins, one of the most capable horse-
men and conscientious trainers in the country in
charge, San Vicente Rancho, as a saddle horse
nursery, is in its infancy and destined to become
of nation-wide fame.
Mrs. Grace Maxwell, of Denver, has sold her high
jumper, Shamrock, to Capt Theo. Schultz, U. S. A.,
located at Fort Collins, Colo.
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The students of the Missouri College of Agricul-
ture, Columbia, Mo., are being urged to conduct their
annual Commencement Horse Show, this spring.
This is one of the most successful horse shows in
the country and attracts the leading exhibitors of
the South and Middle West. The attendance is large
and is drawn from every section of Missouri. In fact,
it has been said that the Commencement Horse Show
is the most attractive open air horse show in the
United States.
aturday, February 24, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Homer Rutherford, who is at present at Pleasan-
on, expects to race through the California circuit
his year.
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There are 445 horses catalogued for the Midwinter
lorse Auction' that will open in New York on Mon-
lay next.
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The number of horses in training is increasing
yeekly at every California track where harness
lorses are trained.
* + *
The re-soiling of the Salinas track has made it one
if the safest ana fastest tracks in the State. Its
ecord will be lowered this year.
* + +
Charles Johnson, of Woodland, has a few young-
ters in training by his horse Airlie Demonio 2:05%.
;d Parker is doing the training.
* * *
We call the attention of all horsemen to the half-
age advertisement headed "Winter Treatment" in
his issue of the Breeder and. Sportsman.
* * +
The majority of the associations on the Grand
lircuit are not taking kindly to. the proposed "Battle
loyal" and will not give a purse for such a race.
* * *
The largest purses for the fastest class, if rigidly
dhered to by every association giving race meetings,
•ould remove a lot of objection to time allowances,
Ind so forth.
* * *
A. T. Jackson of Stockton has already bred sev-
ral mares to his stallion Royal McKinney, sire of
Leata J., etc., and anticipates a good season wTith the
on of McKinney and Hattie Hero.
| The Midwinter Auction opens Monday next at
iladison Square Garden, New York. The Walnut
|[all Farm youngsters will probably furnish the lead-
iig feature of the sale.
Ohio is a great state for the man who likes to race
i trotter or pacer. There were no less than 115
arness race meetings held in the Buckeye State
ast year. New York held 92.
Walnut Farm has given the name "Paicines" to a
olt by San Francisco out of Belmo, dam of five in
be list, by Moko. Paicines is the name of the
darkness farm in San Benito county, California.
+ * +
The California Fair and Racing Association will
leet at one p. m. today at the assembly room in the
tie Hotel Manx. All interested in fairs and a racing
ircuit are invited to attend.
* * +
Don't forget about that payment of $10 due next
'hursday on your three-year-old in the Pacific Breed-
rs' Futurity. There is $2500 for the trotters and
1500 for the pacers in this stake this year.
Jos. Huber, who trains a stable of good horses at
iozeman, Montana, will very likely be seen on the
California circuit this year, although he will race
jt the meetings on the Montana circuit also.
+ * *
"Farmer" Bunch has a yearling by Royal McKin-
ey, dam by Bronze McKinney, in his string at the
itockton track that is showing such remarkable
jpeed for a baby trotter that everyone is talking
bout him.
*♦♦
David M. Look, owner of Castleton Stud, Lexing-
on, Kentucky, where Lee Axworthy 1:58% and
Itawah 2:03 are in the stud, is the newly elected
■resident of the American Trotting Register Asso-
iation, succeeding the late William Russell Allen.
** *
J. W. Linnehan, of South Weymouth, Mass., has
nnounced that he will match his trotter M. L. J.
:05% against any trotter owned in New England,
ver the South Weymouth half mile track, for $1000,
■est three in five, during the week of July 4.
* * +
Dixon will probably give its regular May Day cele-
ration this year at which several purses will be
ffered for harness races at half mile heats, best two
i three. Dixon has been holding these gatherings
3r the past thirty years or more and there is always
crowd of several thousand people present to enjoy
he sport.
* +.*
The Western Horseman of February 14th contained
he following item of interest to all Californians who
new genial Dick Wilson when he was training
orses at Pleasanton: "Dick Wilson, now engaged
l farming near Jackson, Miss., is visiting his many
orseman friends in Indiana: Dick reports the par-
icular part of the South in which he lives as being
apidly forging ahead in an agricultural way and
ays there is no other .-place like it when digging
loney out of terra firma is concerned."
Bernice R. 2: 07 %, one of the good trotters trained
and raced by Charley Spencer, but now a broodmare
on Mr. C. K. G. Billings' Curies Neck Farm in Vir-
ginia, dropped a bay colt by The Harvester 2:01
on February 6th.
A horse distancing his entire field or any part of
it, shall in the future receive the moneys that would
have been awarded his competitors had they not
finished behind the flag. This rule is now manda-
tory on all tracks that race under either American
or National rules.
* * *
Louis Titus, of Piedmont, California, owner of his-
toric Stony Ford Farm, New York, which he pur-
chased and stocked with trotting bred horses a few
years ago, has sent all these horses to the Midwinter
Auction at New York next weekj making an absolute
dispersal sale. Among them are the stallion Justo
2:08% and a number of fine broodmares and young-
sters. Quite a number of these were purchased by
Mr. Titus at the dispersal of the Woodland Stock
Farm, California.
+ * +
The Sonoma Driving Club at Sonoma, California,
elected officers last Wednesday evening with the fol-
lowing result: Sam Lewis, president; E. T. Lindley,
secretary; Joe Ryan, treasurer. At the conclusion
of the business meeting a banquet was enjoyed by
the members. There is a half mile track at Sonoma
which is kept in shape during the entire year and
matinees are held frequently during the spring and
summer months. The club took steps to organize
a circuit of matinee races with the Petaluma and
Santa Rosa clubs and also decided to hold some
races when the Sonoma High School holds an agri-
cultural fair during the fall.
* * +
K. Nagasawa, proprietor of the Fountain Grove
Vineyards, Sonoma county, left for Japan on Wed-
nesday of this week on the steamer Korea. On
March 20th, the eight Arabian stallions recently
purchased by him from the Hingham Stock Farm,
Hingham, Mass., will be shipped to Japan. A num-
ber of thoroughbred mares purchased in this State
for Mr. Nagasawa by Sam Norris, and now at the
Fountain Grove farm, will not be shipped to Japan
until fall as they are nearly all with foal or have
young colts at foot. These horses are to be used to
found a breeding farm in Korea where horses will
be bred for the Japanese army.
* ♦'♦
Several big appropriations are to be asked for the
State Fair grounds at Sacramento by the State Board
of Agriculture this year. An appropriation of
$62,000 is asked for the purchase of 20 acres of land
adjoining the fair grounds, which is said to be abso-
lutely necessary for the space demands which are
now more than the association can supply with sat-
isfaction. The buildings planned and which the
State will be asked to appropriate money for are a
$300,000 pavilion to replace the one destroyed by fire,
a $185,000 grand stand, a $75,000 educational build-
ing, a $45,000 addition to the machinery building, a
$45,000 addition to the manufacturing building and
a $100,000 coliseum.
*♦*
The California State Agricultural Society held a
meeting this week and re-elected John M. Perry
president, I. L. Borden treasurer, and Chas. W. Paine
secretary. The board decided to offer Stanford-
Occident Stake No. 3 and guarantee its value at
$3,000, of which $1800 will be given the three-year-
old trotters and $1200 the three-year-old pacers. The
stake will be for the foals of mares covered in 1916,
to trot or pace in 1920. The payments will be $2
to nominate mare April 1st, 1917, $3 July 1st, 1917,
$5 December 1st, 1917, $5 on yearlings April 1st,
1918, $10 on two-year-olds April 1st, 1919, and $10
on three-year-olds April 1st, 1910. Starting payments
will be $55 on trotters and $25 on pacers.
* + *
This afternoon, at the Hotel Manx in this city,
every person. interested in the success of the recently
organized California Fair and Racing Association
should be present and take part in the completion
of its organization. Secretary Joseph Waddell, who
has visited fifteen or more towns since the initial
meeting held a few weeks ago, will have a most
interesting report to make and will be able to show
that with a little further energetic effort one of the
best circuits that California has ever had will be
held this summer. A general invitation is extended
to all persons interested in fairs and race meetings
to attend. The meeting will be called to order at
lpm.
* * *
The eight months old colt for which Thos. W.
Murphy, the leading reinsman, paid $5000 to A. K.
Knight of Nicholasville, Kentucky, this week, is by
Moko out of the greatest of all broodmares, Nervolo
Belle, dam of Peter Volo (4) 2:02, Volga (3) 2:04%,
Donna Volo 2:18^ and Petress Volo 2:27%. Movo
is the name that has been given to this weanling
trotter and those who have seen him say he is as
promising as any of Nervolo Belle's foals were at
the same age. Movo is by Moko, sire of Real Lady
2:04%. world's champion two-year-old trotter, and
his dam Nervolo Belle is dam of Volga 2:04%, world's
champion three-year-old filly, and Peter Volo (3)
2:03%, (4) 2:02, world's champion three and four-
year-old colt.
Charley Spencer received five new additions to his
string of horses at Santa Rosa last week. He says
he received these horses because their owners have
heard there is to be a good California circuit and
they want to have some of the fun and get some of
the money. There will be many more as soon as the
purses are announced.
* * *
Sir Albert S. 2:03%, the pacer bred by the late
William G. Layng, former editor of the Breeder and
Sportsman, is now owned at Morrisville, Vermont,
and was a starter in the ice races held at Montpelier
February 10th. The races were one-quarter mile
heats, best three in five, and Sir Alfred S., who is
now more than twenty years old, evidently has some
of his old-time speed, as while he did not win he
was third three times in :31%, :31 and :31%. Mont-
pelier has a fine straightaway course of a little over
a quarter of a mile which is kept in shape for winter
racing by the town authorities. Purses of $25 and
$50 are hung up for these quarter-mile ice races, and
the sport draws large crowds.
•fr * +
Hemet Stock Farm advertises the services of the
famous young stallion Wilbur Lou (3) 2:10% at $50
for the season of 1917, and will keep mares sent to
his court at $60 a year. No stock farm anywhere
ever kept its mares in better condition than this
well known farm in Riverside county. Wilbur Lou
was a great race colt himself and at six years of
age is the sire of a world's champion yearling.
Breeding and individuality of the very highest order
are his, he was a world's champion himself as a
yearling, an unbeaten stake winner at two and a
State champion and three, and is now siring cham-
pions at six. Send your best bred producing mare
to Wilbur Lou this year and get a colt or filly that
is worth owning.
* * *
It seems that Secretary Knight and Secretary
Gocher do not agree in their construction of the new
rules which govern winrace records and time allow-
ances. Mr. Gocher holds that Hal B. Jr., that made
his mile track winrace record of 2:02% in 1913, and
his half mile winrace of 2:05% in 1916. is entitled to
three seconds allowance on both mile and half mile
tracks. In other words, he can race in the 2:06 class
on mile tracks and the 2:08 on half mile tracks.
Mr. Knight holds that 2:06 on a mile track is all
right for a horse that made a record of 2:02% in
1913 and has not lowered or equaled it since, but
that he should get no allowance on a half mile track
if he made a mark of 2:05% in 1916, but should be
confined to the 2:06 and faster classes when raced
on the twice-arounds in 1917. If these two opinions
hold, horses will be raced in different classes on
N. T. A. and A. T. A. tracks.
* * *
Every person in California who is interested in the
revival of district fairs should immediately write a
personal letter to the senator and assemblyman from
his district and request them to vote for Senate
bill No. 349, a copy of which will be found on page 4
of the Breeder and Sportsman this week. Letters
should also be addressed to the Governor and the
State Board of Control requesting them to look with
favor on this bill, which if passed will do as much
to huild up the resources of California as any meas-
ure that has been before the legislature in years. A
big State Fair is being built up by state appropriation
which is giving full value for every cent expended,
and these district fairs, with only a total of $50,000
a year, divided between 13 districts, will do much
toward improving the live stock, horticultural, agri-
cultural and manufacturing interests of the State as
well as each district where these fairs are held. Dis-
trict fairs are being encouraged by all the big farm-
ing and stock breeding states in the east and middle
west, and California will be behind the limes if it
does not encourage these institutions. Write to your
representative today and tell him you are in favor
of this bill and willing to pay the almost infinites-
imal amount of taxes on your property which will be
required to carry out this measure if it becomes
a law.
+ + +
Death of Joe Patchen 2:01 '/^.
Joe Patchen 2:01%, probably one of the most pop-
ular horses ever raced in harness, died last
Monday at Midfield Farm, near Goshen. New York,
aged 28 years. He was sired by Patchen Wilkes,
dam Josephine Young by Joe Young, and was bred
by Charles Rathbone of Peabody. Kansas. This
leaves John R. Gentry the only survivor of the Big
Four (Star Pointer 1:59% and Robert J. 2:01% being
the other two) whose races filled the sporting pages
of the daily press twenty years ago. Whether it was
his attractive markings, he being a black horse with
a white face and legs, or his do-or-die way of racing,
that made him a popular idol, Joe Patchen never
failed to get a round of applause from the grand-
stand when he came on the track, and more people
cheered when he won than any other horse could
arouse to a pitch of enthusiasm. In the stud Joe
Patchen has been very successful, siring nine pacers
in the 2:10 list, among them the world's champion
Dan Patch 1:55%, Joe Patchen II 2:03Vi and other
noted winners. He also sired Fan Patch 2:09, a
trotter, and was the sire of the dam of Belford Bell
2:06%, another trotter.
THE BEBEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 24, 1917.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
COMMISSION REPORTS ON CONDITIONS.
Interesting Fish and Game Bulletinls Issued For the
Sportsmen in California.
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
Capital City Coursing — George Heintz of Oakland
and his string of choice hounds carried off all the
honors at the coursing meet of the Capital City
Coursing Club, held on Elliot's ranch at Franklin
Sunday. Heintz's Oakland Beauty and Oakland Girl
divided first and second honors in the championship
event, and his Oakland Beauty won the 16-dog mem-
bership stake.
In spite of the threatening weather a large number
of coursing fans journeyed to Elliot's ranch. The
recent rain put the field in good shape.
In the first tie in the championship event, Oakland
Girl beat Napa Jack. Young Royal Gold beat Verlie
N., Oakland Beau beat Jem Long, and San Pablo
Girl beat Pepper Kid.
In the second tie Oakland Girl beat Young Royal
Gold and Oakland Beau beat San Pablo Girl. Inas
much as it was up to Heintz's two dogs to settle it for
first and second places ,the final dash was not run
off.
In the first tie in the membership stake Blue Bird
beat Oakland Dandy, Blue Streak beat Billie Blue
Ears, Young Gold Musk beat Mayhew Boy, Oakland
Beauty beat Los Molinos, Country Boy beat Pride of
Richmond, Shamrock Kid beat Peppernut, Albert M.
defaulted to Big Ben through non-appearance, and
Little Pal defeated Yolo Girl.
In the second tie Blue Bird beat Blue Streak, Oak-
land Beauty defeated Y'oung Gold Musk, Shamrock
Kid won from Country Bov, and Big Ben beat Lit-
tle Pal.
Oakland Beauty beat Blue Bird by default, and
Big Ben beat Shramrock Kid in the third tie.
Big Ben withdrew from the final dash, giving Oak-
land Beauty first honors.
08
Twenty-Five Extinct Species. — Ithaca, N. Y. — More
than twenty-five species of American birds and ani-
mals have become extinct within the memory of per-
sons now alive, according to Louis Agassiz Fuertes,
speaking before the Cornell Farmers' Week audience
last week. Mr. Fuertes, who is widely known as a
naturalist and as a painter of birds and mammals,
showed the extent to which the extermination of
wild life has gone, mainly through the wantonness of
the American people.
Further, he pointed a warning finger toward those
species which seem likel yto he the next to go, say-
ing that the animals which live in the open are sure
to pass out first, while those of the forests have a
betier chance to survive.
Among those he named as having been utterly de-
stroyed during the past 75 years are the passenger
pigeon, the last specimen of which recently died in
the Cincinnati Zoological Museum; the great auk,
the Labrador duck, the Carolina parakeet, the Eski-
mo curlew, a number of the macaks of the West In-
dies. Men now alive remember when the passenger
pigeons literally darkened the skies in their annual
migrations up and down the eastern states. The
American buffalo, or bison, he regards as extinct in
so far as its wild life is concerned1/! and he counts
the prong-horned antelope as one of those plains in-
habitants which is sure to go in the near future.
The extinction of the wood duck, he says, is ser-
iously threatened. This is a tree-nesting species,
and reputed to be the most beautiful of the many
American species of wild duck. The woodcock also
is :n danger, with many other shore birds that once
were plentiful, even the well-known kildeer plover,
or kildee, being on the list of doubtful survivors.
To save the remnants of our wild life, Mr. Fuertes
advocates widespread educational measures, the full
support of the federal migratory bird law, the estab-
lishment of game and bird refuges, ano a whole-
hearted public opinion to back up the protective
measures now upon the statute books.
QB
Seattle Casters Meet. — With the largest meeting
held since the club was organized, last week's assem-
bly of the Seattle Fly and Bait Casting Club was ot
big interest to sportsmen. The new assembly hall
of the Seal tie Chamber of Commerce in the Arctic
Club building was packed to the limit.
Lewis Treen, Jr., supervisor of the Snoquatmie
National Forest, addressed the club on "The Forest
Service and lis Relation to the Sportsman." Many
points in Treen's talk were of special importance to
the "out-of-doors" man. He stated that the service
had constructed many trails through some of the
unting and fishing districts, which had been
marked withe igns giving directions and distances,
that it had co-operated in the planting of fish and
game and also that special sportsmen's maps had
been placed for the service of the public. A series
of these maps are in the making that will cover all
the westei n pari of the state.
Business of the evening appointed various com-
mlttees for Ihe work of the club during the coming
season. Probably one of the most important of these
tournament committee that will handle the
events of the season, there being several special
tournaments planned for this summer, among these
being the Northwest fly and bait casting tournament.
Thesecond half of the evening was given over to
the meeting of the united sportsmen's clubs in legis-
lative questions.
Many questions of importance, together with an
interesting talk by a noted sportsman, will be the
feature of the next club meeting to be held in the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce assembly hall Mar. 1.
00
BRITISH CONSERVING FOOD; KILL GAME.
Deer and Foxes May Be Exterminated to Save Crops
They Eat.
The subject of deer and crops was discussed at a
meeting of farmers in Glasgow recently. One speaker
declared that the only effective method of extermin-
ating deer would be by utilizing a regiment of sol-
diers, systematically beating up lands infested by
deer, and have experts rifle shots stationed at the
different passes. It was said that deer not only ate
crops, but in winter and spring large quantities of
feeding stuffs were transported on the Highland rail-
ways to feed the animals. Another point was that
deer were developing their liking for cultivated crops
to such an extent that ere long all cultivation would
be put an end to in the highlands. We think that
if an estimate were taken of the various herds and
their owners notified that it was advisable to reduce
numbers of deer by, say, one-half or three-fourths,
it would be far better than wiping out all the ani-
mals at one fell swoop. If the plan we suggest were
adopted, the meat could be disposed of to advantage,
and it would not be difficult to kill the deer if they
were enticed to feeding-places.
Having made an attack on the pheasants, it is
now the turn of the foxes. An astute food-saver has
made the following calculation. He says there are
240 packs of foxhounds in this country. "I calculate
that there are 20 foxes to a pack of hounds — a mod-
erate estimate. This will make 4,800 foxes. I am
going to allow two rabbits and one hen to support
him a week, and I shall not fatten him up very
quickly. I will allow two rabbits, at 2 lb. each, and
the hen, 3 lb., making a total of 7 pounds of meat a
week. With 4,800 foxes we have the enormous weight
of 33,600 pounds of meat every week. Now, for 52
weeks, 1,880,002 pounds, or nearly two million pounds
of meat for the year — a most ridiculous thing." Con-
tinuing, these are the tons of barley meal, horseflesh,
trotters, etc., eaten by the hounds, and thus depriv-
ing the people of a lot of good food. It must be
admitted that fox-hunting is a luxury, and, in con-
trast to game, it consumes food without producing
any. Probably the kennels will be occupied by pigs
before long, and a reward put on the head of each
fox. — [British Sportsman."
0B
Tacoma Casters — Arrangements are being made
for regular monthly meets between the Tacoma and
Seattle bait and fly casting clubs. It is the plan to
have these competitive events alternate with the
home meets, placing the two at an interval of two
weeks apart. Scores made at both home and out-
side meets will be kept to apply toward securing the
efficiency medals provided by the club.
At the annual meeting of the Tacoma club held
Feb. 12th officers were elected and medals for the
last year awarded to H. J. Nason, 2d class in accu-
racy bait; to William J. Bailey and R. B. Nason, 3d
class in accuracy bait, and to B. B. Perrow, 3d class
in distance bait. Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: B. B. Perrow, president; Carl
Coon, vice-president; Dr. Ralph Hutchinson, captain;
W. L. Richards, secretary, and William J. Bailey,
trustee for three years.
OB
Game Wardens Dismissed. — North Yakima, Wash.
Chief Deputy Game Warden R. B. Wales of Spokane
has fulfilled his threat. He has summarily fired W.
A. Bell, I. H. Dillis and James Henderson, members
of the game commission of Yakima county, and. in
accordance with the law, has asked the county com-
missioners to recommend persons suitable to be ap-
pointed by him as their successors. If the county
commissioners fail within 10 days to make recom-
mendations for game commissioners, the deputy
game warden then has power to name commission-
ers of his own choosing.
Anticipating that the county commissioners may
recommend the present game commissioners for re-
appointment, Wales has. in advance, advised them
such action will not be recognized as complying with
his request. The fight is over the retention of Frank
Bryant as Yakima county game warden. Wales or-
dered Bryant transferred to Pend D'Orille county and
when Bryant did not go his dismissal as county war-
den was directed. Yakima sportsmen have called a
meeting for Saturday night to consider the situation.
The California Fish and Game Commission has is- i
sued an interesting number of the quarterly bulletins.
It contains many instructive articles and reports of U
the conditions during the past season. Some of the 1]
articles follow:
The only place where duck disease has appeared
in the Lower San Joaquin Valley this fall (1916) is
on a small lake, formed by the overflow from Bull's
Slough, on the northern border of Kern county. The
lake is located just north of the old Fowler House,
a landmark of the country, and is about one mile
wide and three and one-half miles long. On the
banks along the border of the lake I estimated there
were fifty dead ducks to every one hundred feet
When visiting this section on the 21st day of July,
1916, no birds were found. Apparently, therefore,
the ducks began dying some time during August. —
Tipton Mathews.
* + +
Two dozen Gambel quail (Lophortyx gambeli), ob-
tained from Mr. Kenneth Hayward of Thermal, Riv-
erside county, were liberated on Mount Rubidoux,
near Riverside, the last of September. The birds
were obtained under permit from the Fish and Game
Commission. The transplantation was made in the
hope that these desert quail would increase and add
interest to Mount Roubidoux. The birds will be
carefully protected and fed regularly. — J. S. Logan.
+ + +
The coming few months are especially set aside
as a closed season when no hunting is allowed. The
most fundamental law of conservation is that ani-
mals must be protected during the breeding season.
If the parents are killed at this time the young are
left to starve. Animales during the breeding season
become remarkably tame and the killing of them at
this time is not sport but wanton murder. Do your
share to protect all wild life on its breeding grounds
and see that all your friends and neighbors do like-
wise.
* * +
The following evidence bears on the food habits of
the mountain lion. Evidently lions do not confine
their attention wholly to deer.
On November 8, 1916, our shepherd dog treed a
young California lion a short distance below our
ranch, near Coulterville, Mariposa county, California.
My father, on approaching the lion, which had taken
refuge in a live oak tree, noted an odor of skunk.
After the lion had been killed the stomach was found
to contain a half-chewed skunk, a striped one, judg-
ing from the black and white hair found. The lion
was only a small one, weighing in the neighborhood
of thirty-five pounds. — Donald A. McLean.
***
Forest officers reported 128 deer killed during the
1915 open season within the El Dorado National
Forest, and five without the forest, or a total of 133
reported by forest officers who are deputy fish and
game commissioners. This number does not equal
the number killed during the open season of 1914,
which is a strong argument that deer are decreasing
in number, and there were many more hunters in
the mountains this season than during 1914. A rapid
increase in the number of hunters may be expected
in the future for the reason that the automobile
furnishes rapid transportation to and from the valley
towns. It is recommended, therefore, that deer be
further protected by allowing only one buck per man
per season, and if in one or two years a slight in-
crease in the number of deer is not seen, a closed
season for at least three years should be enacted —
E. L. Scott.
* * *
Ducks arrived very early this season. Several
canvasbacks were seen on San Pablo Bay August 20,
1916. Pintails were unusually abundant at this time
of year, and a few bluebilles were also seen. Deputy
Hoen reported to me that canvasbacks were seen on
Tomales Bay during the latter part of August. — H.
E. Foster.
** *
Mountain and valley quail are getting scarce, val-
ley quail being found in large numbers only in the
southern portion of the Stanislaus National Forest
This is probably due to the increased number of
hunters who go into the forest each year, and to the
use of modern firearms. Also it is a well known fact
that hawks get away with a large number of birds,
especially in the high country. It is believed here
that the mountain quail law should open with that
for valley quail, since in some districts the young
birds are hardly able to fly on September 1st, when
the present season opens. — E. D. Bach.
There were 175 shooters at Pinehurst and 143,000
targets were thrown. This is 50 more shooters than
appeared in 1915 and nearly 20.000 more thrown tar-
gets. Good weather conditions in 1917 will make
the tournament one to be remembered. It grows
every year.
* * *
The Connecticut State shoot will be held at Nor-
walk on May 25 and 26. Twelve clubs comprise the
State association, which is one of the most progres-
sive in the country.
Saturday, February 24, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
TRAPSHOOTERS BECOMING PROFICIENT.
Nearly 4,000 Had Straight Runs of 50 or Better
During 1916.
While in a way it is correct, the "increasing by
leaps and bounds" phrase so often used, doesn't for
a moment tell the story of the wonderful growth of
trapshooting as a sport, nor of the quality of the
shooters who have become affiliated with the King
of Sports. There is quantity, but there is quality,
too. There are more trapshooters, and better trap-
shooters, today than ever before.
Considerable attention has been paid to the statis-
tics of the sport during the past two years, and these
figures tell us many interesting things. They show
that in 1915 the number of trapshooters who made
straight runs between 50 and 75 targets were 2243;
That the number that broke between 75 and 100
targets were 353, and that 195 made runs of more
than 100. Contrast this to the performance in 1916
— 3003 made runs that excelled 50 targets and failed
of 75; 557 shooters are credited with runs between
75 and 100, and 284 made runs over 100, some of them
exceeding 200. This shows the quality.
The longest run of the 1916 season was 283, and
was made by Fred Plum of Atlantic City, N. J., at
Maplewood. N. H., on July 4. In this run Plum had
a run of 100 from 21 yards, which makes the perform-
ance all the more creditable. The only other ama-
teur to break more than 200 targets in a straight run
was R. D. Morgan, of Washington, D. C. He broke
233 at the Hogans' shoot in Atlantic City. Art Kil-
lam, of St. Louis, broke 252 straight at La Salle, 111.,
and also smashed 379 out of 385 targets during the
La Salle shoot. Walter Huff, of Macon, Ga., broke
244 straight at Birmingham, Ala., and pulverized 586
out of 600 targets in the four days' tourney.
Performances that stand out above all others dur-
ing the 1916 season are the breaking of 100 targets
from 23 yards at Springfield, Mo., by Charles Young,
of Springfield, Ohio, and the five-man squad record
of 497 out of 500 targets at Maplewood by C. H. New-
comb of Philadelphia, Ralph Spotts of New York,
Arthur King of Toms River, N. J., the late A. B.
Richardson of Dover, Del., and Fred Plum of Atlantic
City. Plum and Spotts each smashed 100. The other
three each missed one target. Classier performances
will be hard to find.
Another way to fathom the quality that is now in-
terested in trapshooting and to prove that trapshoot-
ers are becoming more proficient, is to look at the
State championship performances. In 1914 two shoot-
ers went through with clean scores of 100. In 1915
three shooters made clean scores. In 1916 seven
shooters totaled 100; eight others made 99, and
eleven others broke 98. The winning of a State
championship title takes considerable practice these
days. — [Peter P. Carney, PPhila., Pa.
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Tacoma Shooters Preparing. — Tacoma (Wash.) —
Tacoma's army of trapshooters are anxiously await-
ing the first call of the spring days when they can
swab the oil out of their guns, which since the clos-
ing of the game season have been gathering dust
in their cases, and journey out to the traps at Mani-
tou and take another bust at the old tar-hawks. The
prairies south of the city offer ideal grounds for the
sport. At Manitou the club has a well equipped
trapshooting plant and a background second to none
in the country.
Ed Young, the popular railroad man, who was
secretary of the club last season, will call the annual .
meeting later in the month. The time and place of
the meeting have not been been decided, but at that
time officials will be elected for the coming season
and working plans laid out for the year. One change
is almost certain to be made, that of shortening the
regular program from 100 to 50 targets.
Some of those who are expected to answer the
roll call are J. A. Dague, E. E. Young, A. Z. Smith,
D. H. Bales, Fred Edwards, C. E. Werner, George
Purdy, John MeAleer, John Brady, E. W. Cooper,
H. J. Scofield, F. L. Baker, L. S. Mellinger, V. V.
Eisenbeis, Homer King, Carl Coon, A. A. Riehl, F. L.
Grilfin, Hugo Delin, Lee Railinger, Robert Berens,
J. C. Jensen and others.
The first few tilts of the year are sure to be inter-
esting, as final possession of the Majestic cafe trophy
is still undecided. This is the big silver cup hung
up last summer by Dave Bales, and before anyone
can carry it home to be kept forever and a day he
must win it in regular competition five times. J. A.
Dague, one of the best handicap shots in the north-
west, has four wins to his credit, but there are sev-
eral of the members who have promised themselves
that before the genial druggist can put this away in
his cabinet with other trophies of the trap and field
that he will know he has been through a shooting
match.
A new ruling by the Interstate Association, the
supreme power in the trapshooting world, allowing
Sunday registered tournaments on the Pacific coast,
is expected to result in making much greater and
keener inter-city competition. With this end in view
a league of six clubs throughout northern Washing-
ton has been proposed and is already being formed.
The clubs of Blaine, Bellingham, Everett, the Green
Lake and Harbor Island clubs of Seattle and the
Tacoma Gun Club, will very likely comprise the cir-
cuit. The idea is to have regular monthly shoots at
each club during the season and at all meets to have
every club represented by a squad of at least five
target smashers. Some fine exhibitions of wing
shooting should be turned in on these occasions.
It is a good sport, the cleanest game on the calen-
dar, and there will be a good turnout when the first
squad lines up early in March.
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Registered Tournaments — According to informa-
tion received- by the Breeder and Sportsman, clubs
in California made application for dates for eight reg-
istered tournaments this year, not counting the
Pacific Coast Handicap at San Jose, May 28, 29 and
30th, and the California-Nevada tourney.
The applications were filed before February 15th
and the awards will be duly made by the Interstate
Association. The clubs and the dates asked for are
as follows:
Lindsay, April 15-17.
Fresno, April 27, 28, 29.
Golden Gate Club, Alameda, April 29.
Coalinga Club, May 6.
Vernon Club, May 13, 14, 15.
Alameda Elks Club, May 13.
Eureka Club, May 13.
Los Angeles Club, May 21, 22, 23.
Most of the events are being crowded into May,
and it is possible that some of them will be shoved
on until June or July. With the Coast Handicap in
May and the California-Nevada the following month,
the shooters will be kept on the jump.
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Green Lake Club. — A large and enthusiastic crowd
was out at the opening of the trapshooting season
of the Green Lake Gun Club of Seattle, forty-three
marksmen going through the regular program of
fifty targets on February 11th.
R. S. Searle, George Scripture and Hi Follrich led
the amateurs with fine scores of forty-nine out of
fifty. L. H. Reid, as usual, topped the professionals
with forty-nine breaks, I. M. Fisher coming a close
second with forty-eight out of his fifty.
A large delegation from Harbor island helped swell
the formal opening of the club for this year. J. H.
Davis and C. F. Rinehard shot with the club for the
first time and became members.
The twenty-gauge event of 25 targets, a new fea-
ture at the club, proved quite an attraction. I. M.
Fisher, who originated the scheme, has donated to
the club a suitable trophy, which will be awarded to
the one making the highest score in twenty-five, at
the end of the season.
A team shoot between L. H. Reid and George
Scripture, and C. E. McKelvey and H. S. Gibson, to
settle a contest for a dinner was won by Reid's team,
49 to 47.
Hi Follrich, who was one of the high men in the
amateur class in the regular program, also outshot
a special squad at doubles, breaking twenty-one out
of twenty-four.
Regular shoots will be held from now on, at least
until after the state tournament in May, each Sun-
day morning, promptly at 10 o'clock. The scores:
At 50 targets— R. S. Searle 49, L. H. Reid* 49,
George Scripture 49, Hil Follrich 49, I. M. Fisher*
49, D. Rhodes* 48, A. Riehl 47, John Ruppe 47, Dr.
King 47, R. W. Kinzer 46, C. E. McKelvey 46, D. R.
Baker. 45, C. B. Fitzgerald 45, E. K. Van Vleck 45,
W. H. Carsten 45, C. W. Bandy 44, Matt Grossman
43, Hugh Fleming 43, D. Reid 42, S. Martin 42, Fred
Landwehr 42, G. A. Conklin 42, A. W. Mathis 41,
W. B. Taft 41, H. S. Gibson 41, L. S. Barnes 40, Dr.
R. V. Mills 40, J. H. Hopkins 39, J. W. Geltz 39, W. B.
Cook 38, Dr. A. B. Kidd 38, Dr. S. W. Case 37, Dr.
S. W. Griffin 37, E. W. Eller 37, A. L. Hall 37, S. Bert
36, F. E. Bronson 36, Dr. J. F. Hill 36, George B.
Baker 36, C. F. Rinehard 35, J. H. Davis 34, H. E.
Gleason 33, E. Chantrel 33. 1
At 100 targets— L. H. Reid* 98, I. M. Fisher* 96,
George Scripture 96, D. Rhodes* 96, John Ruppe 93,
C. E. McKelvey 92, D. Reid 89, H. S. Gibson 89, Fred
Landwehr 89, High Fleming 86, Matt Grossman 86,
J. H. Hopkins 82, W. B. Taft 82, J. H. Davis 79.
Twenty-gauge event, 25 targets — I. M. Fisher 23,
W. B. Cook 21, J. Trimmer 21, L. S. Barnes 20, G. A.
Conklin 19, C. E. McKelvey 12.
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Shoots on Sunday. — Probably the greatest revision
in the rules of the Interstate Association for the En-
couragement of Trapshooting made at the recent
annual meeting was the one to permit the sanction-
ing of trapshooting tournaments on Sunday.
This change was made at the urgent solicitation
of the trapshooters of those sections where the "blue
laws" do not exist. In many of the States west of
the Ohio River, Sunday is the big day for sporting
events — and with the Interstate Association for many
years refusing to register a tournament on the Sab-
bath hundreds of the Western trapshooters tailed
to appear in the official averages of the Interstate
Association — said averages only carrying the names
of the shooters who shoot at 2000 or more registered
targets during the season.
Now this is all changed. The trapshots on the
Pacific Coast seldom ever broke into the averages
under the old rules of the Interstate Association, but
under the new ruling they expect to break in in a
very forceful manner. Many places where the gun
clubs held club shoots registered tournaments will
now be held, as trapshooters will come out for regis-
tered tournaments in the Western States on Sunday
as thickly as their fellow-shooters in the East do on
Saturday. The revision of this rule should go a great
way in encouraging trapshooting in the cities and
States.
TRAPSHOOTING FIXTURES.
August 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 1917— Chicago, Ills.— The
Interstate Association's Eighteenth Grand Amer-
ican Trapshooting Tournament, under the aus-
pices of the South Share Country Club Gun Club;
$4,000 added money. Winner of first place in the
Grand American Handicap guaranteed $500 and a
trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $400
nd a trophy; winner of third place guaranteed
$300 and a trophy; winner of fourth place guaran-
teed $200 and a trophy, and the winner of fifth
place guaranteed $100 and a trophy. Numerous
other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E.
Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
May 28, 29, 30. 1917— San Jose, Cal— The Interstate
Association's Twelfth Pacific Coast Trapshooting
Tournament, under the auspices of the San Jose
Gun Club; $1300 added money. Winner of first
place in the Pacific Coast Handicap guaranteed
$100 and a trophy; winner of second place guar-
anteed $75 and a trophy, and the winner of third
place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other
trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner,
Manager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Vernon Club. — Although a very cold wind blew
over the Vernon Gun Club grounds Sunday, a large
crowd was in attendance at the weekly shooting pro-
gram. The wind did not prevent excellent scores
from being made. J. F. Dodds and Bob Bole were
the two contestants who had their breaking guns
despite the wind. The two cracks smashed 57x60 in
the trophy event. Following are the complete scores:
Practice Trophy
J. C. Famechon 50x60 52x60
C. W. Fish 38x40 53x60
Fred Grewell 56x65 55x60
S. A. Bruner 54x60 . .x. .
Edward Bohring 30x40 ..x..
A. W. Bruner 38x40 . . x . .
William Pugh 37x40 53x60
J. F. Dodds 38x40 57x60
Keeney x.. 40x60
J. Dierdoff 18x20 56x60
D. E. Llewellyn 36x40 53x60
Rucker 11x20 ..x..
Jones 36x40 . .x. .
D. Payne 11x20 40x60
P. Payne 34x60 . .x . .
C. E. Groat 38x45 54x60
Mrs. C. E. Groat 19x20 56x60
Robert Bole 39x40 57x60
Moore 30x40 ..x..
A. N. Van Nest 27x40 46x60
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Los Angeles Club. — From the way the trapshooters
turned out at the Los Angeles Gun Club Sunday it
appeared as though the scatter gun artists rather
fancy shooting on a cold bleak day. Fifty-eight
shooters took part in the weekly shooting program.
W. A. Cornelius was the high man of the day in
the prize shoot. He made a total of 95x100 smashes
from the 19-yard mark. E. K. Mohler and R. E.
Allen tied for second place with 94x100 smashes.
Probably the most sensational happening of the
day was the shooting of Mrs. Pfirrmann. In the
prize event the fair trapshooter smashed 91x100
targets. This is quite remarkable when the wind is
taken into consideration. Mrs. Pfirrmann is the only
feminine shooter who has won points on the Cline
trophy.
Harry Cline managed to win two points in the
shoot, so he is no wtied with Frank Melius for the
most points on the handsome Cline charm. Both
have seven digits. W. A. Cornelius is a close third
with six points. The shoot for the Cline prize will
continue for four more weeks.
Heine Pfirrmann and Frank Melius got a notion in
their heads that they were better shots than any
two professionals on the grounds. Ed Mitchell and
Hugh Poston immediately took up the challenge and
the four engaged in a friendly shoot. In the end
the pros were the easy victors with 96x100 breaks
to their credit, while their rivals smashed only
91x100.
During the day 5295 targets were thrown. Since
February 2 there have been 25,185 thrown. Follow-
ing are the scores of the day:
W. A. Cornelius 95, E. K. Mohler 94, R. E. Allen
94, F. H. Melius 93, E. Mitchell 92, H. C. Cline 91,
Mrs. Pfirrmann 91, L. J. Micka 90, H. E. Poston 89,
F. H. Mellon 89. Lee Garnsey 89, Geo. Oliver 89. F.
H .Hall 89, A. Pachmayr 88, L. J. Petit 88, H. Pfirr-
mann S8. E. C. Crossman 88, O. Council 87, Geo.
Melford 86, R. H. Morse 86, L. M. Packard 86, P. E.
Peterson 86, G. Holohan 85. H. E. Sargent 85, V. A.
Rossbach 84. O. A. Evans 84, R. O. Pool 82, L. R.
Melius 81, Wm. Kennedy 81, S. E. Miller 81, C. S.
White 80, R. Thornby 79, P. C. Carter 77, P. J. De
Hetre 77 B. H. Carnahan 70, N. Bill 66. F. H. Teeple
68, G. L. Pulley 65. A. Hartmann 49. C. W. Fish 47.
J. F. Dodds 47, T. B. Sloan 45, Seth Hart 44, J. H.
Bishop Jr. 44. J. C. Collins 42, R. C. Hartmann 40.
M. D. Towne 40, A. L. Rowe 40. F. Hartmann 35,
F. G. Schreiver 35. Mrs. F. Mellon 33. J. H. Wearne
29, J. B. Joslyn 28, F. C. White 17. R. Chenoweth 176,
W. Koerner 14.
Practice shooting— Mohler 99. Morse 95. Petit 92,
Garnsey 87, Kennedy 87, Sargent 86, Famechon 85,
H. Cline 72, Poston 74, Mitchell 72. G. Holohan 49,
Pachmayr 49, Evans 48, H. Pfirrmann 48, Teeple 46,
Melius 24, Cornelius 24, Pool 24, Allen 23.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 24, 1917.
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Sportsmen's Row
Clarence A. Haight made a trip up as far as Red-
ding last week and found the boys all along the line
enthusiastic over the coming season. The game
looks to be in tor a banner year.
* + *
Eight registered tournaments for California so far
and more clubs yet to be heard from.
* + +
Since the inauguration of the long-run trophies
by the duPont company, 16S6 watch fobs, 4947 gold
bars and 116 gold watches have been given to shoot-
ers. Eighty of these watches were won by amateurs
and 36 by professionals. Art Killain, of St. Louis,
with four watches, is the greatest winner.
* * +
Bill Price has developed into a bug on wrestling.
He almost passed up the opening sboot on Washing-
ton's Birthday to see Santell and Stecher on tie mat.
At that the traps got Eilly, for he is for his first love
first, last and all the time.
* * *
It is learned on good authority that there will be
no dog shows held in England during the next twelve
months. Private advices received here state that the
British government has issued the order placing the
ban on such exhibitions. This should mean a big
influx of thoroughbreds into the United States if
there are the requisite transportation facilities.
* + +
A bill has been introduced in the Legislature of
New York to compel owners of cats to license them
at 85 cents a head. Why the cat, who makes the
night hideous and who is a frequenter of the garbage
cans, should go scot free while the dog is taxed is
a mystery. Instead of putting a price on the head
of a dog there is every reason why the prowling cat
should be done away with on sight. For one stray
dog there are probably a hundred stray cats, which
are of no use to any one and whose chief vocation
in life is to kill song birds and small animals that
are of- use to the farmer.
* * +
Among the dogs who have been "doing their bit"
in the war is Prince, a Newfoundland dog, who has
been collecting ?100 a month at "Vancouver, B. C, for
the Blue Cross fund. His master was called to the
front at the beginning of hostilities, and immediately
Prince donned the khaki, as it were. He attends
the dances at the Empress Hotel Saturday after-
noons and alwavs comes away with a well filled box.
* * *
Fred Plum, the Atlaltic City wizard, shot at 1300
targets at Pinehurst — 650 from back handicap marks
and 150 at doubles — and still averaged around the
90 mark, despite the rain, sleet and snow. He had
one run of 67 from 20 and 22 yards.
No one is allowed to carry a gun in Glacier Na-
tional Park.
Egg-gathering time has arrived for the Fish and
Game Commission, and the first crews have been
sent to streams where the trout spawn. Before the
run is over — and it is very late this year — the gath-
erers will have taken millions of eggs. From these
eggs, which are impregnated with the milt of the
male as soon as taken, fry to replenish the creeks
and lakes will be hatched. Men are now at work on
the Klamath river, in Siskiyou county; at Scott
creek, in Santa Cruz, and at the Snow Mountain
station, on the Eel river.
+ + +
Frank and George Stall, wealthy mining men from
Nevada, showed to good advantage. The former
went forty-nine straight and had the misfortune to
lose his last bird. George busted 48.
<■ <• *
Larry Middleton finished up in a blaze of glory,
turning in 20 straight in the frame. Larry was
happy as a kid and threw his hat high in the air.
+ + +
Manager Pete Ashcroft's new board walks to the
traps was quite a stunt for the visitors and was
highly complimented. The gang gathered on one
section of it to have their pictures "tooked" and it
sank a couple of feet. Guess Fred Willett. Toney
Prior, George Thomas and several other heavy-
weights must have stood in the same spot.
* + +
Bray Thorning was the moving spirit behind the
improvements and is entitled to credit.
+ * *
Miss Gladys Reid was a visiting fair shooter from
Portland. She made a pretty figure at the traps and
showed that she knows how to handle a gun.
■{■ ■{■ «fi
Al Durney got back from the Honolulu trip O. K.
and was banging the rocks in approved form.
* * *
\ side feature on the Alameda grounds was the
wrestling match between Fred Willett and George
Thomas. It was a draw — looked like a "frame-up."
* * +
Clarence A. Haight, the veteran of the gathering,
has a new gun. It is a sure peach for "Pop" has
b-'en going like a house a-fire this season. He
snuffed out 4 8out of the 50.
Look at the way Bill Ellis is coming ahead. He
missed only one, which is traveling some for a fellow
just about to start his second year in the game.
* * *
O. N. Ford was up from San Jose boosting the
Pacific Coast Handicap in May. There will be a club
shoot at San Jose tomorrow.
V V V
Bids for the California-Nevada State tournament
were put in by the Del Monte, Los Angeles and Ver-
non clubs. Secretary Clarence A. Haight submitted
the applications to the directors and they will be
duly acted upon within the next couple of days.
* * *
A good one was put over on Henry R. Everding, ■
the well known Portland trap enthusiast. Bill
Stumpf, the German ball player with the Portland
Coast League Club, had to take the steamer at Van-
couver to sail with the team for Honolulu. Trouble
loomed up in getting by the British officials with
that German name so he up and signed to the effect
that he was Henry R. Everding.
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Fishing Prospects Bright. — Los Angeles, Cal. —
With the time for heavy storms passing, and plenty
of snow on the heights, there is at present the most
pleasing prospect for a banner trout year that South-
ern Cailfornians have enjoyed in many a spring.
Protracted spells of unseasonably warm weather
may work mischief yet and so may heavy storms, but
in the absence of these the flycaster bids fair to find
himself most fortunate in 1917.
Every stream in the South is well stocked, thanks
to the late opening which gave the gest spawning
runs in history last year. These were augmented
by the admixture of new blood in the hatchery out-
put, heaviest plantings ever made being liberated in
the San Bernardino and up-coast streams. With an
average volume of rainfall and normal weather con-
ditions, the water levels should be kept up to stand-
ard height, and fishing should start on May first on
a fly-casting basis. It does not seem rash to fore-
cast that 1917 is to be the year which puts the South
upon the expert- angler's map, both in lake and
stream. Bear lake is so full of big and yearling trout
that quite a few close observers expect them to take
the fly this year, and add the cap-sheaf to the win-
derful" attraction that pine-bordered body of moun-
tain water now holds for the angler. This is wildest
conjecture, but the trout in the lesser lake have been
teased to the top for "feathers" and the right lure
may yet work in the waters of Bear proper.
Surf fishermen along the seashore are an impatient
lot and already have been plying their week-end art
amid the exasperation of seeing thousands of cor-
bina wallowing in the surf with scarcely a stray one
to strike. What these wet-to-the-neck enthusiasts
expect- to do to them when they begin to take hold
is only exceeded by their present inability to grease
up the frying-pan.
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Spring Shooting Prohibited. — Washington, D. C. —
The United States Department of Agriculture has
received inquiries from many sportsmen in the Mid-
dle West in regard to spring shooting of waterfowl.
In response the Department has made the following
public announcement:
"Under the Federal regulations there is a closed
season from February 1 .to September, 6, inclusive,
each year throughout the United States on water-
fowl and other migratory game birds; the season
for hunting is further restricted in various parts of
. the country to periods not exceeding three and one-
half months. The open season on waterfowl in the
States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska,
Kansas, and Missouri is from September 16 to De-
cember 31, inclusive, and it is unlawful to hunt or
kill waterfowl in those States .at any other time.
Persons committing violations of the regulations
may be prosecuted at any time within three years
after an offense is committed. ,
Telegraphic Trapshooting. — Spokane, Wn., Feb. 18.
The Inland Empire Telegraphic trapshooting tourna-
ment, which will continue for eleven Sundays, be-
gan today, with twelve clubs in as many towns con-
testing. Kellog, Idaho, and Kalispell, Montana,
turned in the high scores of the day, 117 out of a
possible 125. The results of the first day's contest
follow:
Spokane 115; Sunnyside, Wash., 97; Wallace, Ida-
ho, 108: Plotlach, Idaho, 92: Kellogg, Idaho, 117;
Pendleton. Ore., 112; Palouse, Wash., 116; Lewiston,
Idaho, 111; Garfield, Wash., Ill; Wenatchee, Wash.,
105; Kalispell, Mont, 117; Pomeroy, Wash., 108.
In the contest of the "individual trophy B. M. Hays
of Spokane and T. Arland of Garfield, Wash., tied for
the lead with a perfect score of 25.
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Seattle Trap Officers — At the annual business
meeting of the Seattle Trapshooters' Association the
following officers were elected for the year: Dr.
C. L. Templeton, president; R. S. Searle, -vice-presi-
dent; E. A. Fry, secretary, and Ralph Kinzer, treas-
urer.
A report of the past year's business given by the
retiring secretary, W. B. Taft, showed the. season's
activities to be most successful and due credit was
given the officers for their showing. Special pro-
grams will be held on the Harbor island grounds
during the season.
AGAINST COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN.
F. M. Newbert Writes "On Harm' Being Done to ■ Ouf •'
Wild trout.
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By F.; M,* -Newbert.
[President, Cal. Fish amd Game Commission.]
Vandalism, nothing more, is market fishing for our
wild trout. We have -found the market fisherman
snaring, snagging, fishing at night, and even using
dynamite, destroying thousands of trout that they
never recover, all for profit.
Think of having some of the most famous trout
streams of our state dynamited for profit, but this is I
sure to happen if the sale is permitted. The hand-
some price of 35 cents a pound is some temptation.
With our network of good roads and the automobile
the market fisherman will have no trouble in getting
his fish . to market from heretofore inaccessible
places.
The Fish and Game Commission have found the
market fishermen snaring spawning trout off the
spawning beds, plugging the vent so that the spawn
would not run out. This cheating method was prac-
ticed so that the trout would reach the market look-
ing nice and plump and would, as one fisherman ex-
pressed it, weigh much more and he would get 35 -
cents per pound for the spawn.
The Fish and Game Commission collected $33,500
in fines in the state in two years, yet the slaughter
goes on every day. , The commission confiscated
nearly one-half ton of fish that were being illegally
shipped from Lake Tahoe.
Last year eighty-seven trout market fishermen
fished on Lake Tahoe, and the people have no assur-
ance that 1087 market fishermen will not deplete the
lake next year. Last year the eighty-seven market
fishermen caught more trout in the month of June
than all the tourists and people who have summer
homes around the lake caught during the entire
season.
The market fisherman will be found where lies
the profit and he began his murderous work in
Plumas county at the Big Meadows, Bear valley and
many other places last year. No counties containing
trout streams and lakes escape his murderous work
Nineteen seventeen marks the year that you will find
the market fisherman in every nook of your great
mountains, violating every law for profit. It is no
fault of his, for his business demands it. So stop
the business by the no-sale law, the last stand made
by twenty-four states of our Union.
It will be lawful to buy in large quantities scien-
tifically raised and domestically fed trout from Cali-
fornia, Utah and Idaho trout farms, at a less price
than the price of our wilct trout. Remember, we are
only trustees of our fish and game for the rising gen-
eration. Oregon, our sister state, has seen the light,
so just fall in line and save one of California's great-
est assets.
The angler's dollar made possible the building of
the grandest modern trout hatchery in the world, the
Mt. Whitney hatchery in Inyo county. It helps to
maintain the sixteen hatcheries and egg-taking sta-
tions. It stocks the 157,000 miles of streams and
lakes. Last year 17,688,000 trout were planted. Who
for? For the man who enjoys his limousine, as well
as the prospector who uses his pack animal; the
farmer who uses his little old Ford, and the man and
his family who still enjoy the old-fashioned camp
wagon. To say nothing of the thousands of laborers
of all kinds whose occupations take them to the
mountains each year.
Portland Club. — Twenty-one nimrods were at Ever-
ding Park on Feb. 11th, practicing over the new cem-
ent traps. High gun in the regular event was James
E. Reid, a professional, with 98 per Q^nt, while the
leading amateur was James W. Sea,vey, with 93
per cent. -
A team race was held between a squad of six, cap-
tained by Peter- J. Holohan and a squad led by J. P.
Bull, both professionals. Mr. Holohan's sextet won
with 126 out of a possible 150, while Bull and his
teammates were good for 119. Henry R. Everding
and Peter J. Holohan tied for first honors with 24
each out a possible 25.
A. Woelm had a poor day in trying to defend his
right, to the W. C. Bristol 20-gauge gun trophy, which
is now being contested for by the 20-gaugers of Ore-
gon. A. L. Zachrisson won the trophy.
Following are the scores in the regular event: J. E.
Reid 98. J. P. Bull 96, J. W. Seavey 93, H. E. Dicker-
man 91, A. W. Strowger 90, Frank M. Templeton 90,
A. L. Zachrisson 90, F. L. Loumans 88, P. J. Holohan
87, C. C. Kelly 82, Al Seguin 80, E. H. Keller 80,
F. Sewall 80, Mrs. Ada Schilling 78, S. E. Bird 75,
, A. Woelm 72, A. G. Hawman 72, H. A. Pollock 70,
Dr. H. E. Shoot 60, George Bertz 56, and W. J. Der-
thick 56.
The W. C. Bristol trophy contest: A. L. Zachris-
son 22, Frank M. Templeton 19, C. C. Kelly 17, S. E.
Bird 15, A. W. Strowger 15, James W. Seavey 15,
George Bertz 14, A. Woelm 13, C. B. Handy 12, H. E.
Dickemian 12, Henry R. Everding 12, Peter J.- Holo-
han 11, E. H. Keller 12, A. G. Hawman 7, Al Seguin
7, W. J. Derthick 5.
Team race: P. J. Holohan (captain) 24, S. E. Bird
17. Mrs. Ada Schilling 21, H. E. Dickemian 22, Henry
R. Everding 24, Dr. H. E. Shoot 18; total, 126 out of
150. James P. Bull (captain) 22, E. L. Youmans 12,
F. Sewall 20, A. W. Strowger 18, James W. Seavey
23, James E. Reid 23; total, 119 out of 150. .
.turday, February 24, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
11
NEW SYSTEM OF RATING DOG SHOWS
lampionship Points Will Be Given According to
Entries in Class.
The American Kennel Club's new scheme of rating,
•aich will undoubtedly be adopted at the next meet-
:g, gives championship points according to the
limber entered in each breed and not according to
•e total in a show. For instance, an exhibition
;tiere there are 1,000 dogs gives five points toward
.championship. Say there are 100 Boston terriers
ntered and one Italian grayhound. Both receive
ie same amount of points. Is this fair? A certain
jig won a championship and on his way to it he
Seated just one dog. There have been many cases
■ these empty honors. Some fanciers argue that
e new system is a bad one, for it will discourage
e breeders of dogs that are not of great popularity
om showing. They argue that if a man is game
lough to take his dog to a show, going to the
;ouble and expense that is necessary, he should re-
ave just as much as any one else. They argue that
hen a man enters his dog he does not know
nether there are going to be one or one hundred
the classes against him.
This is all very true, but would it not be a good
ling for a show superintendent to let an exhibitor
low just how many dogs were entered in the
reed in which he was interested? At the last
authampton show an exhibitor came all the way
om Philadelphia to find that there was no compe?
rai. This meant a trip of about four hundred
lies, loss of time, hotel expenses and various inci-
mtals. Of course she got the points, but there was
ttle fun in it.
Another argument by some of the old timers
;ainst the new system is that there might be only
ie bloodhound, for instance, entered in a show, but
s quality might be far better than any one of the
indred or more entered in the terrier classes or
ime of the other popular breeds.
Of course there will be a lot of discussion over the
tling, especially among the fancy that favors the
ss popular breeds, but a championship in the fu-
,re will mean far more than scurrying around to
rery fly by night show for the simple purpose of
ying to pick up a few points where the exhibitor
lows there is going to be little or no competition.
The ratings for breeds as proposed by the Rules
id License Committeess, and recommended by the
lecial committee on revision of the rules are as
Hows :
DOGS COMPETING TO OBTAIN ABOVE
RATING
Scale of Points— 1 2 3 4 5
oodhounds 1 2 3 4 5
astiffs 1 2 3 4 5
skimos 1 2 3 4 5
I Bernards (rough) 2 4 5 8 10
! Bernards (smooth) 1 2 3 4 5
reat Danes 4 6 8 12 16
swfoundlands 1 2 3 4 5
jssian wolfhounds 3 5 6 9 12
ish wolfhounds 1 2 3 4 5
letland sheepdogs 1 2 3 4 5
:ottish deerhounds 1 2 3 4 5
rephounds 2 3 5 7 9
>xhounds (American) 2 3 6 8 10
>xhounds (English) 1 2 3 4 5
iinters 4 7 10 15 20
itters (English) 5 10 15 25 30
itters (Gordon) 1 2 3 4 5
itters (Irish) 3 5 7 10 12
Jtrievers 1 2 3 4 5
elsh Springers 1 2 3 4 5
ire haired pointing Griffons 12 3 4 5
>aniels (Irish water) 1 2 3 4 5
laniels (Clumber) 1 2 3 4 5
laniels (field) 1 2 3 4 5
laniels (cocker) 1 2 3 4 5
>aniels (cocker) 6 12 17 26 32
sagles 5 10 14 23 30
ichshunde 4 6 8 12 16
tippets 1 2 3 4 5
lilies 10 18 25 35 45
irman sheepdogs 4 7 10 15 20
d English sheepdogs 2 3 5 7 9
leepdogs of the Maremma . . 1 2 3 4 5
lodles .- 2 3 5 7 9
low chows 3 5 8 10 12
Umatians 2 3 5 7 9
imoyedes 1 2 3 4 5
;lgian sheepdogs 1 2 3 4 5
ixers 1 2 3 4 5
iberman Pinsclhers 1 2 3 4 5
llldogs 9 16 23 29 25
illdogs (miniature) 1 2 3 4 5
redale terriers 16 22 31 40 50
ill terriers 5 10 16 20 30
ill terriers (toy) 1 2 3 4 5
•ench bulldogs 8 15 20 27 35
iston terriers 20 35 50 60 70
)x terriers (smooth) 5 10 13 20 30
>x terriers (wire haired) ... 6 12 17 28 32
ialyham terriers 3 5 6 9 12
ish terriers 4 7 11 15 20
Jottish terriers 4 7 11 15 20
est Highland white terriers 3 5 6 9 12
elsh terriers 1 3 4 6 8
elsh terriers 1 2 3 4 5
sdiington terriers 1 2 3 4 5
!. & Tan (M'ch'ster) terriers 2 3 5 7 9
Schipperkes 1 3 4 6
Pomeranians 5 10 16 20
English toy spaniels 4 7 13 16
Italian greyhounds 1 2 3 4
Otter hounds 1 2 3 4
Papillons 1 2 3 4
Japanese spaniels 2 3 5 7
Pekingese spaniels ..5 12 17 26
Pugs 1 2 3 4
Toy poodles 4 6 8 12
Yorkshire terriers 2 3 5 7
Maltese 2 3 5 7
Toy terriers 1 2 3 4
Chihuahuas 1 2 3 4
Caim terriers 1 2 3 4
Chesapeake Bays 1 2 3 4
Brussels Griffons 2 3 5 7
Skye terriers 1 2 3 4
Mexican hairless 1 2 3 4
0B
SNOWY OWL INVADES CALIFORNIA.
30
20
5
5
5
9
32
16
9
9
5
5
5
5
9
5
5
LOCAL TRAP SEASON IS OPENED.
Eighty-Three Gunners Turn Out For the Golden
Gate Club Merchandise Shoot.
Bird Appears Periodically in California; Was Here
Twenty Years Ago.
It is a well known fact that the snowy owl (Nyctea
nyctea) is of erratic occurrence in eastern states.
It now appears that this bird occurs periodically in
this state also. Just twenty years ago (1896) a num-
ber of snowy owls invaded the northern part of Cali-
fornia. Specimens were taken as far south as Bay
Farm Island, Alameda county (Cohen in Condor 3, p.
185), and Santa Cruz county (Thompson in Condor 3,
P. 141).
During the same year snowy owls were reported as
numerous in the state of Washington (Bowles in Os-
prey 1, p. 81). According to H. G. Smith (Nidologist
3, p. 76) snowy owls were taken in the state of Colo-
rado in 1886.
The following additional data on the occurrence of
the snowy owl in California in 1896 has been furn-
ished by H. S. Prescott of Crescent City, Del Norte
county:
Ely Charter of Crescent City, Del Norte county,
secured two or more specimens in 1896. One of these
was mounted and for many years was in the posses-
sion of Mr. Jeffrey, the keeper of the Crescent City
lighthouse. H. J. Lattin, residing near Crcata, also
saw a number of these birds in that year.
In November, 1916, a male specimen of a snowy
owl, secured by Florence F. Williams on the ocean
beach near the outlet of Talowa Lake, Del Norte
county, was sent us by H. S. Prescott. A second
specimen, a female, was secured by Mr. Prescott on
November 25 between the north end of Lake Earl
and the mouth of Smith River, Del Norte county.
Along with this bird was a report to the effect that
Ely Charter had seen nine snowy owls between Point
St. George and the mouth of Talowa Lake. Two
other specimens are noted as having been taken in
the county in a newspaper item appearing in the
Humboldt Times under date of November 23. Sev-
eral applications for permits to hold birds in captiv-
ity have since been sent to the Fish and Game Com-
mission by parties in the same vicinity who have
secured snowy owls alive.
On November 18, through the kindness of George
Neale of the Sacramento Division of the State Fish
and Game Commission, we received another snowy
owl, which was secured by Edward Bolt of Gridley,
Butte county. The stomach of this bird contained
parts of a mudhen.
The above is sufficient evidence to show that
snowy owls have again made their appearance in
California, probably for the first time since 1896.
All three of the above specimens have found a place
in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, where they
will be of permanent value to the state. — H. C. Bry-
ant, State Fish and Game Commission.
00
Highland (Utah) Club. — Weather conditions were
■favorable for trapshooting on February 11th, and as
a result many good scores were made. C. A. Nelson,
from the Highland Boy Gun Club of Bingham won
honors at the traps by making a perfect score of 50.
Nelson did not carry off all the honors, however,
as there were many others who made enviable scores.
C. H. Reilley, Jr., won the club challenge trophy by
completing a score of 50 straight. A. L. Cummings,
representative of the Winchester company, per-
formed in his usual style by breaking 50 out of 50.
Many new shooters were present at the traps, one
of them being H. R. Smoot. Although it was Smoot's
first trial at trapshooting, he shot very creditably,
breaking 17 out of 25.
All of the members of the A. A. T. A. who were
present won points on the medals. Many of the new
members of the club have joined the A. A. T. A. and
are exhibiting fine form in the race for the medals.
Following are the scores:
Cummings (pro.) 50, C. A. Nelson 50, Reilley 50,
Hood (pro.) 46, Palm 44, Bain 41, Heagren 41, Fisher
40, Anderson (pro.) 37, Nelson 30, Anderson 30,
Smoot 28, Brown 26.
SB
David Bales, well known sportsman, was elected
president of the Tacoma Gun Club at their annual
meeting last week. He is one of the live wires ot
the club and last summer offered a splendid silver
trophy, which the club members are still competing
for. Fred Edwards was elected vice-president and
Al Riehl, secretary-treasurer.
The trapshooting season about the San Francisco
Bay opened auspiciously on Washington's Birthday
at the Alameda grounds of the Golden Gate Club.
The day opened with threatening clouds but eighty- _
three shooters and their friends journeyed to the'
grounds and participated in the merchandise events.
Despite dark clouds overhead and a blowing wind,
high scores were the order of the day. Frank Stall
and Ted Handman knocked out 49 out of the 50-bird
program and were high amateurs of the day. Bill
Ellis showed that he has arrived after only a year
in the game by topping a select field of professionals
with a similar score.
A feature of the sport was the presence of three
fair shooters in a race. Miss Gladys Reid of Port-
land carried of the laurels by breaking 44. Mrs. A.
G. Wilkes was right there with 42, and Miss Meyers
turned in 36.
After it was all over there was the drawing for
prizes and everyone in the competition pulled down
some useful and beautiful package to carry home.
The initial shoot was run off in first-class style with
no delays of any kind and a good time was in store
for all. The complete scores were as follows: —
Events — ■ No. 1. No. 2. No. 3.
Targets— 15 15 20 Total
Thomas, G. W 13 11 13 37
Gearheart, A. N 11 12 17 40
Thorning, E. B 12 12 14 38
Phinney, H. R 11 n 12 34
Williams, A. J 13 14 15 42
Webster, F 12 12 16 40
StelUng, H 12 12 19 43
Carmen, CD 15 11 16 42
♦Middleton, L 12 11 20 43
Topham, Dr 15 10 13 38
* Jones, "Onion" 12 14 19 45
Golcher, H. C 9 14 17 40
Coliey, W. E 12 13 19 44
Price, W. H 13 13 20 46
*Poston, H 14 15 19 48
Evers, "Bill" 8 10 12 36
♦Heath, J. G 13 13 18 44
Merrill, C. A 11 12 16 39
♦Blum, F. W 6 7 9 22
Parsons, T. W 10 12 17 39
Peterson, T. C 12 12 18 42
Peet, H. C 10 7 16 33
*Reed, R. C 15 13 19 47
Smith, W 9 6 10 25
Worthen, B 13 14 17 44
Swenson, P 12 12 16 40
Jennings, H 9 9 15 33
Nelson, J 12 13 19 44
Koch, W. L 12 12 18 42
Riley, T. D 12 12 19 43
Walker, J. H 9 9 12 30
Handman, Ted ,15 14 20 49
*Moore, J. W. F 9 11 17 37
Jones, D 7 8 14 29
*Haight, C. A 14 14 20 48
Duraey, Al 13 13 16 42
Terry, W. J 12 13 18 43
♦French, J. S 12 13 19 44
♦Willett, F 14 14 19 47
Ford, O. N 13 15 19 47
McLachlan 13 14 18 45
*Cook, Al 12 15 19 46
Anderson, Geo 15 15 17 47
*Ellis, W. R 15 14 20 49
Garratt, Ed 13 14 19 46
Lindermann, C. W 13 14 18 45
Fuller, L. L 11 8 14 33
Studley, E. E 4 4 15 23
Ray. H 9 14 18 41
Wilkes, A. G 11 14 19 44
Stall, F 15 15 19 49
McGettigan, Dr 13 13 18 44
Dimond, E. R 12 10 17 39
Stall, G 15 13 20 48
♦Feudner, 0 13 15 17 45
Nichols, J. B 14 13 17 44
*Hawxhurst, L. S 14 14 20 48
Wilkes, Mrs. A. G 14 13 15 42
Korn, Al 11 12 13 36
Prior, Tony 14 14 19 47
Meyers, Miss 9 13 14 36
Rosse, A. D 12 13 19 44
Stoneberger, A 12 13 19 44
Swalses, H 14 15 17 46
Noonan, P 7 11 17 35
Quale. B. L 14 15 18 47
"Joslyn, W. A 13 14 19 46
Morrison, G. H 10 10 11 31
Coleman. J. B 7 12 . . 19
Karney, J 13 8 12 33
Bruhns, R 13 6 12 31
Howard. N. A 12 13 19 44
Wood, C. W 15 15 19 49
♦Knight, Chas 14 13 17 44
Reid, Miss Gladys 14 13 17 44
Henlein, P. G 10 9 12 31
Stevenson 4 3 3 11
Sanguinetti, J 12 11 17 40
Huie, W. H 10 12 17 39
Danielson, C. H 9 7 11 27
Forrestier, Ed 7 5 10 22
Prouty, H. L 12 14 18 44
(♦Professional.)
12
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, February 24, 191
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Record Berkshire Meeting 1
and Sale I
S 5
x EIlSSES. SSSISSs = ?isss^ -s-~- i-.--=^ §35
The Berkshire breeders of the West are setting
'a pace in Berkshire affairs that not only challenges
the admiration of the breeders all over the country,
Dut are showing enthusiasm and an activity that
means a wonderful future for the breed in the West
At the annual meeting and sale of the Western Berk-
shire Congress, conducted February 13. 14 and 15.
at the University Farm, Davis, California, the most
representative let of breeders that have ever attend-
ed a sale of this character in the West were in
attendance, and the 44 head sold made the attrac-
tive and profitable average of ?139.20 per head, or a
total of 56,125.
The writer has attended pure bred stock sales in
the cornbelt for many yea rs: sales that have made
famous averages and created interest throughout the
land. However. I have never attended a sale that
was a better criterion of a successful organization,
or that assured more for the future of the breed
than this sale. There were many outsanding features
of the sale, and most of all the friendly relations be-
tween the breeders was to me the secret of the suc-
cess of the event Every breeder was working for
the success of the sale and for future sales, Tather
.han for their individual herd. In many instances
a combination sale proves disastrous, and when I
see one make such a success I involuntarily take off
my hat to the organization. The officers, too, de-
clared it was the most successful sale they had ever
conducted. It was a sale where the consignors made
money: where the buyers will make a profit, and
where the beginners will be encouraged to unknown
possibilities and the breed at large grently benefited.
No boosting prices, nor the usual swapping of high
prices, like: "You pay $1,000 for mine and I'll pay
SI. 200 for yours," which has made disastrous inroads
into the pure bred business, were made.
Many new and original features made this meeting
and sale one that will be worth much to the future.
The contest for students' judging, in which a gold
watch and several trophies were offered for prizes,
was one of those features, and it was the cause of
every student taking an active interest in the meeting
and sale. The most unusual contest ever conducted
was the Woman's Judging Event, in which more than
40 women took part and 14 handsome silver trophies
were awarded. This contest was in charge of L. E.
Frost, sale manager, and he declared to the writer
that he was never more surprised in his life than at
the outcome of this contest. "They tied their rib-
bons and gave their reasons just as well as I could
have done it," he said.
A business session was held Tuesday evening and
officers were chosen for the ensuing year as follows:
F. R. Steel, of Grants Pass, Ore., president, suc-
cessor to W. F. Guilford of Willows; Arlington
Smith of Visalia, secretary, succeeding Mr. Steel;
Chas. M. Talmadge of Newport, Wash., vice-president.
The president will appoint directors representative
of the different states of the Pacific slope. . :
It was decided that henceforth the congress will
meet twice annually. One time for show, the other
the annual meet and sale. The next congress show
will be at Salem, Ore., during the state fair, Septem-
ber 23d to October 2d inclusive. However, the next
annual meeting will again be held at the University
Farm, Davis. Another important matter of business
considered was a recommendation or suggestion to
the American Berkshire Association that it establish
a "Register of Merit" for Berkshire hogs similar to
the system used in dairy cattle associations. A com-
mittee was appointed to work out the proposition;
Messrs. L. E. Frost of Chicago, editor of the Berk-
shire World; F. R. Steel, or Oregon, A. B. Humphrey,
of Escalon, and Professor J. I. Thompson of the
U C. Farm at Davis.
Prof. G. H. True, head of the A. I. department,
U. C. Farm, and A. J. Lovejoy of Illinois, suggested
that the American association adopt an elimination
pic system for the raising of the standard. Also a
motion prevailed to the effect that the American
association be asked to adopt rules for judging hogs.
Notes of the Meeting.
Col. W. H. Hord, on the block and L. E. Frost in
the ring, made things lively during the sale, and
they did not let up for one moment after starting
the sale.
The good of giving trophies to the women was felt
when many of the bigs came from the women vis-
itors.
A. B. Humphreys, of Mayhewp, Cal, owner of the
Grand Champion boar, Grand Leader 2nd. had the
honor of winning the sterling silver trophy offered
by the American Association for the best "sow con-
by exhibitor and then selling her for the top
price in the sale, H. C. Moore of Indianapolis getting
her at $500.
L. R. Smith, of Hawaii, was one of the best buyers
of the sale. He bousbt some of the most promising
offerings and got ever}' one at a reasonable price.
However, he did not get as many as he wanted.
The Sales.
No. 14. Escalon Fashion Princess, 224,400. con-
signed by A. B. Humphrey of Escalon. Sold to Harry
Moore of Indianapolis, la., for $500.
No. 29. Penrith Belle 7th, sired by Laurel Cham-
pion, consigned by Charles M. Talmage of Newport,
Wash. Sold to L. G. Smith for H. W. Rice of Maka-
wao, Mauri, Hawaii, for $350.
N. 13. Escalon Bourbon Belle, 221,409, consigned
by Humphrey, sold to A. L. Stephenson of Los Mo-
linos for $100.
No. 24. Iowana Queen 29th, 224,709, consigned by
Arlington M. Smith of Visalia. Sold to L. G. Smith
for H. W. Rice for SIT.:. . .
No. 26. Silbirfa Duchess 16th, 194,916, consigned
by Talmage. Sold to Mrs. Homer Hewins of Calis-
toga for $230.
No. 36. Winona Laurel Violet II, 212,075, con-
signed by Winona Ranch. Grants Pass, Ore. Sold to
Arlington M. Smith of Visalia for $185.
No. 22. Riverby Princess 6th, 224,897, consigned
by H. L. and E. H. Murphy of Perkins. Sold to L. G.
Smith for H. W. Rice for $160.
No. 27. Silbirfa Luster 4th, consigned by Talmage.
Sold to Stephenson for $100.
No. 45. Silbirfa Bernice 8th, 197,152, consigned by
Talmage. Sold to Frank B. Anderson of Sacramento
for $180.
No. 4. Iowana Pet 12th, 217,197, consigned by
Butte City Ranch, Glenn county. Sold to Poundstone
Ranch of Grimes' for $155.
No. 5. Iowana Lenore 13th, 210,842, consigned by
Butte City Ranch. Sold to the Poundstone Ranch
for $160.
No. 6. Superb Emblem 3d, 224,016, consigned by
Butte Citv Ranch. Sold to A. J. Lovejoy of Roscoe,
111., for §170.
No. 7. Iowana Pet 10th, 215.982, consigned by
Butte City Ranch. Sold to Carl H. Henry, Fort
Greely. Neb., for $160.
No. 41. Barrows Columbia Model, 219,101, eon-
signed by C. E. Barrows, Santa Rosa. Sold to Mrs.
Grace -Ames, Sacramento, for $100 (sow and six
Pigs).
No. 17. Iowana Peaceful 8th, 199,226, consigned
by H. L. and E. H. Murphy of Perkins. Sold to
George Kounias of Modesto for $205.
No. 21. Penrith Belle II, 183,474, consigned by
Murphvs. Sold to W. M. Carruthers of Mavfield for
$110.
No. 30. Leading Lady of University Farm, con-
signed bv Universitv Farm. Sold to Kounias for
$205.
No. 42. Congressional Miss, consigned by W. S.
Corsa, White Hall, ni., bred to Royal Superbus H.
Sold to Homer Hewins of Calistoga for $330.
No. 37. Rockwood Lady 106th, 210,069, consigned
by Winona Ranch. Sold to Frank Bush, Santa Rosa,
for $115. .
No. 19. Standard Bearer Queen, 203,427, consigned
by Murphvs. Sold "to -Kounias for $155.
No. IS. Rockwood Lady 113th, 217,306, consigned
by Murphvs. Sold to Arlington M. Smith for $135.
No. 39. Premier Leader, 215,000, boar, consigned
by George M. York 4: Son, Modesto. . Sold to Smith
for Rice of Hawaii for $200. *
No. 40. Peerada Laurel Masterpiece 11, consigned
by Peer & Banks of Tacoma, Wash. Sold to Arling-
ton M. Smith for $s0:
No. 8. Kin tyre Betty, 214,244, consigned by Clark
Brothers, North Yakima, Wash. Sold to J. Hall of
Orland for $60.
No. 9. Kintyre Peggy, 214,245, consigned by Clark
Brothers. Sold to Frank B. Anderson for $100.
No. 16. Mills Premier Bell, 224,379, consigned by
James Mills Orchards Corporation, Hamilton City,
Glenn county. Sold to Frank B. Anderson for $70.
No. 46. Bradley Plattsburgh, 226,441, consigned by
Frank H. Brush of Santa Rosa. Sold to George J.
Carr, Hamilton City, for $130.
No. 25. Penrith Belle 8th, consigned by Talmage.
Sold to W. R. Wright of Santa Rosa for $85.
No. 32. Brummel C.'s'Gtrl 1st, 224,740. consigned
by Whitehall Estates, Tracy. Sold to Smith for Rice
of Hawaii for $160.
No. 23. Oak Grove Rival Lady, 230,428, consigned
by Oak Grove Dairy Farm, Woodland. Sold to Smith
for Rice for $55.
No. 38. Whitehall Aival Lady, consigned by White-
hall Estate. Sold to A. Platz of Davis for $65.
Trio of gilts and young boar, consigned by York
& Sons. Sold to Carr Ranch, Hamilton, boar for $45
and gilts for $40.
No. 2. Riverly Beauty 4th. 224.S92, consigned by
D. C. Bunn, Prosser. Wash. Sold to Frank B~ Ander-_
son for $85.
No. 10. Alice Robin, 230,424, consigned by F. L.
and L. S. Hall. Perris. Sold to George P. Robinson,
Sacramento, for $65.
No. 47. Bradley JPlattsburg 2d. 226.443, consigned
by Brush. Sold to Smith for Rice of Hawaii for $90.
No. 4S. Mills Orchards Beauty, consigned by Mills.
Sold to Frank B. Anderson for $7>.
No. 41. Majestic Girl 10th, 228.451, consigned by
Talmage. Sold to George and E. H. Murphy of Per-
kins for $65.
No. 11. Mistress Noreen, 220,422, consigned, bv
the Halls. Sold to Anderson for $55.
No. 15. Mistress Robin, 224.265, consigned by
Humphrey. Sold to Wright of Santa Rosa for $100.
No. 19. Standard Bearer Queen, 230,427, consigned
by Murphvs. Sold to Frank Brush of Santa Rosa for
•!5.".
No. 20. Star Duchess 40th, 227,959, consigned by
Murphvs. Sold to Alfred L. Bova, Byron, Cal., for
$50.
No. 35. Rookwood Lady 18th, 203,491, consign! \\f
bv Whitehall Estate. Sold to Arlington Smith f|l|
$115. ! !.
No. 34. Farmsted Duchess, 203,771, consigned *!■ .
Whitehall Estate. Sold to Brush for $125.
No. 1. Peggy Queen 28th,- 230,798, consigned -I m
Dean Beeman, Woodland. Sold to W. G. WateUj
house, Davis. ".,_■;
Brooding and green feed growing formed the su
ject for discussion at the Santa Clara and San Mafi
Districts Poultrv Association meeting.
*.♦*
Denver had the greatest number of bulls on sa
that were ever brought together, more than 4,CH
head, mostly Herefords. being offered. Prices in t
auction were high, but the private sale prices
down by the end ol the week, on account of the
being such a large supply.
* * *
The J. O. D. Ranch, of Aroya. Colo., has sold se
eral head of Hereford cattle and Duroc hogs to wes
em ranchers this winter. This ranch makes a sp
cialty of range bulls and herd headers. Their he
is one of the best bred in the West. They have a]
produced several champion Durocs and annually fe«
out 3,000 head of this popular breed.
The first item in the livestock notes of the Bre>
and Sportsman, issue of February 17, read:
first individual sale of Berkshires conducted in Ca
ifornia was made by George M. York and Son.
Modesto, January 20." This should have read "Tl
first individual sale of George M. York," as thei
have been a number of great Berkshire sales wit
splendid averages conducted in California. .
* + +
Permanency of current hog prices is suggested b
a sharp advance in values of American meats :
Liverpool. Production of pork in both England an
Ireland has dropped to low ebb owing to scarcit
of feed. Germany is taking the bulk of Danis
product regardless of price, consequently England i
dependent on the United States. Since January Is
the cost of American meats at Liverpool shows a
average advance of 4 shillings per 112 pounds.
+ + +
Three royally bred Shorthorn heifers were pui
chased by the University of California Farm, i
Davis, from Paicines Ranch Co., recently an
together with two heifers recently presented th
Farm by this ranch, are a valued improvement t
the good herd now established at the farm. Th
heifers presented, through the manager, D. J. Sto
lery. are by Fond Lavender and Whitehall of Orangt
+ # ♦
A. W. Foster, of San Francisco, owner of one o
the valued Shorthorn herds in the West, has sen
five heifers to the University Farm, Davis, to b
mated with the premier herd bull, Sultan Mayflowei
The object of Mr. Foster is to get some of tbi
grandly ored bull's blood into bis herd. Sultan May
flower is by Sultan's Stamp, by Whitehall Sultan, an
his dam is an imported cow of Mayflower parentage
He is a great looking bull with size, substance ant
every qualification for a good sire, which he ha:
proven to be.
*••
The yearling bull, Bertram Fairfax, purchasec
from Warren McCray of Kentland, Ind., last montl
by D. O. Lively for his California ranch, is by Mi
McCrav^s King Fairfax, a son of the famous Perfec
tion Fairfax, whose sons and daughters are raiset
exclusively for the Kentland herd, and is said bj
well-informed cattle men to be the best young bul
in the McCray herd. Mr. Lively gave a big price fO;
him but when the quality, breeding and prospects an
considered, he is regarded as a bargain. More thai
$171,000 has been realized by Mr. McCray from sale.'
of the sons and daughters of Perfection Fairfax ant
he values those he now owns at $100,000.
* * +
After a fight continuing many years the Swiss goT
ernment has practically exterminated the foot-and-
mouth disease of cattle. For years the disease made
inroads into the herds to such an extent that the
Swiss agricultural interests suffered severely. Large
numbers of cattle either perished or became
weakened by the malady that they lost their commer-
cial value. a ,2. a
With all present conditions confronting us, and th*
world looking to the United States for meat foods,
it is hard to look for lower prices for hog products,
and we feel as we have for a long time, that highl
prices have come to stay; at least, while foreign!
demand and present home conditions exist. Export-I
ers are experiencing considerable trouble in getting
space for shipments of meat abroad. One packer!
had arranged for five cars on a steamer and theyl
cut his allowance down to one car. There is consid-l
erable hog meat in New York awaiting shipment)
abroad. The ocean rates have advanced to $3 per
100 on hog products, which is just double what it
was previous to January 1.
Total packing of hogs since November 1 to datej
is estimated at 10,206,000, compared with 8,720,000|
last year. The statement of stocks and provisions!
in Chicago at the close of business January 14 shows
a very light stock of pork, and with the South soon,
to come to this market for ribs, we consider the
stock of ribs not heavy. Also with a lot of lard
ready to be shipped out on the Belgian border, we
do not look upon the lard as very cumbersome.
— [National Live Stock Reporter.
aturday, February 24, 1917]
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Tuesday, March 1st, 1917
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No, 14.— $7,250
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$ 200 to the Nominator of the Dam on
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of Three-Year-Old Trot when
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$1500 for Three-Year-Old Pacers.
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Highland Squirrel King 1881
By Forest King, by Squirrel King, by Black Squirrel 58.
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flWe extend to the members of the shooting fraternity our best wishes for the New Year, including "1007c" happiness and a "straight
run" of 365 prosperous days.
THE PETERS CARTRIDGE CO.,
rrSncScoast 585-587 Howard Street,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
WINCHESTER
REPEATING RIFLES FOR HUNTING
When you see an animal like this silhouetted against the
landscape, you like to feel sure that your equipment is equal
to the occasion. It is, if it consists of a Winchester rifle and
cartridges. You can bank on them just as surely as you
can on receiving your tax bill. Their reputation was estab-
lished years ago and has never failed. Winchester rifles
are made in single shot, repeating and automatic models,
of many sizes and calibers suitable for all kinds of shooting;
and Winchester cartridges are made to fit all kinds and
calibers of guns. Use Winchester rifles and cartridges
= FOR A LONG, STRONG, STRAIGHT SHOT.
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The Sling— A Weapon of Primitive Man
SOME primitive hunter, keener of mind than his fellows, found that he
could hurl a stone with greater speed and accuracy with hia skin
girdle than with his hand. The sling was born. We find the sling
or its. modifications in use up to modern times. It was employed by the
Assyrians, the Egyptians, the Israelites and even in the armies of Europe
until a hundred years ago. It is used today by the Syrian shepherds upon
their historic hills.
The sling represents the second stage in the evolution of modern firearms and am-
munition. It is the link between the hand-thrown stone and the bow and arrow — very
important because it gave prehistoric man the first differentiation between arms and
ammunition.
For one hundred years the name Remington has been identified with arms man-
ufacture. Eliphalet Remington welded the first Remington gun barrel in 1816. Since
then, the Remington reputation ha6 been growing with marked advancements -^*
from decade to decade. Remington UMC has become a general term, both for
nrearms and ammunition. Absolute accuracy and dependability characterize
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MR HENRY PFIKKMANN, JR., with his 34-inch double barrel Parker made the
HIGHEST GENERAL OFFICIAL AMATEUR AVERAGE
on the Pacific Coast during 1916. He also won the
CHAMPIONSHIP OF CALIFORNIA
scoring 100 straight targets, and made the highest General Average at the Ver
nori Gun Club, July 2 to 4. 1916, scoring 493 out o£ 500 targets with the same gun"
PARKER GUNS
made the highest Official Averages in America in 1914 and 1915
PARKER 20-gauge guns are the pioneer small bore guns of America
Fur further particulars regarding guns of 8 to 28 gauge, address
Parker Bros,, Meriden, Conn.
New York Salesroom, 32 Warren St.
A. W. du BRAY, Residing Agent, San Francisco, Cal.; P. O. Box 102
THE FIVE-GAITED SADDLE STALLION
Le Grand McDonald Reg. no. 6360
Winner World's Junior Championship P.-P. I. E.
Sired by GRAND McDONALD, the greatest show horse and sire that the
World's Champion, Rex McDonald 833, ever sired
Dam, QUEEN ALICE 10649, by FOREST LeGRAND 2107.
Color, chestnut; age 4; height 15:2; weight 1,150. Conformation and style
equal the best. Terms for season, $30.
Now located at Hulda Stables, North Panhandle Park, 1530 JEeU-SJ-, San.
Francisco. nnmorAnn n
For information address, BRIDGFORD COMPANY,
519 California St., San Francisco, Cal.
VOLUME LXX. Number 9.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1917.
Subscription— J3.00 Per Year
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T&.E BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 3, 1917
Pleasanton Driving Park
PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA
offers for service for the season of 1917 the following stallions:
THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4
Non-Standard Cai. State License No. 2.
FASTEST TROTTING STALLION EVER OFFERED FOR SERVICE IN
CALIFORNIA AND FIFTH FASTEST ENTIRE TROTTER IN THE WORLD
Son of Sl Valiant Vincent 2:1134 (by SL Vincent 2:13^ out of the triple
producer Grace Lee 2:29*4 bv Electioneer 125); dam Amy Smith by Emperor
Wilkes 2:20?;. sire of Princess Eulalia. (4) 2:09*4, etc.; grandam by Hamble-
tonian 539.
The Anvil is regarded by Edward F. Geers as one of the very greatest trot-
ters that he has ever raced. For five years the pair of Tennesseeans went to
the races together and in that time were but twice unplaced, while winining a
total of fifteen races, including the historic M. and M.
As an individual he is most pleasing, not too large or coarse in any way but
smoothly and compactly made and "all horse" in every line. He is a perfect
headed, pure gaited trotter, with the very best of disposition, and is destined
to become a very great sire of trotting speed. His opportunities in the stud
have been very slight as he has been retired from racing only since the close
of 1914. He was selected to head the stud at Pleasanton Driving Park not only
on account of his great qualities as a race trotter, but because one of his first
foals, Anvilite (2) 2:22U, with a trial of ten seconds or more faster, was in
every way the greatest colt trotter ever handled by C. L. DeRyder. The services
of The Anvil are recommended to you without reserve.
Fee for THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4, $50 with usual privilege
Vernon McKinney 2:01 1-2
Pure Bred Cal. State License No, 39
Fastest member of the great family of McKinney 2:11J4
Sire of VERNA McKlNNEY (2) 2:13 (his first foal raced), fastest two-
year-old pacing filly of 1915, three-year-old record, 1916, 2:09y4;
VERNON DIABLO, mat. rec. half mile track 2:14[4, and DR. DYER
(3) trial 2:12'^.
Son of Guy McKinney 37625 (by McKinney 2:11*4 out of Flossie Drais by Guy
"Wilkes 2:15^4); dam Maud Vernon by Mount Vernon 2:15%, sire of the dams of
Leata J. 2:03, etc.; grandam Mag by General McClellan, sire of the dams of
Mack Mack 2:08. etc
Vernon McKinney's racing career was not an extensive one but will long be
remembered for the excellence of his performances, as his winnings include a
Chamber of Commerce stake in time very near the record for that event at the
time, and he is the fastest of all the McKinneys.
He is a horse of rare qualities in the way of individual excellence, almost
ideal in behavior and temperament in harness or ouL Since his retirement he
has been a popular horse in the stud and our claim that he would prove a very
great sire of pacing speed has been fully substantiated, his first foal to be raced
being the season champion for the age and gait in 1915, a most excellent testi-
monial to his potency. He is a very sure breeder, his get are uniformly endowed
with natural spepd and the physical and mental requirements of modern race
horses and find ready sale at most gratifying prices.
Fee for VERNON McKlNNEY 2:01 1-2, $50 with usual privilege.
The best of cars taken of mares in any manner owners may desire, but no
responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address for particulars
GEORGE F. RYAN, Superintendent,
PLEASANTON, CAL.
Thoroughbred sire MARSE ABE
WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1917 AT
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK
Service Fee $50
Marse Abe carries the best riTindnn * Virgil
blood of America through his f Hanover.... J J Florence
sire lines. Yankee was a su- i Bourbon Belle 5 Bonnie Scotland
perior race horse and sire. Han- UJ I Yankee i iwurDon aeue- j EUa D
over was the best horse of his CO J ( Himyar /Alarm
day, and headed the list of win- < L Correction. .J J "IHira
ning sires for years. No refer- y \ ( Mannie Gray .. ■( ^PQuirer
ence is necessary to Hindoo as yj "| " (Lizzie G.
everyone knows what he was. ^ , -,. _. . fHermit JNewminster
Halo, the dam of Marse Abe, < St. Blaise...* I Seclusion
is bred just right to cross with 5 tt«,i« (Fusee } Marsyas
the sire blood in his pedigree; * lHal°-- 1 < \ esovienne
a daughter of St. Blaise, son of m» it ( Kin* Alfonso... i S?*"0.11
Hermit, the most fashionable lWaK ! r£?ji?3
sire line in England, and backed f Lerna J ffj**5>ld
up on her dam's side by the
lines of long distance perform-
ers from which sprung Ten ApA p DVAN
Brock and other four-milers. V*C\/« r. WX. ¥ Mrl.
Address all communications to PIC3S3ntOF1> Csl*
— DILLCARA 57462=
Son of Sidney Dillon 23157 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list) and Guyeara by Guy Wilkes
2867 (sire of 3 in 2:10 list), will make the season of 1917 at
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK, PLEASANTON, CAL.
SERVICE FEE $50 TO INSURE
Dillcara is a full brother to Harold Dillon 39610, the leading sire of New Zealand.
Last season the get of Harold Dillon won 41 races, totalling over $25,000.
Address all communications to
GEO. F. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
Anse! M. Easton
Btackhawk Stock Ranch
William Ward
IMPORTERS »HD BREEDERS
of Prize Winning
SHIRE HORSES
Barns full of top notch two to five year old Stallions
IMPORTED AND HOME BRED
With weight, style, and quality, heavy clean bone and the best of breeding to recom-
mend them. Show horses and prize winners. Great opportunity to secure 1 top-notch
stallion.
BLACKHAWK STOCK RANCH, Burllngame, Cal.
Plcaie lend for free photographic catalogue. Telephone Burllngame 131
MARSHALL CHIEF 2765
MISSOURI'S CHAMPION SADDLE STALLION 1916.
By McDonald Chief by Rex McDonald 833; Dam, Minnie Marshall by Bourbon Chief.
In Public Service at Mexico, Mo., Season 1917
AT $25 CASH FOR SEASON
No more scientific nor successful blending of the best of the
Demnarks, (Rex McDonald) and the Chiefs, (Bourbon
Chief) can be found than is represented in Marshall Chief.
INDIVIDUALITY and ACHIEVEMENT COUPLED WITH PEDIGREE.
WALLACE, Philadelphia, Pa., Owner.
WM.
FOB FURTHER PARTICTLARS WRITE
HANS BERG, 159 Warren Ave., „. E. N. HAMILTON, Manager,
Milwaukee, Wis,, Mexico, Mo.
but ASTRAL KING
There are other
Great Saddle Horses
IS THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL
HIS ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE SHOW RING AND STUD, NOT IDLE
BOAST — CLAIMS BACK UP THIS STATEMENT.
IF YOU WANT TO RAISE SADDLE HORSES THAT SELL AND SELL
AT A PROFITABLE FiGURE; horses that can win in the show rings of any
state, send your mares to the court of
ASTRAL KING
JAS. HOUCHIN, Owner, Jefferson City, Mo.
[Mention the Breeder and Sportsman when writing advertisers.]
RECORD 2.251
REC. NO. 41513
EXPRESSIVE MAC
Sire of: CLAM MAC 2:04 4; VERA HAL 2:05; MADAM MAC 2:07 i
Only stallion offered for sarvico in California sire of two in 2:05, thrae in 2:10
Son of McKlNNEY 2:1V-: and the greatest living broodmare, EXPRESSIVE (3) 2:12% (dam
of 6 trotters. 2 in 2:10) by ELECTIONEER 12S. Ideal in color, size and conformation — seal
brown, beigbt 16% bands, weight 1275 pounds. S25 ths Ssason, $35 to insure, usual return
privilege. Send for tabulated pedigree. Address: J. H. NELSON, Selms, Csl.
JOE CAREY $50
THOROUGHBRED STALLION
Pure Bred Cal. State License No, 2004
Hayden i pn'n(v rharlin S Blair Athol
f Edwards ) rnnCe Cllsrlle I Eastern Princess
Sire °* ,.„ .. J ( Nannie Bay / GLn-lg-
Brighouse >« Bannockburn...-s (Nannie Butler
Orange Blossom fall I _ ... L ( St. Blaise j&J™'
Custom House « I BeMae Blaise.... ) rSSSL™.
sssSium 5 M {isrss-
Mercurium W » Feline
Deckhand „ f Himyar f Alarm j ******
Buckshot 0 | i -\ (Lexington
Avon Carey — i 5lis9 Marion....-^ 1 Hetfra
Bermce, ana other [ Kiihar (Bucaneer
Good winners. limp. Astolat.... 5 IMineral
' Bellicent 1 Cremorne
I Lynette by
Lord Lyon
Address all communications to:
GEO. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
BREED TO THE COAST'S CHAMPION CAMPAIGNER AND FUTURITY SIRE
Rec. 2:01 3-4.
Reg. No. 44977
Pure Bred. Cal. Stale License No. 17
Sire of Hal Logan 2:09, Maxine (3) 2:15, winner of
Breeders' Futurity, etc.
Son of CHARLES DERBY 2:20, brother to Klatawah
(3) 2:05'/2, etc., and sire of TEN in 2:10.
Dam, EFFIE LOGAN, dam of Jim I^ogan 2:01%, Sir
Albert S. 2:03%, and Dan Logan 2:07%.
In the stud, season of 1917, at Woodland Race Track.
FEE: $50, usual return privilege, $75 to insure liv-
ing" colt payable at time of service or before removal
of mares. Call at race track or address
J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal.
Jim Logan
THE FIVE-GAITED SADDLE STALLION
LE GRAND McDONALD Reg. No. 6360
Winner World's Junior Championship P.-P. I. E.
Sired by GRAND McDONALD, the greatest show horse and sire that the
WORLD'S CHAMPION REX McDONALD EVER SIRED
Dam, QUEEN ALICE 10649, by FOREST LeGRAND 2107.
Color, chestnut; age 4; height 15:S; weight 1,150. Conformation and stvle
equal the best. Terms for season, $30.
Now located at Hulda Stables, North Panhandle Park, 1530 Fell St., San
For information address, BRIDGFORD COMPANY,
519 California St., San Francisco, Cal.
Saturday, March 3, 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast.
(Established 1882.)
Published every Saturday.
F. W. KELL.BY, Proprietor.
OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACFIC BUILDING
Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco.
P. O. DRAWER 447.
National Newspaper Bureau, Agent, 219 East 23rd St.,
New York City.
Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco P. O.
Terms — One year, $3; six months, (1.75; three months, $1.
Foreign postage $1 per year additional; Canadian postage
60c per year additional.
Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or regis-
tered letter addressed to F. W. Keiley, P. O. Drawer
447. San Francisco, California.
Communications must be accompanied by the writer's
name and address, not necessarily for publication, but
as a private guarantee of good faith.
AS SPRING APPROACHES, the minds of horse
lovers, everywhere, are turning their thoughts to-
ward the season of 1917. It will only be a few weeks
before the first bell taps and the fleet footed harness
horses will be getting the world. At this season
the lovers of the sport are most interested in what
their favorite driver will have out for the various
classes. Every track in the West is now the scene
of some memorable and interesting experiences.
Some fast time is being made by the likely pros-
pects; some awful battles are coming off between
the trainers and colts; and, on rainy days, when
the boys can not get out, instead of racing over
some of last season's best battles, they are racing
those that are to come. This is the news the read-
ers of the Breeder and Sportsman are most inter-
ested in at this time, and the editor wants every
trainer to send in a complete list of his 1917 stables,
giving their records, breeding, engagements and
other information that will acquaint readers with
what you have. Every trainer, too, is interested in
knowing what the other fellow has and what he ex-
pects from his stable, so start the ball rolling and
fill the Breeder and Sportsman's harness horse de-
partment with good news of the game, while its
really news. Send in your list today, as procras-
tination will bring about forgetfulness.
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EASTERN BUYERS are reported to be making
making their appearance in Missouri in search of
good saddle horses, which, they declare, are harder
to find than in many years. The cause of this scarc-
ity in Missouri and Kentucky for the desired type,
is that breeders, fearing the automobile had put
the horse clear out of business, had not mated their
mares as consistently as they should have, in many
instances breeding a highly bred saddle mare to
jacks; then, the unexpected demand that has come
from the East in the last two years taking every-
thing that was anything like what they wanted.
Those breeders who stayed by the ship and con-
tinued to use good judgment, in mating their mares
and taking proper care of the colts, have profited
wonderfully and saddle horses, such as are now in
demand are bringing higher prices than has ever
been reported, and the breeders and dealers are un-
able to meet the demand. There is, however, an awful
supply of the half-made kind, for which there is no
market whatever, and the owners of this type are
worse off than if they did not have a thing; they
do not pay for their keeping and when sold do not
bring half what it has cost to produce them. Breed-
ing saddle horses in the future is going to be just
as profitable as breeding hogs and cattle. It is up
to the mare owner to select the horse that will,
when crossed with his mare, produce a good, full-
made horse that will give a man or woman a good
ride: one that will be attractive, smart and have
good sense. That is what the buyer of today de-
mands.
o
THE THOROUGHBRED DEFENDED, by Wilf P.
Pond of The Spur, New York, the leading magazine
of its kind in America, will be of interest to all lovers
of the Thoroughbred. Mr. Pond wrote the article
expressly for the Breeder and Sportsman, and we
call attention to it here because of the moral that
goes with the story, "Why knock beer when drinking
wine, both are good." Mr. Pond is one of the best
known horsemen in America and has done as much
for the progress of one breed as the other, but will
not stand for mud slinging tactics.
ONE of the most important bills up before the
senate of California is bill number 1002, providing
for a large tent, with seats, etc., to be used by the
State Fair for exhibitions of live stock, as a show
pavilion. The shows of various live stock classes
can be conducted in it during the day and horse
shows and other mediums of entertainment in the
evening. The most valued object of it, however, is
providing for its being used by other fairs of the
state when not in use at Sacramento. It would be
an inexpensive way of providing a show pavilion
for every district fair in California and would make
the showing of live stock, horses and varied farm
industries more interesting. Every fair association,
stockman and horseman in California should use his
influence in making this important bill go through.
It is worth the appropriation to the state fair alone,
however, the provision that it be at the disposal of
other associations makes it more attractive and im-
portant.
Stock Company Proposed by Horsemen
AMBITIOUS PLANS for the California State Fair,
designed to place the institution on a par with the
far famed annual exhibitions of Minnesota and other
states, were outlined recently in a statement by
John M. Perry, president of the State Board of Agri-
culture.
"California should be ashamed of its present state
fair," Perry said. "In its state university, its state
farm and its capitol buildings the state has kept
abreast of the times, but its state fair has lagged
far behind smaller and poorer states. The state
fair must grow."
A permanent building plan has been formulated by
the directors, Perry said, providing for a 300,000
pavilion to replace the one destroyed by fire; a
$185,000 grandstand, $75,000 educational building,
$45,000 addition to the machinery buildings, $45,000
addition to the manufactures building, and a $100,000
coliseum.
The pavilion has been approved by the board of
control and will probably pass this year. An appro-
priation is urgently needed, according to Perry, for
the purchase of about twenty acres essential to ful-
filling the space demands of the fair.
The directors are also working on a landscape
gardening plan to beautify the fair grounds,, and may
turf the infield of the race track as a polo field.
"A state fair is not a sectional activity," Perry
declared. "Sacramento rightly possesses it as the
capital of the state, but it embraces the whole state.
A real state fair would send the lure of California
over the whole land."
o
Missouri College Prepares Farm Building Plans.
The farmers of Missouri spend more than $20,000,-
000 each year on farm buildings. This expenditure
justifies a great deal of time and proper planning
and arranging of buildings. Too many farm build-
ings are erected without a thought as to the con-
venience or future needs.
The Missouri College of Agriculture has prepared
plans for a number of farm buildings in response to
inquiries received by the agricultural engineering de-
partment. Other plans are being prepared and the
list which follows is growing. A list of these plans
will be furnished to those who make application to
the College of Agriculture at Columbia, Missouri.
The plans which are available are general barns,
dairy barns, horse barns, and sheep barns, concrete
block mold (home-made), cow manger and gutter,
forms for concrete fence posts, machinery shed, con-
crete silos, concrete troughs, concrete round tanks,
corn cribs, self-feeders for hogs, hog houses, concrete
hitching blocks and posts, farm house, dipping vat
for hogs, concrete floor and walk construction, con-
crete hog wallow, equipment for concrete construc-
tion.
These plans are furnished in the form of blue
prints and contain all dimensions and necessary in-
structions for building. The lists of available plans
include the numbers of the sheets and the prices,
which range from 5 cents for the plans of smaller
buildings to 20 cents for the barns and houses. The
price in general is 5 cents a sheet. The house and
barn plans, which cost 20 cents, comprise four sheets.
These plans are furnished at cost.
Oscar Ryerson of Arcadia, Cal., has been employed
by Henry T. Oxnard as manager of his Blue Ridge
Stud, at Upperville, Va., a place made vacant by the
recent death of W. Jardine. At Blue Ridge are King
James, Sir Wilfred and Superman, together with a
band of about sixty choicely bred mares, and Mr.
Ryerson's years of experience on some of the most
successful farms both in this country and Europe,
render him well qualified for the place. Mr. Oxnard
is to be congratulated in securing the services of
such a competent man and a full measure of success
may be expected at Blue Ridge under his manage-
ment.
Overflowing with optimism, good-fellowship and
the "do or die spirit" of the West, more than seventy
men attended the meeting of the California Fair and
Racing Association at the Manx Hotel in San Fran-
cisco, Saturday, February 24. Letters and wires
stating their intentions, willingness to affiliate and
assist in every way possible from at least 25 more
persons, made a total of almost 100 "present." As is
characteristic of every meeting of horsemen, a lot of
valuable time was taken up by going over the same
things several times and by unnecessary conversa-
tions and jollifications; however, when they finally
got down to brass tacks, they certainly made things
whiz; and though there was not a final schedule
made as to the selection of dates for the entire
circuit, as there were a number who were willing to
move forward or back to satisfy the Association,
nevertheless when the meeting adjourned at 4:00
p. m. the circuit was a certainty. More than ten
good fairs and race meets coming in their geograph-
ical order were lined up, and a committee appointed
to arrange for forming the association into a stock
company with a $10,000 capital stock, to be sub-
scribed by fair associations, horsemen and those in-
terested in the sport. The committee appointed by
President Cannon to draw up the plans for a perma-
nent organization was: D. L. Hackett, Oakland;
Elmo Montgomery ,Davis; and Joseph Waddell of
San Francisco. Among the leaders of this organi-
zation were C. F. Silva, C. J. Berry, I. L. Borden,
M. L. Woy and S. H. Cowell, who subscribed $500
each just as soon as the motion was made to form
the company.
It is a certainty that the circuit will start in July
and that Salinas will start the ball rolling. Another
meeting will be called when the committee on perma-
nent organization is ready to report, and it is ex-
pected that agreeable dates will have been selected
and every fair that is coming in named at that time.
Two of the best and most influential associations in
the State, Fresno and Bakersfleld, are still insisting
on the first week in October; however, secretary
Waddell this week received information which looks
as though a conflict of dates between these places
may be avoided.
The district fair bill which was published in last
week's Breeder and Sportsman was endorsed by the
association, and every man present consented to
work for the passage of the measure, which provides
for state aid to 15 district fairs.
The classification for the circuit was discussed
thoroughly and this also will be definitely decided
upon at the next meeting. Horsemen endorsed the
motion of Mr. Silva to give the Free-For-Allers a
chance and it is proposed to offer them a liberal
purse for both pacers and trotters.
The three-heat plan with every heat a race was
adopted by the members. There likely will be a
2:10, 2:12 and slow class trot, and a 2:07 or 2:08,
2:15 and slow class pace. The sizes of the purses
will vary according to the size and financial ability
of the community. It was also definitely decided
that two good running events should close each day's
program.
Phoenix, Arizona, is the logical place to wind up
the circuit and every horseman present signified his
intention to attend. "On to Phoenix" was every
horseman's motto. The line-up of the circuit as pro-
posed, including the doubtful ones, is as follows:
Salinas, San Jose(?), Pleasanton(?), Petaluma,
Eureka, Ukiah, Santa Rosa, Dixon, Woodland, Marys-
ville(?), Sacramento, Stockton, Hanford, Fresno,
Bakersfield, Santa Maria, Ventura(?), Santa Ana(?)
and Phoenix. There are several other associations
in Southern California which Mr. Waddell has been
unable to visit who have written him of their anxi-
ety to come in, and the secretary declares there are
more towns in Southern California who want in than
there will be dates to offer them.
The catalogue for the 38th annual sale of Lime-
stone Valley Farm, which will be conducted at the
Missouri State Fair grounds, Sedalia, Mo., March
15th, has been received, and as one looks over the
50 pages illustrated with the superb offerings of
Limestone Valley Farm's great jacks, one wonders
how it is possible for an individual firm to produce
and have ready for sale so many magnificent animals
every year. The writer has attended the sales of
Limestone Valley Farm ever since he was "knee high
to a duck" and every year I have declared that the
next year's sale would not compare with the present
one; that it would be impossible for this man Mon-
sees to have the 50 to 60 jacks and jennets of this
class ready for his next year's sale and that the
record sales established would naturally fall off;
however, every sale has been a better one. and the
catalogue this year assures one that this will be the
banner sale of the Monsees tribe. The stock de-
scribed in the catalogue is of greater class, of better
age and if possible better breeding than any con-
signment yet made. The farmer or breeder looking
for a jack or jennet to head a stud, start a founda-
tion or secure the state's championship for him, and
wanting to buy him at his own price, should arrange
to attend this sale. The attractive catalogues will
be mailed to any address upon request to L. M.
Monsees & Sons, 321 South Ohio street, Sedalia, Mo.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 3, 1917
Harness Horses and Horsemen
"Western Horseman" Praises Waddell.
The folio-wing letter to C. A. Harrison, from the
Western Horseman, gives their opinion of Joseph
Waddell, the secretary of the California Fair and
Racing Association:
"Mr. C. A. Harrison,
Seattle. Washington.
Dear Mr. Harrison:
We thank you most cordially for sending us the
clipping relative to Mr. Joseph Waddell.
It is a pleasure to have you send us this article,
as it verifies all the good things that have been said
about Sir. Waddell, and is in accord with our experi-
ence with him.
We think the California Pair and Racing Associ-
ation is very fortunate indeed to get a man like Mr.
Waddell to take hold of their association. We all
have to admit that men of ability along these lines
are scarce indeed, particularly those who will de-
vote their time and best interests to a circuit.
We will be very glad to co-operate with him in
every way to make this circuit a grand success, and
we hope it will be the means of reviving the racing
on the Pacific Coast to a large extent. Our only-
wish is that the other enthusiasts will back Mr.
Waddell in his efforts.
Very truly yours,
THE WESTERN HORSEMAN CO.
FRED TERRY, Mgr."
A. B. Kinney, formerly associate trainer of the
Woodland Stock Farm with C. A. Spencer, has sold
his stallion True Kinney 2:12% to Paul Welt of The
Dalles, Oregon. Mr. Kinney bought True Kinney at
auction during the Oregon State Fair last fall from
Frank A. Urban, a Seattle man. True Kinney is a
son of Kinney Lou 2:07% and My Trueheart by
Nearest, a son of Nutwood Wilkes, and is the sire of
the young futurity winning colt El Paso (2) 2:18%,
owned by Mr. Roy Mayes, of Dixon, Salona county,
California. True Kinney will be a public stallion
at The Dalles, Oregon.
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At the meeting of the California Fair and Racing
Association held last Saturday, and of which the
membership is confined to harness horse men, it was
decided to give purses for at least two running races
daily at all tracks at which harness racing will be
held during the summer of 1917.
FROM AUSTRALIA.
Editor Breeder and Sportsman:
The enclosed clipping from the Bendigo, Australia,
Advertiser, gives an account of Adelaide Direct, by
Directway by Direct, in which she lowered the Aus-
tralian record. This is a coincidence in the fact
that the world's champion Directum I and the Aus-
tralian champion are both sons of Direct, not to men-
tion Napoleon Direct, who shares with Directum I the
honors of 1916. Directway 2:23 is the only son of
"the little black devil" in Australia and has worthily
kept his end for the honor of the distinguished
family. Yours very truly,
R. MATCHETT.
Bendigo, Australia, Jan. 30, '17.
A NEW MILE AUSTRALASIAN RECORD.
R. Matchett, the proprietor of the Adelaide Hill
Stud Farm, as well as all other horse-loving sports-
men, is justly proud of the recent achievement of
Adelaide Direct, a daughter of the farm's stallion,
Directway, who has established himself in the front
rank as a sire of extreme speed. Adelaide Direct is
now the mile champion of Australasia, any sex, hav-
ing on 30th December, 1916, at the Auckland Trotting
Club's meeting, lowered the mile record to 2:06 2-5.
In her record smashing mile she traveled the dis-
tance beautifully, without skip or break, and nego-
tiated the third quarter at two-minute speed. She
received a great ovation from the vast concouse,
who cheered the new pacing queen, Adelaide Direct
(2:06 2-5) as she returned to the saddling paddock.
The club presented the owner with 100 sovs. for
reducing the existing previous record. Her owner
and friends fully expected she would accomplish her
mission, as on ihe previous Monday she loitered a
halt' mile in 1 min. 3-5 sec, which by the way was
n cord for the track. Later on the same day
Adelaide Direct came out for the 250 sow, 1% mile
event, anil starting from the back mark won easily
by about 60 yards. Adelaide Direct is really a Bendi-
go production and reflects great credit on all con-
nected with her. Mr. S. J. Lewis, the owner and
breeder of her, lives at Baringhup, and is naturally
a proud man. Directway has for some time been re-
garded as the greatest of our speed sires by quite
a number of the best judges, and within the last few
weeks his progeny have won in practically every
Larry Direct won in Tasmania, Princess Di-
Sydney, Adelaide Direct in New Zealand, Al-
lan Dtreot — lleeline and Little Hilton in Western
lie uid others in Victoria. — [The Bendigo,
Australia, Advertiser.
Geers in the Battle Royal.
Ed Geers, the grand old man from Tennessee, has
written the management of the Connecticut Fair As-
sociation that it can count on St. Frisco being en-
tered in the Battle Royal Purse, and he is very much
pleased to know that the association has decided to
give such a race. In other words, he will be in
Hartford at Charter Oak Park Labor Day to take the
word in the new $5,000 event. This will, if the race
fills, result in a magnificent struggle between Zom-
rect and St. Frisco, the fastest pair of racing stal-
lions that have up to date been produced in California
and Kentucky. Walter R. Cox, who has Mabel Trask
and Mary Putney in his stable at present, also writes
that he believes in the Battle Royal Purse, as the
fast horses should have a chance to race for some-
thing. The owners of Volga have not as yet been
heard from. She is a member of the Pastime Stable
which has its winter quarters at Thomasville, Ga.
The automatic transfer clause for horses that
acquire winraces of 2:04 to the Battle Royal Purse
is causing considerable comment, regardless of the
fact that a similar condition was in the Grand Cir-
cuit Rules until this season in connection with en-
gagements of horses that forfeited their time allow-
ances. It was inserted to protect associations from
systematic "walk-overs" by horses that suddenly re-
gained form or which trained on faster than antici-
pated. The condition was also introduced in the
Battle Royal Purse to cover the same state of affairs
as the present system of installment plan purses— a
perpetual inducement for owners who can afford it
to hold out a promising horse and train him to the
highest state of perfection before starting. This
may take one or two seasons while the owner of such
a horse never fails to parade his "hold-over" as fast
as possible, so that the public will have ample notice
of what may be expected the following year. In fact,
this became so common that several associations
proposed abandoning early closing events, and sev-
eral did, one of the most prominent being the Indiana
State Fair.
It does not require a great stretch of imagination
to recall the discussion that followed Direct Hal's
successful trip down the line in pacing events, or
what was said after R. T. C. performed a similar
feat, while his stable companion, Charlie Mitchell,
was practically idle and Balvasia was purchased to
remove a dangerous competitor. Peter Scott was
the next hold-over. He was purchased for $30,000
after he had won a heat in 2:05% to remove him
from the path of Lassie McGregor. She broke down
at Hartford, but nothwithstanding the fact that he
had engagements all the way down the line, Peter
Scott remained idle for the balance of the season.
During the Grand Circuit Stewards' meeting in
Detroit, in 1915, an effort was made to have eligibil-
ity in early closing events fixed by the record instead
of the winrace, in order to keep Peter Scott in the
2:06 class. Failing in that, members were requested
to reduce the class for large purses to 2:08, and
Peter Scott -won all of them except his engagement
at Detroit. They also remained in that notch last
year, but now practically all of them have swung
back to the 2:11 or 2:12, while the fast class has
been cut to 2:07. There was a flurry in 1915 when
Mabel Trask trotted in 2:04% and Peter Mack's
owner drove him in 2:03%. One association went so
far as to bar the latter. When the acid test was
applied Peter Mac was missing while Geers dropped
into line with St. Frisco and put up a magnificent
series ot contests with Mabel Trask. He is also
coming back, and by opening the $5,000 Battle Royal
Purse, the Connecticut Fair Association is giving the
public another opportunity to see the "Old battler
from Tennessee" and his greatest pupil in action
against the best trotters in the world.
The automatic transfer clause in the Battle Royal
Purse is fixed at a winrace of 2:04. It is a reality,
not a theory, and but very few horses have ever been
able to reach or cross that line. The returns for the
past four years show that in 1913 Anvil and Dudie
Archdale were the only horses that acquired win-
races of 2:04 or better and both of them were made
in specials. Etawah crossed the line in 1914 at Co-
lumbus when he won in 2:04%. In 1915, Lee Ax-
worthy acquired a winrace of 2:03% in a special race
at North Randall but it was not a Grand Circuit en-
gagement, while Peter Volo, whose mark as a futu-
rity winner was so fast that he could not secure any
engagements until he reached Lexington, where he
won the Castleton Cup in 2:02%. In 1916, two
horses crossed the 2:04 line. They were Mabel
Trask and St. Frisco.
The limit of trotting speed has not been changed
since 1912, when Uhlan trotted in 1:58, but the aver-
age rate of racing speed is rapidly drifting towards
the two-minute point, so much so, in fact, that there
are now more trotters in the 2:05 list than there
were in the 2:10 list at the close of 1896, a period of
i weiuy years. What the next twenty years will bring
forth remains to be seen, but at the present rate of
progress there should be a number of two-minute
trotters at all of the mile track meetings, and possi-
bly class events for them. Purses like the Battle
Royal encourage the production and development of
horses of the highest calibre. A series of them
would, in a brief period, make it an object for an
owner to have horses eligible to them instead ot
making a specialty of class races as they do at pres-
ent and the public will support such races as they
represent the limit of achievement in light harness
racing. North Randall has offered an event of this
kind called a Jack Pot Purse, to which the associa-
tion will add an amount equal to the entrance re-
ceived. This is a starter in the right direction, al-
though owners as a rule prefer to know in advance
how much they can race for, and at Hartford the
Battle Royal Purse is fixed at $5,000.
Fourteen Head With Hay Balers' Appetite.
[Henry Helman, the well known Salinas trainer,
reports the following list of good horses in his
tabic]
Editor Breeder and Sportsman:
I enclose herewith the horses which I have in
training for the coming season. It's an awful bunch
to feed at the present prices of hay and grain, and
they all have a hay baler's appetite, too.
Prince Zolock 2:07%, by Zolock, dam Princess
Direct; owned by H. A. Gardner, Walla Walla, Wn.
Alma Jay, green trotter, by Alconda Jay — Lady
Mowry 2:09%; owned by H. A. Gardner.
Mack Fitzsimmons 2:07%, by Bob Fitzsimmons;
owned by Ben F. Jaggar, Portland, Ore.
Warren Jay, green trotter, by Alconda Jay — Ada
McKinney; owned by Ben F. Jaggar.
Patti P., green trotter, by Zolock, dam by Caution;
owned by Ed Lyons, Walla Walla, Wash.
Mattie McK., green pacer, by Bonnie MeK., dam
by Lemont; owned by Fred Aldrich, Walla Walla,
Wash.
Jessie Bidwell, three-year-old pacer, by Blue Peter,
dam Lydia Carter; owned by Jas. Dacres, Walla
Walla, Wash.
Bay filly, three-year-old trotter, by Blue Peter, dam
Rebidan Dillon 2:12%; owned by Bowan & Co.,
Walla Walla, Wash.
Bay gelding, two-year-old trotter, by Blue Peter,
dam by Antrim; owned by John Ankeny, Walla
Walla, Wash.
Bay gelding, three-year-old pacer, by Jim Logan,
dam by Dexter Prince; owned by S. H. Cowell, Santa
Cruz, Cal.
Paul 2:15%, p., by Kinney Lou, dam by Benton
Boy; owned by Paul Johnson, San Juan, Cal.
Warren Dillon, green pacer, by Guy Dillon, dam by
McKinney.
Hallie D. 2:08%, p., by Walter Direct, dam Hallie
Dillard.
Baron Mowry, two-year-old trotter, by The Bonds-
man— Lady Mowry. The last three owned in Sa-
linas, Cal. Respectfully yours,
Salinas, Cal. H. H. HELMAN.
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Busy Days For Fred Chadbourne.
Among those well known horsemen of California
who were in San Francisco for the meeting of the
California Fair and Racing Association was Fred
Chadbourne, of the well known firm of Sutherland
and Chadbourne of Pleasanton. Mr. Chadbourne,
who has owned and driven some of the best horses in
the West, has 15 head at present, of which he has
much to say. There are three or four he is particu-
larly sweet on and he says there will be a few sur-
prises when he hits the circuit. In addition to four
head for I. L. Borden, of San Francisco, which are
entered in the Breeders' stakes, two three-year-olds
and two two-year-olds, Mr. Chadbourne is working
the following:
Jake Logan, by Nearest McKinney, dam a daughter
of Bert Logan, owned by H. G. Angevine of San Jose.
The Lie, a three-year-old pacer by Palite, owned
by R. D. Mayes of Dixon.
El Paso, winner of the Breeders' two-year-old stake
last year, by True Kinney, dam Ella J.
Donello. by Washington McKinney, owned by Dr.
C. H Sears of Bakersfield.
How-ard's Comet, by Teddy Rey, owned by P. C.
Howard of Alameda.
Verna McKinney 2:09%, owned by R. D. Mayes of
Dixon.
A. B. C. 2:07%, by Young Monterey, owned by S.
Comisto of Ferndale.
Baron C. McGregor 2:25, by The Bondsman, owned
by J. J. Campbell of Pasadena.
Bon Ores, trotter, 2:10%, by Bon Voyage, owned
by J. J. Campbell of Pleasanton.
A. three-year-old trotter by The Proof, dam Devil-
etta 2:10%, owned by W. S. Harkey.
Zoetrix, the five-year-old by Zolock, dam Trix b;
Nutwood Wrilkes.
That the breeding of trotting horses is not on the
decline by comparison with other recent years would
seem to be indicated by returns from the Kentuck
Futurity for foals of 1916. The number of young
trotters eligible to start is 803 as compared with 763
for the previous year's race. The nominations rep- I
resent 274 breeders, among whom W. E. D. Stokes
leads with eighty-one entries. This is more than
three times as many as any other breeder except the
L. V. Harkness estate, has entered. Among the east-
ern breeders having five or more entries are A. B.
Coxe, of Paoli, Pa., with nineteen; David M. Look, of
New Yoik, with twelve; W. B. Dickerman, of Mam-
aroneck. with ten; Louis Titus, of Stony Ford, with
nine: George W. Leavitt, of Boston, with eight; H. S.
Grossman, of Goshen, with six; J. O. Winston, of
Saugerties, with six, and H. N. Bain, of Poughkeep-
sie; A. H. Cosden, of Southold, L. I., and C. W.
Lasell, of Whitinsville, Mass., with five each.
Saturday, March 3, 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
The Thoroughbred Defended 1
gg as Bl2IHS?'sI'3loi~T.s gssSSSSSSS if ass a,
[By WILP. P. POND.]
When I read in the generally esteemed New York
Herald, Sunday, February 18, that "The close rela-
tionship between the Kentucky saddle horse and the
i trotter has been recognized for many years," it was
I inevitable that, rather than use rough words myself,
I should quote from Tennyson, "A lie that is all a
lie may be dealt with outright, But a lie that is half
a truth is a harder matter to fight."
The half truth rests on the fact which so few trot-
ting horsemen are willing to admit even when they
know — which few of them do — that the Standardbred
trotting horse is really a trotting thoroughbred. No
more, no less. Is it necessary at this late date to
stale that the foundation of the trotter was imported
ij Messenger, a thoroughbred, and imported Bell-
founder, a hackney, the latter being a "trotting thor-
oughbred" and nothing else; its nearest neighbor
is the Morgan. Both are saturated with Arab blood
and so, of course, is the thoroughbred. Granting
that the modern American trotter is a manufactured
animal — just as the modern St. Bernard is purely a
manufactured type — the fact remains that there is
the thoroughbred base and that little or no "cold"
blood has been admitted to mar it since the days
! when Messenger sired Mambrino, he Abdallah, and
he Hambletonian, and Bellfounder sired the Charles
Kent mare, who, of course, was the sire of Hamble-
tonian's dam.
As for the trotting blood in the Kentucky saddle
[ horse, if one refers to about 1,000 animals in the
•Saddle Horse and Stud Book one finds the registered
I horses consisting of 3 per cent clean thoroughbred
| blood, fifty with 50%, two hundred and ninety-six
I with 25%, three hundred and forty-three with 12%%,
' one hundred and fifty-two with 6*4%, thirty-six with
2% and the rest unknown. This has been so since
: at least 1891. Further than this, Colonel I. B. Nail,
I one time secretary of the American Saddle Horse
. Breeders' Association, said: "We find today (about
r ten years ago) a trotting cross in the pedigree of
many of the fashionably bred saddle horses. Some-
times it is well; sometimes it produces a coarseness
altogether unsuitable to our purposes, as a saddler
for the show ring must be handsome and stylish.
Breeders have found out where these 'experiments'
.have proved disappointing and now get away from
them."
To my mind this illustration of the half truth and
the entire lack of truth is irrefutable, and it would
seem that any unbiased man — alas! how rare is the
type — must be convinced of the palpable fact laid
before him.
Taken as it stands, just a bald statement, the
ignorant error really would not amount to much if
if it did not sedulously fan the fire of prejudice
against the thoroughbred blood at its best. No one
who knows anything of the thoroughbred would ac-
cept every specimen as perfect, or anything ap-
proaching that ideal state; but that is true also of
the trotter, the hackney, the Arab and every other
horse I have known.
Some one says "thoroughbred," and a number of
biased or ill-informed individuals visualize a weedy,
too much cut away, ill-tempered, high strung, blem-
ished bag-o'-bones with "three legs and a swinger";
they never stop to visualize also some of the awful
examples of "before and after taking" one can see
at any trotting bred sale on earth.
No matter what the breed under consideration,
.there are several distinct types as when — to be per-
fectly impartial — one thinks of breeding to an Arab
stallion and is confronted with the fact that the
Maneghi Arabs have the thoroughbred characteris-
tics, and the Kehilan Ajus, and other lines, have the
automatic high action and the rounded, athletic type
of the hackney. Those breeding from Arabs — and
the number is steadily increasing in this country —
carefully consider this point. When will the same
breadth of view strike in upon the brain pan of those
opposed to the thoroughbred, or — for that matter —
any other breed than the one particularly fancied at
present, to the exclusion of all others?
• The fact that a thoroughbred foal is dropped in a
trotter stable does not make it a distinct trotter
type any more than if dropped in a Clyde stable it
would be a Clyde. We have recently discovered —
much to the surprise of many similarly minded peo-
ple, that it's the same in humans. "You may break,
you may shatter the race as you will, But the scent
of the 'Hyphen' will cling to it still."
Although such anomalies as a Standardbred horse
that can jump and run with hounds have been found
at odd times it must not be overlooked that — totally
apart from Mambrino, Abdallah and Hambletonian —
there have been pure blood .thoroughbreds that have
not trotted so badly on the Circuit tracks. But when
all is said and done the hunter that brings the money
and delivers the goods is clean thoroughbred or near
it, and the English people have stamped their ap-
proval of this type in no uncertain terms by stating
in Parliament that the magnificent supply of hunting
stock at the beginning of the war was an immense
factor in the saving of the English lines in France.
Link that fact to the analysis of registered saddle
horse blood given above and you come very hear to
the final and not to be dodged answer — when truth
and fact are desired.
The thoroughbred at its best is the king of horses;
when used in a cross, it inevitably improves every-
thing it touches; as is ever the case when pure blood
in horse, dog, cattle or birds is mated with the colder
strains for obvious reasons. Who that ever knew
the great Bend Or — who practically died snoodled
in the arms of his faithful groom; who that saw the
great Haggin stallions brought, one after another,
into the sales ring, surrounded by strange crowds,
direct from the harem to the arena, not one showing
excitability, temper or anything but extreme affec-
tion for the man handling them [with countless
other thousands of like cases], could imperatively
cry down the type as "hot headed," "hot blooded,"
"unreliable" and "bad tempered"? The highly suc-
cessful handler of the Haggin horses, by the way,
had another hobby than his thoroughbreds; he was
an ardent botanist and grower of flowers. Rather a
curious conjunction — if one takes a vicious, anti-
thoroughbred view.
Much of the trouble lies in not carefully selecting
the thoroughbred stock to be bred from. Here in
America we race our stock too much, too often and
too long. They are kept at the top of condition,
month after month, and natural secretions and de-
velopments are disregarded, so we have had to go
continually to England and France for new stock to
reinforce that which we should have bred ourselves.
Frauce, England and Germany know better than to
do this thing. Their stock, the best of it, is lightly
raced, carefully considered, and then bred from. If
we did the same here there wrould be little ground
for complaint.
Only a few years ago a certain Army man — an
acknowledged capable veterinary, judge and master
of the craft — was sent through Kentucky to unoffi-
cially report on what he saw. I will only mention
one case. It was at the farm owned by one of the
most prominent men and breeders in American rac-
ing; a man who has bought some of the highest
priced and best pedigreed stock to be obtained in
Europe; yet, when this officer looked over his year-
lings, nearly every one had pronounced osselets and
he remarked that "no Army veterinary would pass
them" and that "apparently the owner has disre-
garded every disability and sacrificed everything to
breed to speed." If this state of things is general,
what is the final crystal of analysis? And, consid-
ered along this crucial line, now that our trotting
racing is to be mainly done by three-year-olds and
such young stock, what — say in five years — will be
the physical status of the standardbred strain sub-
jected to the intense muscular tax of this new early
speed craze? The strains, remember, for which so
much is unjustly claimed today by the ultra fanat-
ics of the trotting world. Not by all, only the
fanatics.
Surely there are enough great and glorious things
to be said about the American trotter which are be-
yond question, without there being any need to try
and discredit it with everything under the canopy,
and with much less need to sling verbal mud at every
other type.
Do not forget that the Standardbred is a grand
animal. If it had been developed — say in Germany —
there would have been streets named after it and
statues erected in its honor. I, myself, have always
thought that the Mare, Alix, and the stallion. Dare
Devil (or was it Blue Devil?), were two of the most
handsomely impressive things in horseflesh I have
ever seen.
Do not overlook that in fifty years we have accom-
plished in the standardbred horse an improvement
in foundation stock and type that more than equals
what had been done in the thoroughbred in nearly
thrice that period.
But — at the same time — for goodness' sake do not
let imagination, favor or prejudice, run riot. Try to
stick to the truth and the fact — not as one THINKS
one SEES them, but as such truths and facts really
and veritably are.
o
The Biennial Report of the Nevada State Racing
Commission was presented to the Governor of the
State of Nevada the first of January, 1917, and con-
tains the following facts and figures: The total re-
ceipts for the year 1915 from all sources were
$12,210.05; the expenses were $2,314.40, leaving a
balance to be turned into the county road funds of
$9,895.65.
From the figures for the year 1915 there passed
through the pari-mutuel machines during the twenty-
five days of racing a total of $773,764.00, of which
amount one-sixth of 8 per cent went to the State for
distribution to the county road funds.
During the year 1916 a summer meeting was held
in Reno, during which the State received one-sixth
of 7 per cent. Racing was also allowed on four Sat-
urdays when the State received its one-sixth of 7 per
cent. One-sixth of 8 per cent was received for the
fall meeting which was held in Reno and for the
meeting which was held at Fallon. The total amount
of money passing through the machines for all these
meetings was $1,152,818, of which amount the com-
missions to the State were $14,314.71.
From the figures which have been shown to Mr.
Wingfield and from which his report was made up,
he is convinced that the Reno Fair and Racing As-
sociation, during the year 1915 made less than
$10,000, which was more than taken up in improve-
ments and betterments to the State grounds at Reno.
During the year 1916 this association lost upwards of
$2,000, owing to the fact that during the summer and
fall meetings of last year in Reno over $80,000 in
purses was distributed among the horsemen, besides
which the daily expenses ranged from $700 to $1000.
It is generally agreed among turfmen that no
cleaner racing has ever been seen anywhere than
that conducted in Nevada. Every effort was put
forth by the Commission to see to it that both public
and horsemen were treated in a fair and sportsman-
like manner. No mercy was shown to jockeys or
others who attempted to violate any of the rules of
the Commission, the jockeys being set down for
periods ranging from a few days to indefinite periods,
and others ruled from the track. Unquestionably
Nevada racing has earned the reputation of being
as cleanly conducted as any in the world.
* * *
Many horses have been imported from England
and France during the last year, and while the great
majority of them have been shipped to New York
and Kentucky, an exceedingly choice lot of high class
colts and fillies have been purchased by S. Christen-
son of the Meadowbrook Stock Farm, Pleasanton,
Cal.. and by J. H. Rosseter, whose Wickeup Stock
Farm is near Santa Rosa ,Cal. These horses were
purchased at the recent December Sales, Newmarket,
England, and those of them which have arrived at
Pleasanton are now being handled by Geo. Strate.
The list is as follows:
Harmonia, bay, 1901, by Martagon out of Hamp-
tonia (winner and dam of Sempronius, Galveston,
Miramar and Lily of the Valley, dam of St. Eloi, etc.)
by Hampton; next dam Feronia (dam of ten winners,
including St. Serf and Atlanta, dam of Ayrshire) by
Thormanby. Harmonia is the dam of Swan Song,
winner of six races, and is in foal to Roi Herode.
Frusquinglass, chestnut, 1907, by Isinglass out of
Frusquinetta (dam of Piquet) by St. Frusquin; next
dam Drill (dam of Vermala, Echelon and Accuracy,
the dam of Accurate) by Chippendale; next dam
Manoeuvre (dam of winners, including Sir Hugo
(winner of the Derby) by Lord Clifden. Frusquin-
glass was a winner and is now in foal to Lomond,
son of Desmond.
Adesmia. chestnut, 1912, by Simon Square out of
Esparcette, by Sainfoin (sire of Rock Sand) ; next
dam Lily of the Valley, by Martagon out of Hamp-
tonia, by Hampton. Adesmia is in foal to Kildare II.
Bay filly, 1, by Fowling-piece out of Williamina
II., by Collar; next dam Kentisk Cherry (dam of
Strickland, Wild Gean and Cherry Pie) by Kendal;
next dam Cereza (wanner of Coronation Stakes and
7,000 sovereigns) by Petrarch.
Brown filly, 1, by Mushroom out of Penelope (dam
of Martinsburgh) by Clipstone; next dam Alexandria,
by Ptolemy.
These five are being left at Little Malgraves, the
three mares to foal and be bred to suitable sires in
Newmarket, which is close to the farm. They will
be brought to this country sometime this summer
and Mr. Christenson will purchase a young stallion
in England to come over with them, to head his stud.
C. W. Christenson, his brother, who lives at Essex,
England, where he maintains a stock farm known as
Little Malgraves, is a very successful breeder, having
bred amnng other good horses the Cesarewitch win-
ner of 1912, Warlingham from Sunny South, one of
his best matrons. Mr. Christenson is considered one
of the best judges of thoroughbreds in England and
to him has been left the selection of the horses for
shipment to America. Last September he sent over
six head, five being consigned to J. H. Rosseter. In
this lot were Agnes Velasquez, dam of Volta, a high-
class three-year-old in England in 1915; Berrill's
Image, Berrill's Choice and Santa Malta, together
with a weanling filly by Squire Jack. The last two
mares are in foal to Squire Jack and Agnes Velas-
quez was again in foal to Valens. sire of Volta. but
unfortunately slipped her (colt) foal on Christmas
Day.
George Strate, who trains Mr. Rosseter"s horses at
Pleasanton, has Berrill's Image, b. m., 4, by Berrill —
Proud Beauty, and the two-year-old War Shot, prop-
erty of Mr. Christenson, that came over in the same
shipment, now in training and they are going along
in great shape. War Shot is by Mauvezin out ot
Berenice (bred in U. S. A. in 1907 and exported in
1909). by St. Simonian II., out of Isis, by Bend Or;
next dam the Derby winner Shotover, by Hermit.
Hence his name. His owner is particularly sweet on
this youngster and has entered him in the Hopeful,
United States Hotel and Grand Union Hotel Stakes
at Saratoga.
* * +
Two weeks 'additional racing, beginning a week
from Monday, was announced last Saturday by Presi-
dent James W. Coffroth of the Tia Juana Jockey
Club. If the racing during the two weeks extension
justifies it, President Coffroth stated that a further
extension would be ordered, thus making it indefi-
nite when the racing season would end.
+ <• *
A bill has been presented in the Canadian parlia-
ment to restrict any horse racing meeting in any one
locality to nineteen days. This, of course, does not
apply to harness races, but to the runners only.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 3, 1917
LeGrand McDonald Is Worthy of the Name.
The more I see of California's leading saddle
horses tiie more thoroughly convinced I am that this
state is destined to take its place in the front ranks
in saddle horse production, comparing in every way
with the mother states of the industry, Missouri and
Kentucky. At first, the interest manifested by the
citizens in the American Saddle Horse; secondly, the
ideal climatic conditions, and being from one end of
the great commonwealth to the other a resort for
wealthy pleasure-seeking people, who are now and
for the future are to be the consumers, where saddle
horses are concerned, caused this belief; lastly, the
magnificent foundation already laid. Every state
has to have a leader, some man who is interested
and whose untiring efforts to interest others are re-
sponsible in a great measure for the advancement of
the breed. This one man or these few men, who get
together and give their time for the advancement of
the cause, are, to any state, what a live breeders'
association is to the entire country. In Missouri,
such pioneers as "Mister" Joe Potts and "Uncle"
Jeff Eridgford were, with a few others, regarded as
the "Fathers" of the saddle horse industry. Both
have recently died; however, the work they started
still lives, and is being carried on by hundreds of
others just as keen. In California ,the man most
commonly referred to as "The father of the game" is
Judge E. A. Bridgford, a' prominent California attor-
ney and rancher; a son of the late "Uncle" Jeff
Bridgford of Missouri.
Judge Bridgford has lived so long in California
that he is almost as good here as a "Native Son."
He came out many years ago, and like those old pio-
neers who settled Missouri from Virginia and Ken-
tucky, brought some good foundation saddle horse
stock with him. The name Bridgford is as good as
a government bond in Missouri, and so I have found
it in California.
Judge Bridgford, who is the president of the Pa-
cific Coast Gaited Saddle Horse Breeders' Associa-
tion, owns a splendidly equipped ranch at Knightson,
where he maintains a magnificent herd of Saddle
horses. Draft horses and Holstein cattle. The Bridg-
ford Company, Inc., have at all times the best stock
in existence for their ranch. Time and money were
not considered when this business was started and
their herd of cattle consists of record breakers and
merit leaders from the leading herds of the United
States. Several years ago Judge Bridgford went to
Missouri to buy the best looking and best bred Saddle
horse he could find. After visiting the leading sta-
bles, he gave up; he couldn't find one that could be
bought, that suited him. He was about to return to
California when he heard of a colt that had attracted
considerable attention and had won a number of
valued premiums over the state, and went down in
Monroe county to see him. "The moment I laid my
eyes on him," Judge Bridgford said, "I knew he was
jus' what I had been looking for. and I am going to
see if a Bridgford really has 'hoss' sense." He bought
the colt. LeGrand McDonald, and he has fulfilled
every hope the Judge had for him.
Le Grand McDonald was bought from one of the
Farrells at Holliday, who bring out a top-notcher
every so often; having magnificent brood mares and
the best stallions living being available for their
service. He is sired by Grand McDonald, the horse
that John Hook, now the most famous of American
trainers, has the credit of having made; but which,
some of his best friends declare, made Hook, instead.
Grand McDonald was by Rex McDonald S33, the
greatest Saddle stallion the world has ever known,
and is believed by many horsemen, and all Monroe
county people, to have been the best doing and pro-
son of his distinguished sire. LeGrand Mc-
Donald's dam was Mr. Farrell's best mare, Queen
Alice 1061!), by Forest LeGrand 2107, making him
one ot the most distinguished sons of the Denmark
tribe.
More of his breeding is not necessary to repeat
for everyone interested in this knows it well.
ad McDonald is what would be expected from
such a pedigree and is the best possible evidence of
the continued superiority and advance made by mod-
ern breeding methods. He is now classed among the
Is, or junior stallions, is a rich chestnut,
as much like the color of old Lucy Mack as two
black-eyed peas. As an individual, he," is must be re-
membered, is a Rex McDonald, and they aTe never
credited with being good individuals, at least those
that amount to anything, until they are full aged.
They do not get their fullness of conformation until
five or six years of age, and LeGrand McDonald's
beauty will not be fully appreciated for two more
vears However, it is hard at this time to criticise
his individuality. He is of the full-made, muscular
type, suggesting masculinity at every point, and yet,
with it the fineness found only in the best horses;
and without a trace of coarseness or "Dullness" in
his outline. From his muzzle to the tip of his tail
there is not a gross point. He is well and beauti-
fully turned at every angle; the most expert me-
chanic could not turn out a more perfectly finished
work. His eyes expressive, large and clear, are sur-
mounted by graceful ears always well carried. He
is keen cut at the throttle with a long, crested neck,
right side up. His shoulders are sloping and broad,
with high withers that are so essential to a real good
saddle horse. He has a grand tail that is well car-
ried, and has the action of his noted sire.
Le Grand McDonald has been successful in his
shows among the more spectacular of his winnings
being the junior championship at the P.-P. I. E. His
first crop of colts, now yearlings, are proof that, like
his sire, grandsire and great-grandsires before him,
he is a breeder and will reproduce himself. To Cali-
fornia saddle horse interests his value cannot be
estimated, for he carries the blood, the quality and
the power to produce his kind, and if crossed with
the right kind of mares he will leave his Impress on
the saddle horses of this state.
At present he is at the Hulda stables, North Pan-
handle Park, San Francisco, but later will be sent
to the ranch at Knightson, and it would be advisable
for the owners of saddle mares who live near San
Francisco to arrange for his services before he is
removed t othe ranch. His sen-ices have been re-
duced to ?30; last year he stood at ?50. Judge
Bridgford, however, wants to do his part in getting
the breeders to raising saddle horses, and his mak-
ing the services at such a figure is good evidence of
his intentions.
Famous Morgan Stallion Goes to St. Lawrence
County, New York.
The Morgan Horse Company of Ogdensburg, N. Y.,
has purchased from Joseph H. Reed of Pittsford,
Vermont, the famous Vermont stallion, Larry Mor-
gan, A. M. R. 5258.
Larry is a dark mahogany bay, standing 15.2 and
weighs close to 1200 pounds.
It is stated by those in a position to know, that
Larry Morgan is one of the best living Morgan stal-
lions today, as he has the size, color, conformation,
and an exceptionally good disposition, and runs back
to old Vermont Black Hawk and Justin Morgan on
both the sire and dam sides. His dam was sired by
the best son old Daniel Lambert ever sired, namely,
Lambert Chief, and his sire, Frank Allen, was sold
by Mr. Hines of Fowler, Vermont, to John T. Wilkins
of Connersville, Indiana, for $2,000.
Mr. Reed, of Pittsburg, Vermont, who raised Larry
Morgan and who consigned him direct to the Morgan
Horse Company of Ogdensburg, has been raising and
showing Morgan horses for over forty years and
states that Larry is a better horse today than he was
at three years old, when at the Fair at White River
Junction he refused ?2,400 for him from a Wisconsin
party.
W. M. Kirby, the dean of the "Pennirile" disposed
of several fine saddle horses last week.
Tom Jefferson, who is in charge of the saddle
horses of Sierra Vista Farm, Chino, Calif., is well
pleased with the youngsters he is training and re-
ports his futurity entries especially good.
* * *
Judge E. A. Bridgeford, the father of the saddle
horse industry in California, has a number of splen-
did young saddle horses on his ranch at Kingston,
which he is offering for sale. There are some old
enough to go into immediate service, well gaited,
mannered and ready to use or show and priced to
sell for pleasure horses.
* * +
Clarence B. Smith, of Shelbyville, Ky., has offered
his great show horse and sire, Jewell Dare 3025, by
My Dare, the sire of My Major Dare, Gipsy Dare
and others of note, for sale. Jewell Dare and the
colts by him which Mr. Smith wants to sell are
among the most attractive in Kentucky and famous
for their achievements in the show rings.
* + +
A prominent Eastern horseman wintering In Cali-
fornia is J. A. P. Ramsdell who, with Mrs. Ramsdell,
is in Southern California until the middle of March.
Mr. Ramsdell is the owner of Powelton Farms, New-
burgh, N. Y., one ot the leading horse nurseries of
the country. The celebrated saddle stallion, Golden
King, was recently acquired by this well known
sportsman, and is attracting considerable attention
in New York. He replaced the well known sire,
Krosko, that died in the winter.
* * *
Hugh C. Willoughby, of Lexington, Ky., reports
the sale of his heavy weight three-gaited gelding,
Jess Willard, to C. L. Whiting, of Rochester, N. Y.
Jess Willard was one in the load of good horses pur-
chased in and around Mexico, Mo., last spring by
Willoughby, and with which he has been so success-
ful in the shows and sale.
R. E. Moreland has repurchased the good son of
King Lee Rose, Cascade, with which he was so suc-
cessful two years ago. He will be fitted for the five-
gaited stakes of 1917.
+ * *
Dr. W. C. Gadsby, of Kirkwood, Mo., one of the
most talented horsemen in Missouri and one of the
leading authorities in the country, has recently pur-
chased several splendid saddle horses for Wm. C.
Bush of Vermont. It was Dr. Gadsby that accom-
panied Mr. Bush and "Gerry" Parsons when the cel-
ebrated stallion. King's Rival, was purchased for
Mountain View Farm.
+ * +
The Kentucky Saddle Horse Company, of Sedalia,
Missouri, will conduct a public sale of registered
saddle horses, consisting of 40 head of stallions,
mares and geldings, mostly the get of Prince Rupert,
a full brother to Chester Dare 10. The sale will be
conducted Friday, March 16, the day following the
Limestone Valley Farm jack sale, and will be con-
ducted in the palatial live stock pavilion on the the
Missouri State Fair Grounds.
+ * *
For the first time in fifteen years the Missouri
Special Sales Company, of Mexico, Mo., the greatest
individual saddle and show horse sale in the coun-
try, will not have their annual spring auction. The
scarcity of high class horses caused by the extensive
private sales in Missouri, and the personal business
duties of the officers of the sale company has not
permitted of their spending the time necessary in
conducting the sale.
* * *
S. P. Eastman, of San Francisco, has recently re-
turned from a business trip to New York. It was
Mr. Eastman's intention to stop over in Missouri and
Kentucky on his return journey; however, he was
called hack to San FTancisco and this long antici-
pated visit to the leading saddle horse nurseries of
America was indefinitely postponed. In addition to
a high class aged horse, Mr. Eastman owns several
colts by E. A. Bridgford's magnificent stallion. Le
Grand McDonald, of great promise and which indi-
cate that they will be a source of pleasure to their
owner and a great benefit to Le Grand McDonald in
establishing him as a high class sire.
+ + *
Jas. Houchin, of Jefferson City, Mo., owner of the
world famous Astral King, wants the name of every
owner of a colt by his great stallion. He has orders
for them and has sold all his own offerings. His
great youngster, I AM King, winner of the junior
stake at the Missouri State Fair last year, is report-
ed to be working wonderfully and up to making
good all the prophesies made of him by expert
horsemen last year. It was a fortunate occurrence
that Astral King should have a son to take his
place in the show ring, just at the time he was
retired.
* * *
Manager C. J. Tucker, of Longview Farm, Lee's
Summit, Mo., writes that the books of the great stal-
lions, My Major Dare and Kentucky's Best are rap-
idly filling. He is particularly well pleased with the
class of mares the stallions are commanding and the
distance some of the patrons will come to get the
services of these remarkable horses. Mr. Hook, the
manager of the saddle horse department, was in Ken-
tucky at the time the letter was written, looking for
a "winner" of a certain age, which the Long stable
needs.
* * *
N. H. Fitzell, Denver's leading trainer and devel-
oper of show horses, has quite a string of saddle
horses in his stable that he declares will be of inter-
est to the leading shows of the country when the
bell taps again. Among them is D. Schilling's good
stallion Noble Rex, and Rexie Terry, a beautiful filly
recently sold to W. L. Petrikin, a Colorado capitalist,
by Bruce G. Eaton, of Eaton, Colorado, and exhib-
ited under the Eaton colors last year. She was one
of the most admired things in the Eaton stable and
according to Mr. Fitzell, the year has brought about
a great amount of maturity and other things that
make her more beautiful and better than ever. She
will be used by Mr. Petrikin personally and her shows
probably defined to the Denver exhibitions, as the
owner said when he purchased her; "I do not want
her so much for other people to admire, as to have
the pleasure of admiring her myself ,and I will not
send her away from Denver."
Mrs. Grace Maxwell, of Denver, Colo., who is re-
garded by horsemen as being one of the most expert
horsewomen in the United States, has arranged to
take charge of the Revel Lindsay English riding
academy at Pasadena and is due to arrive in Cali-
fornia before the first of March. Mr. English has
placed some of his best horses in his academy and
it is one place where horse lovers have real saddle
horses at their disposal. With Mrs. Maxwell as an
instructor, those who are wintering at Pasadena ca
rest assured that they will be finished riders after
being under her tutelage a few weeks. Mrs. Maxwell
can ride a five-galted horse with the perfection of
the most noted exhibitors of the South; she can take
a hunter over a six foot hurdle with more ease than
any lady rider of the writer's acquaintance and on
a three-gaited horse one would believe that she was
"born in the saddle." She can team a high acting
pair of heavy leather wearing horses; a tandem, or j
four-in-hand, as few of the masculine members of the
fraternity can.
Saturday, March 3, 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
7
Send the Breeder and Sportsman a list of your
stable.
* ♦♦
It looks like there will be a hot time on the old
tracks this year.
* + *
The Spring Souvenir Number of The American
Sportsman is a classic.
+ + *
X L. Borden has offered ?100 to start a guarantee
subscription list for a good fair at Stockton.
+ + *
Aristotle, pacer, 2:17%, is the first new performer
for 1917. His record was made at Tampa, Fla., Feb.
8 in a sixth heat.
***
Palo Maid, by Palo King, owned by H. Hershey of
Oakland, has been sent to the court of Elmo Mont-
bomery's good stallion, Jim Logan.
* * *
Hettie T., by Stam B., owned by J. A. Neilson,
has been mated to the good sire Jim Logan, owned
by J. Elmo Montgomery of Davis, California.
* * *
W. W. Percival, one of the best known horsemen
in Oregon, died at his home in Independence on De-
cember 23, of cancer of the stomach.
* + +
George Ryan, manager of the track at Pleasanton,
reports a lot of interest being taken by mare owners
in the stallions standing for service there.
* * +
C. A. Durfee, the veteran of California's leading
harness horse men, was another strong supporter
of the big purses for the Free-For-Allers, at the
recent meeting of the C. F. and R. A.
* * *
Jack Sproule, formerly of Rocky Ford, Colo., has
moved to Clovis, N. M., and is using his best efforts
to have an association formed there and says he
believes a track will be built this winter.
* * *
The directors of the Yates County Fair, at Penn
Tan, N. Y., decided to cut out the racing feature last
year, but the attendance fell off so much that it is
said thev will put it back again this season.
+ + +
Henry Helman of Salinas attended the meeting of
the California Fair and Racing Association Saturday.
On another page of this issue there appears a list
of the horses this popular trainer is working.
<■ + +
If your stallion is worth advertising, advertise him
now; if not, advertise him for sale in the Breeder
and Sportsman, for he will eat his head off before
he brings home any bacon.
* * *
Albert Pendleton of East St. Louis, 111., one of the
most popular and efficient starting judges in the
Middle West, has been signed up for a number of
the important events in the Middle West, South and
far West this year.
* **
Margaret M., by Chestnut Tom, dam Queen C. by
Nutwood Wilkes, has foaled a beautiful chestnut
stud colt by Jim Logan, that owner Elmo Montgom-
ery declares will be a scream from the time he is
a yearling until he is as old as C. A. Durfee.
* * *
If you own a good mare, use good judgment in
selecting a stallion and the chances are you will
have a good foal. Five dollars' difference in a serv-
ice fee, too often, makes a difference of $500 in the
sale of a horse.
* * +
Talk about the trotting horse business being a
dead issue, the way the $500 donations toward form-
ing a stock company for the California Fair and
Racing Association poured in Saturday would make
one believe it was only in its infancy.
***
The Chicago Horse Sale Company reports the
brightest prospect for their March sale in many
years. In fact, the proprietors declare the advance
correspondence shows those looking for speed horses
of merit far outnumber those to sell.
* * *
Charlie Silva, Woodland Stock Farm, made several
spirited talks at the Fair and Racing Association
meeting in San Francisco Saturday, in favor of a
big stake for the free-for-allers. "Give a man a
chance to get the money when he does happen
to have a good horse," he argues.
* + *
Mrs. Sarah Frances Marvin, widow of the late
Chas. Marvin, former trainer and manager of the
Palo Alto Stock Farm, died last week at her home
in Meadville, Pa. Mrs. Marvin was very prominent
in philanthropic work, and at the time of her death
was a member of the board of directors of the Mead-
ville Children's Aid Society and Home for the Aged
and of the Women's Auxiliary of the City Hospital.
A. S. Thompson, of Paducah, Ky„ will campaign
a stable of trotters through Missouri and Kentucky
this year. "Gussie" is getting them ready and says
he will be there when the roll is called.
* + ♦
T. R. Finley, a member of the State Legislature
from Santa Barbara county, who represented that
county at Saturday's meeting, is an ardent horse
lover and stockman. He is strong for any legislative
measure that will help the agriculturist and stock
growers' interests of California.
+ * +
Brood mares from Mr. E. Cebrian's San Jose Stock
Farm figure prominently as the dams of winning
two-year-olds in 1916; no less than thirteen of them
producing winners of races. The list is headed by
La Poeta ;by Hoduras, dam Paola by Rtherford)
whose foal Rhymer won 6 races.
* * +
It is said Jake Brolliar, of Hanford, Cal., has un-
covered a new one that has speed, manners and
soundness to make him a "whiz." He has only been
worked three or four months and our informant says
he saw him trot a mile on a two-lap track in seven-
teen and go a half in seven.
* + +
Mr. Edw. Cebrian of San Francisco started a good
filly of his own breeding at Tia Juana last week,
Candelaria by Von Tromp — Candlewick, who won the
opening event for two-year-olds on Friday. She hur-
ried to the front at the start and was never headed,
showing keen speed in the heavy going.
* * *
At the annual meeting of the Alameda County
Fair Association Saturday, the following officers were
elected: E. E. Hall, president; N. S. Boone, vice-
president; Chas. Schween, secretary; W. J. Dakin,
treasurer. The stockholders decided to hold the fair
September 19th to 22nd. — [Pleasanton Times.
* * *
A meeting of the Nebraska Speed Association and
the Midway Raving Circuit in Omaha, February 15,
resulted in the combining of the two circuits, the
Midway going out of existence. N. J. Robin, of Fre-
mont, was made president of the newly strengthened
organization and H. B. Swalley, of Nebraska City,
secretary.
* * +
M. L. Woy of Fresno has bred several good mares
to Stanford McKinney 45173, which he recently pur-
chased from Geo. L. Warlow. Stanford McKinney
is one of the best bred stallions in California and
has already proven, though he has had only a poor
chance in the stud, that he is a sire of horses with
speed.
* + +
A. C. Dingle, better known as "Popular Ab," will
again be in charge of the speed department of the
Missouri State Fair. Mr. Dingle, who is one of Mis-
souri's most distinguished citizens, has been at the
head of the speed department of this fair for many
years and next to his attractive family, takes more
pride in it than any other event in his life.
+ * *
Jas. Erwin, formerly associate trainer at the Wood-
land Stock Farm, died at his home in San Francisco
February 20, after an illness of nine months. Mr.
Erwin leaves a wife and three children. He was
well known to trotting horse men on the Pacific
Coast, where he has been actively engaged in the
business many years.
* * *
"If the Standard bred horse had been developed in
Germany, streets, schools and libraries would have
been named after it and statues erected in its
honor," writes Wilf P. Pond, editor of the Spur, in
his eulogy of the Thoroughbred. Mr. Pond can write
of one breed and still praise all others, instead of
the usual mud-slinging methods employed by many
when commenting on their favorite.
* * +
An interesting item of news from Holland, which
is worthy of the attention of anti-gamblers, is that
the law which was passed five years ago forbidding
bookmaking and the use of the totalisator on Dutch
race-courses, is to be rescinded. The reason for the
removal of the prohibition is that it has caused great
injur}' to horse breeding in Holland. That racing
cannot flourish unless accompanied by some form of
speculation every one possessing practical acquaint-
ance with the subject is well aware.
* + *
Cheri Hebert of Salinas was one of the most en-
thusiastic visitors who attended Saturday's meeting.
Mr. Hebert came with bis mind made up and said
what he wanted to when he wanted to say it. One
visitor declared he was one man present who said
something every time he opened his mouth, and at
one time during the early stages of the meeting that
was going some. Mr. Hebert is a business man, a
stockman and a horseman, and he applies business
methods to all three.
* * *
The case of E. J. Weldon of Sacramento against
T. W. Murphy of Poughkeepsie, which is before the
Board of Appeals of the American Trotting Associ-
ation, has been postponed until the May meeting ot
the Board. In the 2:12 pace at North Randall July
18, 1916. Murphy was awarded third money with Jay
Ell Mack, and John Malcolm, driven by Lou Daniels,
was awarded fourth money. Dr. Weldon protested
the award on the ground that Jay Ell Mack was not
eligible to the race.
Harry Downing of Marshall, Mo., one of the most
distinguished citizens of Missouri and a live wire
horse owner and fair manager, says the meeting of
the Missouri Grand Circuit, which was conducted
February 10th at the Baltimore Hotel in Kansas
City, was the most harmonious and satisfactory
meeting they have ever conducted. W. H. Johnson
of Independence was made president and Miss Em-
ma R. Knell of Carthage, secretary.
* + +
Secretary Joseph Waddell, of the California Fair
and Racing Association, met with prominent offi-
cials of Petaluma Monday and came away with the
assurance that Petaluma would be in the thick of
the fray this year. City officials, directors of the
commercial club and officials of the Petaluma Driv-
ing Club were enthusiastic over the outlook for a
good fair and racing program, and gave Mr. Waddell
every assurance that they would affiliate with him in
his endeavors. They will offer a liberal program
and agree to accept any date in early July that would
meet with the endorsement of the circuit managers.
+ + *
Lucien Lyne received a telegram from King Al-
fonso, of Spain, last week, completing negotiations
for a contract for the local jockey to ride the horses
of King Alfonso the coming season. The deal has
been pending and was finally completed Thursday.
He wired to Washington for passports and expects
to leave as soon as these can be secured. Lyne was
a successful jockey in this country and after becom-
ing too heavy to ride here went to Europe, where he
was equally successful. He was in Belgium at the
beginning of the war and came home soon after the
outbreak.
300 Mile Race for Army Horses.
Under the auspices of the Rough Riders Associa-
tion and the alumni of the Norwich University an
endurance race for cavalry horses is being arranged
to take place next fall, with the finish at Madison
Square Garden during the week of the National
Horse Show. Its purpose is to test the merits of the
various breeds and types of horses for military ser-
vice under conditions as nearly as possible like those
of actual warfare. The distance covered will be
about three hundred miles, and it is expected that
officers of the regular army and the National Guard
will enter the race. The idea is to have teams start
from various points so as to finish at the Garden on
a certain date. One team will make the ride from
Norwich University, at Northfield, Vt., which is just
about three hundred miles from New York. For
teams representing organizations stationed nearer
the city an irregular course will be mapped out, so
that all may cover the same distance. Checking sta-
tions are to be arranged, with every precaution to
insure substantial uniformity of performance among
the competing cavalrymen and their horses. Mini-
mum weights will be prescribed and certain credits
given to horses carrying more than the minimum. It
is understood, also, that a marching schedule will
be arranged on the basis of practical army service,
fast enough to search out the soft horses yet slow
enough to guard against cruel riding, which will not
be permitted.
All military men and breeders of horses of the mil-
itary types will be keenly interested in the test
which is being arranged in connection with this
year's Horse Show. The N. Y. Herald has advocated
just such a race for ten years or more, with a view
of putting to the test the real merits of the various
breeds of horses whose admirers have made extrava-
gant claims for them. If measures are taken to as-
certain and verify the breeding of the horses entered
in the contest it should throw much needed light on
the disputed question, "What horse for the cavalry?"
Major Frank Thompkins, United States cavalry,
who is now stationed at Norwich University as com-
mandant, will enter the race on his Arab, King-
fisher, that he rode seven hundred miles into Mex-
ico and back in pursuit of Pancho Villa, after the
Columbus raid last year. This little horse — he is
14.3 hands high — crossed the boundary on March 15.
1916, and between that date and April 12 he was
ridden 575 miles across deserts, over mountains and
through the wilderness of Chihuahua, carrying his
rider, rations for himself and master, besides the
usual pack an officer must carry when operating in
a hostile country far from the base. Major Tomp-
kins says Kingfisher had little grain, and that was
corn, which he had never before eaten, no hay, and
only what grass he could get when staked out for
the night. He lost a little flesh, but never lost his
courage, never refused his feed and was an inspira-
tion to his rider. He went lame once, when a thorn
wpas in his frog, but he did his work just the same.
Kingfisher was bred by Colonel Spencer Borden,
of Fall River, Mass., who presented him to Major
Tompkins. His dam, Halcyon, won the endurance
race given under the auspices of the Morgan Horse
Club a few years ago. from Fort Ethan Allen to the
Vermont State Fair, at White River Junction, doing
her 154 miles in thirty hours and forty-one minutes.
Her dam, Heiress, under 15 hands, won the high
jump at the Crystal Palace, in London, in 1897. Heir-
ess was by the famous French Arab horse Maidan,
whose grandson, Hail, out of Lady Annie Blunt's
Hagar, was the sire of Halcyon, so that she is inbred
to Maidan. Imazada, the sire of Kingfisher, is a pure
Arab.— [N. Y. Herald.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 3, 19:
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WHY BASEBALL IS FADING.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
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War Exterminates Deer. — Our Stirling correspond-
ent writes: "The deed is done. Word has gone forth
from the Scottish Board of Agriculture that the 'oc-
cupier of any agricultural holding in Scotland may
kill by any means available deer that are trespass-
ing on his grazing or causing injury to his crops.'
This order would bring joy to the heart of every old
poacher from Kintyre to Cape Wrath were it not for
the fact that venison is now out of season and not
fit even for the humblest table. Why this panic
Order at the wrong time, and the resulting waste of
valuable food-stuff? It is entirely unnecessary and
reprehensible. Of the so-called 'ravages' of deer
among growing crops I have had long and intimate
experience. On a certain West Highland estate
three or four small farms were situated among hills
which were somewhat heavily stocked with deer.
Curious to state, three of the holdings were never
molested by the ruddy herd, but the fourth was the
object of frequent incursions from July to October.
Complaints were constantly made to the proprietor,
and he was often obliged to pay compensation. I
know that he had sometimes to pay for damage done
by the tenant's own young cattle! At length the laird
engaged a retired shepherd to watch the crops at
night — deer never giving trouble during the hours
of daylight. Accompanied by his old and trusty col-
lie ,the old man performed his huttes faithfully and
well. When increasing infirmities caused him to re-
sign his appointment the farmer offered to do the
watching himself for £5 a year, and he was given
the job. He was really vexed when, a few years
ago, his crops were surrounded with a deer-proof
fence, and the payment of the watch-money ceased.
I am satisfied that the injury suffered by crops from
the juxtaposition of deer preserves is invariably ex-
aggerated; and I am equally convinced that one
man with a dog is capable of protecting from the
inroads of the antlered herd an area of from four to
six square miles. Deer have a very wholesome re-
spect for the shepherd's fiery collie." — [British
Sportsman.
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Still Plenty of Game — Every once in a while conies
the howl of the pessimistic alarmist about the scarc-
ity of big game.
You cannot escape the fact that game is getting
scarce. There are certain inevitable laws of nature
and progress that must in time seriously menace
the sport of the hunter. Likewise it is also true that
there is a time coming when deer will be as scarce
as the buffalo and ducks may be likened to the
ancient dodo. At the present writing, however, there
is still enough hunting to satiate the nimrodic de-
sires of any one willing to look for it.
According to reports, 1916 was one of the best of
game seasons. In Maine, for instance, the bag of
deer was more than 10,000. Going to the other ex-
treme of this great country, the number of deer shot
in California exceeded 9,000. Several thousand were
bagged in Pennsylvania, while in the four days of
New Jersey's open season 261 deer were taken.
Here is somo more evidence: Four hundred elk
were killed outside of the northern boundary of Yfel-
lowstone Park during the last two days of the hunt-
ing season. Two hundred and fifty bears were taken
out of Pennsylvania and it is estimated that 4,000,000
rabbits were bagged in the same State.
Running to the other extreme again, California
paid out over $60,000 in bounties for mountain lions
at $20 per head, while Wyoming appropriated $60,000
to be paid for the hides of coyotes at $1.50 per hide.
The above sum came nowhere near meeting the
demand. Several thousand coyotes were killed, for
which the men who bagged them could not collect.
These figures cannot fail to put somewhat of a
crimp in the wail of the alarmist and go quite a little
way to demonstrate that the man who wants some
hunting badly enough to go after it will certainly
be repaid for his trouble.
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Uncle Sam's Official Hunters — On July 1, 1915, an
appropriation of $125,000 became available for use
on national forests and the public domain for de-
stroying wolves, coyotes and other predatory ani-
mals.
Immediate steps were taken to organize the work
on a permanent basis and eight districts were estab-
lished: (1) Arizona and New Mexico. (2) California
and Nevada, (3) Oregon and Washington, (4) Colo-
rado, (5) Idaho, (6) Montana, (7) Utah, and (8) Wy-
oming.
An inspector was placed in charge of each district
and an inspector at large has supervision of all field
work. Hunters are employed who devote their en-
tire time to the work. They are not permitted to
receive bounties from any source, and the skins of
all fur bearing animals taken by them become the
propert> of the government. A considerable number
of skins secured were retained for museum speci-
mens, the remainder being sold and the proceeds
turned into the treasury.
Three methods of destroying predatory animals
have been adopted — shooting, trapping and poisoning.
By the last method the bodies of the animals usually
are not recovered, but the results accomplished have
been very satisfactory.
During the year 424 wolves, 9 mountain lions,
11.S90 coyotes, 1,564 bobcats and 2,086 miscellaneous
wild animals were destroyed. This includes those
destroyed under the project for the suppression of
rabies among wild animals, an appropriation for
which became available March 4, 1916. It does not,
however, take into consideration animals poisoned
unless the bodies were recovered.
Demonstrations and experiments also were car-
ried on in localities other than on national forests
and public lands where predatory animals are caus-
ing great losses of live stock. The capture of wild
animals in such localities is attended with much
difficulty, as they become wary when constantly
hunted.— [N. Y. Sun.
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FIGHT OPENS ON GAME LAWS.
Attempt to Bar Automatic Guns Draws Forth Some
Sharp Criticism.
Perhaps never before in the history of California
has such a concentrated attempt been made to get
through the legislature so many radical changes in
the fish and game laws. One measure is directed at
the abolition of the State Commission and there are
others that aim to prohibit the use of automatic shot-
guns, sale of trout and many other important sub-
jects that have attracted the attention of sportsmen
to Sacramento, where the second session of the Leg-
islature convened on Monday.
This unfortunate congested condition pertaining
to fish and game is laid to the door of J. B. Hauer
by many hunters and anglers. Hauer represents
himself as president of the California Fish, Game and
Protective Association, which, according to reports,
consists of a membership of less than thirty. Hauer
is said to be out to get the scalp of Frank N. New-
bert, president of the State Fish and Game Commis-
sion, and secretary Carl Westerfelt. That it is a
personal fight is evident and the real issue has been
sort of shoved into the background by those who do
not understand the situation.
The arms and ammunition people charge that
Hauer was instrumental in introducing assembly
bills 26D and 680 and senate bill 510, which aim to
prohibit the use of the automatic guns. They claim
it is class legislation and furthermore, it is uncon-
stitutional.
"It is unjust and not fair," says one prominent
arms and ammunition man in speaking of the bills.
"Ill the past, four attempts have been made to get
similar bills through and they have been defeated on
their merits. It is a matter of record that arms and
ammunition firms stand for the conservation of
game. We are the biggest contributors to the asso-
ciations and societies that work for conservation.
We realize that without game in the field there would
be no need of our ammunition and arms.
"What we do claim, however, is that there is no
need for a law against the autoloading gun. With a
season prescribed by law and a bag limit in force,
the automatic gun does not exterminate game. To
the contrary, it is more humane than the single or
double barrel. Cripples can be killed when once
wounded with the automatic in the hands of the
hunter.
"But why talk about legislation against a certain
class of gun? Certainly no action would be taken
aeainst a high-powered automobile for speeding. The
driver would be held accountable and the same thing
should apply to the hunter.
"Such an eminent authority as Dwight Huntington
sets forth the theory that vermin destroy more game
than ;»!! the rest of the htunters in the country put
together. Laws should be enacted to correct this
condition rather than trying to jam through some
class legislation purely through malice."
A number of sportsmen are in Sacramento fighting
against those bills in particular and others that are
radical.
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Parker Single Target Trapgun — The latest addition
to the equipment of the up-to-date trapshooter comes
in i ne form of the Parker single barrel trapgun. The
"Old Reliable" double gun has achieved so many vic-
tories that it naturally stands sponsor, and guaran-
tees from every angle the performance of its side
partner and running mate.
These modern guns will be made to conform
strictly to the requirements of the most advanced
ideas governing trapguns today, which insure the
perfect balance and marvelous shooting qualities
which for over half a century have characterized the
product of the Parker factory, therefore the advent
of the GUX WITH A PEDIGREE will be hailed with
with delight by all who need a thoroughlv reliable
first class trapgun.
Wrangling of Magnates and Players Has Driver
Fans to Golf, Tennis, and Trapshooting.
A difference of opinion exists among baseball mo-
guls as to the reason, or reasons, for the falling oil
in the attendance and the apparent lack of interest
in the pastime by America's great population ol
sportsmen.
The magnates agree on one point — that there
something radically wrong with baseball. What that
something is most of them profess not to know. They
are only fooling themselves. There are a few mag-
nates who see the light. These are the men who pay
attention to the trend of the times.
Dick Kinsella, scout of the New Y'ork Americans,
says that the movies have hurt baseball. President
Xavin, of Detroit, says that motoring is causing many
thousands to forget baseball. Jack Hendricks, the
Denver manager, says that golf is the lure of many
from the ball parks. Grantland Rice, one of the
ablest writers in the country on sport subjects,
claims that the continued bickerings of the players
and magnates are driving the fans to other forms of
amusement, and James McGill, the owner of the Den-
ver Club, asserts that the decline of baseball is due
to the increased interest in other outdoor sports by
the people who were formerly baseball fans. McGill
is convinced that baseball is on the decline.
Mr. McGill may or may not be correct about the
decline of baseball. It is a big subject, but he is
right about the increased interest of the once base-
ball fans in other lines of outdoor sporting activity.
Here are the reasons why:
It is a long story why the sport-loving American
has turned to these sports from baseball. The mod-
ern young man takes up a sport that he can actually
do. No longer is he to be a bench-warmer. For
many years magnates grew prosperous as the turn-
stiles clicked their sweet refrain; but the clicking
hasn't been so industrious during the past couple of
years. Politics in baseball brought charges ana
counter-charges; then came one scandal after anoth-
er on world's series tickets — the cry of commercial-
ism, the continued wrangle between the magnates
and the players, and the threat of the players to
close up the ball parks. And some of the magnates
still wonder why the people do not take as much
interest in baseball as of yore.
Money has done more harm to sport than any other
single factor. Baseball is the only professional sport
that has thrived for any great period of time. The
continued arguments in the public press over salaries
never went well with the fans. Idols were knocked
from their thrones and the fans began to stir them-
selves and look for other forms of amusements. It
is impossible for any sport to thrive unless there is
team play all around — and there is anything but team
play in the baseball world now.
So the baseball fan of yesterday is the tennis,
golf, motoring or trapshooting bug of today. Ath-
letics are compulsory at nearly every school and col-
lege in America, and when the boy drifts out into the
world hs is more or less interested in one or more
branches of sport as an actual participant. The day
of the proxy sport has passed for the live-wire Amer-
ican. Let us look the thing right square in the face.
There were not more than 300 tennis clubs nor
more than 50,000 tennis players ten years ago;
today there are more than 800 tennis clubs and in the
neighborhood of 500,0,00 racquet players. And they
have about $30,000,000 invested in the sport. There
are nearly 400 golf clubs in America, a gain of over
100 per cent in five years; and golfers have more
than $50,000,000 invested in the sport. This, of
course, includes the magnificent homes of golf clubs.
The low-priced motor car brought joy to many,
and plenty of men who were interested in baseball
now spend their leisure moments in short tours.
Then there is trapshooting. It's a great sport.
Golf and trapshooting are the two sports to which
no admission is charged, no matter how many cham-
pions may be performing. The former is a sport in
which the majority of the players are of middle age,
while trapshooting is the real sport of contrasting
ages. Y"ou can find them at the traps from the little
fellow in short trousers to the gray and grizzled vet-
eran. More than 15,000,000 shotguns have been sold
in the United States in recent years, and there are
more than 600,000 trapshooters. Five years ago
there were less than 100,000. The number of trap-
shooting clubs has increased in that time from less
than 500 to more than 4000.
Now you have the reasons why sportsmen are do-
ing other things besides sitting in the stands watch-
ing others do something. — [P. Carney, Phil., Pa.
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Deer in City Streets — St. Helena — Deputy Game
Warden W. J. Moore was called here from Napa to
take charge of the carcass of a doe that had been
driven from the mountains into the streets of St.
Helena and killed by deer hounds.
The meat was taken to the county infirmary, where
it was fed to the inmates.
Local citizens declare they will appeal to the
State Fish and Game Commission to compel local
sportsmen to keep their hounds chained up.
Deer are frequently driven into the business
streets of the city by the dogs.
Saturday, March 3, 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
LOS ANGELES AWARDED STATE SHOOT.
Trap Season Is Now On in Full Blast at Clubs Up
and Down the Coast.
The trapshooting season on the Pacific Coast is
now on in full blast. Up through the Northwest and
in Southern California the scatter gun artists have
been enjoying their favorite sport throughout the
winter but only in the last couple of weeks have the
boys around the San Francisco Bay turned their
fancy to blue rocks.
Everything is being outlined for the most preten-
tious and prosperous season the sport alluring has
enjoyed in years. With the Pacific Coast Handicap
set for the last four days in May at San Jose, the
other big fixture in California has been awarded to
Los Angeles. The directors of the California-Nevada
Association by a unanimous vote informed Secre-
tary ClareDce A. Haight that the Los Angeles Club
should receive the event. Los Angeles is figuring
on holding the state tournament on May 21, 22 and
23rd.
Plans are under way so that the shooters can
participate in the state shoot and then travel on to
San Jose in a special train for the Pacific Coast
handicap. It is figured that there will be close to a
hundred come up from the South.
Another big shoot that looms up in the offing is the
one to be staged by the Indians. A local branch of
that famous organization of sportsmen was formed
last week.
At a campfire meeting in San Francisco over forty
Braves formally signed their names as members of
a tribe whose purpose will be to promote good-
feliowship among gun, rod and kindred outdoor
sports. The alluring sport of trapshooting will oc-
cupy their attention for the present and in the near
future there will be a council gathering at wrhich
chiefs will be elected and plans outlined for a banner
shoot and barbecue.
There are several other branches of the American
Indians in other sections of the country. In the
Northwest the Pacific Indians have a high old time
every year and in the East there are a couple more
chapters. That there will be big doings by the local
tribe is indicated by the sportsmen that have signed
with the tribe. The signing carries with it a pledge
to turn out at the traps. Another band of thirty-five
warriors will be herded with the original forty and it
will make quite a formidable gathering.
The Indians so far ready to shoulder a musket or
bend an arrow are as follows: R. C. Reed, Al Cook,
Lee Hawxhurst, N. A. Howard, W. J. Terry, L. L.
Fuller. T. D. Riley, A. G. Wilkes, W. R. Ellis, T. W.
Parsons, Tony Prior, H. C. Peet, A. A. Durney, Geo.
Anderson, Fred Willett, Ed. L. Mitchell, Dr. C. D.
McGettigan, Barney Worthen, William Price, C. C.
Huber, J. W. Nelson, Dr. Topham, C. A. Haight,
C. H. Knight, Capt. A. W. DuBray, Orin N. Ford,
W. A. Jostyn, E. B. Thorning, C. Carman, F. W. New-
bert, George Thomas, H. Jennings, J. G. Heath, P. F.
Noonan, W. Eilert, Lee W. Slocurn, Dr. J. L. Martin,
G. A. Adams, A. G. Flickinger, H. Ogilvie, H. Loren-
son.
Seattle Trapshooter's Association. — A fair crowd
of shooters turned out for one of the regular program
shoots at which there were several bunch for the
nigh score in the 50-target and many more bunched
for the second honors in the 100-target program.
C. L. Templeton, L. H. Reid (professional), Tom
Wilkes and Hugh Fleming each finished their fifty
with a forty-nine score. The 100-bird race brought
Hugh Fleming to the front with the high score of
ninety-eight. D. Rhodes (pro.), C. L. Templeton, C.
E. McKelvey, L. H. Reid (pro.), and Tom Wilkes
furnished the second high scores with ninety-six
apiece.
At the annual business meeting of the association,
the following officers were elected: Dr. C. L. Tem-
pleton, president: R. S. Searle, vice-president; E. A.
Fry, secretary; Ralph Kinzer, treasurer. The retir-
ing secretary's report showed the past season a very
successful one for the organization. The scores:
At 50 targets— C. L. Templeton 49, *L. H. Reid 49,
Tom Wilkes 49, Hugh Fleming 49, C. E. McKelvey
48, *D. Rhodes 47, R. S. Searle 47, Deskin Reid 47,
J. H. Hopkins 46, J. H. Templeton 45, Hil Follrich
45, Frank Templeton 44, Ralph Kinzer 42, R. P.
Knight 41, Matt Crossman 41, John Considine 40,
J. H. Davis 39, W. B. Taft 38, C. F. Reinhard 33, Jack
Lewis 31. E. C. Gaumnitz 26.
At 100 targets— Hugh Fleming 98, *D. Rhodes 96,
C. L. Templeton 96, C. E. McKelvey 96, L. H. Reid
96, Tom Wilkes 96, R. S. Searle 94, Deskin Reid 94,
Hi Follrich 93, J. H. Templeton 91, Frank Templeton
91, R. P. Knight 87, Ralph Kinzer 86, Matt Grossman
86, John Considine 84, J. H. Hopkins 83, J. H. Davis
71, Jack Lewis 61, J. B. Adams 46.
Yours,
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E. A. FRY, Sec'y.
Portland Club. — Twenty-five members of the Port-
land Gun Club and their friends were out to the Ev-
erding Park traps on February 18th to try out the
new concrete traphouses, trapstands and walks for
the first time. The official christening of the new im-
provements will be made within the next month and
several special events will be on the program.
Several visiting nimrods were on hand, including
A. H. Jones, president of the Tonopah, Nev., Gun
Club; and Frank N. Troeh, National amateur cham-
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pion, of Vancouver, Wash.
Harry A. Pollock, acting president and manager of
the Portland Gun Club, has issued a challenge to
A. L. Zachrisson, holder of the W. C. Bristol 20-
gauge gun trophy.
Remodeling of the club house is going ahead rapid-
ly and Henry R. Everding, secretary-treasurer, has
hopes of seeing everything completed by the time
John G. Clemson, president, returns from his trip to
California.
James W. Seavey was high gun with 91 among
the amateurs. Frank M. Troeh broke 90 out of 100
and Dr. O. D. Thornton was third among those who
shot at 100 targets with his 80 per cent. The scores:
Targets— 15
**W. C. Bristol 9
E. Long 13
Al Seguin 11
E .H. Keller 11
F. M. Troeh 15
*E. B. Morris 10
*J. P. Bull
I. M. Standifer
A. H. Jones
*P. J. Holohan 14
Felix Friedlander 9
T. S. Standifer
T. Homer Coffen 6
H. R. Everding 4
**A. L. Zachrisson 13
M. Standifer
C. C. Stewart
E. P. B. Hill
H. S. Wilkins 12
A. W. Strowger 12
J. W. Seavey 15
F. C. Griffin 10
O. D. Thornton 14
A. K. Downs 9
A. Hallgarth 6
* Shooting salesmen. **With 20-gauge gun.
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Alameda Elks' Club — The Alameda Elks' Gun Club
will usher in their season's program tomorrow
(March 4th) with the regular monthly shoot. The
club will stage events on the first Sunday in every
month with the Golden Gate Club using the grounds
on the third Sunday.
To start the rocks a-flying in approved fashion the
Alameda Elks have arranged for a big clam chowder
feast for everyone. Chef Charley Linderman, assist-
ed by Lou Schroeder, Al Durney and Bill Ellis, are
going to give everyone a good time.
The club has made arrangements for the regis-
tered tournament on June 3rd, which falls on a Sun-
day. This is the correct date. On the previous Sat-
urday there will be practice day. There will be $100
added money with the optional sweepstakes on the
Jack Rabbit system. In addition there will be $50
in trophies to be shot for.
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Telegraphic Shoot with East. — W. A. Joslyn is
going East in about a week and when he reaches
Wilmington, Delaware, he will duly issue a challenge
that the Alameda Elks have hurled at the Wilming-
ton Elks. It calls for a telegraphic trap shoot with
ten men on a side. Any date agreeable to the Wil-
mington boys will suit the Alameda boys. The match
will undoubtedly be made and should provide a deal
of interest
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Green Lake Club. — Twenty-two ardent trapshoot-
ers braved the cold and fog on February 18th at the
Green Lake Gun Club's ground, but they were well
repaid for their trip.
Several of the boys complained of the fog being
so thick they could not see the targets, but neither
the fog nor the cold seemed to bother L. S. Barnes,
who led the amateurs and professionals with a fine
score of forty-nine out of his fifty. George H. Gar-
rison, professional, came out and shot with the club
for the first time since Thanksgiving. He claims he
has never recovered from an operation, but at that
he broke forty-eight, and if his statement be true
that he has not fully recovered, other shooters had
better give him a wild path when he does recover.
L. S. Barnes also shot an extra string of twenty-five
with a twenty-gauge gun and succeeded in tying the
high score of W. G. Cook, of twenty-one, .made a
week ago, on the I. M. Fisher trophy..
Ed. White, H. J. Trimmer and Dr. E. C. Lanter
shot with the club for the first time and enrolled
as members.
Sam Martin declared he was going to purchase a
new single-barrel Ithica, so as to be sure of winning
a place on the team that will represent Green Lake
in the Western Washington League this summer.
The scores:
L. S. Barnes 49, Geo. M. Garrison 48, Dr. King 47,
C. M. Bandy 45, *I. M. Fisher 43, D. R. Baker 43, W.
C. Brown 42, E. K. Van Vleck 42, M. A. Rosenfield
41, George B. Baker 41, G. A. Conklin 40, E. W. Eller
40, E. Chantrell 39, H. J. Trimmer 39, J. W. Getz 37.
George O. Colwell 36, Dr. S. W. Gi^n 36, Dr. A. B.
Kidd 35. S. A. Martin 31, Dr. E. C. Lanter 31, J. W.
Carmichael 29, Ed. White 28.
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"Chief" Bender is said to be ready to retire from
baseball and accept a position as salesman for an
ammunition concern. As an Indian trapshooter the
"Chief" should be a good attraction at least.
TRAPSHOOTING FIXTURES.
August 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 1917— Chicago, Ills.— The
Interstate Association's Eighteenth Grand Amer-
ican Trapshooting Tournament, under the aus-
pices of the South Share Country Club Gun Club;
$4,000 added money. Winner of first place in the
Grand American Handicap guaranteed $500 and a
trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $400
nd a trophy; winner of third place guaranteed
$300 and a trophy; winner of fourth place guaran-
teed $200 and a trophy, and the winner of fifth
place guaranteed $100 and a trophy. Numerous
other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E.
Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
May 28, 29, 30, 1917— San Jose, Cal— The Interstate
Association's Twelfth Pacific Coast Trapshooting
Tournament, under the auspices of the San Jose
Gun Club; $1300 added money. Winner of first
place in the Pacific Coast Handicap guaranteed
$100 and a trophy; winner of second place guar-
anteed $75 and a trophy, and the winner of third
place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other
trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner,
Manager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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OREGON AVERAGES— Philadelphia, Pa.— Official
1916 trapshooting averages of the Interstate Associ-
ation for Oregon were released by Sporting Life, and
Abner Blair, of Portland, is listed as Oregon's best
amateur. He shot at 1200 registered targets and
broke 1129 of them for a grand average of .9408.
Peter H. O'Brien, also listed as a member of the
Portland Gun Club, was a close second with an aver-
age of .9318, having broken 2870 targets out of a pos-
sible 3080. O'Brien was the only amateur of Oregon
to shoot at more than 3000 registered bluerocks. Out
of the 104 amateurs of Oregon who competed in reg-
istered tournaments of the Interstate Association
only 15 of them shot their scatter guns more than
1000 times.
Peter J. Holohan, of Portland, led the professionals
with .9266 out of 3640 targets, while James Bull, of
Portland, was second with .9232 out of 990 targets.
The first five amateurs of Oregon for the 1916 sea-
son are:
Shot. Bke. Pet.
Abner Blair, Portland 1200 1129 .9408
P. H. O'Brien, Portland 3080 2870 .9318
Lou Rayburn, La Grande 800 744 .9300
F. M. Templeton, Portland 2090 1938 .9277
E. Nickerson, Albany 400 360 .9225
Following are amateurs who shot at more than
1000 registered targets up to January 1, 1917:
Shot. Bke. Pet.
P. H. O'Brien, Portland 3080 2870 .9318
A. W. Strowger, Portland 2640 2147 .8138
Mark Siddall, Salem 2190 1945 .8881
F. Templeton, Portland 2090 1939 .9277
J. W. Seavey, Portland 2090 1866 .8928
E. H. Keller, Portland 1890 1684 .8910
Mrs. A. Schilling, Portland 1840 1576 .8565
C. Leith, Woodburn 1740 1555 .8936
Miss G. Reid, Portland 1320 1002 .7590
F. Van Atta, Portland 1300 1182 .9092
W. N. McCornack, Eugene 1240 1057 .8524
Abner Blair, Portland 1200 1129 .9408
E. R. Goodwin, Portland 1065 765 .7183
Peter Whitney, Hubbard 1040 852 .8105
Al Seguin, Portland 1000 845 .8450
The professional scores for the season follow:
Shot. Bke. Pet.
James Bull, Portland 990 914 .9232
P. J. Holohan, Portland 3640 3373 .9266
E. B. Morris, Portland 2040 1814 .8892
Gus Peret, Yoncalla 890 787 .8843
J. E. Reid, Portland 1565 1367 .8735
C. J. Schilling, Portland 1240 1110 .8952
*E. B. Van Arnam, Portland 700 559 .7985
"Deceased.
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Tacoma Club — About 20 enthusiastic members of
the Tacoma Gun Club indulged in the first practice
shoot of the season on Feb. 22 at the Manitou traps.
The turnout was good considering the weather the
shooters had to face and officials of the organization
are confident the club will enjoy a banner year.
"Goo" Campbell had his sights in working order
and as a result broke 50 targets in 50 tries, a re-
markable record considering the fact that it was the
first shoot of the j-ear. Campbell's straight aim was
easily the class of the day.
Other members of the club showed that they were
still able to see 'em. C. R. Werner and Ed Young
scored a 45 each. Mr. McKelvey of Seattle scored
46 out of 50. Mr. Templeton of Seattle was high for
100 targets with 95. He also scored 49 out of 50.
The majority of the club members shot only the
50 target, which will be used by the Tacoma club
this year. A number were not satisfied with this
amount of their favorite sport, however, and took
from 100 to 200 tries. The scores:
Campbell 50, Templeton 49. McKelvey 46, A. Riehl
47. Werner 45. Young 45, Holohan 45. Harvey 44.
Dague 43, Smith 42, Davies 40, Blair 37, Baker 36,
Mrs. Ed Young 33, MeUinger 33, Griffin 31, Rice
26x30.
At 100 targets— Templeton 95, McKelvey 94, Holo-
han 92, Dague 89, Davies 84.
96
Thirty-one rod and gun clubs are connected with
the Oregon State Sportsman's Association.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 3, 1917
Sportsmen's Row
C. W. Wood sort of put over a surprise on the
trap shooters at the Alameda grounds on Washing-
ton's birthday. After being away from the trap for
seventeen years he came back and busted forty-nine
out of fifty, tying with Ted Handman and Frank
Stall for high honors. Wood was a crack in his
day and is coming back to gather in some more
prizes.
* * *
Frank Shook, deputy game warden, returned Mon-
day from a trip to the southern end of the county
looking after his proteges, the wild game. He re-
ports that he saw many quail in that section, birds
that went into hiding when the season opened, as
he was down there in October and birds were very
scarce.
He stated that the deep holes in the Nacimiento
river are teeming with salmon on their way to the
headwaters to spawn. During the heat of the day
they hide in he pools and travel by nigh. In one
pool he saw over 100 big salmon. — Salinas Journal.
* * *
W. J. Eilert, one of the well-known trapshooters
of Fresno, dropped into San Francisco for a visit last
week. He reports that the Raisin Belt will be on the
trap map again this season. Application has been
made by Fresno for a registered tourney on April
27, 28 and 29.
* * *
A fish sent for identification from near Mazatlan,
Mexico, has been pronounced by Dr. C. H. Gilbert
the yellow-finned albacore, the albacore most com-
mon in Japan and usually called the Japanese alba-
core. It is found in the Hawaiian islands and a few
individuals have been taken in Southern California
by the fishermen while fishing for the long-finned
albacore or tuna. It is reported that these fish are
plentiful near Mazatlan.
+ + +
The Northwestern Trapshooters' League has been
formed. Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Bellingham,
Blaine and Green Lake are the cities that will have
teams in the league.
* * *
The champion trapshootlng booster of the universe
is H. R. (Hi) Everding, of Portland, Ore. He is a
former president of the Portland Gun Club, believes
in trapshooting, says it is the greatest sport in the
world ,and supports it by giving trophies for every
tournament that is conducted in the Northwest.
* * *
It is too late to do it this year, but it is a good
wager that trapshooting will be one of the features
of the 1918 Mardi Gras carnival in New Orleans.
* * +
The day will come when there will be a trapshoot-
ing tournament for the railroad championship of
America. The cla ytarget sport is the main one
among the employees of the Pennsylvania Railroad
and now the Baltimore & Ohio and the Chesapeake
& Ohio Railroads are aiding their employees in form-
ing clubs. There are about 50 railroad trapshooting
clubs in the United States.
* + *
The hand trap has made trapshooting possible al-
most any place. It is used on aeroplanes, automo-
biles .steamships, yachts and last but not least, lake
freighters. When the steamer Maruba began its last
trip on the Great lakes. Engineer A. L Hall took
along a hand-trap and targets and the crew got a
lot of good sport firing at the elusive clavs.
* *#
A little girl stood with tears in her eyes in Wash-
ington recently before the big wigs of the govern-
ment and pleaded for a little yellow dog. She told
how her brother, Peter Smiley, had enlisted in the
Marine Corps, and how this little dog had been his
pe'. -Rover will surely die of grief," she said, "un-
less you let him go to my brother." Evidently the
officers had owned dogs themselves, and, setting
aside all red tape, they let Rover go to his master
at Port Roval, S. C.
* *.#
Sam Crabtree, who is well known over here, has
been invited to judge in New Zealand, and is going
to take the trip "down under." The show where he
will officiate is to take place next July. This will
give him an edge as a globe trotting judge on his
confreres. Marples, Raper and Holgate. for none of
them have yet officiated in the Antipodes, although
they have visited nearly every other country as
judges at bench shows.
* + *
Up at Vancouver. B. C. recently an ordinance was
proposed to the effect that no person should keep a
kennel within 500 feet of the house. Some of the
Aldermen moved that the by-law be laid on the table
for three months, others said it should be kept there
fo rthree years or more.
+ * +
Charley Newcomb, the former national amateur
champion, has been seriously ill for some time. He
was at Pinehurst — but not at the traps
+ * +
Trapshooting has become very popular with the
women who spend the winter season at Lakewood.
So popular has the sport become that the Laurel
House Gun Club has secured the services of Mrs.
B. G. Earle, of New York, to give instruction to the
fair Dianas, who desire to know the whys and where-
fores of the "sport alluring."
+ * *
Here is an old and true saying: No amount of
practice will make a good shot if the gun does not
fit the shooter.
* # *
Covering 143 acres of the West London (England)
Shooting Grounds is the largest shooting organiza-
tion in the world.
* * *
Bill Crosby, of O'Fallon, 111., has been engaged in
active competition for 35 years, and he averaged
betr.er than 96 for the thousands of targets he shot at
in 1916.
* * *
M. D. Towne, past 86 years of age, with his trusty
16-gauge gun, quite recently broke 46 out of 50 in
Southern California, with a run of 34 straight. That
shows what this climate will do for a young fellow.
* * +
Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Martin of Fresno, Cal., dropped
in at the L. A. club on their way home from Cuba and
the Sunny South. The Doctor was using a strange
gun but at that he was only a few shy of the 90
class.
* + *
A big merchandise shoot will be held by the Port-
land Gun Club March 11th at Everding Park in honor
of President John G. Clemson. The shooting will
begin at 9:30 a. m., and no entries will be received
after 10:30.
+ + +
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Mellon, of Pittsburg, Pa., ar-
rived in Los Angeles several days ago, and after a
strenuous search secured a handsome bungalow on
Kingsley Drive and are now located for the winter,
or, "winter months," rather. They visit the park
every day and very much to their satisfaction are
making fine scores. F. H. has put up two 94's and
a 93. Mrs. F. H. broke one 89, the best score she
has ever made.
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Inland Empire Tourney. — James Hickman and
J. A. Ford of Palouse, George Arland of Garfield and
B. M. Hayes of Spokane are tied for individual lead-
ership in The Spokesman-Review's Inland Empire
championship trapshooting tournament, in which 12
gun clubs of as many different Inland Empire cities
are competing. The individual championship trophy
will be a gold fob given by The Spokesman-Review.
The above-named shooters shot perfectly in the
opening match, each breaking 25 straight bluerocks,
despite the fact that the weather conditions were
bad throughout the entire district last Sunday.
Eight scatter gun enthusiasts — Porer and Nichol-
son of Kellogg, R. Houston and Fred Streckman of
Kalispell, Billy Cochrane of Spokane, Sanders of
Pendleton, Hahn of Lewiston and L. E. Ovenden of
Wenatchee are tied for second honors, each having
broken 24 out of 25, for a percentage of 96.
Fourteen were in the 92 per cent class, 16 in the
88 per cent class, 20 in the 84 per cent class and 16
in the 80 per cent class.
Of the upwards of 200 shooters who competed the
opening day 78 shot for a percentage of 80 or better
and the scores of others were over 80 per cent.
The shooters who broke 20 or more out of 25 in
the opening matches, together with their scores,
follow :
B. M. Hayes, Spokase, 25; Jim Hickman, Palouse,
25; J. A. Ford, Palouse, 25; George Arland, Garfield,
25; Porter, Kellogg, 24; Nicholson, Kellogg, 24; R.
Houston, Kalispell, 24; Sanders, Pendleton, 24; Fred
Streckman, Kalispell, 24; Billy Cochrane, Spokane,
24; Hahn, Lewiston, 24; L. E. Ovenden, Wenatchee,
24; R. A. Miles, Spokane, 23; B. G. Gregory, Spo-
kane, 23; Lee Matlock, Pomeroy, 23; N. M. Ragan,
Palouse, 23; Johnson, Kellogg, 23; Kennett, Kellogg,
23; Sebastian, Kellogg, 23; F. D. Stoop, Kalispell, 23;
Thorp, Pendleton, 23; R. J. Robbins. Kalispell, 23;
McNurieu, Pendleton. 23; C. E. Oevens, Wenatchee
23; Fred Peden, Garfield, 23; C. A. O'Connor, Spo^
kane, 22; Mrs. C. A. O'Connor, Spokane, 22; T. B.
Ware, Spokane, 22; Han Clodius, Pomeroy, 22; G. B.
Joslin, Palouse, 22; M. L. Seymour, Potlatch, 22;
R. C. Hill. Lewiston, 22; Taylor, Lewiston, 22; John-
son, Lewiston, 22: Roland, Kellogg, 22; Tobe Arland,
Garfield, 22; C. M. Johnson, Wallace, 22; Ingersoll]
Kellogg, 22: Thohr, Wallace, 22; Walker, Wallace
22; Jennings, Wallace, 22; W. J. Hauser, Pomerov]
21; H. I. Sawyer, Pomeroy, 21; F. M. Robinson, Pom-
eroy, 21, James Spence, Pomeroy, 21; B. F. Mann,
Spokane, 21; Reuger, Spokane, 21; H. J. Geesey^
Spokane, 21; Hugh McElroy, Spokane, 21; Robbins
Spokane, 21; G. C. Jewett, Palouse, 21; O. E. Lvnch
Palouse, 21; D. M. Dudley, Palouse, 21; Dolph' Coo-
lidge, Palouse, 21; Thomas, Kellogg, 21; Jones, Kel-
logg, 21; Stillman, Pendleton, 21; Ingram, Pendleton,
21; Drumm. Lewiston, 21; Artie Hoffman. We^
natehee, 21; Elmer Turner, Sunnyside, 21; G. K.
March. Spokane, 20; J. Shriver, Spokane 20' D
Mars. Spokane, 20; R. B. McCornack, Spokane,' 20;'
Al Weiseman, Spokane, 20; L. C. Carroll, Palouse,
20; F. Robinson, Pomeroy, 20; M, O. Lvnch, Palouse'
Teape, Kellogg, 20; Jackson, Pendleton, 20' U G
Pogue. Wenatchee, 20; E. C. Johnson Jr., Garfield
2j>; Werkielser, Wallace, 20; Bromer, Wallace 20-
McConkey, Wallace, 20; S. F. Heitfield, Wallace, 20
OREGON TO RESTOCK STREAMS.
Governor Withycombe Makes Report on Fish and
Game Conditions.
[By James Withycombe, Governor, State of Oregon.]
During the coming two years the biggest problem
of the Oregon Fish and Game Commission, from a
sportsman's standpoint, will be the restocking ot
trout fishing streams. The advent of the automobile
has greatly increased the accessibility of many of
our best fishing streams, with the result that their
supply of fish is being rapidly exhausted. To coun-
teract this condition the Commission this year will
try to double, if possible, its output of trout fry.
To make this possible, it is being suggested at the
present Legislature that the fishing licenses be in-
creased from $1.00 to $1.50 for the year. It would
be the intention to utilize the added revenue for
fish propagation purposes, and it is believed that
from now on the fishing attractions of the State will
improve rather than decline.
The Commission has also done much to stocfl the
State with Chinese Pheasants. The bird was intro-
duced into Oregon about a dozen years ago and has
prospered splendidly. During the last two seasons
there has been good shooting in the western portion
of the State but due to exceptionally unfavorable
winter weather conditions, coupled with hard hunt-
ing duriag the open season, the supply of birds is
at present very low.
The Fish and Game Commission also devotes much
attention to safeguarding and upbuilding of commer-
cial salmon fishing interests on the Columbia and
other rivers. The State Hatchery at Bonneville,
where both salmon and trout are hatched, is the
largest and finest in the United States.
In addition to the fish and pheasant propagation
work, a thorough system of game protection is in
operation, and a fish and game warden service is
maintained in every county. Under the law now
effective, the administration of the Department is in
the hands of a Commission of five, of which the Gov-
ernor is ex-officio chairman, with four citizens; two
chosen from the western part of the State and two
from the eastern.
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Vernon Club. — Although a very stiff wind was
blowing over the Vernon Gun Club traps on Sunday
it did not seem to affect the shooting of Bill Hillus.
The stellar tar hawk smasher stepped out and broke
59x60 clays in the trophy event. This is quite a re-
markable score when it is taken into consideration
that the wind made the targets go in every direction.
Following are the scores:
Practice Trophy
William Hillus x. . 59x60
Robert Bole 40x40 55x60
S. A. Bremer x . . 58x60
William Pugh 34x40 53x60
J. Dierdoff 14x20 56x60
Moore 33x45 . .x..
Geopfert 40x50 ..x..
Rohring 17x20 . .x..
C. E. Groat 36x40 57x60
Mrs. Groat 38x40 57x60
John Reid x. . 49x60
A. N. Van Nest 15x20 39x60
Charles White x. . 56x60
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Los Angeles Club. — Although it rained hard all
Washington's Birthday, twenty members of the Los
Angeles Gun Club turned out and competed in a
Washington's Birthday handicap. The shoot was at
50 targets. Two events were held. E. K. Mobler
won in the first with a score of 45x50 from 20 yards.
He was presented with a gold "take home" trophy.
Mohler and Neil tied in the second event, each with
a score of 48x50. Neil shot from 18 yards. The shoot-
off was won by Mohler. He broke 28x30 to Neil's
27x30. The scores:
Fifty-bird handictp — -E. K. Mohler, handicap 20
yds., broke 45; Wm. Neil 18 — 44, Leigh Garasey 17 —
44, H. Pfirrmann 20—43, C. W. Fish 20 — 43, F. H.
Mellon 19 — 43, George Oliver 18 — 43, B. Carnahan
19—32.
Fifty-bird handicap — E. K. Mohler 20 — 48, Wm.
Neil 18—48, Leigh Garnsey 17 — 46, C. W. Fish 20—
41, F. H. Mellon 19 — 43, George Oliver 18 — 43, Carna-
han 16 — 44.
SB
Excellent scores featured the weekly shoot of the
Los Angeles Gun Club on Sunday. L. J. Micka was
the high gun with 99x100 smashes, which won for
him five points on the Cline watch charm. F. H.
Mellon was a close second with 98x100 breaks and
E. K. Mohler was third with 97x100 smashes. The
scores in the trophv event were:
L. J. Micka. 99. F. H. Mellon 98, E. K. Mohler 97,
L. J. Petit 95. J. F. Dodds 95, W. A. Cornelius 93,
F. H. Melius 92, Geo. Melford 92, L. M. Packard 91,
J. C. Famechon 91, C. W. Fish 91, A. Pachmayr 91,
J. W. Meek 90, O. A. Evans 89, O. Council 88, H. Cline
88, Mrs. Pfirrmann 88, H. D. Blanchard 87, E. L.
Rogers 86. Wm. Kennedy 85, F. H. Hall 85, Mrs. F.
Mellon 84, G. Holohan 83, S. C. Miller 81, F. Hart-
mann 7S. A. S. White 67, V. A. Rossbach 65, R. Hart-
mann 58. T. W. Neel 48, F. H. Teeple 46, G. L. Pul-
ley 45, F. M. Gibson 44, M. D. Towne 43, T. B. Sloan
40, L. R. Melius 38, L. H. Brown 37, J. H. Bauer 32,
Mrs. C. McClean 15x25.
Saturday, March 3, 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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FISHING IN HAWAIIAN WATERS.
H. Goodmg Field Writes of Visit of J. W. Jump and
Prospects for Sport.
[By H. Gooding Field.]
Honolulu, H. T. — It is just a year ago since James
W. Jump, of Los Angeles, Cal., broke the world's
record for an afternoon catch of game fish, using
regulation tackle. The event happened off Molokini
Island, Maui, Territory of Hawaii.
' Mr. Jump has just arrived in Honolulu again to
try his luck and see if he can duplicate or go beyond
the record he established, that of taking 300 pounds
of game fish as follows: Two yellow fin tuna, 70
aud 62 pounds; two ono (a cross between the giant
j mackerels and the swordfish), one 6 foot, weight 61
jl pounds, and the other 5 foot, 42 pounds; one barra-
cuda, 3 feet 2 inches in length, and a number of
smaller game fish, including the oceanic bonito, alba-
core ,etc.
That afternoon when Mr. Jump came back to shore
he remarked, "Hawaii is 'he leading game fish center
of the world." And it might be remarked that Mr.
Jump has fished here, there and everywhere for game
lesfish.
Get away from "Little Old New York," Mr. Angler,
for a time, and try your luck with us. Much as 1
I love the big city (my residence for 17 years), the
attractions here appeal to me more.
! Hawaii — the land of perpetual sunshine — is a full-
fledged Territory of the United States, reached by
regular steamers from San Francisco and Los Ange-
t les (four and one-half days run). There are eight
f inhabited islands in the group, the largest being
Hawaii; Maui, Oahu and Kauai are the other princi-
I pal islands. The Territory has a total area of 6449
t square miles, or a little more than 4,000,000 acres,
being somewhat larger than Connecticut and Rhode
Island combined.
From an angler's standpoint, Hawaii is a veritable
paradise, as its waters teem with game fish of large
I size and great variety; the fish are landed with rod
and reel all the year round. The climate is equable,
I and there are no sudden changes of temperature, no
fogs, no disagreeable cold snaps and no intense heat.
The fish of the Hawaiian Islands were first offi-
I cially recorded as early as 1782 by Broussonet from
| specimens obtained during Capt. Cook's third voyage
to the islands. In 1903 the United States Fish Com-
mission described 902 species of fish belonging to the
region of the Hawaiian Islands, including a large
number of the giant mackerels, such as the sword-
fish, tuna, oceanic bonito and albacore. With such
available authentic reports, it is surprising that Ha-
i waii is only now coming into its own as one of the
world's greatest game fish resorts.
James W. Jump, of Los Angeles; Fred K. Burn-
ham, of Martinez, Cal. — two game fishermen of inter-
national reputation — Gerritt P. Wilder, president of
the Hawaii Tuna Club, and the writer, in four days
I last January— generally an off season elsewhere —
killed two yellow fin tuna, 70 and 62 pounds ; one long
fin tuna, 18 pounds; three dolphin, length 4 feet,
weight 16 pounds; 4 feet 3 inches, 20 pounds, and 4
feet 3 inches, 17 pounds, respectively; seven ono —
a cross between the giant mackerel and the sword-
fish and a rare fighter — one 6 feet in length, weight
i 61 pounds; two 5 feet, 42 pounds each; two 5 feet, 41
and 40 pounds each; one four feet 6 inches, weight
38 pounds, and one 4 feet, 36 pounds; seven ulua —
closely resembling a giant pompano, and a very game
fish — total weight, 140 pounds; one kaku, length 4
feet, and a number of smaller game fish, including
the oceanic bonito.
One week's fishing in February list, with regula-
tion rod and tackle in the above waters, by Messrs.
Jump, Burnham and Morris, of Denver, resulted in
a catch of nine yellow fin tuna, three long fin tuna,
two dolphin and a number of barracuda. The largest
of the yellow fin tuna weighed 92 pounds and the
smallest 47 pounds. During the week 700 pounds of
game fish were killed.
From ancient times the native Hawaiians held the
monopoly of the fishing in Hawaii, and probably the
most peculiar feature of these fisheries from an early
period was the well developed principle of private
ownership of the fishes found in the open season and
bays within a prescribed distance from shore. There
are practically no fishery rights in Hawaii at the
present time which affect game fishing.
The game fishes of the Hawaiian waters include
the world renowned species of game fish, the giant
mackerels, such as the leaping tuna and the long
fin tuna; swordfish, resembling the tarpon in spec-
tacular play; ocean bonito, California bonito, called
the humming bird of fishes, being quick as a flash in
the waters; albacore, dolphin, remarkable for its
changeable and brilliant colors; tarpon ono, fierce
fighter; ulua, exceedingly voracious; barracuda, of
which there are 20 species; frigate mackerel, black
sea bass and a number of common fishes.
Under the auspices of the Hawaii Tuna Club fish-
ing competitions are held throughout the year, for
which club buttons and prizes are awarded. Several
prominent mainland anglers during the past year
have won the coveted buttons. Silver cups and spe-
cial awards are offered by the club and private don-
ors, for which a number of visiting sportsmen are
competing.
At Kfhei, Maui, located in the center of the lee
water Molokini game fishing grounds, club house and
hotel accommodations have been provided for ang-
lers. There is a concrete wharf, with launches and
other boating facilities at this point, with good motor
roads connecting it with Haleakala, the largest ex-
tinct crater in the world, over 10,000 feet in height,
and many other interesting natural features of the
island of Maui.
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Making Use of Idle Moments. — In most localities
there seems to be a legislative or unwritten law that
makes Saturday afternoon a half-holiday. Very few
stores can afford to grant such a holiday throughout
the entire year, but employes of large banks, mercan-
tile and industrial firms do enjoy the same weekly.
From May until December the lover of outdoor
sports can always find tennis, baseball, football or
trapshooting, but after December outdoor sport in
most sections of the country ceases to be popular, at
lease to the city fellow. There is one exception:
In late years trapshooting has become an all the year
round sport, and many clubs hold weekly shoots.
Of course, sport lovers who have not yet become ac-
quainted with trapshooting spend their Saturday
afternoons and other spare moments at clubs, thea-
tres or indoor sport events.
But how about the young man who lives on the
farm? Winter time is really his joy season, for dur-
ing the spring, summer and autumn he has very little
time for pleasure. However, when he does seek rec-
reation he holds to the outdoors. He kills time in
the fields and woods. Hunting is his favorite pas-
time. Nearly all farmers have done more or less
shooting, but at the present time, in many states,
game laws are so rigidly enforced that "open" sea-
sons are very short, and in other localities game is
scarce, hence clay birds are pleasure producers.
Where the people of the farm do not live near a
gun club, they find a good substitute in the hand-
trap. With this device, some shells and targets, the
young man can give the whole family an afternoon
of pleasure. Besides, once a trapshooter he becomes
a part of a sport so fascinating that it has captured
the fancy of over 500,000 Americans, and trapshoot-
ing also improves the participant's accuracy and
quickens his judgment so that when it is his fortune
to go afield in a game country his bag limit is as-
sured.
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Farmers' Trapshooting Clubs. — One of the many
delightful phases of trapshooting affiliation and one,
by the way, which is comparatively new, is The
Farmers' Community Gun Club.
For many years, with the exception of a few indi-
viduals in farm sections who would attend an occa-
sional trapshooting tournament, the young men were
content to do a little hunting in the fall and winter,
feeling that time and distance precluded the possi-
bility of their indulgence in this fascinating sport.
Today, however, we see marked changes taking
place in this respect. Regularly organized commu-
nity transhooting clubs are beginning to dot our
farming sections and it is indeed a fine example of
.American independence; it was not convenient for
the farmer to go to those distant traps, so he is bring-
ing the traps to the farm.
And what a get-together sport it is! Though they
live miles apart they know one another intimately,
the general store having been their meeting place for
years and during those years each has studied the
ability of the other as a rabbit, quail or duck shot,
either through hearsay, observation or personal
boasting.
The gun club, however, leaves no room for argu-
ment, for the scores stand out in mute judgment and
in place of the one-time boasting, arguments and
doubt, a wholesome friendly rivalry holds sway.
3B
Only a Few Ducks Die. — The fact that but few
ducks have died this fall on Tulare Lake has again
upset the theories regarding the peculiar malady
which periodically has affected the water-fowl on this
lake. If the water of the lake is responsible for the
disease it seems strange that last year, when the lake
was the dryest it has been for some time, only a few
birds were found dead. This year, with an abund-
ance of fresh water and the lake 16 to 18 miles
across, no serious outbreak of this disease has oc-
curred. On the other hand, in 1910, when the Kings
River ran into the lake from the middle of March
until the middle of October and the lake was even
larger than at present, the largest death toll of any
year resulted. It is to be hoped that the decrease in
the number of affected birds noted during the past
two years will continue and that the trouble is
mainly over. — E. W. Smalley.
9E
Eureka Blue Rock Club — The Eureka Blue Rock
Club is laying plans for the most extensive season
in its history. A number of events are programmed
that should provide interest and amusement for the
members. The schedule as announced is as follows:
March 11 — Trophy shoot, fifty targets, class events.
April 1 — Merchandise shoot, fifty targets.
April 22 — Trophy shoot, handicaps based on previ-
ous shoots.
May 13 — Registered tournament.
QC
The experiment of Walter Hobart in raising wild
ducks is looked upon with especial interest by the
California sportsmen. Hobart, who is an all-around
sportsman, has his own game preserve; so he is able
to conduct his experiment on a large scale. He has
begun with several hundred ducks.
KENNEL NEWS OF THE COAST.
Mr. Coates Is Selected to Judge the Show at Seattle
This Month.
The Arizona Kennel Club has fixed dates for its
second show at Phoenix on April 3, 4 and 5, and this
year they can confidently anticipate a good repre-
sentative entry from outside exhibitors. The selec-
tion of an all-rounder this time will raise the fixture
from a purely local affair to one that we should now
be able to look forward to as a regular yearly three-
point show. Chris Shuttleworth takes all breeds and
their selection is sound. It is questionable if there
is a judge more generally respected in all the West
for his thorough knowledge of his w_ork and fearless
placings of the dogs exactly where they belong,
whether owned by friend or foe. He should have a
good following from California.
The show dates follow conveniently after Pasa-
dena and the trip is made comfortably overnight in
twelve hours, so expressage will not run high. Ex-
hibitors will be well treated by the club officials, who
are a very active bunch and are working hard for a
successful show. The secretary and superintendent
is Mr. Joe M. Murphy, and no one who reads the
kennel magazines can deny that M. Joe is a live
booster. Premium list will be liberal in trophies and
other specials and will be mailed the middle of
March. The secretary's address is Box 662, Phoenix,
Arizona.
The annual show of the Seattle Kennel Club is now
fixed for the last three days in March. If this club
touches its last year's figures it should hold the
Pacific Coast record for another year.
* * *
The board of governors corresponded with several
Eastern judges and with Mr. Coates of Vancouver,
B. C, and finally decided upon Mr. Coates as judge
for the forthcoming show, which will be held on
March 29, 30 and 31. The decision of the governors
in choosing Mr. Coates for a judge has proved dissat-
isfactory to quite a number of the members, a great
many being in favor of an Eastern judge, but we
have no doubt that he will give entire satisfaction
and that everything will pass off pleasantly.
* * *
Efforts are being made to pull off a 5-point show
and as the last show was a 4-point, there is no rea-
son.why it should not increase to a 5-point this year.
A great many California people and some Eastern
people are corresponding already in regard to the
show and no doubt a great many of them will attend
and bring their dogs.
+ + +
Dog owners throughout the country will be pleased
to learn that the status of a dog has been established
by a ruling of the New York State Supreme Court,
handed down by Justice Irving S. Hobbs, in a test
case tried at Fulton, that state, brought by Mr. F.
L. Ingersoll against three brothers of the name of
Lanning. Mr. Ingersoll claimed that the Lannings
killed a foxhound and a setter belonging to him, and
which he valued at about $150. The defendants
claimed that the dogs had run on their farm and
created havoc among the Belgian hares that were
being raised there for the market; the plaintiff al-
leged that the Lannings killed the dogs and buried
them on the place, and the suit was for the recovery
of the value of the dogs.
The plaintiff did not win the suit and all because
his dogs were not licensed .though Mr. Ingersoll
proved, through his lawyer, that this was no fault of
his, as he had applied for licenses a few days before
the killing, at the City Clerk's office in Fulton, and
that the clerk in the office had told Mr. Ingersoll
that they had not yet begun to issue dog licenses for
the year, which fact, Mr. Ingersoll's lawyer claimed,
showed conclusively that his client had acted in good
faith in the matter and he should not be made to
suffer because of the Fulton County Clerk's failure
to provide a license when application had been made.
The Court, however, granted a non-suit to the de-
fendants, deciding that the statute was mandatory,
and refused to allow the case to go to the jury.
3D
Mt. McKinley Refuge. — New York City. — The bill
making the Mt. McKinley region in Alaska a national
park only awaits the President's signature to be-
come a law. Through the act 2200 square miles of
country rich in forests and wild life and character-
ized by wonderful scenery are set apart for all time
as a refuge for wild life and a playground for the
people.
The Mt. McKinley bill was strongly advocated by
the Boone and Crockett and Camp Fire Clubs and
the American Game Protective Association. It also
had the support of Secretary Franklin K. Lane and
the Department of the Interior. Senator Key Pitt-
man and Representative James McClintic and James
Wickersham led the fight for the bill in Congress.
Among the species of wild life that will be spe-
cially benefited by the action of Congress are moun-
tain sheep, moose and caribou. Mt. McKinley is the
first game refuge to be set aside in Alaska, but it is
hoped another will be established shortly in the
Kenai Peninsula, the home of the giant moose.
There was urgent need of action in the present
instance, as the region now given protection was
menaced by a large increase in the population of the
town of Nenana, near by, and also by the approach
of a railroad.
12
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 3, 1917
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Stock and Farm Department
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FEEDING YOUNG DAIRY CALVES.
Feeding the call should begin before it is born.
say? Farmers' Bulletin 777. Feeding and Management
of Dairy Calves and Young Dairy Stock, recently is-
sued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Poorly
nourished cows give birth to weak, puny calves
which are hard to raise. Cows which have an
abundance of palatable and succulent feed are rich
in good body flesh and healthy, thrifty condition at
calving time and are more likely to produce well-
developed, strong, and sturdy calves, which will re-
spond to proper feed and care.
The calf should always receive its mother's milk
at first, as the colostrum, or first milk, stimulates
the calf's stomach and other digestive organs to
action. Most dairymen prefer to keep the calf with
the cow for about 4S hours immediately after birth.
It may be best to allow a weak calf or one that does
not gain strength readily to remain a longer time,
but it is sometimes difficult to teach the calf to
drink after sucking the cow for a time, and serious
trouble may result from its failure to obtain food.
Successful raising of calves requires absolute
cleanliness- Calf pens should always be kept clean
and be supplied with plenty of dry bedding. Discard-
ed feed should be removed from the feed boxes.
which should be thoroughly brushed and cleaned
each day. All milk fed should be fresh and clean,
which is true also of other feeds. Milk pails should
be scalded thoroughly with boiling water, or steril-
ized with steam if possible.
Milk from cows having a communicable disease, as
tuberculosis, should be pasteurized (heated to 145
degrees F. and held at that temperature for 30 min-
utes) before it is fed to calves. Separated milk from
a creamery also should be pasteurized, because it
it practically impossible to know that such milk is
free from infection.
Better results are obtained by feeding young calves
three times a day, with the periods between feeding
as nearly equal as possible. "When fed in this way
the calf does not overload its stomach, and the diges-
tion of the feed is more evenly distributed through-
out the 24 hours. Regularity in feeding is impor-
tant. When calves are fed but twice a day, the feed-
ing should be as nearly possible 12 hours apart.
At birth a 50-pound calf should have about 8
pounds of whole milk a day, while a 100-pound one
should have about 1£ pounds. For the first four
days milk from the dam should be fed, then that
from the other cows in the herd, preferably not from
any that are nearly dry. Milk containing not more
than 4 per cent butter fat is considered best
At the beginning of the third week skim or sep-
arated milk may be substituted for whole milk at the
rate of 1 pound a day. The daily ration may be in-
creased from 2 to 4 pounds, depending upon the vigor
of the calf. When the calf does not drink eagerly
what is offered, the quantity should be cut down.
The ration at the end of the third week usually
should be approximately one-half whole and one-half
separated milk. During the fourth week the change
should be continued until by the end of the week
only separated milk is fed, unless the calf is very
delicate. With especially vigorous calves the change
to separated milk can be made about a week earlier.
The quanaity fed can be increased gradually to 18
to 20 pounds a day.
Six months is probably a good average at which
to wean calves frotn milk. The age depends upon
the cost of the milk in relation to the value of the
calf, its breed, size, vigor, etc. The season of the
year and the other feeds available also must be con-
sidered. When the best of hay, silage, and a good
variety of grams are available, or when good, suc-
culent pasturage can be provided, the calf can be
weaned earlier; also the stronger and more vigorous
the calf the more expense the owner is warranted in
developing it. and the later it will probably be
weaned. If skim or separated milk is plentiful,
calves may be fed profitably until 8 or 10 months
old.
"When the calf is in its second week it should be-
gin to receive grain, and when one month old it
should eat about half a pound a day. After this time
the quantity of grain may be gradually increased,
feeding all that the calf will eat until 3 pounds a day
is reached, probably during the third month. Grain
is fed to supplement separated milk should never be
mixed with the milk. It is questionable whether the
preparation of grain in any way. such as soaking
or boiling, is advisable under most circumstances.
Wheat bran is eaten readily by young calves. Corn
has an excellent physiological effect and to a great
extent may take the place of fat removed from skim
or separated milk. Experiments tend to show that
corn fed to calves should be cracked rather than
finely ground. Ground oats are good in grain mix-
lures when available, but in many capes costs much
more per unit to feed than corn and bran. The fol-
lowing train mixtures are recommended in the bul-
letin:
(1) Three parts cracked corn and one part wheat
SEGIS FAYNE JOHANNA 114656
THE MOST SENSATIONAL COW IN THE WORLD
A new world's record for all breeds for butterfat
production in the seven-day division was established
by the pure bred Holstein-Friesian cow, Segis Fayne
Johanna 114656, in a test ending January 8, 1917.
This remarkable cow produced 50.68 pounds of butter
in seven consecutive days, and the official test was
conducted by supervisors from the New York State
Agricultural College, Ithaca, N. Y.
Segis Fayne Johanna, by her wonderful achieve-
ment,, is now the most talked of cow in the world, and
her sensational record marks a signal triumph in the
forward march of the Holstein-Friesian breed.
She was bred by A. A. Cortelyou, of Somerville,
N. J., and her present owner is Oliver Cabana, Jr..
proprietor of Pine Grove Farms, Elma Center, N. Y..
at which noted establishment four other world's
record holders have been developed during the past
six months.
The new world's record holder freshened at the
age of 1 year, 2 months and 17 days. She is four-
fifths white, weighs about 1450 pounds, and is sired
by King Fayne Segis 46767. Her dam is Yikina
Johanna 64385, a daughter of Johanna Rue Sd's Lad
and Yikina Clothilde.
The test was made under perfect conditions, abso-
lute quiet, systematic feeding and milking, and a
roomy stall constructed of clean white enameled
walls.
Segis Fayne Johanna's seven-day production of
over 50 pounds of butter surpasses that of Hester
Aaltje Korndyke, the previous world's record holder,
by 3:91 pounds. In their present warranted state of
elation, enthusiastic Holstein-Friesian breeders over
the dairy world at large now marvel at the accom-
plishment of what was allost impossible and ask,
"Where will it end?"
The Holstein-Friesian heifer, Jewel Pontiac Segis
229261, has broken the world's records in the junior
two-year-old class of the division covering tests begun
not less than 240 days after calving. She holds the
world's record for both milk and butter in the sixty-
and ninety-day divisions and has now broken the rec-
ords for milk and butter, and the combination record
for both, in the eight-months-after-ealving division.
Jewel Pontiac Segis was bred and is owned by J. M.
Hackney, of Arden Farms, Inc., of St. Paul, Minne-
sota. Her sire is King Segis Pontiac Count 93909,
and her dam is De Kol Pontiac 142184.
+ * *
Fred Johnson, the enterprising and progressive
Carneros stock raiser, has received a fine yearling
Duroc Jersey sow, weighing about 500 pounds. The
valuable animal was bought by Mr. Johnson from the
Economy Stock Farm of Shenandoah, Iowa. Mr.
Johnson also has recently purchased a gilt from the
University Farm at Davis and a sow from Hermann
Toeller of West Point, Nebraska.
(2) Three parts cracked corn, one part wheat
bran .and one part ground oats.
(3) Three parts cracked corn, one part wheat
bran, one part ground oats, and one part linseed
meal.
(4) Five parts cracked corn, one part wheat bran,
one part ground oats, and one part blood meal.
(5) Oats, ground.
Clover hay, alfalfa hay, or the most palatable
roughage available should be given the calf after
the second week. Alfalfa is liable to cause scours,
and should be fed sparingly at first and increased
only after the calf gets accustomed to it. At first,
hay should be furnished only a handful at a time
and be placed so that it cannot be soiled. For the
first six months, at least, the calf should receive all
the roughage of good quality that it will eat up clean.
When the calf has access to good pasture during
the first six months, it need not receive other rough-
age. It is not advisable, however, to have the calf
under two months of age on pasture in the early
spring.
The Yenadera herd of Jer-
seys, owned by Guy H. Miller,
of Modesto, has added to its
long list of honors the distinc-
tion of having a cow, Anita or
Yenadera, herself in the regis-
ter of merit, with seven daugh-
ters credited with the same
distinction. The new honor
has just come to Miller's herd
through completion of a year's
authenticated test by Stella of
Yenadera, Anita's seventh
daughter, who, beginning the
test at one year, eleven months
old produced 327 pounds 6
ounces of butterfat from 5,352
pounds of milk in the year.
Through the test just made by
Stella of Yenadera, the moth-
er, Anita, has tied the wonder-
ful brood cow, Lass's Jewel,
bred by H. H. Wheatcraft, of
Indiana. One of Anita's daugh-
ters, Wanda of Yenadera, won
the senior championship at the
State Fair at Sacramento in
1912, and was one of the five
cows from Miller's herd which
won the heard championship at the Panama-Pacific
Exposition in 1915. Anita's mother, Nettie Under-
wood, was one of the first cows with which Miller
started his herd twenty years ago. Miller's herd
bull, Altama Interest, has been blue ribbon winner
at many district and state fairs.
o
Percheron Futurities in 1917.
Business was transacted at the regular winter
meeting of the Percheron Society of America which
will be of interest to live stock breeders and horse-
men generally. .
Leading state fairs and expositions throughout the
United States were recognized on the same basis as
a year ago, same classification and prizes being
granted. Cash appropriations of $200 each were made
to the Futurity stakes already established at the
Iowa, Illinois and Ohio State fairs, and at the Inter-
national Live Stock Exposition, and provisional ap-
propriations of $100 each were made to the futurity
stakes which are being established to be held at the
Indiana, New York, North Dakota ,and Wisconsin
fairs. In the case of the four last named, complete
arrangements for the local support of such futurity
stakes have not been entirely completed, but there
appears to be no doubt that arrangements will be
consummated and futurities held in 1917.
A subsidiary classification was provided whereby
the Percheron Society of America will recognize
some smaller shows falling in the classification of
district or county shows, where a classification and
prize list for Percheron horses has been provided
which will meet with the approval of the Percheron
Society. Only a limited number of these smaller
shows will be recognized this year.
The admission of Percherons heretofore recorded
in the Forney or French Draft Association, tracing
to imported stock, or to animals of record in the Per-
cheron Society, has aroused great interest, and- a
great many breeders have been making every effort
to avail themselves of the opportunity to record their
animals before the time limit expired on February
12th. The delays incident to obtaining necessary
evidence have been such that the Board of Directors
granted an extension of the time limit for the admis-
sion of such animals until May 1, 1917. The officials
of the Forney Association have gladly lent all possi-
ble aid to breeders desiring to transfer their Per-
cherons to the Percheron Society of America, and
J. F. and J. A. Forney themselves (J. A. Forney
being the Secretary of the' so-called Forney Associa-
tion) completed applications on February 8th for the
registration of 117 Percherons heretofore recorded in
the so-called Forney Association which they desired
to have transferred to the Percheron Society of
America. This frank admission on the part of the
officers of another organization of the desirability
of getting their Percherons into the Percheron Soci-
ety of America should influence many of the smaller
breeders who are not fully aware of the importance
of availing themselves of the opportunity under the
present suspension of the rules, by which such ani-
mals recorded prior to Dec. 2, 1916, in the minor
associations can be recorded in the Percheron So-
ciety.
The Holstein-Friesian heifer, Miss Valley Mead
De Kol Walker 250936 has broken the record for fat
production in the senior two-year-class of the divis-
ion concerning tests begun not less than 240 days
from freshening, by producing in seven consecutive
days 470.1 lbs. milk containing 16.942 lbs. fat, with
the test still in progress. She freshened at the age
of two years, six months, twenty-five days, and began
her-test 243 days from freshening. Her prior record,
begun fifty-eight days from freshening, is 534 lbs.
milk 20.546 lbs. fat. Her sire is Prince Gelsche
Walker S1663: her dam is De Kol of Valley Mead
51218. She was bred by the A. W. Morris & Sons
Corporation of Woodland, California, and she is now
owned by Mrs. Anita M. Baldwin, of Santa Anita,
California.
+ * +
Keeping them sound is a harder job than-making
them sound. ::.: - - . - - - -- —
Saturday, March 3, 1917.]
THE BREEDER ANDSPORTsMAN
IS
THE FARM
How the Corn Plant Grows. — The
corn plant needs leaves and roots to
manufacture the material that makes
up the plant. This means that the
progress is slaw at first as the roots
and leaves are small, the first thing
the plant does being to build up the
stem, leaves ani rots. When this is
done it manufactures the material for
filling the ear. This means that when
the corn plant has tasselled out it has
just built the frame work and that
most of the food value in the corn
plant is produced after this stage. The
plant does not have the machinery for
manufacturing food very fast, before it
has built the roots, stems and leaves.
After tasselling out it can produce
more food value in a week or ten days
than it has from the time it came up.
This shows the importance of produc-
ing corn that will ripen or nearly get
ripe, as it is after the corn plant
attains its full size that it produces
the most food value.
Bull associations reduce the cost of
| the services of a pure bred bull for
the dairy herd. The average annual
■ cost of service in a large number of
associations investigated by the Unit-
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For a few days after calving a
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lage, she should be fed fran mashes
or a small allowance of bran, oil meal
and oats. After about three days she
may be placed on more solid food. At
least thirty days should be taken to
getting her up to full feed.
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HOME OF CALIFORNIA'S GREATEST SHOW HORSE AND SIRE
Highland Squirrel King 1881
By Forest King, by Squirrel King, by Black Squirrel 58.
Winner of 46 Blue Ribbons and never out of the money in the show
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under saddle; Highland Lucia, winner of second futurity, and 16 first
prizes, 1914; Edith Adams winner of 13 first prizes including three-
gaited championship of California.
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retired for stud service.
Show and Pleasure Horses for Sale
STANFORD McKINNEY 45173
Sire of Miss Macklie 2:09i; Pavanha 2:IOi; Kinneysham 2:I3|; Silente 2:19
By McKinney 8818 dam Palaver* a by Palo Alto 2:08%
STRONG McKINNEY-ELECTIONEER CROSS
Will make the season of 1917 at WOY'S STOCK RANCH, 9 miles south of
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WILBUR LOU 2:10}
Record made in third heat of winning race as 3-year-old.
A world's champion as a yearling, record (1) 2:19'/j; un-
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MATILDA LOU (2) 2:22%.
FIESTA LOU (p) (1) 2:25, (2) 2:22%.
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BILLIE BOYD (2) 2:30.
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EDITH CARTER (1) 2:1814.
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VOLUME LXX. Number 10.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1917.
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DON CASTANO
Needs No Introduction to the Public
HIGHLAND MONARCH
was the winner of the aged stallions, and
class for stallions and four of his get at
the California State Fair in 1916.
SAN VICENTE
The Junior Champion Stallion of California
In the Yearling Futurity at the State Fair in 1916, five
of the six money winners were by Don Castano and Highland
Monarch.
The two-year-old Futurity was won by a Highland Monarch
colt.
The §100.00 Trophy, offered by the American Saddle Horse
Breeders' Association for the best stallion or mare, three
years old or under in California, was won by a Highland Mon-
arch colt, and two years prior it was won by Highland
Monarch himself.
If you are going to breed your mare, why not mate her
with one of the above stallions and have a winning colt?
The service fees for Don Castano and Highland Monarch
are $50.00. Arrangements for San Vicente private.
To encourage breeding in this State we will pay the freight
charges on mares to and from any part of California, but will
not, of course, be responsible for any accidents which might
happen in shipping.
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STANFORD McKINNEY 45173
Sire of Miss Macklie 2:09}; Pavanha 2:10}; Kinneysham 2:13}; Silente 2:19
By McKlnney 8818 dam Palavers by Palo Alto 2:08'j
STRONG McKINNEY-ELECTIONEER CROS8
Will make the season of 1917 at WOY'S 8TOCK RANCH, 9 miles south of
FRESNO, on West Ave. Terms $26 for th* Season.
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The Stanford
Occident Stake No. 23.
(FOALS OF MARES COVERED IN 1916)
To Trot and Pace at Three Years Old
TO BE GIVEN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE
California State Agricultural Society 1920
Entries to close April 1, 1917
$1,800 FOR TROTTING FOALS $1,200 FOR PACING FOALS
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
TROTTING DIVISION PACING DIVISION
$500.00 to 1st Heat $350.00 to 1st Heat
$500.00 to 2nd Heat $350.00 to 2nd Heat
$500.00 to 3rd Heat $350.00 to 3rd Heat
$300.00 to Horse Standing $150.00 to Horse Standing
Highest in Summary. Highest in Summary.
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2.00 to nominate mare on April 1, 1917, when name,
color description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $3.00 July 1, 1917;
$5.00 December 1, 19L7; $5.00 on yearlings April 1, 1918: $10.00 on two-year-olda
^.pril 1, 1919; $10.00 on three -year-olds April 1, 1920.
STARTING PAYMENTS — $£5.00 to start in pacing division; $50-00 to start in trotting
division. All starting payments to be made ten days before the first day of the
State Fair at which the race is to take place.
NOMINATORS must designate when making payments to start whether the horse Is
a Trotter or Pacer.
The race in each- division trill be for three heats; if no horse wins two of the
three heats a fourth heat must be raced by the heat winners to decide the winner of
the race; all others horses to go to the barn.
Trotting division heat purses $500.00. Total purse $1,800.00.
Pacing "division heat purses $350.00. Total purse, $1,200.00.
Heat purses divided bO, 25, 15 and 10 per cent; the extra §150.00 in pacing and
$300.00 in trotting divisions goes to the horse standing highest in the summary; dis^
tanct* 100 yards. A distanced horse shall be, entitled to money already won.
If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare
or the foal dies before December 1, 1919, her Nominator may sell or transfer his nom-
ination or substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there shall be
no return of a payment nor will any entry be liable for more than the amount paid In
or contracted for. In entries, the name, color and pedigree of mare must be given
also the name of the horse to which she was bred in 1916.
Entries must be accompanied by the entrance fee. Nominators are liable for
amounts paid in only. Failure to make any payment forfeits all previous payments.
This Association is liable for $3,000.00. the amount of the guarantee only.
Hobbles will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions.
Rights reserved to declare off or re-open these stakes in case the number of
entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors. There will be no more
moneys in each division or heat than there are starters. No horse shall receive more
than one money in each heat.
Entries open to the world.
Other than exceptions made in this entry blank, rules of National Trotting Asso-
ciation to govern.
JOHN M. PERRY, President.
CHAS. W. PAINE, Secretary.
Pacific Coast Trotting Record
Peter McKlyo 58009-
RECORD
2:06
Cal. License Pure Bred No. 105
Sired by
PETER THE GREAT 2:07% (sire of 50 in 2:10 list, including Miss Harris
2:011,4. Peter Yolo (4) 2:02, Peter Stevens 2:01%, Peter Mac 2:03, Mabel
Trask 2:03ii, etc.), dam KLYO by Jay McGregor.
He is from one of the greatest families on his dam's side in the books, as the
performances of Susie J. 2:06% and Trampfast 2:12i,i prove beyond doubt.
Peter McKlyo is the Greatest Son of Peter The Great
westof of Kentucky and is destined to be one of the world's greatest sires.
He is the only son of Peter the Great five years old with two colts in the
u.j,He Was bred t0 three mares as a two-year-old, only two of his colts being
handled,— Charlotte McKlyo. winner of breeder's record 2:25%, and McKlyo
,, £.',wlnTner ot the t^oyear-old division Breeders' Futurity Stake, record
5 i ,CaU be also sald as a matter °f record that he is one of the greatest
nve-year-olG trotting stallions ever owned in the state of California, and one of
the best individuals to be found in any country.
HE WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1917 AT
James Thompson's Training Stables
State Fair Grounds, Sacramento
TERMS: $100 FOR THE SEASON.
Usual return privilege. Mares pastured at ?5 per month. Good care will
De taken but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. For further
particulars address.
L. H. TODHUNTER, Owner
Box 387, Sacramento, Cal.
Ansel M. Easlon
JAMES THOMPSON,
State Fair Grounds,
Sacramento, Ca).
Blackhawk Stock Ranch
William Ward
IMPORTERS AND BREEDERS
of Prize Winning
SHIRE HORSES
Barns full of top notch two to five year old Stallions
IMPORTED AND HOME BRED
Send ofe!^' ISlb .a,!ld0QUall}y' heavy. c,ean bone and tbe test of breeding to recom-
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Pleue lend for free photosrephic celelotrue. Telephone Burlingame 131
Saturday, March 10, 1917]
BREEDER AND SPOR1
Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pac
(Established 1882.)
Published every Saturday.
F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor.
OFFICES: 363-365-366 P A C F I C BUI
Cor. of Market and Fourth Sta., San Fran
P. O. DRAWER 447.
: National Newspaper Bureau, Agent, 219 East
New York City.
i Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisc
Terms — One year, 53; six months, 11.75; three moi
Foreign postage $1 per year additional; Canadian
50c per year additional.
Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft o
tered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley. P. O.
447, San Francisco, California.
Communications must be accompanied by the
name and address, not necessarily for publlcat
as a private guarantee of good faith.
WHETHER it be in "Sunny Southern" or '
Northern" California that one happens to be tr
one interested in the production of live stock
impressed with the interest being taken by t
meets here and there, whether they be con
men, bankers, railroad men, sporting men or
in the accomplishments of California livi
breeders. The breeders, naturally, have app
what they were accomplishing all along; 1
they have had a lot of uphill pulling and wi
cism only for a reward. However, now, c
hand, one hears of this breeder's great sal
man's splendid show ring winnings alio tne record
of the other's cows. It seems that every one in the
state is taking pride in the accomplishments of their
live stock. In many instances one hears some heated
arguments between residents of one county and the
other over which county has the best live stock; a
sure sign of interest by all concerned.
There are many reasons why the success of live
stock creates more interest than agricultural activi-
ties alone; in the first place, it will not be successful
live stock unless the interest is there. The breeder
must take a lot of pride in his animals, both indi-
vidually and collectively. Of course, the financial
interest is usually paramount. But the best results
will not be obtained in breeding live stock unless
that personal interest and pride is uppermost in the
mind of the breeder. When the neighbors, too, get
interested, the success of the business as a whole is
assured and it is at that point that the citizenry of
California has just arrived, and means more to the
interest than any other eventuality.
Every one knows well and good that just the suc-
cess of the breeder has not so thoroughly awakened
the public. What is it that has brought about this
most important factor in the business? It is the
state and district fairs and the public sales. They
have brought the herds of every breeder together at
their county fair; then the winning herds of all
counties to the state fair. It has been the most
effective weeding out process that has ever come to
California, this competition, and it has created an
incentive to the defeated ones to own the best, and
finally, it has caused the breeder of the "harum-
scarum" kind to want to improve his herd; it has
opened his eyes and brought the one important sub-
ject before his vision — that with the present price of
land and feed, a better class of stock must be pro-
duced.
The change has come, as it does in any business.
No matter whether it be in selling dry goods or pigs,
when the business thrives and prospers, a change in
management has taken place. Farmer-stockmen of
California are just beginning to change their meth-
ods and their business is becoming more prosperous
and interesting.
THERE can be little doubt as to the popularity of
racing when one glances at the entries made for the
spring meeting of the Westchester Racing Associa-
tion at Belmont Park. Taking the classic events,
guch as the Metropolitan Handicap, the first of the
series to be run each year, generally in May, it has
eighty-five animals named as against the fifty-seven
for the race decided last spring and the Suburban
Handicap is even greater in its gain. The two larg-
est individual nominators are A. K. Macomber, with
eighteen cracks named for each race, and Harry
Payne Whitney, who enters eight of his three-year
At a meeting, held last week in Chicago, for me
purpose of discussing the present condition of turf
journalism and promoting the efficiency o£ its serv-
ice to horsemen, the Turf Journals' Protective Asso-
ciation was formed by representatives of the follow-
ing publication, either personally present or present-
ing written propositions for membership:
American Horse Breeder, Boston, Mass.
American Sportsman, Cleveland, O.
Breeder and Sportsman, San Francisco, Cal
Canadian Sportsman, Grimsby, Ont.
Horse Journal, Washington C. H., O.
Horse Review, Chicago, 111.
Horse World, Buffalo, N. Y.
Spirit of the West, Des Moines, la.
Trotter and Pacer, New York City.
Western Horseman, Indianapolis, Ind.
These ten publications constitute the entire body
of turf journals now issued which either wholly or
in part are devoted to the cause of the light-harness
horse. The association which they have voluntarily
formed has for its object the general betterment of
turf journalism as a whole, and the improvement of
each paper individually. It has for some time been
recognized by the publishers that this could only be
accomplished by an association taking concerted
action with a view to eliminating the abuses of which
the turf press has been the victim — we refer to the
irresponsible advertiser and others of that ilk. No
one outside turf journalism itself has any conception
of the manner in which the businesses of its pub-
lishers have suffered in this manner, and as long as
no joint action was taken, it was impossible for any
protection to be secured.
Hereafter, we desire to state, business patrons
whose accounts with any member are not satisfiac-
torily adjusted within a reasonable length of time
will be refused credit by all members of the associ-
ation until such obligations have been discharged.
This step is intended not only to protect the turf
press, but its legitimate advertising patrons, as well
as all persons doing business through its columns.
Experience has demonstrated that the advertiser de-
frauding the publisher who has published his adver-
tisement, will in virtually 100 per cent of cases, also
defraud the general public or the individual horse-
men who enter into relations with him.
o—
THE IMPORTANCE OF FAIRS.
Secretary Sponsler, of the Kansas State Fair, is
responsible for the following regarding the worth of
fairs in developing a higher state of culture:
It takes time and brains to produce prize-winning
exhibits at the good fairs.
It takes patience, judgment and cleverness to pro-
duce the very best.
The fair is an exhibition of samples which others
may strive to equal or excel.
Try to beat a prize winner and see what it takes
ture, is the secrei&ij. _
ico, a committee was appointed to ccv. ..
propriation was taken care of by the present legisla-
ture, and from every indication it seems that they
are going to have results. The following is a portion
of a letter from D. Clark Thomas, one of Missouri's
best known stock men and fair directors, which has
been published in every country newspaper in Mis-
souri :
"As the wealth of the nation is derived from the
ground, and the agricultural fairs educate the farmer
to obtain better blood, feed properly, and realize
more for their feed and labor, and thereby put more
money into circulation, it is to the interest of every
banker, merchant, lawyer, doctor, farmer, laborer,
and every individual in the state of Missouri that the
agricultural fairs be maintained.
High cost of living is due, partially, to lack of
knowledge of the farmer to produce the most possi-
ble from the resources at his command.
Many fairs have, from our agricultural college,
exhibits with instructions imparting information to
the farmer, how to rotate his crops, how to rebuild
and preserve the fertility of the soil, how to raise
more wheat, more corn, more vegetables, and other
foods on which our race subsists,
When as much state aid as Iowa and other states
furnish, or sufficient amount that it may be possi-
ble for all of our fairs to call on agricultural colleges
for exhibits and teachers to impart knowledge to the
masses, on soil preservation, and how each man can
produce from one-third to one-half more on the same
number of acres and not leave our soil destitute of
fertility for future generations, it will then be that
the importance of the agriculture fairs become so
great to the world that their value to the American
people can scarcely be estimated.
Our agricultural colleges are of very great value
to the world, but are not appreciated by the masses;
they educate the farmer boy, that has means to
attend, and if he will remain on the farm his influ-
ence will be for good, but what we need at the pres-
ent day is to educate the middle aged and those
older, who are the present tillers of the soil and pro-
ducers, that they do not lose the fertility of the soil
to so great an extent that it will take our young
agricultural student a generation to replace.
I know from observation and personal experience
that much of our soil here produces a third less than
it did 35 or 40 years ago.
The way to reach the middle-aged men and older
ones is through our agricultural fairs, which they
attend in great numbers, seeking advanced knowl-
edge by observation and otherwise.
You can reach "the man behind the plow" through
agricultural fairs better than any other source, and
consequently another reason why state aid should be
afforded for their maintenance.
The great number of fairs that have failed, in the
past, is positive evidence that they cannot perma-
nently exirt without help from some other source
than within, and from what other source should they
expect it than from their own state? Therefore, all
who are interested in the success of Missouri and the
welfare of its citizens should use their influence for
state aid to agricultural fairs.
D. CLARK THOMAS,
Supt. of Live Stock,
Knox City Fair, Knox City, Mo.
[Saturday, March 10, 191V
t
_-^o ue raised himself
„„u operated on a large scale, taking
over the privileges for entire meetings; but latterly
luck seemed to have turned against him, in the man-
ner which the fickle goddess so often displays toward
her devotees at just the time when most they need
her favors. When at his meridian Welch was not
less daring and shrewd, and the spectacular wagers
that he indulged in with various "plungers" set the
speculative world agog. Many of these wagers were
made rather upon impulse than calculation, for
"Andy" was exceedingly mercurial, and given to
"going the limit" when excited or enthusiastic. In
the main, however, he had a well-defined system
(that of betting against the favorite), which he fol-
lowed with more or less consistency.
Welch had far more than the ordinary gambler's
interest in the trotter. He had a veritable passion
for the horses and the racing sport, and spent large
sums in the purchase of horses and of race tracks,
and the promotion of breeding and of trotting meet-
ings. When, in the winter of 1891-92, the late J. Mal-
colm Forbes, of Boston, paid Leland Stanford
$125,000 for Arion (4) 2:07%. who had just lowered
the world's two-year-old record to 2:10%, and brought
him east, in response to insistent demands he allowed
the colt to serve ten mares in the spring of 1892 at a
fee of $2,500, the largest ever charged for a trotting
stallion. One of the mares bred to him at this fee
was Directress 2:19, by Director 2:17, owned by
"Andy" Welch, and the produce of the mating was
Fanella 2:13, whom Welch sold to Mr. Forbes while
young, and, when bred by him to Bingen 2:06%, pro-
duced that wonderful horse Todd 2:14%, one of the
most remarkable sires of modern times. We have
not space at this, lime to touch upon Mr. Welch's
many dealings in horseflesh, but at various intervals
he owned, either wholly or in part, many notable per-
formers, sires and dams. One of the most prominent
of these was Bow Bells 2:19%, one of the far-famed
Electioneer-Beautiful Bells family.
About 1900 Welch obtained control of Charter Oak
Park, Hartford, Conn., which later, we believe, be-
came his property, and whose destinies he directed
until a few seasons ago, when financial reverses
obliged him to relinquish it. There he promoted a
long series of successful Grand Circuit meetings, also
gave a number of rich futurities. After the col-
lapse of the New England Breeders' Association,
which had built and managed the Readville track,
near Boston, about eight years ago, Welch also ob-
tained control of that property and gave several
Grand Circuit meetings there, renewing, under vari-
ous conditions, the "American Trotting Derby," which
had originated there. These ventures were, however,
losing ones, and added to his embarrassments.
For several seasons past it had been apparent
that "Audy" was failing physically, while his re-
verses had also palpably affected his former sanguine
temperament. The last few years were difficult ones
for him, for his luck seemed altogether to have de-
serted him. He was one of the most sharp-cut indi-
viduals ever seen "down the line," and a volume
could easily be filled with entertaining reminiscen-
ol his personality and the incidents of his career.
W<j record his death with sincere regret, for the
trotter hus had few more devoted friends and follow-
ers than this departed soul. — [Horse Review.
_.-_, ..and i.iyon, one of the most
popular trainers in the state, with nine head, and
O. ,T. Holmes with three head. After looking at every
horse on the grounds and seeing several of them
work, I was sure of one thing: that though there
have probably been twice as many horses in training
there in former years, there has never been a more
likely, better bred and promising lot than are to be
found in these stables.
Peter McKlyo, Pacific Coast Champion.
Naturally I was mostly interested in seeing L. H.
Todhunter's celebrated son of the world-famous
Peter the Great 2:0714, called Peter McKlyo, the
name being made from that of his dam, McKlyo, and
his sire. McKlyo is by Jay McGregor and is one of
the most remarkable matrons of the trotting world.
Peter McKLyo is one of the handsomest trotters I
have ever seen, and standing by the side of the most
noted show-bred horses, he would dim the brilliancy
of many of them. He is as sound and clean as a
bullet: of magnificent conformation and with a great
big open eye and very well set, expressive ears, he
justifies his reputation in looks. He is undoubtedly
the greatest son of Peter the Great west of Kentucky
and is destined to be one of the greatest sires in
existence. He is the only son of Peter the Great,
five years old, it is said, with two in the list. He was
bred to three mares when two years old, only two
being handled. The filly, Charlotte McKlyo, won the
Breeders' record, 2:25%, and McKlyo Boy won the
Breeders' futurity, record 2:23%.
It was never more clearly demonstrated that like
begets like than it was to me Tuesday, when I saw
Peter McKlyo and five of his colts; a more uniform,
handsomer, healthier and brighter little family never
lived; all are trotters but one, and she is the prettiest
natural pacer I have seen in years and has a lot of
lick. She is owned by E. A. Gammon, of Hood.
Trainer Thompson declares she will be the eye-opener
of the circuit this year. Mr. Todhunter came out to
the track and worked his colts for me, and I want
to say right here that there are few owners in this
broad land of ours that can boast of owning as many
good horses; of owning their sire and dams and of
"teaming" them as this well known breeder can. He
is justly proud of the family and in addition. to get-
ting a lot of pleasure out of them they are a continual
source of good income. With such a sire as Peter
McKlyo 2:06, proven a phenomenal race horse and
sire of race horses, offered to the public of Califor-
nia, the East wrill be looking up to the youngsters of
this coast in a few years, providing the horse is
appreciated and patronized as he should be.
Another horse in Mr. Thompson's stable that is
getting a lot of good colts and doing an extensive
stud service is Bon Watts, by General Watts, first
dam by Bon Voyage, that is owned by Thompson, and
taking him from the tip of his nose and carefully
noting the head, eyes, ears, throttle, crested neck,
withers, shoulder, middle, legs and feet, one cannot
help but go crazy about him. He is good all over,
handsome, and according to some of the rail birds
will be one of the stars of the coast this year. He is
getting a lot of good mares from all over California,
and this shows that mare owners in general appre-
ciate him.
Others of good quality in Thompson's stable which
will get in the big money this year are: Natal Day,
formerly raced as a trotter and now pacing remark-
ably well, and a two-year-old filly by Peter the Great,
dam Carrietta, one of the most noted brood mares in
y, both owned by S. Christenson of San |
, Onward McGregor, by Jay McGregor ,and
r-old mare by Vernon McKinney out oi
don, owned by the Barco Ranch at Hollis-
i Watts, Sweet Edina, an aged mare by
a two-year-old filly by Tregantle, by Sim-
rned by Mr. Thompson.
tetson Working Eleven Good Ones.
iver one hears of John B. Stetson, he knows
aking winners, whether it's hats or horses.
ornia, however, and among the rail birds, the
f John B. Stetson is as familiar as it is to the
in commercial lines. Of course, our John B.
a, trainer and developer of speed horses,
. know any more about making hats than the
John B. does about making trotters; however,
now how to make winners in their particular
. Mr. Stetson is working 11 head; eight of
3 property of the Midway Stock Farm, Kear-
ebraska, all youngsters or green ones, which
selected in California for the farm and which
preparing for the California races, unless oth-
notified to take them East. He is working
• C. A. Harrison, the well known Seattle sports-
nd one of his own.
Midway horses are Hal Royal, four-year-old
>y Hal B., dam by Satin Royal; The Empress
en trotter six years old by Carlolun, dam by
>; Maymonio, three-year-old pacer by Demo-
im Mayme Airlie by Prince Airlie; Adioo
aged trotter by McKinney, .dam by Direct;
earling trotters by Robert Bingen 2:11% out
ta Lockheart, Woodland Bonnie Derby (dam
e in list), and Belle by Diablo. These horses
elected by Mr. Stetson after several weeks'
and all have made good his first impressions
i. He is getting some good time out of them,
lighly pleased with his purchases, all of which
mght at reasonable prices and with small ex-
ttached to them.
Hal, a four-year-old pacer by Hal B., dam
ioucnet,,^7,'nsd by C. A. Harrison of Seattle, is one
of the most attractive horses I have seen since com-
ing to the coast. He is a breedy, well developed fel-
low, with the fineness, style and action of a saddle
horse; in fact, if put under a saddle he would come
as near being the three-gaited type they are so crazy
about, as any horse I know of. He is not a big
horse but looks big and his clean, flat bone and good
feet will carry him many a fast mile without telling
on him. If I were commissioned to buy the most at-
tractive pacing prospect in California I do not know
where I could find one that comes so near making
good. Harrison, however, realizes this too, and I
don't suppose would consider letting him go. He has
only been worked a few weeks; three months ago
he was unbroken, but he has already gone a mile in
2:30 and made the last quarter in 35 seconds. He
will be "there" when the first class is called, and
barring accidents will be just as good at the end of
the season; he is that kind.
The other horse owned by Mr. Harrison is Chris
the Great, a four-year-old trotter by Peter the Great,
dam Miss Fairbault by Axworthy; 2d dam by Prod-
igal. This horse went a mile in 2:16 as a three-
year-old and his winter's work has brought about
great results. Being by such a sire as Peter the Great
and having for his dam's ancestry two such famous
brood mare sires as Prodigal and Axworthy, this
horse has a just claim in everything that is said of
him, and according to his trainer will make the fur
fly this year.
Mr. Stetson owns personally one of the best horses
at the track, Joe Walker, a four-year-old trotter by
Kentucky Todd; dam, Fair Recluse by Moko. This
horse went a mile in 27 as a two-year-old and in his
mature form bids fair to go some fast heats this
year. Another good one in the Stetson string is
Palitea, a six-year-old pacer by Palite, dam by Alex-
ander Button. He won two heats last year in the
20 class at Dixon. All the Stetson horses are getting
hard work and are in fine fettle. They would be
ready for the word next week if it were given.
California horse lovers always expect something
good from Walter Tryon, but this year he is going
to surprise the most enthusiastic of his followers. He
has nine of the best horses he has worked for some
time, eight of them owned by the well known horse
lover and capitalist, S. H. Cowell of Santa Cruz. They
are showing some good trials and all are in the pink
of condition, probably better described by the old
darkey who declared "Dey sho' am bloomin'." The
youngsters in the stable are especially attractive
and their trainer is living in air castles. Mr. Tryon's
horses have all wintered fine, are ready to take the
word and stay until the finish. They are: Rastus,
the aged paver by Liberty Boy; John Mack 2:12%,
by George A. Fuller; Albaloma 2:08Vi, bay gelding
by Almaden; Mountain D., green pacer by Charley
D. by McKinney; three-y^ar-old filly by Peter the
Great; a three-year-old stud by Peter the Great, and
a three-year old mare by Teddy Bear out of a mare
by Zombro, all owned by Mr. Cowell; a three-year-
old trotter by Peter McKlyo, entered in stakes,
owned by Sam Gault of Sacramento, and a bay mare,
pacer, by Demonio, owned by G. W. Davis of Vaca-
ville.
"Everybody has been buying saddle horses," writes
E. A. Trowbridge of Columbia, Mo. "Of course,
there are always a few on the market. The mule
trade here has been the best in years."
Saturday, March 10, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Thoroughbred Matters
Sixty entries have been received for The Kentucky
lOaks, to be raced at Churchill Downs in May. Thi9
lis the largest number of nominations received in re-
pent years. Among the entries are two from the
•Nevada Stock Farm owned by George Wingfleld;
both of these fillies are foreign bred and have been
raced as two-year-olds at Tiajuana.
As to the future of racing at Juarez. Mexico, Col-
onel Winn says he is in favor of two meetings of
thirty days each next season, instead of one long
meeting. He has hopes of a racing bill being passed
in Texas that will permit of a circuit in that section
of the country and moreover expects that conditions
will be more settled in Mexico in another year. At
any rate there will be continued racing each winter
at Juarez during the life of the twenty year conces-
sion from the Mexican government.
. A New York paper states that America is gradually
getting into its stride again in the thoroughbred
business. Mr. W. H. Rowe. who looks after the reg-
istration of all thoroughbreds, reports that the
American-bred yearlings registered totaled 1974 in
1916, as against 1879 in 1915. In addition 205 year-
nings were brought from other countries last year,
so that in America this year 2179 two-year-olds will
be eligible tu compete . Owing to some cause or
other, foalings were fewer in 1916 than the previous
'Season, and therefore in 1918 America is likely to
have fewer two-year-olds racing than this year.
+ * *
George W. Wingfleld, the well-known. Nevada
breeder, had intended sending his thoroughbred mare
Celesta over to England to be bred to Polymelus but
the present stage of warfare has caused a decided
change in his plans. Sending a horse clear across
the continent and then to ship across the Atlantic
and back again would have been an undertaking that
would have marked a record expenditure in our west-
ern turf affairs. Polymelus has a wonderful record
as a sire with fees at $2,500, however, and Wingfleld
is confident that the colt he would have secured
would have justified the expense.
* * *
The following important ruling has been adopted
by the Hawaii Polo and Racing Club:
"All geldings imported since January 1, 1917, are
barred from all free-for-all flat races at the coming
meeting and at all future meetings held under the
auspices of the Hawaii Polo and Racing Club."
This is a good rule, for by virtue of it all imported
thoroughbreds from now on must be stallions or
mares, which in either case will benefit the Territory
from a stock-raising standpoint. Without the rule
there would be nothing to prevent an owner shipping
in a gelding and sweeping the board of the principal
races at a meeting. This kind of thing would nat-
urally act as a deterrent to breeders, and in a coun-
try like Hawaii, where racing is, perhaps, more than
anywhere else, a means towards an end, would tend
to resolve the sport into a cold blooded gambling
proposition. Under the new rule the owners of a
mare or a stallion, even if their horse prove not a
success on the turf, have a chance of retrieving and
perhaps bettering their investment when the horse
goes to the stud.
* + +
Mary of the State Legislatures now in session are
passing measures favorable to racing conducted on
reasonable lines.
In Montana, bills legalizing paris-mutuel betting
at races conducted in connection with fairs were
passed by the senate last week. Both bills had previ-
ously passed the house.
Senator M. Casey of Jefferson City, Mo., intro-
duced a bill providing for two racing seasons in the
State of Missouri, each year, of twenty days duration
for each season. The bill is stated to be a copy of
the Kentucky racing law, and without a dissenting
vote the senate approved it.
The Michigan Legislature voted to kill the reform
measure of Representative Wood which would have
prohibited the publication of racing results or entries
in the newspapers of the State.
The Tennesseeans handling the racing bill in that
State are confident of its being accepted by the Leg-
islature. If it is accepted there will be a twelve
days' meeting at Memphis, beginning April 12 and
closing April 26, which will allow plenty of time for
horses to get to Lexington, which begins April 28.
This bill provides that fifty per cent of the net
profits go to the county fairs of the State, and that
the other fifty per cent be used exclusively for the
live stock and agricultural advancement of the State.
The Association is to pay no dividends, being out
mainly to improve the breed of horses.
Racing bills have been introduced in Illinois and
they are looking towards making speculation by the
pari-mutuels legal. The Illinois bill would place con-
trol of racing associations with county commission-
ers or county boards of supervisors, wherein a racing
association has been formed. It is proposed that
five per cent of the net profit of race meetings be
turned over to the county. The bill authorizes the
use of pari-mutuel machines.
The entries of A. K. Macomber for the Aqueduct
Stakes have been received by Secretary Fred Rehber-
ger, and as was expected they swelled the totals in
each age division very materially. Walter Jennings
named ten of the Macomber horses for the Brooklyn
Derby, while an even dozen was named for the
Brooklyn Handicap. The two-year-old entries were
also particularly heavy.
Among those named for the Brooklyn Handicap
are Dodge. Hank O'Day, Ed Crump, Boots, Dick Wil-
liams, Star Hawk, Hollister, Star Master, and Star-
gazer. Some of the Derby eligibles are North Star,
Hollister, Le Chevsne, War Star, Star Master, Star-
gazer and Sunbonnet.
+ * *
The pari-mutuels are nothing new in the metropol-
itan racing world — as every one knows who visited
the tracks in the early eighties, before that method
of turf speculation wTas abandoned by reason of it
clasing with the new law governing the situation.
As for the chances of a successful resumption at the
New York tracks of what were then known as the
"machines," they should, at least, be far greater than
for many years; this because Maryland, Kentucky
and Canada have demonstrated more clearly the
practicability of the scheme than would have been
possible if our experience were to be limited to far
away France and Australia. Certainly if its feasi-
bility had not been abundantly proven such men as
James W. Wadsworth, Harry K. Knapp and John
Sanford, comprising the New York State Racing
Commission, would never have recommended the
adoption of pari-mutuels in their annual report to
the Legislature.
+ * +
Figures and facts concerning the hundred-day race
meeting at Tia Juana, drawn up by Handicapper Ed
Jasper, divulged that $251,900 was distributed in
purses to the horsemen. Altogether 600 races had
been run and 296 horses won races. Jawbone led
the horses with seven victories during the season.
General, Inquieta, Dominion Park, Maud Bacon and
Stanley S. won six races each, while eleven won five.
They were Barsac, First Degree, Merry Twinkle,
Quartermaster, Redland, Scarlet Oaks, Strathearn,
Say, Silver Moon, Van Horn and Zetetic. Thirty-
seven horses won three races ,ninety-two won two
and 129 won one race.
+ * *
Clarence Buxton, formerly well known on Califor-
nia race tracks, has been exceedingly fortunate of
late at Tia Juana. Horses from his stable have won
six consecutive victories, including the $5,000 Cof-
froth Stake and three straight handicaps won by
Lasin. and a stake and a handicap won by Old
Broom.
* + *
At Tia Juana on Monday last the day was marred
by a series of falls that probably will hold as a record
for the track many days to come. In the baby race
Sandab and Cavalla fell and threw their riders, while
in the third The Feller and Inez suffered similar fate.
Fortunately none of the jockeys was seriously hurt,
though Johnson and Stevens were badly shaken up.
* * +
The Yolo county fair dates were set for October
4, 5 and 6 by the directors of the farm bureau units
at their meeting on Monday last. Committees were
appointed on finance, livestock, dairy and poultry
and other committees necessary in the preliminary
arrangements of the fair.
* * +
Eight Napa county men were this week appointed
by Governor Hiram Johnson to serve on the board
of agriculture of agricultural district No. 25, which
takes in Napa county. Those men appointed on the
board are Henry C. Dunlap, William J. Stearns, Frank
L. Gordon. William L. Mitchell, Thomas Maxwell,
B. J. Nixon and Walter De Brettville.
+ * +
There were 1035 racing days in the United States
last year as against only 839 in 1915, and there were
over 1200 more races, whilst the aggregate value of
the stakes distributed amounted to $3,800,000, a big
advance on the total of $1,850,000 of the previous
year.
* * *
The Pleasanton Stock Farm, R. J. MacKenzie,
owner, has sold C. B. Johnson the famous pacing
mare Merry Widow 2:03%. Mr. Johnson intends to
put this mare in training at once and expects to start
her at the races this summer.
* * *
Canada Jack" Adkins, trainer for R. J. MacKenzie.
has put Faux-Col and Leo Skolny in training at Lex-
ington, Ky.
* + +
The clause in the bill regulating race tracks passed
last week at Quebec, which puts a tax on bookmak-
ing, is as follows: "Any person selling, recording
or receiving bets, wagers or pools otherwise than
under the pari-mutuel system shall obtain a license
from the Collector of Revenue upon payment of $100
a day."
* * *
The Jockey Club of New York has adopted the
Canada definition recognizing a horse as bred at the
place where he is foaled.
+ * +
The stewards at Tia Juana fined Roscoe Troxler
$25 for striking Jockey Lilly with his whip after the
finish of the Coffroth handicap. Jockey Burlingame
was also fined $25 for foul riding on Presumption.
Mr. C. K. G. Billings made four nominations for
the Kentucky Derby which will be run at Louisville
this year. The Billings entries are:
Omar Khayyam, ch c by Marco — Lisma.
Greek Legend, by Polymelus — Evadne.
Bachelor's Hope, by Tredennis — Ladytown.
All Star, by Sunstar — Falling Star.
Omar Khayyam is the only one of these animals
which has been shown to the public.
Mr. Billings' growing interest in thoroughbreds has
recently caused jealous comment among some of the
adherents of the harness horse sport, who have
sought to make light of his- thoroughbred invest
ments, but it is said he has a keen desire to see a
delegation of thoroughbreds carrying his colors,
equal in quality to those which have represented him
on the harness horse tracks.
+ + *
Who would have thought a few years ago that
English breeders would enter horses in American
stakes? While the fact that Walter S. Heather of
Rugby, England, has sent eleven nominations for the
Futurity of 1919 is probably a speculation on his
part, it nevertheless is an innovation and shows dis-
tinctively that a close connection is being brought
about between European and American breeders ot
thoroughbreds. It also indicates that a market of
greater importance than ever is organizing itself
with international features. It will not be at all sur-
prising to see the example set by Mr. Heather fol-
lowed by many other European breeders, as the
American market for English horses is strong at the
present time, and mares or foals with American stake
engagements will surely be worth more money than
those without.
* + *
"I have two turf reforms I would like to bring to
the notice of the State Racing Commission," said
F. E. Driver the other day. "The first is a modifica-
tion of the rules governing jockeys so that a rider
who is placed under suspension for a given number
of days, or even indefinitely, may fulfill engagements
made for the succeeding day. The other is a rule
barring bleeders in the betting. In Australia a horse
that is known to have bled twice is not even per-
mitted t orace. A bleeder is not a sound horse, and
it is not fair that the public should be permitted to
wager on such animals."
* * *
As the principal guest at the 146th annual dinner
of the Gimcrack Club, in England, Edward Hulton
in his speech said some interesting things on the
subject of selecting racing sires.
"The ideal test of merit is the fast mile," he de-
clared, "and the horse that can succeed at this dis-
tance among the best class and in the best time is
the horse that is wanted to breed from. It will be
found that the best stallions have proved their speed
at about one mile. They may, of course, have subse-
quently shown that they could stay longer distances
as well. But no great sire has lacked speed. It is
the essential. Even though they have won the best
long distance races, pure stayers — I mean horses of
one pace, but without speed — have never been suc-
cessful sires. My point is, it is not the pure stayer,
with only one attribute, that makes the stallion."
Figuring expenditures in overnight purses alone
at an average of $800 for each event, the Windsor
Jockey Club will award to horsemen that compete
at its plant July 14-21 and August 15-22 more than
$70,000 in 14 racing days.
This amount is exclusive of a little more than
$30,000 that has been apportioned in stake and han-
dicap events, the foremost of which is the Frontier
Handicap, $10,000 added.
During the 14 days of racing there will be 98 races
of all descriptions decided. Ten of these are the fix-
tures, leaving 88 overnight handicap events and sell-
ing races. The total amount to be distributed ex-
ceeds $100,000 by $400.
For the minor races the total rewards will be
$70,000, the average of $800 for them reaching that
figure. Every day of the 14 there will be at least
six of those affairs, days on which a fixture is sched-
uled drawing that many.
Messrs. Hendrie and Parmer, president and secre-
tary respectively of the Windsor Jockey Club, has,
as well as making the stake events attractive,
planned to encourage the small fry owners to show
their colors at the pioneer track in Windsor this
year.
At no time in the past has the Jockey Club, inter-
nationally known through its liberal policy in deal-
ing with horsemen, approached the rewards it will
give in return for their support this year. Next to
the Kentucky Derby, the Frontier Handicap will be
one of the most valuable thoroughbred events in
America, while its overnight numbers are worth
more than similar races anywhere else on the con-
tinent.
In addition to the Frontier there will be the Wind-
sor Jockey Club Handicap, $5,000 added, and eight
fixtures that will have no less than $2,000 added
money each. If money will appeal to campaigners
of racing stables as the club anticipates, the greatest
season in the organization's history is predicted.
♦ + +
A raft of claims were put in last week at Tia
Juana: seventeen horses changed hands. Some were
Lady Leona, claimed by G. Wentworth; Auntie Curl,
claimed by William Walker; My First, claimed by
H. Field, and Trajan, claimed by T. A. Davies.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 10, 1917
Jack Barrymore to Missouri.
Missouri has annexed Jack Barrymore, the cele-
brated five-gaited saddle gelding, to her great list of
famous show horses for 1917, owner H. B. Thorn-
berry, of Stockton, California, having shipped
famous gray gelding to Ed Moore, of Columbia, Mo.,
this week. Jack Barrymore. under the tutelage of
ffm, Shropshire, of Winchester. Ky., was undefeated
in Kentucky one season and after being sold to Mr.
Thornberry. won the world's championship at the
P.-P. I. E„ defeating among others, My Major Dare.
Ed Moore, who gets him. is well known in California,
having exhibited Col. Paul Brown's Johnny Jones and
My Idol at the exposition. He has always been anx-
ious to have Jack Barrymore in his string. This
means that Mr. Moore will be in the "swim" this
year and at the top as in recent years. The writer
has not seen Jack Barrymore since coming to Cali-
fornia, but understands he is in splendid shape and
with a little work will be up to his old time form.
* * *
E. A. Trowbridge, head of the department of Ani-
mal Husbandry, University of Missouri, reports the
sale of the farm's splendid two-year-old stallion.
Astral Denmark 7554. to R. D. Guyer, of Linneus,
Mo. Astral Denmark is by Astral King and his dam,
Ruth McDonald 3229, is one of the most noted mat-
rons in the Rex McDonald list. She has sired several
splendid colts ,all of which have proven good horses.
Astral Denmark is a bay, of medium size and attrac-
tively marked. He has never been worked but a
colt, which, in the pasture, has shown very fine
action and style and promises to develop into a great
doing horse. His pedigree looks like he ought to be
a good horse, and he justifies that opinion when you
look at him.
*.+ *
Horsemen throughout the Middle West have been
anxious over the report of the committee in charge,
as to the assurance of the Commencement Horse
Show, conducted annually at Columbia, Mo., by the
students of the Agricultural College, Department of
Animal Husbandry. This show is the opening event
in the Middle West, and is the most popular outdoor
horse show conducted anywhere in the South or
West. It attracts the leading show stables of the
country and prominent men and women from every
state in the union. In fact, it has never cost the
school a cent, and has been one of its best assets,
though this has never been considered by some of
the officials. The prominence of those who are at-
traoed from all over the country to this delightful
little city and to the Missouri "University has, as an
advertising medium, been beyond comparison to
both the University and Columbia. The use of the
athletic field has damaged it some, it is said, and
consequently there is some objection to holding it
in that highly suitable place. Changes in the plan
of the University, which puts what is known as
"stunt week" after examinations, is another difficul-
ty which will have to be met if the show is held.
A definite conclusion will be made, however, at once
and the anxious public notified one wav or the other.
* + +
Fred Johnson Appreciated.
The members of the Gentlemen's Riding and Driv-
ing Club of tin? city, who have always taken an es-
pecial interest in the National Western Horse Show,
on Saturday evening last gathered at the club and
presented Mr. Fred P. Johnson, the secretary of the
show, with a very handsome gold-headed cane as an
appreciation of his work in making this annual exhi-
bition the greatest of its kind in the country.
Mr. Johnson was notified that a special meeting
of the club's directors would be held to consider
charges preferred against him. He attended and was
told 'hat lie was held directly responsible for the
annual appearance in Denver of so many cattle, hogs,
sheep and horses, who made themselves so conspicu-
ous and caused such an enormous crowd to accumu-
late to se*- them that residents of the city can hardly
get around the streets at show time. In closing, Mr.
A. J. Simonson. president of the club, presented Mr.
Johnson with the cane as a token of the appreciation
of the club members for his pood work in connection
with the annual exhibition. The Gentlemen's Riding
and Driving Club members have always taken a gTeat
interest in the annual horse show and have had a
very considerable part in making it the great success
it has become. — [Denver Record Stockman.
Attractive Horses at Park Academy.
There are 18 head of fine pleasure horses stabled at
the Park Riding Academy. Among them are some
of the best saddle and show horses to be found in
the West, and the horses stabled there are in good
hands. Every horse I saw, that was of show calibre,
was as near fit as it was possible for them to be.
Good management with careful grooms is responsible
for this.
Judge E. A. Bridgford's good young saddle stallion,
LeGrand McDonald, is among the elite of horsedom
staMed there: while E. J. DePue has 12 of his su-
perbly bred Hackneys in training and ready for use
and sale. There are some exceptionally well bred
ones in his consignment and several that with proper
preparation would make a creditable appearance in
any show ring. The most notable among these, in
my opinion, is the mare Iolanthe, which is of superb
conformation and possesses a lot of action that is
confined to sraight and true going. He also has a
worthy and rather extraordinary Hackney in the
mare Jill, which is five-gaited and has the stride and
appearance, lick and style of a saddle bred horse.
She is cleverly gaited and there is no coarseness or
harnessy way about her when she is saddled.
Mrs. W. S. Davis has two very attractive three-
gaited horses, chestnuts, good lookers and well bred.
She uses them regularly and whenever she appears
on one of them attracts a lot of admiration.
Miss Mauricid Mintzer is another local equestri-
enne "who owns her own horses. Her heavy harness
mare was champion at the last state fair. In a three-
year-old bay gelding by Mrs. T. L Johnston's stal-
lion. Lord Denmark, however, she has what promises
to be one of California's most attractive saddle
horses. He is of the three-gaited type, and I under-
stand that he will he developed into this popular and
useful type. He has a long, well turned neck, is fine
in the throttle and head, bright eyes, intelligent ears
and a snappy way of going.
Soundness of Horses.
The soundness of a horse is one of the first consid-
erations of the buyer and should he of the breeder.
If the animal is not sufficiently sound to withstand
the use for which he is intended, the logical time
to learn of this is before the purchase.
Selection must be based primarily on a thorough,
systematic examination; the examination should be
based on a clear knowledge of desirable and unde-
sirable qualities.
Not only the presence of unsoundness but also of
the condition or seriousness of the unsoundness
should be noted.
Temporary unfitness should be distinguished from
permanent unsoundness.
A hurried examination is likely to prove a disap-
pointment.
Observe blemishes, vice, faulty conformation, un-
soundness ,and general characteristics.
Common blemishes are scars from old wounds, poll
evils, scratches, shoe boils, and small ruptures.
Common vices are halter pulling, cribbing, kicking,
stall walking, weaving, and biting.
Common faults of conformation are straight shoul-
ders .crooked, weak, or improperly set legs, ewe neck,
long, weak back, and drooping croup.
Common unsoundness are splints, thoroughpin,
spavin, curb, extreme fistula, ringbone, side bones,
extreme atrophy of muscles, contracted tendons, and
broken wind.
General characteristics include fleshing, tempera-
ment, quality, color, and age.
In final selection, look for the good qualities and
weigh them against the defects.
Kentucky Saddle Horses Average $288.
The thirteenth annual sale of the Kentucky Sales
Company was held at Lexington the week of Feb. 22,
and the varied and excellent consignments brought
satisfactory prices.
Monday was devoted to the Elmendorf consign-
ment of draft horses, jacks, jennets, and Shetlands.
The next three days to trotters and the fifth and final
day to the saddle horses.
One hundred and thirty-two horses were sold at
the fifth and final day of the Winter Auction of the
Kentucky Sales Company, for a total of $30,075 an
average of $288 per head.
In order to complete the catalogue on Friday some
forty head were sold Friday night. The top price
was $1,000 for the four-year-old bay gelding, Kings-
bury, a son of Montgomery Chief and Hildred by
Highland Denmark. He was a fine bay gelding with
a splendid trot and lots of air and action. He was
in every way a first class horse and will be a hard
one to beat in the three-gaited classes this season
when Bob Moreland. who bought him. gets him ready
He was consigned by R. A. Carrick of Favette county
The second highest price was paid bv Henry Wil-
liams. Buffalo, 111, for the six-year-old stallion" \uto
Be King, the champion three-year-old of his vear and
winner of the yearling division of the National Saddle
Horse Futurity. He brought $725 and was consigned
by w. C. Massie of Paris, who is retiring from the
business.
prices were made. Buyers from the East, too, were
in attendance and looking for good using horses,
show horses and riding academy horses; however,
I was terribly disappointed in the offering. The
cheapest lot of saddle horses I ever saw were offered,
and naturally, no one wanted them. It is very evi-
dent, to me, that there are going to be some big
prices paid for the good kind this year because there
is an almost unprecedented demand and no supply,
and those that are up to filling the job are going to
sell high. A good many of Missouri's horsemen were
present but did not buy.
Mr. D. Schilling, who lives in Chicago and makes
his millions off a great ranch in Colorado, was among
those who were of interest and he managed to find
two young studs which he resold immediately. John
T. Hook, of Lee's Summit, Mo., and Dr. W. C. Gads-
by, of Kirkwood, Mo., were other well known
horsemen who were attracting attention but who did
not buy.
The gelding Dare Devil, consigned to the sale,
sale, brought something like $500, and he was high.
He was advertised as Kentucky's champion gelding
and if this is true, Kentucky is bad off for good ones.
However there are a number of really high class
studs here. Bob Moreland has Cascade; Lang An.
derson has The Leading Man and Billie Shropshire
has the celebrated Vernon Castle, and there are a
number of others of show quality.
One green show prospect sold for $1,000 to "Bob"
Moreland. Maydan. the gray gelding, was priced at
$3,500. "Billie" Roberts got a very nice chestnut
gelding for $800. He will never be a winner, how-
ever, because he paddles awfully. Mode Nicholl had
a gre^n gelding that he asked $2,000 for, and such
were the prices and class clear down the line. I did
not see a gelding that, in my opinion, can beat
Johnny Jones, as he was in Missouri last year.
Dr. Gadsby became disgusted with the horse end
of the sale and started out to buy dairy cattle. He
got two very fine Jersey bulls and some fancy cows
for August A. Busch, of St. Louis, and several head
for Wm. R. Bush, of Vermont.
Rodger Pemberton, Jack O'Brien, and R. E.'
Thomas, all of Chicago, were a live group. Mr. Pem-
berton got some good using horses around Lexing-
ton; Thomas and O'Brien got some of the best in
the sale.
Langhorne Tabb Anderson, of Maystrille, Ky„ was
present and told me he had 50 head of the best he
had in his stable for some time. He reports the
best trade in saddle horses and hunters he has had
in several years.
John Hook was looking for a young stallion and
a walk-trot horse, but the last time I saw him he
was Missouri bound. KENTUCKY.
NOTES OF THE KENTUCKY SALE.
The annual mid-winter sale of the Kentuckv Sales
Company, held at Lexington. Ky.. February 19 to "i
attracted buyers from every section of the middle^
west. I was particularly interested in the saddle
horse division of the sale and some sensational
California Breeders' Greatest Opportunity.
The writer has never heard of a more liberal offer
than that which is offered by The San Vicente
Rancho, of Los Angeles, and which appears in their
announcement elsewhere in this issue of the Breeder
and Sportsman. It is a most commendable idea to
place the services of so noted a stable of stallions
for the benefit of the public; in the firstplace, no
great bull or boar, as celebrated, and especially if
owned by a company as independent as the San Vi-
cente company, would be allowed to do outside
service, rather, his services would be restricted to
the breeder's own herd and the only way one could
secure the stock would be to buy it outright; sec-
ondly, the placing of the services at such a nominal
charge, too, strikes me as being a sensible way to
popularize the breeding of saddle horses in Califor-
nia; and lastly, and most important of all, offering
to pay the FREIGHT BOTH WATS on any mare
located any place in California.
This is a new offer in the breeding business. In
my varied experience I have never heard of one
like it It is in keeping with all that has been said of
the bigness of California breeders; it demonstrates
that they really intend to get some place in their
efforts, and the best possible way, as all breeders
know, is to encourage the owners of good mares to
breed to the best. The difference of a few dollars in
service fees and breeding expenses is responsible
for the majority of "misfits" and mongrels in the
horse business, and it seems the only way to remedy
it and improve the breed is for the owners of the
"better kind" to offer inducements that will offset
the difference in price.
There is a no better lot of saddle stallions on any
farm in the United States than at San Vicente;
breeding, individuality, soundness and every other
qualification to be most considered in the selection
of a stallion to breed to. The ranch is one of the
best improved in the state; the conditions, manage-
ment and business policy of the farm are all that an
establishment of this character could be. Mares
sent there will receive the"" best possible care, in
most cases better than they would get at home.
With these conditions prevailing, there is no reason
why every man in California who owns a good mare
and wants to raise a colt that will be profitable and
bring more pleasure to the breeder than the raising,
of any other thing in animal life, should not have
his fondest ambitions satisfied. In fact, if the breed-
ers do not take advantage of such an opportunity
it will be sound evidence that they do not want sad-
dle horses of the better type and profitable class in
California. For further information write M. Free-
man, manager San Vicente Rancho, 1023 Investment
Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal.
;aturday, March 10, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
7
Notes and News
Dixon's annual May Day celebration and race meet-
ing will be held on the 5th of the month this year.
* + +
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Fresno County Fair, held last Saturday, Director
Frank Helm suggested that the rules for entering
stock in the Fresno fair should be changed to con-
form to the State Fair rules. This change will be
made at a latter meeting of the directors, they said.
* + *
The Riverside county fair will not be open on
Sunday this year as was the case last fall. Last
year, it will be remembered, the opening of the fair
on Sunday created a storm of disapproval. The fair
;directors assured the county supervisors last week,
when making a request for an appropriation of $5,000,
that the gates would be closed on Sunday this year.
* * *
There are more horses in training at the famous
Lexington track in Kentucky this spring, than have
been stabled there in several years. Every stall on
the grounds is either filled or engaged and all of the
stabling adjoining the famous training ground has
been reserved by trainers who will arrive between
this time and the first of April. Lexington will send
a large colony of useful horses to the sales and races
|thi sspring and summer.
* + *
The trotting horse division of the annual winter
sale of the Kentucky Sales Company was cleared up
on the 22d of February after a three days' sale, when
254 head were sold for a total of $62,820, an average
of $247 per head.
The top price of the sale was $1200 for the year-
ling brown filly Dark Flower by Peter the Great out
of Madelle 2:10% by Wilask. She was secured by
John E. Madden after spirited bidding. She will go
into the stable of H. C. Moody.
+ * +
Mr. Jas. Clark, writing in the Horse World about
the sale of Peter the Great to Mr. Stoughton Fletcher
remarks upon the vigorous condition of the horse
and in his closing remarks predicts that Mr. Fletcher
will reap a rich reward from his investment. His
purchase of the world's greatest sire for $50,000 did
more to stimulate the trotting horse industry than
anything that had occurred for years. As one noted
horseman remarked at that time, "they can talk all
they want about the automobiles putting the horse in
the discard, but I'd like to see 'em sell me one of
their 18-year-old machines for $50, much less
$50,000.
v v v
The Kentucky trotting horse breeders' association
are going to put on a new stunt as a try-out. In the
long history of the Kentucky Futurity only $800 of
the $21,000 has been given as special prizes to nom-
inators of winners' dam, but starting for the foals of
1917, the amount has been increased to $3,000, of
which $2,000 will be awarded to the nominators of
the dams of winners in 1920 as three-year-olds and
$1,000 to nominators of winners of the two-year-old
division in 1919. Another change is the entire elim-
ination of the pacing division which has proved an
absolutely worthless race compared with the trotting
divisions; so that the $2,000 heretofore given to
pacers is now added to the juvenile division, making
its value $7,000 instead of $5,000, while $14,000 still
remains the value for the three-year-old division.
The nominators' extra prizes beginning with foals of
1917 will amount to $2,000, half of which will be
awarded to the nominator of winner's dam, $500 to
second, $250 to third, $150 to fourth, $75 to fifth and
$25 to sixth. The $1,000 prize for the two-year-old
division will be distributed in $500, $250, $100, $75,
$50 and $25 ratios.
* * *
There are good trainers and bad trainers, some
with years of experience and others with little or
none, and it is the latter kind which create more
trouble around a training track than a bull in a china
shop. When not attending to their own business
they meddle in other trainers' affairs; the track is
never to their liking, no odds how good it may be,
and as to news carriers to owners whose horses are
in some reliable man's hands, they are never more
happy than when they are doing underhanded work
against some trainer whom they imagine they have
a grievance against. Whilst the class of trainers
whom we refer to are an annoying lot for the time
being, they soon find their level and have to seek
some other occupation to make a living. They never
last out for the reason that fair minded owners take
no stock in their telling tales and pass them by as
unmitigated nuisances. It is a pity that these trou-
blesome fellows get into the business as trainers and
drivers, but as they do not last long, what little trou-
ble they do make around a race track is soon for-
gotten, after they are once safely relegated into the
discard. There is nothing like dwelling in unity and
peace among trainers around race tracks, but it
seems the business has not evoluted up to that point
as yet, and probably never will. — Trotter and Pacer.
John B. Stetson's horses are doing nicely at Sacra-
mento . Mr. Stetson has a clever pacer named Grey
Hal, by Hal B. 2:04%, also a five-year-old free legged
pacer named Palatine that has been in 2:13. It is
Mr. Stetson's intention to race this horse over the
Middle West tracks this summer.
* + *
Ed. R. Dunn, of San Francisco, owner of Virginia
Humbug (2) 2:16% (which mare, by the way, is now
at Walnut Hall Farm and in foal to Manrico 2:07%),
owns a nice green trotting mare by San Felipe
2:09%. This horse sired only one foal before being
castrated, and this is the one Mr. Dunn owns. She
is out of a mare by Kinney Lou 2:07%. Mr. Dunn
took her to Cleveland last spring, but she took sick
and he left her with Mike Bowerman at Lexington.
She is a nice mare and is still in charge of Bower-
man.
Meeting of Directors of Fresno Fair Association.
Compliance with Bakersfield's request that this
year's Fresno District Fair be held the last week in
September, provided the oil city can persuade Kings
county to change the date of its fair from the last
week in September to the second week in October,
was decided upon by the directors of the Fresno
District Fair Association at a meeting held last Sat-
urday afternoon. At present, Fresno's fair is sched-
uled for the first week in October. Bakersfield de-
sires that date for her fair, as the oil city is to
entertain the grand lodge of Odd Fellows of this
state during that week. Bakersfield will take up the
matter with Kings county within the next week or
ten days, and after the decision of the latter is made
the Fresno directors will decide definitely whether to
keep the present date or to hold Fresno's fair during
the last week in September. The directors stated
that they desire to co-operate with Bakersfield as far
as possible and do not desire a conflict in the dates
of the Kern county and Fresno county fairs, if there
is any way to avoid it.
One of the principal matters of business to come
before Saturday's session was the election of officers
for the ensuing year. J. E. Dickinson was re-elected
president of the association, and George Warlow was
again chosen vice-president. The Farmers' National
Bank was named treasurer. At the request of Presi-
dent Dickinson, no action was taken concerning the
election of a secretary. C. G. Eberhart, who has
filled the office for the past few years, will not know
for several weeks whether he will remain in Fresno
during the coming year, and until he decides, the
office will be held open. It was stated that Mr.
Eberhart will be re-elected if he decides to remain
in Fresno.
Cleveland Horseman to Honolulu.
One of the most enthusiastic horsemen, sportsmen
and all-round good fellows of the East, who has been
enjoying California's good climate this winter, is
George H. Tipling of Cleveland, owner of Binville
2:09% and several others of like note. Mr. Tipling
left San Francisco Wednesday for Honolulu where
he will spend the remainder of the winter. However,
before leaving he paid the Breeder and Sportsman
an appreciated visit and spent an hour gossiping of
horses and horsemen. The recent holiday edition of
the American Sportsman gives an illustrated page
to Mr. Tipling and Binville, and refers to him per-
sonally as a horse lover, thus: —
"We very frequently find extremely wealthy gen-
tlemen who, forming a fondness for a particular
horse, stand ready and willing to pay unreasonable
prices for same, but seldom do they encounter an
owner who places no limit on the value of his prop-
erty. However, there are exceptions. The late
Henry White, who made millions out of his famous
products, the White Sewing Machine and the White
Automobile, was as much an admirer of Binville as
his owner, because he was such an admirable speci-
men, could trot so fast and never offered to break.
On one occasion Mr. White endeavored to purchase
the son of Binjolla 2:17%, and Mr. Tipling replied,
'I would not sell him for $25,000.' Mr. White then
tendered his check book with the remark,' 'Just fill
out that check for the amount you will sell him for,
then.'
"Binville 2:09% is an exceptionally well bred
young stallion, being by Binjolla 2:17% and out of
Alice Wren, the daughter of Ashland Wilkes 2:17%,
whose every foal, three in number and all by Bin-
jolla 2:17%, have been prominent in the futurities,
Binland (3) 2:08% in 1915 equalling the then record
for The Western Horseman Futurity when he won
the first heat in 2:08%, and the past season Alice
Jolla (3) 2:11% winning the pacing division of the
same futurity. We doubt indeed if more than two
other mares ever produced three foals by the same
sire which proved equally as successful in one of
the great juvenile classics as did Binland (3) 2:08%,
Binville 2:09% and Alice Jolla (3) 2:11%."
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Cris Owen, a well known San Francisco horse lover
and owner, the other day gave his three-year-old
mare Ella O. her first speed work this season, and
she went a couple of slow miles in three minutes.
This good-looking mare is by Moko Hall and her
dam, Sister Mary, is by Kinney Lou. She showed
well last year with very little work and Is entered in
the three-year-old stakes. She is in Frank Burton's
stable at the Stadium.
Mr. Joseph Waddell is actively engaged this week
in preparing papers for the incorporation of the Cali-
fornia Fair and Racing Association, and wishes it
stated that anyone who is interested in racing or
breeding horses of any kind or other livestock, or is
interested in promoting agricultural fairs and race
meetings, is eligible to membership. The circuit of
fairs and race meetings as planned by Mr. Waddell
will be a great benefit to the agricultural interests of
the state, as well as for the horsemen and those
interested particularly in racing.
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Jay Wheeler, the well known Sacramento horse
shopr, is spending about half of his time at his fair
ground shop and says if anyone thinks the boys are
not working their horses out there to follow him
a while and be convinced that they are wearing out
shoes like a ten-year-old school boy. Mr. Wheeler
always owns a good trotter and keeps a few good
brood mares. He has bred his good mare Carita, by
Greco B„ a good doing son of McKinney and out of
Iron Belle, to Jas. Thompson's great young stallion
Bon Watts. Mr. Wheeler says he knows what the
results will be and that when the colt gets to going
good he won't have to shoe any more horses.
* * *
O. J. Holmes, one of the veteran horsemen of the
west, has three green ones in training at the state
fair grounds and with which he expects to "get
the bacon" by the latter part of the season. They
were started too late to be accomplishing much just
now and probably will be a little green by the open-
ing of the season, but if any one can have them
ready it is Mr. Holmes, and he says they will be
there. He has a black stallion called Conley Boy,
owned by Chas. Conley, that was hooked up for the
fourth time while I was there, and, you listen to me,
he will be a real trotter. He is a good looking horse,
a little ugly about the head, but has a lot of sense
and a splendid way of going. He is by Sir John S.
and out of a mare by Baron Gale. Sir B., an aged
pacer by the same horse and owned by Mr. Conley,
is another in Mr. Holmes' stable that can "go
yonder." Mr. Holmes is working a five-year-old
mare for W. J. Irvine, of the Pacific Stables, that
is by The Bondsman and out of a daughter of Mc-
Kinney that he says goes like a house-a-fire. She
is a good looking, gimpy sort of mare and should,
with a little more work, trot fast.
PACIFIC BREEDERS' FUTURITY STAKE No. 14.
A total of twenty-seven payments on three-year-
olds was made on March 1st in Pacific Breeders'
Futurity Stake No. 14, for foals of 1914. The three-
year-old divisions of this stake will take place at the
Breeders' meeting this year. Those eligible are as
follows: —
E. T. Barnette's b c by Carlokin, dam Zephyr by
Zombro.
I. L. Borden's b g Skyrocket by Ed. McKinney, dam
Hester McKinney by McKinney; b g Tommy At-
kins by Tom Smith, dam Carrie B. by Alex.
Button.
S. H. Cowell's b g Bill Logwood by Jim Logan, dam
Two Minutes by Wildnut.
Wm. E. Detels' b f Elloretta D. by Graham Bellini,
dam Daphne McKinney by McKinney.
J. Doran's b f Nelley McCarty by Vernon McKinney,
dam Zaalam by Searchlight.
W. G. Durfee's b c Troubadour by Carlokin, dam My
Irene S. by Petigru.
Sam Gault's b c Peter Klyo Bell by Peter McKlyo,
dam Iran Belle by Iran Alto.
Alex. Grant's b c Kinsman Lou by Wilbur Lou, dam
Sona by McKinney.
Hemet Stock Farm's ch f Louise de Lopez by Kinney
de Lopez, dam Louise Carter by Chestnut Tom;
ch f Matilda Lou by Wilbur Lou, dam Lady Zom-
bro by Zombro; ch f Zeta Lucille by Wilbur Lou,
dam Zeta W. by Nutwood Wilkes.
H. A. Hershey's b c Galen by Jim Logan, dam Palo
Maid by Palo King.
H. S. Hogoboom's b f Eva Dungan by Palo King, dam
Miss lone by Iran Alto; b f Lilly of the Valley
by Palo King, dam by Iran Alto.
Roy D. Mayes' b g El Paso by True Kinney, dam
Ella J. T. by Bob Mason.
Meadow Brook Stock Farm's b c by The Bondsman,
dam Arawanna B. by Sidney Dillon.
J. E. Montgomery's b c Marshall Logan by Jim Lo-
gan, dam Leota by Diablo.
Chris G. Owen's br f Ella O. by Moko Hall, dam by
Kinney Lou.
Geo. F. Ryan's b c by Frank Perry, dam Miss Harris
by Sidney Dillon.
Chas. F. Silva's ch c Little Jack by Teddy Bear, dam
Camille by Stam B.
Sutherland & MacKenzie's b c Rhyolite by F. S.
Whitney, dam Rubelle by Del Coronado.
L. H. Todhunter's b c McKlyo Boy by Peter McKlyo.
dam Sweet Bow by Bon Voyage.
F. W. Wadham's br c Adam Treat by Prince Ansel,
dam Johanah Treat by Thos. Rysdyk.
D. W. Wallis' b c Robert Mc by El Angelo, dam
Annie McKinney by McKinney.
Alex. M. Wilson's br c Kewpie by Carlokin, dam The
Blonde by Strathway.
M. L. Woy's br f Expressive B. by Expressive Mac,
dam Loma B. by Stam B.
THE BREEDER A'ND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 10, 1917
TAKING CARE OF FISHING TACKLE.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
Sportsman Advises Anglers to Look to Their Rods in
Off Season
Game Refuge System. — It is admitted by many
well-posted authorities on game propogation and pro-
tection that every State in the Union should develop
a system of game refuges. California believes deeply
in this, to its credit, and wild game will have a
chance in this State when the series of game refuges
now being located by Harold C. Bryant, for the State
Fish and Game Commission, is approved by the Leg-
islature . A fair chance, is the way sportsmen put it
— a chance for big game to rear young unmolested by
any bang of pot hunters who possess the price of a
gun. And just how much chance the men who are
planning the sanctuaries intend to give wild game
is here told for the first time. Forest rangers, State
deputies and resident mountaineers have co-operated
with the State officials and have furnished field data
which is now being plotted by Bryant. The scheme
is to locate a series of the refuges extending in two
chains, from the Mexican border to Oregon along the
coast: the other through the Nevada Sierra moun-
tains. Hunting only will be forbidden in these areas.
Fishing and the bearing of arms will not be stopped,
and is not stopped in the game refuges which now
exist. At present permits are issued for the hunting
of predatory animals. This custom will be continued
if the new refuges are accepted, according to Bryant.
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Fight to Save Bass. — Sacramento. — Masses of data
are being collected by the State Fish and Game
Commission in the battle that they have opened to
save the fish of San Francisco bay from destruction
by shrimp fishers of Marin county. The contest has
aroused no end of bitterness. The Commission,
headed by Frank M. Xewbert, went before the Senate
committee on Wednesday night to show that the
shrimp is now protected from being caught along
these shores, not so much for the shrimp, but for
the great percentage of small striped bass, shad and
other immature fish, which, say the Commission, had
been taken in the shrimp nets and dried and sent to
China by the Chinese fishermen.
"If the Chinese are permitted to fish on the Marin
county shores for shrimp it will mean the total de-
struction of striped bass in our bay waters," said
Newbert. "At one time there were twenty-one boats
in the shrimp fisheries at these grounds, which were
the bed of the shrimp and of the small fish. The
Commission has caught these fishermen with as
many as 250 pounds of striped bass in the shrimp
nets, taken in one drift, and there were two catches
a day.
"That means 10,000 pounds of small fish taken
a day. These fish, if grown to maturity, run from
three to sixty-four pounds. Striped bass does not
spawn until it weighs three pounds; so it may read-
ily be understood what the loss to the waters of the
bay is in the destruction of the young fish. These
fish spawn many thousands of eggs. But they have
been ruthlessly taken before that time, and therefore
there is still greater loss and injury to a natural
product.
"That is why I am opposing the bills that are cal-
culated to break down the protection that is now
thrown around the fish by the prevention of shrimp
fishing on the Marin shores," said Mr. Xewbert.
"There are ample quantities of shrimps taken at
other places on San Francisco bay to supply the
market demands. I trust that the Legislature will
not tear down the existing regulations."
Newbert said that not less than two months ago
two game wardens had been murdered by striped
bass fishermen at Bouldin Island, and not long after
the murders the Commission arrested two market
fishermen who had been using 11.000 feet of net
catching striped bass on the spawning grounds to
their great destruction. These grounds are set aside
by the State, being natural spawning grounds for the
protection of the bass.
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New Rifle Director — Col. Samuel W. Miller, 0. S.
Army, recently of the Tenth Infantry, has been named
director of civilian marksmanship by the President,
upon the recommendation of the Secretary of War.
The incumbent of the office which was created last
summer by Congress, shortly before adjournment,
has already taken up his duties, and has been at-
tached to the Militia Bureau of the War Department.
With the legislation which is already on the books in
favor of teaching civilians to shoot, and with pros-
pects of other enactments toward the same end dur-
ing the coming session, the director of civilian marks-
manship is facing an unprecedented opportunity to
work a national good, the influence of which may be
made to extend over all the years to come. Col.
Miller comes to his new position enthusiastically in
favor of training civilians to handle the rifle. What
his policies may be aside from this, he has not yet
announced. He has, however, declared himself in
favor of co-operation with all the men and institu-
tions in the country who are working along parallel
lines. Col. Miller has had much experience in rifle
practice . He was commandant of the School of Mus-
ketry' at Monterey, Cal., from July, 1911 to October,
1914, and moved the school from California to Fort
Sill. Oklahoma. When troops were concentrated at
Galveston, a battalion of the 19th Infantry, on duty
at the school, was ordered to Galveston, and Col. Mil-
ler was detailed to Galveston to command the base
and port of embarkation. He was detailed to foreign
service, going to Europe, -where he visited the mus-
ketry schools of France, Germany, Switzerland and
England. He observed the operation of these schools
and embodied his observations in a special report to
the War Department. Last fall, while in the Canal
Zone, Col. Miller was detached and ordered to Wash-
ington and was named Executive Officer of the Na-
tional Matches of 1916. He was in command of the
shooting camp at Jacksonville during the recent com-
petitions. In advocating co-operation between his
office and all others interested in seeing the United
States again take place as a nation of marksmen,
Col. Miller has sounded the right keynote, and, if
his future policies are based upon such considera-
tions, great good may be expected from his adminis-
tration.
3B
UTAH CHANGES GAME LAWS.
House Passes Bill Reducing License and Increasing
Duck Limit..
Salt Lake, Utah. — Reducing the proposed $2 fish-
ing license charge to the old fee of $1.25, giving the
state fish and game commissioner power to declare
open seasons on beavers, and fixing the duck limit
at twenty instead of twelve, the house of represen-
tatives last week passed the fish and game bill, in-
troduced some time ago.
The house spent a good part of the day discussing
the bill. Even then Representative R. E. Currie of
Salt Lake gave notice that he would ask reconsid-
eration of the bill because he failed to get through
an amendment protecting catfish from seining.
Apparently every member of the house became a
sportsman when the measure came up, and everyone
had a pocketful of amendments to offer. Amend-
ments were peppered at the bill like a broadside
from a machine gun. Few of them carried, however,
and this added to the displeasure of the members of
the house particularly interested in them.
An amendment offered by Fisher of Wasatch was
carried, giving the fish and game commissioner au-
thority to declare open season for the killing of
beavers in counties at times when these animals
became so numerous as to cause damage to prop-
erty. The commissioner is to make regulations gov-
erning the trapping or killing of the animals under
such special open seasons.
The amendment carried with but little opposition.
The next amendment was that of reducing the fish-
ing license fee from §2, as proposed by the commit-
tee to $1.25, the present fee. The majority of the
house argued that to raise the fee would encourage
fishing without license and it was argued that more
revenue would be derived from a smaller fee. There
was considerable opposition to this change, but it
carried.
Currie then insisted that catfish be classed with
the other game fish the seining of which is prohib-
ited. He contended that the catfish is just as "sweet
and fine a game fish" as most trout and entitled to
the same protection. He argued that the Utah
county sportsmen and others were trying to dictate
in the matter of seining and that the Salt Lake
county sportsmen wanted catfish excluded from sein-
ing. He argued at length and ardently for his amend-
ment, but the house voted it down and he gave notice
of reconsideration of the entire bill when it had been
passed.
An amendment was adopted permitting fishing in
Panguitch lake at all seasons of the year without a
license, in an effort, it was explained, to rid the lake
of chubs which have so overcrowded the waters as
to practically exterminate the tropt.
The open season for Fish Lake was changed from
June 15 to October 1. The bill was passed by a vote
of 43 to 1.
A companion measure designed to add protection
to wild game of the state, in the form of H. B. No.
105, by Young, prohibiting aliens from hunting or
even having firearms in their possession until they
have resided in the state two years after taking out
their first citizenship papers, was passed. The bill
was amended, however, to exempt foreigners who
might be employed in the destruction of predatory
animals
3D
Using anchovy bait, Charles Vernon of Los An-
geles, while fishing from the long wharf north of
Santa Monica, hooked and landed a four and one-half
pound shad. While shad have been caught in nets
in Santa Monica bay this is the first time, the fisher-
men claim, thai one has been taken with a hook and
line. They claim that shad are seldom taken with
hook and line even in waters where thev are abun-
dant
No less an authority than Stewart Edward White
has stated that the average out-of-doors man becomes
uneasy early in February, and instinctively turns for
temporary relief to the implements of bis favorite
sport. Almost to a man the writers who instruct and
advise us through the pages of the hunting and fish-
ing magazines insist that every orthodox angler shall
devote the greater part of the winter to overhauling
his equipment.
I may not be orthodox; I know I have much of
angling lore to learn; but I also work that I may
fish, and on the eve of opening day my tackle is usu-
ally in the same state that it was when put away.
Then for two or three evenings the house is upset,
the dogs eye me askance and friend wife is sorely
tried. I finally depart with the vital things accom-
plished, but w-ith much undone that, etc.
In one respect at least it pays to be methodical and
forehanded. I shall never forget the one and only
time I tried to varnish a rod at short notice. Since
then this important task has been successfully per-
formed at least two months before opening day. In
case some of your readers have not tried to doctor
their own rods, I should like to say that the opera-
tion is really very simple, all eminent magazine
authorities to the contrary* notwithstanding.
The man who likes to work during the winter
months is given the chance to make his ten-dollar
rod look like the expensive made-to-order article.
The books and the magazines will tell you to "flow"
the varnish on. Forget it. Use as little varnish on
the brush as possible, and work it out until the brush
slides off the rod. When the first coat is finished
the rod will be covered with brush marks. Put the
rod away for a week. When you take it out again
those marks will have disappeared. Three coats are
necessary — four or five are better if they have been
well brushed out. Polish with a rag. powdered stone
and crude oil. Use a little stone, lots of oil and all
the rubbing you have patience to give. Remember,
the success of the operation depends on allowing
each coat of varnish to dry thoroughly.
While waiting for the varnish to dry the method-
ical man would naturally look over his stock of flies,
discarding the damaged ones. Those that are only
mussed can be doctored with steam. Put a cork
with a small hole through it in the spout of a tea-
kettle or hold the fly over the vent in your radiator.
Make a bodkin by sticking a needle in a small piece
of wood. With the needle point stroke up the wings
and hackles. If the fly is badly stuck together it can
be washed in tepid suds. Stick the flies in a strip of
cork or soft wood until dry ,then put away in moth
balls or tobacco.
Soak the old leaders and test them while wet. If
you are a fly fisherman buy some lengths of gut of
the same size as the end of the leader, and tie a
strand to each. Leaders lengthened in this way will
last much longer. Breaks occur most often near the
end, and you will lose only the piece you tied on.
This is particularly true of imported leaders.
Clean and oil the reel, even if it only cost a dollar.
Rub the lines with a very little crude oil, and if badly
worn apply some of the preparations for refinishing
enameled lines. If possible get an old trunk or a
large box and keep everything together.
Then, brethren, when the tomtit sings in the wil-
lows and the voice of the Klaxon horn is heard in the
land, you can repair to your favorite stream with
that peace and tranquillity of mind which has been
our heritage since the days of Walton.
Perhaps while resting beside the stream you may
see a tall cuss, so lazy that he switch casts rather
than lift his line out of the water. If you should
meet this person be kind to him — he's harmless.
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Biggest Buck of Season. — A twenty-seven point
buck! Such an animal nowadays sounds like a pio-
neer's tale, but here is the story of its taking.
Ranger Lewis M. Lorenson, each summer stationed
at Winthrop, Shasta county, is possessor of the fine
antlers — the biggest pair secured by California hunt-
ers for many years.
Just at the close of the season last year, Lorenson
was surveying near Medicine Lake, not for from the
holdings of Attorney Cohen of San Francisco. Loren-
son suddenly came upon the great buck asleep in a
soft pine needle bed. He had no gun, but he lost no
time in covering the half-mile back to camp to secure
a shooting iron.
Luck was with him. The buck was just arising
when the excited hunter returned. One shot and
Lorenson became possessor of 350 pounds of venison
and the biggest antlers of the season.
Hunter Pays For Calf. — North Yakima (Wash.). —
Gus McLavay, a Parker Bottom rancher, was given
judgment in the superior court against Walter Leloh
for $25, representing the value of a calf alleged to
have been killed by Leloh while hunting pheasants
last fall. This is the first judgment for alleged dam-
ages to stock in the hunting season which has been
given in the local court. Leloh denied killing the
calf, but it was proved that the calf was either killed
by Leloh or by one of two hunters with him at the
time, and the other two were able to satisfy the court
they were not guilty.
Saturday, March 10, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
ALAMEDA ELKS CLUB OPENS SEASON.
Ed Garratt and E. B. Thorning Tie for High Honors;
Fred Willet Tops Professionals.
The Alameda Elks' Gun Club ushered in the season
on the Alameda grounds last Sunday under the most
auspicious surroundings. There were fifty-eight in
the regular monthly club program and the scores
established were very creditable. Bray Thorning,
one of the enthusiastic members ,and Ed Garratt ran
a dead heat for the high amateur honors. Each
busted 48 out of the fifty. Close behind was Ted
Handman with 47 and H. B. Vallejo, Al Durney, W.
E. Cooley and Barney Worthen each snuffed out 46.
Among the professionals, Fred Willet was in a happy
mood to drop only one bird. Len Hawxhurst got 47
and Bill Ellis kept up his good lick with 46. Miss
Gladys Reid, the pretty miss from Portland, stepped
right along with a 42x50 score.
The club did things up right by serving a clam
chowder feast that still has the boys licking their
chops. The scores set were as follows:
Events— 15 15 20 Total
*J. W F.Moore 10 12 16 38
M. S. Goodman 10 11 14 35
J. W. Walker 11 11 11 33
Ed Garratt 14 14 20 48
H. O. Alexander 6 6 15 27
[. M. Garratt 10 13 15 38
C. Carman 11 8 15 34
i. E. B. Thorning 15 14 19 48
• A. A. Dumey 12 15 19 46
}: G. W. Thomas 13 11 17 41
t A. M. Gearhart 12 11 15 38
I G. H. Morrison 13 13 16 42
I W. J. Terry 12 13 15 40
C.A.Merrill 10 13 16 39
H. C. Peet 11 15 15 41
; Fred Willet 15 14 20 49
Bill Evers 9 10 15 34
-Bill Ellis 14 13 19 46
I *0. N. Jones 13 14 17 44
W. E. Cooley 13 15 18 46
I W. L. Koch 13 12 17 42
W. H. Price 12 14 17 43
F. E. Hillyer 14 13 15 42
F. W. Parsons 12 11 13 36
*L. S. Hawxhurst 14 14 19 47
F. J. Croll 14 14 16 44
E. G. Williams 13 11 16 40
| Chas. Lindermann 1 14 19 44
F. H. Haskins 9 9 11 29
E. E. Studley 9 10 15 34
H. A. Ray 12 11 18 41
H. Havens 15 13 17 45
George Walker 13 13 14 40
H. Pendleton 6 9 8 23
P. Noonan 7 9 15 31
*R. C. Reed 12 12 18 42
A. W. Aitken 11 10 12 33
J. B. Nichols 12 12 16 40
F. Webster 9 15 17 41
Ted Handman 15 14 18 47
H. B. Vallejo 15 15 16 46
T. D. Riley 13 14 18 45
W. L. Webber 9 4 13 26
*F. W. Blum 9 11 5 25
O. D. Hamlin 13 12 15 40
O. D. Hamlin, Jr 7 3 9 19
W. White 7 8 10 25
P. White 3 3 4 10
H. Martine 12 14 19 45
L. L. Fuller 9 11 12 32
Miss Gladys Reid 14 12 16 42
W. W. Smith 11 10 14 35
A. P. Jordan 11 10 15 36
L. Schroeder 13 5 12 30
R. B. Valleau 8 11 16 35
R. T. Boyd 14 13 18 45
B. Worthen 13 14 19 48
-Professionals.
Seattle Association — With sixty-seven shooters fac-
ing the firing line, the largest crowd, outside of the
state tournaments, to appear on the grounds of the
Seattle Trapshooters' Association, the opening sea-
son shoot held by this association on February 25th
was one great success.
Many of the nearby gun clubs helped the club to
make a showing, chief among these being the Green
Lake Club of Seattle that closed its grounds in re-
spect to the older organization. Tacoma, Belling-
ham, North Yakima, Wenatchee and Leavenworth
were represented by shooters.
High score amateurs for the day were: C. E. Mc-
Kelvey, Hugh Fleming and C. L. Templeton, tying
with 48 each in the 50-target program. Hugh Flem-
ing and Hi Follrich finished high gun amateur scores
by shooting 96 out of the bunch. Professionals
standing high were, Geo. Garrison and Ike Fisher,
high in the. fifty with forty-eight, and Geo. Garrison
high in the hundred by going ninety-six.
The Seattle Association has announced a merchan-
dise and trophy shoot t otake place in two weeks.
All Northwest clubs are invited to attend. The
scores :
At 50 targets — Geo. Garrison* 48, C. E. McKelvey
48. Hugh Fleming 48, Ike Fisher* 48, C. L. Temple-
ton 48, Frank Riehl* 47, J. A. Dague 47, E. W. Cooper
47, Jno. Ruppe 46, Hi Follrich 46, J. H. Hopkins 46,
C. R. McConnell 46, Ralph Kinzer 45, Fred Landwehr
45, Matt Grossman 45, R. S. Barnes 45, E. K. Van
Vlock 45, A. H. Adams 45, Geo. Hambright* 45, V. V.
Eisenbeis 45, Alvin Riehl 45, R. S. Searle 44, Deskin
Reid 44, L. H. Reid* 44, Tom Wilkes 44, Dr. King 44,
A. Drake 43, S. A. Martin 43, E. Chantrell 43, W. B.
Taft 42, D. Rhodes* 42, D. F. Williams 42, Dr. Newton
42, Dr. Hill 42, Jack Converse 41, W. H. Carstens 41,
Dr. Kidd 41, Wm. F. Anderson 41, J. H. Templeton
39, A. L. Hall 39, A. W. Mathis 39, P. E. Sullivan 39,
O. H. Carver 39, J. H. Geltz 38, Dr. Case 38, C. F.
Reinhard 37, J. R. Gibson 36, Geo. Baker 36, J. E.
Dafter 36, M. A. Rosenfield 36, Dr. Giffin 36, C. W.
Bandy 35, L. B. Williamson 34, H. E. Gleason 34, J. A.
Conklin 33, J. Roy 33, Dr. R. V. Mills 31, J. H. Davis
30, W. M. Elliott 26, D. C. Bryant 15.
At 100 targets— Geo. Garrison* 96, Hugh Fleming
96, Hi Follrich 96, C. E. McKelvey 95, Ike Fisher*
94, Frank Riehl* 93, C. L. Templeton 92, Ralph Kin-
zer 91, Matt Grosseman 91, L. H. Reid* 91, E. S.
Barnes 91, J. H. Hopkins 91, Geo. Hambright* 91,
Fred Landwehr 90, V. V. Eisenbeis 90, Deskin Reid
89, R. S. Searle 88. Jack Converse 86, Tom Wilkes
86, Jno. Ruppe 85, J. A. Dague 85, W. B. Taft 82,
D. F. Williams 82, J. H. Templeton 80, J. R. Gibson
74, D. Rhodes* 72, L. B. Williamson 71, J. A. Conklin
69, J. H. Geltz 69, J. H. Davis 60, W. M. Elliott 52,
Dr. Hill 62, P. E. Sullivan 54, M. A. Rosenfield 53,
Dr. Kidd 53, H. J. Trimmer 35, Geo. J. Dorfner 33,
L. B. Nichols 33, Archie Adams 21, J. P. Houston 16,
A. W. Latimer 13, C. M. Latimer 11.
TRAPSHOOTING FIXTURES.
Yours,
SB
E. A. FRY, Sec'y.
Hobbies and Their Riders. — Almost every man has
a hobby. In fact, it's a poor man that hasn't one.
True, he may have been lavishly endowed with
worldly goods, but without a real, honest-to-goodness
hobby he's up against it hard.
Hardly a day passes but what President Wilson
does not play a round of golf. He is an ardent lover
of the game and finds much real recreation in it
John Philip Sousa, when not wielding the magic
wand or wooing the muse of famous march music,
spends his time at horseback riding or in pulverizing
the frisky clay pigeons. In fact, Sousa is some shoot-
er. He admits it, and the trapshooting fraternity
throughout this country will willingly attest the fact.
Christy Mathewson, the greatest pitcher of his day
— the old master — is also "some punkins" at the
traps, as well as on the links, and Chief Bender is
a crack shot.
In fact, delving into the sport of trapshooting
alone, there are hundreds of famous names on its
list of enthusiasts.
Governors Brumbaugh, of Pennsylvania; Ferguson
of Texas, Major of Missouri, Capper of Kansas, and
ex-Governor West of Oregon, have shattered many a
clay bird with their trusty 12-gauges.
Former Director of Public Safety George D. Porter
and Superintendent Robinson, of the Philadelphia
police, have likewise been participants in many ex-
citing clay target tournaments.
George D. Smith, Mayor of Los Banos, California,
one of the best known shooters on the Pacific Coast,
goes in for both trap and field shooting. He is an
ardent Nimrod, has his own spacious preserves ,and
breeds his own game, as well as dogs.
Walter H. Cline, a California District Attorney,
seldom misses an opportnuity to appear before the
traps, while L. B. Clarke, vice-president of the Hi-
bernian Bank of Chicago, was the winner of 1915's
Grand American Handicap — the blue ribbon event of
the year.
QB
Licaense For Trappers. — Trappers and persons in-
terested in the preservation of fur-bearing animals
in California have started a letter campaign to amend
a bill pending before the Legislature providing for
the licensing of trappers. They are asking that the
act should not become operative against boys under
18 and that a closed season should be placed on all
fur-bearing animals to last throughout the summer
months.
In asking for the amendment of the measure the
fur hunters appear as champions of the skunk, along
with fisher, marten, fox, mink ,and otter. They say
there are many things to be said in favor of the
skunk. He is pictured as a nocturnal destroyer of
rodents and insects.
The closed season is asked to save the fur, as fur
taken during the warm months is valueless.
Trappers point out that boys in the mountainous
districts secure their extra money during the winter
by trapping, and that the payment of a license fee
would work a hardship upon them.
3C
Migratory Bird Regulations. — The TJnited States
Department of Agriculture has received inquiries
from many sportsmen in the Middle West in regard
to spring shooting of waterfowl. In response the
Department has made the following public announce-
ment: "Under the Federal regulations there is a
closed season from February 1 to September 6, inclu-
sive, each year throughout the United States on
waterfowl and other migratory game birds; the sea-
son for hunting is further restricted in various parts
of the country to periods not exceeding three and
one-half months. The open season on waterfowl in
the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska, Kan-
sas and Missouri is from September 16 to December
31, inclusive, and it is unlawful to hunt or kill water-
fowl in those states at any other time. Persons com-
mitting violations of the regulations may be prose-
cuted at any time within three years after an offense
is committed."
August 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 1917— Chicago, Ills.— The
Interstate Association's Eighteenth Grand Amer-
ican Trapshooting Tournament, under the aus-
pices of the South Share Country Club Gun Club;
$4,000 added money. Winner of first place in the
Grand American Handicap guaranteed $500 and a
trophy; winner of second place guaranteed $400
nd a trophy; winner of third place guaranteed
$300 and a trophy; winner of fourth place guaran-
teed $200 and a trophy, and the winner of fifth
place guaranteed $100 and a trophy. Numerous
other trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E.
Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
May 28, 29, 30, 1917— San Jose, Cal— The Interstate
Association's Twelfth Pacific Coast Trapshooting
Tournament, under the auspices of the San Jose
Gun Club; $1300 added money. Winner of first
place in the Pacific Coast Handicap guaranteed
$100 and a trophy; winner of second place guar-
anteed $75 and a trophy, and the winner of third
place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other
trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner,
Manager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Los Angeles Club. — Heine Pfirrmann, blasting from
the 20-yard line, smashed 97x100 targets as the Los
Angeles Gun Club Sunday and by so doing was the
high gun for the day's shoot in the trophy event.
F. H. Mellon took second high honors with 95x100
breaks to his credit, while L. M. Packard was third
with 94x100 smashes. Owen Evans, W. S. Hillis and
L. J. Micka tied for third with 93x100 smashes. The
scores:
H. Pfirrmann 97, F. H. Mellon 95, L. M. Packard
94, O. A. Evans 93, L. J. Micka 98, W. S. Hillis 93,
N. W. Nelson 92, C. S. White 92, C. F. Nichols 92, G.
Holohan 92, W. A. Joslyn 92, F. H. Melius 91, Owen
Council 91, C. W. Fish SO, J. W. Meek 90, J. W.
Meek 90, L. R. Melius 90, Geo. Tuckett 90, Mrs. H.
Pfirrmann 89, C. D. Hagerman 89, J. F. Dodds 88, F.
Frewelll 88, L. J. Petit 88, H. E. Sargent 88, R. O.
Pool 87, V. A. Rossbach 87, A. Pachmayr 87, H. C.
Cline 87, C. W. Clement 86, F. H. Nichols 86, R. H.
Morse 86, R. Adcock 85, E. K. Mohler 84, W. A. Cor-
nelius 84, B. H. Carnahan 83, C. H. Betz 82, Wm.
Kennedy 82, J. R. Pitcher 81, F. E. Brint 81, E. Hart-
mann 81, S. C. Miller 79, Mrs. F. H. Mellon 76, A.
Hartmann 68, Chas. Richards 68, J. C. Collins 64x75,
W. Scott 46x50, J .H. Bishop Jr. 45x50, Wm. Dough-
erty 45x50, Seth Hart 44x50, F. H. Teeple 44x50, Paul
Nourse 43x50, W. L. Vail 43x50, G. L. Pulley 40x50,
C. T. Greenfield 39x50, H. J. Bauer 39x50, M. D.
Towne 39x50, C. E. Groat 20x25, W. E. Seeley 20x25,
L. H. Brown 19x25, D. J. DeHetre 23x25, Mrs. Groat
22x25, P. J. Curley 34x50, Mrs. C. McClean 30x50.
The point winners on the John C. Cline diamond
wratch charm are as follows: Mellon 12, Mohler 8,
Micka 8, Cline 7, Melius 7, Packard 7, Cornelius 7,
Pfirrmann 6, Allen 4, Morse 3, Petit 3, Gibson 2,
Grewell 2, Carter 2, White 2, Mrs. Pfirrmann 2, Dodds
2, Evans 2, Hillis 2, L. R. Melius 1, Council 1, Nelson
1, Nichols 1.
BB
Young America and Trapshooting. — Time was
when trapshooting was looked up as a sport only
suitable for the sterner sex. A woman trapshooter
was considered a freak. Today women shoot and
vote under the same conditions as their husbands,
brothers or sweethearts.
It is not to be wondered at then that the boys and
girls incline naturally to a desire which gives so
much enjoyment to their elders, and coming by it
naturally they should be encouraged.
Where a few years ago, there were no women trap-
shooters, today there are hundreds. A few years ago
the thought of a 15-year-old shootirg at the traps
would have been laughed at. Today we see them
shooting with their elders and shooting like veterans.
What does it teach? First of all, confidence; it
banishes timidity; it quickens the judgment; creates
poise; makes for broad-mindedness and a healthy
mental attitude.
The boy or girl who takes up trapshooting needs
less coaching than an older novice. They seem to
grasp the fundamentals with little effort, after which
the results depend largely on the opportunity offered.
"Squad Manners" are absorbed immediately — when
to change position, consideration for other shooters,
when making changes, etc.
The main thing is the proper placing of a correctly
fitting gun stock to the shoulder, distance of hand
on fore-end to avoid straining (this governed by the
length of the shooter's arms), and finally, "looking"
with both eyes instead of aiming with one. — [George
Peck.
GG
Telegraphic Shoot. — Spokane, Wash., March 4. —
Results of today's shoot in the Inland Empire Tele-
graphic trapshooting tournament placed Spokane and
Wallace in first place with three straight victories
to their credit. Kalispell and Kellogg are tied for
second place with two victories and one defeat each.
Three of today's matches resulted in ties.
George Arland of Garfield is still in the lead for
individual honors, having a total score of 74 out of
a possible 75. Today's results follow:
Spokane, 111, Potlatch 104, Pendleton 114, Sunny-
side 105, Wallace 115, Palouse 113, Garfield 122, Kel-
logg 122, Kalispell 119, Lewiston 119, Wenatchee 116,
Pomeroy, 116.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 10, 1917
Sportsmen's Row
The boys at the Alameda Club shoot on Sunday
had a tough time of it. While they were trying to
concentrate on busting the targets for a high score,
several flights of wild ducks flew overhead. To the
credit of the wild fowl be it said that they used good
judgment in keeping out of range, for the temptation
to turn loose on them would likely have landed some
of the gang, even though it is the closed season. No
self-respecting hunter can very well stand for a duck
giving him the ha, ha.
+ + +
Miss Gladys Reid ?s figuring on returning to her
home in Portland this coming week. The pretty miss
showed herself to be a coming shot at both the Gol-
den Gate and Elks' Club shoots and made many
friends by her pleasant ways and genial smiles.
* + *
W. L. Koch is one of the younger shooters who is
sticking to the sport and coming ahead in leaps and
bounds.
* * *
No more tournaments now until the third Sunday,
March 18th, when the Golden Gate Club will give its
first monthly tournament.
* * *
At the annual meeting of the Los Angeles Gun
Club, held last week, Heine Pfirrmann was elected
president of the club for the coming season. Harry
Cline was elected vice-president and Fred Teeple
secretary, and Owen Council treasurer. William Ken-
nedy, H. E. Sargent, E. K. Mohler. C. W. Fish, F. H.
Melius. B. H. Carnahan, N. W. Nelson, W. A. Cor-
nelius, V. A. Rossbeck, C. J. O'Reillly and E. C. Cross-
man were selected as directors for the coming sea-
son. There have been 38,805 targets thrown at the
club during the past month, and 266,825 thrown since
the first of the vear.
* + +
Mrs. A. O. Lakeland of Summit, N. J., has pur-
chased the orange Pomeranian Minegold Glory from
Mrs. F. Brown and Mrs. K. Carlin for $1,250. Mine-
gold Glory won several classes in the Garden and
has been unusually successful recently. Mrs. Lake-
land is an extensive breeder of Poms.
* + +
The Big Time Gun Club of Sacramento, before
opening the season last Sunday at the Schenk ranch,
held an election of officers. Last year there were
214 members and at the annual election there were
sixty-five present, with the following named for
office: President, Howard Oldbeck; financial secre-
tary and treasurer. Ralph Jost; recording secretary,
E. Raffeto; field captain, D. E. Newbeek. These offi-
cers with Lee Gorman constitute the board of direc-
tors.
* + +
Al. Durney set up a three-win trophy for high runs
at the Alameda Elks' Club and then at the first shoot
he annexed a win on it. Al started out badly, miss-
ing his first three birds, but he closed with a rush
with a straight run of 42.
* * *
The San Jose Club will stage an old policy regis-
tered tournament on March 25th.
+ ♦ +
It is announced that a trout fishing club is soon to
be organized at Big Bear Lake, California, which the
organizers hope will be a close rival of the Tuna
Club at Catalina Island. It is rumored that Judge
Henry O'Melveny of Los Angeles will be the first
president of the new organization.
* ♦ ♦
March 11th the Seattle Trapshooters' Association
is planning a special merchandise shoot, the prize
shooting being open to everybody. Four classes, for
which the club is giving four prizes for each class,
will shoot the regular club program of fifty targets.
An extra fifty targets, using the added bird handicap,
will be shot for the possession of a beautiful oil
painting valued at $25 and presented by Fred Land-
wehr.
N. W. Trapshooters' League. — The christening
shoot of this newly formed league will take place on
the grounds of the Seattle Trapshooters' Association
Sunday, March 25th. The formation of this body of
clubs, for which aU due credit falls on the shoulders
of our mutual friend L. H. Reid, will perhaps go
farther towards bringing the sportsmen of the local-
ity together in acquaintance and good-fellowship than
any other way.
The monthly shoots of the league will furnish the
shooters a splendid opportunity of registering more
than they have before. The program con-
one hundred registered targets and two han-
dicap events. A team race between teams selected
by each club will be the feature of the season's
shooting.
Prizes offered by the Interstate Association and
also the individual club* of the league will furnish
the^ contesting shooters something besides the sport
era of the league are Dr. C. L. Templeton
nt, and Sari A. Fry, secretary-treasurer, both
living In Seattle.
mistered, names of clubs composing the
league and their secretaries are as follows:
March 25th — Seattle Trapshooters' Assn. at Seat-
tle. E. A. Fry, Sec'y.
April 22nd — Tacoma Gun Club, at Tacoma. E, E.
Young, Sec'y.
May 13th — Everett Gun Club, at Everett. C. E.
French, Sec'y.
June 17th— Bellingham Gun Club, at Bellingham.
I. Dienberger, Sec'y.
July 22nd — Chehalis Gun Club, at Chehalis. W. C.
Short, Sec'y.
Aug. 19th— Blaine Gun Club, at Blaine. F. L. Gott,
Sec'y.
Sept. 9th — Green Lake Gun Club, at Seattle. G. A.
Conklin. Sec'y. Yours, E. A. FRY.
QC
Wing Club Shoot. — Jack Nelson and Henry Stel-
ling, both well known to local trapshooters, engaged
in a match Simday, to the great amusement and in-
terest of the California Wing Club members, in which
Nelson came out with first honors. The two entered
a white flyer contest,, twelve to be the full flight
When the affair was over Jack Nelson had a score of
10 to his opponent's 7. Nelson is now being called
the "champeen." Other scores of the shoot are:
First event: Peter Walsh 11, Newt Neustadter 2,
Ed Hogg 11, Captain Du Bray 6. Henry Stelling 10,
T. C. Peterson 7, Jennings 11, Jack Nelson 10, Ed-
ward Forester 11, C. C. Nauman 12, Eugene Forester
9, Joe Nelson 8.
Second event: Peter Walsh 10, Newt Neustadter
12, Captain Du Bray 8, T. C. Peterson 9, Jennings 8,
Jack Nelson 10, Eugene Forester 9.
"Freeze Out" match: Neustatter and Nelson tied
with 7each.
C. C. Nauman was the only contestant to make a
perfect score of 12.
QB
S. F. Flycasting Club. — The whirr of reels and the
sing of the line playing out throughagate rings
marked the entrance of another spring sport Sunday.
The members of the San Francisco Fly and Bait Cast-
ing Club gathered at Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park
to participate in the midwinter tourney.
Weather conditions were ideal. There was no
wind and the atmosphere was just a trifle hazy. A
feature of the tourney was the ten-pin lure event, in-
feature of the tourney was the ten-pin lure event.
The results:
10 %oz.
Delicacy H.T. D.F. pin lure
Name Accy Del. Net"^ Accy AccylureAccy
Cal. Young 18 30 24 32 30 40 24
W. Mansfield 17 5 11 13 26 59 36
Dr. Westerfield ..42 35 38% 49
Dr. Brooks 26 5 15% 18 26 19 39
P. W. Shattuck...l5 20 17% 20 14 38 38
S. Forbes 19 0 9% 13 21 32 23
W.Gardner 16 20 18 23 29 38 23
Cal Burgin 36 15 20% 19 24 36 21
Wm. Crawford ...47 10 28% 40 65 36 40
P. Nippert 69 35 52
F. J. Cooper 37 5 21 5 20 40 22
M. Webster 20 5 12% 8 41 29 27
A. Sperry 60 50 55 27 50 12 48
H. Thompson 28 25 25% 13 39 16 58
J. Springer 19 40 29% 49 16 14 84
Wm. Gibbs ..• 35 64 0
Team — Two Event Match —
S. Forbes, Capt 10 16
F. J. Cooper 13 j]
Wm. Webster 5 45
P. W. Shattuck .". 16 59
Wm. Crawford 27 35
H. B. Sperry 5 47
Col. Burgin, Capt 19 42
Wm. Gardner '..'. 27 16
W. D. Mansfield 10 48
A. Sperry 29 30
Col. Young 21 46
Chas. Kewell 8 50
Boat used. Judge, F. J. Cooper; referee, P W
Shattuck; clerk, H. L. Ellsworth.
Trapshooting Has Changed. — Back in the early '80s
when America's sportsmen began to demand a be-
tween-season outlet for their gunning enthusiasm,
some bright Yankee genius conceived the idea of the
glass ball as a fitting target to try the prowess of
the marksman, when the object was projected at un-
known angles from a mechanical contrivance known
as a trap.
The name of Bogardus, in connection with glass-
ball shooting, is not only historical, but still alive
and dominant in the reminiscences of old-timers a
goodly percentage of whom still follow the sport' of
trapshooting.
The trapshooting of today, however, differs ma-
terially from that sport of long ago; the traps are
more scientifically constructed, the target, instead
of being globular in form, is saucer-shaped and not
only covers its 50-yard flight with the speed of an
arrow, but rotates as well.
It has become customary for writers to refer to
the clay pigeon as "the inanimate target"; so long
as they remain packed in barrels or stacked in the
trap house this is quite proper. On the other hand,
were you to ask any one of the 500.000 active trap-
shooters in the country for his personal opinion he
would unhesitatingly say that immediately follow-
ing the release of the trap it becomes just about
as animated as a devilish ingenuitv could conceive
By "Trapshooter."
WASHINGTON PROUD OF HER GAME.
Warden Darwin Writes That Resources Are Plentiful
Because of Cold Water.
[By L. H. Darwin, Washington State Fish Commis-
sioner and Game Warden]
Washington today offers the best hunting and fish-
ing opportunities of any State in the Union. Trout
are not only more plentiful in Washington than else-
where, but they are of the finest quality that can be
found anywhere. The explanation for this, in part
at least, is its cold water, both fresh and salt. So
excellent are its native varieties that the law pro-
hibits the planting of any variety into its waters
without the written consent of the State Fish Com-
missioner, who is also the State Game Warden.
Some of the varieties of fish classed in the East
as of the best game fish are so plentiful in Washing-
ton as to be designated commercially as food fish and
are taken in the salt waters with every description
of net. This is especially true of what is known in
Washington as the steelhead salmon, but which is
classed scientifically and by the Federal Govern-
ment as a trout.
The plentiful supply of game fish is undoubtedly
responsible for the fact that smal lefforts were put
forth in this Stale prior to three and one-half years
ago t oartificially propagate them. Washington is
increasing in population faster than any other State
in the Union, and this fact is responsible in part for
the great efforts which have been put forth by State
Fish Commissioner and State Game Warden L. H.
Darwin, since assuming charge of the office, to not
only increase the output of the food-fish hatcheries
but to greatly increase the output of the game fish
hatcheries.
In 1912 the output of the game fish hatcheries in
the State was slightly over 2,900,000. This was
rapidly increased during the next three years until in
1915 the output of the trout hatcheries was in excess
of 17,000,000. It is believed that this is a larger num-
ber of eggs than was hatched by all the other States
combined, west of the Rocky Mountains.
The number of trout hatcheries in the State dur-
ing the incumbency of the present Commissioner has
been increased from four to seven, while the cost of
hatching trout fry has been reduced to about one-
fifth of what is was three and one-half years ago.
The first effort on the part of the State to hatch
game birds was put forth last year by the State
Game Warden, who established an experimental
game farm at the State Penitentiary at Walla Walla.
with some $2,500 contributed by some of the counties
of the state for this purpose. The efforts were con-
fined exclusively to the propagation of Ringneck or
Chinese pheasants.
Two things influenced the selection of the State
Penitentiary for this experiment: One was the abil-
ity so secure labor without any cost and the other
was the settled climatic conditions. Success beyond
the wildest anticipations attended the effort. Out of
some 2,500 eggs set, some 1,900 birds were hatched,
of which 1,824 were reared and distributed to the
counties contributing to the fund for the establish-
ment of the experimental farm.
The State Association of Game Commissioners and
Game Wardens at their annual meeting at Tacoma,
December 11 and 12, 1916, unanimously endorsed the
proposition of the permanent establishment of a
game farm at the State Penitentiary and recommend-
ed an appropriation of $25,000 from the State Game
Fund for this purpose. Never in the history of the
state had the work of propagation of game fish and
game birds been carried forward on such a large
scale and at such a small cost.
08
JOE RICE WRITES FROM PHOENIX.
Breeder and Sportsman:
We had a nice little shoot at the Phoenix Gun
Club this morning (Sunday, the 4th), with Tom
Edens high man. Scores of program follow:
Tom Edens 46x50, 25 of these from 23 yds.; Ray
DeMund 44x50, 25 from 23 yds.; H. P. DeMund 35x
50, 25 from 23 yds.; W. B. Twitchell 35x50, 25 from
18 yds.; Del Morrell 36x50, 25 from 20 yds.; H. Heile-
man 41x50. 25 from 20 yds.; Wm. Heflin 33x50, 25
from 18 yds.: Capt Gulley (first time at traps) 21x
50 from 16 yds.; H. S. Prince 25x50 at 16 yds.; *Joe
Rice 33x50 at 16 yds.
Arizona has registered three shoots for this fall,
the first at Hillside (between Phoenix and Prescott),
Nov. 9 and 10, then Phoenix, with the wind-up at
Ray.
The shoot at Hillside will be given by Mr. C. Mul-
len, who is the brother of W. E. Mullen of Ray. The
shoot will be held on the "Mullen Ranch, and this
shoot will be a crackerjack, as the Mullens know
how to entertain. I am of the opinion that this will
be the best shoot ever pulled off in the Southwest.
I missed seeing many of the boys at Christmas ,
time, and was sorry. I miss the Golden Gate shoots
and the good times we used to have around the vari-
ous Bay clubs.
Am still receiving the Breeder and Sportsman, and
appreciate it much.
With kindest regards to all the boys, I am
Very truly yours. JOE RICE.
Phoenix, Ariz., March 4th.
Saturday, March 10, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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WESTMINSTER SHOW BIG SUCCESS.
Conejo Wlcollar Boy, Wire-Haired Fox Terrier, Is
Judged Best Boy in Country.
New York has just passed through its biggest dog
week, according to many of those who have attended
all the shows of the Westminster Kennel Club held
in the past thirty years. Though the record of dogs
entered had been surpassed once before, there never
was a time, according to those old-timers, when the
general public demonstrated so keen an interest in
the leading show of the country.
The public attended in larger numbers than ever
before, and what is more to the point, nearly every
\ person who went to the Garden during the four days
of the show displayed more than a passing knowl-
edge of the points of a dog. Fifteen or twenty years
ago it was the custom to go to the dog show, just as
to the horse 3how, because other people went to the
big attractions in the Garden, but the ordinary visitor
knew little or nothing about the animals he came to
observe, but just strolled through the aisles and
' went out no wiser than he came in.
All this was changed in the recent show and nearly
every visitor picked out his own pet breed, and his
own pet dog. irrespective of the rulings of the judges,
' which made or unmade champions. That was dis-
tinctly evident on Friday when the specials were
being awarded. The spectators grouped around the
ring for the judging of the best dog in the show of
any breed and displayed a tense interest more sug-
gestive of the prize ring than of a dog show. Nearly
all were acquainted with the champions of the differ-
ent breeds and vigorous applause greeted the award
' of the chief honor to Mrs. Roy A. Rainey, for the
great showing made by her wire-haired fox terrier,
Conejo Yycollar Boy.
There was a distinct improvement of the quality
of the entries in most of the principal breeds, but
i the experts agreed in the statement that the wire-
haired fox terriers came nearer to perfection in
standard than any other breed. Mrs. Rainey was su-
preme all through in these classes, Biddy of Holy-
port taking the winner's bitches award in addition to
the early and later honors garnered by Wycollar Boy.
The Long Island woman has spent money lavishly
and possesses the best string of wire-haired fox ter-
riers in the country. As a result she was to the
front in most of the specials which marked the clos-
ing day of the show. Among her other dogs that
captured prizes were: Conejo Highbrow, ch. Guy-
craft Salex, Conejo Gentry Girl, Conejo Enticement,
ch. Matford Vic, Uncle Sam, and Parcel Post.
The Bostons, which had the largest entry, showed
better marking and color than ever before, according
to Mrs. F .A. Dellen, who passed on the breed. Most
were of a darker brindle than hitherto and showed
improvement about the eyes. The only real criti-
cism was that many of those entered were a trifle
too light, in bone. The honors of the class went to
Mrs. George E. Dresser's ch. Peter's Captain, which
went out. of his class to gain the honor of being the
best American bred dog in the show.
Charles G. Hopton, who judged the German shep-
herd dogs, was upheld in his placings later in the
week by George Thomas, the judge of specials. The
honors in dogs went to Sheridan S. Norton's ch. Max,
while Herta von Ehrengrund was the best of the
bitches under both judges. Both experts showed ob-
jection t othe exceptional fronts which some winners
of previous years have had.
Among the bulldogs, ch. Strathtay Prince Albert,
owned by Alex Ht Stewart, of Chicago, was easily
the best. He is an exceptionally low and massive
brindle and white, and scored over the American
bred Astoria Baron, which was loose behind and wide
in the sbouiders. In the bitches the winner's award
went to Mr. Stewart's Strathtay White Light. Oak-
well Flirty West, the reserve, was possibly a trifle
heavier in wrinkle and squarer in face than White
Light, but the Chicago dog was much better in body,
shoulder formation and gait.
The Sealyham had the best entry ever seen in
America. The winner was the famous English cham-
pion. Hadley Hoodwink, owned by W. Ross Proctor.
Hoodwink is a great type of the working terrier, but
lacked the action, strength of ribs and powerful quar-
ters of some former champions.
In Irish terriers there was nothing good enough
to beat the recently imported Brook Hill Double
Shear, owned by W. C. Seipp, a rare stamp which
won comfortably. There were quite a few, however,
who declared another recent importation, Wrose
Badger, owned by Marcus Bird and John A. Bell, Jr.,
should have been in the money. But she was a little
off in coat and a bit overdone in trimming. In the
other sex, John G. Bates's famous old champion,
Barney Belinda, was an easy victor.
There were some prominent dogs absent from the
Pekingese classes. However, of the dogs shown, the
first three. Nowata Swinley Lilien, belonging to Mrs.
M. E. Harby; Tim Yee Kung of Alderburque, owned
by Mrs. Elbridge Gerry Snow, and Shan Tong of Pah
Kow were easily the best.
Champion Abbey King Nobbier was the best of the
Airedales, but there were many new ones of merit
shown. Mr. Stewart's six-year-old title holder looked
as good as ever in his wonderful career, and the
strong fight he made for actual best dog of the show
was evidence that Judge William L. Barclay did not
err when he placed Nobbier as the winner in the
breed.
The St. Bernards were a grand lot. Colonel Jacob
Ruppert captured most of the honors, but it was said
experts could not understand why the Judge placed
the Colonel's recent importation, Portia, over her
sire, the Colonel's old favorite, Boy Blue.
Gamins Rival, belonging to Hugh Jackson, won for
best of the breed for French bulldogs. He is the
famous sire of the well-known La France Model,
winners' dog, and Gamins Rival, Jr., the reserve win-
ner. Both La France Model and Gamins Rival, Jr.,
are owned by Robert A. Scott. The winners' bitch
was Haworth Mircelli, owned by Mrs. Mabel Riddell.
Reserve winners' bitch. Georgette R., comes from
New England. The sensation of the breed was Ar-
nold Lawson's puppy Robespierre, which is bound to
improve and become a champion. — [N. Y., March 4.
OB
New A. A. T. A. Clubs— With the addition of 23
separate organizations during the last month, the
club membership of the American Amateur Trap-
shooters' Association, the Amateur Trapshooters' na-
tional body, of which John Philip Sousa is president,
is increased to 1309 clubs, distributed among 48
states, Hawaii, Alaska and Canada.
The new clubs to be admitted and which now have
the privilege of holding contests for the various med-
als and trophies awarded by the national organiza-
tion are as follows:
California — Los Angeles Gun Club, Los Angeles,
Fred. H. Teeple, secretary-
Colorado — Lakewood Country Club, Denver, W. A.
McConnell, secretary.
Dist. Columbia — Analostan Gun Club, Washington,
Miles Taylor, secretary.
Illinois — Iuka Rod and Gun Club, Iuka, G. C. Gor-
ges, secretary; Neopit Trapshooters' Club, Neopit,
A. H. Mierswa, secretary.
Maryland — Princess Anne Trapshooting Club, Prin-
cess Anne, Earle B. Polk, secretary; Tome School
Gun Club, Port Deposit, W. R. Dey, secretary.
Michigan — Lake Linden Rod and Gun Club, Lake
Linden, Edw. J. Marcotte, secretary; Pearl Beach
Gun Club, Pearl Beach, Harry J. Mier, secretary;
West Side Gun Club, Saginaw, Fred L. Helfrecht,
secretary.
Minnesota^ — Chisholm Rod and Gun Club, Chisholm,
John Dwyer, secretary.
Missouri — Automobile Club of Kansas City, R. Mc-
Dermand, secretary.
New Jersey — Englewood Country Club, Englewood,
S. A. Graham, secretary; Laurel House Gun Club,
Lakewood, A. J. Murphy, secretary.
New York — Bergen Beach Gun Club, Bergen Beach,
H. W. Dreyer, secretary; Jefferson Gun Club, Buffalo,
D. S. Jacobs, secretary; Cazenovia Gun Club, Caze-
novia, H. J. Cull, secretary.
Ohio — Richfield Gun Club, Richfield, Sidney Buell,
secretary.
Pennsylvania — Lancaster County Gun Club, Lan-
caster. J. P. Breneman, president; Oxford Gun Club,
Oxford, Dr. Frank A. Hanna, secretary; Wilkinsburg
Gun Club, Wilkinsburg, J. Frank Miller, secretary.
Rhode Island — South Country Rod and Gun Club,
Westerly, Israel R. Sheldon, secretary.
Wyoming — Rawlins Ideal Gun Club, Rawlins, J.
Richard Daley, secretary.
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Salt Lake Club. — Members of the Salt Lake Gun
Club celebrated Washington's Birthday with an in-
teresting shoot at the local traps. On account of the
weather conditions, there was not as large a crowd
present as was expected. Thos who did attend, how-
ever, entered into the sport with much enthusiasm
and for this reason the competition was keen.
Reilley, Bishop and Mitchell ran a very close race.
The suspense was held until the last event, when
Mitchell lost out by one target, leaving Reilley and
Bishop tied for first with the score of 47x50. Under
such weather conditions as prevailed, these scores
are considered very good. Following are the results:
Bishop 47, Reilley 47, Mitchell 46, Anderson (pro.)
43, Heagren 41, Welch 41, Anderson 27, Brown 25.
Louie Breer, one of the old school of trapshooters,
and a good one in his day, banteringly challenged his
friend Lee Garnsley to a match at 100 targets, Lee
to shoot the first 50, and regardless of what he broke
he was to count ther all dead, and the last 50 he
would get what he actually broke. This looked like
a good bet for Louie as Lee had never shot at a tar-
get and had only taken up game shooting in the last
two years. At the conclusion of the race, which was
held in Los Angeles, Louie had broke 86 out of 100
and Lee 93 out of 100 without his handicap. His
strings of 25's were broke 22, 23, 25, 23. He also
had a run of 57 straight. "This was the most remark-
able shooting for a beginner that I have ever wit-
nessed," declared Fred H. Teeple.
QB
Refuge at Riverside. — If a measure proposed by
the State Fish and Game Game Commission of Cali-
fornia is passed by the present Legislature, a game
refuge will be established in the vicinity of Sheep
Mountain, Riverside county, to include 69,120 acres
of mountain land. Sheep Mountain is located two
or three miles northwest of the Martinez Mountain
on the west side of the Coachella valley and on the
south side of the San Jacinto mountains. A new
system of roads is to be built from the towns of the
valley to the foot of the mountains, through a recent
bond issue voted in the valley. The bill proposes
that seventeen game refuges be established in the
Sierra Nevada and coast ranges of mountains. The
new refuge in Riverside County will be the second
largest in the state to be formed under the bill.
Riverside, Cal. FELT WAD.
TIME TO THINK OF CAMPING.
Sportsman's Axe Is Most Important Thing to Remem-
ber To Take Along.
Few people realize the importance and value of
the axe. In some of its various forms it has been
a mainstay of pioneer life since the beginning. With
prehistoric peoples it was not only an all-purpase
tool, but the premier weapon. The ancient stone
axe of the British Isles, called celt, the more elabo-
rate dolabra of the same material, used by the old
Romans as a sacrificial instrument, the tomahawk of
our American aborigines — these any many others
under various names are progenitors of our modern
axe.
It is interesting to note that among primitive peo-
ples, our Indians brought the axe as a weapon to its
highest development. The tomahawk was originally
of stone, but the natives were quick to appreciate
the superiority of iron as introduced to them by the
white traders.
And the value of the tomahawk did not end with
its uses as a weapon and tool; the pipe-tomahawk
had a hollow stem, and a bowl at the back of the
head. Thus the red man was prepared to "smoke
the pipe of peace" or remove an enemy's top-knot,
according to the nature of the overtures.
The number of different axes today is astonishing.
Every trade seems to have its particular kind; to
name but a few, we have the fireman's axe, the stone-
cutter's axe, the butcher's axe, the ship broadaxe,
the double bitted axe, the ordinary broadaxe, the
common chopping axe — and, best of all, the sports-
man's axe.
The well-equipped sportsman, if he is camping,
takes two axes, one to remain at camp, the other a
belt axe to be always with him. The ordinary camp
axe should have a 36-inch handle and be rather heavy.
If you have much clearing to do a light axe is a nui-
sance.
I advocate the square-poled implement because of
its greater range of usefulness. Particularly as an
anvil it will serve you to great advantage. Striking
it solidly into a log gives you a fine working surface
on which to havver anything with your belt-axe or
hunting knife.
As a first step in arranging camp, nail a heavy
piece of canvas on a tree as a sheath for the camp
axe, and demand that every one in the party put it
back in the pocket when done using it. This precau-
tion not only saves the tool, but prevents accidents.
And to be really considerate of your pal, the axe, you
should nail a little curtain above the pocket, so that
the blade may not be rusted by rain.
The belt axe is one of the finest accessories ever
added to the sportsman's outfit. As inexpensive as
they are, no woodsman can afford to be without one.
The blade should be forged from tool steel and care-
fully tempered, the handle should be second growth
hickory, about 14 or 16 inches long. Such an axe
will cost you not more than 75 cents, and you can buy
a sheath and belt for 60 cents.
The art of sharpening ordinary tools is really a
part of woods lore. Different methods are used in
conditioning the axe blade, but experience has proved
that a one-sided bevel throws chips off better. Fin-
ishing both sides equally straight causes the axe to
stick more or less.
The best whetstone for steady use is a combination
one — coarse India stone on one side, and a fine
grained Washita for finishing on the other. Also for
hunting-knives, this stone will be found very satis-
factory. Many fishermen use it for pointing their
hooks and removing rust from various articles of
the tackle.
It is always well to have an extra axe-handle in
the pack, but if this precaution has been neglected
and you find yourself "up against it" with a broken
helve, don't worry. With a sharp hunting-knife, a
piece of glass, and any slick to use temporarily as a
handle till you can cut out a piece of timber, you are
independent of the manufacturers.
Select second growth hickory — white is best — and
be certain that it is straight-grained and contains no
knots. Most of the hardwoods are too brash. Oak
and elm are too heavy, and sycamore, though fre-
quently used, is not as satisfactory as the reliable
hickory. A straight handle is easier to make, and
just as good for your purpose.
Finishing the handle as far as possible with your
knife lessens the work, but the real smoothness
comes from using the glass. Any fragment, like a
piece of broken bottle, will answer perfectly. Use
the thinnest cutting edge and you can get about the
same results as from sandpaper.
Most important of all is the fit of the handle in
the axe-eye. It must be such as to give an absolutely
even cutting edge. If either corner is allowed to
strike first, the axe is liable to glance. Such an axe
is highly dangerous, and will break its handle, if it
does no worse. See, too, that the wedging is secure.
The splits, of course, are to be made with your
knife before the final adjustment of helve to eye. Spit
both ways and have the wedges sufficiently long to
retain their place . Many serious accidents have oc-
curred as a result of carelessness in wedging.
L. E. EUBANKS.
Another freak bill that has been introduced in the
legislature is the idea to limit the number of ducks
to be shot to the number of persons in a hunter's
family.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 10, 1917
I Stock and Farm Department I
Cloverdale. — Owing to the heavy rain tor five days
during the time of the twenty-fourth annual citrus
fair, it is now figured that the fair ran between $300
and $400 behind. This deficit will be met by the
business men of the town, who agreed in advance to
finance the fair if it became necessary. Although
regretting the unfortunate weather conditions as far
as the fair was concerned, Cloverdale has generally
rejoiced over the fine crops that the rain will bring
to the section. No -acing was conducted.
* * *
Chico (Butte Co.). — A number of farmers and
swine breeders attended the lecture at the high
school last Saturday given by Professor J. I. Thomp-
son of the California state fair school. The subject
o fthe lecture was "Hog Management and Hog Rais-
ing." Dr. B. H. Cady followed Professor Thompson
with a review of hog cholera and its prevention. He
also demonstrated with a live hog the proper way to
vaccinate.
**♦
Penn Valley (Nevada Co.). — There -was an inter-
esting meeting of farmers here last week. They got
together for the purpose of talking over farm loans.
They recently formed an organization for this pur-
pose and are just in receipt of information concern-
ing how the loans should be made. A number of
other matters were considered, including the work
of organizing farm units that will eventually result
in the appointment of a farm adviser for the county.
* * *
Marysville (Yuba Co.).— C. C. Mitchell, cattleman
of Yuba county, has filed suit in the superior court
against the Excelsior Water and Mining company of
Smartsville for $6500 damages. Mitchell alleges in
his complaint that he put 189 head of cattle and
horses on property owned by the defendants, and de-
clares they were not fed. Failure to feed the stock,
Mitchell alleges, resulted in the death of 22 cattle
and a horse.
***
The River Farms Company of San Francisco has
filed five separate applications with the state water
commission, which is one of the most important
diversions in connection with the culture of rice that
has come before the commission, and gives some idea
of the expansion of that industry. The total number
of acres to be watered is 12,601 and the estimated
cost of five diversions is given as $83,000. The land
proposed to be irrigated is all in Yolo county.
* * *
Montana exported to eastern markets 227,828 head
of cattle in 1916, an increase of 53.892 over 1915 ship-
ments, according to Frank C. Lavigne, chief stock
detective of the state force.
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The silver loving cup awarded annually by the Mis-
souri State Dairy Association, which must be won
three years in succession by the same breeder to the
owner of the cow completing the highest official
yearly butter fat record during each year, was award-
ed this year to the Jersey cow, Yenita's Figgis
128239 owned by Longview Farm, Lee's Summit, Mo.
Her record was 12,216.9 lbs. of milk, 653.67 lbs. of
butter fat and 769.01 lbs. est. butter. Her age at
beginning of test was 7 years 11 months. Longview
Farm took this cup from Forgrave & Haggard, of
St. Joseph, Mo., who won it last year with their
Jersey cow. Mermaid's Lily May 280443. She pro-
duced 12,838.8 lbs. of milk and 780.13 lbs. of fat-
Dairy Notes.
Air holes in the barn floor are a source of danger.
Cleanliness is next to godliness even in the dairy.
Wipe udders with a damp cloth before milking. Have
a clean milking place — clean cows, clean milkers and
clean utensils. .
A dairv calf should never be permitted to suck its
dam longer than three or four days. The proper way
to handle a calf is to teach it to drink milk from a
bucket.
Discomfort and fright take the butter fat out of
the milk of any cow.
Profitable dairying depends largely upon getting
cows to eat large quantities of nourishing food.
Last Bred Sow Sale in Missouri.
Taken from practically every angle, the March 21
sale to be held at Mexico, Mo., by E. H. Carter and
Mrs. Frank Coatsworth, of Poland-China sows, is
one of the most important of the winter season. The
sale being held as late as it is should prove very
attractive to those breeders whose last year's crops
were below the average. The offering has been car-
ried through the winter in good shape and is now
being offered for sale right at the gate of spring-
time when it will be of the least expense to carry
the sows on. Another important feature of the sale
will be the 30 head of tried and proven sows that
sell. This is probably more tried sows than have
been sold in any sale this winter. These sows should
be taken up by breeders wanting material to keep in
their herd. There will also be eight fall yearlings
and 12 spring gilts.
The offering is sired by A. Wonder, Big Joe, Big
Orange. Major Look, ML Vernon King and Major
B. Hadley, and will be sold bred to King Joe's Master-
piece. This boar is a litter brother to the noted
G. & A.'s King Joe, junior champion at the Iowa
state fair. 1S16, and the National Swine Show. King
is a show boar himself and his get
will doubtless be counted among the winners at the
shows thil fall. Breeders who are in the market for
bred stun" should not overlook this sale, as it will be
the last one in Missouri this season. Everything is
immune ard will be sold in breeding condition. For
information and catalogue address either E. H. Car-
ter or Mrs. Frank Coatsworth at Mexico, Mo.
Farmers in Alberta and Saskatchewan have
the strongest rural organization in the world,
not only absolutely controlling legislation in the
Canadian west, between Manitoba and British Colum-
bia, but also controlling the price of their products.
Their individual accumulation of wealth has been
rapid.
Topping the hog market at Denver's gTeat stock
vards has been a habit of the J. O. D. Ranch Co., of
Aroya, Colo., for several years. However, several
months ago this ranch started in by breaking Den-
ver's records and last week, for the third time since
November 1, 1916, hogs bred, fed and marketed by
this ranch brought the highest prices ever received
on the Denver Market. There were two loads in last
week's consignment and they brought $12.75 per
cwt. The following wire was received by D. Schil-
ling, proprietor of the ranch, last week: "Congratu-
lations on receiving the highest price ever paid for
hogs on the Denver market." In addition to the
three thousand hogs fed out and sold at "top" prices
this ranch sells annually a large number of fine boars
and brood sows for breeding purposes. In their herd
are numbered some of the most celebrated sires in
Duroc-Jersey affairs.
Gold Mine? No, Just Plain Old Potatoes.
Bakersfield. — George Peters of the Alvin district
is -harvesting a crop of potatoes that is averaging
100 sacks to the acre. At prevailing prices he will
get $38,250 from his eighty-five acres. Peters har-
vested an excellent crop about December 1, and as
soon as his present harvest is over he will plant
again for a July harvest.
Eureka. — Three times the normal area planted to
potatoes in Humboldt county has been prepared for
tuber seeding this year, it has been estimated by the
agricultural interests.
Appropriation Insufficient.
The opinion that the appropriation of $140,000
asked of the legislature by the board of regents of
the University of California for the university farm
at Davis is insufficient and that the sum of $260,000
provided in bills introduced at the last session is the
least on which efficient work can be done, is con-
tained in the report of the special committee of the
Sacramento Valley Development Association. The
report was presented to the association at the meet-
ing Saturday a week ago. It follow-s:
"The the Board of Directors,
Sacramento Valley Development Association:
Your committee on the State University Farm begs
leave to report as follows:
After careful consideration of all the facts avail-
able with reference to the university farm and its
needs, and in accordance with the recommendations
approved by this board at its last meeting, held on
January 20, we have caused to be prepared and intro-
duced in the current session of the state legislature
two measures appropriating in all the sum of $260,000
for the state university farm.
The amount asked for in these bills is the same as
that asked for by Dr. Thomas F. Hunt, dean of the
college of agriculture, in his recommendation to the
board of regents of the university.
The amount recommended to the legislature by the
board of regents, and approved by the state board of
control, is $140,000. Your committee believes this
amount is insufficient to meet the actual needs of
the work being carried on at Davis, a work of far-
reaching value to agriculture, the great supporting
industry of this state.
We recognize the fact that the board of regents
and the board of control have been forced to prune
recommendations. We believe, however, that the im-
portance of the work in progress at Davis and its
needs are such that the larger amount should be pro-
vided, and we hope that this association and other
agencies interested may be able to so represent the
facts to the above named boards and to the legisla-
ture as to secure the larger amount.
The amount asked for the university farm by Dean
Hunt and the amounts recommended to the legisla-
ture by the board of regents of the university and
the state board of control, are as follows:
Creamery — Recommended by Dean Hunt, $100,000;
asked of legislature by board of regents, $50,000.
Building and equipment for animal husbandry —
Recommended, $60,000; asked, $60,000.
Water supply, distribution, irrigation, sewerage
disposal, and fire protection — Recommended, $15,000;
asked, $15,000.
Minor structures and repairs — Recommended,
$15,000: asked. $15,000.
Agricultural engineering — Recommended, $50,000;
asked, none.
Dean's residence — Recommended, $10,000; asked,
none.
Green houses — Recommended, $10,000; asked,
n6ne.
Total recommended by Dean Hunt, $260,000; total
asked of legislature by board of regents, $140,000.
Passing of World's Champion Cow of All Breeds.
Kilnford Bell 3rd, Grand Champion of Champions,
the greatest dairy aristocrat of the show ring, has
passed away at Spring City Ayrshire Stock Farm,
Waukesha, Wisconsin. Kilnford Bell 3rd was im-
ported by Adam Seitz. She was the mainstay of the
Seitz Ayrshire herd for many years and has prob-
ably traveled more miles and been exhibited at more
fairs than any other animal of any breed. A winner
wherever shown, she invited competition from other
breeds and in 1913 and 1914, after winning 1st and
Grand Championship Ayrshire at the National Dairy
Show, she competed with the Champions of the Jer-
sey, Guernsey, Holstein and Brown Swiss breeds and
was awarded the Valentine Trophy, valued at $500,
symbolic of the World's Championship of all dairy
breeds. The winning of such an honor for two con-
secutive years is proof in itself of her greatness.
Her record in Scotland as a two-year-old was 12,000
pounds .milk in 9 months, testing 4.4^, and as a
mature com 13,565 pounds milk, 625 pounds butter,
in 10 months.
Good Missouri Bulls on Utah Ranges.
N. C. Christensen, of Utah, was in Howard county,
Missouri, last week and bought a fine lot of young
bulls to ship back west. His state has recently
passed a law requiring pure bred bulls and he says
that farmers are scrambling for the better classes of
stock, such as are raised in central Missouri. Mr.
Christensen bought sixteen Shorthorn bull calves of
Chenault Todd and Sons, of Fayette. He paid $1925
for the bunch. These calves were judged by a pro-
fessor of the Iowa agricultural college who says
that they are a better lot than he had been able to
find in his state. Mr. Christensen also bought seven
young bulls from the herd of Herefords of L. M.
Ricketts at $100 each, and 20 head of Herefords from
Henry Taylor of Armstrong.
o
Even a Horse Can't Escape.
Here's another kick against old H. C. of L. :
You've been kicking against the price of shoes for
yourself and your family, and against the cobbler's
raise in soles and heels and patches. But
If you happen to be luck enough to own a horse
you've got another kick coming. So has your dumb
friend.
It will cost you 50 cents more to shoe your horse
hereafter, for the Master Horseshoers' Protective As-
sociation announces an increase of from $2.50 to $3
per set of horseshoes.
The increased cost of the material for Dobbin's
boots, due to the war, over which the poor smithy
has no control, is given as the reason of the boost
in price.
o
Thousands Expected at University Farm.
Thousands of automobile fuls of people are expected
at this year's "University Farm Picnic," to be held
at the University of California Farm at Davis, Yolo
county, on Saturday, April 28. Last year 2800 auto-
mobiles were parked in the alfalfa fields, and more
than 15.000 people, by actual count, entered the gates
of the University Farm on Picnic Day, coming from
all parts of California.
"California Favorite," the steer which won a
world's championship for the University of California
at the recent International Livestock Show in Chi-
cago, is no longer in the land of the living, having
been sold for $1,950, the highest price in history, and
butchered to make a Chicago holiday, but this won-
derful steer's mother and father will march in the
Livestock Parade which will be one of the great fea-
tures of the University Farm Picnic. Nowhere else
in California could such a display of fine livestock be
witnessed. Every division of the University Farm
will have a float in line, also, showing the work that
is being done in poultry-raising, dairying, vegetable
gardening, grain-improvement, irrigation-experimen-
tation, viticulture .farm engineering, etc.
The students have organized a committee for this
greatest day of the year at the University Farm,
consisting of Colby Slater, general chairman, and the
following sub-committees: R. Sevier, Eureka, recep-
tion; F. F. Janney, Santa Barbara, entertainment;
D. Wormier, Long Beach, decoration; J. Hunsacker,
Los Angeles, parade; E. H. Struve, Watsonville, re-
freshments; H. M. Burson, Fillmore, athletics; A.
Folger, Mill Valley, stock judging; G. Hunt, Pied-
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Besides the livestock parade, other features of the
day will be speech-making, broncho-busting contests,
stork .iudging. a "water fight," a baseball game, and
an evening gathering and dance.
Dairy farming is. increasing in almost every sec-
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NOBLE REX
BY REX HARDWICK, BY REX
BLEESE, BY REX McDONALD;
Dam by Dick Taylor by Artist Mont-
rose by Artist 75; second dam by
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The breeding is the best of the Den-
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16 hands high, six years old, jet black
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A racing stable of green trotters and
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King Lilly Pointer 52223, by Star Point-
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Happy Clay, trial trotting, 2:13; pacing,
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Julia Clay, trial trotting, 2:08; % in
1:02, V*. in 29 sees.
Embro Clay, by Imbro, trial trotting,
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King Clay, trial pacing. 2:16; % in 1:02,
*i in 29 sees.
Queen Pointer (23 months), pacing,
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Also eight colts by King Lilly Pointer,
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age from eight months to thirty months.
a wonderful bunch of speed. Also six
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King Lilly Pointer can be seen at Hum-
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where he will make the 1917 season be-
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 10, 1917
Pleasanton Driving Park
= =PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA
offers for service for the season of 1917 the following stallions:
THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4
Non-Standard Cal. State License No. 2.
FASTEST TROTTING STALLION EVER OFFERED FOR SERVICE IN
CALIFORNIA AND FIFTH FASTEST ENTIRE TROTTER IN THE WORLD
Son of Sl Valiant Vincent 2:ll$i (by St. Vincent 2:13*A out of the triple
producer Grace Lee 2:29J£ bv Electioneer 125); dam Amy Smith by Emperor
Wilkes 2:20%.. sire of Princess Eulalia <4) 2:09*4. etc; grandam by Hamble-
tonian 539. „ ,
The Anvil Is regarded by Edward F. Geers as one of the very greatest trot-
ters that he has ever raced. For five years the pair of Tennesseeans went to
the races together and in that time were but twice unplaced, while winining a
total of fifteen races, including the historic M. and M.
As an individual he is most pleasing, not too large or coarse in any way but
smoothly and compactly made and "all horse" in every line. He is a perfect
headed, pure gaited trotter, with the very best of disposition, and is destined
to become a very great sire of trotting speed. His opportunities in the stud
have been very slight as he has been retired from racing only since the close
of 1914. He was selected to head the stud at Pleasanton Driving Park not only
en account of his great qualities as a race trotter, but because one of his first
foals, Anvilite (2) 2:22^,. with a trial of ten seconds or more faster, was in
every way the greatest colt trotter ever handled by C. L. DeRyder. The services
of The Anvil are recommended to you without reserve.
Fee for THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4, $50 with usual privilege
Vernon McKinney 2:01 1-2
Pure Bred Cal. State License No. 39
Fastest member of the great family of McKinney 2:11 J^.
Sire of VERNA McKINNEY (2) 2:13 (his first foal raced), fastest two-
year-old pacing filly of 1915, three-year-old record, 1916, 2:09J4.;
VERNON DIABLO, mat. rec. half mile track 2:14^, and DR. DYER
(3) trial 2:12|4.
Son of Guy McKinney 27625 (by McKinney 2:11% out of Flossie Drais by Guy
"Wilkes 2:15%); dam Maud Vernon by Mount Vernon 2:15%, sire of the dams of
Leata J. 2:03, etc.; grandam Mag by General McClellan, sire of the dams of
Mack Mack 2:08, etc.
Vernon McKinney's racing career was not an extensive one but will long be
remembered for the excellence of his performances, as his winnings include a
Chamber of Commerce stake in time very near the record for that event at the
time, and he is the fastest of all the McKinneys.
He is a horse of rare qualities in the way of individual excellence, almost
ideal in behavior and temperament in harness or out. Since his retirement he
has been a popular horse in the stud and our claim that he would prove a very
great sire of pacing speed has been fully substantiated, his first foal to be raced
being the season champion for the age and gait in 1915, a most excellent testi-
monial to his potency. He is a very sure breeder, his get are uniformly endowed
with natural spe^d and the physical and mental requirements of modern race
horses and find ready sale at mest gratifying prices.
Fee for VERNON McKINNEY 2:01 1-2, $50 with usual privilege.
The best of car* taken of mares in any manner owners may desire, but no
responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address for particulars
GEORGE F. RYAN, Superintendent,
PLEASANTON, CAL.
Thoroughbred sire MARSE ABE
WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1917 AT
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK
Marse Abe carries the best
blood of America through his
sire lines. Yankee was a su-
perior race horse and sire. Han-
over was the best horse of his
day, and headed the list of win-
ning sires for years. No refer-
ence is necessary to Hindoo as
everyone knows what he was.
Hal o. the dam of Marse Abe,
is bred just right to cross with
the sire blood in his pedigree;
a daughter of St. Blaise, son of
Hermit, the most fashionable
sire line in England, and backed
up on her dam's side by the
lines of long distance perform-
ers from which sprung Ten
Brock and other foor-milers.
Address all communications to
Service Fee $50
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Hindoo 'I";*8"
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St. Blaise.
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( Eonrbon Belle.. \ Bonnie-Scotland
(Himrar .(Alarm
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/ilannie Gray...-' J.n9!lil?r
< Lizzie G.
(Hermit / Natvminster
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GEO. F. RYAN,
Pleasanton, Cal.
DILLCARA 57462
Son of Sidney Dillon 23157 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list) and Guycara by Guy Wilkes
2867 (sire of 3 in 2:10 list), Till make the season of 1917 at
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK, PLEASANTON, CAL,
SERVICE FEE $50 TO INSURE
Dillcara is a full brother to Harold Dillon 39610, the leading sire of New Zealand.
Last season the get of Harold Dillon won 41 races, totalling over $25,000.
Address all communications to
GEO. F. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
MANHATTAN STOCK AND POULTRY
FOOD AND REMEDIES
Awarded Gold Medal
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ENDORSED BY THE LEADING HORSEMEN
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SELECTION—
Thousands own saddle horses today, but only a few enjoy the distinction of
having a champion, by a son of champions; still fewer have ever bred a
champion.
MARSHALL CHIEF 2765
offered to the service of the public, makes it possible for any one owning a
registered mare of any class to breed a champion of his own.
SEASON $25 CASH
No other horse surpasses him in breeding, beauty, and perfect performance —
Asl: Jump Cauthorn about him, he knows.
Make arrangements for his service with
or
HANS BERG, 159 Warren Ave,,
Milwaukee, Wis,,
GOOD BLUE GRASS, SPRING WATER
E. N. HAMILTON, Manager,
Mexico, Mo.
MARES FROM DISTANCE MET AT TRAINS
THE FINALITY OF
ASTRAL KING
111 all branches of human endeavor, in industry, in Art and in Stock Growing
and Farming, there are certain names which convey the idea of finality, out-
shining all others, as the North Star outshines subsidiary planets.
ASTRAL KING is that name in Saddle Horse Affairs.
And when you mate your mare to him or buy a colt by him, you have the satis-
faction of knowing you have purchased the finest horse the breed affords.
JAS. HOUCHIN, Owner, Jefferson City, Mo.
[Mention the Breeder and Sportsman when writing advertisers.]
RECORD 2.25-
REG. NO. 41513
EXPRESSIVE MAC
Sire of: CLARA MAC 2:04*; VERA HAL 2:05;
Only stallion offered for service in California sire of two in 2:05, three in 2:10
Son of McKINftEY 2:11% and the greatest living broodmare. EXPRESSIVE (3) 2:12% (dam
of 6 trotters. 2 in 2:10) by ILECTIONEER 125. Ideal in color, size and conformation — seal
brown, height 16% hands, weight 1275 pounds. $25 the Season, $35 to insure, usual return
privilege. Send for tabulated pedigree. Address: J. H. NELSON, Selmi, Cal.
JOE CAREY
THOROUGHBRED STALLION
$50
Pure Bred Cal. State License No. 2004
Sire of
Brighouse
Orange Blossom
Custom House
Azurea
Mercurium
Deckhand
Buckshot
Avon Carey
Bernice, and other
Good winners.
Bannockburn..
Harden
Edwards
(Prince Charlie j*lajr At%$
. J f Eastern Princess
' Nannie Bay_
f Gl«n«lg
' ( Nannie Butler
.Be«eB1aise..JS'-B1Mse { gSS"
.Miss Marion...
Jim Logan
(Alarm ' Eclipse
U Himyar J AJar™ i Maud
O I Hira (Lexineton
i Kiiber i Bucaneer
imp. Astolat.... ) (Mineral
( Bellicent 1 p*™"1™:
I Lynette by
Lord Lyon
Address all communications to:
GEO. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
BREED TO THE COAST'S CHAMPION CAMPAIGNER AND FUTURITY SIRE
Rec. 2:01 3-4,
Reg. No. 44977
Pure Bred. Cal. Stale License No. 17
Sire of Hal Logan 2:09, Maxlne (3) 2:15, winner of
Breeders' Futurity, etc.
Son of CHARLES DERBY 2:20, brother to Klatawah
(3) 2:05'/2. etc., and sire of TEN In 2:10.
Dam, EFFIE LOGAN, dam of Jim Logan 2:01%. Sir
Albert S. 2:03%, and Dan Logan 2:07%.
In the stud, season of 1917, at Woodland Race Track.
FEE: $50, usual return privilege. $75 to insure liv-
ing colt payable at time of service or before removal
of mares. Call at race track or address
J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal.
THE FIVE-GAITED SADDLE STALLION
LE GRAND McDONALD Reg. No. 6360
Winner World's Junior Championship P.-P. I. E.
Sired by GRAND McDONALD, the greatest show horse and sire that the
WORLD'S CHAMPION REX McDONALD EVER SIRED
Dam, QUEEN ALICE 10649, by FOREST LeGRAND 2107.
Color, chestnut; age 4; height 15:2; weight 1,150. Conformation and style
equal the best. Terms for season, $30.
Now located at Hulda Stables, North Panhandle Park, 1530 Fell St., San
BRIDGFORD COMPANY,
For information address.
519 California St., San Francisco, Cal.
Saturday, March 10, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
15
HEMET
STOCK
FARM
COLTS
AND FILLIES
BY
WILBUR LOU
ALWAYS
ON SALE
HEMET, CAL
Offers for service the best grandson of McKinney 2:11%
WILBUR LOU 2:10}
Record made in third heat of winning race as 3-year-old.
A world's champion as a yearling, record (1) 2:19'/2; un-
beaten as a two-year-old, a famous futurity winner at
three, and at six years of age the "sire of the day" In Cal-
ifornia, his first crop of two-year-olds including
NATALDAY (2) 2:13 §
Champion Two -Year-Old Race Trotter of the Pacific
Coast.
2ETA LUCILE (2) 2:12^
Champion Two-Year-OJd Filly of the Pacific
Coast.
HEMET QUEEN (1) 2:16 £.
Champion Pacing Filly of the World.
KINSMAN LOU (2) 2:23^.
MATILDA LOU (2) 2:22%.
FIESTA LOU (p) (1) 2:25, (2) 2:22%.
GOLDSMITH LOU (2) 2:29.
BILLIE BOYD (2) 2:30.
Wilbur Lou is by the great race horse and
sire Kinney Lou 2:07%, out of Louise Carter
(3) 2:24, the only mare to produce two year-
lings to trot in 2:20 or better:
WILBUR LOU (1) 2:19%,
EDITH CARTER (1) 2:18*£.
Breed to him for colts that will race. Fee for 1917, fifty
dollars, with usual return privilege, or money refunded
at our -option. Mares kept, $60.00 per year. All infor-
mation gladly furnished. — Licensed Pure Bred Cert. 23.
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THOROUGHBRED AND STANDARD BRED COLTS
and Fillies For Sale
Chestnut colt by Marse Abe — Miss Whitemouse foaled 1915
Chestnut colt by Marse Abe — Miss Whitemouse foaled 1914
Chestnut filly by Marse Abe — Tolly Tot foaled 1916
Standard bred King Dill by Dillcara— Grisette foaled 1912
Standard bred Parknut by Flosnul— Lottie Parks foaled 1912
Standard bred chestnut colt by Flosnut. dam by Dillcara foaled 1913
Standard bred chestnut filly by Dillcara foaled 1915
The above animals can be seen at the Pleasanton Driving Park until March
10, 1917.
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Number 3 in a S erica of Six
Talks about the Evolution of
firearms and Ammunition
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ADDRESS:
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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VOLUME LXX. Number 11.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1917.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 17, 1917
$5 DUE on WEANLINGS
Monday, April 2, 1917
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No, 17.-52,500
GIVEN BY THE
PACIFIC COAST TROTTING HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
FOR FOALS OF 1917 TO TROT OR PACE AT THREE YEARS OLD
$1,500 for Three-year-old Trotters $1,000 for Three-year-old Pacers.
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 4, 1916. when
name color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 April
1 1917: $10 on Yearlings April 1. 191S; 510 on Two-Tear-Olds April 1, 1919;
$10 on Three-Tear-Olds April 1, 1920.
STARTING PAYMENTS — $35 to start in the Three -Tear- Old Pace; $50 to start in
the Three -Tear- Old Trot. All storting payments to be made ten days before the
first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place.
Races three heats, monev divided 25 per cent to the first heat, 25 per cent to the
second heat. 25 per cent to" the third heat, and 25 per cent to the race according to
rank in the summary. Money in each division 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent.. Should two
or more horses be tied for first place at the completion of the third heat, such horses
only shall contest in a fourth heat and money divided according to rank in the sum-
mary at the termination of that heal. A horse having won the first two heats and
drawn or distanced in the third heat shall not lose position in the summary. Distance,
100 yards.
Nominators liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payment forfeits
all previous payments. This Association is liable for $2500, the amount of the guar-
antee, only.
Hopples will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions.
Money divided in each division of the Stake 50, 25. 15 and 10 per cent There will
be no more moneys in each division or heat than there are starters.
Entries open to the world. Membership not required to enter; but no horse,
wherever owned, will be allowed to start until the owner has become a member.
SUBSTITUTIONS.
If a mare proves barren or slips or has a deal foal or twins, or if either the mare
or foal dies before April 1, 1918, her nominator may sell or transfer his nomination
or substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there will be no
return of a payment nor will any entry be liable for more than amount paid in or
contracted for.
P.
HEALD,
President.
F. W. KELLEY, Secretary,
Post Office Drawer 447, San Francisco,
DON CASTANO
Needs No Introduction to the Public
HIGHLAND MONARCH
was the winner of the aged stallions, and
class for stallions and four of his get at
the California State Fair in 1916.
SAN VICENTE
The Junior Champion Stallion of California
In the Yearling Futurity at the State Fair in 1916, five
of the sis money winners were by Don Castano and Highland
Monarch.
The two-year-old Futurity was won by a Highland Monarch
colt.
The ?100.00 Trophy, offered by the American Saddle Horse
Breeders' Association for the best stallion or mare, three
years old or under in California, was won by a Highland Mon-
arch colt, and two years prior it was won by Highland
Monarch himself.
If you are going to breed your mare, why not mate her
with one of the above stallions and have a winning colt?
The service fees for Don Castano and Highland Monarch
are 550.00. Arrangements for San Vicente private.
To encourage breeding in this State we will pay the freight
charges on mares to and from any part of California, but will
not, of course, be responsible for any accidents which might
happen in shipping.
San Vicente Rancho,
1023 Investment Building Los Angeles, Cal.
ICENSE No. 637
STANOARD BRED
m
Best Policy 42378 ?
UteU16183?N 51"S "^ K>a>;E- by EXPEDITIOX 14900. Grand dam Euxine
Besi Policy will make the season of 1917 at Vlsalia Cal
TERMS: $20.00 FOB THE SEASON.
utordperlSrA^s."""'1"1 "™°"™M>* '- the stud, is already the sire of four
R. O. N E W M A N, P. O. Box 194,
VISALIA, CAL.
Pacific Coast Trotting Record
Peter McKlyo 58009-R
ECORD
2:06
Cal. License Pure Bred No. 105
Sired by
PETER THE GREAT 2:07% (sire of 50 in 2:10 list, including Miss Harris
2:0Hi, Peter Volo (4) 2:02, Peter Stevens 2:01%, Peter Mac 2:03, Mabel
Trask 2:03%, etc.), dam KLYO by Jay McGregor.
He is from one of the greatest families on bis dam's side in the books, as the
performances of Susie J. 2:06% and Trampfast 2:12% prove beyond doubt.
Peter McKlyo is the Greatest Son of Peter The Great
.
westof of Kentucky and is destined to be one of the world's greatest sires.
He is the only son of Peter the Great five years old with two colts in thi
list He was bred to three mares as a two-year-old, only two of his colts being
handled, — Charlotte McKlyo, winner of breeder's record 2:25%, and McKlyo
Boy, winner of the two-year-old division Breeders' Futurity Stake, record
2:23%. It can be also said as a matter of record that he is one of the greatest
five-year-old trotting stallions ever owned in the state of California, and one of
th? best individuals to be found in any country-.
HE WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1917 AT
James Thompson's Training Stables
State Fair Grounds, Sacramento
TERMS: $100 FOR THE SEASON.
Usual return privilege. Mares pastured at ?5 per month. Good care will
be taken but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. For further
particulars address,
L. H. TODHUNTER, Owner.
Box 387, Sacramento, Cal.
JAMES THOMPSON,
State Fair Grounds,
Sacramento, Cal.
$3,000.00
GUARANTEED
$3,000.00
EUARANTEED
The Stanford
Occident Stake No. 3.
(FOALS OF MARES COVERED IN 1916)
To Trot and Pace at Three Years Old
TO BE GIVEN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE
California State Agricultural Society 1920
Entries to close April 1, 1917
31,800 FOR TROTTING FOALS $1,200 FOR PACING FOALS
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
TROTTING DIVISION PACING DIVISION
$500.00 to 1st Heat $350.00 to 1st Heat
$500.00 to 2nd Heat $350.00 to 2nd Heat
$500.00 to 3rd Heat $350.00 to 3rd Heat
$300.00 to Horse Standing $150.00 to Horse Standing
Highest in Summary. Highest in Summary.
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2.00 to nominate mare on April 1. 1917. when name,
color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $3.00 July 1, 1917;
S5.00 December 1. 1917; $5.00 on yearlings April 1, 191S; $10.00 on two-year-olds
Aoril 1, 1919; $10.00 on three -year- olds April 1, 1920.
STARTING PAYMENTS — $25.00 to start in pacing division; $55.00 to start in trotting
division. All starting payments to be made ten days before the first day of the
Slate Fair at which the race is to take place.
NOMINAiORS must designate when making payments to start whether the horse is
a Trotter or Pacer.
The race in each division will be for three heats; if no horse wins two of the
throe heats a fourth heat must be raced by the heat winners to decide the winner of
the race; all others horses to go to the barn.
Trotting division heat purses $500.00. Total purse $1,800.00.
Pacing division heat purses $350.00. Tctal purse, $1,200.00.
Heat purses divided bO, 25. 15 and 10 per cent; the extra $150.00 in pacing and
53C0.00 in trottiiig divisions goes to the horse standing highest in the summary; dis-
tance 100 >ards. A distanced horse shall be entitled to money already won.
If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare
or the foal dies before December 1, 1917, her Nominator may sell or transfer his nom-
ination or subs'. itute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there shall be
no return of a payment nor will any entry be liable for more than the amount paid in
or contracted for. In entries, the name, color and pedigree of mare must be given;
also the name of the horse to which she was bred In 1916.
Entries must be accompanied by the entrance fee. Nominators are liable for
amounts paid in only. Failure to make any payment forfeits all previous payments.
This Association is liable for $3,000.00. the amount of the guarantee only.
Hobbles will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions.
Rights reserved to declare off or re-open these stakes in case the number of
entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors. There will be no more
moneys in each division or heat than there are starters. No horse shall receive more
than one money in each heat.
Entries open to the world.
ciatiouetotgoverS:CePti0nS madG in tMs entTy blanb* rules of National Trotting Asso-
JOHN M. PERRY, President.
Anse! M. Easion
CHAS. W. PAINE, Secretary.
William Ward
IMPORTERS AND BREEDERS
of Prize Winning
SHIRE HORSES
Blackhawk Stock Ranch
Barns full of top notch two to five year old Stallions
IMPORTED AND HOME BRED
Witli ?.f ight' |'yle- and Quality, heavy clean bone and the best of breeding to recom-
scaUion show horses and prize winners. Great opportunity to secure a top-notch
BLACKHAWK STOCK RANCH, Burlingame, Cal.
Pleaie send for free photographic cota]o£uo. Telephone Burlinsame 131
Saturday, March 17, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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(Established 1882.)
Published every Saturday.
F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor.
C. P. (JUMP) CAUTHORN, Editor.
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Communications must be accompanied by the writer's
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as a private guarantee of good faith.
STALLION DIRECTORY.
In addition to the practical worth to the owners
of the country, the announcements of the stallion
owners which appear in the Breeder and Sportsman
serve another purpose. They remind the breeder
that his now-or-never opportunity is here; his great
harvest time, and that his stallions and breeding
stock should be in the spot light and where the
interested public will bt reminded of them every
week. The publishers of this paper are personally
acquainted with every stallion owner whose an-
nouncement appears in its advertising columns and
we recommend every one of them and the stallions
they are advertising unhesitatingly. We know the
statements made of the stock advertised to be true
in every respect.
It is our guiding principle that our advertising
pages shall be as important and correct as our read-
ing pages, and that nothing is misrepresented
therein. The owners of good mares, registered
mares, whether they are Standard bred, Thorough-
bred or Saddle bred will find the stallions advertised
here that they are looking for. The utmost in their
particular breed are represented in our pages this
season. The owners of good horses never hesitate
to advertise. They have the stallions you should
patronize. Their owners are not ashamed of them
and they give their breeding and their accomplish-
ments in full. If a horse isn't worth advertising he
isn't worth patronizing . The horses advertised in
the Breeder and Sportsman are of the best blood
lines, they are the utmost that man, by wise breed-
ing, good care and thought has been able to produce
to such a perfection, and they are the only kind it
pays to breed to at the present time. If you own
a registered mare, no matter what breed, she should
be bearing fruit, and, if bred to the right kind of
stallion, the fruit will be profitable; if your mare
isn't registered or does not produce good foals, you
are wasting your time, your mare's time, the stal-
lion's services and the stallion owner's time. It's
only the best that pay and the future for the horse
in his highest state of perfection was never brighter.
The following horses advertised in this issue rep-
resent the best of their breed and are worthy of the
patronage of the most select and highly bred mares
of the same breed:
Harness Horses Owners
Peter McKlyo 58009 L. H. Todhunter, Sacramento, Cal.
Stanford McKinney 45173 M. L. Woy, Fresno, Cal.
The Anvil Geo. F. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Vernon McKinney Geo. F. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Dillcara 57462 Geo. F. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Expressive Mac 41513 J. H. Nelson, Selma, Cal.
Jim Lopran 44977 J. Elmo Montgomery. Davis, Cal.
Wilbur Lou 52595 Hemet Stock Farm. Hemet, Cal.
Silkworthy W. G. Cowan, Kenwood, Cal.
Thoroughbreds Owners
Joe Carey Geo. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Marse Abe Geo. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Best Policy 12378 R.O.Newman. Visalia, Cal.
Saddle Horses Owners
Astral King Jas. Houchin. Jefferson City, Mo.
Don Castano San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles
Highland Squirrel King: .. .Revel L. English. Chino, Cal.
Le Grand McDonald. . .Bridgford Company. San Francisco
Highland Monarch San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles
San Vicente San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles
Marshall Chief E. N. Hamilton, Mexico, Mo.
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THAT the farmers of the country are adopting
more and more the practice of analyzing their busi-
ness carefully and using the same in keeping books
was brought out recently in the hearings on the
agricultural appropriation bill before the house com-
mittee at Washington. The office of farm manage-
ment of the department of agriculture has provided
in Farmers' Bulletin No. 661 blanks for use in analyz-
ing a farm business in such a way that the farmer
can readily ascertain the various sources from which
he derives his income, the ways in which he spends
his money, the total income from the farm, and the
amount which should be charged off for interest on
his investment. Approximately one-third of the
farmers who have been induced to analyze their
business in this way, it is said, are now keeping
books. Hitherto many fanners have been discour-
aged from this by the apparent complexity of the
systems employed. By simplifying these systems so
that the farmer can tell what the figures are all
about and how to use them, the department is greatly
increasing the amount of bookkeeping being done on
the farms of the country.
citizens not connected with humane societies have
signified their intention to be present to speak
against the bill ,and such interest has been mani-
fested ihat the senate chambers will be used for the
hearing.
OUT-OF-DOOR SPORTS in California are reach-
ing the perfection of the Eastern coast. The intense
interest so manifested just now up and down the
Pacific coast in all outdoors, is the natural result
of a demand; the natural culmination of so many
sport lovers and resort habitues coming here. The
influence of sport upon the social and business life oi
any countryside is a phase of rural existence which
has only recently been seriously considered in Cali-
fornia, although in England it has been recognized
always and in our own eastern states, too, for many
years. California, however, is learning of its impor-
tance and the outdoor sports are becoming the chief
claims of many realty advertisers. In fact, nowadays,
most any real estate advertisement, announcing the
sale of country estates, suburban homes and other
rural sales, refers the reader first of all to the near-
ness of the estate to this or that polo club, racing
course, horse show or yachting, hunt and country
clubs.
What has proven one of the best polo tournaments
in the history of the sport is just nearing its end at
Coronado, and in addition to the local enthusiasm
it has created, it has attracted the best players and
followers of the game here. From a half-dozen
Eastern stables upwards of 100 polo ponies are par-
ticipating in the tournament. It is also freely ad-
mitted that the players are only a few of the promi-
nent people who have gathered in California on ac-
count of the good matches here this winter.
The Coronado tournament closes March thirty-first
and has attracted the most prominent players. How-
ever, equally as good shows have been made at Santa
Barbara, Pasadena, Riverside, Burlinganie, San Ma-
teo and Del Monte. Among the prominent local play-
ers at San Mateo is Archie Johnson, son of Governor
Hiram Johnson. With horse shows promised for the
summer months, there will be continued activity the
whole year round.
THE diversified agricultural and horticultural prod-
ucts aud practices of the country around San Fran-
cisco bay, as related to the varied soil and climatic
conditions of the area, are discussed in a recent pub-
lication of the United States Department of Agricul-
ture. The publication is the report of a reconnois-
sance and survey of the region made by the bureau
of soils of the department in co-operation with the
University of California agricultural experiment sta-
tion. The report consists of a colored map showing
the distribution of the various soil types and 112
pages of text discussing the soils and soil adapta-
tions.
The area covered by the survey includes San Fran-
cisco peninsula and the coast country as far south as
Santa Cruz and quadrangles adjoining and lying
south, west and north of San Francisco, San Pablo
and Suisun bays. It includes the Livermore, Sonoma,
Vaca, Ignacio and San Ramon valleys; parts of the
Santa Clara, Napa and Santa Rosa valleys; some
smaller valleys and the mountains and hills separat-
ing and surrounding them. The area is one of the
foremost in the state in agricultural importance and
has a population of nearly 1,000,000 . Eleven counties
lie wholly or in part, within the area.
THE Prendergast Assembly Bill 798 will be ac-
corded a public hearing before the Assembly Med-
ical and Dental Laws Committee at Sacramento on
the evening of March 20, according to an announce-
ment of the State Humane Association, which or-
ganization is desirous of having persons interested
in the welfare of animals present to protest against
the measure. The purpose of the bill is to force
public pounds to surrender unclaimed cats and dogs
to rucdical colleges for vivisection and no other meas-
ure before the legislature has evoked the storm of
protest from citizens in all parts of the state that
the Piendergast bill has aroused. Many private
NEXT IN IMPORTANCE to fairs and expositions,
the breed associations of the United States have
accomplished more for the live stock industry of
the land than any other one thing. Every breed
which has a live association with good, active offi-
cials has flourished through every condition, good
or bad. The breeders of live stock appreciate, gen-
erally, what their associations have done for them
and give their every assistance to the betterment of
the organization which represents them; advertises
them; arranges for their sales, their shows and
everything that means prosperity to the producer.
Perhaps the secretary of these associations, on whose
shoulders the work usually falls, is most largely
responsible for the good they do. At least, an asso-
ciation without a live secretary never gets any place.
What has caused more of a widespread prosperity
to the dairy breeds, than those active associations
which are ever on the job and alert to the possibili-
ties of new territory and new expositions for their
producers? What, also, has done more for the beef
breeds? Would an average of $1,281 on 144 head of
young Herefords down in a little Missouri town have
been possible without the splendid Hereford associ-
tion? What has caused American jack stock to be-
come the best in the world and caused jennets to
sell at $3,000, unless it is the continuous efforts of
the associations that represent the breeders? Every
breeder of Percherons in America knows what Wayne
Dinsmore has done to improve American Percher-
ons; to improve the methods of the breeders and to
cause the American farmers to raise more Percher-
ons. The swine breeds, all, have had active associ-
ations for years; and who will deny that they are
not largely responsible for the better hogs found in
every nook and corner of the land
Next in importance to the National associations
come the state associations. In fact, without good
live state associations, the National associations are
unable to cope writh the smaller breeder's needs and
conditions to the extent they do; then the county
associations. Every breed that is prosperous has
a National association which is active and alive to
the needs of their members; every state that fea-
tures any breed has a state association and every
county should have an association. Go into any
county where there is an organization of breeders
and you invariably find more prosperous breeders
than in the adjoining counties where there is no
association. In the state where there is a good live
stock association you will find the most prosperous
breeders; and so the breed, which has a good live
organization, is more prosperous than the Dreed
whose producers are not organized.
The organization of live stock producers is far-
reaching in its good-doing, as the breeds testify. As
California advances in live stock affairs her breeders
are organizing; or rather, as the breeders organize,
the live stock business advances. The dairymen,
horsemen, cattlemen and hog breeders of California
are organizing and the whole world is beginning to
take notice of what we are doing here and to recog-
nize us. Last week, at Hanford, the breeders of
Poland-China hogs formed a high-speed organization
that is sure to advance that valuable and profitable
breed here. They called it a high-speed organization
because they elected officers who are optimistic,
hard workers, well informed, and who have the pep
and determination to show the farmers of California
that it pays to breed better hogs, especially Polands.
The most important thing they did was to make
R. H. Whitten, the well known Los Angeles business
man and breeder, secretary. I said in the beginning,
it's usually the secretary's ability that tells in the
leug run. An association without a hustling, inter-
ested, well informed secretary is like a ship without
a sail. From what I have seen of Mr. Whitten I
will bet on the Poland-China breeders of California
getting some place. Read his account, in this issue,
of the meeting, which was written for the Breeder
and Sportsman, and you will be convinced.
o
The J. O. D. Ranch Co., Aroya, Colo., on March 10
received $14.85 per cwt. for 85 head of 210-pound
Durocs on the Denver market, which on that date
was fifteen cents more than hogs ever sold for at the
Denver Union Stock Yards. This makes six times
since December 31st last that this ranch has broken
Denver's record.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 17, 1917
Harness Horses and Horsemen
TWO NOTED BROOD MARES.
[Written for the Breeder and Sportsman.]
A few weeks ago mention was made in your ex-
cellent paper ,of the fact that the great brood mare
Bertha, was bought when young by the late Samuel
Gamble, for a California gentleman, by whom Mr.
Gamble was employed to come East and buy some
trotting-bred mares for brood purposes.
It may not be generally known, but it is a fact that
on the same trip that Mr. Gamble bought Bertha, he
also bought Carlotta Wilkes ,then a yearling, and
took her to California along with Bertha. It seems
remarkable that any man could select from green,
untried material, on one trip two such mares as
Bertha and Carlotta Wilkes proved to be as produc-
ers of standard record performers.
In the table of brood mares that have produced
ten or more standard performers each, as published
in The Horse Review Racing Guide, Bertha stands
at the head of the list, with 14 to her credit, 11 of
which are pacers and 3 trotters. Two of the 3 trot-
ters also made standard pacing records.
Evidently through an oversight of the compiler,
the name of Carlotta Wilkes does not appear in that
table, but in the table of producing dams in the offi-
cial Year Book for 1913, and all subsequent ones,
Carlotta Wilkes is credited with five trotters and
five pacers, all of which have made records in stand-
ard time. The names and present records of her
trotters are as follows: Carlokin 2:07%, Guy Carle-
ton 2:21%, Lottie Dillon 2:26%, Ida Dillon 2:27%,
and Sir Guy Dillon 2:29%. Her pacers are: Infer-
lotta 2:04%, Mary Dillon 2:06%, Guy Borden 2:07%,
Volita 2:15%, and Carlocita 2:24%.
Carlotta Wilkes was bred by the Boston detective
E. D. Wiggin, and foaled in 1888; sired by Charley
Wilkes 2:21%, a son of Red Wilkes 1749. Her dam
was Aspasia, a no-record, producing daughter of Al-
cantara 2:23, by George Wilkes 2:22. Aspasia's dam
was Miss Buchanan, by Clark Chief 89; second dam
Nep, by Sebastopol, a son of Whitehall, by North
American, a son of the thoroughbred Sir Walter. The
latter was by Hickory, a son of imported Whip, and
Sir Walter's dam was Nettletop ,by imported Diomed.
The third dam of Aspasia was by the thoroughbred
imported Monarch, by Priam, winner of the English
Derby in 1830.
Mr. Gamble evidently was a born horseman, gifted
by nature with the ability to detect at once merit in
young green animals, which the average horsemen
would fail to discover. It was this quality in his
character that saved Sidney Dillon 23157 from the
veterinary surgeon's knife. It was the intention of
Mr. Henry Pierce, whose property Sidney Dillon was
foaled, to have the colt castrated. Mr. Gamble saw
the colt about the time he was given his first lessons
to break-cart, and judging from the appearance of
the youngster in harness .together with what he knew
of the character of his ancestors, he felt confident
that, if given an opportunity, the colt would become
a very successful sire of fast trotters, and strongly
advised Mr. Pierce to keep him entire.
The success of Sidney Dillon 23157 as a sire of
210 or better record performers has fully justified
the confidence, at that early day expressed in him.
He is now credited with 89 performers that have
made records in standard time, 52 of which are trot-
ters. The number of his sons and daughters which
have made records in 2:10 or better is 15, and 9 of
them are trotters, one of which is the famous Lou
Dillon 1:58%, the first trotter to reach and cross the
two-minute line. He is also credited with 12 daugh-
ters that have produced 18 with standard records, 12
of which are trotters, and three of these trotters have
made records of 2:08%, 2:08%, 2:08%. It was for-
tunate for the trotting-breeding interests of America
that Sidney Dillon 23157 was kept for stock purposes.
In his efforts to identify the second dam of Lou
Dillon 1:58%, a few years ago, Mr. Gamble was so
fortunate as to learn from a man who at one time
owned Venus, the dam of Sidney Dillon 23157, some
interesting tacts concerning her breeding. The name
of the man was W. S. Lyle, and the information
which he gave Mr. Gamble was obtained through a
letter from Mr. Gamble to the writer of this article.
The letter was published in the American Horse
Breeder, with wihch I was connected at that time,
and was as follows:
"Mr. Lyle obtained Venus from the late Sabe
Harris, and as he did not believe in putting off till
tomorrow what can be done today, he started out
to learn at once as much of her genealogy as it was
possible to learn from reliable sources. He learned
by careful investigation, that the dam of Venus was
mated with both Venture and Capt. Webster, the year
before Venus was foaled, with an interval of 22 days
between the two matings, but he was unable to learn
the exact date when Venus was foaled, hence it never
can be known by which of these two sons of the
thoroughbred Williamson's Belmont, Venus was be-
gotten.
"Mr. Lyle informed me that he knew the grandam
of Venus well. She was a handsome animal, a su-
perior roadster, and could trot a mile in about three
minutes. It was claimed that she was brought over-
land to California in early days, and was represented
by her owner to be of Morgan and Black Hawk stock.
She was then owned by Ellis Homes, who was super-
intendent of schools of San Francisco, Cal.
"During one of Mr. Homes' vacations he thought
it best to give his mare an intermission, or let-up
for a few months, and sent her to the late Cole-
grove's farm at San Mateo. When on a visit to that
farm to see his mare, she was observed to be in
season. Mr. Homes admired Mr. Colegroves' young
horse Algerine (a son of Easton's Dave Hill), and
had this so-called Morgan and Black Hawk mare
mated with Algerine. In course of time the result
of that union was a filly which became the dam of
Venus.
"It is a fact, well known to many here, that in Mr.
Lyle's road-driving days he kept from three to six
animals for his private use, and his fancy was foj
handsome good-gaited mares, hence he never kept
any other animals for his private driving. It is also
well known that he was always very particular to
learn the breeding of his mares. He was often heard
to remark that if his mares were by a yellow dog he
wanted to know the fact. Mr. Lyle presented Venus
to D. (White Hat) McCarthy, after she had met with
an accident, and McCarthy sold her to the late G.
Valensin.
"Mr. Lyle is an old-time mining man and was a
friend of the banker W. C. Ralston. He has no rec-
ollection of William Maxwell ever selling Mr. Ralston
a pair of mares called Ply and Gypsy sired by Black
Plying Cloud, but he does remember well the chest-
nut team of mares called Hattie and Nellie, bought
by J. C. Flood, also a banker of San Francisco. Hat-
tie answers the description that has been given of
the Maxwell mare called Fly, but I have never been
able to obtain a description of Fly's mate, Gypsy, and
perhaps never will, hence it will be impossible to
compare the mare Gypsy with Nellie, the mate to
Hattie in the Flood team."
It seems from Mr. Lyle's statement to Mr. Gamble
that he traced Venus to her breeder, and learned that
without the shadow of a doubt her sire was either
Captain Webster 10173 or Venture 320, and her dam
(whose breeder was Ellis Homes) was by a young
son of Easton's Dave Hill. "The latter was bred by
Oliver Russell, Shoreham, Vt., and got by Vermont
Black Hawk 5. His dam, as given in volume two of
Battell's Stallion Register, was very energetic, a
great roadster, and was said to be of English blood.
In 1855 the stallion Dave Hill was bought by Benja-
min Fish, acting as agent for Ansel I. Easton, San
Francisco, Cal, for $2800. The horse was shipped to
California by way of Panama, and stood for public
service at a fee of ?100 without warrant."
Both Captain Webster 10173 and Venture 320 were
by Williamson's Belmont, a thoroughbred son of
American Boy. The latter was by Sea Gull, whose
sire was imported Expedition and whose dam was
by imported Sour Crout, sire of the dam of Mam-
brino, the son of imported Messenger that got Ab-
dallah 1, and Mambrino Paymaster, the sire of Mam-
brino Chief 11. The dam of American Boy, sire of
Williamson's Belmont, was also by imported Expe-
dition.
Venus was raced a little in California during the
seasons of 1877-8 and 1880, and although she did not
make a fast record she showed that she possessed
speed, gameness and endurance. Some of her best
performances were in races against Lady Ellen
2:29% at Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 21, 1880. Venus
was one of seven starters for a purse of $1000.
Tommy Dodd won the first heat in 2:24 but was
drawn in the third heat . Clay won the second heat
in 2:28, but. he too was drawn in the fourth heat.
Lady EUen then went on and won in 2:29%, 2:31,
2:33. Venus got second money.
Sept. 24, 1880, only three days after the above-
mentioned race, Lady Ellen 2:29%, Venus, Molly
Drew, Tom Stout and Bessie started in a race of two-
mile heats, best three in five, at Sacramento, Cal;
Lady Ellen 2:29% won in straight heats, time 5:04,
5:04%, 5:00. Venus stood second in the summary,
and Molly Drew 2:27 was third. Tom Stout and
Bessie were distanced. Lady Ellen was by Carr's
Mambrino 1789, a son of Mambrino Patchen 58, and
her dam was by Owen Dale, a thoroughbred son of
Williamson's Belmont.
In 1890 the pacer Adonis by Sidney 4770, made a
record of 2:11%. The dam of Adonis p. 2:11% was
Venus. In 1891 Cupid, a full brother of Adonis, p.,
2:11%, trotted to a record of 2:18. In Wallace's
Year Book for 1891, page 520, Cupid appears as fol-
lows: Cupid, b. h., foaled 18—, by Sidney, 4770;
dam Venus (dam of Adonis p. 2:11%), by Captain
Webster, 10173; and in the same Year Book, page
704, Captain Webster is credited with siring the dam
of Adonis p. 2:11% and Cupid 2:19, but when Sidney
Dillon 23157 and Venus were registered in volume 12
of Wallace's American Trotting Register, Venus was
registered as pedigree not traced. It is evident from
his statement to Mr. Gamble, that Mr. W. S. Lyle
and already traced the breeding of Venus carefully
and thoroughly, for his own satisfaction.
Old horsemen who are still living know that at
that time there was a strong prejudice, among some
of the breeders of standard-bred horses, against a
near thoroughbred cross in a trotting pedigree; but
it is a singular fact that two of the four trotters
which have made records of two minutes or better
have inherited the blood of Williamson's Belmont,
as did also Directum (4) 2:05% ,that held the world's
champion record for trotting stallions seven years,
and so does John A. McKerron 2:04%, the only trot-
ting stallion that has yet made a race record of 2:10
or better to wagon. The two trotters with records of
2:00 whose pedigree's show a Williamson's Belmont
cross are Lee Axworthy 1:58%, the world's champion
trotting stallion, and Lou Dillon 1:58%, the world's
champion light harness mare.
Had Samuel Gamble never done more for the trot-
ting-breeding interests of the Golden State than to
select and take to California the two great brood
mares Bertha and Carlotta, and influence the owner
of Sidney Dillon 23157 to have that horse kept for
stock purposes; also to put on record the statement
that Mr. W. S. Lyle traced the breeding of Venus,
and found that her sire was either Captain Webster
10173 or Venture 320; it was enough to entitle him
to the gratitude of the trotting horse breeders of the
Pacific Slope.
S. W. PARLIN.
Famous Cclman Farm Sold.
Possession has been given to Col. A. A. Ebert, of
Oran, to the famous farm, twelve miles of St. Louis,
which for fifty years was owned and operated by the
late Norman J. Colman, a former governor of Mis-
souri and until his death a few years ago was editor
of Colman's Rural World. Col. Ebert, who formerly
lived at Sikeston, Mo., and is now president of the
A. A. Ebert Auction Commission Company of East
St. Louis, bought the Colman farm. During his resi-
dence in Sikeston Mr. Ebert founded the Pleasant
View Stock Farm and the Southern Missouri Fair
Association. He will use the farm for the raising of
hogs and cattle.
Governor Colman gave the best part of his life in
developing it into an ideal live stock farm, where
he raised standard-bred horses. At the time of the
Governor's death the farm was the home of over one
hundred brood mares, combining the blood lines of
the most fashionable pedigrees. At the head of the
stud was Baron Reaper, bred and developed upon
the farm and as a five-year-old he held the world's
record for a five-heat race over a half mile track.
After the death of Governor Colman, which oc-
curred while he was enroute to Colorado to inspect
some horses and a breeding establishment owned by
the Government, the farm was inherited by his
daughter, Mrs. Clara Nicholson of St. Louis.
In writing of the new farm, Col. Ebert had the
following to say:
"Yes, it is true, I finally landed the famous Colman
stock farm. They say that patience is the virtue of
the Jewish race and perseverance the virtue of the
German race. You know I am a full-blooded German
and it was by perseverance that I finally succeeded in
getting the farm. 1 was personally acquainted with
Governor Colman and had often heard him talk of
his place. However, I had never seen it, but when
I heard of his death and that the farm was for sale
I determined it should be mine. At the time I was
the owner of Pleasant View Farm in Sikeston and
had established somewhat of a reputation as a breed-
er of fine Poland-China hogs, but my field was lim-
ited; I was too far south to get the right kind of
prices for the kind of hogs I was breeding and rais-
ing, and I was surrounded by extremely high priced
land and knew I could never enlarge my breeding
plant and it was entirely too small for my purpose;
so I decided to go and look at the Colman farm. It
was everything a man could desire for my business.
While the land is rolling, yet it is very fertile, being
the last strip of the rolling land right at the famous
Missouri River bottom land. The soil is practically
the same. There are 80 acres of the finest kind of
alfalfa, all en rolling, well drained land; then I have
the natural blue grass and the best of corn land. A
stream of water fed by nine springs on the farm
runs right through the center of the land with a
hundred yards of the finest natural shade on each
side of the stream. Most all of the surrounding
farms are small truck farms, hence, I will not be
bothered with other people's stock to create disease.
I have good railroad facilities, both passenger and
freight, besides the best kind of an automobile road,
just a forty-minute ride from any hotel in the city
of St. Louis. Yes, I think I have the finest stock
farm and expect to have one of the greatest herds
of Poland-Chinas in Missouri. While many a famous
horse has been developed upon this land and picked
the luxuriant grass, they are all gone now and in
their place will come the big mammoth Poland-
Chinas.
"In connection with my herd of hogs I will make
an assembling plant for beef bulls. In my stock busi-
ness I am repeatedly asked or written to by parties
wanting to know where they can get a young bull
ready for service."
W. G. Cowan of Kenwood, Sonoma county, an-
nounces the services of Silkworthy 58175 to the
public in thi? issue of the Breeder and Sportsman.
Silkworthy is one of the most fashionably bred stal-
lions standing for public service in California at the
present time. He is a son of Morgan Axworthy
47430 and his dam is Clear Silk, dam of Crystal Silk
2:28%. Morgan AxwTorthy is a son of Axworthy and
his dam is a full sister to Bingen 2:06%. Clear Silk
is by Prodigal, a great brood mare sire, and her dam
Red Silk is by Red Wilkes, another great sire of
brood mares. Lee Axworthy 1:58%, Uhlan 1:58,
Hamburg Belle 2:01% all trace to this family.
Saturday, March 17, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Thoroughbred Matters
The German St. Leger was won by the Royal
Graditz Stud's filly, Adressie by Nuage out of Ant-
wort, from tour others. The race was worth 40,000
marks.
* * +
Tommy Hunt, the little apprentice that has been
riding tor Kay Spence, is now the property of Juan
Fuentez. Hunt's contract was sold this week and
the promising little fellow will be given every oppor-
tunity to show his real riding class . Claude Hunt,
his brother, will continue to perform for Kay Spence.
* * *
The rich handicaps are not at an end at Tia Juana,
even though all the promised stakes have been run.
In consequence, President James Wood Coffroth has
arranged for the Earl Rogers handicap, valued at
5800 to be run next Sunday. It will be one and a six
teenth miles in duration and should attract the fanci-
est steppers stationed on Coffroth bluff. A seventh
race, a "Darktown" derby at one mile, will also be
staged.
* * *
Several horses were sold in the paddock at Tia
Juana last Saturday. Kay Spence disposed of six
head of his stock, while several others also went
under the hammer. Spence sold: Belle C. to O. Rice
for $120; Certain Point to V. J. Allen for $400; Prince
Eugene to Ed Dealy for $85; Black Jack to Ed Ma-
naugh for $775; Boxer to William Walker for $700;
Hocnir to Earl Linnel for $1,975. C. H. Dixon sold
Eugene Sues for $50 and Commoness for a like sum,
while Gus Flannagan disposed of the celebrated Phil
Epstein for $55.
* * *
On Sunday, January 21, the last of the big races
of the Argentine season was run at Palermo. This
was the Premio Capital (weight for age), of 2,500
metres, worth 16,932 pesos to the winner, 2,552 to
the second and 1,276 to the third. It was won by the
four-year-old Campanazo, by Diamond Jubilee — Celer-
ina, beating Floripar, Grand Senor, Changui and five
others. D. Torterolo rode the winner, which got
home by a short neck. Celerina has proved an extra-
ordinarily successful brood mare in the Argentine.
Celerina is by Goldfinch, out of Carissima, by King-
fisher (a son of Lexington) ,and was bred in the
United States by James B. Haggin in 1897 and ex-
ported to England in 1898 for Simpson Jay. She won
a race or two, and was put to the stud in 1900. For
three successive years (1901, 1902, 1903) she pro-
duced dead foals, but in Celerina's fourth season
she produced a filly by Love Wisely. The following
year came Potomac, a winner by Wisemac. Next
year she had a colt by Oberon ,and she was exported
that same year to Buenos Aires, where Ignacio Cor-
reas bought her. Since then she has bred a conitn-
uous succession of really high-class winners.
* ♦♦
Recently funds were appropriated for the purpose
of offering premiums for the best colts sired by the
eleven thoroughbred stallions controlled by the Ken-
tucky State University. These horses have been
placed in eleven different districts in the state and
last spring they covered 311 mares. It is the pur-
pose to have a colt show either at the county fair
or at the county seat this summer for these suckling
foals. The premiums are in cash and amount to
$25 for first, $15 for second and $10 for third. It is
hoped that every one who owns a mare that was
mated with one of these stallions will take good care
of the colt when it is foaled this spring and will get
ready for the colt show that will be held in the
county. In case there is no county fair then the
show will be held on the main street of the leading
town. The Kentucky Racing Commission will set
aside funds later on for the best yearling colts to be
exhibited at the State Fair. These premiums will
aggregate several hundred dollars and it is believed
that the prize winning colts from the eleven different
counties will be brought together at the State Fair
for these big premiums.
* * *
Of all branches of the horse market, that of selling
Thoroughbred yearlings was perhaps the most pros-
perous in 1916. Records compiled for the American
Racing Manual show that prices were practically 50
per cent higher in the auctions held by the Powers-
Hunter Company, of New York City, and other com-
mission firms last year than they were in 1915, or,
in fact, any other year since 1907. For the 426 year-
lings sold under the hammer, the buyers paid
$396,975, or an average of $932. In 1915 the average
for 375 head was $695, and in 1913 it was $472, while
in 1911 it fell to $230. A number of well-bred colts
and fillies from France and England helped to raise
last year's average quite materially, yet the yearlings
from several American breeding studs in Virginia and
Kentucky made averages almost equal to those of the
foreign-bred ones. Eleven by Ballot, for example,
made $15,500 ,an average of $1,408. A. B. Hancock
sold sixteen by Celt for $31,150, or an average of
$1,497 . Eight by Jack Atkin made an average of
$1,508 and seven by Sir John Johnson,, an untried
horse, an average of $1,512, while for eleven head by
Superman, H. T. Oxnard received $19,700, or an aver-
age of $1,783, and the highest price of the lot was
$2,650.
It has been arranged to hold no fewer than 153
days' racing in Germany this year; the days will
be divided between twenty-two different towns. The
153 days include racing on the flat and over jumps.
* * *
Last Saturday at Tia Juana an unfortunate succes-
sio nof falls occurred in the two-year-old race, which
finally resulted in Urapip being destroyed. Urapip's
back was broken in the fall and it is remarkable that
all the boys escaped serious injury.
V V V
Brighouse was started five or six times at the Tia
Juana meeting without success, but last Saturday
was well backed and finished second to Oakland.
The horse was entered to be sold for $500 and was
immediately claimed by G. Alexandra, the Vancouver
horseman.
The Nevada Stock Farm owned by Geo. Wingfield
has entered three horses in the Clark Handicap, one
of the feature races at Churchill Downs, — Slippery
Elm (4) by Bannockburn — Schwalbe. Bank (4) by
Mint — Miss Blair, and Square Set (3) by Duke of
Ormonde — Dora I. are the three representatives of
the Nevada turfman.
Thirty two-year-olds have won races this year on
the different tracks where racing has been conducted
up to March 1. Five of these winners were sired by
Pacific Coast stallions and were bred and raised on
this coast. Zip by Salvation; Avon Carey by Joe
Carey; Anna Star by Starbottle, each won two races,
and Candelaria by Von Tromp, Laura Miller and Kate
Bright by Norford each won one.
* # 41
Hal Price Headley, president of the Thoroughbred
Horse Association of Lexington, Kentucky, has pur-
chased from the James B. Haggin estate that part of
Elmendorf property known as the Graves farm. It
contains 457 acres and is eleven miles from Lexing-
ton . It is all in blue grass and has sixty new four-
teen foot box stalls on it. The price was close to
$100,000.
+ * *
Next June the Hawaii Polo and Racing Club will
stage the biggest race meeting in the history of the
Hawaiian turf. There will be a half-day of racing
at Kapiolani Park on Saturday, June 9; a full day's
sport on Monday, June 11, Kamahameha Day, and
another matinee program on Saturday, June 16. In
all there will be six races for Hawaiian-breds and
seven events for free-for-all horses. The sum of
$4150 will be hung up for the free-for-all races and
$2060 for the Hawaiian-bred events. Events closed
to Army entries will be worth $475 ,and $600 will be
devoted to events confined exclusively to Orientals,
making a grand total of $7,275 in purses for the meet-
ing. The races vary in length from a half mile to a
mile and a half, and there will be events for both
home-bred and free-for-all horses at these and inter-
mediate distances. Each day there will be a big
feature event.
+ + +
Racing in the state of Maryland has been taken
into court. At least the Baltimore County Racing
Commission has been ordered to show cause why
a license cannot be granted to the new Bengies
track. The promoters of the Bengies cottrse have
had two applications for a license denied and they
are determined to fight for their rights. The new
track is said to be owned by Baltimore politicians
who are eager to get into the charmed circle. Ac-
cording to gossip, the Pimlico track is opposed to
the granting of a license to them. If the Bengies
people win their legal proceedings they will then
apply to The Jockey Club for racing dates. Prob-
ably the Jockey Club is holding back the 1917 sched-
ule for this reason. The turf in Maryland is dominat-
ed by the pari-mutuels, which have aroused much
opposition on the part of the reform element.
* * *
New Orleans, La., Feb. 26. — Formal steps for the
purchase of the Fair Grounds and for the dedication
of the City Park racetrack property to the city of
New Orleans for park purposes were taken at a meet-
ing of the Board of Directors of the Business Men's
Racing Association last night.
The president was directed to call a meeting of the
stockholders within fifteen days to vote on the trans-
fer and dedication of the property to the city as an
annex to City Park.
A resolution was adopted authorizing the officers
to buy the Fair Grounds for $400,000, $50,000 to be
paid in cash and the balance in yearly payments of
$25,000. A dividend of 10 per cent on all the stock,
payable March 1, was voted.
Reports from the officers showed the net receipts
from the racing season just closed would be about
$150,000.
According to statements, the attendance this sea-
son for forty-four days was far in excess of the total
of last season, when fifty-seven days' racing was in
vogue at the Fair Grounds. The purse money this
year also totaled $79,000 more than it did last season.
* * *
E. \Y. Moore, who holds the contract on Jockey
Crump, has given second call on the boy's services
to Jefferson Livingston. The latter is as well forti-
fied with riders as he is with an all-round stable,
having McTaggart, Crump, Jeffcott and Urquhart
under engagement.
The Thoroughbred Record of March 3, published
a long interview with August Belmont, Chairman of
the Jockey Club, from which the following extracts
are taken. In answer to a question as to the betting
feature of the sport he expressed himself as follows:
"The principal objection to racing has been the
betting, which in nearly every instance accompanies
the sport. Legislation has been directed against
bookmaking — by that I mean the system which fixes
odds so that poolrooms know the quotations before
a race is run. This is an incentive for general gamb-
ling and enables people in large cities to bet on the
races simply as a gambling proposition and without
the accompaniment of the sporting spirit. It also
provides a definite price for wagers that are made
i nhandbooks.
"The pari-mutuel system would be a distinct im-
provement on the old system, as the odds are deter-
mined only after the race and by the actual amount
of money invested on each starter in the race. It is
a notable fact that in Canada and in States of the
Union where pari-mutuels have been substituted for
the old bookmaking method, handbook makers have
disappeared, and bookmaking, which has caused so
much criticism, is at a standstill.
"The question of introducing the pari-mutuels in
England has been discussed recently and has re-
ceived the support of prominent sportsmen across
the water. I do not know whether it is possible to
introduce this system in the State of New York,
as it probably would require a change in the Consti-
tution of the State, but there is no question in my
mind that it would provide a much more satisfactory
means for the public to wager on the chances of a
horse race, if such wagering is to be permitted at
all."
Another important matter touched on by Mr. Bel-
mont, in reply to a question, was the new rule prohib-
iting the racing of two-year-olds until April 1. Asked
as to the effect of this rule, he said:
"It was a wise move ,and made in the interest of
breeders and horsemen. We expected an outcry on
the part of those who wish to race immature horses
at winter tracks, but the move was made as a result
of experience gained by watching the performances
of those horses which were raced at too early an
age, and there is no idea of going back to the old
order of things. There is no doubt whatever that we
shall obtain better racers and better breeding stock
by delaying the entrance of the 'young racers into the
field of competition until the spring meetings open."
+ + *
Hot Springs, Ark., March 7. — All attendance rec-
ords at Oaklawn Park were broken today, the open-
ing of the spring racing season, and seldom has
there been a gathering at any racecourse that showed
as much enthusiasm as the one here. The proclama-
tion of the Mayor, Dr. J. W. McLendon, making the
day a half holiday, gave the local people a chance to
get to the races, and they turned out in full force,
led by members of the Business Men's League, which
fathers the sport here.
The Mayor delivered an address of welcome to the
visiting racing people in front of the grandstand just
before the first race, and he told them how glad he
and his fellow townsmen are to have a big assem-
blage within the gates of the city. He assured the
visitors that they will be given a real taste of hos-
pitality here, and bade them make themselves at
home.
The day was perfect for racing, it being like spring,
and the track, while a trifle slow from a heavy down-
pour of rain early this morning, dried out rapidly
during the afternoon. Every point of vantage in the
grandstand, on the steps and on the walk in front
of the stand was taken, and many persons watched
the races from automobiles and carriages in the
centerfield.
The feature, the Arlington Hotel purse, fell to E.
W. Moore's imported mare. Arriet. She had no trou-
ble beating Mars Cassidy five lengths and was well
in hand at the end. This affair was at six furlongs,
and a good band of sprinters contested for it. The
Hot Springs inaugural purse was won by the consist-
ent Langhorne. Ed Howard, making his first start
since last fall in Kentucky, was the one most favored
in this event, but he ran as though he needed a race
or two. W. P. Johnson's good three-year-old Fizer
beat Kultur two lengths in the fifth race. Kultur, as
usual, opened up a big gap, but quit badly in the final
drive through the stretch.
Judge Nelson gave the jockeys a lecture in their
quarters regarding rough riding before the first race,
and he gave them to understand that riders guilty of
this offense at this meeting will be severely dealt
with. Starter A. B. Dade also gave them a talking-to,
as there are many riders here who never rode under
him before.
* ♦*
Olga Star, the high class daughter of Star Shoot
and Olga Nethersole, ran a most impressive race in
the Descanso handicap run last Sunday at Tia Juana.
Olga Star has been running disappointingly this
winter but now seems to have finally rounded to her
best form. She was outpaced in the early running
being fully ten lengths out of it at the half mile
pole, but moved up with a powerful rush rounding
the far turn and mowed her field down in the stretch,
winning going away. Bigtodo and Conning Tower
were second and third.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 17, 1911
T. C. Jefferson, the well known Kentucky horse-
man, who is in charge of. the saddle horses of the
Sierra Vista Farm, Chino, Cal., writes that he expects
a regular "hoss race" when the two three-year-olds,
Cochise and Tourist Feavine, get in competition.
* + *
Mrs. Grace Maxwell has taken charge of the riding
academy at Pasadena, which is owned by Revel Lind-
say English. Mr. English has an excellent lot of
horses in this academy and with Mrs. Maxwell as an
instructor, visitors at Pasadena are offered a rare
opportunity to enjoy a ride at the same time they
are taking lessons.
4" ♦ 4»
Godfrey Preece of New York has a stable of ex-
cellent Polo ponies in training at Mexico, Mo., where
most of them were purchased . Mr. Preece, who is
now in Havana, has notified Lee Bros., of Mexico,
through whom he makes his purchases, of his inten-
tion to visit Mexico immediately and select a load
of three-gaited saddle horses, and ship them with the
Polo ponies to his country estate on Long Island.
* * *
San Vicente Rancho's noted matron, Dona ,has
foaled a splendid filly foal by Don Castano, their
noted sire, who is a son of Golden King. The writer
saw a yearling in the corral at San Vicente which
is a full sister to the new arrival, that I picked out
of the dozen as the star of the lot, and L. S. Rollins,
manager of the farm, declares that last week's foal
is much better than the yearling.
* * *
The Winona Riding Association is the name of a
recently organized riding club at Winona, Minn. The
leader of this "back to the saddle movement" in this
section of Minnesota is Wm. Kuhlman, who with
other members of his family are ardent horse lov-
ers. They are making an effort to secure the serv-
ices of a first class instructor and educator of horses
to make riding master of the club and to train their
horses.
* <• *
Lee Bros., of Mexico, are buying every good three-
gaited horse they can locate — that has the right class
and price tag on him. They have had one of the
best spring seasons in the history of their very suc-
cessful career in the horse business. This firm has
the reputation, and it is conceded by all, of having
furnished more high class show horses to eastern
buyers which have become champions, than any
firm in the West.
* ♦♦
Holger Rasmussen of Chicago, owner of Alston, the
celebrated high jumper, and others of note, has taken
charge of the First Cavalry Riding Academy. Mr.
Rasmussen is a real instructor, having had more
experience in that line probably than any man in
Chicago; he is a great rider, exhibitor and a natural
born horseman, and together with his being a clever
young chap and a high class gentleman, makes his
services very valuable to the academy, which, by
the way, is one of the most prosperous in the United
States, and which is soon to be replaced with one
of the most pretentious buildings of the character
ever built, and to be equipped with every conven-
ience and excellent mounts.
* ♦♦
The annual American Saddle Horse judging con-
test which was conducted by E. A. Trowbridge, head
oE Animal Husbandry, University of Missouri, at Co-
lumbia, attracted 137 contestants. Students from
practically every county in Missouri and from Okla-
homa, Kansas, Mississippi, Illinois, Arkansas, Texas
and the Hawaiian Islands taking a part. Three
classes of saddle horses were placed, including the
three-gaited, five-gaited and breeding classes. Stu-
dents were allowed twenty minutes for inspection
and fifteen minutes to give their reasons for placings,
being graded fifty per cent for placing and the same
for reasons. The silver trophy offered by the Amer-
ican Saddle Horse Breeders' Association going to
M. It. Howell of Columbia, Mo. Joe T. Harris,
of Peter Pan and Prince Albert, America's
foremost pair of roadsters; Will Thompson, presi-
dent of the Boone County Fair Association, and
James Hamilton, of the Blue Grass Farm, Mexico,
Mo., were the judges of the contest.
* + *
On account of the secretary, "Jump" Cauthorn,
coming West January 1st, and Messrs. Houchin,
Trowbridge and Jackson, all active in the affairs
of the Missouri Saddle Horse Breeders' Association,
having various other matters that demanded their
attention at the time, the annual winter meeting
was postponed from the first week in January until
some time during the spring. Prof. Trowbridge
writes that they will make an immediate effort to
have a rousing meeting some time this spring. There
is much that an association of this character can
accomplish in Missouri, but the few officers of the
company must have the co-operation of the entire
membership, some 100 breeders, before attempting
anything.
* * *
Foxhall Keene's wonderful recuperative power has
never been better demonstrated, I am sure, than by
the fact that after his severe accident on the hunt-
ing field last autumn he is now taking an active part
in California polo. While he was visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel T. Murphy, with whom he came out to
California, at Burlingame he played at the San Mateo
Polo Club, and on the first of February he was oft
for the Coronado tournaments. Keene left California
when a child, after his father, the late James R.
Keene, had made a fortune here, but he frequently
returns for a visit. His father's financial begin-
nings, in the days of '49, were made in the little
town of Shasta, where he was known as "Squire"
Keene. He was Justice of the Peace and notary pub-
lic for the county before he went to San Francisco.
* * *
Manager John T. Hook, of the saddle horse de-
partment of Longview Farm, Lee's Summit, Mo., re-
turned last week from Kentucky where he has been
looking for something to fill one or two vacancies
in this -ioted stable. After spending a week in the
state, however, he only found one that was eligible,
and after giving one of the farm's best horses in
part payment he finally persuaded owner Lang-
horne Tabb Anderson, of Maysville, Ky„ to let him
have a young walk-trot mare of the smaller type.
Mr. Hook is very "keen" on her and says that while
she is young and needs a lot of work he expects to
have her in the A class by the opening of the im-
portant shows. Point-au-View Farms, he declared,
has some exceptionally fine horses finished and ready
for the show ring and for business and pleasure use,
and was the only place he was able to find just what
he was looking for in the smaller type three-gaited
variety.
* * *
One of the most attractive lot of colts advertised
for sale this season will be found in the announce-
ment of Oakridge Ranch, Kenwood, Sonoma county,
in this issue of the Breeder and Sportsman. Three
royally bred saddle colts and two standard breds,
yearlings and two-year-olds. The saddle bred colts
possess the most talented blood lines it is possible
to secure in California. Two by Lord Denmark and
one by Highland Squirrel King, the two veteran
sires of the Coast, and both proven sires of high class
show horses; horses with good clean gaits and splen-
did conformation and good heads. The Standard
breds are by Silkworthy and Don Sonoma, and like
the Saddle colts are from attractive dams. These
colts will be found in good condition and ready to go
into training at once. They are priced reasonably
so that they will seil at once, and interested readers
should address W. G. Cowan, Kenwood, Sonoma Co.,
or Breeder and Sportsman, San Francisco.
4» ♦ *
His many friends throughout the country will be
glad to know that Charles W. Green, of Centralia,
Mo., has been invited to officiate at one of the horse
shows to be given in connection with one of the
large state fairs of the West this fall. The editor
of the Breeder and Sportsman, perhaps, has been
more closely identified with this prominent and popu-
lar young judge's work than any other individual of
his acquaintance, and I do not know of anyone who
is better qualified and who comes so near filling the
bill in every respect. Mr. Green has judged at some
of the leading horse shows and state, district and
county fairs in the United States, and his work has
been highly satisfactory and especially instructive
to the audience and the exhibitors. He is universally
popular with harness and saddle horse men alike
and takes the appointments of this character as an
honor and judges accordingly. Mr. Green has been
one of the most successful buyers and sellers of
horses and mules in Missouri, and buys several car-
loads of horses and mules from Missouri farmers
every week. His having been practically raised in
the business and also being a member of a business
firm, he knows the game from A to Z and is consid-
ered the most successful dealer in Missouri of his
age. Clean, honorable, well qualified and "up to right
now" in everything, is what has made Charles W.
Green's services, both as judge and superintendent,
so demanded in the Middle West by exhibitors and
associations alike. He is best described as the
"happy medium," for when the annual fuss comes up
about judges they settle on Mr. Green, for they
know he will be acceptable to all.
* * +
Roger Pemberton, of Chicago, bought three good
horses in Kentucky sale week and Chicago fanciers
who have seen them say they should "top the Chi-
cago market." All Chicago dealers claim excellent
demand for good pleasure using saddle horses, and
the shortage of supply of this kind will make itself
felt in higher prices. Kentucky and Missouri, I be-
lieve, were never so short on good gaited saddle
horses.
A Remarkable Saddle Stallion.
There are always some well bred, well educated
and attractive saddle stallions for sale in Missouri
and Kentucky. Here is where they are bred and
raised by farmers and horse breeders alike; where
the blood of the most noted horses of all time flows
most liberally and where every man knows a good
saddle horse. However, when one is found that can
go out and win in any company he is priced in such
figures that the man looking for a stock horse; one
that he can show with a great degree of success, use
as a pleasure horse and make money from his invest-
ment, becomes discouraged.
Again, those that are worthy of showing are in
many instances good only for breeding purposes and
the show ring, and it is a rare thing to find a stallion
that is so mannered he will answer every purpose
desired in a saddle horse. Noble Rex, advertised for
sale in this issue by D. Schilling, of Aroya, Colo., is
just such a horse . One could travel through Mis-
souri and Kentucky for weeks and not find one of
his kind. He has every qualification for a sire; for
a show horse and for a pleasure horse, either to use
in country or in cities. He is a horse of great bone
and sound feet; 16 hands high, six years old, a jet
black with magnificent style at both ends.
He is the best mannered stallion the writer knows
of: I dare say, that any one who can ride at all can
ride Noble Rex as well as a professional. His gaits,
five of them, are letter perfect and so thorough that
the average business man cannot spoil them. He
works perfectly in company; does not squeal or bite
and has none of the habits that make the average
stallion "taboo" as a pleasure horse. He carries the
best blood of the Denmarks and is a typical speci-
men of that great family. Any one that wants the
most versatile saddle stallion offered for sale should
lose no time in communicating with Mr. Schilling,
at 3152 Pine Grove Ave., Chicago, as a horse of this
type will not go long without good buyers; he is the
kind which the public demands.
The San Vicente Rancho Co., of Los Angeles, has
sold their brown five-gaited gelding, Kentucky, which
won the gelding class at the last California State
Fair, to Mr. J. M. Danziger, a prominent attorney of
that city and the owner of a very beautiful estate in
the Santa Monica mountains. With such an ideal
pleasure and show horse in their possession, it is
hoped and confidently expected that Mr. Danziger
and his family will become interested in show horses.
NEWS FROM MISSOURI.
[By Rufus Jackson, Mexico, Mo.]
Godfrey Preece, of New York, bought this week
from Lee Bros., of this city, what he considers the
greatest prospect for show ring honors that he has
ever purchased in his extensive career as a dealer in
high-class horses. The horse in question is a beau-
tiful chestnut with white markings, a long neck with
a clean-cut throttle and a fine head and ear. He
possesses wonderful knee and hock action and his
manners are perfect. Mr. Preece has been an exten-
sive buyer of good horses here and among the num-
ber that he has taken east and developed was the
great winner, Panama. That his recent purchase is
the best horse he has ever bought here speaks vol-
umes of the wonderful qualities of the chestnut for
it is recalled that Mr. Preece has bought some good
ones here in the past. This horse was bred by J. R.
Snook of northeast of Mexico, and was sired by Rex
Chief A .and out of a mare by Ike. In addition to
this horse Mr. Preece also bought two extra good
horses through Lee Bros, from S. G. Wood of Aux-
vasse . One or these is a bay gelding by Rex Mont
and out of a mare by the thoroughbred stallion, Col.
Stephens, the sire, by the way, of Mr. Prece's former
champion, Panama. The other purchase from Mr.
Wood is a chestnut gelding by Forest Montrose out
of a mare by the sensational eastern show ring win-
ner, Nala.
* * *
L. B. Barnett is fitting a number of good show
horse prospects for coming season's shows at Lee
Bros.' Boulevard Stables. Included in the number is
a brown gelding owoied by French Field that gives
every promise of developing into a wonderful show
horse. The good young stallion, All McDonald,
owned by E. N. Hamilton, is working splendidly
under Mr. Barnett's careful handling and is sure to
prove a contender in the big stakes this year.
* * *
Joseph H. Hoch, of Chicago, and Dr. Tubbs of
Council Bluffs, Iowa, were in Mexico this week in
search of good saddle horses.
* * *
Jack O'Brien ,of Chicago, has made arrangements
with L. B. Barnett of this city to train and show a
green mare that is said to be "sum punkins."
* * *
The shortage of horses at the National Stockyards,
East St. Louis, was more pronounced than ever last
wreck, a commission man said. The total receipts of
the Campbell-Reid firm, which is selling horses to
France and Italy, was 1200 head. About 700 of these
were required for the domestic trade, leaving 500 to
be divided by the two allies. At least 2500 horses
could be sold every week to the Europeans, the dealer
said. Farmers who are preparing for their spring
planting are making a large demand for horses and
mules.
Saturday, March 17, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
7
At the late meeting of the New York State Fair
Commission at Albany the officers of 1916 were re-
elected and Racing Commissioner Schoeneck was au-
thorized to announce a Grand Circuit program with
not less than $40,000 in early and late closing purses.
* * *
Don de Lopez (3) 2:16%, son of Kinney de Lopez
and bred at Hemet Stock Farm, took part in sixteen
races during the 1916 season and won twelve of the
number, being but once behind the money. This is
1 a wonderful showing for a three-year-old ,as in six of
these events he was racing against aged horses.
* * *
Fred Halm, of Oakland, Cal., is jogging a four-
: year-old green trotter that promises to be "fit" for
the coming season. With little work last season he
trotted around 28 and is showing class this year.
He is by Arner, by Charles Derby, and his dam also
is a daughter of Chas. Derby.
* * +
The French government recently placed with East
i St. Louis firms orders for 20,000 horses and the Ital-
| ian government has ordered several thousand mules.
I Mules are used in pack trains in the Italian army
and for motive power for the artillery in the moun-
tains.
*♦*
Secretary Joseph Waddell, of the California Fair
and Racing Association, is in Los Angeles using his
efforts to interest the business men and stockmen
In giving a good meeting there this autumn. He
also visited Fresno and other cities south of San
Francisco on his way down.
■fr * +
J. Dupont, who heads the committee of the Peta-
luma Driving Club, has announced that an agreement
has* been reached with the park commissioners for
the leasing of Kenilworth park and race track, which
practically insures the race meet there in July.
Horsemen of that vicinity are taking considerable
interest in the circuit races to be held this summer.
* * +
A. B. Kinney, of the State Fair Grounds, North
Takima, Wash., has sold the bay stallion True Kin-
ney 2:21%, by Kinney Lou 2:07% out of My True
Heart by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16, to Fred Weldt, of
The Dalles, Ore., who will use him in the stud this
season. Mr. Kinney contemplates a campaign through
the Great Western Circuit this summer with two
mares by Hal B. 2:04% which are topnotch pacers.
* * *
A one cent post card sent to the Reducine Com-
pany, Otsego, Michigan, and mention of this paper
with the request for one, and you will receive a copy
of their 164 page booklet postpaid. If you have any
kind of a horse, no matter how much you think you
know about the animal, you can learn a lot of new
things out of this interesting publication. It won't
cost you anything and it may make a difference of a
lot of money to you and possibly save you some valu-
able horse that you may think a great deal of.
***
A number of citizens of Salinas and vicinity who
are interested in racing and fairs met last week and
organized the Salinas Valley Fair and Racing Asso-
ciation. This association is a part of the California
Fair and Racing Association, whose object is to en-
courage and promote county fairs and racing. A
circuit is being formed and Salinas gets the first
meet of the circuit, the second week in July. C. Z.
Hebert was chosen president of the local association;
R. A. Stirling treasurer, and J. A. Anderson, secre-
tary.
Mr. A. C. Cohmire, President of the Willamette
Valley Fair and Racing Circuit, of Portland, Ore.,
speaks very highly of the qualities of Reducine
which he has been using on his horses. One espe-
cially bad case was that of Redskin 2:16% which
was entirely cured, and the horse trotted sound all
last summer, winning several races.
Alonzo McDonald has also been using Reducine
and finds the results very satisfactory. E. T. Geers
also says that he has been using Reducine a good
deal for the last two or three years and likes it better
than anything alse he ever used for its purpose.
Fifteen yearlings by San Francisco were sold for
a total of $11,595 at the Garden sale last week, or an
average of exactly $773 per head. This is considered
the highest price paid for that many yearlings in any
public sale by one stallion. The sale record for
weanlings is held by The Harvester, twenty-nine of
his get selling for a total of $20,775 last November,
or an average of $715.40 per head.
Several brood mares formerly owned by The
Woodland Stock Farm were offered in this sale and
sold as follows: Sweet Princess by Prince McKin-
ney brought $100. Carrietta 2:18, the dam of Suldine
2:08%, Silent Brigade 2::09, etc., sold for $400. Ila
Moko brought $375, Verbena Mc $475, Fair Recluse
$250, and Reina Directum 2:12% $150.
J .Janson, Jr., the enterprising horse goods man
and harness manufacturer at Pleasanton, has some-
thing new to offer in the way of a "speedycut," as
will be seen by his advertisement in this week's
issue. Mr. Janson makes a specialty of high-class
light harness horse goods ,turf goods, and in fact
everything required about a stable of race horses.
Mr. C. K. G. Billings' decision to sell all his horses
will release the great pacer, William 1:58%, for
return to harness racing. He will be a welcome addi-
tion to the free-for-all brigade of the Grand Circuit
which has lately lost some of its best horses through
breakdowns, retirements and relegation to the half-
mile tracks. William went lame when in training to
beat the record last year, but the trouble was not
believed to be serious.
+ + +
George J. Peak, the sage of Winchester, 111., has
lost his grand old show horse, Tommy Doyle, per-
haps the greatest roadster stallion that ever lived.
Tommy Doyle died at his home on Mr. Peak's estate
at Winchester last week and it has unnerved the old
showman to such an extent that he has consigned
his entire stable, including the show horses, brood
mares , colts and equipage to the Chicago sale. There
never was a horse that has won so consistently as
Tommy Doyle and he was exhibited in all classes;
single and as one of a pair, in roadster, light harness
and breeding events in all shows west of Pittsburgh.
He was as honest and game an animal as there ever
lived and knew the game better than any other horse
of recent years. In his last appearance, which was
at this year's Denver show, he was driven by a man
who could not ride in a Bain wagon, yet, he fought
the battle by himself, and with the handicap, landed
close to the top in one of the biggest and most
heated contests of the show. We will all miss the
old horse ; perhaps I am safe in saying that the death
of Tommy Doyle will affect more lovers of the show
horse than that of any other animal; but the sage
of Winchester, the only George Peak, will be missed
a thousand times more if he retires from the game,
as is reported.
o
Horse Affairs in Canada: C. A. Harrison.
Mr. Fred Johnson, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
owner and fancier and one of Canada's most promi-
nent harness horse men, has sold his fast pacer,
Mussell Shell 2:10% to W. J. Fleming, of Calgary.
Mussel Shell is a son of Bozeman, by Mambrino
King, and was raced on the ice this winter by Vic
Fleming, the well known Canadian reinsman. He
will be raced by Fleming over the Western Canada
circuit in 1917.
Russ McGuire, of Moose Jaw, Canada, will race
Mr. Johnson's pacers, Sir Wilfred and Dr. McGlaugh-
lin 2:17%, by Vinmont Almota, by Vice Regent, and
the trotter Copious 2:14% by Lacopia, son of Bingen
2:06%.
"California Jim" Stewart is conducting a public
training stable at Calgary.
George Haag, of General H. 2:04 fame, is now one
of Canada's leading wheat growers and cattle raisers.
He is on a large ranch near Calgary.
The most attractive circuit in years is being
planned over Western Canada and some good purses
in prospect.
Dr. F. W. Crang, a prominent physician of Edmon-
ton, Alberta, is the owner of a top notch pacer. Grey
Ghost 2:13, dam Nellie Coovert 2:15. Grey Ghost
has been racing on the ice all winter and is now
back in Edmonton being prepared for the Canadian
summer circuit.
J. T. Wilkinson, of Vancouver, owner of the good
stallion Ora Wilkes Jr. (2) 2:12%, has that good
stallion in service at Chilliwack, B. C. He is prov-
ing a good sire and among others of promise is a
four-year-old mare, May Wilkin, which her owner
believes is the best thing he has ever raised. She
is a beautiful filly and though she has never been
worked, can pace a "blue streak" and can go across
the fields faster than most horses can run. Mr. Wil-
kinson has neglected having her handled on account
of his personal business affairs, but I believe in the
right hands there is a chance of her making a top-
notcher. She is broken nicely and has a lot of sense.
Wm. Delahanty, who is one of the most clever
trainers in the country, is working some good horses
for W. H. Gibson, of Gannavoque, Ont., who is a
wealthy horse lover and sportsman. Among those
in the stable are the pacer Hydric 2:05% and two
green youngsters that are doing nicely. They had
Forrester Boy ready at Ottawa for the ice meeting
but sickness prevented them from making any good
showing. Mr. Gibson is one of the foremost harness
manufacturers and business men of Ontario.
At Boise, Idaho.
Jas. Kirby, well knwon horse lover and authority
of Boise, Idaho, has been one of the "live ones" to
answer the Breeder and Sportsman's call for list of
Western horses in training and sends the following,
which constitutes the colony at Boise:
Wm. Howell has Pfeister's Lynsvood, by Lynwood
W.; Miss Sirius, three-year-old trotter by Graham
Bellini, dam Lady Sirius 2:10%; Kinney Benton,
three-year-old trotter by True Kinney, dam Princess
Viola, by Prince Ansel; Idaho Chief, two-year-old
trotter by Suomi, a son of Zombro, dam Lady Sirius
2:10%; Lady Ellen, two-year-old trotter by Suomi,
dam Lady Alfred 2:16% by Alfred G.; Miss Idaho,
yearling trotter by Suomi, dam Lady Sirius 2:10%;
Miss Betty, yearling trotter by Suomi, dam by Oron-
teo 2:16% .second dam by a son of Belmont 64.
J. D. Springer, of Sonoma Girl fame, has Mountain
Boy 2:12% and Adver Direct, pacer, by Directus J.,
dam Adwillta by Advertiser.
O. M. Hutchens has Valentine Jr., pacer, 2:10, by
A. Valentine; and a promising green pacing filly by
Francis J.
Wm .Taylor has Mr. Fleety, three-year-old pacer
by Suomi, dam Miss Otto 2:11, which has been a
mile in 2:22 as a two-year-old; Beans, three-year-old
trotter by Suomi, dam Summerbeau, that has been a
quarter in :36 and an eighth in 17 seconds as a two-
year-old; bay pacing filly by Gayloc, son of Suomi,
that when a yearling paced a quarter in 35 seconds.
Fair Association of Glenn Incorporates.
Judging from the articles of incorporation of the
Glenn County Livestock and Agricultural Associa-
tion .filed with Secretary of State Frank C. Jordan,
Orland's annual fair is to be an established event.
In its articles the company states it will conduct
fairs near Orland in order to promote the livestock,
agricultural and horticultural interests of Glenn
county.
The company is capitalized at $10,000. Each share
of stock has a par value of $1. The fifteen directors
are: Chris Mybre, H. M. Knightwell, I. L. Brownell,
S. F. Williams, W. G. Gurnett, Charles A. Whitsett,
S. W. Baugher, E. A. Kirk, J. J. Flaherty, E. E. Kra-
caw, Charles L. Leonard, George E. Wyngard and
W. E. Scearce ,all of Orland, and W. L. Guilford and
W. H. Walker of Willows.
Important Meeting Called For March 24.
The California sulky circuit will open earlier and
continue later this year than has been the case in
years. The new corporation, the California Fair and
Racing Association, of which Mr. Joseph Waddell,
who organized the very successful Inter-Mountain
Circuit last year, is secretary, is actively at work
organizing the California Circuit for 1917, and has
called a meeting of all interested to be held at the
Hotel Manx in this city on Saturday next, March
24th, at which time the dates of every meeting on
the circuit will be announced ,and purses and classes
also arranged. Already there are seven meetings
sure before the State Fair and there is no conflict
of dates between any of these associations. The
circuit will open at Salinas the second week in July,
proceed from there to Petaluma the following week,
thence to Ukiah, thence to Ferndale where the Hum-
boldt County Fair will be held, thence probably but
not certainly to Eureka, thence to Santa Rosa, Dixon,
and Woodland in that order and then to Sacramento
to the big State Fair meeting. Following the State
Fair a meeting may be given at Stockton, after which
the big Fresno Fair will take the last week in Sep-
tember and the Kern County Fair the first week in
October. If Hanford decides to come in, and it
doubtless will, as the Kings County Fair is one of
the best county fairs held in the State, there will not
be room for the Stockton meeting unless that city
gets in early, claims dates and announces its pro-
gram. After Bakersfield a four days' meeting is
assured for Santa Maria, which has already collected
and banked the money to insure the purses, and
Santa Ana, Riverside, Ventura, Los Angeles and
other places are already holding meetings to see it
they cannot get into the circuit, which is to wind up
at Phoenix about the second or third week in Novem-
ber. There is a certainty of at least 12 and a prob-
ability of between 15 and 20 weeks of racing on the
California Circuit this year.
A general invitation is extended to all who are
interested in a California Circuit to attend the meet-
ing at the Hotel Manx next Saturday. All are wel-
come and some important announcements will be
made.
Continued Straws.
Those who have predicted that the horse is going
to be retired by the auto have another guess coming.
Horse experts declare on the contrary that, despite
the sale and export of some 500,000 for war pur-
poses, there are now more horses in the United States
than ever before.
The assertion is frequently made that the farm is
the only home now left for old plug horses, since they
have been almost wholly retired from city business
work . Chicago, however, which is as modern a city
as the world knows in business methods, and which
might be expected to use commercial trucks freely,
reports that in the period from 1911 to 1916 the num-
ber of licensed horse-drawn vehicles dropped from
58.000 to 49,000 and the number of motor vehicles
increased from 11,000 to 43,000.
This is an astonishingly small reduction in the
number of horses, but an enormous gain in the num-
ber of motors. These figures show that the normal
increase in business vehicles from year to year Is
largely taken care of by motors.
Missouri is still raising some fine horses which
sell as high as $1,000 each, but the business has de-
clined greatly. The five-gaited breed, selling from
$500 to $5,000, and the expert racing breed will very
likely be revived, since the sport of racing is being
revived. All over the country there is an increased
interest in pure-bred horses, which indicates a re-
vival of horses instead of their retirement. America
still has millions of horses and probably will have
millions for many years to come. — [Milwaukee Jour-
nal.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 17, 1917
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
COMPLIMENT TO RAINBOW TROUT.
Chicago Writer Enthuses Over the Gamey Fish in
Coast Waters.
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
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Vivisection Bill. — Quite a fight and a deal o£ con-
troversy has been stirred up over the so-called vivi-
section bill introduced in the assembly at the pres-
ent session ot the California legislature by assembly-
man Nick J. Prendergast. The measure has its sup-
porters and opponents. The father of the bill gives
the following explanation: —
"The bill in no way changes the present statute
providing for vivisection other than that it allows
the animals to be purchased from the pound by col-
leges for purposes of vivisection. It specifically pro-
vides that no operation shall be performed on any
animal except under surgical anaesthesia. The pres-
ent law makes no such provision.
"During 1916 nearly 4,000 dogs were destroyed
without having served any useful purpose. Under
this bill those animals would have aided in the work
of research and would have furthered medical and
scientific investigation."
On the other hand ,the following communication
dealing with some features of the bill has been
mailed to the Breeder and Sportsman:
"Members of the State Humane Association and
unaffiliated animal lovers from all parts of California
are gathering in Sacramento this week to oppose the
Prendergast bill, which if passed would compel all
public pounds to surrender unclaimed animals to
medical colleges for vivisection.
The committee on Medical and Dental Laws of the
assembly will hold public hearings on the bill, and
among those who will speak in opposition to it are:
Supervisor Edward I. Wolfe of San Francisco, Mat-
thew McCurrie, secretary of the State Humane Asso-
ciation, Hugh J. Baldwin, former superintendent of
San Diego schools, and other prominent humanita-
rians.
James H. Wilkins, San Francisco newspaper man,
has prepared a statement outlining the position of
the Humane societies .saying: 'In order to correct
scandalous mismanagement, societies for the preven-
tion of cruelty to animals have shouldered the admin-
istration of public pounds in most cities. It is a work
to which many earnest and kindly people, in a spirit
of universal humanity, have given some of the best
efforts of their lives.
"The San Francisco pound is an institution which
may be studied to advantage by other cities. Stray
dogs, cats, and other hapless animals are collected
there ,are well fed and well housed. If they show
evidence of ownership, efforts are made to find their
masters. If they are of any value, homes are found
for them. After a certain period the unclaimed
derelicts are painlessly destroyed.
"The Prendergast bill strikes at the very founda-
tion of mercy on which all these labors are built. It
provides, in effect, that all the pounds in the state
shall turn over their unclaimed animals to the vari-
ous medical colleges of the state for the purpose o£
vivisection. Failure to do so involves fine or impris-
onment or both.
"Such a bill, if enacted, would, of course, terminate
the present activities of all humane societies which
operate pounds. It could hardly be expected that
men and women of gentle purpose would become col-
lectors of animals doomed to a death of the most
appalling torture."
Some of those who are present at the capital op-
posing the measure are: Hugh J. Ealdwin, San Di-
ego: Matthew McCurrie, San Francisco; Mrs. James
Sprecher, Los Angeles; R. C. Irvine, Sacramento;
Wm. Harvey, Sr., Fresno; Mrs. Laurence Gronlund,
Oakland; and Charles Kelly, Pasadena.
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Southern Rod Club. — With a large crowd of fly and
bait casters competing, the Southern California Rod
and Reel club staged its monthly casting tournament
at the Eastlake park grounds on Sunday. Some very
remarkable hurls resulted during the day. Following
are the summaries:
Heavy tackle fly accuracy, fifteen casts at 50, 55
and 60 feet: J. J. Low 9813-15, E. J. Kennedy
98 9-15, Charles Van Horn 9714-15, W. A. Holmes
96 1-15, T. G. Corfield 89 13-15.
Heavy tackle dry fiy accuracy, five casts at targets
2 Oto 60 feet: Low 99 10-15, Kennedy 99 9-15, Van
Horn 99 2-15, Holmes 97, Corfield 95 12-15.
Heavy tackle, distance, ten minutes to each: Ken-
nedy 90 ft. 6 in., Low 86 ft.. Holmes 70 ft., Corfield
64 ft.
14-ounce accuracy, target 60 to 100 feet and back:
Lane 98.2 per cent, Kennedy 98, Perkins 97.1, Van
Horn 96.6, Baker 94.5, Borngrebe 91.8.
'4-ounce, distance, five sasts — average: Lane 212
ft. S in., Perkins 141 ft. 11 in., Lenarth 141 ft. 11 in.,
Baker 120 ft. 4 in., Van Horn 116 ft. 8 in., Borngrebe
74 ft. 5 in., Kennedy 57 ft. 1 in.
Longest single cast, 212 feet 13 inches, by Oscar
Lane.
2%-ouncc distance, regular, five casts: Baker, av-
erage, 218 ft; King 210 ft. 2 in., Kennedy 207 ft. 10
in.. Perkins 202 ft. 7 in., Borngrebe 168 ft. 5 in.. Hud-
son 115 ft. 11 in., Lane 113 ft. 10 in. Longest single
cast, 248 ft. 4 in., by Sherman Baker.
2%-ounce distance, handicap under surf condi-
tions, average: King 204 ft. 6 in., Perkins 198 ft. 10
in.. Lane 165 ft. 2 in., Kennedy 155 ft. 10 in., Van
Horn 101 ft. 9 in., Hudson 94 ft. 11 in., Borngrebe 86
ft. 11 in., Baker 78 ft. 8 in. Longest single cass, 264
feet 3 inchet, by Charles King.
SB
Spokane Fly and Bait Club. — Spokane, Wash. — The
annual meeting of the Spokane Fly and Bait Casting
Club, held February 6th in the Old National Bank
Building, was attended by sixty enthusiastic anglers.
Several new members were added to the club and
the membership committee wras authorized to accept
applications up to April 1, the opening of the fishing
season.
After some discussion of the situation regarding
prosecutions and penalties imposed upon violators of
the fishing laws, the president was authorized to ap-
point a lookout committee to secure the facts in
individual cases, compare them with instances in
adjoining counties, and report back to the member-
ship in detail. The club members are determined
that the money expended for the propagation of fish
and their protection shall not be wasted by illegal
fishermen.
A very interesting and instructive talk was given
by A. J. Buzard, game commissioner in charge of fish-
ing, on methods pursued in raising the little fellows
until big enough to take care of themselves in the
natural streams.
Officers were elected as follows: President, Gar-
rett B. Hunt; vice-president, Henri Crommelin; sec-
retary-treasurer, J. E. Griffith; captain in charge of
contests and targets, Dr. J. E. Drake.
The club endorsed the action of the Spokane
County Game Commission in recommending no
change in the laws prescribing the minimum length
of bass and trout to be legally caught. D. R. M.
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Southern Rod Team — The executive committee of
the casting auxiliary of the Southern California Rod
and Reel Club has made the announcement that the
selection of the team to represent the club at the
tournament of the National Association of Scientific
Angling Clubs, which is to be held in Chicago next
August, is to be made by competitive tests. This
puts the fly and bait casters all on edge in their
efforts to win places on the team of three men that
will have a chance for national honors. Such stars
as Baker, Lane, Kling, Kennedy and Van Horn will
toe the mark on the casting grounds and they will
be opposed by equally clever men with the rod and
reel. It is the tentative plan of the casting auxiliary
to select the three members of the team at the end
of the winter casting tournament, and then to place
the men in training for the great Chicago event.
Southern California has championship material in
plenty and the competition to be sent to Chicago is
going to be keenly fought. OBSERVER.
Los Angeles, Cal.
BO
Food For Wild Ducks. — Washington, D. C. — To as-
sist commissions, organizations and individuals in
preserving and propagating wild ducks, the U. S.
Department of Agriculture has just revised two of
its publications on the food plants of these birds and
published the revision as Bulletin No. 465.
The bulletin recommends for propagation, eelgrass
for salt water; widgeon-grass, sago pondweed, and
wild celery for brackish water; wild rice, wild celery,
the pondweeds and watercress for fresh water with
a slight current; and the pondweeds, banana water-
lily, musk grasses, waterweed, and coontail for fresh
water that is usually quiet. Along the margin of
fresh water where there is no marsh, wild millet is
desirable. In addition, a number of other recom-
mendations are made for various conditions.
The bulletin discusses in detail the propagation of
most of these foods.
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You can't keep a good man down. H. W. Cadwal-
lader, of Decatur, 111., had his right eye destroyed
and it was the natural conclusion that he would
never more shoot at the traps. As Cadwallader did
not wish to give up the sport he was so fond of, he
spent several months perfecting an extra rib which
he placed on his trapgun. With this he sights with
the left eye and shoots from the right shoulder.
Necessity surely is the mother of invention.
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Wilmington, Del., has it on any city of its size in
America when it comes to trapshooting enthusiasm.
It is a common occurrence to find 100 trapshooters
before the traps on a Saturday afternoon in the Dela-
ware city, but recently on a very unpleasant after-
noon there were 122 men and women at the traps of
the Wilmington Trapshooting Association, 21 more
before the traps of the Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington Railroad Company, and eight more at the
Greenhill Club. 150 before the traps on a stormy
day denotes much enthusiasm.
[By Larry St. John.]
Chicago ,111. — When Gitchie Manito finished the
first sunset he had some wonderful red paint left
over, so he brushed it on to the sides of a trout, and I
that is why the sides of the rainbow trout are red I
even to this day. When writing about trout, you
know, it is the customary thing to "horn in" an In-
dian legend, and never having heard one about the
rainbow trout, we invented that one ourself. Not so
bad, is it, for the first attempt of an amateur Indian
legend maker? One also is expected to tear one's
hair and rave around a little about the Beauties of
Nature when producing Trout Literature — we'll re-
sign first! Now, having settled that, let's get down
to business.
Besides the typical form, Salmo irideus, common
to the mountain streams of California, there are five
subspecies of rainbows, as follows: The brook trout
of western Oregon, which seldom exceeds a pound in
weight; the McCloud river trout, used for stocking
midwest and eastern waters; the Kern river trout,
found only in that stream and which reaches eight
pounds; the "Nissuee" of the upper Sacramento, and
the golden trout of Mount Whitney, the Francis X.
of them all.
In appearance the rainbow trout is a beautiful fish;
in color bluish above, with silvery sides irregularly
polka dotted on the back and sides, and with gener-
ous splashes of red along the median line. It is
stockily built .except when young, being much deeper
in proportion to length than other trouts, and its
mouth is noticeably small. He can be distinguished
from our brook trout (fontinalis) by these features
and by the prominent red sides, and the fact that his
spots are black, while those of fontinalis are red.
We mention these differences because on some
streams both rainbows and brooks will be taken, and
possibly the brown trout as wTell — the latter can be
told by his almost square tail and the fact that his
scales can be plainly seen without the aid of a mag-
nifying glass.
The rainbow trout varies in weight in different
parts of the country, depending on the amount and
variety of food available — they differ from most game
fishes in that they prefer Crustacea, worms, and
larvae to minnows, and when they are present in
quantities, Sir Rainbow will become aldermanic in .
size without losing his "pep." In the Ozarks, on the
Au Sable, in Michigan, and in some streams of New
York state, he is often taken up to five pounds, and
an odd specimen is landed now and then that weighs
ten or twelve pounds or more.
He is an active fish, likely to be found working all
over the stream, although the idea that he does not
prefer the well aerated and fast water is not quite
founded on fact. He has one advantage over the
brook trout — he can thrive in waters that have be-
come slightly polluted through lumbering or manu-
facturing and in water that is too warm for the fon-
tinalis. For this reason the McCloud river variety
is much used for restocking streams from which the
brook trout has "exited."
Some of these McCloud river fish were planted in
the Au Sable river, in Michigan, in the '80s, and have
done remarkably well — some say at the expense of
the brook trout, but as the latter spawn in the fall
and the rainbows in the spring, there has been no
conflict for breeding quarters, and the Michigan fish
commissioners are inclined to believe that the rain-
bow is not an enemy of fontinalis. The Au Sable,
the Pere Marquette, the Boardman, and other Michi-
gan streams now furnish some fine rainbow trout
fishing.
As a game fish the rainbow trout is a major
leaguer. He rises readily to flies (large specimens
more readily than will large brooks or browns), and
he fights like the very devil himself for life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness, and is a leaper from
Leaperville. We recently heard an angler who has
fished the world over say that the rainbow fishing in
Michigan is equal to salmon fishing at its best. Wil-
liam C. Harris, an authority, says:
"I have taken them (rainbows) in Michigan and
found them superior to any other fish of similar size
in any waters." As a table fish they do not quite
equal the brook trout, but are "fine eatin' " neverthe-
less.
For tackle one wants a sturdy rod for rainbow
trout. Say ,one of ten feet, and six ounces or more,
where the fish run heavy, although the old hand can
use a lighter tool. Leaders should be of the very
best quality, and flies on hooks numbers six, eight,
and ten are about right. As to patterns, most of
the standard flies will do the trick, as the rainbow is
not as discriminating in this respect as are some of
the other trouts."
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Fishermen in the vicinity of Santa Monica, Cal.,
are getting ready to wage a legal fight against the
kelp cutters. A. R. Muller of the Long Wharf and
fishermen of the village have collected quantities of
the kelp bearing the mark of the cutting knife, the
leaves of which are covered with spawn containing
millions of eggs, which is evidence of the great de- ,
struction wrought by the kelp cutters and goes to
show that myriads of fish never see the light owing
to ihe operation of these boats.
Saturday, March 17, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
REGISTERED TOURNEYS NUMBER 442.
Coast Clubs Schedule More Events With Shooting
Sanctioned on Sundays.
E. Reed Shaner, secretary of the Interstate Asso-
ciation, announces that the complete list of regis-
tered tournaments number 442. It includes the five
Interstate Association Handicap tournaments al-
ready announced and events by clubs in every section
of the country.
The Pacific Coast, with registered events sanc-
tioned on Sundays by the parent trapshooting body
for the first time, will figure more prominently this
season than in those of the past. A list of the events
with the clubs and dates on the Pacific slope are
announced in another column on this page under the
heading of Trapshooting Fixtures.
Starting this month, the San Jose Club will stage
an old policy tournament and on the same day, at
Seattle, Wash., the Northwest Washington League
will promote a tourney.
April will be given a good start with the Golden
Gate Club putting on registered targets at the Ala-
meda grounds on the 8th. Del Monte is going to get
on the trapshooting map despite the fact that the
new organization was unsuccessful in securing the
California-Nevada State championship tournament.
On April 20, 21 and 22 registered targets will be
thrown and Quite a gathering of scatter-gun artists
will likely be attracted to the beautiful garden spot
of California. The Northwest Wash. League puts on
another tourney at Tacoma on April 22. Fresno will
celebrate Raisin Day with a bang as usual, with the
traps busy on April 28 and 29.
May will be the month when the outstanding fea-
tures will be run off. Coalinga will start the targets
a-flying on May 6th and the Oregon State tourney
comes off on May 7th and 8th, at Salem. The North-
west Washington League will keep active with
another registered tourney at Everett, Wash., on
May 13th. Eureka gunners celebrate on the same
day . Vernon follows on May 13, 14, and 15th, with
Spokane taking a hand on May 14, 15 and 16th.
Jumping along to May 21, 22 and 23rd, the Califor-
nia-Nevada State tournament will be staged at Los
Angeles. The Pacific Coast Handicap follows at San
Jose on the 28, 29 and 30th, so that the boys will be
kept right on the jump with interesting shoots in
sight. The list of registered tournaments continues
right on through to October.
Pacific Coast shooters can look forward with pleas-
ure to the most prosperous and extensive season
they have ever had.
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Inland Empire Tourney — George Arland of Garfield
is the real individual leader in The Spokesman-Re-
view Inland Empire trapshooting tournament in
which more than 250 members of 12 gun clubs are
competing. In the first two matches he broke 49
out of 50 bluerocks, an average of 24.5 per match,
for a percentage of 98.
Jim Hickman of the Palouse club, who participated
in only one match, is the nominal leader, with 25
straight breaks.
The shooters are closely bunched, J. A. Ford of
Palouse, Lee Matlock of Pomeroy, Johnson of Kel-
logg, Brown of Spokane and Harry Gayhart and Fred
Steckman of Kalispell being tied with an average
of 24 broken bluerocks a match, for a percentage of
96. Brown, who has taken part in only one match,
is the only Spokane shooter who has broken 96 per
cent.
Kalispell has more shooters among the first 14, or
those who have a percentage of 94 or better, than
any other club, four of the Montanans being in the
charmed circle. Fred D. Stoop of the same club is
not far behind, with 92 per cent.
The average of all the shooters who have broken
80 per cent or more of their targets are given below:
Individual Averages — J. Hickman, Palouse, 25, Geo.
Arland, Garfield, 49, J. A. Ford, Palouse, 48, Lee Mat-
lock, Pomeroy, 48, Johnson, Kellogg, 48; Brown, Spo-
kane, 24; Harry Gayhart, Kalispell, 48; Fred Steck-
man, Kalispell, 48; B. M. Hayes, Spokane, 47; Nichol-
son, Kellogg, 47; L. E. Ovenden, Wenatchee, 47; R.
J. Robbins, Kalispell, 47; R. Houston, Kalispell, 47;
B. F. Gregory, Spokane, 47; Porter, Kellogg, 46;
Hahn, Lewiston, 46; F. D. Stoop, Kalispell, 46; C. E.
Owens, Wenatchee, 46; Fred Peden, Garfield, 46;
Mrs. C. A. O'Connor, Spokane, 46; Tobe Arland, Gar-
field, 46; Godsey, Pomeroy, 23; Hibbs, Lewiston 23;
R. A. Miles. Spokane, 23; Murray, Lewiston, 23; Se-
bastian, Kellogg, 23; Thorp, Pendleton, 23; McNu-
rien, Pendleton, 45; T. B. Ware, Spokane, 45; G. B.
Joslin, Palouse, 45; Johnson, Lewiston, 45; Flohr,
Wallace, 45; D. Mars, Spokane, 44; G. K. March,
Spokane, 44; Drumm, Lewiston, 44; Jones, Kellogg,
44; O. E. Lynch, Palouse, 44; G. C. Jewett, Palouse,
44; J. Spence, Pomeroy, 44; Walker, Wallace, 44;
Ingersoll, Kellogg, 44; Kennett, Kellogg, 44; Kim-
mell, Kalispell, 44; H. F. Robbin, Kalispell, 44;
Green, Lewiston, 22; Wann 22; H. Clodius 22; Ro-
land, Kellogg, 22; Saunders, Pendleton 43; Billy
Cochrane, Spokane 43; C. A. O'Connor, Spokane, 43;
R. C. Hill, Lewiston, 43; Boomer, Wallace, 43; U. G.
Pogue, Wenatchee, 43; Ingram, Pendleton 43; B. F.
Mann, Spokane, 43; W. J. Hauser, Pomeroy, 43; C.
M. Johnson, Wallace, 43; Hadley, Kellog, 43; L. Rob-
inson, Pomeroy, 43; J. Adams, Wenatchee, 43; F. E.
Butler, Lewiston 42; D. M. Dudley, Palouse, 42, N.
M. Ragan, Palouse, 42; Thomas, Kellogg, 42; Taylor,
Lewiston, 42; Werkheiser, Wallace, 42; R. E. Mc-
Cornack 42; Keuger, Spokane, 21; H. J. Geesey, Spo-
kane, 21; H. McElroy, Spokane, 21; Robbins, Spo-
kane, 21; D. Coolidge, Palouse, 21; Artie Hoffman,
Wenatchee, 21; Warden, Kellogg, 21; B. Lemon, Kel-
logg, 21; Bunch, Kellogg, 21; E. Gochnour, Sunny-
side, 41; G. Gochnour, Sunnyside, 41; C. Van Horn,
Suunyside, 41; C. France, Wenatchee, 41; Beckman,
Lewiston, 41; A. Hoffman, Garfield, 41; Easton, Kel-
logg, 41; J. Schriver, Spokane, 41; M. L. Seymour,
Potlatch, 40; Al Wieseman, Spokane, 40; F. Robin-
son, Pomeroy, 40; E. C. Johnson Jr., Garfield, 40;
Jennings, Wallace, 40; Stillman, Pendleton, 40; E.
Turner, Sunnyside, 40; Gilmore, Wallace 40; Larson,
Lewiston, 40; Coults, Pendleton, 40; W. McDougall,
Kellogg, 40; L. Verat, Kalispell, 20; D. P. Farthing,
Garfield, 20; R. S. Pratt, Sunnyside, 20; McConkey,
Wallace, 20; M. O. Lynch, Palouse, 20; Teape, Kel-
logg, 20.
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Everding Donates Trophy— H. R. Everding, secre-
tary of the Portland Gun Club and one of the most
enthusiastic and popular trap devotees on the Pacific
Coast, has presented the Golden Gate Club with a
trophy to be shot for. Everding has done much to
stimulate interest among the clubs throughout the
Northwest and is branching out to create good feel-
ing among the California sportsmen. Mr. Everding's
letter to C. A. Haight, secretary of the Golden Gate
Club, follows:—
"My dear Mr. Haight:
"Have had a sympathetic feeling towards you
since Mi". Doremus and yours truly averaged better
than Mr. Haight at the last Pacific Coast Handicap.
I was just informed through Mr. H. E. Poston that
you were the secretary of the San Francisco club
and I took the liberty of having a trophy sent to you.
The prize is to be shot for at your club any way the
club may elect — handica pbasis. Hoping I did not
over-step the bounds of friendship by donating this
trophy, I am Yours very truly,
(Signed) "H. R. EVERDING."
"The Portland Gun Club (with its now two thou-
sand dollars' improvements) will hold two big regis-
tered shoots this season. All the California boys are
invited any old time."
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Los Angeles Club. — J. F. Dodds and F. H. Melius,
shooting from the 19-yard line, smashed 97x100 tar-
gets at the Los Angeles Gun Club on Sunday, and by
doing so tied for high gun on the John C. Cline dia-
mond watch charm. Owen Council was also in very
rare form and blasted 95x100 in stellar style. H. E.
Sargent was fourth with 94x100 breaks. Following
are the scores:
J. F. Dodds, handicap 19 yds., broke 97x100; F. H.
Melius 19—97; O. Council 18—95, Ed Mitchell 18—95,
H. E. Sargent 18—94, J. C. Famechon 16—94, L. J.
Micka 20 — 93, George Oliver 16—93, H. C. Cline 18—
93, L. J. Petit 16—92, W. A. Cornelius 19—92, C. A.
Haight 16—92, Geo. H. Melford 16—92, H. Pfirrmann
20—91, L. M. Packard 20—91, J. W. Meek 16—90,
Guy E. Holohan 19—90, Wm. Kennedy 16—90, J. H.
Bishop 16—89, Mrs. Pfirrmann 16—88, S, C. Miller
16—88, Seth Hart 16—88, V. A. Rossbach 16—86, E.
K. Mohler 20—86, F. H. Mellon 20—86, C. W. Fish
20—86, L. Garnsy 16—85, N. W. Nelson 16—84, B. H.
Carnahan 16—84, O. A. Evans 19—80, H. Hoyt 18—80,
A. W. Childs 16—79, J. R. Mead 16—78, H. J. Bauer
16 — 71, T. McClellan 16—68, A. J. Petersen 16—45,
H. F. Keenan 16 — 20. At 16 yards — R. Hartmann
58x75, F. Hartmann 54x75, A. Hartmann 47x75, C.
Bourneque 46x75, F. H. Teeple 45x50, J. Funk 42x50,
M. D. Towne 37x50, E. W. Selbach 37x50, Mrs. F. H.
Mellon 36x50, O. D. Ashton 33x50, C. J. Hurst 22x25,
W. S. Sawyer 22x25, A. Taylor 20x25, R. Chinoweth
17x25, W. Koerner 16x25, F. A. Carse 15x25, J. A.
Raymond 14x25, Ben R. Meyer 6x25, W. S. Childs 5x
25.
3D
Practice work tor the contests to be held this sea-
son by the Seattle Fly and Bait Casting Club is on
in earnest, and every few days a bunch of both the
bait and fly men out at the Beacon Hill pool endeavor
to raise their casting score. At a recent practice
contest a bunch of old-timers .composed of A. L.
Llaumont, George Shaefer, R. E. Lyttaker, E. G.
Smart and J. W. Monnette .showed up in good form.
A large squad of novices displayed some promising
talent. The practice pool will be open for use every
Sunday. *>. W. R.
Seattle, Wash.
* * *
Feeding birds in winter is a delightful and inex-
pensive recreation as well as an excellent invest-
ment. The birds will repay you by destroying hun-
dreds of thousands of insects.
* * *
The legislatures of 42 States, Alaska, Porto Rico
and Hawaii .are in session this winter and you look
for many changes in the game laws.
4 4* 4
The number of deer in Maine last fall was greater
than at any time since deer were found on the bor-
ders of the State, 40 years ago.
* * *
If the bob cats do not wipe them out there will be
a great plenty of moose in Maine when the closed
season expires in 1919. To protect moose as well as
deer the State has placed a bounty on bob cats.
«!■ 4* 4*
Quail has been placed on the song bird list by the
Ohio legislature. Some years ago Ohio lawmakers
placed doves on the list of musical birds.
TRAPSHOOTING FIXTURES.
August20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 1917— Chicago, Ills.— The Inter-
state Association's Eighteenth Grand American Trap-
shooting Tournament, under the auspices of the South
Shore Country Club Gun Club; 4,000? added money.
Winner of first place in the Grand American Handicap
guaranteed $500 and a trophy; winner of second place
guaranteed $400 and a trophy; winner of third place
guaranteed $300 and a trophy; winner of fourth place
guaranteed $200 and a trophy, and the winner of fifth
place guaranteed $100 and a trophy. Numerous other
trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Man-
ager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
May 28, 29, 30, 1917— San Jose. Cal.— The Interstate Asso-
ciation's Twelfth Pacific Coast Trapshooting Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the San Jose Gun Club;
$1300 added money. Winner of first place in the Pa-
cific Coast Handicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy;
winner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy,
and the winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a
trophy. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa.
March 18— Salt Lake City, Utah — Salt Lake Gun Club.
"Old Policy." A. R. Bain, Secretary.
March 25 — Denver, Colo. — Lakewood Country Club. "Old
Policy." J. B. Milton, Secretary.
March 25 — San Jose, Cal. — San Jose Gun Club. "Old Pol-
icy." O. N. Ford, Secretary.
March 25 — Seattle, Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Seattle Trapshooters' Association. W. B. Taft.
Secretary.
April 8 — San Francisco. Cal. — Golden Gate Gun Club. C.
A. Haight, Secretary.
April 15 — Lindsay, Cal. — Lindsay Gun Club. Chas. C.
Barieu, Secretary.
April 20, 21 & 22— Del Monte, Cal.— Del Monte Gun Club.
J .F. Neville. Secretary.
April 22 — Tacoma, Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament .under the auspices of
the Tacoma Gun Club. E. E. Young, Secretary.
April 23. 24— Lewiston, Idaho — Lewiston Gun Club. C. E.
Butler, Secretary.
April 28, 29— Fresno, Cal— Fresno Blue Rock Club. C. B.
Jackson, Secretary.
May 6 — Coalinga, Cal. — Coalinga Gun Club. E. N. Ayers,
President.
May G — Bingham. Utah — Utah State Sportsmen's Asso-
ciation. A. R. Bain, Secretary.
May 6 — Denver. Colo. — Denver Trap Club. Warren Con-
ley, Secretary.
May 7 — Crete, Nebr.— Crete Gun Club. Frank J. Kobes,
Secretary.
May 7, {J — Salem, Oregon — Oregon State Tournament, un-
der the auspices of the Capital City Rod & Gun Club.
Mark Siddall, Secretary.
May 13 — Everett, Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Everett Gun Club. C. E. French, Secretary.
May 13 — Eureka, Cal. — Eureka Blue Rock Club. W. E.
Innes, Secretary.
May 13, 14, 15 — Los Angeles, Cal. — Vernon Gun Club.
Stanton A. Bruner, Secretary.
May 14, 15, 16 — Spokane, Wash. — Spokane Gun Club.
"Old Policy." Chas. A. O'Connor, President.
May 2U, 21 — Seattle, Wash. — Washington State Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the Green Lake Gun Club.
G. A. Conklin, Secretary.
May 21, 22, 23 — Los Angeles, Cal. — California-Nevada
State Tournament, under the auspices of the Los An-
geles Gun Club. Fred H. Teeple, Secretary.
May 23, 24 — Ogden. Utah — Utah State Tournament, under
the auspices of the Ogden Gun Club. A. R. Bain,
Secretary.
June 2, 3 — Moore. Mont. — Moore Rod & Gun Club. W. N.
Sharp, Secretary.
June 3 — Alameda, Cal. — Alameda Elks Gun Club. F. E.
Hilger .Secretary.
June 17, 18— Billings, Mont. — Billings Rod & Gun Club.
W. K. Moore, President.
June 17. IS, 19 — Palouse, Wash. — Idawa Gun Club. John
P. Duke, Secretary.
June 24 — Bellingham, Wash. — Northwest Washington
Trapshooters' League Tournament, under the auspices
of the Bellingham Gun Club. I. Dienberger, Secretary.
June 24, 25, 26, 27 — Portland, Ore. — Sportsmen's Associa-
tion of the Northwest Tournament, under the auspices
of the Portland Gun Club. H. R. Everding, Secretary.
July 22 — Chehalis, Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Chehalis Gun Club. Harry Quick, Secretary.
July 23, 24, 25 — Portland, Ore— Pacific Indians. F. C.
Riehl, Secretary.
August 19 — Blaine. Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Blaine Gun Club. F. L. Cott, Secretary.
August 19 — Kellogg, Idaho — Kellogg Gun Club. R. E.
Thomas, Secretary.
August 27 — Williams, Ariz. — Williams Gun Club. W. D.
Finney, President.
September 9 — Seattle, Wash. — Northwest Washington
Trapshooters' League Tournament, under the auspices
of the Green Lake Gun Club. G. A. Conklin, Sec'ty.
September 17, 18 — Los Angeles. Cal. — Los Angeles Gun
:Hub. Fred H. Teeple, Secretary.
October 9. 10 — Hillside, Ariz. — Three Mule Shoe Gun Club.
"Old Policy." Thad. P. Mullen, Secretary.
October 13, 14 — Phoenix, Ariz. — Arizona State Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club.
Dell E. Morrell, Secretary.
ae
Seattle Association. — Only one squad of shooters
appeared on the firing line on March 4th, most of
the shooters visiting other clubs in opening the sea-
son and other events. Matt Grossman stood high
man in both the fifty and the hundred-target events.
The members of the Seattle Trapshooters' Asso-
ciation are now shooting for the possession of the
Hercules trophy, the winner being high man in a
total of three hundred targets, shot in six events of
fifty each. The added bird system prevails in the
shooting for this prize.
The club started the shooting by members for
class prizes in the form of four sterling silver spoons
to be given to the high men in the four classes. The
scores:
At 50 targets — Matt Grossman 49, J. H. Hopkins
46. Fred Landwehr 44, Hugh Fleming 44, Jack Lewis
38. At 100 targets— Matt Grossman 97, Fred Land-
wehr 88, Hugh Fleming 88, J. H. Hopkins 82, Jack
Lewis 67.
BB
Hundreds of salmon are now passing through the
Salinas river on their way to the headwaters to
spawn. Many of the streams through which the sal-
mon must pass are very shallow, forcing the fish to
remain in the pools. Residents of Salinas and other
places are feasting on salmon and salmon eggs.
Salinas, Cal. RED SPINNER.
10
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 17, 191
i
Sportsmen's Row
The save the lives of the deer seen on the railroad
tracks at night the Southern Pacific Company has
issued orders to its engineers to extinguish momen-
tarily the headlights ot the locomotives. The glare
o£ the headlights contuse the deer, who migrate by
way o£ the tracks. It was discovered that if the
light is extinguished, if only for a second, the deer
will jump to safety.
+ + *
New York has inaugurated a continuous game
census. The game wardens — who, by the way, are
uniformed — are supposed to observe conditions and
report weekly.
* <• +
A resolution has been passed by the B. P. O. E.
discouraging the use of elk teeth as emblems. The
idea back of the resolution is to discourage tusk
hunters . Thousands of elk have been killed yearly
and their carcasses left to rot because of the tusk
hunters.
INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION IS PROGRESSIVE.
Has Developed Trapshooting from Obscurity to a
Place in the Front Rank of Sports.
19
One of the most progressive organizations we have
in the world of sport is the Interstate Association
for the Encouragement of Trapshooting.
This organization always has its ear to the ground,
in the hope of learning something that will improve
and give even greater popularity to the sport than
it now enjoys. It is an association that is willing to
listen to the views of all who think they have some-
thing to offer of benefit to the sport.
During the past few years the Interstate Associa-
tion has done many things to elevate trapshooting
and place it on the high pedestal it is now on. Among
these things are the classification of States for cham-
pionship purposes, the award of trophies to newly-
organized gun clubs and for inter-city and team com-
petition; the accepting of entries of women in trap-
shooting tournaments, especially the Grand Amer-
ican; the excellent planning of the handicaps; the
broadening of the trophy principle, and the generous
policy to all clubs.
These trophies awarded to newly-formed gun clubs
are shot for by the members. The trophies for team
competition are afterwards shot for by the members
of the winning team, so that double use is made of
nearly all the trophies. It is this generous method
of dealing with organizations that has made the In-
terstate Association so well thought of in shooting
circles, and yet the Interstate Association is willing
to turn over the reins of management to the shooters
themselves any time the shooters care to form a
national body to handle the sport. This isn't likely
to occur, as the shooters are very well pleased with
the way the Association does things.
The American Amateur Trapshooters' Association
has done a wealth of good, too, for trapshooting in
keeping alive interest in individuals and clubs. The
A. A. T. A. and Interstate Associations do not con-
flict in any way — they both work with the same ob-
ject in view, the betterment of trapshooting. Thus
we have the reason why 50,000 new devotees are
being made to trapshooting yearly and why 11,000
men and women, boys and girls, participated in the
"beginners' day" events last June.
State associations have been divided in four classes
by the Interstate Association — A, B, C and D. To the
approved tournaments in Class A states the Inter-
state Association gives $250; to Class B, |225; to
Class C, ?200, and to Class D, $175.
The slates are classed in this manner;
A — California-Nevada, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, New
York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
B — Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, Vir-
ginia and Wisconsin.
C — Kentucky, Maryland-District of Columbia, Mas-
sachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Ore-
gon, Oklahoma and Texas.
D — Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado-New
Mexico, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana,
Maine, Mississippi, Montana. New Hampshire, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Caro-
lina. South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Wash-
ington, West Virginia and Wvoming.
98
Salt Lake Club. — W. P. Fowler proved victorious
in the first ot a s.-ries of handicap shoots which are
held at the Salt Lake traps. Although Mr.
Fowler had not had a shotgun in his hands for four
lie put to good advantage the accuracy he had
once learned in the art of trapshooting and led a
string of thirty shooters to the last. In order for a
i to obtain this cup as permanent property he
■ in it three times. For this reason there prom-
I'mpetition in this event in the fol-
: hoots, as every contestant is determined that
he will be the winner.
hoot for the club challenge trophy was also
a very interesting event on the program for March
4th. H. Heagren, C. H. Reilley Jr., and Bill Gal-
lagher lied in the race with scores of 24 out of 25.
nes of shoots has been arranged for all begin-
ni'st of the series brought the honors to
F. W. Spry. Spry is a promising shooter and, al-
though he has had very little experience along this
line of sport, it is the opinion of all the veterans
that he will develop into an excellent shot.
Besides winning a leg on the loving cup, Fowler
was made a present of a beautiful gold knife. Spry
of the beginners' squad was also given a knife. All
who are interested in trapshooting are invited to at-
tend the traps at the scheduled Sunday shoots. Fol-
lowing are the scores;
Broke. Hdcp. Total
*Cummings 46 5 50
Fowler 46 5 50
Gallagher 46 3 49
Bain 44 5 49
H. Heagren 43 5 48
Shepherd 42 6 48
Williams 42 6 48
Luff 42 5 47
Moffat 45 1 46
Bishop 45 1 46
Palm 42 4 46
Reilley 46 .. 46
Tingey 43 3 46
Salisbury 36 10 46
McCaskell 39 7 46
E. B. Heagren 39 6 45
Johnston 37 5 42
Mitchell 39 2 41
-'Anderson 41 . . 41
Welch 38 3 41
Engle 34 6 40
Nelson 38 . . 38
Rummel 21 2 23
Beginners — Spry 20, Anderson 17, Barrett 16, R.
Heagren 15, Barney 15, Bailey 10, Faires 9, Culbert
7, C. Mitchell 3, Brown 2, out of 25 targets.
98
Portland Club. — A. L. (Tip) Zachrisson retained
the W. C. Bristol 20-gauge gun trophy in the shoot
at the Everding Park traps of the Portland Gun Club
on March 4th, after defeating A. W. Strowger, H. R.
Everding and J. W. Seavey in a shoot-off. Fourteen
shooters participated in the shoot and despite the
high wind, four of them registered scores of 20. Dr.
O. D. Thornton, who did not shoot in the trophy
event, broke 23 out of 25.
In the regular event, J. W. Seavey registered the
score of 98 out of 100. Jim Bull, professional, broke
140 out of 150, and Hugh Poston smashed 93 out of
100.
Vice-President Harry Pollock lost his "goat" in a
special event. In this competiiton the shooters chal-
lenge each other to a 25 bird race, the winners get-
ting the others' goats. The losers in order to win
back their goats must buy shells for the holders of
their goats ,and then shoot another 25 bird race.
The scores in the Bristol cup race; A. L. Zachris-
son 20, H. R. Everding 20, A. W. Strowger 20, J. W.
Savey 20, ~J. P. Bull IS, *H. E. Poston 17, C. L. Diven
17, H. A. Pollock 17, A. Woelm 15, R. P. Knight 12, S.
E. Bird 13, C. B. Cadwell 10, F. C. AtweU 10, B. E.
Boone 10.
The regular event scores:
Targets — 50
*H. E. Poston 47
**W. C. Bristol 28
*J. P. Bull 46
A. Woelm 37
Mrs. Ada Schilling 38
A. L. Zachrisson 34
C. L. Diven 28
**C. B. Cadwell 28
F. C. Atwell 33
E. Long 38
R. P. Knight 43
A. L. Moulton 30
50
46
46
41
15
25
24
20
44
25
24
22
H. R. Everding 43
A. W. Strowger 36
O. D. Thornton 40 41
J. W. Seavey 48 50
Benj. A. Boone 27 34
S. E. Bird 32 41
E. A. Mitchell 22
T. Benbrook 22
T. J. Mahoney
H. A. Pollock
"Shooting salesmen. **20-gauge.
08
Green Lake Club.— Despite a drizzling rain, which
continued through the entire shoot, thirty-three trap
enthusiasts went out to the Green Lake Gun Club on
March 4th for their weekly shoot. Some remarkable
scores were hung up.
L. S. Barnes maintained his lead in the club aver-
ages, smashing forty-nine out of his string of fifty.
He had made a straight run of forty-seven, and it
begcin to look as though he would make a "straight "
but his forty-eighth target caught a puff of wind, with
the consequence that a miss had to be recorded.
Close upon his heels came R. S. Searle, Dr. lung
and Fred Call with fine scores of forty-eight. With
both the Green Lake Club and the Seattle Trapshoot-
ers' Association keeping a record of the averages
made in the regular 50-target programs, an interest-
ing fight is looked for to see who will gain the cov-
eted honor of landing at the top for the season's
grand average.
The club was honored with several new sports-
men, among those shooting for the first time with the
Green Lake Club being C. B. Blethen, Dr. T. Mesdag
W. T. Curtis, 0. h!
F. L. Wilkins, J. P. Houston,
Carver, William Burrell and H. H. Johnson. In a
ten new members were taken into the club. An
one, whether a member or not, is always welcome ;
the weekly contests.
In the 100-bird race R. S. Searle led the fieli
breaking forty-nine in his last fifty, which, togethe
with his forty-eight in the first string, gave him
total of ninety-seven. Hi Follrich, who had troubl
with his first fifty, wound up his second string wit
forty-nine to his credit. The scores:
L. S. Bames 49, R. S. Searle 48, Dr. King 48, Fre
Call 48, Dr. J. F. Hill 46, H. S. Gibson 44, W. «
Brown 44, Hi Follrich 43, D. R. Baker 43, C. W. Band
43, J. W. Geltz 43, Dr. R. V. Mills 43, G. A. Conkli
42, C. R. McConnell 42, S. A. Martin 41, George I
Baker 41, W. H. Carsten 39, Dr. S. W. Case 37. H. I
Gleason 37, F. F. Gearheard 37, Dr. S. W. Giffin 3<
William Burrell 34, Dr. T. Mesdag 34, O. H. Carve
30, C. F. Rinehart 27, Dr. C. E. Lanter 27, C. I
Blethen 25, F. L. Wilkins 24, H. H. Johnson 19, J. I
Houston 25, W. T. Curtis 23. Dr. Mesdag and H. B
Johnson shot 20-gauge.
98
Vernon Club. — Mrs. C. E. Groat, champion amateu
woman trapshooter of the United States, achieve
high gun in the regular Sunday competition held a
the Vernon Gun Club on March 11th. Out of 10
targets shot at she broke 97. In the 60-bird handica
for the season class cups, she squelched 57. Bi]
Dougherty and Stan Bruner tied for second high ii
the handicap, each with 56x60 scores. Bob Bole wai
third high with 55x60. The results:
Handicap event — C. W. Clement 54, Keeney 47
W. Pugh 49, W. Dougherty 56, Van Nest 49, Grewel
52, S. Bruner 56, C. E. Groat 50, Mrs. Groat 57, Boll
55, Reed 46.
Practice — Clement 42x45, Keeney 22x25, Pugh 38i
40, Dougherty 33x40, Van Nest 18x20, Grewell 39x40
Bruner 20x20, C. E. Groat 16x20. Mrs. Groat 40x40
Bole 20x20, Reed 37x40, Front 82x85, Bohring 21x25
Dierdoff 48x60, Foley 28x50, Knauf 19x20, Weekhoasi
16x20, Gepfort 14x20, Kimble 22x25, Hedderly 28x40
98
Tacoma Club — Despite the fact that every shoote]
who faced the Tacoma Gun club's traps at Manitou
on March 4th, also bucked against a driving rail
and the most unfavorable weather conditions, the
organization's first regular shoot of the 1917 season
came off according to schedule with 26 shooters com-
peting. The scores turned in were very good, con-
sidering the elements the sportsmen faced. More
than 2,000 targets were trapped.
Several Seattle sportsmen and a number of pro-
fessionals accepted the invitation of the local club
and a number of the visitors were fortunate enough
to carry off high scores.
The Majestic Cafe trophy, which will be the prize
until some member wins it for the fifth time, was the
object of attention and brought out some keen but
friendly rivalry.
A. Z. Smith, shooting the Dupont handicap system,
succeeded in winning the trophy Sunday. This is his
second win. Smith also succeeded in capturing the
sterling silver spoon for the long run, as he regis-
tered 27 breaks without a miss.
Tom Wilkes of Seattle was high amateur on the
50 targets with a score of 45. D. Reid of Seattle, Val
Eisenbeis and Carl Coon of Tacoma tied for second
with 43. Of the professionals Frank Riehl of Ta-
coma was high on the 50 with 49; George Garrison
of Seattle, second, with 48, being tied for this posi-
tion with Les Reid. In the 100-bird race Reid, the
Seattle pro., took the lead with 92 breaks, Riehl sec-
ond with 91. The scores:
*I. M. Fisher 45 89
Events — 50 Targ. 100 Targ.
Bales 38
Mrs. Bales 20
Young 39 56
Mrs. Young 17
Edwards 30 45
Werner 41
Howe 16
Mellinger 30 61
Dague 41 86
"F. Riehl 41 91
Eisenbeis 43 88
O'Conner 15 33
Dr. Blair 30 69
Kinzer 35 82
'•'Garrison 48 87
Coon 43 65
'Hambright 45 90
Baker 34
Smith 43 86
*L. Reid 48 92
Wilkes 45 90
Templeton 42 86
D. Reid 43 90
Richards t-. 13
'Riehl 45
"■Professionals.
Tacoma Club Members Bales' cup scores: —
Broke. Hdcp. Total
A. Z. Smith 43 4 47
Bales 38 8 46
Young 39 7 46
Blair 30 16 46
Eisenbeis 43 2 45
Baker 34 10 44
Mellinger 30 13 43
Dague 41 1 42
'Saturday, March 17, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
11
iSMSS'S K l»£S :: '1 S B s s al: S " :.- ~ » S BSSSSSSSS'HBBl
Stock Breeders' Page
Frank Brandt and Mike Kavanagh ,of Gonzales,
lave received several loads o£ Nevada and Oregon
tattle which they will fatten on the ranch near
Salinas.
* * *
I The board ot supervisors ot Merced have voted
iinanimously to appropriate $2000 for a county farm
iidviser, upon petition from the 424 members of the
hat purpose.
j . Ranchers of the Imperial Valley are urged to plant
nore alfalfa another year, as the demand, especially
from cattle men of Arizona and New Mexico, has
sent prices sky-high.
* * *
', S. Fitzpatrick, a well knowm rancher living near
■ Vlodesto, has received $1,000 a load for his bean crop.
■ Fitzpatrick had less than 15 acres and received about
I $1700 from the crop.
* * *
[i In view of the present prices for live stock, a mar-
ket report from the National Stock Yards, under
■. late of January 23, 1889, is interesting. The top
price on cattle was $3.50 for 37 native steers averag-
J Lng 1,143 pounds. Ten native cows sold at $2 per
■wt Bulk of hogs went at $4.75, and sheep at 03 to
f4.50 per cwt.
* * +
e The Napa County Livestock Association held its
i -egular monthly meeting at the William'Tell Hotel,
St Helena. Saturday noon, March 3, President W. L.
4 Mitchell presiding . Mr. F. M. Johnson, secretary,
toeing absent, Homer Hewins was appointed by the
lihair to act as temporary secretary. After the read-
ling of the minutes Mr. E. C. Voorhies of the Univer-
sity Farm at Davis gave a lecture on dairying in
(California and in Napa' county in particular.
S. M. Diamond, one of the leading rancher-stock-
fmen of Colorado, who owns a good herd of pure-bred
[Shorthorn cattle and good saddle horses, in renew-
ing for the Breeder and Sportsman says they have
[had a hard winter in his section of Colorado and that
I live stock has fared badly.
* * *
1 Haden Smith, a Yolo farmer who makes a specialty
[of Duroc-Jersey hogs, cannot meet all the demands
of purchasers inquiring for that particular breed.
After an exhibition he made at the fair he disposed,
within a period of three months, of all his stock ex-
i cept those he wanted to retain for breeding purposes.
— Woodland Democrat.
* * +
Missouri breeders sold more than one million dol-
lars' worth of registered live stock at public auction
in 1916. Incomplete figures compiled by W. L. Nel-
son of the Board of Agriculture show that 1,838 cattle
of the beef breeds sold for $865,626, an average of
$471 per head. Included in these sales were 1,016
Herefords averaging $479.36, and 147 Angus averag-
ing $496.90. ..75 Shorthorns averaged $253.06.
*♦♦
The third annual spring livestock exposition at
Chico, to be conducted in May, will receive one of the
silver trophies offered by the American Shorthorn
Breeders' Association, to be given as one of the
prizes for that breed. Several live stock associations
are recognizing this exposition in this manner, most
of the prizes and appropriations having come through
the efforts of W. S. Guilford, of Butte City, who is
one of the most prominent live stock men in Cal-
ifornia.
** +
Following the experiment of R. L. Thompson, one
of the largest hog raisers in the Oakdale section, San
Joaquin county raisers are making an exhaustive in-
vestigation of feeding rice to hogs, which thus far
meets with their approval. Thompson has been feed-
ing steam rolled rice, a very low priced feed, to his
hogs. Thompson's experiment has demonstrated that
he was able to fatten and finish a car of hogs at the
rate of three pounds per hog ,per day, and the fin-
ished product was in every way better and more firm
than the corn-fed eastern hog. San Joaquin county
hog raisers are now experimenting with rice feed.
The experiments which have been carried on at Uni-
versity Farm, Davis, too, have proven very suc-
cessful.
* + <•
Orland (Glenn Co.). — Following a conference be-
tween Secretary Kirk and the directors of the State
Agricultural Association, the dates of the Glenn
County Agricultural Fair are fixed for September 26,
27, 28 and 29, assuring no competition from other
fairs in North California. The following committees
have been named by President Flaherty:
Finance — W. E. Scearce, C. E. Kracaw and Ross
Brownell.
Livestock, Dairy and Poultry — Chris Myhre, Chas.
Leonard of Glenn, and W. G. Gurnett.
Agriculture and General Exhibits — George Ny-
gaard, W. S. Guilford and Harry Kingwell.
Grounds and Housing — E. A. Kirk, S. W. Baugher
and S. F. Williams.
Concessions, Music and Publicity — J. J. Flaherty,
Dr. Walker and W. E. Whitsett.
Gilroy. — Stockmen from the large stock ranches
in the hills about Bell Station and in fact all about
this section of the country, have been interviewed
since the recent rains, by telephone and in person,
and report that the recent cold weather retarded the
rapid growth of grass. Now .however, the warmer
weather and the recent heavy rains are forcing it
into a more rapid growth already and a luxuriant
color is apparent all through this end of the county.
Orchardists have reason also to rejoice at the abun-
dant downpour of water, and while many are anxious
to plant trees they realize that there is plenty of
time for that yet remaining. Dairymen are also
looking forward to a bright future in their line of
business.
Bonus For Dairymen.
The Gonzales Tribune has the following to say in
regard to a bonus which will be paid to the dairymen
by the Alpine Evaporated Cream Company:
"In accordance w"ith their system of co-operation
profits inaugurated some time ago with regard to
factory employes ,the Alpine Evaporated Cream Co.
has decided to give a bonus to dairymen who regu-
larly bring milk to the factory during the year 1917.
According to J. P. Myenberg, vice-president of
the company, letters have been written to the dairy-
men explaining the new system. They will be mailed
immediately, and no doubt the dairymen will wel-
come the good news.
For the month of January the company has cred-
ited the account of each dairyman with a bonus of
8 cents per hundredweight on 4 per cent milk
brought regularly to the factory . This amount is
payable January 1, 1918 ,on condition only that the
dairymen continue to deliver milk to the local con-
cern during the year 1917.
A bonus, the letter states, will be allowed from
time to time, as general trade conditions warrant,
and in accordance with the company's policy of co-
operative profits . The allowance of a bonus is not
necessarily monthly, and when allowed, may be more
or may be less than the amount credited on the Jan-
uary account.
The Alpine company hopes by this experiment to
create an incentive to the dairymen to produce more
and better milk, and to establish confidence on the
part of the dairymen that the company has a desire
to make dairying more interesting and profitable,
which will result beneficially to both parties con-
cerned, as well as to the town in general."
A big hay shortage is being felt in California to
such an extent that it is very doubtful if the present
supply will hold out until the new crops come on.
The shortage is reported to be state-wide, and is
particularly on alfalfa, although grain hay is also
scarce, it is said. The limited supply is attributed to
the fact that more hay has been consumed this year
than usual and because of the unusually cold winter,
which has retarded and rendered the supply of grass
short. A second cause is that northern farmers
shipped thousands of tons to Los Angeles and south-
ern points early in the season, when the supply was
apparently plentiful, which is more than has been
shipped away in previous years. Local hay dealers
say that the crop this year has been an average one,
but under the present conditions the supply will soon
be exhausted. The new alfalfa crop will not come on
until about April 15, and grain hay in May.
Hay has been advancing in price steadily for the
past few weeks until alfalfa is now selling around
$20 and $25, and grain around $21 and $25, which is
the highest price in years. Imperial Valley, which
has in previous years always shipped out great quan-
tities, is at this time totally out and calling for more
at most any price. It is $25 a ton there now. It is
stated that Imperial Valley, which has probably the
biggest source in the State for this crop, has had a
great deal of its hay fields dug up the last year, and
cotton, which has proven a success and brings
greater returns, planted in its stead.
POLAND CHINA BREEDERS FORM PROSPERITY
ORGANIZATION.
[By R. H. Whitten.]
There was no speed limit observed at the meeting
of Poland-China breeders at Hanford, March 6th,
called for the purpose of forming a state association.
Enthusiasm was at high pitch; everyone made a
live wire of himself, and the ordinary work of many
months was accomplished in a few hours.
The meeting followed a banquet given by the
Kings County Poland-China Breeders' Association,
preliminary to their sale on the following day, and
was attended by several hundred breeders from all
parts of the stite.
For a long time the Poland-China breeders have
felt the need of a state association. They have om:
of the best hogs on earth — a hog particularly adapted
lo California conditions— but nowadays merit alone
is not enough. It must be coupled with publicity in
order to put anything to the front, and, lacking organ-
ization, the Poland-China breeders have been unable
to give their hog the place he rightly deserves in
the California live stock field.
So they got together, talked about the advantages
of organization, co-operation and publicity, and pro-
ceeded to form the California Poland-China Breeders'
Association. A constitution and by-laws were adop-
ted ,and the following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, Wm. Bernstein, Hanford; vice-president, O. L.
Linn, Modesto; secretary-treasurer, R. H. Whitten,
Los Angeles; directors, the foregoing officers to-
gether with M. Bassett, Hanford, Hale I. Marsh, Mo-
desto, C. R. Hanna, Riverside, and Nate Hauck,
Alton.
The officers are not going to be satisfied to follow
in the footsteps of other breed organizations. They
will strike out along new and original lines, and do
things differently. They propose to put California on
the map as the leading Poland-China state in the
Union, and to make their association so strong and
helpful, so powerful and influential, that people will
select Poland-Chinas in preference to hogs of other
breeds for the sake of getting into the organization
and sharing in the many benefits that the members
will receive.
Among other things, they propose to encourage
the Banker-Farmer and the Pig Club movements; to
give the Poland-China hog publicity in our magazines
and newspapers, and at conventions and gatherings;
to hold consignment sales in different parts of the
state; to encourage live stock exhibitions and inter-
est breeders in showing; and last, but not least, to
make every membership worth as many times the
dues by taking a deep, personal interest in the mem-
ber and giving him information, advice or assist-
ance along any desired line — such hearty co-operation
and support as to practically guarantee his success.
Everyone in California who raises Poland-Chinas
is urged to join the association at once. The dues
are only $1 per year, and remittances should be made
to R. H. Whitten, 610 Security Bldg., Los Angeles.
The next meeting of the association will be held at
the University Farm, Davis, during Farmer's Week
in May, the exact date to be announced later.
A consignment sale will be held at the State Fair
in September, to which the breeders will consign
some of their best animals and show the people who
attend what real Poland-Chinas are. It will be the
greatest sale of its kind ever held, and breeders who
contemplate consigning animals should communicate
with the Secretary at once, as it may be necessary to
limit the number from each breeder.
From the way the sparks are already flying it is
evident that a membership in this association and
Prosperity will go hand-in-hand.
o
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT.
A summary of the March crop report for the State
of California and for the United States, as compiled
by the Bureau of Crop Estimates (and transmitted
through the Weather Bureau), U. S. Department of
Agriculture, is as follows:
Wheat on Farms.
State: Estimated stocks on farms March 1 this
year 336,000 bushels, compared with 704,000 a year
ago and 408,000 two years ago. Price on March 1
to producers, $1.50 per bushel, compared with $1.00 a
year ago and $1.31 two years ago.
United States: Estimated stocks on farms March
1 this year 101,000,000 bushels, compared with 244,-
448,000 bushels a year ago and 152,903,000 two years
ago. Price on March 1 to producers, $1.64 per
bushel, compared with $1.03 a year ago and $1.34
two years ago.
Corn on Farms.
State: Estimated stocks on farms March 1 this
year 164,000 bushels, compared with 341,000 a year
ago and 302,000 two years ago. Price March 1 to
producers, 150 cents per bushel, compared with 87
cents a year ago and 109 cents two years ago.
United States: Estimated stocks on farms March
1 this year 789,000,000 bushels, compared with 1,116,-
559,000 a year ago and 910,894,000 two years ago.
Price March 1 to producers, 101.0 cents per bushel,
compared with 68.2 cents a year ago and 75.1 two
years ago.
Corn of Merchantable Quality.
State: The percentage of the 1916 crop which
was of merchantable quality is estimated at 80 per
cent, compared with 88 per cent of the 1915 crop and
90 per cent of the 1914 crop.
United States: The percentage of the 1916 croy
which was of merchantable quality is estimated at
84.0 per cent, compared with 71.1 per cent of the
1915 crop and 84.5 per cent of the 1914 crop.
Oats on Farms.
State: Estimated stocks on farms March 1 this
year 325,000 bushels, compared with 975,000 a year
ago and 924,000 two years ago. Price March 1 to
producers, 77 cents per bushel, compared with 53
cents a year ago and 51 cents two years ago.
United States: Estimated stocks on farms March
1 this year 394,000,000 bushels, compared with 598,-
14S.000 a year ago and 379,369,000 two years ago.
Price March 1 to producers, 56.9 cents per bushel,
compared with 42.7 cents a year ago and 52.1 cents
two years ago.
Barley on Farms.
State: Estimated stocks on farms March 1 this
year 3,000,000 bushels, compared with 5,127,000 a
year ago and 5,468,000 two years ago. Price March
1 to producers, 113 cents per bushel, compared with
71 cents a year ago and 76 cents two years ago.
United States: Estimated stocks on farms March
1 this year 32,800,000 bushels, compared with 58,301,-
000 a year ago and 42,889,000 two years ago. Price
March 1 to producers, 96.9 cents per bushel, com-
pared with 59.6 cents a year ago and 67.7 cents two
years ago.
12
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 17
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and therefore no harm
can result from its ex-
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Sore Throat
Chest Cold
Backache
Neuralgia
Sprains .
Strains
Lumbago
Diphtheria
Sore Lungs
Rheumatism
and
all Stiff Joints
REMOVES THE SORENESS-STRENGTHENS MUSCLES
CornhiU. Tex.— "One bottle CbubIIo Balsam did
my rheumatism more good than Jl'20.00 r^ in
doctor. bill.." OTTO A. BEYER.
Price 1 1.60 per bottle. Sold by driippiste. or vit
DTusexpress prepaid. Write for Booklet R. 'V
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WE PRINT STALLION CARDS & FOLDERS
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Registered Duroc Hogs
SERVICE Boars from the BEST
BIG TYPE BLOOD LINES. — Prices
reasonable considering breeding and
size. Write or come and see us.
RIVER BEND FARM,
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BLAKE MOFFIT 6 TOWNE
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make, McFall & Co.. Portland. Ort
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ANTS, COCKROACHES. BED-BUGS.
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ASK YOUR DEALER SEKD 6c IN STAMPS FORTRIAL CAN
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OF CALIFORNIA
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SILKWORTHY 58175
LICENSE
NO. 2069
THE STANDARD
BRED STALL ON
Son of MORGAN AXWORTHY 47430. Dam CLEAR SILK (flam of Crystal Silk
:».S3i) Silkworthv is bred in the purple. His sire, Morgan Axworthy 474J0, is oy
Axworthy out of Kinglyne. a full sister to Bingen: and his dam by Prodigal out ot
Red SUk by Baron Wilkes.
He will make the season of 1917 at Kenwood, Sonoma Co., Cal.
SERVICE FEE, $25.00 WITH USUAL RETURN PRIVILEGE.
Address W. G. COWAN, Oakridge Ranch,
Kenwood, Sonoma Co., Cal.
Horses Will Die-
Same with the other classes of livestock.
Their value when dead is equal only to the amount
of insurance by which they are protected.
Let's talk it over.
Montana Livestock 6 Casualty Insurance Co.
DOUGLAS KEITH, General Agent Northern Califor-
nia, 701 Royal Insurance Bldg., San Francisco.
W. H. MILLER, General Agent Southern California,
505 Lankershim Bldg., Los Angeles.
HERE'S TO CALIFORNIA—
and Her SADDLE HORSE INDUSTRY
The Sierra Vista Stock Farm
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Offers the owners of saddle mares in California the services of
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by FOREST KING, by SQUIRREL KING, by BLACK SQUIRREL, ETC.
Pleasure and Shew Horses and Youngsters for sale that
can win in the shows. Expert in charge of our stable.
Revel Lindsey English, Owner,
Chino, California
ALWAYS ON TIME
Means a good deal for a Railroad
Company to claim for its schedule of
passenger trains.
The O. A. & E. Ry. Electric line has
established the record of keeping 98%
of its trains on time.
Seven trains are operated each way
daily between San Francisco and
Sacramento, making connections with
Northern Electric Ry. for Sacramento
/alley points.
Fast, Safe, Convenient train service.
Oakland, Rntioch & Eastern Ry.
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PHONE SUTTER 233 9.
Send for a Catalogue of Our
38th Annual Sale
of JACKS and JENNETS,
MARCH 15, 1917
60 HEADS OF HIGH CUSS JACKS AND JENNET
L. M. MONSEES & SON, SEDALIA, MO.
POINT-AU-VIEW FARM
Maysville, Ky.
Highest Class Three and Five-Gaited
Saddle Horses for the Pleasure and
Show Ring.
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Proprietor
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FOR HORSES, MILK COWS, CHICKENS,
YOUNG PIGS AND HOOS
If Your Dealer Doesn't Carry It, Address
EL DORADO OIL WORKS
433 California Street, San Francisco
FOR SALE
Tbe Saddle Stallion
NOBLE REX
BY REX HARDWICK, BY REX
BLEESE, BY REX McDONALD;
Dam by Dick Taylor by Artist Mont-
rose by Artist 75; second dam by
old Ned Forest; dam of Rex Hard-
wick by Montrose 106.
The breeding is tbe best of the Den-
marks. His individuality equals his
blood lines. He is a horse of great
bone, wonderfully fine conformation,
16 hands high, six years old, jet black
with splendid natural tail, beautifully
carried. Excellent disposition and
gaits. Any one who can ride at all can
ride this beautiful stallion. Bred to be
a champion and sire champions and
priced to sell. For further information
address, D. SCHILLING, 3152 Pine
Grove Ave. , Chicago, Ills.
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The right remedy fui
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I0JS FILLMORE ST.,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
ABSORBIN
**~ TRADE MARK REG.U.S.RAT.
will reduce inflamed, swoll<
Joints, Sprains, Bruises, So
Bunches; Heals Boils, Pc
Evil, Quittor, Fistula ai
infected sores quick
as it is a positive antisepi
and germicide. Pleasant
use; does not blister or rein
the hair, and you can work the *•-'
£2.00 per bottle, delivered.
Book 7 M free.
ABSORBINE, JR. .the antiseptic liniment for manlrl
rcduceB Painful, Swollen Veins. Wens. Strains. Bruit
stops pain and inflammation. Price £1.00 per bottle
dealers or delivered. Will tell you more if you wi
Liberal Trial Bottle for llu in stnmos.
W. F. YOUNG, P.D.F., 5* Temple St., Springfield, Hi
For sale by Langley & Michaels, San Francisco, C>
Woodward, Clark 4 Co , Portland. Ore ; Cal. Drug & <P
Co., Brunswig Drag Co., Western Wholesale Drug Co.
Angeles, Calif. Kirk, Cleary dt Co., Sacramento, C
Pacific Drug. Co., Seattle, Wash.: Spokane Drug Co.,
tano. Wash.; Coffin, Bedlngton Co., San Francisco, ~
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For Sale a High Class
CLYDESDALE STALLIO
For further particulars see or address
Dr. Nufer, 321 Main St.,
PETALUMA, CAL,
Classified Advertising
FOR SALE CHEAP.
1 bay filly (4), by Aerolite; dam Dei
etta 2:10% by Diablo. 1 bay gelding (
by Dan Logan; dam Clara H., dam
Deviletta, by Hack, son of Brigadi
1 bay colt (1 yr.) by Robt. Bingen; d.
Deviletta, entered in the Stanford s
Occident stakes .also Breeders' Futuri
W. S. HARKEY, Gridley, C;
FOR SALE.
A racing stable of green trotters a
pacers. An opportunity you cannot
ford to miss : —
King Lilly Pointer 52223, by Star Poll]
er, dam Lilly S. by Direct. Trial on h
mile track, 2:07^; mile 1:01; %-mile :
Happy Clay, trial trotting, 2:13; pacil
2:14; both gaits, % in 1:04, & in 30 se
Julia Clay, trial trotting, 2:0S; %
1:02, % in 29 sees.
Embro Clav, by Imbro, trial trottiij
2:19; % in 1:06, M in 30 sees.
King Clay, trial pacing, 2:16; *£ in 1;
H in 29 sees.
Queen Pointer (23 months), pacil
without hobbles, 2:22; V* in 1:06. % in I
Also eight colts by King Lilly Point)
with dams with records from 2:26 to
age from eight months to thirty moni
a wonderful bunch of speed. Also
brood mares.
King Lilly Pointer can be seen at Hi
phreys, Mo., with William H. Nesn
where he will make the 1917 season
fore racing.
Season, $25.00 with return privilege,
responsible for accidents.
Happy Clay, Embro Clay, and Qi
Pointer also are at Hmphreys, Mo.
rest can be seen at Los Angeles, Call:
nia. For further information addresi
JOE NESM1TH,
4218 So. Figueroa St., Los Angeles
HOMESTEAD AND FARM LANDS
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;,turday, March 17, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
REDUCINE
THE HUMANE TREATMENT FOR
Lame, Sore, Wounded and
Blemished Horses, Etc.
>3£r j&£x?&'cvyy^' cross;**.
REDUCINE"
Be<a re ihe
Fac-Sintite Signature of
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THE REDUCINE CO, L,c
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A REDUCINE PACKAGE
(Reduced Size)
This cut shows (reduced in size) a Reducine package.
The label is of heavy manilla paper and the printing
on the label is in green ink.
Don't let your druggist or horse goods dealer sell you
something which he says is "just the same as Reducine"
or "just as good as Reducine." There is nothing that is
"just the same" or "just as good" as Reducine.
Reducine is entirely different in every ingredient from
any other preparation used for horses — its method of
application is different — its effects are different and its
results are different.
If your druggist or dealer does not have Reducine in
stock, he can get it for you at once from his wholesaler.
If he will not get it for you, send direct to us.
Mr. W. E. Bell and his stal
dam Bell Winnie 2:221/2
ion Adbell Axworthy, by Axworthy 2:15/21
dam of the unbeaten Belwyn 2:06%.
Onancock, Va., March 6, 1916.
BELL HARNESS CO.
The Reducine Co.
Gentlemen: If you remember some time ago we wrote you about a
friend of ours, Mr. H. O. Finney, that had rheumatic gout and went on
crutches just as the piclure shown in your booklet. We begged and pre-
vailed on him to use Reducine. We even offered to give him a box if he
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asked his doctor about it and after a while he consented to use it. We
put it on him ourselves. It worked slow, but after a while he put his
crutches aside and used two canes ,and a little later on used only one
cane, and today ,to our surprise, he was walking around town with no
cane. He is a pretty fair jig dancer and today he could get out on our
floor and dance a jig.
Before using this treatment, he could not sleep one-half of the night,
and now his wife has trouble to get him up. We must say it is the great-
est improvement we ever saw.
We find Reducine a great remedy. All you have to do is to give it
time and it will do the work. We are selling quite a lot of it down in
North Carolina.
With kindest regards, we are
THE BELL HARNESS CO..
Per W. E. BELL.
IF YOU OWN A HORSE OR KEEP HOUSE OUR NEW 164 PAGE BOOKLET WILL BE VALUABLE.
ALL WHO SEND NAME AND ADDRESS
WE SEND IT POSTPAID— FREE TO
Onancock, Va., March 21, 1916.
The Reducine Co.
Gentlemen: I have seen Reducine used on a number of cases and some
remarkable cures on horses. The case I am about to write you is not a
horse, but myself. I have been suffering with something like rheumatism
for some time. It got so painful that it was almost unbearable. I limped
around on two canes, and from that I had to go on crutches, reminding
myself of the picture shown in your booklet. My knee had enlarged to
twice its natural size, and I could not rest with it night or day.
Mr. W. E. Bell, of Bell Harness Co., had been trying to persuade me to
use Reducine. I had tried everything else that 1 could think of, or that
my friends would name to me, with no results. (I believe my case puz-
zled the doctors.) On December 3, 1915, I fully made up my mind to give
Reducine a trial. I limped down to the store of the Bell Harness Co. and
told them I was ready to give it a trial. I have used not quite a box of
your valuable remedy and am proud to say that I do not have to use
either cane or crutches. I sleep well and am gaining in flesh every day.
Mr. Bell was that anxious for me to use Reducine that he told me to take
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1 was more than glad to walk down this morning and pay for it, and will
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Yours truly, H. O. FINNEY.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 17, 191',
Pleasanton Driving Park
=PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA
offers for service for the season of 1917 the following stallions:
THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4
Non-Standard Cat. State License No. 2.
FASTEST TROTTING STALLION EVER OFFERED FOR SERVICE IN
CALIFORNIA AND FIFTH FASTEST ENTIRE TROTTER IN THE WORLD
Son of Si. Valiant Vincent 2:11% (by St. Vincent 2:13^ out of the triple
producer Grace Lee 2:29*4 by Electioneer 125); dam Amy Smith by Emperor
Wilkes 2:20%. sire of Princess Eulalia (4) 2:09*4, etc.; grandam by Hamble-
tonian 539. „ , . ,
The Anvil is -egarded by Edward F. Geers as one of the very greatest trot-
ters that he has ever raced. For five years the pair of Tennesseeans went to
the races together and in that time were but twice unplaced, while wininingr a
total of fifteen races, including the historic 11. and M.
As an individual he is most pleasing, not too large or coarse in any way but
smoothly and compactly made and "all horse" in every line. He is a perfect
headed, pure gaited trotter, with the very best of disposition, and is destined
to become a very great sire of trotting speed. His opportunities in the stud
have been very slight as he has been retired from racing only since the close
of 1914. He was selected to head the stud at Pleasanton Driving Park not only
on account of his great qualities as a race trotter, but because one of his first
foals. Anvilite (2) 2:22%, with a trial of ten seconds or more faster, was in
every way the greatest colt trotter ever handled by C. L. DeRyder. The services
of The Anvil are recommended to you without reserve.
Fee for THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4, $50 with usual privilege
Vernon McKinney 2:01 1-2
Pure Bred Cat. State License No. 39
Fastest member of the great family of McKinney 2:11J4
Sire of VERNA McKINNEY (2) 2:13 (his first foal raced), fastest two-
year-old pacing filly of 1915, three-year-old record, 1916, 2:09%;
VERNON DIABLO, mat. rec. half mile track 2:14%, and DR. DYER
(3) trial 2:12%.
;jon of Guy McKinney 27625 (by McKinney 2:11% out of Flossie Drais by Guy
Wilkes 2:15%*); dam Maud Vernon by Mount Vernon 2:15%, sire of the dams of
Leata J. 2:03, etc.; grandam Mag by General McClellan, sire of the dams of
Mack Mack 2:08. etc.
Vernon McKinney's racing career was not an extensive one but will long be
remembered for the excellence of his performances, as his winnings include a
Chamber of Commerce stake in time very near the record for that event at the
time, and he is the fastest of all the McKinneys.
He is a horse of rare qualities in the way of individual excellence, almost
ideal in behavior and temperament in harness or out. Since his retirement he
has been a popular horse in the stud and our claim that he would prove a very
great sire of pacing speed has been fully substantiated, his first foal to be raced
being the season champion for the age and gait in 1915, a most excellent testi-
monial to his potency. He is a very sure breeder, his get are uniformly endowed
with natural speed and the physical and mental requirements of modern race
horses and find ready sale at most gratifying prices.
Fee for VERNON McKINNEY 2:01 1-2, §50 with usual privilege.
The best of cara taken of mares in any manner owners may desire, but no
responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address for particulars
GEORGE F. RYAN, Superintendent,
PLEASANTON, CAL.
Thoroughbred sire MARSE ABE
Cal. State Thoroughbred License No. 2018.
WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1917 AT
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK
Service Fee $50
Marse Abe carries the best (Hindoo j Virgil
blood of America through his f Hanover....,' 'Florence
sire lines. Yankee was a su- ( Bourbon Belle * Bonnie Scotland
perior race horse and sire. Han- U ■ Yankee "" 'Ella D.
over was the best horse of his 03 I I ( Himyar 1 Alarm
day, and headed the list of win- < *. Correction. i Hire .
ning sires for years. No refer- y r Mannie Gray... ' inquirer
ence is necessary to Hindoo as yj | (Lizzie (j.
everyone knows what he was. g , „ mfli__ (Hermit S;^
Halo, the dam of Marse Abe, ? St. Bla.se.. J \fgSS£?
is bred just right to cross with g \ Halo I I Fusee VeSSSine
the sire blood in his pedigree; * ina10'" ._. tl_ £™
a daughter of St. Blaise, son of { Ida K ( King Alfonso... J g*fS£
Hermit, the most fashionable /_ , 1^.^
sire line in England, and backed ,Lerna {lbS?
up on her dam's side by the
lines of long distance perform-
ers from which sprung Ten GEO F" RYAN
Brock and other four-milers. *m^\*» ■ . n> i Mil,
Address all communications to PledSdflton, Cal.
DILLCARA 57462=
Cal. State Standard License No. 2019.
Son of Sidney Dillon 23157 (sire o£ 9 in 2:10 list) and Guycara by Guy Wilkes
2867 (sire of 3 in 2:10 list), will make the season of 1917 at
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK, PLEASANTON, GAL.
SERVICE FEE $50 TO INSURE
Dillcara Is a full brother to Harold Dillon 39610, the leading sire of New Zealand.
Last season the get of Harold Dillon won 41 races, totalling over $25,000.
Address all communications to
GEO. F, RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
MANHATTAN STOCK AND POULTRY
\ji \ F O O D AND REMEDIES
■'?&%& Awarded Gold Medal
at California Slate Fair
jM^ia J ENDORSED BY THE LEADING HORSEMEN
f$£A/ of the united states
Red Ball Stock Food Co.,
" — »*=»■' OAKLAND CAL.
SELECTION—
Thousands own saddle horses today, but only a few enjoy the distinction o ,
havin" a champion, by a son of champions; still fewer have ever bred
champion.
MARSHALL CHIEF 276!
offered to the sen-ice of the public, makes it possible for any one owning
registered mare of any class to breed a champion of his own.
SEASON $25 CASH
Xo ether horse surpasses him in breeding, beauty, and perfect performance— I
A sir Jump Cauthorn about him, he knows.
Make arrangements for his service with
HANS BERG, 159 Warren Ave,,
Milwaukee, Wis,,
GOOD BLUE GRASS, SPRING WATER
or
E, N. HAMILTON, Manager
Mexico, Mo.
MARES FROM DISTANCE MET AT TRAINS
THE FINALITY OF
ASTRAL KING
In :\11 branches of human endeavor, in industry, in Art and in Stock Growing
and Farming, there are certain names which convey the idea of finality, out-
shining all others, as the North Star outshines subsidiary planets.
ASTRAL KING is that name in Saddle Horse Affairs.
And when jou mate your mare to him or buy a colt by him, you have the satis-
faction of knowing you have purchased the finest horse the breed affords.
JAS. HOUCHIN, Owner, Jefferson City, Mo.
[Mention the Breeder and Sportsman when writing advertisers.]
RECORD 2.25>o
REC. NO. 41513
EXPRESSIVE MAC
Standard Cal. State License 95.
Sire of: CLARA MAC 2:04 |; VERA HAL 2:05; MADAM MAC 2:07 J
Only stallion offered for service in California aire of two in 2:06, three in 2:10
Son of McKINNEY 2:1114 and the greatest living broodmare. EXPRESSIVE <3! 2:12% (dam
of 6 trotters. 2 in 2:10) by BLEOriOfiEER 125. Ideal in color, size and conformation — seal
brown, height 16% bands, weight 1276 pounds. $25 the Season, $35 to insure, usual return
privilege. Send for tabulated pedigree. Address: J. H. NELSON, Selma, Cal.
JOE CAREY
THOROUGHBRED STALLION
$501
Pure Bred Cai. State License No. 2004
Sire of
Brighouse
Orange Blossom
Custom House
Azurea
Mercurium
Deckhand
Buckshot
Avon Carey
Bernice, and other
Good winners.
r Hayden
f Edwards-
Prince Charlie J
^, f Bannockburn...
-
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O I
*-» I Miss Marion....
Himyar..
imp. Astolat
Address all communications to:
Blair Athol
Eastern Princes!
{ Nannie Bay (£l*m«]g _ :.
I Nannie Butler
< St. Blaise /Hermit
... * i Fusee
'Bettie M I^terer
( Lida Gaines
(Alarm. iS*1^
...J * Maud
iHira f Lexington
\ Hegira
\Kiiber jBucaneer
i Mineral
I Bellicent \ Cremorne
< Lynette by
Lord Lyon
GEO. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
BREED TO THE COAST'S CHAMPION CAMPAIGNER AND FUTURITY SIRE
Rec. 2:01 3-4.
Reg. No. 44977
Jim Logan
Pure Bred. Cal. Stale License No. 17
Sire of Hal Logan 2:09, Maxine (3) 2:15, winner of
Breeders* Futurity, etc.
Son of CHARLES DERBY 2:20, brother to Klatawah
(3) 2:05!/2, etc., and sire of TEN in 2:10.
Bam, EFFIE LOGAN, dam of Jim Logan 2:01%, Sir
Albert S. 2:03%, and Dan Logan 2:07%.
In the stud, season of 1917, at Woodland Race Track.
FEE: $50, usual return privilege, $75 to insure liv-
ing colt payable at time of service or before removal
of mares. Call at race track or address
J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal.
THE FIVE-GAITED SADDLE STALLION
LE GRAND McDONALD Reg'. No. 6360
Winner World's Junior Championship P.-P. I. E.
Sired by GRAND McDONALD, the greatest show horse and sire that the
WORLD'S CHAMPION REX McDONALD EVER SIRED
Dam, QUEEN ALICE 10649, by FOREST LeGRAND 2107.
Color, chestnut; age 4; height 15:3; weight 1,150. Conformation and style
equal the best. Terms fcr season, $30.
Now located at Hulda Stables, North Panhandle Park, 1530 Fell St., San
Francisco. w»iwrvr>n/\
For information address, BRIDGFORD COMPANY,
519 California St., San Francisco, Cal.
. Saturday, March 17, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
15
HEMET
STOCK
FARM
COLTS
AND FILLIES
BY
WILBUR LOU
ALWAYS
ON SALE
HEMET, CM.
Offers for service the best grandson of McKinney 2:11^4
WILBUR LOU 2:10}
Record made in third heat of winning race as 3-year-old.
A world's champion as a yearling, record (1) 2:19'/2; un-
beaten as a two-year-old, a famous futurity winner at
three, and at six years of age the '"sire of the day" in Cal-
ifornia, his first crop of two-year-olds including
NATALDAY (2) 2:13 |
Champion Two-Year-Old Race Trotter of the Pacific
Coast.
ZETA LUCILE (2) 2:12*
Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of the Pacific
Coast.
HEMET QUEEN (1) 2:16i
Champion Pacing Filly of the "World.
/ K3NSMAX LOU (2) 2:23^.
MATILDA LOU (2) 2:22%.
FIESTA LOU (p) (1) 2:25, (2) 2:22^.
GOLDSMITH LOU (2) 2:29.
BILL1E BOYD (2) 2:30.
Wilbur Lou is by the great race horse and
sire Kinney Lou 2:07%, out of Louise Carter
(3) 2:24, the only mare to produce two year-
lings to trot in 2:20 or better:
WILBUR LOU (1) 2:19^.
KDITH CARTER (1) 2:18%.
Breed to him for colts that will race. Fee for 1917, fifty
dollars, with usual return privilege, or money refunded
at our option. Mares kept, ?RO.OO per year. All infor-
mation gladly furnished. — Licensed Pure Bred Cert. 23.
Keep Your Horse Sound and Well
Learn to know his ailments and treat them
yourself. Our free booklet, "Veterinary
Experience," tells clearly how to correctly
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IT NEVER FAILS
Tuttle's Elixir, Tuttle's Hoof Ointment, Tuttle's Conditin I owders,
and other Turtle Remedies are used by horse owners everywhere.
Don't risk the value and life of your horse— always have Tuttle's
Elixir in the stable.
Buy a bottle of Tuttle's Elixir today. Tour dealer has it — if not,
send us his name and 50 cents and we will send you a large size
bottle prepaid, also a copy of "Veterinary Experience."
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Write for rates and further information to
ROLAND C. DRAKE, Asst. Gen. Agent,
PACIFIC LIVESTOCK DEPARTMENT, HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
438 California Street, San Francisco, Cat.
Men: ion The Broeder ird Sportsman
STANFORD McKINNEY 45173
Sire of Miss Macklie 2:0H; Pavanha 2:10^; Kinneysham 2:l3i; Silente 2:19
By McKinney 8818 dam Palave»a by Palo Alto 2:G8> ,
STRONG McKINNEY-ELECTIONEER CROSS
Will make the season of 1917 at WOY'I STOCK RANCH, 9 miles south of
FRESNO, on West Ave. Terms $26 for the Season.
For further particulars address: M. J,. W0Y, BOX 501, FreSnO, Cal.
jo™ "ltaS!H bSok "LIFE WITH THE TROTTER" price $3.00 postpaid
i If 'tea, BREEDER and SPORTSMAN. P. O. Dmwtr 447. iu FrualMo. OaJ
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Should Be on Case, Carton
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There is prevalent among shooters some con-
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shotgun powders; DUPONT, BALLISTITE
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Powders manufactured by the Du Pont Company
Look at the Top Shot Wad
—if it reads DUPONT, BALLISTITE or SCHULTZE
you have the Du Pont Company's powder in your
shot shells.
Ask for DUPONT, BALLISTITE or SCHULTZE at
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For booklets giving loads for trap and game shooting,
or any information about sporting powders, write to
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Black Colt by Silkworthy — Sonia.
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Number 4 in a Series of Six Talks about th
Evolution of Fir ear me and Ammuuitii
Gunpowder and the Percussion System
THE Chinese are credited by many authorities with the discovery of gunpowder,
centuries before the Christian era. A European monk, Roger Bacon, in the thir
teenth century discovered gunpowder in so far as Europe was concerned. Berthold
Schwartz, another monk, followed in Bacon's footsteps with valuable experiments.
Bacon's discovery grew out of chemical re- explosion of the primer to make the powd<
search to find an inflammable substance that off-
primer to make the powder go
while Houiller, a French gunsmith, orginated
the idea of putting powder, ball and percussion
primer into a metal gas-tight case, so he invented
the cartridge.
Your Remington UMC ammunition, known lit-
erally the world over for dependability and fine
workmanship, owes its origin to these men of
different eras, whose ingenuity and tire-
less patience gave these marvelous discov- _ . . -
eries to humanity. MuT \v
jThe Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge Co. (j^P
to find an
would blaze brightly and yet be difficult to ex-
tinguish. It was the practice in those days to
throw fire by machines on enemy ships and build-
ings. Thus, fighting with fire begat gunpowder.
Various methods of igniting gunpowder in crude
types of guns were devised. The first guns were
really nothing but tubes. Forsythe, a Scotch
clergyman, invented the percussion system — the
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•OLUME LXX. Number 12.
SAN FRANCISCO. SATURDAY. MARCH 24, 1917.
Subscription — $3.00 Per Tear
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 24, 1911
$5 DUE on WEANLINGS
Monday, April 2, 1917
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 17. — S29500
GIVEN BY THE
PACIFIC COAST TROTTING HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
FOR FOALS OF 1917 TO TROT OR PACE AT THREE YEARS OLD
$1,500 for Three-year-old Trotters
$1,000 for Three-year-old Pacers.
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 4, 1916. when
name color, description oC mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 Aprd
1 1917: $10 on Yearlings April 1, 1918; $10 on Two-Year-Olds April 1, 1919;
$10 on Three-Year-Olds April 1, 1920.
STARTING PAYMENTS— $35 to start in the Three -Year- Old Pace; $50 to start in
the Three-Year-Old Trot. All starting payments to be made ten days before the
first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place.
Races three heats, monev divided 25 per cent to the first heat, 25 per cent to the
second heat, 25 per cent to' the third heat, and 25 per cent to the race according to
rank in the summary. Money in each division 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Should two
or more horses be tied for first place at the completion of the third heat, such horses
only shall contest in a fourth heat and money divided according to rank in the sum-
mary at the termination of that heat. A horse having won the first two heats and
drawn or distanced in the third heat shall not lose position in the summary. Distance,
100 yards.
Nominators liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payment forfeits
all previous payments. This Association is liable for §2500, the amount of the guar-
antee, only.
Hopples will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions.
Money divided in each division of the Stake 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. There will
be no more moneys in each division or heat than there are starters.
Entries open to the world. Membership not required to enter; but no horse,
wherever owned, will be allowed to start until the owner has become a member.
SUBSTITUTIONS.
If a mare proves barren or slips or has a deal foal or twins, or if either the mare
or foa! dies before April 1, 1918, her nominator may sell or transfer his nomination
or substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there will be no
return of a payment nor will nny entry be liable for more than amount paid In or
contracted for.
F. W. KELLEY, Secretary,
Post Office Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal.
HEALD,
President.
$3,000.00
GUARANTEED
$3,000.00
GUARANTEED
The Stanford
Occident Stake No. 3.
(FOALS OF MARES COVERED IN 1916)
To Trot and Pace at Three Years Old
TO BE GIVEN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE
California State Agricultural Society 1920
Entries to close April 1, 1917
$1,800 FOR TROTTING FOALS $1,200 FOR PACING FOALS
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
TROTTING DIVISION PACING DIVISION
$500.00 to 1st Heat $350.00 to 1st Heat
$500.00 to 2nd Heat $350.00 to 2nd Heat
$500.00 to 3rd Heat $350.00 to 3rd Heat
$300.00 to Horse Standing $150.00 to Horse Standing
Highest in Summary. Highest in Summary.
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2.00 to nominate mare on April 1, 1917, when name,
color, description of mare and stallion bred to must he given; $3.00 July 1, 1917;
S5.00 December 1, 1917; $5.00 on yearlings April 1, 191S; $10.00 on two-year-olds
April 1, 1919; $10.00 on three-year-olds April 1, 1920.
STARTING PAYMENTS — $25.00 to start in pacing division; $55.00 to start in trotting
division. All starting payments to be made ten days before the first day of the
State Fair at which the race is to take place.
NOMINATORS must designate when making payments to start whether the horse is
a Trotter or Pacer.
The race in each division will be for three heats; if no horse wins two of the
three heats a fourth heat must be raced by the heat winners to decide the winner of
the race; all others horses to go to the barn.
Trotting division heat purses $500.00. Total purse $1,800.00.
Pacing division heat purses $350.00. Tctal purse, $1,200.00.
Heat purses divided f>0, 25, 15 and 10 per cent; the extra $150.00 in pacing and
$300.00 in trotting divisions goes to the horse standing highest in the summary; dis-
tance 100 yards. A distanced horse shall be entitled to money already won.
If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare
nr the foal dies before December 1, 1917, her Nominator may sell or transfer his nom-
ination or substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there shall be
no return of a payment nor will any entry be liable for more than the amount paid In
or contracted for. In entries, the name, color and pedigree of mare must be given*
also the name of the horse to which she was bred in 1916.
Entries must be accompanied by the entrance fee. Nominators are liable for
amounts paid in only. Failure to make any payment forfeits all previous payments
This Association is liable for $3,000.00. the amount of the guarantee only.
Hobbles will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions.
Rights reserved to declare off or re-open these stakes in case the number of
entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors. There will be no more
moneys in each division or heat than there are starters. No horse shall receive more
than one money In each IieaL
Entries open to the world.
Other than exceptions made In this entry blank, rules of National Trottine Asso-
ciation to govern. «.«"© ^au
CHAS. W. PAINE, Secretary.
JOHN M. PERRY, President.
Best Policy 42378 S
CENSE No. 637
STANDARD BRED
Son of ALLERTON 5128 and EXINE
. by EXPEDITION 14900. Grand dam
Euxine by Axtell 5183.
Best Policy will make the season of
1917 at Visalia, Cal.
TERMS: $20.00 FOR THE SEASON.
Best Policy, with very limited oppor-
tunities in tlie stud, is already the
sire ol' four standard performers.
Add!
R. O. N E W M A N. p. o. Box 194,
VISALIA, CAL.
Pacific Coast Trotting Record
Peter McKlyo 58009-
RECORD
2:06
Cal.
105
License Pure Bred No
Sired by
PETER THE GREAT 2:07M, (sire of 50 in 2:10 list, including Miss Harris
2:01%, Peter Volo (4) 2:02, Peter Stevens 2:01%, Peter Mac 2:03, Mabel
Trask"2:03&, etc.), dam KLYO by Jay McGregor.
He is from one of the greatest families on his dam's side in the books, as the
performances of Susie J. 2:06% and Trampfast 2:12% prove beyond doubt.
Peter McKlyo is the Greatest Son ot Peter The Great
westof of Kentucky and is destined to be one of the world's greatest sires.
He is the only son of Peter the Great live years old with two colts in the
list. He was bred to three mares as a two-year-old, only two of his colts being
handled, — Charlotte McKlyo, winner of breeder's record 2:25%, and McKlyo
Boy, winner of the two-year-old division Breeders' Futurity Stake, record
2:231,.i. It can be also said as a matter of record that he is one of the greatest
five-year-old trotting stallions ever owned in the state of California, and one of
the best individuals to be found in any country.
HE WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1917 AT
James Thompson's Training Stables
State Fair Grounds, Sacramento
TERMS: $100 FOR THE SEASON.
Usual return privilege. Mares pastured at $5 per month. Good care will
be taken but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. For further
particulars address,
L. H. TODHUNTER, Owner. or JAMES THOMPSON,
Box 387, Sacramento, Cal. State Fair Grounds,
Sacramento, Cal.
FARM and HORSES for SALE
ONE OF THE MOST COMPLETE AND ATTRACTIVE HORSE BREEDING PLANTS
IN THE UNITED STATES. Unexcelled as to climate. One of the healthiest places
in Southern California. Excellent half mile track. Good pastures and paddocks.
Commodious barns and stables. Handsome buildings and fertile soil, — an Ideal place
where you can train horses the year round. The executors of the Estate of the late
W. F. Whittier have decided to place the farm and horses on the market.
A PARTIAL LIST OF THE HORSES:
WILBUR LOU (3) 2:10 J
As a yearling, world's champion trotting stallion, record 2:19^ — 1910;
As a two-year-old, winner of all his engagements, record 2:19% — 1911;
As a three-year-old, a famous futurity winner, record 2:10% — 1912;
As a five-year-old, a proven speed sire — one standard yearling — 1914;
As a six-year-old, the head of a "futurity family" — four standard two-year-
olds— 1915;
As a seven-year-old, sire of world's champion yearling — eight in 2:30 or better, in-
XATALDAY (2) 2:13^, Champion Two-year-old Trotting Stallion of the Pacific Coast;
ZETA LUCILE 2:12%, Breeder's Record, now three. Champion two-year-old filly
Pacific Coast. Entei-ed in all colt stakes on the Coast;
HEMET QUEEN 2:16*4, champion yearling pacing filly;
AX-LIE LOU 2:12%, separately timed at Phoenix last year in 2:07% as a 4-year-old;
DON de LOPEZ 2:16%, now four, started in 15 races last year, won 12 of them. Could
trot in 2:1U at Phoenix last fall;
LOUISE de LOPEZ 2:19%, race record, now three. Started three times last year and
never lost a heat. Entered in all colt stakes on the Coast.
EDITH CARTER 2:18%, champion yearling trotter of 1916. Entered in all colt stakes
on the Coast.
SEQUOLA, by WILBUR LOU, dam ERADIATE, now two. Great colt trotter. Entered
in all Coast stakes.
HARRY R., green pacer, can pace half mile track in 2:10.
THE HORSES ARE ALL IN NICE SHAPE, WILL BE READY TO RACE.
EVERYTHING AT THE FARM IS TO BE SOLD.
For particulars, photographs, etc., address
HEMET STOCK FARM, HEMET, CAL.
A WINNER IN IOWA-
It ij generally admitted that high class saddle horse are scarce. Any one
looking for a coming three-year-old saddle stallion, and has not been successful in
locating one in Missouri and Kentucky, come and see WM. TIMMERMAN at
Manning, Iowa, and I will show you one as good as ever lived or as there is living
to day, barring none. This stallion can be bought, but not for a song.
WM. TIMMERMAN, Manning, Iowa.
Saturday, March 24, 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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STALLION DIRECTORY.
In addition to the practical worth to the owners
of the country, the announcements of the stallion
owners which appear in the Breeder and Sportsman
I serve another purpose. They remind the breeder
that his now-or-never opportunity is here; his great
harvest time, and that his stallions and breeding
stock should be in the spot light and where the
interested public will be reminded of them every
I week. The publishers of this paper are personally
I acquainted with every stallion owner whose an-
i nouncement appears in its advertising columns and
i we recommend every one of them and the stallions
| they are advertising unhesitatingly. We know the
statements made of the stock advertised to be true
in every respect.
Harness Horses
Best Policy 42378 R. O. Newman, Visalia, Cal.
DiUcara 57462 Geo. F. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Expressive Mac 41513 J. H. Nelson, Selma, Cal.
Jim Logan 44977 J. Elmo Montgomery. Davis, Cal.
Peter McKlyo 58009 L. H. Todhunter, Sacramento, Cal.
1 Silkworthy W. G. Cowan, Kenwood, Cal.
Stanford McKinney 45173 M. L. Woy, Fresno, Cal.
[ The Anvil Geo. F. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Vernon McKinney Geo. F. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Wilbur Lou 52595 Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet, Cal.
Thoroughbreds
Joe Carey Geo. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Marse Abe Geo. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Saddle Horses
Astral King Jas. Houchin. Jefferson City, Mo.
Don Castano San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles
Highland Monarch San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles
Highland Squirrel King Revel L. English, Chino, Cal.
Le Grand McDonald. . -Bridgford Company, San Francisco
Marshall Chief E. N. Hamilton. Mexico, Mo.
San Vicente San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles
Soil Washing Steals Fertility.
Soil washing by heavy rains is probably the most
important cause of the loss of soil fertility on rolling
upland farms. The amount of this loss is difficult
to measure accurately. Figures obtained at the Mis-
souri College of Agriculture during the last two
years indicate that as much as five per cent of the
really fertile soil may be lost in one year on a gently
sloping field if the surface is left bare. This means
that continuous cultivation for one generation may
result in the loss of all the fertile soil on even gently
rolling land unless some measures are taken to re-
store it. On steeper lands the loss is much more
rapid.
Some idea of the loss of plant food may be obtained
by considering the loss of nitrogen. The supply of
this element in the soil is contained in the organic
or vegetable matter present. Nitrogen is made avail-
able for the use of plants by the decay of organic
matter. It is estimated that two per cent of the total
amount present becomes available each year. It is
this two per cent which may be removed by the
crops, by leaching and in the form of gas. As the
availability of the other elements of plant food in the
soil is closely associated with the decay of organic
matter, it is evident that the washing away of that
part of the soil richest in organic matter results in
a lack of all the really valuable soil plant food. In
addition to the loss of plant food the poorer physical
condition of the soil resulting from the removal of
organic matter and the inconvenience caused by
ditches in the fields are to be noted.
The farm practices that cause excessive erosion
are continuous cultivation, shallow plowing, furrow-
ing with the slopes, leaving the land bare in winter,
neglect of gullies and the exhaustion of organic
matter.
Practices tending to control erosion are systematic
rotations containing fewer cultivated crops and more
hay and pasture crops, the gradual deepening of soil
by occasional deep plowing, the use of barn yard and
green manures, winter cover crops such as rye and
wheat ,and prompt attention to gullies and ditches.
Terracing and contour farming are coming into
favor as preventive practices as lands increase in
value. Tiling poorly drained sloping lands such as
spouty hillsides, helps by opening up the subsoil and
carrying part of the water off through the tiles.
Politics have ruined more good state fairs, agricul-
tural laws and prevented the advancement of better
agriculture throughout the United States than any
and all other mediums combined. It is hard enough
to get a good agricultural bill through the Legislature
these days and still harder to get a decent appropria-
tion for the advancement of better breeding and
fanning methods; however, once a good bill is
passed and the appropriation made, it is left for the
political pie grabbers to dive for, and in most in-
stances it is made into a pie. Wherever state fairs,
agricultural boards and live stock associations have
been run on a business basis and appointments made
on the merits of the applicant rather than on his
political standing, those associations have made rapid
strides in the accomplishment of their duty; while
the "political office holder" has been content to rare
back on his "dignity',' with his feet a-top a seldom
opened desk and look wise, with the results that
are well known to all live stock men. This, as much
as any one thing, is the reason for badly needed live
stock and agricultural laws being sent to the
"morgue." They have been abused.
It is so seldom we get a good man that when we
do, all should rejoice, and give their assistance in
making his efforts successful. Colonel Harris Wein-
stock, state market commissioner of California, in
my opinion, is one of the most capable state officials
in the country, and if any man ever proved himself
"up to his job" it is Colonel Weinstock. The job
was not much, I understand, at one time, and Wein-
stock made it a man's size job; making the job and
himself famous the length and breadth of the state.
This is too good, however, and "Petty Politics" are
after his goat. Weinstock is on the carpet and the
political bosses are cross-examining him as though
he had committed some offense. If Col. Weinstock
could be let alone for a while he would continue
in his good work of organizing the rancher-stockmen
of California and the results so necessary in this all-
important work would soon be evident. The editor
of the Breeder and Sportsman has never met Colonel
Weinstock but if I ever do, I am going to shake his
honest-to-God hand assure him that I am for him,
because since coming to California I have watched
his work and I am sure if he is allowed to use his
best efforts he will bring about better farming and
stock growing and better living to the producers and
consumers.
Farming sections, which are the producing sec-
tions, should stand solidly back of Weinstock, be-
cause the first effect of his plan will be to stabilize
prices; the consuming public, confined principally
to the large centers of population, should also stand
back of the commissioner because the ultimate re-
sult, and at a not far distant time, will materialize in
a lower price to consumers. That is not an idle
statement, but one which is proven by the records
already at hand, as the result of the Weinstock plan
thus far tried out.
Kentucky and Kentuckians are rejoicing. They
have good reasons to rejoice. Kentucky's live stock
and agricultural development is making more rapid
and progressive strides than at any time in the his-
tory of that noted and far-famed commonwealth.
Always the leader in the production of horses; by
comparatively recent circumstances it is developing
every breed in its kingdom to an equal perfection.
They are doing more diversified farming and stock
growing in Kentucky today than old-timers believed
was possible, and goodness knows, Kentuckians have
never hesitated to sing their praises of the Blue
Grass.
Kentucky has always had a few breeders in every
line of live stock and agricultural lore. However,
the people as a whole have been content to let the
old haphazard methods of growing stock and grain
rule their fair land. In the last few years a great
change has come, and, like her sister states, Mis-
souri and Illinois, every Kentucky planter is trying
to outdo his neighbor in his farm activities. Pure
herds of fame are a common occurrence throughout
the state; in the "Pennirile" they are up and doing
and making their neighbors in the Blue Grass hustle,
and the greatest prosperity Kentucky has ever known
now prevails among their farmer-stockmen. Hon.
Mat S. Cohen, noted horseman of a few years back,
since being elected Commissioner of Agriculture,
has had much to do in the making of this great
change. He was referred to in the heyday of his
glory in horsedom as "Marvelous Mattie," and since
being elected to the high position he now fills he is
called "Marvelous Mat" by all lovers of better farm-
ing. The "hook worm" is a stranger in Kentucky.
HEMET STOCK FARM
In anothei column of this issue of the Breeder and
Sportsman will be found the advertisement for the
sale of the Hemet Stock Farm and all the horses
now at the farm.
The Hemet Stock Farm is one of the best ap-
pointed and equipped breeding establishments on
the Pacific Coast; situated in the heart of the Hemet
Valley in Riverside county, close to the town of
Hemet, a neat, thriving little place of about 1500
inhabitants. Here all the residences are new and
decidedly pretty. Gardens, lawns, hedges and grav-
elled walks surround each home. The well kept
streets are shaded with trees; the stores large, com-
modious and well stocked. There are two banks in
solid buildings which would be creditable to any city
in the State. At the end of the main street is the
entrance to the Hemet Stock Farm; an eighth of a
mile from the gate is the trainers' headquarters, a
pretty bungalow with complete office fixtures, a bath-
room adjoining with shower and all modern improve-
ments. This bungalow is in the center of a beautiful
lawn and around its foundations are roses, carna-
tions, verbenas, lilies and geraniums blooming the
year round.
Beyond this, nearer the track, are long rows of
neatly painted buildings containing over 100 large
box stalls, well lighted and ventilated; cement
troughs are set up at different places in front of
them, and here as well as everywhere the water
supply is unlimited. Not far from here is the big
stallion barn, one of the finest buildings of its kind
existence. Everything that could be thought of for
the comfort of the stallions and their attendants has
been provided for.
Here is the best half-mile track in California. It
holds the State trotting record on a half mile track
and all the appointments as a racing institution are
perfect, with fine covered stands for judges as well
as spectators. The track is kept in splendid condi-
tion all the time. It has numerous well fenced alfalfa
paddocks and brood mare runs. The plant has a
very complete racing equipment of sulkies, harness,
boots and all the accessories that go with training
and racing trotters and pacers. The whole infield
of the track is laid out to alfalfa and the plant is
electric lighted throughout.
The climate here is perfection, — cloudless sky, cool
evenings and always a soft, gentle mountain breeze
blowing — not a wind — but just faint zephyrs which
make one feel that it is heavenly to be outside to
enjo yit.
Many years ago the late W. F. Whittier came into
this valley and saw that its c'imate was unsurpassed
and that by the expenditure of money he could make
this sandy, cactus and sage brush covered spot one
of the ideal places of California; at an outlay of
over ?2,500,000 spent in building a dam, water works,
laying pipes and making irrigating ditches, he has
succeeded in making this valley one of the most
productive of its size in the world.
Here, close to the stock farm where he could be in
touch with his horses, he built his summer residence.
It is a veritable palace, set like a gem in the midst
of an evergreen forest of golden-laden orange trees.
It appears to be one of the choicest spots imaginable
to build a home, and to describe it and its beautiful
surroundings is beyond my power.
The executors of the will of the late W. F. Whittier
have decided to place the farm and horses on the
market, and foremost among the horsesoffered will
be the successful sire Wilbur Lou, son of Kinney
Lou and Louise Carter. Wilbur Lou as a yearling
was the world's champion trotting stallion of 1910,
record 2:19%. As a two-year-old he won all his en-
gagements and took a record of 2:19%. As a three-
year-old he was a famous futurity winner and gained
a record of 2:101/i. At the age of seven he is the
sire of eight standard performers including Hemet
Queen (1) 2:16*4, world's champion yearling pacing
,filly and Natal Day (2) 2:13%, champion two-year-
old trotting stallion of the Pacific Coast.
AlUe Lou 2:12*4 by Kinney Lou, dam Lady Zombro
by Zombro, and winner of Breeders', State Fair, and
Pleasanton three-year-old stakes, is also in this con-
signment. This mare raced successfully last year
as a four-year-old and was separately timed in a race
at Phoenix in 2:07%.
Don de Lopez, now four, by Kinney de Lopez, dam
Eradiate by Geo. W. McKinney, started in fifteen
races last year and won twelve of them; he could
have trotted in 2:10 at Phoenix last fall.
Louise de Lopez 2:19%, record made last year, is
now three. She is a daughter of Kinney de Lopez
and out of Louise Carter, the dam of Wilbur Lou, the
only mare that ever produced two yearlings to trot
better than 2:20. and her grand dam is the famous
matron Ingar by Director 2:17; Ingar being the dam
of six including the great race horse and sire John
A. McKerron 2:04%. Louise de Lopez is entered in
all colt stakes on the Coast.
Edith Carter 2:lS'i. champion yearling trotter of
1916. is a full sister to Louise de Lopez and is entered
in all colt stakes on the Pacific Coast.
Sequoia by Wilbur Lou, dam Eradiate, now two, is
a great colt trotter and is entered in all colt stakes.
Harry R., a green pacer, can pace a half mile track
in 2:10.
These horses are all in nice shape and will be
ready to race this season. Besides the few horses
mentioned here, everything at the farm is to be sold.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 24, 1917
Vancouver, B. C, March 3, 1917.
Editor Breeder and Sportsman:
Being on a visit to what was once my home town,
Vancouver, B. C. I have naturally been visiting with
my horsemen friends and enjoying myself generally.
The first horse fan I met was Ed Burgoyne, the fat
and genial owner of the real race horse Bon Guy
2:09%. I found Boo Guy looking fine and taking his
daily road work of from eight to twelve miles per
day hooked to a Baily buggy, and I had the pleasure
of a long ride behind Bon Guy. I found the little red
rascal to be a most pleasing road horse. He's shod
in pads and the way he can lead off and keep it up
pleased me very much, and the way his amateur
sportsman-owner takes care of him makes me say
that Ed Bourgoyne is a natural born horseman. Bon
Guy will be ready for any races he is eligible to on
the North Pacific Circuit of 1917, and the trotter that
beats him will know he has been in a horse race.
In addition to Bon Guy Mr. Bourgoyne has recently
purchased a grand looking three-year-old pacer sired
by Zobona 2:20, the beautiful brown son of Zombro
that at all times was a blue ribbon winner at provin-
cial horse shows. This colt is out of a mare by Nut-
wood Wilkes 2:16%, sire of Copa de Oro 2:01, and
in appearance he is all that a critic could ask for.
Mr. Bourgoyne says he is not quite satisfactorily
broken but that he can imitate a real trotter and will
be trained this spring, and if he shows class enough
Mr. Bourgoyne will race him.
Mr. Geo. Hardy, one of Vancouver's solid men and
one of the best harness horse owners ever in the
province, is the proud owner of a pair of fillies that
in type and breeding are good enough for any fancier.
The oldest filly is two years old; her name is Bonney
Cres. She is by Bonaday 2:11% by Bon Voyage
2:08, dam Silk Cres, full sister to Bon Cres 2:10%.
Silk Cres is a daughter of Cresceus 2:02; and Silpan
by Silver Bow 2:16, son of Robert McGregor 2:17%;
next dam Kitty Fox, sister to the dam of Tommy
Britton 2:06. Kitty Fox was sired by Pancoast, the
great sire. The next dam was Bessie Brown by Dic-
tator 11?.. So in writing this crude sketch the breed-
ing of Mr. Hardy's filly Bonney Cres, I will say that
if there is a man in all the world who will say that
it is not an extremely fashionable and stout pedi-
gree on both the dam and sire's side, — why, I will
say to that man that he is hard to please or else
doesn't know a well balanced pedigree when he
sees it.
Mr. Hardy's other filly is named Bell Cres, being
sired by Belmar 2:21%, a son of Moko, the greatest
of all futurity sires . Belmar's dam is the renowned
brood mare Chestnut Belle, dam of 9 trotters and
grand dam of four, including Native Bell (3) 2:06%.
Now when we say that this filly Bell Cres is a
fashionably bred one, we are not in any danger of
being called down by ony one, and in addition to
this we will say, that a more perfectly formed filly
or horse of any sex it has never been my pleasure
to look at — not even those I saw at Horse Heaven,
Lexington, Ky., could surpass Bell Cres in beauty of
conformation and color, she being a bay with two
white hind ankles and a star in the forehead. H an
artist could paint this filly to perfection and show the
picture it surely would have many admirers.
Mr. Hardy, being a horseman who believes in hav-
ing registered horses, has had both his fillies regis-
tered, which is what every sensible horseman should
do. Silk Cres, the dam of these fillies, is a big
slashing bay trotter that was trained by Al McDon-
ald of Pleasanton, Cal., and by whom she was sold
to Mr Hardy. Silk Cres trotted a half mile track
at or about 2:17 for Mr. McDonald, and after being
sold to Mr. Hardy she met with some mishap and
was then put to breeding. She is again in foal to
Belmar and I regret to say that Mr. Hardy has not
nominated her in the California futurities. I am
going to try to induce him to nominate Silk Cres
now in some stakes if it is yet time, or a substitu-
tion can be had, for few men in this western country
have a pair of such well bred and good looking fillies
and they should be engaged in the California futu-
rities.
Mark Rose, a Lulu Island rich man, is owner of
Frank D. Nichol 2:25%, a full brother to Silk Cres.
Mr. Frank Loomis is training this son of Cresceus
2:02% and will race him this year. Frank D. Nichol
is a fast, game and reliable trotter. His slow record
is no measure of his speed, as his owner is one of
those men who is afraid to let his stallion get a low
racer. Mr. Loomis has the chestnut pacer Prince
Malone 2:15i.i, by Kinney Lou 2:07%, dam Princess
Bessum by Egyptian Prince, son of El Mahdi by On-
ward and Lady Bunker, dam of Guy Wilkes 2:15..
This well bred pacer is as good as his breeding,
which is the best and most fashionable in the books
His record should read a much faster figure as he
has finished the last half of his miles in 2:02
a half mile track and he is a good going, good man-
nered, reliable pacer. I look for him to be a 2 05
pacer any old time on a good track in 1917, for the
same owner, Mr. W. C. Brown
Mr. Loomis is training a very classy chestnut
three-year-old stallion by Prince Ansel 2:20, sire of
Prince Lot 2:07 and many other good race horses,
including the world's greatest yearling trotter, An-
selila (1) 2:17%. The dam of this grand young trot-
ter is Princess Bessum, so he is not only formed by
nature to be a good horse but his breeding is fash-
ionable and reliable.
Mr. Brown is a good owner and a man who in ad-
dition to having a large law practice, gives his con-
tinuous and capable attention at aU times for the
best interests of the harness horse sport, and it is
a credit to the sport to say that a man of Mr. Brown's
standing is a constant worker for the harness horse
game. I wish I knew a million men just like W. C.
Brown iv the game; it would be good for the game.
A. R. Miller, former owner of Zobono 2:20, Bon
Voyage 2:08 and Bonaday 2:11%, is now amusing
himself with Hal Scott 2:19%, a good race horse, son
of Hal B. 2 : 04. Mr. Miller is one of the most active
members of the Vancouver Driving Club and is at
all times ready to do more than his share of the
work for the good of the sport.
J .T. Wilkinson, who by the way is the man who
stands highest as an agent of the New York life
Insurance Co., either in the United States, Canada
or the world, is a Canadian sportsman who has
owned, raced and raised many good standard bred
horses .including Texas Rooker 2:04%. At present
Wilkie has just one, a very beautiful bay filly, a
pacer by Ora Wilkes Jr. 2:12%, a good game son of
Ora Wilkes 2:11%. This filly is out of Hazel Kirke
by Altamont 2:26, son of Chehalis 2:04 and many
other celebrated racers. Wilkie is going to prepare
this mare, now a five-year-old, for the 1917 races.
She has been jogged all winter at Mr. Wilkenson's
private half mile track at Chilliwack, B. C.
I could go on for a week telling about well bred
horses owned in this Province, and just now the
people are being put through the fire of sorrow over
the European war, as thousands of the best men of
British Columbia have gone to the front, and every
man who went has rendered a gallant account of
himself in defense of his country. Many never will
return and many more are going. Just now 1100 men
of a Highland regiment are preparing to leave for
the front, perhaps all to be killed. Tet one hears no
revolt. The people of British Columbia, both men
and women, are loyal to their country and flag, and
the Vancouver Exposition Association will carry out
its program in 1917, and do as it always has done by
the harness horsemen — pay all purses 100 cents on
the dollar. Tours truly,
C. A HARRISON.
TIME ALLOWANCES.
The following construction of the time allowance
rules was adopted at a meeting held at the Deming
Hotel, Terre Haute, Indiana, Monday, March 12, 1917.
The time allowances which appear in the Codes of
the National and American Trotting Associations
read as follows:
"Rule TIL Sec. 5. A horse with a winrace made
on a mile track shall be allowed four seconds when
entering on a half mile track, providing the class to
which he would be eligible under this allowance is
not slower than his winrace, on a half-mile track."
"Rule VH, Sec. 6. After a horse has acquired a
winrace, he shall be allowed, whether raced or not,
one second for each calendar year until he equals
or reduces it. No other allowances shall be permit-
ted. A nominator is required to claim time allow-
ance when making entry."
All horses with winraces made on a mile track are
entitled to the four seconds granted by Rule VH,
Sec. 5, and no change can be made in same, except
when the number of seconds are reduced by actual
performance.
The time allowance of one second for each calen-
dar year granted by Rule VH, Sec. 6, to all horses
that have acquired winraces, permits them to start
in slower classes, in their first races each year. At-
tention is called to the fact that this allowance does
not waive the application of Rule VH, Sec. 2, after
such horses have been given the benefit of the allow-
ances to which they are entitled, or allow them to
start, in a race after they have won, in one second, or
more, faster than the claim advertised, prior to the
closing of entries.
When a horse with a winrace, made on a mile
track, has started on a half-mile track, and won
within four seconds of same, if he was entitled to
any allowance under Rule VH, Sec. 6, he forfeits the
same, just as a horse forfeits his allowance under
the same rule on a half-mile track when he equals or
reduces his winrace on a mile track. He is, however,
still entitled to the allowance, between his mile and
half-mile track winraces, when entering on a half-
mile track.
JOHN C. WELTY, Pres.: W. P. IJAMS, Pres
E. W SWISHER W. H. SMOLLTNGER
W. H. GOCHER, Sec'y. W. H. KNIGHT, Sec'y
o
Mr. Wm. M. Ferguson of Dixon, Cal., has sold to
Mr. S. S. Silvey, of the same place, a six-year-old
trotting mare by Palite out of the dam of Graustark
that with two weeks' work has trotted an eighth of
a mile in 20 seconds. Graustark, by the wav, is the
roan pacer which made such a wonderful record last
season over the Ohio Circuit. Out of twentv-eight
starts he was first twenty times; second four; once
third, and once fourth.
California Fair and Racing Association Incorporated
Articles of incorporation were filed last week by
the California Fair and Racing Association with a
capital of ?10,000, one thousand shares at $10 per
share. Today a meeting of stkcoholders will be held
and a board of directors elected. Those who are at
present serving as directors are:
L L. Borden. Clarence Berry and H. S. Cowell of
San Francisco; M. L. Woy, Fresno; Charles Silva,
Sacramento; J. E. Montgomery, Davis; L. L. Can-
non, Santa Rosa; C. A. Durfee and D. L. Hackett,
Oakland, and Joseph Waddell, San Francisco, sec-
retary.
The purpose of the organization is to encourage
breeding, training and the showing in competition of
standard bred and thoroughbred horses and all other
livestock. It is also designed to assist and encour-
age all of the State fairs and to give special atten-'
tion to the matters of the 1917 California circuit. The
organization of a stock company furthermore means
that in small centers where it has been proposed to
stage racing meetings and where there is not quite
enough money on hand to support such projects the
stock company will come to the fore and assist in
financing such meetings.
As conditions now stand the success of the 1917
California circuit seenis assured. Already meetings
have been assured at about twelve centers, while
within the next week or so it is expected that there
will be fifteen weeks of harness racing provided for.
As the circuit is now arranged, racing will commence
at Salinas in the second week of July. The order of
assured meetings, together with two doubtful ones,
is as follows:
Salinas, Petaluma, Ukiah, Eureka, Santa Rosa,
Dixon, Woodland, Sacramento, Stockton, Fresno,
Bakersfield , Santa Maria, Phoenix.
Much has been said of late in Eastern contempo-
raries of the proposed match race between Col. Tom
Dennison's R. C. H. and J. W. Linehan's M. L. J.
with other horses that might care to enter for $1000
a corner, winner to take all. The following from
Col. Dennison explains his position:
"I see in the Horse Breeder of March 7 the propo-
sition of Mr. L. A McElroy, as secretary of the Erie
track, trying to bring about a match race between
M. L. J. and my horse, R. C. H.
"I am not trying to build up any track or aid any
race meeting. I am too busy to go that far away
from home. The association here would give a purse,
I don't know how much, but they have already guar-
anteed to pay the express on this horse for a match
with R. C. H.
"I am still willing to make a match for $1,000, but
I cannot go that far away from home.
"Respectfully yours, TOM DENNISON."
* * *
W. G. Durfee ,of Los Angeles, visited Phoenix dur-
ing last week and as agent for T. W. Murphy of
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., purchased Zombrino 2:06%,
black stallion by Prince Zombro, and shipped him
to New York. Mr. Murphy plans to enter him in the
stake races and will race him through the Grand
Circuit this year. The horse was purchased from
Dr. J. G. Belt, who campaigned him last year under
the care of Ted Bunch. Zombrino made a wonderful
campaign last season, annexing eighteen first monies.
This is a great achievement, and a horse capable of
same is necessarily an individual possessed of speed,
endurance and a naturally rugged constitution.
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Los Angeles Plans Big Fair.
Plans for the big district fair to be conducted in
Los Angeles, some time in the autumn, are already
taking shape and the personnel of the officers and
committees who are to be in charge indicates that it
will be one of magnitude and of vast practical worth
to Southern California and the varied livestock and
agricultural interests of that section.
Many associations which have been holding inde-
pendent exhibitions have signified their desire to join
in the District Fair, each having special days and
features which will be specially advertised and ex-
ploited. It is proposed to give one week of live stock
and agriculture shows which will include the exhibi-
tion of live stock, a good racing program and a bril-
liant horse show for both heavy and light horses.
Joseph Waddell, of the California Fair and Racing
Association, met with the officers last week and wa:
assured by Secretary Davison that they would givi
a good meeting and become a member of the circui
The week for their meeting probably will be one or
two weeks before the Phoenix fair. In this manner
they will not only be assured of all the good race
horses and show horses from the state fair at Sacra-
mento, but will draw the exhibits of cattle and other
live stock, which are now becoming paramount fea-
tures of California fairs.
The officers of the fair are: Clinton E. Miller,
president; R. W. Burnham, treasurer, and F. B. Dav-
ison, secretary. The committee in charge of the
agricultural department will be: C. B. Messenger,
chairman; J. Ross Clark, J. E. Killian, H. L. Musser,
M. L. Germain, F. C. Langdon and F. E. Woodley.
The live stock committee will be Messrs. John S.
Mitchell, H. C. Carr, O. B. Fuller, J. L. Thatcher,
D. O. Brandt, J. M. Davison, H. A. Jastro and Mrs.
Anita Baldwin. The following have been named as
probable members of the speed department: R. A.
Smith, Wm. Loftus, Col. Hogan, E. J. Delorev and
W. G. Durfee.
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Thoroughbred Matters
A bill providing for pari-niutuel betting, which
passed both houses of the Montana Legislature, was
vetoed by Governor Samuel V. Stewart. The veto
was sustained by a forty-five to forty-two vote in the
house.
* + +
The pari-mutuel bill, which would legalize betting
on horse races in Texas by means of. the pari-mutuel
machines, as conducted in the State of Kentucky, was
last through the absence of its friends. The house
refused to engross by a vote of 54 to 59 and eleven
members who were absent were pledged to vote for
the measure.
Jockey McTaggart was advised by James Rowe
that he would like to engage his services for the
Harry Payne Whitney stable again this season. Last
season McTaggart was connected w^th the stable,
but decided to discontinue riding while at Saratoga,
and the contract terminated. McTaggart, according
to present intention, if he returns to the Whitney
stable, will try to ride at 110 pounds or less, and so
informed Mr. Rowe.
* + +
New Orleans, La., March 3. — Hugh A. O'Donnell,
editor of The New Orleans American, owned by H.
D. (Curley) Brown, who attacked the local race track
and its system of betting, was sentenced to serve
four months in prison and to pay §500 fine and two
months additional if the fine is not paid, by Judge
Frank Cretien of the Criminal Court yesterday. He
was convicted of criminally libeling Mayor Martin
Behrman and the members of the Commission Coun-
cil, alleging that they were using city funds to aid
the races. Sam Montgomery, attorney for O'Donnell,
appealed.
* + *
General discussion of the merits of racing two and
three-year-olds has resulted from the request of the
Thoroughbred Horse Association, sent to all the
jockey clubs early in February, that more races be
provided exclusively for three-year-olds. Though the
resolutions passed by the association at the last meet-
ing were intended only to suggest an improvement
for the three-year-olds, the managers of several of
the tracks who have replied to the request have re-
newed the old discussion regarding continuous and
early racing of the two-year-olds.
Nearly every track official who has made reply has
indicated his track will increase the number of races
for three-year-olds exclusively, each announcing a
willingness to do anything reasonable that may be to
the interests of the breeders and horsemen as indi-
cated to them by the directors of the Thoroughbred
Association.
Judge Joseph A. Murphy of the New Orleans Busi-
ness Men's Racing Association; D. Sterrett Gittings,
secretary of the Maryland Jockey Club; Racing Sec-
retary Fred Rerberger of the Queen's County Jockey
Club, Brooklyn; Jos. W. Bender, chairman of the
Race Committee of the Essex Fox Hounds; V. E.
Schaumberg, racing secretary of the Empire City
Racing Association; Secretary A. R. London of the
Hamilton Jockey Club, and Frank J. Bryan, racing
secretary of the Piping Rock Racing Association, all
expressed themselves as being in full accord with the
desired movement.
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New Orleans, La., March 7. — Wheels were put in
motion here today for the establishment of another
race track in New Orleans when the Jefferson Fair
Association, located in the adjoining parish of Jef-
ferson, reorganized under the name of the Jefferson
Fair Association, Incorporated, with a capital of
$225,000.
The purpose of the new association is to link dates
with the Business Men's Racing Association and
offer horsemen and tourists a much longer racing
season than would be possible if racing were confined
to Orleans Parish, where a law prevails permitting
racing only between January 1 and Mardi Gras Day.
Under the present plans the Jefferson Fair Asso-
ciation's meeting will open about December 1 and
operate up to January 1, when the Fair Grounds sea-
son opens. Officials of the new association say that
the racing will be put in charge of men who are rec-
ognized all over the country as efficient and consci-
entious racing experts. There will be no Sunday
racing, and the new association will obtain the sanc-
tion of the Jockey Club and race under the approved
regulations.
A tract of ground for the new track has been pur-
chased and building operations will be started within
a few days. The site cost $90,000. Already nearly
$100,000 worth of stock in the new corporation has
been sold, and it is expected that the remainder will
be placed in a few weeks.
* + *
Sacramento, March 16. — Publication by newspapers
of betting odds, form charts or tips on horse racing
is prohibited under the provisions of Luce's bill,
which passed the Senate today. The bill is aimed to
curb the activities of race track gamblers in San
Diego, who operate at the Tia Juana, Mexico, race
course. Publication of horse racing results, however,
is permissible.
Jockey Willie Kelsay is riding in his best form at
Tia Juana now. The old stager has been favored by
a new lease of life this winter, and his riding has
been little short of sensational. Kelsay is now in
great demand by horsemen and few races go by each
day that do not find him on a horse, providing he
cares to ride.
* + +
President J. W. Coffroth has declared that the
present meeting at Tia Juana will continue indefi-
nitely. The game is better now than it has been at
any time during its original 100 days, and with Tia
Juana suffering in no respect by the advancing East-
ern meetings, Coffroth sees no reason why the game
should not continue. As a matter of fact several of
the big business houses of San Diego banded together
in an appeal for a further extension.
* + *
The Western Circuit of racing that has been prom-
ised horsemen by W. W. Finn in the main has been
responsible for keeping many horses right on the
coast. Finn has promised to make his dates known
immediately upon the closing of the Tia Juana meet-
ing, and from all accounts there will be racing at
Denver, Colorado Springs, Phoenix, Alan and several
other middle western cities. With the possibilities
of a short summer meeting at Tia Juana the horse-
man will have plenty of racing to keep his stock
busy. It is said that Reno will follow directly on the
heels of Tia Juana and that the Navada Racing Com-
mission will handle the meeting itself.
Roscoe Troxler, who claims the distinction of
being the oldest jockey in point of service in the
saddle in the United States today, passed through
San Francisco Tuesday on his way to New York,
where he is under contract to P. A. Clark, a wealthy
and prominent recruit in the game. Troxler rode for
Wingfield at Tijuana with pleasing success.
For eighteen years Troxler has been sporting silks.
Along in 1902 he rode at Emeryville, and since then
has visited every track in the country. He is still
able to do 109 pounds and is rated as one of the best
post riders on the turf today. The little fellow has
seen the Danny Mahers, Tod Sloans and all the fam-
ous jockeys pass until not one remains who was in
the saddle when he first started.
* * *
Hot Springs. Ark., March 8. — H. C. Applegate's Old
Rosebud came into his own again this afternoon at
Oaklawn, when he gave an old-time exhibition of
high speed and administered a sound beating to good
opposition, when he took up 120 pounds and led for
the entire six-furlong trip and negotiated the distance
in 1:13 1-5 on a track that was little better than slow.
There was vast interest as to how the one-time crack
would acquit himself, and not alone was this interest
confined to the spectators who had read of his prow-
ess, but also to the calloused horsemen. After the
finish their opinion w-as that he had rounded into
his good form and the manner in which he came out
of the race augurs well for his standing training in
the future. He was hustled into the lead immedi-
ately after the barrier's rise and led well in hand
throughout. Aildebaran pressed him closest at the
finish and showed a good effort. Robert Bradley,
after being all over the track, settled down to hard
business in the last furlong and overhauled David
Craig.
* * *
George Berry, manager of George Wingfield's Ne-
vada Stock Farm, arrived Tuesday from Tijuana,
where he has been campaigning a string of twenty-
seven thoroughbreds. He is on his way to Reno to
look over the breeding farm. Arrangements have
been made to ship sixteen horses from Tijuana on
April 15 to sport the colors of the Nevada Stock
Farm on the metropolitan tracks.
In the lot will be the sensational Slippery Elm.
Square Set, Scarlet Oaks, Bank, Minnow, Star Shoot-
er, Gladiola and eight two-year-olds that have not
faced the barrier so far and will be eligible for the
New York races. Slippery Elm won the title of the
king of thoroughbreds in the West this winter. Out
of the seven stakes at Tijuana he was first four
times, second once and third once. Scarlet Oaks
was another consistent performer, winning in every
one of her five starts. The Nevada Stock Farm was
the solid stable at the Lower California course, win-
ning in all twenty-seven races.
Square Set, the Duke of Ormonde three-year-old
colt, is George Wingfield's candidate for the classic
Kentucky Derby.
OLD ROSEBUD.
Now that Old Rosebud, that remarkable six-year-
old gelding, son of Uncle and Ivory Bells by Himyar.
bred by John E. Madden, Hamburg Place, owned by
H. C. Applegate and trained by F. D. Weir, after
being out of training for two years, demonstrated
by his performance at Hot Springs on March 12th,
when he shouldered 130 pounds and galloped to an
easy victory over some good opposition that included
David Craig, Bob Hensley, Hanovia and Indolence,
thai his return to something like his brilliant form
shown as a two and three-year-old, is no fluke, we
believe a resume of his performances will prove of
interest.
Old Rosebud started fourteen times at two and
finished the year with twelve victories to his credit,
having met with defeat on only two occasions, and
then curiously enough at the hands of another Ham-
burg Place product, in Little Nephew, a son of Uncle
and Miss Granville, by Yankee. His first start was at
Juarez, Mex., February 9, 1913, when he won the
Yucatan Stakes; his next out was a half-mile affair,
feated which he won in :47 by five lengths. Then he
was defeated by Little Nephew by a head for the
Idle Hour Stakes at Lexington; won at four and one-
half furlongs at Churchill Downs, and met his only
other defeat of the year, in the Bashford Manor,
which Little Nephew won by a length. After the
Bashford Manor his record was one of unbroken vic-
tory. He won at four and one-half furlongs, Churchill
Downs; five furlongs, Douglas Park, again at five
furlongs, going the distance in : 58 4-5, beating Little
Nephew four lengths ; five furlongs in : 58 3-5 ; the
Spring Trial Stakes, in which he went the five fur-
longs in : 58 2-5, the present record for that distance
at Douglas Park. Old Rosebud then won the Harold
Stakes and Cincinnati Trophy at Latonia. His next
start was at Saratoga in the Flash Stakes, which he
won, and then came his victory in the United States
Hotel Stakes, which was his final appearance at two.
At three. Old Rosebud started three times, his win
at Lexington on April 25, 1914, at one mile in 1:42
over a slow track by six lengths, showing that he
had wintered well. Then came his brilliant perform-
ance in the Kentucky Derby which he won by eight
lengths in the record time of 2:03 2-5. He was then
shipped East and started in the Withers Stakes, in
which race he was beaten, and did not start again
that year. After a let-up of two years, his showing
at Hot Springs proves him to be a truly wonderful
horse. — [Thoroughbred Record.
Cincinnati. Ohio, March 12. — Appreciation of the
efforts of the Latonia Jockey Club in putting on the
big Championship Stakes for 1919 has been shown in
the liberal entry list, which that association has re-
ceived. Four hundred and fifty-nine colts and fillies
have had their first entrance fee of ten dollars paid.
Twenty-two of these came from England, six from
France, one from Cuba, many from Canada and
nearly every state in the Union is represented.
Ninety-nine breeders and horsemen have contributed
their part to winning the big stake by entering the
best they have on their farms. This huge entry list
insures a stake of at least $50,000 net to the winner.
The entry list has overwhelmed Manager Hachmeis-
ter and A. B. Hancock, sponsors of the stake. They
believed that if 300 entries were received their ef-
forts would be well rewarded, but when the grand
total of 459 entries was received their joy was un-
bounded.
The entries from England, twenty-two in number,
were cabled as were the six from France, so the pedi-
grees have not yet been received, but will be along
in a few days or weeks.
Practically every stallion of any class whatsoever
has representation in the list and some of them were
even unheard of by Manager Hachmeister.
Entries were received from the following states:
New York, Kentucky, Texas, Maryland, Maine, Penn-
sylvania. Massachusetts, Tennessee, New Jersey, Vir-
ginia, Illinois, Washington. South Carolina, Nevada.
Oklahoma and Ohio.
Hal Price Headley leads, having sent in fifty-two.
A. B. Hancock is second with thirty-four, and J. O.
Keene a close third with thirty-three. The Wickliffe
Stable followed with twenty-eight and Harry Payne
Whitney, recognizing the race as a good thing, sent
in twenty. One hundred and thirty-four of the en-
tries are of foreign breeding. Manager Hachmeister
says there is no question now but that the winner
will receive in excess of $50,000, in addition to the
$1,000 Gold Cup, which will be donated by the Thor-
oughbred Horse Association.
Latonia Championship Stakes for 1919. To be run
during autumn meeting: $15,000 added: by subscrip-
tion of $10 each; for three-year-olds (foals of 1916);
$15,000 to be added by the Latonia Jockey Club, of
which $2,500 to second horse, $1,000 to third horse,
and the fourth to save its stake; the original nom-
inator of the winner to receive $1,000 and the second
horse $500 .third horse $250; colts and geldings to
carry 122 pounds, fillies 119.
Declarations and payments: If declared by Jan-
uary 1, 1918. $25 each; if declared by January 1, 1919.
$50 each: all remaining after January 1, 1919. $100
each: $250 additional to start; acceptances through
the entry box the day before the race, at usual time
of closing. A gold cup valued at $1,000, a gift from
the Thoroughbred Horse Association, by private sub-
scription of certain of its members, will also be given
to the winner. One and three-quarter miles. — [Thor-
oughbred Record.
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The once good race mare. Mamie Algol, bay. 1902,
by Algol out of Miss Mary by Powhattan. owned by
.1. W. and R. E. Ttate. of Centralia, 111., was shipped
to Kentucky last week to be bred to O. A. Bianchi's
Jim Gaffney.
* + *
The bill providing for the State of Indiana to take
over the State Fair property was vetoed by Governor
Goodrich, after it had passed both houses of the
legislature. The failure of the solons to properly
provide for the immediate needs of the fair by pass-
ing appropriate bills is possibly the cause of the
Governor's action. — Western Horseman.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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horses conducted by The Kentucky Saddle Horse
Co., at the State Fair Grounds, Sedalia, Mo., last
week.
* * +
L. T. Anderson, Point-Au-View Farm, Maysville,
Ky., has sold a splendid three-gaited saddle gelding
to Frank B. Grimm of New Philadelphia, Ohio. Mr.
Grimm will show him this season.
* * +
Ed. Moore, of Columbia, has an entire new stable
which he will exhibit through Missouri, Kentucky
and the shows of that section this year. Headed by
H. B. Thomberry's great gelding, Jack Barrymore,
Mr. Moore promises his friends a sensational'stable
of show horses for this year's shows.
* * *
Tom Mason, of Santa Barbara, California, reports
his noted saddle stallion, Cy Mason 6892, developing
into a wonderful show horse, and he expects to get
the "grapes" with him this autumn at the California
shows. Horse interests are humming at Santa Bar-
bara and Mr. Mason is working 30 head of saddle
horses.
* * *
Jas. Buford, of Paris, Mo., was called to Forth
Worth, Tex., last week by V. P. Keel, the well known
Texas saddle horse breeder and exhibitor, to assist
him in showing his horses at the Fort Worth show.
Mr. Buford reports large crowds and the best show
he has seen in a year with the exception of the
International, at Chicago in December
* * *
There are some exceptionally well bred saddle
horses in the list announced for sale in this issue by
the Oakridge Ranch, of Kenwood, Cal. They are well
bred on both sire and dam's side, are sound, in good
condition and are priced to sell at once. Anyone
wanting some well bred colts to start work on at
once should communicate with W. G. Cowan, Oak-
ridge Ranch, Kenwood, or the Breeder and Sports-
man, San Francisco.
***
Wm. Timmerman, the well known saddle horse
expert of Manning, Iowa, who owns the splendid
show stallion and sire, Timmie's Rex, announces he
has some splendid young stallions and mares, among
them a coming three-year-old stallion, that is as good
as the breed has ever produced and that he will fill
the vacancy in any man's stable who needs a head-
liner. Mr. Timmerman suggests that the buyers of
saddle horses come to Manning if they do not want
to be disappointed. He also reports his good stable
as having wintered splendidly and all being "fit and
ready."
> * *
Hon. Jas. Houchin, one of the most prominent men
in America, who is keenly interested in the horse
business, and who has had the good fortune to own
a world's champion, announces that his grand young
stallion, I Am King, winner of the junior champion-
ship of Missouri last season, will he just as good in
the aged championship and stake classes this year
It is indeed fortunate that with the retirement ot
Astral King, crowned the king of his day, that his
owner should have another to send out under his
colors that promises to bring home just as much
glory; more important, however, is the fact that his
coming champion is a son of his retired champion
In writing to the editor of the Breeder and Sports-
man of this young horse, Mr. Houchin says- "I was
out to see my next world champion yesterday and if
he is not the kind that will make them all sit up and
take notice I will miss my guess entirely"
+ * *
,uC'3' WeIls' oC Washington, Iowa, who perhaps has
the distinction of being Iowa's veteran saddle horse
breeder and owner, has 60 head of the most superblv
bred young saddle horses it has ever been the good
fortune for any one individual to own. The writer
ran remember this horse lover's pilgrimage to the
M.ssour, sales since I was "knee high to a duck"
and. he usually was the best buyer present. When-
ever Mr. Wells, of Washington, came to town we
knew we were going to have a horse sale. He has
" •■•■ boughl any high priced stallions, and I do not
' '"" '"-■ "as been very wise-, at any rate he
has saved a lot of money. Instead of buying the
top stallion at the sales, Mr. Wells has usually
taken the best brood mares and the "top" foals and
the results are the 60 or 70 head on his big farm
near Washington. He has never exhibited in aged
classes at the fairs to any extent and has neglected
having most of them trained sufficiently. However,
he has them up to the age where they are now ready
for schooling and development and the buyers of his
colts will be assured of getting good blood, good
health, soundness and unspoiled tails and feet.
* * *
One of our Chicago readers writes that there is a
strong demand for good saddle horses in that city
and the various riding and driving clubs of the town
are more active than in many seasons. In speaking
of the bood business the riding academies are doing
and the new ones being opened, he makes the follow-
ing comment in regard to the Edgewater Beach Acad-
emy: "I was invited out to the Edgewater Beach
Riding Academy, at 1128 Foster Ave., yesterday, by
the new manager, Mr. Frank T. Fowler, and I was
amazed to find such an attractive place. I can truth-
fully say that this academy was a revelation to me.
I had seen the stables and horses under the old
management; but now it is made into a tasty, clean,
up-to-date riding academy, with maid and valet
service; rest rooms, check rooms, showers, and
everything to please the discriminating patrons and
make for their convenience and comfort. Mr. Fowler
is discarding the old horses and is buying new ones
as soon as he can find the kind to come up to his
qualifications. This fills a long-felt want in the vicin-
ity where this academy is located and judging from
appearances and the business they are doing the
place seems to be appreciated and to be a big money-
maker.
REX ORTIZ OF DENMARK
Magnificent Saddle Stallion by Rex McDonald— Ortiz
Belle.— Owned by Bruce Robinson, Riverside, Iowa.
After "dickering" for six months, Milwaukee's
genial horseman, Hans Berg, has purchased the five-
gaited saddle gelding, Blees McDonald, from T. D.
Anderson of the Astral King Farm, Jefferson City]
Mo. While the price was not made public it is un-
derstood to be in the neighborhood of $700, which
considering the fact that Blees McDonald is being
purchased for one of Mr. Berg's patrons as a using
horse, is something of an example of the prices good
finished saddle horses are bringing in Missouri
Blees McDonald is a bay gelding, about 15.3 hands
high, weighing around 1,150 pounds, and one of the
most attractive, versatile, thoroughly gaited and man-
nered horses ever bred. He was formerly the prop-
erty of Bruce G. Eaton, Eaton, Colo., who sold him
to Mr. Anderson after the Eaton stable completed its
1916 show campaign. The writer had been com-
missioned by Mr. Berg to buy an ideal pleasure
horse for him, and after looking for several months
saw Blees McDonald. Mr. Berg was notified at the
time, and he thought the price a little steep and
sent word to buy him after Mr. Anderson had already
closed the deal. Mr. Berg has been after him ever
since.
* * *
One of the most promising youngsters in the Cali-
iorma Gaited Saddle Horse Futurities is Fred Bork's
stallion, Goldie Rex, a beautiful three-year-old by
Don Castano and Dollie Rex by Rex McDonald Mr
Bork. who is one of the best horsemen on the coast'
has the horse in splendid shape and gaited and those
who have seen him work declare he will be one of
the contenders for the big money this fall
Horse breeders of Missouri are awaiting the arriva
of the foals of Marshall Chief with much concern'
and it is expected that he will receive some of th,
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of the best mares tal rbl ?"?? ?e reCeived som<
in Missouri,Tnd\ner foals^I VSle^-r
by this beautiful stallion t„ iZ. y ■ the flrsl
Marshall Chief is now owneo bv Mr w-,,-n M4SS0Urt
of Philadelphia, who is one of f£ Wlllfm Wallace
horse lovers of The PhUadelnL ?°St prominent
obeying the request of th^1^ ° y' and who<
Marshall Chief sent him to m" Wh?n be sold bi"
venr Wo i, , m to Missouri for service thic
5 ear. He has placed him in charge of ™ £t S -,
ton, whose farm is oniv a tl .,ge °* Bd- N. HamiL
and which is Snecfallv '^ff S0Utb o£ Mexic°.
a magnificent Son y ft.1' T* °f /UCh
best known saddle horse ,;=„! 1S one o£ tne
eers in Missouri IS, men and caPable stallion-
unload and re oad ttlni ZT &" T™S at trai^
to the service of the ^' « flve Ws best efforts
services have bemptt?! ,°* Marf aU ™ef. The
with return privilege and th5 C^h t0T the season.
not be broken in any case H J"'6- W"' »ositi™*
that should be taken bv n ,nV a P"Ce and a p°"cr
and which would insure Ztt °WDers of stallions,
Mr. Wallace ?rv« to Phn.^"8"1*8 aU around-
management of the horse to H=n V leaVes the
waukee horseman who will be glad ^^ MU'
SSftg-- — - madiw^h JTh25,£
* * *
Dr. W. C. Gadsby. of Kirkwood, Mo., who has pur-
chased more high class horses in Kentucky in the
last two years than any other buyer going into that
state, was again in evidence last week and secured
some of the most brilliant stock he yet has purchased
and it is remembered that it was Dr. Gadsby who
nought the sensational young stallion. King's Rival
and the entire stable of the Mountain View Stock
Farm, of Vermont. Last week he secured the two
splendid horses, a gelding and a three-year-old filly
by Rex Peavme, from Mode Nicoll, and Dr Gadsby
is particularly enthused over them
Breeding Three-Gaited Horses
fivf^itT'seZ^trbe"" °f.teac^ the horse the
the breeders6^ Sthle0 E^Te^r 7^%^™°
M^SKS %£*« a f - wfth't&fe
spreading througLut^necouSiV^t6^ ls D0W
^a^1^/-a£dHCaCb^-U"
riders of the present L J majority of pleasure
iHlliSI
illiPplf
gaited saddle hofsesLive^v Um^m lot of three"
did trdTe ^-SMS^ SJC:
taith and expectations for iust the ti„rt +iL -
public want tond the general
H-lFi rf'"" «"** "• 5=e
;;v£'?r- ~= »i'=.* as =
BSkkl ?" " "»S£ £K IK
"fdea3" rw, m°re m the development of her
theeMid«e"ny °f tte eXperi—d feeders 3j
them^'bu?^011- b„6ed^ h0rses beeause «** loves
wi?, ' U* she 2S breeding the kind that the neonle
t™'*'116 type she is sure will find buyersat
a profitable figure. They are raised in the out-ot"
vea i-oldf hav,-nSeld?mtbr0ken Until the? aie ^
nftv in , hUS 1P enty of feed and every opportu-
g rowth w? ™61r flSOles- their bone and their
the \lcent c^Fn'S- J?hnS°n has not exhibited at
e lecent California shows, she probably has won
xp^t11/ bPeloTn S aS 3ny eXMbit01 ^- ^^0^,1^
of saddle hn! finy SeaSOnS pass' t0 have a stable
withthe mnS6S tt°/end EaSt and hold « own
= i„ 0 -, °St noted stables °f the country. She
Lord n'fi 4lTPhy ValU6d at $10° to best foal bv
and twf ?arlat the C*mi» State Fair annually,
as a s re "Sffi \"h ",at StaIUon's proven abmty
f= Li ' aS 31ade hls services in much demand He
is not m service, however, at the present but is
being used by Mrs. Johnson through the splendid
equitation paths of Golden Gate Park there Ss
habrfnefnf l"tellig™ce create much admiration, and
t»7en( !f . park are aIways ou tbe alert for this
talented equestrienne and her beautiful mount
Saturday, March 24, 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Harness affairs are being "whooped up" in Cali-
fornia.
The California harness horse breeders and trainers
are live ones and are going" after the "bacon.' '
"Lively dope" is what we want and what your
neighbor wants. Where is that list of horses you
are training?
* * *
There are only a few "knockers" among the horse-
men of California, and they have all promised to be
good this year. Let us hope.
Secretary Waddell, of the California Fair and
Racing Association, spent a week in Southern Cali-
fornia.
* * *
From Salinas to Phoenix the boys of the California
Fair and Racing Association will be there w'th
bells on.
* * *
C. A. Harrison of Seattle is expected to "blow in''
to California. Mr. Harrison writes that if we see or
hear a wild looking Irishman coming down Market
street we will know he has "hit the town."
* * *
The big things of the world are not done on black-
boards; it takes hard work, brains, effort and all-
fired pepper and pulling together to make any
business pay. Especially the horse business.
* * +
The San Francisco Driving Club expects to start
the ball a-rolling in a few weeks. Things are pick-
ing up around the stadium and the fans can be seen
starting out like the "early birds" every morning.
* * *
Silkworthy, offered for public service at Kenwood-
Cal., is one of the best bred horses in the books and
priced at such a nominal charge should get some
good mares to his court.
* * *
The wise horseman will insure his horses now,
getting protection during the breeding season. Two
of the best companies in the business are doing
business in California and will send a man to talk
insurance at any time, upon receipt of a postal card.
Better be safe than sorry.
+ * *
"Pop" Durfee, of Oakland, is beginning to look
natural again. With the persistent "nagging" of the
editor and Mrs. Durfee, we have his moustache once
more. It's still a little ragged, but by the opening
of the season "Pop" will be as attractive as ever.
Just now, however, he looks like Al Thomas.
Ivanhoe Whitted, the tireless Iowa booster and
horse lover, says the prospects for a successful sale
at Des Moines are growing more encouraging every
day. Some extra good consignments have been made
by prominent western breeders and a demand is
coming in for catalogues.
+ * +
A board of directors for the Petaluma Driving Club
has been elected as follows: Louis Founcrault, Dr.
H. B. Wingtringham, N. Nelson, S. O'Leary and Oscar
Glahn. Secretary J. Dupon is instructed to write to
the different driving clubs in the state and invite
them to Petaluma during the year. A track commit-
tee was appointed, consisting of Ed Millerick, J. Du-
pon and W. Silva. The club has decided to start the
races the first Sunday in June, which falls on the 3d.
They are working on the northern Colorado racing
circuit to include seven towns by taking in Casper
and Douglas, Wyoming. The dates thus far set are:
Loveland, August 28-21; Longmont, September 4-7,
and Sterling, September 11-14. These towns will hold
agricultural fairs in connection with the race meet-
ings and will provide a good program of entertain-
ment aside from the racing and fair. Greely will not
hold a meeting this year unless some club or society
other than the Island Grove Park Racing Association
takes it in charge. In case this is done, the present
organization will turn over its membership in the
American Trotting Association as well as assist in
every way possible to make it a success. The scheme
is to get in Brighton and Platteville to fill the hand.
* * *
A meeting of representatives of the fairs compris-
ing the North Missouri Fair Circuit was held in Tren-
ton, Mo., March 1, with the following present: D.
Clark Thomas, Knox City, Mo.; T. R. Davis, Green
City, Mo.; R. E. Maupin, Pattonsburg, Mo.; Dr. J.
A. Asher, J. W. Schooler, W. R. Ward, S. Day, Tren-
ton, Mo.; H. I. McKinley, Smithville, Mo., and E. Day
White, Mt. Vernon, Mo. Dr. J. A. Asher was re-
elected circuit president and T. R. Davis circuit sec-
retary. These dates were assigned: Knox City, Aug-
ust 14-17; Green City, August 21-24; Pattonsburg,
August 28-31; Trenton, September 4-7. The following
uniform classes were adopted: Three-minute trot,
2:30 trot, 2:20 trot, 2:15 trot, three-year-old and un-
der pace, 2:25 pace, 2:10 pace, 2:14 pace, 2:11 pace.
Good saddle and show horse classes also will be given
in connection.
Secretary Davison, of the Los Angeles District
Fair, has assured the horsemen of a good race meet-
ing in connection with that great fair this fall.
* * *
Fred Ward, popular and hustling manager of
Hemet Stock Farm, says he believes there is a good
chance for Hemet coming in on the California circuit,
in which event they will take the week following
Riverside.
<■ * <■
J. B. Stetson, of the Midway Farm, Kearney, Neb.,
has been called East by the management of the Mid-
way Stock Farm, and much to the regret of Califor-
nia horsemen and Mr. Stetson, this good stable will
be campaigned through the Middle West.
v v v
Warren Dennis, of Farmington, Utah, has. 17 head
of splendid horses in his stable and expects to land
some more of good class before the season opens.
He has written for program of California circuit
and says he probably will ship down here this year
instead of through Nebraska and Great Western, as
he anticipated.
***
The officers of the California Fair and Racing
Racing Association are going after things in a busi-
ness like way. They have organized a business asso-
ciation and intend to make business where there
hasn't been any business for them in years.
** *
George Ryan has his hands full at Pleasanton.
With several stallions doing a big breeding business,
and some aged horses and campaigners getting their
"daily jog," Mr. Ryan has a barn full of youngsters
that he is breaking and he has to "step lively" all
day long.
$ $ $
There are nineteen grandly bred stallions adver-
tised in this issue of the Breeder and Sportsman.
Look them over, they are the genuine thing backed
up by their ancestors and breeding. They don't
need any "pure food" advertising bill to take care of
them. What they are and what they have done is
in facts and figures.
•3* •{• fg>
Of course, the horse business would be a dead
issue if the horsemen left it to other people to look
after their affairs. Some horsemen do this but Cali-
fornia horsemen are hitting the ball. They have
some good horses; they know the people of the West
love the "Sport of Kings" and they are arranging to
have a season of good racing.
* * *
M. L. Woy, of Fresno, reports some good mares
coming to the court of his grandly bred stallion,
Stanford McKinney. Stanford McKinney has never
had much opportunity but has made the best of what
he has had; siring Miss Macklie 2:09%, Pavana
2:10%, Kinneysham 2:13% and Silente 2:19, and
has as promising a lot of youngsters ready for this
year's trials as any stud in the state.
* * *
Mexico, Mo., the best fair town on earth and which
makes the writer think of "home and biscuits," has
announced their annual fair dates as August 14 to
17 inclusive. Mexico will be on the Missouri-Kansas
Grand Circuit and the third fair in the Missouri
division. A splendid speed program, with liberal
purses is promised. Running races also will be fea-
tured every day and probably a ?1,500 saddle horse
stake.
* * *
C. A .Harrison, the lover, writer and owner of good
horses, has been visiting in his own home town, Van-
couver, and incidentally hobnobbing with the horse-
men. Of course C. I-I. enjoyed the horsemen and
the horses so much that he wants all other western
horsemen to share in the news, and has furnished us
with the important matters. We wish there were,
a few more like Mr. Harrison. It would be "sum
punkins" to fill the paper full of good lively "dope"
every week.
***
The representatives of fairs and horsemen from
every section of California in San Francisco today,
indicates that there will be an enthusiastic and
business like meeting at the Hotel Manx, this after-
noon, when permanent officers and directors of the
California Fair and Racing Association will be elect-
ed; dates set and matters of importance to the fair
managers and horsemen threshed out, Mr. Waddell,
the secretary, has received wires and letters from
several associations which have not been repre-
sented heretofore, which indicate they will have rep-
resentatives here today.
* * *
Frank E. Burton is a very busy man at the old
McKinney Stables on 36th Avenue; he is preparing
a string of choice ones for the amateur races. Among
the- lot are the well known performers Harold C.
and Vera Hal. owned by Harold Cohen; Mcrrylina,
an old time favorite that formerly raced on the cir-
cuit in the stable of A. Ottinger; a very promising
three-year-old, by Aerolite, with a matinee record of
2:15; the old reliable and consistent pacer King
Pointer by Star Fointer, who has a matinee record of
2:10: a classy looking black two-year-old colt by
Derbertha Dells, dam Abbie McNutward. owned by
James McNamara. which shows great promise; a
three-year-old filly by Moko Hall, dam by Kinney
Lou, which looks like a good two-year-old. These
horses are all doing well and will be heard from
when the circuit opens.
Riverside, California, has taken the date following
Bakersfield for their fair this year and will be one
of the livest towns on the 20 week circuit.
Ted Bunch is wintering at the Arizona State Fair
Grounds and has in his string the sensational pacing
mare Waynelta 2:03% with which he expects to
clean up this season.
* * *
T. E. Pollock of Flagstaff, Arizona, has a stable of
ten head at the Arizona State Fair grounds. Mr.
Pollock's horses are under the management of Fred
Carman, and several of this string will undoubtedly
be entered through the California Circuit this year.
* **
Millard Sanders will be ready shortly to ship his
stable to North Randall, Ohio; as he has not a full
carload he would be glad to hear from anyone who
has any horses to ship in the near future. He will
be in Pleasanton until shipping time.
Dave E. Everett, for many years in charge of the
Southwest Department of the Spirit of the West, has
been made Superintendent of Speed of the Bethany,
Missouri, fair. Mr. Everett is now in business at
Bethany and his affiliation with the fair association
at that place assures a good program from both the
association and the horsemen.
* + +
Secretary Waddell of the California Fair and Rac-
ing Association received a wire from Eureka fair
officials this week stating that everything assures
horsemen Eureka's hat is in the ring. "We have
made ample arrangements for track, finance and
support of a good fair and race meeting," the mes-
sage read. Ferndale, in the same county, has lined
up and is taking a convenient date.
It is claimed that about one-fourth of the ear corn
fed to animals is not digested. If this be true a
steer fed three or four months as he is being fat-
tened wastes about three bushels of corn. This
would be enough to pay the cost of grinding or crush-
ing about 75 bushels of ear corn, estimating the corn
worth 50 cents and grinding at about 2 cents a
bushel. As a matter of fact corn at this writing is
worth over a dollar a bushel.
* * *
Marvin Childs shipped the Peterson stable to In-
dianapolis the last of February and will prepare Ben
Earl, p. 2:00y2, Baxter Lou, p. 2:11% and others for
racing over mile tracks. At Omaha admirers of the
trotter and pacer are expecting a race between Ben
Earl and Single G., over the half mile track near
Benson, as Mr. Peterson is willing to race Single G.
at Youugstown, 0„ providing the managers of that
horse will consent to a race at Benson during the
June meeting.
* * *
One does not necessarily have to be a lover of dogs
to appreciate John Taintor Foote's latest book,
"Dumb-Bell of Brookfield." However, it will be a
rare event if one doesn't love them and is not an
enthusiastic sportsman after reading this brilliant
author's latest offering to the public. Those who
read Mr. Foote's "The Look of Eagles," positively
the best horse story ever written, expected something
good of him and they are not disappointed in "Dumb-
Bell of Brookfield," which is written by one who
loves dogs, for dog lovers. Those who read it will
have joy in their hearts and just a little catch in
their throats as they lay it down.
* * ♦
With the breaking and training days here and the
time for the forthcoming events that make horse his-
tory not far off, every horseman should take an in-
ventory of his equipage and provide for every emerg-
ency. While the class of harness and sulkies in
many instances do not win the race, it is freely ad-
mitted that these accessories have "saved the day"
many a time. Now, while the colts are getting their
first lessons, is a good time to have new equipment;
it may save a horse for you, prevent a serious acci-
dent, and one is always sure of better results when
there is an unlimited wardrobe around the training
stable. The time is not far distant when every
horseman will be off to the fairs, and one's horses
like one's self, are often judged by their appearance;
good "equipment" means as much to a horse as good
purses to the driver. J. David West, San Fran-
cisco's leading dealer of Harness and Turf goods, has
everything that a good stable needs in stock and
invites the horsemen of the West to visit his estab-
lishment at 1018 Fillmore street and look over his
attractive display. Mail orders will be promptly
answered and goods guaranteed.
+ * *
Col. Brown's Stable to be Dispersed.
The editor of the Breeder and Sportsman regrets
to chronicle the dispersion of Col. Paul Brown's
great stable of show horses, which are to be sold at
Durland's, in New York, April 4. Col. Brown is the
veteran saddle horse fancier of Missouri. He has
been responsible for many of Missouri's most famous
horses being bred in or brought to Missouri, among
them My Major Dare, which he sold to Miss Loula
Long for $10,000. In his consignment to Durland's
sale will be Missouri's champion gelding and winner
of the richest saddle horse stake in 1916, Johnny
Jones. There are seven horses in his notable con-
signment.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 24, 19H !
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
A. A. T. ASSOCIATION HAS 60,000 MEMBERS.
Organized a Little More Than Year Ago to Bring
Together Amateur Trapshooters and Clubs.
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
Changer In Oregon Laws. — Klamath Falls. — Ac-
cording ad advices received by Henry Stout, game
warden, from Carl D. Shuniaker, State Game War-
den, a nnumber of important changes in the game
laws of the state, as they are applicable to Klamath
county, were made by the last session of the Legis-
lature.
The first change of importance was with reference
to the use of dogs in chasing or hunting deer. The
new law permits no person or persons making use
of a dog in hunting, pursuing or killing any of the
game animals of the state of Oregon. It is also pro-
vided that any dogs found running any deer shall be
declared a nuisance and at such time killed by the
game warden or other person entrusted with the en-
forcement of the game laws.
Amendments as follows have been made: "One-
half of all fine moneys hereafter shall be forwarded
to the State Treasurer to be deposited in the game
protection fund."
Both men and women are obliged under the new
cade to take out a hunting license, although women
are exempt from purchasing a fishing license. The
price of hunting licenses has been increased from
$1 for the year to $1.50, beginning May 21, and the
same is also true of the angler's license fee. The
Chinese pheasant hen is being protected, and it is
unlawful to kill that bird at any time hereafter. The
deer limit has been changed from three to two, and
the trout limit reduced from 75 to 50 fish or 35
pounds in any one day.
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Los Angeles Club. — Frank H. Melius captured the
much sought for John C. Cline diamond watch
charm at the Los Angeles Gun Club on Sunday. He
did not get this prize, however, without doing con-
siderable shooting. After the regular program was
completed, it was found that Melius, J. F. Dodds and
F. H. Mellon were all tied for the prize, so it was
decided to shoot off at fifty targets.
Melius and Dodds were put at twenty yards, while
Mellon shot from the 19-yard mark. Melius won the
charm by smashing 49x50 targets, while Dodds was
a very close second with 48x50 breaks and Mellon
had 46x50. J. F. Dodds was the high gun for the day,
breaking 99x100 targets from the 20-yard mark. Ed
Mitchell also broke 99x100. There were eighteen
shooters who broke more than 90x100 targets at the
L. A. club Sunday.
Mrs. H. Pfirrmann captured the special silver tro-
phies put up by L. J. Petit. Mrs. Pfirrmann broke
82x100. Mrs. Mellon took second prize with 75x100
breaks. There were fifty-eight shooters present at
the club and during the day there wTere more than
6000 targets thrown. During the past week there
have been 10,510 tarhawks throgn, which brings the
total for the season up to 291,810. Following are the
scores:
J. F. Dodds, 20 yds., 99x100; Ed Mitchell 16—98,
P. G. Peterson, 16—97, Frank Free 17—96. H. Pfirr-
mann 20—95, H. E. Sargent 18—95. V. A. Rossbach
16—95, George Oliver 16—95, O. A. Evans 19— 93,
Geo. Tuckett 18—92. R. O. Pool 16—92, Wm. Dough-
erty 16—92, E. K. Mohler 20—91, L. R. Melius 18—
91, C. W. Fish 18—90, F. H. Melius 20—90, O. Council
19—90. C. W. Clement 16—90, L. Garnsey 16—89,
W. A. Cornelius 19—89. L. J. Petit 16—89, Geo. H.
Melford 16—89, P. O. Long 18—87. B. H. Carnahan
16—87, H. C. Cline 18—87. J. C. Famechon 17—86,
L. M. Packard 19—86, F. H. Mellon 19—85, T. N.
Dunn 16—85, F. Grewell 18—81. J. Arneil 16—84, C.
H. Betz 16—83, Mrs. Pfirrmann 16—82, Wm. Kennedy
16—81, S. C. Miller 16—79, E. Mueller 16—73, W. H.
Whitcomb 17—71x75, C. D. Hagerman 17—46x50, H.
H. Hall 17—45x50, C. F. Nichols 18—43x50. Others
at 16 yards: J. F. Coyvan 61x75, J. R. Tonilin 61x75.
C. Bournique 45x75, A. Pachmayr 46x50, C. L. Nickle
46x50, F. H. Teeple 45x50, F. M. Gibson 44x50, F. H.
Nichols 43x50, W. S. Oliver 43x50, G. Persinger 41x50.
Guy L. Pulley 40x50, O. D. Ashton 37x50, O. P. Lock-
hart 36x50, Dad Skinner 35x60, E. Foley 30x50
30
Portland Club. — More than three score shooters
responded to the appeal of Secretary-Treasurer
Henry E. Everding to attend the merchandise shoot
in honor of John G. Clemson, president of the Port-
land Gun Club, at the Everding Park traps on March
11th.
High gun among the amateurs was tied at 46 birds
out of a possible 50 between Charles Leith, Frank
M. Templeton and Frank M. Troeh. E. B. Morris,
a Portland professional, broke all his birds, while
E. Poston. of San Fra the second
professional in line with four misses out of I
J. II. Joyce got the low prize of the day. because
he broke only three bluerocks nut of tin- 50 thrown.
For his efforts he received a sack of onions, a much-
i prize because of the present H. C. of L.
Charles Leith was Brst in Class A, with .lames \\\
Seavej second, while Dr. O. I). Thornton led class I;
and E. H. Keller was next.
Class C honors went to A. K. Downs, with T. J.
Mahoney second, and W. A. Leith broke enough tar-
gets to win the Class D prize, while W. J. Derrhick
went second. J. G. Kamm came out on top in Class
E. but he was pressed by A. L. Zachrisson. F. Jack-
son and E. L. Clark divided first and second money
in Class F. G. Turner and Felix Friedlander were the
best in Class G, while Phil Metschan Jr. won first
place in Class H and J. H. Joyce was second .
Between events the board of directors of the Port-
land Gun Club, composed of John G. Clemson, presi-
dent; H. A. Pollock, vice-president: W. C. Bristol and
A. W. Strowger. presented Henry R. Everding, sec-
retary-treasurer of the club, with a beautiful trophy
in appreciation for the efforts Mr. Everding has put
forth to benefit the "greatest gun club in America."
"Hi," as he is more familiarly known, responded with
a speech which yvas a "knockover." Following are
the scores:
*J. E. Reid 40. Abner Blair 44, E. G. Hawman 38,
J. G. Kamm 29, J. E. Cullison 41, F. C. Jackson 32,
M. Turner 25, W. L. Leith 33, B. J. Hecker IS, W. J.
Derrhick 33, Joseph A. Stutt 30, J. G. Wilson 15,
J. P. Bull* 45, A. W. Strowger 36, George Bertz 24,
H. Holmherg 4, W. C. Bristol 29. H. A. Pollock 34.
H. N. Strong 24, F. J. Sewell 40. W. D. Strong 13,
C. B. Handy 40, E. H. Keller 43, Charles Feller 45,
E. B. Morris* 50, W. C. Carter 15, R. P. McClelland
37. A. K. Downs 39, F. C. Griffin 28, Phil Metschan
Jr. 25. Peter Whitney 41. R. T. Strong 23. L. L. Mulit
28. J. G. Hurd 27, Hugh E. Poston* 46, Mrs. Ada
Schilling 45, James W. Seavey 45, D. F. Allen 23.
Ben Anselmo 14, Frank M. Troeh 46, G. G. Clark
35. W. F Lipman 22, John G. Clemson 31, T. J. Ma-
honey 40, Eddie Long 33. Raymond Winters 29, R. P.
Knight 45, F .0 .Jop 31, Charles Leith 46, J. S. Crare
34. A. L. Seguin 32, Jas. K. Simpson 30. Felix Fried-
lander 24. A. L. Stone 12, A. L. Zachrisson 36, A.
Woelm 41, M. Sanftenberg 17, J. H. Joyce 3, A. L.
Estes 23, Frank M. Templeton 46. W. B. Starr 33,
E. L. Clark 35, C. L. Diven 28, P. J. Holohan* 42.
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Seattle Association. — Over thirty shooters contest-
ed for the prizes offered by the Seattle Trapshooters'
Association in the first merchandise shoot of the
season. The programs of fifty targets each furnished
the sport of the day. Class shooting was used in the
shooting for merchandise prizes, yvinners being as
follows: Class A — D. Reid first, C. L. Templeton
second, Hi Follrich third, Hugh Fleming fourth.
Class B — Ralph Kinzer first, Fred Landwehr second,
H. Smith third. J. H. Hopkins fourth. Class C — W.
B. Taft first, A. W. Mathis second, H. Jun third.
Class D — Jack Lewis first, J. H. Davis second.
The second program for the possession of an oil
painting presented to the club by A. H. Richter, a
wTell known Seattle artist and sportsman, and two
other prizes, were won by H. Smith, first, Tom
Wilkes, second, and A. A. Benson, third.
L. H. Reid furnished the high score of the day
and stood high gun with 98. Deskin Reid kept up
the family record and furnished the high amateur
score by shooting 95.
H. R. Everding, secretary of the Portland Gun
Club, presented the Seattle Association with a ster-
ling silver trophy to be contested for at the opening
shoot of the Northwest Washington Trapshooters'
League which opens on their grounds March 25th.
The scores:
At 50 targets — L. H. Reid* 49, Deskin Reid 47,
Geo. Hannbright* 46. C. L. Templeton 46. Hi Follrich
45, R. Kinzer 44, Fred Landwehr 44, Hugh Fleming
44, Matt Grossman 44, H. Smith 43, J. H. Hopkins
43, R. S. Searle 42, C. E. McKelvey 42. Tom Wilkes
42, F. Campbell 42, Dr. Hill 42, D. Rhodes* 42. A.
Drake 41. C. W. Bundy 39, Jack Lewis 39, W. B. Taft
37. J. H. Davis 37, A. W. Mathis 36, H. Jun 34, J. R.
Owens 22.
At 100 targets— L. H. Reid* 98, Deskin Reid 95,
Geo. Hambright* 94, Hugh Fleming 92, C. L .Temple-
ton 92, H. Smith 90. Tom Wilkes 90. Hi Follrich 90,
Matt Grossman 89, D. Rhodes* 8S, Ralph Kinzer 87,
Dr. Hill 86. Fred Landwehr S5, F. Campbell 85, J. H.
Hopkins 84, C. E. McKelvey 83, R. S. Searle 82, A.
Drake 82, Jack Lewis 78, J. H. Davis 76, W. B. Taft
75. J. R. Owens 62. A. A. Benson 42, Archie Adams
37, E. C. Gaumnitz 34, C. B. Blethen 28.
Yours. E. A. FRY, Sec'y.
Seattle. Wash., March 11th.
ae
No Tournaments After October 15 — So many tour-
naments held last year after October 15th we're vir-
tually failures from an attendance standpoint that
it was the opinion of our Directors, at their last an-
nual meeting, that it would be well to refrain from
registering tournaments in 1917 after said date. Gun
clubs in applying for registration of tournaments
will please be governed accordingly.
THE INTERSTATE ASS'N,
E. REED SHANER. Sec'v.
3B
New Jersey farmers are offering a bountv of $3
for foxes.
[By Peter P. Carney.]
One year of the American Amateur Trapshooters ,
Association is sufficient proof that the organizatior I
will be with us for many yTears.
The association has for its object the banding tol
gether of amateur trapshooters to the mutual advan-l
tage of all members and for the purpose of providing]
suitable trophies as rewards of skill.
Approval met the organization from the start, ancj
in its first year 47 State organizations, six Canadian 1
provinces, and the trapshooting organizations oil
Alaska and Hawaii came into the fold. In these!
state associations are 1286 clubs, with an individuall
membership of 60,000.
Trapshooting as a sport has grown wonderfully |
during the past half dozen years and the field was I
fertile for the A. A. T. A. The officers elected yvhecl
the association was formed are officers now. Thejl
are: President, John Philip Sousa, of New Y'ork;
first vice-president, Dr. Horace Betts, of Delaware;!
second vice-president, Charles W. Billings, of New I
Jersey; third vice-president, James L. Kellogg, oil
Massachusetts; and secretary-treasurer, Stanley TV
Withe, of Maryland.
In addition to these officers the president of eactl
State organization is a State vice-president and if I
the representative of the A. A. T. A. in that State
The headquarters of the organization is in Baltimore
Md The association specializes upon a medal sys
tern of improvement . Upwards of 100 medal shoots
are conducted each month. These medals are
awarded in the shoots of the clubs that are members
They are called "proficiency medals," for it is neces
sary to win a 75 per cent, medal before winning ai
SO per cent. one. The medals are of bronze, silvet
and gold and are awarded for averages of 75, 80, 85
90 and 95 per cent. Special medals are awarded tc
women shooters who average more than 50 per cent
By this method the A. A. T. A. has brought alonf
mediocre trapshooters to the front rank. Captair
Jack Wulf, the winner of the last Grand Americar
Handicap, is an enthusiastic follower of the A. A
T. A system and credits it with aiding him in his
great victory. As we understand the method it is
the means of concentrating upon every shot the
mind, eye and nerves, which is the "meat in the
nut" of trapshooting success.
The A. A. T. A. and the Interstate Association foi
the Encouragement of Trapshooting are in perfect
accord. They w~ork along different lines but witt
the same end in view. The Interstate Associatior
records the averages of the trapshots who engage
in the registered tournaments; the A. A. T. A. re
cords the performances of the thousands who do not
engage in the registered evTents. Between the tw(
organizations it will be possible to ascertain the
ability of nearly everyr trapshooter.
The A. A. T. A. has united the amateur trapshoot-
ers and trapshooting clubs for the mutual benefit anc
improvement of the sport and is endeavoring tc
increase interest in club shooting and to bring about
a greater development of the individual trapshooters
in the same way that the National Rifle Association
is fostering the interests of the rifle shooters.
During the first year of the association Pennsyl-
vania clubs to the number of 163 became affiliated
This is the greatest number from any one State
Pennsylvania appears to be the hotbed of trapshoot-
ing and trapshooting clubs, having more trapshooters
and clubs than any State in the Union. Illinois is
running the Keystone State a close second. One
hundred and twenty-two clubs came in from Illinois.
New Y'ork has over 100 also, with 117.
The other States came through in this manner:
Iowa, 93 clubs; Wisconsin 55, New Jersey 52,
diana 47, Michigan 45, Missouri 35, Minnesota 33,
braska 31, Maryland and Kansas 38, Massachusett
27, California 24, Connecticut and Montana 22, Ke
tucky 20, Virginia 18, Washington 17, Oklahoma
Delayvare 15, Colorado, Ohio and Oregon 12, Nor
Carolina and West Virginia 11, South Dakota, Ali
bama. New Hampshire, Vermont, 10; Arkansas, No
Dakota, 9; Florida, Idaho, Texas, 8; Maine,
sissippi and Louisiana, 6; Arizona, Tennessee, Ufc
5; Nevada, Rhode Island, 4; South Carolina 3, Dil
trict of Columbia 2, New Mexico, Wyoming, 1.
There are 52 Canadian clubs in the membership,,
two from Alaska and one from Hawaii.
ac
High Cost of Pets — Chicago. — Idaho white pot:
toes sold at $3.05 on the track in Chicago last weeh
the highest price in local history. Wisconsin white
jumped to $2.90.
Pet elephants also went up. So did tigers,
nose apes, the horned tapir, monkey's and cana
birds. Canary birds which in other times sold
$2.75 were quoted at $12.
Investigators official and unofficial, engaged on 1
problem, stumbled on the live pet market and fou
dealers complaining that their business had been
yvorse than any other.
The investigators, however, came upon a recen
rarity, namely, something the price of which had
gone down — gold fish. They had decreased in price,
largely because people don't care to pay the advanced
prices for their food. The glass globes they are
kept in have advanced.
Saturday, March 24, 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
TONEY PRIOR SETS LONG RUN RECORD.
Breaks 117 Straight and 149x150 at Golden Gate
Shoot; Ted Handman Has Perfect Score.
A gathering of. sixty-seven at the monthly shoot of
the Golden Gate Club at the Alameda grounds on
Sunday made the smoke fly out of the blue rocks.
In the regular club program of fifty birds, Toney
Prior and Ted Handman finished in a tie, each hav-
ing a perfect score. Close behind were H. R. Phin-
ney, Frank Webster and H. A. Hine with 48.
Toney Prior was in especially good form and
smashed out 117 straight without a miss. Clarence
Nauman and other statisticians set up the claim that
it was a record run for this vicinity. Toney contin-
ued his good work by continuing with only one miss
out of 15 Otargets.
The day was ideal for high scores and right on
down the line the boys banged away. Among the
professionals, Len Hawxhurst showed his consist-
ency to get 49 and Clarence A. Haight was right be-
hind with a 48x50 score. The other marks estab-
lished were creditable. They were as follows:
Events— 20 20 10 Total
W. J. Terry 15 16 9 40
Ed. Garratt 20 17 9 46
*P. Blum 14 14 8 36
*R. C. Reed 17 17 9 43
*J. G. Heath 18 17 7 42
•O. Feudner 18 18 10 46
H. StelUng 18 19 6 43
H. R. Phinney 19 19 10 48
A. J. Williams 16 16 9 41
A. M. Gearheart 17 15 7 39
S. C. Peterson 18 16 10 44
E. B. Thorning 18 16 8 42
W. H. Price 16 17 10 43
George Thomas 18 18 7 43
Dr. Topham 15 16 8 39
*Capt. DuBray 17 12 10 39
'Bill Ellis 13 20 9 42
E. E. Studley 12 12 5 29
L. Fuller 14 6 9 29
T. Wilkes 19 19 9 47
C. W. Linderman 17 17 9 43
G. C. Walker 17 18 8 43
F. K. Burnham 16 19 10 45
D. Best 17 16 4 37
J. H. Millett 14 17 9 40
Toney Prior 20 20 10 50
Miss Meyers 14 11 7 32
E. H. Forestier 11 8 3 22
*L. Middleton 16 14 10 40
H. C. Golcher 18 20 8 46
*A1 Cook 19 18 10 47
SL. S. Hawxhurst 19 20 10 49
H. Swales 18 18 6 42
B. Worthen IS 18 9 45
Dr. McGettigan 18 16 7 41
Frank Webster 20 20 8 48
R. L. Prouty 14 18 9 41
*E. Stressler 17 17 7 41
W. G. Becktell 19 19 9 47
J. Brickell 16 19 8 43
W. E. Cooley 18 16 10 44
*H. Trescott 18 16 7 41
Al Durney 20 16 10 46
*C. A, Haight 20 18 10 48
Ed. Arnold 15 18 9 42
T. W. Parsons IS 17 8 43
J. R. Sloan 7 6 3 16
J. A. Tillman 14 17 7 38
H. A. Ray 17 16 9 42
S. G. Atwood 13 8 6 27
Ted Handman 20 20 10 50
H. B. Vallejo 19 19 8 46
J. H. Spohn 3 11 8 22
-"Onion" Jones 16 17 8 41
A. E. Stoneberger 16 17 9 42
C. A. Merrill 15 15 7 37
W. L. Webber 14 11 8 33
C. W. Wood 16 16 9 41
J. H. Jones 19 15 9 43
F. W. King 9 12 8 29
T. D. Riley 18 15 9 42
'Walter Stadfeldt 12 14 8 34
*J. W. F. Moore 14 15 10 39
R. C. Baird 16 15 8 39
W. W. Smith . . . : 15 18 7 40
'Professionals.
OB
Inland Empire Tourney — One hundred and thirty
contestants in The Spokesman-Review Inland Em-
pire championship trapshooting tournament are pul-
verizing the clay disks for a percentage of 80 or
better ,the class of shooting having shown a decided
improvement during the last week. Of this number
35 have broken 90 per cent or more and nine, 95 per
cent or more.
The nominal individual leaders are G. Chiesman
of Lewiston, W .Warren of Kellogg and J. Hickman
of Palouse, each of whom has taken part in only
one match . All three have perfect records.
The real leader is George Arland, the "old reliable"
of the Garfield Gun Club . He has broken 74 out of
75 bluerocks, for a percentage of better than 98.5
In his last two matches he did not lose a bird.
That Mr. Arland is not to be allowed to make a
runaway race for the individual championship, how-
ever, is quite evident as Harry Gayhart of Kalispell
and E. Johnson of Kellogg are only one bird behind,
each having broken 73 out of 75, for a percentage ot
better than 97.
Mrs. Charles A. O'Connor of Spokane is the only
w-oman shooter who has a mark of better than SO
per cent. She is well up on the lsit with 64 out of 75.
The averages per 25 targets of all the shooters
who have broken SO per cent or more in the matches
follow :
G. Chiesman, Lewiston, 25; W. Warren, Kellogg,
25; J .Hickman, Palouse, 25; G. Arland, Garfield,
24.67; E. Johnson, Kellogg, 24.33; H. Gayhart, Kalis-
pell. 24.33; A. C. Despam, Pendleton, 24; J. A. Ford,
Palouse. 24; J. Nelson, Kellogg, 24; F. Steckman,
Kalispell, 23.67: F. D. Stoop, Kalispell, 23:67; God-
sey, Pomeroy, 23.5; Hibbs. Lewiston, 23.5; Leo Mat
lock. Pomeroy, 23.33; Hahn, Lewiston, 23.33; Tobe
Arland, Garfield, 23,33: H. J. Sawyer, Pomeroy, 23.33:
Bert Lemon, Garfield, 23; M. P. Epencer. Wenatchee.
23; Gilbert. Pomeroy, 23; Turner, Wallace, 23; L. E.
Ovenden, Wenatchee, 23; B. F. Gregory, Spokane,
23; Fred Porter, Kellogg, 23; Fred Peden, Garfield,
23; R. E. Jones, Kellogg, 23; Sebastian, Kellogg, 23;
Thorp, Pendleton, 23; Nicholson. Kellogg. 22.67; Mr.
Murien, Pendleton, 22.67: O. E. Lynch, Palouse, 22.5;
D. P. Farthing 22.5; Murray, Lewiston, 22.5; B. M.
Hayes. Spokane, 22.33; C. E. Owens, Wenatchee.
22.33; G. B. Joslin, Palouse, 22.33; Flohr, Wallace,
22.33; D. Mars, Spokane. 22; Walker, Wallace, 22;
Kimmel, Kalispell, 22; W. J. Houser, Pomeroy, 22;
F. E. Butler, Lewiston, 22; C. A. O'Connor. Spokane,
22; H. Clodius. 22; Roland, Kellogg, 22; B. Dickson,
Pendleton, 22; T. Scott, Wallace, 22; White, Wallace,
22; Gibbs, Wallace, 22; Coston, Palouse, 22; Chard,
Pomeroy. 22; Copelan, Palouse, 22; B. Houton, Kal-
ispell, 21.67; L. Drumm, Lewiston, 21:67; Johnson,
Lewiston, 21.67; T. B. Ware, Spokane, 21.67; Inger-
soll, Kellogg, 21.67; Kennett, Kellogg, 21.67; Hadley,
Kellogg, 21.67; J. Adams, Wenatchee, 21.67; N. M.
Regan, Palouse, 21.67; Werkheiser, Wallace, 21.67;
N. G. Pogue, Wenatchee, 21.5; L. Robinson, Pomeroy,
21.5: Green, Kellogg, 21.5; Brown, Spokane, 21.5;
McElroy. Spokane, 21.5; R. H. Pratt, Sunnyside, 21.5;
Mrs. C. A. O'Connor, Spokane, 21.33; Ingram, Pendle-
ton, 21.33; H. J. Goesey, Spokane, 21.33; S. A. Easton,
Kellogg. 21.33; Stillman, Pendleton. 21.33: R. A.
Miles, Spokane, 21; G. K. March, Spokane, 21; G. C.
Jewett, Palouse, 21; J. H. Spence, Palouse, 21; Saun-
ders, Pendleton, 21; Bloomer, Wallace, 21; Taylor,
Lewiston, 21; McCornack, Wallace, 21; Jennings,
Wallace, 21; Gilmore. Wallace, 21; Johnson, Gar-
field 21; Coolidge, Palouse, 21; Hoffman, Wenatchee,
21; Warden. Kellogg, 21; Lemon, Kellogg, 21; Pra-
ther, Kellogg, 21; Butler, Wenatchee, 21; Brown,
Wenatchee, 21; Hadley, Pomeroy, 21; Westcott,
Garfield, 21: Forger, Garfield, 21; Venable. Wallace,
21; Stier, Wallace, 21; Lynch, Palouse, 21: Dudley,
Palouse. 20.67; Van Horn, Sunnyside, 20.67; Shriver,
Spokane, 20.67; Ebbley. Wallace, 20.67; Gochnour,
Sunnyside, 20.33; France, Wenatchee, 20.33; Lach-
mund, Potlatch, 20.33; Beckman, Lewiston, 20.33;
Hill. Lewiston, 20.33; Cochran, Spokane, 20.33;
Coutts. Pendleton. 20.33; Turner, Sunnyside, 20.33;
Johnson, Wallace, 20.33; Wann. Lewiston, 20; Mann,
Spokane, 2u; Robin, Kalispell, 20; Wieseman, Spo-
kane, 20; Robinson, Pomeroy, 20; McConkey, Wal-
lace, 20; McDougal, Kellogg, 20; Cole, Lewiston, 20;
Van Horn. Lewiston, 20; Heitfield, Wallace, 20;
Smith, Kellogg, 20; Timpe, Kellogg ,20; Roose, Kal-
ispell, 20; Metier, Kalispell, 20; Nicholson, Pomeroy,
20; Johnson, Garfield, 20.
QC
Green Lake Club. — Green Lake gunners faced a
pleasant day at the traps Sunday, March 11th, thirty-
one shooters going through the program of fifty tar-
gets. Dr. King, with forty-nine to his credit, headed
the list of both amateurs and professionals, D. R.
Baker and L. S. Barnes following a close second with
forty-eight out of fifty.
A general discussion of what the club would put
up as prizes for the season was entered into. Noth-
ing definite was decided as to what the prizes would
be, that matter being left to the secretaries, with
instructions to decide upon useful silver articles' The
same system as used last year in giving added tar-
gets, in order that all contestants may be placed on
an equality basis, will be used, and although prizes
have not as yet been selected, Sunday's shoot marked
the opening of the competition for these prizes. D. R.
Baker with two added targets, and W. H. Carstens
with four, topped the list in this respect, each re-
cording perfect scores. What the season's trophies
are to be will be announced later. Several tries with
the 20-gauge were made, for the special trophy in
this class, but the two marks of twenty-one made
three weeks ago were not beaten.
Additional clearing operations were started on the
grounds in order that added room for parking auto-
mobiles may be had, as the club expects facilities
to be taxed to the limit to handle the big crowd at
the rapidly approaching state tournament in May.
C. L. Hofman, M. J. Louridson, W. C. Bourchert
and EL R. Frederickson shot with the club for the
first time and became members. The scores:
Dr. King 49, L. S. Barnes 48, D. R. Baker 48, W.
H. Carstens 47, I. M. Fisher- 40, Geo. B. Baker 44,
J. W. Geltz 42, G. A. Conklin 42, Al Mertens 41, Dr.
A. B. Kidd 40. Dr. R. V. Mills 40, R. L. Woodman 40,
P. E. Sullivan 39. Geo. O. Colwell 39, H. B. Gleason
39, E. Chantrell 38, Dr. S. W. Giffin 38. C. F. Rine-
hart 37, W. C. Borchert 37, H. J. Trimmer 37, Dr.
S. W. Case 36, W. M. Elliotl 35, H. R. FrederirkHjn
33, W. B. Cook 32. Ed White 31, E. W. Eller 30,
M. A. KosenhVUl 29, Dr. E. C. Lanter 28, E. P. Buck
21. M. J. Lauridson 21, C. L. Hofman 21.
TRAPSHOOTING FIXTURES.
August20. 21, 22, 23. 24. 1017— Chicago. Ills.— The Inter-
state Association's Eighteenth Grand American Trait-
shooting Tournament, under the auspices of the .South
Short- Country Cluh Gun Club; 4,000$ added money.
Winner of first place in the Grand American Handicap
guaranteed $500 and a trophy; winner of second place
guaranteed $400 and a trophy; winner of third place
guaranteed $300 and a trophy; winner of fourth place
guaranteed $200 and a trophy, and the winner of fifth
place guaranteed $100 and a trophy. Numerous other
trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Man-
ager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
May 28, 20, 30, 1917 — San Jose, Cal. — The Interstate Asso-
ciation's Twelfth Pacific Coast Trapshooting Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the San Jose Gun Club;
S13'J0 added money. Winner <>f first place in the Pa-
cific Coast Handicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy;
Winner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy,
and the winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a
trophy. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager. Pittsburgh, Pa.
March 25 — Denver, Colo. — Lakewood Country Club. "Old
Policy." J. B. Milton, Secretary.
March 25 — San Jose, Cal. — San Jose Gun Club. "Old Pol-
icy." o. N. Ford, Secretary.
March 25 — Seattle, Wash. — Northw-est Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Seattle Trapshooters" Association. W. B. Taft,
Secretary.
April 8 — San Francisco. Cal. — Golden Gate Gun Club. C.
A. Haight, Secretary.
April 15 — Lindsay. Cal. — Lindsay Gun Club. Chas. C.
Barieu. Secretary.
April 20, 21 & 22— Del Monte, Cal.— Del Monte Gun Club.
J .F. Neville. Secretary.
April 22 — Tacoma, Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament .under the auspices of
the Tacoma Gun Club. E. E. Young, Secretary.
April 23, 24 — Lewiston. Idaho — Lewiston Gun Club. C. E.
Butler, Secretary.
AprU 28, 29 — Fresno, Cal. — Fresno Blue Rock Club. C. B.
Jackson, Secretary.
May G — Coalinga, Cal. — Coalinga Gun Club. E. N. Ayers,
President.
May R — Bingham, Utah — Utah State Sportsmen's Asso-
ciation. A. P. Bain, Secretary.
May 6 — Denver. Colo. — Denver Trap Club. Warren Con-
ley, Secretary.
May 7— Crete. Nebr.— Crete Gun Club. Frank J. Kobes,
Secretary.
May 7, S — Salem, Oregon — Oregon State Tournament, un-
der the auspices of the Capital City Rod & Gun Club.
Mark Siddall , Secretary.
May 13 — Everett, Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Everett Gun Club. C. E. French, Secretary.
May 13 — Eureka, Cal. — Eureka Blue Rock Club. W. E.
Innes, Secretary.
May 13. 14, 15 — Los Angeles, Cal. — Vernon Gun Club.
Stanton A. Bruner, Secretary.
May 14, 15, 16 — Spokane, Wrash. — Spokane Gun Club.
"Old Policy." Chas. A. O'Connor, President.
May 20. 21 — Seattle, Wash. — Washington State Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the Green Lake Gun Club.
G. A. Conklin, Secretary.
May 21, 22, 23 — Los Angeles. Cal. — California-Nevada
State Tournament, under the auspices of the Los An-
geles Gun Club. Fred H. Teeple, Secretary.
May 23, 24 — Ogden. Utah — Utah State Tournament, under
the auspices of the Ogden Gun Club. A. R. Bain.
Secretary.
June 2, 3— Moore. Mont. — Moore Rod & Gun Club. W. N.
Sharp. Secretary.
June 3 — Alameda, Cal. — Alameda Elks Gun Club. F. E.
Hilger .Secretary.
June 17. 18 — Billings. Mont.— Bil'ings Rod & Gun Club.
W. K. Moore, President.
June 17. IS, 19 — Palouse, Wash. — Idawa Gun Club. John
P. Duke. Secretary.
June 24 — Bellingham, Wash. — Northwest Washington
Trapshooters' League Tournament, under the auspices
of the Bellingham Gun Club. I. Dienberger, Secretary-
June 24. 25, 26. 27 — Portland, Ore. — Sportsmen's Associa-
tion of the Northwest Tournament, under the auspices
of the Portland Gun Club. H. R. Everding. Secretary.
July 22 — Chehalis, Wash.— Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Chehalis Gun Club. Harry Quick. Secretary.
July 23, 24. 25 — Portland, Ore. — Pacific Indians. F. C.
Itiehl, Secretary.
August 19 — Blaine. Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Blaine Gun Club. F. L. Cott, Secretary.
August 19— Kellogg. Idaho — Kellogg Gun Club. R. E.
Thomas, Secretary.
August 27 — Williams. Ariz. — Williams Gun Club. W. D.
Finney, President.
September 9 — Seattle. Wash. — Northwest Washington
Trapshooters' League Tournament, under the auspices
of the Green Lake Gun Club. G. A. Conklin, Sec'ty.
September 17, 18 — Los Angeles. Cal. — Los Angeles Gun
Club. Fred H. Teeple, Secretary.
October 9. 10 — Hillside, Ariz. -Three Mule Shoe Gun Club.
"Old Policy." Thad. P. Mullen. Secretary.
October 13. 14 — Phoenix, Ariz. — Arizona State Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club.
Del 1 E. Morrell . Secretary.
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New Gun Clubs. — The list of "newly. organized gun
clubs" which were presented with trophy cups by
The Interstate Association between January 31 and
March 10 follows. Clubs organized previous to De-
cember 1, 1915, are NOT eligible for these trophies.
The clubs are:
Creighton Gun Club, Creighton, Nebraska; B. F.
Blakeman, secretary-
Pastime Gun Club, Mead. Nebraska; O. E. Hen-
ning, secretary.
Delavan Gun Club, Delavan. Illinois; D. S. Meeker,
secretary.
Monmouth County Sporting Association, Red Bank.
X. J.; Wm. H. Hitchcock, secretary.
Belpre Gun Club, Belpre. Kansas; L. L. Anderson,
secretary.
Bay Side Gun Club, Keyport, N. J.; H. L .Case, Jr.,
secretary.
Greenwood Sportsman's Club. Greenwood, X. Y.;
11. P. Holly, secretary.
THE INTERSTATE ASS'.V
Pittsburgh, Pa. E. REED SHANER, Sec'y.
OP
The Portland (Ore.) Gun Club has expended $2000
in improving Everding Park unlil now it is one of
the finest trapshooting parks in the world. Concrete
trap houses, concrete stands for the shooters, cement
walks, flower beds, permanent benches have been
put in.
10
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 24, 191'
Sportsmen's Row
+ * *
A new tournament has been planned by members
o£ the Portland Gun Club and it will be known as the
"goat" shoot. Each contestant has a paper goat and
the match race is for 25 birds. The winner takes the
loser's "goaf 'and the nimrod who loses is forced to
present the winner with a box of shells and then
shoot another 25 targets to try and secure it back.
H. A. Pollock, vice-president and manager of the
Portland club team, is the first one to lose his "goat"
at the Everding Park traps.
* *♦
Fifty thousand Angora goats grazed in the Na-
tional Forests in six Western States last year.
* * *
Tbirty-flve States now have laws permitting the
breeding and sale of all or a certain species of game.
+ + *
Elk and mountain sheep have increased materially
in Wyoming during the past year.
* * +
While in the field it is necessary for New York
hunters to wear a button on their hunting jacket.
This button is supplied by the State and has on it
the number of the hunter's license. This was done
to prevent men from hunting who did not take out
a license.
* * *
George Nicolai, of Kansas City, pulled down the
International trapshooting event in the midwinter
shoot and won $1575.
* + *
On February 6th E. A. Parsons, of Portland, Ore.,
shipped the setter, Irene Danstone Marie, to George
B. Robertson, Whaleyville, Va., to be bred to Prince
Rodney's Count, and accompanying her was her
daughter, Theda Bara, by Free Lance, as a present
to Mr. Robertson. When the crate arrived at its
destination Irene Danstone Marie was missing and
to date has not been recovered. A search on the part
of the express companies has demonstrated that both
bitches were still in the crate when it left Chicago,
and must have been lost or stolen while en route
between that place and Whaleyville. Needless to
state, Mr. Parsons was greatly upset over the loss of
his bitch, which he considers one of the best brood
bitches living today.
+ + *
Dr. S. B. Friend and Miss Alice Wheeler, of Los
Angeles, two active members, were united in the
bonds of holy matrimony about four weeks ago and
are now in the Orient. Upon their return they will
both take up trapshooting once more.
* * ♦
A band of Chowchilla rabbit-chasers bagged over
1,000 jack rabbits last Sunday. The company is to be
enlarged for a drive next Sunday, when an effort
will be made to double the bag.
+ * *
The Pendleton (Ore.) office of the Biological Sur-
vey had a bonfire recently in which the scalps of 647
coyotes and 32 bob cats were used as fuel.
The Vallejo Club will open the season tomorrow.
Ne wtraps and a comfortable new clubhouse will be
evidence to visitors that the boys are looking for-
ward to a series of happy gatherings during 1917.
* + *
Going to San Jose for the registered tournament
with the O. N. Ford championship singles and dou-
bles as the outstanding feature?
* * +
Officers will be elected and plans outlined for the
California Chapter of the Trapshooting Indians at
San Jose tomorrow. The new organization promises
to be a hummer. Del Monte has been proposed as
the site for the annual gathering of the some seventy-
five sportsmen who have joined the charter member-
ship roll.
QB
Vernon Club.— Van Nest and Meek tied for high
gun in the campetition held Sunday by the Vernon
Gun Club for the season's class cups. The conditions
called for 60 targets with handicaps. Van Nest and
Meek broke 54 targets apiece.
Guy Holohan, professional trapshooter from the
Du Pont Powder Company, won a purse in a special
100-bird event between Bob Bole, Stan Bruner and
himself. He broke 100 straight. Bole broke 97 and
Bruner 93. The results:
„ _ _ Practice. Hdcp.
C. E. Groat 36x 40 53x60
^r.s- Groat- 36x 40 53x60
S0le 117x120 53x60
^ru°er 112x120 50x60
f"«h. 57x65 49x60
"olo.han 137x140 58x60
v„„ M- • 35x 40 54x60
ya° Ne9t 31x40 54x60
23x 25 49x60
BEAUTIFUL TROPHY PRESENTED.
H. R. Everding followed up his gift of a similar
present to the Golden Gate Club by presenting
the Alameda Elks Gun Club with the coveted shell
that is pictured here. The Portland gun devotee
is encouraging a fine sportsmanlike feeling among
the trapshooters of the Northwest and California
by his liberality.
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Seattle Casting. — A large squad of bass fishermen,
members of the Seattle Fly and Bait Casting Club,
visited the Beacon Hill casting pool, trying out their
outfits and getting in shipshape for the opening of
the fishing season. Here are a few scores made bv
the high men at the bait casting contest on March
11th: —
J. Schaffer, 94 per cent; C. Byler 96, J. W. Monette
9d.5. J. M. Bond 94.3, W. M. Edholm 87, Les Allen
93, E. Curtiss 97, J. H. Byer 85, C. A. Wisen 78.
Angling Clubs Meet.— The annual tournament of
the National Association of Scientific Angling Clubs
will be held in Chicago August 31 and September 1
and 3, according to announcement by the executive
committee of the organization. Silver and gold troph-
ies worth more than $2,000 will be offered in addition
to merchandise prizes for winners in nine regular
events and four novelty events. Entries have already
been received from many states, and President J N
Smith of Chicago says the list of entries is larger
than for any previous tournament.
Another League in N. W.— Plans are under way to
form a trapshooting league among the gun clubs of
Oregon and Southern Washington to be known as
The Oregonian-Willamette Trapshooters' League, and
two trophies awarded by The Oregonian will go to
the first and second winners of the tournament
There are more than 75 regularly organized gun
clubs in Oregon alone, with an aggregate member-
ship of more than 3000. Almost every club has sev-
eral members who have won renown at the traps
either at home or abroad, but the question of superi-
ority m an open race, in which each club meets every
other club on an equality, has never been determined
The Columbia-Willimette Trapshooters' League
AAA
Fred Clarke, former manager of the Pittsburgh
Pirates, was a competitor in the recent midwinter
trapshoot m Kansas City, Mo,
will be run along the same lines as the Inland Em II
pire Trapshooters' League, the members of whiclB
are competing for the Spokane Spokesman-Reviev ' i
trophy at present.
Under the local league rules each club will shoo I
its league events on its home grounds, where com I
petitors should be able to do their best without dial
concerting surroundings. The accuracy of the score! I
will be amply safeguarded. The competition will noJ
involve any entry fees or other expenses to the club: I
engaged or the individual competitors. All then
are required to do is to shoot and shoot their best. I
Amateur shooters only will be allowed to enteil
the Columbia-Willimette circuit and any regularljl
organized gun club of Oregon and Southern WashingJ
ton is eligible for membership, providing each guar!
antees to abide by the rules and complete the schedl
ule. The length of the season will be dependent I
upon the number of the clubs in the league. Thus,!
with a membership of 12 clubs it would require 111
weeks to complete the schedule.
Every club member in good standing is eligible and I
the five high guns in the trophy event shall consti-i
tute the club team, the scores to be the club's score]
in the league standings. Should there be a tie foil
fifth place on the team, it may be shot off but the I
score of the winner must be placed at the original!
score . That is, if in a regular 25-bird event fourl
contestants should tie for fifth place ,each one break-l
ing 21 ,then in the shoot-off, if the winner should I
break 24 out of 25, his original score of 21 must bel
turned in with the other four higher nimrods in the
first place. — (Portland, Ore.)
QG
San Jose Club. — The blue rock shoot on Sunday
of the San Jose Gun Club, held on the grounds on
the King Road, proved unusually interesting, as it
brought out a large attendance and was the means
of several new shooters joining the club. In the first
event at 50 blue rocks, George Anderson and Charles
Nash tied with a score of 47 each, while Mrs. Hall
McLaughlin, who has been shooting but a month,
broke 30 targets, a most creditable showing for an
amateur in a regulation shoot. In the double events
George Anderson was high man with 20 breaks out
of 24 targets sprung. Following is the score in the
50-bird match:
George Anderson 47, Charles Nash 47, Hall Mc-
Laughlin 45, A. B. Jamison 42, W. J. Masters 40,
A. R. Kennedy 39, H. Bridges 37, A. M. Free 36, J. H.
Kellv 32, G. E. Ballantyne 32, Mrs. Hall McLaughlin
30, Wilson 29, Holmes 29, Smith 25.
On March 25th (tomorrow) a regulation shoot will
be held on the grounds of the club which will be for
the championship of California and Nevada, both in
single and double events. Shooters from various por-
tions of this State as well as from Nevada have
already signified their intention of being present.
OB
Colorado to Prohibit Spring Shooting. — The Senate
of the Colorado Legislature, as a committee of the
whole, recently passed on second reading Senator
Fineher's bill prohibiting the shooting of ducks and
other water fowl during the spring season. One
amendment prohibits the shooting of ducks, geese,
brant, swans, plover and other wading marsh water-
fowl during the period from December 31 to Septem-
ber 15. The federal law carries the same provisions.
Under the amendments the open seasons on other
kinds of game and fish in Colorado will be as fol-
lows:
Deer with horns, October 1 to 6, beginning 1924.
Male mountain sheep, September 25 to 30, begin-
ning 1924.
Male antelope, September 25 to 30, beginning 1924.
Male elk, November 1 to 5, beginning 1924.
Prairie chickens, mountain and willow grouse, Sep-
tember 15 to October 1.
Sage chickens, August 15 to September 15, begin-
ning 1924.
Pheasants and other grouse not indigenous to the
state, September 1 to 20, beginning 1924.
Doves, September 10 to 25.
Bob white quail, October 1 to 20, beginning 1924.
Crested quail, October 25 to 30, beginning 1924.
Rabbits and hares, open season the entire year.
Trout and grayling, seven inches or more in length,
in running streams. May 5 to October 31.
Lake trout and grayling, in lakes at an altitude of
not more than 7,500 feet. May 1 to October 31; in
lakes 7,500 feet or more, June 1 to October 31.
Whitefish, bass, sunfish, catfish, perch and wall-
eyed pike, May 1 to October 31.
One provision of the law makes it unlawful to fish
between the hours of 8:30 p. m. and 5 a. m.
QB
History of Firearms and Ammunition.
The last of a series of six- advertisements upon the
evolution of firearms and ammunition is appearing
in this issue of the Breeder and Sportsman.
These advertisements cover the historical origin
and growth of weapons of the chase and defence
from primitive man up to the present day. In view
of the fact that a demand seems to have been cre-
ated therefor, a number of requests having been re-
ceived for the series from libraries, organizations
and individuals in different parts of the country, The
Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge Company,
Inc.. Woolworth Building, New York City, will be
glad to furnish proofs of the entire set of six adver-
tisements free upon request. The number of sets
available is limited.
» Saturday, March 24, 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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Mule Trade Active.
Despite the tact that Missouri mule men have had
! the biggest business in the history of the trade, and
I that several weeks ago buyers declared the state
I was practically drained o£ good mules, there have
I been a number of remarkable public sales in the
; country districts and some great mules have been
i brought out. Among the good sales were those con-
ducted by Col. J. T. Johnson, Mexico; Alex Carter
& Son, Mexico; B. R. Middleton & Son, Mexico;
; R. B. Glenn, Columbia, and R. R. Buckner & Sons
of xVuxvasse. The tops of all these sales have been
more than $500.
E. W. Briggs. of near Center, recently sold to
, O. Moors, of Spencerville, O., a pair of big show
mules for $625. These mules were raised by Gray
[ Vaughn of Monroe county, who refused $300 for them
| as weanlings, afterward selling them to Frank Elli-
ot, who in turn sold them to Mr. Briggs. G. B. Dow-
ell, of Center, well known as a successful stockman,
was the bidder-up on the pair, he having offered $600
for the pair. The mules will be shown at the big
fairs throughout Ohio and adjoining States this
I season.
, J. Sam Brown, the well known Centralia horse and
mule dealer, recently sold to a St. Louis buyer a
mare mule for $350. This animal was 16% hands
high .weighed 1770 and of extreme high quality.
BREEDING BEEF CATTLE IN ARGENTINE.
"Cattlemen of this country would profit by studying
the methods of the Argentine cattlemen,',' said Dean
Custiss of the Iowa State College, who returned a
few months ago from a judging and inspection tour
through the Argentine, in a recent interview.
"The Argentine is a cattleman's country," he said,
"and as the other industries such as lumbering,
mining and manufacturing have not been established
there, that government is owned and controlled by
the cattlemen. Unlike Americans usually suppose.
the Argentine is not a free, wild country. The cattle
industry has so developed that none of the rich
plains area is open range, but under permanent
fence. Although there are large farms or estancias,
they are divided up into pastures, and cattle are let
from one pasture to the next at intervals during the
season.
"Alongside and parallel with the cattle industry is
the vast alfalfa acreage which produces abundant
hay and winter pasturage for the cattle. Unlike this
country, the Argentine has no fertility problem as
each estancia owner strives to keep his land in
alfalfa as long as possible instead of breaking it and
growing maize or small grains. All the alfalfa is
fed on the estancia, thus saving and even increasing
the fertility of the land each year. I was shown sev-
eral fields which had been constantly in alfalfa for
over 30 years, and the stand would please the most
enthusiastic alfalfa grower in this country.
Posts Last Forever.
"One reason for the substantial and well fenced
fields is due to the fact that the posts used are of
the last-forever variety. Some posts were set over
50 years ago and they show no indication of decay
at the present time. The post wood is known as
'quebrake,' which means 'break the hatchet.' The
posts with holes bored in them are set about 50 feet
apart and five smooth wires strung through them.
The top wire is barbed. These fences are seldom
broken by the cattle going through them.
"The quality and breeding of the cattle is far su-
perior to the range cattle of this country. The herds
are of excellent uniformity and it is the exception
to see a grade bull used. Most all bulls are pure-
breds. Many of the estancia owners maintain a herd
of pure-breds along with their large beef herds.
"Foot and mouth disease is common there, and
seemingly no precautions are taken as the disease
is often seen in the show ring. The cattle tick and
hog cholera are unknown.
Peculiar Marketing.
"The cattlemen have a very peculiar method of
marketing their stock. They make an estimate of the
amount of dressed beef in their herd and submit it
to the packers . Then the cattle owners are paid on
the basis of this estimate. After butchering the exact
amount of dressed beef is known, and if there is a
discrepancy either way it is made up at the next
transaction. The cattlemen always sell to the same
packers year after year and seldom receive bids
from other packers. There is a marked degree of
honesty between the producer and the packer.
"One great fact is that the Argentine is the only
country in the world that has a surplus of beef. The
beef produced in this country is all consumed here
and we will have to look to South America to supph
foreign trade.
"Finally, there is a lesson in superiority of wi-ll-
bred stock. No country has made greater improve-
ment in the beef breeds than Argentine. As a result
the Argentine farmers are furnishing a grade of
grass-fed beef that compares favorably with the best
grain-fed beef in this country. Improved methods
of grazing and the general use of well-bred animals
— these are the lessons to be learned by the cattle-
men of this country."
* * +
The Blackhawk Stock Ranch, of Burlingame, this
week sold their magnificent five-year-old Shire stal-
lion, Witchford Albert, to the Reinhart Land and
Cattle Company ,of Winnemucca, Nev., for $2,500,
one of the best prices ever paid for a California
draft horse, but considering the animal sold, a very
reasonable figure. Witchford Albert is an imported
horse of the most attractive breeding in the Shire
family and was a winner in England and since reach-
ing America has been especially successful in the
important show rings.
He was leased last year to the Spreckels Sugar
Company, for stud service and a very high figure, and
has proven equally as good a sire as he has a show
animal. The ranch now has two colts by him which
they are holding for their personal use and in which
they have the greatest expectations. In addition to
his having been a winner in his individual classes
at both the California State Fair and the P.-P. I. E.,
Witchford Albert was a member of the Reserve
Grand Champion Group at the P.-P. I. E.
+ * *
The Blackhawk Ranch expects to move to their
magnificent new estate at Diablo, Contra Costa
county, within the next thirty days. The new sta-
bles, residence and equipment of the ranch are rap-
idly reaching a state of readiness, and it is just be-
ginning to look the magnificent establishment that
it is to become. More than $150,000 has been spent
on improvements and the farm, when completed, will
be the show place of its kind on the Pacific Coast.
The new stable, which is designed along the English
Court style, cost $20,000, and manager Lovell expects
to move the noted Shires there next month. In addi-
tion to the Shire horses .which have reached the
highest state of excellence of any herd in the West,
the Blackhawk Ranch is breeding Shorthorn cattle,
Berkshire and Mulefoot swine, Cornish Game and
Black Minorca poultry, and every herd is equally as
noted as their Shires for breeding, individual merit
and class. Fifty head of noted Shorthorns already
purchased in England by the company will be import-
ed as soon as the embargo is lifted by the English
Government, which added to their present herd will
make this one of the great Shorthorn herds of
America. Arrangements are being made by the man-
agement to exhibit at the Chico exposition again this
year, and among their exhibits will be their famous
herd header, Anwick Arthur and his two sensational
youngsters, Black Gay Lad and Blackhawk Chessie.
These two colts have never been defeated, winning at
county, district and the state fair of California, and
at the P.-P. I. E. They have entered 12 head at the
Chico fair.
The extreme high prices of live stock at the pres-
ent time are shown in the public sales being held
over the country. In the recent Hal Jewett sale in
Cooper county, Missouri, which totaled $10,000, small
gilts sold for $40 per head, stock hogs at 18 cents
per pound, lambs at $25.25 each, a grade Jersey cow
at $131, a horse mule colt at $150, a yearling mare
mule at $250, a yearling horse mule at $207.50, two
spans of work mules at $490 each. It might be
added that all the stock was of the best quality and
in fine shape. The sale had been well advertised in
the county papers and the crowd was estimated at
from 1000 to 1200 people, among whom were fifty
farm wives and daughters who found much to inter-
est them in the stock and the modern new Jewett
home. In the free dinner served 75 loaves of bread,
half of a beef and countless gallons of soup were
consumed.
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MAKING DAIRYING PAY.
[By A. D. Fender.]
The dairy farmer has numerous advantages over
the beef cattle raiser or the grain farmer, among
which is the steady cash income, the conservation of
the soil fertility. I believe that practical work of
this kind will also have a great deal to do with en-
couraging the children to stay on the farm. You
must give your boy and girl an interest in the busi-
ness and they will be glad to help you. By doing so
you will teach them to help themselves. In nearly
any town you can find men working for very meager
wages, barely enough to support themselves and
families. If they had been encouraged to study the
fanning or dairy business when they were children
the chances are that they would now be on the farm
where they were born and be prosperous men. In
many cases by the study of soils and how to treat
them they could have raised the value of their acres
from $100 to $200 per acre, where it has decreased
in value from lack of knowledge.
If the practice of encouraging the child to study
agriculture and dairying was universally followed it
would have a tendency to bring on a generation of
skilled farmers instead of a generation of under-
paid city laborers.
I read an article recently in a paper from Chemung
county, N. Y„ in which it was stated that a meeting
was called there to ascertain, if possible, why so
many farmers who were apparently hard workers
and good managers were always in debt and unable
to meet their indebtedness. It was shown at this
meeting that about a third of these farmers did not
milk cows except for their own use; the second
third milked but a few and realized about five per
cent profit on the money invested; while the balance
were real dairymen and were making from two to
five thousand a year from their business.
* * +
Swift Buys California Ranch.
Louis F. Swift, president of the meat packing cor-
poration, Swift & Co., is the principal figure in a
$2,000,000 deal for 42,000 square miles of San Joaquin
valley land that was consummated Monday by Chas.
H. Kedrick on behalf of the United States Farm
Lands Company.
This huge tract, whose acreage is equivalent to a
strip of the valley twenty miles in width, is almost
40 per cent of the famous old Rancho Chowchilla.
Associated with the Chicago packer in the deal is
O. A. Robertson of St. Paul, Minn., who for five years
has maintained a footing at Sacramento while largely
interested in colonization of another part of the
Chowchilla ranch.
Swift plans to develop his purchase under the name
of Chowchilla Farms Company, which will engage
particularly in sugar beet growing. The intention is
to build a large sugar beet factory.
Cattle, sheep and hogs will be raised in large quan-
tities on the range to be fattened on the chief by-
products— beet pulp and molasses — of the factory.
The 42,000 acre tract, which is known as the West-
side lands of the Rancho Chowchilla — it had a total
acreage of 108,000 — is considered one of the most
attractive blocks of farm and ranch land in the San
Joaquin valley.
WITCHFORD ALBERT, Five-Year-Old Imported Sh
Burlingame, California, to Reinhart Land and
ire Stallion, Sold This Week by Blackhawk Ranch.
Cattle Company of Nevada.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 24, 191'
THE FARM
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THE FUTURE PRICE OF WOOL.
It is plainly evident to all that the
price of woolens has advanced materi-
ally during the last few months and
that the future is in a state of uncer-
tainty. The condition of the wool m:>i-
ket is succincliy set forth in the eigh-
teenth semi-annual report of the
Washington Woolen Mills company of
Fredericksburg, Va., the following ex-
cerpts being taken from it:
"The wool clip of 1916 sold for 60
to 65 cents per scoured pound, but
the fleece on the sheep now running
around in the snow of our wool-grow-
ing states has been sold to dealers
under contract for delivery next June
on the scoured basis of $1 per pound
or more.
"The United States uses 600,000,000
pounds of wool per annum. The clip
of the United States has decreased
in five years from 325,000.000 to 228,-
000,000 pounds. The clips of Austra-
lia, Argentine and New Zealand have
decreased, the clip of all the countries
at war has almost disappeared; 20,-
000,000 men at war use five to ten
times as much wool as usual, and
can't exist without it. And there is no
substitute.
"Wool at Any Price" Prospect.
"If the war continues for even one
more year, it will not be a question
of price, but of wool at any price, and
there is always the possibility of this
country being forced to actual pre-
paredness, which would necessitate
taking for the army such wool as is
now in the mills for their general
trade.
"England has an embargo on wool
from her home and all her colonies.
We are dependent on South America
for more than half our supply and
must bid against the necessities of
war for every pound we get.
"So long as the war continues, cloth-
ing must climb in price by leaps and
bounds, and what seems outrageously
high this season, appears a lost op-
portunity next season.
"The question naturally arises: Sup-
pose the war should end? We know
it must end sometime ,and God grant
that it may soon, but whenever it ends
the following facts must prevail:
"The world will have no reserve
supply of wool.
"All the world (except possibly the
United States) will have bare coun-
ters.
"The countries no.w'at war will be-
gin their renaissance." :.'
Must Discard Tattered Uniforms.
"A large part of 20,000,000 men must
discard their tattered, vermin-infested
uniforms for civilians' clothes.
"England, Prance, Germany, Austria
and Belgium will leap at each other's
throats in the greatest commercial war
of the world.
"The demand for raw wool and cot-
ton will be insatiable, because it takes
nearly as much raw stock to start up
a mill as it normally buys in six
months.
"No man can return to the factory
until everything is definitely settled,
but every factory owner will seek raw
materials at any price.
"Our deductions from the foregoing
are:
"That no matter how high wool and
cotton sell during the war. they will
sell much higher during the year fol-
lowing an armistice.
"That it will be more than six
months after fighting ceases before
quantities of cloth could be landed
here, and, consequently, at least a
year before clothing from same could
reach the consumer.
"That this gives the merchant at
least a full year after an armistice is
reached in which to liquidate, during
which time wool and cotton will sell
at the highest prices ever known, and
provide a situation in which stocks
can be liquidated at a profit."
The Lime Stone Valley Farm sale
of jacks and jennets came off as ad-
vertised on the 15th at the State Fair
grounds, Sedalia, Mo. The offering
was in good shape and the attendance
was good, but the buyers were not
plentiful; most of them had jacks to
sell. The grand champion aged mule
at Missouri State Pair, 1916, sold for
$385 to Jewett Bros., Booneville, Mo.
Third prize aged mule in class 6-year-
old, sold to W. E. Smith of Chickasha,
Okla., at $350. Top aged jack, Lime
Stone Good Boy 6026, went to Judge
G. T. Florida, Sweetwater, Tenn., at
$1,415. Top yearling, Dongola Boy
6759, went to Geo. Worley, Dongola,
111., at $715. No. 15, top jennet, went
to Geo. Worley at $450. Buyers from
Tennessee, Oklahoma, Kansas, Illinois
and Missouri were in attendance. Col-
onels Harriman and Gross did all the
selling, with Hieronymus Bros, and
Logsden in the. ring.
A new record was established both
in the number of horses sold and in
the amount of money which changed
hands at the horse sale at Dillon,
Mont,, this month. Heavy stuff was
plentiful and it was in great demand.
much of the stock which passed
through the ring being imported from
the eastern part of the state, while
some was shipped in from Utah, Ida-
ho and Colorado. More than 1,200
horses passed through the ring and
Clyde Moore, wielding the gavel, dis-
posed of them at a tattoo rate. The
amount of money changing hands was
well above the $100,000 mark.
Warranted
to give satisfaction.
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Strained Tendons, Founder, Wind Puffs,
and all lameness from Spavin, Ringbone
and other bony tumors. Cures all skin
diseases or Parasites, Thrush, Diphtheria.
Removes all Bunches from Horses or
Cattle.
As a HITMAN EEMEhT for Kh«n-
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per bottle. Sold by drucgists, or sent by ex-
press, charges paid, with full directions fcr Its
use. Send for descriptive circulars, testimo-
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ALWAYS ON TIME
Means a good deal for a Railroad
Company to claim for its schedule of
passenger trains.
The O. A. & E. Ry. Electric line has
established the record of keeping 98%
of its trains on time.
Seven trains are operated each way
daily between San Francisco and
Sacramento, making connections with
Northern Electric Ry. for Sacramento
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NOBLE REX
BY REX HARDWICK, BY REX
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rose by Artist 75; second dam by
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16 hands high, six years old, jet black
with splendid natural tail, beautifully
carried. Excellent disposition and
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FOR SALE CHEAP.
1 bav filly (4), by Aerolite; dam Devil
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
1J
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DON CASTANO
Needs No Introduction to the Public
HIGHLAND MONARCH
was the winner of the aged stallions, and
class for stallions and four of his get at
the California State Fair in 1916.
SAN VICENTE
The Junior Champion Stallion of California
In the Yearling Futurity at the State Fair in 1916, five
of the six money winners were by Don Castano and Highland
Monarch.
The two-year-old Futurity was won by a Highland Monarch
colt.
The 5100.00 Trophy, offered by the American Saddle Horse
Breeders' Association tor the best stallion or mare, three
years old or under in California, was won by a Highland Mon-
arch colt, and two years prior it was won by Highland
Monarch himself.
If you are going to breed your mare, why not mate her
with one of the above stallions and have a winning colt?
The service fees for Don Castano and Highland Monarch
are $50.00. Arrangements for San Vicente private.
To encourage breeding in this State we will pay the freight
charges on mares to and from any part of California, but will
not, of course, be responsible for any accidents which might
happen in shipping.
San Vicente Rancho,
1023 Investment Building Los Angeles, Cal
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THREE NOTED JUDGES
A. S. Thompson, of Kentucky; Jas. H. Bright of Missouri and Florida, and
L. M. Monsees of Missouri, recognized throughout the land as three of the best,
most courageous and qualified judges of saddle horses living, selected
MARSHALL CHIEF 2765
in a field of 22 of the world's most famous stallions, as the most ideal saddle
stallion for breeding purposes. The considerations were: breeding, conforma-
tion, soundness, action and beauty.
THE WINNER OF THIS, THE MOST IMPORTANT BREEDING CLASS
IN SADDLE HORSE AFFAIRS,
is in public service at E. N. Hamilton's farm, three miles south of Mexico, Mo.,
where blue grass, spring water and feed are to be had in abundance.
E. N. HAMILTON, Manager,
Mexico, Mo.
HANS BERG, 159 Warren Ave.,
Milwaukee, Wis.,
or
WHY EXPERIMENT?-
Hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent annually by horse lovers in efforts
to buy or breed a winner.
The Wise Men of Today
have quit experimenting and are mating their mares to Astral King
who has proven himself the &'
KING OF SHOW HORSES AND THE KING OF SIRES
Mares are sent to his court from Maine to California — shall we make reser-
vations for yours?
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Ansel M. Easlon
William Ward
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Please send (or free photogrophiccntrJo£ ue. Telephone Burlingame 131
HERE'S TO CALIFORNIA—
and Her SADDLE HORSE INDUSTRY
The Sierra Vista Stock Farm
= CHINO, CAL.—
Offers the owners of saddle mares in California 1he services of
CALIFORNIA'S GREATEST SHOW HORSE AND SIRE
Highland Squirrel King 1881
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Pleasure and Show Horses and Youngsters for sale that
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Revel Lindsey English, Owner,
Chino, California
THE FIVE-GAITED SADDLE STALLION
IE GRAND McDONALD Reg. No. 6360
Winner World's Junior Championship P.-P. I. E.
Sired by GRAND McDONALD, the greatest show horse and sire that the
WORLD'S CHAMPION REX McDONALD EVER SIRED
Dam, QUEEN ALICE 10649, by FOREST LeGRAND 2107.
Color, chestnut; age 1; height 15:3; weight 1,150. Conformation and style
equal the best. Terms for season, $30.
Now located at Hulda Stables, North Panhandle Park, 1530 Fell St., San
Francisco.
For information address,
BRIDGFORD COMPANY,
519 California St., San Francisco, Cal.
EXPRESSIVE MAC
RECORD 2.2514
REG. NO. 41513
Standard Cal. State License 95.
' 2»
VERA HAL 2:05; MADAM MAC 2:07 i
Only stallion offered for service in California sire of two in 2:05, three in 2:10
Son of MeKINHEY 2:11^ and the greatest living broodmare, EXPRESSIVE (3) 2:12?£ (dam
of 6 trotters. 2 in 2:10) by ELECTIONEER 125. Ideal in color, size and conformation — seal
brown, height 163-2 hands, weight 1275 pounds. $25 *he Season, $35 to insure, usual return
privilege. Send for tabulated pedigree. Address: J. H. NELSON, Selma, Cal.
JOE CAREY
$50
THOROUGHBRED STALLION
Pure Bred Cal. State License No. 2004
Sire of
Brighouse
Orange Blossom
Custom House
Azurea
Mercurium
Deckhand
Buckshot
Avon Carey
Bernice, and other
Good winners.
Hay den
f Edwards..
Bannockburn..
« L Hiss Marion..
Address all communications to:
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(Nannie Butler
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' Himyar..
GEO. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
BREED TO THE COAST'S CHAMPION CAMPAIGNER AND FUTURITY SIRE
Jim Logan
Rec. 2:01 3-4.
Reg. No. 44977
Pure Bred. Cal. State License No. 17
Sire of Hal Logan 2:09, Maxine (3) 2:15, winner of
Breeders' Futurity, etc.
Son of CHARLES DERBY 2:20, brother to Klatawah
(3) 2:05i/2. etc., and sire of TEN In 2:10.
Dam, EFFIE LOGAN, dam of Jim Logan 2:0X94, Sir
Albert S. 2:03%, and Dan Logan 2:07%.
In the stud, season of 1917, at Woodland Race Track.
FEE: 550, usual return privilege, $75 to insure liv-
ing colt payable at time of service or before removal
of mares. Call at race track or address
J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal.
STANFORD McKINNEY 45173
Sire of Miss Macklie 2:09^; Pavanha 2:10^; Kinneysham 2:13^; Silente 2:19
By McKinney 8818 dam Palevena by Palo Alto 2:08' .,
STRONG McKINNEY-ELECTIONEER CROSS
Will make the season of 1017 at WOY'S STOCK RANCH, II miles south of
FRESNO, on West Ave. Terms $25 for the Season.
For further particulars address: M, j,. W0Y, BOX 501, FreSI10, Cal.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 24, 1917
Pleasanton Driving Park
PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA
offers for service for the season of 1917 the following stallions:
THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4
Non-Standard Cal. State
FASTEST TROTTING STALLION EVER
License No. 2.
OFFERED FOR SERVICE IN
CALIFORNIA AND FIFTH FASTEST ENTIRE TROTTER IN THE WORLD
Son of Si. Valiant Vincent 2:11% (by St. Vincent 2:13^ out of the triple
producer Grace Lee 2:29% by Electioneer 125); dam Amy Smith by Emperor
Wilkes 2:20%, sire of Princess Eulalia (4) 2:09&, etc.; grandam by Hamble-
The Anvil is regarded by Edward F. Geers as one of the very greatest trot-
" ters that he has ever raced". For five years the pair of Tennesseeans went to
the races together and in that time were but twice unplaced, while winimng a
total of fifteen races, including the historic M. and M.
As an individual he is most pleasing, not too large or coarse in any way but
smoothly and compacUv made and "all horse" in every line. He is a perfect
headed, pure gaited trotter, with the very best of disposition, and is destined
to become a very great sire of trotting speed. His opportunities in the stud
have been very slight as he has been retired from racing only since the close
of 1914. He was selected to head the stud at Pleasanton Driving Park not only
en account of his great qualities as a race trotter, but because one of his first
foals, Anvilite (2) 2:22^,, with a trial of ten seconds or more faster, was in
every way the greatest colt trotter ever handled by C. L.. DeRyder. The services
of The Anvil are recommended to you without reserve.
Fee for THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4, $50 with usual privilege
Vernon McKinney 2:01 1-2
Pure Bred Cal. State License No. 39
Fastest member of the great family of McKinney 2:11J4
Sire of VERNA McKINNEY (2) 2:13 (his first foal raced), fastest two-
year-old pacing filly of 1915, three-year-old record, 1916, 2:09^4;
VERNON DIABLO, mat. rec. half mile track 2:14J4, and DR. DYER
(3) trial 2:12^.
Son of Guy McKinney 37625 (by McKinney 2:11^4 out of Flossie Drais by Guy
Wilkes 2:15^); dam Maud Vernon by Mount Vernon 2:lo^4, sire of the dams of
Leata J. 2:03, etc.; grandam Mag by General McClellan, sire of the dams of
-. Mack Mack 2:08. etc.
Vernon McKinney's racing career was not an extensive one but will long be
remembered for the excellence of his performances, as his winnings include a
Chamber of Commerce stake in time very near the record for that event at the
time, and he is the fastest of all the McKinneys.
He is a horse of rare qualities in the way of individual excellence, almost
_ ideal in behavior and temperament in harness or out. Since his retirement he
has been a popular horse in the stud and our claim that he would prove a very
great sire of pacing speed has been fully substant;ated. his first foal to be raced
being the season champion for the age and gait in 1915, a most excellent testi-
monial to his potency. He is a very sure breeder, his get are uniformly endowed
with natural spe^d and the physical and mental requirements of modern race
horses and find ready sale at most gratifying prices.
Fee for VERNON McKINNEY 2:01 1-2, $50 with usual privilege.
The best of cara taken of 'iiares in any manner owners may desire, but no
responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address for particulars
GEORGE F. RYAN, Superintendent,
PLEASANTON, CAL.
Thoroughbred sire MARSE
Cal. State Thoroughbred License No. 2018.
WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1917 AT
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK
Service Fee $50
Marse Abe carries the best , Hindoo i Virgil
blood of America through his f Hanover ' ' Florence
sire lines. Yankee was a su- r I Bourbon Belle * Bonnie Scotland
perior race horse and sire. Han- fcj i Yankee , " I Ella D.
over was the best horse of his cfl I ( Himyar /Alarm
day, and headed the list of win- < I Correction. i Hira
ning sires for years. No refer- y \ > Mannie Gray... ■' E.n(*.uir^r
ence is necessary to Hindoo as yj ": i Lizzie G.
everyone knows what he was. *£ t c... o» - (Hermit I jSewmmster
Halo, the dam of Marse Abe, < St. Blaise | Seclusion
is bred just right to cross with 5 Tjai« ~ -;~
the sire blood in his pedigree; * ■H»1o--i Kesuyienne
a daughter of St. Blaise, son of iHa it King Alfonso... - ^ae"E
Hermit, the most fashionable L loa K ) fKSjS
sire line in England, and backed ( Lerna J Asreroia
up on her clam's side by the
lines of long distance perform-
ers from which sprung Ten QCA p py« u
Brock and other four-milers. \*&W« r» I* I M li ?
Address all communications to PleaSatltOtl- Cal.
D1LLCARA 57462=
Cal. State Standard License No. 2019.
Son of Sidney Dillon 23157 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list) and Guycara by Guy Wilkes
28S7 (sire of 3 in 2:10 list), -will make the season of 1917 at
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK, PLEASANTON, CAL,
SERVICE FEE $50 TO INSURE
Dlllcara is a full brother to Harold Dillon 39610, the leading sire of New Zealand
Last season the get of Harold Dillon won 41 races, totalling over $25,000
Address all communications to
GEO. F. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
MANHATTAN STOCK AND POULTRY
FOjOD AND REMEDIES
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HEMET
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Offers for service the best grandson of McKinney 2:11^4
WILBUR LOU 2:10}
Record made in third heat of winning race as 3-year-old.
A world's champion as a yearling, record (1) 2:19'/2I un-
beaten as a two-year-old, a famous futurity winner at
three, and at six years of age the "sire of the day" in Cal-
ifornia., his first crop of two-year-olds including
NATALDAY (2) 2:13 \
Champion Two-Year-Old Race
Coast.
Trotter of the Pacific
COLTS
AND FILLIES
BY
WILBUR LOU
ALWAYS
ON SALE
HEMET, CAL
ZETA LUCILE (2) 2:12i
Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of the Pacific
Coast.
HEMET QUEEN (1) 2:16 i
Champion Pacing Filly of the World.
KINSMAN LOU (2) 2:23^.
MATILDA LOU (2) 2:22%.
FIESTA LOU (p) (1) 2:25, (2) 2:22^.
GOLDSMITH LOU (2) 2:29.
BILLTE BOYD (2) 2:30.
Wilbur Lou is by the great race horse and
sire Kinney Lou 2:07%, out of Louise Carter
(3) 2:24, the only mare to produce two year-
lings to trot in 2:20 or better:
WILBUR LOU (1) 2:19%,
EDITH CARTER (1) 2:18}4.
Breed to him for colts that will race. Fee for 1917, fifty
dollars, with usual reLurn privilege, or money refunded
at our option. Mares kept, $60.00 per year. All infor-
mation gladly furnished. — Licensed Pure Bred Cert. 23.
Superbly Bred Young Saddle and Harness Horses
- — - — —FOR
SADDLE BRED:
Dark Bay Gelding by Lord Denmark — Sonia Foaled 1914
Black Gelding by Highland Squirrel King — Armin Foaled 1914
Bay Colt by Lord Denmark — Dixie Queen - Foaled 1915
STANDARD BRED:
Bay Gelding by Don Sonoma — Chula.
Black Colt by Silkworthy — Sonia.
Anyone looking for some youngsters of either breed will find these colts as attractive
as it is possible to breed them. They will be sold at reasonable prices; are in good
condition and may be seen at Oakwood Ranch, Sonoma Co., Cal.
The superbly bred stallion, Silkworthy, is also for sale. He has been bred to a limited
number of mares and has proven himself a sure foal getter, and we have the quality
of his colts to show.
Address W. G. COWAN. OAKRIDGE RANCH, KENWOOD, SONOMA CO., CAL.
or BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, SAN FRANCISCO, for further information.
THE STANDARD
BRED STALLION
SILKWORTHY 58175
LICENSE
NO. 2069
Son of 1IORGAX AXWORTHT 47430. Dam CLEAR SILK Cdam of Crystal SUk
2:2S34>. Silkworthy is bred in the purple. His sire. Morgan Axworthy 47430, is by
Axworthy out of Kinglyne, a full sister to Bingen; and his dam bv Prodigal out of
Red Silk by Baron Wilkes.
He will make the season of 1917 at Kenwood, Sonoma Co., Cal.
SERVICE FEE, $25.00 WITH USUAL RETURN PRIVILEGE.
Address W. G. COWAN, Oakridge Ranch,
Kenwood, Sonoma Co., Cal.
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.aturday, March 24, 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
15
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ASTRAL KING 2805
Champion Saddle Stallion owned by Jas. A. Houchin,
Jefferson City, Mo., whose nams as a Show Horse
and Sire is enrolled at the top of the scroll of
fame.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 31, 191
$5 DUE on WEANLINGS
Monday, April 2, 1917
Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No, 17.-52,500
GIVEN BY THE
PACIFIC COAST TROTTING HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
FOR FOALS OF 1917 TO TROT OR PACE AT THREE YEARS OLD
$1,500 for Three-year-old Trotters $1,000 for Three-year-old Pacers.
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 4, 1916, when
name color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; S5 April
1 1917: $10 on Yearlings April 1, 1918; $10 on Two-Tear-Olds April 1, 1919;
$10 on 'Three-Year-Olds April 1, 1920.
STARTING PAYMENTS— $35 to start in the Three-Year-Old Pace; $50 to start in
the Three-Year-old Trot. All starting payments to be made ten days before the
first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place.
Races three heats, monev divided 25 per cent to the first heat, 25 per cent to the
second heat, 25 per cent to the third heat, and 25 per cent to the race according to
rank in the summary. Money in each division 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Should two
or more horses be tied for first place at the completion of the third heat, such horses
only shall contest In a fourth heat and money divided according to rank In the sum-
mary at the termination of that heat. A horse having won the first two heats and
drawn or distanced in the third heat shall not lose position in the summary. Distance,
100 yards. . ....
Nominators liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payment forfeits
all previous payments. This Association is liable for $2500, the amount of the guar-
antee, only.
Hopples will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions.
Money divided in each division of the Stake 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. There will
be no more moneys in each division or heat than there are starters.
Entries open to the world. Membership not required to enter; but no horse,
wherever owned, will be allowed to start until the owner has become a member.
SUBSTITUTIONS.
If a mare proves barren or slips or has a deal foal or twins, or if either the mare
or foal dies before April 1, 1918, her nominator may sell or transfer his nomination
or substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there will be no
return of a payment nor will any entry be liable for more than amount paid In or
contracted for.
E. P.
HEALD,
President.
F. W. KELLEY, Secretary,
Post Office Drawer 447, San Francisco,
$3,000.00
GUARANTEED
$3,000.00
GUARANTEED
The Stanford
Occident Stake No. 3.
(FOALS OF MARES COVERED IN 1916)
To Trot and Pace at Three Years Old
TO BE GIVEN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE
California State Agricultural Society 1920
Entries to close April 1, 1917
$1,800 FOR TROTTING FOALS $1,200 FOR PACING FOALS
MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS:
TROTTING DIVISION PACING DIVISION
$500.00 to 1st Heat $350.00 to 1st Heat
$500.00 to 2nd Heat $350.00 to 2nd Heat
$500.00 to 3rd Heat $350.00 to 3rd Heat
$300.00 to Horse Standing $150.00 to Horse Standing
Highest in Summary. Highest in Summary.
ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2.00 to nominate mare on April 1, 1917, when name,
color, description of mare an'd stallion bred to must be given; $3.00 July 1, 1917;
$5.00 December 1, 1917; $5.00 on yearlings April 1, 191S; $10.00 on two-year-olds
April 1, 1919; $10.00 on three-year-olds April 1, 1920.
STARTING PAYMENTS — $25.00 to start in pacing division; $55.00 to start in trotting
division. All starting payments to be made ten days before the first day of the
State Fair at which the race is to take place.
NOMINATORS must designate when making payments to start whether the horse Is
a Trotter or Pacer.
The race in each dhision will be for three heats; if no horse wins two of the
three heats a fourth heat must be raced by the heat winners to decide the winner of
the race; all others horses to go to the barn.
Trotting division heat purses $500.00. Total purse $1,800.00.
Pacing division heat purses $350.00. Tctal purse, $1,200.00.
Heat purses divided hO, 25, 15 and 10 per cent; the extra $150.00 in pacing and
$300.00 in trotting divisions goes to the horse standing highest in the summary; dis-
tance 100 >ards. A distanced horse shall be entitled to money already won.
If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or if'either the mare
or the foal dies before December 1, 1917, her Nominator may sell or transfer his nom-
ination or subsiitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there shall be
no return of a payment nor will any entry be liable for more than the amount paid in
or contracted for. In entries, the name, color and pedigree of mare must be given;
also the name of the horse to which she was bred In 1916.
Entries must be accompanied by the entrance fee. Nominators are liable for
amounts paid in only. Failure to make any payment forfeits all previous payments.
This Association is liable for $3,000.00. the amount of the guarantee only.
Hobbles will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions.
Rights reserved to declare off or re-open these stakes in case the number of
entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors. There will be no more
moneys in each division or heat than there are starters. No horse shall receive more
than one money in each heat.
Entries open to the world.
Other than exceptions made in this entry blank, rules of National Trotting Asso-
ciation to govern.
JOHN M. PERRY, President.
CHAS. W. PAINE, Secretary.
Best Policy 42378 ■
CENSE No. 637
STANDARD BRED
Son of ALLERTON 5128 and EXINE
. by EXPEDITION 14900. Grand dam
Euxine by Axtell 5183.
Best Policy will make the season of
1917 at Visalia, Cal.
TERMS: $20.00 FOR THE SEASON.
Best Policy, with very limited oppor-
tunities in the stud, is already the
sire of four standard performers.
Address
\. O. N E W M A N. P. O. Box 194,
VISALIA, CAL.
Pacific Coast Trotting Recorc
Peter McKlyo 58009-
RECORI
2:06
Cal. License Pure Bred No. 105
Sired by
PETER THE GREAT 2:07% (sire of 50 in 2:10 list, including Miss Harri
2:01ii, Peter Yolo (4) 2:02, Peter Stevens 2:01%, Peter Mac 2:03, Mabef
Trask 2:03%, etc.), dam KLYO by Jay McGregor.
He is from one of the greatest families on his dam's side in the books, as th
performances of Susie J. 2:06% and Trampfast 2:121/i prove beyond doub
Peter McKlyo is the Greatest Son ot Peter The Great
westof of Kentucky and is destined to be one of the world's greatest sires.
He is the only son of Peter the Great five years old with two colts in th
list He was bred to three mares as a two-year-old, only two of his colts beta,
handled, — Charlotte McKlyo, winner of breeder's record 2:25%, and McKlyi
Boy, winner of the two-year-old division Breeders' Futurity Stake, recon
2:23%. It can be also said as a matter of record that he is one of the greates
five-year-old trotting stallions ever owned in the state of California, and one o
thp best individuals to be found in any country.
HE WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1917 AT
James Thompson's Training Stables
State Fair Grounds, Sacramento
TERMS: $100 FOR THE SEASON.
Usual return privilege. Mares pastured at 55 per month. Good care will
be taken but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. For furtheif
particulars address.
L. H. TODHUNTER, Owner,
or JAMES THOMPSON,
Box 387, Sacramento, Cal. State Fair Grounds,
Sacramento, Cal.
Shoeing' and Balancing
The
Lig'ht Harness Horse
BY JAMES CLARK
A COPY of this boo should be in every horse
-*» owner' s library. It treats the subject in a way
that you can understand, giving accurate and re-
liable information that every owner of a good
horse will find extremely helpful in the care of
his horse's feet.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
The Treatment of the Colt's
Navicular Trouble.
Feet Before Shoeing.
Heavy Shoes and Pads in
The First Set of Shoes.
the Winter Season.
Sore Feet and Sour Disposi-
Neglected Teeth Make Knee
tion.
hitters and Cross Firers.
Knee-hitting, Scalping, Etc.
Making the Shoes.
Pads, their Benefits and
Extension Shoes.
Abuses.
Outside or i-swedged Shoes.
Thrush, its cause, treatment
Swedges or Dies.
Punctures.
Calks and Grabs.
Quarter and Toe Cracks.
Bar Shoes Behind.
Hoof Bound.
Aluminum Shoes.
Hitting the Elbows.
The Last Word.
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A WINNER IN IOWA—
It U generally admitted that high class saddle horse are scarce. Any" one
looking for a coming thr^e-year-old saddle stallion, and has not been successful in
locating one in Missouri and Kentucky, come and see WM. TIMMERMAN at
Manning, Iowa, and I will show you one as good as ever lived or as there is living
to day, barriDg none. This stallion can be bought, but not for a song.
WM. TIMMERMAN, Manning, Iowa.
Saturday, March 31, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND 3P0RTSMAN
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Turf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coast.
(Established 1882.)
Published every Saturday.
F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor.
C. P. (JUMP) CAUTHORN, Editor.
show purposes. Another feature will be the ample
and excellent stable accommodations.
W. E. Skinner, General Manager of the National
Daily Show Association, will have as his associates
in the detail work of the horse show, Donald R. Ack-
lin, member of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture,
and W. S. Blitz.
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DATES CLAIMED.
Salinas July 11 to 14
Petaluma July 18 to 21
Woodland July 25 to 28
Dixon Aug. 1 to 4
Uklah Aug. 8 to 11
Eureka Aug. 15 to 18
Ferndale Aug. 22 to 25
Santa Rosa Aug. 29 to Sept. 1
Sacramento Sept. 8 to 15
Hanford Sept. 19 to 22
Fresno Sept. 24 to 29
Bakersfleld Oct 3 to 6
Riverside Oct. 10 to 13
Ventura Oct. 17 to 20
Santa Maria Oct. 24 to 27
Los Angeles Oct. 29 to Nov. 3
Santa Ana Nov. 7 to 10
Phoenix, Ariz Nov. 12 to 17
THE GRAND CIRCUIT.
Cleveland July 16 to 21
Detroit July 23 to 28
Kalamazoo July 30 to Aug. 4
Columbus Aug. 6 to 11
Cleveland Aug. 13 to 18
Philadelphia Aug. 20 to 25
Poughkeepsie Aug. 27 to Sept. 1
Hartford Sept. 3 to 8
Syracuse Sept. 10 to 15
Columbus Sept. 17 to 29
Lexington Oct. 1 to 13
Atlanta Oct. 15 to 20
STALLION DIRECTORY.
In addition to the practical worth to the owners
of the country, the announcements of the stallion
owners which appear in the Breeder and Sportsman
serve another purpose. They remind the breeder
that bis now-or-never opportunity is here; his great
harvest time, and that his stallions and breeding
Etock should be in the spot light and where the
Lnterested public will be reminded of them every
week. The publishers of this paper are personally
acquainted with every stallion owner whose an-
nouncement appears in its advertising columns and
we recommend every one of them and the stallions
they are advertising unhesitatingly. We know the
statements made of the stock advertised to be true
in every respect.
Harness Horses
Best Policy 12378 R. O. Newman. Visalia. Cal
DiUcara 57462 Geo. F. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Expressive Mac 41513 J. H. Nelson, Selma, Cal.
Jim Logan 44977 J. Elmo Montgomery, Davis, Cal.
Peter McKlyo 58009 L. H. Todhunter, Sacramento, Cal.
Sukworthy W. G. Cowan, Kenwood, Cal.
Stanford McKinney 45173 M. L. Woy, Fresno, Cal.
The Anvil Geo. F. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Vernon McKinney Geo. F. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Wilbur Lou 52595 Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet, Cal.
Thoroughbreds
Joe Carey Geo. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Marse Abe Geo. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Saddle Horses
Astral King Jas. Houchin, Jefferson City, Mo.
Don Castano San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles
Highland Monarch San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles
Highland Squirrel King Revel L. English, Chino, Cal.
Le Grand McDonald. . .Bridgford Company, San Francisco
Marshall Chief E. N. Hamilton, Mexico, Mo.
San Vicente San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles
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Golumbus Gets Horse Show.
A noteworthy item of news is the announcement
that the Horse Show in conjunction with the National
Dairy Show will be held this year at Columbus, Ohio,
October 18th to 27th inclusive. Both of these events
were held last year in Springfield, Mass., where they
made a marked record for success.
Plans are being made to make this year's Horse
Show a notable aggregation of various breeds of
horses, for which there will be a large list of classes.
In fact, it is the management's purpose to offer a
prize list of exceptional merit that will attract ex-
hibits from far and near.
Columbus is especially easy of access, as several
railroad trunk lines converge there. The Show will
be held in a new Coliseum at the State Fair Grounds,
conveniently located in the suburbs of Columbus.
This building is of the most modern type, and is
larger and more complete than the one built at
Springfield, Mass., last year. The arena, including
its show ring, will be spacious and well adapted for
Good Loser Always a Good Winner.
In writing the Breeder and Sportsman, F. L.
Wright, one of our Missouri readers, who was a for-
mer subscriber of the Missouri Stockman, says: "I
like the Breeder and Sportsman, and while it is pub-
lished a good ways from home it gives the news 1
am interested in. We regretted giving Jump Cau-
thorn to California; he was the most popular live
stock paper representative in the Middle West and
the best informed horseman. I would rather watch
him when his own horses are being exhibited than
any show I ever saw. He is the best loser I know,
and, — well, a good loser always is a good winner,
but a good winner is not always a good loser."
Californians Should Breed Saddle Horses.
It is a matter of very recent history since Califor-
nians were offered the services of good saddle stal-
lions. In fact, the majority of citizens took it for
granted that one meant a good cow pony; a mountain
climber, etc., when reference was made to saddle
horses. However, in comparatively few years they
have learned what a saddle horse is; and the major-
ity of them realize that a saddle horse is a distinct
breed with a long list of ancestors, registered in the
volumes of the American Saddle Horse Registry;
just as is a Standardbred, Thoroughbred, Percheron,
Clyde and Shire.
The popularity of the saddle horse with the public
can be best attested by a glance of the advertise-
ments of good stallions doing a public service here.
California, for the number of mares, has more stal-
lions of the highest type than Missouri or Kentucky,
and — look how they are bred? — every great sire of
stallions and brood mares in the registers can be
found represented here. The services on all are very
reasonable and every possible inducement offered to
the public.
With the growing demand for saddle horses in all
Coast cities, it seems that they are naturally looking
to California for their mart and naturally, it is up to
Californians to produce them. Every mare in Cali-
fornia should be bred this year and bred to one of
the stallions advertised in the Breeder and Sports-
man, which are proven breeders, from proven breed-
ers, and the kind that can always be sold at a good
profit for the producer.
Remember that a good, well made and sound sad-
dle mare can hold her own on the farm by the side
of a good mule; can do as much on the road as a
harness bred one and is incomparable under the sad-
dle, their intended use; and if you don't own one
now, lose no time in securing one, and the first thing
to do is to breed her to one of these good stallions.
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FOR A GREATER MISSOURI.
The Missouri State Federation of Commercial
Clubs has announced a program for State betterment
which has three prongs, like an old-fashioned steel
fork. It is:
Better seed for the 1917 corn crop.
A farm adviser for every county.
A highway engineer for every county.
If there is any sadder thing than the loss of the
harvest of broad acres of Missouri land and long
hours of Missouri sunshine through patient waiting
for seed to come up that was dead before it was
planted, it must be sought for outside of farming.
Only less sad is the expenditure of good brains and
muscle of man and horse in the culture of corn which
yields a second-class crop on first-class land because
the seed was second-class to begin with.
The county farm adviser has come to Missouri to
stay. When bis contract runs out he is re-engaged.
Look at Pettis and Cape Girardeau counties. There
has been opposition to farm advisers in- Missouri, but
never a single case where a farmer who had availed
himself of the aid of an adviser opposed the system.
A good farm adviser is really a clearing-house of
experience for the farmers of a county; he brings to
each the benefit ot the experience and knowledge of
all and learns as he teaches.
As for the engineer, the securing of a county high-
way engineer is the beginning of a rational move-
ment for good roads. This is not a matter for argu-
ment; look at the counties that have engineers — and
then at those that have not.
Our Title Page.
On our front page this week, Astral King, one of
the greatest saddle stallions the world has ever
known, is portrayed; a horse that has achieved dis-
tinction and popularity the width and breadth of the
land. In the show rings of America's greatest fairs
and expositions he has won over all comers and all
ages. His career reads like a book and though in gain-
ing his distinction he has had many obstacles to
overcome; was knocked and abused perhaps as no
other horse ever was, he fought back like the good
soldier he is; and today, those who predicted he
would be in total obcsurity after a few seasons'
shows, doff their hats to him and acclaim him "The
King of Saddle Horses."
In six years, 1910-1916, the country's population has
increased nearly ten millions. Precisely, the figures
are, in 1910 there were 92,309,348 people in the United
States, and government census gives the number for
1916 as 102,017,312. Speaking relatively there was
in 1910 slightly less than five people to every horse
estimated on farms to each person in the country.
In 1915, to January 1st, there was a narrower margin
of difference and this favorable to the horse, as com-
pared with five years previous (the figures of the
Department of Agriculture on horses for last year not
being before us). Specifically the number of horses
on farms in 1910 was 19,833,113, or one to every
4 14-19. January 1, 1915, the report gives 21,195,000
head and the population 100,399,318, or one animal
for each 4 15-21 people, which, as will be seen by the
figures, is a slight difference favorable to the horse
for the latter period.
The table furnished by the department at Wash-
ington gives no estimate whatever of city owned
horses but it is held generally that there are about
eight million head in city use through the country.
Neither have we included mention here of the number
of mules in the country, which in 1910 was 4,209,769
on farms and in 1915 this number had increased to
4,479,000, a jump of 269,239 in five years. If the
nearly four and one-half million mules and say
7,500,000 city used horses were added to the table or
relative figures it would show that instead of there
being one animal for every five persons, there would
be one to every three and 50-100 persons. The sum-
mary of the whole shows that in so far as numbers
go, the horse has kept apace with growth of popu-
lation.
It must be conceded that light drivers and carriage
horses are reduced immeasurably ' in numbers since
the great growth of automobiles have rendered their
(the horses') use somewhat of a dangerous luxury,
but even so, the country's growth establishes the fact
that there is need for horses in comparison with in-
crease of population. It would be idle talk to deny
that the horse interest has not been severely injured
by the machine, but, on the other hand, how could
the country have been served if it were not for the
machine. Here we have a growth of 10 per cent in
population in seven years and only about 2 per cent
growth in the number of horses during practically
the same period; how could progress be marked up
if such untoward conditions continued to face it
without some kind of dependency to rely on? With-
out a question the rapid growth of the machine
caused a scare among breeders and farmers who be-
lieved that it was all over with the horse, and this
is one reason why their number fell off, compara-
tively, in the years between 1910 and 1915 and be-
tween 1905 and 1910. In 1905 it is given that there
were 17,058,000 horses on farms, and, as already
stated, this number increased to W, 833, 113 in 1910,
a jump of 2,775,133 in that brief space of time, while
during the next like period there was an increase
of but 1,361,900, a difference of 1,414,233, which surely
was due to no other reason than scare caused by the
incoming of the automobile.
Again we must emphasize doubt regarding the cor-
rectness of the U. S. department's figures in regard
to number of horses. These doubts are created by
the close similarity of figures presented from a num-
ber of states, which, to us, are suggestive of a none
too careful attention being given by estimators or
census takers, in compiling their data. Here are
some samples of reports that appear in the table:
From New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New York, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Ala-
bama, Mississippi and Louisiana, come figures which
show that the same number of horses were held on
the farms of each in 1915 as in 1914. Mark, with the
exception of the three New England states the others
are all great horse developing states, in fact, about
the best in the country. And the inconsistency of the
same statement is further shown by the fact that the
1914-15 figures apply identically to those of 1913 in
several of the same states, notably New York, Con-
necticut, Rhode Island and Kentucky. So that, like
the register kept by most cities, no great dependence
can be placed on the statistics presented by the De-
partment of Agriculture, as to the number of horses
in the country. The want of correctness is no doubt
due to the absence of system in states in tabulating
numbers precisely, and until this is corrected and a
system developed in all, the D. S. department cannot
be expected to give out real facts on this subject
Reverting to comparative figures anent the horse
and population, it must be admitted by all that has
been shown that the horse has kept up wonderfully
well in fact of the opposition that has been put up
against him. During the past six years the machine
has made greater headway than in all former years
put together, yet the number of horses on farms has
steadily increased; in fact, their increase alone dur-
ing these years is, if presented figures may be ac-
cepted, more than one-half times greater than the
full number of machines in the whole country- —
[Horseshoers* Journal, Detroit, Mich.
An auction sale of Holstein-Friesian bulls will take
place on Thursday, May 24, at the third annual Butte
County Spring Exposition to be held in Chico, May
21 to 26. Twenty head from the best breeders in the
state will be sold by the California Breeders' Sales
and Pedigree Company.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 31, 1917
Harness Horses and Horsemen
EIGHTEEN WEEKS' CONTINUOUS RACING IN
CALIFORNIA ASSURED.
IN BEHALF OF THE TROTTER.
L. L. Polk, of the Lawrence-Williams Co., Cleve-
land, Ohio, distributers of Gombault's Caustic Bal-
sam, made his annual visit to California last week.
Mr. Polk is personally acquainted with the horsemen
of every state in the Union and his popularity here
is just as noticeable as in the East. He says the
company has not turned down any orders for "Gom-
bault's" so far and they hope that they will not have
to; however, they are experiencing some trouble in
getting this valuable preparation to America. One
of their largest importations, due here in February,
cannot be located. While Gombault's Caustic Balsom
was originally used almost exclusively by horsemen,
its merits as a household remedy are now becoming
appreciated and recognized by the public, and ac-
cording to Mr. Polk, the big end of the sales is now
for household consumption. However, horsemen are
using mere than at any time in the history of the
company's business.
C. A. Harrison at Mt. Vernon.
Sam Ball, of Mt. Vernon, Wash., is a busy trainer
these winter days preparing his fleet of hay-destroy-
ing pacers and trotters for an early spring campaign.
Mr. Ball's horses are all of the submersible type,
being wintered and trained where rain, snow, slush
and mud are a regular every-day diet. These steeds
are quite at home in rain, snow or hail, as Mr. Ball
and his assistant, Charley Chambers, never permit
any of the Ball fleet of mudlarking hay-destroyers to
lay in.
Beauty B. 2:04% is in elegant shape. She was a
sure enough fast mare last year, as she was an easy
second to A. R. G. at Centralia in 2:13*4, and when
in the second heat of that race Joe McGuire let
A. R. G. step to the half in 1:04 and to the three-
quarter pole in 1:36% ,this mare was right beside
him. Joe pulled her up at that point, as a winrace
of 2:12 or better was in sight, so the mile was fin-
ished slower. Beauty B., not having a winrace rec-
ord, is Mr. Ball's candidate for the slow trots. Tilla-
mook Maid is a big husky pacer by Zolock 2:05%
dam by Altamont, and has a record of 2:14%. When
well honed, however, she can pace very fast. She
likes any sort of track or weather, and as her name
indicates she came from Tillamook, Ore. As a young
thing in Oregon she used to swim out to the Tilla-
mook light ship, hence the name "Tillamook Maid."
Joseph Ansel is a free-legged chestnut pacer with a
three-year-old race record of 2:12%. He is a five-
year-old son of Prince Ansel 2:20 and Josie D., by
Nutwood Wilkes, and is a very fast pacer, good gaited
and dependable.
Van Winkle 2:20% is a trotting stallion by Gam-
betta Wilkes and a well bred and good looking horse.
He is a fast and game trotter, but has had trouble
with an ailing leg for some years. The ailment is
gone now and the submersible winter training seems
to suit the horse.
Ann Winkle is a good looking black mare, sired by
Van Winkle, dam Dewey Ann 2:16%. She is a good
gaited trotter and is in every way a pleasing student.
Mr. Ball expects to race his horses in the Middle
West and says it's best to go where racing begins
the first of June.
I had a pleasant time at Sacramento, drove a few
horses, saw a lot of nice ones in Walt Tryon's stable.
Walt has a very nice pacing three-year-old filly by
Peter the Great. She is a fast one and does it well.
Jas. Thompson has some well bred ones and good
lookers. These Peter McKlyo colts are real regular
good boned, good horses. I beliece -Tim Thompson's
Bon Watts is the classiest colt in California. Gee
whiz! that scamp should be a sire; he is a royal
swell.
Jim has a great yearling by Vernon McKinney out
of Mary Gordon. This colt is about as good a year-
ling in every way as I ever saw.
Mr. Stetson leaves on Tuesday for Kearney. Grey
Hal goes along. I saw him pace in 2:28 and back in
2:24, and I said "No faster for me." Last quarter
in 33%. all easy. Inasmuch as Mr. Stetson broke the
horse and only got him last October, I can't figure
how I could honorably take him away from him so
I said, "Take the gray steed along."
I sold Chris the Great; he goes to Nebraska and
he is a fast horse, and came to Stetson all scabby,
skinny and in bad order . Today he is a nice horse,
but I am all through with him and my best wishes
s,-o with him.
Am sure glad your circuit is framed; it looks good
to me. Now if each town gets a real press agent and
booms the meetings in all the dailv and Sunday
papers every day, and keeps it up, they will find it
pays to advertise. Printers' ink is a great medium,
and the public believes in it, and a race meeting
wants as much publicity as a ball game or auto race,
a prize fight or a breakfast food, and wants men to
put it over so the public will eat it up; and the meet-
ing will be so good the first day that every patron
will be pleased and go away praising the whole show.
Say, man, it wants brains, and then some!
C. A. HARRISON.
After having conducted several meetings of more
or less indifferent success, the California Fair and
Racing Association, Saturday, March, 24, at the Hotel
Manx got down to brass tacks, all present realizing
that unless every one was willing to "give and take"
a little that nothing in the way of permanent dates,
classification and all that goes into the organizing
of a fair circuit would be accomplished. While every
man present argued for his particular plan, harmony
prevailed throughout the session and there was a
general feeling of good-fellowship by everyone pres-
ent. The line-up of the circuit was announced by
secretary Waddell as follows:
Salinas, July 11 to 14; Petaluma, July 18-21; Wood-
land, July 25-28: Dixon, August 1-4; Ukiah, August
8-11: Eureka, August 15-18; Ferndale, August 22-25;
Santa Rosa. August 29-September 1; Sacramento,
September 8-15; Hanford, September 19-22; Fresno,
September 24-29; Bakersfield, October 3-6; Riverside,
October 10-13; Ventura, October 17-20: Santa Maria,
October 24-27; Los Angeles, October 29-November 3;
Santa Ana, November 7-10; Phoenix, Ariz., November
12-17.
While the association will leave the purses en-
tirely to the fair officials, they will recommend a
tentative program, classified, and purses for each
stake will be recommended . C. Z. Hebert, who rep-
resented Salinas, the first fair of the circuit, and
which will open its gates July 11 for a four-day pro-
gram, stated that Salinas would give $6,000 in purses
for the harness horses and two running races every
day which would be worth about $100 each. It is
probable that the majority of the smaller towns in
the circuit will offer a similar program. Fresno,
Bakersfield, Sacramento and other larger towns will,
however, give larger purses.
C. F. Silva, owner of the Woodland track and one
of the leading fair promoters and horsemen in the
West,made a motion that the horses be reclassified
every two meeks; the motion, however, was voted
down and a motion to re-classify once every month
made and carried. This will necessitate late closing
events.
As in previous meetings, there was a strong senti-
ment in favor of giving the free-for-allers good stakes
clear down the line. It also was the opinion of those
present that there would be two good stake races
every day
The circuit will be raced under the rules of the
National Trotting Association, of which every track
in California except Hanford is already a member.
Officers elected were: L. L. Cannon of Santa Rosa,
president; C. E. Silva, vice-president; I. L. Borden,
treasurer ,and Joseph Waddell, secretary. In addi-
tion to the above, C. J. Berry, M. L Woy, J. E. Mont-
gomery, C. A. Durfee and D. L. Hackett were named
directors.
Notes of the Meeting.
Prominent horsemen and fair representatives who
attended the meeting of the California Fair and Rac-
ing Association in San Francisco Saturday were:
M. C. Delano, Sacramento; C. A. Durfee, Oakland;
J. Dupon, Petaluma; W. J. Kenney, San Francisco;
Fred. H. Hall, Bakersfield; D. L. Hackett, San Fran-
cisco; Henry Helman, Salinas; C. Z. Hebert, Salinas ;
Win. S. Clark, Eureka; Dr. A. M. Dinsmore and W.
S. Moore, Ferndale: Chas. Silva, Woodland; H. Co-
hen, San Francisco; Harry McFadyen, Dixon; J. 12.
Montgomery, Davis; H. B. Smith, Ukiah; A. T. Jack-
son, Stockton, and C. A. Spencer, Santa Rosa.
Communications from others who assured their
support of the organization and agreement to dates
were read, from Enreka, Phoenix, Riverside, Fresno,
Los Angeles and Bakersfield.
* * *
Charles Silva, owner of the famous Woodland
Stock Farm, was a "stickler" for re-classification
every two weeks during the circuit, but was over-
ruled by the majority of those present. Every one
was in favor of re-classification once every month.
* * *
C. Z. Hebert, of Salinas, who has not missed a
meeting since the organization of the association, can
always be counted on as one of those who knows
what he wants and when he wants it; and what his
association will do, and states his proposition in a
business like manner.
* * *
Dr. A. M. Dinsmore and W. S. Moore, of Ferndale,
who are prominent business men of that city and
officials of the Ferndale fair, came to the meeting
with the assurance of Ferndale's joining the circuit,
and though forced to make their dates almost one
month earlier than is their custom, they accepted the
dates and assured the horsemen of a big meeting
there. Ferndale is in the center of one of the richest
live stock and agricidtural sections of California and
the Ferndale Fair is one of the most successful live
stock shows on the Coast. Their live stock and agri-
cultural show attracts visitors from every section of
that part of California as well as the best live stock
exhibits in the state.
+ + +
There were five different horsemen in San Fran-
cisco last week who claimed they had the fastest
young trotter in the state. When they get together
tie fur will fly.
A bill has been introduced in the Maine Legisla-
ture in behalf of the American trotter. The author
of the measure proposes that at agricultural fairs
having harness races with purses amounting in the
aggregate to $1,000 at least one-third of the events
at each meeting be for trotters, exclusive of pacers.
E. E. Briggs, of Lewiston, we believe, is sponsor for
the measure ,in behalf of which a number of promi-
nent and influential horsemen of the Pine Tree State
have appeared. So far as we know, no one has urged
the defeat of the bill, although one representative,
who is also a fair secretary, has suggested that the
totai amount of purses mentioned in the proposed
statute he raised to $1,200, it being his belief that
some of the minor fairs would suffer for lack of
entries if the smaller figure were allowed to stand.
Maine at one time was quite prominent as a horse-
breeding state, and within her borders were more
trotters than pacers, but times have changed. Today
she can boast of but comparatively few breeders, and
the number of pacers is far in excess of horses ot
the diagonal gait, the latter contingency, however,
being due to the fact that a great majority of the
associations offer purses for mixed races, in which
free-legged trotters have little chance of beating the
hoppled pacers. Hence there is little demand for
trotters, because it requires an exceptionally good
horse to earn his oats, while one can dispose of a
hoppled pacer in short order, for the purchaser knows
the animal has more than an even chance of earning
good dividend on his investment.
The measure in question is a move in the right
direction and should pass without a dissenting vote.
It will raise the status of the trotter of Maine to a
higher plane and encourage breeding, besides giving
spectators at the various fairs an opportunity to wit-
ness contests between horses of the highest type. —
[American Horse Breeder.
An organized movement against race track specu-
lation has been started in Maryland, with what
appears to be a lot of influence behind it. The organ-
ization will declare war on betting on racing of what-
soever character. With praiseworthy prudence the
racing interests of Maryland some time ago abolished
the bookmaker and installed the Pari-mutuel system,
in the hope of forestalling the popular clamor and
saving the sport. The plan has demonstrated its
efficiency in Kentucky, and might have been counted
on to do so in Maryland, but for another abuse of
the sport just as bad as the bookmaker, and this is
the almost incessant racing. The Maryland running
tracks are in operation continuously when the
weather is fit, and a new course has been projected
nearly every season, until the State is full — too full —
of them. The motive is greed, not a desire to gratify
the reasonable needs of the public for sport, and this
seems to be a natural propensity of the promoters
of thoroughbred lacing when they are not hindered
by legal restraint. It spelled ruin to the race tracks
in New York, Chicago, Cincinnati and other cities
where the sport once flourished, and it apparently
will do so in Maryland. The Jockey Club has allotted
dates to the metropolitan tracks providing for 102
days of continuous racing this season, yet the Sun's
sport writer says it is not enough and hundreds of
racegoers demand that the racing should start earlier
and continue longer. It is the old story of the needy
and the greedy. Harness racing with reasonable
speculation legalized might exist in nearly every
State but for the debauchery by bookmaking and in-
terminable racing at the running tracks. An outraged
public sentiment recognizes no degrees or stratas in
morality in a crusade against social evils, and the
innocuous sport of the trotter must suffer for the
sins of the runner. — [Trotter and Pacer.
The Gem State Fair News.
"We are still unsettled as to our plans for the 1917
fair on account of appropriation made by the last
Legislature, which is now in the hands of the Gov-
ernor awaiting his autograph. If the Governor signs
the bill we will be in splendid shape to give a great
fair this year, as the Ada County Commissioners will
maintain grounds, buildings ,etc, giving us the en-
tire appropriation for fair purposes, which, with the
gate receipts, grand stand, advertising and conces-
sions would bring us up to about $25,000, which
should put on a pretty good fair.
"Under the bill creating the Idaho State Fair, it is
to be put in the hands of a State Board of Agricul-
ture, five members, which are to be appointed by the
Governor. Under this new plan the secretary will be
expected to take care of the Lewiston Live Stock
Show; the Idaho State Fair, *he Idaho Seed Show,
and be secretary of the State Board of Agriculture.
"I wish to congratulate -the California horsemen
for securing the services of Joseph Waddell as sec-
retary of their circuit, and I trust that he will be com-
pensated for his work and time," writes O. P. Hen-
dershot, Sec'y, Boise, Idaho.
J. B. Stetson, who has been training at Sacramento
for some time, on Friday shipped his stable to Ben-
son, Nebraska, from which place he will prepare to
race in the Middle West. Most of the horses are
the property of the Midway Stock Farm, Benson.
He also has C. A. Harrison's good young pacer. Grey
Hal, in his stable.
Saturday, March 31, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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The judges took a hand in distributing many decis-
ions and fines last Sunday at Tia Juana. Jockey C.
Burlingame was suspended thirty days for an unsat-
isfactory ride on the mare Little Dipper, in the third
race of March 20. The further entries of the Palace
stable will be refused. Jockey Metcalf was fined $25
for striking Jockey Kelsay with his whip after the
finish of the first race of Friday.
* * *
Four California thoroughbred mares have been
shipped to Reno to go to the court of Honeywood,
George Wingfield's English-bred sire. Ray Egan was
down from his farm at Petaluma Monday with the
information that he has sent the good producer
Mitten to the Nevada Stock Farm. Charles W. Clark
has sent the former sensational filly Cluny and John
H. Rosseter, Roman Lady and the imported aged
matron Elsie Velasquez. The latter only recently
arrived at Pleasanton from England, and had the mis-
fortune to lose a foal that would have been a full
brother to Volta. the best sprinter in England for
two seasons.
The breeding industry is being revived somewhat
by reason o£ the hope that racing will be re-estab-
lished in California shortly. Thirty-three mares were
mated with Honeywood this spring, and Charles W.
Clark, John H. Rosseter, Edward Cebrian, the Napa
Stock Farm and other enthusiasts are taking an inter-
est in the sport. There is also the possibility that
A.'K. Macomber will establish a farm at Burlingame.
* * *
Dangling their legs over the rails surrounding the
Pleasanton race track was a large gathering of horse-
men on Sunday morning to witness a band of thirty-
odd head of two-year-old thoroughbreds make their
first speed tests. It was the initial tryout for the
baby California racers, many of which will be shipped
across the Rockies to sport silks on the metropolitan
courses.
Standing out as a comer was a racy-looking chest-
nut colt by Rey Hindoo-Margie D. that has been
named Rey El Pleasanton. Like a streak of lightning
he bolted from the barrier and negotiated the quarter-
mile dash in 0:231-5. Others of the youngsters, in-
cluding S. Christenson's imported War Shot, also
turned in creditable workouts, and it was a day well
spent by the devotees of the thoroughbred.
The horses are the last of the stock raised by Law-
rence & Comstock on their Oakwood stock farm in
Placer county. The days of the past, when California
produced dozens of similar bands, were recalled, and
it was a source of regret among the horsemen that no
more colts and fillies will be raised at the famous
nursery.
The occasion of tryouts was also taken advantage
of to have one big christening party. Twenty-seven
of the juveniles were given names that they will
cany to the races. The list, with the breeding, fol-
lows:
By Rey Hindoo.
Rey Alfalfas, b. c, out of Dod Anderson.
Doc Vaughn ,ch. c, out of Sulu H.
French Nurse, b. f., out of Trained Nurse.
Do Admit, b. f., out of Admit.
Charles Greggus, b. c, out of Directa.
Alf Vezina, br. c, out of Dalley.
Rel El Pleasanton, ch. c, out of Margie D.
Armador Valley, ch. f„ out of Armadora.
Mazie Barber, ch. f., out of Chico.
Rey Green, b. c, out of Gracious Dame.
By Salvation.
Sal Sempronius, b. f., out of Bertie V.
Miss Rosetta ,ch. f., out of Palizado.
■ Miss Rauline, ch. f„ out of Colonia.
• Magician, ch. c, out of Illusion.
Clarisse O'B., b. f„ out of Mi Reina.
Nora Lee, ch. f., out of Arcadia Belle.
Miss- Mabel, ch. f., out of Ellen Atkin.
• Pleasanton Belle, b. f., out of La Reine Empress.
Naomi Walton, ch. f., out of Alondra.
Honolulu Boy, ch. c, out of Zorita.
Bernice E., ch. c, out of Bertola.
Joe Mullender, eh. c, out of Sister Modred.
By Tim Payne.
Norfolk Star, eh. c, out of Cheridah.
Ben Payne, b. c, out of Gottlieben.
Tom O'Day, ch. c, out of La Poeta.
Gale, b. c, out of Gano Belle.
By Joe Carey.
Katherine Carey, b. I., out of Katherine Ennis.
In addition to the above, two three-year-olds were
on display.- Heydo, by Rey Hindoo— Trinta. stepped
a half in 47 3-5 seconds, closely followed by Lonie
Lissak, by Salvation — Bonnie Lissak.
Jockey Frank Keogh, well known to California
racegoers, has signed a contract to ride this year for
the stable of J. E. Widener.
*•+■+
Jno. Lowe had a good day at Hot Springs a week
ago; he won the handicap at 5% furlongs with David
Craig ,and the Morris Bath House handicap at 1 1-16
miles with Brynlimah.
+ 4" *
The keenest interest is being displayed in the hur-
dle race at a mile and a quarter Sunday next. Presi-
dent Coffroth plans on staging many hurdle and
steeplechase events next winter and the jumping
sport should attract much interest. Foxhall Keene,
regarded as one of the greatest gentlemen riders over
the jumps, as well as owning some of America's
finest jupers, is enthusiastic regarding the sport out
west. He will give all his aid in the promotion of
Sunday's event and unless all signs fail it should pro-
vide great sport. First Degree has worked wonders
over the jumps in training and many are tabbing him
as a winner over the high sticks in Tia Juana's first
effort.
* * *
The extensive racing establishment of A. K. Ma-
comber, the California sportsman, in charge of Wal-
ter B. Jennings, now in training at Palmetto Park,
Charleston, S. C, is due to reach Churchill Downs
about the first week in April, according to advices
received at the offices of the New Louisville Jockey
Club from Mr. Jennings. In his communication Jen-
Dings asks that fifty-five stalls be reserved, and he
states that he will bring the entire stable in training,
comprising fifty-one head.
* * *
New Orleans (La.), March 14. — Two new race-
tracks probably will be built within a few miles ot
New Orleans this year. Permission has been asked
to construct one of them between Shrewsbury and
Haralan, in Jefferson parish, while it is planned to
locate the other at Shrewsbury. If the authorities
say the word the New Orleans racing season will
open on October 1 and will continue at the new tracks
until New Year's Day, when the Business Men's As-
sociation will resume operations at the Fair Grounds
until the Mardi Gras festival. After that the pro-
posed tracks hope to split the dates until June, 1918.
This means continuous sport in the Crescent City for
almost 200 days.
Dr. Chas. F. Gebke, Mayor of Gretna, the principal
city of Jefferson parish, announced today that he
would fight against the establishment of two race-
tracks in Jefferson parish. Gebke, who has always
led the reformers in Jefferson parish, says that he
will take the matter before the Governor. Grand Jury
and Legislature to stop the running of races in Jef-
ferson parish.
THE WOODLAWN VASE.
To my mind Americans will get far better results
by importing good brood mares and stallions than
by taking the always doubtful chances of buying
yearlingsor foals. It is all very well to buy a brood
mare with a foal at foot, but to buy foals alone is
a hazardous proposition. At any rate those who do
so have no right to complain if results are not profit-
able.— W. Allison in London 'Sportsman. ..
Revival of Racing Expected in Detroit.
Windsor, Ont, March 12. — Quiet efforts that have
now reached such a stage that full publicity is about
to be given seem to have accomplished what the rac-
ing public of Detroit has long desired, the revival of
the sport of the turf in that city.
While harness racing has always flourished in the
City of the Straits, and the Blue Ribbon trots form
the greatest and most noted meeting of the Grand
Circuit, there has been no running meet since High-
land Park was sold to become the site of the Ford
motor works. The racing at the Old Grosse Point
track was a memorable gathering of race horses from
East and West, and the return of the sport has long
been desired.
With adequate equipment it may be anticipated
that Detroit will send to the races, somewhere within
Wayne county, the greatest crowds of people ever
known on an American track. Even the palmy days
of Washington Park, Chicago, or Sheepshead or
Derby Day at Churchill Downs, would not, in the
opinion of old turfmen, equal the showing Detroit
will make if it only has the opportunity.
That is now said to be assured, and so much prog-
ress has been made as to justify the expectation of
a meeting this summer, which would be under the
direction of Jos. A. Murphy, who thus returns to a
scene of earlier labor, as he was the chief official of
the Grosse Pointe meeting of the Detroit Driving
Club when Detroit had its first taste of thoroughbred
racing. Behind Mr. Murphy are such well-known
turfmen as J. W. Schorr, the Tennessee breeder,
whose stable is one of the strongest in America, and
J. A. Gibson, Detroit contractor and horse owner.
Interest on this side of the river centers chiefly
on the probable effect of the three tracks here, and
it is generally considered that Devonshire, which was
the latest, and is not included in any circuit, will be
the chief sufferer by any selection of dates that may-
be decided on by Detroit.
The expectation is that the mutuels will be the
means of speculation, as they have been sanctioned
by use for several years at the Blue Ribbon meetings
and have met with no objection. The State law is so
stringent that it has always been regarded as a dead
letter, and that feeling permits open-booking and
pool-selling at scores of meetings of harness racers
throughout the State.
* * *
San Diego, March 23.— President James W. Cof-
froth of the Lower California Jockey Club made
official announcement that the Tia Juana race meet-
ing will close on Sunday, April 1. It was extended
over the announced 100 days indefinitely.
Auother valuable and historic turf trophy has been
put into competition for the coming season in the
Woodlawn Vase. The Maryland Jockey Club has
come into possession of this beautiful silver trophy.
The Woodlawn Vase is, historically, if not actually,
the most valuable "cup" on the American turf. De-
signed and produced by Tiffany, in 1860, to the order
of Col. R. A. Alexander, it was presented by him to
the Woodlawn Association, of Louisville, Kentucky.
It was won that year by Captain Morris' great mare,
Molly Jackson, beating Magenta, Sailor and Bettie
Ward. The next winner was Idlewild, from the sta-
ble of the same owner.
During the Civil War the Vase was buried with
the family plate, at Woodlawn. In 1866 it was won
by Harry of the West, and in 1867 by Merrill. It was
next won by that good horse Bramble ridden by
James McLaughlin, in the great American Stallion
Stakes, at Louisville, in, 1877. Bramble's owners
the Messrs. Dwyer, brought the Vase east and pre-
sented it to the Coney Island Jockey Club.
In 1883. Mr. F. Gebhardt's Eole added his name to
the list of illustrious winners, by defeating Bush-
whacker ,for the Vase, at four miles. The peerless
Miss Woodford then won it two years in succession.
The Vase was not offered again until 1893, when it
was won by Pickpocket and later by the great Race-
land.
In 1894, Sir Excess beat Banquet and was in turn
beaten by Banquet, in two races, for the Vase, at
Jerome Park . The next contest for the Vase was
at Morris Park, in 1901, when Gold Heels won it.
In 1902 Advance Guard was the winner. Finally* in
1903 and 1904, Shorthose duplicated Miss Woodford's
record by winning the Vase twice, consecutively.
By the victories of Shorthose, the Vase became the
property of Mr. Thomas Clyde, who has now, in the
interest of the sport, presented the Vase to the Mary-
land Jockey Club, to be added to the Preakness of
1917, and so make this valuable piece of plate more
historic in value, if such a thing is possible, by asso-
ciating it, in years to come, with the victories of
many illustrious thoroughbreds.
It is the Maryland Jockey Club's belief that a
trophy of such unique importance should not again
become private property, in the sense that it may be
withdrawn from competition indefinitely. Therefore,
its successive winners hereafter shall be required,
each in turn, within one year from his coming into
possession of the Vase, to offer it again, through any
reputable racing association, and for a suitable race.
Thus the Vase will pass back and forth, North,
South, East and West, ever growing in value and in
time, let us hope, reviving some, at least, of the sec-
tional rivalries that lent such intense interest to
racing in the good old days. — [Thoroughbred Record.
General has been the most consistent performer at
the Tia Juana meeting this season. He is the only
horse which has been racing there which has won as
many as eight races.
* * *
New Orleans, La., March 15 — Carrying out her
threat at the meeting of the board of directors at the
Fair Grounds Monday night, Miss Jean M. Gordon,
through her attorney, Solomon Wolfe, has filed a
petition in the Civil Court restraining the Business
Men's Association, Inc., from donating the City Park
track property to the city. Miss Gordon files the suit
as owner of a certificate for two shares of the Busi-
ness Men's Racing Association's capital stock.
* * *
The horse racing bill, providing for a system of
pari-mutuel betting and for virtually the same regu-
lations that govern racing in Kentucky, was killed in
the Missouri Senate by a vote of 12 to 16. The Sen-
ate also killed the Casey racing bill, which would
have provided for a thirty-day annual race meeting
in St. Louis and Kansas City. This ends the chances
for horse racing in Missouri, at least for another two
years.
* + +
In the spring season labor is a bit scarce around
racing stables .and some trainers have the habit of
enticing rubbers away from their employers, also
exercise boys when they show any ability. This is
much against the rules of all governing bodies of
racing and a source that arouses the indignation of
horsemen who lose their help. The New York Jockey
Club has decided to put a stop to this sort of thing
occurring under its jurisdiction, and, upon complaint,
will go to extreme measures to punish those who
attempt to hire an employe away from another sta-
ble. The rules are explicit on the question, the pun-
ishment for infraction also.
Regarding this subject, G. D. Wilson. Secretary of
the Kentucky Association, wishes to call especial
attention to Rule 137 of the State Racing Commis-
sion of Kentucky. The rule follows:
"Owners and trainers employing riders, grooms or
attendants, shall make their contracts in writing,
properly signed and witnessed, in case the time cov-
ered by the contract exceeds thirty days.. Any per-
son who shall entice or attempt to entice away from
an employer, a rider, groom or attendant, who is
under contract, may be fined not exceeding $250, or
ruled off."
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 31, 1917
O. J. Mooers, of Columbia, Mo., will have his strong
stable of heavy leather wearing horses at Tulsa
next month.
** *
Miss Loula Long's incomparable stable of saddle
and heavy harness horses have been entered an the
Tulsa, Okla., horse show.
* + *
Jas. Buford, of Paris. Mo., will be one of the ex-
hibitors of saddle horses at Tulsa, Okla., next month.
Mr. Buford will have the best small stable in the
state, it is said.
+ + *
Tulsa, Oklahoma, has joined the ranks and will
give a big horse show next month. Horse shows are
finally getting the support they deserve and the
commercial clubs of the smaller cities of the United
States are proposing them as the drawing card of
their spring and autumn season.
Blades & Holeman, Holliday, Mo., horsemen, have
dissolved partnership. This firm has developed and
exhibited some of the best horses in the United
States in recent years. Mr. Blades will conduct the
stable at Holliday and Mr. Holeman has accepted a
position with Houchin & Anderson, Jefferson City,
Missouri.
+ * +
San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles, Cal., has sold
their clever saddle mare, Annie Waxy Hunt, by Red
Eagle — Cora Waxy, which is one of the best bred
mares in California. This mare with proper attention
would make a high class three-gaited animal, and
while the name of the purchaser was not made public
it is hoped that it is some one who will have the
mare exhibited.
The marriage of Dr. Winslow Anderson, of St. Win-
ifred's Hospital, and Miss Ethel B. Davie, which took
place at 1065 Sutter street Saturday, does not come
as a surprise to the friends of these well known
horse lovers; however, it is of interest to all just
at this time. Both Dr. Anderson and the bride are
the owners of some good horses and have been prom-
inently identified with California horse shows for
several years. Mrs. Anderson's gelding, Kildare, was
one of the best winners at the last state fair in both
three-gaited saddle and heavy harness events. Dr.
and Mrs. Anderson, who are prominent in San Fran-
cisco hospital circles, left Tuesday for New York
;,nd will return to San Francisco after an extended
tour of the East.
+ * ♦
Judse E. A. Bridgford announces that he has moved
his great young stallion, Le Grand McDonald, from
the Hulda stables, North Panhandle Park to the San
Francisco Riding Academy, at 701 Seventh Avenue,
whicn is near the main bridle paths of Golden Gate
Park. Judge Bridgford is giving 'his horse a lot of
good hard work every day and the youngster is im-
proving amazingly well in his gaits as well as looks.
It is said by those who saw him show last fall that
he is fully fifty per cent better now than then; and
they predict an unusually successful show from him
in the autumn. His being located in San Francisco
at this time presents the owners of good mares in
this section an excellent opportunity to secure his
services. He t.iobabh will be moved to the Bridi-
ford Company's ranch at Kingston later on
• **
The writer saw more equestrians Sunday than at
any time since arriving in San Francisco. There tvas
an attractive string of horses and riders at every
turn of the bridle paths in the park and along the
Beach. Some exceptionally good horses were noticed
and some skilled equestriennes; however, there were
the usual number of "dogs and bulls" that are so
prevalent in the cities. It seems that all those who
ndp would realize what added pleasure thev would
get from a really good horse and that the* cost of
keeping a good one being no more than the common
kind, and would buy better horses. There are so
many high class horses used here that the compar-
ison Is all the more noticeable and it is most evident
from the expression on the faces of those who ride
the "dogs" that they are not really enjoving them-
selves.
+ ♦ ♦
Fully fifteen couples took part in the music ride
at the San Francisco Riding Academy last Tuesday
evening, which was commanded by Gordon L. Smith,
the instructor, who, by the way, was a former in-
structor at Durland's and is said to be one of the
most expert masters on the coast. Among those who
took part in this highly enjoyable affair were: Mrs.
Helen Cox, Mrs. Gordon, Mr. Fortune, Mr. Ahlers,
the owner o£ Mavis; Mr. Lynch and Misses Davies,
Rosthehild, Fortune, Ulrick and others. There was
also a class under Mr. Smith Monday and Friday
evenings.
The Kentucky Saddle Horse Company's sale at
Sedalia, Mo., March 16, was attended mostly by local
buyers, with a few from Missouri and Blinois. The
horses that were prepared for a sale of this character
were well sold, and there was more of demand than
supply. D. Schilling, of Chicago, accompanied F. T.
Fowler, proprietor of the Edgewater Beach Riding
Academy, Chicago, and bought a load of extra nice
riding academy horses. The old sire, Prince Rupert,
now 20 years old, sold for §17.50. The only decent
thing to have done with him was to have adminis-
tered a "sleeping potion" to prevent the old horse
from falling into bad hands. Youngsters brought all
they were worth and using horses sold high.
* * *
Longview Farm, Lee's Summit, Mo., announces the
sale of their noted young saddle stallion, Garrard
Hunt, 4, by Garrard Chief — Miss Hunt, to D. Schil-
ling, of Chicago and Aroya, Col., who was a visitor to
Missouri stables last week. Garrard Hunt is one of
the most attractive horses living; it is not an exag-
geration to say that he is as attractive as My Major
Dare, and the quickest and easiest way to describe
him is to say that he looks very much like the
premier of Longview. He is a bay, with one or two
small white marks, perfectly made and splendidly
educated and mannered. In 1915 he was the cham-
pion two-year-old of Missouri and went so far as to
win in some of the best contested junior stakes of
that year. He was not shown as a three-year-old last
year and Mr. Schilling has not announced whether
he will have him exhibited this season or not.
* * *
D. Schilling Writes of Missouri Visit.
D. Schilling of Chicago, was in Missouri last week
and visited several of the leading show stables. The
following are news items taken from a personal let-
ter, not meant for publication, but which will he of
much interest to saddle horse lovers:
"Longview has a lot of using horses ready to go, as
well as a splendid show stable. They are having a
lot of inquiries and are making some good sales.
Among the show horses I saw worked was the beauti-
ful stallion, Kentucky's Best, which will be their
headliner this season instead of My Major Dare, now
retired. He is going in great form and is more beau-
tiful than ever; the gray gelding, Silver Zizz, has
improved wonderfully since the Denver show and is
filling out to be a great looker as well as doer. Joan
Sawyer is getting finer every day, if such a thing is
possible, and worked like a streak. I saw the new
walk-trot mare purchased recently from Langhorn
Tabb Anderson, and while I did not see her work, she
is a fine type and will make them all sit up and take
notice.
"Dell Holeman has been employed by Houchin &
Anderson, of the Astral King Farm, Jefferson City.
This good rider under the splendid guidance of Trev
Anderson .will prove a great acquisition to the stable,
which, from appearances, will be better this year
than it has ever been. Mr. Houchin has bought the
four-year-old stallion Beauchamp, winner of the junior
stake at Chicago, Denver, etc., and second only to My
Major Dare in aged stallion stakes . I would* like to
see the horse that will beat him this year in the
junior stakes. This stable will feature I Am King
in the aged classes, and though he is younger than
most stake horses, he is sure "some pumpkins." For
the mare classes they have the talented beautv owned
by Col. Judy of Tallulla, HI., called Adelaide Jeane.
Mr. Houchin tried to buy the mare but at the last
moment the deal feU through. They also talk of a
wonderful gelding they are going to show, but he is
still under cover. Mr. Anderson has picked up a lot
of ready to use horses which will go like hot cakes
this spring, judging from the present demand.
"Ed Moore, as you know, has the gray gelding Jack
Barrymore, heading his string.
"Dr. W. C. Gadsby, of Kirkwood, has some stable
if I am a judge. In the stallion classes he will show
that magnificent horse, Crimson Chief, one of the
finest, fastest and best gaited horses anywhere; for
the mare classes he has Blanch Ring, a mare that
will be hard to beat anywhere, very fine, a good doer
and possessing great class. Dr. Gadsby, like every
one else in the country, is looking for a good rider
as he cannot devote so much of his personal atten-
tion to the training and showing of horses on account
of his extensive practice in St. Louis county. But,
where is the rider who can be trusted, does not drink
or carouse and knows the game? Answer: Nowhere.
What an opportunity for a young man who loves and
knows horses; can train and show one and be trusted.
I know of several men who would buy a stable of
show horses if they had such a man.
"In St. Louis there are and have been manv enthu-
siastic horsemen who own great stables and they
have had bad experiences with their riders. I am
sorry to say Col. Paul Brown is quitting the game
and seems disgusted with it. He was one of the best
His entire stable is catalogued to sell at the April
auction in New York. I trust something will occur
to cause this wealthy sportsman to reconsider and I
withdraw his horses from the market
"P. H. Donnelly of St. Louis is as enthusiastic aS'
ever about his saddle horses, and now has his show
horses with Pete Vogetzzer, at Taylorville, HI., one
of the best young trainers in this section. He is a
painstaking chap and with some good horses in his
hands will go to the top of the profession. Mr. Don-
nelly also keeps two good horses in St. Louis for his
personal pleasure.
"The Busch stable is not 'long* on saddle horses, in
fact, has none of the five-gaited variety; but are get-
ting together a good stable of heavy harness horses.
They are very keen to show this year and I trust the
fair associations of Missouri will offer enough attrac-
tive purses to keep them in this country.
"By the way, while in St. Louis I dropped in to see
Mr. Behymer of the Sickles Saddlery Co., a horse-
lover and one of the boosters of the game, and he
showed me an assortment of saddles, bridles, and ac-
cessories such as no house west of New York can
display, and I do not know of a New York firm
that can compare with this assortment as regards
show horse equippage.."
Mooers Will Have Stable of Winners.
For several years O. J. Mooers, of Columbia, Mo.,
has been the largest money winner of any exhibitor
of show horses in the United States. In the course
of this remarkable career Mr. Mooers has owned
many horses of great renown and famous throughout
this country and in England. There is a belief among
many of the well informed horse show devotees of
the Middle West that there is only one smarter horse-
man in this country than Mr. Mooers, and most every
one agrees to this; it is Mrs. Mooers, whose judg-
ment .ability to exhibit and everything that goes into
the game is marvelous. Mr. Mooers has just sold
to Longview Farm his great young walk-trot mare,
Chloe Malone, a daughter of the incomparable Grand
McDonald, and a young gelding that will best be re-
membered as Charlie Cherry, which was brought out
for its first and only public appearance at the Com-
mencement Show by R. B. Glenn, last year. The fol-
lowing letter from Mr. Mooers is so interesting and
describes his stable and activities so thoroughly that,
instead of rewriting bis notes, I am publishing them
just as "0. J." wrote, as I am sure they will be of
interest to horse lovers in this form. The letter
which was written under date March 23, follows:
"I have just sold Chloe Malone to John Hook — for
Miss Long's stable — and if you could have heard old
'Foxy John' trying to separate me from her for his
price you would have laughed; but before he got her
he paid $2500 for her — not in conversation, but in
R A. Long's hard cash. Take it from me, at this
time of year ?2500 looks good; still I am like you in
a way, I do not think there is a walk-trot horse, little
or big, that can or will approach her this y«ar. She
has settled down and is so much smarter than I ever
thought she would get. Her trot is wonderful and
her canter is simply poetry turned into music, and
no horse living has such a walk. You know I had
Poetry of Motion two years and he was the Grand
Champion of the world; and I want to say right here:
Chloe Malone has a better and faster walk; better
trot and just as good a canter .and can smother the
old champion getting off her hocks. I had bought
the young gray gelding of Ben Glenn, that he showed
at the Commencement show last year and also sold
him to John. He was about the smartest little gray
horse one ever saw. You should see Pick of Basket
and Dainty Miss now. I want to say I have never
seen a pair improved like these have since Denver,
and the fact is I don't think there is a fifteen hand
pair alive that can beat them ,and it is certain there
is not a better matched pair anywhere.
"The Spring Maid looks and is also going better
than ever, and Adora, the four-year-old Hackney
mare, is going to her elbows, and Troublesome
Tommy is only waiting for the bell to tap. He has
more speed and snappier than ever.
"But I want to say I have a chestnut gelding 15.2
strong, that is the finest harness horse in America,
and the handsomest I ever saw; can go to bis elbows,
pull his hocks accordingly, with a finer, longer neck
than Chloe Malone, and will be shown as a gig horse,
and has as much speed as Galland Lad — guess, that's
poor? I will make my first show with him at Tulsa,
Okla. I have never shown him and he is as fine,
handsome and as smart as Revelation, with speed
and action, and will be shown under the name of
Bit of a Devil, and if I only had 'Jump' down here to
see him parade just once — well. Major Dare, Jack
Barrymore or none of the rest would even get an
honorable mention for at least three weeks; how do
you like his name?
"I also have a new pair of chestnut stallions, half
brothers to Reginald Vanderbilt's Dr. Selyonf. They
both have their long tails yet, are 15.2% high, and
maybe before I get through, with the 1917 shows
some one will be good enough to say that O. J. has
'some' stable.
"I don't see why you can't get heavy harness
classes put on out in California. If you could I would
come out there for this season, that is if a circuit
could be formed as good as Galesburg, Burlington,
Des Moines, Hamline, Topeka, and so forth. See
what you can do and let us know."
"I also have a new bay gelding 15.1, that I am
going to educate and prepare for the Ladies classes
to take The Spring Maid's place. I have some job,
eh, if I expect him to take her place? He is the type
and a beauty."
iturday, March 31, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND 8P0RTSMAN
There should be at least 100 horses at California's
irst meeting.
+ + *
There are 30 head of good trotters and pacers now
n training at the Fresno track.
+ + +
California horsemen will get their first impressions
if who's who and why at Salinas this year.
* * *
Several of California's leading horsemen are train-
ng at the Stockton, Cal., track this year.
* * *
Binjolla 2:17% and Ortolan Axworthy (3) 2:07%
ire in public service at Park Farm, Springfield, O.
*#*
Salinas will be the first meeting for California
aorsemen this year. Their dates are July 11 to 14
nclusive.
* * *
The Pacific Coast Circuit will furnish engagements
cor the horses from the first of July until well into
Movember.
+ + +
Joe Gahagan, well known driver and horseman, has
been made secretary of the Lima, Ohio, meeting,
July 23 to 26 inclusive.
* *.*
Sutherland & Chadbourne, the Pleasanton, Cal.,
trainers, have about twenty head in their stable this
spring, and report all in good condition.
+ * *
John E. Madden has purchased three tracts of The
Elmendorf Farm lands, comprising a total of some
400 acres of the best land in the estate.
* * *
The California Fair and Racing Association is now
incorporated with $10,000 capital stock and is doing
things in a business-like way.
* * *
Applications for registration of stallions have been
coming to Secretary C. W. Paine of the California
Registration Board at the rate of 25 per day.
* * +
It is estimated by the most conservative horsemen
to California that there are more than 150 "top
notch" harness horses in training here.
* * *
McCloskey 2:06%, formerly owned by Stoughton
A. Fletcher and Lon McDonald and raced at the
Panama-Pacific Exposition races, is now the property
of C. K. G-. Billings.
* * *
Secretary Joseph Waddell of the California Fair
and Racing Association is now arranging classifica-
tions and purses and will be glad to assist the offi-
cials of any fair in the circuit with their program.
*♦*
Willie Green, the young man who went from here
to Australia in charge of Don Pronto, enlisted in the
Colonial Army and is now in France; word has just
been received that he has been wounded in the arm,
but not seriously.
* * *
President Hall, of the Bakersfield Fair, who was in
San Francisco this week, says he does not know
much about the horse business but he is strong on
the agricultural end of Fairdom and that if the horse-
men will give them a chance they will give them the
best meeting in California this year.
* * *
There probably will be more racing over the half
mile tracks in California this year than ever before.
It has been most forcibly demonstrated in other sec-
tions of the country that the spectators like to see
them go by tbe grand stand, and after this season's
racing California horsemen will welcome them.
* ♦*
Great interest is taken at Lexington in the report
that Mr. W. E. D. Stokes had refused an offer of
$50,000 for the stallion Peter Volo 2:02. The offer
is said to have been made by Thomas W. Murphy
for some breeder whose name is not given, but it is
not thought that any breeder in the Blue Grass region
was the party making the offer.
* * *
The Dowling-Bell-Boldstein bill which was aimed at
the Harlem River Speedway and which, if passed,
would have taken the Speedway away from New
York horselovers, was pigeonholed last week when
brought up to its third hearing before the state
senate. This assures rest in the minds of metropol-
itan road drivers, for a while at least.
* * *
Frank Caton, the American trainer who spent
many years in the practice of his profession in Rus-
sia, but who is now at his home at Cleveland, Ohio,
to remain permanently, will employ himself this sea-
son by developing five colts that he purchased at the
last Old Glory sale, and for recreation will participate
In the matinees at the North Randall track. At the
Midwinter sale Mr. Caton purchased Axworth (3)
2:10; Binvolo 2:07%, and Mirthful 2:06%. The latter
mare will probably be raced in the fun sport, while
the two stallions will probably find a home in Russia
as soon as it is safe to ship them.
Carrietta 2:18, the only mare in the world with
four standard yearlings in the list, will be bred this
spring to Peter Scott 2:05, as will also Katherine
Winston (dam of Cabel 2:05%, eac), by Ashland
Wilkes.
* * *
M. L. Woy, Fresno's veteran horseman and a lead-
ing sportsman of California, has been "under the
weather" for several weeks, but writes friends in
San Francisco that one day in the sulky will bring
him 'round in good form and there will be no danger
of his going wrong at any time during the 18 weeks
of racing he expects to attend this year.
***
Walter Gallup, of Fresno, has sent his good young
mare, Maggie Spier by Directum Spier 2: 11%, to
Sacramento to the court of Bon Watts, the splendid
young stallion by General Watts, which is owned by
the well known horseman, Jas. Thompson. The dam
of Maggie Spier is Maggie Hall, one of the Moko
mares C .A. Harrison bought in New York in 1913
for the Woodland Farm. Mr. Gallup secured her
when she was a filly in a trade for his mare, Clara
Mac 2:0-i%, which he sold to the Woodland Stock
Farm.
* + *
Failures in the stud after due publicity being given
a horse are few and far between, if any judgment has
been displayed by the breeder when he originally
selected his stallion. Success of moment and dura-
tion without publicity are never encountered. The
optimists we find in the breeding business, the suc-
cessful stallion owners, are those that have kept their
charges before the public; the group that are contin-
ually predicting the collapse of the industry are the
type of men that expect to succeed without publicity.
— [American Sportsman.
The fast trotting mare, Iula Arion (4) 2:08%, by
Peter the Great (4) 2:07%, foaled recently a chest-
nut colt by Guy Axworthy (4) 2:08%. This is one
of the most popularly bred trotting foals that will be
dropped in the Blue Grass this season. It is the prop-
erty of C. W. Leonard, of Boston, Mass., and arrived
at Castleton Farm where the mare is now located.
As its sire is the sire of Lee Axworthy 1:58%. the
newly made champion stallion, and its dam by Peter
the Great, the premier sire of trotters, including
Peter Volo (4) 2:02, its breeding could not be well
impioved upon. — [Jesse Shuff.
* * *
Petereta, a son of Peter the Great and Recoleta, is
a young horse, now eight years old and in the stud
at Christchurch, New Zealand. He was bought in
this country by Mr. R. McMillan, who still owns him
and shipped him to his present home. Two of his
get have been trained and have given a good account
of themselves; Pita Roa won two races at the Pov-
erty Bay meeting, and reports credit this youngster
with being somewhat above the ordinary. Peter Mac,
the three-year-old colt, won the Ladies' Bracelet at
Blenheim. In spite of this being his first start he
found little difficulty in beating a good sized field,
and showing himself to be a most useful performer.
The prospects for matinee racing at the City Park
in Denver are very bright. These races are held as
heretofore under the management of the Gentlemen's
Driving and Riding Club. They are races not for
prizes, but for ribbons, the winner of each heat being
rewarded with a small knot of blue. Last summer
the races were failures mainly because some of the
members were lured away by the hope of capturing
honors on the professional tracks of this and adjoin-
ing states, while the auto fad has cut deeply into the
game by carrying the folks off to the mountains for
the day's outing . Twenty-two members of the club
have declared their intention of racing at the mat-
inees this year. In addition several new members
have been initiated and they have joined with the
purpose of putting horses in the events. Some of
these already own good performers and others have
their eyes on animals that they expect to purchase.
The season will open earlier than it has for several
years.
+ * *
A letter has just been received at this office from
R. C. Simpson of Armisdale. Australia. Dr. Simpson
is the gentleman who purchased Don Pronto 2:02%
and shipped him to Australia, and he writes as fol-
lows regarding the horse:
"Don Pronto's first crop of foals have arrived and
I am receiving letters every day from owners express-
ing satisfaction with his progeny. A majority of them
are pacers and good gaited at that; Don Pronto is
also controlling color. I have a black rascal named
"Don Durfee" that is quite a classy bit of horse meat,
and with a sweet disposition. Don Durfee's dam is
bred as follows: "Jewell Bells..' full sister to Jewell
Chimes (2 miles in 4:33) and winner of the Auckland
Cud .also full sister to Law Chimes 2:15. Jewell
Bells is out of Jewell's Heiress 2:19. dam of 5, by
Heir at Law 2:05%. sire of Minor Heir 1:58%, etc.;
second dam Nellie Gray 2:19%. dam of 2 by Conway
2:18%, and so on. Jewell Bells is by Abbey Bells,
he by Bow Bells, out of Russia, sister of Lord Rus-
sell. Maud S. and half sister of Nutwood 2:18%.
Quite a nicely bred fellow for this country. Austra-
lia and New Zealand have yet to breed their first
2:10 trotter, so that there are no Peter the Greats
in this country."
The San Francisco-California Driving Club will
hold its annual meeting Tuesday, May 1, when a
board of officers for the current year will be elected,
and other matters pertaining to the conduct of the
summer's matinee racing will be taken up.
* + +
The number of trotters now in the 2:05 list (fifty-
three) is exactly equal to the number in the 2:10 list
twenty years ago. The best time on record then was
2:03%. Twentyfour horses have equaled this mark
and nineteen have beaten it since 1896, while the
best time on record is faster by five and three-quarter
seconds than it was twenty years ago. [Spirit of the
West.
* * +
California breeders can not secure the services of
that great sire, Peter the Great 2:07%. For that
matter, breeders of his immediate neighborhood can
not at this, time unless they have made previous
arrangements, as that illustrious stallion's book was
filled several weeks ago. They can, however, secure
the services of one of his most illustrious sons, Peter
McKlyo, a proven sire of early and extreme speed,
and offered for public service at Sacramento, Cal., by
L. H. Tcdhunter.
The American Red Star Animal Relief, with head-
quarters at Albany, N. Y., promises to become one
of the greatest agencies for the conservation of army
animals in America. With its corps of trained vet-
erinarians, properly equipped with veterinary sup-
plies, field and base hospitals, ambulances and other
necessary veterinary appliances, it will save the lives
of thousands of animals in event of war that other-
wise would be destroyed from lack of proper care.
Similar volunteer relief work in the British armies
resulted in a saving of more than $21,000,000 during
the first 16 months of war and the restoring of
105,000 sick and injured army animals to active
service.
* + *
Mutuels For Lexington.
Lexington, Ky., March 9. — The Kentucky Trotting
Horse Breeders' Association is considering doing
away with bookmaking at its track here and substi-
tuting pari-mutuel betting machines, which have
proved so successful on the running race tracks in
this state. The directors will take up this matter at
their next meeting and the change will likely be made
before the next trotting meeting in October.
There had been murmurs of discontent among a
certain element over the continued use of bookies
at the trotting track when the law forced running
tracks to use the mutuels and the reform element
promised to become troublesome. The death of
Andy Welch, who had long held the contract here,
also hastened the decision to make the change.
* * *
Del Monte Polo Tournament Opens.
The spring tournament of the Del Monte Polo Club
will be held on the club's fields at Del Monte, starting
today, March 31 ,and continuing until April 15. Four
events are on the schedule, entries for which include
some of the best polo players in the country.
The first event will be the high handicap cup, open
to teams under handicap, for which a cup will be
given. The second event is the Del Monte challenge
cup, open to teams of four without handicap, the cup
to become the property of the team winning it three
times. The Northern California championship is
open to teams of four whose aggregate handicap does
not exceed twelve goals. This cup .emblematic of
the championship, will become the property of the
club winning it three times, and replicas of the trophy
will he awarded to the individual players on the win-
ning team. The fourth event is the major champion-
ship, open to teams whose handicaps are eight goals
or under.
With the close of the Coronado tournament most
of the stables have been shipped north and the play-
ers arrived at Del Monte during the week.
The Del Monte four, winners of the California Chal-
lenge Trophy will he intact at Del Monte. Tom Le
Boutellier II at No. 1. Tom Driscoll at No. 2, Hugh
Drury at No. 3 and Willie Tevis at back were the
four who successfully went through the California
Challenge Trophy matches and won in a hair-raising
final from the Midwick four.
Meadowbrook will have a team in the field. This
club will have Malcolm Stevenson, rated at nine goals
handicap by the Polo Association; C. Perry Beadle-
ston, a six-goal man : George Hickscher and Carleton
Burke, one of the best backs in the game.
The Miami Valley team of Cincinnati will be led
by Earle Hopping, another six-goal man, and Max
Wleischnian, his brother Julius, and Harold Talbot
will wear the orange and black.
These teams will compete in the scratch events
and the high goal handicap.
In the low goal events San Mateo will have its
team composed of Captain Reginald McNally, Chris-
tian de Guigne, William S. Texis Jr. and Harry Hast-
ings, while Riverside will play a team in which Alvin
Untermeyer, H. E. Lett, Hugh Drury and C. J. Hud-
son will have places.
Foxhall Keene. the highest rated polo player on
the association's handicap list, will also be at Del
Monte, and if he has sufficiently recovered from a fall
that put him out of business some time ago will be
seen in some of the matches.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 31, 191 j
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
TROUT SEASON OPENS MAY 1.
Law Calling For April 1 Opening Will Not Go In til
Effect Until Next Year.
Killing Rabbits in Australia. — James Allen, a
Butte boy, has returned to Montana from Australia,
where he has been a government contractor for the
extermination of rabbits. Australia has spent §27,-
000,000 for rabbi texierniination, and has within its
borders 98,000 miles of fence. One of the West Aus-
tralia fences extends entirely across the continent.
The state of South Australia has, since 1891, erected
29,148 miles of "vermin fences," as they are called,
enough to encircle the globe and with the remnant
build a double line fence along the southern boun-
dary of the United States.
Of late years the rabbit has been repaying in part
for his keep — paying board, as it were. He goes to
swell the total food exports of the commonwealth.
Along the country roads rabbits may be seen hung
on the fences awaiting the coming of the rabbit carts
which convey them to the packing houses, to be pre-
pared for shipment as frozen meats and hides. Prac-
tically all are exported, and during 1913 frozen rabbit
and hare to the value of SI, 400,000, and skins to the
value of $3,000,000 were sent from ports of the
colonv.
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Los Angeles Club — Frank Free and W. A. Hillis
were the winners of the big prizes at the Los An-
geles Gun Club on Sunday. Free was the winner in
the event for the V. Powley sole leather gun case
with 94x100 smashes, while Hillis won the H. E. Sar-
gent cuff links by breaking 43x50 double targets.
Both these men were, however, forced to compete
in a shoot off for their prizes. H. E. Sargent tied
with Free for high gun on the gun case event, but in
the shoot off Free won by breaking 24x25 to Sargent's
23x25. In the doubles shoot for the Sargent prize
Heinie Pfirrmann tied with W. A. Hillis, but in the
shoot off at 20 yards Hillis broke 16x20, while Pfirr-
mann broke only 15x20.
More than forty shooters attended the weekly
shoot at the L. A. club, but the scores made were
nothing exceptional. P. O. Long, L. M. Packard.
H. E. Sargent and George Melford all won solid gold
take-home trophies, while Owen Evans, N. W. Nelson
and Al Pachmayr captured silver trophies.
During Sunday's shooting program 7,(035 targets
were thrown. This brings the total for the season up
to 298,835. This mark for the season is quite a re-
markable one. In the practice shooting Heinie Pfirr-
mann broke 122x125 targets, while H. A. Hine broke
121x125. The scores:
Frank Free, 18 yards, 94x100; H. E. Sargent 18 — 94,
L. .T. Petit 17—93. L. M. Packard 20—93, P. O. Long
18—92, H. Pfirrmann 20 — 91, O. A. Evans 19—90,
J .W. Meek 17—90, C. W. Fish 19—89, Geo. Melford
17—88. O. Council 19—87, B. H. Carnahan 16—86,
A. Pachmayr 18—85. X F. Dodds 21—84, Mrs. Pfirr-
mann 16—84. C. F. Nichols 19—84, H. A. Hine 19—
S3, N .W. Nelson 16—83. C. W. Clement 18—83, F. H.
Hall 17- 83, C. H. Betz 18—82. Others at 16 vards—
Win. Kennedy 82x100. S. C. Miller 80x100, Seth Hart
65x73. R. Hendricks 50x75. A. W .Childs 45x50, C. M.
Wood 46x60, L. Garnsey 45x50, J. Funk 45x50, G. Per-
singer 42x50, F. G. Schriner 41x50, F. H. Nichols 40x
50, C. H. Richards 40x45, A. W. DuBrav 39x50, M. D
Towne 39x50, T. S. Parker 37x50, J. L. Shand 35x50
E. L. Frisbie 30x50, H. W. Hawley 29x50, H. C. Peet
22x25, F. H. Teeple 22x25, J. D. Cantrell 20x25.
Doubles Shooting— Sargent, 16 yards, broke 33x50;
Pfirrmann IS — !3, Packard 18 — S2, Melford 16 — 26,
Fish 16—35, Pachmayr 16—35, Hall 16—29, Nichols
16—31. Betz 16—26. Hillis 16—43. Clement 16—29
Kennedy 16—33, Evans 16—33.
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Dont's For Trapshooters. — Trapshooting is a sport
that demands an alert mind and keen judgment. The
shooter's degree of skill depends entirely upon his
ability to think and act quickly. No one else can
do it for him. There are. however, a few simple facts
in the shape of "dont's" that may be kept in mind by
the novice.
Don't worrj' if you miss a target. Get the next one
and the following.
Don't worry if when you call "pull" the target
breaks as ft leaves the trap. Take things calmlv.
Tell the puller to pull another and let him keep on
doing it until a good one is thrown ,or wait until
the trap is fixed.
Don't worry because the referee decides vou missed
a target when you (and perhaps some of vour friends
also) thought you had broken it No referee is in-
fallible. His decision, however, goes, so accept his
ruling in a sportsmanlike manner
Don't worry if the puller pulls the trap too fast or
to oslow. Don't shoot at the target but drop your
.!Un„f,r0m your shoul°>r and then get readv to call
pull once more. The referee watches the game
very closely. He knows whether the target went an
appreciable length of time before or after vou called
and he also knows that the rules provide "for a trap
to be pulled promptly. Very often, however it is
the shooters own fault when the puller balks him in
In giving the word of command to the puller to
pull the trap, avoid three mistakes:
Don't call in a low, hesitating voice, otherwise you
run the risk of the puller not hearing you; or if he
does hear you the pull is apt to be somewhat slow.
Call in a sharp, clear voice; the puller is watching
you and is keyed up to pull immediately he gets the
word, so that if you call in the manner suggested you
in a sort of way startle him and he instinctively pulls
promptly.
Don't call in too loud a voice, for the effort is quite
liable to disturb your aim by exhausting the air in
your lungs, causing you to inhale when you should
be doing nothing but pointing the gun at the target.
Don't call immediately after the man ahead of you
has fired. Give the referee time to call "Dead" or
"Lost," as the case may be; and at tournaments
give the scorer also time to answer back. If you call
too quickly you run the risk of having the trap not
loaded or having the puller miss your call on account
of the referee's decision or the scorer's answer being
mixed up with your voice.
It is also a good plan not to call "pull" when the
shooter ahead of you has missed a target, until the
target has reached the ground. It might happen that
your target took the same flight as the previous one,
and thus your eye would be liable to see both tar-
gets ,and your calculations be disturbed. The same
caution could profitably be observed when, although
the previous target was broken, a large piece was left
sailing through the air. This may seem a small
matter, but small things count when you are trying to
make a perfect score.
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Fine Fishing Days. — Fishing days are here again,
which will be of interest to disciples of light tackle
and gaff. According to Hip Justins, several of San
Diego's lakes are full of hungry black bass, that
tarry not to investigate, but grab anything that looks
like lunch.
"At Sweetwater bass are taking artificial bait with
a swirling dash, while live minnows always are the
stuff," says Justins.
"And 'outside' anglers announce," continued the
expert, "that Neptune's bronchos have appeared in
the sea pastures off Point Loma. That good news
will bring quickened memories of surging battles
with ocean outlaws, when fierce fighting bonita, albi-
core, yellowtail and leaping tuna matched savage
strength and cunning against man's boasted superior
wiles. Nearby the kelp beds and the whistling buoy
finny mustangs are roaming, waiting to do battle with
any marine vaquero who can rope them. During
the season splendid deep-sea fishing is but a step
(perhaps a Talus stride) from the foot of Broadway,
where boats, bait and skilled launchmen can be en-
listed for a day of sport on the big wet.
"So it's time to go fishing. Hook up with an out-
fit and tackle some reel sport." — (San Diego, Cal.)
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Psadena Kennel Show. — The bulldog of Mrs. Anita
Baldwin, Failsworth White Knight, won for best dog
in show and also for best bulldog at the recent show
held in Pasadena. Mrs. Baldwin, however, did not
fare so well with her other dogs. Boris of Romanoff,
a new Russian wolfhound owned by Mrs. Loos of
Coronado, was declared a better dog than anv of the
breed.
The show as a whole was a great success, it being
a three pointer with 300 dogs on the bench.
Dr. Billings of San Mateo won for best Airedale
bitch with Folderol, and in this breed Mrs. Baldwin
was also worsted, her dog White Birk Tvrant being
beaten by Frederick C. Hood's Tintern Star, a Bos-
ton dog.
Dr. A. T. Leonard's Irish terrier, Nappier Tandy
one of the dogs taken to Pasadena by Jack Bradshaw
won the special cup for the best of his breed. This
is the young dog that won at the P.-P. I. E. show, and
which has beaten every Irish terrier he ever met.
Mrs. Walter Duncan won special for best collie
with Southport Salute, and she also won best of
opposite sex with a bitch of her own breeding, Glen
Isla Janice.
Tacoma Club — Notwithstanding the fact that old
Jupe Pluvius was very much in evidence, members
of the Tacoma Gun Club had a fine siesta at the Man-
itou traps on March 18th.
Dr. S. L. Blair scored a win on the Dave Bales
trophy. Dupont handicap system, with 49 out of 50.
J. A. Dague won the spoon for long run with 26
straight and Mrs. E. E. Young the one for low score
with 24 out of 50. Dague and Al Riehl tied for high
place from scratch with 46 out of 50 The scores-
Bales, actual. 39; Bales cup 47: Howe 28—44 Camp-
bell 44 — 48, Werner 35 — 45, Smith 37—39 Youn= 4'—
!S" SJoS' Joung 2i~i0- Mrs- Bales 31— >5. Schweinler
33—48, Dr. Blair 37—49, Coon 38—42, Turnbull 31—
48. Dague 46 — 46, Mellinger 30 — 44. 'Riehl 46—
Scofield 39—47, Cooper 41—44, Windsor 10x25. Mrs'
Blair 5x15.
Anglers are looking forward to the resumption oi
their favorite sport of trout fishing. Many sports
men were building up fond hopes that the seasoi.
would come in on April 1st, a month earlier thai
last year. The Fish and Game Commission and the
anglers in general seem to agree on one point al
least ,and that is that the April 1st instead of the
May 1st date is the proper date to open the season.
Several bills were introduced in the present session
of the legislature making the change and no trouble
is expected in getting them through.
The trouble is that a bill does not become effective
until ninety days after the adjournment of the legis-
lature . Under the circumstances, the season will
come in the same as last year.
It is hoped that the sport will prove better on the
Coast streams than last season, when the late open-
ing played havoc with the plans and results obtained
by the boys who turned out. There was a very dry
month of April, consequently the streams were low
and conditions generally poor for taking goodly
strings.
Perhaps there will be more rain this year to help
matters along. At all events, the anglers in north-
ern California along the coast should give congratu-
lations that there is going to be a change to the old
opening date, and in the future there likely be an
investigation before the opening dates are switched
around.
That Southern California is looking forward to a
banner season is indicated by the following account
from Los Angeles:
With the opening of the trout season in Southern
•California only five weeks off anglers of the South-
land are beginning to pick out their favorite fishing
stream. From all indications a banner trout season
will be had this year. That is, if the heavy rains do
not come and flood the streams and wash the young
fish into the ocean.
Freddie Kennard earnestly believes that a great
season is bound to result. Kennard is very thankful
that the hill that would open the trout season on
April 1 did not pass. This measure would have ruined
fishing, for the trout are not entirely through spawn-
ing at that time.
The fish are always planted in the streams in Oc-
tober. The ygrow about an inch in a month until
they are about six inches long and they they start
broadening out. As soon as the trout are large
enough they always start working up stream to cooler
and clearer waters.
There has always been much discussion among
the trout anglers as to what is the best gait to use.
Some people think that it is best to use salmon eggs
all the year around. However, Kennard believes
that a number of different kinds of bait must be used
during the season in order to have successful fishing.
During the early part of the season salmon eggs
are the best bait because it is the trout's natural food.
However, as soon as the trout stop spawning they go
after insects and then the flies are the best. Spoons
are always good, especially in the early season for
the large trout. When the water is thick the fish lie
on the bottom of the stream or lake and do not have
to work for their food as it is very plentiful. The
best thing to fish with at this time is a spoon with
a heavy shot.
Many people fishing with spoons make the mistake
of always pulling their spoon the same way. This is
very wrong. The spoon should be first pulled one
way, then another. When a fisherman gets a trout on
the end of the line he sometimes makes the mistake
of not letting the fish stay in one end of the pool, but
starts reeling it in across the water. This is a mis-
take. The fish should be kept in the corner so as
to not scare the other trout.
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Shooting School Opens. — The Du Pont Shooting
school on the Million Dollar Pier at Atlantic City,
N. J., which proved such a success last year, will
reopen on or about April 1st, and even greater suc-
cess than last year's is expected. In addition to
Manager H. H. Stevens and his assistant P. H. Ap-
gar, a trapshooting instructress will be on hand to
give special attention to lady visitors. Mrs. B. G.
Earle of New York City has been engaged and she is
well fitted for the position. At present she is serving
in the same capacity at the Laurel House Gun Club
of Lakewood, N. J. The women at this resort are
taking a great interest in the sport and some of
them, while newcomers to the game, are making
good scores.
The addition of Mrs. Earle will surely increase the
popularity of the school, for many timid ones will be
willing to test their skill, when they have the benefit
of an instructor of their own sex.
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There will be plenty of prizes for the Golden Gate
Kennel show at the Civic Auditorium April 30 and
May 1 and 2, for there are 300 silver cups and tro-
phies to be given the winners. George Steadman
Thomas of Hamilton, Mass., will judge all breeds.
Among those co offer prizes are: Mayor James Rolph
Jr., Ben L Blouch, James Woods, Mrs. E. F. Brown,
Mrs. Anita Baldwin, Irving C. Ackerman, Alec Wol-
fen, Walter W. Stettheimer, Miss Lydia Hopkins and
many others.
Saturday, March 31, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
COST OF SPORT IS INCREASING.
Scarcity of Material and War Has Raised Price of
Everything in Athletic Line.
r_By Peter P. Carney.]
That the high cost of living is not by any means
;onflned to food, clothing, paper or gasoline is known
:tnly to the millions who are active participants in
various outdoor pastimes.
With everything on — or near — the market hitched
I to airships, we must expect to pay more for our
■ sport — and we will. The fellows who keep a close
tab on statistics tell us that one dollar today goes
no farther than 60 cents did three years ago in the
purchase of food or clothing, and if potatoes and
onions continue to soar one dollar will look like
30 cents.
There has been increase in the cost of all articles
used in the various branches of sport — excepting
I smokeless powder, and everything that goes with
powder has advanced.
It makes no difference whether you are a trap-
" shooter, fisherman, golfer, yachtsman, poloist, or
I a tennis, squash, handball, racquet or baseball player,
you will have to help foot the bill.
The increase in the price of all goods, as a rule,
; has been from 10 to 50 per cent. The reason given
I for the increase in cost is the scarcity of raw ma-
lt terial and the ever-increasing cost of labor.
1 Prices have been mounting up for more than a
4(year, and every sport has more followers today than
it had a year ago, with the possible exception of
baseball. While the 25 cent seat has been tabooed
ij in polite baseball society, this has not injured the
rf sport. The magnates and players by their continued
i wrangling and their willingness to wash their dirty
it linen in the newspapers, have caused many persons
:- to turn to other avenues for recreation.
ij That more persons are actively engaged in sports
: than one year ago is proof that Americans are not
i| only sport-loving, but are willing to pay for their
:j sport. Cost appears to be a secondary consideration.
Materials that enter into the manufacture of base-
I balls have increased 60 to 100 per cent, and the balls
. have advanced from 10 to 50 per cent. Tennis balls
[| have advanced 25 per cent, and golf balls about 50
: per cent. Baseball uniforms have advanced about
I 30 per cent because of the scarcity of good dye and
j the high cost of cloth. Shoes made especially for
i use in sporting events are high and going higher, and
!J gloves are almost out of sight as far as price is
i| concerned.
The fisherman pays about 15 per cent more for
: lead sinkers and steel hooks, and about 5 per cent
i more for the smaller incidentals that he needs.
The hunter and trapshooter pay about 25 per cent
more for their shells, which isn't very much increase
when one bears in mind that copper, brass, spelter,
j mercury and lead have advanced from 200 to 400
> per cent during the past two years. A box of 25
■ shells that formerly cost 65 cents now retails at 90
cents. Firearms have advanced, too. Rifles bring
50 per cent more, and shotguns 25 per cent more
than they did a year or so ago. Trapshooting had its
best year in 1916, despite the increase in its cost,
and gives every indication of doing even better In
I 1917.
Football players will have their inning next fall.
i They will be compelled to pay more for leather head
| harness, leather and felt knee, elbow and shoulder
I pads and for shoes than ever before.
The increase in the cost of articles of leather, of
I course, is directly ascribed to the war; the tremen-
dous export trade in shoes, leather and raw and
I canned beef, which has cut down the supply of cat-
I tie to an almost alarming degree.
However, it is not the war that has brought about
I the increased cost of shafts for golf clubs — that is,
» the type known as "extra selected," always used for
the best clubs. The scarcity of the best grade of
f second growth hickory has brought about this con-
dition.
In selecting club shafts an average of seventy in
every one hundred first grade sticks will be discarded
as of poor grain, too "whippy" or not "whippy"
enough. The shafts go through three inspections by
experts before being passed. This and the increasing
i scarcity of good materials have brought an increased
cost of fifty per cent for the rough, unfinished shafts.
Persimmon and dogwood are also becoming more
scarce, and as the majority of drivers, brassies, spoon
and bulldog heads are made from these woods, the
clubs are twenty-five per cent higher than a year ago.
The "listing" cloth used under the leather grip
on a club shaft has increased 100 per cent; the glue
used in "setting" shafts and in many other ways in
golf club construction has increased nearly 20 per
cent; the brass soles for brassies cost 20 per cent
more, while the "pitched" string with which the
whipping on the shaft is done has increased 50 per
cent.
Americans who live in the great outdoors do not
consider the cost of their recreation. They go into
it because they feel that no matter what the pastime,
it induces health — and having health, they are well
satisfied.
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Donald (Ore.) Club — Donald, Ore. — James W. Sea-
Vey, of the Portland Gun Club, was high gun here on
March ISth, in the big 150-bird race, held under the
auspices of the Donald Gun Club. Mr. Seavey broke
145 bluerocks, while "his team-mate, Frank M. Tern-
pleton, winner of the Pacific Coast handicap last
year, was next in line with 143 out of the 150.
Mark Siddall, of Salem, finished third with 141,
while one point behind him was Frank M. Troeh of
Vancouver, Wash., holder of the National amateur
championship. Charles Leith, of the Woodburn Gun
Club, rested in fifth position, while sixth honors were
won by Carl J. Schilling, a Portland professional,
with 138.
Peter Whitney, of Hubbard, won the handicap
event and with it the 30-30 Remington rifle. He was
standing at the 18-yard line and broke 24 out of 25.
Carl J. Schilling, a Portland professional, tied Whit-
ney, while E. H. Keller, Portland Gun Club amateur,
were next with 23. Twenty-three nimrods shot in the
150-bird race. Following are the scores:
J. W. Seavey 145, Frank M. Templeton 143, Mark
Siddall 141. Frank M. Troeh 140. Charley Leith 139,
Carl J. Schilling (pro.) 138, Peter Whitney 137. Ed B
Morris (pro.) 135, R. P. Knight 134, E. H. Keller 132,
T. J. Mahoney 128. Mrs. Ada Schilling 127, H. H.
Ricklefson (pro.) 126, Henry R .Everding 122, C. H.
Knight (pro.) 122, E. G. Hawman 122, A. L. Zachris-
son 111, James E. Reid (pro.) 124x135; A. Woelm
85x120, O. Berg 86x105, G. G. Clark 12x15, Miss
Gladys Reid 9x15.
Following are the scores in the handicap event
of 25 birds: Peter Whitney, handicap 18 yds., broke
24; ^Schilling 17—24, *Knight 17—24, Keller 19—23,
Everding 18—22, Templeton 21—22, C. Feller 18—22,
E. Feller 16—22, Clark 16—21, Mahoney 17—21, Rick-
lefson* 17- -21, Siddall 21—20, Leith 20—20, R. P.
Knight 19—19, Hawman 16 — 17, Seavey 21—17, Zich-
risson 18 — 17.
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Green Lake Club — Pleasant weather, together with
the opening of the Northwestern League and the
rapidly approaching state tournament, to be held at
Green Lake May 19, 20 and 21, resulted in bringing
out an exceptionally large crowd of trap artists at
Green Lake on March 18th.
Forty-five marksmen shot through the regular pro-
gram of fifty targets, several stretching their string
to 100. George Scripture, a member of both the
Green Lage Club and the Seattle Trapshooters' As-
sociation, headed the list of both amateurs and pro-
fessionals, with a perfect string of breaks, never
faltering once. W. H. Carstels and Harry M. Wil-
liams lost but one target each, finishing with 49.
With their added targets, E. Chantrell, Dr. S. W.
Griffin, George Scripture, Dr. M. A. Winningham.
Carsten and W. B. Taft were left tied. Each shooter
was then placed upon a yardage handicap, W. H. Car-
stens finally winning out with five straight dead ones
from the 20-yard line.
Negotiations have been entered into with the Du-
pont Powder Company in an endeavor to secure a
quantity of their individual "trapshooter" design
silver sterling spoons, which the club will offer as
their weekly prizes for club members.
Harry M. Williams, a top-notch shot and now sta-
tioned in Seattle for the federal government on naval
recruiting duty, together with E. L. Blake, D. G.
Huber and J. H. McDiarmid, shot with the club for
the first time Sunday and enrolled as members. The
scores :
George Scripture 50, W. H. Carstens 49, Harry M.
Williams 49, Hi FoUerich 47, W. B. Taft 47, Matt
Grossman 47, Deskin Reid 47, H. E. Poston* 46, R. S.
Searle 46, Dr. King 46, J. H. Hopkins 46, J. H. Mac-
Diarmid 45, George B. Baker 45, E. K. Van Vleck 45,
L. S. Barnes 44, D. G. Huber 44, E. Chantrell 43, Dr.
S. W. Giffin 43, R. W. Kinzer 42, C. E. McKelvey 42,
W. C. Brown 42, Dr. M. A. Winningham 42, Dr. R. V.
Mills 42, Al Mertens 42, James F. Hill 42, C. W.
Bandy 41, Dr. A. B. Kidd 41, J. W. Geltz 40, J. H.
Davis 39, J. P. Houston 39, F. E. Bronson 39, E. W.
Eller 39, H. E. Gleason 37, Dr. E. C. Lanter 37. W. M.
Elliott 36, C. F. Rinehart 35, George O. Colwell 33,
M. A. Rosenfield 32, J. F. Rohowits 32, Ed W. White
32, Mrs. L. S. Barnes 26, Will T. Curtis 26, C. L. Hoff-
man 26, E. L. Blake 24.
At 100 targets — Scores in the 50-bird event are add-
ed to the totals that follow: Scripture 95, Follrich
95, Van Vleck 93, Barnes 91, McKelvey 89, Kinzer 83,
Dr. Mills 82, Dr. Kidd 80, Davis 72, Rinehart 68.
90
Results of A. A. T. A. Contests — In February 76
medals were awarded to prominent trapshooters
throughout the United States and Canada in the
medal contests conducted by The American Amateur
Trapshooters' Association.
The solid gold medal awarded for an average of
95% in the 1500 target contest, the highest honor
in the trapshooting world, was won by C. E. McKel-
vey of Seattle, Washington, and L. S. West of Roch-
ester, N. Y., who each turned in scores of 1,456.
The list of medal winners on the Coast for Febru-
ary follows:
95% Class— C. E. McKelvey, Seattle, Wash., 1456.
90% Class — Dr. C. L. Templeton, Seattle, Wash.,
930. *|*TO
85% Class— J. H. Hopkins, Seattle .Wash., 460;
Geo. K. Gilmore, Wallace, Ida., 448.
807c Class — R. K. Marsh, Denver, Colo., 462; B. E.
Moritz, Denver, Colo., 462.; Hall McLachlan, San
Jose, Cal., 440; Herman Wise, East Ely, Nev., 437;
M. L. Werkheiser, Wallace, Ida., 421.
75% Class — H. Poston, San Francisco, Cal., 455;
Hall McLachlan, San Jose, Cal., 431; Otto Pohl, Fre-
mont, Neb., 418; Dr. B. F. Blosser, Spokane, Wash.,
431; E. J. Morgan, Salt Lake City, Utah, 443.
TRAPSHOOTING FIXTURES.
August20, 21. 22, 23. 24. 1917— Chicago. Ills.— The Inter-
state Association's Eighteenth Grand American Trap-
shooting Tournament, under the auspices of the South
Shore Country Club Gun Club; 4,000$ added money.
Winner of first place in the Grand American Handicap
guaranteed $500 and a trophy; winner of second place
guaranteed $400 and a trophy; winner of third place
guaranteed $300 and a trophy; winner of fourth place
guaranteed $200 and a trophy, and the winner of fifth
place guaranteed $100 and a trophy. Numerous other
trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Man-
ager. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
May 28. 29. 30. 1917— San Jose, Cal.— The Interstate Asso-
ciation's Twelfth Pacific Coast Trapshooting Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the San Jose Gun Club;
$1300 added money. Winner of first place in the Pa-
cific Coast Handicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy;
winner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy,
and the winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a
trophy. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager. Pittsburgh. Pa,
April 8 — San Francisco. Cal. — Golden Gate Gun Club. C.
A. Haight, Secretary.
April 15 — Lindsay. Cal. — Lindsay Gun Club. Chas. C.
Barieu. Secretary.
April 22 — Tacoma, Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters* League Tournament .under the auspices of
the Tacoma Gun Club. E. E. Young. Secretary.
April 23. 24 — Lewiston. Idaho — Lewiston Gun Club. C. E.
Butler. Secretary.
April 28. 29 — Fresno, Cal. — Fresno Blue Rock Club. C. B.
Jackson, Secretary.
May 6 — Coalinga, Cal. — Coalinga Gun Club. E. N. Ayers,
President.
May 6 — Bingham. Utah — Utah State Sportsmen's Asso-
ciation. A. K. Bain. Secretary-
May 6 — Denver. Colo. — Denver Trap Club. "Warren Con-
ley. Secretary.
May 7 — Crete, Nebr. — Crete Gun Club. Frank J. Kobes,
Secretary.
May 7, 8 — Salem, Oregon — Oregon State Tournament, un-
der the auspices of the Capital City Rod & Gun Club.
Mark Siddall. Secretary.
May 13 — Everett. Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Everett Gun Club. C. E. French, Secretary.
May 13 — Eureka. Cal. — Eureka Blue Rock Club. W. E.
Innes. Secretary.
May 13. 14, 15 — Los Angeles, Cal. — Vernon Gun Club.
Stanton A. Bruner. Secretary.
May 14. 15. 16 — Spokane. Wash. — Spokane Gun Club.
"Old Policy." Chas. A. O'Connor, President.
May 20. 21 — Seattle. Wash. — Washington State Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the Green Lake Gun Club.
G. A. Conklin, Secretary.
May 21, 22, 23 — Los Angeles, Cal. — California-Nevada
State Tournament, under the auspices of the Los An-
geles Gun Club. Fred H. Teeple, Secretary.
May 23, 24 — Ogden. Utah — Utah State Tournament, under
the auspices of the Ogden Gun Club. A_ R- Bain.
Secretary.
June 2. 3— Moore. Mont.— Moore Rod & Gun Club. W. N.
Sharp. Secretary.
June 3 — Alameda, Cal. — Alameda Elks Gun Club. F. E.
Hilger .Secretary.
June 17, 18 — Billings, Mont. — Billings Rod & Gun Club.
W. K. Moore. President.
June 17, IS. 19 — Palouse, Wash. — Idawa Gun Club. John
P. Duke, Secretary.
June 24 — Bellingham, Wash. — Northwest Washington
Trapshooters' League Tournament, under the auspices
of the Bellingham Gun Club. I. Dienberger, Secretary.
June 24, 25, 26. 27 — Portland. Ore. — Sportsmen's Associa-
tion of the Northwest Tournament, under the auspices
of the Portland Gun Club. H. R. Everding, Secretary.
July 22 — Chehalis. Wash.— Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
che Chehalis Gun Club. Harry Quick. Secretary.
July 23. 24, 25 — Portland, Ore.— Pacific Indians. F. C.
TUehl, Secretary.
July 27, 28, 29 — Del Monte. Cal.. Del Monte Gun Club.
J. F. Neville, Secretary.
August 19 — Blaine, Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters* League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Blaine Gun Club. F. L. Cott. Secretary.
August 19— Kellogg, Idaho— Kellogg Gun Club. R. E.
Thomas. Secretary.
August 27 — Williams. Ariz. — Williams Gun Club. W. D.
Finnev, President.
September 9 — Seattle, Wash. — Northwest Washington
Trapshooters* League Tournament, under the auspices
of the Green Lake Gun Club. G. A. Conklin. Sec'ty.
September 17, 13 — Los Angeles. Cal. — Los Angeles Gun
Club. Fred H. TeeDle. Secretary.
October 9. 10 — Hillside. Ariz. — Three Mule Shoe Gun Club.
"Old Policv." Thad. P. Mullen. Secretary.
October 13, 14 — Phoenix. Ariz. — Arizona State Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club.
Dell E. Morrell, Secretary.
OB
Seattle Association. — Only two squads appeared on
the grounds on March 18th and shot through a very
disagreeable wind which shifted the targets in nearly
every angle but that which might have ordinarily
been expected.
Matt Grossman. Deskin Reid. Hugh Fleming and
Ed Ellis tied for the high position in the fifty event.
Fred Landwehr taking second with a forty-six.
In the hundred-bird race Hugh Fleming shot high
with a ninety-five. Ralph Miller finished second with
ninety-three to his credit. The scores:
At 50 targets — Matt Grossman 47, Deskin Reid 47,
Hugh Fleming 47. Ed Ellis 47. Frend Landwehr 46,
Harry Williams 45, Ralph Miller 45, J. H. Hopkins
41, Jack Lewis 40. C. B. Blethen 36.
At 100 targets— Hugh Fleming 95. Ralph Miller 93,
Fred Landwehr 91, Ed Ellis 90, Jack Lewis 85. C. B.
Bleihen 66. Tours, E. A. FRY,
Seattle (Wash.). Sec'y-
BE)
Vallejo Club. — High scores were the order of the
dav in the first trap shoot of the season at the Val-
lejo Club at Vallejo on Sunday. They were as
follows: —
Fifty targets— J. V. O'Hara 43. J. W. Cooley 47,
*0. Feudner 45, «L. Middleton 42, W. E. Mann 38,
J. W. Peckham 47. C. F. Nisecarver 38, H. J. Yocom
42, T. D. Humphreys 34, A. O'Brien 11, W. F. King
36, H. Herbert 39. A. McCarrick 30, F. Zeicke 38,
P. U. Erler 25. P. G. Magistrini 45, J. Flynn 36, Geo.
Fraser 31, A. Atkinson 36. G. Kutz 22, Dr. Saxton 41,
J. McPherson 41, J. Ward 27, E. 73. Tisdale.
10
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 31, 191SM
•-•-•-•-£
Sportsmen's Row
■•-•-••E3
Look at the way O. N. Jones shot at San Jose.
He was third among the professionals with 183 out
of 200. "Onion," as he is familiarly and fashionably
known these days, is a lightweight, but the way he is
coming along indicates that he will soon be among
the champions.
* * +
Distemper has been prevalent in some of the Cali-
fornia kennels. Fred Coutts is reported to have suf-
fered the loss of several good dogs in his kennels at
Encinitas. His dogs are believed to have picked up
the disease away from home, as the kennels have
always been free frcm visitations of the kind.
* ♦ *
During the past fiscal year there were constructed
in the national forests 227 miles of new road, 1,975
miles of trails, 2,124 miles of telephone line, 89 miles
of fire lines, 81 lookout structures ,40 bridges, 222
miles of fence, 545 dwellings, barns and other struc-
tures, 17 corrals, and 202 water improvements.
+ + *
Walter B. Honeyman of Portland, the well-known
trapshooter and all-around sportsman, has added two
Walker foxhounds to his kennels. He has tried his
new purchases on Oregon bobcats with satisfactory
results. His bird dogs are being worked regularly,
and will likely be heard from in the Northwest field
trials.
* * +
Edward Swanson, a member of the Butte (Mont.)
Anglers' Club, has to his credit a catch of the biggest
trout caught in the Big Hole country this season.
Mr. SwansonJs catch consisted of one rainbow that
weighed eleven pounds eleven ounces dressed, and
another that tipped the scale at ten pounds, two
ounces.
* * *
The Solomon Derby, the first of the season's classic
dog races held in Alaska, was run on March 11, six
teams competing, and was won by the team driven
by Frey Ayer, who also won the same race in 1917.
The distance was sixty-four miles and the time of the
winning team was five hours and fifty-seven minutes,
ten minutes slower than the record, that was made
in 1913.
* * *
Lakeview (Ore.). — The past few days have seen a
large number of rabbit scalps sent into the county
court, the cause probably being the suit against the
law! The people killing the rabbits evidently fear
that the thing may be knocked out and therefore
they will be unable to collect their bounty. Up to
the present time a total of 59,399 rabbit scalps have
been sent in. This means that warrants to the ex-
tent of $2,919.95 have been issued by the county
clerk.
The Chicago boys who visited San Francisco in
1915 and Newark, N. J., in 1916, have not forgotten
the royal time afforded them, and it is their inten-
tion to return the favors bestowed upon them by
giving the visiting casters the time of their lives at
the tenth International Fly and Bait Casting Tourna-
ment of the National Association of Scientific Ang-
ling Club to be held at Washington Park, Chicago,
August 31 and September 1, 2 and 3.
Chicago, 111. BAIT CASTER.
* + +
Sportsmen throughout Snohomis hcounty are mak-
ing preparations for the fishing season, which opens
April 1 on all game fish. Ten fishing licenses have
already been sold at the warden's office in the court
house, which is the1 forerunner of a rush of prospec-
tive fishermen to secure licenses as the season draws
nearer. There were seventy-five state licenses and
ovr 8,500 county licenses issued last season, and it
is expected that this season will record a much larger
number. A. R. W.
Everett, Wash.
The recent big game hunting season in the North-
west brought forth a discovery of unusual interest
t opathologists as well as to sportsmen — the case of
a moose that lived, probably for months, with a large
leaden bullet imbedded in its heart. A South Dakota
banker shot the animal during a hunting expedition
in the forests east of Winnipeg, Manitoba. When the
carcass was being prepared for shipment, a healed
wound was noticed on the heart, and on probing, the
bullet was found. The moose was a full grown bull
and apparently had been in perfect health.
* * *
The affairs of the old Pastime Gun Club of San
Diego, Cal., were recently wound up, and a new club,
the San Diego Gun Club, was organized, and plans
laid for an active summer campaign at the traps.
The opening shoot of the new club will be held
shortly and will be for merchandise prizes. A tour-
nament will be held by the club some time during
the summer. The officers of the new club for the
current year are as follows: President, Charles
Julian; vice-president, Jos. Hinckley; secretary, H.
Justins; treasurer, "Nellie" Barker; board of direc-
tors. Warren Beckwith, Capt. Jack Merrill and Stan-
ley Andrews.
The date of the Del Monte registered tournament
has been changed to July 27, 28 and 29th. The event,
will undoubtedly attract shooters from all sections
of the Coast.
+ + *
Tacoma, Wash. — Bills for the purchase of 325 Chi-
nese pheasants and 12 dozen Bob White quail, costing
?1,302.90, were signed by the county commissioners.
The birds were recently purchased by Game Warden
Ira D. Light from various places in Washington and
Oregon and have been liberated throughout the
county. During the last year Light has turned loose
nearly 1,000 Chinese pheasants. The distribution of
the birds is not confined to the game preserves but
is general throughout the entire county. Funds for
the purchase of the birds come from hunting license
fees and from fines paid by violators of the game
laws.
OB
Inland Empire Tourney — Spokane and Kalispell
teams in the Inland Empire Telegraphic trapshooting
tournament retained their positions in first place on
March 18, while Wallace and Kellogg dropped into
second place. The four teams were tied for first
place as a result of last week's shoot.
Although Kellogg defeated Wenatchee, its oppo-
nent in the matches, its score was less than that of
Kalispell, in the shoot-off of their tie. Harry Gay-
hart of Kalispell retains his lead for individual hon-
ors, with a total of 122 birds out of 125. The scores:
Sunnyside 109, Garfield 116, Spokane 117, Palouse
110. Potlatch 119, Pendleton 111, Kalispell 124, Wal-
lace 114, Wenatchee 114, Kellogg 118, Lewiston 118,
Pomeroy 104.
OB
RED MALLARD ON EXHIBITION.
O. N. FORD HIGH AT SAN JOSE.
Sportsmen Interested in Only Specimen Said to be
in Existence.
In the show window of H. C. Golcher's store, on
Market street, San Francisco, there is a red mallard
duck, said to be the only specimen in existence. It
was loaned to H. C. Golcher through the courtesy of
Judge F. W. Henshaw. Because of the controversy
over the white mallard, the exhibit is proving doubly
interesting to sportsmen.
Data on the red mallard is furnished by the follow-
ing communication on the subject, written for the
Breeder and Sportsman: —
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos). Abnormal in color
and markings (and in some measurements), but ap-
parently not a hybrid. About all that can be said in
explanation is that the Mallard (as is well known) is
a species that is prone to produce occasional individ-
uals showing startling variation from the normal.
Abnorma lexamples of wild mallards have been de-
scribed many times. Some of the variations noted
have been due to hybridism between the Mallard
and other species (usually Muscovy Duck or Pintail).
Others can not be explained in this way, for as in
the present example, the peculiar color and markings
do not point to a connection with any other species.
Several specimens described from the TJ. S. Na-
tional Museum are somewhat similar to this bird,
though none presents exactly the same combination
of characters. The cinnamon coloration occurs to a
greater or less extent in some of these aberrant
birds.
Where this specimen differs in measurements from
the ordinary Mallard it is of larger size, as is the
case in most of the other abnormal birds recorded.
(Signed) H. S. SWARTH.
Curator of Birds, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology,
University of California.
00
Vernon Club. — F. A. Breist was the victor in the
weekly shooting program at the Vernon Gun Club
Sunday. He smashed a total of 59x60 targets, which
is considerable shooting. Breist hails from Toledo,
Ohio ,and from the way he handles the scatter gun
he is considerable tarhawk smasher. Breist was also
high man for the day with a grand total of 97x100
breaks.
J. C. Famechon, Harry Hoyt and William Brawner
were the runners-up with 58x60 breaks. Bob Bole
and Stanton Bruner shot a 100-bird race .which re-
sulted in a tie, each breaking 97x100 targets. There
were twenty-one shooters present and the scores
were exceptionally good. The scores:
Events— Trophy. Prac.
Targets— 60 40 Total
J. C .Famechon 58 36 94
H. Hoyt 58 37 95
A. W. Bruner 56 38 94
Ed Bohring 38
Wm. Pugh 56 38 94
J. D. Dierdoff 49 38 87
Stewart 49 38 .87
Van Nest 46 31 77
F. E. Brink 59 38 97
Geo. Gibb 45
S. A. Bruner 50 39 89
Foly ;, .. 30
Bob Bole 48 39 87
Mrs. Groat 55 "35 90
C. E. Groat 57 37 94
Wm. Brawner 58
Moon 38x60, Tocum 34x40, Ferry 33x40, Kenney 17x
20, Kimble 19x20.
Tom Wilkes Wihs~ Singles. Trophy and Baumgartner
Takes Doubles in .Registered Tourney.
The first registered tournament of the season in •
California was held at San Jose on Sunday with
forty-five guns in attendance. The results were
highly flattering, although there was a high wiin
blowing which helped to keep down record scores,
Tom Wilkes of San Francisco took the O. N. Ford i
championship at fifty targets by running out the,
string without a miss. Frank H. Melius of Los t
Angeles was a bang-up second with 49 and Ford came
in third with 48. It was some race.
In the O. N. Ford doubles championship Louis'
Baumgartner of San Francisco was the winner of the
highest score ever made, 47 out of 50. Ted Handman,
the San Francisco boy wonder, was second with 44
and Frank Melius got into third place with 43.
Some of the distinguished visitors who took pari
in the event were: J. W. Considine of Seattle ani
San Francisco, F. U. Roseberry of Baltimore, Georgi
and Frank Stall, the millionaire mining men
Sweetwater (Nev.), Frank Melius of Los Angeles,
Dr. Martin of Fresno and Tom Wilkes of San Frai
cisco.
In the regular program of 200 targets, O. N. Ford
led the way with: 192 and Fred Willett topped the.
pros with 185. The high guns were:
Amateurs— O. N. Ford 192, Frank H. Melius 191,
A. G. Flickinger 189 and Hall McLachlan 188.
Professionals — Fred Willett 185, L. S. Hawxhurst
184, O. N. Jones 183 and R. C. Reed 179.
The showing of McLachlan and Jones in the field
of forty-five crack shots was pleasing.
O. N. Ford made a high run of 104. F. U. Rose-
berry 87, Ted- Handman 51, and Hall. McLachlan 50.
Hall McLachlan ot San Jose, who "has been shoot-.
ing for less than four months, shot a wonderful race
at 175 and led the entire field, but the strain became
too great for him and he dropped five in the last 20.
This made him fourth in high average with a score
of 188 out of 200.
Every shooter on the grounds expressed his desire
to come to the Pacific Coast handicap in May and
bring others along with him.
Amateur scores follow: O. N. Ford 192x200, F. R.'
Melius 191, A. G. Flickinger 189, Hall McLachlan 188,-
George Stall 186, Ted Handman 186, William Varien.
184, L. Baumgartner 182, Dr. Martin 182, Toney
Prior 182, F. U. Roseberry 182, H. Lorenson 181,
George Anderson 180, Tom Wilkes 179, C. H. Nash
176, A. M. Barker 177, George Ellis 177, Ed Garratt
173, F. Stall 173, H, R. Phinney 173, W. J. Terry 170,
William Eilert 170, J. W. Considine 168, F. Chappell
140, F. Tholke 131, F. Pura 130, D. McFadden 126,
Dr. Priestley 124, Miss Geneva Meyers 118, C. Mc-
Fadden 116, W. H. Price 89x100, C. W. Wood 70x100,
W. L. Koch 45x50, H. Stelling 43x50, Ed McCormack
41x50, A. Smith 37x50, Charles Stamper 38x50, J. H.
Kelley 18x25, Mrs. Hall McLachlan 16x25, George E.
Ballantyne 13x25, C. J. Fox 13x25.
Professionals — Fred Willett, 185x200, L. S. Hawx-
hurst 184, O. N. Jones 183, L. C. Reed 179, J. A. Cook
177, C. A. Haight 175, Charles Knight 175, E. C.
Truscott 119, V. Massara 114x150, P. Breschine 124x
150.
Championship of California and Nevada at 50
singles — Tom Wilkes 50, Frank Melius 49, O. N. Ford
48, George Anderson 48, Ted Handman 48; A. G.
Flickinger 47, W. J. Terry 46, Wm. Varien 46, A. M.
Barker 45, J. Martin 45, Hall McLachlan 45, F. Stall
45, George Stall 45, F. D. Roseberry 44, Toney Prior
44, H. Lorenson 43, L. Baumgartner 42, Ed Garratt
42, C. H. Nash 42, C. H. Nash 41, W. J. Eilert 41,
H. R. Phinney 37, J. W. Considine 36.
Doubles championship, California-Nevada, at 25
pairs — Louie Baumgartner 47, Ted Handman 44, F.
Melius 43, Toney Prior 41, O. N. Ford 39, Hall Mc-
Lachlan 39, George Stall 38, A. M. Barker 37, George
Anderson 37, F. Stall 36, N. A. Howard 29, H. R.
Phinney 25.
QB
Remarkable Trap Record. — One of the most re-
markable trapshooting records that has come to our
notice recently is that made by Mrs. B. G. Earle of
New York City, at the Atlantic City Trapshooting
School and made with a 20-gauge gun.
Mrs. Earle took her first shooting lesson on Sep-
tember 11th, and at the end of the month she had
broken 52% of all the targets she shot at. This was
a most creditable showing considering the few leB-
sons she had and the fact that she used a small bore
gun. During the month of October she improved
steadily, getting better scores each day and increas-
ing her monthly average to nearly 67%, or an in-
crease of 15% over the previous month.
During November Mrs. Earle showed a still greater
improvement, making an average of 80%. On one
of these days she registered scores of 22, 23, 22, 23,
or 90 breaks out of a hundred. Think back, Mr.
Shooter ,to your first efforts and think honestly —
did you do as well as that, and did you shoot a 20
or a 16, or was it a 10?
This record of Mrs. Earle's certainly speaks well
for the training at the Trapshooting School and for
the small bore gun. If she continues to improve at
the rate she has been going there will be nothing
left of the targets she shoots at when she starts to
use the regulation I2-gauge. We certainly hope she
will be at the Grand American this summer to help
the Eastern ladies defend their championship title.
("BLUE BIRD.)
Sturday, March 31, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
11
BETTER LIVE STOCK
and Agricultural Topics
that the sows were necessarily bred late, the average
was exceptionally good and attests the high quality
of the offering and the esteem in which the sellers
are held. — [Poland China Journal.
5aHraHiMBra^wgiwwram«ifflMgigi#gwi«3(a^^ |
The Kings County Jack Ranch recently sold a jack
fcthe Cameria Ranch Co. of Ventura tor $3,000, and
oe to Pete Muller, Gustine, for $1250.
+ + +
4n experiment at University Farm to learn the
rative value of milo threshed dry and soaked and
oi the head for hog feeding, will be shown to visitors
» the picnic April 28.
** +
IjA R. Hunter, of Island City, Ore., has recently
rxchased fifteen head of young Percherons from the
(IX. L. ranch in Idaho. It is an exceptionally strong
1 of horses, all of them being from imported dams
id sired by an imported stallion. Mr. Hunter is
U largest breeder of purebred Percherons in the
site and is using the champion Kroumer 97397 as
lad of his stud.
+ * *
hrses and Mules Scarce in the Middle West,
tn a letter to the Breeder and Sportsman, Charles
h. Green, of the firm of W. L. Green & Sons, Cen-
lilia. Mo., one of the largest horse and mule firms
Iterating in the United States, has the following to
by regarding the horse and mule situation in the
ilddle West:
I 'I have been buying a lot of horses and mules but
1 ?y are getting so hard to find we are having trouble
iling our contracts. We are showing Artillery
ilrses at the St. Louis yards for the British buyers
fid it looks now as though the United States will
pint a lot of the same kind; in which event, it will
p a job to supply them. Harper & Co., of St. Louis,
pve a new contract for 1,000 'riders' for the Cuban
jjivernment which they started on this week; this
lips the local shippers. So with the French, Ital-
ji, Cuban and English buyers taking all they can
It, we can sell almost anything, as all of them want
liferent types. I have been selling some good walk-
■3 horses, the plantation kind, at good prices, but
ley, too, are hard to find and there is a big call for
f ited horses for pleasure and show ring honors. In
let, anything will sell, but it's hard to find them in
le country.
I "We have sold a lot of good farm mules from $500
I $575 the pair. I sold one mule to Maxwell-Crouch,
I. Louis, that weighed 1,710 pounds; a black mare
lule, six years old and one of the best I ever owned.
lie brought $350. Our retail trade has been the best
la ever had. In December we sold 668 head."
o
nrmers' Protective League Active.
Sacramento, Cal. — C. A Bodwell, Jr., the active
Lecutive of the Fanners' Protective League, said
is week: "Among several bills which the League
iring the past week has been active against were
jssembly Bills 1123 and 1337 and Senate Bill 882.
I he latter affected the hay people and the former
e dairy industry. The so-called hay bill made it
>>mpulsory for any farmer or hay baler baling hay
ithin the State to place thereon a tag giving the
ue weight. Also on this tag was to be indicated
Uditionally whether such hay was baled from a
(lock or stack. It was intended as mandatory that
I lis tag weight should always subsequently repre-
Imt the true weight of the bale. This manifestly
ould be impossible as hay is something constantly
sing in weight in handling. Furthermore, such pro-
cure would mean at least a cost of fifteen cents
ton, thus placing in the aggregate an enormous
ad useless expense on the industry."
Bodwell said further about the so-called dairy
ills: "These two bills before the Committee on
ublic Health and Quarantine were vicious in the
rtrenie. Besides many bad minor provisions there
ere two fundamental points involved which the
eague would fight. The first of these is that there
'ould be allowed, as now, a number of local inspec-
)rs of milk and milk products such as exemplified
y different city regulations, county ordinances, et
etera. This is a matter which the officers of the
.eague believed should be covered by the State
nder some one of its commissions such as Public
tealth and Quarantine, or the State Dairy Bureau,
tius to make one law prevail in any and all parts
f the State.
The other fundamental principle is that involved
l the provision specifying that all cattle reacting on
he tuberculin test shall be branded, so thus to be
nown. This would practically mean destruction,
3r neither dairyman or butcher would buy such an
nimal. Any property taken or destroyed by the
itate must be paid for by the State. This brings up
he question fought over at the last session of the
•egislature of remunerating owners for tubercular
attle. Ultimately this will have to be done and the
-eague stands squarely behind this as a matter of
astice to the farmer.
ireat Spring Stock Shows at Calgary.
There are 504 Pure-bred bulls to be offered at the
Jinual Auction Sale to be held by the Alberta Cattle
Ireeders' Association at Calgary, April 10 to 13. The
ale commences at 9:30 a. m., April 11. There will
e 286 Shorthorns, 168 Herefords, 42 Aberdeen-Angus,
Galloway and 1 Red Polled. This is the largest sale
of bulls ever held in Canada or the United States,
and will present a splendid opportunity to purchase
herd headers or bulls for the range.
The Spring Horse Show will be held at the same
time at Calgary. Entries close on March 27th. A
splendid opportunity to buy or sell horses. Especially
attractive evening programs, including regular horse
show classes, hurdle jumping, grand stock parades
and excellent music.
The Outstanding Draft Sire.
First-class sires are as scarce among draft horses
as among other kinds of stock. A number of breed-
ers have been looking all winter for stallions to stand
at the head of bands of brood mares, and some of
them are still looking. Their mares are among the
best in the United States. The offspring of the
mares have been prominent in the showrings and
the high-priced lists at sales. It requires a stallion
of unusual individual merit and the choicest blood-
lines to merit consideration for such use. Naturally
when a man has spent many years in breeding horses
he is particular about each new sire he introduces.
His extreme care on that point is the best evidence
that the breeder knows his business.
There are many near-great stallions, but few great
ones. Any horseman who has studied closely the
older stallion classes at the International or any of
the larger state fairs must have been impressed by
the fact that only a few horses would compare fav-
orahly with the test of the prizewinners. In com-
parison with the larger number of breeding farms
the outstanding stallions are still scarcer. Of course
not all of the best sires are shown, and it is also true
that not all the good show horses are prepotent sires.
And even if we consider the get-of-sire classes in
the shows, there is only the same conclusion to be
drawn and that is that very few sires are nearly
as good as the best.
Improvement in breeding comes slowly. The nearer
a breeder gets to the top the slower and more diffi-
cult it is to make more progress. Then the law of
averages checks advancement, as nearly all of the
sires he would choose have a majority of their near
ancestors of scarcely so high an excellence in type.
Tho leading breeders face the stern necessity of
selecting sires which are not only the best of horses
themselves but which have the longest possible list
of prepotent ancestors of that type. The outstanding
draft sire is not an accident. His discovery necessi-
tates a wide acquaintance with the stock of the breed,
present and past, and a judgment of horses which is
born, not acquired. But the results are worth the
cost in time and money. The outstanding sire is the
main factor in adding distinction to fame already ac-
quired by the stock of a great breeding farm. —
[Breeder's Gazette.
Poland China Sale Successful.
Further evidence that Missouri occupies a con-
spicuous "place in the sun" of the Poland China
world is to be found in the result of the sale held
at Mexico, Mo., March 21 by E. H. Carter and Mrs.
Frank Coatsworth. Fifty head sold in this sale for
a general average of $115.90, one of the best sales
held in the state this year.
Ideal weather, perfect sale arrangements and a
splendid offering awaited a large crowd of breeders
and farmers in a buying mood and these factors com-
bined to make a sale highly satisfactory to the
exposers.
These breeders were entitled to a good sale. Ed
Carter has been a liberal buyer at a number of the
leading sales of the state the past year or two and
many an auction owes its success in a large measure
to his support and encouragement . His judicious
purchases plus real ability to properly develop the
produce are reasons why breeders attended this sale
with the knowledge that they would have an oppor-
tunity to purchase as good as the breed affords.
This sale also brought to the front one of the good
boars of the state in King Joe's Masterpiece, a litter
brother to G. & A.'s King Joe. The breeders liked
this yearling to the extent that they willingly paid
an average of $145 on the 22 head of sows and gilts
bred to him. Unquestionably this boar is firmly es-
tablished in popular favor.
Lady Josephine, a three-year-old daughter of Big
Joe, one of the Carter herd sows, which was entered
in the sale after the catalogues were out, proved a
real attraction and sold to E. P. Johnson of Martins-
burg, Mo., for $420, the top of the sale.
R. O. McFarling topped the catalogued offering on
lot 1, Wonder Beauty by A Wonder, at $220, and
secured one of the top sows sold this season.
J. A Cates of Marshall, Mo., was the heaviest indi-
vidual buyer, securing a number of the tops. Mr.
Cates has been a heavy buyer this winter and is
establishing a top herd. A. V. and R. L. Young of
Palmyra, Mo.; P. H. Cullen, St. Louis, Mo.; C. F.
Clark, Mexico, Mo.; L. A. Harris, Benton City, Mo.;
J. W. Ryder, Roadhouse, 111., and W. W. Pollock,
Mexico, Mo., were all liberal bidders and buyers.
Considering the fact that the sale was late and
Profit For Lamb Feeders.
The feeders of lambs are pretty jubilant over the
outcome of the fat lamb market. Most feeders report
big profits, and those less enthusiastic report satis-
factory profits. Where loss has occurred it is trace-
able directly to some local cause, such as dog and
woif damage, or some other local cause or accident
that is no fault of the lamb.
Lamb feeding demands some knowledge of how to
care for this kind of stock, and the more experience
one has in feeding and handling sheep the better pre-
pared he is to direct the work for successful results.
The trained eye of the sheep feeder detects the out-
of-condition sheep or lamb at a glance. The skillful
sheep handler knows what the trouble or ailment is
and how to administer relief.
A sick sheep usually needs a purgative adminis-
tered as soon as it is discovered. Keep a little medi-
cine department supplied with all the needed reme-
dies so that treatment can be quickly resorted to and
the trouble removed; prompt treatment has been
the means of saving many a sheep, likewise many a
person.
If it pays so well to buy lambs at a big price to
feed for the mutton lamb market, what do you think
of the farmer who raises his own lambs and feeds
them out for the same fat lamb market? Why not
take over the whole proposition and get all there is
in it? Of course, the summer and all-year care of a
flock of ewes and their growing lambs is a responsi-
bility to consider, but there is a crop of wool that
comes in to be considered also. The sooner the
farmer gets his pastures and feed crops prepared
to handle sheep, the sooner he will be on the money-
making list.
o
THE CONSCRIPT.
[By Tom Bodine.]
He was a big amiable looking bay and trotted
along submissively behind the spring wagon with his
head and neck thrust forward so as not to pull
against the halter. The morning was cold, he had
come a long distance, and his winter's coat glistened
here and there with frost crystals. The man in the
wagon .schooled in a great faith, never once looked
back as he drove into the barn where the Jew, comb-
ing the upper counties for "gunners," did his buying.
Docility was the outstanding virtue of the conscript
— docility and love. He was six years old and had
been "raised from a colt" by the man in the wagon.
All of his life had been spent in sight of the little
white house amid the trees back from the road. On
idle days in the summer time he had the freedom of
a big woodland pasture carpeted with Monroe county
blue grass, and sometimes on a sunny day you could
see him silhouetted against the blasted elm on the
slope, head up and ears erect, listening — maybe to
the call of destiny, who knows? In the winter time
the barn and barn lot were his home and when not
standing with his head over the fence nickering at
the children and thrusting his soft muzzle into their
hands he was nipping the red calf playfully or romp-
ing with the chickens at his feet. Up until last sum-
mer he had a friend — a big mule, with a tug mark
on his side — and they had spent long hours musing
together. But one day the man and the mule went
away together and the mule never came back. It
grew lonesome for a time, but a roan cow soon sup-
plied needed companionship, only, often after that,
the conscript tossed his head up and remained still
as if listening to something. But if he was conscious
that destiny was near at hand, nothing betokened it
as he trotted into the big barn.
"Good horse," said the Jew. "How did he get that
wire mark on the neck?"
"Reaching over the fence to play with the chil-
dren."
"He's worth $175. Here's your check."
And that afternoon, the conscript, as one of what
seemed to him a vast company, was loaded on a stock
car and began upon a journey that was to take him
far by both land and sea. Looking out he saw no
familiar faces. There were no flags, no fond fare-
wells, no martial stir, no patriotic appeal. Tet he
was on his way to Flanders — "a gunner"' — to tug and
strive "for civilization." His body would be mangled
and mingle with soil "somewhere in France," but
nobody seemed to care. Behind him forever and far
away were some little children he loved, and a barn
lot where the chickens came and a red calf played.
Arcady lay in a woodland pasture whose beauties
nothing in the bright fields of Picardy could match,
but he was leaving it all and going unheralded of
name or fame, just an humble foal of the house of
Denmark, with a little splash of Flemish blood in his
veins, to do man's bidding. Yet they say we have
done nothing, though our conscripts by the tens of
thousands rot on European battlefields.
12
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, March 31, 19
THE FARM
Jersey Breeders Organize,
At a gathering of Jersey breeders on
the beautiful ranch ot Mrs. C. D. Perry
at Riverside on March 10th an associ-
ation "was formed to be known as the
Jersey Breeders' Association of South-
ern California. The following officers
were elected: President, George W.
Thomas; Tice-president, W. E. Rough;
secretary, W. P. McClaskey, J. E.
Wherrell and W. P. McClaskey were
appointed a committee to draw up a
constitution and by-laws.
900-Pound Record.
Belladia 31909, owned by Walter H.
Dupee, Edgemoor farm, Santee ,Cal,
has completed a record of 19,631.9
pounds if milk and 934.05 pounds of
butter fat in one year. This perform-
ance entitles her to seventh place in
the aged cow group of the class lead-
ers in the production of butter fat, and
fifth place in the production of milk.
She takes first place in the state of
California , exceeding the previous
high record by ISO pounds of fat. She
is also the highest producer west of
the Mississippi.
The production of milk and butter
fat by this cow, month by month, is
very uniform. Only three times did
she exceed the requirements for a re-
test- She received, however, four re-
tests, three by California testers and
one by Prof. W. M. Regan of the Ne-
vada agricultural experiment station.
In all of them she gave satisfactory
results.
New Way of Handling Blackleg.
Blackleg in calves seems to have be-
come more virulent of late. Vaccina-
tion will prevent the disease in most
cases but not all. Another difficulty
lies in the fact that after administer-
ing the vaccine, calves are not protect-
ed' against the disease for a period of
about two weeks, and in the meantime,
if the herd is affected, many of them
may die. There is now a blackleg
serum on the market which will give
immediate protection and combined
with the virus will give lasting immu-
nity. The serum also has curative
value if given early in the course of
the disease.
The Kansas Agricultural College
makes the statement that "A highly
potent blackleg serum can be pro-
duced from the horse." The claim is
also made that the filtered fluid taken
from the diseased tissue of the shoul-
der has great immunizing properties.
This marks a great advance in the
control of blackleg but does not in the
least detract from the importance of
absolutely destroying the carcass of
ever?- animal that dies from blackleg
and adopting all other possible pre-
ventive measures.
In spite of large shipments of hav
from Nevada, and Lassen county^
stockmen fear there will be a loss in
cattle shipments before spring sets in,
and the same cry conies from Lake
county, Oregon, where the situation is
reported serious. Several of the stock-
men in Lake county declare it is al-
most certain there will be a loss in
sheep. Some of the sheepmen expect
their bands to begin lambing in the
near future, and any cold weather
without shelter for their flocks means
a heavy loss in lambs.
Here's to the farmer who's farming
now,
Who loves the soil and follows the
plow,
And whether it rains or whether it
shines
Is doing things to bring in the
dimes.
A German veterinary in the govern-
ment's employ in the Spanish, Amer-
ican war is authority for the state-
ment that one pint each of kerosene
and water given as a drench is one of
the best remedies for colic in horses.
The medicine acts quicker than cro-
tian oil.
The famous Dalrymple farm in
Traill and Cass counties, N. D., said
to be the largest in the world and
known wherever agriculture on a
mammoth scale is talked of, is to dis-
appear. That which remains of the
great holdings of Oliver Dalrymple, in
his day the greatest farmer in the
world, comprises 22,000 acres. It is
to be cut up into about 100 small
farms of 160 to 320 acres.
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THOROUGHBRED STALLIONS FOR SALE.
Sycamore by imp. Prestonpans, dam
Sweetness 2d.
William Irving by King William, dam
Mabel by Judge Murphy.
These horses are in good condition.
INQUIRE AT 1931 G ST..
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The O. A. & E. Ry. Electric line has
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Seven trains are operated each way
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PETALUMA, CAL.
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FOR SALE CHEAP.
1 bay filly (4). bv Aerolite: dam Devil-
etta 2:1034 by. .Diablo. .1 bay gelding (3).
by Dan Logan; dam Clara H., dam oil
Deviletta, by Hack., son o£ Brigadier.j
1 bay colt (1 yr.) by Rob t. Eingen; dam
-Deviletta, - entered in the Stanford and.
Occident stakes -.also Breeders' Futurity.
W. S. HARKEY, Gridley, Cal.
HOMESTEAD AND FARM LANDS.
Oregon & California Railroad Co. grant
lands. Title to same re-vested in United
States by Act of Congress Dated June 9.
1916. Two million three hundred thou-
sand acres to be opened for homesteads
arid sale. Timber and agricultural lands.
Containing some of -best land left in- Unit-
ed States. Now is the opportune time.
Large sectional map showing lands and
description of soil, climate, rainfall, ele-
vations, etc., postpaid, one dollar. GRANT
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land, Oregon^ ... -v
iturday, March 31, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
1J
DON CASTANO
Needs No Introduction to the Public
HIGHLAND MONARCH
was the winner of the aged stallions, and
class for stallions and four of his get at
the California State Fair in 1916.
SAN VICENTE
The Junior Champion Stallion of California
In the Yearling Futurity at the State Fair in 1916, five
of the six money winners were by Don Castano and Highland
Monarch.
The two-year-old Futurity was won by a Highland Monarch
colt.
The $100.00 Trophy, offered by the American Saddle Horse
Breeders' Association for the best stallion or mare, three
years old or under in California, was won by a Highland Mon-
arch colt, and two years prior it was won by Highland
Monarch himself.
If you are going to breed your mare, why not mate her
with one of the above stallions and have a winning colt?
The service fees for Don Castano and Highland Monarch
are $50.00. Arrangements for San Vicente private.
To encourage breeding in this State we will pay the freight
charges on mares to and from any part of California, but will
not, of course, be responsible for any accidents which might
happen In shipping.
San Vicente Rancho,
1023 Investment Building Los Angeles, Cal
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rHREE NOTED JUDGES
! -A. S. Thompson, of Kentucky; Jas. H. Bright of Missouri and Florida, and
.. II. Monsees of Missouri, recognized throughout the land as three of the best,
lost courageous and qualified judges of saddle horses living, selected .
MARSHALL CHIEF 2765
i a field of 22 of the world's most famous stallions, as the most ideal saddle
tallion for breeding purposes. The considerations were: breeding, conforma-
ion, soundness, action and beauty.
THE WINNER OF THIS, THE MOST IMPORTANT BREEDING CLASS
IN SADDLE HORSE AFFAIRS,
3 in public service at E. N. Hamilton's farm, three miles south of Mexico, Mo.,
If here blue grass, spring water and feed are to be had in abundance.
IANS BERG, 159 Warren Ave.,
Milwaukee, Wis.,
or
N, HAMILTON, Manager,
Mexico, Mo,
WHY EXPERIMENT?-
lundreds of thousands of dollars are spent annually by horse lovers in efforts
o buy or breed a winner.
The Wise Men of Today
iave quit experimenting and are mating their mares to Astral King
vho has proven himself the
KING OF SHOW HORSES AND THE. KING OF StRES
Mares are sent to his court from Maine to California — shall we make reser-
vations for yours?
Good Blue Grass, Spring Water and Experienced Attendant.
JAS. H0UCHIN, Owner, Jefferson City, Mo.
*nse! M. Easlon
William Ward
IMPORTERS AND BREEDERS
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SHIRE HORSES
Blackhawk Stock Ranch
Barns full of top notch two to five year old Stallions
IMPORTED AND HOME BRED
With weight, style, and quality, heavy clean bone and the best of breeding to recom-
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3tallion.
BLACKHAWK STOCK RANCH, Burlingame, Cal.
Plewe tend for free photo£'r&ph!ccBtalo£ue. Telephone Burlingame 131
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Highland Squirrel King 1881
by FOREST KING, by SQUIRREL KING, by BLACK SQUIRREL, ETC.
Pleasure and Show Horses and Youngsters for sale that
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Revel Lindsey English, Owner,
Chino, California
THE FIVE-GAITED SADDLE STALLION
LE GRAND NcDONALD Reg. No. 6360
Winner World's Junior Championship P.P. I. E.
Sired by GRAND McDONALD, the greatest show horse and sire that the
WORLD'S CHAMPION REX McDONALD EVER SIRED
Dam, QUEEN ALICE 10649, by FOREST LeGRAND 2107.
Color, chestnut; age 4; height 15:3; weight 1,150. Conformation and style
equal the best. Terms for season, $30.
Now located at San Francisco Eiding Academy, 701 — 7th Aye.
Tor information address, BRIDGFORD COMPANY,
519 California St., San Francisco, Cal.
EXPRESSIVE MAG
RECORD 2.251
REG. NO. 41513
Standard Cal. State License 95.
Sire of: CLARA MAC 2:
&
VERA HAL 2:05; MADAM MAC 2:07 i
Only stallion offered for service in California sire of two in 2:05, three in 2:10
Son of MeKlH*EY 2:1 1M and the greatest living hroodmare. EXPRESSIVE (31 2:121.J 'dam
of 6 trotters. 2 in 2:10 ) by ■ LECTIONEER 125. Ideal in color, size and conformation — seal
brown, height 16*-* hand?, weight 1275 pounds. $25 the Season, $35 to insure, usual return
privilege. Send for tabulated pedigree. Address: J. H. NELSON, Selmi, Cal.
JOE CAREY
THOROUGHBRED STALLION
Pure Bred Cal. State License No. 2004
$50
Sire of
Brighouse
Orange Blossom
Custom House
Azurea,
Mercurium
Deckhand
Buckshot
Avon Carey
Bernice. and other
Good winners.
Harden
Edwards
i Prince Charlie I gIair AlJ;01
( Eastern Princess
k^ fBannockburn... {
a I
< I
Bettie Blaise...
Q
' Himyar..
i : .Miss Marion...
!,
mp. Astolat..
( Nannie Bay \ Glenelg
i St. Blaise /Hermit
' ( Fusee
,Be«feM ; Irenes
.(*»» Isar
i Lexington
"" j Hegira
\KiBber J Bocaneer
I Mineral
( Bellicent > Cremorne
i Lynette by
Lord Lyon
I ffira..
Address all communications to:
GEO. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
BREED TO THE COAST'S CHAMPION CAMPAIGNER AND FUTURITY SIRE
im Logan R,g. m». 44977
Pure Bred. Cal. Sta'.e License No. 17
Sire of Hal Logan 2:09, Maxlne (3) 2:15, winner of
Breeders' Futurity, etc.
Son of CHARLES DERBY 2:20, brother to Klatawah
(3) 2:05'/2, etc., and sire of TEN In 2:10.
Dam, EFFIE LOGAN, dam of Jim Logan 2:01*1, Sir
Albert S. 2:03?i. and Dan Logan 2:07^.
In the stud, season of 1917, at Woodland Race Track.
FEE: $50, usual return privilege, $75 to insure liv-
ing colt payable at time of service or before removal
of mares. Call at race track or address
J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal.
STANFORD McKINNEY 45173
Sire of Miss Macklie 2:09|; Pavanha 2:10i: Kinneysham 2:13-]; Silente 2:19
By McKinney 8818 dam Palavena by Palo Alto 2:08>4
STRONG McKINNEY-ELECTIONEER CROSS
Will make the season of ll'l? at WOY'S STOCK RANCH, 9 miles south of
FRESNO, on West Ave. Terms $25 for the Season.
For further particulars address: ftf. I,. WQY, BOX 501, FreSI10, Cal.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Pleasanton Driving Park
PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA= — —
offers for service for the season of 1917 the following stallions:
THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4
Non-Standard Cal. State License No. 2.
FASTEST TROTTING STALLION EVER OFFERED FOR SERVICE IN
CALIFORNIA AND FIFTH FASTEST ENTIRE TROTTER IN THE WORLD
Son of SI. Valiant Vincent 2:11% (by St Vincent 2:13% out of the triple
producer Grace Lee 2:29>4 by Electioneer 125); dam Amy Smith by Emperor
Wilkes 2:20%. sire of Princess Eulalia (4) 2:09%, etc.; grandam by Hamble-
t0 The Anvil is regarded by Edward F. Geers as one of the very greatest trot-
ters that he has ever raced. For Ave years the pair of Tennesseeans went to
the races together and in that time were but twice unplaced, while winmlng a
total of fifteen races, including the historic M. and M.
As an individual he is most pleasing, not too large or coarse in any way but
smoothly and compactly made and "all horse" in every line. He is a perfect
headed, pure gaited trotter, with the very best of disposition, and is destined
to become a very great sire of trotting speed. His opportunities in the stud
have been very slight as he has been retired from racing only since the close
of 1914. He was selected to head the stud at Pleasanton Driving Park not only
on account of his great qualities as a race trotter, but because one of his first
foals Anvilite (2) 2:22%, with a trial of ten seconds or more faster, was in
every way the greatest colt trotter ever handled by C. L. DeRyder. The services
of The Anvil are recommended to you without reserve.
Fee for THE ANVIL 2:02 34, $50 with usual privilege
Vernon McKinney 2:01 1-2
Pure Bred Cal. State License No. 39
Fastest member of the great family of McKinney 2:11J4
Sire of VERNA McKINNEY (2) 2:13 (his first foal raced), fastest two-
year-old pacing filly of 1915, three-year-old record, 1916, 2:09^.;
VERNON DIABLO, mat. rec. half mile track 2:14J4, and DR. DYER
(3) trial 2:12^,
Son of Guy McKinney 37625 (by McKinney 2:11% out of Flossie Drais by Guy
Wilkes 2:15^i); dam Maud Vernon by Mount Vernon 2:15i4, sire of the dams of
Leata J. 2:03, etc.; grandam Mag by General McClellan, sire of the dams of
Mack Mack 2:08. etc.
Vernon McKinney'3 racing- career was not an extensive one but will long- be
remembered for the excellence of his performances, as his winnings include a
Chamber of Commerce stake in time very near the record for that event at the
time, and he is the fastest of all the McKinneys.
He is a horse of rare qualities in the way of individual excellence, almost
ideal in behavior and temperament in harness or out. Since his retirement he
has been a popular horse in the stud and our claim that he would prove a very
great sire of pacing speed has been fully substant;ated. his first foal to be raced
being the season champion for the age and gait in 1915, a most excellent testi-
monial to his potency. He is a very sure breeder, his get are uniformly endowed
with natural speed and the physical and mental requirements of modern race
horses and find ready sale at most gratifying prices.
Fee for VERNON McKINNEY 2:01 1-2, $50 with usual privilege.
The best of cara taken of mares in any manner owners may desire, but no •
responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address for particulars
GEORGE F. RYAN, Superintendent,
PLEASANTON, CAL.
Thoroughbred sire MARSE ABE
Cal. State Thoroughbred License No. 2018.
WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1917 AT
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK
Marse Abe carries the best
blood of America through his
sire lines. Yankee was a su-
perior race horse and sire. Han- U
over was the best horse of his 60
day. and headed the list of win- <
ning sires for years. No refer- y
ence is necessary to Hindoo as yj
everyone knows what he was. gg
Halo, the dam of Marse Abe, <
is bred Just right to cross with jg
the sire blood in his pedigree;
a daughter of St. Blaise, son of
Hermit, the most fashionable
sire line In England, and backed
up on her dam's side by the
lines of long distance perform-
ers from which sprung Ten
Brock and other four-milers.
Address all commuuicationa to
Service Fee $50
(Hindoo iJfrfiril
I Hanover J ) Florence
(Bourbon Belle.. J 1°™ Scotland
I Correction
(Himyar /A1-*1™
(Mannie Gray..
Hira
Enquirer
Lizzie G.
(Hermit fNewminster
.J I Seclusion
(.Fusee JMarsyas
/ Vesuvienne
( Kin? Alfonso... I Phaeton
- / I Capitola
(Lerna J Asteroid
GEO. F. RYAN,
Pleasanton, Cal.
DILLCARA 57462
Cal. State Standard License No. 2019.
Son ot Sidney Dillon 23157 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list) and Guyeara by Guy Wilkes
2867 (sire of 3 in 2:10 list), will make the season of 1917 at
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK, PLEASANTON, GAL,
SERVICE FEE $50 TO INSURE
DUlcara is a full brother to Harold Dillon 39610, the leading sire of New Zealand.
Last season the get of Harold Dillon won 41 races, totalling over $25,000.
Address all communications to
GEO. F. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
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[Saturday, March 31, 19:
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COLTS
AND FILLIES
BY
WILBUR LOU
ALWAYS
ON SALE
HEMET, CAL
Offers for service the best grandson of McKinney 2:ll^(
WILBUR LOU 2:10!
Record made in third heat of winning race as 3-year-old
A world's champion as a yearling, record (1) 2:19'/2; un-
beaten as a two-year-old, a famous futurity winner afr
three, and at six years of age the "sire of the day" In Cal-
ifornia, his first crop of two-year-olds Including
NATALDAY (2) 2:13 1
Champion Two- Year-Old Race Trotter of the Pacific
Coast.
ZETA LUCILE (2) 2:12i
Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of the Pacific
Coast.
HEMET QUEEN (1) 2:161
Champion Pacing Filly of the World.
KINSMAN LOU (2) 2:23%.
MATILDA LOU (2) 2:22%.
FIESTA LOU (p) (1) 2:25, (2) 2:22%.
GOLDSMITH LOU (2) 2:29.
BILLIE BOYD (2) 2:30.
Wilbur Lou is by the gTeat race horse and
sire Kinney Lou 2:07%, out of Louise Carter
(3) 2:24, the only mare to produce two year-
lings to trot in 2:20 or better:
WILBUR LOU (1) 2:19%,
EDITH CARTER (1) 2:18&.
Breed to him for coits that ■will race. Fee for 1917, fifty
dollars, with usual return privilege, or' money refunded'
at our option. Mares kept, $60.00 per year. All infor^
mation gladly furnished. — Licensed Pure Bred Cert 23,
Superbly Bred Young Saddle and Harness Horse
FOR
SADDLE BRED:
Dark Bay Gelding by Lord Denmark — Sonia Foaled 19
Black Gelding by Highland Squirrel King— Armin Foaled 19
Bay Colt by Lord Denmark— Dixie Queen Foaled 19
STANDARD BRED:
Bay Gelding by Don Sonoma — Chula.
Black Colt by Silkworthy — Sonia.
Anyone looking for some youngsters of either breed will find these colts as attractl
as *it is possible to breed them. They will be sold at reasonable prices;- are in go-
condition and may be seen at Oakridge Ranch, Sonoma Co., Cal.
The superbly bred stallion, Silkworthy, is also for sale. He has been bred to a limit
number of mares and has proven himself a sure foal getter, and we have the quail
of his colts to show.
Address W. G. COWAN, OAKRIDGE RANCH, KENWOOD, SONOMA CO., CA
or BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, SAN FRANCISCO, for further information.
THE STANDARD
BRED 8TALL>ON
SILKWORTHY 58175
LICENSE
NO. 206
Son of MORGAN AXWORTHY 47430. Dam CLEAR SILK (dam of Crystal SI
2:28%). Silkworthy is bred in the purple. His sire, Morgan Axworthy 47430, la 1
Axworthy out of Kinglyne, a full sister to Bingen; and his dam by Prodigal out
Red Silk by Baron Wilkes.
He will make the season of 1917 at Kenwood, Sonoma Co., Cal.
SERVICE FEE, $25.00 WITH USUAL RETURN PRIVILEGE.
Address W. G. COWAN, Oakridge Ranch,
Kenwood, Sonoma Co., Cal.
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Saturday, March 31, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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Best Policy 42378
LICENSE No. 637
STANDARD BRED
Son of ALLERTON 5128 and EXTNE
by EXPEDITION 14900. Grand dam
Euxine by Axtell 5183.
Best Policy will make the season of
1917 at Visalia, Cal.
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Pacific Coast Trotting Record;
Peter McKlyo 58009-
RECORD
2:06
Cal. License Pure Bred No. 105
Sired by
PETER THE GREAT 2:07% (sire of 50 in 2:10 list, Including Miss Harris
2:01%, Peter Volo (4) 2:02, Peter Stevens 2:01%, Peter Mae 2:03, Mabel
Trask 2:03%, etc.), dam KLTO by Jay McGregor.
He is from one o£ the greatest families on bis dam's side in the books, as the!
performances of Susie J. 2:06% and Trampfast 2:12% prove beyond doubt
Peter McKlyo is the Greatest Son ot Peter The Great
westof of Kentucky and is destined to be one of tbe world's greatest sires.
He is tbe only son of Peter the Great five years old with two colts in the
list He was bred to three mares as a two-year-old, only two of his colts being
handled, — Charlotte McKlyo, winner of breeder's record 2:25%, and McKlyo-
Boy, winner of the two-year-old division Breeders' Futurity Stake, record
2:23%. It can be also said as a matter of record that he is one of the greatest1
five-year-old trotting stallions ever owned in the state of California, and one of
the best individuals to be found in any country.
HE WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1917 AT
James Thompson's Training Stables
State Fair Grounds, Sacramento
TERMS: $100 FOR THE SEASON.
Usual return privilege. Mares pastured at $5 per month. Good care will
be taken but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. For further
particulars address,
L. H. TODHUNTER, Owner, or JAMES THOMPSON,
Box 387, Sacramento, Cal. State Fair Grounds,
Sacramento, Cal.
urday, April 7, 1917]
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DATES CLAIMED.
Salinas July 11 to 14
f?etaluma July 18 to 21
• Woodland July 25 to 28
Iptxon Aug. 1 to 4
■Jkiah Aug. 8 to 11
BSureka Aug. 15 to 18
IPemdale Aug. 22 to 25
Santa Rosa Aug. 29 to Sept. 1
Sacramento Sept. 8 to 15
I Ranford Sept. 19 to 22
f Fresno Sept. 24 to 29
I Ventura Sept. 26 to 29
Bakersfield Oct. 3 to 6
I Riverside Oct. 10 to 13
I: Santa Maria Oct. 24 to 27
J Los Angeles Oct. 29 to Nov. 3
Santa Ana Nov. 7 to 10
'Phoenix, Ariz Nov. 12 to 17
THE GRAND CIRCUIT.
■ Cleveland July 16 to 21
Detroit July 23 to 28
I Kalamazoo July 30 to Aug. i
Columbus Aug. 6 to 11
Cleveland Aug. 13 to 18
Philadelphia Aug. 20 to 25
Poughkeepsie Aug. 27 to Sept. 1
Hartford Sept. 3 to 8
f Syracuse Sept. 10 to 15
Columbus Sept. 17 to 29
, Lexington Oct. 1 to 13
Atlanta Oct. 15 to 20
STALLION DIRECTORY.
Harness Horses
Beat Policy 42378 R.O.Newman. Visalia, Cal
Dillcara 57462 Geo. F. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Expressive Mac 41513 J. H. Nelson, Selma, Cal.
Jim Logan 44977 J. Elmo Montgomery, Davis, Cal.
Peter McKlyo 58009 L. H. Todhunter, Sacramento, Cal.
SUkworthy W. G. Cowan, Kenwood, Cal.
Stanford McKinney 45173 M. L. Woy, Fresno, Cal.
The Anvil Geo. F. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Vernon McKinney Geo. F. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
"Wilbur Lou 52595 Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet, Cal.
Thoroughbreds
Joe Carey Geo. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Marse Abe Geo. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Saddle Horses
Astral King Jas. Houchin. Jefferson City, Mo.
Don Castano San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles
Highland Monarch San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles
Highland Squirrel King Revel L. English, Chlno, Cal.
Le Grand McDonald. . .Bridgford. Company, San Francisco
Marshall Chief E. N. Hamilton, Mexico, Mo.
San Vicente San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
California Fair and Racing Association, held last
Saturday, it was decided to recommend the employ-
ment of Jos. Waddell as starter for all the race meet-
ings in the Circuit. This is a movement in the right
direction as. if one man officiates for all the meet-
ings, he has an opportunity to familiarize himself
with the peculiarities of the different horses and
drivers and his work is much more satisfactory than
is the case where several different starters are em-
ployed.
o
San Francisco real estate agents who deal in coun-
try lands and are in a position to make correct
estimates of prospects throughout Central and North-
ern California for the current year, declare that the
California farmer is coming into his own with profits
not hitherto considered possible. The same authori-
ties say there is a combination of fortuitous circum-
stances at present in the interior valleys. After a
brief spell of inactivity in selling farms in California
a revival is predicted owing to those factors and
consequently farm land agents express the opinion
that this is a good time to buy farms.
The Northwest Land Bank.
The Federal Land Bank, which has been located
at Spokane, Washington, will have for its directors
and officers the folloging:
D. G. O'Shea, Red Lodge, Montana, president and
director, is the head of one of the largest banks in
Red Lodge, a livestock breeder and farmer; has
merchandising interests and is a member of the Mon-
tana legislature. Mr. O'Shea will sever his other
banking connections and devote his entire efforts to
the Spokane Federal Land Bank.
C. E. B. Roberts, vice-president and director, is
treasurer of the Idaho State Grange and is also
president of the local Jersey Breeders' Association.
He is a bank director in the thriving city of Rupert,
Idaho, which is on one of the government irrigation
segregations in the famous Snake River Valley.
George C. Jewett, Palouse, Wash., secretary and
director, has had more than sixteen years experience
in the banking and farm loan business and is inti-
mately informed on the needs of farmers in the
inland empire.
George Dreher, Snohomish, treasurer and director,
has had fifteen years experience in banking, and has
more recently been an insurance and real estate
man. He is an expert accountant and possesses good
ideas along farm values.
A. W. Cauthorn, Portland, director, has had prac-
tical experience as a banker and as editor of the
Semi-Weekly Journal of Portland. He has had prac-
tical experience as a farmer and both as a citizen
and editor he has constantly labored for the eleva-
tion of agricultural standards.
Turner Oliver, registrar and attorney, is well
known in the Northwest. His work in the new organ-
ization will have to do with land titles.
CHAMPION SADDLE HORSE OF THE WORLD.
In every breed of live stock, these days of improve-
ment and development of herds and flocks, there is
a grand champion; a champion of champions, stand-
ing out pre-eminently above all of the breed and
acclaimed champion through its proven merit in
competition with better brothers and sisters and in
the siring or producing of young things which are
superior to the offspring of others. In all instances
the breeders of stock, whether horses, cattle, sheep
or swine, point this grand individual out with pride
and sing its praises to their friends far and near;
creating more interest in the breed it represents and
striving through proven methods to breed an indi-
vidual that compares with and favors the champion.
In the days of Rex McDonald, champion saddle
stallion of the world ,the breeders of saddle horses
generally admitted his superiority and gave him the
credit due him. However, Rex McDonald has been
dead more than three years and today there are four
or five horses whose friends declare are to the breed
now what the old black King was in his day. The
friends in singing praises of their favorite, however,
drag his rivals in the mud and use every method of
"knocking" and making some other with an equally
just claim to the championship appear a near-mongrel
in the eyes of the public.
There are at present five saddle horses in America,
whose owners, every one, declare is the Champion of
Champions; the greatest living saddle horse and
unapproached in class by any other individual. They
are champions, it is true, and I doubt that if the old
black horse were to appear today as he was when he
won his laurels, he would have any cinch on his title.
Rex McDonald, though, won his title through just
such competition and the bigger the rival the harder
they fell before the grand old champion. He never
dodged the issue and wiped the platter clean from
pumpkin shows to The Garden, winning, always win-
ning, before all judges and never, in his great career,
was his title begrudged him by the owner of his
nearest rivals, and many of them were close up to
his class at all times.
Now, however good a horse may be and however
just his title, he has to contend with a continual on-
slaught as persistent and as treacherous as the Kai-
ser"sdiver warfare. There are more champions today
than there have ever been in saddle horse history
and most worthy of the crown they bear; however,
none of them can conscientiously be called the cham-
pion of champions and the peer of all others. Re-
cently three publications portrayed different saddle
horses in their publications and the inscription de-
clared each the champion of present day horses. One
publication referred to two horses in the same issue
as the "Champion saddle horse of the world."
Which of these great horses is the peer of the
others? No one in the land loves and knows all of
them much better than the writer, and when I re-
ceived the following inquiry this week, I knew not
what to say: "Knowing you to be thoroughly famil-
iar with the saddle horses of the present day, I would
like to have you inform me which horse of today is
the admitted champion of champions." What was I
to say? Naturally, I have my private opinion, but
my opinion is like every one's — merely one man's
opinion; and who am I to designate the champion?
Why not arrange a stake so attractive that all
would enter, even though they are retired from the
show ring? The stake could be raised by popular
subscription. I will guarantee to raise $100 in Cali-
fornia . If ten men will raise this much we would
have $1,000 clear; then stage the show at the fair
bidding the most for the event. I have seen lots of
associations give $1,000 for stakes that could not be
classed in the same place as such a contest would be.
Therefore, if we raised $1,000 by public subscription
and $1,000 from the fair where the contest was given
we would have a stake with no assessment and worth
fighting for, to say nothing of the final distinction.
Let's shuffle the cards and see for once and all who
holds the King. It would be some show, the like of
which has never been seen, and one which would
never be repeated.
WT;,
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7
A TYPICAL MY MAJOR DARE FOAL.
Eight Foals Have Arrived at Longview.
Keen interest at all times attaches to the achieve-
ments of youth. If a son is born to some noted
statesman, an inventor, or wizard of finance, those
who were familiar with the success of the parents
watch the development of the youth from his first
days. In live stock circles is is more pronounced
than in the human family, for here, in the develop-
ment of great herds and flocks, the best of the breed
are mated with the best of the other sex in anticipa-
tion of producing something perfect. When, in 1916,
Manager C. J. Tucker, of Longview Farm, Lee's Sum-
mit, Mo., announced that the once noted show ring
winner, Nancy Garland, one of the most beautiful
creatures the saddle horse breed has ever known,
was to be mated with My Major Dare, the world
famed saddle stallion, horse lovers the width and
breadth of the land began to make prophecies of
what the outcome would be. In a letter to the
Breeder and Sportsman, this week, Manager Tucker
announces the arrival of the foal ; a chestnut stallion,
with four white feet, and declares him one of the
most attractive foals that has arrived at Longview
since its establishment. This colt's development
probably will be watched with the same concern that
characterized the birth of Edna May's Choice, the
great young stallion now owned by Bruce G. Eaton,
Eaton. Col, which resulted in the mating of the
celebrities, Kentucky's Choice and Edna May. Mr.
Tucker states that eight foals have arrived at the
farm this year with 15 more mares due to foal.
Keene Out of Game.
"I am through with polo playing for all time."
Foxhall Keene of New York, noted polo player,
made this announcement to friends last week on his
arrival from Los Angeles, on his way to Del Monte.
Keene a year ago fell fell under his polo pony and
suffered injuries which for a time menaced his life.
"I have found that the injuries I received then will
keep me from playing polo," Weene stated, "but 1
shall always follow the game very closely, for I am
devoted to horses and the turf. I regret that I shall
not be able to compete in the exciting contests, but
will be found on the sidelines of polo fields."
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 7,'
Harness Horses and Horsemen
LETTER FROM A. B. COXE.
The following letter from Mr. A. B. Coxe of NaT-
beek Farm at Paoli, Pa., to a member of the staff of
the Breeder and Sportsman, is self-explanatory. Mr.
Coxe is one of the foremost breeders of light harness
horses, his stud being one of the most select yet
assembled; and the turf triumphs of the Coxe horses
have been notable, especially in the matter of colt
stakes, a Kentucky futurity having fallen to them:
Thank you very much for your kind letter and
pedigree of Ila Moko. I paid $375 for her and think
her cheap. Maybe you can give me some information
as to the foals she has had . She has no record, so
I presume she was bred early. I know of the fol-
lowing foals — can vou fill in anv of the blanks?
1907— 1912— Wilea 2:21 %.
1908 — 1913— Jim Hardman.
1909— 1914— Anselila (1) 2:17%.
1910 — 1915 — By Prince Ansel.
1911— 1916— C. by Robt. Bingen.
1917 — In foal to Justo.
Wilea was foaled either in 1911 or 1912. The hole
in her history seems to mean that she must have had
a number of foals that have no records ,or else she
was barren in training, with no results.
I also bought Estabella Bingen 2:15 and La Res-
Una p. 2:13%, tr. 2:13%. giving me the following 28
broodmares, arranged under their families and the
number of their produce, record colts and record colts
of their dams. I thought it might be of some inter-
est to you:
MareE From Peter the Great Family.
Czarevna (3) 2:07% — 2 foals over two years old;
dam of Czarada (3) 2:1714; dam has produced 2 in
2;10 and 9 in 2:30.
Miss Pierette (3) 2:09%— In foal in 1917 for first
time. Her dam is Madame Thompson, sister to Lydia
and Tillie Thompson, dams of Peter Thompson (3)
2:07i4 and Miss Stokes (3) 2:08%. Madam Thomp-
son has produced 4 in 2:30 and 2 in 2:10.
Miss Stokes (3) 2:10% — Dam of Miss Watts (3)
2 : 19 % : is the dam of 2 colts 2 years old or over ;
dam The Widow 2:28%, dam of Peter W. 2:08% and
Sienna 2:06%%.
Margaret Prima (3) 2:14%— No colts 2 years old;
dam Margaret O. 2:05%. Margaret Prima is Mar-
garet O.'s only foal 2 years old or over; grandam
Margaret A. 2:12%, dam of Madden 2:09^ and May
O. and of 8 in 2:30, and sister to Axworthy.
These four Peter the Great fillies have three-year-
old records that average 2:10%. Their dams average
1% 2:10 trotters.
Mares of Bingen Blood.
A Leading Lady (3) 2:07 — Dam of Ladv Zombro
2:10, Lady Del (3) 2:19%, Colorado L. (3) 2:10%.
Lady Petress (3) 2:13%. These are all her foals
two years old or over. Their records average 13%;
her dam has produced 7, and 1 in 2:10.
Besa 2:10!.; — Second in Kentucky futurity and was
timed at 3 in 2:08%; dam of Peter Allen "(2) 2:17%
and Col. B. (3) 2:25%. Her only foals over 2 years
old. Her dam has produced 6, and 3 in 2:10%.
Estabella Bingen 2:15— Never bred: her dam is
Court Lady by the Beau Ideal; second dam Estabella
by Alcantara. The Beau Ideal was by Dare Devil
out of Nettie King and through him we get 2 crosses
to Marnbrino King, which with Estabella gives me
good backing up for the soft Bingen.
The Amazon (2) 2:25%. 2:18%— Never bred; dam
Jolly Bird, dam of 6, and 2 in 2:10.
Mares From the Baron Wilkes Family.
The Colorado Bell (2) 2:17%, (3) 2:09%— Now in
foal for first time to Peter the Great; dam American
Bell (3) 2:12%. She is the dam of 6, 2 in 2:10.
Bertha C. (3) 2:10% — Third in Kentucky Futurity
record taken in fifth heat of the futurity. Dam of
Peter Marble (3) 2:17 and Miss Bertha Dillon (2)
2:10. her only foal 2 years old. Her dam Marble.
dam of 7 and 1 in 2:10, and her second dam is Medio,
dam of Peter Sterling, winner of Kentucky Futurity'
and of Black Robert 2:15 and Marble 2:14 and two
others.
Miss Jane Jones (3) 2:14%— Dam of Colorado Jane
2:21i,, Michailowa (3) 2:15% and Mr. Jones (2)
2:22%. Her only foal two years old. Her dam
Medio, dam of 5 and of Peter Sterling, winner of the
Kentucky Futurity.
Ila Moko — You know.
Ida Moko— Dam of yearling with record 2:29% and
out of dam of Bon Voyage 2 08
v,-n2 ReKsliva P- 2:13*. tr. 2:13%-dam bv Allie
yvilkes, but never bred; second dam Ozama, dam of
4 and of Ozanam 2:07, Transylvania winner and by
Director. '
Audrey Grey 2:12%, by Moko— Never bred: with-
out many producing mares in pedigree, but by Moko
and havmg Aberdeen and Almont in pedigree, and
being second in 2:08%.
Mares of Axworthy Blood.
Muda Guy (3) 2:12%-World's record when made for
.. years on half mile track (5) 2:09. Dam Muda S.,
dam of 7: second dam Nancy Lee, dam of Nancy
Hanks. This mare has been a shy breeder: has no
foals two years old.
Dorothy Axworthy (2) 2:21% — Second to Tramp-
fast in 2 year old Kentucky Futurity in 2:12%, beaten
one foot; dam of Worthy Peter (2) 2:2414; dam Dor-
othy T.. dam of 5 and of Adlon (3) 2:07%, Rusticoat
(1) 2:22%, (3) 2:08%.
Nelda Worthy 2:12% — Dam of Princess Nelda,
timed at 2 in Kentucky Futurity in 2:10, record at
3, 2:11: Prinelda (3) 2:09%, Peter Ax (3) 2:15%,
out of Old Nell.
Vonia Worthy (3) 2:22U — Dam of The Vonia, mat-
inee 2:10; Rose McGee (1) p. 2:19%, record when
made: Vonia Gny 12) 2:24%; Judge Hall 2:20%;
dam of six.
Mares Having Baron Wilkes on Dam's Side.
Erirange (2) 2:21 — Winner of Lexington stake at
2; dam of Colorado Range (3) 2:08%, third in Ken-
tucky Futurity, timed separately in 2:06Ii: Zobedak,
matinee 2:081i, public mile at Lexington in 2:05%:
Peter Range (3) 2:25^ : Worthy Range (2) 2:26%;
Directum Prodigal 2:20%. Erirange by Prodigal,
dam Ettie Baron by Baron Wilkes, dam of 11; sec-
ond dam Nannie Etticott dam of Silk Family; third
dam Soprano.
Mares With Bingen Blood on Dam's Side.
Lady Zombro (2) 2:29%. (6) 2:10— By Zombro;
dam Leading Lady (3) 2:07; in foal to Etawah, first
time.
Lady Del (2) 2:30. (3) 2:19%— By Del Coronado;
dam Leading Lady; yearling by Etawah and in foal
to him again.
Tabulate pedigree of these Etawah foals. See in
breeding to Bingen and Arion with the tough out-
cross.
Mares of Outside Blood, Not Having Peter the Great
Bingen, Axworthy or Baron Wilkes Blood.
Denella (3) 2:22^ — Oldest foal coming 2 years old,
by Director General; dam Nella Jay (3) 2:14%,
winner of Kentucky Futurity ; second dam Paronella.
Excella — Dam of 2 out of Expressive. You know
this mare.
Chimes of Normandy (2) 2:27%, 2:16*4 — Dam of
Norman Baron (3) 2:17%, out of Santos.
The American Bell (3) 2:12%— Dam of Col. BeU
(3) 2:091i. Zom Bell 2:06%, John Dew-ey p. 2:12%,
The Delia BeU 2:20%, Elegance 2:24%; Ed Geers'
old race mare.
Lady Brussells — Dam of 3 yearlings in 2:30 and
3 in 2:10.
The Zombro Bell (2) 2:30, (3) 2:13, (4) 2:09%,
(5) 2:061.i — Now in foal for first time to Peter the
Great; out of American Bell.
I have tried to confine my mares to those carrying
the blood of the four leading sires of present day
colt trotters, namely, Bingen, Axworthy, Baron
Wilkes and Peter the Great. The first three I know
are breeding on; whether Peter the Great will or not
is a question, but he is himself so great that I feel
he must; and then, he furnishes qualities that some
of the others do not — gameness and toughness, at
any rate. I will stick to him for a while.
Excuse pencil; you must realize that we have little
to do here, from this long letter.
Yours truly, A. B. COXE.
OBSERVATIONS AT SACRAMENTO.
Arming at the State Fair track Saturday morning
at 6 o'clock I found the horsemen all awake and on
the job. Walt Tryon has about as well furnished a
training barn as is to be found anywhere. Walt's
horses are all dressed up and receiving the best of
everything. Albaloma is big, fat and sound. I saw
him being worked some slow miles by Walter along
with Rastus 2:04%. Mr. Henry Cowell, the owner
was driving Rastus. Both horses were acting good.
No fast miles have been done by any trainer so far
this season at Sacramento. Mr. Tryon is training a
very classy looking three-year-old bay filly sired by
Peter the Great This most attractive young miss is
a pacer and she can sure pace fast and do it right.
Mr. Cowell and trainer Tryon are justly proud of
this filly.
John Mack is Mr. Tryon's candidate for the 2:12
trots. John is in fine fix. John Mack seems to want
to please trainer Tryon and should be a big factor
in the California and Oregon fast classes this year.
William Ivey has just started to repeat his trotting
mare. I have forgotten her name, but she is by Bon
Voyage and is a nice going trotter. I saw her going
a few slow miles on Saturday. She is a good going
mare and Mr. Ivey says she is a real race mare, reli-
able and game in all she can do.
John Quinn is a-foot, which fact is not pleasing, for
John Quinn is a competent, strictly sober and honor-
able man, and I hope that he will soon have a stable
of good horses in his charge.
Ben Walker is a visitor at Sacramento and of
course came out to the fair grounds. Ben looks both
well and prosperous and I enjoyed my visit with him.
He is a most interesting man and if some good writer
would write up Tales of the Turf as Ben Walker
can tell them, I believe the book would have a big
sale, for Ben has had many years of interesting ex-
periences, aside from being a good fellow and the
best of company. I believe Ben Walker is the best
reinsman I ever saw sit behind a harness horse.
Col. Jim Thompson has a big stable of choicely
bred and good looking horses, headed by Mr. Tod-
hunter's great trotter, Peter McKlyo 2:06, and five
the foals sired by Peter McKlyo. Any intend)
breeder who goes to Sacramento and looks over I
few foals that Peter McKlyo has sired, and sizes
the conformation, great bone and solid color of I
horse's foals, and then watches them in action, n
surely book his mare to Peter McKlyo, for this gri
trotting son of Peter the Great is bred to be a ra
horse, bred to be a sire, and is a really fast trottt
for it takes a superb trotter to trot a mile out in 2:
on the Sacramento track. That 2:06 mile means 2:
on a first class track under favorable conditions, a
Peter McKlyo is a young stallion. His developme
and that of his foals speaks well for the skill
James Thompson ,the man who picked Peter MeK>.
out at Patchen Wilkes Farm and took him to Sad)
mento as a yearling, developed him and also dev
oped his few foals. I think that the horsemen
Sacramento can justly be proud of James Thomps
as a trainer; and appreciation shown before a m
dies is, I believe, always-and-always appreciated,
don't want anyone to think thai I am accusing Ji
Thompson of being old or in danger of dying, for
know that he is yet young and sound in mind, wh
and limb.
Mr. Thompson is the owner of what I believe to I
one of the classiest looking and best bred you]
stallions in the world . This equine aristocrat
named Bon Watts; is a son of Gen. Watts 2:06. da
Peristeria by Bon Voyage, 2d dam Perza by All
Wilkes; next dam by Happy Medium, and if I i
member just right his sixth dam is that great matn
Betty Brown, by Marnbrino Patchen 58. Mr. Thorn
son's colt has everything that a great young stalli<
should have in breeding, perfect conformation, pc
feet color, size and a sensible disposition; also tw
minute speed and a perfect way of showing it .
hope this young stallion gets a liberal patronage
1917. Mr. Thompson has many other colts and filli
and one chestnut filly sired by Peter the Great o;
of the great brood mare Carrietta 2:18. This fil
is a grand looker, sound and good mannered; si
has not had much handling as yet by Mr. Thompso
He says she is inclined to pace. I don't know whe:
on earth a man would go to find one better or bette
looking. She is owned by Mr. S. Christenson, as
the good colt Natal Day. This colt is filling out ai
is .1 fast and attractive young stallion.
John B. Stetson will ship eleven horses to Kea
ney, Nebraska. In the lot goes Palina, a very nli
going and fast pacer sired by Palite. This grei
pacer belongs to Robert Stetson and will be rac<
over the Nebraska short ship early circuit. In adc
tion to the Gould horses, Mr. Stetson is taking ovi
the very nice looking and good going green trotti
Joe Watkins, by Kentucky Todd, dam Fair Recluse 1
Moko. Mr. Stetson likes this gelding and has mai
no mistake in his choice, for Joe Watkins is a w<
bred one, a perfect indi%'idual and has the eorre
way of trotting. The dam of this horse is now own<
by Andrew Albright Jr., Newark, N. J., and is beil
bred to San Francisco Grey Hal, green pacer 1
Hal B. and brother to Hal Grey 2:08 and Grey Gho
2:13, goes along in the Stetson car; also Chris tl
Great by Peter the Great, dam Miss Faribault t
Axworthy. The writer sold this gelding; he's a N
braskan now. Good luck to him. All of Mr. Ste
son's horses are in nice shape. Mamonio, a very nit
bay filly that was once my property, is a nice pace
I bought her before seeing her and sold her to M
Gould before seeing her. I hope Mr. Gould likes tb
filly. When I got my first look at her last Saturda
I was highly pleased. I hope she makes good. Si
is by California's good pacing sire, Demonio 2:111
The Empress C. is a compactly built black man
six years old, sired by Mr. Durfee's great sire, Carh
kin 2:07%. This mare bas the Carlokin conform
tion and do-or-die disposition, and she can trot fas
and do it well. Her dam, Carruco 2:20, was a fas
mare by Alfonso .son of Baron Wilkes. The Empres
C. was bred by the late Sam Ellmore of Astoria, Ow
I hope owner Gould breeds this mare and keeps her
she is a good one.
I was particularly pleased to see Mr. Cowell worl
ing his horses and enjoying it all. I know of man;
other American gentlemen who are kings of financ
and commerce that would be benefited if they wer
to do as Mr. Cowell does — own a few good names
horses, train and race them, and enjoy the associatio;
with them and in so doing enjoy good health am
long life; for no sport on earth is so good for a mail
as the companionship of a good horse. Once in
while we hear some man or woman say, "Oh, I can
afford the time or money to fool with horses." Ye
I notice that when these same people want an autc
mobile they manage to get it, and by the way, oftei
get killed by the aforesaid automobile. Our busi
ness men and bankers and professional men can bei
ter afford to go back to the driving horse than to
on, fast getting to be nervous, money-mad wreck)
Many of them remind me of a conversation I hear;
between two Irishmen. Casey said to Reilly, "Mm
phy is dead," to which Reilly said, "Did Murphy leav
much?" "Yes," Casey made reply, "he left it alL
He was very rich, but no one can take any mone: i
out of this grand old world; they must leave it a) ■
behind. Therefore I believe that all those who cai
should at all times own and enjoy and associat
with a good horse.
I am glad to see the new and early California Cii
cuit. I predict that it will be a great success.
Yours truly,
C. A. HARRISON.
s urday, April 7, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Thoroughbred Matters I
ii'he new totalisator returns for the meeting at
A'rkland. New Zealand .recently, showed that the
finense sum of $1,2S6,440 passed through the ma-
flne during the four days, the programme consisting
Seight races each day.
+ + +
"[The war situation has figured in prompting W. \V.
fiin, the well-known Rocky Mountain promoter, in
mndoning his plans to stage a race meet at Tan-
■an track this summer. Finn was in touch with
Biminent local horsemen in putting on a limited
itiiber of running events. Negotiations were going
■ng smoothly until the prospects of a war loomed
U on the horizon.
In view of the situation, Finn deemed it wise not
■ make such an attempt at this time. He is confi-
however, that racing can be promoted in Cali-
Inia in spite of the stringent laws against gamb-
Ig. The system of wagering would likely be the
Ine as is used iD New York. Finn has gone to
loenix, Ariz., where he will look over the ground,
i h the chances of putting on a meeting next month.
litis for meets at Reno and Denver are being held
• abeyance for the time being.
t is likely that the war will interfere with the
ting season on the big Eastern tracks, although no
■aouncement on the subject has been given out.
I e promoters are likely awaiting developments.
+ * *
-lot Springs, Ark., March 22. — The horsemen this
■ ernoon after the fourth race, unanimously decided
I drop their controversy with the Oaklawn track
lative to increased purses and race out the allotted
lie that the meeting here is scheduled, under the
jaditions provided for by the program book as
leady arranged by Secretary Jack Campbell. The
Irsemen's decision was received with pleasure by
l> turf followers, who would have been loath to
Itness a suspension of the sport at this stage.
I \ committee of fourteen, acting for the members
I the Thoroughbred Horse Association at Hot
[rings, made the demand for $600 purses Tuesday,
Id at that time General Manager J. E. Martin ex-
lessed a disinclination to accede to the demands,
[meeting of the horsemen followed that night, and
wey voted to demand $600 purses beginning Thurs-
»y. Up until the decision of the horsemen came
l?re was a spirit of unrest that the wind-up here
iiuld probably occur with the decision of the racing
liday. Entries for that day were made promptly
|'S morning. But action as to further racing was
i be decided later in the day.
**♦
inning Owners and Horses at Havana.
With the running of an extra day's racing on Mon-
y, March 19, given for the benefit of the employes
the Cuban newspapers, which were forced to sus-
nd publication on account of the revolution on the
and, the Cuba-American Jockey Club brought to a
ccessful end the eighty-five days' winter meeting
dd at beautiful Oriental Park in Marianao, a suburb
i Havana. Opening on December 6, 1916, racing was
nducted only three days a week up to the Christ-
as holidays .after which a daily program of six
ces was provided, with the exception of Mondays.
Jring the eighty-five days of the sport 523 races
ere decided and $215,885 was distributed among the
niers fortunate enough to possess a horse capable
winning. The daily average distribution amounted
I2.539.S2. On the whole the racing was high class
msidering the horses available to fill the daily pro-
•ams. The officials endeavored at all times to keep
e racing clean and wholesome and. when the occa-
on demanded it, dealt severely with those guilty of
fractions of the law. The attendance was excel-
nt throughout and the big gatherings on Sundays
id other special occasions must have been highly
easing to H. D. Brown and his associates in the
aba-American Jockey Club. The ideal weather
hich prevailed nearly all winter was, in a great
easure, responsible for bringing out the big crowds,
feature of the meeting just closed and one which
ay have an important bearing on the future of the
tort in Cuba was the interest displayed in the
tcing by a number of wealthy Cubans. Several
ive purchased horses and raced them, Senor Lezama
particular being quite successful with his table.
H. G. Bedwell repeated his success of last year
id finished at the top of the list of winning owners
ith $11,250 to his credit. Ho. was closely pressed
r the leading honors, however, by J. W. Hedrick.
ho was second with $8,445. J. B. Goodman. E. K.
ryson, P. L. Short and the Cuban owner, A. Lezema,
ere among others who fared quite as well at Ori-
ttal Park. — [Thoroughbred Record.
The Reno meeting is conditional on enough horses
ung shipped to that track to make the proposition
orth while. There will be six races daily, each to
1 for a $300 purse. Sunday will be the off day. If
mditions warrant there will be a derby for three-
?ar-olds. Reno also plans another race meet of
neteen days in August. Horsemen contemplating
cing at Reno should communicate with Mr. Rose.
ho will supply more detailed information.
Word has also been received here from W. W. Finn,
estern race promoter ,that he has hopes of staging
meet at Phoenix within the next month.
Hot Springs. Ark.. March 31 — Racing at Essex Park
was called off today after fire had destroyed the
grandstand, pres box and judges' stand. Today's
program will be run off Monday at Oaklawn course,
where the rest of the meeting will be conducted. The
loss is estimated at $20,000.
* * *
On his return from RenoGeorge W, Berry, man-
ager of the racing stable maintained at the Tijuana
track by George W. Wingfield, Nevada millionaire,
announced that Reno probably will hold a meeting of
nineteen days June 19. L. J. Rose, associate judge
for the Tijuana meeting which closed Sunday, will
have charge of the racing at Reno. His selection
is a popular one among horsemen.
* * *
Maud Bacon has proved herself to be the best
three-year-old racing in these parts. In the Berkeley
handicap run at Tia Juana on Sunday, the Tony Bo-
nero filly emphasized her superiority over the three-
year-olds out this way. She gave pounds and pounds
to everything else in the race and at the finish she
won by two lengths to chalk up six furlongs in 1:13.
Waremore, the speed burner, opened a tremendous
gap on his field, but before he had finished the mare
made it appear as though he had turned the other
way. Mab ran her best race of the meeting to finish
second, while Waremore staggered over the line in
the third hole.
* + *
The get of 154 stallions are represented in the
Latonia Championship Stake of 1919.
When Hal Price Headley, president of the Thor-
oughbred Horse Association and the largest individ-
ual nominator to the championship stake, put in his
entire crop of yearlings, he had the honor of putting
Star Shoot as the premier stallion. Twenty-nine
colts and fillies by this famous horse are eligible to
start.
Celt and Uncle are tied for second place, each hav-
ing nineteen representatives, with Ogden following
with eleven and King James with ten. Thirty-one
have two representatives, and seventy-six stallions
have a lone entrant.
In the list of 154 stallions, sixty of them are now
standing in either England or France, while some
have been recent importations into this country.
Three more entries have straggled into the Latonia
office since the publication of the entries and this
makes a grand total of 361 nominations.
+ * *
Harry Payne Whitney, of New York, shipped to
Bowie last week the strongest stable of racehorses
that have trained at Bennings track to be sharpened
up for the Southern Maryland Agricultural Associa-
tion's spring meeting, which began on April 2, and
will continue through April 14.
The Southern Maryland association having taken
the place in the Eastern scheme of racing that for-
merly belonged to the Washington Jockey Club, now
opens and closes The Jockey Club's racing season.
The coming season promises to be more successful
than any that has been held at Prince George's Park.
There will be no opposition, that will count, to Bowie
in any part of the country, and six or seven hundred
of the best thoroughbreds will be ready to answer
the roll call the opening day. Already every available
stall at Prince George's Park is bespoken and scores
of horsemen, unable to find shelter for their runners
there, are seeking it at Bennings. Laurel, Pimlico
and at the half mile tracks of Maryland.
* * *
When James Wood Coffroth, president of the Ti-
juana Jockey Club .took hold of the guiding reins of
that institution, he said: "So long as I am in power
I will only stand for the cleanest sport." And he has
kept, his word.
But there are persons in this field of sport who
fail to observe the fairness of racing. There are
those who never look ahead, but work on the spur
of sudden wealth. And to make a long story short,
a clique or set of persons, the number not yet deter-
mined, have tried an old way to enhance their
chances of winning. They forced sponges into the
nostrils of certain horses that appeared to be con-
tenders in one or two races . Grapeshot, Presumption,
Barsac. Sayonarra. Lady Leona and one or two oth-
ers underwent this suffering to stop their free breath-
ing.
Upon the discovery of these sponges. President
Coffroth used every means to keep the work of these
persons under cover. Immediately he employed a
staff of detectives and gradually they rounded forth
the suspicious ones.
In jail today is a negro named Steele. He has con-
fessed that he did some of this work. But it is not
Steele that President Coffroth seeks so much. It is
the power behind him. Steele has named one of the
implicated men. a minor owner. He says that this
man promised him $200 to install a sponge in the
nose of Lady Leona. and he did. But he did not get
the promised sum. He has received only $60 of that
amount, he says.
And. strange as it may seem. Claude Williams.
T. C. Williams and Jesse Franks have been ruled off
the turf for conspiracy and violation of the rules of
racing before the stewards even heard of the devel-
opments in the sponge case. More admissions and
more rulings are expected before the investigation is
over.
Jockey Frank Robinson will ride throughout the
year for the Harry Payne Whitney stable. This boy
was the best jockey developed in the Canadian cir-
cuit last season, and showed considerable skill in
Maryland last fall.
* * *
The judges at Tia Juana handed down a series of
reprieves and penalties, as well. Here they are:
Jockey Murphy was ruled off the turf for whipping
Jockey Tyrell over the head in the Darktown Derby.
Jockey J. Mclntyre was restored to good standing,
as was G. W. Billerman.
+ * +
Harry F. Beivcgel. assistant manager to Col. Matt
Winn of the Churchill Downs. Empire City, Lowell
and Juarez race tracks, arrived in San Francisco last
week from Honolulu, where he has been on a pleas-
ure jaunt. Beivogel will depart immediately for the
East to get ready for the opening of the racing
season.
* * *
Baltimore, Md., March 23. — The promoters of the
new race track at Bengies. whose application for
racing dates was turned down a short while ago by
the Baltimore County Racing Commission, were
handed another jolt today, when the Maryland Com-
mittee of the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association
held a meeting, at which it adopted a resolution ex-
pressing it as the sense of the committee that the
members of the association should not race their
horses on any new tracks in Maryland.
* + +
Three measures providing for the restoration of
racing in Shelby and Davidson counties, Tennessee,
being the counties in which the cities of Memphis
and Nashville are situated, came up for action in the
Stale Senate last week. The bills provided for pari-
mutuel betting and state supervision. An amend-
ment to the bill No. 660, providing for the submis-
sion of the matters involved to the voters of the two
counties named, was lost on a vote of 13 to 13. Then
the bill itself was beaten by a vote of 24 to 4. The
other two bills were laid on the table.
+ + *
There was an auction sale in the paddock at Tia
Juana on the closing day and several horses were
sold. Al Levy purchased Gladys-I-Am for $825.
Butch Fisher got Jawbone for $200. W. St, Vincent
bought Azurea for $125 and W. Colton got Jake Ar-
gent for $375. The stock of Claude Williams, ruled
off the turf on Saturday, was also sold at auction.
Lazy Lou, the Jack Atkin filly, brought $2,050, and
the stewards waited as late as possible for Mrs. Shir-
ley, one of the women in the Williams case, to attach
the sale of the mare. Inasmuch as Mrs. Shirley did
not appear on the scene until too late, President Cof-
froth is making new plans to recover some of the
money she is said to have lost on Geraldame.
* * *
Hot Springs Notes.
One of the best bands of maiden three-year-olds
seen in a race in a long time went to the post in
the first race, and Broom Sweep, owned by E. R.
Bradley, was returned the winner. This race was
marked by much rough riding on the part of Jockey
Lyke, and as a result of his efforts he was suspended
for the remainder of the meeting. Pulaski was the
chief suffer from the interference according to the
report of the patrol judge.
C. J. FitzGerald will serve as the presiding steward
at the Essex Park meeting which opened Friday. He
reached here Wednesday.
Starter Harry Morrissey, who will handle the bar-
rier at Essex, was among the arrivals here.
The condition books for the first week at Essex
Park have been distributed.
Jockey D. Bioom, who was suspended indefinitely
on the opening day of the meeting for rough riding,
was reinstated by the judges.
Jockey E. McCown was suspended for two days
by the starter, and when he became impudent to
Clerk of the Scales Wash Norvall, the suspension
was made indefinite bv the judges.
* * *
Hot Springs. Ark., March23. — By far the best rac-
ing card ever offered here was served at Oaklawn
Park this afternoon with two handicaps, one at six
furlongs and the other at one mile and seventy yards,
as features, and the best crowd of the meeting- to
date was on hand to enjoy seeing it run off. The
highest class of horses contested in both handicaps,
and in one of them, the route affair, the track record
was lowered.
This affair fell to Robert Bradley, and he made his
own pace all of the way to win by two lengths from
Jack O'Dowd. He stepped along at a fast clip, run-
ning the first six furlongs in 1:12 4-5, which was one-
fifth of a second better than the mark which was
made earlier in the week by Aldebaran. Woodstone
was third. There were eight starters in the race.
The Thornhill stable sent two to the post, Thornhill
and Wise Man.
In the sprint handicap Pan Zareta scored her initial
victory of the year, and she went the six furlongs in
1:12 3-5. She had a big bulge at the barrier, by far
the best of a bad start, and it was lucky she did.
as she only beat Colonel Yennie a head, and the latter
was fairly running over her at the end. Old Rosebud,
who carried 137 pounds, had no chance at all with the
poor send-off that he received, but he did manage
to finish third. The race of Colonel Vennie was very'
impressive in view of the fact that he carried 123
pounds.
— 1 — ■ — ■ „= __ . ■ : -
«AN VICENTE RANCHO. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA h the h„™„ „f «,-
is Highland Monarch, black stallion that has been one of CalitornS's bf »i™T ", ™»"-ction of saddle horses, together with many more of similar note. Upper left
Dolly Rex. Lower left, San Vicente, Junior champion stalhon by nex Peav7n > tlndfr", aT?r°Ven .T' °enter le"' Santa MoniCa' 5earline dau^hter °f Highland Monarch-
by Don Castano-Undine; Santa Tnez, yearling Ally by Don Casiano n„d,„„ !. ""'I "Sht' The Stabl«s: Paloma, weanling winner at California State Fair 1916,
and four of get. winning first and second prize for this class at ^CaWorn »%t.f f T™™ ^"°m PiCtUFe Sh°WS Hi^land Monarch and four of get and Don Castano
of Los Angeles. Class at CaUtorrua state Fair m6 Tms ^^ coUection o£ hQrses q Adelaide Gillis McCormick.
iiiirday, April 7, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
. R. Russell of Oakland has mated his daughter
o Cupid to Royal McKinney, the good sire owned
bj A. T. Jackson, o£ Stockton.
* + +
vlr. C .K. G. Billings will not dispose of his trotting
se at Curies Neck Farm, Virginia, until the fall,
i^iess he finds a buyer for the whole collection of
animals at a private sale.
*♦ +
N. S. Harkey, of Gridley, Cal., has presented a
adsome young Standard bred mare to the Univer-
y Farm at Davis, California. The filly is a four-
ir-old by Aerolite and out of Deviletta 2:101/4 by
iblo.
* + +
fohn Rowen, one of the oldest horsemen in the
est, is a frequent visitor at the Stockton track.
Is veteran still owns some of the best trotting
rses in the country, notable among the five head
ing a two-year-old colt by The Bondsman.
+ * #
Among the interesting foals which have arrived
California this season, is a stud colt by Royal Mc-
nney and out of California, A. T. Jackson's old
tlron by Sable Wilkes.
[. S. Mahan has resigned from the secretaryship
the Oklahoma State Fair, to engage in private
siness. He will continue to give some time to
i association's business, although W. H. Birdseye,
i former assistant and successor, has the work
ite well in hand.
* * *
Dan Lieginger, for many years a familiar figure at
estern race meetings, is now operating a ranch
ar Stockton. However, he continues to "fool" with
e trotters and is getting two youngsters ready for
e matinees and pumpkin shows of that vicinity
is year.
* * *
Prince Malone 2:15%, owned by Mr. W. C. Brown
Vancouver, is showing plenty of speed in his work
is season. Last year making his first start in real
cing, he paced the last half of his third mile in
02% and was apparently not strung at the finish,
e is strong and rugged and seems to be capable of
•eat things this season.
* ♦ *
The largest inheritance tax ever collected by the
ate of California from a single estate was paid by
heirs of the late James B. Haggin, according to a
iport filed recently in the superior court. The
tal tax paid by the various heirs was $736,089.
aggin died in August ,1915, leaving an estate valued
$10,593,271.
* *•
C. F. "Farmer" Bunch, of Stockton, is visiting his
in Ted Bunch at Phoenix, Ariz. Ted Bunch will
lip his stable of harness horses East the first of
iay. Two youngsters which were not quite ready
} >r the big tracks have been sent to "Farmer" Bunch
kho will work them at the Stockton track this
Ipring. Mr. Bunch has four head at Stockton.
+ + +
\ R. S. Irvine, one of San Francisco's prominent
i usiness men, who is a devout devotee of the Harness
orse, has booked his noted mares. Bloom and Ba-
etta, to L. H. Todhunter's magnificent son of Peter
tie Great, Peter McKlyo 2:06. The mares were
aken to the court of this splendid young stallion
bis week by M. Henry, who is training Mr. Irvine's
.orses at Stockton. Another great mare owned by
Ir. Irvine, Ah La Moscovita, by Alconda Jay, was
ent to Pleasanton to the court of The Anvil 2:02%.
+ * *
At the annual meeting of the Cleveland Bay Horse
lociety, A. E. Pease, re-elected president, said the
ociety was going through a crisis, and the future of
he breed was in a critical state. Unless they could
;et the military and agricultural authorities to see
hat they had a great national asset in the breed, it
vas most likely to become gradually extinct or to
liminish in numbers so as to be almost in hopeless
losition in the markets of the world. He regretted
hat the Board of Agriculture would not give a
3oard's Premium for a Cleveland Bay stallion this
:oming season.
+ + +
So determined was the opposition to the Luce bill
o end the publication of information about horses
vhich would tend to increase the betting on races,
hat Assemblyman Baldwin of San Diego, sponsor for
he measure in the lower house, Thursday requested
hat the measure be postponed a day. The bill was
j passed by the Senate. Opponents of the bill, wish-
ng to kill the measure at once, objected to an im-
nediate postponement, but their objections were not
sustained, and it was made a special order of busi-
ness for Friday at 2:30. The bill was sent to the
Assembly with a passing recommendation by the
public morals committee.
The Detroit Driving Club received substantial entry
lists in both of its fixture events; the M. & M. re-
ceived 24 entries and there were- 23 in the Board of
Commerce stakes. Two California trotters are en-
tered in the M. & M. — R. J. MacKenzie's Miss Per-
fection 2:07% and V. K. Dunne's Spriggan 2:08%.
* * *
Judged by private information. Mars Cassidy, the
widely known running turf starter, will have a very
promising candidate for all big futurities the coming
season, his prospect being Symphony, a three-year-
old filly by Tregantle . She has been under the per-
sonal charge of George Starr, who drove her a mile
last fall in 2:12% with such ease as to convince all
that she was a notable prospect for this season. Mr.
Cassidy bred this filly himself, and she is heavily
staked in futurities. She will be raced by Mr. Starr.
Eugene, Ore., March 28 — By a vote of more than
80 per cent of the members of the board of directors,
the Lane County Fair Association last night restored
horse racing as the chief entertainment feature of
the fair. Horse racing was abandoned last year for
a round-up.
The association also decided to hold the fair this
year October 3, 4 and 5, the latest dates in the his-
tory of the association. This action was taken be-
cause the early dates last fall interfered with exhib-
its and prevented farmers from attending, as their
work in the fields had not been completed.
* + +
The Annual May Races given by the Dixon Cham-
ber of commerce will be held this year on Saturday,
May 5. Entries will close April 15, 1917, and must
be made with L. A. Morris, Chairman. The program
will consist of a race for three-year-old pacers, $150
added; a 2:20 class pacing purse, $150 added, and
a free-for-all purse, $150 added. The races will be
half mile heats, 3 in 5; entrance fee 10 per cent of
the purse, which must accompany the entry. Money
divided 60, 30, and 10 per cent. Five to enter, three
to start.
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Allen Farm, Pittsfield, Mass., for over 30 years
one of the most noted trotting horse nurseries in the
United States and where hundreds of trotters with
fast records were bred, will still keep its identity
as a horse center, but this time as a cavalry mobili-
zation camp. The entire property comprising 1,000
acres has been purchased by the United States gov-
ernment for that purpose and for a cavalry camp and
army remount training ground it is one of the best
appointed in the country. It contains modern and
up-to-date stalls for 200 horses, a covered track and
paddocks, besides houses for all employes on the
place. The farm, purchased at a reported cost of
$250,000, is most admirably suited for experimental
breeding of army remounts, but whether or not it
will be used in that direction is not known.
* *•
A correspondent writing from Vancouver, B. C,
informs us that Prof. Heald 2:09%, son of Nutwood
Wilkes and Daisy S., is now located at Nanaimo,
B. C, a very considerable distance from Victoria,
the only race track on Vancouver Island, and 35
miles from Vancouver by boat. His opportunities
are very limited and the chances of any of his get
being trained are also very limited. This is cer-
tainly a great pity as Prof. Heald was a good race
horse and remarkably well bred.
Bon Guy, the game son of Bon Voyage and La Mos-
covita, is located at Vancouver, but his opportunities
are not much better for the reason that there are no
race meetings in this province except the one given
in Vancouver in connection with the exhibition in
August, and this renders it almost impossible to
induce owners to train their colts, as racing at one
meeting cannot give any adequate return, even to
the fortunate winner of first money.
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Directors of the California Fair and Racing Asso-
ciation have mapped out a programme of class events
for the circuit, which will be acted upon at a meeting
of the members a week from today — April 14 — at the
Manx Hotel. The classes discussed are as follows:
At Pacing Gait— Free-for-all, 2:08, 2:11, 2:15, 2:20,
and for three-year-olds.
Trotting— 2:08, 2:12, 2:16, 2:20, 2:24, and for three-
year-olds.
On the half-mile tracks a time allowance of four
seconds will be allowed and the classes will be
changed accordingly. Horses will be reclassed on
the system of including the closing of four meetings
at a time every four weeks. This will likely have
the effect of putting the horses in their proper races,
and will keep more horses on the circuit.
The directors further recommend that two running
races, with purses of not less than $100 each, be pro-
grammed daily at all of the meetings. An effort will
be made to have the attraction of mixed cards for the
fair crowds. It has been proposed to have the inno-
vation of letting one stable enter and start two
horses in a race.
Conditions governing the races will be uniform
right around the circuit. The three-heat play with
every heat a race, the system that has been in force,
will again be used. The matter of the amount of the
purses will be left to the discretion of each asso-
ciation. The amounts will range from $400 to $600
at the smaller meetings and from $500 to $1000 at the
larger ones.
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Geo. Stickles, of Lockeford, Cal., this week sent
two good trotting mares to Stockton to be bred to
Royal McKinney.
THE VALUE OF COLT STAKES.
Keep your mares and their produce eligible to colt
stakes if you want to greatly enhance their market
and racing value, is an opportune message to breed-
ers who are right now in the midst of their breeding
operations, selecting stallions for their mares, the
foals are arriving .while backers and managers of
colt stakes have their books open to accept nomina-
tions and entries for the future.
The light harness horse-breeding industry and
racing sport has arrived at a period in which future
engagements for the entire produce of every farm,
large or small, should be the chief consideration of
every man who owns mares and breeds them. Actual
figures presented in respect to each big trotting
horse sale have proven beyond all doubt that unless
youngsters are staked for future engagements, their
market value will always be at a low figure, no
matter how highly or fashionably bred they are.
The breeder, no matter whether he owns one mare
or dozens, but neglects to nominate them or through
them their progeny in future engagements, has about
as much foresight as the farmer who plows his land,
sows the seed and lets nature take care of the crop.
The buyer does not want a colt without engage-
ments ,nor does he care to have one trained for any
purpose unless the near future gives him some
chance for racing, be it for fun or money alone.
The writer has watched the Garden sales for four-
teen years, yet hardly remembers any instance in
which a weanling, yearling or even a two-year-old
sold at four figures that did not have future stake
engagements. Sale records from the last two auc-
tions held by the Fasig-Tipton Company show that
youngsters with futurity engagements have averaged
by actual figures, a shade over $325 more than those
with no such engagements, yet equally well bred in
many instances.
Futurity engagements are not only important from
the market value point of view, but for the amount
of cash prizes offered by all racing associations, mile
and half-mile tracks, is large enough to induce buying
at high prices, because even as a risk or racing or
training luck, it is worth a trial.
Perhaps few interested breeders and horsemen
take the trouble of finding out what excellent and
paying chances are offered in recent years by racing
associations for two and three-year-olds at every im-
portant meeting held all over the country, with few
exceptions. Unfortunately it is impossible to produce
the exact figures through the Year Book, which is
most deficient in this respect, even for the Grand
Circuit, otherwise the amounts offered will teach a
great lesson to breeders as to why they should pat-
ronize engagements for youngsters.
Observing horsemen may have some idea as to
the amount of money hung up annually down the
Grand Circuit, but few hardly know that the amount
raced for by two and three-year-olds last season
from North Randall to Atlanta was over 40 per cent
of the total hung up for the entire trotting contin-
gent and within $45,000 of the amount big line meet-
ings distributed among the entire lot of pacers.
These are not haphazard figures, nor taken from
the Year Book, which as stated, is unusually incom-
plete in matters pertaining to purse amounts, but are
the result of calculation through the entire racing
season.
Here are some figures which should at once appeal
to breeders and mare owners, why they should keep
their produce eligible to colt stakes. For every trot-
ting race through the entire Grand Circuit, the purse
money averaged in round figures $2,100 and included
four $10,000, six $5,000 and many $3,000 purses. The
average of each pacing event was about $1,450, in-
cluding three $5,000 and many of $3,000 and $2,000
purses.
On the entire Grand Circuit program last year
there were thirty-seven colt races, twenty for three-
year old trotters, five for two-year-olds, and the aver-
age purse money for these events was almost $3,000
each, including a three-year-old sweepstakes as low
as $665, while two of the richest were $14,000 and
$8,500, the Kentucky and the Horse Review futuri-
ties.
In comparison with the number of races for juve-
niles— and one must include the tame pacing events —
fields of starters were much larger than in regular
trotting and pacing events .contenders had not cost
a fortune for training and preparation, nor were their
entrance fees for eligibility and engagements any-
where near what it costs to stake a trotter or pacer
for much lesser purse values .aside from the im-
mense attraction colt races offer to sport lovers.
Many breeders and horsemen look upon futurity
engagements as a case of "many are called, but few
are chosen," yet a youngster, staked in futurities
and sweepstakes, trained and properly prepared for
racing and speed exhibitions, will always have a par-
ticular attraction to owners and command a much
higher price, while as a chosen he will always far
excel the same class among aged horses.
Considering the matter from any standpoint, colt
futurities .sweepstakes, and any and all purses for
the inducement and encouragement of colt racing,
certainly is the only salvation for the sport and the
greatest boom for light harness horse values. — [A. G.
Asdikian.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 7, 1917
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
ALAMEDA ELKS' CLUB SHOOT.
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
TRAPSHOOTING FIXTURES.
August20, 21, 22, 23. 24. 1917 — Chicago, Ills. — The Inter-
state Association's Eighteenth Grand American Trap-
shooting1 Tournament, under the auspices of the South
Shore Country Club Gun Club; 4,000$ added money.
Winner of first place in the Grand American Handicap
guaranteed $500 and a trophy; winner of second place
guaranteed $400 and a trophy; winner of third place
guaranteed $300 and a trophy; winner of fourth place
guaranteed $200 ard a trophy, and the winner of fifth
place guaranteed $100 and a trophy. Numerous other
trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Man-
ager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
May 28. 29, 30, 1917 — San Jose, Cal. — The Interstate Asso-
ciation's Twelfth Pacific Coast Trapshooting Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the San Jose Gun Club;
$1300 added money. Winner of first place in the Pa-
cific Coast Handicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy;
winner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy,
and the winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a
trophy. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa.
April 8 — San Francisco. Cal. — Golden Gate Gun Club. C.
A. Haight. Secretary.
April 15 — Lindsay, Cal. — Lindsay Gun Club. Chas. C.
Barieu, Secretary.
April 22 — Tacoma, Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament .under the auspices of
the Tacoma Gun Club. E. E. Young, Secretary-
April 23. 24 — Lewiston. Idaho — Lewiston Gun Club. C. E.
Butler, Secretary.
April 28, 29 — Fresno, Cal. — Fresno Blue Rock Club. C. B.
Jackson, Secretary.
May 6 — Coalinga. Cal. — Coalinga Gun Club. E. N. Ayers,
President.
May 6 — Bingham, Utah — Utah State Sportsmen's Asso-
ciation. A. K. Bain, Secretary.
May 6 — Denver. Colo. — Denver Trap Club. Warren Con-
ley, Secretary.
May 7 — Crete, Nebr. — Crete Gun Club. Frank J. Kobes,
Secretary.
May 7, 8 — Salem, Oregon — Oregon State Tournament, un-
der the auspices of the Capital City Rod & Gun Club.
Mark SiddaH, Secretary.
May 13 — Everett, Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters* League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Everett Gun Club. C. E. French, Secretary.
May 13 — Eureka, Cal. — Eureka Blue Rock Club. W. E.
Innes, Secretary.
May 13, 14, 15 — Los Angeles, Cal. — Vernon Gun Club.
Stanton A. Bruner, Secretary.
May 14, 15, 16 — Spokane, Wash. — Spokane Gun Club.
"Old Policy." Chas. A. O'Connor, President.
May 20, 21 — Seattle, Wash. — Washington State Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the Green Lake Gun Club.
G. A. Conklin, Secretary.
May 21, 22, 23 — Los Angeles, Cal. — California -Nevada
State Tournament, under the auspices of the Los An-
geles Gun Club. Fred H. Teeple, Secretary-
May 23, 24 — Ogden. Utah — Utah State Tournament, under
the auspices of the Ogden Gun Club. A. R. Bain.
Secretary.
June 2, 3— Moore, Mont. — Moore Rod & Gun Club. W. N.
Sharp. Secretary.
June 3 — Alameda, Cal. — Alameda Elks Gun Club. F. E.
Hilger .Secretary.
June 17, 18 — Billings. Mont. — Billings Rod & Gun Club.
W. K. Moore, President.
June 17. 18. 19 — Palouse. Wash. — Idawa Gun Club. John
P. Duke. Secretary.
June 24 — Bellingham, Wash. — Northwest Washington
Trapshooters' League Tournament, under the auspices
of the Bellingham Gun Club. I. Dienberger, Secretary.
June 24, 25, 26. 27 — Portland, Ore. — Sportsmen's Associa-
tion of the Northwest Tournament, under the auspices
of the Portland Gun Club. H. R. Everding, Secretary.
July 22 — Chehalis, Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Chehalis Gun Club. Harry Quick, Secretary.
July 23. 24, 25— Portland, Ore. — Pacific Indians. F. C.
lUehl, Secretary.
July 27, 28. 29— Del Monte, Cal., Del Monte Gun Club.
J. F. Neville, Secretary.
August 19 — Blaine, Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Blaine Gun Club. F. L. Cott, Secretary.
August 19 — Kellogg. Idaho — Kellogg Gun Club. R. E.
Thomas. Secretary.
August 27— Williams, Ariz.— Williams Gun Club. W. D.
Finney, President.
September 9 — Seattle, Wash. — Northwest Washington
Trapshooters' League Tournament, under the auspices
of the Green Lake Gun Club. G. A. Conklin, Sec'ty.
September 17, 18 — Los Angeles, Cal. — Los Angeles Gun
Club. Fred H. Teeple, Secretary.
October 9, 10— Hillside. Ariz— Three Mule Shoe Gun Club.
"Old Policy." Thad. P. Mullen, Secretary.
October 13, 14 — Phoenix, Ariz. — Arizona State Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club.
Dell E. Morrell, Secretary.
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The Movable Gun Club. — It is surprising to note
the hundreds of sportsmen in all parts of the country
who are resorting to the hand trap to get their quota
of Ihe pleasure and thrills which this great American
sport affords.
Time was when the shotgun enthusiast was depend-
ent upon the trapshooting club for this recreation
and was lucky indeed if he did not have to journey
many miles to indulge in the sport.
Today, however, the problem is solved in the hand
trap, a portable device which may be laid on the
Door of an automobile beside the gun case, taken on
Ihe train, on the yacht, or easily carried. It is always
ready for business and never loses its energy . It is
io he found on the country estate and on the farm.
The clerk in the city office becomes as independent
as his employer, for while the latter may do his
shooting at the country club or over the traps of the
gun club in the city, the clerk with hand trap, gun,
shells and fifty or one hundred targets, may board a
street car with his companions and in a very short
lime be experiencing all of the delights that go with
the sport
N. W. Washington League — This was the opening
shoot of the Northwest Washington Trapshooters'
League and the same was a huge success. The Se-
attle Trapshooters' Association were the hosts for
the christening shoot.
The big trophy of the day was the Everding silver
trophy which was won in the shoot-off in the handi-
cap event by Fred Landwehr.
The next shoot of the new league will be held at
Tacoma, April 22nd.
Following are the scores March 25th: —
Regular Program, 100 Registered Targets — Ama-
teurs: F. Templeton 95, R. S .Searle 93, A. Blair
92, E. Brackney 92, C. E. McKelvey 92, Hi Follrich
92, C. L. Templeton 90, G. A. Conklin 90, Gatt Gross-
man 90, S. Downs 90, J. H. Hopkins 89, Jno. Kienast
89, Jno. Ruppe 89, E. K. Van Vleck 89, J. A. Dague
89, J. H. Templeton 88, Hugh Fleming 86, Fred Call
88. E. Ellis 87, J. R. Converse 87, Fred Landwher
87, R .Miller 86, L. S. Barnes 86, A. W. Strowger 85,
H. R. Everding 85, Ralph Kinzer 85, Harry' Williams
85, H. Carstens 83, Deskin Reid 83, Don Baker 83.
G. Baker 83, A. Z. Smith 83, Wm. P. Anderson 82,
R. A. Tyler 81, F. Gott 81, W. B. Taft 81, C. R. Mc-
Connell 79, J. B. Lewis 77, J. W. Peterson 76, H.
Delin 76, L. Simonson 75, A. Adams 75, D. Bales 75,
C. S. Kellison 74, A. E. Kidd 71, D. F. Williams 64,
J. R. Owens 63, J. H. Davis 62, Mrs. Bales 53, H.
Schweinler 55, F. Friedlander 47; C. W. Bandv 33x
46, G. I. Dennen 39x65, L. W. Giffin 41x45, W .Schil-
pin 37x45. T. Mesdag 31x45, E. C. Lantor 30x45, C. S.
Bilger 27x45, W. Galbraith 26x45, W. T. Curtis 22x
45, C. B. Blethen 13x45.
Professionals — L. H. Reid 95, H. E. Poston 92, P.
J. Holohan 91, A. A. Riehl 89, I. M. Fisher 88, Geo.
Hambright 87, Geo. Garrison 49x65.
Special Handicap Program, Everding Trophy Race:
Fred Landwehr, 17 yds., broke 48; H. R. Everding
17—48. L. S. Barnes 17—46, J. H. Davis 16—44, A.
Blair 20—44, *Geo. Hambright 17—44, *L. H. Reid
32—44, *A. A. Riehl 19—43, F. Gott 16—43, Jno.
Kisadst 19—43, F. Templeton 22 — 43, Hi Follrich
20 — 43, Matt Grossman 20 — 43, Wm. P. Anderson
16—42, aP. J. Holohan 20—42, Hugh Fleming 19—
42, J. A. Dague 19—42, E. Ellis 17—41, E. Brackney
20—41, C. L. Templeton 20—41, A. W. Strowger 17—
41, C. E. McKelvey 20—41, Ralph Kinzer 17—41,
Fred Call 19—41, J. H. Hopkins 19—40, R. S. Searle
20—40, R. Miller 17—40, D. F. Williams 16—39, J. E.
Rice 19—39, L. Simonson 16—38, G. A. Conklin 20 —
38, A. B. Kidd 16—38. J. R. Converse 17—37, *H. E.
Poston 20 — 31, J. H. Templeton 19 — 30, Deskin Reid
17—47, W. B. Taft 16—40, J. B. Lewis 16—38.
E. A. FRY,
N. W. Wash. Trapshooters' League.
OB
Ready For Trout. — On May 1st the trout fishing
season in California is scheduled to open and from
all present indications the trout anglers are going
to have a great year. The one thing that will make
the coming season the best ever is that there has
been no heavy rains and as a result the fish have
not been forced to withstand any floods.
This will make the fishing much better in the
streams and will make it just as good in the lakes.
Last, year many of the streams of the Southland
were very poor for trout angling. The cause for this
was that the floods had killed most of the young
trout and when the summer came there were no fish.
However, with the early warm weather, everything
points to a most successful year.
Reports coming from Big Bear are that the fish
are more numerous In the lake than ever before.
When the season closed last year the angling was
very good in Big Bear, although it was getting rather
cold. With the four months' rest the anglers should,
find the population of Big Bear lake doubled a num-
ber of times.
Anyone who angled in Big Bear last year will re-
member that if he rowed close to the shore he could
see just millions of little trout in the shallow water.
All these little fish will be grown this year and added
to the thousands upon thousands that were already
in the lake, and it should take a good many anglers
to make an impression upon Big Bear.
The camps at Big Bear are looking for a great
season. All the houses have been enlarged and many
additional cottages have been built during the winter
months. Just at present it is very difficult to get
into Big Bear valley but if the warm weather keeps
up, things will be a. pened up by the middle of the
month.
Reports from all the streams are that the fish are
to be very numerous. The San Gabriel river enthusi-
asts are expecting a great year, while the fish are
also expected to be plentiful in the Ventura Sespe
and other streams of the Southland.— (Los Angeles)
W. G. Becktell, H. B. Vallejo and L. S. Hawxhurst
Tie With High Scores of 49x50.
The monthly shoot of the Alameda Elks' Gun Club
at the Alameda grounds on Sunday resulted in
ding-dong race for high honors. At the conclusion
of the fifty-target program, W. G. Becktell, H. B.
Vallejo and L. S. Hawxhurst were tied with scores of
forty-nine. Becktell and Vallejo, amateurs, showed
the best form they have displayed in months.
Others were close behind. Henry Stelling, after
being off stride lor several weeks, knocked out forty-
eight, a sdid H. Meinecke. Barney Worthen, H. A.
Ray and Ted Handman were there with forty-sevens.
The shoot was a big success with fifty-eight in the
competition. The scores were as follows:
Events.
Shooter. 15 15 20 Total
J. H. Walker 9 10 14 33
A. W. Aitkin 12 11 15 38
H. Kuhlmann 12 9 13 34
H. Stelling 15 13 20 48
C. D. Carman 13 13 15 41
W. A. Plummer 10 10 15 35
E. B. Thorning 12 10 15 37
W. L. Koch 11 11 20 42
A. M. Gearhart 11 12 16 3f
A. A. Durney 10 14 19 43
W. J. Terry 13 12 16 41
L. L. Fuller 12 5 8 25
-J. W. F. Moore 9 12 15 36
H. R. Phinney 14 13 18 45
B. Worthen 14 13 18 48
M. S. Goodman 11 13 12 38
H. O. Alexander 5 5 6 16
T. W. Parsons 13 12 19 44
E. Garratt 15 14 17 46
Pop Merrill 12 13 19 44
W. G. Becktell 14 15 20 4$.
*F. W. Blum 9 6 9 24
*L. S. Hawxhurst 14 15 20 49
H. A .Ray 15 14 18 47
F. E .Hillyer 14 13 16 43,
G. H. Morrison 12 12 14 3ff
H. Meinecke 14 14 20 4S
J. W. Considine 15 12 18 45
G. W. Thomas 12 12 13 3f
T. D. Riley 15 13 16 44
*E. Stressler 11 13 18 42"
SL. Middleton 13 11 18 42
J. Noonan 6 2 9 17
P. F. Noonan 8 11 13 32
J. F. Carraher 8 13 16 37
C. W. Linderman 13 13 17 49
Ted Handman 15 13 19 iT
H. B. Vallejo 15 14 20 49<
F. J. Croll 12 14 15 41
Ned Williams 11 11 15 37
*J. A. Cook 14 13 18 45
R. B. Valleau 6 12 10 28.
H. Martine 11 14 15 40!
~0. N. Jones 13 11 18 42
W. H. Price 14 14 14 421
C. A. Sage 13 12 15 401
G. Waldie 6 5 7 18
E. Hauser 9 11 . . 20
C. M. Derby 10 12 . . 22
*M. O. Feudner 14 15 17 46
J. B. Brady 13 11 19 43/
A. Jordan 9 8 14 31
G. S. McDowell 7 9 11 27
W. L. Webber 10 13 12 35,
M. Keyser 8 7 9 24
F. A. Stahl 9 11 11 31
H. J. Hine 13 13 15 44
A. G. Sutro 8 11 10 29
^Professionals.
OB
Salt Lake Club. — Shooting in a blinding blizzard,
E. B. Heagren and Shepherd tied for the fourth leg
on the handicap loving cup at the Salt Lake Gun Club
traps on March 25th. The targets darted and sailed
far and near through the blinding snow and so far
as encouraging a score of a possible fifty was con-
cerned it was out of the question.
In spite of the poor weather conditions that pre-
vailed, thirty hopeful contestants braved the storm
and entered the contests. Competition grew keener
as the storm increased and when the climax was
reached Heagren and Shepherd were found to be at
the top of the string, with Reilley and Riter following
close seconds. The first event for last Sunday was
the shoot-off between Heagren and Shepherd.
Although Reilley lost out by one point in the cup
race, he was declared the winner of the club chel-
lenge trophy. He mastered the wind in this event
and made a perfect score of 25 out of 25. His closest
follower in this event was Tingy, who broke 23.
In the beginners' squad S. Fowler led a string of
ten promising artists with a score of 17 out of 25.
Following are the scores:
Shepherd, handicap 4, broke 44; E. B. Heagren 5—
41, Reilley 45, Riter 1—44, Humphrey 5—39, Bishop
1—42, Tingey 1—42, Bray 5—38, Anderson* 42, Mitch-
ell 4 — 38, Hood* 41, Moffat 1—38, H. W. Heagren 5—
34. Bain 3—35, Cowan 5—33, Welch 4—33, Smoot 2—
29. Gallagher 2—33, Fisher 4—29, Brown 30.
Beginners — S. Fowler 17, W. D. Anderson 14, Orlob
14. Spry 13, R. Heagren 13, Pearson 12, Barney 10,
Mitchell 9. J. M. Anderson 7, Culbert 6. Sunders 5.
Saturday, April 7, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
WORK OF PANTHERS IN KILLING DEER.
Four Pesky Devils Slay Eighteen Animals Inside of
Twelve Days.
A year or more ago I was making my rounds in
Coos county trying to learn the conditions of the
different game districts, to get acquainted with the
people and see how they felt toward the protection
of game and the game law.
I stopped over night with an old man who had lived
in that district for a long time. I hold him my busi-
ness and asked his opinion on a number of things.
He said: "I am in favor of protecting insectivorous
song birds and would like to see Chinese pheasants
get a good start, but there is no use in protecting
! deer. It would be best to turn the people loose and
let them kill the deer as fast as they can and get
some benefit cf them; at the present time the pesky
panther gets them all." I asked him how he knew
they got them all, and he replied: "Why, if four
panthers will kill eighteen deer in twelve days, how
many will they kill in a year? And, if you don't
believe me, go to Rowland Prairie and get Jack War-
ner to go with you and look for yourself."
So I went to Mr. Warner's and asked him if he had
any evidence as to this story. He said: "Well, I
think I have enough to convince you of the number
of panthers without going very far." So he took me
into a shed where four panther pelts were tacked
on the wall, two very large ones and two about half
grown. (This was in March and the two small ones
were probably born in May or June, making them
almost a year old.) "Well," I said, "here are the four
scalps .where are the carcasses of the eighteen
deer?" "Do you see that greasewood point yonder
(pointing to a wooden point near a large prairie) ?
They are all right there and on a spot of ground not
to exceed four acres, and these pesky devils (point-
ing to the pelts on the wall) must be responsible, as
I caught all four of them within a quarter of a mile
of that spot — two of them right on the point — and got
them all in three hours' time."
He told the following story: "Upon going to the
Prairie to look for my cattle, I had to pass very near
that point. I took my dogs with me (pointing to a
large bluish white-faced dog he called 'Old Grit',
and a white and black spotted bitch he called
Toxey'). As I got near, 'Old Grit' scented something
and was soon off. I followed and discovered that he
had found a deer, buried beneath sticks and leaves,
that had been killed, perhaps only that night, as
none of it had been eaten. In a few minutes the dog
left this spot and began smelling around, and sud-
denly stopped again and began to dig. He found
another deer that had just been killed and buried.
He did not linger at this spot and was off again on
a dead run up the hill. It was beginning to get inter-
esting to me, so I followed the dog. He was now
barking very loudly and I hastened in his direction
to find that he had that devil (pointing to the largest
hide) treed in a big fir. Unfortunately, I did not
have my gun, so I left the dogs in charge and hurried
back to the house, a mile away. Upon my return,
needless to say, I made peace with that fellow in a
very short time.
" 'Foxey' and I started back toward the deer to
look around further and 'Old Grit' started in another
direction. It was only a few minutes until his loud
barking drew me to where he was, and, to my aston-
ishment, if he didn't have one of these little fellows
up another tree. I killed it. and thought it surely
was doing a land office business to have killed two
panthers in one day.
"I went again to the place where I had found the
deer carcasses. 'Old Grit' came with me this time
and the dogs became busy at once, digging deer out
from almost any place, it seemed. Some of them
looked as if they had been killed several days, as
they were partly eaten; others had hardly been
touched. I followed the dogs as they would move
from one carcass to another, and suddenly 'Old Grit'
scented something and was off again in a minute,
'Foxey' after him. I was led to them by their barking
and found that they had treed the old mother cat up
a hemlock. I was not long killing her and felt sure
that I had now gotten the whole family of panthers.
I felt fine; it was getting late and I did not want to
spend the night in a boneyard, so started home. I
had not gone far when the dogs simultaneously
scented something and were off again in the same
direction. Shortly I heard them bark and knew they
had something treed again, but it was so dark I
could not see to shoot. I debated whether to go
home for a lantern and return, and decided that I
might as well finish up a good day's business. Upon
my return with the lantern, I found that the dogs
had this other little fellow up a fir snag. I killed him
and reached home in fairly good time at that."
I asked, "I suppose you slept good that night with
all your excitement?" "Slept good? Why, every
time I shut my eyes I couM see big panthers, small
panthers — why, everything was panthers. The next
morning I went back to the spot and found the car-
casses of eighteen deer. Apparently none of them
had been killed over ten or twelve days, as they
were hardly decayed, but I did not find any more
panthers."
So this is the reason the old gentleman wanted the
people to have the deer, for certain enough at that
rate o fslaughter all the deer in this country would
not last long. In the last five years Mr. Warner, with
these two dogs, has killed 78 wildcats, 24 panthers
and 27 bears . These two dogs are the best in the
state and Mr. Warner will put them up against any-
thing in the state for money, marbles or moss agates.
— [Warden J. M. Thomas, Oregon Sportsman.
08
Inland Empire League — Spokane. — Kalispell and
Spokane were still tied for first place after the com-
petition in the Inland Empire Telegraphic Trapshoot-
ing tournament on March 25th. Wallace and Kellogg
were tied for second place. E. Johnson of Kellogg
and George Arland of Garfield passed Harry Gay-
hart of Kalispell for individual honors and are tied
for first place.
Standing of the Clubs.
Won. Lost. Perc't.
Spokane 6 0 1,000
Kalispell 6 0 1,000
Kellogg 4 2 .667
Wallace 4 2 .667
Pomeroy 3 3 .500
Lewiston 3 3 .500
Sunnyside 2 4 .333
Palouse 2 4 .333
Wenatchee 2 4 .333
Garfield 2 4 .333
Potlatch 1 5 .167
Pendleton 1 5 .167
Club Averages.
Total Shoots Av'ge.
Kalispell 720 6 120
Kellogg 714 6 119
Lewiston 700 6 116.7
Spokane 699 6 116.5
Wenatchee 695 6 115.8
Garfield 682 6 113.7
Wallace 682 6 113.7
Pomeroy 675 6 112.5
Palouse 667 . 111.2
Pendleton 655 . 109.2
Sunnyside 644 . 107.3
Potlatch 619 6 103.2
The scores March 25 — Kalispell 118, Sunnyside 114,
Spokane 119, Garfield 112, Palouse 113, Potlatch 102,
Pomeroy 111, Pendleton 102, Wenatchee 117, Wallace
109, Lewiston 122, Kellogg 118.
06
Portland Club. — More new nimrods are stepping
out to the Everding Park grounds of the Portland
Gun Club to practice than ever before. In the prac-
tice shoot on March 25th 16 were out breaking blue-
rocks and James W. Seavey was high gun, with 93
out of 100, while James P. Bull, a professional, was
next in line with 91 out of 100.
John G. Clemson, president of the Portland Gun
Club, and Henry R. Everding, secretary-treasurer, led
a party of Portlanders to Seattle late Saturday night
where they took part in a registered shoot. Follow-
ing are the scores made out at the Exerding Park
traps :
Targets— 15 15 20 25 25 25 25 T'l.
E. Long 18 14 19 23 69
B. Anselmo 8 10 8 15 13 .. .. 54
*H. H. Ricklefson.. 12 14 18 19 19 21 ..103
I. G. Crane 9 10 11 30
Miss G. Reid 12 13 18 21 22 . . . . 86
Al Seguin 12 15 15 41
*J. P. Bull 21 24 23 23 91
O .D. Thornton ... 14 11 19 22 19 . . . . 85
A. K. Downs 10 9 16 18 20 .. .. 73
E. H. Keller 13 14 17 19 22 .. .. 85
F. C. Jackson 12 10 11 16 10 . . . . 59
T. Zichrisson 14 8 14 14 21 17 . . 88
J. W. Seavey 12 14 19 24 24 21 . . 114
T. J .Mahoney 13 13 18 20 19 . . . . 83
H. A. Pollock 18 18
D. O .Short 22 22 23 .. 67
BB
Municipal Traps. — Never has there been such a
general indorsement of any line of sport as has been
accorded trapshooting in the past two years.
The campaign to educate Americans to handle fire-
arms has been universal, and in quite a number of
cities men of affairs have petitioned the Park Com-
missioners to set apart a tract for trapshooting pur-
poses.
Spokane, Wash., has been given credit for having
the first municipal trap, but such is not the case.
The first trap to be installed under municipal super-
vision was in Nichols Park, Jacksonville, 111., about
12 years ago. But this was so long ago that present
day writers are not expected to remember.
Spokane, through Mayor Charles A. Fleming, an
ardent trapshooter, placed traps in the Stadium last
year. The Stadium is in the heart of the city. The
traps are open to the public certain hours each day.
Targets and shot fall into the Spokane river.
In Lincoln Park, Chicago, there are a number of
traps that are open to the public every day, except
Sunday. The Sportsman's Club of America have
charge of these traps, from which more than 500,000
targets were thrown in 1916.
Omaha, Neb.. Milwaukee, Wis., Minneapolis, Minn.,
Kansas City, Mo., and Cleveland, Ohio, all have public
traps.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., has a municipal rifle range and
the city council has been asked to add traps for the
scatter gun enthusiasts. So has the Scranton, Pa.,
city fathers.
New York City Park Commissioners some time ago
voted 20 acres of ground in Van Cortland Park for
trapshooting, leaving the erection of clubhouses,
traps, etc., to the shooters.
Everding Good Sport. — One of the most pleasing
and unexpected surprises that I have experienced in
the many years that I have been connected with
trapshooting is the one that took place last week.
Under date of February 27th, Mr. H. R. Everding,
secretary of the Portland (Ore.) Gun Club, wrote:
"My Dear Teeple — I notice in the sporting papers
that the Los Angeles Gun Club is a real live club
and turns out a goodly number of shooters at all
practice shoots. In a few days you will receive by
express prepaid a trophy or two, and I hope you will
find room on one of your shooting programs to place
these prizes. Hoping that the trophies will please
you, and that they will draw a number of new shoot-
ers, with success to your club, I am,
Yours, H. R. EVERDING.
Several days after the receipt of this missive a
large box was delivered at the club and upon being
opened disclosed four very beautiful and costly prizes
in the shape of a brass shell, standing 23 inches
high; an open work silver cake dish; an etched
silver water set stand, and a richly designed silver
fruit stand, all engraved with this wording: "Pre-
sented by H. R. Everding, Portland, Oregon, to Los
Angeles Gun Club, 1917." These beautiful prizes will
shortly be put in competition and the aforesaid
sporting papers will be furnished a copy of the
shoot together with conditions surrounding same.
Los Angeles, Cal. FRED .H. TEEPLE.
06
Bulletins on Forests. — Beginning early in April, the
San Francisco office of the Forest Service will issue
weekly reports on (he condition of the principal au-
tomobile roads in the National Forests of California.
This information will be obtained from the Forest
rangers and will be furnished to newspapers, press
associations, automobile clubs, hotels, and other in-
terested organizations, by which it will be made
available to motorists. Hunters and fishermen will
likely be interested.
The twenty National Forests in California comprise
more than 19,500,000 acres of land and contain ap-
proximately 8,600 miles of road. There are in addi-
tion 9,500 miles of trail which makes accessible the
more remote regions. Many of these roads penetrate
large stretches of wild mountain country where thou-
sands of people go each summer to escape the heat
of the lower valleys.
The present roads are to be supplemented by oth-
ers, made possible by the Federal Aid Road Act, one
section of which provides a million dollars a year for
ten years for the construction of roads in or near the
National Forests in all the States. Of this fund a
total of J2S1.751 has been apportioned to California
for the fiscal years 1917 — 1918. To provide an ade-
quate road system for the California National For-
ests the District Forester at San Francisco has ten-
tatively estimated that the construction or repair of
837 miles of road would be required. Of this amount
663 miles would be in the National Forests and the
remainder in the nearby localities. The roads are
intended primarily for the purpose of developing the
resources of the National Forests but would also open
up new areas to tourist travel.
06
Seattle Fly Casting Club — Tournament work, which
is one of the important subjects of the Seattle Bait
and Fly Casting Club during the summer months,
will start about May 6, with other events on July 1
and August 26. One of these dates will likely take
in the big Northwest Tournament that the local club
will stage this season. The committee is awaiting
action by both the Tacoma Fly and Bait Casting Club
and the Northwest Association of Scientific Angling
Clubs for definite arrangement on the above men-
tioned dates as approved by the tournament of the
local organization.
An outlined report from the legislative committee
which has just returned from Olympia was heard at
the meeting on March 7. The members of that com-
mittee brought out many facts concerning the "inside
workings" of the "system" that controls the game
affairs of the state. After the completion of a synop-
sis of the work of this body the club will start a
further and systematic fight for better conditions.
The bass men are several points ahead of the trout
men in the membership contest waged between these
two teams picked for this purpose. The time limit
which was to have expired at the meeting of March
21, has been extended one month. Both sides of the
contest should hustle from now on, as the extended
time will allow the winning of either side. The losers
are to banquet the bunch that brings in the most
members.
Lewis Treen, Jr., forest supervisor of the Snoqual-
mie National Forest, together with A. B. J. Ladd,
furnished the entertainment at the last meeting. Mr.
Treen, with colored lantern slides, showed the work-
ings of his department in the "great out of doors."
The lectures that have been the feature of this year's
meetings of the club have been of special value to
the sportsmen and the club voted on honorary mem-
bership to both of these gentlemen in recognition of
their service to the organization. R. W.
Seattle. (Wash.).
06
By the narrow margin of one vote, the House of
Representatives of Colorado decided upon the season
on rieer in that state in the autumn of 1918. The open
season will be short .only five days, from October 1
to 5th, but even that short time will give sportsmen
a legal chance to get a taste of venison, which has
not been the case for some years past. We have not
seen the bill the House passed, but we presume the
bag limit was made small enough so as not to en-
danger the annihilation of the species,
10
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 7, 1917
"*
Sportsmen's Row
The Hartmanns, Fred, Adolf and Robert, -were
hooked up in a three-quarter century race; Adolph
put over the low score, due to his using one o£ a
friend's new guns.
***
During the past month, 23 clubs have become affil-
iated with the American Amateur Trapshooters' As-
sociation. The membership of this organization now
exceeds 1300 clubs.
* + ♦
J. H. Bishop Jr. is coming along fine for a new
man at the game. He has put over two 25 straights
and numerous 24s. Bishop attended the coast field
trials last December at Bakersfield.
* + *
Mr. J. R. Mead, of Great Barrington, Mass., ac-
companied Mr. H. E. Sargent to the Los Angeles
Park one day last week and after a lay-off of over
15 years broke 23 out of 25 blue rocks in his fourth
string.
* * *
The California-Nevada state shoot will this year
be held on the grounds of the Los Angeles Gun Club
on May 21, 22 and 23, May 20 being practice day;
$1,175 in cash and diamonds and trophies to the value
of $350 are among the attractions.
+ + ♦
Don't permit your 16-year-old boy to fool away his
time on roller skates or with a tennis racquet, but
get him a gun and teach him how to use it effec-
tively. Tour Uncle Sam may need him some day
to help protect the Stars and Stripes, and the more
he knows about using a gun the better for him and
those he goes forth to protect.
**•
Quite recently six broad traps were sent to Com-
mander Gillis at Pekin, China, by an American firm.
These hand traps will be used by Americans and
English residents of Pekln, perhaps by others, in the
enjoyment of the "sport alluring." Trapshooting, like
baseball, is an American sport, but it is finding a
place in all other countries.
***
The many shooting companions of Dr. S. B. Friend,
no doubt, will be pleased to learn that the Doctor
and his newly acquired "Better Half" have arrived
in Yokohama, Japan, after a very pleasant ocean
voyage. The Doctor writes that he had his own trap
aboard and that they shot at blue rocks every day.
He sends his kindest regards to all friends.
* * ♦
W. H. Whitcomb, one of the live wires at the Chi-
cago Gun Club back in 1907-8-9, was a welcome guest
at Los Angeles. He arrived a little late, but he
snuffed out 71 out of 75 in his usual clever style.
Capt. C. A. Haight of San Francisco with his new
single sticker got quick action on several good shots.
The Captain is a little bear when it comes to shooting
for a side bet.
+ * *
So many trapshooting tournaments held after Oc-
tober 15th of last year were failures from an attend-
ance standpoint that the Board of Directors of the
Interstate Association for the Encouragement of
Trapshooting announces that no tournaments will
be registered after that date this year. Gun clubs
in applying for registration of tournaments under the
"old policy" should govern themselves accordingly.
+ + *
New additions to the trapshooting fraternity are
R. C. Folwell, football coach at the University of
Pennsylvania and Howard Berry, the brilliant all-
round athletic star of that institution . They partici-
pated in a shoot of the Philadelphia Electric Com-
pany the other day. Folwell broke 36 of 50 and
Berry 16 of 50. It was the first appearance of either
at the traps. Now they have the fever.
+ + ♦
Trade Notes. — Perry Frazin of Chapman, Kansas,
won high honors at the first two Registered shoots
held in Kansas for the year 1917. Shooting Nitro
Clubs he won the average at Salina with a score of
143x150 and the high average (tied) at the big St.
Patrick's Day shoot held at Chapman. His score of
138x150 was excellent considering the high wind the
men had to face.
The Salt Lake Gun Club, of Salt Lake City, Utah,
had a good turn-out at one of their shoots. C. H.
Reilley, Jr. .shooting Nitro "Speed Shells" won high
general average with a score of 94x100, defeating a
field of 3 5shooters.
Geo. Yolk of the West Toledo (Ohio) Gun Club
won a recent shoot. Using Nitros he scored 93x100
* ♦ ♦
Los Angeles Club. — Frank H. Melius was the high
gun over all in the weekly shooting program at the
Los Angeles Gun Club on Sunday. Melius smashed
93x100 targets from the twenty-yard mark. H. E.
Sargent was a very close second, breaking 92x100,
while Owen Council was third with 91x100 smashes.
It was the first day's shoot for the H. R. Everding
trophies and a very large crowd of tar hawk smashers
attended the shoot. The contestants were divided
into classes according to their handicaps. There
are four trophies up and so there were four classes.
The shoot for these prizes will continue for six weeks
™-ch Sunday the winner in each class will receive
five points, while the second will receive four, and
so on down.
Melius won the five points in Class A while J. F.
Dodds took second with four digits and E. K. Mohler
third with three points. H. E. Sargent was the high
gun in Class B, while Owen Council was second high
man. S. H. Wilson won high number of digits in
Class C. while William Kennedy took high in the
final class. Mrs. Pfirrmann won three points in
Class C, while Mrs. F. H. Mellon won four digits in
Class D.
Owen Council, E. C. Crossman, Fred Grewell and
Frank Melius all won solid gold take home trophies,
while Mrs. Pfirrmann, J. F. Dodds, George Tucker,
S. H. Hall and George Melford captured silver prizes.
There were 6970 targets thrown at the Los Angeles
Gun Club during the past week, which brings the
total of the season up to 307,605. Heine Pfirrmann,
J. F. Dodds and F. H. Mellon all smashed 97x100 tar-
gets in the practice event . The scores :
F. H. Melius, 20 yards, broke 93; H. E. Sargent
18—92, O. Council 19—91, F. Grewell 18 — 90, J. F.
Dodds 20—89. F. H. Hall 18—89, Geo. Tuckett 18—
88, Geo. Melford 18 — 88, W. J. Tarbell 16 — 86, R.
Hartmann 16 — 84, Mrs. Pfirrmann 16 — 83, Wm. Ken-
nedy 17—83, A. Pachmayr 18 — 81, E. K. Mohler 20 —
80, Mrs. Mellon 16 — 79, Seth Hart 18—78, R. O. Pool
17—77, S. C. Miller 16—74. B. H. Carnahan 17—74,
F. Hartmann 16 — 76, F. H. Mellon 19J76, M. Vail
16 — 60x75, P. J. Curley 16 — 59x75. E. Lang 15 — 14x25,
C. McAleer 16 — 11x25. All at 16 yards— F. M. Seely
50x75. E. C. Crossman 49x50, J. Barto 49x50, C. P.
Manderville 47x50 ,A. W. Childs 46x50, J. O. Gardner
45x50, B. L. Graves 45x50, F. H. Teeple 44x50, G. L.
Pulley 44x50, C. J. Hurst 42x50, D. R. Dickey 41x50,
Dr. L. Felsenthal 41x50, M. D. Towne 39x50, H. C.
Baner 38x50, E. D. Neff 37x50. Mrs. Crossman 36x50,
W. L. Vail 35x50, A. L. Thomson 31x50, E. S. Dulin
29x50, H. F. Keenan 9x50.
CM)
Vernon Club — "Pop" Bruner Day was held Sunday
at the Vernon Gun Club. Thirty-six shooters turned
out for the sport and competed in a distance handi-
cap shoot at 100 birds for "take-home" trophies.
C. W. Fish and Heine Pfirrmann — he has finally
decided to quit changing stocks and shoot — tied for
the first prize, each breaking 96x100. This called for
a shoot-off, which was won by Pfirrmann. He broke
18x20, while Fish scored 17x20.
Sam W. Trout, former secretary of the Vernon
Club, won the second prize. He squelched 95 tar-
hawks out of the 100. Bob Bole, who is responsible
for the program, tied with C. E. Groat for the third
prize, each breaking 94x100. This tie also called for
a shoot-off. Groat won, breaking 19x20 to Bole's
18x20. The scores:
Trophy Handicap — Famechon 90, Stan Bruner 92,
Cornelius 88. White 46x60, Dierdoff 88, Forrest 88,
Geo. Oliver 90, Greenfield 36x40, Peterson 88, Long
90, Betz 75, Holohan 93, A. W. Bruner 94, Melius 51x
60, Trout 95. Pugh 93, Evans 90, Wilshire 87, Groat
94. Mrs. Groat 93, Meenhuber 31x40, Pfirrmann 96,
Mitchell 96, Meek 78, Packard 92x80, Van Ness 62x
80.
Open Contest, 16 Yards— Fish 20x20, Bole 85x90,
Famechon 17x20, Stan Bruner 121x125, Cornelius 95x
100, White 35x40, Dierdoff 25x25, Forrest 35x40, Oli-
ver 36x45. Greenfield 64x70, Peterson 64x70, Long
22x25, Holohan 125x145, A. W. Bruner 18x20, Melius
16x20, Trout 19x20, Pugh 39x40, Evans 135x145, Wil-
shire 18x20, Groat 94x95, Mrs. Groat 20x20, Meenz-
huber 15x20, Pfirrmann 19x20, Mitchell 19x20, Meek
18x20, Van Ness 17x20.
BE)
San Jose Club. — Several new shooters took up the
alluring sport of trap shooting at the San Jose Gun
Club's traps on Sunday.
Dr. A. M. Barker was high gun on the Everding
trophy. C. H. Nash was second, and Hall McLachlan
and Kennedy tied for third.
A. R. Kennedy made the high score in the class C
contest for new shooters. N. H. Weaver was second,
A. B. Jamison third, Kelley, Masters and Kessler
tying for fourth.
There will be another contest on April 15 when an
extra 25 targets will be shot because of the lay-off
scheduled for next Sunday when the crack San Jose
squad is to participate in a one-day registered shoot
at the Golden Gate club in San Francisco.
Scores follow: —
Everding trophy contest. 50 targets— A. M. Barker
44. C. H. Nash 43. Hall McLachlan 42, A. R. Ken-
nedy 42.
Class C contest, 25 targets: -A. R. Kennedy 21,
N. H. Weaver 20, A. B. Jamison 18, J. H. Kellev 16,
W. J. Masters 16, H. P. Kessler 16, J. H. Weaver is!
J. I. Haskins 12, G. E. Ballintvne 12, A. R Troe-
den 12.
San Jose Gun Club's averages up to date for 1917
follow: Class A, on 300 shots— Hall McLachlan 291,
George H. Anderson 289. Class C, on 20 Oshots — J. H.
Kelley 157, Arthur Free 154, A. B. Jamison 151, A R
Kennedy 149, Mrs. H. McLachlan 141, G. E. Ballan-
tyne 118.
In each class, at the end of the season, October 15,
O. N. Ford will give the high shooter a beautifui
silver cup, the champion of that class of Santa Clara
county.
+ **
The Inland Empire Shoot this year will be held in
the stadium at Seattle, Wash. The stadium, bv the
way, is in the heart of the city.
BIG SEASON FOR TRAPSHOOTERS.
April and May Will See Many Registered Tourneyt
on Coast.
Trapshooters of the Pacific Coast and especially of
Southern California are going to be very busy the
coming two months. During April the local shooters
will not have any big shoot, but in May the Southern
tar hawk smashers will take part in two big events.
The first will be the annual California-Nevada state
shooting tournament, which is to be held at the Los
Angeles Gun Club on May 21 to 23 inclusive. The
next big event will follow just a week later and will
be the Pacific Coast handicap tournament and will
be staged by the San Jose Gun Club.
Los Angeles gun club enthusiasts battled long and
hard for the stake tar hawk smashing tournament.
This is the first big shooting event that Los Angeles
has had for more than five years and from the way
the Los Angeles club officials have started after
things it is going to be one of the grandest affairs
ever held on the coast.
Prizes totaling $1525 will be given to the victors
in this big California-Nevada tourney. There will
be $1175 in cash prizes as well as $350 in diamonds
and trophies. This is one of the largest purses ever
put up for the big event.
The L. A .Gun Club officials in charge of the tour-
nament will have the program for the shoot out in
a few weeks, and, according to those who have it
in charge, it will be the best event of the season.
In the past two years the Los Angeles shooting
stars have been traveling all over California and Ne-
vada to the state shoots, and on many occasions have
come back with the majority of the prizes. With
the shoot on their home grounds this year the tar
hawk smashers hope to win the big prizes.
From now on until the time of the big shooting
event large crowds are expected to take part in the
weekly shoots so as to get in shape for the big event.
Classy programs have been arranged by Fred Teeples
for these weekly shoots and unless things go mighty
wrong large crowds will attend them.
A special car will be chartered to carry the local
shooters to the Pacific coast handicap event at San
Jose. This car is not only for the local shooters,
but also for those who come to the state shoot and
then wish to travel to the Pacific coast event. All
the visiting shooters are invited to go in this car.
This arrangement between the Los Angeles Gun Club
and the San Jose club was a most favorable one and
one that is most advantageous to the shooters.
The San Jose club's shoot starts on May 27, which
is just four days after the L. A. shoot closes. By
having these two events so close together the shoot-
ers from outside the state can take in both events
without having to go home again. The Pacific Coast
shooting event will last from May 27 to 30, and there
will be $1300 in cash to shoot for as well as many
beautiful trophies.
It is expected that at least thirty of the Los An-
geles shooters will attend the San Jose event as well
as a number of tar hawk smashers from Oxnard and
other local gun clubs.
Besides these two bis events there will be many
other registered shoots on the coast during the com-
ing two months. The Golden Gate Gun Club of San
Francisco will hold a big registered tournament be-
ginning on April 8. The Lindsay Gun Club of Lind-
say, Cat, will hold a registered shoot starting April
15. The Tacoma Gun Club of Tacoma will hold a
registered tourney starting April 22.
The event that many of the local shooters will at-
tend is the registered tournament of the Fresno Blue
Rock Club at Fresno on April 28 and 29th. A num-
ber of the Los Angeles shooters have already planned
to make the trip to the Raisin city and many more
are expected to decide to go. The Oregon state
shooting tournament will be held at the Salem Gun
Club on May 7 and 8th, while the Everett Gun Club
will stage their big event on May 13 and the Spokane
club's big shoot will start on May 14 and last two
days.
With this large number of registered tournaments
scheduled before the California-Nevada shoot and
the Pacific Coast handicap ,the tar hawk smashers
should be in rare form by the time the two big events
roll around.
OB
i
Shooting Steelheads. — While Game Commissioner
J. H. Hill of Watsonville and Commissioner L L.
Koppel of San Jose were patrolling the Uvas creek
last Sunday they came upon one Gus Tischer in the
act of shooting steelhead trout with a double barrel
shotgun. Eight large steelhead were spawning in
the stream when Tischer fired upon them, killing
one and wounding others. He appeared before Judge
Willey at Gilroy and was fined $100. Mr. Hill stated
that the season for steelhead will not open before
May 1st and even then they can only be caught with
a hook and line. Mr. Trill wants it strictly under-
stood that fish and game law violators will get no
mercy from him and the best thing they do is obey
the regulations. — [Salinas Journal.
CM)
The trapshooter who goes to the Grand American
Handicap this year will have the pleasure of shooting
at the traps o fthe finest country club in the world —
the South Shore Country Club of Chicago.
Saturday, April 7, 1917]
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BEN COLEMAN, OF MISSOURI
Successful College Farmer.
COLLEGE
MEN FIND
DONED
SUCCESS IN
ORCHARD.
OLD ABAN-
Borrowing the capital and renting an old "worth-
less" pear and apple orchard of ninety-five acres,
fourteen miles south of Kansas City, two graduates
of the College of Agriculture of the University of
Missouri, Ben Colman and Paul H. Shepard, both of
the class of 1916, began the application of the theo-
ries which had been given them in their college
course. The orchard was from twelve to twenty
years old and the crop had not sold for enough for
several years to pay the taxes on the land.
When they took charge of the orchard, after leas-
ing it for five years on a cash rent basis, they began
to spray and prune the trees. The trees were
sprayed four times during the season. Because of
a lack of capital they were unable to spray the whole
orchard. They later found that the sprayed trees
produced the best apples while the unsprayed ones
bore fruit that was not worth the plucking. Then
began the culling out on the trees before the apples
were ripe. The clusters were cut to one apple and
quality rather than quantity was sought.
Apple buyers learned of this and the crop was dis-
posed of easily. The young men kept books on all
their operations, placing their orchard on a business
basis. At the end of the season they had made 50
per cent on their operating capital and 10 per cent on
the capital invested in the farm, orchard, operating
expenses and equipment.
In addition to this, they exhibited their apples at
the Missouri State Fair and there, in competition
with what are said to be the best apples in the
United States, won first prize on the best bushel of
commercial apples of any variety; first prize for
Ingram apples; first on Cauben pears, and second
on Keifel pears.
Both Shepard and Colman are well known to horse-
men of Missouri as they were active officials during
the last two Commencement Horse Shows at Co-
lumbia.
One hundred and fifteen head of horses, mules and
cattle sold at W. W. Pollock's sale at Pollock's Place,
a mile northeast of Mexico, Mo., last Thursday for
510,492.
Efforts are being made by the alfalfa growers of
the Dinuba and Kingsburg districts to secure suffi-
cient acreage for the purpose of forming an Alfalfa
Growers' Association.
+ * +
Owen Duffy, business manager at the Napa State
Hospital, is in the State of Washington in quest ot
Holsteins to be added to the fine herd at the asylum.
Dr. Iverson, Assistant State Veterinarian, accom-
panied him.
* * *
Oakdale's entire rice crop has been sold, the total
harvest of 30,000 sacks from less than 1000 acres of
land bringing about ?60,000. This is an average of
560 per acre, although the yield was really larger,
as on about 200 acres, where the land was seeded
late in the season, the crop did not mature.
+ + *
That hogs will do as well if not better on rice
stubble than on other kinds of stubble is the opinion
of J. H. Harlan of Yolo county, who pastured a large
band of mixed hogs on 75 acres of rice stubble from
December 1 till time for spring plowing last season.
Portions of the band were marketed weighing up to
300 pounds each, and Mr. Harlan states that they
were in as prime condition as any hogs he ever
shipped ,also that they put on weight faster than
when run on barley stubble in previous years.
+ * *
Elias Gallup, for more than forty years a resident
of the Hanford section, died last week. Gallup was
one of the pioneer breeders of pure bred stock in
California. Sheep hogs and chickens were his spe-
cialty. He was for many years recognized as one of
the foremost sheep and hog breeders in the country,
and had at different times shipped stock to all parts
of the world. Gallup was already interested in breed-
ing Poland-China hogs when he moved to Hanford,
and in 1S79 took his first prize at the state fair. In
1880 he became a charter member of the Poland-
China Record Company, holding the first share sold
west of the Rockies. In 1885 he took up Holstein-
Friesian stock breeding.
♦ + *
The extraordinary demand and the resultant high
prices obtainable for mules is responsible for the
present activity in the sale of Missouri jacks and
jennets, is the opinion of James Hamilton of the firm
of Hamilton Bros., proprietors of Blue Grass Stock
Farm, south of Mexico, Mo., and extensive handlers
of horses and jacks . Over fifty head of jacks have
been sold to Iowa, Kansas and Illinois customers by
Hamilton Bros., since January 1. "The farmers of
the Corn Belt realize that the present prices justify
the breeding of mules," Mr. Hamilton said. "Mule
colts are now born to be delivered at weaning time
for prices that the average mature horses will not
fetch, and the farmers are arranging to breed their
mares to jacks." Mr. Hamilton is a great believer in
pure-bred stock and his advice to mare-owners has
always been to breed to no stallion unless the stallion
is of the best. "Good horses are now bringing as
good prices as I ever knew them to bring, but the
scrubs and medium-classed stuff, if not suited for
'war-horse' purposes, is not finding ready markets."
Therefore the farmers of the- Com Belt are turning
their attention to the more profitable end of the
breeding industry and their good mares will be bred
to good stallions and their medium-classed mares
will be bred to jacks.
Chowchilla, March 30. — Increased production per
acre is winning the attention of local farmers. Al-
though this project has been under subdivision but
four years, yet many farmers are planting orchards
and nut groves with the idea of increasing returns
from the land. This means more produce to the acre,
which, combined with the enlarged acreage that is
being placed under grain, sugar beets and other big
crop cultivation each season, will greatly increase the
wealth of Chowchilla.
***
The Napa High School Agricultural Club has rent-
ed twelve acres of land from Philip Duffy on which
to start a corn breeding station for the purpose of
producing and desseminating better seed corn. The
work will be projected and carried on under the
supervision of the United States Department of Ag-
riculture and the College of Agriculture of the Uni-
versity of California, so the best practice in corn
breeding will be employed. Better corn crops in
California will result in better seed. Good seed com
for California is in great demand and it will be the
work of the Napa High School boys to satisfy this
demand.
Sacramento, Cal. — The farmers' Protective League
is endeavoring to aid the livestock interests of the
State by promoting a get-together spirit of cattle
owners and farmers. The end in view is the securing
of legislation at the present session which will create
a means of apprehending and convicting the cattle
thief.
C. A. Bodwell, Jr., the League executive officer,
said: "Cattle thievery is by no means suppressed in
this State. Complaints are frequent of cattle lost
from ranges and even from dairies in thickly settled
communities.
"One of the latest stunts which shows the thief is
keeping in step with modern stealing conditions, is
the conveyance at night by motor track of either live
or slaughtered cattle to some selling agency far dis-
tant from the place where they were stolen.
"As the bills already introduced have so far failed
to meet with the general approval of people inter-
ested, a meeting was arranged last week and largely
attended by stock men, as well as a few tanners
and packers. A thorough discussion of the matter
took place. This action has resulted in the draft of
amendments making a practically new bill of Senate
Bill 159. Through this measure it is intended by
means of inspection of brands on live cattle being
moved, as well as hides, to trace thievery to a posi-
tive proof . The matter of proof has always been the
great stumbling block in securing conviction of the
thief. Unbranded pure bred and dairy cattle need
not be affected by the proposed legislation unless
owners so elect."
Said Bodwell : "It is always the aim of the League
to unite agricultural interests on legislative meas-
ures as exemplified here, because we have enough
fights with the enemy outside, to necessitate full
union of action within our own ranks.
"We hope something generally satisfactory may
result from the meeting and the legislation which
is proposed to enact."
* * +
Pure Bred Stock.
At the last meeting of the Board of Managers of
Napa State Hospital, Business Manager Owen Duffy
reported the number of cattle and hogs sold since
July 1, 1913 — the amounts derived from sale of same
and also the amount of beef and veal furnished the
institution from the hospital's dairy herd, as well as
the amount of pork produced.
The sales on different dates within the time men-
tioned included 2 bulls, 18 bull calves, 90 calves, 54
heifers, 53 cows, 2 boars and 2 hogs at prices aggre-
gating a grand total of 510,774.18.
In the meantime the institution has credited to the
dairy* for deliveries of meat from July 13, 1913, up
to the present time: Beef, 1,395.65; veal, $1,297.50;
pork, $9,947.50; hides, $734.48.
At the present time the State Hospital carries 510
head of hogs (20 of them pure bred) ; 248 head of
cattle, 3 pure bred bulls, 5 cows and 4 heifers.
In making the report from which these figures are
taken Mr. Duffy asked for the Board's approval of an
estimate for the purchase of more pure bred cattle
and hogs.
He said: "I think you can readily see that the
investment in more pure bred stock is a wise one,
inasmuch as we have established a reputation over
the State of having good stock, and because of the
number of inquiries we have received to purchase
the same from this hospital. I think, while our rec-
ord in the past has been good from a financial point
of view, we can still do better."
+ + *
As lands increase in value reclamation becomes
profitable. Steep, badly washed hillsides may be set
to hardy forest trees . Small ditches may be filled
with litter and soil and seeded down to grass. Large
ditches may be filled by obstructing with brash and
coarse litter staked and weighted down, by planting
willows, or by specially constructed dams protected
by tile so laid that most of the water passes under
the dam while the sediment is deposited in the ditch.
Michigan Holstein breeders are
elated at the latest achievement of
one of the bovine members of. the
Black-and-White breed. Was it not
time that a Michigan cow once
more took the lead? The answer
las come in the shape of a world's
champion junior 4-year-old record,
made by Wandermeere Belle Hen-
s;erveld 193784. This great butter
cow, who freshed at the age of 4
years. 5 months, 12 days, gave 570
pounds of milk, which produced
42.61 lbs. of butter, in her 7-day
test, and in doing this she became
the 18th cow of the Holstein-Fries-
ian breed to make over 40 lbs. of
butter in one week.
Evidently our Michigan friends
grew tired of the championship
milk and butter records that have
so persistently been recorded from
jther parts of the country.
MICHIGAN'S NEW WORLD'S CHAMPION HOLSTEIN.
12
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 7, 1917
THE FARM
The farmer and breeder who is
earnestly endeavoring to improve his
herd is constantly turning his breed-
ing problems over in his mind. Silent-
ly he works on a given problem. One
day he reaches a conclusion as to what
is best to do. He has thought it out
from every angle he knows and finally
reaches a decision. He retires at
night feeling relieved and sleeps on
the decision. The next day he again
takes up the threads of the subject for
a sort of review. Again in his mind
he goes over the ground, only to find
a weak link in the chain, and he re-
jects the decision. There are momen-
tous questions for breeders to decide.
High priced sires do not always cross
well with the herd. Various other de-
cisions must be made. Cows must be
culled out at great loss, and so on.
But his success comes at last, if he
only persists along the lines of prog-
ress and wise investment.
The Northern California Counties'
Association, comprising Modos, Las-
sen. Siskiyou. Shasta and Trinity, has
sent telegrams to points in the Sacra-
mento and San Joaquin valleys asking
quotations on hay, which will be pur-
chased for shipment to Modoc county
to relieve the shortage in that county.
With but $3000 yet to be raised to
make a Fresno county site for the Uni-
versal Meat Packing Company of Chi-
cago a sure thing, the Merchants' As-
sociation is bending every effort to ac-
quire the money within the nest two
weeks. A ?14,000 site is to be donated
to the packing company near Calwa
provided it erects a §150,000 plant
there. Plans for the structure have
already been prepared by a Chicago
architect, and are now in Fresno.
The normal wool clip in Montana
is under 30,000,000 pounds, the largest
production of any state in the union.
At norma] prices this clip is worth
about ?70,000,000 ,and on this basis
dock masters accumulate wealth
quicker than any other industry akin
to agriculture. At present prices, if
they should obtain until the 1917 clip
goes to market, Montana wool will
bring to the state in excess of 520,000,-
000, and the Iamb and wether crop at
least as much more.
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FREO BRANCH 45525
foaled 1906, by Morris A. 45046, dam
Bessie Vachell by Acrobat 15184, grand
dam Almina by Altona S850. This horse
is absolutely sound and a grand individ-
ual. He took a trotting record of 2:28 as
a two-year-old; and won fourth money in
the 2:14 pace at Pleasanton in 1912. In
this race he was timed separately a heat
in 2:11. He is now in condition to be
put into training for the California Cir-
cuiL For full particulars apply to
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Registered Duroc Hogs
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THOROUGHBRED STALLIONS FOR SALE.
Sycamore by imp. Prestonpans, dam
Sweetness 2d.
William Irving by King William, dam
Mabel by Judge Murphy.
These horses are in good condition.
INQUIRE AT 1931 G ST.,
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HOMESTEAD AND FARM LANDS.
Oregon & California Railroad Co. grant
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1916. Two million three hundred thou-
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and sale. Timber and agricultural lands.
Containing some of best land left in Unit-
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Large sectional map showing lands and
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JACK FOR SALE.
Six-year-old, registered Jack; 25:2
bands high, full made, big boned, a
prompt server and sure foal getter.
Also standard bred stallion. Am leav-
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A. F. PALMER,
Gen'l Delivery, Stockton, Cal.
(Located at Stockton race track.)
Saturday, April 7, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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DON CASTANO
Needs No Introduction to the Public
HIGHLAND MONARCH
was the winner of the aged stallions, and
class for stallions and four of his get at
the California State Fair in 1916.
SAN VICENTE
The Junior Champion Stallion of California
In the Yearling Futurity at the State Fair in 1916, five
of the six money winners were by Don Castano and Highland
Monarch.
The two-year-old Futurity was won by a Highland Monarch
colt.
The ?100.00 Trophy, offered by the American Saddle Horse
Breeders' Association for the best stallion or mare, three
years old or under in California, was won by a Highland Mon-
arch colt, and two years prior it was won by Highland
Monarch himself.
If you are going to breed your mare, why not mate her
with one of the above stallions and have a winning colt?
The service fees for Don Castano and Highland Monarch
are $50.00. Arrangements for San Vicente private.
To encourage breeding in this State we will pay the freight
charges on mares to and from any part of California, but will
not, of course, be responsible for any accidents which might
happen in shipping.
San Vicente Rancho,
1023 Investment Building Los Angeles, Cal*
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THREE NOTED JUDGES
A. S. Thompson, of Kentucky; Jas. H. Bright of Missouri and Florida, and
L. M. Monsees of Missouri, recognized throughout the land as three of the best,
most courageous and qualified judges of saddle horses living, selected
MARSHALL CHIEF 2765
in a field of 22 of the world's most famous stallions, as the most ideal saddle
stallion for breeding purposes. The considerations were: breeding, conforma-
tion, soundness, action and beauty.
THE WINNER OF THIS, THE MOST IMPORTANT BREEDING CLASS
IN SADDLE HORSE AFFAIRS,
is in. public service at E. N. Hamilton's farm, three miles south of Mexico, Mo.,
where blue grass, spring water and feed are to be had in abundance.
HANS BERG, 159 Warren Ave.,
Milwaukee, Wis.,
or
E. N. HAMILTON, Manager,
Mexico, Mo.
WHY IS IT?-
ASTRAL KING'S ARE THE MOST DEMANDED OF ANY FAMILY OF
SADDLE HORSES?
IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO SUPPLY THE DEMAND THAT COMES FOR
STALLIONS AND MARES BY HIM FROM THE FOUR CORNERS OF
AMERICA?
THE ASTRAL KING COLTS BRED BY" FARMERS, HORSEMEN AND
SPORTSMEN ARE SOLD BEFORE THE BREEDER HAS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO HAVE THEM DEVELOPED?
There Is a Reason!
A FEW MORE DATES OPEN FOR THE SPRING SEASON.
JAS. HOUCHIN, Owner, Jefferson City, Mo.
Ansel M. Easion
Blackhawk Stock Ranch
William Ward
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— CHINO, CAL.—
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CALIFORNIA'S GREATEST SHOW HORSE AND SIRE
Highland Squirrel King 1881
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Revel Lindsey English, Owner,
Chino, California
THE FIVE-GAITED SADDLE STALLION
LE GRAND MCDONALD Reg. No. 6360
Winner World's Junior Championship P.-P. I. E.
Sired by GRAND McDONALD, the greatest show horse and sire that the
WORLD'S CHAMPION REX McDONALD EVER SIRED
Dam, QUEEN ALICE 10649, by FOREST LeGRAND 2107.
Color, ehestnut; age 4; height 15:?.; weight 1,150. Conformation and style
equal the best. Terms for season, $30.
Now located at San Francisco Riding Academy, 701 — 7th Ave.
For information address,
BRIDGFORD COMPANY,
519 California St., San Francisco, Cal.
EXPRESSIVE MAC
RECORD 2.25K
REG. NO. 41513
Standard Cal. State License 95.
Sire of: CLARA MAC 2:04 \; VERA HAL 2:05;
Only stallion offered for service in California aire of two in 2:05, three in 2:10
Son of McKINMEY 2:11% and the greatest living broodmare. EXPRESSIVE (3) 2:12% (dam
of 0 trotters. 2 in 2:10) by ELECTIONEER 125. Ideal in color, size and conformation — seal
brown, height 16% hands, weight 1275 pounds. $25 the Season, $35 to insure, usual return
privilege. Send for tabulated pedigree. Address: J. H. NELSON, 8elma, Cal.
JOE CAREY
$50
THOROUGHBRED STALLION
Pure Bred Cal. State License No. 2004
Sire of
Brighouse
Orange Blossom
Custom House
Azurea
Mercurium
Deckhand
Buckshot
Avon Carey
Bernice, and other
Good winners.
f Bannockburn...
Miaa Marion...
Address all communications to:
r H5£den A ( P"nce Charlie \ glalr Mi'°}
[ Edwards ) ( Eastern Princess
( Nannie Bay ( Glenelg
{ ( Nannie Butler
I „ M D1 . i St. Blaise !£ermit
L Bettie Blaise.... ) \ Fusee
/Bettie M I f a?n^r
\ Lida Gaines
(Alarm j g^Rse
. Himyar J i Maud
; ffira (Lexington
I Hegira
t Kisber 1 Bucaneer
L imp. Astolat.... / (Mineral
(Bellicent j Creroorne
t Lynette by
Lord Lyon
GEO. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
BREED TO THE COAST'S CHAMPION CAMPAIGNER AND FUTURITY SIRE
Jim Logan
flee. 2:01 3-4.
Reg. No. 44977
Pure Bred. Cal. State License No. 17
Sire of Hal Logan 2:09, Maxine (3) 2:15, winner of
Breeders' Futurity, etc.
Son of CHARLES DERBY 2:20, brother to Klatawah
(3) 2:05'/2, etc., and sire of TEN In 2:10.
Dam, EFF1E LOGAN, dam of Jim Logan 2:01%, Sir
Albert S. 2:0334, and Dan Logan 2:07%.
In the stud, season of 1917, at Woodland Race Track.
FEE: $50, usual return privilege, $75 to Insure liv-
ing colt payable at time of service or before removal
of mares. Call at race track or address
J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal.
STANFORD McKINNEY 45173
Sire of Miss Macklie 2:094; Pavanfia 2:104; Kinneysham 2:134; Silente 2:19
By McKinney 8818 dam Palavena by Palo Alto 2:08 ,
STRONG McKINNEY-ELECTIONEER CROSS
Will make the season of 1917 at WOY'i STOCK RANCH, 9 miles south of
FRESNO, on West Ave. Terms $25 for the Season.
For further particulars address: ftj, L. W0Y, BOX 501, FfesnO, Cal.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 7, 1917
Pleasanton Driving Park
PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA
offers for service for the season of 1917 the following stallions:
THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4
Non-Standard Cal. State License No. 2.
FASTEST TROTTING STALLION EVER OFFERED FOR SERVICE IN
CALIFORNIA AND FIFTH FASTEST ENTIRE TROTTER IN THE WORLD
Son of Si Valiant Vincent 2:11% (by St. Vincent 2:13% out of the triple
producer Grace Lee 2:29 '4 by Electioneer 125); dam Amy Smith by Emperor
Wukes 2:20%. sire of Princess Bulalia (4) 2:09%, etc.; grandam by Hamble-
t0mThe5AnvU is regarded by Edward F. Geers as one of the very greatest trot-
ters that he has ever raced. For five years the pair of Tennesseeans went to
the races together and in that time were but twice unplaced, while vnmmng a
total of fifteen races. Including the historic M. and M.
As an individual he is most pleasing, not too large or coarse m any way but
smoothly and compactly made and ■■all horse" in every line. He is a perfect
hiafied pure gaited trotter, with the very best of disposition, and is destined
to become a very great sire of trotting speed. His opportunities in the stud
have been very slight as he has been retired from racing only since the close
of 1914 He was selected to head the stud at Pleasanton Driving Park not only
on account of his great qualities as a race trotter, but because one of his first
foals Anvilite (2) 2:22«. with a trial of ten seconds or more faster, was m
every way the greatest colt trotter ever handled by C. L. DeRyder. The services
of The Anvil are recommended to you without reserve.
Fee for THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4, $50 with usual privilege
Vernon McKinney 2:01 1-2
Pure Bred Cal. State License No. 39
Fastest member of the great family of McKinney 2:11 y4
Sire of VERNA McKlNNEY (2) 2:13 (his first foal raced), fastest two-
year-old pacing filly of 1915, three-year-old record, 1916, 2:09^;
VERNON DIABLO, mat. rec. half mile track 2:14J4, and DR. DYER
(3) trial 2:12^.
Son of Guy McKinney S7625 (by McKinney 2:11% out of Flossie Drais by Guy
"Wilkes 2:15*4); dam Maud Vernon by Mount Vernon 2:15*4, sire of the dams of
Leata J. 2:03, etc.; grandam Mag by General McClelian, sire of the dams of
Mack Mack 2:08. etc.
Vernon McKinney's racing career was not an extensive one but will long be
remembered for the excellence of his performances, as his winnings include a
Chamber of Commerce stake in time very near the record for that event at the
time, and he is the fastest of all the McKinneys.
He is a horse of rare qualities in the way of individual excellence, almost
ideal in behavior and temperament in harness or out. Since his retirement he
has been a popular horse in the stud and our claim that he would prove a very
great sire of pacing speed has been fully substant;ated. his first foal to be raced
being the season champion for the age and gait in 1915, a most excellent testi-
monial to his potency. He is a very sure breeder, his get are uniformly endowed
with natural speed and the physical and mental requirements of modern race
horses and find ready sale at most gratifying prices.
Fee for VERNON McKlNNEY 2:01 1-2. $50 with usual privilege.
The best of cara taken of mares in any manner owners may desire, but no
responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address for particulars
GEORGE F. RYAN, Superintendent,
PLEASANTON, CAL.
Thoroughbred sire MARSE ABE
Cal. State Thoroughbred License No. 2018.
WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1917 AT
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK
Service Fee $50
Marse Abe carries the best
blood of America through his
sire lines. Yankee was a su-
perior race horse and sire. Han- fcj f Yankee
over was the best horse of his fiO I
day, and headed the list of win- <
ning sires for years. No refer- q }
ence is necessary to Hindoo as yj
everyone knows what he was. ^
Halo, the dam of Marse Abe, <
is bred just right to cross with g
the sire blood in his pedigree;
a daughter of St Blaise, son of
Hermit, the most fashionable
sire line in England, and backed
up on her dam's side by the
lines of long distance perform-
ers from which sprung Ten
Brock and other four-milers.
Address all communications to
Hindoo jjfrril
/ Florence
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I Bourbon Belle., jl"^6 Scotland
I Correction. .'
lllannie Gray... j f ?«!lir«r
!Ll2zie G.
f Hermit J Newminster
I St. Blaise... J UOTmt 1 Seclusion
(.Fusee J Marsras
I \esuvienne
. Ida K..
( King Alfonso... ( JS*."0,11
. .» \ Capitola
/Leroa J Asteroid
I Laura
GEO. F. RYAN,
Pleasanton, Cal.
DILLCARA 57462
Cal. State Standard License No. 2019.
Son of Sidney Dillon 23157 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list) and Guycara by Guy Wilkes
2867 (sire of 3 in 2:10 list), trill make the season of 1917 at
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK, PLEASANTON, GAL.
SERVICE FEE $50 TO INSURE
Dillcara is a full brother to Harold Dillon 39610, the leading sire of New Zealand.
Last season the get of Harold Dillon won 41 races, totalling over $25,000.
Address all communications to
GEO. F. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
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Offers for service the best grandson of McKinney 2:11%
WILBUR LOU 2:10}
Record made in third heat of winning race as 3-year-old.
A world's champion as a yearling, record (1) 2:19'/^; un-
beaten as a two-year-old, a famous futurity winner at
three, and at six years of age the "sire of the day" in Cal-
ifornia, his first crop of two-year-olds including
NATALDAY (2) 2:131
Champion Two -Year-Old Race Trotter of the Pacific
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ZETA LUCILE (2) 2:12*
^,>1 Champion Two- Year- Old Filly of the Pacific
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HEMET QUEEN (I) 2:16 i
Champion Pacing Filly of the "World.
KINSMAN LOU (2) 2:23%.
MATILDA LOU (2) 2:22%.
FIESTA LOU (p) (1) 2:25, (2) 2:22%.
GOLDSMITH LOU (2) 2:29.
BILLfE BOYD (2) 2:30.
Wilbur Lou is by the great race horse and
sire Kinney Lou 2:07%, out of Louise Carter
(3) 2:24, the only mare to produce two year-
lings to trot in 2:20 or better:
WILBUR LOU (1) 2:19%,
EDITH CARTER (1) 2:18%.
Breed to him for colts that will race. Fee for 1917, fifty
dollars, with usual return privilege, or money refunded
at our option. Mares kept, §60.0.0 per year. All infor-
mation gladly furnished. — Licensed Pure Bred Cert. 23.
Superbly Bred Young Saddle and Harness Horses
FOR
SADDLE BRED:
Dark Bay Gelding by Lord Denmark — Sonia Foaled 1914
Black Gelding by Highland Squirrel King — Armin Foaled 1914
Bay Colt by Lord Denmark — Dixie Queen Foaled 1915
STANDARD BRED:
Bay Gelding by Don Sonoma — Chula.
Black Colt by Silkworthy — Sonia.
Anyone looking for some youngsters of either breed will find these colts as attractive
as "it is possible to breed them. They will be sold at reasonable prices; are in good
condition and may be seen at Oakridge Ranch, Sonoma Co., Cal.
The superbly bred stallion, Silkworthy, is also for sale. He has been bred to a limited
number of mares and has proven himself a sure foal getter, and we have the quality
of his colts to show.
Address W. G. COWAN, OAKRIDGE RANCH, KENWOOD, SONOMA CO., CAL.
or BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, SAN FRANCISCO, for further information.
THE STANDARD
BRED STALLION
SILKWORTHY 58175
LICENSE
NO. 2069
Son of MORGAN AXWORTHY 47430. Dam CLEAR SILK (dam of Crystal Silk
2:28%). Silkworthy is bred in the purple. His sire, Morgan Axworthy 47430, is by
Axworthy out of Kinglyne, a full sister to Bingen; and his dam by Prodigal out of
Red Silk by Baron Wilkes.
He will make the season of 1917 at Kenwood, Sonoma Co., Cal.
SERVICE FEE, $25.00 WITH USUAL RETURN PRIVILEGE.
Address W. G. COWAN, Oakridge Ranch,
Kenwood, Sonoma Co., Cal.
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Best Policy 42378
LICENSE No. 272
STANDARD BRED
Son of ALLERTON 5128 and EXINE
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Peter McKlyo 58009-
RECORD
2:06
Cal. License Pure Bred No. 105
Sired by
PETER THE GREAT 2:07*4 (sire of 50 in 2:10 list, including Miss Harris
2:01U, Peter Volo (4) 2:02, Peter Stevens 2:01%, Peter Mac 2:03, Mabel
Trask 2:0314, etc.), dam KLYO by Jay McGregor.
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HE WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1917 AT
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State Fair Grounds, Sacramento
TERMS: $100 FOR THE SEASON.
Usual return privilege. Mares pastured at $5 per month. Good care will
be taken but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. For further
particulars address,
L. H. TODHUNTER, Owner, or JAMES THOMPSON,
Box 387, Sacramento, Cal. State Fair Grounds,
Sacramento, Cal.
Saturday, April 14, 1917]
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DATES CLAIMED.
; Salinas July 11 to 14
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Woodland July 25 to 28
| Dixon Aug. 1 to 4
! Ukiah Aug. 8 to 11
, Eureka Aug. 15 to 18
Ferndale Aug. 22 to 25
Santa Rosa Aug. 29 to Sept. 1
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■ Hanford Sept. 19 to 22
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THE GRAND CIRCUIT.
Cleveland July 16 to 21
Detroit July 23 to 28
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Columbus Aug. 6 to 11
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Philadelphia Aug. 20 to 25
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STALLION DIRECTORY.
Harness Horses
Best Policy 42378 R. O. Xewman. VS'alia. Cal
Dillcara 57462 Geo. F. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Expressive Mac 41513 J. H. Nelson, Selma, Cal.
Jim Logan 44977 J. Elmo Montgomery, Davis, Cal.
Peter McKlyo 58009 L. H. Todhunter, Sacramento, Cal.
SUkworthy W. G. Cowan, Kenwood, Cal.
Stanford McKinney 45173 M. L. Woy. Fresno, Cal.
The Anvil Geo. F. Ryan, Pleasanton. Cal.
Vernon McKinney Geo. F. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Wilbur Lou 52595 Hemet Stock Farm, Heraet, Cal.
Thoroughbreds
Joe Carey Geo. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Marse Abe Geo. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Saddle Horses
Astral King Jas. Houchin. Jefferson City, Mo.
Don Castano San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles
Highland Monarch San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles
Highland Squirrel King. .. .Revel L. English, Chino, Cal.
Le Grand McDonald. . .Eridgford Company, San Francisco
Marshall Chief E. N. Hamilton, Mexico, Mo.
San Vicente San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles
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In the advertising columns of this issue will be
found notice of the sale of the horses belonging to
Miss A. E. Farnum. This is an unusually fine lot of
young horses, both thoroughbred and standard bred.
The thoroughbreds are all sired by Marse Abe, son
of Yankee and Halo by St. Blaise. Marse Abe is a
grand individual and was himself a superior race
horse and winner of many stakes during his turf
career. Only one of his get has been trained, but
that one proved to be a good winner at Pimlico last
summer. The dams of these horses are by Bright
Phoebus and St. Carlo and they have proved them-
selves to bo producers by the performance of their
get.
Dillcara, the sire of many of the standard breds
shown in this lot, is one of the best bred sons of
Sidney Dillon and is doubtless the stoutest made and
handsomest son of that champion sire. He was never
trained but showed himself to be possessed of a
high degree of natural speed. His full brother,
Walter Dillon, the only one of his dam's colts to be
trained .obtained a record of 2:10%, and his full
brother Harold Dillon has for many years been the
champion sire of New Zealand, securing that honor
again for the season of 1916-1917.
The dams of these standard breds are by Monbells,
Marengo King, Flossnut, Cupid, etc., all sires of both
speed and conformation ,and carrying the blood of
Electioneer, Nutwood, Geo. Wilkes, McKinney and
other celebrated sires.
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Ohio imported 6700 Mexican quail last year and
they had no sooner arrived than they began to die.
and now there are but few left.
Picnic Day, University Farm, Davis, April 28.
Picnic Day at the University Farm at. Davis, lia.s
been definitely set for April 28. The committee
chairmen in charge of the day have been chosen and
work is already progressing rapidly which will in-
sure its success.
The entire program has not yet been decided upon,
but it will include stock judging contests for which
several valuable prizes have already been secured.
Speeches will be given by prominent Califomians
and members of the faculty of the University. In the
parade will be seen the University's prize livestock,
which is some of the best in the State, besides the
floats of ornamental and humorous nature.
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IF THE editorial writers on some of the big dailies
of California would spend one-tenth of the time in
reading the report of the State Market Director of
California that they do in "ripping him up the back"
they would, in all probability, change their attitude
in respect to this live-wire and efficient state official.
Any one who reads their attacks on Mr. Weinstock
appreciates the fact that they have not taken time
ot read his report. Every farmer-stockman and
consumer in California should get a copy of this
important report. Director Weinstock has largely
devoted his energies during the first year of the life
of the Commission to organizing the growers of Cali-
fornia, with the result that never before in the his-
tory of the state has there been so much activity
along organizing lines as during the year of 1916,
and the indications now are that in due course the
farmers of California will be the most effectively
organized farmers in America, especially along the
line of marketing associations. When this shall
have been brought about, a great stride will have
been made in the direction of bettering the marketing
conditions of California farm producers.
THE CARE OF THE COLT'S FEET.
A Future Muie Country.
California is taking the lead in its every under-
taking. If it be politics, mining, horticulture, farm-
ing or stock growing: those who take hold of the
venture go at it in earnest and the result is most
apparent. It is inconceivable to think of California
and other Coast States, however, raising Jacks on
a large scale, and it will surprise most readers to
know that one Californian has privately sold 500
jacks in Oregon, Washington and California, in the
last three years. It will he better evidence of the
magnitude of this comparatively new venture here
to state that $1,500 has been the smallest figure re-
ceived for any of these jacks and that the prices have
ranged from that figure to $5,000. H. B. Thornberry,
of Los Angeles and Stockton, is the dealer who has
made this record and his sales of jennets have been
just as remarkable. In fact, in most instances, where
he has sold a jack he has sold from ten to twenty
jennets to the same buyers. Is it a wonder that
Mr. Thornberry has achieved the title of being the
Jack King of the West?
Mr. Thornberry's success is mostly due to the good
business methods he has applied in the building up
of this great business and in the knowing of what he
was about. He was raised in Missouri, where jacks
and mules long ago reached their highest state of
perfection, and his earliest training was in the jack
business. Mr. Thornberry knows the ups and downs
of the business and has succeeded through this
knowledge. Every jack he has ever purchased had
to come up to his standard in size, breeding, age,
weight, color and heartiness. Every jennet he has
purchased had to meet the same requirements. No
matter how hard it has been to find them and how
much they have cost he has demanded the best. The
result of his strict adherence to this rule is his
success.
Every jack and jennet he has sold has been guar-
anteed to be just as represented, and they have made
good and been the cause of his selling more in the
same locality. Every herd he has sold has made
money for the purchasers. Several years ago Mr.
Thornberry sold a herd of bred jennets to Dill Bros.,
prominent ranchers of Clements, Cal., for $12,600.
Recently he paid this firm $13,400 for the colts from
that herd. Most of them w-ere three-year-olds — the
colts the jennets carried when he sold them to Dili
Bros. This sale and purchase by Mr. Thornberry
is not a rare thing in his business, as he has made
a number of similar transactions.
California should become the leading jack state of
the Union. Its favored climatic and grazing condi-
tions permit jennets to make their own way the
whole year round. The ranchers, appreciating this
and realizing the magnificent profits which are to
be made in the mule business, are taking hold of it
as they took to dairying, farming and other success-
ful ventures here. With these good jacks and jennets
and the great herds of big draft mares coming to the
Coast States it will be only a matter of few years
when the buyers of mules, who have lifted the mort-
gage from many a Missouri farm by their liberal
prices, will be invading the West in their search for
hybrids. The next few years will be exceptionally
prosperous ones for the man who raises mules as
the cornbelt is positively depleted of all ages and
sizes, and the demand promises to grow. Mr. Thorn-
berry now has in his stables at Stockton 25 of the
most magnificent big jacks ever seen under one roof.
There are several that can win championships in the
biggest shows in the country. AH are proven breed-
ers, well broke; and ready to go into a big service
at once.
[Written for The Breeder and Sportsman
By D. J. O'KEEFE.]
This is a subject of which much has been written.
It is one of the most important factors in horse-
shoeing which is generally disregarded. As a rule
horse owners pay very little attention to their colts
until they are ready to break them. The care of the
hoofs of colts is of special importance.
Abundant exercise upon dry ground which is not
too stony is most beneficial. Such exercise will cause
the hoofs to wear gradually, and it will only be
necessary to observe from time to time whether the
wear is taking place uniformly, and, if not, to correct
the uneven wear with the rasp.
If the colt is reared in the stable and no attention
paid to its feet, when turned out with their long toes
they begin to break off in chunks; first a piece on
one quarter and then the other. Consequently, the
colt is strained and in misery the largest portion ot
the time; even permanent distortions of the bones
of the foot gradually occur.
Weak quarters bend (curl) inward and encroach
upon the space occupied by the frog (contracted feet
of colts.), when the toe becomes too long, and this
gives rise to too steep a position of the pastern.
Therefore, the hoofs must be shortened from time
to time. The incurved quarters should be removed
and the outer edge ot" the wall well rounded with
the rasp. In the base wide and base narrow stand-
ing positions the outer and inner walls become rela-
tively long and induce the colt to assume a still more
abnormal position.
The young and pliant pasterns may thus become
permanently twisted and distorted. We know that
the majority of hoof and leg troubles are caused by
neglect of the colt's feet in early life. Then, do you
wonder that we have so many horses with ring
bone, side bones, weak tendons, dished toes, bulged
hoofs, toe-in or toe-out horses, to handle and shoe?
The first thing the shoer should do is to determine
whether the fault is in the foot or in the conforma-
tion of the leg. An imaginary line should be drawn
through the center of the leg in front to determine
if there is more hoof on either side of the imaginary
line. Another imaginary line should be drawn
through the center of the leg at the side of the
ground to determine if the colt stands at proper
angles. Under no consideration should one apply
a knife too excessively to the sole, bars or frog of
the foot. In case of thrush one must try and save
all of the frog that is not infected, consequently,
only the ragged edges should be removed, for by
carving out the healthy portions of the frog or bars
we only invite future trouble in the form of contrac-
tion.
One of the most important factors in keeping the
feet of weanlings and yearlings in proper condition,
as is specified in this article, is to see that you are
keeping the leg in the middle of the foot; otherwise
many a good horse suffers, as the concussion and
strain is not equally distributed on both sides of the
foot when in action, which is the case when neg-
lected.
Pork Cure May Be Used For Preserving Beef.
Many farmers who kill and cure their own pork
never attempt to supply themselves with beef. Ac-
cording to P. F. Trowbridge, of the University of
Missouri College of Agriculture, any of the brine or
dry mixtures which give good results in curing pork
can be used satisfactorily for beef, but since beef is
leaner than pork it should not be allowed to remain
in the brine or mixture quite so long or it will be-
come hard and salty.
The corned beef cure should be used for dried beef
but care should be taken not to let it get too salty.
The excess of cure may be washed off and the meat
smoked if the smoke flavor is desired. Mr. Trow-
bridge suggests a good dry cure for beef can be
made with salt and brown sugar in a proportion of
one part sugar and five of salt. Rub the meat thor-
oughly with the cure every two or three days for
about two weeks. It should then be washed, wiped,
and hung up to dry in a warm place if it is not to
be smoked, or transferred to the smoke house and
given a light smoke.
Corned beef is at its very best when it has been in
the cure about ten days. If it is subjected to the
cure more than a month, it needs considerable fresh-
ening before cooking. The red color of the beef may-
be preserved with a small amount of saltpeter, not
more than two ounces to each 100 pounds of meat.
This improves the color but is detrimental because
it hardens the lean fibers.
One gallon of commercial lime sulphur to eight
gallons of water as used for the San Jose scale dur-
ing the dormant season is quite effective. An oil
spray as recommended for the scale is also beneficial
Stiff whitewash with a pint of crude carbolic acid
added to each ten gallons is also used. These washes
may be applied as sprays before the buds open but
where it is necessary to repeat the application after
the leaves appear they can be applied to the trunk
and main limbs with a brush. The best and cheapest
remedy is prevention by keeping all trees vigorous.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 14, 19:
Harness Horses and Horsemen
WITH "JUMP" AT THE STOCKTON TRACK.
ENTRIES IN STANFORD-OCCIDENT STAKE.
The following fifty-two colts and fillies foaled this
year have been entered in the Stanford-Occident
Stake No. o, which closed April 1, 1917:
Guy Dillon — Gold Lilly by Copa de Oro; I. L. Borden,
San Francisco.
Guy Dillon- Cleopatra by Zolock; I. L. Borden.
Major's By Guy — Cherry B. by Barney Barnato; I. L.
Borden.
Black Hall — Cora Wickers ham by Junio; Jas. L.
Bulloch, Tulaie.
Jim Logan — Little Lucille by Palo King; John Clark,
Woodland.
Jim Logan — Ruby C. by Palo King; John Clark.
Vernon McKinne> — Mabel Dillon by Sidney Dillon;
B. Cohen, San Francisco.
Onward McGregor — Yolanda by McKinney; J. N.
Holcomb, Hollister.
Peter McKlyo — Dione II. by' Cupid; S. H. Cowell,
Santa Cruz.
Panama — Hulda C. by Dexter Prince; S. H. Cowell.
Vernon McKinney — Gracie Pointer by Star Pointer;
C. L. DeRyder, Selma.
El Volante S. — Letter B. Jr. by Benton Boy; J. F.
Dunne, Gilroy.
Copa de Oro — Subito by Steinway; W. G. Durfee,
Los Angeles.
Cariokin — Honey Healey by Zombro: W. G. Durfee.
Manrico — Helen Stiles by Sidney Dillon; W. G.
Durfee.
Vernon McKinney — Sweet Hallie by American Hal;
A. Edstrom, Oakland.
Expressive Mac — Beautiful Morn by Iran Alto; L. L.
Gilpin, Richfield, Utah.
Alhambra Prince — Sona by McKinney; Alex Grant,
Los Angeles.
Alhambra Prince — Sima by Limonero; Alex Grant.
Kinney de Lopez — Louise Carter by Chestnut Tom;
Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet.
Wilbur Lou — Lady Zombro by Zombro; Hemet Stock
Farm.
Wilbur Lou — Eradiate by Geo. W. McKinney; Hemet
Stock Farm.
Wilbur Lou — Hemet Girl by Geo. W. McKinney;
Hemet Stock Farm.
Expressive Mac — Dollie K. by Athadon; L. Karns,
Lindsay.
Expressive Mac — Beauty N. by Nushagak; L. Karns.
The Proof — Xada by Nushagak; M. C. Keefer, Santa
Rosa.
Wick Hall— Policia by Best Policy; Mrs. Mabel
Lipson.
Wick Hall — Jane C. by Zolock; Mrs. Mabel Lipson.
El Volante S. — Copper the Ore by Direct Heir; Geo.
W. Lowery, San Francisco.
Vernon McKinney — Ramona by Demonio; Roy D.
Mayes. Dixon.
Jim Logan — Leota by Diablo; Roy D. Mayes.
El Angelo — Modesto Maid by Summerset Prince;
Alex. McDougall, Newman.
Jim Logan— Beautiful Bird by Nutwood Wilkes; J. E.
Montgomery, Davis.
Jim Logan— Winnie Bond by The Bondsman; J. E.
Montgomery.
Jim Logan— Margaret M. by Chestnut Tom; J. E.
Montgomery.
All-lie Demonio — Sister Mary W. by Kinney Lou;
Chrifi G. Ov*en, San Francisco.
The Anvil— Expedio by Lijero; F. J. Ruhstaller,
Sacramento.
Mopo Anse! — Melmonio by Demonio; J. E. Short,
Santa Maria.
Skidoo Wilkes — Honda Girl by Cubino; J. E. Short.
.Moiris A. — San Luis Bell by McGinnis; A. B.
Spooner, San Luis Obispo.
Haldine— Queen Rapallo by Rapallo; Harry Stein-
hart, Santa Maria.
Peter McKlyo— Tennie Hall by Moko Hall; Jas.
Thompson, Sacramento.
McKlyo— Ruby by The Bondsman; Jas. Thomp-
son.
Peter McKlyo— Janet Bondsman by The Bondsman,
L. H. Todhunter, Sacramento.
Peter McKlyo— Leavinette bv Zombro; L H Tod-
hunter.
Peter McKlyo — Osmuda by Bon Voyage; L H Tod-
hunter.
El Angelo— Mary W. by Dictatus; D. W. Wallis Los
Banos.
Vernon McKinney— Plumado bv Advertiser- G
Wempe, San Francisco.
Panama-Leona Wilkes; .lay Wheeler, Sacramento
Peter McKlyo— Loma B. by Stam B.; M. L. woy
Fresno.
Stanford McKinney— Florence B. by Bon Voyage-
M. L. Woy.
Stanford McKinney— Strathalle by Strathway; M L
V\ oy.
When "Old Sol" made his brilliant appearance on
this favored land Tuesday morning, he found me at
the historic Stockton track; my legs dangling over
the fence; my "Missouri meerschaum" going smooth
and sumptuously grand; me backed up in front of
the stand, where California's always prevalent breeze
could not reach my comfortable body but filled me
with its invigorating, flower-pollened air and wher-
ever my eyes rested, filled with entrancing views;
with some of America's foremost reinsmen driving
horses, as famous in deeds and rich in lineage as
the most noted crowned head, for my edification and
in their preparation for what will undoubtedly be the
most sensational racing season California has known
in many years.
Could anything have been more ideal? As I
crouched lazily on that fence and viewed the multi-
tudinous charms of the San Joaquin with genuine
appreciation I wondered if I could make things more
pleasant; if I could have everything more to my taste
and for my pleasure after I have acquired my "first"
million.
However, the readers of the Breeder and Sports-
man don't care a tinker's damn how or what I felt.
All they are interested in is what I saw — not of the
charms of this favored land, all of which have been
thoroughly exploited, diagnosed and described by
everyone from "back yonder' 'who has taken advan-
tage of the annual excursions to this "land of living
color" and has good standing with the editor of the
Dai!y Bugle "back home" — but of the horses and the
horsemen I saw at Stockton. Where they will race and
what they think of the California circuit. What
they are doing for feed and bedding and the thou-
sand and one other things too numerous to mention
that go into the making of every day life at a good
track where good horses are being trained.
In a whirl around the stables I found these well
known horsemen actively engaged with from two to
fifteen head, eating good §30 hay the Stockton boys
are forced to pay and sleeping on straw that cost
$15 a ton. That is, some of them were bedded on
straw- and some had "shavings," which, by the way,
looked good by the side of the bedding others had.
M. Henry and his able assistant, E. D. Kirk, are
working five young ones; the veteran driver and
stallioneer, J. T. Jackson, has five; J. M. Jones has
eleven head from babies up to the far-famed Leata J.;
W. H. Williams has four good ones; A. F. Palmer
two; W. E. Humpville has two young ones and
"Farmer" Bunch four head.
* * * *
In the Jones stable there are four or five that will
get in the money all the way down the line and sev-
eral others with bright prospects. Leata J. 2:03,
the noted daughter of Royal McKinney and Geraldine
_:173.i. is as "fat as butter" but is taking her spring
work with a lot of "pep" and promises to be a big
winner this year. This attractive mare is one of the
few that the Royal McKinney horse has sired who
had a chance and she made good easily. That this
will be her most successful season of her rather
varied career is the confident expectation of Trainer
Jones. A green pacer that was worked a little last
year and showed miles around nine and halves in
1:02 is Irene D„ by Charley D. out of Lady Irene by
Dialdo 2:14V£. She is getting regular and careful
attention and will undoubtedly be a noted character
at the tracks before they have progressed very far.
The handsome chestnut mare. Modesto Maid, trotted
some fast heats last week and her way of doing it is
worth a trip to any track at any time. This good
looking daughter of Guy McKinney which is owned
by Mr. Frederick, a well known Modestan, has been
a mile in eleven and looks as ready and fit as any
trotter in California.
The fast son of Nearest McKinney, One Better, has
produced a splendid prospect in a five-year-old mare
out of Lady Irene. This pacer with 90 days' work
under her belt last season paced miles in 16. halves
in six and quarters in 31 seconds. Mr. Jones expects
her to pace in four and five this year.
Another mare in the Jones stable that in all prob-
ability will prove a strong contender in this year's
events is a chestnut mare owned by Frank Groom,
the popular Stockton horseshoer. This mare is by
Dexter Derby and out of a mare by a son of Diablo,
whose dam was the good matron Geraldine. Mr.
Jones stepped her a mile in 25 the fifth time he
hooked her and the good clean way she can do it
makes one want to see her get to the big shows and
in fast company. She is level headed and as sound
and clean as a bullet. That Mr. Groom has one of
the prospects which will make good is the prediction
of every one who visits the Stockton track.
* * * *
The popular Stockton business man, Ed. Lavin,
owns several of the best horses in the Jones stable
that would make any man proud of possession, and
when one looks them over he doesn't blame Mr. Lavin
for spending money freely on them. They will get
the opportunities they deserve and in addition to
the pleasure the owner gets in driving them and
seeing Mr. Jones work them, he will unjuestionably
reap a good harvest from their engagements this
year. Among the Lavin horses is a chestnut trotter
called Poodle Dog. by Dexter Derby, dam by Guy
McKinney; Eddie L., two-year-old trotter bv George
Hammelt 2:08% by Nutwood Wilkes. This good
colt's dam is Stella McKinney 2:17% bv a son of
McKinney. He is entered in the State Fair Futurit;
and is going to be one of the best colts in the bi;
statte. Mary Osborn, a green mare by Dexter Derbj
dam by Linwood. that is a splendid looker and goo
open gaited, who, I think has a good chance to wl
some money if she continues good. Last week M;
Lavin added the good looking green mare Lady Alic
T.. by Geo. W. McKinney, to this attractive stabli
He bought her irom A. F. Palmer of Santa Ans
This mare's dam, Mayme Redmond, is a full siste
to the once famous John A. McKerron, making he
a three-quarter sister to Louise Carter, the dam o
Wilbur Ixm. She is a free legged pacer, a big, clean
good looking mare, and was a purchase worth thi
money.
In the stable of M. Henry, there are only five heat
and most of them are youngsters; however, the)
are a brilliant lot and with the present treatment
they are getting from Mr. Henry and young Kirk,
they will certainly be primed for battle by the tinj€
the battle opens. Most of these horses are ownec
by R. S. Irvine, a prominent business man and horsi
lover of San Francisco, who believes in them and
who never fails to give them the best opportunities
Mr. Irvine is breeding some good horses everj
spring, mating his good mares with the best stallions
offered for sen-ice. They are: Baretta D., green
mare by Charlie D. McKinney; Lanark P., four-year-
old by Zorankin, by Zombro. dam Bloom by Nusha-
gak. This colt went a mile in eleven and one-quarter
last season with very little work and Mr. Henry
expects him to be one of the best winners on the
Coast this year; Vannon, a two-year-old by The
Bondsman and out of the good matron. Bloom;
Bertha, brown mare, five years old, by Patchen Boy
2:10%, dam Baretta, and a two-year-old of excep-
tionally good class whose breeding I did not get.
* * * *
A. T. Jackson's Royal McKinney is the attraction
of his stable; however, The Icicle, by The Iceman
2 : 10, is doing wonderfully well and promises to be
a headliner this season. There are three or four
youngsters in his stable, all by Royal McKinney,
that with proper attention will get to the top rung
of fame.
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In the stable of W. H. Williams is the beautiful
trotter, White Sox by Bon Chaville, by Bon Voyage
and out cf Kitty Fox, by a son of Prodigal. She is
one of the most attractive trotters at the track and
has worked miles in eleven and a half. Bird, a fouf-
year-old trotter owned by Ed. Speckerman, of Lodi;
Prince Demonio, pacer, owned by Jas. Parino, Lodi,
and Kate Bingen, a fast trotter by Robert Bingen,
owned by Mr. Williams, make this one of the most
attractive small stables in the state.
DEATH OF COPA DE ORO.
News is at band that the recently imported Amer-
ican stallion Copa de Oro died in Dunedin last week.
Copa de Oro was imported to New Zealand by Mr.
C. D. Hudson, of Dunedin, who, although not a racing
man, takes a keen interest in the light harness sport.
The son of Nutwood Wilkes had a record of 2:01 for
a mile aaginst him, and but for a technicality would
have been credited with 1:59. He was a fine up-
standing free-legged pacer, never at any time having
had a strap on his legs. Last season he was leased
to the well-known West Coast sportsman, Mr. H. W.
Kitchingham, who found little difficulty in filling his
list, which was limited to twenty-five mares at a
cost of twenty guineas, besides serving a few of Mr.
Kitchingham's own mares. Mr. Hudson's importa-
tion was one of the highest priced stallions that ever
left America for these parts, and he was the fastest
pacer ever imported to Australasia. That he was
highly thought of there is no doubt, several keen
judges speaking in glowing terms of his qualities,
and his loss will be keenly felt amongst breeders.
Although insured, there is little doubt that Mr. Hud-
son will be a considerable loser financially by his
death. Among the mares to visit Copa de Oro in his
first and only season in New Zealand were: Lady
Sybil, Sylvia K„ Black Angel, Mrs. Howard's Young-
Irv;ngton mare, Mrs. Howard's Blackbird mare, Lin-
dawood, Lady Linton, Marie Corelli. Daphne, Mary
Lincoln, Atalanta, Princess Peri, Tongonni, Lady
Salisbury, Fern Tree, Regina Belle, Galindo Maid,
Gertie L., Merry Bell, Mr. Rutherford's Young Mc-
Kinney mare. Sirrah J., Norah McKinney, and Sa-
vannah.— [New Zealand Referee.
Good leather stock is becoming a rare article and
the dealers in all leather goods are having consid-
erable trouble in getting their stocks complete this
spring. It is said that in some sections good saddles,
bridles, harness and all accessories of a show or
racing stable cannot be had at any price. San Fran-
cisco's enterprising dealer, J. David West, whose
attractive store is at 1018 Fillmore street, however,
got his orders for this season's goods in early and
has received his entire line. His stock is complete
with every necessity for a good stable and the quality
of the best. Horsemen should order their goods from
Mr. West now, while he is in a position to give them
the best made at let-live prices.
Saturday, April 14, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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Thoroughbred Matters
EARLY RACING EFFECTS.
, In America the racing of two-year-olds before April
1st of this year on tracks under the supervision of
the Jockey Club has been barred, and a similar
.course has been decided upon by Kentucky clubs —
which seemingly do not come under Jockey Club
rules — and in Canada. Despite this, some of the
American clubs have held two-year-old races from
January 1, as in the past, and it was anticipated
amout two hundred youngsters would come under
the ban.
In Australia owners setting the ruling bodies at
defiance would, in conjunction with their horses, be
disqualified, but in America they do things differ-
ently. Owners offendiing against the rule referred
;to are not punished, and the disqualification for
racing earlier than April 1 only applies to the young-
sters during their two-year-old careers. As three-
year-olds they can race under Jockey Club rules,
as if nothing had happened, and next year a deal of
interest will attach to the meeting of horses which
started in January of this season with those whose
earliest appearance as two-year-olds was not until
April. It is not improbable that some of the early-
beginning youngsters will have a slight pull over the
others in one respect. The two-year-old commencing
in January is likely to get a longer rest before it is
three years old than the one which does not start
until April, and will in consequence be racing later
in its first season.
It may be reasonable to assume that the two-year-
old which is raced at the earliest possible opportunity
will deteriorate sooner as a racehorse than the one
given greater time in which to mature, but it cannot
be said this idea always works out correctly. Various
prominent Australian horses started as soon as the
rules permitted as two-year-olds, and notwithstanding
that, were racing and winning over long distances
when they were five years old. Those people who
are not opposed to early two-year-old racing also
point out that most of our three-year-olds of recent
years have been horses w-hich showed form in the
spring as two-year-olds, and contend that early tuition
as a galloper is in most cases productive of better
results than to wait until a horse is nearly three,
aftd less adaptable.
Some of Australia's best stayers have been horses
which did very little racing early in their careers,
but the fact also remains that several prominent at
the present time were trained some months before
they were actually two years old, and were raced
early in the spring. For instance, Woorak, our
greatest sprinter, which is now five years old, won
in the spring as a two-year-old, and Carlita, Austra-
lia's best mare and a rattling stayer, was raced as
early as possible. It was the same with Cetigne, and
Wolaroi. Australia's best three-year-old, was another
early beginner, opening his winning account in the
A. J. C. Breeder's Plate. On the other hand, Patro-
bas, which probably now represents top w. f. a. form
at middle distances, was not seriously trained as a
two-year-old, nor were Kandos or Ulva's Isle, others
of the best of our older division over a journey. "It
depends upon the horse," is the way a leading Sydney
trainer sums it up. That is to say, one youngster
will thrive on wrork that would quickly break another.
However, in these days of big two and three-year-old
prizes in Australia, most owners would sooner have
their yearling purchases tried early than put by until
they were three years old, or near it, even if that
course might tend to lengthen their days of racing
usefulness. — [The Referee, Sydney, Australia.
from this Court restraining the enforcement of the
rule complained of. The affdavit of counsel filed
herewith shows that fact. As the race meetings
occur twice a year, it will be seen that the loss of
the plaintiff in error will be very considerable, if
this Court reverses the case, unless a temporary in-
junction is issued."
It is pointed out that the Racing Commission act
nives the owners of the track or owners of horses the
power to fix and give purses, and this power is not
in the Racing Commission. It is also asserted that
the power to give purses cannot be delegated to the
Commission and that the act is void because it is
discriminatory.
The State Court has construed the act, holding
that its purpose is to "foster the industry of breed-
ing thoroughbred horses in the State," says the brief.
"Any police regulation, therefore, must have for its
object the purpose of fostering that industry. It re-
tards rather than fosters the industry to give $600
purses at Lexington and $800 at Louisville. The
larger the purses at all tracks the greater the induce-
ment to breed horses."
THE FIRE AT HOT SPRINGS.
Washington, D.C., March 26 — The constitutionality
of the Kentucky State Racing Commission act is
attacked in a brief received in the Supreme Court
today, which will be filed formally in support of a
motion to be submitted later for an injunction to
restrain the enforcement of the act.
The Douglas Park Jockey Club of Louisville, which
was defeated in the Kentucky Courts in its effort to
hold up the operation of the act, is the complainant
and asserts that immediate action is desirable, be-
cause it may be compelled either to give up the May
meet or put up purses, involving a possible loss of
$21,000.
In the brief, signed by John Bryce Baskin, it is
asserted that "the effect of the rule complained of
is to require purses offered by plaintiff in error to
be not less than $800 each; while purses given by
the Lexington association need not exceed $600
each. The difference on seven races a day amounts
to $1,400: and at a race meeting of fifteen days that
difference may be $21,000.
"Unless a temporary injunction or restraining
order is issued plaintiff in error will be compelled
either to quit business until this case is decided in
this Court or to pay the $800 purses. If the rule of
the Racing Commission is held to be void, no part
of the purses can be recovered and the loss of plain-
tiff in error will be final and complete.
"The races are held in May. The Kentucky Court
of Appeals decided the case on February 6. 1917, and
the plaintiff in error, by the advice of its counsel,
had deferred the making of contracts for the meeting
in May hoping that an injunction may be obtained
Walter B. Jennings, in charge of the large racing
establishment of A. K. Macomber, now at Charleston,
in a letter to Col. M. J. Winn, declares that all of his
Derby eligibles are training soundly, and that he ex-
pects all will be in good shape when they are shipped
to Churchill Downs the first week of April. North
Star, the stable's most formidable eligible, is going
along in fine fashion! and has not missed a workout
since his active training commenced.
* 4» *
As has been the rule for the past few seasons, the
Westchester Association will have a free field on
each public holiday, as well as every" Saturday of its
meeting. These free days have done much to popu-
larize the sport, and every free day has seen im-
mense crowds in the infield. Unfortunately, on
various occasions, there has been rain on these free
days, but many of the faithful in the free field have
braved a wetting to witness the racing.
+ * *
Jefferson Livingston's string of fifteen horses in
charge of Mose Goldblatt, arrived at Lexington from
Hot Springs last week, the shipment being made up
of Colonel Vennie. Jack O'Dowd, Othello, Aldebaran,
Diamond, Matin, White Crown, Syrian, Sansyming,
Solid Rock. Julia L.. Ed Howrard, The Baroness,
Prince Toi, Como and Ben Hampson. Manister Toi,
recently purchased by Emil Herz. was brought along
and will be shipped to Louisville to Trainer J. J.
Finnigan.
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The executive committee of the Kentucky Associ-
ation has decided there will be seven races daily dur-
inf the Spring meeting, opening April 28 and closing
May 10, and that added money to purses will average
$600. This action has the sanction of the State Rac-
ing Commission.
In view of expected action of the Legislature at
Frankfort, by which big daily license tax will bt put
upon racetracks, the executive committee used the
blue pencil on its badge list and the number of com-
plimentary admission tickets to be given out this
year will be reduced to a minimum.
Judge William H. Shelley was authorized to place
copy for the program book for the entire meeting
in the hands of the printer and it will be out in about
ten days.
£ 4r •{•
The "War National" Steeplechase .substitute for
the Liverpool Grand National, was run at Gatwick.
England, Wednesday of last week, and was won by
Sir G. Bullough's bay gelding Ballymacad. by Laveno
— Ballymacarney. 138 pounds, with H. Trimmer's
chestnut gelding Chang, by Cupid — Threnody, 135
pounds, second and Lady Nelson's bay gelding Ally
Sloper, by Traveling Lad — Sally in Our Alley, 164
pounds, third. The places were filled by outsiders in
the betting, it being 100 to 9 against the winner. 5V2
to 1 against Chang and 20 to 1 against Ally Sloper.
The latter was the winner of the last Liverpool
Grand National. The race was for a $500 cup added
to $2,500 and a sweepstakes of $100 each for accep-
tors. Carrig Park was the favorite ,but fell and
brought down six others. Nineteen ran.
* * *
New Orleans, La.. March 26. — Fred A. Middleton,
attorney for the Jefferson Fair Association, returned
from Hot Springs today, where he had gone to inter-
view horsemen as to the prospects at the Jefferson
track, which proposes opening Thanksgiving Day for
thirty days.
'Our race meet is assured." said Mr. Middleton,
"provided, of course, that the present interpretation
of the law is upheld in the suits now filed and pend-
ing. Two horsemen now at Hot Springs will supply
all the capital we need in addition to the $85,000
whk-h we have raised to insure the first meeting.
"Racing at the Fair Grounds next year will be for
only thirtv-six days. Two of the largest owners at
the Springs told me that it would not pay them to
ship their stables here for only thirty-six days. We
propose thirty days, which will give sixty-six all told
at New Orleans, about the correct length of time to
insure any profit to the owners."
Hot Springs. Ark.. March 31. — Flames consumed
the Essex Park grandstand this morning and caused
a temporary suspension of racing in these parts. The
sport will be resumed Monday, over the Oaklawn
track. The latter plant having been tendered to the
Essex Park management, the meeting will be con-
tinued.
The fire was first discovered about 10:30 this
morning in the upper part of the west end of the
stand and spread with alarming rapidity, the entire
massive structure being a seething mass in no time.
It was a physical impossibility to save the build-
ing and the hundreds of horsemen who acted as vol-
unteer firemen at once centered their energies on
preventing a spread of the flames and to confine the
conflagration to the stand. Their objective point
was the paddock. If successful in their efforts to
keep this part of the plant from becoming ignited it
would mean the saving of the stables and numerous
horses.
For a time it appeared improbable that a disaster
would be averted, for a north wind was carrying the
flames toward the paddock, but luckily the wind sud-
denly shifted and soon after the remaining portion
of the grandstand collapsed. These fortunate inci-
dents put a check on what might have been a
calamity.
Oaklawn Is Offered.
When it became patent that all danger of the fire
spreading to other sections of the plant, excepting
the grandstand, was over, plans of a continuance ot
racing here were at once put into action. General
Manager Joseph E. Martin of Oaklawn, who was still
in the city, was appealed to and arrangements quickly
completed to put the Oaklawn plant at the disposal
of the Business Men's League for running off the
Essex Park racing dates. Announcement to this
effect was immediately made to the horsemen.
The fire was discovered when the horsemen were
busily engaged around the secretary's office making
entries for Monday. They at once lent their aid to
stopping the conflagration and did yeoman service.
The hardest of the workers were R. E. Watkons,
Fred Gerhardy, Patsy Bowman and George Reardon,
who organized the valets into a bucket brigade.
Jockey Stearns especially distinguished himself by
climbing the paddock roof, carrying a hose with him,
and playing the stream steadily on parts most ex-
posed to the flames from the grandstand in spite of
the intense heat and danger of injury.
After it was definitely established that Oaklawn
would be available for a continuance of the racing
here, Secretary Fred Gerhardy announced that the
entries intended for today wrere declared off, and
those made for Monday would be run as scheduled.
Stand Destroyed Rapidly.
An idea of the intensity of the fire can be had from
the fact that fourteen minutes after the discovery of
the flames the huge grandstand was in total collapse.
Word of the conflagration spread rapidly, and hun-
dreds of automobiles and other conveyances were
Essex Park bent from Hot Springs. The five miles
intervening was literally blockaded with sightseers.
The grandstand was a total loss, it being uninsured.
The fire originated in an old store room over the
restaurant kitchen aid is thought to have been
caused by a defective flue.
Horsemen immediately began arrangements for
transferring their establishments back to Oaklawn.
and all o fthem will resume their former quarters.
To avoid confusion, owners were requested to move
back to their old stables. This eliminated the neces-
sity of allotting stalls which would have entailed
much time.
A partial list of jockeys and their contract em-
ployers for 1917, gathered from Juckey Club records,
shows that the following engagements have been
made :
Jockey. Employer.
Butwell August Belmont
Robinson H. P. Whitney
Keogh J. E. Widener
Byrne Andrew Miller
Phillips A. K. Macomber
Buxton A. K. Macomber
Loftus A. K. Macomber
Schuttinger Wickliffe Stable
Garner Wickliffe Stable
Kleeger Wickliffe Stable
Fairbrother O. Lewisohn & D. Gideon
J. McTaggart R. T. Wilson
T. McTaggart G. A. Cochran
Crumb Ed. Moore
Ambrose W. S. Kilmer
Peltz John Sanford
Borel R. F. Carman
Campbell Capt. E. B. Cassatt
Troxler P. E. Clark
MeGraw Quincy Stable
Burlingame Quincy Stable
Mulcahey A. Zimmerman
Brady J. E. Madden
Natter J. Rowe
Notter J. Fitzsimmons
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 14,
191
A stallion registration law has been passed in
Missouri.
R. A. Long and Mrs. Long have been spending
several weeks in Honolulu.
* * *
The University Farm, Davis, reports the sale of
four head of light horses to the Nevada State Peni-
tentiary.
* * *
Lee Bros., of Mexico, the leading dealers of high
class horses in Missouri, report a big demand for
high class saddle horses.
* *♦
Col. Ab Dingle, of Moberly, Mo., has leased the
Moberly Pair Grounds. Moberly will have her fair
July 30 to August 2. Moberly will open the Missouri-
Kansas Grand Circuit.
* * *
During the last decade three states — California,
Colorado, and Michigan — contained three-fourths of
the area under sugar beets in this country and pro-
duced three-fourths of the beets and sugar.
* * *
Jas. A. Houchin, president of the Star Clothing
Manufacturing Company and owner of the Astral
King Farm, Jefferson City, Mo., has been made presi-
dent of the Missouri Federation of Commercial Clubs.
+ * *
Miss Loula Long, of Kansas City, with her cousin,
Mrs. Bertie Reed Ellis, are visiting friends in New
York and Boston. Before returning home they will
visit Miss Long's sister, Mrs. Hayne Ellis, in Wash-
ington, D. C.
A. R. Shaw, prominent Chicago publisher and horse
lover, is a Southern California visitor this month.
Mr. Shaw is the owner of the good gelding, Lord
Roberts, which has been a consistent winner in local
classes at the South Shore Country Club and Inter-
national Horse Shows.
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The Breeder and Sportsman has been commissioned
to sell one of the most attractive saddle stallions
ever owned in Missouri. A horse of superb blood
lines, well gaited and educated and a proven sire of
the most sensational horses. This horse should find
a new home with little trouble and those interested
may have full information upon request to this paper.
* * *
Jas. Buford, Paris, Mo., who now has the big fair
ground stable that was built for John Hook and
John Woods, has more than 20 head of splendid
horses in training. Buford in the two years he has
been running a stable for himself, has been highly
successful and is credited with being one of the most
talented horsemen and "squarest men" in the busi-
ness.
* * *
The well known California saddle mare, Black
Belle, the property of Mr. W. Bernstein of Hanford,
California, has been sent to San Vicente Rancho,
Los Angeles, to be mated to the sensational young
stallion. San Vicente. This mating will be watched
with interest by California admirers of saddle horse
affairs San Vicente is attracting some of the most
noted mares in California to his court.
*♦♦
Frank B. Luschinger, of Monroe, Wis., president of
the fair at that place and known to horse lovers
everywhere as the owner of the good Rex McDonald
mare, Miss Cliff, last week purchased from Jas. Bu-
ford, of Paris, Mo., the great young mare Easter Girl,
a daughter of Randolph King. Easter Girl was the
champion two-year-old of Missouri in 1915. She is
one of the most beautiful mares in Missouri.
<■ * +
Wm. Timmerinan. Manning, Iowa, saddle horse
breeder, is advertising for sale a splendid young stal-
lion by his good son of Rex McDonald, Timmies Rex,
and out of Mildred Barton 8860, by Bourbon King!
Mildred Barton was a great show mare and has pro-
duced some splendid foals. The colt advertised by
Mr, Tinmierman is a model, is the ideal type and is
one of 'he most beautiful stallions living. He is
beautifully gaited for a colt and has extreme action
and a splendid way of going.
Dr. E. W. Berg, the well known Minneapolis vet-
erinarian and horseman, reports the purchase from
Longview Farm, Lee's Summit, Mo., of a very fine
flvc-gaited saddle mare which he has shipped to his
home in Minneapolis.
* * *
Dr. P. H. Gregory, of St. Charles, Mo., has pur-
chased a fine farm near the suburbs southeast of
Mexico, Mo. Dr. Gregory, who is a noted veterinary
surgeon and a breeder of purebred Jersey cattle and
Poland-China hogs, will move to the farm soon. Dr.
Gregory will stock the farm with purebred cattle and
swine and will cany on an extensive breeding busi-
ness. He is a well known saddle horse breeder and
at present owns some very high class youngsters
and some splendid brood mares.
* * *
S. J. Miller, wealthy stockman of Kirksville, Mo.,
was seriously injured in a big fire at Kirksville last
week, and his condition is considered critical. Mr.
Miller is one of Missouri's most extensive breeders
and dealers in horses and jacks and for many years
has been a prominent importer of Percherons, having
brought many noted horses to America. He also
owns a magnificent collection of saddle horses. Mr.
Miller has a host of friends throughout the country
where he has exhibited and judged at horse shows
who will regret to learn of his injury.
* * *
Ever since the Sage of Winchester, Col. Geo. J.
Peak of Winchester, 111., announced his retirement
from the show riug, horsemen in: every section of the
country who have known him and his invincible
stable of roadsters have been keenly interested in
the outcome of the Chicago sale .where they were
dispersed. Joe T. Harris of Columbia, Mo., owner of
the champions, Peter Pan and Prince Albert, offered
the last bid on John D. 2:15% and got him at $725;
Jack O'Brien & Son, Chicago, getting the clever
gelding Tommy Piper at $900; and Hans Berg of
Milwaukee got The Semifore for $200.
* * *
Langhorno Tabb Anderson, of Maysville, Ky.,
owner of the Point-au-View Farms, has made several
sales of three and five gaited horses since the first
of April. Every one sold was up to the well known
and now always expected Anderson standard of ex-
cellence and sold for the big prices that sort
always command. Notable among the sales was the
heavy weight three gaited gelding, Sport King, pur-
chased by Myron H. Oppenheim, of New York, for
$2,000. Mr. Anderson says Lillian Terry, the young
mare he purchased from Jump Cauthorn in January,
promises to equal the brilliancy of her illustrious
full brother, The Intelligencer.
* * *
L. B. Barnett, more familiarly known as "Splint"
and famous as the exhibitor of such horses as Rex
McDonald, Red Bud, Betsy Diamond,, Senator Stone,
Astral King and Marshall Chief, is training a class
of youngsters at the big Lee Bros.' Boulevard stables
at Mexico this spring, which will be starred at all
the Missouri county fairs and horse shows of the
autumn. "Splint" has the reputation of "having the
best stable every spring he has ever had" and in
speaking of this year's pupils he declares: "Wah-
wah-wah! I never had any such a lot of good saddle
horses in my whole life; no, sir, no such lot of pupils
as I have wah-wah-wah right now."
* * *
Every saddle horse lover in the country should
have one of Jas. Houchin's new Astral King Farm
catalogues, which is the most complete statistical
and historical sketch ever given of that famous sad-
dle stallion, Astral King. This catalogue gives a com-
plete list of Astral King's show ring winnings and the
horses he competed with in every class. Inasmuch
as these horses are the most celebrated the world has
ever known it makes his phenomenal success all the
more glorious. Write Mr. Houchin today, mention-
ing this free offer, and secure this splendid booklet
free and inform yourself of who's who in the show
ring and stud of the American Saddle Horse.
* * *
Longview Farm, Lee's Summit, Mo., the most
gorgeously equipped stock farm in the West, is ar-
ranging the most extensive show campaign in the
farm's existence this season. In addition to the exhi-
bition of the heavy harness and saddle show stable
which is under the colors of Miss Loula Long, the
farm will exhibit their magnificent herds of Jersey
cattle and Duroc hogs, which, by the way, occupy
the same distinguished position in their breed as the
show horses do in theirs. The saddle horses, which
will be shown under the management of John T.
Hook, will include these noted stars and youngsters:
Chloe Malone, Greta C, Coirine Gassner and Charlie
Cherrie, all members of the walk-trot division;
Prince of Melbourne, Silver Zizz and a new bay horse
they picked up in the "brush" in the gaited gelding
events; Maurine Fisher, Martha LaMar, Joan Saw-
yer and Rexie Dare in the gaited mare events. Rexie
Dare is now a three-year-old. She was champion
yearling at the P.-P. I. E. and the same year won the
Missouri Saddle Horse Futurity, which was given by
the Missouri Stockman, at Mexico; Kentucky's Best
will be starred in stallion classes, and a two-year-old
stallion and filly, yearling stallion and filly and wean-
ling stallion and filly, all of which will, of course, be
by My Major Dare or Kentucky's Best. In the big
stakes Kentucky's Best, Martha La Mar, Maurine
Fisher and Joan Sawyer will all be shown.
Allie Jones, the North Middletown, Ky., breede
and dealer, sold the past week to W. J. Twombley
of New York, a three-year-old chestnut colt by hi
good sire, Bourbon King, out of a daughter of Wil
son's King . The horse was shipped to his new owne
last Wednesday. He was bought for show purposes
* * *
A fine colt by Prince Roe, great saddle stallioi
ow-ned by V. G. Mullikan, Lexington, Ky., has beei
foaled on the farm of the Kentucky Experiment Sta
tion at Lexington. Prof. Hooper reports that thi
colt is large, bay in color, and is out of a gn
daughter of Chester Dare. The university now
four head of saddle stock.
+ + +
W. T. Griffey, who is connected with Harbison ant
Company, bought the past week a good trotting pros
pect from Mike Bowerman in a two-year-old browi
colt by Manrico out of Fleda F. (3) 2:21, by Morgai
Axworthy; second dam Muda S., the dam of the hal
mile track champion three-year-old Muda Guy 2:12
that later reduced her record to 2:09 against til
over the mile track at Lexington.
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J. W. Atterbury, of Madison, Mo., has sold his
saddle mare Catherine Countiss to Houchin & Andi
son, of Jefferson City, for ?1500. Catherine Countii
has been a consistent winner in her class in all t'.
big shows in which she has entered. She was fin
shown in five-gaited classes but has been converted
* * *
Louisville, Ky. — General John B. Castleman, d
Louisville, was re-elected president and R. H. Lilian:
secretary at the annual meeting of the American Sat]
die Horse Breeders's Association. The associatioi
by Dell Holeman, into a three-gaited mare of thi
highest type and class. Catherine Countiss
beautiful chestnut with flaxen mare and tail and is
a daughter of Grand McDonald.
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adopted a rule admitting female and gelding prog'
eny of registered thoroughbred mares, sired by reg-
istered stallions, to registration. Hon. Matt S. Co-
hen, State Commissioner of Agriculture, in an ad
dress asserted the world is facing the greatest horss
famine in its history. He estimated that approxi
mately one million fine horses had been sent frorr
the United States to Europe since the "war began,
* ♦ +
It is reported on good authority that owner H. B,
Thornberry, of Stockton, has sold his sensational
saddle gelding, champion of the Kentucky State Fail
and of the P.-P. I. E., to an eastern horseman, who
it is said, will put him into immediate training ii
one of the leading trotting horse drivers' stables ol
the East.
+ * <•
Keel & Son Win at Fort Worth.
At the horse show given in connection with the
recent Live Stock Exposition at Fort Worth, Texas
V. P. Keel, of Gainsville, Texas, won the lion's share
of the prizes. This firm was assisted by the well
known exhibitor, Jas. Buford, of Paris, Mo., and in
most classes was one, two and three. The saddle
stallion class proved another victorious performance
for Gallant King, second going to Joe Bailey, a new
horse of good class, and Forest Ike was given third,
In the mare and gelding event, Gentle Times, a gray
mare by Chester Times, was first; Miss Alice, second
and May Belle McCann, third. Championship class
Gallant King, first; Joe Bailey, second; Miss Alice,
third. Combination class, Gentle Times, first; Forest
Ike, second; Joe Bailey, third. Three-gaited class,
Gentle Times, first; Alorma Bay, second and T. M£
third. In the breeding classes Gallant King won all
his shows; Gentle Times, the mare classes, including
the championships. The firm of V. P. Keel & Son
won 20 first prizes, 18 seconds and 14 thirds. Gen-
eral Gano was the big winner in the harness events.
Gallant Girl won second in number of prizes and
money. R. P. Sterricker was the judge.
Mr. Jos. Hock and Ralph E. Thomas, prominent
Chicago business men, this week made their second
spring pilgrimage to Missouri and in company with
Jas. Buford, the well known Paris horseman, visited
Monroe City, Paris, Holliday, Excelsior Springs and
Kansas City. At Monroe City they got from Gabe
Johnson's stable the beautiful chestnut gelding
owned by Buckman Bros., and which is by their noted
sire. Bob McDonald. At Holliday they selected from
the Blades' stable the handsome stallions, Robert
E. Lee and Milan Chief. Both of these horses are
well known show horses of the most noted blood lines
and perfectly gaited. They were turned over to Mr,
Buford at Paris where Robert E. Lee will be gelded
and they will be prepared for the personal use of
Messrs. Hock and Thomas. They left attractive bids
on horses at Paris, Excelsior Springs and Kansas
City and it is most likely that they will get two more
of the horses inspected. These three horses will be
a magnificent addition to the stables of these well
known Chicagoans and an added asset to the already
famous mounts now becoming so familiar on Chicag
bridle paths. In a letter to the Breeder and Sporti
man Mr. Thomas stated they wanted more horses bu
the prices asked and the quality offered were prohib-
itive. A three-year-old which Mr. Thomas bought at
the Lexington sale will be sent to Buford for training
this year.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Notes and News
J. H. Dreyer of Ukiah wants the address of Frank
lazzard, formerly a trainer at Dixon.
* * *
Bon Voyage 2:08% ^~as sold at the Chicago March
; \uction and was bought for $475. The purchaser was
,Ir. C. Murby of Stratford, Ontario.
* * *
George Ryan's stable at Pleasanton is attracting
no re attention than any other stable in the state
it this time. Mr. Ryan is working a grand lot of
olts and has some regular whizzes in the stable.
* * *
Ventura's fair, September 26 to 29 inclusively, will
ie the biggest and best the association has ever con-
ducted, says secretary Hathaway, who is busy ar-
■anging his classification and purses.
* ♦ *
The Kern County Agricultural Pair Association
will hold its annual meeting for the election of offi-
cers for the coming Kern County Fair on Saturday,
ipril 28th, at 10:30 a. m.
$ «g> ■!■
J. Janson Jr. has a full line of new horse goods
ind invites the inspection of horsemen of his attrac-
tive stock at Pleasanton, Cal. Mr. Janson keeps his
stock up at all times and horsemen looking for up-
to-date equipment will not be disappointed if they
visit his establishment.
■ft $ 4.
Wilbur Lou 2:10%, the head of the magnificent
I stud at the Hemet Stock Farm, should attract the
best bred race mares in the state. This young
horse's services are most reasonable and the Hemet
. Stock Farm accommodations are unequaled in Cali-
fornia. Mares sent there will receive the best of
attention and treatment, whether they are there for
J one month or the entire year.
* * *
I A telegram received this morning from T. D.
I Shaughnessy, Secretary of the Arizona State Fair,
t announces nineteen days of running races under the
■ pari-mutuel system at Phoenix on the State Fair race
track, commencing April 30. Four hundred horses
lare going from Tia Juana. They are also planning
la fall meeting commencing fair week, Nov. 12 and
continuing until Christmas.
+ * *
The fact pacing mare, Miss Cappy 2:07%, daughter
of McElroberts, a good breeding son of Robert Mc-
Gregor 2:17%, was bought the past week by the
Louisville trotting horse fancier, J. E. Dawkins, from
the Pine Tree Stable, Lewiston, Maine. The inter-
ests of the matter were looked after by John W.
Engleman acting for Mr. Dawkins, and Ken Walker,
secretary of the Kentucky Sales C, for the Maine
aggregation.
* * *
An effort should be made to give a fair at Stock-
ton. The track is one of the best in the country and
the location is ideal. The live stock of that vicinity
is the best in the West and the breeders are anxious
to have a big fair. If the business men of Stockton
could be made to understand what a great fair they
could have this year by giving a big race meeting in
connection with a, big live stock fair, they probably
would get behind the movement and assure another
big meeting for California this year.
H. G. Cox ,of Forest Grove, Ore., is working his
good mare Haze! Patch and expects to race her this
1 year. She is very fast and is working around 2:06
at the present time. He is also working his good
I mare Lady Hal 2:05% and reports her faster than
ever. She is being worked without the straps and is
going good. Lady Hal is a real race mare and will
undoubtedly be a winner this year. Mr. Cox writes
he probably will race in Nebraska or Dakota this
year and expects to ship there about June 1.
**♦
In a letter received from W. H. Nesmith of Hum-
phreys, Mo., he states that King Lily Pointer 2:14,
Happy Clay 2:29, Embro Clay and Queen Pointer
have wintered fine and will be in good condition for
racing this year. He thinks King Lily Pointer will
get a record close to two minutes this season as he
has been a mile in 2:07, half in 1:01 and a quarter
in 28 seconds last year on a half mile track. His
dam, Lily S. by Direct, is also the dam of Zomrect
who took a record of 2:03% at the trotting gait last
year. King Lilly Pointer was bred by C. L. DeRyder
at Pleasanton, Cal.
* ♦♦
The well known trainer, Charles Guion, of North
Yakima, Wash., went to Baker, Ore., last week and
brought back the black trotter Amy McKinney 2:19%,
who upon the arrival at Yakima was very sick with
lung fever and died a few days after arrival. She was
owned by A. A. Fiddler of Haines, Oregon, and was
sired by Captain McKinney, son of McKinney 2:11 14.
Her dam, Amy May, was by Alexis, son of William L.
She was to have been trained and raced by Mr. Guion
this year and she makes a big vacancy in his good
stable. He is now looking for a good trotter to
replace her.
The nineteen-day race meeting scheduled to open
at Reno, New, on June 19 has been called off. Lee
Rose, who was to manage and be presiding judge at
the races, arrived in San Francisco Thursday and
gave out the announcement that, due to a shortage
of horses, the meeting will not be held. Plans are
now under consideration for twenty-five days of the
sport to be conducted at Reno in September. At
that time the Reno promoters expect to attract many
horses that will be on their way to Tia Juana.
Racing in the United States will not be affected
materially unless the war situation becomes serious.
This is the opinion of local horsemen and those in
the East( who are going ahead with the program of
meets that have been booked. The cases of England,
Germany, Russia, Canada and Australia, countries
that have been in the European conflict, are cited to
show that the turf sport has been running along. In
Europe the races have materially been curtailed, but
Canada and Australia have been promoting meets on
the same extensive scale as existed before the war.
The authorities permit races, as they assist in the
war operations. Extra taxes are imposed ,and the
turf sport has the additional benefit of stimulating
the breeding industry and furnishing remounts for
the cavalry.
* * *
A meeting was held recently in the city hall at
Salinas by the Salinas Valley Fair and Racing Asso-
ciation, and officers were elected for the ensuing
year.
The race meet will be held the second week in
July and the best trotters and pacers in the state
will take part. In conjunction with the meet there
will be a blooded stock show in which the prize live-
stock of every description will be shown.
The officers elected were: C. Z. Hebert, president;
C. A. Storm, vice-president; R. A. Stirling, treasurer;
James Anderson, secretary.
The directors are: S. N. Matthews, C. Z. Hebert,
Henry Struve, Ross Nissen, R. Garside, C. A. Storm,
R. A. Stirling, J. A. Trescony, F. McFadden and J. B.
Stirling.
* * *
President James W. Coffroth of the Lower Cali-
fornia Jockey Club will arrive in San Francisco the
latter part of this week and will have announcements
to make for another meeting at Tijuana to start on
Thanksgiving day. Leon Wing, an official of the
Jockey Club, declares that horses from all over the
country will come out to participate in the sport.
During the meeting just closed there were never
less than 600 horses at the course, reports Wing, and
ihe number will be increased for the coming events.
President Coffroth is going to exercise more care,
however, in making reservations for stable accom-
modations, so that the suspicious owners will be
barred out with their strings.
"Tijuana has been established as the racing center
of the West now," declares Wing, "and the sport will
improve as the years go by. The people of San Diego
and Coronado have taken a fancy to the races, and
the attendance during the 125 days was remarkable.
On the last day there were over 28,000 present, which
gives you an idea of the interest that is being at-
tracted."
* * *
Cricket, the first pacing mare that ever took a rec-
ord of 2:10 and who afterwards developed into a
wonderful producinng dam, when relegated to the
stud, died on March 24 at the age of thirty-two years.
She was bred by the late H. W. Meek of San Leandro
and was owned by him all during his lifetime and
afterwards by his estate. She was foaled in 1885
and made her first appearance in public as a three-
year-old in 1888. She was raced successfully both in
California and down the Grand Circuit for two years,
and finally took her record of 2:10 at Independence,
Iowa, in 1890. This was her most successful year
on the turf, winning ten out of twelve races and
breaking three world's records. She was then re-
tired to the stud where she produced eighteen foals,
nine of which took standard records. The fastest of
her get are Coleen 2:05% by Charley D. and Bold
Harry Aerolite 2:07% by Aerolite G. Another of her
sons, Win. Harold 2:13yi by Sidney, is the sire of
nine performers including the trotter Janice 2:08%
and the pacers Frannk N. 2:07% and The Iceman
2:10, while one of his daughters is the dam of Harold
Welcome 2:08%.
+ + +
News From Forest Grove.
"I want to tell you about Hal Paxton's only living
colt," writes Fred" Woodcock, the well known horse
lover and breeder of Forest Grove, Oregon. "He was
foaled April 27, 1916. I was driving him when he
was seven months and the tenth time hitched he
could pace a forty gait. I have only hitched him
once since then and then to show him. George
Swisher, H. G. Cox, Charlie Flanders and the Merrill
Bros, all have seen him perform and their verdict
is that if he is a fair sample of the kind of horses
Hal Paxton sires, he will beat his sire in many ways.
Captain Mack has wintered fine. Paxton is going
souud and I look for him to be troublesome to the
ten-class pacers this year. Lady Hal and Hazel
Patchen arc working fine for owner Cox. Geo.
Swisher has Cavalier Gale, having leased him from
the owner . He will train at Myrtle Point, Ore., this
vear. Bessie L. is in foal to Cavalier Gale. Lou
Miller and Lady Julia, the dam of Lady Hal 2:05%,
are both in foal to Captain Mack 2:10%."
IT'S A LONG WAYS FROM WALNUT HALL TO
SALMON, IDAHO.
[By C. A. Harrison.]
When I hear of or see a new man in the harness
horse business I always feel like shouting, because
every once in a while we meet or hear of some sore
head who probably is more often called and certainly
more familiarly known as a knocker. I believe as a
noted Alaskan, Black Sullivan, believed and once
told Theodore Roosevelt, that a booster was worth
twenty dollars a night to his gambling house while
a "knocker" was a detriment to the whole universe.
This certainly applies to the harness horse business.
One of the new men in the game in this great
West is Mr. George W. Oliver, of Salmon, Idaho.
Where is Salmon, Idaho? — well, it's a long ways
from Walnut Hall. Salmon is 200 miles southwest
of Butte, Montana, on a privately owned railroad.
Trains run from Armslead, Mont., to Salmon three
times every week. This town is in the center of the
great Idaho cow country and Mr. Oliver is the owner
of a large cattle ranch. People are scarce and good
cows and fat steers are most plentiful.
Mr. Oliver, being a former New York rider and
crack amateur driver, is a genuine lover of the Stand-
ard bred horse and he has on his big ranch a few
choicely bred mares; some with fast records, which
he drove in New York. With the brood mares
Mr. Oliver brought from New York, a stallion which
I believe is beyond any question one cf the most
fashionably bred ones ever brought west of the Mis-
souri river.
This horse is Mannister 51735, a five-vear-old son
of Walnut Hall 2:08%, sire of the wondrous race
horse The Harvester 2:01. Mannister's dam is one
of the most prized matrons. May Rosa, by Moko;
second dam the good producing mare, Mary Sprague,
by Governor Sprague, the sire of Rosa Sprague, dam
of the great sire and race horse McKinney! 3rd dam
by Edwin Forest 49; 4th dam Bayadere, by Bay
Chief. Mannister is a stallion of superb conforma-
tion and is formed like a breeding stallion should be.
He stands up on his legs like a model, is 16 hands
high, weighs 1,100 pounds and is a glorious brown
without a white hair on him. In disposition and man-
ners .Mannister is a perfect gentleman; his feet and
legs are like finely chiseled black marble and no
defects of any sort are in sight. This grand stallion
is a real trotter, as his royal breeding indicates.
While he has never been trained regularly he has
been a mile in 2:14, and the way he can pick them
up and set them down again is good enough to warm
the heart of any horseman who knows and loves a
perfect trotter.
As I said at first, it's a long ways from Walnut
Hall to Salmon, Idaho; but I have found elegantly
bred trotting horses in many out-of-the-way place's
and I do not recall of having ever seen a more incon-
veniently located place for as well founded an estab-
lishment of Harness horses as the Oliver Rancho,
at Salmon, Idaho. However, I congratulate owner
Oliver on his enterprise and in owning such horses,
and the great Northwest in attracting him to this
country.
+ •> *
The California Breeders 'Sales Company, which
maintains offices at Sacramento, has conducted some
exceptionally successful stock sales in the West re-
cently and are now active in the promotion of sev-
eral others of great importance which will be con-
ducted in the next few weeks. C. L. Hughes, the
assistant secretary of the company, is the sales man-
ager and much of the success of the concern has
been brought about through his splendid efforts.
Other officers of the company are: J. M. Henderson.
Jr., president; A. A. Merkley, vice-president; Fred
W. Kiesel, treasurer, and Frank L. Morris, secretary.
They constitute the strongest and most complete
sales company in the West and make a specialty of
dispersal and annual live stock sales.
* + *
Geo. W. Oliver, of Salmon, Idaho, announces in this
issue that he must sell his grandly bred stallion,
Mannister 51735. at once. Mr. Oliver lives in a coun-
try where the horse is unappreciated and where
there is not a possibility of his being of any service
to the breed and of any income to his owner. He
is right to go on and make a good season and race
this year, and in the right hands will undoubtedly
prove a winner. Last season with 40 days jogging
he was taken to the Montana State Fair, at Helena,
and won second and third money in two starts. The
same week he was given a heat record of 2:22, step-
ping the last quarter in thirty-two and one-half sec-
onds. He is a sure foal getter and a bull-dogger of
a race horse. He should be retained in the West and
given every opportunity in the stud and in his speed
development. An article by C. A. Harrison appears
in another column of this issue, which gives that well
known authority's opinion of him. Mr. Harrison's
article was printed before the advertisement was
received and is his honest opinion of this good horse.
Write Mr. Oliver, at Salmon, Idaho, mentioning this
paper if interested.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 14, 1917
ALL READY FOR TROUT SEASON.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
TRAPSHOOTING FIXTURES.
Augusts 0. 21. 22. 23. 24. 1917— Chicago, Ills.— The Inter-
state Association's Eighteenth Grand American Trap-
shooting Tournament, under the auspices of the South
Shore Country Club Gun Club; 4.0005 added money.
"Winner of first place in the Grand American Handicap
guaranteed $500 and a trophy; winner of second place
guaranteed 5400 and a trophy; "winner of third place
guaranteed $300 and a trophy; winner of fourth place
guaranteed $200 and a trophy, and the winner of fifth
place guaranteed $100 and a trophy. Numerous other
trophies will also be awarded, Elmer E. Shaner, Man-
ager. Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania.
May 28, 29, 3ft, 1917 — San Jose, Cal. — The Interstate Asso-
ciation's Twelfth Pacific Coast Trapshooting Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the San Jose Gun Club;
$1300 added money. Winner of first place in the Pa-
cific Coast Handicap guaranteed 5100 and a trophy;
winner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy,
and the winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a
trophy. Elmer E. Shaner. Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa-
April 15— Lindsay. Cal. — Lindsay Gun Club. Chas. C.
Barieu. Secretary.
April 22- — Tacoina, Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament .under the auspices of
the Tacoma Gun Club. E. E. Young, Secretary.
April 23. 24 — Lewiston. Idaho — Lewiston Gun Club. C. E.
Butler, Secretary.
April 2S, 29 — Fresno. Cal— Fresno Blue Rock Club. C. B.
Jackson. Secretary-
May 6 — Coalinga. Cal. — Coalinga Gun Club. E. N. Ayers,
President-
May 6 — Bingham, Utah — Utah State Sportsmen's Asso-
ciation. A. K. Bain. Secretary-
May 6 — Denver. Colo. — Denver Trap Club. Warren Con-
ley, Secretary-
May 7 — Crete. Nebr. — Crete Gun Club. Frank J. Kobes,
Secretary.
May ,, 8 — Salem. Oregon — Oregon State Tournament, un-
der the auspices of the Capital City Rod & Gun Club.
Mark Siddall. Secretary.
May 13 — Everett. "Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters" League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Everett Gun Club. C. E. French, Secretary.
May 13 — Eureka. Cal. — Eureka Blue Rock Club. W. E.
Innes. Secretary.
May 13. 14. 15 — Los Angeles, Cal. — Vernon Gun Club.
Stanton A. Bruner, Secretary-
May 14. 15. 16 — Spokane, Wash. — Spokane Gim Club.
"Old Policy." Chas. A. O'Connor, President.
May 20, 21 — Seattle, Wash. — Washington State Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the Green Lake Gun Club.
G. A. Conklin, Secretary-.
May 21, 22. 23 — Los Angeles, Cal. — California-Nevada
State Tournament, under the auspices of the Los An-
geles Gun Club. Fred H. Teeple, Secretary.
May 23. 24 — Ogden. Utah — Utah State Tournament, under
the auspices of the Ogden Gun Club. A R. Bain,
Secretarv.
June 2. 3 — Moore. Mont. — Moore Rod & Gun Club. W. N.
Sharp. Secretary.
June 3 — Alameda. Cal. — Alameda Elks Gun Club. F. E.
Hilger .Secretary.
June 17. 18 — Billings, Mont.— Billings Rod & Gun Club.
W. KL Moore. President^
June 17. IS. 19 — Palouse, Wash. — Idawa Gun Club. John
P. Duke, Secretary.
June 24 — Bellingham. Wash. — Northwest Washington
Trapshooters' League Tournament, under the auspices
of the Bellingham Gun Club. L Dienberger. Secretary-
June 24. 25. 26. 27 — Portland, Ore. — Sportsmen's Associa-
tion of the Northwest Tournament, under the auspices
of the Portland Gun Club. H. R. Everding, Secretary.
July 22 — Chehalis. "Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters* League Tournament, under the auspices of
ihe Chehalis Gun Club. Harrv Quick. Secretary-
July 23. 24. 25— Portland. Ore— Pacific Indians. F. C.
Uiehl. Secretary.
July 2.. 25. 29— Del Monte, Cal.. Del Monte Gun Club.
J. F. Neville. Secretary.
August 19 — Blaine, Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' Leasrue Tournament, under the auspices of
the Blaine Gun Club. F. L. Cott, Secretary.
Ausrust 19— Kellogg, Idaho— Kellogg Gun Club. R. E.
Thomas, Secretary.
August 27 — Williams, Ariz.— Williams Gun Club. W. D.
Flr.nty. President.
.September 9 — Seattle, Wash. — Northwest Washington
Trapshooters* League Tournament, under the auspices
of the Green Lake Gun Club. G. A. Conklin. Sec'tv.
September 17. 18 — Los Angeles. Cal. — Los Angeles Gun
Tlub. Fred H. Teeple, Secretary.
October 9. 10— Hillside, Ariz.— Three Mule Shoe Gun Club.
"Old Policy." Thad. P. Mullen. Secretary.
October 13, 14 — Phoenix. Ariz. — Arizona State Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club.
Dell E. Morrell, Secretary.
*♦*
Revive Dog Racing. — New York. — There's to be a
revival of the old English sport of dog racing on Long
Island this spring. A lot of forty whippets, some
from the kennels of Lady Decies. the daughter of
George J. Gould, are now on the way to this country
consigned to James C. Cooley. polo manager of the
Meadowbrook club, and now acting in a similar ca-
pacity at the Aiken. S. C. Polo Club. He already
has found new owners for nearly all of the fleet little
dogs among residents near the Meadowbrook club,
and the first rac<- will be on its polo fields.
Two hundred yards is the orthodox distance for
a dog race, which is just two-thirds the length of a
regulation size polo field, and there are stretches of
suitable turf overlooked by the verandas of every
golf or country club that will furnish courses for
the flying little greyhounds.
The American Kennel Club has no rule that gov-
erns dog racing . Yet the sport has been popular in
the United States for many years. More than one
British mechanic coming to this country as an immi-
grant has brought in a whippet or two with his lug-
i nd they have kept up the racing near Provi-
dence. R J.. Fall River. Mass.. and Paterson. Passaic,
and Newark. X. J., or wherever weavers of silk and
cotton millhands have settled.
H. L. Herbert, chairman of the Polo Association,
believes the experiment will meet with success. "I
have heard of the Meadowbrook importation of whip-
pets," said Mr. Herbert, "and from what I have seen
of dog racing on my trips to England I often won-
dered why it has not been introduced at our country
clubs. The polo fields would be fine courses and an
attractive point is that there is no element of cruelty
in the sport,"
90
Salt Lake Club. — Gunsters from Idaho, Montana.
Colorado. Wyoming and Utah flocked to the Salt
Lake Gun Club traps to participate in the first of
three state registered tournaments which the scatter-
gun artists of Utah arranged on April 1.
In class A. H. S. Mills and A. P. Bigelow tied for
the high general average with scores of 141 out of
150. To decide the rightful titleholder of the trophy
for this class it was necessary to hold a shoot-off.
Mills won, making a perfect string of twenty, while
Bigelow dropped two birds in the race.
H. W. Heagren and C. L. Bray tied for honors in
the class B race. Both broke 127 out of a possible
150. It was then necessary to stage a twenty-bird
shoot-off in order to decide the winner of the class
trophy. There was much enthusiasm aroused during
this event, as competition between the two contest-
ants was very keen. It proved a fight to the last,
bringing Bray out at the long end of the string with
a score of 20 to Heagren's 18 out of 20.
Perhaps the most interesting event was the one
in which C. H. Heilley. Jr.. challenged and defeated
L. E. Riter for the State Association challenge trophy.
E. B. Heagren won the fifth leg on the handicap
loving cup which is being so keenly contested at the
club. The scores:
Mills 144. Bigelow 141, -'Hood 139. Riter 138. Nelson
137, Moffat -35. Smith 135, Bishop 134. Reilley 134.
Mitchell 134. 'MeGanney 134. Welch 131. Siddoway
128. H. W. Heagren 127. * Anderson 125. Luff 125. Bain
124. Humphrey 123, Bray 123. Fisher 122 Ruttle 122.
Fowler 117. Stoney 108. Ackerman 98, Hudson 90.
Smoot 74. J. F. Cowan 72x90. Heppler 44x75. Gal-
lagher 43x60. E. B. Heagren 42x50. W. D. Anderson
34x50, R. Heagren 31x50. S. Fowler 31x50. C. Mitchell
26x50, Orlob 23x50, Spry 19x25. Baldwin 18x25. Sei-
dell 11x25. Brown 8x25. ^Professionals.
OB
Fish in Inyo County. — The fifth installment of the
fish fry data as compiled by Robert Paulsen gives the
complete distribution in Inyo county. They are:
Distribution of black spotted trout — Haiwee reser-
voir 14,500.
Loch Leven trcut — Bishop creek, south fork. 7,000,
Big Pine creek 8.000. Lubken 3,000. Tuttle creek
5,000, Lone Pine creek 2 500. Olancha creek 5,000.
Shepherds creek 3,000, Walker creek 1,500. Oloncha
creek 2,000.
Eastern brook trout — Bishop creek, north fork,
11,500, Big Pine 8,500, Lubken 5.000. Tuttle 3,000,
Lone Pine 5.500. Mirror Lake 5,000, Consultation
Lake 7,000, Headwaters of Lone Pine 5,000, Olancha
6,000, Shepherds 4,500, Thieban creek 3,000. Lake at
head of south fork of Oak creek 5.000, Walker creek
1.000. Olancha 2.000. Goodale 1,500, Taboose 2.500,
Rainbow trout — Bishop creek at Andrews Camp.
6.000, Tinemaha 4,000. Big Piine 4,000, Svma creek
6,000. Charles creek 2,000, Little Onion Vallev. south
fork of Oak creek 3,000, Goodale 2.000. Taboose 2.000
GB
Due notice is hereby served to trout in the streams
of Utah and Idaho to beware of one W. H. "Harry"
Shearman .erstwhile member of the city commission
of Salt Lake and prospective banker of Ogden. Said
Mr. Shearman has long been a disciple of Izaak Wal-
ton, but now he will be more so. The reason is the
presentation to Mr. Shearman by the employes of the
water works department of a "Hardy" fly rod. The
rod is the finest that could be purchased in Salt Lake.
Made in England and the exact duplicate of one used
by King George V. when the king can find time to
go fishing. The rod weighs 6% ounces and is 10 feet
long.
as
Rod and Gun Clubs. — Up in Sherman county. Ore.,
there have recently been organized three rod and
gun clubs which bid fair to stir up considerable
interest in the preservation and propagation of game
in the State of Oregon.
C. L. Ireland .editor of the Sherman Countv Ob-
server, Mora, is actively interested in the subject
and particularly in the game clubs.
A ninnovation in the form of a shooting contest
among the three clubs was staged not long ago. The
losing club paid the penalty by chartering a moving
picture show for the day. Everyone was a welcome
guest.
In the evening state and district fish and game of-
ficials attended a smoker given in their honor bv the
club members.
Streams Reported in Good Condition For the Big;
Opening, on May 1st.
All streams up and down the coast are reported to
be in excellent condition for the opening of the trout
season on May 1st. There is just a little more water
than is wanted when the fly fisherman casts his lures
over the riffles and into the pools. That means that
when the season opens the water will be right for
the fly caster, with his patient willingness to work
for his creelful. The salmon egg fisherman, whose
joy is to beat a single pool or lagoon until he has
cleaned it of fish or until he has his legal limit, may
not be so favored.
If the present month continues dry there may be
the same wail that went up at the opening of last
season — that there are no trout. When the streams
get too low the trout of the coast streams, being
steelhead. follow the inclination of their kind and
drop out of the creeks and into the ocean. The
migrating schools will take with them the best of the
fish — the big fellows, the one pounders and the lively
half pounders. The fingerlings, of course, remain,
to be cursed by the sportsmen and killed and creeled
by the "plumpers."
It is agreed among all the anglers that a week of
rain will be a blessing on the land and the streams
that cut through it Some even declare that three
days of light rainfall will do the trick.
As to the mountain waters, they will take care of
themselves. Unusually heavy snows have fallen all
winter and have barely begun to thaw. News of
recent heavy fall of snow has been received from
Mount Shasta.
Apparently California's anglers are both observant
and well behaved, for nary a one has fallen into the
clutches of the law for fishing since April 1 — so far
as can be learned from the reports of the game com-
mission's deputies. This, in view of the general be-
lief prevalent some time ago that the early opening
would be had this year, shows that the publicity
scattered statewide by the commission to protect the
anglers has had its effect.
Be the fishing good or poor in May, the fishermen
are a patient lot. They whip five miles of a stream
for a limit of trout, and they can wait a year for
better conditions. None of them will forget that in
1918 the trout season will open April 1.
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Long Run Trophies — The Du Pont Long Run
Trophy proposition which proved so popular among
trapshooters during 1915 and 1916 will be continued
this year with a few minor changes. During the
operation of our plan in 1917 an attractive watch fob
will be awarded to amateur and professional trap-
shooters for their first straight run of 50 targets or
over. For each additional run of 50 or over the
shooter will receive a bar for attachment to his fob,
the width of the bar dependent upon the length of
his run. When an amateur has made 15 runs of 50
or better he is awarded a standard, open-face. 17-
jeweled watch with a 25-year guaranteed case, either
lady's or gentleman's model. A professional is re-»
quired to make 25 long runs in order to win one of
these trophies.
As soon as a shooter has made a sufficient num-
ber of runs to win a watch, he may start competing
for another. It should be understood, however, that
the Long Run Trophy winner has the privilege of
taking merchandise to the value of $20 instead of
the second or third watch which he may win.
During 1917 instead of awarding the shooter a sec-
ond Long Run Trophy Fob for his sixteenth run, he
will be given a pair of appropriate and attractive
cuff links. Should he make a sufficient number of*
long runs this year to entitle him to a third fob. he
will be sent a handsome scarf pin instead of another
fob. A bar will also be sent to the shooter in addi-
tion to the cuff links or scarf pin for attachment to
his first fob. If a shooter has won one or more fobs
during 1915 and 1916. he will not be awarded another
one in 1917. Cuff links will be sent him instead of
the first fob he wins this year, and a scarf pin in lieu
of the second. This ruling applies to amateurs and
professionals alike.
It is understood of course that all runs in order
to count must be made in Registered Tournaments
and by shooters using DuPont. Ballistite, Schultze or
Empire Powder. The DuPont Powder Company
feels sure that their 1917 Long Run Trophy proposi-
tion will appeal to the trapshooters and that they
will avail themselves of the opportunity to win these
attractive trophies.
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Trophies For Local Shooters. — Notification was re-
ceived from the American Amateur Trapshooters'
Association that W. A. Joslyn, C. A. Haight and
Owen N. Jones, professionals, of the Golden Gate
Gun Club of San Francisco, had qualified for the 75-
per cent proficiency medal for ten certified scores of
38x50 or better.
Joslyn broke 452 out of 500 targets, for the average
of 90.4 per cent; Haight broke 446 out of 500. for an
average of 89.2 per cent, and Jones broke 428 out of
500 for an average of 85.6 per cent.
The medals are the first of a series of five to be
awarded by the A. A. T. A. to amateurs and profes-
sionals on the basis of percentages, which represent
official recognition of proficiency at the traps.
Saturday. April 14, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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GOLDEN GATE REGISTERED SHOOT.
0. N. Ford Is High with Toney Prior Second in
Trophy Events; Many High Scores.
Fifty-eight shooters turned out on Sunday for the
registered tournament of the Golden Gate Club on
the Alameda grounds. O. N. Ford emerged winner
with a score of 98 out of 100 in the trophy events
It was a day of high scores and keen competition for
the honors.
Toney Prior and Barney Worthen tied for second
place in the trophy events with 96. Others who won
trophies were: Ted Handman 94, Dr. R. N. Fuller
94, H. Lorenson 93, Dr. Topham 92, A. G-. Flickinger
92, H. A. Ray 92, F. Stall 91 and H. McLachlan 91.
Fred Willett topped the professionals with 96 and
Len Hawxhurst was a close second with 94.
In the money events. 97x100 scores were turned in
by O. N. Ford, Dr. R. N. Fuller and O. N. Jones, the
last named a professional. Five gunners were only
one bird behind, they being H. Lorenson, Tom
Wilkes, Fred Willett. Dick Reed and Len Hawxhurst.
Frederick K. Burnham was there with a 95. It was
some contest. "Onion" Jones, the young profes-
sional, banged the first four frames of twenty each
wi'hout a miss and had a high run of 87. The
scores were as follows:
Trophy Events.
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T. Prior I19J19U9 10 20
Miss G. Meyers . . Jll|19|l4|15!l2
A. Durney [16 17I18I17I17
G. Nespa 5 8 9|ll| 7
H. Stelling Il9 18|l7 17 15
B. Worthen >19 18119 20:20
T. Handman il8l20|19ll8il9
H. B. Vallejo il8!16|17|18J19
W. J. Terry |15<17 19U8 19
O. N. Ford 20!20 1SI20'20'98
Dr. Martin ]19i 15 1 18| 20 16! SS
H. McLachlan Il6|19ll7l20 19J91
H. Osilvie !l6|19!16ll2ll5J78
F. Willett i20U9J19!18!20l86
C. C. Huber Il5i16il5il2'18|76
H. Kuhlman !l0J12|l5|llll6 64
E. B. Thoming U8H8|20I1615J87
*R .C. Reed il8H9il9H7|l7i90
H. Lorenson il9 19'18'1819[93
Dr. McGettigan . . . 119,15 14.1lil7i76
F. K. Burnham |17il7il6il8|19|87
H. Havens I17|16J20|18 17
T. Wilkes jl9|19jl6ll8Jl5
G. Walker 4i 3| 3112114
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R. Fuller |19 18119 18120
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H. Garrison |l9jl8|19|l8!l6
Dr. Topham J19J19.18 17 ' "
T. D. Riley |19|18 15117
J. B. Brady I16'16 17119
W. L. Webber !]6il2JlO|l7
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M. E. Kevser 'll| 9|ll| 8| 6
S. T. Atwood I 6H0| 9].. ..
H. A. Ray il9H9|19il5J20
H. R. Phinney I16il9ll8|18|19
A. J. Williams !15|20|19|15!19
F. Webster I16|14|19Ih|i9|82
*0. N. Jones H8|17|18|16I17 86
O. D. Hamlin I16|13jl2|12ll2 65
L. L. Goble !14|lljl7|16|l2 80
*H. J. Truscott 1131 9I19J14I15 70
*E. Stressler |ll|l4Jlo| 9|13 62
C. Linderman I15I18|18|20I18 89
F. Stall Il8il9|17!19!18 91
,G. Stall il8J16|16!17J19 88
J. Dorsey |16il7|16|16|16 85
B. R. Hart 113 3 6|12L. 34
H. C. Peet |15tl7|12! . . . . 44
S. Hauser U4H5J10I . . . . 39
Dr. Sweeney I17!15il5|18 . .]65
*J. W. F. Moore. ..11716 ■19H8il2|82
G. Thomas I17|15|19|18J15|84
sChas. Knieht .... H4116J16]17 18|81
«L. Middleton |. .|. ,|. .]. .|. .|. .
W. Smith J14I17|10|15|14|76
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is growing with such rapid strides in the favor of
college men as is trapshooting. The sport has be-
come a recognized means of intercollegiate competi-
tion and that means that it is on the high road to
more complete recognition.
It's only natural that this should be the case. Trap
shooting has long been one of my favorite sports,
and naturally I can speak with authority on the sub-
ject. Every college not only has its trap shooting
team now, but has dozens of young men who follow
the sport in odd hours at the local gun clubs. In
addition to this trap shooting is now becoming the
recognized pastime for college graduates and ath-
letes whose active days on the gridiron, diamond or
track are over.
Trap shooting has proved a boon to the college
man. There's a peculiar reason for this, one that has
not generally been noted. More than half of the stu-
dents coming into the colleges in the big cities now-
adays come from small towns and the farming sec-
tions. Invariably their boyhood days have been
passed with guns in their hands.
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In the past when they have left their homes for
a four-year period in college they have been forced
to lay aside their guns. The only time they are
home in the four years is the summer months when
there is no hunting.
Now trapshooting has changed all this. The col-
lege boy now takes his gun to college, secure in
the knowledge that the college will have a gun club,
where he can get recreation and do something for
his college, or he can compete at least once every
week at one of the gun clubs located in and about
the city where his college is situated.
Naturally, the prevalence and rapid increase of
trap shooting in the colleges has raised the physical
and mental standard of the students, for they have
improved in general condition, have developed clearer
minds, quicker eyes, and more sound nerves than
they ever had before. In fact, I'm the strongest kind
of a booster for trap shooting in the colleges. — [By
Robert C. Folwell, Head Football Coach, University
of Pennsylvania.
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About Famous Sporting People. — For many weeks
baseball fans have been reading and talking about
the salaries that the big fellows of the game were
going t oget during the coming season.
One star in particular caused extra comment, that
was Grover Cleveland Alexander. He being the Na-
tional League's best, he thought he was worth more
than last year's salary, so held out for $15,000. He
finally compromised on $12,000. The period of wait-
ing, together with its many conferences, was surely
one of suspense, and naturally his nerves were some-
what unstrung. After he had affixed his signature
to a two-year contract he no doubt felt that a big
load had been lifted from his shoulders, and made
plans for recreation. His first enjoyment was a trip
to the Beideman Gun Club of Camden, N. J., of which
many prominent Philadelphians are members, where
he demonstrated his ability as a trapshooter, and got
in trim for a hunting and fishing trip he was to take
with Pat Moran. Aleck handles a gun as well as he
does a baseball and his scores at the traps equal the
majority of shooters. He can hardly be classed as
the "only one," however, for many other baseball
stars are trapshooting enthusiasts. Among them are
Chief Bender, Frank Baker, Ty Cobb, Joe Jackson,
Wilbert Robinson, Hans Wagner, Christy Mathewson,
Harry Davis, Tris Speaker, Bob Shawkey, Eddie Col-
lins, Joe Bush, Doc. Crandall, Walter Johnson, Jack
Coombs, Gabby Cravath, Eddie Plank, Bill Killefer,
Bill Carrigan and many other notables.
Another famous sportsman is Capt. Jack Wulf,
amateur champion trapshooter of America. The cap-
tain shoots for the pure love of the sport and he can
always give an interesting talk on his trapshooting
experiences. He is a bachelor and while not a multi-
millionaire is wealthy. Of course in these high cost
of living days, the average married man hasn't much
chance to get any more than he needs, which fact
gives Capt. "Jack" a handicap.
He has hit the fifty-five year mark of life and is
still a specimen of health and vigor, thus casting
aside Dr. Osier's idea that a man is worthless after
he has passed the two-score line. He attributes his
condition to the hours he has spent in the open.
Trapshooting has given him confidence, assurance,
and above all else, a rugged constitution. He would
not trade his lot with John D. Rockefeller. He
doesn't have to, for that matter.
While not a tight-wad, he admits that the cost of
trapshooting is an item. But, he argues, isn't it far
better to be out of doors, engaging in a healthy, fas-
cinating sport at a cost of a few dollars here and
there, than to mope around cafes, restaurants and
cabarets at an equal or greater expenditure? This
is his argument and it certainly appears to be a sound
one. If trapshooting man make one feel well and
strong and eager to battle his way through the world,
isn't it greatly preferable than to have riches heaped
upon you and get your only pleasure in the sordid
amusement of the theatre and cabaret? There are
other things in this world besides money, and as
Capt. "Jack' 'says, he would rather have his health
than every dollar he possesses. After all, when you
come to think it over, it is health, not riches, that
brings happiness.
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Picnic For Anglers — All of a hundred anglers and
their wives and friends are expected to take part in
the California Anglers' Association annual outing to
be held Sunday, April 15. at Moss Beach. While the
use of their time will naturally be at the disposition
of those who take part in the picnic, those who want
the real spirit of the outing will fish.
Drop line angling and surf casting will be the order
of the day and the valuable prizes will be presented
for the biggest fish and for the best baskets. Com-
mittee chairman J. V. Jervis is rounding out the
plans for the event.
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Seattle Association. — Owing to April 1st being the
opening of the game fish season in the state, only a
few shooters turned out and shot through a program
that was featured by the erratic targets that the
gusty wind furnished on this date. Hugh Fleming
and C. L. Templeton furnished the high scores in the
fifty-target race, they both going forty-eight. Fred
Landwehr took second with forty-four. Fleming also
furnished the high score in the hundred target event
by going ninety-six, Fred Landwehr taking second
here also with eighty-nine.
The Seattle Trapshooters' Association as well as
other clubs of the locality are planning a strong in-
vasion of Tacoma on April 22, the occasion being the
second shoot of the Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League, a registered shoot. The scores:
At 50 Targets — C. L. Templeton 48, Hugh Fleming
48. Fred Landwehr 44, Ralph Kinzer 42, Wm. P. An-
derson 40, Jack Lewis 38, W. B. Taft 38, C. F. Rein-
hard 28.
At 100 Targets— Hugh Fleming 96, Fred Landwehr
89, Ralph Kinzer 85, Jack Lewis 81, C. F. Reinhard
53. Yours, E. A. FRY, Sec'y.
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Shoot at Calexico.— Breeder and Sportsman: A
newly organized gun club known as the New River
Gun Club opened its grounds at Calexico, Cal., April
1st, with a membership of nineteen, and the officers
are as follows: President, J. E. Stockdale; vice-
president, J. G. Scott; secretary and manager, J. T.
Downs.
The grounds are located in the edge of a eucalyp-
tus grove with southern exposure, giving a perfect
skylight bird above the mountains in Mexico, about
forty miles distant. We are enclosing the official
scores of both weeks' shoots and ask you to publish
the two, in order to see the remarkable improvement
made.
In another week we will be able to start shootinig
in classes A, B and C, and if you care to notify any
companies that are in the habit of furnishing trophies
for beginners we will appreciate it. Our shoots are
conducted according to the rules of the Interstate
Association.
As I have shot in registered tournaments, I will
not expect to compete for them. Have been a reader
of your paper for the past four years.
Please address any communications to either J. E.
Stockdale or J. T. Downs, Box 112, Calexico, Cal.
Very truly yours,
J. T. DOWNS.
P. S. — Please let me know who the president of the
California-Nevada Trapshooters' Association is, as
we hope to be registered with them.
[Editor's Note. — G. H. Anderson of San Jose is
president of the association. Clarence A. Haight,
Chronicle Building, S. F., is secretary, and the man
to get into communication with.]
The scores, April 1— J. T. Downs 93x100, J. E.
Stockdale 54x100, J. A. Hoblet 55x65, E. C. Stevens
30x50, T .B. Owens 24x40, S. C. Blackman 15x30, A. C.
Baskin 14x30, C. M. Higgins 19x25, N. O. Emert 19x25,
Ray Bomers 15x25, H. A. Jarvis 10x25, O. E. Camp-
bell 14x20. J. G. Scott 4x20. Visitors: Geo. Dixon
42x50, A. B. Cravath 34x50, O. C. Harris 27x50, W. L.
Hefner 26x50, W. L. Wright 25x50, O. L. Peterson
14x25.
Score, April 8— Stockdale 58x100, Higgins 45x50,
Downs 41x50, Baskin 43x50. Stevens 35x50. Fred
McCoy 17x50, Blackman 18x25, Jarviis 13x25. Vis-
itors: Diixon 39x50, Wright 33x50, Osborn 16x25,
Reed 13x25.
Calexico, Cal., April 8.
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Left Handed Shooters. — Through the article re-
cently published about left-handed trapshooters my
attention has been called to a squad of left-handed
trapshooters that seldom missed a trapshooting tour-
nament in the Missouri Valley ten or a dozen years
ago. This squad remained intact for two years, and
in that time did not suffer a defeat.
The slogan at all the shoots was, "Let's get up a
squad to trim the southpaws." Many tried; none
succeeded. The southpaws were willing to engage
any squad in competition.
This squad was composed of Frank C. Riehl, Geo.
L. Carter, Billy Heer, Martin Diefenderfer, as regu-
lars, and the pick of one of the number of southpaws
that usually attended the shoots. Riehl and Heer
were professionals in those days, and still are. Car-
ter, an amateur then, is a professional now. Riehl
is the secretary of the Pacific Coast Indians. Heer
compiled the greatest average of any trapshooter
until Homer Clark put up new figures in 1916. Dief-
enderfer won the Grand American Handicap in Kan-
sas City in 1903 — making three southpaws who won
the G. A. H. Because of ear trouble, Diefender
stopped shooting several years ago.
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Trade Notes. — One trapshooter is making himself
more and more prominent among the headliners in
the sport, — B. F. McMahon of the New York Athletic
Club. Mr. McMahon struck his gait at Lakewood
last week when he carried off the initial "Maplewood
Hundred," scoring 99x100 with Nitro Clubs against
ninety shooters. The Maplewood Hundred event will
probably be an annual feature hereafter and Mr. Mc-
Mahon has established a high standard for future
contestants.
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In 1914. in England, Scotland and Wales, nearly
2,000,000 licenses for dogs were issued. This brought
i na revenue to Great Britain in taxes of nearly
$4,000,000, which shows what a neat little share the
dog takes in the support of the government.
L. J. Petit, of Milwaukee, Wis., who has been so-
journing in the Golden West for a number of weeks,
and has been a frequent attendant at the Los An-
geles traps, did a very handsome thing when he pre-
sented the club with two beautiful engraved silver
loving cups as prizes for the ladies who had been
competing in the John Cline trophy events. To put
the club still more in his debt two boxes of American
Beauty roses accompanied the gifts.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 14, 1917 \i.
are the
Sportsmen's Row
Iowa has set aside 400,000 acres for game reserva-
tions, and North Dakota has three game refugee
farms comprising 3480 acres.
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G. C. Henry of Porterville, Cal., is offering for
sale a pedigreed Irish Setter of the St- Cloud stock.
The Pointer pups are from the best stock in the West
and sportsmen are advised to investigate if seeking
a good hunting dog.
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In a recent shoot of the Hot Air Club, of Philadel-
phia, Chief Bender broke 239 out of 250 targets;
Grover Cleveland Alexander, 130; Joe Bush, 127;
Billy Killifer, 125 ,and Izzy Hoffman, 115. It was a
ball players' squad.
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The Masters of Foxhounds Association in England
has offered to slaughter a large proportion of the
hounds in order to prevent it being suggested that
any food which might be used for human beings was
being taken in any large quantity for the dogs.
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Preparedness is the watchword of the trapshooter
these days. He is preparing for the great spring
drive. The list of registered tournaments has been
announced by the Interstate Association, some 500,
and the trustv gun is getting its annual overhauling.
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The sportsmen of Nebraska claim that not in
twenty years has there been such an enormous flight
of wiid fowl in that state as has been seen this
spring, "which certainly is good news for every man
who at the proper season of the year enjoys a few
days' duck and goose shooting. With the number of
birds that have gone north this spring, if there is
a favorable breeding season, there should be a great
flight of birds south next autumn.
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Dr. J. A. Henshall, after twenty-six years of con-
tinuous service, has resigned from the United States
Bureau of Fisheries, owing to failure of his eyesight,
and has moved from Tupelo, Miss., station to Cincin-
nati, Ohio, where he will make his future residence.
Even" fisherman knows Dr. Henshall, not only as the
author of the Book of the Black Bass, but for the
good work he has done in the federal government
fisheries service for more than a quarter of a cen-
tury.
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A. E. Burghduff was elected president of the Mult-
nomah Anglers' Club of Portland, Oregon, at the an-
nual meeting held March 23. John Gill was chosen
vice-president, Walter F. Backus was re-elected sec-
retary and John Joyce, A. K. Downs and R. W. Price
were added to the executive committee. William
Umbdenstoc and Will C. Block were re-elected as
members of the executive committee. The meeting
was well attended and the anglers are looking for-
ward to a great year.
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The 1917 program of the San Francisco Flycasting
Club, compiled by Secretary Paul Shattuck, has just
been issued. The schedule calls for an informal
opening Saturday, April 28, "with the real opening
ceremonies the following day. On every alternate
Saturday and Sunday until October 7 the local expo-
nents of the gentle are will be at their casting
grounds on Stow Lake, in Golden Gate Park. The
arrangement of the program has been excellently
handled, calling for a neat mixture of the various
casting and team events.
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The Tule River Hunting and Fishing Association
has elected the following officers for the ensuing
year: V. D. Knupp, president; H. F. Brey, vice-
president; Wilko Mentz, secretary and treasurer, and
these, with George G. Murry, F. W. Velie, A. M. Lum-
ley and H. G. Traeger will make up the board of
directors. This association is one of the oldest of
the kind in the valley. The members own a club
house at the Forks. During the past several years
they have been active in planting trout fry in the
streams of the upper Sierras. I. W. L.
Porterville, Cal.
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Three valuable hunting dogs owned by A. Z. Smith,
prominent Tacoma electrician and sportsman, were
burned to death last week in a mysterious fire that
destroyed the kennel. Smith says he cannot under-
stand how the kennel caught fire. Nothing was found
that would indicate it had been deliberately set afire.
The dogs, Lady and Gale. English setters, and Bess,
a Chesapeake, were among the best known hunting
dogs in the section. Each was valued at more than
$150. All were excellently trained. The fire started
about 1 a .m., soon after Smith had retired. The
kennel was situated at the rear of the Smith home,
outh Ridgewood avenue. Wind blew the flames
against the house, setting fire to it also. This aroused
Smith, who telephoned in an alarm. Slight damage
was done to the house.
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Trophies For Shooters — Six of the Los Angeles
Oun Club tar hawk smashers have been awarded
medals by the American Amateur Trapshooters' As-
sociation for their consistent shooting during the
ar. Heine Pflrrmann, C. W .Fish, J. F. Dodds.
E. K. Mohler. Edward C. Crossman and George Oliver
are the shooters who have been awarded the special
honors.
Crossman. Fish and Mohler received 85 per cent
proficiency medals, while the other shooters were re-
cipients of 75 per cent medals. Fish had an average
of 166 smashes out of 500, which made his average
just 93 2-10 per cent. This is the third medal of a
series of five awarded to Fish by the association.
Mohler has a certified mark of 480x500 targets, which
gives 89 6-10 per cent. This is also Mower's third
medal of the series of five.
Crossman's mark was 447 smashes out of 500 pos-
sible tar hawks, which makes his average 89-4-10
per cent- This is Crossman's third medal of the
s eries of five . Heine Pflrrmann has the highest per-
centage of any of the local shooters. He had a score
of 475x500. which made his percentage exactly 95.
George Oliver had an average of 89 4-10 per cent,
while J. F. Dodds had the second high average, "which
was 90 4-10 per cent This was the first medal of
a series of five awarded to the last three shooters.
This American trapshooting association is an or-
ganization less than a year old and its president is
John Philip Sousa, the well known bandmaster. There
are 130 Oclubs distributed among forty-seven states
not affiliated with the association. These clubs have
a total of 60,000 members.
GO
Vernon Club — Eleven shooters turned out at the
Vernon Gun Club Sunday morning to compete for the
season's class loving cups. The conditions were 60
birds at handicaps. Stanton A. Bruner was the high
gun in class A. He broke 58x60.
Mrs. C. E. Groat, champion woman shooter of the
country, was the victor in the B division. She hung
a score of 56x60. Bob Bole was second high in this
class, breaking 55x60.
The Vernon Club has sent out its programs calling
attention to the second annual registered tourna-
ment to be held May 13, 14 and 15. May 12 will be
practice day. A total of ?600 will be up as added
money, while the Interstate Association will contrib-
ute trophies.
A 100-bird shoot will be held on practice day. It
will be an optional pool at $2 to each event of 20
targets. Money will be divided 40-30-20-10 per cent.
A jackrabbit sweepstakes at 200 targets will be held
on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, May 13, 14 and 15.
The scores:
Bob Bole 55, Dr. Packard 33. S. A. Bruner 58. A. W.
Bruner (pro.) 58. Wm. Pugh 51, Fred Kemble 52,
C. E. Groat 52, Mrs. Groat 56, Van Nest 50.
Practice— Fred Kemble 16x20, C. E. Groat 36x40,
Mrs. Groat 36x40, Van Nest 31x40, Ed Behring 34x35,
Wm. Brawner 20x20.
SB
Los Angeles Club — At the Los Angeles Gun Club
Sunday F. H. Mellon day was celebrated. Mellon,
who has been visiting in Los Angeles for some time,
will depart for the east this week, so the shooters
decided to hold a shoot in his honor. Mellon put up
three beautiful prizes for competition, which were
very hotly contested for.
C. W. Fish captured the first prize, while George
Tuckett took the second and Harry W. Cline the
third. Al lthe prizes were the same and were among
the best put up at the club for some time. The Los
Angles club members presented Mr. and Mrs. Mellon
with a token of remembrance.
C. W. Fish was the high man for the day's shoot.
He broke a total of 93x100 targets from the nineteen-
yard line and by so doing captured five digits on the
H. R. Everding trophies. W. A. Cornelius was second
with 92x100 smashes. Fred Grewell "was the high
man in the class B division, while J. H. Bishop was
high in the third class and William Kennedy high
in the class D.
There were fifty-eight shooters present at the club
and 7.025 targets were thrown. Heine Pfirrmann,
W. A. Cornelius, A. Pachmayr. Fred Grewell, J. C.
Famechon, William Kennedy, C. W. Fish and R. O.
Poll all won gold and silver trophies. The scores:
G Holohan. 19 yds. handicap, broke 94; C. W. Fish
19—93, W. A. Cornelius 19 — 92, J. H. Bishop Jr. 16 —
ir2. E. Mitchell 18—91. F. Grewell 18—91, P. G. Peter-
son 17—89, A. Cook 16—89. C. S. White 18—89, O. A.
Evans IS— 88. Wm. Kennedy 18—88, W. H. Wilshire
18— SS, F. H. Melius 21—87, R. O. Pool 17—87, J. W.
Meek 18—87, Geo. Tuckett 18—86, H. Pfirrmann 20 —
86, F. H. Mellon 19—86. J. C. Famechon 18—84, J. F.
Dodds 21— S4, Mrs. Pfirrmann 17—84, J. R. Tomlin
16—84, F. M. Gibson 18—84, O. Council 20—83, E. K.
Mohler 20—83, S. H. Hall 19—83, H. W. Cline 18—82,
A. Pachmayr 18—82, C. W. Clement 16 — 82, T. P.
Smith 17—81, H. E. Sargent 19 — 80, C. W. Betz 17—
SO. Geo. Melford 19—80. N. W. Nelson 16—80, Mrs.
Mellon 17—80, J. A. Hoblit 18—79, O. D. Ashton 17—
76. E. W. Selbach 16—74, H. B. Carnahan 17—63.
At 75 targets— P. O. Long 19 — 68, A. W. Childs 16—
62. E. Hartmann 16 — 60, O. L. Grimsey 16 — 57, L. B.
Menus 18—56, H. W. Hawley 16 — 53. At 50 targets:
E. C. Crossman 16 — 45, G. L. Pulley 16 — 45, F. H.
Teeple 18—44. E. E. Ekdale 16 — 43, F. H. Teeple Jr.
16 — 42, M. D. Towne 16 — 40, E. Mueller 16 — 40, H. C.
Bauer 16 — 10, G Persinger 16 — 38.
Point winners in the Everding trophies:
Class A — C. W. Fish 5. Cornelius 4, Evans 3. Melius
2. Pflrrmann 1, Mellon 1.
Class B — Grewell 5, White 4, Wilshire 3, Meek 2.
Tuckett 1.
Class C — Bishop 5. Peterson 4, Mrs. Pfirrmann 3.
Hall 2. Geo. Melford 1. Betz 1.
Class D — Kennedy 5. Pool 4, Mrs. Mellon 3, Nelson
". Ashton 2, Selbach 1.
EASIER TO MAKE DOG CHAMPION.
New System of Ratings For Kennel Shows Goes
in Effect July 1.
The new system of ratings for a champion of rec-
ord, based on the number of dogs benched to a breed,
instead of the total number at a show, which has
been decided on by the American Kennel Club, to
go into effect on July 1st, has caused many argu-
ments, pro and con, since the announcement of the
change. After a careful study of the new ratings I
have come to the conclusion that it will be much i
easier for a dog to obtain bis championship than
under the old arrangement This applies most
strongly to the popular breeds, in which champions
will be made faster than typical specimens worthy
of a title may bo bred. This result will nullify the
primary reason for forsaking the old method of mak-
ing champions.
One of the reasons to force me to this conclusion
is the facility with which the American-bred dog, the
Boston terrier, as an instance, may obtain a cham-
pionship. Take for example the New England shows,
which bench anywhere from 250 to 350 dogs. The
number of Bostons benched average as a rule about
100, and this total is often excelled. Whenever there
are seventy or more, under the new classification
both the winners dogs and the winners bitches get
five points toward their championships. It is easy
to see that a sequence of three local A. K. C. shows
might railroad a Boston to his championship. The
three shows may be held within a month or even a
fortnight.
Then what happens? The usual procedure is to
retire a champion from general competitions once
the title is gained, and to reserve him for specials
only. This will make way for another aspirant and
history will repeat itself and another new champion
be returned in short order, to be retired in his turn.
And then what happens? Champion So-and-So, which
won his title at three shows and which has an actual
value of perhaps a few hundred dollars, is, on the
strength of his title, sold for $1,000 to some person
who has never seen him. Champions will be made
faster than the true sort may be bred, and this
applies not only to Bostons, but to all the popular
breeds.
Take French bulldogs, to go back to another breed
specially strong in New England, only thirty-five
are required to gain a five-point rating, and any one
at all familiar with the energetic manner in which
the French Bulldog Club of New England backs up
its breeds knows there are sure to be the requisite
number benched every time to guarantee the maxi-
mum rating. This also applies to the different breeds
of terriers, especially the smooth and wire haired
fox terriers, Scottish, Irish, Airedale and West High-
land white terriers.
In its application the system is as weak in regard
to the haste in which a new champion may be made
with the less fancied breeds, in which a maximum of
five points may be gained from a total entry of from
five to fifteen dogs, as it is in the popular breeds.
Also, if the energy of the specialty clubs may be
depended on always to muster a five point entry in
the popular breeds, a similar energy will make it
simple for the clubs that have to gather an entry
of only ten or a dozen dogs to be quite as successful
in the race to make champions.
As a fact it will be easier for a dog to gain a cham-
pionship without competition under the new than it
was under the old system, based on the number of
dogs actually benched. For instance, in bloodhounds,
mastiffs, Eskimos. St. Bernards, Newfoundlands.
Scottish deerhounds and foxhounds, English and oth-
ers, an entry of one dog gains one of the needed
championship points, while there are any number of
breeds, where an entry of two dogs equals one point.
In making champions so fast a false valuation will
be placed on them, and that germ of commercialism
that is getting a place in so many sports and recrea-
tions will be strengthened, until finally, should there
be no diminution in the outcrop, the title will lose
any real significance in fixing the value of a dog.
After a tria ltrip experience may teach how the new
system may be changed so as to bring about uni-
formly good and reliable results, but as it stands
champions of record in almost any breed may be
made faster than it is possible to breed dogs of
championship calibre. — [F. F. D. in N. T. Herald.
SB
The winter is now over, the hunting season in most
states is now closed on all game and game birds or
every description, and in most localities there is
more stock game left over for the coming season
than has been known for many years, and now the
course for the sportsmen to pursue is to see, so far
as they can, *hat the stock game and game birds are
given every chance to replenish the depleted covers;
and one way to do this effectively is for every man
who cares to see the supply of game maintained to
make it his business to destroy every enemy of game
or game birds that he comes across. A hawk, a
crow, a coyote, a fox, askunk, or a half-wild, half-
starved cat or mongrel dog will, during the season
of incubation, destroy more game than the average
hunter will kill during the open season, and if these
are put out of the way game, particularly game birds,
will be much more plentiful in every locality where
this is done.
Saturday, April 14, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
BETTER LIVE STOCK
and Agricultural Topics
11
TO BREEDERS OF DUROC JERSEYS.
During January the National Duroc-Jersey Record
Association recorded 5,132 pedigrees, received 90
new members and had an increase in receipts of fully
20 per cent over January* of 1916.
We are very much pleased with this condition of
the business so far as the Record Association is con-
cerned, but the best part is that the breeders are
getting more for their breeding stock than ever
before.
Our plans for 1917 are rather elaborate and if we
are able to carry out the program it is going to take
■ the earnest support of the press and the assistance
of the breeders.
Last year we conducted fourteen futurity shows,
which were considered very successful, so we are
taking on a larger program this year and will pro-
mote three different kinds of futurity shows — the
National at Omaha, State Futurities and District Fu-
turities. Any breeder is eligible for the National,
one State Futurity, and one District Futurity.
The National Futurity carries a classification of
$1,000, and there must be thirty herds nominated;
this show will be in connection with the National
Swine Show.
State Futurities carrying classifications of $400
each, will be prmoted at the California State Fair,
Illiuois State Fair, Iowa State Fair, Minnesota State
Fair, Missouri State Fair, Montana State Fair, Ne-
braska State Fair, Oklahoma State Fair, Oregon
State Fair, South Dakota State Fair, Texas State
Fair and Wisconsin State Fair.
District Futurities, carrying classifications of $200
each, will be promoted at the Colorado State Fair,
Boise and Caldwell, Idaho; Hutchinson, Kans.; New
Orleans. La.; Columbia, Mo.; Grand Forks, N. D. ;
Childress, Tex.; Utah State Fair; Burlington, la.;
Cascade International; North Yakima, Wash.; Mal-
vern, la.; Mt. Pleasant, la.; Peoria, 111.; Sioux City,
la.; Janesville, Wiss. ; La Crosse, Wis., and Owa-
tonna, Minn.
Now the only thing that will cause these futurity
shows to be a failure, will be that the breeders do
not give their support by nominating their herds so
as to give us 30 herds for the National, 20 herds for
each of the State Futurities and 10 herds for each
District Futurity.
It is going to cost the association a lot of money
to promote these shows, but the officers are anxious
to spend the money as they consider that it is the
best promotion work that we can do for the breed.
We want to do everything we can to get the best
exhibits of Durocs at the fairs this fall and we hope
that you can find space for a part of this letter in
the next issue of your publication, so we are able to
get this information before the Duroc readers of
your paper. J. B. PFANDER,
Secretary.
National Duroc-Jersey Record Association.
FOR BUMPER CROPS OF ALFALFA, DON'T USE
TOO MUCH WATER.
If you want to grow the heaviest possible crops of
alfalfa, and get the largest money return for the
water used, don't apply more than thirty to thirty-six
inches of irrigation water a year, under such general
conditions as those, for instance, of the loam soils of
the Sacramento valley. To apply more than thirty-
six inches usually does not produce corresponding
increase in yield. Most California alfalfa growers
over-irrigate.
Such is the valuable knowledge now made available
for every farmer in California through a report writ-
ten by Frank Adams, Professor of Irrigation Investi-
gations in the University of California, and Ralph
D. Robertson, Samuel F. Beckett, Wells A. Hutchins,
and O. W. Israelsen. These men have co-operated in
six years of experiments carried on jointly by the
University of California, the California State Depart-
ment of Engineering, and the Office of Public Roads
and Rural Engineering of the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture. Copies of their "Bulletin No.
3" may be obtained by writing to Irrigation Investi-
gations, College of Agriculture, at the University or
to the State Department of Engineering in Sacra-
mento. Demonstrations will e be shown also at the
University Farm picnic at Davis on Saturday, April
28th.
Four applications of seven and one-half to nine
inches each year are recommended for Sacramento
valley alfalfa fields in general, this irrigation to be
given immediately after cutting. However, it is
pointed out that alfalfa planted on very open or
very impervious soils should be irrigated more than
once between cuttings.
It is urged that the fanner should use a soil augur
frequently, to find out whether he is keeping his soil
moist enough, and moist enough deep down, to get
the best results from his alfalfa. Alfalfa begins to
wilt wheu the soil contains less water than, for silt
loams, ten per cent, and for clay loams, sixteen per
cent. The soil moisture should be kept from four
to six per cent above the percentage at which wilting
occurs. This can be brought about by applying from
six-tenths to nine-tenth of an inch of irrigation water
per foot of soil for loam soils, and from seven-tenths
to one and two-tenths inches per foot of soil for
heavier clay loams and clays. To apply more than
those amounts is not only a waste of water, but
threatens positive damage to the crop and permanent
damage to the soil.
The reason why many farmers apply excessive
quantities of irrigation water is that they have been
using too small irrigating heads, or too large checks.
Irrigating heads not large enough to enable alfalfa
checks to be watered evenly with six acre-inches of
water per acre per irrigation are too small, and the
remedy is either larger irrigating heads or smaller
checks — preferably the latter, especially in the case
of the smaller holdings. '
The conclusions come from six years of experi-
menting on the University Farm at Davis, supple-
mented by experiments and demonstrations on a plat
five miles northeast of Willows, and by experiments
on between forty and fifty representative farms in
the neighborhood of Gridley, Los Molinos, Orland,
Willows, Woodland, and Dixon.
These important results, of direct practical value
to every California irrigator, have been secured by
one of the projects of agricultural investigation of
which some two hundred are now being carried on
by the College of Agriculture of the University, many
of them in co-operation with the U. S. Department
of Agriculture or with the various agencies of the
State of California.
Col. J. T. Johnson, of Mexico, Mo., sold a span of
mare mules recently to C. C. Williams, of Bushnell,
Illinois, for ?600. The mules were pronounced by
judges to be "poppers' 'and worth the money.
*
GOOD ONES AT AUCTION
*
SALE TO BE HELD AT
THE SAN FRANCISCO RIDING SCHOOL
701 Seventh Ave. San Francisco
THURSDAY APRIL
AT 7:30 O'CLOCK P. M.
Take the McAllister Street Cars
26th.
The Property of Miss. A. E. Farnum:
24 Head of THOROUGHBRED
THOROUGHBREDS
Ch. colt, 4, hy Marse Abe — Miss Whitemouse.
Blk. filly, 6, by Col. Mazuma— Tolly Tot.
Ch. filly, 3, by Marse Abe— Tolly Tot.
Ch. colt, 1. by Marse Abe — Miss Whitemouse.
Ch. filly, 4, by Flosnut— Tolly Tot.
MARSE ABE is a son of Yankee by Hanover
and Halo by St. Blaise. He was a winner of many
stakes at New Orleans and New York in his two-
year-old form ; and is royally bred. One of his colts
(the only one trained) was a winner last year at
Baltimore.
and STANDARD BRED HORSES
STANDARD BRED
7, by Dillcara — Flossie.
6, by Dillcara — Flossie.
4, by Flosnut — Babe Hock.
7, by Dillcara — Floweret Belle.
3, bv Flosnut — Lotta Parks.
4. by Flosnut— Delia Parks.
4, by Flosnut— Black Beauty.
5, by Flosnut — Lottie Parks.
4, by Flosnut — Lottie Parks.
C, by Dillcara — Bessie Sweet.
5, by Dillcara — Bessie Sweet.
4, by Dillcara — Bessie Sweet.
4, by Flosnut — Grisette.
4. by Flosnut — Bessie Hock.
5 others three and four-year-olds by Dillcare
Flosnut.
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S. E. KRAMER, Manager, San Francisco Riding School.
12
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 14. 1917
THE FARM
FEEDING WORK HORSES.
The conclusions drawn by special-
ists ot the University of Illinois from
experiments in feeding farm work
horses are interesting and vrill be of
Benefit to feeders.
Where a mixed grain ration of corn,
oats, oil meal and bran is fed, clover
hay is equally as efficient if not a lit-
tle superior to timothy for horses at
hard work.
There was no observable difference
in the effect of clover and timothy
upon the spirit of the horses or their
ability to endure hot weather. Those
receiving clover had a glossier coat
of hair and their bowels were looser,
jut not too loose to endure hard work.
A slight saving in grain may be
made by mingling it with chaffed hay,
but the saving in this test did not ap-
pear to be enough to justify the ex-
pense.
There* may be a benefit not shown
in these tests, in preserving the
horse's health, by mingling the grain
with chaffed hay. The results of this
test are not conclusive on this point.
Where the grain was ground and
mingled with chaffed clover and with
chaffed alfalfa, the latter proved to
be- a little more efficient in preventing
ioss in weight of horses at hard work.
The mingling of grain with chaffed
timothy hay did not proce satisfactory.
.Where alfalfa hay is fed as the
roughage part of a ration for farm
horses at hard work, less grain is
necessary to prevent them from losing
weight than where timothy hay is fed.
In this test there was a saving of
about -22 per cent -of grain.
Though too short to be conclusive,
these. tests indicate that mature horses
at hard work cau be maintained quite
satisfactorily for a short time, at least,
Bn corn led in conjunction with al-
falfa hay. and at a saving in cost.
A saving of about ten per cent may
be made by grinding the grain for
farm work horses when at hard labor.
It requires twice as long for horses
lo consume ground grain fed dry. as
when the same quantity is fed thor-
oughly dampened.
Farm work horses at hard labor
should receive from one and one-fifth
to one and one-third pounds of grain,
and from one to one and one-fourth
pounds of hay. per 100 pounds of live
weight per day, in order that their
weight may be maintained.
Satisfactory results have been se-
cured by feeding the grain in three
equal feeds, and giving one-half the
hay at night .the other half being di-
vided between the morning and noon
feeds.
The grain fed should be reduced
one-half on idle days until four days
have elapsed, or until they are again
put to work, when it may be again
increased if desirable. By following
this method attacks of azoturia were
prevented.
The results of the experiment indi-
caie that the general impression is
correct that horses may very properly
be given a more bulky ration when
idle or doing light work than when at
heavy work. It is believed that the
practice of permitting work horses to
gorge themselves with hay is all too
common.
Figures Cost of Producing Stock.
The United States department of
agriculture, after making a study of
the cost of producing livestock in the
northwestern states, concludes that
for sections of the west where winter
feeding is practiced, the man who
thinks of substituting livestock for
other forms of agriculture should fig-
ure on a cost of approximately S30 for
the production of a good yearling steer
and $45 for the production of a good
two-year-old, this cost to include labor,
market value of feeds, taxes, loss, bull
service and any depreciation of breed-
ing stock.
In those sections of the northwest
where only a part of the stock is fed
in winter the cost of producing a year-
ling is estimated at approximately $25
and for a two-year-old $35. The aver-
age weight given for a two-year-old is
960 pounds. With $45 as the cost of
production, the cost per pound would
he about 4.6 cents.
The cost of producing a lamb in the
states of Montana. Idaho. Nevada. Wy-
oming and Utah is placed at $1.82.
J. F. Farker, of Audrain county, Mo.,
marketed hogs in St. Louis at $16.05
per cwt.. 64 head bringing that price.
The hogs were Poland-Chinas.
The Royally Bred Trotting Stallion and Sire
MANNISTER 51735, Trial 2:14
THE BEAUTIFUL EIGHT-YEAR-OLD
SON OF WALNUT HALL 2:0844, sire of Champion The Harvester, etc.
Dam, May Rosa, by Moko; 2nd dam Mary Sprague by Governor Sprague;
3rd dam by Edwin Forrest.
FOR SALE
One of the breed's greatest sons. An outstanding individual. Possess-
ing the most popular -md prolific speed producing combination in the
records. The kind that get the money on the race track and in the show
ring. Ready to Raca and Win. Exhibited Five Times and Undefeated.
REASON FOR SELLING— Am 150 miles from nearest Standard bred
mare; 200 miles to nearest race track and 100 miles from main line rail-
road. Will sell for a bargain if taken at once.
GEO. W. OLIVER, SALMON, IDAHO.
The permanent pasture will be a
very important part of the rotation
plan this year. A pasture will be
needed when the grazing crops are
not ready and when the animals need
green food and exercise. If you
haven't a permanent pasture it will
be advisable to start one the earliest
possible time. Even a rough hillside
may be used for this purpose. For
such locations Bermuda is a most ex-
cellent grass. Start a Bermuda pas-
ture this spring so you will have graz-
ing for stock.
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FOR SALE
The Pacing Stallion
FRED BRANCH 45525
foaled 1906. by Morris A. 45046, dam
Bessie Vachell by Acrobat 15184, grand
d.ini Almina by Altona 8850. This horse"
is absolutely sound and a grand individ-
ual. He took a trotting record of 2:28 as
a two-year-old; and won fourth money in
the 2:14 pace at Pleasanton in 1912. In
this race he was timed separately a heat
in 2:11. He is now in condition to be
put into training- for the California Cir-
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Hollister, Cal.
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FOR SALE.
Pedigreed Irish Setter. St. Cloud stock.
Pointer pups from best hunting stock
in West. G. C. HENRY.
Porterville, Cal.
WANTED SITUATION, TRAINER,
is as Track Manager for a Driving Club,
experienced trainer and driver. First-
class references. Address
TRAINER AND DRIVER,
Care BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN,
San Francisco, Cal.
THOROUGHBRED STALLIONS FOR SALE.
Sycamore by imp. Prestonpans, dam
Sweetness 2d.
William Irving by King William, dam
Mabel by Judge Murphy.
These horses are in good condition.
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JACK FOR SALE.
Sis-year-old. registered Jack ; 15:2
hands high, full made, big boned, a
prompt server and sure foal getter.
Also standard bred stallion. Am leav-
ing State and will sell cheap.
A. F. PALMER,
Gen'l Delivery, Stockton, Cal.
(Located at Stockton race track.)
Saturday, April 14, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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IN ADDITION TO OUR HORSE INTERESTS AT
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Blackhawk Stock Ranch
William Ward
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Barns full of top notch two to five year old Stallions
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BREED TO THE COAST'S CHAMPION CAMPAIGNER AND FUTURITY SIRE
Rec. 2:01 3-4,
Reg. No. 44977
Jim Logan
Pure Bred. Cal. Stale License No. 17
Sire of Hal Logan 2:09, Maxine (3) 2:15, winner of
Breeders' Futurity, etc.
Son of CHARLES DERBY 2:20, brother to Klatawah
(3) 2:05|/2, etc., and sire of TEN in 2:10.
Dam, EFFIE LOGAN, dam of Jim Logan 2:01%, Sir
Albert S. 2:03%, and Dan Logan 2:07%.
In the stud, season of 1917, at Woodland Race Track.
FEE: 250, usual return privilege, $75 to insure liv-
ing colt payable at time of service or before removal
of mares. Call at race track or address
J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal.
STANFORD McKINNEY 45173
Sire of Miss Macklie 2:09i; Pavanha 2:10i; Kinneysham 2:13i; Silente 2:19
By McKinney 8818 dam Palavena by Palo Alto 2:08%
STRONG McKIKNEY-ELECTIONEER CROSS
Will make the season of 1917 at WOY'S STOCK RANCH, 9 miles south of
FRESNO, on West Ave. Terms $25 for the Season.
For further particulars address: JJ. L. W0Y, BOX 501, FreSIlO, Cal.
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The Sierra Vista Stock Farm
— CHINO, CAL.=^=
Offers the owners of saddle mares in California the services of
CALIFORNIA'S GREATEST SHOW HORSE AND SIRE
Highland Squirrel King 1881
by FOREST KING, by SQUIRREL KING, by BLACK SQUIRREL, ETC.
Pleasure and Show Horses and Youngsters for sale that
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Revel Lindsey English, Owner,
Chino, California
THE FIVE-GAITED SADDLE STALLION
LE GRAND McDONALD Reg. No. 6360
Winner World's Junior Championship P.-P. I. E.
Sired by GRAND McDONALD, the greatest show horse and sire that the
WORLD'S CHAMPION REX McDONALD EVER SIRED
Dam, QUEEN ALICE 10649, by FOREST LeGRAND 2107.
Color, chestnut; age 4; height 15:3; weight 1,150. Conformation and style
equal the best. Terms for season, $30.
Now located at San Francisco Riding Academy, 701 — 7th Ave.
For information address, BRIDGFORD COMPANY,
519 California St., San Francisco, Cal.
EXPRESSIVE MAC "~
Standard Cal. State License 95.
Sire of: CLARA MAC 2:04 \i VERA HAL 2:05; MADAM MAC 2:07 i
Only stallion offered for service in California sire of two in 2:05, three in 2:10
Son of McKINMEY 2:11% and the greatest living broodmare. EXPRESSIVE (3) 2:12% (dam
of 6 trotters. 2 in 2:10> br BLECTIONEER 125. Ideal in color, size and conformation — seal
brown, height 16% hands, weight 1275 pounds. $25 the Season, $35 to insure, usual return
privilege. Send for tabulated pedigree. Address: J. H. NELSON, Selms, Cal.
JOE CAREY $50
THOROUGHBRED STALLION
Pure Bred Cal. State License No. 2004
r HSden , \ Prince Charlie > Blair A0'0.1 :
Edwards / > Eastern-Brineus*
sire of J ( Nannie Bay \ Glenele :
Brighouse >■ I Bannockburn...-: " 1 Nannie Butler-
Orange Blossom U I »„»!„ mi« (St. Blaise 1 Hermit
Custom House « l Bett,e B1»«- ££«. . '
Uercunum U . ,.
Deckhand u f Himyar I Alarm J Maud
Buckshot q \ | „. ( Lexington
Avon Carey -= i Miss Marion.... i "iHegira
Bernice. and other Kiiber f Bucaueer
Good winners. t imp. Astolat.. ..) I Mineral
' Bellicem J Cremorne
' Lynette by.
Lord Lyon
Address all communications to:
GEO. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
Hi
"SAN VICENTE",
—the Junior Champion
"Saddle Stallion of Cali-
fornia, will also stand
at San Vicente Rancho
this season.
TERMS PRIVATE.
mi
'The above photograph shows "Highland M anarch" and four of his get, and "Don Castano"
and four of his get, winners of the First and Second Premiums at the California State Fair
in September, 1916. The service fee for each of these stallions is $50.00.
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WE WILL PAY
the freight, to and from
our Ranch, on mares
sent from any part of
California, but will not
assume responsibility
for accidents.
SAN VICENTE
1023 Investment Building'
RANCHO
Los Ang'eles, Gal.,
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 14, 1917
Pleasanton Driving Park
PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA
offers for service for the season of 1917 the following stallions:
THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4
Non-Standard Cal. State License No. 2.
FASTEST TROTTING STALLION EVER OFFERED FOR SERVICE IN
CALIFORNIA AND FIFTH FASTEST ENTIRE TROTTER IN THE WORLD
Son of St. Valiant Vincent 2:11% (by St. Vincent 2:13% out of the triple
producer Grace Lee 2:291.4 by Electioneer 125); dam Amy Smith by Emperor
Wilkes 2:20%? sins of Princess Eulalia (4) 2:09%, etc.; grandam by Hamble-
t0DlThe Anvil is regarded by Edward F. Geers as one of the very greatest trot-
ters that he has ever raced. For five years the pair of Tennesseeans went to
the races together and in that time were but twice unplaced, while wininmg a
total of fifteen races, including the historic M. and M.
As an individual he is most pleasing, not too large or coarse in any way but
smoothly and compactly made and "all horse" in every line. He is a perfect
headed pure gaited trotter, with the very best of disposition, and is destined
to become a very great sire of trotting speed. His opportunities in the stud
have been very slight as he has been retired from racing only since the close
of 1914 He was selected to head the stud at Pleasanton Driving Park not only
on account of his great qualities as a race trotter, but because one of his first
foals Anvilite (2) 2:22%, with a trial of ten seconds or more faster, was in
every way the greatest colt trotter ever handled by C. L. DeRyder. The services
of The Anvil are recommended to you without reserve.
Fee for THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4, $50 with usual privilege
Vernon McKinney 2:01 1-2
Pure Bred Cal. State License No. 39
Fastest member of the great family of McKinney 2:11J4
Sire of VERNA McKlNNEY (2) 2:13 (his first foal raced), fastest two-
year-old pacing filly of 1915, three-year-old record, 1916, 2:09^;
VERNON DIABLO, mat. rec. half mile track 2:14J4, and DR. DYER
(3) trial 2:12J4.
Son of Guy McKinney 37625 (by McKinney 2:11& out of Flossie Drais by Guy
Wilkes 2:15^i); dam Maud "Vernon by Mount Vernon 2:15%, sire of the dams of
Leata J. 2:03, etc.; grandam Mag by General McClellan, sire of the dams of
Mack Mack 2:08, etc.
Vernon McKinney'a racing career was not an extensive one but will long be
remembered for the excellence of his performances, as his winnings include a
Chamber of Commerce stake in time very near the record for that event at the
time, and he is the fastest of all the McKinneys.
He is a horse of rare qualities in the way of individual excellence, almost
ideal in behavior and temperament in harness or out. Since his retirement he
has been a popular horse in the stud and our claim that he would prove a very
great sire of pacing speed has been fully substantiated, his first foal to be raced
being the season champion for the age and gait in 1915, a most excellent testi-
monial to his potency. He is a very sure breeder, his get are uniformly endowed
with natural speed and the physical and mental requirements of modern race
horses and find ready sale at most gratifying prices.
Fee for VERNON McKlNNEY 2:01 1-2. $50 with usual privilege.
The best of care taken of mares in any manner owners may desire, but no
responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address for particulars
GEORGE F. RYAN, Superintendent,
PLEASANTON, CAL.
Thoroughbred sire MARSE ABE
Cal. State Thoroughbred License No. 2018.
WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1917 AT
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK
Marse Abe carries the best
blood of America through his
sire lines. Yankee was a su-
perior race horse and sire. Han-
over was the best horse of his
day, and headed the list of win-
ning sires for years. No refer-
ence is necessary to Hindoo as
everyone knows what he was.
Halo, the dam of Marse Abe,
is bred just right to cross with
the sire blood in his pedigree;
a daughter of St. Blaise, son of
Hermit, the most fashionable
sire line In England, and backed
up on her dam's - side by the
lines of long distance perform-
ers from which sprung Ten
Brock and other four-milers.
Service Fee $50
f Hanover...
Hind0° SKnce
1 Bourbon Belle., j g0.111"6 Scotland
Yankee- (Ella D.
n .. (Himyar $ Q&Tm
I Correction. < X Hira
Uiannie Gray... {Enquirer
I Lizzie G.
, _. „. . (Hermit {Nawminster
' St. Blaise.. J (Seclusion
(Fusee J Marsyas
t Halo . ..■{ ) Vesuvienne
T, „ £ Kin* Alfonso... -f J**?*"1
Ida K ) ^* (Capitola
f Lerna j Asteroid
l Laura
Address all communications to
GEO. F. RYAN,
Pleasanton, Cal.
DILLCARA 57462
Cal. State Standard License No. 2019.
Son of Sidney Dillon 23157 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list) and Guycara by Guy Wilkes
2867 (sire of 3 in 2:10 list), will make the season of 1917 at
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK, PLEASANTON, CAL.
SERVICE FEE $50 TO INSURE
Dillcara is a full brother to Harold Dillon 39610, the leading sire of New Zealand.
Last season the get of Harold Dillon won 41 races, totalling over $25,000.
Address all communications to
GEO. F. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
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BY
WILBUR LOU
ALWAYS
ON SALE
HEMET, CAL
Offers for service the best grandson of McKinney 2:11*4
WILBUR LOU 2:10}
Record made in third heat of winning race as 3-year-old.
A world's champion as a yearling, record (1) 2:W/z't un-
beaten as a two-year-old, a famous futurity winner at
three, and at six years of age the "sire of the day" In Cal-
ifornia, his first crop of two-year-olds Including
NATALDAY (2) 2:13|
Champion Two-Year-Old Race Trotter of the Pacific
Coast.
2ETA LUCILE (2) 2:12i
Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of the Pacific
Coast.
HEMET QUEEN (1) 2:161
Champion Pacing Filly of the World.
KINSMAN LOU (2) 2:23%.
MATILDA LOU (2) 2:22%.
FIESTA LOU (p) (1) 2:25. (2) 2:22%.
GOLDSMITH LOU (2) 2:29.
BILLIB EOTD (2) 2:30.
Wilbur Lou is by the great race horse and
sire Kinney Lou 2:07%, out of Louise Carter
(3) 2:24, the only mare to produce two year-
lings to trot in 2:20 or better:
WILBUR LOU (1) 2:19%,
EDITH CARTER (1) 2:18*4.
Breed to him for colts that will race. Fee for 1917, fifty
dollars, with usual return privilege, or money refunded
at our option. Mares kept, $60.00 per year. All Infor-
mation gladly furnished. — Licensed Pure Bred Cert. 23.
Superbly Bred Young Saddle and Harness Horses
FOR SALE —
SADDLE BRED: „ , . ,„
Dark Bay Gelding by Lord Denmark— Sonia Foaled 191'
Bay Colt by Lord Denmark — Dixie Queen Foaled 19K
STANDARD BRED:
Bay Gelding by Don Sonoma — Chula.
Black Colt by Silkworthy — Sonia.
Anvone looking for some youngsters of either breed will find these colts as attractiv*
as it is possible to breed them. They will be sold at reasonable prices; are in gooc,
condition and may be seen at Oakridge Ranch, Sonoma Co., Cal.
The superbly bred stallion, Silkworthy, is also for sale. He has been bred to a limite<;
number of mares and has proven himself a sure foal getter, and we have the qualitj
of his colts to show.
Address W, G. COWAN, OAKRIDGE RANCH, KENWOOD, SONOMA CO., CAL
or BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, SAN FRANCISCO, for further information.
THE STANDARD
BRED STALLION
SILKWORTHY 58175
LICENSE
NO. 206E
Son of MORGAN AXWORTHY 47430. Dam CLEAR SILK (dam of Crystal Sill
2:28%). Silkworthy is bred in the purple. His sire, Morgan Axworthy 47430, is bj
Axworthy out of Kinglyne, a full sister to Bingen; and his dam by Prodigal out o
Red Silk by Baron Wilkes.
He will make the season of 1917 at Kenwood, Sonoma Co., Cal.
SERVICE FEE, $25.00 WITH USUAL RETURN PRIVILEGE.
Address W. G. COWAN, Oakridge Ranch,
Kenwood, Sonoma Co., Cal.
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And, here is a company that provides that protection
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DOUGLAS KEITH, General Agent Northern Califor-
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505 Lankershim Bldg., Los Angeles.
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Saturday, April 14, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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awarded for the first run
made; the narrowest bar
[ for a ftraight run of 50 to
74; the next size a straight
run of 75 to 99; and the
widest bar a straight run I
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[Saturday, April 21, 19]
MILWAUKEE
Wisconsin State Fair
Racing Dates, Sept. 10-13
Following H&mline and Indianapolis
The $5,000 Plankinton Hotel
Stake for 2:12 Pacers
$2,250 to winner, $1,000 to second,
$750 to third, $600 to fourth and
$400 to fifth
Payments — $50 on date of closing- of entries. May
. on July 2; $50 on Aug. 20. Two or more
horses from the same stable, ownership or control
may be entered and started, but full entrance fee
must be paid for each horse named.
Deductions — 6 per cent, from first, 5 from sec-
ond, 4 from third. 3 from fourth, 2 from fifth.
Tbe $5,000 Milwaukee Chamber
of Commerce Stake--2:12 trotters
$2,250 to winner, §1,000 to second,
$750 to third, $600 to fourth and
$400 to fifth
Pavments — §50 on date of closing of entries, May
2S; $50 on July 2; $50 on Aug. 20. Two or more
horses from the same stable, ownership or control
mav be entered and started, but full entrance fee
must be paid for each horse named.
Deductions — 6 per cent, from first, 5 from sec-
ond, 4 from third, 3 from fourth, 2 from fifth-
The $2,000 Badger State Stake
for 2:06 Pacers
$900 to winner, $400 to second, $300
to third, $240 to fourth and
$160 to fifth
Payments — $20 on date of closing entries, May
28; $20 on July 2; $20 on Aug. 20. Two or more
horses from the same stable, ownership or control
may be entered and started, but full entrance fee
must be paid for each horse named.
Deductions — 6 per cent, from first. 5 from sec-
ond, 4 from third, 3 from fourth. 2 from fifth.
OTHER EARLY-CLOSING EVENTS
TROTTING— Three-year-old, $800 - - ■ 2:25, $1,000
PAGING— Three-year-old 8800 - 2:25, $1,000
(Payments and deductions on same percentages and dates as in other stakes)
Old Placing System. Member of Great Western Racing Circuit. All Events Three-in-Five, Mile Heats, Excepting
Free-for-All Pace and Team Race. RULES OF AMERICAN TROTTING ASSOCIATION, of which this Association
LATE OLOSING EVENTS, Entries to Close August 20
TROTTING — 2:21, $1,000; 2:18, $1,000; 2:15, $1,000; 2.08, $1,500
PAGING— 2:20, and 2:15, $1,000; 2:09 and Free-for-all, 31,500; team $600
(Entry fee 3 per cent., deductions same as in stakes, excepting in team race)
Races for Three-Year-Olds,
a Member, TO GOVERN
RICHARD J. WHITE, Supt. of Speed
State Fair Grounds, West Aliis, Wis.
SEND FOR ENTRY BLANKS
OLIVER E. RENIEY, Secretary State Fair
State Fair Grounds, West Allis, Wis.
A WINNER IN IOWA-
It h generally admitted that high class saddle horse are scarce. Any one
looking for a coming three-year-old saddle stallion, and has not been successful in
locating one in Missouri and Kentucky, come and see WM. TIMMERMAN at
Manning, Iowa, and I will show yon oDe as good as ever lived or as there is living
to day, barring none. This stallion can be bought, but not for a song.
WM. TIMMERMAN, Manning, Iowa.
Best Policy 42378
LICENSE No. 272
STANDARD BRED
Son of ALLERTON 5128 and EXTNE
by EXPEDITION 14900. Grand dam
Euxine by Axtell 5183.
Best Policy will make the season of
1917 at Visalia, Cal.
TERMS: $20.00 FOR THE SEASON.
Best Policy, with very limited oppor-
tunities in the stud, is already the
sire of. four standard performers.
Address
R. O. N E W M A N. P. O. Box 194,
VISALIA, CAL.
Rex Ortiz of
Denmark 5831
By Rex McDonald 833 Ortiz
Belle by Ortiz Rose 1705
by Montrose 106,
Black Stallion
15:3 Hands 1100 ibs
Best of Breeding, Indi-
viduality and Gaits.
SERVICE FEE $25.00
to insure a living foal.
For further information
write
BRUCE ROBINSON
Riverside, Iowa.
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Highest Class Three and Five-Gaited
Saddle Horses for the Pleasure and
Show Ring.
L ANOHORNE TABB ANDERSON
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THREE NOTED JUDGES
A. S. Thompson, of Kentucky; Jas. H. Bright of Missouri and Florida, and
L. M. Monsees of Missouri, recognized throughout the land as three of the best,
most courageous and qualified judges of saddle horses living, selected
MARSHALL CHIEF 2765
in a field of 22 of the world's most famous stallions, as the most ideal saddle
stallion for breeding purposes. The considerations were: breeding, conforma-
tion, soundness, action and beauty.
THE WINNER OF THIS, THE MOST IMPORTANT BREEDING CLASS
IN SADDLE HORSE AFFAIRS,
is ill public service at E. N. Hamilton's farm, three miles south of Mexico, Mo.,
where blue grass, spring water and feed are to be had in abundance.
HANS BERG, 159 Warren Ave.
Milwaukee, Wis.,
or
E. N. HAMILTON, Manager,
Mexico, Mo.
Pacific Coast Trotting Record
Peter McKlyo 58009-
RECORD
2:06
Cal. License Pure Bred No. 105
Sired by
PETER THE GREAT 2:07% (sire of 50 in 2:10 list, including Miss Harris
2:01%, Peter Volo (4) 2:02, Peter Stevens 2:01%, Peter Mac 2:03, Mabel
Trask 2:03%, etc.), dam KLYO by Jay McGregor.
He is from one of the greatest families on his dam's side in the books, as the
performances of Susie J. 2:06% and Trampfast 2:12% prove beyond doubL
Peter McKlyo is the Greatest Son of Peter The Great
westof of Kentucky and is destined to be one of the world's greatest sires.
He is the only son of Peter the Great five years old with two colts in the
list. He was bred to three mares as a two-year-old, only two of his colts being
handled, — Charlotte McKlyo, winner of breeder's record 2:25%, and McKlyo
Boy, winner of the two-year-old division Breeders' Futurity Stake, record
2:23%. It can be also said as a matter of record that he is one of the greatest
five-year-old trotting stallions ever owned in the state of California, and one of
th? best individuals to be found in any country.
HE WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1917 AT
James Thompson's Training Stables
State Fair Grounds, Sacramento
TERMS: S100 FOR THE SEASON.
Usual return privilege. Mares pastured at ?5 per month. Good care will
be taken but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes For further
particulars address,
L'=H' T°DHUNTER, Owner, or JAMES THOMPSON,
Box 387, Sacramento, Cal. state Fair Grounds,
Sacramento, Cal.
Saturday, April 21, 1917]
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DATES CLAIMED.
Salinas July 11 to 14
Petaluma July 18 to 21
Woodland July 25 to 28
Dixon Aug. 1 to 4
TJkiah Aug. 8 to 11
Eureka Aug. 15 to 18
Ferndale Aug. 22 to 25
Santa Rosa Aug. 29 to Sept. 1
Sacramento Sept. 8 to 15
Hanford Sept. 19 to 22
Fresno Sept. 24 to 29
Ventura Sept. 26 to 29
BakersHeld Oct. 3 to 6
Riverside Oct. 9 to 13
Santa Maria Oct. 24 to 27
Los Angeles Oct. 29 to Nov. 3
Santa Ana Nov. 7 to 10
Phoenix, Ariz Nov. 12 to 17
THE GRAND CIRCUIT.
Cleveland July 16 to 21
Detroit July 23 to 28
Kalamazoo July 30 to Aug. 4
Columbus Aug. 6 to 11
Cleveland Aug. 13 to 18
Philadelphia Aug. 20 to 25
Poughkeepsie Aug. 27 to Sept. 1
Hartford Sept. 3 to 8
Syracuse Sept. 10 to 15
Columbus Sept. 17 to 29
Lexington Oct, 1 to 13
Atlanta Oct. 15 to 20
STALLION DIRECTORY.
Harness Horses
Best Policy 42378 R. 0. Sewman. Walia. Cal
Dillcara 57462 Geo. F. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Expressive Mac 41513 J. H. Nelson, Selma, Cal.
Jim Logan 44977 J. Elmo Montgomery, Davis, Cal.
Peter McKlyo 58009 L. H. Todhunter, Sacramento, Cal.
Silkworthy W. G. Cowan, Kenwood, Cal.
Stanford McKinney 45173 M. L. Woy, Fresno, Cal.
The Anvil Geo. F. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Vernon McKinney Geo. F. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Wilbur Lou 52595 Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet, Cal.
Thoroughbreds
Joe Carey Geo. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Marse Abe Geo. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Saddle Horses
Astral King Jas. Houchin. Jefferson City, Mo.
Don Castano San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles
Highland Monarch San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles
Highland Squirrel King. . . -Revel L. English. Chino, Cal.
Le Grand McDonald. . .Bridgford Company, San Francisco
Marshall Chief E. N. Hamilton, Mexico, Mo.
San Vicente San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles
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An unusual treat awaits the Shorthorn breeders of
California at the great sale of Carruthers Farms,
Mayfield, California, May 2. The most noted sires
and matrons of rare Scotch breeding are represented
in this great herd. They are all in tip-top condition,
healthy, hearty and the cows wTith calves and regu-
lar breeders. There are some splendid young bulls
and heifers of show quality in the lot and the kind
that can win in any company. Mr. Carruthers is in
the habit of giving the public even more than they
expect and visitors at this sale will be amazed at the
quality of the offering . He broke a sale record in
his first annual Berkshire sale and every indication
points to a banner sale for his superb Shorthorns.
Col. Carey M. Jones, of Chicago, one of the best auc-
tioneers in the United States, will cry the sale and
everything for the comfort, information and advan-
tage of the visitor is provided for. Good beef cattle,
especially Shorthorns, are the best property on earth
and the man expecting to found a herd , head a herd,
or to buy a show ring winner should attend this
important sale. Write for one of the attractive
catalogues, mentioning the Breeder and Sportsman,
to W. M. Carruthers, Hearst Bldg., San Francisco.
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Breed Horses For a Purpose.
There is no longer any room for the breeder of
"half-way" horses, says the Horse World. A horse
must be one thing or another according to the field
his breeder is attempting to supply.
It no longer pays to attempt to breed horses with-
out a distinct purpose in view; but there is a good
demand for horses bred intelligently with a purpose
in view and that are qualified to fill that purpose.
Which purpose a breeder should attempt to breed to
fill is a matter of individual taste, to be governed
somewhat by the conditions which may surround
the breeder.
Any horse fit for work finds a ready buyer these
days in the New York horse markets. The demand
for serviceable horses really exceeds the supply. A
short time ago a carload of draught horses arrived
at the auction market of KSss, Doerr & Carroll,
E. 24th street, New York City, and every animal in
the shipment found anxious buyers within a few
hours. Trade reports show unusual activity in all
lines of horse equipment also, the demand for har-
ness being extremely heavy.
A HISTORY OF THE PERCHERON HORSE.
In response to a widespread demand for informa-
tion touching the origin, evolution, development and
distribution of the modern Percheron horse, Alvin
Howard Sanders, publisher of the Breeder's Gazette.
America's greatest farm paper, and author of "Short-
horn Cattle," "The Story of the Herefords," "At the
Sign of the Stock Yard Inn" and other great works
dealing with and portraying in prosaic wpords the
progress of better live stock; and Wayne Dinsmore,
secretary of the Percheron Society of America, have
compiled a new work, a classic in Animal Husbandry
affairs, under the title "A History of the Percheron
Horse." This magnificent volume includes hereto-
fore unpublished data concerning the origin and de-
velopment of the modern type of Percherons, drawn
from authentic records and manuscripts in the
national archives of the French Government, to-
gether with the detailed report of the introduction
and dissemination of this popular breed throughout
the United States, to which is appended a symposium
reflecting the veiws of leading contemporary import-
ers and breeders touching the selection, feeding, and
general management of stallions, brood mares and
foals.
The book is not a breed booster, but gives the most
complete work of this character ever published. It
has been the intent of the authors to present facts
exactly as found. It is large in scope and magnificent
in its presentation of the breed, giving in detail every
possible phrase of the breed. While its worth will
be recognized at once by the pioneer breeders of the
country, its real value to the breeders will not have
been appreciated until the breeders of the present
day have passed on and their sons and grandsons
have taken their place in the rank and file of the
most progressive of all horse breeders. To the man
new in the business, the student of animal husbandry
and to those who will at some future time turn their
lines of endeavor to the breeding and developing of
the heavy horse, this book will prove invaluable.
A copy of this intensely interesting and typograph-
ically artistic volume should be in the library of
every lover, breeder, dealer and student of better
stock. It may be procured by addressing the Sanders
Publishing Company. Chicago.
PROGRESS OF A HORSE BREEDING EXPERI-
MENT.
Since the rise of scientific farming in the United
States the idea has taken hold of the agrarian mind
that rural America should establish its own stand-
ards of excellence and produce things purely Amer-
ican, superior to anything of their kind on the face
of the earth. One remarkable phase of the extensive
activities of the Department of Agriculture in this
regard is seen at the horse-breeding establishment
maintained at Fort Collins, Col., in co-operation with
the Colorado Experiment Station. This undertaking
originated in 1905, when James Wilson, at that time
secretary of agriculture, appointed a staff of tech-
nically trained animal husbandmen and authorized
them to purchase breeding stock fit to originate a
new type of American carriage horse. These eques-
trian experts — Prof. C. F. Curtiss of the Iowa Agricul-
tural College, George M. Rommel, chief of the animal
industry, and Prof. W. L. Carlyle, then of the Colo-
rado Agricultural College — searched the country east
of the Rocky Mountains for animals acceptable as
foundation stock. Their choice fell mainly on the
Standardbred, and a typical specimen of a trotter is
seen in the stallion Carmon, which heads the stud.
The Kentucky saddle horse also found a place be-
cause of its unexcelled grace of gait and bold car-
riage. From the Diamond Ranch in Wyoming were
bought 6 mares of excellent type, by a purebred stal-
lion, but out of common bronco mares. Some of
those grade mares have proved to be the best brood
mares in the stud. In time an infusion of Morgan
blood was thrown into the stream in the hope of
securing stamina and muscularity.
The co-operative treaty provided that the Depart-
ment of Agriculture should furnish the breeding ani-
mals, while the state of Colorado should supply the
stables and the land. The operating expenses were
borne equally and Prof. Carlyle assumed the manage-
ment of the establishment.
Colorado offers natural conditions pre-eminently
suited to the raising of high-class horses of the
lighter type. An equable and bracing climate is an
invaluable asset to animal breeding. The topograph-
ical and cultural conditions leave nothing to be
desired. The dry, calcareous soil, growing nutritious
forage, is a tremendous advantage, and in addition
are irrigated meadows yielding an abundance of
choice fodder.
In the immediate vicinity of Fort Collins, south-
east of town is situated this horsebreeding establish-
ment. The main stable consists of a two-story
frame structure, which houses 20 horses, besides
having ample storage room for hay and grain. Ad-
joining the main stable are sheds forming a court
while extending out from the stables are spacious
paddocks and yards equipped with feeding racks and
watering troughs. Further away are to be seen
alto 1 fa meadows and pastures, while up in the foot-
hills of the Rockies are to be found extensive pas-
tures, an area of undulating land no less than 500
acres in extent. Such an alpine grazing ground is
a great adjunct to the establishment, especially for
raising the foals.
James Hutton, a genuine Scotchman, is the head
groom. In the old country he was with Galbraith
Bros, of New Rillern, and when those gentlemen
established a business in the United States he came
across in their interests. Afterwards the University
of Wisconsin engaged him and in 1906 he went to
Fort Collins. The visitor does not see anywhere
horses better cared for than here. Mr. Howard is
the trainer of the colts. It is always evident that
he possesses a steady nerve and a keen eye.
The principal forage used is alfalfa and upland
hay, bluestem grown on the mountain meadows.
This wild hay has proved to be as nutritious as tim-
othy and it is highly valued, a choice quality com-
manding ?15 a ton in the haymarkets of Colorado.
The grain feed is a mixture of oats and corn crushed
and mixed with bran in the proportions of 7 to 3 to 1.
The stallions are fed relatively less corn than is
specified in rhe common grain ration, while the year-
lings receive oats and bran 3 to 1, but no corn. An
effort is made to compute a proper ration for each
individual animal. About 1 pound of concentrates is
allowed for each 100 pounds of weight for mature
animals, but when alfalfa hay is fed that ratio is
even wider.
A peculiar feature of the western field husbandry,
the curing of forage on the ground, is in evidence
on the mountain pasture. The nutritious native
grasses yield an excellent feed for the horses through
the winter season. A small supplemental ration of
grain is sufficient to keep the brood mares in good
condition. In fact, most of the mares and the fillies
are wintered on the alpine grazlngs and in the culti-
vated pastures. Salt is provided for them and care
is taken to feed them hay and grain as the grazing
conditions indicate. A healthier group of horses is
not to be found anywhere than those wintered under
these semi-wild, natural conditions. The foul stable
and the small paddock are no place for raising good
stock.
Says Mr. Hutton: "The secret of success in rais-
ing horses is to ensure normal development of the
foal by judicious feeding and plenty of exercise."
Liberal feeding of the mares during the lactation
period is realized as requisite to sound muscular
and active foals. At 4 or 5 months of age these
sturdy foals are weaned, but they are not in the least
retarded in growth. Gradually they are halter-
broken and trained. To one who appreciates fine
horses a stroll about the station is full of fascination.
The entire stud numbers about 100 head, of which
30 are brood mares. There are 3 stallions. Carmon
is now more than 20 years of age. In spite of old
age he is very vigorous, although his son Albion now
reigns supreme.
The natural increase amounts to about 20 percent
a year, which may be considered relatively a high
ratio. In order to keep up the standard several
mares and colts have to be discarded each year.
A board of animal husbandmen appointed by the
secretary of agriculture visits the station once a year
for the purpose of making selections of breeding
stock and at the same time culling out undesirable
individuals, which are sold at a public auction in
midwinter.
From the present outlook in horse husbandry,
what is the ultimate aim of this breeding experi-
ment? The trend of the times has shown the im-
practicability of breeding a carriage horse, which is
relatively speaking superseded by the automobile.
As a result the problem of breeding is materially
changed andfor the present a serviceable general-
purpose horse is in demand as much as ever before.
Agricultural development in the mountain states
goes on by leaps and bounds. For cultural operations
there is needed a medium-sized horse of endurance
and economical to feed. The old broncho type is
inadequate and unsuitable for the modern farm. On
the other hand the heavy draft horse is not adapted
to a hilly and broken country. The most practical
solulion of the tillage problem in an alpine country is
the use of a well-bred horse weighing from 1200 to
1400 pounds. Therefore the experiment promises to
be of the utmost importance to the Rocky Mountain
region, as well as to the vast horticultural districts
of central California and the farming communities
throughout the northern part of that state.
With the national movement for preparedness
there necessarily will be an increased demand for
remounts for the army, as well as artillery horses.
The opportunity for western farmers to engage in
horse breeding is promising and should be highly
profitable. The Federal horse breeding work might
be extended over a wider territory. Governmental
aid to individual enterprise should be welcomes by
the public. As in Europe, stallions from the studs
of the government might be distributed in the rural
communities and regulations drawn regarding their
use. Indeed, that system is already practiced in
certain sections of the eastern states and is proving
itself a success. There is every indication that the
same scheme might be somewhat modified to suit
western conditions.. — [P. A. Ingvason, Yolo Co.. Cal
in The Breeder's Gazette.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 21, 1917
Harness Horses and Horsemen
WOODLAND TRACK NOTES.
Woodland, Cal., April 17, 1917.
Editor Breeder and Sportsman, —
Dear Sir: The horsemen of this vicinity should
take pride and interest in the new half mile track
and training grounds as now conducted. The super-
intendent. L. B. Daniels, is a capable and energetic
man. He is on the grounds from daylight until dark,
is untiring in his labors and zealous in his efforts to
please the horsemen now training at the grounds.
The track is in perfect condition and I have never
seen a safer track to work horses over. While it is
firm, there has been a cushion on it at all times
which makes it soft enough. The trainers are begin-
ning to move their charges up a little.
L. B. Daniels and his able assistants have a large
stable of good looking horses. Among them are:
Teddy Bear, who has been a mile in 2:17% and
a half in 1:04%;
Bondalin, a mile in 2:17%, last half in 1:08;
Potrero Boy, a mile in 2:26;
San Felipe, a mile in 2:26, just started;
John Malcolm, a mile in 2:25, with the straps;
Ladv Silverthorne. pacer, by Del Coronado, a mile
2:26, half in 1:07%;
Raymond, a three-year-old pacer by Teddy Bear,
dam Wbitehose by Demonio, a mile in 2:23, half in
1:09;
Merril, three-year-old pacer by Teddy Bear, dam by
McKinney, a mile in 2:23, half in 1:06;
Little Jack, three-year-old trotter by Teddy Bear,
dam Camille by Stam B., a mile in 2:23, half in 1:08.
This colt looks like one of the season's coming sensa-
tions and if he stays sound the one that beats him
to tbe wire will hang up the three-year-old record for
California;
By Pass, trotter, by Lijero, dam Camille, half-
brother to Little Jack, a mile in 2:22% and half in
1:08;
A yearling called Franklin, by Teddy Bear, dam
Normono by Demonio, an eighth in 17 seconds un-
shod;
Green, six-year-old pacer by Jim Logan, dam by
Diablo, has been here a short while. All are very
sweet on this mare; she has been a mile in 2:19%,
last half in 1:05%. Mr. H. Goodin is the proud owner
of this mare and also of a two-year-old pacer by Jim
Logan that has been an eighth in 20 seconds;
Yearling by Jim Logan, dam the dam of Little Lu-
cille, an eighth in :22%. They are owned by J.
Clark.
The stable by J. E. Montgomery comprises six
head: Jim Logan, the old war horse of many hard-
fought battles, is in training again, and last Satur-
day during his owner and trainer's absence in the
city Mr. Daniels worked him a mile in 2:21 without
the straps over this half mile track. He acts better
than in his three-year-old form; stepped the last
eighth of this mile in 15% seconds. He also worked
the chestnut Ally, a trotter by Demonio out of the
dam of Memonio. The boys think a lot of this one;
she act like a high class mare, hardly broken. She
worked her first mile in 2:57; the following week a
mile in 2:47: four days later a mile in 2:38 and last
quarter in 38 seconds..
The three-year-old pacer, Marshall Logan, by Jim
Logan, stepped a mile the same day in 2:17%; half
in 1:05%. This fellow looks strong and good this
year and full of pace.
Lock Logan has been a mile in 2:17% and a half
in 1:05%.
Hal Logan has been a mile in 2:18; a half in
1:05%. My! how this pacer can step when asked to;
he is one of old Jim's fastest sons.
Black filly by Gen. Frisbie, dam a full sister to
Memonio 2:08%, a mile in 3:10, an eighth in 21 sec-
onds, and is hardly broken.
Ed. S. Parker has the following horses in training:
May Demonio (pacer) by Alrlie Demonio, dam by
Diablo. This mare has been worked only a short
: she has been "clocked" a mile in 2:21% half
in 1:07
Airlie Pointer ,pacer, by Airlie Demonio, dam bv
Star Pointer, lias been a half in 1:14%, quarter in
:34%. These colts are the property of C. Johnson.
Edna Brown, pacer, by Oiamaz, dam by Alex But-
ton, has been a mile in 2:21%, half in 1:07% and a
quarter in 31 seconds. This one belongs to Ed
Fissel.
Across the road from the entrance to the track, is
located the stable of H. S. Hogoboom, owner of:
The Bulletin, by Palo rang, dam by Diablo; has
been a mile in 2:28;
Lilly of the Valley, trotter by Palo King, dam bv
Iran Alt.-,, a mile in 2:24%;
-] far-old trotter by Palo King, dam
by Iran Alto, a mile in 2:22%;
Beautiful Baby, two-year-old trotter by Palo King
dam by Iran Alto, a mile in 2:41;
Man-o'-War, trotter, by Alto Express, dam by
Diablo, a mile in 2:26. This fellow is a good gaited
one.
Eva Dungan, three-year-old trotter by Palo King,
dam by Iran Alto( has been a :20 gait;
Chestnut colt, two-year-old, trotter, by Prince An-
sel, dam by Mendocino, has shown a 2:20 gait;
Galen, three-year-old pacer, by Jim Logan, dam by
Palo King;
A good two-year-old trotter by Jim Logan, dam by
Diablo, just broke, showing well at the trot. These
two belong to Mr. Hershey.
The pacer Bon Marche, by Bonaday, dam a Mc-
Kinney mare, is a beautiful looking horse and his
owner, Wm. Eires, takes a great deal of pleasure be-
hind this fellow every evening after his day's work,
and on Sunday morning he steps him some on the
track. He has been a mile in 2:25 and a half in 1:14.
There will be quite a few entries from here at the
May Day races in Dixon, and there is a movement on
foot to arrange for a day's card here on the following
Saturdav.
DAN O'KEEFE.
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Col. Dingle's Fair.
Missouri horsemen as well as racing men through-
out the entire Middle West are rejoicing over the
announcement that Col. Ab. Dingle has leased the
Moberly, Mo., fair grounds and his expectation to go
the limit for an honest-to-goodness race meeting this
year. Col. Dingle, one of the most prominent and
popular business men of central Missouri, was the
founder of the present Moberly Fair Association, its
chief stockholder and president, and when his associ-
ates announced they were not in favor of giving the
usual good program, Col. Dingle immediately called
their hand and took full control. The track is one
of the best in the state, is located in the center of the
greatest agricultural, horse breeding, stock breeding
and horse loving countries in the land, has a magnifi-
cent steel amphitheatre, spacious stables and is on
the main line of several big railroads. The dates
are set for July 31 to August 3 this year and the
association will be a member of the live-wire Mis-
souri-Kansas Grand Circuit . The fair will be given
under the direction of Co]. Dingle, by his financial
aid and without help of any kind from the citizens
of the "Magic City."
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AMERICA'S MODEL EXPOSITION.
PACIFIC BREEDERS' FUTURITY STAKE No. 17.
One of the most important privileges the publish-
ers of the Breeder and Sportsman have this week
is that of calling the reader's attention to the an-
nouncement on another page, of the great Wisconsin
State Fair, to be conducted at the state fair grounds
near Milwaukee, September 10 to 15, 1917, giving
the conditions and purses. Secretary Remey an-
nounces that this year's exposition will surpass in
every way all former events and insofar as the rac-
ing program is concerned, will be one of the most
liberal and important in the United States. The
conditions and privileges are the most liberal we
have had the pleasure of announcing this season and
it is very doubtful if any turf publication will publish
a better one this year.
Two stakes for $5,000 each; the Plankington Hotel
stake for 2:12 pacers and the Chamber of Commerce
stake for 2:12 trotters, perhaps, are the only stakes
of such magnitude given outside of the Grand Cir-
cuit. The 52,000 Badger State stake for 2:06 pacers
and other early closing events as follows: Trotting
three-vear-old, §800 — 2:25, $1,000; pacing, three-vear-
old. $800—2:25. $1,000.
These attractive late closing events, entries to
close August 20, also will meet with the approval of
horsemen in every section of the country: Trotting —
2:21, §1.000; 2:18, §1,000; 2:15, §1,000; 2:08, §1,500.
Pacing— 2:29 and 2:15, §1,000; 2:09, and Free-for-All,
§1.500; Team, §600.
The association is a member of the Great Western
Racing Circuit. All events three in five, mile heats,
excepting the races for three-year-olds, Free-for-All
pace and the Team race. The rules of the American
Trotting Association, of which the association is a
member, will govern.
Read the announcement as it appears in this issue,
and write Oliver E. Remey, secretary, State Fair
Grounds, West Allis, Wis., for entry blanks and fur-
ther information.
FROM KEARNEY, NEBRASKA.
Kearney, Neb., April 14, 1917.
Breeder and Sportsman,
San Francisco, Cal.
My Dear Sirs: —
I am glad to report my car of eleven horses ar-
rived here safe and sound after record-breaking trip
via side door Pullman on a fast freight. I find the
weather here a little backward for this time of year
but trainers are working slow miles and a few are
being repeated at this track. By the way, this half
mile track has the reputation of being the very best
two-lap ring west of the Missouri river, and under
the supervision of Ben Rhodes it is kept in perfect
condition. The Midway Farm trainers are as busy
as bees just now. Rhodes has 15 from which the
racing end will be picked for the season. Jack Chand-
ler has 27 yearlings and two-year-olds, mostly the
get of the Farm stallions — Judge Maxey, Robt Bin-
gen and Gold Bingen.
Every one is enthused over the prospect of the
early Nebraska Circuit, which begins at Kearney
May 31st and continues for eight weeks through the
different towns. All are short ships.
Tours truly, J. B. STETSON.
Sixty-five payments were made on the first of April
in Pacific Ereeders' Futurity Stake No. 17, for foals
of 1917, as follows:
Ferdinand R. Bain — Wilbur Lou-Vanria by McKinney.
I. L. Borden — Guy Dillon-Gold Lily by Copa de Oro;
Guy Dillon-Cleopatra by Zolock; Major's By Guy-
Cherry B. by Barney Barnato.
J. L. Bulloch — Black Hall-Cora Wickersham by Junio.
J. M. Clark — Jim Logan-Little Lucille by Palo King;
Jim Logan-Ruby C. by Palo King.
J. N. Colomb— Onward MeGregor-Tolanda by Mc-
Kinney.
Hazen Cowan — Guy Dillon-Maud Wilkes by Linwood
Wilkes.
S. H. Cowell — Peter McKlyo-Dione II by Cupid;
Panama-Hulda C. by Dexter Prince.
C. L. DeRyder — Vernon McKinney-Gracie Pointer by
Star Pointer.
J. F. Dunne — El Volante S. — Letter B. Jr. by Benton
Boy.
W. G. Durfee — Carlokin-My Irene S. by Petigru; Car-
lokin-Atherine by Patron; Manrico-Helen Stiles by
Sidney Dillon; Carlokin-Honey Healey by Zom-
bro; Copa de Oro-Subito by Steinway; Copa de
Oro-Miss Carlokin by Carlokin; Copa de Oro-Pearl
Pointer by Sky Pointer; Carlokin — by Copa de
Oro.
Wm. M. Ferguson — Alton-Leta K. by Palite.
L. L. Gilpin — Expressive Mac-Beautiful Morn by Iran
Alto.
Alex. Grant — Alhambra Prlnce-Sona by McKinney;
Alhambra Prince-Sima G. by Limonero.
Hemet Stock Farm — Kinney de Lopez-Louise Carter
by Chostnut Tom; Wilbur Lou-Lady Zombro by :
Zombro; Wilbur Lou-Eradiate by Geo. W. McKin-
ney; Wilbur Lou-Hemet Girl by Geo. W. McKin-
ney; Wilbur Lou-Zeta W. by Nutwood Wilkes.
H. A. Hershey — Jim Logan-Palo Maid by Palo King.
L. Karns — Expressive Mac-Dollie K. by Athadon;
Expressive Mac-Beauty N. by Nushagak.
M. C. Keefer — The Proof-Nada by Nushagak.
R. S. Kernahan — El Angelo-Derby Lass by Arner.
Mrs Mabel Upson — Wick Hall-Policia by Best Pol-
icy; Wick Hall-Jane C. by Zombro.
A. W. Longley — Pedlar Direct-Lady Gay by Ben Ben-
ton.
Geo. W. Lowery — El Volante S.-Copper the Ore by
Direct Heir.
Roy D. Mayes — Eon Watts-Bally Pointer by Star
Pointer; Vernon McKinney-Ramona by Demonio;
Jim Logan-Leota by Diablo.
Alex McDougall — EI Angelo-Modesto Mad by Sum-
merset Prince.
J. E. Montgomery — Jm Logan-Margaret M. by Chest-
nut Tom; Jim Logan-Beautiful Bird by Nutwood
Wilkes; Jim Logan-Minnie Bond by The Bonds-
man.
Jerry W. Moynihan — Healani-Belle Seymore.
Theo. Mueller — Dexter Derby-Maggie Thorn by Me-
chanic.
R. I. Orr — Warren Dillon-Benito B. by Stam B.
H. B. Robben — Healani-Marie by Diablo.
F. J. Ruhstaller — The Anvil-Expedio by Lijero.
Geo. F. Ryan — Vernon McKinney-Miss Harris by Sid-
ney Dillon.
W. L. Scott — Wilbur Lou-Lady Lou by Stanton
Wilkes.
J. E. Short — Mono Ansel-Nelmonio by Demonio;
Skidoo Wilkes-Honda Girl by Cubino.
Tony Simas — Teddy Bear — By Best Policy.
A. B. Spooner — Morris A.-San Luis Belle by Mc-
Ginnis.
L. H. Todhunter — Peter McKlyo- Janet Bondsman by
The Bondsman; Peter McKlyo-Leavlnettie by
Zombro: Peter McKlyo-Osmuda by Bon Voyage.
D. W. Wallis — El Angelo-Mary W. by Dictatus.
G. Wempe — Vernon McKin n ey-Plumado by Adver-
tiser.
M. L. Woy — Peter McKlyo-Loma B. by Stam B.; Stan-
ford McKinney-Florence B. by Bon Voyage; Stan-
ford McKinney-Strathalie by Strathway.
With submarines operating on the lines of ship-
ment from America to Europe, the transport of fresh
horses to the allied armies and of feed for those
already in the field has become a formidable under-
taking and a serious drain on shipping, enormous
quantities of hay, oats and corn being required to
keep the animals in working condition. Such is the
seriousness of the feeding question that the substitu-
tion of furze for hay is being talked about in Eng-
land. Furze, or gorse, is a kind of shrub, two or
three feet high, common in Britain and France, which
is sometimes utilized for feeding sheep, and in parts
of Wales for feeding; the officers who served in the
Peninsular War are quoted as saying that the cavalry
forces on both sides were frequently obliged to feed
their horses entirely on furze, and that the animals
not only lived, but thrived on this rough fare. —
[Horse World.
Single G. 2:00 and Ben Earl 2:00% will meet in
a special match race at Youngstown, Ohio, July 12.
The race will be three-in-five for a purse of §1,000,
winner to take all. A handsome trophy, valued at
§250, designating the "world's champion half mile
track pacer," will be presented the winner. Tommy
Murphy offers to match Directum I. against the win-
ner over the same track for any amount from §500 to
§5,000 a side, but the race must be two-in-three.
Saturday, April 21, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Thoroughbred Matters I
LIST OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS NOW BARRED.
TIJUANA FIRMLY ESTABLISHED.
§L~K3L~i
WINNING OWNERS AND HORSES AT TIJUANA.
The winter meeting of the Lower California Jackey
Club, which came to an end on Sunday, April 1, was
successful in every way and already ambitious plans
are being made for racing on a more pretentious
scale next year. The meeting opened on November
11, 1916, and continued for the full schedule of one
hundred days, when an extension of twelve days
was announced, at the termination of which an ex-
tension of twelve days was announced, at the term-
ination of which a further extension of thirteen days
more lengthened the meeting to 125 days in all.
During that period $300,525 was distributed among
the horsemen. The daily purse distribution aver-
aged about $2,400. Six stake races were provided,
with the $5,000 Coffroth Handicap as the big feature.
Of the owners participating at the meeting G. A.
Alexandra has no reason to regret his trip west, as
his horses not only won the largest number of races,
but also earned the largest amount of money. His
stable winnings amounted to $12,650, which placed
him at the head of the winning owners. The Nevada
Stock Farm did exceptionally well, having $11,970
to its credit at the end of the meeting. W. Walker,
Clarence Buxton, J. Fuentez. J. W. Fuller and E. J.
Ramsey are others who had quite a profitable season
as far as stable earnings are concerned.
The owners, who shared in the distribution to the
amount of $2,000 or more, as follows:
Owner. 1st. 2d. 3d. Amt.
G. A. Alexandra 34 32 26 $12,650
Nevada Stock Farm . . 24 11 -14 11,970
C. Buxton 6 3 3 6,785
J. Fuentez 17 12 12 6,225
W. Walker 14 22 18 6,220
E. J. Ramsey 16 9 16 5,965
J. W. Fuller 15 12 17 5,900
C. Polk 18 7 11 5,705
C. A. Davies 15 10 18 5,570
A. Neal 10 9 5 5,425
Bronx Stable 12 14 20 5.010
W. Fisher 14 10 11 4,740
G. Radio 12 10 10 4,565
Ayeanbe Stable 12 5 6 4,200
F. Gehring, Jr 9 7 3 3,950
J. M. Stowe 11 7 4 3,895
J. Pelter 10 8 5 3.695
H. T. Batchler 9 9 11 3,555
G. A. Marshall 9 9 0 3,045
F. Rinehart 8 9 3 2,900
J. Randolph 9 2 5 2,855
F. MaUory 8 8 6 2,855
Frazier & Farris 7 9 3 2,805
J. G. Parker 9 8 2 2,755
H. L. Crain 6 10 7 2,725
Sunny side Stable 6 9 9 2,685
K. Spenee 5 12 9 2,605
R. P. Dickinson 6 6 0 2,575
Daniels & Hodges 6 9 5 2,550
J. Sieman 5 10 10 2,515
T. C. Williams 6 7 6 2,465
C. W. Gasser 5 11 7 2,445
D. Howell 7 3 5 2,445
F. George 7 4 3 2,365
W. A. Wright 6 9 1 2,345
E. T. Miller 6 5 9 2,335
Smith & Dority 6 6 6 2,285
T. Mills 7 4 5 2,275
C. Reed 6 5 4 2,265
S. Veiller 6 4 4 2,200
J. H. Adams 5 7 8 2,195
E. C. Griffith 5 8 4 2,070
H. Morris 6 3 7 2,055
C. Henry 5 6 7 2,025
Sasin's victory in the $5,000 Coffroth Handicap was
the means of placing him at the head of the money-
winning horses, his total being $5,035. The Nevada
Stock Farm's speedy gelding Slippery Elm was sec-
ond on the list, his successes in the Los Angeles
Highweight Handicap and the Spreckels Handicap
bringing his total up to $3,885. The old Ort Wells
gelding General won the largest number of races,
finishing in front on eight occasions. The horses
which won $2,000 or more are as follows:
Horse. 1st 2d. 3d. Amt.
Sasin 4 1 1 $5,035
Slippery Elm 4 1 1 3,885
General 8 7 4 2,845
Sayonarra 5 5 2 2,585
Ed Cudihee 2 1 2 2,565
Inquita 7 6 3 2,510
Scarlet Oaks 5 0 0 2,470
Maud Bacon 7 2 2 2,365
First Degree 7 5 2 2,345
Jawbone 7 1 5 2,330
She'll Do 5 4 1 2.110
Redland 5 6 4 2,055
Dominion Park 5 2 2 2,035
Anna J.
Anna Star
Avon Carey
Belle Roberts
Jack J.
T. C. Harry
Kate Bright
Billy Nestiehouse Killdo
Black Bass
Blue Addle
Boldness
Bombast
Bracelet
^andelaria
Cavalla
Copy Cat
Cork
Curtis Warning
Doveland
Eastertide
Emily M.
Fort Biss
Gay Lady
Gertrude R.
Hargrave
Helen Atkins
Henry R.
Ike Mills
Kio
Korin
Lusum
Macushla
Madelyn C.
Man of Honor
Mary Henshone
May Maulsby
Mildred Euretta
Napoli
Natty
Notate
Nowhere
Nudge
Old Mac
Ornery
Paula V.
Pauline Crowley
Perch
Rattan
Red Clover
Red Snapper
Reilloe
Rita Warner
Royat
SL Theresa
5am Hill
Sandab
Jena Day
Sephus
Shade
Smiling Buck
Tampa
Tantalizer
Thinker
Trovato Belle
Tugs
Crapip
Valaspar
Vanessa Welles
Victor Munoz
Water Wave
Zip
Zubelda
Frank B. Weir has sent Ft. Bliss, Belle Roberts
and Helen Atkin, two-year-old winners ruled out for
having raced before April 1, to John D. Carr, to be
turned out for the remainder of the year.
Laura Miller (formerly Lizzie Miller).
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Jockey Charlie Gross, who has been in the saddle
for over twelve years, has been engaged to pilot
Berlin in the Derby. He has arrived from Tijuana,
where ho had been riding successfully all winter!
Gross will be astride Berlin in all of his future trials,
and will the coming season do the bulk of the riding
for the Ward stable. Gross rode on the Kentucky
tracks two seasons ago, but last year rode on the
far western tracks. He can easily tip the scales at
104 pounds.
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Many Improvements at Churchill Downs.
Louisville. Ky., April 12.— In line with his policy,
Col. Matt Winn, General Manager of the New Louis-
ville Jockey Club, is undertaking many improvements
at Churchill Downs in preparation for the forty-third
annual spring meeting that opens Mav 12, on which
date the $20,000 Kentucky Derby will be decided.
Most of the improvements being made are with the
view of the accommodation of the record crowd that
is expected to turn out Derby day.
In former years the assembling of thirty or forty
thousand persons within a limited space worked a
hardship on many of the patrons and necessitated
much crowding. The lack of sufficient seating ac-
commodations has also proved a big drawback on
Derby day.
In order to overcome these disadvantages and give
the club's patrons every comfort and convenience,
Col. Winn has greatly enlarged the grandstand space
by combining it with the paddock grounds, thus turn-
ing the two into one enclosure. Hereafter admission
to the grandstand will also cover admission to the
paddock. The fence that formerly served as the
boundary between grandstand and paddock has been
removed, and beginning with the spring meeting an
extra charge for admission to the paddock will be a
thing of the past. This innovation on the part of
Col. Winn is bound to prove popular with the race-
goers. It has been decided, however, to raise the
price of admission Derby Day. The raise stands only
on that day. On all other days of the meeting the
price of admission will be the same as heretofore.
In anticipation of a record field facing the barrier
in the coming Derby, Col. Winn has had the track
widened twenty feet near the quarter pole, where the
start of the big race will be made. At that point
the track is now 100 feet in width. In the work of
widening a chute has been constructed, out of which
the Derby horses will start on their long trip. This
insures a straightaway course from the start, and
will obviate the crowding that was inevitable under
former conditions when the start of the Derby was
made on a turn. It will be possible to line up a field
of twenty or more horses under the improved condi-
tions.
In order to provide for the speculatively inclined
there will he in operation Derby Day between fifty
and sixty pari-mutuel machines, which number is
greatly in excess of former years. Forty-nine cash-
iers will hand out the money to the holders of win-
ning tickets, this being an increase of fifteen over
last year. To make room for the additional cashiers,
an addition had to be made to the pari-mutuel build-
ing.
Of the two-year-olds that had started in races prior
to April 1 nothing more will be heard until next sea-
son, unless they perform at some unrecognized
tracks. The rule disqualifying from competition for
the remainder of the year all two-year-olds that
raced prior to April 1. holds good with the Jockey
Club of New York, the Kentucky State Racing Com-
mission, and the Canadian Racing Associations, and
debars until next season the youngsters that ' took
part in racing at the winter meetings. The rule was
observed also at the recent Oaklawn meeting at
Hot Springs, and though the stables housed plenty of
the young horses, ready for racing, no two-vear-old
events were included in the program. Following is
the official list of two-year-olds which raced before
April 1:
Iniit
James W. Coffroth, president of the Lower Cali-
fornia Jockey Club, is laying plans to secure the
control of a number of race tracks in the Far West
so that an extensive circuit can be launched by the
opening of next season. He is negotiating for leases
on the turf courses at Phoenix, Ariz.; Denver, Colo.;
Reno, Nev., and other points. Coffroth's idea for
branching out from his track at Tijuana is to run
the meetings in conjunction with the Lower Cali-
fornia races, so that the horses attracted here from
the East will be afforded places to race the season
round.
According to tentative plans already announced,
Tijuana will open another 100-day meeting, commenc-
ing on Thanksgiving day. Instead of the four stakes
thai w-ere fixtures at the last meeting, there will be
a dozen features with more money tacked on. The
value of the $5000 Coffroth handicap will be in-
creased, as will the other handicaps and selling
stakes. With the close at Tijuana, the circuit will
be arranged with four, and possibly five, meetings
in sight.
Coffroth. once the premier boxing promoter, no
longer gives the roped arena his attention. It's the
"sport of kings" that is the big thing with him, and
if his well-laid plans go through he will be the turf
power of the West. In August he will make a trip
East, and he confidently predicts that he will secure
the biggest stables and leading jockeys in the coun-
try. He does not figure the war will affect racing.
"Tijuana is now firmly established as a racing
center, and no difficulty will be experienced in secur-
ing horses," he says. "We have 1,011 stalls at our
Lower California plant, and I do not believe they
will be enough to accommodate all applicants. At
the meeting just closed we gave away $300,525, which
is a third more than any other meeting in the coun-
try. The statistics prove the bigness of the turf
sport in the south."
An innovation to be started next year is the estab-
lishment of a breeding farm at the Tijuana track.
The Jockey Club will embark in the industry of
breeding and raising horses. "The Jockey Club will
conduct the breeding farm to supply the necessity for
more horses." explains Coffroth. "The horses raised
will be sold to the horsemen for the actual cost, plus
10 per cent. This is added because every tenth horse
we raise will be presented to the Mexican Govern-
ment to improve the standard of its horses."
Coffroth points with pride to the fact that the
Lower California Jockey Club has adopted rules that
are being copied by other associations. The regula-
tions governing the troublesome selling races are
the most important. They specify that claims must
be filed by owners with horses in the races fifteen
minutes before the field goes to the post. The Cana-
dian rule permitted the filing of bids fifteen minutes
after the race. Winners are no longer bid up.
Horsemen have hailed the new rule with delight,
as it is more of a sportsman's proposition and shoul-
ders certain responsibilities on the claimers. It also
has a tendency to do away with the selling-race wars.
The Jockey Club head says that the bookmaking
system of wagering will be continued, although he
believes the time will come when pari-mutuel ma-
chines will be introduced and the length of the meet-
ings will be cut down.
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STALLIONS FOR SALE.
The Nevada Stock Farm of Reno, Nev., offers for
sale the two well known stallions Ossary and Mont-
gomery . Ossary is by the great Ormonde, "the horse
of the century," and from the renowned Queen Mary
family.
Imp. Countess Langden. dam of Ossary, was also
the dam of Count of Flanders (a stake and frequent
winner) and Lass of Langden (8 wins). Josyan, his
second dam, was dam of winners in England. His
next dam, Lady Langden, was dam of Hampton (win-
ner of Doncaster and Goodwood cups. etc.).
Ossary was trained and very highly tried. He
started but once as a three-year-old and bowed a ten-
don in that race, and so was reserved for the stud.
Among his get to win in America were Oran, winner
of the Great Trial Stake for two-year-olds at Coney
Island. He also won the Foam Stake, and was sec-
ond in the Eclipse and Tremont Stakes. Ossary also
sired Sir Wilfred. May L. N., Sir Ormonde, Wiltrude
S., Ormuz, Howdy Howdy, Vespasian, Little Red and
many other good winners. Among his get to win in
England are Ocydrome and Ottery St. Mary.
Montgomery, the other offering, was sired by Pes-
sara, out of Montgomery Cooper by Duke of Kent.
Montgomery was a high class stake winner who won
the Crescent City Derby. Burns Handicap. California
Handicap, etc. He won six races at two years old
in 1906, and was a stake winner in 1907. 1908 and
1909 and again a good winner in 1910. 1911 and 1912.
He is the sire of Edna F.. his first starter who won
four races straight. Montgomery' is a young horse,
having been foaled in 1904 and coming from a great
racing family should prove to be a successful sire.
* + *
"Lucky" Baldwin's daughter Anita, is reported to
have patriotically turned over to the government the
Santa Anita race track, the Santa Anita ranch and
such horses in its stud as are suitable for army use.
It is announced that Major-General Franklin J. Bell,
the commander of the western department of the
army, has accepted the tender.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 21, 1917
THE CHAMPION SADDLE HORSE OF THE
WORLD.
Read the announcements of the stallion owners in
this issue.
+ * *
Write S. E. Kramer, manager, San Francisco Rid-
ing School, for a catalogue of the horses to be dis-
persed by Miss A. E. Farnum, Thursday evening,
April 26.
* * *
Jas. A. Houchin, of Jefferson City, Mo., attended
the New York sale the first week of April and re-
ports the biggest demand New York has ever known
for saddle horses.
V V V
D. Schilling, of Chicago, bought a fine young saddle
horse from Miss Mary Burnham, of Missouri, last
week. He purchased several others of exceptionally
clever class from other sections of Missouri.
* * *
To house the new horse show which will be con-
ducted in connection with the National Dairy Show
at Columbus, Ohio, on October 18 to 27, a new coli-
seum costing $200,000 will be built at the Ohio State
Fair Grounds.
Bruce Robinson, of Riverside, Iowa, has several
nice youngsters in training, among them Iowa Pride,
a three-year-old stallion owned by H. F. Griffin, of
Riverside. This fellow won the 1916 American Sad-
dle Horse Breeders' trophy at the Iowa State Fair
and is a regular "gee whiz," it is said. Another good
one owned by Mr. Griffin is Mayla Dare, a beautiful
filly by My Major Dare — Mayla, bred by Longview
Farm . She is taking to her work in nice shape and
both owner and trainer are sure that she will annex
the 1917 trophy for this stable.
* * *
The First Cavalry Riding Academy of Chicago has
just issued an attractive circular announcing the ap-
pointment of Mr. Holger Rasmussen, as manager of
instruction and the hoarding departments. The First
Cavalry Riding Academy is the most noted institu-
tion of this character in the West and Chicago's most
exclusive equestrians have made it a highly profitable
business. It offers every facility for the full enjoy-
ment of the sport. Beautiful and well trained saddle
horses and excellent appointments are furnished.
Valet and maid service, also, is maintained. Mr.
Rasmussen's extensive experience as an instructor
and his national reputation as an exhibitor places
his services at a high premium to this well founded
academy.
* * *
Iowa's well known, dealer and exhibitor of saddle
horses, Bruce G. Robinson, of Riverside, announces
the public service of his magnificent young stallion,
Rex Ortiz of Denmark, one of the handsomest and
most praiseworthy of Rex McDonald's last colts. The
colt's dam was Ortiz Belle, a daughter of that most
attractive son of old Montrose 106, Ortiz Rose.
Black Squirrel 58 and Artist 75 are other great early
day sires whose strains are found most frequently
in his attractive pedigree. Rex Ortiz of Denmark
was bred by the well known breeder and former
leading exhibitor. B. R. Middleton, of Mexico, and
at the time of the sale Mr. Middleton informed his
friends Rex Ortiz was one of the very best stallions
his old black King had ever sired. His dam, too, was
a beautiful mare and a splendid producer as were
his second .third and fourth dams. As an individual
this young stallion stands out head and toot above
the average horse, possessing all the qualifications
that are expected of a so grandly bred Denmark.
He has proven a splendid show horse and there are
few animals his age who have more interesting rec-
ords. He is a horse of the present and future and
should receive the patronage of every Iowa mare
owner who desires to raise one of the high class
saddle horses which are now becoming .recognized
as the most profitable of all light horses. Mr. Rob-
inson also conducts a public stable and trains and
shows many good horses every year. He has splen-
did tacilities and equipment and mares sent to the
court <>f Rex Ortiz of Denmark or to Mr. Robinson
to be trained will receive the best of attention and
care. Write him at Riverside, Iowa, and mention the
Breeder and Sportsman.
The editor of the Breeder and Sportsman desires
to acknowledge receipt of several communications
from the horse lovers and breeders of Missouri and
Kentucky regarding the proposed World Champion-
ship Saddle Stake, which we proposed in our issue
of April 7. Horsemen everywhere seem to agree
with our idea of giving such a stake and declare it
will be the most talked-of exhibition of horseflesh
the world has ever known. Even the owner of one
of the most famous of these horses has written stat-
ing that while he had retired his horse from the show
ring he would feel that he would be compelled to
enter in such a stake as we propose. Most import-
ant, however, of the many replies we have received
is the following communication from the Hon. Matt
S. Cohen, Commissioner of Agriculture and president
of the great Kentucky State Fair, who, as is charac-
teristic of his every effort, is a little ahead of all
other associations with this communication, which
will interest every breeder, dealer, exhibitor, owner
and lover of saddle horses in the land:
**♦
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
LABOR AND STATISTICS.
Frankfort, Ky., April 13, 1917.
The Breeder and Sportsman,
San Francisco, Cal.
Gentlemen: I have just read your suggestion, con-
tained in your April 7th issue, in which you suggest,
"Champion Saddle Horse of the World" and taking
your "cue," as President of Kentucky State Fair, re-
gardless of the amount raised by public subscription
we will duplicate that amount, same not to be less
than $1,000; put both "piles" together, charge no
entrance, deduct nothing from the money winners,
and divide the award as follows: 50% to 1st, 25% to
2nd, 15% to 3d and 10% to fourth, judged by three
judges, one to be selected by the State Board of
Agriculture of Missouri, one by the same authorities
in California, and the third by same body in Ken-
tucky; show to be held at Kentucky State Fair, Fri-
day evening, eight o'clock, Sept. 14, 1917. Besides,
we will furnish free stall, free bedding, free feed for
each entry, and allow $10 hotel bill for each exhib-
itor contesting for the award.
Very tiuly yours,
MATT S. COHEN,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
* * *
About the best bidding for saddle horses seen in
ten years in the New York market resulted last week
at Durland's Riding Academy, when eighteen head,
owned by S. T. Harbison of Lexington. Ky., were sold
under the hammer by George A. Bain for §13,400, an
average of $744. Prices ranged from $265 to $2,050,
and five horses brought $1,000 or more each. Tiffany
Tested, a brown mare of beautiful figure, topped the
sale. She was purchased by Miss Marion du Pont,
of Wilmington, Del.
* + *
P. J. Donnelly, of St. Louis, has sold his saddle
mare, Dorothy McDonald, by a son of Rex McDonald,
to Mr. Harry Lesser of No. 12 Washington Terrace,
St. Louis. Mr. Lesser, who is president of the Lesser
& Goldman Cotton Company, of St. Louis, is one of
the city's wealthiest men and has taken up horseback
riding with much enthusiasm.
* •£ *
Mr. W. C. Dierks, of Pittsburg, one of the most
popular Eastern horsemen who visits Missouri and
Kentucky every season, has returned to his home
after a visit to some of the leading saddle horse
nurseries of the Middle West. He reports a big de-
mand in the East. My Idol was purchased by Mr.
Dierks for one of his Pittsburg customers.
Ed. White, who has charge of the show stable of
John R. Thompson, Chicago, was at Lexington, Ky.,
the past week in quest of a ladies pair of heavy har-
ness horses, and a three gaited horse, or two of the
right sort. Mr. White stated that he had seen sev-
eral horses that suited his purpose, but none that
would go together as a pair. He expects to return
to Kentucky and Missouri in about two weeks.
* * *
The meeting of the Kentucky Fair Association
which was to have been held at Lexington, Ky.; the
past week was postponed until an indefinite date
because of the inability to attend of Commissioner
of Agriculture Matt S. Cohen, and Secretary of the
Blue Grass Fair, Denny B. Goode. Mr. Cohen was
on a speaking tour of the southern portion of the
state and Secretary Goode was unexpectedly called
to Louisville.
* * *
The announcement of Myron H. Oppenheim, New
Y'ork sportsman, buying a stable of saddle horses
and considering champions only in his selections, is
most encouraging news to the breeders of saddle
horses, as it substantiates the talk that is going on
of the popularity of saddle horses in the East. In-
cluded in his purchases have been Jack Barrymore,
world's champion, Johnny Jones, Missouri champion,
and Sport King, future champion.
While there have been some most remarkable sales
of saddle horses in the East and Middle West since
the first of April, establishing the truism of the great
back to the saddle movement which is sweeping the
United States at the present, a California sale has
attracted horse lovers' attention with equal notice
on account of the prominence of the purchaser in
horse affairs. Tom Mason, the well known Santa
Barbara, California, horseman, having sold his beau-
tiful young stallion, Cy Mason 6892, to C. K G Bil-
lings, who has shipped him to New York, along with
the other members of his stables he has been using
m California this winter. The price paid for this
Trn, a"^Cti7e and ''randly bred young stallion was
$1,500. Mr. Mason has several high class horses in
his Santa Barbara stables and is one of the leading
breeders of California. e
_* * *
Election of Officers.
The officers elected at the recent American Saddle
Horse Breeders meeting were: John B. Castleman
president; Claude M. Thomas, I. H. Thurman and
Pownattan Woolridge, vice-presidents. Roger Lillard
was re-elected secretary. The Board of Directors
selected were composed of John B. Castleman, Claude
M. Thomas, E. W. MeCormack, Jas. Houchin J L
Gay, Gus Ball, I. H. Thurman, John T. Woodford'
John T Collins, L. L. Wells, R. A. Long, Powhattan
Woolridge, A. G. Jones, U. G. Saunders and Milo R
Clanahan. The State Vice-Presidents chosen were-
Missouri, Prof. E. A. Trowbridge, Columbia; Ala-
bama, W. E. Reynolds, Warrior Stand; Colorado
Bruce G. Eaton, Eaton; Connecticut, Samuel Russel
Jr., Middletown; Georgia, S. M. Carter, Carters; Illi-
nois, Milo R. Clanahan, E. St. Louis; Indiana, Benj
Johnson, Richmond; Kentucky, J. W. Garrett Ft
Garrett; Louisiana, G. M. Hutton, Minden; Maryland]
E. C. Walton, Cumberland; Mississippi, J. T. Atter-
bury, Estill; New York, Roswell Eldridge, New York
City; Ohio, W. S. Robinson, ML Sterling, Ky.; Okla-
homa, W. T. Miller, Porum; Tennessee, T. H. Hart-
mus, Jackson; Texas, H. E. Allen, Gainesville; Vir-
ginia, D. W. Mason, Riple Mead; West Virginia, O.
H. Hoffman, Thomas; California, C. H. Ragsdale,
Merced; New Mexico, H. S. Burnham, Castleberry;
Arkansas, Burton O. George, Berrville; Dist. of
Columbia, M. E. Joyce, Washington; Hawaii, A. F.
Knudsen, Kakaha; Canada, O. D. Weeks, Cardston,
Alberta.
___ * * *
The most interesting sale of saddle horses made in
many seasons was the purchase by Myron H. Oppen-
heim, of New York, of the two sensational saddle
geldings, Jack Barrymore, winner of the Panama-
Pacific championship and Commissioner of Agricul-
ture stake at Louisville; and Johnny Jones, the noted
chestnut, winner of the five gaited championship at
the Missolri State Fair last year and numberless
other stakes of similar note and prominence. The
price for Johnny Jones is reported more than $10,000.
However, a statement from his seller, Col. Paul
Brown, of St. Louis, has not been received and until
he announces the price we will not publish the scores
of prices he is reported to have received. H. B.
Thornberry, of Stockton ,Cal., who sold Mr. Oppen-
heim the famous gray gelding, Jack Barrymore, was
in San Francisco this week and said that the new
purchaser did not care to make the price public;
but that it was a very satisfactory one, and, knowing
Mr. Thornberry did not want to sell the horse, the
writer is sure that, it was one of the biggest prices
ever paid for a horse. He also took in two horses
as part payment. Both horses will remain in Ed
Moore's stable and be exhibited by the well known
Missourian through Missouri and Kentucky this year
and finally wind up at the National in November.
Mr. Moore will exhibit them at Durland show and
the Brooklyn show this spring, and immediately after
will return them to his stable at Columbia, Missouri,
for further preparation.
+ * <•
Females of Proven Value as Breeding Animals
Profitable During Later Years.
The above photograph shows Ruth McDonald 3229,
by Rex McDonald 833, the dam of many noted
saddle horses. She is the property of the Missouri
College of Agriculture and is the dam of three
splendid young horses now owned by the farm
and which have attracted much attention. These
three youngsters are by Astral King and Ken-
tucky's Best, and it is said are as attractive a
trio as these great stallions have ever produced.
/
iturday, April 21, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Notes and News
The Wisconsin State Fair dates are September 10
i 15 inclusive.
* *♦
Bowling Green opens the fourteen weeks of racing
l the Ohio Racing Circuit June 5 to 8.
* * +
The harness races at the Illinois State Fair this
ear will total §26,000 in purses and stakes.
* * *
Robert L. Taber, secretary, announces the dates of
ictober 9, 10, 11, 12, 12 for the great Riverside
ounty Fair.
* * *
Every one of the thirty-two early closing purses
ictober 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 for the great Riverside
regate §43,500.
* + *
The Wisconsin State Fair is the only racing organ-
:ation outside of the Grand Circuit giving two §5,000
takes this year.
* * *
A. B. Coxe, of Nawbeek Farm, Paoli, Pa., reports
he arrival of bis first 1917 foal. His great mare,
'onia Worthy 2:22%, by Axworthy 2:15%, having
oaled by Peter the Great.
* * *
The Iowa State Fair management has adopted the
ne-man-judge plan for the races in connection with
he 1917 fair and has secured Magnus Flaws, of Chi-
ago, to act in that capacity, as he has previously
one at Des Moines.
+ * *
The article by J. D. O'Keefe, of Woodland .under
he captain of "The Care of the Colt's Feet" in last
reek's paper has attracted a great deal of praise
rom readers. Saddle horse men especially have ex-
ressed their appreciation of this excellent advice
nd warning.
* * *
"We not only aim to entertain the thousands of
atrons who attend every day's fair but to encour-
ge harness racing and the breeding of harness
acing horses," writes that popular and capable sec-
etary Oliver E. Remey, of the Wisconsin State Fair.
* * *
In 1916 the trotters and pacers descending in the
irect male line from Bingen won 680 races of the
alue of §284,000. The direct male line descendants
f Peter the Great won 305 races valued at §172,000.
'he explanation lies in the fact that sons, grandsons
nd great-grandsons of Bingen are siring trotters and
■acers to an extent never before approached by the
lescendants of any other horse, while the "Peter
amily" makes a notable showing in the first genera-
.=. % tj»
Col. Matt Winn, General Manager of the New
,ouisville Jockey Club, is enthusiastic about the
;reat Kentucky Derby which will he decided on May
2. He declares it will be the most sensational one
lecided in many years. He lays emphasis on its
mportacce from an international view, owing to the
•ecord number of foreign-bred colts in the race. The
nere fact that these foreign-breds, representing the
>est and purest stock of British blood, are to meet
he best of the American-breds, is in itself sufficient
o make the contest most noteworthy.
* * *
The stable of George H. Estabrook, of Denver, is
working nicely at Overland Park in the hands of
311ie Graver.. Both Colorado Range (3) 2:08% and
2. Colorado, the three-year-old son of Colorado E.,
ire working satisfactorily. Ollie has some very
promising young things by Colorado E„ two two-
i-ear-old pacers by Peter O'Donna 2:08 and Direct
Pointer, a young son of Baron Direct. There are
iround seventy horses in training at Overland Park,
md some good material among the other trainers,
ilso.
* * *
The report of the purchase of Allen Farm by the
government for §250,000 turns out to be a canard.
The government would like to buy the place and
1250,000 has been mentioned as the price, but that's
Ul.
AAA
Belle Ashland 2:10, one of the last trotters raced
by the late Crit Davis, recently foaled a bay colt by
Peter the Great at the farm of Rhodes Estill, one of
Kentucky's prominent planter-horsemen. Belle Ash-
land is the fastest trotter ever gotten by her sire.
' The Stake Book of the North Pacific Fair Asso-
ciation is out and copies may be obtained by address-
ing Secretary John W. Pace, Seattle, Wash. The
Circuit will commence August 20, 1917, with the Van-
louver, B. C, Exhibition, followed by the Southwest
Washington Fair, then the Spokane Interstate Fair,
the Grays Harbor County Fair; the Washington State
Fair, and winding up with the Oregon State Fair at
3alem the last week in September. §75,000 is offered
' in stakes and purses and classes seem to have been
selected that will ensure a large entry list. Full
particulars and conditions for these races will he
found in the advertising columns of this issue.
Springfield, Ohio, noted for good fairs and horse
shows, announces the date of August 14 to 17 inclu-
sively for this year's fair.
* + +
J. B. Stetson writes that there will be some regular
racing this year in the corn belt.
Elmo Montgomery, of Davis, owner of Jim Logan
and others of note, was a San Francisco visitor last
Saturday.
AAA
Engle & Latshaw, of Wilson, Kansas, have pur-
chased Todd Echo p. (2) 2:11%, from E. A. Decker,
of Dayton, Ohio.
4« 4» 4»
There will be a good race meeting at Beatrice,
Nebraska, the last week in June.
* * +
Dave Wilcox has six head of good horses in train-
ing at the Guthrie, Okla., track.
* * +
George Gano p. 2:02, has been sold by the Interna-
tional Stock Farm, Savage, Minn., to W. J. Bucking-
ham, Onida, S. D.
* * *
Remember the sale at the Riding School, Seventh
Ave., Thursday evening, — twenty-four head sell for
the last bid.
Col. Carey M. Jones, the noted Shorthorn sales-
man ,will cry the sale of Shorthorn cattle for W. M.
Carruihers, at Mayfield, California, Mav 2.
* * +
Harry Brusie, of Windsor Locks, Conn., last sea-
son's leading race winning driver on the double-O's.
has in his 1917 stable Koroni 2:12%, Monte Volo
2:16%, Miss Zombro 2:23% and Donna Belle W. (2)
2:29%, now three.
+ * *
Fanella 2:13, for several years considered one of
the greatest matrons, died last week at Hilltop Farm,
Buffalo, N. Y., the property of George P. Urban. She
was the dam of Todd 2:14%, Sadie Mac 2:06%, Ma-
gowan 2:09%, and others.
M. L. Woy. of Fresno, one of the leading horsemen
in the Pacific Coast states, was a San Francisco
visitor last week. Mr. Woy reports his youthful
trotters making splendid progress. He came up to
register a "kick" at the reclassifying proposition at
the California Fair and Racing Association's meeting.
It is stated that a prominent New England horse-
manhas signified his intention of donating his win-
nings this year to the Red Cross fund. This is
certainly a fine example, and in order not to be out-
done in patriotic ardor all who race against this
man's horses should see that they win every time
they start, and the judges should close their eyes so
as not to witness any infraction of the rules. The
scheme may be a little tough on the race-goers, but
everybody should he willing to make sarcifices in
war times — [Trotter and Pacer.
A A ■£
Don't sit around worrying about what the other
fellow's horse is going to do. Step lively, work your
horse regularly, hustle, mind your business and be
quiet and you will have 'em all worrying about what
yours are going to do.
* * *
A good deal of curiosity is being manifested as to
the reason why Miss Harris M. 2:01% has not been
named in any of the free-for-alls this season. She
was at last accounts in fine condition in Lon McDon-
ald's stable, and it seems strange that she has not
been entered. Perhaps she is being saved for some
of those big half-mile track free-for-alls at Trenton.
AllPntown, Rutland and other places.
* A A
Last Thursday Millard Sanders left for Indianap-
olis with Peter's Oueen, the Peter the Great mare
belonging to Geo. W. Lowery. This mare has shown
wonderful improvement, in her work, over her last
year's form. Last Saturday Millard Sanders drove
her a half mile at Pleasanton in 1:04 with the last
quarter in 29% seconds. She has filled out and looks
better than at any time before and Mr. Sanders
expresses the opinion that he will be able to show
her to be the fastest trotting daughter of Peter the
Great when he starts her on the Eastern tracks.
* + +
The United States department of agriculture re-
ports a decrease of 33,000 horses in this country
last year, and 69.000 since January 1, 1915. Would-be
prophets see in these figures the beginning of a rapid
decline in the horse industry, due to the development
of motor traction power.
It is evident that fewer colts are being raised lhan
in former years, and without growing stock a decline
in number of horses is inevitable: but while we are
losing in numbers we are gaining steadily in quality.
There are many more purebred horses in the United
States today than ever before, and greater interest
was never taken in the breeding of high quality
horses than at the present time. The Percherons
among the heavier breeds are coming to the front in
the East, and the old time interest in standard-breds
is well maintained.
A continued falling off in number of horses need
not necessarily mean a serious decline in the breed-
ing of good pure-bred horses of quality and action,
for which there will always be a demand at profitable
prices.
Remember, a horse whose owner does not thing it
worth advertising is not worth breeding your good
mares to.
* A A
George W. Oliver. Salmon .Idaho, wants to sell
that well bred stallion. Mannister, a son of Walnut
Hall; a proven show horse, speed merchant and sire.
* * *
Let the Breeder and Sportsman get out your stal-
lion cards. We are prepared to do the best work at
the most reasonable prices.
* A A
Preparedness is the word of the hour. The horse-
man who sends his stable out without every acces-
sory makes a grave mistake. Call on J. David West,
Fillmore street horse goods merchant, and prepare
for the coming prosperous season.
4> + 41
Twenty-four head of royally bred young Thorough-
bred and Standard bred horses sell at the San Fran-
cisco Riding School, Thursday evening, April 26.
*♦*
Don't forget the auction sale of thoroughbred and
standard bred horses which will he held at the San
Francisco Riding School next Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
It is rarely that such an opportunity to obtain high
class and royally bred young horses is presented.
The few thoroughbreds offered are sired by Marse
Abe, son of Yankee and Halo by St| Blaise. Marse
Abe was a superior race horse and during his turf
career won many races, including the Juvenile, Car-
nival and Niagara Stakes. Halo, his dam. also nro-
duced Bauble, a two-year-old stake winner, and Red
Light, winner of seventeen races. Ida K. bis second
dam. produced Ida Pickwick, 44 wins at all distances
and Indigo, a winner and dam of Go Between.
This family's descendants include such high class
winners as Ten Candles, Troubadour. Windrush.
Pupil. Cunard, Keenan, Oarsman, Gonfalon, Harry of
the West, etc.
The standard breds offered are sired by Flosnut.
a son of Nutwood Wilkes, and Dillcara, a son of
Sidney Dillon and Guycara by Guy Wilkes. Dillcara
is a full brother to Harold Dillon, for many years the
leading sire of New Zealand. The dams of these
horses offered for sale carry the blood of Electioneer,
Nutwood, Geo. Wilkes, Dictator and McKinney. The
most fashionable lines of breeding now in vogue.
They are an exceptionally fine lot of individuals, all
good prospects that have never been handled or
abused. Catalogues are now ready and may be ob-
tained at this office or from S. E. Kramer, San
Francisco Riding School.
* * *
Vancouver Drivinq Association Notes.
Vancouver, B. C, April 17, 1917.
To the Editor,
Dear Sir: The Vancouver Amateur Driving As-
sociation held its annual meeting last week and de-
cided to continue in the game for at least another
season.
Conditions are not altogether as favorable as we
would like them to be but there is a feeling that a
better day is about to dawn for the horse interests
of this city. There are twenty-five to thirty horses
in the vicinity of Vancouver capable of nutting up
good matinee contests and it is hoped the owners
of fill of them can he induced to support the game
this year.
Mr. George Eell. foreman of P. Burns & Companv's
horse department, is unfortunately leaving the citv
and he and his good trotter Chromo will be much
missed. George has been an ardent supporter of
the game for some time.
A number of young animals are coming on. as
about 1911 and 1912 there was a considerable amount
of breeding done here. Mr. A. Ronan's two good
Belmar fillies. Miss Ross and Miss Ronan. will be
trained and matineed as will Mr. Dickson's pacer
Ttelbar by Belmar. dam Delbars 2:11% by Monbars.
This colt appeared last fall, in the one start he made
at the Exhibition races, to be a pretty fair pacer.
T. A. Morrison's Bland S. — Nellie Wilkes colt is now
four years old. and notwithstanding his poor show-
ing as a two-vear-old his owner expects him to be
hard to heat this season.
Nellie Wilkes is. I am informed, out of the dam of
the champion William.
It is entirely likely that Mr. F. B. Loomis will
move his string, including Frank D. Nichol 2:21',. a
trotter capable of trotting a half mile track in 2:15:
Oaress, a green pacer but fast: Prince Malone
2:15%; Prince Pat. three-vear-old trotter bv Prince
Ansel out of the dam of Prince Malone: McKinney
Patch^n by Bonnie McKinnev out of Josie Patchen;
Red Squirrel by Bland S. 2:03V,, dam Chimmmk by
Lecco. and others from the mile track at Minoru to
the half mile track at Hastings Park, this latter
being within the city limits and the track where the
races are held, which will nopularize the game.
Five or six horses from Victoria are likely to be
trained this year.
The officers for the Vancouver Amateur Driving
Association for this year are: President, W. C.
Brown : vice-presidents. A. R. Miller and E. S. Dav-
idson: secretary, Dr. A. Milloy: treasurer, Alderman
W. C. Marshall. Executive Committee: Mr. Geo.
Hardv. D. W. F. Macdonald. D. K. Campbell, S. Tees,
and E Burgoyne. the latter being the present owner
of Bon Guy 2:09%.
Yours truly, W. C. BROWN.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 21,
ONE FISHING TRIP BEFORE WAR.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
Sportsmen Getting Ready to Enjoy Opening of Troi
Season Before Taking Up Arms.
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
TRAPSHOOTING FIXTURES.
August20. 21, 22. 23, 24, 1917 — Chicago, Ills. — The Inter-
state Association's Eighteenth Grand American Trap-
shooting Tournament, under the auspices of the South
Shore Country Club Gun Club; 4,000$ added money.
Winner of first place in the Grand American Handicap
guaranteed §500 and a trophy: winner of second place
guaranteed §400 and a trophy; winner of third place
guaranteed $300 and a trophy; winner of fourth place
guaranteed $200 and a trophy, and the winner of fifth
place guaranteed $100 and a trophy. Numerous other
trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Man-
ager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
May 28, 29, 30, 1917 — San Jose, Cal. — The Interstate Asso-
ciation's Twelfth Pacific Coast Trapshooting Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the San Jose Gun Club;
$1300 added money. Winner of first place in the Pa-
cific Coast Handicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy;
winner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy,
and the winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a
trophy. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa-
April 22 — Tacoma, Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament .under the auspices of
the Tacoma Gun Club. E. E. Young, Secretary.
April 23. 24 — Lewiston, Idaho — Lewiston Gun Club. C. E.
Butler, Secretary.
April 2S, 29 — Fresno. Cal. — Fresno Blue Rock Club. C. B.
Jackson, Secretary.
May 6 — Coalinga, Cal. — Coalinga Gun Club. E. N. Ayers,
President.
May 6 — Bingham, "Utah — Utah State Sportsmen's Asso-
ciation. A. R. Bain. Secretary.
May 6 — Denver. Colo. — Denver Trap Club. Warren Con-
ley. Secretary.
May 7 — Crete, Nebr. — Crete Gun Club. Frank J. Kobes,
Secretary.
May 7, S — Salem, Oregon — Oregon State Tournament, un-
der the auspices of the Capital City Rod & Gun Club.
Mark Siddall, Secretary.
May 13 — Everett. Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Everett Gun Club. C. E. French, Secretary.
May 13 — Eureka. Cal. — Eureka Blue Rock Club. W. E.
Innes, Secretary.
May 13, 14, 15 — Los Angeles, Cal. — Vernon Gun Club.
Stanton A Bruner, Secretary.
May 14. 15, 16 — Spokane, Wash. — Spokane Gun Club.
"Old Policy." Chas. A. O'Connor, President.
May 20, 21 — Seattle, Wash. — Washington State Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the Green Lake Gun Club.
G. A. Conklin, Secretary.
May 21, 22. 23 — Los Angeles, Cal. — California -Nevada
State Tournament, under the auspices of the Los An-
geles Gun Club. Fred H. Teeple, Secretary.
May 23, 24 — Ogden. Utah — Utah State Tournament, under
the axispices of the Ogden Gun Club. A. R. Bain,
Secretary.
June 2. 3— Moore. Mont— Moore Rod & Gun Club. W. N.
Sharp. Secretary.
June 3 — Alameda. Cal. — Alameda Elks Gun Club. F. E.
Hilger .Secretary.
June 17, IS — Billings, Mont. — Billings Rod & Gun Club.
W. K. Moore, President.
June 17. 18, 19 — Palouse, Wash. — Idawa Gun Club. John
P. Duke. Secretary.
June 24 — Eellingham, Wash. — Northwest Washington
Trapshooters' League Tournament, under the auspices
of the Eellingham Gun Club. I. Dienberger, Secretary.
June 24. 25. 26, 27 — Portland. Ore. — Sportsmen's Associa-
tion of the Northwest Tournament, under the auspices
of the Portland Gun Club. H. R. Everding, Secretary.
July 22 — Chehalis. Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
ihe Chehalis Gun Club. Harry Quick, Secretary.
July 23. 24. 25— Portland, Ore. — Pacific Indians. F. C.
Riehl. Secretary.
July 27, 28, 29 — Del Monte, Cal., Del Monte Gun Club.
J. F. Neville, Secretary.
August 19 — Blaine. Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Blaine Gun Club. F. L. Cott, Secretary.
August 19— Kellogg. Idaho — Kellogg Gun Club. R. E.
Thomas. Secretary.
August 2, — Williams, Ariz. — Williams Gun Club. W. D.
Finney, President.
September 9 — Seattle, Wash. — Northwest Washington
Trapshooters' League Tournament, under the auspices
of the Green Lake Gun Club. G. A. Conklin, Sec'ty.
September 17. IS — Los Angeles. Cal. — Los Angeles Gun
Club. Fred H. TeeDle, Secretary-
October 9. 10 — Hillside, Ariz. — Three Mule Shoe Gun Club.
"Old Policy." Thad. P. Mullen, Secretary.
October 13. 14 — Phoenix, Ariz. — Arizona State Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club.
Dell E. Morrell, Secretary.
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Southern California Casting. — After spending many
hours in diligent search of records and the wasting
of much perfectly good lead pencil Ray Shaver of
the Southern California Rod and Reel Club gave out
the prize winners of the winter casting tournaments.
There were many handsome medals up for the cast-
ers this year as well as many other valuable prizes.
One of the best things about the winners this year
is that no one man gets any great number of trophies.
They are very well distributed. However, E. J.
Kennedy and Oscar Lane did annex more prizes
than any other casters. They were deserving, for
they made excellent scores all through the winter
tourney.
Following are the winners of prizes in the winter
tournament for 1916-17:
H. T. D. F. accuracy— E. J. Kennedy, class A,
medal. 99 4-15; J. J. Low. class C, bar, 91; qualified B.
H. T. F. accuracy — Kennedy, class' A, medal, 99
24-25; Low, class B, medal, 98 26-45, A.
H. T. F distance — Kennedy, class A, bar, 94 feet
6 inches; Low. class B, medal, 80 ft, 6 in., A.
Half-ounce accuracy — Oscar Lane, class A, bar, 98
13-30; A. E. Perkins, class B, 96 27-30; S. Baiter, class
B, 96 27-30; F. Kline, dass C, medal, 94 2-30.
Half-ounce distance — Lane, class A, medal, 205 ft.;
Perkins, class B, medal, 147 ft. 8 in.; C. J. Lenarth,
class C, bar, 129 ft. 8 in.
L. T. F. accuracy — Kennedy, class A, gold medal.
L. T. D. F. accuracy — Kennedy, class A, gold med-
al; Low, class B, silver, qualified A.
L. T. F. distance — Kennedy, class A, bar; Low,
class C, bar. qual. A.
Roll Fly — Kennedy, A, bar; Charles Tan Horn, B,
bar; Low, c, bar, qual. B.
Quarter-ounce accuracy — Lane, A, bar; S. Baker,
B, bar; C. J. Lenarth, C, bar, qual. B.
Quarter-ounce distance — Kennedy, A, gold medal;
Perkins, B, silver medal; Geo. Bongreve, C, bronze
medal; Lenarth, qual. B.
2^-ounce distance — Perkins. A, medal; George
Bongreve, C, medal, qual. A; Kling, qual. A; Low,
qual. A; B. C. Hibbits, qual. A.
2^-ounce handicap — Hibbits, gold medal.
Grand total average: —
H. T. D. F. accuracy — Kennedy, A, gold medal;, 99
4-15; Van Horn, A, 9813-15; Low, C, bronze bar, 97.
H. T. Fly accuracy — Kennedy, A, gold medal, 99
24-25; Van Horn, A, 99 9-45; Low, B, silver medal,
98 26-45.
H. T. Fly distance — Kennedy, A, gold bar, 94 ft. 6
in.; Van Horn, A, 75 feet; Low, B, silver medal, 80
feet 6 inches.
Half-ounce accuracy — Oscar Lane (class A) gold
bar, 9813-30: Kennedv (A) 97 24-30; Perkins (B) 96
27-30; Baker (B) 96 27-30; Van Horn (B) 9616-30;
Lenarth (B) 96 9-30: Frank King (C) bronze medal,
94 2-30; Bongrebe (C) 93 3-30.
Half-ounce, distance — Lane (A) gold medal, 205
feet; Kennedy (A) 154 ft. 8 in.; Perkins (B) silver
medal, 147 ft. 8 in.; Baker (B) 147 ft. 4 in.; Lenarth
(C) bronze bar, 129 ft. 8 in.; Van Horn (C) 96 ft. 8
in.; Bongrebe (C) 79 ft. 4 in.; King (C) 77 ft.
L. T. F. accuracy— Van Horn (C) medal, 66 7-45;
Lov- (A) 9812-45; Kennedy (A) gold medal, 99 21-45.
L. T. D. F. accuracy — Kennedy (A) gold medal,
99 27-45; Low (B) silver medal, 99 5-15; Van Horn
(C) 9611-45.
Roll Fly, distance — Kennedy (A) bar, 79 ft. 2 in.;
Low (C) bar, 72 ft.; Van Horn (B) bar, 44 ft. 4 in.
L. T. F. distance— Low (C) bar, 79 ft. 6 in.; Ken-
nedy (A) bar, 90 ft.: Van Horn (C) 48 ft. 10 in.
Quarter-ounce, accuracy — Lane (A) bar, 98 19-30;
Kennedy (B) 97 11-30: Baker (B) bar, 96 21-30; Bon-
grebe (O 9317-30; Perkins (C) 94 26-30; Lenarth
(CI bar, 9716-30.
Quarter-ounce, distance — Lane (A) 138 feet; Ken-
nedy (A), gold medal, 148 ft.; Baker (B) 78 ft 8
in.; Perkins (B) silver medal, 76 ft. 4 in.; Lenarth
(B) 82 ft.; Bongrebe (C) bronze medal, 48 ft.
2^»-ounce, distance — Perkins (A), gold medal, 237
ft. 8 in.; Kennedv (B) 182 ft.; Baker (A) 230 ft. 2
in.; Lane (C) 154 ft. 4 in.; King (C) 174 ft. 8 in; Low
(B) 174 ft, S in.; Hibbets (C) 167 ft. 4 in.
2^-ounce, handicarj — Perkins 138 feet, Bongrebe
186 ft. 2 in.: Lane 135 ft. 11 in.; Kennedy 68 ft 8 in.;
Baker 179 ft. 10 in.; Hibbets 192 ft. 1 in.; King 131
ft. 8 in.
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Game Refuge Assured. — Marin county's great game
refuge, covering practically all the wooded hills in
the southern part of the county, needs but the ap-
proval of the State Assembly and the Governor to
become an established institution. The Senate has
voted in favor of the bill creating the vast park, and
all indications point to little or no opposition in the
Assembly to Assemblyman Sharkey's measure becom-
ing a law.
The measure provides for the creation of a game
refuge hounded by a line extending from Bolinas bay
to Fairfax, then south to Sausalito, to a point south-
erly from Sausalito along the coast to the eastern
extremity of Bolinas sandspit and then back to the
starting point. The thousands of acres in this area
include some of the finest hunting grounds in the
state. Deer abound and quail are plentiful through-
out the section, which includes all of the Marin muni-
cipal water district, the Mount Tamalpais section
and Bolinas Ridge.
All game birds and animals will be given absolute
protection within the borders of the preserve. To
make assurance doubly sure, the possession of gre-
arms, traps or contrivances to kill or take protected
birds or animals will be made a misdemeanor, ex-
cept within the limit of incorporated towns.
Fishing will be permitted, but all anglers will be
under certain regulations.
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Butte, Mont. — Fishermen in this section of the
country will have a dandy trout season next year
unless something unforeseen happens. The Butte
Anglers' Club has just finished planting 750,000 fry,
which is the largest number ever planted in this part
of the country. The club now has a membership of
1,000 and shows signs of doubling that number be-
fore very long. It was to take care of the expected
increase that the officers of the organization had the
trout planted.
Sportsmen seem to have made up their minds tha
if fight we must, there will be at least one good fisl
ing trip first.
War has failed to put much of a damper on fl;
casting enthusiasts. At least the advance sale c
angling licenses indicates no dampening of ardor.
In Southern California an increased output of 5
percent is noted as compared with April 8, 1911
While some of this is chargeable to the country-wid
spirit of "preparedness" manifesting itself even i
minor details such as being fore-handed with spor
there is a growing opinion that this is to be th
greatest fishing season the south ever has seei
Those who can do so evidently plan to enjoy i
Reports are also encouraging in the northern part c
the state.
Fish and Game Commission deputies put in a bus
Sunday patrolling streams in their various territorie:
Reports continue to pile up encouragement for th
angler. Wholesale arrests following the announc<
ment of special watching along the creeks, bego
wholesome fines, and while no one thinks every ma
can be induced to play square with his fellow fisher:
the State policy of education covers both the clas
amenable to appeal and the class deaf to all but fea
of arrest.
Deputy Harry Pritchard gave that picturesque lii
tie streamlet the Topanga the "once over" and say
there is a chance for a little fishing in its mile or s
of "navigable water" from the trout's point of view
There was only once last winter that it rose enoug'
to admit "spawners" over the bar at its moutl
Santa Monica anglers usually "clean" the Topang
the first day, but sometimes a nice basket of fis
is taken there by the "early birds."
Deputy Ed H. Ober writes from Big Pine that th
snow is nearly all gone from Long Valley and th
weather beginning to warm up, but the nights ar
still cold. He says there will be good fishing in th
Owens River at the opening; no trouble to get all th
good-sized trout wanted, but fly-fishing will be latei
As the seasons on trout and bass open the sam
time, May 1, in District No. 1, Ober offers the angle
his choice, Halwee Lake being full of the big blaa
ones, to be caught right from the dam. Continuanc
of warm weather will mean better opening sport tha:
usual by May day throughout the Owens Valley gel
erally as there has been normal snowfall this pas
winter, and the fish got a good rest last sprini
January. 1916, set a record for snowfall in the men
ory of the oldest residents.
Reports received last week that the water was
unseasonably low in the Santa Tnez that the neT
?300 fish ladder, which the Santa Barbara Wate
Company installed over its Gibraltar dam, was no
operating, disconcerted the Fish and Game Commis
sion seriously, being due to the one thing that law
cannot reach, namely, lack of rainfall. Kindly Na
ture stepped into the breach Sunday and Monday
with showers up the Coast, which probably hav>
raised the water levels to normal, and permitted th'
spawn-laden steelheads to pass on up the main rivei
They were reported fairly boiling the -water in th<
pool below the dam. Thousands of fish passed safel:
up the Santa Cruz some miles below the Gibralta
dam. This storm should safely free the fish, and al
but those which have retained their spawn longe
than normally, will probably be able to do their dut:
bv nature and the angling licensee after all. Fores
rangers unite with Deputy Fish and Game Commis
sioner Henry J. Abels in predicting a great seasoi
for the Santa Ynez, a good rain now being the verj
best thing that could happen to it.
Rain will help all the up-coast streams by nddinf
them of some of the moss, and sustaining the swapn
ing run. as weU as keeping up the water levels foi
opening dav. Low water is dangerous; the trout a«
loo soon cleaned out by those who cannot locate then
in higher water when the fish cannot be so readilj
No rains will be bad unless showers should rilt
the streams just before the opening, and then the?
will merely postpone the sport a few days, keeping
it up longer.
Things are moving in Bear Valley, where Louie
Phillips of the State Fish Cultural Department is
superintending the taking of eggs for the Commis
sion They are hoping for a million harvest this
spring, with fair chances of getting them under more
favorable conditions than last year, when the floods,
bar-bound the fish, and many buckets of eggs sur
fered from the over-retention, showing in the low
fertility. The hatchery,, however, put out some
three-quarters of a million fry, which were planted in
the lake and in San Bernardino mountain stream""
where thev had a splendid winter with little strea
scouring, and should prove the best sport this su-
mer that these little creeks have ever given the
fisherman. The dreadful flooding of January, 1911
cleaned manv of the canyons, and thus may no
prove wholly a bad thing in the end, now th"
Southern California, thanks to the Mt. Whitne
hatchery, has the equipment to artificially repa
such occasional devastations of the fish life in he
watersheds.
Saturday, April 21, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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W. J. TERRY AND TONEY PRIOR IN TIE.
Close Race at Golden Gate Club Shoot with Four
Others Deadlocked For Second.
The Golden Gate Club's monthly shoot on Sunday
at the Alameda grounds produced a beautiful race
between W. J. Terry and Toney Prior. Terry finally
struck his gait after being off form for several weeks
and snuffed out 49 out of the regular program of
fifty targets. The consistent Toney Prior was there
as usual with a like score and the pair had to divide
the honors. For second place the contest was just
as close and exciting. The youthful Ted Handman.
Barney Worthen, H. R. Phinney and H. A. Ray got
48 out of 50. It was a day of high scores with Tom
Wilkes, A. G. Flickinger, Al Durney, Frank Webster
i and C. H. Lancaster landing forty-sevens.
The professionals on the ground had some contest
themselves. O. N. Jones, familiarly known as
•"Onion," topped the bunch with 44x50. Larry Mid-
dleton, "Just Wait For Me" Moore, Larry Middleton
and Harry Truscott were second with forty-ones.
1 The scores were as follows: —
Events
Shooter. 20 20 10 Total
j *F. W. Blum 14 12 5 31
George Thomas 18 16 10 44
: A. M. Gearhart 15 15 9 39
C. A. Merrill 16 16 9 41
Al Durnev 18 18 10 47
W. G. Becktell 20 18 8 46
H. R. Phinney 19 19 10 48
H. Stelling 18 19 10 46
E. Straessler 14 16 10 40
A. J. Williams 19 16 10 45
I A. Stoneberger 18 20 8 46
J. V. O'Hara 17 17 10 44
- A. G. Flickinger 19 19 9 47
I J. H. Willett 13 15 7 35
Barney Worthen 20 18 10 48
W. J. Terry 19 20 10 49
T. W. Parsons 15 14 8 37
H. A. Ray 19 19 10 48
*H. J. Truscott 16 16 9 41
: J. H. Spohn Jr 9 8 4 21
J. H. Jones 17 18 8 43
W. H. Price 18 18 10 46
Ed Garratt 17 19 9 45
W. E. Cooley 17 18 10 45
Frank Webster 19 20 8 47
C. H. Lancaster 19 19 9 47
Ted Handman 19 19 10 48
*J. W. F. Moore 16 16 9 41
J. R. Sloan 5 5 1 11
Toney Prior 19 20 10 49
*0. N. Jones 15 18 10 44
*L. Middleton 17 15 9 41
R. L. Prouty 14 14 8 36
W. L. Webber 12 13 8 33
Tom Wilkes 20 18 8 47
George Vesper 15 10 5 30
C. W. Linderman 19 18 9 46
J. B. Brady 15 17 9 41
^Professionals.
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SALT LAKE CLUB.— Shooting a high wind, which
proved fatal to good scores, J. F. Cowan on April 8
led a strong of about thirty promising trapsters in
the event for the handicap loving cup with a score of
47x50. Cowan was one of a very few who were able
to defy the wind. At the start of the shoot the
weather conditions were favorable and it looked as
though the gunsters would be given a fair chance
to break the dickies and make good records. The
race bad no more than started, however, when a
windstorm swept over the traps.
A special event was arranged between Welch and
Fowler for the purpose of determining the winner of
the tie shoot March 18th. This proved to be a hard-
fought event. Welch wras the winner, 20x25.
The match between E. B. Heagren and Shepherd
also proved interesting as the event was to decide
the winner of the cup on March 25. The race was
very close until the last, when Heagren outwinded
Shepherd by two birds. Shepherd fell down in his
last five shots.
A tie resulted in the event for the club challenge
trophy between C. H. Reilley, L. E. Riter and H. W.
Heagren. The three men each broke 22x25, but
Reilley, the present holder of the trophy, retained the
ownership and the other two gunsters received equal
portions of the pot created for this event.
L. H. Murdock, president of the Ely Gun Club, was
a visitor at the Salt Lake Gun Club traps. The
scores :
Cowan 47, Riter 45, Irvine 44, Tingey 43, Fisher 44,
Luff 42, Bishop 40, Reilley 39, Humphry 39, Bain 39,
Welch 38, E. B. Heagren 38, Murdock 37, Shepherd
37, H. W. Heagren 37, *McGanney 36. Mitchell 36.
Orlob 34. Fowler 34, Smoot 25, Brown 23.
Beginners — Pearson 23, Barney 19, Anderson 15,
Spry 15, Bailey 12, Culbert 11, C. Mitchell 10, W.
Lunden 8.
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Portland Club — Frank M. Templeton, winner of
the Pacific Coast handicap last September, has is-
sued a challenge for the W. C. Bristol 20-gauge gun
trophy and the contest will be shot at the Portland
Gun Club traps at Everding Park. A. L. Zachrisson
has the cup now.
Before the trophy can be put up at least ten nim-
rods have to step to the traps along with the chal-
lenger . Any one of them is eligible to win the hon-
or ,but all must use the famous 20-gauge gun for
the 25-bird race.
Several members of the Portland Gun Club are
getting ready to take in at least one of the big regis-
tered trapshooting tournaments of the Northwest.
Among them are John G. Clemson, Frank M. Temple-
ton, James W. Seavey, E. H. Keller, Arthur K.
Downs. E. B. Morris, Peter J. Holohan, James K.
("Our Jim") Simpson, president of the Seventson,
Wash., Gun Club; Felix Friedlander, A. W. Strowger
and Henry R. Everding, secretary-treasurer.
The shoots which are being considered are Lewis-
ton, Idaho, Gun Club, April 22, 23 24, and the Wash-
ington State amateur title at Seattle under the aus-
pices of the Green Lake Gun Club, April 28, 29, 30.
H. A. Pollock, vice-president of the Portland club,
will not take in any of the early shoots, for he is
waiting for the annual gathering at Palouse, Wash.,
later in the year.
Pollock was named manager of the Portland team
at the Palouse shoot last year and he made such a
success of it that he was re-elected. Since he became
the team manager several big victories have been
recorded. Tryouis for the team will be held within
a short time.
Nineteen nimrods were out to the Everding Park
grounds April 8th to take a fling at the bluerocks.
Allan W. Strowger was high gun with 91 "dead ones"
out of 100. James W. Seavey was next in line with
89, while James P. Bull, a professional, broke 84 out
of 100.
Following are the results of the shooting:
Targets-— 25 25 25 25 T'l
*W. C. Bristol 18 16 15 . . 49
fj. P. Bull 20 21 25 18 84
F. O. Joy 20 22 . . . . 44
*Henry R. Everding 15 10 9 14 48
tE. B. Morris 23 23 . . . . 46
C. R. Frazier 11 12 11 . . 34
T. A. Mclntyre 16 15 . . . . 31
F. Friedlander 13 11 11 . . 35
J. S. Crane 15 15 14 .. 44
Al Seguin 19 21 16 19 75
R. P. Knight 18 19 22 . . 59
A. L. Zachrisson 20 20 21 . . 61
tC. J. Schilling 22 25 24 .. 71
James W. Seavey 23 20 23 23 89
A. W. Strowger 24 23 22 22 91
W. J. Derthick 13 16 .. .. 29
W. A. Leatch 15 14 . . . . 29
F. C. Jackson 20 21 . . . . 41
R. B. Hailack ( 11 15 . . . . 26
*With .20-gauge gun. -(-Professional.
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Green Lake Club. — With but two weeks more in
which to practice for the coming state tournament
at the Green Lake grounds of Seattle, Sunday and
Monday, April 28. 29 and 30, a good crowd was out
to Green Lake both Saturday and Sunday, sharpen-
ing up their shooting eyes for the "big shoot."
In the Sunday program of April 8th Matt Gross-
man and R. S. Searle headed the list, with but one
miss in their strings of fifty. Several scores of forty-
seven were made, but none of forty-eight. C. E.
McKelvey led a field of eight entries in Saturday
afternoon's program, getting ninety-five out of his
hundred. With the wind and rain, this was a very
excellent score.
Matt Grossman won the Stirling silver spoon which
the club gives each week. Fitzgerald and Grossman
were tied, with their added targets, Fitzgerald leav-
ing without shooting off the tie.
From reports received both from within and with-
out Seattle since programs were mailed last week,
the Green Lake management feels confident of a
hundred marksmen when the state tournament is
called to order. From a canvass made of trapshoot-
ers in Seattle alone, this city will furnish between
forty and fifty contestants. Large delegations from
Portland, Spokane, Taeoma and Bellingham have al-
ready promised they will be on hand. With the low
entrance and large amount of added money, a pro-
gram has been arranged which should appeal to both
the beginner and the "old-timer."
On Sunday, April 22, the second league shoot will
be held over the Taeoma traps. Several of the Green
Lake members are planning on attending, going over
in the morning in automobiles. The scores:
At 50 targets — M. Grossman 49, R. S. Searle 49,
A. A. Riehl 49, L. H. Hopkins 47, Dr. King 47. E. K.
Van Vleck 46, L. S. Barnes 46, C. B. Fitzgerald 46,
G. A. Conklin 46, W. H. Carsten 46, *I. M. Fisher 45,
Will Smith 45, Hi Follrich 44, Dr. S. W. Case 44, C.
W. Bandy 42, George B. Baker 41, Dr. A. B. Kidd 41,
G. O. Colwell 38, H. Gosgrove 37. Dr. E. C. Lanter
36, D. R. Baker 35, M. A. Rosenfield 34, Dr. S. W.
Giffin 32, Roy Kinnear 31, H. E. Gleason 26, D. L.
West 26.
Saturday. April 7, at 100 targets— C. E. McKelvey
95, Hugh Fleming 93, Dr. O. L. Templeton 93. *L. H.
Reid 92. J. H. Templeton 84, J. H. Davis 77, J. B.
Lewis 77, J. Gibson 73.
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Albert Schumm and Adolph Salmon, two well-
known fishermen of Manteca. Cal., while fishing in
the San Joaquin River one night recently, caught a
sturgeon in their seine which weighed 296 pounds.
It was seven feet nine inches long and contained
twenty-seven pounds of spawn. This is said to be
the largest sturgeon which the San Joaquin has ever
yielded up.
Seattle Association — WeatheV conditions were ideal
and some good scores hung up at the shoot held on
the Harbor Island grounds on Sunday, April 8. In
the fifty-target program, C. E. McKelvey tied with
L. H. Reid, professional, for the high score ,each
shooting forty-nice out of the total. C. E. Temple-
ton furnished the second high score with forty-eight.
Ed Ellis furnished the high amateur score for the
hundred race with ninety-five to his credit. L. H.
Reid stood high gun by breaking ninety-eight.
A big gain was shown by J. B. Lewis, J. H. Davis
and J. A. Fortier.
The Seattle Trapshooters' Association is planning
a strong invasion of Taeoma on April 22, the occasion
being the second shoot of the Northwest Washington
Trapshooters' League and one of seven registered
shoots held by the League this season. A feature of
the series of contests is the team races. The Bel-
lingham Gun Club took the first contest on the local
grounds at the first shoot held by the League. Fol-
lowing were Sunday's scores:
C. E. McKelvey 49, *L. H. Reid 49, C. E. Templeton
48, Ralph Kinzer 46. Ed Ellis 46, Hugh Fleming 46,
Frend Landwehr 43, J .B. Lewis 43, J. H. Davis 42,
W. B. Taft 41, J. A. Fortier 27.
At 100 targets— *L. H. Reid 98, Ed Ellis 95, Ralph
Kinzer 94, C. E. McKelvey 94, Hugh Fleming 94,
Frod Landwehr 90, J. B. Lewis 88, J. H. Davis 86,
W. B. Taft 86, J. A. Fortier 68, Harry Eddy 46.
Tours, E. A. FRY, Sec'y.
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Farmer Boy in Shooting Game. — The wholesome-
ness of life in the country with its attendant hard
work in the open air is never more manifest than at
the traps when the country boy, fresh from the farm,
pits his nerve and clear-sightedness at the big tour-
naments against that of the topnotchers.
In the ranks of the aforesaid topnotchers are to
be found a majority who shoot regularly once or
twice a week throughout the season until, when the
bi gtournament is on, their muscles and nerves are
trained to a mechanical perfection. The country boy,
however, has no such training and many of them let
six months or more slip by before they find an oppor-
tunity to face the traps for a little practice. Never-
theless, it is these same bronzed and brawny Amer-
icans who offer constant surprises to the gallery and
contestants at the big state shooting classics, and
the old-timer cannot but wonder what the result
would be if the farmer lad in connection with his
clean, homely life had his weekly issue with the
animated targets.
It is true that the hand trap is fast finding its
place in the farm house, and who knows but that
this combination — the farmer boy and the hand trap
— will develop in this country a shooting talent that
will make present-day scores seem mediocre.
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San Jose Hunters' Club. — The first annual banquet
of the recently organized San Jose Hunters' Club
took place Sunday afternoon in Cedarbrook park.
More than 400 partook of the hospitality of the club
and enjoyed the many entertainments provided for
the occasion.
Among the principal features was a beef barbecue
with its accompanying dish of beans and great pots
of coffee, from which the multitude served itself.
Concessions, including a shooting gallery and candy
booth, were present on the grounds.
A single track event which proved a laughable
sensation was a 100-yard dash between Constable
Jack Shannon and George Broderick. The latter
out-distanced his doughty adversary and won a green
baby soap doll. Hundreds danced throughout the
afternoon in the big decorated dancing pavilion, the
music being furnished by the Will Lake orchestra.
Those who served on the committee were: R.
Rotholtz, president; Miles Oneto, vice-president;
William Hearst, secretary; Herman Victor, treas-
urer; Tim Sullivan, Thomas Lane, W. A. Johnson,
Ed Bonar, James Tangsly, Al Giannini, M. J. Haley,
E. W. Johnson, J. Lazel and J. Texiera.
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Big Time Club. — G. I. Fleckenstein, crack shot of
Folsom, won permanent possession of the Gerber
Causeway cup at the shoot of the Big Time Gun
Club held on the Schenk ranch near Fruit Ridge on
Sundav. Fleckenstein made a score of 49 out of a
possible 50. He won the competition for the silver
trophy last year and his two successive victories
entitle him to the cup.
The sport was witnessed by a large crowd. The
Big Time shoots are rapidly growing in popularity.
Announcement of future events will be made in a
few days. Follow are the scores — fifty targets:
G I. Fleckenstein 49, F. Stall 46, D. Ruhstaller 46,
A E Pearson 45, F. Ruhstaller 44, M. Newbert 44,
O. A. Klemmer 44, F. G. Egesdorff 43, J. B. Rickey
43 Dr Stineman 43, L. Gorman 42, M. Priest 40, A.
m' McDonald 39, N. M. Hall 39, W. J. Higgins 39,
G. Newbert 36, J. F. Garnett 26, G. Lewis 23.
00
At a meeting of the board of trustees of the Wash-
ington Field Trial Club, held April 3, the date for
our 1917 field trials on our trial grounds at Yelm,
Wash., was set to begin September 24. Entries will
be received until September 17. All entries must be
in at that time, as they will positively be closed on
that date. Entry blanks and other information may
be had by application to the secretary. Box 63.
Taeoma, Wash. F. E. KING, Sec'y.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 21, 1917
Sportsmen's Row
Preparation for war tasks may prevent the annual
trapshooting championship of the United States
Navy from being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in
April.
* * *
In the last Grand American Handicap ¥e had Cap-
tain Breitenstein, a Civil War veteran in his seven-
ties, shooting with Master W. E. Phillips, Jr., of Chi-
cago. Phillips is in his fifteenth year.
** +
Governor Stephens on Tuesday signed the King
non-sale of trout bill, which produced one of the
hardest fights in the Legislature. The law becomes
effective October 31.
* * *
Spokane, Wallace, Kellogg, Palouse, Garfield, Kal-
ispell, Sunnyside. Potlatch, Pendleton, Lewiston,
Wenatchee, Pomeroy — all enterprising Northwest cit-
ies— are represented in the Inland Empire League.
* + +
C. L. Griffith was re-elected vice-president of the
Tuna Club of Catalina recently by unanimous vote.
Griffith is a local man. J. A. Coxe of Los Angeles,
incumbent, was made president.
* * *
Walter Webster of Spokane, Wash., recently cap-
tured a fifteen-pound steelhead trout in the Snake
River on light tackle. The fish measured thirty-four
inches and had a girth of twenty inches.
* **
Creighton Armstrong, 13 years old, is one of these.
He shoots with the Clearview Gun Club of Philadel-
phia in the Philadelphia Trapshooters' League and
his score is usually found in the first ten.
* * *
Lou Rayburn, former amateur Oregon state trap-
shooting champion, is a Portland visitor from La
Grande, Ore. Mr. Rayburn is chief of police of the
eastern Oregon town and was taking a prisoner to
the Oregon State Training School at Salem.
D. B. Bolart, of 228 Capp street, San Francisco, is
arranging to leave the city and is advertising his
splendid Setter dog and several young pups for sale.
The dog is the sire of the pups offered and it not
only a splendid breeder but one of the best trained
dogs in the city.
+ * *
O. N. Ford and George H. Anderson of the San
Jose Gun Club have just been awarded medals by
the American Amateur Trapshooting Association.
Ford was notified that he has qualified for the 95
percent proficiency medal awarded by the association
for 30 certified scores of 48 out of 50 or better. In
winning the competition Mr. Ford broke 1427 out of
1500 targets shot at, making the high average of 95
per cent.
Capt. A. W. DuBray had a good chance to try out
his new single-barrel gun, against Henry Pfirrmann
in the tie for the silver trophy in the fourth string
of a recent shoot at Los Angeles. He shot from 16
yards and broke 8 out of 10, while Henry only ac-
counted for 7 out of 10 from 23 yards. The Captain
was much pleased, but said that the bunch from San
Francisco would require an affidavit before they
would believe that he had scalped little Henry, even
though he did stand on the back peg.
* * +
A determined effort will be made by the Spokane
county game commission this spring and summer to
rid the county of birds of prey which are largely re-
sponsible for the dearth of game and song birds in
that section. It is estimated that hawks, magpies,
owls and crows kill almost as many game birds dur-
ing the course of the year as do the hunters during
the open season, and if the pests can be exterminat-
ed the sport should be much improved and game
propogation will receive a decided boost
* + +
Salmon are reported as running heavily at Mon-
terey, with many good catches being made. The fish
really should be outside the heads here, and it is
peculiar that no one tries for them. The local fish-
ing colony has a peculiar habit in this respect that
resembles Chinese worship of old customs— they
never try what hasn't been done before. Some pio-
neer is likely to discover some day that the salmon
are over at Duxbury reef or down bv Mussel Rock
as early as April or May, instead of August.
J, A A
All members of the easting auxiliary of the South-
ern California Rod and Reel club are spending their
spare moments just at present in planning how to
raise funds to send the local casters to the national
Em if '0"''namrt ™s national im™y is to be
held ,n Chicago during the month of August, and the
organization has already decided to send three cast-
are t°n ™i " ",? '? the affair' The three ca^rs »*<>
series TW ' ,U"JP Wl1 be Selected b' elimination
series. That ,s to say, in the very near, future all
nee^in 'S Wh° ha7e a Chance toma ke the team wU
meet ,n a senes of tourneys, and the three with the
best averages will make the journey. There is no
no""" fVo,ry,llthe,hU,'lers °f the ^ ^d bail snou^d
not eo for they have equaled the national marks on
a number of occasions.-lL. A. Tribune
Los Angeles Club. — An even fifty trapshooters at-
tended the weekly shoot of the Los Angeles Gun Club
Sunday, and despite the poor weather conditions
some very good scores resulted. C. T. Meloy, who
shot at the club for the first time, captured the high
gun prize for the day. Meloy smashed 96x100 tar-
gets from the 18-yard wark.
The old favorites, Heine Pfirrmann and Frank Mel-
Jus, tied for second high, each having 94x100 breaks,
while Jack Milligan of Oxnard was a good fourth
with 93x100.
Meloy was not shooting for the Everding trophies,
so Melius and Pfirrmann each received five digits.
This gives Melius a total of 12 points on the Ever-
ding trophies and puts him in the lead in the first
division by four points. J. F. Dodds is second. H. E.
Sargent is leading in Class B, with a total of ten
points, while Fred Grewell is second with eight.
Heine Pfirrmann was victor in the doubles shoot-
ing just for practice. He broke 42x50. In the prac-
tice event, J. F. Dodds broke 143x150 ta rhawks,
while Pfirrmann broke 98x100 . F. H. Melius, H. E.
Sargent, N. W. Nelson, C. T. Meloy, J. Arneill, Geo.
Melford, Jack Milligan and Seth Hart all won gold
and silver take-home trophies . There were 6,980
targets thrown. Following are the scores:
C. T. Meloy, 18 yards, broke 96; F. H. Melius 21—
94, H. ■ Pfirrmann 20—84, J. Milligan 18—93, J. F.
Dodds 21—91, J. Arneill 18—91, G. Holohan 18—91,
H. E. Sargent 19—90, F. H. Mellon 19—88, J. R. Tom-
lin 16—89, Geo. Melford 19—87, E. L. Rogers 16—87,
5. Hart 17—87, S. H. Hall 19—86, R. O. Pool 18—86,
R. H. Morse 19—86, J. H. Bishop Jr. 18—86, R. Wit-
man 19 — 85, N. W. Nelson 17 — 85, Geo. Tuckett 18 —
84, H. T. Jacobsen 18 — 84, Mrs. Pfirrman 17 — 83, C.
P. Mandeville 17—83, A. Pachmayr 18—83, Wm. Ken-
nedy 18—83, L. Garnsey 17—80, O. Council 20—78,
C. H .Betz 17—74, F. Mann 16—70, E. K. Mohler 19—
71x75, J. M. McCraeken 16—55x75, F. Free 18 — 43x
50, F. H. Teeple Jr. 16—43x50, G. L. Pulley 16^2x50,
J. Funk 16—41x50, F. H. Teeple Sr. 19—40x50, A.
Armstrong 16—33x50, B. H. Carnahan 17—32x50, J.
T. Sselson 16—31x50, W. F. Sawyer 16—22x25, C. J.
Hurst 16—22x25, C. E. Freytag 16—16x25, Mrs. Dodds
16—6x25, L. J. Mayo 16 — 5x25, Miss Waldron 16— lOx
25, B. F. Maxson 16—12x15, J. Baum 16—11x15, M.
Bentley 16—9x15, H. E. Andrews 16—3x15, G. Mel-
ford Jr. 16—1x5.
Point winners on Everding trophies:
Class A— Melius 12, Dodds 8, Mellon 6, Pfirrmann
6. Mohler 6, Fish 3, Cornelius 4, Evans 3, Morse 2.
Class B— Sargent 10, Grewell 8, Tuckett 7, Coun-
cil 6, Milligan 5, Pachmayr 4, White 4, Jacobsen 4.
Class C— Wilson 11, Melford 10, Mrs. Pfirrmann 9,
Bishop 9, Hart 7, Peterson 4, Betz 3, Mandaville 3.
Class D— Kennedy 13, Pool 12, Mrs. Mellon 7, Nel-
son 7. Carnahan 2, Miller 2, Ashton 2, Garnsey 2
Selhach 1.
Lindsay Club—The Lindsay Gun Club entertained
the trapshooters of the State, Sunday, in a big regis-
tered tournament, fifty-six different shooters being on
the firing line.
In the amateur division, Charles Barieau of Lind-
say was high over all, with 142x150, while Dick Os-
tendorf of Lindsay and Dr. R. N. Fuller of Tulare
tied for second place, with 140x150.
For professionals, R. C. Reed of San Francisco was
high, with 142x150, and L. S. Hawxhurst of Oakland
was second, with 138x150.
Long runs were made by Dick Ostendorf, 74; Chas
Barieau, 67, and R. C. Reed, 51. C. A. Haight of San
Francisco, the Interstate Association representative
on the Coast, cashiered the shoot in masterly fash-
ion. The scores:
Charles Barieau 142, Dick Ostendorf 140, Dr R N
Fuller 140, A. P. Halliburton 138, W. G. Harris 138
Harry Ogilvie 137, H. D. Blanchard 135, G. A. Adams
133, Dr. A. W. Sutherland 133, D. F. Appling 132,
George Small 132, W. E. Eavateer 132, E. J. Stone
131, F. F. Hostetter 130, R. S. Avery 130, Guv Love-
lace 129, Charles McNeil 128, L. W. Slocum 12*7, J R
Arthur 127, W. H. McKissick 126, Charles Yocum 126,
G. K. Coleman 124, Dr. J. L. Martin 123, F. S. Bair
122, A. N. Moss 119, F. F. Bontadelli 118, J. M. Hutch-
eson 116, Fay Curtis 116, L. K. Stoner 114, E W
Bailey 109, L. J. Mook 108, H. S. Drake 108, M. B.
Fink 106, A. D. Wilson 105, W. L. Hawkins 100, T. B
Floyd 99, J. N. Shatter 96, J. W. Gallman 91, W. F.
Scott 85, E. W. Randolph 84, R. R. Cadwell 83, J. G.
Newman SO. H. Thompson 73, George Warrenburg
46, D. B. Baker 31, H. F. Elliott 40, A. L. Terry 26
M. W. Hawkins 12, L. M. Macev 7.
Professiona Is— R. C. Reed 142, L. S. Hawxhurst
138, W. F. Willett 134, J. A. Cook 132, W. R. Ellis
126, C. A. Haight 123, J. R. Brennan 97.
***
Three hundred sportsmen and their wives and lady
friends enjoyed the annual outing of the Califofrnia
Anglers' Association and the Pacific Motorcycle
Club, held Sunday at Moss Beach. The weather
down the ocean shore was excellent and a low tide
made for some excellent fishing, in which both the
men and the fair sex participated. Joe Roberts, host
m chief, served a sea dinner that has the others still
talking about it. Dr. L. T. Cranz and Colonel C G
^oung, acting as judges, awarded prizes to the fol-
lowing: Biggest basket of fish, Dr. W. O. Ogle- larg-
est sea trout, James Gorman; largest eel, V C
Howe; second prize, large catch, R. G. Wengel
Washington Game Laws. — Seattle (Wash.). — In
the matter of laws for the protection and propagation
of game and game fish, Washington is the best
equipped state in the Union," says State Game War-
den L. H. Darwin in summarizing the changes effect-
ed by the last legislature. The new law will become
effective June 7, which is ninety days following the
adjournment of the last legislature. "We have the
necessary legal machinery now," says the state game
warden, "and to make ituseful and effective requires
active work on the part of the state game authorities
and the county game commissioners, and, above all,
the enthusiastic support and co-operation of all who
are interested in the preservation of our wild game,
bird and fish life."
One of the noteworthy changes in the regulations
is in the water fowl season in Eastern Washington.
The state game warden received advice from the
federal authorities that in all probability Eastern
Washington would be included in a different zone
from Western Washington by regulations to be pro-
mulgated as soon as congress passes laws making
effective the migratory bird treaty between the Unit-
ed States and Canada. Eastern Washington will
then be placed in the same zone with Idaho and Mon-
tana, and the state game law is changed accordingly
to harmonize with the federal regulations. The East-
ern Washington water fowl season hereafter will
open September 15 and close December 31, which is
two weeks earlier closing than in Western Washing-
ton, where the law remains as at present (October
1 to July 16).
The new law provides for a greater centering of
responsibility in the state and county game authori-
ties in several sweeping provisions. One of these
provides that the season for upland birds in any
county in the state may be shortened, opened or
closed, by unanimous action of the county game com-
mission when such action is approved by the state
game warden. Another provision along the same
line takes the auditing of the bills of the county
game commissions out of the hands of the county
commissioners and vests it in the county game com-
missioners. The county game commissioners will
no longer have to send their expense vouchers to
the state game warden for approval ,but will audit
their own vouchers. Hereafter the game commis-
sions of the respective counties may contribute a
sum not to exceed $20 a year to the maintenance of
a state association of game commissioners and game
wardens.
ao
Boy Scouts Shooters. — The Boy Scout's education
is not complete unless he has had instruction in the
art of rifle shooting. Edward Cave, in his valuable
little book, "Boy Scout Marksmanship," says:
"Almost every boy is by nature fond of a gun. And
this is something proper to encourage, if rightly
done; for although firearms are sometimes put to
bad use, that does not mean they are to be con-
demned. Everything depends upon the motive back
of their use, and it cannot be denied that marks-
manship is a valuable and manly accomplishment
which makes every good citizen a stell better one.
Furthermore, the sport of target shooting, especially
with the rifle, provides in addition to a fascinating
outdoor recreation, an excellent course in character
training, for it inculcates initiative, confidence, self-
control, steadiness, accuracy, and concentration, —
qualities the development of which is valuable to a
man in any and all walks of life — qualities, in fact,
which are, with one or two others, the chief character
assets of every successful man."
For a Scout to obtain the Merit Badge for Marks-
manship, it is necessary for him to make a score of
38 points out of a possible 50 in the standing position
at 50 feet, and 42 points out of 50 at the same dis-
tance but from the prone position. Before any Scout
makes an attempt for the Merit Badge he must prom-
ise on honor to comply with the marksman code,
which, if followed, will eliminate accidents.
The average Boy Scout usually has a pretty level
head and may be depended upon to follow the rules
of the game. The Scout who wears on his sleeve the
emblem denoting that he has qualified in the test
prescribed for marksmanship, may be proud of that
honor.
Vernon Club. — "Take home" Trophy Day was held
Sunday morning at the Vernon Gun Club and splen-
did trapshooting scores were achieved despite con-
trary blasts of wind.
The contest was at 100 birds in a self-handicapping
even in four frames of 20 birds each. Stanton A.
Bruner was the high gun and the big winner of the
day. He broke 97 targets. He was awarded a ster-
ling silver trophy.
Dr. L. M. Packard was the second high gun of the
day and copped second prize. His score was 93x100.
A silver tea service was the prize captured by Pack-
ard, and Fish won a silver beefsteak set. The re-
sults follow:
J. C. Fameehon 87, Wm. Dougherty 89, Fred Grew-
ell 88, S. A. Bruner 97, A. W. Bruner 90, Wm. Pugh
82, F. Nichols 87, C. F. Nichols 91, Van Nest 82,
P. W. Fish 93, C. W. Clement 85, O. A. Evans 80, Bob
Bole 87, Dr. Packard 94, C. E. Groat 92, Mrs. C. E
Groat 88.
4* ■{• *
While it is not really necessary, it is always worth
chronicling that trapshooting is the sport of con-
trasting ages.
turday, April 21, 1917]
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reford cattle in America, will do the selling at the
0. Lively sale, May 3.
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A Farmers' Week speaker said, "You can tell a
•mer who doesn't read the farm papers wherever
a see him, but you can't tell him much."
* * +
H. B. Thornberry, of Stockton, will receive an
press car load of fine Missouri jacks and jennets
? first of next week. They have been purchased in
ssouri for Mr. Thornberry by Dr. S. Sheldon, one
Missouri's best known veterinary surgeons and
:k men, who for several years has been Mr. Thorn-
rry's agent in Missouri. Dr. Sheldon was formerly
ate Veterinarian and this probably accounts for
5 good luck Thornberry has had with the stock
rchased in Missouri. Dr. Sheldon got the last con-
diment in the "Kingdom of Callaway."
+ * +
orthorn Secretary in the West.
Secretary F. W. Harding, of the American Short-
rn Breeders' Association, has spent the past four
«ks among Shorthorn breeders of the Southwest,
= Pacific Coast and the Northwest, getting in closer
jch with the present Shorthorn activity in these
ctions and laying plans for trade extension in the
ture. He attended the important sales of the
irthwest at Portland and Spokane. This is one of
e most interesting and encouraging trips Secretary
irding has made into any section. He has encoun-
red a very active demand for Shorthorns for both
ef and milk purposes and has observed everywhere
determination on the part of the buyers to acquire
tter standards. He has been particularly impressed
th the growing inclination of ranchmen to make
larger use of Shorthorn bulls on the ranges. Since
cretary Harding has taken charge in his present
pacity of the affairs of the American Shorthorn
■eeders' Association he has made many trips of
vestigation and inspection into all parts of the
aited States and an extended trip into Argentine,
lese journeys have proven definite trade builders
id the Shorthorn interests have greatly benefited as
result.
The Carruthers Shorthorn Sale.
The 45 Shorthorns to be sold at Carruthers Farms,
Mayfield, Cal., on May 2 are almost all of Scotch an-
cestry. There will be 15 mature cows, 13 yearling
heifers, 8 two-year-old bulls and 9 bull calves in the
auction. The choicest of breeding is represented.
Among the cows are 2 Lady Dorotheas, bred by Les-
lie Smith & Sons, St. Cloud, Minn. One of them is
by Ringmaster, the International champion, and bred
to Count Glory, a son of Count Avon which was
grand champion at the California State Fair last
year. Lady Dorothea 10th is by Superbus and out of
a March Knight cow: she is a large red cow and will
have a calf at foot on sale day; she is one of the top
cows of the offering. There are 3 Count Avon cows
in the sale. Golden Queen is a remarkably good two-
year-old, red and a show cow. Rookwood Ury and
Rookwood Ruby are the other Count Avan heifers.
One of them is safely in calf to Count Glory and the
other will sell with a bull calf at foot. These two-
year-olds are large, smooth and very thick. Two of
the Orange Blossom cows have calves at foot; the
other is safely in calf. These are large red cows
with excellent Shorthorn character. The other cows
are smooth and richly bred; each will sell with a
calf at side or will be in calf. Th ey were bred by
C. E. Clark, St. Cloud, Minn., and partake of the
merits of the famous Meadow Lawn stock. The 13
yearling heifers are an unusual lot. A Bruce May-
flower yearling, bred by White & Smith, St. Cloud,
Minn., is probably the outstanding one of the lot. She
will show this year as a senior yearling. The red
junior yearling Mayflower "Victoria is better liked by
some than the Bruce Mayflower heifer; she is com-
pact and smooth and a rare prospect for this year's
show. Gloster Miss 2d, Mayfield Rose, Mayfield Lass
and Mayfield Red Lady are junior yearlings fit to go
into any herd. This is a quartette of rare breeding
and individuality. The other yearling heifers are
mostly Orange Blossoms. Catalogues are ready and
will be mailed on request to W. M. Carruthers, Hearst
Building, San Francisco.
* * *
Reports received by The Poland China Journal
from all sections of the country in response to its
request for information in regard to spring farrow-
ing give the lie to the ancient libel that Poland
Chinas are not prolific. In the majority of reports
both sows and gilts have farrowed an average of
from 8 to 11 pigs, which is prolificacy enough for any
breed of swine. While the reports indicate that the
Poland China breeders have been more successful
than usual in saving the litters farrowed, they indi-
cate a considerable shortage of pigs in farmers'
herds. High prices and shortage of feed induced
many farmers to market brood sows, and this has
resulted in a material reduction of the spring pig
crop from normal.
+ + +
Artichokes for Hogs.
Jerusalem artichokes are much better hog feed
than many people suppose. One of the advantages
of this crop is that it can be produced with very little
work and the yield is unusually heavy. Jerusalem
artichokes grow well in sandy loam.
This plant has a stem somewhat like a sunflower,
bur. tubers grow on the roots like a potato. It is
more frost resistant than potatoes and has a longer
growing season. In fact, the artichoke wTill live over
winter in the ground and come up year after year.
It is not difficult to eradicate, however, as spring
plowing followed by corn or some other cultivated
crop will quickly kill it out. The culture of this
crop is similar to that of potatoes, but it may be
planted earlier, as the spring frosts do not harm it
so much . In late fall the tubers may be dug and
pitted or put into the cellar in the same way that
potatoes are handled. They wilt more readily than
potatoes, however, and will keep firmer if covered
lightly with earth to exclude the air.
They may be grown anywhere that potatoes or
sunflowers do well. They are more drouth resistant
than potatoes and are not considered hard on the
soil. In composition the tubers of the artichokes
are very similar to potato tubers and the tops are
about equal to meadow hay.
Probably the most general use of the Jerusalem
artichoke is for hog feed, but dairy cattle do well on
the tubers, and in the absence of silage it is one of
the best succulent feeds for milk production. The
artichoke was first cultivated for human food, but
the smoother, starchier Irish potato has now largely
supplanted it in spite of its smaller yield per acre.
While the artichoke will never be a major crop,
yet as a minor pasture crop for hogs it should have
a wider distribution in this section. An acre of these
tubers will keep 20 to 30 hogs (weighing from 125
to 175 pounds, rooting all fall and winter when the
ground is not frozen, and pork can be produced much
more economically by supplementing the grain feed
in this manner than by a straight grain ration. —
[Beaumont Enterprise.
fe-l"
GOOD ONES AT AUCTION
*
SALE TO BE HELD AT
THE SAN FRANCISCO RIDING SCHOOL
701 Seventh Ave. San Francisco Take the McAllister Street Cars
THURSDAY APRIL 26th.
7:30 O'CLOCK P.
AT
The Property of Miss. A. E. Farnum:
24 Head of THOROUGHBRED
THOROUGHBREDS
Ch. colt, 4, hy Marse Abe — Miss Whitemouse.
Blk. filly, 6, by Col. Mazuma— Tolly Tot.
Ch. filly, 3, by Marse Abe— Tolly Tot.
Ch. colt, 1, by Marse .Abe — Miss Whitemouse.
Ch. filly, 4, by Flosnut— Tolly Tot.
MARSE ABE is a son of Yankee by Hanover
and Halo by St. Blaise. He was a winner of many
stakes at New Orleans and New York in his two-
year-old form ; and is royally bred. One of his colts
(the only one trained) was a winner last year at
Baltimore.
ML
and STANDARD BRED HORSES
STANDARD BRED
Ch. m. 7, by Pillcara — Flossie.
Ch. m. 6, bv Dillcara — Flossie.
Ch. f 4, by Flosnut— Babe Hock.
B. m 7, bv Dillcara — Floweret Belle.
B. c. 3, bv Flosnut— Lotta Parks.
Ch. c. 4, by Flosnut— Delia Parks.
Br. g. 4, by Flosnut — Black Beauty.
Ch. g. 5, by Flosnut — Lottie Parks.
Ch. g. 4, by Flosnut — Lottie Parks.
Ch. m. C, by Dillcara — Bessie Sweet.
Ch. m. 5, by Dillcara — Bessie Sweet.
Ch. g. 4, by Dillcara — Bessie Sweet.
Ch. g. 4, by Flosnut — Grisette.
Ch. m. 4, by Flosnut — Bessie Hock.
and 5 others three and four-year-olds by Dillcare
and Flosnut.
For Further Information and Catalogue, write
S. E. KRAMER, Manager, San Francisco Riding School.
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12
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 21, 19
THE FARM
Close of Entries in the State Dairy
Cow Competition,
Dairymen and breeders of dairy cat-
tle 'vrho are considering the question
of entering cows in the State Dairy
Cow Competition are reminded that
entries in the Competition will close
on May 1st, in accordance with the
announcement made. The object of
this Competition, which is being con-
ducted by the College of Agriculture
of the University of California, is to
improve the dairy herds of the State
by stimulating the interest in produc-
tion tests of the cows. Nearly 100
prizes varying in value from $300 to
S10 each, are offered for records of
California Sale of Shorthorns
— TO BE HELD AT CAREUTHEBS FARMS —
Mayfield, Cal., at 1 p. m. on May 2.
A rare lot — 1? matrons. 13 yearling heifers, S 2-year-old bulls and 9 bull calves,
nearly all of Scotch breeding — will be sold. The cows include 2 Lady Dorotheas,
bred bv Leslie Smith & Sons. St. Cloud- Minn , 3 bv Count Avon, 3 Orange Blos-
soms and 7 bred by C. E. Clarke. St. Cloud. Minn. The yearling heifers are Bruce
Mayflowers, Orange Blossoms and other esteemed sorts. Golden Master by Ring-
master and out of an imported Lord Roseberry Duchess cow, is a proved herd-
header; see his calves on sale day. Seven 2-year-old bulls are Orange Blossoms
put up in packages to suit the particular buyers. The bull calves are mostly by
Fair Knight and Mayflower Sultan. Here you have championship breeding repre-
sented in Shorthorns of choicest individuality. Many are sired by Ringmaster,
twice an International champion. Others are by Count Avon, C. F. Curtiss'
noted International champion which heads the Rookwood herd. A combination
of the blood of Whitehall Sultan and March Knight; see the result in the Car-
ruthers salering. The females of breeding age are in calf to noted sires. Write
now for catalog, mentioning Breeder and Sportsman, to
W. M. GARRUTHERS, Proprietor,
ctRpr y. jokes, auctioneer. 513 Hearst Bide., San Francisco, Cal.
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FOR SALE CHEAP
1
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BY
1 NEVADA STOCK FARM, Inc.
§ RENO, NEVADA
TWO THOROUGHBRED STALLIONS
1 OSSARY — by Imp. Ormonde out of Imp. Countess
Langdon by Kingscraft. Ossary is the sire of high
class race horses and was foaled in 1896.
| MONTGOMERY — by Passara out of Montgomery §
Cooper by Duke of Kent. Montgomery was one I
!of the highest class stake horses in America in his day. He is the §
sire of Edna F. his first starter, who won four races straight. He is §
a grand individual and was foaled in 1904, winning in stakes and §
purses a total of SS9,600. |
The Royally Bred Trotting Stallion and Sire
MANNISTER 51735, Trial 2:14
THE BEAUTIFUL EIGHT-YEAR-OLD
SON OF WALNUT HALL 2:08H, sire of Champion The Harvester, etc.
Dam, May Rosa, by Moko; 2nd dam Mary Sprague by Governor Sprague;
3rd dam by Edwin Forrest
FOR SALE
One of the breed's greatest sons. An outstanding Individual. Possess-
ing the most popular ind prolific speed producing combination in the
records. The land that get the money on the race track and in the show
ring. Ready to Raca and Win. Exhibited Five Times and Undefeated.
REASON" FOR SELLING — Am 150 miles from nearest Standard bred
mare; 200 miles to nearest race track and 100 miles from main line rail-
road. Will sell for a bargain if taken at once.
GEO. W. OLIVER, SALMON, IDAHO.
production by cows entered in the
Competition, the aggregate value of
the prizes amounting to nearly $8000.
More than one-half of this amount will
be awarded for records of production
by grade, and common cows only. It
will be well worth the effort of any
dairyman who owns good cows to en-
ter these in the Competition, on ac-
count of the prizes they may win, the
knowledge that will be gained as to
the value of the individual cows, and
the advertising that will be received
through the publication of good rec-
ords of production in the herd.
Members of cow testing associa-
tions may compete for the prizes
offered for yearly herd records with-
out extra expense, and at greatly de-
creased cost for prizes for individual
cows and groups of cows in their
herds. The complete list of prizes
with copy of the rules governing the
Competition, will be found in Circular
153 of the College of Agriculture,
which may be secured upon applica-
tion to the Director of the Experiment
Station at Berkeley, California. Fur-
ther information concerning the Com-
petition and entry blanks may be ob-
tained by writing Professor F. W.
Woll, University Farm, Davis. Califor-
nia, In order to have cows included
in the Competition, applications for
entry must, however, be forwarded
prior to May 1st, this year.
o
Most of the current talk about the
food problem has been about growing
potatoes in the back yard or eating
rice instead of potatoes. As a matter
of fact, the opportunity for saving
here is almost nothing. Potatoes and
rice together do not cost more than
six per cent of the annual expenditure
of an average family for food, "while
two-thirds of all the average Pacific
Coast family spends for food goes for
foods of animal origin — meat, eggs,
milk, butter and fat. Hence the im-
mense importance of producing the
greatest possible quantity of fodder
for meat and dairy purposes.
THE BEST LINIMENT
0B PAH KILLED FOR THE HUMAN 30PY
^ Gombault's «
Caustic Balsam
IT HAS NO EQUAL
For;
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We would saj to all
who buy it that it does
not coots in a particle
of p ois ooo as snb stance
and therefore ho harm
can result from its ex-
ternal nse. Persistent,
thorough nse will cure
many old or chronic
ailnrenti and it can
used on any case that
repuires an outward
application with
perfect safety.
Perfectly Safe
and
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for
Sore Throat
Chest Cold
Backache
Neuralgia
Sprains .
Strains
Lumbago
Diphtheria
Sore Lungs
Rheumatism
and
all Stiff Joints
REMOVES THE SOREHESS-STHEHGTHEMS MUSCLES
Com hill. Tex. — "One bc.ttie Cuattlc Balsam did
mj rh»om»tJsrrt more gaol **i*ti JlS.Oy paid ill
doclor'ibilU." OTTO A. BETEB.
Price 8 1 .BO pir bottle. Sold by draggirtc. o- tut
bjci -inrei* prepaid. Write for Booklet E. '■
The LAWREHCE-W1LUAMS COMPANY. CleTelw. 0.
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The right remedy for fa^Ui^/ ■
building up horses run -Ajt,^UtL-,\ .
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PACIFIC CCV*f ;r ] » ]
1018 FILLMORE ST..
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
HEADQUARTERS
— FOR—
TITTLE 6 CLARKS and SELL'S Cl
High Grade Horse Goods I
INCLUDING:
Harness
Hopples
Breezers
Toe Weights
Saddles
Coolers
Blankets
Boots
Drivers' Caps '
Sweaters
Standard bred and registered gray
mare for sale cheap.
J. DAVID WEST
1018 Fillmore St. San Francl«
Near McAllister
TELEPHONE PARK 1253
FOR SALE
5525
45046. da
>184, gra
This hot
The Pacing Stallion
FRED BRANCH 4552
foaled 1906, by Morris A. 45
Bessie Vachell by Acrobat 15184,
darn Almina by Altona 8850. This "l
is absolutely sound and a grand indivl
ual. He took a trotting record of 2:28
a two-year-old; and won fourth money
the 2:14 pace at Pleasanton in 1912.
this race he was timed separately a he
in 2:11. He is now in condition to
put into training for the California CJ
cuit. For full particulars apply to
MATT ZAHNEI
Hollister, Ca
Registered Duroc Ho
SERVICE Boars from the B
BIG TYPE BLOOD LINES.— Prii
reasonable considering breeding ai
size. Write or come and see us.
RIVER BEND FARM,
St. Helena, Cal,
BLAKE MOFFIT 6 TOWI
DtiUXa. pAPER
97-lat St., San Francisco. Cal.
Blake, McFall & Co., Portland, Orm|
til&ka. alofflt and Town*. Lot ..AajrcM
Classified Advertising
FOR SALE.
Pedigreed Irish Setter. St. Cloud sfc
Pointer pups from best hunting
in West. G. C. HENRY,
Porterville, CaLl
FOR IMMEDIATE SALE — Thorougjl
bred, well broke Setter dog and four fiitl
week-old pups. Rest of breeding, trait |
ing, and individuality. Moving
must sell quick. D. B. BOLART,
228 Capp St.. San Francis
Phone Market 6010
WANTED SITUATION, TRAINER,
as as Track Manager for a Driving_CluJ
experienced trainer and driver.
class references. Address
TRAINER AND DRIVER,
rare BREEDER AND SPORTS*
San Francisco,
THOROUGHBRED STALLIONS FOR SAL
Sycamore by imp. Prestonpans,
Sweetness 2d.
William Irving by King William,
Mabel by Judge Murphy.
These horses are in good condition.
INQUIRE AT 1931 G ST.,
Sacramento, CaL
HOMESTEAD AND FARM LANDS.
Oregon & California Railroad Co. granr
lands. Title to same re-vested in Unitet
States by Act of Congress Dated June 9 '
1916. Two million three hundred thou
sand acres to be opened for homestead.1
and sale. Timber and agricultural lands!
Containing some of best land left in Unit]
ed States. Now is the opportune time
Large sectional map showing lands and
description of soil, climate, rainfall, ele-'
vations. etc.. postpaid, one dollar. GRAN!
LANDS LOCATING CO.. Box 610 Port-
land, Oregon.
iturday, April 21, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
li
Stake Book Ready--
North Pacific Fair Assn.
Beginning August 20th, Ending September 29th.
Wide Range of Classes With Good
Purses and Fine Tracks
A Postal Card with your name and
address to Jno. W. Pace, Secy. Seattle,
Washington,
I Will Bring You The Book By Return Mail.
nse! M. Easlon
William Ward
IMPORTERS AND BREEDERS
of Prize Winning
SHIRE HORSES
Blackhawk Stock Ranch
Barns full of top notch two to five year old Stallions
IMPORTED AND HOME BRED
Yith -n eight, style, and quality, heavy clean bone and the best of breeding to recom-
iend them. Show horses and prize winners. Great opportunity to secure a top-notch
tallion.
BLACKHAWK STOCK RANCH, Burlingame, Cal.
'ins i;il ijr irsiM^jjcuVicsilalora!. Telephone Burlingame 131
IREED TO THE COAST'S CHAMPION CAMPAIGNER AND FUTURITY SIRE
im Logan Reg.No, 44977
Pure Bred. Cal. Stale License No. 17
Sire of Hal Logan 2:09, Maxine (3) 2:15, winner of
Breeders' Futurity, etc.
Son of CHARLES DERBY 2:20, brother to Klatawah
(3) 2:05!/2, etc., and sire of TEN in 2:10.
Dam, EFFIE LOGAN, dam of Jim Logan 2:01%, Sir
Albert S. 2:03%. and Dan Logan 2:07%.
In the stud, season of 1917, at Woodland Race Track.
FEE: $50, usual return privilege, $75 to insure liv-
ing colt payable at time of service or before removal
of mares. Call at race track or address
J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal.
STANFORD McKINNEY 45173
sire of Miss Macklie 2:09i; Pavanha 2:I0i; Kinneysham 2:13!; Silente 2:19
By McKinney 8818 dam Palavena by Palo Alto 2:08%
STRONG McKINNEY-ELECTIONEER CROSS
Will mate the season of 1917 at WOY'S STOCK RANCH, 9 miles south of
FRESNO, on West Ave. Terms $25 for the Season.
For farther particulars address: M. L W0Y, BOX 501, FreSri.0, Cal.
HERE'S TO CALIFORNIA—
and Her SADDLE HORSE INDUSTRY
The Sierra Vista Stock Farm
— = CHINO, CAL.=—
Offers the owners of saddle mares in California 1he services of
CALIFORNIA'S GREATEST SHOW HORSE AND SIRE
Highland Squirrel King 1881
by FOREST KING, by SQUIRREL KING, by BLACK SQUIRREL, ETC.
Pleasure and Show Horses and Youngsters for sale that
can win in the showa. Expert in charge of our stable.
Revel Lindsey English, Owner,
Chino, California
THE RVE-GAITED SADDLE STALLION
LE GRAND McDONALD Reg. No. 6360
Winner World's Junior Championship P.-P. I. E.
Sired by GRAND McDONALD, the greatest show horse and sire that the
WORLD'S CHAMPION REX McDONALD EVER SIRED
Dam, QUEEN ALICE 10649, by FOREST LeGRAND 2107.
Color, chestnut; age 4; height 15:3; weight 1,150. Conformation and style
equal the best. Terms for season, $30.
Now located at San Francisco Riding Academy, 701 — 7th Ave.
For information address,
BRIDGFORD COMPANY,
519 California St., San Francisco, Cal.
EXPRESSIVE MAG
RECORD 2.25
REG. NO. 41513
Standard Cal. State License 95.
Sire of:
CLARA MAC 2:04^; VERA HAL 2:05; MADAM MAC 2:07i
Only stallion offered for service in California aire of two in 2:05, three in 2:10
Son of McKINNEY 2:11% and the greatest living broodmare. EXPRESSIVE i3i 2:12l~ idem
of 6 trotters. 2 in 2:10 , by ■LECTIONEER 125. Ideal in color, size and conformation — seal
brown, height 16V£ hands, weight 1275 pounds. $25 the Season, $35 to insure, usual return
privilege. Send for tabulated pedigree. Address: J. H. NELSON, Selma, Cal.
JOE CAREY
$50
THOROUGHBRED STALLION
Pure Bred Cal. Stata License No. 2004
Sire of
Brighouse
Orange Blossom
Custom House
Azurea
Mercurium
Deckhand
Buckshot
Avon Carey
Bernice, and other
Good winners.
Harden , Prince Charlie ) glai"r At^
Edwards 1 I Eastern Prini
s* Bannockburn...-!
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•-» L Miss Marion.
Address all communications to:
GEO.
'Nannie Bay (Glenelg
\ Nannie Butler
i St ;■;«.'- a $ Hermit
l Bertie Blaise.... ) bt' BlaiSe 1 Fusee
>Bettie M jSanmerer
t Lida Gaines
,_. (Alarm \SMtSe
I Himyar J I Maud
Ifflra ( Lexington
. < t Hegrira
( Kiflber 1 Bucaneer
I imp. Astolat.... / ' { Mineral
/ BeUicent ! Cremorne
I Lynette by
Lord Lyon
RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
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"SAN VICENTE",
—the Junior Champion
Saddle Stallion of Cali-
fornia, will also stand
at San Vicente Rancho
this season.
TERMS PRIVATE.
'The above photograph shows "Highland Monarch" and four of his get, and "Don Castano"
and four of his get, winners of the First and Second Premiums at the California State Fair
in September, 1916. The service fee for each of these stallions is $50.00.
WE WILL PAY
the freight, to and from
our Ranch, on mares
sent from any part of
California, but will not
assume responsibility
for accidents.
SAN VICENTE
1023 Investment Building
RANCHO
Los Angeles, Cal.,
14
THE BREEDE R AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, April 21, l!
Pleasanton Driving Park
PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA
offers for service for the season of 1917 the following stallions:
THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4
Non-standard Cal. State License No. 2.
FASTEST TROTTING STALLION EVER OFFERED FOR SERVICE IN
CALIFORNIA AND FIFTH FASTEST ENTIRE TROTTER IN THE WORLD
Son of St. Valiant Vincent 2:113i (by St. Vincent 2:13% out of the triple
producer Grace Lee 2:29?4 by Electioneer 125); dam Amy Smith by Emperor
Wilkes 2:20%. sire of Princess Eulalia (4) 2:09^. etc.; grandam by Hamble-
The Anvil Is regarded by Edward F. Geers as one of the very greatest trot-
ters that he has ever raced. For Ave years the pair of Tennesseeans went to
the races together and in that time were but twice unplaced, while wimning a
total of fifteen races, including- the historic M. and M. _
As an individual he is most pleasing, not too large or coarse m any way but
smoothly and compactly made and "all horse" in every line. He is a perfect
headed, pure gaited trotter, with the very best of disposition, and is destined
to become a very great sire of trotting speed. His opportunities in the stud
have been very slight as he has been retired from racing- only since the close
of 1914. He was selected to head the stud at Pleasanton Driving Park not only
on account of his great qualities as a race trotter, but because one of his first
foals, Anvilite (2) 2:22^1, with a trial of ten seconds or more faster, was in
every way the greatest colt trotter ever handled by C. L. DeRyder. The services
of The Anvil are recommended to you without reserve.
Fee for THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4, $50 with usual privilege
Vernon McKinney 2:01 1-2
Pure Bred Cal. State License No. 39
Fastest member of the great family of McKinney 2:11!4
Sire of VERNA McKINNEY (2) 2:13 (his first foal raced), fastest two-
year-old pacing filly of 1915, three-year-old record, 1916, 2:09^4;
VERNON DIABLO, mat. rec. half mile track 2:14J4, and DR. DYER
(3) trial 2:12^.
3on of Guy McKinney 37625 (by McKinney 2:11% out of Flossie Drais by Guy
Wilkes 2:16%); dam Maud Vernon by Mount "Vernon 2:15%, sire of the dams of
Leata J. 2:03, etc.; grandam Mag by General McClellan, sire of the dams of
Mack Mack 2:08, etc.
Vernon McKinney's racing career was not an extensive one but will long be
remembered for the excellence of his performances, as his winnings include a
Chamber of Commerce stake in time very near the record for that event at the
time, and he is the fastest of all the McKinneys.
He is a horse of rare qualities in the way of individual excellence, almost
ideal in behavior and temperament in harness or out. Since his retirement he
has been a popular horse in the stud and our claim that he would prove a very
great sire of pacing speed has been fully substantiated, his first foal to be raced
being the season champion for the age and gait in 1915, a most excellent testi-
monial to his potency. He is a very sure breeder, his get are uniformly endowed
with natural speed and the physical and mental requirements of modern race
horses and find ready sale at most gratifying prices.
Fee for VERNON McKINNEY 2:01 1-2, $50 with usual privilege.
The best of cars taken of mares in any manner owners may desire, but no
responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address for particulars
GEORGE F. RYAN, Superintendent,
PLEASANTON, CAL.
Thoroughbred sire M ARSE ABE
Cal. State Thoroughbred License No. 2018.
WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1917 AT
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK
Marse Abe carries the best
blood of America through his
sire lines. Yankee was a su-
perior race horse and sire. Han-
over was the best horse of his
day, and headed the list of win-
ning sires for years. No refer- ^
ence is necessary to Hindoo as JJ
everyone knows what he was.
Halo, the dam of Marse Abe,
Is bred just right to cross with
the sire blood in his pedigree;
a daughter of St. Blaise, son of
Hermit, the most fashionable
sire line In England, and backed
up on her dam's side by the
lines of long distance perform-
ers from which sprung Ten
Brock and other four-milers.
Address all communicationa to
Service Fee $50
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1 Bourbon Belle.. \ ^P,Dn*e Scotland
I Ella D.
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(Mannie Gray...! f.na?"?r
1 Lizzie G.
( Hermit J Newminster
St. Blaise.J uermit i Seclusion
I Fusee Marsyas
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GEO. F. RYAN,
Pleasanton, Cal.
— DILLCARA 57462=
Cal. State Standard License No. 2019.
Son of Sidney Dillon 23157 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list) and Guycara by Guy Wilkes
2867 (sire of 3 in 2:10 list), will make the season of 1917 at
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK, PLEASANTON, CAL
SERVICE FEE $50 TO INSURE
Dillcara is a full brother to Harold Dillon 39610, the leading sire of New Zealand.
Last season the get of Harold Dillon won 41 races, totalling over 525,000.
Address all communications to
GEO. F. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
'
MANHATTAN STOCK AND POULTRY
FOOD AND REMEDIES
Awarded Gold Medal
at California State Fair
ENDORSED BY THE LEADING HORSEMEN
OF THE UNITED STATES
Red Ball Stock Food Co.
OAKLAND CAL
HEMET
STOCK
FARM
Offers for service the best grandson of McKinney 2 :11^4
WILBUR LOU 2:101
Record made in third heat of winning race as 3-year-old.
A world's champion as a yearling, record (1) 2:19!/2; un-
beaten as a two-year-old, a famous futurity winner at
three, and at six years of age the "sire of the day" In Cal-
ifornia, his first crop of two-year-olds Including
NATALDAY (2) 2:13i
Champion Two-Year-Old Race
Coast.
Trotter of the Pacific
COLTS
AND FILLIES
BY
WILBUR LOU
ALWAYS
ON SALE
HEMET, CAL.
ZETA LUCILE (2) 2:12£
Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of the Pacific
Coast.
HEMET QUEEN (1) 2:16 i
Champion Pacing Filly of the "World.
KINSMAN LOU (2) 2:23^.
MATILDA LOU (2) 2:22%.
FIESTA LOU (p) (1) 2:25, (2) 2:22%.
GOLDSMITH LOU (2) 2:29.
BILLIE BOYD (2) 2:30.
Wilbur Lou is by the great race horse and
sire Kinney Lou 2:07%, out of Louise Carter
(3) 2:24, the only mare to produce two year-
lings to trot in 2:20 or better:
"WILBUR LOU (1) 2:19%,
EDITH CARTER (1) 2:18%.
Breed to him for colts that will race. Fee for 1917, fifty
dollars, with usual return privilege, or money refunded
at our option. Mares kept, $60.00 per year. All infor-
mation gladly furnished. — Licensed Pure Bred Cert. 23.
Superbly Bred Young Saddle and Harness Horse
FOR SALE
SADDLE BRED:
Dark Bay Gelding by Lord Denmark — Sonia Foaled 1!
Bay Colt by Lord Denmark— Dixie Queen Foaled 11
STANDARD BRED:
Bay Gelding by Don Sonoma — Chula.
Black Colt by Silkworthy — Sonia.
Anyone looking for some youngsters of either breed will find these colts as attracti
as it is possible to breed them. They will be sold at reasonable prices; are in go
condition and may be seen at Oakridge Ranch, Sonoma Co., Cal.
The superbly bred stallion, Silkworthy, Is also for sale. He has been bred to a limil
number of mares and has proven himself a sure foal getter, and we have the qual
of his colts to show.
Address W. G. COWAN, OAKRIDGE RANCH, KENWOOD, SONOMA CO., CA
or BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, SAN FRANCISCO, for further information,
THE STANDARD
BRED STALLtQN
SILKWORTHY 58175
LICENSE
NO. 206
Son of MORGAN AXWORTHY 47430. Dam CLEAR SILK (dam of Crystal SI
2:28?4>. Silkworthy is bred in the purple. His sire, Morgan Axworthy 47430, is 1
Axworthy out of Kinglyne, a full sister to Bingen; and his dam by Prodigal out
Red Silk by Baron Wilkes.
He will make the season of 1917 at Kenwood, Sonoma Co., Cal.
SERVICE FEE, $25.00 WITH USUAL RETURN PRIVILEGE.
Address W. G. COWAN, Oakridge Ranch,
Kenwood, Sonoma Co., Cal.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday .April 28, 1917
MILWAUKEE
Wisconsin State Fair
Racing Dates, Sept. 10-13
Following H&mline and Indianapolis
The $5,000 Plankinton Hotel
Stake for 2:12 Pacers
$2,260 to winner, $1,000 to second,
$750 to third, $600 to fourth and
$400 to fifth
Pavments — SIC on date of closing of entries, May
28; $50 on Juiy 2; 550 on Aug. 20. Two or more
horses from the same stable, ownership or control
may be entered and started, but full entrance fee
must be paid for each horse named.
Deductions — 6 per cent, from first, 5 from sec-
ond, 4 from third, 3 from fourth, 2 from fifth.
The $5,000 Milwaukee Chamber
of Commerce Stake--2:12 trotters
$2,250 to winner, $1,000 to second,
$750 to third, $600 to fourth and
$400 to fifth
Pavments — $50 on date of closing of entries, May
28: $50 on July 2; $50 on Aug. 20. Two or more
horses from the same stable, ownership or control
mav be entered and started, but full entrance fee
must be paid for each horse named.
Deductions — 6 per cent, from first, 5 from sec-
ond, 4 from third, 3 from fourth, 2 from fifth.
The $2,000 Badger State Stake
for 2:06 Pacers
$900 to winner, $400 to second, $300
to third, $240 to fourth and
$160 to fifth
Pavments — $20 on date of closing entries, May
28; ?20 on July 2; $20 on Aug. 20. Two or more
horses from the same stable, ownership or control
may be entered and started, but full entrance fee
must be paid for each horse named.
Deductions — 6 per cent, from first, 5 from sec-
ond, 4 from third, 3 from fourth, 2 from fifth.
OTHER EARLY-CLOSING EVENTS
TROTTING— Three-year-old, $800 - - - 2:25, $1,000
PACING— Three-year-old SeOO - 2:25' $1,000
(Payments and deductions on same percentages and dates as in other stakes)
LATE OLOSINC EVENTS, Entries to Close August 20
TROTTING— 2:21, $1,000; 2:18, $1,000; 2:15, $1,000; 2.08, $1,500
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RICHARD J. WHITE, Supt. of Speed
State Fair Grounds, West Allis, Wis.
SEND FOR ENTRY BLANKS
OLIVER E. REMEY, Secretary State Fair
State Fair Grounds, West Allis, Wis.
California Sale of Shorthorns
— TO BE HELD AT CARRTJTHEKS FARMS —
Mayfield, Cal., at 1 p. m. on May 2.
A rare lot — 15 matrons. 13 yearling heifers. S 2-year-old bulls and 9 bull calves,
nearly all of Scotch breeding — will be sold. The cows include 2 Lady Dorotheas,
bred by Leslie Smith & Sons, St. Cloud. Minn., 3 by Count Avon, 3 Orange Blos-
soms and 7 bred by C. E. Clarke, St. Cloud, Minn. The yearling heifers are Bruce
Mayflowers, Orange Blossoms and other esteemed sorts. Golden Master by Ring-
master and out of an imported Lord Roseberry Duchess cow, is a proved hard-
header;- see his calves on sale day. Seven 2-year-old bulls are Orange Blossoms
put up in packages to suit the particular buyers. The bull calves are mostly by
Fair Knight and Mayflower Sult?n. Here you have championship breeding repre-
sented in Shorthorns of choicest individuality. Many are sired by Ringmaster,
twice an International champion. Others are by Count Avon, C. F. Curtiss*
noted International champion which heads the Rookwood herd. A combination
of the blood of Whitehall Sultan and March Knight; see the result in the Car-
ruthers salering. The females of breeding age are in calf to noted sires. Write
now for catalog, mentioning Breeder and Sportsman, to
W. M. CARRUTHERS, Proprietor,
mrey y. joiies, AUCTIONEER. 513 Hearst Bldg., San Francisco, Cal.
Rex Ortiz of
Denmark 5831
By Rex McDonald B33 Ortiz
Belle by Ortiz Rose 1705
by Montrose 106,
Black Stallion
15:3 Hands1100 lbs
Best of Breeding, Indi-
viduality and Gaits.
SERVICE FEE $25.00
to insure a living foal.
For further information
write
BRUCE ROBINSON
Rlva side, Iowa.
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Highest Class Three and Five-Gaited
Saddle Horses for the Pleasure and
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THREE NOTED JUDGES
A. S. Thompson, of Kentucky; Jas. H. Bright of Missouri and Florida, and
L. M. Monsees of Missouri, recognized throughout the land as three of the best,
most courageous and qualified judges of saddle horses living, selected
MARSHALL CHIEF 2765
in a field of 22 of the world's most famous stallions, as the most ideal saddle
stallion for breeding purposes. The considerations were: breeding, conforma-
tion, soundness, action and beauty.
THE WINNER OF THIS, THE MOST IMPORTANT BREEDING CLASS-
IN SADDLE HORSE AFFAIRS,
is in public service at E. N. Hamilton's farm, three miles south of Mexico, Mo.,
where blue grass, spring water and feed are to be had in abundance.
HANS BERG, 159 Warren Ave.,
Milwaukee, Wis.,
or
E. N. HAMILTON, Manager,
Mexico, Mo.
Pacific Coast Trotting Record
Peter McKIyo 58009-
RECORD
2:06
Cal. License Pure Bred No. 105
Sired by
PETER THE GREAT 2:07% (sire of 50 in 2:10 list, including Miss Harris
2:01ii. Peter Volo (4) 2:02, Peter Stevens 2:01%, Peter Mac 2:03, Mabel
Trask 2:03%, etc.), dam KLTO by Jay McGregor.
He is from one of the greatest families on his dam's side in the books, as the
performances of 3usi3 J. 2:06% and Trampfast 2:12% prove beyond doubt.
Peter McKIyo is the Greatest Son of Peter The Great
westof of Kentucky and is destined to be one of the world's greatest sires.
He is the only son of Peter the Great five years old with two colts in the
list. He was bred to three mares as a two-year-old, only two of his colts being
handled, — Charlotte McKIyo, winner of breeder's record 2:25%, and McKIyo
Boy, winner of the two-year-old division Breeders' Futurity Stake, record
2:23%. It can be also said as a matter of record that he is one of the greatest
five-year-old trotting stallions ever owned in the state of California, and one of
the best individuals to be found in any country.
HE WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1917 AT
James Thompson's Training Stables
State Fair Grounds, Sacramento
TERMS: $100 FOR THE SEASON.
Usual return privilege. Mares pastured at $5 per month. Good care will
be taken but no responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. For further
particulars address,
L. H. TODHUNTER, Owner, or JAMES THOMPSON,
Box 387, Sacramento, Cal. State Fair Grounds,
Sacramento, Cal.
:aturday, April 28, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
iREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
urf and Sporting Authority on the Pacific Coatt.
(Established 1882.)
Published every Saturday.
F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor.
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DATES CLAIMED.
• Salinas July 11 to 14
l Petaluma July 18 to 21
I vVoodland July 25 to 28
: Dixon Aug. 1 to 4
Jkiah Aug. 8 to 11
Eureka Aug. 15 to 18
i^erndale Aug. 22 to 25
I Santa Rosa Aug. 29 to Sept. 1
(i Sacramento Sept. 8 to 15
i 'Hanford Sept. 19 to 22
y.Fresno Sept. 24 to 29
I Ventura SepL 26 to 29
t Bakersfleld Oct. 3 to 6
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3anla Maria Oct. 24 to 27
. - Los Angeles Oct. 29 to Nov. 3
J San ta Ana Nov. 7 to 10
u Phoenix, Ariz Nov. 12 to 17
THE GRAND CIRCUIT.
Cleveland July 16 to 21
l Detroit July 23 to 28
Kalamazoo July 30 to Aug. 4
i| Columbus Aug. 6 to 11
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Philadelphia Aug. 20 to 25
I Poughkeepsie Aug. 27 to Sept. 1
|( Hartford Sept. 3 to 8
I Syracuse Sept. 10 to 15
I Columbus Sept. 17 to 29
1 Lexington OcL 1 to 13
Atlanta Oct. 15 to 20
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STALLION DIRECTORY.
Harness Horses
Best Policy 42378 R. O. Newman, Vralia. Cal
Dillcara 57462 Geo. F. Ryan. Pleasanton, Cal.
Expressive Mac 41513 J. H. Nelson, Selma, Cal.
Jim Logan 44977 J. Elmo Montgomery, Davis, Cal.
Peter McKlyo 58009 L. H. Todhunter, Sacramento, Cal.
SUkworthy W. G. Cowan, Kenwood, Cal.
Stanford McKinney 45173 M. L. Woy. Fresno, Cal.
The Anvil Geo. F. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Vernon McKinney Geo. F. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Wilbur Lou 52595 Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet, Cal.
Thoroughbreds
Joe Carey Geo. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Marse Abe Geo. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Saddle Horses
Astral King Jas. Houchin. Jefferson City, Mo.
Don Castano San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles
Highland Monarch San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles
Highland Squirrel King Revel L. English, Chino, Cal.
Le Grand McDonald. . .Bridgford Company, San Francisco
Marshall Chief E. N. Hamilton, Mexico, Mo.
San Vicente San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles
TO THE FARMERS OF AMERICA.
I.By the Editors of American Farm Journals.]
With the entrance o£ the United States into the
world's war, farmers of America are laid under the
most insistent and inexorable obligation. It is a war
of food more than of munitions. Nature has turned
a forbidding face on the early harvests of the world.
A shortage of more than 50,000,000 bushels of winter,
wheat at home, and a deficiency in all crops abroad,
sound a trumpet call to farmers to bend every effort,
to the limit of human intelligence, energy and ingen-
uity, to wring from the earth its maximum yield in
all the coming harvests.
Patriotism and profit should stimulate them. The
life of the nation hangs in the balance . The rewards
for intelligent farm toil never were so alluring and
certain. Every man in his own field must judge of
methods.
This appeal, coming from the publishers and ed-
itors of farm journals in session in St. Louis, repre-
senting a combined circulation of 11,000,000, seeks
to arouse producers to the gr.tvity of the situation,
and to encourage them to enlist in the army most
necessary to the nation's defense — the army of farm
men, women and children whose devoted, tireless,
intelligent effort will sustain our fighting forces,
bring succor to starving peoples, and insure inevit-
ably the enduring peace the world.
Just at this time all effort possible must be made
to gather and most economically distribute the food
output. Not a pound should be wasted. The neces-
sities of the times are calling so many from agricul-
tural pursuits to mechanical industry, that it is
necessary to seek unusual means for their replace-
ment.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, through the
courtesy of Roland C. Drake, Manager of the Live
Stock Department of the Hartford Insurance Com-
pany, for the territory" west of the Rockies, has re-
ceived the Lexington. Ky.. Herald's House Warming
Number, which, in the editor's opinion, is the most
wonderful live stock edition and farm home number
any newspaper has ever issued. It portrays the
progress of Kentucky as no other publication has
ever done. Handsomely illustrated articles of com-
mercial activities in far-famed old "Kaintuck" are
shown in an entirely new light. Unlike the average
special edition of metropolitan papers, which under-
take getting up a special live stock edition, the
Herald failed utterly to "ball things up." The aver-
age special live stock edition of a daily is a huge
joke to the tiller of the soil and the breeder of better
live stock. The Herald, however, has used good
judgment, and swine men have prepared their swine
department; horsemen, their horse section; cattle
breeders their cattle department, and so on, in every
pag<; of this magnificent edition.
Lovers of horses, Race horses. Saddle horses and
farm horses will find stories of keen interest which
have never been published and written in a manner
that will make one take the time to go over them
carefully. Histories of famous horses and farms of
Kentucky are published in complete form; and the
only regret the editor of the Breeder and Sportsman
has, is that the present price of paper prevents our
reproducing the entire live stock section.
BREED BETTER HORSES.
OUR FRONT PAGE PICTURE.
On our cover this week, we present a group of
the magnificent Holsteins found in the herd of The
Bridgford Co., Inc., on the ranch at Knightsen,
Contra Costa county. In the center of the picture
is the junior herd bull, King Segis Alcartra Prilly,
which, at one year weighs 1,150 pounds and possesses
the most mature and perfect conformation. He is
one of the most royally and meritoriously bred bulls
in America; his first six dams all having made better
than a 30 pound butter average in seven day tests.
He promises to not only improve the Bridgford Com-
pany's herd, but the breed in the West. The cow
at left top is Upland Zeffie Wayne, four years old.
Record, 26 pounds of butter in seven days; 1,448
pounds of milk in 14 days; 109 pounds milk in one
day and 105 pounds of butter in 30 days.
Right top, Ormandy Mechthilde Piertey, which,
shortly after arriving here after trip across the con-
tinent, made 31.70 butter record in seven days and
580.10 pounds of milk in the same period.
Bottom left, Miss Pontiac Nudine of Springvale,
a beautiful cow, five years old, weighing 1,840
pounds. Produced 30.3 pounds of butter in seven
days from 601 pounds of milk.
Bottom right — Miss Korndyke Mercedes; first
prize winner in full aged cow class at 1916 Califor-
nia State Fair; dam of junior champion female at
1916 State Fair. Butter record for seven day test,
25 pounds; milk record, seven day test, 520 pounds.
These are fair samples of the entire herd of 130
fine registered Holsteins owned by the Bridgford
Company, Inc., of which Judge E. A. Bridgford of
San Francisco is president, and his son, H. V. Bridg-
ford, vice-president and general manager. The foun-
dation for the herd was selected in the Eastern Hol-
stein growing states by H. V. Bridgford, and is con-
sidered one of the most profitable herds in all the
coast states. Judge Bridgford told the editor of the
Breeder and Sportsman last week their herd was
making good beyond their highest hopes and expec-
tations. The ranch is one of the best adapted and
equipped stock ranches in California; and, in addi-
tion to the Holsteins, they breed all kinds of better
stock and fine saddle horses. Their herd is being
prepared for the California fairs of 1917, and well
informed breeders declare when the season is closed
the Bridgford Company, Inc., will have annexed
many championships to their herd by their merited
competition with the best herds in the West.
Horsemen throughout the country will learn with
much regret the serious illness of Col. Willard Potts,
of Mexico, Mo., who recently underwent a serious
operation at the Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Col.
Potts has been in bad health several months and his
condition is considered critical. This well known
sportsman has been interested in some of the best
horses in Missouri; first the trotters, then the saddle
horses. It was Col. Potts who was a joint partner
with W. D. Lee, in that well known horseman's first
experiences in the business. He has served two
terms as mayor of Mexico and has been responsible
as much as any other individual for that town's repu-
tation of being the horse center of the earth. He
is one of central Missouri's largest property owners.
During these days of high priced grains many
farmers who are just getting started are apt to over-
look the fact that the only profitable form of farming
that carries with it the brand of permanence is live-
stock farming. While all grains are high in price it
must also be remembered that cattle are worth good
money, hogs are selling up to 16 and sheep are worth
in the neighborhood of $12 a head. These prices
are all more or less abnormal, but at the same time
the grain prices will drop far more rapidly than those
on livestock.
While the agricultural schools and press of the
country are emphasizing the importance of more
crops and better yields to the acre in this time of
stress. Wayne Dinsmore, in his always alert manner.
is doing all in his power, using his every resource
and influence to bring about the production of better
horses. "Not mere numbers, but quality, is what the
country needs," Dinsmore writes, and his letter to
the Breeder and Sportsman should be read by every
man interested in the welfare of the land as well
as the breeders of the country. Mr. Dinsmore, who
by the way, is secretary of the Percheron Society of
America, with offices at the Union Stock Yards.
Chicago, will gladly assist all horse breeders in their
efforts to improve the horse stock of this country
No matter what breed you are most interested in
you will be benefited by reading the communication
which follows:
Breeder and Sportsman,
San Francisco, Cal.
Gentlemen: The United States, now actually at
war, confronts the tremendous task of increasing its
production of food stuffs sufficiently to provide amply
for its own people and to supply all the food stuffs
needed by the allied nations.
Maximum crop production requires plenty of
horses, men, and efficient farm machinery. Power-
ful draft horses do more to compensate for labor
shortage than any other factor. Gang plows of two
14-ineh bottoms, with five powerful draft horses will
turn from five to five and a half acres per day;' will
on a 20 wheel disc harrow cutting 9 feet in width in
the field, disc from 14 to 18 acres per day; and on
a 20 hole disc seed drill will seed from 18 to 20 acres
per day, and cover it in the same operation. Only
heavy draft teams can make such efficiency possible
Horses weighing over 1600 pounds each in working
condition are needed, and five of them to each farm
teamster employed. Where such heavy draft horses
are not available, smaller implements are used and
the daily turnover in work accomplished falls to
approximately halt of that which is being done by
men with heavy teams and plenty of them.
The United States does not need an increase in
mere numbers of horses and mules. It does need
an increase in well proportioned, powerful draft
horses. There is no danger of an overproduction of
good thick farm chunks weighing from 1300 to 1600
pounds. The latter can be, and are being, produced
by breeding common light mares of mixed blood
weighing from 900 to 1400 pounds each, to sound, well
proportioned Percheron stallions. Every mare of
this kind should be bred to the best draft stallion
available, and every draft mare should be bred to
the best stallion within reach. The demand for
heavy draft horses is already far in excess of the
supply. Prices have increased from $50 to $75 per
head, and the difficulty of obtaining the very best
draft horses has been so great that city buvers have
been obliged to purchase horses that are only three
years old this spring in order to fill the demands of
their trade. The best informed men in the market
respecting city trade are agreed that draft horses
will never be entirely displaced in our large cities,
and that they have already reached .what is prac-
tically a solid basis for the future. They are more
efficient and do trucking more cheaply on short hauls
than auto trucks, and for thes reason will continue
to be used.
The demand for Percherons has shown steady im-
provement within the last 12 months. Transfer cer-
tificates issued by the Percheron Society of America
during the first four months of the present fiscal year
exceeded 3,000, an increase of more than 16 per cent
over the same period during the preceding year.
The breeders of small numbers of Percheron
horses, who make up 90 per cent of American breed-
ers, are unanimously of the opinion that they have
never had so prompt sales for good stallions rising
two or rising three nor received so satisfactory
prices as during the past eight months. Importa-
tions are practically nil, and the steady increase in
demand for good draft horses gives promise of a
most excellent future for the shrewd farmer who
realizes the advantage of using Percheron mares in
his farm work.
Exports of horses to Europe for war purposes
from September 1, 1914. to March 1, 1917. totaled
853.116 head, valued at $182,994,406, and 289 062
mules, valued at $58,051,914. British army officers
have given unstinting commendation to the grade
Percherons which have been sent from this country
to Europe for artillery purposes. The effectiveness
of the Fercheron has been so great that studs of
pure-bred Percherons have been established in Great
Britain in consequence.
The vast majority of the mares in the United
States will be bred or left unbred within the next
ninety days. All good mares should be bred to the
best available draft stallions. I hope, for this reason,
that you will give publicity to this article in the news
columns and emphasize the importance of intelligent
horse production in your editorial colunms as v. -II,
With kindest personal regards, I am.
Very truly yours,
WAYNE DINSMORE. Sec'y.
Silence Is Golden.
Jack: "That horse shows as much sense as I do."
B"lle: "Well, don't tell anybody. You may want
to sell him some day." — Phila. Bulletin
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday .April 28, 1917
Harness Horses and Horsemen
OBSERVATIONS AT WALLA WALLA.
April 18, 1917.
Arriving in this city of wheat kings, horses and
horse enthusiasts, I hurried and and finished my
business, then I did a marathon to the Walla Walla
race track, and while the day was not pleasant yet
I saw all the trainers out on the track. Naturally
my first visit was to my friend Wm. Hogoboom.
Greetings over, I began to look at the hay destroyer
— and hay costs big money here, and oats, well, oats
are so high that a farmer found a burglar in his
house and on asking the burglar not to kill any of
the family the burglar said, "Be not afraid; 'tis not
your money nor your wife I come to steal, I just
want the key to your granary so I can steal a sack
of oats and sell it in Walla Walla and make a trip
to Boston and back before harvest time." So you
see oats are oats in Walla Walla, and wheat is sell-
ing here at $2.05 per bushel, and will be higher.
Well, Bill Hogoboom showed me a big slashing
three-year-old out of Lida Carter and sired by Blue
Peter 2:16%. I will say right now that in any land
it will be hard to beat this filly for looks, and she
had the fast step idea born in her. She belongs to
Jas. Dacres, as does a full sister a year younger.
Huck was high in his praises of these Loda Carter
youngsters. A two-year-old gelding, a trotter sired
by Blue Peter and out of the dam of Joe Buckley,
makes one think he is looking at Peter Volo. The
colt belongs to a New Mat Ennis and in no land on
earth can a better gaited or more determined going
young trotter be seen. It is only a question of time
and development for this young Blue Peter, and his
name will be in print often . Joe Buckley 2 ill1/! is
also owned by Mat Ennis; Joe Buckley looked good
to me last year in all his races; today he looks every
inch a race horse, and right here and now I will say
that the pacers that beat Joe Buckley this year will
be going some, and they may come from east, west,
north or south. Joe Buckley is, I believe, a good
enough pacer to take to any western track and race
and win money and glory for his good sire, Bonnie
McK., the good son of the great McKinney and Bon-
daline by Stamboul, the great brood mare Bon Bon
by Simmons. Some reader may say I am daffy
on Joe Buckley. Well, time will tell, and when
the scalps are counted next fall, Joe Buckley will be
the big winner, unless he breaks a leg.
Mr. Shell has seven head of choice young stuff
up, mostly all by Bonnie McK.; one, however, is a
Blue Peter. Shell's horses are a bit rough yet but
the lines and the good blood of such horses as
Alexis, Antrim, Bonnie McK. and Blue Peter will, if
properly developed, turn out valuable horses.
My old friend Geo. Kelly is here, having sold out
his walnut farm in Sunkist California and bought
a place in good old Walla Walla. Mr. Kelly has
Bonnie McK. and believe me, I am pleased to see
Mr. Kelly and to see the bond of affection between
this man and his stallion; and Bonnie McK: is beyond
any question one of MeKinney's best speed siring
sons. There are only a few of his colts, yet no man
ever saw one that was not a naturally fast trotter
or pacer Mr. Kelly is developing a very fast gaited
young trotter by Bonnie; she is a roan, being from
a long line of Jay Bird dams. In just twenty days'
handling from a wild thing this filly recently pulled
a breaking cart an eighth in 22% seconds. Her
breeding and her type pleased me so that I asked,
"Was she registered?" Mr. Kelley said "No, the
owners of her dams were men who did not believe in
registration." I said, "Put her away. To me a man
who is raising standard bred horses and neglects
to register them looks like a man standing in his
own light."
I did not have time to visit all the stables. I must
not forget to say I saw Fred Heavener feed his
seven choice thoroughbred horses in his barn, and
Fred's all look ready to parade right now. Heavener
is a first class jockey and a first class trainer ,and
his horses always win money and behave well at the
post, which speaks well for Heavener's ability as a
trainer.
Returning to the city, I heard that Jas. Dacres
had a two-year-old filly by Blue Peter, dam Frances
Ansel by Prince Ansel, and as it was I who traded
Frances Ansel to Mr. Dacres I went out to the Dacres
place, and what I saw there would bring joy to any
horseman. This Blue Peter filly out of Frances An-
sel is a brown in color and she is classy enough to
show in New York or anywhere on earth. She had a
bitting harness on and the way she was trotting
around the field and the beauty of her more than
repaid me for my trip to Walla Walla. A yearling
chestnut colt out o£ Frances Ansel and sireby Lou
Crellin, son of C. The Limit 2:03% and the dam of
Bon Guy is a whale of a good colt, and while he is
all that one could ask for yet he is not near the beau-
tiful thing his half-sister is. A bay yearling by Lou
Crellin out of the good mare Lida Carter is a perfect
model in every way, a little smaller than the chest-
nut and with less bone. I don't believe I could choose
which of these royal bred yearlings looks the best;
they both look great. Lida Carter is about due to
foal to Blue Peter, and Lida is a grand looking mat-
ron. Her companion is about as elegant a looking
matron as I ever saw, but unfortunately she has
just lost a foal by Blue Peter and I hope Mr. Dacres
will breed Frances Ansel this season to some one of
the four good stallions in Walla Walla, namely:
Blue Peter, Lou Crellin, Bonnie McK. and Prince Ax-
worthy. Any one of the four is good enough.
Returning from Mr. Dacres' place, Mr. C. E. Bow-
man met me and said I must come out to his place
and see Blue Peter, Prince Axworthy, Rapidan Dillon
and Lizzie Dillon. To his invitation I said, "Ready."
Away we went in Bowman's auto and the ride was
a nice one over good roads, past thousands of acres
of new wheat, and just beyond the hill where the
Whitman monument stands and where the great man
and his brave followers were buried, begins the
Bowman 2,000-acre wheat farm. It is all good land,
all producing; big barns and big and well arranged
machinery building and electric light plant. A big
barn full of hay and feed, large, airy box stalls. and
large hillside paddocks.
In 190S Bowman and Maurer sent William Hogo-
boom to the Chicago Sale with a bank roll and an
order to purchase one or more good standard bred
horses. Mr. Hogoboom returned to Walla Walla with
three horses, namely: Blue Peter 2:16, son of the
great sire Peter the Great and the great brood mare
Kahla Belle 2:29% by Pilot Medium, sire of Peter
the Great Kahla Belle is a great brood mare; she
is, I believe, dam of six. Blue Peter has so far only
sired about twenty colts, his stud services having
been light Yet no man who has seen a Blue Peter
can say that he ever saw a poor one — already one
or more that can trot or pace fast All the Blue
Peters that are now in training are well liked by
trainers, and I look on Blue Peter as a coming first-
class sire. He should be on a place where he has
access to a lot of first class mares. So far this sea-
son not a mare has been served. His stable-mate is
a horse that is good enough looking and bred well
enough to be on the most fashionable stock stock
farm in America. His name is Prince Axworthy by
Axworthy, dam Brochade B. by Baron Wilkes; sec-
ond dam the great brood mare Lemonade 2:27%, dam
of Bessie Wilton 2:09%, Petigru 2:10%, Lady Wilton
2:11% and grand dam of Lady Thisbee 2:1114. So I
need not make any apology for Prince Axworthy's
breeding. His colts are just coming on, the oldest
being three years, but only a few, as this horse
shortly after his arrival here got out of his stall,
ran into a barb wire and cut his whole bowels out
and cut a shoulder off. Only the greatest skill
and nursing saved his life, and for nearly two years
he hovered around the door of the grim Reaper. He
is a grand horse even in his scarred-up condition and
will beget race horses if the owners of his foals will
only do their part and pay for the development;
for what good are they if not raised and educated
and raced?
Lizzie Dillon 2:09% is big and fat and sound. She
has not been bred and it is the intention of Mr. Bow-
man to send Lizzie Dillon and her stable-mate, Rap-
idan Dillon, to a trainer now. Rapidan Dillon is the
mare Walter Maben developed; she is a fast, elegant
mare by Sidney Dillon, dam Bye Bye by Nutwood;
2d dam Rapidan by Dictator. I need go no further on
her nedigree for everyone who knows anything must
know that few if any mares in the world are better
or more fashionably bred than Rapidan Dillon.
Mr. Bowman and his wife are real horse fans,
especially Mrs. Bowman. It pleased me to listen to
this nice woman and mother talk intelligently and
agreeably about the horses and say that she loves
and enjoys them and that she wants Mr. Bowman to
send them to a good trainer.
Well, my visit is over. I have taken too much
space; accept my apology, for when I get at it I
have hard work to stop, for I love the subject.
Yours truly, C. A. HARRISON.
DEATH OF SORRENTO.
The great broodmare, Sorrento, died March 17 at
the farm of her owner, W. T. Clasby, at the extreme
old age of 32. She was bred by S. A. Browne, of
Kalamazoo, Mich., and was bought by Mr. Clasby as
a two-year-old out of a sale here at Lexington. Mr"
Clasby has owned her since. She produced thirteen
foals of which seven took standard records. Some
of her fastest ones were never given records, but
each one either took a record, sired or produced
something. Three of them got winners of the Ken-
tucky Futurity and two others sired 2:10 performers
She produced five 2:10 sires. The old mare was not
sick until the morning of her death, Mr. Clasbv find-
ing her down in the stall, something he had "never
done before during his ownership of her. Se was
made as comfortable as possible and he went to the
done before during his ownership of her. She was
he returned.
Though bred first as a three-year-old, giving her a
long term as a broodmare, she produced only thir-
teen living foals. At first she was a "shv" breeder
but later produced foals more regularly. She was a
daughter of Grand Sentinel 2:28, and her dam Em-
press, was also the dam of Edina 2:13%
The produce of Sorrento are as follows:
Sorrento Todd 2:11, by Todd. (Sire.)
Jay Hawker (3) 2:1-1%, by Jay Bird. (Sire of Coun-
try Jay 2:0oi4, Susie Jay 2:06%, Jay McGregor
2:0714, Nella Jay (3) 2:14%, winner of Kentucky.)
Futurity.
Belle Sentinel 2:15, by Jay Bird. (Producer.)
Eola 2:19%, by King Clay.
Teddy Sentinel (2) 2:26%, by Todd. (Sire of Wan-
less, p. 2:08, Teddy Brooks 2:16%, trial 2:08%.)
Died at three years of age.
Lazy Bird 2:26%, by Jay Bird.
Iowa Sentinel 2:29%, by Ellerslie Wilkes. (Sire of
Dick Sentinel 2:06%, Wapello Girl 2:07%, Major-
Gantz 2:08%, Prince Edgar 2:09%.)
The Bondsman (trial 2:11), by Baron Wilkes. (Sire
of Colorado E. (3) 2:04%, Grace Bond (3) 2:09%,
Lizzie Brown 2:05%, The Plunger (4) 2:07%,
Creighton 2:08%, and three others in 2:10.)
The Tramp (trial 2:10), by Jay Bird. (Sire of Ber-
valdo 2:0S%, The Wanderer 2:08%, Dr. Long (4)
2:10.)
Una May, by Phantom 2:29%. (Dam of Victoria
Direct 2:25% and grandam of Director Todd
2:07%, sire of Young Todd (4) 2:02%.)
Lady Bird Clasby, by Jay Bird. (Producer.)
Sorrento Moko, by Moko. (Producer.)
Sorrento Direct, by The Director General.
The following paragraphs in reference to the rec-
ord of Sorrento as a producing matron were taken
from the columns of the Horse Review and cover the
subject thoroughly:
It will be observed that Sorrento produced thirteen
foals that lived ,of which seven took standard rec-
ords and twelve either performed or produced or
both. There is only one "blank" in the baker's dozen
of her offspring, and this, her last foal, may yet be
heard from.
The record is an astonishing one, but as much for
Quality as for quantity. Only one other mare. Beau-
tiful Bells 2:29%, has surpassed Sorrento as a dam
of sires of 2:10 trotters, the former having four and
the latter three — namely. Jay Hawker, sire of four;
The Bondsman, sire of five, and The Tramp, sire of
three. To the glory of Sorrento it may be stated
that she is the only mare with three sons each of
which have sired three or more 2:10 trotters — in
this respect she stands alone. In addition she has
two other sons that have sired 2:10 pacers, Iowa
Sentinel and Teddy Sentinel, making five sons in all
that have begot 2:10 speed. That another of her
sons, Sorrento Todd, will be represented in the 2:10
list ere many seasons is very probable. Jay Hawker
and The Bondsman are both sires of three-year-old
Kentucky Futurity winners, Nella Jay 2:14% and
Grace Bond 2:09%, respectively; while The Tramp
is the sire of a two-year-old Kentucky Futurity win-
ner, Trampfast 2:12%. Colorado E. (3) 2:04%, win-
ner of four futurities, including the Horse Review,
and the first 2:05 colt trotter in history, was inbred
to Sorrento, being by her son The Bondsman, dam by
Jay McGregor 2:07%, a son of her son Jay Hawker
(3) 2:14%. The early death of Jay Hawker (at
eight years) undoubtedly robbed the breeding inter-
ests of one of the most remarkable extreme speed
sires ever fcaled, both in the male and female lines,
for from among his scattering few foals not only
came Country Jay 2:05% (winner of almost $25,000),
Susie J. 2:06%, Jay McGregor 2:07% (sire of ten
2:10 trotters), and Allie Jay 2:08%, but also the dam,
among others, of Al Stanley 2:08%, sire of Etawah
2:03, a Kentucky Fututrity winner, and the holder of
the world's record for three consecutive heats by a
trotter. While the daughters of Sorrento have not
thus far made as deep a mark as her sons, one of
them, Una May, is the grandam of Director Todd
2:07%, sire of the champion four-year-old pacing
geldingYoung Todd 2:02%, a candidate for two-
minute honors; and another. Lazy Bird, produced
Cummer, sire of Camelia, p. 2:04%. All told, she has
five producing daughters, nearly all of which are now
actively breeding, and by whose families much is
liable in the future to be added to her fame. It
should also be remembered that two of the produce
Of Sorrento without records showed themselves to
be very fast public performers, The Bondsman win-
ning third money in the historic three-year-old Ken-
tucky Futurity of 1899, won by Boralma 2:06, after
six heats; while at the same meeting her son The
Tramp won second money in the two-year-old divis-
ion of the same event to Fereno 2:05%. Circum-
stances prevented both these horses from acquiring
technical marks, otherwise their dam would rank as
having at least nine standard performers.
As a progenitrix, a family-founder in her own right,
Sorrento is held by breeding experts to rank among
the foremost — and at the time of her death she was
undoubtedly the greatest brood mare living in this
respect.
American horses are now' coming into their own.
Successes by Canada's cavalry in recent fighting at
the front are described from Canadian headquarters
in France. For the first time in more than two years,
the cablegram says, cavalry galloped straight at a
position occupied by Germans defending a high
ground position with rifles and machine guns. During
the enemy's recent withdrawal, the dispatch says,
Canadian horsemen were used with such success that
within four days six villages were captured. This
advance was made ahead of the Entente Infantry on
a 12-mile front to a depth of six and a half miles.
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Country Club of Brookline Not to Race.
The announcement that the Country Club of Brook-
line has decided not to hold its race meeting ar-
ranged for June 16 and 18 will be a keen disappoint-
ment to the devotees of amateur racing, for since
1881 two days more have been provided each year
over the spacious and attractive grounds of the club.
The program for the meeting had been distributed,
in fact entries for the first closing of the Chamblet
Memorial, the Country Club Annual and the National
Hunt Club had been received in numbers which
would have assured contests in keeping with the
glories of the place and its racing.
The decision not to race was due solely to the
feeling of the members that with the country at war
and conditions as a consequence unsettled, with many
of the younger members already in the ranks of the
various branches of the Army and Navy or other de-
fensive organizations, it would be best to give up
the meeting, and in this the race committee heartily
concurred.
By some it was feared that the action at Brookline
I might affect other organizations, but it is not prob-
able that any others will be called off. The subject
has been, of course, considered, and it is solely with
I, a desire to do the right thing that the decision has
I been to continue. These meetings have been and
I: will be a great help not alone in the work of develop-
\ ing the horse, something that calls for most serious
I consideration, but the young men who are most
P active in this line of sport are even now enrolling
I- to serve the country in numbers that bespeaks their
loyalty and willingness to do their part. From those
listed as qualified riders the number that are already
in uniform is surprisingly great, and many more are
simply waiting for the call for mobilization of the
organizations of which they are members.
Among the older men, those whose years are above
\ the limit set by the War Department, there is evi-
[ dence of their sincere loyalty and readiness to serve
■ when needed. All over the country where they make
[ their homes they are enrolled for community protec-
I tion and quite a number are flying with different aero
divisions.
If the same splendid interest and support develops
i among the professional riders and horsemen, and it
is almost sure to come a little later, the friends of
racing will be represented in numbers and ability
I that will bring credit to the sport and its devotees.
***
English Sires at Lower Fees.
Restricted racing, accompanied by falling prices
for thoroughbred yearlings, has finally affected the
extravagant stud fees current in England for fash-
ionable thoroughbred stallions. Until this year some
' of these horses commanded the same fees as before
the war, but the most popular and successful of them
are now advertised in the Racing Calendar at greatly
reduced figures.
"At 200 guineas for 1917 only," is the announce-
ment concerning August Belmont's Tracery, whose
i fee last year was 400 guineas, or a little more than
$2,000. William the Third is one of the few horses
now standing at a higher fee than Tracery. "Sub-
scription full for 1917 at 250 guineas," is the an-
nouncement concerning him . Prior to 1916 his fee
was 400 guineas.
Lemburg, the Derby winner of 1910, by Cyllene;
Bayardo, the St. Leger winner of 1909, and Roi
Herode, sire of The Tetrarch, have gone down from
300 to 200 guineas this year, and Willonyx, whose
excuse for a fee of 300 guineas was always hard to
discover, has gone to 150 guineas.
Spearmint, the Derby winner of 1906, now stands
at 145 guineas, as compared with 300 guineas in 1915.
But the biggest drop of all is reported from the Na-
tional Stud, in Ireland, where the government's noted
race horse, White Eagle, whose fee was $1,500 in
1915, is available at a fee of $300.
At the Manderton Stud, Newmarket, the owner of
the good -race horse, Rock Flint, that beat Craganour
as a two-year-old and won the July Stakes, has gone
the limit by announcing free service to approved
mares. Rock Flint is a son of Rock Sand and Trig-
ger by Meddler.
***
Restraining Order Denied Douglas Park.
Washington, April 9. — The Supreme Court of the
United States denied today the application of the
Douglas Park Jockey Club for an injunction and
restraining order against the Kentucky Racing Com-
mission to prevent the enforcement of the Commis-
sion's rule requiring the distribution of purses of not
less than $800 at the Beechmont race track. The
decision of the United States Supreme Court in the
Douglas Park case means that the State Racing Com-
mission has the right to make what it considers
reasonable rules for the government of racing in this
State, and that its acts within its own field are not
subject to revision by any court. The particular
case at Washington was the appeal against the regu-
lation fixing $800, while $600 was the minimum at
Lexington. The basis of the regulation was the com-
parative size of the communities, and the rule ap-
plies to Churchill Downs as well as to Douglas Park,
both of which are situated at Louisville, a city of
more than one hundred thousand population. — Thor-
oughbred Record.
Spey Pearl Arrives Safely.
New York, April 9.— The Atlantic transport liner
Manhattan docked at Pier 58 late yesterday after-
noon, bringing but two thoroughbred horses. One
of these, however, is an animal whose safe arrival
means much to the Canadian horse-breeding interest,
as he is a present to the Breeding Bureau of Canada
from the King of England.
Besides being a remarkably handsome individual,
Spey Pearl — that's his name — is royally bred, being
the son of one great Derby winner, and the grandson
of another, who has been pronounced by such a
shrewd and experienced horseman as John Huggins,
the greatest horse he ever saw.
Spey Pearl is a golden bay colt (solid colored),
four years old, by Spearmint, winner of the Derby
of 1906, out of Pearl of Loch, by Persimmon, winner
of the Derby of 1896, for the then Prince of Wales,
afterward Edward VII. of England.
Richer breeding than that of Spey Pearl would be
difficult to imagine. Many noted English turfmen
insisted that Spearmint, his sire, was the greatest
Derby winner which had appeared for a quarter of a
century, and away back when his sire, Carbine, won
the Melbourne Cup in a field of thirty-one in 3:28%
with 145 pounds up in 1890, he was hailed as the
greatest racehorse ever saddled in any country.
Along with Spey Pearl came a rather large and
useful looking dark bay three-year-old colt, by Fugle-
man out of Laveuse, by Laveno, the sire of Short
Grass.
* + +
New York, April 10. — While the incendiary fire at
Belmont Park worked a great havoc to the magnifi-
cent stands and grounds of the Westchester Racing
Association, August Belmont said subsequently that
it would be possible to make repairs that would re-
store the grand stand so that the big course could
be used for its race season that will begin May 29.
Architect C. W. Leavitt has made a thorough exam-
ination of the burned stand and one plan that was
suggested was that the front part of that structure
could be rebuilt in a manner to make it commodious
and safe and comfortable for the coming season.
Other plans were discussed and it is practically cer-
tain that the work will quickly be decided upon that
will keep Belmont Park in the circuit for this season.
Another work of repair that is contemplated is the
rebuilding of the administration quarters and jockey
house. The site for this building will be closer to
the paddock than the one that was destroyed by fire,
and it will be a much more convenient one for its
purposes.
* * *
RACING OFFICIALS APPROVED.
Officials for the various Kentucky race tracks for
the year 1917 were named at the regular meeting of
the State Racing Commission of Kentucky on Friday
the 13th. Attending the meeting were J. N. Camden,
T. H. Talbot, Judge Allie Young and Charles F.
Grainger. Licenses were granted to four Kentucky
tracks, the Kentucky Association, Lexington; New
Louisville Jockey Club, Douglas Park Jockey Club,
Louisville, and Latonia Agricultural Association, Cov-
ington. The Secretary was notified to send licenses
to each.
Vernon Sanders, of Louisville, was appointed tele-
graph censor for the year on Kentucky tracks, and
T. H. Talbot, C. F. Grainger and S. K. Nuckols Jr.
were appointed on the License Committee for the
year.
The following list of racing officials for the Ken-
tucky Association for the year 1917 was submitted
to the Commission and was approved:
Presiding Steward — Capt. T. J. Clay.
Judge, Racing Secretary and Handicapper — W. H.
Shelley.
Starter — Harry Morrissey.
Entry Clerk and Assistant Secretary — J. S. Wal-
lace.
Paddock Judge — Dr. James T. Shannon.
Patrol Judge — Peter Wimmer.
Timer — S. K. Hughes.
The officials for the New Louisville Jockey Club
are:
Stewards — Charles F. Price and Charles F. Grain-
ger.
Judge and Clerk of Scales— W. H. Shelley.
Judge, Racing Secretary and Handicapper — J. B.
Campbell.
Paddock Judge — Dr. Henry Harthill.
Starter — Harry Morrissey.
Patrol Judge — Wm. Phillips.
Timer — George Lindenberger.
The officials for the Douglas Park Jockey Club
and the Latonia Agricultural Association are:
Steward — Charles F. Price.
Judge, Racing Secretary and Handicapper— J. B.
Campbell.
Judge and Clerk of the Scales— W. H. Shelley.
Starter— Harry Morrissey. Paddock Judge — Henry
C. Harthill. Timer— S. K. Hughes.
+ * ♦
A. K. Macomber, son-in-law of the late L. V. Hark-
ness, has recently purchased from the estate of
James B. Haggin 1,200 acres of Elmendorf Farm.
The land is located on the Russel Cave pike and is
known as the Early farm. Mr. Macomber owns a few
trotters and one of the biggest stables of thorough-
breds in the country, but it is said that he will devote
the major portion of this farm to Shorthorn cattle.
.R. J. MacKenzie, owner of the Pleasanton track,
was a visitor at Bowie, Md., on the closing day.
+ + +
Jockeys Loftus and Buxton are now at Louisville
and are assisting in galloping the Macomber Stable
horses.
*♦•
At the conclusion of the Pimlico meeting Jockey
W. Collins will join the stable of J. K. L. Ross and
accompany the latter stable to Canada.
* *•
I. D. Bogan, racing agent for C. W. Clark, was in
Lexington last week en route from Hot Springs to
Chicago; he made arrangements for the stabling of
the string John Lowe has in training.
* + +
E. T. Colton has purchased Pan Zareta from H. S.
Newman. Pan Zareta was at her best form at the
Hot Springs races and won two races out of three
starts, finishing second in the other event.
+ * +
Trainer Jack Goldsborough had Andrew Miller's
crack distance runner, Roamer, measured a few days
ago, and was surprised to find that the horse had
grown an inch since last fall, and this in spite of the
face that he is now six years old, an age at which
most horses are popularly supposed to have long
since attained their full growth. The horse now
stands fifteen hands three inches.
* + +
New York, April 19. — W. H. Baker, owner of one
of the largest and most successful strings of thor-
oughbreds that raced in Kentucky last year, was
denied a license to train horses on metropolitan
tracks at a meeting of the stewards of the Jockey
Club today. A. Matthews and J. Bergen were refused
jockey licenses. M. M. Allen, for many years a
trainer of race horses, was appointed official timer
of all Jockey Club race tracks.
+ + +
The most sensational workout of the spring train-
ing season at Louisville was registered by Old Miss,
a highly-bred three-year-old from the stable of Joe
Umensetter. This filly is the property of Tom Mur-
phy and is a candidate for the Kentucky Oaks and
the Ashland Oaks. She was allowed to step five
furlongs in 1:00 flat, going the first three furlongs in
: 34 3-5. Trainer Umensetter also worked Grover
Hughes, Billows, George C. Love, Country Court,
Fascinating and Trappoid, but no fast time was reg-
istered by any of these performers.
* + •
Much interest is manifested in the work of the
Macomber stable's horses, principally that of the
seven Derby eligibles which have been all sent a
mile. North Star III, War Star and Hollister went
together a mile in 1 : 47 3-5, while Starmaster, Star-
gazer and Le Chevesne raced a similar distance in
1:46 2-5. The showing of Starmaster appealed most
to the critics. North Star III. also showed up well
with his long easy stride and the manner in which
he holds himself. Ed Crump, The Cock and Hank
O'Day went a mile in 1:50, while Boots negotiated
the distance in time two seconds slower.
+ + +
Sandy McNaughton's string of horses is now at
Havre de Grace. This stable gives promise of doing
considerably better than did his two-year-olds of
1916 . The best looking of the lot is the big brown
colt by King James out of Mary Stuart, for whom
he paid $5,000 at the Oxnard sale last summer. This
handsome colt has grown splendidly during the win-
ter and now he is much the biggest of the McNaugh-
ton lot, but he has preserved his admirable balance
and high finish right along and now he is a hard
two-year-old to beat as far as appearance goes, to
say the last of it. Mr. McNaughton also has a nice
pair of two-year-olds by Jack Atkins which showed
excellent yearling trials.
+ + *
Hot Springs, Ark., April 7 — Trainer Charles Pat-
terson gave C. K. G. Billings' crack three-year-old
Omar Khayyam a stiff mile and a quarter workout,
and the colt impressed the watchers by his splendid
fashion of handling himself and the ease with which
he covered the distance in 2 : 09 1-5. He had his
weight up, Borel being in the saddle. His time by
fractions follows: : 24 2-5, : 49 1-5, 1:14 3-5, 1:54 and
2:091-5. The colt was well in hand at the end. He
will be shipped with the others in the Billings &
Johnson consignment to Louisville and will be a
starter in the Kentucky Derby and other rich Ken-
tucky stakes.
** +
Louisville, Ky., April 14 — Entries to the Bashford
Manor Stakes, the principal two-year-old fixture of
the Churchill Downs Spring season, have been an-
nounced by Secretary H. C. Applegate. They number
103, an increase of thirty-three over last year's list.
They comprise the pick of the juvenile colts and geld-
ings of the land and represent practically all of the
prominent stables in this counttry- The largest nom-
inators are J. W. Schorr, who won the stake last
year with Harry Kelly and who has eight named in
this year's renewal; the Wickliffe Stable has named
seven, W. H. Baker seven, E. R. Bradley six, A. K.
Macomber five, Jefferson Livingston four and George
J. Long and H. P. Whitney three each. The stake
has been run continuously since the year 1902, when
it was won by Von Rouse.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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The favor with which San Franciscans are taking
up horseback riding was demonstrated this week by
Manager Kramer, of the Riding Academy, having to
get outside horses to supply the demand, although
he has more than 100 head in his stable.
+ + *
"The saddle horse game here is growing steadily
and many new recruits are found on the bridle paths
through the city parks every time one ventures out.
There are fifty or more regular riders who own their
own mounts, and good ones, who are spreading the
popularity of the 'Back to the Saddle' movement
throughout the city," writes Geo. A. Kingsley, attor-
ney for the Minneapolis and St. Paul R. R. of Minne-
apolis and the owner of one of the best pleasure
horses in Minnesota.
* • *
Black Belle, by Black Rose 2. son of Black Rose by
Montrose 106; dam also by a son of Black Rose, has
foaled a beautiful stallion foal by Le Grand McDon-
ald, at the Bridgford Company's ranch at Knightsen,
California. Judge Bridgford is justly proud of this
intensely bred Denmark, as it is from his most noted
show and brood mare and one of the first young
things to show by his great young stallion, Le Grand
McDonald. In this stallion California will have every"
good Denmark strain in the books and blended most
successfully.
* * *
San Vicente Rancho. of Los Angeles, announces
that the books of their magnificent young stallion.
San Vicente, the sensation of the California State
Fair last year, are filled and no more mares will be
permitted to his court this season. San Vicente is
one of the most promising young saddle horses in
the entire land and his books filling so rapidly is
most assuring evidence that the people of California
appreciate his worth, and also that it pays to breed
good ones. The aged stallion, Don Castano, and
Highland Monarch, will be allowed to make an exten-
sive service; however, early booking is advisable.
+ **
Buyers of saddle horses got about the best bargains
of the season at Durland's Riding Academy on Tues-
day evening when the consignment from Powhatan
Woolridge's Peewee Valley Stock Farm was sold by
George A. Bain. Prices were unformly fair to the
seller without being too high to prevent wide awake
dealers like M. B. Xewcomb. George Watson, Alfred
Meyer and Joe Collins from picking up some that
will bear selling again. The average was about $300,
with $600 the top price. Mr. Xewcomb was a con-
tending bidder for nearly all of the best ones and
succeeded in buying three of them.
+ * *
The disappointing performance of Johnnie Jones
in Brooklyn last week shows how difficult it is
sometimes to convert a five gaited saddle horse into
one of the wal-trot type, or, in other words, to make
him forget hi? peculiar Kentucky gaits, the fox trot
and running walk. The Western champion tried to
trot in thirty-eight different languages, as a well
known horseman put it, and got the gate in a class
-in have won with well established action. It
was an illustration of Charles L. Railey's famous
saying. "No trot, no saddle horse." If he learns to
trot he is going to be a formidable one at Eastern
shows, but just now he looks like another Judge
Cantrill— [New York Herald.
* * *
The Mid-Continent Live Stock Exposition of Tulsa
has been organized to stage a live stock exposition
at Tulsa, Okla.. May 17 to 19, It is proposed to con-
duct a show of national importance. The cattle
prizes total $7,500 and the horse show prizes $8,000.
The Tulsa Free Fair Grounds will be the seat of the
exposition. The enterprise has been underwritten
to the extent of $15,000. The Madison Square Garden
classification will be used for the horse show, with
prizes ranging from $500 down. In the cattle classes
the first prize on individuals is $35. Frank A Gil-
lespie, the Tulsa Shorthorn breeder; W. L. Lewis
Col. Suppes. John Kramer. Cyrus Avery, J E Cros-
bie Glen T. Braden. F. D. McDonald. J." A. Chapman
and H. H. Rogers are among the organizers of the
new stock show enterprise.
From every section of the United States letters
commending the idea of giving a World's Champion-
ship Saddle Stake, with the present day champions
contesting, as proposed by the editor of the Breeder
and Sportsman, are pouring into this office. From
the Hon. Mat. S. Cohen, Commissioner of Agriculture
of Kentucky, comes the magnificent offer of dupli-
cating any amount of $1,000 or more raised by popu-
lar subscription, by the Kentucky- State Fair Asso-
ciation, for conducting the stake at the Kentucky
State Fair this year. However, the owner of only
one of these grand horses has acknowledged notice
of the proposed stake, and he comes out strong for
the contest. Commissioner Cohen offers to make
the stake free entrance, free expense for the horses
and an allowance for hotel accommodations for the
owners during the fair.
There have been some magnificent stakes given at
Louisville, Mexico and Sedalia; however, the horse-
men who entered paid most of the stakes. This
stake is free entrance and nothing deducted from
money winners. It will be the biggest cash stake
the world has ever known and the greatest title.
The title alone will make the horse that wins the
contest worth just twice his present value and I do
not care how high his owner values him now. There
has been a lot of dodging the issue and beating about
the bush with the owners of the present day cham-
pions: which are, in my judgment, the grandest lot
of horses that have ever lived at one time. There is
one in the lot, however, which should be able to
demonstrate to the public his superiority over the
others and the public wants to know which horse
this is. The idea of three or four horses being adver-
tised and touted as the world's champion at the
same time is rapidly becoming a joke, and the lovers
of all are not taking the claims of any of the owners
seriously. This stake provides for the champions of
the last few years to meet. The Kentucky State
Fair .through its president. Mat S. Cohen, offers to
duplicate any amount raised of $1,000 or more .and
Jump Cauthorn, to stimulate the public subscription
will give $100. Now, let's hear from every horse
lover in the land. I start the subscription by guar-
anteeing $100. Every man who loves a good show
horse should lose no time in his offer. The list,
providing it goes, will be published every week in
this paper. A contribution of one or one hundred
dollars will be appreciated and accepted with the
same spirit, and remember, you are giving for a prize
which will go down in history as the greatest prize
of cash and glory for horses the world has ever
known. Write today informing me how much you
will give or guarantee to raise in your section for
the stake. Payments will not be due until the stake
is guaranteed and will then be due and payable to
the Kentucky State Fair Association, at Louisville.
* * *
Lee Bros., of Mexico, Mo., this week sold to Frank
W. Tracy of Buffalo, X. Y., an excellent type of the
three-gaited saddle horse. To J. S. Pitt, a wealthy
planter-merchant of Clarksdale, Miss., this firm sold
an extra good five-gaited saddle horse.
* * *
With afternoon and evening sessions, at which
twtenty-six classes were judged, the twenty-fifth an-
nua! horse show of the Riding and Driving Club of
Brooklyn. X. Y., ended Saturday at the club house in
Park Plaza. About two hundred entries were tried
out by tne judges of saddle and harness horses and
ponies, hunters and jumpers, making a long day's
work for the officials. The show was well attended
and very successful from every point of view.
* * *
When James W. Gerard went to Berlin as Ambas-
sador he took with him the saddle horses he had
been riding in Central Park. When he came home
he could not bring them with him, so he sold them
to a circus for exhibition purposes. One of them,
the bay mare Natoma, had been trained by the late
Charles L. Railey in high school airs, and she was
much admired in Germany, where this style of equi-
tation is in high favor. Xatoma won several prizes
at the Brooklyn and Washington horse shows in 1913.
* * *
At the forthcoming Washington Horse Show an
effort is to be made to draw the line more sharply
in saddle classes as between typical park and road
hacks and the hunter. While the last named is a
fine "riding horse" and unequaled in his special call-
ing, there has been too much tendency, especially of
late years, to put this type in the forefront of all
saddle horse classes.
* * +
LONGVIEW FARM NOTES.
Longview Farm, the property of R. A. Long, of
Kansas City, is the show place of Missouri. It is
the most elaborately equipped stock farm in the
West and breeds prize winning Duroc-Jersey swine
and Jersey cattle. It also is the home of the great
stable of show horses owned by Miss Loula Long.
We have sold the three gaited gray gelding, Char
lie Cherry by Charles Reade, to Mr. Lehmann, o
Chicago.
We recently purchased from R. W. Hippie, o|
Marion. Ohio, a spotted gelding of good class whicl • I
we will use in the lead of our road-four. We gavtl
in exchange a big brown white-footed horse.
We also traded a nice bay gelding which we re
eently purchased from Hugh McElwain, of Richmond
Ky., to Matt Beers, for a big roan horse, which wi
think is a splendid prospect for a good gig horse.
Interesting arrivals at the farm recently are stal
lion foals from Miss Belle and Show Me by My Major
Dare, and a filly foal by the Major and out of Marj
Kirby.
Mabel Whirlwind, dam of many of the best horse*
in Missouri, also has foaled a nice filly by My Major
Dare.
Our trade on Durocs and Jersey cattle has beer
exceptionally good this year and it is our present
expectation to raise from 800 to 1,000 registered
Durocs in 1917. So far we have 350 pigs and more
to come. Signed,
C. J. TUCKER, GenT Manager
Lee's Summit, Mo.
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New York's Best Spring Horse Show.
With 465 entries reported in the forty classes
■which make up the program, the New York Spring
Horse Show at Durland's Riding Academy openec
on Tuesday evening, continuing on Wednesday anc
Thursday. It was the twenty-second annual exhibi-
tion at Durland's, and the bumper list of notable
exhibits indicates that it was one of the best. The
last National Horse Show at Madison Square Gar-
den had no better saddle horses than some of those
entered for the spring show at the riding academy,
and the same thing may be said of the classes fad
harness horses and ponies in which the stables ol
James Cox Brady, A. W. Atkinson, Felix M. Warburg,
John L. Bushnell, Mrs. C. W. Fletcher, Mrs. Joseph;
S. Sylvester and Miss Isabella Wanamaker were
among those represented.
Particularly gratifying in the harness division t
the filling of the four-in-hand classes with four road
teams entered by Messrs. Atkinson, Brady and War-'
biirg and Mrs. Sylvester. The show of road fours
has been a feature of the last two exhibitions at Dur-
land's, but J. Campbell Thompson, John L. Bushnell
and Emil Seelig, who filled these classes in 1916. are
not represented this season, and yet the number of
entries is as large as before.
Interest in the saddle classes was enhanced by the
presence of the superb gray gelding Jack Barrymore.
Among his competitors were Mrs. Daniel Guggen-
heim's The Knut, reserve champion of the last Na-
tional Horse Show; Mrs. David Wagstaff's black
gelding Pointex, winner of five blues last year; Mr.
Atkinson's champion Sparkling Moselle, winner of j
twenty-one first prizes in 1916. and Vincent S. Mul-
ford's Early Morn, reserve champion at Morristown
last fall.
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The New York Appearance of Jack and Johnny.
[Written for the Breeder and Sportsman by one
of the best informed judges in the United States.]
John T. Hook, manager of the saddle horse depart-
ment, left last week for a trip through Missouri and
Kentucky, looking for good sale horses, and would
buy good show prospects if he should run across the
right kind.
I think you may be interested in what I have to
say about the Xew York appearance of Johnny Jones
and Jack Barrymore. I had quite a chat with Moore
while looking them over in the stable before the
show and think, before he is through, he will make
good with them.
Barrymore I like much; he's a beuty and I would
have him come foraging in my pocket inside of
week if I owned him. He has a good presence, and
fair gaits; at the trot he has to Jbe watched all the
time when tried out for any length of time; just as
though he tired of the one gait and wished to change
to the single foot Except that I think his neck
might bear a little sweating I have not much to fault
hiro about. He won the blue.
Johnny Jones is a different matter. I think he is
rather coarse and harnessy in the quarter and along
the ham. As he is, he will be gaited all through the
East, but am glad to say Moore has caught the right
idea. What Johnny wants is work and lots of it.
He should be walked and walked until his ebullient
spirits are cooled; then he should be square trotted
until he can go for half a mile or so without a
"slither"; now he has hard work to go the length
of the ring (200 feet) without being pulled up at
the corners and started afresh. This to keep him
from changing from the trot to another gait. This,
of course, will take time, but I told Moore he was
worth it . I also thought his canter was a trifle rough
— in the East a cardinal fault — but I have not the
slightest doubt — strange to say — that he gives a
wonderfully "good ride." .From what I could learn,
Johnny has been ridden by about a dozen different
people since he closed his western season of suc-
cess— there you have the gaited horse's drawback —
and even now they are talking about putting a side
saddle on him to admit him into a Ladies' class.
What idiocy: I'm going to be sorry for the girl that
tries to ride him for Moore was riding on the curb
all the time and if he let his nose down Johnny
"slithered" at once.
Xow mind, 1 think Johnny is some horse, but he I
needs a lot of training before he will do in the East.
As one of the judges said to me afterwards; "It was
the gate or the blue" and it was XOT the blue.
Saturday, April 28, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
■ Western horsemen who contemplate shipping to
the Middle West and Eastern tracks this year will
make a keen mistake it they pass up the Wisconsin
State Fair.
■£ $ $
Just a postal, mailed to John W. Pace, Sec'y.,
jSeattle, Wash., will get you the stake book of the
■North Pacific Fair Association. Wide range of
'classes with good purses and tracks will make this
association's races fill.
* + #
I The Wisconsin State Fair, which conducts its race
{meeting September 10 to 13, offers horsemen unlim-
ited inducements as well as the most attractive
stakes and program with big purses of any fair out-
side of the Grand Circuit.
+ + +
Five $150 purses will be offered for the races which
iare to feature the annual Lockeford picnic this year.
The picnic is to be held May 11th, although the rac-
'ing program will extend over another day . Harness
iraces, free-for-all running races and a mule race are
among the events planned for.
* * *
J. Janson. Jr.. of Pleasanton. carries everything
for the harness horse in his well equipped store and
is prepared to do your repairing on short notice and
in the best possible time. He makes a specialty of
parcel post selling and repairing and guarantees
quick delivery and satisfactory service.
* * *
Mr. L. Karns writes from Lindsay that his mare
Dollie K. by Athadon foaled a bay filly on March 25.
This youngster was sired by Expressive Mac, and
Mr. Karns is so well pleased with its appearance
that he has already commenced to spend the big end
of the stake offered for the three-year-old Breeders'
Futurity for foals of this year.
4» •£ 4»
The new McMurray fifty-first catalogue is ready
and will be mailed to any one on request to The
McMurray Sulky Co., the original sulky makers of
Marion, Ohio. It contains 48 pages in colors; over
100 illustrations showing seventeen different styles
and models. Write now, mentioning this paper, for
one of these attractive catalogues.
* * *
The absence of Miss Harris M. 2:01% from the
fast pacing classes in the entry lists is said to be
due to the fact that Lon McDonald is preparing her
for an effort against the watch at North Randall, at
which point he hopes to give her a record of two
minutes or better, after which she will be trained
at the trot in view of a campaign in 1918 at the
diagonal gait.
***
President Gianninni of the California-San Fran-
cisco Driving Club has appointed Tuesday, May 2d,
as the date for the annual meeting and nomination
of candidates for officers of the club for the ensuing
year. The election will be held on the following
Tuesday night, May 9. It is planned to open the
racing season on Sunday, May 13, when the first
matinee of 1917 will be held.
* * *
Oscar D. Ames, 56 years of age, died at Iron Moun-
tain, Mo., April 22. He was one of the most promi-
nent trotting horse trainers and race drivers in the
Middle West. Born and reared near Belton, Mo., his
initial successes in the trotting horse game were
achieved through Missouri. For the past several
years he has been employed by Mr. W. H. Smollinger
at the Iron Mountain Stock Farm and was in- charge
of his owner's consignment at the recent Chicago
sale.
Purchase of additional land for the state fair
grounds was practically assured last week when the
senate unanimously passed Senator Rush's bill, which
wouid appropriate $10,160 for this purpose. Inasmuch
as the measure is one of the regular budget bills
of the state board of control, it is certain of passage
when it comes up in the assembly. The land which
adjoins Agricultural Park in its southeastern portion
has long been wanted by the State Fair directors.
The tract that will be added to the state's holdings
under the bill contains more than five acres.
+ * *
Rebuilt carts, when offered by the Houghton Sulky
Company, are found by experienced trainers and
drivers to be the most economical thing a horseman
can buy. If they were not almost as good as new
the Houghton Company would not offer them for
sale and as they are priced at only about half their
original cost, it stands to reason horsemen will save
money by buying them. Write now, to the Houghton
Sulky Company, 320 Lincoln Ave., Marion, Ohio,
mentioning this paper, and you will receive free of
any charge a complete description of their present
stock, ^ hich they desire to close out immediately.
The carts are priced right and the wise horseman
will get his order in while the selection is good, as
they are bound to go in a hurry.
Lexington, Ky., April 13. — The announcement is
made by the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' As-
sociation that 983 mares have been named in the
$21,000 Kentucky Futurity for foals of 1917, which
closed April 2. An increase of nearly sixty-three has
been scored over last year, notwithstanding the fact
that a number of the biggest breeding farms of the
country have been dispersed in the fall and winter
sales, all of which have for years been among the
heaviest nominators, and besides, this is the first of
the renewals of the Futurity confined exclusively to
trotting colts, the pacers having been eliminated.
Undoubtedly the gratifying response of the breeding
public is principally due to the change made in the
conditions by the setting aside of the tidy sum of
$3,000 for the winners' dams in recognition of the
right of the original nominators to a larger share of
the purse than they have been getting. At the same
time, the substantial increase under the circum-
stances brings out far stronger than mere words the
fact that the breeding of the trtoter has by no means
lost its popularity, but on the contrary, interest in
same, as well as in the Futurity, is growing anew. —
Western Horseman.
* * *
Lost sight of by horsemen for more than a quarter
of a century, the once noted trotter. Shamrock 2:25,
died of old age at Columbia, S. C, a few days ago,
revealing another interesting instance of man's
benevolent solicitude for the welfare of favorite
horses. Shamrock was the last of three equine vet-
erans owned many years by the late Charles Logan,
of Columbia, who left $40,000 to the city for educa-
tional purposes and $9,000 more to be used in promot-
ing justice to animals. John M., the first of the trio
to die, at the ripe old age of 28, was buried in the
grounds of the Logan school. Luck Norton, another
of the trio, died shortly after John M., in the fall of
1913, at the advanced age of 35.
Thirty years ago, when sensational performances
by yearlings, two-year-oids and three-year-olds from
the breeding farms of Governor Stanford, L. J. Rose
and Count Giudo Valensin were attracting attention
to California as a nursery for colt trotters, Shamrock
was the fastest youngster of his age and sex in the
world. Foaled in 1884, at Count Valensin's Arno
ranch, he trotted in 2:25 in a race for two-year-olds
"at San Francisco in 1886. Mr. Logan bought him in
Cleveland in 1891. His dam, Fern Leaf, by Flaxtail.
produced the pacers Thistle 2:13% and Gold Leaf
2:1114, for which the late John H. Shults once paid
many thousands of dollars. The owner of Shamrock
was an old-time horseman, who had the chestnut
mare Emma Patchen, dam of George W. 2:24%, and
Lena Wilkes 2:29%, in his stable nearly forty years
ago. In a section w-here fast harness horses were
few .and men who drove them for pleasure in ap-
proved metropolitan style were still more rare, Mr.
Logan was long a conspicuous figure on the roads
about Columbia, with his pearl-buttoned buff driving
coat and his natty Brewster wagon, drawn by one
of the speedy trotters he loved so well. In the light
of his actions toward his equine dependents one can
understand how the slaves of such men as Mr. Logan
might refuse to recognize the emancipation proclama-
tion.— [N. Y. Herald-.
* * *
DIXON PREPARES FOR MAY DAY CELEBRATION
Dixon is preparing a good program of entertain-
ment for the 41st annual May Day which will be held
on Saturday, May 5. The park is being cleaned up
and put in readiness for the picnic dinner, the racing
and other amusement features of the afternoon. An
unusually large list of entries has been received for
the races and some of the best horses in the State
have been entered. The entries are as follows:
2:20 Class Pace.
Lou Matavia's Alton S.
Chas. Johnson's May Airlie
Geo. Weed's Donald
D. Greame's Dorothy M.
B. H. Brewster's Billy Bounce
F. Goulart's Idiot Light
L. B. Daniels' Lady Silverthorn
Benton Riber's J. C. L.
J. E. Montgomery's Hal Logan
Al Schwartz's Directress Mac
Joe Ryan's Glenwood Mc
H. G. Smith's Gertie D.
Free-for-AII Pace.
C. F. Silva's Teddy Bear
H. Cohen's Vera Hal
J. E. Montgomery's Lock Logan
L. B. Daniels' Bondalin
Geo. Giannini's Bold Harry Aerolite
The three-year-old pace did not fill.
* * *
With a big bunch of trotters and pacers Dick
McMahon is finding plenty of work at Macon. Ga. The
members of the stable are pleasing Dick with the
form displayed by them and while none of them has
been a mile as good as 2:20 they do all that is asked
of them . Of the horses owned by R. J. MacKenzie.
Miss Perfection has been a mile in 2:30. half 1:10,
quarter :34; Anvilite in 2:40, half 1:15. quarter :36;
Carl Vernon, two-year-old by Vernon McKinney, in
2:40. quarter :33%: three-year-old by Vernon Mc-
Kinney. dam Merry Widow, in 2:25, quarter :33:
Terry Patchen, two-year-old son of Joe Patchen 2d,
in 2:40, half in 1:15, quarter :36.
A happy family party "came to town" recently in
an old-fashioned surry drawn by an old-fashioned
horse. There was none of that distraught automobile
look on the faces of the five members of that party.
They were each and all having a good time in a good,
old-fashioned comfortable way. They hadn't been
to town for a long time and they were going to "make
a day of it." The pedestrians who saw that party
smiled in sympathy and wondered why it was that
a family in an automobile could never have quite
that carefree happy expression.
* * *
Secretary Oliver E. Remey. and his speed superin-
tendent, Richard J. White, are well informed horse-
men and know how to get up a program that will not
only give their big crowds their money's worth but
will make it profitable for horsemen. There is a
chance for any good stable to win big money at Mil-
waukee this year. Write O .E. Remey, Secretary.
State Fair Grounds, West Allis, Wis., mentioning the
Breeder and Sportsman, for entry* blanks and any
further information you desire. An announcement
of their dates, stakes, rules and conditions appears
on page two of this issue.
* + *
Magnus Flaws, the Chicago speed merchant, had
an unusually busy week. To John H. Lawrence,
Hoboken, N. J., he sold the eight-year-old green pac-
ing gelding. King D. C, by Clipper Hal (son of
Martin's Tom Hal), dam by a son of Shadeland On-
ward. King D. C. is a handsome roan and, although
never trained until 1916, paced an easy mile in
2:15*4, quarter in :31%, on a half mile track. He
goes free-legged. To Holt & Cartwright. Lloydmin-
ster, Sask., Can., Mr. Flaws sold the trotting mare,
Natomah 2:24%, by Idol Chimes p. 2:12%, and the
four-year-old trotting colt Sanfrano. by San Francisco
2:07%, dam Susan Norris by Moko; to L. F. Mont-
gomery, Vesper, Kan., the green trotting stallion,
Prince Patch, trial 2:24%, by Dan Patch p. 1:55%.
dam by Directum (4) 2:05%, and the four-year-old
trotting filly, Clara Heir, by Minor Heir p. 1:58%,
dam by Directum (4) 2:05%: to M. C. Preys, Barry-
ton, Mich., the yearling colts, Erving. by Exalted
2:07%, dam Signia, by Sidney p. 2:19%. and Grey
Echo, by Echo Bell 2:22%. dam Greyling. by Lagonda
Chimes; while to an eastern party he disposed of
Ansel Moko, a two-year-old trotting colt by Prince
Ansel (2) 2:20&, dam Eocita by Moko; grandam the
dam of Mary Putney (4) 2:04%.
Small Demand For Farnum Offering.
The sale of Thoroughbred and Standardbred horses
by Miss A. E. Farnum, of San Francisco, Thursday
evening resulted in 20 head of young mares, stallions
and geldings selling for a total of more than S2.200,
or an average close to $115. The sale was well
conducted under the management of Samuel E. Kra-
mer, manager of the San Francisco Riding Academy,
where the sale was held, and Wm. Higginbottom
of San Francisco was the auctioneer. Gordon Smith
of the academy acted as clerk of the sale.
The offerings were presented in splendid shape:
all being in fair flesh, well mannered and their hair
in excellent condition. The sale, however, was
about the dullest the writer ever attended. I should
say 100 persons, representing the most prominent
horsemen and horse lovers of the Bay region being
in attendance; however, there were only three or
four of those present who ever offered a bid and
they made their bids with the greatest reluctance.
The auctioneer must be given credit for doing his
part well as he had no assistance and had to create
a demand for the animals as they were presented.
The offering, perhaps, was as well a bred lot as
will be sent under the hammer in San Francisco for
some time; however, only a few of them were broke,
and as most of those present were looking for saddle
horses there very naturally was much work for the
auctioneer. I believe, had the majority of the offer-
ings been broken to ride and shown under the saddle
the sale would have been much more lively and the
average just double what it was. Many of those
sold were bargains, in fact, if their breeding is never
referred to they will make money. As brood mares,
the fillies sold are worth much more than they
brought, and some of them would even be cheap for
mule producing mares as they possessed plenty of
size, good big flat bone and lots of middle.
The noted Thoroughbred stallion. Marse Abe, was
exhibited before the sale and attracted much atten-
tion. He is one of the handsomest horses in Cali-
fornia and the colts sold which were sired by him
were those in greatest demand.
Fritz Cebrian. of San Francisco, was the biggest
buyer, getting the majority of the offerings. Includ-
ed in his purchases was the first horse sold, which
topped the auction at 360. This was a four-year-old
chestnut stud by Marse Abe — Miss Whitemouse. and
one of the best individuals and prospects in the
state. G. D. Newhall was another good buyer, get-
ting three or four of the youngsters worth the
money. S. E. Kramer, manager of the riding acad-
emy, also was a buyer.
There are 30 good horses getting their preparation
at the Woodland, Cal., track. Among them are some
i"al headliners. The trainers are busy and expect
to race down the line to Phoenix this year.
THE" BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday .April 28, 191'
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
TRAPSHOOTING FIXTURES.
August20, 21, 22, 23, 24. 1917 — Chicago, His. — The Inter-
state Association's Eighteenth Grand American Trap-
shooting Tournament, under the auspices of the South
Shore Country Club Gun Club; 4,000§ added money.
"Winner of first place in the Grand American Handicap
guaranteed $500 and a trophy; winner of second place
guaranteed $400 and a trophy; winner of third place
guaranteed $300 and a trophy; winner of fourth place
guaranteed $200 and a trophy, and the winner of fifth
place guaranteed $100 and a trophy. Numerous other
trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Man-
ager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
May 28. 29. 30, 1917 — San Jose, Cal. — The Interstate Asso-
ciation's Twelfth Pacific Coast Trapshooting Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the San Jose Gun Club;
$1300 added money. "Winner of first place in the Pa-
cific Coast Handicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy;
winner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy,
and the winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a
trophy. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa-
April 28, 29 — Fresno. Cal. — Fresno Blue Rock Club. C. B.
Jackson, Secretary.
May 6 — Coalinga, Cal. — Coalinga Gun Club. E. N. Ayers,
President.
May 6 — Bingham, Utah — Utah State Sportsmen's Asso-
ciation. A. R. Bain, Secretary.
May 6 — Denver, Colo. — Denver Trap Club. "Warren Con-
ley. Secretary.
May 7 — Crete, Xebr. — Crete Gun Club. Frank J. Kobes,
Secretary.
May 7, 8 — Salem, Oregon — Oregon State Tournament, un-
der the auspices of the Capital City Rod & Gun Club.
Mark Siddall, Secretary.
May 13 — Everett, "Wash. — Xorthwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Everett Gun Club. C. E. French, Secretary.
May 13 — Eureka, Cal. — Eureka Blue Rock Club. "W. E.
Innes, Secretary.
May 13, 14, 15 — Los Angeles, Cal. — Yernon Gun Club.
Stanton A. Bruner, Secretary.
May 14, 15, 16 — Spokane, "Wash. — Spokane Gun Club.
"Old Policv." Chas. A. O'Connor, President.
May 20, 21 — Seattle, "Wash. — Washington State Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the Green Lake Gun Club.
G. A. Conklin, Secretary.
May 21. 22, 23 — Los Angeles, Cal. — California -Nevada
State Tournament, under the auspices of the Los An-
geles Gun Club. Fred H. Teeple, Secretary.
May 23, 24 — Ogden. Utah — Utah State Tournament, under
the auspices of the Ogden Gun Club. A. R. Bain,
Secretary.
June 2, 3 — Moore. Mont- — Moore Rod & Gun Club. W. N.
Sharp. Secretary.
June 3 — Alameda. Cal. — Alameda Elks Gun Club. F. E.
Hilger .Secretary.
June 17, 18 — Billings. Mont. — Billings Rod & Gun Club.
W. K. Moore, President-
June 17, 18, 19 — Palouse, Wash. — Idawa Gun Club. John
P. Duke, Secretary.
June 24 — Bellingham, "Wash. — Northwest Washington
Trapshooters' League Tournament, under the auspices
of the Bellingham Gun Club. L Dienberger, Secretary.
June 24, 25, 26, 27 — Portland, Ore. — Sportsmen's Associa-
tion of the Northwest Tournament, under the auspices
of the Portland Gun Club. H. R. Everding, Secretary.
July 22 — Chehalis, "Wash. — Northwest "Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Chehalis Gun Club. Harry Quick, Secretary.
July 23, 24, 25 — Portland, Ore. — Pacific Indians. F. C.
Riehl, Secretary.
July 27. 28, 29— Del Monte, Cal., Del Monte Gun Club.
J. F. Neville, Secretary.
August 19 — Blaine, Wash. — Northwest "Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Blaine Gun Club. F. L. Cott, Secretarv.
August 19 — Kellogg. Idaho — Kellogg Gun Club. R. E.
Thomas, Secretary.
August 27— Williams, Ariz.— Williams Gun Club. W. D.
Finney, President.
September 9 — Seattle, Wash. — Northwest Washington
Trapshooters" League Tournament, under the auspices
of the Green Lake Gun Club. G. A. Conklin, Sec'ty.
September 17. 18 — Los Angeles, Cal. — Los Angeles Gun
Club. Fred H. Teeple, Secretary.
October 9. 10 — Hillside, Ariz. — Three Mule Shoe Gun Club.
"Old Policy." Thad. P. Mullen, Secretary-
October 13, 14 — Phoenix, Ariz. — Arizona State Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club.
Dell E. Morrell, Secretary.
* * +
Golden Gate Kennel Show. — The premium list for
the eighth annual show of the Golden Gate Kennel
Club is to hand and contains a big list of trophies
to be competed for this year. The show, which is
to be held at the Exposition Auditorium, Civic Cen-
ter, San Francisco, May 2, 3 and 4, is to be one of
the largest given by the club. Quite a number of
fanciers from Southern California, Washington and
Oregon, are expected to be on hand with the best
dogs from these sections and Superintendent Dick
Halsted is being kept busy attending to the details of
the show . With Mr. Geo. S. Thomas as judge of all
breeds the club should be able to pull off a five-point
show this year. Entries closed promptly on Wednes-
day. April IS. The office of the club is at 528 Market
street, San Francisco.
OB
Trout Fry Planted.— More than 16,000,000 trout frv
have been planted in California streams by the State
Fish and Game Commission against the season that
starts May 1.
Streams adjacent to San Francisco have been well
favored and the only regret is that the heavy plant-
ings do not by any means insure an abundance of
trout. The Fish and Game Commissioners fear that
with the late start many of the larger fish will have
made their way out into the ocean and that only the
smaller specimens will reward the patient anglers.
San Mateo, Marin, Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa
Clara and Santa Cruz counties, all of which are
fished extensively by the bay city anglers, have been
well provided with fry.
In San Mateo county, where the Pescadero, Puris-
sima and San Gregorio flow, there have been planted
77,500 rainbow and 307,000 steelhead fry. In Marin
county 600 Eastern brook trout and 120,000 steelhead
have geen placed, while the smaller creeks in Ala-
meda county have been planted with 144,000 steel-
head.
Five hundred and ninety-four thousand fry have
been planted in Santa Cruz county, where the San
Lorenzo is the principal stream. Contra Costa
county has received 27,000 for the Mitchell's Canyon
and the San Ramon.
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Revolver Association Aids Sport. — The United
States Revolver Association bears the same relation
to the revolver and pistol shooters as the National
Rifle Association does to the men who are interested
in the rifle and the Interstate Association for the
Encouragement of Trapshooting does to those who
are interested in trapshooting.
In March, 1900, a group of men interested in shoot-
ing with the revolver gathered in New York City,
and the result of their deliberations was a national
organization by and for revolver shooters.
Its objects are to foster and develop revolver and
pistol shooting; to encourage and conduct friendly
matches between members and clubs in the United
States, as well as with shooters abroad.
The association is financially self-supporting. The
money to pay necessary expenses is derived from
the annual dues of the members, and from the entry
fees in the championship matches.
Before the U. S. R. A. assumed control, there was
an utter lack of uniformity in the conditions under
which the revolver shooters of the country held their
matches.
Some clubs permitted the use of weapons having
barrels of any length that seemed to suit the fancy
of the Individual, and there were no restrictions as
to the type of sight that could be used.
Now, thanks to the governing body, a club in any
sections of the country can compete on even terms
with any other club, with the assurance that the
conditions under which their competitors will shoot
will be the same as the ones under which they them-
selves make their scores.
Another important work which has been accom-
plished, is the recording of all high scores, so that
you can find out at any time just what is the best
score that has ever been made under any of the dif-
ferent sets of standard conditions.
It behooves every citizen who is interested in the
future of revolver and pistol shooting, to help the
brotherhood of short arm experts by joining the
United States Revolver Association.
QG
Outlook in South. — The light rains last week did
wonders for the trout fishermen in Southern Cali-
fornia. Before these rains there were no large fish
seen in the streams, hut since the little downpour
large steelheads have been seen in most of the small
rivers.
In the Ventura river especially have these large
fish been seen during the past few days. Freddie
Kennard of the Cline-Cline company made a trip to a
few of the Southland streams the latter part of the
week and reported the trout conditions as being the
best ever.
The early hot weather this year has hatched thou-
sands of insects, according to Kennard, and the fish
are already jumping out of the water to get these
bugs and flies.
By the time the season opens on May 1 the trout
will be in fighting shape and the angling should be
good from the very first day of the season. The
indications are that the trout this year will be much
larger than those landed last season. There have
been no floods and as a result the fish have not been
disturbed.
Reports received by Kennard from Big Bear lake
during the past week were that the resorts at the
popular fishing haunt were preparing for a record
crowd for the opening of the season. The first of
May will fall on Tuesday this year and as a result
many anglers are expected to travel to Big Bear on
Sunday and remain over for the opening. All the
camps have been fixed up for the record crowd ex-
pected.
Ali reports from the Sespe are that the angling is
going to be at its best there during the coming
season. Roy Haslett and Johnny Burke visited the
stream last week and found conditions to be better
than ever before. The stream is as clear as possible,
there is not the least bit of oil on the water and the
river is very low. The two fishing enthusiasts saw
just thousands of trout on their trip. — [Los Angeles
Cal.
One-Buck Law. — The California Assembly has
passed a bill putting the limit on the number of deei
to he killed during a season to one per hunter, in-
stead of the regulation two that has been in force
for years. Advices from the Legislature are to the
effect that the measure has a good chance to pass
the Senate. It is pointed out that the game is being
exterminated.
Other changes in the laws are permitting the ship-
ping of game into a closed season and permitting
Civil War veterans to hunt and fish without a license
It is now unlawful to discharge firearms from auto-
mobiles or other vehicles. Hunters are prohibited
from running more than one dog after a deer, and
a misdemeanor charge will be lodged if the dogs are
caught chasing deer in the closed season.
06
Portland Club. — James W. Seavey made a noise
like a Grand American handicapper April 15th at the,
Portland Gun Club traps when he broke 97 out ol
100 bluerocks.
C. C. Kellj' took a leg on the Bristol 20-gauge
trophy by busting 22 out of 25, with Frank Temple-
ton one bird behind. Seavey, Henry B. Everding,
A. L. Zachrisson and A. Woelm broke 20, while other
scores were: E. H. Keller 18, A. W. Strowger 16,
John G. Clemson and J. C. Morris 15 each. Scores
i nthe regular events:
Shooter. 15 15 20 25 25 *
James W. Seavey ... 14 14 20 24 25
A. L. Zachrisson 12 14 16
Mrs. Ada Schilling
G. Cramer
Dr. O. D. Thornton... 15 15 15
C. C. Kelly
C. E. Casterman
J. C. Morris 11
A. Woelm 7
F. O. Joy 7
Miss Gladys Reid 14
E. Wright 8
Henry R. Everding . . 11
'James E. Reid 14
W. R. Howe 9
Frank M. Templeton.. 11
John G. Clemson 10
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14
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22
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R. P. Knight 15
C. Wright 9
E. H. Keller 14
H. B. Newland 7 9 12 14
A. W. Strowger 14
*Carl J. Schilling 14 11 16 24
Al Eeguin 14 12 19 20
*H. H. Rickelfson 14 14 . . 22 21
'Professional.
Astoria, Ore. — The Astoria Gun Club had a prac-
tice meet April 15, as follows: Dick Fulton 24, Allen
Metcalfe 21, Oscar Wirkkala 19, E. W. Burlingame
19, and Charles Arnet 17.
Albany, Ore. — Scores at the traps on April 15 fol-
low: Mark A. Rickard 24, J. A. Neely 22, P. Dodele
21, H. A. Ieininger 20, W. E. Parker 20.
* * *
Woodburn, Ore. — Trapshooting scores made April
15 were: Charles Leith 25, the "possible", E. R.
Riches 24, Peter Whitney 23, Charles Feller and E.
G .Hawman each with 21.
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Your Dog. — You'll miss him. His past companion-
ship justifies mourning his loss, for a friend has
passed from your life, a friend both tried and true.
His death is a calamity to you.
You may never replace him, and there will always
be something missing when evening comes. The
children may meet you with happy smiles, dear
friends may greet you with kindly eyes, but there
comes a time when children go to other interests;
the housewife is busy; friends grow cold, and life
is dreary. Then it is that the old dog comes with
tender eyes and true and wags his tail at you to let
you know he loves you.
"Only a dog,' 'they say, "what difference!" Well,
it counts to the master who loves him.
Whether your home be a palace or a hovel;
whether your friends are many and influential, or
a few tramp companions of misfortune, it's all the
same to him. Your dog loves you, so mourn his loss!
He was your friend, and friends are few. — [Mrs. C.
B. Shepard, in Our Dumb Animals.
0B
Kennels On Roofs. — The pets of society need not
worry nowadays for comfortable lodgings when trav-
eling to New York City, for the management of the
Biltmore has just caused to be constructed kennels
on the roof of the hotel — for dogs are the pets of
society — where every comfort and attention is given
them. It may sound strange, but men and women
frequently when traveling to New York City bring
along their pets. Some are bulldogs, some are chow
dogs — indeed, dogs of every breed — and when they
arrive at the Biltmore naturally their pets have to
be placed in safekeeping. It was a perplexing prob-
lem for the management to know just how to take
care of the traveling dogs. Frequently they wei
sent to the baggage room, chained up, and at
quent intervals during the day were fed. Then
question arose as to giving the dogs airing.
To he brief, the problem was finally solved by
building the kennels on the roof, where they have
plenty of airing and good food.
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Saturday, April 28, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
MANY YELLOWSTONE ELK DYING.
Deep Snows Cause Starvation of Thousands in the
Herds; Reports Received Here.
Alarming reports of conditions which threaten
decimation of the Yellowstone elk herds are begin-
ning to reach the Department of Agriculture, both
from the Jackson's Hole region and from Gardiner,
Montana. The danger is said to be due to an excep-
tionally heavy winter snowfall and late oncoming of
spring. Deep crusted snow is preventing the elk
from obtaining their usual feed and the weakened
animals, especially the calves, are reported to be
dying rapidly in spite of the large supply of hay
provided by the Federal Government for such emer-
gencies. This supply, however, has been exhausted.
The elk which winter around Jackson's Hole, in
Wyoming, are known as the southern or Jackson's
Hole herd and number more than 20,000. The north-
ern or Park herd is estimated by the Park authorities
i to contain over 30,000 animals. According to the
. reports received by the Forest Service the losses in
the southern herd may reach even as high a figure as
one-third of the entire number, with practically an
entire loss of last year's calves. In the northern
! herd conditions appear to be less critical, but an im-
mediate spring break-up is eagerly hoped for by
i1 those interested in seeing the elk preserved.
"When I left Gardner about three weeks ago,"
said Charles Sheldon, the explorer and naturalist
who was selected by the Government to represent the
sportsmen in the elk census attempted this spring,
1 "the elk that I saw seemed on the whole not in bad
; condition for this time of year except the calves,
many of which were pretty weak. But the snow was
■ unusually deep and the elk widely scattered in
: search of food. I understand it has been snowing
' since I left and that: considerable losses are thought
■ probable. The winter has been extremely severe
I and both elk and domestic livestock are bound to
suffer under such exceptional conditions. Because
! of the depth of the snow it was impossible to make
the elk census that we had planned.
"Ordinarily there isn't enough snow to prevent
ihe elk from getting at their feed. This winter,
however, a succession of storms has piled the snow
up, with the result that the animals have become
veakeDed by prolonged starvation. At Jackson's
Hole ihe Biological Survey had over 600 tons of hay
available for feeding the elk, but I understand the
supply is now exhausted.
"In most places feeding the elk is out of the ques-
tion. Hay costs around $40 a ton and it is almost
impossible to get hold of any at that price. The
cattle and sheep men are. unable to secure enough
to feed their stock and will, I am told, probably
suffer heavy losses. Even if unlimited amounts of
hay could be had there would be no way to get it
to the elk, since the roads are impassable. In many
places in the Yellowstone Park region the mails are
being carried by men on snowshoes and skiis.
"Elk preservation is a matter that presents many
difficulties. It involves problems which can't be
solved without careful study. It would be neither
a wise nor a possible policy to attempt exclusion
of honest homesteaders and stockmen from the nat-
ural range of the elk to the extent that would be
required to insure adequate natural feeding grounds
in a year like this. At the same time nearly every-
body now recognizes that something should be done
to guard the elk against recurring years of starva-
tion.
"The solution is evidently some form of carefully
thought-out control, under which there will be pro-
vision of a sufficient amount of both summer and
winter range for a reasonable number and also some
provision for utilizing the normal increment of the
herds instead of letting the elk alternately multiply
and starve off.
"To provide feed for eik the Forest Service has
either prohibited or greatly restricted grazing on
about two million acres of the National Forests of
the Yellowstone region. This, according to the for-
estry people, includes by far the larger part of the
remaining available winter elk range on these for-
ests, which can be reached by the elk. The most
serious feature of the situation is that in the past
the elk have been in the habit of wintering largely in
open country outside the National Forests and the
Yellowstone Park, on land which is now in home-
steads. Working out the right policy calls for expert
study of the whole subject along the lines already
undertaken by the officials in charge.
"The entire elk question is now being thus studied,
and very carefully, by the Forest Service, National
Park Service, and Biological Survey. I believe that
outsiders should await the formulation of a plan by
these bureaus, which will soon be in possession of
the information necessary to solve the problem cor-
rectly. First of all the present size of the elk herds
must be accurately determined. It must then be
found out how many the available range will support.
This will fix the maximum size of the herd to be
conserved.
"As the animals multiply above this maximum,
some of the surplus should be used to restock areas
in other States which are suited to the elk. What
method should be adopted for the disposal of the
further surplus remains to be decided."
Officials of the Department of Agriculture point
out that, deplorable as are the losses which the elk
herds are now suffering, the situation is not essen-
tially different from that created among domestic
livestock by seasons of unusual severity. The nat-
ural increase will, they say, gradually bring the
herds back to their former size if they are properly
protected. Both the Forest Service and the National
Park Service are deeply interested in the perpetua-
tio nof the elk, and are working together in an effort
to find a consistent, workable conservation policy.
3B
Organized Trap Leagues. — Competition in one form
or another has done more to popularize sport than
any other one factor. It is the spirit of competition
that adds zest to a contest and makes it more inter-
esting to participants and spectators alike. This
applies both to contests between individuals and be-
tween teams.
A college football squad at practice attracts very
little attention, but on the day of a big game, for
instance the annual Yale-Harvard scrimmage, it is
almost impossible to buy a seat for the game. It is
the desire to see the strength and strategy of one
team matched against that of the other which at-
tracts the crowd.
The same principle applies to baseball. It is the
big league games that attract the people, because
in them competition is the keenest. The result of
one game may or may not place the club nearer the
coveted pennant. Although the clubs competing
in the World's Series are usually of the East, just
as much interest is evidenced in th result through-
out the West, as in the home towns of the teams
battling for the baseball crown.
* Trapshooters realizing that their sport could be
made more popular by introducing the element of
competition among gun clubs, organized trapshoot-
ing leagues, consisting of anywhere from three to
twelve clubs each. The result has been that the club
members are now deriving more pleasure and a
greater incentive for concentrated effort through
the medium of friendly competition.
A few years ago the trapshooting leagues in exist-
ence could be counted on the fingers of two hands,
but through the promotive efforts of the sport's expo-
nents the desire for inter-club matches has increased
to such an extent that new leagues are being organ-
ized weekly.
Trapshooting leagues are not only beneficial to the
sport as a whole, but also to every club and to every
club member belonging to a league.
Among the most successful Leagues in the coun-
try may be mentioned the Central Ohio Trapshooters'
League, the Central Pennsylvania and Western
Pennsylvania Trapshooters' League, the Central Illi-
nois Trapshooters' League, the Northwest Washing-
ton Trapshooters' League, and the Inland Empire
League of Gun Clubs.
The last named League is being conducted by the
Spokesman Review of Spokane, Washington. It has
been in operation only a few weeks, but nevertheless
the competition among the twelve clubs comprising
the League is very keen and the members' enthusi-
asm is at fever heat. Matches are held every Sun-
day and the scores are sent to the Spokesman-
Review, which paper is handling the contest exactly
as though it were a struggle for baseball honors.
Opposite each club is shown the number of organi-
zation.
The Trapshooting League has come to stay. It is
a form of competition that appeals to all shooters. It
will be a matter of a short time only before nearly
every club in the United States will be affiliated with
some Trapshooting League.
8B
Vallejo Club. — Andy Flickinger established a long
run of 103 in the trap shoot at the Vallejo Club last
Sunday. The well-known shot was in fine fettle as
he went on and pulled down the honors of the 100-
bird program by busting 97 out of 100. Barney
Worthen of San Francisco was second with 94. Dick
Reed topped the pros with 94. The club has made
a number of improvements to its grounds and the
visiting shooters were impressed with new condi-
tions. The scores were:
Events
Shooter 25 25 25 25 T'l.
*R. C. Reed 23 23 24 24 94
B. Worthen 24 24 23 23 94
W. J. Terry 23 19 22 22 86
*0. Feudner 22 21 23 24 90
W. E. Cooley 22 21 24 21 88
*J. W. F. Moore 18 14 .. 11 43
L. L. Fuller 17 15 16 14 62
J. Peckham 19 20 20 19 78
A. G. Flickinger 25 25 25 22 97
H. J. Yocom 24 21 22 20 87
*0. N. Jones : 20 22 22 23 87
J. O'Hara 18 20 23 19 80
*H. J. Truscott 18 14 18 13 63
W. E. Mann 18 11 21 19 69
D. Humphrey 19 17 17 19 72
At 25 targets — Magistrini 20. Saxton 18, MacPher-
son 22, H. Herbert 21, Tesdale 17.
OB
A. A. T. A. Honors in March. — In March 104 promi-
nent trapshooters in the United States and Canada
were awarded medals by the American Amateur
Trapshooters' Association. In the 1500 target race
O .N. Ford of San Jose, California, was awarded a
solid gold medal for his score of 1427. In the 1000
target race the following were awarded gold medals
for scoring better than 90 per cent: Geo. H. Ander-
son of San Jose. Cal., 935; F. D. Stoop of Kalispell,
Montana, 931; J. H. Trumbull .of Plainville, Conn.,
930; Sharon Hall of Albony, N. Y., 925; Frank Gos-
nell Jr. of Baltimore, Md., 924; F. A. Seibert of New
York City, 919.
In the 50 Otarget competition for the sterling silver
medal, Paul R. Burger of Catawissa, Perm., was
high gun with a score of 485 and William M. Bow-
man of Denver, Colo., second with 470. G. W. Fish
of Los Angeles, Cal., and F. E. Watkins of Hartford,
Conn., were tied for third place with 466 breaks.
Twenty-six shooters were awarded medals for
breaking better than SO per cent. For first place in
this class R. C. Reed of Berkeley, Cal., was tied with
B. F. Simon of Garden City, Kansas, with a score of
464; and Gus Peret of Spokane, Wash., was second
with 461.
Forty-four shooters received bronze medals, high
score of 478 being made by G. A. Burt of Denver,
Colo., with H. Pfirrrmann of Los Angeles, Cal., sec-
ond with 475 and C. H. Reilley, Jr., of Salt Lake City,
Utah, third with 467.
Miss Harriet D. Hammond of Wilmington, Del.,
and Mrs. F. A. Johnson of Philadelphia, Pa., were
awarded sterling silver medals for scores of 205x225
and 197x225, respectively.
9B
Patterson Club.— The Patterson Trapshooting Club
held its regular bi-weekly shoot on the 15th, and
though the weather was threatening and a number
of the regulars had gone to Stevison for the rabbit
drive, three full squads of shooters faced the traps.
The scores turned in were not up to the average,
probably due to the strong wind, which caused the
skimmers to curve and dip in a perplexing manner.
The club meets so far this season have been well
attended, and the club membership is now thirty-
nine. The Newman Gun Club having been disbanded
a number of the members are shooting at Patterson.
The scores turned in were as follows:
10 10 5 Total
Meisner 7 8 3 18
Edwards 88 9 4 21
Harrison 7 g 4 19
Knutson 7 6 5 18
Sesna 4 5 5 14
Ralston 4 8 3 15
O. J. Smith 9 8 5 22
R. A. Smith 6 6 4 16
Totman 5 6 3 14
Hoffman 4 4 2 10
Bowers 8 7 3 18
Torrison 4 7 3 14
Fink 6 6 2 14
Bowie 4 6 1 11
Rogers 8 5 1 14
A handicap event of twenty-five targets for a silver
spoon was also run off, and the spoon won by B. F.
Bowers. Yours,
T. HARRISON, Sec'y.
SB
Green Lake Club. — A large crowd of Seattle marks-
men were out at the Green Lake traps both Satur-
day and Sunday, limbering up for the big state tour-
nament, to be held in two weeks.
The Sunday weather on April 15th proved to be
everything but conducive to good scores, a drizzling
rain and overhanging fog making the targets ex-
tremely hard to locate. L. H. Reid, however, turned
in his usual score of 49. Forty-seven was high among
the amateurs, top honors falling to Hi Follrich and
C. E. McKelvey, and George Hambright, professional.
The Saturday scores were: C. E. McKelvey 99,
L. H. Reid 94, Hi Follrich 87, C. L. Templeton 86,
Hugh Fleming 86. J. B. Lewis 84, J. H. Templeton
83, W. B. Taft 83, Harry Eddy 79, and J. H. Davis 77.
At 50 targets— *L. H. Reid 49. Hi Follrich 47,
sGeorge Hambright 47, C. E. McKelvey 47, J. H. Hop-
kins 46. Hugh Fleming 46, L. S. Barnes 46, R. S.
Searle 44, George Scripture 44, J. B. Lewis 43, Dr.
King 43, F. Landwehr 42. Dr. E. C. Lanter 42, M. A.
Rosenfield 41, Dr. A. B. Kidd 41, C. B. Fitzgerald 40,
H. E. Gleason 40, J. H. Jones 40, E. E. Ellis 39, J. H.
Davis 39, G. B. Baker 38, R. W. Kinzer 38. D. Baker
36, G. A. Conklin 36. Dr. J. F. Hill 36, S. A. Martin
35, E. Chantrell 35, Dr. S. W. Case 34, C. C. Giffin 32,
S. Burt 29, C. F .Rinehart 27, E. P. Buck 27, Dr. S.
W. Giffin 26.
At 100 targets — Follrich 94, Fleming 94, Barnes
91, C. E. McKelvey 91, Hopkins 90, Searle 90. Geo.
Hambright* 89, Ellis 87. Landwehr 86, Lewis 86.
Conklin 84, Geo. Baker 80. Martin 78, D. Baker 73,
Davis 72 .(^Professionals.)
BE
Seattle Association. — With a cold damp day to
shoot in and many of the members visiting the Green
Lake club to practice for the Washington State shoot
only a few more than a squad turned out to the Har-
bor Island traps on April 15th. Dr. C. L. Templeton
furnished the high score of the day by going fifty
straight. L. H. Reid, professional, broke forty-nine
out of the fifty and finished second.
J. A. Fortier in extra events shot thirty-five out
of fifty. Harry Eddy broke fifty-nine out of seventy-
five and E. A. Stairs, a new man at the trapshooting
game, shot sixteen out of twenty-five. The scores:
At 50 targets — C. L. Templeton 50, »L. H. Reid 49.
Ralph Kinzer 45. C. E. McKelvey 45, C. W. Bandy
39, J. H. Davis 37. Yours,
E. A. FRY. Sec'y.
9B
La Grande, Ore. — Gun club scores made April 16
are: Lou Rayburn 25. H. Becker, George Young,
each 23. F. C. Ryder 22, Claude Mackey 21, L. J.
Johnson 21, B. W. Hughes 21, C. Becker 19. F. It,
Slagel 7.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday .April 28, 1917
Sportsmen's Row
There are 2077 buffalo in the Wainwright Buffalo
Par kat Alberta, Canada. This park has an area of
15 Osquare miles.
* * +
Don't shoot from an automobile or any other vehi-
cle in the future. A law has been enacted making it
unlawful. The auto for a time threatened to drive
the game out of the country.
Regulations have been passed to govern chasing
deer with dogs. A hunter can use only one dog in
the chase and is guilty of a misdemeanor if his dog
runs deer in the cicsed season.
* * *
State Tourney. — Fred H. Teeple, resident manager
and secretary of the Los Angeles Gun Club, has sent
out proof sheets of the events to take place at the
California-Nevada State Championship, at the L. A.
traps on May 21. 22, 23.
+ + *
Civil War veterans will not be required to secure
a license to hunt or fish in California. The legisla-
ture has passed a bill excluding the heroes from
shouldering the extra tax when they want to enjoy
a little sport out of doors.
* * +
Not long ago an English breeder of Sealhams sold
a terrier to a friend at the French front and the dog
was transported across the Channel by one of the
British aviators who was starting out for the battle-
field. Both arrived in safetv.
* * +
Seattle and Portland have formed a "get-together
club" and much interest is being displayed in the
shooting game in Northwest Washington. Many
women members line up at the sixteen-yard mark
everv Saturdav and bombard the disks.
* * *
Even away off in India the love of the thoroughbred
dog is strong and they have some good ones there
t ooffset the great army of mongrels that one sees
in that country. A show was held recently at Rawai
Pindi, at which there was a creditable collection.
* **
Shooters who took in the registered tournament at
Lindsay last week are high in their praises of the
enthusiasm that was uncorked. Secretary Charles
O. Barieau, who was high gun among the amateurs,
has stirred up interest among the members of the
Lindsav club.
* + *
Many persons assert that the Boston terrier is the
real American dog, but how about the Chesapeake
Bay dog? We seldom see them here except in the
miscellaneous class. Up in Seattle at their recent
show thc-re were nearly a score of actual dogs
benched with a full classification.
* • *
"Hi" Everding, whom the coast sports swear by,
is offering some dandy trophies for the scatter-gun
artists these days. The "sport alluring" is taking
hold with a vengeance in the Puget Sound towns, and
the women are not a whit behind their male com-
petitors in cutting down the skimming dishes. Go to
it, girls, we have a bet on vou!
* * *
A fancier of English bulldogs is authority for the
statement that the name of the dachshund is going
to be changed to "Hoboken terrier." This may be
true and then it may not be, but it would not be
surprising in view of the fact that the Kaiserhof
has taken down the old sign and has Americanized
the place in a nomelclature way.
+ * *
One of the most promising Yorkshire terriers that
has been seen in this country in a long time has
succumbed before it had a chance to win a champion-
ship. It was brought out by Miss Ruth McBride at
the Westminster show and won for best novice. It
was a tiny little thing and had all the earmarks of a
topnotcher. It was subject to fits and succumbed
lo this ailment. Miss McBride feels deeply the loss
of her pet and is going to have her preserved by a
taxidermist.
*■+ +
Orin Ford, hustling, bustling promoter of the shoot-
ing bees, is steering the destinies of the Pacific Coast
Handicap and he tells us that he is sure to have the
greatest aggregation of slam-hammer artists ever
assembled "under one tent" at the San Jose event,
among them being the peerless Topperweins from
Texas. Mr. Ford himself is one of the best shots
on the west coast, and they would have to travel to
the ends of the earth to find a man who could put
more punch into a program.
* + +
Rainbow Trout Rise Freely.— The rainbow trout
are very free risers to the artificial flv. apparently
-criminating in this respect than either native
or brown trout. Any of the well-known flv patterns
will be successful. Generally the tackle used for
brawn trout is equally suitable for nv-fishing for
rainbows. The rainbows always seek the swift water
grow to a larger size than the native trout, the rate
o fgrowth being about the same as that of the brown
trout, and reasonably strong and efficient tackle is
always best for heavy fish in heavy water
Here's Some Good Work. — Portland, Ore. — Gov-
ernment hunters are rapidly thinning out the preda-
tory animals that have been raising havoc among the
stockmen in eastern Oregon and Washington. The
annual loss from these depredations throughout the
United States aggregate millions of dollars. In time
it is expected that this loss will be reduced to a
minimum. The Government .through the Forestry
Department, has appropriated $125,000 for defraying
the expenses incident to this destruction.
These facts were brought out at the forest super-
visors' session recently by E. F. Averill, district
inspector, who has charge of the slaughter in the
district with Pendleton at his headquarters. There
are seven other districts of a similar nature in the
United States.
Young men are being trained in the work, the
hunters being paid §75 a month at the start. The
men are furnished with ammunition, but they must
provide their own guns.
Uncle Sam places no restriction on the manner in
which the animals may be slain. The use of the
gun, trap or poison is permitted. Much of the work
is accomplished by means of traps. The quest is
commenced with vigor in the early Spring and con-
tinued throughout the Summer and Fall. It is also
carried on when practicable in the Winter time.
Last year some 6.000 predatory animals were
slain, it is reported. The money derived from the
pelts goes to help meet the expenses of killing the
wild beasts. Coyotes, bobcats, cougars and wolves
are the special objects of the hunters. Coyotes are
said to be the worst offenders. This beast wiH
tackle a band of sheep for the mere pleasure there
is in it, says Mr. Averill. The beast frequently con-
tents itself with the sucking of the blood of its vic-
tim. In case of extreme hunger the carcasses are
devoured.
Hunters go wherever the animals are a menace.
The salary system is said to be an improvement on
the county bounty plan, as it induces the men to
seek out regions where there are the greatest number
of the varmints.
In the Spring and Summer, when the fur of the
animals is the poorest, is said to be the best time for
the pursuit of the beasts. At present the crusade is
confined to the protection of the stockmen, but it is
planned to extend the system to include game.
Notable service in the prevention of the spread of
rabies among wild animals is being rendered, says
Mr. Averill.
Stockmen and forest supervisors are co-operating
agreeably in the work of extermination of the foes
of the stockmen and the general results obtained
are said to exceed expectations.
Increase in the grazing area of more than 100 per
cent has been obtained as a result of study and effi-
cient work of the forest supervisors, and the stock-
men are reaping the benefits. J. L. Peterson, grazing
expert for the Government, told of the good results
and exhibited maps of the areas.
GAME PROTECTIONIST.
Ready For Trout Season. — Sportsmen all over Cal-
ifornia are making ready to welcome in the trout
season on May 1. There was a deal of disappoint-
ment that the change in the present laws could not
be accomplished in time for an earlier opening on
April 1. The new date will be in order next year.
Even so, conditions are reported much more favor-
able for good angling than was the case in 1916.
There is more water in the small Coast streams and
they are fairly well stocked with trout. Everything
is in readiness, so get out the rod and reel and start
preparing for the great sport.
* + *
North Yakinia. — E. C. Greeman, selected by the
county game commission for deputy game warden,
has arrived from Oregon City, Ore., and entered upon
his work. He will give attention to the fishing inter-
ests of the county, while S. R. Finley, also appointed
a deputy warden, will look after the propagation and
protection of game animals and fowl. The game com-
mission will not name a warden to succeed Frank
Bryant, whose resignation was forced by Chief Dep-
uty State Game Warden Wales of Spokane, for the
reason, it is unofficially stated, that the state offi-
cial's jurisdiction extends only to wardens ,not to
deputies .and the Y'akima officers do not wish to be
further interfered with by him.
+ * +
From a London. England, exchange we learn of
the death, on March 24. of John Robertson, a well
known English gunmaker, who at the time of his
death was 77 years old. Mr. Robertson took an
active part in business up to the end of last year.
but of late he had been ailing, and following an opera-
tion for appendicitis he passed away. Mr. Robertson
hailed from Haddington, says the Shooting Times,
where his father was a gunmaker. Leaving his
native town in 1860 he worked for the firm of Sir
Joseph Whitworth of Manchester for a few years,
leaving there for Birmingham; but his residence
there was not of long duration, as he journeyed to
the metropolis and joined the staff of Messrs. Prdey.
Here he stayed with that firm about ten years, and,
on resigning, he commenced business on his own
account, working for the trade until about twenty-five
years ago. when he became a partner in the firm of
Boss & Co.
This shoot will be the club's annual registered tour-
nament and Teeple is getting out an elaborate pro-
gram in book form with the biographies and photo-
graphs of the most noted trapshooters on the Coast.
The opening day, Monday, May 21, a 200-bird pro-
gram in ten events of 20 birds each will be put on,
at two dollars to each event. The purses will be
divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent Class shooting
will count and not high gun.
An entrance fee of five dollars will be charged to
compete in this event. Diamond trophies also will
be up for the five high guns in this event.
The second day's program will be similar, while on
the last day, the Interstate Association California-
Nevada State Amateur Championship at 100 targets
will be held. Following this event, a 100-bird dis-
tance handicap will be put on at five dollars' pool
entrance.
* * * 1
Los Angeles Club. — A crowd of thirty-nine shooters
turned out at the Los Angeles Gun Club Sunday
morning to compete on the H. R. Everding trophies
in a 100-bird handicap class shoot.
High gun of the day was hung up by Owen Council.
His score, achieved from 19 yards, was 97x100. This
score gave him five points toward the prize up in
class B. The results:
Council, 19 yds., 97x100; Dodds 22—94, Meloy 19 —
92, Blanehard 19 — 92, Melford 19 — 92, Famechon 18 —
90, Roseberg 20 — 90, Hart 18—90, Morse 19 — 89,
Pfirrmann 21 — 89, Sargent 20 — 87, Knight 21 — 86,
Tuckett 19 — 85, Kennedy 18 — 85, Melius 22 — 83, Fav-
ier 16 — 83, Evans 19 — 82, Pachmayr 18 — 82. Cooper
16—81, Cline 18—81, Mrs. Pfirrmann 17—81, Pool
18—80, Hurst 16—78, Meek 18—77, Betz 17—73, Hall
19—73, Olwer 19—70; McCracken 16 — 61x75, Barto
16 — 49x50. Wilson 16 — 45x50, Teeple Sr. 16 — 45x50,
Bauer 16 — 42x50, Mueller 16—39x50, Armstrong 16 —
21x50, Cline 16—21x50.
The point winners to date follow:
Class A — Melius 15, Dodds 13, Pfirrmann 10, Morse
6, Evans 5, Fish 5.
Class B — Sargent 14, Council 11, Tuckett 10, Grew-
ell 8. Pachmayr 6. White 4, Meek 3.
Class C — Melford 15. Wilson 13, Mrs. Pfirrmann
12, Hart 11, Bishop 9, Betz 5, Mandaville 3.
Class D — Kennedy IS, Pool 16, Nelson 7, Mrs. Mel-
lon 7, Carnahan 2, Garnsey 2, Miller 2.
Gold "take home' 'trophies were won by Famechon,
Evans, Melford, Kennedy; silver mementoes by
Meloy, Ffirrmann, Dodds, Rosebury.
* + +
Vernon Club. — Billy Mullen, clay bird extermina-
tor from Ray, Ariz., invaded the Vernon Gun Club
Sunday morning and carted away high gun in the
season trophy event. He-broke 57 birds out of 60.
Charlie White was second high gun. He broke
56x60. Stanton A. Bruner, secretary of the club,
broke third high with a score of 55x60.
During the day's competition Bruner squelched
193 targets out of 200 shot at. He accomplished a
high run of 127 from 16 yards.
Orvie Overall, the one-time great pitcher of the
Cubs, was a guest of the club. Overall is just break-
ing into the trapshooting game. He brught a trap
foom the Bruner-Kimble people and means to install
it at his ranch and get onto the sport. The results:
Sliding handicap trophy shoot, 60 targets, 16 to 20
yards — S. A. Bruner 55, E. Foley 39. Ed Bohring 50,
I. D. Dierdoff 49. Wm. Mullen 57, A. W. Bruner 52.
Wm. Pugh 51, Knauff 45, Chas. White 56, Arthur 46,
Orvie Overall 51, Bob Bole 48, C. E. Groat 54, Mrs.
C. E. Groat 53, Dr. Packard 53, Van Nest 42.
* * *
Quail Limit 10 Per Week — San Diego, Cal. — Sen-
ator Edgar A. Luce of this city is the author of a bill
he introduced before the Legislature Saturday which
would limit the number of quail to be shot by one
person to 10 a week instead of 15 a day. It is said
that there is a probability of the measure becoming
a law. San Diego county has long since been a
Mecca for quail shooters from Los Angeles and other
places and the birds are becoming scarcer and
scarcer.
Los Angeles shooters already are kicking. They
say 10 birds is too small a bag, and they have started
a movement to fight passage of Senator Luce's bill.
Officials of the State Fish and Game Commission
state that no change was recommended in the quail
laws governing Southern California, as their investi-
gations indicated that a larger breeding stock had
come through the 1916 shooting season than survived
1915, and that was the best year in several for quail
shooting. They say that while quail always are
scarce along the highways and close to the large
cities, they are plentiful enough a few miles back,
and last winter's rains assure this being a good
breeding season.
Los Angeles shooters say that 10 birds is too small
a number to warrant men in taking long trips, which
they are glad to do now when able to ship 15 birds
and bring back 15 with them. So many of the large
ranches are posted against all hunting that long trips
are needed to reach open country, but hunters feel
that the decrease of open ground is protecting the
quail enough without discouraging all gunning inter-
est by needless strict laws which defeat themselves
by throttling down the hunting-license income which
has to pay for the extra wardens such laws make
necessary to keep the violators from profiting by
the absence of the conscientious sportsmen from the
hunting fields.
Saturday, April 28, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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BETTER LIVE STOCK
and Agricultural Topics
Hay is now retailing at HO a ton in California
feeding communities.
* * *
The fifth annual sale of Pereherons at Folly Farms.
Abington, Pa., resulted in an average of $540 for the
I 37 head of well presented draft mares.
* * *
A strong demand existed for the good Shorthorns
included in the breeders' sale at So. Omaha, Neb.,
I March 30, when 72 head averaged $261.
* * *
The 49th annual meeting of the American Jersey
I Cattle Club will be held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
i Fifth Avenue and Thirty-third Street, New York, on
May 2 at 11 a. m.
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Missouri, it is said, is better off for forage than
any other state in the Union. Two splendid hay
crops and open winters have resulted in plenty of
feed during the winter and a liberal supply on Mis-
souri farms and in storage.
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In response to a request from the Rural Society of
Argentina the executive committee of the American
Hereford Cittle Breeders' Association has asked
R. H. Hazlett, Eldorado. Kans.. the treasurer of the
association, to assume the duties of judge of Here-
fords at the great Argentina live stock show early
next September, and he has acepted the commission.
Cattle Feeders' Meeting at Columbia, Mo.
An invitation is extended to cattle feeders of Mis-
souri and other states to attend the Cattle Feeders'
Meeting and inspect the steers fed by the Missouri
Experiment Station at Columbia during the past
winter. Friday, May 4th, at ten o'clock in the foro-
noon is the date set for the meeting.
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A number of sticks of dynamite found near the
Guyton-Harrington Mule Co.'s St. Louis stable, was
thought to have been placed there for the purpose
of destroying the structure, which quarters thousands
of horses and mules, awaiting shipment to Europe.
Officials of the company, however, are not inclined
to think that way. According to Kirk Harrington
there were no horses or mules in that part of the
barns and furthermore the explosive was not immedi-
ately near the stables or placed so as to support the
suspicion that it was intended to wreck the building.
In co-operation with the Food Supply Committee
of the State Council for Defense, the U. S. Forest
Service is making plans to stock to their very fullest
capacity the National Forest ranges. If the stock
can be secured and the money raised for necessary
trails and water developments, an increase in the
number on the ranges equivalent to 80,000 head of
cattle might be made. District Forester Dubois and
Assistant District Forester Rachford are now in the
Sierra ranges . Their goal is to increase the number
of stock on the National Forests by 80,000 head.
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Pay Big Prices for Nine Jacks.
Tulare, April 24. — Miller & Lux have bought nine
head of jacks recently shipped here from Tennessee
by Faught & Warren, the consideration being $14,000
for the nine. Part of this was in cash and the rest
was taken in young mules from the Miller & Lux
ranches . The deal for the purchase was made by
C. K .Safford of Los Banos. head stock buyer for the
Miller & Lux ranches. Mr. Safford came here with
the intention of buying three or four only, but after
looking at them decided to buy the entire shipment.
The jacks have been shipped to Los Banos and will
be distributed from that point to the various Miller
& Lux ranches in California and Nevada.
* *.*
The quantity and very low w-eight of the hogs now
coming to market is convincing proof that we are
going into a period w-hen hog receipts will be lighter
than is generally anticipated. There is no getting
away from the fact that high prices and spotted
scarcity of corn in the hog belt has forced a lot of
hogs to market earlier than in former years, and
this may find our receipts of hogs in May and June
disappointing to many who are not closely observing
present conditions. A great many fall hogs which
usually come to market in May and June are coming
now. Therefore, we would advise those who are ex-
pecting the usual May and June run of hogs to keep
an eye on hogs now coming to the different markets,
and we believe they will see signs of scarcity ahead.
Another item worth considering is the likelihood of
the breeders holding their sows over for next fall
breeding. We hear many country breeders talking
along this line. The holdings of sows will cut down
the usual supply of heavy hogs which come in July
and August, and we may not have another good run
of hogs until next winter. Our observations force
us to this conclusion.
Feeding Young Stock.
Did you ever stop to realize that the cheapest and
also the greatest gains of young animals are made
while they are still suckling their dams? At this
time the animals are small, the amount of food re-
quired to maintain them is slight and practically all
they eat goes to growth. When they are older a
goodly part of the ration goes into a maintenance
ration to support the growth they already possess.
The older an animal grows, until it reaches maturity,
the more food it costs to make a pound of gain.
Young animals-are almost entirely fed through their
mothers, and if they get a good start they do better
afterwards. Hence the wisdom of proper food to
the dams should he apparent to all.
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"Punches Cattle in Aeroplane."
Mr. Jump Cauthorn,
San Francisco, Cal.
Dear Jump: I am really ashamed of myself for
not having written you and washing you all the good
things in your new venture. Old boy, it is in you to
make good and I hope to see the Breeder and Sports-
man the biggest paper in the United States and you
at the head of it. I have been here since January
and will probably not go to St. Louis before the first
of next month. We have a ranch of 1400 acres here
and 175 pure-bred Holstein and Jersey cows, and it
is keeping me tied down pretty close; however, I
expect to be up in Missouri this summer at the fairs
and hope to see you. The Government has an avia-
tion school on our ranch and about 50 or 60 students
all the time, and when we lose any cattle instead of
going out on a horse and hunting them we get one
of the boys to go up in an aeroplane and locate them;
so you see I have a progressive ranch here and sail-
ing a little high, but always come down off the
perch the first of the month when the bills come in.
Again hoping you all the success imaginable, and
with very kindest regards, I remain,
Yours very truly,
JAS. H. BRIGHT.
Miami, Florida, April 11, 1917.
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The Boss insists that our readers shall have some-
thing special next month in the form of an Annual
Spring Number of the U. S. Booster, and has just
given the Editor instructions to 'prepare an eight-
page souvenir for April to be printed in six colors on
glazed paper. Have a heart, boys, and read our
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Blue Grass Good Pasture For Hogs.
One of the best and earliest pasture grasses for
use in pork production is blue grass, as indicated
by tests for a number of years at the Missouri Col-
lege of Agriculture. It can be grown on land not
adapted to cultivated crops and furnishes feed over
a long grazing period at a very low cost of produc-
tion It produced an average of from $9.66 to $43 36
worth of pork from each acre of blue grass during
the five-year period of 190S-1912. Its averages would
doubtless have been much higher if more grain had
been fed for the first year when less than half as
great gams were made as during any later year
\\ ith present wartime prices the value of blue grass
tor pasture is correspondingly increased.
fin , ;°,fi °0Athe h°f S Used in the tests weighed between
60 and 90 pounds. During 1908, poor results were
obtained because too little grain was fed at the
beginnmg and 5.1 pounds of grain were required for
every pound of gain secured, as compared with an
average of 4.4 during the four later years. In 1909
better results were secured when, instead of the
shelled corn fed during the first two vears a mix-
Tle 0tJ ?artS 0£ corameal to 1 part of" oil meal was
led and the hogs were turned on pasture April 1U
During this year they were on pasture 200 days as
compared with only 144 in 1908 and 1909 and it is
noticeable that it was during this year that $43 36
worth of pork v.as produced for each acre of blue
grass used, but similar methods failed to bring as
good results during 1911 and 1912.
The hogs did not make economical gains during
the hot dry portion of the summer, so during the
later years of the tests they were taken off the pas-
ture at these times, and all hogs were kept off until
the fall rains started the grass again, when more
shoats were turned in.
* * *
It is a rare occasion nowadays to find any kind of
rancher, fanner or stockman, who does not appre-
ciate the value and good judgment of using pure-bred
stock m their herds. Several years ago. it was sup-
posed that the corn-belt states were the only suc-
cessful places one could raise beef cattle profitably
and that their herds were superior. However, it has
been demonstrated recently in both sale, show and
market rings that California beef cattle are not only
as good, but superior to any others. That the climate,
forage, feed and every other condition in this state
is favorable for the production of better cattle.
W. M. Carruthers owns one of the best bred and
most noted herds of Shorthorns in the United States,
and on Wednesday. May 2, at his farm at Mavfield!
California, will sell as rare a lot of breeding and
show cattle as ever went under the hammer. He
has secured Col. Carey M. Jones, of Chicago, the
most noted Shorthorn salesman in America, to dis-
perse the cattle and made every other arrangement
for the good of visitors. He asks us to invite every
lover of good stock, whether they intend buying or
not, to attend his sale and see what he has accom-
plished in the way of producing Shorthorns. To
those who want to buy or even think of buying at
some future time, we advise arriving at Mayfield
early on sale day so that you will have ample oppor-
tunity to inspect these good Shorthorns in their
stalls, for when they go before Carey Jones they
are going to get a fast selling and you will let some
bargains go before you know it. Write Mr .Car-
ruthers now, mentioning the Breeder and Sportsman,
and he will send you one of his attractive catalogues:
then arrange to be on hand early Wednesday morn-
ing and select the animals you like best and be pre-
pared to buy them at your own price when they are
brought into the arena.
NEW WORLD'S CHAMPION SENIOR 4-YEAR-OLD.
FANCHER FARM MAXIE 186389, a purbred Holstein-Friesian cow, bred
and owned by Senator A. T. Fancher, Salamanca, Cattaraugus County.
New Y'ork. The Empire State is continually getting into the limelight
with wonderful milk and butter records made by cows of the Black-
and-Wnite breed, and the friendly competitive spirit evinced by many
ot its prominent dairy cattle owners points conclusively to the fact
that the end is not yet in sight.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday .April 28, 191
THE FARM
State Dairy Cow Competition Results
For March.
During the month of March, 1S5
cows in the State Dairy Cow Compe-
tition produced an average of 1410
piunds milk and 54.3 pounds butter
fat. The highest production of butter
fat for the month was 105.27 pounds,
produced by the Holstein cow, Mabel
Haskins Colantha Girl, owned by K.
W. Abbott, Milpitas. Seven other cows
produced over 90 pounds of butter fat
during the month. The Pacific Rural
Press prize for March was won by
Mr. F. J. Kell of Stockton, for the
highest average production by five
grades, viz., 71.05 pounds butter fat
Mr. Kell also won the McAllister and
Sons' prize for the month for the
highest production by a grade cow,
S4.315 pounds fat, 567 cows have been
entered in the Competition to date, of
which number 307 are entered for
monthly and 10-months records, and
the balance for yearly cow-testing as-
sociation records.
Entries in the Competition will close
on May 1, this year. Dairymen who
wish to enter their cows and compete
for some of the numerous prized of-
fered in the Competition (92 in all,
aggregating over ?7500 in value) must,
therefore, act promptly. Address Pro-
fessor F. W. Woll, University Farm,
Davis, California, for further informa-
tion concerning the Competition.
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Auburn (Placer Co.). — At a meeting
of the Placer county farm bureau di-
rectors, vice directors and secretaries
in this city Saturday, the matter of
the next county farm bureau fair will
be taken up and discussed. It is ex-
pected that arrangements will be
made at this meeting for the fair, in
order that exhibitors can begin now
to prepare for their participation in it.
The meeting will he attended by
about sixty officials of the bureau,
coming from all parts of the county.
H. S. Maddox, from the office of State
Horticulture Commissioner G. H.
Hecke, and who has had a lot of ex-
perience in getting up fairs, will be
present and will address the meeting
during the afternoon.
Warranted
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TELEPHONE PAEK 1253
FOR SALE
The Pacing Stallion
FRED BRANCH 45525
foaled 1906, by Morris A 45046, dam
Bessie Vachell by Acrobat 15184, grand
dam Almina by Altona 8850. This horse
is absolutely sound and a grand individ-
ual. He took a trotting record of 2:28 as
a two-year-old; and won fourth money in
the 2:14 pace at Pleasanton in 1912. In
this race he was timed separately a heat
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Hollister, Cal.
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Order Ct
REBUILT SPEED CARTS
(Spring Seats)
No. Make. Color Prie
4245 Houghton No. 77 Carmine $40.0
4259 Houghton No. 77 Boston Blue 37.
43S7 Houghton No. 70 Carmine 38.
4438 McMurray Carmine 43.
446S Houghton No. 77 Primrose Yellow 36.
4469 Houghton No. 70 Boston Blue 40.
4551 Houghton No. 700 Carmine 47.
4562 McMurray No. 80 Dark Brown 47.
4589 Houghton No. 77 Dark Brown 45.1
4606 Houghton No. 700 Boston Blue 48..
4664 Houghton No. 77 Carmine 49.!
4749 McMurray No. 50 Carmine 47.'
4750 McMuray No. 50 Carmine 45.i
4771 Borland Brewster Green 42.1
4868 Houghton No. 77 Carmine 45.1
4951 McMurray No. 80 Brewster Green 45.1
4983 Houghton No. 77 Brewster Green 35.1
5019 McMurray No. 50 Brewster Green 41.i
5039 McMurray No. 50 Carmine 35. W
REBUILT TRAINING CARTS
(Spring Seats — Heavier than Speed Carts)
4304 Miller No. 7 Carmine $34.1
4369 Houghton No. 6 "White 41.0C
45S3 Toomey Carmine 41.0f
4907 Houghton No. 3 Brewster Green 40.0C
4944 Miller Brewster Green 39.0C
REBUILT RACE CARTS
(NO SPRING IN SEAT— CAN BE USED AS SULKIES i
4210 Goshen Brewster Green $37.50
4286 Houghton No. 75 Carmine 55.00
4581 Miller Carmine 50.00;
S500 McCormick Pea Green 40.00
5018 Houghton No. 75 Brewster Green 52.00,
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FOR SALE.
Pedigreed Irish Setter. St. Cloud stock.
Pointer pups from best hunting stock
in West. G. C. HENRY,
Portervflle. CaL
WANTED SITUATION, TRAINER,
as as Track Manager for a Driving Club,
experienced trainer and driver. First-
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San Francisco, CaL
THOROUGHBRED STALLIONS FOR SALE.
Sycamore by imp. Prestonpans, dam
Sweetness 2d,
William Irving by King William, dam
Mabel by Judge Murphy.
These horses are in good condition.
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Saturday, April 28, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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Stake Book Ready--
North Pacific Fair Assn.
Beginning August 20th, Ending September 29th.
Wide Range of Classes With Good
Purses and Fine Tracks
A Postal Card with your name and
address to Jno. W. Pace, Secy. Seattle,
Washington,
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IMPORTERS AND BREEDERS
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SHIRE HORSES
Blackhawk Stock Ranch
Barns full of top notch two to five year old Stallions
IMPORTED AND HOME BRED
With weight, style, and quality, heavy clean hone and the best of breeding to recom-
ztend them. Show horses and prize winners. Great opportunity to secure a top-notch
BBDion.
BLACKHAWK STOCK RANCH, Burlingame, Cal.
'leaie jeni for fres^otoafrapViccstaloi'us. Telephone Burlingame 131
3REED TO THE COAST'S CHAMPION CAMPAIGNER AND FUTURITY SIRE
Jim* I ^./-v-tr* Rec. 2:01 3-4.
im Logan R8g. No. 44977
Pure Bred. Cal. Stale License No. 17
Sire of Hal Logan 2:09, Maxine (3) 2:15, winner of
Breeders' Futurity, etc.
Son of CHARLES DERBY 2:20, brother to Klatawah
(3) 2:05!/2- etc., and sire of TEN in 2:10.
Dam, EFFIE LOGAN, dam of Jim Logan 2:01%, Sir
Albert S. 2:03%, and Dan Logan 2:07%.
In the stud, season of 1917, at Woodland Race Track.
FEE: $50, usual return privilege, $75 to insure liv-
ing- colt payable at time of service or before removal
of mares. Call at race track or address
J. ELMO MONTGOMERY, Davis, Cal.
STANFORD McKINNEY 45173
Sire of Miss Macklie 2:09i; Pavanha 2:IOi; Kinaeysham 2:13^; Silente 2:19
By McKInney 8818 dam Palavana by Palo Alto 2:08^
STRONG McKINNEY-ELECTIONEER CROSS
Will make the season of 1917 at WOY'8 STOCK RANCH, 9 miles south of
FRESNO, on West Ave. - Terms $25 for the Season.
For further particulars address: M# L ^OY, fiox 501, FreStlO, Cal
THE FIVE-GAITED SADDLE STALLION
IE GRAND MCDONALD Reg. No. 6360
Winner World's Junior Championship P.-P. I. E.
Sired by GRAND McDONALD, the greatest show horse and sire that the
WORLD'S CHAMPION REX McDONALD EVER SIRED
Dam, QUEEN ALICE 10649, by FOREST LeGRAND 2107.
Color, chestnut; age 4; height 15:3; weight 1,150. Conformation and style
equal the best. Terms for season, $30.
Now located at San Francisco Riding Academy, 701 — 7th Ave.
For information address, fiRIDGFORD COMPANY,
519 California St., San Francisco, Cal.
RECORD 2.25>2
REQ. NO. 41513
EXPRESSIVE MAC
Standard Cal. State License 95.
Sire of: CLARA MAC 2:04 h VERA HAL 2:05; MADAM MAC 2:07 i
Only stallion offered for so vice in California sire of two in 2:05, three in 2:10
Son of McKIN'EY 2:11% and the greatest living; broodmare. EXPRESSIVE (3) 2:12% (dam
of 6 trotters. 2 in 2:10) by ■LECTIONEER 125. Ideal in color, size and conformation — seal
brown, height 16% hands, weight 1275 pounds. $25 the Season, $35 to insure, usual return
privilege. Send for tabulated pedigree. address: J. H. NELSON, Selma, Cal.
A BLUE RIBBON WINNER.
The Type of Colt Raised at
SAN VICENTE RANCHO.
aj Why not have one like it? It costs no more to raise than the colt you
H have to leave at home, and it has an earning 'capacity, as well as com-
i£ manding better prices, and raising the standard of saddle horses.
3? Don Castano and Highland Monarch at stud, $50.00 each. No more mares
g[ will be accepted for San Vicente as his books are filled for this season.
j~ We will pay the freight, to and from our Ranch, on mares sent from any
HS part of California, but will not assume responsibility for accidents.
J SAN VICENTE RANCHO
1023 Investment Building'
Los Angeles, Cal.,
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JOE CAREY
$50
THOROUGHBRED STALLION
Pure Bred Cal. State License
No. 2004
Prince Charlie \
Sire of
Brighouse
Orange Blossom
Custom House
Azurea
Mercurium
Deckhand
Buckshot
Avon Carey
Bernice, and other
Good winners.
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THOROUGHBRED STALLIONS
OSSARY — by Imp. Ormonde out of Imp. Countess
Langdon by Kingscraft. Ossary is the sire of high
class race horses and was foaled in 1896.
MONTGOMERY— by Passara out of Montgomery
Cooper by Duke of Kent. Montgomery was one
of the highest clasa stake horses in America in his day. He is the
sire of Edna F. his first starter, who won four races straight. He is
a grand individual and was foaled in IHI14, winning in stakes and
purs s a total of $89,600.
Thffi BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday .April 28, 1917
Pleasanton Driving Park
PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA
offers for service for Ihe season of 1917 the following stallions:
THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4
Non-Standard Cal. State License No. 2.
FASTEST TROTTING STALLION EVER OFFERED FOR SERVICE IN
CALIFORNIA AND FIFTH FASTEST ENTIRE TROTTER IN THE WORLD
Son of St. Valiant Vincent 2:11% (by St. Vincent 2:13% out of the triple
producer Grace Lee 2:29>4 by Electioneer 125); dam Amy Smith by Emperor
Wilkes 2:20%. sire of Princess Eulalia (4) 2:091i. etc.; grandam by Hamble-
l0nlTne A.nvil is regarded by Edward P. Geers as one of the very greatest trot-
ters that he has ever raced. For five years the pair of Tennesseeans went to
the races together and in that time were but twice unplaced, while winining a
total of fifteen races, including the historic M. and M.
As an individual he is most pleasing, not too large or coarse in any way but
smoothly and compactly made and "all horse" in every line. He is a perfect
lieaded pure gaited trotter, with the very best of disposition, and is destined
to become a very great sire of trotting speed. His opportunities m the stud
have been very slight as he has been retired from racing only since the close
of 1914 He was selected to head the stud at Pleasanton Driving Park not only
on account of his great qualities as a race trotter, but because one of his first
foals Anvilite (2) 2:22%, with a trial of ten seconds or more faster, was in
every way the greatest colt trotter ever handled by C. L. DeRyder. The services
of The Anvil are recommended to you without reserve.
Fee for THE ANVIL 2:02 3-4, $50 with usual privilege
Vernon McKinney 2:01 1-2
Pure Bred Cal. State License No. 39
Fastest member of the great family of McKinney 2:11|^
Sire of VERNA McKINNEY (2) 2:13 (his first foal raced), fastest two-
year-old pacing filly of 1915, three-year-old record, 1916, 2:09"4;
VERNON DIABLO, mat. rec. half mile track 2:14«4, and DR. DYER
(3) trial 2:12|^.
.Son of Guy McKinney 27625 (by McKinney 2:ll\i out of Flossie Drais by Guy
Wilkes 2:15Vi); Jam Maud Vernon by Mount Vernon 2:15*4, sire of the dams of
Leata J. 2:03, etc.; grandam Mag by General McClellan, sire of the dams of
Mack Mack 2:08, etc.
Vernon McKinney's racing career was not an extensive one but will long be
remembered for the excellence of his performances, as his winnings include a
Chamber of Commerce stake" in time very near the record for that event at the
time, and he is the fastest of all the McKinneys.
He is a horse of rare qualities in the way of individual excellence, almost
ideal in behavior and temperament in harness or out. Since his retirement he
has been a popular horse in the stud and our claim that he would prove a very
great sire of pacing speed has been fully substantiated, his first foal to be raced
being the season champion for the age and gait in 1915, a most excellent testi-
monial to his potency. He is a very sure breeder, his get are uniformly endowed
with natural spe^d and the physical and mental requirements of modern race
horses and find ready sale at most gratifying prices.
Fee for VERNON McKINNEY 2:01 1-2, $50 with usual privilege.
The best of cars taken of mares in any manner owners may desire, but no
responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Address for particulars
GE0RGS F. RYAN, Superintendent,
PLEASANTON, CAL.
Thoroughbred sire M ARSE ABE
Cal. State Thoroughbred License No. 2018.
WILL MAKE THE SEASON OF 1917 AT
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK
Marse Abe carries the best
blood of America through his
sire lines. Yankee was a su-
perior race horse and sire. Han-
over was the best horse of his
day, and headed the list of win-
ning sires for years. No refer-
Service Fee $50
ence is necessary to Hindoo as f/j
everyone knows what he was.
Halo, the dam of Marse Abe,
is bred just right to cross with
the sire blood in his pedigree;
a daughter of St. Blaise, son of
Hermit, the most fashionable
sire line in England, and backed
up on her dam's side by the
lines of long distance perform-
ers from which sprung Ten
Brock and other four-milers.
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Addrees all communications to
GEO. F. RYAN,
Pleasanton, Cal.
— DILLCARA 57462=
Cal. State Standard License No. 2019.
Son of Sidney Dillon 23157 (sire of 9 in 2:10 list) and Guycara by Guy Wilkes
2867 (sire of 3 in 2:10 list), will make the season of 1917 at
PLEASANTON DRIVING PARK, PLEASANTON, GAL
SERVICE FEE $50 TO INSURE
Dillcara is a full brother to Harold Dillon 39610, the leading sire of New Zealand
Last season the get of Harold Dillon won 41 races, totalling over $25,000.
Address all communications to
GEO. F. RYAN, Pleasanton, Cal.
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COLTS
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BY
WILBUR LOU
ALWAYS
ON SALE
HEMET, CAL
Offers for service the best grandson of McKinney 2:11%
WILBUR LOU 2:10}
Record made in third heat of winning race as 3-year-old.
A world's champion as a yearling, record (1) 2:19'/2; un-
beaten as a two-year-old, a famous futurity winner at
three, and at six years of age the "sire of the day" in Cal-
ifornia, his first crop of two-year-oids including
NATALDAY (2) 2:13i
Champion Two-Year-Old Race Trotter of the Pacific
Coast.
ZETA LUCILE (2) 2:12|
Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of the Pacific
Coast.
HEMET QUEEN (1) 2:16*
Champion Pacing Filly of the "World.
KINSMAN LOU (2) 2:23^.
MATILDA LOU (2) 2:22^.
FIESTA LOU (p) (1) 2:25, (2) 2:22%.
GOLDSMITH LOU (2) 2:29.
BILLIE EOTD (2) 2:30.
Wilbur Lou is by the great race horse and
sire Kinney Lou 2:07%, out of Louise Carter
(3) 2:24, the only mare to produce two year-
lings to trot in 2:20 or better:
WILBUR LOU (1) 2:19%,
EDITH CARTER (1) 2:18%.
Breed to him for colts that will race. Fee for 1917, fifty
dollars, with usual return privilege, or money refunded
at our option. Mares kept, $60.00 per year. All infor-
mation gladly furnished. — Licensed Pure Bred Cert. 23.
Superbly Bred Young Saddle and Harness Horses
FOR
SADDLE BRED:
Dark Bay Gelding by Lord Denmark — Sonia Foaled 1914
Bay Colt by Lord Denmark — Dixie Queen Foaled 1915.
STANDARD BRED:
Bay Gelding by Don Sonoma — Chula.
Black Colt by Silkworthy — Sonia.
Anyone looking for some youngsters of either breed will find these colts as attractive
as it is possible to breed them. They will be sold at reasonable prices; are in good
condition and may be seen at Oakridge Ranch, Sonoma Co., Cal.
The superbly bred stallion, Silkworthy, is also for sale. He has been bred to a limited
number of mares and has proven himself a sure foal getter, and we have the quality
of his colts to show.
Address W. G. COWAN, OAKRIDGE RANCH, KENWOOD, SONOMA CO., CAL.
or BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, SAN FRANCISCO, for further Information. .
THE STANDARD
BRED STALL ON
SILKWORTHY 58175
LICENSE
NO. 2069
Son of MORGAN AXWORTHY 47430. Dam CLEAR SILK (dam of Crystal Silk
2:283i). Silkworthy is bred in the purple. His sire, Morgan Axworthy 47430. is by
Axworthy out of Kinglyne, a full sister to Bingen; and his dam by Prodigal out of
Red Silk by Baron Wilkes.
He will make the season of 1917 at Kenwood, Sonoma Co., Cal.
SERVICE FEE, $25.00 WITH USUAL RETURN PRIVILEGE.
Address W. G. COWAN, Oakridge Ranch,
Kenwood, Sonoma Co., Cal.
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Revel Lindsey English, Owner,
Chino, California
aturday, April 28, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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STANDARD BRED
Son of ALLERTON 5128 and EXINE
by EXPEDITION 14900. Grand dam
Euxine by Axtell 5183.
Best Policy will make the season of
1917 at Visalia, Cal.
TERMS: $20.00 FOR THE SEASON.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 5, 1917
MILWAUKEE
Wisconsin State Fair
Racing Dates, Sept. 10-13
Following Hamline and Indianapolis
The $5,000 Plankinton Hotel
Stake for 2:12 Pacers
$2,250 to winner, $1,000 to second,
$750 to third, $600 to fourth and
$400 to fifth
Pavments — $50 on date of closing of entries, May
28; $"50 on July 2; $50 on Aug. 20. Two or more
horses from the same stable, ownership or control
may be entered and started, but full entrance fee
must be paid for each horse named.
Deductions — 6 per cent- from first, 5 from sec-
ond, 4 from third, 3 from fourth, 2 from fifth.
Tbe $5,000 Milwaukee Chamber
of Commerce Stake— 2:12 trotters
$2,250 to winner, $1,000 to second,
$750 to third, $600 to fourth and
$400 to fifth
Pavments — $50 on date of closing of entries, May
28; $50 on July 2; §50 on Aug. 20. Two or more
horses from the same stable, ownership or control
may be entered and started, but full entrance fee
must be paid for each horse named.
Deductions— 6 per cent, from first, 5 from sec-
ond, 4 from third, 3 from fourth, 2 from fifth.
Tbe $2,000 Badger State Stake
for 2:06 Pacers
$900 to winner, $400 to second, $300
to third, $240 to fourth and
$160 to fifth
Payments — $20 on date of closing entries. May
28; $20 on July 2; $20 on Aug. 20. Two or more
horses from the same stable, ownership or control
may be entered and started, but full entrance fee
must be paid for each horse named.
Deductions — 6 per cent, from first, 5 from sec-
ond, 4 from third, 3 from fourth, 2 from fifth.
OTHER EARLY-CLOSING EVENTS
TROTTING— Three-year-old, $800
PACING— Three-year-i
2:25, $1,000
- 2;25f $1,000
(Payments and deductions on same percentages and dates as in other stakes)
Old Placing System. Member of Great Western Racing Circuit. All Events Three-in-Five, Mile Heats, Excepting
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LATE OLOSING EVENTS, Entries to Clot* August 20
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PACING— 2:20, and 2:15, $1,000; 2:09 and Free-for-all, $1,500; team $600
(Entry fee 3 per cent., deductions same as in stakes, excepting in team race)
Races for Three-Year-Olds,
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A. S. Thompson, of Kentucky; Jas. H. Bright of Missouri and Florida, and
L. M. Monsees of Missouri, recognized throughout the land as three of the best,
most courageous and qualified judges of saddle horses living, selected
MARSHALL CHIEF 2765
in a field of 22 of the world's most famous stallions, as the most ideal saddle
stallion for breeding purposes. The considerations were: breeding, conforma-
tion, soundness, action and beauty.
THE WINNER OF THIS, THE MOST IMPORTANT BREEDING CLASS
IN SADDLE HORSE AFFAIRS,
is in public service at E. N. Hamilton's farm, three miles south of Mexico, Mo.,
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or
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Mexico, Mo.
Rex Ortiz of
Denmark 5831
By Rex McDonald 833 Ortiz
Belle by Ortiz Rose 1705
by Montrose 106,
Black Stallion
15:3 Hands 1100 lbs
Best of Breeding, Indi-
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SERVICE FEE $25.00
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For further information
write
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DATES CLAIMED.
Salinas July H to 14
Petaluma July !8 to 21
Woodland July 26 to 28
Dixon Aug. 1 to 4
Ukiah Aug. 8 to 11
Eureka Aug. 16 to 18
Ferndale Aug. 22 to 25
Santa Rosa Aug. 29 to Sept. 1
Sacramento Sept. 8 to 15
Hanford Sept. 19 to 22
Fresno Sept. 24 to 29
Ventura Sept 26 to 29
Bakersfleld OcL 3 to 6
Riverside Oct. 9 to 13
Santa Maria Oct. 24 to 27
Los Angeles Oct. 29 to Nov. 3
Santa Ana Nov. 7 to 10
Phoenix, Ariz. Nov. 12 to 17
THE GRAND CIRCUIT.
Cleveland July 16 to 21
Detroit * July 23 to 28
Kalamazoo July 30 to Aug. 4
Columbus Aug. 6 to 11
Cleveland Aug. 13 to 18
Philadelphia Aug. 20 to 26
Poughkeepsie Aug. 27 to Sept. 1
Hartford .....: Sept. 3 to 8
Syracuse Sept. 10 to 15
Columbus Sept. 17 to 29
Lexington Oct 1 to 13
Atlanta Oct. 16 to 20
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STALLION DIRECTORY.
Harness Horses
Best Policy 42378 R.O.Newman, VE'alia, Cal
Dillcara 57462 Geo. F. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Expressive Mac 41513 J. H. Nelson, Selma, CaL
Jim Logan 44977 J. Elmo Montgomery, Davis, Cal.
Peter McKlyo 58009 L. H. Todhunter, Sacramento, Cal.
Silkworthy W. G. Cowan, Kenwood, Cal.
Stanford McKinney 45173 M. L. Woy, Fresno, Cal.
The Anvil Geo. F. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Vernon McKinney Geo. F. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Wilbur Lou 52595 Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet, Cal.
Thoroughbreds
Joe Carey Geo. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal..
Marse Abe Geo. Ryan, Pleasanton, Cal.
Saddle Horses
Astral King Jas. Houchln, Jefferson City, Mo.
Don Castano San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles
Highland Monarch San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles
Highland Squirrel King Revel L. English, Chlno, Cal.
Le Grand McDonald. . .Bridgford Company, San Francisco
Marshall Chief E. N. Hamilton, Mexico, Mo.
San Vicente San Vicente Rancho, Los Angeles
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Dairy Preparedness.
"No program of national preparedness for the im-
pending food crisis in the event of war is wise nor
complete without sharp emphasis on conserving and
increasing our national stock of dairy cows." This
is the statement of M. D. Munn, Esq., President of
the National Dairy Council.
"We must, of course, bend all our efforts to the
prevention of a war shortage in food stuffs of all
kinds," Mr. Munn continues, "but when prices for
beef begins to rise, dairy cattle must not be slaugh-
tered nor dairy feeds diverted to other uses."
The Dairy Cow is mankind's greatest friend, most
serviceable food, and one of the cheapest.
The Honorable Commissioner of Agriculture, Mat
S. Cohen of Kentucky, calls the attention of the
breeders to the fact the country is facing the great-
est famine of pure-bred horses in the history of the
world, and that they should prepare themselves to
meet this crisis. He said "that the breeding of pure-
bred mares had decreased 60 per cent during the
past three years and that it behooved the horsemen
of Kentucky, which is the home of the Saddle Horse,
to make up this deficit. More than 1,000,000 head of
fine horses have been taken from the United States
during the past thirty months, for the use of Euro-
pean soldiers. From Kentucky alone approximately
30,000 horses have been sent to Europe during the
past thirty months, and an even greater number of
mules. At the conclusion of the war the demand
will be so great as to bring about a condition never
before existing in the history of the industry."
By A. W. POSTER,
Regent of the University of California and Former
President N. P. R'y Co., and Owner of Hopland
Stock Farm.
I have read Secretary Lane's notice to the public,
inviting the free cultivation of government land, the
offer of the railroads to permit the use of their rights
of way, without charge, to those who would make
use of them for agricultural purposes, and the gen-
eral movement to utilize back yards and other small
vacant spaces for growing vegetables. All these
suggestions are good in their way, but they fail to
touch the sore spot of our agricultural needs. Where
is the labor coming from? There is the vital point.
Having engaged in various activities, from rail-
roading down, my principal interest at present is in
the tillage of the soil. I am engaged in poultry rais-
ing on a large scale, in stock growing and in the pro-
duction of various crops, and I can speak on the
subject of farm labor with the voice of bitter experi-
ence.
I have been convinced by this experience that the
largest factor in the ever increasing cost of living
and the reason why the development of California
has been checked in recent years, is because of the
abnormal numbers of consumers of food over those
who produce it. The drift of population is all to the
cities and away from the soil. The productive re-
sources of the State have barely been scratched as
yet. There are now millions of acres in California
only half cultivated or not cultivated at all because
the needful labor is not available.
Under the old rule, I can understand the lure of
the city .especially for the young. The life on the
farm was narrow, wages small, conditions hard. All
this has changed. Wages have nearly doubled, ma-
chinery has eliminated much of the drudgery, the
telephone ,the automobile and rural mail delivery
maintain a close touch between the farm and the
active centers of life. My own hands sleep in as
good beds as I do and eat as good food. It costs me
almost a dollar a day to board them, and this is the
rule, not the exception, on all well-regulated farms.
It is not a matter of philanthropy. It is profitable to
give good men satisfactory treatment.
Offers Opening.
If it does nothing else, I hope the present war will
wake the country up to very serious conditions and
direct the attention of young men to great opportu-
nities. It is idle to say that there is no opening for
our American boys. That may be true in our cities,
where the struggle for petty clerkships is intense
and the scale of wages constantly lowering. The
great centers of population are filled with men who
started life with brilliant hopes of rapid preferment
and have reached middle age, hopeless failures and
misfits. And they eat as much as anyone else and
some producer has to feed them.
But there is an opening on the farm for every boy
willing to work, and, with any kind of habits of
thrift, an assured career. A young man of 18, who
spends ten years of his life on a farm and is reason-
ably saving, will find himself in a position of great
independence, able to look the future in the face
with perfect complacency. He will have capital
enough to set up for himself as his own boss, and an
experience that makes success certain. Sometimes
he is better off than his employer. Can any other
pursuit promise so much?
Need Young Men.
However ,you cannot breed a race of farmers off-
hand. You cannot take middle-aged men or the
broken-down wrecks of cities and make successful
farmers of them. Youth is the essential of the raw
product. More than in any other walk of life, the
work must begin while the body and mind are still
in the formative state — the mind open to quick per-
ceptions and the body able to gain the necessary
robustness. Given that, I know of no other occupa-
tion that holds out a surer way to a satisfactory
future. But as I said before, it takes time to breed
capable farmers.
We have now an organization known as the Na-
tional Agricultural Society. It is a voluntary body,
numbering among its members not only agricultur-
ists, but many of the most distinguished and success-
ful business and professional men. I feel it is an
exceptional honor to have been elected a member of
its directorate for California. The gentlemen com-
prising the society are giving to it the same energy
and thought that they have devoted successfully to
their own affairs. Among other things, they have
contributed large sums to promote its activities.
President Wilson is now addressing his appeals to
farmers largely through the society. I am confident
that the active propaganda it is undertaking will do
much to bring the opportunities offered by the farm
forcibly to the consideration of thoughtful people.
Unlimited Fieid.
But, after all, the most important influence must
be local and social. Public schools ought to co-operate
in directing a fair percentage of scholars who go no
further in education than the common schools to the
certainties and independence of an agricultural
career. Just as our State University is doing splen-
did work in turning out high grade agricultural spe-
cialists. The fields of professionalism, of finance,
trade and commerce are hopelessly overcrowded. Of
course, there is always room on top for exceptional
ability, but where one brilliant success excites the
imagination of youth, scores of failures go un-
recorded.
The farm alone offers an unlimited field and a
secure future to youth . When this is realized and
acted on, California will come to her own and enter
on an era of prosperity hitherto undreamed of.
The breeders of Duroc-Jersey hogs, who attend the
California State Fair this year, will be benefited by
the presence here of Robert L. Hill, of Columbia, Mo.,
who is field man for the National Duroc Breeders'
Association. Mr. Hill is the owner of the noted
Adenhill Farm, near Columbia, which is one of the
leading Duroc nurseries of the Middle West. He is
one of the best informed young breeders in the coun-
try and will be in a position to give the breeders on
the coast much valuable information.
The sincere appreciation of the livestock interests
of the country is due J. Kelly Wright, Farmers' In-
stitute Lecturer of the Missouri State Board of Agri-
culture, for the splendid bulletin entitled "The Value
of Good Sires." Few men in Missouri are better
informed than Mr. Wright on this important subject
and he has treated the forceful facts compiled in
such manner that the bulletin is one of the most
interesting and instructive the State Board of Agri-
culture has ever issued. This bulletin is available to
all who ask for it. Drop a card to the Secretary of
the State Board of Agriculture, Columbia, Mo.
The Steel Horse an Expensive Beast.
A great deal is to be said for the real horse power
on the farm, since the steel tractors of today have
proven to be a non-paying proposition.
It is true that many tractors are in use in this age,
especially in the Western country, perhaps because
of the large tracts of land which they are capable
of operating. Tractors, operated by experts, have
been known to break twenty to thirty acres daily,
but consider for a minute the price paid for the work.
For instance, the daily cost of one plowing outfit,
45 h. p. engine, plowing a strip 10 feet wide, taking
into account the initial cost of outfit, interest on
investment, depreciation, fuel, supplies and engin-
eer's and plowman's wages, brings the total running
expense approximately to $31.75 daily. The average
plowed per day is 20 acres, or an average cost per
acre of $1.75.
Compare with this the daily cost figures on horse
plowing: a gang plow, equipped with two twelve-
inch plows and six horses, being used for haulage
requirements. The daily cost to maintain this outfit,
taking into consideration the capital invested, with
liberal allowances for interest, depreciation, feed, re-
pairs and farm hand wages, brings the daily cost of
plowing by this method to $4.16 per day. The aver-
age plowed per day is 5 acres and the average cost
per acre is 83c.
These figures prove in cold cash, that the horse
has the tractor beaten as a unit of economy and the
inventive genius of today will eventually conclude
that everyone treads thin ice when they attempt to
improve upon the natural methods supplied us for
planting the fields and reaping the harvest. — [LT. S.
Booster.
Saddle Horse Futurities Increased.
Through the efforts of Judge E. A. Bridgford, presi-
dent of the Pacific Coast Saddle Horse Breeders'
Association, the State Board of Agriculture has
agreed to add $300 to the Pacific Coast Gaited Sad-
dle Horse Breeders' Association three-year-old futu-
rity. This gives California the largest and most lib-
eral saddle horse futurity of any state in the Union
this year and will bring out the best horses in the
State. Every breeder should begin to prepare his
youngsters for these futurities. Judge Bridgford's
letter which follows will interest horsemen:
"San Francisco, May 2, 1917.
"Breeder and Sportsman, —
"Dear Sirs: I am pleased to call to your attention
that after considerable correspondence, I have se-
cured from the State Agricultural Society their agree-
ment to add $300 to the Pacific Coast Gaited Saddle
Horse Association, three-year-old futurity for 1917.
Our association proposes to open up the three-year-
old futurity to be shown at the State Fair at Sacra-
mento next September. The details of this futurity
will be given to those interested and to the public
through you as soon as we can arrange them. We
hope to have at least ten entries that will show up
at the time. We hope to make this one of the most
interesting futurities of the kind that has yet been
shown at Sacramento. This futurity together with
the State Fair three-year-old futurity in which there
will be $1,200, ought to bring out a field of three-
year-olds yet unequaled in the State.
"Permit me to thank you on behalf of Bridgford
Company, for the very fine pictures on your front
page this week, showing a group of five Holsteins,
and also for the reference thereto on your inner
page.
"I furthermore desire to extend to you my con-
gratulations on the constant improvement you are
making in your paper.
"Yours truly,
"E. A. BRIDGFORD."
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 5, 1917
Harness Horses and Horsemen
DEATH OF McKINNEY 2:11J/4.
McKinney 2:11%, the renowned son of Alcyone
2:27 and Rosa Sprague, died at the Empire City
Farm, Cuba. N. Y., on April 20. He was toaled in
1887 in Kentucky at Mr. Wilson's Abdallah Park
Farm at Cynthiana but was purchased as a two-year-
old by Chas. A. Durfee, who shipped him to Califor-
nia, developed his speed and made him nationally
famous.
McKinney was brought out by C. A. Durfee as a
three-year-old, in 1890, his debut as a turf performer
being made at Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 6, when he won
a three-year-old event, for $250, from Alco, trotting
his best heat in 2:37%. Two days later he started
there a second time, and won a $500 purse for all
ages, after four heats, trotting the second one in
2:29; this being his entry into the standard list. In
October he was started four times, winning three
races, each for a $150 purse, but meeting defeat in
his final essay, at Los Angeles, where he was third
to Lucy R. and Jim Leach in a six-heat race, he win-
ning the fourth heat in 2:27, bis best three-year-old
record. In these races he attracted attention as a
colt of unusual promise, but nothing sensational.
However, in his four-year-old form he became a
champion. Starting in eight races over California
tracks, mostly against aged horses, he won them all
in commanding fashion, taking a record of 2:17. He
was then taken to the newly-built "kite" at Stockton
and started for a record, trotting in 2:12%, which
was a new championship mark for a four-year-old
trotting stallion. California and Stockton were that
fall the magnets of the trotting world, as there the
get of Electioneer, Guy Wilkes, Sidney, etc., were
smashing records to atoms. Along with them Mc-
Kinney's name and fame became immediately na-
tional.
The performances alluded to were made to high-
wheel sulky, the pneumatic tires not making their
appearance until the following season of 1892. That
year McKinney, after a large stud season, raced five
times, winning three times, being once second to the
pacer W. Wood 2:07, in a special, and once fourth.
His best heat was 2:14. He made his last campaign
as a six-year-old, in 1893 — or, rather, his last appear-
ances in public, starting but twice, again after a
heavy stud season. In his first race he was unplaced,
for the only time in his life, at Sacramento, in the
free-for-all, won by Klamath 2:07%, his positions
being 4-5-6-6-ro. This was Sept. 16. The following
week he was started at Stockton in the free-for-all,
and there won what was the greatest and most des-
perately contested race ever up to that time trotted
in California. It was begun Sept. 23 and concluded
Sept. 25. Steve Whipple won the first heat in 2:13,
McKinney second. McKinney took the second in
2:llii from Whipple. In the third Ottinger won
from Whipple in 2:11%, McKinney fourth. In the
fourth heat the son of Alcyone was again fourth, Kla-
math taking it from Ottinger in 2:14. Ottinger came
back in the fifth heat and beat out McKinney in 2:16,
but in the sixth McKinney turned the tables on him
in 2:16%. In the seventh heat Klamath again
loomed up. beating McKinney in 2:16%. In the
eighth and last round McKinney outgamed his rivals
and won it and the race in 2:22. The first four heats
of this race were trotted on Saturday and the last
four the next Monday. The excitement it created
was prodigious. Loud complaints were made of the
starting and judging and general management of the
affair — but out of it McKinney emerged with the
brightest and most coveted laurels yet won by a
trotting race horse on the Pacific Coast It formed
a fitting farewell for him as a performer, and one
unforgettable. His heat in 2:11% broke the Cali-
fornia state race record for trotters, and the pres-
tige conferred upon him was immense. His com-
plete racing career shows that he started in 21 races,
won 17 and was once each second, third, fourth and
unplaced. His money winnings w?re $6,865.
After the close of the racing season McKinney was
retired to the stud where he immediately achieved
success as a progenitor of both speed and quality.
His sons and daughters which represented him on
the turf, proved to be performers of the highest class
and the constant increase in the number of his stand-
ard performers attracted many eastern buyers with
offers to purchase. Mr. Durfee, however, declined
all offers until finally, in June. 1902, Mr. Henry B.
Gentry of Indiana offered $25,000 for him and the
stallion finally changed hands.
McKinney made his first season in Indiana in 1903
and received matrons from many of the leading east-
ern breeders . In 1904 his daughter Sweet Marie
appeared on the Grand Circuit ,and after a record-
breaking five heat battle in which she defeated Tiv-
erton, for the Transylvania Stake, Mr. William Simp-
son approached Mr. Gentry and a few moments later
became the owner of McKinney at a cash price of
$50,000. McKinney was soon afterwards shipped to
•he Simrson Breeding Farms at Cuba, N. Y., which
oecame his permanent home.
In California, McKinney was kept entirely as a
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public stallion, never having had the advantage of
standing at the head of a band of great matrons
while owned here. More than that, he was further
handicapped by the existence in this State of some
very noted breeding establishments where celebrated
sires were in service, and for a number of years the
mares he was mated with were those not regarded
as high class enough to be sent to the then more
famous sires. Despite these disadvantages McKin-
ney sired more 2:10 performers than any other stal-
lion kept in service in California before or since, and
soon after passing to Mr. Simpson's ownership he
became the world's leading sire of 2:10 trotters, a
position he held until dethroned by Peter the Great.
To show what a factor McKinney and his family has
been in the production of 2:10 speed, the performers
in that list which have been contributed by himself
and his sons, and daughters are here presented:
By McKinney.
Sweet Marie 2 : 02
Sterling McKinney 2:06%
Belwin (4) 2:06%
Carlokin 2:07%
Roya McKinney (4) 2:07%
Charley Mac 2:07%
Kinney Lou 2:07%
Berta Mac 2:08
Mack Mack 2:08
Arona McKinney 2:08%
El Milagro 2:09%
Hazel McKinney 2:09%
Lady Mowrey 2:09%
Del Coronado 2 : 09 %
The Roman 2:09%
Dr. Book 2:10
Trusty McKinney 2:10
Coney, p 2:02
China Maid, p 2:05%
Zolock, p 2:05%
Lustrious McKinney, p 2:05%
Adam D„ p 2:05%
Charley D. McKinney, p 2:06%
You Bet, p 2:07
Welcome Mac, p 2:07%
Miss Georgie, p .' 2 : 08 %
Jenny Mc, p 2:09
Buck, p 2:09%
By Sons of McKinney.
Baron McKinney 2:10%
Spriggan 2:08%
Captain McKinney 44253
Lady Jones 2:07%
Carlokin 2:07J4
Esperanza 2:07%
The Lark 2:08%
Charley D. McKinney, p. 2:0614
Colleen, p 2:05%
Expressive Mac 2:25]4
Clara Mac, p 2:04%
Vera Hal, p 2:05
Madam Mac, p 2-07%
Frenzel 42287
Mack's Mack 2:09%
George W. McKinney 2:14J4
San Jacinto, p 2:05%
Hemet, p. (3) 2:08%
Silver Dick, p 2-09%
Guy McKinney 37625
Vernon McKinney, p 2 : 01 %
Kinney Lou 2:07%
Dan McKinney 2 : 10
Marengo King 2:29J4
Marie N 2:08%
Nearest McKinney 2:13J4.
All McKinney, p ; 2 • 04
Oro McKinney 55668
Castaway, p 2:09%
Prince McKinney 45079
Worthy Prince 2:06%
Prinelda (3) 2:09%
Royal McKinney 2:15%
Royal Mc 2:09%
Royal McKinney 2:29%
Leata J., p 2-03
Tom Smith 2:13J4
Baby Doll 2:08%
Wallace McKinney 2:26J4 .
Kate McKinney, p 2:04%
Florence McKinney. p 2 : 08 %
Worthy McKinney (1) 2:30
Suldine (3) 2:08%
Zolock. p., 2:05|4
Bon Zolock 2:06%
R. Ambush 2:09%
Prince Zolock, p ! ! ! 2 : 04%
Lovelock, p !."!2:05%
Sberlock Holmes, p. 2*06
Delilah, p ............2:06%
Bystander, p 2:07%
Loch Lomond, p 2 : 07%
Lock Logan, p 2-07%
Josephine, p. (4) '.'.'.'.'.'.'. 2- 0T&
Yelox' P 2:09%
Zonehta, p 2-09%
Zombro 2:11
Zomreet 2:03%
The Zombro Belle 2-06%
Zephyr !!2:07%
F:ur Virginia 2 ■ 07 %
Bertha Carey [[[[ ^2:07%"
San Francisco '■07?'
Honey Healey '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. '2:08%
PeSasus 2:08%
Zomalta 2:08%
Zombronut 2:08%
Bellemont 2:09%
Erda 2:09%
San Felipe 2:09%
Zombro Clay 2:09%
Era 2:10
Jenny Zombro 2 : 10
The Lady Zombro 2:10
Auto Zombro, p 2:02%
Italia, p 2:04%
Znmbrewer, p 2:04%
Hymettus, p 2:07
Pegasus, p 2:07%
Mary K. ,p 2:08%
Capt. Apperson, p 2 : 08 %
Miss Jerusha, p 2 : 08%
By Grandsons of McKinney.
Prince Zombro 2:27
Zombrino, p 2:06%
San Francisco 2:07%
St .Frisco 2:03%
Mary Putney (4) 2:04%
Baron Frisco 2:08%
Sacramento (4) 2:09%
Lu Princeton 2:09%
Northspur (3) 2:09%
Robert Frisco, p. (4) 2:05%
Vernon McKinney, p. 2:0\y2
Verna McKinney, p. (3) 2:09%
Produced by Daughters of McKinney.
Mrs. Weller
All McKinney, p 2:04
Dove
Hal Edo, p 2:06%
Juliet D. 2:13^2
Hal McKinney, p 2:06%
Irish, p 2:08%
Sister McKinney
Sally Pointer, p 2:06%
My Miracle
The Tidal Wave, p 2:06%
Daphne McKinney
Frank N., p 2:07%
Jenny Mc, p. 2:09
Silver Coin, p 2:10
Produced by Daughters of McKinney's Sons.
Katalina 2:11 (4, by Tom Smith 2:13%.
Bondalean, p. (3) 2:06%
Zephyr 2:07^4, by Zombro 2:11.
Virginia Barnette 2:07%
Unnamed Daughter of Zombro 2:11.
Booze, p 2:07%
Lady Zombro 2:24J4, by Zombro 2:11.
Hemet, p 2:08%
McKinney was a strikingly handsome seal-brown
horse with white feet behind. He stood 15% hands
tall, and was of extreme physical elegance, being
symmetrical at all points and a patrician in appear-
ance, the even balance of his conformation serving
to render less conspicuous his really robust physical
endowment. His get have been remarkable for their
excellent individuality and for their campaigning
powers and ability to withstand wear and tear. That
he ranks among the best male representatives of the
standard breed, and will retain that position histor-
ically, is assured.
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Arizona State Fair Program.
A letter was received at this office last week from
Secretary T. D .Shaughnessy of the Arizona State
Fair enclosing the program for the races to be held
during Fair week, Nov. 12 to 17. It is planned to
make the 1917 State Fair in every way superior to
any other one ever held, and the purses, which are
larger than heretofore, are deserving of special men-
tion, and should attract a large list of entries from
the horse owners. The following is the list of classes
and amounts offered:
Monday, November 12.
2:20 Pace, Arizona $1,000
2:25 Trot, Arizona 1,000
Tuesday, November 13.
2:12 Trot 1,000
2:07 Pace 1,000
Wednesday, November 14.
3-Year-Old Pace, Arizona 500
Free-for-All Trot 1,000
2:15 Pace 1,000
Thursday, November 15.
2:16 Trot 1,000
Free-for-All Pace 1,000
Friday, November 16.
2:11 Pace 1,000
3-Year-Old Trot, Arizona 500
Saturday, Nov. 17 — Auto Day.
State Fair of Texas.
The management of the State Fair of Texas is
active for the next meet and promise something un-
sual. In fact, the motto has been, something better.
Mr. Will H. Stratton, secretary of the Fair, is mak-
ing his plans along broad and liberal lines. From
the interest being manifested by breeders and farm-
ers as to the next fair it would seem that the meet-
ing next fall will be another record.
Regardless of the war, Texans will patronize their
great State Fair for the war, should it not be over at
that time, will hardly interfere in the least with this
great event.
Saturday, May 5, 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Thoroughbred Matters
Bowie Racing Statistics.
The spring meeting of the Maryland Agricultural
Association, which began on April 2, and came to an
end April 14, embracing twelve days in all, was a
record-breaker in point of attendance for that Mary-
land organization. The eagerness with which the
racing public patronized the inaugural meeting in
the East this year augurs well for the forthcoming
meetings, both in Maryland and on the metropolitan
circuit. During the twelve days of racing at Bowie,
eighty-four races were decided and $52,270 distrib-
uted among the wTinning horsemen. The daily aver-
age distribution was $4,355, with overnight handicaps
as the features, no stake racing having been provid-
edd. J. A. Strode was the leading money-winning
owner with $2,150 to his credit. J. M. Booker and
W. Walker were second and third respectively with
$1,971 and $1,921 in stable winnings. •
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The race tracks at Louisville and Latonia are sub-
ject to a license tax of $500 a day, and the Lexing-
ton track must pay a license of $200 a day, under
the provisions of Representative Schneider's bill,
which passed the Kentucky Senate by a vote of 25
to 8 Thursday morning. The measure goes back to
the House for concurrence in amendments.
The Senate adopted an amendment,, proposed by
Senator Helm, adding an emergency clause to the
measure. The effect of this action is to make the
spring race meetings, which open soon, subject to the
daily tax.
An amendment seeking to increase the license to
$1,000, proposed by the Committee on Revenue and
Taxation, was rejected. The Senate, however, ac-
cepted another amendment, offered by the same com-
mittee, striking from the bill the provision that the
tax shall be "in lieu of all other licenses." The effect
of this amendment is to enable local taxing districts
to exact a license, if they so desire.
An amendment placed on the bill by Senator
Combs provides that the tax shall not apply to any
track not under the supervision of the State Racing
Commission, thus making it clear that trotting-horse
meetings are exempt.
The measure was considered virtually without
debate. The only spoken opposition came from Sen-
ator Frost.
Jockey Ted Rice will have the mount on one of
the Thorocliffe candidates in the King's Plate at
Toronto . He is under contract to ride on the Cana-
dian Circuit for Lieut. J. K. L. Ross of Montreal.
**•
The only arrivals from outside last week at To-
ronto were the following nine horses belonging to
the local owner, Wm. Walker, which came in from
Maryland: Boxer, G. W. Kisker, Lady Spirituelle,
Dolina, Inquieta, Harwood, Kyle, Ada Anne and Miss
Jean.
♦ * ♦
The Nevada Stock Farm of Reno last week shipped
two yearling thoroughbred colts to Ecuador, S. A.
The business was handled through Mr. F. W. Hol-
bert for the Ecuadorean government; the purchases
being one colt sired by Deutschland, dam Abelene by
El Rio Rey from a Joe Hooker mare, and one colt
sired by Star Bottle (son of Hastings) from San
Francisco Maid by Yellowtail, next dam a mare im-
ported from Australia by R. E. DeB. Lopez.
• •"•
Hot Springs Racing Notes.
Now for a brief review of the business features
of Hot Springs, which, coming after the race meet,
would seem to us rather timely. There were many
doubting Thomases who predicted the Business
Men's League would never be able to get away with
the last meeting with two tracks to satisfy. The fact
that the meeting was a success in every way; that
better racing was seen here than the year before;
that the number of horses taxed the capacity of the
stables at Oaklawn, and that hotels and rooming
houses were crowded as never before indicates that,
after all, "the end of miracles" is not yet passed.
Last year Hot Springs had just an inkling of what
racing would do to revive and build up resort busi-
ness. This year the record that was written was so
convincing that no one can deny the importance of
"the sport of kings" in this respect. Things broke
lucky for the Spa this season. To begin with, the
men having in charge the staging of this meeting
were members of the board of governors of the Busi-
ness Men's League, under whose auspices the meet
was held and they, with others closely identified
with the upbuilding of the city, worked harder and
went through more to make the meeting a success
than any one body of men in the history of the city.
We get it from pretty good authority, too, that sec-
tions whence squalls were to be expected remained
calm and serene, while from quarters that should
have been heart and soul with the proposition gave
the most concern. Days before the meeting opened,
however, all kinks had been straightened out, and
the result is a matter of municipal history.
The crowd began coming early, and it remained
until the middle of the present month. A week
before race meeting opened every one of the resort's
hotels hung up the "S. R. O." sign. It was then that
the Business Men's League issued a call to private
families, asking them to co-operate and assist in car-
ing for the thousands of other visitors who were
on their way. Over 700 families, who had heretofore
given no thought of "taking roomers," listed apart-
ments with the city's leading and progressive organ-
ization, and the result was that the prosperity the
races brought was shared in all quarters of the city.
It was not confined to any one locality or set of
hotels, but even- one who so desired got his or her
share. Women made "pin money" by letting visitors
have "the best room," while some of the most prom-
inent families in the city, upon receipt of substantial
offers, moved out of their homes, "doubled up" with
one's relatives — even endured, we are informed,
"mother-inlaw" — for the thirty days' racing and let
visitors take charge of their establishments. Busi-
ness men who had been "just getting by" previous
to the races are now smiling and ready to admit that
life is worth the living after all. and notes previously
reposing in the local banks have since been taken up
or materially reduced. — [Morning Telegraph.
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Stallions Meet in Deadly Conflict.
Louisville, Ky„ April 17. — Free Lance, a stallion
standing at George J. Long's Bashford Manor Farm,
near this city, is dead from injuries received in an
encounter on Monday with Ralph, another one of the
Long stallions. Through negligence on the part of
the attendants the animals were allowed to come
together, when they engaged in a fierce combat, that
only ended when Free Lance was placed hors du
combat . The infuriated animals fought fiercely, each
biting and kicking the other. After the conflict it
was found that Ralph had kicked in three of his
antagonist's ribs and pierced his lungs. A veterin-
arian was hastily summoned, but the once noted
racer was beyond human aid and succumbed the fol-
lowing morning. Ralph was pretty well battered up,
but his injuries were not fatal.
Free Lance was eight years old, and prior to his
retirement to the stud about three years ago, was
regarded as one of the best horses racing in this
country. He was the especial pride of Mr. Long,
in whose colors he won many stakes and handicaps.
He was also a great favorite with race-goers.. Prob-
ably his best race was the winning of the Latonia
Derby in 1912. At Churchill Downs he established
a new track record for one mile and seventy yards,
which has not been equaled since. His owner had
expected great things of him as a stallion, and the
present year is to witness the racing of the first of
his progeny. Three of this number, now in training,
and in Mr. Long's barn at Churchill Downs, are re-
garded as being among the most promising of the
locally-trained two-year-olds.
Ralph is now six years old and has been in the
stud but a short time. His racing career was a brief
one, being confined to his two-year-old year. In that
short time he won eight races, including the Fort
Thomas Stakes at Latonia. The following spring,
during his training for the Kentucky Derby, for
which he was one of the choices, he developed a
"plugged artery," which necessitated his temporary
retirement. Trainer Pete Coyne subsequently at-
tempted to get him to stand training, but without
success. Mr. Long then decided to place him in the
stud.
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An Oklahoma Thoroughbred Stud.
Hot Springs, Ark., April 17.— Campbell & McCart-
ney, of Minco, Okla., brought a nice bunch of two-
year-olds here for sale. J. J. McCartney, who had
charge of the shipment, found ready buyers for the
sons and daughters of Mint, a son of Rock Sand.
Dick Vestal bought what appeared to be the most
likely colt in the shipment.
Mint Hill, by Mint — Mary Hill, dam of several win-
ners .went to Tom Munford for a sum going into the
four figure column.
McCartney took back to Minco several well-bred
mares for the court of Mint.
Four mares have arrived at the breeding farm from
Missouri and two from Colorado.
The fourth year's crop by Mint is being prepared
for racing this summer.
Setback, son of Ogden, also at Minco, will be used
to cross with the Mint mares.
Twenty-six mares are at the ranch.
Gotelus, Bank, Uncle Jimmie Gray and other good .
performers were bred at the Campbell establishment.
The foals this year are from Bowling Green mares.
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London, April 27. — The Times says that horse rac-
ing in England is to be cut to the narrowest limits
with a view to saving foodstuffs that now are divert-
ed to the racing stables . The proposed restrictions
amount to a virtual suspension of racing for the
period of the war.
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At the San Mateo ranch of Chas. W. Clark there
is a very handsome and well grown yearling sired
by Sweep from Mr. Clark's good mare Cluny, daugh-
ter of Salvation and Valencienne. Two years ago
Mr. Clark shipped this mare to Mr. J. R. Keene's
farm in Kentucky to be bred to Sweep and the year-
ling is the result of that union. Cluny has been
shipped this year to Nevada to be bred to Mr. Geo.
W. Wingfield's imported stallion Honeywood. Mr.
Clark has another very fine yearling by Chantilly
from Antioch, a full brother to those useful race-
horses Aunt Liz and Wow.
Lexington Notes.
Lexington, April 21. — S. C. Nuckols, secretary of
the Kentucky Racing Commission, was a visitor
today. He has opened up his office in the Fayette
National Bank Building and is busy receiving appli-
cations of trainers and jockeys.
The first Eastern rider to make application was
Johnny McTaggart, who will ride Ticket in the Ken-
tucky Derby.
The Kentucky Racing Commission will probably
meet Friday or Saturday morning when a number of
important matters will be disposed of. Johnson N.
Camden is still confined to his home, but will prob-
ably be on hand to attend the meeting of the Commis-
sion the latter part of the week.
The daily distribuiton of purse money by the Ken-
tucky Association is $4,200, which is a record for
this track. The management has announced that the
price of admission for ladies will be $1. It formerly
was 50 cents.
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Havre De Grace Notes.
Havre de Grace, April 21. — Edward Soule was
among the arrivals at Havre de Grace this afternoon.
He came direct from California, where he spent a
couple of weeks with his family at the conclusion of
the Tia Juana meeting. Pullux, who will carry the
Soule colors on the Eastern tracks this season, is
here in charge of S. Polk.
H. D. Brown also got in. He came from New York
and left tonight for Cuba, where he will spend a
month or six weeks superintending the many im-
provements to be made to the Oriental Park course
during the summer. Mr. Brown has pretentious
plans for the meeting at the Marianao track next
winter, and in due time announcements will be made
which will please the horsemen.
Owen Pons received a wire from Lexington that
Jockey Marimee would leave Kentucky tonight and
would accept mounts on Monday. J. E. Madden has
written for first call on the lad, but the deal has not
been closed as yet.
The Maryland members of the Thoroughbred
Horse Association will hold a meeting at the Sub-
urban during the first week of the Pimlico meeting.
The horsemen are working in accord with the vari-
ous Maryland jockey clubs, and matters are moving
along smoothly. The one or two small requests made
by the horsemen have been readily granted by the
different clubs.
J. L. Rhinock came over from New York to take
in an afternoon of sport.
Jockey Charley Burlingame also came over from
Gravesend, where he has been assisting Trainer Law-
ler in preparing the Quincy Stable racers. Burlin-
game is lighter this spring than in several seasons.
W. T. Anderson will ship direct from Tia Juana to
Devonshire Park, to he on hand for the opening of
the Canadian season.
* * *
Louisville Notes.
Louisville, April 21. — Colonel Matt J. Winn left
this morning for New York for a visit of a few days.
He will stop in Cleveland en route to visit Price
McKinney.
Jockey D. Connelly has been engaged to ride Skep-
tic, a Kentucky Derby eligible, in his races in Ken-
tucky. W. J. Young is attempting to secure first call
on the boy.
George Borkel today secured the contract on the
promising lightweight rider, Joe Dominick. Borkel
has been commissioned by a wealthy New Yorker to
purchase six or seven likely looking two-year-olds.
E. J. O'Connell arrived today from El Paso for the
purpose of picking up a few horses to be campaigned
this summer on the Canadian circuit
Gene Elrod. who is in charge of the mutuel depart-
ments at all of the Kentucky tracks, is busily en-
gaged at Churchill Downs getting his department
ready for the opening of the meeting. He is arrang-
ing for 70 ticket sellers, and a like number of cash-
iers to work on Derby Day, and this force will con-
stitute the largest he has ever handled. Mr. Elrod
will leave early next week for Lexington to get
things in shape for that meeting.
Judge Allie W. Young, a member cf the State Rac-
ing Commission, was among yesterday's visitors at
Churchill Downs. He came to inspect the many im-
provements now being completed at the trick, and
reported that the interest in the Derby throughout
Kentucky was greater this year than ever.
W. A. Kirwan, a veteran horseman, and who for-
merly trained for Barney Schreiber, is able to be out
after an illness that extended through the greater
part of the winter. In recent years he has served
as bookkeeper at Douglas Park and Latonia.
Among the host of racing folk to reach this city
within the past few days are Charlie Ellison, Al
Weinberger, Sam Henkel, and Milt Meffert.
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Trowbridges Have Easter Baby.
A son "was born Easter Sunday to Professor and
Mrs. E. A. Trowbridge, of Columbia, Mo. Professor
Trowbridge is head of the Department of Animal
Industry in the Missouri College of Agriculture, and
is "well known in every section of the country where
live stock is discussed. This is their second child.
* * +
R. P. Royce, of the Animal Husbandly Department
of the University of California, was congratulated by
horsemen from all sections of the state as well as
by- Dean Hunt and members of the faculty who vis-
ited the University Farm picnic at Davis Saturday.
The horses were certainly well presented and visi-
tors lost no time in showing their approval of this
splendid herd. Prof. Royce and his assistants had
the heavy horses looking like the Singmaster display
at the International.
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A mare that certainly will be troublesome in the
five-gaited shows of the Middle West this season,
providing she is fortunate in having a clear-headed
exhibitor, is The Talent, the very attractive bay mare
recently sold by Houchin & Anderson of Jefferson
City, Mo., to Mr. D .Schilling of Chicago, who, by the
way, is assembling one of the most formidable stables
he has ever sent under his colors. The Talent is one
of the most attractive daughters of that sire of beau-
tiful gaited horses, Dandy Jim, by McDonald Chief.
She has very extreme action and a lot of speed; is
thoroughly educated in all five gaits and can look as
much like a "million dollars" as any mare in Mis-
souri. On account of her having been exhibited in
such a formidable stable as that of Astral King, she
very naturally has never had quite the opportunity
she deserved.
ACTIVITIES IN IOWA.
More and more Iowa is becoming a leading state in
the production and distribution of saddle horses.
There is hardly a week but that we are permitted
the privilege of writing of the achievements of well
known Iowa horsemen. There are the Hamilton
Bros., of Keota. for instance, who have taken some
of the best from Missouri into Iowa and have estab-
lished a reputation that has grown extensively. Ralph
Hamilton, of this firm, has judged at such well known
exhibitions as Mexico, Sedalia and Springfield fairs,
and is to he the judge of saddle horses at the forth-
coming Tulsa, Okla., Mid-Continental Exposition and
Horse Show, which will take place May 17, 18 and 19.
At present this firm has a stable full of top-liners;
26 head of ready to use saddle horses and show ani-
mals. Wm. Threlkeld, formerly an exhibitor in the
Longview stable, is in charge of their training and
one of Missouri's most noted "Gentlemen of Color,"
one "Hambeater" who took care of Grand McDonald,
Senator Stone, Maurine Fisher and scores of others
of like note, in charge of their stable. "Hambeater"
knows how to feed one, primp one and send them to
the ring right. "Bill" Threlkeld is one of the best
riders Missouri has produced and Hamilton Bros,
can be expected to have their horses ready with such
a combination.
In writing the editor in regard to their horses,
Ralph Hamilton says: "We have a fine 16 hand gray
gelding that certainly is a storm in five gaits; a
heavyweight three gaited five-year-old black mare
that is simply great. She can do a lot and has the
looks that go with it. She will give them all a run
for their money. We also have a junior gaited mare
that is preparing to surprise a lot of the 'rail birds.'
"We also have the champion trotting stallions of
Iowa. Really. I do not know of a roadster that can
step within a ring as fast and high as he can. He
was never exhibited before last year and was a little
grr-pn; however, we have him ready this year.
"We have handled a lot of big mules also this
year. As you know, Iowa is also getting to be quite
a mule country. I sold a pair of 22-months' old
mules, 16 hands high, weighing 1,200 pounds each;
not fat, for $450. We also had the best pair sold in
Missouri this year. We have just received a fine
jack which we bought from Hamilton Bros., of Mex-
ico. Mo. He is 16 hands high, five years old and
a popper. I think he is the best jack ever brought
to Iowa. We are having many inquiries for good
mannered saddle horses and anticipate the best busi-
ness we have ever known."
The Honorable Commissioner of Agriculture of
Kentucky, "Mat" S. Cohen, in the following letter to
the editor of the Breeder and Sportsman, sets forth
a plan for the staging of the World's championship
saddle horse stake, which is the most liberal, fairest
and sensational saddle stake ever proposed. Com-
missioner Cohen makes this offer in the capacity of
Commissioner of Agriculture and head of the great
Kentucky State Fair, where the stake will be con-
ducted. It is in line with his every effort since he
has been in office and explains to the outside world
why Kentuskians elected him to this important post
by such an overwhelming majority. The stake as
proposed will make the greatest impetus in the breed
that has ever been known. It will establish the
champion of present day saddle horses for all time
to come, making such horses as Astral King, My
Major Dare. Richelieu King, Jack Barrymore, Ken-
tucky's Choice and those of the coming season meet
in open and fair battle.
Now, Commissioner Cohen offers to give $5,000
toward the stake. The Missouri State Board of Ag-
riculture, the Illinois State Board of Agriculture,
Iowa State Board and California State Board, all, in
recognition of the progress of this popular breed in
their states, should make liberal offers to assure the
staging of this grand event; the American Saddle
Horse Breeders' Association should give not less
than $500, and an offer of $1,000 by them would be
more in keeping with a live association behind a
breed; every owner, breeder , exhibitor and lover of
five gaited horses in America too, should give just
as much as he possibly can afford. While the own-
ers, who are to be most benefited, should not hesi-
tate to offer what would ordinarily be the entrance
fee which has been eliminated in this stake.
If this stake is going, every publication devoted
or publishing any news whatsoever pertaining to
saddle horses should get busy at once and make it
known wherever saddle horses are discussed; should
get behind it and see how much more they can raise
than I can; than the Farmers' Home Journal can or
than the Show Horse Chronicle can. Read Commis-
sioner Cohen's letter which follows and try to inhale
a little of his "pep" and write or. wire the editor of
the Breeder and Sportsman at once how much you
will give. If I were as wealthy as Col. Paul Brown,
R A. Long, Jas. Houchin and Powhattan Wooldridge,
as well as a score of others I can name in about a
minute I would make Commissioner Cohen come
across with his $5,000 so quick it would make his
head swim. If the public will do this the owners of
saddle horses will have to enter or hide in the tall
and uncut for the remainder of their lives.
Read This Letter Now.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
LABOR AND STATISTICS.
Frankfort, Ky., April 26, 1917.
Mr. "Jump" Cauthorn,
Breeder and Sportsman,
San Francisco, Cal. —
My dear Jump: I have your good letter of April
21st and thank you very much for the kindly expres-
sion therein contained, but since I am too much
rushed to do justice to the "fertilizer" justly due you,
will proceed to the "cream of the cocoanut."
I would love to see a world's championship for
five-gaited stallion, mare and geldings amounting to
not less than $5,000 or over $10,000, this to be divided
into four shows as follows:
Saddle mare any age, $2,000, divided 60%, 25% and
15%; same amount, same division, for geldings;
same amount and same division, for stallions, per-
mitting only three winners in the sex classes to com-
pete for the grand championship amounting to $2,500
with the money divided as in the sex exhibits.
If you can get the various industries, bankers,
breeders and associations to make up this $5,000, I
will duplicate it, provided we can get as many as
fifteen to contest in each of the sex classes, and
which would leave nine to contest in the final award.
This can be made the greatest event ever thought
of .talked of ,or pulled off in America and I know of
no better place than the Kentucky State Fair for the
holding of such an exhibition.
My method of selecting the judges as set forth in
your issue of the 21st, is absolutely equitable and
should be instrumental in bringing into competition
horses from Maine to California.
If you don't think the Kentucky State Fair will not
make this a stellar event in all horsedom, just get
the lovers of the five gaited saddle horse to give
their portion and you will see how quickly the Ken-
tucky State Fair will meet and match the money
they put up.
This thing should be gotten up and decided about
the first or middle of June, which would give us
ample time to advertise it broadcast throughout
America and which would give the exhibitors ample
time to prepare their entries for the contest, which
would begin September 10th, with the grand cham-
pionship being held Saturday afternoon, September
15, 1917.
If there is any association in America that will
offer better terms and conditions than the Kentucky
State Fair, I would be most pleased to know who
they are and where they are.
Now, Jump, I am going to leave this to your hust-
ling, indefatigable energy, because right now I am
so busy with this food and feed propaganda that I
haven't time to wash my face or comb mv hair. Not
that we are starving in Kentucky, but we want to
show the world that we are eager, anxious, willing
and determined to supply our share, plus some, in
feeding those who are fighting our battles, also those
with whom we have cast our lot. Patriotism in Ken-
tucky is away above par, and if we do not have an
electric storm of such character as to check its
growth and this inhuman war continues, God knows
where the hot blood of these Kentuekians will carry
them. We are in earnest, ready to work or fight at
a moment's notice.
Let me hear from you and believe me,
Sincerely and fondly,
MAT S. COHEN,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
To the Members of the American Saddle Horse
Breeders' Association, Saddle Horse Breeders,
and County Fairs:
Gentlemen :
A few weeks ago you were advised that the Amer-
ican Saddle Horse Breeders Association would offer
under certain conditions premiums to County Fairs.
On account of the probable falling off in number
of registration^ for the coming year, and consequent
decrease in receipts, the Directors of the American
Saddle Horse Breeders' Association at a meeting
held April 5th, passed the following resolution:
"Resolved, That resolution passed at Directors'
Meeting September 16th, 1916, authorizing the offer
of $50.00 premiums at County Fairs for 1917 be re-
scinded, and that the Secretary make as public this
resolution to rescind said offer, as he did the orig-
inal offer."
This step was taken with much regret for its
apparent necessity.
On account of the limited number of mares bred
last year, and the indications that not so many will
he so used this year, the Directors thought best to
conserve the funds of the Association for the time
being.
With our country at war they are of the opinion
that it will be wiser to spend such money as may
be available for the purpose, in demonstrating the
utility of the saddle bred horse and how well in dif-
ferent spheres he con serve mankind.
This is to notify you that the offer to County Fairs
sent out from this office under date of March 1st,
1917, is withdrawn.
In any other way this Association can assist breed-
ers or County Fairs the service will be cheerfully
rendered. Respectfully,
R. H. LILLARD, Secretary.
Was Black Squirrel a Failure in Missouri?
There recently appeared in the Show Horse Chron-
icle and the Lexington Herald, the History of Black
Squirrel, perhaps the best thought of saddle stallion
and sire of all time. T. C. McCown, who is in a
better position to write of old Squirrel than most
any other man, is the author of these interesting
columns, which, I am sure, are of great interest to
the old-timers who remember so well this great stal-
lion, and to present day horsemen, who, like myself,
have come here since the passing of this equine
wonder.
In fact, the writer was born after Black Squirrel
died, and I do not intend to criticise Mr. McCown's
article. He says: "As a Missouri horse, Black
Squirrel was a failure as a breeder. Our idea was
because of the cold blooded mares. They had no fine
mares in that statte. He was bred to coarse mares
there and got coarse colts." Will my esteemed
friends in Kentucky never cease to criticise Missouri
whenever opportunity is afforded? Listen: If Black
Squirrel was a failure as a breeding horse in Mis-
souri— Missouri breeders have been failures as breed-
ers. Black Squirrel did more good to the horse inter-
est of Missouri than he did to Kentucky, if such a
thing is possible. He is the sire, grandsire, great-
grandsire or something of every great saddle horse
in Missouri; and Missouri saddle horses have demon-
strated their equality, if not superiority, in the show
rings of the world alongside those of Kentucky.
Didn't he sire Lucy Mack; and she in turn produce
Rex McDonald, one Missouri horse which Kentucky
really admitted was the peer of anything they pos-
sessed? Didn't he sire scores of good mares, which
in turn have produced what is today the greatest
colony of saddle horses in the world? If Mr. McCown
will go through the "brush" in Missouri he will find
scores of mares and stallions which have sired or
produced a world's winner and which trace their
greatness to Black Squirrel 58.
Missouri does not boast of any Chester Dares or
Highland Denmarks by Black Squirrel; but Black
Squirrel did more for their saddle horse industry
than any horse that ever stood for service there. I
wouldn't say he was a failure after reviewing the
progress his Missouri blood has made.
Black Squirrel was widely criticised by some of
Missouri's then leading horsemen, and through their
"knocking" did not get the choice of mares in that
state; but got better colts from those he did serve
than the other stallions doing service at that time
did from the choice ones.
It will no doubt be of great interest to old friends
of Black Squirrel to know that Lan B. Morris, who
bought him and took him to Missouri, is now affiliat-
ed with the Campbell and Reid & Western Sales
Co., of the National Stock Yards, 111., and is consid-
ered one of the leading mule men of America. Dr.
Crowley also is still living in St. Louis and is a
regular patron at the fairs and horse shows of Mis-
souri.
Saturday, May 5, 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
A. B. Kinney, of North Yakima, Wash., has traded
his Hal B. mare, Daisy D., to a Northwest horseman
tor a "bale" of money and a right good trotter which
he will campaign this year.
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J. B. Stetson, of Midway Stock Farm, Kearney,
Nebraska, writes that C. A. Harrison's young gelding,
Grey Hal, is making splendid progress since he has
taken him back to the Corn-Belt.
* * +
, All McKinney, the Californian, is wearing the hop-
iples and does not seem to mind them this year. Last
tall, when they were put on him, he did not take to
them very readily, but this spring he has acted all
right in them.
+ + +
A new grand stand will be erected at a cost of
$30,000 at the Washington State Fair grounds at
North Yakima in time for this year's entertainment.
The basement and pillars to support the superstruc-
ture will be of cement, the balance of the building
will be of wood.
* * *
The dates for the Hay Palace Fair at Mabton,
Wash., have been set for September 11-15. This
fair is managed by a board of seven directors com-
■posed of R. E. Crow, W. T. Livingston, N. E. Glass,
[A. J. Bush, J. W. Humphrey, E. J. Lutz and T. W.
•Howell. R. E. Crow has been elected president;
W. T. Livingston, vice-president; A. J. Bush, treas-
urer; T. W. Howell, secretary, and J. W. Humphrey,
finance committee.
+ + +
Dr. Rae Felt, Eureka physician, brother of T.
Dwight Felt of Stockton, died from pneumonia in a
San Francisco hospital Wednesday. He is survived
by a widow and two other brothers, Delos and Guy
Felt ,and a sister, Mrs. Kellogg, all of Eureka. Dr.
Felt was a well known breeder of trotting horses and
raced the mare Telltale, and others, successfully on
the California Circuit a few years ago. He was well
liked and very popular among the friends that he
became acquainted with on that occasion.
Anselila, whose record of 2:17% as a yearling is
the fastest to the credit of a filly of that age, is
among the three-year-olds entered at Parkway, Mon-
roe, Goshen and Middletown, in races worth $5,000,
and knowing horsemen think she is likely to be a fac-
tor in every one of them. Louis Titus, of Stony
Ford, paid $5,000 for her shortly after her fast per-
formance as a yearling, but she failed to start last
season. She is now owned by the Longacre Stable,
of which Peter Goode is the trainer.
* + *
Horses in Training.
The Hemet Stock Farm is a busy place these days.
Al lthe horses that are expected to race the coming
season are being worked out, with the result that the
entire force at the farm is busy from morning until
night. Some excellent time is being made by the
horses, although they have been in training but a few
weeks. Last year was a banner year for the Hemet
Stock Farm and, according to present indications,
even better results will be shown the coming season.
+ + +
Although there has been extensive talk about free-
for-all pacing events, as features ot the season's half
mile tracks, yet Race Secretary Al Saunders of the
Trenton (N. J.) Fair, is the first to announce a list
of entries for a race of that kind. The event, which
is worth $2,500, has received eight of the fastest
pacers perhaps ever before named in an event over
a half mile track. They are Single G. 2:00; Russell
Boy 2:00ii; Roan Hal 2:00%; Peter Stevens 2:01%;
Judge Ormonde 2:01%; Braden Direct 2:01%; Sel-
lers D. 2:06%, and Lady Aubrey 2:12%.
* * *
The Dunklin County Fair at Kennett, Mo., will be
held for the twenty-seventh annual time this year,
its dates being October 2-6. During this long period
it has not missed a meeting and has been under the
same family management. Twenty-seven years ago
R. H. Jones, with others, organized the fair and until
his death, in April, 1911, he was secretary. At his
death his two sons, L. R. Jones and R. Irl Jones,
assumed the responsibilities he laid down, and from
that time to the present the former has acted as
secretary and the latter as president.
+ * ♦
Governor Gunter has appointed a new racing com-
mission which means that an attempt will be made to
revive the summer meetings in Colorado. The mem-
bers of the commission include Wellington H. Gates,
formerly livestock trader and who is active in Demo-
cratic politics; A. L. Simonson of Denver, real es-
tate man and prominent in the Gentlemen's Driving
and Riding Club, and D. W. Thomas of Longmont,
secretary of the Northern Colorado Fair Circuit. The .
board will act on applications to conduct race meet-
ings over the state . The law was passed as a subter-
fuge to permit gambling by the pari-mutuel system
but it never cut much of a swath in this direction.
Gebhard Wempe. local horseman, suffered a pos-
sible fracture of the skull Tuesday afternoon when
thrown from his buggy while rounding a curve near
Spreckels lake, Golden Gate Park. His body and
arms also were bruised. Wempe's team became
frightened as he attempted to turn toward the stables
near the Park Stadium. The buggy tilted on two
wheels and Wempe was thrown to the ground.
* * +
The San Francisco-California Driving Club held its
annual meeting at Promotion Hall, Sixteenth and
Valencia streets, on May 1st. The nomination of
officers resulted as follows: President, A. Ottinger;
vice-president, J. C. Welsh; secretary, W. J. Kenney;
treasurer, F. Lauterwasser; sergeant-at-arms, W.
Mallough; directors, J. M. Kidd, J. McTigue, Luke
Mayrisch, J. D. West, F. Clotere; starter, J. J. Ryan.
The election will be held on May 22, and it is planned
to open the racing season at the Stadium May 27.
* * *
The fast trotting gelding Spriggan 2:08%, which
won the big $20,000 stake at the early meeting at
San Francisco in 1915, is now in the stable of Marvin
Childs at the Indianapolis track and is to be trained
and raced by the Omaha reinsman this year. The
unsexed son of Baron McKinney wintered in the
stable of Lon McDonald and is looking much better
than he has since his trip across the Rockies in 1915.
He is entered in some of the early closing events on
the Ohio half mile tracks and will be given a chance
to show his worth on the two-lappers before tackling
the Grand Circuiters.
* + <•
STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FUTURITIES.
Paid Up Entries in Futurity No. 6, For Foals of 1914.
Albaloma — Hester McKinney by McKinney; Tom
Smith — Carrie B. by Alex. Button. I. L. Borden,
San Francisco.
Vernon McKinney — Zaalam by Searchlight. J. Doran,
Oakland.
Graham Bellini — Daphne McKinney by McKinney.
Wm. Detels, Pleasanton.
Carlokin- -Carolyn C. by Axtell; Carlokin — Zephyr
by Zombro; Copa de Oro — Pavlowa B. by Petigru.
W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles.
Wilbur Lou — Sona by McKinney. Alex. Grant, Los
Angeles.
The Proof— Deviletta by Diablo. W. S. Harkey,
Gridley.
Wilbur Lou — Lady Zombro by Zombro; Kinney de
Lopez — Louise Carter by Chestnut Tom; Wilbur
Lou — Zeta W. by Nutwood Wilkes. Hemet Stock
Farm, Hemet.
Galen Logan by Jim Logan — Palo Maid. H. A. Her-
shey, Woodland.
Marshall Logan by Jim Logan — Leota. Elmo Mont-
gomery, Davis.
The Proof — Belle by Kinney Lou. W. A. Perley,
Oakland.
Ella O. by Moko Hall — Bay mare by Kinney Lou.
C. G. Owen, San Francisco.
Expressive B. by Expressive Mac — Loma B. M. L.
Woy, Fresno.
Teddy Bear— Camille by Stam B. C. F. Silva, Sac-
ramento.
Rhyolite by F. S. Whitney — Rubelle. Sutherland &
MacKenzie, Orosi.
Peter McKlyo — Sweet Bow by Bon Voyage. L. H.
Todhunter, Sacramento.
Pegasus — Rosie Morn by McKinney. Valencia Stock
Farm, San Bernardino.
El Angelo — Search Lida by Searchlight. D. W. Wal-
lis. Los Banos.
Kewpie by Carlokin — The Blonde. Alex. M. Wilson,
Rialto.
Paid Up Entries in Futurity No. 7, For Foals of 1915.
Ed. McKinney — C. D. K. by Robert I.; Ed. McKin-
ney— Miss Nutwood by Nutwood Wilkes. I. L.
Borden, San Francisco.
Mary McKinney by Vernon McKinney — Mary Gor-
don. John N. Colomb, San Francisco.
The Bondsman — Reina Directum by Rey Direct. S.
Christenson, San Francisco.
Carlokin — Honey Healey by Zombro; Carlokin — My
Irene S. by Petigru. W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles.
Prieta by Tom Smith — Letter B. Jr. Jas. F. Dunne,
Gilroy.
The Meteor by Peter McKlyo— Cleo Dillon. E. A.
Gammon, Hood.
Wilbur Lou — Sona by McKinney; Wilbur Lou — Era-
diate by Geo. W. McKinney; Wilbur Lou — Hemet
Girl by Geo. W. McKinney, and Wilbur Lou —
Fiesta Queen by On Stanley; Kinney de Lopez —
Louise Carter by Chestnut Tom. Hemet Stock
Farm, Hemet.
Hemet.
Sky Ball by Jim Logan — by Falrose. H. A. Hershey,
Woodland.
Palo King— Beautiful Morn by Iran Alto. H. S. Hog-
oboom. Woodland,
W. K. J. by Directum Penn — Belle Raymon. Abe
W. Johnson, Irvine.
Carlokin — Iran Belle by Iran Alto; Carlokin — Anna-
belle L. by Hamb. Wilkes; Copa de Oro — Leonor
McKay by McKinney. Wm. Loftus, Los Angeles.
Tennessee Bill by Jim Logan — Leta H. L. Carey
Montgomery, Davis.
Skidoo Wilkes- Honda Girl by Rubino. J. E. Short,
Lompoc.
Peter McKlyo — Zombowyette by Zombro; Peter Mc-
Klyo— Osmuda by Bon Voyage. L. H. Todhunter,
Sacramento.
Prince Ansel— Ella J. by Bob Mason. A. W. Long-
ley, Bishop.
Strathalie Hall by Black Hall— Strathalie. M. L.
Woy, Fresno.
Paid Up Entries in Futurity No. 8, For Foals of 1916.
Derby Dillon by Warren Dillon — Delia Derby. J. N.
Anderson, Salinas.
Barney Barnato — Roberta by ; Barney Barnato —
Cleopatra by Zolock. I. L Borden. San Francisco.
Vina McKinney by Vernon McKinney — Malvina. I.
J. Cornett, Salinas.
Panama — Hulda C. by Dexter Prince; Peter Mc-
Klyo—Dione II. by Cupid. S. H. Cowell, Santa
Cruz.
Mahomet Watts — Letter B. Jr. by Benton Boy. Jas.
F. Dunne, Gilroy.
Carlokin — My Irene S. by Petigru; Carlokin — Ather-
ine by Patron; Carlokin — La Gitana by Del Coro-
nado; Carlokin — Iran Belle by Iran Alto; Carlokin
— Ezelda by Del Coronado; Copa de Oro — Subito
by Steinway; Copa de Oro — Pavlowa B. by Peti-
gru; Copa de Oro — Leonor McK. by McKinney;
Copa de Oro — Truly 11. by Prince Ansel. W. G.
Durfee, Los Angeles.
Miss Hellmont by Alton — Helen Keller. W. M. Fer-
guson, Dixon.
Helena Maid by Healani — Dictatus Maid. Sam Flinn,
Dixon.
Robert Bingen — Deviletta by Diablo. W. S. Harkey,
Gridley.
McDillon — Ada McKinney by McKinney. H. H. Hel-
man, Salinas.
Wilbur Lou — Zeta W. by Nutwood Wilkes. Hemet
Stock Farm, Hemet.
Jim Logan— Edna R. by Diablo. J. E. Montgomery,
Davis.
Mahomet Watts — Daphne McKinney by McKinney.
Wm. Detels, Pleasanton.
Master Derby by Jim Logan — Ramona; Miss Logan
P. by Jim Logan — Bally Pointer. Roy D. Mayes,
Dixon.
Bond Wilk — Sidbar by Sidney. A. W. Longley, Bishop.
Stockton Lad, by Royal McKinney. Jas. H. Spaf-
ford, Portland.
Peter McKlyo — Leavenitte by Zombro. L. H. Tod-
hunter, Sacramento.
Pegasus — Rose Girl by Amado. Valencia Stock
Farm, San Bernardino.
Bondholder — Mary W. by Dictatus. D. W. Wallis,
Los Banos.
McKinney B. by Stanford McKinney — Loma B. ; Alice
W. by Expressive Mac — Strathalie; Woy's Express
by Expressive Mac — Florence B. M. L. Woy,
Fresno.
California Fair and Racing Ass'n News.
Joseph Waddell, Secretary of the California Fair
and Racing Association, has just returned from a
two weeks' trip through the southern part of the
State. He reports things looking very favorable for
a banner circuit in California this year.
The Kings County Fair Association at Hanford
agreed at its meeting to put on a fair and race meet-
ing the week following the State Fair and to raise
their purses considerably over and above what they
offered last year.
The Fresno County Agricultural Association is con-
templating putting on two $2000 purses and two
$1000 purses, and the remaining classes will be for
purses of about $800 each.
The Kern County Fair Association decided to raise
the purses over what they gave last year and are
now at work on their program. Regarding the con-
dition of their track, they have a very competent
man in charge who knows how to handle it, and
they will have a very fair track for the horsemen to
race over this fall.
At a meeting held at Riverside on Monday, April
30th, it was unanimously voted that Riverside become
a member of this circuit and also to take some of
the stock in the California Fair and Racing Associ-
ation. They will offer two $800 purses, several $500
and $400 stakes, for harness horses, and purses for
runners the same as the other associations in the
circuit.
The Los Angeles association asked for a racing
committee to submit them a program and suggest
something about the amounts to be offered, and the
program submitted amounts to between $18,000 and
$20,000. including $2,500 for a 2:12 trot, $2,500 for a
2:08 pace, $1,500 for a free-for-all pace and nine addi-
tional $1000 purses for trotters and pacers, together
with $800 for three-year-old trotters and pacers, and
some purses for two amateur races. There will be a
Los Angeles Derby for runners for $300, together
with a number of other purses for runners.
At a meeting at Santa Maria on May first, they
agreed upon uniform purses for $500 each for har-
ness horses, the purses for runners to be the same
as at the other meetings.
Frank P. Kinney, of Chicago, has been engaged by
E. D. Gold, of the Midway Farm, Kearney, Neb., to
prepare an elaborately illustrated catalogue of the
farm and stock.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 5, 19:
PROGRAM FOR PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
TRAPSHOOTING FIXTURES.
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August20, 21, 22, 23, 24. 1917— Chicago, His— The Inter-
state Association's Eighteenth Grand American Trap-
shooting Tournament, under the auspices of the South
Shore Country Cluh Gun Club; 4,000$ added money.
Winner of first place in the Grand American Handicap
guaranteed $500 and a trophy; winner of second place
guaranteed §400 and a trophy; winner of third place
guaranteed $300 and a trophy; winner of fourth place
guaranteed $200 and a trophy, and the winner of fifth
place guaranteed $100 and a trophy. Numerous other
trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Man-
ager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
May 28, 29. 30. 1917 — San Jose, Cal. — The Interstate Asso-
ciation's Twelfth Pacific Coast Trapshooting Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the San Jose Gun Club;
$1300 added money. "Winner of first place in the Pa-
cific Coast Handicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy;
winner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy,
and the winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a
trophy. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa-
Hay 6 — Coalinga, Cal. — Coalinga Gun Club. E. N. Ayers,
President.
May S — Bingham, Utah — Utah State Sportsmen's Asso-
ciation. A. E_ Bain, Secretary.
May 6 — Denver, Colo. — Denver Trap Club. Warren Con-
ley, Secretary.
May 7 — Crete, Nebr. — Crete Gun Club. Frank J. Kobes,
Secretary.
May 7, S — Salem, Oregon — Oregon State Tournament, un-
der the auspices of the Capital City Rod & Gun Club.
Mark Siddall. Secretary.
May 13 — Everett, Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Everett Gun Club. C. E. French, Secretary.
May 13 — Eureka, Cal. — Eureka Blue Rock Cluh. W. E.
Innes, Secretary.
May 13, 14, 15 — Los Angeles, Cal. — Vernon Gun Club.
Stanton A. Bruner. Secretary.
May 14, 15, 16 — Spokane, Wash. — Spokane Gun Cluh.
"Old Policy." Chas. A. O'Connor, President.
May 20, £1 — Seattle, Wash. — Washington State Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the Green Lake Gun Club.
G. A. Conklin, Secretary.
May 21, 22, 23— Los Angeles, Cal. — California- Nevada
State Tournament, under the auspices of the Los An-
geles Gun Club. Fred H. Teeple, Secretary.
May 23, 24 — Ogden. Utah — Utah State Tournament, under
the allspices of the Ogden Gun Club. A. R. Bain,
Secretary.
June 2, 3— Moore. Mont. — Moore Rod & Gun Club. W. N.
Sharp. Secretary.
June 3— Alameda, Cal— Alameda Elks Gun Club. F. E.
Hilger .Secretary.
June 17, 18 — Billings, Mont. — Billings Rod & Gun Club.
W. K. Moore, President.
June 17. IS, 19 — Palouse. Wash. — Idawa Gun Club. John
P. Duke, Secretary.
June 24 — Bellingham. Wash. — Northwest Washington
Trapshooters' League Tournament, under the auspices
of the Bellingham Gun Club. L Dienberger, Secretary.
June 24, 25. 26, 27 — Portland, Ore. — Sportsmen's Associa-
tion of the Northwest Tournament, under the auspices
of the Portland Gun Club. H. R. Everding. Secretary.
July 22 — Chehalis, Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Chehalis Gun Club. Harry Quick, Secretary.
July 23, 24, 25 — Portland, Ore. — Pacific Indians. F. C.
Tiiehl, Secretary.
July 27, 28, 29— Del Monte, Cal., Del Monte Gun Club.
J. F. Neville, Secretary.
August 19 — Blaine. Wash. — Northwest "Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Blaine Gun Club. F. L. Cott, Secretary.
August 19 — Kellogg. Idaho — Kellogg Gun Club. R. E.
Thomas, Secretary.
August 27— Williams, Ariz.— Williams Gun Club. *W. D.
Finney, President-
September 9 — Seattle, Wash. — Northwest Washington
Trapshooters' League Tournament, under the auspices
of the Green Lake Gun Club. G. A. Conklin, Sec'ty.
September 17. 18 — Los Angeles, Cal. — Los Angeles Gun
Club. Fred H. Teeple. Secretarv.
October 9. 10 — Hillside, Ariz.— Three Mule Shoe Gun Club.
"Old Policy." Thad. P. Mullen, Secretary.
October 13, 14 — Phoenix. Ariz. — Arizona State Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club.
Dell 33. Morrell, Secretary.
* * *
Fresno Shoot. — One of the features of the two-day
registered tournament held in conjunction with the
Raisin Day celebration at Fresno last Saturday and
Sunday was the remarkable performance of Joe
Gotalli of Stockton. Although he is a beginner in
the sport alluring and was attending his first tourna-
ment, the novice established the marvelous run of
130 without a miss. It was the longest run of the
tourney. Gotelli finished out his string of 200 with a
score of 193.
H .Lorenson of Newman was high gun. He broke
195 on Saturday and 198 on Sunday for a grand total
of 393. He was very consistent throughout the two
days. B. Worthen. C. Barieau and S. A. Bruner tied
at 191 for second honors opening day. On Sunday
Harry Ogilvie was second with 195 and D .C Davison
third with 194.
Dick Reed topped the pros with 191 the first dav
and followed it up by busting 199 on Sunday. The
shoot was well attended and the visitors were pro-
fuse in their praise of the way affairs were conducted.
The scores for those who participated in the two-
day events follow: Toney Prior 180, 181 — 361:
Barney Worthen 181. 191—372; *L. S. Hawxhurst
192. 189—381; *A1 Cook 189, 183—372; *C A Haight
180, 177—357; 'R. C. Reed 199. 191—390; Mullen
190, 181—371; S. A. Bruner 190, 191—381; J F
Dodds 189, 185—374; Lovelace 180. 184—364- *Fred
Willet ISO. 176—356; Adams 181, 1 S3— 364; Slocum
187. 181—368: W. E. Eilert 190, 179—369; Dr Mar-
tin 181, 178—359; Harry Ogilvie 195, 189—384- R
Ostendorf 184. 186—370: C. Barieau 190, 191—381:
Dr. R. N. Fuller 186. 185—371; Ed Garratt 184. 176—
360; C. F. Meloy 185, 187—372; Blanchard 177, 179
—356; Small 178. 174—352; Favier 182, 165 — 347;
Yocum 176, 176—352; *Bill Ellis 181, 175—456; *C.
H. Knight 188, 187—375; H. Lorenson 198, 195 — 393.
"Professionals.
Those who shot the 200 targets in one day's events
follow: — Ayers 167, Smith 135, Orval Overall 163,
Stoner 168, Hawkins 165. McNeil 172, Hudelson 156,
Jackson 183, Gotelli 193, Dr. Falk 1S9, Hastings 172,
Garrison 181. Hemmett 174, D. C. Davison 194, Arthur
17S. Mook 157.
Other scores were : — Fred Oppling 67x80, Harry
Bundt 27x40, Miss Meyers 65x100, Rutherford 93x100.
Mook 89x100, McCabe 53x75, George TVarrenburg
43x75.
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New N. W. League. — Following are the Columbia-
Willamette trapshooting standings:
W. L. P.C. Shot at B'ke
Woodburn 1 0 1000 125 121
Salem 1 0 1000 125 114
Astoria 1 0 1000 125 117
Pendleton 0 1 .000 125 109
La Grande 0 1 .000 125 112
Oregon City 0 1 .000 125 95
Results on April 22 — Woodburn 121. LaGrande 112 :
Salem 114. Oregon City 95: Astoria 117, Pendleton
109; Albany remaining idle.
Individual results — Charles Leith, Woodburn, 25;
Peter Whitney, Woodburn, 25.
The opening matches of the Columbia-Willamette
Trapshooters' Association were shot April 22nd and
some mighty good scores were turned in. The Wood-
burn Gun Club led the field with 121 bluerocks out
of a possible 125, and in making the record La
Grande was defeated, 121 to 112.
Astoria's representatives who arc battling for one
of The Oregonian trophies surprised the wiseacres
by breaking 117, and by so doing the Round-Up Gun
Club men of Pendleton were forced to accept their
first defeat of the 1917 season by eight birds. Very
little opposition was afforded in the Capital Gun
Club, of Salem, in trimming the Canemah Gun Club,
of Oregon City, 114 to 95.
The Oregon City delegation has not been able to
get going as yet. Albany, the seventh member of the
Columbia-Willamette Trapshooters' Association, was
idle, but the schedule calls for Astoria as the opposi-
tion nest time.
Individual honors went to two Woodburn Gun Club
members. Charley Leith, who says that he has seven
perfect scores left in his gun, and Peter Whitney,
a team mate, each smashed 25 out of the 25 pre-
sented to them. All the bluerocks were difficult
ones and the two nimrod expect to do just as well
in rgistered tournaments this season.
The schedule for Sunday calls for Oregon City
meeting at La Grande, Woodburn vs. Salem and As-
toria vs. Albany, with Pendleton remaining idle.
SB
Shoot at Tacoma. — The Northwest Washington
Trapshooters' League has the favor of the weather
gods from the break in the rainy season and a fine
day experienced at the Tacoma shoot on April 22.
Forty-five shooters turned out to the beautiful
grounds at Manitou grove and enjoyed fine shooting.
The Seattle delegation furnished the bulk of the
shooters in numbers, about ten machine loads going
over.
Seattle Trapshooters' Association finished first in
the team race, with 230 points, the members being
Searle, McKelvey, Scripture, Fleming and Ruppe.
The Green Lake Gun Club ,with Barnes, Van Vleek,
Carstens, Call and Follrich, finished second, with 221
points.
The Tacoma Gun Club stood third, using Campbell,
Cooper, Coons, Dague and Smith, with 207 points.
R. S. Searle, stood high man in the interstate pro-
gram, with 98 out of 100. C. E. McKelvey went sec-
ond with 95. George Miller of Bellingham was third,
taking the shoot-off between himself and Hi Follrich
on a score of 94.
L. H. Reid stood high professional, with a score of
96 out of the 100. Matt Grossman won the Tacoma
Gun Club trophy by shooting 47 out of the 50-bird
handicap from the 17-yard line. The scores:
E. E. Ellis 92, R. Kinzer 90, F. Landwehr 92, H.
Fleming 88. J. Ruppe S8, W. G. Taft 82, H. O. Scofield
89, F. B. Baker 84, *Geo. Hambright 94, Fred Ed-
wards 83, Geo. Scripture 92, H. Follrich 94, Vance
Thompson 93. R. S. Searle 98, J. H. Hopkins 88, *Geo.
Garrison 95. George Miller 94. *I. Fisher 95, C. E.
McKelvey 95, S. L. Blair 70, *F. C. Riehl 93, F. Camp-
bell 85, A. G. Smith 68, Carl Coons 79, J. A. Dague
90, -\L. H. Reid 96. L. S. Mellinger 76, Jim Davies
73, C. F. Reinhart 79, A. A. Benson SI, W. H. Carstens
87. L. S. Barnes 90, G. B. York 87, E. Callich 87, G. B.
Baker 81. M. Grossman 87, Kienast 84, Fortier 67,
D. Reid 91. Hill 85. S. W. Case 75. R. Tvler 74, C. W.
Bandy 86. A. A. Riehl 92, E. W. Cooper 87.
Professionals.
Attractive Events Outlined For Big Shoot at San Joe
on May 28, 29 and 30.
The Interstate Association's Twelfth Annual P.
cific Coast Handicap Trapshooting Tournament wi
be held at San Jose, California, May 28, 29 and 3
1917, under the auspices of the San Jose Gun Club.
Nowhere in the Golden State are the conditio!
more favorable for the holding of a successful ton
nament with accessories of climate .scenery an
other attractions that appeal to lovers of all kind
of outdoor sports and recreations, and the local gu
club and the citizens of San Jose therefore con]
dently look forward to a large and representativ
gathering of genuine sportsmen from all sections c
the Pacific Coast.
Transportation facilities here are unexcelled, th
city being on the direct Southern Pacific line betwee
San Francisco and Los Angeles and also to the sout
by way of the San Joaquin Valley and to the nort
by way of the Sacramento Valley. In addition, th
State Highway runs the entire length of the valle:
placing the city on the great highway up and dow
the coast and through the entire central portion c
the State. San Jose is only 47 miles from San Frai
Cisco by steam line and highway; 40 miles from Oal
land by rail and highway, and 35 miles from Sant
Cruz and the coast, also by rail and a branch of th
State Highway.
The program for this year's Pacific Coast Hand
cap Tournament is designed, as are all of The Inte:
state Association programs, to furnish the greates
amount of enjoyment to the greatest number of coi
testants at a minimum of expense.
The regular program events have been arrange
for the special benefit of the beginner and mediocr
shot. With the low entrance fees and the losses pal
back each day under the Squier Money-Back Systei
it is not possible for the expert shot to enrich himsel
in these events at the expense of the less skillfu
contestant.
The Optional Sweeps on each Regular Prograi
Event, divided on the High Gun System, provide con
petition for the more skillful shot who wants to tak
a chance of winning larger amounts than called fo
by the regular division.
The Optional Sweeps on The Pacific Coast Intrc
ductory. The Pacific Coast Special, The Pacific Coas
Overture, the First Day's Program and the Thro
Days' Program ,all divided on the High Gun System
provide competition for the expert shot who is wil
ing to take a chance with contestants his equal i
skill.
In addition, each contestant who competes in th'
Regular Program has a chance to win a part of th
possible surplus from the Special Fund created b:
the Squier Money-Back System.
The two Handicap Events are arranged on a basi
of entry fees as low as is consistent, with the equit;
of the events and the material values which shout
reward good performances, and which are essentia
to it.
Special competition has been arranged for women
and a cordial invitation extended to them to tak<
part in the tournament. A trophy has been provide!
for their exclusive benefit.
The daily entrance fees will be: —
First day —Entrance in regular program, $15; spe
cial event at double targets, $2; optional sweeps oi
reguiar program, 87; option sweep on the Pacini
Coast Introductory, ?3; optional sweep on the 141
targets, $5; optional sweep on the three days' pro
gram, 85. Total, $37.00
Second day — Entrance in regular program, $11;
preliminary handicap, $8; optional sweeps on regulaj
program, $4; optional sweep on the Pacific Coast
Special, $5. Total, S28.00.
Third day — Entrance in regular program, $11; Pa
cific Coast Handicap, $11; optional sweeps on regulai
program, $4; option sweep on the Pacific Coast Over-
ture, $5. Total, $31.00.
Contestants may shoot for "targets only" in any oi
all events and be eligible to win any of the trophies.
SO
Golden Gate Club. — Although no scheduled events)
were carded last week about the Bay, a number ol
local shooters turned out at the Alameda grounds toj
practice up for the big events to come this month.:
The scores on Saturday were:
At 25 targets — Dr. Topham 18, J. S. French 24, Dr.
Topham 20, J. S. French 19, Dr. Topham 25, J. S.
French 23, Frank Blum 19, J. S. French 20, Frank
Blum 21, J. S. French 21, Bray Thoming 20, Al Dur-'
ney 24, J. W. F. Moore 19, H. J. Truscott 20, Bray
Thorning 22, Al Durney 20, J. W. F. Moore 18, Bray}
Thorning 22, Al Durney 20.
The scores on Sunday, at 25 targets, were as fol-
lows: Wa'die 20, H .A. Ray 17, J. B. Nichols 21, Pop.
Merrill 2i. Waldie 23, Raj; 21, Nichols 24, Vesper 21,
Pop Merrill 21, Ray 18, Nichols 22, Griese 19. Web-
ber 19, Vesper 24, Griese 16, Ray 21, C. Linderman:
24, A. J. Williams 17, Webber 19, Vesper 24, Gries
21, Dr. O. D. Hamlin 19, Linderman 24, Williams
Vesper 21, Craft 21, Dr. Hamlin 22, Webber 19, Ve
per 23.
SO
Screen Inspector Culver of the state fish cultun
department looked over the Gibraltar dam fishway
on the Santa Ynez river last week, following report
that it was ineffective, and reported that the fishway
was in excellent shape.
Saturday, May 5, 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
THE ART OF TROUT FISHING.
Veteran Angler Gives Some Pointers to Parties Out
For the Opening.
Ill
[By George T. Cline.]
In trout fishing, as in many other things, it is a
good plan to make haste slowly. One can never tell
with certainty just where the fish may be lying. Until
you have arrived at some reasonable conclusion, on
this point, fish all the water. Try the little shallow
ripplies near the banks. Wet the flies in every part
of the riffles and rapids. When you come to a pool
fish all of it from the head, then go around and fish
all of it from below. Do not neglect the little eddies
around boulders and half-submerged trees. Many
times the best fish are taken in the most unlikely
places.
Where the stream has fretted away the soil so as
to form a hiding place beneath the overhanging bank,
watch out for the "big one." Proceeding in this
manner, you will soon discover the nature of the
places where the majority of the fish are lying, and
if your time is limited you can pass by those which
seem least productive. On some days most of the
trout will be found in riffles; on others the riffles
are deserted by all save the smallest fry and you
will strike most of your trout in the deeper rapids
and pools.
In the experimental stage of the day's fishing it is
well also to determine as quickly as possible which
method of presenting the flies seems to be the most
popular -with the fish. If the customary method of
casting, that is, keeping the flies well up on the
surface, does not produce sufficiently satisfactory
results, try the submerged fly. A variation in the
method frequently spells the difference between suc-
cess and failure.
Sometimes the lightest touch of the net will revive
a played-out fish and he is off again like a flash. In
view of this it is advisable before using the net to
have a fair amount of slack line off the reel which
should be held between the fingers of the rod hand
so that it can be released immediately. Thus pre-
pared, a final rally of the fish is not apt to result in
his escape. Unless the trout was originally hooked
very hard after a more or less protracted siege of
playing, the hook often "hangs by a thread," in which
case if the trout is snubbed in the least the hook
will tear away, and frequently if any slack is given,
it will drop out.
Occasionally examine, and if doubtful, test every
inch of tackle from reel to flies. Anything which
cannot be absolutely trusted is worse than useless.
Either repair it as strong as new, or chuck it away.
Hanging on to frayed, weakened stuff is poor busi-
ness. It surely will play false at the worst possible
time. The biggest fish has a peculiar habit of laying
hold of the rottenest tackle.
The trout lie with their heads up-stream, eagerly
watching for what the water may bring, and a bait
moving with the current looks natural, and. in addi-
tion, keeps the line taut and ready for instant action.
A trout seldom hesitates over a bait, but either
ignores it altogether or lays hold with a vim; hence
one cannot well strike too soon after a nibble is felt.
In case the sun casts too pronounced a shadow ahead
when working directly down stream, move along
whichever bank will enable you to work across and
down stream.
Angling, like every other sport that requires the
co-operation of the hand and the eye, is most enjoyed
and most effective when one is "in form." The ob-
servation of a few fundamental rules, coupled with
frequent practice, will enable any lover of the out-of-
doors to become proficient in a pastime that is most
inexpensive and yet the finest nerve tonic known.
• Rule 1. Be sure your rod is securely jointed with
the ferrules in line, the reel properly attached, the
line strong, with moistened leader and fly correctly
attached. Any sporting goods salesman will gladly
show you how to do these things.
Rule 2. Begin slowly with the whole body relaxed
and poised, making short casts of fifteen or twenty
feet until you get "the knack." Overambitious be-
ginners often attempt to make long casts at the start
in very crude style, thus acquiring bad habits that
must later be unlearned.
Rule 3. Take a firm hold of rod with one hand at
just the point on the hand hold where it will balance
across your finger when fully equipped for work.
You may add slight weight to your rod at the proper
place to make it balance at exactly the point on the
hand hold that you desire.
Rule 4. Draw out from the reel just enough line
so that the fly will hang about a foot above the reel
when the rod is perpendicular. Then begin a gentle
whipping motion with the forearm and wrist, at the
same time stripping (drawing from the reel) line
with the other hand. Strip the line only as fast as
the slack is being taken up by the motion of your
cast.
Rule 5. As you are able to lengthen your cast you
will find the full arm motion necessary for distance
and accuracy will come to you easily and uncon-
sciously if you have up to that point developed your
casting slowly and patiently.
Rule 6. Always glance at the ground behind you
before casting, remembering that your fly must go
nearly as far behind you as it will go forward.
Rule 7. Be sure to let your line straighten out in
the back cast before you bring it forward, thus avoid-
ing the "pop" that snaps the fly from the leader.
Rule 8. "Keep your eye on the ball." That is to
say, keep your eye on the certain spot on the water
at which you are casting. Do not try to look at your
rod or fly.
Rule 9. When your fish is hooked do not jerk him
out of the water, but play him until you are sure he
is not too big for the strength of your rod before
lifting him out. Never let the fish get any slack
line, but keep a steaddy pull on his mouth by prop-
erly working the reel.
CURTAILING SPORT NOT A WISE MOVE.
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S. F. Fly-Casting Club. — With weather fair but a
gusty wind blowing the San Francisco Fly Casting
Club opened the season last Saturday and Sunday
at the beautiful Stow Lake grounds. The scores
established were very creditable under the existing
conditions. The judges were W. T. Davis, Jr. and
F. J. Cooper, with Stanley Forbes, referee, and N. L.
Ellsworth, clerk of the course. The scores were as
follows :
SATURDAY'S SCORES. %-oz.
Del. Accy. Dis. Accy.
Net H.T. H.T. Lure
Col. Young 31 27 .. 21
Charles Gibbs 55 22 95
C. H. Kewell 45 7 .. 42
F. J. Cooper 15 12 117 19
Col. Edwards 19 13 104 94
W. J. Davis, Jr 11 14 98 22
S. Forbes 26 14 120 13
F. H. Reed 17 19 100 49
C.H.Gardner 19 13 .. 14
H. A. Thompson 19 104
W. D. Mansfield . . 120
SUNDAY'S SCORES.
Col. Young 20
Dr. Brooks 20
Charles Gibbs 32
Charles Kewell 15
H. A. Thompson 10
H. Sperry 20
F. J. Cooper 17
Dr. Westerfeld 25
Joe Springer 32
C. H. Gardner 11
Col Burgin 15
S. Forbes 10
W. D. Mansfield 13
F. A. Webster
A. Sperry
W. J. Davis, Jr
F .H. Reed
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STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
STATE
CITY
Oregon
Oklahoma
Florida
New Hampshire
Washington
California*
Georgia
Illinois
Utah
Nebraska
Connecticut
Delaware
Iowa
Texas
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Maryland**
Ohio
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Arkansas
Vermont
West Virginia
North Dakota
New York
South Dakota
Michigan
Minnesota
Wyoming
Indiana
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Maine
Arizona***
Salem
Tulsa
Kissimmee
Manchester
Seattle
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Streator
Ogden
Fremont
Norwalk
Wilmington
Waterloo
Houston
Greenwood
Bradford
Springfield
Baltimore
Toledo
Little Falls
Westerly
Texarkana
Randolph
Richwood
Minot
Syracuse
Alexandria
Birmingham
Brainerd
Casper
Indianapolis
Louisville
Wausau
Rockland
Phoenix
WHEN
May
7-8
16-17
16-17
18-19
20-21
21-22-23
22-23
22-23-24
23-24
23-24-25
25-26
25-26
29-30-31
29-30-31
June
5-6
5-6-7
5-6-7
6-7
6-7-8
6-7-8
8-9
11-12-13
13-14
14-15
14-15-16
14-15-16
20-21
20-21
21-22-23
July
7-8-9-10
10-11-12
19-20
22-23-24
27-28
13-14
Eastern Colleges Should Continue Athletics as Pre-
paredness Course. — Trapshooting Will Continue.
"Nevada is affiliated.
[By Peter P. Carney.]
When the United States was drawn into the inter-
national conflict the athletic authorities of several of
our best-known Eastern colleges stampeded and dis-
continued all forms of athletics.
These grave men took the situation too seriously.
There was no such hysteria in the West. The action
was not only unwise but uncalled for. It would have
been best for all of these institutions if they had
permitted the athletic teams to continue as before
the severance of. friendly relations with the foreign
foe — for the young man who is in good physical con-
dition is of benefit to his country. Without competi-
tive athletics it will be difficult for the collegian to
keep in trim.
The Military and Naval Academies, the institu-
tions most seriously affected by the severing of diplo-
matic ties between the United States and the Cen-
tral Powers, are continuing athletics and advise all
others to do the same. Every one cannot go in the
trenches or join the Navy, therefore there must be
recreation and amusement.
The Lawn Tennis Association announces it will
continue all tournaments unless the War Depart-
ment counsels otherwise. The United States Golf
Association will follow a like course. Polo and horse
racing will be continued as before, and the war will,
no doubt, stimulate interest in the horses. These
sports, however, can be discontinued at any time
without serious inconvenience.
There is one sport, however, that is doing a wealth
of good for the United States in the way of prepared-
ness and that sport will have its banner year because
of the complications. That sport is trapshooting.
One tournament has been canceled — the one for the
championship of the U. S. N. Atlantic Fleet which
was scheduled for the last of March and the first of
April at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. This tournament
will not be held until after the end of the war.
This, however, will be the only trapshooting tour-
nament postponed by the conflict. Every one of the
other 500 or more wTilI be carried tthrough as sched-
uled. In making this decision, President T. E. Dore-
mus, of the Interstate Association for the Encourage-
ment of Trapshooting, said;
"Trapshooting is real preparedness. By holding
all of the tournaments we will be doing a good thing
for the United States. All young men should know
how to shoot. Many are now learning. The trap-
shooting clubs are doing their share to encourage
them.
"If we make 15.000 additional trapshooters this
year it will mean 15,000 more men who can go to the
aid of the United States in a great measure pre-
pared. Young men are being encouraged to come to
the traps and learn how to shoot and the war will
bring them out even more numerous than in other
years. Trapshooting is real preparedness and we
will go right along getting youth of the United States
ready for whatever may come."
Quite a number of trapshooting clubs have an-
nounced that members will be at the clubs on certain
days each week to give instruction to those who wish
to learn how to handle a gun, etc.
Trapshooting tournaments have been registered
in Cuba, Hawaii, Canal Zone and the Philippines. At
this time last year, 412 tournaments were sanctioned
— now there are 472 on the list, which is evidence
that more people are interested than ever before.
Thirty-six States have announced the dates for
their State Championship Tournaments and the oth-
ers will be along shortly.
06
Trade Notes.— Dr. E. H. Buie carried off high hon-
ors at a recent shoot of the Gilliard Sporting Club,
Natchez, Miss., with a score of 96x100. Dr. G. S.
Handy won second honors and J. N. Stone third hon-
ors, breaking 94x100 and 91x100 respectively. All
three of these men shot Remington Pump Guns and
Nitro Club Speed Shells.
At a recent shoot of the Sea Cliff Gun Club. Leam-
ington, Ont., James Hartwick and W. Hart took first
and second honors respectively. Both men shot
Remington Pump Guns and Nitro Club Speed Shells.
The Glen Willow Gun Club, of Rcxborough, Phila-
delphia. Penn., held an interesting shoot recently at
which 72 followers of the clay saucers faced the
traps. Harry Sloan of Philadelphia won high hon-
ors, breaking 47 out o this quota of 50 targets. H.
Bartolet was second with a score of 45x50 and W.
Williams took third honors, breaking 45x50. All
three of these men shot Remington Pump guns.
The S .S. White Gun Club, of Holmesburg Junc-
tion, Penn.. had a good turnout at one of their recent
shoots at which 95 shooters faced the traps. High
honors were taken by W. B. Severn, of Philadelphia,
who broke 48 out of 50 targets. H. Hoffman and
E. W. Budd tied for second honors, each breaking
45x50 targets. All three men shot Remington UMC
Shot shells.
Chas. Hummel, of the Des Moines, Iowa, Gun Club,
won high honors at their recent registered shoot.
Shooting the perfect combination of a Remington
Pump gun and Nitro Club shells, he scored 142x150,
defeating a field of 70 shooters.
W. E. Butler won high honors at a recent shoot of
the Riverside Gun Club of Rochester. N. Y. Shooting
a Remington Pump gun and Nitro Club Speed shells,
he broke 95 out of 100 targets.
10
Sportsmen's Row
The Golden Gate Kennel Cluub opened its sixth
annual exhibition at the Exposition Auditoriuum on
Wednesday. Announcement was made that 600 dogs
were benched during the three days, ending Friday.
* * *
The Alameda Elks' Club -will stage its monthly
tournament at the Alameda grounds tomorrow. The
club officials are getting the program for the regis-
tered tournament next month in shape for announce-
ment.
* * *
H. E. Bacon of El Paso, Texas, has purchased from
James S. Fielder the Airedale bitch. Cactus Winnie
No. 2177S1 (Ch. Rickley Ooorang — Ex Coine Mod-
este). She is in whelp to Cactus Maitre Labori, No.
211547 (Abrecon Coldedge — Ex Empost Briarsweet).
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wilkes are on another visit to
the East, and while in New York are attending the
weekly shoots of the New York Athletic Club.
Wilkes broke S4 out of 100 at a recent shoot and
with his handicap of ten was up among the leaders.
Mrs. Wilkes got 77.
* * *
The county game warden recently took 24,000
silver trout fry from the state salmon hatchery in
Sultan, Wash., to Lake Ballinger and Lake Cochran.
Of this imount 15,000 fish were planted in Lake Bal-
linger and the remainder in Lake Ccchran. The fry*
were turned over to the county by the state.
* * *
Utah Association. — The Utah State Association
held a registered tournament at Springville, Col., on
April 16. The scores on 150 targets were:
H. W. Heagren 129. H. A. Luff 132, A. B. Bain 12S,
Mark Cook 139, C. H. Reilley Jr. 144, Glenn Bishop
100, L. E. Riter 141, W. H. Mitchell 119, H. N. Welch
131, D. E. Wightman 128, Jos. Vane Jr. 113.
Professionals — F. J. McGanney 133, C. A. Anderson
120.
* * *
Telegraphic dispatches state that Frank Troeb,
Vancouver, Wash., national amateur trapshooting
champion, and holder of the Washington State cham-
pionship, lost his state honors in the twenty-third
annual championship of the state, at Seattle on Sun-
day. J. H. Hopkins, Seattle, wrested the honors
from him by breaking a Coast record for consecutive
hits ,breaking 284 targets without a miss.
* * *
The place where next year's Pacific Coast Handi-
cap Tournament will be held will be decided upon
at the Interstate Association's annual meeting sched-
uled for Thursday, November 8, 1917. Gun Clubs that
intend applying for said event should file their appli-
cations by October 15. Applications will be received
conditional on the association continuing its present
policy of giving the Pacific Coast Handicap Tourna-
ment. Send all applications to The Interstate Asso-
ciation, 219 Coltart Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.
* * *
All opening day records were broken when the
California trout season for 1917 started. Headed by
Hal E. Roach and Dwight Whiting, the advance
army at Los Angeles moved in on "Dad" Skinner at
Pine Knot Lodge. The Big Bear roads via Victor-
vUle are reported to be in first class condition and
ever:' cabin at Pine Knot has been reserved. Thou-
sands of anglers are headed for the various streams.
The Fish and Game Commission report that over
licenses have been taken out in Los Angeles
county up to last Saturday as against 4790 for the
same date last year.
* * *
Clubs Feature Trapshooting — Many people are under
the impression that the only place they can enjoy
trapshooting is at a gun or trapshooting club. This
is surely a wrong idea. Many prominent athletic,
boat, country, golf and yacht clubs have installed
trapshooting paraphernalia and the members take as
much interest in target shooting as thev do in the
other facilities.
TMs is true in all localities, for just recently the
Du Pont Company of Wilmington, Delaware, issued
a booklet showing a list of clubs at which trapshoot-
ing is regularly installed as a part of these clubs'
sporting features.
* * *
W. J. Morrill, State Forester of Colorado, is push-
ing a propaganda for the trading of the scattered
school sections within the National Forests back to
the federal government in lieu of an equal acreage
of amber and pasture land in one or two compact
bodies. Roughly, there are about 125,000 acres of
Stale lands included within the National Forests of
Colorado, mostly Sections 16 and 36. It is about as
impracticable to handle these scattered sections sat-
isfactorily as it would be for a farmer to cultivate
acre-plots scattered all over a whole countv With
'his acreage blocked up as a State Forest, the land
can be protected and utilized much more efficiently
forestry principles may then be applied to its man-
agement, and the State will eventually derive more
revenue from its timbered holdings.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Los Angeles Club. — Pounding away at over 6,000
targets with their twelve-gauge guns, forty-five mem-
bers of the Los Angeles Gun Club contended for the
H. R. Everding trophies Sunday in a 100-bird class
handicap trapshooting tournament.
R. O. Pool, shooting from eighteen yards, broke
high gun. His score was 95x100. C. W. Fish was
second high with a score of 94x100, achieved from
sixteen yards.
Possibly some of the most wonderful shooting ever
seen around Los Angeles was put up by Frank H.
Melius from twenty-two yards. He broke ninety-
three birds.
Gold "take home" trophies were won by Sargent,
Cornelius, Pool and Dougherty. Silver "take home"
trophies were won by Melius, Pfirrmann, Evans and
TucketL
The point winners to date in the Everding compe-
tition, according to their classes follow:
Class A — Melius 20, Prrmann 14, Dodds 13, Evans
S. Cornelius 6, Morse 6, Mellon 6, Fish 5.
Cia.-s B — Sargent 18. Council 16, Tuckett 13, Grew-
ell 10. Pachmayr 6, White 4, Famechon 4.
Class C — Melford 20, Wilson 17, Mrs. Pfirrmann
15, Hart 13, Bishop 9, Betz 5, Dougherty 4, Peter-
son 4.
Class D — Kennedy 21, Pool 21, Nelson 9, Mrs. Mel-
lon 7, Carnahan 6.
The scores follow:
Pool, 13 yards, 94x100; Fish 16—94, Melius 22—93,
Counca 20—91, Mitchell 19 — 91, Pfirrmann 22—90,
Famechon 18—90, Hoyt 17 — 90, Sargent 20—89, Evans
19—89. Melford 19—89, Cline 18—88, Dougherty 17—
88, Teeple 17 — 88, Tuckett 19—87, Cornelius 20 — 86,
Carnahan 16 — 86, Kennedy 18 — 85, Nelson 18 — 84,
L. Melius 18—84. Grewell 19—83, Mohler 16—83, Mrs.
Pfirrmann 17—82, Oliver 19—81, Hall 19—80, Hart
19—79. Claypool 16—62, Schaffer 16—60, Ross 16—
60, Ross 16 — 53, Pedersen 16 — 53; Mueller 16 — 41x50,
Bauer 16—37x50, Lockhart 16 — 32x50. Stoney 16 — 20x
50, W. Ross 16—4x50, Crossman 16 — 24x25, Mrs.
Crcssman 16 — 18x25, A. Nelson 16 — 15x25. Ekdale 16
— 14x25, Mackay 16 — 10x25, Holmes 16 — 1x25; Pfirr-
mann 196x200, Mitchell 187x200, Mohler 115x125,
Dodds 96x100, Famechon 94x100, Cline 94x100, Cor-
nelius 94x100, Oliver 94x100, Mullen 93x100, Melford
92x100, Kennedy 90x100, Hart 72x75, Carnahan 60x75,
Groat 50x50, Paehmavr 48x50, Mrs. Pfirrmann 46x50,
Melius 44x50, Hall 40x50.
+ * +
Vernon Club. — Bob Bole, "shooting oil man of Ver-
non," had his shooting eye with him on Sunday and
bombarded his way to victory in General Haig style
in the sixty-bird handicap trap shoot held by the
Vernon Gun Club. He blasted 59 out of the targets
in the trophy competition and broke 40 straight at
practice, a splendid day's work.
Dr. L. M. Packard and J. D. Dierdoff were the
runners-up. Each contender broke 58x60. Dierdoff
squelched 96x100 during the day.
According to Secretary Bruner, Bole shot as he
never shot before. He was centering his targets, and
blew them into dust. The results:
NaufE 18 31x40 18 16 17 51x60
Foley 19 34x40 18 14 17 49x60
C. E. Groat 18 37x40 18 18 18 54x60
Mrs. Groat 18 38x40 19 15 20 54x60
A. W. Bruner 19 38x40 18 19 20 57x60
Wm. Pugh 18 35x40 16 18 17 51x60
Meennzhuber 18 35x40 x. .
Dr. Packard 19 34x40 18 20 20 58x60
Meek 17 35x40 19 18 17 54x60
Chas. White 20 39x40 17 19 17 53x60
Dierdoff 19 38x40 19 19 20 58x60
Spafford 19 19x20 IS 13 16 47x60
Groffert x.. 17 17 13 47x60
Moore 18 18x20 13 13 13 39x60
Bole 20 40x40 20 19 20 59x60
Van Nest 14 28x40 13 13 11 37x60
Brawner 18 37x40 x..
** +
Patterson Club. — The Patterson Trapshooting Club
claims the honor of being the most wide-awake or-
ganization of its kind in Stanislaus county. At the
bi-weekly shoot on April 29 a ten bird event for ladies
only was staged and nine of the fair sex participated.
And while the number of mud hens smashed was not
large, it made the old-timers feel good to thing of the
interest manifested.
The club proposes trying out a Beginners' event
on the 30th of May and each member is pledged to
bring a novice. A number of prizes are offered, in-
cluding the Du Pont spoon and watch fob.
The shoot last Sunday included the final event in
the trophy cup race which was won by F. S. Har-
rison, the club secretary. The score in this event
was as follows:
B. F. Bowers, handicap 18 yds, broke 19x25; R.
Edwards 19—22, F. S. Harrison 19—24, W. T. Ral-
ston 17—18. W. F. Brye 16 — 19, F. Everett 17—20,
M. R. Berlin 18—19, C. Meisner 16 — 17, F. Conners
16—19. M. Knutson 17—20.
If the manufacturers of powder, shot and shells
would adopt the policy of sending their representa-
tives to the bush league shooting clubs instead of
letting them run to all the Big Time shoots they
would work up a lot more business. Gun clubs in
many small towns are disbanding due to the lack
o fencouragement and a little stimulated enthusiasm.
Yours,
F. S. HARRISON, Secretary.
[Saturday, May 5, 1917
BIG CROWD OUT FOR OPENING.
Anglers As
a Rule Experience but Fair Luck in
Luring the Elusive Trout.
The trout season came in around San Francisco
Bay and Northern California with a representative
band of anglers out on the streams. The main army
of rodsters, however, waited until the week-end so
that we will have to wait a few days longer before
we receive the inside information of the big ones
that got away and hard luck tales of that variety.
The anglers who did fish on Tuesday reported in-
different success as a rule. Over at the Paper Mill
and other favorite streams in Marin county the fish
were small and catches few. There is no doubt but
that the April 1 opening is the proper date to usher
in the sport.
Down by San Mateo way and further south better
reports were made.
In Alameda and Sonoma county the fish were small
in size and plentiful only in spots. The anglers who
pushed north by Napa and Calistoga. however, had
excellent sport, some of the best fishing of the day
developing in that territory.
The western part of the Lagunitas and the Big and
Little Carson are closed to public fishing this season.
Land companies have secured control of the property
end watchmen have been stationed to keep the ang-
lers off. A. E. Lang of San Francisco and a few
other fishermen, however, were given the privileges
of the Carson and came back with little to show as
far as results went. Lang took forty fish of fair size,
while his companions got only a few small specimens.
The biggest fish reported taken in Marin county
was sixteen inches. Bob Cranston got this prize in
the Paper Mill.
W. S. Will and Russell Ford of Alameda each took
a limit in the Paper Mill, the fish being small in size.
Both reported that catfish and suckers are doing a
great deal of the biting in the vicinity of Camp Tay-
lor and Tocaloma.
* + +
Telegraphic Rifle Shoot. — Reports from J. B. Crab-
tree, secretary of the United States Revolver Asso-
ciation, indicate the final results of the last tele-
graphic shoot, in which the Portland team won the
championship, and also gives the list of entrants in
the indoor championships, which have but recently
been shot.
The report and standings are as follows:
Class A — Portland Revolver Club, won 20, lost 0;
Olympic Club, won 18, lost 2; Boston Rifle & Revol-
ver Club, won 18, lost 2; Springfield Revolver Club,
won 17, lost 3.
Class B — Spokane Rifle & Revolver Club, won 17,
lost 3; Seattle Rifle & Revolver Association, won 15,
lost 5; Manhattan Rifle & Revolver Association, won
12, lost 8; Rifle & Revolver Club of New York, won
12, lost 8.
Class C— Cincinnati Revolver Federation, won 12,
lost 8; St. Louis Colonial Revolver Club, won 11, lost
9: Providence Revolver Club, won 9, lost 11: Chicago
Revolver Club, won 9, lost 11.
Class D— Columbus Revolver Club, won 8, lost 12;
Youngstown Rifle & Revolver Club, won 7, lost 13;
Dallas Rifle & Revolver Club, won 6, lost 14; Manito
Pistol & Rifle Club, won 6, lost 14.
Class E — Aspinwall Revolver Club, won 6, lest 14;
Quinnepiac Rifle & Revolver Club, won 3. lost 17;
Citizens Revolver Club, won 2, lost 18; Toledo Rifle
& Pistol Club, won 2, lost 18.
* + +
Division of Trapshooters. — Every year at the close
of the trapshooting season after official averages are
published, there is quite some discussion as to which
section of the United States, the East or the West,
contains the best clay target shots. There has never
been an official division of the country which might
enable statisticians to satisfy their friends with com-
pilations of such averages. In order that said statis-
ticians may have something official upon which to
base their "compilations, Mr. T. E. Doremus, Presi-
dent of The Interstate Association, has made a rul-
ing placing in the East the states of:
Maine, New Hampshire. Vermont .Massachusetts,
Connecticut Rhode Island. New York. New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina. Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Indiana, Ohio, Michigan.
And in the West the states of:
Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri. Ar-
kansas, Louisiana. North Dakota, South Dakota,
Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas. Montana, Wyo-
ming, Colorado, New Mexico, Washington, Oregon,
Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California.
THE INTERSTATE ASS0CL4TI0N.
Pittsburgh, Pa. E. REED SHANER, Sec'y.
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Edward Thompson of Big..Bar, Butte county, has
purchased two fox terriers which he will personally
train for bear hunting. Mr. Thompson, who is the
manager of a summer resort at the above-mentioned
place, generally keeps a couple of dogs for the visit-
ing sportsmen to hunt with when stopping at his
place.
* + +
FOR SALE — Four beautifully marked, royally bred,
properly raised Setter pups. Sire and dam both
noted performers. Dogs, ?25; bitches, $15. B. D.
BOLARD, 228 Capp St., San Francisco, Cal. Phone
Market 6010.
iturday, May 5, 1917.]
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INIVERSITY FARM PICNIC
ATTRACTS RECORD CROWD
f There have been crowds and crowds
It the University Farm Picnic, at
|>avis, in former years, but never the
rowd like last Saturday. There has
een enthusiasm, but never the en-
Ibusiasm of Saturday, April 28. There
Lave been good talks, demonstrations
I nd much accomplished at former pic-
iics, but nothing to equal the events
f last Saturday which establish a new
ecord for University Farm picnics.
;t was stated by conservative officials
■f the University that there were
0,000 persons present; think of it —
wenty thousand cheering, applauding
armer-ranchmen and stock growers of
California — every one of them glad
hey came, every one going forth to
us respective neighborhood, district
ind county as a personal representa-
ive and advertiser of California's
;reat state farm.
The excellence of the program ar-
'anged by the faculty and students of
Jniversity Farm was in keeping with
le excellent attendance. The only
lrawback of the otherwise perfectly
successful day was the strong wind,
nit the interesting program even off-
set that, and, as the sun was shining
irilliantly all the day, it was an easy
Matter to forget the blustery wind.
More than $50,000 in live stock, the
prize-winning, blue blooded horses,
lattle, sheep and swine now main-
lined and being bred at the farm
made the parade the most spectacular
ind interesting event of the entire day.
Attractive floats representing various
methods of better farming, stock grow-
ing and farm life added to this, made
the parade one that will long be re-
membered by the thousands, as the
real feature of the day.
Bread bullets will win the war," de-
clared former Assemblyman B. B.
Meek of OroviUe, a member of the
state council of defense, in addressing
the large audience. "All the great au-
thorities abroad and at home agree
our greatest contribution to the cause
is food. Today our chief concern has
to do with the field covered by the
committee of resources and food sup-
ply."
The ninth annual picnic of the Uni-
versity Farm had an added signifi-
cance to those of past years in the
showing of the work of the school
and providing a meeting place for
farmers of California. The great top-
ics were food conservation and how
to increase our production.
Early in the forenoon there were
tennis games, junior track meet and
demonstrations of animal husbandry,
irrigation, horticulture, creamery work
and in the veterinary building. Stock
judging by young men under 21 years,
without previous college or school
training, was an interesting feature.
Professor D. N. Morgan, one of the
food experts of the council of defense,
who has been collecting statistics on
the quantity of food available, urged
the farmers to produce more summer
forage crops as there is a great short-
age of food for stock. On this account
the forest service has declared it will
be necessary to market thousands of
sheep and cattle which are usually
carried over to the following year.
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CARRUTHERS' SHORTHORN SALE
AVERAGES $370.
The public sale of Scotch Short-
horns conducted by W. M. Carruthers,
at Carruthers Farms, Mayfield. Cal„
Wednesday .May 2, resulted in the
magnificent average of $370 for the 40
head sold. The attendance included a
strong representation of Western
breeders and new buyers and was re-
markable in the fact that the new
buyers either bought or were the con-
tending bidders on the offerings up to
the last bid. Another remarkable fea-
ture was that this sale, one of the first
ever conducted in California by one
individual, made a better average than
many herds in the leading nurseries
in the Cornbelt this year. It brings
California into prominence as a great
distributing point for pure bred stock
and is evidence that the breeders and
feeders here intend to have more and
better beef on less hoofs. That Cali-
fornia was absorbing much of the best
blood in the country was the state-
ment of Col. Carey M. Jones, of Chi-
cago, who did the selling and who was
amazed at the quality of the offering.
The top of the sale was the three-
year-old heifer, White Brier, by the
noted sire and show hull, Ringmaster.
She went to T. M. Miller of Los An-
geles at $2,000, who also got many
other high priced and attractive offer-
ings. White Brier is one of the re-
markable productions of the Shorthorn
breed and attracted much attention.
In fact, the better the quality the more
lively was the sale and it was demon-
strated that the West wants the best.
Whenever an offering of lower quality
was offered, which was a rarity in this
good sale, the bidding lagged awfully
and it took a lot of work to find buy-
ers for them. The sale was a grat-
ifying success and will be an annual
affair. Official list of the sales will
be published next week.
Lively Herefords Average $470.
Taking into consideration the fact
that it was the first pure-bred Here-
ford sale of note in California and
that Herefords are a new breed to
Californians, the first annual sale con-
ducted by Dan O. Lively, at his farm
near Mayfield, California, Thursday,
May 3, was the most remarkable
achievement this great breed has
made in years. True, for the quality
of the offering $470, which was the
average of the sale, was not so large
as some of the $1,000 and $1,200 aver-
ages; and will not cause quite the stir
that those averages do, however, as
the top offering only brought $900, one
can readily see what a cleanly con-
ducted and profitable sale it was. A
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number of the offerings being calves,
also, prevented the average from run-
ning further up in figures.
Col. Fred Reppert, of Decatur, Ind.,
the leading Hereford auctioneer of the
country, opened and conducted the
sale. In his opening address he com-
mended California for having a live
wire like Dan Lively interested in
Herefords and gave many interesting
figures and facts which gave the buy-
ers faith in the seller and the offer-
ings . Col. Reppert is a high priced
salesman; it's a long way to come and
an expensive trip from Indiana, but,
as I heard one well known buyer re-
mark: "It was certainly worth the
money and his services could not come
too high."
The top of the sale was the two-
year old bull. Satin, one of the best
products of the breed, which sold to
V\". D. Newhall, of San Francisco, for
f6U0; the top female was Marion, a
three-year-old which sold to W. J.
Bemmerly, of Woodland, for $800:
Chas. Rule, of Jenner; W. D. Duke, of
Likely, and others got many of the
top-notchers. Bulls here were better
sold ,in my opinion, than cows, and
there were some real bargains in the
females sold; however, those conduct-
ing the sale were anxious to get this
grand offering w-ell distributed at this
sort of price and there was no "yelp-
ing" on the prices at any time. The
i.ale was an unqualified success. The
attendance wras good, the offering well
presented and assures progress for the
Hereford in California. One of the
most highly pleased men at the sale
was R. J .Kinzer, of Kansas City, sec-
retary of the American Hereford
Breeders' Association. Col. Carey
Jones, of Chicago, and "Jump" Cau-
thorn, editor of the Breeder and
Sportsman, did the ring work. Official
list of the sales will be published
next week.
Colusa (Colusa Co.), April 28. — One
of the largest sales of land made in
the Sacramento valley for many years
was closed today, when 12,000 acres of
what is known as the Moulton ranch
in this county, on the east side of the
Sacramento river, became the property
of a San Francisco syndicate for about
$1,000,000.
INTERESTING VIEWS, UNIVERSITY FARM, DAVIS, CALIFORNIA.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 5, 19]
THE FARM
A Tax That Should Not Be Paid.
There are many ways that flies cost
stock raisers money. The tax de-
manded from the stockman through
flies amounts to a great deal annu-
ally. The form which this tax may
assume is greatly varied. First it
must be realized that flies largely
breed in dirty places — places that are
themselves sources of infection and
germ life. As the flies breed and live
in these germ infested places they
continually carry germ life on their
bodies. Because of this they carry
possible infection with them contin-
ually.
A few years ago a corn belt breeder
had a very valuable pure bred mare.
This mare was not only a valuable
proven producer, having produced one
colt that sold under two years for
$1,450, but was also a show mare and
had taken the grand championship
ribbon in one of America's largest
shows. This man's farm was infested
with flies and the filth in which they
grew. The mare in question received
a wire cut on the leg just above the
hoof. With proper treatment and no
flies this cut would have healed rap-
idly and would not have materially
affected the value of the mare. In-
stead of this, however, flies carried in-
fection to the wound. Not only did
the wound fail to heal but the infec-
tion spread throughout the system.
With her entire system infected this
mare lived, without reproducing, for
about three years and then died. What
flies cost this man in this one instance
cannot be figured in dollars and cents.
In Iowa there is a breeder of pure
bred horses who took the precaution
to have a small pasture that was as
near clean as it was possible to make
it for his mares to foal in. This was
done to guard against infection of the
colt with navel ill at the time of birth.
He did not recognize the fact, how-
ever, that within a few hundred yards
of this clean pasture there were
large piles of manure harboring
germs without number and also the
source of flies. As the colts foaled
the flies did their work of carrying
infection from the manure piles to the
open navel and this man paid the tax
that flies demand — a tax that for him
could not be figured in dollars and
cents.
A jack breeder in the State of
Missouri had a farm that was filthy
with manure and the accompanying
germs and flies. Each year before he
learned his lesson and cleaned up the
farm flies demanded a great annual
tax from him in the way of jack sores
which made his jacks demand more
feed and return less in the way of
flesh and service, to say nothing of
several jacks that were permanently
crippled or killed as the result of the
sores.
Fly troubles often take many forms
that are baffling. When the govern-
ment moved some of their northern
cavalry to Arizona in the spring of
1912 there was one such incident. The
geldings which came with this de-
tachment were fine animals and in
perfect health. Almost without no-
tice and soon after their arrival they
commenced to swell in the sheath.
The farriers in charge thought this
due to a foul sheath or change in feed
and climate. Repeated flushings and
physics, however, did not relieve the
condition. More horses became in-
fected and the former cases took on a>
bad odor. Then along came a cow-
puncher who was familiar with the
country. After one look he said those
northern horses had dropped out their
penis long enough for flies to lay eggs
and breed screw worms in their
sheath. Again the fly had laid a tax
in the form of lost time and lost flesh
that was paid in full. — Amer. Breeder.
By this season of the year the pigs
that were farrowed early in March
are almost ready to wean .and are old
enough to go on pasture with their
mothers. This brings up the question
of pasture management during the
spring and summer months. On this
subject there are a number of varied
opinions. Some breeders who raise
their hogs with the emphasis on the
cheapness of the ration rather than
on the quality of the pigs produced,
figure or feeding no grain whatever
with rheir summer forage. Others go
to (he opposite extreme and give the
pigs constant access to a self-feeder
in their pasture. Others vary in the
amount of grain fed. If pigs have but
a small pasture thej' will not do well
unless some grain is fed. Where the
pasture is extensive, as is the case
with farmers who turn their hogs into
their clover and alfalfa meadows, the
pigs undoubtedly do better, probably
because of the more varied selection
of tender feed that the large pasture
furnishes. Where pigs have constant
access to a self-feeder they need little
additional finishing to put them on the
market ,but the grain cost is high for
pigs so run will eat close to five per
cent ration of grain. In such a case
the pigs are fat from the time they
are a few weeks old and carry an ex-
cess of fat that could easily be dis-
pensed with in favor of more growth
at the start.
Ferhaps the best method is to give
the pigs a good sized pasture of either
clover, alfalfa, rape or some other
green stuff, and to feed either a two
or a three per cent grain ration. This
is enough grain to keep the pigs grow-
ing well, yet there is not enough grain
to satisfy their hunger and they make
most of their gains on the alfalfa,
which of course is the cheapest form
of food that can be provided. Where
thus fed the pigs make a good growth
of frame, are longer bodied and more
rangy than pigs with an abundance
oc grain, but when the time comes to
finish they take on flesh readily and
cheaply and the same number of
pork, of first class quality, can be
turned out cheaper than where the
pigs have constant access to all the
grain they desire.
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In some instances the native grail
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FRED BRANCH 45525
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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IMPORTERS AND BREEDERS
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A BLUE RIBBON WINNER.
The Type of Colt Raised at
SAN VICENTE RANCHO.
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-js We will pay the freight, to and from our Ranch, on mares sent from any
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RENO, NEVADA
TWO THOROUGHBRED STALLIONS
OSSARY — by Imp. Ormonde out of Imp. Countess
Langdon by Kingscraft. Ossary is the sire of high |
class race horses and was foaled in 1896.
MONTGOMERY— by Passara out of Montgomery
Cooper by Duke of Kent. Montgomery was one
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sire of Edna F. his first starter, who won four races straight. He is
a grand individual and was foaled in 1904, winning in stakes and
purs s a total of $89,600.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 5, 191
Light Harness Horse
BY JAMES CLARK
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
The Treatment of the Colt's
Feet Before Shoeing.
The First Set of Shoes.
Sore Feet and Sour Disposi-
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Knee-hitting, Scalping, Etc.
Pads, their Benefits and
Abuses.
Thrush, its cause, treatment
Punctures.
Quarter and Toe Cracks.
Hoof Bound.
Hitting the Elbows.
Navicular Trouble.
Heavy Shoes and Pads in
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Neglected Teeth Make Knee
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Making the Shoes.
Extension Shoes.
Outside orf-swedged Shoes.
Swedges or Dies.
Calks and Grabs.
Bar Shoes Behind.
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HEMET, CAL
Offers for service the best grandson of McKinney 2:11%
WILBUR LOU 2:10}
Record made in third heat of winning race as 3-year-old.
A world's champion as a yearling, record (1) 2:191/2; un-
beaten as a two-year-old, a famous futurity winner at
three, and at six years of age the "sire of the day" En Cal-
ifornia, his first crop of two-year-olds including
NATALDAY (2) 2:13 \
Champion Two-Year- Old Race Trotter of the Pacific
Coast.
ZETA LUCILE (2) 2:12^
Champion Two- Year- Old Filly of the Pacific
Coast.
HEMET QUEEN (1) 2:16*
Champion Pacing Filly of the World
KINSMAN LOU (2) 2:23%.
MATILDA LOU (2) 2:22%.
FIESTA LOU (p) (1) 2:25, (2) 2:22%.
GOLDSMITH LOU (2) 2:29.
BILLIE BOYD (2) 2:30.
Wilbur Lou is by the great race horse and
sire Kinney Lou 2:07%, out of Louise Carter
(3) 2:24, the only mare to produce two year-
lings to trot in 2:20 or better:
WILBUR LOU (1) 2:19%,
EDITH CARTER (1) 2:18%.
Breed to him for colts that will race. Fee for 1917, fifty
dollars, with usual return privilege, or money refunded
at our option. Mares kept, $60.00 per year. AU infor-
mation gladly furnished. — Licensed Pure Bred Cert 23.
Superbly Bred Young Saddle and Harness Horse
FOR SALE
SADDLE BRED:
Dark Bay Gelding by Lord Denmark — Sonia Foaled U
Bay Colt by Lord Denmark — Dixie Queen Foaled 1!
STANDARD BRED:
Bay Gelding by Don Snnoma — Chula.
Black Colt by Silkworthy — Sonia.
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as "it is possible to breed them. They will be sold at reasonable prices; are in go
condition and may be seen at Oakridge Ranch, Sonoma Co., Cal.
The superbly bred stallion, Silkworthy, is also for sale. He has been bred to a limit
number of mares and has proven himself a sure foal getter, and we have the quai
of his colts to show.
Address W. G. COWAN, OAKRIDGE RANCH, KENWOOD, SONOMA CO., CA
or BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, SAN FRANCISCO, for further Information.
THE STANDARD
BRED STALLION
SILKWORTHY 58175
LICENSE
NO. 20(
Son of MORGAN AXWORTHY 47430. Darn CLEAR SILK (dam of Crystal S
2:28%). Silkworthy is bred in the purple. His sire, Morgan Axworthy 47430, is
Axworthy out of Kinglyne, a full sister to Bingen; and his dam by Prodigal out
Red Silk by Baron Wilkes.
He will make the season of 1917 at Kenwood, Sonoma Co., Cal.
SERVICE FEE, $25.00 WITH USUAL RETURN PRIVILEGE.
Address W. G. COWAN, Oakridge Ranch,
Kenwood, Sonoma Co., Cal
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;aturday, May 5, 1917.]
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MILWAUKEE
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DATES CLAIMED.
July 11 to 14
SrVluma. July 18 to 21
,l»dland '.'.'.'.'...'. July 25 to 28
Aug. 1 to 4
Aug. 8 to 11
ilreka'" ' Aug. 15 to 18
llrndale Aug. 22 to 25
Sota Rosa Aug. 29 to Sept. 1
kcramento Sept. 8 to 15
Sept 19 to 22
;Uno " Sept. 24 to 29
'ntura Sept. 26 to 29
lkersfield ".'.'.'.'.' Oct- 3 to 6
■rerside Oct. 9 to 13
'.met ' October 16 to 20
Inta Maria'!!'. Oct. 24 to 27
ils Angeles Oct. 29 to Nov. 3
jntaAna Nov. 7 to 10
lloenix, Ariz Nov. 12 to 17
THE GRAND CIRCUIT.
■•"veland July 16 to 21
;,tr0it July 23 to 28
Sdamazoo July 30 to Aug. 4
» lumbus Aug. 6 to 11
isveland Aug. 13 to 18
t Jladelphia Aug. 20 to 25
Oughkeepsie Aug. 27 to Sept. 1
Urtford Sept. 3 to 8
■ racuse Sept 10 to 15
ii.lumbus Sept 17 to 29
I lington Oct 1 to 13
i.lanta Oct 15 to 20
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I STALLION DIRECTORY.
Harness Horses
I ist Policy 42378 R. O. Newman. V« alia, Cal
• cpressive Mac 41513 J. H. Nelson. Selma, CaL
Ikworthy W. G. Cowan. Kenwood, CaL
I Ubur Lou 52595 Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet, Cal.
Saddle Horses
i jtral King Jas. Houchin, Jefferson City, Mo.
Ighland Squirrel King Revel L. English, Chino, Cal
i Grand McDonald. . .Bridgford Company, San Francisco
larshall Chief E. N. Hamilton, Mexico, Mo.
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HELP WIN THE WAR.
Through the press, through proclamations, through
Iters to individuals, in every posible manner the
Dvernment of this country has recently emphasized
le need of food production this season. It is no
■nger a matter to be decided upon by any individual
inner, not a question of dollars and cents; the
tuation resolves itself into a problem of patriotism
nd humanity. The world is short of food. Statis-
cians have delved into the world's granaries and
)und them nearly empty. We have used up the re-
erve supply; in this season's crop lies our only
ope to avoid more or less hunger during the next
welve months. And so the men in authority in this
ountry, the men whose business it is to keep abreast
f all agrarian affairs, urge us to plant heavily.
The United States is at war, at war with one of
he mightiest powers on the face of the earth. We
ave no trained troops, no means with which to enter
ato active hostilities at once; the greatest thing we
an do during the next six months, besides training
.nd equipping an army, is to raise food, both for our-
elves and for the Allies. The food shortage is not
confined to this country alone. It is more serious
nan that. It is a world shortage. That means that
iur allies will also be in need of food, and that the
;reatest way In which we can help them is to feed
hem.
Owing to an adverse winter for the wheat in the
toddle Western states there has been much winter
vheat killing. The government crop report gives
he condition at 63 per cent normal. Mobilize all
'our resources for the country's good. It is more
.han a matter of personal gain, it is your way to help
win the war.
o : —
THE INTEREST manifested by both horsemen
and vsitors in the races at Dixon last Saturday was
very gratifying to every one. It is unmistakable
evidence that this season will witness a revival in
harness racing in California; that there will be
banner crowds at every meeting and old-fashioned
horse racing to keep this interest up to the present
high pitch.
In all America, no fair association is making more
rapid progress than the Arizona State Fair at Phoe-
nix. The officials and directors are alive to the
needs and possibilities of a great state fair, and what
started as a small untalked-of institution has now
attained heights which are attracting the attention of
fair managers everywhere. This year's fair offers,
in addition to their general display of the progress
of the Southwest, one of the most attractive pro-
grams for race horses which will be offered this
season, and their live stock program also is greatly
improved over former years. The live stock of Cali-
fornia, New Mexico and Arizona which will be ex-
hibited there this year will serve as an eye-opener
and astonisher to the thousands who attend.
A novel plan of financing the fair has been adopted
by the Arizona Legislature at the suggestion of Sec-
retary T. D. Shaughnessy. In lieu of $20,000 per year
and the receipts of the fair from all sources, the
appropriation for the ensuing two years as fixed by
the State Legislature, provides: $25,000 and an
amount equal to the total receipts of the last State
Fair, from all sources other than State. By this ar-
rangement the receipts of the current fair are not
available for immediate use, but are deposited with
the State Treasurer. This plan will be watched by
fair managers generally with considerable interest.
The total appropriation for the fair is made avail-
able at the beginning of the fiscal year, July 1, thus
placing the fair on a cash basis, and puts the fair
management on their metal to increase the receipts
from every available source, as the receipts of the
current year are deposited with the State Treasurer
and become part of the appropriation for mainte-
nance for the succeeding year.
Under this plan the appropriation for this year will
be $75,000, which is ample for the present needs. In
addition to this Mr. Shaughnessy secured an appro-
priation of $30,000 for the construction of a new
Mineral Exhibit Building of fireproof, concrete con-
struction.
A plan is under way at this time to get the large
producing mines of the State to contribute a like
amount for the construction of a miniature mine
underneath the proposed building. While only thirty
feet deep, the mine will be complete with double
and single compartment shaft, hoists, timbering, tun-
nels, drifts, stopes, equipped with modern mining ap-
pliances. Since Arizona produces practically every
known metal of value, which will be displayed ad-
vantageously ,this will prove the most interesting
addition to Arizona's modern fair plant.
Dr. Winslow Anderson Is Dead.
Dr. Winslow Anderson, one of the organizers of
the College of Physicians and Surgeons and for
many years a prominent San Francisco practitioner,
died Monday In New York, at the age of 57 years.
Dr. Anderson was graduated from the medical de-
partment of the University of California in 1884, and
a few years later took degrees from the Royal Col-
lege of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physi-
cians, London. He returned to San Francisco in
1892. Dr. Anderson was surgeon-general of the Na-
tional Guard of California from 1907 to 1911, and
was editor of the Pacific Medical Journal.
Dr. Anderson was one of the prominent horse en-
thusiasts and breeders of California. He was married
March 24 of this year to Miss Ethel B. Davie, also
prominent in California horse shows, and they were
in the East on a wedding trip when Dr. Anderson's
death occurred. Besides his wife he is survived by
his mother and a brother.
New Award For Blackhawk Farm.
Easton & Ward, proprietors of Blackhawk Stock
Farm of which E. Lovell is the manager, have just
been notified that they were granted the Panama-
Pacific International Exposition special award for the
finest display of Shire horses exhibited during the
exposition. This reward has just been made by the
Jury of Awards.
Lovell is busy establishing the Blackhawk Ranch
stock at the new headquarters, near Diablo, Contra
Costa county.
The Blackhawk Shires will be exhibited at the
Butte County Spring Festival at Chico, May 21 to 25,
inclusive . Blackhawk Chessie, the grand champion
mare at the last State Fair, will be exhibited with
her foal, born recently.
THE ARMY'S REQUIREMENTS IN HORSES AND
MULES.
[By Wayne Dinsmore.]
The passage of the Selective Draft measure by Con-
gress makes certain the immediate preparation and
equipment of an army of at least a million men in
1917. All preparations are being made for a war
that will last three years, for regardless of what
civilians may think, army officials do not expect an
early ending to the war into which the United States
has been drawn.
The requirements of cavalry, infantry and artillery
regiments in horses and mules are set forth in a
letter just received by the writer from the War De-
partment, Washington, D. C, to be as follows;
Cavalry Infantry Artillery
Regiment Regiment Regiment
1541 horses 69 riding horses 1097 hurses
152 draft mules 112 draft mules 88 draft mules
29 pack mules 25 pack mules 4 riding mules
6 riding mules 6 riding mules
These are minimum requirements, and do not take
into account transportation trains required to for-
ward supplies from terminal points to field bases.
In other words, the number of animals specified
above refer only to those actually needed with the
troops.
The war strength of a regiment of infantry is ap-
proximately 1500 men; of a regiment of cavalry
approximately 1300 men; of a regiment of artillery
consisting of six batteries of four guns each, approx-
imately 1146 men. While definite information as to
the proportion of infantry, cavalry, and artillery to
be included in the new army is not yet forthcoming,
it is generally understood among army officials that
an artillery battery of four guns will be allowed for
each 1000 infantry. It seems probable, therefore,
that the first one million men placed under arms by
the United States will be composed of 500 regiments
of infantry totaling 750,000 men, 125 regiments of
artillery totaling 143,250 men, and 100 regiments of
cavalry' totaling 130,000 men, making a grand total
of a little over 1,000,000 men. The proportion of
artillery certainly will not be less, and may be more,
as actual warfare on European battlefields has dem-
onstrated that overwhelming superiority in the artil-
lery branch of the service is essential to efficient
operation by the infantry.
It may be argued that there is no probability that
the United States will prepare 100 regiments of cav-
alry, but in view of the danger from the Mexican
situation, it appears to be the belief of well informed
army officers that at least that many cavalry regi-
ments will be provided for in this year's mobilization.
To equip 500 regiments of infantry will re quire
34,500 riding horses, 56,000 draft mules, 12,500 pack
mules, and 3,000 riding mules. 125 regiments of
artillery will require 137,025 horses, 10,000 draft
mules, and 500 riding mules. The equipment of 100
regiments of cavalry will necessitate 154,100 horses,
15,200 draft mules, 2,900 pack mules, and 600 riding
mules. The total number therefore required for the
equipment of 500 regiments of infantry, 125 of artil-
lery, and 100 of cavalry, will amount to 325,625 horses
and 100.700 mules.
The Army has at present only 70,000 head of horses
and mules. This means that approximately 350,000
head of horses and mules must be bought within the
next six months. No information has yet been re-
ceived from the army authorities in regard to how
the purchase of these horses and mules will be made.
In the judgment of experienced horsemen, however,
the purchase of so large a number of horses and
mules within the limited time available can best be
accomplished by setting a definite price to be paid by
the army for the different animals that will pass
inspection for their respective classes, and by estab-
lishing ten or fifteen inspection points where horses
and mules may be tendered for inspection. This will
permit dealers, large or small, or even farmers to
consign their horses directly to inspection points
with definite information in regard to what they will
obtain for them if they pass inspection. There
seems to be no good reason why the producers of
horses should not be permitted to sell them directly
to the Government, if they pass inspection, instead
of being obliged to sell them through some interven-
ing contractor. It is earnestly to be hoped that the
army officials will decide on some general plan.
It must not be forgotten that the allied nations
are still in the market, and will continue to be. Their
need for horses and mules is as great as for guns
and ammunition; indeed, even more so, because they
can manufacture the guns and ammunition in their
own countries, but their resources in horses and
mules have already been exhausted, and the United
States is the only source from which they can obtain
additional supplies. 853,116 head of horses and
289,062 head of mules have been exported, practically
all of them for war purposes, during the 30 months
ending March 1, 1917. In spite of the shortage of
ships, 40,000 head of horses and mules were shipped
in January, 1917, and more than 27,000 head in Feb-
ruary ,1917.
Recent accounts from the battlefront relating the
loss of hundreds of pieces of artillery by the Ger-
mans in recent operations state that the loss of these
pieces was due principally to the lack of artillery
horses.
It is fortunate that the United States is well sup-
plied with both horses and mules at the present time,
but it is incumbent upon us, if we are to maintain
our resources so as to effectually back up our armies
and maintain maximum production on our farms, to
see that every good mare is bred to a first class
stallion this season, and that every effort is made
to save the foals that will be coming within the next
six weeks. The war may yet be decided by the
number of horses available to the respective bellig-
erents, for on the far-flung battle lines and in the
reserve made up of our farm forces, the horse is the
most important single factor aside from man.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
and would be right clear down the circuit. Vera Hal
and Bold Harry found many favorites in the rail
birds and the race seemed to be anybody's for the
first two or three heats. Lock Logan, one of the
best looking pacers on the Coast and whose way of
going is about as handsome as any horse ever gets,
has been making wonderfully fast miles at the Wood-
land track and this, his friends say, will be his best
year. He is going sound, is game and primed to
win. However, he didn't like the Dixon track and
was on edge; breaking at the turns and scoring bad.
He finished in fourth position in the first four heats,
when Montgomery withdrew him. Despite his bad
manners here he was a popular entry with the horse-
men and when they get to the good mile tracks he
will make the fur fly. Bold Harry made more friends
the longer he worked and the fifth heat was to untie
him and Vera Hal for second place, Vera winning by
a slight margin. The summary:
Free-for-all pace:
Teddy Bear (Daniels) 2 112 3
Vera Hal (Cohen) 1 2 3 3 1
Bold Harry Aerolite (Machado) 3 3 2 12
Time— 1:02%, 1:01%, 1:03%, 1:03, 1:04.
Notes of Dixon Picnic.
Joseph Waddell, secretary of the California Fair
and Racing Association, was starter. Dell Dudley,
prominent horse breeder and rancher of Dixon, was
clerk; Mr. Sutherland, Chas. Silva and Walter Tryon
were timers and Jos. Stadtfeldt, Sam Hoy and J. W.
Marshall, judges. Harry McFadyn of Dixon, one of
the most enthusiastic fair and racing men in the
state and a prominent rancher, was in charge of
the racing program.
* * *
One of the most interesting parties at the picnic
were members of the San Francisco Driving Club,
who motored down; spending the day and having a
rip-roaring good time. Members who were in the
party were: Pres. A. Ottinger, Secretary Wm. Ken-
ney, past president Geo. Giannini, whose good horse
Bold Harry Aerolite was one of the feature entries
of the day; Luke Marisch, Jas. Ryan, Ed. Ayres, Wm.
Higginbottom, Chas. Becker and J. Ginnochio. All are
prominent sportsmen and the owners of some of the
best horses in the state. They are arranging to give
the best season of matinees San Francisco has had
in many years.
* * *
Joe Ryan, of Sonoma, raced his Gill Russel against
an automobile in three two-hundred-yard dashes. The
car won in all "heats."
* * *
L. L. Cannon, of Santa Rosa ,was an interested
visitor.
* * *
It was picnic day for such fellows as Chas. Silva,
Walter Tryon, W. S. Harkey and others, who were
satisfied by being mere "rail birds" and letting the
other fellow do the work.
* * *
Dr. E. J. Weldon, of Sacramento, was boosting the
Gait picnic, which takes place May 19. He secured
the entries of the majority of the horsemen present
and from every indication Gait's races will equal
those at Dixon last week.
[Saturday, May 12, ]L
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Harness Horses and Horsemen
DIXON'S MAY DAY PICNIC— RACES ATTRACT
RECORD CROWDS.
That California's love for good horses and high-
class racing has not diminished in any way during
the last few years was brilliantly demonstrated at
Dixon's annual May Day picnic Saturday, May 5,
when fully 5,000 interested persons crowded the small
grand stand, the bleachers, and rail about the home
stretch to see the three races scheduled contested.
It was the formal ushering-in of California's 1917
racing and horsemen and fair officials present de-
clared it meant banner crowds throughout the year.
Interest in the horses was intense at all times and
the crowd stayed until the last heat of the free-for-all,
which was not contested until after five o'clock in
the afternoon.
Even the weather man helped to make the initial
race program of 1917 a brilliant success; a more
ideal day to start the ball a-rolling could not have
prevailed. The horsemen were determined to make
good the "hot stove" arguments and predictions they
have been making several months, the crowds were
in fine humor ,the horses on their toes, and — well, the
track could have been a lot better. The races were
halt mile heats, three in five, and the matinee purses
were ?100 in each instance. There have been stakes
for $1,000 which did not bring out such quality in
entries and such regular gee-whiz racing. It was old-
time racing; the horsemen who were entered did not
care for the purse. They were there for the sport
and the glory and every heat was for blood. If these
races are to be taken as an example of what is to be
seen in California this year there will be sensations
a-plenty and records will be smashed to smithereens.
The appearance of and winning by the noted Teddy
Bear, perhaps the hero of more battles than any
horse racing on the Coast at this time, was the fea-
ture of the day and every time he scored he received
gre?.t applause. He was masterly driven by Lon
Daniels.
The first race for 2:20 pacers brought out four
entries and was full of interest at all times. They
got the word after a few scores with Directress Mc,
getting a beautiful teaming by Al Swartz taking the
lead at the first turn and setting a pace which she
maintained in all three heats. On the back stretch
in first heat Wm. Ivey, driving Donald, was beauti-
fully spilled in the center of the bunch and the spec-
tators held their breath while the pacers went by
him. Donald, of course, was left in the rear but
paced the heat without a bobble and was caught by
ring marshal Parker in front of the grand stand in
a manner that would make the latest movie thriller
sick in comparison. The accident was unavoidable
and as the horse showed lame, at Ivey's request he
was withdrawn from the second heat.
Walker, driving Alton S., made a clean fight in
every heat and this good looking pacer was right
after Swartz at all times. Summary:
First race — 2:20 pace:
Directress Mc (Schwartz) 111
Alton S (Walker) 2 2 2
Gertie D (Smith) 3 3 3
Donald (Ivey) 4 dr
Time— 1:07, 1:04%, 1:04%.
The second race might have been styled "Mont-
gomery's Special," as this well known driver lost no
time in demonstrating he and Hal Logan were there
to win every heat and to demonstrate their ability.
Hal was the favorite with the crowd and won three
straight heats in this race in beautiful fashion. It
was nip and tuck, however, at all times and there
were five other horses of great class entered who saw
to it that Montgomery and Hal would have to give
the crowds the best there was in them. Ivey handled
his pacer, Billy Bounce, well and in the first heat
was at Montgomery's heels when they went under
the wire. The good pacing of Dorothy M., driven by
Greame in every heat was taken by some horsemen
present as an indication that she will be one of the
good pacers in the California circuit this year. She
was alive to her possibilities, too, as were J. C Simp-
son, Glenwood Mc and Lady Silverthorn, and it was
well that Hal Logan was primed as he was
Second race— 2:20 pace:
Hal Logan (Montgomery) 111
Dorothy M (Greame) 3 3 2
Billy Bounce (Ivey) 2 4 4
J. C. Simpson (Machado) 5 2 5
Glenwood Mc (Ryan) 6 5 3
Lady Silverthorn (Daniels) 4 6 6
Time— 1:05%, 1:04%, 1:05.
While the first two races were full dFinterest the
free-for-all pace was of extreme brilliancy and 'was
lull of keen sensations at all times. Teddy Bear
Vera Hal, Bold Harry Aerolite and Lock Logan were
the starters and four more popular pacers have not
scored in California for many days. Every one was
strong for Teddy Bear; but after his losing the first
heat to the attractive Vera, some of his friends
began lo take water and fear that the champion had
lost some of his pep; however, he demonstrated in
Hi- second and third heats that he was in condition
HERE AND THERE, WITH C. A. HARRISON.
Observations at Tacoma, Washington.
Every once in a while I pay a visit to Tacoma,
and when I do I look up the harness horse fans.
On my last visit I called up Al. J. Boyle, superintend-
ent of transportation of the St. Paul & Tacoma Lum-
ber Co. Mr. Boyle said: "Just wait there; I will be
over soon with a horse and buggy." In a few min-
utes he drove up to the hotel door behind the nice
bay pacer, Dncle H. 2:14%, hooked to a natty Bailey
buggy; we were off for a ride, and believe me, I was
happy not only in the association of my friend of
twenty-five years, but also, because I was being en-
tertained behind a good horse, and every person on
the streets and in Wright Park turned around to look
at us. Had we been riding in a Pierce-Arrow they
would not have noticed us, except possibly a traffic
copper. To me no vehicle or conveyance is so beau-
tiful as a well equipped buggy drawn by a first class
roadster, and I assure you Albert J. Boyle, of Tacoma,
one of the nicest and best looking, best hearted men
who ever left Ireland, knows how to hook and drive
a good horse. He has an even twenty head of
choicely bred and fast stepping standard and regis-
tered horses. Mr. Boyle has them of many fashion-
able families, such as Zornbro, McKinney, Barongale,
Almaden D., Zolock, Alcone, Jay Bird, Bon Voyage,'
and many others.
Geo. Stevenson has a two-year-old beautiful gray
filly sired by Mr. Boyle's stallion, Burion, dam bv
Norther 2:13, by Onward; 2d dam Lucy Altamont
by Altamont 2:26; 3d dam Lucy Goldust by Dorsey's
Goldust.
Joe Meyers has the good looking and fast pacer,
Duke, by Garvin Wilkes. Duke is a full brother to
Uncle H. 2:14% and is a really fast pacer.
J. Whittenson has a grand bay pacing mare by
Garvin Wilkes; dam by William C, son of Wil-
liam L.
Jas. McCormack has Admiral 2:14%, by Garvin
Wilkes.
Charles Cook ,the Tacoma trainer, is at the Olym-
pia half mile track with a nice lot of horses. ,
that is particularly attractive is Ed Bonnell's
mare, by Hal B. 2:04; dam by Electioneer. Mr. ]
nell is not only one of Tacoma's wealthiest and n
influential citizens, but is a genuine harness h<
fan; loves them, and enjoys them.
I could name twenty good horses owned by Tact
men. The talk of building a half mile track
fair grounds, at Tacoma, is very strong. Tacomi
a very prosperous city and at no point in the No
Pacific country would a track and well equipped
grounds be more welcome and successful.
Tacoma is properly situated for the holding «
successful fair and race meeting, and I belieyii
track will be built during the coming summer,:
such men as Ed Bonnell, Ed Brady, Al. J. Boyle,
McCormack and other successful men are strong
the proposition. No man on earth will be m
pleased than myself if the good standard-bred ho
fans of Tacoma get busy and build a race track.
A Pendleton Visit.
It had been 16 years since I last visited Pendli
when I dropped in this week. On my last vis
visited Frank Frazier; this time I enjoyed the si
privilege. I was surprised, but pleased, to find 1
as hale and hearty as in the days when he raced C
halis 2:04% and he enjoys life just as much as
the old days. While Mr. Frazier is amply able
own several of the best motor cars on the market,
has refused ,so far, to pass up King Horse. 1
Frazier declares his love for good horses will ;
permit of his keeping an automobile.
The Frazier place is just one mile from Pendle'
and I have never had the pleasure of visiting a mi
beautiful, perfectly appointed or better equip]
country place and home ,and the hospitality of I
Fraziers is above par.
A large picture of Chehalis has the place of hoi
in the attractive Frazier collection of artistic a
expensive paintings. Mr. and Mrs. Frazier use t
fast pacing mares for their personal use; both ma:
being daughters of Umahalis, the beautiful daugh
of Chehalis that Frank raised and raced so succe
fully. All the farm horses used by Mr. Frazier
this magnificent big estate are Standard-breds i
are sired by such noted horses as McKinney, W«
field, Bonnie Mack, etc., and all from similarly bi
mothers. Mr. Frazier declares these horses are gal
and pleasant workers and can put cold blooded hon
and chunks in the scrap heap when it comes to hs
work and long hours, and no one is better inform
than Frank Frazier. I failed to find any other hor
men here, but enjoyed my visit with Chehalis. Fra
Frazier is now a wheat baron and always a
ALL WAYS one of the best fellows that ever lived
At Eugene, Oregon.
Arriving at Eugene, I found quite a bit of "hoi
interest," and the fair board meets this week
arrange for a big fair and racing program. Here
found the great horse, Razzle Patch 53039, by D
Patch, dam Daisy D. Dickson 2:27%, dam of Mini
haha Patch and a score of other good ones. S
is by Razzle Dazzle by Strathway, by Strathmo
sire of 89 and dams of Citation 2:01%, etc. This
one of the nicest pacers I have seen for some tin
He is owned by Robert Smith and is being trained
D. A. V. West, a nephew of the late George We
of Tommy Britton 2:06 and Directly 2:03% fame.
That well known attorney and sportsman, Walt
B. Jones, is secretary of the fair and is one of t
most capable officials in the country. The track
a dandy for a half mile course and is kept in tc
notch order at all times. Eugene is one of t
wealthiest towns in Oregon; is a live spot with va
agricultural and live stock resources adjacent, ai
will have a splendid live stock fair in years to col
as well as a good race meeting. They always attra
the best stables racing here, because of their repui
tion for giving liberal programs and square trej
ment to the horsemen.
The Need to Breed.
The Uhlans, the Chasseurs, the Dragoons on
West; the Cossacks and steeds of the desert in
East, are all hurrying and scurrying for vicb
Uncle Sam must horse more than a hundred thous;
cavalrymen and the horse has come into his
again. The best experts of all nations concede
American trotter and his grades pre-eminence
actual war. He has substance, endurance, spi
courage and tractability.
In 1863 the stout trotter I was plowing corn
to a double shovel was unhitched and went to wa:
$240. Thousands like him carried Sheridan, Will
Custer, Kilpatrick, Pleasanton and their troopers 1
victory. General Bryant, who bravely rode ar
fought astride splendid American trotters, proclaims
many a time and oft that they put down the rebe
lion. Without them we would have been impoten
Now we must have them to defend against invasioi
by the treacherous greasers on the South or dodgin
by the bi gguns on long coast lines of vandals t
burn, outrage and destroy . For lack of efficient ca11
airy our Capitol at Washington was burned in sigl
of thousands of helpless militia infantry. The ca1
airy horse is indispensable to effective defensiv
preparedness and it is our patriotic duty as Ame:
icans to breed the American trotter in sufficien
numbers so that we will not again be impotent i
the face of an enemy as we were before the Britis
in 1812.— [M. T. Grattan in Trotter and Pacer.
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3.lrday, May 12, 1917]
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ilxington Notes.
Lexington, April 28.
iThe Kentucky spring racing was inaugurated at
Jb Lexington track today under conditions that
ire anything but ideal tor an opening. The weather
. take threateningly and before the day was a few
-#irs old it began to rain and continued at intervals
:m during the afternoon. The track was in real good
sape for the opening event, but after that it was
nddy.
■The inclement weather had no effect on the attend-
ee, however, and the largest crowd that ever went
tough the gates was on hand when the bugle
mnded for the first race . Just before the race and
■ien the bugle sounded a big American flag was
■a up on a flagpole in the infield, while the band
Wed "The Star Spangled Banner."
rThe rain ruined what appeared to be an excellent
ird and the Derby trial at a mile and a sixteenth,
i which Omar Khayyam was carded to start. He
>is withdrawn, as he was not partial to the muddy
jing. Ticket, from the stable of Andrew Miller,
*.oved an easy winner. Ticket lay close to Oppor-
tunity, the early pacemaker to the far turn, and then
cing into the lead easily held his field safe, to win
• a couple of lengths. His race was very impressive
id he more than has a good chance to land the
jrby.
jHarry Kelly was another Derby candidate to start,
it second to Embroidery was the best he could do.
arry Kelly had all of his early speed and soon
lened up a good lead, but when the mare Embroid-
y challenged he flattened out badly.
Westy Hogan experienced a tough time in landing
e opening event from a good field, but he came in
illant style and got up in the last jump.
1 There was a big delegation from Louisville this
Tlorning to witness the opening. John Hachmeister
•iid Harvey Meyers of the Latonia Jockey Club were
• u so on hand.
J, Johnny Loftus made a special trip from Louisville
•X Lexington to ride Ticket.
,"■ Jockeys Murphy and Morys were suspended for
Xiree days by the starter.
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' avre de Grace Notes.
Havre de Grace, April 29.
' Bub May arrived today at Pimlico in charge of a
.rge string of horses. There were fourteen in all,
-lie property of J. C. Greener, Swartz Brothers, and
ti line to race in the colors of the astute Kentuckian
i-J imself. '" •;'wmv,
1' W. A. Burtchell has purchased at private terms
- -ora H. P. Whitney the two-year-old Sincerity for
| . T. Zollicoffer.
-" In view of the overflow of horses in Maryland
t| lis spring Manager Burke of the Havre de Grace
1 rack has decided to keep his course open until after
i< ae close of the local season.
"t The new selling rule has no prohibition against
± tie starting of two horses in the same interest, and
i . M. Zimmer sent both Preston Lynn and Kilts to
) he post in the fourth race. The prohibition against
i stable starting two in a selling race was one that
i ran framed by W. S. "Vosburgh in 1892 to eliminate
t lanipulation of selling races at Monmouth Park.
s Tie rule was one of The Jockey Club until the re-
i ent revision of the rules in which there were several
i hanges made in the selling race conditions. In this
J evision no prohibition is made against the starting
i 'f two or more horses from the same stable.
» Fred Williams today received a cablegram from
.D. Cohn offering him a contract to ride steeple-
chase for him in Chantilly from May 7 to July 15.
Villains is under contract to ride for Edward B.
iIcLean and had to refuse the French offer. A like
: iffer was made Vincent Powers, but he, too, had to
j lecline.
Dorcris had only been one turn of the field previous
o his winning effort in the steeplechase, and his
' lerformance, when that is taken into consideration,
vas a remarkable one.
♦ + +
Montreal, April 24. — That owners of race horses
will be asked not to give their support to or race
iver any tracks in Canada where anything but the
pari-mutuel system of betting is used, and not to
race over half mile tracks in Canada where the min-
imum purse is less than $400, was the result of the
initial meeting of the committee of the Canadian
.Branch of the Thoroughbred Horse Association, held
it the Windsor Hotel. The resolution regarding the
minimum purse of $400, and the usage of the pari-
mutuel system of betting, was passed in the best
i Interests of the sport in Canada. In the opinion of
the members of the committee this is a step in the
direction of stamping out the syndicate ring in On-
tario as it has been in the Province of Quebec,
through the heavy and extra tax placed by the gov-
eminent on books and bookmakers.
+ + ♦
The five-year-old brown gelding, Conning Tower,
by Yankee — Okitau ,died at the Kentucky Associa-
tion course this week, as the result of fever con-
' traded en route from Tijuana . This horse was
owned by Mrs. Carroll Shilling.
NUMEROUS PARTNERSHIPS REGISTERED.
New York, April 25 — Numerous partnerships in the
more fashionable stables of race horses have been
registered with the Jockey Club of late. Early in
the season August Belmont registered Mrs. August
Belmont as a partner in many of his horses, and his
son Raymond in others. Following this registration
came that of Schuyler L. Parsons, who gave his son
an interest in all his horses. In this month's Racing
Calendar R. T. Wilson has turned over an interest in
all his horses in training and otherwise, to his wife,
Mrs. Marion S. Wilson. In the band are eighty-two
head .twenty-three of which are being trained for
this year's campaign, thirty-two broodmares and stal-
lions and twenty-seven colts and fillies of 1916 and
1917.
To have the wives and families of such horsemen
and sportsmen interested in turf affairs, is commend-
able and reflects the ideas of perpetuation of thor-
oughbred interest in the leading families of the
American turf world. Already several leaders of
society are represented in turf circles, notably Mrs.
Payne Whitney, who owns the Greentree Stable.
Mrs. Whitney is an enthusiastic sportswoman, de-
voting much of her time and money to turf affairs.
"A most adorable woman" is the term used by horse-
men, from the highest to the lowly rubber, when re-
ferring to Mrs. Payne Whitney. She rarely misses a
day's racing, and thoroughly enjoys the outdoor sport
and exercise.
It is unquestionably gratifying to Mrs. Whitney
and pleasing to the patrons of racing, to see prac-
tically all the club members and many others look
towards Mrs. Whitney and her party, for she is gen-
erally well surrounded by her hosts of friends after
the victory of one of her horses, all raising their hats
in a congratulatory acknowledgment of what her
horse has accomplished . She no doubt considers it
sufficient remuneration, judging from her always-
pleasing smile of recognition.
Now that other women of the exclusive set are
owners or part owners of horses, more acknowledg-
ments will be in order. Both Mrs. Belmont and Mrs.
Wilson will be tendered congratulations when their
horses are victorious. Sympathies too, can be ex-
pressed when they are defeated. It is good for the
turf to have such women as Mrs. Belmont, Mrs.
Whitney, Mrs. Wilson and others as owners or part
owners of horses.
Another registration of ownership will be greeted
with pleasure by the older school of owners. It is
the return to racing of Francis C. Bishop, who at one
time was associated with Andrew Miller in the New-
castle Stable. Mr. Bishop never lost interest in turf
affairs, but it is only recently that his name appeared
in the Racing Calendar as part owner in the two-
year-old Nepperhan, along with Gifford A. Cochran.
The horse will run in the name of Mr. Cochran, but
it may eventually bring about a further interest in
racing for Mr. Bishop, who always was and will be
a welcome addition to the ranks of owners.
J. S. Cosden has joined hands with Ral Parr, a
half interest having been taken in all Mr. Parr's
horses There are nineteen in the stable. Mr. Cos-
den came into prominence last year when he pur-
chased the English horse Crimper, by Maintenon —
Frizzette, through Mr. Parr's suggestion and influ-
ence. Since that time there has been a closer turf
affiliation between Mr. Cosden and Mr. Parr, judging
from their recent registration of ownership. Many of
the stable are jumpers, but there are also ten two-
year-olds and four three-year-olds. Crimper naturally
is the star of the collection, and will no doubt be
seen in many handicaps this year. All the horses
wil] run in the name and colors of Mr. Parr.
Montreal, April 25. — The decision of the Canadian
Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association to refuse to
race on any tracks on this side of the border where
purses of less than $400 are offered is likely to meet
with stiff opposition from the managements of the
local half mile tracks. The owners take exception
to being dictated to, and it is likely that a meeting
will be held here shortly to go fully into the matter
of purses and the demands made by the Canadian
Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association. It is felt by
the track owners that the introduction of the pari-
mutuel system of betting at the half-mile plants is
largely an experiment, and that an increase of purses
might have disastrous results. The half-mile track
owners do not feel that they should be called upon
to shoulder all the burdens. They point out that the
new provincial tax and the pari-mutuel system is
more than enough for them to shoulder without the
purses being raised.
The Montreal Driving Club (Delorimier Park) was
held up by the horsemen just before the start of
their second meeting last year and forced to raise
their purses to $400. although a couple of the tracks
racing later on in the season were only called upon
to provide purses of $350. This action on the part
of the horsemen stands against them, and it is likely
that there will be a real merry time at a meeting
of the owners to be held here shortly.
The demand made by the horsemen's association
that all tracks must install the pari-mutuel system
of betting if they wish to secure the support of the
association is not bothering the track owners, for
they had already decided to use the "iron men" this
season.
Shortage of Oats Menace to Racing.
London, April 24. — Since the outbreak of war horse
racing has been continued in England, the supporters
o fthe turf maintaining that it was necessary for the
preservation of the all-important horse breeding in-
dustry, of which they declared racing to be an indis-
putable branch. Kennedy Jones, director of food
economy and founder of the London Daily Mail, who
was a well-known racehorse owner before the war,
today gave the Associated Press the following state-
ment in answer to the foregoing claim:
"Most people agree that the horse-breeding indus-
try, in which we are pre-eminent, must be main-
tained. But to insure this it is only necessary to
allow oats for broodmares, for horses at breeding
farms and for yearlings. These classes are not
affected by racing, which is only essential in a year
such as this for the twenty or thirty first-class three-
year-olds, so that their degree of value as prospec-
tive stallions and mares may be decided.
"This would be achieved if the five classic races
only or substitutes for the five classic races were
run at Newmarket. Thus the 4,000 horses now in
training would be cut down at once to about thirty
or forty horses and the saving in oats would be, if
not large, at all events, of real value in the present
circumstances. Broodmares, stallions and yearlings
and the thirty or forty horses which might be entered
for these five races, ought to be strictly rationed and
the other horses should either be turned out to grass
or killed.
"In view of the fact that our stock of oats at the
present rate of consumption may be completely ex-
hausted by the middle of June, it would appear to
me ,even in the interest of horse breeding, that the
course I suggest is urgently advisable.
"May I add that I have not raced a horse this
year, and that I do not intend to do so."
* * *
Without horse racing, what would have become of
the British thoroughbred any time during the last
fifty year, or, in other words, since the anti-gambling,
for which read anti-racing, faddists first started in
earnest to try and ruin one of the greatest industries
of the kingdom? That the horse-breeding industry
is fully entitled to be so termed does not admit of
question, for every year that passes finds the foreign-
ers spending vast sums in the purchase of thorough-
bred mares and stallions, not to mention young stock,
half-breds, and horses of other breeds. Had it not
been for the race-course test establishing its merit
it goes without saying that the demand by the for-
eigners for British bloodstock would never have
arisen, for the simple reason that it would have been,
if not altogether non-existent, bred on a very small
scale and with nothing beyond looks to vouch for its
worth. That looks alone are valueless is shown by
the long prices often given in the past for yearlings
which turned out to be soft-legged, worthless ani-
mals, even though, like all latter-day thoroughbreds,
they traced back to Eclipse and his rivals, Herod and
Matchem. — [Vigilant, in London Sportsman.
+ * +
Lexington, April 28. — The Kentucky State Racing
Commission at its meeting this morning .elected.
John B. McLaughlin supervisor of pari-mutuels, the
position formerly filled by the late W. H. Laudeman,
adopted the amendment to the selling race rules rec-
ommended by the Thoroughbred Horse Association,
dismissed the charges against William Perkins, re-
fused to reinstate Tom Brown of Newport, and voted
$500 as a fee to Attorneys Fred Forcht and John T.
Shelby, who appeared for the commission in the suit
of the Douglas Park Jockey Club to abrogate the
commission's right to fix the amount of purses.
The commission refused licenses to Trainer Tom
Hodge and Jockeys Joe Kederis and Charles E.
Gross, approved the licenses of all other applicants,
with the exception of three, which are being held
pending investigation, and adjourned to meet at Lou-
isville in General W. B. Haldeman's office at 10
o'clock on Derby Day.
Vice Chairman T. H. Talbot, in the absence of
Chairman J. N .Camden, who is ill, presided. Messrs.
W. B. Halderman, Charles F. Grainger and Allie W.
Young, other members of the commission, were pres-
ent and expressed their regrets at the illness of the
chairman.
* + +
The veteran trainer, Matt Allen, was appointed
timer for the Jockey Club of New York as successor
to the late W. H. Barretto.
+ * +
Arthur Redfern, one of the best known jockeys
on the American turf a few years ago, died in a New
York hospital from injuries received last Friday in
an automobile accident at Coney Island. His wife,
who was injured in the accident, is in a serious con-
dition . Arthur Redfern made his first appearance
as a jockey at the Emeryville race track; he was
under contract to Atkin & Lattridge and speedily de-
veloped into a star rider.
* * +
Mr. W. H. Lucas of Honolulu, T. H., who has been
spending some time in San Francisco, has purchased
four thoroughbred two and three-year-olds from S. S.
Eakle of Williams, Cal . These colts and fillies are a
fine lot, sired by Enfield. Montgomery and David
Tenny and from producing matrons from the Flam-
beau and Wildidle families. They will be shipped to
the Hawaiian Islands and given preparation for the
coming races this season,
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The mare recently purchased by Longview Farm
from Langhorne Tabb Anderson, of Maysville, Ky.,
is being gaited. The new owners believe her to be
of even better material for a five-gaited animal than
for the walk-trot classes.
* + +
Judge E. A. Bridgford is arranging to take his good
stallion Le Grand McDonald to his ranch at Knight-
sen. Judge Bridgford announces in this issue that
he has for immediate sale five splendid young geld-
ings, well broke to three and five gaits and ready to
go into immediate service. They are royally bred
and will be sold well worth the money. They may
be seen at the Bridgford Company's ranch at Knight-
sen, Contra Costa county, and further information
will be furnished on request to Judge E. A. Bridg-
ford, 519 California street, San Francisco.
* + +
LONGVIEW THROWS "HAT" IN RING.
In a message to the Breeder and Sportsman, Long-
view Farm, Lee's Summit, Mo., announces they have
decided to star My Major Dare again this year.
Kentucky's Best, the handsome black stallion, receiv-
ing a slight injury which will not permit of his being
prepared. "The champion," writes John T. Hook,
"never looked better, worked better or was better in
his life and besides, we want it strictly understood
that 'our hat' is in the ring for this stake for cham-
pions which you are getting up. We are for it and
will show."
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Langhorne Tabb Anderson, Point-au-View Farms,
Maysville, Ky., last week shipped the chestnut geld-
ing. Sport King, to Myron H. Oppenheim, of New
York and the bay three-gaited gelding, Dapper Man,
to Miss Clara S. Peck, of Brooklyn. Both of them
are outstanding show horses and are expected to do
as all the Anderson horses have done, go out and
continue to spread the fame of Point-au-View Farms.
• Mr. Anderson has been selling a few using horses and
has a few good ones left which he expects to dispose
of by June 1, after which time he will give his entire
time to his show stable. In speaking of some of
them he writes: "I have three in my stable, which
have been standing off to themselves in an old log
barn six months 'under cover,' and the fellow who
beats them will get the change; but he will have a
right busy time before he takes their measure, unless
I am seeing things through colored glasses."
o
C. G. Bridgford. of Kansas City, has sold through
the agency of Jas. Buford, of Paris, Mo., the good
gelding Brick Fry, to E. D. Davis of Oklahoma City.
He was purchased by Mr. Davis for citizens of Okla-
homa to be presented to an army officer. Buford
recently purchased in Chicago a black five-gaited
mare which is an ideal ladies' mare, and unless she
is sold by June 1, will show her in his stable this
season . In speaking of the celebrated young My
Major Dare filly, Katherine Farmer, which is owned
by W. W. Crosswhite of Clark, Mo., Buford says:
"Katherine Farmer has improved faster than any
mare I know and the junior horses had better take
a little notice. She can do five gaits as nearly right
as any of them and is better looking than ever. That
is saying a whole lot. I think she will repeat her
baby shows this year by cleaning the platter."
Horse Show Season Opens.
The Tulsa Horse Show, this month, takes the place
of the Commencement Horse Show at Columbia, Mo.,
in mid-western affairs. The Commencement show,
which is the best ever given in Missouri and which
has always paid well, was discontinued on account of
affairs at the University of Missouri, where it was
couducted, being such as to prevent those in charge
giving the proper attention and support. At Tulsa,
however, all the leading stables will gather and it
will bring into competition all the "hot-stove" battles
which have prevailed through the winter. It is safe
to say that there will be more new material shown
at Tulsa this year than has started a show season in
more than ten years. The stable of Houchin & An-
recalling to mind, of course, the famed trotting bred
"Devil's Deputy" which was awarded a prize as a
hackney at one of our leading horse shows. It is as
adaptable in its gaits as in its type. Francis M.
derson, of Jefferson City, Mo., will show many new
stars; Longview Farm, Lee's Summit, Mo., will show
the best stable they have ever taken out and it will
be headed by magnificent My Major Dare. In writ-
ing the Breeder and Sportsman Manager Hook of
the saddle horse department says: "When you get
the Tulsa awards you will see that we continue as
the leading winners."
Jas. Buford, of Paris, Mo., probably will present
one of the real surprises of the show, while the sta-
ble of that splendid sportsman, D. Schilling of Chi-
cago, will be one of the stellar attractions. In his
stable is the gelding, Top-Notch, which Mr. Schilling
recently sold to E. J. Lehmann, of The Fair, Chicago's
big department store. He is a chestnut and a won-
derfully good one, according to experts. He also
will show the three-gaited marvel, Garrard Hunt, and
in speaking of him this well informed judge says
the horse that beats him will be the 1917 Garden
champion. He has a trot which is said has seldom
been seen and his perfect walk, canter, conformation
and manners will make him the idol of the show.
Mr. Schilling, one of the most expert amateur drivers
of trotters in the country, has been driving Garrard
to a cart and it is said he has given him this gait in
incomparable quality. He also will be represented
with the Rasmussen jumpers and hunters, and Ras-
mussen will exhibit some of Schilling's three-gaited
horses.
The judges will be Ralph Hamilton, of Keota, Iowa,
saddle horses; and Geo. A. Heyl, of Washington, 111.,
harness evnets.
WHAT IS A SADDLE HORSE?
[By John McE. Bowman, in The Spur.]
Note. — Mr. Bowman is widely known as an exceedingly
well informed man on the subject of saddle horses and
so he has judged at the National and other leading ex-
hibitions of this country and Canada. He is now breed-
ing, on a limited scale, for his personal use, saddle horses
which, whether accepted as standard type or not, will at
all events illustrate the kind of horse he himself favors
for general utility. Mr. Bowman, who, by the way, is
president of the Hotel Biltmore. the largest and best
hotel in New York, is a big factor in amateur hunt clubs,
racing, and horse shows. As a judge his success is pos-
sibly unparalleled and he has made himself widely loved
by youthful exhibitors by presenting three cups instead
of one, just so three happy "kids" shall leave the ring.
He is owner of the noted prize winning saddle horses.
Beeswing, Sundance and others.
When one is choosing a saddle horse the qualifica-
tion which must be insisted upon is the ability to
"give one a ride." If this capacity be not in evidence
the animal should be passed along as unsuited to
rank as a saddle horse. Where it has the desired
conformation to "give one a ride," other matters
of carriage, action and quality may be considered.
Thus, at the very start, it is made clear that it is
the horse that is looked for without any considera-
tion of, or leaning to, a particular type.
At the present time, not taking into consideration
the multitudinous "crosses." there are three distinct
varieties constantly appearing before the judges at
horse shows. These are the thoroughbred, the stand-
ard bred trotter and the Registered Saddle Horse.
And as we have no accepted type of saddle horse
such as is found in England, France, Germany, Bel-
gium and Holland, it is naturally often difficult to
arrive at a conclusion that pleases every one who is
especially interested in the matter.
For some reason or other, not very clearly demon-
strated ,the thoroughbred has been branded by some
people as too pronounced and unreliable; but in my
opinion this all depends upon how much the individ-
ual thoroughbred stock for the past generation or
two has been raced and also how it was handled
during the training period. If not raced too much,
and intelligently as well as humanely handled — as is
the case in several American establishments — I do
not think there is any reasonable ground for discrim-
ination in strictly blood lines.
Nevertheless, except when carefully selected, the
thoroughbred — as a thoroughbred — is seldom entirely
satisfactory under saddle . In certain cases the
action is not desirable, the neck is sometimes too
rigid and does not flex into good form. With these
trifling defects, however, it has a certain quality, as
"the dominant blood," which is difficult to explain in
words. It also has the ability to transmit its quality.
In other words, the thoroughbred blood improves
any cross into which it is infused. These minor
defects, without exception, can be, and at several
establishments are, eradicated by scientific equine
physical culture that is commenced on the three-
year-old youngsters and which actually "makes" the
ultimate mature horse. It may be remarked in pass-
ing that the thoroughbred saddle horse is steadily
increasing in popularity in all sections where there
is hunting and polo or where the country clubs are
affiliated with a drag hunt club. This fact is shown
by the entries in the saddle classes at such horse
shows as are held in those sections.
An American product is the standardised trotting
horse, so far as its ability to travel marvelously fast
at the trot is concerned. It is also famed as the
most versatile division of the horse world. I mean
by this that by careful selection as to the type of
sire and dam one can produce almost any given con-
formation, even that of the hackney — a statement
Ware once stated that the best snaffle hunter he ever
rode was a trotter by Smuggler 2:15% out of Ella
Ellwood (2:29 to a road wagon and a world's record
at that time). This animal could gallop and ju:
but could not trot or pace; it was up to two hund
and fifty pounds, and was sold for sixteen hund
dollars. Possibly the greatest drawback to a trot
forming an acceptable saddle horse is that so nu
lack a good neck. When standing at rest this t.
has a trick of stretching the neck out almost h
zonlal to the body in a semi-somnolent way, j
there is entirely lacking the alert, notice-taking
that distinguishes the blood horse. It also lacks
exquisite finish of the thoroughbred .excepting
isolated cases where, to some extent, it has bi
acquired. This is the more surprising when
remembers that the standardbred trotter is a trott
thoroughbred tracing from the foundation stock
imported Messenger which sired the great Abdall
the sire of the great Hambletonian, whose dam v
a mare by imported Bellfounder.
What is known as "the Registered Saddle Ho
of Kentucky" is widely famed and is claimed to h;
sprung mainly from an original thoroughbred som
Some years ago Colonel I. B. Nail, the secretary
the American Saddle Horse Breeders' Associati
compiled the blood line averages of one thousa
horses entered in The Saddle Horse Stud Book. 1
records showed three of clear thoroughbred bio
fifty with fifty per cent, two hundred and ninety-;
with twenty-five per cent, three hundred and foi
three with twelve and one-half per cent, one hundi
and fifty-two with six and one-half per cent, thlrty-i
with three per cent and the remainder unknot
This is roundly 45-50 per cent of thoroughbred bio
in the gross. Colonel Nail also said: "We find tod
a trotting cross in the pedigrees of many fashional
bred saddle horses. Sometimes it is well; sometiir
it produces a coarseness altogether unsuitable to c
purposes, as a saddler for the show ring must abo
all things be handsome and stylish. Breeders hi
found out where these experiments have proved i
appointing and now get away from them." Tt
this type of horse has been partially supplanted
others is due to several things. Perhaps the mt
important is that the "gaited" horse needs an exp(
to ride it and retain it in perfect condition. It is
marvelously attractive product when seen in t
show ring, but, if ridden by one of the many pa
or bridle path habitues, it would deteriorate in val
about seventy-five per cent within a month, whe
the walk, trot and canter horse of the same quali
would not suffer to anything approaching the sai
extent.
In the South and some parts of the West even n(
many of the conditions of the past obtain as regar
distances, roads and the lack of intercommunicatl
other than on horseback or on foot. These conditio
explain in a measure the intense conservatism
many people in upholding the American saddle hor
with its clean-cut schooling, easy motion, varied gai
and wonderful carriage. The fact remains, bowev<
that in most metropolitan gatherings there will
found only a very limited percentage of the on
typical Southern horse and this, I think, is large
because the three-gaited horse with its walk, tr
and canter, is much easier to learn to ride.
It is plain that the American saddle horse is st
in a state of evolution; it has passed from the ma
nificent Kentucky and Virginia horses of the ve:
early days to the hardy little animals of French ii
portation, which came down from Canada. The:
developed pacers were bred to thoroughbred ste
lions and thus was produced a number of our fou
dation saddle horses. On through the era of the ii
ported Hedgeford, sire of the great Denmark in 183
and from that time by careful selection, rose the wo.
derful "gaited horse" which antedates the railroa
in the South.
Quite naturally the Civil War arrested the deve
opment of the American saddle horse. After peac
was declared the Southern breeders were excusabl
dispirited and inert for a long time; then the newl
introduced standardbred trotting stock was boome
as never a type was boomed before or since. Man
extremely good saddle mares were bred to trotter:
thus producing some very fast horses, but, in th
opinion of many capable judges .seriously undermii
ing the most wonderful breed of saddle horses th
world has ever seen. For then was first precipitate
the host of nondescripts from which, to a certai
extent, we are still suffering so far as a decided an
recognized clarity of type is concerned. The buyin,
public was totally ignorant of what a saddle hors
should be, the dealer was not particularly intereste
so long as sales were consummated and every ma)
claimed the "right to his own opinion."
While few long journeys today are made unde
saddle there is a great deal of road, bridle path anc
park riding. As some of the distances covered dui
ing the day are much greater than would be supj1
posed, it is not astonishing to find that the demand
for horses suitable for such work is swinging alonj
these lines. What is needed is a "blood" horse — not
necessarily a clean thoroughbred, remember — whicll
shall have good shoulders, bone and substance; ii
shall be well balanced .carrying a good head anc*
tail, and shall have three good paces, the walk, troi
and canter. It shall be high couraged, yet temperate;
well broken and well schooled.
All the quibbling in the world will not change the
demand. It is idle to engage in a wordy war ol
types. The only thing to do is to educate the public'
by demonstrations of the best specimens at horse
shows in every section of the country, remembering
always that the first imperative qualification for a
saddle horse is that it shall "give one a ride."
I! atlrday, May 12, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Notes and News
fc-: Santa Maria will give $500 purses for harness
lorses in all glasses at their 1917 fair.
* * +
Joseph Waddell, secretary of the California Fair
ind Racing Circuit, made his first appearance as a
"! itarter in California at Dixon's May Day races.
* * *
That Los Angeles will have a meeting is now al-
ffi (most a certainty. W. G-. Durfee is on the job and
ioes not intend to give up until a good program is
issured.
Horsemen who are to race in the California races
: this year are pleased over the results made by those
live wire horsemen of Hemet ; who, by their untiring
(efforts, have assured a meeting on that good track,
October 16 to 20, the week following Riverside.
+ * +
C A. Durfee, the veteran reinsman of the Coast,
has taken charge of the training of I. L. Borden's
horses. It is said this well known San Francisco
in] capitalist-sportsman has never had so many brilliant
ill prospects and with Mr. Durfee at the helm some good
results are expected.
* * *
At Gait, May 19, 1917, the following races will be
offered: Free-for-all pace; 2:20 pace; 2:17 trot.
Purses will be $100 each. Half mile heats, two in
three, except that where there are over six entries
to race. The horses will be divided into two classes
and race first and second heats, and the horses
placed first and second in preliminary heats will
race the final heat.
* + +
This office has received a supply of the programs
and entry blanks of the Wisconsin State Fair, which,
as announced in the advertising columns of this
issue, will be conducted September 10 to 13 inclusive
and offers the largest purses and most liberal oppor-
tunities to harness horsemen of any association out-
side of the Grand Circuit this season. There are
16 harness races advertised; $25,700 in stakes and
purses. The seven early closing events entries will
close Monday, May 28. Be sure and get your entries
in now and assure- the game of the continuance of
this liberal offer in future years, as well as of its
adoption by other big fairs.
+ * +
WISCONSIN STATE FAIR RACING.
-1
State Fair racing officials are eagerly watching
the result of the attractive program of harness
events arranged by the Wisconsin State Fair this
Tiyear, and which appears on the advertising pages
I of this issue. If horsemen show their appreciation
of the Wisconsin program by liberal entries, there
is no doubt but what other state fairs next year will
follow the Wisconsin idea and offer more attractive
programs.
R. J. White, superintendent of speed of the Wis-
consin State Fair, discussing his program of events
this year ,says:
"We believe that patrons of the Wisconsin State
Fa^r, and other state fairs, want harness racing.
It is logical, therefore, to assume that they not only
want harness racing but the best harness racing
that can be provided. I suppose we could have an-
nounced the same programs we have had for three
years and conducted another successful meeting this
year . But we want to advance, and that is why we
have induced business men of Milwaukee to assist
us in offering a Grand Circuit program of events.
"For three years we have shown the horsemen that
our policy is fair treatment of them in every respect.
Knowing this, we anticipate that horsemen will show
their appreciation of our efforts by doing what they
can to make our improved racing program success-
ful. If this appreciation is shown, we probably will
add more big stakes in 1917.
"Therefore, it can be said with truth that the
future of racing at other state fairs, as well as at
the Wisconsin State Fair, will depend in no small
way upon the patronage the Wisconsin program re-
ceives this year."
♦ ♦ ♦
SATISFIED CUSTOMERS HOUGHTON'S BEST AD.
Make Classes For Trotters Same as Pacers.
In Mr. Harrison's splendid article of March 24, he
says: "Bonnie Cres is out of Silk Cres, full sister
to Bon Cres 2 :10%. etc." Silk Cres is a full sister to
Kate Kopje, dam of Bon Cres 2:10% and Baron C.
McGregor (3) 2:25. Messrs. Sutherland and Chad-
bourne are preparing Bon Cres and Baron C. Mc-
Gregor for the 1917 California races; both are doing
nicely at this time. I would like very much if the
proposed classes for trotters would be the same as
pacers, as outlined in your paper of April seventh,
page nine. I think it would be a better classification
of races. According to Futurity announcements the
trotters are getting the attention of the promoters
and I believe the trotter should be encouraged all
the way through. I may say this suggestion of mine
is both personal and for the encouragement of the
man with the trotter.
We all want to breed trotters if we can but we
want a chance to race them or sell them to a man
that will race them, and this condition can be helped
by having a good arrangement of classes. I would
like to know what other breeders think of it. I am
breeding Kate Kopje to The Anvil 2:02% this year
and expect to get a real trotter.
Pasadena. J. J. CAMPBELL.
***
The local sulky season will open with a race pro-
gram at the Park Stadium on May 17, according to
plans of the San Francisco Driving Club, which held
its organization meeting at Promotion Hall, Sixteenth
and Valencia streets.
* * *
The money winning of the get of the deceased
McKinney 2:11%, headed by Sweet Marie 2:02, that
is credited with 31 wins, 7 seconds and 2 fourths,
total $45,500, is 602 firsts, 438 seconds, 353% thirds
and 245% fourths, with $388,615.50.
* * *
George H. Estabrook is still in the game and has
his string working nicely at the Overland Park in the
hands of Ollie Graves. Colorado Range (3) 2:08%
and E. Colorado, the three-year-old son of Colorado
E., are working satisfactorily. Besides these are
some promising young things by Colorado E., two
two-year-old pacers by Peter O'Donna 2:08 and Di-
rect Pointer, a young son of Baron Direct.
Fred Chadboume is going along easy with the
horses under his care at Pleasanton, and while no
sensational time has been made they are all working
well and doing well. A. B. C. has been a mile in
2:12%, half in 1:04; Verna McKinney mile in 2:16,
half 1:05; Zoetrix mile in 2:15, half in 1:04; Bon
Cres mile in 2:16, half in 1:05; El Paso (3) mile in
2:17, half in 1:06; Howard's Comet mile in 2:14%,
half in 1:05; Beretta D. mile in 2:22, quarter in :31;
The Lie (3) mile in 2:16, half in 1:05; Baron Mc-
Gregor, mile in 2:20, quarter in : 32 % ; Donnello mile
in 2:17 ,half in 1:05; Proof colt (3) mile in 2:26,
half in 1:09; Jake Logan mile in 2:18 ,"half in 1:07.
* * *
RIVERSIDE COUNTY FAIR.
BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING.
Lebanon, N. H., April 23, 1917.
The repainted sulkies got here today and they are
all O. K. Think you did a mighty nice job on them
and I want to thank vou very kindly for it.
E. A. SUNDERLIN.
Florence, S. C. April 20, 1917.
My Houghton No. 8 cart is the best running cart
' I ever had. I wouldn't take ten of the carts I had
before for this one. (MAJOR) TOM GREGG.
Northville, Mich.. April 12, 1917.
Please ship me C. O. D. one pair bolted on tires
for one of your light speed carts, size 26x1%. The
last pair I bought from you nearly three years ago
were the best I ever saw.
J. B. TINHAM, Trainer,
Starkweather Stock Farm.
At an informal meeting of the directors of the Riv-
erside County Fair held on April 30 it was unani-
mously decided to recommend to the board at its
next regular meeting that the Riverside fair associ-
ation join the racing circuit.
The Riverside fair, which is four years old next
fall, has always had a strong program of races. This
is the only county fair in the southern part of the
state and naturally the races draw large crowds of
followers of the track from all parts of Southern
California. The half mile track at Riverside is one
of the best in the state. All of the fast horses in
the west in past years have appeared at the River-
side fair. It is an assumed fact that this year there
will be more than ever.
At the Riverside County Fair and Race Meeting,
October 9 to 13, inclusive, the following program of
harness races will be staged:
Tuesday, October 9.
1. 2:30 class trot $400
2. 2:18 class pace 400
Matinee Events.
% Mile Run.
% Mile Run.
Wednesday, October 10.
3. 2:23 pace $400
4. 2:14 trot 800
Matinee Events.
% Mile Run.
% Mile Run.
Thursday, October 11.
This day will again be devoted to a program of
Indian sports and pleasures. Students of Sherman
Institute and visitors from the nearby reservations
will offer a program of interest and excitement.
Friday, October 12.
5. 2:20 trot $500
6. Free-for-all pace 500
Matinee Events.
1 Mile Run.
% Mile Run.
Saturday, October 13.
7. 2 : 14 class pace $800
8. Free-for-all trot 500
Special Harness Events.
Matinee Events.
% Mile Run.
% Mile Run.
The Board of Review of the National Trotting As-
sociation conducted its semi-annual session at the
Murray Hill Hotel, New York, on Tuesday and Wed-
nesday afternoons of last week. Practically all of
the deliberations of the Board were upon matters of
minor importance, and, with the exception of one
"ringing" case, all others were the result of horses
being protested during the 1916 racing season.
The ringing case was against Sarah D. 2:12, and
her driver, C. A. Hammond, of North Vernon, Ind.
The mare was raced under the name of Nellie H. at
Tuscaloosa and Greensboro last year, and won up-
wards of $300 in purse money. The Board of Re-
view ruled that both horse and owner be expelled,
but that if the amount of the male's winnings is
returned for distribution among the lawful winners
Sarah D. can be reinstated. Her owner, who raced
her out of her class and under a false name, however,
remains expelled until the Board rules otherwise at
some future date.
The application of A. E. Richardson for reinstate-
ment was denied. Richardson, it will be remembered,
was suspended in 1911 for racing Jack London as
Professor Sphinx.
Because Charles Goodman, of Grand Marais, Mich.,
and Charles J. Root, alias Edward J. Rock, were
unable to convince the Board that the mare, raced as
Princess, by Electriant ,was not the real mare, but
masqueraded under the name, they were suspended
until such time as they can furnish evidence to offset
the charges filed against them. The protestants
claimed that the horse known as the Princess was
sold at Madison Square Garden. The suspended
horsemen must also return more than $200 won by
the Princess.
Among those present were John C. Welty, presi-
dent; Pierre Lorillard, Jr.; Reese Blizzard, A. P.
Sandles, P. H. Wall and W. H. Gocher.
** +
Teddy Bear "came back" at Dixon. If a horse ever
showed he was on his toes this game pacer did it
last Saturday. While he lost the first heat o.f the
free-for-all, had it been a mile heat he undoubtedly
would have been in the lead at the finish.
+ + +
T. M. Barstow advertises for sale the McKinney
stallion Nearest McKinney 2:14%, sire of All McKin-
new 2:04 and several other standard performers.
Nearest McKinney was a good race horse and a suc-
cessful sire and should prove a bargain at the ex-
tremely easy terms of sale offered.
* + *
What is regarded as two days of the best matinee
racmg to be seen in the state this year is going on
at Lockeford, San Joaquin county, Cal. There are
five trotting and pacing races scheduled with running
races winding up both days' events. The purses for
the harness horses are for $150 each and a good lot
of horses are entered.
♦ ♦ +
Gebhard Wempe, who was seriously injured last
week when he was thrown from his buggy in Golden
Gate Park, is slowly improving. Mr. Wempe is still
suffering severely from the injury to his right limb
and it wull be some time before he will be able to be
out. He expects, however, to be in condition and
"ready for the word" when the bell taps at Califor-
nia's first race meeting.
• **
James J. and Thos. Ryan have purchased Toncalla
from A. Giovanetti and announced their intention of
entering Yoncalla in the matinee races as well as on
the circuit this summer. Yoncalla is a six-year-old
trotter sired by Bon Voyage 2:08 from Birdie by Jay
Bird, dam of Bodaker 2:13, one of the gamest and
fastest trotters ever seen on the California Circuit.
Y'oncalla was one of the stars of the Stadium races
last season, and under the able training of Al
Schwartz should be a prominent contender in this
year's circuit.
* + *
Planning for Fresno District Fair Purses.
Although there was not a quorum of directors at
the meeting of the Fresno District Fair last Satur-
day, the expression of those present was that they
would offer in the neighborhood of $8,000 premiums
for four days' racing, Sept. 24 to 27 inclusive; purses
are as follows:
2 purses of $2,000 each;
2 purses of $1,00 Oeach;
4 purses of $500 each.
This amount may not pass the board, but this is in
the neighborhood of the amount that will be offered.
♦ + +
Taking over the Nashville race track as a training
camp for soldiers is a reminder of what happened in
England when the war broke out, and of what may
happen in many places here when Uncle Sam gets
down to business in training an army of a million
men. The larger race tracks, with their stables,
grand stands, club houses and level fields, afford
admirable quarters for the troops, but it is to be
hoped that if the War Department decides to utilize
them it will do so in a way that will not interfere
with meetings of short duration but of great impor-
tance to the owners and breeders of horses. Trot-
ting meetings seldom last more than one week, and
it should be possible for the army men to clear the
tracks for this length of time when the dates are
known far in advance.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 12, 191'
BEGINNERS' DAY EVENTS DEVELOP SHOOTER:
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
TRAPSHOOTING FIXTURES.
August20. 21, 22. 23, 24, 1917— Chicago, Ills.— The Inter-
state Association's Eighteenth Grand American Trap-
shooting' Tournament, under the auspices of the South
Shore Country Club Gun Club; 4,0005 added money.
Winner of first place in the Grand American Handicap
guaranteed $500 and a trophy; winner of second place
guaranteed $400 and a trophy; winner of third place
guaranteed $300 and a trophy; winner of fourth place
guaranteed $200 and a trophy, and the winner of fifth
place guaranteed $100 and a trophy. Numerous other
trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Man-
ager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
May 28, 29. 30, 1917 — San Jose, CaL — The Interstate Asso-
ciation's Twelfth Pacific Coast Trapshooting Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the San Jose Gun Club;
$1300 added money. "Winner of first place in the Pa-
cific Coast Handicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy;
winner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy,
and the winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a
trophy. Elmer E. Shaner. Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa-
May 13 — Everett, "Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Everett Gud Club. C. E. French, Secretary.
May 13 — Eureka, Cal. — Eureka Blue Rock Club. W. E.
Innes, Secretary.
May 13, 14, 15 — Los Angeles, CaL — Vernon Gun Club.
Stanton A. Bruner, Secretary.
Mav 14, 15. 16 — Spokane, Wash. — Spokane Gun Club.
"Old Policy." Chas. A. O'Connor, President.
May 20. 21 — Seattle, Wash. — Washington State Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the Green Lake Gun Club.
G. A. Conklin, Secretary.
May 21. 22, 23 — Los Angeles, Cal. — California -Nevada
State Tournament, under the auspices of the Los An-
geles Gun Club. Fred H. Teeple, Secretary.
May 23, 24 — Ogden. Utah — Utah State Tournament, under
the aitspices of the Ogden Gun Club. A. R. Bain,
Secretary.
June 2. 3 — Moore. Mont. — Moore Rod & Gun Club. W. N.
Sharp. Secretary.
June 3 — Alameda, Cal. — Alameda Elks Gun Club. F. E.
Hilger .Secretary.
June 17, 18 — Billings, Mont. — Billings Rod & Gun Club.
W. K. Moore, President.
June 17, IS, 19 — Palouse, Wash. — Idawa Gun Club. John
P. Duke, Secretary.
June 24 — Bellingham, Wash. — Northwest Washington
Trapshooters' League Tournament, under the auspices
of the Bellingham Gun Club. L Dienberger, Secretary.
June 24, 25, 26. 27 — Portland. Ore. — Sportsmen's Associa-
tion of the Northwest Tournament, under the auspices
of the Portland Gun Club. BL R. Everding, Secretary.
July 22— Chehalis. Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Chehalis Gun Club. Harry Quick, Secretary.
July 23, 24. 25 — Portland. Ore. — Pacific Indians. F. C.
Riehl. Secretary.
July 27, 2S, 29— Del Monte, CaL, Del Monte Gun Club.
J. F. Neville, Secretary.
August 19 — Blaine, Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters* League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Blaine Gun Club. F. L. Cott, Secretary.
August 19 — Kellogg. Idaho— Kellogg Gun Club. R. E.
Thomas. Secretary.
August 27— Williams, Ariz.— Williams Gun Club. W. D.
Finney, President.
September 9 — Seattle, Wash. — Northwest Washington
Trapshooters* League Tournament, under the auspices
of the Green Lake Gun Club. G. A. Conklin, Sec'ty.
September 17, 18 — Los Angeles, Cal. — Los Angeles Gun
Club. Fred H. Teeole, Secretary.
October 9, 10— Hillside, Ariz.— Three Mule Shoe Gun Club.
"Old Policy." Thad. P. Mullen, Secretary.
October 13, 14 — Phoenix, Ariz. — Arizona State Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club.
Dell E. Morrell, Secretary.
+ * +
San Francisco Fly Casting Club — The San Fran-
cisco Flycasting Club has arranged the following
schedule of club medal contests to be held at Stow
Lake during the season of 1917: May 12-13, May
26-27 and June 9-10: Delicacy and accuracy fly,
half-ounce accuracy bait, heavy tackle distance fly
and half-ounce distance bait, June 23-24, July 14-15,
July 28-29 and August 11-12: Delicacy and accuracy
fly, dry fly accuracy, half-ounce accuracy bait, light
Tackle distance fly and salmon fly. August 25-26,
September 8-9, September 22-23 and October 6-7:
Deiicacy and accuracy fly. quarter-ounce accuracy
bait, light tackle accuracy fly .salmon fly and dry fly
accuracy. There will also be special team events.
June 9-10 and August 11-12 are make-up dates.
The season for 1917 will be divided into three
divisions. Medals will be awarded for the highest
score ,and in duplicate events medals will be awarded
for highest scores in one division only. There are
two classes in each event — champion and expert. A
gold bar will be awarded in the first-named class and
a silver bar in the second-
ae
About Fishing Tackle. — Tackle and Time — Correct
Ashing tackle is as necessary in the hands of the
tyro as well as with the practical angler, but the
beginner mustn't expect tackle, however, appropri-
ate, to be all that is required to make toward perfec-
tion in angling; experience and practice are equallv
important. As an apprentice in carpentry who may
have all the tools of his master still needs' experience
and actual practice, so the young angler fully equip-
ped with good tackle must serve an apprenticeship
on the waters.
Buy your tackle.— The old anglers tied their flies
themselves, and in fact, made all their rods and
tackle, save perhaps, lines. Today few- anglers think
of tying flies or preparing any tackle owing to the
expertness and moderate terms on the part of the
dealers. It is much cheaper to buy tackle outright,
as it is to buy gun shells ready loaded.
To remove a ferrule. — Hold it over the flame of
a spirit lamp or any flame until the cement is soft-
ened. If it has been pinned on, take a large needle,
break it off squarely, put it on the pin and strike
just hard enough to set the pin below the ferrule,
then warm and remove.
The joints. — If your rod joints go together harshly
or do not come apart with ease, oil them lightly.
See that no sand or any dirt gets in the ferrules. To
take the joints apart easily when they are tightly
set, gently warm the metal.
Killing the trout. — Tfin your trout the instant they
are landed; don't let them suffer slow death. The
game deserves humane treatment and the meat tastes
better by quick killing.
All season flies. — Alder, Gray Palmer, Green Palm-
er, Ginger Palmer, March Brown, Reuben Wood, Pro-
fessor, White Miller, Coachman, Royal Coachman,
Dark Coachman, Ibis, Brown Palmer, Red Palmer,
Grizzly King, Queen of the Water, King of the Wa-
ter, Black Gnat Early in the season use hooks No.
6 to 8, later 8 to 12. TJse the small patterns on
streams, and large patterns on lakes and rough
waters; and as repeatedly suggested, when the day
is bright and the water is clear, use the small flies
of plain colors; on dark days and in the evenings,
use the large bright flies.
Up and down stream. — English anglers wade up
stream and some anglers in America do the same.
There is good reason in this manner of wading on
the part of the old country's anglers, because where
they practice it the water is quiet and not altogether
shallow . In America, where our trout waters are
rapid and foaming as they rush along, it is not prac-
tical as a general rule to wade up stream. The walk-
ing is difficult, you become wet ,the trout see you
notwithstanding they lie face up stream, your flies
drift toward you, it is hard to keep the line from
being slack all the time, the flies sink too often, and
altogether you spoil the chances of creeling whatever
is takable in the stream. On still, barely flowing
waters a line may be cast up or down stream.
Position of the reel. — The reel of a rod should be
on the under side of the rod, in front of the handle;
that of a fly rod on the under side below the handle.
Reels on the upper side of the rod are wrongly
placed, as they put the line's strain on the rod joints
whf-n the strain should be on the guides, not on the
rod itself.
Cork handle. — To avoid blisters on the hand, have
the handle of your rod covered with cork instead of
cane, twine or rubber. It 'will prevent the hand from
slipping, is pleasant to touch and very light in
weight.
To extract hooks. — Cut the snell free and push
the hook through, depressing the upper end so as
to bring the point out as near as possible to where it
went in. Don't try to pull the hook back.
Care of the rod. — See that your rod case is prop-
erly dry before you put yor rod in it and always tie
the case strings loosely or you will have bent tips
and joints.
f*J
Columbia-Willamette League —
W. L. Pet. Shot at Broke.
Woodbura 2 0 1000 250 224
Albany 1 0 1000 125 117
Salem 1 1 .500 250 216
Astoria 1 1 .500 250 211
Oregon City 0 1 .000 250 208
La Grande 0 1 .000 250 225
Pendleton 0 1 .000 125 209
Results on April 29th:
Oregon City 113, La Grande 113.
Woodburn 103, Salem 94.
Albany 117, Astoria 94.
Pendleton remaining idle.
The first tie match of the 1917 season in the first
annual Columbia-Willamette Trapshooters' Associa-
tion tournament occurred on April 29th, when the
Canemah Gun Club of Oregon City and the La
Grande Gun Club each broke 113 out of a possible
125 targets.
Woodburn Gun Club won from Salem, 103 to 102,
and Albany won from Astoria, 117 to 94. The Round-
up Gun Club of Pendleton, Ore., the seventh member
of the circuit battling for The Oregonian trophies,
did not contest. Last Sunday Pendleton met La
Grande.
Every club of the association had much difficulty
shooting because of the wind, according to the re-
ports received, but the worst wind of all hampered
the Astoria Gun Club representatives. But six of the
Astoria club's members were able to get out to the
traps and their score of 94 out of 125 is considered
commendable in the fact of such adverse shooting
conditions.
Xone of the nimrods of the six clubs competing
was able to make a possible, but several annexed
24's.
[By Peter P. Carney.]
About the best piece of promotive work for th
sport of trapshooting in recent years was the inaug
uration of the "Beginners' Day* 'idea. Tried for th
first time in 1915 — during the month of May — 678'
men and 522 women appeared at 520 gun clubs am
shot at clay targets for the first time.
The scope of the idea was broadened somewha
the last year in allowing the shoots to take plaa
during May and June and allowing men and womei
who had not shot at more than 500 targets to partici
pate for the Beginners' Day trophies. In 1916 thesi
events were conducted by 773 clubs and 11,625 per
sons participated.
In order to make these beginners' days attractivi
trophies are given — a silver watch fob to the max
and a silver spoon to the woman making the bes
score. To interest the clubs two trophies are givei
in each state — one to the club that gets out thi
greatest number of beginners and another to thi
club which gets out the second highest total. Twi
trophies are also given in each of the Canadiai
provinces.
Records are maintained to show how the clubi
fare. The Pahquioquo Rod and Gun Club, of Dan
bury, Conn., got out the greatest number of shooter)
in 1915, with the Portland (Ore.) Club second. Las
year the Hawthorne Club of Chicago was high, witl
the Brookville (Mass.) Club second. Illinois got oui
the largest number of beginners — 688, with 58 o
them women. Pennsylvania got out the greatesi
number of men — 628 — and the Keystone State alst
conducted the greatest number o fshoots — 86
The 1917 beginners' day events should outclass
those of the past two years. The same provision!
are made for the club trophies and to the men anc
women shooters. According to the announcement
a beginner is one who has not shot at more thai
500 targets before April 1. The shoots will be hele
during May and June. Many clubs will conduct mor<
than one shoot so as to give attention to people whe
wish to shoot, but cannot make their time suit the
one particular date.
It is suggested that beginners' day events be at 2;
targets, in strings of five, and that the targets be
thrown straightaway and not more than 35 yards
As beginners' day events are club boosters and build
ers as well as aids to trapshooting, clubs are askec
not to put on any other events the day they have
beginners' shoots. This will allow the veteran trap
shooters to give attention to the novice and instruct
him — or her — in the proper method of shooting.
These beginners' day events have put an end tc
that oft-repeated saying of years ago, "I would like
to shoot, but I do not care to make a show of myself.'
Every one is on eual terms in the beginners' daj
events, and the experienced amateurs and profes-
sionals are only too glad to give the beginners every
attention.
These are the days when we all should know how
to handle firearms — and no better chance was evei
given Americans than beginners' days. Accept the
opportunity while it is here.
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Framing New Laws. — Now that the smoke of in-
cessant battle in their behalf is beginning to blow
away from the "firing line" at Sacramento, sports-
men are taking quite lively interest in learning what
the Fish and Game Commission has been able to
save for them out of the threatened wreck.
New laws mostly will not become effective until
August, but a list of the various measures will be
compiled as soon as possible. The new laws repre-
sent according to Executive Secretary Carl Wester-
feld of the State board, "an enormous amount of
work, most of which was done by Frank Newbert
* * * and finally succeeded in suppressing a large
number of vicious bills, also succeeding in passing
most of those advocated in behalf of fish and game,
which on the whole has not much to complain of."
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Country Lad Improves As Shooter. — The whole-
someness of life in the country with its attendant
hard work in the open air is never more manifest
than at the traps when the country boy, fresh from
the farm, pits his nerve and clear sightedness at
the big trapshooting tournaments against that of the
topnotchers.
In the ranks of the aforesaid top-notchers are to
be found a majority who shoot once or twice a week
throughout the season until, when the big tournament
is on, their muscles and nerves are trained to a me-
chanical perfection. The country boy, however, has
no such training and many of them let six months
or more slip by before they find an opportunity to
face the traps for a little, practice.
Nevertheless, it is these same bronzed and brawny
Americans who offer constant surprises to the ga
lery and contestants at the State trapshooting cla
sics and the old-timer cannot but wonder what the
result would be if the farmer lad in connection witl
his clean, homely life had his weekly issue with the
animated targets.
It is true that the hand trap is fast finding it
place on the farm, and who knows but that th
combination — the farmer boy and the hand trap — v<
develop in this counttry a shooting talent that
make present-day scores seem mediocre. — [By Trap
shooter.
Satlrday, May 12, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
J. H. HOPKINS WASHINGTON CHAMPION.
Outsider Beats Out Frank Troeh in State Tourna-
ment at Green Lake Grounds.
Frank Troeh, of Vancouver, Wash., national ama-
teur trapshooting champion and holder o£ the Wash-
ington state title, lost his state honors Monday,
April 30, in the twenty-third annual championship of
the state, contested at the Green Lake Gun Club.
J. H. Hopkins, a member of both Seattle clubs, an
outsider, wrested the honors from the Vancouver
crack by breaking 97 out of the 100 targets. Hop-
kins' performance was a surprise to every one of the
eighty-one shooters who competed for the big honors,
as Troeh was expected to win without difficulty.
Although he lost the title, Troeh established a
coast record for consecutive hits, breaking 284 tar-
gets without a miss.
The other events of the day were won by Fred
Call, of Seattle, who took the L. C. Smith cup, and
George Miller, of Bellingham, who took the Rainier
trophy. Call broke 25 straight and Miller won in a
shoot-off with Conklin and Adams.
Troeh's defeat is attributed to the strain of break-
ing the record number of birds. Troeh lost two tar-
gets in his first event, and he was plainly nervous as
he continued shooting. He lost five more in the
100 and finished with 95.
C. E. McKelvey, of Seattle, was the runner-up in
the big event. McKelvey won the right to compete in
the East if Hopkins fails to go to the Grand Amer-
ican after shooting off a tie with C. E. O'Connor, of
Spokane. Both had broken 96 targets. Other high
men were J. B. Adams, of Leavenworth; L. S. Barnes
of Seattle, and George Gregory of Spokane.
Miss Gladys Reid, of Spokane, the only woman
shooter to compete, shot the full program and fin-
ished in the state event with a score of 128 out of
150, which is below her usual form. Tom Wilkes,
who came up from San Francisco to compete, got
143. Hi Everding, of Portland, known as the prince
of sportsmen in the trapshooting fraternity of the
Northwest, turned in a good score of 145.
The three professionals, L. R. Reid, of Seattle;
H. E. Poston, of San Francisco, and F. C. Riehl, of
Tacoma, tied for high honors in their class of 147
each.
The meet was a big success ,and Secretary G. A.
Conklin, M. A. Rosenfield, H. Gleason and L. S.
Barnes are given much credit for the business-like
manner in which the shoot was run off. It was the
biggest state shoot ever held in Washington.
During the shoot C. E. McKelvey, of Seattle, was
elected president of the association; Hugh Fleming,
of Seattle, secretary-treasurer. Next year's shoot
was awarded to Tacoma. The scores, April 30th,
with the 100 target event for the State championship
follow: —
O'Connor 43x50, 96x100; March 46, 86; Ware 46,
93; Fleet, 45, 92; Geesey 44, 83; *Poston 48, 99;
Owens 45, 93: Ovender 47, 90; Browne 48, 92; *Riehl
48, 99; *Reid 48, 99; Wilkes 49, 92; McKelvey 50,
96; Stacey 43, 86; Scott 47, 94; Mclntyre 47, 87;
Field 45, 82; Knickerbocker 40, 78; Bowers 47, 88;
McLean 46, 90; Gregory 41, 95; Chingrin 43, 93; Mc-
Elroy 48, 92; Egbers 46, 94; Boultbee 39, 77; 'Holc-
han 45, 91; 'Rhodes 46, 96; Blair 48, 94; Spratley 44,
87; Cooper 44, 86; Kienast 44, 88; Brackney 46, 90
Converse 49, 89; Anderson 45. 93; Everding 48, 97
Templeton 48, 90, Keller 47, 98; Friedlander 27, 57
Clemson 28, 55; Ellis 45, 93; Kinzer 49, 84; Land-
wehr 47, 94; Fleming 46, 94; Ruppe 47, 92; Ham-
bright 46. 96; Taft 43, 89; Miss Reid 44, 84; Mann
41, 90; Reid 46, 93; *Garrison 42, 97; Eisenbeis 50,
89; Dague 47, 94; Rice 48, 93; Patison 28, 66; Tem-
pleton 45. 90; Follrich 45, 93; Miller 45, 91; Searle
46, 78: Hopkins 46, 97; Bacher 45, 80; Merrill 45,
78; Brown 35, 69; Fortier 40, 82; Newland 40, 53;
Davis 39, 79; Griffith 42, 85; Kidd 42, 83; Case 34,
49; Geltz 45, 84; Conklin 47, 90; Care 45, 89; Martin
19, 90; Carsten 47, 92; Lewis 40, 70; Fisher 45, 93;
Adams 48, 96; Van Vleck 47, 89; Barnes 47, 95;
Baker 40, 88; Cramer — , 74. (*Professionals.)
First Day.
Frank M. Troeh, champion amateur trapshot of
the state, got off to a good start on the first day,
April 29th, when he turned in a perfect score of 150
straight breaks, which, with an uncompleted run of
81 scored in a practice shoot, gave him an unfinished
mark of 231 straight.
Troeh's shooting was easily the stellar feature of
the first day, which was enthusiastically enjoyed by
the scatter-gun artists from all parts of the state,
who were none the least abashed by the torrents of
rain.
Guy Browne, of Wenatchee. shooting from the 20-
yard line, broke 25 straight clays and captured the
Post-Intelligencer handicap shoot medal, which
trophy he will retain until the next year's competi-
tion, when he will be called upon to defend his
honors.
Jack Connors, of Bellingham, and Fred Call, of
Seattle, tied for the Spokesman-Review trophy, and
the former forfeited by leaving the field without
shooting off the tie.
Except for the rain, which did not materially both-
er the shooters, it was an ideal day at the traps.
Hugh McElroy, of Spokane, was second high gun
among the amateurs with a score of 146, while the
high professional honors went to Frank C. Riehl, the
Tacoma veteran. Besides Troeh's straight run for
the day's shoot, the following hung up excellent
straight scores as follows: Les Reid, Seattle, 92, 57,
100; F. C. Riehl, Tacoma, 88; C. E. McKelvey, 52,
60; Abner Blair, Portland, 88; George E. Stacey,
North Yakima, 54; Sumner Scott, North Yakima, 60;
J. E. Rice, BelUngham, 55, 53; J. H. Templeton, 57;
Deskin Reid, 75; E. J. Chingren, Spokane, 52. The
scores were:
C. L. Templeton 13S, H. Rollrich 141, J. H. Temple-
ton 140, Searle 137, Hopkins 135, *L. H. Reid 149,
Wilkes 143. McKelvey 142, Stacey 138, E. Scott 138,
Ellis 1441, Kinzer 137, Landwehr 133, Fleming 139,
Ruppe 140, "Poston 144, Owens 140, Ovendon 139,
Browne 139, *Riehl 149, 'Holohan 141, 'Rhodes 136.
Troeh 150, Blair 138, Sprattley 134, Cooper 1441,
Kienast 132, Brockway 139, Converse 139, Anderson
142, Daly 132, Bandy 134, Grossman 137, Bocher 126,
Campbell 126. Everding 136, F. Templeton 142, Kel-
ler 141, Friedlander 90, Clemson 89, *Hambright 141,
Taft 136, G. Reid 137, Mann 131, D. Reid 144, Gregory
145, Chingren 142, McElroy 146, Egbers 139, Feurell
90, 'Garrison 140, Eisenbeis 137, Dague 134, Rice
144, Smith 117, Conklin 133, D. Baker 127, Martin 127,
Carstens 138, Lewis 132, 'Fisher 146, Adams 140,
Van Vleck 141, Barnes 144, George Baker 126, Davis
116, Griffin 120, Kidd 118, Gate 84, Geltz 130, Mcln-
tyre 128, Field 141, Knickerbocker 113, Bowers 139,
McLean 137, O'Connor 136. Marsh 140, Ware 140,
Miles 109, Gusey 135, McConnell 132, Fred Call 139,
Hill 91, Gleason 115, Dr. Lanter 112.
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Alameda Elks' Club. — W. A. Joslyn, the Eastern
professional who has been making his headquarters
in San Francisco for the past six months, provided
the feature of the monthly tournament of the Ala-
meda Elks' Club on Sunday when he smashed fifty
straight in the regular program and continued on to
establish a straight run of 125 without dropping a
bird. This is said to be a record for San Francisco
and vicinity.
Henry Stelling led the amateurs with a score of
49 out of 50 and Ted Handman, Charles Linderman
and Dr. Topham had a pretty race for sceond honors
with 48 apiece. "Onion" Jones came along to land
second to Joslyn with 46.
A side feature was the long-anticipated race be-
tween that squad of rival professionals, E. Stressler,
Harry Truscott, Larry Middleton, J. W. F. Moore
and Frank Blum. They have been in a controversy
for months over their respective abilities to make the
smoke fly. Well, sir, they got together on Sunday
and bet money and marbles on the result. O. N.
Jones was a brave man to undertake the job of ref-
eree. There were no casualties because E. Stressler
went out in front at the start and stayed there with
a score of 45 at the finish . Frank Blum sort of
surprised the gang by coming in second with 43 and
Larry Middleton got the "show." Moore and Trus-
cott brought up the rear. There was some rivalry
and excitement when they were settling the honors.
The scores of the forty-one gunners at the traps
were: —
Fifty targets — R. G. Boyd 43, H. Meinecke 46, H.
C. Peet 43, W. G. Becktell 47, H. A. Ray 42, W. H.
Price 46, H. Stelling 49, H. R. Phinney 47, W. L.
Koch 42, B. Worthen 46.
A. M. Gearhart 42, Pop Merrill 46, Jack Walter 26,
E .A. Bean 46, F. E. Hillyer 38, N. A. Howard 44.
F. W. Parsons 48, Ted Handman 448, H. Vallejo 45,
A. W. Aitkin 38.
*E. Stressler 45, *H .Truscott 36, *J. W. F. Moore
38, *L. Middleton 42, *F. Blum 43, B. R. Hart 39, Al
Durney 43, *C. H. Knight 44, *W. A. Joslyn 50, C.
Carman 42.
Charles Linderman 48, J. B. Brady 42, Dr. E. Top-
ham 48, George Wesper 42, H. Martine 44, *0. N.
Jones 46, L. Fuller 39, T. H. Haskins 35, P. G. Herr-
lein 34, O. D. Hamlin 43, E. J. Croll 43.
Portland Club. — Missing but 6 out of 50 targets,
Dr. A. K. Downs led the amateurs in the Sunday prac-
tice shoot on the Everding Park traps of the Port-
land Gun Club on April 29th. Ed Morris topped the
professionals with 45 per cent and Jim Reid was one
bird behind Morris. The scores: —
Ed Morris 45, J. Reid 44, A. L. Zachrisson 35, H. O.
Joy 34, Dr. Thornton 39, F. E. Brooks 24, Dr. A. K.
Downs 44, F. Jackson 29, J. G. Kamm 33.
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Prize Trout. — There was one grand rush of fisher-
men into Los Angeles on the opening day of the
trout season, to see who would land the prizes for
the first and largest fish. Sporting goods stores put
up a number of handsome prizes for the first and
biggest trout.
S. H. Christie was the first angler to arrive in the
city with the limit of fish. He pulled up at exactly
7:10 o'clock, and, as a result, captured the handsome
prize for the first limit of fish. He caught the limit
near the Foothill boulevard bridge along the San
Gabriel river. The fish averaged 6 to 10 inches in
length.
Lonnie Garwood arrived with the first limit of real
large fish. He drew up at 7:20 o'clock. Garwood
caught his limit, which consisted of three large fish,
along the Malibu, and won a rod.
Bert Reynolds of Venice was the first angler to
arrive with a limit of trout. Reynolds arrived at
7-27 o'clock with a fine string of trout which he
caught along the Malibu. John P. Conley arrived at
7:50 with a limit, which he caught in the Arroyo
Seco. He won the second prize.
Frank Reynolds won the third prize and L. C. Ash-
ton the fourth.
STATE SHOOT IN SOUTH DRAWING NEAR.
Attractive Program Is Announced For Big Doings at
Los Angeles, May 21, 22 and 23.
The California-Nevada State shoot opens on Mon-
day, May 21, this being the first gun fired in the regu-
lar competition, but the preliminary joy starts on
Saturday, the 19th.
Trophies and money amounting to just a bit under
$1200 are hung up for this big shoot, the cash being
1000 pieces-of-eight — plus 125 in the form of dimes
and pins and other such articles of frippery.
Starting at the start, which is the opening of the
Monday shoot, the program calls for ten events of
twenty birds each, or 200 for the day's toll of the
slain. The entrance is $2.50 per event, including the
birds, or 50 cents per event for the birds alone, which
same is a term denoting the man who doesn't care
to buck the game to the extent of betting $2 on his
skill. Said cautious man shoots merely for the fun
and a show for the trophies, and pays 2% cents for
the birds.
The kitty, made up of the $2 paid in to enter each
event, is to be split thusly: 40, 30, 20 and 10 per
cent, class shooting, which means that in each event
the twenty straight scores would split among them
40 per cent of the purse — six gents, then the purse
is split six ways, and so on. If there be, say in event
No. 1, a 20, a 19. an 18 and a 17, then all those break-
ing 20 split 40 per cent of the kitty among them,
those with 19, 30 per cent; 19, 20 per cent, and 17,
10 per cent, which means splitting about $5.50 among
sixteen gents. The able mathematician may be able
to calculate from this the fact that it pays to break
as many as possible.
Also at the end of the day there is a sum of 200
bucks to be split up as average money for the high
guns, high man getting $30, next $25, third 20, $15
for the fourth and $10 each for the next eleven men.
Also the five high places on this day draw down a
handsome diamond pin per each.
As a sop to the poor shooter, $10 each will be
awarded to the five lowest places in the total for the
day.
The second day, Tuesday, sees a repetition of the
program, with the following old and historic Cali-
fornia-Nevada Association trophies hung up. First
events, twenty-five birds, Hunter Arms Company
trophy; second event, Sorenson trophy; third event,
Peters trophy; fourth event, the California-Nevada
trophy; fifth event, the same; sixth event, the Roos
trophy ,and seventh event, the Hunter trophy, num-
ber two. Each of these will go on the 25-bird event
listed.
The same system for splitting the purse, and the
same high average money applies, with the addition
of $140 for high average for the two days, split $14
for each place of the first ten places, class shooting,
not high gun. Also there are five more diamond
pins for the five high places Tuesday, and $10 each
for the five lowest places.
The third day is the grand show-down. Starting at
9 a. m. sharp, there will be staged the California-
Nevada State championship at 100 targets, sixteen
yards, entry. $7.50 including the birds. The rewards
for valor will be 15 per cent of the kitty to the first
place, 12 per cent to the second, 10 per cent to the
third, 8 per cent to the fourth, and 5 per cent each
all the way down to the fifteenth place. Also there
will be split $200 high average money, $20 going to
each one of the places down to tenth, class shooting.
Also there are seven Interstate trophies for the seven
high men — not high places — in this event, and the
winner will he given $50 if he attends the Grand
American Handicap in August, at Chicago ,as part of
his expense money for representing California and
Nevada.
Following the grand State shoot before described,
there will be a hundred-bird handicap race with $7.50
entrance, with the kitty split a bit more stiff-necked
than in the straight cut-throat, 16-yard, 100-bird race
for the State championship. A diamond pin will go
to the shooter making the high score from each dis-
tance, pin for high man standing at sixteen yards,
another for seventeen, and so on to the 22-yard dis-
tance.
Saturday and Sunday .although not scheduled as
part of the regular registered shoot, include some
nice little cut-throat events for the ambitious, and
plenty of practice for those playing the cards out
closer to their vests.
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Going to National Casting. — The Southern Califor-
nia Rod and Reel Club has voted to send three rep-
resentatives to the tournament of the National As-
sociation of Scientific Angling Clubs to be held in
Chicago August 31, September 1, 2 and 3. The team
has not been chosen as yet, but will be selected soon.
Interest in fly and bait vasting is increasing very
rapidly here and our membership is constantly being
added to. The club has an average of twenty appli-
cations on every meeting night, which is the first
monday night of each month. Indications are that
both the fresh and salt water Ashing in this locality
will exceed that of all past seasons.
Los Angeles, Cal. OSCAR LANE.
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E. E. Harriman, an enthusiastic rifleman of the
City of Angels, has suggested that the city dads of
the California town establish a municipal rifle range.
Which isn't a half bad idea and is an entirely feas-
ible one.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 12, 1917
Sportsmen's Row
Bill Price got going the last frame -when he
knocked out twenty straight . Bill has been prac-
ticing up on the checker board and has his moves
down to a nicety.
+ * +
W .A. Joslyn showed his class on the firing line
when he ran 125 straight. The professionals will
have to watch this entry in the State championship
and Pacific Coast handicap.
* * *
A number of the trap shots were down at Coalinga
for the registered tournament, and others were out
on their favorite stream to take advantage of the
opening of the trout season.
■> <• +
George Melford and his new gun are going to make
all the boys step some from now on . This was his
second try with the new arm and his 92 out of 100
was the result from 19 yards.
* * *
Al Durney passed up a fishing trip for he says he
does not want to spoil his form at the traps. Al has
been coming along nicely for a fellow who is only
sighting the bluerocks for his second season.
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The Vernon Club is going to open a two-day event
with an attractive program. The southern gunners
will turn out in force in order to practice up for the
California-Nevada championship later on in the
month.
* * *
Tomorrow, May 13th, is going to be a busy day
for trapshooters up and down the Coast. No events
are scheduled for the Alameda traps but a number
of the boys will go to Eureka to take in the regis-
tered tournament.
* * +
The Northwest Washington Trap League will stage
another o fits successful shoots at Everett tomor-
row. The leagues are flourishing up in the north-
west and it seems a pity that clubs in California have
not the enterprise to launch a circuit of shoots.
V V V
~R H. Morse of Chicago brought with him a blue
print of the ground plans of the South Shore Country
Club of that city, showing the lay-out for the 1917
Grand American Handicap. It was tacked up on the
Los Angeles club house and drew the attention of all
present.
* * *
Down in Georgia a setter kept falling into ditches
and tripping over her feet in general. It was found
that she suffered from astigmatism. She was fitted
with a pair of spectacles and they say now that she
not only never trips up, but can see a hare or any
other sort of game a mile off.
+ * +
Mr. C. T. Meloy, that cracking good shot from
Shullsburg, Wis., was on the firing line at Los An-
geles and tied for one of the silver trophies. In the
shoot-off he broke 19 out of 20 from 19 yards and
won. He now has a gold and silver trophy to show
for his prowess at these traps.
* * *
Mr. F. U. Eosebery, president of the American
Amateur Trapshooters' Association, of Baltimore,
Md., was a very welcome visitor at the Los Angeles
club a week ago, and from 20 yards shot into the 90
class. Incidentally he tied for one of the silver tro-
phies and after the shoot-off succeeded in winning
the beautiful offering.
* **
Trapshooting tournaments have been scheduled
for the states of Massachusetts and Idaho, according
to announcement by the Interstate Association for
the encouragement of trapshooting. The Massachu-
setts tournament will be held at Boston, June 29
and 30, and the Idaho trapshooters will compete at
Twin Falls June 11 and 12.
* + *
Lindsay was practically depopulated Sunday be-
cause of the "fishing fever" induced by a couple of
loca langlers who exhibited a bass weighing ten
pounds which they say was caught in the Woodlake
reservoir. In addition to the big fish thev also
caught about twenty pounds of bass of various sizes.
li is estimated that over two hundred journeyed to
Springvffle Sunday to try for trout in the mountain
streams.— W. J. C, Lindsav
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How many women who are fifty and willing to
admit are able to go to the traps and tear off a 98
out of 100 score on their birthday? Mrs. Frank
Butler, nee Annie Oakley, did just that down at
Pinehurst ,and they do say that Annie will pass for
thirty in anybody's crowd . This pioneer woman
shooter is in a class by herself, and she, no doubt
found Ponce de Leon's fabled fountain in the fresh
rating air ol the shooting field. Here's to ye
Annie Oakley, and we're hoping that you make" it
a clean 100 out of 100 when you celebrate vour cen-
tennial birthday . After all age is a matter of mind
and the woman who gets out into the open with a
gun forgets her birthdays in pursuit of the keenest
pleasure in the world.
Coalinga High Guns.— Dick Reed, the local profes-
sional trap shot, was high gun Sunday in the regis-
tered tournament held at Coalinga. W. G. Harris
took the amateur honors, with 192 out of 200. The
high guns on the regular 200-target program follow:
Dick Reed 196, W. G. Harris 192, L. S. Hawxhurst
190, W .E. Savateer 189, H. Ogilvie 189, J. W. Meek
1S9, Guy Lovelace 188, R. Ostendorff 188, Ed Garratt
187 and W. E. Mullen 187.
* * *
H. Pfirrmann Sr. With Rifle. — C. Emery was high
gun in the monthly medal rifle tournament held
Sunday afternoon at Schuetzen Park, Los Angeles,
by the Turnverein Germania. His score was 195.
H. Pfirrmann, Sr., was second with 186 and Mrs.
Kremple third with 176. The results:
Emery 195. H. Pfirrmann 186, Mrs. Kremple 176,
L. Brehm 174, Pachmayr 164, A. Maas 136, Max
Freese 134, H. Sloan 132, O'Connor 111.
* ♦ *
Raccoon Straits Fishing. — Pleasing reports have
been heard during the past ten days over the good
sport enjoyed by striped bass fishermen in Racoon
Straits and around Belvedere Peninsular. There has
been slack water and the sport has been better than
in years. Nearly every one who went out made
catches. Trolling with No. 5 Wilson spoon brought
results. The S. F. Striped Bass Club, a week ago
Friday, landed ten big bass and a 25-pound salmon.
Al Wilson, Henry Hellrich and others were among
the lucky ones.
+ * +
Phoenix (Ariz.) Dog Show. — The two-point show,
held at Phoenix recently, proved a huge success.
There were IS Airedales entered, with one absentee,
this being Mr. John M. Williams' Crack Shot. Win-
ners, dogs, went to Mr. C. F. Hood's Tintern Star;
reserve, Mr. J. Rendell's Whitebirk of Anokia. Win-
ners, bitches, went to Mr. R. B. Lyman's Tears and
Smiles; reserve, Jas. G. Keefe's Crosby's Nobbler"s
Queen . The best of the local entry, which included
some very good dogs, was Hal Nobbier, a big dog
around 60 pounds, but all terrier, with nice head and
one of the best fronts, fair coat, but light in eye. The
balance of the local entry were put down in the
rough, which handicapped them vers' much. Mr. H.
M. Robertson's Scottie, Albourne Bombardier, won
for the best dog in the show. Robertson had a string
o fthirty dogs, all told, one of them being a very good
Irish terrier, Lord Demon, by Vickery Demon, owned
by Mr. Chas. H. Lowe, of Dayton, Ohio.
Los Angeles Club. — The sixth block of 100 targets
for the H. R. Everding trophies was held Sunday at
the Los Angeles Gun Clubs, with a fair crowd com-
peting. E. K. Mohler, firing from 16 yards, broke
high gun. His score was 95x100. Ed Mitchell scored
a 95x100 score.
George Tuckett broke 94x100 from 18 yards and
was second high amateur . Third high honors were
won by Frank H. Melius. His score stood at 92x100,
achieved from 22 yards.
The shooters have two more Sundays to compete
for these trophies. The standing to date of the points
winners in the different classes follows:
Class A— F. H. Melius 25, H. Pfirrmann 18, Dodds
13 .Evans 8.
Class B— Sargent 22, Council 19, Grewell 10, Tuck-
ett 18.
Class C— Melford 24, Wilson 20, Hart 18, Mrs. H.
Pfirrmann 16, Betz 10.
Class D— Pool 26, Kennedy 25, Nelson 9, Carnahan
7, Mrs. Mellon 7.
The results follow: Mohler, 16 yards, broke 95;
Mitchell 18—94, Melius 22—92, Cornelius 16—92. Hart
19—92, Teeple 16—92, Pool 18—91, Melford 19—90,
Sargent 20—90, Free 18—90, Cline 18J90, Pfirrmann
22—89, Eossbach 16—89, Council 20 — 87, Hall 19—87,
Hartmann 16 — S7, Hartman 16 — 86, Long 18 — 85,
Betz 18—83, Mrs. Pfirrmann 17 — 82, Clement 78, Arm-
strong 70, Kennedy 68, Bungay 46x50, Towne 42x50,
Pedersen 41x50, Cosby 36x50, Vail 30x50, Whitcomb
22x25, Christensen 21x25, Bovee 20x25, Broadbent 20x
25, Rude 5x25. Cleveland 17x25.
* + *
Peters' Pointers. — High Amateur and High General
Averages at Bruning, Nebr., April 18, were won by
Mr. E. W. Varner, 136x150, using Peters factory
loaded shells.
At Riverside, Conn., April 19, Mr. Fred Plum of
Atlantic City .shooting Peters shells, tied for High
Amateur and High General Averages, 146x150, and
tied first place in the Maplewood Hundred, 98x100,
and won with 20 straight in the shoot-off.
At Butte. Mont., April 15, Mr. C. L. Flannigan,
using Peters shells, was High Professional, 129x150,
including double targets and handicap events.
High General Average at Oklahoma City, April
21-22, was won by Mr. K. L. Eagan, using Peters fac-
tor}* loaded shells.
At a special tournament given at the Interurban
Gun Club, Houston, Texas, in honor of shooters at-
tending the Hardware Jobbers' Convention, April 19,
Mr. H. A. Murrelle of Houston won High General
Average, 93x100. using Peters shells.
Mr. C .0. Carothers of Kenton, Ohio, tied for High
Amateur and High General Averages at the first
shoot of the Central Ohio Trapshooters' league,
Springfield, Ohio, April 24. Mr. R. O. Heikes was
High Professional. Both of these gentlemen broke
97x100 and both used the "P" brand factory loaded
shells.
Golden Gate Dog Show. — Kennel followers wh
took in the eighth annual exhibition of the Goldei
Gate Club at the San Francisco Exposition Auditc
rium on May 2, 3 and 4th, saw Jack Bradshaw's bull
dog, Country Model, proclaimed the best on th-
bench. Tallac Tailsman, a wire-haired fox terrie
owned bj' Walter W. . Stetheimer of Redwood City
was the runner-up. Biddy Goldstone, a bulldog bitch
was awarded the trophy for the best of the oppositi
sex. Biddy Goldstone, owned and bred by W. Bali
lantyne of San Mateo, was also awarded the hono
of being the best Pacific Coast bred dog in the show-
George S .Thomas, the wealthy Massachusetts mat
who judged all breeds, gave it as his opinion tha-
Biddy Gildstone is the best bulldog bitch in the
country today.
There was a ripple of surprise on the second daj
when Fo!-Del Rol, an airedale owned by Dr. Bilmei
of Angel Island, won the highest airedale honors
over Tintern Star, a dog that was imported from Eng-
land at a cost of ?1,500. Tintern Star won ribbons
in several of the classes but was shown in pooi
condition and Bilmer Fol-Del-Rol came along and
beat him. The airedales were a bitter disappoint-
ment to Judge Thomas and the kennel visitors.
The crowds during the three days were up to the
standard, showing the interest in the pets, but the
show as a whole was not up to the standard of other
Golden Gate Club exhibitions.
The hunting dog classes attracted interest. J. S.
French, who won the membership stake at the last
Pacific Coast Field Trials at Bakersfield with Dixie
Chase, had his beautiful setter on the bench and won
a blue ribbon.
The special awards were as follows: —
Best conditioned dog in show: Princess Pat, parti-
colored cocker bitch, Miss Buford Benentt, San
Francisco.
Best puppy owned by exhibitor: Tallac Talisman,
wire-haired fox terrier, Walter Stettheimer, Redwood
City.
Best puppy in show: Tallac Talisman.
Best dog bred on Pacific Coast: Biddy Goldstone,
bulldog bitch, W. Ballantyne, San Mateo.
Best brace: Espeer, from Goldenstate, and Cham-
pion Denniston Nugget, parti-colored cocker spaniel,
Goldenstate Kennels, Oakland.
Best stud dog: Champion High Geer, wire-haired
fox terrier, Walter W. Stettheimer, Redwood City.
Best toy: Eossomoyne Black, imp. Pomeranian,
Rossomoyne Kennels, Lamanda, Cal.
* + *
Thousands Lure Trout. — There were literally thou-
sands out on the streams, lakes and bodies of waters
of all sizes last Sunday in quest of trout. Reports
are to the effect that trout were plentiful but small,
the same as was the case on the opening days. Also
there was a complaint that the banks were too
crowded for the best of sport. At fish and game
headquarters the theory is advanced that larger fish
wTill be taken later on when the streams are fished
out of the little fellows.
The anglers who journeyed out to their favorite
fishing haunts Sunday in Southern California were
forced to return home without limits. Of course
many did get limits, but the majority of those who
angled in the streams did not come near landing the
legitimate number of fish allowed by the law.
Of course the crowd had much to do with this.
Along the San Gabriel, Sespe, Ventura, San Dimas
and all the other fishing streams there was a man or
woman, boy or girl, about every yard, seeking the
elusive fish.
Deputy Fish and Game Commissioner George
Neale of Sacramento reports trout fishing generally
good for this time of the year. Many of the streams
are yet high and muddy, making fly biting impos-
sible; there are also many where the water has
receded sufficiently to make the season earlier than
in 1916. Black bass fishing is also reported good,
especially in Yolo County.
• + *
Fishermen and Their Tales. — These fishermen and
their tales! Bobby Cavanaugh, the bright and chip-
per gent who officiates behind the counter of a Fres-
no hotel ,told the story of the "biggest fish ever"
which he almost snagged at Bass Lake the other day.
It appears Robert was trolling from a boat close
to the mouth of the North Fork of the San Joaquin,
which feeds Bass Lake. Of a sudden he felt a strike
that made him think of U-boats and mines and other
warlike things. Then his boat commenced moving
with the speed of "Miss Binneapolis," his creel ran
out and all sorts of exciting things happened.
To make a long tale short (for Bob tells it with
great finish and wealth of detail), the beast got away.
"But," exclaims our recounter, "you ought to have
seen my spinner! The trout that grabbed at it must
have had teeth like a shafk, for he crushed it just
like a feather when he grabbed it." To back up his
statement, Bob says that the spinner is now on exhi-
bition up at the Pines, and any doubting Thomas is
at perfect liberty to go up there and behold it.
Bob had other troubles. He grabbed another big
fellow, played with him for half an hour, only to see
him turn a somersault through the air and snap off
the hook. His total day's experience might be sum-
marized:
Won. Lost. Pet.
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But, he says, others had better luck.
Satlrday, May 12, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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Three new sugar factories are announced, Stock-
ton, Tracy and Manteca, all in San Joaquin county,
are to be favored.
* * *
It is estimated that there will be from 30,000 to
35.000 acres of potatoes in the San Joaquin Delta,
California, this season.
* * *
The acreage for cantaloupes around Turlock, San
Joaquin Valley, California, is large this year. The
Merchants and Growers Association is building pack-
ing sheds for the coming crop.
* 4»: ♦
O. Harris & Sons Will Sell Entire Herd to Settle
Estate.
The announcement that O. Harris & Sons of Har-
ris, Mo., will disperse their entire herd of Herefords
at public auction June 26 and 27 will be received
with surprise and regret by the thousands of Here-
ford breeders to whom the words "Harris" and
"Herefords" have long been synonymous. Yet this
great herd, the home of many grand champions, pro-
ducer of prize-winners by the hundred, will, to the
last animal, go under the hammer on the above dates.
No more important event has ever transpired in the
history of American Herefords.
The dispersion of the Model Herefords was but
recently decided upon, and is the result of the recent
death of A. O. ("Gus") Harris, the youngest member
of the firm of O. Harris & Sons. This firm consisted
of Overton Harris, Wood Harris, A. O. Harris and
Gird McCullough, the last-named a son-in-law of Over-
ton Harris. The partnership did not extend to the
3,000 or more acres of fine blue grass land on which
the herd was maintained, which presented another
problem in connection with its continuance. Clif
Harris of this firm attended the D. O. Lively sale, at
Mayfield, Cal., last week.
Breeders of Hereford Cattle to Form Association.
A meeting of all the breeders of Hereford cattle
in California has been called for May 29 to June 2
at the University of California Farm at Davis, for
the organization of a Coast Breeders' Assocaition.
Because of the present high prices of market animals
of the meat classes, there is a great revival of inter-
est all over the Pacific Coast in better beef cattle.
The California Shorthorn breeders have recently or-
ganized, and the response of the Hereford breeders
to the invitation to meet during Farmers' Week at
the University Farm indicates that a strong new
organization will result.
To Display to Sheep Men Many Types of Lambs.
A demonstration of market lambs, planned to be
of special value to every sheep man in California, is
planned as a special feature of "Farmers' Week," to
be conducted by the University of California at the
University Farm at Davis from May 29 to June 1.
There will be a display of the leading breeds of
mutton sheep, lambs of the different breeds and
classes, and lambs of various kinds all made ready
for market.
o—
"Plant Sorghums!"
That is the advice the University of California is
giving the farmers of the State. Since two-thirds of
what the average American family consumes is of
animal origin, the raising of plenty of feed for live-
stock is one of the great national emergencies. The
grain sorghums are better adapted to California cli-
mate than corn, and very valuable for feeding farm
animals.
With irrigation, sorghums may follow grain hay,
and sorghums may be planted on irrigated land as
late as June 25.
Full information as to how to grow this drought-
resisting forage crop is given in a bulletin on "Grain
Sorghums," written by Professor B. A. Madson, just
issued ty the University of California, and obtain-
able free by writing to the College of Agriculture
at Berkeley.
Hereford Men Meet.
The feature of the Hereford Cattle Breeders'
meeting at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, last
week, was the get-together spirit shown by the
breeders present. The chief topic of the meeting
was organization and it seemed that every man pres-
ent realized the importance of forming an organiza-
tion and what could be accomplished by so doing.
Every man present was a live wire representative of
his community and will be a missionary for the breed
in his county. Never, I am sure, has there been a
more representative gathering assembled. R. J. Kin-
zer, secretary of the American Association, suggest-
ed that in future arrangements be made by the or-
ganization to hold a show the day previous to the
sale, and that if this were done the Hereford Asso-
ciation of America will appropriate $200 for prizes.
This connection of show and sale, which has proved
so successful elsewhere, would, he believed, be found
of great advantage here.
The others who addressed the meeting, including
Messrs. Duke and Gable, contented themselves with
paying homage to the undoubtedly great merits of
the Hereford breed.
Professor True, D. O. Lively, W. Madden, H. N.
Gable, Dean Duke, Wm. Bremerly and E. L. Harris
were appointed a committee to perfect the organi-
zation, of which the next meeting will be held at the
University Farm. Davis, during "Farmers' Week,"
which takes place at the Farm at the close of the
present month.
The following stockmen were present and will
probably become charter members of the new Asso-
ciation, of which the foundations have now been
laid:
D. O. Lively, San Francisco; G. H. True, Davis;
Dean Duke, Likely; W. R. Madden, Dixon; Wm.
Bremerly, Woodland; H. L. Murphy, Perkins; Frank
Roberts, W. C. Roberts, S. B. Wright, Santa Rosa;
Chas. Rule .Duncan's Mills; J. N. Colomb, Hollister;
H. N. Gabel, Esparto; J. A. Bowling, Mission San
Jose; Benj. Quigley, Paso Robles; W. W. Marshall,
111 West 4th, Los Angeles; H. T. Lilienerantz, Hol-
lister; A. S. Nichols, Sierraville; H. M. Barngrover,
San Jose; Wm. Clark, Petrolia; Williams Bros.,
Potter Valley; H. W. Friselle, W. C. Hammon, Te-
hama; A. McDonald, Davis; Geo. Waterson, Bishop;
A. B. Cook, Townsend, Mont.; T. D. Tintinger, Park
City, Mont. D. O. Lively was chairman of the meet-
ing.
# **
The largest number of sheep grazed on any single
National Forest is 315,740, finding pasturage on the
Humboldt in Nevada, while the largest number of
cattle — 75,818 head — is found on the Tonto in Ari-
zona. The value of the average annual meat product
of these two National Forests is estimated at two
million dollars.
+ + +
The meat supply of the country can be increased
more quickly by the "hog route" than by any other.
The country's need to augment its supply is great
but prevailing high prices alone should be sufficient
inducement to farmers to raise more hogs. The pros-
pect of success never was brighter. The high prices
ruling in all markets show that the demand for pork
is in excess of the supply.
**•
"There has never been a time when it was so
necessary for America's horse breeders to exert
themselves in the production of the right kind of
horses as at present. Furthermore, too many of
our farmers have been lulled into a false sense of
security . I am confident that they need to be aroused
to the necessity of breeding every available mare to
the right stamp of sires, and whatever is done must
be done within the next sixty days, so far as next
year's crop is concerned." — Wayne Dinsmore.
• * +
New Pure-Bred Ranch for Tehama.
A big pure breed farm is being established on the
Elder Creek ranch, between Gerber and Tehama, in
Tehama county.
W. C. Hammon, son of W. P. Hammon, the dredger
king and orange operator of Oroville, is proprietor of
the ranch, and H. W. Frisselle is the manager.
Harry Murphy of Perkins, and Frisselle recently
brought out from the East eight bulls and fourteen
heifers to form the nucleus of a pure breed Short-
horn herd.
Frisselle also bought a Shorthorn at the Carruther
sale at Mayfield last week. Some hogs of the Berk-
shire breed are being raised on the place, but so far
only pure-bred sires have been used. The ranch is
a well balanced one, being a considerable area of
ranch and a large tract of highly productive river
bottom land, where feed is raised.
* + *
Dr. E. J. Weldon of Sacramento; Cal., returned
last week from Lake Mills, Wis., with a load of reg-
istered Holstein cows. The new additions to the
already herd of merit owned by Dr. Weldon were
purchased from leading breeders in that great dairy
capital; the majority of them coming from the
Stevenson & Uneedy Korndyke herd. They add
greatly to the influence of the herd now established
on the good farm south of Sacramento.
* + +
Miller & Lux, who are stocking their ranches in
California and Nevada with the best sires possible to
buy, recently purchased from Henry Thiessen, of
Sweetwater, Ida., nine Beau Donald heifers, 14 to
20 months old, at an average of $450 the head, and
a ten-months old bull calf by Discretion, out of a
Caldo 2d. dam, for $500. The calf had been reserved
for a show bull in the herd but was sold on account
of Miller & Lux getting the heifers. This load is
one of the most valuable additions to California's
rapidly growing Hereford herds.
As part of the systematic campaign of the United
States Department of Agriculture to increase the
country's food supply the National Forest stock
ranges are being gone over with a fine tooth comb
to discover every acre available for summer grazing
and the sheep and cattle to stock them.
♦ ♦ *
A trainload of milk lambs left Calapatria, Cal., for
Chicago, the first shipment of the kind on record.
There are about 12,000 lambs in the Calapatria dis-
trict of the Imperial Valley, where winter-lambing
is becoming a popular industry. In Kern county
spring shearing is over and about 20,000 sheep are
to be marketed soon. Cold weather in the early part
of the year delayed the growth of grain and stock-
men are facing a feed shortage. Spring rains came
at the wrong time and grass is anything but abun-
dant. Higher prices for both cattle and sheep are
obtainable on Missouri River markets than can be
had in California, and 1917 will probably hold the
record for shipments of market animals . Arizona
wool is selling in Boston around 54 cents per pound,
the highest price ever known. The Australian short-
age of fleeces is one of the principal causes of the
strong market. Growers are getting about $4 per
head for the fleece. December lambs weighing about
60 pounds are bringing 14 cents per pound f. o.2b.
cars.
• **
During a hurried trip to the Pacific Coast recently
Frank W. Harding, secretary of the American Short-
horn Breeders' Association, Chicago, found time to
spend a few days in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Plans for stock shows in both cities are in the mak-
ing, Los Angeles having gone so far as to do prelim-
inary work on classifications, pending assurance of
financial support, which will be forthcoming unless
war conditions prevent. Mr. Harding pledged the
support of the Shorthorn Association to the Los An-
geles show. Eastern breeders are coming to realize
that California stockmen may prove ready customers
for their surplus animals. There are a few high-class
Shorthorn herds in the northern part of the state and
one or two sizable herds of Herefords, but 90 per
cent of the annual purchase of breeding animals is
made outside of California. — [Breeder's Gazette.
* + *
SUMMARY OF THE LIVELY SALE.
The following list of the sales and prices received
for the Hereford cattle sold by D. O. Lively, at May-
field, May 5, shows the manner in which these splen-
did cattle were distributed:
Females.
Consignment of A. B. Cook, Townsend, Mont —
Rare Beauty, sold to J. D. Canary. Saratoga, Wyo.,
$550; Lizzette, J. D. Canary, $575; Marian C. P.,
W. J. Bemmerly, Woodland, $800; Lady Kitchner,
W. J. Bemmerly, $350; Climax Girl, Benj. Quigley,
Linne, Cal., $400; Dreat P. 4th, Chas. Rule, Jenner,
$415; Lady Panama, Chas. Rule, $600.
Consigned by Theo. D. Tintinger, Park City, Mont. —
Erna Medal, Chas. Rule, Jenner, $550; Goldie Don-
ald, W. J. Bemmerly, $400; Anxiety Clarice, J. A.
Bunting, Jr., Centerville, $590; Lady Mischief, J. A.
Bunting Jr., $450; Belle Dimond, Henry Struve, Wat-
sonville, $300; Anxiety Fairfax,, H. H. Gable, Esparto,
Cal., $500.
Consigned by D. O. Lively Stock Farm —
Lady Amethyst 18, S. R. Crowe, Hayward, $250;
Lady Amethyst 22, S. R. Crowe, $250; Lady Valerie
5th, Benj. Quigley, Linne, $225; Lady Amethyst 19,
S. R. Crowe, $250; Lady Valerie 7th, Rancho del
Canon, La Honda, $250; Lady Valerie 6th, S. R.
Crowe, $250; Lady Valerie 2d, Rancho del Canon,
$150; Lady Amethyst 26, Sierra Vista Vineyard Co.,
Minturn, $230; Lady Valerie 8th, C. W. Burgess,
Amador, $200; Lady Amethyst 24th, S. R. Crowe,
$250; Lady Amethyst 21st, Benj. Quigley. $225; Lady
Amethyst 11, A. T. Lilienerantz, Hollister, $275;
Lady Amethyst 17, Sierra Vista Vineyard, $230;
Lady Amethyst 16. S. R. Crowe, Hayward, $250; Lady
Valerie 10th, C. W. Burgess, Amador, $200; Lady
Valerie 3d, C. W. Burgess, $200; Lady Evenho 9th,
Sierra Vista Vineyard. $205; Lady Evenho 10, C. W.
Burgess, Amador, $150; Lady Evenho 5th, Struve &
Son, Watsonville, $175; Lady Evenho 13th, C. W.
Burgess, Amador, $160; Lady Evenho 12th, C. W.
Burgess, $160; Lady Evenho 4th. Rancho del Canon,
$150; Lady Evenho 7th, C. W. Burgess, $160; Lady
Evenho 8th, Sierra Vista Vineyard, $205; Lady Even-
ho 6th, Sierra Vista Vineyard, $205; Lady Valerie
4th, Rancho del Canon, $250.
Bulls.
Consigned by Theo. D. Tintinger —
Satin, Mayo Newhall, San Francisco, $900; Cor-
rector Donald, N. B. McGahan, Stanford University,
$165; Tintinger's Cyclone, C. W. Burgess, Amador,
$175; Pride of Montana. E. V. Buddecke, Roseville,
$200; Armour's Magic, E. V. Buddecks, $200; Carlo
2d, Dean Duke, Likely, $390; Fairfax Model Struve
& Son, Watsonville, $250; South America, Sierra
Visia Vineyard, $165.
D. O. Lively Stock Farm —
Beau Defender, Sierra Vista Vineyard, $500.
Consigned by A. B. Cook —
Panama 32d, A. L. Lilienerantz, $550; Beau Ban-
ner 4th, Mayo Newhall, $750; Prefer 37th, H. Talle,
French, N. M., $500; 2 bulls, names and numbers not
not secured, H. Talle, at $500 each, $1,000; Panama
33d, Dean Duke, Likely, $750; Lord Kitchner 2d,
N .M. Marshall, Los Angeles, $500.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 12, 1917.
THE FARM
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Competitive Live Stock Marketing.
Competition is described in the cold,
colorless language of Webster as "the
act of seeking or endeavoring to gain
what another is endeavoring to gain
at the same time — strife for superior-
ity," but touched with the magic col-
orful brush of the poet it becomes the
"sold of trade." President Hadley of
Yale, a recognized political economist,
has stated that "where competition
does not act at all, there is complete
monopoly."
Without competition or without the
desire or ambition to excel, we would
still be content to travel by ox team
and till our soil with the crude im-
plements of our forefathers. Every
great invention of ages can be attrib-
uted to this great driving force. Com-
petition between nations or groups of
nations hurls them into the horrors of
war; so eventually, will properly guid-
ed competition further work for uni-
versal peace.
So long as competition is present
there can be no stagnation, either in
business or pleasure, but the moment
competition ceases or is prevented,
progress is retarded and it becomes
merely a question of the extent to
which monopoly will be imposed.
In the marketing of all products of
the soil, competition in buying at the
time of sale must be the great under-
lying factor controlling the selling
price. In the marketing of livestock,
the foundation of our great open and
competitive markets was laid upon the
bedrock of competition. The very
purpose of the system as established
was to decrease the harmful compe-
tition to be found where thousands -of
producers clamored to sell to-the few
buyers and to increase the competi-
tion by facing the buyers with a few
highly skilled salesmen who knew
their goods, the value thereof, and at
the same time were conversant with
the needs of the buyers. ■ ■
Out of the universal chaos, the sys-
tem brought order and at the same
time gave the producer absolute pro-
tection against the unscrupulous buy-
ers and dishonest salesmen by rigidly
enforcing rules designed solely for the
protection of the producers and ship-
pers.
The live stock production of this
country is actually below the demand
and is not keeping pace with our in-
crease in population. There can be no
doubt but that every animal produced
for slaughter will be eagerly pur-
chased by the packers, who in turn
are doing a record business.
Some of the more progressive pack-
ers concede that the producers of live
stock are entitled to share in the pros-
perity of the meat industry, but not so
the country buying packer who en-
deavors to evade the competition he
must meet upon the open market and
prefers to buy direct at country sta-
tions where competition is unknown
and where prices are fixed to suit his
own ideas.
Stand solely and squarely for the
competitive method of live stock mar-
keting and force the greedy price con-
trolling, market-raiding country buyer
packer to run for cover.
— Rocky Mountain Husbandman.
Good Care of Animals Is Part of
Part of Defense Program.
The State Humane Association has
issued a circular to stock owners and
users, urging upon them the necessity
of providing properly for their animals
as a matter of economy. Good care
of work and farm stock, asserts the
Association, is essentially a part of
the program necessary to place the
nation on a defense footing, as good
care means the conservation of ani-
mal life and energies and an increased
production of food values.
The Association asks for the uni-
versal observance of ten rules which
have been prepared by the Boston
Work Horse Relief Association for the
care of animals during the spring
months. They are:
1. Do not fail to provide clean,
warm quarters in which your cows,
ewes and mares can bring forth their
young in early spring.
2. It is dangerous to expose young
stock, especially foals and colts, to
spring rain-storms. A day's exposure,
if not fatal, may stop a month's
growth.
.3. It is bad policy to turn the stock
to pasture before the grass has well
started — bad for the pasture and bad
for the stock.
4. A gradual change from hay to
grass is best; but, if you are bound to
make the change at once, turn the
stock out at night, instead of in the
morning. Then they will feed through
the night, and not lie down until the
sun has warmed the air and the
ground.
5. Get your horses into condition
for the hard spring work, — the young
horses especially. Many a colt has
been ruined by being put to hard work
without preparation. It is the same
with green horses.
6. Look out for sore shoulders and
backs, especially when plowing be-
gins. Be sure that your collars fit.
A collar too big is as bad as one too
small. If the collar rides up, use a
martingale, or a girth running from
trace to trace, back of the forelegs.
7. When horses are worked on a
warm day, lift up the collars now and
then, to cool their shoulders, and wipe
off the sweat and dirt with your hand
or a bunch of grass.
8. Sponge off the harness marks
carefully when you stop work at noon
and at night ,and clean the inside of
the harness ,the collars especially.
The salt sweat, drying on the skin and
on the harness, is what makes the
trouble.
9. If the skin is wrinkled under the
collar or saddle, bathe it with witch-
hazel. If the skin is broken, bathe it
with clean water containing a little
salt. Fix the collar, with padding or
otherwise, so that it will not touch
the sore spot the next day. A little
carelessness at the beginning may
cause a lot o ftrouble to you and suf-
fering to the horse.
10. Clean your horses at night, give
them a good bed, and water them after
they have eaten their hay. Let them
rest an hour before they are grained.
The observance of these simple rules
will not cost you a cent, and will
make the difference between a horse
in good spirits and a lifeless one.
Preserve Sows For Breeding.
A sow is a good investment. This
is true even in these strenuous times
of high prices of food concentrates,
say specialists of the TJ. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture. The quotations
on these feeds are controlled to a
considerable extent by the price at
which meat animals sell. Hence con-
centrates usually command a high fig-
ure when hogs on the hoof at large
packing centers sell at more than 16
cents per pound. However, record
prices for swine as well as feed con-
centrates have been a great incentive
t ofarmers to "cash in" all the hogs
available. That many sows have been
included is evident from the fact that
on April 1st the correspondents of the
Bureau of Crop Estimates reported
approximately three per cent fewer
sows on farms in the United States
than a year before. Further, this is
the first year that the supply has not
increased since 1913.
At this time the marketing of a sow
that can be or has been bred is fairly
comparable to "killing the goose that
laid the golden egg." Although the
fecundity of swine is well appreciated
by farmers, at times sows are sacri-
ficed when a little forethought would
cause them to be retained. Breeding
sews multiply five or six times as
rapidly as other meat animals. They
have an average litter of five or six
pigs and may be bred twice a year,
although three times in two years ac-
cords more with farm practice. The
litters increase in size, on the aver-
age, until sows are five or six years
old. However, a large proportion of
the sows are sold after producing one
or two litters and before they have
reached the period of greatest useful-
ness.
THE BEST LINIMENT
OR PAIN KILLER FOR THE HUMAN BODY
^ Gombault's at.
Caustic Balsam
IT HAS NO EQUAL
p.u — It llpenetrst-
rUl in smoothing nn.i
healing, ond for all Old
1L. Sor«, Bnii«i,or
IllO Wounds, Felon..
Exterior Cancers, Boils
Human Si.*:
CAUSTIC BALSAM hai
DOQ J a Liniment.
We would say to all
who buy it that it does
not contain a particle
of poisonous substance
and therefore no harm
can result from its ex-
ternal use. Persistent,
thorough use will cure
many old or chronic
ailments and it can be
used on any case that
requires an outward
application with
perfect safety.
Perfectly Sale
and
Reliable Remedy
lor
Sore Throat
Chest Cold
Backache
Neuralgia
Sprains .
Strains
Lumbago
Diphtheria
Sore Lungs
Rheumatism
and
all Stiff Joint*
REMOVES THE SORENESS-STRENGTHENS MUSCLES
Cornhlll, Tot.— "Ono bottla Cauatto Balcim did
mj rhflumatiam moro food than (1120.00 paid In
dootor'ibiJli." OTTO A. BEYER.
Price » 1 .50 t>ur bottlo. Sold by drnpeiote. or »it
by nioxpro.i prepaid. Writs for Booklet R. f\
The LAWRENCE-WILLIAMS COMPANY. Cleveland. 0-
ARSORBINE
M^ TRADE MABK HEG.U.S.PAT. OFF.
Will reduce Inflamed, Strained,
Swollen Tendons, Ligaments,
orMuscles. Stops the lameness and
pain from a Splint, Side Bone or
Bone Spavin. No blister, no hair
gone and horse can be used. $2 a
bottle at druggists or delivered. De-
scribe your case for special instruc-
tions and interesting horse Book 2 M Free.
ABSORBINE, JR., the antiseptic liniment for
mankind, reduces Strained, Torn Liga-
ments, Swollen Glands. Veins or Muscles;
Heals Cuts, Sores, Ulcers. Allays pain. Price
61.00 a bottle at H-a'crs or delivered. Book "Evidence" free.
W. F. YOUNG, P.D.F., 54 Temple St., Springfield, Mass.
for iaJo by Lmgley dc .Mlehaela, San Francisco, Calif :
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Oo., Bruniwig Prog Co., Weatern Wholesale Drag Co., L01
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kane. Wash.; Coffin, Bedlngton Co., San Francisco, CaL /"
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EALTH
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ilz°B 60C. *"<> $9.00 *T "*U*BLX DIUIM
HORSEjHIALTHCO., Horwalk, Corn,., U.S. A.
The right remedy for
buildiDg up horses run
down because of indiges-
tion, kidney or blood dis-
order and expels stomach
worms like magic.
SIZES 50c & $5
d. DAVID WEST,
„PAC IIC OAS AGENT
1018 FILLMORE ST.,
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
#38£t
In answering advertisements please
mention that you saw the advertise-
ment in the Breeder and Sportsman.
RACING SEASON-
— means a long hard grind
for your horse. Help him to
do his best by getting the
proper equipment.
TUTTLE and CLARK'S
high grade horse goods factory manufac-
ture nothing but the best of
Harness
Boots
Hopples
Blankets
Coolers
Breezers
Sweaters
Riding Saddles
Horse Clippers
Toe "Weights
Stallion Shields
Racing Pads
Drivers' Caps
Sulky Whips
J. DAVID WEST
1018 Fillmore St. San Francisco
Near McAllister
TELEPHONE PARK 1253
FOR SALE
The Pacing Stallion
FRED BRANCH 45525
foaled 1906, by Morris A. 450M, dam
Bessie Vachell by Acrobat 16184, grand
dam Almina by Altona 8850. This horse
is absolutely sound and a grand individ-
ual. He took a trotting record of 2:28 as
a two-year-old; and won fourth money in
the 2:14 pace at Pleasanton in 1912. In
this race he was timed separately a heat
in 2:11. He is now in condition to be
put into training for the California Cir-
cuit. For full particulars apply to
MATT Z A H N E R,
Holllster, Cal.
WANTED
A blocky built, easy moving, pacing
mare, between five and six years old.
Must be sound, gentle, and weigh
about 1100 pounds. State price and
particulars . Address
P. O. Box 228, Livermore, Cal.
Registered Duroc Hogs
SERVICE Boars from the BEST
BIG TYPE BLOOD LINES.— Prices
reasonable considering breeding and
size. Write or come and see us.
RIVER BEND FARM,
St. Helena, Cal.
BLAKE MOFFIT 6 TOWNE
DEALERS pAP£R
87-1«t St., San Franolaoa. Cal.
Blaka, IfoFall * Co., Portland, Ora.
Ulaka. Mofflt and Towna. Lot Anmt'm
Classified Advertising
HOMESTEAD AND FARM LANDS.
Oregon & California Railroad Co. grant
lands. Title to same re-vested in United
States by Act of Congress Dated June 9,
1916. Two million three hundred thou-
sand acres to be opened for homesteads
and sale. Timber and agricultural lands.
Containing some of best land left in Unit-
ed States. Now is the opportune time.
Large sectional map showing lands and
description of soil, climate, rainfall, ele-
vations, etc., postpaid, one dollar. GRANT
LANDS LOCATING CO., Box 610 Port-
land, Oregon.
Satlrday, May 12, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
It
Ansel M. Easton
William Ward
IMPORTERS AND BREEDERS
of Prize Winning
SHIRE HORSES
Blackhawk Stock Ranch
ANNOUNCE THEIR REMOVAL, TO THEIR MAGNIFICENT
NEW ESTABLISHMENT AT
DIABLO, CONTRA COSTA, COUNTY, CAL.,
THE BEST EQUIPPED STOCK RANCH IN THE WEST.
Stockmen are Invited to visit our new place and inspect the equipment, stables
and magnificent live stock we are breeding.
BLACKHAWK RANCH, DIABLO, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CAL.
SADDLE GELDINGS FOR SALE
5 Four-Year-Olds
(4 of them by ARTIST, Jr.)
All of them are handsome, stylish, brown. Some of them are five gaited,
and some only three gaited. Such animals are becoming very scarce and grow-
ing more so. You can make no mistake in buying now. These horses are on
the Bridgford Company's Stock Farm near Knightsen, Contra Costa County, Cal.
If you are interested, inquire of
E. A. BRIDGFORD
519 California St.
San Francisco
or address
THE BRIDGFORD CO. Inc.,
Knightsen, Cal.
TURF GOODS--
Everything for the Harness
Horse.
Send in your Harness and Boot re-
pairing by Parcel Post.
Have It done right and raturnedtha following day by
Parcal Post.
J. J ANSON dr.,
Pleasanton, Cal.
EXPRESSIVE MAC
RECORD 2.251
REG. NO. 41513
Standard Cal. State License 95.
Sire of:
CLARA MAC 2:041;
VERA HAL 2:05; MADAM MAC 2:07 J
Only st.llion offered for urvic* in California air* of two in 2:05, thrae in 2:10
Son of MeKINNEY 2:11M and the greatest living broodmare. EXPRESSIVE (3) 2:12% (dam
of 6 trotters. 2 in 2:10) by ILEOTIONEER 125. Ideal in color, size and conformation — seal
brown, heigbt 16% hands, weight 1275 pounds. $25 tha Saaaon, $35 to insure, usual return
privilege. Send for tabulated pedigree. Address: J. H. NELSON, Salma, Cal.
When You See
these blemishes on your horse, remember we have shown and proven for
over twenty years that Save-The-Horse positively cures them.
FROM THE "TOMMY MURPHY" OF THE HALF-MILE TRACKS
C>mpl.t. Training
Plant. Naw Half-
Mlla Traok.
PITMAN FARM STABLE
"HAS THE WINNING HABIT''
Trottara and Pacara
Wintarad,Tralnad
and Campaigned.
Trenton, New Jersey, Dec. 3, 1916.
Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
Last winter I purchased half-dozen bottles of Save-The-Horse. I have had most
satisfactory results with it and wish the same number of bottles again. Your early
shipment will greatly oblige. Yours very truly, C. E. PITMAN.
Save-the-Horse Does Not Blister, Does Not Discolor or Destroy the
Hair Nor Leave a Scar. Horse Works as Usual.
!t c /\ /\ Every bottle is sold with a binding contract to refund money or
5p O • U U cure any case of BONE and BOG SPAVIN, THOROUGHPIN,
RINGBONE (except low), CURB, SPLINT, CAPPED HOCK, WIND-PUFF, SHOE
BOIL, BROKEN DOWN, INJURED TENDON and OTHER LAMENESS^
TROY CHEMICAL CO.,
Binghamton, N. Y.
D. E. NEWELL, Agent, 80 Bayo Vista Ave., OAKLAND, CAL.
SAVE-THE-HORSE Is sold with Contract by Druggists and Dealers
Everywhere or Promptly Sent by Us.
—TRAINING THE HOUND—
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE TRAINING OF FOX HOUNDS, BEAGLES,
AND COON HOUNDS.
The system of training advocated is simple and effective, so that anyone who car-
ries out instructions can easily develop a foxhound, a beagle or a coon dog to the
highest state of usefulness or organize a pack In which each hound will work independ-
ently and at the same time harmoniously with the others. The subjects are: The
Hound's Ancestry, History, Instinctive Tendencies, English and Native Hounds, Devel-
oping the Intelligence, Training the Foxhound, Voices and Pace of the Hound, Quali-
ties of Scent. Manners, Training the Coon Dog, Coon Hunting, Training the Beagle,
Forming a Pack, Field Trial Handling, Faults and Vices, Conditioning, Selecting and
Rearing Puppies. Kennels and Yards, Diseases of Hounds and Their Treatment. The
chapters on field trial training and handling are alone worth the price of the book,
which is one that every man who loves the voice of a hound should read.
The book contains 224 pages, is clearly printed, nicely bound, and handsomely Illus-
trated with bloodhounds, various types of English and American foxhounds, beagle*
and cross-bred dogs for 'possum and coon hunting.
Price, In heavy paper cover, $1; $1.50, postpaid.
ADDRESS:
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
». O. DRAWER 447. SAN FRANCISCO. CAL
•*@K^^KKK^s^@K@K^K@KeeKs^B!BsactB)i;@t:(at:taKS)K!Ba3iBa:(BaaKK(E»:ffia@j
AN OPPORTUNITY:
to get an ASTRAL KING, a beauty,
at the price of one by any other stallion.
There has been placed in our hands to sell, a beautiful five-year-old
mare sired by the world's greatest stallion, Astral King. She is a bay
mare with heavy mane and tail, 16 hands high, five gaited and abso-
lutely safe for a lady to ride or drive. Broken to all city sights and
serviceably sound. This is a mare that any one should feel proud to
own. The first check for $250 gets her.
JAS. HOUCHIN, Jefferson City, Mo.
S a. a a it a aWiT»c^ga«aCT5^CTg«gBgareTOgIgggTKgWtaa^» «.S.sg-£-
FOR SALE CHEAP
— BY —
NEVADA STOCK FARM, Inc.
RENO, NEVADA
TWO THOROUGHBRED STALLIONS
OSSARY~by Imp. Ormonde out of Imp. Countess
Langdon by Kingscraft. Ossary is the sire of high
class race horses and was foaled in J 896.
MONTGOMERY--by Passara out of Montgomery
Cooper by Duke of Kent. Montgomery was one
of the highest class stake horses in America in his day. He is the
sire of EdnaF. his first starter, who won four races straight. He is
a grand individual and was foaled in 1904, winning in stakes and
pursts a total of $S9,600.
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STOCKTON, CAL.,
P. O. BOX 67
Phone 1835
LOS ANGELES. CAL.,
P. O. BOX 1117
H. B. THORNBERRY
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JACKS, JENNETS, & GAITED
KENTUCKY SADDLE HORSES
LARGEST IMPORTER IN THE UNITED STATES
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14
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 12, 1917.
Shoeing and Balancing
= — — The =—
Light Harness Horse
BY JAMES CLARK
A COPY of this book should be in every horse
owner's library. It treats the subject in a way
that you can understand, giving accurate and re-
liable information that every owner of a good
horse will find extremely helpful in the care of
his horse's feet.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
The Treatment of the Colt's
Feet Before Shoeing.
The Firit Set of Shoes.
Sore Feet and Sour Disposi-
tion.
Knee-hitting, Scalping, Etc.
Pads, their Benefits and
Abuses.
Thrush, its cause, treatment
Punctures.
Quarter and Toe Cracks.
Hoof Bound.
Hitting the Elbows.
Navicular Trouble.
Heavy Shoes and Pads in
the Winter Season.
Neglected Teeth Make Knee
hitters and Cross Firers.
Making the Shoes.
Extension Shoes.
Outside or |-swedged Shoes.
Swedges or Dies.
Calks and Grabs.
Bar Shoes Behind.
Aluminum Shoes.
The Last Word.
ORDER YOUR COPY NOW
PRICE
$1
POSTPAID
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
DRAWER 447, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Pedigrees Tabulated
—Typewritten, Suitable For Framing —
Stallion Folders
with picture of the horse and terms on first page; complete tabulated pedigree
od the two inside pages and description on back page
OB
Stallion Cards
two sides, size 3^£ x 6%, to fit envelop
Stallion Service Books, $1.00
Registration Standard-Bred Horses Attended to
QG
Stallion Cards for Posting
Bize, one-half iheet, Hi22; size one-third iheet, 11x14
ADDRESS
BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, Snsssr
HEMET
STOCK
FARM
COLTS
AND FILLIES
BY
WILBUR LOU
ALWAYS
ON SALE
HEMET, CAL.
Offers for service the best grandson of MeKinney 2:11%
WILBUR LOU 2:10}
Record made in third heat of winning- race as 3-year-old.
A world's champion as a yearling, record (1) 2:191^; un-
beaten as a two-year-old, a famous futurity winner at
three, and at six years of age the "sire of the day" In Cal-
ifornia, his first crop of two-year-olds Including
NATALDAY (2) 2:13 $
Champion Two -Year-Old Race Trotter of the Pacific
Coast.
ZETA LUCILE (2) 2:12|
Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of the Pacific
Coast.
HEMET QUEEN (1) 2:16 i
■Champion Pacing- PiUy of the "World.
KINSMAN LOU (2) 2:23%.
MATILDA LOU (2) 2:22%.
FIESTA LOU (p) (1) 2:25, (2) 2:22%.
GOLDSMITH LOU (2) 2:29.
BILLIE BOYD (2) 2:30.
Wilbur Lou is by the great race horse and
sire Kinney Lou 2:07%, out of Louise Carter
(3) 2:24, the only mare to produce two year-
lings to trot in 2:20 or better:
WILBUR LOU (1) 2:19%,
EDITH CARTER (1) 2:18%.
Breed to him for colts that will race. Fee for 1917, fifty
dollars, with usual return privilege, or money refunded
at our option. Mares kept, ?60.00 per year. All Infor-
mation gladly furnished.— Licensed Pure Bred Cert. 23.
Superbly Bred Young Saddle and Harness Horses
FOR SALE
SADDLE BRED: „ , , .. ,
Dark Bay Gelding- by Lord Denmark — Sonia Foaled 1914
Bay Colt by Lord Denmark — Dixie Queen Foaled 1915
STANDARD BRED:
Bay Gelding by Don Sonoma — Chula.
Black Colt by Silkworthy — Sonia.
Anvone looking for some youngsters of either breed will find these colts as attractive
as it is possible to breed them. They will be sold at reasonable prices; are in good
condition and may be seen at Oakridge Ranch, Sonoma Co., Cal,
The superbly bred stallion, Silkworthy, is also for sale. He has been bred to a limited
number of mares and has proven himself a sure foal getter, and we have the quality
of his colts to show.
Address W. G. COWAN, OAKRIDGE RANCH, KENWOOD, SONOMA CO., CAL.
or BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, SAN FRANCISCO, for further information.
THE STANDARD
BRED STALLION
SILKWORTHY 58175
LICENSE
NO. 2069
Son of MORGAN AXWORTHY 47430. Dam CLEAR SILK (dam of Crystal Silk
2:28?£). Silkworthy is bred in the purple. His sire, Morgan Axworthy 47430, is by
Axworthy out of Kinglyne, a full sister to Bingen; and his dam by Prodigal out of
Red Silk by Baron Wilkes.
He will make the season of 1917 at Kenwood, Sonoma Co., Cal.
SERVICE FEE, $25.00 WITH USUAL RETURN PRIVILEGE.
Address W. G. COWAN, Oakridge Ranch,
Kenwood, Sonoma Co., Cal.
MANHATTAN STOCK AND POULTRY
FOOD AND REMEDIES
Awarded Gold Medal
at California State Fair
ENDORSED BY THE LEADING HORSEMEN
OF THE UNITED STATES
Red Ball Stock Food Co.,
OAKLAND CAL
Highland Squirrel King 1881
By the Matchless FOREST KING.
Is justly entitled to the distinction of being to California
what Rex McDonald waa to Missouri.
His get are winners in all company, are
very elegant in form and possess all of
the exquisite grace, beauty and wonder-
ful endurance that are expected of
Denmarks.
If you want to raise winners, send your mares here, if you want
to buy a winner come here and if you have one you want made
into a winner, send it here.
The Sierra Vista Stock Farm
Revel Lindsey English, Owner,
Chino, California
itlrday, May 12, 1917]
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Best Policy 42378
LICENSE No. 272
STANDARD BRED
Son of ALLERTON 5128 and EXINE
by EXPEDITION 14900. Grand dam
Euxine by Axtell 5183.
Best Policy wili make the season of
1917 at Visalia, Cal.
TERMS: $20.00 FOR THE SEASON.
Best Policy, with very limited oppor-
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sire of four standard performers.
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VISALIA, CAL.
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•OLUME LXX. NUMBER 20.
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MAY 19. 1917.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 19, 1917
MILWAUKEE
Wisconsin State Fair
Racing Dates, Sept. 10-13
Following Hamline and Indianapolis
The $5,000 Plankinton Hotel
Stake for 2:12 Pacers
$2,250 to winner, $1,000 to second,
$750 to third, $600 to fourth and
$400 to fifth
Payments — $50 on date of closing of entries, May
28; $50 on July 2; $50 on Aug". 20. Two or more
horses from the same stable, ownership or control
may be entered and started, but full entrance fee
must be paid for each horse named.
Deductions — 6 per cent, from first, 5 from sec-
ond, 4 from third, 3 from fourth, 2 from fifth.
Tbe $5,000 Milwaukee Chamber
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$2,250 to winner, $1,000 to second,
$750 to third, $600 to fourth and
$400 to fifth
Pavments — §50 on date of closing of entries. May
28; $50 on July 2; §50 on Aug. 20. Two or more
horses from the same stable, ownership or control
may be entered and started, but full entrance fee
must be paid for each horse named.
Deductions — 6 per cent, from first, 5 from sec-
ond, 4 from third, 3 from fourth, 2 from fifth.
The $2,000 Badger State Stake
for 2:06 Pacers
$900 to winner, $400 to second, $300
to third, $240 to fourth and
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Payments — §20 on date of closing entries, May
28; ?20 on July 2; ?20 on Aug. 20. Two or more
horses from the same stable, ownership or control
may be entered and started, but full entrance fee
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Deductions — 6 per cent, from first, 5 from sec-
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OTHER EARLY-CLOSING EVENTS
TROTTING— Three-year-old, $800
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2:25, $1,000
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R. E. De B. Lapez and was trained and driven by
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STALLION DIRECTORY.
Harness Horses
Bast Policy 42378 K- °- Newman. Vffalia. Cal
Expressive f Mac' 4i5i3. . 1 J- H. Nelson Selma, Cal.
csnkworthv W. G. Cowan, Kenwood, Cal.
Wilbur Lou 52595 Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet. Cal.
Saddle Horses
Astral King Jas. Houchin. Jefferson City. Mo.
SlgMand Squirrel King. .. .Revel L. English. Chine , Cal.
Le Grand McDonald. . .Bridgford Company. San Francisco
Marshall Chief E- N. Hamdton, Mexico, Mo.
IT WAS an unusual tribute which Mr. Arthur W.
Foster, of San Francisco, owner o£ Hopland Stock
Farm, philanthropist and public-spirited citizen, paid
the Marin County Chapter of the Red Cross when he
turned his entire stable of registered ponies over to
that organization. Miss Margaret Foster, chairman
of the chapter, accepted the sixty grandly bred little
horses on behalf of the organization. It is given to
relatively few men to be so widely popular as Mr.
Foster; rarely does a month go by that he does not
do something that further endears him to the public.
Most men love their horses next to their family and
in Mr. Foster's giving this band of ponies those who
know him best realize in the gift something more
than the mere cash value of the animals.
A WORD TO HORSEMEN.
LBy D. F. Houston, Secretary of Agriculture.]
The United States Department of Agriculture is
making every effort possible to encourage and con-
serve crop production and the production of live-
stock. On account of the great scarcity of farm labor,
greater use of horse power will be necessary to
economic crop production. Because of this fact and
the fact that the war demand will no doubt make
large drafts on our horse supply, every good mare
should be bred in order to produce stock to replace
those which will be used for war purposes. These
mares should be bred to the best stallions available,
keeping in mind the fact that the market will be
good for high-class horses, while the market for
inferior horses is very uncertain under the best con-
ditions. Our total supply of horses is adequate for
our use at the present time, but there is a shortage
of good horses and every effort should be made to
increase the supply of good ones. This can only be
done by the utmost care in selecting the best stal-
lions to which to breed our mares.
Record Lamb Price Received in Missouri.
Kansas City, May 17. — Spring lambs today sold on
the Stock Market for twenty dollars the hundred
pounds, which is the highest lamb price in the his-
tory of the market.
My desk is piled high with a week's accumulation
of dope. No other word fits it. Professional organ-
izers have grasped the opportunity which war condi-
tions afford to get for themselves jobs fitted to their
peculiar and useless abilities. They are specializing
now on farming and handing out words of what they
think is wisdom, by the bale. In the anxiety to be of
service, many publishers of daily newspapers, unable
to distinguish the useful from the useless and mis-
leading, are spreading this bunk broadcast. And it
is accepted by the conversationalists in the cities
and towns. They talk it over and find in it confirm-
ation of their suspicions that farmers are a lot of
loafing ignoramususes. Soon, since "everybody is
talking about it," some farmers will be misled and
spend their time and money on things that fail. The
irresponsible agricultural blatherskite is a real men-
ace at this critical time. He should be muzzled. —
[John Field, in Oklahoma Farmer.
CALIFORNIA PERCHERON BREEDERS.
The second annual Percheron Review, issued by
the Percheron Society of America, has just been
mailed to every member of the association in the
country. This number of the Review carries a spe-
cial message to every breeder of horses in America;
not only the breeders of heavy horses, but it should
be read by breeders of the lighter breeds. Articles
of particularly attractive merit are contributed by
Secretary Dinsmore, Secretary of Agriculture Hous-
ton, Deans Curtiss, Mumford, Waters, Skinner and
Davenport, especially for this number. Several hun-
dred extra copies have been printed and will be
mailed to any address free upon request to Secretary
Wayne Dinsmore, Chicago. Copies of the list of
members of the Percheron Society also have been
mailed out and show California well in advance with
the great strides being made in the production of
better horses. California has 72 members of the
society and their names, published below, it will be
noted are the same men so often identified with the
leading strides of better agriculture in this state.
The list: —
California Members of the Percheron Society
of America.
Alameda County — Wm. Bond, Newark; University
of California, Berkeley; Dunham-McLaughlin Co.,
Oakland; McLaughlin Percheron Co., Oakland;
Thos. D. McLaughlin Imp. Co., Oakland; Wm. Mc-
Laughlin, Oakland.
Butte County — Friesleben Estate, Oroville; Llano
Seco Ranch; Chico.
Contra Costa County — J. T. Silva, Pinole.
Fresno County — R. C. Farris, Clovis; W. Harry
Say, Selma: Mrs. M. D. E. Sherman, Fresno.
Glenn County — Frank S. West & Son, Hamilton
City.
Humboldt County — T. G. Atkinson, Metropolitan.
Imperial County — Calif. Mexico Land & Cattle Co..
Calexico.
Kern County — Ramiha Ranch, Tehachapi.
Kings County — W. D. Trewhitt, Hanford.
Lake County — Mrs. Wm. B. Collier, Lakeport; Oral
C. Thompson, lakeport.
Lassen County — Wm. Brockman & Sons, Susan-
ville; L. E. De Forest, Susanville; Dodge Brothers,
Red Rock.
Los Angeles County — Anita M. Baldwin, Santa Ani-
ta, San Aneda Ranch; Elliott-Brant Rancho, Owens-
mouth; August Freese, Los Angeles; E. F. Klein-
meyer Estate, Covina; Ed. R. Maier, Los Angeles;
R. B. Young, Los Angeles.
Mendocino County — C. L. Crawford, Ukiah; Wayne
L. Crawford, Ukiah; J. E. Holliday, Ukiah; J. John-
son, Ukiah; J. L. McCracken, Ukiah; H. H. Van
Nader, Ukiah; F. H. Waugh, Ukiah.
Merced County — James T. Ragsdale, Merced.
Modoc County— J. L. Harvey, Adin; T. M. Harvey,
Adin.
Napa County— Henry Wheatley, Napa.
Navada County— Walter Reed, Spencerville.
Orange County — Fred Andres, Anaheim.
Riverside County— F. L. Hall, Ferris; C. P. Macy,
Elsinore; A. J. Stalder, Riverside.
Sacramento County — Gait Acampo Draft Assn.,
Gait; Earl S. Porter, Sacramento.
San Benito County — Paicines Ranch Co., Paicines;
A. E. Perley, Hollister.
San Bernardino County— C. F, Riggs. Upland.
San Diego County— Pike, Mrs. J. Erwin (Helen
Coverdale), San Diego.
San Francisco County — Whitehall Estates, Inc.,
San Francisco.
Oakland, Cal., May 3, 1917.
To the Members of the Pacific Coast
Saddle Horse Breeders' Association:
The President and Secretary of this Association
desire to give you some understanding of what they
have been attempting to do and what they have
accomplished in the way of encouragement to our
industry. Some time in the early part of the year.
Senator Rush introduced a bill in the Senate, making
an appropriation for the purchase of a tent such as
the the old tent heretofore used at the State Fair,
for the use of the District Fairs, as well as for the
State Fair. On February 28th, your President wrote
to the chairman and members of the Finance Com-
mittee of the State Senate, before which said commit-
tee said bill was pending, and called their attention
to this bill, and, among other things, said to them:
"Those of you who have visited in recent years
the State Fair at Sacramento, know how useful is
the big tent used there for show purposes. It is
used during the day in the judging of many cattle
and horse classes, and in the evening for popular
'Horse Shows,' which affords most pleasing and in-
structive entertainment. The tent which has been
in use for a number of years was old when first pur-
chased by the State and will not bear shipping from
place to place. The appropriation asked for will not
only provide for the tent proposed, but for suitable
and comfortable seating.
"I know of no purpose connected with the encour-
agement of agricultural fairs for which a like sum
could be used to greater advantage."
On the same date he mailed a copy of said letter
to Charles W. Paine, Secretary of the State Agricul-
tural Society, and requested that he 'use his influence
in securing its passage. On March 3rd, Mr. Paine
replied as follows:
"Your letter received with enclosure of copy of
letter sent to the Senate Finance Committee and no
doubt same will have some weight with the Com-
mittee. I will be glad to work for the bill."
On April 25th, a further letter was received from
Mr. Paine, in which he said:
"I think the bill will go through appropriating an
amount of money for the purchase of a tent by the
State Board of Agriculture."
We have not yet learned whether this bill was
finally passed or not, but we call your attention to
the fact that we are making some efforts to extend
the opportunity for horse shows.
On April 23rd, your President also wrote to Mr.
Paine in which, among other things, he said:
"I notice that the fair associations of the Middle
West have a meeting at which representatives from
the several associations attend. The purpose is that
they may formulate schedules of premiums and thus
form a circuit which will encourage the exhibition
of animals.
"I think the State Fair should have a meeting for
the purpose of having an understanding with other
associations concerning horse shows. You can read-
ily understand that it is not profitable for us to pre-
pare horses for simply one show at Sacramento.
"I met Mr. Ramsey some time since on the Key
Route boat and suggested to him that inasmuch as
your State Fair Saddle Horse Futurities will termin-
ate in 1918. that the State Association shauld add
$500 to the Pacific Coast Gaited Saddle Horse, three-
year-old futurities."
And promised him that if this were done it would
enlist a much greater interest in making entries in
these futurities.
On April 25th, Mr. Paine wrote in answer to this
letter that the matter had been taken up by the
Board and that they had agreed to add $300 to any
three-year-old futurities of the Pacific Coast Gaited
Saddle Horse Association.
Later your President wrote to Mr. Paine, asking
whether this added money would be available for
the year 1917, and we were informed that if the
futurity was opened so that a proper showing could
be made, that it would be available for the year 1917.
We, therefore, announce that entries are now open
for the three-year-old five gaited saddle horse futu-
rity to be shown at the State Fair of 1917, upon the
following terms, to-wit:
The entries are to close on July 15, payments to
be made on each entry as follows:
$10 upon the naming of your horse, which must be
accompanied by his name and breeding, and also his
markings.
$5 additional on or before the 15th day of August.
and
$5 additional starting payment, making the full
payments $20 each.
These entry moneys to be added to the $300 given
by the State Fair Association above mentioned.
The purse will be divided into five moneys, as
follows :
To the winner of first, 35%
To the winner of second, 1!".',
Tothe winner of third, 209t
To the winner of fourth, 159r
To the winner of fifth. 5%
Please make your entries promptly, as it will en-
courage others in making entries that may be some-
what not inclined to do so.
Truly yours, E. A. BRIDGFORD,
President Pac. Coast Gaited Saddle Horse Ass'n.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 19, !(&*■
Harness Horses and Horsemen
A Winner at Hugovale.
When I sent you my "Observations at Tacoma" I
overlooked one man who is a real hero in harness
horse affairs there. This is Prof. Hugo Schmidt,
one of the most noted musicians in the Northwest
Mr. Schmidt and his beautiful and accomplished wife
reside on their splendid eighty acre suburban farm,
Hugovale. Prof. Schmidt is a "natural born" horse-
man and has nine head of choicely Standard bred
mares andtwo yearlings sired by Almaden D. on his
farm.
The pride of the farm, however, is the good, fast
and game trotting mare, Sea Waif 2:14%, win race
record on the Eugene .Ore., half mile track. This
beautiful mare is by The King Red and is a Larrabee
Ranch production. She was nominated in the P.-P.
I. E. $20,000 trot but an accident put her out of train-
ing. She has shown two-minute speed in her work
on many occasions and proven herself a real race
mare in the best of company and on both mile and
half mile tracks.
Sea Waif, still a young mare, has not had the har-
ness on for two years but looks to be ready to go the
limit now. Prof. Schmidt says he expects to take
her East and train her himself or send her to Tommy
Murphy. This well known horse-lover declares even
the wonderful Uhlan has nothing on Sea Waif when
it comes to speed.
The other hay and grain destroyers on Hugovale
Stock Farm are all nice ones; some by Burion, Al
Boyle's good son of Alcone; one nice mare is by
Billy Harper, a son of Mambrino Beamer and another
is by Garvin Wilkes. Prof. Schmidt is an expert
reinsman and an all-round colt handler. Besides his
horses he maintains a small herd of well bred cattle
and a flock of Rhode Island Red chickens.
The home at Hugovale is a beautiful one; setting
in a most picturesque location. Mrs. Schmidt is a
charming and accomplished hostess and her musical
husband a real harness horse fan and consequently
a true sportsman. C .A. HARRISON.
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AT THE MISSOURI STATE FAIR TRACK.
Sedalia, Mo., May 15. — Already the race track at
the Missouri State Fair grounds is showing signs
of racing activity. A cold backward spring has re-
tarded workouts to some extent but warmer and
dryer weather has aided the trainers for the last ten
days and some good work is being accomplished.
Secretary E. G. Rylander is working out the speed
events for next fall and will soon have them an-
nounced, and in the meantime the trainers are hop-
ing for a continuance of warm fair weather.
W. F. Irwin has in training at the State Fair
grounds stable and track a promising string com-
posed of Black Diamond, a black three-year-old by
Zolock 2:04%. trotter. This youngster is working
very satisfactorily, working miles around 2:30, last
quarter in 33 seconds. He was a half last fall in
1:06, last quarter in 31% seconds. He starts in the
Missouri futurity this fall, and gives promise of fin-
ishing well up in the money. Ruby Zolock, a three-
year-old by the same Zolock, has worked a mile this
spring in 2:40, last quarter in 35 seconds. She also
starts in the Missouri futurity, in the pacing divis-
ion. May Lou. green trotter, property of Garnet
Garrell, Marshall, Mo., has worked miles around 2:30
this spring and acts like a real trotter. Selpo, gray
gelding, 2:23 totting, 2:20 pacing, is working out very
satisfactorily this spring on pace, and looks like he
would be a good horse in his class. Irwin has some
other green stuff.
Mr. Irwin says that the track is better footing this
spring than it has ever been in the past, and the
State Fair board is taking more interest in working
the track and keeping it up in condition than hereto-
fore, and President George W. Arnold has said that
the track will be kept up to this standard even if
there is but one trainer utilizing its facilities. Irwin
contends that the Missouri state track is the best
training ground west of the Mississippi, and that
good stables and plenty of good grass, with fine
water, make it such.
L. E. Edington, another veteran driver, has a fine
string working out at the Missouri State Fair track.
J. W. Wilkerson. 2:05%. who started fourteen times
last year and got into the money 13 times, is showing
up well for Edington this season. Ariola, by Redlac
2:07%, dam by Expedition, is a very promising and
sound young pacing filly. Mike Bright, by Boyd Mc-
Kinney 2:10%. dam Calhoun Girl 2:14%, is a big
rugged green five-year-old pacer and is snowing up
well; in fact. Edington is more than pleased with
this fellow . Edington will have a green pacer on the
track soon. This horse has already made a mile in
2:1611 Edington also has a green trotter, sired by
Gentry Allerton, dam Calhoun Girl, that is showing
great bursts of speed already. Edington confirms
every statement made by W. F. Irwin as to the con-
dition of the State Fair track and is immensely
pleased with his quarters and facilities.
\V. H. Boyd, a California trainer and racer, has the
most promising grand circuit stuff that has ever been
quartered at Sedalia and the State Fair track. Stock-
tonian, a two-year-old. sired by Tregantle 2:09%, out
of a dam by Early Reaper, is entered in the Iowa
futurity and is certainly promising. Ky F., another
Tregantle colt, out of a dam by Early Reaper, is a
good three-year-old and is entered in the Lexington
and Columbus futurities. Batten, a three-year-old
pacer, a full brother to Stocktonian, is showing speed
and form. Red Man, a four-year-old green trotter by
McGregor Baron, out of a dam by Kankakee, has
worked a mile in 2:16%, and is a valuable addition
to the Boyd stables at the fair grounds.
LOCKEFORD PICNIC.
HARRISON BUYS ANOTHER HAL.
Portland, Ore., May 15.
Breeder and Sportsmen, — •
Gentlemen: The Seattle horseman, C. A. Harrison,
who. as you know, has a fondness for the Hals, was
here the first of the week and purchased from Henry
Weiss, of Gresham, Ore., the five-year-old bay mare,
May Day Hal, full sister to Hal Boy 2:01%, Indian
Hal 2:11% and half sister to Sunny Jim 2:11%. May
Day Hal in her two-year-old form was a very fast
filly. She won the Oregon futurity in 2:46. She
paced a mile in her work in 2:22%. As a three-year-
old, before being shipped from the Gresham half mile
track, she paced a mile in eighteen. At Centralia she
also was in the money. She was taken sick and
while sick was fourth to Bandalin and Rayo Dora, at
Salem in 2:09%. Since her three-year-old form she
has been running out in the pasture, where she was
bred at Gresham.
Mr. Weiss drove her to Portland where the Seattle
sportsman met him at Frasier & McLean's stable
and accepted her. In getting May Day Hal, horsemen
of Portland believe Mr. Harrison got a real bargain
as well as a regular race mare. She was shipped to
Seattle last night. Mr. Harrison said he bought her
because he had a "hunch" she was as good as Hal
Boy. Her dam, Albelena, is now in foal to Cavalier
Gale and despite the fact that she is more than
twenty years old is one of the best looking mares in
the Northwest.
Mr. Weiss still has a brother to Harrison's mare;
a bay three-year-old unbroken colt This youngster
is going into the stable of John Kirkland, at Salem.
Auother noted Hal B. here is a five-year-old owned
by J. J. Cadderly, which looks good for the approach-
ing season. Mr. Cadderly has two other high class
prospects and says he is going to have them trained
this spring.
Fred Merrill is arranging to put the Rose City
track in shape at once, as there are many high class
horses owned in and near Portland this year. Horse-
men in this section are glad to note Californians
have organized and will have such a good circuit.
ED. HANSEN.
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At the meeting of the Board of Review of the
National Trotting Association, held last week in New
York, a resolution was adopted recommending to the
consideration of its members a plan for aiding the
Red Cross Society. The resolution is as follows:
"Recognizing the merciful mission of the Red Cross
Society, we hereby recommend that one day of each
meeting of the members of the National Trotting As-
sociation be designated and set apart as Red Cross
Day and that such portion of that day's receipts as
may be determined by the member be donated to
that organization."
There is little question that its recommendation
will be cheerfully concurred in by all its members.
Mr. Gocher, writing from Hartford, states that Mr.
Sandles, member of the Western District Board of
Appeals, has informed him that the Ohio State Fair
Circuit held a meeting in Columbus on Tuesday and
that all the members were for it. At the next meet-
ing of the California Fair and Racing Circuit this
matter should be brought before the Board and a
resolution adopted to render the assistance recom-
mended for this noble cause.
At the same session the Board of Review made a
rule which defines more clearly the meaning of Sec-
tion 2 of Rule 4 which is as follows :
Construction of Rule 4, Section 2.
"Attention being called to the fact that several
trainers were entering, under a registered name
horses not owned by them, the Board of Review
adopted the following construction of Rule 4, Section
2, the Board of Appeals of the American Trotting
Association also concurring in same:
"No trainer may use his name, or any racing or
stable name, under which to enter all of the horses
entered from his stable; but must enter each horse
in name of real owner, or registered stable name of
the owner. All entries heretofore made can be cor-
rected by June 1, without penalty."
The rule referred to reads as follows: "All horses
must be entered in the name of their bona fide own-
ers, and must so appear in the published list of
entries. Horses cannot be entered in the name of a
party other than the owner, except in the case of
leases, certified copies of which must be registered
with the National Trotting Association. Raein^ or
stable names may be used if registered, together with
the names of the persons using them, with the Na-
tional Trotting Association. Nominators and owners
shall be liable to a fine of not less than ?5 nor more
than $50 if this rule is not complied with "
The Board holds that the provisions of the rule
have been violated by several prominent stables, and
has made the above ruling to cover any cases which
were apparent evasions of the requirements of the
The first races of the season in this part of thfl
State took place in the lively town of Lockeford laslJ
Friday and Saturday. It was the annual picnic, helol
yearly for some twenty years past in Locke's grovel
near the town. There was a large crowd present audi]
the principal feature was a trot and pacing racesM
under the direction of that enthusiastic lover of the!
horse, J. W. Wakefield.
The races were well contested and in several*
drive-outs it was difficult for the judges to name thel
winners. As the races were contested over a flaw
sand track, with two sharp turns, the time was
excellent, better in some cases than that made by the
same pacers over the Dixon course two weeks ago.)
For instance. Directress Mac, driven by Schwartz at
Dixon, took three straight best time 1:04% while
at Lockeford, driven by Ryan she paced in 1:04.
The following were the results:
Lockeford stake, 2:15 pace:
Billy Bounce R. H. Brewster 2 12 2 1
Vinnie M Al Schwartz 5 4 112
Alton S Don Greame 3 2 3 4 Ml
Harry Mac M. Leggett 1 5 4 3 3
John Black W. W. GaUup 4 3 dr
Time— 1:05, 1:07, 1:05, 1:04,% 1:06%,
Lodi stake, 2:30 trot:
Great Policy J. Broillar 1 13 3 1
Kate Bingen W. Williams 2 4 12 3
Francis Zombro Brewster 3 2 4 4 4
Ginger M. Smithson 5 5 dr
Jersey stake, 2:30 pace:
Directress Mac J. J. Ryan 1 111
Surety M W. W. Gallup 3 2 4
Dorothy M Don Greame 4 3 2 i
J. C. Simpson J. Goulart 2 4!
Time— 1:04%, 1:04%, 1:04.
Tokay stake, free-for-all pace:
Teddy Bear Charles Silva 111
Happy Dentist J. W. Wakefield 2 3 2 '■
Marry Mac M. Leggett 3 2 3;
John Black W. W. Gallup 4 4 4
Time— 1:04%, 1:06, 1:06%.
San Joaquin stake, 2:18 trot:
San Felipe L. B. Daniels 3 111
Sweet Bow W. J. Ivey 1 4 2 3'
Harold C H. Cohen 2 2 3 2!
King Policy W. W. Gallup 4 3 4 4
Time— 1:06%, 1:08, 1:06%.
The starter of the races was W. T. Higginbottom
of San Francisco. Judges, first day: J. J. Ryan, Dan
Lieginger, Jerry A. Aker and C. H. Schemerhord;
timers, Fred H. Johnson, Willis Parker and Frank
Lieginger. Judges for second day: J. J. Ryan, Fred
Lauterwasser and Dr. Weldon; timers, Thomas
Holmes, F. H. Johnson, W. H. Parker. Secretary, I
Frank Lieginger. G. H. T.
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Trotters in Agriculture.
An instance of the versatility of the trotter is
shown by a plow team that James R. Magowan is
working at his farm in Montgomery county, near i
Mt. Sterling, Ky. They are Immaculate 2:15% and i
Nell Worthy 2:22, both among the greatest bred trot-
ting mares in the country and also producers of great
speed. Neither was in foal the past season, so
thinking they would be more likely to stand they j
were put to plowing and are making a better team
than Mr. Magowan ever worked before, and he has
always been the owner of high-class mule teams.
Nell Worthy is the dam of Worthy Prince 2:06%, a
frequent Grand Circuit winner; Nell Olcott 2:28,
trial 2:09%, and three others, while Immaculate is
the dam of Stainless 2:12%, Unstained 2:13%, Im-
perio 2:15, etc., Nell by Estill Eric and the dam of
13 and Ethelwyn 2:33, dam of Immaculate dam of
twelve, were voted as among the ten greatest brood-
mares of all times. — [Jesse Shuff.
Ukiah Citizens Interested in Approaching Fair.
"They're off!" will be the old familiar echo from
the grandstand at the Ukiah race track August 8,
when Ukiah's races will be restored in their old-time
greatness. At a very interesting meeting held there
last week, Joseph Waddell, of the California Fair
and Racing Commission, addressed a large and en-
thusiastic gathering of local devotees. They gave as-
surance of their aid in making this the best program
Mendocino county has ever had. Ukiah is about the
fourth meeting on the big circuit. The majority of
the new towns having half mile tracks, of which
the local one is regarded as one of the best and fast-
est. The purses here will amount to $4,600, and
between 100 and 150 horses are expected to contest
Local business houses are being asked to contribute
for the success of the meeting, of which only one-
third of the purse money is asked. Everyone is en-
thused over the prospects of the revival of good races
here. — [The Ukiah Republican Press.
When the portals of Yellowstone Park are thrown
open for the 1917 season on June 20, the thousands
of tourists who annually enter this playground of
natural wonders will find a complete change in the
transportation facilities of the park. More than six
hundred old stage coaches, relics of pioneer .days
and reminiscent of many a western romance, have
passed into the discard. Yes, you guessed it — the
automobile did it.
aturday, May 19, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
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Thoroughbred Matters
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Si r I .exington Meeting Considers 2-Year-Olds Rule.
Jot A meeting was held on Monday night. May 7, at
le Circuit Court room in Lexington, of all breeders,
iwners, trainers and others interested in the matter,
o discuss ways and means of bringing to the atten-
ion of the governing bodies, namely The Jockey
!lub. The Canadian Racing Associations and The
•Centucky Racing Commission, the hardship being
wrought on the owners of yearlings by the present
■ule regarding the racing of two-year-olds, by which
hey are not permitted to race before April 1, and
o ask the repeal of same. To this end the following
oetition has been circulated, and it is highly prob-
ible that when it is presented it will contain the
lames of mose of the breeders in the locality of
^exington :
'We, the undersigned owners, breeders, trainers
md others interested in the Thoroughbred Horse,
petition your honorable bodies, The Jockey Club,
The Canadian Racing Associations and The Ken-
tucky Racing Commission, to repeal the rule not per-
mitting the racing of two-year-olds before April 1st,
and we think it best for buyer and seller of yearlings
hat this be done before the public sales beginning
in July, 1917.
The Kentucky Association's spring meeting dem-
onstrates that it is impossible to get two-year-olds
ready in Kentucky for racing by April 1.
"We believe that the associations that passed this
fmle thought it was best for horses and racing, but
jwe wish to offer the following facts to the contrary,
•however: The following good two-year-olds were
(developed and raced before April 1, namely Haw-
Ithorn, Old Rosebud, Westy Hogan, and are success-
fully racing now, and many others.
I "Knowing that winter racing has become an im-
portant factor and that the inconvenience to the
^trainers, the loss to the breeders and the different
tracing associations should be considered, we feel sure
that the governing bodies will see as we do the im-
portance of this matter.
j "We respectfully subscribe to the above," etc.
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■ Disastrous Fire Visits Pimlico.
Baltimore, Md., May 1. — Not this year or next, on
I any race track in this country, will there be a race
(such as was run at Pimlico last night. Imagine 75
jto 100 high-strung thoroughbreds crazed by flames
[racing madly around a mile track. That is what
(happened at midnight when 200 horses were turned
Moose at the Maryland Jockey Club's course, after an
I alarm of fire was sounded. It was the most exciting
j time that has been had on a race course in many
i years.
! The fire started in a stable occupied by the horses
j' owned by Dr. J. S. Tyree of Washington, and H. W.
j Sage, a New York turfman. This stable was directly
{back of the grandstand and clustered about were
I numerous other barns in which were housed nearly
j 500 horses. The moment the alarm was struck,
I stable boys and others rushed to the stalls and
[ turned loose their horses. The horses were mad with
! fright For two hours these thoroughbreds were on
I the track and in the infield, and it was not until the
I early hours of morning that attendants succeeded in
i capturing their horses and returning them to their
stalls. Some were seriously injured, others were so
exhausted by their night's experience that they will
not be fit to race for several weeks.
Dr. J. S. Tyree's Carbide, a horse that won at
i Havre de Grace a short time ago at large odds, was
so badly hurt that he will never race again. The
horse's hip was fractured and he suffered intense
pain, but it is expected that he will be saved for
breeding purposes. Battery, a steeplechaser of prom-
ise, broke down while racing through the field with
the other animals.
The horses that were burned were H. W. Sage's
Simon Jones, Dom Moran, Ambrosina and Brother-
stone, all steeplechasers; Dr. Tyree's Billy McGee,
Miss Sanfara, a two-year-old and a pony; Major Wil-
liam Roberts' Delos.
Mr. Sage was early on the scene and in his efforts
to help the bucket brigade, which was quickly organ-
ized, he badly sprained his ankle.
The recent race track fires emphasize the impor-
tance of keeping halters on horses while they are in
their boxes. Without a halter it is almost impossible
to save a horse from a burning stable. — [Thorough-
bred Record.
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Keep Halters on Horses, Says R. E. Watkins.
Washington, D. C, May 5 — If horsemen must con-
tinue to employ intemperate stable hands, white and
black — and it seems that they have no choice, seeing
that no other kind are available — they will do well
to adopt the suggestion of Richard E. Watkins and
keep halters on their charges at all times, and the
further recommendation of Sandy McNaughton, that
empty feed bags be kept in every stall. If there is
one thing more than another calculated to frighten a
horse out of his wits it is a fire, and the usually sen-
sible and tractable thoroughbred is as susceptible
to this particular kind of terror as is his cold-blooded
relative.
The only haven the horse knows is his stall, and it
is next to impossible to get a halter on him in the
confusion attending a quick-burning stable fire. Fires
in stables at race tracks are always quick fires, be-
cause racing stables invariably are built of wood, and
they are always full of the most highly inflammable
stuff. But even when stable fires are discovered in
time, which is unusual, because they generally occur
at night, and the horses are got out of their stalls,
it is difficult to prevent them from rushing back into
the blaze. Here is where the empty bag comes in.
They may. as McNaughton suggests, be used to blind-
fold the frightened animals and make the task of
leading them from the danger zone easier. Perhaps
half of the $200,000 worth of thoroughbreds that have
been destroyed in less than two years' time by fires
at Benning, Bowie, Belmont Park and Pimlico might
have been saved if these precautionary measures had
been taken.
Reward of $10,000 Offered.
For the arrest and conviction, or for information
leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or
persons responsible for the fires which destroyed
twenty-eight horses at Belmont Park racecourse Sun-
day night recently, a reward of $10,000 will be paid,
having been subscribed by the Westchester Racing
Association, The Jockey Club, Schuyler L. Parsons
and Harry K. Knapp, with $2,500 each.
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Geo. H. Strate, acting for J. H. Rosseter, has pur-
chased the bay mare Mauretania, 11, by Cunard —
Tower of Candles, by Candlemas. She has been bred
to General Roberts.
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A transaction has just been completed by which
John E. Madden becomes the owner of about two
thousand acres of the choicest land formerly incor-
porated in James B. Haggin's Elmendorf Estate. The
land just sold includes Major B. G. Thomas' famous
Dixiana Farm, known to horsemen the world over as
the birthplace of Domino; afterward owned by Ma-
jor Thomas J. Carson and home of Ben Strome,
where he sired Highball and Roseben; the Rogers.
Moore, Tucker, Early, Dairy and Muir Farms. Mr.
Madden had previously purchased the tract of land
on the Maysville pike known as the Ford place, and
this brings his holdings of Elmendorf land up to two
thousand acres. The Rogers, Moore, Tucker and
Early Farms were purchased with the view of in-
creasing the acreage of Dixiana, which will thus be
made into an ideal stock farm and we hops to see it
soon stocked with thoroughbreds that will revive
the glories of the old days. The Dixiana Farm proper
is situated on the Russel Cave pike, nearly opposite
the home of Lous Lee Haggin, grandson of the owner
of Elmendorf, who recently acquired this land from
the Estate. The Dairy Farm adjoins the land now
owned by Harry Payne Whitney, and is, as is also
the Ford place, ideally located for a stock farm.
The consummation -of this deal makes Mr. Madden
the largest land-owner in Fayette county, with nearly
five thousand acres to his credit, as his Hamburg
Place holdings include about twentv-seven hundred
acres.
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OMAR KHAYYAN WINS KENTUCKY DERBY.
Louisville, Ky., May 12.— Omar Khayyam, an East-
ern owned horse, with a still farther Eastern name,
won the forty-third renewal of the Kentucky Derby
at Churchill Downs this afternoon in handy fashion.
Ticket, another Eastern-owned horse, was second and
Midway, the pride and hope of the central section of
Kentucky, finished third. Omar Khayyam, sporting
the blue, gold sleeves, sash and cap of Billings &
Johnson, and trained by C. T. Patterson, was ridden
in admirable form by Charles Borel, the veteran
jockey. His victory was far from a popular one, for
at the odds of nearly 13 to 1 but few wagered on his
chances. The defeat of Ticket, the favorite, with the
Macomber entry as second choice, brought heart
pangs to the thousands, just as had the defeat of Old
Rosebud and Kathleen in preceding races. The vic-
tory was no fluke. No ifs and ands entered into the
race. It was truly run, as truly run a race as a field
of fifteen can run.
Picking up the others one by one, hugging the rail,
skirting the corners, Omar Khayyam disposed of all
contenders. He passed them in the last half mile and
a sixteenth out from home. Only Ticket was left to
dispute with him. His disposition of Ticket was as
complete as his disposition of all others, and the
chestnut colt was a good length and a half in front
o this nearest rival at the finish, going away at every
Bred in England.
Omar Khayyam was bred in England, being by
Marco, out of Lisma, and was imported by Messrs.
Johnson and Billings early last year. He ran well
in the latter race meetings of the year, finishing
second in the Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga. He was
prepared for his victory today during the recent
race meetings at New Orleans and Hot Springs, and
to his careful preparation is due his superb form.
His victory was scored before the biggest crowd
which ever saw a horse race in Kentucky. Not only
did Louisville pour its race lovers into Churchill
Downs, but every nook and corner of the adjoining
states sent their representatives. From New York,
from Chicago, from St. Louis and dozens of other
points visitors who had been fed on the Derby dope
for months wended their way to see the conclusion of
the big race.
Derby the Thing.
Louisville early was afflicted by a form of Derby
dementia. It afflicted nearly every one in the city,
and the contagion spread to those who came to see
the race and the sights. For days the war and all
other subjects were dropped from consideration. The
Derby was the big thing and all else was subor-
dinated.
Early in the day it was seen that one of the largest
fields which ever went to the post was to contest for
the race. Two years ago, when Regret was the vic-
tor, 16 thoroughbreds took the issue, and only one
less accepted it today. Out of the published entries
Diamond, Sol Gilsey and Penrod were withdrawn, and
the other 15 took a chance to win fame and fortune
for their owners.
Various estimates as to the size of the crowd were
made. Conservative persons put it at 25,000, with
from 8,000 to 10,000 in the free field. They arrived
early in the day and started to leave at the conclu-
sion of the big race. Never before has Kentucky
poured forth its fair and gallant sons and daughters
to such a gathering. Long before the running of the
event, even before Governor Stanley made his patri-
otic address, the grounds were filled. The abolish-
ment of the paddock fence permitted thousands to
find accommodations where the horses are saddled.
Without this innovation the betting ring, the grand
stand and the lawn would never have held the vast
gathering.
It took the starter four minutes to get them in
alignment, and then the grand old shout of "They're
off!" shot out from the grand stand and was spent
on the distant green hills. Star Gazer went to the
front, and it was quite evident that the Macomber
entry, with three strings to its bow, meant to let one
of them either run the others' heads off or die in
front and permit one of the others to come along and
grab the rich prize in the final eighth. Their first
appearance in front of the stands saw Star Gazer
leading by a length.
Berlin, second a length and a half in front of
Ticket, with Top O the Wave laying in fourth posi-
tion. Omar Khayyam was in tenth position at this
point. On they rushed around the first turn at a
pace just a little under a half in 48. At the six
furlong pole Star Gazer. Berlin and Ticket were in
the first division. Omar was still waiting his chance
to move up. That chance did not come at the half,
but shortly after passing that pole Borel let out a
wrap and the Eastern colt began feeling his way.
Out in front of him was the Macomber entry and
just about this time it looked as though they might
take down all portions of the purse. Star Gazer had
been raced off his feet, however; however, the effort
on Star Gazer had used him up. "Here comes Rick-
ety" went up the shout, for it was seen that the light
blue colors of Harry Payne Whitney had disposed of
Macomber's entry and in a' few more jumps would
be in front. At the quarter pole Rickety's nose was
seen in front and it looked all over. But to para-
phrase John Paul Jones, Omar had just begun to run.
Creeping along on the inside Borel had moved him
up to about fourth place, and then when they went
into the stretch, he shot through on the rail, saving
a dozen lengths or more, while the Whitney entry
lost fully that much by a wide swing. Midway also
moved up and came in close.
Ticket, held in slight restraint all this time, soon
picked up Rickety, who found the pace too warm, and
it was believed by many that the favorite was to be
accorded the great honor, for Ticket had now a good
half a length advantage. The Miller colt was too far
out in the middle of the track to shut off Omar, so
in that final heart-breaking stretch run of the last
eighth of a mile Omar picked up the favorite, slowly
passed him and in the last hundred yards commenced
to draw away. Ticked held safely on to second place
and Midway moved up into third position, going
strongly to the finish. The others were outdistanced.
Those who could compete for a time with the leaders
soon felt the pace too warm and others never had
an opportunity of landing the great classic. The
English bred colt was best and the Persian philoso-
pher, for which the colt was named, would have
quaffed his cup and contentedly remarked that he
was satisfied with the race and the result Omar
Khayyam was bred in England by Sir John Robinson
and j. T. Farr and was purchased by his present
trainer. Charles T. Patterson, for Messrs. C. K. G.
Billings and Frederick Johnson at Newmarket. Sep-
tember 15. 1915, for $1,500. Omar Khayyam's sire
Marco was a good stake winner and sire of Neil
Gow. Beppo. Marcovil and other good horses. Marco
is a son of Barcaldine and Novitiate, by Hermit.
Omar's dam is Lisma by Persimmon.
Omar Khayyam is the first foreign-bred to win a
Kentucky Derby. His owners are Frederick Johnson,
a broker, in New York, and C. K. G. Billings, owner
of the famous trotters Uhlan, Lou Dillon and Major
Delmar, and it is his second season as a thorough-
bred owner. Mr. Johnson saw his colt ivin but Mr.
Billings was unable to enjoy seeing the victory-
Mania, by Cecil Palmer and out of a daughter of
Harrison Chief, one of Judge E. A. Bridgford's most
highly prized mares, last week foaled a filly by
Judge Bridgford's young stallion, LeGrand McDon-
ald, that has this well known admirer of saddle
rorses much enthused. "The colt was born with
head and tail up and certainly has a lot of action,"
Judge Bridgford said this week.
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Princess Eugenia — Edna Mae's Choice.
The demand for saddle horses of higher quality
and the prevailing prices has, no doubt, been respon-
sible for the biggest breeding season in Missouri and
Kentucky in many years. Young mares that hereto-
fore would have been trained and exhibited have
been sent to the court of the most noted stallions
available for service. Astral King, perhaps the best
known saddle stallion in America, has enjoyed the
most remarkable season of his brilliant career. Some
of the best mares in America have been sent to his
court: Montgomery Chief, the noted sire owned by
Ball Bros., attracted the great daughter of Chester
Dare, Undine, from California to Kentucky; Ciga-
rette, champion mare of 1915, has been mated to the
champion stallion of 1916, My Major Dare, as have
scores of other great mares: Marshall Chief, at Mex-
ico, Mo., has secured some of the greatest mares in
Missouri and Iowa: Kentucky's Choice has had the
privilege of drawing mares from New York state;
and such is the comment wherever saddle horses are
discussed. Naturally, the most wonderful saddle
horses we have ever known can be expected from
these judicious matings. No more notable mating,
however, has taken place than at Eaton Farm, Eaton.
Colo., where Col. Bruce G. Eaton's sensational mare.
Princess Eugenia, daughter of Chester Peavine, has
been bred to Edna Mae's Choice, Col. Eaton's grand
young son of champions Kentucky's Choice and Edna
Mae.
Never has there been a mating of two horses which
enjoyed quite the contemporaneous celebrity that
marked the careers of Edna Mae and Kentucky's
Choice and with the successful result of that mating
now being tried with another of equal distinction,
the public has much to look forward to. The foal
will have everything — breeding, fame, distinction,
quality and the admiration of every horse-lover in
America, when it arrives.
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The most notable spring horse show of the year
is being conducted at Tulsa. Okla.. this week. Fif-
teen thousand dollars in cash prizes is being distrib-
uted between such notable stables as Longview
Farm, Jas. Houchin, O. J. Mooers, D. Schilling, John
L. Bushnell and others.
* * *
Oscar Edwards & Son, DeSoto, Mo., proprietors~of
Hilldale Stock Farm, recently sold to W. T. Schade.
of Jackson. Mo., a good bay saddle stallion foaled in
1916. This horse, it is said, probably carries more
crosses to Cabell's Lexington than any colt alive.
He is by High Chief 2211 and out of Hillsdale Queen
8211.
* + +
The Governor. John L. Bushnell's supreme Gig
horse, promises to repeat his remarkable perform-
ances of the last three seasons by winning every
class this season. He has won every" event so far
this year including four first prizes at the Brooklyn
show. The Governor was brought out and sold to
the prominent Ohio sportsman by L. T. Anderson,
Maysville, Ky.
* + *
Eaton Farm Breeding Many Mares.
The following communication from Don Reavis,
the popular manager of Eaton Farm's show horses
the properly of Bruce G. Eaton, will he of interest
lo .--addle horse breeders:
"The weather here has been very tackwkard this
spring. We are not going to show anything this
season. So tar ten foals have arrived bv Senator
Canu-ill and five more are due from him and one
from Edna Mae's Choice and Frenchdale Rex. Every
colt so far as been a chestnut so we will have to
hand it to Mr. Eaton; he certainly knows how to
breed colors All the mares are being bred to the
your.g horses this year. Princess Eugenia has been
mated to Edna Jlai's Choice and if the colt is the
sir,- ne should be this mating should produce some-
thing remarkable.
"We have several young mares and geldings, top-
notchers, that are ready to go. They are not show-
but i;ood pleasure animals. Frenchdale Rex
Inn Mac's Choice are both racking fine but are
being driven exclusively now. As soon as the breed-
ing season is over I expect to work them under the
saddle again,"
News From James A. Houchin.
Mr. Jump Cauthorn,
The Breeder and Sportsman,
San Francisco, Cal.
My Dear Sir: In reference to that championship
stake will say that the idea is all right, but say.
Jump, how about coming to California to show for
such a stake? If they get up two or three shows
en route, that will be all right; in fact, I have been
writing about a little circuit of that kind — Denver.
Salt Lake and over to Portland and down to Salem,
and then to San Francisco, El Paso. Fort Worth and
home. I am satisfied that that could be worked out,
but it would take some work.
I just want to say that next Saturday we are going
to ship to Tulsa, Okla.; and believe we have a good
stable for this year. We are short a gelding, that is,
a gelding that is ready. I think we have a gelding
that will beat the world when he is ready but he is
not quite in shape. He is a full brother to I Am
King and has more airs than Johnnie Jones ever
had; has all the finish at every point, and has that
Astral King trot; and you know that must be about
right . However, you know Mr. Anderson; he takes
time and he will not bring one out until he is ready,
and this colt may not be ready before next year.
We are counting on I Am King, of course, to win
in Lhe big events this year, and Beauchamp for the
junior stakes; then we have bought the C. C. Judy
mare. Decoration Lady, for our mare classes, and I
think that they are going to have to go some to beat
her. For the walk-trot ladies' classes, we have a
real one in Catherine Countess. New show stuff is
prc-.ty scarce throughout the country but you will
notice that our string is largely made up of new
horses — that is, stuff that has not been worn out
before the public; in fact, nearly every one of them
wili be new candidates to the public. Those Tulsa
people are putting up a big program down there and
I hope that they have good crowTds ,and I believe
they will.
Mr. Lewis was at our place yesterday, also our
friend from Chicago, Mr. Schilling, and Mr. Bond
from Illinois and Clark from Golconda, HI. Tom Bass
was expected over and it looked a little bit like an
auction around our place, even though it was Sunday.
We have had a splendid season and only have a few
more ready-to-sell horses in our barn. We are selling
a lot of stock to old customers, sight-unseen, and
they are meeting with general satisfaction. There
has not been a great amount of buying in the barn,
but Mr. Schilling has bought a few. and some others
have bought: but most of our selling has been to our
former customers; they write us what they want
and we have been sending them out. That is really
the satisfactory horse exhibit game.
Yours very truly,
JAS. HOUCHIN.
+ * +
Mary Dick 5441, by Chester Dare 10. has just foaled
a very fine bay filly by Kentucky Choice. Mary Dick
is now- owned by Joseph McDowell. Jr. She is the
dam of Blanche Ring, also of Mary Katherine, a very
promising three-year-old by Kentucky Choice. Mary
Katherine is owned by E. V. Maltby, of Chicago.
* * *
Geo. Reynolds, of Higbee, Mo., has sold to a Dallas,
Texas, horse enthusiast, the saddle colt I'ma Easter
Cloud, for a good price. This yearling is a son of
Easter Cioud, which as a colt, it will be remembered,
made such a splendid show record last year. He
made a total of twenty-seven shows and won twenty-
five blue ribbons and two reds. Three of these rib-
bons were for finest stallion, mare or gelding, any
age. The dam of I'ma Easter Cloud has been mated
to Easter Cloud again this spring.. She is owned
by Gaiser Hall, of Madison, Mo., who sold I'ma Easter
Cloud to Geo. Reynolds.
* * *
Holger Rasmussen, of Chicago, writes that~the
handsomest stallion in that city is the beautiful bay
saddle stallion owned by D. Schilling. This horse
is one of the handsomest and best bred ones in the
United States, perfectly mannered and gaited, and
his appearance under the skilled riding of his owner
naturally attracts the attention of those who frequent
Lincoln Park.
* + +
The first horse shows in the year have demonstrat-
ed that Missouri continues to send her full quota of
winners to the front. Despite the fact that the ma-
jority of winning saddle horses at the recent Phila-
delphia. Brooklyn and New York horse shows were
produced, trained and exhibited in Missouri, they are
being frequently referred to as "Kentucky" horses.
"Mebbe so." However, such old Missouri sires as
Rex McDonald. Dick Taylor and Grand McDonald are
responsible for their appearance and Missourians are
satisfied with getting the cash and letting the glorv
go elsewhere.
* + *
Revel L. English, of Pasadena, has recentlv pur-
chased the noted California-bred gelding, San Ja-
cinto, from Capt. Wm. Banning, of Los Angeles. San
Jacinto was bred by Mr. English and under his colors
won a number of the most important saddle stakes
in the West, including the Pacific Coast futurity He
was gelded when sold to Capt. Banning, who" used
hin as a pleasure horse. It is said he has matured
wonderfully and is much improved over his youthful
appearances which were most successful. Under the
care of trainer Tom Jefferson, San Jacinto will have
to be reckoned with at future shows here
BRING 'EM WEST, MR. OPPENHE1M.
[By Ivanhoe Whitted, Supt. Publicity. Iowa State
Fair.]
I was highly interested and entertained — if noti
spiritually uplifted — by reading an account of the
appearance of the two Middle West favorites, John-
nie Jones and Jack Barrymore, at the recent Brook-
lyn Horse Show.
"They came, they saw," but they didn't "conquer"
to any noticeable extent. The downeasters didn't
take kindly to them, at least the judges didn't. It
was the same old. disheartening story of unappreci-
ation by more than one western man who has at-
tempted to popularize the "so-called American type'
— that is not my expression, the reader will kindly
remember; it is quoted from The Rider and Driver—-
to popularize the American Saddler in the states east
of the Alleghanies.
Both these splendid geldings were given the gate
in several classes. Not that it was unexpected, re-
membering the experiences of the past. It is mani-
festly impossible to convince an individual or a peo-
ple who have made up their minds, individually,
collectively, and otherwise, that they are not to be
convinced. And the East decided a good many years
ago that it didn't like the splendid American Saddler,
that it never had liked him, and furthermore, that it
didn't intend ever to like him in the future, or even
make an attempt to. Under the circumstances, what
else was to be expected when Jack and Johnnie went
into the ring?
There was a time when doings like these cut us to
the gizzard. But no more. It no longer hurts or
makes us look for our fighting clothes; only serves
to produce a great "weariness" and furnish addi-
tional evidence that the downeasters are staying put
and performing consistently in their oft-repeated
demonstrations of dislike of the American Saddler.
Yes, it's a fact ; both these great geldings got the
gate, not once but repeatedly. The gray, just off the
car from the Pacific Coast, did succeed in winning a
place in one event, but aside from that lone instance
they were outside the going.
Now, it might be argued at long distance that
these geldings had suffered a slump from their old-
time winning form to such an extent that the gate
was all they had coming. Such a contingency is too
remote for serious consideration. I saw Johnnie at
the International in December, at which time and
place he was all to the good. Knowing that he has
been under the always efficient and capable handling
of Ed Moore since that date, also that he was fitted
for this very show, it is entirely safe to assume that-
he was up to the mark and qualified to start in fast
company.
The gray I have not seen for two years or more,
but imagination positively rebels when called on to
picture Jack Barrymore in any other than prize-
winning form, with any sort of handling, so long as
life shall animate his magnificent personality. For
he is simply one of the most wonderful and glorious
animals ever bred in anybody's country. Words fail
the average pencil pusher when attempting a pen
picture of him. Johnnie Jones is a great gelding, an
extraordinary" gelding, but aside from the matter of
inches Barrymore has all that Johnny ever had and
then some. There is a grace, an air of some sort that
the dictionary makers failed to take into account
when they compiled their list of descriptive adjec-
tives.
Naturally the new owner of these two geldings,
Mr. M. H. Oppenheim, of somewhere, was sadly dis-
appointed over the chilly reception given his entries.
The Rider and Driver quotes him as saying that he
"would not show them again in the East, but confine
their activities to Western shows."
We are glad of it. The geldings will be appreci-
ated in the Middle West, anywhere, in fact, from
Ohio westward to the Pacific Coast. We sincerely
hope their owner will include some of the shows west
of the Mississippi River in his itinerancy, our great
Iowa State Fair among the rest Johnnie Jones has
visited Iowa on at least two occasions and delighted
state fair visitors with his beautiful individuality
and sensational performances, but the people of the
state have never been favored with an opportunity
lo get acquainted with the superb gray gelding that
was "bred in Old Kentucky." Bring 'em west,- Mr.
Oppenheim.
* + •
"Just a Filler"
In speaking of the celebrated stallion, Marshall
Chief, the Show Horse Chronicle says in regard to
having recently published his picture in that valu-
able journal: "Nevertheless the picture we published
attracted the attention of several residents of Phila-
delphia and the surrounding neighborhood, not on
account especially of his owner being a resident of
that city, but because of his very marked beauty and
superiority." Now I will admit, the man who sold
Marshall Chief to Mr. Wallace is quite noted for his
"marked beauty," however, Mr. Wallace is not con-
spicuous for his "good looks." Only those who know
who Mr. Wallace bought this great horse from will
"get this."
aturday, May 19, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
The best advertised races always fill best.
* * *
May 26 is the date set for Woodland's first race of
his year.
* * +
! Don't forget to give that Wisconsin State Fair
irogram your careful attention.
* * *
"Billie" Higginbottoni, of San Francisco, acted as
ptarter at the Lockeford races.
* * +
The matinee racers are repeating their Dixon and
Lockeford performances at Gait this week.
* + +
: Joseph Waddell visited Eureka last week, his mis-
sion being in the interest of their approaching fair.
* + +
• If you haven't bred that good mare, do so at once;
there is plenty of time and every producing mare of
good blood should "do her bit" this year.
* + *
\ Great interest was manifested by visitors at the
(Lockeford picnic in the races. An excellent program
was given and the event was well conducted.
* + +
| California and Southern trainers certainly had the
"edge" on all others this year. Tardy spring has
delayed trainers' progress everywhere.
* * *
C. A. Durfee has warned harness horse men in this
country to "sit up and take notice" for many years
and he says he has some real surprises in store for
them this season.
* * *
Salinas announces four days racing instead of
three: and three harness races every day. Purses
wilt be for $500 each. "The money is in the bank,"
savs President Heibert.
* * *
J. J. Campbell, of Pasadena, well known horseman,
is a San Francisco visitor this week. Mr. Campbell
will visit Pleasanton and several tracks in this local-
ity before returning South.
* * +
Friends of A. T. Jackson, well known Stockton
horseman, will regret to learn of the death of his
wife, which occurred last week. Mrs. Jackson had
been in bad health several months.
+ * *
'' A. R. Kenney, of North Yakima, Wash., one of the
leading trainers in the West, has arrived in Califor-
nia with his stable of trotters and pacers and is
comfortably located at the Santa Rosa track.
* + +
Anderson Bros., of Portland, Ore., have recently
purchased from Sam Agnew of Centralia. Washing-
ton, the beautiful brown pacing stallion. Indian Hal
2:10% by Hal B.; dam Altalena by Altamont, making
him a full brother to Hay Boy 2:06%.
* + +
Remember the closing date of the Milwaukee State
Fair, Monday, May 28. More than $25,000 in purses
and stakes. Write Oliver E. Rerney, secretary, or
R. J. White, speed superintendent, West Allis, Wis.,
for entry blanks and further information.
* * *
W. J. Miller, of Seattle, is giving his pacer Maud
Bond, by The Bondsman, her "prep" work on the
Seattle speedway. Mr. Miller is one of Seattle's
leading business men, but always has time to keep
Maud Bond on edge and he enjoys it immensely.
+ * *
• The California Stallion Registration Association,
through its secretary, Charles W. Paine, has offered
a $50 cash premium for the best stallion and two of
his get exhibited at the third annual Butte County
Spring Exposition, to be held in Chico May 21-26.
inclusive. The stock display at this exposition will
be the greatest ever seen in California outside the
State Fair and big expositions.
Roland Wilson of Seattle has Floradora Z. 2:11%,
in the pink of condition. This good trotting daughter
of Zombro is .getting her first spring work over
Seattle's speedway; that great city's half mile track
is now closed up and a total wreck. The owner
refuses to do anything to keep it up. It seems a
shame that a town of 400,000 population, well situated
like Seattle and with such a host of harness horse
lovers, has not a good track. Seattle should have
a fair grounds and race track second to none in the
country.'
* * *
Benito B. by Stam B. — Salinas Maid, the property
of Robt. Orr and Wm. McLeod. dropped a fine colt
at the Orr ranch last Monday. The sire of the new
arrival is the famous pacer Warren Dillon, owned by
Henry Helman of Salinas. Bob says that the young-
ster was no sooner born than it started in to pace,
and that he expects to win the Occident stakes with
him as a two-year-old. And why shouldn't he? The
colt is bred in the purple, and if breeding counts for
anything the stakes should be brought to San Benito
county. — [San Benito Advance.
President George Arnold and his secretary, Ernest
G. Bylander. of the Missouri State Fair, are encour-
aging trainers to make the Missouri State Fair
grounds their headquarters. This mile track is one
of the best in the West and the fair heads are doing
their utmost to keep it in good shape.
* * *
Directors of the Fresno District Fair Association
meet this afternoon to elect a secretary and to dis-
cuss general plans for the show next fall. An en-
tirely new outlay of entertainment features are to be
secured, as well as innovations in displays and paid
amusements. Special attention is to be given to
agricultural exhibits.
The citizens of Petaluma have rallied to their fair
and more money was guaranteed at a recent meeting
than was originally asked by the managers: "They
will have as many horses and just about as good rac-
ing as will be seen west of the Mississippi ricer,"
said Joseph Waddell, who returned from Petaluma
Saturday. They are anticipating a big entry list and
more stables and other accommodations are being
arranged to take care of the visiting horsemen. There
are 120 good stalls on the track already and more
are planned.
John B. Stetson has sold his green trotting gelding,
Joe Wilkins. by Kentucky Todd — Fair Recluse; also
the chestnut gelding Chris the Great, by Peter the
Great, dam Miss Faribault by Axwortthy, to Omaha,
Nebraska, horsemen. Mr. Stetson, who recently sev-
ered his connection with the Midway Stock Farm,
is now making the Benson, Nebraska, track his head-
quarters and has in his stable the two green pacers,
PaJine, by Palite and Grey Hal, by Hal B. — Nellie
Couvert, by Touchet. Mr. Stetson has made Cali-
fornia his home for the last few seasons and horse
lovers in this state are wondering if there is any-
chance to "get him back." It is admitted, however,
thyt he will be successful wherever he goes, for
there are few trainers like "John B."
* * *
Day of Racing at Woodland.
Charles Silva, veteran horseman, has interested a
number of other light-harness enthusiasts in a pro-
gram to be held in Woodland May 26. Among the
events will be a free-for-all pace, a 2:20 trot and a
2:14 trot. Some of the best horses in the state will
measure paces in the events.
Jack Broillar of Fresno sent his stable of horses
up this week. They all arrived in fine fettle. A num-
ber of the others are expected almost any day, as
Silva has either written or interviewed all of the
horsemen of his acquaintance.
The meet will give the new half-mile track a won-
derful tryout. It will be the first meet on the two-
times-around circle. Many of the stables have been
oul in pr«liminary meets and some bang-up time will
probably he made on the new circle.
Experts who have seen it say that this track is
even superior to the famous mile track on which so
many records w'ere made.
«$i $ ■!•
California's racing program for 1917 is full. It has
been many years since so many good tracks have
been utilized. It has been seldom that there was
such a grand array of starters for every class. How-
ever, horsemen are getting anxious: the associations
in the East have announced their programs and
purses and are inviting the horsemen of California to
compete for the rich prizes. These dates are an-
nounced to close soon and unless the various fair
associations on the coast put out something definite
at once some of the best stables here will be entered
in the East. The horsemen have spared neither time,
expense nor experience in preparing these horses and
they want to know what they are to be offered in
return. They are prepared to give some reguar old-
fashioned horse racing; however, there are only a
few of them on the coast who can afford to race for
pleasure and if the stakes are not advertised at once
they will be found "going east." It is high time the
fair managements were giving horsemen something
definite.
Chas. James Gets a Record.
During the buzz and excitement on Saturday morn-
ing at Addington, few of the large number of specta-
tors present had any idea that a great performance
was in progress. The local trainer, C. James, after
exercising his two-year-old trotter earlier in the
morning, brought him on again and the colt, in com-
pany with Dubose. found little difficulty in leaving
a mile behind in the excellent time of 2 min. 30 sec.
which the writer is under' the impression is an Aus-
tralasian record for a youngster of this age as a
straight-out trotter. The colt is a well-bred one.
being by one of the Santa Rosa Stud Farm's promis-
ing stallions, Petereta. from a Young Irvington mare.
The colt is owned on the West Coast, and has been
an inmate of C. James' stable for less than three
months .and the manner in which he has improved
during the past ninety days reflects great credit on
his trainer, who seems to quite understand young
stock of this description.— [New Zealand Referee.
The regular annual meeting of the San Francisco
Driving Club at which will occur the election of offi-
cers will be held on Tuesday, May 22d, at which time
also the program for the first matinee racing at the
Stadium will be made up. The season opens on Sun-
day. May 27. and is being looked forward to with
much interest by the general public. Every Sunday
during the racing season the San Francisco Driving
Club entertains thousands of enthusiastic spectators
absolutely free of cost, and their races are the most
popular of all the sports which are held in Golden
Gate Park.
+ * +
Mr. I. L. Borden, of San Francisco, has purchased
from the Valencia Stock Farm the ten-year-old horse
Pegasus. This horse took a breeder's record of
2 : OS % at the trotting gait last year. He is sired by
Zombro 28029 from La Belle 2:16, by Sidney 4770;
grand dam Anna Belle 2:27% by Dawn 6407. He
was campaigned on the California Circuit three years
ago as a pacer and took a record of 2:07% at that
gait, and proved to be a more than useful racehorse
during that season.
* * *
Candidate for 2:00 Honors.
Today the 2:00 list of trotters contains four names,
two geldings, one stallion and one mare. The list
of 2:00 pacers consists of ten, eight stallions and two
geldings, as yet no mare having the credit of being
officially timed at that mark.
It was the opinion of many horsemen last year that
Miss Harris M., by Peter the Great, was reasonably
certain to pace a mile in 2:00 or better, but when
the curtain fell on the racing year that great filly
was short one and a quarter seconds of that distinc-
tion.
At present this great young mare is being trained
at Indianapolis by Lon McDonald with the intention
of starting her at North Randall during the initial
Grand Circuit meeting in an effort to gain the honor
of being the first mare to pace in even time, and it
would seem to us, judging from her racing career
last year, that her chances to win laurels through
the attempt look very bright indeed.
It certainly seems peculiar that pacing mares have
failed, year after year, in gaining such a record,
while stallions to the number of eight and two geld-
ings have been successful. Seemingly, to use a slang
term, there must be a "jinx" around somewhere that
has been responsible for the hoodoo. The same thing
seemed to apply to trotting stallions until the advent
of Lee Axworthy 1:58% last year, and now that only
pacing mares lack representation among the 2:00
performers we sincerely hope that Miss Harris M.
may be spared any training mishaps and that she is
in prime physical condition when she essays her task
at North Randall.
Given such condition, it would seem to us that
the daughter of Peter the Great will bring to her
owner, Mr. S. A. Fletcher, the honor of owning the
firs-, mare to pace in 2:00, officially timed. — [Amer-
ican Sportsman.
* * *
NOTES OF LOCKEFORD PICNIC RACES.
The Breeder and Sportsman is indebted to Stock-
ton's well known harness horse lover, Frank Lieg-
inger, proprietor of the Goodell Transfer Co.. for the
following notes of the Lockeford picnic-races, which
took place Saturday, May 12. Mr. Lieginger acted
as secretary.
The picnic at Lockeford was a big success as far
as the racing was concerned. Everyone helped by
doing their part well and the races were pulled off
like clock work, there being no delays; as soon as
one heat was over the drivers had their horses on
the track ready for the next start. .
Wm. Higginbottom, who started the horses, cer-
tainly did clever work and gave entire satisfaction.
Even the "swipes" were satisfied and did not kick.
The contest in every- race was keen and the money
well divided. Every horseman was satisfied with the
conditions of the race. Messrs. Locke and Wakefield
had the track in tip-top shape and as there are no
horses staged on the grounds there was plenty of
good stall room and lots of good clean straw for all
the horses.
.Ur. J. J. Ryan's Directress Mac broke the track
record three times. Sweetbow and San Felipe each
broke the track record for trotters, which formerly
was held by Dexter Derby. The appreciation shown
by the banner crowd present indicated the people of
San Joaquin county, the best county in the state,
want racing revived here in its old-time form. Some
of the horsemen who attended the meeting were:
From San Francisco — J. J. Ryan. Wm. Higginbot-
tom, Harold Cohen. Fred Lauterwasser, Al Schwartz.
From Sacramento — Chas. Silva, Walter Tryon. Dr.
Delano, Dr. Weldon, Tom Holmes. Wm. Ivey.
From Stockton — C. F. Bunch. J. N. Jones, W. H.
Parker. Dan Lieginger, F. H. Johnson, Jerry Aker,
James Spafford. W. H. Williams.
From Hanford — J. C. Leggett. Moody Leggett. W.
W. Gallup. Jake Brolliar.
From I.odi — James Pierano. J. W. Dougherty, Fred
Post, Ed Speakerman, Bert Acher.
From Gait— George Orr. Mr. Shiiuerhorn, R. W.
Brewster.
From Acampo— Jess Wakefield. M. Smythson.
From Woodland — L. B. Daniels.
From Dixon — Don Oreame.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 19, 191'
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
TRAPSHOOTING FIXTURES.
AuffiisUO. 21, 22. 23, 24, 1917 — Chicago, Ills. — The Inter-
state Association's Eighteenth Grand American Trap-
shooting Tournament, under the auspices of the South
Shore Country Club Gun Club; 4,000? added money.
Winner of first place in the Grand American Handicap
guaranteed $500 and a trophy; winner of second place
guaranteed $400 and a trophy; winner of third place
guaranteed $300 and a trophy; winner of fourth place
guaranteed $200 ard a trophy, and the winner of fifth
place guaranteed $100 and a trophy. Numerous other
trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Man-
ager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
May 28, 29. 30, 1917 — San Jose, Cal.—The Interstate Asso-
ciation's Twelfth Pacific Coast Trapshooting Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the San Jose Gun Club;
$1300 added money. "Winner of first place in the Pa-
cific Coast Handicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy;
winner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy,
and the winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a
trophy. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager. Pittsburgh, Pa,
May 20, 21 — Seattle, Wash. — Washington State Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the Green Lake Gun Club.
G. A. Conklin, Secretary.
May 21, 22, 23— Los Angeles, Cal. — California -Nevada
State Tournament, under the auspices of the Los An-
geles Gun Club. Fred H. Teeple, Secretary-
May 23, 24 — Ogden. Utah — Utah State Tournament, under
the auspices of the Ogden Gun Club. A- R. Bain,
Secretary.
June 2. 3 — Moore, Mont. — Moore Rod & Gun Club. W. N.
Sharp. Secretary.
June 3 — Alameda, Cal— Alameda Elks Gun Club. P. E.
Hilger .Secretary.
June 17. 18 — Billings, Mont. — Billings Rod & Gun Club.
W. K. Moore, President
June 17, IS. 19 — Palouse, Wash. — Idawa Gun Club. John
P. Duke, Secretary.
June 24 — Bellingham, Wash. — Northwest Washington
Trapshooters' League Tournament, under the auspices
of the Bellingham Gun Club. I. Dienberger, Secretary.
June 24, 25, 26, 27 — Portland, Ore. — Sportsmen's Associa-
tion of the Northwest Tournament, under the auspices
of the Portland Gun Club. H. R. Everding, Secretary.
July 22 — Chehalis, Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Chehalis Gun Club. Harry Quick, Secretary.
July 23. 24, 25 — Portland, Ore. — Pacific Indians. F. C.
Riehl, Secretary.
July 27, 28, 29— Del Monte, Cal.. Del Monte Gun Club.
J. F. Neville, Secretary-
August 19 — Blaine. Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Blaine Gun Club. F. L. Cott, Secretary.
August 19— Kellogg, Idaho— Kellogg Gun Club. R. E.
Thomas, Secretary.
August 27 — Williams, Ariz. — Williams Gun Club. W. D.
Finney, President.
September 9 — Seattle. Wash. — Northwest Washington
Trapshooters' League Tournament, under the auspices
of the Green Lake Gun Club. G. A. Conklin, Sec'ty.
September 17, IS — Los Angeles. Cal. — Los Angeles Gun
•31ub. Fred H. Teeple. Secretary-
October 9. 10 — Hillside. Ariz. — Three Mule Shoe Gun Club.
"Old Policy." Thad. P. Mullen. Secretary.
October 13, 14 — Phoenix, 'Ariz. — Arizona State Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club.
Dell E. Morrell, Secretary.
+ * +
Small Trout in Streams. — Fishermen have not been
burdened down thpse opening weeks of the trout
season with large catches. Many limits have been
reported, but it takes a clear-visioned person to see
the little fellows that make up the baskets. The
trouble is, all agree, that the season came in a month
too late, when the water has receded in the near-by
coast streams and the big trout have departed.
Occasionally there is an angler who proudly tells
the sizes of his catches. Floyd Judah traveled to
Crag View at Castella, on the Upper Sacramento,
and he was all smiles on his return. He found con-
ditions just right. Fact is they were like July fishing
days there, with the water clear and low. With the
improved governor and hare's ear he landed thirty-
five beauties. The river was a foot lower than is
usual at this time of the year. In the last couple of
day? warm weather has been in evidence and condi-
tions are not so favorable for fly fishing.
Some whoppers were taken from Big Stoney, ac-
cording to reports from Fouts Springs, in Colusa
county. Six rodsters landed a total of fifty-nine.
with a number of thirteen and nine-inch boys among
the lot. The water is still a bit high and milky and
the trout were taken with spoons and bait. Better
fishing conditions will exist on Big Stonev along
about June 1.
Ted Riley went to the trouble of packing in from
Monterey to the Big Sur, and was rewarded with
some fine fish. Several of them measured twelve to
fourteen inches, according to Ted, who enjovs a repu-
tation for honesty and integrity.
Dr. Henry' Abrahm and his companion Henry
Klevesahl, went up to Squaw lake near Cloverdale
but landed only small fish.
With trout running small, some anglers are turn-
ing their attention to black bass, which came in on
May 1st. Thpy have been having some excellent
sport. E. C. Boucher made some nice catches at
Lake rhabot last Sunday. Other anglers there land-
ed two five-pointers. Woodbridge, near Lodi is
another spot that has been recommended for black
bass.
W. E. Stevens and O. W. Montgomery were down
on Pieta Creek trying their luck, and made some
latches of small trout. \\\ K. Plunkett hooked sev-
eral big ones at San Gregorio Laguna, but they all
got away.
The Marin Municipal Water Company has opened
up Phoenix Gulch and Lagunitas Reservoir for fisher-
men who can procure permits. No shore fishing is
allowed, and only ten trout per day are allowed to
be taken.
ALL READY FOR TRAP CHAMPIONSHIPS.
California-Nevada Shoot at Los Angeles and Coast
Handicap Attract Attention.
For the first time in years California trapshooters
are looking forward with interest to the staging of
the two blue-ribbon events of the Pacific slope in
the Golden State. There will be a continual bom-
bardment during the closing days of this month and
predictions are freely made that records for the
number of entries in both the California-Nevada
tourney and the Pacific Coast handicap will go by
the boards.
This grand California-Nevada state shooting tour-
nament which is to be held at the Los Angeles Gun
Club May 21, 22 and 23 promises to attract all the
best tarhawk smashers of the two states. Already
Heine Pfirrmann, the president of the Los Angeles
club, and Fred Teeple .the secretary, have received
letters from prominent shooters announcing that
they will be on hand and expect to annex high honors
in the gala event.
Andy Flickinger ,the star Vallejo tarhawk smash-
er, was one of the first to send his name in as a
possible victor. Flickinger is a veteran at the trap
sport and is always in the running. O. N. Ford of
the San Jose Gun Club is another favorite who sent
his name in among the first. Ford is to stage the
Pacific Coast handicap shoot at the San Jose club,
but vows he is coming south to clean up on the local
shooters.
H. Lorenson, who annexed high honors at the re-
cent registered shooting tournament at Fresno, will
also go to the Los Angeles tourney. In the Fresno
event Lorenson dropped only seven targets out of
400. He hails from the city of Newman. A. P. Hali-
burton. a veteran target smasher; N. A. Howard, of
San Francisco; Tony Prior. Gilbert Hatch, George
Stall. W. E. Stanton, Frank Newbert, T. D. Riley,
Frank Stall and many others will go from the north.
Fresno will also send a strong delegation of star
shooters. Grant Adams will head the stars, while
Lee Slocum, Guy Lovelace. Dr. J. L. Martin and Bill
Eliet will be among the other Fresno shooters who
will take part in the big event.
George Anderson, Louis Baumgartner and others
will go south with Ford from San Jose. Harry Ogil-
vie will travel from Lindsay, and Harry Hine will
be one of the Eureka representatives. Fred Baer
will also go from the north.
W. S. Pease, who is ranked as the best target
smasher in the state of Nevada, has sent in notice
that he will be there for the title affair. Harry Gar-
rison expects to go from Modesto. Dr. R. N. Fuller
will go down from his home in Tulare and H. D.
Blanchard will travel down from Lindsay.
All the best professionals from both California and
Nevada are planning on attending the big shooting
event. Dick Reed. Len Hawxhurst. Hugh Poston.
Clarence Haight. Bill Joslyn. Charles Knight and AJ
Cook will all be present and will do battle with the
southern pros, for high honors. Ed Mitchell and
George Oliver, and also Guy Holohan, are the star
shooters of the southern pro. ranks.
Besides these few shooters who have sent in their
names early there will of course be numerous tar-
haw-k breakers flock from the northern part of the
state and from Nevada. San Francisco alone expects
to send a delegation of about twenty, while San Jose.
Fresno and other clubs are planning on having large
parties. San Diego will also be represented by about
five target smashers.
The Interstate Association's 12th . Pacific Coast
trapshooting tournament will be held on the grounds
of the San Jose Blue Rock Club May 28, 29 and 30.
The event will be under the auspices of the San
Jose Gud Club and a larger attendance than ever
participated in a Pacific Coast event is expected.
The regular program events have been arranged
for the benefit of the beginner and mediocre shot
With the low entrance fees and the losses paid back
each day under the Squier money-back system, it is
not possible for the expert shot to enrich himself
at the expense of the less skillful contestant.
Special competition has been arranged for women
and a cordial invitation extended to them to take part
in the tournament. A trophy has been provided for
their especial benefit
A practice shoot will be held on Sunday, May 27,
for the benefit of all who wish to try the traps before
the contest starts.
The first day of the shoot, Monday, May 28, the
Pacific Coast Introductory handicap of 140 targets
will be shol. and also a special event at ten double
targets.
The second day will open with the Pacific Coast
fapeeial handicap at 100 targets, which will be fol-
lowed by the Pacific Coast Preliminary handicap at
100 targets.
On the third and last day the Pacific Coast Over
ture handicap at 100 targets and the Pacific Coasl
handicap at 100 targets, the big event of the shoot
will be held.
The Squier money system will be used, but a con-
testant will not be obliged to compete in all regular
program events to have his losses paid back. The
follow-ing entrance fees will be charged: First day,
?15; second day, $11, and third day, $11 less the'
price of the targets at 3 cents each. The special
fund will be made up from 1 cent for each target
trapped in the regular program events, and from the'
total amount derived from the extra entrance fee of
fl, which is included in each day's regular program
entrance.
After paying each day's losses out of the special
fund the surplus will be divided among the high gun
amateurs who shoot through the entire three-days'
program for a total of 340 targets. The special event
at double targets, the Preliminary handicap, the
Pacific Coast handicap and the Optional Sweepstakes
will not be included in the Squier money-back sys-
tem.
A special trap, known as the "Little Joker," with
no restrictions as to width of angles, height and dis-
tance throwing targets will give contestants an op-
portunity to try their skill between the events. The
"Little Joker" will be true to name and will no doubt
cause many heartaches to the shooters.
Shooters all over the state have been notified that
San Jose has been chosen owing to "the ideal condi-
tions more favorable for the holding of a successful
tournament, with accessories of climate, scenery and
other attractions that appeal to lovers of all kinds of
outdoor sport and recreation. The sun is at the
shooter's back at all four sets of traps, in the dis-
tance is the great Lick Obesrvatory and a beautiful
view- of the Mount Hamilton range. The tournaments
held in San Jose in the past have always been well
attended and greatly enjoyed, and as the interest in.
trapshooting throughout the Pacific Coast was never
greater than now. it is confidently expected that
this will be one of the largest tournaments ever held
on the Pacific Coast.
The San Jose club was organized in 1912. and since
then many successful local tournaments have been,
held.
08
Los Angeles Club. — The final shoot at 100 targets
for the H. R. Everding trophies at the Los Angeles
Gun Club was held Sunday morning. R. O. Pool,
shooting from 18 yards, broke high gun for the day.
His score was 96x100. Sargent, Melford, Pachmayr
and Pool won gold take-home trophies, while silver
take-home trophies were won by George Tuckett,
Wilson, Seth Hart, Kennedy. The winners follow:
F. H. Melius, Class A, 25 points; H. Pfirrmann,
Class A, 18: Sargent, Class B, 27; Tuckett. Class B,
" 22; Melford, Class C, 28; Wilson, Class C and Hart,
Class C, tied for second, 23 points; in the shoot-off
Hart won: Pool, Class D, 31 points; Kennedy, Class
D, 29 points. Second prize shooters were awarded
loving cups by the club.
Sunday's scores: Pool. 18 yards, brofle 96; Hart
19—90; Kennedy 18—87, Sayert 20 — 86, Melford 19—
86, Hall 19—85, Pachmayr 18—82, Carnahan 17—82,
Nelson 18—81. Tuckett 19—80: Bungay 45x50, Teeple
40x50, Towne 32x50, Christensen 19x25, French 16x
25, Crossman 46x50, Jasper 46x50, Gardner 45x50,
Dezert 44x50. Thomson 42x50, Tektenthal 41x50, Neff
38x50.
3B
Seattle Association. — Sunday, May 5th, a strong
wind added considerable of a handicap to the shoot-
ers gathered on the Harbor Island grounds. Tom
Wilkes furnished the high score in the regular pro-
gram of fifty targets, finishing in this event with a
total of forty-seven. C. E. McKelvey went the second
man with a total of forty-six.
In the hundred target race, McKelvey shot over
Wilkes and the standing was reversed, McKelvey
ninety-four and Wilkes ninety-two. Jack Lewis won
the prize with the added birds allowed him, this
being the first of a series of prize contests that the
club will hold. The scores:
50 targets — Tom Wilkes 47, C. E. McKelvey 46,
Hugh Fleming 44. *D .Rhodes 44. E. Ellis 43, Ralph
Kinzer 41, Fred Landwehr 39, J. B. Lewis 36.
10 Otargets— C. E. McKelvey 94, Tom Wilkes 92,
~D. Rhodes 92, E. Ellis 85, Hugh Fleming 84, Ralph
Kinzer 84, J. B. Lewis 80, Fred Landwehr 80.
Yours,
E. A. FRY, Secretary.
9B
Trade Notes. — Charles Hummeil, of La Porte City,
hung up a score of 144x150 at a recent shoot of the
Davenport, Iowa; Gun Club, shooting a Remington
pump gun and Nitro Club Speed shells, winning the
shoot by a margin of one clay.
At the Bureau Valley Gun Club shoot held at
Princeton, 111., P. Shifflet, of Ohio, scored 135x150
as high man with a Remington pump gun and Nitro
Club shells.
The Mississippi State Championship was won by
L. J. Matlock, Pascagoula, scoring 92x100, using a
Remington pump gun and Nitro Club shot shells.
Mr. Matlock shot off two ties of 25 with T. K. Green,
of Natchez.
A. H. Aber made a score of 49x50 at the Thornburg
Gun Club shoot at Thornburg, Pittsburgh, Pa., with
a Remington pump gun and Nitro Club shells, beat-
ing all comers.
Saturday, May 19, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
J. W. SEAVEY IS OREGON CHAMPION.
F. M. Troeh Is High Amateur During Three Days of
the State Tourney.
i The Portland Gun Club carried off the honors on
Tuesday, May 9th. in the statechampionship shoot at
the fifth annual trapshooting tournament held by the
Oregon State Sportsmen's Association.
I J. W. Seavey of the Portland club won the state
championship with a score of 98 out of a possible
1100, while Frank Templeton, also a member of the
iPortland club, is runner-up, with a score of 96.
! Three, however, tied for the second place and Tem-
pleton won in the shoot-off. The three who tied at
96 were Templeton. P. B. Dodele of Albany and
•Henry Veatch of Cottage Grove.
] On the shoot-off, with 20 birds, the score was:
Templeton 19, Dodele 19, Veatch 14. Templeton and
Dodele again shot off the tie and Templeton made a
perfect score, while Dodele missed two.
' E. S. Keller of Portland took fifth place, with a
score of 95, and Mark Siddall of Salem and M. A.
Rickard of Corvallis tied for sixth place. Aickard
won the shoot-off, with one miss to two misses for
Siddall. Seven trophies were awarded.
The highest total score by an amateur for the two
days was made by F. M. Troeh of Vancouver, Wash.
He made 389 hits out of a possible 400. Other high
scores by amateurs were made by J. W. Seavey,
Portland, 388; Frank Templeton, Portland, 380, and
Mark Rickard, Corvallis, 378.
I High gun among the professionals was held by
L. H. Reid of Seattle. He made a score of 393. The
next three highest were H. E. Poston, San Francisco,
.381; P. J. Holohan, Portland, 378; F. A. Dryden, Spo-
kane, 372. Following are the scores:
State championship — 'Torn Wilkes 95, H. H.
Veatch 96, O. R. Wilson 90, E. G. Hawman 84, Mark
Siddall 94, H. R. Everding 83, F. Templeton 96, E. H.
Keller 95, J. G. Clemson 58, J. W. Seavey 98, *P. J.
Holohan 92, SF. A. Dryden 94, F. M. Troeh 98, *H. H.
Rlclefson 66, 4J. P. Bull 86, Peter Whitney 85, Chas.
Leith 90, W. K. France 89, Dr. O. D. Thornton 86,
*L. H. Reid 95, D. Reid 84, *H. E. Poston 94, M. Rick-
ard 94. C. Dodele 89, E. Nickerson 89, C. L. Temple-
ton 89, E. B .Morris 79, W. W. McCornack 89, W. O.
Hackert 88, Dr. C. F. Cathey 91, R. P. Riggs 83, John
Palmer 86, P. B. Dodele 96, R. P. Knight 92, L. Tem-
pleton 87.
Regular program for the day — Wilkes 138, Veatch
129, Wilson 137, Joy 108, *C. Schilling 140, Everding
134. F. Templeton 141, Keller 130, Clemson 104, Sea-
rey 144, *Holohan 143, *Dryden 137, Troeh 148, *Rick-
lefson 116, *Bull 125, Whitney 138, A. Schilling 130,
Leith 142, Dennison 137, *L. H. Reid 149, G. Reid
132, D. Reid 139, SJ. Reid 133, *Mike Poston 145,
Rickard 143, C. Dodele 138, Ballack 131, Nickerson
136, C. Templeton 141, *Morris 139, McCornack 142,
Hackert 129, Cathey 136, Riggs 132, Lewis 129, P.
Dodele 133, Knight 137, L. Templeton 142, Pearson
130, Palmer 130. ('Professionals.)
Second Day, May 7.
Improved weather conditions, with plenty of sun-
shine, no rain, and marred only by an annoying wind,
aided the contestants in the second day of the Ore-
gon State Sportsmen's Association shoot to improve
their scoring.
James W. Seavey was high amateur for the
day, breaking 146 bluerocks out of 150, while L. H.
Reid was high professional with the almost perfect
score of 149.
The Oregon State Sportsmen's Association trophy,
a Bterling silver set, went to Short with a perfect
score of 25.
In the team shoot Squad 4, including Frank M.
Templeton, E. H. Keller and James W. Seavey, all
of them of the Portland Gun Club, captured the tro-
phies, shooting 74 for the team out of a possible 75,
to each member of the winning team being awarded
a gold lead pencil.
C. B. Dodele, of Albany, received the Honeyman
Hardware trophy for high score. While he tied with
George Scripture, it was determined that no shoot-oft
was necessary, as Scripture resides without the state
and was not eligible to compete for the trophy. The
scores for May 7th were as follows:
Mark Siddall^33, H. H .Veatch 137, Arvil Wilson
138, Lewis 127, *Carl Schilling 134, H. R. Everding
132, F. Templeton 143, E. H. Keller 140. John G.
Clemson 102, James W. Seavey 146, *P. J. Holohan
143. *F. A. Dryden 123, F. M. Troeh 143, *H. H. Rick-
elfson 123, *J. P.Bull 139, *L. H. Reid 149, Dennis
Reid 136, *J. E. Reid 132, Dr. Linninger 122, Charles
Leith 132, W. G. Hawman 129, Short 131, Mark Rick-
ard 141, C. G. Dodele 137, Young 104, L. Templeton
132. Nickerson 130, Mrs. Ada Schilling 132, C. Tem-
pleton 130, F. O. Joy 119, *Ed. B. Morris 139. W. W.
McCornack 114, Hackert 133, C. B. Cathey 131, Riggs
135. P. B. Dodele 125, W. K. France 132, Pierson 124,
Neeley 121. ("Professionals.)
In the shoot for the Oregon State Sportsmen's tro-
phy the scoring was as follows:
Mark Siddall 21. Arvil Wilson 20, Lewis 22, H. R.
Everding 15, Frank M. Templeton 22, E. H. Keller
22, James W. Seavey 24, Miss Gladys Reid 22, *H. E.
Poston 22, Peter Whitney 24, Dr. Linninger 24, Chas.
Leith 23, W. G. Hawman 21, W. M. Short 25. Mark
Rickard 24, C. G. Dodele 23, L. Templeton 22, Nick-
erson 22, W. W. McCornack 16, Hackert 23, C. B.
Cathey 23, P. B. Dodele 24, W. K. France 22.
In the team shoot, with seven teams contesting,
the scores were as follows:
Team No. 1— Peter Whitney 23, W. G Hawman 19,
Charles Leith 21; total, 63.
Team No. 2— Frank M. Troeh 25. Dennis Reid 21
C.Templeton 25 ; total 71.
Team No. 3— H. R. Everding 25. R. P. Knight 25
J. G. Clemson 15; total, 65.
Team No. 4 (winning team) — F. Templeton 25
E. H. Keller 25, James W. Seavey 24; total, 74.
Team No. 5— Mark Siddall 22, Arvil Wilson 23
H. H. Veatth 22; total, 67.
Team No. 6 — Mark Rickard 25. P. B. Dodele 22
Dr. Linninger 22; total. 69.
Team No. 7— C. G. Dodele 24, Nickerson 22, L. Tern
pleton 22; total, 68.
First Day, May 6.
Although high winds and heavy, intermittent rains
caused ragged scores at the opening day of the shoot
of the Oregon State Sportsmen's Association, 50 fans
from in and out of the state were not deterred from
enjoying their favorite sport.
The shoot for the Honeyman Hardware diamond
trophy remained unsettled when the last bird was
broken. Dodele and Scripture tied in the shoot for
this trophy, Dodele breaking 45 of the bluerocks,
with a 17 handicap. That trophy is now held by
Pete O'Brien, of Portland, and must be held for three
consecutive years for permanent ownership. O'Brien
did not appear for this shoot, so it opens the field
again.
In the Honeyman shoot the scores and handicaps
were as follows: Mark Siddall, broke 39 — 19 yards;
Dr. O. D. Thornton 40—19, Mark Rickard 42—17,
Dodele 45—17, *L. H. Reid 40—22, Gladys Reid 34 —
16, D. Reid 40—16, *H. E. Poston 45—22, Peter Whit-
ney 44 — 17, Charles Fellers 44 — 17, Charles Leith
41—19, E. G. Hammond 32—17, E. H. Riches 41—16,
B. Morris 35—16, F. C. Jackson 24 — 16, A. K. Downs
40—16, J. W. Seavey 40—20, A. Wilson 40—17, A. L.
Zachrisson 32—16, Al Seguin 34 — 17Cathey 40—16,
A. G. Magers 40 — 16, W. K. France 38—19, H. R.
Everding 39 — 19, E. H. Keller 42 — 19, F. Templeton
38—21, L. Templeton 43—16, George Scripture 45—
16, Lewis 39—17.
Arvil Wilson of Salem was high gun for the day,
excluding professionals, shooting 93 out of a possible
100, but tying with E. H. Keller, of Portland, and
winning in the shoot-off by breaking 19 out of 20
birds, against 17 for Keller. He also won one of the
Everding silver trophies, four of these being given
by H. R. Everding, of Portland.
The second trophy, was won by Mark Rickard, who
tied with Charles Leith at 88, Rickard winning in the
shoot-off. The third trophy went to Ralph Cooley, of
Salem, who tied with Cathey and W. G. Hawman,
but won in the shoot-off. J. Morris took the fourth
trophy. These trophies were shot for under the
Lewis class system.
Total scores for the day, shooting for the high gun,
were as follows, out of a possible 100:
Miss Gladys Reid 79, D. Reid 90, *J. E. Reid 76,
*H. E. Poston 85, Peter Whitney 89, Charles Fellers
86, Charles Leith 88, W. G. Hawman 80, E. H. Riches
89, J. Morris 75, J. G. Kamm 62, F. C. Jackson 71,
F. O. Joy 77, A. K. Downs 81, J. W. Seavey 92, R. P.
Knight 86, *J. P. Bull 91, *Ed Morris 91, Wilson 93,
*P. J. Holohan 91, F. A. Dryden 90, A. L. Zachrisson
77, Al Seguin 77, Cathey 80, E. G. Magers 81, Mrs.
Ada Schilling 87, Ralph Cooley 80, W. K. France 82,
'Carl Schilling 91, H. R. Everding 81, T. G. Clemson
56, E. H. Keller 93, Mark Siddall 92. O. D. Thornton
79, *H. H. Ricklefson 76, Mark Rickards 88, Dodele
90, *L. H. Reid 91, F. Templeton 91, L. Templeton
79, George Scripture 92. Lewis 78. Mclntyre 78, Mc-
Crow 56, Whorley 54. Buttrick 91.
8B
Seavey Elected President. — James W. Seavey, of
Portland, was elected president of the Oregon State
Association succeeding H. H. Veatch. of Cottage
Grove, who has held the position for two years, but
refused to be a candidate for re-election.
Other officers elected were: E. H. Keller, Port-
land, vice-president; W. G. Ballack, Albany, secre-
tary-treasurer; directors. Dr. C. F. Cathey. Condon;
Mark Siddall. Salem; P. A. Young, Albany; Charles
Brown, Astoria; Charles Leith, Woodburn; Dr.
Horace Tillman, Pendleton.
Woodburn, Astoria and Condon all joined the State
Association. The association agreed to put up a
trophy annually and H. R. Everding and J. G. Clem-
son offered to add $25 apiece for the trophy to the
clubs' contribution.
It was agreed that hereafter no one will be entitled
to compete for the association trophy who has not
shot the entire registered program for the day on
which the trophy shoot is held, the trophy shoot to
be for 25 birds.
3C
Tacoma's Beginners' Shoot — Twenty-two beginners
turned out May 6th for the beginners' day program
of the Tacoma Gun Club. The shoot was held on
the Manitou grove grounds and good scores were
made. Harold Schweinler won the highest begin-
ner's score prize for knocking out 23 of the 25 targets
shot at. Mrs. D. H. Bales won the prize offered for
highest women's score, with 19 hits. The high score
of the day was by E. W. Cooper, who cracked 24 of
the clay birds.
J. A. Dague and D. H. Bales are now tied for the
leadership in the Majestic Cafe trophy race. Five
wins are necessary to gain the prize. The following
scores were made by the beginners:
M. A. Howe 17. E. R. Wheeler 21, H. G. Windsor 10,
W. Locke 15. J. Van Koten 20, Chas. Palin 10, Ches-
ter Humphries 12, O. Wade 9. A. W. Bagley 19, L.
Lawrence 21, J. Cooper 22, H. O. Scofield 14, F. L.
Griffin 19, Mrs. D. H. Bales 19, F. L. Baker 19, W. C.
Harbin 19, Hugo Delin 21, C. A. Campbell 20, F. Grif-
fin Jr. 3, A. Barlow 22, H. Schweinler 23, Jack Lynch
15, A. N. Hatcher 15, A. W. Carr 17, Stanley Bell
2, E. W. Cooper 24, J. Fred Kenworthy 12, H. R.
Burg 22, G. H. Richardson 17.
3B
Lewiston, Idaho, Shoot. — F. M. Troeh won the
honors of the registered tourney at Lewiston, Idaho,
on April 23 and 24th. He had a total of 286 for the
two days. On the opening day Guy Chiesman and
Charles Hahn tied for high honors with 140 apiece.
The next day J. W. Seavey took the lead with 148.
The professionals had a close race, Hugh Poston,
A. W. Woodworth and F. A. Dryden finishing in a tie.
The scores were:
G. E. Beckman 140, 134, Wm. Houser 136, 138, Guy
Chiesman 141, 130, R. W. Phipps 132, 127, Chas Hahn
141. 140, W. L. Cochrane 131, 133, C. F. Peden 131.
133, G. V. Kavanaugh 93, 89, Mrs. Chas. A. O'Connor
132, 134. A. D. Mars Jr. 138, 137, B. G. Mann 133, 125.
C. M. Hadley 128, 136, F. M. Troeh 140, 146, D. B.
Harrison 117, 125, N. M. Ragan 104. 129, O. E. Lynch
110. 128, C. B. Joslyn 138, 138. Fred Held 121, 135,
Hugh McElroy 140, 142, B. F. Blosser 94, 92, John
G. Clemson 115. 113, F. Friedlander 95, 91, Robert
Erb 125, 117, H. R. Everding 131, 128, F. Templeton
125, 144, J. W. Seavey 134, 148, E. H. Keller 138, 131.
R. P. Knight 135, 130, Lee Matlock 139, 141, W.
Hickman 111, F. M. Robison 134, 132, J. Spence 134,
133, L. F. Robison 124, 130, C. E. Butler 103, 115,
D. S. Wallace 129, 131, Norman Wann 138, 126, C. B.
Green 113, 134, A. R. Johnson 136, 49x60, C. T. Ar-
land 117, 132, E. C. Johnson 77, 132, Mrs. F. A. Dry-
den 31x60, J. F. Shriver 44x60, 128, E. W. Miller 122,
D. Anderson 131. J. Hickman 135, F. E. Butler 51x60.
141, Geo. W. Murray 123, Dr. E. L. White 42x75, War-
ren Yates 112.
Professionals — H. E. Poston 137, 146, Gus Peret
132, 136, A. W. Woodworth 139, 144, P. J. Holohan
141, 139, E. L. Valleen 132, 140, E. B. Morris 134, 138,
F. A. Dryden 137, 146.
00
Columbia-Willamette Trapshooters' League —
W. L. Pet. Shot at. Broke.
Albany 2 0 1000 250 235
Astoria 2 1 .667 375 324
Woodburn 2 1 .667 375 332
La Grande 1 1 .500 375 346
Salem 1 2 .333 375 333
Oregon City 0 1 .000 250 208
Pendleton 0 2 .000 250 225
Results on May 6th —
Albany 122. Salem 117.
Astoria 113, Woodburn 108.
La Grande 121, Pendleton 116.
Oregon City remaining idle.
The Albany Gun Club is at the top of the club
standings in the race for the championship of the
Columbia-Willimette Trapshooters League and The
Oregonian trophies, with two wins and no defeats.
The Albany representatives are the only ones who
have not been defeated so far during the competi-
tion.
There were six perfect scores turned in during the
day, two of them hailing from Albany, one from the
Round-up Gun Club, of Pendleton, and the three oth-
ers from La Grande . H. J. Stillman, of Pendleton,
broke 25 out of 25, while P. B. Dodele and Mark
Rickard of Albany each turned the trick. Lou Ray-
mond, H. Becker and T. J. Huston, all of the La
Grande Gun Club, were good for 25 straight apiece.
High team score of 122 was credited to the Albany
delegation, while La Grande was only one bird be-
hind . Salem followed with 117, Pendleton with 116
and Woodburn 108. So far during the campaign the
La Grande delegation has broken 346 out of a possi-
ble 375, while Salem has snapped 333 out of 375, and
Woodburn has broken 332 out of 375.
The tie between the Canemah Gun Club of Oregon
City and La Grande will be shot off May 20.
8C
Officials For Marin Show. — The following judges
and officials have been appointed to serve at the
Marin County Kennel Club's show at Mill Valley
May 30:
Bench show committee — J. W. Carey, L. C. P. Rob-
inson. J. C. Bones.
Judges — Irving C. Ackerman: St. Bernards, Great
Danes, Newfoundlands, Russian wolfhounds, grey-
hounds. Scottish terriers, all toys and unclassified
specials. S. Christensen: Pointers, English set-
ters, Irish water spaniels, field spaniels. Nathaniel
Thayer Messer: Airedales, bull, fox and Irish ter-
riers. Merrit Robinson: French bulldogs and Bos-
ton terriers. Miss Louise Hering: Cocker spaniels.
Edmund J. Attridge: Collies and all breeds not as-
signed to other judges.
Veterinarian — A. J. Rydberg. D. V. S.
Show superintendent — T. J. Blight.
Entries close Monday, May 21.
06
Lou Samish, San Francisco angler, is out with a
suggestion that the Coast streams be closed for trout
fishing for a year in order to let the fish attain larger
proportions. There has been consistent complaint
over the small trout but the situation will likely be
remedied next season when the bars are let down
on April 1.
10
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, Mar 19, 1917
Sportsmen's Row
F. H. MELLUS WINS VERNON SHOOT.
Andy Flickinger Second With Great Record; Dick
Reed Tops the Professionals.
C. V. Allen is telling his friends in Tacoma of the
17-inch cutthroat trout he caught in American Lake.
The fish was hooked with a No. 8 hook and it took
fifteen minutes to land him. The trout weighed 11%
pounds and is said to be one of the largest ever
caught in American Lake.
* * *
The Alameda Elks' Gun Club has two more shoot-
ers that will bear watching. Al Durney is the proud
daddy of an eight-pound boy and Charley Linderman
has a husky youngster himself. Both declare that
they can distinctly hear the familiar "P-o-o-o-o-M"
anv of these summer nights.
+ * *
Inasmuch as the Vernon club's shoot is the first of
a series of three taking place on the coast, trapshoot-
ers from all parts began shooting Sunday. Among
the visitors were Dr. Jack Martin and wife from
Fresno, Willam E. Mullen and C. L. Smith of Ray,
Ariz.: Andy Flickinger of Vallejo. and Nelson Dunn
of San Diego.
* * +
F. J. McHenry, manager of the Hotel Montgomery,
San Jose, Cal.. invites visitors to the Interstate Asso-
ciation's twelfth Pacific Coast Handicap Trapshoot-
:ng Tournament to make this popular hostelry their
headquarters. The Montgomery is one of California's
best hotels and is on a direct car line to the Gun
Club grounds.
***
Les Reid, the crack northwest professional, was a
visitor in San Francisco last week on his way to the
California-Nevada shoot. Just to show that he is in
form to give the Californians a tussle, Les went over
to the Alameda traps and broke 152 straight, a record
run. He is looking in fine health and his many
friends in this neck of the woods were glad to see
him.
* *.<*
Sheriff Charles J. Taylor and a number of Los An-
geles sportsmen have returned from a fishing trip to
Arroyo La Cruz. In the party were C. S. Browne,
traveling freight and passenger agent of the Salt
Lake at Los Angeles; W. L. Dixon of Dixon & Gris-
wold. Los Angeles; M. F. Wright and Clifford Taylor.
The six brought back 300 fish. They said they could
have brought back more if the limit had been higher.
* * +
Harry Y\ right, a deputy game warden, will be
careful who he takes into custody for fishing without
a license Mr. Wright, with three trout as evidence,
took Otto Martin, an insurance agent, to Sawtelle.
Mr. Martin said he had a fishing license, but had
left it home. On the way to Sawtelle, the insurance
agent talked the game warden into taking out a life
insurance policy. When the two men and the trout
arrived at Mr. Martin's home the license was pro-
duced.
* + *
Remington UMC Notes. — At the Vernon Gun Club
tournament held at Los Angeles, Cal., May 13 to 15,
many phenomenal scores were made by shooters
using the Remington UMC winning combination.
F. H. Melius was high amateur with a splendid
score of 591x600, using a Remington DMC pump gun.
O. A. Evans and A. Flickinger tied for second ama-
teur average with a score of 583x600. Mr. Evans
using a Remington pump gun and Nitre Club shells
and Mr. Flickinger using Remington UMC Arrow
shells.
R. C. Reed won high professional average with a
score of 593x600, with a Remington UMC pump gun
and Nitro Club shells. Mr. Reed also made the fol-
lowing long runs: 96, 135, 97. 156, 98, 69.
R. C. Reed also made the nigh score at Coalinsa
* * +
"The A. A. T. A. Fifty"— Wednesday, May 30, has
been officially selected as "A. A. T. A. Day" at the
Pacific Coast handicap to be held over the traps of
the San Jose Gun Club. May 28, 29 and 30. On this
day. through the courtesy of the Interstate Associa-
tion, the first fifty targets of the regular program
will constitute a special event to be known as "The
A. A. T. A. Fifty." To the trophies donated bv the
Interstate Association and the San Jose Gun Club
for the regular program, the A. A. T. A. will contrib-
ute a number of sterling silver trophies to he award-
ed to the A. A. T. A. members who are high guns in
the "A. A. T. A. Fifty." These trophies will be
awarded for the highest net scores, the number of
places depending on the number of entries. One
trophy will be supplied by the A. A. T. A. for every
members competing in the event The tro-
phies will be the official A. A. T. A. solid sterling
silver teaspoons, each one embossed with the seal
of the association and engraved with the winner's
name and score.
In the event of ties the scores made on the second
fif'y targets of the regular program will be counted
for the shoot-off. Every member of the A A T \
will be given an "entrance tag" and this i* to be
worn throughout the shoot, the trophies will be
on exhibition on the grounds. There will be no en-
trance fee required ot the members competing in
"The A. A. T. A Fifty." "The A. A. T. A. Fifty" will
also be i part of the program of the Western and
Lastern handicaps and the Grand American han-
dicap.
F. H. Melius won the annual registered shoot and
the Interstate Association trophy at the Vernon Gun
Club by coming through Wednesday with a score of
197x200 and a total of 591x600 for the three days.
But his performance, while praiseworthy in itself,
was completely overshadowed by the terrifice battle
waged for second place honors between A. Flickinger
and O. A. Evans.
Flickinger won the shoot-off, but only after a bitter
fight in which a national record for consecutive
smashes in a shoot-off was shattered. The winner
broke 199x200 against Evans' 198x200. Flickinger's
unfinished run of 177 sets a new mark for this form
of shooting. Evans also made a run of 160 straight
breaks.
Dick Reed continued to hold his two-day lead over
the other professionals entered, finishing with the
best competitive mark of the tourney, 593x600. Les
Reid was next on the pro list with 584x600, Mitchell
third with 582x600 and Joslyn and Cook fourth and
fifth respectively with marks of 578x600 and 572x600
to their credit
That old war horse of the traps. Heine Pfirrmann,
annexed third place in the amateur ranking with
582x600 cracked, smashed and otherwise demolished
tarhawks on his list. S. W. Trout captured the fourth
prize, 577x600. L. M. Packard with 573x600 was fifth
and J. E Dodds romped into the last of the prize
monev with 572x600 smashed. The summary:
E. L. Mitchell 189. total 582; F. H. Melius 197. 591;
H. Pfirrmann 194, 582; H. W. Cline 183, 553; G. E.
Holuhan 184, 562.
C. E. Groat 110x120: J. A. Cook 190. total 571: J.
L. Martin 186. 569: D. K. Mohler 185, 557; H. E. Sar-
gent 191. 385.
R. C. Reed- 196. 593; J. C. Famechon 183. 545:
C. W. Fish, 186, 562; J. E. Dodds 190, 572; W. A.
Joslvn* 188, 578.
W. E. Mullen 184. total 564; G. H. Melford 184. 568:
A. Flickinger 193, 583; L. M. Packard 187, 573; Mrs.
C. E. Groat 180, 560.
L. H. Reid* 193. 584; Tom Wilkes 184. 568: S. W.
Trout 188, 577; S. A. Bruner 189. 571: Bob Bole 180,
557.
Owen Council 178, total 552; V. A. Rossbaeh 175.
542: P. Long 95x100: C. H. Betz 170. 530: P. Peterson
17S, 535.
G. E. Oliver 170. total 489; O. A. Evans 192. 582:
F. D. Grewell 183. 551: J. R. Arneill 185x200. S. H.
Bungay 193x200.
A. L. Hemett 169x200. Tom Drummond 163. H. Jus-
tins 184, A. K. Julian 179, K. J. Bush 77x100.
F. Dunn 182x200, J. E. Vaughn 180, W. H. Wilshire
184. (* Professionals.)
High run — A. Flinckinger, 177 unfinished; 0. A.
Evans. 3 60; S. H. Bungay 129.
First Day.
Some shooting! Two of the most remarkable trap-
shooting scores ever made in Western shooting cir-
cles were achieved Sunday at the Vernon Gun Club
when the first block of 200 targets in the three-day
contest of the second annual registered tournament
of the Vernon Gun Club was held. The highest score
of the day was 199 breaks out of the double century
of birds, hung up by R. C. (Dick) Reed, a professional
from the Remington UMC Company. The other re-
markable score was punched out by "General" Frank
H. Melius, most noted of local blue rock busters.
High amateur honors of the day were plastered on
his chest, for his score was 197x200.
Squad 4, composed of William E. Mullen of Ray,
Ariz.: C. L. Smith, also of Ray, Ariz.: W. A. Cor-
nelius, the shooting Federal officer; Dr. L. M. Pack-
ard and Mrs. C. E. Groat, champion woman shot of
the country, made a perfect score in the fourth event.
Each broke 20 targets, making a total of 100. This
kind of shooting is rarely seen.
The high run of the day was made by "Dick" Reed.
It topped 135 straight. Reed contended in Saturday's
practice shoot, and out of the 300 birds fired at he
dropped only 3, breaking 297x300.
J. W. Mitchell and Sam W. Trout tied for the sec-
ond high score, each squelching 196x200. W. A.
Cornelius. Dr. L. M. Packard and Owen Evans tied
for third, each with 105x200 scores.
Ed Mitchell broke second high professional with a
196x200 score. Third high professional score was
tied for between W. A. Joslyn. Du Pont pro. and
L. H. Reid, Peter's Cartridge Company representa-
tive. The score was 194. The results follow:
!Ed Mitchell 196. Frank H. Melius 197. Henrv
Pfirrmann Jr. 191. Harry Cline 183, *Guv Holohan
189.
L. C. Forrest 189, *A1 Cook 192. Dr. Jack Martin
192. E. K. Mohler 184. C. E. Groat 180.
R C. Reed 199, J. C. Famechon 182. C W Fish
1S9. J. F. Dodds 192. "W. A. Joslyn 194.
William E. Mullen 184. C. L. Smith 176. W A Cor-
nelius 195. Dr. L. M. Packard 195. Mrs. C. E Groat
181.
'George Oliver 161. Oven Evans 195. C. S White
183. J. Arneill 179. W. J. Reid 186.
Charles E. Moist 177. Nelson Dunn 180. Fred Grew-
ell 185. William Brawner 186. -John Brauer 10'
,„!L; H Reid 194- Toni Wilkes 193 Sam W. Trout
196. Stanton A. Bruner 1S5, Bob Bole 189
Owen Council 188. Victor A. Rossbaeh 181. William
H. Wilshire 178. C. H. Betz 184, P. G. Peterson 17fi. -
A. N. Van Nest 150, William Dougherty 191, P. O.
Lang 182, J. W. Meek 196, George T. Cline 77x80.
A. L. Rowe 89x100, R. C. Nissen 43x60, Louis R.
Melius 112x120, William Pugh 33x40, George Melford
194x200.
Andy Flickinger 193, E. L. Sargent 77x80.
-Professionals.
Second Day.
Excellent scores continued to feature the Vernon
Gun Club's registered trapshooting tournament .on;
Tuesday, the second day. When thirty-three out of
thirty-nine contestants in a shooting tourney break
better than 90 per cent of the targets there is cer-"'
tainly some shooting being done. This was what
happened at the Vernon club on Tuesday.
Six participants in the program had scores of 137-
x200 smashes to their credit, while one blaster had
a score of 198x200 breaks.
Dick Reed, the Remington UMC professional. con-:
tinued his sensational blasting by dropping only two
targets out of 200. which made a total of 198 breaks.;
This makes Reed's score for the two days 397x400.
Frank Melius smashed 197x200. and by doing so
kept himself in the lead for amateurs for the two>
days. Melius' mark is 394 for the 400 targets*
Stanton Bruner came back and romped through the.
200 targets in great style, dropping only three. Heine;
Pfirrmann also did a "come back" and broke 187x200.
However. Heine is out of the running so far as win-.
ning the high amateur prize is concerned, as he broke:
only 191 on Sunday. Following are the scores:
*R. C. Reed 198. S. A. Bruner 197. F. I. Melius.
197. Heine Pfirrmann 197. Andy Flickinger 197, *Ee5
Mitchell 197, *L. H. Reid 197, O. A. Evans 196. W. E..
Mullen 196. *W. A. Joslyn 196. H. E. Sargent 194,
S. W. Trout 193. Tom Wilkes 191. L. M. Packard 191.
Dr. J. L. Martin 191. W. M. Brawner 191, George Mel-
ford 190. J. F. Dodds 190. *Guv Holohan 189. *J. A*"
Cook 189, E. K. Mohler 188. Boo Bole 188. H. W. Cline-
187, C. W. Fish 187, V. A. Rossbaeh 186, Mrs. C. E,f
Groat 185, P: O. Long 185, C. E. Groat 184, F. D.'
Grewell 183, P. G. Peterson 181, J. C. Famechon 180,
C. H. Betz 176. Frank Free 175. White 175. C. E.
Smith 171, *G. E. Oliver 158, R. H. Bungay 97x100.^.
• * +
S. F. Fly-Casting Club. — Scores set last Saturday;
and Sunday in the tournament of the San Francisco
Fly Casting Club at Stow Lake were as follows:
SATURDAY'S SCORES.
" Net %-oz. H.T.
Accy. Del. Pet Lure Aecy-
Col. Young 19 15 17 19 23"
S. Forbes 14 5 9% 21 8-
W. D. Mansfield 11 10 10% 14 1*C
W. J. Davis Jr 35 26 30% 15 12
F.J.Cooper 19 10 14% 25 17
C.H.Gardner 11 25 18 12 14
Heavy tackle, long distances — S. Forbes 112, W.
D. Mansfield 124. W. J. Davis Jr. 98.
SUNDAY'S SCORES.
Col. Young 15
W. J .Davis. Jr 16
F. H. Reed 17
Dr. W. E .Brooks 40
H. A. Thomsen 19
W. Crawford 26
F. A. Webster 26
C. H. Kewell 16
C. H. Gardner 8
W. D. Mansfield 19
S. Forbes 7
Heavy tackle, long distane
W. Crawford 90, F. A. Webster 105
W. D. Mansfield 113, S. Forbes 118.
• **
FLY-CASTERS JOIN AMATEUR UNION.
National Association of Chicago Working to Keep"
Sport a Pastime.
Editor, Breeder and Sportsman: —
For a number of years there has been a very' deter-'
mined and energetic movement among the. amateur
bait and fly casters of this countrj#to establish "a*
standard of amateur sportsmanship worthy of the
name. A standard so really amateur, so tenable in'
principle, so genuinely sportsmanlike, it could not"
fail in its appeal to every man who engages in the'-
sport solely for the pleasure and physical, mental or*
social benefits he derives therefrom and to "whom*
sport is nothing more than an ovocation; which is:
a part of the definition of an amateur. The pioneers-'
were sturdy, and the cause so pregnant with possi-;
bilities for the betterment of the game, they perse-
vered in their efforts until the comparatively little
known sport of tournament casting is becoming ree-"
ognized as the most scientific of all sports. This
campaign of education ancTadvaneement was inaugu-:
rated and carried on by tire National Amateur Cast-
ing Association, until November, 1916, when the"
crowning achievement of their splendidly successful"
campaign culminated in their allegiance with'thaf"
most colossal of all amateur bodies — the Amateur"
Athletic Union of the United States. Articles one to'
eight of this alliance are as follows:
1. The Amateur Athletic Union of the United
States and the National Amateur Casting Associa-.
tion mutually recognize each other as the sole gov-
erning bodies of athletics and casting in America.
(Continued on page 11.)
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A. Thomsen 102,
105,
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Kewell 116,
Saturday, May 19, 1917]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
11
(Continued from page 10)
II. It is further agreed that the National Amateur
Casting Association and its allied bodies do hereby
;recognize the Amateur Athletic Union of the United
.States as the sole controlling body over athletic
isports in America, and further agree to recognize
■the decisions, rulings, disqualifications and suspen-
sions of the Amateur Athletic UnioD.
III. The Amateur Athletic Union of the United
(States and its allied bodies do hereby recognize the
iNational Amateur Casting Association and its allied
bodies as having sole control over tournament cast-
ling throughout America, and further agree to recog-
Inize the decisions, rulings, suspensions and disquali-
ifications of the National Amateur Casting Associa-
tion.
IV. All members of the clubs of the Amateur Ath-
lletic Union, or registered athletes of the Associa-
Itions of the Amateur Athletic Union, entering compe-
titions of the National Amateur Casting Association,
iishall be governed by the rules of the National Ama-
teur Casting Association, and members of the Na-
tional Amateur Casting Association competing in Am-
■ateur Athletic Union games shall be governed by the
Prules of the Amateur Athletic Union.
I V. The Amateur Athletic Union further agrees
that all casting championships and casting competi-
tions of any character open or closed, shall be held
under the rules of the National Amateur Casting As-
sociation.
[ VI. Each party of this alliance shall respect and
lenforce all penalties of suspension or disqualification
'inflicted by the other.
I VII. At all meetings of the Amateur Athletic Un-
(ion the National Amateur Casting Association shall
[,be entitled to representation by not more than four
I delegates, or duly elected alternates of such dele-
gates, having, collectively, one vote.
VIII. From among these delegates one shall be
Schosen to become a member of the Board of Gover-
inors of the Amateur Athletic Union, who shall have
[rote, voice and privilege equal to the other members
of the said Board upon all matters coming before it.
[ From among the membership of the N. A. C. A., the
■following have been elected to represent them at the
next annual meeting of the A. A. U. : Delegates — Dr.
[C. F. Brown, Dr. C. O. Dorchester, Mr. L. E. De Gar-
tmo and Dr. H. J. Morlan. Alternates — Messrs. G. H.
Jones. H. W. Hutchins. C. R. Bowie and C. A. Van-
fdersyde. Dr. Halford J. Morlan, president of the
N. A. C. A., has been elected as a member of the
FBoard of Governors of the A. A. U.
Anyone who is an amateur, according to the con-
stitution, rules and regulations of the N. A. C. A.,
I may become a member by signing an application
blank furnished by the association, having the same
I approved by the Board of Directors and paying one
dollar to the treasurer as an initiation fee. The N.
A. C. A.'s definition of an amateur caster is as fol-
lows: "Anyone who engages in the sport solely for
fthe pleasure and physical, mental or social benefits
he derives therefrom and to whom the sport is noth-
ing more than an avocation. Anyone who has not
I been, for at least one year, is not and does not intend
to be, in any way, financially interested in the manu-
facture for sale or engaged in any way whatsoever
Hn the sale for profit of any class or kind of fishing
1jt tournament tackle — or employed by any firm, cor-
poration or individual that manufactures any class or
kind of tournament or fishing tackle; or employed
as' a paid guide; or connected with any exhibition
casting for pay, either directly or indirectly; or en-
gaged in the teaching of casting for pay; or engaged
in the use of angling or tournament equipment for
|pay; or guilty of any such unsportsmanlike conduct
as that of selling any game fishes caught by him, or
'any trophy he may have won." The spirit of this
definition being to eliminate all manner of commer-
cialism from tournament casting and place the asso-
ciation firmly upon the foundation of true amateur
sportsmanship.
Casting clubs are encouraged to affiliate with the
N. A. C. A., and may do so on payment of twenty-five
1 cents per capita of their membership and providing
each club incorporate in its constitution the above
definition of an amateur and restrict its membership
strictly to amateurs as so defined, and further pro-
! vided that their club members have the same voting
power as individual members.
The association holds an annual tournament and
plays the most practical of some twenty games from
which it has to select. Special attention is called to
rule No. 13 which reads: "Any member who ceases
t.o be an amateur by knowingly competing with a pro-
fessional, or who sells, pawns or barters a trophy, or
competes for money, cannot be reinstated as an ama-
teur."
The records of the members of the N. A. C. A. are
the only amateurs records that will be recognized by
ithe A. A. U. throughout America; and only members
of the N. A. C. A. will be permitted to represent
America in the great Olympic Games.
. The officers of the N. A. C. A. are: Dr. H. J.
Morian, 30 N. Michigan Boulevard. Chicago, 111., pres-
ident; W. O. Holton. vice-president; F. E. Moffett,
225 E. Illinois St.. Chicago. 111., secretary; J. E.
imann, treasurer; Dr. C. F. Brown, Dr. C. J. Spruce
ind Dr. C. O. Dorchester, directors.
The time and place of the annual tournament has
lot yet been definitely decided, but it will be held
some time during September.
DR. H. J. MORLAN.
Chicago, El. President.
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BETTER LIVE STOCK
and Agricultural Topics
Homer F. Preston, Tulsa. Okla.. has purchased
from W. S. Corsa. Whitehall. III., a son and a daugh-
ter of Carnot.
* * +
It has been estimated that 30,000 dairy animals
have been purchased in California by Arizona parties
during the past ten months.
+ * +
Six Hundred Million Dollars.
The statement made at the recent agricultural
conference at St. Louis that the poultry products of
the United States could be doubled within a year
means that if everybody in a position to help did
their part six hundred million dollars' worth of food
would be added to our supply this year.
* * *
C. E. Leonard & Son, Ravenswood Farm, Bunceton,
Mo., report the sale of a roan September son of
Wood Dale Stamp at $2,000 to the Rio Grande Ranch,
North Muskogee, Okla.. owned by Gillespie & Sons.
The dam of this calf is a sister to the dam of Amer-
icus. Mr. Hartnett, manager of the Gillespie herd,
personally selected the calf, and because of his prom-
ise and bloodlines instructed that he be named North
Americus.
* * *
Pigs Pot-Bellied on Alfalfa.
Pigs become pot-bellied when they run on alfalfa
alone, is the experience of J. L. Cramer of Tulare
county, also Harry Chamberlin of Sutter county. Mr.
Cramer has 55 pigs 60 to 140 pounds that run on
alfalfa and get 20 pounds of corn twice a day, to keep
them from eating too much alfalfa and to strengthen
their frames. He expects to increase the grain ra-
tion materially for two weeks before putting them
into the fattening pen about June 15. Then he can
market them before stubble hogs come in.
+ + +
At the last meeting of the Duroc- Jersey Swine
Breeders' Association of Stanislaus county, held at
Modesto, a talk was given by C. H. Connor, County
Farm Advisor, on the "Food Values of Farm By-
Products." He showed how by utilizing the waste
products, such as sweet potato culls, canteloupes,
pumpkins, fruit, etc., we can cheapen our hog ration
and increase pork production at a good profit. He
showed bow the skim milk which is being sold to
casein factories at 18 to 20 cents per cwt., if fed to
hogs would displace grain to the value of 40 to 60
cents.
+ + +
R. H. Whitten, of the Whitten Ranch, breeders of
big-type Poland-China hogs, has sold more than
$35,000 in pure bred hogs. Mr. Whitten, who is sec-
retary of the California Poland-China Breeders' As-
sociation, has one of the greatest pure bred swine
nurseries in the country. It is located in Tulare
county. His slogan is "The Greatest Weight in the
Shortest Time at the Lowest Cost and the Most
Profit." He has placed pure-bred boars and sows on
many Western ranches through his business-like
methods. His herd is noted for the combination of
breeding and individuality in his foundation stock.
+ * +
He Swears by Winter Dairying.
A North Dakota dairyman gives these reasons in
support of his belief that winter dairying is more
profitable than the practice of drying off cows in the
fall and roughing them through the winter;
"Cows that freshen in the fall will produce more
milk during the year than those freshening in spring,
and the largest production comes when prices are
highest and labor the cheapest.
"The drying-off period comes in the late summer
when other work is most urgent, flies are the worst,
and the pasture the shortest.
"On many farms cows can be milked during the
winter without any extra labor, whereas help is
required when the heaviest flow is during the sum-
mer."
+ + +
SUMMARY OF STEER FEEDING TRIAL.
SPOKANE INTERSTATE FAIR.
[Missouri Experiment Station.]
The University of Missouri marketed five lots of
two-year-old steers in Chicago on May 8th, which
marks the completion of a 130-day feeding test con-
ducted during the past winter. The object of the
test was to study the possibility of fattening cattle
by the extensive use of corn silage without the addi-
tion of corn in the ration. In addition, the value and
relative value of cottonseed meal and old process
linseed oil meal, when used in rations consisting
largely of silage, was studied. This is the second of
two tests conducted during two different years on
this subject. The cattle used were grade Shorthorn
steers which cost $8.25 per hundred pounds on the
Kansas City market in December. Their cost in the
feed lots at the beginning of the test was $8.45 per
hundred pounds, and their average weight 917
pounds.
A new record for early entries in the Northwest
has been established on the receipt by the Spokane
Interstate Fair and Live Stock Show of entries from
Mr. Julius M. Fisk, of the Fisk Farm, Spring Valley,
Washington, which were received at the office of the
Fair on May 3d. Mr. Fisk entered 18 head of sheep
and four head of horses, and his check for the re-
quired stall and pen rent accompanied his letter.
Increased interest in the success of the live stock
show held in connection with the Spokane Interstate
Fair this year has been greatly stimulated by the
holding of a Live Stock Conference in Spokane in
February, and also by the highly successful Short-
horn Show and sale recently held at the Union Stock
Yards.
To deepen and hold the interest of the stock men,
the Fair management has been issuing monthly bul-
letins entitled "Personal Talks With Stock Men."
These bulletins contain information relative to mat-
ters pertaining to the Live Stock Department of the
Fair and deal with special subjects which are of vital
interest to the breeder. The May bulletin, which has
just been mailed to 350 live stock breeders of the
Northwest, contains a special treatment of the sub-
ject of conservation of breeding females. In addition
to the regular monthly bulletin for May. there has
also been issued a table prepared by Prof. Wm. His-
lop, Animal Husbandman of the Experiment Station
at Pullman. Washington, giving the scale of weight
for age in standard breeds of live stock. The table
is the result of careful observations and will un-
doubtedly prove a great source of benefit to the
breeder.
The Spokane Interstate Fair and Live Stock Show
is practically sure of not only the largest, but the
most excellent live stock exhibition that has
been held. The week of September 3 to 8 will
undoubtedly show a gathering of pure bred stock
whose equals cannot be found at any other point in
the Northwest. Inquiries are being received daily
relative to the Show and a number of letters now on
file contain definite assurance from individuals and
stock farms that they will be at the show. Among
those who have already signified their intention of
making entry are the following:
Shorthorns— Jas. M. McCroskey & Sons, Fishtrap;
Alex Morrison, Valley, Wash.; Day & Rothrock, Spo-
kane; Joe Turner, Meyers Falls, Wash.
Herefords — Washington State College, Pullman,
Washington.
Holsteins — John L. Smith, Spokane; Munroe Com-
pany, Spokane: C. F. Williams, Hillyard.
Jerseys — T. S. Griffith. Waikiki Farm; Chas. M.
Talmadge, Newport. Wash.; R. E. Logan, Stevens-
ville, Mont.
Swine — A. H. Poston & Sons, R. D. 1, Spokane:
R. H. Gray. Post Falls, Idaho; Chas. Talmadge, New-
port, Wash.; W. O. Morrow, Independence, Oregon;
R. E. Logan, Stevensville. Montana.
Sheep — Fisk Farm .Spring Valley, Wash.; Butter-
field Live Stock Co., Weiser, Idaho; Wm. W. Niven,
Manhattan, Montana.
Horses — Fisk Farm, Spring Valley. Wash.; Rich-
ard Allman, Coulee City, Wash.; Leloss Perry,
Clarkston, Wash.; B. F. Richardson. Wilbur, Wash.;
L. Galbraith, Independence, Oregon.
o
The country is still crowding yearlings on the
market and few are falling into feeder hands. Most
of them have had a little corn and packers can use
the product. As a result of this deluge the yearling
market has lost its stride, 25@50c fluctuations weekly
being the rule. Measured by values of weighty
steers it is a bargain sale, thousands going over the
scales at $9.50@10.50 per cwt. including a consid-
erable percentage of breedy heifers. Yearlings do
not usually reach the stock yards in considerable
numbers until June and the run of that month is
picked unripe. Present liquidation is due wholly to
the advancing feed bill and every improvement in
market conditions fetches in another run.
♦ + +
C. T. Thompson of Inyo county, California, reports
purchase of Pilot Defender, Duroc boar, from McKee
Brothers of Versailles, Kentucky. Pilot Defender
was sired by Defender, a boar that was grand cham-
pion at the International Livestock Exposition held
at Chicago in 1909 and 1910. Mr. Thompson has also
another excellent Duroc boar in California Keen, re-
cenliv purchased from the Universitv Farm at Davis.
+ + ♦
A. B. Humphrey of Grapewild Farms, Escalon, Cal.,
reports the sale of a Berkshire boar and sow to L. K.
Smith and H. W. Rice of Hawaii; the boar. Fashion
Longfellow 30th, to Miller & Lux; a boar and sow
to Loma Rica Ranch, Grass Valley; a granddaughter
of Grand Leader 2nd to Arlington Smith of Visalia:
a boar to Mr. McDermott. Maxwell; six boars to
H. L. Bates. Holt: a bred gilt to D. N. Gilmore. Stock-
ton: a boar to A. A. McCoy of Dixon: and a Grand
Leader 2nd boar to Homer Hewlns of Calistoga,
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 19, 1917
THE FARM
Dairy Dollars in California.
[On account of her remarkable prog-
ress in dairy production, based partly
on abundant green teed, and partly on
account of the superior stock intro-
duced, Stanislaus has become the rec-
ognized dairy stock market of. Cali-
fornia.]
Is California a good dairy country?
It is. And is there a good market?
There is. In 1910 the butter produc-
tion in the state, considering creamery
butter alone, was 46,000,000 pounds,
and in 1916 it had increased to about
70,000,000 pounds, -srith never an in-
terruption in the upward progress.
San Francisco has become the. leading
market on the coast for dairy prod-
ucts, shipping as far north, south and
west as the waters of the Pacific ex-
tend.
Of the total product of 70,000,000
pounds (in round numbers), the San
Joaquin Valley produces over one-
third. And in the San Joaquin Valley
Stanislaus stands pre-eminent as a
butter producer, with a product, in
1916, of 10,850,161 pounds, per report
of the state dairy commission. Be-
sides butter, there was 480,000 pounds
of full-milk cheese, 9,600,000 pounds
of buttermilk and 536,000 pounds of
condensed milk. Figuring these at
32.06 cents for butter, sixteen cents
for cheese, one cent for buttermilk,
and fifteen cents for condensed milk,
we get a total of $3,731,466 for the
county's revenue for the dairy.
This does not complete the account
for, added to the dairy income, should
be included calves produced, say, one
million dollars; and a large proportion
of the value of the hog and poultry
products, raised in connection with the
dairy. Yet more: there is the contin-
ued improvement of the land as a di-
rect result of the dairy and the al-
falfa. Thousands of acres in the irri-
gation districts of Stanislaus county
were poor sandy tracts valued at ?15
an acre, or less, before dairying began
to be the leading industry of the re-
gion, and the value of these same
lands is now about ?250, on a conserv-
ative estimate.
I am giving Stanislaus as an exam-
ple of the dairy industry for the en-
tire San Joaquin Valley, as I have dis-
cussed Fresno county as a shining ex-
ample of the fruit industry. On ac-
count of her remarkable progress in
dairy production, based partly on
abundant green feed, and partly on
account of the superior dairy stock in-
troduced, Stanislaus has become the
recognized dairy stock market of Cali-
fornia, as Wisconsin has come to be
recognized as the dairy cattle market
of the Middle West. Hundreds of auc-
tions are held in the county every
summer and fall, and the sales have
been estimated to total $250,000 or
more. The dairymen and breeders of
thoroughbred stock immediately turn
the money over in the importation of
more fancy stock, some of which is
personally selected in the island of
Jersey and in Schleswig-Holstein, or
was before the war.
Between 45,000 and 50,000 dairy
rows and somewhere about 150.000
acres of irrigated alfalfa, is the tally
of Stanislaus county. This is not
guess work, but the tally of the irriga-
tion districts. For example, the two
districts of Modesto and Turlock
alone, in 1914 (I have not the details
at hand for 1916), had exactly 111,941
acres of irrigated alfalfa— 1,000 miles
of emerald green! And there are the
Oakdale. Waterford, Newman and Pat-
terson districts additional, for which
I have not the exact data.
This brings us to a consideration of
the subject of irrigation districts.
"Can I not do farming, and keep cows,
without going to the trouble of irriga-
tion?" is a question sometimes asked
by the eastern farmer. In a way, a
very poor way, yes. But it may be
noted that, while there is some ranch
butter made, it "cuts no ice" in the
general calculation, and, similarly, the
dry-land farmer cuts but a small figure
in the general production. When the
land was all in grain, or the greater
part of it, it had a valuation, as I have
said, of about $15 an acre. Much of
it, in pasture, was valued at $2 or $3
an acre. The difference between that
and the present value of several hun-
dred dollars an acre, is simply water,
not as we say of the stock market, but
the water that literally means wealth.
Irrigation financing is really a very
simple matter, and is expressed in the
simple word: co-operation. The irri-
gation districts, as distinct from the
corporation, are organized and are
financed by the people and for the peo-
ple, and, supported by taxation on
land values alone, have furnished a
model for the entire country, and for
foreign lands also. Commissioners
from distant South Africa, Australia
and South America, have visited and
carefully examined the working of the
system, carrying back encouraging re-
ports of its success.
Speaking of the advantages of diver-
sified and intensive farming, as dem-
onstrated in the irrigation districts of
Stanislaus county, Superior Judge
Fulkerth says: "In no part of Califor-
nia is this better demonstrated than in
the Modesto and Turlock irrigation
districts in Stanislaus county, in the
central and most fertile part of the
San Joaquin Valley. These districts
are quasi-public corporations, with
boards of directors having similar
powers and performing similar duties,
within certain defined limits, as boards
of supervisors of counties. . . . The
initial cost of the system was financed
by long-term bonds voted by the peo-
ple, the same as county or school
bonds, and the bonded indebtedness at
present is small as compared with the
selling value of the land. The running
expenses and interest is provided for
by a yearly levy, collected in the same
manner as county taxes, and payable
in semi-annual installments. The
bonds run twenty and forty years, and
after retirement the only expense will
be for the maintenance or the exten-
sion of the works. There are no
'water rights' separate from the land,
as there is in privately controlled sys-
tems."
Oh, yes, there is room for some
things beside alfalfa. There is a big
tonnage of sweet potatoes, canta-
loupes, egyptian corn, milo-maize, etc.
Beans have been found very profitable
in the past two years, on old alfalfa
land. There are a couple of hundred
thousand acres of grain, and 8,000 or
10,000 acres of fruit and vines. Live
stock and poultry products total some-
thing over $2,000,000. Stanislaus does
not claim to be the richest county of
the valley, either. There are others. —
[The Earth.
HOG RAISING OUTSIDE OF THE
CORN BELT.
The imperative need for an abun-
dant food supply this year demands
an increase in pork production. All
the agricultural authorities unite in
declaring that the live stock holdings
of farmers already are too low and
that they must not be reduced further
in order to obtain greater yields of
staple crops. Fortunately this is not
necessary. Hog raising can be ex-
tended in many sections of the coun-
try where it is now of little impor-
tance and the total supply of human
food increased accordingly.
At the present time a large part of
our pork comes from the few States
in the corn belt where it is the com-
mon belief that hog raisers possess
advantages that farmers in other sec-
tions lack. This, however, is not alto-
gether true. The South, the East, and
the extreme West possess advantages
of their own and there is no reason
why the industry should not be devel-
oped extensively in those regions.
In the extreme West the alfalfa of
the irrigated valleys and the clover of
the coast districts furnish a good
foundation for successful pork produc-
tion. In most of these regions there
is an abundance of small grain, par-
ticularly barley, that may often be fed
economically, and corn is successful
in some localities.
Hitherto, where corn has been cheap
and abundant, it has been used so ex-
tensively for feeding to hogs that
there is a widespread notion that it
is the best feed. Investigations, how-
ever ,have shown that it has its disad-
vantages as well as its advantages.
WTien it is the exclusive grain feed,
breeding stock are not as prolific as
on a varied ration, and for fattening
purposes an exclusive corn diet is not
generally profitable. The hog is nat-
urally a heavy and promiscuous eater.
He thrives best where pastures are
plentiful and grain crops, nuts, or
roots are most abundant. He must
have water at all times, and shelter
in winter. If these conditions are met,
hog raising can be made profitable
outside of the corn belt as well as
in it.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 19, 1917
Shoeing' and Balancing
— = — - 'The =— —
Light Harness Horse
BY JAMES CLARK
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owner's library; It treats the subject in a way
that jtou can understand, giving accurate and re-
liable information that every owner of a good
horse will find extremely helpful in the care of
his horse's feet.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
The Treatment of the Coil's
Feet Before Shoeing.
The First Set of Shoes.
Sore Feet and Sour Disposi-
tion.
Knee-hitting, Scalping, Etc.
Pads, their Benefits and
Abuses.
Thrush, its cause, treatment
Punctures.
Quarter and Toe Cracks.
Hoof Bound.
Hitting the Elbows.
in
Navicular Trouble.
Heavy Shoes and Pads
the Winter Season.
Neglected Teeth Make Knee
hitters and Cross Firers.
Making the Shoes.
Extension Shoes.
Outside or |-swedged Shoes.
Swedges or Dies.
Calks and Grabs.
Bar Shoes Behind.
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COLTS
AND FILLIES
BY
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ON SALE
HEMET, CAL
Offers for service the best grandson of McKinney 2:11%
WILBUR LOU 2:101
Record made in third heat of winning race as 3-year-old.
A world's champion as a yearling, record (1) 2:19! 2; un-
beaten as a two-year-old, a famous futurity winner at
three, and at six years of age the "sire of the day" In Cal-
ifornia, his first crop of two-year-olds including
NATALDAY (2) 2:13 1
Champion Two -Year- Old Race Trotter of the Pacific
Coast.
ZETA LUCILE (2) 2:12^
Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of the Pacific
Coast.
HEMET QUEEN (1) 2:16 i
Champion Pacing- Filly of the World.
KINSMAN LOU (2) 2:23^.
MATILDA LOU (2) 2:22%.
FIESTA LOU (p) (1) 2:25, (2) 2:22%.
GOLDSMITH LOU (2) 2:29.
BILLIE BOYD (2) 2:30.
Wilbur Lou is by the great race horse and
sire Kinney Lou 2:07%, out of Louise Carter
(3) 2:24. the only mare to produce two year-
lings to trot in 2:20 or better:
WILBUR LOU (1) 2:19%,
EDITH CARTER (1) 2:18%.
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mation gladly furnished. — Licensed Pure Bred Cert. 23.
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— — FOR SALE
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Dark Bay Gelding by Lord Denmark — Sonia Foaled 1914 I
Bay Colt by Lord Denmark — Dixie Queen Foaled 1916]
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Bay Gelding by Don Sonoma — Chula.
Black Colt by Silteworthy — Sonia.
Anyone looking for some youngsters of either breed will find these colts a"s attractive I
as "it is possible to breed them. They will be sold at reasonable prices; are in good)
condition and may be seen at Oakridge Ranch. Sonoma Co., Cal.
The superbly bred stallion, Silkworthy, is also for sale. He has been bred to a limited I
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of his colts to show.
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SILKWORTHY 58175
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Son of MORGAN AXWORTHY 47430. Dam CLEAR SILK (dam of Crystal Silk
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Axworthy out of Kinglyne, a full sister to Bingen; and his dam by Prodigal out of
Red Silk by Baron Wilkes.
He will make the season of 1917 at Kenwood, Sonoma Co., Cal.
SERVICE FEE, $25.00 WITH USUAL RETURN PRIVILEGE.
Address W. G. COWAN, Oakrldge Ranch,
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[Saturday, May 26, 1917
The State Agricultural Society
SPEED PROGRAM
California State Fair, Sept, 8th to 15th, 1917, Inclusive. ;
Entries Close June 15th, 1917
PROGRAM
All Races Three Heats
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 8th.
1 Stanford-Occident Stake No. 1. 3 year old Trotters, Guaranteed $3,000 (Closed)
2. 2:14 Class Pace — NATIVE SON'S STAKE S1.2™
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th.
3 2*08 Class Trot .000
i. State Fair Futurity No! 6. 3 year old P.icers, Guaranteed $2,000 (Closed)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11th.
5. 2:24 Class Trot fj'9?9
6. 2:08 Class Pace »i.uuu
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th.
7. 2:20 Class Pace $1,000
E. State Fair Futurity No. 6, 3 year old Trotters, Guaranteed $2,600. ... (Cicsed)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th.
9. Governor's Stake — 2:12 Class Trot $1,500
10. Free-for-AII Pace $1,000
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14th.
11. Stanford-Occident Stake No. 1, 3 year old Pacers, Guaranteed $2,000 (Closed)
13. 2:11 Class *=ace
12. 2:16 Class Trot $1,000
$1,000 14. 2:10 Class Trot $1,000
Entrance and payments on these stakes will be due and payable as follows: 3Tc June 15th. 1% August 1st, and irc on or before five o'clock the night before the race.
Two or more running races each day.
GENERAL CONDITIONS.
ALL RACES THREE H EAATS — Money divided 25 per cent to the first heat. 25 per cent to the second heat, 25 per cent to the third heat, and 25 per cent lo the race
accordinq to the rank in the summary. Money in each division 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Should two cr mere horses be tied for first place at the completion of the third heat,
such horses only shall contest in a fourth heat and money divided according to rank in the summary at the termination of that heat. A horse having won the first two heats
and drawn or distanced in the third heat shall not lose position in th< summary.
Nominators have the right of entering two or more horses in any race by payment of 2 per cent additional on each horse, but only one of the horses so entered to be started
in the race, and the starter is to be named by 5 o'clock P. M. the day before the race is to '.ake place.
ENTRIES TO CLOSE JUNE 15th, 1917.
All purse races 5% to enter and 5*36 from money -winners, except the Futurity and Stanford-Occident Stakes. Ali purse races must have ten or more entries and three
•'tcirt^r'*
The Society reserves the right to declare two starters a walk-over. When only two start they may contest for the entrance money paid in. divided 66 2-3 per cent to the
first and 33 1-3 per cent to thB second horse.
The Societv reserves the ri^ht to change the hour and day of any race, except when it becomes necessary to antedate a race, in wnich instance the nominators will
receive three days' notice by mail to address of entry, also if for any unforseen cause beyond the control of this Society, we reserve the right to declare this meeting off, after
due notice, and entrance money will be returned.
The right reserved to reject any or all entries and declare off or postpone any or all races on account of weather or other sufficient cause. All races shall be called
promptly at one P. M.
All entries not declared cut by 5 o'clock P. M. the day preceding the race shall be required to start and declaration must be in writing and made at the office of the Sec-
retary at the track.
The Socit-ty reserve:? the right to start any heat after the fourth score, regardless of the position of the horses.
Member National Trotting Association.
Address ail communications to the Secretary.
JOHN M. PERRY, President. CHAS. W. PAINE, Secretary.
MILWAUKEE
Wisconsin State Fair
Racing Dates, Sept. 10-13
Following Hamline and Indianapolis
The $5,000 Plankinton Hotel
Stake for 2:12 Pacers
$2,250 to winner, §1,000 to second,
$750 to third, S600 to fourth and
0 to fifth
Payments — $50 on date of closing of entries, May
28; $50 on July 2; $50 on Aug. 20. Two or more
horses from the same stable, ownership or control
may be entered and started, but full entrance fee
must be paid for each horse named.
Deductions — 6 per cent, from first. 5 from sec-
ond. 4 from third, 3 from fourth, 2 from fifth.
The $5,000 Milwaukee Chamber
of Commerce Stake— 2:12 trotters
$2,250 to winner, $1,000 to second,
$750 to third, $600 to fourth and
$400 to fifth
Payments — $50 on date of closing of entries, May
28; §50 on July 2; $50 on Aug. 20. Two or more
horses from the same stable, ownership or control
may be entered and started, but full entrance fee
must be paid for each horse named.
Deductions — 6 per cent, from first, 5 from sec-
ond. 4 from third, 3 from fourth, 2 from fifth.
The $2,000 Badger State Stake
for 2:06 Pacers
$900 to winner, $400 to second, $300
to third, $240 to fourth and
$160 to fifth
Pavments — $20 on date of closing entries. May
28; $20 on July 2; $20 on Aug. 20. Two or more
horses from the same stable, ownership or control
may be entered and started, but full entrance fee
must be paid for each horse named.
Deductions — 6 per cent, from first, 5 from sec-
ond, 4 from third, 3 from fourth, 2 from fifth.
OTHER EARLY-CLOSING EVENTS
TROTTING— Three-year-old, $800 - - - 2:25, $1,000
PACIMG-— Three-year-old ggoo - 2:25, $1,000
(Payments and deductions on same percentages and dates as in other stakes)
LATE OLOSINC EVENTS, Entries to Closs August 20
TR0TTIH6 — 2:21, $1,000; 2:18, $1,000; 2:15, $1,000; 2.08, $1,500
PAGING— 2:20, and 2:15, $1,000; 2:09 and Free-for-all, 81,500; team $600
(Entry fee 3 per cent., deductions same as in stakes, excepting in team race)
Old Placing System. Member of Great Western Racing Circuit. All Events Three-in-Five, Mile Heats, Excepting Races for Three-Year-Olds,
Free-for-AII Pace and Team Race. RULES OF AMERICAN TROTTING ASSOCIATION, of which this Association is a Member, TO GOVERN
RICHARD J. WHITE, Supt. of Speed
State Fair Grounds, West Allis, Wis.
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DATES CLAIMED.
, Salinas July u to 14
=-etaluma July 18 to 21
I .Voodland July 25 to 28
! Dixon Aug. 1 to 4
IJkiah Aug. 8 to 11
I Sureka Aug. 15 to 18
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Isanta Rosa Aug. 29 to Sept 1
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3anford Sept 19 to 22
rreino Sept. 24 to 29
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I'Riverside Oct. 9 to 13
Hemet October 16 to 20
kjanta Maria Oct. 24 to 27
|Lo3 Angeles Oct. 29 to Nov. 3
.'Santa Ana Nov. 7 to 10
Iphoenix, Ariz Nov. 12 to 17
THE GRAND CIRCUIT.
Cleveland July 16 to 21
[Detroit July 23 to 28
E&alamazoo July 30 to Aug. 4
bolumbus Aug. 6 to 11
Isieveland Aug. 13 to 18
(Philadelphia Aug. 20 to 25
(Poughkeepsie Aug. 27 to Sept. 1
Hartford Sept. 3 to 8
■Syracuse Sept. 10 to 15
iColumbus Sept 17 to 29
Lexington Oct 1 to 13
Atlanta Oct 15 to 20
STALLION DIRECTORY.
Harness Horses
Best Policy 42378 R. O. Newman. VE"alia. Cal
Expressive Mac 41513 J. H. Nelson, Selma, Cal.
ISilkworthy "W. G. Cowan, Kenwood, Cal.
Wilbur Lou 52595 Hemet Stock Farm, Hemet, Cal.
Saddle Horses
Astral King Jas. Houchin. Jefferson City, Mo.
Highland Squirrel King Revel L. English, Chlno, Cal.
Le Grand McDonald. . .Bridgford Company, San Francisco
Marshall Chief E. N. Hamilton, Mexico, Mo.
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SLACKER, OR PATRIOT?
The mare owner who fails to breed his mare this
year is a Slacker!
More and more the demand for "better horses" is
becoming noticeable. Along with the proclamations
and appeals to the farmer-stockmen of the country
for more and better live stock; for the increased
acreage of food stuff and forage, are the warnings
sent out from every market of the depletion of better
horses. Every breed of horses is now filling a special
place in the services of his country, and as in olden
days, the repeated story of The Horse; First in war,
first in peace," etc., is again being sung from the
housetops.
The war demand o£ the last three years has made
large drafts on our horse crop ; however, in the thou-
sands that have gone "to the front," they were only
a small proportion of our best. Some have been
good riddance and saved a vast amount of feed which
would of necessity have been fed to them and which
has been fed to the better horses left on the farms
of our breeders.
The manufacturers of farm tractors, etc., have had
the assistance of millions of unthinking people in
their claims that the horse must go. Now, however,
the people are beginning to think; and even the car-
toonist, who has found a great field in portraying
the "horseless age," is turning back, and most
every day, one finds King Horse leading the proces-
sion of preparedness in public thinking.
It is true, because of the vast advertising they have
received through boosting the tractor, that many
agricultural papers have ceased to mention the ad-
visability of breeding horses. Now, the tide has
changed. They want cheaper and better farm labor.
Greater use of horse power is highly necessary for
a more economic crop production.
Poor horses cost just as much to feed, take just as
much time to foal and are only one-third the value
to the farm or any other use to which they are put.
It is a matter of patriotism now that every mare
should be bred. Would one think of planting seed
on an acre of fertile land at this time, or for that
matter, at any time, which one knew would not
produce a crop worth harvesting? No! However,
well-thinking mare owners are letting good mares go
unbred: some are breeding them to the 510 cross-
roads stud horse, rather than pay a little more serv-
ice fee and get the seed that will insure a greater
yield. "As you sow, so shall you reap" is an old
adage, but true, and it applies to horse breeding much
the same as to any other crop.
Investigations show that horses of better class are
now selling for more money than they did in former
years; they further show that the horse of better
breeding is harder to find than ever and these same
investigators tell us the country needs horse power.
No matter what type you are breeding, cross them
to the best of the same breed; we have no use for
mongrels. Our total supply of horses is inadequate
at this time and there is no telling how hard it will
be to replace them as they go. A mare bred now
means a horse of full age and ready to serve the
county in any capacity five years hence; when
there will be the most notable demand for GOOD
HORSES Americans have ever seen. The following
statements, made by the leading agricultural authori-
ties, further bear us out in this prediction.
THE FUTURE OF THE HORSE.
[What America's Leading Authorities Have to Say in
Percheron Review.]
By C. F. CURTISS
Director of the Iowa Experiment Station.
Dean of the Iowa College of Agriculture.
There is no more vital problem in connection with
the European war than the production of an adequate
supply of foodstuffs and clothing for the armies and
the families at home. It is of so much importance
that it is likely to be the determining factor of the
war. We are facing the greatest crisis in the Na-
tion's history with a food supply below normal. The
supply from South America has been curtailed by
crop failure and by a recent embargo. We are under
the necessity of increasing food production in the
United States in the face of a severe drain on the
farms on account of enlistment and employment in
munition factories. This can only be done by increas-
ing the motive power on the farms. The farm is
already the largest user of motive power in the
United States. The total power used on the farms
of the United States is estimated at 24,905,000 horse
power as against 18,755,000 horse power in all manu-
facturing enterprises. Of the total horse power used
on the farms, 14,230,000 is furnished by horses and
mules, and 9,775,000 is mechanical power. The -war
has drawn heavily on the horse supply of the United
States, and further demands will be made in the
future. The tractors have not yet been proved to
be an economical substitute for horse power on the
farm. They can only partially replace horses under
any circumstances. There is an exceedingly urgent
need for increasing the supply of good heavy draft
horses. Every good mare should be bred to the best
stallion available, and the colts should have good
care and liberal feed. When the war closes it is
probable that the demand for horses from the United
States will be even greater for a few years than it
has been during the times of war."
By F. B. MTJMFORD
Dean, College of Agriculture. Missouri.
The limiting factor in American agriculture now
and during the continuance of the war is man labor.
The problem of the American farmer will be how to
increase the efficiency of man labor in order that he
may produce maximum crops and produce the maxi-
mum number of animals.
One way to increase the efficiency of man labor is
to increase the number of draft horses on the farm.
There will be a greatly increased demand for power-
ful draft horses, and the farmer who has brood mares
and fails to breed them to the best possible draft
stallions will lose a great opportunity. The demand
for horses will be greatly stimulated by the industrial
activities essential to the successful prosecution of
a great war. Farmers should refuse to sell breeding
stock at any price. Every breeding animal in Amer-
ica should be bred this year.
By EUGENE DAVENPORT
Director of the Illinois Experiment Station.
Dean of the Illinois College of Agriculture.
Unfortunately experience in this and in all coun-
tries shows that the first effect of war is the enlist-
ment of every patriotic man for active service at the
front, regardless of his qualifications, to render effec-
tive service in the thousand and one things that must
be done behind the lines if the nation in the end is
to win.
The country is scoured for the most promising
horses, regardless of their value for breeding pur-
poses and forgetful of the fact that an indefinite
supply may be needed.
In this way both food and fighting material are
unnecessarily sacrificed at the very outset, and there
goes with this a kind of blind faith that if supplies
run short they may be imported. But from where,
let me ask, can food or horses be found if the Amer-
ican supply fails? We are the last in the line, and
except for a supply of beef that may be had from
Argentina, it is up to America to keep supplies
coming. We must not break down at any essential
point of production, for if we do, we shall never suc-
ceed no matter how bravely the first line of defense
may be held.
This country has been heavily drained of horses
for European service. The farms need power as
never before, and every possible effort should be
made to increase the output, especially of heavier
breeds of horses. This is not yet a horseless age,
and no machine has yet been found — and it is doubt-
ful if one ever will be found — to equal the horse on
the typical farm of one hundred and twenty to three
hundred and twenty acres. The best that may be
hoped from the tractor is to supplement the horse.
However, it is not mere numbers of horses that
are needed, it is good horses. It is a moral crime
and it ought to be a legal offence to use mongrel
stallions, especially at a time like this when every
pound of grain and every bale of hay has a value not
to be measured by dollars and cents.
By H. J. WATERS
President of the Kansas State Agricultural College.
Manhattan, Kansas.
Any immediate increase in the number of cattle,
sheep and hogs must be accompanied by a corres-
ponding increase in the production of grain, pastur-
age and forage. Grain and forage production cannot
be increased without horse power to do the farm
work. Nearly, if not quite all the surplus horses of
the United States have been exported. There never
was a time when the demand for good horses with
weight was as great as it is at the present time, and
the price as high. For this reason every farmer who
has a sound mare of breeding age, should breed her
to the best draft stallion available in his community.
This will insure an adequate amount of horse power
for taking care of the agricultural work which is
bound to increase in the future. It will also give to
the American farmers a salable horse to meet the
needs of European countries which are being stripped
of horseflesh by the war.
STATEMENT REGARDING FIXING OF PRICES.
Washington. D. C.
In response to a letter regarding the fixing of
prices of food products, the Secretary of Agriculture
today (May 16), sent the following reply:
"Your letter of May 1, with enclosure, has been
brought to my attention. Your correspondent ex-
presses apprehension from the talk in the news-
papers about the Government setting a price on food-
stuffs. He seems to think that it is contemplated to
fix a price to producers -which would be so low that
they could not secure a reasonable return. Of course
there has been much confused writing in the papers.
Only two suggestions have been made: One is that
the Government be given power to fix a minimum
price with a view to stimulate production. This price
would be sufficiently high to insure producers
against loss. It could not have the effect feared by
your correspondent, because the very object would
be to stimulate production by assuring sufficiently
high prices to producers. The other suggestion is
that the Government be given power to fix a max-
imum price, in extreme emergencies, to break cor-
ners or to control extortion. It is not contemplated
that the Government, if it had the power to fix a
maximum price, w-ould announce the existence of
such a price in reference to any one or more com-
modities in advance of the appearance of an acute
situation; nor is it contemplated that such a price,
if fixed, would be of continuing operation. The single
thought in this connection is that the power might
be used as a club, to be applied only in individual
cases where it is clear that an individual or corpora-
tion had established a corner or was practicing extor-
tion. The power, it is suggested, -would be used
against such individuals or corporations, and when
that particular situation was controlled or the abuse
eliminated, the incident would be closed. Any fur-
ther exercise of the power w-ould depend upon the
appearance of a similar condition."
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Armour Suggests "Meatless Days."
Those who have given the subject serious consid-
eration find that the number of animals available
for meat is distressingly small. It would seem that
unless we raise more animals the country is likely
to find its meat supply woefully lacking.
No less authority than J. Ogden Armour finds that
the country has fewer beef cattle, hogs and sheep
than the people are likely to need in war and immedi-
ately after in case peace is soon declared. He sug-
gests that the people have meatless days to conserve
the present supply.
It is hoped that more animals will be raised on
small farms and the people will not be forced to sub-
stitute for meat since it is such an important article
of diet.
Notable Angus Importation.
Edward F. Caldwell, of Missouri, has just returned
from the quarantine station in Quebec, where he
went to inspect the 70 Aberdeen-Angus cattle pur-
chased for C. D. and E. F. Caldwell in Scotland. Mr.
Caldwell is greatly pleased with the lot and refers to
the cattle as specially desirable. They are uniform
in type and quality. Most of them are of the Black-
bird, Erica, Pride and Queen Mother strains. A few
good bulls are included. This is one of the largest
importations of Angus that have been made to this
country in years and breeders will doubtless appre-
ciate the opportunity that is presented for an infu-
sion of fresh blood. The importation will strengthen
materially the great collection now owned by C. D.
and E. F. Caldwell at Burlington Junction, Mo.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 26, 1917
BREED YOUR MARES.
The versatility ot the trotting-bred horse was never
more apparent than at the present. They are being
demanded for saddle horses, for farm use, for cavalry
and for all-purpose fami animals. The trotter has
been referred to in former years as a rich man's
horse; today he is the acknowledged necessity of the
poor man. The rich man's plaything, he is, more
than ever, but it is freely admitted on all sides that
no other animal will answer so many purposes as the
trotting-bred horses of the present generation. In
these days of conservation and necessity, when the
utmost is demanded from man and beast, the advice
of many agricultural leaders is to breed an all-
purpose horse. The American trotter, as fleet as a
deer, as tough as a mule and with the courage of the
American that he is, must fill the bill.
Secretary W. H. Knight, of the American Trotting
Association, in a letter to this office has the following
comment to make regarding the breeding of trotters:
"It has been my intention for some time past to
suggest to you that some active campaign of encour-
agement should be given to breeders and owners of
mares to continue breediDg them.
"I imagine that the low prices at which the trotting
bred horse has been sold that was apparently not
able to win has been so discouraging that many are
thinking of giving up in despair, but their attention
should be called to the fact that with any commodity
'the time to buy is when everyone wants to sell,' and
the good time to breed is when conditions look most
discouraging. Just as sure as fate horses will again
come into their own and will be sought at prices that
will make it remunerative to breed them.
"People have gone so crazy over gasoline propelled
vehicles that they cannot see anything else in the
future, but anyone who will carefully analyze the
cost of motor cars, motor trucks and tractors, will
find that it is so excessive that were it not for the
unusual period of prosperity through which we are
passing seventy per cent of the people who are now
indulging in the extravagance could not afford to
do so.
"I hope that every paper interested in the breeding
of horses will take this question up and thoroughly
illuminate it so that our breeders will not lose heart;
for the wisdom of it all will surely be developed in
the near future."
THE PASSING OF THE WATERING TROUGH.
Let us go to Golden Gate Park, and indulge in a
few "Do you remembers?" Here is a good place to
sit, opposite the road that used to lead to "Dickey's"
and the "Old Bay District Track." A watering trough
stood here; under what is now a stately elm, planted
March 22. 1S80. Captain Sam Thompson, then chief
of the Park police, will rell you how he used to meas-
ure it every year. The trough was in charge of
W. T. Stott, G. A. R. veteran, who also cared for the
quail, and rang the bell on "Bell Tower Hill" at 7
a.m., 12 m., 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. By the way: How
many of us know "Bell Tower Hill"? or know that
the pea fowl nest on its slopes?
Gone is the veteran, gone is the trough, gone are
horses and gone are the men whose friendly chats
made this halting place so attractive. Their cheery-
voices rang out, generally in challenge; and the sub-
ject, HORSE: "Helio! Is that a new one?" "He's
a good looker." "Come on down the road, and I'll
show you something worth while"; and on they drove
— chatting gaily in bantering fun, horses and driver
in full sympathy. In vain we look for a familiar
turnout ,or listen for a friendly "How are you?"
Autos! Autos! Autos! bewildering, but so cold. No
time for anything, only to "get there," to see how-
many miles can be covered before dinner, which may
be a hundred miles distant. Park limit: ten miles an
hour! Too slow! -'Let's get out on the road where
we can go some." 1 wonder if these serious-looking
autoiuobilists would ever have taken the time to
plan and build our glorious Park? Would they have
had the patience to make such a paradise of the once
barren sand dunes? To make roads over and over
again, only to have them buried in sand in a night?
Does it ever occur to the present generation, enjoying
the shade, that every tree and shrub, except a few
scrub-oaks, have been raised in the nurseries and set
out in their present positions? Do they ever think
of the trouble and expense of stocking the animal
pens and paddocks? or do they know that many of
the beautiful attractions that we are so proud of
were made possible by private donations? From out
the memories of the past, let us pay tribute to those
who builded so well, not only for themselves, but for
coming generations. While recalling the many gen-
erosities, it may be seen that the horse was the lead-
ing inspiration.
I wonder :f the automobiiist gets the joy out of his
hundred-and-odd miles a day, that our park builders
did out of a twenty-mile constitutional, varied by an
occasional brush — chats with numerous friends; com-
parison of horses; the putting of a new purchase
through his paces; exciting the envy of other own-
ers— and a thousand and one other delights impossi-
blt with a cold, bloodless machine.
Unconsciously to the frequent observer, horses and
their riders, or drivers, impress themselves on the
mind as a combination. Thus we see, looking back.
Judge Shatter and "Rob Roy." By the way, "Roy"
was speedy, and the Judge could not resist a brush.
After repeated warnings, he was one day stopped by
an officer, and out of breath sputtered: "I can't hold
him." The officer replied, "I haven't heard you say
'Whoa!' yet." The Judge drove off smiling, to repeat
t.his joke on himself. Capt. Millen Griffith with
"Flying Jib" and "White Cap"; Reuben Lloyd on
Queen; M. J. Burke, ex-chief of police; Solon Pattee.
Joe Poheim and wife, all beautifully mounted:
George A. Stokey and wife behind the roan and
chestnut; Frank M. Pixley driving a pair of small
white mules, loom up conspicuously. These are a
fen of the pictures so familiar, that the man sug-
gested the horse, and the horse his owner.
Here is an incident illustrating this matter of com-
bination: A wealthy citizen wished to buy a horse
for )iis wife, so consulted a friend who was a horse-
man. After hearing the description of the animal
desired, the friend said, "Although you have de-
scribed that rara avis, a perfect horse, I think that
I know of one that will fill the bill." The horse was
shown and put through his paces, calling forth the
remark: "He is a beauty; I'll take him." As the
horse was being led back to his stall the would-be
purchaser suddenly said: "Does he not belong to
Mr,;. ?" naming a woman of rather shady repu-
tation. Upon receiving an affirmative, he emphat-
ically remarked, "That settles it; my wife can't ride
that horse." While willing to concede the advantage
tha* the automobile is to the country at large, we
cannot help regretting the loss of that spirit of cama-
raderie shared by all true lovers of the horse.
"Lest we forget" our benefactors, while enjoying
their benefactions, articles bearing on the early his-
tory of the Park, and those who made it possible,
will appear, from time to time, in the columns of this
paper. BACK NUMBER.
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EARLY RECORDS.
FRESNO COUNTY FAIR.
First Race Summary of 1917 Furnishes a New 2:10
Trotter and Three New California Performers.
uuuukii ma pact
A meeting was held over the Macon track under
the auspices of the Georgia State Fair Association
last week, and, judged by the report received from
a reliable source, it was a regular event and the sum-
mary is given herewith because of the interest at-
tached to it as being the first for the new year. Fol-
lowing are the new standard performers of 1917:
To beat 2:3014, trotting:
Tommy Azoff, eh c (2), by Azoff — Eva Thomp-
son, by J. J. Audubon (McMahon) Won
Time — 2:29.
Griftden, ch c (2), by Azoff — Gladwyn, by Moko
(McMahon) Won
Time — 2:29.
Neva Azoff, ch f (2), by Azoff — May Neville,
by Neville (McMahon) Won
Time— 2:27%.
Azabele, b f (2), by Azoff — Marabella, by Wal-
nut Hall (McMahon) Lost
Miss Azoff, b f (2), by Azoff — Miss Young, by
Wilkes Boy (McMahon) Won
Time— 2:24%.
Dorothy Azoff, br f (2), by Azoff— Dorothy T.,
by Advertiser (McMahon) Won
Time — 2:27%.
Teddy Jay, b c (2), by Azoff — Theresa J„ by
Tregantle (McMahon) Won
Time— 2:27%.
Azie Simms. b f (2), by Azoff — Alice W. B.,
by Simmons (McMahon) Won
Time — 2:29%.
Terry Patchen, b c by Joe Patchen II — Zombro
Belel, by Zombro (McMahon) Won
Time — 2:25%.
All of these except the last named are owned by
the well known Chicago and New York breeder, John
R. Thompson, while Terry Patchen is the property
of the Canadian breeder, R. J. MacKenzie.
In this same meeting Driver McMahon gave rec-
ords of 2:15 to two four-year-olds, Dewey Volo, by
Binvolo, dam Katherine Dewey, by Admiral Dewey,
owned by Ed S. Cone of this city, and Doris B., by
Azoff, dam by Grattan, the property of Asa Danforth,
Washington, 111. Azo J., age not given, by Azoff, dam
Thersa J. by Tregantle, the property of R. W. Hunt
of Chicago, took a record of 2:22.
Judged by actual performances the fastest three-
year-old in Dick's stable is Adazoff, by Azoff, dam
Dorothy T. (dam of Adlon 2:07%), that 'took a record
of 2:26% at Libertyville, HI., on October 5 last.
Trainer McMahon also holds the honor of starting
the new 2:10 list of 1917, as he marked Belle Alcan-
tarain 2:10 at this record meeting. This is a highly
promising four-year-old mare by Sir Alcantar, dam
Belle Star, by Renos Baby, and is owned by Mr.
Cone. His other contributions to the new pacing
list are Merry Vernon, br. f. (3), by Vernon McKin-
ney, dam Merry Widow 2:03%, and Carl Vernon,
ch. c. (2), by the same stallion and out of Eva G. by
Carlokin, their new records being 2:15% and 2:22%
respectively. These youngsters are owned by R. J.
MacKenzie. His other addition to the pacing list was
Don Bunko, a chestnut colt by Peter O'Donna, that
gained a record of 2:15%.
Setting a higher mark for the Fresno District Fair
than in all former years, the directors of the associa-
tion assembled last Saturday afternoon at the Cham-
ber of Commerce headquarters for giving the im-
petus to plans that have for some time been in the
shaping.
With the greater outlook, it was determined to
make use of two large tents, giving that excess of '
space over the efforts of former years. These tents
will be used in the housing of the machinery and
auto exhibits, something quite pretentious being out-
lined in this direction, under the spur of interested
parties.
In the cattle department, an increase in premiums
was voted. For this purpose, $3450 has been appro-
priated, an excess of $450 over last year.
It was also decided to make use of $8000, nearly
double the usual offering, in the harness and running
races. This does not mean that there is to be a cor-
responding cut in the financial returns of the fair
project, for the directors have the assurance that
with the increase in purses there will naturally be
an increase in the entries, thus making the re'turns
secured pay for the increase in the purse fund.
For publicity purposes, E. A. Berg was named as
advertising manager and will give his time to making
known the plans and purposes of the fair associa-
tion.
The general impression among the directors is for
the showing of a greater interest in the plans and
purposes of the annual exposition, particularly along
the line of food products, their growth and conserva-
tion. From all sections come words of encourage-
ment, with the accompanying declaration of intention
of having a part in every line of exhibit.
The cattle exhibit is to be in charge of F. M. Helm
and H. E. Vogel, while Fred E. Gatewood, who man-
aged the swine exhibit last year, was given re-
appointment. Al McNeill and S. E. Williamson have
been chosen as managers of the horse show.
The directors present Saturday included F. M.
Helm, Al McNeill, H. E. Vogel, J. E. Dickinson,
George L. Warlow and H. A. Goddard of Fresno;
S. E. Williamson, Riverdale, George Hensley, Clovis,
H. E. Dickson, Kerman, and J. A. Poytress, Easton.
FOWERS OF RACING SECRETARIES.
Now that the time for advertising the conditions
of California Race Meetings is at hand it seems that
a word of advice to those framing the conditions for
the different races is in order. Much of the confu-
sion and dissatisfaction that has arisen on past occa-
sions has been due to the uncertainty and prolixity
of the conditions which were supposed to govern at
the meetings where the differences of opinion arose.
Now that the governing associations have adopted
a uniform set of rules that are mandatory, matters
are vasdy improved, but still some secretaries and
managers seem to have an idea that they can draw
up conditions of their own -which will govern.
The parent associations in making the present
codes mandatory leave only the following regulations
to be made by the individual member in the adver-
tisement of the meeting:
1. Amount of entrance and amount, if any, deduct-
ed from winnings.
2. Date upon which entries close and date of
eligibility.
3. How many to enter and how many to start.
4. How stakes and purses are to be divided.
5. Notice of meeting is limited to dates fixed in
program.
6. Permitting two or more horses owned or con-
trolled by same person, or trained in the
same stable to start in race of heats.
7. Notice as to whether events will be mile heats
three in five, two in three, or on the three
heat plan.
Only on these points can the association make spe-
cial regulations, but as a matter of fact it is unneces-
sary in the case of an ordinary meeting that even all
these limited subjects be touched upon, for the gen-
eral rules are perfectly adequate without any change
on the part of the member. In fact, the words
"Rules of the National Trotting Association, of which
this Society is a member, to govern" cover everything
for an ordinary meeting except the amount of en-
trance fee and date of closing entries, and number
of heats.
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Directum I. to the Block.
As we are almost ready for press, President Tran-
ter, of the Fasig-Tipton Company, came to us over
the telephone, all in a flutter, to announce that the
mighty stallion Directum I. had been consigned to
the special sale of the company to dispose of the
Curies Neck offerings on Wednesday, June 6, and
would come before the auctioneer immediately pre-
ceding the Billings' ■ stock. The announcement is
one of immense importance, for it means the sale of
the fastest horse by record ever disposed of at auc-
tion in the world. Directum I. holds many world's
records, including one mile in the open, 1:56%; one
mile, half-mile track, in the open, 2:02%; one-half
mile, :55%; one and one-eighth mile, 2:16%; and
one and one-sixteenth mile, 2:09%. This consign-
ment, together with that of Curies Neck Farm, in-
cluding The Harvester 2:01 and William 1:58%, will
make this sale, of one day only, the most sensational
held in this country. — [Trotter and Pacer.
Saturday, May 26, 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Thoroughbred Matters
The defeat of Old Rosebud in the Special Handicap
on Derby day was a hard jolt for his host of local
admirers. The crack Applegate representative
showed all his old-time speed for three quarters, but
thereafter he tired, and clearly indicated that he will
not prove formidable to good opposition over a route.
Andrew Miller did not regard Roamer as quite ready
to defeat the sterling opposition he met, and was
highly elated over the horse's performance. Roamer
appears pounds heavier than he did last season, and
will again rank with the top-notch handicap division.
Roamefs race is bound to make him a dangerous
quantity in the Kentucky Handicap, to be run at
Douglas Park on June 2. The horse will stay in that
section until after the race.
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Mr. Whitney regrets now that he did not name
Pennant for the Metropolitan and Suburban Handi-
caps at Belmont Park. The Peter Pan horse, which,
at Havre de Grace, seemed to be on the verge of a
breakdown, is training sound again. He is not dis-
covering the early speed which marked his perform-
ances three seasons back and last year, buthe is
running from behind with great courage. He will not
be seen under colors at Belmont Park, probably, but
he Is in the Excelsior at Jamaica and the Brooklyn
at Aqueduct. His successful racing in Maryland is
pleasantly surprising his owner. When James Rowe
sent Pennant to Simons at Havre de Grace, he did
not expect the handsome chestnut to stand through
two hard races.
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English Thoroughbred Breeders Still Busy.
Despite the gradual curtailment of racing in Eng-
land and its final suspension, the falling off in breed-
ing race horses has not yet amounted to anything.
This is shown quite convincingly by the number of
Thoroughbred foals reported in 1916 to the custo-
dians of the General Stud Book. The total last year,
reached 3,412 as against 3,567 in 1915 and 3,383 in
1914.
By opponents of two-year-old racing the temporary
suspension of the sport may not be regarded as an
unmixed evil. It will save at least one crop of foals
from the ordeal of meeting the turf test at the usual
age and perhaps serve to answer, when racing is
resumed, the long-disputed question as to whether
the starting of two-year-olds ought to be encouraged,
discouraged, or forbidden.
President Now Owns a Thoroughbred.
President Wilson, taking leaves from the books of
the late Lord Kitchner, who made a saddle horse of
Democrat, the greatest two-year-old in Great Britain
in 1899, and Major General Leonard Wood, who for
years rode the Canadian Derby winner, Fort Hunter,
has possessed himself of a thoroughbred mount. He
is riding a son of Octagon, a heavy topped short-
legged chestnut, of first-rate bone and muscular de-
velopment, of the Hunter type, which was bred at the
army remount station at Ft. Royal. Admiral Gray-
son, like the President, a Virginian and a lover of the
thoroughbred, picked this mount for the Commander
in Chief of the army and navy of the United States.
The President's mount is a son of the sire of Bel-
dame. Octagon was one of the two stallions — Henry
of Navarre was the other — with which August Bel-
mont set the Government up in business as the breed-
er of its own army remounts. Mr. Belmont pre-
sented Octagon and Henry of Navarre to the heads
of the army some six years ago, since when they
have acquired 4(1 or 45 other thoroughbred stallions,
five of which — Vestibule, Defendum, Belfry, Foot-
print and Merry Task — were the gifts of Mr. Bel-
mont. The President, who has a first-rate seat and
manages a horse well, rides at least three days in
each week.
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Baltimore. Mr., May 5. — Owners of the Bowie race
track and all who get a livelihood there are "up in
the air" because of the Court of Appeals' opinion
in the Montgomery county race track betting case.
Under this decision it is held that under the general
law betting is illegal unless the track has a license
granted by the Circuit Court.
Bowie has been operating without such a license
because the Court has refused to grant one. So,
unless a license can be obtained before the projected
fall meeting there can be no betting there without
subjecting the bettors to arrest and punishment by
a heavy fine.
The race track people, who, by the Court of Ap-
peals' decision, were required to go before the Court
for a license for the next meet, can ask for a hearing
before the full bench. Then if one judge is over-
ruled by his associates and the betting goes on, any
one interested can cause an indictment to be found.
Then the Court of Appeals would be given a new
opportunity to say whether or not judges can be re-
quired to pass on race track licenses.
The tracks in Anne Arundel, Baltimore and Hart-
ford are not affected by the opinion, because each
of these operate under a special act passed for their
protection.
Now, with the Kentucky Derby out of the way,
the turf in the Blue Grass State should settle back
in the even tenor of its way until the Kentucky Han-
dicap comes along at Douglas Park on June 2. This
race, which is for three-year-olds and upward, brings
together the best in the East and the West. Eastern
stables which come on for the Kentucky Derby usu-
ally enter in this stake and they stick around until
it is decided. Then they wend their way back to
their old- stamping ground. This is quite an unusual
race, for in it the three-year-old is asked to meet the
best of the older horses. On only one occasion has
a three-year-old been successful in pulling down the
prize, and that was when Luke McLuke got home
in front in 1914. and he was only carrying 100 pounds
on his back. The stake has been run four times and
its winners have been Rudolfo, Luke McLuke, Bor-
row and Ed Crump. Rudolfo and Ed Crump were
four-year-olds and Borrow was seven when they won
the event. A three-year-old has an excellent chance
of winning it this year, for there are so many high-
class colts of that age out. However, he will have
to meet Roamer, Star Hawk and others in the older
division. The Latonia Derby will be run on June 16,
so that any three-year-olds which participate in the
Kentucky Handicap will have just 14 days in which
to recover from the effects of that hard race.
A comparative table of the foals registered for the
past several years in America, England and France
is quite interesting. The table follows:
England America France
1913 3180 1731 1911
1914 3383 1879 1820
1915 3567 1985 1709
1916 3412 1954
In 1910, 2,415 foals were registered in America;
in 1911, 2,403, and in 1912, 1,904, and had adverse leg-
islation not interfered with the growth of the thor-
oughbred industry it would not have been out of
reason to expect a list of foals registered equal to
that of England by this time. In the past two or
three years there have been many importations to
this country; for instance, there are over two hun-
dred imported two-year-olds in America this year,
which will make the number of two-year-olds eligible
for the 1917 racing over two thousand, while there
were 1985 home-bred foals registered.
* * *
Derby Owner Talks.
"I told Jockey Borel that if he would ride Omar
Khayyam to my instructions I would give him $1500.
if he should win the race, and if after the race should
he lose, he felt my instructions were at fault, I would
give him the $1500 anyhow. My instructions were
that he should gain the inside rail as quickly as pos-
sible, and stay on the rail to the finish, no matter
what might happen. He followed instructions. He
won, but he came home limping, his mount was three
times into the fence. He had his riding trousers
torn and the flesh on his left leg was bruised, but he
won."
* * *
Col. Milton Young, one of the directors of the Thor-
oughbred Horse Association, who suggested the giv-
ing of more races for three-year-olds at all distances,
is naturally highly gratified at the sticcess with which
the adoption of this idea has met during the Lexing-
ton meeting here. There were eight races for horses
of this age given by the Kentucky Association in the
first five days' racing, all filled well and afforded
splendid contests. It will undoubtedly add much to
the attractiveness of the programs of other racing
associations to incorporate in them more races for
three-year-olds exclusively, and the result at Lex-
ington demonstrates that this can be successfully
done.
Jefferson Livingston promised Secretary Sam C.
Nuckols, of the State Racing Commission, the gift
of a stallion for the Kentucky Breeding Bureau next
fall, for service next spring. He did not name the
horse, but made it certain that he will donate one
from his stable. Livingston is very enthusiastic
about this country's having good cavalry remounts.
He declared that Governor Stanley's address in pre-
senting the cup to him Saturday afternoon had im-
pressed him more firmly with the duty of every'
owner of thoroughbred horses ih tne matter of help-
ing the Government with its remount problems.
* * *
John E. Madden's "War Bit."
John E. Madden. Hamburg Place, whose big string
of thoroughbreds are at Belmont Park, preparing for
the opening of the season, is doing his war bit down
in Kentucky. Mr. Madden has put 1,000 acres under
cultivation, as his contribution to defeat famine and
high prices
But Mr. Madden will do more. His son Edward,
just turned 21, had enlisted, and he has offered his
services himself. He said that just as soon as he
reduces his stable, he will endeavor to join the colors,
and those who know Madden best know that he usu-
ally accomplishes what he desires.
With the recent purchase from the Estate of J. B.
Haggin, Mr. Madden has most extensive holdings in
Kentucky, and the devotion of 1,000 acres of his val-
uable grazing land to cultivation is of material im-
portance in the general campaign to increase the
farming of foodstuffs in the country. — [New York
Telegraph.
The Preakness Stake, the blue ribbon event of the
annual spring meeting of the Maryland Jockey Club,
was run off at Pimlico on May 12th and was won by
E. R. Bradley's Kalitan. With E. Haynes up Kalitan
stepped the mile and a furlong in 1:54 2-5 and in
surprisingly easy fashion defeated a field of the best
three-year-olds now in training. Kalitan is a Califor-
nia horse, and was foaled at Comstock and Law-
rance's ranch at Lincoln, Placer county. He was
sired by Rey Hindoo from Dally, a producing dam
now owned by E. Cebrian of San Jose.
* + *
New York, May 9.— Dr. Carter, superintendent of
the Rancocas Stock Farm, New Jersey, reports the
death ot the old stallion, Locohatchee," at the age of
twenty-eight years. Locohatchee was bought by the
late Pierre Lorillard in his early career. His first
registered name was Curt Gunn, which Mr. Lorillard
changed, naming the horse after a river in Florida,
over which he hunted and fished.
Locohatchee was a good race horse, and his off-
spring achieved many successes, notably Caiman,
which proved a worthy attendant to the great Eng-
lish horse Flying Fox in both the Two Thousand
Guineas and the St. Leger, running second in both
classics to one of the greatest English horses ever
foaled. Caiman raced in England as a two-year-old,
winning the Middle Park Plate and two other stakes.
When a three-year-old he took part, in eight races,
winning six and in the remaining two finished second
to Flying Fox as related.
As a four-year-old, Caiman picked up 128 pounds
at Lmgfield and ran a mile in 1:331-5, according to
the English records. This record stands today,
though it was established seventeen years ago.
In speaking of the achievements of American
horses here and abroad. \Y. H. Rowe intimated that
foreign horses would have to show some smart per-
formances here to approach the records and victories
of American horses abroad.
"American horses have shown many times that
they are nearly the equal of some of the highest
class horses in Europe." said Mr. Rowe. "Caiman's
two seconds to Flying Fox was an exceptionally good
showing. Then look over Parole's doings and Wal-
lensteln, both of which carried the Lorillard colors.
After these comes Foxhall, winner of the Cambridge-
shire and Cesarewitch, a double feat rarely accom-
plished.
"Fox-hall was universally pronounced by English
critics an exceptional horse. We sent Iroquois, too,
to Europe, and he won the Epsom Derby in 188L
When all these horses and their records are carefully
perused, I think our horses abroad have done far bet-
ter than foreign horses have done here so far. There
is no telling what the latter might do later on, but
up to the present Americans have it.
"Many good horses of foreign blood are here now.
There are Hourless, Star Hawk, North Star III. and
others that may develop, but when we look at the
mind pictures of Caiman, Iroquois, Parole, Foxhall,
WEllenstein and others, it kind o' puts a broad smile
on the face of the American breeder."
* + +
The Stewards last week issued a ruling barring
from the turf C. R. Anderson and R. Holcomb. the
former the owner of the horse Mars Cassidy and the
latter the trainer. Mars Cassidy died Wednesday
morning and an investigation by the officials fol-
lowed. The horse started in the seventh race Tues-
day and when he went in to the post he appeared
like a wild horse. He ran a disgraceful race, finish-
ing last beaten off. The ruling is as follows:
"C. R. Anderson, owner, and R. HolconiD, trainer,
are ruled off the turf under the provisions of rule
202, Kentucky Racing Commission. Should the own-
er decide to make a bona fide sale of the horse Bars
and Stars to anyone in good standing he can do so."
Veterinarians worked until far into the night with
Mars Cassidy, but to no avail. He was a useful horse
during his racing career, having a number of stakes
and handicaps to his credit, and his most recent good
race was when he beat Chalmers on the previous
Saturday.
* + +
r^iris. May 7. — Chantilly today resumed its position
as the chief training center for thoroughbred race
horses when races were re-inaugurated, without at-
tendance by the public and without betting, with the
object of determining the best products of the vari-
ous breeding farms for breeding purposes.
The changes through which Chantilly had passed
during the war were noticeable. For the past three
years it has been within the war zone, and one of the
chief centers of the operations, General Joffre and
his staff having had their headquarters there facing
the abandoned race course. The entire locality has
been given over to military operations and the civic
population variously withdrawn. The shift of opera-
tions to other points and the removal of general
headquarters now permit of Chantilly resuming its
position.
The first feature race, which was run today, was
won by the American horse, Sandy Hook, owned by
F. R. Hitchcock of New York. Baron Rothschild's
Pinardo was second.
* * +
Probably held back by pride, many refused to take
advantage of the free admission that was granted to
the infield on Kentucky Derby day. and that enclos-
ure held but a scant two or three thousand, while
five times that many might have watched the race.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 26, 1917
Western Breeder Riled
at Lillard's Action.
Breeder and Sportsman:
As President of the Pacific Coast Gaited Saddle
Horse Association, I feel it my duty to take notice
of a letter bearing date, March 21, 1917, written by
Mr. R. H. Lillard in his official capacity of Seeretary
of the American Saddle Horse Breeders' Association
to Mr. Chas. W. Paine, Secretary of the California
State Fair. I quote from this letter as follows:
"Dear Sir:
"Beg to advise that the American Saddle Horse
Breeders' Association will be pleased to devote to
the California State Fair 1917 a $100 trophy for reg-
istered stallion or mare three years old or under,
provided the California State Fair requires registra-
tion in all Saddle classes for stallion and mares, that
is, that no stallion or mare not registered in the Sad-
dle Horse register be eligible to compete in saddle
classes.
"If the California State Fair will accept trophy,
under conditions above-named, same will be donated
for above-named class."
What does this mean? It is nothing short of an
offer of a bribe consisting of a cup of the alleged
value of $100 to cut recognition by the State Fair
of the Pacific Coast Gaited Saddle Horse Associa-
tion.
I dislike newspaper controversies, but I certainly
would be a slacker to allow such palpable attempt
to obliterate our association.
The Pacific Coast Gaited Saddle Horse Association
is alone responsible for the manifest interest now
taken in show horses in California. What is the
evidence? Within my own knowledge I am able to
stale that for thirty-five or more years prior to our
organization the California State Fair gave annually
only one $20 saddle horse premium. Immediately
after the organization of our association, through its
efforts the State Fair began to offer more and larger
premiums, increasing each year, until now one of
the leading and most interesting features of the State
Fair is the horse show.
The very first Saddle Horse futurity exhibited
under saddle in any country was under the auspices
of the Pacific association, and I do not hesitate to
say. that had it not been for the efforts of our asso-
ciation, there would have been no saddle horses from
the East shown at the P.-P. I. E. It was through the
interest in an advertisement by the Pacific Coast
Gaited Saddle Horse futurity exhibited at the P.-P.
I. E. that made the saddle horse show possible in San
Francisco in 1915.
Our association has done more for the American
Association in California, than the American Asso-
ciation has done for itself. As a remuneration for
what we have done for this general interest it is
sought to exterminate our association.
I will not charge the American Association, as
such, with this design, but some of its misguided
officers are guilty of the charge. The breeders of the
State of Missouri have on several occasions in the
past charged Kentucky with managing the American
Association in the interest of Kentucky breeders and
against the interest of other communities. Of this
charge I have no evidence at hand. Indeed, I have
nothing against Kentucky. While I am not a native
of ihat great state, I have always felt a peculiar
pride in it, as it is Kentucky blood alcne that courses
my veins, my father and mother both having been
born in the Blue Grass region of that state.
And while I have never been a disturber of the
peace of any one, and grow more mellow as I ap-
proximate the allotted three score and ten, neverthe-
less ray Kentucky blood quickens to fighting heat
when occasion demands. Such an occasion seems to
have arisen, when the Secretary of a sister associa-
tion comes to our very door and offers a cheap trophy
as a bribe to obliterate our association.
This attempt throws light on some things that
occurred at the P.-P. I. E.. and likewise some things
which occurred on that occasion throw light on this
occasion. Each gets the reflection of the other.
Mr. Lillard. the then and now Secretary of the
Americao Association, was in attendance at the P.-P.
I. E. and the constant companion in the show ring of
Mr. Railey. the official Judge. When the yearling
saddle colts were called into the ring, nine colts
showed up. among them my colt "California's Best."
As the Judge was looking them ever Mr. Lillard
came up to me where I was standing in the ring and
inquired of me whether my colt was registered in
the American Association, stating at the same time
that his number would indicate that he was not.
I replied that he was registered in the Pacific, but
not in the American. Mr. Lillard then replied "that
the colt was not eligible lo show." I answered that
rtainly was" and called his attention to a rule
ng the showing which he had overlooked. Be-
fore speaking to me he had spoken of the matter to
the P.-P. I. E Assistant Secretary who was in the
ring. This Assistant Secretary came up to us at this
moment and the rule was shown him and it was de-
termined that the colt was eligible. Mr. Lillard then
started off to his accustomed place beside Judge
Ra'ley. I called to him and said, "Mr. Lillard. you
should not call this matter to the attention of the
"udge; it is no part of his business." I then kept
watch on Mr. Lillard and he did not then speak to
the Judge. The award was made and "California's
Best" was placed second, Mr. R. A. Long's colt being
placed first. This was on Thursday. On Saturday
morning the same nine colts were again shown in a
futurity class with one additional colt, and Judge
Railey still acting as Judge placed "California's
Best" sixth. I made no comment, until after the
work of Judge Railey was finished as Judge at the
P.-P. I. E. After his work was completed I casually
met. Mr Lillard, and the following conversation oc-
curred :
I said: "Mr. Lillard, I would like to have one
thing explained. We live out on this far Western
border and do not have the opportunity of learning
matters touching saddle horses that, those of your
locality have. These exhibitions are for the purpose
of teaching those who may be interested. We come
here with open minds and are desirous of learning.
Will you please explain to me how in a ring of nine
yearling colts shown to halter, a colt is placed sec-
ond, and one day intervening later with the same
colts and only one additional one he is placed sixth?
I can understand how such a thing might be done in
a performance class, but not with yearling colts at
halcer."
Mr. Lillard replied. "Is that so?" I answered that
it was the case. He then examined his record which
he had been keeping and admitted that my statement
was correct and replied, "I can not explain." I said
to him, "Mr. Railey is coming, I will ask him." Mr.
Railey came up and I put the matter to him in the
same way I had done to Mr. Lillard. The reply of
Mr. Railey was, "Perhaps they showed differently."
I replied, "Yes, I believe that is true to some extent.
The colt you placed second the first day was in
that show led along close to the rail and acted some-
what frightened, while the second day, when you
placed him sixth, he made a perfect show." He at-
tempted no further explanation and walked away.
What is the conclusion to be drawn from the above
statement? In reaching a conclusion we can only
do so by the preponderance of the evidence.
FACTS.
1. We find that Mr. Lillard in the mistaken inter-
est of the American Association is willing to bribe
the California State Fair to practically destroy what
he deems a competitor of the American Association,
but which in fact is not a competitor but an ally.
2. We find Mr. Lillard at the P.-P. I. E., repre-
senting his Association, constantly in the ring by
the side of Judge Railey and consulting with htm
3. We find Mr. Lillard making objections to the
eligibility of "California's Best" to compete with
American registered colts.
1. It is a well known fact that Mr. Railey, who
aced as Judge, has had a lifetime experience in
handling horses, young and old.
5. This man of lifetime experience on the first
day's show in a field of nine colts, places "California's
Best" second.
6. This man of lifetime experience at the second
comes to the very door of the Association of which
I am President in an attempt to destroy it, I decline
to capitulate, but resent it as any other man with
Kentucky blood in his veins, with an early training
in Missouri, and a larger experience in California,
wouM do.
show with the same colts and only one additional one
places "California's Best" sixth.
7. These were yearlings shown to halter.
CONCLUSION.
We conclude that Mr. Lillard who, on these two
occasions, first at the P.-P. I. E. and second on March
21st. 1917, in his letter to the California State Fair
Secretary, is shown to have been desirous of dis-
qualifying all animals registered in the Pacific Asso-
ciation, suggested to Mr. Railey before the second
show that "California's Best" was not registered in
the American register, and we further conclude that
Mr. Railey in obedience to this suggestion changed
the placing of these colts.
As against this conclusion is the possibilitv that
Mr. R?iley knows so little of horses, notwithstanding
his long experience, that he could not remember
anything of them over two nights.
I am not willing to believe that Mr. Railev is thus
ignorant of horses. One of the above conclusions
must be reached. My verdict, in favor of the first.
I have not publicly spoken of these things before
this time. My policy has been, as all the California
exhibitors will confirm, to take my medicine at
shows, whatever it may be, without making a kick.
But when the representative of a sister Association
The breeding of "California's Best" is the equal of
any colt shown in his class at the P.-P. I. E. He was
sired by Don Castano and was awarded the Don Cas-
tano cup at the P.P. I. E„ as being his best get.
His dam was Acme, by Artist Jr.. he bv Artist
Montrose: second dam Pheoba, bv Hollvwood he bv
Woodnut 2:16*4. he by Nutwood 2:18?i, he by Bel-
mont. Nutwood is recognized as the best brood mare
sire of the breed. In addition to all this, Acme the
dam of "California's Best," was a great show mare
She was one of the smoothest in the five gaits She
has the record of being the only animal to defeat
Don Castano in California, prior to the P.-P. I. E.
At Fresno in her three-year-old form she was award-
edthe sweepstake in a class of eight, six of which
were Eastern bred horses, including Don Castano.
And let me say, by way of digression, that "Cali-
fornia's Best" is now a three-year-old gelding, and,
while I will not say he can defeat any three-year-old
in Kentucky, I will say that he is able to put up a
formidable competition with the best-
It is true that under the present existing rules of
the American Association, he can not be registered
in the American register, because of his trotting bred
crosses, but his breeding even in strictly saddle horse
lines is much superior to a thousand of those regis-
tered in the American register. Many of the very
best show horses registered in the American Associ-
ation have as much or more trotting blood than has
"California's Best." The great sire Peavine 85 was
a standard bred trotting horse and was registered in
the same register under No. (503). His sire. Rattler,
is registered in the same register under No. (501).
The great show horses Bourbon Chief, Montgomery
Chief, and many others of renown have close up
crosses of trotting blood.
I have just examined the first sixty entries in the
American register and find among them ten stallions
having close up registered standard bred ancestors.
Some of them are registered themselves in the stand-
ard register, others are sired by standard registered
horses, some have dams sired by registered standard
bred horses, and some have such gTeat grand-
sires, etc.
I call your attention to the following register num-
bers in the first volume of the American Saddle
Horse register. Ten stallions represented by them
come within the statement last above made, to- wit:
numbers 14, 18, 19, 25, 32, 36, 37, 38, 46 and 52.
Do not understand that I am finding fault with the
American register. That association has accom-
plished a great and good work, and I bid them God's
speed. I am the owner of a stallion and a number of
mares registered therein. But I do demand that the
officers of the American Association keep their hands
out of our pie: if not, we will try to have the pie
red hot. Tours truly,
(Signed) E. A. BRIDGFORD.
San Francisco, May 18, 1917.
WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP STAKE.
The proposed World's championship stake for sad-
dle horses is attracting the attention of horse lovers
in every section of the counttry. One would only
have to glance over the hundreds of letters which
have been received in regard to the stake to realize
how popular the shows for five-gaited saddle horses
have become. From breeders, exhibitors, owners and
just plain lovers of saddle horses letters commending
the idea have assured the writer the stake, if filled,
will be the greatest event which has ever occurred in
the history of saddle horse affairs.
This stake will attract the attention of the publish-
ers of magazines, metropolitan papers, agricultural
papers and citizens everywhere who heretofore have
not learned the true import the saddle horse plays in
America. It will prove most convincingly that the
horseless age is truly a figment of imagination. It
will create interest in the breed, in riding and in the
exhibitions. The saddle horse, America's true prod-
uct, will be brought before the American people as
no other breed ever has through this stake for the
World's title and the $10,000 purse.
In a wire to the writer, Commissioner of Agricul-
ture Cohen announces another donation of $200 to
our rapidly filling list of liberal donations: "I have
a blind friend who believes a ten thousand dollar
stake for champion five-gaited saddle horses at the
Kentucky State Fair, September ten to fifteen, as
outlined in my recent proposition to you, would prove
an eye-opener and for that reason authorizes me to
pledge vou $200."
+ + ♦
Mongrels in War Service.
One of the most interesting letters brought to the
attention of Thoroughbred breeders in many years is
the following communication from Major-General
Leonard Wood to August Belmont, regarding the in-
cendiary destruction of the grandstand at Belmont
Park: "My dear Mr. Belmont: I regret exceedingly
to learn of the destruction of the buildings at Bel-
mont Park. I fear this may tend to still further in-
terfere with the development of the horse in which
we were both interested (I refer to the Thoroughbred
of the right type). I hope the Park buildings will be
reconstructed promptly. There never was a time in
the history of the country when we were more in
need of the right kind of horse for military purposes
than at present. If you had seen the horses we
bought last summer you would have realized that
breeding was a lost art among the general run of
our farmers and stock raisers, at least they have
lost touch with Thoroughbred blood and gone daft
on draft strains. The horses which we got for the
cavalry and field artillery were most of them mon-
grels and would have given poor service in war.
Sincerely vour, Leonard WTood. — April 10, 1917."
ae
Dr. E. W. Berg, of Minneapolis, Minn., has sold
recently many high class saddle horses in that city.
They were selected by Dr. Berg in Missouri, where
he is a regular buyer.
[Additional Saddle Horse News on page 11.]
m
Saturday, May 26, 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Notes and News
SYDNEY SHOW.
Don Pronto Gets Championship.
The orientals have this saying: "One should be
slow to buy a chestnut horse, and still slower to sell
one that has proved to be a good one." Apply this
to horses of every color and we have one of the
safest rules ever thought out.
* + *
Railey Macey has added to his stable recently a
yearling brown colt and a two-year-old bay filly, full
brother and sister, by Manrico and out of the good
race mare Helen Stiles 2:06%, that defeated the
stallion Anvil in straight heats in a Grand Circuit
race over the Detroit track in 1912, driven by W. G.
Durfee, of Los Angeles, Cal., who now owns the dam
and both colts.
* * +
"Veterinary Experience."
A valuable book by the late Dr. A. S. Tuttle,
founder of the great establishment which manufac-
tures that valuable veterinary remedy, Tuttle's Elixir,
which is of great value to horsemen, especially just
before the opening of the racing season, has recently
been issued and will be mailed free to any address
by request to Tuttle's Elixir Company, 19 Beverly
St., Boston, Mass.
* + *
Rags 2:09%, the trotter from the Pacific Slope now
in Geo. McCrea's barn, is one of the biggest, heavi-
est trotters ever seen on a track. He looks as big
as Jay McGregor did when he was racing. In spite
of his size he has good action, especially plenty of
hock action, and goes along as smoothly and easily
as any trotter. Durfee, who made him, always
thought he was one of the best trotters he ever had
until he was taken sick. His record, taken from the
year book, shows he was a good race horse and,
when he gets into shape, he will be a hard horse to
beat. Nothing seems to bother him at all. He goes
along perfectly contented and at whatever rate of
speed McCrea wants him to go.
***
Bakersfield, May 22. — Mrs. Jennie D. Kerr, aged
72 years, relict of the late Charles Kerr, veteran
horseman, died in Bakersfield Sunday night. Her
husband, who died in 1907, was the breeder of many
famous horses and stallions at the old Antrim stock
farm on the Kern Island road. Kerr had charge of
many of the horses of the late James B. Haggin,
multi-millionaire, whose widow is a large owner of
the stock of the Kern County Land Company. Mrs.
Jennie Kerr was a resident of Bakersfield for nearly
forty years. She is survived by the following chil-
dren: Mrs. W. G. Sylvester, William Kerr and Mrs.
D. D. HiU of Bakersfield.
+ + *
At Sacramento Wednesday Senator Slater and Sen-
ator Rush, the latter of Solano and Napa counties,
called upon Governor Stephens and among other
things urged His Excellency to sign the appropria-
tion bill which provides financial assistance for coun-
ties holding fairs. The Governor will sign the bill
if it does not develop that finances will not permit.
The Governor stated that he hoped nothing would
prevent his being able to sign the measure. "It is
only a question of finances now," said he. Agricul-
tural organizations any many stock breeders are very
desirous of having the bill approved. A number of
Chambers of Commerce and Granges have endorsed
the bill and it would be a good idea for the Governor
to be apprised of this fact by letter.
* * *
One of the most wonderful trotting stallions seen
on the harness turf in 1916 was the handsome Zom-
rect 2:03% by Zombro 2:11, dam Lilly S. (trial 2:16).
by Direct 2:05%, raced by the Indianapolis reinsman
Alonzo McDonald. Zomrect is known among harness
horsemen as "The Miracle Horse," his early history
having been the cause of much comment. He was
bred on the Kleinmayer ranch, near the little village
of Covina, in the beautiful San Gabriel valley of Cal-
ifornia, and was one of a band of 28 stallions that
ran wild on the ranch. He never felt the restraint of
man until he became four years old, and the following
year he trotted in 2:19%, and as a six-year-old he
trotted a trial mile at Lexington, Ky., in 2:03%. Many
critics regard him as a future candidate for the two-
minute list.
RACES AT STADIUM ARE POSTPONED UNTIL
WEEK FROM SUNDAY.
At a meeting of the San Francisco-California Driv-
ing Club Wednesday night the opening of the mat-
inee season at the Park Stadium was postponed from
Sunday (tomorrow) until the following week. This
action was taken to permit the members to go to
Woodland this Sunday and engage in the big meet
arranged by Charley Silva for the Red Cross. Offi-
cers nominated a couple of weeks ago were elected,
as follows:
A. Ottinger, president; J. C. Welsh, vice-president:
Fred Lauterwasser, Sr., treasurer; W. J. Kenney, sec-
retary; J. M. Kidd, Joe McTigne, Luke Marisch,
Dave West and Fred Coltere, directors; J. J. Ryan,
starter.
The retirement of Mr. Playfair*s champion, Ribbon-
wood, from competition for trotting stallions at the
Sydney Show did not cause any increase in the en-
tries of stallions, and as there were a dozen, the
number of competitors just equaled those of last
year. The parade was of good class, and the Grose
Vale (Richmond) breeder, Mr. Richard Skuthorp,
who officiated, awarded the blue ribbon and cham-
pionship to the imported horse Don Pronto, bred in
America, and who is by Director General from Silu-
rian, by Wilton, and who has an American record of
2:02, unhoppled. He is a shapely black horse, true
to lype, and is the property of Mr. R. C. Simpson,
of Armidale. New England, and this was his first
appearance in the show ring. He has had two sea-
sons at the stud at Windsor, stands 15 hands 1 inch,
was foaled in 1907, and has never had straps put
on him. — [Amsterdam Trotting Record.
The three-gaited saddle mare Madam X, formerly
a member of the stable of the successful exhibitor,
but now owned by H. K. Devereux, President of the
Grand Circuit and one of the members of the Pastime
Stable, the owners of the champion stallion, Lee Ax-
worthy 1:58%, the champion three-year-old filly.
Volga (3) 2:04%, and other fast trotters, is now in
foal to Mr. Devereux's fast stallion John A. McKer-
ron 2:04%, the former wagon champion. The pros-
pective foal should be a good one as John A. Mc-
Kerron is a good looking horse and sires good indi-
viduals. His son Jack McKerron 2:07% in particular
was a good looking horse, one of the best that has
raced in the Grand Circuit in many years. Mr. De-
vereux will breed her the coming season to Guided
by Love, the famous son of King Lee Rose, just now
in the limelight as the sire of Golden Firefly.
The track record for the season for trotters was
set the past week at 2:24 by the three-year-old brown
colt, Leonard (2) 2:11%. This was done over the
half-mile track before the mile track had been com-
pleted for working and was a most creditable per-
formance. The colt is a member of the stable of
Herman S. Crossman and is being trained by Henry
Williams, who allowed the colt to come along the
last quarter in 33 seconds. He is a brother to Dr.
Elmore ri) 2:24% that sold for $4,200 as a yearling
last fall in New York. — [Jesse Shuff.
♦ ♦♦
Mare Mule Adopts Standard Bred Foal.
The mule has been the object of much criticism.
However, the famed hybrid is developing into the
smartest of all animals and is fast becoming re-
garded as such. There is seldom a week passes that
one in gleaning the exchanges does not find some
freak story of the mule turning the table on man;
in fact, giving his master the "horse laugh." Mules
have been known to pull stunts which create the
keenest admiration for their intellect, and now comes
one of the Breeder and Sportsman's best friends,
Al J. Boyle, of Tacoma, Wash., wiih this: "About
the prettiest foal that ever saw the light of day in
the state of Washington, arrived at my farm last
Saturday from Roselle Moon, out of May Moon; a
chestnut filly with four white feet, style, action and
class enough to make any mare proud to be its
mother. There was a mare mule in the pasture
where the colt was foaled and when the boys arrived
on the scene of its birth Sunday morning they found
the mule with the foal, which was trying to nurse
its adopted mother — and, by the way, she was per-
fectly willing. The boys thought all they had to do
was to go in and get the baby trotter, but they had
another 'thought' coming; its new mother refused
and went for the men every time they approached.
"Finally they phoned me to come out. After
knocking some bark off the boys and tearing things
up in general, we got possession of the future 'race
hoss,' but it positively refused to take notice of its
royally bred mother, displaying great disappoint-
ment in being separated from the hybrid which had
adopted it soon after its birth. The mule by this
time was about to tear up the place. Don't you
know, that d old mule nearly brayed her lungs
out until Wednesday, and it was a week before we
got the colt to nurse its dam. When I saw that filly
nurse I was willing to buy the drinks for all of
Pierce county, for she certainly is a beauty. Three
other foals also by Burion have arrived."
* * *
Matinee at Woodland Tomorrow.
Woodland. May 22. — To raise money for the Yolo
county chapter of the Red Cross, a banner light-
harness matinee will be given here Sunday to chris-
ten the new haf mile Woodland track. Jim Logan,
Teddy Bear, Bondalean, Vera Hal and Bold Harry
Aerolite are some of the stars that will go after thte
half mile record. A 2:20 trot and 2:18 pace will
round out the card arranged by Charley Silva.
An attempt to shatter the world's half mile heat
pacing record will be one of the features of the race
meeting. Jim Logan. Pacific Coast's fastest mile
pacer. Teddy Bear, holder of the State half mile rec-
ord. Vera Hal, Bondalean and Bold Harry Aerolite
are all being primed for the special event through
which Charles F. Silva expects to make history for
his newly-remodeled Woodland racing plant.
Although Silva's Teddy Bear has paced the fastest
heat thus far this season, Elmo Montgomery's vet-
eran campaigner, Jim Logan, is the favorite for the
big race. Jim, according to the railbird dopesters,
is faster this year than he was when he established
a new coast record for the mile. As both Teddy Bear
and Jim are stallions, keen rivalry prevails between
the Silva and Montgomery stables.
Vera Hal, Bondalean and Bold Harry Aerolite, the
other entries in the free-for-all pace, can be depended
upon to supply plenty of competition. Vera Hal, in
particular, is a speedy mare over the half mile course
and it would not create any great flurry of surprise
if the San Francisco entry should show the way.
The 2:20 trot and 2:18 pace will also bring out
classy fields. Ella M. R., Bold Harry Aerolite, Yon-
calla and Directress Mac have been shipped from
San Francisco to take part in these events.
Frank E. Wright of Sacramento will do the start-
ing. Walter Tryon, M. C. Delano and E. J. Weldon
will act as timers.
* * *
ATTRACTIVE PROGRAM FOR STATE FAIR.
An unusually attractive program for the racing at
the State Fair is advertised in this number of the
Breeder and Sportsman. Fourteen trotting and pac-
ing events are on the speed program with liberal
purses and liberal conditions advertised by Secretary
Chas. W. Paine.
Starting with Saturday, September 8, there will be
one trotting and one pacing event for seven succes-
sive afternoons. In addition the State Fair directors
have announced there will be two or more running
races each day. Between the trotters, pacers and
the "bang tails" the followers of the sport of kings
will have their fill of amusement at the coming state
fair.
All pacing and trotting races will be in three heats.
The money will be split 25 per cent to the first heat,
25 per cent to the second heat, 25 per cent to the
third heat and 25 per cent to the race, according to
the rank in the summary. In each heat the winner
will receive 50 per cent, seconds will receive 25 per
cent, thirds 15 per cent and fourths 10 per cent.
Should two or more horses be tied for first place
at the completion of the third heat, such horses only
shall contest in a fourth heat. The money will then
be divided according to the rank in the summary at
the termination of the fourth heat. A horse having
won the first two heats, but drawn or distanced in the
third heat, shall not lose its position in the summary.
Nominators have the right of entering two or more
horses in any race by payment of a two per cent ad-
ditional on each horse. Only one of the horses so
entered may be started in the race.
The entries will positively close on June 15.
The society reserves the right to reject any or all
entries and declare off or postpone any or all races
because of the weather or for other reasons. All
entries not declared out by 5 p. m. on the day preced-
ing the race shall be required to start. Declarations
must be in writing and made at the office of the
secretary at the track.
The society reserves the right to start any heat
after the fourth score, regardless of the position of
the horses. The trotting and pacing program follows:
Saturday, September 8 — Stanford-Occident stake
No. 1, three-year-old trotters, guaranteed $3000
(closed): 2:14 class pace, Native Sons' stake, $1200.
Monday, September 10 — 2:08 class trot, $1000;
State Fair Futurity No. 6, three-year-old pacers,
guaranteed $2000 (closed).
Tuesday, September 11 — 2:14 class trot, $1000;
2:08 class pace, $1000.
Wednesday, September 12 — 2:20 class pace, $1000;
State Fair Futurity No. 6, three-year-old trotters,
guaranteed $2600 (closed).
Thursday, September 13 — Governor's stake, 2:12
class trot, $1500; free-for-all pace, $1000.
Friday, September 14 — Stanford-Occident stake No.
1, three-year-old pacers, guaranteed $2000 (closed) ;
2:16 class trot, $1000.
Saturday, September 15 — 2:11 class pace, $1000;
2:10 class trot, $1000.
Entrance and payments on these stakes will be
due and payable as follows: 3 per cent on June 15.
one per cent August 1 and one per cent on or before
5 o'clock the night before the race.
With the large amount of money offered for these
races and considering the large number of trotters
and pacers possessed of both speed and class in
training this year, the State Agricultural Society
should secure a large entry list for what should prove
the banner meeting of the California Circuit.
* * +
According to the latest and most available reports
on hand, close to 650 dates have been so far claimed
for trotting meetings this season, the majority being
separate race meets rather than in connection with
agricultural fairs, the latter being late in announcing.
This means that, under favorable conditions, the
Year Book for 1917 will contain more race meeting
summaries than the 1,161 published for last year.
+ * +
On another page of this issue. The California Fair
and Racing Association announces 18 weeks of con-
tinuous racing in California, with a total of $125,000
in purses and stakes to be distributed among the
winners. The circuit opens at Salinas. California,
July 11, and continues until the Arizona State Fair
at Phoenix, which opens on November 17. Full pro-
gram and classification will appear in this publica-
tion next week. Write Joseph Waddell. secretary.
Manx Hotel, San Francisco, for further information
and get ready for the greatest season of racing Cali-
fornia has staged in recent years.
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 26, 191
SMALLNESS OF TROUT EXPLAINED.
ROD, GUN AND KENNEL
CONDUCTED BY FISHER HUNT
TRAPSHOOTING FIXTURES.
August20. 21, 22, 23. 24. 1917— Chicago, Ills.— The Inter-
state Association's Eighteenth Grand American Trap-
shooting Tournament, under the auspices of the South
Shore Country Club Gun Club; 4,000$ added money.
Winner of first place in the Grand American Handicap
guaranteed $500 and a trophy; winner of second place
guaranteed $400 and a trophy; winner of third place
guaranteed $300 and a trophy; winner of fourth place
guaranteed $200 a. id a trophy, and the winner of fifth
place guaranteed $100 and a trophy. Numerous other
trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Man-
ager, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
May 28. 29. 30, 1917— San Jose, Cal.— The Interstate Asso-
ciation's Twelfth Pacific Coast Trapshooting Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the San Jose Gun Club;
$1300 added money. Winner of first place in the Pa-
cific Coast Handicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy;
winner of second place guaranteed $75 and a trophy,
and the winner of third place guaranteed $50 and a
trophy. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pittsburgh, Pa.
May 20, 21 — Seattle, Wash.— Washington State Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the Green Lake Gun Club.
G. A. Conklin, Secretary.
June 2, 3— Moore. Mont. — Moore Rod & Gun Club. W. N.
Sharp. Secretary.
June 3 — Alameda, Cal. — Alameda Elks Gun Club. F. E.
Hilger .Secretary.
June 17. 18— Billings, Mont— Billings Rod & Gun Club.
W. K. Moore, President.
June 17, 18, 19 — Palouse, Wash. — Idawa Gun Club. John
P. Duke, Secretary.
June 24 — Bellingham, Wash. — Northwest Washington
Trapshooters' League Tournament, under the auspices
of the Bellingham Gun Club. I. Dienberger, Secretary.
June 24. 25. 26. 27— Portland, Ore. — Sportsmen's Associa-
tion of the Northwest Tournament, under the auspices
of the Portland Gun Club. H. R. Everding, Secretary.
July2, o — Vancouver. B. C. Can. Vancouver Gun Club.
Chas. Bowers, Secretary- "Old Policy."
July 22 — Chehalis, Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Chehalis Gun Club. Harry Quick, Secretary.
July 23, 24, 25 — Portland, Ore. — Pacific Indians. F. C.
Riehl, Secretary.
July 27, 28, 29— Del Monte, Cal., Del Monte Gun Club.
J. F. Neville, Secretary.
August 19 — Blaine, Wash. — Northwest Washington Trap-
shooters' League Tournament, under the auspices of
the Blaine Gun Club. F. L. Cott, Secretary.
August 19— Kellogg, Idaho — Kellogg Gun Club. R. E.
Thomas. Secretary.
August 27 — Williams, Ariz. — Williams Gun Club. W. D.
Finney, President.
September 9 — Seattle, Wash. — Northwest Washington
Trapshooters' League Tournament, under the auspices
of the Green Lake Gun Club. G. A. Conklin, Sec'ty.
September 17. 18 — Los Angeles, Cal.— Los Angeles Gun
Club. Fred H. Teeple, Secretary.
October 9. 10 — Hillside, Ariz— Three Mule Shoe Gun Club.
"Old Policy." Thad. P. Mullen, Secretary.
October 13, 14 — Phoenix, Ariz. — Arizona State Tourna-
ment, under the auspices of the Phoenix Gun Club.
Dell E. Morrell, Secretary.
* * +
Inland Empire Averages. — With the remarkable
record of 266 broken bluerocks out of 275, Harry
Gayhart of Kalispell won the individual champion-
ship of The Spokesman-Review's Inland Empire
championship trapshootins tournament. Frank D.
Stoop, also of Kalispell, was second, only one bird
behind the winner, and L. E. Ovenden of Wenatchee
was third. Ovenden was off to a rather poor start,
but by consistent shooting worked his way almost to
the top during the last half of the competition.
Gayhart shot in remarkable form all the way, never
breaking less than 23 out of 25, and only twice miss-
ing more than one target.
Edward Johnson of Kellogg and George Arland of
Garfield, who were tied with Gayhart during the
greater part of the competition, fell down the last
week or so and lost their chance for the title.
A glance at the averages will show why Kalispell
won the championship, no less than seven members
of the Montana club finishing with an average of 90
per cent or better.
Of those who took part in a majority of the match-
es 28 finished with a percentage of 90 or better, three
doing better than 95. The final percentages for the
25 target programs follow:
Harry Gayhart. Kalispell, 24.2; F. D. Stoop, Kalis-
pel), 24.1; L. E. Ovenden, Wenatchee, 23.8; G. Chies-
man, Lewiston. 23.7; G. Van Horn, Sunnyside, 23.7;
E. Johnson, Kellogg, 23.5; F. Steckman, Kalispell.
23.5; C Hahn, Lewiston, 23.5; G. Arland, Garfield,
23.5; C. E. Owens, Wenatchee, 23.4; H. J. Robbins,
Kalispell, 23.3; Lee Matlock. Pomeroy, 23.3; H. Mc-
Elroy, Spokane, 23.2; W. J. Houser. Pomeroy, 23.2;
J. M. Nurlen, Pendleton. 23.1; R. Houston. Kalispell
23.1; L. Veldt, Kalispell, 23.1; Sebastian, Kellogg,
23; G B. Joslyn. Palouse. 23; Fred Porter, Kellogg,
22.8; Flohr, Wallace, 22.7; A. A. Johnson. Lewiston^
22.7; O. E. Lynch. Palouse, 22.6; Lee Kimmell, Kal-
ispell. 22.6; Tobe Arland, Garfield, 22.6; Fred Peden,
Garfield, 22.5; E. J. Chingren, Spokane, 22.5; N. M.
Ragan, Palouse. 22.4; G. C. Gregory. Spokane, 22.4:
R. E. Thomas, Kellogg. 22.4: G. K. March. Spokane,
22.4; G. Murray. Lewiston. 22.3; G. E. Beckman. Lew-
iston. 22.3; M. Nicholson. Kellogg, 22.3; M. Werk-
hi i er, Wallace, 22.3; ji. lioose, Kalispell, 22.1: p.m.
Lachmund, Potlatch, 22; H. Van Hum. Sunnyside.
22.-1; II. J. Geesey, Spokane, 22.3; i: s. Enlo, Lewi ■
ton, 22; I), o. Farthing, Garfield, 22.1: T. B. Ware,
Spokane. 21.9: Hadley, Kellogg, 21.9; Ingersoll, Kel-
logg, 21.9; P. E. Butler, Lewiston. 21.8; H. E. Rob-
bin. Kalispell. 21. S; R. S. Pratt, Sunnyside 21.8; M.
O. Lynch, Palouse 21.S; C. A. O'Connor, Spokane,
21.7: E. Gochnour. Sunnyside, 21.7; Turner, Wallace,
21.6; J. B. Adams, Wenatchee, 21.7; T. Scott, Wal-
lace, 21.5; Stillman. Pendleton, 21.5; F. Robinson.
Pomeroy, 21.5; D. M. Dudley. Palouse. 21.5: D. Mars,
Spokane, 21.4; B. C. Mann, Spokane, 21.5; D. Cowan,
Potlatch, 21.4; A. W. Lemon, Garfield, 21.3; Browne,
Wenatchee 21.3; N. Wann, Kellogg, 21.3: Kennett,
Kellogg, 21.3; Mrs. C. A. O'Connor, Spokane, 21.2:
E. Turner, Sunnyside, 21.2; Stier, Wallace, 21; Had-
ley, Pomeroy, 21.1; H. J. Sawyer, Pomeroy, 21.1;
C. France, Wenatchee, 21.2; Boomer, Wallace, 21;
R. C. Hill. Lewiston, 21; Walker, Wallace, 21.1; Gil-
more, Wallace, 21; C. M. Johnson, Wallace, 21; W. J.
Stacey, Wenatchee, 20.9; R. A. Miles, Spokane, 20.8;
Ebbiey, Wallace, 20.8; W. Cochrane, Spokane, 20.8;
A. Hoffman. Garfield, 20.7; Godsey, Pomeroy, 20.7;
M. Love, Kalispell, 20.6; Coutts, Pendleton, 20.6;
J. Shriver, Spokane, 20.6; Rosenbury, Potlatch, 20.6;
B. F. Blosser, Spokane, 20.5; L. Drumm, Lewiston,
20.4; W. Warren. Kellogg, 20.4; C. E. Butler, Lewis-
ton, 20.4; W. McDougall, Kellogg, 20.3; Ingram, Pen-
dleton, 20.2; Venable, Wallace, 20.1; E. Johnson, Gar-
field, 20.1; R. McCornack, Spokane, 20.1; Jennings,
Wallace, 20.
* + *
N. W. Washington League. — Forty shooters faced
the one trap with which the Everett Gun Club nicely
handled the third shoot of the Northwest Washing-
ton Trapshooters' League on their grounds on May
13th. The Seattle crowd furnished the bulk of the
shooters, twenty-eight of the locals going for the
event.
Honors went to Dr. Kerr, of Seattle, and George
Miller, of Bellingham, who tied for first with 97. In
the shoot-off for the interstate trophies Kerr went
first and Miller took the second.
Hugh Poston, R. S. Searle and Hi Follrich tied for
second position with 95 each. In the shoot-off for
third interstate prize Follrich won.
Hugh Poston shot high score among the "pros"
with his 95.
The team race was the closest of any other shoot.
The Green Lake Club, composed of Follrich, Kerr,
Carstens, Van Vleck and Barnes, finished first with
239 points.
Bellingham, with Cooper, Kienast, Converse, Rice
and Miller, with 232, second, and the Seattle Trap-
shooters' Association with Searle, Kinzer, McKelvey,
Landwher and Fleming, third, with 226 points.
O. E. McKelvey won the handicap events with a
fifty straight, taking the Everett Gun Club trophy.
The scores:
E. E. Ellis 94, R. Kinzer 93, F. Landwehr 87, H.
Fleming 84, J. S. Ruppe 89, W. H. Carstens 95. D. R.
Baker 84, G. B. Baker 77, E. W. Kerr 97, *D. Rhodes
94, W. B. Taft 83, C. E. McKelvey 94, J. H. Davis 81,
J. B. Lewis 90, C. L. Templeton 91, J. H. Hopkins 93,
J. H. Templeton 86, R. S. Searle 95, Hi Follrich 95,
D. Cooper 91, J. Kienast 92, J. Converse 94, E. Brack-
ney 86, George Miller 97, *Geo. Hambright 94, A. E.
Hall 72, A. B. Kidd 92, S. W. Giffin 86, L. S. Barnes
91, John Rice 93, W. P. Anderson 89, D. Reid 85,
E. K. Van Vleck 94. P. H. Olwell 85, G. E. Dinkel-
gerber 83, C. W. Bandy 81, E. E. Sarff 90, G. R. Farr
83. ("Professionals.)
00
Columbia-Willamette League —
W. L. Pet. Shot at. Broke.
Woodburn 3 1 .750 500 455
Albany 2 1 .667 375 352
La Grande 1 1 .500 375 346
Salem 2 2 .500 500 451
Astoria 2 2 .500 500 436
Pendleton 1 2 .333 375 342
Oregon City 0 2 .000 375 323
Results on May 13 —
Woodbum 123, Albany 117.
Salem 118, Astoria 112.
Pendleton 117, Oregon City 115.
La Grande remaining idle.
Good scores were turned in by practically every
club shooting in the Columbia-Willamette Trapshoot-
ers' Association on May 13th. The Woodburn Gun
Club quintet broke all but two of the 125 birds re-
leased to it. and to date it has smashed 455 out of
500 targets in the race for The Oregonian trophies.
The closest match was between the Round-Up Club
of Pendleton, and the Canemah Gun Club, of Oregon
City. The Eastern Oregon trapshooters broke 117 to
115 for the paper mills town. Charles T. Parker, of
Canemah, went straight, while D. C. Bowman and
H. J. Stillman each broke 24 out of 25 for Pendleton
high gun.
Three perfect scores were recorded over (he Wood-
burn traps. Peter Whitney, Charley Feller and E. H.
Riches being the lucky contestants.
Mark Siddall, of Salem, was the only nimrod in
the toumey who made a 25 straight, although there
were several 24s. He has hope of attending the
Pacific Coast handicap at San Jose. Cal., May 27, 28.
29 and 30. Several other Oregonians are going to
make the journey, according to present plans.
Tnere are only three more shoots on the regular
schedule for The Oregonian trophies.
W. H. Shebley of Fish Commission Says the Coli
Weather Is to Blame.
:
W. H. Shebley, head of the fish culture departmea
of the Fish and Game Commission, and his fiekl
agent, E. W. Hunt, are not puzzling like so many
anglers over the alarming smallness of the troui.
that have been taken in the Coast streams since thd
opening of the season on May 1. They explain that
it is perfectly natural for the fish to be small when 'f
existing conditions are taken into consideration,
"We experienced an extra drought, and with the <■
exceedingly cold weather that has been in evidence
from last November 20 to March 1, and even up to
date, has given the trout but little chance to feed to
attain growth," says Shebley. "It is true, too, that
the larger trout undoubtedly left the small Coast
streams. There is no question about the season
being backward, and I am looking for the same con-
ditions in the mountain streams. Cold weather has
interfered materially with our egg collecting opera-
tions, and it has played havoc with the trout gather-
ing their natural food and growing to some size to
give the sport-loving anglers some fun."
The expert, however, looks for the sport to pick up
during the coming month. With the coming of warm
weather, the land insects will commence to fly, the
waters will clear with a chance of making some large
catches.
The angling fraternity can look forward to some
good work by the Commission in stocking up the
streams. Shebley announced that egg collection,
which is drawing to a close, will total 20,000,000 for
the season. This is the largest take on record, and
means that many fry will be planted. Mount Whit-
ney hatchery, in Inyo county, the largest in the wTorld,
will soon be in operation.
Another bit of good news is that the bills calling
for the trout season to open on April 1st will be
signed by Governor Stephens. They passed both
houses, and Carl Westerfeld, executive officer of the
Commission, was in Sacramento during the week and
learned that' they would be duly signed, to become
a law in ninety days.
Interest in angling is certainly on the increase.
Early indications point to the 115,000 licenses taken
out last year being beaten. There were approxi-
mately 90,000 anglers in 1915, so that the sport is
steadily picking up.
0B
Rescuing Trout. — Deputy Fish and Game Commis-
sioners H. I. Pritchard, C. S. Bauder and William C.
Malone are detailed by Commissioner Connell to the
rescue of the all but land locked trout in Bear Val-
ley's rapidly drying creeks.
Every spring many fine fish, mostly spent trout
that have spawned, are trapped in the streams that
feed Bear Lake, all of which are short and soon be-
come steep. No one without the experience would
believe what these fish will fight their way through
to reach the uttermost height they can wherein to
deposit their eggs in the gravel beds. The lateness
of the spawning season this year, wThich has dragged
past the opening of the angling period, has given
many sportsmen a look at the big fellows, among
them President Paul Shoup of the Pacific Electric
railway, who wrote Commissioner Connell about the
number of fish he saw in the creeks.
The state board is making plans to stop the loss
of fish by stranding another season. They fairly
swarm into the creeks, often crowding each other
out on the shallow bars. Channels change over night,
and a man could keep busy on every one of the
crooks day and night.
SO
Patterson Club. — The bi-weekly shoot on May 13
brought out a small but enthusiastic lot of devotees.
The card called for two 25-bird events. In the first
of these the shooters were divided into classes with
a trophy for high gun in each class. The trophies
were won by Edwards, Class A, and Everett, Class B.
The second event and five doubles closed the pro-
gram. Scores in the first event wrere as follows, at
25 targets:
F. S. Harrison, handicap 19 yds., broke 22; W. L.
Ralston 16—16, W. F. Brye 16—14, F. Everett 16—17,
R. Edwards 19—23, S. Meisner 16—16, M. Knutson ;
17—16, H. Sesna 18—18, B. F. Bowder 18—19, F. Cox
16—20, C. Cavallo 16—19, O. J. Smith 19—21.
Among the visiting shooters was Sr. Carolus Ca-
vallo of Valparaiso, Chile. And although Sr. Cavallo
was unaware such a sport existed he broke seventy-
five per cent of his targets. He left the grounds a
regular shoot fan and will organize a blue rock club
in Valparaiso on his return.
F. S. HARRISON, Sec'y.
Almost Drowned by Fish. — K. Kawakaki, Japanese
fisherman, was fishing for catfish in the San Joaquin
river Sunday and as the result of the strong line he
used he almost lost his life.
The Japanese hooked something that made the line
zip through the water. The line got tangled in the
feet of the Japanese and he wTas pulled into the
water. He would have drowned had not a companion
rushed to the rescue and pulled him ashore.
The two Japanese fought with the big fish for an
hour and finally landed it. The fish proved to be a
sturgeon weighing almost 200 pounds.
Saturday, May 26. 1917.]
THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
Sportsmen's Row
Ovie Overall, the famous Cub baseball pitcher, is
going in for the bluerock game down at his home in
Visalia.
* + #
All ready for the Pacific Coast Handicap at San
IJose tomorrow. Shooters from all sections of the
iCoast will be on hand. The majority of the stars
who participated in the State championship at Los
Angeles will come in a special car and a number of
the local gunners will add to those from the North-
west.
* * *
Arthur Wilson of San Jose, Cal., recently returned
from the Big Trees with one of the finest steelhead
trout caught in that section this season. It was a
sixteen-ir.ch fish and a beautiful specimen. He re-
ported fishing very good on the San Lorenzo, where
he made the catch. The limit can be had in two
hours, he says.
* * +
Frank Troeh, who is the national trapshooting
champion, was the high gun for the day at Los An-
geles last Saturday. He broke 99x100 targets from
the 20-yard mark and by so doing won first money as
well as the diamond stick pin. Troeh certainly was
shooting in rare form. He arrived just the day before
from Portland.
* * +
Les Reid, Peters Cartridge company pro., w-as the
real high gun of the day during practice last Satur-
day. Reid blasted 100 straight targets from the 16-
yard mark. He broke every one as cleanly as could
possibly be done. J. A. Cook managed to smash
97x100, while L. R. Melius was the second high ama-
teur, with 96x100 breaks from the 18-yard mark.
* ♦ ♦
W. H. Price's pretty daughter had her first trial at
the traps on Sunday and succeeded in breaking nine
out of sixteen. The fact that Miss Price was able to
handle a gun with such success is not surprising as
her dad is one of the pioneers of the local trapshoot-
ing fraternity and has taught his children the advan-
tages and joys in being able to handle firearms.
(ji tj» «j«
At the recent annual meeting of the Oregon Field
Trial Club the following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, Dr. C. S. White; vice-presi-
dent, Carl G. Liebe; secretary-treasurer, L. A.
Wheeler. The club also settled on September 16 as
the date for the start of the annual field trials.
Portland, Ore. L. A. WHEELER, Sec'y.
* * *
The largest fish hatchery in the United States will
be completed within a year at Riverside Park, In-
dianapolis, Ind., according to E. C. Sniraman, Indiana
state fish and game commissioner. He has leased
twenty-five acres of ground from the city park com-
mission and will build ponds sufficient to produce
fingerlings for stocking all the lakes and streams
of the state.
+ * *
Bears are getting so thick in the State of Maine
that four of the northern counties are trying to have
legislation enacted establishing a bounty of $10 on
Br'er Bruin's scalp. While the farmers may lose a
few calves, pigs and sheep, they certainly don't want
to see the bears exterminated. Big game is getting
entirely too scarce in the country now. We don't
want our kids to have to be content with hunting
rabbits, do we?
* + *
Following the Nevada-California state shoot at
Los Angeles. May 20. 21. 22 and 23. the Pacific Coast
handicap at San Jose, May 27, 28 and 29, P. J. Holo-
han, E. B. Morris, two Portland professionals; Hugh
Poston. the San Francisco professional, and several
other Portlanders, will attend the Twin Falls shoot
at Twin Falls. Idaho, June 10, 11 and 12. From Twin
Falls they will go to Palouse, Wash., June 16, 17 and
18, and will return for the Northwest shoot at the
Portland Gun Club, June 26, 27 and 28.
* * *
Crows, which are said to destroy large quantities
of food crops every year, will be used this season as
targets by the members of the Grays Harbor Rod and
Gun Club. The loss of considerable grain and the
eggs of game birds is charged to the crow, and the
war of extermination is to be carried on in the inter-
est of food conservation. The shooters will also war
on the seals, which destroy large numbers of food
fish. — ["Conservationist." Aberdeen, Wash.
** +
R. H. Siddoway, State Fish and Game Commission-
er of Utah, recently returned from Logan, where he
completed an inspection of Logan Canyon, with a
view to declaring the canyon a game preserve in
which shooting will be prohibited, but in which ang-
ling with rod and line will be encouraged. The state
fish and game department will plant 50,000 rainbow
trout in the waters of the canyon and restrictions
will be removed from fishing within reservoir areas,
throwing the entire canyon stream open to anglers.
The stream is considered ideal for fish propagation
and special efforts will be made to create a fisher-
men's paradise there.
Green Lake Club. — In spite of the high wind Sun-
day three squads of scattergun artists assembled at
the Green Lake Gun Club traps and an excellent
day's sport was had. J. H. Hopkins finished high
mar, with a score of 48 and others finished close up.
The scores:
J. H. Hopkins 48. F. A. Martin 47, D .R. Baker 46,
Dr. F. W. Giffin 45, L. S. Barnes 44, Dr. King 44,
G. A. Conklin 44, Dr. J. F. Hill 44, Dr. F. W. Case 43,
C. B. Fitzgerald 42, E. Chantrell 40, G. Baker 38,
* * *
The Vivisection bill introduced by Assemblyman
Prendergast of San Francisco, and which passed the
assembly, was killed in committee in the senate.
Great praise is due Mrs. Walter E. Manchester, vice-
president of the Anti-Vivisection Society, for her de-
votion of time and money to defeat this bill. It is
said that petitions, having in all over 100,000 names,
were presented against the bill, besides a stream of
letters and telegrams averaging 2,000 daily while the
bill has been under consideration — and all against
this bill.
* * +
Golden Gate Club. — A number of shooters turned
out on Sunday for practice at the Alameda traps.
Mrs. George Thomas sprung a pleasant surprise in
breaking 14 out of 22 in her first time at the traps.
Other scores furnished by manager Pete Ashcroft
were as follows:
Al Durney 133x150, R. D. Hart 95x125, Dr. McGet-
tigan 128x140. J. Brickell 142x175, Webber 149x200,
Vesper 169x225. J. A. Tillman 42x50, George W.
Thomas 66x75, Waldie 32x50, Pop Merrill 62x75,
Chichester 43x50, Dr. Hamlin 32x50, W. Smith 61x75,
W. H. Price 69x75.
* ♦ ♦
SPORTING TWO
Tacoma Club. — A. Z. Smith scored a win on the
Majestic Cafe trophy at the regular shoot of the Ta-
coma Gun Club held at Manitou on May 13th. The
shooters competed under the Dupont handicap sys-
tem. About 16 shooters faced the traps. Al Riehl
turned in a perfect card. He is a professional. The
scores :
D H. Bales, handicap added, 2, total 45; Mrs.
Bales 14 — 47, Mrs. E. E. Young 15—35, M. A. Howe
16—35, A. Z. Smith 9—50, E. E. Young 41, H. O. Sco-
field 6—47. E. R. Wheeler 46, Dr. Cameron 16—46.
Homer King 4 — 46, C. Humphrey 3 — 43, E. Blanchard
11—48.
OB
Portland Club. — Members of the Portland Gun Club
are getting in condition for the twelfth annual Pacific
Coast handicap and on May 13th nineteen nimrods
wrere breaking the bluerocks over the Everding Park
traps. High gun resulted in a tie between Henry R.
Everding, secretary-treasurer of the Portland club,
and F. B. Morris, professional, each with a mark of
91 cut of 100. Morris and Everding are the only two
who shot at the full 100. Following are the scores:
Henry R. Everding 91, John G. Clemson 26x50,
*H. H. Ricklefson 67x75. Dr. Otis Akin 26x50, *E. B.
Morris 48x75, H. A. Pollock 11x15, E. H. Keller 69x
75, W. A. Leith 44x50, J. G. Kamm 40x50, A. L. Estes
38x50. Charles R. Frazier 51x75, F. Friedlander 55x75,
H. B. Newland 54x75, W. R. Howe 17x25, J. C. Morris
65x75, M. Turner 38x50, W. J. Derthick 37x50, F. C.
Griffin 26x50.
* * *
'Don'ts' For Anglers. — Don't begin fishing until a
half hour after sunrise, which was 5:13 o'clock May
1st.
Don't fish a half an hour after sunset.
Don't fish within 500 feet of the mouth of any
stream flowing into a lake.
Don't catch more than fifty trout or ten pounds
of fish, or one fish weighing ten pounds or over.
Don't forget your license.
Don't refuse to show your license to any game
warden o rpeace officer when requested to do so.
Don't ship more than fifty trout or trout weighing
more than ten pounds in one day.
Don't ship trout without labeling it with your
name and address.
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Salmon are running fine at Mendota, according to
reports brought to Fresno by successful fishermen.
In two hours a party of six fishermen secured a two-
hundred pound catch of cat, shad and salmon.
Paul Lewis won the DuPont trophy at the Stock-
ton Gun Club handicap shoot Sunday. Lewis broke
202 out of a possible 234. Melvin Leffler was second
with 197 out of a possible 200. Leffler shot from
scratch while Lewis had a handicap of thirty-four.
Dr. S. F. Priestley was third with 189 out of 208.
C. Rothenbush was fourth with 188 out of 204. Balk-
will busted 186 out of 200.
What the Experts Say. — Experts will tell you that
it is almost impossible to shoot too far ahead of a
target unless you intentionally try to do so. In
other words, very few targets are missed by begin-
ners by being "led" too much. The natural tendency
is to hold too close to a target, even if they have
"led" it a bit. Another reason for allowing enough
lead is the fact that a load of shot does not get out
to the mark in a "bunch." It comes stringing along
to a certain extent, and consequently, if the "lead"
has been a trifle more than necessary, the chances
are that the tail end of the load wil often break the
target — the buk of the shot having crossed the line
ahead of it.
PREVIOUS HANDICAP WINNERS.
When the shooters gather at San Jose tomorrow
for the Pacific Coast Handicap it will likely be of
interest to show the previous winners with their
scores. They are as follows: —
Year. Yds. Sc.
1905 San Francisco. Cal.. G. E. Silvester 16 97
1906 Los Angeles, Cal., F. B. Mills 19 89
1907 Spokane, Wash., M. E. Hensler 18 93
1909 Seattle, Wash., John H. Noel 18 96
1910 Seattle, Wash., J. J. Law 17 97
1911 Madera, Cal., E. L. Mitchell 17 93
1912 Portland, Ore., M. M. Bull 19 93
1913 Sacramento, Cal., George E. Ellis 17 95
1914 Portland, Ore.. P. H. O'Brien 19 93
191." San Diego, Cal., H. Pfirrmann, Jr 18 98
1916 Portland, Ore., F. Templeton 20 91
QB
Golden Gate Club. — There were some lively doings
at the monthly tournament of the Golden Gate Club
at Alameda on Sunday, in spite of the fact that a
number of the local shots went down to Los Angeles
for the State championship. Ed Garratt turned up
high gun of the field of forty with a score of 49x50.
Toney Prior and Ted Handman were right behind
with 48 apiece. "Onion" Jones was too strong for
the professionals on the ground, topping the bunch
with 47. The scores were: —
Events— 20 20 10 Total
H. A. Ray 17 16 10 43
C. A. Merrill 17 17 9 43
George Thomas 20 18 9 47
A. Gearhart 17 17 7 41
Al Durney 16 20 10 46
B. B. Thorning 17 15 8 40
J. A. Tillman 15 14 7 36
H. Stelling 17 19 10 46
A. E. Stoneberger 18 14 10 42
H. C. Golcher 18 15 9 42
Frank Webster 14 18 4 36
W. Cooley 19 19 9 47
*0. N. Jones 19 20 8 47
Dr. Topham 18 16 9 43
W. Becktell 18 19 9 46
*Capt. A. W. DuBray 19 15 8 42
J. H. Millett 17 16 8 41
Ed Garratt 20 19 10 49
O. Linderman 17 IS 9 44
T. W. Parsons 18 18 8 44
J. Brickell 16 16 9 41
E. Williams 19 17 7 43
H. Truscott 15 16 6 37
B.R.Hart 19 17 9 45
J. B. Brady 17 19 9 45
J. B. Nichols 16 16 7 39
*J. W. F. Moore 18 12 9 39
H. R. Phinney 18 16 9 43
Ted Handman IS 20 10 48
*F. Blum 17 16 9 42
*L. Middleton 19 14 6 39
G. Vesper 15 15 8 38
W. Webher 16 14 8 38
Gecrge Waldie 13 14 4 31
W. H. Price 17 17 9 43
J. H. Jones 14 15 6 35
*E. Stressler 16 14 8 38
Toney Prior 18 20 10 48
L. Fuller 18 13 9 40
B. Worthen 16 15 10 41
''Professionals.
QB
Trade Notes — With the trapshooting season hardly-
more than started reports of two State champion-
ships already held indicate that shooters who have
placed their reliance in Remington UMC guns and
shells are on a jamboree of winnings for the 1917
season of trapshooting.
J. H. Hopkins of Seattle, Wash., with a cracking
good score of 97x100, won the Washington State
championship last week shooting a Remington UMC
pump gun and Remington UMC Uitro Club shells.
After an exciting shoot-off in which two 25
straights were made, the championship of the State
of Mississippi was won by L. J. Matlock of Pasca-
goula, Miss., on a score of 92x100. The high pro-
fessional average for the Mississippi State Tourna-
ment was made by H. G. Gibbs on a total of 480x500.
H. M. Bellinger won high amateur average, 456x500.
All of the winners shot Remington UMC pump guns
and Remington UMC Nitro Club shells.
C .H. Newcomb won the Amateur Trapshooting
Championship of America (Travers Island, N. Y.)
quite recently. His score was 191x200. He used
Arrow shells.
The Southern Handicap, that classic of trapshoot-
ing in the South, held at Roanoke, Va„ last week,
was won by Dr. L. G. Richards, Roanoke, Va., with a
score of 92x100 targets shot at. T. T. Todd of
Staunton, Va., tied the winner but lost out on the
shoot-off.
QB
San Mateo Elks' Club. — The newly-organized San
Mateo Elks' Gun Club is keeping busy practicing up
to take on some of their brother Elks at the traps.
At Easton on Sunday a tourney was held. Harry
Pinkham is showing up well among the novices. The
scores on fifty targets were:
Houpt 32, Moore 40, Hoag 39, Doak 34, Shawhan
31, Toepke 20, Morrison 22, Pinkham 25. Others
that shot were: Stark, Patterson, Wisnom, McCurdy,
Manley and Mason. Frank Houpt has charge of the
trap tourneys.
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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
[Saturday, May 26. 19:
Frank H. Melius Is State Trap Champion.
'FRANK TROCH FINISHES HIGH FOR THE TOURNEY WITH GREAT SCORE
Los Angeles, Cal. — That grand California-Nevada
trapshooting tournament is now a thing of the past.
On Wednesday the three-day affair was ended and
no other than Frank Melius was crowned the Cali-
rofnia-Nevada champion. Melius smashed 99x100 tar-
gets despite the gloomy weather conditions and the
slight drizzle that hindered some of the tarhawk
smashers during the morning.
C. H. Nash, one of the grand old men of the traps,
was the runner-up with a score of 98x100. Nash tied
with. Owen Evans and H. Lorenson with the 98
smashes, but in the shoot-off was victorious with 25
straight. Stanton Bruner, Seth Hart, Fred Grewell
and Andy Flickinger all tied for third with 97x100
breaks, but in this shoot-off Flickinger was the victor.
breaking 25 straight birds.
Frank Troeh also broke 99x100, but as he is from
Washington the score does not count for the Califor-
nia-Nevada championship. Troeh had the high mark
for the tourney. He broke 192x500, which is quite
remarkable. Fflrrmann had second high, which was
488x500. Fflrrmann did not shoot so well Wednes-
dav, making a score of only 96 in the title event.
W. A. Joslyn and L. H. Reid tied for high profes-
sional score in the title shoot, each having a total of
98x100 breaks. Hugh Poston was the nigh profes-
sional for the tournament with 489 breaks out of 500,
while R .C. Reed was second.
The largest crowd that has participated to any one
event of the tournament shot in the 100-bird handicap
race. There was a total of ninety-nine contestants.
R N Fuller, R. Bungay and L. Breer had the high
scores, which were 95x100. There was a diamond
pin up for the winner from each yardage. Sheriff
John C Cline broke 94x100 and won the pin for the
16-vard shooters, while H. McLacMan, L. Breer,
Whitcomb, Bungay, Pease and Melius were the other
winners.
It was discovered that on Tuesday a world s record
was broken when ninety shooters broke 92 7-10 per
cent of the targets thrown. There was a total of
78,950 targets thrown during the tournament. The
entry was'the largest that has ever been in any state
shoot and the scores were the best.
Heinie Pfirrmann proved rather "hoggish" on the
California-Nevada trophies, as he won five of them.
J. Weisser captured the other. Melius, Nash, Evans,
Lorenson, Flickinger and Bruner won interstate tro-
phies.
One of the big features of the title shoot was the
performance of Mrs. Groat. She broke 95x100 in the
championship event. Her shooting all through the
tournament has been very good. The scores and sum
mary:
California-Nevada Score for
Title Three Special
Event Days Hdcp. Event
Shooters. Targets: 100 500 100
F. H. Melius 99 481 22 94
Frank Troeh 99 492 22 88
C. H. Nash 98 487 22 92
H. Lorenson 98 487 22 87
O. Evans 98 485 20 91
*L. H. Reid 98 ... 22 88
■W. A. Joslyn 98 475 22 83
»R. C. Reed 97 484 22 94
F. D. Grewell 97 445 18 89
Seth Hart 97 457 18 93
S. A. Bruner 97 473 20 92
A. Flickinger 97 479 20 92
"H. E. Poston 97 489 22 93
J. Weisser 96 485 21 90
H. E. Sargent 96 477 19 91
J. L. Milligan 96 465 19 93
F. X. Newbert 96 466 20 91
L. M. Packard 96 479 21 86
F. Bair 96 469 19 90
H. Pfirrmann 96 488 22 92
R. E. Bole 96 454 19 80
H. Everding 95 ... 17 90
W. J. Eilert 95 479 19 83
•J. A. Cook 95 474 21 85
R. P. De Mund 95 472 19 93
G. J. Tuckett 95 471 18 88
C. E. Groat 95 452 18 85
Mrs. C. E. Groat 95 456
J. F. Dodds 94 473 20 92
H. Ogilvie 94 477 20 91
G. Anderson 94 469 19 93
T. Wilkes 94 474 19 91
•Ed. Mitchell 94 475 22 88
J- B. Bano 94 475 19 91
(". A. Haight 94 456 19 88
S. W. Trout 94
P. W. Fish 93 466 19 83
C. H. Julian 93 464 19 86
v- Curtiss 93 465 16 90
S. V. De Mund 93 475 . 19 93
layle 93 447 16 92
W. s Pease 93 447 21 92
('.. H. Melford 93 467 13 88
W. E. Mullen 93 454 19 93
•I. G. Merrill 93 ... 19 s.4
It. N. Fuller 92 469 20 95
L. \\. Sloe urn 92 463 18 90
G. Gardner 92 435 16 93
R. B. Whitman 92 477 19 90
W. A. Cornelius 92 471 20 89
W. Whitcomb 92 469 19 94
J. P. Haese 91 ... 18 93
J. C. Famechon 91 443 17 83
L. Breer 91 ... 18 95
Al Rowe 91
E. W. Bailey 90 454 17 93
O. Council 90 459 19 86
W. Kennedv 90 440 16 88
Mrs. A. G. Wilkes 90 ... 20 89
»P. E. Holohan 90 464 22 81
A. M. Pachmayr 90 457 18
H. M. McLachlan 89
G.A.Adams 89 461 20 84
V. Rossbach 89 457 18 84
T. W. Neel 89 439 17 S3
C. H. Betz 89 422 17 87
P. O. Long 89
F. W. Willett 88 446 16 86
Mrs. H. Pfirrmann..- 83 420 16 87
J. L. Martin 88 458
A. G. Wilkes 87 ... 19
W. B. Twitchell 87 460 19 89
E. C. Crossman 87 461
F. H. Nichols 86 ... 17 93
J. N. Arneill 86 439 17 67
M. A. Wickham 85 ... 18 71
W. L. Reid 84 ... 17 91
T. C. Favier 82 420 16 89
T. N. Dunn 82 '420 16 89
F. S. Jasper 81 426 19 72
J. W. Meek 80 ... 19 92
H. Cline 78 432 17 88
R. O. Pool 75 450 19 S8
N.W.Nelson 70 S71 16 73
McKeon ... 16 63
J. C. Cline 16 94
Lane ... 16 51
Pollock 16 71
Manderville ... 16 84
Hagerman 19 92
Bishop 17 87
Wilshire ... 18 86
Bungay ... 20 95
Practice Day, Sunday
Ninety-five contestants were out to participate on
Practice day, Sunday. The scores made came up to
expectations, as fifty-nine of the shooters broke 90
per cent or better of their targets in the three events
which made up the day's program.
H. Lorenson of Newman annexed the high honors
of the day in the 100-bird race, which was the feature
of the practice day. Lorenson smashed 99x100 tar-
gets.
Heine Pfirrmann, the local pride; C. H. Julian, the
one-armed shooter from San Diego; George Ander-
son and W. Eilert all tied for second high amateur
score. Their mark was 97x100. In the shoot-off for
the diamond prize Pfirrmann was victorious, beating
out his opponent with a mark of 71x75 to Anderson's
70x75.
Ed Mitchell was high pro on the 100 targets. He
broke ninety-eight out of the 100 targets. J. A. Cook
and R. C. Reed tied for second high pro score with a
total of ninety-seven smashes out of the 100 targets.
A big surprise resulted in the special fifty-bird han-
dicap event when H. Jewett stepped out and broke
fifty straight. Jewett was surprised himself, for he
had never run more than twenty-five straight before.
J. Arnold of Oxnard was also tied for first with 50x50
smashes, but as he was shooting for targets only his
score did not count for a prize.
The closing event of the practice day was the dou-
bles shooting at twenty-five pairs of targets. Frank
Me'lus and R. B. Whitman tied for the high amateur
score in this event, each breaking 43x50 targets.
Frank Troeh and T. W. Neel tied for second place
with 42x50 breaks.
There were 155.155 targets thrown during the prac-
tice dav program. Considering that in the afternoon
a moderate breeze was blowing the scores made were
really better than could be expected. L. H. Reid.
Peters professional, had the high run of the day.
which was 115. Frank Troeh had a run of eighty-six,
while many other shorter runs were made.
Doubles, at Twenty-five Pairs of Targets (Optional
Eventl- 'Poston 44. Melius 43. Whitman 43. Troeh
42. Neel 42. Wilkes 41. H. Pfirrmann 41. Milligan 40.
Dr. Packard 40. Curtiss 40. *Holohan 37. Fish 39,
Mohler 3S. Evans 38. Anderson 38. McLachlan 37, Dr.
Fuller 37. Bair 36. White 36. Arneill 31. Dr. Martin 33.
Rossbach S3, H. Cline 31, Adams 31. *01iver 31, Jew-
ett 25.
First Day, Monday.
There were eighty-nine shooters who participated
in the program on Monday, the opening day of the
tourney. There were 1775 targets thrown, which
makes a total of "9.000 for the two days.
Frank Troeh. hailing from Vancouver and bearing
the prefix- of national trapshooting champion, demon-
strated his prowess as a scattergun artist. He
smashed 199 out of a possible 200 targets and in
doing so nuns up an unfinished record of 185. Troeh
missed his fourteenth bird in the initial event.
H. Lorenson, of Newman, did some more clast
shooting and finished the day's program with a scoi
of 196x200, which won him second place.
W. S. Pease, another visitor who comes from Elki
Nev., won third place with 195x200 smashes. Owe
Evans, who was the high man of the local tarhaw
smashers, and J. Weiser of National City, tied
third place, but in the shoot-off at twenty-five target
for the diamond pin Weiser was the victor wit
twenty-five straights to Evans' 22x25. Tom Wilke
was the fifth low amateur with a score of 193
200. Hugh Poston was the high professional. Poi
ton broke 197x200. The scores:
Frank Troeh 199. *H. Poston 197, H. Lorenson 191
W. S. Pease 195. O. Evans 194, J. Weiser 194. Toi
Wilkes 193. !L. H. Reid 193, R. P. DeMund 192, L. U
Packard 192, H. Pfirrmann 192. *Ed Mitchell 19!
*R. C. Reed 192. O. A. Nash 192, J. A. Barto 193
G. J. Tuckett 191, R. B. Whitman 191, E. C. Crosf
man 190. A. Flickinger 190, N. A. Howard 190,'H. I
DeMund 189. G. Melford 189, F. H. Melius 189, J. F
Dodds ISO, W. B. Twitchell 188, H. Ogilvie 18S, C. E
Groat 1ST. H. E. Sargent 187, G. A. Adams 187, *W
A. Joslyn 187. R. N. Arnold 186, R. O. Pool 186, *A
Cook 186. F. Curtiss 186. W. A. Cornelius 186, C. W
Fish 186. S. A. Bruner 186, *G. E. Holohan 185, G. A
Anderson 1S5, J. L. Martin 185. C. Julian 185, *C. i
Haight 1S5. W. H. Whitcomb 185. F. H. Nichols 184
Owen Council 183, R. E. Bole 183, W. Eilert 182, R. N
Fuller 182. H. McLachlan 181, W. Willett 181, L
Slocum 181. E. W. Bailey 181, William Mullen 181
F. Bair 181, *G. E. Oliver 180, C. J. White 180, F. S
Jasper 179, R. Bungay 179. F. Burnham 179, E. K
Mohler 179. V. Rossbach 179, C. D. Hagerman 178
B. L. Quayle 17S, F. Grell 178, H. Jewett 177, J. L
Milligan 177. J. Arneill 176, H. W. Cline 176, William
Hartman 176. Frank Free 175, T. W. Neel 175, S
Hart 174, Fred Hartman 174. William Kennedy 171,
J. C. Famechon 172. C. L. Blocksback 168, N. Dunn
160. Nelson 160, C. H. Betz 159, G. Gardner 159, Mrs.
C. E. Groat 188, Mrs. Pfirrmann 159.
Second Day, Tuesday.
It is generally taken for granted that, on a dark
and dismal day, such as Tuesday, when the clouds
hang low and the sunlight is a minus quantity, that
it is a poor time to do trapshooting. However, Henry
Pfirrmann Jr., better known to all as "Heinie," dis-
proved this idea by shouldering his trusty scattergun
and smashing 200 straight targets in the second day's
program.
Pfirrmann did some real shooting. He blasted
these 200 tarhawks into millions of pieces and not
once did he falter. Not only this, but he had an
unfinished run of 254.
C. H. Nash took second high honors by breaking
197x200 targets. W. S. Pease won the diamond for
the third high gun. However, he was forced to shoot
off with R. N. Fuller, H. Ogilvie, J. Weisser and R. B.
Whitman, who all made a score of 193x200. Pease
broke 79x80 in the shoot-off.
Frank Troeh and H. E. Sargent tied for fourth
high in the regular event for the diamond.
Hugh Poston and R. C. Reed tied for high pro
score with 195x200 smashes, while Al Cook took
second high pro score with 193 breaks. The scores:
Heinie Pfirrmann 200. C. H. Nash 197, H. Ogilvie
195. W. S. Pease 195, R. N. Fuller 195. R. B. Whit-
man 195. J. Weisser 195. *R. C. Reed 195, Frank
Troeh 194, H. E. Sargent 194, Al Cook 194, H. Loren-
son 193. W. A. Cornelius 193, F. H. Melius 193, H. P.
DeMund 193. F. Bair 192, Hip Justin 192, W. J. Eilert
192. W. H. Whitcomb 192. L. M. Packard 191, A. G.
Flickinger 191. G. Anderson 190, S. A. Bruner 190,
J. F. Dodds 190. *W. A. Joslyn 190, J. S. Barto 190,
L. W. Slocum 190. R. O. Pool 189. *G. E. Holohan
189. *B. L. Mitchell 189, N. A. Howard 189, V. Ross-
bach 189. J. G. Merrill 188, H. McLachlan 187, Tom
Wilkes 187, C. W. Fish 187, *G. E. Oliver 187, C. H.
Julian 186, F. Curtiss 186, Seth Hart 186. R. H. Bun-
gay 186. O. A. Evans 186, J. W. Meek 186, O. Council
1S6. A. L. Rowe 1S6. W. H. Wilshire 186, G. H. Mel-
ford 185. R. P. DeMund 185, G. A. Adams 185, J. L.
Martin 185. G. J. Tuckett 185, F. Hartman 185, G.